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Newspaper Page TextK88IOSAL CARPS WVER8. & ALFRIEND, Attorneys at Law. D. A. VASON. ittur.Dmik. A.H. UIMW, WOOTEN 86 JONES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, IT. GEORGIA W. M. IMNM. Drs. Holmes & DeMoss, DENTISTS. ALBANY, ... UF.ORQ1 . W. BACON »>. 1-1T W, A. STROTHER, U. S. ALBANY. GKORGIA. Olce over Gilbert’s Dme Store. JUUrinMulWIIn|Ni»Yi1liM<1nim>|il Dr. E. W. AIaFRIBNDT R BIKir ULLY Mn an n- iteua knock.ol feta unfa***. to it. cWum •(AlburudMRMiadUicoaDirT Ofc* at <»U- Dr. P. Ii. BILSMAN, in non ioomaw vm i Dm ~ "lean on Pin. rtmt, BMC Ik. Dnrtac ktBkCk from oftc*. cam- crtsz I Off MMf a»oM be l#f l At Ik* rinit ? HOTELS T>AJY BOARD At TUI BARNES HOUSE, $20 Per Month. BOGEN HOUSE,' (FORMERLY TOWNS HOl^K.) BROAD STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA rpHEBaptBow la sow iway for the reeeptin* X rf irrrr Tbetuwei* a uifEeieni fuarantes |R DwkooM wUI be kepi is first-class «t y,' «my ^ ■— •u <t. HUOKS, Proprietor MoAFEE HOUSE, ithville- : = Geov«i* OUMlM R. K Drjsit. . NeAFEE. Prnpiietnr. W HOUSE. AMER1CUS. GA. Ib the C.aler of hu.inrns- ■ilc the Court House. Oppo Board Per Day $2 00 3. T. COLLINS. Proprietor. Btloo paid to the wants ol all pt**i*.- PEOPLE LIKE OUK Clothiig! Hie Beesons Why: » % r r * A mirtnl change tor with a hole in ii. I a welroaie avails Jft THE ALBANY NE By WESTON & EVANS.} VOL r ME 12. Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. I $2.00 Per Annum A L H A N Y. G E <) K (J I A , THU It S l> A V, .1 TT L Y 25. 1878. NUMBER 30 aotrs n\A\i’/A/ srsrnt. On. -Irftfli of ri|NMied , Oar tenth «»f bleating flout*, Kor len-teath**shinr sn.t r» «»ne-tenth of loom .in.i pr*"-- one-tenth of mill 4iul min.'. Om-lentil ol every . rail Wrought tail hy'ftifi* ,.| | hm One-lenlh of £ lorn it £ vunh That itlowinc ffiiihea* hoi,i . tliie-tenlli uf ariltru thinn(hli Thai turn to shinin< «col.l Oae-tealh* an.l dost Thon. Lord. But a*k this meagre l.mi. When aU U»e earth i* Th.ur. A ad all we bare Thine own ’ Sense nml Nunsraw. A silver qmr- A country paperadverti: c , -Boar,l wanted for a pout Ionian and w ife with gas." The butcher who sell ox-tails for soup, and calves' heads for dinner, undoubtedly makes both ends meat. Over at the Exposition they are laving up something for a rainy day— not an umbrella, but a Paris-haul. Mathematics. Freshman at board. Professor—"Mr. E., what have you got?” E. (innocently) — -I’ve got stuck.” The most despotic government can not so abridge speech a-, to prevent men from saving, "it's a very nice day.” Josh Billing- says • "Don't carry aigs in yore cotale pocket. Aig- ain’t good after they've boon sot on. A Reading brewer thinks lager beer courage. Respectfully referred to the marines, who love tin- schoon ers. There is a wonderful power in im agination, but ii gels weak in Ihe knees when ii undertakes to shoulder circus lemonade. The passengers liv Ihe steamer which took out a cargo of Ainorieau lieose should feel entire!) safe—there re s« many skippers aboard. When Emerson recklessly wrote, Every natural aetion i- graceful." hat! he ever seen an angry woman throw a stone at a cow ? A Worcester mail has invented a new kind of strawberry box. It has every merit except that of holding a quart. anil the inventor is still ,-xpcr- menting. Clara Loui-e Kellogg thinks news paper men are only til to he squeezed much a- possible ami then aban doned. That depends on the -spirit of the press." it is saul llial Edison is about to throw on the market a new corkscrew crimpter that will twist the hair of trusting women forty dill'erent direc tions at the same time. A Waterloo paper ask-: -What shall we do with onr Fourth?" Well, if you cannot manage to keep it your self, g.-i some good family to adopt it anti bring it up on a bottle. \ Sunday-school teacher who. be ar told how liod punished Ihe Kgyp- iaus hv rati-mg the tir-t-born of each hou-eholil to to- killed, rejoin-d with. What Would l iod have done if then had been twin-?" A temperance paper, printed at Harrisburg, ha- su-peu'drd. litor bitterly remarking that he -cannot live on wind." And yet lie evidently supposed his rentiers could. "Benny." -aid Id- maiden aunt, you should eat the barley in your soup, or you w ill never gel a man." Benny, looking tip. naively inquired : s that u bat you eat it tor. aunty?" Professor—■•Can you multiply to- ■ther eoneretc number-?" The olas- e uncertain. I'mfcs-or — "What would 1st* tin- product of live apple, multiplied by six potatoes?” Fresh man (triumphantly)—“Ha-h.” My dear, did you say or did von liot say what I -aid you -aid. because Mra. Grundy said you said you never did say what I said you said? Now if you did say that you did not say Whnt I said you said, then what did It is estimated that 37,000 yollllf. women have been graduated front colleges and female seminaries thi season. Just think of it! Thirty- even thousand young women with their young mind full of French converts lion-, mental philosphy, whitt pekays and deferential calculus, and not one of them that can make a green apple pie or map out a con stitutionai amendment for the sub urb: of a pair of pantc. 0nr gonrspandruts. Utter front Milford. i rrw rustic isits from that surer LITTLE VII.I.AUK. Mii.foko. Ga., July 2. 