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detective of the past office depart- 1 meat, shaded me-ms credentials* | sad demanded the letter mail | poneh. I delivered it to him. Vtlih ; a kev from Ms vest pocket he an-j lacked aad opened it, taking from | hie h reast Docket a letter or package*! fiaiekly dropped it in, closed, re- j locked' and returned mp the poneh; i urging and enjoining profound si— j Lenec and secrecy- I delivered it I to to a just ss i received it, and j | obeyed orders- He remained os j I the mi until I changed my team i j a n,i received the pinch from yon. | i and drove from yonr office for M$- j eon. On reaching the grove by ! rha academy, he again demanded; ; j the poneh- He received it, and i with it in his hand jumped from ' the box, ordered me to stop- for him a short time and disappeared In the dark. He returned after a shorter time than I expected; re turned the poneh to me, mounted : the box end said: “Drive on sir, • that postmaster is all right.' 1 2fosr, continued the Doctor, you i know that there has been recently, 11 and for months past, much task i about crookedness somewhere lie- i tween Macon ami Taliehassee, and ; doubtless the authorities are de- : termmed to locate the tronbae and i catch the oSenders. The rat letter was a decoy, used : to test yon, and the post bill was lost by the detective while search- : lag for it These are the facts and my con clusions. *Kow be quiet, be watch ful, and if anything crops out lead- . iag to suspicions, you will be more than apt to catch, up with in I am ; elad that thus far there is no '■ ■ground for suspecting you. and i that it is known of you at head- 1 quarters before this, in addition : to saying that you were all right, i Letectrve said the trouble or redness comoiained of is to be 1 found elsewhere, and not much : less than a hundred miles ou. My anxieties and fears disap- : peared upon the Doctor’s statement < of the facts, ana my conclusions agreed with Ms. His wise coun sel and advice were heeded, and i the whole of it kept by us_a pro found secret. Time passed on, and nothing transpired ever afterward to disturb or rouse my fears, or ■ any unpleasant suspicions whatev- -er, but caused me tube more watch ful than ever before. After what is above written transpired, the newspapers gave an account of a crooked postmaster being caught up with in South Carolina, by a decoy letter, and in the same way as the one employed to test me- He was arrested, con victed and sent to Sing Sing. Since coming to Florida, I have formed the acquaintance of the deputy postmaster of the office next to the one at which the crook ed official ? was arrested, and was acquainted with the young man and the circumstances of his sad mistake and misfortuue. My old, good, personal friend, Dr. A.* mentfonedla the foregoing storv, was noli a disciple- or ilscu- fauias, or au*M- D-. -but was cele brated as the best and most suc cessful of $11 the horse dobSbEs, vulgarly called, in our section- He I was a. sober,' sensible, eouseien- . tious, -lidneet srsur’' a gentleman, : and was respected and hono-ed by all. His memory Is cherished by the writer as one or his best friends. I trusted him, and found that mv confidence was not mis- f of the status of affairs in this gov- i | eminent: j “For the next two years oar gcv- | eminent sill spend annually more I than §500,0-30,000. j “To pay one year’s expenses of ; the government it will tqke nearly i the combined wheat and oat crop, j “Our anneal output of gold, sil ver, copper, iron, eoaL petroleum, lead wilL not "foot our tax bill for twelve month s- “Kor can we do it with a year’s product of cotton, wool, rye,barley, . wine, potatoes and tobacco. “The combined capitalization of our national 'banks is §a99,00O,G00. One year’s taxes will nearly swal low it up. “Ngw, all of this Is the Federal tax. We have also .to pay the city, county and state taxes. “We pretend to be a nation of plain people, with no aristocracy, no standing army or expensive frills, and yet our taxes are more onerous than those of Austria,Ger many or Great Britain.” The Post might have made its figures still more startling by put ting them in the following posi- | We demand that the go «cm- ! men! shall establish sub-treasa-1 | ties, .or depositories In the several j | States, whieh shall loan money dl- r rect to the people at a low rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per cent oer annum, ou non-perishable rsrm products, and also upon real estate, j with proper limitations upon the quantity of land and amount of money. q_ We demand that the amount of the circulating medium be soeedllv increased -to not less than $50 per capita. 2. That we demand that congress j shaTI pass sneh laws as will effect-; nallv prevent the dealing in fu- trures of all agricultural and rue -1 ehanical oroductions: providing a i stringent system of proceedare ia j trials that will seeure the prompt j conviction, and Imposing such pen-: aides as shall secure the most per-1 feet compliance with the law. 3. We condemn the silver bill recently passed by eongress, and demand in lieu thereof the free and j unlimited coinage of silver. A We demand the passage of i lows probibting alien ownership of j land, and that congress take; prompt action to devise some plan; to obtain all lands cow owned by . alien and foreign syndicates; and j that all lands now held by railroads; be reclaimed by the government, ! and held for actual settlers only, j 5. Believing in_the doctrine of j equal rights to all and special priv-I lieges to none, we demand— a. That otic national legislation i shall be so framed in the future j as not to buiLd up one industry at the expense of another. b- We further demand a removal of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessities of life, that the poor of our land must have. a We further demand a just ! and equitable system of graduated tax ou incomes. cL We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as passible in the hands of the .peo ple,- and h&nee we demand that all j ’ national and State revenues shall j be limited to the.