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DARGBRS OP CITY LIPS.
CHAPTER I.
EUie_! Elsie Gray! You good-for-nothing
little trial, come up here, instantly," piped a
ahrillvoice.
“ Here Elsie, button my,overshoes first, and
get my umbrella, and thick gloves, and then
run up.toJMrs. Farley and;see what she wants
of you,’’ said.a deep bass voice.
“ Elsie shan’t come to either of you, for I
am playing, and she’s got to* be my horse,"
interposed ,_the surely, determined (tones of a
boy of twelve, as he alternately tightened and
loosened the oord, .which he had fastened
around the neck and waist of a slender girl
of fourteen.
The'cord was sometimes drawn so tightly„as
to momemtarilyVsuspend _the breath of the
poor victim, who endeavored to free herself
from the boy-tyrant who tortured her.
But every effort to regain Armors endurable
position, only increased her sufferings, and
it was with inexpressible relief that she heard
the sound of the usually dreaded voioes,
which called her in such opposite directions.
As the girl stopped to free herself from the
cord which confined her, a heavyj blow from
the boy’s < clenched .fist, aimed at the side of
her head, sent her resling against the hall
balusters,,and she'fell, bruising her head se-
f verely.
Elsie Gray was a bound girl. Happy the
few hearts to whomj.these word* convey no
idea of suffering, who in blissful ignorance,
desire a_definition_of the word “bound-"
Elsie’s father, who was a poor portrait pain
ter, died when his little girl had aohieved her
second his young wifejto
support herself and infant child, with the pro
ceeds of her needle, the magnificenoe of which
income all“realize, who attempted
this means of support.
Poor Marion Gray, unaccustomed to inces
sant labor, wearily dragged the thread through
the.needle’s oye for a few dreary .months ; but
one morning her neighbors discovered that
the worn-out seamstress had all the time been
drawing another thread, with the twisted cot
ton, through the eye of her needle, for her
slender thread of life had snapped : and so
little Elsie was an orphan.
When the child had attained her tenth year,
all these years having been passed iu an asy
lum, crowded with children, whose circum
stances peculiarly corresponded with her own,
one morning she was] ushered into the pres
ence of tho matron, who was conversing with
a strange lady, and who, as little Elsie]oponed
the door, said—
“ This is tho child. Hold up your head,
Elsie, and let the lady see.yout face. This is
Mrs. Farley, .a kind lady, with whom you are
going to live until you are a^woman.”
“ Come here, child,” drawled the stranger.
“ Now tell me what youcan do.”
“ I can knit quite fast, sew a little, rub. sil
ver, wash dishes, read and write, and say my
cateohism and prayers,” replied Elsie, with a
respectful curtsy, and modestly her
eyes, after having been obliged, as’it seemed
to.her, j _to“soundj,suohJ» - loud iJ trunipetJn her
own praise..
“ You say this years ”ofage,”
continued .Mrs. Farley, (addressing the gmat
-Imn. “ and yet she is, not. nearly .as..large as
my youngest daughter Bmmagene, who is just
ten.”
“ Elsie has always enjoyed perfeot health,
although she is not as.robust looking aa many
ohildren of her age,” returned the matron,
“ however as you say, you will only need her
a« a sort of playmate, to assist in amusing
your younger children. I think, as eh* lu a
very sweet disposition, if you were to go over
the whole establishment, you would not find a
child better suited to your purpose."
Then followed more conversation, to whioh
Elsie listened with wide open ears, seeming
to realize that she was about to experienoe
the second great change in her young life, and
the result of it was that Elsie set out that day
with the stranger for her new home.
The sphere of action Into whioh the little
orphan was now introduced, differed sadly
from her hitherto careless and almost happy
existence, for as she had lost her mother before
she was able to appreciate the inestimable
blessing of her love, her only little heart had
poured its wealth of affection on the compan
ions by whom she was surrounded, and the
separation from these was only the introduc
tory sorrow to all those whioh she was after
wards to encounter.
The family into whioh she had now entered
consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Farley, their three
daughters, Georgians, Isabella and Emmagene
and tho one hopeful of Mrs. Farley’s heart,
her only son, Gustavus Jaoobus Farley.
