Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

VOL. 3. WiLMAM Bmmo SILVERSMITH Sri JEWELER, CONYERS, GEORGIA Watches, Clock, and Jewelry of every de scription repaired. All work done neatly, and in order, at lowest prices for cosh, and warran ted to give satisfaction. Shop : next door to Post Office, aug231876-ly iUMM’DONALD, DEHYTI&T, Will be fotrtd at f>W Office, Boom No. 3 White bead House, Conyers, Qa., where he is pre pared to do all kinds of work in his line. Fill ing Teeth made a speciality. gJ-TAII work Warranted to give Satisfaction Being thankful for past patronage, he re- Spest frilly solicits A continuance of the same. ' F. B, PHINIZY, ' Successor to C. H. Phinizy & Cos. C9TT*N F&€T@B AUGUSTA, .... GEORGIA. 1 • o Liberal Acvancet made on Consignments. aug23 3m WOWJTB & ; BDGfiT aii WAQOM REPOSffIET, [CONYERS, GEORGIA, bRILER# IK AND MANUFACTURERS OF HAND CARTS, WHEELBARROWS, and VEHICLES of all kinds. HARNESS, from the Cheapest to the | Dearest, both Hand and Machine Stitch [ed. We keep the celebrated ■ EVERETT HARNESS. the Best in Uuse, for CARRIAGES [BUGGIES, or one Horse WAGONS. | Can supply any part of HARN ESS on [ short notice. Also, a full stock of 'LUMBER lin great variety always on hand, for I house building purposes. Carpenters [ and Contractors would do well to see our [ special wholesale rates. Mouldings, Entices, Stops, Strips, etc., | a speciality, and made of any width, | thickness, or shape. Wiudow Sash— [ primed aud glassed—Blinds and Doors, [ either white or yellow pine. Also suitable lumber for Coffins. We always keep in stock Burial cases and I Caskets of various sites and lengths, from infants to adults—all at very low figures. Coffin Hardware generally. With our facilities, we propose to make Coffins of any style, from the plainest to the finest, cheaper than we possibly could by hand alone. Give us a trial and see l PATENT WHEELS, Hubs, Spokes, Rims, Bodies, Seats, Shafts, Poles Dash Frames, Axles, Springs. IRON in great variety. Screws and Bolts of best make. Patent and Enameled Leather, Enameled Cloths, Moss and everything a Trimmer needs. Full stock of best Carriage Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Colors, Ornaments, and Paints generally. NEW CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and WAGONS always on hand, in great v ariety;nd can make to order any style or quality desired. Old ones Repaired, Painted and Trimmed at short notice, and at living rates. We buy the best material, and having suitable machinery, are able to turn off work witli neatness and dispatch. With constant devotion to our Busi Honest Dealings with our Custom ers, Experienced Faithful Mechanics, and the manufacture of Reliable Goods in four line, we hope to merit a liberal pat ronage from a Generous Public. Thank mg you tor your past favors, we will be glad to see you again at our office on Depot Street, near the Geo R R. Respectfully, Downs & Langford THE National Hotel, ATLANTA, - - . GEORGIA. rate* of board AC\ KA at this popular JL hote l have been*/ ill reduced to $2.50 f F ° r thigv&tl/l/ p r j C e offer ac- Uod ation 8 and far© unsurpassed by any *e or four dollar house in the South. ome an old Virginia welcome. lee & HEWITT, Proprietors. 1816. THE GW CEHTEM4L. 1816. P to'tViifinformation as to bast routes sorts ort ° r Summer Be hsould address ° th<!r ln the CoUDtr y General A WP£ NN, o er Agent Konnesaw Route, Atlanta, Ga. Ik nckddie legist^. God’s Anvil. Pain’s furnace hoat within me quivers. Qod’s breath Upon ffte flame doth blow, And all my heart in anguish shivers, And tremblos at tho fiery glow j . ■ And yet whisper as God will! And His hottest fire hold still. Jl Me comes and lays my heart all heated, On his hard anvil, minded so In His owr fair shape to beat it With .his great hammer, blow on blow ; And yet I whisper as God will! And at His heaviest blows hold still. Sc takes my softened heart and beats it. The sparks fly off at every blow ; He turns it o’er and o’er and heats it, And lets it cool and makes it glow : And]yet I whisper, as God will !