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s.itoo!t GRStefkla Journal,
Published Evory Friday.
By Elam Christian.
TERMS—Strictly In Advance.
Three months 75
Six months 26
One year (h 00
Hales or Advertising :
One dollar per square of ten lines for the
first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per
square for each subsequent insertion, not ex
ceeding three.
One square three months I 8 00
Bne square six mouths 12 00
One square one year 20 00
Two squares three months 12 00
Two squares six months . 18 00
Two squares one year ." 30 00
Fourth of a column three moths 30 00
Fourth of a column bli months 50 00
Half column three moths 45 00
Half column six months 70 00
One column three months 70 00
One column six months 100 00
Liberal Deductions Made on
Contract Advertisements.
Legal AVlieYlising.
Sheriff's Sales, per levy, *2 60
Hoitgage Fi Fa Sales per sq ia'e 5 Oo
Citations for Letters of Administ. a ! o", 8 Oo
“ “ Guard's - amp,. 300
Dismision '"-on A p ein'slratio i, 0 oO
-• “ Guard'suship, 4 00
App ,: c do ' so- >eave to sell land, 600
Sales o'Lai and, pe-'qurre, 5 00
Sal s o ’ PcrisbaVe Property per sqn’r, 3 00
Noll e’ Debt® s s ,- d C.editors,.... 350
Forcc’oi • e of Mortgage, pc -- squrve, 2 00
Esorv Nol ; cfcS, thirty days, 4 00
Job Work of every description exe
cuted with neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
rUI-road guide.
Southwestern Railroad.
WM. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup
Leaves Macon 8 AM\ arrives at F.u
faula 5 SO, P M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH..
Leaves Smithville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 35, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, A M.
Macon &. Western Railroad.
A. J. WHITFi. President.
E. B. WALKER, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Macon . •* • 730A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta . . . 157 P. M.
Leaves Atlanta . ■ . 6 55 A. M,
Arrives at Macon . . . 130 P. 11.
NIQUT TRAIN.
Leaves Macon . • • 845 P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta . • . 4 50 A. M.
Leaves Ailanta . . . 8 10 P. M.
Arrives at Macon . . . 125A. M.
Western «fc Atlantic Railroad.
CAMPBELL WALLACE, Sup’t.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . • 8.45 A. M.
Leave Dalton .... 2.30 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 5.25 P. M.
Leave Chattanooga . . 3.20 A. M
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . . 7 00 P M
Arrive at Ch«'t ’nooga . . 4.10 A. M.
I eave Chattanooga . . .4.30 P. M
Arrive at Dalton . . . 750 P. M.
Arrive at Ailanta . . . 1.41 A. M.
gustos ©ante.
BR. W. H. HOONET7
r his Professional services to the
X citizens of Dawson audits vitality. Of
fice at Dr. Cheatham’s Drug Store. Resi
dence— laie residence of Mrs. Chanihrtlaiu,
on Depot street. nov22 $ 67-ts
DR. J. H. JOHNSON,
Physician 9f Surgeon,
Dawson, - - Georgia.
ty Offico at Smith & Williims’ Boarding
House. n0v22’676m
SIM M OEMS & H O YL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
DA FirSO.V, - - GEO RGIA.
A. e. HOYL. jan2s Iy. r. f. Simmons.
C. B. WOOTEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
2] y Dawson, Ga.
W. G. PARKS. J. M. WATSON.
PARKS & WATSON,
-Attorneys at Law,
DAW SOX - - . UA.
jTpTallen,
WATfH AND
REPAIRER , t Jb JEWELER.
Dawson, Oa. 9
13 prepared to do any work in his line in
the very best style. feb23 ts
J. ». S. SMITH,
GTJISr SMITH and
Machinist,
DA IPS o.r, : : Georgia.
Repsirs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing
Mahines, etc., etc. 2 ly.
WOOTEN & BECK,
-A-ttorneys at Daw,
Morgan, Ga.,
Will give prompt attention to all business
entrusted to their care.
C. W. WARWICK.
Attorney at I.aw and Solicitor
in Equity,
9METBPWLLE . - .
WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell
and Webster.
J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
•Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Ga.,
Wdl practice in all the Court* of the South'
we«teru and PaiauJa Circuits, June 1
THE DAWSON 'MOtTOM?
Yol. 11.
