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YEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24, 1873.
(JOB'S CAKE.
JIBS. JHATn.UA C. EI.WAEU*.
I sat in the door at eventide.
Mv heart wm fall of fears;
And* I aaw the land-cape before me he
Through mist# of burning tears:
I thought to myself the world is dark.
No light, nor joy I see;
Nothing hut toil *ud want is mine.
And no one cares for me.
A sparrow was twittering at my feet;
With its beautiful auburn head ;
And it looked at me wi h dark, mild eyes.
As it p.eked up crumbs of bread;
And said to me. in words as plain
As the words of a bird could be;
I'm onlv a sparrow, a worthless bird,
But the dear Lord cares for me.
A lily was growing beside the hedge,
beautiful 1, tall and white,
And it shone through the glossy leaves of green
Like an angel clothed in light;
And it said te me, as it waived its head.
On the breezes soft and wee;
I'm only a lily, a u-eless flower,
but the Master caies for me.
Then it se med that the hand of the loving
Lord
Over my head was lai<L
And He said to me ; Oh. faithless child.
Wherefore art tbou dismayed ;
I clothe the lilies. I feed the birds,
I see the sparrow fall.
Nothing escapes my watchful eye,
My kindness is over all.
Wood's Magazine.
THE SPANISH ADJUTANT.
Kince vesterday morning, how does it run ?
I have' it. There ? Shoot him. Forty-one.
Onlv a bov, and a sailor, too.
Bead ? Well, sergeant, hurry it through.
Count? Os course, but what's the need,
When every soul of the fools must bleed ?
Forty-two ! Are there any more ?
I was half at raid they would stop at four.
Forty-three, flow his head went down !
Another sailor from held to crown.
English, too, from his build and face—
Glad to see one of 'em And his place.
That one's Irish. No, he won't care
For any more aancb g at Bounybrook fair.
Forty-four. They’re the worst of men ;
but lie’ll never trouble Spain again.
Long. lank, -teadv—a- I m alive
Htj'ft a iankew Colonel 1 Well, forty-five.
Northern or Southern who e ire« now
Where h - came to in* end, or b w ?
F .rty-six. That fell.w's afraid.
B.d you n dice ihe grasp at his heart he made.
A picture? Ah! And t,e b li ..eut through
The very face of it -spoiled it. too.
Forty-seven I'm sure that's right;
Wait, till 1 get my cigar alig t ,
This will be news that will care away
These blockade-runners for many a day.
Cuban or Frenchman! Good! forty-eight.
i, ft 10 the let. there! Lay them straight.
They wou and give oar Spanish drill small thanks,
bid at least we’ve taught them to keep their
ranks.
One more, sorg-ant? Forty nine.
.an. tU -ii .n < t for a boUlo of wine '
An i wa ll drink o the .raitors who crossed the
sea
To |vlt re Spain is ready to set them free,
WILL!AM U. STODDARD.
Now York. November, 1*73.
UNSPOKEN WORDS.
Tli' kindly words that rise within the li“art,
And thnll it with their sympathetic tone,
Hut die ere spoken, fail to play their part,
And claim a merit Ilia' is not their owu.
The kindly words, unspoken, is a sin—
A si,i that wraps itself in nrest guise,
And tells the heart that, do ibting looks within,
That no. m speech, but thought, the virtue
lies.
But ’tin not so; another heart may thirst
For t hat kind word, as H igar in the wild—
Four banished Hagar—prayed a well might
burst
From out the sand to savo her parching
child.
All 1 loving eves that cannot see tlio mmd
Will watch lli’ expected movements of the
lip;
Ah! can vet let its cutting silence wind
Around the heart, and scathe it like a
"hip!
UiiHponken words, like treasures in the mine,
Are valueless until we give them birth ;
Like uiifotuid gold their hidden beauties shine,
Which God has made to bless and gild the
earth.
How sad ’twould be to see a master s hand
Strike glorious notes upon a voiceleHH lute—
but oh! what pain when, at God’s own com
mand, , , .
A heart string thrills with luudneßS—but is
mute!
Then hide it not, tho music of the soul,
Boar sympathy, expressed with kindly voice,
but lot it like a shining river roll
To deserts dry—to hearts that would rejoice.
Oh! let tho sympathy of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless, and the
weak. ,
And He will bless you—Ho who Btruck these
chords
Will strike another when in turn you seek.
TIIK PEACE COMMISSIONER.
A PIUTE PASTORAL.
It was a peace commissioner,
And ilia garb was sober drab ;
His hair was long and white, and he
Economized his gab.
In short, lie was a reticent
And inoffensive slab.
His style was philanthropic,
And he bore a carpet-bag,
In which he stored his tracts and soap,
And other peaceful swag.
Which Indians patronize when war
And catilo stealing lag.
Long they sat in solemn council,
The agent and the red.
Mildly talking flabby virtue,
Till the sachem shook his head.
As with doubt and dim suspicion ;
Then he grunted low and said —
Not with eloquence of nature—
Not in metaphoric style,
But in simpler frontier lingo,
Mingled slang and grammar vile—
“Na-roe-trow-zis : want some whisky ;
Injun empty; drink a pile.”
Then that meek and lowly Quaker
Itemoustrated with a tear ;
Spoke of tire water and rum
Wi h eloquence severe—
Said, quite feeliugly, that whisky
Was a foe most insincere.
Spake once more the child of nature,
Keeping down his gr ov ug bile.
‘•Has my brother brou hi tobacco?
Is ttiere powder in bis pile ?"
But the honest agent answered,
With an unsuspecting smile :
“Had my variegated brother
Ever studied Mr. Trask.
He would never. I am certain,
such a foolish question ask.
Bead those paiupniets; they will teach you
In the light ot truth to bask.
"Powder I have none—u r whisky.
N r the brain destroying leaf;
I) it of iu ral tracts ands cries
1 have many for the chief."
Then t e Indiau weeping sadly.
Said it caused him bitter grief,
Th«t his moral sense compelled him
To extras ins brother's ha r;
Which he di t with nice precision
And a sadden sti okon air ;
And ihit ho.s'fu! pe ce ommiesion
Terminated then and there.
HE W AS THE SAME,
BY HIS ANCItNT NIBS.
He was the same That bulbous nose
And watery, vein-streaked eye,
Could but belong to one o those
Who, when the l-anle-ory
And ruffled front of grim phizzed war
Demanded each, of young or old.
8 ould leave In- office, workshop, bar,
(Whisky bar).
And boa soldier bold.
Did don the gray and meet the foe.
And hue hi* purse from others' woe.
He was the same. Is t necessary
To say he was a commissary.
He was the same,
Yet not the same;
For when the strife was done.
And Bulbous's occupation gone.
Who fiercer stamped upon the flag
That stopped h;s revenue ? The blasted rag
that flaunted in Ins Southern face
Its insults to his conquered race ?
Yet uot tie same.
Though still as game
As erst when far in rear
In rear of cannon's roar—
He sold C old "cits” his army store.
Now proudly leaning against the barroom
door.
He calls *pon those near
To Join him in a bowl
And dr.uk confusion to the Span ard's soul.
And all despotic Spam.
Whose latest crime has dyed the main
Wi h free American bellud !
"Upon my soul!”
And flashing are his blood-shot eyes;
"The flag—our flag's insulted. Can we idle be
- swear with me —
Good Gud 1
By all that's high and low
Must it lie so ?'
The loafers gave a doubly xplosive "no ’
They swore between their gin and water
And wluekiiy shuddered o'erthe stoned slaugh
ter :
Then again took place as before
Without the gin-mill's door *
Au l swore
(luce more
To follow Bulbous and liis sutler's store
To Cuba.
He was the same. Is't necessary
To say he'd go as commissary
To Cuba ?
[Ouicmnofi Enquirer.
A Rochester editor went hunting the
other day for the first time in twenty
two years, and he was lucky enough to
bring down an old farmer by a shot
in the leg. The distance was sixty-six
yards.
A Western journal, probably wishing
to do the handsome thing by the local
doctor, recently announced that “Dr.
Crawford was called in, and under hia
prompt and skillful treatment, the young
man died od Wednesday afternoon.”
This the Detroit Free Dress calls the
puff oblique, and says; “We don’t know
what the doctor says to this, but if the
editor of that paper is taken sick, we ad
vise him not to call iu Crawford.”
THE SALARY GRAB.
The Georgia Press On Mr. Stephens.
Gone Daft
Tiie telegrams in yesterday ’s edition •
professed to report a speech said to
have been made by Hon. A. H. Ste
phens, in the House last Thursday, on
the back pay and salary grab so-called.
If the honorable ge tleman made that
speech as reported, he has simply gone
daft. If he did not make it, his redress
must be ou the Asssociafted Press or the
M itrnetie Telegraph Company. — Macon
Telegraph.
An Inauspicious Beginning.
