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PROOF.
WHAT 13 NEEDED.
Boston, Feb. 13,1871.
Mr. 11. R. Stevens:
. r>e?ir Sir—About one yoir since I found myself
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I HAVE FOUND
THE RIGHT MEDICINE.
Boston, Mass.
Mr. H. R. Stevens.
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wonderful power of curing me of this acute cot
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Pass. Agent Mich. C. R. R.
No. 69 Washington Street, Boston.
VEGETifME
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JUSTICE AT LAST.
BY I. It. WELLS.
Justice, like truth, is eternal, and
as immovable as the rocks that form
the base of the mountains. C ush it;
to atoms and reduce it to ashes, and
tho winds wi l gather it up and prop
agate it froiri the fragments. Its ex
istence is loova; with liberty. Tho
contrivance ot man may for a time
pervert justice, but i* will always tii
umpli, and come forth clad in. a pano
ply of stfel.
The tm had almost disappeared,
leaving here and there a few gold' tt
traces —the residue of former grande
ur. The miners work was fiuished
for the day, and the miners had gath
ered in a crowd awaiting the ariival
of the mail-carrier, whose coming to
tiie district was like a shower of sun
beams after gloomy darkness
The mining district here referred to
vas situate ) on the Pacific coast, where
tren made fortunes in the day and
lost them at night. Evsty class was
here represented—tho ignorant and
the educated, the refined and ths
brutal—all on a common level.
' As tiie postman rode up lie handed
the miners several packages of lo'ieis,
and one to Henry Stanton, tho most
successful miner in tho district. Mr.
Stanton immediately rep tired to his
cabin door and opened ttie package
letters from the old home, from his
father Eugene Holmes, his betroth
ed.
But here lot us explain Henry Stan
ton’s presence in this mining district,
lie was formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio,
where his father still resided, weal
thy and well lespectec. A disgrace
had fallen upon Henry which caused
Lira to leave his hetne to seek his for
tune away from toe feene of his !u
--miiintions. lie had been a cashier
in the hanking house of a well-known
firm in Cincinnati, and was trusted by
this fiim with im[ licit confidence, fre
quently being left in charge of tho
hank tor months. He was a skillful
manager and perfectly honest in all
his operations. At one of the month
ly examinations by the trustees on the
condition of the bank, lie was found
defaultei to the ?mount of §IO,OOO.
The trustees considered this 3 mte mis
take in the enshiet’s account and
gave him a week to re adjust tne er
ror. Henry worked hard to make
the correction, hut it was impossible
for him to discover where the error
was- The evidence was clear against
him, and he was placed under arrest.
His fad was a great shock to ail wito
knew him. His fattier paid the amount
to which tie was a defaulter, believing,
however, that his son wasguilty. He
was shunned by his former friends,
wto basked in the sunshine of his
prosperity, and, when that sunshiwe
failed, like summerbirds, they sought
other climes. The beautiful young
lady to whom he was engaged to bo i
nianied within a tew weeks was for- i
hidden to speak to him, although in |
her heart she believed he was innocent j
of the crime of which the evidence I
against him allowed him 'o be guilty. j
As soon as he gained his liberty tie
secured a secret interview with E -
gene, and there denied his guilt and
declared one day he would he known
as an innocent and honest man. They
both pledged to remain true to each
other until they should meet again.
They parted, Henry to brave the dan
gers ol the‘‘far West.” Leaving be
hind liim all that was near and dear,
Henry ntaited west, with no pirticuiar
purpose or object in view but at
length drifted with the tide of hu
manity into a noted mining district,
and by diet of hard woik and good
fi r uno lie accumulated an immense
sum ot money, and nut of this fortune
he paid his father the SIO,OOO, Hen
ry had just received letters from his
old home, and among them one from
his betrothed. She urged him to re
turn and establish himself in bis
home, and live down the disgrace on |
his name. The assurance she gave j
him, and the clear evidence of her j
fidelity to him, shook the resolution j
he had formed never to return home (
until the stain on his character Was
completely removed. She urged as
he uow had the means he could the
mote effectual y prove his innocence.
Her argument was supplemented
!>y the fact that Eugene’s father had
determined that -he should wed an
other, one who had been installed in
Henry’s place as cashier in the batik
from which he had be3n expelled
This man’s father, Judge Willson,
was President of the bank, and made
his son Frank assitant cashier under
Henry Stanton. Henry often thought
tha his assi-tant had something tot
do wilb the error in his account, but
as he had no evidence he puid-ntly
kept silent. Now that Frank Will
son had not only secured his position
in the bank, but was about to deprive
him of his sweet Eugene, ho hesitated
no louger-
Oa the following day he sold out
his rich mining claims to a company
for SBO,OOO, and this sum added to
the amount he had prudently saved
while working the mine, made a neat
fortune of SIIO,OOO. He wrote to
Eugene that he wouid be in Cincin
na'i three months from the date of
his lette-, and also to bis father, in
closing both letters to hi- father.
