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JSSlVATE OF
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attorney at L m v
DNYKU5 : : : : GEORGIA,
j,l| prucMo,’ in the Superior and Supreme
•durtf ul t-'i'J Stnt*).
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A, Q. KScGAUAj
Attorney at Law
t'ONYEUS, GEORGIA
Will pritetieo in Rockdale and adjoining v3-nl5-l coun
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Mace, LOUISVILLE, KY.,
imularly fdaeotcfl and legally qualified phr-iicinn and tho
of priuM, oiiru’nlo nud sexual diseases, as^thoresuiiof £ynei>niatoZ > —
rkoft and Impotency. eeff
Iiiuwiu youth, «exual exeessealu mnturer years, or other
«W8, mid producing nomo o f tlio follow ing etlccts: Nervous*
icu, Seniloal KmUnhm, Dimness ol Sight. Defective Mem
kry, riirtitiftlDecsf, Pimple j oa Loss Fare, ofBcxuul Aversion to Power, Society «e.» of
FimnliHi, Oonfuiion of Ideas, thoroughly
ntdcriocmarringe •ml imnrooor * SYPHtl-IS cr unhappy, are
rtrsilan’lentlrelY permiocntiy erndicated cured.
OHRHEA. f rnm the PlGand evstem; teher pri
VUIuIimim quickly Gloot, curixl. stricture, Patients trented by mail ores*
iw*. CouiultAtina five nnri invited, charges reasonably
^adoarrcupomlcnco etrictl/ confidential.
A PRIVATE COUNSELOR
fif?00 paifc*, sent to anr address, aerurelv scnlod, for thirty
(<ft) ««nt!i. Should bn letul bv all. Address as abova.
Cttwi boon from U A. M. t.o 7 P. M. Suuviay s, t *.«s 4 V.
•The Itomcdy of the lflib Ooutnry,
TBACe Barham’s infatEiblo
i k rfifiSf®' JL / Siriim Manufactured Piio Cura Co., Durban, by the it. C.
It never fnlls to cure Hemorrhoids
or **lh*M, when a euro K poMtibio.
Xl I* el re I.Kt and h»nn tldo t«»U£U6nial9
1 ornULud oa orplicutioa
ft n . MimFFe,
89 , Whitehall St. Atlanta, Ga.
WHOLESALE A\D RETAIL DEALER IN
Ottloy, data, GItss ki Stcie Wares.
Lamps, Lanterns,
SILVER- 1 *LATEt> GOODP.
Goods Carefully Repacked. Quick sales
Lid Short, Profits, for CASH. Established 1850.
march 2, 1878. 6m.
PRESCRIPTION u,,}} 1 * H »‘‘\y Cure oi*Seminal FREE! Lost
AiRUhooA ami all tliaonlprs Weakness, indls
brouent on by
Sixth Stitst, Clnriimali, «■
LOOK BEFORE YOU BU^.
WEAVER & SHADBOX,
DEALERS IN
III g e s ® s,
FATS, ca PS.
feoeiBIES BOOTS, SHOES, &e.
s
OF ALL KINDS.
fine Tob acco and Cigars, Cdiifectioneries
ul >n fact,
m a
nnsT class store.
Mffl DEALIN j, IS OUR MOTTO.
^ UdtMS Gtt. CASH and Short Profits.
Feb. 16, 1878. tf
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l,0R SE AMD OATtL^-OWDERS.
m * £ >
-—wi fi u WF :# e
em-o or prevent Disease.
anil Dlorphine habit rurnl.
Opinio Bn tin?, to W, ». Squire,
Wortlrlnguu; Greene Cb., Lid,
J °B PRINTING
( -AT THIS ©FFICE.
wnp I A© pg\ 1 m 1 W 1 m
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‘ Error Ceases be #
to Bar^rcus, While Tnith is LeftP ree to Ccinbat it.”
CONYERS,
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovated
and Invigorates the Whole
System.
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARIS '
Alterative, Tonic, Solvent*
and Diuretic.