1878. Editors A Urnnii Xeirx: As Bill Arp would say. “every thing remains love ly." The corn lias grown out of sight front Ihe reeent high pressure of most propitious showers; King Cotton, loo. is spreading aloft, trying to fol low the example of tlte corn, and now temptingly presents its snowy blos som-to the ready sip of tlte humble bee. Ollier bugs and bees are ex periencing (lie same drliriousncss— sipping the sweet* from the tender flowers, thumping fences and other objects that chance to lie in their way, and keeping the air alive with itiusie of infinite melody. The erops are mo-t splendid. Never before have I seen the faces of farmers wreathed in "tell happy smiles. Indeed their look- an* so bouyant, their hand- hake-so cordial, that it seems as if they had suddenly awakened from dreams as pleasing as those of the thousand and one enchanted nights. Sever have .seasons been more regu lar. Crops have suffered hardly a dac. Corn is made, and cotton is doubly fruited to auy proceeding t ear. What a comforting thought it is to think that th^ hard times are -lowly vanishing, and to feel that we are gradually approaching the time when the broad smile of plenty shall peep forth from every door. Would that I possessed the power to exalt this occupation—an occupation, as it is, that is the very bone and sinew of t nation’s prosperity. 1 would cast off every slander that prejudicial minds might heap upon it, and clothe it in such beautiful imagery, that king- and princes would consider il no condescension to participate in its activity. DOTS. We are going to have a grand pic nic at Hand ami Rafails’ Mills, on the —7lit inst. and the names of the coin- niittee are "Dolly” Ledbetter. Frank Norris. George Lark. Ilatn Cook and Ben Askew, a aiiliicient guarantee that it will prove a most pleasant anil iii-li err hi affair. Perhaps I wilt he there.* The young folks of this burg am) section are now experiencing the pleasures that arise from a spelling- lie,*. Words are -petlerl in a break neck ami daslt-along kind of a way sometimes. On the last first Sunday, that most able man of God, Rev. W. L Curry, preached a very able sermon, at this plaee. after which a Sabbath School was organized, something we have a long time. I’rotrael- rill continence at llii- fir-t Sunday in next aver, anil the itvered with now eo nf a bras Farrington & Price. FOR SALE OR RENT! O NE KTOKK AND DWEM.INO *1 t>arv. «.• . 9. W. It K. '. ,*1 !«*• lion hr l.**»i- mmm. Apply to A. W TfTlNEtt, .In . jn•*95-1 do Lrarjr. <«a. LOST! AUm;, Jim u, u.a. w. w. u 11.101: Nominating hi*. Wife. Enoch Emory i-t editor of Peoria (III.) Transcript. A few months ago he married a Misa Whitehead, who at that time was superintendent of the schools in that county. In the course of time the election season rolled around, and the lady aspired for a r‘-nomination before the Republican County Convention. Her bu .band was. a delegate, and the following ac count of how lie presented her to the convention, is given in an Illinois pa per : When Enoch Emery am e in the Peoria county convention to nomi nate the candidate for county uper- intendent of the school-, there came a sudden lull in the proceedings. Every one became intere-led, and the dele gates leaned lortvnrd in breathless I cm I ion. One mtilil hear a horse rough in that an fill slillucs.. The emotion extended to the good Enoch himself, lie arose, diffidently toying With hi- -pectaclc. tj, t cleaning them with a cambric handkerchief, and placing them on Id- head, lie aid : I |>ut in nomination for tin* olllee ol eountv -iiperinlemliTit of -chools. Mr-. Mill t Whitehead (a long pause, Emory (fluttering among tin* dele gates)— I nominated her four vear- ag«, (-ell.alien, and a- I \va-in-onte -eu-e responsible for hern- an ollieial. I got to watching In i . (Cheer-.) I watched her cl and -an Iter real worth. (Encouraging cheers.) 1 was drawn nearer and nearer I*, her. (eric- of good, go on!, and the doner I got to her tin* heller I liked her. > Storm of applan-e.j s|„* na nom inated without a ,li nil my vote. been need ill) place on 111 month. Blackherr Milford brigade i- covi glory. The citizens of l.e.iry an joying the martial melody hand. Success to it. The people are solid for Win. Ik Smith. My ears have been open, and as y et I have not heard one voice ob ject to his being returned to the coun cil- of the Nation. How defiantly lias In- stood forth against the wrotig- tluil have I perpetrated upon lii- tinlry! He may not have done anything lirillinut; lie may not liavi- startlcd the Nation with some won derful utterance ; lint lie has evinced a truthfulness, a patriotism, that, in these day.