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w. A. SINGLETON, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL, 11.
CONVENTIONAL COMMITTEES.
The following are the standing
Comimtteea of the Convention :
Committee on the Executive De
partment —L J Gartrell, WItG g
nillittt, T LGuerry, R W Anderson,
Porter Ingraham, James M Pace, W
T Wofford, J D Mathews, C J Wel
born.
committee on Elective Franchise-*
A It Wright. Neil McLeod J B
Twitty, J It Respass. W I Judson, F
D Disrauke, J C Key, B C Hudson, it
1) Winn.
Committee on Bill of Rights.—
James L Scwa and, John Screven.
James L Wimberly, W A Little, Eli
\Vaneu, F 0 Furman James KBiown,
H It Casey, S G How 11.
Committee on Jndici tv.— A It
Lawton, John A Davis, W S Wallace,
L H Fcatherstone, N J Hammond.
T G Lawon, W K Moore, William
M Reese, Angnsttis Reese.
Committee On Legislative Depart
ment. —Robert Toombs, II H Perr.v,
J U Knight, T M Fallow, Hugh Buc
itanun, William LLottiu, L N Tram
mell, J-shua Hid, John Collier.
Committee on Militia. —R B Nis
bit, A ti Smith, B F Burn -it. J C El
lington, J A Hunt. T l lo mas G Mc-
Farland, W li Mattox, Oliver Clark,
R D Render.
(Lunina and Court y Lines.—J M
Mobley, Wiring Bussed, B L Stephens
M N Mcßae, J T Sivnce, T A Gibbs,
Samuel Ha -kins. WG Johnson, An
drew Jackson.
Putilic Institutions. —R W Harris,
S F Keller, J B Creech, D avid Sapp,
L M Tye, E It Rosser, D B Hamil
ton, Adam Johnson, A F Underwood.
Finance and Taxation. —T J Situ
mons, L J Warr n, N Tift; I) B Har
rell, L G Wilks, A D Hammond 1 . J
W KobortsOu, Miles W Lewis, Wiet
Bovd
Homestead—P L Mynalt, .T M
Guevrard, S L Williams, Win Wells,
It T L gins, N C Grier, N J Tanilta,
G orge F Pierre, Pope Bartow.
Amendin' nts to the Constitution.—
I! F Tlmrpe, David Goff, 0 P Swcfl r
ingen, John T Glover, AC Mclntosh,
J l Coney, J C Fair, G F Bristow',
B A Camp, J T John on, J C Dell, J
>1 Donaldsou, Isaac Stokes, S M An
broy, J F Newell, It L Wuithen, W
T Day, L J Winn.
Commute on Harmony and Final Bo
vision.—lvToombs, L N Trammel), J L
Steward, J R Brown, L J Gartrell. J D
Matthews, A R Lawton, W M Reese, A
R Wright, J R Resijess, A H Hansel, N
J Hammond, S W Harris, A F Under
wood, J T Simmons, J W Robertson, R
B Nisbet, G G McFarland, J M Mobley,
W G Johnson, P L Mynaß, J M Guerard
Abdn Johnson, J F Newel), W T Tuorpe,
J O Fain.
Committee on education.—A H fbiTi
sel, John Screven, G B 0 ope- Vv O
Trgglo, N J rtamaior.o. O 1 P >1 • .i
Fitton, u G Caih. 0 J V- Ii
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vt iiu Ale R( fier Wi
Roger Willie ms Wits a iv> . . .
Wales,was a Puritan, and the founder
of <he colony of Rhode Island. He
died in Providence in 1683. u;anv
years afterward the piivnto burying
ground where' he was- interred wan
searched for the remaines of Idm-eif
and wife, for the purp -so of erecting
ait onu netr over tin in. Very lift u
Was found, fhe shap of Ihe coffins
could uul be traced by a l*!st k li.e
id the earth. The rusted hinge* an t
nail-- aim a round " otic. knot n!om
remained in on grave, while a sin le
lock of braided huu - wa I and in Ro
ot her. Near heg-avi- B-o dan tip
ple tree, the larger root ot whic
had pushed tis Way to the precise
spot occupied by the skull of Roger
■Williams, and, turning, passed around
it an t followed the direction ol the
backbone, to the lnps. Here it di
vided inio two branches, sending one
along each leg to the heel, When the
loots turned upward to the toes, the
whole bearing a striking resemblance
to the human form. Tin se roots are
now deposited in tne museum of
Biowu University. It was thus
found teat the organic matter —-the
llesi.. the bones, of Roger Williams
had p ssed iufo an apple tree, trans
muted iu o woo lv fibre, bloomed in
to fragrant blossoms, and bore lus
cious fruit, which from year to year
has been gathered and eaten. Those,
therefore, who ate the apples from
this tree ate Roger Williams.—Co
lumbia, Mo,, Statesman.
