The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1866 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
¡r-óií/
is it imt a mag 0f busg life?
PUBLISHERS
á
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1866.
INTELLIGENCER,
, IVS V THCBSDAir MOBNIKG.
as-u. sTcurrency.
:g •• 150
e topi10 cenU".
{, 50 for the first and 75 cenU for each
¡¿ertioa.
9 00
11 OG
12 00
13 50
15 00
u- this size type, make one square.
ijjT, lea constitute a square.
^ rates are in legal tender. Specie
f1* mirket value, or at the rate of J tor
^ilOflAI' GOVERNMENT.
Ettrii/frf Department.
Provisional Governor.
" Private Secretary-
Stdtt Department.
Secretary of State
Chief Clerk.
Attorney General.
Treasury Drpartment.
Comptroller.
" Chief Clerk.
*" Treasurer.
*" Chief Clerk
General Laud Offire.
, nvjte Commissioner.
* Chief Clerk.
Lunatic Asylum.
Superintendent.
' Daf anti Dumb Institute.
1 Vis NoW&nd Superintendent.
State Penitentiary.
f (gjfcj Financial Agent.
C rother« Superintendent.
aB4 QtparWre of Ihr ITIaiU.
- ■«, -Leaves Tuesday^Thursdays and Satur-
^1-im- closet mme days, at 11 a. m. Airives
i«"Thnrsd y tti Saturdays, at 12 p. m.
Áunio.-Leave Wednesdays, Fridays and
• at Inn.; closes previous evenings at 9.
Jiondsys,Thursday and Saturdays. atl2p m.
_j,eare Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.
Ü^,es previous evenings at 7. Arrives Fridays
tys tX 6 p. in.
J—Leaves on Wednesdays, Fridays and
it 2 n •; closes at 1 p. m. Arrives on
ijs, Fridays and Sundays, at 4 a. m.
CHUBCH DIRECTORY.
flr ri* .-Kev. J- Jones. Service every Sun-
jrawmii. at 11 o'clock.
tiabsriaad Probyleriaa.—Revs Finis E.
<er. sad J. J. A. Roach, alternately. Service eve-
■udiy at 11 o'clock.
^wc«paJ.-ltev. B- A. Rogers, Rector. Ser-
. rrtrj Simiij at 10 o'clock.
ftifc«lie.-Hev. N. Felton. Service every Sun-
kit 10 «'clock.
ffr- R. H. Taliaferro. Service every
idijitil o'clock.
litMist.—Rev. J. W. Phillips. Service every
mull o'clock, and evening at 8 o'clock.
Ist)ln'ia«.—Rev. Thaddeus McRae. Ser-
mij Sunday at 11 o'clock, and 8 o'clock, p. m.
ILIIO'IM A. 3. WALKKK.
iS & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, Austin,
I Tma. Office on Congress Avenue.
UT13: BLACK., Attorney at Law, Austin, Texas,
ffiniralar attention given to the collection of
Office west side of the Avenue, Glasscock's
ot2:27
>6. JL, AUmey^t Un, No. 1, Ziller's
| Bdfisc, Pecan St.. Austin. 1-4
H.J0M8 - A. DITTMAR.
I k DITTMAR, Attorneys at Law, San Anto-
I no, Texas. Will practice in Bexar, Guadalupe,
Miaa and Gillespie counties, and in the Supreme
ICwt at Austin, ty Special attention given to
iLud BAioss and the collection of debts. Office in
litoct'i building, No. 15. 1:23
XORRJS, JAMES B., Attorney and Counsellor at
Uw, Austin, Texas. E|p Office No. 1, Zilier's
I**"
l-19ot2-18
_ Ll. Vooas N. G. SHBLLEY.
rIOKE i SHELLEY, Attorneys at Law, Austin,
Texai 1:1
, J. W., Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Houtoii, Texas, Will do a General Law Business
I jáe Couatie of Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Bra-
I nil. Colorido, Austin, Washington, Brazos, Grimes
I iatpfflwy, Liberty, JelTerion and Orange. Spe-
| al mention given to the Collection ot Claims,
jurat the átate.
