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VOLUME XXV.)
LAGRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1869.
IN UMBER 35.
Attorneys.
W. «>. TUOOI.S),
ATT OUN K Y A 1. A W ,
T,b arak|t ■ • ■ ■ ■ .Own-gig.
ALUEIIT II. COX,
attobney at r,aw,
T.nGrniiftr, • .Georgia.
W IlIJi practice In all tlio Court* of the Tullnpooaa
Olrdnlt*. mnrohlO
TOOLK A .HARRY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
liaUranHi', (hniffla,
W ILL practice in ilia Superior Courts of tlio counties
of Troup, Hoard, Carroll, Coweta, Mortwotlmr and
Ilarria. Alao, in the Supremo Court of Georgia, and in
the United States District Court at Atlanta.
It• H i ll i: - i:nnt Sill" III' (lie Public Square. u, :iUtl
n. e. Fi’.uiir.i,!, I n. .i. RAMMOHD, I K, V. itAMMOND,
ljiOraugo, Go. | Atlanta, (in. | LaQrange, (la.
FEKURI.L, HAMMOND Si HRO.,
A1TOUN15YS AT LAW,
La Grange, Georgia,
careful attention.
N. J. HAMMOND still remains a member of tlio firm of
A. W. Hammond & Son, of Atlanta, except uh to Troup
county. Jc5-tf
Dentistry.
B. H. ALFRED,
SimtlEON DENTIST’,
La Grange, Georgia.
OFFICE—Northwest corner Public Square,
in Tliorutou’s lloek Building.
January sib. IMP,
J, t. nomnxs,
srnaisoN dentist’,
»d nt LaOritiiRe. respectfully
hioiml serviceH to tlio citizens
l surrounding country. All
oflleeslinll be iiedlv unit substantially
mi warranted to give satisfaction, at reasonable
nneeapplv to Col. Hugh Buchanan. Col. W. F.
Wright, Dr. Calhoun'. Dr. Wellborn. Newnun. (5a.: and Dr.
Stanley mid Dr. Wimbish. LnGmngo, (5a.
Office up stairs over Pullen St Cox's old stand, Northwest
Medical.
H
i. LITTLE it ll.VUGII,
A VINO nssoriated ill tho prnetico of Medicine in its
tlieeitlzeiiM of LnGraugo
During the day they can
mdtl. ld \- Pitman, and at
me.cu. Dr. lluugh may It
•eupi. d by Dr. J. A. Long.
ipootfully offer their •
and surroutiding country
be found nt tile Drug Htn
liigllt. nt their respective
18(10.—12 if _ J. \. DA noil.
MEDICAL NOTICE 1
*1 \R. 11. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with himself,
| ) bis son. Dr. ('HAULER 11. RIDLEY, a recent gradu-
lib* of the New Orleans School of Medicine, would offer
their services in the various branches of the Medical l’ro.
fession, to the citizens of LaClrange and Biirroundlng
A residence of thirtv years in LnGmnge. and an exten
sive practice during that time, by tlie senior member of
the Arm, is a sufficient guarantee to the people that all
eases, either from the town or country, will be promptly
nnd faithfully attended to.
A7»-om me door North of Pullen k Cox’s old stand,
nnd three doors South of the Post office.
Miscellaneous.
1:;
NOTICE THIS!
Cut ting u ml Work Don
RiT Terms CASH! Xo Work 'Mi
e Promptly!
•«ml until ruM fort
HUBER r FORRES.
W. O. HEWITT, E. W. HEWITT,
Virgin!*.. « Virginia.
J IEWJTTS' GLOBE IIOTJOL,
V \ AUGUST A, <iA.
. ' FARE THREE DOLLARS PER DAY.
The Heal in t}\e OHy.
FRANCIS A. FROST,
DA N Iv E 11 ,
(Offico West Side Square, next door to Wise A Douglass,)
La Grnngc Georgia.
OLD and SILVER bought nnd sold. Atlanta, New
I T York nnd Philadelphia EXCHANGE always onliand
at Atlanta rates.
_i\iT Sp-cial attention given to Colic> tlon«. ort30-tf
NOTICE TO COTTON PLANTERS!
GEORGE KIDD,
MANUFAC-TU It K R O F
IMPROVED COTTON GINS,
AV
fi ft" Wo publish tlio following article because
of our denim to onoourago tho frcmlmon in their
efforts for mental improvement This school 1h
freo from political influences.
Mu mliiy Mr lino! (Celebration,
Mr. Editor: During tho present year It soems
ns if there is no end of tho accounts of com
mencements, concerts, exhibitions, «Vo., pub
lished in your valuable paper. But now the ex
citement is dying out; thoro is a cessation of
thoso pleasant festivities, aud we aro drifting
back into tho old boaten track, "pursuing tho
oven tenor of our way.”
But you must allow mo to givo you a glimpso
of tho "grand finalo” of tho literary Koason. It
was tho colored people’s celebration of the Union
Cross Sabbath School. I will preface by saying
'twos no sham affair—'two* gotten up in stylo as
the sequel will show.
Saturday, tho 7th of August, was tho day set
apart for tho oelebrntion to take placo. Early
in tho morning tho )good peoplo began to Hock
in and kopt coining until "all out of doors” was
filled. Every family brought Inigo baskets of
"wittlcs and sick things” and deposited thorn
upon an immonso table, which was surrrounded
with ropes and marshals to keep out intruders.
