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Wo keep the following Blanks on hand, at this office,
at $2 per quire. Large blanks, one on , sheet; small
blanks, two on a sheet
Ijind Deeds. Administrator’s or Exectt-
Marriage License, tor's Deed,
Letters of Administration, Warrant of Appraisement, •
Letters of OuernltUHhip on Letters of Gnardianahip,
Property, Letter? of Administration de
Administrator" a Bond, bonis non, Will Annexed,
Bond for Title*, Temporary Letters,
Administrator's Bond, Will Letters Testamentary,
Annexed, Letters Administration de
Temporary Administrator's bonis non.
Bond, Natural Guardian's Bond.
Guardian's Boud,
Tire Richmond Enquirer notices a well-
known building in that city as follows: “We
suppose there is hardly any prison iu the whole
country more notorious from the events of the
last few years than Castle Thunder, in this city.
It has been used, since the first year of the war,
as n military prison for the confinement of evil-
doera <>! all kinds and grades, by the Confederate
authorities up to the evacuation, and by the Fed
eral authorities since tlftt time. It may be a
matter <>f surprise, this morning, to some of our
readers to know that this veteran old headquar
ters of crime and guilt is this day to lie vacated
as a prison, and to be turned over to its owner,
Mr. John If. Gleanor, of this city. We arc 9ure
he will hardly recognize his own property.—
What tab's of horror could lie told if its silent
walls could tell all that has transpired within
their limits! That other famous abode, the Libby
Prison, has been fitted up, and will hereafter lie
used as the general military prison in this city.
All tlie prisoners in Castle Thunder will be
1 runs ferns 1 to their new horns to-day.”
It is given out that Mr. Montholon, the French
minister, lias become quite alarmed respecting
the answer of Mr. Seward to the Emperor’s let
ter, asking for the recognition of Maximilian as
the government of Mexico, and as much so with
reference to the resolutions lately introduced in
Congress on the subject of the Monroe doctrine.
It is understood that he has left for New York,
where lie will remain until he hears from Paris
and the Emperor. The Secretary of the French
legation has gone to Paris with dispatches touch
ing the serious turn of affuirs here. Advices
from Havana anil Vera Cruz, just at hand, state
Unit additional forces are being forwarded to
Mexico. Some twenty-five hundred French
troops had already arrived at the latter port.—
The latest intelligence from Paris contains the
news that six thousand French soldiers hail em
barked for Mexico. It would scent, therefore,
that Napoleon has anticipated, and is preparing
lo meet, the policy of the United States in refer
ence lo the Mexican Republic.
The following is a copy of the letter from
Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Provisional
Governor James Johnson, by which the latter
has lieon relieved front duty :
Washington, Dec. 1$), 18(15.
Ilia Excellency .fame* Johnso-n, Provisional Gov
ernor of Georgia :
Sm—The time has arrived when, in the judg
ment of the President of the United States, the
care and conduct of the proper affairs of the State
oi Georgia may be remitted to the constitutional
authorities chosen by the people thereof, without
danger to the peace and safety of the United
States. By direction of the President, therefore,
you are relieved from the trust which was here
tofore reposed in you as Provisional Governor of
the State of Georgia. Whenever the Governor
elect shall have accepted and become qualified to
discharge the duties of the Executive office, you
will transfer the papers and property of the State
now in your custody to his Excellency, the Gov
ernor elect.
It gives me especial pleasure to convey to you
the President’s acknowledgments of the fidelity,
the loyalty and the discretion which have marked
your administration.
You will please give me a reply, specifying the
day on which this communication is received.
1 have the honor to he your Excellency’s most
obedient servant, W. H. Seward.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Me**™. Editor*—The great confusion of mind
prevailing among both white and black as to
wages ol field hands, may be relieved and good
done, by publishing the following list of prices—
about those of the island of Barbadoes, just agreed
on by twenty-five select hands, on the “Peru”
plantation, Early Co.:
No. 1 man, $10 per month, good food and
$11 of shoes.
No. 2 man, three-fourths of No. 1—say $7 50
per month.
No. ! woman, no cliilu—as one-half man—$5
per month.
No. 1 woman, 1 child, $1 per month off.
No. 1 woman, 2 children, $2 per month off.
No. 1 woman, 8 children, no money wages—
home, food and sliocs.
No. 2 woman, no child, $4 per month.
No. I boy, l(i to 20 years, as No. I woman
—$5 per month.
No. 2 boy, 10 to 20 years, as No. 2 woman—
$4 per month.
No. 1 girl, 16 to 20 years, as one-lialf a No. 1
woman-—$2 50.
No. 2 girl, 16 to 20 years, $1 per month off.
Wages payable only at end of year, and on
good behaviour. Clothing advanced during the
year and charged for, with privilege to raise
poultry, keep one cow and one hog, and raise
rice on wet spots—with penalty of prompt ex
pulsion for non-performance or ill behaviour,
and to work at all work, six days in the week,
dav or night, dry or wet.
W. McKinley.
A special correspondent of the Boaton Adver
tiser, who is on a vagabondizing tour throughout
the South, thus dishes up some delectable stuff
for that journal. Here is a specimen of his
style:
“Why, il— n it,” saiil an Americus man to me,
"the Union never hurt me; but I was the hottest
secessionist you ever saw—Howell Cobb made
me so.” Talking with a Columbia gentleman
about sectional characteristics, he said, “we had
one advantage over you—your people knew all
about the war, while* ours only knew they were
fighting for their homes.” I asked, “but could
you have made your men fight at all if they had
understood the whole question at issue V’ r He
answered, “Oh, when 1 said we had the advan
tage I spoke from a military stand-point." The
Southern newspapers generally have a very large
advertising patronage, and appear to be prosper
ing quite to the satisfaction of their proprietors.
But they are all local in character, and some of
them are intensely Southern in tone, while as
sources of general information, and particularly
political information, they are beneath notice.
Northern papers are scarcely seen in South Car
olina outside of Charleston, and in the great
State of Georgia I wa9 able to find them at only
four points—Savannah, Macon, Atlanta and Au
gusta. The Southern colleges have, of course,
suspended operations on account of the war.—
Efforts are making to re-open them, and those in
Georgia will probably be in working order by
next spring. But that best fruit of modem civil
ization, so plentiful in the North—the common
school-house—is almost wholly unknown in the
Carolinas and Georgia. I have scarcely seen a
dozen in my whole iouraev, while a trip of the
same number of miles in New York and New
England would probably show me five hundred
Underneath this one little fact lies the whole
cause of the war.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor.—We have uninten
tionally neglected, says the New York Awe*, to
mention that Gen. Pryor has been admitted to
the bar, and is now practicing law in the Courts
of New York.
His well known ability and brilliant oratory
assure to him a distinguished place in his pro
fession, and we are glad to know that he has
already been retained in several important cases
The following is from a Richmond paper:—
“A situation as son-in-law in a respectable fam
ily. Blood aud breeding no object, being al
ready supplied ; capital essential. No objection
to going a short distance into the country.”
President Johnson has positively declined
to accept a carriage made for him by the work
men of the army repair workshop, after then-
work hours, and it has been purchased by Secre
tary Stanton. ^
A Georgia judge lately threatened a lawyer
for contempt of court. “I have expressed no
contempt for the court,” said the lawyer; “on
the contrary I have carefully concealed my feel-
| Prom the Mobile Advertiser A Register.
General Grant.
I General Grant grows upon us in his character
i of a wise man aud a conservative statesman.—
i From the moment he overwhelmed General Lee
[ witli the irresistible force of numbers, wielded
i by bis indomitable will and untiring persever-
i ance, lie dropped the character of a military
! conqueror, anil all his utterances have been
: those of a patriot and statesman, who saw that
i the sworcl had finished its appointed work, and
I the policy of conciliation was the duty of the
| hour. The honorable terms he awarded" to Gen.
i Lee and his veterans, who had opposed him
) with determined and bloody resistance, struck a
j chord of sympathy in the Southern breast, the
j intonation of which was in exact proportion to
the singular rarity of deeds of generosity, up to
that time, from the Federal commanders" Gen.
