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MILL E DVEVILLE, «E0K2»fA. OCTOBER 14. !S79.
DUMBER IS.
TFjE REASON WffY;
“No, Lucy, never make a love match,”
said young’ Mrs. Strong: to an old sclioo'l-
friond who was paying lior an afternoon
visit. “Marry for money, for interest—for
anything but love. I have tried that, ami
made a failure such as it would break my
heart to see you make.”
Lucy Moore listened silently a t hought
ful shadow on her fair young face.
“Is it, indeed, so?” she said. “I grieve to
hear it. How well I remember your wed
ding day, Mary? How handsome and no
ble he looked t How bright and happy were
you ! Oh! surely he iovgd you very dearly
then?”
“He thought he did, and so did I,” said
Mrs. Strong, with a half-choked sob. “But
it did not last long, Lucy. We have been
married just two years to-day. He will not
remember the day. He left me thisjmorning
without a kiss, as lie always does. He will
come back to dinner in the same way, and
after it is over lie will go out to his club,
or some other place, and never come home
till I have gone to l>ed. And yet I have been
a good and faithful and careful wife to him.
I have studied his comfort in every way,
ami this is my reward 1”
She hid her face in her hands as she spoke.
Lucy Moore bent over her and whisper
ed,” “In every way save one, my dear
Mary.”
Mrs. Strong looked up.
“What do you mean?”
“Promise not to be angry and 1 will tell
you.”
“Go 0:1.”
“Your husband as a young man was very
fond of music. l>o you ever play or sing
to him of an evening now?”
“Oh, no. We gave that up long enough
ago”
“But why?”
“I am sure I can’t tell. It was such a bore
to practice.”
“Do you read aloud to him or have him
read to you.”
“No. 1 used to; but some how that is
given up too.”
“And your dress; shall you change it be
fore he comes home to dinner?”
Mrs. Strong shook her head. She wore a
dingy, ilounced delaine, no collar or culls,
and her hair was rough and untidy—her
whole look oue of extreme carelessness.
“He would not notice it if I did. Where,
the use, Lucy? It is all too late.”
“No, is not too late. But it may be soon,”
said Lucy, earnestly. “Mary, some one
ought to tell you. No one dares to but me.
Your husband does not go to his club of an
evening. Ho goes to Mrs. Wylie’s. You
know her; you, have heard her name—The
Queen of Flirts.’ Mary, she is {^dangerous
woman. She lives but for admiration,
and that she means to have. Your husband
gives her admiration now;* lake you
care that he gives no more—his love!”
Mrs. Strcng burst Into tears.
“What can I do?” she wailed. “I know
that woman too well. What chance have I
against her?”
“Give your yourself a chance,” said Lucy,
with a kiss. “Let your husband lind a
pleasant welcome from a wife1Tfl(tly dress
ed, Mary. Forgive the Writ: You have
beauty and grace. Do not negloctlhem long
er. Sing to him, Mary, play to Iimm, charm
and fascinate him. Y'ou have done it once.
Try again and save him from the ‘Queen
of Flirts.’ ”
She stole softly from the room. It had
not been a pleasant lesson to receive; it
might have not been a pleasant one to give;
who shall say? But Mrs. Strong was a
sensible, as well as a pretty woman, and
five minutes after Lufly Motyc had gone
she went up to her own room, acknowledg
ing that her friend had spoken but the
truth.
That evening, just after the street lamps
were lighted, Mr. Strong came carelessly
towards his home. Yes, that was the word.
That house was fast Lx-oming to him only
a place to eat, sleep and dress in—a place
for which he had to pay rent and taxes, but
in which he took no comfort or pleasure, if
the truth be told.
“Never mind, I’ll go to Grace Wylie’s
as soon as dinner is over, and she will make
it up to me, bless her bright eyes!” thought
Mr. Strong, as in; opened the front door
with his latch-key and strode across the
hall.
Only half-way however, for there before
him, at thefootof the stairs, stood a grace
ful, pretty woman, with satin-sniootb
brown hair, and bright blue eyes, and
chocks as red as roses, wearing a pretty
evening dress of dark blue silk and shin
ing ornaments upon her snowy neck and
arms.
“Welcome home dear James!” she said
with a heavenly smile. “It is the second
anniversary of our wedding-day. Won’t
you spend this evening at home with me,
dear?”
His only answer was a cold embrace and
a sudden kiss. Mis eyes were dim as he
sped up stairs to bis own room to prepare
for dinner.
THE SOUMERN SttLlMEit BOY.
Young as the Jyoungvst who donned the
gray, f
True as the tfucst that wore it—
Brave as the liavest, he marched away,
i Hot tears on tie checks of his mother lay,)
Triumphant lived our (lag one day.
He fell in Uf front before it.
Firm as theinnest, where duty led,
Ho hurries without a falter;
Bold as thefttildcst. he fought and bled,
Aud Uie das was «■•* HI— 1 * IlL wa 9 j
red,/
And the w<*xl of his fresh young heart
wasfhed,
On his country’^hallowed star.
On the trifmpled breast of the battle plain,
Where/the foremost ranks had wrestled,
On his pale, pure face not a mark of pain,
< His mother dreams the> will meet again,)
The fairi*st form amid all the slain,
Like a child asleept- nestled.
in the solemn shades of the woods that
The flehfwhere his comrades found him.
They buried him (here and the hot tears
Into strong men s ev es that had seldom
wept, , .
tills mother -God pity her—-smiled and
slept, . . . .
Dreaming her arms were around Jiuu-r
A grave in the woods with ihc grass o’er-
grown,
A grave in the heart of his mother-
11 is clay in the one lies lifeless and lone;
There is not a name, there is not a stone—
And only the voice,of the wiud ruaketb
moan
O'er the grave where T**vor a flower is
strewn,
But His memory lires iu the other.
Her. .1. .1. Ryan in Ronton Pilot.
PARTING.
(Boston Transcript.]
Lean down and kiss me, O my love,my own ;
The day is near when thy fond heart will
miss me.
When o’er my low green bed with bitter
moan
Thou wilt lean down, but cannot clasp or
kiss me.
How strange it is that I, so loving thee
And knowing wo must part, perchance
to-morrow.
Can comfort find, thinking how great will be
Thy lonely desolation and thy sorrow.
And then, and then, O mine own other part.
Why should I grudgo thee some surcease
of weeping?
Why can I not rejoice that in thy heart
Sweet love will bloom again when I am
sleeping? —,
Nay—make no promise. I would place no
ban
I'pon thy future, even wouldst thou let
me;
Thou hast most truly loved toe, like a man,
And, like a man, thou wilt forget me.
Why should I care, so near the infinite -
Why should I care that; thou will cease
to miss me?
Ah, God, theseearthly tiesareknit so tight!
Quick, quick, lean lower, O my love and
kiss me.
‘Brute—fool that I have been!’ he thought
to himself.
And after dinner, on the plea of smoking
one cigar, he went into Bond street and
returned with a pretty gold watch and
chain as a present for his wife. They sang
the old songs together that evening; they
talked a long time over the dying lire. Ah,
it was not too late. He loved her still,
and she had saved him and their happy
home.
The lesson was not lost upon her. From
that day she has never grown careless—
never ceased to strive to keep her hus
band’s as she once tried to win her lover’s
love.
