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Suhwrihers tlieir papers chanced from one poet-of:ice'to an -tljer, ni>t state \ 't!ie lmtue of thtf > pc»t-cl’;oe p *m wVieh "tfhev j hvhsli it thmjred tliut to which j they wish it fefcut Eates' of Advertising. spach | 3 mo’s. | G mo’s j i2 mo’s i 1 S4iuie 4 00 | s 0 t-U Ttii i() | 2>q r« .j 00 10 00 15 00 I 3 Mj'.s l *'bo) ! \4 00 I 20 J<; $ c>l 12 00 j 20 00 i 30 *1)0 4 col. 20 00 35 00 60 00 | ore co>. j 40 00 | 75 00 I 10 100 j Auici tisriiicuts ii,sei'L> and at $1 00 j> r si.jimi e far lirt-t insertion, and fO cents for each sub sequent in.-ertion. A squartiHn thvijpape of one inch in depth of tho column, irr'espeetive of tue number of li e* The money for advertising due after the tir*t in'crii.ai. * Atlafita and West Puiiu il; i! Hoad. DAT I'A 3 ENG*It TRA IN—Of rWARD I.ea\> Atlanta 7:10 A m. Anire at Wet Point .11 .40 a. u DAT I‘ASFSNOkR TR IN INWARD. T ?;ivs> Wes; !***int. . 12:45 p m An v - at Atlanta 5.15 i». m NlOlfr F»EIGHT AND P.V9SKNOKH CVi<VARt. Leave Atlanta .3 00 p is •Arrive at West Point 20:45 p. m Night freight and a.-si gkr— v . ar Leave West P.cnt... . V . *3 TO a m Arrive at A tl.uita Hi Cl a m. Saturday Ntneiubor I, IN?L. IT MACP Jrh 1/ao:^, DNAIKR N" arc^a*a"3 General Merchandise,! Come vc hungry and eat. Cirfo ye dry stn'tl Uriiik. 'Simumon wfthfi’* smiles w ill wait on > art I'W.iittV ( licit}, lor Chash Oartcv 73. O. Attorney at La ,w, ULT'33. Ga> (e7i. W. nousw ‘ ‘ : ' BY P. B. HALL. S*pt. 2-Vs. IIOW TO BECOME WEALTHY rr.any men s|i“i(l ibelr days tnilii g a'ffer riches and di<rp sn at lasi! They matte Jimmy it is tru*/ ' mt secret of'tlielr failure i» net rjivu g 11 ; '! hen reader 1 , take warning- SAVE TOUR MONEY become wealth? by ?‘ ,IB C * •"> 4. C. C. CAPrTOy, AXD BVrtJ>o yet'® GOOD* Af IFlLiiSlliS. , , , Ili ne kpus.!lv kept ; n. Th»vk-.i.»««|.|it|»r J DRV-OuoM II AT j , T* n ‘ y * wr ” . ‘ . cr, jNotiMt Kwu.i y <ito.terit*.~. hr’.r.mfl’io'.m", Grosser,, K.Bll, j AI. o-vT.sk !_ to »' vtt tht-Bt a trial, and they, i kuaraoTe * .tO f<fct,ou * . (j.i.it try prod> co c>t ail ken : v. **ichai ior goed l '. FALMfJ'TO, ‘ GEORGIA. j r ,s. A. laderson. Sylvtsltr Lester Anciorson <& Lester, PETERS, ST., ATLANTA, GA. Kc* p constantly on hand a 1 rgp and wt Jl selected Vtock of G oceiiefr J-'n J j duc*>, and J J nvfsions. ALo a wed- | selected ttock of,. PURE LiaURS, FINE •JOBAGCO A?m GIIOICK CrOARS. | E r Ei,Y ARTICT.E GUARNTKEU AS ' '* UCPRKSENIRP. Will not be Undersold, 1 OK CASH BY ANY IIOuNE Ltf ’HIE CITY. P,iy C:ith Prif'e.. f.r nv 'ey de c'i|,li in of Country P.\d cc. Tty us and ht convinced. Tii/w UAI L\ AND WitEKUM True Georgian. Tur*i; ait 5 ri;pGßEgsr» e NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPEiIS. THEY ARE DEVOTED TO THE Heat Interests of the Kntire Counta\. They are p\blishtd in Atlanta, -- Cgjearg.ia, Att e following Reiu trka ly Low Rates. Daily—l 2 months $5 0" *• (i mnnt-hs 2 (»0 “ 3 months l.pp “ 1 tiionlh 5^ Weekly—l 2 thbrdhs a (KJ “ t? month? 1,0) THORS prsiaovS ok ravino thh NEWSIEST AND BEST Eatniily Paper Should siibstribd at once to r ither or bolli of them. We urgently requ6st j.’! inU-.rcs tc-1 irJ r -h°' welfare ot Georgia, to send u < sli »rt fetters oil the crops, ami matteiL of gena cial i hie rest. Addrtss SAMUEL BARD, I'jibber Daily anJ Weekly Tree Georgian, i-ock Drawer 33 A lanta G i., G-s Ilk Bl.TilEk MANUFACTURER OF' m K n pi I r-1 fT S il 111 k S m. A. aLhS Au id ihat 7j - TTASNESS, 3 H IDLES, sSLSLXijfiufifc's D. i c: user L(i;.sy:ii & irrr.iis street. ATLANTA, UEObll l i Jinsttirintf o/'■ tt Vu-ix eacfiHM'ti,- I the. I^t r ,Style. . " ' Oct 28 -3in. AIR LINE HOUSE- Just opened tor Private and Transient Hoarding/ :oo i.