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HHATST (.OVER SAID.
Bj th. m.rwt chance hi tb. twilight gloom.
Id tho orchard path « met me—
In the tall, wot gnu, wild ita bint perfume—
And I tried to past, but hr made no room;
Oit, I tried, but he would not let mo;
So I otood tad bluabod till tie graao grow rod,
With my Set beat down above It
Wl.Be ho took tay hand, m ho whiip’ringoaid—
.'Low tho clover lifted etch pink, tweet hood,
To Ultra to all that rey lover add;
Oh! tho olover in bloom—I love it!)
In the high, wot grain, wont thr path to bide
And the low, wet leave, hung ovor;
But I could not pale upon either aide,
For I fcuud mviolf, when I vainly tried,
In the arm. or my itead&at lover.
And be held me there, rad be railed my bead,
While be cloud tho path before me;
And be looked down into my .tea and said—
(How th. leave, heat down from the bough, o’
Vo ii.ten to all ibat my bvor uid;
Oh! tb. I.«-.?» iianging lowlj o’er me 1)
Had he moved aeide a little w.y,
I could aumlytheubavepeawd him;
Aud would not have beard what ha bad to lay,
Could I only a>lde have caet him.
It waa almost dark, and the moment, oped.
And the ixnrchiug uight-wind found ui;
But be drew me uesm- aud softly aatd—
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TTJESDAjT, FEBRUARY• 8, 1876.
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OLD SERIES, VOL. 55.
that j-'inn me on the north. They say be I He could not deny that his wife had Worked
is hard np now, and when he finds out that as hard as she could during the yean past,
I can make a large payment down, Up- ud the economy that he bad practical bad
ild get it mighty reasonable. And
when 1 & - paid for, I would have one'
siness and Professional Cuds.
It. E. THRASHER,
\/lOLiiVETA2 I,AW,
WATKISSVILLK, GA.
iu former Ordinary’* Offloe. jontS-ly
REMOVAL!
*1. SALE, DEE2IS2,
yMOVED to the office lately occupied by Dr. J
auction pnsrsnfoed in both Work and Pr.oce.
f
COBB, ERWIN & COBB,
attorneys AT LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
lifloe in the Deupree Building.
( '. D. HILL,
TLOILYET AT LAW,
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
t.t ••■trillion given to oil bu.ine*. and the uni
ally .olicted. j.nll-ly^
POPE BARROW,
fTO'IiJYEY A2 LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
Hr. J. H. Newton’s new building.
W. H. LITTLE,
Attorney at Law,
CABNESVII.LE, GA.
J. S. DORTCH,
Attorney at Law,
CARNEBVILLS, 8A.
A. 0. MeCURRY,
TTOK.VJSr it T £ Jlf’,
HABTWELL, GEORGIA.
give Uriel iwrwmol ittentlou to oU bn«ine»» an-
.... in. cure. Aug. i'-iO—,y.
M. Jackson. L. \V. Tuouas.
JACKSON & THOMAS,
(torneys at Law.
Athetu, Georgia. j
JOHN W. OWEN,
Attorney at Law.
TOC004 CITY, 04.
practice iu all the counties of tht Wtstsrn Cir-
Hsrt ati»i Madison of the Northern Circuit, tt ill
pecisl utteniou to oil claims eutrosted to bis care.
vely. ....
p. a. thompsos,
Attorney at La w,
Mention paid to crimiual pvnolio*. For rafar-
•pp'y to Kz. Got. T. U. Watte rad Hon. David
u.u, d-Hiteomrry Ala. Ottoa over Berry’. Store,
iu, (i.. Feb. S—tt_
JOHN T OSBORN,
Attorney at Law.
ELBKRTON, GA.
practice iu the counties of the Northern Circuit,
t», Frank] iu sad Uebereham ot tho Woe tern
will give special attention to all claims entrust'
cere. Jau. 10,1874—ly.
FRANK HARRALSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEVELAND, GA.
practice in the oounties of Whito, Union, Lum-
. Tua ns, and Fanning, and tho Supreme Court at
urn. Will give special attention to all elehne en-
•d to his care. Aug. 11 187&—-41—4*’•
E SCHAEFER,
cotton buyer,
toeco. cm, o*.
1'uh ?,•,«« ,*ia for Conon. Agent for Win
f* Buu nul Preee. . oc^20wt.. ^
L A. WILLIAMSON,
PRACTICAL
atchmaker and jeweller,
Dr, King’, Drag Store, Brood Street, AtUru, G».
erufk done in a sui»erior manner and erarrmted to
I »slisfaction. Jan. 8—tf.
a. a. wfsy,
-With-
ROOVER, STUBBS & CO..
Cotton Kaotors,
-And-
'eneral Commission Merchants,
Savannah, Ga.
jf“l. T ‘re. Bop. ud otb.r .appliea fcrni.be
», libcrri ch advraeee mad. oa eon.ignmrato *w
| vt .hipiatut to Liverpool or Northern £Ort». ^
! liver y and ule stable
I"*"?**, Buggie* and Hones for Hire
TERMS REASONABLE.
l^i^HlTEHEAD, Wellington. Wilka. Co., G».
