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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1868)
©life jfournl, Published Every Thursdiy lJy Christian. TERMS—Strictly In .Meaner. ijw&iii.r n u.~ *>« WahuJ;!.- ** oo llales o/'. I liter Using : One dollar per square of ten lines for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion, not ex cce<liO£ t|ree. One 9gu>in| three months $ 8 00 »ne Juoifc si* months I'd 00 Onaßuafeton* year......» 2<) 00 TnlAuJlc) three months Id 00 TVoTqnafeSsi* months. 18 00 Two squares one year 30 00 Fourth of a columnyhrec moths,... v 3O 00 Fourth of a column six.montbs 50 00 Half column three fhotre .. .177'.... 45 00 Half column six months 7o 00 One column three months 70 00 One column six months 100 00 Liberal ltcduetions Made on Contract a idvertlsements. ,»• - Legal Advertising. 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All work promptly done for the cash. 00v22'673m UAKRIS DE.N'.VAI P. THE DAWSON JOURNAL. Yol. 11. MISCELLANEOUS. ALMOST A VICTIM. ASTORtOF ARKANSAS JUSTICE. Thirty years ago, a period known as the “Flftsb times on the Mississippi,” was the especial era in that Dew and prosperous region of adventurous enter prise, legitimate and illegitimate. The teaming wealth of the cotton regions Opt only attracted capital and energy in the courso of honest lobor, but a horde of greedy and unscrupulous adventur ers flooded the whole country, ready w> prey upon the fullness of the land, who were restrained neither by the fear of' the law nor the dread of persona! tc sentiment; whose depredations were marked by signal byldnesa, and on a scale of unexampled magnitude Gam blers, thieves, and counterfeiters it.fist ed the whole and cairied ou their nefareous operation with a degree of success and impunity which fairly startled the irspeotable portion of the community, and Compelled them to look about for a means of defence and self protection which the ordinary c-urs" of justice seemed incompetent to ass od.— This was thj cause of vigilance eouiuiit tees and “Lynch law.” The system was established upon the great natural right of communities, as well bs individuals, to protect themselves where the course of legal vindication was tardy or inefficient. At about tbat period a man named Guyon established himself at Helena, Arkansas, iu a general merchantile bus iness, whose disposition and habi's soon made him r.marked in the commnity. He neither frtqaontcd the grog-shops nor indulged iu the dissipation which were to universal. Taciturn in manner, strict in busi ness, and fearless in the assertion of bis rights, if he did net win popularity he soon commanded respect, aud even the most rec;!c*s, when regarded his gigan tic form, his fearless countenance, aud his firm glance, failed to molest him His transactions in trade were rigidly exacting, but always fair and open. Oue fact had. however, become mark ed in bis conduct: On various occa sions when he had received sums of money in the eoursc of busiuers he re turned certain notes as counterfeit, aud insisted upon their redempti on by tie ■ arty from whom he alleged that he had rccrived them. This was resisted in several cases ; but as there was much countnfeit money iff >at and the de nomination of the tils corresponded with those paid, his earnest, vehement demands were complied v?i b. These tr nsactkins, h >wever, left an unpleasant feeling in the minds of the persons concerned, and a; hi* tdok n pains to conciliate Lis neighbors, it 's sot to be wondered at that he made en emies, though nono of them ear and to a— Fault him, especially, t.>r», as he gave no other occasions lor (flense. It happened at last iiia> Guyon had a transaction with a naturalized* Yankee named Sha'p", who was of an equal y positive thuruciir and fearless disposi tion. The difference between them amounted to a considerable sum of mots cy wh’ch Slnrpe paid to Guton in bills these the latter careful y examin' and in the presence of a witness, and objected to several, and Guyon gave bis ii ccipt and went away apparently contented. The next day i.o returned, however, and presented several bills, which wore evidently b‘gus, and demanded their redemption. Sharpe positive], refused, and referred to hi scruiiny of the notes at the time of receiving them. Guyon as positively insisted they were the same paid him, and stated that on g-iiog home that he hud locked up the money in his bureau, where it remained unlit next morning