Oh, wives who weep and mourn while
your truant husbands seek some fascinating
“Grace,” have you fallen into Mary’s error?
Is this is the reason why.
f Written for the Ladies’ [Phil.) .Journal.]
THE AMERICAN QUEEN'.
BY ANNIE PEKINE 1UCKEK.
Somebody once referred to the wife of the
President of the United States as “The
; American Queen.” Hardly any designa-
t tion could have been less appropriate than
| this, used in the narrow sense in which it
undoubtedly was. The Amei iean Queen is
j every good woman in the country. The
wife of the President enjoys no more privi-
j leges, and scarcely more distinction, than
j are within reach of tens of thousands of her
| countrywomen. Unlike tin; empresses and
1 queens and princesses of Europe, the wife
! of the President has never yet become the
! leader of fashion. She is like all the rest of
us, a creature of that fickle tiling to a great
extent; and probably nobody in this coun
try ever heard that any one did tliisor that
in that way of dress because the wife of the
President had done it; but the wife of the
President lias conformed to one thing or
another because it is the fashion.
With one or two exceptions the wives of
our presidents have been among the plain
est of the women of this country. Perhaps
Mrs. Washington was an exception to this
in some respects, but chiefly concerning her
appearance in society. She had been from
early girlhood accustomed to the aristo
cratic society of Virginia; and when her
husband became the president, and new
social duties devolved upon her, she was
well prepared to put into practice some of
the most rigid formalities which society in
these days doesn’t know so much about.
She had the disadvantage, too, of having
no precedents to guide her conduct as the
wife of the President. She was the first to
occupy the position, and it was quite nat
ural that when she entered upon her social
duties she should get her models from
abroad. Her reeepljons were conducted on
the plan of the French and English draw
ing-rooms. None were admitted to the
levees who wore not the full dress prescrib-
ed; and this rigid style was kept up after
the seat of government was removed to
Philadelphia, whore the President had his
house on the South side of Market Street,
between Fifth and Sixtli Streets. Mrs.
Washington had held drawing-rooms on
Fridays, and it is possible that she consid
ered nil the formality which attended them
as a matter of necessity to preserve I he in
tegrity or the unity of society, as letters
written to her friends at this time seem lo
indicate that her tastes ran very different
ly. Mrs. Abigail Adams, the wife of the
second President, maintained the formality
and stiff dignity which her predecessor had
inaugurated, but she cared much less for it
evidently. It was during the administra
tion of Mr. Adams that the President’s
house at Washington was first oecupiod,
and Mrs. Adams had no very cheerful time
of it. It was difficult to get wood enough
to keep the place warm, and when (here
were receptions people came mostly from
Georgetown and Alexandria, or from even
greater distance. It was Mrs. Adams who
inaugurated the New Year’s receptions at
the White House, during the last year of
her residence there.
During the presidency of Mr. Jefferson
there was not much in the way of social
sensation at the White House. The Presi
dent’s daughters occasionally visited him
there, and Mrs. Dolly Madison, then 1 lie
wife of the Secretary of State, occasionally
did the honors; but it was nothing to the
life which Mrs. Madison brought into the
ordinarily dreary old place when her hus
band became the president. Stie brokeover
all the old formality that had been so con
spicuous before Mr. Jefferson's term, and
the While House for several years was the
center of a very brilliant society. All this,
however, was brought to an end by the in
vasion of Washington by the English, and
the destruction of the White House. Soci
ety was not afterward, during Mr. Madi
son’s term, what it had been. The house
was partially restored during the adminis
tration of President Monroe, and lusaeeoni-
plished wife held her receptions there in
imitation of the simple and democratic
fashion introduced by Mrs, Madison. Like
her successor, the wife of John Quincy
Adams, she had seen a great deal of social
life at the royal courts of Europe, but that
had not perverted the simple American
tastes of either.
From this time forward society at the
capital changed much; it enlarged to a con
siderable degree, and the lady in the White
House became loss the center of social
movements. During one or two adminis
trations previous to that of Mr. Adams the'
wives of cabinet ministers had introduced
receptions, and were dividing honors with
tlie “first iadv of the land.” This had be
come so much the case that the social du
ties of a cabinet minister’s wife were re
garded as scarcely less important, and cer
tainly not less arduous, than were those of
the President’s wife, while it served in ex
cellent degree to supply any want of gay-
ety at the White House. There was always
hospitality in the President’s house, how
ever. General Jackson’s wife died between
the time of his election and Inauguration,
and Bis nieces, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Jr.,
and Mrs. DonelsoD, lived with him; in Mr.
Yon Buren’s term his daughter-in-law was
the hostess; the wife of President Harrison
was too ill to go to Washington when he
was inaugurated, and lie was accompanied
by a niece and daughter-in-law; the wife of
President Tyler cned iu the White House
during the second year of his administra
tion, and in its last year he married again,
the ceremony being performed in the White
House. Society was particularly enlivened
by this event. During the administration
of President Polk some changes were made
in the character of the White House recep
tions, and dancing was abolished. There
was a cold respectability about everything
that was not altogether agreeable to the
younger people who participated in Wash
ington social life. In consequence of this
some satisfaction was expressed when it
was found that the advent of General Tay
lor would bring his young daughter into
the White House as hostess, and the inter
est was heightened by the fact that sin;
was also a bride. Mrs. Taylor declined to
participate in any of the active life about
the President. In Mr. Filmore’s time, also,
his daughter did the honors of the White
House; Mrs. Fillmore wasiu ill-health,and
being fond of books and music brought a
library into the dreary old mansion, aud
spent most or her time among its treas
ures. It was the first time there hail been
any books there. The wife of President
Pierce was nearly always in ill-health, and
she made White House society very much
what it hail been in Mrs. Polk’s time. T he
bachelor president, Buchanan, however, in
troduced his young niece. Miss Harriet
Lane, into the White House as its hostess,
and society was again much enlivened.
Miss Lane’s social duties were much great
er than those of any who had preceded her,
as lieu uncle was in the habit of receiving
his friends unofficially and entertaining
them most generously. A distinguismd
gentleman not on friendly terms with Mr.
Buchanan, has since said that “the "Rite
House Under the administration of Mr.
Buchanan approached more nearly to his
idea of a republican court thnu the riest-
dent’s house had ever before done.” It was
during this administration that the Prince
of Wales was entertained. There lias been
very little in the way of change in the gen
eral line of capital society during the sub
sequent administrations. Social freedom
was embarrassed somewhat during tue
war, and more or less for ten years. Dur
ing General Grant’s term it largely recov
ered, and Mrs. Hayes seems to have eu-
couraged more than ever the unostenta
tious ways tlmt are so pleasant with the
average of our people.
Of the wives of the ex-Presidents, but
three are now living. Mrs. Polk, whose
husband died thirty years ago, is living at
Nashville, still a charming woman. She is
visited by many distinguished people who
go to Nashville, and her well-stored mind
proves a source of entertainment to all who
talk with her. Mrs. Lincoln isat Pau, near
the base of the Pyrenees in Southern
France, and is said to have been restored to
mental health. Mrs. Grant is traveling
with her husband in the Old World. In
looking back over the list of women who
have presided in the White House, it must
upper as a rare good fortune that they have
one of whom it coukl not be said that she
enjoyed a rich possession of social virtues.
NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA.
liow he Entered the Czar's Dominions in 1812
and how he Left Them.
As Napoleon was about to cross the Rus-
: sian frontier he paused, literally faint with
hunger, at the little Polish village of
Skrawedze and made his way, accompanied
by his staff, to the priest’s house to ask if
he had anything eatable.
The priest understood no French aud
j could speak nothing but Polish, and Xa-
1 poleon was unable to convey to him his
meaning till he reflected that the Polish
| ecclesiastic was a Catholic and naturally
had learned Latin. “Let’s try him with
the Homan Catholic language!” said the
Emperor, and straightway entered into a
conversation with him in the tongue of tiic
Ciesars.
The priest had nothing to give—nothing.
The foragers had swept the village bare, a
fact whereat the worthy ecclesiastic did
not murmur, for were they not attempting
the liberation of his country? “There’s a
priest,” said the Emperor as with a laugh
lie clapped the good man on the shoulder,
“there’s a priest who doesn’t set his heart
on the things of this world.”
Laughter, however, does not fill an empty
stomach, and the Emperor in dejected per
plexity was gazing out of the window into
the yard when he espied a hen, the solitary
survivor of the sack of Skrawedze.
“Eeverendissime, eccelest pulla,” he cried
with elation; and summoning his aides,
dashed into the garden in pursuit ot the
chicken, which was speedily captured and
wrung as to its neck.
“If you are as good a cook as you are a
clergyman,” said the Emperor to his host,
“I shall have a famous bowl of chicken
broth.” But the priest was unversed in
culinary lore, and every she in the village
had lied. Two aides-de camp, however, set
about the important labor, and soon Napole
on had, with a soldier’s iron spoon, eaten
Ids bowl of broth, thickened with broken
biscuit, and half of the fowl. Then alter a
doze of half-an-hour lie mounted his horse
and prepared to ride forward.
Tim Poles meanwhile had gathered out
side, and wore acclaiming him as “Father”
and “Savior,” but he paid no attention to
their homage, and passed on, taking witli
him the priest as a guide. The unfortunate
ecclesiastic had not even had the remainder
of the last inmate of his hen-house where
with to stay his stomach, and compelled to
walk rapidly through the mud, was com
pletely knocked up when at last they reach
ed the highway near the frontier.
The Emperor bade Berthier send the
priest back with an escort, having first
counted out to him a sum of 2:>,000 francs
to be distributed among his poor relatives
and pensioners, then shook hands with
him. “Vale, reverendisslme,” lie said,
“memento mei ad Altare Dor,” and rode
across the frontier into Russia.
II.
The French Army—the fragments of it,
rather—bleeding, freezing, dying, was toi 1-
ing homewards across the snow-covered
plains. Napoleon foremost was hurrying
to Paris, followed very closely by the Cos
sack scouts, when he reached a small town
on the Polish frontier and entered its tav
ern (kaffehavs.) There was a throng of cus
tomer in its principal, room as lie strode
in, and going to the fire-place turned his
back to the grateful warmth.
Mme. Mitzulewicz, the hostess, strove to
push aside this unknown French officer
who so cavalierly hindered her cooking ap
paratus. He wore the uniform of the Chas
seurs of tiie Guard and over it a cloak of
velvet and fur, with upon his head a huge
fur cap.
“’Tislie! ’ids Napoleon!" whispered a
tutor who was present to his charge, a
young lad, and the wondering and awed
boy drew near, curious to see tlio great Em
peror and to hear what he was saying to his
hostess.
“Listen, you pretty little Pole, what a
pretty little woman you are!” were the
words that the youth heard. At that mo
ment an officer of the Polish Krasinski reg
iment, the first tiiat had crossed rite Nie-
men and which at the passage had lost 200
men and horses, swept away by the cur
rent, entered the tavern, and seeing the
newly arrived guest bowed reverently be
fore him, hailing him as “Sire.”
“How did you recognize me?” said the
Emperor.
“The Emperor gave me this at Wagram,”
answered the officer, touching the cross of
the Legion that he wore.
“I am the Emperor,” said Napoleon; “I
have no need to deny it here. Go, bring the
sous-prefet to me at once.”
“Off witli your hats—the Enipei or!” cried
the officer, as he quitted the apartment.
Napoleon thanked the astonished arid eon-
fused occupants as they rose, desired them
to continue their occupations or amuse
ments heedless of his presence, and set
himself to teasing maliciously the hostess,
who no longer protested against his mono
polizing the fire.
There was also in the room the wife of
the second jndge of the town, a young and
very handsome woman; to her Napoleon
paid violent court. “l r ou are a very pretty
little tiling!” he said, pinching her ear and
patting her cheek, after his accustomed
fashion.
Rapp, Caulaincourt and some Polish of
ficers of the escort meanwhile had entered,
and the sous-prefet had hastened to the tav
ern. It was a ride of fifty versts through
the woods to the nearest place of real safe
ty, and already the Cossacks were scouring
the frontiers. While the official, who had
offered to find a guide, was preparing for
his departure Napoleon dined voraciously
upon a leg of mutton and carrots. “It was
whispered that this was the first meal to
which lie had sat down since his departure
from Moscow.”
Looking up lie saw upon (lie wail a fram
ed engraving <>1'the “Interview at Tilsit."
“How things chaise in life,” he said, “Til
sit in -1807 and now—take that picture
down!” Then ho went on to praise loudly
the courtesy and good qualities of the
Czar and expressed his admiration of the
military talents of Constantine. Then lie
fell to his mutton and carrots, remarking
to an officer that, apropos of handsome wo
men, the Queen Lousiaof Prussia was the
most charming creature he had ever met.
in.
At the moment it was announced that Hie
sledges were In readiness, the Emperor was
asked to review the National Guard of the
town, which had been turned out in bis
honor. The sappers, who wore false beards
and handled their picks in a very clumsy
manner, excited his laughter, and turning
to Rapp lie exclaiming. “Aren’t they ridi
culous?” A great shout of “Long live the
Emperor!” was raised by the silly folk,
ready to die for the vanquished sovereign
who laughed at them, and Napoleon seemed
pleased and complimented tiieir comman
der, who said that was not all his force—he
could turn out 2,000 men.
‘ Two thousand men!” said the Emperor,
with some surprise; “if we can raise 2,000
men in a place of this size, the country as a
whole can easily furnish 200.000. Things
are not desperate vet,” he added to Rapp.
The sledges were drawn up. Napoleon
entered the first witli his Mameluke, Rous-
tan, and Rapp; Caulaincourt anil the Polish
officers were in the second; the third was
laden with food aud forage. Mikoulicz, a
Pole, who was to act as guide, was told that
the Emperor travelled as Marshal Caulain
court and not utider his own name. Mikou-
licz, who knew thoroughly all the intrica
cies of the forest, was to receive 25,000
francs for life services. From Elba Napole
on sent him a ring with his cipher in bril
liants, worth 6,000 francs. Mikouliez sold
it to a German trader for 400. It may be
added that the Russians when they discov
ered that thanks to the Pole’s assistance
they had failed to capture the Emperor, de
creed the guide’s punishment, and wiien
they caught him sent him to Siberia.
