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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, F E B R U A R f II, 1874.
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The Fair God.
The discovery of America at the close
of the 15th century was quickly followed
hy the revelation of two remarkable coun
tries of a peculiar civilization in the New
World—those of Mexico in the Northern,
and of Peru in the Southern, parts of the
strange Coutineut. Our interest here is
far more interwoven with the history of
the former than of the latter.
The Conquest of Mexico was indeed a
most extraordinary feat. Attested by
concurrent written records, in an age
subsequent to the invention of Printing,
and chronicled by grave historians who
profess to narrate (as honest Old Bernal
Diaz) what they “saw, and know to be
true," we are compelled to admit these
wonderful facts into that small and se
lect company of truths we have been able
to glean from the multitudinous fables
of history. It is the fashion of this skepti
cal age to discredit the historical accounts
which have come down to us concerning
exploits of Theseus of Romulus and Rem
us, and scores of other founders or des
troyers in the Ancient World; but none of
these excel in wonders the story of the
great Spanish “Conquistadore,” which we
are counselled to acknowlege as strictly
historical.
This Mexican marvel-land has had shed
upon it the abundant illumination, of
History. Now the torch of Romance throws
upon the “ Conquest" its weird light,
held by the hand of a master. “The Faib
God,” by Gen Lew Wallace, brought out
in elegant style by Messrs. Osgood & Co.,
Boston, is the finest specimen of the
historical novel of our day. It is a book
of absorbing interest, and illustrates its
scenes and period as vividly as do Bui
wer’s “Last Days of Pompeii” and “ftienzi”
theirs. Gen. Wallace possesses much of
the dramatic power evinced by the great
est of English novelists just named; and
henceforth he must take equivalent ranks
among American Novelists.
We put our pen aside with a sigh.
There is fascination in the theme. We
have ourself trodden the magic land of
wonderful Mexico, and we could eagerly
write more on the subject than the reader
might like.
James Russell Iiowell.
The famous American poet whose
name appears above is presented to our
eyes in the February Number of “The
Electic Magazine” in the form of an ex~
quisite steel engraving.
Mr. Lowel is just completing the 54th
year of his age, having been bom on the
Anniversary of Washington’s Brrth-day,
to-wit, on the 22d of February, 1819. He
(B perhaps better known to the South by
his “Biglow Papers” than any other pro.
duction. He is at present sojoiu-ning in
Europe. The old “North American Re
view" is rrnder bis editorial control
Longfellow’s beautiful poem, “The two
Angels.” was written in commemoration
of the death of Mr. Lowell's wife in 1853.
We observe in this same number of
the Electic Magazine, (Published by E.
R. Pelton, N. Y.) a learned yet brief ar
ticle, reversing the old medical theory,
and showing that the presence of growing
plants in sleeping apartments is not dam
aging to the health of human occupants.
Many other admirable articles, also.
Hos. A. H. Stephens.—The Washing*
ton correspondent of the Atlanta Consti
tution says Hon. A H. Stephens remark
ed that his health was improving despite
the unfavorable weather, and that he has
not felt so well for a long time as now.
He was at the state dinner given to the
Supreme Court at the White House last
Tuesday, and last evening was enjoying
a social visit to some ladies. He can
walk now with very little assistance, and
is in excellent spirits.
Remarkable Longevity.—James
Jackson of Banks county died on the 26th
day of November, aged one hundred and
fifteen years—haring been bom in Halifax,
Va., in 1758.
He was an honest man—always paid his
debts—was an old-line whig, and never
took a dose of medicine in his life—even
eschewing “ doctor’s stuff” in his last ill
ness. He left a wife, aged 110, and sev
eral children.—[Athens Watchman.
? oldin 5 State
*oiids, Issued
during the War, and that were not
paid oat on the Civil List.
Smce my claim for pay for my services
as Comptroller General in the past has
been discussed, I have been asked by
members of the Legislature and others
who now hold State Treasury Notes or
Bonds issued during the war, or who
took them for com, provisions, & c ., if I
think it “Equitable" that I should be
paid for my services, while they are not
paid their notes, too?
I answer, that whether they are ever
paid or not, J think it most “Equitable”
that X should be naid for mv cnvn‘/m a
business.—The comer in
Slippery
lari.
Men of the time.—Chronometer mak
ers.
A legal tender.—A lawyer minding his
baby.
The best substitute for coal.—Warm
weather.
A boarding establishmant.—A carpen
ter’s shop.
Is faking a hack the first stage of con
sumption ?
