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fl)e tare #raso Hepitta BY. WILLIAM CLINE, THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER. EDITORS. , _____ SUBSCRfPTIOM. The Wirf.-Oh \sa Reporter is published Week ly t Two Dollars per tmnum, in advance. ’ Alt orders for the Reporter, to receive attention mast be accompanied with the money. . SuW-rUmr wihißK,theJJiree_titllt of their paper changed, will notify us from what office it is’ tobc transferred. ‘ The foregoing terms will bo strictly obsorved. advertising. TERMS.— Advertisements will be published sit One Dollar per sipiare of twelve lines or less, for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for eneli subsequent insertion. Those not specified as to time wiir be published until lorbld and charged ac cordingly. . Obituary Notices, not exceeding bix lines, will bo published gratis; but Cash, at the rate of One Dollar for every twelve printed lines exceeding that tieinber, must accompany all longer notices. 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They have adopted the following uniform scnle for Con tract Advertisers, which are put down at the lowest living rates, and can in uo case be departed from.— Each Square is composed of twelve solid Brevier linos. 1 squared months $5 ()o|s squares 9 ‘ii..uthss2s 00 1 “ 6 800 5 “ 12 “ „ 30 IM) 1“ 9 “ 10 0016 “ 3 “ 18 00 ] lB “ 12 00 6 “ 6 •* 24 00 2 “ 3 “ .800 6 “ I) “ 30 00 8 “ 6 •* 11 00 6 “ 12 “ 35 00 9 ■< 9 “ 18 00 4 column 3*“ 25 00 2 l2 “ 20 00 ,J “ 6 “ 30 00 3 “ 3 “ 10 00 4 “ 9 “ 35 00 3 “ 6 “ 16 00 4 “ 12 “ 40 00 3 “ 9 “ 21 00 J “ 3 “ 35 00 3 “ 12 “ 25 00 “ 6 “ 44 00 4 “ 3 “ 12 00 “ 9 “ 52 0(1 4 “ 6 “ 17 00 \ •< 12 “ 00 00 “4 “ 9 “ 22 001 “ 3 “ 50 00 4 “ 12 “ 26 00 1 0 “ 60 00 5 “ 3 “ 14 00,1 “ 9 “ 70 00 5 “ 6 “ 20 00 1 12 “ • 80 1 m rr* aii fractious of a square w ill bo charged as a whole square. . *„* No Contract Advertisement over six squares admitted to the inside more than once per mouth. N. II. —This schedule shall not, in any way, affect the integrity of existing contracts. All contracts for the year, or any pthor specified time, shall only cruse with the expiration of the period for which they were made. r?” Busines# Cards, for the term of one year, will he charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at One Dollar per lino. *** Special Notices (leaded Brevier) will be charged Ten Cents per line for each insertion. 1.. P. BRYAN, Soother)t Enterprise. \VM. CLINE, Il'ifp-Grass Reporter. Legal Advertisements. All persons having occasion to advertise’ legal sales, notices, etc., are compelled by law to comply with the following rules: Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first. Tuesday in the mouth, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the after noon. at the Court house in the comity in which the property |s situate. Notices of these sales must lie given in a public gazette forty lAYs previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property.- must be given at least I'F.N DAYS previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of xu Estate must be published FORTY DAYS. Notice that npplic,Ron will lie made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. Citations for Litters of Administration, must he published thirty days —for Dismission from Adminis tration, Monthly foe vie months*— for Dismission from Guardhii>ship,/orty (lays. RrirKH-fhr Foreclosure of Mortgage must lie pub lished monthly -for fan r months —fur establishing lost „ papers, for the fall spoceaf three months —for compel ling titles from Executors or Administrators, wlierig n bond lias been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. fF- Publications will always be continued ac cording to the above rules; unless otherwise ordered. All business in the line of Printing will meet with prompt attention nt the Reporter OFFICE. SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR, ~ FA 1,1, TEItM, 185S. AUGUST. 