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PUJOB afflftkli Journal PUBLISHED E YKKY THURSDAY, ifH ns-Sh'UUy in .tdvanct. Si* " lont,is 2 00 Oiie ye r }l l,. e rUstrt> .'—The money for ad- considered dae after first inser li°iirerti9enuentß inserted at intertals to be , „ a iit<v each insertion. C An additional charge of 10 per cent will 0 n advertisements ordered to be in -66.“a on a particular page. Advertisements under the head of “Spe • i Notices" will be inserted for 15 cents eia for the first insertion, and 10 cents line'for each subsequent insertion. in the •• I.ocal Column ” nillbe inserted at 25 cents per line for the first, and 20cent- per Itne for each subse nl,ent insertion. . Q All communications or letters on business Inten led for this office should be addressed “ The Dawson Journal” legal ADVERTISING RATES. 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We hereby give final no tice tnat no advertisement of this class wil he published in the Journal without the fee itpiid in advance, only in cases where we have special arrangements to the contrary Yrotegictml ftafffi*. }. It. GCFltltV, ' JAB. 0 FAHKB. GUERRY & PARKS, Ittorms and Colipselors at Lain, DAWSON, - GEORGIA. IJRACTICE in the State and Federal I Courts. Collections made a specialty.— Promptness and dispatch guarantied and insured. Nov ltf R. F. SIMM OK Sr fit’ll at Laid & Ileal iptate fg’t, Dawson, Terrell County, Ga SPF. IAL a tention given to collections, conveyancing and investigating titles to Real Estate. Oct 18, tf T. 11. PICKETT, Alt 1 y & Counselor at Law, OFFICE with Ordinary in Court House. All business ent.usted tc biscare will receive prompt and efficient attention. Ja'.O ~J. J. BECK, Attorney at Law, mrsan, C;il9ioim f ouiily, 0;i. Will practice in the Albny Circuit and else where in :he State, by Contract. Prompt at** tention "iven to all business entrusted to his care. Collections a specialty. Will also in* testigate titles and buv or sell real Estate in Culhaun, Raker and Parly Counties, march 21—tf L. G CARTLEDGE, Attorney at Law WORGA.K, - - GEORGIA. \\ULL give close attention to all bust ’v n<-ss eutrusted to his care iu Albany Circuit. 4-Iv L. C- HOYL, Attorney at Law- Dawsoii, Georgiti. J- l. JANES. C. A. MCDONALD. Janes & McDonald, Attorneys at Law, DAJTSOV, - GEORGIA. Office at the C. urt House. 7an.7 ()Ut CATtI.OUUEfi 1 §7B. Jol 100 pages, printed en tinted paper, Retaining Two l£l<‘guilt Colored **lHtta and illustrated with a great nun- ot engraviiigs, giving prices, description and cultivation of plants, flower and vegeta j e seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, etc., will be tnai.ed for 10 cents, which we will deduct Iromfi’st order. Mailed free to our regular customers. Dealers price list free, Address M ANZ & NEUXKR, ouisvi le, Kj. All nervous, exhausting, and painful dis *ises speedily yield in the curative influences nf the Puivermacher’s Electiic Belts and Rands. They are safe, simple, and effective *nd Can he eesilv applied by the paiient himself. Book, with lull particulars, mailed f - ep . Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Cos., Cincinnati, Ohio. \\ r ASTED-To make a permanent * " e' gagement with a clergyman having wure, or a Bible Reader, to introduce in Terrell County, lhe C labrated N** Ceo •cnnial Edition of the Holy Bible- For ’'rscription, notice editorial in last week's '"sue of this paper: Address at once F. L. HOTON 4 CO., nb ishers 4 Bookbinders, 60 E. Market St. Isdianapolis, Ind. i V f T 17 XT T'O should send 26 cts. \ a I I'j 1 to H. M. Crider of ,r k. Pa , for a g.o>;!e copy of his beauti ' ‘ r 1 ’ l °graph Memorial Record. i nis i, a Q ,, w iuventioa and will find mar.y anxious purchasers in every neighborhood. . r 'f* for terms to agents of the grand h 'i re entitled ‘The Illustrated lord's * H. M. CRIDER, Pub., York, Pa. THE DAWSON JOURNAL BY J. D. HOYL & CO THE WONDERFUL, MARKS MAN. Carver Astonishing the Ger nums and Pigeon Shooters Dr. Carver gave another exhibition | o{ h's remarkable >kill with the rifle and shotgun in Deerfoot I’atk yejpr day atternoon. Among the poisons present were a delegation of shatp' shooting Germans IromHobok en, many Long Island pigeon shooters. The Doctor came upon the gtounds accompanied by his friends Cos! Fletch er, Texas