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Newspaper Page TextJ{V JOHN H. CHRISTY. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. Annum, in advance. VOLUME XXI. ATHENS, GEORGIA,—WEDNESDAY, SEPTR 23, 1874. NUMBER 25. THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN rniusnsD every Wednesday. rut Itrr of Hrwisf <iml Wall Sfrrrts, (uji-stuir*.) Otf ,r __ TERMS. TcVO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, invariably in advance. A 1 > V KKTISING. MiortDuiuunt' will boiaserloil at ONE DOLLAR .'il'TS CENTS per square for the fintinier- . | SEVENTY-RIVE CENTS per square Tot for any tiino under ono month. For iij deduction will be made. $rujina! CpttttMto. Radical military authority; the election of members was held and manipulated under Radical bayonets, and the returns counted by Radical supervisors. The Convention assom- .. _____ . . | bled in Atlanta, under the direct control of the Mr. Editor: With your permission, and * n.» „*• „i . .. „ ,, i . , - i, n . .. 1 military. A list of abominations were con* after onr bow to Convention,” “ Old Man 1 . , , . , . . _ , . . . ’ “ cocted and passed by that Convention, and, will make a few single shots, as there are some . „ .. . L.. ... REFORM, STATE CONVENTION, & e . For the Soath.rn W.tchman. for a sham, referred to the people for ratified tion. Many of ns remember the farce that was known their wishes', and the work desired to I !? actod ’ in ff?; c f Ued , an elcctioa r hr, Hons then ron„!rw ^oir omnWoo. or rh n u« wh °managed^it* Radicals and negroes. Who pins left. It is first the duty of the employers to make be done, then require their employees, or thoso scoking to be such", -06 say in plain terms were allowed to vote without being insnlted t ,,, I . •» liiorailicuuciioil Will IIC Uinuv. avwniwi, *•« “W ouvu. • »v piuiu KWl uiw I ,, . . —. . . ii>or.i\To Diction on v.ariy adr«rti..m. D u. Aether or not they will perform tho required R f dica ' 8 and n ®f, r °® 3 ‘ Tho vot es were ccmnt- ~ T * ING • i5#n work. Such in my opinion, istho relative tho deolar ? d rat,fi , ed ; ,l sZ potions between the people and those who rat,dod bjr a freo voto ef tho p°°p le T No * na - lkd al advertising m, per levy of 10 lincf. -i£:ij»e sales, 60 Jay Sf Uy Administrator*, Executor*, or stration or Guardianship...., Ivor! fl.50 I 4.00 These are reasons enongh for changing, and positions between tbe people are entrusted with office, whether national State or county oflico.. *- Weasel but little real f, . . „ , ... _ li.i.iora and Crositor* J.oo I or direct interest in national, as compared with ’ yep ina >n,a o sc oo , imon-puro - por .duara, each in..„ion . state government. Appropriations for Inter- “°® rat# aro in fav< * of a ^ nvoat ^ aad f Administrator 5- 0 « ual improvement, and civil rights, are about , ..... . , ' . . —»— * • ” i from that class; and tbe only way to know them is to require each one to Bhow l^s hand, and if not of tbe right stamp, transfer him to .„ ,, , , i the ranks of the Radicals and whito-wasbod get it, well, if not, it is doubtful if woevor feel _ . . . . _ _ fw. .... Democrats, where he belongs. v*u Utv.kl Fatal- i f»r Ji*U4i**U»n ,he .1.1.l‘ho most important bills in which we are in* tuarr, o,.unt the words—one hnwired hoinR terested. The former is like tbe boy's break- line,,. ah fractions are counted a. full fot-depends upon how the drop falls; if we g|With this showing,'and inasmuch as tbe *20,000 remained in Atlanta, the farmers have disposed of their R.R. stock, and those palatial residences and large manufacturing bouses in Augusta having been completed, wo would favor the re-enactment of the usury law, and give tbe poor a chanco to bnild a hat to shelter them from the winter's blast. Tbore are other reasons why it shonld be done. Think for a moment thoso States estab lishing the lowest rate of interest and the most stringent osury laws, are tjie wealthiest and money more plentiful, while thoso which allow high rates of interest are the poorest and monoy scarcest. Why is it so f High rates of interest encourage extravagance, low rates en force economy, high interest and oxtravaganco will bankrupt a nation, low rates-with economy will enrich a people. Old Man. PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS. uvuu o mu. l A - **• *nwi!i. 1 wiro, hi:win & conn, . j attorney iiowki.i, conn,jn. AT LAW, A TIJEXS, UEOllGlA. o.li o in iht? Deupico DuiKlin^. Dcc21 \ A. EliOK, , V . !!I>DT, i-'IIOE AND HARNESS MAKER, W.VTK1SSVIILK, O*. 11 \NKMTTUY.~;Samuel P. Thurmond, j*) Attoracy-at-Law« Athens, lia ' the difference either way. As for the latter, any white man in the Sontb, who has any re spcct for his race, will oppose it in every way possible. After that is dono, all Is done that,, . m . . f . . . . . ... T , large a salary. There was some excuse for he can do; and what does it amount tot If “ . Another pin that needs a jostle. Wo havo I too many officers, drawing salaries from the State treasury, and most of them draw too tbe speeches of A. H. Stephens, Thos. M. Nor wood, and other Southern members, are not sufficient to kill it, nothing that wo can say higher salaries, while currency was ranging at from 25 to 40 per cent, discount, and the ex penses of liviDg increased in proportion, but sinco gold, cotton and provisions have settled > K. CAMP, l ), Attorney at Law, CAKNESVILLE, OA. U'il! , |minf-t attention to all l.in-incfs entruotcd 1 ill will attend tbe Courts of Haborahain, Klin and Hall. a»pl7—ly. l^Ntir.ANI) <t 0RR, IJ Waoltxale and R Dupree Haii.Broad st, Athens, tin. bo ' bof ° ro tbo P 60 ^ 0 - is witb tham w0 officer.) with expenses $5,000, and. as ? n >w prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per IINIVO to dCAl, and tno 111110 has COUIO when it I v( » n *j ftn is tho duty, and should be required of every Ketail Dealer.