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ATHENS, G-A.,
In order to close out their business by the Ist
of January next, are now selling their splen
did stock of
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CANNED GOODS,
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Cir Mamifactnrers,
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Tobacco, Pipes, Snuff, &c.
Dealers would* do well to price our goods
before purchasing elsewhere. Our brands of
Cigars are known everywhere, and seR more
readily than any other. oot3o-tf
~ lampgoods.
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE LOT OF
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latest styles, which we will sell low.
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AUGUSTA A ATLANTA BILLS DUPLICATED.
Anthony and Cleopatra.
The following poem was written by
Gen. Win. H. Lyttle, U. S. A., who fell
on the bloody field of Chickamauga. He
was buried with honors by the Confeder
ates, and these verses obtained a wide
circulation in the Southern press, with
honorable mention of his name. We
suppose they are familiar to most of our
readers, but they merit frequent perus
ing. Hence we reproduce them:
I am dying. Egypt, dying,
Ebbs the crimson l'fe tide fait,
And the dark plutonian shadows
Gather on the evening blast.
Let thine arms, oh queen! support me,
Hush thine sobs and bow thineear,
Hearken to the great heart secrets
Thou, and thou alone, must hear.
Though my scarred and veteran legions
Bear their eagles high no more ;
And my wrecked and scattered gallies,
Strew dark Actium’s fatal shore;
Though no glittering guards surround me
Prompt to do their master’s will,
I must perish like a Roman—
Die the great Triumvir still.
Let not Csesar’s servile minions
Mock the lion thus laid low;
’Twas no foeuians hand that slew him,
'Twos his own that struck the blow.
Here, then, pillowed on the bosom,
Ere his star shall lose its ray,
Him who, drunk with thy caresses,
Madly flung a world away.
Should the base plebian rabble,
Dare assail my fame at Rome,
Where the noble spouse, Octavia,
Weeps w’thin a widowed home,
Seek her—say the gods have told me—
Alters—augurs—circling wings—
That her blood, with mine commingled,
Yet shall mount the thione of kings.
And for thee, star eyed Egyptian,
Glorious sorceress of the Nile!
Light the path of Stygian horrors
With the splendors of thy smile, s
Give this Caesar crowns and arches,
Let his brow the laurel twine,
I can scorn the Senate’s triumphs,
Triumphing in love like thiue.
I am dying, Egypt, dying—
Hark! the insulting foeman’s cry ;
They are coming—quick, my faucliion !
Let me front them ere I die.
Oh ! no more amid the battle,
Shall my heart exultant swell;
Isis and Osiris guard thee —
Cleopatra—Rome —farewell.
The Greatest of Pools.
Of all the poor fools that inhabit this earth—
Fools by misfortune, or fools from their birth;
Rich fools and poor fools, aud great fools and
small—
The man who gets drunk is the greatest of all.
The spendthrift who revels in riotous living,
In spending, or losing, or lending, or giving,
Is foolish enough ; but lie has not yet sunk
To the level of him who is constantly drunk.
The miser, eternally starving and slaving,
For what he is earning, or stealing, or saving,
May be reckoned a fool, but he is not quite
So foolish as he who will get ou a “ tight.”
The man who will wager, and dicker, and lie
On the toss of a cent, or the cast of a die,
You may think as foolish as foolish could be,
But the druukard is even more foolish than he.
Investments in “ wildcat ” are mostly a curse,
But investments iu whiskey are a thousand
times worse;
For stocks do hot always their favors refuse,
But whiskey investments are certain to lose.
And so I’m convinced of the truth of my text
That of all poor fools, tor this world and the
next,
The rich or the poor, the great or the small,
The man who gets drunk is the greatest of all. j
The wife of a Wisconsin fanner j
presented her husband with five little
responsibilities at a birth, and he an
nounces his intention to move to some
: place where the climate isn’t so healthy.
A very happy matrimonial match
iat Crawford, has been broken off be
cause the young man bought twelve
boxes of pills at auction, and sent half
of them to his intended as a sort of Birth
!
day present.
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1874.
