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WAR RECOLLECTIONS. A Lady Tells Her Experience Near Maoon After it Surrendered to Wilson. [SPECIAL OOBRKsrOXDESCK.] Editors Telegraph and Meeeengcr: The article in Sunday’s Teleobaph and Mes- siM.tRupon the surrender of Macon, nine teen years ago. recalled many personal reminisce! enccs of that time to the mind of ter him “I wish you Joy—of those little chickens—they would hatch in a day or two!” You should have seen him dls* gorge. He revenged himself by oapturin^ TEE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1884. — your correspondent. It is proper and per haps needful to chronicle all the facts m tho era of our history, for the time is com ing, perhaps in the near future, when facts will be ia great demand, that our his , torians may be able to defcpd and vindi cate the Southern people: The writer had a .temporary refuges home near your city at the time General Wilson entered Macon. After the tight at Missionary Ridge and the formidable pre* . parations made by the Federal army, it was evident to the citizens of North— Cherokee Georgia—that trouble was brew ing for them, and all j*ersous who gave the subject a serious thought became convinc ed that the time had come to refugee ami to seek a shelter from the depredations of the vandal horde, then threatening an ad* y;^c on that part of the State. tSn. Johnston made a brave defense, but it was all retrograde—all retreat, masterly, it is true, but backward all the time. When be retreated from Cassvillc to the Altoona .heights, the stampede of the citizens of North Georgia begun in earnest. Time would fail me to tell you of the trials, losses, dangers and vexations that beset us until we found a home, on an old farm in Jones county, not far distant from Walnut creek and within a half-dozen miles of your lovely city. I could tell you of Stoneman’s raid, of Sherman’s advance, of tho depredations by Wheeler’s cavalry, and of the thousand particular troubles that attended us in this barren refugee home, but I will skip over ail preliminaries and say to you that I rode from home to Macon on the morning of the day that the surrender of the city occurred, the 20th of S >ril, 1865.. We knew Gen. Wilson was vancing from Columbus, but the uncer- tnd a huge basket of f. esh eggs that were den in my bedroom—under my bed. Our old shot-gun was taken—carried out and placed beside my store of eggs. Just then the raiders discovered two barrels of Hour and a barrel of ea’je syrup, which had been secreted. The house plunderers rushed out to take a hand in the divide, leaving a hall drunken soldier to guard the plunder collected in the dwellin'?. I watched him long enough to see n< We then turned to the Provost mdrshal’i itiesof 1' office, and by the entreaties of Mr. Birch i and the demands of the kind-hearted chaplain, 1 was promised a guard within | two hours, as the soldier would have to get | his horse and equipments from camp be fore he could start out to our home. QQV. BROWN 05 While I waited for the guard, my heart tortured bv anxious fears for the safety of ray dear ones at home, I had ample time to turn over in my wind the probable ‘ business” that Governor Browu was transacting so secretly in Gen. Wilson’s illtiCTLTa clotlling l nd Hats - A8ENSAT10N--READ THISm wsmmmwGufiEs Blood Purifiers and Skin Beauti tiers. WI NS H I 3? WMJfiJU mill IBB|^uwiiujn O. "-»« | parlor, while Alexander Step! elm, B. II decidedly maudlin. when l began to Iec- j an( j so man y other prominent man him on his inhumanity. and thieving. werc arrested at the pointoi the bayonetuiul were i v _ „ . treated as putlaws. Kven at that time Jef ferson Davis was being hunted down liken beast of pray—and was brought into M acon a day or ho thereafter with a display of vindictive hate that was terrific to tho by standers. To this day I lmvo never been able to understand the distinction ami the differ- euce in Governor Brown’s case, unless. Jn- - Have you no mother or listers,” said I. “If so, what could they think of you?” •''The tears gushed from Ids already wa tery eyes—he told me he had a mother and two sisters in Virginia—and after a little more exhortation and advice on my part he otumbled to his feet and cried out, “God helping me. I’ll never da this thing rgnin. Bv iinco! hide your nigs* I’ll help yon.” • ence i n governor