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FOLLIES OF FOUAMBB.
By Thomas Dunn English#
From the Epoch.
If we trust general opinion, it wss a series of
follies, beginning in boyhood and continuing
during life. James Foljambo—'“Fool Jim,"
as the boys nicknamed him at school—and tho
epithet clung to him—did, in popular Judg-
• ment, tho most silly things, and yot prospered.
. At school he was noted for his folly, as 'well as
for pluck and coolness. If a big boy maltreated
a little one, instead of minding his own busi
ness, as a scnsiblo boy should, Fool Jim would
take it up and thrasli the bully.
L When that wretched little Diok Greene, tho
son of old Corney Greene, a sort of odd-jobb
man about town, broko bis leg by a fall from a
cherry treo, Fool Jim used to go around and
cheer up the little brat, and spend his pocket
money, of which ho had plenty, for Dick's ben
efit. All tho leading big boys of tho school
thought him a fool, but no one dared to tell
bim so, for, though hfgyss not quarrelsome, he
was quick to resent ah insult, and was a tough
oustomor in a rough-and-tumble fight.
Foljambe left school for an academy where
they prepared boys for college, and went after
ward to college. I left at tho same time to be-
oomQ nil dor-salesman and general drudgo in the
grocery shop of Figgs & Oalchieze. I lost sight
of liim then, except at vacations, until ho was
graduated, and had oonufltome. His father,
a confirmed Invalid, was very ricli,aud mado a
great fuss over him when ho returned, and was
. yfv.jjxrmwl nf tkg fact thft .Tim HAM afcjtflft..
Beals'of h!s OlrtrtSvTnrr© was no nonsense
about .Tim, I must say. lie remembered all
his old schoolmates, and put on no airs. Ho
would como into our shop at all times and talk
with mo when I was not bnsy, and, os he would
ho very rich in time, old Figgs, though ho did
koep his peoplo's noses close to the grindstono,
never grumbled at it.
Hot that Jim was an idlor. He took a vast
dud off his sickly fathor'a hands In managing
the large plantation. Ho little job that was,
el'Jier. Foljambeoplace embraced over nine
teen hundred acres, and with tho exception of
a hundred acres of woodland, and about tbreo
hundred of pasture antb meadow, was closely
cultivated. Thorn was a fine herd of Jcrsoy
cattle, then coming into vogue, and over fort,
blooded horses, besides othors for plough am
wogon.
For four years there wav nothing worthy of
note, except that I got to be head saiostuau and
a sort of general manager in onr concern, which,
moving. Bhe can have the liouso and tho gar
den around it free of rent. She’s a shifty wo
man and with that start sho'Jl get alo««* "
.'oiiamhA'i ron.iin t w«i
an impulse of 0 .
afford. But the
was a fool. Had He bid a bund red 1 over Phipps,
or even two hundred, it might have passod, but
to throw away—absolutely throw away—twelve
hundred dollars 1 When they heard afterward
that he had given the widow a life estate in
the honse and garden, it was generally ugrecd
that he should have a guardian over him to
save his property.
Talk died out, however, to he revived again
by another astounding act of folly.
The Ellomah Iron Works, about a mUofrom
Brantford, had exhausted tho bed of oro the:
had been working for over forty years, and hat
to bring the crude material some distance by
rail and water. It began to bo a question
whether it would not pay to build a new fur
nace near the source of supply and abandon
the old one. Suddenly, liowover, a new ore
bed woe opened close at hand. The forty-two
acres of clayey hill on the Peabody farm was
found to cover a heavy deposit of limonite. As
that ore generally contains Impurities only fit
ting it for “cold short" iron, little attention
was paid to it. Bat when the chemist of tho
company mado three separate analyses and
discovered, the usual phosphorous was replaced
by nearly three per cent, of manganese oxide,
10 thing took another shape. Tho company
oiTercd Foljambo a handsomo royalty, “*' * *
atoncodeclined. Uewould selloutrij
at all. After somo chaffering and a
of the bed, they took
ferine and a rough survey
all the farm but the wiu-
have
considering my age, wo* » big lift for inc. But
eld Foljambo died at this time, and os Jamos
Was motherless, and an only son, ho tucceoded
to tho property. Then began the follios cl tills
son, which made talk for tho country around
forjrears.
Tlio first exhibition was In the matter of the
Peabody mortgage. There had been two Pea
body brother*, Nathan and David; but David,
Hie younger one, on his fatlio:’s death had ta
ken one thousand dollars in cash for his share,
and gone off to Mexico to sock his fortune.
He was not h«ard of afterward, and was be
lieved to be dead. Nathan stayed on the old
■lace. He was a shiftlcs* man, and though ho
nanled Ben Murit’s daughter, who was a tidy
" * :, he could not
well worn out
nd he did not improve
is pretty
it at oil.
rowed another thousand doll
mortgage from tho saino party who hold the
first mortgage given to raise David’s money.
Things grew worse and worse, and and at last
the interest remained unpaid for two years,
gnd proceedings wen token to foreclose tho
mortgage. Nathan took sick over it and died.
Tho doctor said it was typhoid fever, but every
pne thought it was the trouble, and that Na
than had given up the ghost because he could
pot face his difficulties. At all events he died,
leaving his widow* with one child, a girl of
fourteen. She was very pretty—the image of
her father—aud all tho PeaKtdys were tine
looking people; but sbo bad her mother’s
ways.