BU'teKA. Vista, marion county, ga., july 25 1&77.
Hov; The War Was Ended.
From a Decorative nay Addiose by Ocn. George H.
Sliurp. tailed States Army.
I remember—and it whs recalled to
me to-night in conversation, when
the name of Gen. Grant came up in
(lie course of conversation —U,e won
derful scene that transpired In that
littie place in Virginia on ihe 6th of
April, 1865. It was late in the After
noon when it became known that
Gen. Lee had sent for Gen. Grant to
suit nder to him. It was between 2
and 8 O'clock when vve met in thelit
■le rd >m in the house where the sur
render of Lee’s army took place. I
know there is a belief that the sur
render 10 k place under an apple
tree, where Grant and Lee met anil
exchanged a few Words. The sur
r< nder took place in the lei t hand
room of that old-fashioiied double
house. The house had a large piazza
which ran along the full leilgth of it.
It was one t f those ordinary Virginia
hous.-s with a passage-way running
enough ihe centre of H. In that
little room where the meeting took
place sat iwo young rami—one a
great-grand on of Ciref Justice Mar
shall of the Supreme Court, reducing
to writing the terms of the surrender
on behalf of Gen. Robert E. Lee ;
the other a man with dusky counte
nance—a great nephew of that cele
brated chi f, Red Jacket —acting
under Gen. Grant. They two were
rciluCiug to wfittug the terms ol the
surrender of the at my of Northern
Virginia to the arrtiy of the Potomac.
Gathered around the room were
several officers, of whom I was one.
At some distance apart sat two
int i). The larger and Older of the
two was the most striking in appeal
mice. 11.s hair was as white as the
drivt n snow. There whs not a speck
upon Ins coat; not a spot upon those
gauntlets that he wore, wh ch wore
as bright and fa r as a lady’s glove.
That was Robert E. Lee. The oilier
Ulysses 8. Grant, wh se appearance
Contrasted -t range y with that ol Lee;
his boots were nearly covered with
mud ; one button of his coat —that
is, tin button-hold was not whee it
should have been —it had c earls
gone astray , and he wore no .-Word,
while L'-e was luliy and ta Jtlcssly
equipped. The conversation .vus not
rapid by any means. E.ervb' d.y felt,
the ote.powering influence of t h e
scene. Everyone present felt they
were witness ng die proceedings b -
tweeu the two chief actors in one of
the most remarkable transactions ol
thiSnineßsfeut.il century. The words
that passed between Grant and Lee
were few. General Giant, endear
oring to apologize lor not being fully
equipped, aud noticing the fault! ss
appearance ol Lee, while the secre
taries were busy, said : “General
Lee, I have no sword ; I h .ve be< n
ridoig all nigh'.’’ Aid Lee, with
mi and < ;! lu ss of manner and all the
,■ >ie —... .st hiiughtines—which,
after it, be. ame him wood rfuilv
well, neve, matte any reply, but in a
coni,: ttai uiantfeij bowed! And
tieneiu titan, iu the endeavor t..
tak away the awkardness of the
seen-, s .id : “I don’t a w ..s wear a
sw 'rtl, because a sword is a very in
'’Onveuient thing.” bee ofliy bowe !