Vegetine Is made exclusively from the uices of
tarofully-selected barks, roots and herbs, and so
strongly concentrated that it will effectually eradicate
from tho system every taint of .Scrofula, Scrofu¬
lous Humor, Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous
Humor, Erysipelas, Salt Khenm, Syphi¬
litic Diseases, Canker, Faintness at tho
Stomach, and all diseases that arise from impure
blood. Sciatica, Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Clout, and Spinal
Complaints, can only be effectually cured through
the blood. * ^
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of tho
Skin, Pustules, Pimples; Blotches, Boils,
Tetter, Scaldhend, and Ringworm, Vegetina
has never failed to effect a permanent cure. aj
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Com¬
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leu
corrhoea, arising from internal, ulceration, and
uterine diseases and General Debility, Vege
Tine acts directly upon the causes of these com.
plaints. It invigorates and strengthens the whole
System, acts upon the secretive organs, allays inflam¬
mation, cures ulceration and regulates the bowe’s. 4
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Cos
tiveuess, Palpitation of the Heart, Head¬
ache, Piles, Nervousness, and General
Prostration of tho Nervous System, no
medicine has ever given such perfect satisfaction as
the Vegexine. It purifies the blood, cleanses all of
the organs, and pososses a controlling power over the
nervous system. ,
The remarkable cures effected by Vegetine have
induced many physicians and apothecaries whom we
know, to prescribe and use it in thoir own families, i
In fact, V egetine is tho bo3t romady yet discov¬
ered for tho above diseases, and is tho only reliable
BLOW P U itllThkyet placed before the pablia.
;THE BEST EVIDENCE. *•
* Tne following letter from Rev. E. S. Best, Pastor
of M. E. Church, Natick Mass., will bo read with
interest by many physicians^ also those suffering
from the same disease as afflicted the son of the Rev,
E. S. Best. No person can doubt this testimony, &a
there is no doubt about tho curative powers of
VEGETINE.
Mb. Natick, Mass., Jan. 1, 1874. I
„ II. _ R. Stevens _ : <
Dear Sir ,—We havo good reason for regarding
your Vegktine a medicine of tho greatest value.
We feel assured it has been the means of saving ouh
son’s life. He is now seventeen years of ate her
the last two years he has as suffered sufferud from from necrosis necrosis o£ o£
lus leg, caused by scrofulous iulous affection, ; and was so
f*r.reduced tnat nearly ,y all aii wh who saw him thought his
SSOT^S'SS& two of tho ftfflttA A. declaring council of able physicians rally
mg; the reach of human nuinfier that ho was be Deyond
could not lom, remedies, be bad that oven amputation, utatioa
endure the save operation. as Just.then not vigor enough to
him VEGETINE, and from that we commenced
giving time to thd
present he has been continuously improving. Ho
bus lately resumed liis studies, thrown away his
crutches and cane, and walks about cheerfully and
strong. Though >
thero is still some discharge from tho
opening whero the limb was lanced, wo have the
fullest confidence that in a little time ha will bo par
fectly Ho has cured.
taken about three dozen bottles of Vege*
ke tine, is but wuli lately uses but little, as ho declares that
too to bo taking medicine.
■ ‘ Respectfully yours, 4
E. S. BEST.
MK3; L. Oi F. BEST.
VEGETBNE 'J
Froparethby
II. B. STEVJHNS, Boston,Mass.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists*’
GO TO
1 @ B LAMF©&®*S
FOR WINES,
LIQUORS,
CiDKR,
CHAMPAGNE; &c.
Oysters, riardiues,
Crackers,
Soaps, Blacking,
FINE CIGARS and TOBACCO.
Pickles, Peanuts, Candies, &c.,
BOTTLED BEER OF THE ’BEST BEAM
A Specialty.
*3TA11 Kinds of FANCY BRINKS
at Short Notice.
A FINE BILLIARD TABLE
attached end Privalely Whitehead arranged. Ilnuso,
Under the
Conyers, Gn. Feb. 16, 1878.
&MITsi & fa nM eE
NO. 19 WHITE FRONT,
CONYERS, OA,.
— Dealers in—
dry goods, family groceries
HARD-WARE. CUTLERY, ,
CROCK E RY-W AR E,
ULASS-WAKh, etc.
HaAGNTESSs
Ming, Hats. Caps. Boots, Ckeap.
A full line of Notions and Ladies DresS
Goods.
A FINE LOT OF
GOOD T03ACC0, CIGARS, ETC,
WOODEN-WARE, TINWVARE i
Jug-Ware, and Bratanirt Dippers, &c.>
Sardiucs, Crackers,
Fancy Candies; Nuts, etc.
ic fact we keep a good stock of all that is
usually kept in a first class Dry Goods or Gro
eery store. AU of which we
WILL SELL OK TIE TO WOOD PARTIES.
aplr. 13, ly*
|J UU business at which persons cf they either work, sex
can make great pay all the time
write for yarticutars to H. Ballet & Co.Por.
tnd, Maine.
