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FRSSIOKAL CARDS
I.AWVKRS.
VASON & ALFRIEND,
Attorneys at Law.
OFFK4.
D. A* VASOlf,
4ibuj,(M|to.
OFFICE:
A.S.ALF2US2TD,
C. B- WoOTKSi W.l.Joiitt
WUOTBK ft J02TES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TT ALBANY, UKOKU1A
) LAW NOTICK
life
, .PRTKRJ.3TROZEB.
WM. K. SMITH,
DOCTORS*
J. T. HOI-MIX W. M. OtMUM.
Drs. Holmes & DeMtras,
jHP«v DENTISTS,
ALBANY, * • • GEORGIA.
OOra lad txtunll.KT otet Port ll.'hli'Sl.n
IKI-I;
jEL.
TSSSl.* «..lrr, Ottsv iu wmiwhw'. I
W. A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY. GEORGIA.
Oftce over Gilliert’s Mi Store.
AU onitra Mt U lb* Pni* Slore Rill r.vc!»e prompt
By WESTON & EVANS. I
VOLUME 12.
Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia.
i$2.00 Per Annum
ALLAN V. G E () K (5 I A , T II IJ It S 1) A V, .1 IT L Y 11. 1878.
NUMBER 28
sr; uxa thk farm
Jonn ni»l«an
!(<■ Mki.l hi* NIHI'I *OB I.
1 WIIi*ti» I’ll *n*ll il»i* firm, J aim* Ann, *n«l lnijr
j »**»ti*i>l.iy U«**|| |'AY tin* iiiuno.Y
it hi* I.... I the i v-lt to
t-.lMvs Min an*
iiv «av , l h«* mil In
Alt Uw- fW|* it>li*I.L nn* ItAnll* worth tin* |«iltiu'
ihi 1 nr tu ;
IVm.Ii-s, iIiai !»•■>*r r.iilioml that ilin'ro imtiin’
IhrviiKh thin way
Willful tWokl |.lai'«* right in two—Joto**loM m«*
aalo-«tay.
I ain’t *fi»nl of w»* r k, you know my tl.i«l4y alius
TIutt ain’t a >iu<l<* l.viv hair in KiTirinisliVi lii*a«l "
Then* w.vmi’i ii«> la/y tiaii>, I know, iu that «>M lun.l
of hi*,
For In* tint tin* work
r hen mat i.'.
»f three liir«wl i
no. I’m not atrai.t of work —of that I don't cow
vwUicd tn work with willin' liaiwl* in Minshiue
and in rain :
Ami r. c alhaa wore a«hcriful face, r»c«*|»l at tuu«*>.
Whv u then Kiddy, head Mrwn* Mrw o* mine woiiM
i -hew" when 1 yelled • K c%* ”'
IVrliajM. it uiay l*o sinful tor a mortal man to find
fault
With toiling hard both day and night, it he only
Dr. E.W. ALFRIEND,*
UetPBCTFULLY l*nU*T*bis .<-r»ic*..'inl!.*»»-
It rto— NBit. R bi. pwfcaai... (.lb* > nctn»
«t Altaaj»»d,urruuuJin,.cu.;ntr*. offlve al i.U-
bwV, Unis Stor*.
Dr. P. If.HIIiSMAN,
IvmCE IS FROST ROOM.vocr Welch'. Pro*
rtlln Keeideoee on Vine street, near the
Baptist Chairh. During absence frourolhce.tuee-
ahiHild lw* left at the t»n»e su.re.
IIOTK1.S
DAY BOARD
AT THE
BARNES HOUSE,
$20 Per Month.
BOGEN HOUSE,
(FORMERLY TOWNS ilcUSE,)
BROAD STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA
vnBEBoceo House is now ready for the necef.tiott
JL of fonts. The name is a suScient gDiivnte
hat the house will he kept in first-class style
•eg 4 ty (i. BOGEN. Proprietor
i McAFEE HOUSE.
Smith villa Qeoriria-
Oppc.ua B B Depot.
[cAFEE, Proprietor.
mem
BARLOW HOUSE.
AMERICAS, GA
la (he Crater of ba.ioc.*— Oppo.
Ate the Court House.
Board Per Day $2 00
B.F. COLLINS, Proprietor.
paid to the wants of all guntt —
THE PEOPLE
LIKE OI K*
CzilotMiigi
The Reasons Why:
zri
make* hi»»*lt ,
But I've thought w hile cradlin' ra
hill-*idi* over there
That my lot wa* mud I«*» hefty I
l-loeig<Sl oats ou
r a Mu-tll-Unied
wau to bear.