Grant was essentially a “ Union General.” He
fought in sincerity and in earnest for the preser
vation of the “ Union ”—not as a pretext for ul
terior views, not as an excuse for slaughter,
plunder, confiscation and subjugation, but as a
reality. And when the first step in his object
had been accomplished in dispersing the armies
organized tirbreak it up, lie proved his sincerity
by acts and efforts to bind up the political
wounds inflicted by the war, and bv immediately
dropping the sword to seize the olive branch.—
He has thus shown his want of sympathy with
the radical plan of continuing the war in "time of
peace, and of rejecting the Union which they
liad fought foi.
His conservative tendencies and his love of
justice and truth have been recently manifested
in the report lie made to the President of the
condition of things iu the South, whence he had
just returned. lie declared the people sincerely
and heartily desirous of restoration, and in ear
nest in their professions and vows of allegiance
to the Government of the United States. He
told the truth, also, unpalatable to the negro-
worshippers, that the “ Freedmen ” were lor the
most part idle and unwilling to enter into labor
contracts for the coming year. In this lie has
performed a valuable service to the South, for
his testimony will outweigh, upon the Northern
public miuil. the report of a thousand such ex
■parte witnesses as Carl Scliurz, John Covode and
General Banks.
In his late admirable report of the operations
of the great armies under his command lie gives
another proof of the generosity of liis spirit anil
the broad nationality of bis feelings in a graceful
passage of tribute to the gallantry of the South.
After doing justice to the equal bravery of the
troops of the East and the West, who had fought
under his eye, lie adds: “Let us hope for perpet
ual peace and harmony with that enemy, whose
manhood, however mistaken, drew forth atteh Her
culean deed* of valor /”
A man of Gen. Grant’s stamp is invaluable to
a country in an epoch like this. Events may
take a shape to open to him even a wider and
g rander field of patriotic effort than tliattu which
e has already earned so distinguished a reputa
tion. He may yet have to marshal parties and
politics as he has heretofore done battalions anil
armies. A Democrat in political faith and edu
cation, and a Conservative in sentiments and
principles, who knows but that he is the coming
man to rally the hosts of his political persuasion
to the defense of the rights and liberties guaran
teed- by the Constitution of the Union. This
high duty of a great leadership has to devolve on
some strong patriot.
Fortune has placed President Johnson in the
gap of freedom, but he may fail, or trying, fall
like Leonidas and his little band at Thermopylae.
In either event, Gen. Grant possesses the great
qualities and rare gifts to fit him to take up the
flag of the Constitution and bear it in triumph.
The Douglas Democrat of 1860, the first soldier
of the United States, after four years of fiery or
deal, the idol of the army and the object of high
esteem and respect in the South as well as in the
North, where could the Democratic conserva
tives of the nat ion find a worthier leader, or the
restored United States a more-lionest President ?
As political currents are now running, these
thoughts may become prophecies before three
short years roll away.
The Florida Election.—The Savannah
Herald Jearns from a gentleman who arrived in
that city from Florida that the elections which
occurred in that State last week were attended
with more than the usual excitement incident to
such occasions, and in some localities run so
high as to culminate in breaches of the public
peace.
At Lake City, particularly, the contest became
so heated that the frieuds of some of the contest
ants for office were on the eve of a- desperate
collision, when, with a view to its suppression,
the U. S. officer of the post ordered out the col
ored troops and marched them to the ballot box,
with loaded muskets anil fixed bayonets, which
so much incensed tlie citizens that nothing but
the speedy withdrawal of the negroes prevented
a bloody conflict.
Tlic ilay after the election three white men at
tempted to arrest a colored man who had com
mitted an offense against the law, when the lat
ter made such stout resistance that he was shot
by one of the parties trying to arrest him.
This occurrence revived the excitement of the
S revjoixs ilay, and led to menacing threats. Gov.
larvin was advised of the excitement anil dan
ger of k conflict between the citizens and ne
groes, and telegraphed in reply that the colored
troops would be relieved and white men sent in
their place. The removal of the garrison at
Salt Lake will relieve Florida from negroes,
which is n matter of congratulation to the peo
ple of Florida. Their presence is prejudicial to
the best interests of society, and no man is safe
either iu person or property as long as they re
main in our midst.
The following is believed to be the result of
the election in Florida :
Hon. D. S. Walker, late Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, is elected Governor without
opposition.
Major Kelly, of Pensacola, is supposed to be
the successful candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Col. F. McLeod, a prominent lawyer of East
Florida, has been elected to Congress.
The election of Governor Marvin as one of the
United States Senators, is generelly conceded,
but the public mind had not fixed itself definitely
upon his coadjutor.
A correspondent writing from Brownsville,
Texas, to the N. O. Times, thus speaks of affairs
in that quarter:
Since my last we have details of the attack on
on Monterey by Escobedo.
He attacked the place and drove Gen. Guiroga
into the citadel, and took possession of the city,
but hearing that a force of eight hundred French
troops were near by, he sallied out to meet them-
They were mostly cavalry, commanded by a
grandson of th« famous Marshal Ney. Escobedo
ambushed his troops, and on the advance of Ney,
his troopers met with such a fire that they were
thrown into great confusion. By the desperate
efforts of Col. Ney, the}" were re-formed and ad
vanced twice only to fresh repulse. His loss was
heavy, and he retreated a short distance. That
same day a column of 900 French infantry arrived
and joined Ney, and Escobedo withdrew before
this superior force, in good order, with only a
loss of thirty men.
Capt. T., of the United States Army, who was
returning from Saltillo, reports he was in Mon
terey the day after the fight, and he saw nearly
two hundred" wounded brought in. After leav
ing Monterey he came up to Escobedo’s forces at
Cenaloe. He says he has about 1,200 men, in a
good state of discipline and tolerably armed,
though badly clothed. These men are quite dif
ferent from Cortinas men, or those of Canales, as
they seem regularly organized and with good
system. Escobedo is very determined, and has
no fears of ultimate success. He has two good
batteries, munitioned, guns made by Ames, with
the James shot and shell. Most of Escobedo’s
men were armed with the old Mississippi Title,
though some have the smooth bore musket.
Escobedo allows no plundering, but subsists his
troops by duties levied on trains of merchandise
which he allows to pass. He also levies a tax on
the country, but it is equitably divided, and not
as heavy as the Imperial exactions at Matamoras.
Two days after he left Escobedo he met Turino
with 400 irregular cavalry going to join Escobedo.
Gen. Mejia still remains *in Matamoras.
Planting Trees.—“Pioneer,” in the Prairie
Fhrmer, says on this subject: *
“I have transplanted many hundred forest trees-
in the last ten years, and I have rarely lost a tree,
and most of them set iu the fall. One of the
most important rules to be observed is, before
taking up a tree mark it in some manner, so that
you will know which is the north side, so as to
be able to re-set it exactly in the same position it
grew in the woods. This may seem to many of
no importance, but to those who know that there
is in the bark and wood of all trees a radical
difference between the north and south sides, the
| north side being close grained and tough, while
i the south side is invariably more open-grained
and brash, dr soft, the importance will be seen.
If this is done, your tree does not have to under
go a complete change in all the parts, and is
ready to start off and grow at the proper time as
readily as though it had not been moved.”
It is the custom in some parts of Scotland to
sand invitations, when a death occurs in a fami
ly, to all the neighbors to attend the funeral.—
On one occasion a neighbor was omitted by the
bereaved family in the usual invitations, a fend
having arisen between them. On the day of the
funeral, while the people were assembling, the
slighted “auld wife” stood in her door and
watched the gathering. At length, unable to
bear up the resentment any longer, she ex
claimed, “ Aweel, aweel, we’ll hae a corpse' in
our ain house some day! see then who’ll be in
vited!”
A writer in the New York News furnishes a
brief sketch of Georgians in the late war. He
says:
(jicorgia b&d 105,000 soldiers in the field, not
including 15,000 militia, portions of whom
fought in the trenches at Atlanta. Twenty-five
thousand of these poor fellows are under the
ground, rotting in inhospitable graves, among
them Colonels W. D. Smith, Sturgiss, Prescott,
Coombs, Cummins, Mills, Phil and Ed. Tracy,
Douglas, Levi Smith, Williams, Evans, Delaney,
Maunge, Slaughter, Shropshire, Harris, Cooper’
Jones, Colquitt, Sloan, Lamar, and others.
In the cause of the rebellion Georgia lost, in
the death of many of her general officers, some
of her most gifted and gallant sons. The first on
this list, probably, is Major General William H.
