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~ J. C. UAIiLAIICIt, Editor.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1874.
WOMENS KNTHISI ASM.
A PEUVEtITI'f) I|>F.A OF IIER
INFLUENCE.
A MISDIRECTED PIETY.
A PROSTITUTION OF CHRISTIANITY.
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During tho reign of tin. worlil’s lit
doerbor on earth tlmrrt isn't an instances on
mohl whore lie onnvnked his disciples or
instructed believer' to beoiogfl her rooms,
W to hold their religions exerciser in them
or nround nnd about thorn. Not in n
single instance did he wage war upon the
law* of the government in which he lived;
not iu n single instance did he advise Ids
disciples to violate law, lint in every in
rtanoe admonished them to a strict ob
servance of the law, and a submission to
the powers that he; not a single instance
is on record where he held mass meetings
in the streets nnd employed female
aqenoics iu a public warfare against (be
devil and his agencies. Hut, it is a mat
. t >r of record that he instructed women to
pray not uncovered. By this we under
s* ind that women should pray iu secret,
mid not in the puldio assemblages. Christ
lived ns an exnmpUr. The precedents he
< stablished and left upon record is ample
rad s IBatcnt, if strictly observed, to lend
the whole human family to a delightful
immortality. The means of grace that he
adopted in the divinity of lun wisdom is
smple. If insufficient, luh de ith whs
premature, his work uueuded, and his
Ife a failure. But we are satisfied that
the Gospel plnu was completed in his
death; th it .it was the fulfillment of a part
•it the organic law of heaven, needing no
enlargements or modifications. More
rigid rules would nut have been so effec
tive. More gentle nnd persuasive menus
v onkl not have been so successful, else
the wisdom of Divinity is at fault, and
woman’s ways and woman’s precedents
entitled to supremacy. If there is any
thing taught or recommended by the in
spired writer* to Christian women, it is
Modesty —particularly in her religious
exercises.
Ist Corinthians, xi., IT—“Judge iu
yourselves: is it comely that a woman
pray auto God uncovered.”
This text., wo think, tenches us that
women should act on nil occasions with
becoming modesty, nnd particularly in
Hie worship of God.
Ist Cor. xiv,, 31,—“Lot your women
keep silence in the churches: for it is not
, ernuowd unto them to speak; but they
: re c inmnudcd to bo under obedience, as
i Iso suit It tilt' law."
Ho that upon this question there is no
conflict between the Mosaic dispensation
nnd the dispensation of.grace.
Ist Dor. xiv., 35.—“And if they will
1 -tirn anything, wt them ask their husbands
at home: for it is shame for women to
,**>onk tn the church.”
Ist Tim. ii., 8.—“I will therefore that
men pmv everywhere, lifting up holy
hands without wrath and doubting.”
It. In like manner also, tlmt women
edorn themselves in modest apparel, with
i i.iinefneediiess and sobriety; not with
braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly
i.rray. ”
11. “Let the woman learn iu silence
' ith all subjection.”
12. “But I suffer not a woman to tench,
nor to nsurp authority over this man, but
to ba in sileneo.”
These are the teachings of inspiration,
i' the Apostles were inspired, nnd the
>ow Testament scriptures are reliable.
If not reliable, their teachings ought to
> rejected, and inspiration ought to lie
’ garded ns a fallacy, If true, ns we bo-
Itovr it is, then women ought to observe
i* and govern themselves accordingly, and
h ‘take themselves to their quiet retreats,
pod in sileneo worship their Father in
V. A.v„tt. ,oid desist from these street
e m oust rations and it,., prostitution of
Christianity. Leave these abrupt war
f res to the men and to the laws of the
e untrv. If the Bible teachings are cor-
I et. woman should desist at oueo from
nets disgraceful in themselves. If the
Bible teachings are incorrect., then it
t umid at once ha abandoned, nnd we
should look fur light and truth from some
other source.
Our private opinion is that these women
raiders are endowed with more enthusiasm
f an piety; actuated more by the desire
ii self-aggrandi /. merit tlmu for tl e gene
ral weal of mankind, and wo think their
Manifest departure from tho scriptural
I' m of duty (though working apparent
I'racDs of good! will prove a serious in
j-iry to tho cause of Christianity. We
t ok Unit these women are disrobing
1 hemsclves of their chief protection, their
brightest- ornament, their sweetest ami
1 iveliest characteristic—modesty; and if
ttrtr will not voluntarily, they should, bv
rate luws of the country, be compel!, and to
desist from nets so outrageously illegal,
indecent and impious.
Wo are tfs much in favor of sobriety as
any woman in the State of Ohio, nnd
would willingly adopt any persuasive
means to suppress the intemperate use of
strong drink, except the sacrifice of
woman's modesty. We would deny woman
no right, and would multiply l>y ten
thousand all tho privileges she enjoys,
but we can neither regard Jier actions in
this move ns a right or a privilege.
Woman had better qualify herself to
resist evil before she wages so fierce a war
fare upon what she considers its strong
hold. In her stipulations with the cm
bossador from the unknown regions she
brought siu and death into the world, nnd
damned the whole race of mankind—if
theology as taught us is true. Therefore,
having proved unsuccessful in a transac
tion so infinitely interesting nnd impor
tant, we think she would do well to obey
the teachings of Christ, and leave further
negotiations nnd stipulations to minds less
excitable nnd more mature. Sn we think
they had better disperse and go home and
put their little children in their little beds,
and sing such lullaby songs as “Bye O !
