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Grand Mnntor Bnmltol W. Lawreticl
tho Orator ut tho Annual Masonic
Home, Juno 24th.
Alexander Alexander, of AugliRtn,
has been tho victim of netfro depredn
caught and convicted them.
Rev. J. H. Guthbort, Pastor of the F; _
tint Ghnrch in AugUHtn, has accepted a
tho 13th Utrcct liuptist Gltureh in Washingb
City
It iH rumored that Lawson Black, llegister in
Bankrtlpoy, is to bo appointed to the JudgoHMA
of the Home Circuit. This is the now CiriMil
composed of the counties of Floyd, ClmttodJ
Walker, Polk, Paulding, etc. —At. Constitntum.
Ciosav Wiggins was convicted in Ohnthnr
Superior Court, recently, of tlio murder of Mr.
Broadbaker in December last. Ciemvr was ona
of a party of negroes organized to make disturb
ance and defy the laws,
Postmasters. —The President lias appointed
J. E. Bryant postmaster at Augusta, vice Blodg
ett, suspended; ltev. Turner, colored, at Macon,
vice Washington, suspended; Alfred Snider, col
ored, at Barn«Hville, vice somebody suspended;
Fred Ball, at La Grange.
Tho Committee appointed to report to the
Georgia Railroad Conpany, on the proposed
Northeastern Railroad from Athens to Clayton
recommend its survey, and that thoCentrul Rail
road be requested to uiil tho enterprise, and tliaL, j
tlio Georgia Railroad eo-operato with all partiiR
seeking to carry it out.
Who Pays thu Bills?—Will somebody toll us
who pays "lor the special dispatches scut North,
from Atlanta, headed, “Perished by tho Way
side, etc., etc.?” It is whispered on our streets
that tho people pay for them ! It may bo well
that tho Legislature look into the matter at its
next session. More of this horoaftor.—Atlanta
Era.
Thf. Brunswick End of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad.—A correspondent of the
Valdosta Times, writing from tho junction, says
five hundred hands are at w irk on the Bruns
wick end of the Macon and Brunswick railroad,
and that it will bo completed to tho Gulf road
by tho middle of June. The same writer thinks
the whole line will bo completed in November
next.
The Railroad to West Point.—Wo under
stand a surveying party are locating the lino of
railroad between Columbus and West Point, and
that the engineers have completed t eir task to
within a few miles .of this place. It is most
probable that this road will be built by the At
lanta & West Point, Georgia and Charleston
roads. It will give them a ch.uice at the freights
of 80.000 bales of cotton, besides other exten
sive business.—Columbus Sun.
A Bloody Murder.—Samuel Hardeman, liv
ing in Oglethorpe county, Glado’s District, was
murdered about two weeks ago, about live miles
from his houso, between Grove’s Creek and
Cloud’s Creek. He had just received about $1,-
500 in money, proceeds of sales of cotton, and
had started to Danielsvillc, to pay a debt. No
clue lias been obtained to the perpetrators of the
deed. He was shot in the body and his throat
cut from ear to ear.—Athens Bonner.
How A Negro Doctor and Parson Cures tite
“Rheumatiz.”—The Forsyth Advertiser relates
tho following, which shows the? superstition of
some negroes and the shrewdness of others:
Some time ago, a negro who calls himself
Tom Caldwell, was arrested for stealing seventy
dollars from a colored sister. The tacts are
these: Thomas in plying his vocation as proph
et, conjuror, and so forth, came up with a black
woman in distress. Bhe bacl tho “rheumatiz,”
and Thomas feeling himself called upon to re
lieve her misery, told her to bury her husband’s
money in a certain place which lie described and
allow‘it to remain there four days and she would
be cured. Dinah coulidiugly buried the money
—about eighty dollars—as directed; but when
Dinah’s liege lord came homo to cat his evening
meal, he mistrusted the potency of tho magi
cian’s spell, and proceeded to exhume the hi den
treasure. Thomas, however, hud been there,
and only ten dollars of CutToo's hard earned
money remained. Cuffeh followed the prophet,
iliseoved him and caused him to bo arrested, and
ho now lies iu tho county jail at tlio disposal
of General Grant whose agout ho professes to he.
Delawaran Bardaeitt. —A Philadelphia even
ing paper howls, and the tuneful Times, echoing,
prolongs the howl, because th whippiug-post
is still extaut in Delaware, and because ton per
sons guiltj’ of petty crimes were the other day
fustigated upon it. If these men had been im
prisoned, instead of flogged; as indeed some of
them were both imprisoned and flogged, the in
dignation of these two journals would have slept.
The families of tlio men might have suffered the
destitution which the labor of their heads had
been neccessary to avort; the men themselves
might have boneflttcd the community by peni
tent contemplation of the chinks of a white
washed wall for several months, instead of be
ing turned out with smarting backs, to earn their
livings—the smarting backs serving as a memo
randum that it would not do to steal them; and
all would have been serene. Suffering and waste
ire nothing if only our seutimalism is saved. —
Yet the Philadelphia paper had -nothing to say
against the gallows, a much more venerable im
plement than the whipping-post, when Twitch-
ell was driven by fear of it iuto tho exhibition oi
of that ineffable poltroonery which has lately
scandalized aud nauseated a nation. In disre
gard of such tender sensibilities, people ill gen
eral will continue to think it right that murder
should bo puuishod by death, and not a very
horrible wrong that the larceny of ham should
be expiated by thirty lashes. It is possible that,
as in Solomon’s time, tho rod should visit the
fool’s back, namby-pamby to the contrary not
withstanding. —iV. Y. World.
