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1 / ' * -a f%' . Volume 3.. Number 6- Ali '5 i*l ♦ Lfjt 18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY O -AY Office on Montour at. opponite Cothern & Watkins. WILLIAM H. ROYAL, EDITOR 4 PROPRIETOR. fc. S. DuBO'E, Aaaociat© Editor. * ■---- ----- Si M RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One coj.y 13 moi^hi* £.') 00—8 month* 82 00 One copy 6 montne, 1 50—4 months, 1 00 tOrTEKhS CASH.JTj RATES OF ADVERTISING. TfitaUnl AdveTttiem^uta wilt be Merged «t the rale t,f one dollar jier »<|yar e jo r the first and seventy foe mouth ceate or lew for *hOl«Afualit.iiuertion^for omi 1 iKjuara -1 in-mth* ffB-G mouth* % |W .* </ : I I 5 »* 25_8 : 4 T* “ 35-6 : 55 * “ 3 45 -^-li - 7.. “ » 5«- M i,oo f 6 Alt MdvartiBrmoeiH from « dW»«c^, must be (paid for quarteriy in* advance— or with H«ti*fa<:t<>ry rrfi'r en«M lief he p.,td air the end of ea-di quartor, b) the ■ddojpft 'IVuJiiw ol,5 pr>i eeni for Midula:.'nce «»f thi» iype fill one *q«nre. — ScrTORNEre »,TK!lSOSE. law$ at ■W C3-A.. Will practice in all tlm Couulicft of iho - NoiftpiTUN’ yum’ it. .7T FKANX t MTTLE, * w ».*♦*• +KPARTA, &A. I rtdnm* in f^tw fortlk^r of <>«n House. w mm . w*i.i p ii ■ * mm i n ...... .. .......... —* Carriage, Buggio and Waggon BBPOSITOBT. •Tames a SCIJDDaY l.tt* r«-opt*nttl hi* CAN HI AGE SltOt*, at hi., old amid where »e m prepar ed to *#rf *> M old friend* ««d MtMNM kjmirwi nod eithw t*» M f«»Wii witl. lt»u«rally. In aoery hrauch of ln>. Now Wntk, rrpiW'af i r K« *(<vkIii g of C»rrittj{i'h, llujjHim, Wttgaiw. &c., altli« inwt reunoimble price* 1 II* haiiu Ida m ,pl«y l tho Well known freedmoii orn ' ll** alfa* Tor fohpiioii. «ort will witrmni all work t« •laud the teat. Tom in a thorough Derno crat - • — __ He will uUo do utl mauio-r of (Unckkm ; thiug «ud icit« a aharouf in public p ttronan*. Sparta yiwd-* npf bn 23—ly I « Y n ' Q~r: ■■ r ■ , . P,UfcUWh 3 GBX >, • • lfANK tt OomniWSWjl,,-’JfETMiants, »T» broad street, (A r«w doors below tlie Vlanter*’ flotel.'l ~ AUO-UWTA, ga-- 1/ MKP ooiwtoutly I'O lHU»d a largo ai’d woli soUctod 1Y rtock of Grocridk of **very Brondio*. dwicripiioii, VViuo*. itteludinf ft ■ 4i>. axMOrUiienl of Whiskies, a The interest of lh« firm wifi bo represented by litriBe Henry tl. fitapUriGb of W«rreu oouuty. May 2 wp H. H. 19HJiR0lJGI&0N SASNKTT & MO., ST, Qj^'V'AIN'lSrA.'EL, OA. wm keep ooostaaiiy «•» lfo»d « «ei«ci euiek of BOOTS and SHOES m itiiubiu m urn »«*- 11**1 jy fiolwr*iin(I. '*#(*1*9 promptly for Cash. We will fill all orders H H* SASNETT 8t BRO. Jufy *fi ly JONES & BAXTER. No, 100 Cherry Street , Macon, Ga* D8R1V, OiTN A ill) HAV. 2000 hunkeUr Pound Dry t -ORN, 9,fiOO bushels Tennessee Oale. 100 bales beel Timothy Hay, For sale hy •fUNKS A BAXTER. NIOLASMEM And SITU IP, |)RIMK I CUBA MOLAS8KS in hogsheads and barrels. 2(H) kegs “Eatra choice Reboiled” N O. HYRITP. 15 ca««M SILVER DRIPS, in five gallon cans. cheap by In store and for sale very JONES * BAXTER. Lime, riHftter and Clement, A LW AYS ou hand und for sale *t the lowest mica, hy JONES A BAXTER TKflAlv*.*Ki; IIAUOIW, 10,000 LBV Nice Country Cured HAMS. 3,QUO pounds Tennessee Sugar Cured limns. 