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Newspaper Page Textmkkiim 1'KOFSSIOXAIj ca K IIS ^JhAWYERS. ‘ ’ B. G. DICKINSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, jlttfl fr’a; Estate Agenti j i i LBANi'. (lEORfilA. ‘ r *f l«nJ, m Spesiohj. ATTORNEi AT LaW? AI.BAST> CKO. *#» Oflkv with Warn n A Ifaufe. •%% C. R. Rwtk>. W.l.M»>. 4.->. I**v WOOTEK. JOKES & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A1.KANV.GKOKG1A ATTORNEY AT LAW NKWTOS, taker County. UA P tOMIT attention p*M l»* Mmu.^ . nt ni.*int i my IuikIa a sfirttliy. Will fira •tow In llM^iuocior «v«n.«i4 Albany circuit- natlT.fy law yoTick *•««'' ,fc. i * * 1’KTKR J. STROZEK. \vm‘. E. F.MITII. \v/a$trqther,m.j): ALBANY. GEORG’IA. Gilbert’s Urns Stem at iIm Drag Sion* w Ji review jnvm lla«>’Ya iUllUl orrne ■ tWtiiU’ *vJLlb*rtrtt»s Bulldfti*. * ' July SteU^aa I Oh. hanl is lb* row that a man lias to W, the vukv of the people directed . * der by far is Ute «rariwn« nar * man who wa» nctor elected. —AVu IWJt Mu:. — //AT li YGOSES lit: H YGOSES LlXricoani bygones; If by corns were clouded Ry aucbt that occasioned a (•*•!< of rvgrct, Ob. let inetn in darkest oUiviou be shrouded, *Ti» wise, *i!s kind to torgire aud forget. IwLbf|oncs be brgoncs. and coxl be extracted Frau 111 over which it is folly to fret; lb* wisest of mortals bare fuolbbly aetol— The kindest are th.se who lorgtve and forget. Let by con* s he bygones; oh. cherish no longer iW thought that the sun of Affection has set: Edip*d for a moment its rajs will be stronger. dipard f _ If you, like a Christ an, lorgive and forget. Let bygones be bygones; your heart will be light*. StU^rt 11^ Godlike, you st ii DP. £-. J. ROBERT, •Ml ehroalc enedalttea. oAce at Gtlberfl Drug Store. Rcatiearc corn* bygones be bjg». » beaTeu’s Ion* a They ra.ue GndMIi.t ben’s Drug Stor*. ALFRUEND, ■■fel Dr. P. L. HIJLSMAXi, SXFFICE IS FRONT BOOM,.>*er We!cbV l<n.f Vr Store. Residence on Tine .*trf«-t, near tie tSaptlst Church During abwnre fr.-tuoftw.i ages or money should beteftat cU« «*»••/ JumUlf 2 M m Drs.pflft£$II$ ft DeiitistK, fZef/ijfV tjr.i.l* Hat ..i Ok'C fcW«> l wtenfiiU)' IHseastil Gums, Ab/»< : •"■‘tfSj.nS: W) a style. Ib'ert Artificial Tertb. fr»iii uiie 1 : Rites* t fw-it* with*Hit pain, by use , Kr**|* tbuteroah •*nts in iMnti-try ; a* i >rienli«ie, dtirsMr tn I ■•p rUiuu* , Moiij.u-.; s n<»!*-rstc but f'tob. '-''ffi* a l*ri !.’<'*• r^n*fex-u«.n jS.W Rirkman, xmcR~mKngsr, r. <iKont;i DAY BOARD McAJEE HOUSE,*, SmitU^jnl 1= f/ ttpffwitr ii. I: iMfMrf. :»r n. nr.%ri:i;. PropiictfiT. Kttry attenti • alway s Its rtstdag Macon Meals Lmlgiog BARLOW HOUSE ^MltKOS. <M. . f tiihl la tt Center of butir,*-wi~0j j • •ite the Court Ilou*e. Bpard Per Day $2 00 B. F. COLLINS, l*r ye Strict attention pail to »h< wxi.fi s.l One of the beet hotels In >le Mate. «27 G ardening sea on is/ iitteii liardeii Seed. Ca WL I 8 In any Q,uanlilv nc mu oM.r THE BEST VARIETIES if. B. Gilbert, Agenl f- to. THE AL By WESTON & EVANS, j VOLUME 12. A Ii H A N Y. GEO R G I A, aopiiri aidriTiifcAiNTAiN. .tmBBinfiiTEirbrtiN." H t! R SDAY. F E li li I r A K Y 14. 1878. {$2.00Per Ammm N UMBER 7 T/lk MAX WHO H.iN XKVMK ELECTED. Ob, hard la the row that a man ha< to lt«*e. When fairly far otfawselei ted ; Rut harder hy far h the wearisome war Of the man who was newer rln lol. When perjury, fraud, and the like an* abroad. When an army of partisans wi. Med. Injustice and crime may succeed for a lime. And roguery safely *w shield^!. Then wrung may have way. ami a lie hold sway. Ami, hy bayonets sternly protected, s a dark, evil boor, the thieves may give |>ower To the man who was never elected Hut bard is the way of tranaircsnom, they say. And greatly he err* who suppose* hat fraud can endure, «r its future Is- sure. Or ruguery rest upon rose*, o matter how strong may lx* falsehood and wr>»n ; lit time win their sin le dvievlol.' And the angel of wrath always shadows the pstb t*f the man who was never ckiol. No matter how meek, how soft «»r liow doi, The tool that rascality u***x, lie. Mill will he known, though safe un hi-* ilirun - The «me that the ballot refuses n vain be may plead be did i idea*I be < Ami never with crime i pluckeil and be ate. which To the man who was i r elect* d. ■ring* Adam’s fait id silk. ith sweet inushaml milk, with velvet ai Ue may temper his drew* and his diet; Though all things be nice, lacking honest)** side , Yet the people wlWnever l*e quiet. Though d*ep as the sea the truth buried iuay he, be in good time ranineeted, •f shame will be fixed ua the nauo- ll will I nd thwr Of the man who das r elected. a iorgivc and iuxgel. t the ptec.pl, “Forgit r how d-« j.ly v in orb*; io*> cheaply i? ana turret ” Dyl# fi vn I lie U Ires. Judge Bradley, who reluard to gta*ri Ibe petition of J. Madison Wells and oth' qf the Louisiana Returning Board, lor transfer of their cases to the Circuii Coart of the United States, Ims reserved them the right to take an appeal to tin: Supreme Court of the United State*. The District government has appointed General James Tilton civil engineer am! ,jjiief inspector of the water supply uf Washington and Georgetown. General Tiltun is well known in upper Georgia and Alabama, having Ireen for years em ployed as government engineer upon the j. 7 »~. .. ’ iibprovements of the tip|*er Coomi river. ** *** * M ® f " ’The following is the lest of the Cznr'a tefegrani t*» the fhiHnu desire ju nee ns nttieli as vmi; hut il necessary for me. i.e* . >-ury ‘lor ns. that houhl |»e a solid ami tlurnhle peace.