GA„ SATURDAY, JUNE £9. 1878.
CREGOL’S CAVE,
About fifty years ago, a great por
lion of the Soitth and West was but a
wilderness. Even in those Slates that
were more or loss populated, there were
sections of the country where there
could not be seen any sii>ns of habita
t on. Away down in Mississippi there
was a scope of country, about one hun¬
dred Udfe% across, consisting of a swam*.
Py> wild a^d desolate country, then
known as the Tuokspaw country, in
which there was noset! lement, and across
which was a regular road of travel. Now;
in these old times there was a great
amount of traffic and trade between Ne w
Orleans and the lower Mississippi, and
all the upptr conn ry mule traders from
Kentucky and Illinois would drive mules
and horses and return by land.
Flatboats by the hundred, from the
upper country from Ohio to the Kooky
Mountains, could be seen descending the
Mississ ppi, ladened with the most valu¬
able produce the con itry could afford
The merry boat man made the forest re¬
sound with his revelry. When they
landed at. New Orleans and disposed of
their valuable cargo, they would buy a
plug, or a mule ora “mustang’on which
they would take their homeward course,
s inelimes in squads of two to six.
About hall-way across the wilderness
road, a man by the name of Cregol had
located, and tnti t e house for the pur
pose of a stopping u acc for travelers.
This place was known to every South¬
ern trader, and with Cregol they had to
stop, and were glad to share his hospi¬
tality.
In the course of time this country be¬
came settled Old Orego 1 ha 1 become
immensely rich ; he was growing old,
but he was hale and stout. N >t f ir from
the house was a cave in ihe htlh-idc,
which had nevtrbeen explored. In fact,
ii o one had ever entered its momh, as
tar as was known. Now this c-,ve be¬
came an item ot interest. The dogs for
mile's around would Collect at Us en
t ance and creal the most hideous sound
by-theii unearthly howling. Night and
d iv would these poor creatures keep up
this mournful song. Everyman \v urn an
and child for miles around would Come
to see this sad, s-id sight. But it was
noticed that old Cregol did not go to
see the tiling.
And why did not Cregol go? His
neighbors insisted that he should go. No
sooner did he come in sight than the
dogs, at one accord; which hitherto
had been perfectly submissive, molesting
ho one, and any* one con d go among
them, and they would howl with teeth
grinning and bristles up, rushed at him
as if they would tear him to shreds, and
would not let him come near. At length
it was resolved to explore the cave, and
ll P°° 11 sot day the neighbors met tor
that purpose. With torches in hand,
they groped their way a short distance
oil their hands and knees, until they en¬
tered what appeal’d to be a lai'ge chain*
w - ^rr ,0,heif ,Wt ’ m ?’ wU h
torches lifted high, began to peer through ,
the darkness.
The first object they saw was a long
blue coat hanging against the wall of
the cave. This coat Was of the old
French style, made of blue cloth, with
brass buttons. Upon passing further on,
scores and scores of skeletons were seen,
scattered in every direction. Human
h.ad torn to pieces. Among the party of
explorers was a young doctor, who lived
in the neighborhood. As soon as the
party immerged from tbe cave, the dogs,
apparently satisfied, ceased their howling
and dispersed. That night a negro came
for the young doctor. The dogs had
collected at pld CrtgoFs and commenc*
ed their howls. Cregol was seized with
spasms, and the negro rushed for the
doctor.
The next morning while the doctor
was sitting by Gogol s bed, who was iu
•a deep stupor, the door suddenly flew
open, and a tall man, with dark complex
ion, wearing the identical coat which the
doctor seen iu the cave the day before,
entered and passed noiselessly through
the room. Poor Cregol, when the man
entered, rose up qivekly in bed and gazed
with a wild and maniacal stale at him
until he passed otit of sight; and then
fell back—dead. He had murdered these
men for their money—and that is how
he got his wealth.
A big Yankee fretn Maine on pawng
his bill in a Lindou restaurant, v\ as told
that the sum put down din’t include the
waiter. “ LVal,” he roared, “I didn’t eat
any waiter, did I V He looked as though
he could though, and there was no fur¬
ther discussion.
PROMPTNESS.
