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THE ATLANTA SUN
—Count Auress, of Russia, is the man.
So they say in New York.
—The banker, Rnfns Hatch, has gone
to Europe to hatch some health.
—Mrs. Louise Thieleman is building
a German theatre in Chicago.
—Mrs. Hyacinthe has a little sister,
and she lives in Wabash, Minn.
««My 83,000 darling,” is what a Bos
ton wife calle him. He has a policy for
that amount.
Concord, N. H., has a man who has
voted for fourteen Presidents, and yet
he is not happy.
Nathaniel Rothschild, being wroth
at the way newspapers treat the family,
is about to write its history.
—Robert Dale Owen is going to com
mit suicide—that is, he proposes to
write his own biography.
A dozen lottery tickets is said to be
necessary to obtain admission into what
is styled: “society” in Louisville.
—“Things to be hoped for,” is to be
the subject of Anna Dicken’s lecture in
New York. The loss of her tongue is
one of them.
—Mr. Charles Folsom is dead. For
many years he was Librarian of the Bos
ton Atbeneum and at Harvard, and was
the tutor of Admiral Farragut. For the
last few years he has been revising Wor
cester’s Dictionary.
—Mrs. Minn, a female suffragist of
St. Louis, sues for $10,000 damages, be
cause her vote was no* accepted. She
is going to carry the case up to the Su
promo Conrt of the United States, if
necessary.
—The first short hand report of Con
gressional poceedings was taken by
Thomas Loyd, wno had been a Revolu
tionary soldier. In 1819, he invented a
system of stenography, and made himseli
a revolutionary penman.
—“Cbarh.tte Cushman, the famous
tragedienne,has with her a faithful color
ed servant named Sally, who has been
in her service over thirty years, and
crossed the ocean with her fourteen
times.” That tells a bad tale on Char-
lott’s age. Thirty years ! Whew 1
Grant now has another four years’ lease of power.
* heavy Congressional majority, and in tchat-
f yrj v /® rm h® niay seek to effect he will have the aid
of the Tribune.—New York Tribune of yesterday.
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOB THE WEEK ENDTNO NOVEMBER ‘ 0, 1872.
Tile Sun Still in Agony.
which Mr. Gieeley then was in favor of, j OFFICIAL VOTE
Gen. Grant would not make. Does he
still think that such a reform should be
j made under like circumstances, and that
if Gen. Grant shall change his mind on
OF
THE 41'H CONGRESSIONAL. DISTRICT,
COMPLETE.
Sage of Chappaqua I Oar g-eat Democratic chief-
tein! Is it thou wno thus hsth spoken I Baltimore, . #
Tammany and the Constitution answer.—Atlanta Sun. the subject, and go for auch reform in
Ourrirsciotu contemporary, Th* Sew, is ighung Mr. Sumner s Civu Rights Bill, or in any
the Presidential battle as rigorously since, as it did .. ... . , ... ., X* 1 ™*
before the election. Yesterdays iaano anu the day I Other like measure, that he Will aid him Chattahoochee
SSSSSJSSiXSSffiSSraa.'SS «•** Tti «toouru n der,tandmgo!his ISS£
Uon. Whether The Sun is jubilant over Greeley’s IangUage-and, therefore, take UO comfort
defeat, O’Conor’s being distanced, or Grant’s elec-1 . .. ., I
tion, it is ratber hard to determine—perhaps alL It from the Utterance referred to, COmiDg I
never looked tor O'Conor’s election. and, | *1, , •. . Meriwether.
therefore, is not disappointed. Between Gree- the source it does. Mu*«)gee........
trtaS tErh SS 3 - Whether Tra s™ <*»»*“ °. r
of the fact that Greeley’s defeat is the defeat of the | helps the Democratic cause by their 1 Total
Democracy, its exultation is unseemly indeed, and I ,. , „ * ...