1 *t Monday, Floyd Lumpkin j 2d Monday, Clarke Dawson 3d Monday, Forsyth j Meriwether > •Walton 4th Mend’y, Baldwin \ Chattnho'clic! (rlascook j Heard Jackson ! Monroe ’ ; Paulding j Schley Taliaferro j SEPTEMBER. Ist Monday, Appling Chattooga Cherokee Columbia Coweta Crawford Madison Marion Mitchell Morgan Webster 2d Monday, Butts Cass Coffee Libert Fayetto Greene Gwinnett Pickens Sumter Wa sliington Frid’y nft’r, Pierce 3d Monday, Cobb Hall liart Macon Newton Putnam Talbot _ Terrell * Ware 4th Momi’y, Cauiphell Clay Clinch Emanuel Lee Twiggs White Wilkes’ OCTOBER. Ist Mouday,Carroll Dooly .Early . Fulton ‘'• -*■ Gilmer . Gordon Taylor Warren Waiinson j OCTOUEK CONTIXLEI). | T|, esday ) rili() after, ) fiabun and v after, S 2(1 Monday, Charlton Fannin Habersham ’ Hancock ! •_>—■■■ Harris Laurens Miller Seriven 1 3d Monday, lturke Camden Franklin Haralsou 1 leury I Jones Murray Oglethorpe • Pulaski Stewart • Union * Worth .”■! iFrid'y aft’r. Wileox 4th Moody,Decatur Dekalb Houston Irwin Jasper Lincoln Polk ’ -Jjattnall —— Towns Whitlield iTliursd'y ) . after ,? .J I,lf,ur > Frid’y nft’r, Bulloch Mond’y “ Effingham NOVEMBER. Ist Mouday, I terrieu y Miltnno Randolph Richmond U pson 2d Monday, Raker Bibb Catoosa Muscogee 3d Monday, Spalding Troup** Ith Moud’y,Calhoun Walker Mon. after,. Dougherty “ “ Liberty” “ “ Colijuitt “ “ Bryan DECEMBER. ■lst Monday, Dade Jefferson Thomaß “3d Monday, Lowndes £nu> (far&o. . JAMES C. RONS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. jc 23 8 w ts HARRIS A HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Iverson L.-Harris, | Charles J. Harris, Milledgoville, Ga. | ThomasviUe, Ga. - march- 31 - ■ -wy, R. S. BI’RCH A WH. Me I,TEN DON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, THOMASJTtI.E, GEORGIA. oct-14 19 t w#y BAKIRA ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Troupvillc, Lowndes Cos., Ga. sept 15 w ts EUGENE L. HINES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. . TIIOMABVIhIj F.p GEQRGIA , Office over McLean’s store. (jan26 ~ JOHN ML DYSON, ATTO R N E Y ATLAW, OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce’s, Thomasville,” Georgia. jans-ly. a. 11. DANIEI.U, ATTORNEY AT LAW, S-l v'AXNAH, GEORGIA. Office, corner of Bull ami Bay Streets, jan 12 . w ly JOHN B. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA. WILL practice in all the Comities of the Brunswick Circuit, ami Berrien und Lowndes Counties of tin 1 Southern Circuit. mayl2ov JOHN \iV llii'LlW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WARESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA. WILL prai tice in ALL tlio counties of tlie Bruns wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the Southern . mnr3loy GEORGE R. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAfl ES BOROUGH, GA. WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties ‘.4 the Brunswick Circuit: Appling,.Coffee. Pierce, Warn Clinch, and Charlton. • marSltf SAMUEL B. SPENCER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. WILL give’his entire attention to the practice of Low, in tlie Counties of tins Southern Circuit. — Office oil the second floor of D. &. E. McLeau’s brick building. - (jii2ooy E. E. MORGAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NAS lit 7r.1. E, G EORGIA . WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir cuit,and thjjjsluuties of Dimly, Worth and 1 lunch city of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuits. Flat Creek, Ga., Oct. 7. ‘lf RIDE A MEUSIION, AT T O R N E Y S A T L A W, MAGNOLIA,. CLINCH CO., GA. ATTEND to all business entrusted to tlieir cure, in the following counties, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap pling, Coffcc.JCharltoii, Lowndes and licrrii'tY,Geor gia. Also, in tlie counties of Hamilton, Columbia, and .Jefferson, in Florida. DAVID r. Rte’K. , I IIF.XKY M. MERBIION, jan 5 w 6m ” JAMES IL rOLMHI, ATTO RN E Y A T LA W, MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA. WILL practice iu all the courts of the Brunswick Circuit and in the 1 coints of Lowndes nud Berrien of the Southern Circuit. „< Judge A. E. Cochran. Brunswick Ct. (Judge Peter Lovt*, Southern Ct. jaq 5 w ly , iUcbiciil (Curbs. S. S. ADAMS, I S. n. WILLIAMS. NENV FIRM. DBS. ADAMS A WILLIAMS, having formed a Cq-partneraiiip, tender their professional aerviccr totlieputHc. - nug2s-tf