*’ .St RcTEm-crKo. K* !»nmi v .T - Thanks giving services were held in the chinches and balvos of arlillciy liie.l in consef|tiemx* the signing of the armistice. Flag* are flying all over the city J’icparafioiiH _ „ f<»r a hiilliant iliumiimlion to ar fii '“«w- \ j *J w great satisfaction at the settle- of peace preliminarie**. The lollow lug are fhe cumlilions #*f the protocol 1. The erection of Bulgnria into a prin pality. A war iutleintiily or terriloiv in com- nshtiffn. ! *yf* ,c iadependence of lvoiimaiii:i, Hervia and Montenegro, with an iuerease territory for each. 'Reform* Iii 1'oMiia and Herzegovina An ulterior nndci>iamiing lietween Ihe Sultan and the Czar regarding the Dardanelles. Tli# evscnatioii of Ihe Danula an Tor tresses aftif Erfferotini. Iloliart 1'aslm ha 5 * received orders h* Id the fleet in leadiuess to sail, as it is thieved, for the Piruus. «*»e* AI* f*W*n appointird tMlUf eornimuid r*f the troops in Crete, anti Adashides, a Chri'-tiao, hat laeti ap pointed governor of the island. AimiANon.K—Evening — Feh. 3 —-The hiise.s of (Krace have heeu accepted hy the Porte and the lefuis of the armistice 1 *£:***» signed by ihe Grand Duke J (^»fUs and Server and Naruiyk Pashas The order suspending hostilities will la* •patched Lin b with to all corps amide** tacltiuentn anti also to the army in Afiin Minor. The Turk* will evacuate all the Danu bi#n fortresK*s and Erzer«»um. General Ziinmerman'• forces have advanced within ten miles of Varna and cut the Mchumla ilway and telegraph lines. Constantinople. February 2. 1045 The Porte has teceived the follow tug dispatch from tint ver P«n>ba. **Adrianople. JaouHrj 31 - 'I he peace pteliminates and artid-lic* weie sigu*«J Toasln Sally IMIlard. A go*al many of our rentier* will recog* u’'/.e the following story ns mi old acquaint •nee. We have ltccu nuked several time* to reproduce it. and ptihiinh it this by spcciul request .* Suknr— A court of Justice in North Car* oliua. A Itrardlca* disciple of'Themis rise*and thus addresses the court: May it please your worship, ami yon, geutlrurcn of the jury, since it ha* ltccu my toriuuc (good or bad 1 will not *ay) to exercise ruyself in legal disquisition*, it has never before befallen me to lie obliged to deuouuce a breach of the peace so enormous aud transcending as the one uow claiming our attention. A more Imrlmrous, direful marked, and malicious ussuult—a mote wilful, violenl, dangerous, and murderous battery, and finally, a more diabolical breach ol the |>eace. has seldom happened in a civilized country, and 1 dare say it lias not heeu your duly to pa** upon one so shocking to benevolent feeling as this, which look place over at Captain KiceY in this county . hut you will hear from the witnesses. The witnesses being ttworo. two or three were named, and deposed— oue that he heard the noise, hut didn't seu the fight—another, that he saw the row, but don't know who struck first—and a tnird. that he wa9 very drunk, and couldn't say much about the scrimmage. Lawyer Chops: I am sorry, gentle men, to have occupied so much of your time with the stupidity of the witnesse* examined. It arose, gentlemen, altogether t-'otn misanprebcusiou on my part. Had 1 known, as I now do. that I had a wit- nc*s in attendance who was wt*|] acquaint- c i with nil the circumstances of the case, n.m! who was aide to make himself clearly ; >d n.ici'igibiy understood by the court j* *4 Juiy I s.tould not so loug have tres- I • -**«*d oc ; our time and patience Come j ‘ rwatd y.r Ilaiii*. and be sworn. | So no ward come* the witness, a fat. ; uflj-looking man, a leetle” cornered. • id l«N>k ins corporal oath. Chops: Air. Harris, we wlah you to i« Il all about the riot that happened the oilier da* at Captain Rice’s, atd, as a good deal of lime has been already wasted in circumlocution, wv wish you to he as com pendious, and, hi ihe same time, us ex plicit a* possible. Hants : a *j£dzactiy"—giving the lawyer a knowing wiuk . at ihe same time clem iug hi* throat—t'Hplmn Kin*, he gin tt treat, and cousin sally Dillard, she came over to our home nnd axed me il my wife she moughnre go. 1 told coiudn Bally Dillard that tny wile whs poorly, being a*< how she had a touch of the rheumatics in amp was in IIm- road, nnd the big swamp wa* up, for there bail been a heap of rain lately; but how soinever ns it wa* she, eon*in Sally Dil lard. my wife she (nought go. Well cousin Sally Dillatd. axed me if Mose. In* uiouglinT go 1 told ci.usin Sally Dillard that Mose. he was the foreman of the crop, and the crop was stunt Ilv in the grass, blit howsomever, as it was she. cotisiu Sal.y Dillard. Mose, lie mought go. Chop* : I the name of common sense Mr. Harris, wlmt do you mean by this rig amarofo* Witness .