Everybody pitied the widow, for it was well
understood that the farm would bring no more
thou tho debt and law expenses; in fact, that
the mortgagee would to obliged to buy it iu.
With tbo exception of one spot, tho farm was
a wojn-out samlv loom, over-run with Hedge-
grass, the •ign of sterility. The exceptlcn was
S hill, covering abont forty-two acres, appa
rently oomposed of a tough, gravelly clay, un-
( It lor even brick making, and incapable of cul-
Ivation. To be sure, the five acres around the
house, which wss at one end of the p ace, hod
been u*ed as a vegetable garden, ard that was
In a little better order, it was a sorry niece of
property. So when sale day came, and I hap
pened to be over at tho county town, I dropped
!uto the court-house where the sheriff was to
sell. I found only a half dozen persons, and
one of these was Foljamte, ar.d another was
Phipps who held the mortgage.
Tho sheriff, stating that every one know the
place, which bad been with the Ppahdy* for
over a hundred yean, asked for a bid. The
amount against the property,including the legal
costs, was twenty-three hundred aud eighty-
low^fiv^crea/an^ai^^vcnty-fivo thousand
oral comment.
■■■■■PNMHBIHIHHPfor downright
r folly was at its height when it lcakod out af
terward that he had settled thirty-five thou
sand seven hundred and fifty dollars on Mrs.
Peabody—that is, tho interest daring life to
her, and the principal to her daughter after-
ward. No words sufficed to oxpress the won
der, contempt and disgust at tills act of folly.
Old Figgs died about this time, and Oalchiczo
[offered me a share in the business if I could
{ Butin five thousand dollars. I had saved a I
Bttle over half of that by pinching and screw-'
|ing, but I was puzzled about the rest. Fol-i
jambo found it out, and gave mo tho money on
my note. Somo folks may think this folly oni
■s part, but I did not. Neither did ho, for m
ivo paid it back long since, i
When tho Widow l’eabodj
she sent Kebecca off to board
could well afford to, and thero tho girl remain-1
ed for four years, barring visits home at vaca
tion. When she came back to stay, sho had
grown into a handsome, self-possessed young
woman, and sho was quite admired by the
young follows around. In addition to good
looks and good manners, sho would havo a nico
sum in hard cash in time—a good thing to add
to a young man’s family resources. But she
was of a domestic turn, stayed at home with
her mother, and rarely went abroad. Ho suitor
seemed to meet favor in her eyes, though she
liadsevoral.
During Rebecca’s absence at school, Fol
jambo bad bcon going along quietly, and peo-
plo had coased to talk of him; but shortly af
ter her return ho broke out again.
Ono day,n» old man in a dusty suit and boots
that hSd torn bjackuned a woak before, and
o .canto*-* 1 mmU %r 'Vfet' tit
Brantford station and inquired if tho-WidWw
Peabody lived at tin- old Jarm yet. We won
learned that bo was thelong-lost David Pcabcdy
who had como back after all those years, appa
rently as poor as a church mouse, and doubt
less with intent to spong on the Widow Pea
body. Ho was not so very old either, but looked
like a man whom hard luck and a hot diwato |
ha<l dried up and wrinkled.
To our snrpriso ho was niado welcome
widow and Rebecca, and took up liisH
I there. Ho was a queer specimen. After tho I
dust of travel had been brushed bft ho was
clean enough; but Ills clothes were of ordina
ry material and woll worn. It was ovident|that
ho was poor, bat bo didn’t seem to mind it. He
walked about and held himself up as though
he ownod one-half tho town and mcaut to buy
the other. He was ready with his tongue, too,
and,if any ono said a disagrocablo or imperti
nent thing, could repay it with inter
est. Foljambo took a great notion to him. and
told me that the old man was keen and had
wonderfully practical business ideas for one
who bad not profited by his precepts, a thing 11
haveobMiVe&to'be not uncommon. Amah
can pick up mom vbluablo bints from the un
successful around him than ho can from sharp
business men. Bo tlio two grew qulto Intimate,
up for him, an’ we know why, but fax Is fax.
And off went Cowan with his tobacco, in
triumph. It did not stop thero. Tho news
spread, and a spasm of virtuous indignation
spread, and a spasm .
snook Brantford. It soon came to tho oars of
Foljambo himself. He had paid no attention
to the popular oomment on his
this was a different matter. Ue
Cowan and found him in our shop, where he
and somo of his cronies wero discussing the
thine at the tlmo.
“Mark you, Cowan I” cried Foljambo, his
oyes blazing in wrath, "you have toon talking
too freely about me in connection with a young
lady. Ii I loam of your wagging that long
ono bestow a caress on a young lady whom ho
is to many within a month. And I'll hold any
other man who meddles with my affairs to a
strict account.
Hero was a settlor. Becky Peabody to a Fol-
jambet Why, tho Folj&mbes turn up their
noses at the country folk, and took their wives
from abroad. Gossip left the rosin and cotton,
and took to the match. But it was admiring,
and not offensive.
The wedding came off and was a greats
Miss Elton was first bridesmaid, and
C demon sho married afterward, a’
mington, was Foljambe’s best man. Thero
was a reception at tho house—the young people
took no tour, but remained at Foljambo Plaeo
—aud I, of the few Brantford folk invited, was
there. So was David Peabody, of course. He
was got up in a suit of fine broadcloth, and his
shoos shone liko a japanned waiter. Every ono
knew this raiment came from the bridegroom.