\Bds satin of fasesceb DEPOT l On Pryjr Street, Fi**«t Dror Po-nih of the Stubble rtAtl lloure. •• • ATLANTA, GA, J. L. KEITH, PROPRIETOR so Trerly es the Campobm. llocbk This rfmtse U new, clem a-d well ve i lilatrd. Visitors, are iovit.d to call Terms ST per day. ATLANTA HiBBLI WfiRIA WIT.LIAM GRAY i.MD 33 31? -iS. Xj jE3 3=£. XTT AvJJ SCOTCH GRANITE. v... _ . TV|h7Nu MARTS, Statue?, Va*ps». T- mhs, and all othe* atyle* 'of Mtnble VVoik done «»n abort ftotree and i>l ihe latest and most approved manner. Designs of nil Cemetery work fiirnishe'' FLIItJE ormpplicaiPm'" Ad. J E. LEAS. A iSiiKT. P. O Pox 540 Athinta G l S pt. 22 ly, PALMETTO, QEQmU, SATUiIBAYj K'JT : MEBEE 4, 1871. Vi HO BKTRAYMr) GENERAL MORUYN ! A-ii Account, of IIi« Troaclip’- .t; Morj-'-Isc ami Rmbtl T? ur(s By Ain}. C. A. W>flier#, //.„ Chief of 'Any. Sayan - .van, October 25, 1871. Editor Jlfornint/ Ecws : Dkah Sn:.—My attention having been called to an article which a j»- »eare.l m a. Yeiii|diis ] mper—under •sigyatcre of General Alvin C. Gilletn. U. S. A.—purporting to be a Ifne version of the niai'z'.ar nr which Gen. John II Aim- cm \fas killed, and the statement made hv your ciiieicnt cor respondent, whom Immo-pet,1mmo-pet,c t, to be an old and respccted-dReV)’.!, in your is sue oi the . ftli ilist.., conipel. - . me, very reluctaiuly, to a|e*wr ( -7'rV'pf'itrt v to refute n loitfni misrepresentation on the part of the former, and an unin tentional mistake of my worthy com- j rade. 1 had intended, soon after th: ■ war, am! several times since, to have \ pjibli- H'd a statement of 'what pas- j Si il under my jin -ounl i.'bservatiou on < that event!ill 41li of Sejitendici - , t,he ! dies irm of our command, 1 ' *;hV cM- I lions friends advised against any- re- ' ojiening of dead issues to incite fresh animosities, wh-ieh our Model (?) no- i cept-the-sit u nionists declared would ! delay the day of the Prodigal’s re-1 Inin to tho bosom of this u (Horions * 1 nu n.” The letter in the Menijihis! Appeal detOi’nijlie'd my course, and I had already cbnnnoneed' rs I'ejlly,-- tv lis n your <• •I'dspondeupS iv>ti?» es ’bo ire m.;|:m-e 'cans' s nie to 'umtib- 'ey hotlire -nut'r naV’ers, and .‘.Il who love our dear South' and the ! glorious cause so imudulb, - ' uiaWiim- ! "and, r.s sm-ciimt a Mait-in’cnt rs I can pre-sildy make < f the ti ne event:;- tit' i that mournful day. ' •'' ' I lo antieni.r.t :■; (in ,ive .nor,eng oft 1 tire id of September, 18(14,' I received [ orders Ir.ini G 'cerid Morgan, thbn'ht S Afutip-iUsn. \bi, to iha.y. .in- yc-inan'l ' ready fu: ir-.Mi.ediate nwv.t ':eiif.'’ Ai tli-it time it tonsisted if the old: Brigade, under command of Colon. 1 1> Howard Smith, tb. Second''Brig ade, u: dier eomioiutd of ','olonel It. !,. Giltiier, and a doinciiinei’.t of.Gc:. | Vaughn’s Rrigade (die i.-nier eoui po-.0.h of stragglers, men reporting J Ve;o feuve' of i'Asenee, etc , theiv, I * :■■' and- being alisei.-t with Gen Ear!'/ I a M.l of (J„> ntoMI os well :ts I <-.-o>- recolteef, 1 duo men. \l e were stationed at t’a.tei, '..ati n, ■ n the Ea-f, Teiones sec ’ and 1 Virginia Railroad, about 40 | idles from Green; iile. Eater in the s{3\‘,.i)V>ji*r vame i'..r the force to move. 1 (lie i ext i-ibniin;'early, on (irecnville, ! and on 'the id" Gen. Mo'gan, with ' Mi.j-.r W. (j. Gasset, G. M", Cay,| lletn Clay, A :i_ ; Aid-d<-C:imp, ' (V.j t in *,T.’tint's IPigVjy,Acting Inspc-c- i tor General, and L. C J«h»ssn, a | eh-rk ri r:y e’i e, arrived on life train - ,- i and \v'e'"iimnodiately proeei ted to | Jonesl'orq - , at that li: to t o t#;.dlnis-| !of the road. We Here met tlie' eom- | maud, and in regular marching a?3Br ! on Greenville. Not having an oppoitnnify on the | train