Onr Wasßinfllon Letter
o
Special Correspondence to the Echo.
Washigtox, D. C., Dec. 6,1874.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo:
WHOLESALE DISCHARGES FROM THE DE
PARTMENTS.
On or about the first of the New Year,
some three hundred and seventy-five em
ployees, mostly women, will be discharg
ed from the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing: The list of those whose servi
ces are to be dispensed with is already
made out, and embraces those whose po
litical backing is of such an insignificant
character that it can safely be ignored.
In making up this list, every employee
is interrogated as to his or her political
influence. Should an employee, in an
swering this question, name a member of
the present Congress who was defeated
for re-election a few weeks since, the
chances are ten to one that his or her
name will be included in the list of dis
missals. Theie wholesale discharges oc
casion a world of distress, not only
among those who are thus suddenly
thrown out of employment, but among
many aged persons and helpless children
who are dependent upon the discharged
clerks for support. While it is true that
there are some females employed in the
Departments whose pecuniary condition
renders them independent of labor, and
that there are others who are morally
unfit for the positions they occupy,a large
proportion of the female employees are
not only poor, but are persons of irre
proachable character. Heretofore, per
sons selected for discharge have receiSbd
no notification of their dismissal until
called upon to sign the pay roll, at the
end of the month, when they were in
formed their services would be no longer
needed. This sudden announcement
has been productive of serious results in
several instances. Young ladies, on
learning their fate thus suddenly, have
fainted away, or have been thrown into
spasms; physicians have been summoned
in haste; and many of the girls have
been removed to their homes in hacks,
and thrown into a fever which resulted
fatally. To avoid a recurrence of those
distressing results, Mr. McCartee has
concluded to send an official notification
of discharge to the residence of the un
fortunate ones a few days before their
discharge takes place, instead of inform
ing them verbally, and at the last mo
ment, as heretofore.
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLLIAMB’S
LANDAULET.
Judge J. W. Wright, of this city, still
retains possession of the landaulet pur
chased by Attorney General Williams at
the expense of the government. He has
also at his house the SBOO mirror which
formerly adorned the Williams man
sion, and which was paid for with gov
ernment funds. The Judge, who is a
vindictive old fellow, takes delight in
exhibiting the landaulet and mirror to
visitors, and frequently airs himself in
the former on Pennsylvania Avenue.
He sometimes encounters the President
and Attorney General Williams, during
his drives, and invariably manages to
keep a short distance ahead of them,
lifting his sombrero and returning polite
ly, but provokingly, all salutes intended
for the distinguished officials behind
him. By the way, it is not generally
known how Judge Wright came in pos
session of this landaulet. He engaged
a friend, who was also an acquaintance
of the Attorney General, to visit the
latter at his office, and to incidentally
inform him that he, the “mutual friend,”
desired to purchase a landaulet, if he
could find one to suit him. “What
kind of a landaulet do you want to buy ?”
askedjthe Attorney General. The “ mu
tual friend,” who had been posted by
Judge Wright, gave a description of the
vehicle he wanted, which was, of course,
nothing more nor less than an exact de
scription of the Williams landaulet;
whereupon, the Attorney General said:
“Why, my landaulet would suit you to
a dot. It is the very thing for you; it is
to be sold in Philadelphia on the
hist.” The “mutual friend” reported
promptly to Judge Wright, who dis
patched an agent to the sale, with a
carte blanche as to price ; and the result
| was that the judge became the owner of
; the famous landaulet.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
There is evidently a marked change of
opinion among leading congressmen, ir
respective of party, as to the duty and
policy of the government in regard to
Cuba. We have had trouble enough
with the negro-ruled States already in
the Union, without adding another to the
list. Tbs recognition of Cuba as an in
dependent government was strongly
urged by the leading of the late Freed
men’s Bureau, and those of the swindling
concern known as the Freedmen’s Bank,
which burs ted up after robbing the ne
groes, all over the country, of their
dimes and quarters. Recognition was
Intended to be a stepping stone to an
nexation. Four State were to be carved
out of Cuba, in eaeh of which were to be
established and run, at the expense of
Uncle Sam , n Freedmen’s Bureau, a
Howard University, and a Freedmen’s
Bank. That was the programme of the
pious patriots. The late Judge Dent,
brother-in-law of the President, was the
head and front of the scheme; and, since
his death, fc>rotbdr-in-law Casey, the car
pet-bag Collector of Customs in New
Orleans, has been the chief conspirator.