MEDICAL NOTICE.
aa; *^’"iution of mray of my former patrona, I
>r ^c.tico of Medicine
I am rare he knew when he held me Cut,
That 1 moot be all unwilling;
Fur I tried to go, rad 1 would have paired ;
A. the night win coming with it* dew at laat.
And the rky will. itar. was filling;
But he elasped me close whau I would have Bed,
And lie mad* me hear till story,
And hi* aonl cam* out from hi* lip. and said—
(How the atari crept out where the whito moon led.
To listen to all that my lover said;
Ob, the moon and stars in glory !)
I know that th* gnu rad th* leave* will not tall,
And I’m sure that th* wind—precious rovar—
Will cany hi* secret ac aafaly and well
That no being aliall ever diacover
One word of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lip* of my lover.
Shall neterravtal what a fairy-lik. spell,
They wove round aliout oa that night in th* dall,
In the path through the dew-laden clovar;
Nor eclioth* whiipcr* that made my heart awell
j As thav fell from the lip. of my lover.
I HIRAM GRAHAM’S INVEST
MENT.
“Now wo arc not only out of debt, but
we have got ll.OoO ah.-ad, and the question
U, how are we going to invent it ?**
Hiram Graham, sitting jest outside of
the open door to enjoy the g-sitei'ul cool
ness of the summer evening, threw aside
his paper as he s iokc, and awaited his wife’s
reply. His wife, busy over her sewing,
did not answer immediately.
“ Come,” he said, “ let me have your
: opinion. I’!l bet you’ve made up your
{ mind what to do with it long ago. You
know the saying: “ A man to save money,
and a woman to spend it,” and ho laughed
good naturedly.
Yes, Mrs. Graham had made up her mind
long ago. The thought of a time when
thev should lie dear of debt and some of
their surplus earnings could ho expended
for home comforts had helped her to make
over and repair many an old garment that
she was al>out to tin ore- aside in depair; it
had oncouraged her to contend with num
berless disadvantages and inconveniences.
Bat now that the time had really come,
she felt a strange reluctance aliout reveal
ing'her thoughts.
8h* was oppressed with fear that her
long cherished plans might be dashed to
the earth. However, sho commenced
bravely enough:
“I have thought we would repaint the
house some pretty color, such as silver
grey, and have shutters put up at the wjp-
clows the right shade of green to harmon
ize with the eoior of the house—the same
as the utocii 'eaves of t il-.- poclar harmonize
with the soft grey „i its trunk and
branches—”
“ Why, Jennie,” exclaim- d Mr. Graham,
“ there is a good coat of paint on the house
now. And there if no color an durable as
red lead, in my estimation.” ' ’
“And,” continued his wife, “I would
have the yard inolosed with a neat picket
fence—”
“ I don’t see any use in bearing down
that fence. The rails are good -uia sound
a» they were twenty years ago.”
“ Lase don’t interrupt me so, lliram.
I would re-paper the rooms, buy a new in
grain carpet for the parlor and muslin cur
tains for the windows ”
“Tnunderation! What is the sense of
having curtains if you havo shutters f Be
sides, these paper curtains answer every
purpose os far as I can see. The paper on
the walls is perfectly whole. It u true
that you havo patched it considerable, but
that dou’t show much. And as for tho
carpet—why, haven’t you got" a new
carpfit in the room now ?”
“Yes’, hat th-t would be for the sitting-
room. Anti I would have a hay window,
made ofT the south side of the sitting-room,
for house plants.”
Mr. Graham laughed outright at this.
“Now, Jennie:” he said, “I .ave never
said anything' about It, but have always
thought it was kind of foolish to spend as
much money and time as you d» fussing
with flowers out-doors; but when you
come to make flower-beds of—that beats
me!".. „ Jt 1 “ Yiri “
“Hiram,” said Mrs
me for my opinion. Now, pl.ase don't in.
terrnpt me.”
“ Very well. Go ahead.”
“ I would have a portico built over where
fon are sitting, and a wood,hour>e and a
arge cool pantry, that I need o much, on
the liack of the kitchen. One part of the
wood houso would he finished off, where
the cook stove could stand in hot weather.
It would he so much cooler working there
than iu the close kitchen. And the lutchen,
too, would be so much cooler for ns to eat
in. Beside, this, there are many little
adornments, such as pictures, eto., that I
would ada afterwards.”
“ Why!" exclaimed Mr. Graham, “ if we
were to go into that, it wonld take every
cent of the money.”
“ Well, wo eamod it to invest in some.
, didn’t we ?”
cs; but I want to invest my money
in something that will bring me'in soma
kind of an income.”
“ It would bring ns in the best of all in-
comes not in dollars, but what is better,
far—in joy and happiness. Life would have
a fader and purer meaning for us both; it
wonld bring a higher aud - otter atmosphere
in which to rear up our children. Ere?
the humming-binl ‘ loves to deck Its sweet
of the best farms in the country. Now,
what do yon say to that!” he asked trium
phantly. \
“It tkoifld ran os right into debt again,”
suggested Mrs. Graham. / '
“Well, supposing it did. Wo have,
twang dear this time easy enough, apd can
again. Yon must remember that the land
was badly run down when I first got hold
of it. hut the farm is in good condition now.”.
