Georgia Historic Newspapers

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WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1875.
FOH THY HAKE.
O Lord! our lives &ro blink with cons tint
losses,
Our feet re sore with piin ;
Our lieirte sro weiry with fist coming
cro-ees—
We straggle, nor attain.
We witch for coming siils that never whiten
The still unyielding blue ;
We look for light whose dawn shill never
brighten
The mist-enshrouded view.
The grasp is loosened that we hold so tightly,
The steps ours timid with fleet;
On marble stones our household names gleam
whitely—
Graves thicken round our feet.
The white-walled city grows more dim and
distant.
The eternal shore recedes,
The upward path we thought to climb per
sistent.
Is blind with unchecked weeds.
As heart and strength grow less, the way grows
rongher.
Frail staves we leaned on break ;
Tbe glow of living fades - -we bear—we suffer,
lint it is "for Thy sake!”
Is this the cross that by its fearful bearing
Makes worthy, lord of Thee ?
That lifts our weak endurance up to sharing
The mystic agony ?
There is a resignation worse than murmur,
An acquiescence vain ;
A giving up that roots self-will the firmer,
And silence may complain.
0. give us. Lord, that living love unshaken,
That makes the heaviest cross
Thou layest on us be by.us self-taken,
Hakes sacrifice of loss.
TWO LITTLE FAIKH-
Two little pairs of boots, to-night,
before the fire are drying;
Two little .pairs of tired feet
In a trundle tied are lying ;
The tracks they left upon the floor
Hake me feel much like sighing!
Those little boots with
They ran the livelong day ;
And oftentimes I almost wish
That they were miles away ;
So tired ara I to hear so oft
Their heavy tramp at play.
They walk about the new plowed ground,
Whore mud in plenty lies ;
They roll it up in marbles round,
They bake it into pies ;
And then at night upon the .floor
In rot-ry shape it dries.
To-day I was disposed to scold ;
But when I look, to-night,
At those little hoots before the fire,
With cupper toes so bright,
1 think how sad my heait would ho
To put them out of right.
For in a trunk up stairs I’ve laid
Two socks of white and blue ;
If called to put those boots away,
O, God, what should I do ?
I mourn that there are not to-uigbt
Three pairs instead of two.
I mourn because I thought how nice
My neighbor 'cross the way
Could keep her carpets all the year
Front getting worn and gray;
Yet well t know she’d smile to own
Home little boots to-day !
We mol hers weary and get worn
O'er our load of care ;
but how we speak to those littlo ones
Let e ,c!i of us beware.
For what would our firesides bo to-night
If no little boots wore there ?
THE MAM QUESTION.
brow of snow and rippling curl,
t eeth like rows of whitest pearl.
Lips with dainty HWcctuoss set —
Margaret:
Cheek of rose, and eyes whose blue,
Melting, thrills you through and throng!
Face and figure half divine—
Madeline :
Merry mouth and saucy mien,
blackest eyes were over seen,
Turned up nose and piquant cliiu—
Katharine :
HUH, demure and sweetly quaint,
Fair as any pictured saint,
I‘uro as any cloistered nun—
Marion :
Legal, Juno-liko, and fair,
Jewels in her purple hair,
Mon might die for her, and more —
Eloauoro :
Tender, thoughtful, with a graco,
All her own on form and face,
Face that somehow makes you grieve—
Genovieve :
Tricksome, selfish, full of fun,
Lips that never would be won
I)o your best—that J can tell—
Isabel:
Well—Heaven help us—we’re but men !
That’s the worst of it—and then,
Which to choose!—oh, lame oxeuse !
What’s the use ?
All the merry ones deride,
AH the thoughtful "can't decide ;”
Proud reserves and bashful charms
Fly my arms.
In a c&so so strange and sad,
For the asking nothing had,
Prithoo, what is one to do ?
What would you ?
“UNKNOWN."
Out on the battle field, dead, dead, dead,
Hosted a brave dragoon;
Low in the dust lay his crested head
Since yesterday at noon.
Down on the battle field, fair, fair, fair,
Looketh the whito-faoed moon;
Near all night long on the matted hair
Of the white faced dragoon.
Near to the battle field, sigh, river, sigh,
On the far off sea;
Ere last night's moon had climbed the sky
The soldier knelt by thee,
And prayed that God, in Omnipotent will,
Would’ sliioUl him in tho fight:
And God knows best, tho’ his lips aro still,
And his hoart is cold to-night.
Far from the battle field, weep, weep, weep,
Ye who loved him long;
Never again to wake from sleep,
Silent the doad among.
bend o'er tho battle field, angels bend,
Hope in vonr quiet eyes;
Peace to the mourner, O, Saviour, send
Peace ero the mourner dies.
* *****
A \ ear passed on; again the moon’
Looked down from the quiet sky;
Hut rested not on the bravo dragoon,
As once iu days gone by.
No upturned face, no matted liair.
Nor a fallen form to see;
But the river sighing over there,
Lolled on to the far off sea.
A grave Upon its margin green.
Was marked by a single stone.
On which the pensive white faced queen
Lit up the word—“ Unknown.”
Unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown !
Ere the wane of last year's moon,
A angel pou had written down
The name of the bravo dragoon!
NOTHING IS LOST.
Nothing is lost! tho drop of dew
That trembles on the leaf or flower
Is but exhaled, to fall anew
In Summer s thunder shower ;
Perchance to sliiue within the bow
That fronts the sun at fall of day—
Perchance to sparkle in the flow
Of fountains far away.
Nought lost; for even the tiniest seed.
By wild birds borue, on breezes blown,
Finds something suited to its need,
Wherein tis sown and grown;
Perchance finds sustenance and soil
In some remote and desert place,
Or mid tho crowded homo of toil,
Sheds usefulness and grace.
The little drift of common dust.
by the March raids disturbed and tossed,
Though scattered by the fitful gust.
Is changed, but never lost;
It may \et bear some sturdy stem.
Some proud oak battling with the blast;
Or crown with verduous diadem
Some ruin of the past.
The furnace quenched, the flames put out,
StiU cling to earth or soar in air.
Transformed, diff used and blown about,
To luni again elsewhere:
Haply to make the beacon blaze,
That gleams athwart the living waste.
Or light the social lamp, whose rays
Illume the home of taste.
The touching tones of minstrel art,
Ti\e breathing of some mournful flute.
Which we have heard w.th listening heart.
Are not extinct when mute:
The language of some household song.
The perfumes of some cherished flower,
Though gone from outward sense, belong
To memory's after hour.
So with our words, or harsh or kind,
Uttered they are not aU forgot.
But leave some trace upou the mind,
Pass on. but perish not;
As they are spoken, so they fall
Upon the spirit spoken to.
Scorch it like drops of burning gall.
Or soothe like honey dew.
So with our deeds, for good or ill
They have their power, scarce understood,
Then let us use our better will
To make them rife with good;
Like circles on a lake they go.
King within ring, and never stay;
Oh ’ that our deeds were fashioned so
That they might bless alway!
Then, since these lesser things ne’er die.
But work beyond oar poor control.
Say. shaU that suppliant for the sky
The greater human soul ?
Ah. no : it still will spam the past.
And search the future for its rest.
Joyful, if it be found at last.
'Hong the redeemed and blest.
“Got the ’phoby have ye ? Can’t
swallow any liquid, eh ?” Observed Mrs.
Williss to'her husband yesterday, who
had refused water for two days, “well,
we’ll see,” and the good woman drew the
cork from the whisky bottle and placed
the nozzle to her liege’s mouth. Williss’
face emerged from its gloom like a full
moon from behind a cloud, and glancing
at las wife with a quizzical expression,
he said : “Come to think of it, love, I
don’t believe that dog had any teeth.”
MURDER O.Y THE RAIL.
A TRAIN CAPTURED BY TWO
MEN AT LONGPOINT, IND.
The Engineer Pat Oat of the Way by
a Bullet Through His Heart—Rob
bery of the Express Car the Object
of the Desperadoes—Their Designs
Frustrated by the Bravery of the
Messenger Several Men Arrested
on Suspicion—Statement of Messen
ger Burke.