- of political degeneracy, stands pre-eminently forth. We feel towards this man a kind of fraternal, inexpressible regard; the simple feel ing of trust pervades the whole dis trict. We feel that with him our in I crests are safe, and the confidence n'i repose in him will not be misplaced. We acknowledge fealty to no one hut the regular nominee. Cct him I„ only nominated, and we will show in what light we regard him. Then let us all come forward ami accord l< this man our heartiest support. If there are any doubting ones, let them recur to his past career ; let them take into consideration the truth, the sin cerity that lm: actuated his past mo tives. If this ir, done, wh feel confi dent that their ambiguity will vani-l like the mist, and that the loud shout of 1,11 n lu Win. E Smith wili inouut to the verv skies. S. J. C < alltotm County Dots. BY I.I'll MORI.AN COKItF.RPON'DFNT. tine and heavy turn. What litut become of I,. G. < ”s Kur il/ County Xt icsf Why, lie has got to he County Judge, mid don't iixso- iato very closely with newspaper men, especially when they refuse him Ihe privilege of extricating himself 1 from a fisherman's net. Sieli is life. It is said that Ihe City Council of Morgan at one time contemplated passing an ordinance against /eh ’ierce's old ram goal, hut for fear of getting some news paper editor into trouble, we think the idea has been nliauiloned. Well, gentlemen, we think your conclusion a wise one, since it would not look exactly fair to interfere with the divine services of our own town Billy, and allow onr neighboring Billy to kick up devil ment with impunity. We have been looking and expect ing, ever since our last Superior Court, to see the advertising of Cal houn county come out in the Albany News, but so far we have been dis appointed. Why there has been no hnuge in the county advertising, we lo not wholly understand, tor the rand jury at the last term of our Superior Court, well knowing your paper to be the proper one in which our county publishing should be done, and thinking a change front the Early County to the Albany News would be for the better, so recom mended in their general presentments, but we see no change, nor do we hear of any. It seems to us now that there is nothing else necessary to make the change but the action ol Ihe Ordinary and Sherifl', anil we think they would be doing nothin*- more than their duty to have Hie ad rertising of our county pm in your paper. Hoping to see Ihe change made soon. I remain, etc.. Jr mis. , S.—IV. T. Young carried Leary, on the IStli instant, an open Itoll of cotton, grown in his crop on .1. W. Taylor s plantation in this county. J. The Dying Statement, of Mielittel Shaw. The Milledgeville OhI On/iitul say - : It will he remembered that Shim swallowed poison in Milledgeville jail just one month ago. preferring. In- said, to die rather than return to At lanta. He made a written statement at that time, about which a great deal has been surmised, hut which no one was allowed to see except his at torneys. His life was saved, and tin- paper has been kepi carefully pre served since. We give it now, as In wrote it. word for word. It is not a onfession, as will be seen, but what he considered to be. at that time, his dying statement. It is published with his consent. Mv Dear Mother—l dun^xwaiil yon to grive after me. All I aik von to do is to take the best care of toy baby Hint you *ean. .Meet me in Heateu. for I feel that I am all right. I think that 1 am better oil' than tlte parties who have sworn my lifeaway . and that has worked undcriiimjlin;' Ways to take my life. I ant better oil than any of them, so do not grive af ter me. Pay Duliiguou and Whit field all that isdnethem, for 1 believe they have done all they could up i<> this time. I might get a commute. But 1 had rather die than to go hack to Atlanta jail. I know that Gov. Colquitt would pardon me if lie could know just how it was. lie would pat- don tne at a word. So I don't want you t<> grieve after me. Inti take ear** of my haliv and meet mein Heaven, for I feel that 1 am better off titan lie outs that lias sworn my lifeaway.— Now I hope that those who have done all they can against me, are satisfied I don't want my friends to stop work until they find out Hie right party. Ii will be found out some day. when il is to late for me. I know iny treat incut ami my wife’s wishes, lot* I worked as hard for my wife as any man that over lived, and I am as clear of mv charge as a liahy, anil God in Heaven knows it. .Mother, don’t think that I ant erazv, for 1 ant in my right mind, ami don't intend to go hark to Atlanta. 11' il wasn’t for that I would tuff it out. But I don't want to go and don't intend to go. Don't think anybody gave me the strych nine here, for I have had il for two •>* three months. I got it in Atlanta jail ; a revenue man gave it to me. but 1 don’t call no name. So, farewell Mother and father and brothers and sinters and friends.— Don’t grieve after me. Take care ot my baby and meet me in Heaven. I feel I ant going home to rest, mother and father, sisters and brothers, t don’t want von all to get in n*> trouble with those parties who swore my life away, for God is pis! anil In- will reward them all. So lei all pa* away. Bury me by mv «ife and ha by if it is agreeable with all parto* if not agreeable with all parties - nit yourself. Your uufortiinafe -on, aMichafi. Sit AW. To Consumptives. HIM. A HP’S VERSION. HOW I.ESTER FOUND FEI.TON A MONO THE ItoM E-Ot! ARIIS —SI.ANIIER1NO III- NEIOIIROR ON SATURDAY, A Nil l*REACItINO THE GOS- I’EI. ON SUNDAY—EEL- ION IS THE CHARAC TER OF SATAN RF.HUK- I NO SIN—HOW THE ONE-ARMED HERO MET THE PHAR ISAICAL PAR-. zens, when Wofford was lighting in Mexico, where was Luster then ?” An nobody answered, I suppose the con- iimdrum was given up. He wound up by tellin Luster that he would beat him 2,000 votes in Bortow, and beat hit* in his own county besides. Well, the Felton boys shouted splen didly, and the Lustur boys