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THE ECHO.
LEXIXOTOS, CiKOKUI.t.
:
LEX. LEE TO MR. DAVIS.
A I.KTTfcft I'HO.VI THH CHIEFTAIN TO
THE KX-PHF.SUMiNT.
Proimsnts to Co-Operate With tin- Pence i
Party or ilie North. Kn«ire*iion. us to the
Coatnio tlir South Kho*l,I Pursue. Tl.infc.
^hTNo«h ,,Cna "* E,,theS0 " ” ^
The following letter purporting to have !
been written by General Robert E. Lee
to the lion. Jefferson, and dated “Head
quarters Army of Northern Virginia, Newr
June York 10, Herald 1803,” of Sunday is published in the
:
Mr. Frf-SIDENT: I beg leave to bring
to your attention a subject with tin reference
to which I have thought that course
pursued by writers and speakers among
ns lias had a tendency to interfere with
our success. I refer to the manner in
whieh the demonstration of a desire for
peace at the North lias been received in
■ our country. there be doubt that
“1 think can no
journalists and others in the South, to !
whom, the Northern people naturally
look fora reflection of our such opinion#, wise have
• met these indications in as to
weaken the. hands of the advocates of a
pacific policy on the part of the Federal
.Government those and give much encourages
ment to who urge a continuance of
the war.
"Recent political movements in the
United States and the comments of in
fluentia! newspapers upon them have at*
traded my attention particularly to this
subject, which 1 deem not unworthy ol
inappropriate tlie consideration of adverted your Excellency nor
to be to by me,
in view of its connection witli the skua
lion '‘Conceding ofmilitary'affair*. the superi¬
to our enemies
ority claimed ail by the them in <nd number-, appliances re¬
sources and means
for carrying on the war, wa have a right
to look for exemption from tiie military
consequences of tiie vigorous use of these
advantages, except by siH'li dellverenee
ns the mercy of Heaven may accord to
the courage of our soldiers, the justice
of our cause and the constancy and pray
ersOf our people. While making the
.lAost. we can of the mentis iff resistance
we possess, ami gratefully accepting tiie
measure of success with which God lias
blcaaed oar efforts as an earnest of bis
approval and favqr, it is nevertheless the
part of wisdom to carefully measure and
husband ottr strength, Until, the and ordinary not to expect
from it more hi course
of We affairs, should it is capable therefore of accomplishing. from
not, conceal
ourselves that our resources in men are
constantly portion diminishing, and the dispro¬ and
in this respect between us
oorfucmies, if they continue united in
their efforts to subjugate its, steadily aug
■menting. The decrease of the aggregate
of this army, ns disclosed by tint returns
affords an illustration of this fact, its
effective strength varies from time to
lime, but the lading off in its aggregate
shows that its ranks are growing weaker
and that it* losses are not supplied by
recruits.
“Under these circumstances we should
neglect no honorable means of dividing
nod weakening our enemies, that they
may feel some of the difficulties experi¬
enced by ourselves. It seems to me that
the most effectual mode of accomplishing
rue object, now within our reach, is to
give all the encouragement truth, we rising can, con¬
sistently with North. to Nor the de I think peace
patty of the wo
-should, in this connection, make nice
distinction between those who declare
for peace unconditionally and those who
advocate it as a means of restoring the
Union, however much wc may prefer the
former.
“We should hear in mind that the
friends of peace at the North must make
concessions to the earnest desire that
exists in the minds of their countrymen
fora restoration of the Union, and that
to bold out such a result as an induce¬
ment is essential to the success of their
party, Should the belief that peace will
bring back the Union become supported, general
the war would no longer be
and Vital is, after all, what We are inter¬
ested in bringing about. When peace
ik proposed to its it w ill be time enough
to discuss it* terms, and it is not the part
sawr'isST of prudence to s,..iru the proposition in
will Union. result in bringing us back to the
Wo entertain no such
bansions, nor doubt that the de-ire of
OUT people for a distinct and indepeud
cut tmlionai existence w ill proven* stead
fast under the influence of peaceful uiear* midst
ures as it has shown itself in the
, war>
“If the views I have indicated meet
tiie approval of your Excellency, tii you
will be-t know how to give effect them
Should impracticable, you deem them inexpedient will or
I think you never
theiesa agree with me that we should at
least carefully abstain Irom measures or
expression# that tend to discourage any
party whose purpose !* peace.