Bitter indeed was the life of little Elsie
Gray, during the four years which she passed
under this roof. Impossible the tasks required
of her, unspeakably heavy the burdens laid
upon her tender shoulders. And in all that
time, not a friendly voice to encourago, or a
loving tone to soothe her; nothing in the
wide world to which she could cling, but the
little brown-covered bible whioh had belonged
to her mother, and which the orphan nightly
bedewed with tears, as she gained strength
her weary path of
daily duty.
To the possession of this one choice treas
ure, Elsie never alluded, for had the young
tyrant Gustavus, discovered its existence, he
would have forthwith caused its disappear
ance.
On the morning referred to at the commence
ment of our story, as Elsie regained her feet,
half-stunned by the heavy blow which had
leveled her, her tormentor exclaimed, exci
tingly—
“ 80-ho, beggar-brat 1 What have we here f”
and he pulled from his pocket the only delight
of Elsie’s heart, her little brown bible, and
pluoking from it two leaves, held them toward
her, saying,
“Take a little dose now ; as we can’t al
low you the usual quantity to-night."
“ Give that book to me, Gusty," said Elsie,
extending her hand to oatoh it, as the boy
tossed it to the oeiling, but by a sudden spring
forward he caught it as it fell, and tore it
from its oovers, exclaimiag,
“Belonged to the beggar mother, eh ? S’pose
she was a beggar too ?”
Suddenly he dropped the book, still retain
ing the covers, and uttered a fearful yell,
whioh resounded through the house, and which
brought his mother and sisters to the spot, his
father having left the house a few moments
previously.
Th.e (Georgia Literary and Temperance Crusader.
What a sight met the gaxe of the astonished
spectators 1
The poor oreature, who for y ears had borne
the buffetings, and soourgings to which this
family had subjected her, had turned upon
them at last, and now held her chief tormentor
at bay.
Yes 1 There stood Elsie Gray, with glitter
ing eyes and ashen lips, one hand buried in the
thiok, light hair of the boy, who cowered be
fore her, while she extended the disengaged
one for the oovers, which the trembling cow
ard immediately dropped.
There is something awful, at all times, in
anger which verges upon madness. The pas
sion whioh led to the commission of the first
murder of whioh we have any knowledge,
places its disfiguring seal upon the features of
which it takes possession.
The fairer the countenance, the deeper the
mark, and those who now gazed upon the out
raged girl, felt strangely subdued by the
presenoe of the evil spirit they had evoked.
Elsie having regained the book, unmindful
of spectators, placed it within the covers from
which it had been so rudely severed, and tur
ning her bright eyes upon Mrs. Farley, who,
having somewhat reoovered her presenoe of
mind, now advanced with threatening ges
tures, said, as she seized a long iron gas pole,
which stood near her,
“ Strike me if you dare!”
“0, heavens! Georgy, the dreadful orea
ture has gone mad !’’ said Mrs- Farley, faint
ly, as she shrank from before the dangerously
threatening rod.
Misses Georgianna, Isabella and Emmagrene
Farley, remained in their respective positions,
neither daring to advance or retreat, seeming
ly petrified at the existence of a spirit in their
midst of whioh they had not dreamed, while
Elsie Gray first broke the silenoe by saying
in a clear, cold voice,
“ Yes, mad, Mrs. Farly, or very nearly so.
Do not oome near me or 1 may kill you."
Then suddenly dropping tho weapon, which
she had raised in defiance, she said in a bro
ken voice, “ May God forgive me,” and turn
ing fled swiftly up stairs, nor paused until she
reached her own little attic room, where, hav
ing locked herself in, she drew from her bo
som the innocent cause of the late disturbance,
and gazing upon it with a long, wistful look,
into which all the tenderness of her nature
entered, she whispered,
“We will leave the house, where we have
been torn asumSfbour souls wrenched from
the poor coverings which contain them. Como
little book,” and with a soft kiss, she returned
it to its snowy resting plaoe.
Half an hour later, and she had left forever
the house where she had passed so many bitter
hours.
Young, friendless, and penniless in a great
city. 0, may the Guardian Angel fold his
wings closely about her. There is need of
it i
CHAPTER 11.
When Elsie Gray first turned her face toward
the great world which she had now to meet
alone, the bitterness which filled her heart
prevented her from realizing to its utmost ex
tent the loneliness of her situation ; but as the
day wore away in fruitless endeavors to obtain
employment, and the evening shadows gather
ed, resting heavily upon tho crowded roofs of
the city, she shrank in terror from passing the
night in the street.