Brown’s case, unless, m- I had always a mortal fear of n gun. To ,j cei i t my Federal guard was correct, who this day, 1 stopmy to shutout the p rovc j to Iks a most estimable young Lrish- report, hut 1 felt that I could not give up , m(m f rom Cincinnati, our only weapon. Ihere might conjo an 0n the day p^ident Davis was bought emergency when death by my own hand j nto Macon a prisoner,-in v guard happened would be a choice of evils. to go to the city. He caiue back brimful Inspired bv his change of manner and of the news and exultation that the “arch sentiment, l*eized the old weapon, loaded fleml” could now* swing on the “sour as it was in both barrels, placed it in front! apple tree.” He told the story of the cap- of me against my person, so as not to ex- • ture, scoffed at Ids mean appearance in cite the rabble that were fairly cavorting in soiled Confederate gray, hooted at liis the yard, ami with head erect I clasped the claim to decent forbearance on the part of firearm with both hands and marched into the Federal authorities, and with very nat- thc house, followed by my new convert, j ural delight proclaimed tluf war over, etc., lie turned down a bed, hid the gun and i etc. I heard him without protest. My A Positive Cure for every Form of Skin and Blood Diseases, from Pimples to Scrofula. Jhluga painful eruption*, salt rheum . psoriasis, scald head, infantile or birth humors, am! every form of itching, sca ly, pimply, scrofulous, inherited, cont&gtcus and copper-colored disease*of the blood, skin and scalp, with loss of hair, arc jH)sltlvcly cured by Qutlcura Remedies. &L Cttieura Resolvent, the new blood purifier dense* the blood and perspiration of impuri. ties and jiuiMiuoux «lenient*, and thus Cutleura Soap, an exquisite skiu beautitler ..ml toilet exquisite, prepared from Cuticurn. is indispensable In treating skin diseases,baby humors, skin blemishes, rough, chapped n pure, and tho only real Blood Purifier! ana skin beautlticrs. mtted and smoothed tho lied clothes just in time. In a moment afterward^ a dozen men were rioting in the room, beating and overturning some trunks to discover false bottoms, if possible. Orre had snatched my husband's lint off his head (and he had but one). The ma rauder’s hands got so full he laid tho hat down. I crept behind him. silently cap tured it and whisked it up on the top of my wardrobe. My tearful (?) Virginia renegade 'gave nte a smile and a wink, as much as to say, “Hurrah for you.” A grimy Hessian was just, anout to lay his hand! on two handsome table spoons—heir-looms in the family— when I glided by and transferred them into my dress pocket, amazed at my own audac ity; which must have also overpowered the edllk sorrow wad too deep for words. Finally he saw the tears rolling down my cheeks, and gentlemanly instinct checked his tor rent of invective. “Oh, madam, I am sorry for you. Of course you like Jeff Davis, but he is a bad man—a bad man; but you have got one rims. Houghton,K*q., lawyer,2S State street, Boston, reports a case of salt rheum under his observation for tell years, which covered the E atlent s body and limbs, and to which nil liowii method* of treatment had been applied without benefit which was completely cured CALLAWAY Take great pleasure in call ing attention to their new stock of Spring CLOTHING AND HATS. They have made extrardi- nary exertions to suit the taste of their customers. The greater portion of their stock was cut and manufactured to thei i ordei They are pre ared to meet the demand or the finest and best grades cents. 50 pieces Nun’s Veiling at 15 cents, usually sold at big lot o! India Seersucker, at 20 cents. W»fi I among priotel: hlr.Fr | ejnc uti 0 tl> l ‘ rc 1 P c5! ' new styles, splendid goods I Sw» "ss A few thousand yards of those 50 cent. Silks left Call I soon and get choice of patterns. 