What has a cat that nothing else has?
Kittens.
A bad egg is not a choice egg, but is
bard to beat.
Cooing is well enough before marriage,
bat the billing doesn’t come till after; and
then it comes from the tradesman.
should be paid for my services to
the amount of the State notes I hold
against the State, with interest, &c. And
I have further to say, that after they
learn my <4 past record in this very mat
ter, my judgment tells me that if they
have one spark of gratitude in their
hearts, every one of them that have notes
ought not only to vote to pay me for my
services as Comptroller General, but they
ought to do all they can to have me paid.
And why ?
Because, in times past when the PAY
MENT of THEIR notes was an “open
question," as Comptroller General of the
State—as a trusted officer of the people,
who wanted to see the honor and good
faith of Georgia preserved, and justice
done to all, I fought for the honor of
Georgia, and I fought for their interests.
I fought for justice to all, in the way
and in the face of Federal power, with a
boldness that few men fight for their own
rights these days,much less for the rights
of others. I did this, Aoo, when I had
not a dollar to buy meat and bread and
clothing for myself and family, and when,
too, I could offer no guarantee for an
immediate payment of what I was buying
on a credit to feed myself and family, ex
cept the pay I expected to receive from
holding on to my office, which I at that
time, ran a great risk of being deprived
of, for being,true to what I believed at that
time to be the interest and welfare of
Georgia. Now for the PROOFS.
When the war closed, in May, 18G5,1
was Comptroller General. No one sup
posed then, that from Georgia’s past
course, she would ever repudiate her own
debts. All (but a very few) Georgians
were for Georgia’s maintaining her honor,
and paying what she had contracted to
pay. In June or July, 1865, however,
President Johnson appointed the Hon.
James Johnson Provisional Governor of
Georgia, and suffered myself and others
of the Executive department to hold on
to our offices. Provisional Governor
Johnson was not in office more than a week
or two, when he announced that he was
for a repudiation of every debt created by
Georgia during the war. Being by na
ture and education opposed to any man
or any State repudiating or refusing to
pay a just debt, or debts of their own
contracting, so long as they had the
means or property to pay with, although
I knew that I was subject to be removed
from office at any moment by the Prori
sional Governor or the President of the
United States, I at once, in the Executive
office, announced to Provisional Govern
or Johnson, that though he might be
‘instructed’’ and was “backed” by the
Government of the United States, I would
“fight” his “proposition” of repudia
tion,” to the “bitter end. ” And I furth
er informed him, that before the people—
the honest masses of Georgia, “we” who
opposed repudiation, “would whip him
into doll-rags”—which afterwards proved
true; for out of 301 Delegates to the
Convention, upon a close canvass at its
first assembling, there were but about 50
or 60 repudiators in the whole Conven
tion.
Again. Afterwards and before the as
sembling of the Convention, having learn
ed that Provisional Governor Johnson in
tended to recommend his Repudiation
idea to the Convention, I determined to
try to “clog” him again. Therefore,
knowing that he had been appointed Pro
visional Governor, as a “Union man be
fore the war,” and yet, at the same time,
knowing that the Governor had made a
secession speech, and wore a “blue cock
ade” at a Secession meeting at Columbus
just before the war, (while, on the other
land, I was a Co-operationist,) I went out
to Columbus and obtained newspaper
“reports” of his speech, and evidence
about the “blue cockade,” &c. Upon my
return to Milledgeville shortly before the
assembling of the Convention, I called at
the Executive office, and, in a proper
manner (I think) upbraided him for as
sisting in leading Georgia into the war,
and into a creation of a debt, and then
trying to make her “disgrace” herself by a
repudiation of debts of her own contract
ing. I also informed him, at the same
time, that if he did recommend such a
thing to the Convention, I had all the
facts in my pocket, and that I should ex
pose his past ‘record’—which I afterwards
did, both in Milledgeville and Washington
City. These matters brought about an
“unpleasantness,” that has existed up to
this day—for whereas, we were for
twelve or fifteen years before “friends,”
we now pass each other as “strangers.”
(I will, however, here do him the justice
to say that, notwithstanding his politics,
since he has been on the Bench he has
made a good and upright Judge, and I
respect him for that.)
Again: In July or August, 1865, the
Provisional Governor haring called upon
me for a “report” of “the amount of the
Public Debt due, that was created before
the war; and the amount created since
the Ordinance of Secession, the object for
which the same was created,” &c., &c. In
my Annual Report to him on the 16th
October, 1865, I responded to his call.
