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WEDNESDAY.. ..OCTOBER 21, 1874.
TUB EYES OF AN IBIBH GIRL.
Ton nuy Ulk of bUck eye* and bine.
About brown e>e*. end bezel end grey:
Ton may praise a* yon pleeee every hoe
Known on earth since it* earliest day;
Bat no other eyes under the sun
Can set poor human heart in a whirl.
With their pathos and mischief and fun,
Like the eyes of a bright Irish girl.
They are soft as the down on a dove.
They are mild as a midsummer dawn.
They are warm as the red heart °floj®.
her are coy as the glance of a fawn ;
Tender, pensive, and dreamy as night,
Bright and pure as the daintiest pearl,
Tet as merrily mad as a sprite
Are the eye* of a young Irish girl.
They can soothe and delight with a beam,
They can rouse and inspire with a glance,
They can chill aud reprove with a gleam
That is keen as the flash of a lance ;
To bring peace or the pang* of despair
To one's breast, be he noble or churl,
There is nothing on earth to compare
Witu the eyes of a true Irish girL
Ton mar search cabin, cottage and hall.
Thro’ the loveliest lands that are known;
But the loveliest land of them all <
Has no eyes like the eyes of our own ;
There are faces, no doubt, quite as sweet,
And as fa r. under ringlet and curl,
Bat no light like the splendors that meet
In the eyes of a glad Irish girl.
Ah! Dame Nature was cruelly kind
When she took from her tenderest skies
The most exquisite tints she could find
And bestowed them on soft Irish eyes ;
For no other eyes under the sun
Can set human hearts in a whirl
With their pathos and mischief and fun,
Like the eyes of a bright Irish girl.
THE SPECTRE OF THE ROSE.
[From the French of Theophile Gautier.]
The orginal begins:
• ‘Soulevo ta panpiere close,
Qu’ efileure on songe virginal!
Those slumbering lids unclose,
Where pure dreams hover so light.
A spectre am I—the Bose
That you wore at the ball last night.
Ton took me, watered so late
My leaves yet glistened with dew;
And am A the starry fete .
You bore me the ovening through,
a.
O lady, for whom I died,
Ton cannot drive me away .
My spectre at your bedside
Shall dance till the dawning of day.
Tet fear not, nor mako lament,
Nor breathe sad psalms for my rest.
For niv soul is this tender scent.
And”l coaie from the bowers of the Blest.
in.
How many for deaths so divine
Would hare given their lives away!
Was never such fate as mine—
For in death on your neck I lay !
To my alabaster bier
A |oet came with a kiss :
Aud he wrote, "A rose lies here,
But kings might envy its bliss.”
Fba-vcim David Mobicb.
[Macmillan's Magazine.
THAMES VALLEY SONNETS.
BY DANTE O. BO9KTTI.
WINTEB.
How largo that thrush looks on the bare thorn
tree !
A swarm of such, threo little months ago,
Had hidden in the leaves and let none know
Save by the outburst of their minstrelsy.
A white flake hero and there—a snow lily
Of last night’s frost—our naked flower-beds
bold;
And for a rose-flower on the darkening
mould
'The hungry redbreast gleams. No bloom, no
boe.
The current shudders to its ice-bound sodge ;
Nipped iu their bath, tho stark reeds one by
one
Flash each its clinging diamond in the sun.
’Ncalli winds which for this Winter’s sovereign
pledge ,
Shall curb great king-masts to the ocean’s
edge
And leave momorial forest-kings o’erthrown.
SPIIING.
Soft-littered in the new year’s lambing fold,
And iu the hollowed haystack at its side
The shepord lies o’uight now, wakeful-eyed
At tho ewes’ travailing call through tho dark
cold, ,
Tho young rooks cheep ’mid the tliicK eaw o
the old;
And noar unpeopled stream-sides, on the
ground.
By her spring-cry tho moor-hen’s neßt is
found.
Where the drained flood lands flaunt their
marigold.
Chill are tho gusts to which tho pastures cower,
And chill tho current where the young reeds
st and
As green and close as tho young wheat on
land;
Tot bore the cuckoo and tho cuckoo-flower
Plight (o the heart spring’s perfect imminent
honr,
Whose breath Bhall sooth you like your dear
one’s baud.
THE FISHER.
Sorrow, and strife and pain
Havo crushed my spirit with relentless hand,
Long have I toiled, O Lord, and wrought in
vain.
But still, at Thy command.
Into tho wide blue soa,
Clinging to Thine own word. 1 cast the not;
Thy covenant was made of old with mo
And I will trust Thee yet.
Lord, it is hard to stand
Waiting and watching in this silont toil,
While other fishers draw their nets to laud,
Aud shout to see their Bpoil.
My strength fails unawares,
My hands "are weak —my sight grows dim with
tears;
My soul is burdened with iin&uswered prayers,
And sick of doubts aud fears.
I seo. across the deep,
The moon oast down her fettors. silver-bright,
As if to bind the oco.in in liis sleep
With links of living light.
I hear tho roll and rush
Of waves that kiss the bosom of the beach ;
That soft sea-voice which ever seems to Uush|
The tones of human speech.
A breeze comes sweet and chill
vOver the waters, aud the night wanes fast:
His promise fails : the net is empty still,
Aud hope’s old dreams are past !
Slow fade the moon and stars,
And in the East the now dawn faintly shines
Through dim grey shadows flocked with pearly
bars.
And level silver lines.
But lo! wliat form is this
Standing beside me on tho desolate shore ?
I bow my knees: His garment's hem I kiss;
"Master, I doubt no more!
•‘Draw in thy net, draw in,"
He cries, "behold the jtrainiug meshes break 1”
All, Lord, the spoil I .oiled so long to win
Is granted f< r Thy sake!
The rosy d&v blooms out
I.ike a full blossomed flower : tho joyous sea
Lifts up its voico ; tho winds of morning ehout
All glory, God, to thoe !
Sarah Doudnet.
MY BOOKS.
HT JOHN H. SAXB.
Ah! well I love these books of mine.
That stand so trimly on their shelves.
With here and there a broken line
(Fat ••quartos” jostling modest "twelves").
A curious company I own :
The pooiest ranking with their bettors :
Iu brief—a thing almost uukuown—
A Pure Democracy—of Letters.
A motley gathering are thoy;
Some fairly worih their weight in gold;
Some j let too good to throw away;
Some scarcely worth tue place they hold,
Tet well I love them, one and all.
These friends so meek and unobtrusive.
Who never fail to come at call,
Nor (if X scold them) turn abusive!
If I have favorites here and there,
And, like a monarch, pick and choose,
I never meet an angry stare
That this I take and that refuse;
No discords rise my soul to vex
Among these peaceful book-relations,
Nor envious strife of age or sex
To mar my quiet lucubrations.
And they have still another merit.
Which otherwise oue vainly seeks,
Whate'er may be an author's spirit.
He never uninvited speaks;
And should be prove a fool or clown.
Unworth the precious time you're spending,
How quickly you can ut him down. '
Or " shut him up,” without offending I
Here—pleasing sight!—the touchy brood
Of cntics from dissension sease .-
And—stranger still!—no mor at feud,
Polemics smile, and keep the peace.
See ! side by s;de. all free from strife
(Save what the heavy page may smother),
The gentle •• Christians” who, in life,
For conscience sake, had burned each other.
I call them friends, these qniet books.
And well the title they may claim.
Who always give me cheerful looks
(What living friend has done the same ?) .
And, for companionship, how few.
As these, my cronies ever-present,
Of all the friends I ever knew
Have been so useful and so pleasant ?
[ Harper's Magazine.
Temperance Items. —We understand
that the Right Worthy Grand Templar
of the World, Dr. J. J. Hickman, and
the Grand Worthy Chief Templar of
Georgia, J. G. Thrower, may soon be
expected to be with ns. By the com
bined action of the Harmony, Richmond,
Bethesda and Empire Lodges of this
city, and the Hephzibah, Berzelia, Bel-
Air, Friendship and J. T. Smith Lodges
of Richmond and Columbia counties, it
is expected that a grand barbecue will
be given at Bel.-Air on or abont the 7th
of next month, and the opportunity will
be offered all outsiders to learn what the
Good Templars desire and propose. All
Good Templars are urged to bring their
outside friends, that they may hear the
eloquence of Dr. Hickman. Other promi
nent men are expected.
Hakrisbur, Pa., October 14. —Gov.
Hartranft has issued warrants for the
execution of Wm. E. Udderzook, Daniel
Omard and Patrick Irvine, on Friday,
November 13th.
A TEXAS VENDETTA.
HIBTTORT OF THE TAYLOB SUT
TON FEUD.
Nineteen Homicides Already—Outside
Parties Drawn In, and a Fight In
volving a Thousand Imminent.