Jack, an! sevoraiother gen leuien. They brought a heavy car pet sack filled wi’h cartridges, four Winchester rifles, and two doubie-ba r retled shotguns. These were placed on a tough, ricketty table, end a bar rel of glass baits filled with feathers was placed aboutthiitv feet in front of the table. Col. Fletcner began to load the rifle, and Dr. Carver threw off his blue flannel sack coat, picked up one of the rifles, and balanced it in with the fondness of a boy handling his first fowling pieco. He then looked over the field, his loDg blond locks waving in the breeze, and quietly remarked to Col. Fletcher, “I’ve got too much wind to shoot to day.” His broad, white jfsombrero shaded his neck, face, and eag'e eyes: a loose, black velvet jacket, loaded with heavy golden Ooliforuia medals, covered his broad, sinewy shoulders and breast, w hile a gold watch chain that lesetubled a section of the work ing c \ble of tite Brooklyn btidge dan gled from the fob pocket of his light colored, we 1 fitting pant“loons that he wore gracefully without suspender -. Col. Fletcher, who tossed tho balls and other marks iu the air for the Doctor to shatter and perforate, was dressed in an easy-fitting midshipman’s suit of blue, and was not encumbered with co&ttails Ttias Jack tejoiced in black trousers, a white shirt, open down the back, that caught the breeze delightfully, and black slouch hat that sha led his Hashing eyes and bronzed cheeks. “Gentlemen, Fin ready tor a few experimental shots to warm up,” s*>id the Dodo*, as Col. Fietcher stepped toward the barrel. The balls were soon flying in the air, about twenty feet in Iron* of the Doctor, who stood ready with Iris rifle. The balls were thrown about twenty-five ft t high, and the wind would carry them about three feet out of the line before they were hit. The Doctor broke tire first two, then missed one, then hit again and again missed. “Whoop them op a little higher,” be shouted to the Colonel. The halls were snt higher, the Doctor leaned forward on his left foot,.his left hand well out on the barrel of Iris tifle, both eyes open, Ins right hand moving with the precision of clockwork as he fired off the bul. n ks the balls, scatte-od tho feathers, and threw out the shells ol tho cartridges. The marksman soon broke five balls in succession The man, the rifle, and the mark seemed to be one piece of machinery, which worked unerringly. “I am now ready to try a hundred oalls,” said the Doctor, and the Col. began to elevate them. The first sev, cn were broken as rapidly as the re porter could jot a single mark for each shot; then there was a miss.— From that up to the fortieth evety ball was shattered. The Doctor miss ed the forty-first and forty-ninth From the forty-ninth to the one hun dredth shot the marksmanship was inaivellous. Not a single bullet miss ed its mark, and the hundred shots were completed with only throe miss es. Dr. Carver rested a shot t time, cool ed his th'oat with a glass of lemona de, whiie the Colonol and Texas Jack likewise partook of a refreshing drink with the Doctor. The rifles weie cleaned and cooled, and then the matksiuan went at it again in a sens* of varied experiments. First Colonel Flf tcher took a brick in his hands, walked off fifteen or twenty yards, stooped over, facing the crowd and the Doctor, swung the brick backward and forward between his legs, then suddenly shooting h.s body and arms erect, sent the brick fifty in the air. The Doctor fired—and missed. Iben the Colonel raised the brick agein witn bis sinewy derrteks. The Doctor broke it in two pieces. Pieces were tossed in the air. The Doctor converted them into brickdust, some times hitting a piece twice before it was pulverized on iU way to the grass. Other pieces were thrown u r , and as they came down the marksman would fire three times, the first two bullets going over the mark putposeiy and the third one shattering it. Occasion ally the Doctor would miss these shots. One of the gu s was out oforder, and s-veral times little pieces of the ex plodlng eartiidges tickled his right eye in a painful manner. Then he powdered small pieces of brick thrown at him, the dust settling on the heads of the eager spectators, who crowd ed mound and branched out from tho Doctor. Fragments of glass were then thrown toward