Indianapolis, July 9.—The A’ct us this
afternoon publishes the following de
tailed account of the Vandalia robbery,
committed this morning at Longpoint,
thirty miles west of Terre Haute:
One of the most daring attempts at
robbery ever recorded in this section of
the country occurred at an early hour
this morning, on the Terre Haute, Van
dalia and Indianapolis Railroad, at a
watering place known as Longpoint,
some thirty miles west of Terre Haute.
The particulars of this outrage, as learn
ed from Mr. C. L. Todd, an employe of
the road and an eye witness to the affair,
are as follows: The No. 5 Express, east
ward bonud, under charge of Conductor
J. D. Frailey, reached Longpoint at
12:30 this morning, and, as the custom
is, stopped at the watering tank to give
the engine its usual supply. The mo
ment the train was brought to a stand
still two men were seen to approach,
and hastily draw the pin, by which the
express car was disconnected from the
baggage and passenger cars. Having
accomplished this in less time than it
takes to record it, the two men boarded
the engine, and presenting their revolv
ers to the head of the engineer, Milo
Ames, ordered him to “draw out,”
which he at first hesitated to do, not
comprehending the situation. Without
further warning Ames was shot down at
his post of duty, the bullet taking effect
in his heart, and causing almost instant
death.
The fireman, Jim Snavely, prior to
the shooting, was engaged in adjusting
tbe water-tank, and only saved his life
by taking hasty flight, and warning the
conductor and passengers of what had
occurred. Having disposed of the en
gineer, the fellows took charge of the
engine, to which was attached the ex
press car, and putting on steam started
at a rapid rate east, leaving the rest of
train standing on the track. After pro
ceeding about a mile and a quarter the
engine was brought to a halt, and its
captors attempted to effect an entrance
into the express car, which was the real
object of their attack, and where they
expected to secure much plunder.
The only occupant of this car was the
Adams Express messenger, Mr. Burke,
who by this time was thoroughly arous
ed to the situation of affairs, and was
accordingly prepared for the emergency.
He had safely and securely barred him
self within his quarters, and success
fully resisted the attack from without.
While the engine was making the run,
Mr. Burke employed himself iu hastily
packing the heavy baggage against the
door of the car and taking refuge be
hind it. He was fired at no less than a'
half dozen times, but fortuuately the
shots missed their mark and he passed
through the firery ordeal untouched.
He had two revolvers, which he prefer
red not using uutil he could do so with
better effect than his assailants had
done, and accordingly he saved his am
munition, expecting to be brought into
closer quarters with these midnight
visitors. All he could do was to quietly
lay concealed iu u safe corner of his car
until either the robbers abandoned their
undertaking or effected an entrance
into his apartments. Fading themselves
unsuccessful in their attack upon the
express car after working on it about
half an hour, they took their departure
and hastily made for the woods, which
was the last seen of them by the mes
senger or any one connected with the
road.
Immediately on learning of the doings
of those highwaymen the greatest excite
ment prevailed among the passengers,
none of whom knew anything about the
detachment of the train or the murder
of the engineer until it was over with.
Conductor Frailey, in company with a
number of the passengers, started to
overtake the engine, which they found
at a point two miles beyond the tank,
where it had been abandoned by the
banditti. The express messenger was,
of course, overjoyed at being relieved
from his unpleasant predicament by the
arrival of friends, and the body of poor
Ames was found in the engine, where it
had fallen, cold in death. The messen
ger, however, would not communicate
with the outsiders until after his car
had been safely returned and attached to
the main train, so fearful was he that the
party who had come to his rescue might
he other thau those represented. Mr.
Burke reports that several of the shots
struck within close proximity to his per
son, and but for the improvised barri
cade, which he threw up, he would most
certainly have been injured by the shoot
ing. The robbers threatened him in
every manner to force him to give them
access to the car, and, after applying
the crowbar in vain, they attempted to
burn him out, but without success.
As it happened, an engineer by the
name of Jack Vancleef was among the
passengers on board the train, and he
accordingly took charge of the engine
and ran it back to where the main train
was standing, to which it was attached
and taken safely into Terre Haute,
where it arrived some two hours late.
As soon as the train reached Cassey, the
first station east of where the attack
was made, a telegram was sent to Presi
dent McKeeu and other railroad officials
at Terre Haute, informing them of the
cause of delay, and on the arrival in
that city they were met by these gentle
men and a host of other citizens who
had learned of the outrage and come to
inquire into its particulars. The ex
citement ct this place was intense, espe
cially so as Ames, the engineer, was a
resident there and was held in high es
teem by ell who knew him. The de
ceased had but recently married a
young and interesting wife, and the sad
and untimely death of her husband well
nigh distracted the poor woman. Ames
was a member in good standing of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and will be buried with the honors of
that order. One supposition as to his
death is that he perhaps recognized the
men when they boarded his engine, and
that he was shot more to preyent him
informing on them than that he hesi
tated to obey their instructions.
The voices of four men were distinctly
observed directing and mauaging things
the moment the train stopped at the wa
tering tank, although only two took ac
tive part iu disconnecting the train and
attacking the express car. From this it
is inferred that the robbers were none
others than the James brothers, who
have become notorious iu such under
takings. There was not sufficient ligut
to distinguish the features of any of the
party, but every circumstance points to
this gang of desperadoes as the party
who made this daring attempt. Every
effort is being made in that section of
the country to ferret out the persons
implieated’in this outrage, and it is safe
to presume that if caught they will be
disposed of in short order.
Interview With Burke, the Messenger.
Columbus, July 9.—Your correspond
ent here saw James Burke to-day, the
brave express messenger who baffled tbe
rascals last night at Longpoint. The
place where the train stopped for water
is deserted and gloomy, nor is there any
house in the neighborhood. Burke had
long suspected that some such attempt
as this would be made, aud thought
Longpoint was likely to be the place,
consequently be was on the lookout,
and the moment he heard tjie shots
fired that killed the engineer, Milo Ames,
he closed the doors of the express car
aud looked and bolted them. Then he
barricaded them with his packages, be
liiud which he intended to defend him
self also if the affair came to close quar
ters. Immediat dv after he closed the
door the robbers detached the locomo
tive and express ear from the rest of the
train, and started the engine on a fast
run. One of the robbers must have been
au experienced engineer, as Burke heard
the whistle blown and the signsl for
down brakes given. This, he thinks,
was intended to make him believe that
the train was running all right as usual,
and so induee him when it stopped to
open the car door. The brakes were ap
plied, and the engine stopped abruptly
after running two miles. Then came a
low tap on the door and a voice outside,
as if that of & friend, whispered. “Jim,
let me in, quick,’’ but Jim couldn’t see
it, and called out to tho intruder to leave
the door or he would blow his brains
out, and that he would certainly kill the
first man that showed his head. The
robbers then changed their tactics, and
told Bnrke if he would open the door
they wouldn’t hurt him, but if he resist
ed they would certainly kill him. Burke,
not canng to reveal his position in the
ear, uttered not a word. They then,
with a crowbar and sledge-ham
mer, obtained from the locomotive, j
tried to break through the doors, and
finally commenced firing through them,
both at the side and rear. Burke
thought it best to show them that he,
too. could play at that game, and he
also fired a couple of shots through the
doors. This, and the apprehended
coming np of men from the train, fright
ened the robbers away. When the train
men came up Burke was not certain who
they were, and kept his doors closely
bolted until the locomotive and express
car had *been run clear back to Long
point. Then the number of and sound
of the voices convinced him that all was
right, and he cautiously peeped out.
Burke is quite a young looking man,
although he savs he has been in the em
ploy of the Adams Company for about
sixteen years, and has been on the ran
between here and Bt. Louis for four
years. He is of sandy complexion and
sandy hair, is only medium sized end
has a pleasant expression of counte
nance, but looks, too, as if he would,
with a little provocation, as lief fight as
not.
The American Express Company had
no special car attached to the train, but
they had a messenger with goods and
packages in the baggage car, of which
fact the robbers we probably not aware.
Ames, the engineer, was at first ordered
by the bandits to pnll out with the loco
motive and express car, and commenced
to comply, but it suddenly struck the
scoundrels that if Ames went out with
the locomotive they would, when they
stopped, have both him and Burke to
contend with, consequently they shot
him down and then engineered the loco
motive themselves. His body did not
fall off the engine, and it was found
lying therein, cold and stiff, when the
locomotive and express car were brought
back to the rest of the train. There
were at least five of the robbers, and per
haps more.