A member of one of the two military
companies sent from Galveston, Texas,
to Indianola as guards of tho prisoner
William Taylor, accused of killing Wil
liam Sutton and Gilbert Slaughter, on
the Morgan steamship last Spring, has
contribnted to the Galveston News the
following account of the outrages out of
which the murder and arrest grew :
“ We reached the wharf a few minutes
before eight o'plock, where we were met
by District-Attorney W. H. Crane, who
accompanied the command to the Court
House and caused the Sheriff to receive
the prisoner and place him in jail; and
by his request Capt. Weeks placed sen
tinels around the jail to prevent either a
rescue or an attempt to lynch, as the
Governor had been informed might be
attempted. On the wharf there were
fewer persons than I expected to -ee,
judging from rumors we had heard; and
on the streets very few of the partisans
of the antagonistic factions were seen.
In fact, scarcely a dozen of them were
noticed; they were very qniet and order
ly. In this connection I will add that
the much regretted feud between the
families and friends of Sntton and Tay
lor should cease. It has already cost a
sufficient number of lives to cause those
now living to reflect and stop. From
two gentlemen who reside in that por
tion of the State I learn that the fend
originated in Alabama about eighteen
years ago. Their account of its subse
quent progress is substantially as fol
lows : Shortly after the death of a mem
ber of one of these families at the
hands of the other, one family moved to
this State and settled in Western
Texas. Subsequently the other came
and settled, unknowingly, in the
same neighborhood. Here they lived
peaceably up to the end of the late war,
when one, Charles Taylor (though no
relative), came among them, and, being
accused of stealing horses, fled to Bas
trop county with a friend, Jim Sharp.
They were pursued by several citizens,
among whom William Sntton was said
to have been. Taylor and Sharp were
caught and shot. After the return of
the pursuing party to DeWitt county,
Buck Taylor, uncle to the prisoner, aud
Dick Chisholm expressed their feelings
so strongly regarding the killing of
Charley Taylor and Sharp, as to give
offense to William Sutton and a Mr.
White, from which resulted a light and
the death of Taylor and Chisholm. It
is stated that the next two killed were
Littlejoln and Stannard, who were shot
in Wilson county, both friends of Sut
ton’s. The supposition was that Tay
lor’s friends committed the act. This
was in 1870, when Davis’ State Police
was in force, and with whom rumor says
Sutton was friendly if not connected. In
1871 C. S. Bell, State policeman, shot
and killed Hays Taylor. In 1872 Dobey
Taylor was killed by a man in Kerrville.
In 1873, as Mr. Cox and a friend were
riding in advance of Messrs. Tomlinson,
Walls and Ragland, friends of Sutton
and party, from Helena toward York
town, they were shot from the bushes
and killed, it was supposed by the Tay
lor party. During the same year Mark
Taylor was killed by a party with whom
Jack Helm was, and in the same year
Helm was killed in Alascosa county, it
was believed by some of the Taylor
gang. In 1872 Pitkin Taylor, another
uncle of William Taylor, was called out
of hia house and so badly shot that he
did not long survive. Shortly after
ward two more of his relatives, the Kel
lett boys, were killed.
“Early last Spring tho Sutton party,
under Capt. Tomlinson and William
Sutton, completely surrounded the Tay
lors, aud would have ended the difficul
ties’ had not good citizens interfered
and secured a treaty of peace, which
was signed by each member of the two
parties, and was kept until the killing
of Sutton and Slaughter on the steam
ship Clinton last March, and as a prin
cipal in which William Taylor, the pris
oner is now under accusation. With
in a month from that time Scrap Taylor,
the only brother of the prisoner, who
had be n captured in Comanche
county and sent to De Witt, charge!
with cattle stealing, was taken from
jail by a mob, consisting, it was
thought, of Sutton men, and shot to
death. These aro all the homicides I
could hear of, yet my informants admit
that there may have been others, as the
two parties are always in the saddle, ar
rayed against each other. At present
the Sutton party are largely in the as-
Cendant. lam also told tiiat the feud
has drawn into it many others, and if a
general fight should at any time begin,
there would be 1,000 or 1,200 involved.
It is thought to be utterly impossible to
obtain an unbiased jury in any of the
adjacent counties, for these partisans
have sympathizers iu them. Yet in In
dianola there would have been no
trouble. At the Court here the venire
of sixty summoned was a very intelli
gent one, and men who would have been
just, without fear or favor.”
“OLD HICKORY.”
Some of tbe Things Judge Guild Re
members—New and Surprising Sto
ries About Andrew Jackson*
[New York Times.]
Judge Joseph C. Guild (old Joe Guild,
as he is familiarly called at home), is a
native of Houston county, Tenn. Lately
he returned there after an absence of
more than half a century, and on the
25th of August he made a public speech,
from whioh the following extracts are
taken :
HOW ODD HICKORY BROKE UP A RACE.
Many are the interesting scenes of
Jackson’s life which liis biographer has
not brought to light. When a boy I
saw him scare and put to flight twenty
thousand men. The occasion was this :
Grey Hound, a Kentucky horse, had
beaten Double Head, a Tennessee horse,
and they were afterward matched for
$5,000 a side, to be run on tho Clover
Bottom Course. My uncle, Josephus H
Conn, carried me on horseback behind
him to see the race. He set mo on the
cedar fence and told me to remain until
he returned. There must have been
20,000 persons present. I never wit
nessed such fierce betting between the
States. Money and negroes were put
up. A large pound was filled with
horses and negroes bet on the result of
the race. The time had now arrived for
the competitors to appear on the track.
I heard some loud talking, and looking
down the track, saw for the first time
Gen. Jackson riding slowly on a gray
horse, with long pistols held in each
hand. I think they were as long as
mv arm, and had a mouth that a ground
squirrel could enter. In his wake
followed my uncle, Conn, Stokely
Donelson, Patten Anderson, and several
others, as fierce as bull dogs. As Gen
eral Jackson led the van and approached
the judges’ stand, he was rapidly talk
ing and gesticulating. As he came by
me he said hat he had irrefragable
proof that thio was to be a jockey race;
the Grey Hound was seen in the wheat
field the night before, which disqualified
him for the race, and that his rider was
to receive SSOO to throw it off, and by
the he would shoot the first
man who brought the horse upon the
track; that the people’s money should
not be stolen from them in this manner.
He talked incessantly, while the .spittle
rolled from his mouth aud the fire from
his eye. I have seen bears and wolves
put at bay, but he was certainly the
most ferocious looking animal that I
had ever seen. His appearance aud
manner struck terror into the hearts of
twenty thousand people. If they felt
as I did, every one expected to be slain.
He announced to the parties if they
wanted some lead in their hides, just
bring their horses on the track, for by
the eternal he would kill the first man
that attempted to do so. There was no
response to this challenge, and after
waiting for some time, and they failing
to appear, General Jackson said it was
a great mistake in the opinion of some,
that he acted hastily and without con
sideration. He would give the scoun
drels a fair trial, and to that end he
would constitute a court to investi
gate this matter, who would hear the
proof and do justice to all parties.—
Thereupon he appointed a sheriff toi
keep order, and five judges to hear the
case. Proclamation was made that
the court was open and was ready to
proceed to business, and for the parties
to appear and defend themselves. Not
appearing, General Jackson introduced
the witnesses proving the bribery of
Grey Honnd’s rider, who was to receive
SSOO to throw off the race, having re
ceived $250 in advance, and that Gray
Hound had been turned into the field
the night before. He again called on
the parties to appear and counteract the
proof and vindicate their innocence.
They failing to appear, General Jack
son told the conrt that the proof was
closed, and for them to render their
judgment in the premises, which in a
few moments was done in accordance
with the facts proved. I was still on the
fence forming one line of the large
pound containing the property bet on
the race. Each man was anxious to get
back his property. General Jackson
waved his hand and announced the de
cision, and said, “Now, gentlemen, go
calmly and in order, and each take his
own property.” When the word was
given the people came with a rush. _lt
was more terrible than an army with
banners. They came bulging against
the fence, and in the struggle to get over
they knocked it down for hundreds of
jards. I was overturned, and was near
ly trampled to death. Each man got his
property, and thus the fraudulent race
was broken up by an exhibition of the
most extraordinary courage. He did
that day what it would have required
two thousand armed men to have effect
ed. All this was effected by the pres
ence and action of one man, and with
out the drawing of one drop of blood.
OBNKBAI. JACKSON PROTECTIN'O A COCBT.
I will give you another scene in Gen.
Jackson’s life. Gen. Jackson was the
Attorney-General for all Middle Tennes
see. The two Kirkendalls were the two
great bullies of that creek. They were
spirited and powerful men. They held
that the sitting of the Coart taking such
jurisdiction invaded their dominions,
and they went in a bullying manner and
dispersed the Court and ordered it never
to meet again. Gen. Jackson heard of
it, and attended the next term, carrying
upon his arm his saddle-bags containing
his long black ball dogs. He placed
his saddle-bags in a corner of the house.
