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VOL. 3. H. H. M’DONALD, Dentist* Kvill be found at his Office Room No. 3 AVhite- House, Conyers, Qa., where lie is pre- Kiunxl to do all kinds of work in his line. Fill. ■jL, Teeth made a speciality. Hgjtf dll work Warranted to give Satisfaction, thankful for past patronage, he re ■jpectfully solicits a continuance of the same. I ycTlLmm §&<mm I SILVERSMITH l JEWELER, COX YE US, CEOKGIA ■ Watches, Clock, and Jewilry of every de ■ seription repaired. AH work done neatly, and ■ order, at lowest prices for cash, and warran * led to give satisfaction. Shop : next door to ■ Toil Office. aug231876-ly JAMES C. BARTON. | CALEB J. BARTON, BARTON & BARTON. Attorneys at Law, I CONYEIIS, : : : GEORGIA, I Will practice in the Courts of thiß State, and 1 in th< U. S. Courts at Atlanta, Ga. Special attention given to the Collection of I Claims. v3-nls-tf A. C. McCALLA, Attorney at Law, I CONYERS, ! : : GEORGIA, Will practice in Rockdale and adjoining coun ties. v3-n!5-ly THE National Hotel, ATLANTA, - - - GEORGIA. The rates of board AJJ K Aat this popular hotel have been \/ jl1! reduced to $2.50 per day. For this raj I*/ V/ price offer ac commodations ad fare unsurpassed by any three or four dollar house in tbe South. Come and get an old Virginia welcome, I.EE &, HEWITT, PuoI'UIKTOMS. Bowers S' BOGGY and WAGOH RMfffiY, CONYERS, GEORGIA, DKAI.KRS IN AND MANUS'ACTVKEBB 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 best H.IXD-JHDB mmm. in Use, for CARRIAGES BUGGIES, or one Ilorse WAGONS. Can sup] ly any part of HARNESS on short notice. Also, a full stock of L TJ M B H R m great variety always on hand, for house building purposes. Carpenters and Contractors would do well to see our special wholesale rates. Mouldings, Latices, Stops, Strips, etc., speciality, and made of any width, thickness, or shape. Window Sash— primed and glassed—Blinds aud Doors, -either white or yellow pine. Also suitable lumber for Coffins. We always keep in stock Burial cases and Caskets of various sizes 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! 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 aud everything a Dimmer 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, and can make to order any style bf quality desired. Old pjips Repaired, f amted and Trimmed at short notice, and at living rates. We buy the best material, and having suitable machinery, are able to turu off work with neatness and dispatch. With constant devotion to our Busi fless > Honest Dealings with our Custom ers > Experienced Faithful Mechanics, and fic manufacture of Reliable Goods in lour line, we hope to merit a liberal pat foiiage from a Generous Public. Thank mg you tor your past favors, we will be toad to see you again at our office on Depot Street, near the Geo R R. Respectfully, Downs & Lanaiord fte j§ila!i; Xvgisfe®, AFTER THE BATTLE. Morton’s Good-Night Song, as Sung by the Canandaigua Glee Club. O Chandler, I am tired now, 1 do not care to here you blow: Just pour some camphor on my brow, And tnvu the gas down very low: O chandler, dear, the gamo is up, I hoar the mighty Tilteti-tread: Now stir some nervine in my cup, And put me in my littc bod. (Cho.)-Come, Chandler, come, kiss me good night, I’m sorry now for what I’vo said. They've whipped us fairly in the fight, So put. me in my little bed. Do you remember. Chandler dear, You said we must wake up the war ! We’ve cvershot the mark I fear, And pushed the business quite too far; The fighting men have left our ranks, With Hooker, Sigel, Farnsworth, Corse, We’ve only Butler, Schenck and Banks, And things have gore from bad to worst. ( Chorus ) — O drop the ourtains, Chandler dear, The bonfires make my eyeballs ache, And stuff some cotton in each ear, Those victory notes w* heart will break, An awful ghost is in my room, With horrid blue jeans breeches on, I ffeo the shadow in the gloom, O ! bid the haunting thing begone. (Cho.) —Come, Chandler, come, bid me good night, I hoar the mighty Tilden-tread, They’ve whipped us fairly in the fight. So put me in my little bed. The Abuse of Credit. It is to be hoped that the business de-. pression through which the country is passing will have the effect of putting an end to tne inflated system of credit which has latterly been the bane ot the business community. Without believ ing at all in the extreme views of jthose who insist that the business vocabulary should contain no such word as credit and that all transactions should be cons ducted upon the strict pay-down princi ple, we are yet firmly convinced that a system of credit such as has been in vogue the last few years in the invete rate foe of business stability and that our old time business prosperity .will not be restored to a secure foundation until anew departure is instituted in vliis re g.