t n. .1. niircF.; | It. 11. F.ATOX. lh>. ltltICE X EATON, - HAVING formed :t eft-partnership,’ tender their Services to the citizens of Thomas ville anil vicinity, ‘ ’ ie23-tf Hi AV. 11. HALE, HAS disposed of his interest in the “ WiVo-Gryss •Reporter” to Judge Love, and will devote himself exclusively to his profession, lie limy he found at all times, when not profession ally .ehgaged, at his Office opposite East side Presbyterian Churei. je9tf r it eform Practice.) I)r. I\ N. ROWER, OFFER liis professional services to the citizens of Thomasville and vicinity. Calls at ail hours promptly attended to. feh2oy 111!. E. O. A RAPED WILT, continue the practice of Den- /BESp-Nq tistry in Thomasville and vicinity— Any order left at the Post Office or at his Office during his absence from town will receive attention at the earliest (opportunity. [jans-Jy New Drug Store. Drs. ROWER & ELLIS have opened a Drug Store at the Kfnn '’ formerly occupied ly Palmer A lire., opposite K. Remington’s, and are prepared to furnish WgslSjj Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks, Jjfiu % Fancy Soaps, ioc. dfiSEz-LS Upon fair terms to those who may favor them with frwnll. To tlieir Reform friends they would say, that they have oil hand n fresh and reliable, assortment of iSotanic. Medicines. Ami will be glad to supply them with such articles as they mrty need. may 260 y Notice to Everybody. OR. A. W. ALLEN’S CEDE B RATED SOU T lIEKN XjX jNT XIb3C3S3 JSTT, IS A CERTAIN REMEDY for .Strains, Sprains, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head- Ache, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup tions on tlie flesh. Also, for all diseases to which horses are subject. Dr. Allen's All-Healing Ointment, IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in horses, Greeseff lee), Thrusli, Collar and Saddle Galls; and all flesh wounds. Manufactures! by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus, Georgia. For sale in Thomasville, by Baum A Shift ;_m Monticellh, by Palmer & Bro.,und in Trotroville, by T. W. Ellis. > A. W. ALLEN. nov2t w ly Hide*, Hides, Hide*. OAfkA HIDES WANTEDrfor which Eight Cents iu Trade will be paid, hy / jtntryS E REMINGTON. I THOMASVILLE; GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1858. From the Louisville Jwirrnnl. TIBRIFIC ADVEHTUBE IN THI MAMMOTH CAVE At the supposed end of what has always been considered the longest avenue of the Mammoth Cave, nine milos from its en trance, there is a pit, dark and deep and ter rible, known as tho Maelstrom. Tens of thousands Lave gazed into it with awe, whilst bengal-lights were thrown down it to make its fearful depths visible, but none ever bad tlie daring to explore ft. “The celebrated guido, Stephen, who was deemed insensible to fear, was offered six hundred dollars by the proprietors of the Cave, if he would de scend to tho bottom of it, but he shrank from the peril. A few years ago, a Tennessee professor, a learned and bold man, resolved to do what no oobefore him had dared to do, and, making his arrangements with great care and precaution, ho had himself lowered down by a strong rope a hundred feet, but at that moment his courage failed him, and be called alond to be drawn out. No human power could over have induced him to repeat the appalling experiment. A couple of weeks ago, however, a young gentleman of Louisville, w'hose nerves never trembled at. mortal peril, being At the Mam moth Cave, with Professor Wright, of our city, and others, determined, no matter what c tlie dangers and difficulties might be, to ex plore the depths of tho Maelstrom. Mr. Proctor, the enterprising proprietor of the Cave, sent to Nashville and procured a long rope, of great strength, expressly for the pur pose. TIIO rope ami some, necessary timbers were borne by tho guides and other? to the point of proposed exploration. The arrange ments being soou completed, tlie rope, with a heavy fragment of rock affixed to it, was let down and swung to and fro to dislodge* any loose rocks that would be likely to fall at the touch. Several wero thus dislodged, and the long continued reverberations, rising up