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Newspaper Page TextAE9M Hod Biiill! S. MAYER & GLAUBER. Notice in hereby given to the plant ers of Southwest Georgia that we are prepared to pay IX CASH the highest market prire for t’OTTON brought to onr door. Mr. JOHN A. P.VYXE is our sworn weigher, ami uses one of Fairbanks Perfect Beam Scales for weighing Cotton. Bv tins arrangement the planter has no e\- pense whatever to pay. X» commit- tion nor cost of weighing. Try us. S. Mayer & Glauber. Albany, October 2, 1S79. / VLBANY NE By WESTON, EVANS & WARREN.} Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. {$2.00 Per Annuii. VOLUME 13. A L B A N Y, G E O U til A , T H U It S I) AY, OCTOBER 23. 1879. NUMBER 43 NEW STORE! NEW GOODS! •Prices Oowxt Satisfaction to All. Tlie undersigned will open in tbe Wal ter's Building, in a tew days, a stock of General Merchandise. Coosistug in part of DRY GOODS, Staple Goods, Notions. Fam i ly G roccrics, Tobaccos. Cigars, etc. end beg» a call font rtie public I pro. pese tns*H ,11 kin * of g>»<d» at t!.e very lowest pnets, satisfying myself wilt, small profits. TV TT NEWS. Tv Tv. Ga., Oct. 13, 1879. Ai-panv News: The laughing of the wind through the pines reminds ns that autumn i« here. We may soon look for the sharp winter winds and the beautiful frost on a calm morn ing. The planters through this section arc, as a general thing, up with their eotlon. and are sowing oats. There will he a larger acreage sown this fall thau usual, in order to supple ment the short corn crop. The fall crops, cane, potatoes, pinders, chnfas and peas, nro excellent. We never saw better; ami the acreage in cane, from onr observation, must be double that of last year. W. E. 'Williams, Brady A Brother and .T. II. Butler have placed upon their fronts artistic signs, which give to their places an air of business and add much to the appearance of the village. Improvement* arc still go ing on, but the fresh woodsey look lias uot been obliterated, and we are yet a village in the woods. The three bar rooms supply enough of spirits from t ho “vile red liquor" to any of the finer grades to keep things lively among those who are addicted to the use of the "ardent.’' Onr citizens generally run a quiet schedule, and the planters in our im mediate section "never let ilia thief at the month to steal away the brains:’’ but visitors some times in dulge too freely. On Friday of last week two from different directions having met at one of onr bars imbib ed pretty freely and proceeded to "scrape up acquaintance.” Some por tions of the past were not of the most pleasant nature to reflect upon and caused a disturbance which came near ending in a Coroner’s inquest.' One of the parties drew a double- barrel and threatened annihilation, but after being deprived of his weap on came near being annihilated him i self. So much for tbs followers of ! Sir John Barleycorn. J- How to Remove or Change a Comity Site Governor Colquitt. AMI THE RECENT INVESTIGATIONS. The Atlanta Constitution lias been interviewing a number of Senators on the question of Governor Col quitt's implication ill the "crooked ness" developed in the departments at Atlanta. We give below some of the opinions given. It is a strong en dorsement of the Governor and a stern rebuke to his slanderers: SENATOR TISON, OK THE IOtII, one of the most prominent of I lie younger Senators, and representing one of the strongest districts in the State, says: “The only difference be tween Senator Preston and myself is, that I went on the Murphy lee com mittee a friend of Governor Colquitt, nud I came out yet a stronger friend than ever. I have understood the motive of these assaults on the Gov ernor. and have been more than grat ified. though not at all surprised at the clean record that he has brought out of tlie storm. He is stronger than ever, and 1 shall support him with more zeal Ilian 1 ever did." SENATOR JOSEPH II. ( CMmini:. one of the foremost men ill the Sen ate, says: "I do not think, of course, that the Governor has had any con nection witlt the matters that have been before us. Tlie extreme point to which I would go would he losav that the Governor may have been somewhat lax ill his supervision of llic departments, though from what Mr. Bussell is reported as saving, it may he that if lie bad investigated lie could have found nothing. I have no hesitation in saving that there i- nothing to show that the Governor had any connection inconsistent with complete integrity with the matters we have hud before u> and I fee!sure that he never did." SENATOR JOHN T. CI.ARKE. SENATOR IMtllOSE S OPINION. Senator l)uBose, who lias been one of (lie most watchful and careful of Senators, says: "I have seen noiliing in any of the investigations or wlnit followed them to complicate Gov ernor Colquitt in the slightest or re motest degree. All Ibis movement against him is