As she stood gazing at the door of a small
house, (experience having taught ]£r to shun
more stately dwellings) endeavoring to sum
mon eourage to beg a night’s shelter within, a
kind voice acoosted her with,
“ What do you wish for, my child ! Why
are you in the street alone so late?”
The tone, more than the words, brought the
tears to EUia’a eyes, and turning toward tho
speaker, she beheld a benevolent-looking, iuH
dle aged woman, who regarded her with an
expression of kindness and interest, to whioh
the poor child wsMtn utter Btranger.
Believing that heaven had at last sent a
friend to her relief, Elsie, in a few words
made the stranger acquainted with her neces
sities.
As she concluded her simple tale, her newly
found friend said, with an air of almost moth
erly kindness,
“ Poor child! Come with me and you shall
be cared for ;”-so Elsie laid her little hand
trustingly in that of her companion, and the
two walked along together; it never once oo
ourring to the innooent girl, that the woman
who had accosted her was, like herself, unat
tended.
The stranger led her young oompaniou swif
tly along for a few moments, and then, quite
out of breath, they paused near a stand where
several carriages were drawn up, awaiting
passengers. Here the woman beckoned to one
of the drivers, who immediately oame toward
her, with a contortion upon his face which
was evidently intended for a smile, but whioh
merged into a leer which sent a shiver to El
sie’s heart.
“ Cousin John,” said Elsie’s companion, at
which mode of address another leer passed
over the man’s evil face, “ I wish you to take
this young woman to my house; you know
where it is, and as I myself cannot return im
mediately, you may tell Catharine to make her
oomfortable.” (With a peculiar accent upon
the last word.)
Then “ Cousin John” spoke to the woman
in a tone whioh was inaudible to Elsie, and
the two retired to a little distance, and con
versed rapidly in an undertone, leaving Elsie
standing near the carriage.
As they had inadvertently taken their posi
tion under the street lamp, which threw its
rays direotly upon their faoes, the young girl
was surprised and startled to observe the
ohanges whioh passed over her new friend’s
countenanoe, as the conversation progressed.
The look of benevolenee left her faoe, like
a mask suddenly falUng, and in its place ap
peared low cunning and coarse sensuality.
Elsie marked these changes with a shrink
ing heart, and when the debate was ended,
unwillingly entered the oarriage, being satis
fied by that instinot of purity, which overy
woman possesses, that she had fallen into evil
hands, yet not daring to demur, lest she
should arouse the suspicion of the woman,
who eyed her sharply, as she closed the door
upon her.
No sooner had Elsie seated herself within
the carriage, than she overheard the driver
saying in a suppressed voioe, “ You’ve got a
young ’un this time and no mistake. I’ll see
you in an hour,” and the vehicle rattled away,
bearing within a heart filled with undefined
forebodings of evil.
They.had proceeded at a rapid paoe for a
few moments, when the driver.suddenly drew
the rein upon his horses, and answered the
salutation of a brother .choval-deoarosse, and
a short conversation ensued, during whioh
Elsie looked out from the carriage, window,
and speculated upon the chanoe of escape.
The street through which they drove was
narrow and dark, and as Elsie softly turned
tho door-handle, she discovered that she could
descend on the side opposite to the one on
whioh the two men were conversing without
being discovered by either of them. Accor
dingly stepping lightly into the.street, she
closed the door just as the carriage commenced
moving, and running, breathless with haste
and terror, secreted herself within tho over
hanging doorway of a tall house opposite.
As she crept into a narjpw corner, upon the
cold stone steps, she knelt down and prayed
earnestly that God would take away the life
that seemed so valueless, and receive her to
the home where the weary arc at rest.
CHAPTER 111.
It was midnight when Thomas Bremer re
turned from his usual labors at the theater
where he had been engaged for twelve years
as leader of the orchestra.
“ Honest Tom,” as he was usually called,
faithfully performed in an unostentatious way,
the duties of his profession, and also those of
a Christian man.
Possessed of a large heart, strong mind and
sound judgment, he never missed the oppor
tunity whioh continuallly occurs to the willing
minded, of doing good to a suffering fellow
creature.