like distant thunder from below, proclaim ed the depth of the horrid chasm. Then the young hero of the occasion, with several hats drawn over his head to protect it, as far as possible, against any masses falling from above, and with a light in his hand and the rope fastened around his body, took his place over the awful pit, and directed the half doz en men, who held the end of the rope, to let him down into the Cimmerian gloom. We have heard from his own Wps an ac count of his desccut. Occasionally masses of earth and rock went whizzing past, but nonestruck him. Thirty orforty feet from tiie top, he saw a ledge, from which, as lie judg ed by appearances, two or three avenues led off in different directions. About a hundred feel from the top, a cataract from the side of the pit went rushing down the abyss, and aS< lie. descended the side of the,. falling water, and in the midst oFthe spray,Tie felt some apprehension that his light would bo extin guished, but his care prevented this, lie was landed at the b< ttom of the pit, a hun dred and ninety feet from the top. lie found it almost perfectly circular, about 18 feet in diameter, with a small opening at-tlie point, leading to n. fine chamber of 110 great extent, lie foundon the floor, beautiful specimens of black silex, of immense size, vastly larger, than were ever discovered in any other part of the Mammoth Cave, and also a multitude of exquisite formations, as white ns virgin snow. Making himself heard, with great effort, by his friends, he at length ask ed them to pull him partly up, intending to stop on the way and explore a cave that lie had observed, opening about forty feet above the bottom of the pit. Reaching the mouth of that cave, he swung himself, with much exertion, into it. and holding the end of the rope in his hand, lie incautiously let it go and it swung apparently beyond his reach. The situation was a fearful one, aud his friends above could do nothing for him. Soon, how ever, lie made a hook of the end of his lamp, and by extending himself as far over the verge as possible without falling, ho succeed ed iu securing the rope. Fastening it to a rock, lie followed tho avenue 150 or 200 yards, to a point where lie found it blocked by an impassable- avalanche of rock and earth. Returning to the mouth of tho ave nue, lie Ntcheld an almost exactly similar mouth of another on the opposite side of the pit, but not being able to swing himself .into it, he fastehed tho rope around his body, suspended himself again over the abyss, and shouted to his friends to raise him to the top. The pull was an exceedingly severe one, and the rope being ill adjusted around his body, gave him tlie most excruciating pain. But soon his pain was forgotten in anew and dreadful peril. When he was 90 feet from the mouth of the pit, and 100 from the bot tom, swaying and swinging ,in mid-air, ho heard rapid and excited words of horror and alarm above, and soon learned that tho rope by which lie was upheld had taken firo from the friction of the timber over which it pass ed. Several moments of awful suspense to those above, and still more aw ful to him be low-, ensued: To them and him a fatal’and instant catastrophe seemed inevitable. But the fire was extinguished with a bottle of water belonging to himself, and then tlie party above, though exhausted by their la bors, succeeded in drawing him to the top. — lie was ag,calm and self-possessed as, upon liis entrance into-tiic'pit, hut all of his com panions, overcome by fatigue, sank downup -011 the ground, aud his friend, Rrofcssot Wright, from over-exertion and excitement*, fainted and for a time remained insensible. The young adventuter left his name carv ed in the depths of the Maelstrom—the name of the first and'only persou that ever gazed upon its mysteries. When am dat great race to come off dat dar is so much talk about ?’? “ What great race, Clopn ? I haven’t heard ob Any great ra,co.'>y4 .. “ lie libtnan race, do great human race dat is to come off afore long.” J jggslj., . * 1 ■ A passenger out in one of the late steam ers, says: “ The Frenchman’s story seems to mb expressive. One morning the cabin boy - came for bis boots. ‘Boots,’ Feebly sounded from Jkb berth, ‘ah, care, you may : take zem—l shall waut kern nary more.’ ’ A SINGULAR RELIGIOUS KINGDOM IK AFRICA. In the highlands of Ethiopia, Major Har ris found a so-called Christian kingdom, a national estalffjehmcnt dating from the ear liest ages. lathis church,*saints and an gels are invoked, the Virgin and St. Michael are made scarcely subordinate deities, a crowded calendar of saints receive honors, and half tlie yenr is composed of fasts* aud festivals. It enjoins also confession to tlie priest, whose curse }g dreaded by the people as the last calamity, while they confidently roly on the almsgiviug and penances he im poses as an expiation of sin. Its most ex traordinary peculiarities are certain usages and ceremonies, either borrowed from tbo .lows or retained from the Kthiopic faith.— TI churches, wliieh generally are small and mean, resemble precisely tho Jewish temple; they are divided into three parts; tho innermost is the holy of holies, and may bo entered by the priest alone. The service is in.a dead langnage, and dancing is one of the ceremonies. They keep in tho same manner, and with equal strictness, the sev enth day and the first—tlie Sabbath of the Jews and tho Lord ’B day of tho Christians. They observe the Levitical prohibitions as to unclean auimals; they wash their cups and plattems as a religious duty ; they will not oat with Ragan or Moslem, nor tame of flesh that has not been slain in the naino of tho Trinity* They practice circumcision, not asserting it to be obligatory, yet religious ly imposing it on every Ragan convert to Christianity. They allow of concubinage. They are all baptised once every year, com memorating the baptism of Clirist at the Epiphany by a religious procession to the river, into which men, women and children enter in if pr6miscuouS.ind shameless crowd. Fasts of extraordinary frequency are observ ed with unexampled strictnessr two every week, on Wednesday and Friday, while reckoning all the holy days together, one en tire half of the year is thus occupied.—Jew ish Ch/ronicle. * From the Independent South, McALHN’S TRIP TO CHARLESTON.’ v In tlie county of Robeson, in tho State of North Carolina, there lived in time past, a man by the name of Brooks, who kopt a grocery for a number of years, and so had acquired most of-tlic land around him. This was mostly pine barrens of small value, but nevertheless Brooks was looked up to as a great land bolder and a big man in the neigh borhood. There was otic tract, however, bo longing to one Col. Lamar, w-bo lived in Charleston, that “jammed in upon him so .strong,” and being withal better in quality the average of his own domain, that Brooks lmd long wished to add it to his other broad acres. Accordingly lie looked around him and employed, as he expressed it, “ the smartest man in the neighborhood,” t wit, one Angus McAlpin, to go to Charleston and negotiate with Col. Lamar for tho purchase of this also. Being provided pretty well with bread, inent and a bottle of pah face, which ho stored away in a pair of leather saddle-bags, and like other great Plenipo tentiaries, being provided with suitable in structions, Mac, mounted on a piney woods tacky (named Rosum) hied him off to Charles ton. The road was rather longer than Brooks Lad supposed, or his agent was less expedi tion!', or some bad luck had Happened to him, or something was tho matter that Angus did not get back until long after the day Lad transpired which was fixed for his return.— Brooks in the meantime had got himself into a fury of impatience. He kept his eyes fixed on the Chafleston road— crusty towards his customers—harsh towards his wife aud children, and scarcely eat or slept tor several days and nights { for he had set his whole soul upon buying tho Lamar land. One day, however, Angus was descried slowly and sadly weeding his way up the long stretch of sandy road that tlie grocery. Brooks went out to meet him, and without further ccremory, he accosted him : “ Weil Mac, have you got the land ?” ‘The agent, in whose taco was anything but sunshine, replied somewhat gruffly that “ lie might let a body get down from his horse before he put at him with questions of business.” But-Broo'ks was in a fever of anxiety, and repeated the question: “ Did you get HI” “ l’stiaw, now Brooks, don’t press upon a body in this uncivil way. It is a long story and I must have time.”