Newspaper Page Text
VOL. IV.—NO 28
'HIE JOURNAL
BY LA HATTE & GRANBKRKY.
vVv c ■ H ROBSCRimON BATES
Om* copy one your r
On* copv fix —
One copy three months >
Amy one fnrnMiln* five subscribers, with
the money, will receive copy free.
SabecrUers wishing their paper* chamred
from on* po.t-office to auotiier, most state
the name of the post-office from which thev
wish it chau K ed. a. well a* that to which
tk All* übwTiptions most be paid in "dvehc®-
The paper will be stopped at the end of the
time paid for, unless subscription* are pre
vieasly renewed.
Fifty Bumbers complete the year,
carh advertikino rates.
” tlraca Imo 3 mo* 6 "in* 12
i iu. j, t‘l fxi s4*so 3000* 10 00
9 inches 460 726 HOO 18 00
t Inches 500 900 13 00 22 00
}£•:•. SB SB 88 SB
lss—3 ass *iSo So? mm
Marriuires and deaths not exceeding six
ie will be published free.
Payment, to be made quarter yin advance,
according to schedule rates, unless otherwise
advertisements will state
the length of time thev wish them published
and the space they want them to occupy
Parties advertiainer bv contract will be re
tricted to their legitimate busmeps.
LIOAI. ADVERTISI£H<!TS.
■hsriri sales, l-er inch, foW week". . .$3 50
** mortgage fi fa BftV*. P er lnc ' 1 * &
Citation for letters of tministration,
.uardianshlp. etc.. thrij■days. .... 3 00
Hetice to debtors andcreditors of 6 M
estate, forty days /•• •• • • • ■•■ •••
Application for leayc to sell land, four
Blos*of ianri. Vte.‘ per in h, *°**'**P 6 00
•• •• perishabb property, per inch.
AprUestion formers of dismission from
Application f<r letters of dismission from
*,l nrini.tr,tion, three months
Kstahlishim lost paper*, the full space
•r three months. per inch • • 7 w
C*a.i*iliiK title, from executors or ad
ministstors, -yhere bond has been
Svenby the deceased, the full space _
of three months, per inch ‘
K. Tt i n tries. thirty days. • • • 3 uu
kuletor foreclosure of mortgage, four
souths, monthly, per mob 6 00
lal*ef insolvent paper-, thirty days. • ■ •
two weeks
Bugineas Qg> i da
XDr. T- J_i- irenKins,
"llll”'
HAMILTON, CA'.-
J. M. M O BLjE Y,
attorney at law,
HAMILTON, GA.
Win continue to prsctirs law In all the
glam a nd United Slates Courts.
J. T. Bixmit.. H. C Oahbbox
•MLOIL T <t < AM EL ON,
attorneys AT LAW,
IIEIITM, GEORGIA
WUI practice In the S** and Federal
Ovtlg. Oflic# in th Court House
ALONZO A. DOZIER,
Attobsm|and/Counseior at Law,
COL UMB US, GA.
Practices in Btate and Federal' Courts in
w. .„, Alabama. Makes Communal
Jlyr a specialty. Office oyer Ko. 126 Cobim
bns. a*. dec4lr
yrineg Uozler,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
Will practice In
•r tayvrhere else. Offic* in ths Korthwert
•ormet of tbe Court-house, up-ftire. )n8
Columbus Dental Rooms
W. T.
,„ r| l t Bunt Building, Colombia Ga
CENTRAL HOTEL,
Ujuatotl®'
Mr*. S. E
MlllMj® JOURNAL.
No luyesfigition Needed,
MAX ADKLUB RUNS FOB JB PBKSI
DKNfIT.
I have pretty ninth made np \y
mind now to run fr the presidency.
vVliat the country want* ia a candi
date who cannot 1c injured by in
vestigation of hh past history, bo
that the eneraier of the party will
be unable to rate up against him
things that nobdy heard of before.
If you know tic most about a can
didate, to begii with, every attempt
to spring tl.ngs on him will be
checkmated, Now I am going to
enter the field wi'h an open record.
lam going to own tip in advance t<>
all the wickedness I have done, and
it any Congressional committee is
<li<ipord to prowl around my biog
raphy, in the hope of finding any
dark and deadlydeed which I have
secreted, why, ’et it prowl.