of discussing ins plans, the Gen. ' = tv't td me t ) i.de ffirvVard with him, and wc rode beyond our advanced vidett.es. I remonstrated against this as danger is, but the General said that lie wished to converse with me ovietlv. He seemed to have a fore- 1 bbdiogvof c7.il, for he remarked upon | my suggestion that we might ba cap- | fared, “they will never taue me alive—they have sworn to kill me if | they ever catch me again.” AVe still 1 rode in advance, and entered Green viile fully fifteen minutes before our 1 advance guard. The General, after directing me as ! t ' Ib’vif.siiion of - t|ia 1 Coops, es- | titblfsiiaif his !ioad<|narters at the i house of Alls Yj'illiaiiis, but- ifncdd-V ■ at civ sent for a detail of. ti licnteiYafit and ten men, and. rijaorf going iip to ] to the bouse. 1 learned that upon'our j ain't - .!, a Mrs. .vViH/uns, daugjiter-i j-; law of our hostess, had suddenly taken her departure, for tlie ostensi- ! ble purpose of getting some “ water- | melons.” To those’’who know that \ smih when be was angry, j- rsftr ! whether the General stisneoled’ trendi- ; cry or no. Ilis rcjilv to me was that “lie' wished the men to assist Mrs. Willi;;. - ' s. in-- h -ihyfyiy bosk her water- I melons, ovd that they must c/o vnlil 1 tkey foimd her.” When alone, he told me bis suspic.-aya that Mrs. Will iams had gone to givVi’.itp 1 me on t<> the enemy —“ but that was iiiri'j'il'jg - 1 as a thousand of our noble girl's had brought ns news, but I must preterits 1 it, if possible, the enemy getting wind of our approach.” Ihe scout ing party returned tinsiiceessftd after It diligent search, and reported that she had mot been 'Otbe farm, to which the elder Mrs. W. had .mi l she had aotiS. Inti - .' disposition of ihe Divi-’o - , Colonel Bradford was ]L rut oil tlic’j cx:reme left, his left renting outlie! N'olicbueky river, aid fib y'/tand- • ing in a semi circle vi.-t ir it touclied ■ Colonel Gilmer's left, and the latter!' in the same manner to the left of Col- \ Fmsi f/iith -thus forming t w'o'thirds | of a ciicle around GrecnvilTc, front-5 ing the enemy’s position, and about 2 miles from the town. I intimated Itlie pro] rlety of placing Colonel ifmitli in Bradford's position, as the tbree of the latter witkpu/ regular ! i orguni/ .tb _-p but the Guieral said I that he intended 'us -uen s'm M -.,} t' - -. elnrge i -- the >n .filing,' fin'd that lie' desired they should be reloived ! from all'duty. j A written order was dispatched to j Cononel Era fil'd to sel.ct his best I o'beer and fifteen nicked means 1 shouting jiarty, wilk . strnbllr.n:: ; , advance toward Roll’s Gap until they struck the enemy’s positio - , and to As /bis jiinket until the command ar rived the nv4- tnorninp/' G.iptain C'rv mid .'.'.ami - Gasseti were-v ie: ;1 ttV'fidto' o’.'eiA tb- jiiebet line, ;.n»1 ’see that every ronlU ail'd by-path were I properly guarded, and at t! o’cl. - k i*. m. they reported that, all instrue tions ltiid been fully executed. After issuing orders for the ro - ::- m.iml’to rendezvous on t::? !>nll Clap, road at daybreak next tfffirinng, tjiA. tbiiferal retired. He ocet’nut'd tv front room alone. At day 1 , lit on ihe morning of the 4th, 1 ".'as awakened bv the sentinel- on duty', and Went, in to tire General’s room to awaked hio:. Upon inquiry, finding that it was rafii j ing, lie instructed me to countermand j the order for immediate ihoveiuei.t, 1 u'.'id- fsltig A o/doid; as the hour. Af ter receiving receipts from the differ ent brigade commanders, I returned to bed, and was awakened by - tbc heavy - firing around the house. Hast 'cirng intc th/GCopfaTsTobm, I found that be lia<l gone out, ami on search ing, found him in the garden. I