VI. R. & If. M. THORNTON
Practical 13entists,
DA WSO.r, GA.
jy Office in Harden’s new building, West
Side, Depot Street. Dec. 14,
STEVENS HOUSE,
21, 23, 25 & 27 BROADW AY, N. Y.
Opposite Bawling Oreen.
OX THE EUROPE AX PLAX.
rpHE STEVENS POCTSE is well and widely
I known to the pub'ic. The location is es
pecially suitable to merchants and business
inru ; it is In c'ofe p'oxbpuy to the business
part of the ci.v—'s on the highway of South
ern and Western .'avel—aud adjacent to all
the principal Railroad nrd Steaqiboatdepots.
TilE S'fEVKNS Ildllfsv lias liberal ac
comtnodaiion for over 200 guests—it is well
furnished, and possesses eveiy modern im
provement for the comfort and entertainment
of Its inmates. The rooms nro Tpmfijous and
well vent'lated— p ovided with gas and -rn
ter —the attendance is prompt and respectful
—aud the table is generously provided with
every delicacy of the season—at moderate
rates.
The rooms having been refurnished and re
modeled, we aic e-a bled to offer extra facil
ities for the comfort and pleasure of our
Guests.
GP.O. K. CHASE & CO.
Proprietor*.
~;IMPORTANT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF THK
SOUTHWESTERN R, R, CO,
THE Stockholders of this Company are re
quested to attend a called meeting, to be
convened at the office of the Company in this
city on the ,4th day of" December next, at
noon, for the put pose of considering the pro
priety of amalgamating the Muscogee and
Southwestern Railroad Companies, as author
ized by an Act of the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia, passed duriug the ses
sion of 18G6.
As the meeting is one of importance, all
the Stockholders are requested to be repre
sented either in person or by proxy.
Stockholders attending the above meeting
will be passed free over the line of this Road
by exhibiting their certificate of Stock to the
Conductor. JXO. T. BOIFKUILLET,
Macon, Ga., Nuv. 1, 18C7-td Sec’y.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
N early opposite Passenger Depot
GA.
R. F. DMSE &
(Late of Granite Half,)
Fropriefors.
BROWN HOUSE,
E. E, BKOWX & SOX,
Frusrth St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
Macon, Georgia.
the Ist of July the business of this
House will be conducted by E. E. Brown
.It Bnn, the Senior having associated his son,
Wra. F. Brown, in tho management and in
terest cf the Hotel.
Tire house contains sixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefly for the u e of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
been se* cured in every and partmeiit, aud eve
ry attention will he paid to ensure comfort
to their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and
the table always supplied with the best the
country affords. I’or'ere attend arrival and.
departure of all trains to convey baggage
and conduct passengers acro-s the street to
their quarters. july27,tf
W. H. XI3ON. W. W. OOKUON.
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS,
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
06 Ray St., Savannah, Ga.
Also offer their services for receiving and
forwarding Cotton and Goods of all kinds, to
which prompt attention will be given.
Liberal advancements made on Consign
ments for gale in Savannah, New York or Liv
erpool, having sevetal reliable correspon
dents in both the latter cities.
This old established House, so liberally pa
tronized ia the past, will spare no effort to
continue to merit public confidence. scptl3
DENTISTRY!
D”. R. XOBLF,, of Americus, has es
tablished, a permanent branch office, at
Dawson, Ga., at Ms residence on Soutli side
of the Public Square, where may be found
at all times, prepared to perform all op
erations belonging to the profession of Den
tistry —both Surgical and Mechanical, He
has the
NITROUS OXIDE GENERATOR,
with which ho manufactures pure NITROUS
OXIDE GAS, as pleasant to bteatho as (he
air, and safer to use than any other anassthet
ic known. He keeps always ou hand a plen
tiful and good stock of this gas, with the use
of which he extracts teeth without pain. As
he has had twelve years' experience in the
practice of DENTISTRY, and keeps
up with all the late irnggovemeuts in his pro
fession, he feels confident of giving entire sat
isfuction to all who may favor him with their
patronage.
He also has the Local Anaesthetic, for ex
tracting teeth without pain, by a freezing pro
cess.
He takes this method to return thanks to
all former patrons for their liberal patronage;
at the same time solicits a continuance of the
same. june7:6m R NOBLE.
reGTICF.
