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WEDNESDAY MORNING OCT’It 7.
Democratic Working Coinmittro.
The following gentlemen, who-e
name.« appear in tlie list, living in the
city, are regularly appointed a
*• Working Committee,” to he at the
polls early and lute on day of election,
and to remain there during the day—
except otherwise ordered; those whose
names appear who do not live in the
city, are earnestly requested to meet
with us on that day, and respectfully
solicited to co operate with those re
siding in the city ns a working com
mittee :
John Cooper, II C Davis, 8 I)
Mitchell, T W Rucker, John Doughtry,
A S Dorsey, J R Crane, R T Pittard,
Authur Evans, A T Buckie, Henry
Iiriant, W A Jester, Xcvil Williams
W C Orr, S M Hunter, George Mason,
Jay O. Gailev, T A Ilodgson, John
Hurley, R K Reaves, W II Hodgson.
Howell Cohh, It (1 Rowe, J II Dorsev,
C S Reese, J E Riteh, .T King, C J
O’Farrell, W DO’Fnrrell, E J Smith,
W C Colhert. J E Talmad-e, W II
Hull, John Finch, R II Lumpkin,
Wm. Berger, A C Bishop, W H Hale,
Ii Stephens, 1) M Kinney, J Eherhart,
L Maupin, C Lampkin, A MeDuflie,
II N Norris, Frank Lumpkin, J G
McCurdy, James Herring, Ii W
Taylor, V Parr, J J Head, Richard R
Godfrey, John Save, R Brittain, John
Stammers, Mill-r Lumpkin, John
Riliups. Joel Dean, () T Lovern, '1'
Blair, James Epps, A S Irwin, Calvin
l’arr, X Hamilton, 11 T Brumby, Jere
miah tlray, Jr., .1 F Comer, E F
Hurt, Henry Hill, Ben Culp, E .1
Christy, Janies R -aves, F B Lucas,
W B Pruitt, Thonta« Jack-on, Tlmma*
Williams. 1* •) Shore, M Stern, G
Jacobs, J W Brumby, W .T Morton.
W. B. Thomas, L. W. Thomas, Wil
lis Kilgore.
A MAP OF BUSY LIFE.
No. BO.f Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, Oet’r 7, 1874. \
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NEW SERIES—'Yolime II.
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Poetical.
The Forsaken.
It hath beon said, for - 11 who tilt
Thr*re if a tear,
Somr pining, hice-linpheart to sigh
O’er every
Hut in that hour of pain nntl <lrrn*l
Who tv ill draw near
Around iny humble couch and shod
One fart*well
Who’d wati-li lifoN la«t departing my
In deep, deep e pair.
Ami 8'Niilie my spirit on its way
With holy prayrr?
Whaf mourner* round my bier will come,
In words of woo,
And follow mo to my Ion" homo.
Solemn and ulnw ?
Wl»on ly ; n" on my clayey ho ,
In icy sb*rp.
Who ihoro, hy pu'o afT^tion lcl
Will c mo and weep;
Hy thr pale moon implant tlie rose
l’l»on mv l.roiFt.
And hid il chew my dark ropo«o,
-Vy lowly rest ?
(V>nhl 1 hut know when I am sleeping
Low in the ground,
One faithful heart would therein keeping
Watch all night round.
As if some srem lay rlirined henealh
That-sod’s calm gloom,
'Twonld mitigate the pangs of death
Ami light the tomh.
Yes! in that hour, if I could feci
From halls of glee
An<l Hcauty’s pre>eneeone tt ouldsteal
| In sf«rt*cy.
And come an I sit and weep hy mfc
In*night’> fe» p m»on
Oh ! I would ask oj ntcniory
No other* ho n.
Hut ah ! a lonelier f.te is mine,
A deeper woe,
Fr on all I l«*vr in youth’s succt time
1 soon inn*t g->;
Drawn round me mv pnjs Folies of white,
In a dark
To sleepthi
lxMieai
Miscellaneous Sclcclions.
An Awful Storm.
Wo have several friends in this
and the surroundin'; country,
whom wo have heard toll some of
the toughest" yarns,” lint the fol
lowing unadulterated remarks
about an "awful storm” ontitels the
authors to " go head.” Some of
! onr "California” friends should
'look well to their "laurels.”
' Speaking of shooting ducks,’
• vs Dr. F., 'puts me in mind of
the great storm that occured when
I lived on the island. As you
arc well aware, our island was
I near by Casco Bay ; an awful
! storm arose, and was so tierce that
j it drove all the ducks in the bay
iinto a pond, covering about an
jnere, near my house. In fact, so
many ducks crowded into that
i pond that I could not see a drop
j of water !‘
j f Sho,’ says Smith,' did yc shute
; any of cm ?’
| ' That’s what I was coming at.
II went into the house and got mv
1 double-barreled shot gun, and dis-
| charged both barrels right into
i tlio midst of them, but to my
(astonishment, they all arose into
j the air, leaving not a solitary
j (luck-in the pond!’
j ' Good gracious ! ye don’t sav !*
sayfr Smith; 'didn’t-ve hev anv
(shot in veer gun. or what in thun
der was the t rouble?*
' Well. I was coming to that,’
: said Dr. F. ; ’ it astonished me
' at first: hut ris ?onii :is the ducks
A Monster in the Mountains.
A Curious Story from. Sica turn
Gap—A Wild Alan Living in
the Woods—A Party of Young
Men on the Trail.
Our readers will remember that
about two years since, a wild man
was seen on the Welsh Mountains,
near Morgantown, in this count)', >
and created quite an excitement j
at the. time. A correspondent!
from Bethel township sends us the I
following description of one of the
most hideous monsters in human ■
SIIL’T THE HOOK SOFTLY.
•but the deer softly, mother’* asleep.
Her fever U broken her slumber is deep.
Look in her pale fa- e nn<3 see there no pain—
Darling bo thankful we’ve mother again.
Shut the door softly, and come to her s'de,
What should we do if our mother had died ?
She who has lov«d ns our weary live# through—
Shut the door softly and do as I Ro.