description of the grounds will better enable your readers to fully understand stil sequent events. The enclosure occupied just one block, and therefore was surrounded by four streets, on the northern side, and oc cupying almost the whole space stood the house—a large substantial brick', fronting south. To the right and southward .Were the stables; ami still | further, ‘and reach Rig to the froig, street was' ft. small vineyard .of jirobiwl bly 'Avo b’tbdreil vines. In ihe south c-ast* corner of the lot stood a small j 'frame church, 'raised on brick columns. 1 'about three feet from the grou:.,4'. 1 The remainder of. the lot was filled' with Towers and shrubbery. ’ I 'bund ’.fie. General in the vii.uity I of the church, and we took refuge j under it to consult. lie directed me j to <fo to tlte tap of the bouse to see | if il’era was an opening tliroagn 1 11’ :b v: • c :'i! I pass, ami soon reach- 1 Msg.'' live' upper rooms, I went, ii 1 iiit'.-h ojiertiug in di'V'ent diveetioiis, ; h'Yd foiriid 'vVer-V : ~tf• it hh'eked v.idi d'valri’. tv Hie I‘nes of- ten were rid ■'ug aro’iuil liext to the fence fa high j feu: i - .) 'st .I ioTuii - io :c, it'n-r--. t ’<iiis t hrniiK-l) the jgroiuii/H. J CfSllJrL illst* M<(-f .«f| Is .«/ IJi Oil Sit tile‘s inns of c.i'-li street on. the Outskirts j of the v'iilage. Reporting' these facts to the Gen- I oral, l urged him.'to P'o mtto the! bouse and there surrender, : as it Was our o»Vy ehanye,. and fbr.t grbwing momeni:rrHy less as the lire '-us ! growing heavy and at point blank range. lie replied : “It is useless : they have sworn* never t-s - take me a prisoner.” Hearing the church being forced open, we crossed over into the vine yard. It must here be state ! that "l! movements were effected b_v al- Afost crawling and taking advantage of each bush, as the enemy were not 1 twenty yards from us; and crouch ing down aiifo://tiie vines, Mr. Jolm rtW' and myself again urged hint to go up to the house. " This he refuse I, and told us that we liavT lleP&or separ- St'i*. as three together might be ner cci've'd. ’ In' fetn'iiigy'llie Geiiefal slvook bands with me, and remarked : “ You will never see me again.” I had gone but •; few steps when T heard'diim cal! out “ Don’t shoot 1 P snrreirder.” - Stopping immediately,' ! looked around, ami upon the outside of'the fence, almost over the General; who had risen, and was holding up his hands, sat a Yankee with gun pre sented, who replied : “ Surrender and be God: damned— p Enow you ” —and fired. 1 was so close, that to this day, I firmly be lieve that I can identify ttio Mi : j-. As so o n as the shot was B r c and, f.utl. p.io (deiiai-al fallen, ho commenced shouting: Iv’e killed the damned horse thief;” 'and be gan tearing down the fence, tiiSvhieh be was soon assisted by. a.large crowd (If &i¥ comrades, ( I neglected to fnention that while we were dodging about in the garden, some fir mis in. the nob ! e guise of woman, were cal ling to the Van gods from fl'.cir upper windows, “ Yonder he "'goca'!” “That’s him!” “ That’s Moi - "ab !” &c., fc.) Jjeirtg soon after captured, and ta keiJ'stiKi!; distance 'nit bf t-iu:i!, t saw nothing ol the Getioral’s body until, .When, after repeated solicitations, the Isergeant Svltd%sd me in r harco con sented to take me to Gen. Gillem, the CViaundiider of ihe Feder.4 force, and on my way there I was stopped by a crowd of half drunken wretch es, who made re drst'uoiml ;t Thev wanted to shifV’ me sowietliitisr.” That somethin;/” .'.a- - !u - dead bodv of General Morgan thrown in a mud dy ditch by the road side, the featur es aln . i.