As we before stated, it was midnight on the
23d of September, 1841, that “ Honest Tom”
returned to his bachelor lodgings in A
street, and as he ascended the steps, whistling
his favorite “ Zauberflote,” he stumbled in tho
darkness upon some objeot, which, as he open
ed the hall door, and a faint ray of light fell
upon the object, proved to be a sleeping girl,
who, in her dreauis, had moved dangerously
near the edge of the upper step, and Thomas
Bremer refleoted'with some satisfaction, that
he had probably been instrumental in saving n
fellow-ereature’B life.
As the door opened, the girl awoke, and
started up with a.cry of terror, which her dis
coverer vainly attempted to hush.
A few moments elapsed, during which time
the earnest tones of “ Honest Tom’s” kindly
voioe, found their way to the girl's heart and
she consented to enter the house, while the
old man, having no wife, went.in search of his
landlady, who presently appeared, arrayed en
robe de nuit, but littlejpleased at the untimely
disturbance.
So Elsie Gray found shelter for the night,
and on the morrow through the intervention
oi Thomas Bremer, who listened to her story
with moist eyes, she obtained employment, at
a very moderate remuneration, of Mrs. Gay
lord, Mr. Bremer's landlady, but suoh as it
was, the girl was thankful for it, and never
forgot the first friend to whom under God, she
owed her present comparatively happy situa
tion.
How carefully she attended to the personal
wants of this friend—how nicely .she dusted
and arranged the furniture in his room, with
out disturbing tho vast piles of music which
were tho delight of the old man’s heart, need
not be told.
One morning,.when Elsie had as usual ar
ranged the oontents of the room to her satis
faction, and casting a lingering lookj around
to see that all was adjusted in perfect accord
ance with her ideas of propriety, her eye hap*
pened to alight upon the wide. open piano,
whioh in its master’s absence.was always
closed, hut whioh, oontrary to custom, this
morning, stood temptingly open, she stole a
timid glance around the room, and then softly
approaching the instrument, laid «er hands
upon the keys.
At first only discord answered her touch,
but soon by dint of persevering effort she suc
ceeded in arranging the single notes into
the favorite “ Zauberflote” of her benefac
tor.
Twice she executed the piece single-handed,
and then allowing her hands to rest upon the
key-board, poured forth the full melody of her
rich, but untutored voioe, filling the room with
rippling waves of harmony.
As the last strain gently followed the echoes
of its predecessors, the door suddenly opened,
and Thomas Bremer stood before the young
amateur, who could not in her confusion es
cape the searching glance which the old man
bent upon her as he exclaimed,
“And where did you learn the ‘Zauberflote,’
girl ?”
A crimson blush suffused Elsie’s counte
nance, as she replied in a low voice, “ I havo
heard you play it, sometimes, sir.”
There was a moment’s pause, and then the
old man said, “ A girl who possesses such tal
ent should put it to some other account than
sweeping and dusting,” saying whioh ho left
the room abruptly, and Elsie remained abash
ed and terrified, fearing she had given great
offence.
CHABTER IV.
What a romantic affair! Mamma could not
believe it when we told her of it, but Charles
assures us it is quite true, and Mrs. Farley is
so mortified, that I scarcely believe she will he
able to hold up her head after it.
And Charles says, Emmageno has gone to
Baltimore to spend the winter, where it is to
be hoped she will bind up her bleeding heart.
For my part, I’m not sorry, for I have always
disliked those Farleys! Suoh airs ! And ev
erybody knows they were nobodies, once!”
Yes,” chimed in another of the voioes of
society’s friends—“ as you say, I should think
they would die of mortifioation: and to think
of the present Mrs. HarriDgton Granger, hav
ing once been their servant. Oh, here comes
Maggie, do tell her all about it,” continued
the speaker, as a tall and graceful girl entered
the room, and perceiving the look of interest,
visible on the usually vacant faces before her,
inquired the cause thereof.
“ Maggie Lelandcried Clara Seine, who
was a belle of three season’s duration, “ open
your ears and listen to the most wonderful
news ! You know what superhuman exertions
Mrs. Farley has made to captivate Harrington
Granger for Emmagene, and what airs they
have all given themselves, on the strength of
their expectations ? Well, what do you think ?
The wealthy, elegant, distinguished and fas
cinating Mr. Granger has married the Prima
Donna of the troupe, who sang here last week.
