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VOL. 3. A. C. McCALLA, Attorney at Law, CONYERS, i > GEORGIA, Will practice in Hockdule and adjoining coun ties. v3-n!5-ly " FeBPIIINIZYr SueeessoLto C. H. Fhinijv & Cos. CQTTQN AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA. Liberal jLovamei snade on Consignments* aug23 3m jAtta'C. BAKToIt. I CALEB J? BAKTOM BARTON & BARTON. Attorneys at Xtaw, CONYERS, i : GEORGIA, Will practice in the Courts of tliis State, Mid is th. U. S. Courts at Atlanta, Ga. Special attention given to the Collection af Claim*. T3-nl-tsf WiEm&m S&o&ie BYSBM asi JEWELER. CONYEKri, GEORGIA Watoh'js, ClooY, and Jewelry of erery de inription repaired. All work done neatly, ani in order, at lowest prices for cash, and warran ted to gi to satis* action. Shop: next door to Poßt Office. nug231876-ly BowjfS & LsurGFaao, BUGGY aud WiGON REPOSITORY, CONYERS, GEORGIA. DK.tr.KSd IN AND MANUK ACT VEEP S OK HAND CARTS, WHEELBARROWS, and VEHICLES of all kinds. HARNESS, from the Cheapest to the Dcnresi, both Hand and Machine Stitch ed. We keep the best IlilOdllDE HUSffiS. in LV, for CARRIAGES BUGGIES, or one Horse WAGONS' Gan sup! ly any part of ilAlvN ESS on aliort notice. Also, a full stock of LUMBER in great variety always on Band, for I'oiiK* building purposes Carpenters nml Contractors would do wcdl to see our special wholesale rates. Mouldings, L.it ices, Stops, Strips, etc., ‘‘ speciality, and made of any width, thickness, or shape. Window Sash— primed and glassed—Blinds and Doors, either white or ye'low pine. Also suitable lumber for Coffins. We ijwayg keep in stock Burial cases and Caskets of various sizes and lengths, from infanta to adults—all at very low figures. Cjffin Hardware generally. With our facilities, we propose to make Coffins ol any style, from the plainest to joe finest, cheaper than we possibly could b y hand alone. Give*ns a trial and tee! patent wheels. Hubs, Spokes, Kims, Bodies, “;Us, Shafts, Poles Dash-Frames, '. 8 > Springs. IRON in great 'unety. Screws and Bolts of best u e> , latent and Enameled Leather, enameled Cloths, Moss and everything a runnier needs. Phill stock of best wnage Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Colors, -wnaments, and Paints generally. NEW carriages, buggies v . ” AGONS always on hand, in great let L an( l can make to order any style Hcaired. Old ones Repaired, r a - ,ld T, ’ mnle<i at R hort notice, material’"and We , , buy the beßt aro ’ and having suitable machinery, and rl' eto ! ,uru °H" work with neatness dispatch. nesJ'n °? nstant devotion to our Busi ers v 1 , est Dealings with our Custom *hS e i‘ enCedF^,hful Mechanics, and ro ; r r ,lfaCU * ,e of Pliable Goods in ronann <•’ We bo P e ,0 merit a liberal pat in vo„ f f oln a Generous I’-blic. Thank- L'lad" J! W your P ast favors: we will be Hopot Si 66 U a^ a ‘ a a( our office on P t ™reet, near the Geo R li. Respectfully, - Downs & Langford CHISf ADOKOS ,, H AIR dye. t Ha f Dye is the “fort most natural , producing not stain Tv,.! 68 ° f . Black °* Brown, 1 18 tandard t-l” 1 ’ ? nd 18 ea3lI Y applied. ’ l P°a ? nfl a favorite P ' °' Box, i- a o J - DO 80, D °2l 3m 3 New York. ite gflcliile legisfev. ' V ) /QkJr * Beautiful Things. Beautiful faces a-v those that wear— It mutters but little if dark or fair Whole-souled honesty printed theie. Beautiful eyes are those that show, Like chi’) slal panes where hen l ih-fire .clow, Beautiful thoughts that bum below. Beautiful lips are those whose words Leap from the heart like songs of birds, Yet whose utterance produce girds. Beautiful hands are (hose that do W ork that is earnest, brave and true, Moment by moment, the long day through. Beautiful feet are those that go On kindly ministries to and fro — I’own low, List ways, il God wills if so. Beautiful shoulders are those tha* bear Ceasi e-s bu’dcns of homely care, With patient grace and daily prayer. Beautiful lives are those that bless Silent rivers of happiness, V hose hidden fountains few may guess. Beautiful twilight, at net of sun, Beautiful goal, with race well won, Beautiful rest, with work well done. Beautiful groves, where grasses creep, Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie deep Over worn out hands, O, beautiful sleep ! Tlio Debt to Mothers* Mothers live for their children, make self-saoraliee for them, and manifest their tenderness and love so lreely that tlie name mother is the sweetest in hu man language. And yet sons, youthful and aged, know but little of the anxiety, the nights of sleepless and painful solici (tide which their mothers have spent over their thoughtless waywardness. Those