' Office Corner Main and Congress streets, up
ot2:31
Daschal,
1 Austin at
1. A. ii GEO. W.,
1 Austin and San Antonio.
Attorneys at Law,
1-1
pH, JAMES W., Attorney at Law, Austin, Tex-
1 a. Can be found at his former office on the
Í&0JT. GEO. R., Attorney at Law, Austin, Texas.
"Officeon Congress Avenue. 1:26
íTAKCEL, JESSE, Attorney at Law, Galveston,
" Texas. Win practice in the State and United
ate Courts.
1-9—ot2 8
Ll WaLTOB..
W. P. D* NORMANOIK.
W T9," * "ORMANDIÉ, Attorneys at Law,
' "MGeneral Land Agents, Austin, Texas. Prac-
2 T ™e W*rict and 8upreme Courts of the State,
t«e federal Courts at Austin and Tyler. ot2-ll
BUSS A WALKER,
toddle aid Harness Manufacturers,
mat J™?™ Avenue, Austin, Texas.
THARRfDL for past favors, are now prepared to
*yle ^ ^ work in the abeve line, in a superior
constantly on hand, in addition to our own
^Mtaactnre, from the Eastern market,
SjjWleg off all kinds, Buggy
Trimmings, Saddle-Bags, Ac.
Country Manufacturers can have orders
^Mon ihort notice.
Tree« «re the best made in Texas, and
°r^ <*one 'l'ul 10 PTe aatiafac-
g* CASH ON DELIVERY.
<t5* Carn*ge Trimming attended to.
*■ Uffl '
-B. SHI'MANS.
A. BAHJf & CO.,
fiat iAHC,'ACTCB>B8 AMD DEALKBS IN
Ln-*1>1> «IIVEE WARE,
^nGTa* Aveuu*, just heleno Sampson t/
a Mnnitrii. Utnrieks' Store.
A vijj t'Iat they have now, and
of Jfelry gJm 0n m '*fge assortment
oí Silk 5di?ÍTer Ware> hne assortment
wST: ^ E,b^* °°ld. ai er and Steel
GhZ!1 í° #10> Spectacle Glasses, Mag-
CkU, „ A lsr?e assortment of Thomas'
W* Pw^T Prfc^le*' Periscopic Colored Spec-
«Ita lm Pebble and plain Spectacles, Goe-
kni We gl*e notice to watchma-
«f ! . : V w«olesale and retail, all
Jt ek of^ff j ,n eir Ba* of ousinesa. Watch
•keek watcbmaker'a tools, main «pringa,
We win ™; «'«asea, regulators, crucibles, Sic.
kerettrfnr f° repair watches and jewelry as
_ Warrant!Di nnr wnrV ot2:35
H.C.BEI6GNER,
fitirpn'P.H18 Avswnt, Austin, Tuas,
UsSfit *,¿IP.0T8< SUOJCS, LEATHER, AND
onfef-jj ''"DINGS- Boots and Shoe made to
j^rWMred. '
tkeaiKK^' P* t favors, would respectfully inform
^jjjjgeBaaBy, that he has re opened his old es-
•^aedbTk^r," ENTIRELY NEW STOCK,
A| orj¿Jof the above named articles.
A attended to. Prices low.
• ■ • 1 ®°ot and Shoe Maker, wanted im-
47ot2 46
Wi "nner, announces to the public,
terbd, ud u - J "a*.^0°^ved a large amount of ma-
K «• iiJWp,re<15 do klnd °f work I bis
tenM" BiashopisonPe-
of the Avenue.
-~^^*Ptember 1, 1865. i_9
¿^H¿SGIA'1PB FEMALE INSTITUTE.—
commence on the last Monday in
A Profeasor of mude, thorough and
■M It fkia V i.® . .
I>T a schooL Lessons in Spanish
'or .-fTr?1 faMtnictor, will be given if desired
DwM AMin, A. op.