Next to a pure integrity of character
there is no moral attribute that contrib¬
utes so steadily in IiD as promptness in
pert;rming the various duties that are
constantly dt-vo.viug upon a man in his
business relations, it is the trait of all
others that ca ii fully assure the world*
that one s i rofession of hobeSty are gen¬
uine. The possession of this va liable
oharac'eristic will secure to its ownei a
eiedit which the Control of thousands in
the form of capital cannot create—a rep¬
utation which the mil io - ’aire himself is
hot always able to attain. And this
magical result, of ihe citkivation tif so
fair a virtue is not, surprised when We
see how it facilitates business, begets
oonfiderce and economizes time. It al
So strengthens a man’s honest purpose by
the suetieSs that follows it, as well as de^
velops Ihe in nor points of character.
For the man who sets out with the deter
mination to be prompt in a’l his engage
ments and duties, must necessarily bring
to his aid all his energy and vigilance to
fully carry out his pin ns. The same lie.*
cessity must of course a 1 monish him to
be cautious m not promising more than
be feels able to perform. Industry, from
the same cause is stimulated, that his
merns t.’i iy accumulate and be adequate
to the end. Frugality is encouraged,
that no part of his slow y acquired gai ns
be squandered,
e have known merchants of acknowl
ed ed limited means sustained and car*
ritd through a critical period in their
rdlairs by their friends, on the sole ground
of thferr being prompt men. And we
have known firms of Ulhpier means to an
to the *all for the lack, of this life impart*
ing trait. We have known lawyers to gain
cas t ;s most unpromising by acting
promptly at the right moment, as we
have known them auso by iiegleiifiiig the
timely collection of facts and arrange*
‘to gui , aLleml a dlnner
putti, lose cases and . some times . rum
sou T* t rr' Isle e with f the e i ^ U< T“ m ^ a °; C their ?
in implements ot
trade imperfect and unpaid for, rapidly
advance to prosperity by their reliable
promptness.. Again we have known
loose feurrour.dtd by every indication of
success, and with more work on baud
than they could well attend to, lose, by a
habitual disregard of their promises,
customers, business and credit.
In short great battles have been gain¬
ed, hearts have been won, fortunes have
been made, lives saved, happiness se
cured, by promptness in action. Waters
loo w:ts won b) the promptness of Blu
clier, and lost to Nupolioii by its absence
on the part of Grouchy and Marshal
Key.
In the steady cultivation of this virtue,
we have a high and everpresent exam
pie shining a.bove and around us, and the
Unchanging Order and promptness with
which the vjvious phenomena of nature
are performed and upon whose wonder
ful regularity we are dependent crea¬
tures tor itll we inherit here.
Who is there that would not strive to
acquire a habit so elevating to the char¬
acter-—so wonderous in iis results ?
KiLLixu Flees on Dogs. —Dip the dog
into a decoction of pennyroyal once a
week, or scatter the herb in the dogkeil
nel once a week. If you cannot get the
herb, buy the oil of pennyroyal, saturate
a string with it and tie it around the
dog’s neck ; the string must be satura¬
ted with lire oil once a day, and after
eominu'ng the operdlioii for one or
two weeks; the flees will be driven off.
A phys cians, on presenting his bill io
the executor of the estate ot a detieas
ed patient; asked : ‘ J Do you wish to
have my bills sworn to? ‘No,’ replied
the executor ; the death of the deceased
is sufficient evidence that you attended
biin professionally.’
At Indianapolis there is a iiewspdper
wbieh says its mission is the emancipa*
tion of labor. It labor is so much eni
slaved iu this country, why is it that 50
many poor men become rich here * There
is nothing that will emancipate labor so
soon as good morals and tbe habit of
saving. The mechanic who has learned
his trade well, who has no pet vice to
feed, and who marrieg at 25 or 30 a young
woman so skilled in household economy
that she can make every cent of his wa¬
ges bring him its lull value; is Very cer¬
lain to become a well-tondo if not a rich
man. No young man can accumulate
property honestly Without gteat seif de„
nial at tbe beginning. He needs more
decipline than a soldier for he hrs a big¬
ger fight to make. One of the first
things he has to learn is the importance
of keeping out of the society ot fools and
spendthrifts. His worst enemies are fits
companions.—Courier Journal.
TWO COLLARS Per Annum :
TOUR LOCAL PAPER.