Baby buntin’, dada’s gone s limitin'.”
Gai.lahkk'h Ikdki'RNMKNT claims to
have the largest circulation of any weekly
(country) paper in Geor, ia. We go you
one better on that. Can you bent 25,000
brother Independent. —iduudertritle Herald
We don’t have that to do brother Herald.
How many steam engines do you mn
since the consolidation 7 and how many
extra curs <}o( it require to carry yonr
mail, and how many paper mills does it !
require to supply tho demands of yonr
office 1 Who makes your ink, and where
do they get the material ? We want ull I
of these particulars, so if we do have to '
lie we may do it Methodistically, us you
are a Baptist.
A Young Lady Disappears from a Ball
Room.
The Memphis Appeal says: “Among the
many visitors at the Confederate Relief
Association ball, was a certain gentleman
wbo was accompanied by Ills wife and
sister, a bountiful young lady. The latter
was dressed in costume, and, owing to her
many agreeable social qualities, had quite
a number of admirers. Time sped quickly
by, and the young lady became so muon
enthused that she begged her brother-in
law to let her remain longer. Asa nice
voimg man promised to takfl her home at
the proper hour, the brother-in-law granted
her request, and then left with his wife for
homo. The parlor lights were left burn
ing, nnd ns the young lady did not return
after the lapse of several hours, her sister
mil brother-in-law became alarmed.
Hours passed by and day dawned, but the
young lady had not returned. Since then
her hi other-in-law Ims searched ill vain
for some truce that might load to her
recovery.
“The very fact that n young lady should
disappear mysteriously from the sight of
her friends and relatives in this city is
enough to create some excitement, and .to
cause no little comment. It is whispered
that this young lady, being fatigued with
dancing was induced to drink a glass of
wine. Whether the wine wan too strong
for her nerves, or drugged, is not perhaps
known. Hho drank, and was soon in the
hands of the tempter, who bore away his
prize beyond the reach of her friends and
kindred. It is believed she is somewhere
in this city, nnd there are vague rumors
that a young man will be arrested for her
abduction, The young lady’s parents rc
•ide in Bhelby county, and she is of excel
lent family, is quite beautiful, and was
very much admired.”
We think the temperance warfnrers
would do well to add balls to their list of
evils, awl thus enlarge their programme
iml sphere of operations. Wo think if
they have determined to fight the devil
they should nttaek each flunk and drive
the centre. We think balls nnd promiscu
ous assemblages of daiw-ers is one of the
devil’s (ovthodoxically speaking) flank
movements upon the lines of Christianity,
and if tho various churches don't adopt a
more rigid discipline, many of her young
soldiers will bo led into captivity.
Death of Ex-Senator Wigfall.
A private dispatch from Galveston an
nounces tho death of ex-Hcnator Louis T.
Wigfall, formerly of Texas, but for some
time past a , resident of Baltimore. Mr.
Wigfall, prior to the war, represented
Texas iri tho Foiled States Senile, but
with other Southern members of Congress,
withdrew from that, body when the issues
between tho North nnd South were
deemed p.ist compromise. Tie immedi
ttclv identified himself with the new Con
federation. having always hold nnd enun
ciated extreme Southern political views,
and took part as a delegate from Texas
with the seven cotton States, South Car
olinu. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Flor
ida, Louisiana, and bis own State, in the
formation of the provisional government
if the Confederate States at Montgomery,
Uitbanin. Ho was present at the bom
bardment of Fort Sumter, and on the sec
ond day of tho fighting and the case of
Major Anderson hopeless, he went to the
fort in a skiff, w aving a handkerchief, and
mitering through a caseinate, sent for An
derson nnd urged him to surrender. Al
though this informal anil rather eccentric
procedure lmd the desired effect of stopping
hostilities, the fort was not surrendered
until a regularly appointed commission
from the Confederate side arrived with a
ting of truce. Mr. Wigfall took an active
part iu tho subsequent events. He took
command of a brigade, but becoming a
Senator in the first Congress of tho Con
federate States, which assembled at liicb
mond, gave up practically active field
service mid devoted himself to par
liamentary work. Ho was re-elected as
Senator to tho second Confederate Con
*>■, ;s. and in this capacity served until the
fall of llielimuuA. He succeeded in mak
ing good his escape, and, after a vUsit to
Texas, went to Europe, w here ho remained
until tho excitement of the war audits pas
sions had become somewhat tempered.
Returning to the United States, be soon
after settled in Baltimore, taking no part
in public matters, las principal appearance
in public there being nt the memorial ser
vices nnd inauguration of the Confederate
statue, at London Dark cemetery last
summer. Some months since Mr. Wigfall
was admitted to the Baltimore bar. He
was in the city within a few weeks past,
but left on a visit p> Galveston, where lie
bad arrived but a few days ago. Mr. Wig
full was a man of great ability ns a parlia
mentary orator. He bad a fine command
of language, a pleasant, persuasive deliv
ery, n fine physique, nnd was considered
one of the leading expounders of extreme
Southern .sentiment.
.