The whips cracked and the horse.- sprang
forward. Turning round the Emperor cried
gaylytoMuio. Mitzulewixc, who was stand
ing on her doorstep, “Adieu, baba!” and
was gone.
He had mounted his horse for the cam
paign of Moscow humming “Malbrough
s’en va-t-en guerre;” he disappeared Into
the pine forests, comforted with his leg of
mutton and carrots, leaving behind him the
Grand Army, with for all farewell “By-bv,
sissy,” lo a pretty tavern wench.
IV.
The boy who was at the tavern with his
tutor heard the words. He grew up to be
come a- Polish Bishop, Mgr. Butkewiez, and
write the curious and interesting “Me-
: moils” from which this account is taken,
and wherein lie piously thanks God for
j having been permitted to seo and hear so
many wonderful tilings. Much that the
good Bishnp saw and heard was by no
means wonderful, but ho saw Napoleon
leave Russia and heard from the old priest
■ how Napoleon entered Russia, and makes
I ills contributions of priceless trifles to the
i history of the crisis of the conqueror’s ea-
i reor.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO
i INVESTIGATE THE CLAIM OF HON.
JAMES A. GREENE.
Mr. Harris, Chairman of committee to
| investigate the claim of Hon. James A.
Greene, submitted the following report :
Mr. .Speaker:—The Committee, the under
signed, who were appointed by your hon
orable body to take into consideration the
memorial of Him. James A. Greene, of the
county of Baldwin, touching a fee of $1U-
811.54 paid by His Excellency Alfred H. Col
quitt, to NV. O. Tuggle, Esq., and asking
that the General Assembly take such ac
tion in the premises as to them shall seem
proper, reasonable and just, have duly
considered the same, and bog leave to re
port :
We find by joint resolution of the Gener
al Assembly of Georgia, Acts, 1870, page
111, tiie following:
“Remind by the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia, That whereas a resolution
is now pending in Congress to re-open and
correct the settlement of accounts between
the United Stales and tiie several States,
ior the prosecution of the war of 1812, and
pay-rolls and other papers show tiiat Geor
gia is entitled to be paid the sum of $130,-
000 in this behalf; and before the late
civil war Col. James A. Greene, of
Milledgeviiie, was appointed agent of the
State iif Georgia in this matter, and still
has the papers in his hands connected
therewith; therefore, the agency of the
said James A. Greene, is hereby renewed,
with authority to settle finally witli the
United States,'either in tiie Court of Claims
or otherwise, and to receive and receipt for all
moneys found due the State of Georgia for
advances of money, clothing or other val
uables in any former war of the United
States, and shall be compensated therefor
out of any sum he may actually recover,
at such rate and amount as the Governor
inavallow: Provided, That no other sum
shall bo liable for his compensation or ex
penses i.iit that actually recovered by him
for the State.
“(Signed) Thus. Hardeman, Jr.,
Speaker House of Representatives.
T. 3. Simmons,
President Senate,
James M. Smith,
Governor.”
Your committee report that they have
failed to discover any repeal of the reso
lution of the General Assembly above
mentioned, and in view of that fact are of
opinion that at the timo of the appoint
ment of W. O. Tuggle, Esq., by Governor
Colquitt, as agent of the State of Georgia
for tin; collection of certain claims against
the General Government, which was subse
quent to the date ot the resolution above
referred to, tiiat the Hon. James A. Greene
was the legally qualified agent of the State
of Georgia.
Section 3815 of the Code declares that all
resolutions are public laws.
In tiie absence of any public law or reso
lution upon tins subject it may be true,
that the Governor of the State has the
power to appoint, especially for an emer
gency ; but in the face of suelt a resolution,
unrepealed, we are clearly of the opinion
that the Governor had no power to make
tiie appointment in question.
The language of the resolution of 1876 is
broad enough, and does include, in our
judgment, the claim collected by NV. O.
Tuggle, Esq. In fact, the language of that
resolution is broad as can bo made.
The agency is renewed as to tiie Tres-
evaut claim with authority to settle with
the United States, either in tiie Court of
Claims or otherwise, and to receive and re
ceipt for all moneys found due the State of
Georgia, for advances for clothing, moneys
or other valuables iu any former war of the
United States.
This certainly does not refer to any war
former to tiie war of 1812: for there was
but one such war, to-wit: The Revolution
ary war; and the Hon James A. Greene,
by resolution of Dec. 11, 1858, of the Gen-
erial Assembly of Georgia, had already
been appointed tiie agent to collect that
claim.
Tiiat was tiie Tresvant claim, and he was
to be allowed 25, per cent, upon whatever
no might recover.
This claim was the only one which the
State of Georgia had against tiie United
States t lovernment prior to 1812—therefore
the resolution of 1876, in using the language,
“an}’former,” could not have referred to
that alone. Greene’s power, as to tiiat
claim was clear and broad, and the joint
resolution of 1876 did not, in our opinion,
and could not have referred to that war.
Tiie language of the resolution of 1876, by
using the language “any former war,"
must mean any war previous to the pas
sage of the resolution. It enlarged his
powers, viz: to collect all moneys due the
State from any former wars and, it fixed
his compensation instead of 25 per cent, as
iu tiie resolution of 1858 in regard to the
Revolutionary, or Tresvant claim, at such
rate or amount as the Governor might de
termine.
It enlarged his powers anti made a new
contract.
It may be true, as stated by His Excel
lency, A. If. Colquitt, in bis message to the
General Assembly, that the resolution of
1S7G stated tiiat which was not correct, viz:
that Janies A. Greene had previously boon
appointed an agent for the State of
Georgia for claims growing out of the war
of 1812.
Still the Resolution was so broad in its
terms that it clearly included tiiat war as
well as all the other wars prior to its pas
sage, and the reason for appointment was
stated in the resolution, “hi'cause a resolu
tion was then pending in Congress to re
open and correct the settlement of accounts
between the United States and the several
States,” etc.
By reason then of this “pending resolu
tion in Congress,” the importance of hav
ing an agent duly and legally appointed to
represent tiie State in all such matters was
felt by tiie Legislature of 1876 and James
A. Greene was appointed with full power
to act, and whether the claims were for
tin' original sums due by the General Gjv-
ermeut. or whether for interest due up
on the same, or both can make no differ
ence.
Tiie money collected by NV. O. Tuggle,
Esq., was for an amount found due upon
re-opening and correcting the settlement
of accounts between the United States and
the State of Georgians to the war of 1836-
’7 and 1838—as to a mistake of interest-
still it was a war claim and a claim as to
a war former to the resolution of 1876 ap
pointing Greene.
His Excellency further says in the mes
sage winch was referred to yourcommittee,
that the Hon. James A. Greene was elected
a Representative from the county of Bald
win on the 5th day of December, 1877, aud
tiiat bis election as such revoked tho a-
genev ruder the Resolution of 1876. We
examined the letters as copied in the me
morial of Hon. Janies A. Greene referred to
us between himself and His Excellency, but
fail to find this point raised against him.
The first appearance or mention of tins ob
jection was made by bis Excellency aft
er the memorial introduced into the Gen
eral Assembly, and in response to the
Resolution of enquiry, and we think it
technical "not at ail meeting the merits of
this question.
In reply to it, however, we are clearly of
the opinion tiiat the election of Greene as a
Representative from Baldwin did not re
voke the agency conferred upon him by the
Resolution of* the General Assembly of
1876.
