The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 12, 1867, Image 4
" .. Vmm LEIGH'S PROPHECY.
? J . "BY CAROLINE GONTiAJ),
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* ' ? - "She will die young," ..
Stern.- old Dr. Arnott turned toward
the speaker with an air ?f angry con?
tempt.
fWhat 4oyou mean-by that,,old.croak?
er?"
l\Notbing, brother, to vex you; I need
not havp^spoken," .sard Leigh Arnott,.
. meekly drV?pin^.Jbfe grey beard to the
- ^ands clasped-updii- his cane
'?"-But you did- spcakyand you did res:
. * me.."1t believoyou arc as much bewitched
with Marquis Can* as Rachel herself."
i .".I think him a very- promising yoUng
? than?I dOj indeed, brother DouglaRs."
"Ho is no match for Rachel. He shall
not.have her.. I had rather?"
? ' "Brother." . ' . -
The~ oid: hxan?the elder of the two,
Xeigh ArnOtt, rose trembling to his feet.
(i "Wei!;" said the other angrily, "what
wasrI going to say that you fly upon me
, like that ?"
* "I was afraid you would say something
. ' to repent of."
& Humph I Here, Rachel! Rachel,
' " AV^?ung girl in the garden below look
. ed up from the flowers she was watering,
and at a repetition of the summons came
- ; upon the piazza where her uncle and
father were.
She was as fresh-faced and lovely as a
May morning. Her eyes were as clear
i as a child's, her brow as white, open and
?ingonious. But withal she had a look of
- fragility .that made one shrink involunta
? rify at the thought of the wind of heaven
\ "blowing upon her too roughly.
"How can you look upon that face and
. r Bay what you did just now?" asked Dr.
? 3-rhott, triumphantly, as he drew the girl
toward' him.
? ;. His brother looked and sighed without
" 'Snowing it.
"I'm sorry I said it, brother."
Rachel; looked with timid anxiety from
one to the other.
"Wo were speaking of Marquis, dear,"
. said the undo, quickly, eager to allay that
look of pain.
But in that word tho sorrowful expres?
sion deepened, and Rache), withdrawing
herself from her father, went and stood
i>yher uncle, caressing him with her littlo
- eofthand.
"Y?u and Uncle Leigh are eongenial
. in.one direction, certainly/' laughed her
father, shortly, "but I'm a match for the
two of yon."
"Hard as a flint?hard as a flint," mur?
mured Uncle Leigh; but Rachel only
drew nearer her undo, with a little shiver.
"Rachel is a good, child?she will yield
to all my wishes an unquestioning obedi?
ence," said Dr. Arnott, half questioning,
half imperative, and bending a stern, yet
leving eye upon his darling.
Rachel looked frightened, but she did
.not .answer.
"Answer, child," commanded her fath?
er, loudly.
"I. love "Marquis,'father," murmured
j?por Rachel.
"More fool you," vociferated tho Doc?
tor.,. '/Bid-1 not bid you unlove him?"
"You did, sir, but I find I cannot," said
the girl, simply.
* "Cannot? Will not would be nearer!
the truth, ungrateful girl! When I was
a boy children did not reply to the com?
mand of a parent with their cannots."
"I anv sorry, sir," began Rachel, now
very pale, while her ,uncle secretly stole
a re-assuring arm About her.
"Sorry for what, you baggage?for mo
or that scoundrel, Marquis Oarr?"
"Marquis is not a scoundrel, father, he
- --never did anything .wrong in his life but
to.love mo."
"He is a scoundrel for that. He knew
I would never givo you to him."
. "Oh, father !"
"JfotL" ' ;/
Rachel did not answer, neither did she
weep. But Dr. Arnott felt somehow
uneasy under the soft still eyes. He
turned, away with a mutter.
She called him gently.
-. "Father."
? .He stopped without looking around.
? - ' ..."I've .always been an obedient, truthful
.ohild'till this, haven't! ?"
He nodded.