It’* allu> Iwvu my cuM.»m when a-plowiu' Mutupy
;«md, old*fa>hieu«d tuiie—it sorter
break and whack i
He'll and Hi,
And we'll move into t.
you're sayiu', wite
re ageeed, Jane At
wlut it l.ick' iu Ml
. HI sell the farm
ia well made ii|»
•ek— wliat'a that
i*» long a* yon
• InAind Id U>» the -iht*|t, 1 MV
it you’ll find I'll have rujr way tbi
on and have
It always was
time, old girl
right here, t.v gracious,
Human Sy mpatliv.
Wi* all liffil it ; lift* woiiM !»«• a
Burden and man a inert* machine
w ithout it. When the heart is made
hea .y with pain and MiUering. how
rateful is itti 111:111 sympathv ! And
our joy i- never complete till other>
hare it with n-. Smile-, tears, kind
words and hi lptul little acts are a
wonderful lightener <>i‘ burdens.
If I could only help you bear this
pain !** said one friend to another.
"You do help me more than I can
tell, bv being rorrv for me/* was re
plied.
Since Eve ate the forbidden fruit,
thorns have grown beside ail flowers,
tear- have offset - mile*, and darkness
the light of day, and there has been
no pleasure without corresponding
pain. Sorrow goes hand-in-hana
with joy, and the brightest morning
may soon be clouded with the densest
shadows. And who i~ : uffirient to
bear his part alone in this checkered
world? Man i- a social being, anl
so formed that his sorrows are lc>
ened and hi- jov- increased by sym
pathy, and this fellow-feeling that
prompts us to weep with those that
weep, as Je^us wept at the grave of
Lazarti-.i one of the sweetest flow
ers that God ever planted in the heart
of man. And t mpathy quiet))
and unobtrusively offered is a halm
to our wounded heart-, so let us nev
er forget to l»e-iow it in like man
ner. and in the fn!le-i mca-nre. upon
others, for by it hearts are made
strong to -ntfer and endure.
The Seven \\ i>e Men.
Sfn?t people have heard of the
4 *>evcn Wise -Men of Greece,” hilt
i few know who they were or how
they eaine lo he called so. Here i*.
the -lory, and the moral of if G worth
remembering if the name-are not:
The -eveu wi-e liicti of Greere are
.-ilppo-M-d to have lived in the fifth
litiiry. IS. G. Their name- are l*it-
eii-, I#ia-. Solon. 'I’liale-. Ghilon,
Gleolnilu- and ! Vriander. The rea-
on of their being eallerl \\ i-e i^ given
differenlly by varioii- author-: hut
the ino-t approvetl -tale that
mine t o;m> were fishing certain
stranger- from bought wliat-
r -houhl be in the net- \\ itlioilt -ee-
ing it. When the net- were hrought
they were found lo contain a gold-
den tripod which Helen, n- -he sailed
from Troy, is-uppo-ed to have thrown
there. A dispute aro-e between the
Jifihermeu ami the -tranger- as to
whom it belonged, and a- they could
not agree they took it to the temple
of Appolfo and con-lilted the priest-
e-% a- to what .-houhl lie done with
it. >he -aid it mii-t he given tv* the
wi-e-t man ill Greece, and it wa- ac
cordingly sent to Ilia-, who declared
that ThaN s was wiser, and -cut it to
him. Th:tbt> send- ii to another one,
and -o on. until it ha- pa-M'd through
the hand- of all the men di-tinguish-
ed afterward a- the Si*ven Wise Men.
and a- each one claimed that the oth
er wa* wiser than lie, it wa- finally
sent to the temple of Appollo. \\ here
it long remained to leach the le-sou
that the wi-e-t are the iiim-i di-tru-t-
fnl of their wi-doin.
I'Mitoriul <’tirrespomlenct*.
On Hoaiih Stkaukk Austin, >
Ffhxaxihna, Ei.a., June 2. r », lS7S.j
ih'iirXetrs: For the third lime
fhi- tleponent has turned his face
Northward, seeking in the cool
breezes of that clime renewed health
ami strength. There is no doubt hilt
that a lew weeks rest in the tired
journey of life is a bona Jhle oasis,
where a new lca*e on the energies
«au he taken hold of with a linn
grasp, and retained in every function
of the hotly for harder and more con
tinuous strikes iu the common work
shop of our every day existence. A
scene of change ami of climate is a
genuine Turkish Hath to tin* whole
sou), and one feels better able to go
forward in his work, ami iuvariahly
uses more giant-like strides than ever
before. ®
Your correspondent left via the 11.
& A. train on Tuesday, the 2olh, ami
had a long ami dusty run to the city
by the sea. Allow us the pleasure of
remarking that the section of coun
try through which the road runs i>
improving in a ratio that is really re
markable. This is not a random sen
tence or proposition, minus facts; it
is evident upon the face of things that
steady change is going oil for tin*
better, ami we hail it with delight.