It was her first uppearanoe on the stage, and
Mr. Granger, who, it seems, has been in love
with her for a long time, strongly ohjooted to
her appearing even once beloie the pub
but to please the old man who educated hen
Miss Gray, (isn’t it a shocking name?) insis
ted on proving that his expectations that she
could excel in the profcssion.to whioh he had
devoted her, were_well grounded, and you
know the denouement. All her hearers were
frantlo iu their praises of her on that night.—
Now comes the strangest of all.
Miss Gray, who is an orphan, was once
bound out to Mrs. Farley, but was .obliged to
ieave hor on Hocount of the horrible cruelty
with which she was treated.
This Mr. Bremer picked her up in the street,
or somewhere, I believe, and educated her, and
will live with her always. You see it ends
just like a romance, marriage and all. Isn’t
it delightful ?
I believe that horrible Gustavus Farley had
little idea who 5* was he applanded so vocifer
ously a few evenings since. I do.not know
how the story spiad so extensively, in so
short a time, but everybody knows it. When
Grandpa heard it this morning, he looked sol
emnly over the top of his spectacles at me,
and said, “ Kate, my dear, remember that in
this safety-valve of European monarchy, the
habit of knocking people on to their knees,
for the crime of standing upright, is exceed
ingly unpopular, therefore it behooves us to
carry our politeness constantly about with us,
fw in,the little ragged girl whom we pass by
with a sneer, we may recognize the future
President's wife. Stranger things .have hap
pened-.
A Dumb Lover.
At the time that Francis I, of France, was
taken prisoner at the battle of Paria, one of
his officers, the valorous Chevalier Beauregard,
smitten by the charms of an Italian lady nam
ed Aurelia, of a noble family, declared his pas
sion to her. Aurelia, although she was flatter
ed by the declaration, refusod his pretensions,
on the ground of the levity of French charac
ter aud theirnational .indiscretion. The ex
trcmc.violence of the Chevalier’s love, urged
him to propose to tho lady to put his constan
cy to any.proof she should.think proper.
Aurelia accepted the proposition, and enga
ged to marry him if he would consent to re
main dumb for six months. Tho Chevalier
promised, and from that moment never opened
his lips.
He returned to Puris among and
relations, who lamented the sihgular infirmity
he had brought with him from the army.—
Beauregard expressed "only by signs. Physi
oians were sent for, but lie refused their assis
tance.
The captive king was at length restored to
his*poople, but_his joy on his return was di
minished by the unfortunate Cheval-.er, who
was honored by the king’s_particular friend
ship. Francis sent his best doctors_to hie fa
vorite, who this time accepted the medicine,
but with no effect. so far as to
employ the charlatans, who, in his Time, as
well as the present, pretended to possess’spe
cificSTor all evils. He even called in those
who dealt in charms, but all to no purpose.—
All the oourt.wero hopeless'of his.curo, when
a fair fortune teller presented hersolf, and wrote
to the king that she would undertake the re
storation.oi the Chevalier.todns.speecli.
Being sent for she was'introduced to. Bea
uregard, vhen she addressed.him.thns :
tha
strainer his beloved Aurelia, who had long
witnessed his constancyTind.devotion.
Francis was sensibly affected at the event,
and presentedjhim’with'a'rioh"marriage..por
tion.
It is not now-a-days that men become dumb
for love, though many keep silent for interests.
There are Beauregards in thapeesent age.
a stirring lyric,Yuli of
Southern_fire and force, authors bos*
vein.]
Dying for the Union.
BY JULIA PLRSANTS CKKBWELL.
Then die for the Uuion, ye Northerners, die l
Bat that death neror can the dead Union restore.
No, its star fled in right from the blue Western sky
Wheu her blood oathed the pavements of proud BaltJ.
more.
We detest that.old Union, a murderous thing i
It has passed from our hearts, for there’s death in the
word ;
You might circle a maiden’s cold hand with a ring,
But a soul full of hatred you never could gird.
Oh I deluded and blinded! go fetter the sea,
And pinion that wander the sky
Then come with your foul Union chains for the free,
And como Northern madman, come ready to die,
While that red monarch sits, that minority King,
And throws his dark shadow on Washington’s chair,
Your Union can only wavo one broken wing,
Round the cause of its ruin and wretchedness there.
