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Cjje (Payette. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY J. T. MeCARTY, Editor. •— 4 SUBSCRIPTION: On* Yhae $2 00 ■is Moans —. 1 00 Jn Advance- gutgurt* Cards. B_ VAIL, WITH KEAN & CASwiSLS, Wholesale and retail dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods SOB Broad it., lat stand of H.F. Kussol ft Cos. AUGUSTA, GA. J. MURPHY & CO. Wholesale and retail dealers in English While Granite & C. C. Ware ALSO, Semi-China, French China, Glassware, Ac. No. 244 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. T. MARKW ALTER, MARBLE WORKS, BROAD STREET, Hear Lower Market, AUGUSTA, GA. THE AUGUSTA Gilding, Lookins-slass,Picture Frame FACTORY. Old Picture Framet Regilt to look Lqual to New. Old Paintings Carefully Cleaned, Lined and Varnished. J. 3. BROWSE, Agent. 346 Broad st., Augusta, Ga. E. H. ROGERS, Importer and dealer in RIM, GUNS PISTOLS And Pocket Cutlery, Amm ination of all Kinds, IU BBOAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. REPAIRING EXECUTED PROMPTLY slbrrt<w gurnet Curd#. Has received a STOCK OF FURNITURE tad is constantly adding thereto, which he will sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING and all work in hia line done in a neat and workmanlike manner. Satisfaction guarantied. Orders filled for Sash, Doors and Blinds. . My22-ly LIGHT CARRIAGES & BUGGIES. J. IP. AULD, Carriage 3^ajsufact’r ELBCRTOK, GEORGIA. BEST WORKMEN! BEST WORK! LOWEST PRICES! Uleed Baggies, warranted, - $125 to $l6O Common Baggies - SIOO. REPAIRING AND BLACKSMITHING. Work done in this line in the very best style. The Best Harness My 22-1 r T. M. SWIFT. MACK ARNOLD SWIFT & ARNOLD, (Successors to T. M. Swift,) dialers ih DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE, 4c., Public Square, EEOERTOV €*A. H. K. CAIRDNER, ELBERTON, GA„ DEALER IN 111 (DOE era HARDWARE, CROCKERY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS Notions, &c ELBERTON FEMALE (Megiatejnstitate THE exercises of this institute will be resum ed on Monday, January 27th, 1873. Spring term, six months. Tuition, $2.50, $3.50, and $5 per month, according to class— payable half in advance. Mrs. Hester will continue in charge of the Musical Department. Board in the best families can be obtained at from $lO to sls per month. For further information address the Principal, H. P. SIMS. THE GAZETTE. 3jt gnurnat of vmto, fmlejiftidcut §n §Ut 3Tftings-f rrctrd to the guteeesto of the (Eommunitjj. New Series. THE ORIGIN OF SCANDAL. Said Mrs. A. To Mrs. J., In quite a confidedtial way: “It seems to me That Mrs. B. Takes too much—something—in her tea ” And Mrs. J. To Mis. K. That night was overheard to say— She grived to touch Upon it much, But Mrs. B. took such and sneh. Then Mrs. K. Went straight away And told a friend, the self-same day, “’Twas sad to think”— Here came a wink— “T'Ss.t Mrs. B. was fond of drink.” The friend’s disgust Was such, she must Inform a Indy, “which shs missed,’' “That Mrs. B. At half-past three Was that far gone she couldn’t see I” This lady we Have mentioned, she Gave needle-work to Mrs. 8., And with such news Could scarcely choose But further needle-woik to refuse. Then Mrs. B, As you’ll agree, Quite properly she said—said she, That she would track The scandal back To thois wl o made her look so black. Through Mrs. K. And Mrs. J. She got at last to Mrs. A. ; And asked her why, With cruel lie, She painted her so deep a dye! Said Mrs. A., In sore dismay, “I no sueh thing could ever say. I said that you Had stouter grew On too much sugar—which yeu do !” ♦ Philadelphia Prea Georgia Letter.] A PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENTS OBSERVATIONS IN GEORGIA Augusta, Ge rgia, is a bcautitul to n, with broad, level streets and an air of qu.et prosperity about it in keeping with its fine manufacturing interests. The city suffered but little directly by the war, yet “the sur render” saw it impoverished. “If any man were so lucky as to have a twenty-dollar greenback here a month after the close of the war, it would have given him trouble to get it changed,” said a gen tleman who was pointing with pride to the present prosperity of the beautiful city, and contrasting it with their late poverty. Augusta suffered on a former occasion, and from a cause the very opposite of war. The construction of the Georgia Railroad long before the war ought to have been a blessing, and it finally was, but it drove out the great wagon-transportation trade which made Augusta the entrepot for the north western part of the State, and for some years the city, with tenantless houses and deserted streets, threatened decay; but there was too much energy in the people, too many ad vantages in the site of the city of the beau tiful Savannah to admit of this, and Augus ta rallied. The building of the Augusta canal, which taps the river nine miles above the city, was a great enterprise, and in the ample water power it furnishes it has made Augusta one of the most important cotton manufacturing cities in the Union, and its capacity for like enterprises is unbounded.