1 one M CnltP cons*' < i«rdy tbe e: ■ Five cases of a favorite brand of 4-4 Bleaching sold at I £ Scents. Other big concerns sell the same goods at 10 the I the 1 1,000 White Marsailles spreads at $1, worth $1 t Q and sold at that price by all other Dry Goods houses. onw' erali ill O' White Goods in great variety and quality. The low prices on these goods astonish all judges who price them. The low of goods. good loan among you; he i* a good man pc sure enough.” I asked hla name, for I »J .andal himself, for he grinue ' lie w as that auch a ride most perilous undertaking, at that particular time, for I was accompanied only by a small negro boy as a groom, but the general anxiety for our country and the soldier boys in the field, was so great that individual, personal, safety was in a great measure overlooked. nr macon. About 10 o’clock a. m., L walked into Mr. John Burke s book store, which was so soon afterward laid in ashes. On entering 1 passed bv Oen. Howell Cobb, in citizen’s cloihcs. The city was not loudly excited, although 1 was told that the liquor barrels were being vigorously emptied to lessen the horrors of tho expected sack of the city, as the vandal horde were surely com ing on as rapidly as their horses and the lttst for loot could bring them toward us. The first acquaintance I encountered on entering wns Rev. A. L. P. Green, of Nash- v®\ dnoe debased. He was the picture of tie.-pair. sitting with his stockinged feet elevated upon a chair before him. To mv inquiry, “Watchman, what of the night _ly. For more than two hours they plundered and fumed over the place, and then left us. wornout with excitement and the dread of even worse things happening to us on the morrow. Nobody left their homes to condole with their neighbors, and it was days before we was glad to hear there was one even in Nazareth, as well as anxious to change the subject. “Why, your Governor Brown! When e were marching fiom Columbus he sent a messenger to tell us lie would have twen ty car loads of provisions here ready for 11a nnd tlipv worn rm hand aura onniitfli!" F. H. Drake, Esq., Detroit, Mich., suffered untold tortures fr*>m a skin disease,which ap- •cared on his hands, head and face, and neur- .v destroyed hls*eycs. After the most careful doctoring and a consultation of physicians 1 to date. COLLEGE, MAQOM. CA. A First- class "OMRCiHl BusinnssSchoa! Equal to any North or So.A' t year*, whs - Sent! fbrC'imdam, (re-. W. M.KhV, ■ P-fcaipt ho teplied tvl;l> a most-ing-zbrions facel “I am hi’ninicil ut laat. 1 have tried evorv railroad t.» leave this place, and hero I am . to he captured.” It was not the time to say "I told you xv “ kill t illiltluntlti rnn\nn\lv.Mr...l Uiu ( so," hut 1 dbthittly remembered Ids reproul to myaelf, when I advocated tho propriety ot selecting a ■ refugee home in Southern Georgia, after the tight at. Ulaslonurv Ridge: "Why. tuy dear madam, I : am as tonished ot von. There fa no danger; none at all. why should you forsake your home and discourage your neighbors by such a cowardly proceeding?" I quietly remarked: "I Imrebcen told Doctor, you have removed your cotton to Macon, and I thought It good policy to fol- IUVII iici{(uuuiP, UIIU it uojn ULIUIu nC he ird how our friends had fared, but our experience was found to be very similar in hll respects to their own. It was all rough. General Wilson, if yon renieipber, be came disgusted with the extreme thievery of his troops, and played off a clever trick on a noted regiment in his command. Is suing an order to march to Nashville to be disbanded, lie halted them a few miles out of the city, disarmed them, and made them disgorge jewe’ry and valuables. The loot was collected, and au invitation issued to the suffering citizens to come in and claim their stolen property, but it was remarka ble that very few could swear to anything they found in a mass that mast have weighed some hundreds of pounds. The Welches wero all broken np. mentioned the fact to one of the sol diers afterward, who came to get vegeta bles from my garden. and he remarked: “It was a clever dodgo on the part of tho villain oilkers to get it in their own clutches.” y Oh what a season of apprehension it was! The city soon regained its cotnpo-' sure, for there was security in numbers, hut the country people suffered agonies of fear in the midst of secret danger. A SHOT 15 THE DARK. On the 7th ot May—Sunday evening— my husband* went over to the cattle pen . j, and they w ere on hand sure enougli!’ My honest guard had been misinformed if the statement is not true, for he spoke sin cerely. To rotum t6 my tfip for the guard. The day wua very sultry and about 1 o’clock the clouds piled up in thunder- heads to the zenith. At the appointed time the guard appeared and we started forborne. Just as wo reached the river the rain began to pour, the lightning to blaze and the heavy thunder reverberated through the Ocmuicee hills. % 1 had no umbrella—such luxuries lmd become scarce among us at that time -and only a light wrap for protection from tho weather. A friend in the city, to whom I told our troubles, kindly offered me a six* enrn Remedies. Sold by all dmi cents; Resolvent. Drug and Chernies iuiu uui uuuuiLh. *..