• And in Hie mighty handhold still. Why shoufd I mltffiJrir ! For the sorrow, Thus only lived would he; Its end may come, and will to-morrow, When God has done His work in mo ; So I say, trusting, as God will! And, trusting to the end, hold still. He kindles for my profit purely Affliction’s glowing fiery brand, And His heaviest blows are surely Inflicted by a master hand. So I say, praying, as God will! And hope in Him and suffer still. From the German. DEAD LETTERS. A Pathetic and Ridiculous Affray of Stray Mail Matter. Love, Missives, Alligators, Locks ot Hair unit Snakes. Washington Correspondence Cleveland Leader The paradise of fools, “to few un known,” is the mental comment as one sees the many evidences ot people’s care lessnt-sss, toolisl ness and stupidity which are displayed at the Dead Letter Office Museum. Arranged in glass cases on the tour sides of the room are all these waifs of travel, displayed with a view to their respective attractions, suggestive of the tieache.iy of postage stamps and the adverse late which sometimes overtakes mail-bags. There is everything known to the useful and ornamental; everything not smaller than a thimble or larger than a stove-pipe hat. .... Such a pathetic array of might-have beens, so eloquent of disappointments and blighted hopes ! Locks of hair— there are whole switches of them—and as for photographs, we are told that there are forty bushels of them in the base ment of the building. But laney your self the recipient ot a nice parcel from the hands of the gentleman some morn ing, which, upon being opened, discloses a Five snake 1 Whether one would go into raptures or hysterics at such a treas ure, would be a matter ot taste, I suppose. But, then, people do send snakas through the mail, and sometimes they come back to the dead letter office for want of a claimint, and we see them leading a sei renely spiritual ex : stence in a glass jar among postal curiosities. It is a tact that a postmaster once found a small live alligator disporting among the let ters aud papers in a mail bag. There was also a bouquet of fresh flowers, which had slipped out of its box; and a couple of empty boxes very similar in size and shape, and both ad dressed to ladies, left the poor man in doubts as to which the alligator belong ed, and to which the flow. rs. Imagine a fair recipient of the floweis finding a monster in her box, instead ot the deli cate offering which she had expected 1 But the post master made no blunder; he put the flowers in one box, the alliga tor into the other; notified the ladies of the slight confusion ot property which had taken place, and directed each to exchange with the other it she hail re ceived the w’ong article. But he was gratified to learn, shortly afterward, that there had been no mistake made. Jew elry is one ot the articles most common ly intrusted to letters and postal pack ages. One can hardly realize that there is a daily average of 12,000 or 15,000 d>ad letters, or about 400,000 a month. A'- lowing one person to a letter, there are 40,000 persons every month who under take to send letters either without stamps, without addresses, or with can celled stamps, insufficient postage, or il legible or incorrect addresses. Many of them are without either stamp or address, and often with no sigature which gives the slighest clew to persons sending them There a1#40,000 a month re ceived lhat either lack postage or ad dress. or .have insufficient or cancelled stamps ; and, strange as it .nay stwm, these are sometimes the mos '• letters, often containing currency o. drafts for large amounts or money, is estimated that there is about %3,J , 0)0 in drafts and 875,000 in cash recetv CONYERS, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1870. Jed yearly through dead letters. This is all returned, if possible, to the pc rsons sending it; but it any portion of it tails to find a claimant, it is turned over to the Post Office fund. Very little difficulty is experienced in restoring the checks and drafts to the rightful owners, but the money generally comes in small sums, and'is usually sent in the most careless, haphazard fashion, aud the loss of these small sums and the igttorancc or carelessness with which they are lambed upon a journey repre sent a deal of suffering and disappoint ment. Some hard working man may send s'2o, the savings of a month’s labor, to his wite and little ones, whom he has had to leave behind him ; but, alas! he is one of forty thousand who trust to Providence, without stamp or address, or else his writing or orthography are be yond mortal ken, and so the poor wife never gets the pittance, which is her all. It is very amusing to see the letters opetied, and guess at their contents be fore they are brought to flight Three out of five from a bundle of uuaddressed letter’s contain money, one of them a $5 note. Then there are such quantities of dress samples in letters. One would im agine that all womankind had discovered a language in the enterchanga