O, of course l Thero were a number of costly
and elegant presents displayed. But theao
came, with tho oxcoption of an odd-looking
Japanese cabinet, given by tho Widow Pea
body, from tho Foljambo friends and connec
tions. Uncle David examined them.
“Betty,” ho said, loud enough to attract at
tention, "tho Pcabodys don’t soem to shine in
the way of making gifts to the bride. Your
Undo David 'll have to put In his mite.” Then
he drew a bulky packago from his capacious
breast pocket, which it fitted so tightly that bo
withdrew it with difficulty.
“O, thank you, Uncle David,” said the bride
Any thing’from you—”
"Open It. child.”
Tho newly-made Mrs. Foljambo undid the
cord and removed the wrapping. It was a Rus
sia leather covered casket, with tho letters R.
P. F. on It. When she opened it, she gave a
cry of delight.
*'Thn» am nit
"That leaves nothing for the widow,” ob
served Foljambe.
"Suppose you bid more, then, on her rc-
eoant, said Phipps.
“I shall,” replied Foljambo; "thirty-five
’hundred dollars.
"Is that your biJ, Mr. Foljambe?” inquired
fhe sheriff.
• "Ttiat is my bid, sir.”
So tho farm was knocked down to him.
When we wore coining away Foljambe said to
me:
"Coffey, yon go past tho Peabody Farm on
jour way homo. 1 wish you'd atop and tell
lire. Peabody that the plioo has brought over
twelve hundred dollars more than the debt,
‘ i must taka out letters of adntnistra-
listencrs to their chat.
Tills was in August, 1
try was in a state of excitement. It was known
that reconciliation between tho warring demo
cratic factions was impossible and that Lincoln
would be eleoted. The question was, would
thorebo war? Foljambo suddenly put tbo
plantation in charge of old Uncle David, and
went off south. He visited Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia, and was gone about two
months. When he came back, I asked him,
"Does tlio south really mean fight. Mr.
Foljambe?”
"It really does,” he replied, sadly; "I don’t
think they'll to able to keep it up more than a
year or so, unless England interferes, for wo
have the most money and the most men; but
it will bo fierce while it lasts. It is going to
disturb values very much, as woll as domestic
relations,”
The first thing Foljambo did on coming
home was to build a number of long wooden
sheds, somo of thorn enclosed; and bo kept tho
carpenters going day and night. Tho whole
neighborhood was aroured. Was ho going into
sheen-raising on a large scalo, or wluit crown
ing folly was Fool Jim at now? I was his only
partisan. Every one said he was going stark,
staring mad. But tbo excitement grow to a
hubbub when there came carload after carload,
by the railway, of barrels of rosin and bales of
cotton—tbo former stored under tho open and
tho latter in the enclosed shells. The cotton
did not excite so much astonishment, but the
rosin I Such an amount of it! Bomo one had
tlio curiosity to noso around and count tho
number of bprrela piled in ono of tho long and
high sheds. T-n thousand of them! And
there were five more such shods, and jammed
full. Sixty thousand lximls of rosin! And
no end of cotton baleel What would he do
with It? Wliat could he do with It?
The only partisan he hod. as I have said, was
myself, and I picked up a dozen quarrels about
it. Bomo one arJccd old Peabody about it.
"Uurlo David, la Fool Jim gawn to sat up a
cotton factory an’ a ship-yard ? Mebbe he’ll
sen’ liisshli« down by tho railroad.”
“Sonny,” said David, “pock your head in
lco. Janies Foljambe knows more in one min-
uto than you're likely to know in a year.”
In tho midst’of tills clamor came a bit of gos
sip not too pleasant. Thero was venom in it.
Bill Cowan, who was always nosing about, and
kept his eyes open and his tongno busy, camo
into tho chop oue day to got a plug of chew!jg
tobacco.
"Tell you what, Galchieve,” he said, ad
dressing my partner, “I guess they’d call Fool
Jim 'villain Jim,’ afore long.”
"What do you mean, you scamp?” I de
manded angrily.
“Scamp your olf, an* seo how yon like it,”
lie retorted. “What do t mean? I’ll tell yon,
nn’ I ain’t afraid to. I was creasin’ by Widow
l’esbody’s last night, and v/kat does I sec but
Jim Pol jam to with his arm *i round Becky Pea
body’s waist, an' she a-leanln’ np to him like a
sick kiti en to a hot brick. Stands to reason he's
foolin’ the girl. Everybody knows be’* *weet
on Miss Kl’ou, an' she’s go: dollars to Becky
Peabody’s dimes. You don't anppoet Foljambe
s anylhhtg bat foolin’ Becky, do you?
's why he was so liberal with his money
"They are old mine stones,” said Undo Da
vid, quietly. "Don’t drop that scrap of paper.
I don't want you to be running to your hus
band for pocket money, and you’d bettor invest
the amount of that chcquo for yourself as he
advises you.”
Tills was a surprise. Few had soon such a
a necklace, bracelets, earrings and pin,
nude up of the finest brilliants, somo of thorn
quite largo. They must have cost enormously.
Whore ufd Uncle David got tho monoy?
I found oat before any one else. I was down
in Now York to purchase tea, and Carlton, of
thb jobbing firm with which I did business,
said to mo:
“David Peabody is rusticating at Brantford.
Dsvld
sort of liaiigor-on to his
him, I fancy.
"FeodflJumI What do you moan? David
Peabody could feed a dozen slstor-in-iaws, and
not feoiit.”
