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HAMILTON, UA.
~ J. M. M O liL EY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMILTON, OJ.
Win continue to practice laav an.all (lie
iMafeß sad TTnited States Court*.
Tfiok 8. MITCHELL, M. /A,
Hr si ilml Pliyurisn and Surgeon-,
HAMILTON -GEORGIA
fpari*] tlentson -gHren Vo -operative .snrgcrv
Term* Chkli
™CHATTAHOOCHEE HO USE,
By J. T. HJGGIRBGTHEM,
"WEST POINT, GA
~ ALONZO A. DOZIER,
AriroitNEY and at Law,
COLUMBUS, GA.
PractSccH in State and Federal Cmndß in
Georgia and Alabama. Mak.en Commeorcial
iLaw a specialty. Offiae over XJ. A. Redd &
•JJn'fi store, Columbus, Ga. dec44y
-**r r • ■ —*
Hines Hoscier,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
Will practice in tlie Cbatlahnoebee Circuit,
•r aDY’Where else. -Qftico in the
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CoUwnbus Dental Roams,
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Rfergia Home Building, CslHßibns, Ga
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%. 1. IJarvkt, Clerk.
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orcr lire & Murdock's store,
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tt. A. KOJINE,
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214 Broad St., (lolaiifthßs, Ga,
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•Caesimeres, Vestings, etc.
Cutting done at reasonable rate .
Mars your ekithef made brane, and 1 eaiar
t®*®* jieijec t-satisfaction in stjie.fi.nd price.
/ | From the Moruing News.]
NOli01) Y'S BALLING,
[Not Original]
I'm thinking, just now bf nobody.
And all that nobody's dona,
For I've a passion for nobody,
. That cobody else would own;
I bear the name of sonrebtxly,
l<’or from somebody l sprung;
Cut I sing the praise of nobody,
y And nobody mine has sung..
In life’s young .morning Homebody
To mo was tender and dear,
And my cradle was rocked by somebody.
And sonicliudy was ever near;
Now I'm petted and praised by noirody,
And nobody helps nifi up;
And when I'm hungry, noltody
(Gives me to dine, or to sup.
I get my learning from nobody.
And nobody tells me to read;
1 gtr in fire stieets with nobody,
And nobody gives me heed;
I recount my troubles to nobody.
For nobody Is willing to hear;
And my heart does cling to nobody.
And nobody sheds a tear.
And as I grow old, nobody
Gives me a helping turn;
And by ibo good aid of nobody.
My living I’m trying to earn;
And hence I’ve courted nobody.
But said, somebody I’ll be;
And ask’d to marry nobody.
And nobody' married me.
Thus I trfidge along with nobody.
And nobody cheers my life ;
And I’ve a hive for nobody,
Which nobody has for lis wife;
fio here’s*, hcallh to nobody,
For nobody now is grown ;
And I've a passion for nobody.
That nobody ielsf would own.
N. O. Boot.
[Special Correspondence for tiro iur its Ar. ]
Spuing Dale Stock Farm, )
Madisonville, Monroe Cos., Term,, >
Feb. 25tli, 187(5. J
Ed. JounvAi, —l am sorry that I
missed the first, issue of the Journal,
after throwing her banner to the
breeze, under the >ew name, but new
subscribers should always be sup
plied, that they may know with
whom to trade. !n peaking of tra
ding, I am reminded of our old and
tried friend, J. 11. Hamilton. I see
he is a liberal advertiser In the col
umns of the Jouhnal, Eaquirer,
Times, and Standa.ivi, and by so dry
ing he has so rapidly uncrossed his
trade, that he has keen forced to on
large his wrarunjotb. sfswe ts •double its
former dimctiskins. I always feel in
clined to shy around the merchant,
■who is too close to advertise his bt
sinesst his .customers are so few
when he does get©ne he pops him to
the bottom of his pocket.
But to return ; I find the Joursai.
much improved 'Under the new man
agent cm t, and it now stands in the
front rank of Georgia weeklies- Tire
people All read it, xml know that it
is a good paper, so I pas? to the
North and South Railroad. The peo
ple of East Tennessee are jubilant
over the early fruit km promised in
its completion to La Grange. It is
hoped the Legislature will not fail to
render the necessary assistance, and
thus form a ■competing line with the
arrogant Central.