MONEY.
[Ne'e York Financier.]
A thousand times repeated, the dela
tion of money is as often either left un
learned or forgotten, and the strange
sight is seen of a body of men assem
bled in Congress, assuming to touch
and change the entire industry and busi
ness of a great country by legislating
about money, while (as their talk and
acts show) they do not know what money
is. Each man knows that it is equiva
lent to any exchangeable thing, but he
does not know that what it is equivalent
to and what it is are widely different. It
is only a tool for effecting exchanges—
not itself property, but only the title to
property. To each individual it is the
same as the property for which it will
exchange ; *o the nation it is not the
same. The reason for the difference is
simply this : If an individual gets more
money he gets more property, because
he gets a larger share (transferred to
him from the others who did hold it) of
the aggregate of the property which ex
ists; if the nation prints more paper
money the aggregate of property is not
affected, and the nation gets only the
money itself, which is nothing, being
Hon-exportable and intrinsically not
worth the slight cost of manufacture.
Whether this is so can be tested by the
strictly logical method, thus : the pro
position is that printing more paper
does not increase the aggregate wealth ;
now if this is not true, the contrary
must be true. Then (by the supposi
tion) the wealth of a country may
be doubled, quadrupled, or indefi
nitely multiplied, by simply increas
ing the quantity of jmnney—unless
the inflationist can demonstrate that at
some particular limit the process must
cease. But if this is true, the increase
in properly must be the increase of
money itself, which must possess intrin
sic value that constitutes it true proper
ty; or else it must be exchangeable for
a" greater amount of property than be
fore; or else the process of increasing
money must in some way produce a cor
responding increase of things to be ex
changed. The first of these three sup
positions is untrue, because money no
toriously has no value except in ex
change; the second is untrue, because
the increased money caunot exchange
for increased property when there is no
increase of property; the third is a
wholly different proposition aud asserts
the utility of more money as a tool in
exchanges, but the inflationist makes no
attempt to substantiate the assertion.
Stated squarely, there is not a man alive
so densely ignorant as to be unable to
see instantly the truth of the proposition
that if greenbacks were to become as
plenty as dirt—thus realizing to the
fullest extent the notion of “cheap
money”—they would become as worth
less as dirt. flow plenty they should
be, in order to come within the reach of
every poor man aud give “the people”
enough, without getting into worthless
abundance, is a question which no infla
tionist has yet attempted to answer; on
the contrary, they avoid it, and every
man of them, from tho highest to the
lowest, talks in a set and vague way
about the interconvertible 3.65 and
about a currency regulated by the wants
of trade. But precision of statement,
demonstration that there is uot now
money enough for the wants of trade,
explanation of the manner in which
money is to make business, or even any
information as to how much money they
wish to have, never comes from any of
them.
The greenback is a debt, according to
the circumstances which produced it,
according to general understanding, and
according to its own terms, which make
it an unperformed promise. Its value
really consists in the fact that the per
formance of the promise ultimately is
expected. If that expectation is dis
turbed, and the “faith” on which it is
proposed to found the new and unlimit
ed issues is destroyed, as it will be if
the course taken is to make more promi
nent instead of attempting to fulfill the
old ones, the paper will be deprived of
its value, and will siuk to the level of the
rags of which it is fabricated. It is idle
to allege—what is not disputed—that
nobody receives a note with the expec
tation that the prourse of that particu
lar note will be fulfilled to him; he re
ceives it because it represents some
value, fluctuating although it is, and
that value depends upon the faith in final
performance and upon the belief that
the maximum of issues is now fixed. If
the barrier comes down, it can never be
set up again, for one might as well
jump from a precipice with the idea of
stopping half way down; there is noth
ing fixed to cheek the increase at any
point short of making the notes as com
mon as leaves, and they will speedily ac
knowledge the fact by declining to the
value of leaves.
As to “ cheap money,” it is obvious
that cheapness and dearness are com
parative terms, used relative to some
thing else, and that there must be some
standard of measurement. When cloth
(or any other article) is cheap, its price
is low' as measured in money, or iu
(which is the same thiDg) other com
modities; that is, as cloth becomes cheap
a quantity of it exchanges for less and
less of other things. So, when money
becomes cheap, a given quantity of it
exchanges for less aud less of other
things; the purchasing power—or value
—of the dollar sinks, or (what is the
same thing) prices rise. Cheap money,
therefore, means dear commodities;
when prices were highest during the war
money was cheapest; since then there
has been a gradual rise in money and
decline in commodities —a process which
the paper maniacs want to reverse, al
though their failure to notice the ques
tion wherein an increased number of
dollars proportionately reduced in size
can confer any advantage is another of
their omisß ions - That the general law
that the value of money is inverse
ly as its quantity is invariable, is proven
by the recorded fact that along with the
increase iu supply of gold and silver
during the last fifty years there has been
a gradual increase of prices on the aver
age; aud as to Government paper, lest
tjie inflationists should assert that the
more paper the more valuable, they have
onlv to read history cursorily to find
that the law affects it even more posi-
tively.
The infirmity of irredeemable paper
is that it confuses the mind, debauches
the moral sense and leads into a crazy
wandering those who once give them
selves up to its intoxication. Use of it
is inseparable from abuse of it; modera
tion in it is impossible. It conceals the
hurts it inflicts, persuades people that
they come from its owe insufficiency of
qnantv, and beguiles them to think that
more of itself will work a cure. If there
is general prosperity, it puts itself for
ward in the light of the cause; if there
is depression, it oners itself as cure and
leader. While the customary exhilera
tior, lasts, it proclaims itself t*a only
true saouey, the money which works
magic; when the customary depression
comes, it makes its victims believe, in
spite of facts before their eyes, that re
newed doses of itself will restore the de
lightful condition. It never deals
honestly, but soothes conscience and
disarms reason by promising resumption
by-and-by, after a while, when business
is in a better shape, and then proposes
a little more stimulus as a preparatory
step. It has all the speciousness and
persistence which inhere in falsehood;
and the question is whether the people
of the United States, at this age of the
world, without a particle of excuse, will
decide to turn their backs on wisdom,
courage and honor, and be led by this
great curse.
EMORY COLLEGE.
A Card From Bishop Pierce.
For good reasons I am much encour
aged. True, money comes in slowly—
but the prospect of patronage is greatly
improved, and the interest of the people
in the college is greatly enhanced. A
prompt, strong, unanimous pull jnst
now, would put everything on the most
favorable basis.
The Presiding Elders and many of the
Preachers will attend the Commence
ment —affording a good opportunity to
send money. Let all make a note of
this. Do not forget or postpone. Send
np the brethren full handed. The money
is needed for an important purpose in
the general plan. We want a college
with every needful appliance and requi
site, and without a debt, great or small.
This consummation is near by. One
more good tide and we shall anchor in
the haven. The endowment is going on
—let ns finish the buildings, then we
will all rest and enjoy.
G. F. Pierce,
A GOOD WIFE.
Mrs. General Sherman Defends Her i
Husband With a Woman’s Warmth I
—Another Chapter in the MistoTy or'
the Burning of Columbia—Several
Flat Denials.
To the Editor of the CotUier-Joumal :
In your edition of Thursday, Jane 24,
under the head of “Georgia Affairs,”
there was published a long letter from
your correspondent at Augusta, Ga., in
which, among other matter, were the
following paragraphs:
Sherman as an Incendiary.
There are many facts connected with
his march through Georgia which Sher
man failed to record in his book. One
was the burningof the Eatonton factory,
a small cotton mill, from which two hun
dred women and children wholly sub
sisted. When the Federal troops cap
tured it a detail was made to apply the
torch, but upon its approach the poor
women so piteously begged that they
turned away and left. A second and a
third detail succumbed to the entreaties
of the factory women and girls, who
truthfully told them that it was the only
way in the wide world they had to get
their bread and clothing. Sherman
heard of it, and never was hyena more
furions on the smell of blood. Mount
ing bis horse he rode to the factory,
when the women made the same appeal
to him, to which he, as he had done in
hundreds of other instances, listened,
not as a man who had a heart, but a de
mon who glories in human misery.
