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ME MERCURY, Published Every T uesday ' fgj-AU communications intended for ihis paper must be accompanied with %g full name of fro urifrr.not nece.s- larity for publication, but as a .guaran tee of good faith. j[r e a re in no wag responsible Jor the v ieuxor opinion of correspondents. THE MERCURY THE MERCURY. u . Ei tired as second-class majlteir, at the Sandersville post-dffSce, April 27, 1880. A. J. JERNIGAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND a GEN.ERAL INTELLIGENCE. <Sl.fiO TER ANNUM CUNDEUSVILLE & TENN4LLE RAIL ROAD. On and after to-day the Passenger Train on this road will run as follows: day J’ASSEKOEU twain, leaves Sandersville drily 9:15 a. m 'leaves Tejinille daily a m. 'Leaves Sajidersmlle dady .1:30 p. in. Leaves Tennillc daily 4.0 0 p. .pi. To insure dispatch all articles .deslin- ed for Ihh point should he marked to ■■mr** “1.1: lemtttoP tofore, opr 3, 1880. vpi. i. Sandersville, Ga., July 27, 1880. No. 17 Sandersville, Washington Co., da. Published By JERNIGAN <k SCA [IBOROUGH. Subscription, $1.60 per year. ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT NO; 13, 0. It. R. Up day Passenger train prrives 3:54p.m Down day “ “ 11 ft: 46(i.m, ‘Up Night " “ " 4:41a. m: pawn Night “ “ “ H):4Jp. m POST OFFICE HOURS. 7 to 11:30 .4. M. 1:30 to 6 P. M. E. A. SULLIVAN, P. M. II. I). EVANS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. SV.NDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. April 3.1. 1880. ‘ (j. \V. IF. Whitaker, dentist- SANDERSVILLE, GA. Thumb Casu. Office at his residence on Harris St April 3rJ, tf 1880. Dr. Wm Rawlings, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Sandersville, Georgia. .Office at Sandersville Hotel, apy 10, 1880—ly E Sullivan, NOTARY PUBLIC, Sandersville, - - Georgia. Special Attention given to the .Collection of Claims. OFFCE IN THE COURT HOUSE. O. IL Hagers ATTORNEY at LAW, SANDERSVILLE GA. Prompt Attention Given To All Business. Oflice in north west room of COURT HOUSE, may 4th i880 ly . 6% iMwa# ATTORNEY AT LAW. W ill practice in the State and United State Courts. Office in Court I louse. sandersville. GA. Office next door to Mrs. BuyneV ■Millinery'Store on Harris street. IF* J*1* Roberts PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Sandersville, May be consulted at, his office on Haynes St. in the Masonic Lodge building from 9. A. M. to 1 P. M uud from 3 to 5 Pi M.; during oth- . urhoursut Lis residence on Church w hen not professionally engng April 3rd ly 1880 f 1 ROBE RTL.RODGERS, attorney AT Law, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. ' WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTKNTIOJI TO COLUOTINO Accounts, Bills, Notes, B'Mls, Checks Bonds, Lions, judgments, Executions, Mortgages. .will set CONVEYANCING. Transfer’gTitles by Deeds, Bonds, Mortgnges, s. wjjls, Leases. Assignments, Paititi9n Writs, Trust peeds. ppUliag Estates for Heirs, • Legatees, Creditors! Adminisjrators. Fvor.ntnr*. ^ fxecut.ors, uardlans, ruslees. S ell R rfyARent, or Attorney to Wont, Buy. or ILLS, Junftiwuw^L e f|FTOM»0 HECOIUW Of UKKDg .tlUDOMENTg, iNVKfrTGlUlEl} and RETUHNB. p . *®wonablo Fee Fvfcrjr Service, f&ctice in all tho Courts of tho State of Georgia, also in tho Federal Courts.* • Si Wry, Repaired' by Jemigan. AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL. ‘Still p, bachelor, Claud? I’m ashamed of you, and, I declare, half regretful that T did not rap ture you myself.’ So spolco pretty little Mrs. She! don, aB she sat one afternoon on the piqzza of the »Occipr House, looking smilingly up into the ,faco of the tall, handsome man who bent over her with such rare .debonair grace. He laughed aloud ,?tt .her mock- petulant sptecli. ‘ioa Mitfinii uui uiuiue me then,’ he retorted, ‘for what you must hold yourself accountable You sec, ever since Dick cut me out with you, I have been wander ing around disconsolate, .laying to find a second edition of yourself.’ ‘No, no! That won’t do. All tho admiration was on my side Still, (I must confess that dear old Dick answers my purpose very well —well that only one -thing is wanting to insure my happiness, and that is to have you take pos session, iiex,t winter, of a charm ing house next ours in town, and let mo claim your wife ns my dear est friend—” “As you linvo been to me all these long years, Ella, the .dearest woman-lriend I ever Lad; but Dick has no .ca^ise for jealousy, for all that. Shall 1, then, tell you why 1 have never married, though my tlijrty-fifth birthday is looming up startlingly new? I am in a confi dential mood this afternoon, and you shall hear. It p.s not because I do not want to marry. Some times the picture of my own home and hearthstone shapes itself before mo until life seems hardly worth the living without it; but it ie an ideal picture my fancy jpuints. It is not a house, but a home. It in not the rustle of silken trains through its halls. It is the sun shine of a woman’s sm/le. It is not the .threshold of society, but society is left upon its thro-hold. It boasts no richer, sweeter music than the happy voices and laughter of little children which God may send to fill it! You know not why I have never married, although the world calls me a rich man, and I am free, but, E)la, gills nowadays are not fitted for such homes. They are society dolls. I want au old- fashioned girl, and as they’re out of fashion—mile s I go regularly in search of one in some curiosity 1 slum where she i$ labelled and laid away on a shelf—1 shan’t find fier; and even it I made the rash at tempt, I shouldn’t like to have had to order my wife like ,a bale of goods.’ You’re all ryrojig, |Cl#ijd,’ an swered. his friend. ‘Qirl’s hearts nowadays are just as warm and true as they were a century ago; hut—’ .‘01}, Ella—’ interrupted a fresh, girlish vqice, as a ypupg lady step ped through onp of tljo lqpg draw- jug-refttn windows pn tp tjje piazza, a faint rose flush tinging her cheek as she saw too late that slip had come ujion a teterartefe. She wap a beautiful girl, dressed in the very fieigfit and .extreme of fashion, from tfie tjj> of the little boot to flip grown of the flower- wreathed hat. ‘Nly friend, Mr. Arpold, Mpude. Miss Kingslaud, kfr. 4 ni0 !‘!-’ So^this y/as Clajjd Aypold, whom she had heard of ,hpr HfV. She was not soyry for the interruption, after aj); pfill, stpajngonly a glance at the dark, handsome face, over which q.11 women raved, and delivT ering the message wbicl; had brought her, she disappeared as she had come. Who is she?’ queried the man. Ralph Kingslaud’ daughter, and an heiress. I am chaperoning Iter for a few weeks, as her mother js an invalid. Not at all the soyt of girl you pre in search of So see to it tWyou do not trespass upon my xnqnqr iu c^tiest of idle amuse ment.’ , Nothstanding which kindly Warning, it was straight to Miss Kingsland’s side that Claud Arnold vyenfied his way, when, about nine o’clock the same evening, she en tered the ball-room. Ho had watched ,her as ehe cross ed the hall on Mr. Sheldon's arm, and was fain to acknowledge hei the moift beautiful girl .whom Newport yet boasted. She was exquisitely dressed, too, in sqnae soft, filmy fabric of white, wives to appear in ill-fitting gar ments, or as slatterns. By- tlie- way did you ovqr eco a map who did not return straightway to tail or a coat which had in it a crook ed seam or an ugly wrinkle ?” “I can't say I,ever did ; bc re plied, laughing, .while ho sudden ly remembered .that, in »U his im agitiings, the qld-fn?hioued girl who was his ideal, had never pre- grucefully draped over snowy satin, Lor-neck qnd arms bare,'• and void of ornament except two glistening jewels in the pink, shell-like ears. ‘Not at all the woman for a wife,’ ho-ipentnUy soliloquized; ‘hut, as a partner for a dance, enough to make seated herself iu old-fashioned garment^. The hop that evening Mr- Ar nold voted a succese, though he usually regarded theiu as neces sary bores. Miss Kingslaud had made dan- one the envy of all the fellows iu the room.’ ‘May I have the pleasure of the next waltz, Miss Kingsland?’ he said, bowing low before her. ‘Thanks,’ she^nnswered, in low, musical tones, ‘but I have not an empty space to-night. I am pas sionately fond of dancing, and my friends are good enough to nee that I have no lack of partners.’ Of course, an entirely unselfish action upon their part,’ was his ,1-oply, with j;U»t a-suspidon of piqycj in his tone. eing au art. He could have wish ed the music to last forever, .ps she floated through the room on his arm. She was lake some beautiful dreunj. Of course ho decided mentally carry her into tho waking reali ties of life, and you would destroy tfie charm. Still, there was a freshness, a piquancy, in her con vernation, which not only attract cd, hut held him. To come into hey presence was seeking a more bracing atmos phere, and ere many days had fled- Cluudo Arnold found himself cheek, as she raised he dark eyes Heretofore, with Claud Arnold, the desire was simply father to its ‘ ,l,u,,til, S tll(i not spent with attainment, and uow he must wait j* 101 ’ ” 8 hours, let, that twenty-four hours ere he could clasp ’*" 310 WIW ftl1 ^ ‘Huger to ldiuselt this girl's wajst, and fqel her jiapd* 01 * R1, * 10 ll0VCl ill named in his, as they floated through the room to some of Strauss’s dreamy muoic. He had made for himself an “Well then,” he continued, “shall it he to-morrow night, and will you put me down twice?” “With pleasure,” she said, sim ply, as her partner approached to claim her. * Somehow jt was all stale an uiiprotlrnble to CUiutl tliuc niglir, and when he retired, rather ear lier than his custom, the thoughts which mingled with the smoke from his fragrant, 1 [avails, as lie sn.t by his window, listening tc the ocean’n roar, were if any tiling a trifle more cynical than his us ual wont—nor did lie sleep as soundly as usual. I need a walk, he .said to him self, next morning, and started off about nine o’clock for a solitary 11- In this, however; fie wac (loom ed to disappointment, for, turning a sudden angle on the beach, he camp tife.e to face with Miss King- land. What unexpected g<R?d fort- tune !” lie exclaimed, doffing his lipt, “I did not dream ygijt were such an early riser,” looking as lie spoke at the bright color the morning breeze had brought into her check, and the dark eyes so frankly uplifted to his own. ‘•Frightfully unconventional, is it not ?" she queried, with a low, rippling laugh. “But one must be alone sorptimes, and so I am driven to it ii> self-defenc.” “Ratlier an unfeeling hint that my morning’s trespass must not be repeated,’’ said he, ruefully. “Oh, no, indeed ! We would not he likely to meet again in any ease. Bpsicles, the beach is pub-.- lie property.” Again that ijncqnifqrtableaenso of pique pervaded her listener s frame. Ideally it appeared a mat- way the opposite. Fashion and luxuries were to her ncecessities. The w^manhe married must have a mind above such trivialities. Meantime the ideal for the pres ent was set aside, and the glitter ing, alluring reality enjoyed. Three weeks had passed since lie li.y«.l mot Miss Kingsland.when, standing one moaning n;i the piazza, waiting for her to join him for a promised drive, and idly scanning tho morning papers, just delivered at the hotel, his eye fell upon the startling announcement of the temporary, but il was fear ed permanent, suspension ofKing- sland & Co., New York’s great bankers. These were troublous times, when the weak and strong totter ed together. Their failure would cause a loss to himself of several thousands; but this Claud Arnold never gave but a passing mem ory. His whole thought was filled with the girl on lyhoni the crush in<l blow mils) fall. ‘How pale you look I” said a sweet voice beside him. “Are you not well ? Shall we not go ?’ He turned toward the speaker. How lovely she looked—lovely not only with nature’s loveliness, but all the accessory of perfect taste added to make a perfect whole. Her dress scorned moulded to the exquisite form, her glove to the tiny hand; her hat rested gracefully on the small, well-pois ed liefplf Rob this girl of all externals, and she would still be beautiful; hut it would be like robbing the j’ose of its dark green leaves,which .seen* to belong to it by right. Ilqw would she bear poverty and failure ? She should got, if to his. ‘I will bo frank with you, Mr. Arnold;’ alio answered. -‘liad you spoken yesterday, your words would have given pm only pleasure—now they bring a mingled pain; for I cannot give tho answer my heart prompts. I am no longer rich, Mr. Arnold. My father is threatened with failure. While ho is in trou ble, J cannot think of my happi ness. My place iB by his side. 1 intond returniug home to-night. I meant to havo told you in any case, hut l hated to spoil /mr drive by dragging in my troubles ’ In utter amaze, ,C!*ud listened to her words. She had known of her father's threatened ruin, and yet had smiled so cheerily, and had found time to sympathize with any misfortune she fancied might have come to him; and now sho.could so q,uiotly lay .aside all thought of self, jn thinking of her father and his disaster. A grout wave of tenderness swept over the man’s nature, and with.it a respect almost holy for the girl whom he had judged once with so narrow a judgment. ‘My love,’ he said, ‘1 will wait for you, nnd servo for you, as Jacob nerved lor Rachel, but 1 can never give you up!’ And, drawing her to him, he sealed fhe words with a lovers’ kiss upon the young lips, which made no resistance to 1iis touch. Cut Dame Fortunc does not al ways frown on love’s true course. Tho suspemion of Kingland & Co. was but temporary, after all. The pretty house next to Mrs. Sliel- GEN. HANCOCK. directory. don found tenants in the early win- To Resign .His Commission in the Aumy—The Henson for flic Step NEW York, July 7.—A special from Washington says it is under stood amang the personal friends of Gen. Hancock that he jwiil, pri or to the publication of his letter of acceptance, tender ’his resigna tion to the President ns Major Gen eral.of the United ■ States Army, One reason assigned for the pro-- posed resignation of Gen. Han cock from the army, according to the Herald’s Washington special is that pending the election Geir Hancock, if he remained in the ar my, would be restrained by the rules and customs governing army officers who arc supposed to be men of political preferences. Another reason is the objection which his candidacy presents in a person being elected to the high esl civil office in the regular army. It is also said in explanation that Gen. Hancock docs not wish to embarrass or .in the slightest de gree retard the success of his isp ty, and as a citizen he will be whol ■y free and on^n equality with the Republican nominee. Those who are familliar with Goa. Hancock’s circumstances say that in event of defeat he would no longer care to serve on the ac tive list of the army, and his friends would, at the next session of Con gress, sec that lie is put on the re tired list, a position he is now en titled to if he asks it, having been over thirty-five years in service. 11ALDY SMiril o.\ HAN’O&CK. It being stated that Gen. Baldy Smith had repeatedly told in Con- ter, such as she had so ardently Aviuf.u-l. But Claud declares, in spite of the fact that his wife’s trosscau came direct from Paris, and is the envy of all feminine Gotham, that lie has realized his two ideals—he has found a homo, and he has mar ried an old-fashioned girl. A IJNITED~PE0P JLJJ. netticut and Vermont during the ter of iqost sincere indifference j ho could sq,ye hep frqiq thenp Iq whether or not he appeared upon that moment he knew how false the scene of aetiom were his sophistries, and l;ow all DRather a pretty costume you unconsciously he liqd learned the haye tq he donned solely for the admiration of the