— At present it has many wholesale places where the country merchants for a large section arouud purchase their supplies, and having water communication with the ocean, goods are as low here as in Central Penn sylvania, and the supplies as good. There is a glorious future before Augusta, and her people deserve to win, tor they are working manfully, with their coats off. as I hove been interviewing everybody I could button hole, you may be sure I have not neglected the treedmen whenever I had a chance to talk with them, and I had op portunities in abundance. The following is a sample of the conversation. It was held with a colored man in Augusta, who inform ed me his name was Edward Burke : ‘•Did you live in Augusta during the war, Edward 7” I asked. ‘•No, sah, I was wide de cap’n, my ole massa, at Chal’son an Savannur,” answered the young man. “Did you never think of running away to the yankees 7” “No, sah ! I know’d dey’d be ’long some day.” “You knew they would make you free 7” “Yes, sab 1” “And you wanted to be free 7” “I did, sartin shuah, boss. I never b’liev- in ownin’ black people, no how.” How did your master treat you after the war 7” “Massa died in de war, but dc young men ELBERTON, GA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16,1873 his sons, was very kind, and I stayed on de ole place till nigh a year gone past.” “Are the young men still on the place 7” ' “Oh, yes, sah. Dey’s a workin’ dar an’ gittin’ ’long right smart,” “Why did you leave 7” “Wa’ai, l wa’ant raised a field hand j an’ I was gittin’ ouly eight dollars a month an’ keep.” “What are you getting here 7” “Twelve dollars, sah, for waitin’ on de table.” “Did you ever vote 7” “Oh, yes, sah ; i’se voted. “What ticket did you vote?" “Why, de ’Publican, ol course.” “Did anybody try to make the Democrats 7” “Yes, sah ; dey tried to coax me ober.” “Did they threaten you or use force 7” “Neber, sah. I seed none ob dat down bar; but I’se heerd right smart ’bout it.” “Do you know of any black roan who has lost his place or been abused foi voting the Republican ticket 7” The young man pondered and said : “No, sah; I can’t jest call none to mind at dis time.” “Can you read, Edward 7” “Some, sah. I’se lurning all the time straight along.” “Would you like to leave here?” “No, sah, dough lota of cullered folks is goin’ from har to Texas.” “Why are they going 7” “Reckon dey links dey’e goin’ to improve an’ make more mouey.” ““Will they ?” r “Don’t know, snh; spect it ’pends on de man nior’u de place how he gets along.” Edward left me, aud I felt there was a great deal of good common sense ia his last remark. I have seen a genuine Ku-Klux ; that is, a man who boldly acknowledged to me, in the presence of a NUMBER OF GENTLEMEN, That he belonged to the mystic fraternity cf bugaboos. In order that there may be no doubts as to this person, I will state he is an editor of the Atlanta Sun. I belonged to the Ku-Klux; and let me .‘■ay, as I know it, it was an organisa tion which no man, North or South, need blush to have belonged to. We were form ed lor charitable and honorable purposes — to help the needy and protect the weak.— We were the guardians, not the destroyers of the law, and we saved many a Uoionjmaic from the lawless-. Of course crimes were committed here and there, but not by our organization. Men may have called them selves Ku-Klux, and worn masks ; but the livery was a mistake and the name a mis nomer So we got the blame.” “Does the order exist now 7” “Not that I am aware of, but I wish it did, for the sake of the distressed and ueedy.” This puts anew phase on an old subject. Arc. DON'T CALL A MAN A LIAR. Never tell a man that he is a liar, unless you are certain that you can lick him; for as a general rule, when you say that, it means fight. I have arrived at this conclusion through sad ezperince. I know that it is not safe to give the lie to a muscular Christian. I did once. lam sorry for it now as I never grieved for anything else in the whole