has elicited no favorable comment. It, perhaps, | Sentiment, OUT readers and the public
could not better have ahown the true animua of the
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■ m O * —w — — I ~~ *“ *uo a/inuibS, \ Ctuuoi JtKX. .19 099
in thus indelicately wad flippantly gloating over a | chief object, and that is the vindication I Ex^ l Jof e ’vote P October"d Elect0rB
could not better nave anown tne true animua 01 tne | m-nd m—„ i_«4. I 4 '—*—■ —
movement It has sought to vainly inaugurate, than j judge. * 1HE OUN aims at but one j Total vote in the District, October 2d...
in thus indelicately and flippantly gloating over a ----- "
result, that according to Its professions, embodied . , —
the success of what it pretends to condemn. of the truth, and the rights Of the p60- °“ lu t * majority over Walker 5,191
Inappropriaie and out of taste aa its aquibs are, I . •, . ... ., , x x_:u I " Grsnt 3.545
we should not have commented upon them if they Pt e anu in tills Way It hopes to COntTlD- t 1 “ Greeley 2 768
had notreferred so often to this journal. L-x- xx_ ^.ix. x n x^. pi fivnt f nn 0 f the u .i®? 8 »taj°rity over Grant 78'
Tho beggarly reckoning of strength exhibited I mite to tile elevation OI tile ^ «. >, Grant and O’Conor
over the connty by the O’Conor cause should have | moral and nnliHeal stftndnrd nf ttienonn- I uarn ® majority over Bethune 1
taught our neighbor a little discretion, if not mod- 1 1 gg ~** M —~■ 1
eaty.
xu th- paragraph quoted above by The Sun from
the Tribune, which it copies is a text lor various
squibs, we see nothing improper Tho declaration
ot ajonrnal that has battled Grant, to the effect that
in reforms he Till have its aid, is the t-imple ex
pression of a very proper determination. Had it
have said that it would now aid him in wrongs,
there would have been room to condemn it. But 11, _ , j
the expression of a purpose to aid m good work, however much it may have succeeded in
try, and with this to aid in the elevation OFFICIAL. VOTE OF THE 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
I of the true cause of the Democracy,
however it may fail in elevating itself.
We very respectfully sav to onr neigh-
I borthat, so far as its course is concerned,
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suu V»* a iv aiu XXX (jvvu wvxai i I p,
carries with it neither the invitation of discredits- plnvntinrr itqplf cn f»r m t.hft ratlRfi
bio al'ianco nor tho betrayal of right. Onr neighbor elevatlD S ltseu > J et » so lar as tne Cau ° e Crawford
has oertainly an evil mind *0 see wrong in so right a of the Democratic party is concerned, "
saying. Our neighbor does not make a creditable ... . . • • 1 -x 1 "
display oiits own motives in thuB hunUng baseness and the SUCCeS3 of their principles, it DOS i ulton.,
? .o so simple and creditable an expression of pur- 1 Menw
pose.
We assureour .reighbor in aU kindness that it sinking, than elevating, as the late most I Monroe
neither elevates itself nor helps the Democratic . . r;V“ roe -
cause by its most unseemly paragraphs.—Atlanta lamentable results conclusively estab-
Constitution, Hth November, 1872.
shown much more talent in the art of
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355
232
63
73
360
356
640
411
229
486
5*6
11
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486
570
1045
294
751
423
7+9
54
326
429
845
635
832
3«3
383
272
8S
in
386
390
2757
1510
1247
2834
1802
318
1032
2774
225
935
354
681
605
163
96
58
589
814
993
810
183
2209
996
3
1213
2201
976
611
49
562
36
209
173
36
212
1595
885
710
840
1447
77
607
840
1552
1096
501
595
807
645
219
162
810
845
866
•710
156
1219
811
85
408
1220
891
1104
491
613
781
898
18
117
775
922
12,893
6,543
6,350
000
10.978
9,300
1.023
2.999
1,321
10 910
I3.63i
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2.078
84
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176
712
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1,733
From tho Talbotton Standard.
It is Finished.—The die is cast,
the
for Presidential Electors
Kxces3of vote for President „
’s majority over Waikor
The above editorial of our neighbor,
the Constitution, has been on our table I Press of the State on the Election,
for two or three days, but press of other
duties has prevented an earlier notice of
it. The political character aud status of election is over and our doom for the I g^ith
The Sun is under our control. This is next four years is sealed! Grant is re- smith’s majority over Grant...