Shut the door softly, and kneel with me here,
To Him who lias spared u*our own mother dear;
w ho has given her hack to our arms once again,
Borne her through danger and s if toned her pain.
Shut the door #->f lv, and look in her fu*o.
And see how it gathered in health ami in grace,
Is •he not handsome, this mother of ours,
Waking to life like the budding of flowers?
Let us lose aft in this fa-1 flying life.
Sister and brother and husband and
shape ever seen in that section.—
U « ... * | , I Msieraifoupdaer and husband and wifo,
15 TlltCM •)) fl I’cIhmIo gentle- \ Mother’s fort* "hty, all time has defieil;
man, and the story seems to have; shut th. d«.r softly,nn.icnmetoheruide.
the foundation of truth :
"On Saturday last, while three j
young men were on the Blue
Mountains, near Swatara Gap, j
they met an old gentleman named
Joseph Feshter,- who resides in a
small hut near the mountains.—
He informed the party that about:
an hour before, a monster nearly
seven feet high, and weighing
Shut the do-ir s »ftly, mother’s nw.-ikc,
from the shores of the fit hornless lake ;
Weary with travel, hut laden v.ith charms,
I-on :ing to clasp us wit hin h«*r dear arms.
Mother, dear mother ! we loved r -ti befem,
Now we shill b*vc you n thousand times more,
Web-ome dear heart from the shadowy land ;
Shut the d**or softly and I:is# her de-.r hand.
Mississippi River Scenes.
When the rains have swollen
over t wo hundred and fifty pounds, '*s tributary rivers to more than
'c ’.rljr all diseases originate from !»td:irc*t’o»T
and Inrtiblity of the l.uer. ai.d rrlb-l is alwuvs
anxiously s .ug!it .fter. If the i.iv**r i*» !?.g i.e!«;
in it# action, itealtli is almost inv iiialdv sv-currd.
Want of action in the Live* causes U.-1,»*. t »u.-
stipstioi). Jaundlrt*. I'ain In th>* Nhrtuhlcn*.
('uusrii, Chi!!*, Hi/kloess. *..av MniKarh. had tsstc
j in the mouth, hill’nitv at’rr .s, pa p tnJiou of the
* heart, ilepr* ss1t?n of »;»:• its. or i L«* f.l ;cs. and a
* hundred other .symptom-,for which M’lMONs
LI\Hi it KC i I l< Vi ill. is tin-1m.*'t remedy that ha*
ever been ill sport rel. It acts rnHoh. ittV-cttnlly,
and lndtigu simple vetre-aid* t .unpotind, call d»»m»
injury in any iju-intics that ii may be f.-k. n. It i*
harmless in every way; i; hi* b»i n n«.d fordtt
years, and hundreds of the good and •res*: f.omail
parjs of the country will vmich i-»r ils Being the
piirrat and b*‘st,
finmwf !.nr Rc^Lt’r. tr "di-inf.
hartiyl
• *ic violent omdi
gu htrly
•tire!
indent ni'v
ir** to cure if taken
o intoxicating hever
faultless family
came within twenty yards of his onli»>m-y volume the Missis- «,
cabin, and gave an unearthly yell, 8, P1 M ,s y, ra,ld ’ t^n-iWo, t roach-
when Feshter looked out ami saw I s subtle and ser- !;->c- n,.i -vst.m _
.1 .. M <• • .1 : neilt like mils mode of str>*ilin<r libwn 1 (iuimne ml . .toi-M.f every
rose a few hundred vanls
the
a-..I
Appointments of Hon. Garnett
McMillan.
I propose to address the people of
the Ninth t’onirres'ional District at
the following times and places:
Clayton, Mead iv, ’.21st September,
lliwassee, Wednesday, 2ed “
Blairsville, Fridav. 2"itli “
Morgantmi, Saturday, 2fith “
Kllijav, Tuesday, 'J'.lt'n “
Jas|«er, Tlinr-diy, 1st Oetelier.
(amiming, Satnrdav, ”rd “
Dnwsonville, Monday, "itli “
Dalilonega, Wednesday. 7tli
('leaveland, Friday, Hth “
Cnnic-ville, Monday, “
Danielsville, Tu'-day. !”;!i “
t laine'ville. Thursday. Uili “
Jclli-rsm, Saturday. 17:h “ j
Lnwreaecville. Monday, 1’Jth “
Madison, Welnesdav, ‘21st “
Watkinsville, Thursday, 22d “
Athens, Thursday, 22d, at night.
Homer, Saturday, 24i!i Octohcr.
Toeeon City, Thursday. 20t!i “
Clarkesvilie, Saturday, olst “
The public, of both parties, arc re-
sjtec'.fully invited to he present.
(1A UN KTT McMlt.I.AN.
To Texas &, Arkansas.
The com plot ion of the Texas anti
PacikK’ Raii.iuiaii enables the Km -
nfMir i{'Dit'\ via Western «fc Atlantic
R. R.. to offer the only all rail route
from Georgia and the Carolina.-? to all
Texas.
(>n and e.ftcr September 1st, through | >i F . SSKS . W. 15. Joxks, It. S.
coaches leave Atlanta daily for Mem
phis. Little lloek and Texarkana,
Texas, without change, connecting
there with tinough cars lor Houston
and all points in Texas.
Think of njsi: cliange of ears between
Atlanta, Gn., and llon-ton Texas.
S^rRatcs reduced hy the opening
of this rente from S’* to Sl-’>! !
REUNION OF GORDON'S DR.G vDE.
At a meeting of ex-soldiers of Gor
din’s Brigade, Army Northern Vir
ginia, residing in annronnd LaGnmge, . . .
the undersigned were appointed a com- :1 ”'- and Commenced to sepamte a I
mittee to correspond with ex-members little, the (lucks begun to drop,
of said brigade, looking to a re-union and whether you believe it or not. j
in Atlanta, Gn.. during the State; I picked tip twenty-nine barrels I
Fair in O.gober, 1874. \\ e addressed of ducks, .md it was a poor sea-
letters to Generals Gordon and Evans, ! soll f or ,1,,,-ks, too. You see. the
hot , of whom eon.tnan.le.1 the brigade, i(1|lcks wpn . W(>(1 , S() Poli(1
and also to (mv. Jas. M. Smith, late | 1
Colonel o: the Util Georgia. We ap
the pond, that when they rose
they carried the dead ones into
the air with them, and when they
separated, down came the twenty-
nine barrels of dead ones.’