“Easy enough” Mrs. Graham did not
repeat the woras aloud. Her husband did
not know of the little sacrifiees and acts of
self denial it had cost her. • He never oould
know it, and therein lies the pathos of
many a sacrifice.
The next morning Mrs. Graham was up
betimes and busy as usual amidst her house
hold cares, but her heart bad lost its light'*
neas; and as she stood under the locust
tree, which shaded the back door, churning,
it seetaed, too, as if much of the brightness
had gone out of her life. Golden dandelions
nestled in the grass that caqieted the yard
I ike stray hits of sunshine; they were still
iriglit with the dewy treshuess of earlv
morning. To the right, there was a stretch
of low meadow land; tho silver thread that
traversed it showed where a brook mur
mured along, . i|s tiny waves sparkling in
the sunlight.' To the left, were £elda of
grain witB^ripMev Mads bowed, waiting
tor the sickle. The air was full of happy
sounds; the soft tinklo of distant oow hells,
t lie voice of domestic fowls, and the song of
tv ld birds. Bat her great disappointment
overshadowed it all.
She could think of nothing but tin- great
har-i-likc house, painted glaring red, with
its large, slmttorless windows, like tidless
eyes, staring out upon the dusty highway.
Inside of it was equally as barren of grace
or beauty ; the walls were dingy and una
dorned by pictures of any ; ind; the furni
ture wis worn guiltless of p-iiut or varnish;
■•■ith no works of literature worthy of men-
ti ,-ii besides the weekly paper, the Bib o
an-1 an almanac. In this atmosphere sue
inu-t!ive; here, she must henceforth work
on while mind and soul starved; here, too,
she must rear her children, to st— worth
or beauty is nothing that cannot lie repre
sented liy gold. What wonder, then, if
her thoughts and eyes wandered over tin-
fields ot waving grain, to where a stately
stone house stood on an eminence. She
knew there was buauty there; the breezes
stole into large airy rooms, through lace
curtains; there were rich carpets and cost*,
ly furniture, and a library that was almost
an intellectual feast to but look at; outside
then- were pleasant, walks and drives, and a
flower garden, ^fii.e l with rar st floral
treasures; and then r-he sighed softly as she
Jionght to hernelE * Bui love would not
have bean there, find life would have been
of little worth without that.'
'Jennie! Jenniel Oh, here you are,’
and Mr. Graham came out through the back
kitchen door end seated himself, upon the
edge of a huge logthat be had hewn out.'and
did doty for both evesdrop end cistern. It
was not unusual for him to seek her; he
alwa’s did when he eeoe in and found her
not in the house. It was not e bed habit in
the man. His very life seemed bound up in
her; and although he bed the reputation
among his neighbors of being * close, in his
business trr inaction* he wns kindhearted and
generous ton, in his way. This morning ho
had something of importance to com municate.
* I diden’t tell you last evening,’ he raid,
that I had already had some talk with South-
well about that land. lie wouldn't listen to
* cent under $2000 then, and I wouldn't ofleF
more than $1500. He came over to see me
this rooming end offered to split the differ,
enee. Ain’t that a bargain, though! A
little better then spending money for paint
or paper, eh Jennie f Oh, be raid, rising te
go, ‘ I came near forgetting to tell you?
Power* is here. He wants to hire out
through tlie harvest. I have hands enongh,
but 1 suppose tho more help I have the better
I shall get along, so I told him to go right
at work. I don’t -uppnse he haa been to
breakfest yet, his folia are eo slack j so you
might set ewBSLititfer hhn toeat Try.and
have the lunch reedy bv half past nine;
you can blow the horn end l ’“
the men down for it.'
JOHN RANDOLPH.
economy
been mostly in her domain. He began to
wish that he had treated her wishes Mere re
spectfully, at hast. But then he aeeM-not
help loakipg over to where that forty acres
lay-. What a choice pieoe of land it was!
How long be hod wanted it! And now
when it was almost within
let it g^IvAnd even were
Jennie’s wishes uow, wouldn’t
be hod done eo reluctantly, and against his
better judgmeut T And during the afternoon
he thought the matter over and over.
1 Powers,’ he called out, os that individual
was leaving the Add fit night, * if the folks
et home can spore Miranda, let her come up
in the morning end help mr wife.’
* All right, she will be glad to come,’ was
the answer.
Harvest was over, and Mrs. Graham spoke
of diachar ging the girl. * You hod- better
keep her to help you,’ odrised her a- ijWnit,
‘No,’ raid Mrs. Graham; * when" there is
none but my own family I can do the work
easv enough alone. I believe I like to work/
added she smiling; ‘ at least 1 am always
happpiest when 1 am busy.’
* How long is it since you have been home
to your father's on a vk.it ?’ he asked abrupt-
ly. . <
» ‘Five years ago lost June, when sister
Ellen was married.’
. How prompt the aaswer came. Perhaps
she had counted the time.
* How would you like to go outand see the
folks this fall f
What a glad light came into her face, and
then faded, as she said hesitatingly. ‘ How
can I go ?’
* Never mind about that. You have
earned a play-day. and none of my transac
tions shall hinder you from enjoying one.