*»'*• j uittuvu me a 01*- shooter, if I could take it out avith nte. I resolved to try, So I enytlcrpea it carefully (it was lAadcd, every barrel) In my man tle, and laid the ditadful shooting-iron very gingerly in my lap at starting—and nothin*; was ever more gently nursed by anybody. The Federal soldiers were so distrustful of the citizens that a great many refused to drink milk or eat the food offered to them, dreading poison. I was afraid to show* my firearms, for the guard’s suspi cions might then prevail against us. so I sat throughout the storm, without the slightest protection from its fury- eve ry thread of clothing thoroughly drenched with rain, afraid to move, lest my dangerous pet might betray itself or injure me—until I was as wretched as I could well become, in mind and body. My home was constantly in thy mind, ahd the dread of what might have hap pened in iny absence. I bad not slept a wink the night before, nnd I felt 1 was growing exceedingly nervous and cxcita b e, fidgety and hysterical. on an opposite hill, to count our cows ami sheen, which comprised tho bulk of our perishable property at that time. I heard a gun fire. A few moments afterward he reached the ho ise and told us n shot had been lired at him from a little thicket above the spring, and ho returned for the old shotgun. As he advanced slowly down uusk SAFE AT HOME AGAIN. I judged from his appearance, on tlm day when Wilson was so near, that he nnd tho cotton hud both tried to escape and had faile<l. The cotton was exceedingly - - exceedingly dear to him, so dear that he or his agents applied to the United States government for its value about os soon as the proper papers could be made out. With poor I success, however, as the needed proof of loyalty could not be successfully establish ed so soon after the war. After 1 had gathered all tbe meagre news about tbe army—for the flag of truce had ^ * T ‘ ‘ ‘ OobSral the path to the spring in the deep ... . evening, he heard steps coming toward him. As he cried “halt!” a tremendous flash saluted him. He replied with a load from one barrel, and Ids assailant retreat ed. As the would-be murderer moved away tils cough lietrayed him to be one of our negro men, who had joined tho Federal troops then encamped outside the dig 1. Ml ictus, Co., Boston, Mass. Bend for “How to Cure Skin Diseases.” AYER’S SCALES! OF ALL KIND,TRUCKS,Eh Ch»tUno!itt. Tm SE Seal for finUlom A handsome line of Embroideries and laces for Yokes and Sleeves. Ladies’ Linen Collars and all greatest profusion and latest styles. styles Neckwear i n I ftjj J. W. RICE & CO. Propose to move right along at the head of the procession ' and make it lively for those who attempt to follow. Goods received by every steamer. apr27d&wly • Ague Cure contains an antidote for all malarial dla- orders which, so far os known. Is used in nc other remedy. It contains no Quinine, no; any mineral nor deleterious sabetance what ever, and consequently produce* no injurloui effect upon the constitution, but leaves the system as healthy as it was before the attack. PLANET, JR. PLOW. $30,000 For $2. . REGULAR MONTHLY DRAWING WILL WE WARRANT AYER'S AGUE CERE to cure'every ease of Fever aud Ague, Inter- »nltUflt or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever. Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, and Liver Com plaint causod by malaria. Incnseof failure, after duo trial, dealers are uuthorirod, Lyour circular dated July 1st,. 1882, to refund the money. Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co.,LcY.'ell,Mas$. Sold by all Druggists. take place in Covington, Ky„ THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1804. A lawful Lottery and Fair ^Drawings, char tered by tho Legislature of Kentucky, and twice declared legal by the highest court In the State. Bond given to Henry county In tho sum of $100,000 for tho prompt payment all prizes It makes a tool at once lighter, while much stronger, more effective at work, while less liable to clog, and far supe rior to anything we have ever of fered yet at a price at which none can afford to be without them. sold. APRIL SCHEME. 