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H mm ft ! EF i r i\ H* . full n jR® Fj * n St 7 •i J9B3H3I L w i W r ir r 7 . vl % m - Volume 2. Number 51. 18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY —A T— (Office. Old Masonic Hall-Court II' h**.) WILLIAM H. ROYAL, EDITOR if PROPRIETOR. C. S. DuBO R, Antedate Editor. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Owe copy H month* #3 (W—S mo nth a $*2 00 One copy fi months, 1 50—4 months, 1 00 WTERfoS CASH.j-[] HATES OF ADVERTISING. 'f’ratml-nt Advcrti^em-nt'a will be charged ut the rale ..f on* dollar per square for the first and.rrveiily for each Nubsequent insertion, f >r one moiithoTVri 1 »qu r T-monOn ?I0~—-6 month* #1f» t •• :i T Hi-6 25 I “ 3 - 23 6 46 4 •' 3 r 35-6 55 i * * 45-fi 75 1 ... a . 50-6 “ !,<«• .411 r4v •rtU*«.ni<>ni**fmm a distance, nmsl be paid for quarterly in advance or with suti-ftic’lory refer¬ ence, m y h» p id at the end of each qu >rter, by the •dd ii»u of 6 percent for indulgence Tom (ms* f thi- vp« fill oue *qu >re. Cl I A '. S. DuBOSE. ATTORNEY.: AT LAW. WARRBNTON.dA. Will jraci.e« in all lb« Count in* of ihe NORTHERN CIRCUIT. j FRANK L. LITTLE, ' AVTOiRBrsTF AV itAW » SPARTA, GA 8TRoom* in La>v buiMi i» A «l ( - *urt IToiijc. GEO. F. PIERCE, Jr., .imw&ir/ zvt a® aw 9 SPARTA. GA. in f. w tu blUjr W ••( Court !fiai*e. T. MAIIKWALTMR8 WORKS Bio ids f«*o. if nr I Hv r 'Itll.r!, \it|riMu. Oh. Hki«f on !i hi-! . .-i i *,.l I • li'riri. .<.1. . lion, <il*o furin In**, lo it'd r ^ 'ai Ml M •' 1 .'I • I 1 d ,;v riiNI'X, ' rIC R Wink lor Hit* i-o,mil i •• m-in.l* lu xt* 1 amlHliip- 8. p|, 3d—tf C rriago* Buggio and Waggon REPOSITOBY. J \ VI Ks V * v ( UDDvY La* r«.*pi tn d liisUViJ III.%GEs ' at hi i* <1 »i'ii»d ** tirfi* t *' -a pt*p ir •d to »»■ i v. z.. o'd l'"i«i,d.' .nd p. r'-iiH and tin* pubi <: f«i*'riilly, in rv* % I**.inch of In- bu*Mi»'n*i'<'ithi*r with N»\v ''ivk, r-p.ii «<» or t*#■..i• v*• K ofJitirraigo*, IS tfw -•*, Wagitif &■ . *t iho |jj.»*t r-aaoiwbl- poC-a II* • in hi* • mp.ov iin- w II know.i fr citin u I «m <’«** H'iii* Tom > Mill Ip. oil. Mini wi'l wH^rntii all WMfk to IttlUll the I-Hi. I -'in i« u iho vwh Dt-nii) rrm , II* wi!' iiIho ito oil inautn r of HI ir k-tn tlii- r mul •ol<*i*ii •.li-M'ofih public p i m.iiu*-'. Spu-tH upr 23— I y W • U. WAllRKN, A J. L \ NE, J W. WALLACE Aujiuwn 11 ■ merck Co, AU)!U*tl. Warren, Lane & Co. • ncr*fwor«* to W. lit ary W«ir*ti v*fc Co) COTTON FACTORS VV.vKEIlOUSE AM* COMMISSION MERCHANTS. )»5 ami 177 B o il sir*tt, AUGUSTA, GA. CASH ADVANCES intuits on iblpmCiiU of Cotton • Now York mid Liverpool. W# are agente ,or Georgiit ami South Carolina fo: th* celebrated KdtlewcWs Munipulnted Guano*, Olter's and the ARROW TIE, Phosphate, Patent Iron Band lor •Baling «nd Cot too. Tlie intcrml* of the firm will be repreeented iu Hancock county by J. CLAUENl’K SIMMONS Eaq., of Spnrtn. W , L. *V Do aug 10 3m PULLARD, COX & CO., GENERAL GROCERY AND Commission Merchants tlTO BROAD STREET, (A few doors below the Planters’ Hofei.) AUGUSTA, O -fA- 1/ KKP coithtnntly on hand a large ami w*ll •elected IY .took of Groc ri*«t of every description, including a Sn* assortment of tMiinkie*, H’aadtoa, W ine*, Amj T h* inter*At of tli* firm will b* r«pr*A*nted by ludka Henry 11. Fitituunok of Wurreu oontuy. May 2 fim _ II. H. SASNETT & BRO.. 19M BROUGHTON ST., s Aisnsr^vEi, o-a WiU keep rouAUutly cn Imuff a Select Clock of BOOTS and SHOES Th* pa*.ron«g« of my frimuki and the public *» r - uevtly Wo Koficitod. will fill all order* promptly for Cash. H H SASNETT 8t BRO July *fi ly FURNITURE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, AT PLATT BROTHERS, (Formerly C. A, Plait A Co.,) 214 Broad St. Augusta, Ga., \ATH Iirvi- mid