* Captain Rice lie gin a Heal, anti cousin Sally Dillard she came over In our house and axed no* if my my wife hIu* mo ug Ini'I go. I (old cousin Sally I lib- lard— Chops : Slop, sir. If you please; we don t waul to hear unvlhiug about cousin Sally Dillard aud your wile—tell uft ahon 1 llit* light al Kicc’i*. Witness: Weil. I will. sir. if vou will NOT UIIILTY. a . * L s l^qiinrliy a Frsa ihr S^a4*w ifi yle»• pr t« the UUr Tht Rowaailc Eat- In of a IHuidrr Trial al tlkaay, New York. be day.” Paws, Februaty 3 Temps, from Vienna, j the powcifc but. arc* p •ay s p, • p -al « Lavaj.kua .l;a : .j t.M ironclad Act oi.- a mi mi an. ui.nn: u..,> iliicb Inavc Ireen r*fl-*ing ht*ie. have ••"'Ii'f'l I" IJrtik’i lliy. 'i lie ikiucUi: UcviulmtloD will follow .hoilly. Uary Uornia prevailed in ll,e North Monday. $250,000 damage was done Long iiianch A h legram dated Shanghai China, an nounces that au asylum for women and children at the city of Tientsin was liuru. I. Over two thousand persons are »la> led to have perished in the tire. On. by on. lb* roses fade. It is now hlly d.nlsd that turn .bo wear long balr ar« possessed of any more gealus than Ibose .bo have it clipped elvsa. Chops Well. sir. go on. Witness Well. Cnptniu Hire, he gin n treat, mol eoiisin Sally l>illnrd she came over to onr house mid used me if my wife •die niotighu'l go— Chops Tl ere it is again ; wituoss, wit ness. I say. witness, please to stop. Witness. Well. sir. what do you want* Chops: We want to know about the fight, and you must not proceed iu Ihit. impertinent story. l»o you know anything about the mailer helore ihe eourt * Witness : To he sure 1 do. Chops: Will you go on ami tell it. and nothing else ? Witness Well, Captain Hire, he gin u treat— Chops: This ii intolerable! May it please the Court—I move that this witness lie committed for a eoutempt . lie seems hr ine to be trilling with the rourt. Court: Witness, you are now before a conn of jusliee. and unless you behave yourself iu a more becoming manner you will be sent lo jail; so begin aud tell wbat you know about the light at Captain UiC.-s Witnc-S (alarmed :) Well, gentlemen, c.p'ain Kice. he gin a treat, and cousin t ally Iriila d - Chops: I hope hat fhe w mesa may be ■ 'hrefi nilo eusiisir. i •.•hi (alter ilelilieiatii.g :) Mr Alitor*' I Hie npinioi tbat we Pioeeed M-. Her oi bm elick to the I .1-1 h-meil Well. Cap- ■• nal. and cousin Bally * i "Vei in our house and a '• t go I • oy Uiilurd that uiy wife was he.int us bow she hail the rbeu- . a.- in tin: hip. and ihe log sn'uinp Wat . tin- road, and Ihe Mi: • wnmp was up: t n howsomever »■' it >'..n she. emisia aiiy Uiilurd, that uiy v.jie mought go. Well eousio Hally Dillard then axed me ii More: he mougbn'l go I told cousin Hally Dillsrd as how Mose, he was the f ireman of Ihe crop, and the crop was smartly iu Ihe grass . hut liotvaoniever, M it was, cousin Sslly Dillanl, Mose, he innuelit go. So, mi they goes tognlber— my wile, and imnsin Bally Dillulil —mid they eomes to the big iiwamp. nnd the big swamp was up, ua I was telling you ; but being ns how there was a log across the Big swamp, cousin Hally I>1H Jard and Mose, like genteel folks, they walks Ihe log; hut my wife, like a d—d fool, hoiala up her petlicrmla and waded— eud gentlemen, that's the height of what I know about It. Tbs trial of Kilnond J. Iloppin in Au burn fur llie murder of Philip S. Proudfli the seducer of tiin sister, in Sterling, Cay uga ooiimy. woo ounoltideJ un Friday after noon hy liis acquittal. From the Auburn AVuV account of the affair wo glcou sonic iniercsNng parlienloro The jus* weut about rstirdi net glii by lb« forrmAU. anyn ihr Sm*. Ihrrt* aroi • ohrer frotu tin* autliruct*, iu wbiek tho loug |ient*ii|i nnxiHy foiintl v«ut —au uproar of popular nithuniaHiu wbicb uut twaiilv liaM Ibe furor of baililfi could quell. And Ibta, loo, deapiie (hr positive erdera uf Jud^e Dtriglil, scarcely a moment previuu*, Ibat no demonatratinu should be alluned, under pain of arreit for Ibe oifeuse agmusl ihe diguit|faof ibe IU( * w Ff S«5i chtara ftivefl fti&mk# M l#A#bi 4* brs*k of btunwn sympathy. An order lo arrest the uoisy one* was truly answered by an officer, s»tio voce, tbat it would be necessnry to iuolude ihe entire audience. Qoppin aod his plucky little wife (she i« •uoh now) fell loto.eaoli«G|her’aiaginei* an embraoe which spofe 10*them*fejJre^thah whole volume* could otherwise express, an 1 were quickly surrounded by their exci'e 1 friends, each insisting upon a handshake or a hug—aud many, in ihe exuberance of their joy v kissed him with a heartinj-yv bich ••amacked” of earnest sympathy. Congratulations were also feeliagly be stowed by the judge and district attorney ; and the successful counsel for the defem r/ II* V Howland, E?q., came in for a de served ovation of thanks and hand-grasps which indicated how fully hie iw|4u^tiv services had been appreciated by the syio* pathixiog mass of spectators, including scores of ladies, of whom there were more present at this lime than at any pveeftHls occasion of the kind in the bistorv of the county. It had been arranged by previous agree- ent that “after the verdict/' be it good or ill, Mis* Turner ehotild bestow her baud upon the man hy whom she had Htuod through good or evil fortune. In aocoid- anee with the artsngement*, the party pro* ceeded to I»r. George’s, onGeunessee street, innlii.titig the happy pair, the twelve jury- tneu, and officer* of the court, sheriff'H ?