the marksman and shivered. A dollar was sent whizzing over the field with a hole in it. Quar ters shared the same fate; and, most, remarkable of all, three ot our small est cents were shot at- The rifle crack- ed, atid the coppers went out of sight with a ping. One lank Long Island pigeon-pop per, with patched trousers, said: “That ain’t pigeon shooting. I won der what he can do on the wing,” Just then two yellow butterflies, a lit tle larger than Jersey mosquitoes> chased each othei over the grass, about thirty feet in from of the Doc tor. He fired two balls at them. The second ball knocked off a wing ot one of the butteiflies, and he fluttered off into the glass. Dr. Carver then tool: another rest and a second lemonade, and the spec tators indulged iu coramen'B over tho tvonderlul shots. The Germans said that he could take all the prizes at a Schutzenfest. An enthusiastic Irish man said, “Bpgorran, theonly troub le would be to match him. Ye cau’t folnd h:s aqual ” “Oh,” said the L’tig Island pigeon shooter, “I guss Bogardus would fetch him on birds and game.” ’Game, is it?” replied the Hibernian ”An d’y.i kuow how he shoot buffa loes' He jisi roides alongside uv a drove, waits till the heads of three get ilia shtraight loine.ahd then draps’ern all w'd a shot through their six eyes, be jat.hers ” The. Long Bland man’s reply was drowned in a roar of laugh ter. Tho Doctor and Lis friends then ie turned to the shooting table. Col. F etcher ian 10 the barrel of balls, platted h's hands on the sharp sidts, tl;:ew ftis body in t e air, and remain ed straight and steadily wi’h his feet up. “Get down,” shouted 'tie Doctor “or I’ll snoot > our heels off. The Co lonel dropped. Dr. Catver then gave t e specta tors a aste of rapid shooting. One hundred ha la were broken out of about 120 thrown in ’.lie air as rapid ly as the Colonel could fling them. This was done in 5 minutes 3£ sec onds, the Doctui having to stop twice a few seconds to pull his eyelids over fragments of shells that were sting ing him, and two of the rifles were a little out of oider, which also made a difference of a tew seconds. The Doctor next gave a fiue display of doublebarrelled shotgun shotjng. The metal ball that tings when hit was thrown up at distances of from forty to sixty yards. The Doctor only missed it twice in thirty shots, finish ing this pi ictice amid great ap plause Giass balls filled with feathers were thf n sent up at fifty yards, most of them thrown with great force away from the shooter. He shattered near ly every one of them. Asa wind up Texas Jack and the Colonel began to pelt the Doctor with pieces of brick. He julverized them as fast as thrown. The Doctor then reserved himself for to-day’s shooting, which is to take place in Deertoot Park, also known as the Brooklyn Driving Park. There is in Coffee couuty a hoy ag ed feurteen years ‘to the manner born,” who weighs 456 pounds. Ho is undoubtedly a wonder of the world. Repeatod applications have been made to bis parents and large amounts of money offered them lor the privilege of exhibiting him; but so far all proposals have been declined —DuPont Okefeenolean. ——* ♦ ►- The capers of a team of mules hitched to a harvesting machine, near St Louis, saved the liver of five meu who had taken shelter from a thun der storm under a tree. The mules beean to kick, and the men going to quiet them, escaped a thunderbolt that shivered the tree. DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 25. 187 S. Crazed by the Use of Arsenic. From the Sacramento Bee. About a year or so ago e young laly ol sunny temporameut,and pleas ant features began to use to excets preparations for bleaching her hair to the fashionable golden tinge, and at the same time became r. slave to that beautifier of the complexion and the form the deceptive poison arsenic. Her features before though not beau tiful were at least good. Peoplo soon remarked her changed appeaienco for the better. Her complexion was rosy and blooming ; her hair soft, ailkey, and of a beautiful tinge; her form plumper thanit had been, and her skin smooth and wh’te. But her self-cuu gratulation did not last long. Head aches soon followed, growing more and more violent every day; but still she kept on using the abominable, stuff which has been the ruin of so many. Of