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BELLE’S DIARY.
VOL. XXXV.
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER '27). 1879.
NO. 39.
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kite 1,1877—Sunday—Wo had such
| Jjtirring pi'eachor to-day—a home
‘‘sionary. He sot the whole busl-
h before us In a new light; he urged
‘jn us the noeessity of aelion, If
cirer duties detained us, we ought to
tithes of our income, ho said.
h Andover added a few remarks to
I pliastze the missionary’s, and then
box was passed. Of course I
*Jn*t any money. I thought of put-
* in the ring Aunt Holyoke left me,
didn’t dare. Afterward Mr. An-
fcer said if any one had come to
Kirch unpreparorl, she could leave
v* mite In his hands at any time, to
« forwarded for the good cause. I
( ifj Philip, who overtook me on the
<Jey from church, how much I was in
sisted, and how much I wished I
tj!re rich enough to contribute; and
'1 only laughed and pooh-poohed, and
tjled me a religious enthusiast,
iftther says sin* wishes Phillip would
lit haun’t me so much ; that since ho
O13 broken our engagement because
v were too poor to marry, and no
4 elihood of growing any richer, as
vH father had just failed, he ought not
( act as if I belonged to him still. I
Oppose she thinks it diminishes my
7\inecs; but I don’t believe [ shall
(pr marry now; neither will Philip;
jjd v.hy should we not be friends? Old
1 rs. Abornethy told me, directly after
j e engagement, was broken oft’,that she
l ways knew Philip Dovereau wasself-
" 1 and mercenary. I should have given
* i* a piece of my mind if she hadn’t
r*cn old enough to be mygradmother,
[,pl hadn’t meant it kindly. How un-
hippy I was when Nell Williams got
pgry with me, and said sin* didn’t be-
pve that Philip ever meant to marry
Jije, and would never marry any girl
Mthout a fortune. That on le 1 oar
Jjiendsldp.
\ir Thursday—Phil ip' is going away! ft
> like a thunder-bolt. He is going into
\isiness in New York. Not that I care
ir money. Mr. Andover brought me
book to read to mother, and a bunch
f scarlet columbines. How I wish
c lie could see their rich color and
race! I told him that I had grown
sudden interest in home missions,
Sid wished there was something I
ould do for the poor people the Rev. |
ulr. Gerrish told ns about. “Your
fission is already marked out for
you,” he said. “You are eyes to the
Hind, and sunshine to those who sit
‘n shadow.” I always think Mr. And
over is a plain man till he smiles.
,> Tuesday—Philip is gone! He bade
stne good-bye at the gate last night,
binder the stars. He is going to write
iften. It is horribly lonesome to-day:
what would a lifetime be without him!
I’ve beguiled myself thinking over a
hplan for raising money for homo mis
sions. I’ve sold Aunt Holyoke’s ring.
J[t was a pretty ring, but the jeweller
pnly gavo mo two dollars for it, with
.jwhich I have bought a lottery ticket.
Jit doesn’t draw till the 1st of July, and
, w then hew proud I should bo to take a
,jthousand dollars over to t he parsonage
jjfor the cause, and how surprised Mr.
Andover would be!
Wednesday—Very dull. Item 1 “Para-
^dise Lost” to mother.
Thursday, 20—Mr. Andover called;
asked if I had heard from Mr. Deve-
1 reaux. I’m afraid something has hap
pened to him.
June 30—A short but delightful letter
I from Philip. He is too busy to write
much or often. Mr. Andover is going
f to give me German lessons.
X July 5—The lottery ticket drew noth
ing. I could have cried. I built so
many castles. The very next number
to mine drew five hundred dollars. T
painted a little horseshoe—German
t forget-me-nots on a gold ground—and
C Mr. Ashley, the sialioner, sold it for
6 me for live dollars. I > as 1< uu ier-
< struck. Who couli have thought it
! worth so much. I mean filar a ti ket
| j in the ltoyal Havana Lottery this time.
Perhaps this is the beginning of luck.
July 11—Wrote to Philip. Mr. And
over came to give me German lesson,
and afterward read to mother and me*
from the German authors. I told him.
just as he was leaving, that.I had heard
from Philip, because he asked before.
Thought he looked displeased or some
thing; pertiaps he thinks I’m wanting
in proper spirit, to correspond with
Philip since our engagement is broken.
August—Philip is so busy that he
can’t find time to write often. I’ve
had only three letters since he loft, but
he says that mine make sunshine in a
shady place for him. SquireCutts told
Nell Williams that his daughter An
nette, who is visiting at Coney Island,
met Philip there at a hop. “I’m glad
’the poor follow has some diversions,”
X said, but I was sorry she mentioned
it before Mr. Andover and mother. Of r
courso a man can not work day and
night.
August 11—Such weather is too
splendid to enjoy alone. Mr. Andover
rowed me up to the. Artichoke river.
It was like fairy-land, all the boughs
of the trees leaning across from shore
to shore, and the moonlight and stars
sifting through, and painting weird
shadows upon the still water. Resting
upon his oars, he sang to me a gonde-
lied which he learned abroad, that
seemed just a part of the moonlight,
the smooth river, and the summer.
What they were to the eye, his song
was to the ear. I wish Philip could
sing.
August 12—The most astonishing
thing has happened. I can hardly be
lieve it. I have been in a state of
supremo excitement ever since the mail
came in. What will Philip say? I
have never been so happy since the
day he told me he had made up his
mind that he was selfishly standing in
my light, and that our engagement
must be broken till he should see his
way clear to a fortune. Nothing I
urged could change his noble resolve.