Article, 3, section 4, paragrugh 7 of the
Constitution of 1877, (which repeals all laws
in conflict with it), is in these wonts: “Nor
shall any Senator or Representative, after
Iiis qualification.nn such, be elected by the
General Assembly or ap|H>inted by the
Governor,” etc. Greene was not appointed
after his qualification asa member. He was
appointed by the General Assembly in the
year 1878. Besides this, we do not think
this provision of the Constitution intended
to include such an agency as Greene’s viz:
for the collection of money the adjustment of
an account, or agencies or anointments of
that character. It evidently refers to an
office with specified functions ami duties,
with perhaps a fixed salary or perquisites,
and not such an agency as this. I
If this position of His Excellency be ti-ue,
i an atti >racy or agent who happens to be em-
i ployed by the Governor in the prosecution
| of a claim, could not be elected to the Gen-
! end Assembly, afterwards, and before tho
I termination of the agency. Code, §129—4,
cited by His Excellency’,does not apply in
; this ©me. for Greene is not an officer of the
j United States, or an officer of either of
the other sever:: ’ States, nor is he an officer
of any foreign State. Neither does §134—4
of the i '< de apply, for Mr. Greene was plac
et in no such position of ineligibility, and
no tribunal lias so declared. Section 135
and ’7 of tiie Code, also cited iu the mes
sage cannot apply, oecquse the evidence
before us shows that he had not abandoned
the ag'-uey, that he bed not ceased to per
form its duties, but, on the contrary, bad
appointed with him sub-agents in tiie city
of Washington imnn wing his various claims
and that he had been to Washington upon
the business of these claims. It is true
that with this particular claim, collected
by NV. O. Tuggle, Esq., in;, Green?, does not
appear to have had anything to do but he
says that he was only appointed in the
year 1876, and that it requires much time
and attention to bring proof as to any
claim against the government. Tiie ser
vice performed by W. O. Tuggle, Esq, to
the State of Georgia, wc agree with those
members of Congress whose iutters have
been submitted to us, was active and effi
cient. and we think he is entitled to the
thanks of tho people < if the Slate for the re
sults obtained.
At the same time it is to be regretted that
when the money was paid into the Treasu
ry of tiie State, the settlement and pay
ment of the fees of the contestants had not
been postponed aud the matter referred to
th(> Legislature. Had this course been pur
sued by His Excellency, there would have
ben no complaint, perhaps, by either, aud
the dispute fairly and equitably adjusted
to the satisfaction of both.
Each of these gentleman, in our judge
ment, have rights; the oue, a clear, legal
right to the agency in question; the other,
an equitable right for compensation for
money actually collected and paid into the
Treasury, and in view of the fact, that a
full and ample fee lias been paid exclusive
ly to NV. O.Tuggle, Esq, ami in justice to
the tax payers of tiie State, we cannot re
commend that another fee be drawn from
the Treasury for the compensation of Hon.
James A. Greene, but propose to leave the
contestants to the courts oi the country.
it being important, in our judgment, tiiat
the question should be settled, as to which
of those gentlemen is now the agent of the
State, for the further prosecution of these
claims against the United States Govern
ment, as there is certainly a conflict be
tween the two, and without at all deciding
their respective merit as claim agents, we
recommend that tiie Hon. James A. Greene
t>e recognized as the agent of the State of
Georgia, because lie was first appointed by
a joint resolution of tho General Assembly,
the same never having been repealed.
It is true that tho resolution of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1*76. appointing tho Hon.
James A Greene, left it to tho discretion of
the Governor as to the amount of compen
sation to be paid in case of a recovery, but
in our opinion a sound, legal construction
of this power means tiiat the Governor
should have the right to fix tho rate of per
rentage to be paid in ©use of recovery, and
that it does not mean tiiat the Governor
should have the powei or discretion to re
fuse ail compensation whatever.
To refuse any compensation under such
a power would’be to violate and abuse the
discretion lodged in the Governor, which
was never eontemplated by the language
of the resolution. That language means,
evidently, a sound, legal discretion, and not
an arbitrary one. So that, in our opinion,
the fact that the Resolution of ’76 was wel d
ed in this way, does not affect the legal
right to the agency in question, for if
Greene had actuallv collected this money
without the aid of Mr. Tuggle and paid it
into the Treasury, in our judgment the
Governor could not have arbitrarily refus
ed to pav hint any compensation whatever,
but would have been bound, in that event,
to have paid him a fair, reasonable compen
sation.
His Excellency in bis message, respond
ing to the Resolution of enquiry, concern
ing the memorial of Hon. James A. Greene
and the Tuggle fee, cites several instances
of appointments of claim agents by for
mer Executives of the State, but we appre
hend that it will not be claimed by any one
that in the cases alluded to, there had been
any previous appointment by Act or Reso
lution of the General Assembly, as in the
ease now under consideration.
An Executive, in the absence of such ac
tion, and in aea.se of importance or emer
gency, may perhaps have such power, but
in our opinion, lie clearly lias not whilst
there is standing unrepealed upon the Stat
ute Book an Act or Resolution having tho
force and effect of a public law.
In conclusion, we 'recommend tho adop
tion bv tiie General Assembly of tiie accom
pany Resolution.
('has. J. Harris, Chairman.
Rorert C. Hi'MBEB,
H. T. Hollis.
Resolved, By the House of Representa
tives of the State of Georgia, the Senate
concurring, tiiat the agency of tho lion.
James A. Greene, of the county of Baldwin,
as appears from a joint resolution of the
General Asscmby of tit;' year 1876, in refer
ence to the collection of certain claims of
the State of Georgia against tho govern
ment of the United States, is hereby re-af-
firmed. tiie same never having been repeal
ed, and that the Hon. James A. Greene, of
tne county of Baldwin, bo hereby recogni
zed as the agent of the State for the collec
tion of said claims.
REUNION COOK’S BRIGADE.
There trill be a a grand reunion of Cook’s
Brigade, comprising tiie 4tli, 12th, 21st
and 41t,h Georgia Regiment, on Thurs-.
day, October 30th, at the Park, during the
Georgia State Fair. All the surviving mem
bers are requested and expected to an
swer to roll call. Anyone having the mus
ter roll of any of tho companies, are re
quested to send it to X. T. Johnson.
Chairman of the committee of arrange
ments.
It will be one of the pleasant incidents
of the fair when the battle scarred vete
rans of the regiments mentioned shall
meet and recall the days of hardship and
trial.
There are many of the command in
Southwest and Central Georgia, who will
be certain to be present. The brigade was
one of the most gallant which left Georgia.
NVe hope all of tiie survivors will be warm
ly welcomed Telegraph .f- Messenger.
Georgia Laud and Mining Agency. No. 1,
Mining Range.
(From the Chronicle A Constitutionalist.]
This oid established and trustworthy
Real estate Agency, is a permanent institu
tion among us. Opened in isfts by General
Lafayette and Major A. II. McLaws, it has
been in constant and successful operation
more than eleven years, within which pe
riod the transactions in property have been
numerous, involving large sums, and uni
formly satisfactory to patrons. Since the
appointment of General McLaws, however,
to be postmaster at Savannah, the affairs
of the Agency have been exclusively and
ably conducted by Major \. IS. McLaws,
whose knowledge of the soil, climate and
productions of all portions of the State,
combined with a very large acquaintance
and experience, peculiarly qualify him for
tlie business. Perhaps no one individual
possesses a greater store of information re
garding Georgia and her many resources.