simplv the woik of disappointed applicants for ollice or aspirants against him. lie is by far the strongest man that has been named, and while I do not like to pledge myself to any iniiii l say that if there is anything that will prevent my supporting him, it must hap.ten hereafter, for nothing has yet occurr ed !” SENATOR Al.l.EN CANOI.EIt’s OPINION. Senator Candler, shrewd, obser vant, fair, says: “It is ridiculous In say that Governor Colquitt could lie held responsible for the Comptroller- General's ollice. I was oil the com mittee to investigate that oflice, and I know what I am sa ing. Ho tvns not, and could not be responsible for that. I don't talk much for new (pa pers, hut you may say for me that I have carefully watched tlie drift of tilings, and there is not a tiling that inis yet been developed or suggested in any of the investigations ilia) should work to the prejudice of Gov ernor Colquitt. He is without dmilit lie strongest Ilian before tlie people. The people understand thesituatioii." SENATOR PAIN’S REMARKS Senator Fain a practical and expe rienced legislator, says: “f came here oppo-o 1 In Governor Colquitt— right straight out. I am now a Col quitt man in tlie fullest sense of the word. 1 have been forced to this course by the unjust attempts * hat l have seen made to break down his administration. 1 have understood ilit- motive and inclining of those at tempts, and I have determined to support the governor in my techie way. for I believe lie deserves vindi cation against tbe iiiiinuuly assault- that have been made on him. The who is probably the ablest lawyer in ; politicians can't fool the people, and Special attention paid to tlu- i s of the If keepers. .... i j -To carrv into operation Paragrap: Wants Ol the House- J four. Section one, Article eleven o Nothing but U.e best of even thiri kept, sad eterjlLiug tre-h aaJ good. LIQUORS, t. IGARS. tic , cn Land. Give me a call. J. R. UII-SMAN. A NEW KINI> OF CASE. He* it is only i i; Ureu wpr>z«al an oi every -»ce: ••*•1 in pr.i fCO'hib «U I «*4e tui rtatriy twenty and won. sia*. *r Read tbe foliowi.*. wt.i kundresis; jourJc»tl«i I -FI only one can of nu [ell >t similar one*. .!», Va . M»y 28,1 «- Of fr. . it >« ferfM-v he cot It, at*! it for t«-L jt«!« U*u£- r. it- K. oLSKY, Jeweltr. Prm*«nb*f J»». Ro*»’ i« the only Patent rasa of two i>L. tea of* !ui<e>ld b-wr'iHe and one in- ■fcjo, covrriDi e»</y l *rt 1 to wear or ai<kt. the j.-e.: »!»aoM e irsol d plah** over tK* tro-gikti'-ii i# ipja'i-!.: to .-very* a*. Bos/ is tin only Pali nt 1 *.• wish whi« h there is given a writ ten sarreat, of which the following is a fac simUn TO COUNTRY PEOPLE The class of Gro ceries wc have kept will he a guarantee to our customers that our Dry Goods will be first-class. Our stock is now about complete, and we will he glad to serve all old customers ant as many new ones as good goods, polite attention and low prices can secure Call to sec us when you come to town and bring us you produce. We hat a large city trad for produce of a! kinds, and can al ways dispose of it. COLLIER &BARNE1, Limber Yard is East Alba the Constitution. Section 1. Be it enacted by fin eneral Assembly of the State t> Georgia, and it is hereby enacted b; he au liority of tin* same. That Iron, ml after the passage of this Aei. ! believer iwo-lifths of the p.-U tax* »vers (as shown by the Tax Keceiv- ers Digest last made out) of am ounty in this State, fliall petition tin* Ordinary of any county for the re moval oi change ol the County ^ii** fsaid county, said Ordinary siiall at once grant an order directing an elec tion to be held at the various election precincts in said countv, not less than forty nor more than sixty days licmv. notice of said election shall be pub lished weekly tor four weefcs in tic* newspaper in which the sheriff pub lishes liis legal notices, previous ft* the day of said election, at which election all persons <|ualif!ed to vou for members of the General Assem bly are hereby declared qualified to vote at said election. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by tin* authority afoie.-aid, That said elec tion -hall be held and conducted, and returns made thereof, as is provided by law for members of the General Assembly of the State. . 3. Be it further enacted l»y tin* authority aforesaid, That at slid elec tion all voters in favor of removal and to what place, shall endorse on their ballots ••For Removal,” and those who are opposed to reinova' shall endorse on their ballots M Again-t Removal,” and if it shall appear that two-thirds of the vote cast at said election arc in favor of removal to any one particular place, the General Assembly next convening after said election,'may provide for the remo val of said Comity Site by appropri ate legislation. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the cert Mi- cate of the Secretary of State show ing that -aid election was held, and that two-thirds of ttie qualiticd vo ters of raid county (as indicated bv the tax digest as in section lir*t) vo ted at said election in favor of •‘Re moval/* shall be sufficient evidence of the holding of said election and the number of votes cast. . 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Thai all law.- and parts of laws in conflict with this act, he and the same are hereby re pealed. iv nor**:. Bead first time July 28th. 1870: read -croud time Sept. 2d, 1870; read third time Sept. 22d, 1870, and passed by the requisite roii-titulional ma jority—aves Ob, nays 00. IIkmsv l». GoTfanr-i, Clerk House Represent itive«. IN HKSWTK. Read first time Sept. 21ih, 1870; read -croud time s«-j>t. 27th. H70: read third time October 2d, 1»70, and passed—ayes *JJ, nays 00. U -M. A. Haickis, the Semite and one of me ablest, in the State, says: *•! have seen nothing in any of the investigations, which I have closely watched, that would ju— tifv the suspicion Hint Governor Col quitt was responsible for or connect ed with them. There has certainly been nothing to shake my personal friend-hip for the Governor or t«» abate my confidence in him!” WHAT SENATOR Rt’SSKl.t. SAYS, Senator Hu—dl. who was chairman • if the wild hind committee that in vestigated the affairs of the Comp troller's office—Senator Russeti prob ably know- more of tlii- matter than any man in the Senate or out of it. w as lie « ho started it—who pro-t - cuted i!—stin k to i« and who push ed it through. And this is what h • they will stand by Governor Col- ; qiiitt.** SENATOR HAM I ETON*, OF THE 21st, a senator who always knows his own ; miml ami never hc.dtatc* to say what ! he thinks, says: “Ido not hesitate : to say that there is not the slightest I trace anywhere in any of the investi- i gallons that shows that Governor Colquitt was or could he responsible | !*.»r what has happened. Tlie same things would have happened under j any other Governor, no matter who he was, I was not a Colquitt man in I the late rare, but the effect of what I I have seen in he-c* investigations, in- -tend of putting me off, has drawn me I closer to lii?it and increased my confi- ! deuce in him. lie lias had my sym- j pntliy in tli * unprecedented assaults j made on his administration. That is "••it is the height of absurdity and i •J' 1 ' ••H'cet they have had utt me. I be- injustice to try to nut any respon-i- J that the effect on the people will hilitv upon Governor Colquitt f.>r I he the same. It may l»e that lit* etie- Iliis matter. He had nothing tod.!"""' "ill try to use these things with it and could have had nothin:. | him. hut they will have no cf- very men who urjje heiievc them them- In the tir-t plai t ',.eak Hot lit: rk Ho- See y .’ietiate A. O. Bacon, -e Beprtseiitativis ttv 1!. Cn-r< itirs. -e Itepre-enialivt • II I ■■-. K. I.EsTEH, President ^entp Wm. A. Harris, in, 40.000 FEET FOR SALE! A l llatloiE OI . lot 4dl«*r Don’t Know Half Tiieir . aloe. “They cured me of A^ne Bilim- ness and Kidney Complaint,as r. i ■tntnendetl. 1 had ha I fa l.otlle lei x tiieli I used for my two little ”i»•; tvho the doctors and neighbors sai could not he cured. I tv..til have lo fc t both of them one night if I i ’.•ol not tfiveni them Hop Bitli rs.— ( his fi iciol, Tiiey did them so much po.'.d I tinned their u-e until they were rur- ed. That is why I say you do not know half tlie value of Hop ISiliei a;ol do not rerominei.d Ihem ids'll enough.”—B., Ifocliestcr, .V. V. . c other eolutnn.—Aineiicati Btiral ll'ine. he tlid not appoint | , " 1 ' 1 • !lM !* Gold-milli. The leftislnturo elided i Btetii will ntti him. and Governor Colquitt had noth- selves, in<r to tlo with it. "As to the Governor liiidiu^r onl that there was maladministration in the oflice, that was simply impossible. It took me and the committee week- and weeks to discover that there was anythin" wronjr. We sat in contin uous session day after day. We had the power, which the Governor had not, to send for witnesses and paper-, and to compel them to answer. We had cvcrv facility that could he of fered, and many facilities that the Governor never could have had: and yet despite all these thiti"s, for o\er two weeks we were absolutely hnilled. We could not put our tiu- "ers on n single clue, ami an ordina ry search would have l.ccn abandon ed Ion" before we reached any defi nite information. Indeed, without onr cxtraordii ary powers, nothin" could have been done. I funic out of that iiivcstij'ulion satiatied in the full est sen-e that the Governor could not possibly have discovered anythin" wrott" in the Comptroller’s allairs. No Governor on earth could have done it. to whether or not he should have suspended the collodion of the taxes until the law could have been repealed, I am satisfied he should not have done so. Governor Smith had already suspended the collection twice; the legislature hud failed both times to repeal the law. Indeed it has refused even after the develop ments were made to repeal the law. and the law now .stands as it stood before.’ “Whnt effect did the investigation have on you, as far as the Guberna torial race is concerned ?” “It made a Colquitt man of me. I went into the investigation rather op posed to Colquitt. I in me out of it so thoroughly satisfied that he had done Ids whole duty, Dial it changed me, and I shall now support him against the field from first to last. I believe lie has been slandered ,nml wrongly abused, and that a deliber ate and wicked attempt ha- I. made to break him down. I shall take the field for him if it is necessa ry, hut I do not think it will he. My people, iis far as I can learn, are virt ually solid for him. They cannot lie deceived, and tli-v know that lie h i- inndea good and laillifulGovernor!" WI1AT SENATOR PRESTON SAYS. Blit lieyonil Colonel Itus-ell. who was converted In Governor Golqiiii' liv the very investigation that it i- -ought to use against him, we have :i little talk with Colonel I’reston. who was chairman of the committee on the invc-ti"alion of the Murphy fee. He says: ••I went into that investigation feel ing, from what I had heard on II" in.liter, that possibly lhere migM l> •nine Mimic attached to him. I tv i . hairman of the committee and 1 l.i-ii!*• 1 every syllable of the te-lii io ny. and I believe I am capable of tin .!< testimony. I wa- con vinced liv this investigation that Guv ernor Golquill tva- not only not gilil ty of slightest complicity with or f -pon-ibilitv for aiiyllimg wc di-cot ercil tligre, lint that lie had licen cru elly ami foully slandered. The elleci of the invo-tigation was to clem: e in. Iq'iitt man ii.ts -Vlmtit Editors. for When you write to an editor publication, make it short—boil it down. Pitch right into the middle of your subject and lie sure to slop when you are through. Editors al ways like something fresh ami origi nal in the tvay of communications, and are especially fond of news. But the editor must always be (lie judge of what is worthy of publication. Of course every writer thinks his publi cation the bcM, just as every mother thinks her own liulic the prettiest that was ever horn. But the editor may he so stupid as to have a differ ent opinion. If so, it can't he help ed. Don’t try to argue him out of his notion, if he is too stupid to rem edy his duilne-s. You may think you are a great deal smarter limit the edi tor, ami this may he true; lint the editor may lie responsible and you arc not. Besides the paper is his— he pays his rents, his printers and his paper bills—and has a right to print wlmt he pleases. There arc no class of peopic so anxious to please a ma jority of the people as editors are.— There is no class so covetous of the ood opinion of others. It is well to remember that fact.—Ex. We have'in hand u note putting Ibis query: Mi:. Eiiitoi: : I noticed sometime -inee, in a paper, this sentence used, •That the Legislature in keeping dear of Scylhi should lie careful to avoid Charvlidis,’’ I .should like for you to inform me what is meant.— What or who were Scylhi and Cha ry Ini is ?” The writer simply meant that in steering clear of one danger they must not approach another. Seylla was a rock in lower Italy, projecting into the sea, on the Seil- liaij straits. Chary lulls was a fearful whirlpool, opposite Seylla. It-was very dangerous for seamen to sail bet ween the two points—see Virgil. / nr ill H in Sri/Uain, tjui vitll citucc C/iKCi/hilim. Ills Excellency, Sir James Wright, Baronet, Govcrnnr-in-chicf, &c., oi' Georgia, used this seductive phrase January IStli, 177a, to the Common House of Assembly of Georgia to di vert their minds from the oppression that was heaped upon them by the •nollier eountfv. through fear Hint greater oppression would follow by their participating with the other colonist, and came near succeeding, il is said, with this one sentence. Keiifroe and Goldsmith. Aflitirs in Georgia. The Iasi legislature cost the State about IdbO.OiK). Tho Telegraph says that Hon. Geo. II. I’endleton will certainly lie at the Slate Fair. The lolal amount collected in Sa vannah for the entertainment of visi ting companies was $3,3271. The people throughout tho State are congratulating themselves u”on the adjournment of the Legislature. Mr. Gop Slappy, of Sumter county, is mnkiti" 300 bushels of sweet pota toes on tlie same laud from which lie gathered tli • past summer twenty bushels of wheat per acre. Ciithbcrl Appeal: ltov..T. Ii. Clicvca, former pastor of the Baptist church at i]ms place, was married last week ill Huntsville, Ala , to a Miss Gray. Mr. Clieves, wc learn, is residing in Little Bock, Ark. Wednesday, the 29th inst.. lias been —leeted as the lime for unveiling the Confederate monument in Macon.