Iu the first place, I admit that I
treed a rheumatic grandfather of
mineiu the winter o f 1859. lie was
old and inexpert at climbing tree*.
But with a heartless brutality that
it characteristic of me, I ran him
out of the front door in his night
shirt, at ,he point of a shot gun, and
caused hiia to bowl up a maple tree,
where he remained all night, while 1
emptied shot in his legs. I did this
because hs snored —I will do it again
if I ever have another .grandfather.
lam as inhuman now as I was in
1859. No rheumatic person shall
snore >n my house.
I candidly acknowledge that I ran
away at the battle of Gettysburg.
My friends have tried to smooth
over thi fact by asserting that I
merely got behind a tree; that I did
so for the purpose of imitating Wash
ington, who went into the waods at
! Valley Forge to say his prayers. It
•is a miserable subterfuge. I struck
out in a straight line for the Tropic
of Cancer, simply because I was scar
ed. I wanted my country saved, but
I prefeisd to have somebody else
save her; I entertain that preference
yet. If the bubble, reputation, can
be obtained only at the cannon’s
month, I tm willing to go tV-re for
it, provided the cannon is empty. It
it is loaded, my immortality and in
flexible purpose is to get suddenly
over the fence and go home. Air
invariable practice in war has been
to bring out of any given fight two
thirds more men than I took in.
This seem* to we to be Napoloenio
in its grandeur.
The last time I ran for the presi
dency there was some unpleasant
talk about nay implication in a trans
action with the widow Pollock’s
dneks. The matter was hushed up;
but I have tio objection to admitting
the truth respecting it. I have al
ways had a favorite theory that roast
ducks were conductive to hysterical
'symptoms, and as every instinct of
my nature prompted me to protect
the widow from the ravages of hys
teria, I but firmly removed those
ducks. The fact that she began a
prosecution against me is not a mat
ter o r conseq enee. It is the fate of
the phi lanthropist to be misunder
stood. But duty is my guiding star,
and if it lesda me te ducks or destruc
tion I shall follow it.
My financial views are of the most
decided charae er, but they are no!
likely, perhaps, to inorease my popu
larity with the advocates of inflation
or contraction. Ido not insist upon
the special supremacy of rag money
or havd money. The great funda
mental principle of my life is to take
any' kind that I can get.
The rumor that I buried my dead
aunt under one of my grape vines
it founded upon faets. The vines
needed fertilizing, my annt had to
be buried, and I dedicated her to
this high purpose. Does that unfii
me for the presidency ? The consti
tution of out couutry does not say so.
No other citizen was ever co'“>-' >
unworthy of the o*
ri^ r^
Hamilton, Harris co„ fA„ Wednesday, august 2,1876
my record. Ou them I oorue before
the o untry. If my oountry don’t
want me, I will go hack again. But
I recommend tnyself as a safe man—
a man who starts from the basis of
total depravity, and proposes to be
fiendish to the last.
■Wi ' Wi
Borgia ia getting her “stake*’’ for
one hundred thousand, at the least
c *lcution, for Tilden and Hendrioks
m Us Novstnber election, and she
will no.be disappointed. Sound th®
tocsin! I‘lden and Hendricks will
be our next Y -.sidents.
Signer* of theT><; C i a nrtjoiK
“The Fathers” were ot „|d men .
The average sge of the sig,,, rH 0 f ,he
Declaration ou the 4th of
scarcely reached forty-five yenrs.John
Hancock, the President, wae but
thirty-nine yearß old. The six oldes,
representative* were Benjamin Frank
lin, aged 70; Stephen Hopkins, aged
69; Francis Lewis, aged G 8 ; James
Smith, aged 63 ; Matthew Thornton,
aged 62, and George Taylor, aged 69.
The seven youngeet were Thouia-
Lynch, Jr., of South Carolina, aged
27; Edward Rutledge, ofSouth Car
olina, aged 27 ; Tho*. Hayward, of
South Carolina, aged 30; Arthur
Middleton, of South Carolina, aged
35 ; Tho*. Jefferson, of Virginia, aged
33; Eldridge Gerry, of Massachu
setts, aged 32; Betij. Rush, of Penn
sylvania, aged 31. The difference of
:ge between Franklin, the olde-t
member, and Lynch, the youngest
was forty-throe years. Youth, mid'
die and old age were fairly represent
ed: o were the nationalities. Two
membeas were horn in England, two
in Ireland, two in Scotland, one in
Wales, and the re-t in the colonies.