About ten o’clock the School, seventy-live in
number, formed into procession, marohed up in
front of the stago, and, with streaming banners
and swelling hearts, awaited tho appearance of
the orator of tho day. Mr. Henry Watts, of
your town, was tho man, and when ho advanced
upon the stage was received with many manifes
tations of pride aud friendly feeling. After a
welcome song, sung by the School, ho proceeded
t<» address them, having chosen for his discourse
the appropriate subjoct, " Education and Agri
culture.” Ho spoke with much fooling about
the degraded condition of bis race, and urged
them, by all that was holy and dear, to educate
and train themselves for tho great duties that
would devolve upon them in tho future. Ho
told them that, although they wore eligiblo to
office, they wore not fit to hold it, nor would n’t
ho for a long time to conic. One of his most
sensible remarks was in speaking of the equality
of races. He said "that all the equality he
wanted was, to do on honest day’s work for a
man and receive his pay for it”; that it was
ridiculous and foolish to think about any other
kind of equality. Ho spoke at length upon the
advantages of agriculture, and closed with a
strong exhortation to his sable brethren to culti-
ato "old master’s land" and keep John China
man out. But I fear his timely warning will be
if little avail to many; for "John” is bound to
our.t many a poor darkey from tho rich valleys
and fertilo plains of our sunny South. But I
am digressing.
After Mr. Watts finished speaking, the invita
tion was extended to all the white people on tho
grounds to go up and partako of tho viands set
apart for them. They partook readily, nnd ex
pressed their satisfaction by saying, it was the
best public dinner they ever had tho good for
tune to test.
After dinner there was an intermission until
early candle-light, when the coucert began.—
The exercises consisted chiefly of declamation,
music, dialogues, &c. The pieces were executed
with a degree of skill and self-possession, hith
erto unknown in the annals of that race. Tho
dark skinned lasses showed to bettor advantage,
after the shades of night lmd fallen, when they
were congregated where tho full gla'ro of the
lamps shone upon them. They exhibited them
selves in elegant costumes, and were graceful
and winning in their performance^.
Everything passed off pleasantly, everybody
was delighted, tho best of order was kept,
a number of guards being appointed for the
purpose.
Aud now I will close by saying that tho suc
cess of tlio whole undertaking was attributable
to tho untiring energy of J. Sanford Pitman,
the worthy superintendent. And, furthermore,
the thanks of the school aro tendered to C'apt.
B. T. Cameron for tho privileges they have en
joyed in and around tho pleasant place, "Union
Cross.” LEX.
Nertnado to Andrew Johnson.
1 rotJLD respectfully aniiminco to Ills old friends. nnd
tho public generally, that ho is still engaged in
his Old business of MAKING COTTON GINS. near La
Grange. and would bo pleased to ro<
EltTSON. Agent,
May21 -4m* LuGrungo, Georgia.
IV. E3. NOL( >MON,
WHOLESALE GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
IMPORTER OF
Brandios, Wines, Jamaica Rum, Holland Gin, <&o.,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
V
DOMESTIC LIQUORS AND CIGARS,
205 Bay Street,
giivnnitnli,
April until, lHS'.i.—tf
rgln
('LAGHORN. HERRING CO.,
COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 7 Warren Block,
Augusta, Georgia ;
Corner Yeudue Range and Accommodation Wharf,
Charleston, South Carolina;
120 Choahmt Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I IBKRAL CASH ADVANCES made at all times ou con-
j slgnments of COTTON.
Alt" JOSEPH S. BEAN, of LoGmiige, Georgia, is ouv
Agent, aud will givo prompt uttontiou to shipment* nnd ad
vance*. supll-tf
CENTRAL DEPOT.
BHODB'S
9+-W.T JP» JSRJP1C JE
THE LONGEST AND OLDEST ESTABLISHED
STANDARD MANURE.
ORCIIILLA GUANO, AA.
■fTTE have scoured tho solo Agency for Georgia, Florida
>> and Alabama, for the aliovo •• STANDARD MA
NURES. manufactured and imported by Messrs. B. M,
Rhodes k Co., of Baltimore; and havo made preparations
for amplo supplies for tho next planting season.
We uryo upon planters tho necessity of an early order.
Factors and planters apply to
OOTAVUH COHEN k CO.,
july3(\-lm 82 Bay Stroot, Savannah, Georgia.
STOVES, TINWARE, Sc Cl.
J. F. SLAUGHTER,
DEALER IN
HEATING AND COOKING STOVES,
PLAIN, JAPANNED, PRESSED AND PLANISHED
□C ft. mm sx «.• a~ »
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA.
ALU KINDS OP JOB WORK,
In my lino of business, dono to order.
g (< l! Thom as Cheaply as They can ho Pur
chased anywhere in Georgia!
A Sixteenth Amendment Proposed.--Just ns
wo havo often predicted, the Radicals North are
getting sick of negro suffrage nnd beginning to
shout lustily for a change. An article appears
in the National Tlf'jmbUcnii at Washington of
which tho following is a significant extract:
*• Tho system of putting the ballot box into the
hands of the ir/norant masses—no matter of toluit
origin, if rontimied, cannot fail to lead to vert/ se
rious if not disastrous results. Congress will be
remiss in its duty to tho country if early action
on the subject is neglected. It is contended by
many of our ablest men, and with great force
of argument, that the best suffrage qualification
would bo ‘ability to read and write the English
language correctly.’ With this as the universal
qualification test in all Federal aud State elec
tion;,, the ballot-box would be protected against
ignorance, and to a very large extent against the
possibility of corruption.”