Settling his business, Henry started
home to 1 rave the storm he well knew
awaited his return, out, being corfi
dert Ids innocence would be estab
lished after the storm bad pasted, he
did not hesitate.
Eugene's father was moio deter
mined than ever that she should wed
Frank Wilson. He was deaf to her
entreaties and the time for the cere
monies was set, about two w eks af
DA WSOX, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. ISIS.
’ t r the time when Henry would te
j turn.
The news tha f H-nry Stanton, the
1 defau’ter, was retaining very tieh
caused quite a flutter in the city. His
friends telegraphed *>, him that the
hank officials were in ending to arrest
him on his return, and Henry Stant
on, undecided wltac course to pursue,
did not g > direct to Cincinnati, hut
i went to Columbus to consult with a
i college friend, who was at the time
an able and influential lawyer. Hen
ry relating his ease soon enlisted the
lawyer’s sympathies.
“Titere’s one thing, Mr. Stanton,’
said Mr. Carpenter, the lawyer, “that
is essential in this case; money, and
i plen y oi it. too.”
Henry carelessly threw down a
check for 5—5,000,- and n marked :
“There’s enough for presen pmpoa
i es.”
| A de.ec'ive was immediately called,
i and in a few minutes understood the
situation. He asked Mr. Stanton;
“YVho was connected with tho hank
when the default wa3 discovered ?”
‘Assistant-Willson, and an office,
hoy.” answered Stanton.
“How old was the hoy?”
“About 18 years ”
“Can you tell what month and
week the etror in your account oc
cur ted?” again inquired the detei
ttve.
‘'Tlse last week in January.”
It was agreed that Mr Stanton
should return to Cincinnati ..ud he
j placed unf er arrest, and then hail
himself out. He was then to tele
! graph to the detective, who was to
; tepair to Cincinnati, and, in the guise
of a finan' ial reporter, examine the
bank lv oks.
According to agreement, Mr. San
! ton took tho train for Cincinnati, and
registered his name at one at the
piinoipai hotels in tfie city, and then
sent his card to the hank. He took a
newspaper and sat down to await the
result.
He did not have long to wait, for
within half an hour lie was arrested,
waived examination, and his bonds
were put at five thousand dollars,
which he deposited and was set free.
He sent a dispatch to tfie detective,
who came on the midnight train.
On the following morning Mr.
Stanton was apprised of his son’s re
turn. The old gentleman forgot his
belief in Henry’s guil', and rushed
out 'o find him.
Henry was consulting with the de
tective, who had just made an ex>tm
amination of the bank accounts, when
his father came. They met each
other cordially, and Honry told his
father ho ha t come buck o prove his
innocence, and re'ated his plans.—
His lathe- hoped for the best, hut
seemed doubtful, hr. Stanton was
convinced of his sons innocence, and
offered him money to any amount,
which l.e declined ; and he also refu
sed to return home till his innocence
was fully established, and preterud re
maining at the hotel. Fie frequently
met the de ective, at each occasion iu
different disguise, but all lie could
got out of him was that he had a
hard case, hut hoped to make some
thing out hofore his trial.
Henrv had not seen E'igpne since
his return, hut had received her words
of encouragement and hope Sh<?
was to he m..rned to Frank V* ilson
on the same day on which his trial was
to take place, and Iler.ry off red the
deteedve 81,000 to delay the marriage
until after the trial, but he consideied
this impossible.
Henry Stanton soemed convinced
that his case was hopeloss, and was
temp'ed to give up in diepair. At
length the day of his trial came and
the court room was fitkd to its utmost
capacity.
In another houst Eugene stood,
rnech-.nica ly obeying the directions
of het dressing-maids, her young
h<*art dumb with avguish, her face
bloodless and lips parted as if to cy
out in the agony of her soul: Will
tin one savo me?” Yes, thoie is one to
save—Justice At last.”
Every voice was hushed when Hen
ry Stanton entered the plea of “N >t
Guilty.”
The testimony on the part of the
prosecution was strong for his con
viction, while the defendant introdu
tied but few witnesses, and these only
testified to his good character. Cum
victioo seemed inevitable.