The jostice took the bench, and the
sheriff proclaimed the Coart open. The
Kirkendalls appeared and ordered the
Court to disperse. In the confusion and
terror of the hour, the sheriff failed to
arrest the parties and restore order. At
this juncture Gen. Jackson appeared
before the Court and denounced the
bullies and their condnct, and told the
Court if they would appoint him their
officer he would arrest them and have
order. His proposition was readily ac
cepted. Jackson seized one of the
Kirkendalls, who was a terror to the
country. They clinched aud got out
side, and being on the edge of the bluff,
the bully threw Jackson, and they
rolled over and over down the bluff into
the creek. When the bully thought he
had conquered Jackson he left him.
But the old game-cock came rushing up
the hill, as wet as an otter, in search of
his bull dogs. He grasped them, and
pointing one at each of the bullies, ar
rested them and brought them before
the Court. They were heavily fined,
and order was restored, and the thanks
of the Court were extended to General
Jackson.
STUNNING STYLES.
Beautiful Adornments for Fair Forms—
Peeps at a Few of the Coming Novel
ties.
The novelties in fine wool goods, says
Harper's Bazar, September 26, are
thick, soft, flexible stuffs with the rough
camel’s hair surface. They are warm
enough for Russian Winters, yet are not
very heavy, and as their rough faces
make them resemble the stuffs of which
workmen’s blouses are made, the French
have named them, accordingly, roulier,
limousin, &o. Novel effects are given
by mottled shades of one color, stripes,
blacks and irregular plaids, and there is
also variety in the weaving, some show
ing simple diagonals, others the fish
bone twills, and many having checked
basket patterns. The finest goods are
restricted to natural brown and gray
shades, and the plaids are principally in
these colors and monotone, instead of
the brilliant,many-hued tarlatans,against
which ladies are protesting. One of the
novelties, called limousin, is soft camel’s
hair in irregular stripes of dark brown
or black on an ecru ground. This is de
signed only for parts of costumes whose
foundations are of the same material,
plain ecru. For instance, the skirt and
its three deep, bias, scantily gathered
flounces are plain ecru limousin; a wide
bias band of striped limousin heads and
edges those flounces. The cuirass basque
and tablier are striped, and the sleeves
are plain ecru; the cuffs and collar
are combinations of two fabrics. Limou
sin is a yard and a half wide, and costs
$5 L 0 a yard. Roulier is a similar
fabric, but lighter and rougher, woven
in regular blocks and iu broken plaids,
always of two or three shades of gray,
or of that of natural brown which is now
called ecru. The regular blocks have
already become popular, and are shown
in various sizes, from an inch to three
inches square. The material, over a
yard and a quarter wide, costs three
dollars a yard, and will be used as over
dresses with plain goods, either camel’s
hair, silk or velvet. It is said that en
tire suits of wooleu stuffs will be more
worn the coming Winter than those
composed of silk or velvet skirts with
woolen over dresses. A stylish fabric
that merchants say is a revival of old
fashioned Knickerbocker is a shaggy
camel’s hair with dots and knots of
deeper color than the body of the goods.
This will be popular with large ladies,
who can not wear stripes, and with
those who are two small for plaids. Its
cost is three dollars a yard, and it is
confined to gray and brown. (Jros car
reau (meaning large square) is the name
given camel’s hair of solid color (or
rather of a single shade, as they all pre
sent but one color), but with raised
threads woven in square designs. Hand
somest of all is a soft Oriential fabric, as
thick as broadcloth, yet as yielding as
cashmere. This is called India Cheviot,
and is imported with the India shawls.
It comes in pieces eleven yards in
length, double fold, but only a yard
wide, is $7 a yard, and is found only in
natural brown shades. This is to be
made up iu overdresses to be worn with
darker brown velvet skirts.
For full costumes are many lower
priced goods in self-colors, gray and
brown of natural shades, stylish seal
skin browns, blue-grays or slate-color,
and reddish-violet or plum-color. First
among these are the vigognes or cash
mere serges, with even, regular twills
like serge, and the softness of cashmere,
instead of that harsh unpleasantness of
serge when first introduced. Such goods
are three-fourths of a yard wide, and
their prices range from 65 cents to sllO
a yard. Cashmeres in the new colors,
and forty-eight inches wide, are found
in very fair quality as low as $1 25,
while the best qualities are $2 25. Me
rinoes range from 60 cents to $1 50.
What are now called wool poplins, but
are better known as empress cloths, are
in good qualities at 60 to 75 cents.
Newer than these are the pretty but
loosely woven basket surges, all pure
wool, aud light enough for entire cos
tumes; prices from 65 cents to $1 for
single-width goods. For general Win
ter wear, for school girls and children’s
dresses, soft wool diagonals are shown
in variety; sometimes four threads form
abroad twill, sometimes only one thread
is raised for the bias line. These are in
all quiet neutral tints, and in gray, dark
blue and wine-color. The same fabric
is also woven in basket plaids, aud all
are sold at the popular price of $1 a
vard. Such goods are only twenty-seven
inches wide. Finer armure diagonals
of double width cost from $1 75 to $2.
The matelasse silks already described
for trimmings, and for parts or suits,
cuirasses, sacques and polonaises, are
now displaved on counters of retail
stores, and marketed from $3 50 to $5 50
a yard.
more about bonnets.
The latest wholesale opening of milli
nery displays Parisian bonnets with low
crowns, and wide brims turned up troni
the brow, and trimmed to give a high
effect in front. This is found in the fine
felts that almost rival velvet in price. A
new color that is said will be worn only
for bonnets and the ribbon accessories
of the toilette (not for dresses) is a deep,
rich red, called “cardinal.” It inclines
more *o scarlet than crimson, and is
really a bright maroon. Cardinal roses
are imported in abundance, and the new
color is found in the velvets aud gros
grains that now make up handsome hats;
the ca dipal roses are also effective on
hats of black, dark blue, and dark gray
velvet. A rich bonnet, becoming either
to brunettes or pnre blondes, shows the
arrangement of the new ca dintd shades.
The foundation is velvet of the darkest
cardinal color, trimmed with velvet
loops showing lighter facings of gros
grain; short ostrich tips, several in
number, nodding in front, show three
or four of these deep shades,
while the face trimming is a half
wreath of six or seven cardinal roses
amidst soft puffs of gros grain that be
gin jnst bevond the middle of the front
and extend far back on the left side.
Another new shade is opal green, also
crystal. It is the faintest yellow with
green tints, and is so delicate that it is
white enough to suggest cream color. It
is most effectively used on bonnets of
dark bottle green velvet, where it ap
pears in facings of gros grain. The
newest blue shades are once more true
blues and pure bines of the old time
positive color, without any of the purple
hues of marine blue. There are also
deep dark indigo blues and the nearly
black shade called black blue. The
newest feather ruches are of rooks’ and
crows’ feathers sewed on bands. These
are not confined to bonnets, bnt are the
choicest trimmings for velvet cloaks and
dresses. The most stylish felt hats are
somewhat in sailor shape, with ample
low crowns ad wide brims rolled evenly
all around, or else turned straight up in
front, and held there by a bow, bird or
flower duster. A hat band of velvet is
the only other trimming, with perhaps
some upright loops behind.
CARDINAL AND BLACK.
Bows of cardinal red gros-grain rib
bon are worn down the front of guipure
polonaises, and those of black silk
wrought all over in English embroidery
in compass and star patterns. A bow
without ends is also placed jnst at the
back of the neck, and wristlets are
added. A black velvet skirt with a silk
polonaise of this English needle-work,
brightened by the cardinal bows, is an
elegant toilette for the demi-season.
Later in the year handsome costumes
will consist of black silk skirts, with a
velvet tablier, a velvet chirass, and
sleeves entirely covered with a jet. Snch
suits will be worn with the cardinal vel
vet bonnets mentioned above.
FALL SHAWLS.
Square shawls for early Fall wear have
plain centres with striped or plaid bord
ers, and are all of shades of one color,
gray, brown or blue being preferred.
Long shawls for traveling are of thick
plash-like fabric* with oriental names,
and are usnally in large broken plaids.
Cashmere shawls that do not profess to
be India shawls, but are of plain colored
cashmere and striped borders are taste
ful, and, moreover, soft and warm.
These are shown in mode, bine and
scarlet. Unique shawls also of soft
cashmere wool mixed with silk have
palm-leaf patterns of gold on black or
scarlet grounds, or else have mixtures of
blue, red, gold and black, in true East
ern fashion. Black cashmere shawls for
old ladies have richly embroidered edges
dotted with jet. The edges are scalloped,
and do not require lace to finish them,
though a deep guipure lace border adds
to their elegance.
A CONFEDERATE STORY.