-t undistinguisbable from mud and bt.'O ad the body nude save •; pair oi’drawi r-. the clothing then be ing tore- up in.o small pieces as soitv inti* es the “Dead Lion.” : Uport reaching the town, I found ! General Gi'.kmi at Mrs Williams house, and with him was the Mrs Williams who had gone out the dm before after “watermelons” (?) am who had returned, strange to sav oloiit the suae time, icitti the Yin. .a I staled to Get*. GiHeui that liny object in I- ii.nt was lor pci mission to get the General s body, I“ as bis men were treating it like a 1 dog.” i “ Ay, sir. and it H> .11 lie there r.m. ! ;ot 111 l- a dop," was Ids reply mrd ‘. i..ii 'bv.rf-d a SCI !es of abuse, which would scarcely kg' palatable to yot.r ' rcadwra, or pcrt’nveiif ' > this stale. ' ment. Siiflicc it, 1. rejected ('very j pr<»|»y:’:tT-. l:y v.>b.,CtS I bad hoped to have Mictseeded in getting thu.Gener- I al’.s body to his friends. Our force having rallied, .General I Gillem was summoned lo the front j and one of lifts stall) v.'hbnk.i have thought was Col. Ilrowidovv, though | tny memory may be at fault, but who, : .evertheless, seemed a gentleman, 'oilered to bring in the. .’ .:dy, wiiicli j vdas Yloi'n, and'in a small back room, tCapt. James Rogers am.l myself, with the assistance of a negro- mini, wm-ib ed and-dressed it The wound was full in th.: In-east, and seemed to have danced 00. the breast bone, passing [through tin.- heart and coining birt under tl.c left arm. The head wtis 1 tnneli bruised and the skin broken in | several places upon the face and tem ples, seetuiu ; . vc*i - i,ikatu>n of ffiV statement tlraUtiic body was thrown j over a horse, with tins head dangling ! against the stirrups. | Such, Mr. Editor,, is a plain, un ! va - . ..d-statement of facts, so far as ,ny memory goes, for 1 have no date upon which to rely I sent a similar statement to Col. Reed' - , the father of Mrs. Morgan, immediately after my escape, and when I reached Canada, I also wrote more fully to the General’s mother, in Lexington, Kentucky, and to Col. Dick Morgan, then a prisoner at T’ort Wayr'jH- I Ifs is another reason ..by T nve "o', glvdiv hub statement sooner to The public, ns 1 felt that as the Gen eral’s immediate family were in pos session of the facte fiiYy- Would pub lish them, if they thought it best. Row, however, as Gen. Gillem lias deemed it prudent to make a state ment, and as one of oui: own ..lufrMias endorsed it, I can no longer remain si lent, I ‘not only in justice to the history j of our holy cause, but to live sacred memory of one with whom it was my honor and privilege to serve, and than whom there never breathed a in ire noble and gallant spirit, whose name will be fondly cherished wJumii those of his foiifmutderei's shall have ' perished in oblivion. Very Respect fit ly, i ■ O. A. \V U-.fKKtlv 1 'omncrlv Aii;ntnnt Oonurnl on the oat ../• <Jell. .1.1,11 II A/...- r-.!i- Titmiitg A Bridegroom. Mr. Spillman bad just, inariitd a! ac.suid - .vif«. Oil tiie day aftei - tho wedding Mr. S. remark'd : “I intend, Mrs. Spillman, to en layte my dairy.” ’* Am ;nea:i our bury. dear,” replied Mrs. Snillmnn. “ No,” - qv.otlt' Mr. Spillman, “ I in tend to endafge my dairy.” r .‘ Sby-'dnr dairy - , Mvi ’ “ No my dairy.” ! screan'ied,'sefzuig'tfie poked - ", j “My dairy! my dairy!” yelled i the husband. ; “ Our dairy ! our dairy !’’ sc - rre< )i-: I eil the wife, emphasizing' each word j with a blow on file back, of liercring i ing. spiftis-V; Mr. Spillman retreat - d under the bid , in passing.uniler the bedclothes . liis hat was brushed off. i Is-uciViaiu- I cl und.