Roman Oinumi'.v. Another discovery
bus been made in England, confirming the
statement “there is nothing new- under
the sun.” An old Roman cemetery nt
Volk has been examined, and among
other tilings - discovered were pottery,
bronze wises and ornaments, children’s
toys, and coins iu great number. The
skull of a young woman was also found
containing a false plate of thin gold, show
ing that R 'mail di u'ists wore not much
behind our own in the matter of skillful
workmanship. Blocks of stone, about ten
indies by twenty, were also discovered,
which were obviously used as head-stones.
Some of the coffins were in a fair state of
pi e Tvation, and boro inscriptions after
the present fashion. One little coffin con
tained the remains of Simplieia Florentine,
ten months old, and daughter of a soldier
of the famous Sixth Legion. The word"
in Latin, “most, innocent soul," briefly and
tenderly tell what we require many lines
to state. The bodies were placed iu this
cemetery about 1,600 yours ago.
A traveler describes the weather station ■
on Pike’s Peak as a building of stone, i
walls two feet thick, thirty feet by fifteen, >
and nine in height. Three men are '
spending the winter there, taking obser
vations. They are Used to tho lightness
of the air, and do not experience serious
inconvenience. Water boils at so low a
temperature that it takes about three times
us long to cock food as at the ordinary
level. The air is clear so-Ant the eye can
sweep a distance of two hundred miles iu
every direction.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Washington's Birthday was celebrated in
Siivmiiudi by a grand military display.
Mr. H. B. Buskin of Liberty county, ob
tains foiirgullons of milk daily from two
cows.
Gaines Chisholm shot nnd kill' and Penn
Bedell in Atlanta lost week. Both men
were gamblers.
From n statement of Mayor Huff's we
find tlmt the total receipts of the Georgia
State Fair amounted Sllj.lflfl 80.
The Biinbridge Democrat announces the
death, in the poor house, of au old En
glishman named Nelson, who served un
der Wellington in tlieoiunpni B n that ended
with the battle of Waterloo.
According to a Washington telegram
in the Atlanta Herald, Postmaster Dun
ning's soil emhezleil nearly 820,000, nnd
that 87,075 80 are now due the Govern
ment by Dunning.
A bill Ims been passed in the Legisla
ture for the relief of muitned and indigent
Confederate soldiers. It gives 8100 to
those who lost two limbs or both eyes in
the service.
A Washington letter to the Atlanta
Herald says: “The Po t Office Committee
of the Senate have opened the doors fern
free fight over the Atlanta Post Offiee.
The charges made by Freeman, against
Bard are: First- lie is a Democrat. Sec
ond—He aided in tbe expulsion of colored
members from the Georgia Legislature.
Third He is not a citizen of Geoigia.
Fourth —He is not the choice of the Ro
nnhlienns. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley was
Bard’s witness on the second charge.
Bradley testifies that Hard aided the col
ored members.”
LsOiangc Reporter: The statement is
made that General Lilly lies secured con
tributions amounting to 810.050 in Au
gusta, and a smaller amount, in Savannah,
towards the endowment of a Georgia
Chair in Washington and Leo University.
Wiiilo we cannot but wish well to any
Virginia institution, and particularly the
i one tlmt bears two mimes so dear to every
true Southern heart, still we must express
a regret that General Lilly Ims been so
j successful iu Georgia. The people of this
State have no spare money with which to
buildup educational institutions in Vir
giniuor else*here nut of Georgia. In our
State is a university which is worthy of all
the aid that, can be extended to it. and not
| only worthy of it but needs it. Washing
ton niul Lee University has already a mag
nificent endowment enough with proper
; management, to keep it always prosperous.
; Tho University of Georgia, on the eoi
i trary, is almost entirely dependent on its
annual patronage for support. The trim
. tees are struggling to make it a university
infm t, complete in all its departments,
i and are eumlifered in their movements by
n lack of funds. Many young men leave
Georgia every year to enjoy the advantages
; of the University of Virginia, because they
i cannot have similar advantages in Georgia.
And yet Georgians are going to send
j thousands of dollars to build up a Virginia
institution in which they have not a particle
of interest. At the risk of being called nar
row minded, we must say that we would be
j glad if General Lilly should make a failure
in Georgia.
>——
FLORIDA NEWS.
E. L. Young, Judge of the County
! Court of Alachua county Ims been r* -
i moved.
The first Congressional District of Flor
ida Ims a populate in of 100,101: the sec
| ond District, 87,257.
The experiment of running the Jackson
ville, Pensacola and Mobile railroad at the
I reduced rates of faro having proved a
failure. The old rates are to be resumed on
i March Ist.
A letter from New Smyrna says: A. O.
Laug, of St. Lucie, was asked a few days
since to carry a man across the creek near
his house. A few minutes after leaving
the house the report of a gun was heard
by Lang’s wife, who hastened to the boat,
which was found spattered with hlood but
nothing was seen of either of the men. It
is supposed that Lung was killed and liis
body thrown overboard.
t The Live Oak 77/e-says: Alight occur
red neat' the store of Mr. G. W. Allen, at
EUnville, last, Saturday, in which three
men were badly cut. Sheriff Hick and Jus
tice Murray went to EUaviile on Tuesday
morniug and took the deposition of Fur
man Taylor, who was supposed to be dy
ing. The row commenced about a dog.