A-iouier, trying to relieve
the awkardress of the occasion, tu
4u.rt.ti: “Gen. Lee, whet be am
ot tite white horse you retie in ..ex
-co ? Lc in ght ..ot be dead vet ; he
was not so ol i.” Gl.ll. Lee b .svc.i
culd.y, an-t replied : “1 lelt im at
ti.t- wh.tc bouse ou tne Patnuukey
liver, and I have not seen him inco."
fit. re was one moment when there
was a whisper and con-v* rsatioh be
tween Ur..nt and Lee, Wnieh nobod',
in tile room . urtl.
Tne surrender took the fottn oi
correspond,. O'c.-; tne letters we.e all
signed in due lorm by fire chief actors
iu the preset.C' ofouch other. Fill
ally, when the t.-rms of the surrender
hull an been arranged, und the sur
rei and. r made, Lee arose, cold and
proud, aud bowed to I remember
each one ot us thought he had been
Speciady bowed to. And tin n lie
went out and passed down the little
equat e in front of the house, aud be
strode that gray horse that carried
him all over Virginia ; and ween he
had gone away we learned what that
• hispered conversation had been
about. Gen. Giant said ; “You go
to the twenty fourth, and you to the
Fifteenth,” aud so on naming the
coiv.s, “and ask every man who has
taxes rations to turn over two of
them,” Go to S'- .* coramiasafies and
_A_ DEMOOBATIC FAMILt isTEWSI S AEER.
go to the quartermaste-R, <tc, ; trim.
Loc’a army bon tlie point of starva
tion ! And twentv-five thousand ra
tions were carried to the army of
not them Virginia.
(COURTESY CHILDREN.
Rome w'se persons sligg ■ -tov< r*
ciglnvmedy for 'heu'iC'infortabh n. ss
ot what we ate wont to call t.he awk
ward age of boys and girls— ha' time
when they are too large to foi l like
children, and not quite sure enough
of themselves to fed like ndul's
that we should always treat the
smallest children with the courtesy
and consideration hat wc would show
to groWn-up people; and then they
will never feel at. loss as to their re
ception thus quite escape the uncer
tain and uncomfortable “awkward
age.” There are few things more
Important in the right developement
of a human creaure than seli-rspect.
But how is a child to learn to re
spect itssclf if it sees it is alone in
the sentiment? —that by no one else
it is respected ? More harm is per
haps and, no children by snubb.ng them
than even by weak indulgence We
have all seen homes Where the slight
cst exprssion of a child’s ideas on
uny point tiuder discussion was greet
ed with, “Who asked you what you
thought?” or with sarcasm, such as,
“Ah, now we shad have the matter
settled ; Miss Experience is freeing
her mind.”
It is so difficult to hit the right
mean. 01 course we do not Want our
children troublesome to visitors;
grown-up people do not want to
uause iu tin ir talk to li-ten to the un
considered opinions of thirteen ; but
what if we tried the experiment* of
respectful attention for awhile.
Would rmt the little folks stoo talk
ing until they had soinetli ng to say,
qu teas surety if they saw that their
words Wri’c bteued to with attention
as if they felt ilint their voices were
but. beating air? At any rate by be
ing kind ami courte us to them oil
ail occasions; it will not bo difficult
to te co tlietii when to talk and when
to b'oiit their tongu. s.
♦f ——
DON’T*
Don't sit bn the feuce and whittle the
hours away while you are passing
through life. Shavings brings but little
profit, here, and probably will not be
needed to light ttie fire where you goto.
Don't covert and turn back somer
sani.s because your chickens scratched
up your squashes. They have as much
right to the bugs as you have to the
squashes.
JDou’t leave yonr gate open, and then
blkme your pigs for rooting in the gar
den. They have perfect right to go
through where they can, and to root is
their nature.
Don’t loaf your time away, and expect
the grass to quit growing while you are
loafing. Grass don’t like loafers well
enough for that.
Don’t expect yotlr ptants to thrive if
yoti starve them to death, P ants that
are not fed will not feed you.
Don’t starve and rob the land yon live
ou, for if you do, in the long run it will
show its appreciation by starving you.
Don’i expect water to run up hil. to
get out of vour lands after you have fill
ed th ditches with rabbish. Water is
lazy, and would stay anywhere father
than c ,:ab , hill.