But, in doing so, in anticipation of his
repudiation message, I there attacked his
“pet” “Repudiation” with all the power of
mind that I possessed.
In my report to him, after alluding to
the then sad condition of Georgia, made
so by the results of the war, I also re
ferred to her past honesty and good faith,
&C-, her high character and prosperity in
the past, that I susposed had been pro
moted by her “keeping faith” with all.
And, while expressing the hope, that by
following in the same honorable track of
the past, I looked with confidence to her
greatness again in the future, I quoted
from Junius the same Aphorism used in
my article in the Atlanta Constitution of
the 24th inst And I then proceeded as
follows:
“Then, in this the darkest hour for
Georgia as to her agricultural industrial
labor, it is to be hoped that no “serpent”
in the shape of “Repudiation” will be al
lowed to “creep in” and “beguile” any
considerable portion of our good old
State, and “strip her of her plumage” and
“fix her to the earth!” But, remember
ing that “honesty is the best policy” let
her people one and all spurn the syren
song of the “Repudiator, and sustain as
they have heretofore done, the integrity
and honor of the State, and the day will
not be distant when they will see the
wisdom of such a course, and our good
old State will rapidly stride on to pros
perity and greatness again.
As an Officer of the State, ever willing
to serve, in season or ont of season,
wherever he can benefit bis native State,
and having been used by his Excellency
Governor Brown to induce some of the
ifanko and Capitalists and others to take
a portion of these Securities, at a time,
interest from other States and indiridu-: of Georgia with unpaid Treasury
als, and who only took them in prefer- notes, or bonds, or any other paper of
DTI on /\tl% /\«a * i * a * j * 11 ti * j * i • v i ■ i , a 1v a i a
ence to other securities, to maintain the
credit and character of the State—as an
Officer of the State who advised Executors
Administrators, Guar dams and widows,
to invest in Georgia Bonds and Treasury
Notes, giving it as his opinion that “al
though the Confederacy might fail, yet,
that Georgia would still be true to her
obligations”—and, as an Officer of the
State, who, for years, in my Annual Re
ports, have attempted to convince the
world that Georgia Securities of all kinds
were better securities than those of any
Government or State, I deem it my duty
to say something more at this time, par
ticularly in relation to the obligations as
sumed by the Representatives of the Peo
ple of Georgia during the past four or
five years.”
I then went on and alluded to the na>.
ture of the various “obligations" of the
State. And more especially did I plead
for the payment of those who had furn
ished means to purchase provisions, Ac.,
for the soldier's wives and children and
clothing for soldiers in the field. Indeed. I
plead for all who had freely let the State
have their money to pay what she need
ed during the war. And, while opposing
Repudiation of any portion of our debt,
I was willing that all that was paid out
as Confederate Currency, or paid ont for
goods, provisions, &c., Ac., at Confeder
ate prices, should be “scaled,” Ac. And I
concluded as follows:
“And finally, should Georgia’s good
name and credit and fame go down, and
she should be held as a “Repudiator"—
should the good old State, that gave me
birth, be charged with the violation of
her most solemn promises and pledges,
in matters of dollars and cents—should
she be charged with haring deliberately
borrowed money of her Banks, of her cit
izens, of her widows and orphans, and of
others, by issuing Bonds and Treasury
Notes with solemn promises to pay the
same, and then, without any default on
the part of those who gave her their
money and credit, deliberately refused to
repay the same, or any part thereof; and
that she did this, too, because there was
no power to compel her to do justice—
should the good old State that we have
all ever been so proud of, be charged
with thusjtreating her own citizens, (indu
ing helpless women and children,) or any
one else who trusted alone, to her honor;
and in consequence of the same, she shall
never have the credit and high character
she once possessed—I desire to “put it
on record” that I had “no part or lot” in
thus placing her, but, that, as an Officer
of the State, and a true and loyal citizen
I contended from the beginning to the
end, for the Integrity and Honor of
Georgia!” (See Comptroller Thweatt’s
Report to Provisional Governor Johnson,
October 16, 1865.)
The above is the way I “talked” up for
and -‘wrote" for ALL, in 1865. And
what was the result?