’Oh.’says Smith. 'I'm not stir-
prised at that, at all, or the big
lain jot of ducks that veer bagged, fo ■
" it was an awful
the creature on all-fours in the P 011 ^ Fkc in its inode of stealing
middle of the road, making all ,P rt *» *tswallows up not es
kinds of gestures! His hair on a Ome fell *\\oop on one side;
his head was verv long, and his »weq*ing tn^u away from then-
face literallv covered with Ijair.— ^5tl hold on the mam land, while,
ITis hands and feet were to all on the other, .t emers plantation*
appearance, double the size of or
dinary hands and feet, and alto
gether, he presented a horrible
appearance. Feshter asked him
what hy wanted, and received
merely a grant lot 1 ah answer.
lie says he heard' a noise on
Saturday evening, about midnight,
in the rear of his lint, hut paid
little attention to it. In the
morning, when lie got up, lie
found the two pigs, about ten
weeks old, hud been taken away,
and also three lambs, lie could
not imagine what became of them
as he lias no
three miles.
The mon ter, after sitting
with slime, and broken trei
trunks and boughs, forcing the
frightened inhabitants into the
second story of, the.ir cabins, and
driving the catth; ;pjd.s>vhie upon
high knolls to starve, or perhaps
finally to drown. It. powers the
puny levees which have cost the
States hordering upon it such im
mense sums, and goes, bub
bling and roaring through the
crevasse, distracting the planters,,
and sending dismay to millions of
people in a single’ night. It
promises a fall on one day; on
Ointiins tV* simjiVst an«l rent* »li«*s.
Fon S.vu: By Aia. Dimootsrs.
VINtCAUBjTTERS;
Grateful Thousands proclaim
VTxna.u: It titers i!,c most wonder
ful Invigor.nu {hat ever sustained
the sinking system.
No Ferv.m c.ui take these Bit
ters according to directions, and re
main long miwcil. provided t(u- : r
hones arc not destroyed liv mineral
poison or other mean.-, ami vita! ur-
I’llilsuriMi-il lieyajHl ri’jiair.
Bilroti-, itciniltciit. r::d I::-
termittrnt Fevers, which are so
prevalent in the valley, of our gri-u:
livers tlirotighout the United States,
especially those of the Mississippi,
(;hio, Mi.fsoimi, Uinois, 'lVnmjsj.ee,
Camherlalid, Arkansas. Red. Co! i-
radd, !!ra:tos. Rii Cra’.aie. tVari.
Alahama. .Moiiiie. Savaimah. Ro
anoke, .lanie.?, ml many o;|-.ers,
with their vast triiintai .es. throug'.:-
o-.it our er.tiro ciinatrv de.rin* [he
A in;
?!
neighbors within a »«thcr it rises so suddenly that | c i,i g n
woodsmen nloiurj —
J. w. COLLINS
lias i.otv in Store a F til Stock t f
coo3>s
srir.ijii.i: foictue
SPRING AND ^TOIMER
: jm isis jsra,
' i Const ling, in pari, of i
DRY GOODS
mmimm
HATS, SHOES & NOTIONS*
Of All K.in«l.-, D'l.i h he o.Trr#
OIrX T3 &JXP I'OR CASH
Ur in Exchange for Country Produce.
niurkrt i rico rai’i in ’ »-ti f-1
ad reuiari
!u Ik
i l.
necessary.
ho purposu
i VlXKiS.lK
h '.y nuuiivu
f»»ith wtiio'ii
m» tinm
io I v.-r.
t..S-
|iend their an-woes:
Ateanta, (Pv.. Au-gc-t!?!!. tsT4.
Genti.emkx: Your letter in regard to
the proposed r. union oftlordon's Rrigade
at Atlaiitii during the Agri. ulturai Fiiir
in October next is rereived.
I need not tel! you bow fuliv I symp-i
tlii.-.e with your in.oiiaent and l!i
I ready to aid i'l every way possili’i
the history of this lu igade, espeei.allv. are
i associated -ome of i!\e most rtu risheii
j menioriesormy life: and it will refresh
my heart to again meet tie-e f:om its
I rank who still survive.
; Tru'v - our !rh-r. !
i To Messrs. Jones. Spt-er
I LiCraa.e.
Ati.axta.Ga., August 2,-». 1871
Gkxti.emkx: A our note, proposing a
reiinion oft lie surviving members of the
Brigade in which we served the Confede- , . .
rate cause to o ther, has been received j <*< « cob only, the result was j , f , W( ,., ))( , ns . ) V e searched
and in reply I express briefly, but most, that it shelled every ear, leaving I . 1
cordially, my sympathy with the move j tin-
the adventurmi
the border have .scarcely time to
flee. It makes a lake of the fer
tile road a few minutes, gave an- ... , , ,
other veil and a maniac laugh and < ! ,p co ’ ,n rv ''^"oen the two great
leaped some ten feet nearer to * r,VCI ? “f f >'«n <l reO>» ot
him, when Feshter became uneasv "Inch lonely and pa-
and ran down the road. Here- «‘'»t labor lms heaped, urthe. hope
turned and found that two inon*l t l ,at a -J WfW,n ?-k rtCBmpr ?' H 1,u - v
of his l.-tnibs were gone, and the
stove iti the cabin overturned.
.<n:noN
MrFmlin.
and the ftre burning the
He pi>t the fire out and
the cabin, and then start*
nearest neighbor for ns
hole, and the hole being iu>t the .