T. Walker, who fell dead at one of the battles in
front of Atlanta, pierced in his vitals with Fed
eral bullets. He was a citizen of Augusta, anti
for many years was an officer in the United
States Army, having won for himself great dis
tinction in the Mexican war. He was one of the
bravest, and with but few exceptions one of the
ablest Generals in the Confederate Army. A
short time before bis death he was severely
wounded in the foot, but returned to his com
mand during the exciting scenes which transpired
in front of Atlanta in the summer of 1864. In
the memorable battle in which the lamented
McPherson yielded up his life for his country’s
existence, Walker led a charge in which his di
vision lost nearly tliree thousand in killed and
wounded, he himself being numbered among the
slain.
Brigadier General T. R. R. Cobb, of Athens,
was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg. He
was very active in urging the soldiers to the field,
and became a conspicuous officer early in the
war. He was killed by a piece of shell while in
conversation with one of his staff officers. He
was a lawyer by profession, of unrivalled attain
ments, and is said te have been, by those who
knew hinf best, a true friend and a Christian gen
tleman.
Brigadier General Paul J. Senimes, of Colum
bus, was killed at Gettysburg. He had distin
guished himself upon many hard fought fields in
the South, and perished upon the loyal soil of
Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Wcst Point,
but I believe he was not in the army at the break
ing out of the rebellion.
Brigadier General Francis S. Bartow, of Sa
vannah, was the first distinguished Georgian who
fell in the causeless rebellion, he and Bernard
Bee, of South Carolina, having been killed while
leading a charge at the first battle of Bull Run.
During an exciting stage of the battle, Bee, who
was commanding a brigade next to that of Bar
tow, remarked to the latter, “ Logic at. Jabkson;
lie’s as firm as a stone wall! ” Teir minutes af
terwards Bee and Bartow were both mortally
wounded.
Brig. Gen. George P. Doles, of Milleilgeville,
a journeyman tailor at the time of the secession
of Georgia, was killed at Cold Harbor. He went
into the field as & captain, but was soon after
ward advanced to the colonelcy of the 4th Geor
gia. He is said to have been a very brave man,
and received his promotion of brigadier general
for gallant conduct in the battles of the Wilder
ness.
Brig. Gen. Claudius C. Wilson, of Savannah,
died from the effects of a severe wound which he
received at Chicamauga, coupled with disease.—
He was a lawyer of eminence, and had made his
mark in his piofession. He is said to have been
a true friend anil a brave man.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Republican Nicely Caught.
The Brown County (O.) News, a live and able
Democratic paper, caught a Republican sucker
veiy easily the other day. It incorporated in its
editorial upon the general state of the country the
following sentence :
“For instance, if the Southern people did not
feel interested in upholding this Union—if it real
ly trenched on their rights—if it endangered their
institutions to such an extent that they could not
feel secure under it—if their interests were vio
lently assailed by means of the Union—coftld it
be expected that they would long continue under
it ? Could any man ask them to continue in such
a Union ? Would it not be doing violence to re
publican government to do so ? We adopted the
old Declaration of Independence as the basis of
our political movement, which declares that any
people, when their government ceases to protect
their rights, when it is so subverted from the true
purposes of government as to oppress them, they
have the right to recur to fundamental principles,
and, if need be, destroy the government under
which they live, and to erect on its ruinsvmother
conductive to their welfare. They have this
right. Nor should any people be blamed tor ex
ercising it, whenever they think the contingency
has come.”
This was leaded, and attracted the attention of
the Ripley Bee, a journal published in the same
county, whereupon it said:
“democratic principles of brown county.
“To prove that the Democracy of this county
hold the same principles of those who stirred up
the rebellion in tbs South, we quote the extract
below from their organ, the Brown County News,
of last week. The articie is headed ‘Principles
of Government,’ and is the leading one. No
rebel paper ever advocated a different doctrine.”
The Bee then copies the above from the News,
utterly unconscious it was assailing the Hon.
Benjamin F. Wade, the great Abolition luminary
of Ohio, who gave expression to it in the Senate
in 1858, or. whose journals it will be found, word
for Word. The Bee was so nicely caught that it
w r ill not, probably, light upon the News again.
A Singular Case off Insanity—On Monday
we witnessed a singular ca&e of insanity, and the
remarkable power that soma, persons have to
control insane persons. As the morning ac
commodation train from New Haven to this city
stopped at Southport, Connecticut, an insane
woman, apparently about forty-five years of age,
was forcibly brought on board the cars by her
friends, to be taken to the Insane Retreat at Bloo-
mingdale. She was perfectly wild with excite
ment, and her hands were firmly tied at her
wrists to keep her froriP tearing off her clothes.
As she was forced down in her seat, and held
there by her attendants, an entire stranger ap
proached her, and, addressing a few kind words
to her, inquired after her health, asked to see her
tongue felt her pnlse, smoothed her forehead
gently with his hand, and'in a few moments en
tirely soothed and quieted her. Her illusion w r as
that she hail lost her head and feet. The stran
ger told her she was partly right and partly
wrong in her impressions; that it was true she
had temporarily lost her feet, but that her bead
was all right, as was proved by lier showing her
tongue.
He conversed with lier nearly all the way to
the city; got lier finally to admit that her head
was right, find told her that when she got to
Twenty-seventh street she would find her feet.
On reaching there, the stranger requested that he
might take her out of the cars and place her in a
carriage. The friends were incredulous, but
consented. The stranger then said. “Well, I
told you you would find your feet when you got
here* and sure enough you have. Come w ith
me." ' This was said mildly, but with a firm voice
of assurance and authority, and, to the astonish
ment of all present, she got up, followed her
stranger friend out of the cars, and allowed him
to conduct her to a carriage and place her in it.
He then kindly bid her good-bye, and disappeared
in the crowd, without waiting to receive the
shower of thanks trom her friends.—N. T. News.
Three Remarkable Widows.—A New York
correspondent writes as follows:
Rounding the Fifth Avenue Hotel corner, a
few days ago, I met, just at the Broadway cros
sing of Fifth Avenue, the tall, handsome and
stately widow of John J. Crittenden. She was
looking in splendid health, was magnificently
dressed, and attracted the attention of many who
did not know her by her personal appearance.
Mrs. Crittenden is still a well preserved woman.
She had hardly disappeared down Broadway,
before I was surprised to see another distin
guished lady pass in the opposite direction, going
up Fifth Avenue. She was not so well preserved,
nor so young, but still a noticeable lady. She
was once the wife of Daniel Webster. As this
lady went up Fifth Avenue, a no less distinguished
lady passed down the street in her carriage.
Mrs. Gen. Philip Kearney that was, a magnificent
woman in respect to appearance, with much na
tural beauty and a good deal that was-artificial.
Gen. Kearney, it will be remembered, left two
widows—each of whom was designated in bis
will as his wife. This was his second wife, for
merly a Miss Maxwell, daughter of a former
collector of this port, and a distinguished mer
chant. The first Mrs. Kearney was Miss Diana
Cuthbert Bullitt, of Louisville, Kentucky, sister
of the present Collector of the port of New Or
leans, and an estimable lady. While she was still
living, Kearney saw and aclmired Miss Maxwell,
and she admired him. The two went to Europe
together, and, after being gone about a year,
during which a suit for divorce from the first Airs.
Kearney was prosecuted, and obtained by some
means, when they returned and were married.
When Kearney was killed, his estate was left to
his second wife, with a provision of $80,000 to
Mrs. Kearney, nee Bullitt, and the same sum to
each of her children. Mrs. Kearney, nee Max
well, is living here in fine style. She is said to
be very charitable, and takes great interest in the
welfare of soldiers and their families. She is a
beautiful woman still, and much courted and
admireclj __
The Galveston News has been furnished with
an account of the new steam plow recently in
vented by Robert Crewzbar, of Austin. With
two hands it will thoroughly cultivate 120 acres
of cotton, including the breaking up of the soil,
and much other necessary work. Com and
wheat may be cultivated by this machine in a
very superior style. «
Kar« nmaailaj ' ’
A LOVE 8TOBT.
A young Jonathan once courted the daughter
of an old man that lived down East, who profess
ed to be deficient in hearing—but, forsooth, was
more capacious than limited in hearing, as the
sequel will tend to show.