"Woll,” I said, "I recently began to suspect
ho was rather well-off.”
"Rather well-off I” exclaimed Carlton.
"That’s tho best joke out. David Foabody
well-off I Is it possible you don’t know how
rich he Is? But he hardly knows himsolf.
Ho has boon for ovor eighteen years the prin
cipal stockholder in a great Mexican mine. It
is an English company, and ho is tlio only
American in if. Butpio owns two-tHirds of. it*
Why It is one of the most successful mines in
tho country. Well off I Why, he is away up
in the millions, and it koops pouring in.”
Of course this was too good to koep. Brant
ford hod the benofit of it, and, oxcopt an occa
sional dash at tho resin and cotton, David's
great wolth was the subjoct for discussion and
eomuiont.^
war como and was going on, and
ludliia follies faded before it. At
Foljambo’s cotton bogan to be
sd risen in price exceedingly, nnrl
found that thero hod been method
In tlio madness. But tho rosin, though it had
risen too, remained undisturbod. At'lcnr*'
I think it was in August, 1803, three hund
barrels of the rosin were shlppod to Boston.
Tbo next day ono hundred and fifty went to
l'hiladelphi, and a hundred to Baltimore. The
next day threo hundred were sent to Now York.
And so It continued to move, sometimes in
smaller, sometimes in larger quantities, until
by the latter part of Novombor, overy barrel
was gone. I took up tho prico current and ran
over tlio file for tho quotations on naval stores.
To my surprise the prico had varied from Au
to Novombor, from twenty-fivo to forty-
- _ dollars per barrel. And then it went down
below the first figure. Foljamlio had stocked
tho market*
Thero was little talk about Foljambo’s follies
after that in Brantford. On tbo contray, tho
Brantford people admired the shrewdness of
"Fool Jim," and that name dropped. Well
they might admire him. He and Uncle David
botween thorn bavo built up the place, which
has doublod in population and Is thriving in
overy way. As for Foljambe himsolf, he is
vory quiet for a man so immensely rich. Be
yond a year's visit to Europe, and two or three
months’ travel every yea? to somo part of tho
country, he stays principally on the Foljambe
place, where he has enlarged tho old mansion
and devotes himself to his family. Rebecca
Foljambe is as handsomo I think as ever,
though more plump tlian she used to bo. Thoy
appear to be as fond of each other uever, and
I dare say tliat thoy oro.
Ono day, when he dropped into tho shop, I
happened to say something complimentary to
his foresight. Jlo laughed.
“Coffey,” he said, "most of my successes
were unexpected. Iliad, it is true, a suspic
ion amounting almost to a certainty that there
MEMOIRS OF MACOK.
A House of Refuge Erected In
tho Heart of tho Wilderness.
DY MONTGOMERY M. YOLSOU.
For Tbo Constitution.
Tbs nood tot r post of defonso on tho f rontlor
of tho nowly Acquired territory hsd long been
felt, snd It wss Fresldent Thomas Jefferson
who assisted in the estshllsliment of a trading
]*Mt in the old Ocmnlgee.fielda as early as 1802.
To Colonel Benjamin Hawkins belongs the
honor of selecting tho site for the poet.
The selection was s wise ono. Tho hill Is
the highest in tho vicinity. It it a foot
and a halt higher than tho reservoir
hill boyond tho rircr. At It*
thero wero many spring* of pure water, and the
volleys all around boro evidence of tho fertility
of the eollinthe luxuriance of the natural
growth that covered them.
The hill and all Its sides was cleared of the
forc,t growth, except s few spresdlngoaks that
were left insldo the stockade tor the benefit of
tho soldiers. Of thesebut ono solitary oak of
gnpit ago, remains on the sum mlt of tlio his
toric hill.
The atooksdo was formod of hown timbers
fourteen feet long, sank four foot in the red
day and rising ten feet above tho surface with
post holes in each alternate post. At tho south
eastern snd northwestern angles wore two
block houses, with foundations of stone, tho
second story of wood, projecting beyond tho
wall of the bosoment, so that in oaso of sudden
Rent tilt the defenders mightfirefrom tho upper
story directly down on tho heads of tho savago
too.
The southeastern fort commanded tlio ap
proaches from tho south and cost overlooking
the hillsloncs, and the great plain of tlio Oc-
muigeo fields. Tho othor commanded a
sweeping view of tho country toward tlio
north anil west, among tho hills and valloys
that marked tho breaking away of tho lull
country.
Inside the stockade, which comprised four
teen seres, and convenient to the soldier's
quarters, a well was sunk to a depth of
ono hundred feet, tapping the pure current of
theio hidden mountain spring!, and affording
a bountiful supply of water, Tho well was
curlicd from bottom to top witli rock, and
although It 1ms long boon unused, it Is today,
tlio finest well of water in or about Macon,
"ighty years lia3 not affected it in the least,
id tlio water stands today at the samo mark
it stood when tlioso who dug Itcompiotod their
labors.
All that is left of tho old fort now Is tlio
fragmentary outlines ol Uto old wall and tho
h gray granite foundations of tlio two
c houses. Only tho faintest outlines of
dock house at tlio northwestern aaglo re
main, hut tho foundations of tho ono In tlio
southweatern corner are clear and woll de
fined.