— Il is proposed to celebrate the occa sion in a suitable manner, nud a grand military parade will probably take place on that day. The State University has opened its fill session under most promising prospects. The attendance isalrendy large, and new Matriculants arc daily arriving. It is thought the! number of students will reach two hundred. —Athens Banner, 1-itli. J. W. Neal, a colored correspondent of the Albany News, gives that paper a list ot tin: progressive ami thrift) colored farmers of Dougherty coun ty, and he says there is no danger of au exodus among that class of our colored population,—Sav. News. Some of tho Georgia newspapers (if it is not a stretch of veracity to call them such) are sending their pa pers for ouu dollar a year, nnd “drumming'’ advertisements for their columns at seventy-five cents an acre. They take in payment anything equal to ft mess of chitlins, or a broken cof fee mill.—Ilawkinsvillo Dispatch. Editors Constitution : Please find enclosed $100, contributed by the of ficers and members of tho Senate, for the purpo-e of increasing the fund being raised to support the children of that noble and elegant soldier of the lost cause—General John B. Hood. Yours truly, Vi. A. Harris, Sec'y of tlie Senate of Georgia Cnthbcrt Appeal: Bov. W. IT. Cooper, pastor of the Baptist church at this place, has purchased the beau tiful rc-idenec of Uapt. B. ,T. Smith, out on College street, and will soon occupy the same with his family.— We welcome Mr. Cooper and family to our midst, and hope ho may find Hie change pleasant in every particu lar. The Millcdgeville Union and Be rorder says that tho enlargement of the asylum for the colored insane, re cently provided for the legislature, is going steadily forward under the direction of the contrac tor, Major J. Foss. One hundred and eighty room* are to lie added to tliu buildings now occupied by tlie male and female col ored patients—90 rooms to each build- *Hg. Walton County Yidette: “A terri ble accident happened near Walnut Grove, in this county, on last Wed nesday, we learn, to a little son of Mr. tins Cannon. While driving the gin ho attempted to taken ride on the lnrge king post arms of tlie gear ing of tlie gin, and was caught in the ogs of Hie machinery, and his little life was crushed out of him. His head was the member caught in the igs, and ho was killed instantly.” In East- Macon, on Sunday of last eek, Mrs. C. IL Dodwcll was very seriously burned, and is now lying in a very precarious condition. She was engaged in preparing tlie evening meal, and was standing at the fire place, when she fainted and fell for ward. face downward, into tho fire. There was at the timo on the coals a pot of boiling coffee, which was over turned, the contents frightfully scald ing the unfortunate woman about the head. The Thomasville Times says:— “While the cotton crop in this section is a short one, il is at the same time true that it has been made at as little expense, perhaps, as any crop since the war. Corn, meat, syrup and oth er provisions have been obtainable, where not actually produced, nt very low prices. Goods of nil kinds have been at bottom prices, ami labor cheap. Tlie farmer may not have mado as much cotton as in former years, hut ho has certainly mado it ut less cost.” Sonin Koiuurkiihlo Fuels Devel oped by » Divorce Suit. A Southern koiminceJ , "" , r h " Bj, "" 1 V'' - " ?. ccldcd > ’ nrt ,hr ia<*t8 urn Miih-tHiitially ns follows:— During tlo* early part of May lust tin* quadroon woman, Lucy Shepherd, lieretoforo referred to, was taken quite ill, and when it hccanic appa rent that she could uot live hut a few days, she secretly requested I>r. RhieUmatt, the physician attending her, to inform Mark Ilorton that she had something: of importance to com municate to him, nud desired hitn to call and see her at once. Mr. Ilorton. in response to this request, called about an hour after the request wa- made. Tho woman bejrau by te])in«r him that she had kept a secret locked (’orrfftpotidrnM'liicInnalt i'-uminf*r«riAl J Hikmixiiiiam, Ai.a., Sept. 21,1879.— One of the many evils which charac terized tlie institution of slavery has just been illustrated in a remarkable divorce suit in an adjoining county. Tho facts iu this remarkable ease would form excellent ground work for a first-class romance. In a quiet. sober community like this, such an! 