when he look it. out to use, and discovered the hills in ques tion. Sharpe persisted iu his refusal, and threatened a suit, as well as a prosecu tion. Words rau high, and a collision would have undoubtedly tuked place but. that Sharpe either lacked pluck, or was awed by the superior physical power of his antagonist. They parted, however, with hitter feeling of animosity on both sides. The next day Guyon, true to his threat, instituted a suit for the recovery of tbo .mount of the notes, and his oi>- ponent, who was a prominent member of a vigilance committee, called it to gether at night. The meet ng was so cret, and Sharpe laid his case before tbc “court,” as it was styled, boldly charging Guyon’with a systematic plan to pass counterfeit money and swindle the community. It happened that one or two person* were present, from whom Guyon had reclaimed money under the same cir cumstances, and, who smarting from the idea that tbeyhad been cheated, wore very severe upon the accused. The action of such tribunals is generallly summary. The circumstantial proofs were very strong, and the offense, one particularly obnoxious to a community liable to that species of fraud; so it was proposed to appoiut a comnaitte at once to proceed to Guyon’s place and put him under arrest and search the premi ses for further evidences of bis guilt. As poon as tLis ptoposition was made the figure of a person who bad conceal ed himself behind some rubbish on the outside of the building, and heard the whole proceedings might have been seen creepiug stealthily away, until beyond the danger of observation, when, spring ing to his feet, he fled rapidly iu thetli roction of Guyoo’s house. limy as well say this Was a man who livtd in •ho vicinity, named Sam Hurt— 1 Slinky Sam” he was cillcd. Iu person be wa i lean and lank, almost to tmancipa ti o, and possessed a countcuance of singular ugliness ; a beardless, yellow, -brivelcd face with deep-set, snake like .-yes. Ilis habits were idje acd d«su!- DAWSON, GA., TIIUIiSDAY, JANUARY a, I§4lß. tiry, and his disposition vicious, though he was generally considered a harmless good or-nothing. This man, who bad a wife, a poor, sickly, ill-used creature, was occasionlo employed by Guyon, as much probably from pity as anything else, and had his espionage upon the proceedings of the committee, and his flight, apparently for the purpose of warning his employer, been known, it w >uld doubtless have fared bard with him. It was half an hour perhaps before the party were ready to proceed to Guy on’s store, which was oa the lower floor of his dwelling. They found no person at the house except the nrgress cook, who iuformed them that her mistress had gone to see some sick person, and the master had gone along with bet. To their demand tbat she should open the st re, the negress replied : “Massa doDe took the key with him, and she wbwijt gwine to brake the door, no she wprn’t. White folks might do it themselves if they wanted to. While they paused to deliberate upon the expediency of foreiug an entrance, ‘Slink Sam’ appeared, somewhat out of breath, aud informed them tbat Guyon whs coming himself. Upon the arrival of the storekeeper, he promptly compli ed with their demand for admission. The doors were open and and lights brought. Guyoiiis manner was cairn and confident in bis voice, he bxhibited neither tear nor anything like bullying. lie seemed to know exactly whose hand he was in, aud to feel that innocenco and manli ness were his best protection. At the request of the leader of the party, Guyon opened thedraw of bis bu reau, a curious old fashioned piece of furniture, iu which his money was kept. Everything was found correct, except the bills which he said he had received fioin Sharpe, and which he had demand ed should be taken back. ‘Open the other drawers, if you please, Mr. Guyon,’ said the leader. ‘Certainly,’ was the prompt reply. Still there was Dothing found to im plicate him, and they were about com mencing a.general search of the premi ses, when the leader, tapping the top of the bureau with hit knuckles, said : ‘There is a recess here we have not got at yet,’ It is a secret drawer, and contains nothing but old family papers.” said Guyon. “Open i‘, was the stern command. ‘ The key is in my wife’s room ; 1 shall have to go for it.’ Tncro was, or his hearers imagined there was, just the slightest hesitation iu his manner. At any rate the inter ruption was unfortunate. IT: was fierce ly bidden to ‘stand ,f he valued bis life,’, while several revolvers fin-bed before his eyes, and their muzzles were pointed in unpl -asant proximity at his head. !he oily eff et was to make Lirn told his aru sand cur! his lip with a con enip oi> smile, until the ton of the bureau was wrenched i ff‘ As the conti tits of the d'awer were expossd, however, he turned deadly tale and fairly gaspe for breath ; for there were Dot only the papers of which be bad spoken, but on the top of them lay three or four bundhsof oounte,- fi- notes, neatly done up, and Le>ide them the piate on which they were piinsed. Oj examina'iou they were found to be the very kind which be charged Sharpe with possing upon him, aud iusistid iiu his taking back. As soon as Guyon, by a ccsperate ef fort, recovered his seif postssiou, he firmly deuided all knowledge of the af fair. “It’s false as hell,” ho said. ‘I am no counterfeiter; but the devil has leagued with my enemies to ruin me ’ “The key was in your wife’s room, eh, illr. Guyon ? sneered one wio lad suffered by making restitution when de manded in a similar case. “A poor (rick to give ua the slip when yon know you were caught. Guyon save the man no other answer than u ionk of scoru ; but turning to the leader of tbc g- eg, be asked ; ‘Well, what do you mean to do?— You have searched my house without a warrant, broken open my drawer, and found out what I was as ignorant of as yourself. Will you give me a fair trial before the courts, or do you intend to substitute mob violence ?” “It would be a little better to lower your tone, John Guyon,’ said the party addressed, sternly. ‘You are convicted of passing counterfeit money upon your customers iu the most sneaking way, by pretending that you first received it from them. We have found the money in your possession, in your secret draw er; it would be nothing more but jus tice if we hung you on the spot; but a trial you shall have; not betore the court you wish, however, where some lawyer can be paid to lie you out of it; but'Judge Lynch will sit on your case atfive o’clock to-morrow morning; if found guilty, at six you will be hung. In the mean time we will take you along, and I warn you that any attempt to eseape will be instant death.’ Guyon submittel pasiivcly to be searched, haviug his pocket knife and small revolver which he carried taken away, and his arms pinioned behind him. He was then marched to a building whieb the Regulators bad taken posses sion of, and kept under strict guard dur ing the night If John Guyon had rendered him self unpopular with his neighbors, it was very different with bis wife. She was a woman full of charity and benev olence, always ready to visit the sick ot distressed, minis!'ring tenderly and lib t rally to them consolation or cm tort. Hhe enjoyed the respect, love and gra’- Huile of hose among wh< in she lived, and consideration fur her went very far to precuro a greater degroo of tolerance toward her butbeud. On the n ght of this misshap, she was berido th'’ sick bed of‘Slinky Sum’s wife, whom I havs already mentiou as a poor, feeble creature. Sam, wnen he sole away from spying on the Rejula tors, had prooeefled at once tu the ttoro and not findidg Guyon, bad set about after his own fashion to hunt him up. and fallen in with him as he returned from escorting his wife. As soon us Guyon was taken away, ‘Slinky Sam’ proooeded to iutorm Mrs. Guyon of the catastrophe, which caused her immediate return home. She lin gered there, however, but a few mo ments, hastening to find her husband.— Though treated with respect by the guards, she was absolutely refused per mission to see him, much Igsb remain by b n side Some blankets and provis ions she was allowed however to send him. Though fondly attached to her husband, and deeply distressed at the nmfortnne, she was a woman of energy, and did not despond, but set to work to elf ct if possible, his release. The stern threat which hung over him she bad not heard; but she knew the character of the ihen she bad to deal with, and, though never doubting in her own heart his innocence, she feared the worst. Proceeding, as soon as a horse could be saddled, to the sher iff of tho county, who lived several miles out of town, she besought him in the most earnest and s tiful manner tp rescue her husband fr.iin bis illegal dur ance; but he was a cautious, timid man and although he accompanied her to town, and had a long interview with the leader of the Regulators, he