When they had finished he made a sort
of stump speech, interlarded with blas
phemy, and at its conclusion directed in
person the torch to be applied, which
was done, and the factory in half an
hour was a pile of ashes. Instead of
his protecting these women he was per
sonally cognizant of their then and
there being robbed of the last mouthful
ot provisions they had in their humble
homes, and such articles of common
jewelry as that people have, torn from
their fingers, pockets, and drawers. •
The Curse of a Catholic Sister Upon
Sherman.
It is well known that Mrs. Sherman
has been doing everything in her power
since the war to help the Cathotic
Church in the South. There was a Catho
lic fair in Augusta laßt Winter, to which
she made some valuable contributions,
accompanied by apathetic letter. Know
ing the vindictive tiger she has for a
husband, and that be would now blast
the South if he had the power, these
acts of Mrs. Sherman were thought
strangely of. But there was a scene and
an act on the night of the burning of
Columbia which rises like a ghostly, in
fernal apparition before the soul of this
lady, and no doubt fills her with an
awful dread of what will be the eternity
of her husband. It was this: There was
a Catholic monastery in Columbia, a
place no less sacred to all members of
that religious faith than Heaven itself.
To it the plate and jewelry of every
Catholic Church of Charleston and every
other one in the State, the holy images
and every other holy thing connected
with the worship had been sent. No
one knew what was there better than
Sherman. He had been told of it by
many priests, by Sisters of Mercy, by
hundreds of members of the church,
before and after he entered Sonth Caro
lina, they all thinking that no modern
warrior would for a moment think of
touching them. When he rode into the
city he was asked for a guard to protect
the sacred building, and his answer was
an oath, and his riding directly to the
spot to superintend the burning of the
Monastery in person. When the lurid
glare of the flames shot high into the
heavens, and whilst Sherman was sitting
upon his horse in front watching them
with grim, demoniac satisfaction, the
lady superioress collected the inmates
who had fled from the burning Monas
tery, marched them to the front, and
there, with uplifted hands, in which was
held a cross, pronounced and called
upon Heaven to pronounce a curse upon
him.”
I served under General Sherman in
the first command to which he was ap
pointed in the late war—at, before and
after the first Bull Run. I then had nu
merous opportunities of seeiDg and know
ing him. He was then Colonel Sher
man. I formed the opinion of him that
he was a gentleman in private and pub
lic life, a splendid camp and magnificent
battle soldier. That opinion no quanti
ty of subsequent abuse, obloquy and
falsehood did for a moment shake. It
was then with very great pain I perused
the foregoing from Jean Yaljean, your
correspondent. I was thoroughly satis
fied your correspondent was egregious
ly misinformed or that General Sherman
must be a very changed man iu language,
feelings and conduct during the march
to the sea from what he was during the
first Bull Run campaign. I took the
opportunity of sending your paper to
General Sherman and asked him as to
the truth or untruth of the allegations.
My letter found the General absent in
New England, at the Boston, Lexington,
&c., celebrations. As your Augusta
correspondent refers largely to Mrs.
Sherman, she at once communicated to
me the following, which I place before
you for the benefit of your readers, in
justice to a brave soldier and his amia
ble wife. I doubt not, so soon as Wil
liam Tecumseh Sherman returns home
to St. Louis, he will himself address me
as to the facts. Ex-Soldier.
Mrs. Sherman’s Letter.
My Dear Sir— The General is absent,
but I have.seen your letter, and the ar
ticle enclosed from a paper which has
been considered respectable. The Gen
eral has no intention to answer anything
which has been put forth in a spirit of
malice, envy, anger or resentment re
garding his Memoirs. You may say for
me, however, that the most “ghastly ap
parition” which “rises before my soul”
—this one which “fills me with the great
est horror”—is the “awful dread” of the
fate of those (especially if they be Cath
olics) who indulge in such baseless slan
ders and spread forth such malicious
falsehoods. My knowledge of General
Sherman’s character is thorough. Every
year of his life, since he was nine years
old, I have associated with him or cor
responded with him, and I have known
his sentiments well. Could the natural
virtues and a heart free from malice, re
sentment or injustice, secure Heaven to
a man, I need not ask for him the super
natural gift of faith. The Courier-
Journal says lie perpetrated an enormity
in himself applying the torch to a fac
tory, during which time he was also
guilty of blasphemy. I say Gen. Sher
man never was guilty of blasphemy or
profanity, and the men of the C. J. knew
when they published that article that he
had never applied the torch to a build
ing. How shameful to slander a reli
gion by accusing her of deliberately call
ing down a curse upon a mau !
When the convent of the Ursuline
nuns at Columbia, 3. C., was reported
to be in danger of burning, Gen. Sher
man sent my brother, General Charles
Ewing, of his staff, and a commissary
officer, Major J. W. Comyn, both Catho
lies, with orders and authority to do all
that could be done for the Sisters and
for those under their charge. They exe
cuted the orders with zeal and great
kindness, and under continued instruc
tions from General Sherman they as
signed to them a goodly share of com
missary stores and attended to then*
wants until the army left tho place.
Corses which are called down will not
fall upon General Sherman, and he is
too good to wish that they may rest up
on those who invoke them. Let the
malicious revile, and the false invent
slanders, and let such journals as choose
to deal in such things publish to any
extent, but let them not presume to as
sign to me sentiments so foreign to my
heart regarding the man whose purityof
life, unswerving principle, gentleness of
heart, and courage of soul have height
en "and and confirmed in me the admira
tion and conS’’nce of my youth. lam
mr dear sir, very truly and respectfully
yours, Ellen Ewing Sherman,
912 Garrison Avenue, St. Louis. ALo.
July 3, 1875.
GEN. SHERMAN’S DENIAL.
He Declares That He Never Applieda
Torch in His Life, and Pays a Glow
ins Tribute to His Wife.
To the Editor of the Courier-Journal:
In your paper of to-day you hand
somely published the letter of rs *
Sherman, and my own remarks on Gen.
Sherman and his estimable wife, ion
also, in a leading article, and in a man
ner benefitting a journalist and a gen
tleman, referred to the source of JP ur
statements, which gave such mortifica
tion to myself and others to whom Sher
man’s past record and present reputation
are, and always will be, precious. I now
lav before vou a letter just received
from Gen. 'Sherman. No gentlemen
will hereafter say that Sherman was an
incendiary at Eatonton. I take a pleas
ure in assisting you to pillory such vile
misstatements as Mr. Jean Yaljean for
warded to yon. Ex-Soldieb.
General Sherman's Letter.
Header's Army of the TT. 8., (
St. Lons, Mo., July 7,1870. {
My Dear Sib— Tour letter enclosing a
slip from the Courier-Journal was only
received by me this morning, by reason
of an absence of some days. I now re
ply to say that I appreciate the kind
feelings yon express, based on a long
acquaintance. Ido not write to combat
the expressions in the printed slip. This
is essentially a free country, with liber
ty of the press and of speech. Ido not
object to the severest criticisms of the
Southern press, for my opinions have
been fully expressed, and I was among
the first to extend to them the most
moderate views. If they choose to re
gard me as their enemy I cannot help it.
I was never at “Eatonton Factory” in my
life. Mrs. Sherman is and always has
been a Catholic, aud has extended
charity to all alike, Catholic aud Pro
testant, with a lavishness that actually
impoverishes ns. To question the purity
of her motives is certainly a most un
manly way to reflect on me.
Truly, yonr friend,
W. T. Sherman.
•—* ——
THE CROPS IN WARREN.
- [fecial Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Barnett, Ga., July 10, 1875.
A few days ago I concluded to take a
trip into the country, as much for the
sake of a little respite from business in
onr lovely city as anything else. I have
traveled in several neighborhoods in the
upper and eastern parts of Warren
county; and my observation satisfies me
that Warren county, with fair seasons
from this on, will produce more corn by
far than in any former year since the
war. Warren has also produced more
wheat than in any year in six past. The
oat crop was not so good as could be de
sired, yet the aggregate is encouraging,
there being a very large breadth put in.