Wo will fight the good fight of the glorious old times,
When our fathers beat Tyranny’s battlement’s down
But they fought with a foe, who could plead for his crimes,
His Parliamont’B laws and tho rights of his crown.
At the call of a despot, your legious will pour,
A despot uuknown both to glory and famo ;
Like that Grecian who fired a prou l Temple of yore,
Only ruin and crime could mako deathless his name*
You may, fight for the Uuiou, but conscience will feel,
When you meet tho fierce ranks of tho dreadlons and
trno,
Something there, iu the cause of tho Southerner’s steti,
That will palsy your arms, and mako cowards of you,
And though your red Uuiou were conquered and won,
Every rnothor of us, who bad parted with Joy,
Would but Bwoar, on the altar of Freedom her sou,
To “Remember proud Carthage! Remembor my boy!”
But we dread uot your Uuion, a vain empty breath!
You may como like the tempest, when winter’s begun.
You will find us determined on Freodom or Doath,
And you’ll leave like the suow in tho blaze of the sun.
We scorn your wild crusado, your blockade, your rod,
Our trust is the God of tho blue bended sky;
When you come on your conquest of Union and Blood
You must come. Northern madman, rom* revly to die
Mausfisfield, l*-.
Evils ia the journey of life aro like tho hills
which alarm travellers upon their road ; thoy
both appear great at a distance, but when we
approach them we find that they are less in
surmountable than we had imagined.
New Advertisements.
Greene Sheriff Sale*
Will be sold before ihe Court-House door iu the city of
Greensboro’, on the first Tuesday in January next, be*
tween the legal hoars of sale, the following property to-wit:
One negro boy name Charles, about five years old, of
dark complexion, levied on as the property of Benjamin
Merritt to . atisfy a fila from Green Superior Court, in favor
of the State, vs, Benjamin Merritt and Franklin Merritt.
Property pointed out by Frankliu Merritt."
C. C. NORTON, Sheriff.
Nov. 23,1861.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors*
EORGIA. GREENE COUNTY.--All persons indeted
to Mrs. Delany F. Luckie, late of said county deceas
ed, will please make immediate payment, and all persons
having claims against said deceased will preseut thorn, duly
f roven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by
aw.
JOHN W. SWAN,
Administrator of BELANY F. LUCKIE, dec.
November 2f, 1861. 2m.
OBITUARY
bit'll iu .■'jiiii lit, on the evening of the 2Grtl us October, at
tho residence of her father—Bnivjainin T. Harris. Esq.—
Mrs. Loufco K. Lamar, wife us Lavoisier L. Lamar, in the
pill iiiitli of tho gospel, and leaving a bright evidence that
.‘in the land of bliss beyond life’s sea," she would live for
everin the uterus! joys of the celestial City.
- They tuo going one by one,
From the altar aud the hearth.
With the uinsic of their tones
And the sunlight of their mirth
On the hill aide, aud the lee.
Verms wero sporting—' where are they
On the air wereaouuds of glee,
Listen, they- hove passed away.
Hades the soonest at! that's latest,
Hopes the brightest first decay ;
Friends the truest, forma the fairest.
Melt like summer clouds away."
Died 111 Sparta at sunset, oil Sunday evening the STtli o
October, at the residence of her grand-mother—Mrs. Mary
Anne Sasnctt—Josephine Beaufort, aged 20 month’s, in
fant daughter, and only child of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth and
Vrauk Little, Esq., formerly of Harris county, lint now on
the tented fields of Manassas,
“Joy to ye pa tents
Vor ye have given to God what is above
All price. To the colostinl choir, have added
Ono, whose golden harp shall never cease
The soug of praieo to him, who took her young
And guileless as she was, ero with a spot
Earth had defiled her purity, to dwell
Bofore his throne, from whence her tiny wings
Shall ofton bend their Sight, towards this,
Her earthly home, to clieor and comfort those
Whose hearts she left most desolnto.-'
11.
Stiicsboro, If id.
In McKinley, Alabama, at the rcideuco of her Grand
father, on tile morning of the 27tli,'of October last, Gauona
Thomas, daughter of Dr. aud Mrs. A. G. Thomas of Atlan
ta, Georgia—aged three years, three months aud twenty
seven days.