Now, a word about our own freight
tariffs. The Granges of Monroe,
Blount and Ithes, counties, of East
Tent)., met in convention, and (suc
ceeded in ltaving corn shipped down
the Tel iso river, which empties into
the Tennessee river, to Chattanooga,
for three •cents a bushel, which is
just half the usual rates. It, is ten
cents per bushel to ship from Sweet
water to Chattanooga.
On the (first f Marcli, toe Gran
gers, merchants and formers, of the
the above counties, meet again to de
vise means for the construction of
wharfs, and anew boat of their own,
to plunge the waters of Te'lieo to and
from Chattanooga, and carry their
own produce.
Prof. G. A. Cranberry's school is
in full blast and is a good school.
The number of students are rapidly
increasing, and Madieonville now of
fers superior Advantages in a first
class school.
Thff .climate is -palubnons, good
water, cheap board, good society,—
and the ioenti'm is surrounded fey
distant high mountains, unsurpassa
ble to beauly and grandeur. The
valleys and land* surrounding TJadi.
sonrillc are generally rich and fertile,
producing the best timothy hay, fine
crops of w heat, bartcyi, rye, clover,
etc., a ltd from to ifO Ibushels .of
corn per acre.
A ibig -supper was given in the wv
terewt. <cf the Preebyteriaw elnureh,
at ißolrver Academy last Friday .night-
So you see we take some pride in
re! ijgious affairs. M une an cm.
JL fi. Taot&AßG®,
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1876.
EXCHANGE OF I’IIISUMAIS.
A LfHTKU FROM JKr PERSON DiYIK—
Calm ami Dispassionate: Reply
to Blaine's Attack on the Pkotlb
of unc South Ffi>ei:ai. and
CONFEDERATE PRISONERS --T II K
Fugitlesa Ait'ual to Chant.
Washington, I). C., February 0.
Jefferson Davis has written the fol
lowing letter to Judge Lyons, Rich
mond Virginia:
New Orleans, January 27, 187 C
Hon. James Lyon*: My Dear Friend
—Your very kind letter of the 141 li
instant was forwarded front Memphis,
and has beeu received at this place.—
I have been so long the object of ma
lignant slander, and the subject of
unscrupulous falsehood, by partisans
of tire class of Mr. Blaine,.that though
I cannot say it has become a matter
ot indifference, it lias ceased to eXeit#
tny surprise, even in this instance,
when it reaches the extremity of ae
acusing me of cruelty to prisoners.—
What matters it to ono whose object
is personal and party advantage that
the records both Federal and Confed
erate, disprove the charge ; that the
country is full of witnesses who hear
oral testimony against it, and that
the effort to revive the bitter animos
ities of war obstructs the progress to
wards the reconciliation of the sec
tions. it is enough for him if has
sclfseeking purpose be promoted. It
would, however, seem probable that
such expectations must be appointed,
for only those who are willfully blind
can tail to see the (fallacy of Mr.
Blaine’s statement. The published
fact of an attempt to suborn NVirt*,
when under sentence of- death by
promising him a pardon if he would
criminate me in regard to the Ander
sormlle prisoners, is conclusive as to
die wisii of the government to make
such charge against ina, and tbo fail
ure to do so shows that nothing
could be found to sustain it. May
we not say the evidence of my inno
cence was such drat Holt and Cono
ver with their trained baud of suborn
ed witnesses d,ared not to pinko
against me this charge at the time
whieh Wim for his life would not
make, but which Blaine for the Pres
idential nominal ion, has made. Now
let us review the leading facts of this
case. The report of the Confederate
Commissioner for the exchange of
prisoners shows how persistent and
liberal were our efforts to secure the
relief of captives. Failing in these at
tempts, I instructed Cen. It. E. Lee
to go under a flag of truce and seek
au interview with General Grant to
represent to him the suffering and
death of Federal prisoners held by
us; to explain the causes which were
beyond our control, and to urge in
the name of humanity the observance
of the cartel for the exchange of pris
oners. To this as all previous appeals,
a deaf ear was turned. I w ill not at
tempt from memory lo write the re
port made to me .of the incidents of
this mission. Lee no longer lives to
.defend the cause and oountry be lov
ed so well and served so efficiently,
but General Grant cannot fail to re
member so extraordinary a visit, and
his objections to executing the cartel
.are well known to the public.; but
whoever else may choose to forget
my efforts in this regard the prison
ers at Andersonville and the delegates
I permitted them to send to Resident
Lincoln for the resumption of ex
change of prisoners cannot fail to re
member how willing I was to restore
them to their homes and to the com
forts of which they were in need, pro
vided the imprisoned soldiers of the
Confederacy should be in like man
ner released and returned to us.