1 prize 1 prlre w.ooc 1 prize..., 5,000 2 prizes ,2^500 each 5,000 f r*<« forward to meet Oob?ral Wilton—I started for home. As I passed theKiiiacopal tburch I romeailwred the beautiful Raster •entice of the Sunday before, with IUstm). . Elliott to preach one ot his most enjoyable discourses, and the whole inside of the crowded building decorated and perfumed by counties, wreaths end feetoons of flow- •rs. How desolate aud sad did every thine now appear na I passed by with tho dread of Impending desolation and ruin eo pow erful in toy soul. The stillness of the grave seonted to have settled on the ronntry and the people. I do not remember tueeiinp a solitary person on my return. As 1 slacked ray tteed in Walnut creek for him to drink, I cast my eye np at tbe ruine of the bridge, burnt when Stonetnan attacked Macon, and won dered where the next torch would be placed. The weery afternoon dragged ifflng: every ear intent, listening for sound, of •true, or watching for the smoke of the enemy’s torch. Towards night a few desultory slidte were heard, and the rumble uf wagons along tbe main road some SOU yards distant alone betokened tbe capitulation of Macon to the Union limit.. He was wearing away ilowly will consumption and died in tire camp tome two months later. Diseased In body—end cursed with Ignorant bate nnd revenge- lie came homo to do a dreadful deed In • dreadful way. He hod assistants, for my huaband beard voice*, ns hi* assailants reached tbe thicket again, a* if In consultation. bach n night a* followed 1 No one could sleep, end time will never efToce the mcm- ry of tho lonely vigil. There woe not a ibito man within a mile, nor had we n messenger that could be trusted to go In search of help. We bed no weapons but the old shot-gun I hnd rescued under the circumstance* previously related, ami we eat out the lonely hours until daylight dawned on tbe world again, with is words to each other, momently expecting a volley Into onr sleeping chamber; and with a great deal of uncertainty os to the result ot tbe attack In the darkness. We put out the lights for an obvious reason. Wa discussed many plans for relief and protection, but I continually Insisted that 1 could go to Macon for a guard, with great er safety than could either my husband or Ihtle boy. We were all impressed with the idea that tho conspirators would follow safo—standing out in plain view in the yard as I approached, so that my mind was relieved at the blissful sight, ltcst to the mind brought reet to tho poor tired, drenched frame, and my sleep that night wa* sweet end refreshing, after twenty- four hours ot painful excitement and ex posure. Tho guard was with us for two weeks, and during his stay no dttUculty occurred. He became so attached to the family that he wrote more than one letter after he was mustered out ot service, thanking us for courtesies shown to him—so the friendship was mutual. In less than two months after the sur render, sn epidemic fever prostrated us all on languishing beds of illness. Death took my last surviving child, and I bade adieu Mr beautiful city and surrounding with a aad and sorrowing heart. This climax of suffering so greatly over shadowed the trouble that attended the surrender to Oeneral Wilson, that the rec ollection of the latter scarcely rises to tho dignity ot a troubled dream. Wise old Samuel Johnson once remarked, “When any calamity ha* been suffered, the flrst thing to be remembered 1* how much lias been escApcd.” Macon suflered, but how much did Ala- eon escape! - Remember Columbia under the torch ol Sherman’s bummers I If it be true that Oeneral Wilson Intands to write a history ol his raid, and to chronicle the sur render at Macon as the capstone to hla laeona. It will be well to loek out for the “Important business" that benefited our then executive so greatly. On the evening ot tbe same day after the consultation in Macon, or perhaps the next, a squad of soldiers proceeded to Mil- ledgevllle, surrounded the mansion and •meted (I) the Oovcmor. Mtrabilc ditlut and he wasn’t hurt worth a cent, and be- each each 10,000 50 each 10,000 500 prizes 20 earh 10,000 1500 prizes 10 each 10,000 arpeoxtaanox ranis. 