TIIK. B. A A. It. 1C.
paying better, to the amount of
rolling stock used, than any road in
the Stale. This we learned from an
iftieial. ami is a gratifying result of
the workings of the oflieers in charge.
We took particular pains to examine
the condition of the road as we pass
d over it. and found it good. It i
managed with shrewdness and exec
utive ability, and every attache,
far as our know ledge extends, is jmr
excellence in hi* line, and gives strict
ittention to the performance of hi
duties. Some poet, with morbid
ideas running riot in his brain, re
marked in doggerel, lifting style, that
Civilization has played out,” etc.—
Not so : not as long as railroads can
be built, for they are civilizers in
every sense of the word. The change
going on in the wire-grass region i:
elf-proving fact to the above. Do
not understand or make it apply that
have intimated civilization did
not exist in that region anterior to
the building of the road. Albany.
Macon, Savannah, every town and
city, is advancing. How can they
help if, when a more thorough knowl-
dge of the arts and sciences is taking
hold of the minds of the people.
W * look notes of almost every sta
tion on the line, and had intended to
•write them up,” but find that the
letter will be too bulky for the task ot
our readers. We would like to lin
low ii our random sentences concern
ing .Sumner's Crossing, Tiff on, Alap-
aha. etc. At the latter place w e grasp-
d the liamltf of Walker, Austin and
Alexander, all clever and enterpri—
ing gt*nllclurii. and learned from
them that the prospects of crops iu
r -ectiou were «*)orioii>.
. § * ? tf
fuMind i.-.r i** <>f
Spring Clothes £ Cassinmeres,
Ua Band ft m*icou* awaits jm*
Farrington & Price.
Not^ to Merchant*.
B um will tie atravmt itntii. sm or
thl* *a4 «ach roontb tUere*(l« r, t>»r th<- turn-
ahlag of F«w*l*hMo V» the Maura lor the neat
month tucctrtUn/.. h**if l'. the tioviiiul loihe earn*
tstbncr. K*tira*tea r an t»e ma-ie hjr referer.re t/»
former ace'/uuo at this oOmk
B. A. COLLIER,
d«j2 lam8m Ordinary.
100,000 POUKDSO ATS!
r iBT io 0 ,oo 0 i>Avi
t» the (hair— man Htttej «m t^ pi y ur« d, ui..l *u>
wtUlng to pay in* bljrbnl mark<-t |/riri ;j for it*.-
•at Coma to ot More on Broad #treet.
mayOtf MARCUS CRINE.
' ’ JCeLiliMin” of tlie l*i*oun House.
fVdoiM'l W. T. llolliug-worth ha-
r*Tcivi*«l u long leiffi* from Colonel
hliphutel K. l*row n, now iu New
York, the well known proprietor
the late Drown lloii-e, in thi- city,
r-oiiiifiiiiijeating fin* gratifying intelli-
that a new and -pl«-n«lid hotel
will be immediately con-tructed up«»ii
the min- of the old one.
Colonel iSrown ha- -ettb'd hi Inis
ine-- with all the iu-urnuce eompa
fiiet snd other- itt a -afi-faetorv man
Tier, mid the ninny friend- «»i tin
genial, popular and «»l«le l lamlloial
ill the Strife will he plea ed to h
that, n«*twith-laiuliug hi-b» e- bs
I'il** eonflagratioii, he will I»♦- eu.ibletl
to erect a ln*lel with I tiger hoping
room* lend huh* tmnitmi- anil otl»e
eriliipinent . ill in tin* urn I up« rior
modem tv I •*. 'I he build iu- will In
more ornamental, enuveiiieni and
comfortable in even n* pert Ilian the
former one
A*0inn\ of the old w all and
.mfikftMni ihe old brick ran be ad
antugcoti utilized, ibe building of
the new hotel will be eominenced in
a week, and completed .nffleieutly
tor the reception of guest i by the
ot the late l air ill Oct.dier
apei
ext
We, with a ho l of other , congrat
ulate Colonel Brown upon hi* indom
itable enerjM and enterpri e, arid
hope that he nia\ live mane year to
«'l M o the hilll that hi*! public spirit
and labor d^ej-ve.
MIKE I*.
The morning w e left Albany, Col.
llill Harris told u-that Mr. Kiswahl.
of Atlanta, had put hi- sheep iu
Worth, in.-tead of Berrien, as was
ated in the News. Gen. John Ik
onion, the ehevalier-lkivard of the
oiitli. ha- enough shcc/t sense to l»e-
in preparation- for a raiiche in our
'••lion, and will doubtless make it
tiy. It i- prohahh* that yout* local
olinnii- have remarked of fact, so
otliiug further. Km we can't help
from remarking that the industry of
akiug rare of the “silver-shod ani
mal-/* a- the Spaniard- .-ay of sheep.