-.id. The interminable array of failures and suspensions that have been chronicled in these columns and the business crashes that are continually occurring would seem to tell a tale sufficiently suggestive of alarm as to the true proportions of the bloated system of credit which has attained such a dangerous growth in our midst, but such symptoms, alarming though they be, by no means tell the whole story —they are simply the out ward manifestations of a disease so chronic and deep-seated as to have be come a vampire upon the very vitals of trade. Many business houses which are weathering the storm and are regarded as impregnable in a financial point ot view are living solely upon borrowed strength and owe all their factitious sta* bility to the leniency and forbearance of tbeir creditors. It is a common remark that, were our business houses called up on to meet their indebtedness at once, nearly all ot them would be obliged to suspend, and some that are reputed our ‘strongest’ firms would probably be una ble to jiay twenty five cents on a dollar. The remedy for the existing order of thing is in the hands of creditors, and it would seem that the instincts ot self defense would prompt them to see that It is applied at once. One thing they may rest assured, that as long as they are reckless in giving credit there will always be those who will be given more reckless in accepting it. Trade has come to be infested with a gang of sharpers and shysters who make a business of preying upon the innocent credulity and gullibility of business men, and only the contraction of credit to its legitimate limits can drive this crowd of vultures to the wall. The so called ‘failures’ ol this class of men are nothing less than down light swindles, and it is a dangerous len ity on the part of business circles to make such robberies fashionable by pal liating them under the names of gentle euphemisms. We have in nnnd a sam ple ‘failure’ <4 this kind which recently occurred in Boston. Since the ‘failure’ which, by the way, was for a large amountrxfthe ‘financially embarrassed' party has given up house keeping in the suburbs and taken his family of three to one of the most aristocratic hotels—if not the most aristocratic hotel in the c ity where he is obliged to pinch him self to a hundred dollars a week for ! h u; r d. VVe tuuiliou this ‘livaueial cm gUOiN VEILS, OA., THURSDAY. NOV KM If UK |, | S ?<i. barrasninent’ not as anything exceptional at all, as the limes are going, but simply av illustrating a type of high toned steal ing which has latterly cornu to he ol common occurrence. Parties arc failing every day with liabilities of $15,000. $20,000 aud $25,000 who ought never ought to have been trusted for the clothes on their backs. The truth is that people have been ab eolutely crazy in the matter ot granting credit, and it is high time that they put their foot upon the mercantile Ku-Klm ism so rampant in our midst. Failures with liabilities of thousands and avail able assets of less than as many cents should be understood by this time, and it wculd seem that we ought soon to hear the last of such shameless spectacles as ‘embarrassed’ business tnen, with $50,000 homes by tbeir wives), offering five or ten cents on a dollar. As we have said before, the remedy for such outrages is in the hands of creditors, and it is for them to say when it shall be ap plied.—Boston Paper. Grape Gathering in Turkey. Correspondents at the seat ot hostili ties in Sei vii and Turkey relieve their war pictures with the brighter side ot life iu the disturbed districts. The men have all gone to the w nrs, and the wo men are at home carrying on their do mestic affairs, apparently in the best pos sible spirits. 1 here are no men to ce seen, either old or young, in the regions round about the battle fields. They ai e all engaged actively in the work of wftr. This is especially the esse in Turkey, which does not look as if Turkey could be symbolized by a sick man. Turkey appears to be in the best of health, and it is evident th t all the male strength cf the country will be expended in the struggle, if such a draft is necessary to cury through Tirkey's cause in Europe, l'he Turk is evidently not. going to be driveu out without a sufficient cause cf armies to dislodge him. After witnessing carnage and devast; - tion, a London correspondent makes a brilliant picture of the female liomeguaid in Turkey, It was in the midst ot the grape harvest. The Turkish women had already hai vested the wheat aud barley and were gathering grapes. The country was full ot pretty damsels grape-gather ing. Except that no men were to be seen, there were no evidences of the car nage hovering near and the de.vas'ation almost within sight. The Turkish dam sel dons her attire, plaits her hair with gaudy ribbons, fastens to her head dress pieces ot gold if she is rich, or copper .f poor, and goes forth to the grape gather ing. Every now and they break forth into snatches ol song, then peals of laughte.i follow, and all seem careless of the fate of their fathers, and husbands, and brothers, and lovers, in the deadly strife. They are gathering grapes for a festival of victory or a funeral.