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Newspaper Page TextCEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & CO,, Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, IS?;'), VOLUME II. NUMBER HI. TIMELY TOITCS. StnAKoe things vl*5 happen. Oao of Wiese is tbo fact that a firm iu Chicago baa an order to scud sixty bend of oittle a week, during tbo season, to Glasgow, Tbo shipment is nude by tb) way o Montreal, Thk Khedive of Egypt ban got, what lie wanted— a war With Abyssinia. lie will soon whip them and extend his ter ritory. Tbo American ofllcers in biR army will have their fair chance to win laurels. Tiie tunnel under the I! iglish channel will be constructed between Cape Grismz and Tolkertoue. It will be twenty-four miles long, and hr the French aRSombly and the English par liament havo passed their respective channel tunnel bills, and there is plenty of money in tbo bands of the tunnel companies, tbo work w ill soon bo com menced. llKAVEitr.iK, t<20 imlian chief, who knows a good deal about the Mountain Meadow musacre, declares that the Jndian? did not engage iu the nalughter of tbo emigrants, as stated by tbo Mor mors, but Hint Lro himself was the blading spirit in tbo butchery. That is the opinion of Utah Oontilos generally, and us tbo Moimons have acquitted Lee, bo rooms likely to dio with his boots on. Tin: hoavooR aro unusually brilliant with planets this month. On the loth Saturn will ho in opposition with the sun and only 830,000,000 miles from the earth, shining with ntitisual brilliancy in tbo eastern sky. Jupiter is in the west,iwhile Mars shines with ruddy light in tbo south, and Venus is the morning star, appearing as “ Luo!for, son of tbo morning." Thk shoeninkora of New York, who beg,iu a »trike iu Hurt’s establishment u few days ago, aro defiant enough to nunouuoe that "wo ahull reject every encroachment, not mattering whether it comes from outside foes cr insido traitors." They proposo that the em ployers shall pay the expenses of a strike iu his shop, an arrangement which the employers aro not likely to accede to. The strikers belong to tlnj class known ns “cutters." Thk passage of Hir Charles Adderly’s shipping bill, by thfc English Home of E >rds, is quite a triumph for Mr. lTim- soil, although this bill was a substitute for liis measure and was not nearly so stringent. It in strong enough, how ever, to uhate somewhat the criminal carelessness of ship owncia, and will so protect seamen freni unseaworthy hulks uud tyrannical captains, that the inn- rincs will thank Eiimsoll and not the London board of trade, whoso bill Hir Charles Add. rly profieiitcd, binco it was through IMiinsoU’s courage and deter mination ttiut the subject was considered and disposed of at Hu'r session of parliament. A coo ii uisfi to tho monthly report of the agricultural bureau, the largo in crease of ucreago in tobaicj this year (175 per cent, over 1871) did not bring the brendlli planted up to tho standard of 18i3, The increase of acreage over last year in Tennessee is set down at "D.J pi r cent, and Hint of Kentucky at T-& Tho report nays further that the present condition of tho crop in this state is six per cent, above the average, nud in Kentucky thirty-four per cent., adding: "A very depressed condition :s found only in those states whose yield is too small to greatly affect tho general result. ’ These views will hard ly bo accepted in this immediate local ity, and some may go so for as to insin uate that tho bureau report is muniou- latod by the “bears.” frroi Full whor 15.000 mill operatives vote.l thcraselvcH thirty days vacation, rather than sub mit to lfi per ^:iit reduction in wages, states that tho action of tho grocery and provision dealers in refusing to credit will bo speedily tilt, for available funds of most employes must he nearly exhausted; that wbilo it is not the policy of the municipal government to allow actual starvation, charity will bo dis pensed very sparingly, and the fooling of tho community is decidedly against tho operative*; that they will resist all measures for roliof not absolutely called for in the light of humanity. Menu- while, tho mill owners say they are determined to maintain their position nud fettle forever the principle that their business is not to bo at the mercy of the help ; thr‘ they have been gov erned by tho operatives too long. The postmaster-general has received from Germany an exchange draft for $7,500 in gold, the balance due this government on postal money-order busi ness for the quarter ending March 31, 1875. This is the first timo iu tho his tory of postal money-orders that nny balance has beep found to the credit of the United States as between this and the European country. A couple of ye-ars sinco it was usual for she United hi'ates to become indebted by the postal niofl^y-order business to tho amount of toree of four thousand dollars a we1%. The -change, the postmaster general says, is an indication of harder times in this country and better times in Europe. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. EAST A statement of the affairs of Duncan, Hhermau A Co. has boon prepared for tho public, from it appears ilmt tho liabtll- Of tbo tirm arc $4,972,138, ami aifote .12,740. Thin statement ia not ofllcial, ami bo taken an representing only approximate amounts. It has boon prepared to answer • inquiries regarding tho probahlo con dition of affairs, and with special earo to avoid making a hotter showing than may bo justillrd by fliml results. All doubtful assets have boon tolucod or ontiroly stricken out. The amount of liabilities given in tho stntomont on account of tinvolors' crodils nud circular notos WEST Tho suspicion gains ground that Prof. Donaldson is not .load, hut is “playing possum " in Michigan. Tho Ohio crusaders have resumed operations at Catawba, in that state, and have started an interminable prayer mooting iu a Graders at work iu San Francisco e •ontly unesrthod a keg containing gold in ca'es and nuggets. Tbo value in variniisly atim&tc 1 at from ooo to ♦ 80,000. It is estimated that in fourteen oouutios f Indiana tho damage by Hoods will roach tho normotAt aggregate of ♦12,000,000. Tholon* ii the Tom Uauto Congressional district is tnted ut ♦10,000,000. To match Iowa’s grasshopper plague, L-vada reports a disastrous invasion of crick ts, to extermiunto which in Paradise Valley o v eral hundred hogs and all tho rest of tho population have been hard at work foraov.ral lays. It is estimated that tho number of Toxah cattle driven into Nebraska this year nill amount to over 100,000. They are mostly- held by cattle raisers along the lino of the Union Pacific railroad from Kearney Junction In Kidney. Four thonsnnd Of the number driven in this year have been sold The jury in tho ease of Jno. 1). Loo, chat god with being leader of tho Mountain Meadow mars aero, reported that they were unable 4o agroo, and wore discharged by tho vint. It la reported they stood nino for ao- initial and three for conviction—ono gontilo and two mormons for conviction Tho Cincinnati Gazette linn npccinlR from over olio hundred and forty comity seats whero the late flood ooonrrorl, and tho pros pects aro much hotter than expected. Wheat nts suffered mod. Of tho former, two- thirds of a crop will bo saved ; of tbo lull or. ** than luir a crop can bo saved. Of corn, ore will bo more than an average crop, owing tho Increase of umoago. Potatoes will ild largely, nlthough aoinn few complain of t. At most points the yield will bo over an avorago. The hay crop will not fall short of aVcuugo iu quantity, but tlio <|uality Ih not good as usual. Gen. Crook nml Col. Blanton have turned from thq black Hills. Minora wore preparing to leave, covering tip tbo richest lodes In prevent their I retiming known till mcli lime ns they ran rotiirn to tho country. D U Considered that tho mountain in full of gi ld quartz, and capital and rkillcd lalsir will develop mines equal lo those of Colorado. Thrru wore about 1,600 miners in tbo hills, and a great deal of preliminary work had boon dono by thorn iu the way of ditchoii. There no Indians in that region, and but few boon seen. Tlioso at tho agencies aro h ounding tbat tho miners ho driven nut. » gold was panned out in presence of tho •arty enty-i pan. 'There is an abundaiiCo of water and grass, also timber for building. A town called •Stonew nil has boon laid out on Custar’s fitilcb, in the vicinity of which some rich diggings aro located. Tho wholo country is well adapted to grazing Slid farming. Troops ore - now in i ■■nil to < stabllsh a temporary poet near Blono- n all for the purpose of keeping out minors. Prof. Jot ;rly - still cxploi SOUTH. Tho yellow fovor is abating at Fort Itariancas. Grasshoppers t*ro damaging tho crops in north Alabama. In Louisiana oranges aro sold on trocR at *10 a thousand. The last crop amounted to $10,260,000, which realized a net jrrotit of 110,000. According to tho Houston Telegraph, a trade in pig iron is springing up botwoon Texas and England. Tho quality of tho iron has boon tested, and if it can bo manufactured In snniciout quantities it will bocomo a regular artiolo of oxport. Yellow fovor broko out at Fosoognln, Miss., on tho 8th. It Is not known how it originated, but is nnppoaod to bavo been brought from Havana. There aro now 30 canes under treatment, of malignant typo; 7 deaths. Deluding Dr. Iiradlield, a loading physician. Daring tho past three years about thirty English and Irish gentlemen have sot- tleil in Amolia comity on estates wrhich in tho • ggrogato amount to nearly 10,000 acres. These colonists have, it is estimated, invested in real atid personal property ajxl otherwise botwoon * 109,000 and $600,000.