It was a stormy night in the ides of March, if
I mistake not, when lightning met lightning and
loud peals of thnnder answered thunder, that
Jonathan sat by the old maq’s fireside discussing
with the old lady (his intended mother-in-law^
the expediency of asking the old man’s permis
sion to marry Sally. Jonathan resolved to
pop it to the old man on the next day—“but,”
says he, “as I think of the task, my heart shrinks
and my resolution weakens—he’s so ilang’d hard
to hear a body.”
In the meantime, the old man, who was hypo
critical, so far as hearing was concerned, feigned
total indifference to the conversation between bis
wife and Jonathan, but contrary to the anticipa
tion of both he distinctly heard every word that
passed, and by the dawn of another day, the old
man was to be found in his bam lot feeding his
pigs. Jonathan also arose early from bed in the
morning and spied the old man feeding his pigs,
and resolved to ask him for Sallv.
Scarcely a minute had elapsed after Jonathan,,
had made his last resolution ere he bid the old~
man good morning. Now Jonathan’s heart beat
—now he scratched his head and gave birth to a
pensive yawn. Jonathan declared that he’d as
soon take thirty-nine “stripes” as to ask the old
man. “But,” says he, aloud to liimSelf, ‘'here
f oes—faint heart neverNvon a fair girl,” and ad-
ressed the old man thus:
“I say, old man, I want to marry your daugh
ter.”
Old Man.—“You want to borrow my halter.—
I would lend it to you Jonathan, but my son has
taken it off to the mill.” *
Jonathan put his mouth close to the old man’s
ear, and speaking in a deafening voice, said
“I have got forty-five pounds of money!’’
The old man stepped back as if greatly alarm
ed, and exclaimed in a voice of surprise,
“You have got five hundred pounds of honey!
What in the mischief can I do with so much
honey ? Why, it’s more than all this neighbor
hood has use for.”
Jonathan, who was not yet the victim of de
spair, put his mouttf to the old man’s ear, and
bawled out, »
“I have got goldJ’-
To this the old man replied, “So have I, Jona
than, and it’s the worst cold I ever had in my
life.”
So saying, the old man sneezed wasli-up.
By this time the old woman came out, and
having observed bis unfortunate luck, she put
her mouth to the old man’s ear and screamed
like a wounded Zeno,
“Daddy! I say, daddy, you don’t understand
him. He wants to marry our daughter.”
Old Man.—“I told him our calf-halter was
gone.”
Old Lady.—“Why, daddy, vou can’t under
stand ; he’s got gold, he’s rich!”
Old Man.—“He’s got a cold and the itch, eh ?
What’s the rascal doing here with the itch, eh?”
So saying, the old man aimed a blow at Jona
than’s head with his walking staff; happily for
Jonathan, he dodged it. Nor did the rage of our
hero stop at this, but with an angry countenance
he made after Jonathan, who took to his heels;
nor did Jonathan’s luck stop here. He had not
gone out of the barn-yard, nor far from the old
man, who run him a close race, ere Jonathan
stubbed liis toe and fell to the ground, and be
fore the old man could take up he stumbled over
him. Jonathan sprang to his heels, and with the
speed of a John Gilpin, he cleared himself.—
And poor Sally ! She died a nun. Never had a
husband.
On Love.
A correspondent, who seems to feel liis sub
ject, writes to the Louisville Journal :
Someboby once wrote to Lola Montez, the be
witching and fascinating Lola, that he was dead
in love with her, but owing to the fact of his be
ing a married man he dare not give liis name,
nor any traceable clue as to his whereabouts.—
He was contented to let the divine fires of love
consume his ardent soul, to spend his days and
nights in sweet, yet illicit contemplation of the
Monna Bice (one of Dante’s lady loves) of his
heart It was undoubtedly the highest aspira
tion of that man’s soul (foolish man as he was)
to convey the fact of liis divine admiration (all
such loves are divine) to the intellectually royal
Lola.’ Whether the famous beauty reciprocated
the tender passion in a platonic manner we know,
not; the probabilities are that she was a little*
tickled over the afiair. It was somewhat roman
tic, was it not ? and women love romance. But
women love more to be loved than anything else
in the world. It is the soul and essence of their
being, the light of their life, the consoling ele
ment ia which 4&eir beings bathe in luxurious
delight. Yet while bowing and casting them
selves at the feet of the idolatrous god, women
have a great deal of innate and reserved tact.
They are skilful strategists, and, while often
feigning no movement, they are being moved in
their innermost hearts with the electric fires ra
diating, encircling and abounding in, around and
about their being. We all know that , Lola was
a mastering strategist. Yet she seldom deigned
to play at the Paradaisical and paradoxical game
of love with others than Bohemians and crowned
monarchs.
Now, seriously, are there not other men in love
with other women as in this case ? Have we
not met with those in the streets, theatres, and
other public and private resorts with whom we
have desperately fallen in love—in love with
those we have never 9poken to, never may, and,
indeed, whom wc have never seen but once, and
may never see again. A glance of the eye
sometimes satisfies and satiates tlie heart.—
And we remember that glance through life.
Come 'sunshine or sorrow, those sweet beams of
those oxbs ever shine upon U9 like the lovely
stars. The prototype of the fair features from
which they beam k engraven on our souls. As
we look back through at great past, we see mir
rored therein the form divine which once thrilled
our souls with ecstatic bliss. It is a& if we look
ed into the silvery depths of the unfathomable
ocean and saw therein photographed our own
being. And as if to shun the contempt that na
ture tlirough her laws had for tlie tyranny of hu
man laws and lier utter abhorrence of the astute
grades df society, she creates love such as we
write of from out of what we deem the most au-
tagonistical characters. It is nothing common,
for the refined and cultivated poet to fall in love
with the peasant girl. Beatrice w as no princess,
nor were dowries and jewels about lier to lend
her charms. Yet fair Italy’s noblest poet fell
deeply and madiv in love with her. And there
was the beautiful Annabel Lee, a widow, fat and
fair, though not quite forty. She graced no roy
al palaces, and was never famous until tlie weird
and immortal author of The Raven enshrined
her in song. When the noble Angelina fell in
love with her soldier bold, as recorded by the
poet Boardoar, she fell in love with him precise
ly as the unknown gentleman gave his heart’s
adoration to Lola Montez. So it w x as with Lal-
lah llookh when she became enamored with the
Persian Goldsmith Foramos, the lute-player,
while journeying op her way through Cashmere
to give her heart and hand to the young King.—
To be sore it happfiy' turned out that Foramos
w r as the King, but it he had been otherwise Lal-
lah would have loved him just as truly and as
tenderly. But I need not enumerate cases of
platonic love, or love at sight. We are the vo
taries of its sweet influence every day. I have
no doubt, dear readfer, that you have been the
willing captive of those sly glances that often
stole your heart away. Well, it’s consoling, in a
great desert world like this, to find some
green spots, some little springs that irrigate and
fructify the soul. These gentle influences make
one feel happier, and happiness, yon know, is the
great thing alter all They steal gently over the
soul like the musk winds of Araby over the
senses, lulling us into a sort of peaceful and con
tented bliss.
A Warning to Young Men.—A young man
in this city has been in the habit of visiting the
residence o&a widow lady who:
“Like Jeptfca, Judge of Israel,
H«q » daughter penning fair.”
The yoang man was assidious in liis attentions,
and was a constant visitor. This notice awoke
in the young lady’s heart the tender passions, and
in her dreams she imagined she would become
the wife of her Adonis. Matters kept on in the
same old way. The young man continued liis
marked attentions, and people began to whisper
among themselves: “A match, surer’ while
knowing ones, with a solemn toss of the head,
would remark: “What did I tell yon?” The
young man went out to his supposed charmer’s
house the other evening for the purpose of tali-
in^ tea. During the meal, the mother asked,
“When are you and to be married ?” The
young man leaned back in his chair and coolly
remarked that he had no idea of marrying any
body, and that he and the daughter were noth
ing but friends. He said he supposed she under
stood it so all the time. The young lady said
not a word, but rose up, seizedihe tea-pot, which
was filled with hot tea, took off the lid, and threw
its boiling contents into -his face, scalding him
severely, and leaving an ugly mark. She then
furiously ordered him to quit her sight
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, is now making
a tour through the Southern States, for the pur
pose of delivering lectures in behalf of such
charitable objects as the citizens of the different
points at which he speaks may designate. Bishop
Hopkins is a man who is entitled to the respect
of every Southerner. He has always contended
for justice and right, regardless of section, and
will be welcomed wherever he may go in the
Soqthfm States.
