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BY T. L. GANTT. THE OGLETHORPE ECHO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY T. L. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. ♦ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Where paid strictly in advance.... S2 00 Where payment delayed 6 months 2 50 Where payment delayed 12 months... 8 OO CLUB RATES. Club of 6 or less than 10, per copy 1 75 Club of 10 or more, per copy 1 50 Clubs must be accompanied by the cash , or papers will be charged for at regular rates. No attention will be paid to subscrip tions from other counties unless accompanied by the money, with 20c. per annum additional to pay pottage, as the law requires that after January next postage must be prepaid by the publisher, except * lubscribers in the county where the journal m published, iu which in stance no postage is charged. THE ABOVE TERMS WILL NOT BE DEVIATED FROM IN ANY CASE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Per Square (1 inch) first insertion SI 00 Per Square each subsequent insertion.. 75 Liberal contracts made with regular adver tisers, and for a longer period than 3 months. notices, 20c. per line first insertion, 15e. per line each subsequent insertion. ATHENS ADVERTITEMENTS. Closing Out Stock! Rare Chance to Secure Bargains. Bailey, Barry i ffcib, ATHENS, G-A., In order to close out their business by the Ist of January next, are now selling their splen did stock of FANCY GOODS, CANDIES, TOYS, CANNED GOODS, C HACKERS, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LIQUORS, Etc., Etc. At a Great Sacrifice! Do not fail to givfe us a call when you visit Athens, and examine our stock and prices. : L SCHEVEMELL & CO.] .A-tliens, Ga., DEALERS IN : Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, j : Silver and Plated Ware, i Fancy Article?*, Etc. • Having best workmen, are prepared to re- : i pair in superior style. : : TjrJßr We make a specialty of Silver and : : Gold Plating Watches, Forks, Spoons, etc. : * E. A. WILLIAMSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER k JEWELER AT DR. KING’S DRUG STORE, )tm4 Street, - - - Athens, Ga. All work done in a superior manner’ and warranted to give perfect satisfaction. octl-ly LONGS & BILLUPS, DEALERS IN DRUBS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, Dye-Stuffs, Glass, Etc., Athens, Ga. KALVARINSKI & LIEBLER, Under Newton House, Athens, Ga., Cir Mamifactnrers, And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 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 Chimneys Burners. Shades, etc., of the latest styles, which we will sell low. " R. T. BRUMBY * CO., Athens. Stije #§ktljoK Cdw. WHOLEBALE HOUSES. TALMADBE, HODGSON & CO, WHOLESALE CROCERS AND PROVISION DEALERS, ATHENS, GEORGIA. 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.