—Alex/itvlrin Columbus, Georgia, which, in 1805, had all her industrial establishmcntA, bridges, railroad depots and stocks of cotton burned by (ion. Sherman's army, is now one of tbo fore most manufacturing towns of Georgia — hav ing within her borders seven out of the forty- two cotton mills now in oporatian in that Tho yellow fever at Fort Barrancas, ncxr Pensacola, was brought here from f'nba in an infected ship. Tho pilot who brought the vonsnl in caused her to bo anchored oppo site the fort, and having got his clothing wot, borrowed a suit from one of tho crow, and, landing, s|>ont tbo night playing cards with the soldiers. Tbo borrowod clothing rommu uicated tho fever to tho garrison, and tho rosult is known. Tbo pilot was placed in irons for Ins criminal carelessness, and rent to the quarantine station. MISCELLANEOUS Tho government it came for llio last fucal year ia larger than any estimate made and more than realizes tho expectation of tin treasury officere.l Tho estate of tho lato < Johnson is estimated at betwcei ♦ 175,000. He left no will-or has been found. indent Tho postmastor general hus arranged with tho Occidental and Oriental steamship com; any for a monthly United States mall IhUwocu Saii Francisco and Japan at sea post age rates, as full compensation fm services, which will amount to not over ?j00 por month. Since bin refusal of tho presidency of tho Texas Agricultural collego, Jefforaon Davia haa boon Invited to become ehaueellor in the Georgia University. It is further slated that ho is to bo tomlered the presidency of tho Uunivondtv of North Carolina. A call for leu million dulliUH worth of bonds has boon issued by tho treasury do- paitmeut, the syndicate having made another subscription for that sum. Tills loaves but ♦3,836,755 of now live por cent, bends in tho hands of the secretary and tho syndicate bus until November 15th to take this amount. Oupt,. Moody, convicted of eruelty to sonmeii, on a voyage from the Ouxno islands to Italtimore, and sentenced to throe months imprisonment and to pay a lino of £500, lets boon pardoned by tho protidoiit. Moody served two months of his imprisonment, and had paid the lino and costs. The special agents recently sent to in- spool tho region of tho western lakes, have reported that an extonslvo system of smug gling is being comluotod by Halting vojkoIh. A circular has boon issued from tho tressmy depannont, calling the altcnlion of all custom* ofllcors to this fact, and enjoining upon them increased vigilanco. The Washington City detectives are likely to cloar up another case of rohbory in tho cash-room of tho tro.entry, which took place over a year ago, when Both Johnson, an assistant cashier, stole ♦85,000. Johnson was )\ns never traced. It is believe I that Oilman, the haokor of lUllock in tho $17,000 rohbory, stood in with Johnson, and, us in tho earn of llalleck, took tho lion's share. 'Tho dvtoct- Iivch aro positive that the moiV-y stolon by Johnson was given to oilman, and with it tho latter made his tirnt stop on tho toad to for- 11- turns of the department of agricul ture for Aug. 1, slum an improvement of tho cotton crop of I per coni, in North Carolina, 1 per cent, iu Mississippi and I per cent, in Ar kansas. Tlioso Slates were largely‘ favored with the hhiiio condition of growth, which had secured their high nvuragou of July. Texas maintained her previous figures, drought in Homo counties being cnuutorlmlanccd by lino weather In others. IYiiuomhoo lost 2 per cent, mostly on account of injurim lo bottom land crops from rains. In Louisiana tho avorago declines 0 per cent, on account of local drought, though sovoral parishes report vory Ising crops. This injurious iniluonco cut down tho avontgo of (loorgia, 11 por cent., utli Oaroliua 15 per coat, and Florida 1(1 out. August averages wore an follows: North Carolina U'J, Koutli Carolina HI. floorgia lends H5, Alabama 03, Mississippi 104, Louisiana 90, Toxhh 03, Arkansas 10H, Ton- shoo 107. The president lias accepted tllo Jef- rrou and Trans-Oonllnonial divisuniH of llio jxbh Pacific railway. Tho Jefferson division us from Marshall, Toxhh, to TnxRrhnun, a distance of sevonty-lour inllrs. Tim oilier dirisiou couinioiicoH nl Hlimnnu nud ruiiH to Hrooknlon, 68 18-100 miles. 'Tho piosidont tocopled so much uf the Houtliern division is road an lien between Marshall and the boundary lino between Toxhh and Loiiisinun. 'Those portions of tlm rond were complotcd and examined by tbo Uiiilcd Hiatus commis sion. who rnperted favorably upon (hem morn thin a year ago, They wero not then lie- plod on account of (heir not Imxing boon constructed pursuant to a law of congress. not of June 22, 1871, having, how over, declared theso parties subject to all tho pro- visions and limitations of the not incorporating the company, they have now boon ncceptod by the president. It will ho ronioraborcd Hint tho poitloiiH of the road in TcxnH aro hitJll r a law of that state. The public lauds •xan not having coran into Mm IixiiiIh of tho United Hlalss when Texas was admitted, tlm grant of lands required lo he made by tho ite, wliiuh was done on a vory UbtDNd horIo. FOREIGN Another largo London iron firm Iuih failed. It is the house of Hlicnmiu A Thonip- ii; liabilities tfiOO.OCO. Tho English mnils for Anslralia now across the ( oiled Hiattm lo nnul'ian- 'J'lio timo is twolvo or tlftceu days shorter than by tho old route. United States war vessels havo boon ordered to I'linama and Aspinwitl, owing to political diHtnrhaiicos in the United Hiatus of Columbia. The world is evil-starred this summer. Syria now bows bonenlh dbasler, for tlm chol- in itn most torriblo form lias smitten it, nnd terror reigns in the old cities of Antioch, Damascus, and throughout tho country gen erally. A London dispatch states that tho pamphlet of (lladslono has elicited n reply from