Romance in Real Life.—The Springfield
(111.) Journal says its readers will probably re-'
member Col. S. S. Goode, who formerly resided
in Decatur, hr as made Colonel of -the Twenty-
First Illinois Infantrv at Mattoon, and was sub
sequently dropped Ly Governor Yates to give
place to Colonel (now’Lieutenant General) Grant.
We find in the Decatur Tribune quite a romantic
story about him. It seems that:
After undergoing many strange and startling
vicissitudes in life, and buffeting the dark waves
of adversity and misfortune, he has at length be
come a wealthy and titled gentleman. By the
death of his cousin, Sir -Jasper Goode, who re
cently died at York, England, he has fallen heir
to estates, the rental of which amounts annually
to three thousand pounds sterling, and also suc
ceeds to the title, by inheritance. The incidents
and adventures through which this singular in
dividual—now Sir Samuel S. Goode—has passed
would fill a large yellow-covered volume.
At the age of nineteen lie was a midshipman
in the Texan navy—then engaged in the war of
independence with Mexico—and was promoted
to Lieutenant in three months for cutting out a
Mexico bungo under the guns of the citadel of
Vera Cruz. In the war between the United
States and Mexico that immediately followed, he
volunteered in the American army as a private,
but by his gallantry soon won for himself a Cap
tain’s* commission.* In the disastrous'filibuster
ing of Lopez he commanded a company—was
taken prisoner at Cardinas, and escaped the gar-
rote by the daughter of a Spanish officer, who
became enamored of him, opening the prison
doors. Undeterred, however, by his narrow es
cape, he next embarked in Walker’s first expedi
tion—from this he also managed to escape, after
passing through untold perils and suffering.
As all our readers are already aware, he raised
a company in this city when the guns of Sumter
reverberated through the loyal North—went to
Mattoon, and was elected Colonel of his regi
ment (the 21st.) By some means, however, he
was deprived of his command, and Gen. U. S.
Grant, then a plain citizen, was appointed Colo
nel in liis stead. Weary and despondent, through
liis disappointment, he neglected his profession
—the law—and by some chance drifted into Car-
linville, in this State, where, at the time be re
ceived his fortune, lie was keeipng a bar in a
drinking saloon. He passed through this city
Thursday night last, en route for New York,
there to take a steamer for England, honor and
fortune.
New* Nummary.
The Virginia City (Mountain) Post, of Nov. 4,
contains a glowing description of a most extra
ordinary discoveiy about four miles from Helena,
in that Territory, made by a man named Brown,
one of the original discoverers of the Goulet &
Curry lode, of Nevada. The discovery is repre
sented as a well defined ledge, fully five feet
wide, with a gold vein three feet wide, three-
fourtlis of the entire substance therein being pure
gold. On each side of this vein there is a casing
of one foot of quartz, which will assay from
$400 to $2,000 to the ton.
Washington advices say that the official cor
respondence between our Government and Eng
land and France, is being prepared for publica
tion. That with England is very voluminous, as
it covers the whole question of belligerent rights.
Only that portion of the correspondence with
France relative to Mexican affairs, will be pub
lished, as it is not deemed expedient to make it
all public at present.
The success of the anti-slavery Constitutional
Amendments seemed to have inspired further at
tempts in the same direction, and four amend
ments of that instrument have already been pro
posed, viz: Making tlie number of voters in each
State the basis for representation in-Congress;
annulling the provision against export duties;
prohibiting the payment of the rebel debt; and
securing to all persons equal protection and the
rights of liberty and life.
It is reported that, as many of the Southern
States have adopted tlie Constitution Amend
ment, and guaranteed protection to the freedmen
in all their rights, the militaiy force will be with
drawn from such States and the Freedmen’s Bu
reau abolished.
Whilh Mr. Noah B. Kent, of Chicago, was
absent from borne, a Dr. Mills boarded with his
wife. Noah, on returning, was somewhat jeal
ous, and flogged the Doctor within an inch of
his life. The Doctor is determined to have the
law on him.
General Tom Thumb has been assessed in
England, for income tax, at the rate of £10,000
per annum, which shows that no man is too
small to be overlooked in England.
^•To the Voter* of Fulton county.—I
announce myself as a candidate for the offlce of Receiver
of Tax Returns at the ensuing election. Having lived
among yon for nearly nine years past, I presume my
qualifications are sufficiently well known to you. I shall
be grateful for your support.
dec!3—td SAMUEL GRUBB.
EMORY COLLEGE
W ILL resume exercises on Wednesday, the 17th Jan-
narv next, under the superintendence of Rev.
James R. Thomas, D. D., its former President, in associa
tion with a competent corps of Professors.
The PREPARATORY SCHOOL will be opened at the
same time. Pupils in this Department will he received
at anv stage of advancement and placed under the tuition
ot the Faculty of the College. Board can lie had in the
village. For further information, address the President,
Oxford, Ga. „
dec2—fitw LUTHER M. SMITH, Sec’y Board.
FOR HALE.
I OFFER FOR SALE MY RESIDENCE in Oxford,
Ga., consisting of a handsome and well finished
Dwelling House containing eleven rooms, with closets
and every necessary outbuilding. The lot contains six
acres, with good enclosure.
I also offer -AX) ACRES OF LAND lying on Yellow
river, four miles from Oxford. Also, a Lot of 60 or 70
acres, one mile from Oxford, and a Lot of 17 acres 1 mile
from Oxford. Also, n good Horse, Rockaway, and two
good Milch Cows.
I will sell a portion of my Household Fnrnitnre.
. WM. J. PARKS.
Oxford, Ga., Oet. 16,1865. [a.g.h.[ ocl7—wtd
^^"Constitutionalist copy and send bill to Intelligen
cer for collection.
GEORGIA, Gordon County.
T WO months after the date hereof, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of said county for
leave to sell the real estate, or lands, in the fifteenth dis
trict of said county, the entire real estate of John D.
Scott, deceased. This Dec. 22d, 1865. x
THOMAS A. FOSTER, Guardian.
dec27—fiOd [d.w.n.] Printer's fee $6
GKOBGIA, Whitfield County.
O N the first Monday in March, 1866, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Whitfield county
for leave to sell all the real estate of Joseph Suttle, de
ceased, for the benefit of heirs and creditors. December
22d, 1865. FREDERICK COY, Administrator.
dec27—60d [j.p.f.] Printer's fee >6
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SAXE.
Y virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Meriwether county, will be sold, before the court
house door in said county, on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, within the legal hours of sale, the lands be
longing to the estate of Edward R. Carter, to-wit: one
hundred and eighty-six (186) acres off lot Nos. 23 and 24,
and ninety-eight (98) acres off lot No, 9—all being in the
first (1st) district of said county. Said lands sold subject
to dower. Terms made known day of sale. Sold for dis
tribution. This December ISth, 1805.
LUCINDA CARTER, Adm’x.
dec27—td [j.w.b.]
Printer’s fee 75 cents per square each insertion.
EXECUTOR’S SAXE.
B Y virtne of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Meriwether county, will be sold, before the coart
house door in said county, on the first Tuesday in Feb-
Jas. W. Clark, deceased. Sold to pay debt as guardian.
Terms made known day of sale. This Dec. 18, 1863.
HENRY G. CLARK, Executor.
dec-27—td [j.w.B.j
Printer’s fee 75 cents per square each insertion.
GEORGIA, Fulton County.
M BS. J. L. CREW applies to me for letters of admin
istration npon tne estate of James R. Crew, late
of said county, deceased—
This ts therefore to cite and admonish all persons con
cerned to be and appear at my offlce, on or before the'first
Monday in February next, and show cause, if any exists,
why letters of administration should not be granted to
applicant. Given under my hand and official signature,
this 27th December, 18(5.
DANIEL PITTMAN, Ordinary.
dec27—30d Printer’s fee $8
GEORGIA. Gwinnett County.