You had better take the children with you ;
the folks will want to see them. We will go
to town to-morrow, and you can get what
things you need, and Miranda can slay and
help you to get ready. You will want'toget
off as soon as you can, for you will want to
make a good iung vi.it while you are about
! will sand one of
tsi*,w , ^ . . .. .-1. T-.C.1 the huiniumg-uira loves
'aa!*! 1 "* * r< * Children, tf£3S£r&£:!ft* ni-st w.th pretty mosses and lichens.
j Ought we noi to havo as much love for
WM. KING, M. D [homo and ns adorning* as God’s dumb
creatures T"
BLACK dt GARDNER, I “1 have something more hnrortf
Iters and General Jobber*. I li*e for ’.han » humming-bird•kaa/’Mi
yfofr oflarthair aarviaaatatlraaManaaf Atlren. | Grlhin^wmW^^l RL
Location, two doom rest o! j something more substantial to nr, y children, 00
such an bread, wdhtilled acrej^r/
Marc> M. isTs—ly. I will t*U you what I have been
of”’ he said, wit the air of one who
tins the expressing of his Opinion
necessarily bring conviction of nis si
You know that 1 have
Poor Jennie 1 It was like the last straw
tlwtlimi At ImR Hci ‘Sba atrtiatMfl
hard but the tears would come. Mr. Gra
ham turned back and causa instantly to her
side when he raw that she mi in trouble.
'-What is the matter, dear’ he asked, com-
passionately, while his large kind hand glid
ed down her hair with a soft .stressing touch.
There was no answer and tears only come
toi-ter.
* It you are not feeling well I will slip down
and get Miranda Powers to come up and help
you, I guess I’d better any way, hadn’t I?
Mrs. Graham mastered ner' emotion with
j effort. * O no ?’ she raid. ' There isn’t
Mr. Graham hesitated; he was not satisfied
with this explanation.
’ There!’ she raid. ‘ Now do go along to
your wotk, or l shall be foolish enongh to cry
again,’ and indeed, she laughed very much
as if she might. Hiram Graham had a hunt
idea as to what the matter was, and wns very
willing to do as she bade him. He ielt con
siderably annoyed that his wife could ant see
the advantage of the proposed purchase that
would so materially add to their mutual pros
perity. And then he began to wonder what
she was thinking so silently about while she
stood looking off toward the distant hill. A
lit.le jofowjWI*iu with thf thpoght.,The
owner of u&t nne ziiqiiod bid once been t
formidable rival of bis. There coaid have
of a summer evening ten yean ego. How
proud end happy he had felt! Ha vowed
ebeeLeiud aeeer wanifov anyikiag which
his labor could procure. Bs* he bad
changed since. He hod but little to
mence life with; they had to practice
rigid economy, add to watch every doll
closely. , to be able to meet the payments on
the form .fonaK,
it/ yV the LaGrange Reporter: “Thi
points of the Chronicle
lie appeared te be anxious to hasten her
departure; but Mrs Graham was too hsppv
at the thought of Seeing the home of her
childhood again to notice it at the time.
But what will you do without us, if we
make a long stay ?’
’Don’t mind about me. I can keep bache
lor’s hall.’ he added laughing. Two weeks
after and Mrs. Graham had gone; and Hi
ram Graham had the house all to himself.
After the lapse of five weeks he went to
the station to meet his wife and children.
They had enjoyed the most'delightful visit,
and all were glad and happy, and os they
drove homeward there waa much to be told,
and many inquiries to be made. As they
neared the house Mrs. Graham looked sud
denly forward, while her husband watched
her faoe sad rubbed his heads together in
qniet glee. What was that soft luitrons
gray, gleaming out from among the green
trees? Was she dreaming? No; it was
the bouse with its 'green shutters aad por
ticos.
‘Why Hint ui Graham, what have you.
oa doing ?’
She looked again. 'And a picket fence?
And the mast charming little gate I And a
graveled walk;’ And then she couldn’t
keep the glad tears from eoming.
‘Come, Jennie/ said Mr. Graham, teasing-
ly. although his own eyes moistened with
sympathetic hapiness. don’t feel so glad
about it. I may have worse things yet to
show you. There how does that suit you ?
he asked after they had entered the house,
pointing to the gay-window. *1 didn't un
derstand such things, so I got a workman
that did, you see it is all complete, ready
for the plants. And here/ he raid leading,
tho wayjUireMjififa kitchen^ and throwing
open a door, hs the wood-house; and here,
opening a doorPGPa pantry that can’t be
beat anywhere. And this is something you
didn’t mention, he continued, approaching
a neat sink is the’kitchen ; and laying hold
of the handle of a cistern pump that stood in
one end. up gushed a jetof soft water, which
told of a good cistern underneath. 'Look
through the window and you will see a
covered drain that carries away all the
waste water. I am going to fix it so you
can irrigate your flower garden with it. You
see I didn’t do anything with these things/
he said, after they had entered the sittings
room, glancing depr c'atingly toward the
dingy colored papering, the dilapidated furs
nilure and thread-bore carpet. I would
rather trust that lb you. And besides I
found there was so much real enjoyment iu
it that I would lie generous and leave some
of the pleasure for you. Here is the mousy
that is left/ he added, presenting her a
goodly roll of hills.