Gossip About the Macon Postoffib—'Who
Applied fob the Place and wpo Backed Them.
We heard yesterday from good Radical source,
Rome details about the recent light ouer the Ma
con Postoffioe, that may be interesting to the
public:
Our informant talked with a Radical who was
himself a candidate for the position, and had
been in Washiuston some time working his own
case. lie says that there were four candidates for
the place besides himself, viz: E. Bond, Swayzc,
Turner, and the present incumbent. The last
was backed by Generals Croxton, Sibley, and
perhaps other military men. Turner was Gove’s
man, and Swayze was Bullock’s man. Who was
Bond’s man we do not know. The contest was
thought at first to be narrowed down to Bond
aud Swayze, as Creswell declared, at first, he
would uot go back of Bullock's recommendation,
and Bond was very powerfully pressed, though
being on the spot to urge his claims in person.
Creswell was evidently disposed to put Swayze
in, but some o her influences were brought to
bear,, and the matter somehow hung lire. The
contest went on, and at last, as a compromse,
Gove, pressed Turner'. It took, and tho result is
known. From what’ our informant could learn,
there seemed , to bo no question on the.part of
his informant, but that the people of Macon are
indebted to Gove for Turners appointment. He
(the defeated aspirant) declares, however, that
he did not i altogether despair of flanking Tur
ner, and that if there was another deal it might
yet be secured. If Turner is finally, the P. M.,
the street gossips say Swayze is to bo his deputy.
—<Journal and Messenger.
Newnan Items:—We clip the following items
from tho Herald of tho 21st:
. Whqat.-rThe wliqat crop is promising.
PVtuL—There ' will bo a bountiful supply of
fruit. t
Cily Marshall —Mi’. Thompson Simms having
resigned the office of Marshal, Mr. B. M. Hack
ney has been elected his successor.
Gardens. —Gardens are backward but never
more promising Beans, thongn not plentiful,
have made their appearance on the table of a
few 'ainililies iu fhe city. **
—We are paiued to announce the death
of Mr. Green K. Dennis, at his residence in
this county, at 7 o’clock, Tuesday evening, May
18th. Mr. Doiiuis was a wealthy and highly es
teemed oitizen of Coweta. His disease was an
affection of the liver*
mMalicious.—Some person or persons, shot and
wounded seriously two cows belonging to Mr. J r -
J. Pinson, and one the property of E. Douglass,
Esq., on Wednesday last We have no facts
■cli lead to the true motive-that prompted the
di
Iqed. we infer malicious^mischief or an j ec ^ ^ k e q\
.ttempt at theft, . tained, and
^,‘ious Incident.—On Friday, Mr. T. CK Bur-
pee'and *t)ri J. ’H. Cooke,'(UVothers-iu-law) had.
a-serious difficulty about five miles' from New*
nan. on the Carrollton road, in which Mr. Eur
ico was'out Seven or eight times aud the Doctor
a fight a lew months since ani meeting in ine
road at the time above mentioned, the quarrel
was renewed and resulted as stated,
A Movement Looking to Church Union Important
Correspondence Between the M. E. Church and
the M. E. Church, South.
Tho following correspondence, looking io a
union between tho Methodist Churches, North
ami Hontli, will be read with keen interest not
only by Methodists but also by members of other
denominations:
413 Locust Street, St. Louis, \
• May 7th, 1839. f
To the IJlshopt of the Method!tl JCpitcopal Church, South:
Rev. and Dear Brethren: Wo have been do-
jnted to convey to you a communication from
the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
m Church.
r * We are ready to wait upon you at, such time
dace as may suit your convenience,
th assurances of Christian regard,
Yours, truly, E. S. Janes,
M. Himpson.
St. Louis, May 7th, 1809.
To BUhnp* Janet awl Stmpion:
pEV. and Dear Brethren: Your note of this
(kite to the College of Bishops of the Mctlio l-
iftjt Episcopal Church, .South, informing thorn
tbfti you hnvo been deputed to convoy to them
a communication from the Board of Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of your
readiness to wait upon them for this purpose,
has been received.
I have been instructed to roply that they will
be pleased to receive yon to-niorrownt 10o’clock,
a m., at their room, 1,403, Lucas Place.
Vonwespectfully and truly, yours,
IF//- H. N. MpTYEinE, Secretary.
Atjcorrtfffgly, at 10 o’clock, a. m., Bishops
Janes and Simpson, having been announced,
were introduced to tho Bishops of the M. E.
Church, South, and, after some general conver
sation, made (he ’following communications:
Meadyille, Pa., April 23d, 18G9.