This foul aocus*tion, though direc
ted specially against me, was no
doubt intended and naturally must
be an arraignment of the South by
whose autliority and in whose behalf
niy deeds were done. It may be pre
sumed that the feelings and the hab
its of the Southern soldiers were un
derstood by me, and in that connec
tion any fair mind would perceive in
my congratulatory orders to the army
after a victory in which tike troops
wiere most commended lor their ten
derness -and gencrousity to the
wounded and other captives, as well
as the instincts -of the person who .is
sued the ikiiigirtly temper <A'tblte. soil
■daers to wlrcnn .it was addressed. It
is admitted that the prisorters in our
hands were not .as well pirovkled for
as we would hav.@ liked but it is ,
■claimed that sue did as well iwr them
as we ttxuhL Can the ttihex ide any j
las much? To the hold allegations of
ill t realuient of prisoners bv our sine
and itumini treatment and adequate
J supplies by our opponen', it, is only
! necessary to offer two facts. First, it
appears fiom the reports of the Unit
ied States War Department that
though we had <50,000 morn Federal
prisoners than they hd of Confeder
ates, 6,000 more of Confederates died
in Northern prisons; second, tire
want and suffering of men in North
ern prisons caused me to ask for per
mission to send out cotton and sup
plies for them. T* request was
gr&iited only on condition that the
cotton should be sent to New York
and the supplies be bought there.
General Beale, now of St. Louis, was
authorized to purchase and distribute
the needful supplies. Our sympathy
rose with the occasion and respond
ed to its demands, not waiting for
ten years then to vaunt itself when it
could serve no good purpose to the
sufferers. —Under tit® iHolleivirng in
fluence of time and occasional de
monstations at the North of a desire
for the restoration of peace and good
will, tire Southern people have for
gotten much, have foagiveti much ol
wrongs they bore. If it be less so
among their invaders it is bat anoth
er example of the rn'e that the
wrong doer is less able lo forgive
than he who has suffered causeless
wrongs.
It is not., however, among those
who braved tiro hazards of battle that
unrelenting vindictiveness is to be
found—l.hc brave and generous and
gentle. It is tiro skulker* of the fight
-—the Blaines—who display their flag
on an untented field. They made no
sacrifice to prevent th£ seperation of
the States. Wiry should they bo ex
peeled to promote the confidence
and good will essential to their anion?
When closely confined at Fortress
Monroe I was solicited to add iny
name to those of many esteemed gen
tlemon who bad signed a petition for
my pardon, and an assurance was giv
en that on my doing sir the Pr esident
would order my liberation.
Confident of the justice of our
cause an 1 the rectitude of my own
conduct 1 declined to sign the peti
tion, and remained stihjuct to the in—
cxemaide privations and torments
Dr. Craven has but faintly described.
When after two years of close con
finement, 1 was admitted to hail, a
often as required I appeared for
trial under the iudiotmuut found
against me, hut in which Mr. Blaine’s
fid one do not appear. The indict
ment was finally quashed, on no ap
plication of mine.; nor have I ever
evaded or avoided a trial upon any
charge the general government
might choose to bring against me,
and have no view oi the future which
makes it desirable to nae to he in
cluded in an amnesty bill. Viewed
in the abstract, or as a general ques
tion, I would be glad to wee tbo re
peal of all laws inflicting the penalty
of political disabilities on all classes
of the people, that it might he pre
scribed by tho Constitution, bo left
to the courts to hear and decide
causes, and to affix penalties accor
ding to pre-existing legislation.
The discrimination made Against
oar people is unjust and impolitic.
If the fact be equality, and the
purpose be fraternity among the clt
i/ajns of tho United Stales, conviction
and sentence without a hearing, with
out jurisdiction, ami affixing penal
ties by ex pout facto legislation, are
part of the proceedings which had its
appropriate end in tlwa assumption by
Congress of the executive function
of granting pardoDs. To remove po
litical disabilities which tlnere was not
legal power to .impose, was not an
act of so much grace as to form a
plausible pretext for the reckless di
atribe of Mr, Blaine. The papers
preserved by Dr. Stevenson happily
furnished full proof of the cause of
disease and death at Andersosiville.