IN compliarce wit!: general Orders No. 25,
from Gen. Pope’s Headquarters, requiring
Mavors, Sheriffs, Ac., to take proper steps
for the prevention of Riots or disturbances
at public assemblies, all persona are hereby
notified that no public assembly for political
purposes will be allowed to conveue Uiler
rell County, until one day’s notice has been
given at my office—in writing—previous to
the meeting.
Citizens of the countv will govern them
selves accordingly. S. F. LASSKIKR,
yluj 6:tf Sl.’ff.
iiffilMPMOP
AT PRIJVCES ’ STABLES,
I>aiv«on, ■ - Georgia,
("4 AN furnish the public with Carriag' l
J Trimming, Harness Mounting, &o. AH ,
work promptly done for the cash.
u0r22’678m ‘ _ HARRIS DENXAKD.
DAWSON, FRIDAY , NOYEHj } I -I
POBTRY;
A JOY IN THE HOUSEHOLD,
INSCRIBED 10 G. X. H. —FOUR WflKg OLD.
Amidst this life's great toil and pain,
Amidst the world’s great rush for gain,
A tiny leaf floats down to rest,
Steals softly to mother’s breast.
Some angel passing up above,
Sent down tM* “messenger of love,’’
To mind ns of the good a»d puro,
To help us all our griefs t’ endure.
It's wandering eyes see naught of clouds,
See no. lie gloom that earth enshiouds,
See but ibe sunshine on the wall,
Know not that n'ght ail' shadow all.
nie lip hath never framed a word
nu eooiogs like a wild-v/ood bird—
Oft. i" his sleep the red lips pait, '
The ■ weotest smile to morhei’s heart. *
The tlimider all unheard,
(His slumbering passions yet unstirred,)
Ah 1 guard them, lest a storm should rage,
And leave his life a blotted page.
W hat to a mother’* heart > o dear ?
Who help- her bear the load of care ?
Who, but the rosy, dimpled thing ? .
Jfone can such joy to mother bring
A joy, nil t\emulous wi th fears,
£ joy bedimmed rsith unshed tears,
A joy, but only iu its dawn,
Blooms not “a r' sc without its thoiq.”
MIM*U.I,ANL<>I>.
A GOOD STORY.
A SINGULAR AFFAIR.
It is now more than thirty year?,
says an old traveler, since I met with
a very singular adventure in the north
ern part ol Mexico. I had left Chihu
ahua for the Rio Grande, with a long
train of loaded mules, having some In
dian drivers and a Mexican guide.—
Near the clo-e of the second day, just
as we had fixed upon our camp, in a
pleasant grove, near a ruuuing stream,
a party of six men, all aimed, sudden
ly made their appearance, coming
from I know nut where, as I did noi
perceive them until they were upon
us
They were all dressed in the fanciful
costume in the country, and five ol
them carried carbines, which they lev
elled at rue, us if with the iuten'ion of
shooting me down at once
I Do you surrender demanded the
leader of the party, who was armed
with a brace of pistols and a stilletto
“Have I any choice ?” said I.
“Death”
“Theu I surrender.”
“Throw down your weapons, and
be blind folded at once.”
‘•May L ask what you intend to do
with me.”
“You may ask, but* I shall not tell
you.”
1 Os course I am in your hands and
at your mercy; but as I never harmed
you, 1 shall venture to hope you will
not treat me harshly,’ I inquired of
ldm.
lie did not reply to this, but made
a sign to his men, who advanced, gath
ered up inv weapons, fixed bandages
over my eyes. Two of them took me
by my arm and led mo away between
them.
To the bed of my judgement we
walked about a half a mile, not a word
being spoken. Then we began to de
scend steps, and by the cooler and
damper air, I believed we were enter
ing some subterranean place, perhaps
a cave.
We went down for a comparatively
long distance, and then through what
seerred to be a narrow passage, with
sharp turns —now to the right, and
now to the left. Then we weDt up a
few steps, and down twice as many,
and soon after appeared to enter an
apartment, where several persons were
assembled, chatting and laughing, who
suddenly became silent.
Here I expected my bandage to be
removed, but it was not. I was still
led forward to another passage, and
then into some room, the door of
which opened with a harsh grating
sound.
My sight now being restored to me,
I found myself in a small rocky cell,
whose dimensions and contents I could
perceive by the light of an iron lamp
which one of my two conductors held
in his hand. The apartment was per
haps ten feet by six, and looked as if
it had been hewed out of a solid rock.