"««« to ri2i!^oteL J*w Jonr teeth by laithfS
p*|; if i^ cl^Bness ; if decayed, by artistic plug-
ratfcs. ** by híe-üfa: artificial re^
without
32:ot8l
in Austin in 1861. j¡cb a
W Dimtal Sn'gooo, Austin, Texas.
-"W > , 18W. 16—o<2-5
THE IRON VAULT.
STORY OF A SAN FRANCISCO LOCKSMITH.
I am a locksmith by trade. My
calling is a strange one, and possess-
es a certain fascination, rendering it
one of the most agreeable of pur-
suits. Many who follow it see noth-
ing in it but labor, think of nothing
but returns in gold and silver. To
me it has other charms than the
money it produces. I am called al-
most daily to open doors and peer
into long neglected apartments; to
spring the stubborn locks of safes,
and gloat upon the treasures piled
within; to quietly enter the apart-
ments of ladie3 with more beauty
than discretion, and pick the locks of
drawers containing peace-destroying
missives, that the dangerous evidence
of wandering affection may not meet
the eye of a husband or father, in
possession of the missing key ; to
force the fastening of cash boxes and
depositors of records, telling of men
suddenly rich, of corporations plun-
dered, of orphans robbed, of hopes
crushed, of families ruined. Is there
no charm in all this ? No food for
speculation ? No scope for the range
of pleasant fancy ? Then who would
not be a locksmith, though begrim-
med be his face with the soot of the
forge, and stained be his hand with
the rust of his craft ?
But I have a story to tell—not
exactly a story either; for that im-
plies the completion as well as the
commencement of a narrative, and
mine is hardly more than an intro-
duction to one. Let him who deals
in fancy, write the rest. In the
spring of 1856—I think it was in
April—I opened a shop on Kearney
street, snd soon worked myself into
a fair business. Late one day, a
lady closely veiled entered my shop,
and pulling from beneath her cloak
a neatly japanned box, requested me
to open it. The lock was curiously
constructed, and I was all of an hour
fitting it with a key. The lady
seemed nervous at the delay, and at
length requested me to close the
door. I was a little surprised at the
suggestion, but of course • complied.
Shutting the door and returning to
my work, the lady withdrew her veil
and disclosed as sweet a face as can
be imagined. There was a restless-
ness in the eye and a pallor of the
cheek, however, that plainly told of
a heart ill at ease; and in a moment
every emotion for her had given
place to pity.
" Perhaps you are not quite well,
madam, and the air is too cold for
you?" I said, rather inquisitively.
" In requesting you to close the
door, I had no other object than to
escape the attention of the passers."
I felt a rebuke in her reply.
I did not reply, but thoughtfully
continued my work. The lady then
resumed:
" That little box contains valuable
)ápers—private papers—and I have
ost the key or it has been stolen.
* should not wish to have you re-
member that I ever came here on
such an errand," she added with
some hesitation, and giving me a look
it was not difficult to understand.
" Certaiüly, madam, if you desire
it. If I cannot forget your face, I
will at least attempt to lose the rec-
ollection of ever seeing it here."
The lady bowed rather coldly at
what I considered a fine compliment,
and I continued my work, satisfied
no suddenly discovered partiality for
me had aught to do with the visit.
Having succeeded, after much fil-
ing and fitting, in turning the lock,
~ was seized with a curiosity to get a
glimpse of the precious contents of
he box, and suddenly raising the lid,
~ discovered a bundle of letters and
a daguerreotype; then slowly passed
the casket to the owner. She seized
it hurriedly, then placing the letters
and picture in her pocket, locked the
>ox, and resuming her veil, pointed
to the door, I opened it, and as she
>assed out, she whispered, " Remem-
>er!"
We met again, and I have been
this minute on this first visit, to ren-
der possible a subsequent recogni
tion.
About 2 A. M., the latter part of
May following, I was awoke )by a
gentle tap on the window of the lit-
tle room back of the shop, in which
I lodged. Thinking of burglars, I
sprang out of bed, and in a moment
was at the window with a heavy
hammer in my hand.