was obliged to inform her that he dared not inter fere. Mrs Guyon made several journeys tbrough«the night, eudeavering to raise friends who would be able to rescue her husband, but it was all in vaiD. It ap peased that the hearts of those who controlled his fate grew more obkurate, aud those who willingly would have vin dicated the law mere timid. At five o’clock the next morning ‘‘Lynch’’ court was formed, and the prisoner biuugbi before it. Armed men kept guard over its proceedings, and a pat rol was set to prevent any attempt at rescue or interference on the part of the regular officers of the law had they bitn so disp >sed. Guyon w»s offered council, but he declined the mockery. Trial was brief, and his conviction a foregone conclusion ; as his only ycs.-i— --blc defense was in the assertion of his innocence. He di 1 not protend to ac count for the evidences of guilt found in t. is pro tribes, as no possible theory w u and enable him to do so ; in fact, he seemed injst'ficd cn iLcsufij c\ . 11.- was ;e ten Ced to bo nutig in an hour ; but either a latini re.-poet for bis L'nfii' ohing nerve, nr sympathy for bis heart-broken wife, educed bis judg s io or nit an udditi, n.l lour, and 0 -out tl a the time be pa-eel in tho c inpany wiih hie wife al-uic, care be ing ! ak-. nto sec tbat she conveyed no weapons to him, and tu guard the apart ment ihry wore in. What passed b tw -eo these agoniz and hearts the Almighty alone saw, though we may readily divine their mis(ry Guyon, it was afterward understood, besought his wife to furnish him means of ending bis hie, or to kill him herself, and thus escape the disgrace of a public execu ion; but poor thing, she bad nei ther the power nor tho opportunity oven if she could have mustered resolu tioo. As for him, he was firm in the assertion of bis innocence to the last aud indignant at the treatment he was re oeiving. At ieDgth it was announced that the time of grace haa expired, and ail prepa rations being made, they oarne to lead him forth to die. With on3 wild shriek bis wife swoon ed away Some kiol-bearted woman took charge of her, and as the doomed man pressed one last kiss on her cold lips bis featuroß quivered with the only emotiou of weakuess which he had be trayed. With a firm step lie mounLod tbo temporary jJutform, over which bum? the latal roue from the limb of a tree, glanced defiantly around at the crowd of angry laces, and exclaimed, in u clear, strong voice : “II you w-itl murder me, let some man send a bullet through my heart; don’t hang me like a dog ” There was a movement as if one or two were disposed to com; ly with the invitation, ond Guyon’s 01-untcuunce actually hrightened at the prospect; but a stern gesture lrom the leader repressed any such demonstration. “It’s of no use; lam pleading to w ild beasts,” said the victim, sudden ly ; “do your w ill on mo, murderers " lho cord was speedily arranged, and the support was about to be knocked lrom under him, when a feeble shout was heard: “Stop ! stop ! He is ionoesnt. I can prove it. Stop! or you commit murder.” Ail eyes were turned in the direc tion from which the sounds came, while the band of the executionor was staid. A female, whose pallid face and emuciputed form was recognized as be iOtiging to the wife of “Slinky Sam," was struggling to pass through the crowd, and ho.ding something in her band. “Stop ! Mr. said she, “un til you bear me, or you will commit rnuider Stop ! 1 can prove him inuo ceii’.” “Make way for that woman, and let her come this way, ’ said the leader, at the same lime giving instructions to defer the exeeu ion Mrs Burt, who had risen from her sick bed to rescue the husband ol her benefactress, at a sacrifice, wi.icn, when understood, elevated her in o a heroins, as soon as she found stit was in time to prevent the fearful act, ai most fainted uway from the reaction, ami only revived after tho free use of stimulants Her story wns a very pTuin one ; she hnd been In" awnro of her husband’s ! connection with a secret bund of conn ; terloiters ; but fear, and u Btrange af ; fectioo for one who neglected and ill used her, had prevented any exposure by her. Wnen she beard what had occurred, and that Guyon was to he executed, she at once suspected the truth, and her husband coming in, she boldly tax ed him with the crime. At'Aiet, he waa angry, and threatened Eer; re memhet ing all tho kindness she had received from Mis Guyon, she pei sisted and threatened herself to tell