- slearlily ami surely on the increase*
Talking above of railroads being eiv-
ilizei's. we believe that sheep are the
be-t emblem of civilization we have-
Tl»e\ an* an emblem al-o of peace
I plenty, and they are a sign
that the eotfon idea that has bank
opted -o man) of our farmers, i-
being dethroned. Sheep are pr«»-
llieers in two sen-e.s, food and elolli-
ing, and I he enrichment of the land
ilpieil is not to he lo-t -Jght of.--
rhoii-and-of dollars are lost to the
very year by Ihe dog detri-
tind w e intend to add our mile
to the pas-age of a law against the
Political, financial, industrial,
moral and fantastical nostrums in
great profusion will engage the at
tention oI our legislator-, hut they
tnn.it not forget the #/o// tan' t/ttfstiinr
i:i:t \-W n K.
>peut one night iu llrun-wiek, met
friend Wl-on. the Mayor, chatted
w ith Nathan-, ot" the A/t/nut, enjoyed
a good rest, and then hied on to thi:
point. I'eniaiiditi:i, to meet the steam
cr, Ati-tin. of the Mallory line.
4T’\lllKlfl.AM».
A we approached Ihe wharf >mm
♦ Hie pointed out tile gl’illl aild Mill-
fa. »d Father Ihinklcy, I lie lainou-
proprict«.r <»f the Ihiukley Hoiihi*. A t
tin*-learner touched we a Led him:
"Well, how did voii like the Albany
!»o\ \ cloud *eeiuer| (o envelop
hi iiii-Imow .ed brow as In* air w« - r
ed, “Not much, but I II tell votinnolli-
er tilin'’ I hroiigh tin* ai<i of tin*
Captain' gla .i we bad a good view
of the old ruined castle bv the cea,
‘ Ininpene who:a* "mull* lament*
o’er tiiio*'. drear touche *” make . the
|u*:ii I »d I In n* it land : a bun*, :
itnry, glooinv : cntiin l of day*, “mild
and (foiiiie, ’ w ith hall now empty
and dark when* Iniupict lea* !• were
wrr.nl l«» be ln*ld. 11 a pho ♦ of one
who knew it ill it. day of glcrv could
visit it now. where
•Tin* Bat, shrill ahrh'kinK, winm its fl.ckt*riii):
IllOtP,
The M*r|M*n( lilws, an<l (lie wlhl ItirJr arream,”
it would exclaim with Heraclitus.
“All is sad, “All is sad !”
FERN ANIHNA.
We have not a moment to spare to
Fcrtiaiidina, for now preparations are
being made for the departure of the
steamer, and we must iiicmiteutlv
close. This letter is ram Ming in it*.
nature; has been written in haste, on
deck, with numerous passengers
crowding round and about, so all dis
crepancies must he excused.
The Austin isa tine steamer, staunch
and strong, and we look for smooth
passage to New York. We will soon
he on old ocean ‘casting up accounts,*
probably, ami cursing (?) yellow
hack novels that told us in our boy
hood days M' the fascinations ai
pleasures of (In* deep, blue sea.
J. I>. W.
Letter from III. < 4 >ii:id.
Smitiivii.i.k. June 2tk IS7S.
Messrs Editors: Together with :t
mall party of gentlemen. I left thi
quiet little village on yesterday fora
day’s sport upon the hanks of the
Kinehafoonee. Arriving at the nrcck.
we were joined by Messrs. Edward*.
Carter and Klindcs. Mr Carter kiinllv
bringing with him a lot of line water
melons. Having, as we thought, all
tin* requisites necessary, this addition
added only to our prospects for it
pleasant day. The majority of our
party were opposed to *7rtjimj their
hands” in the piscatorial sports.-
It had been previously arranged that
should be supplied with fish from
baskets set in the creek, hilt upon out
arrival we were informed bv our
man “Friday" that the gentlemen of
poisonous tin: had declined partaking
of the tempting bait deposited then*
for their benefit. Now you inn)
asily imagine thi was not a very
pleasant disclosure, hut as it was lish
were after, it was lish we wen-
going to have ; so, after a brief con
libation, it was decided that, with
*rof. K. as leader, a small part)
hould try their luck with hook: .-—
After some two hours or more, the
leader came in with a very small
perch on a very large stick. He con
tends that it was very much larger
when he first got it upon terra drum.
but, like the negroe’s catJUh, it bud
swuiik powerful.” YVe soon ascer
tained that no one eke was excelling
tin* Professor, and had about given
up the idea of feasting upon ti h
when Esqr. Edwards came to the re -
ue with a seine, and after a few
hauls,” engineered by Billie L>. ami
I.ee E., we bad enough tkli for all
purposes. Returning to camp, the
lish were taken in charge by Hoc If.,
who, with the asst tam e of our cook,
served them lip in a Myle to suit tin*
most fastidious. Our thank- are dm-
to Mrs. G. C. F., who so kindly sent
its two waiters tilled with delicacies,
which added very materially to mu
dinner.
