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UNION & RECORDER. Milledgeville, March 00, 1880. The Sabbath. first Tin has come rest, aftpr six Thus, each new clay of another week the (lay when we may of tail anel trouble week seems like a new erection, for nature never grows old. Early in the morning, while yet the skies are draped in silvery mists, the sun comes forth arrayed, “like a bridegroom out of his chamber." At first the scene is so quiet, the air so calm and pure, that sad and worn in deed must be the heart which has no visitings of joyous and gentle thoughts, Anon, the sun climbs higher in the sky and rose-tints the trees in the ’ shadows of which the city has slum bered during the night. There is a stir in the air, and a light breeze comes over from the Carolina-side, gently • bending the tree tops. Soon the church bells begin to ring with loud and lusty peals, circulating in every nook and corner until their last echoes expire in the distance. There is nothing like these Sabbath morn ing peals from the church bells, espe cially to the devout believer in the sacrificial mercies of the cross of Christ. They suit too, every mood of our fitful tempers. They are notes of rest to all. Hearken! one while, there is a gush of sound so solemn and al most supernatural that we imagine we hear the trump of doom, the next it is so light and joyous, vibrating with a tremulous sound as if some “harp in Heaven had been smote in the valleys of the earth!” And the sun ascends higher! The city, at first, so silent and quiet, now shows animation. Well dressed chil dren, from the little one that scarce can toddle,*to the almost grown up boy who has some undefined aspira tions to a garotic collar, are seen se dately walking the streets winding their w ay in small groups to Sunday school. Once more silence resumes her sway, but not long, the bells again resume their clangor, ringing faster, as if to hurry on the hour of prayer and worship. House doors open and people in holiday attire issue to swell the throng that wind in long array towards the many churches wdiose steeples point Heavenward on all sides. Young and old, rich and poor, white and black, husbands and wives, parents and children, even old men whose heads have been silvered by three score and ten winters—all alike obey the admonishing calls of the bells. Faster and faster, now the bells ring their last ohange. Belated church go ers, singly and in pairs, are hurried on by the impatient peals, and dot the side-walks. Young ladies, for the twentieth time, examine their figures in the glass—almost dislocating their lit tie heads in the endeavor to see their backs. But this is done with the quickness of lightning, for there is the reproach of vanity in the last expiring tones which fall on their ♦■ars. One more farewell glance at the beloved mirror, and they also -ally forth fully arrayed, to enter church just late enough to attract at tention. Again all is quiet in the streets. The sun shines brightly through the w in dows of the churches and falls cheerily and gladsomely on the assembled worshippers. Pleasant to look at are the full pews as the warm light rests upon the many colored dresses of the ladies which relieve the more sombre attire of the men. Now the organs raise their solemn peals; the hymns resound from many silver-toned voices in the choirs; but when the preacher ascends the pulpit, in earnest elo quence to explain (rod’s word, we feel that the “Sabbath bells,” as well as our pen have discharged their mis- a minority of the people, he obtain ing a larger electoral vote than either of the other candidates. We refer to these facts simply to show' the danger of a division of our Democratic forces. The divisions, re ferred to, brought on the war which could have been avoided by the per fect union of the Democratic forces. While a division now, may not be at tended with such dreadful conse quences as followed the election of Lincoln, it may reinstate the Repub licans in power, with all the evil re sults of their departures from the principles of the fathers of the consti tutional union. It is the duty of the Democrats to stand firmly together, and of the President to see that noth ing in his administration of the gov ernment shall prevent a compact union of all the Democratic forces to prevent the disastrous restoration to power of the Republican party. There is an unsatisfactory* significance in passing events. Our advice is, let all differences be healed, let all Demo crats come together under bonds of brotherly union, not alone for the good of the party, but for the good of every section of the country. boro, where he has some landed prop erty.‘ * The proceedings of a public meet ing held the evening of the same day, to consider the event above narrated, may be seen in another column. Death of Rev. William Hurt. The announcement, Monday after noon, of the death of Rev. William Hurt, at 1 o’clock p. m. that day, cast a gloom ol sadness over the entire community. His prospects of recov ery was thought to be brightening until Sunday night, when the sudden rupture of an abcess on his liver pros- “Can February March?” asked the punster, with a sickly smite. ’‘Perhaps not,” replied the quiet man; but April May.” The punster had not another world to offer—Boston Trans cript June know' this ought to be stopped?