*, VMMISSION MERCHANTS, Dupree Hall.Email St, Athenn, Gn. ;xsh when dortrod. L^XtililSIl & CLASSICAL SCHOOL, i J K.»r Uo\«, cor. Wray hthI Lumpkin *ts., Ath- I. ;>pS-::m " LEE M. LYLE, Prin. LTAIoRY SPKKU, iJ LAWYER, ATHENS, OA. <•»-. u»»r General of Western Circuit, will attenJ Lo r * ir:-' "f Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Bankf a-’K-'iJi, Habrfsham, Franklin, Rabun ami White, collecting ami other claims in .March 19, 1873. For the Southern Watchman. Rocs it Pay to Invest Money in Land 2 When the war closed we owned 300 acres of land, that could not have been sold for more than $800. We wero nnable to work, indeed, wo coaid hardly live for several years. We bad not a dollar in money, with an invalid wife and three little children; consequently we have had to biro nearly every thing done, both in the house and on the farm. The chil dren have been kept in school nearly all the time, and my expenses have been paid out of the farm—the proceeds of a few bags of cotton, my principal crops being grain, of which I al ways have enough to mako my own meat, nearly always fattening my hogs on old corn ; have my hogs nearly fat on old corn now, and a plenty of old bacon in my smoke-houso— killed $150 worth of stall fed beeves last year —mako all my own wool and havo a plenty of mutton, milk, buttor, poultry, eggs, &c. A beautiful young orchard of tho best varieties of apples, covering nearly throo acres, aro now just beginning to bear, and I havo boon offered S2.700 for tiio farm. Three years ago I bought another farm, upon which there was not a fruit tree, but upon which I now have a beautiful young orchard of about three acres ot tho boat ono who asks or expects the support of tbo I ^ ' ~ ^vo w«ln^Ttto list by ^ ri ®» i ^ , rplM.pea c hes. pears,oherries, &c, people, to corao out and mako a clear, square L ddi cr comparlnK tho docisions of tho I gave $925 for this place and havo refused *1,- confessionof tho political “faith that is in m™ wiU • and, in my opinion, wo have begged and 80mcthi „„ an(e Mhlm fi plead for justice long enough. If nothing will State e sos 0Bght t0 dec)ine 80rae , instead Hr t„„„,..r«r.A r.„.rr of Harrison, ^.sfy Northern tathta but a war Ot races, L f increafiing< W e could very well dispense qH-i'i;,i R- teniloDis case* in Bankruptcy. Ai- auh it tnust. come, Iwhich will cartainly bo tho wjtU govoral officer8 and tbe couutr y never -oiiopiii.n-r ontnistod to | case if any attempt is made to enforce that I j. ee j t ^ “ measure) then let it como-the sooner the bot- Sucb ^'as Tr0U p, Lumpkin. Cobb, and ter. Let tho issue bo made and decided, as to] othof8 woro content tQ ]Wq MinodRCTll]fl) wbether this is a white man’s or a nogro Go vernment. Wo ieavo that subject and come nearer homo, wlioro wo aro more directly interested. Can- and guide tbe helm of State at a salary of $2, 000 or $2,500, now tbo same officer, in Atlanta, requires $4,000, and a $100,000 mansion to live in, furnished in tbo finest style. Stato ilidates for the State Legislature are or rood Schoo , commissioner, (useless cr unnecessary ‘ Con- says, we have had as good laws made at $4 per day as wo over bad at $9 or $7 per !, I luuyakd u. harden, l.J \ J.atw .luilge U. S. Cuurtfl Nebraska and Utah, ;»ini unw Judge of Brooks County Court) Attorney at Law, ’■-'..v-.'J ly (j nil m <m, It rook* Co political latui uuao .« >*' | Supremo Court at $2,000 and at $3,500, or tho him, and not lcavo it so as to bo “fish' t0 Judges of our Superior Courts at $1,800 and one and “ flesh” to another. $2,500, and a number of other inflated salaries There are several points on which they ought nnd dea d-hcad offices, all of which need reg- to answer, in plain, positive terms, and then u i at j nR . be pledged to support thoso points. Tho first Yes, friend “ Convention,” wo were promts is the quick, suro and safe burial, beyond ro- ed great things if wo would only voto Rads out demption, all of illegal or bogus State bonds, and Democrats in. Wo did it, and after com- 1 hat can bo dono by tho incoming Legislature I paring tho record of the two, we aro forced to concurring in tho act of the last session, amend- answer, (as a gentleman on a certain occasion ' y ' Ga ' ing tho Constitution so as to forever prohibit did, at a wedding, when asked by a lady which naii,son BELi.. the payment of those bonds. Lot that bo dono b o thought most handsome, tho bridoor brido- I^STLS Jc RELL, Attorneys at Law, I as early as possible, as delays aro very danger-1 groom, ho roplied, "ho thought it was pull u w i LL practice in the coS compo E .ing A »b. T’ inter * sted f« io s wi11 P°^ erful Dick, pull Devil with thorn,”) that is about w'Miorn circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties efforts to get them through in