The parties who did the cutting have thus
far alluded arrest autl are still at large.
A gentleman who has no land interest
on what is termed the upper lakes, says
that the hinds on Lake Harris are the best
that he has seen in East Florida. The
scenery is unusually beautiful and attrac
tive. Frost, seldom, if ever, injures the
sugar cane; it tassels, and grows from fif
teen to twenty feet in height. The timber
round the takes is tall and stately. Fine
fish abound in their waters. Ami wlml is
of still greater importance, that section is
healthy.
Correspondence Key West dispatch: On
Cozumel Island are yet to lie soon the
walls of the first church ever built on the
Continent of North America. Cortez,
before his conquest of Mexico—say about
three hundred years ago—built his first
place of public worship on this beautiful
island. The foundation and walls are yet
partially preserved; each side lias an eleva
tion of some ten feet in places. The altar
is covered with an almost impenetrable
growth of chnpnral, ninl all about and even
inside these ruins are ancient, and modern
tombs, where patriarchs rest. The wild
flowers bloom over them in great profusion,
and the birds enrol sweet songs morning
and exciting. A paved walk extends from
tho portal several hundred yards westward,
hut is now almost buried from sight in
the sod. Excavations are seen where
searchers after hidden treasures have
delved. There is a fine field yet there for
the curious to explore. But the natives of
the locality allow it to rest so quietly that
the dense shrubbery about almost buries
it.
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Sr. Avoustinr.—Formerly there was
no quainter, sleepier, more old-fashioned
city on this continent than St. Augustine,
Florida. The chances that it would ever
awaken from its slumbers were too remote
for calculation. The inhabitants appeared
to be contented and assuredly the grati
fied tourist was with tbe indolent, pictur
esque old town. Florida bus become,
however, a great resort for Northern in
valids, and tho unavoidable Yankee bus
prospected and settled in St. Augustine,
and the old hind-marks are one by one
vanishing. New Yorkers are building
fine bouses there, with modern green
shutters, bright roofs and plate glass.
Many of these residences belong to weal
thy men like Henry Ball, of Ball fir Black,
and Mr. Aspinwall, nnd cost over twenty
thousand dollars. St. Augustine, there
fore, xvill soon be entirely changed, and
will be a fashionable resort from the
bleakness of Northern winters. —Buit m u-c
!hl’lk:
[Fro-n the N\ Y. Mercury.] .
A Victory for the Peoole in the U. 8.
Senate Conkling and Benton on
the Wronj Side.
By their votes in the United States Sen
ate Inst Friday, Roscoe Conkling and Reu
ben E. Fenton hate both shown u remark
able ‘misapprehension of public opinion.
The question was on an amendment offered
by Senator Merrimon, of North Carolina,
to a pending resolution, which amendment
proposed to instruct the Finance Commit
tee to re pa re and report n bill for a mod
erate increase of currency not to exceed
810,000,000. No one with his senses
about him and not possessed of an insatia
ble contraction demon, enu charge that this
proposition looked to any ruinous infla
tion; there was no comparison possible be
tween it and on unlimited expansion of ir
redeemable paper money. All that this
amendment of tbe North Carolina Senator
seeks to accomplish is to do justice to the
increasing wants of the whole country by
adding to the cosh of tbe people a judicious
amount nt the very moment when mi s‘
needed. We had a far larger aggregate of
currency afloat six. seven, and eight years
ago than now. Since then the country
has grown, the people have augmented in
numbers, have been more prosperous,
and engaged in more profitable pursuits
than ever before. But, while tho ways to
employ capital remuneratively have thus
largely increased, the total of this capital
so necessary for this very purpose
luih sensibly been diminished, re
sulting in the late financial disas
ters,commencing in New York nnd spread
ing rapidly over the whole land. The
crisis was broken when at its height, as
soon as it liecameknown that the Treasury
Department would one the 844,000,000 re
serve tocmuh) the money Market arid sup
ply the needs of the community for ready
cash. But 826,000,000 or thereabouts of
that reserve were actually used for that
purpose until now', anil already we hoc tho
gratifying signs of returning commercial
and industrial activity gradually cropping
up all lire mud ns. Let it be made sure
that another 840,000,000 is made ready at
the command of the people,and prosperity
will resume its wonted course as if brought
to new life by a magic wand. Y t Sena
tors Conkling and Fenton pretend not to
see these conclusive evidences of tho fal
lacy of their own pet theories; they cling
to their notion of reducing the amount of
currency, and would stand unmoved, with
the whole financial fabric of the nation
tottering in the ruins around them, if they
could only see h’ss money in circulation
| and still harder tunes for tho peop’e. In
Ibis neither of our Senators represents
the voice of New York. They have heark
ened to the pleas of some exclusive cote
ries of 1) inkers nnd others wh 1 1 now how
to profit and grow plethoric in purse, while
the great mass of tho people stiff, r arid
despair in loss. Hindi counsel is contrary
to the wish of tbe overwhelming majority,
and Senators Conkling and Fenton will
soon be made, to understand that their vote
on this question is approved neither by
their Htato nor by the country at large.