But now there is no longer any need of
separation. His way is clear to a for
tune. I have drawn a prize in the
Royal Havana Lottery 1 Good luck
under a horseshoe.
August 13.—Mr. Andover carao to
give me my lesson. He said I looked
as if I had heard good news. I wrote
tion are ended—that he must feel it as
much his money us mine, and that
now he will not need to slave himself
to death, and that though wo will not
be very, very rich—not ns rich as
Squire Cutts—yet we can live in com
fort and happiness, unhampered by
debt or poverty. How surprised, how
happy, he will be!
August 14—Philip has received my
good news by t his, and is in the seventh
heaven.
Hi—No letter from Philip. Perhaps
it is too early to look for one.
20—1 shall never have the happiness
of expecting a letter from Philip again.
Perhaps 1 am only punished for my
sclllshness. I bought the lottery tick
et, to be sure, in order to benefit the
homo missions, but the temptation to
benefit Philip and myself was too
great. When I drew the prize, I
doubted at the time whether I did not
owe it nil to the homo mission, but as
I had only hoped to draw a thousand
dollars at most for that cause, my
scruples were overruled by selfishness.
My religious enthusiasm, as Philip
once called it, died out when it came
into competition with my own happi
ness. I am punished, indeed. I was
so happy, too, when I started under
Mr. Andover’s convoy for the church
picnic. Iliad no doubt but Philip was
on his way to meet me and make ar
rangements for our marriage, because
ho hud not writ ten. Perhaps he would
be at borne waiting for me when I re
turned, talking it over with mother.
I was so sure of his love. By-and-by
I got tired strolling in the woods und
hunting for maiden-hair fern with Mr.
Andover, and sat down by some trees,
a little apart from the others, to think
and enjoy. And presently I heard
j Miss Anne Cults reading a letteraloud
to Mrs. Blair, and her droning voice
was hushing me off to sleep.
“Our wedding Is llxod for Octobor. I wanted
to wait tl’.l Christinas, but iny lord and mast or
objeo.tod. My gown Is already ordered of Worth.
I shall lie married in thnchurch by Mr. Andover.
“Your affectionate niece, ANNETTE CUTTS."
Was Miss Anne Cutts slill reading
aloud, or had I dreamed this about the
wedding and Mr. Andover? I opened
my eyes, and saw a little bird tilting
on the spray, and immediately Mrs.
Blair broke the spell by saying, “Bless
me, Anno! it’s a good match for Philip
Devereaux, now isn’t it? A lucky day
for him when he broke off with Bello
Ford!” And I heard no more; the
trees seemod to’ swim before me in a
cloud of mist. I stood up und steadied
myself against a bowlder, and Mr.
Andover came and put my arm in his
and took me home. And this is the
end.
Philip mi true; Philip the lover of
another! It is unreal. I can not seem
to grasp it.
August 22—A letter from Philip Devo-
ronux. After all, I thought, maybe it
was gossip and hear-say. The sight, of
the familiar handwriting sent the blood
spinning through my veins. He con
gratulated me on my good luck, and
added: “Having broken our engage
ment when we were both beggars, ln>w
could I renew it now because you have
become rich? Would not the world—
our world—have the right to point the
finger of scorn at me? I can not accept
such generosity, Belle, even for your
sake, but must still plod on.” Once I
should have t hought these sentiments
so noble. Whereas I was blind, now I
see. He thinks that I know nothing
about the affair of Annette Cults, or he
has not courage to break it to me.
Scjilember 15—1 have resumed my
German studies, to divert my min i.
Everybody is talking of the approach
ing marriage. I told Mr. Andover
about, the prize, and asked if he would
have it for home missions.
“Have you the money in hand?” Ih
“No; I have not even sent on nr
ticket. I have merely been notified
that I mi 1 dm vn Hie amount.”
“My dear Miss Belle,” bo pursued
“most people would laugh at it ; but it
seems to me that money obtained in
1 that way does more harm than good
will not be blessed in the use.”
•‘Perhaps not,” I said; “but wlm
shall I do with it? I feel like the man
who drew the elephant.”
“Suppose you destroy the ticket, and
do nothing about it?”
“Very well,” I returned. '‘I wish 1
had never bought it.” And so I held
it in the gas jet, and reduced the for
tune that was to have made me happy
to a pinch of ushe».
October l—A dreadful thing has hap
pened. Squire Cutts has died insolv
ent. It will postpone Annette’s wed
ding. I hear that the order for her
wedding gown has been countermand
ed. But if Philip loves' her, 'she is
still rich. All the kingdoms of the
earth can not buy love.
June, 1878—It is more than a year
since I began this diary, and how much
luis occurred! I have often wondered
how Philip Devereaux bore himself
after Annette Cutts married old Gen.
Battles, with his millions and his gout,
preferring a, palace without love to
love in a cottage. Yesterday I wan
dered into the pine woods alone. Mr.
Andover and I have been there so often
that all its treasure of shade and sun
light, of soaring pines and humble
mosses, seemed to belong to us. Its
winding ways are like enchantment,
luring us on to more beauty and seren
ity. It is like walking through dim
cathedral aisles as we tread upon the
carpet of pine needles, and hear the
wind fluttering through the branches,
while spicy incense is wafted about,
and sweet thoughts come like a bene
diction. You scarcely hear an ap
proaching footstep, and I was gather
ing some ferns, when some one close
beside me said, “Isabelle! Isabelle!”
—a voice that sounded strangely famil
iar, but was not Mr. Andover’s; a voice
that seemed to conjure a vision of
starry summer nights, and sweet
scents, and tender words, in the in
stant before I could turn. I never once
thought of Philip Devereau, but there
lie stood, smiling and debonair, as if
wo had only parted an hour ago.
