Billy Patterson--$1,000 To The Man Who Will Tell Who Struck Him

Caruesvillc (Uu.) Kcgiíiev. M:iiiy persons liavo lieard the question "Who struck Billy l'attersoni"' ■without the origiu uf it. I uropose to enlighion tliciu a little on Clie subject Wiliiain Pattcreou was i vory Wcalthy tr.idesmanor mcrchant _! HttUihiore in mutílate of Maryland. Lu tlie early dnys of Franklin couuty lie boiight up a grcul niaiiy tracis ol' land in the coiuity, and spent a good porliun ol'lii time in looking at'tci' liib inleresU tliei'ü. lie was said to be as strouy as a aiul is brave as a iion, bal like all brave men lie was a lover of pcnce, and, inueeil, a gool láoiií, man. Aeveitlieless, nis wrmtll cuuid be exeile.i to a lichting pituii. On 0110 occasion he attenauU a public gatiieriny in tlie iovver part of Frauklili couuty, at sonic district court grciiind. JJurilig llie day tlie two opposiny builies and tlieir lriends raiscd a ruw ana t generai liylit was tlie conscqucucf). At the ücginninjj of the aliiay,:ind belore the linl beoan, Billy FuLinauii ïan into ihe erowd to persuade llu'iu nol lo lililí, but to juake peace and üe lïienüs. JJllt lus elforts ior peace were uiiavailiug, and while Djakuig üieiusoiiie 01 ihe crowd in the ycneiai ïiieleo iU'Uuk llilly l'atterson a severe blow lrolu belnud. üilly at once becainc figiuing mad and cried out al tlie top oí iiis voice, "Wlio slruck Billy 1'am.rsoirí'' No one could or vvould teil bliu who was the guiliy party, lie theu proposed to givc any maa $luO wlio woulu teil liim "Who slruok Billy Patterson." Fl'uui $1UU he rose to $l,UUO; uut not !il,uuu vvould inauce miy uiau to teil liiai "wliü struck liiiiy l'attersoii." And years allerwuru, iu uis will, ke reialed Üic abuve laolt. and bequeaiued 1,OUU to bc paid by ing excculors to Hie uiaii who woula teil "Wiio struck llilly iatU!isoii?" lliu wiii ïsrecurded 111 tiic ordiiiary's otüce ai (JariiesTilJe, Fituikliii cuumy, Ga., ana any oue curiousaüouv tne matter can therc find it aua Ycriiy tüe xucocdiiig statclUCUt. Jeffersou Davis' plantation at Hurrloane, Miss., is leaseil by Montgomery & Suns. This firm is composed of tour negroos who Trere formerly ovrnetl by a brolher of the ex-i'resideut of the Conl'cdoracy. They owu plnntatious worlli S75,UUÜ, hire several more, aud do a lare inercaiilile busiucs at Vicksbur.