B RYANT E. STRICKLAND, guardian ot C. H. Strick
land, a minor of O. P. StnckUtnd, deceased, repre
sents to this court that he has fully settled with his said
ward, and desires to be dismissed from his guardianship—
This is therefore to cite and admonish the kindred and
friends of said minor to show canse, if any exists, to his
being dismissed by filing their objections tn my office, on
or before the first Monday in March, 1866. Given nndcr
my hand and official signature, December 90,1866.
G. T. RAKESTRAW, Ordinary.
dec24—40d Printer’s fee $4.
GEORGIA. Gwinnett County. _
T WO months after date hereof, application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to
sell the land belonging to the estate of Washington G.
Head, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of said deceased. This December 24th, 1865.
HARRISON HEAD, Administrator.
dec94—60d Printer’s fee $6.
Notice to Debtor* and Creditor*.
p EORGLA, CHEROKEE COUNTY:—All persons in-
VJT debted to Jacob D. Carpenter, deceased, are reques
ted to make immediate payment; and all persons having
demands against deceased will present them in terms of
the law. November 22,1865,
SARAH E. CARPENTER, Administratrix.
nov29—40d [p.u.L.j Prin ’a Ice $3.
ANNtfAX CIRCTJLAB.
D0LBEAR COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
Of the City of New Orleans, La.,
Corner Camp and Common Sts., oppoeito City Hotel.
E NTRANCE on both streets, in the spacious and ele
gant Store building, is constantly in session, under
eight able Professors. ,
It was founded in 1832—has a charter from the Sate as
a permanent Institution, under the direction of a Board
of Trustees appointed by the Legislature, and ia author
ized to confer Degrees, Diplomas, Ac.
TERMS—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
Penmanship—Lessons not limited $ *
Book-Keeping—Double and Single Entry, Ac., a per
fect course 50
Arithmetic—including all Commercial Calculations.. 50
Lectures on Commercial Law 20
Algebra 50
Geometry 50
English—Gramatical course 60
Full course, not limited .♦. 100
French—Full course 100
Spanish—Full course 100
German—Full course 100
Latin—Foil course. 100
Greek—Full course 100
Teachers’ course in Penmanship 100
A Life Ticket in all the Departments 500
N. B.—Si student having paid for a course in any branch,
as above, is entitled to a “Life Ticket” in that Depart
ment. He can attend such branches as he may desire.
For any Language, per month $20 00
Drawing, per month 90 00
Stationery for Commercial course 600
Sationery for Penmanship 150
Diplomas — 5 00
A Diploma from this College is a passport in all com
mercial communities.
Students can begin at any time.
Usual time for Penmanship, 2 to 4 weeks; for Book-
Keeping, 3 to 6 weeks; for Commercial course, 6 to 12
weeks; for French or Spanish, 12 to 20 weeks ; but les
sons are not limited in any branch.
All former students are invited to review their studies
free of charge.
The South must now educate her sons practically, if she
would develop her" vast resources of wealth, which are
much more numerous than those of Brazil.
We have ample arrangements for 500 students during
the current year. Parents can make liberal conditions
for their son's if they apply soon. Those from the coun
try can board with good families, speaking English,
French, Spanish or German, at $25 to $35 per month.
A Business Education, that enables one to earn $2000 or
$3000 annually, is the best fortune parents can give their
sons. As the College has been in Successful operation
for more than a quarter of a century, and the practical
S ian here pursued received the unanimous commenda-
ions of the press and business community, and aa several
thousand of its former students are now in business in
this city and over the country, it is deemed useless to go
into an extended explanation of the plan or merits of the
Institution.
So far as known, not one of the many thonaands of
former students is now out of employment, and so far
as known, not one in a thousand of those who have been
tent for years to Europe or the North, is qualified, on re
turning home, to enter a business house, although thou
sands of dollars have been expended on his education.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
The city is now healthy. Persons from 12 to 60 years of
age attend such branches as they may wish. By having
a special Professor for each branch, three-fourths of the
student’s time is saved. Students intended for this Col
lege should bring this circular or special direction, as
every winter there are temporary establishments opened.
Young students should put their funds in the hands of
their merchants, or the President of the College. Citi
zens and strangers are invited to call. College Office,
Boom No. 7. . _
N. B.—The Agricultural and Mechanical Departments
will be opened, as authorized by the charter, as soon as
suitable professors arVsecured to take charge of them.
dec20dstwlt RUFUS DOLBEAR, President.
The Constitutionalist and Chronicle & Setinel, Au
gusta ; Republican, Savannah; Journal & Messenger and
Telegraph, Macon; Recorder, Milledgeville; Era and In
telligencer, Atlanta; Watchman, Athens, will please in
sert daily and weekly to amount of $30 and send paper
and bill by express to the College. It will bo paid on
sight.-
MENDENHALL’S
IMPROVED SELF-ACTING HAND-LOOM
P OSSESSES SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES over all
other Hand-Looms; is more simple and durable,
easier understood, and more reliable.
FARMERS CAN BE INDEPENDENT
By weaving all their goods for home wear on tho MEN
DENHALL IMPROVED LOOM.
From 15 to 40 Yards can be Woven on it in a Day.
Everything is performed by Turning an Easy Crank.
A CHILD CAN OPERATE IT.
For Descriptive Circulars, List of Prices, and Samples
of Cloth wove on tho Loom, address with Stamp,
GREENWOOD LOOM CO.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
|3F*Offlce and Sales Rooms, Mechanics’ Institute Build
ing. comer of Vine and Sixth streets.
dec24—dltw3t [j.b.Q.]
BARTOW SHERIFF’S SAXE.
W ILL he sold before tho court house door in the town
of Manassas, the first Tuesday in January next,
the following property, to-wit: The undivided half Inter
est in lots of land Nos. 805, 862, 876. 877, 878, 923, 924 and
925, in the 21st district of the 2d section of Bartow county,
l evied on by virtue of a Jl.fa. issned-from Cherokee Su
perior Court in favor of T. D. Perkinson vs. E F. Mahone.
Property pointed out by T. D. Perkinson.
decO-td A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff.
Printer's fee 75 cents per square each insertion.
GEORGIA, Bartow County.
M ARY ANN MEEKS and William S. Meeks apply to
me for letters of administration on the estate of
Hillery Meeks, late of said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my offlce, within the time prescribed by law,
ana Bhow cause, if any they can, why said letters should
not be granted said applicant. Given under my hand and
official signature, this 5th December, 1865.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
declO—30d Printer’s fee $3.
GEORGIA, Babtow County.
J AMES MILNER applies to me for letters of adminis
tration upon the estate of Peter J. Francisco, de
ceased, late of said county— . . ,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my offlce, within the time prescribed by law,
and show canse, if an£ they have, why said letters should
not be granted the applicant.
Given under my hand and official signatnre, this 6th
day of December, 1865.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. "
declO—30d Printer’s fee $3.
GREAT DISTRIBUTION
BY THE
Eureka Gift Association.
ESTABLISHED 1846.
180 Broadway, New York.
Rosewood Pianos, Melodeons,
Fine Oil Paintings, Engravings,
Silver Ware, Fine Gold and Silver Watches
Diamond Pins, Diamond Rings, Gold Bracelets, Coral,
Florentine, Mosaic, Jet, Lara and Cameo Ladies
Sets, Gold Pens with Gold and Silver extensio*
Holders, Sleeve Buttons, Seta of Studs, \ eat
and Neck Chains, Gold Rings, Ac., \ sl
ued at
0T 81,000,000. jii
DISTIBUTION is made in the following manner:
CERTIFICATES naming each article and it* value, are
placed In sealed envelopes, which are well mixed. One
of these envelopes, containing the certificate, or order for
some article, will bo dellverea at our offlce, or sent by
mail to any address, without regard to choice, on receipt
of 26 cents.
On receiving the Certificate the purchaser will see what
article it draws, and its value, and can then send One Dol
lar and receive the article named, or can choose any other.
one article on our list of the same value.
IST* Purchasers of our Sealed Envelopes, may, in this
manner, obtain an article worth from Omc to Fit* HuJt-
drbd Dollars.
FOR OIVE DOLLAR
which they need not pay until ’ it is known what is drawn
and its value. Entire satisfaction guaranteed in aM cases.
-THE EUREKA GIFT ASSOCIATION
would call attention to the fact of its being the Original
and Largest Gift Association In the country We are,
therefore, enabled to send Fines Goods, and give better
chances to obtain the more valuable prizes, than any oth
er establishment of the kind. The business continues to
be conducted in a fair and honorable manner, and a large
and greatly increasing trade is proof that onr patrons ap
preciate this method of obtaining rich and elegant goods.