“Your mother told me I should find
you here,” he said, taking my unwill
ing hand. “Seo, I picked a four-lea ved
clover as I came across the meado w •
“Yes, indeed,” I answered, heartily,
“and thank you too.”
“I was a fool, Isabelle.”
“And so was I.”
“Isabelle, don’t turn away your
bead. I never loved Annette. I love
you. You have no cause for jealousy.
I have come back to marry you, Isa
belle.”
“I shall never marry you, Philip,” I
said. “I do not love you any longer.”
“Not love mo?” he cried. “Oh, I un
derstand ; you have some natural re
sentment .”
“But no love.” And then he fell to
protesting and expostulating, while we
walked out of the pine woods together;
and just as we emerged Into the road
wo met Mr. Andover. Ho bowed and
passed on. I knew he had come to
look for me. I parted with Philip at
t he gate, where we parted once before,
and to-day it is nil over town that our
engagement is renewed.
GOLDSMITH’S SENTENCE.
THE LAST DAY OF THE GREAT TRIAL.
It is doubtful if the present genera
tion of Georgians ever looked upon a
more impressive scene than was exhib
ited in the Senate chamber last Thurs
day.
The tedium of the roll call on the ar
ticles of impeachment had passed and
t he Senate had mot for the purpose of
passing sentence on the Comptroller-
General of Georgia. The galleries
were packed, and even the lobbies of
the Senate, usually sacred from the in
trusion of t he crowd, under the wat ch
ful eye and impersmulable sternness of
Lorn Allred were so filled that there
was barely standing room. The sena
tors wore in their scats, the ereped and
laurdlled desk of the dead Clements
being one of the three vacant ones.
Chief Justice Warner sat in the presi
dent’s chair, his white expressive face
when the debate was finished. The
gleams of the dying sun were rippling
on the walls, and the twilight shadows |
hung over the scene. An attempt was 1
made to put off the vote, but it was
promptly ordered, and was brought on
without delay. The roll call opened
in a death-like silence. By one of the
caprices of voting, of the first six votes
five were for the substitute, but after
that it was rapidly beaten. Before the
JEFF. DAVIH WRITES A LETTER.
HE HAYS HE IS NuT AND WILL NOT BE A CAN
DIDATE FOH THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
(From tlif Hro ikhavon (Mias.) Lodger.)
The followin'., letter was written by
Hon. Jeffei *m Mavis, in •reply to one
addressed him l>\ the editor of the
Ledger, asking i ho would consent to
allow his name t » go before the next
Legislature for il c office of the United
IS DEATH WORTH DYINGP
roll was half through with it was plain States Senator, si itingthat he believed
June 1C—Mr. Andover has not been ; giving no more sign of what emotions
to see mo since the day I met him com
ing out of the pine woods with Philip.
Philip called, but I declined the inter
view.
Jane 18—Met Mr. Andover walking
on the causeway by the river. lie
turned and joined me. An old woman
came out of a fishing hut presently,
and hogged for money. As he opened
his purse something glittering fell out
at his feet. It was Aunt Holyoke’s
ring. He picked It up. “You used to
wear this,” he said; “that was why I
bought it.”
“You were very good. Did you mean
to give it to me?” I asked.
“If you take my heart with it, Belle.”
—Mary N. Prescott, in Harper's Maga
zine.
(From the Courier Journal.)
Correspondent — Mr. Stephens, I
have long desired to know what your
religious sentiments are, if you feel
free to speak of them?
Mr. Stephens—Certainly, sir. I am
a member of the Presbyterian church,
and have been ever since my boyhood
days. They have never turned me
out, and I have tried to live so that
they could never have an occasion to
do so.
Correspondent—Mr. Stephens, what
do you say of your faith now, that you
are old and bending over the tomb?
Mr. Stephens—I am trusting in the
Atonement of Christ for its cleansing
fflcacy.
Cor.—IIow does it look beyond the
rave?
Mr. Stephens—All is clear through
the blood of the covenant. I hope
there is nothing in the way.
Thus it may be seen that Alexander
IL Stephens is a believer in the truth
tnd lias clear conceptions of the way
of life, and withal, and best of. all,
professes a saving faith in the atone
ment of the Lord Jesus.
Editor News—Mr. Stephens, would
>ou object to staling your views on
the best nomination the Democracy
can make for the Presidency ?
Air. Stephens,—I am prepared to
■•onloss that I do not wish to be inter
viewed upon that subject, because so
many misrepresentations have been
made by reporters. I feel utterly
averse to saying anything upon the
subject going to the press unless it
it should first be submitted to me.
Editor News—If you will speak de
liberately upon the subject, I will take
your utterances very carefully in
short, hand, and thus avoid any possi
bility of error at the same time giving
an opportunity to correct all former
misstatements.
Mr. Stephens—with that view, and
having no secret opinions that could
avail public good, which I desire to
conceal, I cohscent that what I now
state shall become public. I have been
represented as saying that I opposed
Mr. Tilden’s election and would op
pose it again. I do not think ho is a
suitable candidate. I have been rep
resented as saying in my opinion Til-
den could carry New York. This was
an error; I said directly the contrary,
that I did not think he could carry
New York.
Editor News—Mr. Stephens, have
you any preference as to who shall he
the Democratic nominee for Presi
dent?
Mr. Stephens—I have preferences,
but I do not think it will do any good
to state them. I would support very
cordially, if nominated, Mr. Hen
dricks, Mr. Thurman, or Mr. Bayard,
but taking all the elements of charac
ter into consideration, I think Gener
al Hancock, considering his intellect
ual power, his military superiority,
his civil attainments in maintaining
the constitutional principles of liber
ty, even during the war, all render
him eminently a fit person for the
Presidency.