A down East ediior says the la
dies’ spring hat are pretty, and worn
on the upper edge of the left ear,
which makes one look arch and pi
quant, like a chicken looking through
a crack in a fence.
The St. Louie Republican mentions
some of the troubles that will follow
use of silver change: ~\Vlien n
man walks much the inside of hi* leg
wih be chafed raw. When-less than
£l is to go by mail it will have to he
converted first into postage stamps.
When von run for a stre t car, mon
ey - ill fly "Ut of your pockets at ev
ery jump. When you tell you wile
that you have no money, she will say
that you lie, for she heard it jingle.
It will be difficult to pay a man a
quarter bv mistake for a half. When
you are in a hurry, the store-keeper
will have to weigh the coin in bis
band and sound it twenty five times
on a counter before he can determine
whether it is good. The baby will
swallow a dime a day. A boy with
•i quarter will lose it in a crack in
two minutes, from which no amount
of coaxing wi* h forks and ohips can
recover it. Sleepy men will put but
tons and lozenges into contribution
boxes as of yore.”
At a youthful gathering, the other
evening, a young man asked a young
lady whether, if his small brother
was a lad, he was not a ladder, and
she kindly said she thought he must
be, she could see through so easily.
It is pleasant to be a young man.
How to Cube Coen boDDKB, o*
Fodder Coke. —Dr. Janes, in his last
circular, gives a plan. Here is one
better: Cut your corn, when in tas
sels, as he says; but then, immediate
ly tie it np in bundles, and shock it
with about 15 bundles. Tie a stalk
or two aboet halfway up the shock,
sround it, and mount a stool, if too
high, and tie a wisp around the top;
shove in the projecting blades around
the shock; and go about your oilier
business, and don’t be running, and
scared, to lake it ud for fear it wil
rain T
A Voice front Oitaut*.
En. Joukva :Yo lr editorial <*,
the “Coming Gmpaign,” will doubt
less receive cotments by the public,
and the majority will favor it, as far
as it goes.
A* I am not standi cate, and, as in
all probability wo will not have one
jn our district, I feel at liberty to
throw out a few sipgestioos, with
out running the risk of wounding the
feelings ot my neigibms.
Among the many issmi, w hich will
he brought bsfore the fbnveniion i* :
“Who do ym favor foi the United
State* Semite?” Now, we are all
anxiouc to siveGov. Tilden the liest
man we cangge t 0 assini him in the
great work w(lich
contemplates be^„ ing nflpr , )jt jn I
augural. Hut jf we C#IJ get ,| ie
right mn in t]> Legislature, we can
well afford > r ’ ihiain their hand*
without inat otions>
“Are you. no4e( j j 0 homestead?
If o, you mu*t fig lhe Constitu
tional Convention,” ay gomo w }, o
oppose tho Con vet.but, tho
homestead is not the ty important
work of a Constitution Convention.
I believe that the tnnjo ~ o f l | )t , peo
ple are in favor of prov ni , f or tb*
“wife and little ones,” ate not In
favor of giving them if pr>o In .told,
and if this be the case, and the tna
jority are in favor of reducing tha
homestead to >I.OOO, they should
have the priviledge of doing so.
Bui more iinpoitar.ee attaches to
other issues for onr consideration.
The bogus bonds should be placed
beyond the possibility of redemption,
where they cannot annoy the people,
or con*nme the tune ot fegislalioii.
lain confident there are too many
bureaux, and while T may have be' n
at a time, in favor of abolishing the
agricultural bureau, I doubt the econ
omy of doiug so. I admit it should
be more economically managed, and
should aff ird less opportunity for in?
position, yet, we pay f .itr-fifths of
the tax, leceive fewer b unfits arising
from taxation, and it seems that we
need all the help we oat and I
nope it n.A, V.o> eol •nvn'e bentfit to
us as agriculturist. Now, as to
“catching lings,” who knows what
good it might do. Bugs are very
troublesome and distinctive to crops,
and the only thing I fear is the “bug
catcher” fails to do his duly, yet gets
bis full pay. There ar too many
positions to fill, it requires too many
men to fill them, and everyone wants
more pay than the financial ernbar
asments of the country will authorize.