broken doses, tho way with the two parties so far. Their ■ Ridgo Circuit. They will »Do pmctioo in nfee one on a big drank, if one drink will Lci-rfictn is about the same, (on gold basis.) both i»t Atlanta. rnayu I stlc k in tho morning, he is all right; so, if I extend tho session beyond 40 days, both hold TTidyii ' cini tv tb ° legislature will swallow one dose, the adjourned sessions, both raised committeos to p ‘ ' « SiLllAN, • I others aro safe. You need not donbt the " su-1 sit during vacation, and report at next session, -i- mI1UHNf<1o Ai JiAiY| I j.» ... « lt * . | — , , I nice in the counties of Walton and Jackson, gar-coated ' pin will bo freely oflored, and as thoso reporU woro spirited away, although lens s. rioYi*. j. n. simian. I many who aro honest in their intentions, have I largo amounts wore claimed as due from do- I not tho nervo to withstand temptation, ospcci-1 faulting officers, arrests mado and suits com- . 0 KELLEY S I ally when coated with gold, or its equivalent, I monced, and, in some instances, largo amounts . photograph GALLERY, I wo tbink it best to relievo them, as soon as I wero collected, wliat was dono with it T (Itre- I possible, from temptation, by passing tbe bill. I minds mo of Col. Peoples’ anecdote about Billy J U Hl'lUilNS I It can bo dono as well ot tho opening as at tbo Patterson, all agreed that Billy Patterson was . h .iMaieMid Uotnti Dealer in I latter part of the session. Tboro will probably I struck, but who struck him t) We ktuw tho bo no one bill before tbo Legislature demand- monoy is gone, but who got it f With a tax 1 ing moro immediate attention than one reliev-1 of over half a million dollars, besides tho funds JOHN H. C1IRI8TY , ^ . I ing tho Stato of several millions illegal bonds, | from other sources, overy year or two there 575 for it. lf thoso small results havo been ac complished with tho most unreliable hired la bor, what might not havo been accomplished with a force of my own I and yet I sco farmers who havo such a forco, baying corn, bacon, lard and butter ! Is it any wonder that so many young men bccoino discouraged with farm life, and seok their fortunes bohind the counter, and at tho bar f The Grango is do ing much te dignify labor, and to set our farm ers to thinking; and if it cau only work out a solution of that difficult problem, “ how to keep our young men upon tho farraf" it will immortalize itsolf. My theory is, that $500 or $1000, instead of beiug invested 1n “ a one horso store,” or a village grocery, paid out for a small farm, and properly managed, is tho surest road to health and happiness, and to independence, at least; and let it bo invested in onr proud empire Stato of tho South, where ten acres, oven of old pino Cold, costing not moro than $50, can bo mado to yield $500 in one year, and if planted in an orchard in fivo years would yield $2,000. A Patron. DIIN H. CHRISTY, ____ I'U.ii »nd Fftuvj ROOi^AND^JOB PRINTER, J ( UQ]csa )t may be incorporating soma little vll-1 must bo a large sale ol bonds to meet current Office .-omer Uruad and Wall nroeti, over th* itore lage, or prohibiting the sale of whiskey, within expenses, iutorcst on bonds, and to moot ovor Lucs 1). I'ltturd. a mile of some country school-house.) due bonds, that has been the plan of both ad- TAMKS R. LYLE, ~~ tl Attorney at Law, IVA TKINSYILLB, GA. Toils M. MATTHEWS, U Attornet at Law, Dan\«ltYiU«-,Ga. _ I’r.mjit .tionti..n will bo given to any businoM on-1 of the most prominent will suffice for tho pres-1 b |m; if he is not that kind, wo don’t want him. lont; Among them, we wont tho capitol re-1 Ono more pin, and " Old Man ” is done for I turned to Millcdgovillo, its old and honored I this time at least. That pin is tho Usury I home, knowing wo have bad, and believing wo I Laws. We havo read several articles in favor I can again havo cheaper apd bettor laws mado 1 of the repeal, only ono against it, that one was The next pin. We want a Convention of tho I ministrations. We care not what political name State called, to alter tho Constitution in several I a man claims, Radical, White-wash or Simon articles. It is unnecessary tagive all the rea-1 Pure Democrat, if be is an honest, sensible sons and all tbe particulars, in which, in our I man, desiring and laboring for tbo good, net opinion, tbo changes would bo beneficial—some I of a party, but of the whole State, wo want MareblA. I AMES L. LONG, M. I). o SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR X PHYSICIAN, (Offlce at Mr. Thomas Shea Is’ Store,) Good Hopo District, Walton co., Ga. , , u i r* bi. i>rof„„ioiiBi tcrrlcea to th. ciiixcn. of the there tban w0 hnve had ’ dr are I| koly to havo, t n tho Watchman. Thoso we havo road aro .tiding country. »ug27 I in Atlanta, surroandod byitbo influences that I bb g a great many other one-sided arguments, I oxist there. Wo havo no ill-will towards, or I made up of bold assertions, with but woaksup- I prejudice against Atlanta, but at the samo port, and mixed in with just enough truth to I time think it too fast and ^expensive a place I give them some show of honesty. Tho fairest j for law-makers and State officers. Their at-1 was from an Atlanta paper, aboat'tbo time tbo tontion is too much engrossed with sight-soe-1 repeal was consummated, and one too, which, I ing and