' ' 'distant
floor.—
locked
d to his
fistanee,
when he met three men, one of
spond
We all went to a house two miles
and pr.icured two guns
them up, and thus reward a sea
son's work. Out of each, small
town on its western bank, set too
carelessly by the water's edge, it
makes a pigmy Yeniee, or floats
it off altogether. As the huge
steamer, glided along on the
tonn. I remem-
li’-r it well. Doctor; I had at that i
time, a corn-burn full of corn ; on
one side ol'tlic barn was an open i
window, and on the other side was j
a knot-hole; and during that
i aw fnl storm, tin- wind blew so
i tierce that it blew evorv ear of] !* " 11 " ini* , 'litv eii’-rent. we could see
(that coin light through that knot-] ... . , .... . families perched in the second
stories of their lumps, gazing
grimly out upon the approaching
ruin. At one point a , man was
sculling from house to barnyard
with food for his stock. The log
barn was a dreary pile in the midst
of the flood. The swine and cows
stood shivering on a pine knoll,
disconsolately burrowing and
browsing. Hailed by some flus
tered paterfamilias or plantation
master bound to the nearest town
PROTECT YOUR LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
A’OIF IS THE TIME TO TI T UJ’ j
LIGilTNiNG HORS! j
Copper and Iren Reds put up at!
25 (’puls per Foot. !
I
P I'*ST rcr ■>:i:iueiulati<iiis and rertifi-
im iiu comiti v solicit! J.
U. V. YEUOXEE,
Atlun--. Ga.
ii ill the barn, and the
m The lapse of veant since the wnr ha* i ! ,0xt , nl >' t’Om-
nnt .iiminislu-d my respect and affection | barn half lull of shelled corn, and
f »r oar comrades, yonr in attachment to i not a single cob. I had a curiosit v
tlm land and dm principles for whirl) we fo know w !, ovo <1 10 co J w had gone
rontcnu(Mi. Always mad to take u fcDow . T . . .. .,
*»UVivt hy thf Lm\. I Uliall certninly to s I wont in tlio rear of the barn,
(•lijnv n giMicTii! ot the gallant survivors anu folllowou tlio lino of thoso
of our ^ood old Unmade. I cobs over olovon miles, ami at tlio
With since.s resp.-et toryou, personal- | (list ., nr0 0 f ,f five miles a large.
f’l.KMEXT A. Evans. first-growth pine tree stood m the
track, and darn me if the wind
hadn’t driv them cobs into that ere
tree from top to bottom. Oh.
doctor, that was an awful storm!'
' Yes,’ sighs the doctor, 'aw-
Ati.anta. Ga., August -’5.1874,
McFaiu.in.
Full iuforniatian can
upon npplieation to Albert B.
WnKSN. South- astern Ag’t Nashville,
(’hattanooga A St. Louis R. R.,
Atlanta. (!. E. Saimsent, Southeast
ern Apt L. A G. S. R. R., Atlanta,
or to B. W. \Yiu:nn.
Gen’l I’as-’r «(■ Ticket Ag’t,
Atlanta, Ga.
i;rhr i and Bepnrture oTMails.
Post-Office, )
Athens, < I a. t
DAY TRAIN, (sfXIlAYS EX<T.lTEIl.')
Arrives 3;J0 r. M.
Leaves H:4 > a. m.
NIGHT TRAIN, (DAILY.)
Arrives ,*:30, A. M.
Leaves 10 >’• M.
ATHENS Til ANDERSON C. II., S. C.
ArrivesTuesdavsaud Fridays at
12 A. M.
Ixiavc- “ “ “ 3 r. m.
and I). X. Sr HER, LaG range;
Ofiit’ruiiii: 1 have the honor to ncknow
ledge the receipt ot yonr letter request-I
ing mv uttinilanec "at a corent ion or re- j
union’of the survivors of Gordon’s l’rig- ; FUI. .
ade. A. X. V., to lie held in Atlanta, in! _ RTYrr . .
October n xt. during the State Vaii." | A Look Around the World.
Yon need not lie assur* tlu-.t < r p|,o latest and host authoritv
thr r.iovpinpnt lias my tu' i ^v».*.pul hy
rninmcndntinn. Thr ii T ;:1 *•• h
the mountains until five o'clock in
tlio aftcnioon, when we were
about to return to tlio cabin, and
when within a mile of it. attd
passing through a deep rivine, we
heard some noise upon the bank,
and in looking up, discovered
the monster grinning like a wild
beast, and before we had time to
take a second thought, he gave _ ..
,, i - , ' . for snpiilies, we took to Ins desti-
one yell and a jump, and when .. 1 1 . ,, , ,,
we reached the top of the bank
13
^\(l<lrt'ss.
jiifft in
Foii S AL
/3Nlv lmlf iiitere.-t. nr if
V „/ |iiv whole interest in a Gtcry Stnhlc. "'ill Le
isr.M, tn|»c;li'-r with p»o»l vrhii lf-R find horses. Tf
only a hull inu ro't it iuu*» l>e tn a thorough
lnrsine-s in.nt. '1 h»» StnM»» Is located in tlie lie.ut
of tht city, in cl' .f proximity to tin Court lloU'O,
ami is well unaii^d f«.rtl;e t.usiness. Apply to
June 24 tf. JOHN F. FINCIl, Atlurs, tia.
IL
dosireil.
lie obtained I (now happily growing
ATHENS TO BELTON.
Leaves Wedue-'dsys an 1 Tues
days at Q A. M.
Arrives Fridays r.ml Satur- ' ' l
days at 9 p. r 5iil
ATHENS TO JEFFERSON. T
Reaves Wednesdays and Sat
urdays at 5 A. M.
Arrives Wednesdays and Sat
urdays at 5 r. m.
ATHENS TO JUO TAVERN.
Daves Wednesdays at (I A. M,
•arrives Wednesdays at 0 r. m.
ATHENS TO FARMfNOTON.
Dave- Tuesdays and Fridays
at 10 A. M.
Arrives Tuesdays aud Fridays
at 7 r. it.
1 lie Railroad mails close one hour
liefnro the departure of trains.
