Newspaper Page Text
a tUUiU J-
zsm:-i.' -tt
By WESTON & EVANS. I
* SHALL THU PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RXOHTS MAINTAIN.
TOAWEDBI POWER AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.”
{$2.00 Per Annum
.ti JTOAiUME 12.
ALBANY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31.1878.
NUMBER 5
PSOFSSIONAL CARDS
tAWTBRS.
.SSUOnmnsOm
-amsm at law,
And Rea! Estate Agent,
ALBAN?. GEORGIA.
>>*$»***• !»»*•'»
t-AT TORN E l AT LAW<
t ,-m «M«ft a«4 44 tW- • “*•’ j
AI.BAfJY. CEO.
> with W«rm * UoM». •%»
" ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ALBANY. GEORGIA
u4«M !»* :»q • ■••' •
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NEWTON. Baker Coanty, OA
■ MM
LAW NOTICE
■star a«r Wat pwi—Hatl svrvtees toon
«*S tho Bailie gonorally
Allflufr.
PETES J. BTBOZEB,
Wlf. E. SMITH,
.. DOCTORS.
W. A. STROTHER, H. Do*
ALBANY. GEORGIA."
BUHirfifllisrriBraSW.
OFFICE :
jnljStOiool-
DB S. j. ROBERT.
UafAlbUjraad comment.,. Female, children
Oftee a* Gilbert*. Drni Store. Reudeore rorner
JaEkmasadTUlmneu. feM-ly
e over WELCH'S Drag Store.
.treet, oeor^tb^
*sisr
[OSS
Regular Graduates of Ohio Dental College.)
IASENTLY located in Alhaoj, lieorris
p<] (M, aIiccwmI
hiwfll Fill Teeth
. with Gold or Sim by the inpnnred
le. Isaart Aftikial Teeth. Imi
Extract teeth vitkel pain, by
• OxMoor bmghiBggae. Keep thoroughly
«e*:MlKrrnW u «2-£ s?
fll (Malioaa belong’.tfg to
i molemtr bat **>+. C*»
aprlMS.
STOCK DRAINER,
DAY
AT TH E
BARNES, HOUSE,
*^2^ Wi* ifcM-
BOGEN HOUSE,
*•**■' "’ (FORMW.I.Y 1»>WSS HOUSE,)
BROAD 8TUKKT, ALBA$Y, GEORGIA
hat thehooae will be kept In Srrt-tfaai style.
oet4)y ,, '' ' '** **
rtUESt
O. B*JiikS, Proprietor
McAFEE HOUSE,
Smithville- = = Geoi-ixia
Omilt U. E. DqM.
y o t » . •
//.dir!
U. HrAFEE. Proprietor.
f A ..Brown House,
MACON. - GEORGIA.
•S3 t*ER_i>AY.
- RATES REDUCED.
r rate will be ftt per
I comfortable, table m
Every exertion will be
town reparation of the
d given to ladies, and larg*?
■ lor earn ramie! Iraralers
h ronir.IL *0\KiDF.RITE.
Sane cf the Vasarfesand Vie'.eni
P hrs of Siottfwal! JafhsonV
icr-in-Law.
a d BrdMM I" Ciactimall Common lal 1
Gen. O il. Hill.unlike tin* Illustrious
lien of Hie name, lino Hie reputation of lie*
ing "unreconciled." like .Tubal Early —
lie lit. not yet enlisted in llie nimy of re
conciliation. so called.
Thai lie has a lliblc class of I wo hun
dred is not surprising, as lie is the snllmr
ol two or three theological works Before
the war he aspiicd to authorship, anil
among other "works" attempted to set up
a aonthrrn scries of school hooks, which
should leach the young southern idea how
to shoot at Yankees. Ills arithmetic lias
"problems" in it running in Hie following
style:
"A Yankee mixes a certain quantity of
wooden nutmegs, which cost him onc-
fourUi of a cent each, with a quantity ol
real nutmegs, worth four cents each,” etc
“The years in which the governors of
Massachusetts and Connecticut send treas
onable messages to llicir respective legis
latures is expressed by four digits."
• The field of Buena Vista is six and a
half miles front Sallllo. Two regiments
of Indiana, volunteers ran away from Hie
field of battle at the same time.’’ etc.