oreronutunUy receiving the best w> ■urtiiieiit <>r i UUNI I’UKE that has «ver boon in tin* market, consisting, of Robe wood And Mahogany Parlor suite. Chamber .. J!"cfoMflS>„, ( entre Tables. Bureaus, Sideboard-, Exteir Wo fion Tables, of all lengths. particularly H call the CHAMBER attention of pBrcliH-**r« SUITS, to our AL^UT for .. is OUR still in manufacturing operation. Special orders department will be j attended Repairs in all its hranche*. promptly ■ to. done upholstering department. HAIR CLOTH, ENaMELBO cloth, rkps, i TERRY and SPKI VtlS, and all articlessoitable for Manufacturers, which wo offer «t Low Prices. WINDOW SHADES A large slock of Window Shndes, of every i tyl. and pattern, from the Chenpes- to the Finest, jvitli ah the New S'vl fixture.*. UNDER 7’A KER'S DEPARTMENT Superintended Dene iptions by and a competent Quality, man. COFFINS of all METALIO C\tjES andC \8K RTs of tb« uvri approved *tyies, fn ni,h ed ntall hour* during (he Day or Nnight Undertakers can be supplied wi h all kind* T in tiler*. may 2 h_ GEORGE H. JONES WITH M. HYMANS & CO., 2;t t liroatl Street, UNDER CENTRAL HOTEL, AUGUSTA GY. DEALERS l 4 FINE GROCERIES ' " warns, a,a©ii®!Bs % ®a®Ais i ALSO mm COMMIS’N ftOCHHHS. April 21) 18(i!> ly W00I1 CRUPPERS WANTED LOOK r oR TEN good o o<>' Chapp*rs wi!i fi ,d I jprofHMMfl employment in chopping cord wood For the < ornpauy, just In tho rear of toe Factory Applv to G. W. WALK I NS, Apt man li I!!tf I ^«liadfe©nan 1 J. 9. &TA##TWS0N, A.C3-STSTT. -A.ugu.sta-, CTeOUgia. EUTHKUN S WATKINS, —S'JLE AGENTS— : Will he ph ased to furtimh th« plrintoM of ihie nd I adjoining oouutio*. with the following Popular Fer*. U-I-, ,V . f.mi.1, I... a. .............. . Ol lniff r»Ue Uiuijyj you may be sure : You’ll l»av.. p.'or i run* with tit VI ' VDRK Augus a Prices: * P«‘rnviaia Guano, CiihIi ........ ........ *!>(» Land Plas’er, C H*h,..... .$17 Ou Tim* 23 Soluble l*acilir fhiiint*. Clich ... $70 On Tiitu’ f'Toui'oi Haw rained Hour < ’n*h.. Ou Time en Ground Hone, Cash..... ...”7. On Tim* 75 €'Oiii|»*d Acid l*liosii»!iale l-iim (For CompoMiig with Cotton Se*d ) 60 Cash. ...I . On Time. 57.50 Tirn* Sules re paysble by Plaitter*’_»*r«f * on ff-iod terest Ci.llimt X SPAR Walking I’V GEORGI A Dec 10 4u» COthern & Watkins, DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy DRV GOODS AND GROCERIES, C L 0 T II I N G } BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, ETC. HARDWARE. CUTLERY. (MKBSaSV ^ ®ia33®A»a» S 4 Bttl.ES IRQ BRIDLES. 1YOODU a.isw. n .iv .% a ■ it F T >baee0 9 ScjjaA:c*a hosif-hy. LAMPS AND LAMP CHIMNEYS rnoflKTHEH with all other articles usually kept I in this market. (H»r stock GOODS, is constantly recruitnl by ihe arrival of FKH^H Jirect from the bcstm»rk<»t. We will sell as cheap for CASH as any house can I afford to. COTIIERN ft WATKiNS. Oct- 15, IW19. tf Sparta, Ga OAM AK ^rCO~r , T= N .T. Uatet ?<5 cents a Mail—hottging *>o outs I’ASSfiffflBfL th* Mac<ui :»•, l Augu-ia faxt will find thi* hour* lb* ulac* Gr a Good Bre tk load R. F. SEAY. Projiritiof. Sparta, Ga., April 14, 1870. Ifliscl ! anrr - Tlie Lent lEnlf'-ftollai’. When Charles Gleason was about ten y^-^rs old, a bright half-dollar was giv en him by his ° grandfather, to buv J any- J thing , . , he pleased , for New Year’s a pre f®»‘- The boy's mother had that morn ing ‘ taught him the verse, “ He that , hath pity the leudetll the ,, On poor to Lord, and that which he hath given will he pay Ivm again.’ The words were running in the boy’s mind on his way to ie 8tore , fo , P urc i hase a toy . which , . . , he had seen in the window of a shop on the previous day. Just before Charlie reached the slore, he met a. poor Woman who had some times done washing for his mother, and she seemed to he in great distress. ‘ What is the matter, Hannah ?’ said this kind-hearted child ‘ O, master Charlie, I’ve got to be turned into the street this cold morning, and my little Bill so sick, too.’ ‘ Turned into the street, you and Bill, what for ?’ * Because I can’t raise my weekly rent. I’ve just been to see my landlord, and In says its three days overdue, and lie'll not wait another hour. There go nuui novv to p u * m y st ° vean ^»Tew other things on the sidewalk. Oh, what *h»n i do r ‘ How much is your rent, Hannah ?’ asked the boy, with a choking voice. ‘ Its a half-n-dollar,’ said the woman. ‘ It will kill Bill to put him out in this C0 M—and I am sure I will die with hi in.’ ‘ No you wont; no you shant,’ said f^Nifer-heart»*d child ; and feeling in htsf ptWRl’t he brotight forth his treas half dollar and placed it quickly in hei*4iands. Seeing she hesitated to keep notwithstanding her great need, Charlie told her it was all his own, to spend as he pleased, and that he would swiltly from the shop windows, which were all ful of tempting New Year’s presents, he went bravely home to his m „( b „ r . S(lre |, er „pprob..ti«tl. 1 1 The ^ first person he met was his grand¬ father. He had observed Ohrrlie go down tlie street, and was waiting for his return, that kc might sec w’hat he had bought. So his first salutation was, ‘ Well, my child, what have you done with your money ?’. Now Charlie’s grandfather was not a religious man ; and the hoy knew that though he sometimes gave money to his relations, he seldom or never bestowed it upon the poor; so he rather disliked to tell him what he had done with his "'owey ; but while he hesitated, the verse which he had that morning learn ed came into IlIS milld atld helpd him to answer. Looking pleasantly into hio grandfather’s face, he said : ‘ I’ve lent it sir.’ ‘ Lent your half dollar? foolish boy ! You’ll never get it again, 1 know.’ * Oh, yes I shall, grandpa, for I’ve got a promise to pay.* * You mean a note, 1 suppose ; but it J isn’t worth a cent.’ * Oh, yes, grandpa, its perfectly good, I’m sure about it, for it is in the Bible.’ ‘ You mean you have put it there for safe keeping, eh ? Let me see it.’ i Charlie brought the book and show¬ ed him the verse— 4 He that hath pity on the pot r lendeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given will he pay him .gain,’ ‘ Y °r yut menoy to some poor 8Ca 1' ' > OU 11 never 869 lt Who has got it. pray ?’ *1 gave it to Hannah Green, sir.’— And Charlie told him the sad story • < >, fmlgo!' Hid th* gr.mllather, ‘yon cant pay poor folks rent, its all non sense. And now you have lost ymir New Year’s present, or will, if I donf make it up to you. Here,’ he added, as he threw* him another half-dollar, ‘ ing your money is gone where you will never see it again, I must give you some more, I suppose.’ ‘ Oh, * thank * vou,* said Charlie, hearti . ly. ‘I knew the . Lord would pay me again, grandpa, decause the Bidie says so ; but I didn’t expect to get it so quick.’ ‘The boy is too much for me,’ said the old gentleman, as he walked quickly away. ♦o* A Little **em or a Wraiian. Hurrying down the Bowery the other day. these words caught rny ear I looked up us the speaker passed me. and saw a tall, robust, honest-lookin'! young man, who had evidently address¬ ed his remark to his companion, who was apparently younger, somewhat, than himself, Having ascertained only this, the crowd took them and bore them away. Still the words, * a little gem of a wo¬ man,’ kept floating in my mind. From it sprang visions of a nice, warm, cosy home, with welcoming lights in the window, a delicious supp< r in w king, everything neat and tidy, and a rosy cheeked, bright-eyed