The Letter that Caused a Desertion-
Extract trom a Southern General's
Speech in Alabama.
At a recent political gathering in Tus
cumbia, Alabama, General Cullen A.
Battle related the following touching
story in the course of his speech :
During the Winter of 1863-’64 it was
my fortune to be President of one of the
courts-martial of the Army of Northern
Virginia. One bleak December morning,
while the snow covered the ground and
the winds howled around our camp, I
left my bivouac fire to attend the session
of the court. Winding for miles along
uncertain paths, I at length arrived at
the court ground at Round Oak Church.
Day after day it had been our duty to
try the gallant soldiers of that army
charged with violations of military law;
but never had I on any previous occa
sion been greeted by such anxious spec
tators as ou that morning awaiting the
opening of the court. Case after case
was disposed of, and at length the case
of “The Confederate States vs. Edward
Cooper” was called—charge, desertion.
A low murmur rose spontaneously from
the battle-scarred spectators, as a youDg
artilleryman rose from the prisoner’s
bench, and, in response to the question,
“Guilty, or not guilty?”answered, “Not
guilty.”
The Judge Advocate was proceeding
to open the prosecution, when the
Court, observing that the prisoner was
unattended by counsel, interposed and
inquired of the accused, “Who is your
counsel?” He replied, “I have no
counsel.” Supposing that it was his
purpose to represent himself before the
Court, the Judge Advocate was instruct
ed to proceed. Every charge and speci
fication against the prisoner was sus
tained. The prisoner was then told to
introduce his witnesses. He replied, “I
have no witnesses.” Astonished at the
calmness with which he seemed to be
submitting to what he regarded as in
evitable fate, I said to him, “Have you
no defense ? Is it possible that you
abandoned your comrades aud deserted
your colors in the presence of the
enemy without any reason ?” He re
plied, “There was a reason, but it will
not avail me before a military Court.”
1 said : “Perhaps you are mistaken; you
are charged with the highest crime
known to miliary law, and it is your
duty to make known the cause that in
fluenced your actions.” For ,(lie first
time his manly form trembled, "and his
blue eyes swam in tears. Approaching
the President of the Court he presented
a letter saying as he did so, “There,
General, is what did it.” I opened the
letter, and in a moment my eyes filled
with tears. It was passed from one to
another of the Court until all had seen
it, and those stern warriors who had
passed with Stonewall Jackson through
a hundred battles wept like little chil
dren. Soon as I sufficiently recovered
my self-possession, I read the letter as
the defense of the prisoner. It was in
these words :
Mi Dear Edward— l have always
been proud of you, and since your con
nection with the Confederate Army I
have been prouder of you than ever be
fore. I would not have you do anything
wrong for the world; but before God,
Edward, unless you come home we must
die ! Last night I was aroused by little
Eddie’s crying. I called and said:
“What’s the matter, Eddie?” and he
said: “Oh, mamma, I’m so hungry !”
And Lucy, Edward, your darling Lucy,
she never complains, but she is growing
thinner and thinner every day. And be
fore God, Edward, unless you come
home we must die. Youis Mart.
Turning to the prisoner, I asked:
“What did you do when you received
this letter ?” He replied: “I made ap
plication for furlough, and it was re
jected; again I made application and it
was rejected; a third time I made appli
cation, and it was rejected, and that
night, as I wandered backward and for
ward in the camp, thinking of my home,
with the mild eyes of Lucky looking up
to me, and the burning words of Mary
sinking in my brain, I was no longer the
Confederate soldier, but 1 was the
father of Lucy and the husband of
Mary, and I would have passed those
lines if every gun in the battery had
fired upon me. I went to my home.
Mary ran out to meet me, her angel
arms embraced me, and she whispered,
‘O ! Edward I am so happy ! lam so
glad you got your furlough !’ She must
have felt me shudder, for she turned
pale as death, and catching her breath
at every word, she said, ‘Have you come
without your furlough ? O ! Edward,
Edward, go back !go back! Let me
and my children go down together to
the grave, but O, for Heaven’s sake,
save the honor of our name !’ And here
I am, gentlemen, not brought here by
military power, but in obedience to the
command of Mary, to abide the sentence
of your Court.”
Every officer of that court martial felt
the force of the prisoner’s words. Be
fore tliem stood, in beatific vision, the
eloquent pleader for a husband’s and a
father’s wrongs; but they had been
trained by their great leader, Robert
E. Lee, to tread the path of duty,
though the lightning’s flash scorched
the ground beneath their feet, and each
in his turn pronounced the verdict—
guilty. Fortunately for humanity, for
tunately for the Confederacy, the pro
ceedings of the Court were reviewed by
the Commanding General, and upon the
record was written :
Headquarters, A. N. Y.
The finding of the Court is approved.
The prisoner is pardoned and will report
to his company. R. E. Lee, General.
During the second battle of Cold
Harbor, when shot and shell were fall
ing “ like torrents from the mountain
cloud,” my attention was directed to the
fact that one of our batteries was being
silenced by the concentrated fire of the
enemy. When I reached the battery
every gun but one had been dismantled,
and by it stood a solitary Confederate
soldier, with the blood streaming from
his side. As he recognized me, he ele
vated his voice above the roar of battle
and said, “ General, I have one shell
left. Tell me, have I saved the honor
of Mary and Lucy ?” I raised my hat.
Once more a Confederate shell went
crashing through the ranks of the ene
my, and the hero sank by his gun to
rise no more.
THE PRAYER GAUGE.
Prof. Tyn dal’s Experiment Tried Sev
enteen Hundred Years Ago —The Re
sult.
[Richmond Wliig.J
Having thoroughly ventilated Tyn
dal’s prayer-test and late proposed icon
oclasm, the New York Sun has recently
indulged itself in an elaborate editorial
on “Praying for Rain,” in which its
editor is harder to find than poor little
Charlie Ross. He exhausts Tyndal,
logic, common sense, and common place
on the deluded people who still believe
in the efficacy of prayer in such a cause
— ergo, in any cause—yet talks of such
“skeptics” as Tyndal, etc. We sup
pose Mr. Dana is a Christian—we all
call ourselves such iu this year of grace,
but his Christianity is too high for us.
We waited patiently, hoping some of
our friends of the cloth would notice his
article, but now that Winter is approach
ing, to settle the question of drouth,
they possibly prefer settling Beecher,
Mine illce.
If Mr. Dana is not as ignorant of Ro
man as he seems to be of church his
tory, he cannot have forgotten that the
successful test of praying for rain was
the first decisive foot-hold Christianty
gained in Rome. That it was the first
visible evidence of the wonderful work
ing of the leaven hidden in many meas
ures of meal—the first vigorous up
shooting from the tiny mustard seed of
that mighty tree whose branches over
shadow the world ! To refresh his memo
ry, we relate the story as given in Roman
history: Mareus Aqrclius Antonnius,
in the year 194, had crossed the Danube
to suppress a rebellion amongst the
Qnadi and Marcommanni. The enemy,
seeing their only hope was in strategem,
retreated into the mountains, leaving
only one or two picked bands of archers
as decoys to the Romans. Marcus An
tonnius, relying on the invincible cour
age of his trained soldiers, pursued
them recklessly, until at last he found
himself shat up in mountain defiles,
surrounded by the enemy, who quietly
bided their time. But the fall horror of
his desperate situation only burst upon
him when he found why there was no
attack. Above and below and around
him lay the sight of consuming dronth
and famine. Those savage hordes could
afford to be idle when the fierce sun rays
were smiting his devoted legions with
more deadly aim than the most skilled
of their archers; when the ragings of
thirst were more cruel than the swords
of their strongest warriors. He dared
not try to fight his way out with soldiers
maddened with thirst—fainting under
that glaring heat. Neither could he re
main inactive, with the knowledge that
a few hours must place him at the mercy
of those who would drop down upon his
helpless soldiers like birds of prey. He
forgot his imperial dignity, to rush from
man to man; bat there was an intensity
of agony the gods alone could adminis
ter to. And so sacrifices were offered,
and parched and dying lips shouted im
ploring appeals to the far off immortals.
But the burning sun blazed on and their
gods were muter than marble !
One of the Maji, who chanced to be
with the army, learned and cunning in
his art, was summoned to the Emperor’s
presence, that he also might pray for
rain. And the man grovelled with his
head in dust, and cried aloud with wild
convulsions and straßge and terrible in
cantatiQns, but the silence of despair
fell upon them, for his gods were as
powerless as their’s. Then in this great
extremity the Emperor remembered a
band of men who stood apart, spnrned
by the multitude, pariahs in the midst
of the once splendid army, worshipped
another God and lived oppressed and
despised. They also must call on their
God. That was a moment whose sub
limity is alone in history, whose parallel
the Bible only can furnish. Moses and
Aaron before Pharoah; Elijah with the
prophets of Baal approach, but do not
equal it. Under four different Emper
ors—Nero, Adrian, Trajan and Marcus
Antonnius himself—these men had suf
fered tho persecutions of martyrdom,
had been condemned as the off-scouring
of the earth and rejected to the nations.