Counsel for defendant deman led
that the office boy and the books, and
the bank should be brought to the
court-room. An c.ffieer was dispatched
tor, and brought them in. Mr. Car
penter look the books, and turned to
the cashier’s account in the last week
in Januray thee yea~s previous; asked
the boy where lie was on the morn
ing of such a date; boy answered in
the bank with Assitance Cashier Wil
son ; counsel again asked what the
assistance was doing boy said assist
ance was looking through the ac
counts of Henry 6iau'on of the day
before.
Mr. Carpenter passed over to the
jury and handed them the open hank \
hooks, and told them to examine A 1
cert tin entry in each book, at the
same time handing a powerful ruagni
fying gloss. Great excitement pre- .
vailed among the jurors. Mr. Car- j
penter made a powerful speech in
Henry’s favor, and euded by charging j
Frank VVib ou with changing Stauion’s j
eccounts.
Th" j„ry brought up the veidict of
not guilty- An officer with a warrant
was dispatched for W ilsou. Henry
was surrounded by friends who had
returned to again enjoy the sunlight
of his returning prosperity
Auoth r se ne—a bride at the alter
responces had been given and '.be
clergyman was about to piouoU' co
tho twain one ; an officer steps quick
ly forward places a pair of handcuffs
oti Frank Wilson's wrists, and Eugene
is saved by “Justice otlast.”
In conclusion wo nmv add that
Henry Stanton was satisfied with the
result of his trial, as it not only estab
lished his innocence hut showed him
the value and filolity of that sweet
little woman whom lie now calls by
tho eedeating title of wife.
Drowned by si Dog.
About seven o’clock last evening,
Michael McCormick, by occupiliu an
express driver, todo his hoise to tho
i bar in tho bend of the river, above
I Indianapgju arid St. Louis Railroad
bridge. After taking the animal into
the water enu washing it, ho hitched
it to a hush on tlio hank and went
swimming. Ho was in company with
Mr Baldwin and hia son, who re
mained near the shore. They obser
ved that McCormick’s large hull dug,
which was bathing with its master,
kept sportively climbing upon him as
lie swam, thus pushing him under
the water. 'They start, and towaid him,
hut he threw the dog off, and when
they called to know if ho wanted help
he shook his heal. They then star
ted to swim hack, hut when they
looked soon af.erwa’d, the dog was
on McCormick again, and before they
could assist him’hesnnk and drowned.
The body was recovered by the
use of a seine, some time later, and
an inquest on the remains was field
by Coroner Boston, tne result of
which was a verdict in accordanee
with the above statement.
McCormick was fifty-five years old
and had lived bote a long time. Ilis
death took placo very near the place
where his wife was drowned a few
years ago. Ho leaves four grown
children —Terre Haute Express.
Serious Uharoe Aaivst a Clergy
man.— A Wheeling (West Virginia)
dispatch to the New York World says:
“About a week ago a man, said to bo
a traveling clergyman, by the name
of Jacob Shiltner, stopped at house of
Edward Baldwin, in Wabster county,
West Virginia, and diked and was
pet nutted to stay ail night. IT left
early next mot tong, and it is alledgod
that a little daughter of Baldwin’s,
only six years <d 1, was found to have
been assaulted a'd threatened
death if sh<* toll tho ctiute. A war
rant was issued for Shtltoer’s arrest,
and he was pursued by the authoi i
ties and captured, and, afipr at
tempt to lynch, was placed in jai' to
await his tiial in B“ptemoer. The
proofs of his guilt are said to he con
clusive. Shiltner is from Kentucky,
and icported to belong to the Metho
dist Church.”
Here is a snake story from the Can
ton Cherolcee Georgian- We give it in
lull, simply prefacing it wi’fT tho re
ntal k that the Georgian is an inde
pendent journal of the Seventh (Jon
gr ssional district, and goes it strong
for Felton: “A young man n me!
J?onny, while out hunting his steers,
hare foo*, tho other day, stepped on
the head of a large rattlesnake
He had his heel on th ) snake’s he-d,
and, being afraid to move, did not
know what to do for sometime, while
the hideous thins; watt writhing and
squirmi’ g and vigorously lashing the
youth’s legs. Penny waahad ! y fright
ened, but finally recovered presence
of mind suffici* nt to take out his
knife and rustch down and cut off the
snake’s head.