It is objected that we cannot deprive any
portion of our citizens of the right of Buffi ago
already granted to them. There is no ground up
on idhich to base such conclusion; but if even the
argument was sound it would afford uo plea
against the proposed change in the laws govern
ing the right of suffrage. Suppose Congress,
during the next session, enacted a sixteenth
amendment to tho constitution requiring the
qualification of ‘ability to read and write the
English language correctly,' as a condition of
a right of suffrage, to take effect in one, two,
or any certain number of years hence that might
he agreed upon, and called upon tho different
States to ratify their act, what State or class of
intelligent citizens would object to tho proposi
tion ? None whatever. The measures would
unlversalhj popular, a ffording a check against that
control of the ballot box bg ignorance and coemp
tion now dreaded in the future of our wisent states
men.”
Thus the Radicals turn upon their own work,
and vindicate the wisdom aud statesmanship of
their opponents throughout this controversy
over nigger equality. What Jims Sambo to say
Died for the South. —A Confederate soldier
by the name of A. Kyle, was put off a steam
boat at this point shortly after the battle of Bel
mont or Fort Douelsou. He had been wounded
in battle, and died between this city and Evans
ville. IIo was decently interred in onr Cemetery
and now occupies a placo in Dr. Tyler's lot in
our cemetery. Upon his tomb is inscribed the
following:
A. KYLE,
C. S. A.
Co. C, 18tli La. Vol. llogimeut.
“ What more can a man do than to diu "
Southern papers pleaso copy.
For au enjingy upon this poor soldier, at the
time of his burial, we were arrested and our pa
per suppressed. Wo hope wo will not meet with
a similar late for saying that he fell in a glorious
cause, and our only regret now is, that the cause
for which ho so gallantly laid down liis life was
not successful.
•‘Helios fought his last b&ttlo.
—Owensboro Shield.
Beautify Your Homes.—No expenditure ol
money other than for the absolute necessaries of
lifo and tho education of children, over yields
such rich returns to tho souls of men as that
spent in adorning and beautifying their home
stead. Tho memories of such homes lends a
charm to all tho after lifo of man or woman
roared in the, and shod a sweet, heavenly influ
ence on their declining ago. Our people, thanks
bo to a bouutiful Provideue, havo tho prospect,
this year, of realizing hundsom returns for their
labor of being, able if so inclined, to adorn and
beautify their homes, aud earnestly hope they
will do so, rather than hoard up their surplus in
gold, hid away in a tin box or old stocking; for
what will it profit a man to gain all tho gold or
earth if ho lose thcroby tho rational enjoyment
of this lifo ?
SPEECH OF THE EX-PRESIDENT.
From tlin Knoxville Proas A Herald, 18lh instant.)
About nine o’clock last evening,|tho friends of
Andrew Johnson tondored him tho compliment
of a serenade, at tho Lamar House. A largo
crowd collected and after a number of airs woll
execrated by the colorod brass band of Knoxville,
in response to loud calls, tho Ex-President ap
peared on tho balcony. Ho was received with
loud cheers. Quiet boing restored, Mr. John
son said:
Fhllow-CUizcns:—! am not in Knoxville at this
time for tho making of a studied address to the
people, but being oallod upon, and unexpected
ly, to-night, I will tender you my thanks for
this reception. I assure you, I know how to ap
preciate a rocention of this kind, for an im
promptu gathering of tho people to listen to
ono who lms no often been honored by them,
always means to me more than tho dry and forc
ed reception, gotten up to order. But being
called upon, and finding this largo assembly
waiting to hear mo, thoro arc ono or two things
which I will say.
THE LATE ELECTION.
We havo just passed through an important
and excited canvuss. Tho verdict of tho poople
of Tennessee has been rendered, and of tho de
cision you are all well aware. A popular revolu
tion has taken place in tho State.
Ours is a popular government, both State and
Federal. Thoro havo been but two perfect
forms of government since tho earliest history
of the world. Ono an absolute government, in
which tho power is vested in one man, who
wields entire sway over his subjects. Such a
government is an empire or a despotic mon
archy. Tho other is one in which all power is
lodged in tho hands of tho peoplo. Such is a
republic.
In our government wo assumo that all power
is lodged in tho great mass of tho people, and
the ballot-box is the medium or tho conductor
which couverts tyranny from the heads of the
people. For tlio purpose of illustrating tho
subject, I shall consume a little of your time.
OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
This is a popular government. It is a demo-
ratic form of government. I use the word
•democratic” in a governmental sonse. But
the government wo havo had since the war clos
ed lias been somewhat removed from that of a
republican form. This is a representative re
public—a ropresntative democracy. In tho re
cent election in this State tho people, in the ex
ercise of their power, through the ballot-box,
have decided in favor of a constitutional repub-
There is, fellow-citizens, no liberty without
a constitution. It was a maxim laid down by
the old Greeks that " tho soul of liberty is law.”
Prior to the late election, we have had, here in
Tennessee, powers administered, in part, as of a
limited monarchy.
So in tho Federal government. Cougress has
been, for the past four years, omnipotent. There
has been no restraint upon Congress. In their
tions they have consulted merely their own
discretion. * When we examino closely tho princi
ples which underlie monarchical government
and those of a republic, wo will find that our
government has been swinging from tho one ex
treme to the other of both forms of govern
ment.
In our present condition, wo sec tho history
of the world proved. Wo started with a repre
sentative democracy. The fathers of tho coun
try conceived tho constitution which, as it lias
truly becu said, was "inspiration from ou high.”