Nevertheless, the instruction to the Fi
nance Committee, as moved by Senator
Merrimon, was adopted by a majority of
three, which, slight, though it be, still in
dicates the ultimate fate of tho measure in
the Senate. We may therefore expect
that a bill providing for an additional is
sue of forty millions of national currency
xvill pass the upper House of Congress. The
people will then be exceed anxious to
, know bow the representatives of the met
ropolis will vote on this question of the
highest importance in the lower branch of
Congress. This in no sense a party issue.
The whip of the caucus is, as it should bo,
powerless in this mutter, which relates to
tho most vital interests of tho public weak
If tljo N"w York members iu tbe House
should bo shortsighted enough to follow
in the path of our Senators and vote
Against, this salutary measure of relief, they
will be held to accountability at tbe polls
next November. When every man’s
pocket is concerned, when the issue
is raised whether Government shall
fulfill its legitimate function of providing
the community with the means of setting
the wheelsof trade ia motion, so that all
may work and gain by their labor the
wherewithal to sustain life and support
their families, all merely political dogmas
arid theories dwindle to nothing. Want is
a cruel master; and too many have suffered
from it, lately to forget next election day
those who stubbornly vote to keep them in
want. Messrs. Wood, Cox, Creamer, Rob
erts, and Mellisli may revolve this subject
iu their minds till doomsday, hut they can- j
not rationally come to any other eonclu- j
sion than that, ns the country expands, a
commensurate expansion and! too i ggregnto
circulating medium to enliven all the ;
many avenues of industry is of the utmost
necessity. If they refuse to help in this j
respect they will have but themselves to j
bln me should the people turn hack on j
them iu retaliation. We hope for better j
things, however, and shall be but too glad
to announce indue time that this releif
has finally been carried through the
House of Representatives by the aid of
the men whom this city has sent thereto
guard its interests at tiro fountain of Na
tional Legislation.
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[From tho Marshall (Minn.) Prftirio Schooner.]
A Dog, Unattended, Carries the Mail
Cnee a Week.
Mr. J. Prosser is a hunter nnd trapper j
who lives at Lake of Two Woods, Dakota,
twelve miles west of the Miunesotta lino. I
Several settlers live near him, and, ns they
lmve no regular mail service, letters and
papers are conveyed between tho Two!
Woods settlement and Captain Herrick’s, j
at tlie State line, by private enterprise. ,
This sendee lias for some time been per-'
formed by a dog belonging to Mr. Prosser.
The mail is placed within a small sack and i
tied about the dog's neck, when lie is told
to “go,” and be goes—never once having!
failed to reach his destination without de-:
lay. Captain Herrick overhauls the mail,
gives the shaggy mail-carrier a good din
ner, nnd places the Two Woods mail about:
his neck, when he is again away on the
return trip. There is no more faithful
carrier in Uncle Hum’s service than
“Curley” has proven himself to be. While
performing his duty it is impossible for
man or beast to approach him.
Captain Herrick once met him on the
road and endeavored to relieve him of his
burden, but “Curly” was off like a shot,
never ouce halting until lie lmd arrived at
the Captain’s own door. One day last
week Mr. Prosser came to Marshall with a
load of furs, and brought Curly with him.
We were favored with a call from the
noble animal nnd his master, and, with
several others, listened with interest to
the fuels here narrated. Cnrlv is a fine
looking dog, rather larger than medium
size, has long curly lmir, a well shaped
head, a good-natured eye, nnd is of the
breed commonly called spaniels - He was
much pleased at receiving so much atten
tion, and seemed to understand all that
xviis being said about him. Much better
would it bo for some men of high station
did they possess a tithe of this dog’s
fidelity to public trusts reposed in them.
Curly is perfectly satisfied to work for
his board, and never bankers after back
pay or a salary steal. Should Dakota see
fit to elect him delegate to Congress next
fall, he would undoubtedly reflect credit
upon tbe Territory, and prove far superior,,
iu one qualification nt least, to many of i
tbe biped members.
[From tlir Baltimore Sunday Telegram)
Last Days of J. Wilkes Booth.
BY OWE WHO WAS WITH HIM.
In the beautiful country near the valley
|of tlio Rappahannock, and about three
| miles to tbe smith of that grand old river,
! is situated the house and farm where J.
I Wilkes Booth met his unhappy end. Once
i a thriving and prosperous land, where on
every hand one saw the green fields teem
! ing with plenty, and heard the happy song
jof the negro, as, when their day’s work
was done, they wended their way to their
happy homes; but where now the broken
down fences and tho worn-ont hill-sides
tell too plainly that the iron hand of war
has swept over tlmt <*iee beautiful land,
and left too many sad traces of his pres
ence.
It was a beautiful evening in April,
when three horsemen were seen coming
down the road that leads to Edmonds-’
bury, (Mr. Garrett's house.) These were
Willie Jett, Lieutenant Haggles and
Wilkes Booth, or. ns he was intro bleed,
Mr. Bovd. Mr. Jett asked my father to
let Mr. Boyd remain with him a few days,
as he was wounded and con Id not travel.
My father consented, and Motors. Jett
i nnd Haggles rode off in the direction of
j Caroline Court House.
Mr. Boyd then said he was very much
i fatigued, and would lie down on the grass
in tho yard. He seemed very sad, and
; when asked if his wound pained him, suid,
j “Yes; that riding jarred it.” He ate very
'little supper, and soon retired. We slept
in the same room with iiim that night,
! and noticed that he had a pair of Colt's
} revolvers and a very handsome dirk, which
he said was the gift of a friend.