. . . . , . Alpotfd bv an overwhelmin'* maioritv. Smith 8 majority over Greeley
known to out neighbor, and, therefore, ele ^ l f a ai \, a » . - y* Grant’s majority over Greeley....
. . . J and the poor bleeding South is to be J Grant's majority over Grf‘“ la ” •"
any attempt to assign it a position from „ roxin ^ beneath the heel of this military Greeley's majority over o
any number of “squibs’ or “ para-1 despot; about as well qualified for the SSSrs*P^ 0 ffin°Ita
eraDhs” in its columns which do not go Presidency as a fice pup. But we have Grant’s plurality in six counties .'
.orth with the known responsibility o{ | wehave become used to it: , | Venn’s majorities in eightenunttas 1.790
onr initials, wo most respectfully protest ^, e ° jj aye one ■ • 1
against.
consolation, however,
Georgia is out of the ditch, and we!
The Agricultural and Mechanical
Association of Alabama bolds its Fair at
Montgomery, Nov. 18—24.
We mean no reflection upon our able thank God for it.
associate by whom the paragraphs 0 r We can oidy hope for the best, and if
.. . J , -xC. ? u the worst comes, let us take it good hu-,
squibs referred to may either have been more dly. Let ns bend onr energies in
written, or permitted by him to go into the right direction, and we will surely j
onr columns. We have entire confidence come out better in the end.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
COMPLETE.
Several communications, sent in
since the late election for publication,
we most decline to publish on account
of the personal allusions made in them.
The position The Sun has maintained
throughout the campaign, we desire it to
be distinctly understood, was not on ac
count of personal antagonism against
those who have been the champions of
Mr. Greeley and the “ New Departure.”
The Sun has combatted for principle, and
it is not disposed to engage in a tirade
of personal abnse or censure against
those who have acted on a line at vari
ance with tho course we have espoused.
We have no doubt bat that the Constitu
tion, and the many followers of the Gree
ley leaders in Georgia, believed that they
were pursuing the policy that was best
nnder the circumstances. We have no
donbt bat that they see now, that they
were mistaken. We are not disposed to
ridicuie at this day their mistake.
Let the past errors of the Democracy
be bnried, except for the lessons they
may teach us, that principle, and not
polioy, should govern action. It is not
yet too late to retrieve. But if onr prin
ciples ore right, let the Democracy in the
future go forth to battle, firmly planted
npen them.
In onr future engagement we shall
need every man at his post, ard har
mony and reconciliation in the ranks, is
what The Sun most desires to secure.
But remember, this can never be se
cured, unless tho party politio stand
squarely upon the platform of its prin
ciples.
Frow tho Washington Gazette-!
both in his discretion and patriotism in
this particular; but what we insist upon,
ouceior.U.iatb.Uhopoliticalcharacter, - Gran , will be a cand fl al6 fora |
f the paper—its tone and sentiments— third term . White men in the South,!
its views and objects—shall be judeed i n Georgia, and in Wilkes county, who I
who clung, through adversity and de-
other cotemporaries.
say, will then openly advocate the cause
Smith
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Walker’s
majority.
Grant
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Greeley
over Grant.
Wright
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Coiumoxa
333
4
329
15
3 4
16
389
296
Elbert
114*
117
1025
130
361
254
231
397
13?
.Glaiscock
348
17
33V
16
206
2*0
292
16
Greene
873
9S4
HI
1245
498
231
747
574
1267
993
80S
190
467
6*3
128
Hart
440
358
82
V82
3.3
6
41
334
264
Jefferson
818
219
699
326
624
14
298
542
321
Johnson
278
1
277
347
347
332
Lincoln
788
788
286
236
305
McDuffie
711
14
697
322
70
252
397
6
Oglethorpe
655
287
868
417
448
70
si
458
415
Richmond
282S
207S
745
2327
2763
27
• 436
2659
2329
Taliaferro
377
-Cf.