Cardinal Manning, iu wjiicli ho Hays tho cx-proruicr ii among tho chief apontloH of the revolution against tho peace of the Chris tian church. The world has nimo*t forgotten that tho Dutch are still hammering away at tho Alchiiu sa in Hnniatrn, living to Hiibduo them. The cholera in the mean limn 1h subduing llio Dutch, and is likely to prove a sterling ad vantage to tUo Alchinose. Inquiry into tho latest revolutionary movemont in Peru shows that Arcqiiipa, tho Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, wwi actively concerned in tho revolt. Homo forly con spirators were captured in tlm rnonaslory, and tho bishop of tho diocese has boon appllod to to closo the rebellious institution. A convention will be held in Homo, (ia , on tho 9th of Octol/er next, for tho pur pose of securing an organized ami united : effort for the opening of the Coosa river and its tributaries to navigation, and uniting them by a abort canal with the waters of tho upper Tennessee. All persons feeling an interest theiu enterprise aro invited to attend. Tho Ottoman government hus ceded tho seaport Zellali, on the African coast of the Ited Hoa, to the Khedive of Egypt, in con- mloration of increasing the tribute of Egypt ♦75,000. The Khedive can whip his Turkish mastor any timo ho wants to, as ho is becom ing far raoro powerful than tho Sultan. The probability is that ho will not pay tribute very long. According to accounts from Damasens to,July, cholera wax raging there. Four hun dred cases were reported daily, but the real number was concealed. Christian quarters with doani'lcd, Hadden duallis occur in tho streets. Thc.ro aro no physicians, medicines or Huppllos. DlsoXuo also had at Antioch Mission schools aro cl 5sod and children dis- A letter from Havana states tlmt the paasongor who Was forcibly taken last month from tho lliitish mail steamer at l’orto Hico by Spanish authorities, proved to ho a colonel III tho Spanish service, lie wns brought avlinro and soon afterwards shot. All foreign consuls protested against the act. No news of tliia cxooutiou is allowed by tho censorship in Havana to pass over tho wires. Gladstone hnu published ivtiothcr pam phlet, in which ho diecusiOH a new question relative to the Papacy, wh'ch formed the sub Jeet uf his former pamphlet on Vnliceuisin. Tllo present publication takes tho same strong grounds agsinst the Papacy, anti predicts trouble ip the future, belli iu t^cat Jhitaln ami on tho continent, from that source. 'The pamphlet declare^ that tho Papacy will sc'zo tho opportunity through hloodsho.l to main tain its rule, and will, if. necessary, oven plunge Hie world Into war. Tho ne;v docu ment of the i \-promler ismucli disoussod, and is oalcnlaltd to revive religions conflict raised by Ida Unit effort on Ibis snhj o'. On the night of tho (ith tilt., ouo of the most horrible railroad aooldents that Inis over happomv.l in Chill occurred on llio Hant'.- ago and Vnlpnra'so raihoal. Ah tho train from Yali'aiuisn was cresslng over a bridge at Limnetic, the bridge gave way, hikI with the exception of (lie engine nnd louder the wholo train, containing lift y pontons, wan precipi tated into tho river bolow. Tho lamps wore broken in tlm fall and llio oil running out ignited, and sol lire to Um larger part of tlm wreck. Fully otio-luilf of tho passengers wero oitlior oru-hed to dealli or perished tiro I nve show that tho acciilenf was mused by de fectiveness uf tho bridge, which wait con demned by an engineer as unsafe several months ago, without measures Doing taken to rnntcdy it. Tlm cold was so iiilenso in tlm province of (lliili that four portions wore frozen to death. I'ruRidont Gonzulos, of Hun Salvador, had about flfty of tlioss engaged in llio recent riots shut in squads, nl tmviiH botwoon San Minguol nnd tho capital, oattHlng tho Pndroa who occasioned tho oulbronk to witness tho exeeutions. Many of tlioso vlotltrs confessed they were assured by tho Padres tlint they might rob tlm rich, provided thoy gave a part to tho church, (heat sorrow and Indignation lino been expressed throughout Central America at tho events in Han Minguol, in which, respoolahio olcrgyjo»\i. A letter from Han Miguel, in tho Ktar and licrald of i'an- niua, says of lh<v* massaoro: After Mm har- rnoks had bean lakyn, nolliilig ivas board lull sHvago yells of tho assailants, dispersing in nil ditoctlons, breaking open dobra and windows of himscs of mruvlmntn aiidrotliori'. roblilno, pillaging ami as-assinatiug iu lludr lleudisli oi8mipillion, (tiiil applying tbo torch lo houses and whatever else lhay' whim suggest oil. Amidst all Hits tho continuous erv of *' Dontii to foreigners, death to Jiorotics," wan con- staiitly hoard. Tlm town romiilnod for throe days at tho mercy of tlm usaallahtH, anil din ing Hint time all clauses of oriino had boon committed, and oven tliocn who took refngo ill tho church were tliroatoued with HSHussliiutloii by tho infuriated mol). Tlioiosana in proper ty will not fall short of ono million ilollnis. Tlm president of tho republic 1ms dono wlmt ho could to hring (lie offenders lo punishment lint so imiuMoiiM am limy Lliat iltoy can't ho dualjb with. * Tho forpiguorH In tlm placuhavo