Lately wo find that great efforts have been made
to change our form of government and to divide
tho government. Now that we are endeavoring
to got back to our old mooring aud our true po
sition, that the danger lies in our going too far
tho other way. 1 trust in God, the good sense
of the people will prevent it from being merged
into a despotism. It is even now being attempt
'll. Your attention. Men in power in tliisgov-
rnment, are even now attempting to create an
empire on tlie ruins of this republic. There is
debt owing by the United, amounting to $2,-
600,000,000. These men who aro engaged in
this conspiracy to change our republican gov
ernment into an empire, say that this dobt was
created to "proserve tlio republic." Now, what
isasRmed? Simply, that we must destroy this
republic for the purpose of paying tho debt, by
converting tho republic into an empire. My
countrymen! boforo God and this people to
night. I would rather that the ropublic was pre
served and the debt let go. [Loud cheers.]—
This debt was created to save the republic.—
Now the republic must bo destroyed to pay tlio
debt! Bather let the government be preserved
and let the debt go. [Cheers. ]
THE XV. AMENDMENT.
Our government is one in which tho people
do the voting and aro tho source of power. —
They are sovereign. As long as the power is in
the people, the State can determine its status
and power;. Now it is assumod by Congress to
propose au amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion. which prohibits the State from fixing tho
qualifications of its voters. Then, if this amend
ment is adopted, Cougress takes the power away
from tho State, that body becomes sovereign,
and the country is swinging on towards empire.
The Constitution of tho United States in ar
ranging for representation of tho several States
in Congress, determined that Congressmen
should be elected by the elector* in the Stnto,
qualified to vote for members of the most nu
merous branch of the State Legislature. The
15th amendment proposes to lodge this power
in Congress.
Let us look as the present condition of Vir
ginia, Mississippi aud Texas. After it had been
demonstrated that they had no power to secede,
it is now proposed by the federal authorities to
keep them out of the Union. Now iho consti
tution, in giving permission to amend itself,
says, " Provided, That tho. constitution shall
not be so amended as to doprivo any State of
its equal suffrage in tlin Senate.” Tho govern
ment now turns to Virginia and says that until
she ratifies the loth amendment, she shall not
be represented in tho Senate.
THE REAL PARTY.
The time is now come when we should con
sider the elementary principles of our govern
ment, and where they are tending. Away with
those shallow cries for party! Let us form a
party strong enough to save the Constitution
and the couutry. Let us know no party animos
ities engendered in the days gone by.
Tho speaker here addressed tho colored men
prosont, advising them of their true condition,
and their interest in voting en masse with the
whito population of Tennessee.
TIIE ROND HOLD ERS.
Where is all tho gold and silver in tho coun
try ? Our paper money 1b from 30 to 40 per
cent, discount. From 1849 to 1852 there passed
through the mints receiving tho device of tho
Government over $800,000,000 in gold and sil
ver coin. The largest amount of paper in cir
culation at any time was $700,000,000. Where
is this gold and silver? As the paper money
has been pushed out out the gold aud silver has
been takeu into the safes and vaults of the
inen who control this $2,000,000,000 debt.—
When the paper money vanishes into thin air,
these mon will demand, seize upon and control
the property of the countrv. It is the best
contrivance ever made to make "tho chaff of tho
king bettor than the poor man’s oorn." It is
cracking tno nut taking out the contents and
throwing the shell to the poop[e.
A COMPARISON.
IIow doos this matter stand ? Take the wid
ow of a soldier—what money do they pay her
in? Tho bondholder goes to the treasury, pre
sents his coupons and is paid in gold and silver.
At the next desk, the poor widow’s pension is
paid in shinplastors* She goes to market and
pays a dollar and a half for a dollar’s worth.—
Ho buys a dollar and a half’s worth for a dol
lar.
I tell you to place the right men in power. It
is tho deliberate design of men at the head of
your government tp change its character. Un
less you £et back.^to the safe mooring of the
constitution, within the next four years you are
gono. You may talk about parties but this is
the great quesoon.
CONCLUSION.
I thank the people of Tennessoe for the kind
ness and regard with which I have been wel
comed all over the Stato. I havo no conceal
ments to make. I never played /also to the
poople. I never concealed my motives. If our
government is ever restored, then will the prin
ciples enunciated In my last two annual mes
sages to Congress be the basos of tho restora
tion.
I will live; here I expect to die.
. is to oocupy a proper place in
NThen passions shall cease, and
i her sway, I will havo no fear
T|will oocupy in your regards.—
BV REQUEST.]
It n
Doing*—A Strange Title.
Forsyth, July 30, 1809.
I am eighty-four years of ago. and never to my
knowledge, have I used a pint of ardent spirits
throughout my long life; and yet, no man, lms
over drained a deeper or more hitter cup, be
cause of the rum traffic than I have done.
I have boon tho father of nine children, Heven
sons and two daughters. One poor sickly girl
is all that remains to ine now. I was oueo the
owner of two hundred acres of land; owed no
man anything, but love and good works—now a
little cottage with a small garden and cow pas
ture is all my earthly wealth.
Mv oldest son became a merchant; drink was
fashionable at the time; ho became intoraperute,
failed in business, aud at tho ago of twenty-sev
en died of delirium tremens.
My second son established a distillery, ami at
the age of thirty-two, died a chained maniac,
tho inmate of a mud-house--the cause intemper
ance.
My third son, under the influence of liquor,
quarreled with his friend sought revenge, shed
blood anil died on the gallows.
My fourth son, after years of reforming nnd
falling, finally perished in a snow storm. Ho
was found a week after, with a half-emptied rum
jug by his side.
My fifth son—he was greatly beloved—a
preacher of tlie Gospel, but rum* dragged him
from God’s altar, and laid hiin,iu the grave of a
suicide.
My sixth son was for throe years a olerk in the
city of New York, came home a wreck and in
four weeks died of pulmonary consumption, in
duced by intemperate habits.
Mv seventh and last son, while intoxicated,
fell from his horse and had his brains dashed
out. Ho died on the spot.
