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The Cedartown By Jno. W. Radley. Official Organ, of Polk and Haralson Counties. Subscription $2 Per Annum. VOLUME IV. CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1878. NUMBER 34. How Joe Weakened. In that great horse ahee bend of tke Little Bear Paw Mountain, which catches a great flood of annahine at noon-day, we had a Tillage. Sixty atrong ana sturdy men were digging into the bate of the black-topped mountain in search of silver. We were not in luck, and though each man was gloomy and discour aged, there was no excise for mur der. We had bunded together to share and share uiike, and if fortune smiled on one all would receive boil- • tits. One night when the day’s toil of fifty-seven men yielded an estimate of cnly tti, the miners cursed and swore and felt like strikiug each oth er. We were short of provisions, new tools were needed, and the men turned in for the night with a deter mination to strike for some other lo cality if the next day's work should exhibit like barren results. At midaight there was a great out cry. It was not an Indian attack, as each miner anticipated when he rushed out, but a horrible murder had been committed, aud the murder er captured by one of the aeutinels. A miner named Joseph Swum, but hardly known in camp by any other name than “Joe,” occupied a tent in company with an eld mau named Arnold. The two were on good terms, hut while Arnold had about *800 in gold ooiu, acquired in other speculations, Swain hadn’t a dollar outside theoommoa fuud. The gold was buried in the earth under the bed •n which the two slept, aud Swain could not get at it by uiglit without •rousing his companion. Ilad he se cured it during the day aud made off ht would have been overhauled very q.ioklji and hie puuiaiiment nothing lees than hanging. Itcuuldbeno more it be added murder to the rob- bery, and that uiglit, when we ail felt so bitter against luck, and when partners felt so much like striking •aoh other, Joe Swain murdered the mau who had doue so muoh for him. Q« was getting away with the gold when halted, and though he made a sharp fight for liberty he was tied hand and foot within five minutes •Iter the first alarm. Arnold was dead, slabbed in three or four places, and the gold was found in Jos’s belt. There was no show for the murderer. He ceuld not even plead impulse or heat of pas- eiou. Indeed he was not the one to •void consequences. He mode a •tateinent to the effect that lie had deliberately murdered aud robbed tbe good old man, and added: “Now, boys, there’s no use of a great fuss over this matter. Put a guard over me, and the rest of you go baok to your sleep. You’ll hang me of oourBe, and when morning comes I shall have a request to make. I shan’t try to get away, and I am not going to play the baby when tbe last hour comes.” Joe Swaitt was known among ub as a game man. He had fought Mexi cans, trailed Indians and killed three or four white ruffluns who had made themselves a terror to oertain locali ties. Armed with his bowie-knife he would have been a match for any four of us, and it was owing to his prssenoe more than that of any one else that our village was not troubled with the roughs aud gamblers who at tach themselves like leeches to other camps. Murder was a orime that could not palliated in a mining camp. Had it been anything else the majority of the nun weuld have been iu favor of letting Joe jump the diggings and go ■ unpunished. But when they looked in on the white-faoed end blood stained oorpee of tbe good old man who had been lit* e Cither to all of them, enoli neart hardened against tbs murdsrer, and each man said to the other: "Joe Swain mast hang for thisl” Than was no need of a trial. When he wag brought oat after breakfast, he said: “Boys, I don’t won’t any fuss over this thing. I killed the old man, and it is ybur duty to swing me up to a limb. I knew wbat I was up to, and I kasw I’d have (o stretch a rope if I oouldn’t get away. I don’t de- ssrve a hind word and I shan’t look for any sympathy. The request that I want to make 1s that you woii’t hang me till sunset I know it is bad to have one ot these affairs hang' ing around the oomp all day, but vet it won’t ninke no great difference to you as long as you are working for almost nothing. Now then all in favor of waiting till sunset to hung me say aye 1” “Ayel” shouted every man around him. “Those oppose will say no)” “The ayes have it, and I am to be hung at sundown,continued Joe. “1 want to write half* dozen letters and sleep for two or three hours, and I hope you Wont orowd ill on me. Se lect your tree, get your rope ready and when the time comes I’ll be on hand.’’ If Joe had been a captive in the hands of tlie Indians, and was to be burned at the stake at sundown, ev ery miner would have wagered his outfit that Joe would have died game. In this case, where he was to meet a disgraoeful death at the bands of the mon who had worked and fought be side him for months, most of the miners thought he’d take the noose without the quiver of a muscle; but there wore two or three who said: “He is a brave man, but wlieti ht takes his last look arouud he will weaken.” Before the day was four hours old there wae a strange wager between two of our men. It was rifle against rifle that' Joe Swain would show a woman’s heart before he swung off. The doomed man was left to him self all day long. A strong guard was placed about his tent, but no one entered it to interrupt the work of his last hours. The corpse of his victim was buried nt the foot of the lone tree on which Joe was to owing, and as the six men carried the^body past near hie tent the murderer came out and stood with nHoovered head to show his respect for the dead. He wrote five letters, drew up a brief will, ate a full meal about inid-nfter- noon, and about half an hour before su ndown he was ready. Before start- ing for tbe tree, he said: “After I am gone yon will find my will. The letters iu there are to be forwarded os soon as convenient This is a shabby old suit of clothes to be hung in, but it’s all I had, and I couldn’t go around borrowing. Have you got the rope and the barrel read?” Yes, everything is all ready,” re plied a voice. That’s right,” said Joe. “Now, then, form in procession, give me a conspicous place, aud we’ll march along.” The man wasn’t smiling. Hisface was pals, his eyes hud an anxious look, and it was plain that lie realiz ed the grininess of his lust hour on earth. The processiou was formed, and Joe marohed away for tho tree as steadily us a soldier on parade. His hands and feet were free, and as he halted betide the old barroll, with the noose dangtiag above his head ho said; “Boys, tie my hands behind my back, and after you lift me up tie my feet together. If yon make a bun* gle of this you’ll get a bad name all through the diggiugs.” When Jo* stood on the barrel, the noose around hie neck, the men fell back a little. He looked from man to man with steady eye, looked up at the limb, anil then looked over the heads of the men ont upon the green prairie. The sinking sun had filled the grass with millions of sparkling jewels. A score of antelope were trottiug along abontumile away; great birds were sailing toward the Kockies with a lazy wing; the flow ers never seemed so thiok and beauti ful as then. For a moment we all looked south ward and there wag something in the vision that softened every heart. When we looked np at Joe again we hardly knew him. All the hard linee had melted ont of his face, hie eyes wen fall of tears, and there was a sob in his throat, M he turned and whispered: “Don’t blame me, boys—it is my last look on earth! Now, do' yonr duty!” Not a man moved—net a man conld move. Taking- a swift glance over the prairie and another np the mountain side, Joe Solltiy said: “God forgive me that I was not a better mini—” lie fell forward off the barrel, his own executioner, and no mau Jared look up until the body hung limp and lifeless. Joe had weakened. All those who had bet on his “game” lost. Yet, when we talked it over in low voices at the oamp fire we agreed that bruve Joe’s bravest act of a lifetime was shown when the tenderness was al lowed to oreep into his heart and his eyes to fill with tears—when he proved to us that he had a soul. Tho Ideal Woncu. If woman is God’s best gift to man, would not the gift be more ful ly aypreci Jed and more generally acknowledged if she were able to cope with him in intellectual attuin- mentsf The ideal woiuhii of the present day is of rare occurrence, and she ought to be regarded us an ex ample worthy of imitation. She is, by her own sex, ostracized, with the paltry excuee, “too masonline in hor views to please us.” Is this retribu tion? How many sooioty young ladies of to-day cun oonverse with you a half an hour on the classics, or even the standard writers of modern litera ture? Not one out of ten. While you may find them earnest and ready lis teners in respeot to some eloquent and, to you, interesting theme, you will hardly have ceased the narrative before your attention is