. -This old fort was a place of groat Importance,
if.; 1 aaifi.. '<y., [l0 J, y ’ hnl its great atrength and unapproachable sis.
liissIstor-in-lptY sIn* feeds uation kopt tlio liiillnnii nt Imy, and tlioycon-
tnssijtor taw. bln. locus fcntea timundv,., |„ skirmishing around <■■■»
out of reach of tho big guns of tho fort.
Finally it was found necessary to construct a
lino of fortifications from tho blockhouses
In oither direction toward tho rivor. Earth
works woro built from tho northwestern block
house across to tho rivor along tho crest of tho
ridgo,and another lino was run from the south-
eastern anglo to tho high mound on tho edge of
tho Ootnulgeo Holds. On tills mound a small
cannon was placed, and thus tho Indians
wore keptolcaront of reach of tho main fort,
where tho factory and tho trading post wero
erected,
Crossing tho river under tho cover of tho
bills tho Indians onco mado a fiorco attack on
tho southwestern shin of tlio fort. They wero
mot with a dotcnulncd>csl3tanco by tho troops,
mid a bloody battlo ensued. Taking advant
age of their breastworks, tlio soldlors drovo tho
Indians frutn ono point of defenso to r '
until thoy wero furcod Into tho river m
bare of what is now Itoso hill, and tho
war, 20;
87. Hnntor's corn-
total,
•to, ..
At Fort Hawkins, Major
-- • ■ {h,
. total, w; _ _
Cook’s company, five years, 63; during tho
war 8; total, 01. Grand totals, fire years, C31;
during tlio war 149; eighteen months, 11; total,
791. The Indorsement roads: "Tho foregoing
la an abstract of the 8th regiment infantry, or
the llitil day of February, 1815, with a detach,
ment of Light Dragoons, which la forwarded
to your ofilco agreeably to Instructions of the
12tli Instant. Fiiil Coox, Major.
Major Ewing, Commanding,"
Out of all that 7U1 men *—* ‘
ment, thero are but few who Itro to draw their
pensions. Old man James Lavfiold, of Harde
man, On., who dlod a few weeks ago, claimed
to bo 110 years old, and was a
soldier stationed at Fort Harklna dur
ing that war. Tlio venerable fatlior
of Captain Loo Perkins, of Bolingbroko was
ono of tho Fort Hawkins garrison in the
war, snd is still allvo snd in the full i
Hai . Him IB BUM 1111
of all hi* faculties.
Mine
333 iOU
Among the interesting document* kindly
loaned me by Mr. Emory winsbip, a grandson
of Major Phil Cook, is an old army register
issued from tho adjutant and inspector gc
al’s office st Washington. August 10,181.3.
"Janies Wildo, paymaster of the 8tii infantry;
Dr. Ballard, hospital luireon’a mate, Fort Haw
kins, Ocmulgee Old Fiolds; Peter McQueen,
commanding the hostile Crooks.”
In tho register of tho Eighth regiment tho
names, rank and staff appointment! cr brovots
of tlio various officers are given. .
Colonel, Patrlok Jack, promofW aid-de-
camp.
Lieutenant-Colonel, Lawrence Manning,pro
moted to ffd*nel.
Majors,William Camming, wounded, Philip
Cook, commissioned August Iff, 1813.
Captains, David E. Twiggs. Robert Cunning
ham resigned. William Chisholm, Felix B.
Warley, William Jones, Thomas W. Farrar,
William McQueen, Matthew I. Koith, Charles
Crawford. Hughes Waltonlreslguod.
Then follows a list of tho nontenant*, en
signs .and snraeons, names among thorn sotuyl-
ingvery familiar to Goorgians of today.
Tlioro wore stirring tlinoa In tlibso (fays, anil
ono fails to realizo, after three-quarters of a
century, to what straits our ancestors 'were
often reduced. But thore Is a charm nttotched
to these old documents that is captivating In
in a simple,
tho extreme. Ordors wore written
torso and pointed atylo that precluded i
possibility of a mistake m to thoir moaning.
Hero are some samples from tho Winship
col lection:
Camp {Hops, October 12,1813.—Sir: A few
lys past, John Wright, an Indian country
man, was committed to the guardhouse at this
Mist, on suspicion of boing a spy. For his safo
cooping, 1until a fair investigation of facts can
io had, I have to request of you tho favor of
hia boing kept in tho guardhouso at Fort Haw-
Ins. With respect, yours most obediently,
Captain Philip Cook,
Fort llnwklns.
John Floyd,
Brig. Gen. Corn’d’g.”
CfiKKK Aokncy, 7th Nov.. 10 p. in., 1814.—
Thero aro two or threo parties gono towards
tlK'ifroMth'C tor mischief. The number seen
Carr s Neil and since by a Ucheo was twnnty-
wkht, Ned.knew severed of thorn from_A»-
■mies, TTnft’hTtmBftftHe; tlttaTilWWB HtffiTri.d.-
and two Uchces. Tho strcngtl:
THE MIS STRANGER
From the N.Y. Evening Post.
tho narratu
ed by Dr. Camp boll'a
Traveller,” who fig-
•tory of "The Mystei
ured in Nenice n hundred years before, but no
allusion was mado to a similar story, published
In tho British Magazino by Dr. Hill it 1700.