During the past year this Association has sent a very
huge number of valuable prizes to all parts of the coun
try. Those who patronize us will receive the foil value
of their money, as no article on our list is worth less than
One Dollar, retail, and there are no blanks.
Parties dealing with ns may depend on having prompt"
returns, and the article drawn will be immediately sent to
any address by return mail or express.
The following parties have recently drawn valuable
prizes from the Eureka Association and have kindly al
lowed the use of their names; many other names might
be published were we permitted:
Andrew Wilson, Custom House, Philadelphia, Penn.,
Oil Painting, valne, $100; James Hargraves, 821 Broad
way, New York, Oil Painting, value, $100; E. F. Jones,
Barrett, Marshall Co., Kansas, Meloaeon, valne, $200;
Patrick J. Byrnes, Waterbary, Ct., Gold Watch, value,
$125; J. F. Shaw, 224 East 24th Street, New York, Piano,
value, $850; Mrs. Chas. J. Nevis, Elmira, N. Y., Piano,
value, $300; Miss Lucy Janeway, Elmira, N. Y., Cluster
Diamond Ring, value, $200; Mrs. K. Penn oyer. City Ho
tel, NashviUe, Tenn.. Melodeon, value, $125; Oscar M.
Allen, Co. B, 142d Reg. Ind. Vols., Nashville, Tenn.,
Watch, value, $85: Rowland ,S. Patterson, Co. D, 10th
Iowa Vot. Vols., Oil Painting, value, $100; Mrs. Abbey J.
Parsons-, Springfield, Mass.,Melodeon, value, $150: James
L. Dexter, City Surveyor, Syracuse, N. Y., Gold Watch,
valne, $150; Mrs. James Ely, 177 Wooster street, cor.
Bleeker, N. Y., Oil Painting, valne, $100; Mrs. J. C. Coles
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Silver Castor, valne, $40; Dr. J.
R. Sinclair, No. 4 Main St., Utica,*N. Y., Framed Engrav
ing, value, $25; Hon. Luther Detmold, Washington, D. C. (
Ou Fainting, value, $100.
Letters from various parties thoughout the country ac
knowledging the receipts of very valuable gifts, may he
seen on file at onr office.
To be Sold for One Dollar Each,
Without regard to value, and not be paid for until you
know what yon will receive. each.
50 Elegant Rosew’d Pianos, worth $125.00 to 500,00
50 Melodeons, Rosewood Cases 125.00 to 235.00
100 Fine Oil Paintings 25.00 to 100.00
100 Gold Hunting Case Watches 75.00 to 160.00
160 Diamond Rings... . ... 60.00lo200.00
250 Ladles’ Gold Watches 60.00 to 85.00
450 Silver Watches 25.00 to 60.00
200 Fine Steel Engravings, Framed... 12.00 to 26.00
100 Music Boxes 12.00 to 46.00
100 Silver Revolving Patent Castors.. 15.00 to 40.00
100 Silver Fruit ana Cake Baskets 15.00 to 85.00
600 Sets Tea and Table Spoons 15.00 to 30.00
2,500 Vest and Neck Chains 6.00 to 25.0tt
2,500 ladies’ Silver Port Monnies 8.00 to 16.00
3.000 Silver Butter Knives 3.00 to 7.00
2.000 Pairs Ear Rings (new styles) 1.50 to 6.00
8.000 Gold Pencils and Tooth PickB 3.00 to 8.00
8.000 Onyx and Amethist Brooches 4.00 to 10.00
3.000 Lava and Florentine Brooches.... 4.00 to 6.00
2.000 Flne Gold Watch Keys 8J50 to 6JS0
1.000 Masonic'Pins. 4.00 to 6.60
6.000 Children’s Armlets 2.50 to 8.50
2,500 Sets Bosom Studs 1.50 to 6.00
2,500 Enameled Sleeve Buttons 2.50 to 10.00
10,000 Plain Gold Chased Rings........ 1.00 to 6.00
5.000 Stone Set and Seal Rings 2.50 to 10.00
6.000 Lockets all sizes 2.00 to 7.00
10,000 Seta of Ladies’ Jewelry 8.00 to 20.00
4.000 Watch Charms (each) 3.00 to 6.00
6.000 Gold Pens, Silver Ex. Cases 4.00 to 6.00
5.000 Gent’s Breast and Scarf Pins 3.00 to 20.00
■ 2,000 Ladies’New Style Belt Buckles.. 4.00 to 6.00
2.000 Chatelaine and Guard Chains.... 6.00 to 20.00
1.000 Gold Thimbles... 7.00 to 14.00
2.000 Sets Ladies’ Jet and Gold 10.00 to 20.00
10,000 Gold Crosses 1.50 to 6.00
6.000 Oval Band Bracelets 6.00 to 20.00
4*000 Chased Bracelets 6.00 to 16.00
2.000 Ball Eardrops all colors 3.00 to 6.00
5.000 Gine Gold Pens 2.00 to 8.60
2.000 New style Jet and Gold Eardrops 3.00 to 7.00
2,500 New style Long Crystal Eardrops 4.00 to 8.00
2,000 Gold Pens 3.00 to 6.00
fg* A chance to obtain any of the above articles for
One Dollars by puachasing r. sealed envelope for 25 cents.
ar Five sealed Envelopes will be sent for $1.00; Elev
en for $2.00; Thirty for $5.00; Sixty-five for $10.00; Ona
Hundred for $15.00. Agents wanted everywhere.
Onr patrons are deBired to send United States money
when it Is convenient. Long letters are unnecessary.
Orders for SEALED ENVELOPES must In every case
be accompanied by the Cash, with the name of the person
sending, and Town, County and State plainly written.—
Letters should be addressed to the Managers as follows:
GOODWIN, HUNT & CO.,
ocll—fUwSm Box 5706 Post Offlce, New York,
HOLIDAY GIFTS!
GEORGIA. Babtow Coxtnty.
E LIJAH LUMPKIN applies to me for letters of admin
istration upon the estate of J. M. Loveless, late of
said county, deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my offlce within the time allowed by law,
and show cause, if any they can, why said letters should
not be granted the applicant. Given under my band and
official signature, this 5tl> dav of December, 1865.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
declO—30d Printer’s fee $3.
GEORGIA, Babtow County.
C ATHARINE J. BANTON applies to me for letters of
administration upon the estate of John M. Banton,
late of said county, deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my offlce within the time allowed by law
and snow cause, if any they can, why said letters shonld
not be granted the applicant. Given under my hand and
official signatnre, this 5th day of December, 1865.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
declO—30d Printer’s fee $3.
GEORGIA) Babtow County.
T WO months after date, application will be made to the
Conrt of Ordinary or Bartow county for leave to sell
a portion of the real estate of E. M. Field, deceased. De-
cember 23, 1865. E. E. FIELD, Administrator.
dec24—60d Printer s fee $6.
GEORGIA. Babtow County.
T WO months after date, application will be made to the
honorable Court of Ordinary of said county for leave
to sell the real estate of Benjamin Turner, late of said
county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors JOHN C. SIMS, Administrator.
dec24—60d [j.a.h.]Printer’s fee $6,
GEORGIA, Cabboll County.
R ICHARD E. THURMAN, administrator on the estate
of Nancy Thnrman, deceased, applies to me for let
ters of dismission from said administration—
These are therefore to cite all persons concerned to be
and appear at my office, on or before the first Monday in
July next, and show cause, if any they can, why said
Richard E. Thnrman, administrator as aforesaid, should
not be dismissed from said administration. Given under
mv band and official signature, December 20,1865.
J. k. BLALOCK, Ordinary.
dec24—lamfim Printer’s fee $4.
GEORGIA, Cabboll County.
T WO months after date, I will apply to the Ordinary of
Carroll county for leave to sell all the real estate be
longing to the estate of William Miles, deceased. Decem
ber 20,1865. JABEZ MILES, Administrator.
dec24—2m Printer’s fee $6.
GEORGIA, Cabboll County.
TO ALL WHOH IT MAY CONCERN.
M ary RAY and William T. Phillips, of said county;
having in proper form applied to me for perma
nent letters of administration on the estate of Elisha
Ray, late of said county— .