We see by a special telegram from
Washington that Hon. A. H. Stephens
has the floor to-day on the repeal of the
salary increase bill, and it is rumored
that he will oppose it. Whatever posi
tion Mr. Stephens may take on the pay
for future services, we sincerely trust
that he will not defend the back pay
ft ature of the increase. If he does, he
will make a most inauspicious begin
ning of his new career, and provoke a
condemnation of which he little recks, j
Returning to our back pay grabbers, i
Georgia owes them a deep censure asnn- ;
faithful public servants.— Atlanta Con
stitution.
Practical Robbery.
They are practical robbers and we
are glad to find that the Constitution i
utters no uncertain sound upon this ]
subject, even with the probability before
its eyes that its corresponding editor,
Mr. Stephens, will oppose a repeal of
the measure. The first opportunity
Georgia gets she will place the seal of
her condemnation upon her dishonorable
sons who placed their hands into the
public treasury to rob the people—and
she will do it so sternly and effectually
that the guilty parties will never rise
with the load. We agree with onr con
temporary that the question of pay
for future service might be judged
honestly and differently, but upon the
matter of back pay for rendered ser
vices already paid for at a stipulated
price, there can be but one judgment,
and that is, it is practical robbery.—
Horne Commercial.
Bolstering a Bad Act.
Thousands of Mr. Stephens’ friends
and admirers, not only in Georgia, but
throughout the Union, will re-ret that
bis tir-t effort in the House should have
been an attempt to vindicate what is
known as the “back salary grab” of the
last Congress. We confess that we read
with pain the brief synopsis of his
speech furnished by our telegraphic cor
respondent, not oulybeca se he has lent
Ins influence to bolster an act which has
ju-tly received the condemnation of
honest men of all parties, but because
the p cioui teasoning by which he
seeks to justify that outrage upon fee
country, is unworthy of his reputation
as a state;-man. We do not propose to ex
amine -dr. Stephens’ argument, which,
if fairly st ited, really needs no comment.
We merely wish to declare our entire
dissent from his views, and to express
our regret tiiat liohaH seen fit to identify
Himself with a measure, the responsi
bility *if which h<‘ had better have allow
ed to rest where it properly belonged.—
Savannah Mews.
A Non-Partisan Position.
He, however, occupies a position so
thoroughly independent and non-parti
san, anil his character for purity is so
far above suspicion, that he can speak
his mind irrespective of that bugaboo
that halts moral cowards—“what will
tlio people say ?” We heard some of the
people denounce him yesterday, and go
into the grave of the past to prove his
insincerity and corruption, but they
were men so far below Mr. Stephens in
every manly attribute that it would be
an insult to mention their names in con
nectiou with his when questions requir
ing thought are involved. When we say
tins we simply express our opinion
about a man with whom we do not al
ways agree, and we certainly do not on
the question of Congressional back pay.
Tbe country did not object to this back
pay grab because it was unconstitu
tional, for it is not, nor because tbe
$7,500 per annum is too large a salary,
for it is not, particularly when the mile
age and franking privilege are abol
ished. But Congress insulted the peo
ple by making their pay retroactive by
paying themselves at the rate of $7,500
per annum for the year previous, during
which they drew for mileage and en
joyed tho franking privilege—that most
abused prerogative of a Congressman.—
Columbus Enquirer.
Mr. Stephens’ Position Right.
But we seize upon this early opportu
nity to put upon record the fact that we
unhesitatingly and unqualifiedly en
dorse the position assumed by him in
his lute speech on what is known and
called as the salary bill. We shall not
stop to criticise the flue distinction that
he draws between the statesman and tho
demagogue, so-called, but shall satisfy
ourselves and our readers by saying that
wo endorse, in the main, the sentiments
of his late speech. It appears to us,
from his lucid and searching examina
tion of the law which has been called
tho “Salary Grab,” that those represen
tatives of the people of the several States
who accepted and received the pay voted
to them did no wrong, morally anil po
litically, to themselves or their constitu
ents. The records of the House of Rep
resentatives of the United States Con
gress furnish no proof to the contrary.
It may be said of Mr. Stephens that his
splendid powers of attack and defense
may have been weakened by the cares
ami burden- of advancing years. It may
be urged that he has lost to some extent
the magic and electric oratory with
which he was wont in the better days of
the Republic to sway the representative
conclave or the common masses at his
will; but no man has been found, north
or south of the Potomac, bold enough
or debased enough to lodge a charge, of
venality against the “Great Commoner”
whom Georgia Inis sent as her represen
tative to the Congress of the United
States. —Savannah Advertiser.
Not iu Sympathy With His constitu
ents.
Mr. Stephens has made a very inge
nious speech in favor of the “salary
grab,” as it is called. Our representa
tive is a man who lias the “courage of
his opinions,” and such a man, although
differing from many of liis constituents,
liis party and the’ Democratic press of
the eon Try, is entitl and to the highest
respect. While according to Mr. Steph
ens entire sincerity, and appreciating
his metaphysical distinction between the
demagogue who leads the people and
the demagogue who selfishly misleads
them, we can not agree with him in his
defense of the back pay bill Nearly
everybody is agreed that economy in all
tilings is the one thing necessary to
bring the country back to somewhat
of its primitive reputation for hon
esty nud genuine prosperity. If a
bad example is shown among the ru
lers of the country, how can they ex
pect the people to' practioe frugality ?
If members of Congress are debarred,
by smaller salaries, from wining, dining,
card-playing and many worse things,
the country will be the gainer and the
national legislators will be, personallyjim
proved. If men, who do not mak ■
anvthiug like the sum of $5,000 per an
num at home, find that pay inadequate
to support their dignity at Washing
ton, they have an easy remedy and it
will be & miracle if many others can cot
be found who are at least willing to try
the virtue of moderation aud rate the
honor of the office as a compensation at
kvist equal to the money consideration.
No one questions the purity of Mr.
Stephens' motives. He is a great man
and a patriot; but he is not infallible.
Ou this question he is hardly, we should
think, in sympathy with the great mass
of his constituents. The Democratic
partv had a nobm opportunity of mak
ing great headway am ug the people
by initiating a repeal of this salary bill,
li the signs of the times are not de
ft pMve, the Republicans are preparing
to take the wind out of their sails and
fcain anew lease of domination. — Au
gust a Constitutionalist.
His Intellect Affected.
Alexander H. Stephens made a strong
speech in favor of the late increase of
salary. He thought the President ought
to get SIOO,OOO a year, and that other
salaries should be in proportion. There
is an impression that Mr. Stephens'
bodily infirmities have affected his in.-
tellect. His expressions created pro-,
found surprise. He strongly opposed
the repeal of the franking privilege.—
Missouri Republicans Dispatch.
Mr. Stephens An Actor.
Mr. Stephens, of Georg a, is an actor
getting rather superfluous now : but
still an actor. He is erochetty. He is
prone to singularities. His views of the
back pay law are not only liberal, but
too liberal. He is positively extrava
ant. And yet he would add to all the
money he would pay Congressmen the
“frank.” The “frank" is an abomina
tion. Mr. Stephens would employ it as
a means of disseminating informat on.
It is a mockery to use the phrase. It
has ever been the agent for party agita
tion—for obscuring information, mis
leading the people, and sotting the sec
tions at war. We do trust we are to have
uo more of the “frank." Pay the Con
gressmen, and let there be no deadheads
in the Post Office Department.— Rich
mond Dispatch.
A Signal for Plunder
Mi. Alexander H. Stephens stands np
! f or the salary bill like a true Southern
er, and gives it as his opinion that the
! country would be better for a much
heavier pluckiDg by its officers. Some
how these Southerners come into Con
gress and other public places with a
raging hunger. It appear# that the
country has got to make .up for their
long years of privation. Times are
changed since the Sonthern politicians
farcied the South paid most of the cus
toms revenue, because it had no manu
factures, and in that delusion were
economical in the public expenditures.
Now they have found that the North
pays very much the greater part, and
they go for plundering the Government
because that is to plunder the North. —
Cincinnati Gazette.
• Alex. Stephens and Beast Butler.
“While speaking he faced the Repub
lican side of the House, and prominent
among those who paid the most marked
attention were Messrs. Dawes, Garfield,
B. F. Butler, G. F. Hoar, Kelley, and
other Republican leaders. Gathered
around him and in his immediate vicin
ity were at least twenty-five members
who had served with him in one capacity
or another in the Southern Confederacy.
The whole scene was one which those
who witnessed it will not soon forget.
After he had finished his speech, Gen.
Butler walked up to him and warmly
Congratulated him.”
Alexander H. Stephens and Beast But
ler!—Hyperion to Satyr! It was indeed
a scene to be remembered with regret by
the life-long friends and admirers of the
great'Georgia commoner.- Savannah
Mews.
Fawning on Grant.