He was an original secessionist, and
proved las laith by his works. lie was
of the first soldiers in the Held, going
in as colonel and coming out as liuclcnaul-
gencral, through a long series of well-
earned promotions. Ilis *‘oflieibl reports'
were among the literary curiosities of the
war. aod the objects t)f no end of tun in
the confederate war department Of tire
battle of Mhivcrn IIlll be reports nlticinily
that "the Yankees retreated in the night
leaving their dead uuburied, their wound-
on the ground, three pieces df artillery
abandoned, and tlronsundsofsopcriorrillcs
thrown awav. The wheat lic'.Js at Shir-
ley were all trampled down bv lire fright
ened herd. Numerous wagons and ambit
lances were found stuck in Hie uiud. lypi-
ical ol Yankee progress in the war." 1I«-
also speaks ol - lilting the young Napoleon
frum his entrenchments around the city,
and setting him down on the hanks of 11st-
James river, twenty-five miles fuither
ofi
The conventional style of writing offi
cial reports was ignored try him i£ every
instance. Of an attempt of a portion of
tbe anion army to cross the river ai Fred-
erickaburg. lie officially reports thus
“Finding the tire loo hot for them they l!e;i
back to town, where they were abellcm:
from Carter’s fire. Hardaway contintie.t
to pell them, and to stop his fin* (a*« is sup
posed) the rnfiiau!*' commenced shelling
the town, full of women and children.—
The town wat* partial!y destroyed. Lin a
merciful God protected the ofit-usive ii-
liabitapts. A dog was* killed and » negr
wounded. Fiudiug Hardaway's fire di.J
not slacken tbe pirates fled down the riv-
•r. 'From Yankee sources we ham ihm
the pirates lost six killed and twenty
wounded. Whether they overestimated
or underestimated their loss 1 do w»
know. They sometimes lie on one -i U*
andacmelimcs «•» the olhei.
■WBile the severe and ascetic Sodden
was secretary of war these “otficml re
ports" were an annoyance, hut other metn
of the departmeut rather enjoyed
them. . lie once dispatched to Scdiicn that
the **Arbiy of the Pamuukev. or the Man-
key army, is in full retreat." and followe:
it up With the strange recommendation
that the engineers he put to work ami or
dered to leave their kid gloves behind.—
He spoke of Sloncwal! .Jackson as having
a great deal o! ••outcome" in him. and de
nied furloughs to musicians because these
privileges should be enjoyed by “fighters
and not by looters*" He once gravely
proposed to the war department that his
soMicnt be allowed to go home occasion-
ally, for fear that the shirking, sneaking
“iUy-atliomes" would take advantage ol
the absence of the soldiers aud propagate
a race of cowards.
A.Qoht Affair.
Last Monday, in the Senate, Mcssr-
Hamlin and Blaine. in f#chalf of the Stat :
of Maine, presented to the government a
statute of William lung, the first cove rwo
of Main**, to lie placed in the I tot undo «>;
the Capitol. Mr Blaine. in the courtc «
his rciscrk. thrust * pegging awl severe*
ly Into 1 ll»« old Federal politics of Massa
ebusetts, alleging that Maine seceedtd Iron
the old Bay State and m:t up for bcrsell on
of sheer djsgusi with that moral centre «
the universe. This very needier* attack
evoked an energetic spintter from* l>ol!i
Hoar and Hawes, and the thorns crackled
noisily under the Radical jh>! fi»r soiuc
time.
Thursday the MassieliUhOtt* J.« gi;d * n»i<-
had a resrdution Ireldre it. thanking Haw* -
aod Hoar for defending the honor of the
State; and we are now puz/ded to decide
whether the beginning or the end «»f tlii*
quarrel is the sillier. Blaine should cer
tainly be voted a foolscap . und w e jeckou
it would be right to serve the other pat
ties all round wilh a copy. Our Northern
brethren like to laugh at the Sou lb Sup
pose they ponder on lhi .» per forma*a *•. a- .»
subjer:t of n>errirriviiit * —Telcgraj.li «V Me -
seuger
Shrrp nnsbandrj.