*, and ms todj^y of the relatives amt frieuds of the bride aud groom as could find room iu the house. The ceremony was performed by the Itev. T .1 Allen .if ibe Reformed frealiylertaii t'hitrch. It addre** lo the eotiple he eaid ,* am fideut I express the arui many friends people wheu 1 Buy tlmt 1 acquittal as a triumph of lave, truth and jusNec—a justice wriitru «leep iu the bu inan heart which cannot be expressed ii Ibe language of htimatt law. While 1 u| preciate the position of honor and respon sibility eitetainej by hi* honor the judge, your attorney, and coun*el. and the jury now present to wittie** (hi* lui) j»y scene, I prixe the privilege of plighting your love one lo another before God .•RWfi4)dilkU> pronouncing you husband and wife a* sen ond to none of there. To pronounce you sir. a happy husband i* a* great »u honor as to pronounce you acquitted by the ceuii sad allowed to enjoy life, liberty and the punoiit of happiness, the birthright of every American cilizen.” Al the conjlit-ion of th e rereaiony a good old fashioned wedding scene, in which the Company pressed to the front nnd saluted the newly-made “man and wife,” kissing ihe fair bride who had*-so pluckly faced the trout tes which beset her lover, and true woman.-like, had borne litem till they were dispelled. It was worth the experi ence. ns lioppiiin confessed. Iu , ruve the truth of the loyally of the girl he had won. The New* conclude* ; “Never wan there a case where a mure general sympathy ex. isteJ on the side of a prisoner Ilian iu ihn. Under the aggravating circnmaiances of the entire case, il is conceded that the »ou and brother bad suffered enough of uient|l guiah iu the ruin of his si* sequent death ot his mother lo drive any ordinary brain, into temporary disorder, which made K J Hopkins unacooiintable in fact for the unforiunnto blow which was sought to he made ihe cause for death oc casioned by beroie doses of medicine. That he is thus acquitted is a satisfaction to the satire community, and it is no mawkish sentimentality which sustains a righteous b ing i* the Iti.-tti»ry of the / do! ouniiy f«itin its estubltohaient ini Government fit the pres*. RfsfrYf. tulkcr tlilfer very much from theme of the reserved nmn —tli6 former Itcing Hupei thrial utnl comparative ly valueless, while the later (generally vented in proverbs) are truthful, impres sive and profound. The laugtmge of Ihe former skips tilting us gracefully h* the greyhound, while, on the conntrnry, that of the latter, slowly, cl noisily mid heavily” onwards, like the ponderous and unwield-j ly elephant, lie Hilda it dillienlt to give. ■ •to his Iheoghl*. uhlp| rush fhe-* kind, (jive bint tiiuc. nnd di> not niistoko. u^^kfso aeptesr.ucr 1 /, 1781 Oo t Ido tardiness for intinmnee or tiiibecilitv D'foJio^v. , -» -■-> »--* — *•- PPWW tocoiomoney Mul JOKl'Iste Uie value therein..ond of foi- of mind. In nine fuses out of ten he Ins lived in spy^ude, nnd becuusv lie lino not liiMl liAlitlnted to couvenMtinn Ills tongue grows on rusty Hint when ho does venture into siu-iety, no one will wait till lie is drawn out, uiu! therefore his reserve emi- Unties lo incteHse, I>., not eoulcmpluonslv tbrdkur hack upnf liiiu. hut listeJjjU Le«M iM Sjreiif tifjP bira, ^andThl* "voice may Ihj harsh, but still lie i* an eagle, nevertheless. Do not imagine that ho is dead, or asleep, bat bo more attentive to nature. The gun is silent until ils note is one of triumoh ;*tfie tiger’s fiatel spring and ter* Ml§© roar kr& simunstfeous ; the volcano 19 silent before an eruption ; and all na«* ture seems dead before the tornado and the earthquake. Nature employs sileuee to concentrate her energies, that the effert A«rtfe morn appalling and sublime. As iron, by long exposure to the action of frehlt water, has a rusty exterior, but is iu war^y improved in quality, so the rust of the reserved man is only superficial, while his ideas, aver which (he streams of time have passed, are susceptible of a higher pul bbandsink more forcibly into the mind of his hearer. The diamond 'a a rough, dull stone, wheu first Mought front'ts rocky jet it receives from the lapidmy brilliancy almost capable of dispelling the gloom of nig lit. fulling Down The Foslniasteir. The House coii.iuiiiee on-postal matter: will report n hill l«> rogtiTaie the oooipenea lion of poetuiH.ileis, hy tlirjUiug theta i* four classes ns tnlh.ws : t he first class or. to receive $d,l)oO an.l u|—ardf the seeuml lesB than $3,(lllll and noi tc« thou $2,000 Ihe third class from lo $2,000, and the fourth less tbuo Sl.lHH). It'psueidc Ihnt classes ene, two, slid I hive shall Ive i.p pointed hy the president, and (he. four.I. does hy the postmaster general. , i'lwjlu r. higher classes art*lo receive onouot sal aries, lo be sserrtomrd'trani their respect ii.inenlsol oil .on. lu ">* pesloflioo de- nice ,d the Tl *e cnipensalien of pualmas- ter* of (Im> to ii rili chine .-Jmli l.c the whole oi the box rents collcctc^^it (heir offices nod com tui mm in n <i ou uiipa'i.l ifittr-, ovfe. Ici’icil, «»r nuiooniM rcwivpd' frier d‘*f»J Jicw^|.i|„iH, piipii’.l t TI1K IMKRHMiV DOi.UR. Ils Hlstot y frtiiit 1771 lo ihe I'l t sem i'lnif. Thu felt lot" in Ihi liy fl.e »!..