After paying all due respect to oin
past, the party devoted tin* remain
der of the evening to card playing,
bathing, etc., and many wen* tin*
joke- played upon each member ot
tin* party. It was only when Ihe .Au
rora (beer) ha«l di-appeared. were
they willing to .-tart holm 1
turning oin* thank- to Mr
wards, < 'arter and Rhode-,
the bank- of the “Kinch."
home at about six o’clock,
iiiianiiuoii-ly voted that it
time to “set ’em up,” which I of
our.-e dirl. ami they do -ay my -»dil
r»4|iiy to my last half dollar wa- ver\
;ifleeting. Be that as it may. I am
happy to saj that for all my “tilth)
lucre**di-po-cd of on this occasion. I
received doubly the return, for it was
far one of the mo.-t pleasant days
of my “brief exi.-tciiec/’
Tin* crops are looking belter than I
ever >aw them in thi- sertimi. They
are all ill good li\, ami the indica
tions point very favorably to a rain
iu 1 In* next I weiily-lbiir hours, ami if
w«• are so fortunate, tin* corn crop
will hr* (hr* largest ever liiatle iu this
county. The small grain crop turn
ed out splendidly, and the planter'
arc not a- they are with Bill Arp, for
I now think their lulled hope. will
he realized. Truly yours,#
M.
A ft el
-. Ft I -
r* left
It
w a
Letter from .AI;igiioli;i Springs,
Macnoi.ia Si*i:iNr;s, June 21. ISTS.
Messrs. Editors: Friday night has
come ami gone ami the theatrical- arc
over, but neither the editors of tin 1
News or the fourteen young gentle
men have pul in an appearance. Ar
Ihe days of chivalry gone t Fourier*
beautiful, charming, accompli-lied
Olllig Indies, wlitme downy cheek
are in their bloom, whn-e attraction
iiu.-lirp.i - ildc, and w l»o-’c fact
ami form ; could L«- competed w ilh lo
no syren who ever “lived under lie
sea,” are Iniigui long iu iiuniater
: ueetness, while the y outh of Alba
ny, gaping around with their hand
iu their pocket up lo the elbow . man
ife* l I In* most tolid indifference.
Mil-lung very nobly propose to lead
up a cniiipaiiv from Lee, if culled up
alwav*. a public
v in the afternoon.
Sabbath
here, c per
the* e occa ion we learn the urn
from the front. It i lah-d that Mr
Stephen *a\ if the Milt | >i Irid Horn
inale him, it will be *dl O. |\ other
wi e, In: will piaumunef them a bam
of disorgmiizer-i ami n.n anyhow.—
'I’hat's cool. No matter whom they
iioiiiiiuite. no matter what man they
may select from the Democracy upon
which he proposes to rely, Mr. Steph
ens will oppose him. If that isn't
“Mexicanizing” the Democratic par
ty, then how can it he Mexieauized?
Through life Mr. Stephens has been a
nomination man ; under his training,
the party Inis learned to regard those
who run against the nomination ns
disorgani/ers. Let him take notice
and govern himself aeccordinglv.
t’rops in this neighborhood are
•ry promising. The business of lay-
ing-by ha- begun. The harbors in
low ii are shaving our farmers at half
price, owing to the present shape of
their faces.
A sni-pent of the reptile genus was
ed iu the spring embankment yes
terday. lie still lives.
Ma jor Black's shoe factory, a mile
from lien*, is one of the wonders of
this section. Ilis chain-gang is al-o
success.
I went ti lling to-day. Dogs, hog-,
fleas, red-bugs, ticks, horse-flies, inos-
Iuitoes and alum.-t everything else
•xr ept lish. seem inclined to bite here.
Fish won’t. Ilow they sustain life is
liiestion for ichthyological investiga
tion. Estn jter/tefna.
Norvai..
Wlio Are Responsible?
E*ldors Albany Sews:—AW deem
unnecessary to occupy a line of
your valuable space by way ofiutro-
luctory remarks. AW propose*
briefly as possible, to show cause for
the long continued and present flnan-
•ial depression, and to fasten the re-
pon ihility therefor upon thorje to
whom if belongs.