Agricultural Editor Constitution:
The article appearing in your columns
a few days ago on the subject is well wor
thy of particular attention from .tlu^ farm
ers of Ucorgin und othcralnlerctlcd;intlie
future prosperity of tiro atntc. . >’• J
(>ue |>oint or ll 1 differ very mticb from,
that is. ••that Texas is a better farming
state than Georgia, nml that it is better
adapted to sheep raising.” To all such an
erroneous idea to go into circulation is det
rimental to the prosperity of lids slate and
should at once be set right before the pub
lic. Having'traveled over n considerable
portiou of both states, and giviug particu
lar attention to the sheep raising business,
I am presuming enough to say that no per
son eau Ire belter iuforuiod'on the subject,
ami I. u ilb confidence, assert that Georgia
equals the best farming state iu the union,
aud tor riieep husbandry cauiiot be sur
passed anywhere. From the mountains
in the*!nortIi to the wire grass regions of
the south, it can safely be affirmed to be
the natural home of Uic sheep Iu the
southern counties. Irwin, Coffee, Berrien,
Dooly aud Thomas, sheep walks extend
ing tor miles can he found covered with
that verdaut wire gross peculiar to that
ivctlon ; this gross, it is true, is not so nu-
tricious for stock raising, yet for sheep 1
would as soon have it as the best blue
grass. Sheep cau pasture on itduriog the
whole year, leaving the southern section,
strike thcTastcro counties of Liberty, Ap
pling. Dodge, Telfair and all along that
line the same condition of extensive walks
can be fouud. In some of the northeast*,
cm counties most m&gnificcut ranges cx<
Uls, while Burke county cannot be sur*
passed in tbe world both as a farming sec-
ami a sheep section. It is particular
ly adopted to the South-down; they do
best there. I have it on the authority <jf
one of Georgia’s most prominent farmer’s^
V. Jones. Sr., of that county, that lie
bad from .100 to -500 Sqjith'downs on Id*
place aud that in thirty years’ experience
be never lost a single head by scab or rot
And that for richness aud fertility of soil
a* a section it will compare favorably with
a* y locality iu tiro world. All that is need*
ed to make Georgia the empire '.state, in
cn that would pride themselves is rais-
g farming from being mere drudgery to
be one of the noblest • professions. Farm*
is as much a vocation as ntcdiciue or
law ; a natural ability is of necessity re*,
quired, and unless a man foresees that he
" in fail to be successful, just ns he would
at mercantile business did he not possess
ihe ability for that calling. A man must
love farming and be proud of it; and enno
ble it L»y every means io his power; then
if will give him a fburrfold return.
A> l°ng as the farmers of Georgia pur-
-\c the tallacious system of all cotton, to
tin.- exclusion of other crops, bankruptcy
will stare them in the face.
To return to the sheep question ; J will
“• ll you wijat may l»c done in Georgia. Jn
flic section 1 have named a man Con go to
work and purchase an almost unlimited
amount ot larTd tit from. lUe to$*I per acre,
and get credit for most part of the pur
chase money. As a commencement, 50o
-beep and I(> merino bucks would be n
fair start, costing some $<>U0. The best
-*\ison to purchase the sheep would be
December aud January, as then he would
have only to wait a couple of mouths for
the lutnbing season. The wool of tho first
crip would pay all his expenses for tbo
first year. The following season he would
have I.UU0 head to go to work - on, tbe
clip of which would bring over.$1,000.
The ibird year he would require a shep
herd to assist him as his flock wouldsin all
probability amount to 1,500 to 2,000 ; ul
Ibis stage I would advise him to get rid of
(be old Hi cep ; 1 mean the common stock
the first bought, and work up his stock to
be all good blood. The following year
the lambs will l>e of such blood Umt I con
sider them little inferior to full bloods, and
on an average they will give 5 to 8 pounds
of wool. Hit profits of which can be easily
estimated.
• One other great advantage found in
Georgia is waltr. la every weiioa of. tl.e
stale plenty of good water can be found
Not so iu Texas, wafer in many sections
is a rarity.