We must confess that we are astonish
ed at the course of this gentleman since
his return to Congress. •We have con
sidered him one of the purest patriots
and soundest statesmen in the country,
and while we believe his intentions are
pure, yet his course is such as to make
many of his friends lose confidence in
him. We deem it proper in our repre
sentatives to pay President Grant the
re-pect due the high position he occu
pies. vet we are pained to see the man
whom the whole South rejoiced to see
in the national councils, showing a syco
phantic and fawning bearing towards
him. Many were surpiised at the ex
pressions of confidence in regfcxd for
i Gen. Grant heretofore expressed by
Mr. Stephens, yet they were not pre
pared for wliat they heard in the past
few days. And while this is true, they
| were still less prepared for his speech
; defending that infamous swindle, the
back pay salary grab. We regret
\ these initiatory steps of Mr. Stephens,
! because we had looked upon him as ut
: terly opposed to this policy he has
i marked out for himself, and in it he does
not represent any portion of Southern
sentiment. —Griffin Mews.
The Speech a Failure.
Mr. Stephens makes his maiden
speech in the Congress of the United
States. It is a failure, if we may judge
of it from the telegraphic synopsis. He
defends the “back pay grab” on moral
grounds, and advocates tbe salary in
crease on high political grounds. Mr.
Stephens cannot sustain himself in this
his maiden speech. His friends will
regret that he has weakened himself as
an advocate of the people, and his ene
mies will again declare that he seeks
the friendship of the President and
popularity with Congre-s. It is im
possible to charge him with selfishness
in this matter, since he is running coun
ter to the voice of the people; but we
can hardly avoid the conclusion that
jMr. Stephens has seized upon a ques
tion which he knew affected the pockets
and honor of most of his audience, in
order, at the outset of his new career, to
enlist their sympathy and regard— M.
O. Picayune.
Unworthy of Old Georgia.
We do not care to follow Mr. Stephens
in his discussion of the political aspects
of the question. He may have a show
of right in exacting a very high re
muneration for the services of public
men. We do not conceive, however,
that virtue, intelligence, disinterested
ness, trustworthiness and devotion to
the public duty are likely tobeincroased
with increase of pay above what is
liberal and proper. It is not pay which
makes these great qualities. When
members received $1,500 each, they were
as able and certainly as pure in charac
ter as they are now that receive $7,500,
and complacently pocket SSOOO additional
in a two years’ term, through the. in
strumentality of a special retroactive,
legislative net passed by themselves.
But we do not now feel interest in this
branch of the question. It is Mr. Ste
phens’ defense of the morality of what
lias appeared to us ak more than ques
tionable that we complain of. Admir
ing him, as we do, for his brilliant tal
ents, honoring liim for liis spotless
character, we grieve that he should sig
nalize his welcome return to public life
by such a plea as this. It is not like
himself, and, with all kindness, we are
compelled to add, unworthy of the old
spirit of Georgia and the South, and
which yet survives tho desolation of war
and the greater and more intolerable
evils of a mocking peace. Columbia
Phttnix.
Stephens on the Steal.
The speech of Mr. Alex. H. Stephens
in defense of tbe salary grab and back
pay steal is more of a surprise to the
general public than it is to those who
are tolerably familiar with his history as
a public man. He fought against seces
sion fiercely aud forcibly ; yet “went
with his State,” and went so lamely and
haltingly as to do more harm than good.
He denounced the Greeley movement
and demanded “straight-out” Demo
cracy ; yet he was the panegyrist of
President Grant and the apologist of the
Louisiana outrage. Tho next step is a
sophistical defense of a measure which
both Democrats and Republicans have
earnestly condemned. His etymological
quihblings about demagoguism are un
worthy of a man of his eminence. The
people know what is a demagogue. They
know the difference between a Pericles
and a Patterson. If they did not, Mr.
Stephens would undoubtedly soon teach
them. At present, however, his eye is
fixed more upon the White House than
upon the homes of the Georgians whom
he misrepresents. They will promptly
repudiate him and his sentiments. But
wo caunot help being somewhat sorry
for Georgia. One of her Senators makes
an out-side living by “drumming” for a
book concern, and for a life insurance
company, and her most trusted Con
gressman defends Grant and the back
pay steal. South Carolina is not much
worse off. —Charleston Mews.
Showing His True Character.
Our readers are aware that we have
not, in these latter years, entertained a
very high opinion of Mr. Alexander
H. Stephens. After Mr. Stephens
joinetl the Democratic party before the
war, not then correctly appreciating
liis true character, and observing him
as a person of considerable abilities,
we were wont to regard him with confi
dence ami admiration. But when he
abandoned the true principles of South
ern statesmanship before the war we
began to feel deep distrust of him.—
His conduct during the war excited our
indignation and disgust, and his course
since the war has only 'added to
our sense of repulsion. On our first
page will be found au effusion (called
a speech iu Congress), in which, as a
classified Democrat, he has been guilty
of an effort to degrade the Conserva
tive and Democratic party by a seri
ous defense of the Radical measure
(for the Administration is clearly re
sponsible for this revolting legislation,
no matter who voted for it) of the
salary grub aud back steal, aud also in
defense of demagoguism as an element
of statesmanship, and of a statesman’s
autonomy ! We need make no com
ment further than to allude to this self
exposure of Mr. Stephens as au evidence
that we seldom err in our estimate of
the characters of men with whom we
have directly or indirectly acted on the
stage of public events. It seems that
the irrepressible little man has put in
an appearance at the capital, and has
been trying to plav melodrama, as a sort
of spectacular hero, supposed to have
:;timerous admirers in the South, and to
be a peculiarly representative Southern
Conservative man. On the contrary,
Mr. S. is much more admired by Radi
cals than by Democrats in the South,
and as a Southern press we wish to give
notice that there is no man the true
South regards with less confidence and
political respect. —Montgomery Adver
tiser.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Steamship robbers are on the ram- |
page in Savannah.
There are 968 teachers and scholars in ;
the Methodist Sunday Schools of Colum- i
bus.
Joe Jefferson will perform Rip Van
Winkle in Savannah on the night of the
20th.
Dr. Leroy Marsh, an Englishman and
a member of the late Conference of the
Evangelical Alliance, is in Atlanta.
Letters are held for postage in the
Savannah post offiee directed to Rich
ard Walker and Miss Lucy King, Au.- \
gusta.
Governor Smith has recently com
miasioued and armed the Lincoln
Guards, a colored military company of
Macon.
A notorious thief, named Emma Gan
dry, colored, was arrested in Savannah
the other day. She had in her posses
sion a large number of stolen articles.
Mr. J. R. Duggan, a student at Mer
cer University, fell into a dry well forty
feet deep, last Sunday night, while run
ning to a fire in Macon. He was not in
jured.
On Sunday night last there were three
fires in Macon, all supposed to be the
work of incendiaries. A man was seen
setting fire to one house, but escaped
before he could be identified. The loss
of property was not very great.
PUBLIC FLOGGING OF FOUR CON
VICTS AT NEW CASTLE, DEL.
A General Holiday in the Little Town
Great Abhorrence for Crime and
Great Respect for the Whipping-Post
Among the People—Forty Stripes
Each Given the Burglars Besides an
Hour in the Pillory.
New Castle, Del., December 10.—
This very vigorous little village passed a
tremendous crisis to-day. It had to
pillory and flog four convicts burglars,
town-made men, and it seriously feared
interruption. Down here the Court of
Sessions is so vigorous and the colored
population so unsettled in virtue that
the whipping-post comes into play two
or three times a week. But these four
men are such as walk with aliases.
leaders in their profession, city hands,
to capture and convict and publicly
whip whom was the glory of the country
constabulary, the Attorney-General, and
the virtuous populace. James Hope,
alias James Thomas, alias James T.
Watson, is a Philadelphian, a graduate,
too, it is said, of Yale College, and an
old hand at crime. Francis H. Carter,
alias Frank McDonald, alias Big Frank,
is a travelling burglar, whose head
quarters are at Philadelphia. He is the
reputed leader of the gang just sen
tenced. Joseph Lawlor is a New Eng
lander, and a New York operator, who
escaped from Sing Sing in October,
1872, after serving one year out of ten.
Ed. H. Hurlburt, alias James Brady,
escaped from the same prison only last
October. These four men attempted on
tbe night of November 7 to flWb the Na
tional Bank of Delaware, at Wilming
ton, were tracked and captured in that
city two days after, brought up for trial
November 26, convicted December 3,
sentenced December 8, and pilloried and
whipped to-day. Even a Philadelphia
lawyer could not save them from the
| post. The sentence of each was the full
I extent of the law, viz: SSOO fine, the
I costs of prosecution, one hour in the
i pillory, forty lashes, aud ten years’
| imprisonment. *
There must have been 100 persons in
: the inner shrine when a clock struck ten
and Messrs. Hope and Carter were
I brought forth. They reached the pillory
j platform by a ladder, and a deputy
sheriff opened the jaws of the pillory.
Carter’s head fitted nicely, but Hope's
neck was too short and the upper seg
ment was left loose on his side of the
post. The pillory is not adjustable. If
a man is not long enough, he stretches;
if he is too long, he stoops. Hope had
the best of it. When the upper bar
hurt him, he lifted it with one of his
loosely confined hands and set it over
upon his back somewhat. The other
man was locked up tight. When the
hour was over and the men were removed
to make way for the other couple Hope
said to the crowd as he passed through
to iiis cell, “I reckon you’re satisfied
now.” His sidelong glance was prompt
ly met by one of the Nestors who was
present with his children unto the third
aud fourih generation of them that love
whipping posts. . “No,” was his chuck
ling taunt, “we shan’t be satisfied till
| just about one hour from now.” Hope
shivered and passed in to wait one hour
for his whipping. Both men had been
well dressed. But when Lawlor and
Hurlburt came out it was in the glory
of standing collars and kid gloves.