yelled amazitt, and it was hard tn tell which side made the most satisfactory fuss ; but there wasn few big-mouthed dar kies on hand and you could hear ’em hurra tor Felton u half a mile, and one of’em in partickler always wound up his Injun howl with "I is a wild hog, I is.” night) carry it on deck and stow in the netting. The rules aj** very strict in regard to promptness In every thing, and no turning over for another nap is permitted after the first call. This rapidity in beginning the day is calculated to cultivate tbat power of quickly collecting the flto- ulties from a state of slumber, tte- e*- scntial to the efficiency of • seaman In sudden emergencies. Ten - minutes more are allowed to get a swallow of coffee, or to speak with truth, sweet ened hot water. The boys are then sent on deck to perform their morn ing ablutions, i. c. wash their faces, rins and legs in a backet of sea-wa- Moroan, July 16, 1878. county can boast of its line crops this year as the lands produce. Morgan is quid, and stands cxact- lv in the same place, not withstanding tin* tremendous hutting received hhiii* lino* hark from a full-grown Billy of onr neighboring town, <'ittlilierl. Four i riniin.il cases tried in till* t'nllinuu County Court this week: Make Mi-Ei-tiiloti, for assault and bat tery : Ann Walker, for simple larce- no: Violet Miiiiti-i- anil Iz*wis Mini- tee. for slabbing. All colored indi vidual-: the first three were found guilty, and the fourth aeqtiilled. Col. C. M. Davis sent to Morgan, lift week, three car- of haul corn, grow n tlii-year tm Id- plantation in Calhoun, and aid that In* sent to mill -olio- ol the same sort on Ho- 3d. it .1,-i-ni, not only an early, hut a very A physician makes the following suggestion to those liable tion: A particular kind ofcxcivi r i . to he recommended for those wlm-e eliexts are narrow*, whose shoulder . stoop, anil who have a hereditary pre disposition lo I’liiisuiiiption. Ii' ii is systematically practiced along tvilli other means or health, il i- a sale guard against the invasion of this di ease. It is voluntary inspiration.- Nothing is rnnre simple. Stand throw the shoulders hark, and the hands liehind ; then inhale pure air to Hie full eapaeity of longs, and re tain it a lew seconds liy an increased effort; then it may In* slow ly-exhaled. After one or twoiialural inspiration-, lei the art lie repeated, and so on lor ten or fifteen minutes, twice daily. Not only is this simple proeeilure a safeguard against eousiiniption. Ion in the opinion of souie learned pi already eouiuieneed. The New York Sinnl\ Matthews <l< the Administration. I as a publicist he is a vlien* il Ii: Tl'iliniii tV 11 Ihe . Hoi ailu decided II ,III, 11 tin Ills AlloilA CiiaMItlltlun.) Kditurs Constitution : The combat thickens! On ye brave! On Thurs day last General Luster opened the battle at ('artersville with a sixteen pounder, just lo feel of the enemy- and see if they were tint I*. He found hint entrenched among the old home guards, and for about fifteen minutes they scented to look upon the cannon adin' as a joak. Before long Ihe Gen eral put iti some heavy guns, and the enemy began to wake up and stir round quite lively. For an hour and a half Luster poured shut and shell around ’em and over ’em and into ’em, and then stopped and paused for a reply. General Felton had by this time got all of Ins pieecs in position, ami stayin' behind his entrenchments, he hanged away furiously forubout two hours, pourin' all sorts ot big guns and little guns and long guns and short guns and swivels and mortars and chain shot and slung shot and shot with pisen halls in 'em, rammed down with old newspapers and tcl- egratus from Alex Stephens and a letter from John Wofford and docu ments from the emigration Intro, and seemin' as how the enemy reniaitied lii-nt and unterritied, lie ripped up Joe Brown's road and slung it at him from a lug columbiad. and elunt a a tree -.uni oxelainied, “If you don't leave here prematurely and let me alum* I’ll set General Wofford on you in the name of the Lord next Sun day illumin' at 10 o’clock a. lit.—pre- ci-'ely by mv Washington time. Now git. But Luster wouldn't git worth a cent—on the contrary lie brot for ward his old millet gun. and usin' I’arson Felton's seripter text for wad- den, lie let tly for fifteen inim-ts in the awfnllest manner amazin. He made lo holes ill the breastworks and hit the enemy twixt wind and water and demoralized his home guard to an alarmiu extent. But General Felton rallied ami came Imek to time, and after a few random shots from both side- the forces were drawn off' and the guns put in the branch to cool. A- usual, both sides claim the victory, though it is certain, that while Luster did not lose a man, the Imrial squad was at work in the fortifications to a late liiittr last night. 1 hoard General Luster say that he had hint where he wanted him. “for.” says lie, “if lie stays where lie is I'll forage all over the district and perish him out, and if lie dares lo come out I’ll whip him anywhere in an open field and a fair light." Well, you see, I,lister (we used to eall him Luster when lie was a hoy) spoke fur two hours at the start; tellin* ihe people who he was, and what In* **iiin for, and who sent him, and how lo* fell towards them and all iiia.'