At The Lattice.
She was waiting at tlio lattice,
Whoro the snowy plumed clematis
Translated for her, gratis,
Wliat the broozes sung and sighed,
And the dainty tendernesses
Of the sunbeams on her tresses
Left her trances In the caressos
Of the golden morning lido.
Tlio linnets wore a-coolng,
And the dapper boos a-woolng,
And the dews were Interviewing
All the flowor-cozlod fays,
While lightly from the dinglo
The zephyr, lone and single
Came up to Intermingle
In the leaf-entangled maze.
She waits another coming,
Her heart Its rlchos summing,
Till suddenly a drumming
From the gravol walk aroso.
A hope triumphant filled her.
Ami clear the words that thrilled her:
"Look here, you, Jane Matilder,
Come and knuckle them ar’ clothes 1”
moved beneath its surface than if it j
had been sculped in marble. The ;
whisper of speculation that ran about |
the chamber was subdued, decorous,
and it was evident that the spectators
were expecting some solemn and im
pressive work.
In the foreground of the desks sat
the Comptroller-General. To his right
and left sat Messrs. Hopkins and Hen
ry Jackson. To the rear of Mr. Jack-
son sat Colonel Candler and Mr. Thom
son ; these gentlemen having been his
counsel. A little in front sat Mr. Gold
smith, the father of the Comptroller,
gray-haired, sorrowful, but devoted.
Three of the Comptroller’s brothers
sat to the rear, watching the proceed
ings with the keenest interest. Mr.
Hinton P. Wright sat near the Presi
dent’s desk The attitude and de
meanor of the Comptroller during the
terrible strain imposed upon him was
commendable. He was deathly pale
but tranquil and quiet. He was dress-
1 with scrupulous neatness, and won
that the substitute was gone. At the
close of the vote a thrill of sympathy j
ran through the whole Senate and the |
galleries. Every eye was instinetly !
turned to the pale, slight figure sitting !
in the shadows, and with the deeper
shadows gathering about it. It be
trayed no signs of emotion. The saint*
power that had enabled it to confront !
the rank after rank of Senators that
hud arisen tlio day before and voted
“guilty,” until the very ear of the Sen
ate was wearied with the sound, sus
tained him through this dreadful roll
call. He started by keeping a tally-
sheet, hut soon stopped, lifted his face,
imploringly it seemed, to the Senate.
But the pitiless vote went on. At
length it closed. The Chief Justice
then put the main question. The call
on this proceeded without incident un
til Mr. Head’s name was reached. That
gentleman arose and stated that he
did not believe Mr. Goldsmith deserved
such punishment and he could not vote
for it. But the friends of the substi
tute had determined to make no fur
ther tight, and Head and Preston were
the only Senators that voted against
it. At the close of the cull adjourn
ment, was ordered, and the act of im
peachment was over.
A more solemn effect was never pro
duced by legislative act. The vast
crowd arose in perfect silence. It
seemed chilled und benumbed. The
Senators closed their desks and put on
their hats without a word to each oth-
j er. Every man and woman seemed
it was the w ish
people of this St
the position lie I
out of the war between the Stat
Beauvoir P. <)., Miss., Aug. 29, ’79.
Ii. 77. Henry, Esq.. Editor Jirookhavcn
Ledger:
My Dear Sir - To > <»ur inquiry I may
suceintly reply that 1 am not a can
didate for office of l tilled States Sen
ator of Mississppi, a id do not desire
to be elected to the position. Your
uniform friendship a id early advocacy
of me for that high s atiuii entitle you
“Noses Have They, But They Smell
Not 1”
Among the lower orders, bad smells
are little heeded; in fact, “noses have
they, but they smell not;” but, to the
refined and educated, a pleasant odor,
emanating from a well-dressed person,
produces, feelings of pleasure und de
light. The fragrance of Dr. Price’s
I ITniaue Perfumes produces an inilu-
a rose-bud on his coat lapel. He sat | fillet} and thrilled with the dread spirit
most of the time with his right hand
resting on the top of his head, slowly
closing and opening his white fingers
and running them through his hair.
At other times he sat with the head of
his. walking canc pressed against Ii is
check under his right eye, leaning his
head upon it slightly. When Senator
Gumming alluded to the “amiability
that had made him lovable in private
life, but had been a snare to him in
official life,” and to the gallantry wit h
which he “laid bared his bosom to the
storm of battle in defense of his State”
and proceeded to pay an eloquent and
touching tribute to his worth as a sol
dier and civilian, he was evidently af
fected. He bonded his head forward
until his face was hidden from view
and remained so for some time. It
was noticed that Major Cumining’s
own eyes were moistened as he closed
his speech, showing the deep feeling
that gave it such thrilling effect. When
Mr. Preston made his impassioned Ap
peal to the Senate, Mr. Goldsmith
leaned forward and sat bolt upright.
Only once did he show signs of annoy
ance, and that was when Mr. Hol
combe, with a rather poor taste it
must be confessed, alluded to a con
versation ho had with the Comptroller
—“shook like a leaf.” At this lie
turned to Captain Jackson and made
some earnest remark. He laughed
heartily at some of the points scored
by Senator Hudson.
THE RUN OF THE DEBATE.
The debate of course hinged upon
the question as to whether there should
be simple removal or removal with dis
qualification. Those who favored sim
ple removal had the best of the debate
from the start, although Mr. Harrison
made a very strong and pointed open
ing speech for the extreme penalty.