— St, Louis Republican. An Anecdote of Tchernayeff. One of Tcherhayeff’s soldiers was charged with cutting off two fingers iu order to render himself unfit for service. The soldier when taken to headquarters, admitted that he had coaxed a comrade to do him the favor. ‘And were you not ashamed,’ asked the General, ‘to abandon the field when the Turks are on the soil of our father land?’ ‘I am quite willing to fight ths Turks,’ was the reply, ‘but I wanted to see my home again.’ ‘Well,’ remarked the General, ‘you shall have a long leave ot absence. Say your pray ers. You will be shot this moment.’ The platoon advanced, aud the soldier, after making the 6ign of the cross, step ped in front of bis executioners. Sud denly he turned to the General and pla cing in his hand a few pieces of money, said, ‘To be given to my wife after ’ ‘Go and be ’ said Tchernayeff; ‘rake them to ber yourself.’ The man who loved his wife was pardoned by his country. John Adams, colored, was elected to the Legislature from Lee county by a large majority, but a few days after wards, the county surveyor, in the course ot his rounds, found out that the lion. John lived ixactly seventeen feet out ol the line, and* hence could not take his seat from Lee county. 'J he Demo cratic candidate, therefore, is elected, and the Hon. John lack* just seventeen feet of the State Capital. •Look here Pete,’ said a knowing darkey to his companion, ‘Don’t ,stan’ on de railroad/ ‘Why, Joe f ‘Kaso if do cars see dat mouf ol yourn, dey willt ink it am de depo’, and run rile in.’ A man took off hi/coat to show what a terrible wound he had received some years past, ‘O,’ said he not being able to find it. ‘I remember now,, it was ou my brother L ill’s arm.’ A SAD STORY. From Wealtli to Inanity and Po v * erty. Among the shabby, dirty and ragged unfoatunates who came to the Southern Station last night to obtain a night’s lodging was an old man bent with yours aud showing the evidences of fatigue and travel by his tottering footsteps and wreUhed apparel. He gave his name to Captain Delunty as Paul Veuilor, of New Orleans, and was shown baek to the room assigned to tramps. A glance at his rags and careworn lace would never suggest to the observer that Paul Vcni ler was at one tiino a leading business man and a prominent citizen ot the Crt • cent City, but such is indeed the case, and the history ot his life has in.it all the elements of a dramatic storry, which we may raad, throw aside and say it is im possible. A few points in the life of this unfortunate individual may not bo uninlarcsiing. About thirty five years ago there arrived in New Orleans a young and handflom mar., accompanied by his wife, a Creole, in the lull bloom ot her youtnful beauty. The couple had come from Martinique, and brought with tin m a large sum ot money, which VeniJer proposed to invest in trade. They set tled in a magnificent house on*ll'e bank of Poncbartrain, which became, on account oi the social qualities of its mus ter and mistress, the central point of at traction for all the aristocratic people of the neighborhood. The husband lad in the meantime embaiked in the shipping and commission business, and was very successful. Realizing largely on bis nvestmeuts, he became one cf the weal thiest citizens, while he at the snmotime •attained a reputation lor unblemished business integrity, probity and honesty. Three children had been born, and every bright prospect in life seemed attainable without effort to the young couple. About this time a gambler, well known i:i those days for his success with cards, and remarkable for his handsome exteiior and pleasing address, met Madame Ve rnier at a pal-masque. Other meetings followed, and the foolish woman aband oning her luxurious home, ber children, her husband and her honor, listened to the seductive addresses of her destroyer and fled to Cuba. Die husband follow ed, but never succeeded in coming up with his wife, to whom ho had forgive ness to offer ; nor with her seducer, tor whom he Jiad vengeance. He gave up the pursuit and returned to New Orleans. But business had no longer any interest for him, now that she for whom ho la bored so earnestly had deserted him The three children fell victims to the cholera, and Vender, a broken down man, aged before he was old, sold out his business interest and dissppeared. Some