sea-gulls/’ he continued, looking down at the dainty dress sq perfect iq all its helflfigings, with the eye of a man who considered himself a con noisgeup in feminine apparql—al beit inclined tq use his taste for ifs Jcoiulemiiation. “I dress for myself, Mr. Arqold. I am passionately fond of pretty things, and fortiinatejy apt qble to gratify myself. I have often wondered how men, who are so severe upon women for their love of the beautiful, would like their lesson love only teaches. At first they were both silent oq their drive; then she turned tqward him with a soft qf silent sympathy in her voice. “Tell me what troubles you f she said. “Only,” lie answered, “that I am waking from a dream, and it is for you to decide whether my wakjqg shall he of earth or heav- eq. Maude, I love you! Thu dearest wish I have would bo to make you my wife. Darling,have I been too abrupt ?’ ’ A bright blush mantled her Burying the wars hitter memo ries. (tenoral Alpheus Jiaker proposes a grandr eunion on the Battle-foie of (lit- tysbprg. LOUISVILLE, July 4.—We coiiimenio- rate^to-day tho declaration in the Continental Congress of those prin ciples which secure to the people of the United States tho right of rep resentation. It was for tho righ. that the Revolution was fought* Ith enjoyment means self-government bj the people, and that is but unothei name for liberty That ceclaration revives tho mem ory of Handcock,its first signer; and that name to-day is in the heart and on the lips of every man who cornprt heuds the spirit of our federative Byi tem of representative government, and who prizes the blessings of local iberty. Upon the soil of the State where that declaration wij.s first promulgat ed is a field of battle on Athich tin issue of tho gratest civel war in his tory was decided. Neither victors nor vanquished pan think of Gettys burg and not remember Handcock. The South in war hurried its hopes qpon that field, aud in peace is ready there fo testify that she has buried all jts bitter memories also. Slit demonstrates her sincerity by her sincerity by her purpose to .cast with uuauimitylier vote for Handcock as President of the United States, not because he is her couqqer, but be- caus lie used the military power ac quired by fhat concjuest to re?.stab- civil rule within her desolated hoi ders, aud secui p to her those rights of homo-government and local liber past spring the determinaation of Gen. Hancock to obey orders from Tilden, had the latter taken the office of President, a reporter had a short interview with dien. Smith yesterday in regard to the above statement, lie did not deny that lie h;ul said what was imputed to him, bu,t remarked that it was told among friends he was visiting in Westbury and Montpelier, and formed a part off he last Presiden tial campaign. It was told by him at a private gathering of friends. SOCIETIES. Hamilton Lodge No. 58 E. A. M. neets n ‘he Second and Fourth Wed- neslaysof each month. Sandersville Lodge, No. 8 A. O. t. IF. meets on the First and Third Mon day nights of every month. . _ * Neuman Lodge No 1551, h nights of Honor meets on the First, and Third Thursday nights of every monlh. . Harris ‘Council No. 114 Legwn of Jonor meets on. the Second and Fourth Monday nights of each month. Washington County Agricultural So ciety meets on the first 'luesdoysin each month. The County Orange meets every Month. The Library Association rneek alike -all of the Directors. »‘{ELIOLOUS. Baptist Church.—Rev. J.M. Adams, Pastor, regular services every Second Sunday and Saturday br/yre. Prayer meeting Tuesday nights. Methodist Church.—:U<tV. (Geo. G. Clarke, Easter, services .every.Sunday morning except the Sectyid when ,h>< holds .services .at Ttmnilje. Prayer meeting every Thursday night- Christian Church.—ltw..J. JI. Am mons, Pastor, setmoes mvery Fourth Sunday. Prayer meeting.eucry Wed nesday night. MUNICIPAL. Mayor.—J. N. Gilmore. Clerk and Treasurer,— Wm. Oalla- her. City Council.