The Convention met. And sure enough,
Provision'd Governor Johnson’s “pet"
idea, “Repudiation,” was before honest
masses of the people of Georgia, “whipped
into doll bags,” as I had before told him
it would be. For, out of 301 members to
the Convention, upon a close canvass, but
about 50 or 60 “Repudiatoks” could be
found in the whole Convention. And the
Convention, shortly after it assembled,
was about to reject, by an overwhelming
vote, the “repudiation” of any portion of
Georgia’s debt, when Provisional Govern
or Johnson telegraphed to Washington
City to President Johnson, and Mr. Sew
ard, Secretary of State, for a Fiat, or
“ command” to the Convention to repudi
ate the war debt. This fiat or “command"
came in the shape of two telegrams, one
from President Johnson, and one from
Mr. Seward, requiring a repudiation of
the debt created for the purpose of car
rying on the war.
Seeing that this fiat or “command" was
about being obeyed. Noticing, too, that
even President Johnson “did not require"
the debt due to the ordinary Civil Officers
of the State, or debts created for the Civ
il Establishment to be “repudiated.” Un
derstanding, also, that the Hon. Joshua
Will, a member of the convention, and a
friend of President Johnson, while also
in favor of repudiating the war debt, was
also opposed to repudiating the debts due
to the State civil officers for their salaries
or due to others for merely civil sendees.
Seeing too, that in the early part of its
session the Convention had passed an
Ordinance authorizing the Governor to
pay other civil officers for their “salaries’
part of the time “during the war.” When
I saw that the Principal had been ES
TABLISHED (which was afterwards “ac
knowledged” as correct by President
Johnson “ accepting” the proceedings of
the Convention as “ all right,’ Ac.,) that
the SALARIES “during the war” of the
ordinary STATE CIVIL OFFICERS was
“NOT A WAR DEBT." It was then and
only then, and only in the eleventh hour
—and after I had been fighting and work
ing all the time for OTHERS, and found
that their cause was gore ! that their
debts WOULD BE REPUDIATED ! I
repeat that it was only under these cir
cumstances, and when we all saw that the
cause of these OTHERS was lost, that
Judge Iverson L. Hands and myself, and
others, went to the Hon. Joshua Hill,
and asked him to amend Sir. Chappell s
ordinance, so as to prevent our salaries.
too, during the war, for which we held
the States’ notes, as evidence of debt, be
ing repudiated. We only claimed that we
should, in justice, stand, at least, equal
to, or upon the same footing with the
other Civil Officers whoso salaries “dur
ing the war” had been ordered to be paid.
We claimed that, the Convention haring
established the principle by ordering those
officers paid immediately, that the “sala
ries” or “services” of the State civil offi
cers “during the war’ should be paid, the
only difference between us who held
“notes” and those who held “accounts,”
was in “degree ;” and that according to
the laws of Georgia our “claims” were
of a “higher dignity,” and, therefore, en
titled first to be paid, Ac., Ac. In
response to our desire, and in accordance
with his own convictions of right, Mr.
Hill offered the following amendment or
proviso to Mr. Chappell’s repudiating or
dinance ; Mr. Hill stating at the time (see
his letter) that his “object” in offering it
“was to secure” to us civil officers who
held State notes for our “salaries din ing
the war, payment in an available cubren-
Here is the proviso ;
Provided, That nothing herein con
tained shall prevent any Legislature here
after to assemble from making appropria
tions of money for the payment of any
claim against the State originating after
the 19th January, 1861, where it shall be
rnnle dearly to appear that such claim
was founded upon a consideration discon
nected with any purpose of aiding or as
sisting the prosecution of the war against
the United States and not incidental to a
state of war.”
By referring to page 166 of the Joumal
of tire Convention, it will be seen that this
amendment or proviso was “ agreed to ;”
and by referring to page 234 of the same
Convention it will be found that this same
proviso is incorporated into the repudiat
ing ordinance, signed by“Herschel V.
Johnson, President,” and “ Attest J. D.
Waddell, Sec’y.”
After the above expose of my “past rec
ord” in this matter as Comptroller Gen
credit in his pocket, that has the heart to
vote against paying me for my ordinary
civil services, when so many other civil
officers have been paid for similar serri
ces ? After I worked so much, and fought
so boldly and so well for him, and in a
most “trying hour," too, while the pay
ment of his debt was an “open question,’
is there one of these who would now
“strike me down," who would now vote
against paying me for my services due in
the past ? If there be such an one, when
he does it I want him to proclaim his “posi
tion.” I want good men, men of grati
tude, to look at him. I, myself, shall as
sign no position to him.