Dear .Brethren: It seems to us that, as the
division of thoso Churches of our country which
are ot like faith and order, has been productive
evil, so the reunion of them would bo productive
of good® , , ,
As the’main cause of the Reparation lias been
removed,-so has the chief obstacle to the re
storation. jeiW-. •
It is fittirt'Hhat the Methodist Church, which
began the disunion, should not be the last to
achieve the reunion; and it would be a reproach
to tho chief pa«tors of the separated bodies, it
they waitedBhtil their flocks prompted them to
the* union; which both the love of country and
of religidn invoke, and which the Providence ot
God seems to render inevitable at no distant
day. \5WSjfc-. . ,
We are'MVto* that there are difficulties in the
way, growing out ot the controversies of the
past and tho'tempers of tho present.
We hava»; therefore. deputed our colleagues,
Morris nnil Janes, to confer with you, alike as to
the propriety, practicability, and methods of re
union, hoping that they, having been elected to
their high office by the Church before its sever
ance, and endeared to all its parts by their apos
tolic labors, tnay live to bcc tlio severed parts
united upon nfoundation honorable to all, stable
as truth, and harmonious with tho fundamental
law of our religion.
In behalf of the Bishops of the Methodist
Epi scopal ■Church,
Respectfully, yours, etc.,
T. A. Morris, President.
D. W. Clark, Secretary.
To the Reverends? the Bishops of the. Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.
P. S.— Bishop Morris having stated that it was
doubtful whether he would be able to fulfill the
duties of the commission, it was resolved that
Bishop -Simpson be added to the delegation
above descriucd. T. A. Morris.
To the Bishops of the MethmtM Episcopal Church, South,
convened fn St. Louis, Mo.:
Rev. and Dear Brethren: At a meeting of
the Board of Bishops of thu Methodist Episco
pal Church, in Erie, Pennsylvania, in June, 1805,
wo made and published thu following declara
tions:
u That the great cause which led to the Repa
ration from us of both the Wesleyan Methodists
of this country and of tho Methodist Church,
South, lias passed away, and we trust the day is
not far distant when there shall be but olio or
ganization, which shall embrace tho whole
Methodist family in the United .States.’’
This declaration was made in good faith, and
shows what were then our sentiments and feel
ings, and was deemed by us us the utmost we
were authorized to say or do upon the subject
at that time;-
Although riitr late General Conference did not
directly authprizo us to take farther specific ac
tion in the matter, yet we judge that some of its
acts justify advanced steps on our part.
In our cpiWennial Address to the General
Conference we referred to the declaration above
quoted, and no exception was taken to it by
that body,
Tho General Conference, to promote the union
of Methodistic .phurches, appointed a com mis
sion, consisting of eight members of that body
and the Bishop^ of the Church, who were “ em
powered to treat* With a similar commission from
any other Muthddist Church,” that may desire a
union with us.
Wo have understood that there were in the
minds of many of the members and ministers of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, reasons
why they consider it unsuitable for them to ini
tiate measuras to effect a reunion of the two
Churches. Jfc-
Believing as we do that if they were one both
iu spirit and n»gsoization, much more could be
accomplished for tho interests of humanity and
the glory of God, we are desirous of doing all
wo consistently can to promote a reunion on
terms alike honorable to both Churches, anil in
the spirit of our Diviue Lord.
We thorefore ask your attention to the com
mission above referred to, and express to you
the opi ion tlialjwonld your approaching Gen
eral Conference see proper to appoint a similar
commission, they will bo promptly met by our
commission,who, we doubt not, will be happy
to treat with them and to report tho result to
our next General Conference.
Praying that infinite wisdom may guide both
you aud us in. this important matter, so that our
Redeemer’s kingdom may be advanced and his
name glorifi^a, we are yours, in the bonds ot
the gospel of jCflirist, E. S. Janes,
M. Simpson.
In behal&of the Bishops of tho Methodist
Episcopal Cifiur *
®T
St.
burch.
ouis, Mo., May 8, 1808.
To the Bishops tf the Methodist Episcopal Church:
Pear Brethren: It lias afforded us
receive iu person your respected col-
.ops Janes and Wimpson, deputed
r ifer with us; and we cannot forbear
i _ jur regret that one of the ©legation
ppointed by you to us —the venerable Bishop
Morris --wasji)Qt able to be present. Wc desirqd
to nee him again face to face, to enjoy his socie-
ty, and to renew to him the assurances of our
affection and regard. Our own senior Superin
tendent, Bishop Andrew, though in the city,
was hindered by the feebloness aud infirmities
incident tp ago, from being present at the recep
tion of your colleagues, and enjoying with us
the intemew.
Your communication, together with that laid
before us by your commission, has been consid
ered, an^ymatmtirelyragree in your estimate of
tho responsibility, in the premises, resting on
the chief, pastors of the separated bodies of
Metuodikm/flp^
We wouki f approaeh, dear brethren, the matter
of your cojAsannication with the utmost candor
and love; aucbj£ meet tho advanced steps on
your part, that nothing may be wanting on ours,
ff tter state of things, becoming
us both. We deplore the un-
ivereies and tempers that have
_at still prevail; aud our earnest
ir to God is, that they may give
speedily, to peace. Iu evidence
’ t, not only to respond ,to,
your communication, and,
iO^»,.swggest what may help
jttei tiua'
the establishmi
lions -between
be one iu spirit"
ization. Concori _
real union, Hearl
fore corporate di’
You will not
freest flow ofj
-erture;
your.pyi
efi tfio:
me*
1 obstacles that >
»efore that can be enter-
in order to it: we mean
of fraternal feelings aud rola-
Churches. They must
they can be one iu organ-
it be achieved before any
ision must be cured be-
cau be heuled. _
•r it as unfriendly to tho
ian sympathy evoked by
ind you that we initiat-
fratornal relation torn*
years ago; and, as was declared then, and as we
now declare, in good luith Slid with most Chris
tian purposes. Our general Conference sent one
of its most honored Elder" to your General Con
ference to convey their Christian salutations,
and through him to “offer to you the establish
ment of fraternal relations and intercourse." It
jmius us to refer to tho fact, but it is a matter of
history,that he was not received.