R. S. Taylor, P. M.
th'xe w ho stood by each other, ami their
Sia'e, m the second great contest for
popular liberty in America, cannot faii
; to exert a benifieent influence. It will
renew and strengthen the friendships
j tmrn of common perils anil common s:, e-
ritire*, n-vive ami perpetuate memories
lor the ultinuite use of partial history-
ami exeit!* and keep alive, in the youth
j of the coming gi-m r..tion. a proper reve
I n-nec for tin- gri at principles to the di-
I f. nee of which were consecrated the
j Uh’ud ami treasure of their fathers.
I '.leartily second your efforts for the
I promotion i>t these objects, ami will
cheerfully meet with you on the occasion
referred to.
I am. gentlemen.
Very respectfully, yours,
J ames M. Smith.
Wo hereby take the lihertvto call a
reunion ofall t lie survivors o{ (Jordon’s
Brigade. A. X. Y., to convene in the
eitv of Atlanta, Ga., oh Wednesday.
October 21 t, 1J74, du ing the .State
Fair. w m
Aihhes-es may liaexpected hy Gen.
A. Iv Lawton, who organized this bri
gade and carried valley ot
Virginia, fi.l(K) stiong, and v. hofcl]
woimtled'h ading our command at the
battle ot Sharpsliurg ; Gen. Gordon,
w ;,ose distinguished valorremlered his
brigade ami name historical, will meet
yon ; nn l Gen. C. A. Evans, who led
the last charge at Appomattox, the dis
tinguished successor of Gen. Gordon,
ami last commander of our brigade,
will aiso lie present and address you.
The Colonels of the 13th, 2fith, 31st,
38th, fiOth, and 61st Georgia regi-
gives the population of the globe
ar 1.37*0,300,0(10.
In Amerien. 72,800.000.
In Europe, 7*87,000,000.
In Asia. 70S,000.000.
In AiVicn, 188.000.000.
In Australia and Polynesia,
.’>,300.000.
These people speak about 3 00(1
different languages, and are cut
lip into 1,000 different religions
sects.
The adherents of the principal
sects, recounting the whole popu
lation, are supposed to be nearly
thus.-
The six other Oriental Church
es,, 6 ,.*00,000.
Roman Catholics, 195,000,000,
Protestants, 57,130,000.
Mahonunedans. 460,000,000.
Buddhists, 340,000,000.
Other Asiatic religions, 260,-
000,000. " . ,
Pagans, 200.000.000.
Jews. 6.000,000. .
Taoth Pri.t tNt; Illustrated.—
Re!ere die days, of, chloroform there
was a quack who jxivcrlUed ttiotli
drawing wit horn pain.' TDe patient
was placed in a chair, mid the instru
ment a plied to his tooth with a wretch,
followed bv a roar from the unpleasant
ly surpri-ed sufferer, “.Stop,” cried
die dentist ; “compose yourself. 1
tehl you I would r»ive no pain, but I
...... «... r- only just gave von that twinge as a
meiits,'anti tile Major commanding die | sjiecinten, to show to you Cartwright’s
l 'lit Geomii battalion, are earnestly method <>l operating.” A-tin the m-
! r quested to at o::ce, communicate strument was applied—a lother tug,
nation. As we passed below the
Arkansas and White rivers, the
gigantic volume of wafer hail so
far overrun its natural boundaries
that we seemed at sea, instead of
upon an inland river. The cotton
woods and cypresses stood tip
amid the water wilderness like
ghosts. Gazing into the long
It I?. S UJLTER
( A ALLS the attention of his friends i
V.L m»‘l “th** rest of niankin*!** to t’.n* fact that
hr will kot'i* mi hand a fresh "assort incut of
Family Supplies,
with a fine •quantity of
COOKING WINE,
eitlwriii l...tilu- i.rcri ilnuVnl. Ain*., tin- tw.'t
liraittly, Wltisltoy, Rum,
Gin, Ale, Lager Ron*,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
•i?" Country I>ca!rrs ?uppHr*f at low fhynre*, at
HOLBROOK’S CORNER,
AGENTS WANTED!
Male anti Female.
$100 to S230 per Month lo-Introduce
Tht latest itnprorttl, most stuijile autf perfect
Shuttle Stew ins Machine
EVER JXYEXTEB.
A\TE Citallengc the world to com-
W pete with iU I'rlce only SiS, ami fuliv
warra•!(«*«! for five ’vinTs. r.uking the t*]aMfc !< t c
stitch aliko on lM»’.h fhIc* 1 . Tiirt sumo 'as :i'i llit*
high prieuil shuttle M;u*!»ims. Fur varruLr* ami
terms call ora.lJie^s. VYYSCOOP* HI.,
Juue 3 doutli Fifth^t., I’hiln.Wphia. # a
once,
with the surviving officers of each com
pany in their respective commands and
urge them to notify, in person or by
letter, every surviving member of their
company, of the contemplated reunipn
and urgj their prompt attewiance tin
-A rustic couple, newly married, ! Wednesday, October 21st 1874.
n»«rehed into one of our "stores and I ”• "• J° NE - S »_
<*nllt-»l^ for soda water. The obliging
proprietor inquired what syrup thev
J'ottld have, in it, when the swain, de-
, nm-rateiy leaning over the c'-unter,
l; jj* ; “ Stranger, money is no ob
ject to me; p U t sugar in it.'’
Late Col. 60th Ga.
I). N. SrKEn,
Major and Q, *J-» G-’s Brigade.
R. S. McGarlin.
Adjutant 60th Ga.
ImGrange Reporter, Sept. 11th. 1874.
auotlier roar. “Now, don’t be impa
tient; that is Dumerge’s way; lie seat
ed and calm—you will he now sensi
ble of the superiority of mv method.”
Another application, another tug- ano
ther roar. “Now pray lie quiet, that
is Parkinson’s inode, and you don’t
like it, no wonder.” By this time the
tooth hung by a thread and whipping
itout, the operator exulting exclaim® 1:
“That is my mode of teolh-drawing
without paiii, and you are now enabled
to compare it with the operations of
Cartwright, Dumorgc and Parkinson.’’
nothing could be seen of him. A
party of some twelve are going
out on Tuesday, and will remain
until tlie brute is captured.—
Reading Eagle. 18 th in si.