If, again, there be others who go about
and talk, or publish under a mask in the
newspapers, that they don’t think that I
ought to be paid, because their notes or
bonds have been repudiated and tkeycan’t
bepaid, too,Iskall notsay to their hearers
or listeners, “behold the ingrate ! But I
will say, that, in my humble judgment,
THEY’ are the last men IN GEORGIA
that should THUS TALK and WRITE.
I will not assign any position to them,
either.
But I will leave these two classes, if
there be any hereafter, for their “hearers”
and “readers” to give them that “posi
tion” which, by their conduct towards me
under the circumstances above related,
they are most entitled to “occupy.”
Very Respectfully,
PETERSON THWEATT.
Jan., 1874.
I will here state, upon the honor of a
gentleman, that if my salary (my notes
are only as evidences of the debt due me
for my salary dming the war) had been
repudiated in 1865 ; or had not Mr. Hill
introduced his “ proviso,” and the Con
vention adopted it under the eircumstan
ces it did, I would no more have present
ed my claim for $6,250 for unpaid* salary
to the Legislature of 1866, and again to
the present Legislature, than I would now
attempt to "fly to the moon.” But when
the rich bondholder and the rich State
note holder are getting his notes and
bonds, that probably he gave Confederate
money for, at a value of 5,10, 15 or 20
cents, paid dollar for dollar, and interest
for years. With such a good, clear and
honorable title as I have for pay for my
hard labor for years, I ask, and I again
ask, why should I, a native and true
Georgian, stand back and not claim my
rights, lest the repudiator, (the “friend"
of the rich) “kick me out of our Legisla
ture !” He was bold in 1865 - The peo
ple “whipped him into doll-rags.” The
honest masses will “ do it again.” The
present Legislature, I hope, will do it
again, too, and I believe they will do it,
too, if they will only look closely into
the matter and see where and upon what
foundation I stand, and what I am fight
ing for. But we shall see what we shall
see.
Nay more. As I am not a “dog in the
manger,” I want all to prosper, even
though I may not prosper myself. I want
every one to get to Heaven that can,
whether I get there or not. And as evi
dence that I never attempt to “cripple "
or “ defeat” others in obtaining their
rights, by unnecessarily “lugging" my
own fight into their fight—in 1865, while
other civil officers were trying to get
their salaries “dming the war” paid by
the Convention, although I needed money
as bad as any of them, yet I would not
interfere with them, or attempt to defeat
their wishes, merely because mine was not
included in their ordinance, too. I be
lieved then, as I believe now, that it was
,nd is the duty of the Legislature to pay
me money or issue bonds to me for what
our State owes me; and all that I did or
asked of the Convention, through Mr.
Hill, was to prevent my claim from being
repudiated, and to authorize “any Legis
lature” to pay it. The “Record" shows,
and Mr. Hill’s letter below shows that
the Convention did ALL, in my case,
that I, and others, ASKFD IT TO DO.
HON. JOSHUA HILL’S LETTER—
HIS PROYTSO, Ac.
Madison, Ga., Dec. 3d, 1873.
Peterson Thweatt :
My Dear Sir—Your favor of the 1st
inst., is before me. My recollection of
the history of my Amendment to Mr.
Chappell’s Repudiation Ordinance, and
the arguments offered in support of it,
are in substance the same as your
vn.
I declared my object in offering the
Amendment was to secure to ordinary State
Civil Officers who had received and held
State Treasury notes for their salaries or
services during the war, payment in an
available currency. In accepting the
Amendment, I considered that the Con-
ention approved my avowed purpose.
It is true, that Judge Harris, yourself
and some others similarly circumstanced,
did confer with me, before I present
ed my Amendment. I am only surprised
that so long a time has elapsed, without
prsvision having been made by the Legis
lature to pay such officers. There can be
no good reason for withholding payment
of salaries of such officers, simply be
cause they consented to accept the prom
ises of the State, in the shape of Treasury
Notes, and kept them, deriving no bene
fit from their possession. With high
regard,
Yours truly,
Joshua Hill.
Alphabet of Proverbs.
A grain of prudence is worth a pound
of craft.
Boasters are cousins to liars.
Confession of faults makes half
amends.
Denying a fault doubles it.
Envy shoots at others and wounds
lierself.
Foolish fear doubles danger.
God reaches us good things by our
hands.
He has hard work who has nothing to
do.
It costs more to avenge than to for
give.
Justice lives with benevolence.
Knavery is the worst trade.
Learning makes a man fit company for
himself.
Modesty is a guard to virtue.
Not to hear conscience is the way to
silence it.
One hoar to-day is worth two to-mor
row.
Proud looks make foul work in fair
faces.