'I 1 ICI *" r yenfS’ and now that occurrence is so unusual and extraor-1T ' V,IS n ? ,c co !!L < ,l “ dinary that many people were thrown ; ."7 C> remain silent. Stic did not into it state of con fusion worse than ! l ” h r,l, “ graveas the part that which scattered the tribes of the I "‘‘f. 1 " | l x 7 m ,‘! Tower of Babel I shall support him for lie l-lcrtl S| d I ■ Id ■ brother port him a ga i am sali-fil-d that lie i- the slrongt - man Iht’l rail he run. The people of my -cr!ion will, in my opinion, 'tiuot by him to (tie last! lie Iris been per- kccutcd herond nic-n.nr.!” The Treasurer will not noiv resign so his friends say. lie desired to do so at onetime, hut when seventeen ot lhe liiipcnehmciit Court said lie had violated no law, his feelings un derwent a eliattge. Gold-milli hadnlreadv been iminn- | luted, the Governor bail been fright- | curd out Ids -hoes, amt this was glo- | ry enough. The grave Senators serv- j ed their God and country, so they I said, by declaring Goldsmith guilty, ! hut when a less innocent man was put I on trial, the piety and patriotism of I some had assuaged, and respondent was acquitted. These two gentlciniili occupy about llie|foltowing status. I Benfroe -1 11 enjoys a I thing, | i-oii-idi-ied guilty by liimself and the ■ oiuilry, bill saved ’ashy lire, ivliilo 1 Goldsmith eonlilitles to mil his Sllll- j day School, his guilt, doubled liv the I men and hisinnoeenee proclaimed by I the women.—Ainuiii ii, Bucorder. Ilawkinsvillo Dispatch : Mr. Loan Brown lias completed tho woodwork of the new bridge over tlie Ocmulgce river at this place. The King Iron Bridge Company of Ohio, is prepar ing the iron work. When completed it will he one of the finest iron bridges in Georgia, and the only iron bridge on tlie Ociitiilgee river. The wood work or trestle is sixteen hundred anti twenty-four foot in length, and the price per foot is three dollars and nineteen cents. The Town Council is bitiiding an embankment, from the foot of Commerce street to tlie end of ti e bridge on this side of tho river. Says the Dawsonvillo Mountain Chronicle: “A singular case is to be tried in Gilmer Superior Court next week. About a yenr agffli showman was exhibiting a trained monkey in said county. Among other tricks, tlie monkey had been (might to fire n pistol. The. showman handed him the pistol and told him to ‘shoot the ug liest inan in the crowd.’ Some mis ehievotts hoys had put shot in tlie pistol, and when the monkey had picked out his man mid fired, the hall look effect and slightly wounded the ugly mnn, who whipped out his knife, cut the ikoy’s throat,nnd whipped the showman. The monkey died next day. Tho ugly man is indicted, hut we know not whether it is for the murder of the monkey, malicious ini-chicf, riol or assault and battery. The trial will no doubt be interest ing and spicy. A dissipated and tiiimatinerly no Idciimn, pre-iimiii" upon liis “nobili tv,” onccd n-ked Sir Waller Scott, who sal opposite to him at a dinner, wim! was thedificreuec liel« een Scott and sot 7 “.lust the breadth of the ta ble," reported Sir Walter. During the lute war, about the year 1803, a well-to-do family, consisting of husband, wife and child, a daugh ter about four years of age, settled in Walker county. They staled that mi account of the operations of the two armies on tho North Carolina coast, where they resided, they were forc ed to seek a home elsewhere, and when they started from their North Carolina home Texas was their des tination, but upon reaching Walker county, in this State, they found it to he a retired, peaceable and prosper ous community, and hence they eon-1 eluded to settle down there. "lit ad dition to the family—John II. Bev- nolds, wife and daughter, ns already staled—there were several slaves.— Among the latter was a handsome quadroon young woman, who wa- the maid of all work for the family. She was kindly treated, however,and most of her time was occupied in caving for Mrs. Reynolds, who was au invalid. After the war closed Mr. Reynolds concluded to remain in Wa’kereuuii- ty, as he had secured a good farm, and was in fair circumstances consid ering the losses entailed upon South ern men. When Mr. Reynolds lived iu North Carolina one of his warm est and truest friends was a neighbor by the name of Henry Ilorton, who was also a fair farmer well-to-do, and possessing traits which render neigh bors much attached. The great de sire of Reynolds was to induce hi- old friend and neighbor to sell out his possessions in North Carolina and remove to Walker county, to a-snme the sntne relations lie occupied in for mer days. Reynolds addressed many warm, gushing letters to Ilorton, de scribing the beauties, the riches and bright prospects of Walker county.