A Blue View of the Situation.
The Courier-Journal's chief avenues of the sombre forests we
man takes tlio New Orleans could see only the same level,
troubles more to heart than is .ail-enveloping flood. In the open
usual with him. There is goner- -country the cabins seemed ready
ally no worry that draw-poker to sail away, though their masters ]
and Bourbon-straight cannot were usually smoking with milch
soothe, but in this case, they seem equanimity, and a waiting n ’fall.’
to have their last grip. Perhaps —Scribner for October.
he has been going the pair a lectio ...
too heavy of late', and has that Citain-Gaxo Infidelity.—An
heart-rending feeling in the pit of colored woman, who, as is
his stomach that comes of an all characteristic with her race, is
night s sitting. As proof that enthusiastically religious, passed
something very serious ails him, the other day where the chain-
wc submit the following woeful gangwas at work upon tile streets,
wail with which he winds tip an In the. gang, she discovered an ac-
editorial in Wednesday’* paper: quaintanec, whom site saluted
Our condition reminds us, as thus- "Ah, brudder Tom, lV T7ART1CITLAR attention given fo
Mr. Lincoln would say. of a little S()m .' to sec you in dem bonds ! | .L,™"
story ot an Il-ish sailor, who. be- p„t do like Paul and Silas when j a" 1 ’-
insr shipwrecked on the coast of <] P y wa a chained—piny, anti dc
New Jersey, hired himself to a Lord'll send his angel and knock
farmer as a plow mail. Ho was n q* ,jc m chains!” To which Tom
set to plow Tug in a broken corn- irreverently replied : " Jviioek
field with, a spike team consisting h—11! Xiiffin liiit a'Jilneksmith
of t wo oxen and a little mulo they c a:i' knock dose' thingiioff.!” and
called 'Jinny.’ in the .lead. .Of J 1C went on .with his work, as any
course, Pat knew nothing nlwint other philosopher, would, haypj
plowing, and got himself fiopless- ( },>ne under similar eoir. icliims--— j
Iv entangled and involved. To - Macon Telejrpphi , ‘ .
crown the whole, he stumbled in
to a nest of yellow-jackets.* This
was too much for him, and he
started for the house * Mastlter,’
says he, 'room right out into the
field. It’s divil a bit I can do
wid ’em! The larboard ox has
got on the starboard side, an’ Jin
ny’s afoul o’ theriggin’, an* they’re
all a driftin’ to hell and damnation
as fast as they can go !’
Samaiui
My r.,> tiia iag svas at
heat aial tin :a-ss. ;.:c i
eoatpanii 'l l y t •;Ji-:i:-
lat-lits of I he ::
tither a'.iiliiafiaal \; i-c
treatm -at. a par gat iv
poweri'.11 ’iailai-aeu tr. <• >
oils nrgaa e i > ctsentia!
Then: is m> ca.'.’.n.nic r
equal to ID:. J. Walker’s
isi'l'jliats.’iiiii .vyij Hyii-.
. t’.b'ila:V i,-)-; 1 lmttli-j
t!ic Uout-li iif» IU:nl.-,l. at thc-wi:
sijmtiiaiiu.ir t.m kl-co-h-hh «.f f
iitul f'utwra'.iy rusfniiug the: 1;t-:i7.
ttetw ofthi* liuM-tivo iirgnas.
Ftirtiiy t-’ia .hwly again
esse by p-uiiYiiv^ c'.i iis ii;,i is wiiii
VlNKtsva lilTTKUs: Nil <••>•,.!•)>::<• can
t;;!vd !.t»!ti <•! a s\ >t- !’t .tiius It»r:* aniir.i.
Dyspi'p-du or Indigestion,
n« !ir. 1*.. i i:t I:»«• Fitnt’.I.liT-s. (.'u'it:i.^.
Y'.tri iiic-s g1‘ i as* i.'li •>!. hix/in«*ss. s*.:,r
Lnirta’.i*»3i; • »F iL« Stum:u !i. Had Taste*
in L.iu il»«iuii. !>.. : >.*fL4 A Harks. I’.iljiiia-
tiu’.i i-f l!u*. Hear;. 1 ::!!aitmmU(»H of the*
l.unirs. Lain i:t lint r* triu:ior iiu* K’l!u»*vs.
stint‘a j ai:.r il M ti’.DD.ti;^
r.it* t!;t» (»lL|>:i?i*r;t f l)vs|M*j»-::t. Ora* Ih»:-
I.a will j’j'uvtt a In-iirr rati tec «»1‘ its
hum its linn ;i Irnjrt-t v aiivr; listMiuM.t.
Scrofula,'or King's Evil, \\i:;it>
Swell in'? 4. Vims. IC; - y-ijv!sts.
Vv'rrk. tluilrf. Srmf’.iIcMu I %
Jiulolrr.t l;ul:iim;i:»!t«Mt' : . Mcrf’Ai'ia; .’tiler-
lions. Old StM-.r.s. Lni|)tio!i.> t»t tins-hki:s.
Sura Kyr«. rft‘. 1:: ii;rM*. a** i’titll « ilu*r
cun;!*tlioj al ni-ta-t-s. U'alkKits VlN-
v• ia I ’rrn.irs Lav«? >iw»\vn iin ir jrrrat cur-
s:;iv*r powers i:i the imi>l utnl
in: iat’laUor t
Far Ini’ainiiialu-y inuK lironie
IKu';;:n:;tism,Got:t. IUla>u».Uuui;t>
»«*!.t ami I :;l«M';ntttiM.t 1 i \ t*i>. I>. ra -im
i lllo'i,!. I.ivrr, Kii):u*y-a.’t.i 2:!;t:!iN*r.
t!u*sr r.itUMs Imvu tin t-tj-.uii. S*u !i 1»;.-
uikvcs arh cmist-tl |»y \ iiialnl
ll(*eliai;!e:;l Illseuses.—1’cwtnw
engitp’J ijv 1'auits a:at N!i:u*ra!s. mumi ns.