One plearant day in autumn and all - was
complete, and indeed, as Mrs. Graham,
raid, it looked like a ‘bit of Eden*’ *1 do be
lieve/ she raid, turning towards her husband,
with such a glad, bright look iu her face—
‘I do believe that I am just the happiest wo
man in the world.”
He drew her gently to him. ‘Jennie/ he
said, ‘what were you thinking about that
morning that I fouud you churning under
the locust tree, and looking so intently at
that old stone building on the hill? Her
only answer was a merry laugh.
, ‘Did you you ever think so before?* A1
though he asked the question hesitatingly,
he looked very wistfully into her face for an
answer.
No, you dear, simple darling, and I am
sure I never shall agiun; and/ looking up
archly, I didn’t then!
Six years had passed away, and one
bright morning in spring Mr. Graham en
tered the house. He hod changed in three
; the slight renghness which had char-
'him previously hod worn away';
i an increased dignity and maliness
in hisbeating. His children, also had grown
to be n constant source of paternal pad*
-find delight. So surely do our inner natures
conform to the planes of our outward sur
roundings. He held op a paper j he hod iu
his hauls. ’There,’ said he, addressing his
wife. *is the deed of that Southwell forty,
from incumbrance. If «t had not
__ for you/ he continued, smiling,
are well taken, and M ld have owned that long «go. and the
PB Y SIC IAN.
r 4 c*.,
5
tint forty-lore lot of
mittee’s reply.”
to see the Execuive Com-,
Southwell farm, too, perhaps. But I
God that I didn’t/ he added earnestly.
. * I hod I would have been so close over
Sa y s Mo-wrttio ilxaxni.—Toe reputation of the, W ork-nck tty this time that I never
tV lift on .B.tuttie gffnrms Machine is eo thoroughly , « , tu ImI — * IP..,.— Jt.irnl
established that no wor.l in ita commendation ienreee-M^ he iblefo look Up. nettem xiurai.
nhjts ■ -ygsyflan^adopted by the manufacturer, of this
mi fiunMISilflamMe « placing their prices so low a. to
"T(Yom* wit-.m the reach of the pr.rrr cl.-uses, certainly
entitles them to the gnuito h- ,.f those who are really
BioW- to need ofsUch an article. Mxhite* will he de
livered at imy Bell rood Station in this countv free of
transportation charges, if ordered through Draaaw &
Gnrmrn at Athens, (Ja. r T”
Thny send eu elegant citalogue and’chmmo circular,
rraaon application. They want a few more good
rr
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f A Week (umjM to Male aad Femalo
u ■- *•- *- ■*—“— '^uti Nothing
. —-— — _ .... .O. YICKE-
*• -*?** M rea.1
of Covington, intend bu ild-
How Hs Cana Ids Slaves of Lsslnets.
It is well known tkat Mr. Randolph
owasd more than three hundred alms, and
was sncasdiwgly lenient to them; he mould
not allow his overseen to treat them with
aqy degree of harshness; they were eye ser
vants and would only work when closely
watched, or when Mr. Randolph was at
home from their love ef him and fear of his
anger. Once when public duties kept him
from home for several years, his negroes be
came idle and worthless, and not half crop*
ware raised, and carts end wagons and all
the farming utensils were left in the field,
and without shelter went to ruin; the fences
were down or dilapidated, and the cattle and
stock of everf kind were much crippled up
by the negroes in the efforts to chase them
out of the fields. More than half the nig
gers were “ playing possumthat is, pre
tended to be sick in order to avoid work.
While things were in this condition Mr.
Randolph came home from Washington to
spend -the Christmas holidays. Looking
over his plantation accounts with his over
seer, he discovered that bis plantation was
not only not self-sustaining, but actually
bringing him into debt. After a thorough
examination of everything on the plantation
he saw at once what was the matter, and
that his rigid instructions to bis overseers to
be lenient to the negroes had been the cause
of the trouble, and they wouln not work un
less under fear of punishment, and he de
termined upon a plan for correction. The
slaves in old Virginia, and all the South,
had a week’s holiday from Christmas, to
New Year, and these days were days of gen
eral jubilee and jolification. Egg-m g was
kept at the house or mansion for everybody
and all hands ; there was a terrible slaugh
ter among the negroes’ pigs and fat pou try,
anil many a ’possum, caught weeks before
and fattened in barrels, and “ coons” smoked
in the big cabin chimney, were served up
with pound-cake, puddings, chicken-pie,
“ store tea,” and locust and persimmon beer
at the holiday feasts night aud day. It was
then that the fiddle, the banjo, anil tambu-
rine and the clevis and the clevi.-pin kept up
a perpetual music for the never ceasing
dance. Mr. Randolph waited for the ter
mination of these Christinas holidays, and
promptly on the 1st of Jauuary he ordered
the overseer to have all the farming utensils
brought to the barn yard. It took all day
to search for them and to get them together
from where they had been lying about in the
fields far and near. The next morning there
was a grand inspection of plows, harrows,
hoes and rakes, and all that were broken or
seriously injured were thrown into a pile.
Mr. Randolph then raid, in bis shrill voice:
“ Set them on fire, Mr. Chumly, and
burn them up.” The overseer remonstrated
and urged that many of them might be re
paired.