Tho closing words of Dr. Pierce to your Gen
eral Cpnferenno, upon being notified of the
failure of his mission, are iu your possession:
“You will therefore regard this cnuimunicn-
Hen as final on tho part of tho M. E. Clmrch
South. Hho can never renew tho offer oi fra
ternal relations between tho two great bodies of
Wesleyan Mi tho (list" in the United States. But
the proposition can bo renewed at any time, ei
ther now or hereafter, by the M. E, Church.—
And if ever made upon the basis of tho Plan of
Separation, as adopted by tho General Confer
ence of 1811, the Church, Bouth, will cordially
entertain tho proposition.”
His language to our General Conference in
submitting his report was:
“Thus ending tin* well-intended commission
from your body. Upon this noble effort 1 veri
ly believe the smiles of Divine approbation will
rest when tho heavenly bodies themselves will
have ceased to shine. We did affectionately en
deavor to make and preserve pmeu, but our of
fer was rejected as of no deserving.”
Tho evils that have followed this rejection wo
suffer iu common with you. Wo lament them in
common with you; and notwithstanding all that
has Hinoo occurred, we are ready on terms hon
orable to all, to join heart and imnil with you to
stay, and ns far as practicable, to remedy them.
But you could hot expect us to say loss than
this -that the words of our rejected delegate
have been ever since, and still are, our words.
It may help to tho more speedy and certain
attainment of the cuds we ‘ oth desire, to keep
distinctly in mind our mutual positions, and to
hold the facts involved in our common history
in a clear light.
Yon say. “that the great cause that led to the
separation from us of both the Wesleyan Metho
dists of this country and of the Methodist Epis
copal Church South, has passed away.” If we
understand your reference, we so far differ from
you in this opinion that it may help any nego
tiations hereafter taking place, to restate our po
sition. Slavery was not, in any proper sense,
the cause, but the occasion only, of that separa
tion, tho necessity of which we regretted as much
you. But certain principles were developed in
relation to the political aspects of that question,
involving the right of ecclesiastical bodies to
handle and determine matters lying outside of
their proper jurisdiction, which we could not ac
cept; and in case arising, certain constructions
ol' the constitutional powers aud prerogatives of
tlio General Conference were assumed and acted
on, which we considered oppressive and destruc
tive of tho r gilts of numerical minority repre
sented in that highest judicatory of tlio Church.
That which you are pleased to call—no doubt
sincerely thinking it so—“the great cause” of
separation, existed in the Church from its exist
ence, and yet for sixty yqurs there was no sepa
ration. But when those theories, incidentally
involved in coiuieetion with it, began to be {put
into pmeHetvtbon the separation came.
We cannot think you mean to offend ns when
you speak of our having separated from you,
and put in the same category with a small body
of schismatics who were always an acknowledg
ed secession. Allow us, iu all kindness, breth
ren, to remind you, and to keep the important
fact of history prominent, that we separated
from you in no sense in which you did not sep-
rate from us. The separation was by compact
Slid mutual; and nearer approaches to each oth
er can be conducted with hope of a successful
issue only only on this basis.
It. is our opinion that the controversies and tem-
por* which so disturb the Churches, aud are ho
hurtful to the souls of those for whom Christ
died, are due, in a large moasnro, to irrirating
causes which are not, entirely beyond the con
trol of the chief pastors of tho saparated bodies.
To this end we invite your concurrence and co
operation.
And we take this occasion frankly to Ray, that
the conduct of some of your missionaries and
agents who have been sent into that portion of
our common country occupied by us. aud their
avowed purpose to disintegrate and absorb our
societies that otherwise dwell quietly, have been
very prejudicial to that charily which wo desire
our people, to cultivate toward nil Christians, and
especially thoso who are called by the endeared
name of Methodists; and tlioir course in taking
possession of some of our houses of worship has
inflicted both grief and loss on us, and bears the
nppeamucc, to disinterested men of the word, of
being not only a broach of charity, but an inva
sion of 111 © plainest rights of property. Thus
the adversary 1ms had occasion to speak re
proachfully, and the cause of our Master has
been wounded by its professed frieuds.
Brethren, these things ought not to be, and we
propose, until some action more formal, and au
thoritative, and advanced in this direction can
bo taken by our highest judicators, to unite with
you iu preventing them. We do not say that our
own people have been, in every instance of
the unhappy controversies and tempers, without
blame as toward you. But this wc say, if any
offenses against tho law of love, committed by
those under our appointment ; any aggressions
upon your just privileges and rights are properly
pre-Seuted to us, tho representation will he res
pectfully considered and we shall stand ready,
by all the authority and influence we have to
restrain and correct them.