“With th* statement of mv own opin
ion oil the subject, the length of which
judgment yon will excuse, 1 leave to your better
to determine tho higher course
“MSSSw li. E. Lke, .— General. .mi.
ent servant,
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Heat ^xtcr$n'i* «5 Sear athanrf^he ’should lirea'F aid
canvassed'by cotton question be ti.ur
ougly the farmer. The
hMmTJu-ni.'l ane OP er Zn Zf-2
the diversified crops, will show. It is
true that b^dauted with manv, large Cotton crotis
must in order to meet the in
debtedne*. into which they have';, sen
by tsiiures iu previous years. With
them th© clsailJJO IBtlst 1*0 gradual question until
the burden i# thrown off. The
is asked by an exchange If at) acre plsrt
ed ifl cotton 1 rm^ m more m
the end of the year than an acre planted
ut gram Of any kind, or devoted to ra.a
.
ingho-s and cattle, wbv should It not be
Dime |.r„tita-.i .7.,.fit.Ido 1,. .o r*i«a raise f*il’.,!i como.i aitine a.mie f .
1 In- - because more
money.* paid out loraiaecotuin than
p.4iJ for any other crop. 1 lie man of ail
couott ha* bat few, if any, bog* and eat
tie, and very often not enough corn.
Ail these, with various other expense*,
come out of the cotton crop. People
are beginning to see and fee! that farm- .
ins; is a losing business, where everything attend
l is to be bought, and as they in :
L&rt to the raising of meat and bread
mfct-ir Condition become- more easy, and
^^■ened. nec-'aity for going in d bt is greatiy said
An intelligent farmer to
filer a few day. ago, what a coua-^
js wtou'd be if the friritier-x h?.d
■Pi:we:.,y£rz
c»rsu Iwh e 1 ;;:"::
UHttiojofike Ipica! •
tural society in convention, yet before
new year many farmers are without mon¬
ey, and sufficient forage,'and as soon as
the merchant opens his door for time
buyers, they go in and contract debts to
start on the new crop, and work on a
strain the entire year. There is no peace,
comfort nor prosperity in suclt a course.
— Mirror and Advertiser.
When Advertising is Wanted.
“There is nothing on earth so inyste
r j oug !y funny as a newspaper advenise
lnent >> BaV9 al) exc l jan ,, e . The prime,
first, last and alt the time object of It an
advertisement is to draw custom. is
not, was not, and never will be, designed
tor any other human purpose. So the
merchants waits until the busy season
comes and his store is so full of custom
ers he cant get his hat off, and then lie
rushes to the newspapers and puts in his
advertisement. When the dull season
gets along arid there is no trade, and he
wants to sell good so had he can't pay
rent, lie takes out hi* advertisement.
That is, some of them do, but occasion¬
ally a level-headed merchant puts in a
bigger one and scoops all the business,
while his neighbors are waking mort¬
gages to pay the gass bill.
There are times when you conldn r
stop people from buying everything i =
the store if you planted a cannon behind
the door, and that’s the time the adver
tisement is sent work on for its the holy advertisement, mission. It
makes light
for a chalk sign on the sidewalk could
do all that was needed and have a half
holiday six days in the week, but who
wants to favor an advertisement? They
are built to do hard work, and should be
sent out in the dull days when a custom
er has to he knocked down witli hard
facts and kicked insensible witli hank
rupt reduction and dragged in with irro
Bistable slaughter before lie wiU spend u
cent.
That's the aim and end of an adver¬
tisement, and if you ever open a store
don’t try to get them to come when they
arc sticking out of the windows, but give
them your advertisement right between
the eyes during the dull season and you
will wax rich and own a fast horse, and
perhaps be able to smoke a good cigar
unco or twice a year.
Write this down where you’ll fall over
it every day : business is
The time to draw when you
want business, and not when you have
more business than you call attend to
already.
Malarial Poison.
The droutli in Southwest Georgia last
spring dried up the wells, and we were
compelled to use water from tiie cri ck
on the plantation. The result was that
all were troubled with chills and fever.
I carried witli me several bottles offciwift's
iSpcailie, ami as long as I took it, 1 had
perfect health. As soon as 1 ceased tak¬
ing it, I, like the rest, was afflicted with
chill*. ^fJicu i resumed its use, I n an
a!! right again. Wo have used it in our
family as an antidote for maiuria poison
for two or three years, and have never
known it to fail in a single instance.