news-hearing, champagne sappers, I d oubt not, had much weight with those who I card parties and theatres, (aside from a peep j voted for ropoal. That paper came square to K. ELI AS, Attorney at Law, FRANKLIN, N. C. 1 t.olicM in *11 tho Courts of Western North C»ro lie*, and in the Fodoral Courts. Claims collected in epl*—ly •' ERY, Feed and Sale Stable, J ATHENS, OA. GANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS, . \V 1 t" found »t their old stand, re»r Franklin I at “ keno," a tap at “ tiger,” find other popular tbo issue, and gave as a reason for favoring the o. iianj°g **d Tufn?onte»n?B»t2hfdri«M!? I anmsements) are too exciting, and as those i aw> ( asIn g his words,) "he knew of $50,000 k * .11 cared for when entrusted to onr c»re. who dance must pay the fiddler, It requires a then in Atlanta seoking investment in loans— k on Used for s»ie at nil times. decis—u |fuiipurso to ante, -every time, (we’ve been that was then awaiting the action of tbe Leg- there, bavn’t we, Colonel 2) Wo want bien- islature—if usury Is repealed, tho money will nial sessions. $150,000 annually, for what wo remain in Atlanta, if not, it would go else- got, is paying toe dear for the whistle. We w hore. want the abominable, nnjnst. unequal Home-1 That was an honost confession, the object stead Section wiped ont. The old law was I waa to keep that money, witb as mnch more sufficient; it allowed enough to prevent eof-1 as conld be gotten, in Atlanta, regardless of foring in a family—the allowance being in pro-1 the effect on other portions of the State. We portion to the necessities of the family. There w6re told if we would just kill that “ raw head are but few instances where men who are hon-1 nnd bloody bones,” tbat mighty scare crow, M W. KIDEN, • . ATTORNEY at law, U. S. Claim Agent nnd Notary Public, __ Gaineeviu-e, Ga. , n! "' -0 on Wilson atreet, below King * Bro’». ftbruary Hi, 1S73. pEEr S - E. P. SOWELL. EES & HOWELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, a >‘d 22, Kimball House, Atlanta. Ga. 1 f ICE ill Ike Stat, ...I Veiteeel Onnft. nn REST. Earth, upon her ample face, Boasts no sweeter bnrial-place Than a small enclosure green, Near an ancient fortress seen. Mossy head-stones bore and there Names of fallen warriors bear. Bat no eulogistic phrase. Cat on rock, that meets tho gaze. Can onr reverence Command, Like tbat brief inscription grand, On tho portal arch impressed— “ Rest!” River wide, and mighty lake For the deatl an anthem make. And with old, forgotten graves Well comport/fcXhe wash of waves, Motto of the hallowed ground Murtnasing with solemn sound; Birds tbat by like spirits pass, Winds tbat murmur in the grass, Seem repeating evermore That one word tho gateway o’or, Word tbat haunts the troubled breast— “ Rost!" Pilgrim ! for a moment wait Near the narrow entrabce gate, And ono word peruse—no moro— Boldly traced tho portals o’er; Mortal heart was never stirred By a moro emphatic word; Ono with deeper meaning fraught Or the power to quicken thought; Sermon, hymn, and funeral lay, Eloquence the soul to sway, * In our letters aro impressed— “ Rest!” adopt. I'll tell Charles and his stnek-np wife tbat wo are in earnest about what we wrote and Marian Cbauncey will have no city airs or graces. I'm dreadful anxious to soe her. Lot was a likely looking fellow and my cousin twice removed, and his wife was a regular beauty.’ ‘I guess, likely, she'll come by tbo stage to night.' I guess, likely, there she is now,' said Abel, wUb» sitting by tbe window, cangbt a glimpse of A slender figure coming np the path and carrying a well-packed carpet-bag. Mrs. Remington ran forward to kiss and welcome tbe new comer. Marian Cbauncey was [exceedingly pretty Mrs. Remington soon discovered tbat—a P'-U TICE in ih« Slate nnd Federal Courts, and, , . , . . . . - - •in h i n-guiHriy ail the Couru Id Atlanta, inciud- ® 8tl y trying to pay aro ever driven to aqoh ex- QBury law, money would How through the 'e MiiTcme Ceurt ° f the state, and will argue I tromities, and those who are not honest enough | country in one unbroken stream, whose aband- 00 "* * or » b, * nt on '®* ,ODabl *ltopay, aafarasthey can, don’t deserve any i anco would wash out all the evils of empty ii,“y ,l *° prentice in theCourliof thecountieicon-1 relief. > m or acccsclhle to Atlanta by Railroad, iepll Pavilion hotel, Repeal the homestead, or inqke it gen eral, excepting no special ciqss of debts.— Debts due the $tate, imposod upon na without Thii Frnc-r nr CHARLESTON, s. c. I our coDSont, and in many Instances without tho bu.^nef®paVt*of are not ontitled t0 Preferonce Mi , « ro wiiidnjercry conronUnM’ andluxary tbat | over other debts—at least, shonld not be. No class of dobte shonld, as a general thing, have if 1 Propritirt... ' j | preference over others. The old-fashionod pLAI.N and Fancv Job Printing. I was * lf a man owad » dabt » Wm P*? LAIN and Fancy Job Printing, , At toe Southern Watchman oiBco.