My oldest daughter married a man who be
came a sot. She struggled long with poverty
aud abuse; but finally gave way and died of a
broken heart.
My youngest and obly remaining child is the
sickly girl I mentioned, tho very last fragment
of my once promising family.
My poor wife boro long, with Christian forti
tude, tho weight of her crushing woes; but na
ture gave wav at last, and I rejoiced, for her
sake, when she fell asleep in death.
I have nothing personally to fear from tho rum
traffic, but four of my sons having left families,
I fear for them.
I am told to lovo my country. If my country
had loved me I might lmvo been the father of
nine loving sous and daughters. Does my coun
try know that she is giving legal life and being
to a system more ruthless—a murderer more
deadly than tho bloodiest sword of a foreign
foe V or tho most oppressive laws of a foreign
power? She is cherishing a fiend that is gloat
ing upon tho best blood of her children and
sending them to the judgment seut bereft of rea
son and devoid of hope.
I am told to love my neighbor as myself.—
Fathers of Mercies! how can I love him, who,
for money, will rob father and mother of all that
their hearts hold dear.
I will love my country when she guards my
interest and my life.
I will love my neighbor when ho proves hu
man. Till then, I have no love, because no
hope.
But pardon me; pardon an old man if he
speaks warmly; let my fearful sufferings plead
my excuse, and tho magnitude of the evil it
would overthrow. —Exiract from Uncle Scans
Farm Fence.
J’jlilors 'Telegraph:—Hoping and believing that
the above will bo of benefit to many of your
numerous readers, I take pleasure in copying
and sending it to you, with some experience of
\e writer.
I am from a highly respectable and wealthy
family; was raised a pious, temperate boy, until
I thought myself too large to be controlled by a
guardian. I becu mo intemperate lor a short
while. I saw where I was drifting to, aud re
solved to live a bettor boy. 1 prayed day and
night that Almighty God might aud would give
me strength to resist tho temptation. It was
granted, and I joined tho Methodist Church—
was a member for several yoars; but, having be
come negligent in ray.duties, the devil *oou dis
covered, and took advantage oi me, by parsuud-
ing me to take my letter from the Church, which
1 did.
A short tirno afterwards, having had my pock
ets filled, from the sale of u large cotton crop,
I again commenced drinking, which I havo not
quit until this day.
When the war closed, it left me a handsome
fortune; seeing that it was wasting very rapidly,
I resolved to marry, thinking that the influence
of a wife might reclaim me, and keep me from
utter ruin aud disgrace. My marriage did not
check me in the least. About eighteen months
thereafter, 1 seduced the best friend I had ou
earth, causing her utter min, all of which was
dono under the influence of whisky and the
devil.
Do you think there is any heaven for so vile a
an ? I havo spent all my property except a
small tract of land and a few stock, all of which
are very poor, and to-day, I ani out ol corn,
bocou, Ac., and have no money nor credit any
where. lU-ader, bear in mind, this has been
accomplished only through, or by whisky, as au
instrument in the hands of tho devil.
Thousands of fathers aud mothers are this
day rejoicing over their bright, manly boys, aud
beautiful little daughters; but, ah, like me, they
may sutler—like me go down in sorrow to the
gravo if the monster destroyer continues to be
fostered by the laws of our country. I am, to
day, an example for others to be warned by;
therefore, take ye heed, that you don’t like me,
fall a prey to the greatest enemy to mankind.—
I stand, to-day, a ruined, reckless, hopeless
man. Whisky the cause!— A Well Wisher for
the Prosperity or our Sunny South.
Judge Dent and the Mis.mssippANS.-The Louis-
rille Express reporter who interviewed a Missis
sippi Conservative admirer of Judge Dent dis
covers that he is wanted for Governor because —
I. He is Goneral Grant’s brother-in-law.
II. General $rant is his brother-in-law.
III. They are the brother-in-law of each
other.
IV. Judge Dent married a Mississippi lady.
V. A Mississippi lady married Judge Dent.
VI. Judge Dent and a Mississippi lady mar
ried each other.
VII. He is Judge Dent.
VIII. Judge Dent is General Grant’s brother-
in-law,
IX. That’s what’s the matter with him.
The reporter left perfectly satisfied.
“Dr." Fouler Again.
MOKE CHAPTERS FROM THE LIFE OF A REPROBATE.
A letter from Atlanta, says tho Nashville 11an-
cr, informs us that tho shingle of "Dr." Foster !
J. M. «Si J. C. ALLAA % DICK,
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Advkrtihriievts at |1 por square ol 10 solid line* of
this typo for one Insertion. Subsequent Insertions half
Double column advertisements, 25 per cent extra
inn advertise menu, 25 p«r oe
TMo. 2M5i"Or5‘a.i flMoa
SgUAtum.
One”"Square i|8 00l$6 OO|$0 00j$ 9 00
Two Squares i 0 00 0 60 11 50'
Throe Squares 8 00 18 60; 10 60
Quarter Column.
Half Column
Tli roe fourths Col'l
One Column
10 001 17 0UJ 21 00
12 04) 20 0U| 26 Oil!
14 60 23 00! 98 oo;
16 00 25 60 30 00,
24 50 40 OO 60 00'
33 00 1 50 60 05 00
TYu
41 B0 66
46 00) 60
70 00) 05 (
90 00 126 00
40 60 6ft 60 7ft 00 106 00 160 09
Groceries, &c.