W. C. Furi.OW.
Sept. 11, 1881. Sumter Co., Ua.
A Ktv.luriiit.
Some two year* ago I received a boy
(Lona White) into the Columbus. Orphans’ He Home,
near Macon, from was
one of tiie poorest creatine* 1 tiave ever
seen—nothing but skin and hone—crip¬
pled and deformed by Scrofula, which
bad attended him from Ilia birth. About
eighteen months ago I commenced giv¬
ing him Swift’s Specific.. After several
bottles had been taken and no visible
results to be seen, 1 medicine. began to despair,
but continued tho At last
sign* of improvement became apparent,
and from that date to the present there
has been constant improvement in botli
body and mind, lie is now about four¬
teen years old, and is one of the • bright¬
est boys 1 have ever known. 1 honestly
believe that lie will ultimately outgrow
the effects of this loathsome disease un¬
der the influence of Swift’s Specific. which
The two eases of erysipelas with S. were S.
treated some two years ago S.
show no symptoms of return of tiie dis¬
ease. L. 15. I’AYKE,
Sup.t Orphans’ Home, Bo. Ga. Conf.
Nov. I, 1881. Ma’con, Ga.
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis¬
ease mailed free to applicants. Co.,
Tm; Swift Specific
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., 109 W. 23d St.,
N. Y.. and 1205 Chestnut St., t’taila.
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j The from following Laurens wonderful county to statement the Macon is
Telegraph and Messenger :
j There is a pear tree in Montgomery
county 87 years old, which ha* not failed
to bear a crop of iruil iu over eighty
years. The tree wu* set out by .A^r.
Sin Hind Davis in I7!>8. The fruit resem
hies the sand pear in shape and flavor,
l’he tree is six leet in circumference,
Jiy the way. it would not bo amiss to
state that Mr. Davis is now resident
Worth county, where lie removed from
Montgomery many years ngo, lie is
now 107 years old. He married four
years ago (at the age of 103) a young la
dy of 18 years of age. Mr. Davis is a
farmer and made a good crop last year,
lie ploughed regularly through the work
nig season,
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* IT A LEADS ALL.
Ho other Mood-purifying imsltoino is mads,
Ayer .' s Sarsaparilla. „ ___...
theUnss »truly«.«.tiD preoar*.
CATARRH nutubeihw# It will stop tbo Iisnwou* o«£!
ca».-».
mUt^bS
«( iw.viaWua wigia.
ULvtKUl)« „ •‘HitffcsTsx.Sept«, 1882.
«At of two Vff«« one of
OftDW m.y ch»Warn wlw terribly nfllicu t
.i. .tu-i ifiyw.'.
J^.L.wvi. JORE EYES erfin n“S SZi
Tb.v uniu.*! in (« rMom.ne.iOU.* ,l.»
Area's s.cBavi-uiii i.v. t (n*
dBoed a parcepUbie liayrovemwwt, wlileh, by
*n adbareuoe u. your orvcika.., *u coutbo
u.*t tea os.-pvto .»• N >
^
mem of anv thaorvUr w.t« uv. r aucuUo«i by
more prompt or eflaotual „
Xowsuubr. B. i. Joax^.v
ruuAau> by
Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell,Mass.
Sold by all l>rujggtst?; f I, six bottle for
Nil B8ARDIHG HOUSE
ANI> HOTEL.
- I I, VVK rental (he wvil-known H«tg«>n Rmd^
Hout^ formrlr oocuphnl by Mrs.
SHS
jssrvr-"- «a.
H. »*. BRISCOE,
18- FALL SEASON. 84
Wc again call our Customers’ attention to our
FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF
Which we are receiving.
We beg to offer ottr thanks to our friends for their liberal patronage in the
past, promising that we will make greater efforts than ever to
merit a continuance of their favors in the future. We
shall try to keep a good assortment of Goods
always on hand, and will make prices
as low us the lowest. We so¬
licit an inspection.
NO CJIAHGE Oil TROUBLE TO SHOW OUIt GOODS.
W. C. B 1 RCHMORE & CO.,
MAXEYS, CA •3
j. J. & G. G. SMITH & co.
SHOES ! SHOES ! !
Our Old Ladies’ Common Sense Shoes!
Qctils' and Ladies' Fine Shoes !