Dr. Campbell’s narrative will bo found In tho
preface to the later editions of St. Leon, hut I
know of no modern reproduction of Dr. Hill’s
story, and ss It is hi the samo vein, and might
have led mo in the samo direction, 1 imvo
brought tho two together. They woro lw»th
striking. This, In substance, Is Dr. CnmpboU’f
narrative:
In 1G87 thore appeared In Venice a man of
. . api. pmh __ _ ,gou_
Durin the few montha that ho resided in
Vcnico ho mado tlio acqaatntanco of many
Influential persons, to whom he was known as
Scignor GuaUl. llo entered into no particu
lars concerning himself, nor could any ono say
whence he came or what wero his antece
dents. He was noted for three things—a small
collection of very find pictures, which he vai-
but I bought it soluly to give the widow a lift,
for Nathan J’caliody bad petted me when a boy,
and wm always ready, poor follow, to leave his
farm work to join mo Inf
nutting, or anything else. _
almost certain, however, made me divide the
profits with the widow as a matter of equity.
I uever suspected Uncle David’s wealth; but
tho cotton and rosin purchaxo wm a matter of
calculation, particularly the rosin. It wm then
_ . Jn t j 10 market, jj |uul accumulated In
largofiiibi wheievcr they mode turpentine. It
could bo had almost for the taking away. I
knew that war would come, but I never
dollars. 1 built the
cause
Yosk,
Brantford, be-
And toll hsr tot it 'not' to tlUnk ol j to th. widow. It’s well eno«*h tot yon tootsS"
i tiiat w.t« cheaper than storing In New
,and that’s all tho fortnight I hail.”
“You must have made a good thing
anyhow,” I rejoined. "It is not my
how much and I don’t ask, but you m
out of it,
business
must have
mind tolling you,” he said, "I
have figured it up. On the cotton and rosin
together. £ netted just three millions, seven
thousand and ton dollars. But I am not so
rich m David Peabody, by some millions.”
Boom for Ono If oro.
From the New York ► v «l
Gas (who has Invited bis friend Jack to a
Third avenue table d’hote dinner.)—Have you fin*
Isbed your eoflbe. Jack.
Jack—Y+eo.
Gu*-Well, wkai bad we better do now?
Jack-Let’s bars another d inner on me.
ing patty disappeared to return no mot
This was tlio iMt band of hostilo
that ever creased the river in the, Yl«
Fort Hawkins, and the victorj^H
by several ycar.ref uninterrupti
the amonnt of businoss amounted to $22,317.38,
according to tho report of William Kustls. sec
retary of war, to Henry Clay, speaker of the
house of representatives. Fort Hawkins is de
scribed as being remote from the wblto settle
ments, and is designated m “Factory No. 1.”
Thero wore twelvo othor such establishments
in tho United Btatee.
Tho unsottlcd condition of European affairs
occasioned by the wars of the groat
Napoleon, affected this out-oMhe-
world community in a peculiar manner.
It affected tho prico of deer skins to a degree
that rendered Indian trading unprofitable, as
the principal market for those products wm on
the continent of Europe, the home supply be
ing largely in exceM of the demand.
Although tho fino country along the valloy
of tho Ocraulgoo was now tho property of the
whites, and despite tho fact that these lands
wore protected by the formidable flint locks of
tho garrison of Fort Hawkins, the pioneers
camo not to elenr away the forests and cut
down the canebr.ike*. It was long ere they
volunteered to imslure their flocks and herds
on the bonks of these oleor*water creek
MKiUiHiiiiii utu li tni« vuis, ujiuu mo
young republic and tho rusty swords of the
revolution wore sharpened anew, snd the men
of war shouldered thoir muskets and prepared
to avenge tho insults to thoir own American
gle.
Fort Hawkins was a general rendezvous for
the troops that took part in the operations in
Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Camp Hope,
now CruNS Keys, wm the camping ground of
largo bodies of troops. It Is two miles from
Fort Hawkins on the old Federal road. Hera
Generals Floyd, Blackshear, Wimberly snd
even "Old Hickory” himself, struck camp at
different times.
Colonel Benjamin Hawkins wss located at
tho Creek agency on Flint river, and kept up
a constant communication with the command
ant at Fort HAwkins. At the beginning of the
war Captain Philip Cook wm placed in com
mand of tho fort, which was garrisoned by a
coerce uneven paper, yellow with age, and tho
ink marks grown pale and faded. It reads:
"Abstract of the Eighth Regiment U. B. in
fantry and a detachment of U. B.
Light dragoons, on the 16th of Feb
ruary, 1815.” It shows in different
columns,! ruled with a pen, where the compa
nies were located, who in command and tho
terms of enlistment. The Light Dragoons,
under Lieutenaut Twepfn, Camp Huger, en
listed for five years, 71, during the war, five:
total, 76. The infantry ol the Eiiclit regiment
were disposed m follows: Fort Wayne, Cap
tain ChUbolm’g company, enlisted for five
years,92 men. In the army, Worley’s compa
ny, five years, 80, during the war, Iff; total 95.
Farrar’s company, five vears. fff, during the
war, 22: total, 97. Keltic's company, five
years, 50, during the war, 85; total. 04. Craw
ford’s company, five yeare, CO, duriiu the war,
28; eighteen months, 1); total, 89. Johneon’s
company, ftvo years, 07, daring tho war, 20;
and the othor sldo red.
trailed by somo Uchees near
where they turned up the river. The othor is
supposed to liavo gono down the river. The
party trailing having no ammunition returned
and reported. Thirty-nine Uchees are enroll
ed up to this day. 1 shall aond them a supply
of ammunition tomoirow and orders to waylay
the hostile trails to make battlo when they
can and report tho state of things when thoy
cannot. Tbo mounted mo.*i should be particular
to apnreliend or fire on every soldior bolow the
fort (Hawkins) of the description above, or In
deed or anything scon on the frontier tiireat-
cned. It may bo of advantage to our scouts to
know they aro In detachments. Wo cannot
do much from this quarter m yot, we havo
neither mounted meu or infantry to oo-opsrate
with our Uchoes under Captain Barnard. I
shall send an express tomorrow, .to .furnish us
tho detachment at Fort 1’crry and replace
them with Indians. L am* twlfh slucere to-
regards, etc. BnKfAMiN Uawki.vh.