**. .«» J*.. as. »■: ,
IRON, NAILS, STKEI.,
BOLTING CLOTHS, MINING IMPLEMENT!!,
et, - Atlanta, Georgia
M. O. MARKHAM,
' BOOT* jm. am
VlffOKM,
shinglo kii **i. i vmM | deam:b* is
still hangs out in that city. His wife number I
2, who is too well known here to renniro further |
mention as to her identity, has loft him, owing i
to the following rather unpleasant train of cir- |
cum stances: Foster, while seeming all devo- I
lion, opened a correspondence with a "female I
1'riend” in Now York. Wife number 2 got wind j
of it, watched him and found onr; of the letters
hidden in his shoe. She demanded tho epistle. !
lie refused to surrender it. Then came very |
high words, and, as a finale, Mrs. F. (so-called)
was knocked down to the floor but revougod Whitehall sir
hersdf by ejecting the brute from tho room.- i August2u-34-2«-3m
Tho latter immediately sought his office, and I
made a complete smash of his (for tho time be
ing) better bnlfs furniture. Doubtless the feud
is a permanent one, as, when our correspondent
wrote, tho much abused woman left Atlanta for
Nashville, as was supposed. It was believed in
Atlanta that she was really sincere in her efforts
toward reform.
•Since Foster has threatened to sue the Banner
for damaging his "reputation,” wo may as well
consider ourselves as in for it, and give the pub
lic the benefit of a few more leaves from his
blameless life. This time, however, we’ll have
to saddle part of the responsibility on the Leav
enworth (Kansas) Times and Conservative, which
says in a recent issue:
•* Some time during the summer of 1867, we
were crossing Shawnee Street toward tho Plant
er’s House, when wc encountered an old com
rade, with whom we hud broken hard tack in
the mountains of West Virginia, under the cele
brated George II. McClellan, Esq., and known
in Chicago for two or three years before the war.
We extended a baud, saying, ‘ How are you,
Jerome?’ But the person addressed didn’t ap
pear to see it in that light, for he remarked that
there was a ‘ mistake somewhere.’ We told him
he couldn’t play that, it was too old; but the
fellow cheeked tlio thing through and refused
to recognize us. Then lie walked away, leaving
us amazed at his brass. A few moments after
ward somebody told us that was Dr. Lighthill,
the ‘ celebrated catarrh and lung doctor!' The
Doctor used to come into the office freciuently af
ter that, and we used to converse with him about
his profession, but always as strangers, for he
wouldn’t let down a bit. Once wo came near
asking him how he felt when the Captain tied
him up by tho thumbs in Cairo for sneaking off
his duty, but tho impudence of the man struck
us dumb on the subject of attempting to expose
him.
"It makes us smilo to-day to think how that
fraud looked us right plump in the eye aud said j. T . meadqu. 1 Atlanta, Georgli
his name wasn’t Foster. n. j. mkador, >
" Well, Lighthill—or Foster—did a very J - J - ) August 20-34-3s-3m
heavy business here. He made all the fools r T-
think they had tho catarrh, and pretended
to cure them. We thought it was none of our
business if tlie peoplo wanted to employ and
trust a mau they knew nothing about, when
the couutry was full of swindlers. Besides,
haven’t we said tho man was full of brass and
couldn't be frowned down? IIo stayed here
several weeks, and finally left for St. Louis.
" Wo first knew of Jerome Foster in Chicago,
when he was put in jail for defamation of char
acter, and kept there a long time. In April,
1861, ho enlisted in Baker's Dragoons, in Chi
cago, intending to get on secret service, or as a
spy. We entered the same company on the
same day. When wc arrived at Cairo, Foster,
through friends, secured the good will of Gen.
Prentiss, and was detailed by that officer for
the duty he desired to do. His captain took
offense at something Foster had said, and got
tho order detailing him countermanded. This
was a great disappointment to tho man, who
was really well fitted for a spy.
"Nothing could make him lose liiis self-pos
session—the amount of check he carried with
him was truly awful. After the first campaign
in West Virginia, where the company acted as wholelalk and betml
McClellan’s body-guard, Foster got detailed as
assistant surgeon at Grafton, a town at the junc- 3BR. rw ac r M7 JEK. j
tion of the Baltimore and Ohio and the North
western Railroads. This was tho first we had
heard of him as M. D. In half an hour after he
got his commission be would not speak to a man
in the company. Such is codfish.
"Foster usod to be a great opium-eater. He! '*****■»•» Georgia. j
would beg it, borrow it, steal it, aud would go
away in the mountains by himself and eat it,
and enjoy it sleeping on the grass. He was al- | are selling all our goods at REDUCED PRICES, and j
most crazy at one time from the effects of it.— | 10 dca, “ re - n “ vto * bou « ht our \
Cheek alone must have saved him. He is a very e
LEATHER, CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS, &c.,
Empire Illoclr, Whitehall Htrect,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
August 20-34-3s-3m
MEADOR DltOTIIERft,
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MANUFACTURERS OF CIGARS,
Whitehall Street,
FROST, HALL & CO.
WANT TO BUY
«R4»,ooo wontTii:
OLD BANK BILLS AND WORN OUT GREENBACKS.
BE CERTAIN TO READ THIS!
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY ?
THEN BRING UN ALL THE
DRIED BLACKBERRIES,
DRIED CHERRIES,
DRIED APPLES,
DRIED PEACHES,
And we will pay you full market price in
CASH OK, GROCERIES.
W. C. I3IBB,
COMMISSION MERC II ANT,
Broad .Street, Atlanta, Georgia,
HAS taken the FIRE-PROOF WARE-rrTTTv
3 HOUSE of the Georgia Loan and Trust - I
Company, and respeetfullv Rolieite the
patronage of the public. LIBERAL CASH AD
VANCES will be made on
COTTON, TOBACCO, 0RAIN, FLOUR, j
GENERAL AUCTION, EVERY FRIDAY,
Bacon, Flonr, Dry Goods, Sic..