A writer on finance ha* most truly
aid, that, “the i-sue of bonds hearing
interest, put. .-hackles on a nation,
ven more effectual!y, than a mort
gage doe - on the individual who fmd-
shly hypothoeates his •farm.” And
yet we read every day of some pa
triot (’t) claiming to be a second sa
vior of the country, gravely asking
this hypocritical question, “Who are
the dangerous classe?” We answer
the question by repeating it, “Who
are the dangerous elassess?” Are
they the legalized plunderers of Wall
treet, or the plundered masses?—
There has of late been considerable
gabbling, eon furring and juggling in
tin* councils of the faithful. They
have doubt lo ci been catching occa-
iruial glimp e . of that fiery, glaring
n-criptiou on Ihe wall. It is their
oiir*ioii' tie of a criminal misiiiau-
igt*nient in the Governieiit, that is
now putting seemingly plausible ar-
iimeiit- into the mouths of fools.
• ml over*loading Northern papers
with r:»\ ing paragraphs in regard to
humbug, t'oinmmii lie. or S. eialis
We -coni the idea
it e exists lor-itch appre-
It i- a .supposition that
the pre-enl time, about
hundred beer-drinking
in and around New York
uni Brooklyn, who have of late been
riving expression in German mid
woken Fugli-h to a < 'omiuunisf ie idea
»r two.
Now l!ii- lechh* array of beer sell-
*i*s and eon-timers, ha< actually lu*eit
n:i<rnifled into a resistless and terri-
»le aniiy. Ihir-tiug for the blood of
lie lYigiileii<*d LomlhoMer. ami has
mu'eover caused even some of Ike
*w ar G »t .*:•••«»»•<” or’«*i* ii l God's eoiin-
ry lo tremlde in Ili«*it* hoots!
Ii won hi In* real sport for some
rebel democrat” to be in the North
ib.ml llii-lime, to w itness the arm
ing, drilling and cavorting around
on fiery, lint.lined steed-, ami all tor
what in the uaTiic of common sense?
Why. for ju t nothing more nol le-.-
th in to di\crl public attention from
tin* stupendous fraud*-, and long con
tinued robberie-of a parly now upon
ar k r»f investigation, ami w rith
ing, ami tw i ting iu tin* throes of im
pending di .solution !
The only meritorious thing now
left iu the wailing glory of the union
-aver is this; To sci/e upon every
pretext to hoot down every now
ami then a squad of Communistic
lunatic , who are mi ignorant and
footi.-h that they cannot draw any
distinction bet ween a huge govern
mental teal al Washington, amt a
hack woods ease of dead open ami
hut burglary iu the night lime! We
are no apologi-t for ('oiiiiutiiiisui nor
it oiler* yo Republircui-ni, hut we do
claim a- a Democratic voter, that for
every drop of blood that may be shed
in a I 'oiuuiunistie madness hereafter
against law ami order, tin* Republi
can parly of misrule ami gigantic
di-honesty for eighteen long years,
should lie. ami will be, held -oh
tirel\ re-pon-ilih*.
Gould w e reach the eonnmiu sense
ami better nature of our oppress
Northern brethren, we would criiin
patience and moderation. We would
urge th* u» ever (»• remember, that.
Voter they are overwhelmingly in
Ho* ma jorit y.
If they desire a lasting redr
Ii*r• 111 tin* great wrong, of discrimimi-
tim\ ela . Icgi-latinu, driving ilieni
to the \ ergo of : tar ration ami rles-
peralinii, till to remember that over
all. ami above all, their most
i\e weapon for political redemption
i . the it \i i or and not the cniTrid
lie lipn
that any
heilsiou.
there i-
lhirtei‘ii
I Ultelilll
Letter from Hamilton.
THE NORTH AND .SOUTH RAILROAD—
HAMILTON AS A SUMMER RESORT—
CHOI’S, ETC , ETC.
Hamilton, Harris county. Ga., /
.Inly I at, 187ri. j
Editors A /bit ny Xews:
As it has been .some time since I
lad wrote, and thinking pmb.ibly
you would like to hear a lew word ,
from this part of the State, in regard
to things of general interest, I will
write you a lew lines, to this point.
It is now evident that we are -oon
to have a Railroad to Hamilton ; tin*
road which has been within three
miles of us for the past live or six
years has never been extended, ow ing
to the fact that money being scarce,
and our people not being able to sub
scribe, have been compelled, by sheer
necessity, to do w'iliinut it, and al the
same time fully aware of bow juuch
they were losing by not having it ex
tended beyond the mountain. But
now the road has been - old, and work
commenced in real good earne d b\
the new company.
The pureha er, Mr. II. Blanchard,
is from Boston, and represents tw*»
other gentlemen, w ho are reported to
he men of siitticient ability to carry
out promptly their agreement. Mr.