A Gnu, Kills a Def.u —The Van
couver (W. T ) Independent of the 4'h
iust., says: “A few d_vs since a
daughter of Win. H. Trant, thirteen
yoa-s old, accompanied by her Lrotlier
of eight years, was going through i
the woods to a neighboring house a
few miles from Vancouver, when they
encountered a big door in the path,
which for some reason showed fight, j
A setter dog which they bad with I
them took the doer by tbr nose and
penned it po the ground. The girl
took the boy’s pocket knife and cut its
jugular, which ended its career, and
with other assistance the venison was
caniud home in triumph.”
For a rich man to make a will that
will please all bis heirs, is about as
difficult a task as for an editor to un
dertake to print a newspaper that wilj
please all his readets.
A devoted husband says thnt the
phonograph is simply a machine that
•‘talks back,” and he has had one of
that kind in his house ever since he
was married.
VO TANARUS, X4.-NO. 22-
An Ov Attacked l>j an Army of
Alligators ami tvilli-c!.
The Floridian has been furnished
by an eye-witness with the interest
ing details of a strange oncouuter,
I which occured last week at Like Jack
son about five miles from Tallahassee
An ox wont itro the Eke to drink,
when he was attacked by an alligator
whose mouth closed on the fore-leg
of the animal' crushing tho bone, as
is supposed by the witness, since he
| noticed the steer hd no use of the
limb. When struck, tho ox started
immediately out of the wa'er, drag
ging the alligator with him. Enraged
with pain, the poor beast routed and
plunged wihilv endeavoring to horn
his antagonist. Meantime tho edge,
of the lake was black with the snouts
of alligators, they having smelt the
blood which ran from the ox when
first stiuek in the water. Four or five
of the monsters crawled out, and with j
widely open mauths started to the at
tack. Meantime the ox had succoed
ed in loo9>'nitig tho holt of Lis an tag-!
otiist, and smarting ttadar the wound j
received, wo it in liith infuri
ated urdoi to the assault of the rein
forced assailant. He caught one of
tho alligators on his horns and throw
him high in the air, tho clumsy thing
falling heavily to the ground where it
remained thoroughly stunned by r .h<>
stuck another was tossed lar into tho
lake, hut tho galantox by his zeal to
conquer his adversaries was by a
false manoeuvre again in tho water,
in which element his activity was im
peded and being surrounded by his
foes, one of which caught him by the
nose and pulled his head uuder tho
water, he soou fell a victim by drown
ing.
(‘heap Money What We Want.
The Nashville American gives the
following letter from *ne of the lead
ing merchants of that city:
“Dear Sir- You are right. The
greatest and, in my estimation, the
be. t feature of tho State hank scheme
is cheap money. What the farmers,
manufactures and mechanics want is
not only n ahund mce of money , but
clump money. They want and Yiood
a bank ti nt will do business 1 port the
oW aysteu, that for.fared arid sustained
ail the producing indns ries of tho
State. They want an institution tltit
will give them families lor nutting
evety acre of land under cultivation
and every wheel in motion. Give the
launeis means to pay their hands
promply every Saturday night until
the drops are gathered, and you will
hear no more of “farming on shares”
or of unmanageable labor. The great
producing classes never have been
nor ever will ho assisted in this way
by national hank monopolists, Tin y
can not give the collaterals required,
and if they could the rale of intorest
is too high and tho lean too shoit to
do them any good Givo us cheap
moUry —money so cheap that all in
dustrious men can infely borrow.”
The Albany Advertiser: “O.i Thurs
day night of last week a young gentle
man employed at tiie Albany Variety
Works, wont down to the river bank,
near the brick yard, to take a bath.
Alter bathing he sat upon a rock near
the water’s edge to nnj'-y the breeze.
Hearing font steps above, ho looked
up and sa v a negro woman cast
som ithing into the river. The bun
dle, which he de-crioi-s as being white,
sank upon fir t reaching the wa or,
but soon roso to the Mirface. when the
**
young man heard cries which p'ainly
told him wha: the bundle was. T at
the cries wore those of a child thero
could be no mistaking. Seeing that
she had been disco.ered the w mini
ran and the young nrm pur-un i her.
He stumb'e.l and fell, however, and
the wretch made good her r.-etpo,
dodging her pursuer among the houses
on ‘Slick Ilill.” The cries of the
child indicated that it had not heeu
long in this world, and the young man
is of the opinion that it <vas a white
child, nd that the colored woman
had been employed to put it out of
tha wav.”
A parrot belongr g to a Sin F.an
ciso.in atiimyo ’by its persistent chat
tering and screaming, a lodger on the
upper flvor of the same house, whc>
being a director of a faro bank, de
sired to sleep by day. At last he
got a iud and line, baited tho book
j with a gaudy fly, dropped it new the
nuisance’s perch, got a bite, land
ed his prizp, wrung its neck and dr>| -
pud it. lifeless body upon the balcony
beneath. He was arrested, but tri
umpbautly acquitted.