309
175
104
125
71
145
29
barren
591
27(1
324
401
491
18
90
488
Washington
1433
167
1266
437
12 5
818
1254
437
Wilkes
1085
14
1071
142
592
298
450
586
141
Total
13,697
6.407
8,290
111
6380
9647
1,156
818
4,116
9.697
6,230
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187
38
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105
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60
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123
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1293
281
2K7
276
179
70
221
332
305
391
43
330
116
87
817
445
4160
693
ISTl'KIlESTINa HEMIMsOKNCES.
ICarly Incidents In fllonroe County.
middle Oeorgfa Thirty Years Ago,
Now a few words upon the merits of ^ ran *'> aD 4,. T0 J ;e for without a Total vote in tho District, October 2d
JNOW, a lew w orua upuu me mexita ui |- > J I1S ! 1> an( J W1 U attempt to stigmatize U3 Tctal vote for Presidential Electors..
the article itself. for still loving good government and Excess of vote, October 2d ...
„ I ... . ° ° ° Smith’s majority over Walker
1. If tuere has been any para- liberty. I -mith’s majority over Gr nt..
ernnha” nr “snnihq” in the colnmns of From the Weekly Bulletin. Smith’s majority over Greeley
grapbb or squios in tne coiumn&oi r TnKFT> ,nd that Badly—We are Greeley’s majority over Gram
The Sitn “crowicc lnstilv and exult- -Uicked—and thaj: dadlx. vvo are * majority over Grant and OVonor.
1HE GUN crowing msuiy auu exuxt . Qne np> cleaned out Riddled and Greel 4. 8 ma j orit f over o Conor . --5=
antly” much less “gloating over the re-1 submerged. The fact is, the result of Wright’s majority over Clayton !!!!'.'.*".!3 4G7
suit of the Me election,” they have en-1 the election on Tuesday last was a defeat] DoBofe, a ?. d aint
and we crushing in its effects, one that will long —
79,104
17.183
1.921
8,179
7,317
. 4,050
3,267
2.111
GEUUGlAflEW8 BREVITIES.
—Quitman has a large wild cat.
— The Walron Journal suspends.
—Bishop Pierce has been in Sparta.
—Joe Howard has been arrested in
I Augusta for robbing the dead.
—Mr. Beek is candidate for Mayor of
Griffin.
—The Savannah Republican discusses
the horse.
—The Savannah folks are looking into
' It W03 but a brief while ago that
an editor of The Sun was told by
wealthy and influential citizen of Boston,
while on a visit there, that “the burning
of Atlanta by General Sherman was a
necessity of war, and therefore justifiable
in the estimation of the people of the
North.” It was in vain that the suffer
ings of the aged, the infirm; of helpless
women and children, were portrayed
the demolition of property; how
families were made homeless and forced
to take refnge in remote places, from
the burning brand; how sad was the
wreck, and ruin that awaited them
when they were allowed to return from
their homeless wanderings. “It was a
necessity,” and therefore, no censure or
charge of inhumanity could be made
against the ruthless hands that applied
the torch to the sanctuaries of Southern
homes. We contemplated at the time
the serene composure of the wealthy
Bostonian with a secret wondering, cf
what would be his reflections, were he
called to pass through a similar fiery or
deal.
Tue great conflagration that has swept
over Boston has leveled the magnificent
business establishment of the mau who
was so complacent in his contemp'ations
of tho scenes and suffering related to
him, ‘and peibaps his home too, may
have been visited by the devouring
flame. But theie is not a heart in all
the land that throbs with human tender
ness, that will not commiserate the suf
ferings that he or any other has sustain
ed l.y the terrible calamity that has be
fallen the illfated city.
There is a moral to be drawn from this
coincidence. No hnman being is prooi
against misfortune, and cur heath-
should warm with sympathy f or the suf
fering, whoever they be, or whatever tin-
occasion of their sufferings, for we know
not what ills, fate may have iD “-ore for
ns m tne lutnre.