-r cover for several minutes, i whiting for a lull in the sti r.n. At | i:t*t 'jiii wjl'e.sajv him thrusting bis | bend'oiit at the foot of the bed, much ; like a Untie from its shell, i•• \Vk:.l arc vi'looking for,” ex claimed' i lie lady. j “I am looking foe our hat, my, ! dear,,’ says he. Hi fiitii it mum's. There were rumor in Atlanta on j F:4<l;iy thut dews Sc Company had I succeeded in selling Kimball’s hint H, 1 ami that. tT; ;(.;;e,W developer would | v,, ;; ref urn with plenty of money. The rumor larks continuation. There was a ml her report in <;i". •• ! latieii that .K.iu’.nll, Inn mar <1 .’-.••]><>V..•■'l ! of his in'crest in' llio Bru'jrswU'k and Albany road, to the contractors, prior to the seizure l>v Ihillock, the con tractors will meet soon in Brunswick am] make arrangements |. • uijAwe tlie'vv e'k. It is maintained by some in. Aik n'ta, that Bullock’s seizure of .the I'drl was Mu' tile purpose of pro j leib’itr Kimball. Others assert that , Hull i k and the developer bar e fallen i ovrf), b. 1 the seizure wax mi le to de I -eat the sale of bonds. Os one thing | we may be certain, the whole thing is reeking with knavery. Hoah vs UtnTKi:.-»-iix-Attor!icy General Hoar called on the Pre.-uk lit •ibis morning to oppose 'he efforts of (Jen. Butlerterfid,)A;Tdvial of tieials displaced in Massachusetts. w bo •opposed I'mtler’n nomination I 'or tGov ernor. 1 lie President does not seem disposed to interfere in the premises, either lor or against Butler. With a Hoar on oAi sele and a Buth ron the other, Grant is liken 1 j ekas's between tw o Judder stocks— ' in a quandary. Some om wrote to Horace Greeley nqniring if guano was good to put m potatoes. He said it w/gJit do fir hose whose tastes had become viti .ted with tobaecy typol yutn. but he preferred gravy or butter. >5 A:• r,: ED Ff f tt- a, a kit BK. A Xi iv: - Kev.ttu-kliSJi tnitTuo Mi * take. A ocrreKponJeiit at Rocky Hill Station .-eiuls us the following, under hate of Sei U asbor uli: A goodjok -is laid o;i Judge Hot chin, of E ,- ov. nsvillr. The .Tmlge was seated hear the liar door of file li"tel of Himchin, when a | rat her pale, slenil. r _ ,uhb a ipronclied the hotel mid approached Judge llotehni A gentleman seated ne.n --i ,--y IKVgteil to the Judge, ant ob served, 1 Here is til,.- g gitlemnn.” flie young man said to him “steii this way Jmlge.” Tlie.liulge stepped to the edge of the porch, when the - .,*an slid, ■J have co -.U' over t-’o get: married.’ “Vdeil. "said tiie Judge, “1 have no objections ’* “\\ ell, 1 want you to go over to the Court 1 louse with me; I want license ’ “Yon must go to the clerk.'’ Tim bil :l t .. off in great haste, a -d. ib-a'fbw minutes returned. “ They say you will marry.” “Yes, 1 marry people sometimes, hut it is customary to get a niinis j tor.” “What do you charge for marry ing?’’ “1 never make any charge ; T marry the boys and they pay me whatever they thin!: it is worth.” “You will marry me for a IcUat;,. won’t you ?” “Yes; I always marry the boys, and they ; ay me whatever they think it is worth.” ‘“Well, then, won't you marry me for a quarter in silver.” “Ok, yes. tiie biw allows me two dollars; but I always marry the boys aiu.l.they pry me, just as 1 said, what ever they 111 ill It it, is worth.” So the Judge started for the clerk’s office with the pallid youth and ad ministered the marriage ceremony in these words: “By the authority which 1 hold in my liamb, 1 pronounce you man and wife.” Somebody called out, you cr:.' r niarried man, no w. “Well, Judge, you ought to have done-that for nothing, it isn’t worth more than a. dime, nohow!” 