The Governor, clerks, commissioners
and Judges of the Supreme and Su
perior court, and all others, should be
satisfied with less money, and take
the bailance of their pay iu “honor.”
We pay about twerty-five pier cent
of the State school fund to its offi
cers. We have 100 iiany Represent
atives; they meet toooften; hold ses
sions too long; receive too much per
diem; charge too much milage, and
employ too many clerks. Although
we would not sacrifice the honor, dig
nity, aud worthiness nf a man, for
the sake of a little profit in the reduc
tion of saleries, yet tbit condition we
are in demands i'cwfcr officers in Na
tional, State and chintv government.
The tax payers cal not obtain the
neccessary comfort of life, and the
public servants slould learn the
economy that has fcreed itself upon
their employers. P
The public men isrgne fliat they
can not live in Atlahta on smaller sal
aries than they now receive; if they
can not, they bad best move to
another place. You have already
hinted at the dcmoralizttion of this
place; another difficulty is, tbit in all
probability, the State capitol will fall
and if it should do so while some of
our orators are thundering away on
the dog law, or trying to supply
mo-a of their friends with nesrtons,
the people, lie need not put in his
bid. A bountiful feature about it i*
that this would take u great respon
sibility off of the legislature.
Ouo great argument in proof that
the taxes are extravagant, and too
high,
>*, that iu the Southern States,
we have of the pro rata of money, on
ly >2.80 per capita, and pay *2 00 in
pe r capita a* tax; all of it,
hat .80 mints p r head, passes through
the hand* of collector*. The people
havo the right, not only to demand
this great reform and reduction of
tKeir public servants, but sav, also,
who shall iheße public servants bo; 111
other words, the people should e.
lect men to suit the offioe, regardless
of solicitations of those who want a
job of public work. “Lot the office
seek lhe man,” ami a great change
can then be wrought, Let the pow
er of soma of officers ho more limit
ed, and the terms of office, in some
instances, might be shortened to an
advantage. T.ofc tK *um(iU have a
fair expression from their journals;
urge them t o turn out .at all of the
primary meetings, and attend to
these duties, or submit to the action
of those who do. Let everybody
wotk in harmony, lay aside preju
dice, personal preferences, strife and
tvy. Let us give Tilden lhe best
m-n ne have to help him. Let us
'l’e Gen. Colquitt good men to aid
hnthat be may do the work for
ouftatc which Tilden accomplished
forNcw York. Let the people
* cno that the Democratic parly
business, and reform, by their
caiid<* o H , an( p victory will perch
upon the bloody shirt
will bo tr:n., ( ] j n and ours
will be a land c n t en j, in d pros
perity. For lilts. 4 nre vvilltng to
work, and that it i~ BOOn bo our
pleasure to realize it of
your correspondent from
OatAi.
(For the Journal.)
The Sioux War.
In 1852-4, a war occurred as fol
lows with this tribe of Indians:
An emigrant Mormon train aban
doned a cow. An Indian kil cd the
cow. A Lieutenant, and a squad of
men went to the camp of the Indians,
and demanded the one that killed
the cow-. They were w illing to pay
for the cow-, but refused to dilkster
the cow-killer; w hereon, the lieuten
ant and squad fired on the Indians—
killing several. The Indians closed
in on them, and killed the lieutenant
and squad. That was the beginning.
The eud was thirty million dollars
cost, and many lives lost.
Custer sad his troops charged on
the Indians, killing several. The In
dians closed in on Custer and liiH
troops, and killed them. How vory
like! Cow in that; perhaps, gold in
this.
OTtIKII INDIAN WAKB.
Seven hundred Seminole warrior*
fought our regular army, and a large
volunteer force, lor 7 years, and kill
ed about 1,600 of our men, and cost
U 5550,000,000. In IHO4, & ranch
man, named Ripley, charged the
Cheyenne* with stealing his gtoclt.
Lieutenant Dunn, w ith a squad of
men, searched, but couldn’t find the
stock. They attempted to disarm a
company of Cheyennes, and one sol
dier was killed, and some wounded.