all she knew if John Guy’on suffered. Whe’lier it was ft-uror remorse for his iu;rati:ude, Sam made a clean breast of it, only stipulating for an hour’s start to get away. If appeared that he, being in the employ of Guyon, had taken impres sions «.f the Kicks of his bureau, and obtained keys to fit them. 8o that when any considerable amount of money was received and put away as usual, hv abstracted a portion of the bills, and substituted eounerfeits, which he received from his confedeates whose'den was in the they carried on their nefarious busi ness, using “Slinky Sam,” as the saf est messenger between themselves, and those whom they supplied with the “bogus” funds on the river boats. They had some time previous broken up and gone off, leaving Ham a sup ply of their bills, which, as exulained, he traded off through GuyOn, who very innocently charged parties from whom he received different sums of money, which he knew he had care fully locked up, wi.h passing counter feits upon him When “Slinky Sam,*’ after over heating the deliberations of the vigil ance committee hurried away, it was not to give warning to his employer, but to carry out a scheme of his own by which lie in-ended to divort a!! sus picion from himself by fixing the crime upon Guyon, inough it can scarcely be supposed that he expected the af fair was likely to terminate so sudden ly and fatally. Entering the store furtively, by means best known to hitmelf, he took from a secret hidingpluce the no es and plate, opened the drawer with bis duplicate key, and piaceij them there. It was then tnat he went forth to find his employer, and inform him of what was going on. In confirmation of her story, Sam’s wife bad with her other notes of the same description, as Weh as the lalso keys of the bureau. Os course, John Guyon was prompt !y released, and the news spreading quickly, tiie jr-ylul intelligence was gently brok n { u (,j s w jf a by the'wo men around her, as sliarecovered from her long swoon. In a few minutes af ter, she was locked injbc embrace of her husband. As for Guyon he turned a deaf ear to ali the excuses which bis persecut ors were di posed to offer, but set about to sell off his property at any sacrifice. In a week, he left forever the place which his bitter experience had made hateful to him ed—the,Regulators, who were perhaps, somewhat sobered by their narrow escape from the commis sion of a great, crime, making no very active search for him. His wife went with the Guyon*, who alwaysj cherished and supported her aftcfwS'd. A Roland for an Oliver. Lord St. Vincent was exacting upon minute points of etiquette to a degree which was irksome to his subordinate*. It was the custom for a lieutenant from each ship in the fleet to go on board the admiral’s ship for ardors, hut the office was always fulfilled unwillingly. Ua one occasion, and in a particular vessel, a dispute aiose among tbo lieutenants, each trying to show that the duty was not his; until, to the great relief of the others, a spirited young iellow volun teered. lie went on board and intro duced hmself to the admirul, ihen Sir John Jervis, who, after scanning his uniform, said: 41 cannot give my orders to you.’’ “Wily not, sir?’ “I don’t know who you are.’’ ■“I am a lieutenant.” “I should not judgo so from your dress.” “I am aware of no defect in my dret-s ” “You have no buckles in your shoes!” Th; lieutenant departed, supplied the omission, aryl returning, again present ed himself upon tho admiral’s quarter deck, prepared to take his revouge.— Tho first formalities having been gone through, Sir John was proceeding to give his instructions wbcD, to his great surprise, the lieutenant said he could not take his order. “Why not?*' inquired the startled Jervis “I don’t know who you are,” was the reply. “lam Sir John Jervis, commander in chief of kra Majesty’s flxt,’’ etc. “I cannot tell by your dregs” (for in truth the admiral wore a simple un— dressj S.r John, without another word, ft r ho was fairly caught, retir'd into his canin, whence bes. ou emerged iu the fall c stume ol an admiral, and the of ficer, having expressed his satisfaction, rcoeived his orders. “Captain, me jewel,” said a son ut Erin, a* a ship was coming on the c *Hst in inclement weather, “have ye an almeuack on hoard ?” “No I haven’t.’’ “Then, be j there, we shall Lave to take the weather as it comes.” No. 48. [From the Savannah Advertiser. South (la. Conference Appoint ment*. LAST’ DAY. At the session yesterday mr.m’ng, after opening with prayer’ and other pre'iroiurry exercises, Albimy was se iccti-d as the place for holding the next nrnual Conference. A number of reports were rend and appropriately referred, and petitions for aid from several colleges were re ferred to their respective District moet ings. The Conference requested tho Bish op to appoint an agent for the An drew Female College. The report of Wesleyan Fomale College was commended to tho pub lic, recommending tho organization of an endowment society, every niombei' to pay ten dollars per annum for five years. *T he Committpe rooqnimcpyl the schein sos raising funds enough in cadi Presiding Elder’s distrie; to edu case one candidate for the Ministry.— I he Committee On Education was ap« }H)inied as a Board to take this matter in band, and Uey. J. B. Key and ltev. J. W. Burke were added to the board of Education, The report was then adopted ns a whole. At half past tares o clock Conference re-assem b!ud in the church, which was well tilled by many to learn-the result of the appointment? for tho en suing yeur. Alter the transition of a Jrttle rou tine business, filling of, Committees, &c., Rev. Dr. Pierce offered u series ol rfsolutions thanking the citizens of feavannah, &c , which were adopted by a rising vote. Dr Pierce then introduced other resolutions, in which he said he JJhad for many years past been looking for ward to the future. His resolution also looked forward, but as they in volved the interest of tho church gen ©rally, he thought it better that they shoiud be published iu the Southern Christian Advocate the recognized ol gi.n of the church, and aiso riTrred to the District meeting. Tno Bishop stated that it gave him great pleasure to announce that a gen tleman of this city, a member of ynoth er denomination, find authorized him to state that he would contribute $l5O annually toward the support of a mis sionary at Darien, or any other point in tbat vicinity ;to aid in giving tho Gospel to dest'tute neighborhoods The bishop dij not give the name ol the charitable gentleman, bu*. as wo were Vuting rniar the * Beero’nrv. we learned it was Col. Aaron Wilbur, whoso charitable.impulses aro well known in this oomixiuni'y. After an appropriate prayer by Rev. Satn’l A nth. my, the Bishop said he would proceed to make the appoint ments for the ensuing year. He stid, in doing this he had no idea that all would be sa'isfied, as that was impos j Bible He bad made but few changes and those only such us were rendered necessary in h's judgement. The ap poinlmenta w«ro made in the fear of God and for llis honor unj glory, and he trusted they wolf and be* generally acceptable, and pro<G for the hest in terests of the Mo hodiet church in this Confluence. Home preaohers might be sent to places they did notlfa*, and somis congregations might not bo pleased with the sen* them, but he trusted all w T ould work harmo niously together for tlm interest of Christ’s kingdom. He then proceed ed to make the following appoint ments : Savannah District J W llinton, Presiding Elder Savannah : Trinity ; Goo G N Me Done! 1 City Mission ; L) D ilox Springfield; K H Howren Sylvania ; J M Stokes Bethel; S S Sweet Waynesboro; I S Hopkins A lexaiider ; T B Lanier Louisville; D li McWilliams and H JL> .Murphy Gibson ; D L Timmons Sandersville; J M Austin SandeiwvHle Circuit; J J Morgan Washington Circuit; To be’sup plied * * fcnvuinsbom ; J D Mauldin Macon District. G It Jo welt, Presiding Elder Macon : Mulberry Street; Jos S Key City Masson; Jus Jones, J. W Burke Put Str't; J Blakely Smith Jeffersonville ; J T Ainsworth Irwingion; Woslep Luue Gordon ; C W Smith (Jctiiulgee Mission; To bo sup plied Huwkinsvillo Mission; W F Robin eon Fort Valley; EA H McGhee Peny ; W Knox Baynesvilloy W W Stewart Vienna; E J Rentz Macon Circuit; W C Bass Loeksvillo Aiission ; To be supplied V\ esleyun Female College; J M Bonnoll, President, W G Bass uud O L Srni h, Professors Editor Southern Christian Advocate : E ii Myers Columbus District. R B Lester, Presiding Elder Columbus: Ft Luke’s; J E Evans St Paul 8; A M Wynn Girard and Wesley Chapel Mission; J R Littlejohn M uscogeo ; S B Clerr ents i iSasant How and Upstoie Mission* M W lidweil; Y F 1 lgnor, Sup But.er; G L VV Anthony, and ODe to be supplied Talbott on ; R TY P.xon Talbot; C A Fulwood Hamilton ; W A Parks Lumpkin and Pleasant Valley; W S Baker Stewart; W G Hanson Buena Vista ; G T Emmons Cusseta; E O’Drisooll