I find that the farmers are beginning to
pay some attention to the millet crop ;
this will soon prove quite a desideratum
to the Southern planters. The cotton
crop is growing rapidly, the weed is dow
larger than usual at this season. Tiie
rains have been abundant, consequently
the growth is rather luxuriant. There
is none so wise as to tell how the crop
will turn out. If the rains continue as
profuse as they have been for the last
fifteen days we may expect a large
growth and little fruit. And if there
should be fifteen to twenty days hot and
dry weather most of early cotton would
“go up.” However, with moderate sea
sons, I mean not two much or too little
rain, the cotton factors may expect a
fine business. f
With a fair yield of cotton, at a liberal
price, the planters will make a powerful
stride this year towards redeeming
themselves frMathe misfortune of debt,
contractechMinKCheJien law. The gen
eral outlook is all through the
country, and, with economy and indus
try, the people will recover and come
out “ right side np;” that is, as far as
finances are concerned.
But, about our political future, who
can prophesy well and truly? If the
country would elect a true blue Demo
crat next term, in place of the present
incumbent or any other Radical, then
we might expect to see better times all
around. By the by, I find a good, old
fashioned Democrat now and then who
who will refer casually to the coming
election for Governor. Most of the can
didates suggested have admirers, but
Colquitt seems to be a great favorite,
especially with farmers and laboring
men. J. O. Wer.
AUGUSTA DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Action as to tbe Liquor Traffic.
Whereas, The Bishops of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, have
made the following decision respecting
the sale of intoxicating liquors:
Intoxicating Liquors.
In a case of arraignment and trial, the
accused admitted that he was engaged
in the sale of intoxicating liquors by the
quantity aud by the drink, with the
reasonable knowledge that it is bought
to be used as a beverage, but his de
fense was that there was no law violated.
He appealed from the sentence of the
Church Committee, by which he was ex
pelled, to the Quarterly Conference. The
action and decision of the court below
were sustained iu the Quarterly Confer
ence. The expelled person desired that
the case might come before t heßisliop pre
siding at the Annual Conference; and to
give his wish effect, the Quarterly Con
ference, although deeming the verdict
and judgment just, under construction
of the law rendered, appealed from the
decision of the Presiding Elder to the
Bishop presiding at the ensuing Annual
Conference, upon the question of law :
Does the sale of intoxicating liquors,
by the large or small quantity, to be
used as a beverage, constitute an ac
tionable offense under Methodist law, as
found in the article of the General Rules
requiring the avoidance of evil of every
kind and the doing of no harm—these
General Rules themselves being based
upon the written word of God ? The
plea of the absence of specific law was
relied on by the defendant in the case
referred to. The ruling of the preacher
in charge was that the case was action
able under the General Rule; and this
ruling was sustained by the Presiding
Elder on the appeal. Decided, That
both were correct in the ruling. There
fore,
Resolved, That the members of our
church are most earnestly exhorted to
separate themselves from a traffic con
demned by good morals, Methodist
rules aud the Holy Scriptures.
2. Resolved, That our pastors are
hereby called upon to judiciously, yet
firmly, enforce the ruling of our Bishops
as to the law of the Church with respect
to the sale of intoxicating liquors.
3. Resolved, That a copy of this pre
amble and these resolutions be furnish
ed the press of this district for publica
tion. E. H. Pottle, Secretary.
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
Supreme Court Decision—lts Invalidi
ty in the Settlement of Debt During
the War.
[Baltimore Gazette.]
The Supreme Court, in the case of
Catharine Fretz, survivor, &c., against
Ralph Stover, executor of Charles Sto
ver et. al., au appeal from the Circuit
Court for the Eastern District of Vir
ginia, has rendered a decision as fol
lows:
“The controversy in this case grows
out of a bond executed by Charles Sto
ver to Fretz and wife, on the Bth day of
April, 1861, for $2,366 18, payable on or
before the first day of March, 1863. The
bond Was executed in Farquier county,
Virginia, where Stover lived, aud was
secured by a deed of trust on land in
that county, both of which were deliver
ed to Samuel Clinton by Stover, on the
day of their date. The execution and
delivery of these obligations were iu
pursuance of a settlement made in the
preceding month of February at War
renton, Virginia, by Fretz and Stover of
a long-pending litigation. The war of
the rebellion ensued soon after the set
tlement, and all communication ceased,
and, indeed, became unlawful between
Pennsylvania and Virginia. After the
war had closed, on inquiry it was found
that Stover, a short time before the
bond matured and in satisfaction of it,
had paid to Chilton Virginia bank notes
and Confederate paper at their nomi
nal or par value, and got pos
session of the bond or deed of
trust. Naturally, Fretz and wife were
dissatisfied with these proceedings, and
in repudiation of them they filed their
bill iu chancery to set up the deed of
trust and have it enforced on the ground
that Chilton had no authority to receive
payment in such paper, nor Stover the
right to make it. The bill charges ac
tual fraud between Chilton and Stover,
in this, that Stover, taking advantage of
Chilton's great pecuniary necessities, in
duced him to receive the paper at par in
payment and discharge of the bond.
Stover filed his answer denying that
these payments were the result of an un
lawful and fraudulent combination be
tween the respondent and Chilton, He
insists, however, that they were in law a
full discharge and satisfaction of the
debt and trust deed; but, if this were
not so, that to the extent of the com
pensation due by Fret? and wife to
Chilton fpr professional services, he
should not be compelled to pay a sec
ond time. We are brought directly to
the question whether the payments by
Charles Stover to Samuel Chilton were,
nnder the circumstances surrouding the
parties, of any validity. The decision
is that the instruction given to Chilton
by his client were not applicable to a
state of war, and that his settlement for
money current in the Confederacy was
void, and that Stover had no right to
discharge the debt in anything but le
gal money of the United States.”
Mr. Justice liavis delivered the opin
ion of the Court.
Government securities or promises to
pay, are not taxable, and greenbacks,
not being money, but an unredeemed
promise to pay money, are not liable to
State or municipal taxation. While
this is true as to greenbacks, money is
taxable by State and municipal authori
ty as personal property. In some States
every man is obliged to make a return
nnder oath of the personal property
held by him on a given day. In eluci
dation of the fact here stated, the Jour
nal of Commerce reports that a citizen
of Boston, feeling himself aggrieved by
wbat he deemed a little sharp practice
in the collection of taxes, tnrned all his
personal property into greenbacks and
made a special deposit of it in bank
over the return day. He then returned
it as invested in Government securites,
and dared the assessors to levy a tax on
it. They did not push him to pay, but
kept very still about it for fear the habi
might be catching.
A shopkeeper purchased of an Irish
woman a quantity of butter, the lumps
of which, intended for pounds, he
weighed in the balance and found want
ing. “Shore it’s yonr own fault if
they’re light,” said Biddy, in reply to
the complaint of the buyer, “it’s your
own fault, sir, for wasn’t it with a pound
of your own soap I bought here myself
that I weighed them with ?” The shop
keeper had nothing more to say.
STONEWALL JACKSON.
The Statue by the Deceased John H.
Foley, as Seen in the Galleries of
the Koyal Academy at London.