But the whole thing bids fair to fall
through. The late elections show that a
large majority of the people of this coun
try would not only oppose the annexa
tion of negro-ruled States, but also the
lending of the influence of the United
States to establish more independent
negro governments in the Western hem
isphere.
The condition of the Southern States
has led many of the best men in the
country to investigate the history and
present condition of black and mongrel
governments on this continent and its
adjacent islands ; and the consequence
is that the questions are now asked, for
example, whether even the Mexico of
to-day, with her 8,000,000 of inhabitants,
is, after fifty years of independence, more
populous, a more peaceable and profita
ble neighbor to the United States, more
useful to the world, whether her people
are more prosperous, happier and better
educated, than would have been the case
had she retained her connection with
Spain. As it is, the condition of Mexico
is fearful. She has no future. There is
no possibility of her ever becoming a
leading power on the continent; and her
population is of such a mixed character
that our people will never consent to re
cevie her several States into our federal
union. And free Cuba, it is feared,
would soon degenerate to the same con
dition.
GEN. MEIGS AND GEN. RUFUS INGALLS.
The attempt of Grant to get rid of
Quartermaster General Meigs by send
ing him to Russia, for the purpose of
giving the Quartermaster Generalship of
the Gen. Rufus Ingalls, revives
recollections of scenes in the Army of
the Potomac, of which Ingalls was Chief
Quartermaster. His headquarters were
always located in close proximity to
those of Gen. Grant, and were far more
imposing than those of the General of
the Army. Ingalls’s staff was larger
than Grant’s; his display of tents was
greater; and, altogether, he was the most
luxurious officer in the Army of the Po
tomac. Champagne and liquors of all
kinds flowed freely at his headquarters,
and, when in the vicinity of navigable
waters, he invariably had a special steam
er gorgeously fitted up for his own use.
Of course, Graut soon became the inti
mate personal friend of so renowned a
bon vivant and so hard a drinker, and
ever since the close of the war, has been
seeking an opportunity to advance the
interests of the gay and festive Rufus.
Gen. Meigs, however, who is a man of
scientific attainments, and an efficient
officer, sensibly declines the Russian
mission; being unwilling to resign a
lift-long position in the army for the
temporary honor of being minister to
Russia for a few months. Unable to
get rid of Gen. Meigs, Ulysses will
doubtless be able to find some other ex
alted positionfor his friend. Rebel.
A Puzzled and Indignant Wit
ness.—A paper in Pittsfield (Mass,)
relates the following: “They were trying
a horse case in court the other day, and
the lawyer was questioning a witness in
reference to the animal’s habits and dis
position. ‘ Have you ever driven her ?’
was asked. ‘I have,’ was the reply. ‘ Was
there any one with you at the time V was
the next question. ‘ There was a lady
with me,’ the witness answered, and he
blushed a little. ‘Was she a good dri
ver,’ was the next question, the lawyer
referring to the animal, but the witness
understood that he meant the iady. ‘ She
was,’ he replied. ‘ Was she gentle and
kind ?’ asked the legal limb, aud the re
ply was in the affirmative, though the
witness, still thinking of the lady, looked
a little surprised. ‘ She didn’t kick V
was the next interrogation, and a de
cisive ‘ No’ was the answer. ‘She didn’t
rear up or kick over the traces, or put
her hind feet through the dashboard, or
try to run away, or act ugly, or’—the
witness was boiling over with indigna
tion by this time, and interrupted the
lawver with, ‘Do you mean the horse or
the lady?’ ‘I mean the mare we’re talk
ing about,’ thundered the counsel. ‘Oh!’
was the response, ‘ I thought you meant
the gal.’ And with this explanation the
pursuit of justice was resumed.”