" Who's there ?" I asked raising
the hammer and peering out into the
darkness—for it was dark as Egypt
when under the curse of Israel's
God.
" Hist!" said a figure, stepping in
front of the window. "Open the
door; I have business for you."
"Rather past business honrs,
should say; but who aré yon ?"
"No one that would harm yon,"
returned the voice, which Í imagined
was rather feminine for a burglar's.
"Nor no one that can," I replied,
by way of warning, as I proceeded
to open the door, and discovered the
stranger already upon the steps.
" What do you want ?" I abruptly
inquired.
" I will tell you," answered the.
same soft voice, " if you dare open
the door wide enough for me to en-
ter."
" Come in," said I, proceeding to
light a candle. I then turned to ex-
amine my nocturnal visitor.' He was
a small and neatly dressed gentle-
man, with a heavy Raglan round his
shoulders, and a blue navy cap drawn
suspiciously over the eye. As I ad-
vanced to him, he hesitated a little,
then raising the cap from his fore-
head, looked me curiously in the
face. I did not drop the candle, but
must acknowledge to a little nervous-
ness, as I hurriedly set down the
light and proceeded to get inside two
or three very necessary articles of
clothing. As the Lord liveth, my
visitor was a lady, and the same for
whom I had opened the little box
about a month before ! - i
Having completed my hasty toilet,
I attempted to stammer an apology
for my rudeness, but utterly failed;
in fact, I was tongue foundered.
Smiling at my discomfiture, the
visitor said: _ • *
" Disguise is useless; I presume
you recognize me ?"
" I believe I told you, madam, I'd
net soon forget your face. How can
I now serve you ?"
"By doing half an hour's work
before daylight, atid receiving $500
for your labor," was the reply.
" It can't be ordinary work that
commands so munificent a compen-
sation," was my reply.
" It is labor common to your call-
ing," was the rejoinder. " The.price
is not so much for the labor, as the
condition under which it must be
performed."
"And the condition?" was my
query.
" That you consent to being taken
from and returned to this house
blindfolded."
Ideas of murder and every other
law taught in Villain's school, hur-
riedly passed before me, as I point-
edly bowed and said:
"I must understand something
more of the employment and condi-
tions, ere I agree."
" Will not $500 answer in lieu
thereof?"
"No—nor $5,000."
She patted her foot nervously on
the floor. I saw she had placed too
low an estimate on my honesty, and
I felt some gratification in.being able
to convince her of the fact.
" Well, then, if it be a necessity,"
she replied, " I must tell you that
you are required to pick the lock of
a vault, and—r"
" You have gone quite far enough
madam, with your explanation," J.
interrupted; " I am not at your ser-
vice."
"As I said," she continued, "you
are required to pick the lock of a
vault, and rescue from death a man
who has been confined there for three
days."
" To whom does the vault belong?"
I asked.
" My husbannd," was the reluc-
tant reply. .
Then why so much secrecy—or
rather how came" a man confined in
such a place ?"
" I secreted him there, to escape
the observation of my husband. He'
suspected as much and * closed the
door upon him. Presuming he had
left the vault and quitted the house,
~ did not dream until to-day he was
still confined. Certain suspicious
acts of my husband this afternoon,
convince me he is still there, and will
be starve^ to death by my barbarous
husband, unless immediately releas-
ed. For three days my husband has
not left the house, and I drugged
him less than an hour ago, stupefy-
ing him, so the lock may be picked
without interruption. I have search-
ed his pockets but cannot find the
key; hence my application to you.
Now you know all; are you ready
to accompany me?"
" To the end of the world, mad-
am
swung upon its hinges, and my com-
panion telling me not to close it, as
it was self-locking, sprang into the
vault. I heard the murmur of' low
voioes within and soon the lady ap-
peared with a man so pale and hag-
gard, I was startled. How he must
have suffered, during the three days!
" Remain," said site, handing me
the lantern, " I will be back in a few
moments." . •• •
In less than a minute after the
pair had passed out, the lady return-
ed—alone.
