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Volume LXI. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871. Number 44 THE §UmrUf! BY E/A. HARRISON, ORMB & CO. Terms, $2.00 Per Annum in Advance rates of advertising. NATURE’S 3 50 r> oo 3 00 5 00 1 50 leual advertising. Ordinary's.—Citations for letters ot ad ninistration,guardianship, &c. $3 00 Hiinfstead notice 2 00 Ajplicatioirtor dism’n from adm’n.. 5 00 Application for disin'u ofguard’u Application for leave to sell Laud Notice to Debtors and Creditors Sales of Land, per square of ten lines Sale of personal per sq., ten days Sheriff's—Each levy of ten lines,.... 2 50 Mort'^a^e sales of ten lines or less.. 5 00 Tax Collector’s sales, (2 months 5 00 Clerk's--Foreclosure of mortgage and other monthly’s, per square 1 00 Estray notices,thirty days 3 00 Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu tors or Guardians, are required, by law to bs held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court house in the county in which the property i situated. Notica ot these sales must be published 40 days previous to the day of sale; Notice for the sale of personal property must he published 10 days previous to sale day. Notice to debtors and creditors, 40 day Notice that application will be made of the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, 4 weeks. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship, &c., must be published 30 jays—for dismission from Administration, nonthlysix months, for dismission from guar- jiiiiship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must b» published monthly for four months—for sstablishiug lost papers, for the full space oj \\rce months—for compelling titles from Ex- scutors or Administrators, where bond has seen given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Application for Homestead to be published ^wice^iUhe^pac^^ei^consecutive^driys^^ SUBSCRIPTIONS Are re pectfully solicited for the erection of a MONUMENT TO THE Confederate Dead of Georgia, And those Soldiers from other Confederate States who were killed or died in this State. THE MONUMENT TO COST $50,000. The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be laid on the 4th of July, or so soon thereafter as the receipts will permit. For every Five Dollars subscribed, there wil be given a certificate of Life, Membership t the Monumental Association. This certificate will entitle the owner thereof to an equal inter est in the following property, to be distributed as soon as requisite number of shares are sold, to-wit: First. Nine Hundred and One Acres of Land in Lincoln county, Georgia, on which are the well-known Magruder Gold and Copper Mines, val ued at ----------$130 000 Aud to Seventeen Hundred and Forty-F our Shares in One Hundred Thousand Dollars of United States Currency; to-wit: 1 share of 1 2 10 10 20 100 200 400 1000 $10,000 6,000 2,500 2,000 1,000 500 100 50 25 10 $10,000 5,000 5,000 20.000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,00 Free from the Poisonous and Health-destroying Drugs us ed in other Hair Prepara tions. No SUGAR OF LEAD—No LITHARGE—No NITRATE OF SILVER, and is entirely Transparent and clear as crystal, it will not soil the finest fabric—perfectly SAFE, CLEAN and E F F I C IE N T—riesideratums LONG SOUGHT FOR AND FOUND AT LAST! It restores and prevents the Hair from be coming Gray, imparls a soft, glossy appear ance, removes l)a..druff, is cool and refreshing to Ihe head, checks the Hair from falling off, and restores it to a great exlont when prema turely lost, prevents Headaches, cuies all hu mors, cutaneous eruptions, and unnatural Heat. AS A DRESSING FOR TIIE HAIR IT IS THE BEST ARTICLE IN THE MARKET. DR. G. SMITH, Patentee, Groton Junction, Mass., Prepared only by PROCTOR BROTH ERS, Gloucester, Mass. The Genuiue is put up in a panuel bottle, made expressiy for it with the name of the article blown in the glass. Ask your Diuggist for Nature’s Hair restora tive, end take no other. For sale in Milledgeville by L. W. HUNT &CO. In Sparta, by A. II. BIRDSONG &. CO. p July 2 ly. U Feb28 ’71 ly. TO GIN OWNERS. T HE UNDERSIGNED REPAIRS GINS at his GIN HOUSE on time. Agencies, Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, Ga ; Wm. A Sims, Dublin, Ga.; E. D. Bos