“LITTLE RIVER.”
Little River, Dec. 8,1874.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo:
In your valuable and popular little
journal of November 30th, I see a letter
from Bairdstown, written, as I suppose,
as a reply to “ Little’s River’s” first arti
cle, in which the writer pretends to give
a full and true statement of the facts
and circumstances connected with the
parties whom he says were referred to in
that letter. This is not designed as a
reply to your Bairdstown correspondent,
as there is nothing in any of his state
ments that I care for or that is worth
the trouble to notice, but I wish simply
and briefly to ventilate enough of it to
show to you and the public the motive
that prompted him to interest himself in
the matter, or to use his own words, to
expose the “ real animus ” of his article.
He sets out by telling you that “ had you
known the real animus” of my letter you
would not have published it, as its sole
object was to vent a “ petty spite” at the
parties he so warmly sympathizes with
and tries so hard to vindicate. He must
either be a very wise man, or he hsfe an
extraordinary imagination. This asser
tion of his is hardly worth a denial, Mr.
Editor, but I do say, emphatically, that
I have no “ petty spite” or personal ani
mosity towards them, or any one else
around about his “ quiet little hamlet.”
But the question arises, why should he
become so much interested in it at all?
I think I can show you. Now, sir, he
knows, and every one who knows him is
satisfied that he cares no more for any of
these persons that he professes to sympa
thize with so warmly and and so sudden
ly than you do for a ground hog. He
admits that between himself and one of
these parties there has been a “ coolness
for years,” growing, as I am told, out of
some vulgar or indecent remark made
about him or some member of his family.
Of this, however, I know nothing. Then
there is but one conclusion I caiymne
to, and I have heard several
same idea, that he is some
body, and imagines that somebody to be
the persouel of “ Little River,” and he
seizes the occasion as a good opportunity
to spit out a little dirty, filty, Puritanic
spleen at the individual he is mad with.
And yet he has the “ cheek” to rebuke
you for publishing and the author for
writing a malicious and personal article.
“ People who live in glass houses must
not throw stones.” I, for one, am not
willing to be judged by a man who is so
palpably guilty of the wrong he is re
proving me for. Will he deny it ? Will
he dare say that he would ever have ta
ken any notice of it if had he been feel
ing kind toward the person he supposed
to be the author. He may deny it, Mr.
Editor, but I think he will find it hard
work to make those who know him well
believe it. “ Judge not, lest ye be
judged.” “The nature of mankind is
such,”
“To see and judge of the affairs of others
Much better than their own."
Well, if his “ coolness” toward the other
fellow has softened down and they be
come friends once more, and anything I
have said or done was instrumental in
bringing it about, I am glad, for some
good at least has grown out of it all.
“ Fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind.” Isn’t it astonishing and amusing
how forgiving a certain class of men be
come sometimes under circumstances like
these.
But supposing I did have a spite to
gratify, and aimed to bring ridicule on
his quasi friends. I could not have suc
ceeded better in doing such a thing than
his letter did. I have heard but one
opinion given from numbers who have
spoken of this matter in my hearing. It
is that his reply to “ Little River ” has
done more toward giving them a promi
nently ridiculous notoriety than a dozen
such articles as mine was. He has made
them simply ludicrous, and if I was in
their place I would much rather he had
held his peace. His article has made
them the laughing stock of the commu
nity, and I assure you that such a thing
was never designed by L. R. Perhaps
he meant it. Who know's ? Whether
he did or not, he has surely accomplish
ed it.
In reply to his vindication of the Dea
con I have nothing to say, as I did not
charge him or any one else with any
crime. The whole thing was told me as
much in the way of a joke as any thing
else, and I repeated it as such, without
the least design to wound the feelings of
any body, however sensitive he might be.