[Philadelphia Press ]
The Royal Academy in its collection
this year presents an exhibition of paint
ings and statuary perhaps never before
equaled, either in the number or ex
cellence of its works of art. Nothing,
however, among the marvelous creations
of brush, pencil, or chisel is so worthy
of the admiration of the cosmopolitan
American as Foley’s statue of Stonewall
Jackson, soon to be sent as a gift to the
State of Virginia. Althongh it stands
among galleries crowded with meritori
ous productions on canvas or in marble,
the mind regards all other subjects with
cold curiosity or vogue admiration, for
the attention is riveted by this meed of
honor to the hero of so many battles,
which at the same time embodies the
highest art of the sculptor. The feel
ing may exist in the breasts of our coun
trymen, which in one section would de
tract from the valor and worth of the
rebel chieftain, and in another, through
overwrought zeal, rank him above Alex
ander, Hannibal, Caesar and Napoleon,
yet time, which makes all things even,
while assigning him a proper niche in
history, will not dim the purity of his.
character or the glory of his military
prowess.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born
of English parents, whose ancestors first
came to the plantations of Lord Balti
more, and afterwards endured the pri
vations and hardships of frontier life
among the hills and valleys of Northwest
ern Virginia. He first saw the light
some time in 1824, but early left an or
phan and doomed to taste the gall and
hyssop of dependence, all record of the
date of his birth is lost. Before the age
of nine he left Clarksburg, now in West
Virginia, in company with an elder
brother, and going down the Ohio to the
Mississippi the boys found employ
ment on a lonely island in cutting wood
for a furnace. From Spring to Fall no
tidings of the wanderers reached their
relatives in what is now Harrison coun
ty, when a boat captain in his charity
brought them to a point on the Ohio
where they were able to reach an uncle’s
home ; but they had undergone fatigue
and sickness so severe that the elder
died, and the younger never fully recov
ered from the effects of this wild freak
of childhood. Under the direction of
this uncle, young Jacksou became a
studious school-boy, fond of mathemat
ics, and when quite young was elected
a constable or executive officer for the
magisterial district, an office which pro
bably yielded from twenty to fifty dol
lars per annum. At the age of eighteen,
such was the character which he had es
tablished, he received a strong recom
mendation from the citizens of Clarks
burg to their member at Washington
for appointment to a cadetship at West
Point, a step taken at the suggestion of
a garrulous blacksmith while shoeing
his uncle’s horse. He went to the Na
tional Military Academy in 1842, and
four years later graduated, at the
very time when General Scott was
organizing the powerful force against
Vera Cruz which led to open hostility
with Mexico early in 1847. : Brevet
Second Lieutenant of Artillery by virtue
of his graduation, he served at Vera
Cruz and Buena Vista. At Contreras he
gained honorable mention, which led to
promotion to a first lieutenancy. As the
American forces moved upon the City of
Mexico Captain Magnifier, in whose
field battery the young lieutenant
fought, commended his bravely at the
storming of Chepultepee in a letter to
Captain Joe Hooker, and Jackson was
made a brevet major of artillery. Peace
having been declared in June, 1848,
Major Jackson was assigned to garrison
duty on Long Island. After the lapse
of two years he was transferred to the
coast of Florida, and in 1851 was elected
professor of natural and experimental
philosophy and artillery tactics in the
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington,
over McClellan, liosecrans and others
whose names had been proposed as com
petitors. There the breaking out of the
rebellion found him, and as soon as the
State passed tho ordinance of secession
he went to Richmond with his cadets.
From a colonel of Virginia forces he
rose to the command of the celebrated
brigade composedof the Second, Fourth,
Fifth, Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third
Virginia regiments. The name of
“Stonewall” was attached to the briga
dier and his brigade from a circumstance
which happened on the field of Manas
sas, July"2l, 1861. Gen. Bee, whose
troops were beaten and driven back, in
trying to rally the fragments of his
command, exclaimed: “There is Jack
son standing like a stonewall.” Almost
instantly that these words were uttered
the brave general who spoke them fell
dead with his face to the foe. In Octo
ber, 1861, Jackson was promoted to the
rank of Major-General, and at the time
of his death the stars of a Lieutenant-
General were upon his shoulders. His
military career, from the first Bull Run
to that fatal evening among the ground
oaks at Chancellorsville, in May, 1863,
is too recent and familiar to be traced in
the columns of a daily journal.
When news of the death cf Stonewall
Jackson reached England a movement
arose among persons who took an inter
est in the struggle to show the English
sympathy for the hero by a statue. A
small committee was formed, of which
Mr. J. H. Beresford Hope, M. P., was
Treasurer, and Mr. Gregory, M. P., now
the Right Honorable W. H. Gregory,
Governor of Ceylon, Secretary. Among
the members of the committee were the
late Marquis of Lothian, Lord Arthur
Hill Trevor, Mr. Street, the architect,
and other well known personages. Sub
scriptions were raised sufficient for a
standing statue, and the work was in
trusted to the distinguished sculptor,
John R. Foley, R. A. 11l health on Mr.
Foley’s part, and a desire to make the
likeness as perfect as possible, protract
ed the work. When it was first started
the projectors had the advantage of the
advice of the late James M. Mason, who
procured from Virginia the best photo
graph he could get. When General
Bradley Johnson was in England two
years ago, and the work was near com
pletion, he provided another photo
graph, which caused further delay and
improved the likeness. About the time
of Mr. Foley’s death, last Fall, the
work was completed for casting, and,
being otherwise perfect, it has been no
doubt carried out with as much finish as.
if the ’lamented sculptor had lived to su
perintend it. The works of a deceased
artist are allowed to be exhibited in the
Royal Academy for a year after his
death, and when the academy closes,
about the Ist of August, the statue will
be sent to Virginia. Mr. Beresford
Hope having made the tender of this
magnificent gift to the State through
Gov. Kemper, the Legislature! voted
SIO,OOO to defray the expense of trans
portation, pedestal, and the ceremonies
of inatiguration. The pedestal will be
of Virginia granite, and a conspicuous
position has been selected in the Capitol
grounds at Richmond, where the cere
monies will, it is expected, take plaao
during the State Fair, in October next.
The 1 statute, which is in bronze, bears
a striking resemblance to the original.
The tall, muscular figure, high cheek
bones, broad forehead and firm lips
faithfully portray the man, austere and
religious yet gentle and trustful—the
stern fatalist who yet in the hour of trial
implored the guidance of Providence,
with passion subservient to reason, im
pulse controlled by discipline, the slave’s
master, yet the slave’s teacher and spir
itual guide, the strict Sabbatarian yet
the broad philanthropist, reticent in
speech yet open and eloquent in man
ner. Worthy is it alike of the master
and tlfe hero. John Henry Foley, its
sculptor, was horn in Dublin in 1818.
He became a student of the Royal So
ciety fit an early age, and in 1834 came
to London and entered the schools of
the Royal Academy. In 1840 lie pro
duced "Ino and Bacchus,” a group in
marble, purchased by the Earl of Elles
mere, the first great work of his chiseL
In 1844 he was chosen as one of the
three sculptors to execute the statues for
tire new palace at Westminster. In
1851 lie executed “The Mother,” and in
1854 “Egeria,” which were commission
ed by the Corporation of London, and
now adorn the Mansion House, the resi
dence of the Lord Mayor. In 1856 he
chiseled in bronze “Lord Hardinge and
Charger” for Calcutta, a much adnfired
group. Increasing orders far portrait j
and monumental Staines compelled him
to abandon ideal studies, and he, be
sides works for Ireland, England and
India, was commissioned by her Majesty
to execute the colossal statue of the
Prince Consort for the National memo
rial in Hyde Park. At the time of his
death, in 1874, it is said that the unful
filled orders on the hands of the sculp
tor would have occupied his time had
he lived to twice the period of human
life alloted by the Psalmist. The mas
ter in arc and the master in war are gone,
yet the work of both will live to per
petuate their fame.
“Cold in the dost the perish’d heart may lie.
But that which warm dit once can never die.
An old Highlander, rather fond of his
toddy, was ordered by his physician,
during temporary illness, not to exceed i
one ounce of spirits daily. The old gen- j
tleman was dubious about the amount,
and asked his son, a school boy, how
much an ounce was, “Sixteen drachms,”
was the reply. “Sixteen drachms ? An
excellent doctor !” replied the Highland
er. “Run and tell Donald MoTarvish
and big John to come down the nicht.”
Old gent—“ What do you wear specs
for, boy?” Bootblack—“ Cos I puts
such a shiny shine on gentlemen’s boots
it hurts me eyes.”
SEVEN TIMES MARRIED.