late her sufferings have been almost intolerable. The bless ing of sleep has not been hers. Her head was a very hell of torture night and day. Her mind grew feebler and feebler, her thoughts wandered, her intellect was lost, and to-day, a girl of twenty years, she is confined in a cell in the living dead, Stockton, a maniac. A£ai> Romace —Thedetermination of Gen Sherman’s son, Thomas Ew ing Sherman, to become a priest re vives the r< mantic story of the life and love of one of Goa. Scott’s daughters. As the story goes, this daughter felj deeply in love with a member of one of th n foreign ligations. The attach ment was reciprocated but the match was so bitterly opposed by the old hero of Lundy’s Lane that it was broken off. She cared nothing lor the world after that, and very soon was toceived as a nun in the Georgetown Convent. Her lover returned to his native country, and was soon enrolled itt the piiesthood ol the Catholic Church. In subsequent years he wastirdered to Georgetown College, and took his turn in heariug the con fessions of the nuns at the convent On one of these occasions Miss. Scott knelt in the confessional to her for mer lover, and under such ciicumstan- ers a recognition took placo. She faiuted and went irto .. rapid decline and eocn aftei died, and he loft the country never again to return. Bo a Washington gos-ip declares. Eclipse of the Sisu. There will tie an eclipse of the sun on the 29 h inst , which w.ll be total iu many places of the United Stales, and if the atmosphere be favorable at tho time of the greatest obscurity severa planet end some of the largest fixed stais can be seen. Tho eclipse will be tota at or near New Orleans, aud nearly so at this point. It will begin 131 degrees 7 minutes from the sun’s vertex towards the right; it will end 68 degrees 1 minute fioui his ver tex tjwaid the left. It will remain to’al about two minutes. Size ot the eclipse fere 10J digits on the sun’s south limb. Beginning of theeclipse here 4 hour* 6 minutes, r. m. Time of the greateet obscuration here, 5 hours 7 minutes p. m. The eclipse will end here, 6 hours 2 minutes, p M. Duration of the eclipse here 1 hour 56 minutes, P M. — —• ♦ Glood Digestion. “Give us this day our daily bread'’; and good medicine to digest it, is both reverent and human. The human ! stomach and liver are fruitful sources of life’s comforts; or, disordered and diseased, they tingle misery along every netve and througheve y artery. The man or woman withyootf dig<*tion seer beauty as they walk, and overcome obstacles they meet in the rotine of life, where the dyspeptic sees only gloom and stumbles and giowls at every imaginary object. The world still needo two or three new kinds of medicine before death can be perfect ly abolished ; but that many lives have been prolonged, end many suffoiers from Liver disease, Dispepsia and Headache, have bean cured Mekiiell’s Hepatinr, is no longer a doubt. It cures Headache in twenty minutes, and there is no question but wbat it is the most wonderful discovery yet made in medical science. Those afflicted with .biliousness and I, ver Complaint shrnld use Meurem-’s Hfpatine. It can be bad at Dot- J. R Janes. Cherry rum refuse thrown into the yard by a Bangor woman was eaten by tut keys that died from the effects. After being plucked they were thrown in’o a heap on the grass On the next tnerningthey were found walking around the yard iu undress. DANGERS OF AERIAL TRY V EL. A Flying Machine Unntangablc in Mid-air The Boston Adcertuer says: The many thousand persons who witnessed the ascension of the flying-machine from tho Common on Thursday morn | ing admired the e tolness of the oper ator, Matk Quinlan, in making the I attempt iu the strong wind that pre vuiled, hut few of them had an idie that iiis nerves would be put to such a strain as his adventure called ior. The word “let oo” Was given five minutes before 9 o’clock, when the machine sudenly shot upward to a height of 2,000 feet, instead of ascending gradually and smoothly, as was the intention. Iu attempting to work tlie cranks, by means of which the fans are put in motion, Q linlan found to his horror that something was btndieg the gear ing, and that the machinery wnu'd not work, The balloon being inflat ed with hydrogeu gas, which bus a greater expansive