course of life. We were standing on the sidewalk in front ot the club, when I made the state ment. We had been talking politics, and men who talk politics and who get over it are—to put it mildly—lunatics or else want an office. This man made an assertion touching the fame of my favorite candidate, which I believed to be untrue. It is prob able that if it had been as true as it was false, I should have taken the same course, because you understand how I got my orna ment- 1 eye. I mildly suggested that a man who woula make such a statement as that was lost to all sense of shame and would be guilty of any base crime. He disagreed with me upon that point. As foi himself he never made a statement except upon the most ample proof. My candidate was the meanest man that ever went unhuDg. I told him he lied. I have been kicked by a mule; have fal len out a second story window on hard pave ments ; eaten persimmons; heard Miss Blow read poetry for two hours and a half; skat ed, hunted, rode a sharp backed horse Of mustan. parentage, an adept in the art of “bucking,” suffered griefs of various kinds and still clung to life—but all these are feathers in the balance compared with that little word, liar. Immediately after saying it I sat down not in the way people usually set down. I sat on the rim of my right ear about ten feet from the spot where I had been standing when I made use of the expresion quoted above. lam not used to sitting in that position and do not think it agreed with me. I have heard of people who got up on their ear and walked off. I wished I knew how to do it, I would have propelled myself away from that spot immediately, if I had possessed this happy faculty. I proceeded to bring myself to a perpendicular, folly in- tending to use the means of locomotion na ture had given me; but when I came right side up, something heavy run against my nose, atid as I felt rather tired 1 sat down on my other ear. I like a change—it is too monotonous doing the same thing over again. Somebody took my large friend away and I was quite pleased when he was gone, I have concluded to look twice at a man be fore I give| the lie again. My eye is in npurmng, fry nose swelled to the size of a citron wis the color of a blush rose, and emthes look like they had been run througfi a patent sausage machine. I would not have that man’s temper for any thing in the world. A HORSEBACK RIDE. The stories of the wit of the late Col. Isaac 0. Barnes are numerous, but, to be fully appreciated, need the Colonel’3 pecu liar voice and dry manner, familiar to those who used to know him. The following anecdote we do not remember to have seen in print: The colonel, it seems had been recom mended to take a horseback ride for the benefit of his health, by his physician, and accordingly applid at a well knowD stable for the animal “l want a regular trotting horse, to ride for my health, thi9 afternoon,” said the col onel. “Certainly, colonel,” said the polite pro prietor ; apd judging from the enstomer’i physique* and a “horso to ride for health,” gave him one of the hardest trotting horses in the establishment, upon which Barnes momted and bumped off toward the coun ty- In about three hours he returned, cover ed with dust and per-piration, and, vith the assistance of one of the hostlers the colonel very slowly and painfully descended from his steed. Limping in the stable office, and holding on to the lower part of his back with one baud, he looked into the stable-keeper’s in quiring face, and ejaculated simply, “flow much 7” “Three dollars,’! was the reply. He slowly drew his wallet, and laid down the required sum. “Shall you want the horse again to-mor row, colonel 7” “No; I don’t think I’ll want him to-mor- row.” “Perhaps you will have him the day after to-morrow 7” “No; I shan’t wan’t him any more at all.” “Indeed !” said the stable-man, with a twinkle in his eye, as he noted Barnes hold ing on to his lacerated body. “Perhaps the horse don’t suit you.” “Oh, yes, he does,” said Barnes quick ly; “there’s nothing the matter with the horse; he’s all right. It’s the price I ob ject to.” “The price 1” said the stable-keeper, “why, I only charged you three dollars colonel, which we consider very cheap for the services of a good horse all the after* noon.” “Well, I don’t think it cheap,” squealed Barnes, rubbing his aching body, “for whenever I wan’t nothing of this kind again I know, a big Irishman who will kick me behind all day for less than half the money.” Good Roles for Emergencies.