On the 30th ult. Benjamin Abbott and
Mrs. Mary Pratt were wedded at Smyr
na, Delaware. This is the seventh time
the bride has been led to the altar, and
the Smyrna Times prints some interest
ing gossip concerning her past life. The
contracting parties to these nuptials, it
says, are well up the ascending grade to
eighty years. The groom is a quiet,
unassuming old man, a widower, with
means enough (particularly if combined
with her income) to meet his not very
numerous wants. The bride was the re
lict of the late ex-Sheriff Heury Pratt,
of Kent county, who was the last anti-
Democratic Sheriff who has filled that
office in that county. He was elected
Sheriff in 1844 by the Whigs. His de
scendants, children, grandchildren, and
great grandchildren, at the time of his
mariage, numbered over 156, and yet he
had never then had but one death in his
family—his first wife. Mrs. Abbott’s
names have been eight in all—Miss
Williams, Mrs. Truax, Mrs. Farrow,
Mrs. Riggs, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry,
Mrs. Pratt, and now Mrs. Abbott, “in
every instance,” says the Times, “save
the first, Bhe has married a widower,
somo of them with a goodly number of
children. She, however, has never sus
tained tho maternal relation by con
sanguinity. She was reared in this
community, as have been all her hus
bands, so far as we can learn, and hence
her record has been as an open book to
all her seven companions, yet record,
age, nor aught else seems to work fa
tality to ‘the charm that wins,’ whatever
that may be—and to find that out is the
rub. The five years and- over of widow
hood that existed between her last and
her present husband is the longest she
has endured. This, however, may not
be wholly her fault, as we are certain
that in one instance at least she offered
to share her comfortable home with one
of our most worthy old citizens, but the
mere proposition filled him with fear
and trembling, and to avoid a repetition
be hurriedly married a young lady in
her teens, with whom, and his little
prattler, he is now enjoying the fullest
share of domestic bliss. We have no
iutimation, however, that her numerous
conquests have been made by open,
direct assault. On the contrary, we
think they have not. It has been as
serted on good authority that she has
confessed to a presentment that she
should have seven husbands. She now
enjoys the fulfillment of this prophetic
notion, and, hale, seventy odd, she
wears her bridal wreath with becoming
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FILKINS, THE EXPRESS ROBBER.
The Albany Argus, of Friday, has the
following in reference to Filkins, the
express robber, who escaped from Dau
uemora Prison a year ago: “He escaped
from the confines of. the prison in open
daylight, and, although in a few mo
ments the officers of that institution
were aware of his disappearance, no
trace of him could be found. Subse
quently false reports were started of his
having been seen in various parts of the
State, and the officers of the prison now
claim that after his disappearance from
the prison he was seen by no one. Two
weeks ago, while men were engaged in
cleaning the main sewer under the
prison they came upon the skeleton of a
human body lying at tlie bottom of the
sewer. It was removed from its posi
tion and examination made of it, when
it was'revealed that beyond a doubt it
was tho remains of Filkins, the express
robber, who had died there after es
caping from the corridors of the prison
down through one of the water-closets
in a vain hope of gaining his liberty by
passing through the sewer and out at its
mouth, which is throughly closed with
bars of heavy iron secured at either side
in walls of heavy masonry. The officers
consider this version of the manner in
which he probably met his death as the
most reasonable, for they are aware that
though two men a short time ago en
deavored to effect an escape in this way,
no one but Filkins had disappeared
since a previous cleaning of the sewer,
and no one could possibly have reached
tho location occupied by the skeleton
other than through the water-closets. It
is then reasonable to presume that the
skeleton found is that of the notorious
Filkins, who either met death in reach
ing the bottom of the prison sewer by
falling, or died there, after discovering
escape was impossible, without being
able to make known his situation to any
who could have come to his relief.”
Three Points for Consideration.
During the past five years the VEGETINE
has been Bteadily working itself into public
favor, and those who were at first roost incred
ulous in regard to its merits are now its most
ardent friends and supporters.
Ttiere are three essential causes for those
having such a horror of patent medicines
changing their opinion and lending their influ
ence toward the advancement of VEGETINE.
Ist—lt is an honestly prepared medicine from
barks, roots and herbs. 2d—lt honestly ac
complishes ail that is claimed for it, without
leaving any bad effects in the system. 3d—lt
presents honest vouchers in testimonials from
honest, well known citizens, whose signatures
are a sufficient guarantee of their earnestness
in the matter. Taking into consideration the
vast quantity of medicine brought conspicu
ously before the public through the flaming
advertisements in tho newspaper columns, with
no proof of merit or genuine vouchers of what
it has done, we should be pardoned for mani
festing a small degree of pride in presenting
the following testimonial from Itev. J. S.
DICKERSON, D. D., tho popular and ever ge
nial pastor of the South Baptist Church, Bos
ton:
THE TIRED BODY SUES FOR SLEEP.
Boston, March 16, 1874.
H. R. STEVENS, Esq.:
Dead Sik—lt is as much from a sense of
duty as of gratitude that I write to say that
your VEGETINE—even if it is a patent medi
cine—has been of great help to me when
nothing else seemed to avail which I could
safely use. Either excessive mental work or
unusual care brings upon mo a nervous ex
haustion that desperately needs sleep, but as
desperately defies it. Night after night the
poor, tired body sues for sleep until the day
dawn is welcomed back, and we begin our work
tired out with an almost fruitless chase after
rest. Now I have found that a little VEGE
TINE taken just before I retire gives me
sweet and immediate sleep, and without any of
the evil effects of the usual narcotics. I think
two things would tend to make brain workers
sleep. 1st —A little less work. 2d—A little
more VEGETINE. This prescription has help
ed me.
Now I have a particular horror of “patent
medicine,” but I have a greater horror of being
afraid to tell the straight out truth. The
VEGETINE has helped me, and Town it up.
Yours, &c., J. 8. DICKERSON.
VALUABLE EVIDENCE.
The foliowing unsolicited testimonial from
Rev. O. T- Walker, formerly paster of Bowdoin
Square Church, and at present settled in
Providenoe, It. 1., must be esteemed as relia
ble evidence. No one should fail to observe
that this testimonial is the result of two years’
experience with (house of VEGETINE ii> the
Rev. Mr. Walker’s family, who now pronounces
it invaluable :
l'nqYthENOE. R. 1., 164 Transit Street.
H. R. STEVENS, Esq.;
I feel bound to express with my signature
the high value I place upon your VEGETINE.
My family have used it for the last two years.
In nervous debility it is invaluable, and I re
commend it to all who may need an invigorat
ing, renovating tonic.
O. T. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Church,
Boston,
THE BEST EVIDENCE.
The following letter from Bev. E. S. BEST,
pastor M. E. Church, Natick, Mass., will be
read witii interest by many physicians. Also
those suffering from the same disease as af
flicted the son of the Rev. E. S. Best. No per
son can doubt this testimony, and there is no
doubt about the curative powers of VEGE
TINE :
Natick. Mass., January 1, 1874.
Mr. H. R. STEVENS :
Dear Sir— We have good reason for regard
ing your VEGETINE a medicine of the great
est value. We feel assured that it has been
the means of saving our son’s life. He is now
seventeen years of age; for the last two years
he has suffered from necrosis of his leg, caus
ed by scrofulous affection, and was so far re
duced that nearly all who saw him thought his
recovery impossible. A council of able physi
cians could give us but the faintest hope of his
ever rallying, two of the number deolariug that
lie was beyond the reach of human remedies,
that, even amputation could not save him, as
ho had not vigor enough to endure the opera
tion. Just then we commenced giving him
VEGETINE. and from that time to tho present
he has been continuously improving. lie has
lately resumed his studies, thrown away crutch
es and cane, and WftlXa about cheerfully and
strong.
Thdqgti there is stUl some dieoharge from
the opening where the limb was lanced, we
have the fullest confidence that in a little time
he will be perfectly eured.
Ho has taken about three dozen bottles of
VEGETINE, but lately uses but little, as he
declares that he is too well to bo taking medi
cine. Respectfully yours,
E. S. BEST.
Mbs. L. C. F. BEST.
RELIABLE EVIDENCE.
178 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1
November 14, 1874. )
H. B. STEVENS, Esq.:
Dear Sir— From personal benefit received
by itH use, as well as from personal knowledge
of those whose cures thereby have seemed
almost miraculous, I can most heartily and sin
cerely recommend the VEGETINE for the
complaints for which it is claimed to cure.
JAMES P. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Bap. Church,
Sacramento, CaL
Yegelinc is Sold by all Druggists,
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Intelligence Office.
Real Fistate Agency.
RE.\TI\G AND COLLECTING RENTS.