These are our views, and wc are sure we rep
resent tho sentiment of our ministers and peo
ple. We have no authority to determjne any
thing as to the “ propriety, practicability and
method” of reunion of the Churches represented
by vou and ourselves.
With sentiments of Christian regard, wo are,
dear brethren, very truly yours,
R. Paine, Chairman.
H. N. McTyeirk, Secretary.
St. Louis, Mo., May 11, 1809.
An Absurd Custom — Drinking Between Drinks —
Astc your Erie,A How the, Germans and French
Do li-" Bob, Ids go in and have some Bouts."
The ridiculous absurd American cm tun of
“asking” is responsible for seven-eights—mind,
we say seven-oights, and mean it too—of all the
liquor consumed in thiB country. Abolish that
custom to-day, and where there are eight barrels
• if liquor drank now, there would be but one.
We believe this and believe it can’t be gaiiiHuid.
We appeal to any number of drinkers for their
opinion oft he matter. To this custom we owe one
“drinking between drinks,’’which some wag,
with more truth then poetry in his soul, said
was the only thing that hurt, or words to that
effect.
What a ridiculous piece of folly it is to go in
suel a place, if in a mood for liquor, and to ask
five or six acquaintances up to drink with you;
yet it is done all the time, and by parties who,
perhaps, want the money for stockings. But
not to do it when your acquaintances are about
in to be looked upon ns “small potatoes” ami a
few ill the hill.
Thku the following as an illustration of a d •-
lightfult “fix," liable to ariso from this absurd
custom.
You feel in a mood for a glass. You go for it.
Meet a friend just as you are about to go in a
gin mill, and you “ask him." Euter and ho
comes upon a group of four or five of his friends
who have just entered and arc conversing for a
moment. You are introduced all round by your
friend. Where are you now. with a dollar in
your pocket and five or six fellows on your hands,
only one of whom you oversaw before, and mor
ally bound by custom and impelled by false
pride to ask them to join you iu a social glass?
You can't get out of it; they know you come
in for liquor, and as your friend introduced you
and didn’t invite, why you -must do the honors,
and you say you say you are gla l to see them
(au infernal lie by the way,) and ask them up.
If j’ou are known at the bar, all right; if uot, you
have to borrow of your friend. How's that?—
Perhaps some of the party might ask you some
time, b
you from a halted apple. A most absurd, dead
fraud tiiis “asking" in connection with liquor.
Do we usk, coax, prevail on acquaintances to go
in aud h ive necklaces, gloves or boots with us?
“ Come in uid take a bottle of wine with me,"
men will 8113% aud take you by the arm and iu
you go. Do they ever say, “Come in and have
a hat with me.” Are you continually urged to
eat things? Do they ask you to take pocket
knives, h ad pencils, hair dye, tooth powder, pa
per collars, or umbrellas with them ? N >, this
“asking” business is confined to liquor liberali
ty, or a custom, rather, that extends itself to no
other article, if we except oysters uud cigars,
but in these it is limited.
Take a party ot six Gormans, who go in for
their lager. They sit down, and each one drinks
what In? wants, and pays for what he drinks.—
He isn’t forced and bantered because ho don’t
take more. The same with Englishmen, French
men and all other people on the face of tho globe,
except Americans. Bu know how it would be
with six ol tho latter, did they go in for lager.
There would be thirty-six glasses drank, or paid
for, if not all drank, because iaeh must “ask”
the others. Ilumhug ! Folly 1
Imagine n case like this, did tho “asking”
question extend beyond the confines of liquor.
The two gentlemen walking up Broadway. One
is attracted by a fine display of bottles—no,
boots, shoes, etc., iu a window. “Bob, let’s go
iu and have some boots.” In they go. “ Take
hold Bob. ” ‘ ‘ What’s your fancy ?’’ ‘ ‘Tliank you,
Tom ; hut I aui not taking boots just now." —
“Oh, get in. Take hold. One pair won’t hurt
you." No, excuse me, Tom." “Take some
thing, Bob. Take home a pair of boots for
your wife. Don’t see me do this thing alone."
JJ jb comes down and takes a pair of boots. It’s
no use. Who can withstand Tom’s appeal.
The* Pacific Railroad.
Ifow the Ends snubbed each other and wouldn't meet.
A correspondent of the New York Sun, writ
ing from Promontory Point, Pacific Railroad,
May 1st, says:
Everybody supposed the two roads have been
doing their level best to meet each other, aud so
they have, bat not at this end. If nobody had
said any tiling we should have had a double track
before long. The two companies- the Central
dont love each other, and the idea of meeting
wasn't agreeable. I tell you Mr. Editor, these
two roads have built parallel' to each other lor a
distance of fit. y-tbree miles, anil they haven’t
met expept to have a joltarow !
One road followod its surveys, so did the oth
er; the surveys ran into each other, so did the
roads, so did tho companies, so did the men, so
did clubs aud stones. The roads have often
been in sight of each other, sometimes only a
few yards apart, and onco tboy crossed. But
they haven’t met. . „ . , , .