of these scraps of dress fabrics. One-half show their prosperity in bits of silks and sat ins, and the other half in slips of six penny calico, and it is only in the Dead letter Office that they meet on common gi’ound. Certainly every fifth letter con tains a photograph, and I don’t imagine that auy great care is taken to return lost photographs; but any one so be reaved has the privilege of ruinaging among tin forty bushels of human “counterfeits” which have accumulated here. ANECDOTE OF JEFFERSON. Many amusing anecdotes are bait led down to ns of Thomas Jefferson, and ot those who were politically opposed to him. Here is one worth relating. Mr. Jeffersou was in the habit of driving himself in a gig, when he made his visit to his country seat, Mouticedo, at, Clarks ville, Virginia. He preferred this inode ot traveling to the stage coach, Jaftd of it*..*-.. ,*-.■■■> i] Washington and his rural residence. On oae of his trips he saw a boy, poorly clad, trudging along the road side, and accosted him. asking hint if he would like a ride. The boy promptly and frankly’ accepted the invitation, and soon charmed his unknown friend hy his in genious, boyish conversation. After a time Mr. Jefferson asked his companion if he had ever heard of Tom Jefferson * “O, yes,” was the quick response. My dad says he is the biggest rascal ever lived.” Nothing daunted hy this unexpected candor, the President, continued the .con versation : and when in reply to allusions purposely made to Tom Jefferson, the lad would exclaim that “dad said that he was a traitor to his country," he would say, in expostulation, “Oh, perhaps you would not find him such a had fellow, after all.” When he reached the point w here his companion must leave him, >lr. Jefferson said, as the boy lightly leaped to the ground : “You can tell your dad you had a ride with Tom Jefferson, aud he is not such a bad fellow.” “Dogged if I do!” exclaimed the youth. “Dad would give me the worst licking ever I had if he knew I had been riding with you." Still mused at the youngster’s per sistence, Mr. Jefferson said in a kindly tone: “Now, my little fellow, I want you to come and see me at the White House, in Wafhington ; and you’ll find 1 ain not as bad as vour dad thinks ine.” The boy, with a bare acknowledgment of the friendly invitation, ran off toward his home. He was, however sufficiently irnpresseed to tell “dad” that he was asked to go and see the President at the White House, and meant to go. ‘ Nonsense 1” sneered the parent * “when you go there lie will ask you who in the world you are." “No, he won't,’’ persisted the lad, “and I'm a going.” He was as good as his word. His fall supplies, a homespun suit and a change of underclothing, had jnst been comple ted ; and one morning, donning the new suit and anew shirt, and putting the remainder ot his personal effects in a handkerchief he tw-sted a stick through his baggage, slung it over bis shoulder, and started briskly off to walk to Wash ington to see his triend. In due time the brave youngster reached the capital city, and enquiring the way to the White House, soon found himself at the entrance. To the servant who ap. peared in response to his vigorous blows on the panel of the door, lie boldly de manded to see “Tom" Jefferson. “He's at Jdiniier aud his company," replied the attendant, not a little aston ished at the audacity ot tho travel soiled boy with his bundle. “That’s nothing,” promptly the ad* venturer answered, “he told me to come here to see him, and I’ve come, and I ain’t going off without seeing him.” There was no choice but to obey, so the servant went to the dining room and told his master that a boy was outside who said he wanted to seethe President, as ho had been told to come. Mr. Jef ferson at once ordered tho intruder to be brought in ; and Ihe shabby youth, with his bundle still over eis shoulder, found himself in the midst of a “state” dinner party. But nothing daunted by his strange position, when the President in genuine astonishment exclaimed, “Who under the sun are you ?" the youngster ejaculated: “Now ! that’s just what dad said you'd sny if I come here. Pm Charles Mor gan, and you axed me to come when I was riding with you t’other day.” “So I did,” replied the President, his recollection of the incident reviving; “and now you are here, sit down with us aud take some diuner.” Auother plate was ordered to be pla ced on the table ; and Charles Morgan took a seat with uud minished assurance among the tine ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Jefferson