Now the pride of their enemies was
humbled before them. Now was
their hour of triumph, such as hath
none like thereto in history or
in song. “ Vengeance is mine!”
this God had declared, and falling
upon their knees, these sorely tried,
these sorely persecuted followers of the
crucified Jesus raised their voices to the
God of Israel, the Lord mighty to save.
Aud lo ! as they prayed darkness gath
ered over the face of Heaven. Mutter
ings were heard far over the mountain,
and as the two hosts clashed together
the clouds were rent with terrible throes,
the rain leaped forth, and the fainting
soldiers, holding up their helmets to
catch the precious drops, drank the
blessed water mingled with the blood of
their enemies. So impressed was Marcus
Antonnius with this wonderful answer
to prayer, this manifestation of the pow
er of the Christian’s God, that he order
ed an instant cessation of their persecu
tions. This is no flight of fancy. It stands
to-day in history authenticated by Pagan
no less than Christian -writers, an eternal
exempler of the efficacy of prayer be
yond the power of skepticism or the
theories of schools. It needs no sup
port from us. It is a fact which sus
tains itself, and to which the soul of
man will cling so long as the cravings of
the universal heart can only be satisfied
by that love which is as personal as it is
infinite ! As for ourselves, we must ac
knowledge to having something more of
faith in the promises of God than iu the
conclusions of Tyndal or the specula
tions of Mr. Dana.
THE UNIVERSITY.
University op Georgia, ?
Athens, October 12, 1874. y
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
The University opened on 7th inst.
with very encouraging prospects. One
hundred and seventy-two students have
matriculated and many are present who
have not yet enrolled their names. I
have no doubt of two hundred being
reached before the end of the month.
Of course the intense stringency in the
financial world has affected the college
as it has everything else. Much appre
hension was felt by some friends as to
the working of what is called the sump
tuary law, i. c , tbe obligation upon stu
dents to board at S2O a month for lodg
ing, meals and fuel. The result has
shown what has always been the fact,
viz: that a most insignificant proportion
of the students paid any such price for
their living. The overwhelming majori
ty of them boarded within the above
limits, and those who did not do so
have reduced tbeir boarding expenses to
the requisite limit. Tbe whole faculty
are upon the ground and all, officers and
students, earnestly at work.
N’lmporte.
THE COTTON CROP.
Report of the Agricutural Bureau.
Washington, October 13. —The con
dition of the cotton crop is indicated by
the following State averages deduced
from October returns of the D( partment
of Agriculture: Tue crop of Virginia is
too small to influence perceptibly the
general result; North Carolina, 85 per
cent., a decline of 2 per cent, during
September; South Carolina, 82, a de
cline of 4 percent.; Georgia, 80, an im
provement of 3 per cent.; Florida, 81,
an improvement of 4 per cent.; Alabama,
75, a decline of 6 per cent.; Mississippi,
74, no change; Louisiana, 62, no change;
Texas, 70, an increase of 5 percent.;
Arkansas, 55, an increase of 8 per cent.
Tennessee, 56, an increase of 4 per cent.
The crop notes show that in the Atlantic
Coast States the causes of decline were
drouth, rust and excessive rains,in some
cases accompanied by beating winds.
In the Gulf Coast States a few cases
of insect injuries are added to the
above, but tho weather was also very
unfavorable to the development of de
structive insect life. In some cases a
continued drouth of three months is re
ported. The top crop was dried up and
the middle greatly reduced. The crop
opens freely and the picking generally
was in rapid progress. In some cases
the seed had sprouted in the boll. Along
the coast of Texas heavy rains fell, ac
companied by gales* lasting several days.
In the inland States, Arkansas and Ten
nessee, several counties report improve
ment in the conditions of growth, though
in one or two no rain has fallen since
May. In others the drouth has not
been so severe. The above averages re
fer only to the condition of the crop on
the first day of Otober, including its
state of development, vitality and health
fulness. This is but one element in the
calculation of the yield in quantity,
which has not been completed.
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT ?
A Demand Made Upon the Governor
of Tennessee by the Governor of ll
linos.
Chicago, October 13. —Some weeks
since one George W. Smith was kid
napped from Massac county, Illinois,
and taken to Tennessee, where it is al
leged he is under indictment for murder.
The attention of Governor Beveridge
was called to the matter, and lie de
manded from Governor Brown, of Ten
nessee, the return of Smith and the de
livery to the Illinois State authorities of
the kidnappers, B. K. Ward and M. L.
Williams. Governor Brown has at last
replied to the demand. Hp reviews the
facts in the case, admits that the action
of the Tennessee officials was without
warrant of law, but hopes that inasmuch
as Smith is notoriously guilty of mur
der, and that as there was no intentional
disrespect shown to the authorities of
this State, Governor Beveridge may find
it compatible with his sense of duty to
let the matter rest as it now stands. This
Governor Beveridge is not willing to do,
but on the contrary renews his demand
for the return of Smith and for the ar
rest and delivery to the State authori
ties of the kidnappers. He says that
the guilt or innocence of the accused is
not in question. The laws of Illinois
provide for the detention for a reason
able time of any person against whom
there is evidence of liability for crime in
another State, and that the abductors
had no authority or legal pretense for
their act. It is said that the murder
with which the prisoner Smith is
charged is the killing of a man who at
tempted to prevent his desertion from
the Confederate army.
Port Royal and New York Steam
ship Company.— The friends of the
Port Royal Railroad and harbor antici
pate for them a successful and lasting
career, believing that this route is des
tined to be the last link in the great
chain of railroads connecting the At
lantic with the Pacific Ocean, and the
grand outlet to the Atlantic for the im
mense surplus productions of the West,
on account of its glographical position
and fine harbor. In fact, its success is
already assured. Under the manage
ment of Maj. T. B. Branch, President,
who is not only a thorough business
man, but displays great energy in any
thing which he undertakes, the natural
advantages of this line are being rapid
lv developed. Even at this early period
of the road the amount of freights trans
ported is large and will compare favor
ably with that of any long established
lines. The company have aiready three
splendid steamers running regular be
tween Port Royal, points North aßd
East, and arrangements are being made
already for putting on additional steam
ers as the rapidlv increasing business of
the line demands. Every inducement is
offered by this line to shippers of cot
ton, and we are glad to see that buyers
are already availing themselves of the
great advantages of this new route. Mr.
L. L. McClesky, a gentleman long and
favorably known to the commercial pub
lic of Georgia and South Carolina, is
looking after the interests of the road
at this point, Mr. McClesky is a quick
worker, a reliable and convincing talker,
and has already put scores of our mer
cants to the Port Royal line for
freight passage. —Atlanta Herald, 13(A.
On Saturday morning last Judge R.
B. Carpenter "was quite painfully in
jured by being thrown from a carnage
in Colombia.
FACTS ABOUT THE COTTON CROP.
Richmond County, October 11.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
On the 20th September, nit., a close
examination revealed the fact that every
boll of this year’s crop had opened and
was ready to be gathered. In my owii
case, to verify this, extra labor was em
ployed, and on the Ist of October the
cotton crop of 1874 was gathered and
garnered. This crop was planted on
gray and red soils—some old land and a
portion new; the seed was planted from
the 15th to the 25th of April, every acre
fertilized and the cultivation was literally
perfect. Under like conditions of plant
ing, manuring and cultivation, during
the last six years, the production of this
land has never been under seven hun
dred pounds seed cotton per acre and
once reached nine hundred. This year
the yield is not quite five hun
dred pounds seed cottou per acre—a
falling off of near thirty per cent, from
the lowest yield of the past five years.
From the opening of the cotton bloom
to the opening of the cotton boll is just
six weeks. Counting back six weeks
from the 20th of September, when the
entire crop was ready for picking, will
take ns to the 9th of August. The en
tire cotton crop then was necessarily
made in the short space from the Ist of
July to the 9th of August. This is just
half the cotton producing season. The
whole period from the 9ch of August to
the 20th of September has been lost.
Not a boll would have been lost if frost
had appeared on the 20th of September.
In forty years of cottou planting I have
not before known a like result. Unless
the planters hold back their cotton in
proportions hitherto unknown, the re
ceipts next year, from March to Ist of
September, excluding the war period,
will be lighter thanin twenty years past.
I have no estimates to make. The
size of the crop was settled, I believe,
before it was planted. I only wished to
state a fact. Planter.
SIXTEEN ACES.
An Old Time Story of a Game of
“Draw” in Alabama.
[Communication in Turf, Field and Farm.]