The Central dug from tho Unions embank
ment amd the Union repaired its breach by mak
ing oue in tho Central. The Unions cursed tho
Centrals and. tho latter damned the Unions.—
Words were found too weak, so they talked with
fists and skulls aucl had some glorious scrim
mages. Then they came to blasting. One side
would touch off u young euthquuke without giv-
ing notice to the other, and a shower of stones
umoug them would be tho lirut wigu of it.
The other putty in acknowledgment of tho sa
lute at once blasted out a mine with nttro gly
cerine aimi g it nt the other camp, killing sev
eral mules, hut fortunately no men. Things
now look aeriouH, aud war was declared. Both
parties armed for tho fray.' Tho Central clique
amt to San Fraucioco for revolvers uud tho Umon
to St. Louis. Fiats and blasts wore getting tame
and the combattant sculled for powder and blood
The road was to bo finished with a magnificent
display of fireworks, when at the very critical
moment came word that tho two companies had
shaken hands at Washington.
Tlio men dropped their arms, and now we are
told that the road in to bo aplioed.
The compromise was -that tho Central 1 acme
Railroad Compuuy abandons its own grading
and takes the Union Company’s lino, which the
latter.pays for. Tho Union thus gets the bonds
of Government for the 53 miles.
Bonds were at the bottom of the whole trou
ble.
Paper coffins have been pa ented in London,
and the inventor claims for them that they aro
lighter, stronger, harder, and cheaper than any
other material « f mw -
terial as a oc—^ --- , ....
make them shot-proof. The material is per
JllUucr, iiuiwn —■* . ^.*1 v
arm!. By the application of this niu-
n coating for shipR ho undertakes to
make them shot-proof. The material is per
fectly air-tight and water-proof.
Hail Stojim. —Extract from a letter dated
Macon, Mi™., May 16, 1869:
“There has been a terrible hail storm in thin
vicinity, and miles of country are swept bare of
corn and cotton,"
Purging the Temple. —By a “ Select Mas
ter. Our reverend order, ancient and accept
ed Freemasonry receives at times censure from
outside, because of laxity or failure to enforce
its well known requirements as to applicants
lor admission, and its failure too, to expel the
unworthy. There are to be found in its ranks
many known violators of t he moral law, when
every man there should b) pure anl unspotted
from the world. These have uot stolen the liv
ery of heaven’s handmaid to veil from human
eye their wicked walk among their fellow-meu;
but the hand-maid has, of her own free will and
accord, thrown gently around them her mantle
of purity and innocence. Wo all know that no
mini should he permitted to pass the portals
through which worthy brethren pass the ground
floor of King Solomon’s temple, who is not un
der the tongue of g.*od report. Yet wo have ad
mitted these.
Is any man who is guilty of any crime that
takes him out of the limits of pure morality wor
thy to be admitted into tho sanctum sanctorum,
and taken as a co-laborer in the grand work ap
pointed of God? I answer to a 1 of these the
emphatic words no ! never ! I believe every true
brother will echo the same sentiment. Now,
brethren, let us receive no more such characters,
a as possible got rid c
hand. Let every true brother
every meeting of his lodge and act. as becomes
a mason on every petition presented to that body
for membership. Reject the unworthy aud put
your approval on virtue. Those who have de
serted the Lodges 011 account of tho evil I have
mentioned, should return again speedily to the
fold, and aid in the rejection of those who are
not prepared to enter iu.
Those masons who know themselves to be un
worthy to associate with brethren who can hon-
orabljtowear the while apron, should resign the
Lodge. They are not wauted aud are but
stumbling blocks in our onward move toward
Friendship, Morality, aud Brotherly love.—Jour
nal it; Messenger.
One of the most important designs of this
company, in its charitable power aud benefits to
the widow aud orphans of a deceased member,
is to protect and relievo the several Masonic
Lodges ot our country of tho claims upon them,
heretofore necessarily occasioned by members
departing this life, leaving a charge unou them
lor aid to tlioir suffering aud distressed families
left thus dependent. It may also apply to many
now in comfortable or affluent circumstances—
who, by the uncertainties of life’s struggles, are
reduced to dependency aud suffering by the
death of the head of a family. For all these
cases a scale of insurance lias been wisely pro
vided —and no prudent, thoughtful Master Ma
son should neglect to avail himself ot its benefits
and advantages.
Class A now consists of 4435 members.—the
new classes -B, C, D, E will consist of from one
to four thousand members. An applicant can
join from one to membership in all the classes,
according to his circumstances, securing from
one to fifteen thousand dollars insurance upon
his life, when all the classes arc full.
We venture a lew words of advice to our mem
bers and such as may hereafter join the institu
tion, as to a proper aud wise provision of the
bonefits of their policies—especially lor the
widow of a deceased member. The orphans are
wisely guarded as to their benefits by the laws
of the State.
The widow’s part should be guarded, by a will
of tho husbauU, who may know her capacity
how to use its benefits betten than any one else
—for if left by her husband, who may die intes
tate, she may come in possession of an amount
of money which she may not know how to use
judiciously, aud it would be much safer for her
welfare, and the welfare of the family of the de
ceased, if au investment was made in the pur
chase of a home, or the purchase of United
States railroad stocks, city bonds, or mortgages,
by her executors or trustees, from which an an
nual or semi-annual interest could be realized
for tlioir certain and safe support. The principal
thus guarded would always remain safe, whilst
otherwise it might be easily squandered and lost,
and the future welfare ana design of the institu
tion, in its wise provisions, may fail of its inten
tions for all concerned. J. R.