1*1 it mini's. 'Ey pv-*v\lvr>. lM»M-in*alrr> a: vl
Mi art’s, m tia-v a«iv.i:'.r«* i :i l;}V. art? sn.*
jrrt la J» *.:*;• iV is «i*.t: i’.mvrls,
;*irain>t th:-’. take a tl-»sc ol* W.u.kKit's
\ IN KG A ft IttTTKBN OffU-'inimlly.
For Skill Diseases, Erupt inns,
Ti-tlcr. Sail Klicum. I'.iiilcla-s.S’mu. pim-
jili-s. I'u>tuU:>. Biii'.s Uarliuiiclc-'. Kir.g-
\vorm.-<. Scuiil la-ad. S«ru lives. Ery»i|ie-
la-. Itch. Scurfs. ‘Pi-colorations I'l tlio
Skin. Humor' a::J Discuses of tin-Skin of
vvlmiuvor mum! or iiaium. arc litcrailv
dttg up and carriiai out of the system in a
churl lime hy tin: use of those Hitter*.
Pin, Tape, and other Worms,
lurkin'! in the system of so many tliou-
sanils. arc* <*flVciun!!y dcstn»yi‘ci ami re
moved. No system of medicine*, no ver-
iniin^v s. r.o antlielmiiiitics will IVec the
system from worms like these; Hillers.
Forl-YinaleLomitJaints. in vouuk
or old. manic.! or ;tl the ilawa of
\vommilioi«l. ortho lura of life, these Ton
ic itillt-rs di-play 'o dceiiictl an intlttence
that impn vi-au-m i' soon perceptili’e.
Cleanse the V it ml ml Blond
vheutver you tind it* ; :iiR’.iriiic< Lnrsiiiijf
ti.rontrh h;e >ki:i in Fimp'o. I’hu^lions,
*»r .Sore' : clean-c it \vl;en V‘*u
Mnteted a-.-.d sUiirtrish in iiio yet
THE FATTF.I) C ALK.
S iid Ta k to Tom, one summer day,
“ You’re s«*|tints in uliaddish way.
Your tirr ith short, yourhreast is flat;
You u*cl to weigh a dozen stone.
And no* you’re only skin .nnd Imui«.
Why, you’re aslcau as I :on f *l.
Co-.p out with mr, iny farm is
I know you’ll like our county cheer.
My fruit is rip-', my egg* «n* new ;
I’ve claret loo, your favorite brand ;
Come (.tit n-w. conic; sav ‘Yes * olT-liim] ;
I’ll kill the fitted ejtlf f«*r y.»u.**
“ That la«t remark of yours, dear Jack.
Though meant in V: ndn**ss, holds me hack,**
“ I »i<*n*t see why, though,”Tom replied.
“ llto fatted ctlf—tn take if*
Think of your children and yonr wife!
And you coimuJttinR su'eide! ’*
—''Etching* .’ *' Scri\»er'*far 0» footer.•
t oh-
i use
IN
keddli
Pntgirtst.-.*
!»*!
GEO. V,. 000FER,
Carriage and IAuggy
Tlomia.Crest. nppn.!te Cooper's Mvery SI«Mf.
jA. a. AyIX>7,
WITH
GROOVER, STU 0RS& 00.
Cotton ,!■ acjtoiW -
• ** V 7 * ' ‘ ‘ v
WILEY CHILDERS,
r OCATED in this city, i* prepared
-i to <lo all kinds of Ciirpeulers*’ Work in the
best style, and at loisnuaUlc rates, witli dispatch.
Shop in the rcart»| the Oily Clerk’s Office.*
June -d. 1874.
s
AM L P. TIIUltMOND;
Alio/'nep at Za/r,
ATHENS, GA.
The Radical policy in the South,
cquallv ignorant and bfondcring, jactyn, B,nk», Frankim. Maji»B»nd iun-
has produced a simiktr result, and 7^—— » y -^r
we are drifting accordingly. Irl. V « VJT tJ ia, Yj i ,
Never say die, Waitcrson. We SUJIGHOA' Z)EA'2T$2\
will worry through yet and land rf , AK£S pie^e in announcing to
the stakes at last it we know IlOW thecitizonsof Franklin and and adjoining
to wait. Don't jump the game,
whatever you do.—Telegraph iti
Messenger. I ti»ely noinfcrlor work. octl9.tr * A«S \r.w.^msM
'.■urn.- Savannah, Ga* >!
Rjg^iirg, Tie*, Ik»j»e t rind other Supplies ftir-
niskuil. Also, J.iheiul Catli Advmces made on
consignments loi'xtlc or shipment te Livcrpo«>l
Northern ports*. f ‘t my.TO-tf
TO RENT,
1st Oetolier, 1874, to Dec’r
:tut, 1875,
The Best Business Stand,
. '• I’ a '-i»:..tii ! ilcitlff*,
R. II. HIcDON \TiD * CO..
ThnpcriAta & Gen. Apts.. Snn Francisco, f’nltfor-
nia. A* cor. of Wiw»hington and Charlton Sts..N.Y.
Sold by nil Druggist* uktl Dnii-i*. *
J. C. m itKltiS a Q(T.,
r PAKE truorit tiler.-itre in informing
tie* pnldic that they tun tm fofliffl at tlieir
>M stand. t*>] the N<irtii-Kast (•«*'p.;iauollue)
w le re ihey ktepou hand
Slaves, Fin-
Ware, and
HBUuE-FURHISHiNG GCBBS
OF ALL KINDS!
CHEAP for CASH,
Nr. M. AiAUDREY,
A No. 4 workman, is t>t Uie- lu-atl ot
our Manuiacturiti^ tslal.li'luneiit.
M 5 -o ?»;*.
Sttnbiit]
“ Out of Weakness were made
Ktrong.”