culled to some new display of fashion. With this thought in mind is it tube won dered at that “Sarchedon” became a cynic? Oan our libraries boast of a great er or more ennobling author thau Shakespeare? And yet we are told that not only his works, but those —..'Milton »|t immoral. .wht'.:l! f I^have no reason to deny if they were read witli a view only, of ascertaining just the amount of immorality they do contain. Gan we boast of greater men than those produced in the six. teenth centuries? And yet how utter ly they are disregarded by the aver age woman of to-day, whose only am bition teems to be the perusal of some “good old love story!” But is site only to blame for the preference? No! It is but just to attribute it part ly to man, who, though unwilling to acknowledge it, lias only been too lavish in his affection, uutil the in dividual woman has become so exal ted thut she net only considers her self able to cope with mau, but far superior to him iu intellect. How untrue is tills of the ideal woman, the jealous worker, who ev ery day beoomes aware of how little in tlie vast sea of knowledge she has accomplished! Then it iB she becomes the true philosopher und realizes thut “God’s universe is within the head, whether there be a torn skull cap oru king’s diadem.” Care of the Teeth. 1. Be careful not to hold any fluid or solid substances in tlie mouth, ei ther too hot or too celd. Neither bite ns mash any liurd substances, as nuts, etc., with tlie teeth. 2. Have the teeth inspected every four or six months by a cureful den tist, 3. Prevent any accumulation of tartar on the teeth. 4. After every meal, thoroughly oleause the mouth with clear water. 5. Keep the stomach in good oon- ditiou by the diet, for the secretions of the moutii are generally iu sym pathy with the stomach. 6. Every nignt and moruing clean the teeth withk brush, passing it thoroughly over the tops aud on the backs of all. , 7. Whenever \ the tooth aches, ap ply to a dentist for a permanent ours. 8. Never have\n tooth extracted without consulting a dentist, for it is better to preserve them by Ailing, if possible. 9. Parents sbouldWrly carry their children to a dentist,.who will advise them how to have thlir teeth grow even, regular and beaktifui. “Bill, how did you dnd Tom end, that dispute Sunday!” j“Why I call' «d him a liar and droned the sub ject.” “Galled him a bar? Did he take it?” “Take it? Of course he took itl But I dropped sihultaneons ly with the subject.” \ THE INVESTIGATION. A Ringing Letter From Senator Hill. Editors Ohroniolo und Constitu tionalist: Several friends have asked me to give'tp tlie publio my views of the wisdom and propriety of the in- vestigution ordered by ihe House of Rep resell Utiies, known us the Pot ter investigation.,, I think a correct knowledge of the inner history of the fatuous Presi dential count would add much to a correct understanding of the wisdom and necessity of that investigation. My own views were clearly indicated in what I said in the first caucus held by tho Democratic members of the House immediately after the first decision made on tho Florida case. The decision was made on the 10th of February, 1877, whs published on Saturday, the 10th, caucus was held on Monday flight, the 13th. The partisan purpose of a majority of the Commission was munilestly leveuled by thut decision. The indigimtion of the Democrats was intense. Be fore going into tho caucus I thor oughly considered the situation and fully male up my mind us to the polioy we should pursue. In the caucus four Democrats—able and ex cellent gentlemen— three from tlie West and one from the East, made very earnest speeches in favor of using every means the rules would permit to prevent the completion of the count by 4th of March. I made the first speech against the policy. It was so kindly received, that I wrote out my remarks afterwards and preserved them. I think it is uot improper how to give them to the public, and I enclose you u copy for that / ay-pose. Several other speeches Wejify.made ill support of these /' "'^tesultM tlie .de bate was tin! pailhga of a resolution, by a large majority, pledging the Democrats of the House of Repre sentatives to proceed with the count according to the Constitution ami the Eleotoral bill. And this policy was faithfully pursued to the end. In the light of these facts the follow ing propositions are made exceeding plain: 1. It is rediculous to charge tlie Democrats with a revolutionary pur pose now to oust Mr. Hayes when they so emphatically refused then to adopt even dilatory proceedings, un der rules, to prevent ins inaugura tion. 3. Those who refused to counte nance any irregular or doubtful measures then, in order to preserve tlie peace of the country, stood pledged to “bring to light” the frauds afterwards, to the end. that the guil ty might be punished by oxposure and such dangerous wrongs be pre vented iu the future. The Demo cratic party would be false to itself and unworthy of tlie confidence of the country if they did not faithfully redeem this pledge. 