Sensible.—Heaven help the man who ima
gines ho can dodge eueuiiee by, trying to please
every body. Other people h«we a right to their
opinions, so have you; don’t fall into the evror
of supposing they will respect you more for
turning your oont overy day to match the color
of theirs,* Wear your own color in spite of wind
or weather, storm or sunshine. It costs the va-
aiilatiug uud irresolute ten times the txoable to
wind, aiiulfle and twist, that it^ilpes honest,
manly independence to stand its ground.
It is said that a shipwrecked Yankee was late
ly rescued from one of the Marquesas Islands,
whose first question on being discovered wok,
“How did the Mexican war finally come out?”
Ho had been a soldier who had left Geri. Scott’s
army before the campaign cloaed*
WARE’S DRUG 8TORE.
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE
DT
AUGUSTUS C. WARE,
D R U O GIST and APOTHECARY,
Ln Grange, Georgia.
• ——
Drake'* Plantation Bitters,
J UST roceivad aud for sale by
A. C. WARE.
Old Carolina Bitters,
J UST rooolvecl *ud for Halo by
A. C. WADE.
Wilder’s Stomach Bitters.
TXriLDEB’H STOMACH HITTERS, Just rocolred and
W fur sulti by A. C. WARE.
Pearl Starch.
P EARL 8TADCH, Just received aud furwalo bT
A. O. W
Rnjoc*,
R OGER'S D2ST, just rocolvod and tor sale by
A. C.
LUE, Just received aud fur sale by
G
Yeast Powders.
XT’EAST POWDERS just received and for sale by
X A. 0. WARE.
Rosadalls.
R OSADALIS, just rocolvod and for nalo by
A. C. WARE.
Darby’s Fluid.
D ARBY’S FLUID, JuHt received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
Ayres’ Cherry Pectoral.
A YRES' CHERRY PECTORAL, just received and for
sale by A. C. WARE.
Ilnvaon’s Syrup or Tar.
H ASSON'S SYRUP OF TAR, just received and for sale
by A. 0. WARE.
Worden’s Violet Ink,
F OR architects and book keepers, Just received and for
hale by A. C. WARE.
Carbolic Soap. .
T T^DR killing fleaa, Ac., just roceived and for sale bv
* A. C. WARE.
Cougrcsg Water.
C ONGRESS WATER, just received aud for aal<* by
A. C. WARE.
Dcnlion’s Condition Powders.
F OR horse* and cattle, ju»t received and for sale by
A. O. WARE.
Costar’s Rat Exterminator.
C OSTAR'S RAT EXTERMINATOR, Ju -1 received and
for sale by A. O. WARE.
Singer’s Marhlnc Oil.
S INGER’S MACHINE OIL, Junt received and for snip by
A. C. WARE.
Large Lot Hair Dyes,
J UST received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
Putty Ivntves.
P UTTY KNIVES, just received and for sale by
A. C. WARE.
ErtglUli Soda.
O NF. B VRREI. BEST ENOLISHSODA, for cooking, iust
received by A. C. WARE.
White brail.
500 Pounds Putty,
J UST received ind for Bale by
A. C.
Lnndredth’s Garden Seed,
J DST received and for sa’.e by
A. C.
C. C. MARCHMAN.
WILLIAM A. SKAT.
C. C. MARCHMAN & CO.,
8R00EB3 AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
)We«t Side Public Square.)
btt Grunge,... Georgia,
J£EEP CONSTANTLY ON HANDi
FKiOUVI.
(Every grade,)
COB .YK OAT« 9
(Groat variety,)
[Clour Sid js, Clear Ribboi Sides, H.uns, aud Shoulders.)
UUliU AtKATM.
(Sides and Shoulders,)
• irci ii. it m m
(All grades,)
cor■':« mu
(Rio and Java Coffee; Green and Black Tea,
(Tho best oi all kind*,)
MOLASSES, SYRUP, RICE, CANDLES, Aa
TO THE PUBLIC i
market, we very respectfully solicit a liberal "hare o! pub
lic mtronage; and therefore invite buyers to givo us a oaII
and examine our goods aud lcaru our prices.
April '2d.C. C. MARCHMAN k CO.
BUCEIVED
FOR HALS
BRADFIELD & PITMAN,
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES,
La Grange, Georgia.
H AIR BRUSHES.
Dozen assorted HAIR BRUSHES, just received and
for hale by URADFIELD A: PITMAN.
10
DRESSING COMBS,
n DRESSING and FINE COMBS, of every de-
AXLE GREASE.
6 Dozen boxes AXLE GREASE, for wagons, carriages.
.Sic., juht rojeivodaud for sale by
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
WILDER'S SARSAPARILLA.
Dozen bottlee E. Wil l -r'" SARSAPARILLA uud POT-
Ja ASil, juut received and for sale by
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
GRAFTON PAINT.