—Pittsburg Chronicle. July; it should’nt—Macon Telegraph Au gust man would be shot for getting ofl such stuff.—Augusta News. The Day after the Election. Pemocratic Affiliation, There are discrepancies of opinion amomr the Democrats on several ques- t^ons before the country. While this is the case too, to some extent among the Republicans, they stand better and more firmly to their respective posts. With them there is no serious point to disturb their tranquility and political union. We see no extremes of opposing sentiments in their ranks. They are all for a protective tarilT and With a very few exceptions, favor the d ‘monetization of silve , the di vision of an immense sum of money kn.m.g the States for educational pur poses, and hold the constitution to be merely a cloak under which to con ceal the most latitudinarian ideas of government, with no check upon the wildest ideas of federal power, in other words they hold that the consti tution is no check upon the will ol the majority. Upon these and other mat ters the Republicans bold together, while tne Democrats are divided in opinion on the tariff and to some ex tent on the silver question and what is perhaps still more to be deplored, the President is at variance with his party on the silver question and the civil service. Without entering into details as to Democratic differences, we will call the attention of Democrats to the dif ferences of opinions in 1860. The party became so thoroughly divi ded as to be unabie to con centrate its forces in that year and had two sets of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, namely Breckenridge and Lane for one set, and Douglas and Johnson for the other. To make matters w'orse the Southern Whigs, who were faith ful to the constitution, put up a tick et consisting of Bell and Everett. These three fragments of parties w'ent into the field in opposition to Mr. Lin coln the candidate of the black Re publican party. The writer was en gaged in editing a Democratic p>aper in advocacy of the Breckenridge and Lane ticket. The Democrats of Geor gia, stood mainly by Brecken ridge and Lane and a small fraction by Douglas and Johnson. The "writer, while exerting all the power at his command, could see nothing in the immediate future but the defeat of the three tickets. The prospect w r as of the most gloomy character. The result was the election of Lincoln by The past week has been one of ex citement among our citizens. Fortu nately, the prohibition election passed off w’ithout any disturbance but on Tuesday, our anti-prohibition friends, who had promised their voters a din ner on Saturday before the election but had been prevented by the rain from doing so, redeemed their prom ise. On that day our streets were crow'ded by colored people from all parts of the county and probably w ith many from surrounding counties. They" collected in crowds here and there, and at times there would be a rush in any direction where there seemed to be some luatter for excite ment, and occasionally a yell would be started that swelled and reverbera ted in a manner that was not pleasant to the lovers of quietness and good or der. The greater part of the crowd, however went streaming off after a while in a long line to the river, where the dinner was to be eaten, yelling vociferously as they' went. It was a motley crowd, many of whom had a w hite rag attached to their breasts, as the badge of their party, and their printed ticket bearing the words “for the sale,” stuck in their hat bands (those at least who had hat bands.) After they had vacated the streets, we were struck with the superiority in dress and apparent intelligence of a number who remained behind, and who evidently belonged to the ranks of the dry party and had no lot mor part in the proceedings of the yelling “wet” orowd who had just left for the river. About noon, a long procession com ing from the river appeared and marched west along. Hancock street to Clarke, then past the old Execu tive Mansion into Greene and back along that street to Wayne and along between the principal stores, and then swung around the corner at Clark’s drug store, and passed on thence to the river. Many in the procession behaved quietly, but others were noisy and made offensive remarks, such as “the bottom rail is on top now-,” and some cried “down with the white people,” (so we were told) Ac. H. E. Kreutz, a leader of the w'et par ty and proprietor of one of the prin cipal barrooms, w r as the only white man w r e observed in the crowd and he made himself very conspicuous, act ing as a kind of marshal to the pro- j cession, riding back and fortli along j the line and, as reported by some of j our respectable householders, making insulting remarks as he passed some of their dwellings. They passed on to the river how’ever as above stated, and some two or three hours after wards, having got their dinners, they filled our principal streets again, but gradually dispersed during the even ing and by night left us in peace and quietness once more. Most fortunate ly the barrooms were closed during the day; had it been otherw T ise—had that immense gathering, composed in part of many ignorant and not a few vicious negroes, been Inflamed with mean whiskey, w r e might have added a page to our history that would have given us an unhappy notoriety