Blanehaf'.i whilst not expecting to
have any subscription from tin* peo
ple of Harris county, would be very
glad to have them join him in the en
terprise, as In* feels the neeev.it v of
having friends along the whole I in.-
of road. Mr. B. ha*, made a contract
with the Roan Iron Company of Chat
tanooga, Tenu., for furnishing the
iron, and has also contracted with a
gentleman of Columbus for ten thous
and cross-ties, with which lie will ex
tend it to Humiltou ; and ere long w r »*
will bear the whistle of the engine a
it passes through our street . I am
fully pursuaded that Mr. Blanchard
will meet with much succeeds in thi
enterprise, and it will be him and
the company he. represents a “big bo
nanza.” Every one who has any ac
quaintance with him, or has had any
business transaction, pronounce him
a courteous and* accomodating gen
tleman. 1 w ill say no more about our
railroad at present, but will have
something more to say in my next.
HAMILTON AS A SUMMER ROoRT.
While other places are retting forth
their attractions,I wishto -av a word
lor Hamilton. 1 claim that lliL place
is ini-til-passed in the Slab* as a -uin-
iner re ort. It lias been beautifully
alluded to as the “gem of I hr- moun
tains,” and well worthy is it of tin
name. Surrounded by Ihe most r«»
mantic mountain scenery, having an
abundant supply of water of the
purest quality, and so cool that it
need- no ice, ami fanned by hr
which are e\hiler.iting in their
feels, and whose coolness is
known to the denizens of the h
dusty cities—Albany, for iiist,
is the very place for the iij
wishes a short respite fro
ness, or for the head of
w ho desires to place h
children in a quiet, pleti
retreat. Besides our in
tractions and advautti
-pring of chalybeate
which is said to
medical properties,
middle Georgia,
no mean- least, t,
our little villa
omnlished
they arc •• II
incuts, and
•I'oqlict. q
ntertaiiiiiu
can heal*
piano, wafted
from the fairy
pli*.h rl Miss M. W!
THE
'flu* late iiicessan
rown farmers very
with their work,
is plentiful. The
very much injured by
Gorn has also been inj (
ing rain, ami high
it Inis been blow'll
ing it to a great ex
era I thing crops a
we should have
through July corn
The peat*h. apple,
fruit tree- are he:
fruit this year. Th
look a • it did last y
years, hut ft looks
feet in form.
Well, I will do
make inv h ltcr too lol
I am, Vo
BILL ARP.
AYliut He thinks of Bludlngr the
Sheaves.
AN INDENDENT LICK—HOW THEY OFT
i’ROPl'FD ■hex. black’s ad
vice—standing FOREVER.
* urrfi(«>ndeut Atlanta Constitution.]
Mr. Edituii : The harvest is over.—
Crest expectations hare not been re
alized. Farming is a good deal like
li->liin’. Every time you start out
yon can just ace yourself catchin’ ’em.
Inn after trying every hole iu the
■■reek, you go home sorrowfully, with
a fisherman's luck. But we arc not
I'oinplaiuiii’ by no means, for we’ve
got wheat enuff for biskit every day
ami light bread on Sunday, and a few
bushels to spare for them angels
(list's to cum along unawares sum of
these days. IVe finished cuttin’ the
oat crop this mornin’, and what with
• hem and the clover already houBed,
the cattle are safe for another year.—
I imagine they look assay and thank
ful ; lint as for me, Mr. Editur, 1 am a
used up individual. Duriu’ harvest
1 have had to be a binder, and if you
don’t know what that is, ask Harris.
The ends of these Ungers which are
now inscribin’ this epistle are iu n
had lix. Skariflde and stuck up with
■ •nil nettles and briars, they are a-
sore as a diool-boya bile. There was
some variation to my business, such
as catchin’young rabbits and rindin'
pattriilge nests, and pickin’ dewber
ries; hut the romance wore otfthc
first day, and by the end of the next
my wife sava I waa as humble a man
as any woman could desire. Its a
n min purly thing to write about
and make up oads and pomes. The
golden grain, the manly reapers, the
.fruitin' sheaves, the soitg of the har-
vesters, and pnrtv Miss Ruth coquet
ting around the fields of old man
iioaz, and "how jokin’ did they drive
their team afield,” is ail so sweat and
nice to a man up a tree with an um-
brel, but if them poets had to tie
>. heat a day iu a June snu, their sen
timentality would henceforth seek
.mother siibjek. I tried swingin’ the
cradle awhile, but somehow or some
how else, I couldn’t exactly get the
lick. It wasent the kind of a cradle
1 have keen used to, and I’m too old a
dog to learn new tricks now. The
■wing of the reaper’s cradle is a very
pecul'ar motion—yen - regular in its
irregularity, and goes for the weeds
inJ bushes and briars and the wlicnt,
all llte same. .Somehow or other il
reminds me of au independent candi
date a side-wipin’ around to get offiis
in a tu islifide way. Well, I like in
dependence, and that’s why I like
t'ainiiu'—nobody to look to for a liv
in' hut Providence. I like to see a
man independent iu opiuion and iu
tetion, too. and if he suckseeds, it
■lum a that there is gum in him—but
it won't do to run that, skednle too
long or loo fur in politics or religion.