Also, died iu the same place, on the -2d of July last. Ado
laids Thomas, daughter of the same parents, aged on e
month and twenty-seven days.
Departed this life on tho 31st of October last, James God.
kin Holt, son of Dr. D. S. and fi. C. Holt, in the sixth year
of his age. “ Suffer little children to couie unto me and
forbid them uot, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.'*
In Russell County, Ala., on the Slat ultimo, Ida I,ou
Lester,only child of David W. and Louisiana Lester : aged
4 years, 6 mouths, and 0 days.
Weep uot for her who dieth,
Her sho sleeps aud is at retd;
And the couch whoroou alio lieth.
Is tho Saviour’s precious breast.
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
KOIKiIA, GREENE COUNTV.—By virtue of the auth
ority vested in mo by the will of Jr. James V. Foster,
late of said county doccasod, I will sell at public outcry,
beforo tho Court House deor, in Greensboro, on tho first
Tuesday iu Decomber next, tho plantation belonging to
said deceased, containing uuo thousand acres, moro or loss,
joining the lauds of Champion, Weaver, Baugh, and the
corporate limits of Greensboro. On tho premises is a good
Gill Hutisu, Packing screw, Overseer’s House, and comfort
alilo cabins for a negro quarter. Tie' plantation is in good
repair.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
CELEBTIAC. FOSTER, Executrix.
Sept. 21, 40.1,
/"d KOIIGIA, GItEENK COUNTV.—Whereas, Sidney C.
\T Davis, Administrator upon tho estate of Francis E.
Floyd, deceased, petitions tho Court of Ordinary of aaid
county for Letters dismissory.
Those are thoroforo to cite and require all porsous con
cerned, to show- cause, (if auy thoy have) why said Admin
istrator should not bo discharged at the Court of Ordi
nary, to bo held in aud for aaid county, on the second Mon
day iu January uoxt—(lßl32.)
Given undor mv hand at office in Greensboro’, July Ist,
1861.
July 4,6 m. KUGENIUS L. KING, Ordinary.
t! KOISGIA, GREENE COUNTY .—Whereas, Columbus
T M. Pork applies for loiters of Administration upon
tiro estate of William A. Florence, late of said county de
ceased. Them’ aro therefore to cito and admonish all and
singular tho kindred and creditors of said deceased to be
and appear ut the Court o! Ordinary to bo held in and for
said county, on tho first Monday in December next, to show
eauso (if any they have) why said letters should not thou
ho granted.
Given under mv hand at office in Greene bore, October
20th. 1861.
FUGKNIUS L. KING, Ordinary.
Oct. Diet.—lm.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas, the estate of
Daniel McDonald, lato of said county, dec., is unrepre
sented in cousequence of tin- death of William A. Florence,
Administrator with tho will auncxcd upon said ostate,
these are thertpjro to dto and a imotiish all ami singu
lar tho kindred and creditors of said Daniel McDonald, de
ceased, to show cause (if auy they have.) why tho admin
istration of his said ostate, wttli tho will annexed, Bliould
not bo vestod iu tho Clerk of tho Supoi ior Court, or in
somo e-hcr fit and proper person, at tho Court of Ordinary
to bo hold iu aud for said county, on tho first Monday in
December next.
Given under mv hand at ofiico iu Greensboro’, ‘Jet. 211th,
1801. *
ETTGENIUS L. KING, Ordinary.
Oct. 31st.—lino.
CF EOIIGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas, the estate of
T John E. McCarter, lato of said conuty, deceased, is
unrepresented, in consequence of the death of William A.
Florence, Administrator upon said estate, these aro there
fore to cito and admonish all and singular tho kindred and
creditors of said John E. McCarter, deceased, to show cause
(if any they have,) why tho Administration of his said
wini.. ~i-...,i i not. lie vestod in tho Clerk of the Superior
Court, or in somo other fit ana prupci «t tho Court
of Ordinary, to bo held in and for said county, on the first
Monday in December next.
Given under my band at office in Greensboro', October
29th, 1861.
EUGENICS L. KING, Ordinary.
Oct. 31st.—lmo.
»tic£l
J HENRY ENGLISH, will he supported for tho office of
. Tax Collector of Greeno county, at the election in Jan
uary next. Mr. English is now a soldier in the 3rd Regi
ment, Georgia Volunteers, statioued at Roanoke, North
Carolina —his time of service will expire the first of May
next— time enough to collect the Tar. If elected, ho will
return homo on furlough and give bond and security.