T-.n- lojH'tul.'ti: .ve:::oHt i-i
LUorgia.
Tia New Y ttk Evening Post says:
‘ l’ostmas’er General Iv>y has r—
j coivod a letter from a prominent
| Democrat in Atlanta, Qi, no the
'su’jmt of organizing an Indepen.!*
out Djtnocratie pir-y in Georgia.—
The wii er says that there is u large
element in the State anxious to eul
loose from tf Burboii Democrats and
willing to carry out the aims of tho
a tmistration irnts (tT. rfs to give tho
entire country local selfgoverumer.t
and to purify the civil branch of tho
government. One of the ideas which
the writer and his colleagues have is
to establish a daily nowsp.ipnr in A‘-
lanta to expound tiie ideas of the new
party, t'oe writer desires to know
what aid '.lie administration will give
the proposed organizati-m.’
Oo this tul'ject the Radical Post
gives tho disorganizerr in this State
some sensible advice, it sys; ‘The
Democrats in Georgia who want to
start an independent political movi*
ment are showing a poor conception of
the meaning of independence by ap
pealing to the Federal administration
for support. It thero is enough local
sympathy with their scheme to make
it woith titideitaking it ought to he
able ro got along without such tonics
as Washington car. supply.”
A Young (Giant
Too Columbus Timitt publishes
| the following : •
Fike county, Alabama, has a great
rutiosity. It is iu tho form of a hoy
I ten yesrs old who is a perfect giant.
One t;f our citizens, recently on a visit
; to Troy, saw this won l rful hoy, who
had come up to town on a short visit,
i The hoy’* name is Eigar Bill. His
parents live near Troy. Ho weighs
285 pounds. Measures 4 feet 8 inch*.
: es about the waist, 4 feot 6 inches in
height, wearsa collar 2 1 inches around
! his thigh measures 2 fact 8 inches
and the muscle of his atm 1 foot !)|
! inches. He wears a No. 4 shoo and
! a boy’s bat No. 5. lie is a perfect
j hoy in hi-, manner of talking and ac‘-
ing. Oar informant gave him a dime
for the privilegeof weigliingand meas
uring him. He has a s ster younger
than himself who weighs -40 pounds.
What is r imarka v le about these two
chihjreti both their parents nvo ordi
n ity **:z and people. The father is
small spiro built man weighing only
130 pounds and tho mother weighs
140 pounds.
The hey is a g;oit entiosity, and
whosever he comes into town a crowd
guhe/s about him. II) hal not
been to Troy, until tho oilier day,
since Cole’s Circus passed through.
V\ hen tho manager*of tne circus was
him he made ovory effort possible to
induce his pirants to let him go with
him. We are told that the parents
have been appro .cited several tiuios
by show p n.pie, and they have been
offered large sums uf money as au in
ducement for them not only to let
the hoy go hut to travel with their
entire family for tho purpose of exhi
bition. Their overtures have been
persistently declined, though tho
family are in comparatively loduced
circumstances*
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Ft vf. Children at One Bumi— -
Tho mus*’remarkable birth ever known
in the histoiy of aecouchracnts occur
red at or near Balesville, Ouio, on
last Monday night. Mrs. McCormick
gave birth to five health}’ children,
four hoys and one girl. Tho medical
works have hut few instances of such
wonderful births, and when they do
occur the children have scarcely been
known to live. In thiscaso the moth
er and children, in the common langu
age *m such occasions, am “doing
well.”
Two biitbs of four children have
occurred within the last fifteen years
near this regi .n, but this outdoes all
records : occurrences perhaps in the
United States.
The Dihtouego Signal learn* that a
Mr. Lance, residing lie ir tiio uppor
edge of Lu-i'|>kin county, met with
qu’te a serums accident u fow even
ings ago. II.) had been out bunting
his cow, and was passing down tho
mountain side after dark. When in
tho vicinity of a rock clill ho heard
two ratfiesn .kes singing. Not know'
mg. however, that he w is smour tho
e If. he gave a leap, landing sovora!
feet below, dislocating one ot his shoul
ders and bruising him nit up general
ly-
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The water in which the dishes are
washed at the St. Ntcli oh Hotel m
New Yoik is conducted to immense
tanks in the cellar fur the puruose o
skimming i ll’ the gren-e, which is
svd n. sell for from SIU to sls n
day.