Amcricus District. J. B. McGhee, Presiding Elder,' Americus—G. P, Jones. Bethel-—George Bright. Magnolia Eprioge— U. F. Brood love. Oglethorpe end Montezuma—J. M. Marshall. Swift Creek Mission—To he supplied. Worth and Eoarly Mission—'Jo bo supplied. Htarkvillo Mission—J. Q. Worley. Cuthburt and Georgetown—J. O A. Cook. Randolph—J. W. Mills. Floreno®—S. R. Weaver. Dawson—T. T. Chrisijan. Weston— (.1. A. Crowell. ItiUville —R. F. Williamson. Albany—U D. Moore. BainhriJgc District. Geo C Clark, Presiding Elder Bainbiidge; A J Dean Eocatur; W M D Bond ! Spring Hill; Jan Harris Thoma?v.il[a • Ilf B Ousley Camilla; M A Moltibben Ochlochnee Mi-aion; R F Evans Morgan; R W Flournoy Colquitt; To be supplied Trinity and Biakely; J H Harris Fort Gaines; E J Baldwin Grooverjjville ; J W Talley District. , J. W Simmons, Pressing Elders Brunswick and 8t Mary’s; R J Coribv rind find one to be supplied Waynesvlllo; N B MMorb Doctoctown ; W M Kennedy Holiuesville; SG Childs OwtnulW'u; W F Conness W a restore; \V T McMichael Irwin; to be supplied Stockton ; M H Fielding Nashville; J L Williams Valdosta; J J Gilts Quitman ; J M Hendry Morville; D C Harris Moultrie; to be supplied Altamaha District. L B Payne, Presiding Elder Hin.sville; J B Benteil Dar en and Mclntosh; Wm Hayes uvffl Mission ; to be supplied. Statesboro M ission, W H Wylly Duohnt to be supplied Mt. Vernon ; W M C Conley Reidsville; W M Walsh Pulaski and Wilson Mission ;to bo «up| li_-d bundny School Agent; Loviek Pierce Agent for the Andrew Female Col lege and Wesleyan Female College Endowment; J P Duncan •Ageit for Eumory College Endow ment; J J Reynold - . J P Duncan was transferred to tho North Georgia Conference, and ap pointed Supernumerary at Atlanta. Dyer B Harbin was* transferred to the Illinois Conference. W I’ Jones was transferred to the Florida Conference, and appointed to Union Circuit, T-nlleliasse Dist. Several other transfers were made to different Conferences. The Rjshop then made appoiotmen's of several colored preacheie from dif ferent charges, remarking that many yet remained to be 'supplied. After the usual notices by Presiding Elders, Conference adjourned with the usual benediction ,l>y the Bishop. £3“Art clepbbnt dealer, by the name Buxoo, was traveling from Sylhet GfcNertbcru India with a siring of ele phan s for sale. Whim he arrived at llurdwar, where the Ganges fl wsdown from the mCuutain into the plains of Hindestan, it was the lime of the great melo, or annual fair, when tfce Hindoos oomo in myriads to bathe in their sacred stream, This is the time when ele phant merchants from the South, borso dealers fram Cabool, Cutch add Katywar the sellers of eamels from Central India and bullock drivers fro j Hissar and Delhi, bring their auima's for sale.— Buroo soon found.customers Tt five out of six of his animals. The sixth, for sime rea'-ons best known to Buxoo and tj others skilled in elephants, remained unsold. The last and .greatest day of the fair came, and our merchant was in a state of the utmost atrxiety lest he should have this one elephant left upon his hand*. At the moment when the fair became busy, up walked a villager, who began a close investigation of the ele phant. Buxoo became more than ever uneasy. ‘Sconoo Bbai,’ said he—'that ir, Ho rn ut y brother, *1 see you are a judge of elephants. Now say notbieg to bindar the sale of mine ; 1 mean to ask only 590 tupecs, and you sball have 50 for yourtclf.’ l'be villager assented. Presently a purchaser was found, and tbc 50 rupees honestly paid over to this judge of elephants.’ As ho was quiet ly putting the 50 rupees into tho folds “f his waist-el■ -Ih, Buxoo put the follow ing questions: ‘‘Tell me, friend, by what art you found out that there was anything amiss with my elephant? I thought [ bad got him well up for sale. •Sir,’said the judge of elephants, put ting a finishing hitch to the knot which held his rupees, “to tell you the truth, this was the first elephant I ever saw, and I was trying to find out which w;s his bead and which was his tail.” If the “milk of human kindness” can net be found in the “pail of society,” it is titne for all bauds to “kick the bucket.” The “hot” skate is the last invention. The heat oomes from a cLemieal arrange ment. Mrs. Ji nk ins complained in the even ing that the tutkev she had eaten in the morning did no* sot well. “Probab'v,” said J nkins, “it was n t a hen tur* k J- __ “Head Centre” Stevens it in {<wer ty and and in Paris.