'A - tremendous burst of laughter followed, and the Judge stood treat. Sensible Words About Aot r i i ring - . ' / r n,<, folio ,vinn is from tho .T0ne,,,,! oft’'Commerce, New York: “Peoplewho sit nervously ill count- : ing houses, or behind their goods, vailing for customers to take them by storm, and make no effort, lei the world know the luyguiiis they have to offer, will ‘.Tad the reasons vc.y u-opropitions. Many of those who have spent large sums in Ub .vg \ dnuirners and paying for other well known appliances to trail have ef fected large sales, but swallowed up too large a share of the receipts in such enormous attendant expenses. The ] ;c has been found by those who have returned to more legi'imatc old-fashioned methods of puslitntheir business. Y\'e say it, not simply because we are iot .rested in this line of expenditure, but fsour best advice to alt who wish to be en terprising, and secure a large custom, there is nothing so it’vciive'o tics end.as judicious advertising’, it Tittle advertising may be like a gentletoucli of the whip to j oor Dob! in’s horse, ‘a nierev thrown away,’ but a liberal outlay is almost certain to bring In. a j bilge return, and this'will last even; beyond the current season. We do ! not believe that any one who has val uable service or lysirvk' property to : oti'er, c li fail of reaping a rich bar- i vest bv continuous advertising on a large scale.” T3.e (hinges Against Collector . A Washington dispatch to the Louisville (ivy.) Led ergivo’ the fol- j lowing history of Collector liohb's j caaeg It. was charged sometime since that Col. Uohli, Collector of Customs at Savannah, was a delimit ;r to the Government in a heavy amount. The ashntges were partially investigated at the time, with the insult of there be ing some changes made among sub ordinates, hut ilia Colli etor mannged to esc ij.e censure or dismissal. These old chare ;.se .*> in renewed, witli many additiotml items on the eom nl. hit, by some prominent citizens ol Georgia, who are now here emleav orii >: to have l.’i fib removed. Uobb was tin Colonel of an II inois .ohm ti er regiment, and originally oblaimd j his nosiii hi through the iuiluer.ee of Senator Yates, which was given i rather for a consideration of anything hut with reference to the ujorttl rep uiatioi o the. ex-Sesmtos. ’ The new j charges Vis corruption are so explicit | qbat it is not believid the Admin’S ti atiuii * will con( .iny Kobh ix sis pressnt position, mid an intimation , has been given to tliat effect by a Cabinet monster. A celebrated lawyer once said, th 11 1 coo most troublesome clients In cvfttf had. ’vi'i'e a young lady who wanted to be nmriied, a married wo niau who w anted a divot ce, and n old Ilia and who didn’t know what she w anted. “ > C \S Of.i“ni (hi!,;initios The full extent of th ■ awfiff ca lamities lliat have befaMen till- people of the Vi es; are not y<>t fully realize I b.v the country. The terrible blow to Chicago so sudden and ivcrpowcriug, was ot itself sufileie!to paraliz ■ the ‘r. in vss cent res of tie coi.n'rv. Bur 'wheifto tire unprecedented h's- of property -,.| w . s Chicago in : .’de l the frifal iltk ntciteii yl •y.hAe Asnfi els of country wherein towns, vil'lag. l -, farms, tbre.-ts and ov ■rythimr' m i bustible w-asdostr.iye 1 and tlmu-amN j .of live' 1 lost oil 1 or by it re or 1 y wa , ter, tile mind stage., rs 11:0)1 r the re end of accumulated w es. As vet, these (••Oronities do not appear t 1 ; have had a very marked or widts jiread inf active on the (inane.-s or bud 1 —.-s of the colintry, Intuit is o o so ;i ; | r tin* disaster-- to von In ,e 'hat th nr worst Gleets have been tell. The !o , ; ,es of the vttri -es insu - ..nee companies cannot vet 1 tt ddl nitely known. When they are, amt payments eommence, then' their as set in.rt.e be converted into re.idv cash, and we may expect, failure and suspenssions. It is roasfnahle to suppose that much ol the r'.TT 'e ; ne,o. ~.,e c!ian; - ot the Ves' to New York and Eastern cities we.sin negotiable paper, whiv'* doul tiers was used in hank. Tliis paper will ho tailing due lor months, ; .y l must ha p'o e ted by tl:e No.x! 0. n and . astei n merchants. Hence the full force ol the disasters on the mercantile intor -1" t cc.hu.l now he appreciated.