^ p . . . ’ _ be remembered by the defeated party,
are qmte careful in scanning the mutter rjjjg reasons can bf seen now, but it is
that appears therein. There is certainly t 00 j a te to remedy the evil. There is no
nothing in the “squib” noted by the use complaining, it will do no good.
Constitution which so strikes us. Old “ let us have peace” is in four
years longer, and is bound to run the
Its spirit seems rather to hold up the machine according to his own notion. If
great “blunder” cf the Constitution and he is in for another term, and looks to
the leaders at the Baltimore Convention, th® nomination in 1876, we may expect
XI ~ quart rs to be shown the South, bnt
m presenting as the Chieftain and ^ Q ran t is satisfied with two terms, he
Standard-bearer of the Democracy, the mav try to conciliate the South and
S «ge of Chappaqua,” the persistant ene- make things look more lovely.
mv of the time-honored principles of their The fact of the business is, Greeley I municipal affairs.
, , . . . ,. . was too slow, or else he was very on- „ ,,
Party—the man whose declared object opular> We ’ ratQer incline to the lat- —The Warrenton Clipper calls the
in *he beginning of the campaign, was ter opinion, as he was beat in New York Greeley papers “repentant sinners.’
to defeat the success of Democratic by 25,000. —Walter Scott, postmaster at Warren
principles, and whose declaration, as We went in on the recommendation of ton, has resigned.
mmt-pd maria immediately after the ac- the Baltimore Convention; and whne we —The Treasurer of Warren connty has
quoted, made immediately alter the ac- had some hope of BUCOess> yet it wa8 not 70 0Q hand<
oomphshment of his object, wm that he G f that kind that inspired us as in the _ SomQ oi the Warren roads ar0
should retnrn to the snpport of General days of Polk or Pierce.
Grant’s administration in whatever re-1 We subside, give iD, and shall be quiet
- , „ . . . until we are called into the field again,
forms he may seek to effect. when we shall do what we can to main-
Tho objeot of the writer of the para- j tain constitutional government,
graph as it appeared to US, W&3, in a From the Waynesboro Expositor,
forcible ligbt to exhibit thiB “ blunder,” I do not mean to imply, because Mr.
and without the least intention to “crow” [Greeley was beaten, that we are sorry I reorganize,
over the disastrous results which have for wliat we did for the principles he rep- —Swayze and his wife are before the
ed from the stupendous fully. We res *?ted, as set forth by t - - -
eu irurn vue aiupoxiu uo x j. tic plat f orm . By no means. x>us whju we I Th _ h Harmonia Verein in
know tnat no man living can more deeply lee j humiliated by the shabby trick of the B • i“ id y
regret these resnlts of “that folly” than so-called reformers of his section, who, g *
d after all their boastful pretensions and —Quitman Superior Courtis in ses-
w „* „ .. ... . protestations, have turned again as the sion.
2. The Consiiti'U.vi sees nothing in the .< sow ^ ner m i re ,” or a “dog to his —Improvements going on in Bain-
declaration of Mr. Greeley, referred to, vomit.” And reuliy, m the language ot bridge.
since he has resumed the Editorial chair borne one (who ought to be immortal- The Georgia Indepen dent Fire Com-
of the Iribime, to complain of—nothing iZe d)« “ we le *d dog bit. pany of Augusta's has celebrated its 43d
ihat is improper. We opposed the bull-pup fancier in | anniversary.
’68, recently, and now; and, moreover,
order.
—The Sparta Planter is rejoiced with
a tnrnip 21 inches in diameter.
— A Radical “jamboree” is on foot in
Savannah.
— The Savannah cadets are trying to
As an abstract proposition, we agree | —»,—| —Hon. H. W- Hilliard orates upon the
eutirely «..h th. fa*!, m what it K^aVd im ”“d to fight on .tS ggT 1 ues,i ™ in A ^*“ Il,nr3 -
says on that point; and doubt not, the line just as long as he won't “let us have ^_ Tb0 * iQtll0use of ^ Gorman 0al .
writer of the paragraphiaTHESuNcem- peace. ^ ^ and tl)eie ig ver in Hancock was destroyed by fire
plained of, concurs qmte as heartily. I hdp for the re6ult . The South, ^ last Tuesday night.