To Major Cook, Fort Hawkins, by Richard’s
Express.
Crkkk Aokncy, 8th * November,-nMajoz
Cook: I have received yours of this date. My
other by Richard giro* yoa all I know on
the subject of it. I sent 300 cartridges and
muskets to Captain Barnard with
instructions how to sot. I have today racoi ved
certain information that the Miocosookoe In
dians are hostile, and moving toward our fron
tiers. This is the capltol of the friendlies.
The governor says he will certainly hove fiOO
mounted men. I report dally returns of tho
number of enrolled Indians. I shall draws
line. Thore ahallbeno nontrsl*. Each one
may toko his choice, aud at the work of deAth
we go. Nothing but tho discharge of tho
British officers shall stop. I hare ordered ten
runners to this^ost and if you need any In
dians. 10,20 or SO, as scouts, and two more
runners, I. can send them. With regards,&c.
Benjamin Hawkins.
Two other letters are in tho collection, one
of which glvee a a graphic description
the Fort Mims masMore, writ*
by Georgs Gibson, of Mobile.
The other is from Colonel Hawkins, and tells
how tho British officers hod a dispute with
Chief Ferriman who remarked, "I slinll go to
Feniacola, and when I return x will show you
that I am a man and a warrior.”
These old manuscripts wero written with
nlll pent and sealed with wax in tho old
Into way. Tho hands that wielded tho pons
are long ago turned to the duct, and the seals
on those old yellow documents are broken
like the lives of tlioso old patriots who live
only in the fragmeptary memories of history.
Bitten By a Centipede.
From the Albuquerque CHlsen.
A well-known lady of Albuquerque wm
picking blackberries in her garden when she frit
somethin; bits her on tho right side of her nask Just
below the ear. 8hequ'okly put her right hand up
to the place, when a centipede curled Itself around
her footing! r. Bhe immediately brushcdll off with
o relate, dkl not fidnt,
husband, nor daugh
ter, or any one cist by calling to them, but nut iuto
the house, an I finding the ammooia bottle empty,
took a big knlfo and stuck the blade into 'he tire in
the stove uutil it got hot, when she applff 1 It to tho
wound. Next ihe took some eoJa and applied that,
fastening it by wrapping a cloth around bor neck.
Ity this time her neck began to swell, and eho says
■lie frit m though the top of her bead was about to
accede, snd closed her teeth tightly to make sure
that her head was not gone. In a sliort time >ho
frit greatly relieved snd than Informed her do tigh
ter. Hite did not even call for a doctor, but she has
procured another supply of ammonia. Though it
occurred several days ago, tlio wound now bw>ks as
if an ant had hi.’ten her. That lady would keep
-^reumceof miud in a tire or In a railroad acxl
The Whlaky Was Mean*
From the Philadelphia News.
A Garfield, W. T., paper »ajn: "A young
man of reliability informs m that while healing
boniea near Kndiettt ho wedge 1 a ratth.rea’*e be
tween rocks In mic) »a manner that It >.&) not hnr
the make. polled the i at tic* oft g n d removed
ck, tud the snake was m vico.->a!s and com*
t ra ever, ami ever/ lime ’.he snake would
Its tall tremble the ratpfa which the yonu:,-
mr.n held In Ida hand would, qttiver and mUu> Put
the tame m If they had qr.er been ramoved.” the
reliable young man's bind must Law been a little
collection of very fino pictures, which he val
ued highly, a knowledge of tho arts and
sciences, and a ready supply or* monoy without
resorting to hills of oxohango or credit of any
kind. It was further remarked tliat ho wrotu
no latter* and received none. His knowledge
of art and soienoo was unquestioned, for ho
conversed freely with men of learning who
could easily have dotectod an imposture. HIs
pictures he was ploosed to show to any ouo who
wished to see them, and if ono wai familiar
with art, and could convorso with lvim on tho
subject, ho fouud liiufentertaining. Ho fro-
quoutod places of resort, was daily at tho
coffee liouso at the hour when tho grentest
number wero there, nml took part in tho
discussions that were going on, without push
ing himself into notice.
Ono days nobleman, distinguished for liU
learning and love of art, oxpreH-od a wish to
seo tho boignor’s collection, which tho solgnor
was equally pleased to show him. Thonoblo-
nian was delighted with tho paintings, and so
expressed himsolf. As ho did so, his eyes
clmnccd to rest on a picture ovor tho chamber
door, which till then lu> had not noticed.
Gazing at it for a moment, he said to Boignat
GualdT:
"This portrait was drawn for you, sir/*
to which tlio scignor replied with a low bow.
"Bnt how is It?” continued tho nobleman.
"You look like a man of fifty, and vet I know
this picture to lie by the hand of Titian, wh#
lias been dead a hundred and thirty years.”