“ No, sir! No, sir 1 I wont than burned
up. They would always ba old, rickety
good for nothing. I went no good for noth
ing ateleles on this place.”
And burnedjthey were. Orders were then
given to have all the wagons, carts, slides,
scythes, cradles, harness and gear brought
up, and, after due inspection the next morn
ing, a bonfire was made of all those rejected,
and immediate order* issued to have all the
sheep, goats and hogs gathered together.
On the ensuing morning these were inspect
ed, and many were found feeble with age
and want of food ; others were crippled and
injured, and all such, iu spite ot the over
seer’s pleading, were remorselessly knocked
on the head and buried. All the horses,
mules and homed stock were brought up
for the fourth day, and in Mr. Randolph’s
rigid inspection many were declared worth
less ; and though Mr. Chumley begged that
some of them might be spared, as they could
he put to good use, Mr. Randolph was un
relenting, and all the condemned, including
the blind, lame, spavined, fistulated and
wind broken, were mercilessly shot and
buried. As the weather had been quite
cold during these days of inspection, many
of the negroes, and especially the old, had
continued to “play’possum,’’ and had never
turned out of their cabins to aid in getting
gether the, live stock or farming utensils.
_r. Randolph now gave orders that *11 the
negroes, old anil young, should he brought
to the house next day for inspection, and,
in the meantime, he had a good many plain
cuffius of all sizes made, and suitable graves
dug near the chapel. The news of these
fearful preparations soon penetrated every
c ibin, and things began to look serious iu
tho mind of Mr. Cuffee Black. Th j negro- e
knew toot Mr. Rondo ph was a member ot
Congress, a big man in the country; they
knew lie was accustomed to have his way,
and nobody attempted to interfere with
him, and they fully believed that ho had
full power of life aud death o\er them.
Tuey knew ho. eras a good, kind master,
man hd neighbor; bnt then, they said, he
had “such quare ways” that there was no
tolling what he would do if the notion
took him. They had seen ho.v he had
burned all the damaged hum implements
and caused the injured and worth css sheep,
goats and horses to be knocked on the
head; and how he had shot all the old bro
ken down stock without pity; and now
what did he mean .to.dot with them and
with all those coffins and caves 1 This was
actly the train of reflection and comment
that Mr. Randolph had calculated upon;
and accordingly, on hie arrival on the
ground, be found on anxious, terrified
crowd of negroes, and not ®ue was. missinj
—all were there. He entered and took hi
seat betide tho overseer at a table. Juba,
his servant, placed on -he table before him
his dueling cose open, and containing pis
tols and plenty ot amunition.
“And they are all here f” asked Mr. Ran
dolph of the overseer.
Up spoke a hundred voices, “Oh, yes,
Mont John, we’s all here.”
•Ghumley was ordered to call the Hat con
tuning the names of all those who had been
old enough to work during one year, but hod
not worked. They were planed in a row, in
which stood more than half the grown
negroes. The old shirks and tinners were
not dew to see how the list had been made
up, and long before the roll call was ended
many of them were on their knees, beseech
ingly looking from the stern face of their
master toward the pistols and the open graver
and many 8 “ Lord-a-mercy on me. Mars
John,” went up from the line, but Randolph
ordered them to be silent.
When the lost hod been called, he squeak
ed out, “You ray, Ghamley, these ~
won’t work; tifA fhsjLom *h& 3*
find good for nothing; that they cannot moke
enongh to eat, and I most buy bread and
moat to feed them.”
Handing Ghamley * pair of pistols, he
gfijg:
“Ckaatisy. bagtn at the otkor and ot tb#
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Coeds* to Their Seases.
ThereJs every prospect now that the cot*
, , - _ , , . . v , , tow crop of 1875 will reach 4,400,000
greet rushed up to Randolph and begged in bales. Whim to this is superadded tho
the most pitiful terms for thsir lives, all de- * ‘ ' -
line and I’ll begin at this, and wall shoot
these worthless ntgroes.” -
A universal cry went up, and all the no*
that they could work, mad that they
["never play ’possum and lie up again.
Randolph finally relented and agreed to
spare them, provided they could rive securi
ty among the other negroes that they wonld
work Writ in the futnse. No ono could
have eSectod «■§ a gsaaioe searfeae Row*
dolph did. The negroes knew tkat he was
a strange, ecentrie man; that the whole peo
ple o! Charlotte ell hot wonhipped him; end
they believed implicitly that he wowld do
what he said he would do. He did not al
low any severe punishment upon his slaves,
but this lesson was sufficient. The empty
graves were filled np without occupants, end
the negroes went to work with a will.
The ■iMMosef thetty.