Major Cunnning’s speech was a model
of its kind—impartial, calm and deco-
rus as became the occasion, and yet
thrilled all through and through with
pathos and nervous with repressed
power. Colonel McDaniel argued the
law of the case with the close and ac
curate energy for which ho is famous,
making, probably, the ablest speech
ol’ the day, and Mr. Preston’s earnest
appeal rang through the Somite cham
ber like the not£s of a bugle, and
showed that the young Senator has the
very highest attributes of oratory.
There were scores of people crying as
he spoke—it carried off the palm for
eloquence. Senator Hudson won the
only applause of the day when lie said
passionately, in reply to a question,
“Yes, God Almighty found David
thrice guilty, but to-day David is in
Heaven among the blest.” The point
made by Mr. Bryan that the law itself
disqualified the Comptroller from ever
holding office after ho had been re
moved from malfeasance, created a
ripple of excitement and was endorsed
by many persons who were listening
to the debate and who were skilled in
the law. For disqualification, Mr.
Bower made a straight-forward and
able speech, in which he said that
though mercy was sweet and sublime,
there was a higher and a grander attri
bute, and that was justice. Ho argued
that the law was positive to his mind
upon the point of disqualification, and
read the law to sustain his position.
The debate was opened, as wo have
said, by Senator Harrison, in one of
the strongest speeches of the day. Mr.
Holcombe followed Major Gumming
in an earnest and rugged speech, in
which ho insisted that the extreme
penalty should bo put upon Mr. Gold
smith. Ho reviewed the history of the
State from tlio days of reconstruction
on, and held that corruption ruled su
preme in everything. He was severe
upon Mr. Goldsmith because the latter
had not, as he charged, met the Senate
frankly and thrown open the records
of his office to its inspection. Senator
Clarke opposed the substitute in a
lengthy and logical speech, and Mr.
Clements in a practical, level-headed
speech that proved effective. It was
plain, but strong and to the point. Mr.
Boyd, in a short but pertinent speech,
opposed the passage of the disqualify
ing clause, and the debate closed with
a fervid speech from Mr*. Cumming and
a short rejoinder from Senator Bower.
THE VOTE AND THE RESULT.
to a full statement c
which control me in 1 ii
Assuming wlmt, i view of recent
events, is by no mem probable, that
the requisite major ty
would remove any puli' it
and thus spare our si; 1<
denying to her the rig t
own representative?. I
sider the ease hypot lie-
Holding that the per
private advantage of
should not enter into hi
a public trust, I do not
fully appreciate the ge <
once for me which you \
is entertained by a majm
pic of Mississippi. The In*
make for such kindness i
the only consideration sli
what will best promoteth
prosperity of theBtate.
The vital issue before tl
the contest between State
consolidation; or, in oth<
tween the Constitution.
of the occasion. Away in the lower
corner of the chamber, leaning upon
the arm of an old gray-lmired man, a
slight, stooping figure walked slowly
out of the aisle into the President’s
room. Wash. Goldsmith! the brave
young soldier, the wise and patriotic
legislator, the lovable, amiable man—
pale, trembling and bended forward,
stripped of his citizenship, but leaning
on tlio arm of his father, expelled from
office by the Semite, but drawn tender
ly to the old heart that had known him
from his boyhood, and that in tlio face
of all circumstances stood up to say
that it still loved and trusted him.
And together, father and son, they
passed through the shadows out into
tin? world. May God, whose judgment
is wise above all human estimate, und
whose mercy endureth forever, follow
them both, to correct all error, if error
has been committed, or to chasten jus
tice, if only justice has been dealt to
them.
THE SENTENCE.
The following is the sentence of Chief
Justice Warner, pronounced upon W.
L. Goldsmith, late Comptroller of the
State:
The House of Representatives and all
the people of Georgia vs. Washington
L. Goldsmith, Comptroller-General.
Impeachment.
Whereas, It appears from the record
of the trial had in the above stated case
now before the court that the defend
ant was guilty of the charges contained
in the first., third, fourth, fifth, tenth,
thirteenth, fourteenth and seventeenth
articles of impeachment preferred
against him by the House of Represen
tatives, and was found not guilty of the
charges contained in all of the other
articles; whereupon it is considered,
ordered and adjudged by the High
Court of Impeachment of the State of
Georgia, now here, that the defendant,
the said W. L. Goldsmith, Comptrol
ler-General of the State of Georgia, be,
and he is hereby, removed from the
said office of Comptroller-General, and
that the same be, and is hereby de
clared to be vacant, and that the said
W. L. Goldsmith be, and is hereby de
clared to be disqualified to hold and
enjoy any office of honor, trustor profit
within the State of Georgia, during his
natural life. Hiram Warner,
Chief Justice Supreme Court of Ga.
September 19, 1879.
A Good Story of a Gentle Quaker.
(Nantucket Correspondence Albany Journal.)
A good story is told hero this season
about an estimable Quaker lady who
keeps a boarding-house on Pearl street.
As everybody knows, the Friends are
wont to speak of^ people without pre
fixing titles. Elizabeth Hussey has
luid so many boarders that she has
been obliged to lodge them out at other
houses, belonging to Messrs. Bates,
Coffin and Folger. The other day a
party consisting of a dozen or so Balti
moreans, who had been recommended
to go to this lady’s, arrived and at once
repaired to her residence. “I'can give
all bread,” said she to the Maryland
ers, “but thee must sleep in Coffin’s.”
What l” cried the amazed spokesman.
That is the best I can do for thee,and
if thee don’t like it, thee can go else
where.” And the indignant visitors
went.