Quiet conscience gives sweet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults are little thieves that let in
greater.
The boughs that bear most hang low
est.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness are mother and
child.
Wise men make their own opportuni
ties.
You never lose by doing a good tom.
Zeal without knowledge is fire withont
light.—[Christian Advocate.
too* when they would have got a larger j era! of Jha State, ia there a creditor
An idle young man was complaining
to a prosperous friend that, although he
had tried his luck^in all sorts of fairs and
lotteries, he had never been able to draw
anything. “Indeed,” said his friend.
“Well, suppose you try a hand cart? You
can draw
SEWING-ACHES.
Jessie sat down by her mother to sew.
She was making a pillow-case for her own
little pillow.
“ All this ?” she asked, in a discontented
tone, holding the seam ont.
“That’s not too much for a little girl
who has a work basket of her own," said
her mother.
“Yes,” thought Jessie, “mother has
given me a work-basket, and I ought to
be willing to sew;" and with that she took
a few stitches quite diligently.
“I have a dreadful pain in my side,” said
Jessie, in a few moments. “My thumb is
very sore,” she said in a very few minutes
after. “O, my hand is so tired!” That
was next. And with that she laid down
her work. Next, there was something
the matter with her foot, and then with
her eye.
At length the sewing was done. Jessie
brought it to her mother.
Should I not first send for a doctor ?
said her mother. •
“ The doctor for me, mother!” cried
the little girl, as surprised as she could
be.
“Certainly,” said her mother; “ a little
girl so full of pains and aches must be
sick, and the sooner we have the doctor
the better.”
“Omother!” said Jessie, laughing, “they
were sewing-aches. I am well enough,
now.
I have heard of other little girls, besides
Jessie, who had sewing aches and pains
whenever their parents had work for them
to do. These aches and pains do show
sickness; they are symptoms of a bad dis
ease, a disease which eats some people up.
This disease is called “selfishness." It
makes children cross and fretful and dis
obliging and troublesome and unhappy
and I am sure it makes those selfish and
sad who have charge of them.
The Idea of the Spinning Jenny.
James Hargreaves dropped upon his
knee and rolling on the floor at length.
He lay with his face toward the floor,
and made lines and circles with the end of a
burnt stick. He rose and went to the
fire to bum his stick. Then he sat upon a
chair and placed nis head between his
hands, elbows on his knees, and gazed
intently at the floor. Then he sprang to
his feet, and replied to some feeble ques
tions of his wife, who had not risen since
the day she gave birth to a little stranger,
by a loud assurance that he had it; and
taking her in his sturdy arms in the blank
et, the baby in her arms, he lifted her out
and held her over the black drawings on
the floor. These he explained, and she
joined in a small, hopeful, happy laugh,
with his high toned assurance that she
should never again toil at the spinning
wheel; that he should never again “play,”
and have his loom standing for want of
weft.
“Our fortune is made when that is
made,” said he, speaking of his drawings
on the floor.
“What will yon call it?” asked his wife.
“Call it? What and if we call it after
thyself, Jenny? They called thee ‘Spin
ning Jenny’ afore I had thee, because
thou beat every lass in Stanchill Moor at
the wheel. What if we call it ‘Spinning
Jenny’?’’
The Spinning Jenny could spin twelve
threads, instead of one, as by hand-spin-
ning.
The populace broke the machine to
pieces, and poor Hargreaves’ heart at the
same time.
Richard Arkwright, a common barber,
caught the idea of Hargreaves, improved
upon it, realized half a million sterling,
and became Sir Richard Arkwright,
whose son, in 1843, died the richest com
moner in England—[Observer.
FURNITURE ! FURNITURE 11
w. db J. CAHAK.EH,
large assortment of FINE AND COMMON FURNITURE, con-
%
H ave on hand
fisting of
Beaatiftal Bd-Kna Setts, Bureaus, Mirrors, Tables, Chairs,
Brltlrula ami .Natlrnan ef all mlxrm and qimlitira.
iy Repairing ot Furnitnre and Upholstering Done to Order on short notice.
Window-Shades and Fixtures, Corner and Wall Brackets, &c.
WILLOW BASKETS, CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES. Lr.rge lot of Children’s Toys, such as DoH Car
riages, Express Wagons, Ac.
BUGGY HARNESS for sale Also, all kinds of Material lor Carriage Makers and Repairers. Ready-mad*
Wagon and Boggy Wheels always ou hand.
Boors, Sash and Blinds, and Fixtures for Blinds.