tick, Wrightsviile, Ga. ; E. A. Sullivan, San dersville, Ga.; Thos. E. Dickens, Sparta, Ga., T. N. Sliurlej’, Warrenton.Ga. ; T.F. Harlow. Louisville, Ga., 4 months. J. B. CARN, p Apl. 1 tf r Aug. 15 tf Louisville, Ga. CLOT HI5G. -:o:— We invite ihe Public along the NEW LINE of RAILROAD through BALDWIN and HANCOCK Counties, lo call and examine our new SPRING STOCK OF Readymade Clothing, AND . Gents’ Furnishing: Goods. We keep the best of every thing in our line, ar.d '• V sure lo please you if you will give us a trial. B March 1871. •age WINSHIP & CALLAWAY, Macon, Ga- 11 ly Music! Music!! W E HAVE just received a very fine selec tion of NEW SHEET MUSIC from the large establishment of Messrs. LUD- DEN &■ BATES, Savannah, Ga., which we offer as cheap as can be had from the pub lishers themselves. We also have lrom the same firm a selection of TVExxsio BOOlvS, among which are The Musical Curiculum, by Geo. F. Root, The Pacific Glee Book, The Palm, The Triumph, The New Cornet, Root’s Cabinet Organ Companion, Root’s Guide for the Piano Forte, Thorough Base School, GiSud Songs, Nos. 1,2, & 3. The Ladies are especially invited to call and examine our stock at the Times &. Planter rooms, Sparta, Ga. or L. W. Hunt & Co’s Store, Milledgeville, Ga. Sep. 9, 87 tf r p Sparta, Ga. W. A. HOPSON & CO., Have received this day a choice variety of the Latest styles of LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S SUITS. ALSO SWISS OVERSKIRTS, CORSET COVERS, ALSO A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF DRESSING SKIRTS, PIQUE WRAPPERS, Ladies’ Undergarments. W- A- HOPSON & C0-, 41 Second St., 20 Triangular Block. Macon, Ga. Re’c.71 Feb. 14,18 tf. JOHN VOGT & CO., IMPORTERS OF French China, Belgian aud Bohemian Glassware, Lava ware OPsiapiiaam SJO!sauplbLL ^ Indies 35 Sc 37 PARK PLACE, Between Church 8t. <fc College Place, NEW YORK. 1 54 R ue do Paradis Poissonniere. PARIS. 6 Coura Jourdan, Limoges, FRANCE. Neuerwill, HAM BURG. June 4, 1871, 5 73 22 6m N. A. MEGRATH, ~ Hollingsworth Block, MiA-COlST, O.A.. CAN SUPPLY YOU ALL WITH CORN, BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL, RICE, SUGAR, COFFEE, SYRUP, MOLASSES, TOBACCO, WHISKY, Subscribers to Peters’ Musical Month- II ly get all the latest and best Music at one iu and two cents apiece. Every number con- IT . tains fiom $4 to $5 worth of new Mnsic; U and it can be had for 30 cents. The July ^ and August numbers contain Thirty Pie ces of Music, (72 pages, sheet-music size,) J and will be mailed J. L. PETERS York. August 26, 85 2 m pm 50 cents. Address, Broadway, New t $100,000 The value of the separate interest to which the holder of each Certificate will be entitled, will be determined by the Commissioners, who will announce to the public the manner, the time and place of distribution. The following gentlemen have consented to act as Commissioners, and will either by a Committee from their own body, or by Specia Trustees, appointed by themselves, receive and take proper charge of the money for the Mon- ument, as well a* the Real Instate and the U. 8 Currency offered as inducements tor sub scription, and will determine upon the plan tor the Monument, the inserption thereon, the site therefor, select an orator for the occasion, and regulate the ceremonies to be observed when he corner-stone.is laid to-wit: „ , Generals L. McLaws, A. R. Wright, M. A. Stovall, W. M. Gardner, Goode Bryan, Colo- onels C. Suead, Wm. P. Crawford, Majors Jos. B. Cummiug, George T. Jackson, Joseph Ganahl, I. P. Girardey, Hon. R. H. May, Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Miller, W. H. Good- rich, J, D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W. L. Dear- The Agents in the respective counties will retain the money received for the sale ol Tickets until the subscription Books are clos ed. In order that the several amounts may be returned to the Shareholders, in case the number of subscriptions will not .warrant any further procedure the Agents will report .o this office weekiy, the result of their sa.es. When a sufficient number of the sliaies aie sold, the Agents will receive notice, they will then fonvard to this office the amounts received. , L & A. H. MoLAWS, Gen. Ag ts. No. 3 Old P. O. Range, McIntosh sts. Augusta, Ga W. C D. ROBERTS Agent at Sparta, Ga. L.W. HUNT &. CO., Agents Milledgeville Georgia] r p a n May, 2, 1871. 