—S. J. Smith, J. C. Pace, Dr, J. B. Roberts, J. T, Tapper, M. Newman. City Marshal.—J. E. Weddon. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary.—-Hon. C. C. Brown. Sheriff.—A. M. Mayo. Cleric Sup. Court-—&. M. Northing- ion . Tax Receiver.—/. flem\ann. Tax. Collector.— W. R. Thigpen. IVcasurer.—O. //. Rogers. Surveyor.—Morgan L. Jackson. Coroner.—John Layton. SUPERIOR COURT, Convenes on the Fourth Monday in May and September. Hon. H. V. John son, Judge. Hon. J. K. Hines, Solic itor General, S. M. Norfainplw, &lefic. COIR I Of' ORDINARY. Hon. C. C. Brown, Judge, sits on the First Monday in every month. THB PEOPLE’S Still Hoping and Harping. Jloslon Advertiser Rep. Georgia is another Mute to which attention should bu din cud. Tut struggle’ll tween the opposing dem ocrat c fuctions has been ficic 1 . It sce.i.s now as if the wing to which G >v. Colqu'tt, Fx Senator Gordon tml Senator Brown belong would tri umph. If the republicans of the state were ii te 1 gent, courageous and «a|l led, th. y might profit by the dis sension. There are other internal lisputes among t..e southern demo crats which we cannot even mint ion to-day, w ich w 11 those referred o TRY IT The Lightest Running ever Made. THB MOST POPULAR AND BEST OP ALL. Tho Hobblnii are Wound without lluualaf ar Unthreading the Machine. R0 GETTING OUT 0F0&LEB. The Best Machine for Agente to Sell Send for Illuitratcd Circular to MeT Sfiwlm Mine Co., Wadley, Ga., U. S. A. PYEINCH ire derserving of separate ai.d care-1 JJIOR the benefit of inquirers ful treatment.. They are manifesta tions of a growing spirit of imh-ped- auco which may yet lead to a new di vision of political parties in the south. But it is not to he exp< ctrd that any revolt can change or effec ihe remit this year, though it would be folly 101 o encou/age every dispo sition town d 1 mi re natural division of pul ties than now exists. It is not and those wishing to have 1 bosses, Coats, Pants v ests, Ac., dyed; below will he found nached- tile of prices. Thankful for past favors I solicit a continuance of the mime: Coats, Pants Vests, Ladies’ Dresses. Childrens’ “ . $1.00 to $1.50 possible that the entire white populu-| 1 “ wool. tion of 1 he south should think alike, Un , * * ^ „ , . ., ’ Cloaks, waterproof. 1.50 “ 11/11 mnro ir mum t in 111100(1,11.0 llmt . . *■ not merely upon tho questions that have been decided, but upon the num berless isnms that fire pomjtautly trising iu the administration of gov ernment. GUARDIAN’S SALE. Gkouoia—Washington county. Agreeable tp an'orderof the Ordi nary of Washington c< unty, will be sold be po!d before the Court House ...1,: u m ^ „ 1 . , idoor. in the city of S tud./rsvi'h', said ty to which She owes her preseqt qnd L olul ' t on the J firBt Tu , 8 W in vlug- comparative prosperity. lust next, Que house and lot, in , : vi J Saeques. Mittens 3r> •< 3.-, Feathers jq - to Silk Ties.*. , fq Kid Gloves, black., 25 Stockings, 3 pairs., 25 Ribbon per yd 10 Handkerchiefs, silk 10 Dying left at either the Mercury office or at Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery < store, with instructions as to color 4 W- will he attended to. ’ MKS. C. C. SCARBOROUGH, ®|t - »- As a Southern man, then, I pro pose that $he soldiers wkofought on the opposite tjdes in the lalp war and the friends of representative government in the United States as semblage on the field °f Gettysburg, and there ratify the nomination of Handcock and English. Alpheus Baker. Haiti city, containing oqe and one fit L acres, the property of Jesse C. Sanders, minor; said jiouse and lot hoqqded m rfh and west by WiL limn Wqtkiu’s land, oust by the Sparta road, and soqtli by Joann's Bridge road. Sold for the hpqefit of said rumor, Terms Cash:* Wm. G. Sandkbb, July 5, 1880. Guardian. may 18, 1880. >->- .1, . _ BUYYOUR lustrum From the MUSICAL meats. store of , JERNI5AN. via hand ^nd for sale at all tinted Violin Strings, Violins, Boxes. Bows, Rosin, Harmonicas, Ac* eordeons, Bridges, Pegs ftc, ' mipj