{3P* We guarantee Low Prices and Good Work. Give us a call.
JS> ur i n t
€?a
All styles of Metallic and Wood Buvi.i! Cases and Caskets always on
tar Orders for cases will receive prompt attention at all hoars—day nr nijhL
W. & J. CAR AKER.
Milledgevtlle, Ga., Sept. 2,1873. 3 6iS
B. P. WALKER,
(Late of S. T. It B. P. Walker.)
J. H. DOBBS,
(Latp of WI-\ Dobbs St, Co.j
WAiKEE <fe
SUCCESSORS TO
Wise, Dobbs & Co.,
BS,
importers and wholesale dealers in
China, Crockery ^nd Glass Ware, Silver Plated Ware,
roosat axvb sab&b cutx.ee,y,
COAL OIL, LAMPS, WICKS. BURNERS, CHIMNEYS, CHANDELIERS. GAS AND KEBOSBVK
FIXTURES, PORTER S PLANTATION AND COMBINATION HOES.
B-We would call the attention of Men. haute to oar immense and varied stork of the above Goods, (cellar
that we cangive entire satisfaction in regard to quality and price. Our retail Department is also complete.
’Walker &> Dobbs, MAC«n,cja»
October 14, 1873,
12 6a.
GO TO MAC O N
AND
Buy Tour Furniture and Carpets
THOM AS WOOD, Next to Lanier House.
THE LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN !
METAL CASES AND CASKETS, WOOD COFFINS OF ALL KINDS,
At prices that defy competition. Night call, answered at- the Lanier House.
THOMAS WOOD, Vaeon, On.
Oct 14,1873.
12 6m.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, CURTAINS.
Fall Trade 1S73.
JAMES 6. BAILIE & BROTHER.
205 itroad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.,
Are now offering the Largest Stock of CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES and CURTAINS ever offend
by any House South, and at the lowest prices. Goods all new. Pretty and Cheap. Be sure to call and look
at the new and beantifol array of Patterns at
JAMBS a. BAXLXB A BB.OV
Choice FmIIj Groceries aid Plantation Supplies. First Class Goods!
and at low prices at
JAMBS a. BAILIE
Oct. 21,1873.
BROXHHL
133m.
A man left a bony steed on Main street
last Saturday, coming back a short time
afterwards, discovered that a funny youth
had placed a card against the fleshless
ribs bearing the notice, “Oats wanted—
inquire within.”
There is a story of Judge Grier, which
everybody delights in, how he set aside
the unjust verdict of a jury against an
unpopular man, with this remark: “Enter
the verdict, Mr. Clark. Enter, also, ‘Set
aside by the court.’ I want it to be un
derstood that it takes thirteen men to
steal a man’s farm in this court.”
Must Unload.—The Washington cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
states that when Mr. Carpenter in his
speech on Louisiana affairs the other day,
informed the Senate, and especially Sena
tor Morton, that the Republican party
must unload all this corruption before
entering upon the next Presidential cam
paign, the sentiment appeared to meet
the hearty approval of all the leaders of
the party who heard it uttered.” And
still Grant refuses to move in this un
loading business.
To-day, leave of absence was granted
to the Insane Asylum Committee to visit
Milledgeville and go to the Lunatic Asy
lum. They leave here to-night, via Ma
con, bound for that institution. Senator,
Harris presides as chairman. He says he
knows all about that concern—so to
speak. Leave was granted several other
Senators, not for the same purpose, w hich
makes it extremely doubtful about there
being a quorum to-morrow. In the event
of no quorum the Senate will be forced
to “stnke,” whether in “striking distance”
or not.
The Joint Committee Sn Constitution
reported favorably on a bill “striking” out
the word “Atlanta,” and inserting “Mil
ledgeville” in the Constitution, which
will be made the special order” for some
day the latter part of this week.
I send you Mr. Peavy’s bill relative to
trial by jury in criminal cases as it passed
to-day. There will be a motion to recon
aider and amend in the morning. This
bill was offered to-day by Mr. Peavy in
substitute for all others. The warfare
between him and the Supreme Court is
carried on with vigor. Nay, not only him,
but the Senate seems involved.—Atlanta
correspondence of Telegraph & Messen
ger, Feb. 2d.
— ♦—■
Harris, of the Savannah News, has
got no more manners than if he wasn’t
married. This is the way he gives a
marriage notice: Near Columbus, recently,
Mr. Tom Hair was married to Mrs. Abbie
Moss. When Cupid builds his little nest
of Moss and Hair, the probabilities are
that he is pretty comfortably situated.