Parties wishing to either purchase or eel
property would certainly consult their own
interest by entrusting tiie transaction to
him.
He has every character of real estate for
sale, and will cheerfully and promptly an
swer all inquiries for information.
September 9 8 3m.
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man all over; could get nothing to help me,
until I got Hop Bitters, and now I am a boy
again. My blood and kidneys are all right,
and I am active as a mail of 30, although I
am 72, and I have no doubt it will do as well
for others of my age. It is worth a trial.—
Father.) —Sunday Mercury.
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July 16th, 1879. 52 6m.
Mountain Rambles.
[For the Union & Recorder.
Just as the dusky shades of the evening
were gathering we drove up to Dr. Phillip’s,
where we expected to spend the night.—
NVith Col. NVm. Phillips, his son, I had been
long as intimate as I could lie; with Dr.
•Tint and Col. Charles, my relations had
| been aliKe close; and with warm expecta
tions ot a night of delightful’companion
ship with Dr. James, I stopped at the gate.
I learned tiiat the old Doctor was dying.
He was niglt to ninety. Ho had done the
I State much service, and was a North Car-
olina gentleman of. the olden time. I went
to his bedside, and prayed for him the last
I prayer lie ever heard in life. I refused the
earnest request of my friends, and went on
my way to Clarkesville. As I rode into
town I stopped to sue Tom Houston who
was spending his honey-moon studying
medicine among the hills. At the hotel I
found some kind friends of other days. I
do not know a ph'asauter spot to spend the
whole summer than Clarkesville, nor a
sweeter kept mountain house than Dr.
Houston keeps. Here I met some others
of our county people, iu tiie daughters of
Mr. John Thomas, who were speeding the
summer in Clarkesville. The whole party
were going the next day to Xaeooehee and
the mountain—as Nit. Yonaii is called al
most exclusively. So wo had early break-
last, but as it was six miles out of our way
to go by Dr. Phillips, aud as I had promis
ed to do tiiat, the party was at Naeoochee
long before us. NVe paid our sad visit and
then pressed on our way. The route was
not interesting; but about twelve o’clock
we came to the far-famed vale of Xaeooehee.
It is indeed a gem of beauty and the more
beautiful for its sotting. I think the vale
at Elijay and tho vale of Silicoa are equal
to it as valleys, but neither have such ex
quisite surroundings. It needed no one to
tell us that this first elegant home was
Geo. NV. NVilliams’. After years of hard
toil—after accumulating thousands and af
ter establishing himself here, secure, as lie
supi>osed, from calamity, that terrible curse
of this country, gambling in futures, had
so imperilled his immense property that
lie was in Charleston, while his family were
in Xaeooehee. He says, and 1 have no
right to disbelieve him, tiiat these wild
speculations were without his knowledge
or consent. If this is so, ho is certainly
to be sympathized with; if otherwise—oth
erwise. For tho Christian man who needs
argument to convince him that gambling
is gambling, whether in tiie cotton ex
change or at the faro tabic, deserves to
lose all he stakes and if lie does not repent
will lose something beside his money.
The place of Mr. NVilliams is charming
—tiie house elegant and simple—the yard
beautiful in its wealth of flowers and grass
soil, and beautiful fountains playing all
around it.
Wo were to dine with our friend, Jimmy
Nichols at the other end of the valley. NVe
passed through, or rather at tho side of
many charming farms and tasteful homes,
and two neat churches, one a Methodist
church, built by the valley people—tiie oili
er a Presbyterian, built byCapt. Nichols,
and in a few moments were at tho Cap
tain’s home. If there is a warmer-hearted
man than Jimmy Nichols in Georgia, I
never saw him. NVe were in the army to
gether, and in the mountains or on the
coast lie was the same joyous-hearted,
consistent Christian man. I had long prom
ised him a visit and lie had settled it tiiat
for the time I was to be a Presbyterian,
and I gave my Methodist friends the go
by, and went to his home. It is the most
elegant country seat in Georgia that I have
ever seen, and I have seen a great many.
Everything that taste and nfbney could
do to make it delightful had been done.
The fountain was sparkling—the fields of
rich corn were waving iu luxuriant loveli
ness, and the exquisite flowers were glow
ing in their beauty. The sweet little girl
whom I had met eight years before, was
now a charming young lady. He had as
guests some of my Methodist friends, and
we spent some delightful hours together
talking of other days and of old time
friends. The next day wo turned our lace
toward Dahlonega. and after passing thro’
a sectioti rich iu the beauty of its scenery,
at sunset we rode into Dahlonega, where
our friends were looking for us. Tiie next
day was the dear Sunday aud I preached.
Eplt had found some more clever girls and
was at home.
On Monday we began our work of explo
ring the gold fields—and as your readers
are interested in gold-mining, I will try and
give them an insight into it. The first
mining was in ( lie placers for deposit gold.
The beds of tiie Yahaala, tho Chestatee,
Cane Creek and a score of small branches
were searched through and washed over
and many a rich nuggett was unearthed.
Then the veins of quartz, rich in gold were
opened. Fortunes were made, and some
lost, and at one time it seemed as if the
mines were to be abandoned. California
drew off the minors by the hundreds. But
science discovered new methods of extract
ing gold, and the California hydraulic plan
was adopted. Before tiie war, Benj Ham
ilton, now dead, and Dr. Van Dykes, a
northern man, organized tiie Yahoola NVa-
ter Company. They were to bring the wa
ter 28 miles anti wash down the Hills. The
war came on, and the work stopped. Then
Dr. Van Dyke began again. An Ohio com
pany, known as the Hand Gold Mining
Company, took the works in hand. They
had large capital and spent $150,000 on the
Ditch alone. It has been lor several years
in successful work. With a sufficient head
of water conducted in pipes to where they
desire to work, they are prepared to go for
ward. A stamp mill is erected, a flume is
constructed, sluice troughs are made, and
down iu tho ravine they turn the imprison
ed water upon tho beds of decayed mica
slate. The stream from the nozzle of the
hose pipe, dashes ut the side of the moun
tain, and bores its way into the depths. If
you stood in front of it, it would dash you
upon the hillside, aud pound you to death.
Soon the ground is honey-combed and then
with a great crash it falls, and now the
stream washes the soil, the rocks, the gold
veins all together into sluice boxes, and
flume, and they go dashing on to the basin
of the pounding mill. They are carried a
half hundred yards to tho mill and the wa
ter washes all under the mighty steel pestles.
They are pounded fine as sand and is soon
swept by the water over tiie plates of cop
per. Theyare coated with quicksilver, and
the avaricious metal siezes the small parti
cles of gold and holds it in amalugum. Then
it goes to the retort and then tiie gold goes
to the mint and the quicksilver back to the
plates and thus the gold is gathered.
I suppose the company is making money,
There is a great deal made and spent.
The Dahlonega college is here. It is a
benediction to that country and I am sorry
the Legislature did not see its way clear to
giving at least $10,000 to rebuild’its burnt
building.