50.004) pounds Tennessee Sides *nd Shoel ders. lu (lore sud for sale by JONES g BAXTER. Ulirslianl Wrovr Whisky. THE uriginnl and only grmiin«*nnd pure **CI»s#i ( nut flrovt,” Wlll-KY m Usorgu, can bo found ml JONXtf 4 BAXTER S Solo A gum» lor Ucorftn- C P. WcrefertoA J Lnno, R Ik Baxter, ltotr. Reman; Dr K. W ARifonfi April 28 D« ^WERKLY^ / H 'era V( (YEAR. <-'>«• g. THIRD ; v \ V 1 • Histl'anj. A ( UP OP (OLD WATliH. _ 7 BY GRACE GREENWOOD. Sliof{|^ &fter the close of the war, I traveled bn {he railway for some hours of a bright June day, seated beside a young soldier, a cavalryman from Wis¬ consin, who was on his way home, with an honorable discharge, after a service of four years. My fellow traveler pr ov ed to he quite intelligent and sociably inclined ; and beguiled the way by re luting many incidents of the battle-field. an d of camp and hospital life, One of the simplest of bis stories, told with an appewranoe of the utmost good faith, I have never forgutton—remembering dis tinctly every detail, while some of his more marvellous and tragical narrations have quite faded from my mind Our regiment,’ he said, * was under flanks, in the spring of I. 8 G 2 , when he made such good time in getting down the Sin umidoah Valley. It was a aw AfTTrfiTFihg, Confuse:!, exhausting, hur¬ ry skurry change of base, but it’s curi OUS thnt I chiefly remember it by a lit¬ tle .Incident, which perhaps you will think was hardly worth laying up, and is hardly worth telling of.’ I signified my desire to hear his little story, and ho went on : ‘ I was one morning dispatched in hot haste to the extreme rear, with a very important order. As ill luck would have it I had to ride a strange horse, as my own had fallen lame. The one pro¬ vided for me proved just the most ill natured, vicious brute I ever mounted. I had hard work to mount him at all, for his furious rearing and plunging, and when at last 1 reached the saddle, he was so enraged there was no getting hin» on for at least five minutes. With his ugly fiend down and his ears back, be would whirl round und round, piv¬ oting <Mi his lore feet, and lashing out N^bjd-l Jiind legs, till 1 4 fftjRpjr ihey Joust have looked like**llm spotteddfJT hig wheel. When he found thutl was fiirtster of the situation, that, Jpy hand w*« firm, and my spurs were shaVp, lie gave in—till the next ti re ; hut I knew that he was continually watching fora chance fo fling me over his head, and trample the mastership out of me. I rode hard that day, both, because of tu, K that devil 4n ? of J" n ?• horse through: •»** but there were many obstructions in the road—marching columns, artillery, ar my w»gom «u<t.«bov«all, ho«t»of con » t(mt it I | md w „ y so W|1H be(ore made half of my distance. It was a hot, sultry and dusty day. I had exhausted my cauteen, and was panting, almost lolling like a dog. Just as my thirst was becoming quite unbearable, I came upon a group of soldiers lounging by a wayside spring, drinking, and filling [their canteens. At first, I thought I would dismount, as my horse seemed pretty well subdued and blowed ; but no sooner did he guess my intention, than he began agaiu his diabolical frusk h g and plunging, at which the strag¬ glers about the spring set up a provok ing laugh, which brought my already hot blood up to the boiling point.- Still, I didn’t burst out at once. I swung ofT my canteen and said to one of the men. the only fellow that hadn’t laughed my bout with the horse : ‘ Here, com¬ rade, just you fill this for nie.’ He was a tall, dark, surly-looking chap* Gut for all that, I didn’t look f»f such an answer to be growled out: * u ‘ Fill your own canteen, and be to you.’ I 1 fell you was mad ; the other lei lows laughed again, and then I was madder, and I just says to him, * You mean devil! I hope to God I shall yet hear you begging fbr a drink of water. If ever 1 do,. I’ll see you die. uud co Sparta, (Ja., June 2, 1870. where you belong, before I’ll give it to ^ ou *’ / • Then I galloped on, though some of themeu called to me to comeback, saying they’d fill my canteen. I didn’t stop till I reached a house, a t*ile or two further on, where a little black boy wu tered both me and my horse and also filled n*y canteen, with