mothers go down to their graves with those hours of secret agony untold As the mother wait lies by night, or prays in privacy in her closet, she weighs we.l the words which she will address to her son in order to lead him to a manhood of honor and usefulness. She will not tell him all the griefs and deadly fears w' ich beset her soul. She warns him will' ttemblmg, lest she nia; say over much. She trie* to clia.im hirn with cheery love while her heart is bleeding. No worthy and successful man ever yet knew the breadth and depth of the obi ttatiom which lie is under to the mother who gal led his heedless steps at trie time when his character or virtue and purity was so narrowly balanced against a course of vice and ignominy. Let her dutiful son do his utmost to smooth his mother's pathways, let him obey as im plicitiiy as he can her wishes and a lvice* let him omit nothing that may contribute to her peace, rest and happiness, and lie will part from her at the tomb with the debt to her half discharged. TJoo Much Scripture. The building committee of a church re cently finished in NeW Jersey wanted a stone slab over the door with the name ol the church and a scriptural motto. It occurred to them that nothing could be better than “My house shall be called a house of prayer.” So one of the com mitteemen, who was in a great hurry, told the stonecutter to chisel the thir teenth verse of the twenty-first chapter of Matthew. —He thought the verse en ded with the words he wanted to use. The stonecutter took the whole verse from the Bible and faithfully copied it to the end. Imagine th e horror of the committee when the stone was delivered It read, “My house shall be called a house ol prayer, but ycu have made it a den of thieves.”—The stonecutter insis ted that he had obeyed ordeis; but the committeemen insisted that the motto he had inscribed was not wanted, and that it would be of no particular use to them. The slab is now in the stonecutter’s yard, anybody who wauls it for a tomb stone can probably buy it cheap. A tercher iu Portland Sunday school was enlightning her pupils as to the ex traordinary number of Solomon’s wives, when a little fellow spoke up arid said : 'Golly, I should think he would have got tired of going a courting and getting married!' A German enlisted in the regular ar my In the course of a few days he was put on picket duty. Ilis instructions were, when anybody approached, io say, “Who comes there?” three times, and then shoot. Before long he perceived a man approaching; he waited quietly till the man came very near, then suddenly brought his musket to his shoulder and shouted, “Who comes dere dree dimes Bang! CONVkks, a7, THURSDAY. JANUARY 14, 1*77." THE VOTE OF LOUISIANA. An Aesumptio t of Sherman and His Fellows Refuted. New Otti.EANs, Deo. 28—In the re port ol Senator Sherman and his fellow Republicans, accompanying thu Presi dent's supplemental message to Congress on the last election in Louisiana, reliance is placed upon theregistration figures to show that the registered colored voters numbered 116,310 and the registered white voters 92,096, giving a majority ol coloied registered voters ol 22,314. By the State census of 1875, as made by Kellogg's officials, . and entirely in the intetest ■ of the Radical party, the to tal colored population was.. 410,611 Total white popu'alion, 404,910 Grand total 855,527 The native whites are put down at 348,897 Foreign whites,. 56,019 —404,916 Computing the voles at one tittli of the population, the colored voters would be.. .. 90,122 The native whites,... 69,770 By the census the nat uralized citizens number 19,374 89,153 By the same census there were 9,684 foreigners over 21 years of age that were not naturalized. It one-fourth of then#became citizens of the United States from 1875 to 1876, the preponderance ol the white vote is shown, according to Kellogg’s fig ures, to be over ... 1,300 The discrepancy between the registration of colored vo ters, as reporU and by St nator Sherman amounting t 0..,. 208,306 And Kellogg’s voting popula tion 179,275 , Showing a fraudulent rogistra lion in the interest of the Republicans of 29,031 - ♦ Not in the Family. An old farmer brought home two jugs the other day, one labelled “boiled oil” ■ and tlie other turpentine.” They were p'aced into the barn and pretty soon it, ! was noticed li at the oid man had buisi ness there at iegu!ar intervals. Ills old est son slyly followed him and saw him tukuio- a deep draught from one of the j ° 1 ° jugs. The old man heard a step outside ! and before going out. he arranged those jugs according ‘o his artistic taste. He was hardly gone when the son slipped in and took a drink from tlie jug oat of which he supposed his father had drank. The next moment lie was splut | teriiig, coughing and gasping, and the 1 old man entered and asked : I “Turpentine doesn’t agree with you, | does it “But I saw you drinking it,’’ ox- J claimed the injured and indignant son. “That is true,” said the old man, while a beautiful smile played over his face; “but it doe n’t necessarily follow that tlie rest of the family must relish turpentine because I ao!’’ . , —— Good nature is the best feature in the | finest face—wit may raise admiration, i judgment may command respect and knowledge attention:—Beauty may in iufiame the heart twith love,but good na ture lias a more powerful effect it adds a thousand attractions to the charms ot beauty and gives an air of beneficence to the homely face. Itnagfnashun, tew much indulged in, soon is tortured into reality ; this is or.e way that good boss thieves are made; a man leans over the fence all day, and imagines tlie boss belongs to him and sure enuff, the fust dark night the boss does. Win. A. Jones, foreman ot the com posing room of New York Times, died last week. Just before his death, he be came conscious for a moment, and in that gleam dwelling upon the habit of life, he suddenly exclaimed : “The ads are all right, Sherman; lock up tho forms and let’s go to press.” m 9 Sore Throat. —As the season ap proaches for this distressing complaint, we give the following prescription from an eminent physician : 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoouful of red pepper, 2 table spoonfuls of vinegar, in a taacnp of boil ing water, cover it to draw and gargle. ‘John,’ asked a doctor of the apothe cary's boy, ‘did Mrs. Green get the med icine I-ordered ?’ ‘I guess so,’ replied John, ‘for I saw crape on the door knob this morning.’ The President of the Senate. Ihe duties of the President of the Senate in the ceremony of counting the electoral votes arc very clearly defined in the Constitution, and they can not ba enlarged beyond Hie constitutional grant It has been said that he may decide what certificates Jo open and what to io ject. By’what attrihority wutdd fie im din lake to decide ? Certainly by none granted by the Constitution. It is said that the Senate might previously instruct him how to decide. By what anrll orily the ouly constitutional duty of lliu Sen ate is to he present with the House, that the ccitificates may be opened before them. Tlfen if a question between two certificates arises, the two Houses, as we have said elsewhere, must of necessity decide which is Che one duly aurlhori zed by the State. The Houses may agree in what manner they will consider the question, But the President of the Senate, as such, lias no more coiistitional mm hority to decide itjftau the Speaker of the House. At the counting of the votes, the Senate has no constitutional power which the House does not share. It is nowhere implied in the Constitution that either House House has power to do anything hut witness the opening and of necessity, as we said, to determine, upon constitutional principles, which of two certificates be received as valid. It is not even provided thal the Presi dent of the Senate shall announce the ivsult. But that is a mere form which affects nothing. The person who shall have received the gsealest number of votes, if such number he a majority of the whole number oVv’eclors appointed, shall be President, w hether any announce inent to that effect be made or net made. One ot the drollest stories of the Wash ington mill is that Senator Sherman is to have himself elected President of the Senate, so that “if no regular declaration cf a President is made,” he wil 1 be ae'in”’ President. He will “take paines to pre vent any official declaration either ol Hayes or Tilden.” The President of the Senate has nothing to do with it. Il the votes are counted, so many for Hayes, so many for Tilden, anybody who is ca pable of doing a um in simple addition will know who is the President, whether the President of the Senate speaks or holds his peace. Asa matter of cour tesy, ho has generally been the presi ding officer upon such occasions and announced tlie vote. But tint is a pure ly ceremonial position. He is officially President of the Senate, di’ectcd by the Constitution to open the eertific ites. There is, however, no reason for depart ing from the usual courtesy, except it be supposed that lie proposes to assume powers not Conferred by the Constitu tion. The place for opening the ccitificates and counting the voles is not designated in tlie Constitution, The