— There was a farm near him iliat would suit Ilorton exactly, and if the latter did not have enough money t» purchase it, Reynolds would assist Flint. Finally Ilorton yielded, to the importunities of his old friend, sold out his property in North Carolina, ami with liis wife and son removed to Walker county, where he purchas ed a farm a short distance from where Reynolds resided. Being thussettled down once more as neighbors and friends, things went smoothly mid prosperity smiled upon the two houses. Murk Horton, the son, and Jessie Reynolds, tho daughter, went to school together in the neighboring village, and as the years wore on they grew up to manhood and woman hood strongly attached to each other, a fact which gave tlie greatest sati faction to Reynolds, His wife had died abont tho timo tho war closed and his daughter being his only child, retained all liis affection, ami he lav ished upon her overy luxury that heart oould wish. The quadroon woman remained with tho family, while the other slaves scattered and found new homes when the close of the war brought their freedom. When tho time came for Jessie Reynolds to quit the village school anti finish her education nt eolle L her father sought an interview with Mr. Horton, ami lost no time it broaching tho subject of the futun marriage of Mark Horton and hi daughter. He reminded the old man of the many years friendship that had existed between them, and how hap py ho would be to have tlie son of his dear friend and neighbor wed his on ly daughter, who had now grown in to a beautiful young lady, the belle of the country for miles around, the envy of all the other young ladies thereabouts, and the most popular girl to bo found in the country. Mr. Horton liked Jessie, and so informed her father. But he thought Iter and his son too young just then to enter into matrimony. He desired his son to make a mark in the world before marrying. It was finally agreed how ever that Jessie should go to college a year, and Mark should do tlie same. Upon their return should they desire to marry Hie parents would interpose no objections. Tho young couple were sent to college—one ill Kentuc ky and tho other in New Jersey.— When they returned from their col legiate studies they became infatua ted with each other on sight. Three months thereafter there was a wed ding at the Reynolds mansion, which proved to be one of the grandest af fairs of the kind that had ever been witnessed in that section. The loving pair was made man and wife under the happiest anil most promisingnus- pices. Each was heir to a comforta ble home and good income. All the neighbors thought that this match was tho most appropriate they had known, and everybody predicted happiness nnd prosperity to the new ly married pair. The father of Mark presented him a nice farm, and the fathor of Jessie had a splendid resi dence built for them. After a bril liant honeymoon, Mark Ilorton and liis beautiful young wife concluded to settle down on the farm which had been given them, and Mack deter mined to adopt farming ns his busi ness. Here Ml went merry ns a mar riage bell. Prosperity smiled upon them, and iu due time a sou was born unto them—an event which was cele brated with great eclat, and which brought unusual joy to tlie parents.— In the midst of this happy rendition of things the whole neighborhood was thrown into n stale of utter con fusion hy the report that Mark Hor ton had separated front his wife, and that Ifo had filed a hill for liis divorce, alledgitig that a fraud had been per petrated upon him ill the Itmiiiii“t-; that liis wife had negro titnoit in hei- veins, anti that therefore the mnfringe was null nnd void. There were hun dreds id' I'liinors, some ridiculous, many malicious and the remainder about ns near the truth as is usual iu such eases. The houses id’ Reynolds and llorlnn were in n flutter, and were closed to all outsiders. (ltd. .She then in formed Mr. Ilorton that his wife Jes- se was her daughter, I lint she was the illegitimate child of Reynolds, and Hint the secret which hail so long been kept was the cause of the dcalli of Mr. Reynolds' wife, who grieved licrself into an early grave on ac count of the fraud which Beynoid- was practicing hy palming off'jessic as his legitimate daughter. The wo man inl'ortncd Mr. Horton that Jessie knew nothing of the-e facts, that she was strictly innocent, and believed If the legitimate child of Rcy- SICKX OP THE Big Boot ISAAC'S BROAD STREET, AiLBAXnr. GEORGIA. This Season My Stock of Ladiot’ and GsuUmw’f FINE SHOES, HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, VALIS ES, UMBRELLAS, Jta* Hy Prices are as Low if thoM of *nj other mtrket My Htock i* t:<»ttipo»i“| of Atllcr * CI« ZcIglur’N, Mayer A Stern's, lot« Celebrates . anil put upVtpr dally for oolds. .She stated that Jessie born in Wilmington, N. C.. after Rey nolds had married, and he notili-'d his wife that she mast adopt the child as her own and rear it as such. Hi threatened both liis wife and the mother of tlie child withdenth should they divulge the facts. Mrs. Rey nolds died broken-hea rled after year, of gri faml shame. Mark Horton, after hearing the lory of the quadroon woman,at once went to Reynolds and confronted him with the facts. Tlie latter did lot deny the statement oflhc woman Inti told Horton that he had better remain silent, as any exposure would bring shame on both fumilies. But Ilorton belonged to an old-fashioned. iigh-brcd family, and pride was hi- atost striking characteristic. lie no li lied Reynolds Hint he would send Ic.