Then followed the Cheyenne war, in
which, 120 Indians, mostly women
and children, were muwlrred, in cold
blood, at Sand Creek, while rearing
on their hunting-ground under the
protection of our flag. Thia war
cost $40,000,000— 50 says Barker.
2nd OHKTKNsm WAR.
In 1807, a military company flam
ed the peaceful village of Cheyenne,
on ihe Pawneefork, in Western Kae
■as, and then, in )>eae* on lands as
signed them sinde the treaty of ’65
We lost three hundred soldiers and
citizens, and six Indians were killed.
It cost $8,000,000 iu money.
another SIOUX WAR.
•he military took posses
country, in
Th* Local Editor.
The following is borrowed, and it
U the best we overbad a local editor
lend t:
”If a m*n buys new a buggy, or if
his cow can bawl three times with
out winking, the local is expected to
nroclaim with a grand flourish. II he
star's a two-penny business, his first
'bought is to bribe the focal with
a five cent cigar to write up a five
dollar puff. ludeod he thinks it ia a
mission of the local to make his fs-_
time for him by ’’free blowing.”
He will take tho local to one s : de
and point out the superior qualities of
'■at terrier dog, and coolly asked him
to give him a hoist.’ He don’t care
anything about it, only
has a dog whfoh lie thinks is a bus
ter, and some of ’em wanted hi# "put
in” just to “take the conceit out of
the Sprigging.” Everybody wants
' bo "nut iu.” They are the
■ a-.-# t ... t n,it no one iavs.
“here local, put yourself outside of
tliis oyster stow, or stuff this watch
into your pocket.” Oh, 110, of course
not; that would cost something.—
The shoe is on the other foot, you see.
The local is supposed to know every
thing about other people’s business,
and is expected to show up all the
notors in every family broil in town.
If the vile tongue of BCandel finds s
victim, people he don’t
run about with his note-book and
gather up vituperative bits of slan
der for his paper. If lie steps into a
billiard saloon, lie is requested to
maid* a note of the astounding fact
that Bill Tomkins lias made a run of
eleven points. When the minstrel
troupe arrives in town, or city, tho ;
agent immediately rushes into th/
priuting office, and calling for the
local, lie slaps three or four tickets
in his hand, and whispers: ‘Brawns
big house! Pul it in strong!’ and
~,u him patronizingly on the
*liotilclb.j ie n g eu t, admits the infe
riority of the „ p) bllt
we are not
to ‘let on.’ It is for the local
to lie- Tq please the * nrcr (| IC
local is forced to sit two m0ra..,, r)l
to hear him through an in.ipid di
course so that ho can ‘write him up,’
and so it goes. All nre anxious to
appear favorably in print, but few are
willing to pay for it! The lacal’a
rime is worth nothing but to bother
his bead writing puffs for ambitious
persons. It don’t cost him anything
to live. lie never eats or drinks;
travel, and money is of no use to
him.”
You will stare at a strange notion ol
mine; if it appears even a mad one,
do not wonder. Had I children, my
utmost endeavors should be to make
hern musicians. Considering I have
no ear, nor even thought of music
the preference seems odd, and yet it
is embraced on frequent reflation. In
short, as rny aim w ould be to make
them happy, I think it the most prob
able metho It is a re"“ “ 1,10,1
will lani, them their lives unless they
gsoW(,i4wf\always amuses and, sooibs,
$f noj*console; and of all fashionable
pleasures ist£e cheapest. It is capable
of fame without the danger of criti
cism; is susceptible of enthusiasm
wii hout being priest-ridden; and un
like other mortal passions, is sure ol
being gratification in Hven. — Hor
ace Walpole.
Magenpi, the great physiologist
found try experiment, that animals fed
exclusively on very finely deseed flour
died if a few weeks; whereas those
fl-d on the untmlied tneal thrived.
Unbolted Hour made fr< m the differ
ent bread grains, wheat, rra, oats,
barley, corn, ret,is perfect food., good
bread made from either of those will
snrport life from childhood to old eg*,
without the use of any other food*
Therefore, bread to be the stair 01
life, must be made from the whole
grain; then, and on*y then, is it enti
tled to the appellation, the* aft'of life.