| ent time TI.U L'uugrjjssuf the Ciuifialcralion by act passed August fuh, 1770. nnd Ordi nance pitfsed October Ifi, 1771!, authorized and .••dahlioheJ aa "the unit of acc .uuU" a-allr os deliur. in contsla 375,04 grains of puie sitvei. hut uoue of these coins were ever made • • X lle i-M t r!4oyou y the Cuited states was aJoptsd September 17. 1787. On the Hgocrrtn.-Mlw) tb'tt "oo State 'shall doin motley cluit hilis^ofcredit, ru make auv* thhig iyit gold aud silver coins s lender in payuisiit'.d debts,'’ iliereliy plainly reset v ins ttlft fatter right in Cpugie>? N.nv cvmtaeuce*,tlin history of the Dol lar under 4iie pieseut Government Thfc'act of April 2, 1792. provide f u “du’llais, or unit." which :i.a!l contain 37U:.' g.atns t.f- pure, or din groins ..f standard' silver.' It air., declared that every Kfiteri pnAnfla wilgi.i.of pure silver, shall he o* equal yalua in all payments with one pound «. ielit of pure gold : that Ihe money df account in the United States efmli be expressed in "dollars or units" aud decimals thereof. It creates gold coins, which ate- enumerated as follows. Eagler-, Half eagles, and Quarter eagles, the value of which it expresses In - dollars or units: -If^oeS' HtXgtaFhSe tor » gold dollar. * • ' The act of i ebtaery y. j.7i,.« declares (hat pit foreign eoiae except Spscieli milled dollars eh*f! cesse tube a Ilgal teu der * the act of Apt it lO.JSOfi, eRlsblisiie.: rates at which .certain feneigo gr id and sit The act or July 13.1876, especially de monetizes the trade dollar of450 (lain*, you tine, in tlie following words, 'That the Trade dollar shall not hereafter be s «es»l tender, and Hie Secretary ot the Treasury is hereby authorized lo limit lh>m lime to time Hie coinage thereof to ench an amount se he may deem sufficient to meet theex> port demand for the tame. This brings the quesllone of wbat ii and what was a dollar down lo the present time. The B ays of Ihsimce I'tMyaiies. The Agusta New* baa the following in reference to the management of insurance companies; • "The ways of li* Insurance companies are put finding out. * Here, for Instance, it the Continental, of Hartford, Cl, which last year reported a surplus of three hun dred and twenty-five thousand dollar*. A legislative committee have recently Id- vestigated the concern, and find that Its surplus amounts to only sixty-three thou sand dollars, counting in a considerable number of assetts which are thought of doubtful value. Vet, in the Cue ol this, tin: company claims that its present inr- plus Is over five hundred thoosand dollar*. Slime queer arithmetic is permitted inside pistil mice walls, and a discriminating public will have much more faith in the report of a disinterested commissioner than iu Urn arrogant claim of a hairmillion aur- plus fund, while leaving the points made against that fund by the commissioners unexplained. ital an - ,d i vsrdlet/’ General Joe Johnston for Congress. W« faava before mentioned thj fact that General Jos E Johnston bad been urgently requested lo accept a nomination to r*pre- •eit the Richmond, Va., dislrio* in Cottx grave. We learn from a Richmond dispatch that Mr John S Wise, tbe jrotingest son of be late Gen Henrj A Wise, who bad b ep ' 1 "I'HilUI twit wo - . # . • Ii) 'Hiing tfie witne-s to go ^ rou B ht *orward by the Conservative* of the diet net with a certain prospect of re* ceiving the nomination, bearing that a movement eras io contemplation for the nomination of General Jonnton, promptly withdrew from the canvasa in favor of his •Id oommander. Under theeo ciroumatans Oen Johnson hns oouvented to beeotnt • candidate, subject to the Conservative nomination. In In* response tn ibe hnllcl- Ution of In* ftifiid* he says.* “Whether nominated or uoi 1 shall, to' the end of my life, regard Ibis proof of your confidence and favorable opinion as ihe highest honor •ver bestowed upon me." The dispatch adds that ’hi* nomination anil eleotiou seem to be assured.” It in Virginia's privilege to thus honor her illiinirloun son. In elect- iug Joe Johnnimi to repreHent Ihe metropol ilan district ol hi* native Rtals iu Congress, they will houor ihemselve* aud confer hon or on that body.—Savannah Nttvt. D)n'l neglecl your pepudiv)b)p. A man in New York got $(14,000 frotu a banker for being • good writer. It* is nut yet known bow many years be will get rtgii luted ihefjH Main per cent, t 40 j er cei odd. He. Their <*t «h«* amount uf • Ml eceipt* n»u *i ail.«« ii i* « -I*K> per qh*r(e that whin tin ary. lu «»*►. e*#« is iIimv «.# I.e allowed to any |toaiiNnetv>r o1 tfir fourth i*ins?J*'greater oompen:<atioii tfimr .*'*?.*«! in :Ii*\, one qiiHr- ter, eieliifiitrt* ol ino^c> *o«der o'liiuiUftiotr It furijier provi fs*a that eaiaiie* ot the firat, M'cm.l. and thud eWe* hhwll he re adjusted every t’w-r, yeitf*. No |»*isima*lvr is to receive t xcevd;u- $*M oi) » x* vpl iu ti.o city of New Yteik, wl.n l. Hilary shail re- ftisin as now fixAd M l'.w Ui -rreiionarv power in given to • »k$ p : H.,n i. r K euer..l to lo wilhhold c(|iuiuihft K i^i j, ..p ii iurim .when ever lie ie Mutinied that m poHtassler* has made a fair* return. Tt.e penalty of a'vid- lation «d the proviniotui Ihe^Trtf »« iuak- iug ret lima in a fine hf in.i Ie-wil.au ioO u.