Manv of our most efficient
Christian workers were so embar-
nissed in their first attompls to
take part in social ntcciings, that
it was almost painful to listen to
I hem. It is said that sut-h ware
the case, with Mr. D. L. Mqo(ify<
of Chicago. j'tiodjlQ
It is related that onlv a U-'V
vears ao-’i a doctor t>l divinity ttdd
him that. " WLitcver else God
had for him to do, he evidently
never design' d that ho should
speak in public.” \ et during the
past few months the very elite of
refined and cultured Edinburgh*
have hung upon List lips with nipt
attention.
I. recall a young mini whom I.
received some years sipce iiti.Q.
■the church.. The 'first tiipe ,]^
jlonkjtart in bur young jieojdc ^
: prayer-meeting he broke d<twh,
; For ;i long tirtic it was\intnftYV fo>
listen to his attempts at prayer,
and is was only through the words'
of encouragement which lie re
ceived that ho was induced to-
persevere.
The last time I listened to fiitf
voice in prayer was at a Christian
convention in a large and well
filled church. No one in that
.assembly prayed with more fer
vency. fluency, and felicity bi'ex-
pression than he did. Out of
weakness lie had been niado
strong.
If you desire to tell the iovo
of Jesus, and are willing to make
the attempt, he will give you tin?
til>iiitv to do so Wc learn to
pray by praying. AVo acquire the
ability to express uradves with
t facility iUid force by experience or
j practice in public speaking, and
j the time to begin, is when ouc is-
j young in tlio Christian life. TM
I longer one delays this duty, tlur
harder it wjli he to cotmnenee.
" It is good for a man that ho
bear the yoke in his youth." ?
A Touch of the Whip.
I noticed, when once riding oi»
the top of a stage coach, that th«
driver, at certain points on the
road, gave one forward horso a
slight touch of the whip. And
as the horse was going a fair
pace, I asked him why lie did it.
lie replied that the horse luul been
in the habit of starting aud sheer
ing at something seen or iniiiginetT
at those places on the road, aud
a touch of the whip just before
arriving there gave him something
to think of, so that lie passed by
without noticing what had betow.
startled him.
And is it too much to bpIjeWt
that he who is conducting ntapiyr
sons and daughtcis to glory 44^
tiees all the perilous points thojr
pass, and. when the ease rcepiires.
it, directs their thoughts »ad pur
poses from dangerous directions
by giving them such things- *6>
think of as will break the force 1 of 1
temptation, and secure them fmiug
wandering? A sad bereavement,
a bitter disappointment, a serious,
iliness, ii pecuniary loss*, as thw,
hour of temptation is at hand^ is
the .touch of the whip. It awak
ens
the soul to prat er.
false brightness of tilings earthly,
and gives fresh vividness ami
power to things heavenly and
eternal; so that, under such spir
itual influences, the points ot.
danger are safely passed, mid tho
rest of life's journey is J r^vehjd^,
aud moro safely, and the
And l«!»t nrrainied Stnn- in Alli.nf
July 1 tf .Apply to . K.
e. msnor.
Administrator’s Sale.
W ILL lie sold before the Court
Iloowdcran Hnrtwcll, Ilirt County Ga.,
within the le^a! Ii«hits »*f >ale, on the first Tuesday
in Novetuher next, a certain tract of land, con-
t tiufng on© huiidriNi acre*, more or less, adjoining
O. M. nuncun and A. W. McCury on the water* o.
retlar Creek in*iid county. The inii»rov«meatM
only tolerable; about tidrtj-Cjve acn*« in t uiuv*.
tirtn; eight cn>s creek: liofmm. remaindernrliffiffil
f/>r*«t. Sold m the fir»i«rty of John L. lliffGu-
liothnin, late said county d*-ccaW for ilic
ltencfit of the heir.* and creditors. Terms Caab.
S.pt. 7th, 1874. , . , ,
MAKTllA E. HIGH IN BOTHAM, Adm’jt.
Sept. 10.
THE
GRANGERS' REVERSIBLE
COTTON SCREW PRESS
\ V E Itea leave to call the attention
V V of the Plautini; Pulillc to the above namcl
nrw Wrought iron Si ri w ITov, novoiu-xhiliilion
in Athena. It i' fuiiy Wiirianu-.t. It i' till -im-
picst, most durable, and clwamnit WrouKlit Iron
screw Sh tli« United Siateit A ou nee.1 Inn see il
to like it. The price of tin- Screw completfe, is
One Hundred l>"U:irs Farmer* '-an Imy the Irons
and build the Screw ot borne, u"d *u v c onsidcra-
blv. Iielnv criers until you come to Athens and
see ono :it work. Kespectfullv,
SUTTON. WILLIAMS A CO.,
Griffin, lia.. Agents U, S.
SDMMKY A NEWTON,
Aug. 2i, 1S74—3iu. Agents, Athena, «A.
Look Out For Fine Beef.
II. DE.MOhE, ApoVtinSpccr
w
vicinity that he h is o|wuo<l a stall for llie s.ve «r
Itjef, i'ork. .Motion, L.mb,*e.,«it th.iahoi.former
ly occil|.ied l.v Mr. Sctievcncll, in tile re.ir of L. J.
limn.'kill's Store, and near the tugiue House; ml
can be supplied every morning, and meat will br
J delivered at ntiy porlioii of the city. ILs stall w.u
ntood mhi- mr J lw „, H .ned Saturday morning.
- Wdag.*»| Aug. 26, 13H—tt
W. U. I1EMORE.
nous thought. It drives.
It dims the?
poets of heaven arc made
brighter.—UongregglionAifF. { {
False Prayctrs ..,'4 nu’
There is a good deal of this
praying which is not praying at.
all. Aio’.i piously ask the Lord to
imdcitaka works by the score
which they arc too lazy or 1 too
penurious to do fin- themselves.
Prayer becomes a cloak for lazi
ness, and piety a mask for avarice;
In this point of view, missionary
meetings are often the saddest*
places a thoughtful man can sit in,
for an hour’s meditation. He finds
himself often wondering in them*
not that the heathen are not con
verted, l.* t that there are any
Christians left. Men meet and
pray and., exhort, and turn the
whole business oyer into tho
Lord’s
resignation, contributing a dollar
or two as they leave it as their
share toward tho enterprise.—
Church Journal.