- Brooks still urged and Mac still parried (lie quostion till they got into the houso. “ Now, surely,” thought Brooks, “ 110 will tell me.” But Mac was not quite ready. “ Brooks,” said he, “ have you any thing to drink?” “To be sure I have,” said Brooks, and immediately had-some of his best forthcom ing. Having moistened his clay, Mac took a scat and his employer another. Mac gave a preliminary liem I Ho then turned sud denly around to Brooks,- looked him straight in the eye, and slapped him on the thigh: “ Brooks,” says he, “ was you over in- Charleston ?” v „ “ Why you know I never was,” replied Brooks.’-, “’Well then Brooks,” says he, “youought to go there. Tho greatest place upon the face of tho earth! Thcy’vo got houses theio on both sides of the road for five miles at n stretch, and d—n the horse rack all tho way through ! Brooks, I think I met five thousamLiieople in <1 minute, aud uota chap would look at me. They have houses there on wheels, Brooks ; I saw one with six hors es hitched on to it, and a big driver with a long whip, going it like a whirlwind. 1 followed it down the road tor a milo and a half, and when it stopped I looked, and what do you think there was in it!— Nothing but one little woman sitting in one corner. Well, Brooks, I turned back up the road, and as 1 was riding along, 1 sees a fan cyl-looking chap, with long curly hair hang ing down bis buck, and his boot* as sbiney as an up-country nigger 1 1 called bint in to the middle of tho road and asked him a rcivil (jucstiou—and a civil question,you know Brooks, calls for a civil answer, all over the world—l says, says I, “ Stranger, can yon tell me where Col. Lamar lives !” and what do yon think was the answer.—” Go to k—4l youfool r “ Weil, Brooks, I knocks dong op and down, and about, until at last 1 finds out where Col. Lamar lived. I gets down and bangs away at the door. Presently the door was opened by as pretty, fine-spoken, well dressed a'woman ar yon ever treed in your born daya, Brooks. Bilks! jrilkt tkar every day, Brooks. Says I, “ Mrs. Lamar, I pre siunc.madnm,” says I. ; “ I Mrs. lamar, sir,” ses she. “Well madam,” says I, “ I bare come all tire way from North Carolina to see Col. Lamar—to see a boat baying e tract of land from him tbat’e np in onr parts.” “ Col. Lamar has rode out in the country,"* saya. she, “ bnt will bo back shortly. Como in, sir, and wait awhile. I’ve no doubt the Col. will soon return and she had a smile on that pretty face of her’a that reminded a body of a spring morning “ Well, Brooks, I hitched my borae to • brass thing on the door, and walked in. ” Well, when I got in I sees the floor all covered over with the nicest looking thing, picor than any pstched-worked bed-quilt you ever seed in your life, Brooks. I was trying to edge along around it, but presently I sees a big nigger come stepping right over it.— Thinks I, if that nigger can go it, I can go it too ; so right over it I goes, and takes my seat right before a picture, which at first, I thought was a little man looking in at a win dow. Well,. Brooks, there I sot waiting and waiting for Col. Lamar, and at last—he didn't come, l>ut they began to din ner. Thinks Ito myself, here’s a sent pc.— But I made up my mind to tell her, if sho axed me te eat, —to tell her,, with a genteel bow, that 1 had no Oceanian to cal. But, Brookr, she didn't ax mo to eat—sbo axed me if I’d be so kind as to carve the turkey for her, and sho did it with one of them smiles that makes the cold streaks run down the small of a feller’s back. “ Certainly, mad am,” says I, and I walks up to the tabic there was on one side of the turkey a great big knife as big as a bowieknife, and a fork with a trigger to it on the other. Well, I falls to work, and, in the first effort, I sloshed the gravy about two yards over the whitest table-cloth you overfeed in your