-r wore than $6,000. . u •‘I'oinpaiij.V *• What a cereiuoniouB ’affair ww maim of enteriaiaftfg company’! Too many of u* lose all ££Um«* uf being *n home ihe moment hr'fft4'b#si l craeses our threshold; and he instantly feels himself to be a U)«re jrisitqr--- nofhing a ore—and uols, accordingly, 'fhe man who know* how to “drop in" of so evening, draw up hi* chair to your hearth as if it were own, aud fall iuto Ihe usual evening routino of the houm bold as if he w§re a member of it—how welcome he al. ways is! The mutr who come- to stky under your roof fora &«V6n, ant who without bqing intrusive nr familiar, muse* you feel that he ts ^ •at liooie” with you, atid is con- tent in his u uni occupation—how delightful a guest he is! Aud the housitt—ah, how few of them!—into which one can go for n day or a week and feel sure that tho fami y routine is in nowise altered, the family com fort in nowise less ned, but, on the con trary, increased by one's presence—-wlmt joy it is to'cross their thresholds! What harbors of refugq they are to the weaiy wanJerer ! Wlmt nweet rcraiiiiaeencea they bring to the lonely aud homvle^ii. Tub Pkfhs.—Tbe OnincNville Ksglt bin the following eminently uorrrot remark a' out (be pres*: “This is preeminently an age of proyre ** in all tbe arts and Hclenres, iu pbyrdi* ui d me.luphysicK, Man travel:* faster than • vsr before, and the utipreerdeHed fariliiie*- for Coniniuotcaliiig thought, with the incetitive of competition, compel.* him to think fantei*. The Pres* is undoubtedly the leader in this lightning rare, as well a* tho chronicler of life’s eventn aud wonderful achievement*. The influence it poHseHsea impones upon it a co-ordinate responsibility, while the avn lauche of progress that proHtieN upon It, constantly demands incrounod wntchfulnem* and redoubled activity. Nobly bits tbe Press, us a whole, responded to these de mauds, aud maintained it* advanced ptmin lion." Another lot. of Genfe’ Pine HaniLiuade Gaiters and Boots, at Taa City $H0KtA4ti> list Stosk. ' Dahlonega Signal; We leara from a sub *criber living in the upper edge of tbe county, that several of his neighbors have recently been attacked by a etranga die- ; »*afre, the effects of wbicb are Aral fell in ! ho back, by severe pains which travels j i own ward into tbe legs, thence up again in j th** body paralysing the body. The inten- | oity the pain so affects the flesh that the »» stmil pan current at mens, smI j -* » oabtarabl.. At last be a legal ftniet tv Hie payment of del > ! f 60 , ou ‘’ of Tic,i,n,, °’ 8iD *«- of arrersl physician* hare hero .1 iu, none of whom or. able to acconnt e. ninguUrity of the disease, asd aok- ve. doliata of Mexico, Peru Chili a- Central America a legal teodf-i wb weighiojj 415 ^raitin eaefi. , 1 37 proaKItu i ^ _ i (i ^ that "ITieatantiaid for both gold and • if • Ju .. ", ‘‘ vef I il,i-pf.iifd Hiaj^alialt lij,,. ! Il Brier. •'I|- -rirnce have thej enoouatXred iiaib.r character. aClut taiHiluli Jl.al of ,-ou t;...ti autl part- t-i wsight him- IniiHlredVItall'hrnrpilre' in,'< ■*1. a ( *‘i,'-in- bundr.-d .ol.iill-iy, a:.-i the uli-.v -it ttih*‘r r-iipis ^h^li l„ 3 ,-j ■-ippri, ;ttl .| 11,,- alloy of Hie f;.Hil ooitia shal l tn- of :»■*-! allvrr. pm,MAI that tin- " ilv.-t Vi-.u. 111*1 yti'ceil 11111-“"half ITle'aVli'T!" it ilnn ;fix.-s ih» •■vci.'lit of ihe B ||ver d-.llnr ul Man I- not a vain animal; far from tt An-1 vrt. uhrii 1.c receives troiu the dear- i-.i t;irl iii Hie world a pair of number flva - lilT- is he gazes complacently at a pair of fee? big enough[ to wear the Hoosac ton- mi and uoi.rnicrs.fondly, -dear little girl.' -V senBihle girl last month presented her sweetheart with a pairol slippers he conld wear. They were about eighteen long, four inches straight acroaa tbe niid had each a bay window at tbe port side to accommodate the banfona for which he split hla boots. And do yon know UMt man got to mad he threw the •liplK-rs odt of the window aud hasn't sp Id o to the girl since ? tine*. by colos til proportinii . lu wit, a liinie 41 Jr 4 ^rtius. It tficn dechirea Ural fell Ihi? sflrer* coins.' from ‘do!lata to b’ilt dimes sbsfrbb "TtgaT tendeni of payment jacrordin^ to thVli nominal value fot su> pnrifs wbatevii, sfu r which it, malu;* ibe kaiue pi AVi.tioji ie«i>ectiiig the gold eagle, ball’ Vagi*, and qimiter eagle, ilia*, they sited IIm a legal ’tender for all suoid j The (%»urier-Journal. in alluding to The act of March 3, t 1S19. provides hu j die recent wonderful oil discoveries in the first (Nunsgo of two wcw^goid ccint, | Kentucby, says : tlie Double eagle utd the uold dollak. j Tlie Kentucky oil is easUy accessible, both to be a legal tender toi\nU suuis,aud j ine utiumg uml oil interests have gone far to be ot tbe tcspyciivg value of ••twenty | to make Pennsylvania, and Kentucky has dollar* *»r^unit8 v ” and -one dollar or aniu, * j t be very same advantages. She only bud t’iit%d"ih|i* or uait V. TJiia ii the first l needs energy. Our correspondent gold dollnt ; our peopte to . ahaudou tobacco raising Tim tu-t --I March 3. IS4J, cteaUi) a uew j where they im,;c the choice of oil raising, silver; coin to he pf the legal value of tb.ee i He says that the leiioeries of oil in this city cents, uud to-be a legal icudei for all suiTim 1 ot tidily cents und under. The act of February 21. 