directed the dusty bundle, to which the lad clung to the last, to be taken to a spare bedroom, aud announced his intention of keeping the owner there* of as his guest. After a few days, during which the President had greatly enjoyed the out spoken fraukneM and fearless nature of the acquaintance picked up by the way side, he inquired of young Morgan what he could do for him. “What would like to be when you are a man, my fine fellow ! he ask> ed. “1 want a colonel,” was the an swer ; in thieh Charlie persisted in reply to the question, whenever put to -trim, until one day a playfellow was brought to hitu in the shape of a mid shipman. When, niter vnjojf’ing- the* f society of anew acquaintance for a short time, the President ouee more question ed him as to hi wishes in regard to the Lis iultire, he made up his mind with his customary decision that nothing but the navy would meet his desires. To his great delight, Mr. Jefferson tdd him his wishes in this respect could be gratified. The sequal to the story is easily told. The boy entered the navy, and served his country nobly during the remainder of Ids life. And Commodore Morgan, I am told by those who knew him best, always preserved the houest simplicity of character and fearlessness which so attracted “Tom" Jefferson when ho met the outspoken Charlie Motgan on the Virginia highway— Gertrude Mortimer in Ladies Reposi tory. Showing Goods. “No trouble to shew goods" is a com mon sign sticking about most of our dry goods stores, and probably bears on its face more incincerily than the average candidate for office, A handsome young dry goods clerk—who would not let the ladies know he did it for anything— hands us the following lines for publica tion. The author need not be asked for, as the name will not be given—even at the point of the—parasol: A lady enters our dry goods store, Stepts to a clerk who stands near the door, Asks him to Jfhow her the latest style. And the pulls over the goods meanwhile. Says she : I want a dress for my niece, Will you please show mo that under piece ? Oh ! I did’t see it was a polka spot; That is too near the one she’s got. That piece with stripes would just suit me. It's just as pretty as it can be; But she wonts a lietter covered ground, With a sort of vine running 'round. She di n’t want too dark, nor yet very light. Not a striped piece nor yet very bl ight. I think she’d like what yon showed me last. But do you think the colors are fast ? Cut off a bit before I decide, I’ll take home a piece and have it tried. I had a dress like that last fall, And the colors did not wash at al\ I like those patterns there oa the end. I’ll take a few samples for a friend ; Now. one of this, if you will be so kind. And one of this, if you don’t mind— The nicest styles I’ve seen this year, And you’ll secure the trade—no fear. I’ve forgot the price—'twas cheap enough, I’te a sort of plain stuff; Do yon think you have it in the store t The dress is spoiled if 1 can’t get more. Will yon pul these samples in a bill ? I'll know whore to got tfcom if you will. I’ll take them horn if she thinks they’ll do, You’ll, iee me back in a day or two. —Bamnnih Vcwt. A NAVALOFFICER’S SUICIDE He Takes his “Last Cruise” in Search of “Pauline.” Three days ago there arrived at the Mountain House, Montrose, a few miles trom Orange, N. J., a man of gentle manly appearance, who represented himself as n Lieutenant Commander in tho United States navy, and registered hns name as Henry Montrose. 110 had no baggage, hut represented himself ns the avaut counter of his who were coinming to stay at tho same place. lie was courteous in his man ner, but re erved and disinclined to mingle ‘with the crowd. On Friday night there was a discussion on the piazza about suicide, It was not started by him, but ho took part and expressed the view that the best method was ta king po : son. Yesteiday ho was about as usual. About four o’clock in tho afteinood he was found dead in his bed. Dr. Richi mis, of Orange, was promptly on hand, blit his life had fled. Deceased was found lying in undress navil uni form. lie had no money or baggage, aud left nothing to identity him, except a long letter evidently written just be* fore and after he took a draught, as he set forth, of tho deadly poison, llis letter covers twelve pages of neatly writen note paper, and is addressed to Dr. 11. R. Thayer, Portland, Me. In the letter the Jwliter clearly sets forth the object ot his suicide—wearineers -of life and aD uncontrollable longing to