MANY VOTERS.
Oct. 31, 1861. ts.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.
Iu the Superior Court, the Hon. Iverson L. Harris, presid
iug.
RICHARD J. WILLIS,)
vs. V Mortgage. Ac., Sept. Term, LH6I.
EUGENE L. WILMS.J .
IT appearing to tho Court by tho petition of Richard J.
Willis, that on tho sth (lay of August, 1858, tho de
fendant mado aud delivered to tho plaintiff his promisary
note, bearing tho day and year aforesaid, whereby tho
defendant promised on, or bofore tho first day of January,
then, next to pay to tho plaintiff or bearer the snm of four
thousand two-hundred and sixty-seven dollars, and uinoty
eight cents, valuo rcceivod. And that afterwards ou
tho day aud year aforesaid, the defendant E. L. Wil
lis to secure tho payment of said note, executed and
dolivored to tho Plaimiff his deed of Mortgago, whereby
tho said defendant mortgaged to plaintiff certain parcel of
laud, situated, lying aud being on the Ocouoo river and
said county adjoining Stocks, Woavor, and others, con
taining throo hundred and seventeen acres by survey.—
And it further appearing that said uotu remains unpaid. Or
dered that said defendant, Eug< no L.Willis do pay into Court,
ou or beforo the first day of tho next Term thoreof, the
principal, interest aud cost duo on said note, or show,
cause to tho contrary, and on falluro of his so doing, the
equity of redomp H ou to said mortgaged promises ho fomv
er thereafter forclosed.
And it is further ordered that this rulo be published iu
tho Crusader, at Atlanta once a mouth for three mouths
previous to tho next torn of this Court or served ou tho
dofondaut or his special agent or attorney at l«'a*t throe
months previous to noxt term of this Court.
A true extract from tho Minutes of tho Superior Cmin-
Septombor term, 1801.
ISAAC R. HA Mi, Cf'rk.
Oct. 81st.—rnt.
Notice To Debtor* and Creditor*.
A LL persons indobted to Mary A. Wright, lato of Gr no
XxCounty, Georgia, dec. aro hereby required to make
immediate payment; aud all persons having demands
against said deceased, will presout them to me properly
made out within the time prescribed by law.
JOHN £. WRIGHT,
Executor of MARY A. WRIGHT, dec.
Oct. 7th, wtf.
Administrator’s Hale.
T)Y virtuo of an order of the Court of Ordiuary of
Jj Greeuo county, Ga., will bo sold before the Court
House door in Greonesboro, on the first Tuesday in Decern
ber next within tho legal hours of salo, all that tract of
laud situated about 4 miloa South of Groenosboro, on tho
waters of Richland Crook, containing 357 acres, more or
loss, tho same being the placo whereon Mrs. Sara i Walker
resided at the time of her death, and boing her dower in
the lands of Mathew Walker, dec. Ou tho premises is a
large dwolUug houao, gin house, screw and necessary out
houses. Persons wishing to purchase will do well to
examiuo tho place before tho day of pale. Terms on the
day of sale.
SAMUEL R. WALKER, Adm’r. de bouis uon
of MATTHEW WALKER, dec.
Greouosboro, Ga. Oct. 17, til Ist Tues. in Dec.
Executor’s Hale.
EORQIA. GREENE COUNTY.—By virtue of an order
VJ* 0 f tho Court of Ordinary, will be sold bofore tho
Court Houso door in Greonesboro, ou tho first Tuesday in
December uoxt, within tho legal hours of sale, all that
tract of laud situated about 4 miles South of Greonesboro,
ou tho waters of Richland Creek, containing about 200
acres more or less, adjoining tho dower land of the Estate
of Matthew Walker, dec. The placo is in good repair and
has a considerable quantity of good brauch land. Persons
wishing to pnrehase will ao woll to examine tho place bo
fore the day of sa’e. Sold as the property of Sarah Wal
ker, dec. ft>r the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms
on the day of sale. SAMUEL R. WALKER,
Bx’r. of SARAH WALKER, deo.
Oct. 17, tfl Ist Tuas. in Dec.
THE CRUSADER
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