a smile that the handful of new pennies I gave him couldn’t begin to pay for. When I compared the conduct of this poor lit tie chap of ebony, who said lie ‘ n- ver had no father not'irfother, nor no name but Pete,’ with the treatment I had re¬ ceived from a white fellow-soldier, I found that that drink of cool wuiter had not cooled down iny anger much, And tor months and mouths after, whenever I thought of the affair, the old mad feel¬ ing would come boiling up. The fel¬ low’s face always came out as clear be¬ fore me, as my own brother’s, only it seemed to be twpre sharply cut into my memory. Tilon’t know why I resent¬ ed this offence so bitterly. I have let bigger things of the sort pass and soon forgotten them ; but this stuck -by me. I am not a revengeful fyllow naturally, but I never gave up the hope of seeing that man again, and somehow paying him back for his brutal insolence. There wasn’t a camp or review I was in for the next two years but I looked fbr him right and left. I never Went otfef a field altera battle, but that I searched for him a i.ong the dying—God fbrgive me ! At lust my opportunity catire. I had beeu wounded, and was in one of the Washington Hospitals—almost well,'yet still not quite fit for duty in the saddle, f hate, above aJI things, to be idle, so 1 begged for light employ¬ ment as u hospital nurse, and they gave it to me. I never felt for our poor, brave fel¬ lows ns I did there. I had been Very fortunate, and until that sum’iner had never been in tlie hospital. Now I saw such surtering, and such heroism as i had never seen on the battle-field. Com¬ panionship helped to keep up the spir¬ its of those we could not save, to the last. Then it seemed hard that each brave boy must ftjake his march down the dark valley alone. But they all went off gallantly. I would vutLwehttVe galloped forward on a forlorn charge, any day, than have followed anyone of the n over to the ‘Soldier’s Rest,’ though it is a pretty place to camp down in.— In fact, iny heart grew so soft here, so Christianized, as it were, that I forgot to look for my old enemy; for so, you see, I still regarded the surly straggler who refused me water at the roadside spring. After the battle of the Wilderness, a great multitude of the wounded were poureo in upon us: all our wards were filled to overflowing. It was hot, close weather ; most of the patients were fe¬ vered by their wounds and exposure to the sun, and up and down the long, ghastly lines ol white beds, the great cry was f-.r water. I took a large pitch¬ er ot ice-wather and a tumbler, and siar ted on the round of my ward, as eager to give as the poor fellows were to re¬ ceive. The tee rattled and rang in the pitcher, in a most inviting way, and many heavy eyes opened at the sound, am * ,,ian -* A * 10t * ,am * was stretched out, wh, ' n ul1 Mt ° ,,ce ’ on ont * oi lhe two far thi ' st bods ol the ward, I saw a man ■ W P’ w * t; b bis lace A iming with fe¬ ver, and his eyes gleaming, as he almost scr8a,net ^ out * ‘ ^ ater! give me water, for God’s sake P I • 1 ben, madam, I could see no other Mice in all the ward, for it Was heP I made a few steps toward him, and 8ilw *‘ e knew me as well as I knew him, for he Fell back on bis pillow, and just turned his face toward the wall. Then the devil tightened his grip on me, tili i denied he had me fast and sure, and he seemed to whisper into my ear. ‘ Hat ! the ice in the pitcher, and aggravate him Go up and down, giving water to the others ; and not a drop to him.’ ( Then something else whispered, a lit- tie meaner, though not in such a sharp, f bissing way—conscience. I i suppose it was ; good Methodists might call it the Holy Spirit; other religious people might say it was the spirit of my mo ther ; and perhaps we would all’ mean about tl^same thing—anyhow, it seem ed to say, ‘ Now, my hoy. is your chance to return good for evil. Go to him, give himjto drink first of all.’ And that something walked me right up to his bed side, made me slide my hand under his shoulder and raise him up, and put the tumbler to his lips. How he drank I nevorcan forget—in deep, long draughts, almost a tumbler full ataswallow, look¬ ing at me so wistfully all the time.— When lie was satisfied, he fell back, and again turned his face to the wall, witli out a Word. But somehow I knew that fellow’s heart was touched, as no chap¬ lain’s sermon or tract had ever touched it. I asked the surgeon to let me li.tvc the sole c&re of the patient, and he COtl smited, though he said the man had a bad gun-shot wound in the knee, and would htifce to submit to an amputation, if he could stand it, and if not, would probably make me a great d'*al of trou¬ ble while he lasted. Well, I^took charge of him—I hind to do it, somehow—but he kept up the same silence with me for several days; then, one morning, ii/stas I was leaving ........«#3 - (. s » hoarse whnper,-. You ran,ember that canteen business in the Shenandoah Valley f* ‘Yes, but it don’t matter trow, old fellow,* I answered. ■ But .t doe. matte,,’ l„ .aid. -1 don’t Know what made nfc so surly that day, only that an upstart young licifteuaut fro.,, our town had just b„eu swearing ot me for slrrggltng; and I wasu't.to blao.e, for I am aick. I eauro down with Ik.* lever next day. As f >r whut I said to you, I was ashamed of it be fore you gut out of sight; *antf the truth, rve been ' .coking lor > these two yeaVjust to tell y° u su - *** when I met vcm o^ J^erTt was cf>’ in f: , 1 ^/lyinffor water, it seemed so Iik*i the carrying out of your course, I was almost afraid of you.’ I tel! you what, madam, it gave me strange feelings to think of him looking for me to make rip, and I looking for him, to be revenged, all this time ; and it was such a little sin, after all, I’m not ashamed to confess that the tears came into my eyes, as 1 said—‘ Now, Eastman (that was his name; he was a Maine man) don’t fret about that little matter any more; it’s all right; ami you’ve been a better fellow than 1 , ali* along ’ But he had taken it to heart, and was too weak to throw it off It W )8 SO 4 mean,’ he said, ‘so unsoldier-like and bearish,’ and I was ‘ so good to forgive it, K he insisted. I stood by hirn while his leg was am¬ putated ; and when, alter a time, the surgeon said even that could not save him, that he was sinking, I found the man was like a brother to me. lie took the j^urd news that lie must die, just as tlie war was almost cmled, like the brave h-Mow he was. ,fe dictated a las, let ter to Ins sister, tiie only relative he had, gave me some directions about sending some keep-sakes to her, and then asked for the chaplain. This was a good, sensible, elderly 7. man ’ and lie r Ik i h ° . ^ 1C 1 • ‘8 lt &t y . e ^ r fbink, . . ’ and made us all leel quite comfortable in the belief that in the Father’s House there must bea mansion for the poor sol dier, who had so often camped out In aiiiMT snow Iind and ntin nun * a a.a ,,1 1 hut , i fur u hi... * who . had g.veii h» all tor hu cuu.itr}-, tome great good muot be in otore. At last tl,.- Iso', pour fellow 5 „iJ to the- 2 ehnphiin, * there ..nnerhin, fe little Bible about giving a cup ol cold water?’ Ah. madam. I can’t tell you how that hurt uiv. Mth, Ea.tm/n " sain 1 , don t, don t I Bui he only smi- ;us& a ;r 4 >✓ ^-T N \ to bvvotlc^ *•**«.