|it; if, from extra vaganoe or misfortune, he was unable to pay all, the law lefthim arcasonablo allowance, in proportion to the number of hia Tbat is all any honest man onght ask P S. ADAMS, M. D., ^tlllOEON, AtCOCCaEVR ABB PBTBlCIAit. . „ t, ^ * *ttyn*td«nCc, Mountain District, Wnlton coun- J fitmily. ~~j — o- or expect. Notallow him to claim a right --— * * . ® ^ littlA fnrtnnn. whfln hfl is &t RiuilR N^mey Dealer. . . - * NEWTON, b«iler* in handsome little fortune, when he ie at the some time taking all from some hontst poor man or Jane F °" i * n * n ‘ 1 D °“®’*<® HARDWARE, Wid °, W ' “ h “ **** ~ ca No. e,Broad«tnct, Atbent, Ga. | parties who aro living in lnxorji and ease, tbat s' cTdobS^ : 1 have bankrupted and Eupi,.. ,'! llo i«*»i» »ad Retail DeeUt in | and orphan children of their ^uandFanc, DRY o°°D8, grocerieb, *o. driven them to the necessity drudgoty rora scaring. ^ A. SALE, Dentist, ' ‘ oCtrii.i,P«fm»»»otly located U tbii place, ,ici ob y°^ ,,lo V ••rvlooitolhooltlsanaofAUionB R> A- Cobb home, loft wing, UiT l °W»rS AvM. to 4 RiM. ’ " • martl—tf. .ed widows ttle all, and R. B. ADAIR, D.D.S. GAINESVILLE, GA. mar27 * 8# *lk»Mtoorn»r Publle Square. drudgory Tor a scanty To enumerate aft the reasons onr organic law, woald require toe much spaco, and if wo sncccod in getting the' Convention, It will be time enongh then. Wqwaut a Con vention to make a Constitution, Jjecauso the present ono is nnjnst, unoqaal and illiberal; because it is Radical, from boginnbg ta end; the Convention that framed it was' ordered by purses. What is tbe record after nearly two years experience f First six months, no money, siness doll, bat little improvement going on, il. Tick doing all the business. Next six months nshered in with the panic, no money to move the cotton crop, business prostrate, Col. Tick, with a long faoe, called upon his delinquent customers to pay up, heard the same answer," no money,” until worn out, he began to think of trying law, when, at every turn and corner, he met Mr. Homestead and Exemption, until be gave np—went by tbe board. The next six inontbs came in a little more flattering, bat short winded, Mr. Tick decided to ourtail his business, then bis cus tomers found they most make other arrange ments, Mr. T. conld no longer pay 25 per cepy. for money to rnp-bls bupiqeps; aqfl most deal he has some^shares of _ T --ik, off ho goes to market to find one here, another tbste.hntilthe market isglqttefl, the stream of money choked up, and bo must sacraflee his stock at 25 por cent, discount.— The last six months has commenced, green backs almost passed out of memory,, with a promise of short cotton and low price not flat tering, but for the unusually good grain crops tilings would he squally, For tbe Southern Watchman. Col. Christy —I have lately road tho cir cular of ex-Comptrollcr General Poterson Thwcatt, in which he gives some figures in re lation to tbo expensos of the Comptroller's of fice, under different administrations. Mr. Tb weatt says: “ The Comptroller’s and Trea snror's books will show that, “ in peace times while four and a half years of my administra tion cost the State Treasury bnt $8,350, ono year of Mr. Goldsmith's (present Comptroller) administration cost tbe State Treasury $G, 786.71. Mr. Bell’s, (late Comptroller) four years, five months and six days, (not four and a half years) costing tho Stato Treasury $37, 842. My average year being $1,855, Gold smith’s ono year, $6,786.71, and Boll’s average year over $8,400. Boll’s clerk hire being fif ty-two times moro tban mine, and Goldsmith’s clerk hire forty-five times moro than mine. All in poaco times.” The above figures aro Mr. Tbweatt’s. Now, suppnso wo carry tbe calculation a lit tle further, and it will be scon that Thweatt’i administration for the four and a half yoars only cost tbe State $1,563.29 more tban Gold smith's did for one single year. And at the same rate, for four and a half years, Gold smith’s administration would cost tbe State $30,540.19. whilo Thweatt's only cost $8,350 for tbo samo length of time, showing the snug little 6um of $22,190.19 in favor of Thweatt's administration. I have not seen any denial of any of Mr. Thweatt’s statements whatever. This is but une department of the Stato Gov ernment, and if the various departments of the State are pursuing a like course, is it any won der we aro oppressed with heavy taxation f— And if thU evil is permitted to go on unre- buked, so will onr tax continue to be more oppressive. And our final ruin will be .the aonseqnence.ifsnch a coarse is tolerated. We must bold onr legislators to a more strict ao- count.and require of them the most rigid economy in all departments of the State gov ernment. The masses cannot aflord to be tax ed out ot their very existence for tbe purpose of making the office-holders princely fortunes. We shonld look well to the men we send to the next Legislature, and demand of them eternal vigilance in the advocacy of reform and re trenchment, and accept nothing short of that duty. It is the privilege and duty of every tax-payer to clos fly scrutinize the acts and doings of their publio men, and approve or condemn, as the case may be. And we Bhould henceforth and forever fearlessly do so to the best of onr abilities, Economy. ' P. 8.