9 prizes 1300 each 2,700 9 prizes 200 each 1,«00 Greatest Cottoo Plow Known, Planters can reduce their labor account one-half by using the abeve. Plants corn I beds cotton land, bars oil* and cultivate*) cotton, one row at a single trip. Twobi " » prizes 100 each ow dred and eight-threo sold in Bibb and Crawford this a TORPID BOWELS. DISORDERED liver, „ and MALARIA. .Jrtrm these sources arise threo-fourths <m tbe disease* of the lumen race Tbcse tymptomaIndicate Uiolrexistence: Lois of JppeUtr, lionets costive, Nick Jlcsd- aulir, fullness after rating, aversion lo exertion of hotly or mind, llrnctatloi, or food, Irritability of temper, Lo„ spirits, ^ feeling of liming neglected tome duty, Dlufftess, fluttering at the Heart, Dot* before the eyee, lilohly is., ored Url'ie, CO.\stipXtio.Y, anil ilo- •nandtho iso of a remedy that nets rllrretl; “nth?'dree. AsaLlvermedicine TUTT-L PILLS bnve no canal. TUelr action on tho Kidneys judSkis lsnleo prompt; removing all Imparities through tnesu three •* eras— •ngera or the system," producing nr po lite, toon 4 digestion, regular tool*, a clear ■kluund a vigorous body. TUTT’N PILLS SBU&5SMI lntcrIon ‘ ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. 1837 prize* 4110,400 Whole Ticket*, $’.*. Half Ticket!, $1. 27 Ticket!. $30. 65 Ticket!. $100. Remit monor or portal note bank draft in “ lend by exprci*. of $3 and upward! by expresi, cad i. M. SARGENT & CO., Seedsmen, 8<cond and Poplar itreets, Macon, Georgia. aprleod&wtf BXJY THE BEST. Whit-M debility. rxhan«'rd Itout-ra, nrpoMtur* d<*c »y anil ftuiuro to iMfform Wc> dullr* t'.j »r* c-u-u4 I j siffqrsaggj’fcttj natcroUcnto robwss hr:.irk lTH$ MARSTOIDOLU8°. UMtMtHMnamiC nor ■MlWMWl^Tbli lwil—1 k Kervoa* irj k*tiv*tcnl Decay Uanuomlj — I ■ »1 on pprfrct tl i v*r' ia. At] dlrfft Mtlhodi mil nlxolnti ihnr» orthnrK. Full information and Treatiaa frc«* Adaraca CoaaoltlBx ITtraicUn of IMWSTO* REMEDY C0..4CW.Uffiy. tMwVwfc. HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAIL lilt Consilpa- — A ton different I puls, and TUT-r-a are the Drat ••I havo had Drapepala, with tlnn, two years,and have tried toi kinds of pula, and TUTT** an o any good- They liave nlosly. My appetlto is teats readily, and * *ow that have done me any WILBOR’S COMPOUND OF PURE COD LIVER! OIL AND LIME. •Sue* " W.Jb7EmVARb8,”Faiiir,'. Bold everywhere,Uffc. Offlcc.S4M.mr8L.ri.. I Wilbor'o Cod-Liver Oil and Lime.—In. T0TT8 hair on. J Ceat Hair or Wmssna changed In. btnntly to aULpaar Black by m itnglo ap 'I by DrogglkU, valid! need no longer dread to lake that great pcclflcforconiamptloa, tmbma and t real- nlng congha- Cod-Liver Oil and Lime. Ai >rtpared by Dr. Wllbor It la robbed of the The Champion Reapers i Mowers ireaa on receipt of • l» oraertbyes 01806,14 , TUTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FBEF ANDCORD BINDE1«’ ■. ■versally acknowledged to be the mest EFFECTIVE .. .. _ .. cams richer ami more powerful so long at with a murdcrou* purpose if onr protector he continued to transact “business” with should start, and we were hourly watched,. _ taste, ami al»o embodies a prepar ation of the Phosphate of Lime, giving Haturc the very article required hi aid the healing qualities of the Oil, and to recreate where dla- ^^s!!u^m«nM^Susddo l hiTita r tsd Machines in the market. They have been indorsed by J . * A KXOC'K AT Till boon. After nightfall the passers-by increased. Sometime after midnight a knock was beard at the front door, and a stranger gentleman in Confederate uniform ealntwl me as I opened It. He told me ut Uenera WUson'e occupancy and the particular* of the surrender, and remarked! "My dear madam, you ehyuld . if H — wo hollered; so 1 claimed the right to go, leaving the defense ot the chili and our homo with my husband. Dut nobody can imagine tho feelings with which wo sepa rated that Monday morning, nor the (orc- ihat tilled my heart a* to what JUUkl Start ns aoon cuoegh *0 -ee the road, beg you not to delay.