-sic hack to hint, with;'their child, and that he would at once apply for a divorce. Ho then went back to his- home, called Jessie into a private apartment, and there told her tliesto- i ry of the quadroon woman, who was then dying as she repeated the word- she had spoken to him. The wife was struck with terror ami could not utter a word. Shr acted for a while as if she was herell of her senses. When she became composed she found herself and child in her father’s house. She at once became an object of pity and sympa thy. She will see no one, and passes her time locked in her room with her child. This exposure broke up the Hor ton family, the old man selling out and returning to North Carolina, and Mark haying left a few days since for California—after tlie court had de clared the marriage void because ol fraud. Reynolds is endeavoring to. dispose of his property, intending a!-’ so to leave the country, lie is blam ed by everybody for tlie misery he has brought upon his uuhappy daugh ter ami the Hortons. He attempted to induce liis daughter to contest the divorce suit, but she was not ill a condition to appear iu court. Tlie case brought together the largest crowd ever gathered iu Walker county. Spectator. , Wiso And Otherwise. PLANTATION SHOES, &c., A SPECIALTY. HAT*, ter This u the only exelutiw* and Bat Stora in this Section. Albany. October IS, 1ST*. A. ISAAC*. W FOR mu AND (Next Door to PostoSce.) Washington St, Albany, Oh* Cheapest, Largest and Boffc. Assorted Stock of HARDWARE! CROCKERY, CHINA, GLAJBn WARE, TINWARE and. HOUSEFURNI3HIX0 IN THE CITY. Cook Stovss-Best Iron, Steel, Nails, Powder, Shat^ Rope, Cutlery, Plows, Plow Ko*Hb and all kinds Plow Material. Sugar Mills and Kettle*. Woman’s writes—Postscripts. Au undertaker gets his livin; whero another man dies. If you let a man a loan lie will let you atone, for a long time. Flies work from suit to sun, but the mosquitoe's work is never done. Now istho time to put up your stovepipes and get your winter soots. Canabalism prevails in Boston, whose inhabitants cat baked bein's Where there’s a smoke there’s some fire, and very often a mighty poor ci gar. When card-players disagree, they should pour lioylo on tke troubled waters. “Do unto others ns you would he done by,” but take precious care that you are not “done” by others. We presume the axlctrees of rail road car wheels are called journal because their rapid circulation. “Why," asks a newspaper, “is in toxication so common in summer?" Because its sot weather, we suppose. A man is always wanting some one to tell him how handsome he looks.— A woman will just stand before a glass nnd sec for herself. A bear spot—The Nortli Polo.— [Youkcrs Statesman. A dessert waste—Scooping out the iuside of a pie and throwing away the crust. “Doctor," said a gentleman to his clergyman, “how can I bcsttraiuup my boy in the way ho should go?”— “liy going that way yourself,” re plied the reverend doctor. French newspaper: Good woman, alter the dcaih other husband, had married the brother of the departed. She preserved, nevertheless, in her dining-room, a picture of her first spouse. One day a guest at the table, noticing the portrait, asked her if it was a member of her family. “Yes," replied the lady, “it is a portrait of my poor brother-inlaw." Boston Sunday Courier: Scene: The bilianl room of a fashionable club-house. At 9 o'clock enter Au gustus, who removes his summer ul ster and discloses a ilress suit. One oflhe players—Hullo! Gns is rigged out under full sail and all tlie candles lighted. What is it, old fel low ? Augustus—Oh, I have been to make my party call on Miss Banker. She wasn't at home, so I left my paste board and cainoarouiid here! Thirteen young men drop their cues, seize their lints, remark “that's the racket for me," and slide off to Beacon street. At 11 o'clock Miss Banker gels home, finds fourteen cards, and says: "How funny that all the bovs should have called ' this ev- eniii".’' At tho same hour Augustus receives three “smiles” and ten cigars, the grateful offerings of thirteen voting men who have made their party call without the trouble of The dressing er the expense of a hack. Not to be Undenolil GENTLEMEfi'S AND YOUTH'S FASHION* D. W. PRICE’S TML0RXHG Z2staX»U8&s*mt» (Or*r Ontrml lUllroat But*-* Please call and examin® Sam ples, Plates and Patt®nu r Xo Bogus Material! Good, Honest TiV®rkt d. w. PRICE, Merchant Tailor. Albany, August *8,1879-tf Registration ! Registration l T HE hfb.k* for th* ItegTstratt** *f CJfty T*#*» will bo opened ou Monday Nest, 19th Inst,, in accordance with the l*w. F. T. EVANS, <1 Treasurer, Albany City MOTI€S. The State and County Books are 2fow Open ! for the year 18*9. PAY UP AND SAVE COW t tw*t 1«, 1879- T. C. and cx-officio Sheriff O. •• FOB SALHI tooo ursitELS RUST-PROOF OATS. MITCHELL JONES, .Hit 6-31 TkMoits, '

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, October 23, 1879, Image 1