'"Because," stopping and clearing the
husky little throat, "f don't want you to
be deceived about?about mo and Marquis.
jVIovo Marquis and he loves me and needs
. me. I'm-aU he-has-got in the world. It
?would bo wicked left* me to take myself
away from him, and I can't do it, not even
t? mind you. I belong to Marquis, I want:
you to understand that, father?just as
much as though I was his wife."
Tho stern old man was glaring at her
by this time, like some wild animal.
"Upon my word?" he began.
But Rachel went on quietly.
"When Marquis is ready for mo, I shall
go to him, it I havo strength and power
to do so."
"I'll tako good euro of that," muttered
tho Doctor.
"I only wanted not to deceivo you. I
. would not disobey you in aught else."
"With that, quiet and white as a spirit,
Bach el glided away. '!
"Who would have thought it was in
hor?" exclaimed Dr. Arnott, in amazc
aieojL
"She may bo hermother outw:trdljr, but
she's pure Arnott inside!" suid Uncle
Leigh proudly, yet sorrowfully. "You
may; break her heart, brother, but you'll
never break hor spirit."
"We'll soo, we'll seo,", nodded Dr. Ar?
nott^ pacing to and fro, and stopping
shortly before his brother.
"Was-that what you meant with your
twaddle about dying young ?"
"She's tho look of an angel in hor faco;
that is all I meant," said .Undo Leigh,
sorrowfully.
"Angel or not, she shall not bafflo me
about Marquis Carr."
Uncle Leigh only sighed in responso to
this, and repeated-inwardly: hard as a
flint." . .4J|? ;.
Dr. Arnott went right away out of tho
room, and to B?chel sitting in hen snow
drapod chamber with her hands meekly
clasped, her patient-eyes watching the far
off hills came a sound that only mado the
littlo mouth quiver an instant. It was tho
turning of the key m the lock of hct door,
she was fastened in.
"Sho don't come out till she gives up
Marquis Carr," Dr.- Arnott Baid with, a
firm settling of teeth and lips.
Rachel' did not murmur ; sh? stayed
quietly in her. chamber, neither defiant
nor mourning. Once a day Dr. Amott
formally inquired if she were prepared to
be obedient, and she always answered
with the same gentle firmness.
"I can't take myself away from Mar?
quis, father."
She l?sche pretty pink flushes out of
her cheeks, staying in the close room, and
'her father saw ft,with inward writhing j
but he wonld not yield.
* "The ? child will die if he persists,"
groaned Uncle Leigh^ and straightway
went and found Marquis Carr.
Marquis, a handsome young medical
st?dent who would have given his life tor
Kachel, came out eagerly to meet her un?
cle, and needed no urging to go home
with him and faco angry Dr. Amott.
"Rachel cannot bear unkindness, sir,"
the young man said boldly. "Sho will
die under it. Forgive her and be kind to
her, release her from this wicked impris?
onment, and I pledgo you the word and
honor of a gentleman, I will mako no at?
tempt to see her, I will hold no commu?
nication with her, save with your con?
sent."
Dr. Arnott smiled grimly.
"It's a promise she never would have
made in your case, young man," he said
gleefully? "Sho shall come and hear you
herself before I agree to your conditions."
Ho went himself, and brought Kachel.
She did not suspect why she was sum?
moned, till sho came into tho room, then,
at the sight of her handsome young lover,
her face flushed liko sunset, and sho ex-,
tended her little hand. Marquis received
and. kissed it reverently, as though it had
been an angel's.
"Kachel," he began, but her father
stopped him grimly, stating tho terms
just offered in his own stern, stony phrase,
only he asked Marquis at the close if
those were not the conditions to which
he had of his own free will offered to sub?
scribe.
Marquis assented, and bending quickly
towardJJRachel4said before her father could
hinder him:
"TJnclo Leigh will tell you that I only
promised anything so difficult and cruel,
because I loved you too much to see you
suffer. Always I shall love and- be true
'toyou, Rachel, and we will live in hopes
of a brighter time, when- your father's
heart shall soften toward our patient love
and enduring faith."