—The reason I did not make any farth er caVc.a’atlons on Bell's administration is simply aecauso his day was under the relgti of Bullock, and no person expected any thing [bpt waste and extravagance by the wholesale. wim ,*ki*Wh*5> a3 fop. who had annoyed by his friyblous.rcmarks his partner in tbe ball-room, among other empty things, asked whether she had ever had her oars pierced. ‘ No,* was the reply; * but I’ve often had them ’Doraf.'l . . A fallow; in town threatened to blow his brains out. He can't do it. It’s a thing that . fools aro incapable or. Whore there is nothing tq blew, what ift t&Q. ofi Wowing t h THE DRUNKARDS DREAM. The drnnkard droamod of bis old retreat, Of his cosy place on the tap-room seat. And the liquor gleamed on his gloating oye, Till his llpB to tbe sparkling gloss drew nigh, Ho lifted it up with an eager glance, And sang as ho saw the bubbles dance: “ Ah! I am myself again! Here's a trace to care, and adieu to pain. Welcome the cap with Its creamy foam! Farewell to work and a mossy home! With a jolly crow and a flowing bowl, In bar-room pleasures I love to roll I” Like a flash there camo to tbe drunkard’s side, His angel child who tbat night had died 1 With look so geutle and sweet and fond, She touched bis glass with her little wand; And oft as he raised it np to djjnk. She silently tapped on ita trembling brink. Till the drunkard shook from foot to crown. THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. ‘ I novor, never will forgive him,” said old Mr. Remington, aolomnly depositing bis great gold spectacles in their green leather case. • Nor will I,’ sobbed Mrs. Remington. * To go off and wed a dashing city girl without so much as waiting for our permission.* But you know, my dear,’ suggested the old gentleman, * wo couldn’t have given it to him, if ho had waited half a century.' Certainly we should not,’ said Mrs.Rem ington, emphatically. 'To tbink ofouronly child treating us so cavalierly; Abel—tho on ly one we've got in the world.’ Ho has made his bed and mast lie in it, said the old man ntornly, • I will never receive his gay bride hero, and so I shall write to him immediately. We aro scarcely fine onough for a Fifth avenue daughter-in-law.’ As ho spoke, tbe old man picked up a crum pled lotter that he had thrown on the floor in tbo first paroxysms of bis anger, and smooth ed out its folds with a mechanical touch. Why, only think of it, Abel,’ said Mrs, Remington, * Mahala Buckley sorved for six weeks in this girl’s cousin's family and she says Evelyn Sayre can smoke a cigar jnst like man and used to go skating with her dress tucked up to the top of her boots, and drove a barouche, with a groom sitting behind, and— 1 ‘ Bless my soul,' said the old gentleman, his breath nearly taken by the catalogue of enor mities. * Bless my soul, you don’t say so. And Charles married to this Amazon.’ So tho couple sat in tho room porch of the capacious eld farmhouse, with tho Michigan roses tossiDg littlo billet-doux into thoir laps in seonted showon; and the dolicions odors of the fresh mown hay coming up from the mead ow flats by the river, os miserable an old cou ple as you would want to seo. Meanwhile Mrs. Charles Remington, a bride of threo woofes standing, was making herself supremely happy at Niagara. Sho sat on a fallen log, among tbo delicious sbado of Goat island that bright June day, with the lights and shadows chasing each other over hcrlove- ly faco and turning her long chestnut curls to coils of gold. Dressed in white, she was fast ening a wreath of flowers into tho ribbons of her coquettish little hat and singing some old ballad softly to herself. Evelyn Remington was very handsome— neither blonde nor brnnotte, sbe contrived to nnito the charms of both in her rosebud com plexion, bright hair and misty brown eyes, and tbo smiios tbat; dimpled her fresh scarlet lips, were real smiles, messengers straight from the hoart. Presently she was joined by her husband, a tall, handsome young fellow, in a white linen suit and a graceful Panama hat. ‘ Two letters, Evelyn,’ he said lightly, * and bad news in both.’ * Bad news ! Oh Charles !’ and the roses fadod suddenly from tho bride’s cheeks * Well, not so bad and not so pleasant. Read, carissima.' Ho tossed into her lap a stiffly written let ter, on a page of blno paper, signed' Abel and Mary Remingtona keen expression of their disappointment in the marriage he had con tracted and an assertion of their determina tion never to receive his wife as theic dangh ter- , • , Evelyn looked into her husband’s face with her bright eyes full of tears. ‘ Oh, Charles, I’m so sorry.’ Ho laughed and quoted to her thtscrip- ture phrase, “ ‘A man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.* And now don’t you want to see tbe other letter, Eve lyn t" It was a summons from the mercantile firm with which Charles Remington wa9 connect ed—an earnest entreaty tbat he shonld visit Central Atnerioa in their interests immedi ately. ' Cool, isn't it* to request a bridogroo* to walk off in tbqf sort of a way—for. it is too rough a voyage to ask yon to share it, dear. I leave yon to decide—shall I go or stay t’ ’Go, by all means. Shonld L ask yon to linger by my side when duty calls yon away* a poor wife I shonld be. ’ He kissedher flashed cheeks with admiring tenderness. • And where shall I leave yon, my bonnie bride t 11 will mako a brief visit home in the meantime. It will cat oar wedding tour short, bnt then, yon know, wo have a lifetime to fin' iah onr honeymoon in.’ So the brief Niagara sojourn came to an end and Mrs. Charles Remington, for the season was a widowed bride. • He will be back soon,* sho said to herself, "and ia tho meantime, I mast do, oh, much." bright, winsome, little cre&tare, with gold- j And set the antasted goblet down, brown hair that would curl in spite of the re- »Hey, man,” oried the host,» what moaneth straining net, loving hazel eyes and tremulous I this, loving red lips. Tls the covey sick, or tho dram amtss f * Oh, Abel!' quoth tho soft-hearted old lady, 19 b ®?f n P; m y’ a d, quick the bumper quaff!" at the end of two days,' • why didn't Charles And be * ,ared around w,th a e9ndi8h lau « h ' wait until he had seen Marian Cbauncey » The drunkard raised his glass onoo more, if „ f And looked at its depths so oft before; Isn t she sweet-don t it seem like a gleam of Bat 8tartled t0 see „„ p* pictured foam, sunshine in tho old house when she is tripping The face of his dead little child at homo!. around t I Then again tho landlord at him sneered, •And then,* pursued the old lady, « she's And the swaggeringcrowd of drunkards.ieere.1 But still as ho tried that glass to drink handy. She knows where every thing is kept Thjj wand of bia dead on “ tapp c d the brink! and does up my caps exquisitely. Oh, Abel, 1 ter-in-kivr like dear littlo Marian Chauncoy. I Tho drunkard bowed to tbo quivering brim, Mrs. Remington’s speocb was cut prema- Though bis heart beat fast and hia oyo grew turely short by the entrance of the subject of 1 ... if But the wand struck harder than before; it. with her apron full of eggs and her hand The g , M9 wa8flung on the bar . room aoor> fall of wild flowors. All around the ring the fragments lay, ‘Mrs. Remington,’ she began, and then And the poisonous current rolled away, checked herseif with abruptness. * Oh, I can-1 The drunkard woke. His dream was gone; not bear to call yon by tbat long formal name I His bed was bathed in the light of morn —may I say motbor V Bat ho saw as ho shook witb pale, cold fear Of course you may, darling,’ said the en-1 A beautiful angel hovoring near. , , ,., , , . T , u I He rose, and that seraph was nigh him still; thusiastic old lady, and I only wish you were I checked his passion, it swayed his will; my real daughter.’. I it dashed from bis lips the maddening bowl, Marian laid down her flowers and deposited And victory gave to bis ransomed soul! her store of poarly white eggs in a basket on I Since ever that midnight hour ho droamod, the table, and tbon coming up to Mrs. Rem- And th|g , a th0 prayer ho pray8 alway> ington kneeling down and nestling her bngut I ^ this is tho prayer let us holp him pray— head in tho old lady*s checked apron. [ Tbat angels may come in every land Mothor,’ sho murmured softly, ‘ you do To dash the cup from the drunkard’s baud ! not know how sweet tho word sounds. And gy A f arme r was walking with a friend you will always love and cherish me and lot I through a beautiful meadow, when he chanced me bo a real daughter to you t’ j t0 obgerve a thistle growing thriftily on tho * I should bo a hard-hearted old cormorant if | oppos j te a j de 0 f the fence. Immediately he I didn’t, pet,’ said the old lady, with her spec- Bpran g over and cut it off close to the ground, tacles dimmed with tears. I * Is that yonr field V asked the other. ‘0, no. In short, Marian Chauncoy becamo tho light | bU [ bad weeds don't care much for fences. If of the old farm-house—tho bright guardian j j 8 hou) d leave tbat thistle to bloom in my angel of its low ceiled rooms and wide, airy neighbor’s field I should soon have plenty in halls. She read tho paper to farmer Reming-1 my own t gj a a ngwer may serve as a hint to ton; sho compounded cake, jolly and eylla- fatbor 8 and mothers. It is of importance to bubs to tho astonishment and delight of »De them how tbejr neigbb o r * s chiidren turn out. old lady ; sho kept the two china vases on the I jj oart weeda ca ro less than thistles for bound- mantle brimming ovor with a real rain of ro- U fenc03 . Boya and gir | 8 wh o go to the ses ; sho know by instinct when to darken the j samQ 8C hool or who live in the same neighbor- room for tho old man’s nap on the wide. 1 hood> man y a trait from oaeh othor. It chintz-covered sofa, and sho was better than | j9 our duty „ wel , ag our intoro8t t0 do what ten doctors whon Mrs. Remington had one of | we can for tb0 benefl( . of our neigbbor8 . chil . her nervous headaches. I really don’t soe how we over contrived to live without Marian,’ said tbo old gentle man. ‘ But she’ll never leavo us,’ said Mrs. Rem ington, decidedly. I dren. A Tale of Lore. One quiet night in leafy June, when bees and birds wore all in tuno, two lovers walked beneath tbe moon. Tbo night was fair, so* Marian—littlo bright eyes—I’ve got news,’ I waa maid; they walked and talked bo- called the old gentleman, one morning through | neath tho shade, with noue to harm or mako the hall; • leavo thoso honeysuckles for some | afraid. one else to tie up, and corao in here. Charlie I Her name was Sal and his was Jim, and ho is coming home.’ I was fat and 8ho was alta 5 ho took w h * r and * To stay, air t' | she took to him. Says Jim to Sal: * By all No, uot to stay-bis city wife demands his | th e snakes that squirm among tho brush and permanent devotion.’ Mr. Remington oould {brakes, I love you baUer’n buokwhiiat cakes.’ not help speaking with a sneer-’ but he will | Says she to Jim, • slnoe you’ve begun it. and speud a day hero on his way to Now York. | been and gone and done it, I love you next to should like to see Charlie—and I should like I a new bonneti* Says Jim to Sal. * My heart Charlie to sco you. Do not blush—if you are I you’ve basted, but I have always gals mis- not better looking tban his Fifth avenno wife, I trusted.’ Says Sal to Jim, * I will be tree, if she must bo a paragon among women, that’s I you love me as I love you, no knife can cut our all I’ve got to say .’ 1 ,ove in two.’ Says Jim to Sal, ‘ Through thick When will he be hero, air V (and thin, for your tree lover count me In. I’ll In an hour, I should judge from the letter 11 court no other gal agin.’ Charlie always did write an awful scrawl— I J* m leaned to Sal, Sal leanod to .Tim, bis m’B and u’a t’s; but I suppose that’s tho fash- j nose just touched above her chin, four lips met ion now-a-days!’ I —went—ahem—ahem!—And then—and then Marian Cbauncey crept away to her room I —and then—and then. Oh, gals ! beware of to biush out the goid curls, and adjust a bine I m ®n in Jane and nnderneath the silvery moon, ribbon at tho throat and wonder slyly to hor-1 when frogs and Junebugs are la tune, lest yon’ self what Charlie would say when he saw the 18®t yonr names In the papers noun. new element that had contrived so to inter-1 nr am is. fiatliAvincrs weave itself into the homeof his boyhood. UajSlUCJUaUiUriUgS. ‘ But I don’t think he'll be angry’ said Ma-1 ^ Alabama editor winds up an editorial rian, in a half whisper, as she pinned a whito I on th0 crop „ itb tba remark, * We have rose to her breast and prepared to descend, In j on exhibition in onr sanctum a pair of magni- obedienco to Mrs. Remington’s call of— I g cen t ears.* Marian, Marian, come down and eee my J The reason why Sylvanua Cobb, Jr., con- b°y.’ I fines himself to writing for tho periodicals Is Charles Remington stood in the centre I because the legitimate function of a Cobb is to the room with bis arm around his radiant lit-1 prodn ce a cereal, tie mother, while the old gentleman from his j .Barnnm has written to Chicago for a news big, easy chair delightedly watched over the papor man „ ho lg reported to havelost $4,000. * Yes,’ said Mrs: Remington, complacently, 'I think that watt a splendid idea of oars, Abel, la sending fot LotQhatmcey’s orphan tb tableau, as Marian slowly advanced. Charles,^ said Mrs. Remington, beaming all over, ‘ this is our daughter, who—'’ He woald like to have him in a museum. ..A person was boasting that he was of a high family. * Yes,’ said a bystander, ‘ I have Bnt Charles bad sprang forward and caught I seen some of the family so high that their feet theslight, willing figure in his arms, while tbe conld not toneb the ground.' golden hair floated in a perfect cascade of I ..A Western Postmaster writes to the Post- carls over his shoulder. I master General ‘ that bell will be full of conn- * Evelyn! My wife 1' I try postmasters before long if they do not get Mr. Remington stared at bis wife. Mrs. I more pay tban is allowed this office.’ Remington stared at her bnsband. I ..Eighty thousand men and one hundred •He’s mad,’whispered tho old man. ‘Charles, and eighty thousand women aro employed in you’re mistaken,’he added; ‘this is Marian the paper manufactories of the world. Channcey, onr adopted daughter.’ | ..The nearest approach to a confidenoegame No, sir, it is not,’ faltered tbe young I is pulling a mule's tail. in question. * I am Evelyn, your son’s wife. I bacbe > or wbobad boen a PP oin ‘* I have stolon your heart on false pretences, ed S^riff was caHed upon to serve an attach- bnt I did long so for yonr love. And W hbn «n®n«^tot * beautiful yonng w.dow He you sent for Marian, I persuaded her to *«- ^lngly called upon her and said: Mad- just for a few weeks. Father, mother, yon will not turn me oat of yonr affections now I’ I And yon knew nothing ot this 1* demand! old Mr. Remington of his son.. - , * Not a word; it’s Evelyn’s own idea.' And Evelyn, half langhing, half crying, stole 1 f 0r a parson. widow blushed, and said his attachment was reciprocated. ‘Yon don’t understand me.; yon most proceed to court.’ ‘ I know it is leap year, Mr, but I prefer you to do the court- tog.’ ‘ Mrs. P., this is no time for trifling; tbe Justice is waiting.’ ’ The Justice! why, I pre- into her mother-in-law's extended arms. It don’t seem possible tbat this is the 1 Avenno girl,’ said the old gentleman. ' Come | here and give me a kiss, Ma—Evelyn, mean.’ ‘ So she is onr real daughter, after all,’ proud Mrs. Remington. ..An experienced Western editor pays a high compliment to the fair patrons of the press: ‘Women,’ hosayB are the best sub scribers in the'world to newspapers, maga zines, eto. We have been editor for forty and have never lost a dollar by femato subscribers. They seem to make it a point of Eyelyp had conquered their prejudices by I coaa( ji en tiou8datytopay the preachor and tbe the enchanting wand of love. printer—two classes of the community that ..Fifteen hundred persons are employed at 1 Key West in making cigars. .More than half of them are Cabans. suffer more by bad pay .md no pay at all tb the rest put together.’ . .Lemon juice and glycerinfl will remove and freckles, also cleanse and soften the h&ude.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, September 23, 1874, Image 1