They are now, I believe, in Rich
mond, and it is to be hoped tb+zir pub
lication will not he much longer de
layed. I have no taste for recrimin
ation, though the sad recitals made
by our soldiers returned from North
ern prisons eati never ho forgotten,
and you will re mem her the excite
ment those produced and live censo
rious publicatiikus which were uttered
against me because I wftWild not vi-it
on the helpless prisoner* an our
hands such barbarities ns, according
to reports, had been inflicted -upon
our .men. Imprisonment is ,-a hare
lot at the best, And prisoners are
prone U> cxagnrai&e Jib tar andfantugs
and such was propablv the ease on
both' sides. But we did not seek, by
reports of commit tec*, with photo
graphic illustrations, to inflame the
ilie passions of the people, How
was it with the enemy ? Let one ex
ample sfliuoe. You may remember
a published report of a committee of
tiro United .Stales Congress which
was sent to Annapolis to visit some
exchanged prisoners, and which hud
appended W it the photograph* of
hoiuo emaciated subjects, which
were offered as sample* of prisoners
I', turned from the South. When a
eoppy of that report was rcoivod, I
sent it to Col. Oulrl, Coinmiommer
for the Exchange of prisoners, and
learned, as I anticipated, that thn
photographs, a* far as they could he
identified, had becu taken front men
whp wore in our hospital* when they
were liberated for exchange, and
whom the hospital surgeon regarded
as convalescent but too we*k lo bo
removed with safty to themselves.
The anxiety of the prisoner* to he
sent to their homes had prevailed
over the objections of the surgeon.
Butythis is not all, fori have re
cently learned from a priest who was
at Annapolis that the must wretched
Looking of these photographs was ta
ken from a tuan who had never been
a prisoner, but who had been left on
the “sick list’’ at Annapolis when
the command to which he was at
tached had passed Dial place on its
southward march.
Whatever may be said iit extenua
tion of such imposture because of the
exigencies of the war, there can bo no
such excuse now for tire attempts of
Mr. Blaine by gross misrepresenta
tion and slanderous accusation to re
vive the worst passion of the war,
and it is to he hoped that much as
the event is to he regretted it will
have the good effect of evoking truth
ful statements in regard to this Battle
underfeit ood subject from men who
would have preferred to leave their
sorrowful story untold peacefully to
sink into oblivion. Mutual respect is
needful, for the common interest ines
sential to a friendly union, and when
slander is promulgated front high
pkocs the public welfare demands
that truth should strip falsehood of
its sower for evil.
] am, respectfully and tardy, your
friend, Jefferson Davis.
How to Keep a Subscriber.
An indignant farmer recently en
tered the office of a New Jersey pa
per and ordered his paper
because he differed from the editor
in his views regarding die advanta
ges of subsoiling fence ralis. The
editor, of course, .conceded the man's
rights to stop his paper; but ho re
marked, coolly, looking over his list:
“Do you know Jim Sawders,
down at Hardscrabble?’’
“ Very well,” said tho man.
11 Well, he stopped his paper last
week because I thought a farmer was
a blamed fool who didn’t know that
timothy was a good thing to graft
ou huckleberry bushes, and Iso died
in four hours.*’
■“Lord, is that so?’’ said the as
tonished granger.
“ Yes ; and you know old George
Erickson, down on Eagle Creel; ?”
“ Well, I’ve heard of him.”
“Wail,” said tho editor, gravely,
he stopped his paper because I ,aid
ho was the happy father of twins mid
congratulated him on his success so
late in life. Ho fell dead within
twenty minutes. Th. ro are lots of
similar cases; bat it don’t matter. 1 Ij
just cross your name off, though you
don’t look strong, and there’s a bad
color on your nose.’*
“ Sec here, Mr. Eds tor,” said the
subscriber, looking somewhat alarmed
<■ I believe I’ll just keep another
year, 'cause I always did like your
paper ; and, eome to think about it,
you’re a young inan aod some allow
ance ortor be made.’’
And he'*j(‘parted, satisfied ilnat le
had made a narrow .escape from
death.
T’-wo Reasons. — u Here’s a buy
down here who wants to lick meJ”
exclaimed a boot black as he ap
proached a poJicetuan on Griswold
street yesterday.
“He does., eh ? What for?”
“ Say* l .called him .names, but I
didn't.”
“Are yo-u afraid of him?”
“No, ot exact !y, but I don’t like t.o
fiirfit- One reason i% I premised ,tuy
living .mother I wouldn’t, and tille
otimr tm ’cauae Hggpfn i am I”
lit’ WadnH There.