There is no liquor sold in Dahlonega, and
consequently there is peace and prosperity
among the people. Once it was dangerous
to be on tho streets there on public days,
but those days are gone, aud a mote refin
ed, orderly community 1 never saw. It is
a delightful resort for summer visitors,
and the mountain view is the tiuest single
view* I had while gone.
But my time was out and the good people
of Dahlonega not only entertained me.buc
paid my expenses to aud from their little
city, and sent me on my way to Gaines
ville. That night I was iu Atlanta and
next morning breakfasted at home.
Such a month of unalloyed pleasure I
think I never bad. I do not now remem
ber a single drunken man—a single dis
courteous word or act. I enjoyed the most
generous hospitalitv and came away de
lighted with the country and the people.
I rode 205 miles in a buggy and was thirty
dars out of the sound of a railway whistle.
Mv total bill of expenses for personal out
lay’ was $2.00, which I paid at- Tallulah to
an old friend for whom I had done a hun
dred acts of Kindness when he was lame,
and I was a boy clerk. I oid not mind the
l>ilj, but I semehow dirt not like the excep
tion, and especially the forgetting of old
time favors.
So ends. uiy mountain rambles.
G. G. 8.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
THE
To all Whom it May C'onrern.
GEORGLY, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, October Term, 1379.
W HEREAS, C. L.'Moran has tiled his pe
tition in said Court for letters of Ad
ministration upon the estate of J. NV. Mo
ran, late of said county’, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on or by the No
vember term, next, of said Court, to bo held
on the first Monday in November, 1879. why-
letters of administration upon the estate of
said J. NV. Moran, deceased, should not be
granted to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signature
this the 6th dav of October. 1,87!).
12 lm.( DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
tap State Fair,
At MACON,
Oct. 27th to Nov. 1st, 1879.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinarv, October Term, 1879.
W HEREAS, J. H. Brooks, lias filed his
petition in said Court lor letters or A<t-
minstr&tiou emu testamento annexe upon the
estate of L. M. Moore, lateot said State and
county, deceased.
These are therefore to eite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors to show cause on or by tho No
vember Term, next, of said Court to Lie
held on the first Monday in November, 1879,
why letters of administration, cam ten la
ment o annexo upon the estate ot said deceas
ed, should not be granted to said petitioner
as prayed for.
"Witness my hand and official signature
this the 6th dav of October. 1879.
12 lm.( DANIEL B. SANFORD. Ordinary.
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To ail Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, October Term, 1879.
\\f HEREAS, George R. Sibley, Adniinis-
trator upon the estate of Daniel K.
Tucker late of said State and county dr-
eased, 1ms filed his petition in said Court
for leave to sell the Real and Personal prop-
ty located in the county of Baldwin and al
so the real and persona! property located iu
the county of NVashington and "said State
belonging to the estate of said deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on by the Novem
ber Term, next, of said Court, to lx- held on
the first Monday in November, 1879. why
leave to selt said real and personal prop
erty should not be granted to said peti
tioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signature
tills the 6th dav of October, 1879.
12 lrn.] DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, [
-October Term, 1879. )
W HEREAS, D. NV. Brown, Guardian of
Sam’l K. Cook, a minor of said county,
lias filed his petition in said Court for
leave to sell tiie Real estate belonging to
said minor for the purpose of reinvest
ment.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on or by the No
vember Term, next, of said Court, t< > be held
on the first Monday in November, is79, why
leave to sell the Real estate of said minor
for the purpose aforesaid should not lie
granted to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signature
this the «th (lav of October, 4879.
12 lm.l DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
To all Whom it May foucern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin, County.
Court of Ordinary, October Term. 1879.
W HEREAS, J. NV. Buck and J. A. Buck,
have filed their petition in said Court
for letters of Administration upon the es
tate of J. J. Buck, late of said State and
county deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on by the Novem
ber Term, next, of said Court, to be held on
the first Monday in November, 187.', why
letters of administration upon the estateof
J. J. Buck, deceased, should not be granted
to said petitioner as prayed for.
NVitness my hand and official signature
this the 6th day October, 1879.
12 lm.l DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
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Many of (he Prominent Statesmen
Now before the PutJic, will attend the
State Fair as visitors, and several
will make addresses.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, August Term, 1879.
W HEREAS, F. Si. Meadows, Adminis
trator upon the estate of N. A. E.
Meadows, late of said State and county, de
ceased, has filed his petition in said Court
for letters of dismission from his trust as
such Administrator.
These are therefore to eite and admonish
ail parties interested, whether kind ret! < rf
creditors, to show cause on or by the No
vember Term, next, of said Court, to lie held
on tiie first Monday in November, 1879, why
letters of dismission from his trust as such
Administrator, should not be granted to
said petitioner as prayed for.
NVitness my hand and official signature
this the 4th dav of August. 4879.
3 3m.J DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
GREATLY REPLIED RATES,
For Freights and Passengers, on all the
Railroads in the State.
A cordial invitation is extended to you to
be an Exhibitor, and you are requested to
write to the Secretary at Macon for a Pre
mium List and other information.
THUS. HARDEM AN, Jr., President.
L. E. LIVINGSTON, Gen’l. Sup't’
MALCOSI JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Sept. 2, 1879. 7 2m.
Successors to
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & €0.,
Cotton Factors,
Wholesale Grocers and General
Commission Merchants,
1 <V‘ o Hayne Street,
<1! tltl.l'.MTO.V S. C.
n,. NVill give a.l business their most care
ful attention. Consignments of Cotton so
licited.
July 15,1879. 52 3m.
A MONTH guaranteed. $12 a day
at home made by the Industrious.
Capital not required; we will start
you. Men, women, boys and girls
make money faster at work for us
than at anything else. The work
is light and pleasant, and such as
any on:' can go right at. Those wtio are wise who
sec this notice will send us their addresses at
once and see for themselves. Costly outfit and
terms free. Now is the time. Those Already at
work are laying up large sums of money. Address
TKl’K A CO.. Augusta. Maine. " 48 ly.
T
[. O. T. S.
Unsurpassed Facilities and‘large Pur
chases of Pianos and Organs Direct from
the Best Manufacturers, at Lowest Cash
Rates, Enable G. O. Robinson k Oo„ to sell
from in to 20 per cent, less than Regular
Trade Rates. 265 Broad Street, Augusta,
Ga. 40 ly.
Family Supplies.
J OHN MARLOW, at NVashington Hall
keeps constantly on hand, a fresh sup-
Taxfs Assessed for Baldwin Coun
ty for the Year 1879.
GEORGIA. Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary for County Purposes, )
September Term, 1379. f
W HEREUPON, itris ordered, considered
and adjudged by the Court, tiiat John
H. Stembridge, Tax Collector for the coun
ty of Baldwin and said State, do assess
and collect, tor the use of said county, 103
per cent on tho State tax, to pay Bonds;
83 per cent, to pay Interest; 16 per cent, to
pay Jurors; 6 per cent, to pay Bailiffs;!
per cent, to pay for inquests; 22 percent,
to pay Jail Fees; 25 percent, to pay Pau
pers; 33 per cent, to pay County Officers;
31 per cent, to pay for Roads and Bridges,
and 52 percent, to pay Contingent Expenses.
NVitness my.haud and official signature,
this September the 1st. 1.879.