The grain contains rtoarly all of the
brain and bone, ns veil as much of
’ v--,ing sulrlnce ,aud is very
-nuervation of
$2.00 A I EAR
I UOVF'tyilfKTr op HtlOl U v.~
I iximiTlVi dki’aktmkmt.
I •Mimes M Smith governor.
I* W AlexnVr *.*•
w w i”n -ecretariev
I executvo ticpui tmeut.
Thomas C Howard and Namuel (J WilU#„„
eterUs executive (iupurtinrnt.
•I B Ciimpboll warrant clerk.
W H Grigsby messenger *-H recording cirri .
state mouse OEI ickrs.
N (! Barnett secretary of slate.
J E Jones clerk.
W r. Goldsmith comptroller general
-I W Uouftue and J W Goldsmith clerks.
•lonn Join h trt'HrHirer.
Miller Grieve clerk,
ftß*’ Branhiim JlJr.iran.
w nwm,?' o,,;cu Mlp t u< swiom.
Gonuo l, vt d ul f and dumb asylum.'
SUPIIvvE (lOUST
Hon Hiram Warner *Gi. , justice.
Hon II K McCav |m.U
Hon It P Trlppe j,„| w .
N l lUmiuond utioruey- K e uelal .
A Ham tin clirk.
Henry Jack sun reporter.
me Court sit, . t , e at „f aov-rn
ua*> nun i!rv“iitViVmy in .1 n
CfMTT.III ‘lll’lli i: JL’LULIL L’lJil’llT.
M. J. Crawford... . ,
?*“•
XtST**
Hai l is—2d MomLtys in Ap.il and October
Marion-3d Monday* i„ Apifl and October.
Muscogee-2d Mondays In May and Nv‘l„ r
htewart- 4th Mondays in Ar.rll and O. tolwr.
lalbot—2il Mondays in March and ‘ept'lier.
lavlor —lst Mondays i„ A,..il and October
new iiuumr coons
* "r '■ j w
OLJJ S'I’AND.
‘Old will be pleated to s.-rve her <>ld > nrt*
*, customer*, uri'l R, m,my n< woD'iu* will
A WANT SUPPLIED!
Frail N. Coulou,
■ 1
,i£HR dt JHWELEIt.
[Rase J* J’uf/lia Square.] -
jffx Hocks ami nt,j irs
CflUlii (I ami it' J'l lr. and kt Uie
REASON A RLE RA TES.
Having permanently located in
Hamilton, Ga., I mu now prepared
to do all work in my line at prices to
suit the hard times, and wi I always
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION.
1776 TflE CBKATt'EJTESKIAL /S7f
Parties deslrln/ i torin tion wt to best
routes to the t'iON'l HNM.U,. or to .n> <>f
tlie b'lno'i' r lies- 1 1- oi- fo M,y other jjoini in
the couuliy, should ad.lipj<
. IV. WfiENN,
Grncr. 1 PueseDger Atfel.l Keime w Rer.f*.
AiioUha, Ua.
The Grorgia Doily ft inmoi wmllfa
18 PUBLISH KP I VKitY r.VIKING
<Kx<'<’l>t Sunday)
Hr tui (*omm<muicAi/ni Tutu ah mu (ompaxt
ATLAXTA, CH’UGIA.
And in edited by Col*. Cart W. Sttlw, Inti
oi the Albai.) NtuK, *t), cHuiciit u^hif-iantK.
This Ci mmomwhalih #)vr* tin* current
of tl* < ily, Slate, mi ciwn in re, mar et t*.
p-rt* nnd vlliwoih ediioiinlA on Municipal
MMeai and General -ni jtciH,
The com In-* <anwin-. State National, *iH‘
U? closely wah bed aed nrojH:; ly pr >enttxi,
vtlil'c the Mil hitiiUul m J Aurtcultu;tl into
efctt of tin* Slate \*< i•• tbe M jLthst and It
hao Logaimd la; id)) lucre rniftg iircu'.ution.
TkHJNIS.
One month. 75 cents : Twotrt.iilf , $1,26
Four months, s2.(si; f*s year, slits.,
FBI Ml NO, 81. PINO nd itir.NQ of
every kind, done it. the be , r ,y; sud >t
low t pr cjs.
COMMONWEALTH PUBt, 8 tINQ CO.,
A-rLAt. A, Ueua ia