follow bis “darling Pauline, wbo seems to have gone betore him to eternity. Ho begins by saying: “I know not what impels me to write you this, from the boundaries separating tlie finite from the infinite; and to ask yon to wish me un ben voyage on this my last cruse. The sea is all unknown, and I don’t know how the voyage will be made, whether in frigate or terry, corvette or canoe, corsair or cutter, trader or plunderer, it matters not, as I shall find Pauline on the other side. Ever since that dark, melaacholy day wheu I lost her m the park I have not been well. I think I was sligtly sunstruck then, so and the voyage t hither is all the more welcome. I was only waiting to receive a sum -111 0118 from ?ny bo/ovoil one, nnt] no ip, having received it I can stay no longer, but hasten to press her dear form to my breast, to hear her musical voice, and to receive her warm, impassioned kiss of love.” lie goes on at great length in the same stra in, picturing his sorrows, feel ings, hopes, and anticipations of meet ing his darling, ifco. Ho incidentally men tions another female named Maud, ex presses a wish that the letter be not published, and that his body be interred plainly. He spoke of a sister wbo may come to soarffli for him, but is scrupu lously anxious, for “family reasons.” that his identity be not divulged. The last two pages of the letter are {written pencil, and appear to 'be a postscript penciled after lie had taken, as he says, a dose cf “two deadly poisons.” The clo sing lines are ns tollows: “The last act in the drama of life is almost finished. I have this moment swallowed a deadly draught that will give my spirt joy. I will soon have passed to that bourne from whenco no travel'll’ has returned bodily, yet many in spirit. Uncle Fred wrote you and gave his address. Please inlorni him. lam calm and am counting my pulse. It'is now 130 wiry. My head feels full and rnj lower limbs trem ble. It will soon be ever, and I will have laihomed the great myst ry. I will come to you, Doctor, to advise you as soon as I learn how. The light be gins to fade, O Thou, divine Father! I , have taken the life Thou gavest, but trusting to thy mercy 1 go without j fear." In the body of the letter lie speaks ot his family motto as being “Fidele juqu ala mort" Among his effects was found a carefully preserved moss rose enceased in waterpr, of paper. On it is writien “Semper fideles ' “Pauline, to the I come !” He begs that this rose he bu riid with him. Last night County Physician Ward, ot Newark, telegraph ed to Dr. Thayer for information touch ing the body. It is believed was a spir itualist. He was about thirty-five years old, of fair complexion, with light mous tache and goatee.—N. Y. Herald, 21th. A twelve year old boy jumped into a river at Koseborg, Oregon, to rescue a younger brother. He was swimming toward the shore with the little one when his mother, wbo had in hei excitement gone 100 near the edge ot the bank, slipped into the stream. He instantly let go his hold, and went to save the I mother, and all tnree we a drowued. j VEGETOTH Strikes the root of disease by purifying the Mood, restoring the liver sml kidneys to hal thy Notion, invigorsting the nervous system, VEGETINK Is not. a vile, nauseous compound, which slut* ply purges tho bowels, but u safe, pleasant remedy which is sure to puiifj the blood and thereby restore the health. VEGETINK Is now prescribed in ruses ef Scrofula and oth er diseases of tho blood, by n any of tho treat physicians, owing to the great success is cur ing all disesses of this nature, VEGETINK Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by purging and creating n fictitious appetite, but assists nature in clearing and purifying the whole system, leading the patient gradually to perfec t health. VEGETINK Was looked upon ns an experiment for some timo by 801110 of our best physicians, but those most ineredulouv in tegard to its merit are now its most ardent friends and supportelS.