As to the superiority of Texas ns a larnr
ing country, I will give you an instum e
ol the productiveness of flic soil of Gcor
gin, that Texas cannot beat. Last Oct**-
fieri was traveling through the southern
pmt of tlie state, and some eight miles
from Fort Valley, J stayed at a gentleman's
house, and went nil over bis farm and wns :
surprised with the splendid crops I saw.--
He assured me that on a field of 50 acres
it averaged over H'O bushels to the acre of
corn. He made 2*3 halo of cotton to the
acre, and all without fertilizers. There
was in a body 12,000 acres of such lands,
f elling on an average of $2 to 4 per acre.
Again, 1 have seen in southern Georgia
be haiiMim. orange and pine apple in per**
lection ; coffee and tea can he raised with
out any trouble. And for fruits.Reaches,
apple*. <bc., it stands a rival of Maryland
and Delaware. In the northern parts of
the Htate. wheat, hay oats, turnips, Irish
potatoes, beets, in fact every vcgelabe
grown in our northern climes. The whole
limit lies in the men who want to get idly;
(Jo nothing and everything lobe brought
to perlcctiion without labor. When those
parlies go to 'I exas or any other Slulc they
must either work or become beggars —
The Mime amount of labor expended in
Georgia as iu these states would in many
parth «»( the slate make a double return.
Tbe Editor’s Note Book.
It will be found both an InterMling and
profitable exercise occnslonnlly, togiva ex
amples of fnlso syntax foi correction. The
following Is taken from our noto book .*
, An Iowa editor thus acknowledges a
present of grapes: **Wo bnvo recohrod a
basket of fine grapes from our friend W.,
lor wblch ho will please accept our com"
pllmenls, some of which are nearly two
Inches in diameter.
A newspaper advertisement reads thus:
Wanted : A saddle-horse for a jody
weighing;9C0 funds ’’ Another re^ds;
Wanted .“A youug man to toko care of
a pair of horses of a religious turn of
mind."
A widow at the West intending to sue.
Cecil liar husband in tbo management of
a hotel, advertised that .‘‘the hotel wil| be
kept bf the widow ol tlio former laudlord*
Mr. Brown, who died iasi summer on m
now and improved plan.”
A steamboat captain in adverUsing for
au excursion closes thus: “Tickets 25
cents; children half-price; to be had at
the captain's office.”
One of Sir H6yie ltoclie's invitations
to au Irish nobleman wi.< rather equivo
cal. He writes: “I hopo. my lord, if you
ever fibmc within a nulo of my hopso you
will stay there all night'”
A coroner's verdict reads thus: The
deceased cauie to his death by excessive
drinking, producing apoplexy in the
minds of the jury.”
A clergyman said : “A youug woman
died iu my neighborhood, yesterday, while
1 was preaching the gospel in a beastly
state of intoxication.” ’
A correspondent, in writing of a recent
convention in the city of Cleveland, says:
i-l’lic procession was very tine, nearly two
Sillies long, as was also the prayer of Dr-
i’erry, Uic chaplain.”
In Hie annual report of a town m Mas«-
suchusctts we find the following: “The
town-farm and almliouse have been carried
on the pust year to our reasonable satisfac
tion—cs[>ecinlly the almshouse, at which
there is an unusual amount of sickness
apd three deaths.”
A few years ago the following resoluHon
was passed by the 'common council of a
Connecticut city: “Resolved—That hire..
alter tbe churches that have bells that are
rang, bo rung at the same hour for morn,
iog and afternoon services.". i
A Western paper says ; -A child was
run over by a wagon three years old, ami
cross eyed, with pantalets on, which never
spoke afterwards.
Home aid HonscboM.
Foil Sprains—Take one part blue clay
aud two parts vinegar aud make it into a
pasto and bind on at night with a wet
towel.
Nkuhxi/iia. os- the Hkmit.—Good for
.'nil kinds of ucnralgia—Take one grain ol
of liromidoof camphor.
To 11 bai. a Cut.—Without waiting for
it to atop bleeding press the edge* of the
lacerated flesh together, aud apply Immc.
diately a plaster made of soot and cream,
binding it firmly on. not to be removed
till healed; without cleanliucss requires
it. Then pot another of the same on, with,
out dcluy, not allowing exposure to the
air any more than possible to prevent.