Bat the true meaning of words must of- ever j n the past, has proved true—therv-1 —About seven miles from Macon, a
ten be arrived at, by studying them, in fore, for the present state of affairs, and negro named Jim O. Pry attempted to
the concrete as well as in the abstract, the continuancg in office of the recently rape a three year old white gill. He was
m, ,, . e _ made L. L. D. (which don’t mean Long arrested, bnt wus allowed to escape by
e> often have a o P Lave Democracy), Yankeedoodledum is careless officers. One hundred dollars
trom the very person who uses them. responsible. is offered for his arrest.
We so view these words thus coming Look to yoRr household gods! Let .. .
irum Mr. Greeie, at dii. rime. . '‘.i U, (or the prc»,, be ^ ,nth good LWfi
■P X • J • .1 I A 1^ government within the boundary hues House oi ureeu "ayperi 01 m-onroe, nas
Every patriot m the land should be ° £ our “^ u i ovt d State, and Grunt may I been burned, and tive persons consumed
ready, at all times, not only to declare a | run tlie big machine to suit himself—
purpose to aid any administration, State and lelajions—if he will only “ let ».s
or Federal, totffect all desirable reforms; alone.'" 'j _
„ ..... From the Colunfbus San.
but on all occasions t*' give this aid, sn ! . .
. x . X I Comfokt IN Affliction.—The most
the mos. efficient manner. Good Gov- ze£dous areelejiiea arc couse ling them-
ernmentis what the honest masses of the se i V e> by the fact that, although Gregley
people want every where. But what con- was defeated ior Prtsiden., he yet re
stitutes reforms in Government ? This ca.ved more votes than Charles O Conor!
- . -x v- , , This is extracting sermons iroci clones,
is the point on which men differ. What, I c - r r
in the opinion of Mr. Greeley, won *1 he fgSf- John tri Steed, Dale county, Ala, I ton and Miss Nancy
in the flames, viz: John ana Joe Spruce,
two negro boys, undone of Mr. Harp
er’s sons. Another son of Mr. Harper is
expected to die. They were ginning at
night, and accidentally set the lint room
on fire with a lantern.
Humors..
—Hereditary—Oarroty looks.
—The first game of life—Bawl.
—Fee Simple—A fee to a quack.
— Guilt frames—Prison windows.
— A Disagreeable boon—A baboon.
—Whaling grounds—School Houses.
kisT ^ sealed Proposal—The engagement
, —Eye’s droppings—Fruit from the
forbidden tree.
Of what nation are all stocking-
menders? Dar-nation.
. — Why is a man half asleep like twice
six ? Because he is a dose-in.
—A woman who tells fortnnes from a
tea-cup need not be a sanceress.
—It is said that cork-screws have sank
more than cork-jaokets have ever saved.
—Fashionable intelligence—Every day
is opening day in the oyster business.
—Why is a sloop emnlematio of the
past and fntore! Because it’s afore-
and-after.
—Generally.—It is note worthy that
white-washing is generally done by black
men.
—A young subscriber wants to know
if it is better to hide your savings or save
yonr hiding.
—When is a photographic album like
an old fashioned china shop? When it
is fall of ngly mugs.
—Why was Robinson Crusoe unable to
get up an oyster stew? Because he hadn’t
the skill-it reqnired.
—A publishing friend says that the ex
ercise he likes best is a run upon a new
book.
—A boy being asked what name was
given to residents of the United States,
promptly answered, “Tax-payers.”
—A German missionary is giving the
Chinese instructions in horticulture.
His first lecture was on Bndd-hism.
.—Would you rather go through a
giddy waltz with a pretty girl than go
throngh a pretty waltz with a giddy girl?