You might as well forget your church¬
es, vour academies and school-houses, as
to forget your local paper. It speaks to
ten times the audience that your local
ministi r does. It is read eagerly each
day and week from beginning to end. It
reSches you all, and, as it has a lower
spirit and Lss wisdom than a sermon, it
has a thousand times better chance at
you. Lying; as it does, on every table in
almost every house; you owe to your*
<e'ves to liberally add to its support; and
exact from it as heightened a character
as you du from an educator in year midst.
Ii is in no sense benedth no;ice*and cite
—unless you your e f are beneath no 'fc
and care—tor it is your representative,
tiideed,. in its character, it is the subli
the importance, m erest and
wellfare of all. It is the aggregate of
your own consequence, and you car!not
ignore it without miserably depreciating
\ ourse’fl— Eastman Times.
Judge 3ohu I. Mall writes as follows
to the Griffin sun: T- have Vrretofoie
sta'ed, both by letter ami orally, to ray
trietids that 1 would like to have the
UOminalion for 00n o i ’es^ but with the
P tvSeht nu,nbt ‘ r aild locality of the aspir
a, ‘ !s for Unt l >,ace 1 can vcr .V Plainly
mat an unusually animated contest for
the nomination will ensue, and, as I am
the occupant of a judicial office, it would
iu my opinion, be unseemly in me to en'
g:tge in such a contest. I, therefore, say
to the public that I will not enter into
the contest fbt the nomination. I assure
my friends throughout the district who
have so generously given me assurances
“t dieir support, that lam profoundly
- rUc ; ful to them for their kin dness.’
There are seventy-six members ot the
Seir.te. and it costs $2(30.235 a year for
1 one htis.dred aiid tWeiity-tihe einploves
in salaries. There are two hundred and
nmetyMhree Reprcsenialives wd
Delegates from Territories in the House,
aud it rosts $225,165 for salaries and
eU,ploy<?S * The Seaate cUlks arc I ,a 'd
about twenty-five per cent, more than
those of the IIous u . At these rates the
i clerks of the Senate average each Senator
$2,753, while those di 1 the Itoiise
average each Representative about $148.
The Senate has obstinately resisted all
attempts to make the compensation of
its employes correspond with that of the
employes of the House, —[Savannah
News.
There is an except forger or gang of
formers traveling through the State.—
Messrs. Ferric and Justice, of Columbus,
were a lew days ago swindled out ot
seventeen d liars by a well dressed man,
who presented them, for payment ofoer*
tain goods to the amount of three dol¬
lars, a check for twenty-one dollars, to
which was signed ihe name of W. L.
Clark, ot the Mobile and
Girard Railroad, and which they accept¬
ed. giving him the change in money.—
Tire same day Mr. W, li. Moore was al ¬
so swindled in like manner of fifteen
dollars. On Thursday the firm of D. II
Howes, of Macon, was taken in for $14,
the pretended purchaser running up a
bill of four dollars, and tendering in pay¬
ment a forged check, receiving hrs change
in money. The Telegraph and Messen..
ger says: ‘Several similar forgeries
have been passed off on other merchants,
we leant; but for what amounts is Hot
known. Tlie pat’ty Committing this
crime has jumped the tow n and is sup¬
posed tb have gone in the direction Of
Atlanta.’
• *
Drying Fpuit at tiie South.— r l 1 he
more Southern States possess the advan
tage of continued hot suns and early
ripening, for the drying ot Summer fruits
and the business in this line appeals to
be rapidly increasing, Ffom the fourth
agricultural report of Georgia, we learn
that from Bartow county there ivere
shipped last year 225,000 pounds of dried
a PP Ies al) d peaches; from Macon ootinty
l50 ' 0aa V vnadfl; fl ' orti Su0tlel ‘ and ad i a "
counties 300,000 pounds;
Monroe, 400,000 pounds, and from
son, 100,000 pounds. Many other coun¬
tics gave smaller but ret-pec table returns;
The lepoft states that a reliable gentle
mart gays his net pfotiecds from the Ship”
merit of pedches amounted to nearly
$3900. These figures show what may
be accomplished when this in;erest shall
receive farther and increased attention.