It had an iron door, with u very small
opening in it to admit air.
It was daylight when I left the fresh
world above, but there was no daylight
here, and the air was dump and nois
ome. A dirty mattress stretched along
the ground on one ride, and an earth
en jug stood in one corner. These
were all the room contained, which
had the appearance of some prisoner’s
cell.
“Will you tell me why I am here f’
I said to the men as they Btood watch
ing the expression of my features.
“Recause it is tiie wish of cur chief/
said one.
“Have I done anything that he wishes
to punish mo ?”
“Ho had better answer that question
himself.
“Blr 11 I see him so n
“A r «»u may, aud then you may not,”
fct said.
‘‘Meantime, what will become of my
property ?”
“it will be cared for.”
“May I hope that it will be restored
to me V ’
“You may hopo wbat you will,” he
answered.
“Wi l you tell mo nothing to solve
this mystery.”
“That is not onr bu.sinesu here,” said
the spokesman, and then they turned
to go.
“Oh, gentlemen !” exclaimed TANARUS, as a
horrible suspicion suddenly flashed
upon my mind, “pray assure me one
thing—l tim not to be locked up
here and left to starve to death f” I
said.
“It is not foi us to say,” was the
reply, as the henvy iron door was
swung to and locked, leaving me in
the darkness a prey to fear and do ■
spair.
For hours no cute came near me ;
and not knowing what better to do, I
stretched my weary self out on the
imttresrf; and finally fell asleep. 9
T was awakened by the creaking Os
the hinges (jtfi my iron door. I fobked
Trp, andeou'd •■Scarcely believe tny
senses, when I beheld, by the fight she
he’d in her hum!, a young, tall, beau
tiful hirfy,'with black eyes and hafr,
very’ ! gs>yly and richly dressed ; ter
sott, white, tapering fingers.
Rehind her, like an evil genius,
stood a wrinkled and ugly old woman,
whose bleared eyes and hooked PoSC,
just came out of the shadow, over her
tjhouldor, with a very unpleasant, if
not startling eftecl.
I immediately rcra s from my couch,
and made nay most polite bow, which
the veunger female, after staring hard
at me, in a very peculiar manner, for
nearly half a iniuUte, acknowledged
by a very slight inclination of her
herd.
“What is your name, age, and
country, eeuor P said she, speaking in
the Une of one accustomed to com
mand. •
“My name is Walter Ainsworth—l
am twenty nine years old, and was
born iu the United States.”
“Wnat is the value of your mule
train and goods?”
“Ten thousand dollars.”
“What amount cf money and things
of value have you about your per
son f”
“I have in mon-'y not far from a
thousand dollars and a gold watch,
worth two hundred, these aTe all of
any special value, my pisiols aad bow
to -knife having already been given
up.”
“Are you married or single ?” she
njjked. „
“I have a wife and two children.”
“ Where V”
“lq New Orloans !”
“Do they dopeuu on you for a sup
port ?”
“Entirely.”
‘‘Have you no other property be
sides your mule train ?”
“Only a It tie, worth perhaps a few
hundred dollars.”
“I think you have given me truthful
answers,” said she, looking me keenly
in the eye.
“I have, indeed, fair lady, and I
hope 1 miry trust much to your kind
ness and u’crey.”
“Give him bread and water, Fran
cis,” site said, turning to the old wo
man.
The latter stepped past her mistress
and placed a stone jug and loaf of
bread at my feet. Both then turned
to go cut, wheu I exclaimed, pleading
ly :
“Have mercy, fair lady, and procure
me nry liberty 1”.
“What will ycu give for it ?” she in
qiired.
“If necessary, everything that I po
sess.’ ’
“I will consider your proposition,”
she replied ; and then the heavy iron
loor was again closed and locked, and
I was again left iu darkness and soli
tude.
From that time, for a long period—
a month, as I made it out—i saw no
living soul, There wus a small door
set in tho larger, and once a day this
was epotied ; but being dark outside,
and no light being brought, I could
see no one, A hand reached tha loaf
of bread and a jug ol w ater, and I
haudud out the jug already there.—
Several times I addressed words to
the invisible party outside, but, no an
swer evet being returned, lat length
ceased to speak, and for the last three
we.ks said nothing. What L suffered
in that time I will leave to tho imagi
nation.