But if the shoe fits any one, and they are
silly enough to take it to themselves,
why I can’t help ii. That lies between
them and those to whom they are respon
sible. But the writer, in speaking of
this, says, in the first place, that the
church to which the deacon belongs
“ will be bound to take the matter up,”
VOL. I—NO. 9.
and either find him guilty or exhonorat#
him; and when that body did take it up
and appoint a committee to investigate
the whole affair, he promptly condemns
them for so doing, and criticises their
action. Now, sir, right here I think I
can show you another exhibition of that
“ petty spite” in him which lie is so
ready to charge upon others. If I have
not been misinformed, there is a “ cool
ness” between him and the good brother
who moved for the appointment of this
committee, and his slight remark was
simply to spit out a little more of that
venom at him that he holds in readiness
for any and every one that he happens
to dislike. Don’t it appear to you, Mr.
Editor, extremely ridiculous, and in very
bad taste, for such characters to pretend
to sit in judgment upon the motives or
actions of other people, no matter what
they may be. Still more absurd and pre
posterous it is for a man who denies the
truth of the Bible itself, and declares that
religion and Christianity is a farce—a
man who has no moral right or moral
character—to criticise or question the ac
tion of a Christian church or any mem
ber thereof.
It shows an inordinate presumption,
that makes such a man simply contemp
tible. Men should be very careful how
they judge others, and be sure that they
are without guilty before they cast stones
at their fellow men. “ Consistency is a
jewel.”
.1 have given your Bairdstown corres
pondent this much notice, Mi. Editor,
simply to show that portion of the pub
lic who are unacquainted with the cir
cumstances surrounding this whole affair
that he has garbled what was intended
as a harmless joke into a malicious and
spiteful personalty. I assert, as I said
before, that he feels no interest, or cares
nothing whatever for these persons, or
any body else but himself. That it was
this very spiteful animosity that prompt
ed his article and nothing else. With
tkttie remarks I am done with him, and
sfflni take no further notice of him now
or hereafter. Little River.
How Bangs Game to Be an Editor-
I believe I have never reported to the
public the case of Colonel Bangs, the
editor of the Morning Argus. Bangs
became a journalist because he couldn’t
help it. Shortly after he was born, it
was discovered that the supply of nour-®
iskment afforded by the maternal fount
was insufficient, and the doctor ordered
that the baby should be fed upon goat’s
milk. This was procured from a goat
that was ow-ned by an Irish woman, who
lived in rear of the office of the Weekly
Startler, and fed her goat chiefly upon
the exchanges which came to that jour
nal. The consequence was that young
Bangs was fed entirely upon milk that
was formed from digested newspapers,
and he throve on it, although when the
Irish w oman mixed the Democratic jour
n Is with the Whig papers, they dis
agreed after they were eaten, and the
milk g ive the baby the colic. Old Bangs
intended the boy to be a minister; but
as soon as he was old enough to take
notice, he cried for eveiy newspaper he
happened to see, and no sooner did he
learn how to write than he began to
slash off editorials upon “The Impend
ing Crisis,” etc.
He ran away from school four timM
to enter a newspaper office as a devil, an 1
finally, when old Bangs put him in the
house of refuge, he stalled a weekly in
there, and called it The House of Refuge
Reco-id; and one day he slid over the
wall, and went dow f n to the Era office,
where he changed his name to Whangs,
and began his career on that with an ar
ticle on “Our Reformatory Institution
for the Young.” Then old Bangs sur
rendered to what seemed a combination
of manifest destiny and goat’s milk, an 1
permitted him to pursue his profession.
The Colonel says he has the instinct s >
strong that if he should fall into the
crater of Vesuvius his first thought on
striking bottom would be to write to
somebody to ask for a dead head pass
to come out with. But you would hard
ly believe this story if you ever read the
Argus. I often suspect, when 1
am looking over that sheet, that
the nurse used to mix the goat’s milk
with an unfair proportion of water.
A gentleman said to his gardener,
“George the time will come when a man
will be able to carry the manure for an
acre of land in one of his waistcoat pock
ets.” To which the gardener
“I believe it, sir; but he would be able
to carry allfhe crop in his other pocket.”
Mule steak is pronounced more juicy
than beef, and anybody who likes the
husks of a cocoanut can sit down and en
joy a mule steak wi;h great relish.
Bashfulness is often like the plating
on spoons—when it wears off it shows
the brass.