little woman—‘a little gem of a woman,’ watching im¬ patiently for the absent husband—for surely he was a husband, for he stepped like a prince, and seemed in great anxi¬ ety to get abend. Yes, a young hus¬ band ; all day long he had been hard at work, dreaming of f his bright little wo¬ man who would welcome him in the shadows of even ng with her sweetest kiss. How he longed for home—how anxi¬ ously he counted the hours, v 01 king faithfully all the time How eagerly he hurried onward with the jostling crowd. No fear to him of a disorderly kitchen, a littered parlor, a sloven wife. This ‘ little gem of a woman’ always keeps his home inviting. I wonder what this waiting wife would think,'could she have heard that remark as I did. Wouldn’t her cheeks burn some, and wouldn’t her eyes shine .tenfold brighter? Don’t tell me it was nothing but mere non-sense. It would have been better than gold to that lov¬ ing woman’s heart. Is it nothing to a woman to be prized, loved, petted ! Ask the numberless women w’ho toil day af¬ ter day, with not the slightest assurance of love or care from their husbands, if their hearts would not’beatr happier, could tney listen to just such words. A ‘gem,’ precious! life would nave some value then ; and into the monoto¬ nous toil would steal a beautiful lay of euushine, lightening the load and glad¬ dening the heart. Who knows how much one loving word might do toward tidying up that slatternly home, and making almost pretty that discouraged, careless wife? Try it man. If she is a * gent of a wo¬ man,’ tell her so; if she isn*t help her to become such. It is an easy matter, if she loves you. A few tender words will be apt to accomplish it. ‘ -4 • ♦ • Labor and Luck. Among the wise sayings of Beecher are the following: The fact that you are obliged to labor is not a misfortune. The thing that you desire in alleviation would be the greatest cur e to you. I)o has shut you up. God has put your tasks upon you, and remember that your enjoyment is to consist in the ac tive use ol those torch. whichClqd has endowed you with, wherever His provt dence has put you. And if he has with held from you some of those enjoyments which he has granted to others, be as sured, it you are faithful, that in some way they will be made up to vou. Do not be aal.arned ‘ of hardness ' ’ <t„ ‘ n d to it ami fight out your battle. See to it that whatever you lose--whether it he money or place or what not—you do not lose your manhood, courage, honesty or simplicity, or truthfulness* Stick to tliein. They are half your life. I think if you were to go from man to man, in all the ordinary channels ol you would find very lew men, if you took them at that hour when they made ( th. ir secret complaints, who did not labor under the impression that though they should he resigned to their condi tiou, it was a condition of misfortune, that they were obliged to exert them ’ selves. I lie young man begffining in « life, says * to himself, * I am obliged to rise . ally and , sit up ate. and labor . • in eessantly : but I hope for a better time.’ Ah yes! that better time is the fool’s paradise of laziness. He is obliged to work now, but he looks forward to the time when he will not be under the necessity of working He points to the favored sons, as he calls them, of rich men, who w -re n it born to work, and who are useless in society, and. laments that, instead of having their good for¬ tune has been their ruin, and the neces sify of laboring has been your salvation. It lias been that which has made you what you have been, and what you are still. It has been a token of God’s mercy to you. And instead of bemoan¬ ing your condition, thank God for it. Hie Lltccrliil. Farmers