18:»3, i educe* I bo weight of the subsidiary silver eoitui fiouijlie half dollars down, aud limits their legHl tender function to sums not ex** ccediug five dollars It also creates a new goldrcofn. to be of the vslne oI»-three dol lars, or unit? *• * * ^ .TgpgllW a!T fomfeiVfehfalAvHlgUldaHB <k‘ uiirgi ctjiw nggflrtifBffgf: * t The act of April £2. 1864. makes tbe »oe c ent coin a legal tender to the amount of ten centn. and the two cent coif > for \l 5 ir The adt of ifarch 3. 1365! provides for three pent, piece of copperjmd nickel, which shall he a le^al fencer to the amount of sixty cents, an.l limit, the Ieg6l teoder function of the one and two cent pieces to Gums not exceeding four cents, Theactx.ffMay.ltj, Ul centjbiiu(f.Lu4Uiil f it A legal trfidcr f’the eniottnt of one dol lar. The act of Mhrch 3. 1971. provl.Ies “Hint tho Sen alary nf the Trcnsrtry is required to redeem in -awful money, ul! copper, bronz-v coppei-niekle, and base metal Coin hi 1 -:, ol every kind hitherto authorized by It..- . uiin piesetiled in sums of not less than i •• -me dollars. Tbe w nary 1-S. 1973. (common ly known ao -u- Demonetizing act.) pro vides ft »t t» tjiK g-B id. Jfi <U< 6f* Hit T*mi-d States of iw«ity-five and eight-tenth* grains chill ire the unit nf value.' Itcte- ates the trade d.<ll*ra ot430 grain, weight, KOd idea ; aad changes they eight of tlie half ddllur.'quartci' dollar, and dime, by tie nee of the French word - ffrem," mak ing His bsif dollar 12 1-2 Grams, which is ured during the last year aix millions of -tal es for nil barrels made from Kentucky forests This year fifteen millions will be required. The Butts County Argos says: "There sre not less than a dozen familiea between here and Griffin, a distance of twenty-four miles, who are selling out. iock, stock and barrel, preparatory to emigrating to fur West Some of these people are ap* patently in good circumstance*, and why they have been seized with the' mania tn go West and commence life anew is problem we arc uuable to solve.*' •'ol it H Jones, of the M.con Tthgraph has turn presented by the people of Mil- ledgevi'de with a magnificent set of silver “are, es* ''testimonial of tbe esteem and i-ppreciation borne him .by the eitiiena oy the -hi oily " The set eonsiete of sixty or a.fiwm-vent.Y pieces, end was manufactured to rigid mak qa.hor-ii-r. C-1 Jones, in receiving it, said tt war ibe •■prou.l«.al trophy of his editorial career." - The QainHaillc Eagle complains of Comp troller General Goldsmith's allowing hie inger to get the better of bis judgement.— If ihe Comptroller hes lawful anthority for his aotion, il strikes us that he has cause io strike some heavy blows at those who were ao quick to condemn him. Boys, did you ever think tbat this great world whit all it* wealth and woe. with all its mines and mountains, its oceans, teas and rivers, steamboats and ships, railroads, steam printing presses and magnetic tele- qiaplis, will soon be given over to the ii-uda of the boys of the present age? Be lieve it. ami look abroad upon the inherb- id t-i be ub-ut if.4 grsiua(Ttoy)» th:.ugb j tanee. mid get ready to enter upon your accotdihg to Webster a gram is one tr-en j dutiur it- t-unce. is eiient about the ! - > i-^-> i.^ 112 1-2 greiiyiifller. and -be but dime i ' Wheu n girl gets mad and rises from a ao-i i-'.t-t-..-- Hi- te-r-l tend,-i tunr-lion of ml 1 lVIl.-n I. n- *'." says nu exchange, "but -ilviri -•-n * of tho Fulled illalt, to turn:, u.-t rrceeding live doilatri Thu set of March 3, IS73. delate- me legal tuluf- n| the Engltelt Pound Sterling, ahidi to* -l-'-'Mi 1-1 equal to t.-ni dollar:,' eighty nix -•-•ul- and nix and one half mills, and all lonliiii'l'i mado :i I *1 ifo- tutf day ol .laiofary M74 based on an a lord pai ul exchange Willi Gnat Britain ut titty., four icnt. and f-aii-uinHI- -ent jn*ih- nov. urui, n oi pound sterling, shall bu null uud void. Tlie act of March -3, 1973, cruatua a all-, ver coin of twenty cents, eoutaiuing five grama, and makes it a legal tender to tbe umuuiil of fire dollars. -.i ii 1. h- ltri of it and goes back again, tl- .t .i what tlu-y call a relapse.” And her* we have been working for dear life to keep otf a relapse uudec the impression the! ■' w:- - —me way related to cholera inOrt'Ua - Home Sentinel. I be t'xar's Address to the Troops Ft. PeTKR-Btiao. February 4.—The Ciar yesterday, after inspection,. addressed the i loops a» fallows: "I congratulate yon upon Hie armistice, the satisfactory conditions of which sre due to oar brave troops, who proved that for them notbiog is impossible i f nceompUsbmenl. We are still, however, far from the end, and must continue to hold ourselves prepared until we obtain a dura- hit penoe worthy of Russia. Ground rents—earthquakes. * For thirsty mariners—Bor Hat tor. For hut tempered persona—Fire Island Tn make a hen lay—knock her down with a club. Difficult man to divorce—one wadded to hie idea*. A pUy on word*—taking the dicHonary for a whist table. Themoet patient objects in the shape of humanity—atatntea. There to no truth in yeast. One, crashed to earth it will not rise again. ■ When a man hai no design but to speak plain troth be may say a great deal ins narrow compare. .j One of the anreat ways for a mao to be robbed of hi* good name is to put It on his onbrelis. “Ha, look at the angel store," sign ill- Ctatly remarked a little girl re she paired the marble works. A Cincinnati “society" reporter says "there'* no end to bails." Balls we be- Have ere always round.