" Shall I close it, madam," said I,
holding the door of the vault in my
hand. > • >.
" No—it awaits another occu-
pant," she replied.
" Madam, y<?u certainly do not in-
tend to—"
" Are you ready ?" she sternly
asked, holding the handkerchief be-
fore my eyes.
The thought flashed upon me that
she intended vaulting me, and so
bury the secret and myself together.
She divined the thought, and contin-
ued, smiling:
" Don't be alarmed ; you are not
the man!"
A purse of $500 was placed in my
trembling hand, the cab scene re-en-
acted, and once more I Was in my
shop alone.
A month later I saw the lady and
the vault tepant parading leisurely
on Montgomery street. I don't know
—but believe the sleeping husbiind
woke inside .that vault, and that his
bones are there to-day!
The lady still lives in San Fran-
cisco.
Artemus Ward was out late one
night recently. Here is his account
of his return home: It was late when
I got home. The children and my
wife were all a-bed; but a candle—
a candle made from taller of our own
raising—gleamed in Betsy's room, it
gleamed for I! All was still. The
sweet silver moon was a shinin' brite,
and the beautiful stars was up to
their usual doins! Felt a sentimen-
tal mood still so gently ore me steal-
in', and I pawsed before Betsy's win-
der, and sung, in a kind of op'ratic
vois, impromtoo, to wit:
Wake, Betsy, wake,
My sweet galoot!
Rise up fair lady,
While I tute my lute!
The winder—I regret to say that
the winder went up with a vi'lent
crash, and a form in spotless white
exclaimed, " Cum into the house you
old fool! Tomorrer you'll be goin'
round and complainin' about your
liver!"
Religion is not only an act, or a
series of facts, but aleo and essen-
tially a state of mind, an order of
the faculties, a temper and condition
of soul. It is essentially love of
truth and goodness, devotion to hu-
manity, reverence for justice, wor-
ship of holiness. It is the accord
ance of the soul in all its sentiments
and faculties with the spirit of God.
An old man committed suicide at
Paterson, N. J., on his first wife's
grave because he didn't like his se-
cond. A letter was found in his
pocket containing a feeling allusion
to his recent troubles, and concluding
with a touching request to be buried
in the same grave with his dea4 wife.
Mrs. Herrón, in Noble county,
Ohio, a few days since, gave birth to
four children within as many hours,
the four weighing twelve pounds.
They died shortly after their birth.
One hundred and fifty dollars have
been raised to erect a monument over
their graves.
The following slanderous para-
graph goes unrebuked: A wag has
invented a new telegraph. He pro-
poses to place a line of women thirty
steps apart, and commit the news to
the first of them as a secret.
THE SUDDEN CHOICE;
OR,
THE WOMAN THAT WOULDN'T.
A few years ago I made one of
the seventy-nine passengers on board
the fast steamer Emily Barton,
bound up the Tennessee, A pleas-
ant, intelligent go. ahead captain, a
good steward, and social, refined
company, made the trip one of
pleasure; indeed, long shall I re-
member the saucy Emily Barton and
her superb living freight; One
lovely summer afternoon it was
whispered that we were to have a
wedding before the boat reached;lier
destination; said whisper started
first and low near the ladies' cabin,
and speedily making its way to the
hall, the boiler deck, and even to
the main; like the snow balls down
the mountain gathering size, form
and momentum, as it rolled forward,
until the principals in the interest-
ing scene were not only pointed out,
but the persons—some scraps in the
history of each—fiction, fact and
surmise, all hushed up ingeniously,
leaving you in the half pleasant,
half painful suspense and doubt that
opens the eyes so wide and strains
the drum of the ear so tight to all
transpiring around you. Well, we
landed to wood at a magnificent
beach bottom, the tall heavy leafed
trees, with silver grap trunks, mak-
ing a deep cool shade, while they,
with their grassy green bank that
bore them, were in the glassy river,
so clear, so true, that inverson only
pointed the false frem the real.