wives and daughters can do much toward making the toilsome life of a farmer a pleasanter and happier one. When returning from the field, the barn, or the dreary winter’s ride from the city, cold, hungry, and perhaps discouraged (as who is not at times?), the cheerful greeting of a smiling, neatly dressed woman, and more than all, the blazing fire, and a well laden supper-table wait¬ ing only for father, will do much to ’lighten any burden, and to inspire him with renewed activity for business and life. No good housekeeper or duty-loving wife delays the preparation of meals of the day till after or just before the com¬ ing in of the men from the field. How tedious it must be for them to be obliged to wait for .the food which should have been previously prepared! How un¬ pleasant to them to move from this side t*> that, and from that to this, that you may get nearer to the stove o the oven, thus remihding them that they are in the way. when the fault is rt ally your own ! Then, if you have had trouble with your servants, or the children have been unusually cross, do not weary your hus¬ band with your Letting and complaints, atid unless you are sick enough to need his active attendance, or the advice of a physician, do not tell him of it; noth¬ ing weakens the strings of affection sooner than a constant fault-finding His position. Do not excuse yourecli from the duty <»i nkiug home pleasant, be¬ cause your husband is cross and morose. May not your dilatoriness in household matters have something to do with this. At any rate, try the better way ; make home pleasant and cheerful to your hus¬ band anti children, and at the same time you will find that life and home will have new charms, and new comforts unfelt before, for you. - tveniH ol Thought' As the shadow of*the sun is largest when his beams are lowest, so we are always least wfien wm make ourselves the greatest. * One man’s fault is another’s lesson. Keep your temper. The cold mer moulds and masters red-hot iron. ily Prosperity makes friends, and advers tries them Small faults indulged are little thieves thai *“ iu S l uul, ' r °“ e8 ' Never be ashamed to do a kind action to any ' one under any circumstances. be aulv in „ WOTlian is | ike « 0 we«*ln .pring, but virtue, -a like star, in heaven. The richer a man makes his food, the poorer he makes his appetite. II you would be nothing, just wait to something. I The memory of good actions is the slurli fc ,ht ul th « souL He that is good will become better, and he that is had, worse , tor virtue, vice, and time never stop , t is NOt the a) , ar . >est lte who succeed the best i.ts Many an instru £ cut is so keen that = it, worst of all. Good sense accommodates itself to Uie woild, and wisdom endeavors to “LTprlyer ol be’the key io the morning ’ an ,| Knit the cvening -IIvmy A nmn , 8 a ,,t to think that his per- 80 ual freedom involves tlie right to make his fellow nu n do just as lie pleases. One of the most important rules ol the science ol manners is an almost absolute 8 ^ ence * u ,e g*rd to yourself. Jin’ whole art of conversation is not ^ ^'t 1 ® place, but far more difhcu It still, to leave uliHaifJ .| lt . wrong things at the tempt ing most ent. Terms Three Dollars. Joke* When are gloves unsaleable? When they are kept on hand. A Home Missionary was asked the cause of his poverty. Principally, said he, with a twinkle of the eye, because I have preached so much without notes. No man in England thinks of black¬ ing his own boots, said an Englishman to Mr. Lincoln. Then, whose boots does he black, said Mr. Lincoln. Are those bells ringing for fire/* in q irecl Simon of Tiber ms. No, indeed, answered Tibe, they have got plenty of lire, the bells are ringing