To Kbuove Mules.—Get at a drug store
some nitric acid ; apply carefully with a
pointed Slick three times, letting one day
intervene between each application ; then
let it heal,and ii it has not entirely disapo
poured, try once again, t
UirTnEiUA.—A vial of solution of
bromine uncorked in tlio patient's house
insures other members of tbo family
against tlio disease. The fames of bromine
are beneficial also in destroying the
gowlli ol the organism ib the sufferer'!
throat.
A letter from Japan says: “They know
liow to cook rice here. Only just enough
cold water is poured on to prevent tlio rice
from burning to U.e bottom of tho pot.
which lias a close fitting cover and is set
on a mode-rule lire. Tlio rice is steamed,
rather than boiled, until it is nearly done;
then the cover of the pot is taken off, the
surplus steam and moisture are allowed to
escape, ami the rice turns out a mass of
snoiv while kernels, each separate from
Hie oilier, anil us much superior to tho sog
gy mass we usually get in Uio United
Slates as a fine mealy polalocis to tlio wa.
ler-aoa ked article.”
Andrew Johnson's monument was den
signed.hy his son, Andrew, Jr., and tha
eul ire cost of this besuliful arch will be
borno by tbe three ohildren, who base
paid $8,000 for it. Tbe bodies of the two
sons of Mr Johnson, wbo base been buried
elsewhere. Were lust week removed
Greenville, aud lay beside their father and
mother.
North Carolina now has a woman lawyar,
tbo first one ever admitted to tbo bar of
the Blais. Bho passed a rigorous exatsinan
lion with great credit and honor, and allot
ted praise even from those niOBt opposed ot
her. Bbo is a single woman, twonlystwo
yearn of age, and is tbs daughter of a cler
gymen.
Tlio Augusta Factory shipped Thursday
MM hales of goods to Africa, completing
un order for -.00(1 hales to he sent to Hint
laud of darkness.
General Kwlns Thinks ibe Democ
racy Fan Carry tbe I'onnlry on It
Wiulitn£t»n rofit.]
General Tlioiimft Ewing made hia first
appearance since the twmufiirinl* fight in
Ohio, in llic house y cslcnhiy, and *wm ini**
mediately taken in hy llic ubiquitous Post
man.
The conversation opened with a remark
from tho reporter that Uic general's'lme
speech lie fore the cuucub at Columbus 1ms
been tbo subject of considerable comment
by democrats iu Washington, some of
whom said if sounded like tbe opening, of
another campaign on the part of the gem
oral against the parly. To this General
Ewing roplld ; I simply said in the cuucus
that tho democrats of tbe west and south
might as well make up their'minds to do
without the Democracy ol New Jersey,
Now York aud the New England states iu
tbe next Presidential campaign.
Reporter. But can wc elect a president
without these slates ?
General Ewing. Yes, I think so. We
can carry tho stales of Obio, Michigan,
Indiana aud Wisconsin on tbe western
idea, aud elect a president without the aid
of tbo cost.
R Do you anticipate a split in the next
national democratic convention on the fi
nancial question y
Gen E I think it not improbable. Tbe
western aud southern idea is bound to pre*
vail in the next convention. What the
east will do under these circumstances re
mains to be seen. Why, wc can no more
carry the states of Ohio; Michigan, Indi
ana and Wisconsin on a platform satisfoc**
lory to the eastern democracy than wc
eon fly. It is out of the question. The
new natioual party would sweep in and
capture tbe \otes of the western democra
cy everywhere.
K Do you mean the workingmen's
parly, so called ?
Gen K Yes, that is the basis of what is
now au organization styling itself the na
tional party. And it is growing. * Look
t the strength it developed in lbc lost elec
lion— in Pennsylvania alone it polled over
60,000 votes. It is organized on ideas on
finance similar to those entertained by the
democracy ol the west and south, and will
naturally take our votes from us if we
adopt the eastern idea in our platform.
R Then you think the west and south
will cut loose from the east ?
Gen E No , I only say that if wc.ex
pect to hold New York, Connecticut aud
New Jersey, wc must do it on a platform
on the money question which would lose
us Ohio, ludiauuand the west.
K Were you much disappointed in the
result of the Ohio senatorinl fight?