He arose quite early the next morning,
and seemed to bo in very good spirits
As it was quite warm he strayed oti the
porch or in the yard the most of the day
j with the children playing around him.
H seemed to be very fond of children,
and took some pains in allowing them a
■ pocket compass and an opera glass that
ihe had with hirn. Just before dinner he
1 and my older brothers proposed to prae
tice shooting with a pistol. Wo were snr
-1 prised at his splendid shooting, for he
\ could Lit a small mark about the size of
j a dime at every shot. The marks of the
i lmlis are there now in an old cedar post in
front of the bonse. In the afternoon Har
-1 old came, and they proposed to go away
the next morning. Ah !he did not think
that the next morning’s sun would rise
upon his lifeless body.
They spent tbe evening in bilking, wid
! seemed to be quite merry. Harold told a
: great many jokes, and kept all in a good
humor. That night they proposed to sleep
iu the barn, nnd my brothers, who had
just returned from the army, slept in nn
adjoining one. for fear of losing their hor
ses, s there had been several stolen in tbe
neighborhood.
The other part has been often told, and
is familiar to nil. How the soldiers came,
nnd how he was shot, and the burn burned;
■ how, in desperation, lie begged the officer
; to withdraw his men fiftv yards, nnd be
i would come out and tight them all, how
he refused to surrender, and boldly stood
with the flames creeping closer and closer
! nntil at last a sharp report, nnd he lay
I quivering in the agonies of death on the
floor. One of his last remarks was: •'Cap
tain, it is very hard that, this man’s prop
erty should lie destroyed when he knows
nothing of me.”
i He was carried to the house nnd laid
' upon the floor of the porch. A man was
sent for the doctor who soon came, but
' could do nothing, as the fatal bullet had
- done the work. While the doctor was
i kneeling beside him lie asked them to
j how him his bands. When he saw tbe
I nails turning dark he dropped them and
said. “Useless, useless.” He was now
■ sinking rapidly. Once again he colled to
! the captain and xvispered faintly, “Tell
mv mother I died for my country. I did
\vl*tat I thought was best.” A gasp, a
quiver, nnd all was over. A dark stain on
the floor and a solitary charred post which
stands where lie fell, are al! that remains to
tell the tale.
It has been said by some tlmt Booth was
betrayed by false friends, but when we re
member that there was no telegraph within
a hundred miles of the place, and that he
was killed within forty-eight hours after
crossing the Rappahannock, any one can
perceive the folly of such an assertion.
Marriage in Poland.
One day. n correspondent writes, a cousin
of Count S.’s arrived; he and his wife are j
hardly seated, when another couple are
announced. They seemed to be oil on the
most, friendly terms. In the evening one
of the gentlemen played at cards with the
two ladies, and a third, who was staying
at Ostrowski. When he, arrived, Countess
8. said to me, “Is it not curious to see my
cousin Alexander playing with lus three
wives ?”
“His three wives 1" I exclaimed; “surely
yon jest.”
“Not at all,” she answered. “Nothing
is more common here. He now regrets
having been divorced from the first ; lie
liked her best; but she has also married j
again. They are very friendly and agree
able to one another. ” Countess S. contin
ued: “You will hardly meet a person in
the country who has not been married
more than once. The Russians reproach
U* on eur facility for divorce, ns they mar
ry for life; we for as long as we please.
It is better than living together on ill
terms. ”
This seemed very startling to me; bnt it
is a fact of which I am convinced from
personal observation.
One bitter cold day, when the very as
pect out-doors was enough to make one
shudder, Countess 8., Franlein Muller and
I xvero making artificial flowers; Anna,
who braved I know not how many degrees
of cold, was gone on a sleighing excursion
with her father. As we were seated near
the window, we saw a sledge, drawn by six
horses, coming up the avenue. We were
wondering who the courageous visitors
could be, when the beautiful Countess
A. —a near neighbor—xvas announced. On
entering, she said to the Countess:
“I have not a moment to stay, and have
something important to say: my husband
intends proposing for your daughter; he
is an excellent man, so I beg of you not to
let any delicacy of sentiment on my ac
count be an obstacle in their union. I
have nlrendy obtained my divorce, and am
on the eve* of contracting another mar
riage. I leave Vursovie this evening.
Adieu, dear friend.”
So saying she disappeared ns quickly as
she entered. I own that, if a thunderbolt
had fallen at my feet, I could not have
been more snpprised. Franlein Muller and
I, xvho had stood up to leave the room,
had not time to gain the door ere the
communication was made. The Countess
begged ns to remain, and as soon" as her
friend had left, observed, without being
the least amazed at what she had heard,
that Count A. xvas too old for Anna. “Un
doubtedly. be lnvs a very large fortune:
but,” added she, “we have almost given
our word to another person.” She was
evidently nowise shocked at the strange
announcement. Accordingly Count A.
did come the next day, made a formal de
mand, and was refused, Anna’s opinion
coinciding with that of her parents.
Josh Billings on “Dispepshe.' ’
I have been a pruktikal uiapeptik for 2T
years and four months, and it would hav
been mutiny in my pocket if I had been
born without enuy stummnek.
I have prayed upward of one thousand
times to lie on the inside like un ostrich,
or a traveling colporter.