3. In the light of this cauous ac tion en 13tli of February, how ab surd becomes tlie charge that til is policy was adopted in pursuance of a bargain between Southern Demo crats and Mr. Hayes’ friends. The alleged bargain was made two weeks after this caucus resolution was adapted. The parties to this bargain were a few individuals who repre sented nobody but themselves. Tlie bargain did not influence or control a single vote reaching the final re sult. I do not believe it had any mo tive but a little personal notoriety—a distemper, by the way, which troub les us at every turn—and it 1ms had no affect but to enable the Republi cans to smirch, in the public mind, the most patriotic record ever mude by any political party. I never heard of the so-called bargain until I saw a notice of it in the papers after the adjournment of Congress. I have al ways believed und still believe that this Demooratio caucus saved our constitutional system from final sub version by preventing a pretense for the renewal of civil war by Grant and his followers. But our work [Ot be complete and onr duty it be done until we bring to fill’ll ;aze of a blushing world the ba sest frauds ever perpetrated in histo ry—perpetrated for no purpose but to enable the Republican party to hold the offioes of the government against the will of the people. No maa acquainted with tbe scents of the Presidential count, and the mo tives of thuse who submitted to wrong rather than hazard the public peace, will ever charge tho Demo oratio party with revolution. The same men aro here who were here then, and they do not intend, and will not permit anything irregular, illegal or revolutionary. But they will never condone the frauds, nor give uny quarter to tlie men, high or low, who committed those frauds. If the American people shall ever again trust the party that so wick edly defrauded them, then the Amer ican people are willing to defraud themselves, ami ure ready to surren der their liberties to rogues. I be- lievo every prediction in the short speech I send you will become histo ry if Democrats do not get afraid to expose frauds. Bbn.i. H. Hill. Facta Worth Reinemberluir. One thousund shingles Inid four inches to the weather will cover 100 feet of surface, aud five pounds of Shingle nails will fasten them. Ono-flftli more siding and flooring is needed than tho number of square feet of surface to be covered, because of tlie lap iu tlie siding und match ing or the floor. One thousund laths will cover sev enty yards of sarfaoe, and eleven pounds of lath nails will nail them a Eight bushels of lime, sixteen bushels of sand and nno bushel of hair will make enough morta; to pias ter 100 square yarns. A cord of stones, three bushels of lime and a cubic yurd of sand will lay 100 cubic feet of wull. Five courses of brick will lay one foot iu height on a chimney. Nino bricks in a course will mnke a flue eight inches wide and twenty inches long, aud eight bricks in a course will make a flue eight inches wide and sixteen iuches long, A box twenty-eight iuches by six teen inches square, and twenty-eight inches deep, will contain a barrel. A box twenty-eight inches by fif teen und oue-lifth inches square, and eight inches deep, will contain a bushel. A box twelve inches by eleven and one-half inches square, and nine in ches deep, will contain a half bush el. A box eight inches by eight inches square, and eight incites deep, con tains a peck. What Religion Does for a Man. A man without religion is like a mail living in a planet nnillumina- ted by tlie sun. He has trees, fruits, grass and flowers, streams and hills around them, but they ure only un dulations of darkness; he has moun tains, but they are gaunt and gloomy crags; he has streums, but they are chill with the touch of darkness aud death; lie lias fruits, but they have no sweetness fur a ripeniug sun; he has trials, but they ure only painful ascents to be climbed with uneasy and unhnping patience; he lias work, but it is cheerless, empty and really aimless, for the chill streams of death