weeks later he was discovered on levee wandering up ami down, homeless and without a penny ot the large sum lie had realized by the sale ot his property, lie was taken to a madhouse, where lie remained for twenty-three years, and finally, when former friends had forgot ten him and ha was no longer an object of interest to the outside world, he was released, helpless and penniless, to live or die as chance befell him. In hi* wanderings bo reached Baltimore las t night, carrying with him, as a link con necting him with happier days, the New Orleans and Mobile papers which told he story of his wife’s desertion, the sub sequent death of his children, and of his immurement in die mad-house. Poor aid man ! he has but few steps to take in life before ho will go out with the tide, the wreck of a life blasted by a woman’s perfidy.— Baltimore American. In front of the Union League House, Saturday night, gas jets were arranged to form the words, ‘Virtue, Liberty and Independence,’ and, before the wind be gan to blow, looked very handsome. But soon ‘Virttue’ wan wiped out, then ‘Liberty,’ and as a bystander observed it, he exclaimed : ‘How emblematic ot the Republican party ; there’* ‘Virtue’ gone and Liberty’ gone, aud but d—d little of ‘lndepeneence’ left.’— Philada. Evening Chronicle. A citizen of Leavenworth, going to hi* barn to milk hia oow in the dark of the early morning, got into the wrong pen, and undertook to milk a mule. Re don’t remember which side of the barn he went out at, but expects his bucket down in a fesv days A few years since, at tho celebration of an anniversary, a poor peddler who was present, being called upon for a toast, offered the following: ‘Here is health to poverty—it sticks to a mtpr when all bis fricuds forsake Lim.’ HERALDING Tills advent —OF THE— M STANDARD EXliim at tmm bay oily Friday, Decease: Ist, 18*76. OLD JOHN ROBlim CHUT MOTHMI Siifif! ADMISSION REDUCED TO 75 UTS ! Great World’s Exposition. Mauaprie, April! arid Circus' ItwcoKsria’CTßi*, Kkmohki.ru and fii.nio oi:a!i:i>. '''' ■ 41 Now on 1(8 Afiy-fifth triumphalannual tour, ovoiy. hero meeting '-vitli unprecedented ac t;oß6, absolutely augmented to double its fornior magnitude and tei tidies ii. pristine grandeur Everything bright, fresh and sparkling. New eW tiolu. new \uns, now dent?, new wardrobe, new curiosities, Dew animals, ar.d tlie Centennial quartette of Elephants. viz : Empress, Bin mark Sultan and Pasha all performing in the ring at the same time. The only red inane bsa Lion ever captured. A giant Ostrich 1(5 font high. A huge Rhinoceros or Unicorn of Holy writ weighing (5,000 pounds. The Great Tartary, Yak, African England and the wonderful performing Elk, “-Juno,” recently added to the best traveling Menftgerio in America. The leaders of tho orenic Celebrities a; a The Champion E<|UoKf,riitn, Mr. Robert Stickr.ey and in fant, son. Mr. John Lowlow, tho Challenge Wit of the world. John Wilson, Frank Robbirs, Eddie Rivai-s, Herbert family, Geo. Slowan, Chits. Mm hiirthy, Wm. Thompson. Ehnina Ed die, the unrivalled and remarkable tight-rope performer. Miss Minne Marks. Miss Jennio Tumour, the Ariel Queen. Miss Christine Ktiekney, the Arens: Poeros. Miss Rosoline, Miss Emma bake and Miss Gertrude. Herbert Brothers, the Acrobatic Wonders. The Black Won der—The colored boy lie win. Together with a full corps of Equestrians. Acrobats, Gym route, Vaulters, Reapers, snd an efficient force, forming in all tlm most complete and elegant C'irous Compauy on this Continent, •STAt 9 o’clock on the morning of the exhibition; there be given, as a preclude to tho day's sports, A GRAND HOLIDAY PARADE! Tho most elaborate street pageant the world ever saw, head', and by apoOdrous team of Elephants driven in harness, drawing a MAH'S IV E GOLDEN Oil \ RIOT, containing Pro?. M. Sexton’* superb Military Brooklyn Band taslofully uniformed, discoursing the most popular airs of,tla day. including the great Centennial March, arranged expressly for the occasion, followed by a team of Egyptian Dromedaries drawing the ear of all Nations—a team of 40 diminutive postal drawing the liberty chariot, containing a beautiful tableau of Goddess of Liberty, George and Mart ba Washington guarded by a company of Continentals, and the long line of Vans, fDens and Cages, artistically decorated with historical pointings and flags of every nation, forming a living moving panoramma, displaying the manifold rr.-sonrocn r THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. Regardless of the many new and important acquisitions employed for the present season; tho price of admission has REDUCE 1) TO ONLY SE VENTYiFIVE CENTS. iHTA few reserved cushioned opera chairs cau bo soon* vdat i'm additional charg of 25 cents. ] DOORS Ol'IA AT 1 a lie 1 G p. m. NO. ID.