-' It b the wont crowil of men this world ever saw— nobody will be nife, especially in the conn- fay.” I thanked him, and hues'* 1 him in wardly for this mark of courtesy aad he hade me go Alas! we could go no farther. All next day we wandered about tbe ■I «, Impress'll by dread and oterpow- erTngantlety. Neither food or sleep could relieve sn. Another night passed without div.uifeance, and we began to hope we were to be spared. I hail thrown rayeelf on a lounge after daylight tnd was sinking into a sweet, restful sleep, when I beard my husband’s voice—"Take it. hut why should you kill me?" Springing to my feet, I found tbe yard full of Yankee troop ers, my husband surrounded by bayo nets, and a greasy Dutch soldier in the act of transferring Ufa watch and Confederate scrip into his own pockets. miserable wretches were drunk and They plundered the mest. j r*n-ack<d the dwelling, and r with every horse anil mule wo I, except a c:lt, their saddle bows piled up with our stud and swinging behind in In the contusion. It occurred to me that itwnr a time for strategy. Halting the eaptain—who had spent his time in joking with the -colored ladies" of the place-l asked If he was obliged to have those I horses? He drawled, “No. but you rebs ought to have ’ tbit I needed them vir the growing crop, e. nnd I knew he wai i to ptmi-ili a woman and • children in such a nterik-na way. 1 upon by eome good spirit, a- I ■— the protecting power of AI- i, he ordered hi* drunken, pro- ierv to poll off <be bridles mnl t woman her horsesJ*-- ■* I hut one, who fonvedone of nt* to In,rant it «t-> follow boding* that tilled my heart ts to w! terrible calamity might greet my eyes my return. I rode on horseback toour nearest nelgt bor’s—dear, blessed, kind soul, may heaven teward him—who made me dismount and scut his son with me, driving his buggy •nd gentle horse. Wo passed one camp of Federal soldiers neat old Fort Hawkins and creased over the pontoon bridge Into the city without molestation. I drove to Rev. 1. W. Burke’s to request him to ac company me to Oen. Wilson's head quarter*. I found trim prostrated by Ill ness. Rev. K. P. Birch, the pastor of Mul berry street church and a Federate haplatn were visiting him. I told my story and these two kind ministers volunteered to escort me to the Lanier House, and my K titude is yet green in my heart of rts for their consideration •nd attention. We pushed our way through the mixed crosnls of dirty men and horses (for, as yon recollect, the pro voet-marshal had his quarters quite near tbe Lanier House) untd we gained tbe en trance to the hotel. Hie Federal chaplain remarked: “I will carry you up to Oen. Wilson's parlor, without the formality of card." and we liegan to ascend the steps ' the second story. Just then a smart, dapper little officer aforetime vnemlca of our Confederacy, for some years afterward. We trust General Wilson will writo bis book, and we hope the secresy part of all military negotiation* will l>e carefully re moved; aud perhaps a flood of light may fall upon the military operations in Macon and all orer Georgia. The Hi ind all oyer Georgia. The lines in Butler's ’Hudibroa” strike me as singularly appli cable to a fall consideration of this subject fall consideration — to prominent officials At cable —as that “He ihoreforo wisely cast about AU way* he could t’ eniurc liU throat. And hither came, t’ observe and imoku What course! other rUkers took; And to th» utmost do his best To save himself—and bang the rest.” FtxiSA. dipper ii with tbe adjutant’s insignia on his sleeves came out from the office below add In quired of the chaplain “if Gen. Wilson was wanted.” He then informed nv that the General had declined to see any perron that morning. The chaplain remarked would “take the responsibility of iutroduc ing the lady” hiliuelf. “No; you cannot go,” persisted the officer: “Gen. Wilson has given orders to admit no ladies. The last one who came was insolent, and he has denied admittance to all.” Here the chaplain manifested impatience, saying; * Gen. Wilson Is a gentleman, end my *u- rior officer. I pa.-'-cd my word to this that she should Mate her petition in Transplanting Vegetables* Country Gentleman. The common practice of transplanting arly vegetables from hot beds is usually erformed without any previous prepara- . on of the roots. But as they always meet with some check in the removal, various means are adopted for preventing it in those plants most affected by it, such, for instance, as encumbers, tomatoes, etc. One mode i« the use of small pots, from from which the plants are taken to set in open ground. Another is planting the seed on inverted sods, which are lifted oat with the plants on them and set Into tho ground. One of the best modes, however, is to employ Hat turnips, scooping them out and filling the cavity with fine mould to receive the seed When the plants are large enough, the whole is taken up and the tnrnlpa set two or three inches below the surface. There is no mutilation of tin I_ kept In every family for instant use on the flrst^appearance of conghs^ or irritation of the lungs. ' Manufactured l»y A. II. * ilbor, Chem ist, notion. Mold by all druggists. DR. DYE |?L&ffHuVoLffAlC BELT I OXLY^foWo*OR otl>* vSflICT ifrw* K**rore Dsklitt. Lost Tnl mso *unnn an-l *11 ihoM iT )o,iL NtTvu, n* ilUn* fn.rn .