I have seen traveling colporters who
could eat az match as a goose.
I have seen a goose eat till they couldn’t
i stand up enny more, and then set down
; and eat sum, and then lay down and eat
i sum, and then roll over and eat sum more.
I hav tried living on filtered water and
I jroing hare-foot for tho dyapepshy, and
j that didn't hit the spot.
I have soked at water-enro establish
! ments until I wax sn .limber that i konhln't
1 git myself buk agin inside ov rny Baldwin
npparrel.
I bought a saddle-hoss once, who was
I got np expressly to knre the dispepsliy in
30 days or kill the horse.
He waz warranted to trot harder than a
trip-hammer, pull wttsser on the bits,
stumble safer down hill than enny other
boss on the fntt-stbol.
I rode the hoss until I waz ov a jelly,
I and thru sold bira bridle and all for sixty
i eight dollars, and got sued by the pur
i chaser, snd had to pay him 90 dollars and
i sum sent* damrnage, bekaitzo the hoss had
I the *‘Nimshys,” a disseaze i kno nothing
; about.
The hoss and fixings cost me 459 dollars
' gold.
I kontrakted for eleven kords of hickory
wood, kross grained, and as phnll ox
wrinkles as an old row’s horn, and sawed
away three months on it, and tho pile
seamed togro bigger every day.
I finally gave away tho saw, and what
wood there waz left, to save mi life, nnd
sari clown discouraged, a square victim to
i the everlasting dispejsdio.
I hav lived at the sea side, nnd gam
laded in the sidine flood, nntil i was az
well pickled az a number one salt makrel.
T hav dwelt at Saratoga, and taken the
water like a mill race, and still had the
| dixprpshee.
1 hav walked 2 miles before breakfast,
and then ett a slice ov dry toast, and hnff
the yelk ova pullet's eg, and felt all the
timeaz weak az a kitten that had just cum
i out ova fitt.
I hav laid down more than 2 thousand
times, aul roll -d over once a mil n t all
nite long, and got up in the morning like
1 a korpse, and thitre didn’t nothing seem
to ail me enny where in pnrtikiar.
I hav red whole library’s onthe’stum
! mnk and liver, and, when i got thru, i kun
a grate deal less wlmt was the mutter ov
me than when i begun.
1 hav drank whiskee with roots in it
on tiff to carry off any bridge or saw-mill
dam in the country.
I have worked on a farm for mi vittles
and board, and di"ted on fri<-d pink a - id ri
bred until i was az thin az the sermon ov
ti 7 day baptist preacher.
I liav dun all tbexo. things anrl 10 thnu
j sand other things just az ridikilus; and i
hav got the old dispepsheo yet, just as
natral and az tliik az the pimples on a four
I year old goose.
If yu git a good holt ov the dispepshee
s one- yu kant never baize it, entirely; it
will cum around once in n while like a
I ghost, and if it don’t skare yu so mutch
az it did once, and make yu think yu are
going to die to-morrow, it will make yu
feel just az sorry Josri BrnUNOs.
— r
Reparation.
Washinoton, February 16.—8 y a full
vote of the Judiciary < -ommittee, a hill was
presented to the House to-day providing
that whoever being a creditor of the United
States on account of any contract madeou
the 14th of April, 1871. or a claimant of
any Uninty of the Uuiti and States given by
law for military or naval service, done be
fore the lltlt of April, 1861. shall be en
titled to receive the amount due and pay
able, notwithstanding any participation or
sympathy in the late rebellion, or the!
I exercising the functions of any office j
whatever uuder any authority or pretended
authority in hostility to the United States,
! and nil laws nnd parts of laws contravening :
the provisions of this act, be and the same ]
: are hereby repealed
Accompanying this bill is a report from
the Judiciary Committee to whom was;
referred a House resolution of March 1,
1837, prohibiting the payment of debts
due by the United States before the wur
unless loyalty is proved; and also a House ;
bill to repeal the oath at present required
of applicants for pensions, nod to pre
scribe another ontli. Tho committee, hav- :
ing conxideredthe above-mentioned reso
lution and bill, report that “It seems to I
yonr committee that as all other property
and rights of property of persons engaged
in tho late relx-llion have, by general acts
of amnesty and laws of the United States. I
been exempted from confiscation, there j
can be no reason for now retaining on the j
statute books such acts and parts of acts J
as were very properly enacted to prevent j
Aid Illlil coluflu t to the enemy of the Unt- .
ted States during the war, which, by their
impediments to the creditors of the United
States in receiving their just dues, amount
to confiscation, and also such nets to the ,
same effect which were passed to hinder
and prevent disloyal persons whose disa
bilities had not been removed because of
their participation in the rebellion from j
m iking any claim against the government
tor debts due, and claims not arising out
of the. rebellion prior thereto, should also
be repealed. Therefore, yonr committee j
have reported the , companying bill cov
ering the resolution and bill referred to ;
them, so ns to remove all disabilities in
that regard.”
With this kind of indorsement, end in
consideration of the temper of Congress,
there is little room to doubt that tho bill!
will pass.
Miss Nellie Grant's Approaching Mar
riage."
The Washington correspondent of the 1
Courier-Journal furnishes the following on
the above interesting subject:
Miss Grant’s marriage to Mr. Sartoris is
fixed for October next. Mr. Sartoris is
the son of Adelaide Kemble, and nephew
to Fanny Kemble Butler. The young man j
traveled with Miss Grant upon her return
from Europe, more than three years ago.