With her child-like eyes fastened upon
his, her whole young faco suffused with
tenderness, Rachel stood till he ceased
speaking. Then she said, softly :
"I love and trust you always, Marquis;
your will is my law ; I will never belong
to any but you."
Dr. Arnott broke up this sccno at the
earliest moment possible. Ho was indeed
hurrying Rachel unceremoniously from
the room, as sho pronounced the last
words. But, secure in their love and
trust in each other, the lovers could afford
to smile at his severity.
So Rachel Arnott came down to tho
frequented part of the house, and was her
[ own mistress again. Sho resumed her
seat at tho tea tray; she watered her
flowers as usual, she sat in tho low porch
with book or work; but sho wore all the
time that quiet look of determination,
that gentle air of firmness and patient re?
solve, which made her father knit his
square brows, and feel himsolf, though
master of the situation, defied by a girl.
Dr. Arnott was a professor in tho med?
ical school in which Marquis Carr was a
student. It-was customary for a certain
portion of these students to bo monthly
allotted to the various hospitals of the
city for certain hours of the day.
On one particular first of tho month,
there was somo excitement at the college
building., owing to the fact that at one of I
the hospitals to be apportioned a danger?
ous epidemic fever had broken out.
Dr. Arnott stood hearing them discuss
the matter some moments without being
seen. Then ho quietly beckoned Conrad
Muller toward him.
"You are one of the candidates for that
vacant professorship, are you not, Con?
rad ?"
"I am sir," said Conrad, in somo sur?
prise at tho Doctor's inquiry upon so no?
torious a point; "and littlo chance I
stand of getting it I know."
"Tho decision rests at last with mo,"
remarked Dr. Arnott, regarding the
young man critically. i
"Yes, sir."
. "You are master of tho lots to day."
"Yes, sir."
"If Marquis Carr draws tho lot for tho
Mauriceno Hospital, I will seo that you
get tho professorship."
"But that is where tho epidemic is
raging."
"Marquis is an ardent student; he has
: had no opportunity to experiment in any?
thing of the kind. He is very skillful,
too," said tho Doctor, dryly.
Conrad stood in tho attitudo in which
Dr. Arnott left him till the assembly bell
rang. Then ho wont in. Marquis Carr
drew the lot for the Mauriceno Hospital.
There were two others to go with him?
brave fellows, but their checks paled a
! a little as they read their tickets. Mar?
quis smiled. ? If ho had known that it
was not chance.
Two weeks all went well. Then, one
morning, at an hour when he knew Dr.
Arnott would not bo at homo, Conrad
Muller came, palo as a ghost, and asked
for Miss Rachel. She camo to him at
once, and the miserablo lellow began by
bursting into tears:
"Marquis Carr is dying of tho fevor at
Mauriceno Hospital, and it is I who have
killed him," he wailed out.
Rachel barely heard him through. In
an hour bIio stood at the gate of tho in?
fested hospital, asking for admittance
But tho porter steadily refused.
"Sorry to say so, Miss; but ordors is
strict agin it without a permit from the
office."
"Where is tho offico?" Ho pointed.
She wont where ho said, and humbly
presented her case.
"It is impossible," said tho presiding
officer, mildly, touched by the sweot, anx?
ious face.
"Have you a friend in thoro, my child?"
"Tho dearest of ali," she said, pitcously.
"I must go in."
Ho shook his- head.
Sho went back to tho gato and tried
the porter again ; but he was firm.
She stood' a little, and walked siowly
away, turning her steps along the enclo?
sure. Further on was an alley, and at
tho extremity of this a gate, which stood
open.. She approached it boldly, and en?
tered."
Late in the day, Dr. Arnott came homo.
Dinner was on the table, but Miss Rachel
had gone out.
"How long ?"
"Since morning."
Dr. Arnott started.
"Did she get any *ncssago ? Did any
one call ?"
"Young Dr. Muller"--began tho woman.
"Coward! he has told her."
Dr. Arnott took his hat. His faco was
white as the table-cloth. "Tell my broth?
er not to wait," lie said, hurriedly, and
rushed from the house.