6m. T- MAREWALTEKS Fine Furniture 1 THO dVI ^ S W O O ID, next to Lanier House, MACON GEORGIA Parlor Suits, in Walnut and Mahogany: Cham ber Suits, in Walnut, (Oiled and Var nished,) Mahogany, Oak and Maple. Also, Enameled Painted Sets, in large variety. Large lot of Maple and Walnut Bedsteads, from $5 to $90- Chairs of all descriptions, Mattresses, and Pillows, Wall Paper, Window Shades, and well selected stock of Carpets, Oil Cloths and Mattings, CHEAP FOR CASH. Broad St., Augusta, Ga MARBLE MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES AC., &C. Marble Mantels and Furniture-Marble of all kiuds Furnished to Order. All work for the Country carefully boxedjfor shipment- M’ch 12;p/70;iy. R Feb 1, 71 ly COFFINS My Terms are Cash, or such Paper as can be used to raise Cash and I will Sell you as It tv as anybody. N. A. MEGRATH, Macon, Ga. r Jane 6,1871. 22 ly. Crockett’s Iron Works, 4th Street, Macon, Georgia. Builds and Repairs all Sorts of Machinery. Makes Gin Gear from 7 Feet to 12 Feet, Sugar Mills from 12 to 18 Inches. IRON RAILING, Both. 'Wrought <Sz> Oast, to Suit all Blaces MY HORSE POWER has been Tried, and Proven a Complete Success- t^> READ THE FOLLOWING: ^ Farmers are Referred to Certificates. MACON, GA., December 16th, 1870. E. Crockett, Esq.,—Dear Sir: Your letter received. The HORSE POWER that I bought of you is doing as well as I can wish. The principle is a good one, and so easily adapted to any Gin-House. Mine has, so far, proved sufficiently strong enough for the work to be done. I am running a forty-five saw Gin, with feeder attachment, with two mules, with perfect ease. Respectfully, &c , A. T. HOLT. COOL SPRING, GA , October 5th, 1870. Mr. E. Crockett, Macon:—Mr. Daniels has fitted up your POWER satisfactorily. For neat- nesss and convenience, as well as adaptability for driving machinery for farm purposes, cannot be excelled ; in this it has superiorities over the old wooden or mixed gearing. I use four mules, and I think I could gin out 1500 pounds lint Cotton per day on a forty-saw Gin. Respectfully yours, J. R. COMBS. GRIFFIN. December 6te, 1870. E. Crockett, Esq., Macon, Ga.,—Dear Sir : I am well pleased with the HORSE. POWER you sold me. I think it is the best I have seen. Very respectfully, S. KENDRICK, Superintendent Savannah, G. & N. A. R. R. ALSO TO Capt. A. J. White, President M. & W. R. R. ; McHollis, Monroe Coun ty; Jas. Leith, Pnlaski County ; Dr. Reilly, Houston County ; W. W. West, Harris County; Johnson & Dunlap, Macon, Ga.; Sims, Spalding County ; Alexander, Hillsboro ; Dr. Hardeman, Jones County ; Edmond Dumas, Jones County. Aug. 5, 3in. rpn Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut, Cedar aud Imitatations. Aletalic Cases and Cas kets. new styles, at i educed prices. Oct. 17 41 tf LAWTON, HART & CO- FACTORS AND Commission Merchants, fit. U sual advances made on Cotton in Store, oct. y r &n 4m Wm. H. Tison. Wm. W. Gokdon. TIS0N & GORDON, (established, 1854-.) COTTON FACTORS AND Commission Merchants^ 112 BAY STREET savannah, GA. B AGGING AND IRON TIES ADVAN CED on Crops. Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign raent of Cotton. Careful attention to all busi' ness, and prompt returns Guaranteed, oct. 9 11 n 4m. fllisfellanefitts. CARPENTERS, BUILDERS AND ALL OTHERS IN NEED OF , BLINDS, Mouldings, Balusters. Blind Trimmings, <fec„ will do well to call e** Blair <3z> Bickford., 171 Bay Street. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA WHO ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVIMG FRESH SUPPLIES IN THIS LINE. August 15,4m. n r H. & J, WEED, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Iron, Steel, Tin Plate and Hardware, Rub ber Belting and Carriage Material- 173 SL 115 MtciLnhtaii 5ft. SAVANNAH, GA. oct. 10 1871. r * n 6m. The Wife of Washington in her Workroom BY JAMES PARTON. There are fine ladies, it is said, at present, who disdain ihe homely, honorable duties of house-keeping, thinking it beneath them to attend to the comfort, happiness and dig nity of their families. If any such there are, I should like to invite them to look into the workroom of Mrs. Washington, at Mount Ver non, the aparlmeut in which the first lady of Virginia, in Virginia’s palmy days, used