.l.iml: like the young fellow said he felt when his sweetheart that he was a dyin for. owned up that she loved hint, and he said. "Right there 1 didn't leave no hard feeling agin no holly in the world." He peppered and salted and spread his speech with joakes and 'antidotes and when he got done everybody was in a good hunior « ith him and themselves and the rest of mankind. He done it up splendidly. 1 tell you, and if the thing had stopped right there, the home guards would have returned to their hollies calm and serene, satisfied that if Luster got to Washington the country would still he safe. But you see, il didn’t stop there, and that * - always the way iu this life. Things won’t stop where we want cm. A man is always a runnin up agin somebody and lie can’t have his own way about nothin. And jesso Dr. Felton run up agin Luster. The doc tor has got a good taste of Washing ton. and it -nits him and he’s not goto to siirrendcr. The elegant hilarity of it. harmonious with his genial dispo sition. iu fact, it heats Felton's chapel, and all that soi l of bisucss to death. Well, In* begun his reply with a mournful solo upon Hie purity of the judicial ermine as il used to was when judge- were pure ami dignified, and 1 think In* wept a little when he talk ed about Judge Luster a gittin down off the Itciirli and draggiu his judicial cloak ahmtl in the mud and mire and tilth of polities. Then he told how a prominent gentleman said yester dayhe tvanle,I In entile out and take the lield fin* him. bill he hail a big -nil in Luster's court and lie was afraid if In* did il would prejudicc liisease. Then lie defended himself for running as an independent eandi- dale, and read extracts Iroin Mr. Stephens about rings and polities! trickster-. ami lie paid ii lung Irilitt tarv to that independent genlleui:in and aeeu* t*d him of being the great csl iiian that the Almighty ever made. Then In* ilenmineed the Ringgold con vention a- a trick and a fraud gotten up by hi cm-mic- and ciincm-tcd iu a hack room by -nun* jack-leg lawyers, lie -aid he had a document In prnv this and lie read an extract from letter of John W. H oll'onl. of Mi* soiu-i. which -aid that lie. Wofford, had I'niiml out that there was a rin and In w i lled I mild conic hack I Georgia to help the doctor fight it. Then In* up Judge Luster's re cord and accused him of voting I'ole against I’icrcc Young and taking office under Bullock and plun dering the treasury and of helping .Inc I'.ruw ii In swindle the Slat I her rail rul'd, and lie wound up tin nil by saying that this Luster was a great man and a great hero—Hint lie na- horn great, and during Hu war In* got to he » heap greater, and In* w a . running on his w*ar record, ami was taking to hitm-clf great ercil il. I an ,i* In* did his duly as a sol dim* ju-t like ten thousand other sol dier-did and flii'ii lie inocki'd Lus ter's way III' hill.tin down hi- sliini|i w ith his left arm and puinped hiuiscir a tittle and gave mill's licit although lie was not a soldier himself, the iniiiioi'lal invincible hero hinidrcil I.attic Held*. General W. T Wolford, would lake Hi.* li.-l.l in hi But von see, Mr. Edit nr, Luster had ter. At three bells, or half past fire, another chance at the parson, and for j it is turn to, wash down or holy stone 15 minutes he made it grand, lively* 1 one of the three decks, scrub paint and peculiar. He charged him xvith j work, clean the ship’s boats, square utterin slander that he knew to In* i t aids, spread awnings and polish the false, and iie put hint on partikler no-' brass work, which occupies the time lis that lie shouldcnt do it anv more, I with the exception of a few minutef*- that his age nor his high calling nor l at seven bells for inspection, till nothing else should protect him if he j breakfast time at eight o’clock. At dared ever again to repeat those slan-1 - even hells theboysarecallpdtoquar- ilcrs. I tell you he was hot and he * tors, then form iti two lines on the was grand. He rose forward to the ] quarter-deck, with sleeves and pants ■tight of his indignation. llis left! rolled up, heads Imre, and are care- arm towered in the air—the stump of i fully inspected by the master-at-arms, his right arm got excited, too, and j imcjeaiiliness, of course, being pnu- sitddcnly tore the empty sleeve out of I islted as a grave offense, his pocket, anil sent i I curl in above At eight bells the work of cleaning Itis head, and nslic spoke of truth, and Ihe ship is over, and the crew all go honor, and the legacy a good man to breakfast. Mess clothes are not ought to preserve for his children,! used on the New Hampshire, the the boys trembled, and cried, and crew enjoying the luxury of white shouted, and nary man in all that j ash swinging tables and benches to crowd had cheek enough to holler ] sit upon. The table furniture is com- liurrali for Felton. “What kind of a | posed of a tin pot, spoon and pan Cor matt is that, fellow-citizens." said he.; each man,a wooden tub or “bread kit” who will on .Saturday slanders of his fcllow-uia on Sunday rise up in Hie sacred and preach a sermon from the t ‘Let your communications lie yea and nay, nay, for whatsoever i tiller these j and a large oval tin pan, which some- ami then times contains "souce. -I. The tables are hung in a long row - on the upper gun deck, each table •a. accommodating about twenty* hove; ditiles consisting of cofiee, hard than this romclh of evil.' and what tack or sea buschit, sometimes kind of an apostle of God is In* who 1 pretty lively,eontaining“stowaways’' denounces me for dragging Hu* judi- in the shape of full fledged maggots. I'ial erniiue in the filthy quagmire ol Sometimes “bread sonce” or “potatoe politics, when lie himself *is trailing hash are added to the bill of fare. in the same filth that sacred mantle These latter delicacies are simply which as a minister of God he wears, hard taek or potatoes boiled in a ket- iind elnsms to have i-onn* down from lie with a little fine chopped pork, heaven?" and plenty of “slush” by way of I tell you. Mr. Editur. and yon may seasoning, tell it lii your folks, that oui-stundard At nine o'clock one gun’s crew, or hearer is all rigid, lie'll wake up j seventeen I my.s, go to quarter* and the dormant energies. The parson for half an hour are instructed in lidn't know wlm lie was foolin'with, great gun drills small arms (rifles) hut lie’s a futdiu' out fast and faster, cutlasses or pistols, according with Luster never got tired of a joh tlic daily routine ;another in knotting, in his life, lie’s got as much hold on splicing, tossing and furling sail, lead as Tom l’erry, and can carry as big a lines, log lines, learning the ropes load. He's broad shouldered, big ; and their uses etc., by the boatswain necked, dark skinned, nimble footed. : and picked seaman, or are taught the with eye brows like a small brush use of palm and needle in making and heap, and Hie beard on his chin repairing sails and other canvas- would grate a cocoanut to the hollo'*, work. in two minutes and a half. Win A third gnu’s crew are under in- yon might as well attack a Stone struction in the school room on the Mountain jail as such a man as that! ; lower deck, a bright, breezy room, AVIteti he lakes hold he won t let go ; large enough to accomodate ouehuu- you cant heal him ofl; nor scare him died hoys. off, and von cant kill him off, for : The studies are the primary branch- that’s been tried. Folk- that ought to know, do sav that his arm was in jured at the shoulder, hut it Ita- sprouted out agin and grown eight inches .since the war. Plowin'a hull aint nothin' to what he was raised.— He never had a pair of shoes until It* was grown, and used to ran about iu! quartes, the crew who were at the snow and ice and frost of winter quarters go to the school-room and workin’ to maintain Itis mother and her children,and he done it, too ; and one night when the stars fell and there was weepin’ and Availin’ and uashiu' of teeth, he was a run mi i about in flic potatoe patch tryiu’ to catch ’em in his hat. Hurrah for Luster. I say. Amen. Selah 1 Bin art. I I ; tt 1*11,11- . ) behalf. Ah <1 In*. • ■lion cili of the Engli-h language, and the tandard which they are required to Itain is the proficiency which the verage boy of fifteen usually reach 's. At ten o’clock there is a'general otatiou iu the different departments, the rigging or sa-’lmakers crew go to Life on a Training Ship. tlte scholars go to the sail-room or rigging lott. At eleven o’clock stud ies are suspended and the boys have a recess of two hours. At twelve o’clock noon dinner is served ; on four days of the week, il consists of fresh boiled beef, vegeta ble soup and fresh bread, on two days of salt pork, bean soup and hard tack, and on one day of coffee, hard I tack, "duft'/' or a sort of pudding, a favorite dish with sailors, and “salt horse,” which, bv the way, is very old and rich, and is reputed to have made a cruise with Noah in the ark. At one o’clock studies are resumed and continued till three, when the hoys are dismissed for the- day, but arc obliged to assist in any work that may be in progress. At five o’clock all hands go to supper, which cou- Beaueort, S. C., July 0—Editoi Morning News: During ilic past three months the old frigate New Hampshire has been converted into a training ship for the express purpose of giving the boys of the Southern. . _ . States an equal chance with those ol j nst.-i ot the remainsi of dinner and the tlte North of receiving a good nauri inevitable hard tack and coffee, cal education without the trouble and j After -upper the boys amuse them- expense of going so far from home to J se ^f s Dy playing games of different enlist. Notwithstanding the flatter- j k " l(ls i « he favorites being those which iug notices given by the papers to the j ca D ^ 0l * JP® re agility than caution, scheme, enlistments have been few j su ch as “follow vour leader. When nid far between, and up to this date becomes too dark to play,the boy about fifty hoys have been enlisted. 