"They will not be crazy enough to let
her in," he raved. "They dare not. If
the}- have, I'll have every scoundrel of
them discharged."
At the gate, the porter told his story,
but with a look that made the Doctor tour
past him into the hospital.
"Tenth ward, third door."
Yes, she was there, so absorbed in her
beloved patient, that Dr. Arnott had am?
ple time to take in the whole scone, before
she saw him.
Tho miserable man stood like one
stunned at first. Then, as Rachel, in
giving the sufferer some cordial, passed her
arm under his head and held it against
her bosom, ho sprang forward, and caught
her by the arm.
"Crazy girl, come away."
But she gently resisted him.
"Father," fixing thoso sweet, firm eyes
upon him, "I shall never leave him again.
We were married an hour ago."
"It cannot be. I will never believe it.
He is delirious. No minister daro per?
form such a ceremony over a man in that
state."
"He is in his right mind, father. He is
dying. We both know it, don't wo Mar?
quis f"
The dying man responded with a glance
of ineffable tenderness.
"It was the clergyman who came to
pray with him the last time united us,"
Rachel went on. "Whatever harm could
como to me from the contagion, it is too
late now to prevent. Dear father, let us
alone for tho little time that is left."
The physician in chargo of that ward
came up just in time, with the clergyman
who had united the hapless pair. The
two joined their remonstrances and argu?
ments, and at last induced tho infuriated
and almost heart-broken old man to witjj
| draw.
j No ono thought of asking Rachel to
leave her dj'ing husband. They had
urged it at first, but the gentle firmness
with which she refused, silenced all. If
; anything beside the Christian's faith could
have sweetened such a dying, Marquis
was dying happy.
Rachel's eyes were tearless, her voice
unquivcring. All IvUr faculties were ab?
sorbed in soothing this dying hour.
"There is no acho now?nothing but
tho leaving you, love," said Marquis, in
response to a tender inquiry from Rachel.
"It will not be for long, you know that,
don't you?" the girl said, softly, and
looking at him with eyes that seemed to
see the angels already. Her father, out?
side the door, but within hearing, shud?
dered at her words.
"It will be as Leigh said," ho groaned.
"I have slain my own darling."
Presently the physician who had re?
mained with Marquis Carr, camo softly
out, and beckoned to an attendant.
"Tell the carriage to be read}-." ho said,
and to Dr. Arnott, "ho is dead. She is
unconscious. She will resist nothing any?
more."
With something between a groan and
a sob, Dr. Arnott went in and gathered
his unconscious child into his arms. The}*
wrapped her with shawls, and took her
home as tenderly as might be, but she
never knew father or uncle any more.
She died of the same fever that had slain
her lover husband, and was delirious to
the last.
Tho poor old loving uncle followed
shortly, and the wretched father was left
years to endure the woo ho had himself
wrought.
A Brownlow BuTcriEitY.?We have
received intelligence from "Winchester
that a squad of Rickman's militia compa?
ny, under tho command of an officer
named Holt, went to the house of Mr.
Brown, last Tuesday morning, took him
out in the woods, tied him to a tree with
thongs of bark, and literally riddled his
body with balls.
They also took a young man named
Poo, tried him by a drum-head court
martial, condemned him to bo shot, and
were about carrying the sentenco into
effect, when the tragedy was prevented
by the timely interposition of a gentleman
who had boon a Union man throughout
the war.
Our informant states that many of the
citizens of Franklin county havo been
plundered and maltreated within the past
few days, and that others havo been com?
pelled to seek refuge in the woods.
These enormities have all been commit
ted on a people whose conduct has been
nbovo even suspicion. Tho only oxcuso
for killing Brown was, that ho had serv?
ed in tho Confederate army during the
war, and the indications at present arc
that the best citizens of tho county will
fall victims to the vindictive hatred of
these licensed assassins.
So great is the feeling of alarm through?
out tho section of country named, that
the pcoplo have already begun to organ?
ize for mutual protection, being deter?
mined that ono company of Brownlow's
mercenaries shall not rob and murder
thorn with impunity. A meeting was to
have been hold at "Winchester last night
to consider what was best to be dono.?