to spend her mornings at work, surrounded by busy servants. Every great house in Virginia had such a room in old times, and ladies plumed themselves upon excelling in the household arts practiced therein. This particular work room at Mount Vernon is described in old letters of the period, copied and given to the world some years ago, by the late Bishop Meade, of Virginia. It was a plain, good sized apart ment, arranged and furnished with a view to facilitating work. At one end, there was a large table for cut ting out clothes upon. At that time, every garment worn by the slaves had to be cut out and sewed, either by the ladies of the mansion-house, or under their superintendence.— The greater part of General Wash ington’s slaves worked on planta tions several miles distant from his home, arid were provided for by their several overseers ; but there were a great number of household servants at Mount Vernon, besides grooms, gardeners fishermen and others, for whom the lady of the house had lo think and contrive.— At that broad table, sat a skillful, nice-looking negro woman, some what advanced in years, with a pair of shears in her hand, cutting, cut ting, cutiing, almost all day and ev ery day, the countless trowsprs, dresses, jackets and shirts, needed by a family of, perhaps a hundred persons. Every thing worn by the General or by herself, except their best outside garments, which were imported from London, were made in that room, under the eye of the lady ot the house. . All the commoner fabrics, too, were home-made. On one side of the room, sat a young colored wo man spinning yarn ; on another, her mother knitting ; elsewhere, a wo man doing some of the finer ironing; here a woman winding ; there a lit tle colored girl learning lo sew. In the midst of all this industry, sat Mrs. Washington, ready lo solve dif ficulties as they arose, and prompt to set right any operation that might be going w’rong. She was always knitting. From morning till dinner —which was two o’clock—her knit ting was seldom out of her hands. In this workroom, she usually re ceived the ladies of her familiar ac- quinlance, when they called in the morning, but she never laid aside her knitting. The click of her nee dles was^always heard in the pauses of conversation. Her friends were surprised to see her, after her eight years’ residence at the 3eat of Government, instant ly resume her former way of life. They found her as of old, in her workroom, with her servants about her, knitting and giving directions. One lady, who visited her after the General’s retirement from the presi dency, gives an instance of her pru dent generosity. “She points out to me several pairs of nice colored stocktngs and gloves she had just finished, and presents me with a pair half done, which she begs I will finish and wear for her sake.” Thus she contrived in one and the same act, to make a present and give a practical lesson in industry. She was, indeed, a signal example of that virtue, at a time when ladies of wealth and importance could scarcely avoid practicing it. She used to speak of the lime spent in levees and other ceremonial duties, as, “my lost days.” The chief labor ot the mistress of a house then was in training ser vants. Mrs. Washington, like the other Virginia ladies, had an eye upon the families of her slaves— and most of them had very large families—and when she noticed a little girl that seemed bright and apt to learn, she would have her come to the workroom, where she would be taught to sew, and after wards, other home arts. In this way, the house was kept supplied with good cooks, chamber-maids, seamstresses and nurses. Promis ing girls were regularly brought up, or, as we may say, apprenticed to the household trade which they were to spend their life iu enercis- ing. This training of servants was for merly supposed to be part of the cs, whether the servants were white or black, bond or free. Ladies did not then regard a bouse with all iu complicated and business apparatus, as a clock, which, being wound up after breakfast, would run twenty- four hours without further attention. Having themseives actually per formed all the operations of house keeping, and having acquiied skill in their performance, they knew that a good servant is not born, but made; and