One day the Same lady I have de
scribed came and spoke to mo through
the wicket
“Are you still of the same mind, so
ncr—willing to give all you possets
for your liberty ?”
“Oh yes, lady, yes I I will giv e all !
—all 11 Oh, lor the love of Heaven,
set mo at liberty.
“Will you swear to follow my direc
tions in every [ articular, and never
seek to find this place, and i ever seek
to bring to justice any one concerned
in your capture and imprisonment ?”
“Yus, lady I by the most sacred oath
you may pi escribe.”
“Then, by the lives of your wifo and
children, sw ear I”
“I do; aud by my hopes of Heav
en 1”
“You will be blindfolded and led
out of your prison,” she pursued, “but
will not be loft to go penniless. What
you havo about your persori you will
be allowed to keep, and you will be
put uj>on the road to Chihuahua,
mounted on a good horse, and furnish
ed with a henvy purse, a part oft! e
proceeds of your inule train, which
has been sold to advan age. will
ride to I'hihuahu *as fist as you can,
and report yourself as having and no
we 1, without mtiking mention of ary
trouble on the route, or of any persou
or thing you have heard or seen in
this vicinity. After that, take niv ad
vice, and leave the country, without
ever returning this way again.’’
t Ycry particular, kind lady, you
shall he oVved,” saW I, my heart'
beating wildly with hope und joy.
1 “It is well. Be ready in an hour.
Adieu.’*
t Bho went away, and that hour scem-
I ed to mo an age, as I hurriedly paced
‘ up and down my dark cell. Would
1 Bhe keep her promise ? should I
be free ?
Thank heaven she was true to her
i word. At the expiration of ah hour,
i two piersons entered my cell in the
dark, put a close bandage over my
eyes, »nd led me away in silence,
through long and narrow passages as
before, and up lo the world above.—
Oh ! what a delightful sensatioh, to
feel aud breathe once more the pure
nir of heaven. Toey still continued to
lead mo away for something like a mils,
apd then put a heavy • purse in iny
hand f.niP mounted tne"upon f) horse.
“Now then,” said One, “wo are about
to leave you. Kottr horse’s head is
townixf Uhihuaimtw- Do moL .touch
your bandage till you hear us whistla,
then tear it oil'arid ride for yuur life /
looking not behind you.”
I followed their direclions»ss I had
sworn to do, and rannhl.il ,ny destina
tion in safety, and soon afterjeft the
' country. The bag givm mo contained
the ampuut of a thousand.dollars in
gold. To this day Ido riot under
stand the mystery of niv punish
ment, robbery and par.ing present.
[From tlie New Ode ns Tlnirs ]
Asa Hartz on Oysters.
An oyster is something good to eat,
but can’t register and vote. He grows
in out-of-the-way places, when the tide
etbs arid flows as often as it wants to iu
twenty-four hours, and he seems to like
it.
He has a curious and at the Bamc
timo playful habit, at certain times, of
opening his shell and attracting to his
presence the hungry raccoon. On such
occasions tho cussof a raccoon sarrepti
titieudy inserts Lis paw into the open
she.l, to haul the oyster out ; whereup
on the oyster damps down on him like
tho devil, and holds him there till tho
tide rises and drowns him.
I don't know what be does if for, but
1 bare the authority of several editioss
of natural history—with colored plates
—for saying that such is tho fafct, and
also that no raccoon has ever been
known to survive this hydropathic treat
ment.
The oyster must boos an extremely
social dispostioD. They sleep numer
ously in one bed, and riobidy ever heard
of-ono kicking another oat. They are
a quiet sot, and, though they often open
ihtir mouths, have nothing lo say. A
great many eclf-impcirtaat politickus of
tho present day are cuaormg with the
same complaint.
Their rcb o ic-s principles are strik
ingly evident i:j the fact that they all
belong to the hard ball pcnmasioD, end
although strictly addicted to cold water,
as a general thing, the principles of that
creed are often seen when a dozen of
them arc found clustered arouud the
neck of an old empty bottle which boieo
white man has empted and thrown over
board.
In his normal state the oyster is quiet
and anything but fussy, but when
brought into towos and cities he often
gets into a broil or a stew, and although
McCoo! himself would be un able to close
his ‘aye,’ the poo? thing suffers muchly
from his getting into hot water.
lbs temperance proclivities will make
him take even salt water when he can’t
get fresh, and hiß diet, outside of the
raccoon foible mentioned above, is ex
ceedingly light.