Nashville Republican Banner.
-o
Important Law Case.?Tho Mobile
Register, of Tuesday last, says :
Wo understand that Gen. "Withers will
immediately institute proceedings in the
Circuit Court of tho United States to test
the legality of ejection from tho Mayor's
office by military order.
Tho Hon. John A. Campbell, and R.
H. Smith and Rufus Andrews, Esqrs.,
have boon retained as counsel for General
Withers.
Order from. Gen. Schofield.
Richmond, Juno S.
Gen. Schofied issued an order to-day,
for tho instruction of Boards of Registra?
tion. After quoting tho reconstruction
Act as to who are disfranchised, including
executive, judicial and State officers, ho
says no one is disfranchised for participa?
tion in the rebellion, unless he previously
held some one of the offices above named.
The followiug will be regarded as exec?
utive and judicial officers of the State of
Virginia, within the meaning of the law,,,
viz: Governor, Lieutenant-Govornor, Sec?
retary of State, Auditor ot Public' Ac?
counts, Second Auditor, Register of the
Land Office, State Treasurer, Attorney
General, Judges of the Supreme Court of
Appeals, Judges of the Circuit Courts,
Judge of the Court of Hustings, Justices
of the County Courts, Mayor, Recorder
and Alderman of any city or incorporated
town, who aro ex-o?cio justices, coroners
of towns and counties, escheators, inspec?
tors of tobacco, flour and other commodi?
ties.
All persons who voluntarily joined the
rebel army and all persons in that army,
whether volunteers or conscripts, who
committed, voluntarily, any hostile act,
thereby engaged in insurrection or re?
bellion. Any person, however, who was
forced into the rebel army, but avoided,
as far as possible, doing hostile acts, and
escaped from that army as soon as possi?
ble, cannot bo said to have engaged in the
rebellion.
All who exercised the functions of any
office under the Confederate Government,
1 or tho Government of any one of the
Confederate States, which functions were
of a nature to aid in prosecuting tho war
or maintaining tho hostile character of
those Governments, and all who voted for
tho ordinance of secession, engaged in the
rebellion or gave aid and comfort to the
enemy.
Thoso who voluntarily furnished sup
I plies of food, clothing, arms, ammunition, !
horses or mules, cr any other material of
war or labor, or service of any kind, to
the Confederate army or naval forces, or
money, b}' loan or otherwise, to the Con
-federato Government, or aided in any
way the raising, organization or equip?
ment of troops, gave aid and comfort to
the enem}', and participated in the rebel?
lion and civil war against the United
States.
To give individual soldiers food or cloth?
ing enough to relieve present suffering,
or to minister to the sick or wounded,
arc simple acts of charity or humanity,
and do not constitute giving aid or com?
fort to the enemy. A parent may give
his son who belongs to the hostile army
food and clothing for his own use; but if
he give him a gun, horse or other thing
to be used for hostile purposes, he there?
by gives aid and comfort to the enemy.
Whenever, after the examination re?
quired by paragraph 12 of the regulations
of 13, the board is still in doubt as to the
right of the applicant to be registered as
a voter, and he is then willing to take the
prescribed oath, the board will givo to
that oath its full weight, and register the
applicant as a voter.
In the lists of those who arc registered
after challenge and examination, and
thoso who arc rejected upon challenge,
the board will state in each case what
office or offices the person filled previous
to tiie late war, and what insurrectionary
or rebellioas acts he committed, and what
kind of aid or comfort he gave to those
engaged in insurrection or rebellion.
The challengers provided for in para?
graph 12 of the regulations of May 13,
will be selected by the board from the
most respectable and intelligent voters of
the district or ward?thoso who have the
most extended acquaintance with the
people; those who aro interested in se?
curing a fair and just registration, and
who will be most likely to detect and ex?
pose an}r attempt at fraudulent registra?
tion. The challengers may bo changed
at any time, at the discretion of tho board.