life, Brooks! Well, I felt the hot steam begin to gather about my cbeeks and eyes. But I’m not. a man to back oat for trines, so I makes anoth er effort, and,Jhe darned Thing took a flight and lit in Mrs. Lamar’s lap i Well, you see, Brooks, then I was taken with a blindness, and. the next thing I remember, I was upon the hatha, kicking. Well, by this time I bo gins to think of navigating. So I goes out and mounts Hosum, Aid puts back tot 1 North Carolina. Now, Brooks, you don't blame me, do you 1” • > v UHCLE JOEufcOUkT. Joe Bassett was a queer genius—” Uncle .Toe,” everybody called him—one possessing but very few of the goods of this world, yet lie was one of the most useful men in town. If any one wanted a job of work done, ho was jnst the man to do it. In short, be Was the universal “ man Friday,” and for a con sideration ho would perform any kind of work which might be called for. lie was a happy old follow, and as full of fun as an egg was full of meat, and he would crack some hard jokes withou Aurting anybody.— Ho owned a little but over back of the vil lage, to which was attached a few acres of good land ; and beside this, ho had a cow, and some other items of stock. He lived quite comfortably, and the impression had gone abroad that he bad managed to lay up some money. Capt. Daniel Lobcr, who had recently set tled in the town, owned a fine pieqc of land adjoining Uuele Joe's lot, and he was not long in making himself very disagreeable to our man Friday. He was proud; selfish and a little mean, withal. Uncle Joe had some geese, and ran upon Lober’s land; up on which the indignant captain threatened to shoot them if he caught them there again. Efye’d make yeefence tighter, they woulAiot get through,” meekly suggested Uncle Joe. “ My fence is as tight as the law requires,” returned the doughty captain; and with that, he walked away. - •• f ’ So Uncle Joe had to go to work and tighten the fence, and put large yokes upon his geese. * v 1 Lober’s next movement was against Joe’s hens. He swore he would shoot them if they were not kept off bis lot. _Joe built a hen house and put his’ feathered bipeds therein, but it was a sore triat br him, and the people sympathized with him, though they could not help him. One season Capt. Lober plowed np his lot, some ten acres of it, and sowed it with wheat. The grain came on finely, and the owner used to take men ont there to show them bis grain. It was acknowledged to be,the best piece of wheat in town. But the captain was destined to some ill fortune be had pot thought of ‘This land was at some dataKo from his dwelling, and when he was busy at other points, a week or two might paRS with out his visiting it. One afternoon became to see his wheat, and when he reached the edge of the field he stood aghast at the sight which met bis gaze. The tall, stout grain was trodden and trampled down over half the lot, presenting a scene of havoc and destruc tion truly horrible to And the aston ished owner was at no loss for the desolation, for fear the centre of the lot he saw a horse. It was a gaunt, heavy-built animal, of a dingy white color, and although evidontly well stricken in years, yet WesT pored and frisked about with marvelous spir it, now cropping a few well-filled wheat heads, and anon trampling upon the beauti ful grain as though he were treading the wine vat. * I should not date to tell all the oaths which Capt. Lober then and there poured forth;’ but they were terrible otfes, and the white j fo.m was opon his lips, as be raved. As seen as he could collect bis thoughts, be started I VOLUME I-NUMBER 54. for Unde Joe’s. He knew that Joe e have seen the horse in there, for the mast have been three or four day* at west— and perhaps the depredator belonged to Joe Just as the captain reached the read, ha met Sam Warner. Sam was not a temperance man, nor did he belong to the church: but Was a particular friend of Uncle Joe’s, and didn't think much of Daniel Lober. ’liSfc bn" Mr ’ iuT * rner ’” Sir J* ftS? *** Ms!;, white one 1” ‘JL. “Kind o’ whitish.” “How old is it!” ~~r ” Wai, taint very old nor very ‘ftUffi&f but It’s kind •’ shaky round the knees.” Capt. Lober posted off to Unde Joe’s set, and found the old, fellow at work about the “Mr. Bassett,” he said with aw ewfU meaning, “ do you own a horse!” “Wal, I rather calkilate hew I do,’Squire,* h °<Tnd e did you know that your horse had destroyed more than half my wheat f* “ Je ru-salem"! dew don’t say so,’Bquiro,” exclaimed Joe ia terror. “It is a fact, Sir; and you may settle free suffer the consequences.” J+Agjrf'f But, ‘Squire, I really east believe H; boss is sucii a quiet critter.