People eat oysters. Bomc-are prefer
red in the live state and some in the 1
cooked. They are dog-on’d good both
ways. The most approved and highly
Satisfactory way of eating an oyster is 1
to do it after the shell is opened. I
have known people to-fail signally who 1
tried it the other way.
There are two wajw of making an
oyster open into you. One is to knock
h mliko :he iniiohicf with a brick u til 1
he can’t help it, and the other is to
tickle him with a thing like a bowie '
knife. The first named plan will al
ways succeed, but tho oyster don’t like '
it, and the result is not satisfactory to
the mat: who does it.
I tried the other process once, and
sucoeeded in taking off one half my left
thumb with ths bowie knifercus instru
ment used for tickling. I have not tried
it since. Not many people know how
to do it, expertly.
You then put pcpper-sauco on him,
if lemons are ton cents apiece. They
arc both good if you like it.
I don’t know how many oysters I can
cat in a given time ; but am willing, af
ter due notification, to try it for the ben
efit of any unpredjudited individual who
has a barrel or two on hand and an ex
pert hand to nse the opening instrument
Iu cenaiusion, tho oyster is like a
clam, only a little moro that way. He
oan hold oa tighter, is wore hefty in
his general buffo, and there is more di
versity in his style of architecture,
I think I shall go out and get some.
Asa Hautz.
P.B —l should have stated that
some people eat oysters in August; but
they are pi inc pally illiterate persons
who spell that mouth “O-r-gust,”
A. 11.
rsr Tho Saturday Review tells a
story of an Engli-h clergyman, who,
misled by tha prevalent printing of cer
tain Scriptnrat words in itutio, read in
a senorous voice, with undue empha
sis
“And he spake to his sons, saying.
‘Saddle me tiio ass.’” And they sad
dled him.
There are just thirty tivo Dcgro dele
gates to tho Georgia Reconstruction
Coire'ifion.
.No. 1 1
. From the Cincinnati Times.
K\ *A (Titty Soup Jinn.
There is an ingenuous and amusing
fellow soiling soap on the streets for re
moving greaso spots from garments.
Here is a specimen of his harangue :
“Greace, lovely Greace, tho land of
echollaru and the nurse of arms. How
ever lovely Grcaoc may be on tho Med
iterranian, gentlemen, it isn’t so lovely
ou your coat collar. Ilere I havo a prep
aration that will remove it without an
aot of Congress or tho interposition of
the turks.
•Lord Byron went to Greace
to fight for her independence,;
when death removed him. If your gar
ments Lave gone to grease, gontlcmcn,
I have got a soap that is death on it 4
To show my success, gentlemen, in ren
ovating old garments, the tailors arc get
ting up a petition to have me suppressed
by a military order, my soap confiscated,
'and I banished to Newport.
' “It is warranted to take spots outnf
ShSoaVvcst or plats/spols ouj, of a bill
iard eloth, the spotted hyena anti the
ten spots of diamonds.
(A voice) “Will it take spots Out of
‘ho sun ?”
‘Yes, and the father too.’
‘Yesterday I met a little boy who
was crying as though bis heart would
break. lie had got teapot on his new
trowsers, and he was bawling about !t
—what Phil. Ticman the hilliardist,
would call the spat ball. I felt for the
buy, applied my soap, removed the spot,
and the little boy went on his way as
gay as a lurk. Had it not been for my
incomparable soap, gontlcmcn, what
would have been the consequence ?
On his mother’s seeing the oondi'ion of
his new trowsers he would have been
beat—beat by a spot, his mother hold
ing tho strongest hand.
“A thief who had been spotted by
the police got hold of some of my soap
the other day, and with one application,
be took the spots all out, so that he
hasn’t peon recognized Bince. You see
I’m candid gentlemen, I never knew it
to foil but onco. A broken down poli
tician attempted to tako tho spots out of
his reputation, hut it oouldn’t be did.
“Gentlemen walk up aud bo renova
ted. You, sir, on your way to your tai
lor to be measured for anew suit, buy
a eske of my soap, clean up your old
suit and save your money.
(A bystander) “Will that soap take
the grease out of anything ?’
“Anything.’
‘lf it will take tbo grease out of some
Kentucky oil land, I own I'll buy all
you’ve got.’
i ‘Rriug up an acre ar so,- aud I'll try
it, I’ll take the soil off, certain.