He did not declare his love at that time,
but went West on his journey. Happen
ing to be in Bt. Louis when the President
visited there last spring, nnd witnessing
the homage that was paid him on that oc
casion, it seemed to dawn upon the miml
of the young man that the daughter of the !
American President was not altogether j
undesirable. He made known his inten
tions to the young lady’s father, who re
jected him on account of the want of for
tune on both sides, for, said the President, ,
my daughter possesses no dowry, and he
might have added that our Republican
form of government forbids a salary being j
voted by Congress when a member of the
royal family marries. For a time all nego- ’
tiations were suspended, bnt an accident to
the oldest sou and heir removed all impedi
ments, and as soon as Sartoris’ pere recov
ered from the shock of the eldest sou’s
death (which was caused by his being
thrown from his horse.) he wrote to the
President and said Miss Nellie’s adorer
could now support her comfortably on
forty thousand dollars a year. This pro
duced a revulsion, and after a few prelimi- j
naries the engagement took place and was j
announced.
KK WADVKR TISSUES TS.
PREMIUM LIST
ON
gfr i
FIELD CROPS,
OFFERED BY THE
SOUTH GEORGIA
A i M. ASSOCIATION,
AT TIIE FAIR OF 1874.
ENTRY FEES ABOLISHED!
CLASS I.
I. won THE LARGEST CROP OF COTTON
produced upon one acre of upUud,
with a statement of the m<rile ui cuiti
i vatiou, the amount and kind of ma
nure* used, the period of plautiu#, the
nun:her of times ploughed and hood,
tbe kind of seed used, and giving cost
of production.. 120 00
For the seeoud largest ditto 15 00
For the third largest ditto 10 00
For largest crop of cotton grown on five
; acres of land in one body; name require
ments as above.. 25 00
For the second largest ditto . . 15 00
For largest crop ot field peas raised on one
acre 6 00
. For largest and beat crop of native grass
hay raised on one acre 10 00
For largest snd best cron of grwttt hay, other
than native, raised on one acre, one
bale for sample, with manner of mak
ing and saving 10 00
For the largest crop of corn grow n on one
acre of upland, period of planting,
mode of cultivation, kind of corn,
times nlniigtu'd and hoed, amount and
kind of manure appMod, giving cost
of pro iuetmn 25 00
For the second largest ditto 15 00
K*>r the third largest ditto 10 00
For largest crop of corn grown on fi>c acres
of upland, in one body, tsame require
ments hk abote. 25 00
| For second largest ditto 15 00
Fur third largest ditto 10 00
‘ For largest crop of wheat grown on on©
acre, (not less than 25 bushels), same
s requirements 10 00
For largest crop of rice on one acre 10 00
For largest crop of oats raise.! on five acres 25 00
For largest crop of rve raised on five acres. 10 00
For largest crop of sweet potatoes raised on
one acre, the crop to be arrived at by
digging and meaHuring an average
eighth of an aero 15 00
For largest crop of ground peas or pinders
raised pe r acre, the crop to be ascer
tained by digging ana measuring au
average eighth of an acre 10 00
For the best acre of cane 15 00
For the second best ditto 10 00
For : e largest net rever. realized from a
one horse farm, to be decided by tho
Board of Directors by the 15th Decem
ber, full statement to be rendered an
to what has been used and wJuit sold. 50 00
Competitors for the above press i-was are re
quired to have the bind measured and the ar
ticles to be weighed or measured in the presence
of three disinterested and reliable witnesses, and
certificate produced from them with a sample of
crop.
The requirements above must bo furnished iu
writing to the Secretary at the time of making
the entry.
All parties exhibiting are requested to enter
by the 15th of September. feb2B-4t
THE ADJUSTABLE
84 1* RIIV O RE D !
BA K TLETTB PA TEST, June 21ri 1870
A LUXURIOUS BED!
WITH ONLY A SINGLE MATTRASS.
For Durability,
Cleanliness and
Adjustment,
It I liras IVo Equal I
PENDLETON k PEEPLES,
Agents for Southern Georgia.
T. J. KEY,
Agent for Brooks County.
fob2S-tf
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
STATE OF GEORG LA, Brooks Cocxtt.—
Court of Ordinary.
William Hiers, Sr., having applied for exemption
of personalty and setting apart and valuation of
homestead, I will pass upon the same at my
office in Quitman, at 11 o’clock a. m„ on Mon
day. 9th day of March, 1874.
Given uuder my hand and official signature,
this 21st day of February, 1874.
__ fcb23-2t J. >1/ SHEARER, Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA-Brooks County.—
Jonathan H. Alderman having applied for
exemption of personalty, I will pass upon the
same at my office in Quitman, at 11 o’clock, a. m.,
on Monday, 9th March, 1874.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 21st day of February, 1874.
feb2B-2t " J. M. SHEARER, Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Brooks Coutcty.—On
the FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT. I
will apply to the Court of Ordinary of Brooks
County for leave to sell all the wild lands lying in
the county of Floyd, State of Georgia, belonging
to the estate of M.“ E. Parramore,'deceased. *
JOHN A. IRVINE,
feb2B-it Administrator wiili will annexed#