Which may be consignee].
CIIA8TAIN' & FOX,
No. 4 O rani to Block, Broad Street.
• !!!
TV. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, a select stock
of
CON,
CORN,
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
SYRUPS,
Which we offer CHEAP FOR CA9HU.
We want to buy $10,000 worth of old BANK BILLS
and WORN OUT GREENBACKS. We will pay you their
full worth. FROST, HALL k CO.
An Evil.—An old citizen of Macon—ono who
loves his conntry and its youth—requests us to
call the attention of saloon keepers to the evil of
selling minors ardent spirits, and permitting
them to play billiards or other games about their
establishments. Thj law is very expicit on this
point, and the punishment inflicted for its vio
lation is no less than imprisonment, we believe,
in the penitentiary. It expressly declares thot no
such proprietors shall sell liquor to a minor, or
allow him to play billurds ,_on their tables, with
out the consent or authority of the parent 01
guardian, and it is very clear that there is danger
in violating this law, if a parent or guardian was
disposed to enforce it against the saloon keeper.
—Telegraph.
Dr. Johnson was one day dining at the house of
a lady, when she asked him if he did not think
her pudding good. ‘ ‘Yes, ” growled the great
moralist, "it is very good—for hogs.” "Shall I
help you to another plateful then? ” asked the
polite hostess.
Don’t you think my eyes look quite killing
this mornig ?” said a dandy to a smart gall, and
he twisted his leaden visionaries in a most cruel
and fascinating manner. They remind me, ” said
tho damsel, " of a cod fish dying with the tooth
ache.” _
A beautiful lady was kissing and caressing her
little lap dog: " Ah, Marie !” exclaimed her fop-
ish admirer, "why not grant me tho favor you
arrf wasting on Fido?” "I don’t kiss every
puppy," repliod the pouting fair.
An old author quaintly remarks: Avoid argu
ment with ladies. In spinning yarns among
silks and satins a man is sure to be worsted and
twisted. And when a man is worsted and twis
ted ho may consider himself wound up.
Tho following inscription is actually to be
found in an ancient cemetery in Rockvile, Eas
tern Massachusetts: "In memory ot Jane BenL
who kicked up her heels and away 8he went.
A man who puts aside his religon because he
is going into society, is like one taking off his
shoes because he is about to walk upon thorur.
A dancer once said to Sooratoa, “You" cannot
stand on one leg so long as I can.” "True,”re
plied tho philosopher, "but a goose can.
Humobous. -A wit being requested to say a
"good thing," laconically responded, "Oysters!’
shrewd man, and is not easily beaten by ordina- j
ry people. Ho will bo heard from wherever he j
goes, for he never rests.”
New*pa pom—CiihIi Syntoin.
In un article on tho "Newspaper Cash Sys
tem," the New York Herald says:
The Wisconsin Editors have been holding a
convention at which the proposition was broach
ed for establishing a geuoral newspaper system
out there of cash payments. Why not every
where? It is the only proper way. Most of
our country newspapers live half starved on the
credit system when they might get fat and saucy
on tho cash system. Our war correspondence
for instance, during the late rebellion cost us
over a half million in cash. We could afford it
with our cash system; but whore would we have
been under the old stupid oredit system, and
it is always tho best for buyer and seller. " Mr.
•Speaker,” once said John Randolph, "I have
found tho philosopher’s stone. It is pay as you
go, sir, nnd be paid as you go."
The sooner the principle involved in the
above is practically adopted by newspaper pub
lishers the better it will be for thorn. Every
thing entering into the publication of a news
paper costs cash—not threo mouths hence but
at once. Nearly every bill must be met weekly,
or there will be an obituary in a journalistic
household. Working on credit is a bad busi
ness at best. It is the rock on which all jour
nalistic crafts have been wrecked. Their de
struction is merely a question of time; and
those which would keep afloat and gather
strength with every fresh wave, must steer cleur
of the breakers. Tho public anticipate from
journals, enterprise; and enterprise costs mon
ey. When a publisher can rely ou a thousand
dollars profit per mouth on tho face of the ledger
netting that sum, he moy safely venture ou in
creased expenditures calculated to add to the
interest of his journal. But when this assump
tion, us is almost invariably the case with the
credit system, fuils, the ledger shows the balance
on the wrong side. The trouble is that too ma
ny journalists, who credit, over-reach themselves
in matters of enterprise. But a basis which
causes a dollar on the ledger to mean a dollar
in tho safe, is a sure foundation on which to
build prosperity. There is quite a class in every
Community who do not deem it dishonorable to
repudiate a printing bill, and who aro scrupu
lously honorable in their other business trans
actions. Some act on the principle that because
they subscribe for a paper it is an insult to ask
pay for advertising m its columns. They do
not pause to reflect that |the white paper and
presswork cost nearly what they pay each week
for their favorite journal; and that the printers’
bills, salaries, rents and incidents must come
out of the advei Using patronage. And this
leads us to another point: gratuitous advertis
ing. Few people seem to comprehend that
newspaper publishing, like merchandizing, is
a business. Our dry goods merchant sells his
prints and domestics; our grocer his coffee, tea
and household supplies. Certain colums in a
newspaper aro devoted to promulgating its
opinions and the dissemination of what jour
nalists term, strictly, news. The other columns
are the publisher’s dry goods aud groceries—for
sale. No one not a professional beggar would
think of asking a dry goods merchaut or grooer
to furnish him a bolt of domestic or barrel of
flour gratis. Yet newspapers are asked every
day to print, gratis, communications of a pure
ly personal character, and which should be paid
for, like other advertising. This is not because
of any wish to impose on publishers, but be
cause* so few comprehend that in asking free
publication of matter oi this kind they are ask
ing us to give them our goods and groceries for
nothing. It is upon the proceeds of the col
umns of his nowspaper that a publisher relies
for tho bulk of his current expenses and his
profits. We hope we speak plainly enough to
do understood. If a gentleman desires, by a
published communication to advance the pecu
niary, political or any other interests of himself
or a friend, he should oertainly be willing to
pay for the use of the journal’s columns in whioh
it appears. For the type-setting of this matter
the publisher pays oash. Why should he be ex
pected to do this? Certainly not because A. or
B. may be a subscriber; for it is presumed he
obtains " value received” for his subscription.—
In a word: newspaper publishing is a businese.