Cutting this charming spot in
twain, came .a murmuring crystal
brook, scarce four spans wide, to
lose itself in the mass of Tennessee
water, they in turn to be alike lost
in the boundless sea.
No sooner was the staging out
than there emerged from the ladies'
cabin a fine, manly looking fellow,
dressed in faultless taste, intellect
beaming in every feature, while all
over his face pérfect happiness shone
like phosphorous on the sea; and
leaning on his arm was the most
lbveable woman it has ever been my
lot to behold; her fine hazel eyes
(tell-tales that they were) speaking
deep emotion, and her expressive lip
quivering with suppressed excite-
ment, while her step, dress and grace
was that of a queen. " There they
are!" "That's her!" "O, how
handsome !" burst from many a lip as
we instinctively made way to let them
pass to the altar, and where that was
we had about as clear an idea as a
transcendentalist generally has of
what he is talking about. But one
thing we all seemed to know, that
there was fun ahead, and that to fall
in their wake was the way to see it.
As the ladies passed, a gallant
arm was offered to each, and thus we
marched out of the cabin, down the
stairs, across the staging, and up the
sloping bank. Some fifty yards up
the brook the pair stopped, and join-
ing hands, they stood, with the clear
water between them—bridged as it
was with the twining fingers and
crossed by a stream of love as pure
as itself. All was silent—still—un
til broken by the minister, reading in
an impressive manner:
" And of the rib which the Lord
God had taken from man made he
woman and brought her to' the man.
And Adaiii said, this is now bone of
my bone, and flesh of my flesh; she
shall be called woman, because she
was taken out of man. Therefore
shall a man leave his father and his
mother and cleave unto his wife, and
they shall be one flesh."
He closed the book and offered
most touching prayer; not a heart
but seemed to feel that earnest ap-
peal to the Throne of Grace.
Then asking the usual questions, he
pronounced them husband and wife
The bride slowly sinking on her
knees, raised her beautiful face, all
covered with tears, and her clasped
The use of cotton is literally uni-
versal. Out of the one billion two . .. , . ^
hundred and eighty-five million peo-j *ia.n(^s> a a most touching, sweet
. P ^ 1 .. 1 litnmn aiiq ttruh nAAn omAnnn
, on such an errand."
"Then prepare; a cab waits at
the door."
I entered, followed by the lady,
who then bound my eyes. In half
an hour the vehicle stopped, where,
I know not.
Getting into the house and to the
vault, the. lady < unbatidaged the
handkerchief.
" Here is the vault—open," she
said, springing-the d(KW of a dark
lantern ^ which threw a beam of light
upon the lock.
I seized the keys, and after a few
trials sprang the bolt. The door
pie in the world, seven hundred mil-
lions wear it exclusively, and all but
seventy millions use it more or less.
An old lady, familiarly called
Granny Hunt, ago-d 107 years, re-
sides in Fogterbmg, Illinois. She
walks four or five miles sometimes,
and is affected ^itli only a slight
deafness.
It is understood in Washington
that the widow 0f Gen. Iturbide has
obtained assuring from Napoleon
•that her child^ aov, jn the hands of
Maximilian, shall be returned to her.
■ — -— .
Since thetbar-rooins m New York
are shut up ou Sunday, some of the
barbers hav invented a new hair
tonic for thp. eard, which is applied
just under t\e moustache.
A young lady out west is charged
with " putting on airs," because she
refused to gy to a ball barefoot.
voice, tremulous with deep emotion,
said:
"And now, O merciful Father,
grant that our two lives, thus united,
may peacefully flow into one, even
as this rivulet, until we. reach the
River of Death, and undivided in
faith or conduct, be permitted to en-
joy Thine eternal smiles in the land
of the pure and the blest."
Every pulse seemed still, hoping,
wishing for more of this beautiful
drama. Not a word, not a move-
ment from all that throng—all, all
was happiness. O, lovely panorama,
how deeply thou art graven on the
heart! The happy man was in the
act of imprinting a kiss upon the
smiling lips of his magnificent wife,
when the. clear tones of a manly
voice started all from their pleasing
reverie; universal gaze rested on a
tall Tennessean, whose eagle eye
spoke the man—ra fit representative
le was of the State where sleeps a
Jackson.