To this the soicnor replied:
"It ia not easy to know all thing! that ara
possible, but tlioro cortainly is no crimo in my
lookiiigliko a picture drawn l y Titian.”
There thojconforonco ended, for tho noble
man saw that ho had given offomo. and on
his return to tho coffoo house ho reported
what had occurod* which r»o excited tho curios
ity of some of his frionds that they resolved to
call on Ihe solgnor the following day, mid nntis-
fy themselves fn regard to the picture. This
wl.ih could not be gratified, for on the morrow
itftufcUiiAid JM>tA|»pear at Urn usual hour,which
further pinned jt/ieir curiosity, »nn on Inquir
ing at ills lodgings, they learned that ho had
loft Vcnico an hour before. This mado a
great at ir, and for tho timo it was tho ono
thing that occupied tho thoughts of thoso who
know tho mysterious stranger.
Of tho travellor who was tho subject of Dr.
niU’s story loss was known, for no ono could
ovnn say what was his nnmo. IIo had vLitcd
tho different kingdoms of Europe, was a closo
obserrof, and could and did adapt himself to
tho circlo in which for tho llino ho found him
self—was all tilings to all men, and whatever
ho did ho did well Having ascertained what
wore tlio tastes, habits and pursuits of a plaeo
in which ho was about to rcsldo, ho was pro-
pa rod on ontoring it to mako himsolf ngroo-
able. Jn England, where lio found that
music was in favor, ho showed skill as a per
forator on the violin. It Italy ho displayed »
masterly knowledge of geniaond nnd antiqutes.
In Franco ho WMlforoinost among fops, and
the Gormans recognized (in bim a chemist of
tho highest order, llo gomposed music as well
m played, and there wai no question u« to tho
doficnoy and taste of his performance. As a
fop ho lod tho mondo. and whon ho went from
Germany to Franco, ho carried with him tho
reputation of hn alchemist, who had not only
tlio power of turning drops into gold, but had
olso at command tlio secret powder for tho res
toration of yottth—tho "nnlvorsai mcdlcino”—
as It was called, that would nut only arrest t ha
infirmities of ago and prolong one’s years, but
would restore lging wick in all their fullness
— the vigor, and grsco snd beauty of youth.
This emboldened a dachees, Jwho felt tliat
hor charms, if not already waning, could not
lie expected to last much longor In tho soma
degree [having already boon a hollo for four
teen years, to apply to him to turn bock the
tldo that prom (sou in the noar future to over
whelm her. Bhe therefore sont to tho stranger,
and thus addressed him:
"Monsi. urjlo Comte,tlieyftell me you havo the
inestimable secret, worth mow than all your
S old, tho medicine that will restore youth. I
on’t know that l want ityet, but time is time,
and perhaps, monsieur, what it can remedy il
can more erelly prevent. I would be early la
my care. Como, ‘answer roe. Can I obtain la
of yon? Let mo havo It, and name your con
ditions.”
"Those who possets those secrete do not
choose it should be known they liavo them.”
"I know It,” sho replied, "but you may con
fide in mo. I pledge myself to secrecy.’’
Her words prevailed, snd on tho morrowjha
brought hor a vial containing four or fir*
spoonsful of a liquid which sho wm to -tu*
sparingly, for if wasted it would not bo easy to
got a further sapply. Ton drops would suffice
for once, and thrn only at tho new or on tha
full of tue moon. If so takou it wm innocent.
Tho duchess put the precious drops away in
what sli* deemed a secure place, but her wait
ing maid came in soon Alter, and, suffering
from an attack of colic, searched for a liqueur
to relieve hor distrees, when, ebaheIng on tha
viol so carefully put away, site opened It amt
smelt of it. It wm fragrant, then sho tasted
of it. It wm pleasant, and at a breath she drank
Holt. At once tho collo disappeared, and in
the best of spirits she turned to her work of
arranging the toilet of her mistress Ska was
so employed when tha duchess camo to her
chamber at the clow of the evening, who rac
ing her there, exclaimed: "Child, who aro
yoa? What do you want with mo, and liovr
came you here ?” >»
Tho woman simply conitcsled, but whon tha
dnchcjM peevishly bade ber go, sho answered:
"lour graco is pleased to hpoak In an un
common manner; I havo the honor to be yocr
grace’s woman, and wuit to undroM you.”
"Heaven and earth l” camefliom tho duch-
ess, with a gasp. "You my womaut why,
child, my woman is five and forty, and you are
TSTiKSSrSi with Uto -ireote.jG .h.
story goes, bat It could not bo i*|>Mt.d.tor th.
stranger hsd .nn., snd thn doebsss, inlicr do-
cllnlns y.sr i, not Wing *M» io gut snolhot
vis), Erc«rMoray ** other ms!ron» who saw
tlio bloom tsdo train thoir checks.
Trout tho New York World.
Itcd Hhlrt ol lb. Buffalo BlUcrto. ni pro*
.ntatsdlnncr^rratlioMlwT crcfllDf by. well*
known houdiimln—. Homo shrimp, were pc—d
'*r*:ud, wh. rcupn.i Red Hhtrt’s Ikre nsanmod us cr.
pre—toa ol Rwat pnnonneed tvrosnsneo. At Urt,
his ictdliir* ovtrpowct.i Ido nsUvc ImrcMbilliy,
and ho sold, sod not In s <t**c whisper "Ns In
dlu; tue uvsgo mayte; bul m* no cst wonns,’ 1