> necessary ex penses of the government economi cally and honestly administered. 6. We demand, the most rigid, hqaest and just State and national governmental control and supervis ion of the means of public commu nication and transportation, aad if [ this control and supervision does not remove the abuse now existing, we demand the government owner ship of such means of communica tion and transportation. T. We demand that the congress of the .Halted States submit. n« amendment to the constitution pro- Tiding tor the election of L ruled ; States Senators by direct vote of the people of each State. TWO DECOY LETTESS- j N Engines, Boilers, Saw MiH§»€fftsfc Mills, Colton Gins* Cotton Presses, bailor Seed Elevators, Mowers, . Corse Hav Makes, Circular Savvs.^otton nrators, Belting, Pol- The writer was appointed pose- j master at Ferry. Georgia, on the J 27th day of May 1-347, by Cave j Johnson, Postmaster General dtir- ; inn the administration of Brest-1 dent Folk, ana while the Alligator i line of four-horse post coaches i was inn from Mac-on, to- Tallahas-; see, Florida. It was the coatiaua- tioa of the line of mail stages from j Jacksonville to Alligator, now i Lake City, Fla., hence its Hama;J and was run daily both ways be tween Taltehassee and Macon, Perry is just twenty-eight miles south of the latter city by dirt or the stage road. Only one post-_ i ■ office between us and the city— Gunn’s, named for Daniel Gann, who merchandised,, farmed and was postmaster. The mail from Tallehassee ar- ■ rived at night. 1 Lad no assetant- One night, as usual, X emptied the letter pouch ou the Soor or the of fice, and was surprised by the ap pearance of a naked, rat letter. It was written on fine bunking paper, folded in the old style, sealed with - a red wafer, and addressed to the ; Cashier of the Marine Bank, Sa- ; -annsh, 6a, without any stamp or mark to tell at what office it was mailed. In handling it L found that it was evidently filled with bank bills. Its appearance scared . me. I was afraid of it, and thought that the postmaster who put such ' a letter in the malL In that way ought, if known, to be reported and dismissed from his office. While thinking what to do with ! or about It, and having only seven minutes to get the pouch ready for delivery, I hurriedly wrapt it in nev brown paper, tied securely, put it iu the pouch, locked and de livered it aad retired. Thoughts as toJiow it came in the mail, and what postmaster could have been so careless under ; the order from headquarters that j all letters must be wrapped in good paper and securely tied with twine whieh was furnished by the ' government before being put ia : the mail, occurred again and again and confused me; but I said notfijr- This country has had no war for a quarter of a century, and yet— - The people of the United States pay a war pension tax of §310 a minute. The people of the United States pay a war pension tax of §1S,60I an hour. The people of the United States oav a war pension tax of §446,000 a day. The people of the United States pay a war pension tax of §3,125,000 Be sure and write us oeiore on We can take care of yon. MALLAEI BROS, & CO MACON, GEORGIA. eroo: line people or ins t_ niteci States pay a war pension tax of §12,500,- 000 a month. The people of the United States pay a war pension tax of $1-50,000,- 000 a year. And of this enormous amount less than. §5,000,000 comes to the Smith. , -Still we are expected to apostro phize on the greatness of this glo rious, liberty-loving repnblicl And axe considered unpatriotic if ws do not yell ourselves hoarse every time the stars and stripes are displayed. OEGLL—HOCSTOX- COCSTT: L K- Murray, administrator of estate 3 A Culp. late of said county. <Ie- Ad, has applied for dismissioa from trust: therefore, to cine all persons cemed to appear at the September a. tStl of the court e£ Ordmarv or 1 count’-- and show eaiise. if anv ta,;- n. why said c-pp t&eatioia shaTitd not aranteJ.. ... , ritaess mv oiEcr!rt-siii£iuate tui*- J -‘- v The origin or the violin is traced by recent writets to a remote an tiquity, though it is a curious fact that instruments of this kind were unknown to the Hebrews, Egyp tians and Assyrians. The violin mentioned by Isaiah, in his proph ecy as played in the feasts of Israel was the Hebrew “riebel,” an in strument of the guitar or lute kind. Nor were bowed instruments known ■ to the Greeks and Homans. The : stringed iusiraments of the East ern nations were--of tne late or. guitar elass. Those with bows were generally made of a cylinder of sycamore or other suitable wood, j Of this species is the famous “rav- • anasfcron,” whieh, according &>•, Hindoo tradition, was inveated by Ravaneu, King of Ceylon, abont -500 years before Christ, and is sti’d played by Bnddhlst monks who go begging from door to door. —j^Globe-Demoerat The Production of Ralnfull- The prime cause of most of the nervous disorders and ailments with which humanity is affiieted may ba traced to indigestion. The irritable man, the unhappy wo man, the fretful child, contrive to make all around them, miserable. They dose themselves for nervous ness, and perhaps find temporary relief, only to grow more nervous when the inevitable reaction comes. It is in such cases that S. S. S. gives, almost immediate relief. It builds up the entire system, puri fies the blood, gives tone to the di gestive organs, restores the fuhe-! dons of the stomach, gives activity to the liver, and puts, all the nerves in tnne with health and good hn- mor. It is nature’s great remedy, and never fails to give relief. BfiLhAS CMRK, Boot & Shoemaker, MTest end of Carrol £5trtr€t r FEIST, - - G ECBEIA. - Will vA* or repair Bccfe and Shoes, repair Harness, and ad feather vVcrk- Good ‘//ark. Lc-w Prices. Fsxr-PdEise. Sewed, . 75 Cents. « - Pegged, 50 Cents. Patronage Solieired. - Diarrhoea Baisum is guaranteed to < and Colds, that it cored his wire i do this. Sold and warranted bv i who was threatened wait Pcqumo- [ Dr. D A. Felder. F^rrv. Go. : M an ^6. ! 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