Sam Oglivie was a gambler by profes
sion and practice; but among the plant
ers who frequented his faro bank (and
all of those of any wealth or standing
within a hundred miles of Selma took a
turn at it when they could) there was not
one who would entertain a question as to
Sam’s honesty. In that little white cot
tage, almost hidden by the surrounding
grove, none but the fairest of faro was
dealt, none but tho squarest of poker
was bet on. When the chips were
bought and the cards cut, each one felt
that -what fortune meant the pack to
bring him would not be interfered with
by any manipulation of the cards. But,
alas? when was humanity beyond
temptation ? Adam fell, Cresar fell,
Warren fell (at Bunker Hill), and even
Beecher is suspected. One day Sam
was tempted and he—. But let me give
the details. Judge Humphrey, Colonel
Swan, old Andrews (whose plantation,
was measured by the thousand acres),
and Sol. Lovett, from St. Louis, were
sitting in Oglivie’s front parlor playing
a snug little game of draw. All were
heavy betters when they held the cards;
but just then the cards were running
light, and so were the bets. Sam, who
cared very little for poker, had sat by
watching the game rather than going in
it. He held a hand, of course; but his
thoughts were rather on the lay out in
the next room than on the cards in his
hand. Several times he had hinted at
abandoning the game, but each time tho
others had insisted on going on, so Sam
had politely stifled his impatience and
had kept his seat at the table.
As the dock was telling ten, Sam was
called from the table, and excusing him
self for the moment, left the room. His
way was through the hack parlor, where
lay the sleeping tiger; The table was
its lay-out, the case, piles of checks,
decks of cards, all were ready for the
players. As he glanced carelessly over
them, a sudden thought seemed to flash
through Sam’s brain. A sardonic smile
crept over liis thin-cut lips, and his long
fingers played with his mustache, as if
to hide the twitching lips from some
unseen observer. Advancing to the
card-box, where cards by the dozen
packs, in unbroken packages, lay piled
up, he busied himself for a moment in
opening packs, breaking wrappers and
assorting cards, then, with an expres
sion of guileless innocence upon his
face, but with a “cold deck” up his
sleeve, he returned to tho poker-table.
In a few minutes it was Sam’s turn to
deal. His hand faltered as he lifted the
card- 1 ; a deuce spot fluttered into his
lap, and, iu picking it up, aTapid move
ment of the long, lithe fingers had ex
changed the table pack for the “cold
deck.” A grain of remorse seemed to
touch his heart when he came to serve
the cards. “I can’t take a hand this
deal, gentlemen. I have got to step
around the hotel for a moment.” The
others acquiesced and the cards were
dealt. A good hand, one would say, by
the actions of the players. There was a
thousand in the pot and a very obstinate
expression on the faces of the players
before the drawing began.
Then a singular circumstance was
noticed. The Judge only wanted one
card; one card satisfied the Colonel, and
one card each took Lovett and Andrews
Odd, thought each one, and wonder
ed whether they were trying to bite
a full or a flush, or were hiding fours.
But each glanced at his own hand, and
calmly waited the issue, confident of his
own and pitying the others’ hand. The
cards served. Sam lit his cigar and
started for the hotel. If he had waited
he would have seen the tallest bettiDg
that ever was done inside that cottage.
A thousand dollars the first bet, fifteen
hundred the second, two thousand the
third, and twenty-five hundred from the
“age” on the first round. Everybody in
and willing to lap his pile. Out came
checkbooks and pencils, and each one
rapidly cast up in his own mind how
much his credit was good for among the
commission merchants of New Orleans.
Check after check was written, torn out
aud placed on the table, until there was
enough staked to cripple the richest
man there, if he lost. The Judge stopped
it. Why, I don’t know, unless it was
that he had reaohed the last check in his
bqok. As he filled that out lie remarked,
with judicial gravity, “There is but one
hand at the table that can win that pot,
gentlemen; ain’t it about big enough ' I
will see you, Colonel.” This checked
the game. The pot was big enough m
all conscience, and some of them trem
bled a little as they thought of the thou
sands piled there and how poor the . ill
was to make three of their comracb s.
Two more sights and a call brough. the
game to a focus. Perspiration stood
out upon more than one forehead, and
the fingers that griped the cards tight
ened perceptibly as the crucial moment
approached. And heads had to be
turned to prevent the hungry eyes from
feasting too intensely upon the pile on
the table. The venerable Colonel hardly
looked up as he gently laid down his
hand: “Fours. Aoes, gentlemen!”
Then Andrews, with distended eyes and
pursed-up lips: “Four aces forme!”
and the cards were laid on the table to
verify the claim. ■: Reproachfully Lovett
glanced at his comrades as at the inhos
pitable barbarians from whom the title
of stranger was no protection, and
blandly remarked: “Excuse me, but
mine are aces. Fours !” and again the
cards proved the claim. Dashing his
spectacles from his Roman nose to his
perspiring forehead, the Judge sank
back in his seat and gazed despairingly
from face to face around the board. As
his eye met Lovett’s he partially straight
ened himself and said : “ Sixteen aces,
as I am a sinner,” and again four aces
lay upon the board.
They waited for Sam that night, but
he did not return to the cottage.
The Guano Cases.— Judge Snead, of
the County Court, yesterday rendered
the following decision:
Jennings, Smith & Cos., vs. C. C.
Buroh—There is some difference be
tween plaintiffs and defendant as tc some
of the details of the guarantee, but this
difference is immaterial, as it ean be
gathered from the testimony of both
sides that the guano was represented to
be of the best quality, and would pro
duce an increased yield of cotton if
properly used. No doubt is entertained
that the land in which the guano was
placed wa3 properly prepared and well
cultivated, and that the yield was di
minished instead of increased. But an
eminent chemist testifies from a careful
analysis that this very guano was a good
merchantable article, and that under or
dinary circumstances it might reason
ably be expected to produce a greater
yieid. Alfthat plaintiffs are required
in law to furnish under their guarantee
is such an article as in ordinary seasons
and in proper laud will produce an in
crease of cotton. They are not respon
sible for unfavorable seasons, or for the
use of improper land. Having furnish
ed such article, they are entitled to the
price of their property.
The same decision was rendered in
the other two cases.
The Old Episcopalians. .
New York, October 13.—1n the Old
Episcopal Convention a message was re
ceived from the House of Bishops
stating that the presiding bishop had
appointed as a joint committee to nomi
nate a board of missions the Bishops of
Nebraska, Central New York and New
Hampshire. Rev. Dr. Perkins, of Ken
tucky moved that whenever any clergy
man shall absent himself from his parish
for a period over three months without
tho consent oi the vestry it shall declare
his office in that parish vacant; referred
to the Committee on Canons. Adjourned.
New Advenlßeinem*i.
THE FAVOKITE HOME REMEDY
Is eminently & Family Medicine; and by be
ing kept ready for immediate resort will save
many an bonr"of suffering and many a dollar
in time and doctor's bills.
After over Forty Years' trial it is still receiv
ing the most unqualified testimonials to its vir
tues from persons of the highest character and
responsibili'v. Eminent physicians commoud
it as the most
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach aud
Spleen.
The Symptoms of Liver Complaint are a
bitter nr had ta-to in the mouth: Fain in the
Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheu
matism: Sour Stomach, Loss of Appetite;
Bowels alternately costive and lax, Headche.
Loss of memory, * with a painful sensation of
having failed to do something which ought to
have been done; Debility, Low Spirits, a
thick yellow appearance of tho Skin and Eyes,
a dry Cough, ofteu mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of these symptoms attend
the disease, at others very few: hut tho Liver,
the largest organ in the bodv, is generally the
seat of the disease, and if not Regulated iu
time, great sufferieg, wretchedness and Death
will ensue.
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION J ami
dice. Bilious Attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Col
ic, Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heart Bum, Ac., Ac.
The Cheapest. Purest and Best Family Medi
cine m the World.
Manufactured only hv
J. if. ZEILIN & CO.,
Macon. Ga.. and Philadelphia.
Price, sl. Sold by all Druggists,
j an2omyl6auglß—tuthsaAwly
PR *IT SAMPLE to Agents. I. idles' CumMn
a lion \codle llooli, with Chromes. Sena
stamp. DEAN' & CO.,
sep2s-4w New Bedford, Mass.
WORK FOR ALL
AT home, male or female; $35 \ er week, day
or evening, fc'o Capital. We send valua
ble package of goods by mail free. Address, with
six cent return stamp, M. YOUNG,
sep2s-4\v 173 Greenwich Street, N. Y.
\VAKTKD---A6F l NTSl^“rfn ell^
W orld. $2 worth of samples given away to those
who will become agents. J. BRIDE & CO.,
sep2 r -4w 767 Broadway, N. Y.
O A AEATS’ PHOFITS per week.
tjpej | • O V./ Will prove it or forfeit SSOO. New
articles just pateuted. Samples seut lree to all. Ad
dress, W. H. CHIDESTER,
sep2s-4w 267 Broadway, New York.