for years to come. Though the barrooms' w r ere fortu nately closed during the day last Tuesday, Kreutz's was open at night and a number of negroes were there and during the evening several young white men also dropped in. On Wed nesday morning, our citizens became very much excited on hearing that Kreutz had spoken the night before in the most disrespectful terms tothene- groes concerning our ladies who had been active during the campaign in working for the success of the prohi bition cause; his language being such as is not fit for publication. The re port came from the young white men who were present, one of whom had a personal difficulty with Kreutz, on ac count of the language he used about the ladies, which came near having serious consequences. The excitement spread and grew, and soon a party of young men went to his saloon to see him, but he had prudently gone to his home. The in dignation of the people increased and it was evident that some of the young er men meditated violence. A com mittee of older citizens finally went to Kreutz's house at his request to hear what^lie had to say about the charges against him, and found him much alarmed at the state of feeling against him, and protesting if he had used the language attributed to him, he was drunk and not responsible for what he did. He was asked if he desired to be confronted with the witnesses who brought the charges, and he said he did not, and only repeated he was not responsible for what he had said. He was then told to leave here by the 5 o’clock p. in. train, and that lie would be guaranteed against violence until that hour. He immediately said lie would do so. But he subsequently concluded not to wait till evening, and having procured a horse and bug gy from Whilden's livery stable, he started in the course of an hour or two, for the neighborhood of Toombs- Interesting Experiences. Hiram Cameron, Furniture Dealer of Columbus, Ga., tells his experience, thus: “For three years have tried everv remedy on the market for Stom ach and Kidney Disorders, but got , ... . , - , no relief, until I used Electric Bitters, trated him andVie died Within twelve Took five bottles and am now cured, and think Electric Bitters the Best Blood Purifier in the world.” Major X. B. Reid, of West Liberty, Ky., used Electric Bitters for an old stand ing Kidney affection and says: “Noth ing has ever done me so much good a* Electric Bitters.” Sold at fifty cents a bottle by C. L. Cxse. hours afterward Mr. Hurt was an honest, upright and conscientious gentleman, always working up to his convictions in the battle for right, and his place in the hearts of this people will be hard to fill. For his honesty of purpose he was admired by all, even by those who saw and thought differently. He moved from Milledgeville to this place only a few years ago, but dur ing the short time he made many friends by his gentle straightforward ness. His loss to the town is almost irreparable as the public will readily agree. Peace to his ashes.—Dublin Post. Daniel Reddick and Mr. Wheeler, both of Putnam, married sisters. Dur ing the war Mr. Wheeler was killed at the battle of Griswoldville. On his body was found a letter commend ing his wife and four children to the care of Mr. Reddick who was without a dollar. Nevertheless he took the widow and her four children to his home and said to his wife: “Wife, we have no children; your sister and chil dren shall become our care, and share whatever we may make in the future.” Mr. Reddick spent no time in idle ness, but went to work like a man.— To-day he is one of the wealthiest citi zens of his county, his fortune going far np into the thousands. The four children of his wife’s widowed sister are useful men and women, all of them well provided for.—Exchange. Cure For Sick Headache. For proof that Dr. Gunn’s Liver Pills cure Sick Headache, ask your Druggist for a free trial package. Only one for a dose. Regular size boxes, 25 cents. Sold by T. H. Kenan, Druggist, Milledgeville, Ga. Good News for the Farmers! —THE OLD RELIABLE— Soluble Pacific Guano!! of any Fertilizer known. Also, a uJ Best adapted to this soil grade of Acid Phosphate and Kanit, for composting. The above grades we have in stock. Now 18 til time for Composting. Come forward and we will fill your order f , the following prices: Soluble Pacific 380 lbs. ) Acid Phosphate, 280 Kanit, 220 “ Apply to In Middling Cotton by fi > 15th of October, after ) Delivered at the Pottery. datt STEVENS BROS. & CO., Jan. 19th, 1886. 28 8t] STEVENS’ POTTERY, GA. LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office at Mil. letlgeville, Baldwin county, Ga., March 27th, 1886. 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STONE, Manager. 30 5t.) . AUGUSTA, GA. and covers cotton double. Highly - At Jit Dress Goods, - - CJIRPE TS, - - Blankets, A Superb Assortment of Cost Cost. At Cost. IN- AND- WOOLEN GOODS Of Jill Descriptions! An Immense Stock of MG GOODS! Look out for them. In the mean time, we have some choice and sea sonable goods for you. Call and see us. ADOLPH JOSEPH. Cloaks, New Markets <£ Wraps. Woolen Underwear in Red Flannel and Cashmere, EXAMINE! iome and YOU price these goods and if need them, you can buy them" for Less Money than you ever could, ADOLPH JOSEPH, BSfPII Joseph's Corner. Milledgevillg, Ga., Feb, 23, 1886, 8 ly.