Kildrossed Uielr n s| octivo govnrntnoiila for tlm purpoHO uf mulling tlm govemmeiiL io- spoiisiLlo Inr losses inoiirfod. A lutter from Hoinqsnya tho I’opohnH given spociul orders for preparation for tho reception of llio now Amoriniu (Jardinal. Anollior Ilalian lotlor slates that no procla mation of unity, no unltlriitiotiof-polilii al and adminlHlralivo legislation can destroy llio tra ditional fact of SOVon slaloM, Svilli hovcii dif ferent capitals nnd local iql tiros ts, and at tho present moment Italy hint lemlvoil liorself into her component parts, uud with (ho ex ception of a few common points of Interest, tlm inhabitants of each state occupy them selves witli b(fairs of neighboring states neither moro nor loss than with tlioso of foreign countries, 'J'hn news of llio triumph of tho ('leileal party in Vonieo, Florence', (Ionova nnd Voromt liavo raisod tho Dope's hopes cons durably. Inilci-1, almost llio only topic which iotorosts all Italy lit tlm present moment is prooirnly tlioso niutiioipul elections. In Venice Llio liberals alljed Ihciiisolves witli llio clerical parly against ,tlm moderates, and auoooodod, hut in Flornnce and (Ionova, expocially tlm latter city, tho moderates allied tlmrns.olves againet tlm liberals and obtained u still moro brilliant success, for out of 7,189 voles 3, IH2 wont to Dm voting urn, and out of sixty town councillors elected, thirty-covon clerical and but twority*thn:)» liberals suo*- ocodod. Tho entire people aro anxiously awaiting nows of tho Neapolitan elections, hut tho result is cortuin -tho clericals will carry tho day, and for tlio flrsl timo since llio iiinuixation of 1860, tho ruodeintes and cleri cals havo oponlv and avowedly Joined hands and formed an offenHivoauddofonsivoalliance against tho liberals, who have hitherto admin- istorod llio provlneo. Tlm explanation of this change im that, nearly all the communes of Italy aro over bond and oars iu debt, and the citizens who clamorod for foies and monu ments and public gardens, new markets aisl boulevards, i ow that the hill is presented, are appalled at tho sum Letnl, blaming their mayor and council, and looking round for new man,, and find none in their own respective parties Tho populations aro tired of moderate rule in politics as in local affaiis. The moderates dread the advent of the liberals, mid both claim tho alliance of tho parly ropognlzcd yesterday as their common foe. To Pit event Annoyance i;v Eli eh. - Wash tho Hkin withf suds of carbolic soup, aw this comes' recorum coded by good authority, and ‘without ouution or expression of fear of any eyil conse quences from itH repented use. It may be well for those having horsps, mules or oxen in use to urn this simple pre ventive. Even when provided witli tiie usual fiy drivers wo find par Ik of the animal exposed ; for instance, tho nose, neck, breast, belly, back of the fore legs, Hanks, logs--where this wash rimy bo used to great ndvnntiigo. Many ani mals are worried with flies so that they become thin in flesh. Cows, calves* sheep, swine, dogs, etc., all seem to agree in their aversion to being bitten by the flies, nnd will esoapo if possible. OLD VUiaiNNY. -7T Ulclniiniid Whig, Doforo tho war Virginia wns famous for it grunt number of marked and minor chnrnotcrH. They abounded throughout the state. Every e.ly, every town, y county, nnd every neighborhood had them. They woie worthy to adorn nnd illustrato comic almiumon. Not inly wero thoy queer iu their disposi tions, lmumers, notions nnd talk, but they wero queer in appearance, Exoen- tricily was expressed on every part of them. Many of them lmd snob fact's o seen on old-fashioned door knock- ir umbrella handles. If the whole uurnber could lmvo been taken in a group they would lmvo formed a col lection tlmt would lmvo boon tho won- of tho world, Homo had hooked iiosoh, hollow cheeks, sliarn eyes, and pointed chins. Home hud noses like Hardolpli, and mouths that could lake in a wholo dish ut u mouthful if it was to their taste, just like tho old Virginia count)y Hro-pluees, tlmt would take in a half-cord of wood at a time. Homo wore fat that, they might lmvo sat for pic tures of Fnlstaff. Thoy “larded tiro lean earth us they wulked.” However variant in appearance, lienrly all of them had two things iu common * tlm love of liquor nnd t-ho love of country. \Vo put liquor lirnt because tiro inspira tions of patriotism were generally llio suits of liquor. Tho writer lias before him tut ho writes the'picture of seven hucIi characters that, lie once saw at a fish-fry all living within a range of five miles. They were indeed a strange lot. Home ot them lmd considerable property, others had none, but lived upon their friends. When they tired of house, they would go to another ; uud they went to no house, that did not furnish good f.ruh and a plenty of liquor-. Hut there wore queer olinrnntorB of a different sort, who eared nothing for high living—men who had aoinu pet theory that, they wore everlastingly preaching up. Then there were the lewsmongers, who would go to the ountry store, gather up all t lm news of he ucfulihorliood, and st-irtoff to give t. circulation. There wero men who did milling hut fish