— Prof. Wilder, of Cornell University, gives these short rules of action in case of accident. — It would not be a bad thing to cut this out and carry it in ones pocket-book, or better yet commit to memory. For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing, dash water into them; remove cinders, etc., with the round point ot a pencil. Remove insects from the ear by tepid water; never put a hard instrument into the car. When an artery is cut, always compress below. When choked, get upon all fours and cough. Smother a fire with carpets, etc., water will often spread burning oil and increase danger. Before passing through smoke, tnke a full breath and theo stoop low, but if carbonic is suspected be sure you walk erect. Suck poisoned wounds, or cut out the part without delay; hold the wounded part as long as can be uome to a hot coal or the end of a cigar. . ' In case of poisoning, excite vomiting hy tickling the throat, or by warm mus tard. For acid poisons, give alkalies; for alka line poisons, give acids; white of an egg is good in most cases. For apoplexy, raie the head and body; for fainting, lie flat. Vol I—No. 51. 11 US SI AN PRO VERBS. The Scotch and the Spaniards have hith erto divided the credit of possessing the largest stock of proverbial wisdom; but were the literature of Russia more widely known, ahe might prove a very formida ble rival to the land of oatmeal and that of oranges. We give a few specimens, which, on ac count of their pointed terseness, their quaint, homely vigor and dry, Sancho Panza satire, scarcely need the aid of rhyme to recom mend them. They are indeed, more fully than words can express, the faithful mirror of the shrewd, simple, dogged, Russian mind, ever veiling its natural keenness un der a mask of habitual aud impenetrable stolidity. Every fox praises its own tail. Go after two wolves and you’ll not even catch one. A good beginning is half the work. Trust in God, but do not stumble your self. With God even across the sea, with out him not even across the thresh hold. A debt is adorned by payment. Roguery is the last oi trades. Never take a crooked path while you can find a stiaight one. bear not the threats of the great, but rather the tears of the poor Ask a pig to dinner and he will put his feet on the tabh, Disease oomes in by hundred weights, and goes out by ounces. Every little frog is great in bis own bog. And old friend is worth at least, two new ones. Be praised not for your ancestors, but for your virtues. When fish are rare, even a crab is a fish. A father’s blessing cannot be drowned in water nor consumed in fire. A mother’s prayer will draw up from the depths of the sea. What an old Man has Noticed.—l have notioed that all men are honest when well watched. I have noticed that purses will hold pen* nics as well as pounds. I have noticed that in order to be a rea sonable creature, it is necessary at times to be downwright mad. I have noticed that some men are so hon est that necessity compels them to bo dis honest in the end. I have noticed that silks, broadcloths and jewels arc often bought with other people’s money. 1 have noticed that whatever is right with a few exceptions—the left eye, the left leg, and the left side of a plum pud ding. 1 hare noticed that the prayer of the sel fish man is, “Forgive us our debts,” while he makes everybody who owes him pay to the utmost farthing. I have noticed that he who thinks every man a rogue is very certain to see one when he shave himself, a?d he ought, in mercy to his neighbor to surrender the rascal to justice. I have noticed that money is the fool’s wisdom, the knave’s reputation, the poor man’s desire, the covetous mau’s ambition, and the idol ot all. I have noticed that all men speak well of all meu’s virtues when they are dead, and that tombstones are marked with epitaphs of the good and virtuous. Is there any particular cemetery where the bad men are buried 7 Shepherts’ Dogs. —The following strik ingly illustrates the kindly consideration evinced by the Scottish peasantry toward che domestic animals, especially by the shepherds to their dogs, which consequently become their attached companions. A minister calling to visit one of his flock, found before the fireplace three dogs appar ently asleep. At the sound of a whistle two rose, up and walked out; the third remain ed still. “It is odd,” observed the minister “that this dog does not get up like the oth ers.” “It’s no astonishin’ ava,” said the shep herd; “for it’s no his turn; he was oot’i the mornin.” “I never sec that dog except at din ner,” said