‘sTS the most progressive and successful farmers of this section after several years’ service We have in store a large lot of all si^s and styles, which we will . :11 at low pric s and on such tcr<ns as will no doubt suit any one who contem plates buying a machine. Correspond with us. A, R Fi MACON. & €0. IA. SITTERS ^•LTA^cnKLTTOMMnrali^LMIth. Executor’s Sale. JOHNSON 8l LANE, Thx kidneys act as partners of the blood I St'JST and when their functions arc interfered briifv i IIV virtue of the power In ns vested, under | J* the will of Mrs. T. B. Fish, l*tc of Fnlton county, deceased, will be sold bcfsre the court I hexvj of “ “ ‘ i p7 and i 09 Third St., Macon, Ga. with through weakness, they need toning. They become healthfully active by the use of llcntetters Stomach Bitters, when fall ing short of relief from other sources. This superb stimulating tonic also pre vents and arrests fever anil ague, constipa tion, liver complaint, dyspepsia, rheuma tism and other ailments. Use it with reg- root, no check in grow th, aud the turnip 1 J5?j e a ‘* aUf * Healers soon decays. I g™rauy. tafl property, to-wii: Two-stoiy brick eight- room dwelling, No 1G3 Second street, with gas and water fixtures In honsc. l/)eatc«l on pai of lot s, block 4;: also small lot in rear of tw< story frame dwelling, adjoining brick resi dence, size 30x10. Terms—Oae-half cash, the balance in eight months, the purchaser to give note bearing In terest at 8 per cent, per annum, secured by mortgage ou the premises. ■ GEO. 8. FISH, U-r;« l.i-iv . aiivance. Tlie adjnUnt horriedly drew near the steps, called fn a whisper to the chaplain ami said: *If you must know the truth. i’t see (ten. Wilson at this time, for KV closeted with Governor Brown by ai> (•ointment, und nobody can sec him. The Governor came over from MillMgwil'e early this morning and they are tran ... importance looked; queer! i ipUin looked queerly at me “You bear that madam; it ■ Uzatyoiir'GoTernor"will ibut jrououflfah day.* Undo Remus* National Republican. Joel Chandler Harris, better known as Uncle Remus,” is the son of a missionary and was born at B'rogba, on the southern coast of Africa. lie was educated by hb father, ami acquired a wonderful acquain tance with foreign languages. Ho ts an adept Hancrit Mjiolar, and is deeply rented Hditsic tnd Buddhist literati ** EDWARD P. HALSTEAD, Qualified Veterinary Surgeon, (Liteof Hereford, England,) • to inform the public generally that he *~ Am * lfa *"*wy Inflnnary In * ’ nd Ml ** sweetly quaint lcgetuls of Indian and Ju dean myriiologv have found their way into his simple troothem tales, ana the spirit of hU phiU*»oi>hy is identical with the teach ings of Moses and Bnddha. B Ef InteL , Macon for the treatment of Lame au Hors** and Mole*. Horses carefully examin ed as to sonndness. Numerous references from tbe best men in North Carolina and Georgia. Address P. O. Pox SQL Can be seen person* aprftftnrtr W. H. FISH, apr5 law4w Kxccutor* of Mr*. T. B. Klih. MONEY LOANED QN Improved Farms and City Property. For terms apply to R, F. LAWTON lAKKIHK to call the altentloo of the P it »» a (treat tabor savin-’ machine in just received a large lot ol Bailder*' He H.VNHKB Macon, Ol An (apart in Lrlns- I’hlU.ieliih!* Time. General Pope thonkl be able to firul out, if any bod r can. wht-Uicr General iiwaim bu been lying. Ili* opinion will be that .» expert. Bm tbe file* of aetUng John to determine a question of officer-like the ridiculous. MONEY TO LOAN —ON— ! Lire tniuranace Policies ! ; TNNDOWMENT Policies maturing with | Marble, Granite and L i Ez in firs year* discounted at fair rates Railings of everv descrinti Apply toor aduress, .nclorinz stamp (a: , ‘ -““‘“K" 01 / t-t-bt-ritu T. 3. AR OP 178 Second Street, Marble, Granite and Lii ring etaap I reply. J, H. BIRCH. I decJJAwly 25 Cotton Are, Macou.Qi. ket. Plans, pric not ltlmr k j rAwIf iron null pv<