— •. Somebody, apearanily- from tho ; Nor li, takes n good de .1 of pains (~ fell in a New Orleans paper, what lie dosn’t know abont goobers. That, iie isn’t a Sont'ipyjier is plain from by “ Gee-g-i-a' mili-ti-n gobbl’ji ' goober liens,” instead of “ grabbling.” Besides getting bother between two botaniesd names, and fencing tliat, one is the name of the plant, the oth er of (!■ ; bint, and sailing it an “ nm- plant ” he axcribcß tho name " punier ” to North C.,rolling when it in gonttine Choctaw, if an Indian can talk Chocktaw ; goober is tho North Carolina name by the I bye, the name by. which' VfJey’ were known at the North forty or fifty years ago, “ Carolina ground-nuts,” seems to be quite obsolete. But the fupniest thing is the allusion to "the necessity of wasbi ig uy, I id.. suing tlie nuts for roasting jutr/toses.” . Washing, indeed! a g' nuino North C'q.olininn would as '<«►« think <■/ 1 wni-h .' i.i,o /> 1 i.e. • 'l a r "ei. i .ig A min was liromdil hefo, a 1 lili nois magistrate, mid fined ?'C. NO for heing drunk, lie smiled blandly, and dravviug but a dollar hill, said : “All right, Mr. Magistrate . I suppose you remember when 1 sold out my saloon at l’ekiii I had’ -A i o c.i the slate nofiinst you. \\ ith this doil.ir that, wvK-exactly pay my fine. A'o'u must excuse me,’Squire, for tliis little sjuee of mine; hut Id dn’t sec anv ether way of c llccting my bill against von than this.” Exit inebriate. Audible smiles among tits audit nee. T he attention or bachelors is re spectfully invited to a (.1 reel; colonv betwei r the peninsular of Aete and the mainland, where, for seven hun dred years no worn. ,ll has been al lowed to come, Nor is there any fe ”gi!e 'treatlire ol the brute creations Nrere. Over seven thousand men dwell here, in twenty-three convents, and the very idea of woman is almost lost. “There is a happy land, far, far away b Charles Matthews, gojpg into mi en! ing house for luiiei), heard, as he entered an 1 siiy, .e.vii, stv en orders given in quick succession t v a throng of as many cnstouiers. One eathd for a basin of i x-tailed sou]., two for inock-turtlc soup, three for pea soup, and one for boulii. And the waiter, dashing to the speaking tube that .•o'mmnnieatod with the cook, bawled out with immense rapidity, “One o.v, tw o mocks, three pens, ami a bully !’’ Greeley’s Hecipe for Preserving i-huiches.—But, in strips not less than fifteen inches long ; spn a 1 them out oil the grass to bleach for three da vs, and finally sprinkle xv ith cinnamon, apd pack in airtight jars tilled with sawdust. Tles'e.cn's in China declare that 11m peoj'.c of ihiit eomitiy are prejiaring i-.y war vse foreigners wi h i tl eir walls. The Chinese, it isstiilid, have a particuh r antipathy to Ameri eans. many of whom hav e little love for the “heathen Chinee.” 1 h . revolt against the Government of Venezuela continues. Both sides arc bus;- making preparations. The revolutionists lin'd the scupoit of Ciu dad Bolivar. The Government rules vgfi' tan iron hand, and the prison-- tire crow bed with political prisoners. A negro buy of eight lias a picture primer to teach him his letters. One of tin-jiu-iures is that of ■„ l ull ebu - ing a boy, which the little darkey watches from day to day, ; 1 • fully i x -It iuittig, ” He hasn’t cot n’d him yi t.,’ An li'ishiitau said he did tin 1 cou.o t, 1 this country for wmit. lb' tnul ;u iduuolanec of that at home. If is easier for a man to he engaged than to be er.uaging.