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<T>aUahfr’s #mlrpcndcnt. ~ 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. • ' •' ’ 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. -*-. 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. **>- - [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#