they were willing to ake a world of trouble in forming a servant, in order that by an by they might enjoy the ease and pleasure derived from skillful service. I must confess that sometimes, vvlien I have heard ladies complaining of the awkwardness of girls who, until recently, had never seen a house hold implement more complicated than a poker, or an iron pot, the thought has occurred to life that pos sibly, if they would lake some trou ble to teach such girls their duty, they would observe a gradual im provement. There is a tradition in Virginia that Mrs. Washington, with all her good qualities, was a little tart in her temper, and favored the General, occasionally, with a nocturnal dis course, too much in the slyle of Mrs. Caudle. The story rests upon the slightest foundation, and it is safe to disiegard. Great housekeepers, how ever, are not usually noted for amia bility of disposition, and ladies whose husbands are very famous, are apt to be over run with compa ny, which is not conducive to do mestic peace, nor does il lend to curb the license of a woman’s tongue to remember that, at her marriage, she brought her husband a vast in crease, both ot his estate, and of his importance in the social system. How far George Washington was, in his youth, from anticipating the splendid career that awaited him ! He was by no means so favored in fortune and family, as his biogra phers would have us believe. Ev ery reader, I suppose, remembers the fine tale, which even Mr. Irving repeats, of the youthful Washington, getting a midshipman’s commission, and yielding it again to his mother’s tears. There lay the British man- of-war at anchor in the river. The boat was on shore ; the lad’s trunk was packed ; and, I think, his uni form was on. But, at the last mo ment, the lender youth, overcome by his mother’s tears, declined to go. Such is the romance. 'Ihe truth was this: His mother, left a widow, was anxious for the future of her boy, fourteen years of age, whose only inheritance was a farm and tract of land on the Rappahannoc, of no great value or promise. She was advised to send the lad to sea, before the mast, in one of the tobacco ships that so often ascended the broad riv ers of Virginia. She was fora while disposed to favor the scheme. But her brother, Joseph Ball, a London lawyer, in large practice, remon strated against her sacrificing her son in that way, and advised her to bring him up a planter. “I understand,” he wrote, “that you are advised, and have since thought of putting your son George to sea. I think he had better be put apprentice to a tinker, fora common sailor before the mast has by no means the common liberty of the subject; for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month, and make him take twenty- three, and cut and slash, and use him like a dog. And as lo any con siderable preferment in the navy, it is not to be expected, as there are always so many gaping for it here, who have interest, and he has none.” He proceeds to tell her lhat, a Virginia planter, with three or four hundred acres of land, and three or four slaves, has a great deal better chance of winning a comfortable and independent position, than even the captain of a merchant ship—and it was far from easy to get to be captain. “George,” be concluded, “must not be in too great haste to be rich, nor aim at being a fine gen tleman before his time; but go on gently and with patience.” The mother accepted this view of the situation, and the boy was not cut and slashed on board ship. He learned, as we all know, the busi ness of a surveyor, and practiced lhat vocation until the death of his brother gave him a competent es tate. He was Colonel commanding the Virginia troops, twenty-seven years of age, and shining with the lustre of the fame recently won on Brnd- dock’s field, when first the rich young widow Custiscaet upon him admiring eyes. He was riding, booted and spurred, in hot haste, from headquarters to the capital of the province, where he was to con fer with the Governor concerning the defence of the frontiers. With in a few tniles of his destination, he was pressed by a friend to stay to dinuer. With extreme reluctance he consented, intending to mount the moment the meal was over. At the table. he met the widow, and was captivated. The