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U. M. BURNS, Editor. 1 VOL. 111. THE HERALD. PVBLUBU) WEEKLY AT GREENSBORO’, GA, Termi. o** «epy p« MB«n, . • • • • 0110 Advertising Hates. One sqnar*, flrit Inaortion ...I 1 00 fi.eb *ubMqn*n» tontrUon... M On. rquwe mre* 8 09 On* *qn»r* *i« month*. ~ JO oo On* ,qu»r« tw.lv* month*., 16 00 Two square* Area m0nth*.,.,,.,, 10 00 Two square* »lx m.ntb*.......... 18 00 Two square* twelve mouth*,..... 38 00 Suarter column twelve month*.... 40 00 alf column twelve month*..,... 60 00 One column twelve month* 100 00 (Ten line* or le*» considered a square] Advertisement* not specified as to time, will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All advertisements considered due from th* first insertion and collectable accordingly. Very liberal term* will be offerod tho»# who advertise extensively. W» sb»U charge tb# sum* fee* a* other papers la this State, for Legal Advertise montiu AST-AU order*, communication*, Ac., ad dressed to tb* editor* will reeeiv* prompt attention. Order* from a distance mn»t be nocompa* nled by the Cash or paid on reoeipt of the first copy of tbe paper containing the ads vertlsement. F. L. LITTLE Attorney at taw- SPARTA GEORGIA WILL pay atriat attention to all business entrusted to his ears, nov23 7 T. JOH.33AN ATTORNEY AT LAW tT-As. CSL-A-- Office in Law Buiidisg attention gives to oases in r** J - nov23 J, F. PIERCE, Jr.’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Law Building, dec 14 MEDICAL. Das «’n LAID AlMend having aisocias tbemsaivss ss tbs firm of Alfrlsnd A Soni rsspeot fully offer their professional serriocs to tbe pubs Office es Publle Square Sparta Ca met 19 SASSEEN’S United States Hotel. SASSEEN, YORK k JOURDAN, PROPRIETORS, WITHIN 100 Yard* of the General Pas •eager Depot, Corner Alabama aad Pryo Hi rests, Atlanta, Ga, J. W. F. BRYSON, R. T. JOURDAN, July 3nd, 1868-ts. Clerks 1868. 1808. AMERICAN HOTEL Alabama Street ATLANTA, OKOB3IA. Nearest House to Passenger Depot WHITE A WIIITLOCK, Proprlttors. W. D. WILEY, Clerk Having rc-leased and renovated tbs above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain guest* in a most satisfactory manner.— Charges fair and moderate. Our efforts will be to please. Baggaga carried to and from the Depot free of charge. aprll 23'88, CITY HOTEL. Bn. J. A. SPELLINGS, Propriety, GREENSBORO.’ GA. will be found at everyTiain Nb« ts THE GREENSBORO’ HERALD. ‘ POETRY, Prom the Renner of ths South. THE SOUTHER* SOUUIKRS’ LA3IENT Where is tbs flag which ones floated so proud 1 » her* are the brave arms which one* spoke to lend 1 Where are the brave hearts that held Ibes at bgj 1 Where are the hoys in j*QUat, of grey 1 Down is the flag which ones floated so high. Lew lie* Hie hearts the, said “Ouuqusr or Die" Stacked are th* anus that so-proudly w* waved Lost 1, the eauw wbieh ws swore to have saved Hope bad departed, life lost all Its ehsrws, 111,banded our army, »y comrades in arms Taunted and loomed, In thotr JaokoM of grey, I oavy tbs brave heart, wbieh fell in tb* fray. Lonely end weary th* soldier return,, Tell, he a paroled, and hi, manly eheek, hum,, Life without Liberty -unooasing uein, Wolud I'd been numbered long sinee with th# •lain, Hardships and toll four long year, endured, Honor end triumph—-by brave heart, preeared, Won to be lo«t by ooward, and knave,, Deiersing their banner, that they might be •lav,,, Easy poor heart, sink quietly to reit, One oonaolation that lightens th# breast”. I stood by our (lag, I heard th* last gun, And say now with pride I my duty have dene, IN MKMORIAM, yelverton~plyton king Was born, April 23d, 1794, and died July sth, 1868. He wag a native of Green# county, Georgia, which was his home during his long eventful life, and in the bosom of which now sleeps his honored dust, A newspaper column does not furnish sufficient space to pay a fit ting tribute to his memory. The writer proposes merely to group to gether some of tho prominent points in his public record, briefly deline ate his most striking traits of pri vate character, and leave tho pleas ant duty of filling up the picture to someone of the very few now liv ing, who were the companions of his early days. , (fill. Kirtu tOM W**V {Jltjitu to admission to the Bar, in Lexing ington, Ga., under tbe instruction of Hon. Thomas W. Cobb, (after wards Judge of tbe Ocraulgee Cir cuit,) and was lioensed to practieo in 1814. Among his early rivals for professional usefulness and dis tinction in his own county, were Thomas Foster, Wm, C, Dawson, A. B. Longstreet and, afterwards, Francis H. Cone, Os these, all are dead, except Judge