Let us drop Mr. Mullock's question, “Is IIfo
worth living?” Lot us rather Inquire, “Isdoath
worth dyingV’—Hujfalo Jirpren.
As long as all men have to die, it is
clearly better for any one man that he
must die with the rest. The novelists
have dwelt upon this thought with
force and sound reason. Hawthorne
bus told the story of a man who discov
ered the elixir of life. He did not long
care t o use it. The gift of perpetual
a majority of the | youth to any one man in the world
to return him to I would bo a banc for which he would
1 at the breaking j presently seek an antidote, no would
get tired of associating with those who
were l't ally ypunger than himself, get
tired of their lack of sympathy with
his own experiences; get tired of hear
ing old notions continually coming to
the front which have been once dis
posed of. There is nothing in life that
so makes it worth living as fresh ex
periences. A man who plunged in the
fountain De Soto sought to discover
would speedily run through the whole
emotional gamut. He would find that
intellectually the world is not advanc
ing, and that moralists dispute wheth
er it is going ahead morally. Ho
would have to look to science to fur
nish him fresh novelties for the inspi
ration of his weary brain.
But more than all this, there would
come to such a man u longing to visit
sonic other world, to be again with
those who had gone before him to join
“the great majority.” The friends of
selection for i his real youth would be needed. The
he less grate- | friends of his manhood would grow to
seem dearer to him. The friends of
his age would beckon to him. For the
sake of renewed intercourse with them,
for the sake of early sympathies,which
none of his contemporaries could Share
l»i> as to | with him, he would give up the youth
lfurcund | he had found. Death can not be a
j hard experience to endure, since mill
ions die yearly, and save for the pain
that precedes the dissolution, give forth
no sign of anguish. There are many
who, without having lived a long life,
without having found that vital elixir,
the reasons ]
natter.
nnKNHMVUKriw yrvrzuamrmamm
NEWSPAPER LAW DECISIONS.
1. Any porsou who Utki's a jmber regularly
from Ihi' pont-onion—whothor ilirootod to lit
imims or nnotlmr's, or wRothor ho ban subscribed
or not—Is responsible for the payment.
*2. I r it person orders his papor discontinued
ho must pay nil arrearage , or tlio publisher
may contlnuo to solid ltruntil payment 1m made,
and collect the whole amount, whether the paper
Im taken from thooflloo or not.
!), The courts have doubled that refusing to
take newspiipers or periodicals from the post*
of Congress
11 disabilities, !
1 he affront of ;
■ cl oose her
■ rt (nted.
nul wishes or
hi individual
cals profor-
<• assurance
.y <»f thepeo- I
rH in'n I can
to insist Unit
•untry is ;
hts and
3rds, be
lt was
adopted anti interpreted b\ 1 he fathers,
HOOD’S MARCH ON NASHVILLE.
(From the Brooklyn Eagle.)
Tlie average Northern citizen lias
learned much to underrate the soldier
ly qualities of tile late ex-Confederate
Chmoral .Tolin B. Hood. To most peo
ple north of the old slavery line iie Is
regarded as the rash and improvident
leader who left .Sherman to his own
dovlees at Atlanta and Hung himself
northward on the impregnable posi
tion of Thomas of Nashville.
Doubtless he was all that has been
conceded to him as a daring soldier.
His previous record shows that conclu
sively. But history will eventually
clear him of the charge of desperation
mid lnjudielousness. He took his first
great command when the eauso of'tho
Confederacy was hopeless, and suc
ceeded the really greatest military
mind of the rebelling South, General
Johnston, under very much the very
same kind of popular pressure—only
more desperate—which afflicted Mc
Clellan under the idiotic shout of “On
to Richmond.”
The movement on Nashville, had It
succeeded, would have placed Sherman
in a very awkward position, with his
northward lines cut and all open to
Hood to the Ohio and beyond. There
would have been no march to the sea,
hut a grand scramble to get hack to
the threatened StateB of the Northwest.
The disaster at Nashville was the end
of the Confederacy. It needed no
smashing of Lee’s lines at Petersburg,
nor any surrender at Appomattox to
complete it. Hood wasau Infantry Mu
rat who was in bad luck. He had only
one chance, und that in almost the
very death struggle of the rebellion.
It is bad taste to call him a rash
leader when he was never called upon
to lead but in the last grand emergen
cy of his people. Had he whipped
Thomas he would have been one of the
greatest Generals of the South instead
of being foolishly characterized as the
man who ruined the cause of his
friends.
or the unrestricted will of t,e majority.
The first is liberty; the last despotism.
The supremacy of the In . is indis
pensable 1o the preservation of popu
lar freedom, und whether the ruler, I
who is a law unto himself, be one man
or 11 multitude, the result Is alike a
despotism.
The cheeks and haliun ■the dis
tribution of powers, end the cautious j
reservation in the 10th a' liele of the j
amendments, which were ns conditions j
annexed to the compact between the j
States, all distinctly show the purpose
to organize a general government
which should be responsible to the I
States and their people. Surely tire |
are restored to life from a sickness
which had been counted ns mortal.
Not a few of these have been known to
lament their return.
It seems clear to us, as things are
constituted, with the necessity of death
resting upon the world, that no man
would be as well off if he could secure
to himself the certainty of livingforev-
er in this world. It Is better for any
man that he should share the general
fate—we are persuaded to Bay the gen
eral blessing.
But suppose the necessity of death
could be removed for the whole race,
would it be bettor ?