Gen E Well, no , not at least alter the
adoption of the *ecrct ballot. That ended
Uic influence by tbe outside popular.senti
ment aud defeated me. *
R Had you reason to suspect that cost-
earn influences were working against you
and using money to compass your defeat?
Gen E No sir. If such influences wore
brought to bear, I had no knowledge of
the fact.
In conclusion Gcuciicral Ewing remark
ed : “The New York Tribuuc aud the
Baltimore Sun of yesterday, commenting
on my speech at Columbus, made before
the caucus held prior to the late senatorinl
caucus iu that city, state that I said in that
speech that the co nnnilec of the present
house were packed in the interests of cap*
italists. and therefore places me in the nta
Uludc of attack ing Speak-r Rnudnil
What I did say iu l|prf speech was that In
the house, under the former organization,
Ute committees were constituted so as to
be opposed to the repeal of the rcsuuip*
lion act and the remonetization of silver*
but that the committee on banking and
currency, under the piiscut organization,
fully represented the views of tbo democ
racy, and prompt aud suitable action was
the result. So far from my remarks re
flecting on tho organization as diet ted by
Mr Randal, they were highly commenda
tory thereof.
Gen Geo B McClellan was installed as
Governor of New Jersey, on the 15th inst.
In hid inaugural address, he spoke as fol
lows of the Southern question :
I am sure that we all agree in accepts
inpixs final tho emancipation cf the negro
and his claim to full and ample protection
in all the rights of a free man. Tbe pros*,
perity of tho flouthern States can be secur
ed ouly by the full enjoymeul of their
rights of self-government, with the attend
ant consequences of peace, order and secur
ity. Those Slates arc now in the entiro
possession of Ihcso rights, and toe result is
manifest to at!, in the absence of disturbw
ance, and iu tbe slow but sure return of a
prosperity wbicb, if not rudely disturbed by
other causes, will soon react upon us, and
give employment to very many idle hands
among uh. 1 ’trust, gentlemen, that you
will agree with me in gladly accepting the
existing settlement, of tho Southern ques
tion as final, and in insisting that no selfish
interest of individuals, or mistaken policy
of parly, shall be allowed to revive a sub
ject which honor and interest alike require
to be buried forever among t he issues of the
irre vocable past.*’
Some Other Rights of Women,
Bob Ingcrsoil snys“I believe woman
is Hie equal of ninn and 1ms ail lbc lights
of man, mid one 11101c—Hint or protection.
I believe llic inslilutlnn of marriage to be
Hie holiest nnd most sacred of 1 institutions
among men. Yet it look thousand of years
to :ulvnncc from slavery up 10 llic mar'
rin^c instilnlion. I bale a limn wbo thinks
lie is lbc bend ol lbc family, I do. 1 doe
spiso him. I bale one of those dignified
galoots. 1 never saw a dignified niau who
was not (1 duucc. Solemnity is a breast*
work wbicb mediocrity throws up lo de
fend itself from ibe eyes of the world. I
bate a man wbo is an aristocrat in bis funr
ily, and whoso wile is obliged to be a beg
gar. She says : “I want a dollar,” nnd
asks for it as if she were standing on a
bombshell, nnd lie replica: * Wliat did you
do witli the last fitly cents I guvs
you ?” How ninny arc obliged to lie
continunl beggars! How can you raise
children in. such an atmosphere? It’s
a lerribic thing; it's Wretched and iufa-
mous. I believe in Uic democracy, of the
family. Every home should be a little
republic In itself. Love is (lie only thing
that will pay leu per cent to both borrow
er and lender. Love is lbc only thing
where S.I10 Insl possible extravagance is the
heigh l of economy. W luit light lias a man
to be the head of the family ? A man
should be cheerful und pleasant on Coun-
ing into a house- When you enslave any
body you make them dishonest. A liul
witli love is a palace lit for a king. A
little while ago I Blood by tbe tomb ot Uic
dead Napoleou. aud when I thought of bis
past life, 1 thought I would rather have
been a French pcasaut and worn wooden
shoes, living in -a but with a little wife 1
loved, witli children upon my knees and
their arms about my neck, and unkuown i
and loved by those wlio knew me, than to
have been that king. It is not necessary
to be great or rich or powerful to be liap>
py."