✓ * •toe n*#*w|»si j led as the chaplain repeated the verse.. j Then ‘.You he didn’t turned to me and said, think what you were do ing for yourself when you gave me that glass of ice water the other day. did you, old fellow ? Can I pass for one the tilth ones, though, with my six feet two?’ Then lie w'ent on talking about being little, and the Kingdom of Heaven, till we almost feared his mind was wander¬ ing ; but perhaps it was only finding n 8 way home. ‘ I do feel strangely childish to-night,’ he said. ‘ I feel like saying the prayt *r verse my mother taught me when she used to put me to lied, twenty five years ago. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll say it, all to myself, before I go to sleep.’ iSo lie bade us good night, turned over on his pillow, and softly shut his eyes. II is lips moved a little while, and then, indeed, Me went fo^sh'ep.’ “< v >rt!' That;”—Q uit what? Quit telling your innocent, confiding, trem¬ bling ehildfim ?* Mont'ghosts and hobgob¬ lins. H j Ot ,Yoji aie throwing a sorrow upon young hearts that will cling there thro’ life. How man y rnotlie rs ’ here are who qumf bu^-u-boos theif vvilfcdineand cInKlreri by siQ’frig take°yUu : « off I'fje !’ ‘ Come, old nigger, come and—w^ell; will you husiq then, tliis.nnmule !* The poor child heiieyqs all its own 'bother,says* and "Tliat why shouldn’t it? It ought ; to tie Hi* Ve. 1 ts filia i ‘ d uty is The but, sobbing;'Iftltr^ringhesift composed. is quieted, 1 not cTItose tearful eyes ,wd rible and upou j; bj- .!,«.»ol aim,at i» tow repulsive» How common a. habit is this, to teach i? h l i , , ? re ^° un f e f 1 dangers at nigh Uw)BJtc and d refresh d/op. of d/w to er S the leaves, and the nicht that brings Sr.TI, rest to the weary, this dear «* WmO' h to he made terrible to Y' Sf'e^WtT 1 ! 1 '*'""- What ^^it wickedness! Why. lllt torments wattes oi the night.. ^ } ll 1 ' r jQ'^ e^ present .Savior au-l ;< honor his blessed name. ftow heavenly tin- teachings of that famifiar Jiymu. when lircai licd from a true mother s soulpver a sleeping child : “lluttii, my b.«be, fie still and»lumbe-, Uofy ung«la tjuartl thy, bed. ’ __—- -----. The Effect ok Charcoal on Ei.ow Kits.—A correspondent of the Her,tic Hortkuh, says that not long gap he made » bargain for a rosebush of mag¬ nificent growth, and full of buds. He waited tor them to blow, and expected roses w orthy ol such a noble plant, and of the praises bestowed upon it by the vender, but when ft HToomed. all Ids hopes were blasted. The flow or* were of a faded hue, nud'ho'diseovelcd that he had only s middfing ‘multiflora, stale colored enough. He therefore resolved to sacrifice it to some experiments he had in view. His attention had been directed to charcoal as stated in sonic English publications. He o/ered earth in the pot in which the rosebush was, about half nit-inch deep with pul¬ verized charcoal. Some days after he was astonished to' see the roses which bloomed of as fine a rose color.as he could wish. He determined to repeat the experiment; therefore, when Hie '“^bnsh had done flowering, he took ' l>e cl>Bru ?“ 1 ' l M,t <Vosk "bout perhoent. When it, bloomed the roses were as at first, pale and discolored; but by applying the charcoal as before, they 80011 “ SBU,ne ** l b**ir rosy-red color. He l, ‘ en ^ tl ‘ e Pattered charcoal upon petunias, and found that both the white and violet colored flowers were equally sensitive to its action. It always n reat flower vigor to the red or violet colors of tl,e »» a »d the white petunia^ be ? me v f il,ed with ™ (l <* violet tints: tl violets . becttttie '* cOvefed ah,,," with irreir u | a r apuU, „» a blniah. or hl.d. tint. Many persons w mu admired Ilieiu tboupht tlrey were choice new f™» »•*«■ ««»• Velldw flowers seem As the magnet needle points always ,UWar,, ,lie «« does pure love ” ern “’ r ' . its possessor toward Love. name is Peiw-Tiire e Dollars T„, Iw York E va ngelist printsu letter from a woman mountains, iri New England, who Mv.es mnrortgthW in a little cottage, with no living companion, save a oat. She is not a hater of mankind or womankind, but a lady of education, attract 'd to this lonely life by intense love of flat lire, and a desire for independence. She hits an acre ‘*f land, which she cultivates with her own hands, planting peas anti potatoes, as well as flowers, making lutr living out of mother earth, whereby sfie secures to herself health comfort and indcpe'iulence. the dwellers in She cities, writes persuasively follow hf*r to to example 1 . She says that during the past year, she has proved to her satisfaction that every well woman may make a good and comfortable living by tilling the earth. One acre well eared fbr, will (excepHd ftafce of rare calamity)' feed pro¬ duce inoHe than enough to a fami¬ ly fon# year; hut an additional qitui* Lay n il! be needed to nd.se things to ex .................... ’**• VflWf Pwo poor women,’ InsftfeittPflF workrpgmgA for any human employer; l would Ivire four or live acres yhlamd, certa Of MflwRHl inly*be much •LUCTvO.- more .i'w lndependetbL .4ui ftnlT prosperous and . happy. Asl A r m outope k^SnHWW^«M'>d 1 -y Mf, kTI TOl hope t# i*h,4s t. reraise my own ^egeta bles iimlctffaiiilieftieM, and L mu»t con teHSdnJmw' 1 fciFT lug *0 conjs^.qjg ,md 1 ananome feipiwtiifaV comfort. w ,,)trywwrk <% -Min mmmmq JMWpUl . (Uni Uappinea* .. . omf ^ j" ^ ¥toi r hy l^i8Krttt«fream *". jmlmtvtl mtd . a cJ,<ira ^ W* »"** '^mmer and forge 3 °0 tkulle is' The ^ift ni m umiC of the heart A k ^Tf' •**•*«• '» ■ seldom .. TT! dpokaw ‘, “* vrun. Ir. m auu.l which even when J -/W' l.f * *'"'"** uevi^HtyTtf Learn to nay no. » >( arudy-iMlw ISMI^^JSSR much About it. H-V*^** % ^ mmem s aulL ‘ s w, *‘ ltw “ on U ‘^ . ‘’•-“ , , -^i.nmcd hats would 'MePslflfMtqWito 8 1 * for trirt^.- jrt !llP tltom do tliat Honor to yOii^ He wholms good health isru rich.ilffowip and docs not know it. ttaffota|*ni A noble hear!, like I he sfrn,-shows iU srciilest cpmntnAiiicc mdaif.,! m its lowest mioblMB trfNR 1 V*** -y •> a Life is but a trust; let uv* be car# 111 ^ i^ff,~|jpttflteffmmt may^ b«^ K'-ep ahead, rather than' bfdiind ti.;,e,' for it. is easier to *keep ahead tliati t» # An&webs to Prayer.—-H owever eKP* Ijy tliA.ne liVbrnbii; you seek tlie gaffrftf iicee.ssy yt>u find it already open : and H howevOf deep the midnight mometi# when you ascend a special. Pi»g f h Of , Moriali^ It needs not that you u should ** enter 1 some awful shrine, or put of?your * llo( ^ Some holy groom cobid*jr» iri(* 1 1 retito be re<jrefl Ir an every .spot 5 frotfi 1 which an aeiirtp'ahle prayer has passed h .i\vuv,,au.l on which a prompt ansvr^fej*! Mas come down, we should find JelutmA^ ^tuimmuh, “ the Lord hath been here/ inscribed oil many a cottage hearth ttnrr many a dungeon floor. We should find* '* n,,t " n Y in J-n»al«m’. proud tern Genesereth, and in the upper chambe# w nerc be Pentecost flel began. And whether it the I where Isaac went to mod itat4! ’ or lh ’* ro(;k y knoll where Jttc dow, ‘ t4 ’ » l *‘*‘l*’ •» the brook Whom A Isracl or the den where Dahiel' ‘-? a z e -d on tlie hungry lions, and the libuk & az od on him, or the I.ill-sides where ^ je Mali of sorrows prayed all night, wc* sboilldWrll discern the prints of the ^ ^ down from Heaven—the « place ol prayur—lIamiltmT^I mercies, becauHU^MM| ^.ui of ----------- ^ . character which tbeloYe* „ _ com )ines 'V V 2** f «$! perfection T 5 Let your repeiitat *.*c be a lively will, a him resolution. Complaints and m mining over past efrursavail nothing-