We submit to the philosophical edi-
blood of the revolution had not been j tor of the Express that the result of an
shed merely to effect a change of mas- overpopulation could not be contem-
ters. It was for self-govern lent that : plated in such a ease without horror,
the States declared theirimk lendencc, If there be any truth in the Malthusi-
und sought until they were severally ! an theory, how much more would there
acknowledged to bo free and indeyien- ! be if exist ing populations were not re-
SHEBIFF’S SALES.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
"VX—I1.L bo Belli before the court house door, In
» t tho city <»f LaQrango, said county, during
the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, on the first Tuesday In Octobor next, the
following described property, to-wlt:
Seventy-five acres of land, being a part of 118
acres of lot of laud number 30, In tho third dis
trict of said county, and bounded north by Flat
Shoal creek, east by the lands of Robertson, Les
lie & Co., south by the lands of James D. Hardy,
und west by the laud of Milton Perdue. Levied
on as tho property of Penny S. Brewer to satisfy
a 1). fa. Issued from tho Justice Court of the 097th
District or said county, In favor of James H. Wal
ker vs. Penny S. Brewer. FI. fa. now owned and
controlled by E. F. Walker. Penny 8. Browor,
tree With Ten Thousand Oranges,
(From tho Tampa (Fla.) Guardian.)
Hillsborough County has the largest
orange treo In South Florida. It
measures five feot one inch in oircum
forenee, forks three feet eleven inches
from the ground, each fork branees
into four largo limbs, and it is thirty-
five feet high and forty feot from limb
to limb. This tree bears 10,000 oran
ges. William H. Holden of Orange
County also lias a very lage orange
treo that measures four feot nine inch
es in circumference.
Would Never Use Tliem,
If persons were aware of the tnjuri
ous character of most baking powders,
they would novor use them. Ignorant
persons know nothing about the choin
leal combinations necessary. Tho on
ly good baking powder, prepared by a
physician with speolal regard to its
healthfuluoss, is Dr. Price’s Cream
lent nations.
Thoroughly convinced tlia restora
tion of the ideas and praetie s of the
founders and early administrators of
the General Government is the one
thing essential to secure tht liberty,
safety', and happiness of the eople of
(lie States and their p,,ste y, the
point for deliberation before nsever
ing your question was, win the: t could,
as a United States Senator, b useful
in attaining that end. The o ner po
litical questions which agii .to the
country are, in my estimation so sub
ordinate that I think, after t ie con
templated restoration, they e uld all
be easily and happily adjusted
Taking, ns fur as one may in a mat
ter affecting himself, the attiti le of a
disinterested party in this dis, ussion,
I will first remark, what is qually
well known to you, that in the North
ern mind there is an unreasoning op
position to tho doctrine of State bights;
find that my assertion of it, wit I what
ever conclusions were neeessaiily de-
ducible therefrom, lias made i ■ the
special object of sectional ho-tility.
It has,.therefore, followed that tiers
ould say, without creating excitement,
that, the like of which, if utter 1 by
me, would be swollen and distort 1 for
uses in partisan agitation. Tlio luture
of the country needs that there si ould
he calm rellection, and by the lig t of
history the relation of the Slat s to
the Union be justly and pei-man utly
determined. Sooner or later the prin-
iples to which reference has been
made will, I trust, by the force of their
inherent truth, vindicate themselves to
the common sense of our countrymen
of every section. To hasten tlio con
summation Mississippi has many sons
abler than I. From among them lot
one be selected who has no political
disabilities” to obstruct his admit
tance to tlio Seriate, and against whom
there are no bitter prejudices to Impair
his .usefulness. •
Did I desire to return to political life,
the considerations herein presented
would outweigh that desire. Hut the
fact is the reverse. Personally, there
fore, while I am grateful to yot for
advocacy, I do not wish to re-enter the
United States Senate. To the public
considerations given might he added
private reasons, which conjointly, un
der existing circumstances, render me
averse to public station. You are au
thorized to announce that my name
will not be, with my consent, included
among the candidates for the United
States Senate to represent Mississippi
in that body.
From youth to ago it has been my
pride to represent Mississippi in mili
tary and in civil service, and I would
that all her sons should realizo that it is
her interest which dictates my present
decision. Faithfully your friend,
Jefferson Davis.
moved ? It is for the good of the world,
therefore, that the world’s population
is, removed once in thirty-three years.
But it is good for the individual, this
law of deatii is. The knowledge that
death must come is an incentive to
work. It is one of the greatest incen
tives. Men labor to win money and
fame who might not labor were not
tho certainty presented -to them tliut
after fifty or sixty years of work they
■would be removed.
Death mellows the nature of man.
There is never one lost but tlio heart
grows more tender. The rough expe
riences of tlie world harden tho nature.
Men become less susceptible to the in
fluence of mercy, of compassion, of
sympathy as they grow older. A fath
er who loses his child, a husband who
loses his wife, a son who loses a sister,
are all better for what they have sus
tained. They are better friends, better
in the domestic relations, better citi
zens, better neighbors.
Moreover, we submit to the philo
sophical editor to consider the ques
tion whether there are-not, in his judg
ment, a great many men for whose
deatii tlie world is better off. Wo will
not mention names. It might be
counted an invidious distinction. But
names will occur to tlie able editor.
Wero there no death these men, tho
enemies of mankind, would live forev-
er.
Besides all this there would come a
time when the unconquerable curiosity
of men would burn for now worlds to
see and explore. May bo there are
none. May be there is no other life.
But may be thero is. May be the pres
ent existence is only u stepping-stone
to another and a more extended. Where
there is no death, a time would surely
come when even philosophers would
risk all tlie dangers of annihilation for
a sight of the possible greater joyB and
higher happiness. It is through death
development may come. The lofty
ycarning for a different experience
would make itself felt if deatii were
not a universal fuct. .