1 gather in groups with the other men Thev are received between the ages °* Gie [fillip’s company and listen to of sixteen and seventeen; must |,. j some old tar spin a yarn or sing h able to stand a strict physical exami nation and be able to read unit write ; full permission to enlist must In- granted by parents or guardians be for the boys sign the shipping article. After they have been regularly mi listed they are given an outfit of all necessary clothing, which may either lie paid for or charged to the hoy on the Paymaster’s acconnls and deduct ed from his monthly pay. Paying -ash for an outfit wili not benefit the hoy materially, as he is not allotted to go ashore any sooner than our w ho purchased his on credit. Some of Ihe boysappeurto have en listed with high aspiration-. Inti with no knowledge of Ihe duties they are required to perform or Hie many hardships of a sailor's life. The ol* -I for which they ore enlisted is not. many believe, to make otlieer- of them, hut only to train them to In- onte efficient naval seamen, to grad ually supercede the foreign element which now -o largely pivdniuhiutc- iii the United Stales navy. Tin* highest office to which a hoy- may aspire in the service i- to heroine boatswain, gunner, or sailtu.ikrr. and these positions are only attaina ble alter years of patient study and practical experience, assisted by po litical influence. For the generality of hoys who are alone or friendless, nr for those whose passions are un- gnverned. the training ship i- an ex ccllent institution. Tin* discipline to w hich they arc subjected i- stern, impartial, and never relaxed ; Hie punishment which follows had eondiict. sw ill and rcr- I:iill; the reward of merit, slow, p r Imps, hut equally sure. The routine of work and -t inly he ing so intermixed ; il keeps the hands and thoughts of Ihe ItoVs .*,■■■ taut ly eutployed that they have vert tit tie time lo study mischief. - till lc - to carry it into execution. The following i- a sy uop-i-of Hi,- daily routine, which is general!' car rieil out iu all kinds of weaihm-: llie reveille is sounded al live o'clock in the morning. When th,- ill'illu ceases heating the In,at- wain mates pipe "up all liaiiiuiocl.-.." Ten minutes are allowed iu which I,, turn mil. dress, pass seven tiivu will, a lashing around Hie liauiuioek, , ,u, more uo less, under penallv of toeing a euni for two Itoui the lollotviiis song. At nine o’clock the tattoo is played and every hoy is required to t'um into his hammock at once and keep perfectly silent, so that a few minutes after the drum ceases to beat every thing is quiet throughout the ship. * On Saturdays, whenever the weath er permits, the boys are instructed in rott ing and sailing the boats. It is needless tnadd that this to them is the best part of Hie routine. Saturday afternoon the boys enjoy a hnlf holi- lay. so far as immunity from work and study arc concerned, but they do not leave the ship. Sundays all unnecessary work is supposed to he stis|tended. The boys dress in their neatest uniforms. At nine o'clock all hands are called to quarters and inspection, which occu pies a half hour. Divine service is held on the gun deck at ten o’clock In the chaplain. Rev. l>r. Boroom, of the Episcopal High Church, after which Hie hoys dispose themselves about the decks, lo sleep, read or write, as fancy dictates, but are ob liged to keep quiet and subdue tlieir voices much as children of tlte an cient Puritans. At three o'clock in the nfii-runnii Sunday school is held in tlte school room, and attended hv all the hoys. Much indignation is manifested hv the white hoys because tlte blacks arc placed on an equal footing with them, ine-sing with them, anil sleep ing .*.iile by side, hut in separate ham mocks. The lir-t quarterly examination was held last week, several of llie hoys pa—ing very creditably, although only two were promoted, the others failing, to qualify through had eou- dnri or carelessness. R. C. “Bongs That 1 Remember.” AN ESSAY* READ RY MISS In' -siy WIL LINGHAM; IIF Al.UAM, GA., ON THE OCCASION OF HER GRADUATION AT MONROE FEMALE COLLEGE, WEDNES DAY, JULr 10th, 1878. The wonderful effect: of song mat* be seen from the parlor of the **or<tiv mansion to the poor, humble hot of the savage. When the golden moun tains brightly gleam in the last rays of the sunken sun and the golden Clouds that crown them blaze with tnore -than solar glory, is there any sound more lovely, more touching than the sott, eweet melodies of song ? The privilege of drawing aside the curtain that veils our hearts is vsl .ed most by the cultivated and intelligent, but does uot the savage iu bis t mi - bat, with the instrument made by hi' own band from a few pieces of tt mil Of the simplest material, seem to *pcak the language of his heart in hi- ttu- mislcal tones? We find uo class of be ings upon this broad earth who wili not acknowledge the potency of song. As I recall the dreamy past. I hear a low, gentle voice singing in clear notes the simple songs of chilhnod— Jockey Club, Little Jack Horner (with its comical rhythm) and melodic-that please a childish fancy. It was when roaming through the Woods, tripping o’er the meadow, rambling bv the brook side that 1 most enjoyed comie song-. Then it Was that Mulligan Guards, Captain Jinks, and the touching line.- of Old Black Joe seemed to he upon Hie lips of every one. But as the days passed |,y. as the. years rolled on other songs were stuig —sentimental airs began to reaelt my hearing. I never called upon a friend wlto dill not sing of love, “while o’er Iter lyre the rosy rays of evening fell, as if to feed with their soft tire, the *oul within the trembling shell." She would repeat in Hie language of song the beautiful lines pre-euted by an anient lover. A few of these piietie melodies made an impression ii|ioii my mind that time itself. *:i tt never ob literate ! I could not imagine how any sensible girl could refuse when such unearthly happiness was protfer- ed. Why, what wore could be tie- sired to make It r home an Ely shim when her suitor declared that the words of Moon' should he realized : ••Bright flower* nIi»II Movshii wherever ce rove A voice divine MtaU talk in eosli tdivaiu. The nan Khali look like worlds of love And thee nli beall one b auti'iil ilmain In our ejre*— Ifthon'll Wmine lore " But these wordsdilterciitin-ly from a description of life at the pre-cut day; for who will not agree with the poet when, with a smile for hi- pa-t Ignorance, he pen- the significant lines: M t dreamed ar.