" I can't stand this any longer,
can't by !f Pardon, ladies,.
)ardon; I have a proposition to;
make in the good faith of a mart
who never lies or trifles. I must;
make it or die—so here goes. Novf
I will marry on this spot any lady
in the crowd who has the nerve to
ace such music ; look at me, and if
you can love me as she loves, (point-
ing at the bride,) I'll promise to be
msband to you, such a husband as
she deserves, and such a husband is
a true hearted man will make to the
woman who comes trembling und^r
lis wing. I further say that np
spot of shame attaches to my name,
nor never shall. And this arm will
support and protect the one who cain
trust it. Who'll take me ?"
And his eyes ran slowly and stead-
ily over the crowd of handsome wo-
men around him; his earnest mannér
and novel speech had aroused an in-
tense feeling; and all was surprise
and deep sympathy with the fearless,
excited orator, when to the astonish-
ment and: delight of every one, a
fawn-like, blue eyed girl, from the
flowery banks of Alabama, stepped
to his side, and looking confidently
up to his eyes, with her hands on his
arm said—
"I am thine!" -
By this time his arm was around
her waist, and parting her curls,
black as a raven's wing at midnight,)
and " signed the contract" with a kiss
that all the married ladies afterward
pronounced of the genuine sort—
perfect, satisfactory. Raising his
flashing eyes with a triumphant ex-
pression from the pleasant job just
mentioned, he said:
" Where is that parson ? send him
right here—on this spot we met, and
on this spot we will be made one; I
never let such luck as this pass me
by waiting a minute; so go ahead,
all's ready."
And the parson did go ahead,
and on that spot where they first
met were they solemnly united for-
ever. When the words " What God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder," died away, a. shout went
up that woke the echo for miles; ev-
ery hand was extended to the happy,
lucky, venturesome fellow; and ev-
ery lady in that crowd pressed the
lips of his handsome wife, (for a mo-
ment I wished I were her, but I in-
stantly recovered my self possession,
and thrust the weakness from me;
women kissing each other always
seemed a sweetness to me, but they
know best,) and laughing, shouting,
happy, we ail returned on board.
Our generous captain set a splen-
did supper; the clerk made out two
marriage certificates; they were
signed by the parson and seventy-
four witnesses, (five more made the
nine, you know,) men women and
children, all told—everybody signed.
Then we danced, we laughed, we
made children of ourselves—yes, I
am; afraid we made fools of ourselves.
Be that as it may, when the watch
changed at noon of night, the bluffs
on the dark shores of the river re-
turned only and unbroken the echo
of the hoarse coughing of the Emi-
ly Barton's engines, for we slept,
and our dreams vainly tried to vie
with the lovely reality of the even-
ing.
Crime upon Crime.—The Knox-
ville (Tenn.) Commercial has an ac-
count of a succession of crime which
would be incredible if not well au-
thenticated. The scene of these
horrible brutalities was Floyd coun-
ty, Georgia, and the facts are given
by a correspondent whom the jCom-
mércial declares strictly trustworthy:
" Three ladies were returning
home from a visit to a neighbor,
when a negro came upon them in a
secluded out-of-the-way place, and
attempted to detain them all. Two
of them succeeded in getting away
from him, the other one he took into
the woods and tied her and kept her
there for two days without food.
Her friends found her at the end of
that time. The negro was caught,
and. the lady was asked what punish-
ment she desired to have inflicted on
this demon. She replied she wanted
his arms cut off, and then skinned
alive. The sentence was executed.
The negro lived about ten minutes
after the operation."
Theodore Lee, of Philadelphia,
misused his wife until she was driven
to desert him. Since then her fa-
ther has died, leaving her seme three
hundred thousand dollars. Lee brings
a suit now to force her to come Home
again, signifying his willingness to
receive and. cohabit with her again,
and use her as a good husband ought
todo."