-pSYCOMAIVCY, or 801 L, CHARMING.’
I How either sex may fascinate and gain the
love and affections of any person they choose in
stantly. This simple, mental acquirement all can
possess, free, by mail, for 25c., together with a mar
riage guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints te La
dies, Wedding Night Shirt, &e. A queer book. Ad
dress T. WILLIAM At CO.,
sep2s-4w Publishers, Philadelphia.
START IN LIFE!
BRYANT, STRATTON A SADLER
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
NO VACATION-ENTER ANY TIME.
For Documents, Money, Specimens, Patrons
and Terms, address W. H. SADLER, Pres’t,
sep2s-4w Baltimore.
The United States Publishing Company,
13 UNIVERSITY PLACE, NEW YORK,
Want Agents Everywhere for tho Following :
SPIRIT OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Edited by
Frank Moore. An elegant Bvo., 600 pp., r6o*Eu
graviugs—from the Old Masters. Price, $5 00.
OUR FIRST HUNDRED YEARS. The Life of
the Republic. By O. Edvards Lester. 12
monthly parts, 00 pp. each. Royal Bvo. 50 cents each
part.
f IFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF CHARLES
1J SUMNER lyC. Edwards Lester. sth Edition,
revised and eularged. Bvo., 700 pp., $3 75.
rnHE NEW YORK TOMBS. By Warden Sutton.
J_ A complete history of Noted Criminals of New
York, and the Romance of Prison Life. Bvo., 67t
pp., $1 50.
Circulars, specimen pages, and terms to agents on
application as above. sep2s-Aft
POSTPONEMENTS IMPOSSIBLE.
WILL BUY A
FIRST MORTGAGE PREMIUM BOND
OF THE
N. Y. Industrial Exhibition Company,
Authorized by the Legislature of tho State of N. Y.
2d Premium Drawing - - December 7, 1874.
3d Series Drawing - - - January 4, 1875.
EVERY BOND will be Redeemed with a Premium,
as au equivalent for Interest.
CAPITAL PREMIUM, SIOO,OOO.
Address, for Bonds and full information,
MORGENTHAU, BRUNO & CO.,
Financial Agents, 23 Park Row, N. Y.
ocl4—4w P. O. Drawer, 29.
WORKING PEOPLE—MaIe or Female. Ernpiof
ment at h< me, s3u per week warranted, no
capital required. Particulars and valuable sampleß
sent free. Address, with 6 cent return stamp, C.
ROSS, Williamsburg. N. Y. aug2s—iw
HAVE YOU TRIED
JURUBEBA ?
ABE YOU
Weak, Nervous, or Debilitated?
Are you so Languid that any exertion requires
more of an effort than you feel capable of making ?
Then try JUIiUBEBA, the wonderful Tonic and
Invigorator, which acts so beneficially on the secre
tive organs as to impart vigor to all the vital forces.
It is no alcoholic appetizer, which stimulates for a
short time, only to let the sufferer fall to a lower
depth of misery, but it is a vegetable tonic acting
directly on the liver and spleen.
It regulates the bowels, quiets the nerves and
gives such a healthy tone to the whole system as to
soon make the invalid feel like anew person.
Its operation is not violent, but is characterized
by great gentleness; the patient experiences no sud
den change, no marked results, but gradually his
troubles
“Fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And silently steal away.”
This is no new and untried discoverv, but has
been long used with wonderful remedial results, and
is pronounced by the highest medical* authorities,
“the most powerful tonic and alterative known.”
Ask your druggist for it. For sale by
jy2s-4w WM. F. KIDDER & CO , New York.
For
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS,
AND ALL THROAT DISEASES,
Use
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES.
A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY.
Sold hy Druggists. 4w
Attorneys at Law.
W. M. A M. P. REESE Washington. Ga.
W. G. JOHNSON Lexington, Ga.
J. T. JORDAN Sparta. Ga.
J. T. REID. Crawfordville, Ga.
GEO. F. PIERCE. Jr Sparta, Ga.
JURIAHH. CASEY Thomson, Ga.
F. L. LITTLE Sparta, Ga.
R. O. LOVETT Waynesboro, Ga.
BILLUPS A BROBBTON Madison, Ga.
C. E. KINNEBREW Greenesboro, Ga.
WM. H. BRANCH Greenesboro, Ga.
CRAWFORD A WILLIAMSON. .Milledgeville.
A. S. MORGAN Warrenton. Ga.
PAUL C. HUDSON Thomson, Ga.
Valuable Plantation For Sale.
T OFFER FOR SALE I,oßls ACRES OF
JL LAND, one-balf of which is in cultivation
and well fenced, balance well timbered, situa
ted in Warren county, on the Macon and Au
gusta Railroad, seven miles west of Warrenton.
and two miles east of Mayfield Depot and
Mills.
A g od Dwelling House on the place, recent
ly painted, with seven looms, and in sight of
the M. AA- Railroad. A good gin house, pack
ing screw, splendid horse stables, cow shelters,
barns, and out-houses of every description ne
cessary for laborers, tenants, Ac. Four wells
of good water, and as many springs on the
place.
One new cotton gin, wheat thrash, and farm
ing implements of every kind, besides stock of
eveiy variety usually found upon a good farm,
which will r,c sold wi h the land if purchaser
desires. The place is remarkably healthy—
chills and fevers are unknown.
Bold for distribution among hoirs.
For further information address me at May
field, Ga. W. E. ANDERSON,
oc9-dAwlm ' Executor.
925 Aeres of Land for Sale.
I OFFER the above PLANTATION of 925
acres of Land for sale on the best of terms.
The place is one of the best improved places
in the country, in a high state of cultivation,
with 400 acres of original forest land, heavily
timbered, lying at Raysville, on Little river,
in Lincoln county. There are some of the
finest specimens of gold, which can be seen on
the place. Half of the mineral I reserve. A
BARGAIN is offered. Contracts have been
made on the place with hands sufficient to
work the entire place another year. I will sell
Corn, Fodder, Mules, Horses. Cattle, Wag
gons. Ac., with the place. The Gin Screw is in
good repair. WILLIAM S. BOYD,
t sep4-dlAwtoctl9 Penfield, Ga.
j N .F. BURNHAM’S
! 1874 TURBINE _
m per cent, guaranteed with
RICHMOIACAIMY.
MB F. THORNE, an accomplished Pen
. man and Book-Keeper, has been en
gaged to give instruction in these studies to
the pupils of the Academy the eneumgyear.
A suitable room in the Academy wdl
nished, with a Bank, Desks, and all the neces
sarv apparatus of a Business College.
Lessons in Penmanship wih / r £ e
students, bnt for pupils studying Book-Keeping
an extra charge will be mads.
sep!3-sutu& sufcf
New AdvertioememM.
FALL ' KEAN & CO. ,a7 **
——o
OUR STOCK OF
Fall and Winter Dry Goods
IS NOW ABOUT COMPLETE, and having secured the services of one of the beßt hovers in
New York, we shall receive FKESH SUPPLIES daily. Having adopted the CASH SYSTEM
we are determined to offer our goods AT PKICES WHICH DEFY COMPETITION. ’
From this date we will sell—
-4 4 LONS OALE BLEACHED SHIRTING at 121 e.
4-4 FRUIT OF LOOM SHIRTING at 130.
4-4 WAMSUTTA SHIRTING at 16fc,
Best CALICOES at 10c. Good KENTUCKY JEANS, 12) to 50c. All-Wool SATTEENS and
CASHMERES at 50c. A. splendid line of BEADED CLOTH SACQUES. Cheapoßt RIBBONS in
the world. HAMBUBG EMBROIDERIES, very low Best Seamless Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Ne
ocSl-f suweAwlm KEAK & CO.
J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant,
AUC4USTA, GA.
(At Old Stand, No. 6 Warren Block.)
BAGGING and TIES and all customary supplies furnished, aud CASH ADVANCES made as
usual. Consignments solicited. Sf.pO-tlisatnAw.3m
/8581
DOOLEr s
Y E AiSjf P W/D. Efe
iMipteiii!
is the: best an d cheapest
PREPARATION EVER
OFFERED FOR MAKING
-P R AD.
DOOLEY S YEAST PO WDER
Is perfectly Pure aud Wholesome,
DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
Is put up in Full Weight Cans.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER
Makes Elegant Biscuits and Bolls.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Makes Delicious Muffins, Griddle Cakes, Com
Bread, &c.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER
Makes all kinds of Dumplings, Pot Pies, Cskes
and Pastry, nice, light and healthy.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER
Is the Best, because perfecly pure.
DOOLEY’S YEAST PO WDER
Is the Cheapest, because full weight.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Be sure to ask for
DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
and do not be put off with any other kind.
DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER
Is put up in Tin Cans of various sizes, suitable
for Families, Boarding Houses, Hotels,
Itestaurants aud River. Lake and
Ocean Vessels on short or
long voyages.
The Market is flooded with Cheap, Inferior
Baking and Yeast Powder ot' light or short
weigh. DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER is war
ranted full strength and full weight.
Sold at wholesale and retail, generally
throughout the United States, by dealers in
Groceries and Family Supplies.
UFAOTURfrfc
0 9//E W ST. NE\N YORK,
apl-d&wl'.-
Jen MM.,
COTTON FACTORS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
GIVE special and careful attention to the
Storage aud Sale of Cotton and other
Produce. Open and Close Storage superior to
any in the city.
Also, sell the following first class Standard
Fertilizers at reduced prices for cash :
Zell’s Bone Phosphate,
Eureka Superphosphate,
Cumberland Superphosphate,
Stono Soluble Guano,
Stono Acid Compound for Com
posting.
oct3-d&w3m
ANOTHER CHANCE !
FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
Public \Mmnl Kentucky.
Postponed to November 30, 1874.
Drawing Certainjt That Date.
LIST OF GIFTS.
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT $250,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 100,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 75,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 50,000
ONE GRAI D CASH GIFT 25,000
5 CASH GIFTS $20,000 each 100,000
10 CASH GIFTS 14.000 each 140,000
15 CASH GIFTS 10,000 each... . 150,000
20 CASH GIF!8 6.000 each 100,000
25 CASH GIFTS 4j)00 each 100,000
30 CASH GIFTS 3,000 each 90,000
60 CASH GIFTS 2,000 each 100.000
100 CASH GIFTS 1.000 each 100.000
240 CASH GIFTS 500 each 120,000
500 CASH GIFTS 100 each 50,000
19,000 CASH GIFTS 50 oach 950,000
GRAND TOTAL 0,000 GIFTS, ALL
CASH $2,500,000
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets $ 50 00
Halves 25 00
Tenth, or each coupon 5 00
11 Whole Tickets for 500 00
221 Tickets for 1,000 00
For Tickets and information, address
THOS. E. BHAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager.
Public Library Building. Louisville, Kv.
Tickets for sale at the AUGUSTA HOTEL,
Augusta. Ga. sepl3-suthAwlmtnov2s
The Universal Pet I
The People’s Machine.
Everybody’s Eriend.
THE HOME SHUTTLE.
THE public is positively assured that this
popular, cheap and greatly improved
Family Hewing Machine is fully equal to any
in use for all domestic and light manufactur
ing purposes, nor is it inferior to any (as may
he inferred by some minds) on account of its
low price. It makes precisely the same stitch
as t}ie expensive Machines, and does every
variety of work done by any in market, or no
sale, and is warranted for five yeais to every
purchaser. Buy it, and evade the enormous
commission paid to canvassers for selling the
high price Machines which alone will more
than pay for the HOM . SHUTTLE out and
and out.' Call and examine, and try it before
buying any other make, and be convinced that
itis‘ - agood article at a reasonable puce-
Sold for cash, or on installments. Cash
Prices, $25,837, $42 and 575. Sent to any
address on receipt of price, or bv Express, D.
O. D. Refer, bv permission, to Mrs-Dr. and. u.
Ford Auvusta. Ga.: Mrs. Dr. Wm. 1 ettigrew,
Langley. B. C. Illustrated Circu are and sam
les of work sent free on application. Agents,
with small capital, Agent<
jun2i-wtf 148 Broad si- Augusta. Ga.
Mi SEELEY’S
Hard EubSer
ABDOMINAL SUPPOHTtfiS AND PILE PIPES.
Belief, comfort and enre for Ruptuiie, Fe
male Weaknesses and Piles, unlike all other
appliances known, will never rust, limber,
break chafe, soil nor move from place—inde
structible. The fine steel spring being coated
with hard rubber, light, cool, -cleanly, used in
bathing, fitted to form, universally recommend
ed by all surgeons as the best mechanical sup
ports known. Send for Pamphlet. Establish
ments, 1347 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, and
717 New York. Complete assortment for sale,
with careful adjustment, by J. H. ALEXAN
DER, 212 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Beware
of Imitations. ocl4-w3m
.WATER WHEEL
I The best In the Market, and
sold at less price than any other
first-class Wheel. i
1 Band for a Pamphlet and he con
i visaed, N. F. Burnham, York, Pa.
M. O’DOWD,
COTTON FACTOR, GROCER
AND
Conimißßion Merchant,
NO. 283 BROAD STREET,
Augusta, da.
I HEREBY teg leavo to announce to my
customers and friends that I have open
ed a Cotton Warehouso in connection with my
Grocery aud Liquor Business. Commission
for selling Cotton, fifty cents per halo. Strict
personal attention given to the storage and
sale of Cotton, and prompt returns made.
A full Stock of choice selected Groceries
and Plantation Supplies always on hand.
Consignments of Cotton and country pro
duce so'icited. sep2G-dt!<fc\vlm
Don’t Buy Until You Have Uare
tufly Examined Our New
;\*\ \( A 4i | Ui
jWWI
AND LOW RESERVOIR
p . ;> r
' V’7 ' ; j ! i \ ■ V
As we have 12 GOOD REASONS why they wiU
do your work.
Quick null Easy,
Cheaji null Clean.
They are cheapest to buy,
f“| They arc best to use,
rf~) They hake oven y aud quickly,
Their operation is perfect,
' ~) They have always a good draft,
r—' They are made of the best material,
They roast perfectly,
] They require but little fuel,
OThoy are very low priced,
They are easily managed,
rnri They are suited to all localities,
Every Stove guaranteed to give
rf) Satisfaction.
I-H
SOLD BY
Excelsior Manufacturing Cos.,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
AND BY
D. L. FULLERTON,
juO-tuth&BaiweowtjalO AUGUSTA, GA.
The Oldest Furniture House in % State.
PUTT BROTIIiIIS,
212 & 215 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, Cvt\.,
Keep always or baud the latest styles
of
FURNITURE
Of every variety manufactured, from the
lowest to the highest grades.
Chamber, Parlor, Dining-Room,
AND
Library Complete Suits, or Single
Pieces,
At prices which cannot fail to bu u the
purchaser.
U N a> E fit T A KI N G
In all its branches. METALIC CASES
and CASKETS, of various styles and
make. Imported Wood Caskets and
Cases, of every design and finish.
COFFINS and CASKETS, of our own
make, in “Mahogany, Rosewood and Wal
nut. An accomplished Undertaker will
be in attendance at all hours, day and
night. PLATT BROTHERS,
212 and 214 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
oct‘2s—js.nl4-d+-'fcwlv
JAMES LEFFEL’S
IMPROVED DOUBLE
Turbine Water Wheel.
POOLE & HIM. Baltimore,
Manufacturers for the South and South
west.
Nearly 7.000 now n use. working under heads
varying from 2 to 240 feet! 24 sizes,
from 5f to 90 inches.
The most powerful Wheel in the Market,
And most economical in use of water.
Large ILLUSTRATED Pamphlet sent post free.
3IANITFACTUBEKS, ALSO, OF
Portablo and Stationary Steam Engines and
Boilers, Babcock A Wilcox Patent Tubnlous
Boilers. Ebaugh’s Crusher for Minerals, Saw
and Grist Mills. Flouring .Mil) Machinery, Ma
chinery for White Lead Works ana Oil Mills,
Shafting Pulleys and Hangers.
SEND FOR CIRCULARS.
feb2s-wly _____
NOTICE.
THE Executive Committee of the Lincoln
county (Georgia) Democracy are request
ed to meet at Lincolnton, Georgia, on tho
Fourth Monday in OCTOBER next, to set the
dav of a Mass Meeting of the people to nomi
nate candidates for the county offices
C. R. ST ROTHER, Chairman.
J. E. STROTHEB, Secretary.
sep24-dlAwtd
5845 .Actually Saved.
L. J. GUILJIARTIN ) JOHN FLANNEET.
L. J. UULMARTIN & CO.,
Cotton Factors, ;
; —and — :
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, I
; Kelly’s Block, Bay St., Savannah, Ga., ;
! Agents for Bradley’s Phosphates, •
; JeA til's Mills Yarns and Domestics, Ac. !
! Bagging and Iron Ties for sale at low- •
; est market rates. ;
Prompt attention given to all businesss ‘
! entrusted to us. 1
• Liberal cash advances made on con- 1
! signments. au27-w6m ;
Notice to Grangers !
THE Stockholders (Grangers) to the Co
operative Warehouse and Depot, are re
quested to meet in the city of Augusta, on
TUESDAY, the 27th day of October. A full
attendauce is earnestly desired, that business
may at once be commenced.
GOO * E BRYAN,
Secretary Savaaa&k River Valley Association.
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