horses wsje pawing at the door, but the young Colonel came not forth. The after noon flew by, yet he came not. Eve ning drew on, ihe horses were tak en back to the stable—Col. Wash ington had made up his mind to stop all flight. It was not till the next morning that he rode away. Within a year they were married at the “White House,” which was her home, and they took up their a- bodc at Mount Vernon soon after. Her huabaod b left a vast estate in lands, and forty-five thousand pounds in money, one-third of which was hers, and now became the joint property of Colonel Washington and herself. By their marriage, he be came one of the richest men in Vir ginia. She gained an excellent hus band, and her three chitdren a wise and careful father. If any lady in V irginia could claim exemption from the cares and labors ot a household, oo account of her wealth aud social standing, it was Mrs. Washington. She had been an heiress and a beauty. For genera tions her ancestors had been persons of wealth and high consideration. Her first husband possessed a great fortune, and her second was the most illustrious personage of his time. But she deemed it a privi lege to attend to the details of house keeping, and regarded the days wh*»n she was obliged to shine in the drawing-room, as “lost.” The Ethics of Dress. Imprimis. The first instiet about a new fashion is the true one. Don’t wait till your eye has lost its accu racy and judgment its edge. Sub- jeetthe thing at once to the general rule, and bow to the decision. 2d. What suits one person does not suit another. Know thyself. 3d. Dress should supplement good points and correct bad ones.— Thick and thin, long and short, are not all to be subjected to one Fro- cruslean style. 4th. Colors should be harmonious, should be massed—should be be coming. Id est, many little points or blotches of color sprinkled over a costume produce a disagreeable pied and speckled effect, as of a monstrous robin’s egg, or a plum pudding. One tint should prevail, relieved by a contrasting tint. No amount of fashionable prestige can make an unbecoming color becom ing. “Nile green” will turn some people into oranges, though twenty empresses ordain its adoption. 5th. Lines should be continuous, graceful, and feminiue. It is belter to look like a woman (if you are one) than anything else—even a fashion- plate ! 6th. Ornament is subordinate. Nature, with all profusion, never for gets this fundamental law. 7th. Above all things, be neat. Dainty precision and freshness is as essential to a woman as a flower. Sth. Individuality is the rarest aud the cheapest thing in the world. 9tb, and lastly, “Stylish” is of all the words in the English language the most deadly. It has slain its thousands.—Scribner's Magazine. Love in the Household.— There is one place where love is more nearly supreme than any where else, and that is where suc cess has been achieved more near ly than anywhere else. I refer to the household. There the foun tain of love is never sealed. There love is more nearly on the pattern of love in Heaven than anywhere else. That is the bright spot of human history- While nations have gone on, voluminous, dark, with desola tion on every hand, groaning and travailing in pain till now ; while there have been outward conflicts innumerable; while the world has been full of confusion and crying and misery, there have been in all lands, houses with families secluded in them. And that which the State lacked, and business lacked, and all men outside, the household have pos sessed. Equity, justice and forgive ness have flourished in the house hold.—Beecher. Animal Food.—Many of the an cients never ate animal food. Plu tarch, a learned Grecian, abstained from it altogether. He lived to be nearly eighty years old and was a hard worker. He is said to have written three hundred philosophical works. One hundred and twenty- five of them are extant. This cele brated man once wrote: “You ask me for what reason Pythagoras ab stained from eating the flesh of brutes ; for my part I am astonished lo think what appetite first induced man to taste of a dead carcass; or what motive could suggest the no tion of nourishing b ini self with the flesh oi deed animals.”) 1 People could live much cheaper if they I were to adopt Plutarch’s views.