Thcj' will not be entitled to any pay for
their services. Registering officers are
hereby empowered to administer oaths
to witnesses who may be summoned by
the hoard in any case of contested regis?
tration. The registration will be com?
menced in every county and city without
unnecessary delay after the receipt of this
order, assigning commanders to the mili?
tary sub-districts. Tho officers of the
Frccdmcn's Bureau, acting as military
commissioners in the counties in these
districts, are to report to said commanders.
-<?
? The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
says : "The U. S. Court Commissioner, to
his great astonishment, was "hauled up"
yesterday before Judge Bustced, charged
with having insulted a colored barber.
Tho interesting dialoguo between the
colored gentleman and commissioner, oc?
curred in the office of the latter about two
months since, and tho happy denouement
was witnessed this morning by a large
number of gentlemen in tho aforesaid
Court room. The commissioner entered
his plea of justification, but the. Judge in?
terposed, and all hands agreed to refer
the case to a committeo of arbitration con?
sisting of four, among which Judgo Chil
ton is the principal.
? The Hartford Times makes the fol?
lowing estimate of ono of the smallest of
tho items in the cost of military govern?
ment in the South :
A single "military department" at the
South has 300 boards of Registration.
They have already held their sessions for
weeks. They will hold them for many
weeks to come. Each member is paid
! eight dollars a day. Estimating ten mem?
bers upon each board, including all their
runners and attendants, and 3U? boards
to each of tho fivo monarchies, and wo
have a daily expense of one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars (8120,000) for
the boards alone.
? The subject of impression at first
sight was being discussed at the supper
tablo when the lady whose duty it was to*
preside "over tho tea cups and tea," said
sho always formed an opinion of a portion
at first sight, and generally found it to bo
correct.
"Mama," said tho youngest son, in a
shrill voice that attracted tho attention of
all.
"Well, my dear, what is it?" replied tho
fond mother.
"I want to know what was your opin?
ion of mo when you first saw mo V*
This quesfiou gavo a suddon turn to
the conversation.
A Parable for Business Men.
THE EFFECT OF PRINTERS INK.
There was onee upon a time a man
who kept a store and sold goods whole?
sale and retail.
And become melancholy, because cus?
tomers were shy and times bard.
And he said : Lo! I am ruined, and the
sensation is disagreeable.
And my ruin is more painful to bear
because it is slow in progress, even as wa
'ter doth gradually-vbecome hotter in the
pot, wherein the lobster boileth, until the
crustaccous creature shrieketh out his
soul in anguish.
Lo! It is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this slow torture.
I will give my money away to the
poor man?even the poorest, which is he
who printeth newspapers; and I will shut
up ray shop and wrap myself in sack?
cloth of desolation, and pass my days in
the perilous or broken banks, cursing tho
hardness of times and rending my gar?
ments.
And.thc howling of Eome shall be as
dulcet sounds of dulcimers, and they wbo
blow the flutes and instruments of music,
compared to tho din, I will make in the
ears of the wicked?even in the ears of
tho bank directors.
And even as he said, so he did; for he
was not like other men's sons who arc
foolish and know it not, and they will not
do so and so, performing that which is
contrary.
For the sons of men are fickle, and he
that is born of a woman doth spito his
face by diminishing the length of tho
nose thereof.
And, lo! the printer?even ho who
pnblishcth newspapers?was made glad
by the bounty of him who sold wholesale
and retail: and ho did sound his praises
and*print them moreover; and did blow
his trumpet of fame respecting that man's
dealings from the rising of the sun even
to the going down of the same.
And he?even the printer of papers?
did magnify and enlarge upon the stock
of goods which the trader had in his store,
and did publish the variety, and the ex?
cellence, and the newness, and the beauty,
and the cheapness thereof, till tho people
?yes! all of* them, far and near, were
amazed.
And they said, lo! this man hath gath?
ered from the East and West costly mer?
chandise and wares of wondrous value?
even the workmanship of cunning arti?
ficers?and we knew it not.