The baby who wasn't at tbo Union
Fair at lire post office in hi* Utile
buggy yesterday. Ho wan a baby
with snag.teeth, yellow hair, white
eyes and au ttgly kick lo Ilia heel*.
A pedestrian tried to pat him on the
nose, and the young generation struck
at him ami howled disconsolately.
A boot-black pinched his fool, and
ilie baby kicked right and left and
made the covers fly.
“lie wasn’t at the fair, was he?”
inquired one of the boys as Uio
mother came out.
“ I guys* be wasn’t —not much,’*
she answered “He was at homo
minding his business.’’
“Then he didn’t get fi golden ea
gle?”
“He didn’t get. nothing,” sir® nap
ped, “ I don’t put my flesh and blood
on exhibition for no golden eagle, or
golden gcerc, or golden anything
else.”
“ Bint he’d have taken A. 1,0. K.,
XXX premium if you’d bad him
111010,'’ peisistcd the boy.
“He’s just as good as lie is hand
some,’’ she replied ub she tucked the
olojthe* down. “ I’ve been told, over
and over again that lie is the hand
somest Inby in Detroit.’*
“ Would you sell him,*’ wriiously
nquireil the Bor.
“ Sell him 1 Why, w hat could you
do with a Inby?”
“ I’d j*ainl his *, dye hi* hair
whittle cut some good teeth for Irene,
trim hi* ears, and sell him fora lo -
baoeo sign,” whispered the boy.
This is why a woman wna seen
yesterday charing a Boy around tire
postoffiee rquare, always just near
enough le get. 111 a kick, but 11 Ways
just an instaut too late to hif the
spot. When a policeman stopped
her who hud both hands clenched, her
eyes flashed fire, her teeth wore hard
shut, and *]■’. gASped ;
“ Take my honso and lot, but let
me get hold of that boy." —Free
I'ircKs,
Two Docrur in tub Family. — A
tniunifid couple at. Arcadia, Indian*,
have twenty-four childred, twelve
boys and twelve girls, the oldest be
ing thirty years of age, tbo re,suit of
marriage. The giri* all dress
alike and the family all eat, at one tft.
bio, the girls on one side and the
boy* on the other, live f*liner at the
he&d, ami the mother at the foot.—
The old gentleman is well off, awl
intends to keep the family together
until ho dies, when he says they can
do as they lik-e.
Ctrr For aNi w Deal.—A certain
parson, who is a school toaqher,
handed a problem t< bis class in
mathematics the other day. The
first I>oy took it, looked at it, and
said; “ I turn it down,’’ Tlve third
boy stared at it awhile, and drawled
out; “I can’t make it." “Very
good, boys,’’ said tbo parson, “we
will proceed to cut for anew deal.”
Arid the switch danced Tike lightning
over the shoulders of those depraved
young mathematicians.
Plenty Lard. —lie had ju*t re
turned from Iris bridal tour, having
married five daughter of a wealthy
Cincinnati pork-packer, and was feel
ing a# fine and frisky as a grasshopper
in July. At the door of tho hotel, he
encountered a friend, who said to
him; “Well, Orrttkey how do you
like married lifeV “Bully!" ex
claimed the enthusiastic bridegroom.
“It’s all j'oKir fancy painted it?”—
u Oh, yes ; Liza’s splendid, and I have
all the lard I want now for my hair.”
I’rbilogos of Lciip year.
“ Young ladies have the privilege ol
saying anything they pleaso during
Leap Year,*’ rho said, eyeing limshmA
of the corner of Jrer.ey.es with a sw.jcl
look,
11 is heart gave a great bound, and
while she wondered if she w as going
Ho ask the <] nest ion which he had ’*o
long d.ii<ed and feared to do, he
aits wened, “ Yes.”
“And the young man must not re
fuse;” saiil she.
■“‘No, ,nol ILew could they?’'
sighed he.
“ Well. said she, “willyo.it
lie fell on his knees and saidt
“Anything, fwiythitig you ask, dar-
Hug.”
■“Wait till I get through. Will
you take* walk, and pot hang around
.our house bo much ?’*
Aud he walked.
$2.00 A YEAR.
J>’yr the Jocuxal.
Tax on Dugs. ,
Kn. Journal—A dog i* property
ns well h a hog, cow or horse. No
man shall b. deprived of hi* jfrojr
erty without due prone** <•{■ la v.—-
The ulterior pnrpo*- is to kill.oht
tho rings I,y taxing them to death.