10 4t.j DANIEL B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Ci editors.
A LL persons indebted to the estateof
Peter Pair, late or Baldwin county,
deceased, are requested to make payment,
and those having demands against said
estate, are request©! to present them in
terms of the law.
PETER L. FAIR, Adm’r.
Sept. 23.1879. 10 Gt.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
B Y’ virtue of an order of the Court of Or
dinary, granted at the October Term,
1879, will be sold before tho Masonic Hnil
door, in the city of Milledgeviiie, on the
first Tuesday in’ Noyembkk, next, between
the usual hours of sale, the following pro
perty, belonging to the estate of John
Treanor, to-wit:
One Atlantic Jfc Gulf consolidated mort
gage Bond of five hundred dollars.
Eighty-five shares Atlantic and Guff
Railroad Stock.
Fifty shares Atlantic and Cuff sitecial
guaranteed stock.
Sixty shares Central Railroad stock.
One pistol.
Two gold rings.
One lot of articles of wearing apparel,
and one trunk.
Terms of sale cash.
P. J. CLiNE,
Adm’r upon the estate of John Treanor.
Oct. 6th, 1879. 12 tds
ply of Family Groceries, especially fresh
Butter. Eggs, Vegetables, Fruit, Fowls, Ac.
Give him a call.
Oysters received
50 tf.
Uxr Fresh Fish and
daily.
July 1, 1879.
Fair Notice.
O WING to the death of NViJliam Roberts,
of the firm of Roberts A Brake, it be
comes necessary that the business of this
firm shall bo settled up. All notes and ac
counts not paid by tho first of January
will be placed in the hands of an Attorney
for suit. Cotton will bo received at the
highest price in liquidation of any debts
due us. Our business must bo settled, and
those indebted would do well to give the
matter their early attention.
ROBERTS A BRAKE.
Milledgeviiie, Ga., Sept. 15th, 1879. 9tjl.
ARICA COFFEE
Is unglazed and tree from all impurities.
Glazing or “hermetrieally sealing,’ so call
ed, is but a coating of gum and foreign sub
stances which adds from 7 to 10 per cent,
to weight. It is
The Hot amt Clieunest Iloaxlctl Kin Sold.
It is roasted by Moork, Jenkins k Co.,
New York, and sold in Milledgeviiie. by
~ ~ ““irfur.
Aug 5th, 1379.
W. T. COI
46 3m.
BttawfB Sheriff’s Sale*
W ILL BE SOLD in front of the Masonic
Hal! door, in the city of MilieUgeviile
and the county of Baldwin, on the first
Tuesday in November, 1879, within the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to-
wit:
100 acres of land lying iu Baldwin county,
number not known, but bounded on the
Northwest by lands of NVaitzfelder, on the
Northeast by lands of Dosh Turk, on the
Southwest by lands of Martin Hubbard,
on the Southeast by land of Zeke Reynolds,
levied on as property of J. N. Combass to
satisfy a li fa in favor of W. F. Canon, vs.
A. J. (Golden, J. N. Combass, W. G. Allen,
John Eady and J. A. Eady. Property point
ed out by defendants; levy made by W.
T. Robinson, Constable, and returned to
me, this October 6tb, 1879.
Also at the same time and place:
The house and ioton which Henry Lums-
ford now lives, just North of the corporate
limits of Milledgeviiie, on the road leading
to tho Kathah Hawkins old place, bounded
by railroad on the East and by lands or
July Dessesau on the North, South and
West, containing 2 acres more or less; levi
ed on as the property of said Henry Lums-
ford, in Tavor of M. H. McCombs. Proper
ty pointed out by Plaintiff’s Attorney.
* C. W. ENNIS, Sheriff B. C.
October 6th. 1879. 12 tos.
ta:
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
M Y Books for tl»e collection of State and
County Taxes for the year 1879, are
now open; office at A. L. Ellison’s Store, in 1
the city of Milledgeviiie,
My bxiks will be doss'd on the 10th day !
of NovEMBEB,.without fail, and Execution
will be then be issue; I against all who have
not paid their State and Count v tax at that
time. JOHN H. STEMBRIDGE
Tax Collector of Baldwin County.
Sept. 16. 1879. 9 2m
NOTICE.
E. I. 0. M.
Music Saving Institution. Four to Ten
Dollars Monthly will purchase a Superior
Piano or Organ. Low Prices, Easy Terms,
Quick Sab's, at the Augusta Music House,
G.O. ROBINSON A CO., 265 Broad Street
Augusta, Ga. 40 ly.
For Sale.
500,000 BRICK.
J UST BURNED and now ready for de
livery. Send your cash orders to
ROBERTS A BRAKE.
Millixlgeville, Ga., Jul}’ 22, 187?. [11 jan 1.
Dental Notice.
Dr. ZEKE,
(COLORED.)
P RACTITIONER of the various branches
of Dental Science and dealer in Dentist
Gold, l’latina and Silver Plate for Dental
and other purposes, Gold and Silver itolder.
Gold and 1 in Foil, Amalgam, Artificial
Teeth of the best make, Rubber Dentifrices,
for polishing natural teeth. Molding Sand,
Sand and Plumbago, Crucibles for smelting
and refining.
Gold and Silver Refining. Gold, Silver Ore
or old Gold, Platina and Stiver, purchased.
Office, north-east comer of Greene and
Campbell streets, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 23, 1879. 10 6m.
F R E s a
Beef, Mutton, Pork,
SAUSAGE, Etc.,
DULY AT THE MARKET NEAR CITY HALL.
A. O. JEFFERS.
Milledgeviiie. Nov 11,1878.17 6m
THE GULLETT GIN,
BRANCH FACTORY,
y^UGUSTA, jjEORGIA,
0. M. STONE & CO., Gti’l. Ageate*
T O supplv the increased demand for the
IMPROVED GULLETT GIN, Gin Feed
ers and Condensers, branch works have
been established at Augusta. Orders will
be filled promptly and satisfaction guaran
teed to purchasers. Gins repaired by skill
ed workmen. We have testimonials from
cotton dealers in every section, which prove
the superiority of the Gullett Gin over all
others. We are General Agents for
Bigelow Steaa Efigtaes,
Mounted or Stationary, with either Verti
cal or Horizontal Boilers, ECONOMIZER
ENGINES, SCREW and LEVER COTTON
PRESSES, SAW and GRIST MILLS, BUF
FALO SCALES, Ac. ,
Ai" Write for circulars and pricelist. Ad
dress. O. M. STOWS K CO.,
July 1, 1879.
Cotton .
AUGUSTA, GA.
32 6m
For Sale.
H TURNER, otters to- sale, two good
• (4it(- >u Pivssi'S, now in store, at the
Warehouse. Cull uurt exntoiite.
>« tile, Oct. 7th, 1879. 12 2t. .
|*i .4 A LIMITED NUMBER
W rf nifiOf active, energetic canvass-
■" ers to engage in a pleasant
and profitable buainess. Good men win And this
a lure cliance
VO WAM XOSIT.
such will please answer this advertisement
let ter. enclosing stamp, for reply, staling wii
business they have been engaged In. None ’
those who mean business apply. Address
FINLEY, HARVEY ft CO., Atlanta, Oft.
June lq 1879. 4ft ■
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