Go to, then. Wo will lay out our sil?
ver and gold in those things which the
printer printed of* and that which ho doth
publish shall be ours For this man's
merchandise is better than the bank notes
of those who promiso to pay, and therein
lie, even banks of deposit which beguile
us of our mono}- and swindle us like sin.
But tho trader was still sad. and he
said, tho money that these people bring
tue for the goods in my store 1 will give
to the printer, and thus will I ruin my?
self; I will do that which no man hath
yet done in my time, or before. I will
make the printer man. whom all men
scorn for his poverty, rich, and ho shull
be clad in fine linen and rejoice.
And the sons of men shall meet him in
the market place, and tho sheriff shall
? shun him. and the scoffers shall be re?
buked and shall take off their hats to him
that was poor.
And he shull flash tho dollars in the
eyes of the foolish, and shall eat bank
notes and sandwiches.
Yea, even shall he light his pipe with
cotton money and cast his spittle on the
beards of other men.
For I shall ruin myself, and he who ad?
vertises mo shall enjoy my substance.
But, lo ! the trading man?even he who
sold merchandise, became rich and even
as the unclean beast lieth in the mire,
stirred he not by reason of much green?
backs.
And the people flocked to his store from
the North, ajul from the South, and from
the East, and from the West.
And the printer rejoiced, and his "phat"
did abound.
But the trader could not become poor,
and his melancholy ceased, and the smiles
of happiness were upon his face.
And his ehildrcn'did become mighty in
the land by reason of the dollars which
many of the people who read his adver?
tisements had poured into the trader's
money bags.
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? A servant, newly engaged, presented
to his master, one morning, a pair of boots,
the leg of one of which was much longer
than the other.
''How comes it that those boots are not
of the same length V
"I really don't know, sir; and what
bothers me the most is, that tho pair
down stairs is in the same fix."
? "Well, Tom," said a blacksmith to
his apprentice, "you have been with me
now three months, and have seen all the
different points of our trade, 1 wish to
give you your choice of work for awhile."
"Thank'ee sir." "Well now, what part
of the business do you iiko best?" "Shut
tin' up tho shop and goin' to dinner, sir."
? "If men may be judged by their j
enemies," sa}-s Prentice, '"how can we too
highly esteem President Andrew John?
son, whose bitterest enemies aro General
Butler and Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, who
ought to be in tho blackest penitentiary
of tho earth, and Governor Brownlow,
who ought to be in tho reddest peniten?
tiary in hell."
? Philadelphia has organized a society
for an improvement in the character of
candidates for public office. The charac?
ter of New York politicians is beyond im?
proving, j
? A clergyman was arrested at Eri*
Pa., yesterday, charged with om'^w
815,000 worth of revenuo stamps Ho
was formerly clerk Uie intei.,>al reve?
nue office.
? j he editor of tho Lawrence (Ivan
stis) Tribune says that in ouo hour ho
counted on ono dry, sandy ridge, 10,000
000,000 grasshoppers, and left somo un?
counted,
? Tho Kentucky Ladies' Association
of liouisvillo have just forwarded 31,800
to Gen. Lee for tho benefit of Washington
College, Va.
? Five women aro editors of papers in
Iowa. Women have some of her "writes"
in that State.
? A man boasting in a company of
ladies that he had a very luxuriaut head
of hair, a lady present observed that it
was owing to the mellowness of tho soil.
Letter from Honduras.
JUDGE r. T. FEBGUSOIf's expekiexck,
We publish below a letter sent to "The
Intelligencer" by the above gentleman,
who left this city some months ago with,
the emigrating party to Honduras:
Sax Pedro, April 21, 1867.