A. K a oeky pig as suddenly deVel
oped a genius tor gyiun s nd en
gineering, which o-li|> es the f ->i
I, heitiiHints of Ins race The etc lent
I* g w a '.■ednily placed by bii- owner ii
a oas'iue stu rounded by elm tree”, ics
to.uied Wiih wild g-up—vine.. The
a! , however, could tic confine hi
l.o U and vagrant spirit, delecting
a tree sanding Dear the Western
wail o' he pasture, tie carefmly bit
louse me lowc end of the steal grape
vine, wli oh was a tsehed by its tendrils
to a l rnb on & lice, and taking ibis ira
p ovised rope in his mouth swung hou
se f in the air until ha bud gather, and
an impel ns which sent him entirely
over the wall, and landed him in the
n.-xt field. Though often recaptured,
he has constancy repealed this extraor
dinary teat, and his intelligent owner
instead of cutting down h s elm tree to
restrain his pig’s wandering propmaitv,
has decided to educate him tor the tra
peze business. — Ex.
Many women of the Russian wealthy
class have enrolled themselves as hospi
tal nurses for the army. TheiT uniform
is a gray dress, on the breast of which is
a red cross, a white hood, and e sfcvH
black- cloak.
The Question,
One of the Danbury young men,
who) as occasionally cilcorted a young
lady home on Sarnia evenings and
Wi uk-tn for lunch, after performing
both services last Sunday night, sud
denly said io her :
■Do you talk in your sleep ?”
“Why—no,” she answered in sur
prise.
“Do you walk in your sleep?” he
flext inquired.
“No. sir.”
He moved his cha r an inch closer
and, wi h incr used interest, asked :
“Do you snore ?”
“No,” she hastily replied, looking
Uneasily at him.
By tiffs reply his eyes fairly
sparkled. His lips eagerly parted,
and as ho gave his chair another
hitch, he briskly inquired :
‘ Do you throw combings from
your hair in the wash basin?’’
“Whit’s that?' 1 she asked, with a
b’ank face.
He repeated the question, although
with increased nervousness.
“No. I don’t,” sno answered, in
some has e.
Again his chair went forward,
while Lis agitation grew so that he
could, scarcely maintain his p'ace
upon it, as he further asked :
“Do you clean but the comb when
you a-e through ?”
“Of course 1 do,” she Said stating
at him with all her might.
Iu an instant to was on his knees
before Lei. his eyes ablaze with fiance
and h.s bauds ou stretched.
“Oh. my dear miss, I love you 1 ’ he
lassionately cried. “I give my
whole, heart f.o \ou. Love me and I
j will bo your slave. Love me as I
love, and I will d> everything on
i earth for you. On will you take me
to be your lov. r, your husband, youi
protector, vtitir everything ?” 11 was
a critical mom ni for a young woman
ot hei years, but she was equal o
the emergency, as a woman general y
is, and slm scooped him in.
WEBSTFIt AND THE HIGHWAY
MAN.
Webster was on his wav to bis duties
at Washington. He Was Compelled to
proceed at night by, stage fi an Bdti
mote He had no travling companion
and ho driver had a sort of feilon look
wh'ch produced no ineohsidt-rab'e alarm
in the Senator. ‘I endeavored to trail.
quiiiZ’O myself,’ said Webster, ‘and
pat tly succeeded when wo reaclio the
daik woods between Bladensburg arid
Washington—a proper secne tor murder
or outrage and here I oonless mv cour
ago deserted me. Justiben the driver
turned to me and, with a gruff voice, en
quired my name. 1 gave it to him.
‘ .Vhere are you going?'said he. The
reply was ‘to Washington. I am a
Senator.’ Upon this the rver siezed
me fervently by the hand and exclaim
ed: ‘How glad I am! I have been
trembling in mv seat for the last Lour,
for when I looked at you I took you to
be a highwayman.’
A SEEDL E IN THEHEART.
From tire Houston (Text Age,
A serious aocienut happened last Sat
is day to a young lauy in the Fourth
vV aid Wide pld ng with aco and dollar a
irh tid t; el 'o wienie ii away from her.
wh. a 1 •at o-ce the lady United awav
i , an api'Hiuiulv dying condition. Dr.