all day long ; others who spout limit- timo in hunting squir- ils and other varmints. There were people who went through a range of counties mending clocks, who abounded gossip. The peddlerh wore univer sally distrusted, but au universally wel comed, for they lmd the vory articles that wero needed in every household and that could not ho procured at the neighboring stoio. Every neighborhood had ita pel. beggar, an well established as wan Kibe Ochiltree, “ tho king’s bedesman.’' Nearly all tliCBO odd characters have disappeared, Jn those good old times ox which wo speak, almost everybody well oil', and society could afford lo a lain a sinall army of these queer people, who afforded general amuse- nl. They wore like strolling players, going from place to place, amt welcomed wherever they went, Where are they now ? It ia the rarest t hing to nee ono nowadays. They have disappeared nod no olio can tell where they lmvo gone. Thoy certainly wore not killed in the war, for they wero non- :ombutantii. Perhaps their ueoimloim d grid) holed them, and thoy died of ittaivaUou and broken linarht—“ fraele 1 arid enrroboruto," as L’istol said of Eal- s In IT. Buch olmruclnrs are the products of a plethora of prosperity, of the “ canker of a long peace." In times nl' dilllculty nnd poverty them is no place for them. War and trouble orndieate eccentrici ties, smooth down sinuositioH. uud re- luce people to oommon level. Those who cannot undergo the process of as similation pass out of sight and dio off. ""lore is no room for them. The time may come—we. hope it will— when Borne of those character n may reappear. They break thomonotouy of and some of thorn are not only cm* buHishmonls to society, but supports to it. One character, higher than all the rest stands out from the canvass—a hurootor quite common a half a cen tury ago, rare just anterior to tho wsr, and now extinct—that of the real old Virginian, the code of the walk in his neighborhood, whole virtues wore in tegrity, Imrd-licndedncHB, and love of state, and whose churaeteristio embel lishments wore a milled shirt, a gold headed cane, a blue coat with brass hut tons, and a buff waistcoat. Those re spe.otahlo and influential old codgers wero autocrats. They were generally magistrates, frequently morn burs of the u.’sembly, and were authority iu all neighborhood nud county matters. They had true grit, and would have died boforo they would havo surrendered their'rights in tho territories.'' “Thoy believed in tho resolutions of’1)8-91)," drunk the best brandies and wines, and “chawed", excellent tobacco. Their pre judices nud opinions were immov able, and their self reliance and self-respect were stroll that they would scarcely have deferred to kings. As politicians thoy wero as hitler as soot. Horae were Whigs and some Domoorats. Tho former read the Richmond Whig us thoy did their Bible, and believed every word it contained, Tho latter swore by tho Richmond En quirer as tho groat shoet-auohor of tho country. Those good, bravo, hard headed, hospitable did gentleman have become extinct, like the mustodon uud the dodo, — A curious episode in tho railway station at Lincoln, Nebraska, tho othe duy, was u Monnonito divorce. Tho man was anxious to go to Dakota, and his wife equally anxious to remain after a long argument in Russian nnu German, thoy nut down upon the floe and opt-rung a hag containing 0*2,000 gold, conn ed it out, piece by pin the man taking one-half and tho woman tho other. They then shook hands and separated, lire man jumping upon tho train for Dakota. —At Rutland, Vt., whore a contract for gravestones for the government cemotorioB is being filled, the inscrip tions are out. witli u sural blast. Cast iron letters, like stencil plates, attached to the smooth slabs, and the blast does tho work so fast that 300 stones a day are inscribed. 11IS EARLY LIFE. ‘i>imiji/uYn/ /iVmoHia'riirr* of tin- l.ntr Amir Johnion, The Greenville Intelligencer of Fi day, of which Andrew Johnson, Jr., hi of tho Into President, is tho editor, contains a lougthy biographical sketch of Mr. Johnson, written by Mr. Ham W. Hmull. It contains some interest, ing facts connected with tho private life of Atidrew Johnson, and corrects some inaccuracies of previously written biographies, which wo copy: in-4 rniRT i Hwm. In Joint Savage’s "Life of Andrew Johnson," tho reader is given the belief that Mr. Johnson* loved and v iimointed in liis. nlVectiona by their object. Such is not tho case, s« the conclusion is stated, lie did fall love with a young lady of good family and estimable eharaetor. Hire upended iu the fullest degree, and both anticipated groat felicity in a fultiro life together. The nniouts of tho young lady, however, objected to tlx' marriage upon the grounds of Mr. Johnson's youth (he was jet in his minor years) and lft'k of means. Upon hearing this, Mr. Johnson sought an view with the young lady, told her of tho decision of her parents and of the course ho himself had rosovlod upon. With his native high pricoiplo ho said there was nothing left to them hut to pnrt and forgot w lmt they had been to ouch other. The lady fell otherwise, and frankly told him she uld go will) him