To the Intelligencer.?I arrived here a
few days ago, and found this to be one of
the finest countries I have ever seeny with,
the richest and most fertile lands. The
tropical fruits are abundant, and to the
valuable woods there is no end. Such, for
instance, as mahogany, rosewood, lignurrr
vita? and Spanish cedar. The country pro?
duces almost everything is great abun?
dance, among which may be mentioned
coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, coray beans,
cotton and potatoes. The yam and Spanish
potatoe are very large, weighing in some
instances as much as sixty ponnds, though?
few of them are raised, owing to the fact
that the land must be ploughed, which the
natives are too lazy to do, knowing that
they ca.n live off the fruits of the country
without labor. As an evidence of the
faet, I will state that this is the plain of
Sular. It is thirty miles wide and forty
miles long, and I am satisfied that there
arc not more than 150 acres of the whole
under cultivation. All agricultural oper
, atiohs consist of simply sticking the seed
in the ground, and left to itself. Corn
without any cultivation yields from 100 to
150 bushels to the acre. Cotton produces
about 800 pounds to the acre each crop,
there being two crops per year. Cotton
needs only to be planted every ten years.
I Sugar cane here excels anything, I think,
in the world. It measures three inches in
diameter, and is fifteen feet high, and re?
quires only to be planted every twenty
years. Rice grows finely on any kind of
land, and in any locality. Coffee does the
same. Tobacco is one of the chief pro?
ductions of the county, and two crops a
year are made. Rice makes but one crop
pei year. Wheat does not prosper in this
locality, as I am informed. I have seen
none.
Cattle, sheep, hogs, mules and horses
are abundant. , The cow is very much like
that of the English species, the hair very
fine, the animal of good size, and in fine
order. They command from $5 to $10,
according to the locality. The sheep and
goat are raised only as pet?, the former
never being sheared, and the latter never
eaten by the people. The hog species is
very fine, and tolerable numerous. They
can be raised in any quantity, though the
meat could not be packed for future use.
It might be pickled. The same may l>e
said of the .beef. The mule of this co?iu
try is but small, but stout and serviceable.
They are the finest riding animals I ever
saw. They are used only for packing and
riding?are never used in harness. I be?
lieve there is not one man in ten who
knows anything about harness. The horse
or pony js small, and not so valuable as
the mule, the latter living the age of 40
years. The poultry is about the same as
that of Georgia. The wild game consists
principally of deer, duck, prarie hens and
pigeons. The woods abound iu monkeys,
parrots, and a great variety of beautiful
birds. The insects that we have to con*
tend with arc the musquito, the black gnat,
and the tick. The t wo latter are very nu?
merous, while the former are few in num?
ber, and small. I have seen no common
house flies, such as are so common in At?
lanta.
I expect to make this country my home*
I do not want any better place to make
my fortune. The health of this region is
fine, the climate delightful, and the water
excellent, though not so cool as that of
Georgia; but it is much clearer. We
have obtained a partial grant of about
100,000 acres of land, so rich that guano
cannot compare with it. I apprehend no
difficulty in obtaining a bona fide title to
it for the emigrants from Georgia. We
are within twelve miles of water naviga?
tion for steamboats, and probably much
nearer. Our location is within 25 miles of
Port Cobias. I shall be in Atlanta by the
first or middle of June next, though I may
write you again before leaving here.
I neglected to mention that our party
are all in fine health. The sickness hore
consists chiefly of chills and fever.
Yours truly,
D. P. FERGUSON.
\Atlanta Inetlligcncer.
? Mrs. Waters, wife of Mr. Jamea
Waters, living in Bonno Fcmme Bottom,
below Burlington, in Boone County, was
last night delivered of four boys a
birth weighing six pounds cac',,. ai| ^
and kicking, and it wc;u t a very sood
night for boys eitUr. She had pr^Toua.
\y had six 'o0ys at three bfrlhs, and has
noVv had six boys in. icss than one year,
? Gen. IiCorcportathattheroa.ro at tho
college over which he presides in Lexing?
ton, Ya., 399 students in attendance
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee being
the States most largely represented,
? An afflicted husband was returning
from the funeral of his wife, when a friend
asked him bow he was.
?Well," said he pathetically, "I think I
feel hotter for that Httjo walk,"
? A New York jury compelled a man
to pay ?6,000 for a woman and child
wham he suffocated by stopping the
chimney tight.
? In tho State of "Mississippi there aro
thirty-nine political papers. "Of these fif
toon aro opposed to reconstruction under
the law of Congress, and twenty-four m
favor of ft, -