This is to cite all and singular, the credttors and next of
kin of said deceased, to be and appear at my office,
within the time allowed by law, and show canse, if any
they can, why permanent administration shonld not be
granted. Given under my hand and official signatnre,
December 20,1865.
J. M. BLALOCK, Ordinary.
dec94—30d Printer’s fee $3.
GEORGIA. Newton County.
T WO months after date, application will he made to the
Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sc-1)
the real estate of Josiah Wallace, deceased, late, of said
county. JOSEPH H. ALMAND, Adm’r.
novl—2m[w.d.l.]Printer a fee $6.
EXECUTOR’S SAXE.
O N THE 3d day of January next, will be sold, in the
town of Athens, the valuable residence, with lots
adjoining, and about 20 acres in two miles of the same,
belonging to the estate of Plesatnt Stovall, deceased.
THOS. P. STOVALL, Executor.
dec7—dl0t*w3t
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SAXE.
ILL he sold, before the conrt house door in the city
IT of Marietta, on the first Tuesday in February next,
within the legal hours of sale, the house and lot on Cass-
ville street, in said city, adjoining the Presbyterian par
sonage, belonging to the estate of the Rev. Lucien B.
Wright, deceased, known as his residence. Sold under
an order of the Conrt of Ordinarv of Cobb county. Terms
cash Dec. 16th, 1865.
declt td JANE A. WRIGHT, Adm’x.
Printer’s fee 75 cents per sqarae each insertion.
GEORGIA, DeKalb County :
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
E LIJAH MORRIS having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of administration on the es
tate of Francis C. South, late of said county—
This is to cite all and singular, the creditors and next
of kin of Francis C. South, to be and appear at my
offlce, within the time allowed by law, and snow canse, if
any they can, why permanent administration shonld not
be granted to Elijah MorriB on Francis C. South’s estate.
Witness my hand and official signatnre, December 22d,
1865. ;J. B. WILSON, Ordinary.
dec24—30d Printer's fee $-3. _
ADMINISTRATOR’S SAXE.
A GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Ordinary of
Fulton county, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in
February next, between the usual hours of sale, two acres
of land, lying near the corporation line ot the city oi At
lanta, adjoining M. Kreis, and near Whitehall street.
This property lies well, and is a choice locatioi^for a su
burban residence. Sold lor the benefit of the^estata of
Aaron B. Knight deceased. December 23d, 1865.
dec24—td B. N. WILLIFORD, Administrator.
Printer’s fee 75 cents per sqhare for each insertion.
GEORGIA, Hearti County :
annexed,
late of said county—
This ia to cite, all and singular, the creditors and next
of kin of said estate, to be and appear at my office,
on or before the first Monday in February next, and show
nniM if any they can, why permanent administration
should not he granted as applied for. Given under my
hand and official signature, December 19th, 1865.
R. P. WOOD, Ordinary.
dec23—30d Printer's fee $8.
GREAT PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
BY THE
NEW YORK GIFT ASSOCIATION,
713 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Rosewood Plano*; Helodeon*, Music
Boxes, Silver Ware, Fine Gold
an! Silver Watclies, and
ELEGANT JEWELRY,
#500 , OO O .
M ANNER OF DISTRIBUTION.—Certificates naming
each article and its valne, are placed in Sealed En
velopes, which are well mixed. One of these envelopes,
containing the certificate, or order for some article, (worth
not less than one dollar at retail), will be delivered at onr
office, or sent by mail to any address, without regard to
choice, on receipt of 25 cents. The purchaser will see
what article it draws, and Us value, which may he from
ONE TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, and can then
send ONE DOLLAR and receive the article named, or
may exchange it for any other article on onr list of same
valne.
jyNO BLANKS—every purchaser gets value.
Among those who have recently drawn Valuable Clifts
from this Association, the following kindly permit their
names to be used:
Robert H. Hotchkiss, New Haven, Conn., Melodeon,
valne $150; W. F. T. Willis, W. 22d street. New York,
Diamond Cluster Pin, valne $200: Mrs. R. G. Tappau, 16
York street! Gold Watch, value $125; Miss Ellen F. Dick
erson, Binghamton, N. Y., Melodeon, value $100; Mr. E.
H. Stone, 52, Tenth street, N. Y., Plano, value $350; Mrs.
Teresa A. Miller, Scranton, Pa., Diamond Ring, valne
$175; Miss Ellen J. Peck, Springflield, Ills., Melodeon.
valne $125 ; Dr. I. Van Riper, Washington, D. C., Gold
Hunting Cased Watch, value $150; Edward H. Lindsay,
Worcester, Mass.,’Piano,value $250; Miss D. H. Farwell,
Dubuque, Iowa, Diamond Ear Drops, valne $250; Francis
I. Moran, 126 Pearl street, Music Box, value $40; Mrs. R.
C. IngersolL Urbana, Ohio, Silver Set, valne $50; Lient.
B. F. Hendricks, Willard’s Hotel, Washington, D. C., Sil
ver Patent Levdr Watch, valne $55; Capt. I. Warner, 15th
N. Y. Vols., Silver Watch, value $35; H. Taylor, Ring-
town, Ps., Gold Patent Lever Watch, value $100; Jas. H.
Brace, Nashville, Tenn., Silver Watch, $40; Geo. D.
Wood, Whitby, Canada West, Silver Watch, $45; Wm.
B. Redfleld, Columbus, O., Music Box, $40. Many per
sons who have drawn valnable prizes, do not wish their
names published, or we might extend this list. Letters
from various parties throughout the country, acknowl
edging the receipt of valnable gifts, may be seen on file in
onr offlce
LIST OF ARTICLES
TO BE SOLD FOB «1 EACH,
Without regard to value, and not to be paid for until you
know what yon will receive.
12 Rosewood Pianos, worth $250 00 to 500 00
15 Melodeons, Rosewood cases, 125 00 to 225 00
750 Music Boxes, 2 to 32 tones, 12 00 to 100 00
100 Silver Revolving Patent Castors, 15 00 to 40 00
160 Silver Frait and Cake Baskets,... 15 00 to 85 00
500 sets Silver Tea and Table Spoons, 15 00 to 30 00
100 Gold Hunting Case Watches, 75 00 to 150 00
150 Diamond Rings, Cluster, &c., 50 00 to 200 00
900 Gold Watches, 60 00 to 100 00
300 Ladies’ Gold Watches
500 Silver Watches,
2,500 Vest Chains,
2,000 Pairs Ear Rings, (new styles),
2;500 Necklaces,
3,000 Gold Pencils,
3,000 Onyx, and Amethyst Brooches,..
8,000 Lava and Florentine Brooches,...
1,000 Mosaic Pins
2,000 Fine Gold Watch Keys, (new pat
tern),
2,500 Sets of Bosom Stnds,
2,500 Enameled Sleeve Buttons,
5000 Plain Gold and Chased Rings,—
5,000 Stone Set and Seal Rings,
5,000 Miniature Lockets, (all sizes),...
10,000 Sets of Ladies’ Jewelry,
4,000 Watch. Charms, each,... r.........
5,000 Gold Pens, Silver Extended Cases
and Pencils,
5 000 Gents’ Breast and Scarf Pins
2^000 Indies’ Belt Buckles, (new_ style),
2,000 Chatelaine and Guard Chains,
1,000 Gold Thimbles,...,
5,uff» Sets Ladies' Brooch A Ear Drops,
10,900 Gold Crosses,
6.000 Oval Band Bracelets,
2,000 Heavy Gold Chain Bracelets,
2,000 Ball Ear Drops, (all colors),
5,000 Fine Gold Pens,
2,000 Jet & Gold Ear Drops, (new style),
2,000 Sold Pens, Gold-Mounted Ebony
Holders, „„
200 Ladies’ Fancy Work Boxes 15 00 to 45 00
chance to obtain any of the above Articles for $1,
by purchasing a Sealed Envelope for 25 Cents.
Parties dealing with ns may depend on having prompt
returns, and the article drawn will be immediately sent
to them by express* or return mail. Entire satisfaction
guaranteed in all cases.
ry Six Certificates for One Dollar, 13 for Two Dollars,
33 for Five Dollars. Great inducements to Agents.
All letters should be addressed.
T. BENTON A CO.,
Box 5667 Post Office, New York.
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