I that a due process of law? Sg
mo for my dog, ami make me pay
damages ddno by him as you would
lor d Manages done by my atock (-hut
don't kill my dog, though caught in
the act of uiisoliiei,. or discriminate
ngaiuat him because Tie is a dpg.
Don’t lay heavy hiuthens on him an l
all iog* because tlioro are sorry; rtris
cheirou* dogs. Iu morals nor law
may we do indirectly what we e*a
wot, do directly. There are oilier
sorry, mischievous and domestic ani
mals, mules, horses, oattlo and treats.
Don’t discriminate mi thru*. “Taxes
shall be uniform on all property,**
so says the book : and yet you pro
pose to tax my ring extra etc- other
nnimnfa, because sonieWdy's dog
kills sJvocp. Make me put awalu* on
him, and come on with yoiir one
fourth of one pier cml and one-tenth
of one percent Nutting bonds, an<(
none <*f your specific taxes of law
yers, doctors ami circuses; and then
yon* county father* Irriug on your
budget, a* you are want, of 75 and
100 per cent on thnt. Put those ou
tny dog, as you would oil my cow,
goat, or mule ; but dhn’t tax niydpg
a dollar, and tny hog two and a half or
llvo cents. You can’t do uy such
tl.iag. Bo*e dog# are worth SW);
some arc not worth a cent. On#
man has* good dog; another lias a
worthless one. You woUI tax iho'
good oiw a* mijchji* the orry one.
Aiy dog is my protector; lie infls in
of the ♦hcif’s approach; hs run# Other
dogs off, and is my helper; ho oitftthcs
my mischievous hog, find my fi4igli
bor’ mischeivoius hog, ainl drives
out ttwe urischeivous asws, —mine
and ruy neighbor’s—from the field
irrto which' they raided; ho tell* me
at night my neighbors mulct, aWin
my wheat, my barley and tny oAts f
he get* the game np for me and pnr
snes and catches it. My mughfektr
riambo lives two or three months In
I the year by his dog, on opossum, rab
bits, co on#, ete. The foxman even
elainm his dog to catch the foxes, tri
save ilis neighbor’s pigs, geese aud
poultry, and for sport, For pleasure.
And why not? Why not let us have
pleasure? You have a pleasure Car
riage, a horse to ride for' pleasure,
enjoyment, health feud recreation.
One tiring for pleasure for one man,
awother thing for pleasure for an
Other man. “ Life, liberty aiul thn
pursuit of happiness’’ are proclaim”d
as inalienable rights, fend Iftnt of
properly, as wrfl, withont due p’-o
cess of Haw.’’ Tax my dog, batdoh’n
discriminate against him. TV'es
must be uniform on all property tax
ed, and ad valorem. The devil take
all discrimination 1 f ‘ God is no re
specter of persou*,” whether he owns
a cow, mule or dog—all fins or *or;y.
Put on your por centum, but put. on
all alike— ad valorv.ru, and if wy dog
kills my neighbor’s tiheep, make me
pay the damage, quickly, certainly
and fully, without benefit of clergy
or homestead. You’ll be after tny
oat next or ray poultry. It isn’t to
much the dog as the revenue. It inu’t
so much tbo sheep as the money in th
treasury. “Tliot e’s wool in the teeth,"
but it means mutton—the mutton of
more revenue to maintain high-pay,
high salaries.
It’s a doggish pretext, — sheepish
ajiolojfjr for further tribute. Dog-ou '
such Legislation. Old Reo. '
Wolves.— The wulvesof Wisconsin
arc unusually bold ihj*e*oa. They
evencooio Jute .tAw riHages and at
tack men. Last Thrtlay evening a
pack of the laeael attacked a citizen
at pArkuui, Clark County, on the
road half mile from town, and man
ifested a most determined disposition
to make tueal of him. He wjccet lod
in fighting them ofi'and machod liornn
a much frightened man. Cut Iren
ate carefully housed after nightfall in
towns and country. The vicious
brutes often invade villages and ser
enade tli inhabitants with the mu
sic of their howls.
u EEI> This. —All persons indebted
to inn lor subscription or advertising
are ri.cpiested to settle the same at
once. All dues .can be left at tho
JouuisaJt oiUiut; during my absence.
D. VV. I). 'Coidly.
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