They ascended the ladder laughing, and
one of them made some sportive inquiry
as to “how the old thing worked.” Over
coats and standing collars were too much
for the deputy sheriff this time and both
jaws of the pillory were left loose. The
men tried hard to enjoy it and talked and
laughed freely. Theironly troubleseem
ed to be that as their backs were turned
to the profane vulgar they could not see
the fun goiDg on outside. The vulgar
had grown tired of waiting for the des
sert and began to roll kicking, screaming
New Castle boys over the heads of the
crowd, tossing them bodily from hat to
hat. Meanwhile the slipshod pillorying
of the two burglars was creating a deal
of dissatisfaction. A group of ancient
patriots, chirping together against the
suuny side of the prison walls, complain
ed that one of the culprits was laughing.
It had not been so when you were sheriff
and he and I were on a jury together
twenty-eight years ago. No, sir. If the
pillory didn’t fit we had a wedge in it,
and we generally made it fit, didn’t we ?”
“We did, indeed,” said the other mourn
fully, “necks isn’t so hard as wood.”
“I guess these fellows reckon they’re
come to the wrong place when they
come to Delaware to thieve.” To these
ancients came up Nestor. “Hope says
to me, ‘I reckon you are satisfied now. ’
I says to him, ‘Not yet; we’ll wait till We
see that whip a tickling your back.’”
Then the ancients cackled and rubbed
their lean old bauds aud said, “Ah, to
be sure, with such a smack of virtuous
anticipation. Somebody’s dog the while
was chasing a ball before the eyes of the
crucified and seemed to divert their at
tention. By and by came the hour,
and the two were taken down, leaping
to ground in a sprightly way and run
ning to their cells to strip for their
beating. Finally a ring was formed,
and Big Frank was brought out, made
fast to the post by the iron clamps, and
stripped to the waist. The sheriff ad
dressed a few remarks upon “ idle
words” to the crowd, and ordered a few
ambitious spectators to “ come down off
them gates.” Then he advanced dis
playing his “cat.” The cat had a handle
a foot long and nine rolled leather
lashes three feet long and as thick as a
lead pencil. Three lashes are solid and
hard as iron. They do not break the
skin at first, but bruise it and bring
out great blue and red blisters of extra
vasated blood. A backward swing of the
arm, then a forward stroke, aud the
nine are laid delicately, almost gently,
on the burglar’s broad back. It is a
beautiful sight. The sheriff is evident
ly an expert. Lightly and gracefully
the lashes swing. First nine red stripes.
With the next bl w these are turned to
blue; then come red and blue alteruate
lv, as regularly aud accurately the stripes
ascend from the waist up while the
deputy sheriff counts t >enty. Then the
whole back is inflamed, and the sheriff
goes over it again. The skin begins to
| bubble and blister, and the burglar
j winces with each new stroke. “Forty,”
sifys the deputy. Big Frank is re
moved with his coat loosely thrown over
his shoulders.
“Blood at the thirty-first stroke,” says
one of the ancients. “ I was afraid the
sheriff wouldn’t touch the raw. Do you
remember, twenty-eight years ago, when
you was sheriff, how you laid it on to that
slave-nigger ? I tell you that whip would
cut a man in two in forty strokes if it
was properly handled.” A surgeon pres
ent also volunteers the information that
though a back may seem to stand it
pretty well the heavv leather cylinders
bruise severely. “Before night,” said
he, “those backs will be terribly swollen.
They’ll fester, too, and be sore for a
week.” “Will they scab?” says the an
cient, pressing up eagerly. The doctor
thought they undoubtedly would,
The next man brought out was Hope,
and Nestor looked on complacently while
the forty blows brought blood. Next
caflu Lawlor, and then Hurlburt. Five
mnrotes did the whole business. The
men took their flogging quietly. Not so
the crowd. That grumbled. Even the
boy who had been twisted over the heads
of the strong till he tumbled over the
barrier and was received at point of
bayonet by the Home Guard, said that
“they cut up niggers better than that.”
“ They don’t do it fair now,” grumbled
the ancients, stirring lazily from their
bath in the sunshine and hobbling
across the shadowed yard to the gate.
“ Many’s the boy I’ve licked harder
than that when I was a schoolmaster.”
“ Yes, aud I’ve seen you,” said another,
and all three set up the chorus. “But
we reckon that they guess that they
won’t come to little Delaware no more
when they want to thieve.”
AN INTERESTING CASE.
Can a Stockholder of a Bank That Has
Made au Assignment be Held Lia
ble for Its Debts ?
Among the cases tried in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday was one
of those known as bank cases, and which
was calendared as G. W. Hated vs. G.
B. Lamar. This suit was brought by the
plaintiff against defendant on his lia
bility as a stockholder of the Bank of
Commerce of six hundred and thirty
seven shares, the suit being for 363,700.
The counsel fer defendant claimed that
he had redeemed his statutory liability
by taking up 391,000 odd bills before
the suit was brought.
Judge Woods ruled that this was a
good defense. It appeared that Mr.
Lamar was President of the Bank of
Commerce, and that on July 3Jst, 1566,
the bank made an assignment to John
C. Ferrill, assignee. Mr. Lamar ac
quired his bank bills after the assign
ment.
The counsel for plaintiff contended
that the statute of Georgia made it
penal for a bank officer to purchase
bills of his own bank at a discount; that
the assignment did not destroy the bank
or vacate the officers, therefore, that Mr
Lamar was still President, and could
not claim any benefit from bills so pur
chased. Mr- Lamar's counsel claimed
that the statute was only intended to
apply to banks engaged in business;
that the bank practically ceased to be a
bank after the assignment, and the offi
cers ceased to perform their functions;
also that Mr. Lamar proved that he
took many of the bills at par in pay
ment of old debts, and that the number
not being ascertained by plaintiff after
cross examination, the presumption at
law was that Mr. Lamar did not violate
the statute, but acquired the 363,700 in
bills at par.
Judge Woods charged that if the jury
found that the bank was still in exist
i ence, Mr. Lamar continued as Presi-
dent, and would not buy the bills at a
discount and then use them to redeem
his liability as a stockholder.
The case was ably argued, Capt. Geo.
A. Mercer appearing for the defendant,
and, as usual, displaying that ready per
ception and comprehension of legal
bearings that has distinguished him on
numerous occasions. The plaintiff’ was
represented by A. W. Stone, Assistant
District Attorney, and A. T. Akerman.
The jury, under the charge of the
Court and the evidence submitted,
found a verdict in favor of Mr. Lamar,
the defendant.
The counsel for the plaintiff gave no
tice of a motion for anew trial.—-Savan
nah Mews.
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Seventh Annual Conference.
[From the Atlanta Herald.]
Njewnan, Ga., December 16, 1873.
The Conference yesterday held an af
ternoon and night session, which were
included in my last report. The differ
ent standing "committees appointed at
the commencement of the session re
ported through their several chairmen,
which are too long to be incorporated in
a newspaper report. During the night
session the Committees on the Bible
Cause, the Sunday Schools and Educa
tion presented interesting exhibits of
these several vital interests of the
church. Much discussion occurred up
on the reading of these reports, and es
pecially the two latter.
The Conference, by vote, gave its
unanimous voice condemnation of the
holding of fairs, concerts and theatricals
in the in erestof the church, as contrary
to the spirit of Christianity.
The important subject of denomina
tional education was discussed at some
length.
Conference was opened this morniDg
with the usual religious services, con
ducted by Rev. Wm. J. Scott.
announced the following
as the coard of Visitors to the different
instituitons of learning under the imme
diate control of this body;
EMO»|feir£l!E.
Rev. Dr. W. son, Rev. W. •J.
Scott, Rev. W. P. Rivers, Rev. Dr. Wm.
Watkin Hicks, and Rev. Dr. A. T.
Marin.
WEESLEYAN EEMALE COLLEGE.
Rev. J. W. Heidt, Rev. Josialr Lewis,
Jr., Rev. W. R. Foote.
LAGRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE.
Rev. P. M. Ryburn, Rev. F. A. Kim
ball, Rev. J. R. Mayson, Rev. D. D.
Cox, Rev. W. P. Pledger.
DALTON FEMALE COLLEGE.
Rev. Dr. W. P. Harrison, Rev. W. M.
Crumley, Rev. W. P. Pledger, Rev.
Louis J. Davies, Gen. C. A. Evans.
The following young men were ad
mitted on trial in the traveling connec
tion: Revs. Wm. E. Sliakleford, Geo.
E. Bonner, Thomas J. Adams, Andrew
J.. Hughes, Geo. W. Thomas, John W.