* ” Are willing to aettl£pMHj|HK| Captain, madly. . “ But, ’Squire, n illy, I couldn’t pay you nothin’—sartin I couldn’t” ” Then you will pay somebody else. Ym know, very well, that your horse has been In the field.” • “ I couldn’t swear that he hadn't—that’s a fact.” • ■ “That's enough.” With that the captain walked off. He went to odo of the assessors, from whom he learned that Joe owned some two or thnte hundrod dollars’ worth of property, and then he wont to a lawyer and had Joe Biiimft sued, aud setting damages at one hundred dollars. Tire lawyer tent Joe a letter, bat tho old man refused to take any notice of ft. The case waa carried Into Court—Capt, Lo ber having sworn that he would posh Joe te the last extremity. 4 . “ The Court was in session, and tbe day for the trial arrived. The room was crowded, for whispers had gone abroad, that Joe had got the boat of it. Finally, the case wuu’ called up, and Lober's counsel made a state ment of the case which had led to the suit, enlarging upon the damage which had been done to lls client's property, and explaining how little the transgressor seemed to durefor it. “What is tho defence!” Nobody seemed to know. “ Is tlio defendant in court !” Ail eyes were turned upon Joe, and be arose. ” Are you the defendant Id this case!” ask ed the court. ”Mb 1” said Jos with • vacant stare. “Yea— you.” “He is, your honor,’* answered Lober’s resumed. “ Not’s I knows on,” replied Joe, with * half stupid and half wickea look. “ You re probably aware of the reason why you have been tailed,” pursued the Court, seeming to pity the man's foolishness. ” 1 s'pose it’s for some kind of complaint as Capt. Lober’s been making.” “Exactly,” said Lober’s counsel. “Your horso has destroyed much property belonging to my client,” “ Guess riot, ’Squire,” returned Joe, “cause that’s on possible. My hoss couldn’t do no such thing.” ” Whatjdo you mean by that TANARUS” ” Why I liaint got no boss as ie capable off doing so mueb mischief.” , v i r, “ You own a horse TANARUS” “ Why—”WfgfESNfr *■ “Wc want none of your why, l toe owe ahorse!” ” But I to explain. Capt. Lober, Ims eome te me a btlen over with wrath and axed Tb blod * k°*n aud went off in a heap of pswinn afore X could explain.” ” But do you deny that your horse fee In my client’s field 1” “ It couldn’t a been there unless somebody pat it there. “ That’s not the thing. Do yoq ferny ffe| your horse did the damage!” * Sartin I do.” “Yours is a white horael” * “ Bather a rallerish east, ’Bqtrite,” “And pom- and old I” * . “A leetle shaky, I think.” “Then howJo you know ft wee oof font horse that did the damage!” “ Tjut’s just the pint I wanted to osp(f£ sir,” answered Joe with imperturbablemhvity. ” Es anybody axed me this afore 1 comm up here, I should a told em ell about It.— ihe fart is, ‘Squire, ! never owned but one hoss in my life, and never expert to, and that ere is a taw-hou.” The Court smiled and bid its feee behind • book, the Captain’s counsel looked very blank, and tho Captain himse/f turned Very red and pale by tarns. In the mean titoo tho spectators camo near splitting their rides with laughter. Some tried to repnauutf Joe for this result; but be was so simple and honest on the occasion that all blame fell where it righteously belonged, upon the man that brought tbe suit. It was 1 uijr fisillj proved that Joe uever owned a “live boss;*’ aud be was sent about his It was a small affair, perhaps, but it made a great noise; and so hot and heavy were the various remarks that came showering down upon Daniel Lober, that in lets than a month b* waa glad to sell out end move. wandflrpd about without finx ©f bmaw Jy shoulder*