A New England paper says Bel-
mont made over $2,000,000 by the
late rise in gold.
Hem Items.
New York dispatfches of the 10th
say:
Telegrams say that the Prussians
were defeated near Newstadt. They
retreated, leaving their dead and
wounded on the field. It was sup-
posed to have been a general engage-
ment.
A Berlin telegram states that the
Prussians were successful near Turin,
capturing five hundred of the enemy.
A Florence dispatch admits that
the Italian loss was severe; but
claims that the Austrian loss was
equal, if not greater.
The retreat of the Italians was
covered by cavalry, and made in
good order.
Dates from Portland, Me., to the
5th, show the great fire to'have been
terribly disastrous: The estimated
number of houses consumed is two
thousand, and the loss exceeds ten
million dollars. The churches not
burnt are appropriated to the home-
less, and committees are engaged in
endeavors to alleviate the distress of
the sufferers. The flames are still
troublesome in different parts ef the
city. Nearly all the hose bursted,
and several of the fire engines wero
used up.
The Legislature of Connecticut, on
the 27th June, adopted the constitu-
tional amendment by a vote of 125
to 88. The amendment was, also,
passed by the Legislature of New
Hampshire.
In London, England, a short time
since, a ferocious game cock flew at
a child, and pecked it so severely on
the head that it died soon after.
During the late panic in London,
the submarine . telegraph company
transmitted and received 2,155 mes-
sages to and from the continent.
Freedmen and soldiers were en-
gaged in a fight at Atlanta, on the
4th, in which a few were wounded.
The prompt appearance of the mili-
tary prevented the disturbance from
becoming general and serious.
The South American republicans
are driving away the Spanish resi-
dents. In other words, they are mak-
ing them walk Spanish.
In Wilkinson county, Ga., recent-
ly a freedman was mutilated and
burned to death, for the murder of
Mrs. Rollins and other outrages.
Judge Grier, of the United States
Supreme Court, has been struck by
paralysis.
A writ of habeas corpus was lately
served on Gen. Sickles, from the U.
S. District Court at Charleston, to
produce the bodies of Francis Stower
and others, under sentence of death
at Castle Pinckney. Sickles refuses
to comply, on the ground that the
prisoners were convicted by court
martial, for the murder of three Fed-
eral soldiers, and that the privilege
of the writ is still suspended in S.
Carolina.
Judge Bryant has ordered an at-
tachment against Sickles for con-
tempt of Court.
Augusta, Ga., July 4.—Barnwell
Rhett was assassinated on his farm,
near Charleston, yesterday after-
noon.
It is stated that the Tallahasse
and Sumter were sold at auction
in Liverpool, under orders from the
U. S. Consul, on the 13th ult. The
Tallahasse brought <£6,400 and the
Sumter £1,150.
A recent fire in Virginia City, Ne-
vada, destroyed property to the value
of $200,000, and rendered four hun-
dred people homeless.
Specie Shipments.—A compara-
tive statement of specie exports from
the city of New York for a series of
years shows that $45,122,204 were
exported in 1866, while, in 1861,
but $3,247,368 were shipped to dif-
ferent ports.
Master Willie Pope, a native of
Mobile, where he was born in iebr y,
1850, is now the pianist of his Roy*"
Highness, the Prince of Wales. ¿The
illustrated London Times has a lull
biography of this young artist, ac-
companied with his portrait.
"Intellectual measles" is a new
and very appropriate name given by
a newspaper for poor poetry. Every
victim taken with the disease always
seems desireus of imparting it to the
editor nearest his place of residence.
An association at Birmingham,
England, is said ¿o have contributed
about $200,000 in money and goods
to the negroes of the South since ie
close of the war. p
The Washington
the Baltimore Sun declares thaUhere
has not been a single ease of cholera
jn the city of New York, notw.th-
atanding the reportó in the newspa-
pers.
.
1
" j
i
Í
(i i
til,
J
i
I
!
í i
r v
i
j iHi.lfcW
.i—
'FjesStL
*
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1866, newspaper, July 19, 1866; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180056/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.