House of Rep resentatives, which is the larger and more convenient hull for tho purpose,has been generally, but not always, selected. The proper place, however, is the Sen ate-chamber : for it is tlie president ol the Senate whom tho Constitution ap points to receive and open the certifi cates, and the chamber of the .body of which he is the official head is obviously the place in which he should perform the duty. Moreover, as no place is pre scribed, and the du'y is enjoined upon the President of tlie Senate, he may unquestionably appoint the place and in vite the attendance of both Houses. These are details which been set tled without difficulty hitherto, and which should raise no question now. Indeed, nothing but custom wjjich is not uniform can be urged in favor of the hall of the House of representatives. The propriety of the case dearly desig nates the Senate-chamber as the place for counting the vote.— Harper's Week ly- Spurgeon tells the following story : 'A poor man, who had a large Intnily, gave them a very comfortable support while he was in health. lie broke his leg and was laid up for some weeks. As he would be for some time destitute ol tho means of grace, it was proposed to hold a pray er meeting at his house. The meeting was led by Dea. Brown. A loud knock at the door interrupted the service. A tall, lank, bluefrocked youngster stoqd at the door, with an ox-goad in his hand, and asked to see Dea. Brown. ‘Father could not attend this meeting,’ he aaid> ‘but he sent his prayers, and they are out in the cart,’ They were brought in in he shape of potatoes, beef, pork, and corn. The meeting broko up without the benediction* According to an exchange, the phrase ‘excuse haste and a bad pen,’ was origi nated by a runaway pig. John Smith. A'Veabody fannerjhad sold a Lynn man a load of pir.o wood, but on his way thither had lost the piece of brown paper that contained the address. lie had searched for him at the postofflee, city hall, and u dozen bnr>rooins, but was unable to find him and was on the point of returning home when he saw an intel ligent individual standing on the corner of Broad and Atlantic streets to whom he said : ‘1 sold this load of wood to a man here in Lyun and cau't think of his name it I should go to Halifax. 'Common name, is it ?' inquired the man ns though lie would like to help him cut of the difficulty, ‘Yes, very common ; heard it a thou sand times,’ replied the tanner, knitting his eyebrows. ‘Breed,’ suggested the man. The'farmer shook his head. ‘No, that's not the name. Let me see —who was it that built the ink ?' asked the farmer leaning on ins whip handle. *E| h Horn.' ' That’s not the name. Let mo see— who was it that discovered America?’ ‘Victoria C. Woodhnll.’ ‘No,' replied the farmer. ‘lt’s funny,’ lie continued, ‘that I can’t think of his name, I know my own. What is that fellow's name that they called, ‘The Father of his Country?' ‘John Morrisey.’ ‘Taint him. Who is that big fellow m Congri siAliat has been kicked out of the cabinet for stealing so much money?’ ‘Sitting Bui I .’ ‘That’s not the man I'm looking for. Who was it that built the steamboat?' ‘Charles Francis Adams.’ ‘Well,’ said the man with the wood, ‘might ms well give it up, Idildi <>b iged to you for your kindness,' he added, starling ' IF. ‘Wasn’t it George Francis Train ?’ asked tiio man as it engaged in deep meditation. ‘No,’ replied the farmer, ‘it’s’some of those old fe’low’s names ; but that’s not exactly it. Who was it that says we come from the ape?’ ‘John Smith.’ ‘That’s the man I'm looking for,' said the farmer, tipoing his hat ou the hack of his head, and taking a fresh chew of tobacco. ‘Where does he iive ?' ‘l’m lie,’ said the mart, and the two went down the street together, while tiio horse with the wood followed beliiud. For the Youth. Instead of saying ‘I only want five dollars.' say I want only five dollars.' Instead of ‘because why ?' say ‘why?’ Say ‘that horse,’ not ‘that there horse.’ Bay ‘right’ and ‘wrong,’ and not ‘very right,’ and ‘very wrong.’ Bay ‘the better of the two,’ and not ‘the .best of the two.’ Bay 'is he within ?’ and not ‘is he in ?' Say ‘two spoonfuls,’ and not ‘spoons ful.’ Say ‘lie need not do it,’ and not ‘he needs not do it.’ Instead of ‘eminent dange",’ say ‘im minent.’ Instead of ‘the weather is not,' say ‘very warm.’ Say ‘I perspire,’ and not ‘I sweat.’ Say ‘what shall I do?' and not ‘what will I do ?' Say ‘I think indifferently of it,’ and not ‘irdifferent.’ Say ‘I think I can,’ and not ‘I should just ihink I could.’ Say ‘how are you,’ and not ‘bow do you do.’ Say‘no one has called,’ and not ‘no one hasn't called.’ Say ‘there has been much trouble,’ and not ‘a good deal of trouble.’ Say ‘by those means,’ and not ‘this means.’ Say ‘somehow or other,’ and uot somo how or another.’ Say ‘wc are going across the bridge,’ and not ‘over it.’ Say ‘ho died ol lever,* not ‘by fever.’ Say ‘he died ot want,’ net ‘for want.’ Say ‘to be given away,’ and net ‘given away gratia.’ Say ‘better than that,’ not ‘better nor that.’ Say ‘we travel slowly,’ and not ‘travel slow.’ Say ‘unless I am prevented,’ not ‘ex cept I am prevented.’ Say ‘give me those books,’ not' -the books.’ Say ‘what is your name,’ not ‘what may be your name.’ Josh Billings says that opera music has no more affect on him than castor oil o>n a graven image. Vulgarism Refined. \ ulgnr—A fool ami his money is soon parted. Refined—The partnership ex'sling bo. tween a s nip!© one and his sms'! hunge is speedily dissolved. \ ulgnr—Tell the truth and shame the devil. Kefinod—Proclaim what is veracious, and cause Dlabolus to blush. Vulgar—What is bred in the bone cannot come out cf the flesh, Kefinod—lliat which is matt red in the ossified substance, cannot emanate from the curncous nun. V ulgnr—Each dog lias his day. Refined—Each masculine, ot the en nine speyies, is entitled to the possession of one diurnal revolution of the earth. V ulgar- Does your auxious mother know you are out? Refined—ls your solicitous maternal gu ml inn aware that her offspring is abroad ? Questions and Answerr. W hat will make a simple and inexpen sive cistern filter ? Tako a strong box', with the bottom full of holes, over these tack a piece ot stout, coarse flannel; then put in three inches of charcoal next some gravel, and top all with a layor of stones. Arrange so that the spouts from tho eaves shall enter this box, aud th 6 water will be perfectly filtered as it runs from it into the cistern. Can smutty wheat be cleaned, if sa how ? Strong brine Ims boon recommended! in which the wheat is to soak an hour or two. Also, tor the same purpose, a so lution of bluestone is advised; one pound' of the bluestone dissolved in two gallons of water. Aftor soaking the wheat iu either of these preparations a ccuple of hours, skirn off tho diseased grain and fungus, take out tho wheat, spread iu on a clean floor, and sprinkle over it newly slaked lime. How is blue grass seed most easily gathered ? In the blue grass regions of Ken tucky the seed is usually gathered when ripe by ‘strippers,’ worked by hand or horse power. Tho hand strippers are simple and inexpensive, costing only 93 or $3, and are said to accomplish from ten to fifteen bushels per day. The horse power strippers cost from $lO to 9150 and gather from one hundred to one bun* dred and. fifty bushels per day. What should be done with the seed after it is gathered ? Spread it out, so that it may not heat in curing. llow much seed should an acre yield f The yield depends upon the quality ; anywhere from ten to twelve or oven fifteen bushels. Sulphur Salt and Ashes for Stock. Asa general rule, says a New Eng land Farmer correspondent, live stock, when well fed and cared for, will eat on ly what their system needs, or what ap petite craves. When cattle gnaw tho bom ds and shingles fiom the barn, tho hair troin each other’s sides, and oven the grounds where soapsuds have been empted ; when they eat old boots, bones and woolen rags, in preference to their food, there is something out ot sorts with them, and as a corrective I have never seen anything equal to plenty of ashes, salt and sulphur. My usual mixture is four quarts of ashes, two quarts of salt and oue-half pound of sulphur. When the slock have corn cobs frequently I find the) need ashes less. I can stop the gnawing of wood by feeding cobs, every time. Sul phur is good for the plood as a prevent ive of disease, and also makes the hair look well. It is also a preventative of mange iu swine, and tends to ke p their issues open. Sheep that have sulphur frequently will not be troubled with humors, and will never pull each other’* wool. Now, Judy, dear, run along to the Sunday school. And, darlin l , when the teacher call the names and comes to Judy Fianagan, ye must ray ‘presinf,’ but if yo are not there, say ‘absent.’ The biggest tree in California is not in the Yosemite Valley, King’s River Valley, in Fresna county, is 5,000 feet above the sea and its walls, which are about 3,000 feet high, are very precipi tous. In this valley anew grove of col lossal redwood trees has been discovered. One of them eclipses all that have been discovered on the Pacific coast. It* cir ctimfemice as high as man can reach is enormous. NO. >2O. l,