—A sod roof lately fell in and killed a
Kansas family and tbeir kind neighbors
have now built another sod roof over
them. t >
a reform in Gen. Grouts administration ? (encloses a renfewal of subscription to
The most important reform he wisheu | The Sun, and write":
Gen. Grant to make just before he broke
with him, as far as we are aware o', was j author or the tx=tpolitical -..xt-boox t=o»-n.’’
to put a portion of Georgia again under
—Madame iuccaV husband is coming,
and she is on the look out for him.
military rule at the instance of
3 iv. Bullock, under Mr. Greeley’s
idea ol discharging that “solemn
CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION " rest-
.JTT npou the central authority., to
maintain the eq i d rights of all the
iuliabi an of this State This reform
—He is coming to the United States—
Carl Wegt, we mean, a Sw* ss naturalist.
—A number of wealthy H bry'-s me
ditate a Gaily paper in New York.
Marriages.
—Sixth inst., in Monroe connty, Mr.
Dairy Price and Miss Lee Perkins.
—In Monroe, 31st, George W. Thorn-
Bell, all of Butt3
county.
—Third inst., in JacksoD, Batts
county, Mr. Robert Cates and Miss Mary
L. Middleton.
Deaths.
—In Thompson, Mrs. B. N. Barron.
— In Macon, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. T. Wilbnrn.
— On the 9th. in Macon, Mr. Charles
L. Craft,, aged 23.
— Ou the 6th, near Smarr’s Station,
Monroe county. Mr. Archibald Steele,
aged 50' j j* , JuuMawLfV
Pennsylvania Scraps.
— The people of Chambersburg pro
pose to establish car shops.
—The ladies of Wilkesbarre are col
lecting clothing for the Dacotah Indians.
—New buckwheat is in the market.
— Squirrels are swarming in the Cum
berland valley.
..— Pittsburg is less afflicted with row
dies than any other city in the State.
— The iron business of the State con
tinues to develop.
.—Bellel’ontaineis threatened by incen
diaries.
—John Sullivan, proprietor of the Du-
shore hotel, in Dushore, Suilivan cr un-
ty, planted, at the usual seeding time
last HDring, a single potato in his garden
of ordinary soil. A week or two since
he dug them np, and found that it had
produced 544 potatoes, weighing 195
pounds— or, iu other words, just three
bu~u» is and a peck.
From the Monroe Advertiser.]
LOOKING BACK.
Editor Advertiser:—One who was iden
tified with the early settlement of thin
connty, has witnessed many and striking
changes in the habits and manners of the
people. He looks back upon the “dead
years,” which, like mile posts, mark the
distance be has travels l in the journey
of life; and can, without the aid of av ecs,
make out the figures on the seventieth,
just ahead of him. Memory calls up
nuny pleasing incidents. Aud though
r he actors who played their parts may
lave passed away, the characters in
•rliich they appeared are still in view.
He may not have become “wise through
ime.” but Iih will certainly l^e “garrul
ous with age.”
INCIDENT IN GULLETTSV/LLE.
I propose, therefore, to relate a mem
orable inciuent which took place at tne
eight mile post, on the road from Forsyth
to Gullettsville, thirty or fortyyeais ago.
Before doing so, I have sonifewlint to >ay
of Gullettsville. It was named niter Dr.
Gnllett. I.j its early hiatkrv tt wns
famous beyond any plaoe in Georgia, of
its size, for rowdyism. Ad the roughs
from tho comers of three counties,
Monroe, Jasper aud Butts, cougreguted,
here frequently. Ou such occasions,
horse racing, cock-fighting, gander pull
ing, gambling, drinking, fighting, were
a part of theamu-semeuts of the people.
One nighty a Tennessee hog drover,
who had a good deal of money, “kept
late houra with The boys,” and was dread
fully fleeced. He gave it as his opinion,
next day, that there would be no general
judgment if the Angel Gabriel should
happen to alight at GullettsvUle “because
omebody would cheat him oat of his
rampet before he had time to toot it.’*
CHANGE OF NAME.
About twenty-five years ago Robert
Mays, while merchandising there,
changed the name of the plaoe to New
Market. Recently the postoffice tuere
has been changed to Oabaniss. Bat
the name Gullettsville “still waves.”
You may change, you may alter tne name, if you will.