the visitor who noticed that a certain dog ca i.e in regularly every day at dinner. “The reason is,” said the farmer, “we’ve lent him to our neighbor, Jamie Nicol, an’ we tell him to come bame ilka to his din ner. When he gets his dinner puir beast, he gaes back to his wark.” Next week’s paper completes the volume. Cash Rates of Advertifilng. lyr. 6 mos. 3 moi. 1 mo. I timtf 1 column, $l5O S9O S6O $35 s2fr } “ 80 60 40 23 16 5 inches, 50 35 25 12 ® 3 “ 35 25 15 7 4 2 “ 25 15 10 6 3 1 inch 1 time, $1.50. Rum is good in its place, and hel is the place lor it. Akordin to skriptui thar will be just about as many kammils in heavin as rich men. , When you kort a widder, you ought to do it with spurs on. When a feller gits to going down hil, it duz seem as tho evry thing had ben greased for the okasion. I have often known folka whose calibre was very small, but whose bore was very big. The meanest man that i ever knu was the one who stole a sugar whisael from a nigger baby to sweeten his kup ov koffio with. Robbers are like rane, they fall on the just as well as on the unjust.— Josh Bib lingo. VuWß.—-A country parson preaching one Lord’s day from the text, “Vow and pay to the Lord your vows,” in the course ot his remarks proved pretty conclusively that af ter a person had made a vow it was his du ty to perform it. Directly alter service a sort of hall breed Indian, not at all compan ionable, to say the least eame up to the rev erend divine, saying : “I vow I go home with you.” “Then you must go,” was the unhesitat ing reply. “I vow I stay to supper,” said he on ar riving at the gale. There was no alternative, so the minister invited him in. “I vow L stay all night,” was the cool as sertion as he drew away from the table. The good man saw that submission ceased to be a virtue, and, without any susceptible sign of discomfiture, said— “ You are welcome to-night, but I vow you shall go in the morning.” We learn that an Irishman who had been employed at the cemetery some time since, went to Washington to draw his pay.— After receiving the amount, the paymaster, discovering a sabre cut ou his face, remark ed ; “You were in the army during the late war V’ “Yes.” “What command were you in 7” “I was in Gen. Fits Hugh Lee’s Com mand.” “Did you have the audacity to apply at a Fedeial cemetery for work when you were in the rebel army ?” “Yes,” replied Pat, “I helped to kill them, and I thought I had a right to help bury them.” A pretty, fright juvinile friend some five years old, named Rosa, was teased a good deal by a gentleman who was a visitor of the family. Be finally wound up by say ing : “Rosa, I don’t love you.” “But you’ve got to love me,” said the child. “How so?” asked little Rosa’s tor mentor. “Why,” said the little girl, “Because the Bible says that you must always love them that hate you, and lam sure I hate you.” Spbak Kindlt.—Speak kindly in the morning, it lightens the cares of the day, and makes the household and all other af fairs move along more smoothly. Speak kindly at night, for it may be that before the dawn some loved one may finish his or her space of life for this world, and it will be too late to ask forgiveness. An editor announces the marriage of a friend thusly: “He has read himself oat of the jolly brotherhood of bachelors, sold hiß single breasted lounge, packed his bag gage and cheched it for glory, walked the gang plank of courtship to the vessel of mat rimony, and is now steaming down the stream of bliss by the light of the honey moon.” .. There’s a moral taught in the following conversation which needs to be learned by many fathers. Said a little four year old : “Mother, father won’t be in Heaven with us, will he 7” “Why my child?” “Because he oan’t leave the store.” ■ ■■ :—• “Mrs. Jenks,” paid a red-headed girl, with a pug-nose aud bare feet, “mother says will you obleege her by sendin’ her a stick of firewood, fill this cruet with vinegar, put tin’ a little soft soap in this pan, and please not let your turkey-goblcrs roost on our lence.” — A Silver City miner remarked, after at tending a prayer meeting, a few weeks ago, that it “was the first time he had heern the Word of God handled for close on to forty years.” ■■ ■ - ..... George Driver, of Chicago, who has jus* been sentenced to be hanged for the murder of his wile, was conv : oted on the evidenoe of his two children—one fourteen the other nine. Vermont forgets all the hardships ot the past winter in jubilation over its maple su gar season, and cheerfully asks, what’s the odds no long as it’s sappy 7