lor water. Cufty said he would rotln r die by a railroad smnsh-Uj. than by a steamboat burst up, for this reason: If you gets oft and is smashed-up, dar you is; but if you gets blowed up on de boat, whar is yon ? A lady was recently robbed by a fel¬ low who secreted himself in her cham¬ fer until she had retired. The box con¬ taining her jewelry and that containing her rouge were just alike, ami the thief took the wrong box. She looked P M on discovering her loss, but fie.r came again the next thy. A pious young lady of New York was one Sunday endeavoring to impress up¬ on her scholars the terrible effectsof the punishment of Nebuchadnezzar. She said that for seven yeais he ate grass just like a cow. Just then a small boy asked : Did he give milk ? We are not informed as to the teacher’s reply. Everything has its use, said o philo¬ sophical protessor to his class. t oh Of what use is a drunkard’s fiery re.d nose? asked one of the pupils. It is a lighthouse, answered the pro¬ fessor, to warn us ot the little water th t passes underneath it, and toremiod us of the shoals of appetite on which we might otherwise be wrecked. When Solyman, the Magnificent, Belgrade, marched to the conquest of in 1521, a woman of the common sort ap¬ proached him. and complained bitterly, that while she was sleeping, soldiers had carried off her cattle. ‘ You must have been buried in very deep sleep, said she emperor, not to hear the noise the robbers made. ‘Such, sir, was indeed the case, re¬ plied the woman, for I slept in full con¬ fidence that your highness was watching over the public whs sa/et^* delighted with this As Solyinfiu almost needless add, answer, it is to that he ordered full amends to be made tor her loss. ! * It is stated that an Irishman called upon a disciple of Esculapius, and in¬ formed him that his wife was sick and required medical aid. The M. D. was willing to give his attention to the case, b t desired the man to pay when his services were no longer needed. ‘An it's kill or cure for twenty dollars l said Pat. ‘Yes.’ Pat was satisfied, andJeft the M. D. to perform the contract. The woman died, and in due time he present ed his bill. Pat looked at it for a mo ment and then asked : 4 An did ye cure her? * No, answered the physioian. ‘An did yez kill her? This was a poser, and the physician discovered that Pat had caught him.— The bill ut lust accounts, had not been . . P ai, ‘ ■ • a i « u ■ ■ v One evening at the theatre, John Phoenix observed a man sitting three ' ( seats in front of him, whom he thought '•« k ." w ’ h ? ^quested the person next u and on the disturbed person turning his head, John discovered his mistake— l hal 'p."" 8 ",°. t l1 '” l ,cr ? on he J®®* !> im ‘i^igerene.rfth.il^ r , he le „ the „, an wilh the cane to - nettle the disturbance, and he being wholly without an excuse, there was of course a ludicrous and embarrassing scene, during all to which Phoenix was j.rotoumlly last the man interested asked, lueignantly, in the play ’Didu’t At y .tic*? 011 ‘Yes.’ M,ti t0 poAe ‘And that man then, with my did whut, you want ? • I wanted to sec whether you wou,d h,fn or ,10t? Home —Disobedience lost us an Eden of Howers ; but God has replaced it by an Eden of love. We sometimes wan ; der from its sfades; but wdien weary : »">« «" l >y the conflicting cares of this world, we creep back again with tbaok fnl hearts to that one .pot, forever green in the great desert of life. ft is said that ti e President informed several Southern men that as soon ns the Texas bill was passed he would send a special message to Congress favoring universal amnesty os a fitting close of reconstruction ------- — \Yhv are blushes lik“ little girls Because they become women