cuts off all; he has prosperity, but it is hollow and unpalatable; lie has friendship, but they are only for threo score years and ten. But re ligion lets a light upon all these. The sun hus risen upon the mountains, and a crown of glory is upon their crests; the light fails upon their riv ers, and they sparkle back radiance, and murmur along their banks with joy; the fruits turn hlushing cheeks towards the sun, aud every flower is robed in beauty; the sun rises upon the life. Every trial is lightened by tho light of God’s love; every labor sparkles under the beams of His gift;-all friendship in Him is doub ly dear because clad in the vesture of immortality. Yes, who will not say, indeed, that he who chooses re ligion has chosen the thing most needed, und the beat because he has chosen that which give strength, beauty and true glory to all the rest? is not labor dignified by the thought —To this God oalls him? is not sor row sanctified by it, for says. ‘In this God is with me?’ is not success ele vated by it, for we say, ‘He has pros pered our handiwork?’ is not friend ship intensified by it, for we say, 'Then that sleep in Jeans will God bring with Ilim?’—Quiver. A Yankee Trick. “What do you charge for board?” asked a tall Green Mountain bov, ns be walked up lo the bar of a second- rate hotel ir. Now York; “whut do yon ask a week for board and lodg- mg?” ‘•Fire dollurs.” ‘‘Fire dollars! that’s too % much, but I s’ pose you allow for tlie times I am absent from dinner and sup per.?” Certainly, thirty-seven and a half cents each:” Here the conversation ended, and the Yankee took up his quarters for two weeks, During this time lie lodged and breakfasted at the. hotel, but did not take either dinner or supper, saying his business detained him in another, portion of the town. At the expiration of two weeks he again walked to tlie bar and said: “S’pose we settlo that account—I’m going in a few minutes.” The lanlord handed him liis bill: Two weeks hoard at (ire dollars— ten dollars.” “Ilore, stranger,” said the Yankee, “Thi’s wrong—you’ve not deducted the time I was ubsent from dinner and supper—14 days, two meals per day: 28 meals at 37$ cents each—10. 60. If you’re not got the fitly cents that is due to me, I’ll take a drink and balance in cirgars.” -♦•♦- Tough Yarns. There is a place in Maine so rocky that when tho Down Easters plant corn they look for crevices in the rocks, and shoot the grains in with u musket, they can’t raise ducks there no how, for the stones are so thick tho ducks can’t get their bills be tween them to pick up the grass hoppers, and the only way tlie sheep can get ut 'the sprig# of grass is by grinding tjheir nosea ou u grineatone. But that ain’t a circumstance to a place on thf Eastern Shore; the land is so poor that it takes two kildears to say “Kildeur,” and on a clear day you can see tho grashopprrs climb up million stalk und look with tvars in their eyes over a fifty acre field; aud the bumble-bees have to go down on their knees to get at the grass; all the musquitoes died of starvation, aud turkey buzzards had toemigrate. But there is a county in Virginia thut can beat that; hero tha land is so sterile that, when the wind is at the northwest, they hare to tie their children to keep them from blowing away; there it takes six frogs to see a man, and when tbe dogs bark they have to lean against fences; the hor ses are so thin that it takes twelve of them to make a shadow and, when they kill a beef they have to hold him up to kuock him down. Puble Spirit* So long ns an individual claims to exercise the privilege of grumbling aud fault finding at matters of pub lic concern, and without any effort his part to correct abuses, improve methods or to educate the people, let him remember that, after uil, society is but the collection of individual in terest, a bundle ot separate hopes, desires and industries tied together by a common bond of union, sympa thy and public zeal; an association of effort, impulse and true endeavor, that is incomplete iu its organization and purpose so long as a single citi zen fails to join its ranks, labor for its progress, or perform his part; in efficient in a practical work so long as a part of euch community hangs like a dead weight upon the ear of progress. It is a positive sin for any man selfishly to lock himself up in the shell ot his own exolusiveuess. It is a duty every mau owes to socie ty to lend a helping hand in its di rection, aud in its preservation. The flow and value of the river depend upon the purity and supply at