wherever he might load, nnd that she would not hesitate lo trust, her life and •itn keeping into his hands. The strong pride and love of fair dealing of Mr. Johnson could not permit, this, ami, notwithstanding liis , he denied the proposition and left the plaeo, only r.)turning long yonrs after, when the lady was married and the mother of a family. Thus, it will ho understood, tlmt tho lady did not prove faithless and cause any wounded clings lo the subject of this sketch, ms MAItltlAOU. After a time Mr. Johnson went to Rutledge, in Grainger county, and re mained there some nix mont hs. Before leaving and while absent, Mr. Johnson paying his addresses to a young lady who possessed a warm hourt, strong intellect, fair education and large imli- ' lunlity and strength of eharaetor. Mr. John Brown, wim was then post master, remembers that letters passed between thomduring Mr. Johnson’s stay Rutledge,his being written for him by some friend, they must have been. Her name was Miss Eliza McGardell, and, up on Mr. Johnson's return, they wero mur 'd, at, Warronsbnrg. 17 miles below r»>, lie brought his wife to Green ville and rented a house which stood upon the site of Mr. Rrown’s prosent store, putting his family into tho rear portion and converting the front into a tailor shop, to ho conducted by hlm- If and ilentle W. Adkinnou, Iris partner. I'ltoailUSH IN TjKTTKIIH. Mr. Johnson was n hard sludeid. nnd every moment spared from his work was given to his search into books. After tho day’s work was finished ho would sit until late iu the night reading and studying. It lias boon slated and generally believ ed Unit his wife taught him howto road. This is net the e irrect report, lie had learned how lo read, lmt in learning to write, to make calculations and properly iiho language, she indeed gave him much assistance, and she boo line to liim a •n of reference when he could not comprehend some of tho harder routino matters in hand at the time. Mrs. Johnson's oduoition and sympathy with him were groat aids to him, and he always referred to his early si niggles after learning with evident gratitude for tho part she assumed. IIIH FIRST (JANVAHH. In 18115, Maj, James Britton, father of David Britton, present clerk of our cir cuit o')iirt, announced himself a candi date for tho legislature. Tho counties of Greono ami Washington wore then ntitlod to ono representative-a floater and Britton went to Jonesboro to open tho canvass. Mr. Johnson quietly took homo for the point. Britton miulo his speech, with evident success.’ Matthew Htovcnson, tho t hen floater, also made a speech, announcing himself for re-elec tion. Mr. Johnson then took the stand, and to the surprise of the crowd, an nounced his eindidaey for fho position •uid ninth) n strong speech, full of native sense and rugged eloqueuco, in which iimplotoly used up Iris opponents, Tho crowd were carried with him irre sistibly, and when ho concluded, the people w'- nt, wild with eulhuHiasm, ami shouted lustily for "tho speaking tail* " Britton withdrew from the race, and Mr. Johnson Kent Mr. Hlovonsou with a lurgo majority. A Bdhoific foii Dia.uuika.— As cold milk, and even boiled milk aro supposed —and i believe correctly—to act as lax atives, it may seem extraordinary that milk, warmed to blood boat, should bavo a contrary effect; but such u doubtedly it has. Many years ago rend in the London Lancet a letter from an army physician iu India, ommemling warmed milk at a remedy for diurrhes, cholera, etc., iu which lie averred that lie had even found it to cure ciiios of Asiatic Cholera. About six years ago I first hud occasion to put to test the novel prescription, giving rny two hundred pound mnscnlino patient who was suffering from cholera morbus, one pint of warm milk ut intervals of about au hour, sometimes putting in toasted bread, ut otlior times a little flour. Five or i ix quarts effected a cure, and that after some other reme dies had proved ineffectual. Every summer since I havo bud occasion to use tho warm milk, mors or less as a remedy in such eases, and have always found it to succeed.—CorriHiflondcncc Amur loan (/roocr. To tost tho soundness of a timber, apply the car to the middle of one of the ends, while another person strikes upon tho opposite oxtroinity. If the wood iH sound and good quulity, tiie blow is vory distinctly heard, how ever long tbo beam rnuy bo. If tho wood is disaggregated by decay or otherwise, tho sound will ho for the mofct part destroyed. THK HOUR-OLABB. Hum idlin', flunnliiK downward*, A mill r hi*, mid Illy, nml soft uromi uni's ; iv ho rnscr to turn tlm kI*"h, OH dlinpli'd ImHy-linudHY (llllli rliiK, ilvdiliiir ilownwnrdH, In tlm alow of tlm April aim. All, HWVDi wlilln I) union, mid hV)'-IiIiio cj op, 'I’ll* pity YouIH'h i) Tliui tlm amnio ho HWirtiy run Htraliuu forewr dowuwardn, I quiver, nml lirnrlH h(III In a', Hardy tho akjr lmd n And tho Manila riiowotl brluhtoi Dropping drearily downward*, Tl’o ovoiiliq: I ii woII-iiIrIi o'er. Tho hrluhtiHt mid hod tho rlvor ImvooroBHCd Tlio I nr quo on llio I pi loan wnvu in toniiod, Tho Kh\N* uoodH to turn no more. FACTS AND FANCIES. — An editor having asked an Illinois farmer for crop nows, received ibis an swer “And now the reaper ronpoth, tho mower inowoth, nnd the little humble- bee gottolh up the busy granger’s trousers leg and Immbloth, Hdno ok tiii: Mosquito.