Grutebrock, who was called, was of
npiiii .n mat a nee i • had entered the
hsait, 13 h discovered a small, pulsating
lard substance under the skin, which,
lining cu’ down up n, proved teally to
b a iiaed'e nearly an inch and a half
toi,g. The for patient is ot t ot danger
now, but the escape Ir im death wa3 al
most miraculous.
STOVE BLACKING.
We hope the following receipt for
imparting tu stoves a fine black pol
ish, whion neither burns off nor give
out an offensive smell, will prove ac
ceptable to some of our readers:
Lamp-black ts mixed with water
glass (a solution of silicate of soda)
to the cosistency of syrup and appli
ed with a brush as a thin and everf
coating, then left twenty-four hours
10 dry. Afterwards graphite, or
black lead mixed with gum water, is
applied and, a polish is obtained by
1 übbing in the usual maga* 5 ;.
The his PPer
btow* ie poort uc <] buyeth a five
1 hollar dog.—Rome Seotiaal.
LEMONS A CURE FOR CONSUKP
TION.
A Correspondent of an English med
ical J. ur.nal, furnishes the following re
ceipt aa anew cure for consumption:
Put a dozen whole lemons in cold tin
tor and boil until soft too sofi),
roll and squeeze until the juice i* all
cxtiacied, sweeten enough to be palata
ble, then drink. Use as many as a
dozen a day. Should they cause pain
or looseness of the bowels, lessen the
quantity, and u-e five or six a day un
til be'ter, then begin and use a dozen a
again. By the time you have used
five or six dozen, you will begin to gain
strength and have an appetite. Ot
course as you g> t better you need not
use so many. Fo'low these directions
and we know that you will never regret
it if there ’8 any help for you. Only
keep it up faithfully. We know ol
two cases where both of the patients
were given up by tile physicians, and
Wete in the last stages of consumption,
yet both were cured by using lemons
accoiding to the direction's we have
stated, One lady was bedridden and
very low; had tried everything that
money could procure, but all in vain,
when, to please a friend she was finally
persuaded to use the lemons. Site be
gan to use them in February, and in
April she weighed one hundred and lor
ty pounds. She is a wdl woman to
day, and likely to live as long as any ot
us,
Hides Treated with Charcoal Instead
of Lime.
Avery important discovery Ims been
made that charcoal, animal or vegetable
is belter than time tor the removal ol
hair from hides, preparatory to (arming.
An exchange ass.ires us that depilation
of hiaea with charcoal seems likely to
supereeds al ogettior tbe usual time pro
cess. As is wbil known, charcoal has
the property to take np large quantities
of oxygen from 'be atmospheric air, am!
the oxvgi-n in this form seems to ex
ert ehf-mioal influence on the fatty
substance preserti in :fle neighborhood
of the glans of the hair roots. An
oxidai icu takes .place in the pores of
tho Bkm, which des'rnys glands and
loosens the bair. Finely powdered
charcoal rnixid with enough water to
make a thin paste, and the hides im
moised for four or five days, and well
'arned. Hides treated with char
coal red ni re no otter operation, as in
the ease of lime process, and after be
ing washed with wa'er, they ara ready
for tanning. Animal or vegetable char
coal can be used iu any quantity, hav
ing no deleterrious property whatsoever.
For each hide, six or ten pounds wiih
the necessary quantity of water, are
efficient, and the temperature to lie
maintained is 61 or ?0 degrees Fabren
hei t.
A WONDERFUL ELECTRIC
FREAK.
layotte(N. C.) Gaiete,
Oui readers w II remember that a vi
olent rain stoim came up on Thursday
evening of last week; during which
there was on e tremendous flash of light
uiug and a rattling peal of thunder. A
negro about the old State Ba ik lot be
took himself when the rain commence
to pour down, to the intencr of an -old
ItO'Jshead lying on its side, and was
doubtless ongratulating himself on his
cosy shelter, when the shove mentioned
flash came, it raised tbe hogshead,
mart and ail, about four feet from the
grouod and set it up ou end.
NATURAL SCAR.
The news came from California of the
discovery of a mine of mineral eoap,
which can be used for all purposes to
wh ch manufactured soups ate applica
ble. .he discoverer found it when
prospecting fur coal, and ÜBed it in his
GtrnUv f"r a year before announcing it.