How does the blueness mt eo unclouded
sky originate ? We (GaSttfs gbefeseicaf J3tfu-
brier) may fori Explain it hg wisamri *a«-
perimental illustration. Upon a sheet of
black glass, or a surface of black japanned
metal, place a drop of milk, dilluted if nec
essary—which will seldom be the case—with
'a drop of water. The milk is a cloudy
medium ; its minute particles reflect certain
rays of very short wave-length—those to
ward the more refrangible or Blue end of the
spectrum ; Therefore, by reflected light a
drop of milk on a dark background appears
blue. So through a. delicate skin, and a
series of translucent hut not transparent
membranes, the light reflected where the
dark background of a vein filled with venous
hlo<<d exists, is blue. So, also, the translu
cent, hut not apparently transparent, tissue
of the iris ot the eye often reflects a blue
light, there being in this instance also a
background of black pigment, but no real
colouring matter whatever. The blueness
of the sky hss a similar orgin. Against the
great depreraion in the price rf manufao-
tored goods, tho clotiog of scores of
factories, and the working on short time
of as many more, the numerous labor
strikes, and general stagnation in business,
it it not too mash to say that tho prico of
oar great staple most tend still lower, and
even reach the point when the cost of pro
duction will exoeed the. most moderate
margin of profit And the people, real
ising this feet, are, happily, preparing for
each an emergency, by sowing an enor-
mous area in small
their crops.
Yesterday, we met a gentleman who
gave ns the name of • planter in Dough
erty county, who hod turned-his back upon
the ruinous policy of the paat,ond ignoring
cotton altogether^ was bending every encr-i-
' gy to the production of rye, barley, wheat
and oats, and the rearing of stock. Ho
had falraady beaded -three hundred acres
oats, and expected to devote'rik'hahdr
more to corn, sorghum, sugar cone, etc.
The purpose of this gentleman is to turu
his attention to sheep and cattle raising os
the principal source of revenue. And what
could bo more profitable in that soft and
f enial climate, if the stock is watched by
ay to protect it from dogs and biped
thieves, and duly herded at night under
the eye of the proprietor ?
For at lcast/eight months in the year the
native wire grass, bay leaves, and cauo
brakes of the swamps afford the finest
pasturage, and then the open fields, with
their wealth of pea vines, corn, shucks, rice
straw and crab grass, can eke out the win
ter almo-t without any positive expense
for keeping. But in addition, with the
land enriched by the droppings of the
stock, any amount of turnips, corn, fodder,
millet and other forage may be raised at
dark background of infinite space a translu-; gnia ]| expense, and fetfaway in very wet or
cent medium is placid; this medium is the co ]^ wea ther.
atmosphere. It is never transparent, count
less millions of minute particles, chiefly of
water, being suspended in it. When these
particles are of a certain degree oi minute
ness and uniformity, they arrest the free
Indeed, nothing but vigorous effort and
the settled determination to succeed are
wanting to transform the cotton belt into
a glorious stock region, teeming with sheep,
- - , goats, cattle, horses and swine,which,to-
pasrage of white light; this they do by a pe- j gether with the production of rice, grapes
culiar kind ot “ interference. Each minute aiu ] sugar-cane, would make it the most
prosperous farming region in the State.
The above gives but an inkling of what
can and must be done if cotton continues
to rule at present prices. And wo arc not
sure that a rise would not in tho end prove
more disastrous than beneficial to the peo
ple inhabiting that portion ot the State.—
Telegraph and Messenger.
foreign particle of wator gives rise to two
reflections, one on each surface—one exter
nal, on the anterior surface; one internal,
on the posterior. These reflecte 1 rays,
passing from air into water, and from water
into air, suffer different retardations, and, on
emergence, cause the usual phenomenon of
interference, uami-iy, the production of col
our. . When the partioles thus affecting the
incident light are sufficiently minute and
sufficiently numerous, the proportion of re
flected green, blue, end violet rays, which
together gi ve the colour-sensation of blue,
predominates greatly over the red, orange
and yellow ray*, with their longer undula
tions. Thus the reflected light of the open
sky is blue; but let the thickness of the re
flecting layer, or the number of the reflect
ing particles increase, and the blueness of
the light decreases^ for the solar light which
has been deprived by the kind of reflection
just described of.a great proportion , ef its
more refrangible rays ot abort vibration, has
become yellowish, or orange, tinted, and is
no longer capable of furnishing on excess of
blue rays. From this cause we see that
while the light of the zenith' is a distinct
blue, it becomes gradually of a less pro
nounced than that to wards the horizon, where it
would be white if other conditions did not
there produce other modifications of the re
flected light. This exquisite gradation of
tone in the sky is often missed by unobser
vant painters, who think that the same mix
ing of some blue pigment will do to repre
sent the color of the whole sky in their pic
tures.
Slanukr a Disease.—The Jewish Mes
senger, at New York, discourses forcibly
about this fell pest. It observes that when
tve examine “ the human form divine” we
find that the tongue appears to hav,e been
especially guarded by what may he termed
two breakwaters, tho teeth and tho lips, so
tluit it should not pass them without a
struggle for the mastery; yet totally un
mindful of consequences, it passes the
guards and runs a giant’s race to indulge in
utter loquacity and slander. It is a dis
ease of so virulent a character that, even
in days of old, it appears to have per
meated society, even to endangering life.
It was not without a purpose that Israel’s
sweet singer warned people against employ
ing their tongues to slander their neigh
bors, showing the resulU in tho following
emphatic sentence : “ Who is the man
that desire th life, loveth many days, that
liness ? Guard thy tongue
from evil, and thy Ups from speaking de
ceit ” No one hail suffered more from the
effect of slander than David ; hence, as ex-
icriencc is the best teacher, the shepherd
ting was decidedly the safest instructor,
f admonition of this character, however,
were needful in tho undeveloped days of
David, how much more eo must it be in
this modern fast age—in this day of a
thousand facilities for the utterance of lies
and unclean gabble by endless speech-raak'
ing and circulation of the same by railroad
and telegraph and multiplied printing.