O n n po lQ ls °3 AF cox PAIN r. for p tilings and out
£\J\J buildings, very cheap and desirable fur such
work, fot sale by
BRADFIELD & PITMAN.
VIOLIN STRINGS.
Dozen VIOLIN STRINGS. Just received by
30
20
BRADFIELD A PITMAN.
TOTLET SOAPS.
Dozen aborted TOILET SOAPS, of every variety
and price, for sale by
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
BABBITT S POTASH.
Dozen BABBITT'S POTASH, for sale by
BRADFIELD k PITMAN.
WHOLESALE
ROOT AND SHOE MAKING.
*5
W. 3. M ALONE
RESPECTFULLY announces to tho citizens of
LaOrange and surrounding country, that he han
vcently bought out Mr. F. Holle, J. M. Lovelace,
t rde in the place, and opened tho BOOT AND SHOE
MAKING business, in all its hr inches,under tho most
flattering auspice", nt the at uid formerly occupied by Mr.
F. Holle. iu the Po*t Office building, where he invites old
men with corns to come aud have. ahoos made that will
cure them; young meu to have Boots made thnt are bound
win tho thvor of Nancy Jauo, and never fool tight; el
derly ladies to have s ift, easy shoes that
w look '‘down
ut the heel;” and the voung ladies, those exquisite, nice
Shoos, all made on tho urn illewt kind of a last, making their
cunning little leet look like timid little .mico, peering ever
and anon from beneath tho coy folds of their modest "k—
balmorala. Gome one. come all, and have your measures
taken t > the above programme, All work made, and war
ranted, at thn shortlist notice, and at tho lowest and most
reasonable prices for CASH. aprfllM)
THE UNRIVALED
Still nt Ixis Trad©.
F. HOLLE
( RESPECTFULLY informs his prompt-paying
patrons (no oth arm solicited) that he ia still pro-
pared to serve them lathe
Boot and Shoe Line,
J. W. B. EDWARDS,
A O E N T ,
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
AKD DEALER IN
CHOICE GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
(At Pullen & Cox's Old Stand.)
La Grange Ooorgla.
FRESH GROCERIES.
T HAVE on hand and to arrive a plondid assortment of
FRESH GROJER1ES which I promise to sell Cheap for
Cash. J. W. B. EDWARDS.
SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, &C.
I F you want SUGAR. COFFEE. MOLASSES. RYRUP,
MACKEREL, RICE, FLOUR, Ac., CHEAP, call on
J. W. B. EDWARDS.
MECHANICS TOOLS.
W
J. W. B. EDWARDS.
HARDWARE, &C.
J. W. B. EDWARDS.
TOBACCOS, LIQUORS, CANDY’, AC.
J. W. B. EDWARDS'.
“QUrCK SALES & SHORT PROFITS.’’
“VIEW GOODS received every week: and '* Quick Satvt
iv and Short Profits" bei jg my motto, call and see ms,
and you will ttad I will do what I eav.
J. W. B. EDWARDS.
CALL AND SETTLE.
A LL persons having accounts with CHARLES HANDY
rY. will pl?ase call an I settle immediately, as I have oon-
trol of his books, and highly oblige
J. W. B. EDWARDS.
REMEMBER!
)ULLF.N k COX'S OLD STAND, opposite the BaptiBt
n. s. WIMBISH. A. D. AMtUBAMB.
WIMBISH & CO.,
MERCHANTS nnd TRADKUS.
(North East Cornor Public Square,)
La Grange, Georgia,
W OULD respectfully invito the attention of the publis
to their large stosk of
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, PROVISIONS.
HEAVY BOOT8 AND 8HOE3,
BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIALS,
STOVES, AC., ttC.
STEWART'S CRUSHED, POWDERED, A, B and C SU
GARS, and SUGAR HOUSE SYRUP and MOLASSES,
CHOICE RIO, LAGUAYRA and JAVA COFFEES,
STOVES—(Warranted to give satisfaction,)
GUNNY and BLANKET BAGGINGf (44 to 40 in. to Vi lbs.,)
GREEN LEAF ROPE and ARROW TIE8,
.AXLES, HUBS, RIMS and SPOKES, (buggy and wagon)
BUGGY TRIMMINGS, (every kiud.)
GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES and CAPS,
PLANTATION and MECHANIC'S, TOOLS, (every kind.)
LOCKS, BUTTS and SCREWS, (great variety,)
BUGGY and WAGON HARNESS,
CALF SKINS, SOLE, UPPER and HARNESS LEATHER.
IRON and STEEL. (Swedes and Refined—all sizes,)
SUPERIOR CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO,
BACON, LARD and FLOUR, (superior quality,)
COTTON YARNS, OSNABURGS, STRIPES k SHIRTINGS,
NO. 1 SHORE and BAY MACKEREL and WHITE FISH,
' line, ou the most reason*
WIMBISH & CO.
New Orleaas Molasses.
Choice .rticle, for ula by
Best Orleans Sugar
JUST reoelved by
Honey.
0NE Barrel STRAINED HONEY for wde^by
Clover Seed 1
F RESH and GENUINE, for sale by ^ ^
WIMBISH ft CO.
Family Flour I
F RESH and of superior quality, jurtre^^?
sale by WIMBISH « CO.