the fountain head. The character, en terprise and intelligence of a nation depend upon the tone and spirit that actuates and inspires the people of quiot towns, bustling villages and crowded cities. Nothing is so great an instanco of ill manners as flattery. If yon flatter all tho company you please none; if you only flatter one or two, you of fend the rest. Insult not misery, neither deride infirmity, nor ridicule deformity; the first iB inhuman, the Becond shows folly, and the third pride. On Oiiard. Girls should he particularly care ful of their association, and act on the rule that introductions do not al ways introduce. A suspicious man ner and a haughty bearing are nei ther necessary nor pleasing; one may he civil and polite without intimacy. But it is far better to decline the so cial advances of persons whom you do not know, than to receive them and afterwards have cause to blush because of your acquaintance with them. Particularly should this ho the case as regards young men. A young man—good looking, gallant, pleasant, intelligent—conies into the neighborhood. He makes himself agreeable to the girls, and in a fort night, or month’s time,Alley accept him as escort to ball, party, “night meetings,” singing schools, lectures, etc., and this without having uny absolute knowledge of who, and wimt, he is. lie has been introduced as Mr. So-and-so, with Jwhich vague passport lie makes ins way into gen eral society and into the sanctity of private houses. I remember a story which hears on this subject. A young village girl became engaged liv a young man with whose antece dents she was absolutely unacquain ted. They were constantly together r and his love for her seemed genuine. Suddenly lie left the village without paying his debts, and un examina tion of the contents ot the trunks left behind him aronsod suspicions of a grave character. Tlie young man was arrested and brought buck to tho village, when it was ascertained that lie was an untrustworthy character, and that his letter of introduction was a forged one. The girls parents believing that nothiqg more serious than u “flirtation” and perhaps sin cere love making had transpired In- tween Kim amt * thete daughter, ex* pressed themselves as bi-inn gl»d “that it was no worse,” ) nmp i lie, then, their horror when she confess ed that she had been privutcljr mar ried to the udventurer! Their au ger equaled the anguish uf their daughter, whu,(|ied, eoon alter of a broken heart. The adventurer was sentenced to tlie .State Prison for five years; but lie evinced no remorse, for the crime lie committed, end sneer- ingly laughed ut “I bo case with which girls are won.” This in a true story, and its moral is easily read. Your Own Inclination. In choosing an occupation for life, follow your own inclination, if pos sible. If a boy is intent on being a preacher, u lawyer, u doctor or a merchant, it is useless to attempt to make u farmer of him. Lot him go. The instinctsol his nature teach him his position in life. A close view of tho world, however, will soon con- vince any one that may 'have mista ken their culling. No matter for thut. Tlie man who Inis failed iu Ilia first t love would not. have been happy had lie b en thwarted by others early in his choice. To him labor would have been » burden and lifea servitude. Consult tenderly with the promising boy— pet before him, hut not in too Highly colored pictures, the nil vantages and objections to the various vocations of life; then let hint carefully select his choice. But impress upon him the importance of living honestly, industriously, but to aim higher, with u determination to rise above all competitors in the quality of his work, and in the integrity, rectitude and virtue of his life. Having done so much, leave the rest to him. Charlotte Cushman left her for tune to iter nephew. Some young men in such a case might have prov ed ungrateful und soon forgotten their benefactress. He, however, lias erec ted an elevet -dollar monument to her memory. When little Thomas stoops to toy with berries, jam anil jelly cuke, no art can soothe the chastened hoy—. no nostrums ease his Btomnoh-uolie. And if the griping pains, defy the medicines prescribed to foil, his par- - ents will do well to try tho limpid, liquid castor *ii. Printer’s ink has done wonders for- tlie world, but it is uot always talia-. manic. An establishment in Eng land, employing females, adverlised six months for a man capable of managing eighty women, and yet at\ i l*nt accounts the individual wanted had not stepped ftp-ward.