The Dahluiicga^a.) Signal says; Tbe
wheal crop is very promising, and we ai
pleased to learn that an unusually large
aore.go has been sown. It is getting to bo
»leading crop, aud one which puys os well,
or perhaps hotter, than any other crop, ex.
peases eud everything else considered.
Bourbcreen is llic Hindoo's god of
riches. Ilo is also llie Kentucky god of
ricltcs.
Terrible Indictment Against Mexico
A dispatch from Houston, Texas, says
Governor Hubbard has written a three col
umn letter io President Heyes on border
affairs. He goes into the details of the
Mexican raids, find gives a history of the
same for the lust twenty years, including
CordiriAs* capture of Brownsville in 18591
The Governor’s specific charges are .*
1. It has been a depredatory war.
2. That custom house officers have been
murdered, custom Houses taken and robbed
—post offices robbed and burned--hundreds
of citizens killed—some tortured. Wm Me
Mahno, for instance, had his legs cut off
and was forced to walk oh the stump.* Mur
dock was chained and a harrow placed on
him aud he was burned while in his own
house, within five miles of Corpus Chriatiti.
Women have been made prisoners nnd sub*
jected to treatment too horrible to mention.
J. Millions of dollars* worth of property
has been taken from Texas owners and
oarried into Mexico and sold in the public
markets.
4. Mexico has been furnishing an asylum
J for robbers, and a place of deposit far their
stolen goods.
5. Tho Mexican Government has been
notified many times by ours of the exis
tence of these evils, but she has not. re*
strained her citizens, and she refuses to
permit the United States to break up the
hostile bands whicli commit the atrocities,
and lias declared an attempt to do so would
cause a war-
She has refused to execute the extradi
tion treaty by not surrendering raiders who
were themselves enemies of mankind—by
breaking into the jail of Starr county—re-,
leasing prisoners therefrom and mortally
wounding our peace officers, and by turn
ing loose fugitives under* indictment for
murder in Texas, and regularly demanded
by our Commissioner of extradition.
7. She has afforded un asylum to Indians
and permitted them to use her territory, t<f
set on foot expeditions to*invade the terri
tory of the United Slates -and wage savage
warfare upon tho people*df Texas, inclu-.
ding within its scope eveVy age and Sex.—
Children have been captured in Texas—
carried into Mexico nnd held as slaves.
Governor Hubbard asserts that Texas
does not. waut war but simply protection
from Mexican violence. He charges that
the ,San Etizaro mob who shot Howard,
McBride and Atkinson to death was com*
posed largely ot Mexican citizens. He
says Mexico should niako amends for the
crimes committed by her citizens.
Tbo Atlanta Constitution publishes an ad
mirable statement concerning tho adminis’
(ration of our uow .Marshal, Major Filzsiin?
. In an editorial il says .*
1:. is fair to hope that wc shall have the
illi- it «?iF*ifJii;g business speedily checked;
Ilia, the reform shall be accomplished
peacrf*•"'• n J quietly, and that there will
be no *»»• -implaint against the dopu«
ties sit wm... »vo prophesy that if Mr Fit*-
wimons remains in office ten years, he will
never have to call for a single federal bay
oner to assist him in making his arrests—
even if he shall find it necessary to arrest
half the citizens of the State.
If Mr Hayes Is really looking for light,
and thinks enough time has clapsod for a
fair trial, lie cau put down the Fitzsiraons
experiment as a complete success. Geor
gians can administer the laws iu Georgia—
slate or federal—much better than alliens
can—no matter how capable they may be !’*
Short Meter Notes.
A livtljr sale for oals now.
If you want bargains, do your trading at
Albany.
Tbo lumbar business promises to be good
(his season. *
Tbo penitential Lenten season is earning
Bad yon forgotten that valentines com*
next month.
.Who'll pay for those birds, Charley, Hen.
ry or George ?
Tbe fair ground io getting to bo quits a
place of resort.
Farmers are busy with preparations for
tho year.
Never spend yonr money before' yon bare
made it. .
Albany baa one of the prettiest dental
parlors in the 8tale, and two of the beat
dentists to he found in tho country.