All other than its editorial and news columns
aro its goods, which, like thoso of other mer
chants, should be paid for. A column of ad
vertising space is so much domestic, flour or
coffee, for sale al tho market price. -Memphis
Avalanche.
CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!
A large lot of
Mu«<iulto Nett* at Near York Prices,
CHAIRS IN GEORGIA,
AT FACTORY PRICES, FREIGHT ADDED.
August 20-34-4a-3m
P. H. SNOOK & CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
JBJV XWXKXi
Atlanta, Georgia
PARLOR Si RED-ROOM FURNITURE
IN THE STATE, AND AT REASONABLE PRICES.
UNDERSELL ANY HOUSE IN GEORGIA.
AW SPECIAL IN D DC EXTENTS TO DEALERS.
Wo keep on hand, and aro constantly receiving from
the beat manufactories, a LARGE and COMPLETE STOCK,
and are prepared to All orders to any amount.
july3P-5sq-2ms P. H. 8NOOK k CO.
J. W. B. EDWARDS,
AGENT,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND DCALEB !S
CHOICE GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
(At Pullen & Cox’i Old Stand,)
La Grange, Georgia.
FRESH GROCERIES.
I HAVE on hand and to arrive a -plendld assortment of
FRESH GROCERIES which I promise to sell Cheap for
| ccuh. J- W. B. EDWAKDB.
SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, &C.
J. W. B. EDWARD8.
MECHANICS’ TOOLS.
and carriage,) and all kinds of TOODS, cheaper than Oie
cheapest, as I will sell them at cost.
J. W. B. EDWARDS.
ALEXANDER BRGENZINGER,
(Hunter Street, near Whitehall,)
Atlanta, Gcorgiu,
TXTOULDrespectfully Inform his old friends in LaGrangc
v V and surrounding country that he is prepared to fill
all orders for
UPHOLSTERING,
MATTRASSES AND BEDDINO,
DECORATIONS,
WINDOW CURTAINS.
Ac., Ac,, &
'•All ordera c^ro fully aud promptly attended to,'
the moat reaaonableterma. octlG-
ATLANTA MARBLE WORM!
WM. GRAY, Proper, S. B. OATMAN, Ag»t,
DEALERS IK
American and Foreign Marble,
MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS,
Mantles, Statuary, Urn* and Vase*,
A ND all descriptions of FINISHED MARBLE OF THE
BEST WORKMANSHIP AND LOWEST PRICES.
AW DESIGNS FURNISHED, for those purchasing of us,
free of charge/
fty MODELING, in clay or plaster, and other ornamental
works.
AW All ordors faithfully executed and promptly filled.
^“OFFICE AND YARD—Opposite Georgia R. R. Depot,
Atlanta, Gs. octl6-tf
» €» rw?
THE UNRIVALED
mm: A- m
m
Still at his Trade.
P. HOI.LE
RESPECTFULLY Inform, hh P
patrons (no others solicited) that b
pared to serve them in the
Boot aad Shoe Line,
HARDWARE, &C.
Y OU can get Locks, (all kinds,) Butts. Whitewash
Brushes, Sad Irons, Coffee Mills, Ovens, Lids,
(without ovens.) Spring Balances, and almost anything
needed about the houee, vrry lew. at ^ ^
TOBACCOS, LIQUORS, CANDY, &C.
T OBACCO, Cigars, Wine, Whisky, Brandy, Candy, Can-
dleB, Shot. Lead. Potash, Crockery, Glassware, Tea,
,.t oo.U and »U snob thing., to YTb*‘edWABD B ..
‘QUICK SALES A SHORT PROFITS."
and you will find I will do what I say.^ r
CALL AND SETTLE.
A LL persons having accounts with CHARLES HANDY
will please call and settle immediately, as I have con-
trol of bis booko, and A.'pA/y oblige^ B _ EDWAnDS
REMEMBER!
p m 4 COX'S OLD STAND, opposite the Baptiat
JOHN N. COOPER,
COTTON WAREHOUSE,
OROOHR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
(Weet Side of the Public Square,)
La Grange, Georgia,
WTTLL give his personal attention to the STORAGE,
\V SELLING or SHIPPING of COTTON entrusted to
LIBERAL ADVANCES made c
gusta and Now York.
consignments to Au-
Guano! Guano!! Guano!!!
GENT for Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.’s Manipulated GUANO,
i JOHN N. COOPER.
X AM - ^ ““ VixstuU ^TcoOPEB.
at his homo, a shortdisUnoe from the square. AW Ordors
for work left at Mr. John Ragland’s, A. Lehman’s, or the
Poet Office, will meet with prompt attention. mrastf
REPORTER OFFICE.
0 s
Lime!
NE car load Alabama LIME on band.
JOHN N. COOPER.
Now Orleans Syrup and Sugar*
LOW FOR CASH.
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