«l ih«mpht that life was lenuiv I woke and found that Hi ■ wan duly." Songs that are snug upon a low, K laintirc note, that awakened our sMer nature, that touch a sympathet ic chord—in other words, pathetic songs, arc always recalled with a sad pleasure. “She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,” i- •_> song no one' with a tender heart ran hear without shedding a sympathetic tear for the lonely maiden. “What is Home without a Mother.'“Home, Sweet Home," “Lone and Weary Through the Streets we Wander,” are songs whose resting place lies ilecjj within the recesses of every heart. The happy days of childhood arc hrouSht witliin our grasp when we make this petition : •■Backward, turn backward, O time iu your night; Wake me a child once more jun ior jo-night” Yes; when these sad words touch the lip.: nt our memory, we are carried unconsciously into Hie dreamy past. j -.'National songs are popular melo dies sung by nations. “God save the Queen” is the prayer of every heart iu England. "God save the' King" was first published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1745, and ever since Inis been a rallying song for the inhabi tants of Britain. Tltu words of this anthem are essentially the same—the bttly change being those rendered accessary by the introduction of new names, at the accession of successive Sovereign?. Under Victoria it as sumed the title of “God save Hie Queen.” Marseillaise, cite great na tional song of France, is so thrilling, so inspiring, that a popular rnove- J nent ernnot he without its assistance, t was be the animating, life-giving influence of the noted Marsaillaise that proud France wielded a victo rious sceptre iu iter revolutionary jirinies. Then there is dear oid “Dixie"— nur anthem. Can it ever lie erased from the fond memory of a South erner? No; so long as life's linger ing spark shali feebly liurn within Ids breast, tlte thrilling notes of "Dixie" Shall echo and re-echo in bis memory. Is if ever possible to listen to tho--c magic straius without brinying be fore onr vision tlte battle field—its dead and wounded—the brave, noble sons of the South ? As we gaze ti|ton that scene, the language of out* hearts corresponds with Hie poet's dream: “Sleep on, young soldier, with thy dream; well diii-t Hunt die. with that bright gleam of hope to sited it- parting beam fo—Dixie." But the songs that 1 lev** mo-t arc sacred. There is in the low. sweet music something not found iu any other class of wings. In the sentiment and refrain of tlte “Sweet By and By” a joy. a comfort is experienced. What a happy thought that after we have passed over life’s angry billow-, we shall anruor on a bright ami shining shore where all i- fairer than dav. Yes, “Bevonil the sunset’s ra- Sot iiiERV Men Begin ro Assert Tin M-Et.vt s.—The Southern Demo crats do not want tlieir Northern brethren lo think they have u claim .•ii litem never to be satisfied. They want it understood u divide Inis to take place, or there will he a kicking .•lent* out of the truces. A Southern railroad to tlte 1’aeitte is demanded, and the hanks of the muddy Missis- -ippi must he walled in with l*aruiii ilia rhle. The Southern man of 1850 and 18C0 begins to assert himself.—, Cincinnati Enquirer. diant jrlow. there is a better world I know. "Think of the triends over there, wlto before us the journey have rroti, well soon he over there, where tlte saints immortal are." 1 scarcely know llie effect of such hymn-, bui they elevate tt- above this blood-stained earth to the very por tals of heaven. I have liia>n speaking of the -ongs tbat I rvmemlicr: non i- there not one that is nearer, dearer to this throbbing heart than any 1 have men tioned? Yes; it i-: “Swrfi mv !•«•«! t«» l'li.v. Ncarvt lo I hef : FVt» though it h* a crov» That »m«*. Still oil my mh.i; .nI.nI! t»f, Sniirr m> t-* Ttuv , Kwrt’i t*» Thro. • Or il tmjnvlal winy, Diiwntu I It* — S*ill kII my soinj xhalt W. Xratvr mv liol to Ttirv ; N«-»t**r t«* I hi f. A frail, fragile woman who can de tect with horror the honey ed futile-. of the genial cocktail iu Iter Ini-hand's hrcntli at a di-lance of thirty nihic feet averilitpoi-. will gloat over sour breathed. Iimlier-ncckcd. -o It-head ed. tunv-legged, lop-eared, yawping liatiy that whoop' eou-lalilL like a ('omanelte Indian, and smell- like it pair of old gum hoot-. This is one of the few remarkable phases that gigantic intellect- fail to grasp and understand. A good little hov, who was kicked hy tt mule, did not say a naughty word, or go home crying to Irsmo'h- er. He just tied the mule w ithin five feet of the bee-hive, backed h'm around tc it and iet him kick.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, July 25, 1878, Image 1