G. Watkins, Lemuel Wootten, Jr., Wm.
H. Speer, Wiley T. Laine, Chas. E.
bowman, Wm. O. Butler, Walter L.
Yarborough, John F. Jones, Joseph H.
Bentiey, Wm. E. Foote, Jr,, and John
D. Gray.
Cartersville was selected as the place
for the meeting of the Conference next
year.
Thanks were returned to the citizens
of Newnan, to the pastors of the differ
ent churches, and the different railroads
for courtesies received.
Rev. G. J. Pierce was granted a su
peranuated relation for one year.
The first Fridays in April and Septem
ber of next year were designated by the
Conference as days of fasting and
prayer—tho former for the special bless
ing of God upon the General Conference
and upon our educational institutions.
Bishop Paine made some' impressive
closing remarks, when Bishop Pierce
read the closing hymn, and Rev. Dr.
Hicks led in prayer, and the sevqnth ses
sion of the North Georgia Conference
closed its session,which has been a most
pleasant, harmonious and profitable one
to all.
Bishop Paine then read out as fellows,
the appointments for 1874:
Augusta District —C. W. Key, P. E.
Augusta: St. John’s, William Watkin
Hicks.
Augusta: City Mission, Chas. E. Dow
mau.
Augusta: St. James’, Jas. E. Evans.
Augusta: Anbury, T. A. Seals.
Richmond Circuit: Benjamin F. Far
ris. Bel-Air Mission: E. P. Bonner, su
pernumerary.
Appling Circuit: Daniel Kelsey.
Thomson Circuit: W. T. Hamilton.
Warrenton Circuit: Wesley F. Smith.
Sparta: George H. Pattillo.
Hancock Circuit: F. P. Brown and
John T. Newell, supply.
Crawfordville Circuit: T. J. Adams.
Milledgeville; A. J. Jarrell.
Baldwin Circuit: G. W. Hardaway.
Athens District —T. F. Pierce, P. E.
Athens: Josiah Lewis, Jr., and P. A.
Heard, supply.
Athens: Oconee Street, M. W. Arnold.
Ath us: Factory Mission, to bo sup
plied by J. E. Sitton.
W dkinsville Circuit: W. W. Oslin and
W. W. Lampkin.
Madison : A. T. Mann.
Morgan Circuit : Jno. W. Yarbrough.
Greenesburo Circuit : Albert Gray.
White Plains Circuit : James L.
Pierce.
Lexington Circuit : W. A. Florence.
Winterville Circuit: C. A. Conaway.
Washington : W P. Rivers.
Broad River Circuit : W. F. Quillian.
Little River Circuit : Thomas H. Gib
son.
Eatonton—*W. P. Lovejoy.
Putnam Circuit : W. J. Wardlaw and
W L. Wootten, Junior.
Elberton District Geo. W. Yar
borough, P. E.
Elberton Circuit : F. G. Hughs.
Elberton Circuit : A. G. Worley.
Bethlehem : A. W. Williams.
Linculnton Circuit : J. L. Lupo.
Jefferson Circuit : J. R. Parker.
Mulberry Circuit : E. G. Murrain
Caruesville Circuit : B. W. Williams.
Franklin Springs : L. D. Lovelace.
Danielsville : B. Sanders.
Homer Circuit : J. W. Glen Watkins.
Clarksville : W. P. Smith.
Hartwell : W. P. Forman.
Air Line Mission : J. H. Mashburn.
Gainesville District— W. A. Dodge,
P. E.
Dahlonaga : Dav and L. Anderson.
Cumming Circuit : J A. Myers.
Alpharetta Circuit : J. W. Baker.
Canton Circuit : W. G. Hanson.
Cleaveland Circuit: W. P. Martin.
Biairsville Mission, supply : T. J.
Edwards.
*lorganton Circuit : Harwood.
Gainesville : J. M. Dickey.
Gainesville Circuit: M. L. Under
wood.
Hall Circuit : J. L. Embry.
Lawrensville Circuit : J. R. Pate.
Logausville : James H. Bentley.
Duiutk Circuit : M. H. Eaks.
Elijay Mission, supply : J. M. Suli
van.
THE SPANISH IRON CLAD ARA
PILES.
The Coal Barge Blockade.
This vessel still remains in the dry
dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and,
from present appearances, is likely to
do so for an indefinite period, as there
is no apparent rtfort-being made to raise
and remove the coal barge which was
sunk in front of the entrance to the dock,
now some eight days since. As the re
port has been generally circulated that
the sinking of the barge was regarded
by the commander and officers of the
Arapiles as the result of design, in
tended to delay the sailing of their ship
until after a conclusion of the negotia
tions arising out of the Virginius affair,
and which, it was supposed at the time,
would result in hostilities, a Herald re
porter was yesterday directed to visit
the vessel and ascertain what the ideas
of the commander and officers, in refer
ence to the su; posed accident, are. He
stepped upon the deck amid a heavy
rain storm, which gave a gloomy and
desolate air to the surroundings, the
more so that the vessel still retains 4he
dismantled aspect resulting from her re
cent repairs. Sentinels clad in oilcloth,
and with the dogged, sombre, dissatis
fied look .peculiar to a certain class of
Spaniards, moved to and fro, bat the
decks were otherwise deserted. A non
commissioned officer at once appeared,
who proceeded, after a courteous ges
ture, to call the officer of the deck. To
him the character and purpose of the
visitor was made known, and he at once
expressed his regret that the illness of
the commandant, Senor Montenegro,
would prevent his receiving him. The
officer would, however, give all the in
formation required. “YVe all believe,’
he said, “that the sinking of the barge
was through design, and with a view of
detaining us here for a time with the
least trouble,”
"Surely vou do not attribute such a
purpose to the American authorities,
said the reporter.
“No. Certainly not to Admiral Rowan
or the commander of the yard; bat the
barge was sunk there purposely. I was
in charge of the deck at the time and
saw the whole proceeding. It was about
half-past one or two o’clock in the morn
ing Mv attention was called by the
guar-1 to the large number of lights at
the stern of the ship, near the entrance
of the dock, and I at once proceeded to
that point and remained there. I saw
the barge at first tied to the comer of
t e gateway, whenee it was removed and
placed directly in front, when it began
to fill and almost immediately sunk.
The Swatara had been removed to give
place to the barge. It is very strange.
Certainly in no country in the world
would the rules of a yard permit a barge
loaded with coal to be brought into that
position and at such an hour. Many
Americans have spoken about it and
style it a very contemptible trick, and
we think so,'though we do not know who
is responsible.”
“And has there been no effort to re
move the obstruction?” asked the re
porter.
“You see,” was the response, with a
gesture and shrug. “The barge is en
tirely covered by water. The command
er addressed a communication concern
ing it to Admiral Rowan, who, in re
sponse, very much regretted the unfor
tunate accident (the last word with em
phasis and an incredulous smile), and
promised that the barge should be re
moved. But who knows ? We are here.”
“You are all ready to sail, I pre
sume ?”
“And have been for eight days and
more. It is a source of great annoyance;
but we cau only await the action of the
authorities of the yard for the present.”
—New York Herald.
THE SALARY GRAB.
[Athens Watchman.]
This matter is receiving some' atten
tion in Congress and in the columns of
the press. All are agreed—whatever
may be the difference in opinion as to
the amount which Congress should be
paid in future—that the retroactive fea
ture of that bill was a most iniquitous
affair, and that no man who received
back pay should be again honored with
the confidence of the public. It is a
source of extreme regret that Southern
Democrats were mixed up in this aflair
—that they not oulj voted for the meas
ure but pocketed the money. Not one
of them has returned it to the Treasury.
And further, it appears that some of
them who still retain seats in Congress
unblushingly justify their conduct. It
is a very grave question with us
whether 'salaries ought to have
been increased at all. It is said,
with truth, that Washington City is
an expensive place during the session of
Congress, but it will be remembered
that five thousand dollars and mileage is
a large amount. The short session is
only three months and four days in
length—the long session varies from five
to six or seven months. We happen to
know something of the cost of- living at
the national capital. Members of Con
gress can get comfortable lodgings and
good board as low as S6O per month,
bay that washing, &e., cost §5 more.
The necessary expenses of the short ses
sion would be about S2OO. The mileage
of many members would more than pay
this. The long session would be double
that amount. Os course clothing would
cost something, varying in accordance
with the articles worn. Nobody dressed
very extravagantly while we were there.
From this it will be seen that if a man
goes alone lie can save the greater por
tion of his salary ; but it must be re
membered that the family at home must
be provided for. We think competent
men can be found who will be willing to
take five thousand dollars a year and
mdeage—though, doubtless, most men
would prefer $7,500.
BUZZARDS’ ROOST.
Our Sly Senator Again—Patterson Too
Strong for the Meshes of Columbia
Justice.
[By Telegraph to the New- and Courier.]