But the people around it still say * GullettsvUle.*
JOSHUA AYOOCK.
Now to the incident at the eight mile
post: A man by the name of JoB'nna
Aycoak had a difficulty with a neighbor,
and they agreed to settle it by a “pitched
fight at the eight mile post, on a day
named. All the neighborhood, except
the justices of the peace, and the bailiffs,
(wtiose duty it was to preserve the peace,)
•lenerady attended on such occasions.
On the day before the fight, Aycock be
gan to reflect seriously upon the transi
tory nature of worldly famo, and de-
erruined, instead of “patting himself
on his muscle,” to rely upon his wit.
He accordingly took a pair of old copperas
colored breeches, and a roundabout coat
of tbe same material, and these he stuff
ed with straw to their utmost capacity.
A head and neck of white clotn were add
ed. The eyes, ears, nose and mouth
were literally “Charcoal Sketches.” An
old hat and a pair of old shoes graced
the head and feet. And thus this man
of straw (and war) leaped from the plas
tic hand of its framer, (like Minerva
irom the brow o r Jove) full <7? own, too.
Indeed, he was a whopper. The Cardiff
giant may have been great in heignt, but
certainly was not more aldermamc m his
proportions. It required no great skill
in antiquities to determine that neither
the chisel of Phidias nor the pencil of
ApoJlos had been employed in its making.
“Pygmalion’s Ivory Maid” was certain
ly more beautiful, in which
‘•Art hid with art so weU performed tho cheat,
It fcaughi the carver with his own deceit."
A MAN OF STB AW.
v Bnt then it was sufficiently like the
“human form divine,” to show that it
was intended to represent a man. Pro
metheus formed statues of clay, and ani
mated them by applying to their hearts
the fire which he stole from Heaven. If
this (.“Man of Straw”could be repro
duced, and the Promethean spark applied
to his breast, giving him life aud looo-
motion, all the XYth Amendments in
Gullettsville district^ would “bile over”
her borders in a single night. Ben J.,
Bad W., Mid E. and John S., could not
be in too big a harry in hunting for a
day-root or some other place of refuge
from Swayze’s marshals with Ku-Klux
warrants.
APPABIGHOTION.
The morning of the fight arrived. The
neighbors repaired to the trysting place,
singly and iu groups. The first party
who arrived saw a man of wonderful cor-
porosity leaning against a large pine
tree, motionless as a statue. They ap
proached with wonder, and seeing a
placard pinned to the bosom of the mon
ster, they read it. It informed “all
whom it may concern,” that Mr. Ayoock
could not leave home to-day, ont did not
like to disappoint anybody ; bo he sent
this, his “Apparighotion,” to represent
him. A guffaw of laughter followed,
which was renewed as each recruit ar
rived. Noc so with the champion of the
ring, when he found that his intended
victim had played a trick ou bim. “He
was as fierce as the mother bear, when
deprived of her cubs.” He buffeited the
air, and stamped the gronnd, in his rage,
and the merriment of the spectators in
creased in the same proportion os his
aDger rose.
Tuis was the last “pitched fight” in
Gullettsville district. Cervantes lau“ hed
away the chivalry of Spain, in represent
ing the extravagancies and f dlies of Don
Quixote. Aycock settled the hash with
pitched fights by his Apparighotion. He
had the words “apparition” and *•ghost”
mixed np in his head, and did not know
which it was. So he compromised the
matter by driving the latter into the for
mer between the third and fourth sylla
bles, only shivering off two letters iu the
process. The battle-field was long Known
as “Aycock’s Hill;” and it became pro
verbial for one neighbor, promising to
meet another, to say, “If I don’t come
myself I’ll send my apparighotiou.”
Ocmulgeb.
—The Charlottesville Intelligencer
learns that on last Friday nighf, Mr. F.
A. Godwin, of that place, while in the
vicinity of White Sulphur Springs, wa
attacked by a band of ruffiaus, and
badly beaten that for a time all kot<
recovery was given np. Se is now
of danger.
— A Swiss missionary at Oaic
Kev. Mr. Wenger, has ju
asE oi translating the