- VEGETINK lustead of being a puffed-up medicine bos worked its way up to its present astonishing success hy actual merit in curing all diseases of tho blood, of whatever nature. VEGETINK Says, a Boston physician “huß no equal as a* blood purifier. Hearing of its man} Wonder ful euros, sfter all other remedies hod failed, f visited tho laboratory and convinced myself of its genuine merit. It. is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which is highly effect ive, und they arc compounded in such a man ner as to produce astonishing results." VEGETINK Is acknowledged and recommended hy physi cians and apothecaries to bo tho host purifier and cleanser of tho blood yet, discovered, and thousands speak in its praiso who have been l restored to health. U r, tAT IS NEEDED Boston, Feb. 13,1871. Mr. II- R. Stkvkns :—l>onr Sir—About one year since I found myself in a feeble conditiotr from general debility. Vegetine was strongly recommended to me by a friend who had been much benofltted by its use. I procured Che article and after using several bottles, was re stored to health and discontinued its use. I feel quite confident, that there is do medicine superior to it for those complaints for which It is especially prepared, aud would cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that they need something to restore them to perfect health. Respectfully yours, U. L. PETTINGIL. Firm of 8. M. Pott ingill A Cos., State St. Boston Cincinnati, Nov. 88, 1873. Mr. It. R. Stkvkns :—Dear Sir —The tw<r bottlos of Vegitine furnished me by your agent, my wife lias used with groat benefit. For a long time she has been troubled wtth dizziness and costiveneSs; these troubles are now entirely removed by the nso of Vegetine. She was also troubled with Dyspepsia and General Debility ; and has been greatly bene fitted. THO3. GILMORE, 8281 Walnut Bt, 1 FEEL MYSELF A NEW jUAJL Natick, Mass, June 1, lO7Y. Mr. 11. R. Htsvknb:- Dear Sir—Through the advice and earnest persuasion ot Rev. B. S’ Best, of this place. I have been taking Veg etine for Dyspepsia, ot which I have Buffered tor years. I have used only two bottles and already feel myself anew inan. Respectfully, bn. J. W. CASTER, REPORT FROM A PRACTICAL GIIKMUf AMS APOTHECARY. Boston, Jan. 1, 1871, Dear Sir—This is to rertify that I have sold at retail 154 J dozen (IHA2 bottles) of your Vegelini? since April 12 1870, and cun truly say that it. has given the best satisfaction J* auy remedy for tbe complaints for which if it recommended, that I ever sold. Scarcely a dsy passes without some of fl.'y customer# tes tifying to iti merits on themselves or tftftiV friends. Ism perfectly cognizant of aoieia’ cases of Scrofulous Tumors being cured by Vegetine alone iu this vicinity. Very respectfully yours, AI OILMAN, 408 Bioadway, To H. It. Stkvkns, Ksq. jul*?*lm- VXCIETINE IS BOLL BY ALL DRVQQIBTff. SECURE AN AGENCY O and fSO or SIOO per week. “THEKVKIt READY AND NKVBB OUT OP 0D*B“ HOMESTEAD *2O SEWING S2O MACHINE FOR DOMESTIC USE WITH TABLE and FIXTURES COMPLETE ONLY S2O. A perfect and unequalled, largo, strong and durable machine, constructed elegant, ad solid, from the liest material with matl emau-- al precision, for Constant Family use or manu facturing purposes. Always ready at a mo ment's notice to do its day’s work, never out of order, and will last a generation with moderate care; easy to understand and manage light, smooth, and swift running, like the well regulated moventint of a fine watch; Simple, Compact, Efficient, and reliable, with all the valuable Improvements to lie found in the highest priced Marinos, warranted to do tbe same wont, the Same way, and as rapid and smooth as a $75 Machino. An acknowledged triumph of ingenious mechanical skill, essend ' t ially tjie working woman’s friend, and far in ' advance of all ordinary Machines, for absolute 1 Strength, Reliability and general usefulness; will Hem, Fell, Tuck, Seam. Quilt, Bind, Braid Cord, Gather, Ruffle, Shirr, Plait, Fold, Scal lop, Roll, Embroider, Run np Breadth, te., with wondrful rapidity, neatnoss and esse, and ease, sews the strongest lasting stitch, equally fine and smooth through all kinds of goods, from cambric to several thicknesses ot broadcloth or leather, with flue or coarse cot ton, linen, silk or twine. Gives perfect satis faction. Will o irn it-t cost several times over in a season in tbe work it does, or make a good living for any man or woman who desire* to use it for that purpose; work* *o faithful and easy )he servants or children ean on* It without damage. Price of Machine with light table, fully equipped for family work, 920. Half Case, Cover, Side Drawer, and Cabinet Style, each at correspondingly low rates' Kafe delivery guaranteed, free from damage. Explanatory pamphlets illustrated with engra ving* of the several .tylea of sewing, 4c,, 1 mailed free. Confidential term* with liberal inducements to enterprisingol*-gymen,Teaeh, cr* Business Men,Traveling or Local Agent., Ac ’ who desire oxcluaiva Agencie , furnished on application. Addreae John H. Sendai? t 0.13') Broidway, Hew York. SM-ly. NO. 0,