‘Geutlemeu, it is impossible to make
’ any headway in'this world without the
‘soap,’ and Lore it is. Thousands are
ready to testify that it knocks the spots
out of everything ’
I'iic Power of Pmyor.
The Bible account of the Power of
Prayer is the best we Lave or can have
Jacob prays— tho Angel is conquer
ed ; Eseaus roveDgo is changed to fra
tcrual love.
Joseph prays—he ia delivered from
tho prison ol Egypt.
Moses prays—Ahmeiek is
ed ; Israel triumphs
Joshua prays—tho sun stands Btill;
victory is gained.
. David prays—a hitophcl goes out and
bangs himself.
Asa prays—lsreal gains a glorious
victory.
Johosaphat prays—God (urns away
bis anger aud smiles.
Elijah prays—the little cloud appears
—the rain deeends upon the earth.
Elisha prays—the waters of the Jor
dan are divided ; a child is restored to
life.
Isaiah prays—one hundred, eighty
and four thousand. Asyrians are dead.
Hczckiab prays—the sun dial is turn
ed back ; his life prolonged.
Mordecia prays —lla man is hanged ;
Israel is free.
Nehemiah prays—tho King’s heart
is softened in a moment.
Ezra prays—the walls of Jarusalcm
bigin to rise.
The Church prays—Peter is deliver
ed by an Angel.
i’aul and Silas pray—the prison
shaki s ; the dour opens; every man’s
bands arc loosed.
An Old Man Eaten by Bats.—The
Cleveland Herald gives the following
horror :.
An affair occurred recently at tho sa
loon of Mrs. Brock, just beyond the
Seneca street bridge, which fills tbc soul
with horror. A man named Morgan,
aged about 77 years, who has lived the
life of a vagrant in the city for a long
time, spending the winter iu tho work
house and living ty begging in the sum
mer season, sleeping wherever he was
lucky enough to find a bit of straw or a
bundle of rags, had been in the habit
lately of sleeping on an old piece of car
pet in the ecLar under the saloon, and,
as was his cuetom, he went down to his
bed on Tuesday night, and nothing was
heaid or thought of him until morning,
whej Mrs. Brock went down to wake
him, as she had boen in the habit of do
ing, when she was surpri ed to find the
cellar swarming with rats. She ob
tained a light, and again proceeding to
the cellar, found that Morem was dead,
and these myriads of rats had been feast
ing upon his body. Most cf the tUsb
ou his face, hands and feet had been eat
en off. Tho woman found gicat difficul
ty in driving them away from the body,
until she could place it in tbe hands of
the Coroner It was decided that 1 c
had died from an attack ol heart disease.
The body was given into the bands of
Mr. Howard for iuteraio^t.
Tho Savannah Cotton ifoefory with
1 six houses, wai destroyed by lire on
Tuesday last, j
'lrtfeaiiniii Marries fcTi.ni.-uil'fM?
the Po
vß'".'CoU(t a t:hfr day oo
a ch rgn of wearing RDparcl while
xf tettkignove to thfl
races,T- belles “off f^js#'pretences,”
WWnnar ying a wpanan, & c . There ia
no doubt of'hor though her
counterfeit of a u*Tti is said to have been
-pcrfect.ff»Sbo isjEhglisb) is supposed to
be abouf forty years of age, went under
tho name of Alfred Glark, and received
remittanoo from England, part of whioh
gors to the support of a sistor in Syra
cuse. In reply to tho question, “Are
you a male or female 7” she answered—
“Y'our officers can tell you,or have told
you.” She refused to give any moro
direot answer to tho inquiry in relation
to her sex, and was committed for fur
ther examination.
A few weeks sinoe she assumed the
garb of a man and made tho acquaint
ance of a young lady named Miss Lew
is. After a brief a oourtsbip they were
married, and tho parties have since resi
ded together es husband and wife. The
marritigft ceremony Was performed about
tbr e weeks since, and the bride’s father,
RU tl ,cc^'n 2 *Lctc was something wrong
about Tr.* stmuri-law. oLttined a pri
vate interview, and informed ber of bis
suspicion that she was not what she pre
tended to be. At first she said she wap
a mad, hut on a closer ques.inning, she
admitted ffiaf she was a female. She
has marked features, prominent need,
high cheek bones, black hair, worn long
(for a man) and curling at tbo end, aad
apparently brushed aud oiled with care.