Guard thy tongue, in the press and out of
it—business and out ot it—in the Legisla
ture and out of it—and especially in the
family circle.
The London PictoruU World says that the
story of Cinderilla is not the invention of
some imaginative genius, but that is founded
on fact. It cities Strabo as its authority
Gerusn Railway Traveling.—Charles
Dudley Warner writes to the Hartford
Courant: “ The German railways are not
intended for through travelers. The rail
way lines laid npon ;he map look lika a lace
pattern—there are to straight lines. You
are always going round to call at some town
or another, which is uninteresting for a
stranger who has no friends in the towns.
Not more than one express train a day
seems to go in any direction, and all the
others ore as slow os a Now England
deacon’s horse on Sunday. However, I
don’t mean to complain of German rail-
ways—they ore safe and comfortable; if
you want speed and damages you Amer
icans know where to go. A compartment
of the second class, holding eight persons,
in a German carriage, is a snug place for a
winter ride. It is so well upholstered that
you can ride on the seats without fatigue,
and sleep at your ease. The compartment
of the first --’.ass is in the same carriage,
and differs only in a little more luxurious
upholstery. For winter travel, when there
nothing to see, these compartments are
very nice; for summer I prefer an Amer
ican palace-car. But when the wind raves
over a desolate country there is a feeling
of sntigness in these little apartments. The
window* are all closed, everybody lights
his cigar, the lady, if one happens to bo
present, does not ever think of saying that
she likes smoke—that is taken for granted
—and soon the air is so thick that you
might imagine yourself in a beer-hall, en
joying yourself to the utmost. Not that
you are obliged to ride iu smoke ; on prob
ably all the trains there arc compartments
distinctly set apart for the non-smoking,
-nd generally there is a separate compart
ment for ladies.
story is, as follows: One day a Isay
id Bhodopis was bathing in the Nile,
th* wiud carried one of bar raiflsls and
ts very beautuui ana u;e sing mnrrjea
r. She is remembered in history ns the
Rosy Cheeked Queen” of Egypt, end the
•ed two thousand years before the Cbris-
The
named
and the
laid it at the feet of the Kingof Egypt, who
holding court of justiee in the open nir not far
away. His curiosity wns excited by the
singularity of the event and the elegance of
the nndsl, and bs offered a reward foe the
discovery of the owner. Rhoddpis. churned
it, and it was found to fit her exactly. Sh#
woe very beautiful and the king manjed
her. f - -
Rosy
lived two thousand years
tian era.
Mr Hathaway, who was deputed by Fall
River manufactures to go to England, and
arasitain whether cotton goods could
profitably exported to that country, is
his return. Meantime exports ore increas
ing. A new and most extensive market is
also open in Chino, where the reputation of
British goods is wqr low, oa acceowt of
over-sizing and adulteration. It is a strange
feet that, notwithstanding the known superi*
Irity of the product of many American mills
over the British, some New England manu
lecturers who turn oat,goods of excellent
quality, palm them off on the market as im
ported from Grant Britefor
Madison Home Journal: One incubus,
however, and a gigantic incubus it is—
must be raised from us before we can
rise to our ante ibellum prosperity. \Va
allude to the infamons homestead and ex
emption provision in'the bogus constitu
tion under which we now live so hardly.
This provision is tho very essence of dis
honesty, and as such is a disgrace to the
statute books of Georgia. We are not at-
" ing the character of those of our peo
ple who have been eo unfortunate ae to
tave been forced to seek a fancied shelter
beneath the carrion wings of this law; but
the constitution itself—the organic law of
the State—which, instead of reflecting the
sentiments of our people, bears npon its
very face the badge of fraud. We must
get rid of the homestead and exemption
laws before we can prosper. To do this,
the constitution must be amended or a new
one mode. To amend it will require three
years at least, so that it is decidedly *x-
pedient that a sovereign convention of cur
people be held, and a new constitution be
le in which there shall be no vestige of
this iniquity, nor of any other found in
the old. This done, the “Empire State”
will “blossom as the rose.”
Thomoston Herald: Mr. Hamilton, of
Floyd, proposes to have all the dogs in the
State registered in • book provided by the
Ordinance between tho first, of April and
the first of June, tho owner ““
dollar for registration, declaris_
tered number. The dog so registered
shall wear upon his neck a collar bearing
on it th* name of hi* owner and the regis
tered number. A violation of this order
subjects the owner to a fine not exceeding
$50, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty
days. The money arising.from the regis
tration of dogs goes to the pubUc school
funds of the county. Any person killing »
dog not registered is entitled to receive
one dollar. This seems to cover tho
ground, and if each a law was pot strictly
in force for five years there would be m
many fine sheep in Georgia as then awe
worthless dogs sow, and m a short time'
pruitobls ted growing Would toh* Mm
place of growing cotton at s loss to • grate
extent. Who, that has the good of his
country at heart, or the welfare of Ms
neighbor,can object to snob a regulation.