ContTMBiA, December 16.—The inves
tigation into the bribery charge against
Patterson to-day ended in the same stero
typed way, but there was some more
important testimony adduced than at
any time heretofore. Col. B. H. Rice
gave his testimony, sustaining the truth
of the allegations made in his affidavit,
viz: that he had reason to believe that
Patterson had made improper uso of
money in securing votes, and that he
had offered R. M. Smith, of Spartan
burg, three hundred dollars each for
every Conservative vote which Smith
should influence in Patterson’s favor.—
His knowledge, he said, was entirely
upon information and belief. li. M.
Smith testified that a few evenings be
fore the election he met Patterson on the
street; that Patterson told him that
ho would give him (Smith) three hun
dred dollars for every Conservative vote
he could get for him, and that he
(Smith) replied, “Yes, and and n cheap
at that,” and then left Patterson. Smith
testified at considerable length, but the
above is the cream of what lie said. Dr.
T. J. Moore testified that Worthington
came into Patterson’s house a few days
after the election and said that Senator
J. M. Smith, of Barnwell, was raising
the deuce down the street, and that he
must be settled with. That he (Moore)
was sent after Senator Smith, and car
ried him to Patterson’s house, and saw
Patterson take a large roll of money out
of his secretary and hand it to Worth
ihgton, who was in the next room with
Senator Smith, and that he (witness)
was very sure, though he could not
swear positively to the fact, that Worth
ington handed the money over to Sena
tor Smith. This was all the positive
testimony adduced by the prosecution,
and this last was ruled out, the trial jus
ticeholding that he could hear testimony
only as to the case of R. M. Smith, of
Spartanburg. Honest John then com
menced to put up his boys. Tho first
was W. H. Mounce, Deputy, or ex-
Deputy United Marshal, who testified
that he had been asked by R. M. Smith
to go to Patterson’s house with him, and
in various ways attempted to show that,
Smith, and not Patterson, had made the
corrupt advances. Next came James
Windsor, a mechanic employed in
tho Custom Houso at Charleston.
Ho was conveniently present in an
ante-room, the door being open, when
R. M. Smith had an interview with Pat
terson, and he heard Smith offer to take
five hundred dollars for his own vote,
and to secure the fifteen Conservative
members of the House for three hun
dred dollars each. Kirkland L. Gunn,
the chief witness in the Ku-Klux prose
cutions, was also conveniently at hand
as a corroborative witness, and he heard
Smith tell Worthington that ho (Smith)
had never been improperly approached
by Patterson for his vote or his influ
ence. Patterson also testified, swearing
that Smith had proposed to bargain the
Conservative votes to him, and take five
hundred dollars for his own. It was a
cooked-up thing evidently on the part of
the defense. They had a number of
witnesses to throw discredit upon the
testimony of R. M. Smith, and the case
was dismissed. The trial justice, I
think, tried to do his duty, but his al
lowing testimony to discredit a witness
for the prosecution is not considered as
proper at an ex parte hearing. It only
shows, however, that it is impossible to
have anything like a proper hearing of
Patterson’s case in Columbia. The fact
that he bought votes by the wholesale is
the universal belief here, and that he
should attempt to deny it is simply a
farce.
There was a grand parade of tho col
ored militia to-day with their gold lace
and gihlen trappings. The Governor
was out, but not in uniform, whichlatter
is said to have given great offense to the
soldiers. Gen. Dennis and Col. Ken
nedy are said to have been the only
whites in the review. Qtn VrvK.
The Catholic College. —The Macon
Telegraph and Messenger, of Tuesday,
says:
Mayor Huff and a number of gentle
men of this city met Bishop Cross by
appointment, at the parsonage on Wal
nut street, Sunday afternoon, to confer
with him on the subject of establishing
this institution in Macon, and also to
learn what steps, if any, he had taken
towards defimtely determining the loca
tion of the college.
The Bishop stated that while he had
received some quite advantageous offers
from other places that desired to have
the college, his preference was decidedly
for Macon, and that he was here now to
decide at once in its favor, provided
such inducements were offered as would
justify him in giving Macon the prefer
ence. * He had looked at several sites,
one of which seemed to him especially
desirable, and which, if presented to
him, he would certainly accept. It was
for the gentlemen to say whether or not
that would be done, and if done, then
the matter would be considered settled.
After a free interchange of opinion, it
was concluded to ask the City Council,
at its meeting to-night, to purchase and
present this site to the Bishop, and thus
secure the certain location of the college
here. The Bishop stated that if the j
property was secured he would com- j
mence building at once, and open the ]
college next September with at least one !
hundred students, and with the certainty j
of increasing that number to three hun- j
dred in a very short time. Thus the !
matter stands now.
The Farmers.
Chicago, December IT.—The second
annual Convention of the Hlinois State
Farmers Association commenced in De
catur yesterday. The President of the
Association delivered an address, review
ing the growth of the Society and its
results to members. At the first meet
ing, one year ago, only about forty
oounties were represented, now every
one of the 102 counties in the State had
its clubs, and in a ipajority of the coun
ties the farmers carried their ticket at
the last election.
A certain near-sighted lady could never
be induced to admit the fact, but per- j
sisted in declaring that her sight was ex- j
cellent. One day a waggish neigh- j
bor stuck a needle in the side of a bam, |
and placing her on the other side of the j
road asked her if she could see it. “Oh j
yes,” she replied, looking in the direc- !
tion indicated, “but where is the barn?” I
Is composed of Herbal and Mucilaginous pro
ducts. whi.li havo a s;>ecilic effect upon tlio
Pulmonary organs, penetrating every portion
of them. It detaches from, the Bronchial or
Wind Tubes tho irritating matter which accu
mulates, and assists them to throw it off,
mitigates the pain, resists tho progress of m
tlanimation and removes the constriction of the
The Properties of this Elegant Pre
paration are Demulcent. Nutritive. Balsamic.
Healing and Soothing. It braces the lit lvous
svstemi produces refreshing sleep, and re
lieves gloom and depression of spirits* H is
very pleasant to take, causes no nausea, and
strengthens the Lungs to resist attacks in the
future.
YOU NEED NOT GO TO FLORIDA
TO CURE YOUR COUGH.
If you use this Bemedy, you can remain at
homo and enjoy its comforts—a privilege of vast
importance to the sufferer from Pulmonary
Avoid Consumption. This disease is
very insidious in its approach, and its first ad
vance should be promptly guarded against.—
The timely use of the Expectorant will prevent
much pain and suffering.
Dr. Tutt’s Expectorant is a Specific
for Croup. No mother should he without a
bottle of it. It is very pleasant, and children
take it readily.
It is ilie most valuable Lung Balsam ever
offered to sufferers ffom diseases of the Throat
or Chest. . „ ~, ~
Price. §1 a bottle, or six for so. Sold by all
druggists, Office, 48 Cortlandt street, New
York.
DR. TUTT’S HAIR D¥E.
REASONS WHY YOtJ SHOULD USE IT.
Because all Barbers say it is the beet.
Because it imparts a natural color.
Because it is harmless.
Because it contains no Sugar Lead.
■Because it lias no bad smell.
Because its effect is instantaneous.
Because it leaves tho hair sbft and glossy.
Because it contains no Sulphur.
Sold by all Druggists,
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& - olfY'ilfo i
ON I , v * j ■Y' •*>
.'"rsfbj vjgtf
Gift Ehtirphise
THE ONLY RELIABLE GIFT DISTRIBU
TION IN THE COUNTRY!
TWENTIETH
llmfl Annual DistriMion!
TC BE DRAWN
Thursday, January Ist, 1874.
$200,000 00
IN VALUABLE GIFTS!
GRAND CAPITAL PRIZE,
$30,000 i«i Greenbacks.
ONE GRAND CASH PRIZE,
SIO,OOO ill Greenbacks.
ONE CASH PRIZE OF $5,000 IN GREENBACKS.
Oue Prize of $3,000 1
Six Prizes of SI,OOO each in V GREENBACKS.
Ten Prizes of SSOO )
2,500 Gold and Silver Lover Hunting Watches
(in all), worth from S2O to $30!).
Coin Silver Vest Chains, Solid and Double
plated Silverware, Jewelry. Ac.. Ac.
Whole number of Gifts. 25,000. l’iokets lim
ited to 100,000.
Agonts wanted to sell Tickets, to whom lib
eral premiums will bo paid.
Single tickets, $2; Six Tickets, $10; Twelve
Tickets, S2O; Twenty-five Tickets, S4O.
Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a de
scription of tho manner of drawing, and other
information in reference to tho Distribution,
will bo sent to any ono ordering them. All
letters must bo addressed to
L. D. SINE,
Box Bfi, Cincinnati, Ohio
Main Office. 101 W. Fifth Street.
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POSTPONEMENT!
M Grid Gift Concert
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
OYER A MILLION IN BANK!
SUCCESS A.WSUl.4lilk> !
A FULL DRAWING CERTAIN
On Tuesday, 31st of March Next.
EN order to meet the general wish and expec
tation of the public and tho ticket-holdeis,
lor the full payment of the magnificent gifts,
announced for the Fourth Grand (lift Concert
of the Public Library of Kentucky, the man
agement have de ermined to postpone the
Concert and Drawing until
Tuesday, the 31st of March, 1874.