She wears a glazed cap, blue coat, blue
shirt, dark vest, snuff-colCrcd pants, gai
ter boots, and a shawl over ber shoul
ders ; speaks with considerable coni,
dence, but is not very commutiicative.i
It ‘is understood that when this eccen
tric wotnao first came to’the bouse of
the bride’s father she Was dressed in fe
male apparel, and her clothing was
chaDget to man’s attire with tbe knowl
edge of the family. . The piobability is
that the family supposed she was assum
ing the proper habiliments of her sex,
and that her woman's dress was a dis
guise. Tbo lady *s father was averse to
the match, hut the bride still clings to
her woman husband, and claims that tho
arrest is a conspiracy against them.
They were allowed to meet in ono of tho
anyj-rooms of the police office, and em-
each other with the greatest
marks of affection.— Cluaigo Journal.
The Lion—An Old Story.
A Roman Governor who had * ook»
;• n y Africa had many servants,
and Among these was Androolea who being
cruelly treated by his master esoaped to
a the desert and retired to a cate for pro
tection. Soon a largo lion oame in
where he was and instead of falling up
-0 on him to devour him as he expected
11 *^ c lioD ‘’“me up to him and held out
hts wounded and bloody paw as though
y he wanted help. A large thorn had
pierced his foot, and he seemed to ask
0 to have it extracted. It was a fearful
e experiment, lest the poor animal en—
e raged by the pain, should fall upon bis
s heotefactor and devour him, but Andro
cics pulled out the thorn, and the lion,
tu return, carosaeu him in the kindest
manner. The lion slept with thu man
f during the night. The following day,
be went in search of prey, and having
- caught some, he brought it to his chosen
- Irteud, and, as our story runs, sq the
man and lion lived together for three
i long years. Fiually, Amtrocles left tbe
lion and went buck to the otlony hoping
• to escape punishment. But he was ar
rested and sent to Rome, where he was
; condemned to be trrn in pieces by a lion
as a runaway slave. The multitude as
l sembled to witness tho terrible death.
The man was brought forth and a largo
i lion was lot loogq upon him. Androcles
pave himself up to his fate, as he saw no
’ h°pfl of escape. But the Hod, to the
amazement of all, and and not attack him,
i but lt-11 down at his fpet and fawned up
on him, as a dog would upon his master
who had been long absent.
And he prov and to bo the very lion
Androcles had lived with sc long j n
Atrica, and ho rememhcred his eompaa
• ion and benefactor with joy and grati
tude.
Tho Roman Emperor moved by this
singular incident, ordered the slave to
be set free, and that the lien thonld be
1 g'vcn to him as a preset.t. And tho
story ends with 'he statement that this
freedman, taking advantage of the cl>—
oumstances, bccamo rich by exhibiting
his lion about the streets of Rome.
Yt. Journal.
' Sacrifice of Life in China .A
correspondent of tho San Francisco
Bulb t'O s[ vaks of tbe terrible carnage
of the late Taepiug rebellion. Ono dw
triet is described which yielded ninety
thousand ch sfs of ten per annum be
fore the war,’and is now a desert
waste. A bolt of Innd four hundred
miles long by two hundred miles wide
is ri.eraijy without mi iuliubi'ant. The
writer says:
Tho distinguished China traveler
and savant, Dr Maogowan, estimates
tho loss of life by the Tapping war nt
about twenty-five millions souls; but
intelligent Chinese I have conversed
with say that full ono hundred millions
were kbled or perished from s'arva
tioii. There was not much U> choose
on either siffo. Whithur Imperial or
Taeping, the victorious party put men,
women and children to tho sword
Trie Grand Canal used to be ohokc l
up wilt dead bodies, Uiul I have seen
even the swfft doling Yaiijjtzo crimson
with the blood of all ages, sexes and
conditions In life
“It’s ail very pretty talk,” said a re
cently married old bachelor, who had
just finished readin | an essay of the
‘Culture of YYom:m, ’ just a heavy
milliner's bill was pres nted tri Min—
•lt’s all very pret y, this cultivation,
i of women ; but ruch a charge as this
f r bonnets, is rather a heavy top
r dressing—in my judgement '
Ur ck Pomeroy calls for subscrip t ds
in aid of the drstifuic widow of Mani
-1 f r<i, hinge lin New Orleans by Bca.«
• Butler,”