MHYAMS has opened an office on Mcln
. tosh street, between Broad and Rey
nolds. for the purpose of conducting the above
branches of business. Such an Agency is
much needed in this community. Mechanics,
servants and field hands wishing employment,
and those wishing to employ, will please call
and leave their orders. Particular attention
paid in renting and collecting rents, also buy
ing and selling real estate. Commission
charges reasonable. Prompt returns made.
By close and strict attention to the wants of
my friends, I hope to give general satisfaction.
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New Advertisements.
Christopher Gray
Presents his compliments to the public of Augusta, and begs to advise them
*hat he has just come out to try and beat even the extraordinary reduc
tions in Dry Goods we have been listening to for some time. Mr. C*
GRAY is not prepared to warrant his goods “the best in the world,” but he
does warrant them the cheapest value in the market.
He is not sure that the Gods of Trade and Commerce smile on his efforts,
but he 1$ perfectly contidcnt that large capital, long experience and care
ful buying have given him advantages as a caterer which are bound to
tell in favor of the consumer.
All departments of our STOCK ARE FELL ; prices will be made to suit
the times, and herewith a cordial invitation is exte ded the public to
come and see us.
O. GI RAY 00.
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100 Pieces Best Black Alpaca
in the World for 25 cents per yard.
James A. Gray,
50 Pieces Best Black Alpaca in
the World for 50 cents per yard.
James A. Gray,
== 194 and 196 Broad Street.
50 Pieces Best Black Alpaca in
the World for $1 per yard.
James A. Gray,
5 Pieces Pore Silk Warp Alpaca,
Best in the World, for $2 per yard.
James A. Gray,
194 and 196 Broad Street.
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IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS l
Tlie Richmond Factory,
NEAR AUGUSTA, GA.,
CONTINUES to manufacture Woolen Cloth for Planters at 15 cents per yard for Plains and
20 ceuts for Twills. If the owners of tho Wool wish the same dyed, they are prepared to
do so—making a Gray—tlie only color they propose making. Tho charge for Dyeing tlie Filling
will he 3 ceuts a yard extra. Wool will bo carded at 10 cents per pound. No Wool wilt ho re
ceived from Depot without the owuor’s name is distinctly marked upon each Package. Goods
to he paid for on delivery.
<SS“ All instructions and shipments of Wool Bliould be to
ADAM JOHNSTON, YOUNG & HACK,
President Richmond Factory. fmy2>—d.fcw2m] Agents. Augusta, Ga.
THE PENDLETON & BOARDMAN
Foundry and Machine Works,
KOLLOCK STREET, AUGUST:*, GEORGIA,
"YTTITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, is prepared to furnish Machinery of
V V all descriptions, Iron and Brass Castings of the best material and work mail shin.
I WOULD CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE
LEVEU GEORGIA PRESS,
A CHEAP, SIMPLE, BUT POWERFUL HAND COTTON OR HAY PRESS.
STEAM ENGINES i“ GIN OEABIN<i * 0F
FOR PLANTATION 1 I|| l ALL SIZES AND PAT
USE OF ALL SIZES llT’ Vl f| TERNS, COTTON
CONSTANTLY ON || | |j j j | 1 PRESSES FOR HAND,
HAND. WATER ==3?== y ’|-| HORSE OR WATER
WHEELS, SAW AND ~ ~j, jjj: \j, * |jj|J : POWER. SUGAR
GRIST MILLS, If ;j I 1 .! \fl\ MILLS, COTTON
HORSE POWERS, GINS, Ac.
WIWU. FENDLETON,
mv2s —cnd.tw’lm SURVIVING PARTNER.
THE IMPROVED
Winship Cotton Gin ! !
Is ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST BY ALL WHO USE IT, or liave
seen it in operation. It is now the LEADING COTTON GIN in the South.
VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES —ONLY $3 50 PER SAW, DE
LIVERED.
THE WINSHIP COTTON PRESS,
Tbt> Best anil Cheapest WROUGHT IRON COTTON SCREW in the market,
made to work by Hand, Horse, Steam or Water Power. Prices
reduced to suit the times, and now Very Low.
SIOO EACH AND UPWARDS, according to style of Press wanted.
EVERY GIN AND PRESS WARRANTED.
For further information and terms, apply to
C. H. PIIINIZY & t'O., Agents,
jyl—w2m AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Goldsmith’s Patent Cotton Ties.
THE undersigned has now on hand and will receive a full supply of GOLDSMITH'S PATENT
COTTON TIES.
1,500 Bundles Wedge Ties, patented 1873.
3,000 Bundles T Ties, patented 1874.
2,000 Bundles Spliced Ties.
Purchasers are invited to call and examine these Ties and Prico List before ordering else
where.
J. H. OPPENHEDI, General A;rent,
144 H eynolds Street.
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TUS-: JA.S. J.KFFESi
Double Turbine Water Wheel.
llauuiaclcrcu oy
t# TOOLE & HUNT,
JJL Baltimore, Bid.
7,000 A OIV JXIS E 1
rill n Simple, Strong, DuriiMe,
ittT | cl ways reliable and tutis-
B 1 title ry .
lor Cottim f lour,
Paint, White Lead and
iff Mill Machinery, Hydraulic and other
Presses.&c. Shaftings pulleys and Hangers
a specialty. Machine made Gearing; accu
rate and of very best finish. Send for Circular a-
JEWELL’S MILLS.
D. A. JEWELL, Prop’r.
Post Office, Jewell’s, Hancock Cos., Ga.
WOOL WANTED.
ON and after May the 20th we will CARD
WOOL for One Fourth Toll, or for Ten
Cents Per Pound.
Will pay market value for Wool or Exchange
for Goods at reduced prices.
When shipping Wool to us by Railroad to be
Carded or Exchanged, mark your name and ad
dress plainly on the bundle and ship to May
field.
4-4 Sheetings, f Shirtings, 8 ounce Osnaburgs,
Yanis, Kerseys, and Jeans for sale at Lowest
Market Kates. Orders solicited.
my2l-w3m 1), A. JEWELL.
Wool Manufactured
INTO
CLOTH FOR PLASTERS.
HAYING completed our additions to our
Wool machinery, we would now offer our
services in making CLOTH for planters nse.
Our terms are liberal and cloth fine or coarse
as desired. Samples of our goods can be seen
at Porter Fleming’s —he will also act as our
agent. Samples sent by mail if desired.
Athens Manufacturing Comp’y,
R. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent.
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Fairbanks’ Scales.
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1 Fairbanks!
The Standard.
ALSO,
Miles’ Alarm Cash Drawer.
C l OFFICE and Drug Mills,Letter Presses, &c.
j Principal Scale Warehouses, Fairbanks
A Cos., 311 Broadway, N. Y.; Fairbanks &
Cos 166 Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md.;
Fairbanks <fc Cos.. 53 Camp street, New Or
leans; Fairbanks <fc Cos., 93 Main street, Buf
falo N. Y.; Fairbanks & Cos., 338 Broadway,
Albany, N. Y.: Fairbanks Cos., 403 St. Paul’s
street. Montreal; Fairbanks <fc Cos., 34 King
Williams street, ijondou, England; Fairbanks,
Brown & Cos., 2 Milk street, Boston. Mass.;
Fairbanks .t Ewing, Masonic Hall, Philadel
phia. Pa.: Fairbanks. Morse & Cos.. 11l Lake
street, Chicago; Fairbanks, Morse & Cos., 139
Walnut street, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fairbanks,
Morse & Cos., I'B2 Superior street, Cleveland,
Ohio: Fairbanks. Morse & Cos., 48 Wood street,
Pittsburgh; Fairbanks, Morse & Cos.. sth *
Main street, Louisville; Fairbanks 4 Cos, 30A
& 304 Washington avenue, St. Louis; Fairbanks
& Hutchinsou. San Francisco,-Cal lor sale by
leading Hardware Dealers, jyO-eod&wjm
ESTABLISHED IN 1847.
MELVIN HARD & SON,
WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE,
25 BEEKMAN STREET,
NEAR NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
AGENTS for Owens, Jessup & Laflin, L.
L Brown & Cos., Byron Weston’s, Ben
nington, American, Mt. Hope, Mammonth
River and Salmon River Mills, and Crane’s
Bond Papers. Sole Agents for Carson’s old
Berkshire Mills, established m 1801.
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