Bonaparl and Beecher tried it, amUfi
the} couldn't keep it up,
can’t. Everybody has gi
to line sometime,
sorts of people wi
hack and sav
for you." hi]
gin to thi,
thing Ii
The Jews as Citizens.
From th* .SI, Louis Krenin^ IW.]
“The healthy know not of their
health, but they flint arc sick." Such
is the ancient proverb upon which
Carlyle founds one of his most inter
esting and instructive cssa>s, entitled
“Characteristics." lie bring- to our
notice what we all know |H-rfcrtiy
well when we refieet, that inicoiisci-
ousness is the sign ot health in nny
organ whether of Ihe Inininn body or
the body politic.
This proverb,and Carlyle's essay
upon it, have lieen hrought forcibly
to our mind as circumstances lately
directed our attention to the fact that
the Jews, as citizens of our country
and dwellers of our cities, are rarely
ever, if ever, found among the troub
lesome classes. Who ever saw a Jew
a beggar, or heard of one in au alms
house ? They never figure in'our 1 wi
lier courts; they contribute nothing
to the literature of domestic scandals;
and so rare among them is the com
mission of a grave crime that when
one of their nation is guilty of such
an act, the strangeness of the circum
stance is its chief element of novelty,
and the whole Jewish people feel that
it is a kind of permit il di grace.
Looked upon in this light lie Jews
are among the ne t valuable citizens
we have. They are industrious, fru
gal, aud honest. They pay their pro
portion of taxes for the support of
the government vlicciTully, while
they impose no live tin the way of
adding any cost to the c ue ot either
the pauper or the criminal classes
Their family trouble , if they ever
have any, are never aired tu the news
papers or the court , anti in a great
many respects thev are worthy to he
held up as models for the imitation
of all.
Aside front the value of the Jews
as citizens considered from this neg
ative standpoint, we cannot hut no
tice that from being a once stigma
tized people, they are now regarded
as entitled to. and are treated w>th
the consideration which merit and in
telligence, according to our theory of
society, everywhere command. Last
summer when Judge lim n promul
gated his famous order that Jew-
should not he received at hi hotel iu
Saratoga, the whole countrc, through
the press, resented the insult. For a-
UieJews increase in wealth they are
everywhere found to increase :n in
telligence anil culture. In their fam
ilies they arc especially devoted as
parents; where tlu-y have small-.hops
who lias not oh . rve.i that the chil
dren and parent. are geiierallv found
happily associated together in them;
and as their menus permit, every ad
vantage is afinrded to their children.
They arc among our most carefully
instructed art and music pupils; they
are conscientious!! given ait educa
tional advantage .
Through all the per editions to
which the Jews have been -object 'd,
the unjust discriminations made
against them, the outrageous 'special
taxes levied on them in many coun
tries, we have never yet heard of a
Jew who denied his nationality ; and
if we mistake not, the day is not far
distant when n man or woman shall
he proud to boast of Jewish descent.
For it is being more aud more revog-
nized as one of the most wonderful
phenomena of hi-iort that though
broken as it inlii atoms, and scatter
ed through all clinics among tlic rud
est and mosl uncivilized nations, they
have preserved through thousands ot —
years common feature-, halrifc
observances Their
torv ofl
All.:
■ I line
ir ■ it miner
t our winter
Italy i. lo have a juhih'
lion next year, when rigifl
dred years will have clap:
two cities of I'ompeii aud 11J
uni were de-iroyed h
and eruption- from Mount V
It is now intended lo “cetrbi
iluy," ami the scene of I he ccretif
is io heal I'ompeii itself, ti
heller known ot* the two loir
cities.
The Washington tt,a) tia/ette ■
"Of till the fieorgin delegation, we
would rather sec Don. Win. E. Smith,
of Ihe Second Oisfrii't, relumed to
t'migreat, linn ally other man. lie i-
Ihe only one of our llepro-eiilnlivo-
w ho had seme enough lovote agaie-l
Ihe elecloral hill, w liicli ha- can cl
such a perversion of justice a- wa
never liefurc known in thi cniiniri
lie stood up for the lights ot hi pc, m
pie, while ihv Itcuiocrals in t ongt. "*
Hindu an iincuudiliuiittl surrender.