jmwer than the ordinary illu moating gas which is generally used in ballooning, because of greater susceptibility to tho influ ence of the rarefied atmosphere at such a great elevatioo, expanded rap idly and. BEGAN TO CtiACK, While the bands surrounding tho vulcanized rubber cyliuder or baloon began to snap. The situation of the mronaur was one of extreme danger. He knew that he mU3t get his ma chinery in motion to doscend into a lower atmosphere, or accomplish the same resnlt by a more hazardous ex pedien'. of cutting a hole in the bal loor. Deteimined not to resort to tho cutting till all the other expedients had failed, he wound a piece ot hemp en cord around his left ankle, and then removing his foot from the stir rup, fastened it securely to one of tho brass pipes < f which the frame of the machine is constructed. Having fas tened tiis left wiist iu 'he same way to the frame <>f the machine, Mr. Qninian got out of his saddle and let himself down under the machine Having discovered tho cause of the to be o loosened screw, the projec'ing head .f which came in contact with one of jhe small gear wheals, betook out his aek-knile, at.d using the point of a blade as a screw-driver, he turned the screw back into its place end fastened securely. He then IU GAINED urs SEAT And found that the Tan would work, and that under the influence of a re verse minion to ttie cential or horizun- Ui fan he was descending. He made his flrsi 1 .tiding at Furnumaville, near Grafton, at 10:20 o’clock, having made the lorty-fonr miles in 1 hour and 25 minutes. After a lunch and a rest he made another ascent, with the hope that ha could reach Boston iu time to make tw„ other exhibitions, as advertised The machine this time worked wel 1 , but when be got will up he fouud that the lower current of wind was b owing in the same direction fiom from which he had come, aud ia or der to rectify this he started for the higher cuirent. and found that it was blowing toward Boston, but vet he was a great w-iy from the city, and with everything in his favor, it was yet another thing to make the Jsir ed poiri*. Contrary winds proved too muth for his courage and skid, and after Irarning tlrat tho wiud was in creasing, and that the lower current had tio’ changed at all since he start ed, he deemed it best to lard in the most available place, and did so without much trouble, this time at Dover. He started for Boston by rad, reacliing hero about 6:30, and bringing his machine with him- A Preacher's Struggle with a . Knife nr His Boot. —The Catawissa (Penn.) Aetcs Item saye: “A peculiar accident happened Rev. C. E. Fosse-j den of that place, last Thursday morning While he was dressing lo ; goto ilkesharre to witness the Fourth of July celebratin'*, he drop ped his penknife* with the blade opei. into his boot. Being in somewhat ot j a hurry, he did not notice where the knife fell, and when he pulled on his hoot he felt something cutting him S'vercly on the ball of the fool. It so happened that the knife feli with the handle to the heel and the point of the blade to the toe, with the sharp edge of the blade up, and something hke o'd Jeinin a’a piaster, the more tie pulled to get the hoot off the more the knife cut his foo*. How to get tho knife without cutting the boot was a stunner for the reverend genth until and, with the knife cutting deeper at every movement of his foot, was no pleasant situation, with tram time ap proaching, and, woist of al 1 , Mrs. Fessenden being absent from home. Not being aide to devise away by which to get the knife, Mr. Fessenden, after about sn hour’s woik, cut the foot to pieces, and was in tune to take the train for Wilkesbarre.” Tuis is the season when a min who wants to remember the poor can sit down and think of himself the whole day long. vor, 14.