We have forgotten whether Wbiteley sent
that free train after our ooiored friends or
not. It was lo arrive on Chrialmat day.
Have yon been out to the fair grounds
yet? Take a stroll out, and we wbat is be
ing done. >
A musical entertainment by tbe mueio
club would do the thing up nice now.
Don’t be ashamed of yonr plain clothes,
young man if yon have earned them and
paid Hie price.
A romantic episode, if madfi public would
creole a sensation, came very near happeu-
■ng a few nights ego. We can't poeiibly
say anything about it.
There is no business that stimniatoa tho
activity of a town more than home -manu
facturing. Therefore, nive a cordial support
to anything of that kind.
Floral trimmings for ball dresses are
richer than ever. The handsomest are those
of dark damask roses with sprays of lily-of.
tbe-valley.
An immense amount of grain has been
planted in SonthwestGcorgia, and the cry
is more of it is to go in tbe ground.
Found on the fair grounds iaat Sunday,
a post office key. Owner can get tbs same
by calling at (his office.
The Calendar Clock Company sold $4,000
worth of their eloeko in this county last
year. Twenty-fix dollars Is made on every
dock sold above what it coats to manufac
ture it.
Are you keeping yonr new leaf elean ?—
The one that was turned over tbe first of
this year.
’ Tbe Atlanta papers still insists that the
prettiest girl in Georgia (P. G. in O.) livee
in AUsnta. Mistake.' The fairy, airy,
sylph.like thing lives in Albany, and can
eat more goober-peas than nn average
farmer can raise.
More mules have been sold in this mark
et, so far, than in any odb season in a num
ber of years. And thia argues well for tbe
tilling of tho toil tho present year.
If the B. & A. is extended, the bridge
will probably bo bnilt just below the ceme
tery. That is the best spot for it, accord
ing to the soundings by Col. Header.
Do you wish to “catch tbe fleeting shad
ow ere the substance fades ?" Ifao, visitthe
charming photographic gallery of Prof.
Lyon. His work receives the highest coma
mendation.
A German has invented a machine fo r
turning music leaves for piano players.—
This, ws hope, will do away with tbo orna
mental young man.
An exchange speaks of a man who recent
ly bit another, man's thumb off in s quar
rel. Tbe paper does not aay where the
man camo from, but the Kennebec Journal
thinks be must have been from Gnawlbumr
berland.
Tbe death rate, to the 1,000, of Albany,
N. Y.. counted one of tbe healthiest cities
of the country, is 14-54. The death rate of
Albany, Ga., counted one of the healthiest
towns of the copntry, is 11.
We are glad to learn that the Baker
County Fire Eaters will be armed and
equipped at an early date. Then bringyonr
boys np. Captain, and let’s have a friendly
tilt. The Guards would be happy lo meet
the Fire Eaters.
“Just keeping it lighted for another boy,”
is the latest juvenile invention when a
mother suddenly comes upon her liule boy
with a cijptr >» his month. The next thing
will be tbat'Iiltle boy rushing in a bar room
yelling out: “Fix me a whiskey cocktail,
and make it hot as bell.” And yet tho phi
losopher's stone eUll lures on many a mor
tal.
Tbe anoient Greeks hod a belief that to
a woman tbe most attraotive person next to
a handsome man was a very homely ono.—
On this principle wbat a ladies' team would
Geo. Collier and Pool Laureate 8ep Arm
strong make.
Atlanta is proud of her Librm>7 Associa
tion, and gives it a fostering care. Macon
thinks there's nothing like it, while Thom-
Seville fairly exults in glory over hers.—
Therefore, let Albany not be behind in giv
ing aid lo tbo praiee-wortby efforts now be
ing made lo strengthen the ono already or
ganized in out town. Let old and young,
male and female, take an interoat in it.
In Ireland the Itimihn Catholic authori
ties have decreed Uml no one bat relatives
or llic deceased shall alfcud “wakes," and
no intoxicating liquors are to be used.
Miss Ulaiuc, tho daughter of tho Sena
tor, wbo was so dangerously wounded last
fall by the discharge oi a pistol in her
own hand, has fully recovered.
Imported perfumes, soaps and cosmetics
retailing at one-third the price for which
they sold four years ago.