The Atlanta Constitution testifies to
the energy, faithfulness and competency
of J. A. Cameron, who has been Messen
ger of the Georgia Senate from the close
of the war to this time.
VMi B. JOHNSTON, JR,,
Successor to Thos. U. Conner,
Keeps on hand the latest and most fashionable styles of
tfrlTS, BMTS, HATS,
Gents Furnishing Goods! Gents Furnishing Goods!
CRAVATS, SCARFS, BOWS, FURS, TRUNKS, VALISES, SATCHELS,
Baskets, Umbrellas, Canes, &c., &c., &c.
When yon come to Macon please give me a call. Orders promptly and satisfactorily filled.
Nov. 19, 1873,
Cotton Avenue, next to Mix A Kirtland,
MACOB, Cl A.
17 3a,
REMOVAL
Macon, Georgi
a
H AVE tills day removed to their new afore, comer Cotton Avenue and Cherry St., (Bowdre it Aalraap'*
old stand) where they will be pleased to see theirold friends and customers and the public generally. The
Street Care from “Brown House" and Passenger Depot pass in TEN STEPS of oar door every thirty min
utes during the day. '
Bacon,
Bacon,
Bacon.
75 HALF CASKS CLEAR BIB SIDES. 25 whole casks CLEAR RIB SIDES.
In store and to arrive, on consignment, and sale at lowest market rates by
JdNES A SAXVBK
October 29, 1873. *
JOHJVSOJY 4* SMITH,
WBOLHSAIiE
Nos. 74, 76, 78, MULBERRY STREET,
Uader the lasaale Teaple aai Opposite Ike Laaier
MACON, GA.,
O FFER TO THE PEOPLE OF BALDWIN and surrounding counties, one of the largest beat
and cheapest Stocks of GROCERIES, LIQUORS aud PLANTATION SUPPLIES ever k»
Georgia—for cash or on time—consisting in part of
300,000 lbs. C. R. Bacon,
braugkt to
50,000 “ Long C. Sides,
50,000 “ Bacon Shoulders,
50,000 “ Lard, Tierces, Kegs &c., |
300 bbls. Whiskies, best to cheapest,'
300 bxs. Tobacco, all grades, j
500 “ Cigars, Cheroots to Partagas, •
25 cases, Smoking Tobacco,
100 gross Pipes,
100,000 yards Bagging, all kiods^
25.000 lbs. Arrow Ties,
50.000 “ Flour, all grades,
75.000 lbs. Sugar, ‘A* ‘extra C’ & C,
150 bbls. Syrup and Molasses;
|75 Tierces Choice ttaoM^
100 boxes, Candles,
,300 boxes, Bar and Toilet Soaps,
750 Bushels Oats,
Starch, Candy, Nuts, Oysters, Crackers, Cheese, dc. 4c.
A Fanner reading a journal to his
wife in which was the sentance: “The
President was recieved with three huzzas,’
pronounced the last word “hussies.”
“More shame for him,” exclaimed the
indignant and scandalised lady.
Slandering the Pais Six.—An ex
change says: It is reported that a gentle
man eras heard to say, that whenever
there was a knock at hu door, he alwa;
went there at once, bnt his wife on tl
contrary, cries out, “Mercy Joe, who’s
that?” and dashes for the looking glass
the first thing. .
Sept 30,1873.
Land and Money.
■the familiM aad fain et vataataan ta the War of
1 TEXAS INDEPENDENCE (A. D. 1835 6) will
learn aomethiBg to MMr adamatagt by aoauuamcat-
ing with
W. 6. UcASee, MUMsavBle, Hcargta.
Many GEORGIANS wwa b tkat War, aatier ao«-
maad of Gas. Saw HaaMaa aai otbora. Woo'd bo
plooaedto eommanhuf wRh botra of JaaMoCtofc,
KbOLDwaJ. —«jrg»
Begins a new volume January 1. This is aa bU es
tablished standard FsrsMra paper, devoted to ag>
rieoltare and its interests. Special attention ia paid——
booides that given to tbo stable crops, .1
booM-made manures, 4to-.—to Live I
Growing, the Dairy, fcc. Some of the i
coo agricoturist write for it. It i» 1
tial, Reliable, $1-S a year. To o aba«
only 81 each. Very liberal aad in
for debs. Last three numbers of '
nanaa neeivsd before Dec. 31.
tree. Agents^wsnted eve
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