—UNTO. 21- How I>hl it Hapi>en? Mr. 1). R. Creech, a merchant of .this p'ace, ordered a lot cf dry goods I !a<t March from one "of the leading dry goods houses in New York city, nnd amoungst other things he order ed a lot of wrapping piper, which 'came in large bundles. The first ! bundle he opened was just what he 'bought it for—wrapping paper. The other was stored carelessly under the dry goods shelves, and ram lined I there until last Sa'urday, when Mr. Creech’s little son Henry—who like most children, are always on the 110k out for something new—'-spied ns he informed his father, “something very curious about that bundle of paper —that there were several colors, some blue, some hlaek, and some yek'W.” This led to an examination of the supposed bundle of wrapping paper, when lo ! and behold, there were six full oolts of the best black silk, worth at least two to two and a half dollars per yard—the six to be worth §I2OO §ISOO. Now bow did it get there ? Who put it there ? There was an express tag, showing it was shipped by ex press from Toled", Ohio, and possi bly the bundle wasm'staken for wrap ping paper by the expross company who no doubt have paid for the silk as long long ago, There is a mise ry about these pieces of silk that may never be explained, though the par ties from whence it came have been written to by Mr. Creech, and they may he able to throw some light on the subject.— Quit mar, Reporter. Utah Ants. Amonng the many curiosities of Utah, the red and black aui is excelled by none. One of tl'.ose ants, iv lghiug one-fourth of a grain troy, can draw four gmins, or sixteen times its own weight, with apparent ease. Asa warrior its courage is wouderfu'. The other day I witness ed an attack of four ants, one alter another, on a green worm, and each retired f.otn the conflict badly wound ed the worm resited the attact vigor ously. The wound'd ants meeting co;upaniot'B, reported their troubles, and soon seven aunts were seen advan cing in a line of battle on his worm ship when a hard battle took place.— The worm made frantic efforts to re lieve himself but all iu vain. In one mitiu e from the time of the attack, the worm was lifoles, the ants still ho'ling to him. I placed them in water, when to all nppesroneos they became lifeless, but still held tlietr grip on the worm I then p'aced them in the worm rays of the sun for ten minutes, when they were a'l tight again, and hauldod their victim off to their hill,— Correspondences S.lt Luke Tribune. A Singular Affliction.—A singu lar case has just bean brought to the notice of the medical profession to Cincinnati. Peter Lavelle and wife, waiters in a Central avenue dining room, retired .o rest a few nights since in good health. Next morning Mm Lavelle awoke and atte opted of speak to her husband, when she found herself totally deprived of the powe r of speech; all effoits to articulate were unavailing, and a physician was sent for. The only symptoms of disease apparent were a thick dark coating on the tongue and a tiol'ow appearance of the eyes. On the saiueaft ernoon Lavelle, while sitting in front of his employer’s establishment, was ohsorv el to fa 1 hack in his char; another waiter undertook to arouse him, when it was found that tie wis tmahle to gjeak a word. Since that lime neith er mar. nor wife lias spoken, and the physicians are unable to account lot the loss of speech. Lavelle is very ill, but will pruha* ly recover. His wife is growing weaker daily, and all hopes of >i t recovery are abandoned. The theory has been suggested that poison had been placed in their food, which caused paralysis of tho tongue. So far no physicians of prominence Have investigated tho case. — New York | Times. Pertinent Queries. What does l billet dous? \\ hat check did counter \ sign? Whoever saw a hood wink? Who ever saw a pig iron? What does egg plant? Why did the thun-i <ier W.t? Wlio ever heard a foot hall? What did the dew dtop? Where does clock work? What did ploughshare? Who over saw a wheel wright? For whom did penny weight? Who did j tin foil? What did brauly smash? j What did glass plot? Why w.is grape shot? YY hat did the pick pocket? Who did tho goose beny? Is it jokes that jim cracks? It is one the mysteries of iti nKiu politics hew an bonect, cnuscicntiniis man can bring him-edf to vote the le publicau ticket. Mind I Y\ e don’t say lie does. We aro merely suppos ing a case. THE SCORCHING SUN. Terrible Effects of the Heat in the West. CiircAoo, lils., July 16. -Reports are received here to-day fiom many intoiior points in this and adjoining states showing that the heated term continues with unabated severity, the meremy ranging from 97 to 100 in the shade, and in some places even going higher. Iu this ei y a hot btbfzi has blown all day from the prairie. The mercury ranged from 89 to 9G at different hours and vari ous points. A few cases of sunstroke are reported. At Grlesburg many sunstrokes are reported, and several deaths have occurred. At Peoria many prostrations and two deaths were lepoited yesterday, while the heat to-day was still more intense.