— “ Homo again—homo luratn— From a foroi|;ii hIioio ! Ami oil, it nils my nohl with Joy, To ftrco*. iny friomlH nnen morn !" | It don*, iiulni il! | —"ITow much for tho broad-faced obiokou on the fence?” inquired au Irishman of a farmer, on Htaten b land, llio other day. "Tlnit’u not a chicken, it’s an owl," replied the farmer. "1 don't care how ouhl ho is, I would like to buy him,"says the Irishman. It is seldom easy to see the hidden bonefnotion in that which is an apparent allliotiou, A hoy who was "confound ing” the mosquito was told by liis pas tor that “doubtless the insects arc do with a good end in viow," win n the young scamp replied, “I can't see it whether it is in viow or not. At any rate I don’t like the ond I fool." " Amen I aiuen !" shouted a Oodar Rapids parson ut tho elegant, remarks of a stranger at the cuinp-meoting. Suddenly the parsou turned his eyes on ‘‘m man, and jumping up, Horoamcol, Gulch him, brothers, catoh him ! lie's the three curd monte man that got my lirnt month's Hilary." This is a fact, and tiie mouto man is now in jail at Cedar Rapids. —A rustic couple from Blrksliiro coiluty, Muss., called upon a Hartford olcrgtmunon Thursday hist and wero married, and after t!io # ooromony tlio bridegroom inquired tho charge. The olorgyiuan jokingly answered that *'a cent n pound would bo about right," whereupon a mental calculation whs made by tho groom, who handed out $3, with tho satii fled oommout VOlioap enough.’’ — Ouo your ago, says tho Vicksburg Herald, they clasped hands over a Vicksburg gate in the dusk of evening, and she said she would ho his little angel until life was no more. Yesterday noon he wont Inmo nnd found bin Hun- tlay suit in strips on the floor, his silk list kicked in, and his flno hoots nut down, and she yoiled out from tlio bed room : "Is that you, you oldaligatorV Well, I don’t think you’ll trot off again without splitting any wood I ’’ - -Tbo Vioaroy of Egypt is about to astonish tho world agaru. Ho has re solved to build a railroad along tho valley of the Nile in tho interior of Africa, uml as ho hits plenty of money and thousands of serfs at his command, Ire will no doubt accomplish his pur pose. J u a few years African explorers will 1)0 able to travel in sleeping ears, and to write magnificent descriptions of plnooa they pass through in tho dark. Tlio iioi-Ih'm open with a Hoantl like song; Tlio path is lost in hrlgliiniiHH tlmt ho long Wandered mid shadows! Oh, my soul hostrong And do not fear. Do you, loo, fool tho woo; Tlio mist that blinds niyoyos, all cold and gray, Tho fog that settles round my troubled way — Tho oluilds I hat settle! Ihitlhoy can not slay Rise up and watch Lhoni go! Ho near the goal I stand ! Oh, weary heart, thy task in well nigh dono! I see far off tho golden sotting sun ; Tlio work well wrought that wns sobadLoguu. Welcome' O, Morning Laud! Lauua O. llou.owi:t.f.. —A touching though somewhat ludi crous seen a occurred at Baltimore a few days ago. About twenty yours ago a negro woman wns sold from there to parties "way down south," her father and mother remaining on the estate from which she was sold, and where they still reside. During tho war the old folks lost all trace of tho girl and had given her up for lost until within a fow yours, when they heard from hor in New Orleans. A few weeks ago they list! a letter from tier promising soon to visit them, and from that time the olu couple went to tho wharf every timo a I) )ai arrive! expecting to meet her, mid showing keen disappointment on finding tlmt she had not yet come. At lust, however, they wore rewarded for their wutohing us a Imxoro, comely mulatto waved a handkerchief at them from an approaching boat. Tho old woman shouted, oxcoutod a half fan dango, skipped urouud generally, while the old man stood on his head, and tho hour of jubilee seemed to havo come. A Dos Moinos, Iowa, correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes : “ A re- inurknblo incident occurred near Viro- qua, a fow days ago, in a family whoso name my informant could not remem ber. There were throe little children, the oldest being five years, two of whom wont to tho barn to find lions’ nests. . Thoy found ouo and orawlol to it, nnd one of them thrust his hand forward to get tho eggs, when ho quickly with drew it, saying tho old bon had hRten him. The other said ho wasn t afraid, ami thrust liis hand forward, when Jie, too was bitten. Both then screamed, which quickly brought their mother to the spot, when it wns discovered that thoy had been struck by a rattle-snake coiled in tho nest. The mother seized the little hoys in her arms and hastened to tho house, whore a new horror mot lior gaze. In her hasto to secure tho hoys at the barn she had set dowu a boiler of hot water, into which tlio babo had fallen. In thirty minutes nil hor children wero dead,”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cedartown record. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1874-1879, August 21, 1875, Image 1