Cheap machines for paring, coring and
slicing; and inventions for drying rapidly
by means of artificial heat, arc recom¬
mended and about to be introduced to
some extent.—[Country Gentleman;
Some schoolsgirls in Pennsylvania weie
attacked by rattlesnakes; and frightened
them away by flauming their red petti¬
coats. “Dear’dear! why didn’t Eve
of that ?’ 1
NO. 27 ,
An Indian giif made $600 raisins?
brodmeoin last year. The amount of
misery raised can not be expressed l?y
dollars after the satire corn gets a handle
to it,
Lewiston; , - -- -—-*-•-*--
Me , June 22.-—The fol’otf
ihg kfe the horrible pjfrtioiflars of a fero¬
cious attach by a savage bulldog on four
boys who were in bathing near this place
on Wednesday af ernoon : A bov riani' 1
Egan, seven years of age; bore the
brunt of the attack, the others nlnkihg
their escape. Egan has eighteen \Vtffinds
v/liich are all over his body and 1 egj.
dog literally ate a' large piece out
under the arm, so that the libs can
seen. The boy is living in a danger¬
conditiofi;
A Kansas letter Says ilio wheat har¬
vest has begun, a month ahead of. the
usual time, a‘nd the prospect is that no:
men can bo ebtaiued to harvest
vast crop. It is in splendid condition,
the reported frost,* tfnd
yield transcends all precedent.
The following points are to be submit¬
ted io the Congress of Berlin for rat idea
t on : ‘The frontier of Northern Bulga¬
ria to he fixed at Balkans, and the Turks
to have the right 16 fortify the Balkan
pvses, and to gerrson the foitified pla
ties ; Sophia fo be incltided in Koumelia
and Varna in Bulgaria, the Turks to re¬
tain Burgas, The northern frontier of
Montenegro and the boundaries of Sera
via to be restricted; and those countries
to receive compensation m the south 1 .’
A terrible and strange accident occur¬
red on the Kansas Pacific Railroad
within forty five miles of Ijenver, a few
days ago. The night was dafk and
stormy when a freight engine wit’ fifteen
ears plunged down an abyss owing to
the breaking of a bridge. Strange to
say, the engine and all the cars were to
tal!y engulled in quicksands and fiever
8e tn again. Three men; the en'mitetif,
fireman and another who were on the en
gine were swaTowed up in an instant
with the train
Pennyroyal and PoTasii.-— The Soieri
tific American says that it mosquitoes or
other bloodsucker! infest our sleeping
rooms at night, We uncork a hoftld of
the oil of pennyroyal, aud these insects
leave in great haste, nor will they return
so long as the room is loaded with the
tumes ol the aromatic herb. If rats ette
ter the cellar, a little powdered potash
thrown in their holes, or miked with
meal and scattered in their run-ways,
never fails to drive them away. 0 aye mm
pepper will keep the buttery and store
room free from aids and roaches. It a
mouse makes an entrance into any part
of your dwellings, saturate a rag with
cayenne, in solution, and stutf it into the
hole, which call be repaired with either
wood or mortar. No rat or mouse wilt
eat that rag lor the purpose of opening
comrnunicat.cn with a depot of
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The Abuse of the Army, —As finally
passed by both houses, the section of the
army bill relating to the use of the army
as a posse coiuitatus will effectually pre¬
vent any more abuses of power stlch as
those with which tbe tititinlry has been
familiar. It reads i
“From and after the passage of this
act it shall not be lawful to employ any
part of the aimy of the United States its
a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the
purpose ot crediting the laws; except iii
suffi cases and Under such circumstances
as such employment ot said force may
be expressly authorized by the Constitu¬
tion or by act ot Congress; and no money
appropriated by this act shall be Used to
pay any of the eipeuSeS incurred in the
employment of any troops in violation of
this section ; and any person willfully
violating the provisions ot this section
shall be deemed guflty of a uiisderaeitHOf,
and, on «onviotion thereof; shall be pitn
ished by a fine iitit exceeding ten thdus
an U dollars; or imprisonment not exceed*
in g tvv ’° > ear3 » or *>y both BUcb fiue aud
imOiisOninetit.”
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A Singular Duel,—A Singular dilel
occurred iu Boston, England, recent’y;
An ass had been actiustomed to visit one
of hig own kind which grazed on a neigh¬
bor’s laird, an action looked upoli with
much disfavor by au old black rant,
which pastured in the satUe field. Ac¬
cordingly, he attacked tbe ass, goring
him grievously; bdt the ass met his as¬
saults with great Courage, sprang about
witH astonishing agility, and kicked him
with great fjrtie. At last he seized the
fain by the uose and shook him as a dog
worries a rat, bit him about the neck re¬
peatedly, and left him weltering in his
blood. The combat lasted nearly half
an hour, and the raai died soon after it
ended.