— At Morris, 111. several farm hands were prostrated in the fields during the last three days, but their lives were saved by prompt and proper treatmert. At Jacksonville, 111,, the mercury was ninety-five in the shade. Two fatai cases oi sunstroke iu the county are reported. At Des Moines, lowa, several persons wore prostrated liy tiie heat, among the number be ing Capt. James May, of Rock Island, one of the nioooers ot the state. At Madison, Wis., one case of sunstroke is reported. At Janesville, Wis., the mercury has been at ninety and over for five days pas:. Hut one sunstroke occurred. Although the hot weath er is very oppres ive to man and beast, the farmers look upon it with favor, as it is just what the corn crop need* to bring it forward after the cool and wet weather that has provided. A correspondent from LmdvillePickons county, to the Edij <y Courier , gives an account of a trem mdoin an 1 most painful excitement brought about in that quiet community on Monday last ty tlio lo s of a little chill, bstween two an' three years old, the daughter ol Mr. L Linßrd, a merheant there. The little creature wandered off, and on being missed, soarch, in which ail the neighboi'9 joined, was instituted for her. It was continued rvithouc success all day and throughout tho night. Despair had taken posession of the party, when the faint sound of a horn was heard aunoneing the jovlnl fact of the discovery of the child.— Sim was found wrapped up nnd im prisoned in some bamboo htiars. Her little feet, legs and hands wore htorly scratched up, but she looked well con sidering she had beon out for twenty hours in the rain. Says the corres pondent : “Ti.isis one of tho few ex citing scenes in life that I never want to witness again. The mother had been vry jsictcj from exposuie aud nervous pros'a'.iou; the father stood 'he test as'oid Nap ilion the defeat at Waterloo. Not being able to walk be took bis stand early iu the day under a little oak, where he could he somewhat out of the rain and, at the same time command* view ot the P.n Hook route, and see an 1 hear each messenger as they would pass along, hut the sight of his lost child fnun : again caused oven him one of the most exiraoidinarily nerved men 1 ever i: et with to weep. That an alligator should attack nn ox will be surprising news even to tho-e who are thoroughly [amildar with the habi'a of the fresh-water monster. The Floridian has been fur nished by an eye-witness with, tho in teresting details of the strange encoun ter last week a’ L ke Jackson. The ox went into the lake to drink, and attaked by the alligator whose mouth clo-ed on tne fmo-leg of tho animal crushed the hone. The ox Rtnrted imtnedia'eiy out of the wa'er, drag gin* the al igaror. Enraged with pain, the poor animal rearod and plunged wlilly, endeavored !o horn his antagonist. Meantime the edge of the lake was black with the snouts of a ligators which had smelt tho blood th tt ran from tho ox when tir-st struck in tlie water. Four or five of the monsters crawled out and with wide open mouths started to the attu' k. Meanwhile the loosened the bolt of bis antagonist, an 1 smarting under its wound went in with infuri ated ardor to the assault of the reen forced assailant. He caught one r.f the alligarers on his* horns and threw him high in the air, the clums.ay thing i falling heavily to the ground, and ; there lay stunned' Another was i tossed far into the lake. But tne gallant ox washy a faLo muiame, ng iin in the water, iu which element Ins actsvity was impeded, and ceing • surrounded hy his fees one of which ! caught hint **y the nose and pulled his liea'l under the water, lie fell a victim by drowning.— 2'ilUhastt F/ur ' dim. The other evening to London, on leaving the opera, a short-sigh'ed gentleman said to a lady wi.fi a fash ionable long train over tier arm, *•!)■ allow me to carry your mantle for you," upon which he seized and elevated the train, blushed and apolo gia a nd Nevada mar advertises t’e loss ot a touiid-headed biacksmih’s ham mer.