It is the constitution of things that life
must be worth living and death worth
dying. They are universal facts, and
oecausothey aro universal, they are
worthy.
Atrial packageof “BLACiC-PRAUGHT’ 1
free of charge at
T. S. Bradfield’s.
A CARD.
} and former
Graiigo, Troup und adjacent counlles, It was
my pleasure to upend twenty years In your
midst, during which time you bestowed upon mo
a liberal pntronago, which wus duly appreciated,
and for which I endeavored to give you a fair
and full return. You deemed me not unworthy of
your patronage when 1 was the recipient of
health und prosperity. I am now chained down
by relentless affliction and destitute of the means
of support. I come now not to usk you to give to
me, but to solicit you to buy an article of me
which every family needs und which is worth
double what 1 ask for It. Go, each one of you,
to Dr. T. H. Bradfield’s and got a bottle of Prdph-
ltts Magic Compound, take It home, give It a fair
trial, thou let Its merits und my condition be its
recommendation. P. PBOPHITT.
28-3m
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, I will sell at public outcry,
before the courthouse door in the city of La-
Grange imi the ttrst Tuesday In October next, be
tween the usual hours of sale, tho reversionary
Interest In one hundred and thirty-eight and one-
third ncres of laud, the same being ono hundred
und twenty-eight acres off of the western side of
lot number 134, and ton acres off of tho south
end of lot number 150, in tho 12th district (Harrl-
sonvlllo) of said county, tlie same being tho lands
sot apart ns Dower to Mrs. Murtha Tharpe, wid
ow ami relict of Robert D. A. Tharpo, deceased,
on tbe 21st day of November, 1830, by tho Supe
rior Court of said county, said reversionary In
terest in said lauds sold for the benoflt of tbe
creditors of said docoased. Terms cash.
R. S. McFARUN,
Administrator do bonis non on estate of
* Rob’t D. A. Tharpo, dec’d,
LEAVE TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
■\TOTICE Is hereby given to all concerned that
J-x application will bo made to tho Court of Or
dinary of said county on the first Monday In Oc
tober next for leave to sell tho entire real estate
of James Mooty, late of said county, doceased,
fore that time.
Sept, 4,1879. ‘
A. P. MOOTY,
Executor of James Mooty, dec’d.
DISMISSION.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
Ordlnury’s office, August 16,1879.
"ITCTHEREAS, Lyman C. Davis, administrator de
v ▼ bonis non on the estute of John D. Phillips, .
deceased, represents to the Court, in his potltion
duly filed and entered on record, that he hae
fully administered John D. Phillips’ estate, This
is, therefore, to cito nil persons concerned, kin
dred and creditors, to show eauso, if any they
can, why said administrator should not be dis
charged from, his administration, and receive
letters of dismission, on the first Monday In De
cember, 1879. * Yi’M. C, YANCEY, Ord’y.
DISMISSION.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
OBDfNABY’8 OFIGCE, July 2d, 1R79.
"TXJHEREAS, John W. Sledge, administrator of
should not bo discharged from his administra
tion, and receive letters of dismission on the first
Monduy In October, 1879.
WM. C. YANCEY, Ordinary.
LEAVE TO SELL.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
Ordinary’s Office, August 5,1879.
W HEREAS, John H. Garner, administrator of
r . ...
concerned to file their objections, if any they
cun, on or before the first Monday In October
next, else leave will bo .granted.
WM. C. YANOF.Y, Ordinary.
A man died of liver complaint! One
dollar’s worth of “ BLACK-DRAUGHT ’
would have saved hts life.
For sale by T. S. Bradfield.
We wish to say to our readers that.
Dr. Price’s Special Flavoring Extract*
of Rose, Almond, Nectarine, Vanilla
Lemon, etc., are the finest, purest, ano
most natural flavors wc have ever used.
The common flavoring extracts in the
market boar no comparison for fine
An Ablo Officer.
(Albany News.)
It strikes us that tho greater part of
tho opposition to Gov. Colquitt is of
the extremely sorehead kind. Wo
have not heard or read an argument
against him that was free from malice
or the latest spirit of disappointed am
bition. On the contrary, much of the
opposition has been hurled at him
through tlie medium of base inueudo
or wicked defamation. We are yet to
hear of tho first serious dignified
charge that implicates him in any
practice unbecoming tho honor of a
gentleman, or the dignity of his high
position. We await the tacts, figures
or arguments, going to show that he
has not made au able, patriotic and
useful Governor.
“ BLACK-DRAUGfi i eurea costivcncs*
ttn,nnOTEla^
l For sale bfjj.. S-Jinid U tUL
DI8MIS6IOX.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
OHDINAUY’H OFFICE, July 7, 1P.70.
■wxthEREA8 B. C. Ferrell, executor et W. B.
VV Ferrell, represents to tho court, lu his pe
tition, duly filed and entered ou record, that ho
hen fully ndminlsterod W.■ B. FerrelJ’s oet&to.
This Is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
front bin administration, and receive letters of
dismission, ou the lirnt Monday In November,
1879. WM. O. YANCEY, Ordlua.y.
WANTED„/SS«
vassors to engage In a | lenmtnt und profitable
business. Good then will find this n re.rerfcanca
To Make Money.
Such will please ftnswer thin advertb*iu«M by
letter, enoloslna e'u.up for lepjy, tying what
business they have been engaged in. Nor® but
those who mean business need apply.-
Address l'INLEY, H/.EVJCY k Co., jCtfoi'ta, (??.
TAX NOTICE.
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