—Norristown Bar. abl. Pancakes should neither be blonde nor brunette, but medium. The less a man knows the higher he tries to climb on othtr people’s laddere. Pittsburg has a dog that can wait at ta ble. This most be Old Dog Trey. Blanket* are “the circulating medium" of the natives of Vancouver. The richest chtob have them stored by the At a dinner oi shoemakers lire ut was given: “May we neve women in the country to shoe, end the' to book” Why do newspapers speak of "bouncing »“ We've eecn a good many bshlm toil and not one of them bounced much to makef—they are too eolt. ‘"Papa." aaid • little girt, "give me a ride on your knee, wont yon V’ He took the little gallop at once. A North Carolina man claims to have lost a ring while fishing and afterwards it in the belly of a trout he had caught. Happy thought How would a kerosene lamp, filled with “patent aafty" oil, do for oneM mothenin.law vijj^loslon Advertiser. What we wapt to know is if-Wen would the star of empire take its way," then AYeat would bee ?—Molboro Timet. A Nashville men answered tn advertise- meat, “How to Win at Poker," and received for hto $3 tho following, “Bold four sees, or don't poke." The tote Duke of Gloucester was not 1amous for intellect. - Ha complained that \ e flies would get into hto month. “Per il. pa if your royal highness wese to abut II-"Ah, I did not UitekortEat 1- ^' A .♦otr once said to her daughter' “WhenVin are my age it will be time enough x\ .'ream of a husband.” "Tea, mama," 'jtd the thoughtless beauty, “for the aecv' '-time " “F*y the bl, ^. said a man who to well known to collectors aa the prince of pro crastinators. “1 should be happy to do a* but this damp weather boa caused my money-draw or to swell, and I can not get at my fund.. Come the first dry day." It to stated aa a solemn troth that In dians never hire their wives.' Ah, human nature to the same, whether uuder a white or coppervcolored complexion. But whoea wives do they kiss? It doesn't seem exactly right that a man should be obliged to walk through life on two bow-legs Just became he indulged 1st the innocent diversion of sucking lito toes in babyhood. . The color of a girl's hair to regrtialad by the tiza of her father’s pocket, book. If the latter be plethoric, the girls golden or aabam; if the old man's wallet to lean, we hear the daughter spoken of as 0n*y “that red-beaded gal." You never law a rich girl with red hair. A carries* young business man. of Lock- port, N. Y., lost hto sweetheart hy making a mistake in forwarding presorts lor. tariatmas. His brother’s wife received-- kom him a jewel-case, and a note- asking her to many him, while the silver-mounl" ad feeding bottle was sent to the girl. When a darkey asktd the Bainbridge-tel egraph operator wbat tt would cost to “tx* patch to hto sweetheart,” and wa* asked by that individual what h* wanted to say,.bs tarnsd np hto nos* and remarked, • Dai’s obol; noon I't* swine to uil yout No, a or 1" and walked out in a big disgust. Some of those side-splitting witticisms in congress, which provoke “laughter," and "continued laughter," aad “renewed laughter," would create a funeral gloom if printed In the humorous column of a daily newspaper. If a congressman ware to get np and road a few pages from a counter feit detector, the effort, no doubt, would be profusely punctuated by “laughter" from the members.—Norristown Herald. Some of the pepera get their rhetoric mixed occasionally. For instance, the Memphis Appeal wished to my something fine about 8enator Gordon, of Georgia, and it did it by asserting that be has a “chas tened inspiration for the tome of a purely intellectual prowess." This to simply "tre~ mengaous,”—Wilmington Star. A special dispatch to the Cincinnati Ga zette ftom Lexington. Ky„ says: * A unique tragedy transpired In colored circles la the neighborhood of the K C depot last night. George Cain, colored, had two sweethearts who were jealous ol each other. Miss Tilda Gaines, one of the overjovlng swains— that she might have her George all to her self—administered a powder which she intended should torn Georgia's love away from her rival in love. George wee found , this morning cold in death, and Tilda rests in jail. The lore powder proved to be araenic.” “Kiss ms. Will.,' asne Waigutrltt To s pretty tittle toaa UoUtnt np her daloty moutk, Sweet aa ism bom Is Jaue. Will was ten ytsta sM tbel Say, - am he putted her soldan carta Tmalnfty.siid aaawer mada: "I'm too old—I don't iiii jlrll" Tea ycura psm. aud Margu-rlte Stniisa, aa WiU Icasell at bar feat, Garias fondly In htrejes .. PmvlDg, “Won't you kiss me, sweet r ■Rite le oereuteen Jo dey; With her birthday-ring she to;. For a moment,? “I’m too ot*—f am t-'i t • r

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, February 14, 1878, Image 1