Ladies’ Mire Sewed Calf Shoes !
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OPEN this WEEK!
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A
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SMITH & BROOKS, LEXINGTON, GA.
| AIis.i m w * n wm rTrTTC.|l'JJ[IU'ITl J? 15 R
MILLI 1% T T X 'T* T 1 nv STERY! T —«—■ ^ —w— t
HI IHJk IS 8 aA*M «_ AM WTITftir dAUt wJ*
Is . . . her \\ stoeK of Millmerw latest
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_____ of alt KiiHls .ninuHi to order at bottom prices. Rustic
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CLOSING OUT!
Our Whole Winter Stock
AT COST!
All other Goods reduced in prices. Would invite an in¬
spection of our Stock.
M. MYERS & CO.,
College Avenue, m Athens, Ga.
1885
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lion. l-icX <>r Strtnstli. «le.. I'* iw* u
k ia'rai hE'Eb tr -» ’muK'' 1 ’.*- ,r ..m at. ««mpt*tnu 'iy
tonic complexion.
cure. It gives a floar andheaftliy
rue sny^t V’wguVI I'atunuus
•, .v’- t-oimiiN.u. and best.
\fuUM 5r«we-»l •* .-n.
haster’s iron Ton.c is fob Sale by all
. Qe;lers E.crt .where
csus^,.iTS ano
WOKLDb nr/\i)T r VtJ rAlK T - a T |>
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EXPOSITION t
-AT
ISew Orleans.
FREc InFuRMATIGN
as to rates, routes; schedules and sleeping car
arrangements.
Business is Bnsincss.
rtt?srta«s
aici-tv.ga.
CHAS. A. SCUDDER,
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ATHENS, GA.
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HORSES & MULES!
]gp“This season I am bettor prepared than ever to supply the people
of Oglethorpe and adjoining counties with the best of
FANCY AND FARM STOCK.
I receive shipments almost daily from the best markets. I guarantee bot h
my stock and prices, and never fail to give satisfaction. Don’t buy until
yon have visited my stables on Thomas Street, Athens, Ga.
w. s«.
DORSEY’S MILLS,
AT 1IEMS, GA., MAKE ONLY
m 1 I
which is far superior to steam-ground.
I? A CJ who will bring me as much as fen bushels of grain at one
f altiilLlilD time will get it ground; less amounts swapped.
wirp nil A lTO 3-. my Meal and Flour to and be of superior quality low.
1 0 - s please their customers prices'to--he
St '" a 11111 :i tn:d oi ' dci '- J. H. DORSEY, Athens, Ga.
CHAS. STERN & CO.,
CLOTHIERS,
.Hunnicutt Block,
ATHENS, <3-A.
A. R. ROBERTSON,
Manufacturer and Importer of
Me and Hale Monuments and Tubs,
-A-Te-heunts, g.a.
WA large lot of finisbeti Work, on hand ie*dy for Lettering. janl2 y
SUPPLY STOkE:
SHORT BROTHERS,
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA.
BUILDERS and contractors,
Will keep on hand, and in transit, a full supply of Yellow I’ine Lumber, rpugli and dressed.
Donrc HOOl S, ©dfcll SnsJi tHKI -hhI iHllHlS Blimls d *i Snuciiiltv OpCUdlltJ.
Moulding, Brackets and Balusters, the best lot of sawed all-heart pine
Sf
Agents for Pullman Car Co.’s Patent Sasli Lock.
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FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN OLD OGLETHORPE.
UTF. start out this season with ,he largest stock andllowest prices that haw Ib
>> ed 10 this section. \\ e have the goods and must sell them profit or no profit We must
have money ; the baad tmies have made us hungry for it, and all you bavetodo istoexam
ine our stock and prices to be convinced that we make the price of furniture for hundreds of
miles around
PACKED AND SHIPPED FREE OF CHARGE.
We boy for cash, hence can offer much better terms than those who bar on time. YVe
every\hins: from a chair for 40 cents, to chamber and parlor &nits for $500. All goods guar¬
anteed as represented.
J. L. BOWLxjS & CO.,
840 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
T. MARKWALTE3R
& ' , MARBLE WORKS, J'
A BKOAD STREET, (nearLower Market), AUGUSTA, GA.
QlO? i
Monuments, Tombstones and Marble Work generally made to order. Alarga
assortment always on hand ready or lettering. octi-I