It is now, however, taken up by a com
pany, and will he brought into general
commerce.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
faacliers Association will take place at
T.occoa City, August 7th, Bth and Oth.
Hon. Thon-as B. Camming, of Augusta
w'li add'ess the convention.
"A good buntin' dog dat’U ketch any
thing anv whur” is highly valued by
some people in this county.
Mocking birds are becoming rarer in
Georgia, by reason ofvtheir capture by
the professional catchers, who sell them
in th& Northern market.
Annual Subsoi iption 52,00
3NO. 40
3sit gmnWr
Many a mnn has ruined his eye
sight by sitting in a bar-room looking
for work.
Whose best works are most
trampled on? A shoemaker's, be
ciiuae good shoes last longer than bad
ones,
A philosopher has extracted Ibe
following reply from a school boy to
the querry : “How is the earth di
vided, my lad?” “By earthquakes,
sir.”
That farmer understood human
nature who said : “If you want your
boy to stav at home, don’t bear too
hard on the grindstone when he turns
the crank.”
To get the right frizzle on your
hair, Miss, sprinkle it full of meal,
and let a brood of young chickens
scratch it out.
“That clock; stranger,” said a
farmer, “was tbe best kind of a
clock up to six rnonihs ago, tvhen my
daughter began to have beaux, and
now°the blamed thing is always two
hours slow.”
Two little boys quarrelled over a
game of marbles in Wclden, N. C.,
aud dhe drew a pistol anil killed tho
other. The older Was only nine.
A.little New Hampshire girl poured
ammonia over her clothes, aud her
lungs were so affected by inhaling
ihe fumes tkat she died,
Youug furniture store clerks say
they cant understand why every
young married lady that calls m to
purchase a cradle, will persist in
calling them “matrimonial fruit bas
kets.” -
A little boy in Dover refusing to
take a pill, liis mother placed it in a
piece of preserved pear and gave it,
to him. In a few minutes she said -.
“ Tommy, have you eat<-n the pear?"
“Y< s, ma’am,” he replied, but I spit
oat the seed.
The Orientals are very trusting to
each other. “Are you not afraid to
go away from your shop without
locking it ?” a traveler asked of an
Egyptian up the rive:*. ‘'Oh, no, '
answered the man coolly, “theie’s not
a Cnristian wi hin three miles I”
The only equivalent in the Japa
nese language lor the English word
baptism or immersion is soaking. A
ludicrous illus ration Of its applica
tion is tE“ following from the Baptist
translation of the Bible into Japanese,
which that good orthodox paper, the
Alliance, says greatly astonished the
Jans : “In those days came John
the soak r, preaching the soaking of
ropemartce. Repent and be 6oaked;
every one of you.”
There is a precious six-year-old boy
in Auburn, Me., who is wonderful on
spelling and definition. Tho other
day his teacher asked him to spell
matrimony : “M-a-t-r-i tn-o-n-y,” said
tbe youngster promptly. Now define
it. said tho teacher. Well, I don't
know exactly what it means, but I
know mother's got enough! of it! re
plied the boy.
It waß “court week” in a country
tavern, and a late comer wan given
one of a dozen cots which had been
put up temporarily in the parlor.
There was grand chorus of snores
from the other cots. Alter an hour
or more of this uproar, one of the
most resonant snores brought up
with a snort and was suddenly silent,
when a Frenchman, who occupied a
cot in an extreme corner of tbe room,
exclaimod, “Thank God, von ees
dead!”
Bb, where’s the State of Matri
mony ? It is one Of the United States.
It is bounded by begging and kissing
on tbe one aide, babies and cradles on
the other. It’s chief products are
population, broom-sticks, anil staying
out late o’nights. It was discovered
by Adam and Eve in trying to find a
northwest passage out of pSf3dise.
A little five-year-old wsHeed
up too near tho dangerous end of a
mule, and the consequence was b
picked himself up about to steps off
with a very badly battered face.
During a surgical operation that was
being performed on him he auxiouely
enquired: “Father, will Ibe as
pretty as I ever was.” “No, my son,
but you will have a d—ned Sight
more sense.”