They Have Already Realized
OVER A MILLION DOLL IRS !
And have a great many agent* yet to hear
from.
No doubt ia entertained of the aale or every
ticket before tho drawing, but whether all are
aold or not the Concert and Drawing will posi
tively and unequivocally take place on the day
now fixed* and if any remain unsold they will
be cancelled aml the prizea will bo reduced in
proportion to the unsold tickets.
Over bOjOOO tieketa have been issued and
12,000 CASH GIFTS - $1,500,000.
Will be distributed among the ticket-holders.
The tickets are printed in coupons,of tenths,
and all fractional parts will be represented in
the drawing just as whole tickets are.
LIST OF GIFTS.
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT $250,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 100,00 ,
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 50,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 15.000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 17,500
10 CASH GI FI’S SIO,OOO cacli 100,000
SO CASH GIFIS 5,000 each 150,000
50 CASH GIFTS 1,000 each 50.000
SO CASH GIFTS 500 each 40,000
100 CASH GIFTS 400 each 40,000
150 CASH GIFTS 300 each 45,000
250 CASH GIFTS 200 each 50.000
325 CASH GIFTS 100 each 32,500
11,000 CASH GIF i S 50 each 550,000
TOTAL, 12,000 GIFT’S, ALL CASH
amounting to $1,500,006
The chances for a gift are as one to five.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets, SSO: Halves. $25; Tenths, or
each coupon, $5; Eleven Whole Tickets for
$500; 221 Tickets for $1,000; 113 Whole Tickets
for $5,(00; 227 Whole Tickets for 810.000. No
discount on less than SSOO worth of Tickets.
The Fourth (lift Concert will be conducted,
in all respects, like the threo which have al
ready been given, and full particulars may be
learned from circulars, which wi 1 be sent free
from this office to all who apply for them.
OrderH for tickets and applications for agen
cies will he attended to in the order they are
received, and it is hoped they will be sent in
promptly that there mav be no disappointment
or delay in filling all. Liberal terms, given to
those who bny to sell again. All agents are
peremptoriiv required to settle up their accounts
and return all unsold tickets by the 20th day of i
March. THOa. E. BRAMLETTE.
Agent Pub. Libr. Kv., and Manager Gift Con- j
cert, Public Library Building. Louisville, Ky.
deel6-tufriAweowtilmar3l |
Geo. E. lUtcliffe. W. H. Cuew.
GEO. E, RATGLIFFE k GO.,
Cotton F’actors,
CUANO DEALERS
AND
Lieueral Commission Merchants,
NO. 14 .TACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
BF.G to announce that they have a Commo
dious Fire-Proof Warehouse, aud are pre
pared to make liberal Caah Advances on Cot
ton and other Pro * ce.
BAGGING and 11.L3 alwayn on hand.
Commiaeion for well ng Cotton, $ 1 per bale.
aepl4-tuthhaAwtf
YV. H. H. HOUSTON & CO.,
(Successors to W. J. Black &. Cos. and Gregory
A Williamson)
Wholesale Dealers ia Lipors & Tobacco.
CHARLOTTE N. C.
*n2-5m _ _
TEACHER WANTED!
A MARRIED MAN. competent aud well re
commended and who has had some ex
perience in teaching. For particulars, addross,
TRUSTEES PALM! KA INSTITUTE,
dec 12—d14w3 Newborn, Newton co., Ga. I
J. H. ALEXANDER,
SUCCESSOR TO PLUMB A LKITNER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Drugs and Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Class, Fancy Toilet Articles, &c., &c.
I HAVE purchased the 1 XTENSIVE 8 TOOK of Messrs. Plumb A Leitner, and will endeavor
to make and keen it complete with every arlidle in this line of business.
T. S. IIANKINSON. a qualified, practical Druggist, ban charge of the PiiTMCIUPTIQN DE
PARTMENT especially, and will open and keep tho store under his own char 0 u and supervision.
I propose also to st-ll a
CHEMICAL COMPOUND FOR COMPOSTING FERTILIZERS AT HOME.
I will sell 600 lbs. for $lB, the Plautor to provido himself 1,400 lbs. stable manure and cotton
seed, compast them as by directions, and make a ton of GOOD FERTILIZER, worth SSO to $(111.
This Chemical Compound will he sold only for cash, and hut a limited quantity will be offered.
.1, ir. ALEX VNDEK,
dec3-dAwlm 21*2 BHOAP STREET. AUGUSTA. OA.
W, DANIEL. <!. A. UO-LAKi).
DANIEL & ROWLAND
Cotton Factors Fobihiiissioii iflcrcfcanis
Aud Agents for tho eolebrated
ETIWAN, WANDO, DUGDALE AND COTTON FOOD GUANOS,
CORNER JACKSON AND REYNOLDS STREETS, AUGUSTA, GA.
Consignments solicited. SriT - COMMISSION FOR SELLING COTTON, $1
PER BALE. 0022 wHm
New Advert isemen t».
m-SPOONFOT. doses 3 times daily of HAMILTON’S
1 Buchu aud Dandelion
Promotes healthy action of the KIDNEYS, LIVF.R
ami BOWELS; is, therefore the greatest BLOOD
PURIFIER and HEALTH PREBKRVER of the age,
aud prevents diseases by removing tin? cause. It
has stood the test, and is the best medicine in use.
W. 0. HAMILTON * CO.,
4w Cincinnati, Ohio.
TVant t*<l*
AGENTS, for the latest selling article out. VAL- ;
UABLE SAMPLES FREE.
4w J. BU IDE, 769 Broadway, New York. !
Brings You Free by Mail the Very Best
Ss3 ‘ELASTIC TRUSS.’
Write at once to POMEROY k C 0...
4w 7.44 Broadway, M \v Y>rk.
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
CENTENNIAL GAZETTEER
OF THE UNITED STATES;
Showing the gigantic results of the
YEARS OF TIIE REPUBLIC. A book everybody
wants. Send for circular. Address
ZEIGLER X McOURDY,
4w 51S Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
S2O Savod!
TO MEET the urgent demands of the times the
FLORENCE S£W!NG MACHINE COMPANY
Have determined to REDUCE PRICES, will
hereafter sell their S7O Machine for S3O, aud other
gtyiea in proportion.
THE FLORENCE
Is the ONLY Sewing Machine that feeds tho work
backward and forward, or to right and left, as the
purchaser may prefer. It has been greatly IM
PROVED und SIMPLIFIED, and is far bettor than
any other machine in the market.
IT IS NOW THE CHEAPEST. AGENTS WANTED
Florence, Mass., Novembor 1, 1873. 4w
Kuaint, Kucer and Kurious
IS THE valuable book we give to all. Full of facts,
figures and fun. (14 pages. 60 pictures. Mailed
for two stamps. Address G. BLACK IE k CO.,
4w 746 Broadway, N Y.
White fob Laugh Illustrated Prick List.
Address
tk^SMITHFIELDS! PITISBURGH PaT***^
Brceeh-loading Shot Guns, S4O to S3OO. Double
Shot Guns, $S to $l6O. Single Gnus, $3 to S2O.
ltilles, $8 to $76. Revolvers, $0 to $25. Pistols, $1 to
SB. Gun Material. Fishing Tackle. Large discount
to Bottlers or Clubs. Army 7 Guns, Revolvers, Ac.,
bought or traded for. Goods sent by express C. O. D.
to be examined before paid for. 4w
turns all Hnniorafrom flic fiorof-
Ufa to a common Rtotcli or IGmjric.
I'rom two to fix bottles arc warranted to
cure Salt Ulicum or Tetter, Liu,pica
on Voce, Boils, Urysipelas amt
%A- Complaint. Six to twelve bot
tle varranteil to cure Ucrofuloua
Swell turn ami Sores aud all skin nti<l
Ulood Diseases. By its wonderful
Pectoral properties it will euro tho most
severe recent or lingering Cougli In bait
the time required by any other mod Irina
and is perfectly safe, loosening cough, sooth
ing irritation, and relieving soreness. Sold
bvall Druggists. K. V. fJIJtCE.M.I*.,
V.’orltl’o Dinpcusary, Buffalo, N. Y.
4w _
Tie Great M SimlM
nA BTMPI.R, SAFE I>U
KAHLK AND EOONOMI-
McSajn|ii|i|
made by Colt’s A i ms <’<».,
day of 10 hours; other fuel
in proportion.
ENGINE READY FOR UHK.
For c irculars with price list and testimonials ad
dress WILLIAM J>. RITHSEI.L,
Office of the Baxter Steam Engine Company,
dec2—fw 18 Park Place, New lot'k._
SAMPLES sent by mail for f>oo. that retail quick
for $lO. It. L. WOLCOTT, 181 Chatham Square, N.
Tie Malic
black or brown, and contains no poison. 1 rude sup
plied at low ratcH. Address MAGIC COMB CO.,
Hpriugflejd, Mass.
Dr. Sharp’s Specific cures Dyspepsia, Liver (Vru
jilaint, Constipation, Vomiting of Fond, Snir
’stomach, Water Brash, Heartburn, Low Hpb its, &<\
In thirty-five years never failing to cure the most
obstinate cases. Sold by druggists generally.
Greene k ltossiguol, 2154 Broad St., Agents for Au
gusta, Gu. Depot, 145 Eighth St., N. Y. Circulars
mailed on application. <»'i I2w
For
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS,
AM) ALL THROAT DISEASES,
TJho
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
PUT UP ONLY IN BLUB BOXES.
A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY.
Sold by Druggists. 4w
The Highest Medical Authorities of Europe
say the strongest Tonic, Purifier aud Deobstruent
known to the medical world is
JURUB EBA.
It arrests decay of vital forces, exhaustion of the ner
vous system, restores vigor to the debilitated, cleanses
vitiated blood, removes vesicle obstruction.!, . nd
acts directly on the Liver ond Spleen. Price, $1 ,
bottle. JOHN Q. KELLOGG, 1H Platt St., N. Y
Agents Wanted,
SEND FOB CATALOGUE. 4w
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. NEW YORK.
TnE OYLY KNOWN MEDICINE
THAT AX THE BAMF. TIME
Purges, Purifies and StrenjrfheDS the
System.
Dr. Tuft’s Pills are composed of many ingre
dients. Prominent among them are garsaparilla and
Wild Cherry, so united as to act together; the one,
through its admixture with other substance.-, puri
fying and purging; while the other is strengthening
the system. Thus these Pills are at the same time a
ton! and a cathartic, a desideratum long sought for
by medical men, but never before discovered. In
other words, they do the work of two medicines, and
do it much better than any two we know of, for they
remove nothing from the system brt impurities, so
that while they pnrg<- they idso s'rengthen, aud
hence they cause no debility and are followed by no
reaction.
Dr. Tuft n Pills have a wonderful influence on
the blood. They not only purify without weak
ening it. but they remove all noxious particles from
the chyle before it is converted into fluid, and thus
makes impure blood an utter Imp' sslbility As there
is no debilitation, so there is no uauh<*a or sickness
attending the operation of this most excellent medi
cine, which never strains or tortures the digestive
organs, but causes them to work in a perfectly nat
ural manner ; hence persons taking them do not be
come pale and emaciated, but on the contrary, while
all impurities are being removed, the combined ac
tion of the Har-oar ilia ad Wild Cherry purifies and
invigorates the body, and a robust Gate of health fc
the result of their united action.
Price, 25 cents a box. Sold by all druggists. Depot
43Courtlandt Ht., New York. 4w
N. Y, SAFETY STEAM POWER CO,,
« m 30 CORTLANDT STREET
NEW YORK,
I Superior Btxau Ekoiwbh and
I flf Boilkbs, b/ special machinery
1* duplication of parts. They
I. fvV are safe, Economical, Kasily Man-
F^|uA a ‘l ag'-d, and not liable to dmngc-
Blent. Their Combiwkd E>oink
• AND BOIDILU peculiarly adapted
- *'* to all purposes requiring small
power. More than 400 engines, from 2to lUO horse
power, in use. Bend for illustrated circular.
novl-12w •
WOOL ADVANCED.
THE milmcribern hiving received &n order
for WOOL, are prepared to pay the high
est cash prices for aH kinds.
Also, purchases BEESWAX. IRON, METALS,
RAGS. HIDES, and aU kinds of Taper Stock,
for which we wiU pay the highest cash prices
for by applying to
f H. MORRISON & CO.,
myl 1 103 Reynolds street.
SAVE
WHY. NOT
THE HONE SHUTTLE,
I7NIRST introduced in 1850. and now eon-
JLj h true ted on Bound mechanical pi it ciples,
the l’OHult ol’ tho eiTortti of the most talented
inventors in the country, extending over a long
tseriefl of Years.
It in a CLASS GENUINE UNDER
FEED SHUTTLE MACHINE, uiakott the
ELASTIC LOCK STITCH alike on both aides;
ban a self-adjusting tension, and ih adapted to
every variety of sewing known to any Machine
in the world, at ONi-HALF THE COST OF
OTHER MAKES. All tho working parts are ol’
the best hardened steel, and is. therefore, as
UUI ABLE ns any can he. AT ANY PRICE.
This in the onlv Company that gives a WHIT
TEN WARRANTEE FOR FIVE YEARS with
each Machine, and will nupply any imperfect
part free of cost within that time.
Prices No. 1. $25; No. 2, SB7; No. 8, #42;
No. 4, $75. Cail a tl examine them. County
Agents wanted. Send for circulai and samples
of work. Address A. B CLARKE,
Rooms 148 Broad Street,
d< ol 1 -fU.'v w Augusta, Ga.
m
The Best Is the Cheapest,
THE NEW IMPROVED, SILENT FEED
WHEELER & WILSON'S
Sewing Machine.
OVJSR
800,000 Now in Use
Over 300,000 More Used Than of
Any Ollier kind.
EASIEST TO MANAGE.
LIGHTEST mu) FASTI'’,ST RUNNING.
Tho SIMPLEST CONSTRUC TED ami MOST
DURABLE MACHINE in the market.
Pronouncod by Physicians to he tho least
INJURIOUS.
The WHEELER A WILSON has been the
FAVORITE for 27 YEARS.
The Hales of 1872 were .80,000 moro than any
previous year.
The sales of our Augusta Office, for 1872,
wore 1,500 Machines.
For sale on EASY TIME or MONTHLY IN
STALLMENTS. Old Machines of all kinds,
repaired and warranted. Stitching of all kinds*
neatly done.
The beat quality and most complete nssorb
montof SILK, NEEDLES, THREAD and OIL
constantly on band and for sale.
SALESROOMS, 140 BROAl) STREET (Old
City Hotel Building), Augusta, Ga.
J. H. TRUMP
. GENERAL AGENT.
deeO-HnsutuAvvly
Mount /ion Institution.
f'IMIE exercised of thin School will commence
_L on tbo First MONDAY OF JANUARY,
1674. under the Rectorship of Rev. (’. I*. RE
MAN, D. J). The facilities offered by this In
stitution for tlie education of >outh are numer
ous. Mount Zion in comparatively free from
temptation to vice, and the rates of tuition
moderate, and boHideH there in a full PhiloHO
nliical aud i hemicnl Apparatus attache.! to tho
institution. Board can be had in Mount Zion
and the vicinity at from >fel2 to sl2 50 per
per month. For further information send for
circular. A. I. HAIiWK.I L,
dec7-di<Vw4 Secretary.
1.. J. OHILMAUTIN. JOHN FLANNHIY.
L. J. M'ILMAKTIN & CO.,
LOTTO% FACTORS
AND
CoinmiNHiou M<‘i*c*lim»ts,
(Kelly's Block)
BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.,
AjrentH for Bradley’s Phosphate,
Jewell’s Mills Yarns and Domestics, etc.
BAGGING, ROPE and IRON TIES
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Usual facilities extended to Custom < i B
sepl-w4m
THE NEWEST THING FOll AGENTS !
Till: COMBINATION PROSPECTUS-
FrvtJLLY represent*! within its covers FIFTY of the
most popular new books published. Profusely
Illustrated und (‘very volume of the fifty picked for
itri tried and fast selling qualities. Enables the agent
to suit evrry taste. Beats anything ever known in
tlie book line, and all agents, or tli<»s«- who wish to
be agents, should not fail to send for particulars and
most liberal terms, to Valley Pub. Cos., Cincinnati,
o*,gt. Louis, Mi ~ or Chics go. no?r.— wßm
Iron in the Blood
#arid Enriches the
lirokon-down, (fures
Female Complaints,.
mors, Dyspepsia, Am-
Thousands navo
been changed by tho
use of this remedy
from weak, sickly,
suffering creatures, to
strong, healthy, and happy men and women; and
invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to give it a trial,
Caution. —Bo euro you get tho right article. Hoe
that “Peruvian By nip" is blown in the glass.
Pamphlets free. Sand for one. BETH W. FOWL 14
A SONS, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. For suie by
druggists generally.
thaa&tu A y
Ttie Oldest Fnrnitn: e House iD % Stale.
PUTT BROTHERS,
212 ii 21! lilloAl> STREET,
YIAIUSTY, GY.,
Keep always on hand the latest styled
FURNITURE.
Os every vnriety manufactured, frota the*
lowest to the highest grades.
Chamber, Parlor, Dining-Room,,
AND
Library (ouiplete Suits, or Slngfe
Pieces,
At prices which cannot fail to suit the
purchaser.
UNDEitTA KING
In all its branches. METALIC CASES
and CASKETS, of various styles and
make. Imported Wood Caskets and
Cases, of every design and finish.
COFFIN Sand CASKETS, of our own
make, in Mahogany, Rosewood and Wal
nut.- An accomplished Undertaker will
he in attendance at all hours, dav and
uight. I’LATT BROTHERS,
212 and 214 Broad St,, Augusta, (ia.
oot2&—janl4-dfAwlv
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