Longstroet, and all attained to eminent distinc tion in their profession. Notwith standing this bright array of talent with which he had to compete for the meed of professional renown, ho maintained an honorable position, and was “ Clarus inter clarissimos.” At the time of his death, he was, perhaps, the oldest practicing law yer in the State—certainly, in the Ocmulgee District, Tho profess ional labors and responsibilities of more than half a century left not a stain on his fair escuteheou. Punc tiliously faithful to his clients, em inently courteous to his legal Breth ren, fair and honorable to opposing parties, he won the esteem and ad miration of friends, and command ed the respect of enemies. His en emies were remarkably few for one possessed of his warm, generous, strong, quick impulses, unusual candor, and uncompromising scorn and contempt for any act the least dishonorable. He was Solicitor-General of tho Ocmulgee Circuit when Longstroet was its presiding Judgo, with whom he remained on the most intimato terms of friendship to the day of his death. He was Aid-dc-Carop to Govern or Tronp, and aided him in that of ficial capacity on the memorable oc casion of Gen. LaFayette's visit to the Capitol of the State. ( En pas sant, it was at the dinner table on this occasiou, that Gov. Troup ut tered that short, terse, thrilling sen timent, “The union of all heads to promote the nation’s welfare—the union of all hearts to welcome the nation’s guest,”) In June, 1830, Gov. Gilmer ap pointed Col. Kino Superintendent of the Public Lands then in the oc cupancy of the Cherokees, and en closed the Commission in a letter urgently soliciting him not to de cline the appointment, as it was im peratively necessary for one of his “character, intelligence and firm ness” to discharge the delicate du ties of that office. Correctly did the Governor appreciate the difficul ties of the position, and wisely did he select the agent to occupy it.— GREENSBORO', GA., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1868. The State was engaged in an un-1 pleasant controversy with tho Uni ted States as to winch Government was entitled to jurisdiction over tho Indians: the Indians were uneasy, turbulant and restless: and the whites were intruding upon the public lands, rendering it necessary to institute numerous legal proceed ings to arrest tbeir enoroachmonts., The subjeot of this memoir did not disappoiut the confidence reposed iu him by the Governor, but proved himself amply adequate to the du ties of his aelioate trust. He frequently represented his county, sometimes in the Senate, at others in the Representative branch of tbe General Assembly.— This he always did with honor to himself, usefulness to his State and to the eminent satisfaction of his constituents. In 1848, he was on the Taylor electoral ticket, and assisted in cast ing the vote of his State for that distinguished military Chieftain. In 1860, he was appointed by President Filmore, Charge d’Af faires to the Bepublio of New Gra nada. For this position he was, perhaps, as well fitted, physically, morally and intellectually, as any man in the nation. Possessed of a fine, commanding form, an eve beaming with intelligence and flash ing forth the light of a genial heart, a face suffused with an unusual ex pression of kindness, of oourteous and winning deportment, for varied and extensive information, when standing in tbe presence of a for sign Court among the Representa tives of earth’s Nations and King doms, they would intuitively recog nize him as one of nature’s noble men, and as a worthy Minister of his Government. After remaining at this post of honor for more than two years, on account of ill health >'«« VKIIV f<i van &,1 vnin-ut rat «.t Washington, requesting his recall. In reply, he received from the Sec retary of State, Mr, Webster, a very flattering letter, compliment ing him upon the success of bis mission, expressive of the high ap preciation, by tho Government, of his public sorvicos, and granting his request. In 1865, when our old ship of State was just emerging from an unsuccessful revolution, storm-boat |en and shattered, when all eyes | were searching for the most compe tent and reliable architects to refit her for a renew ed career of Empire, reluctantly consented, at the urgent solicitation of his confiding coun trymen, to represent them in the constitutional Convention. Tho work of that Convention, (to which he liberally contributed,) whon the storms of fanaticism and political corruption shall have blown over, if ever, and reason and patriotism shall assume their sway, will be considered as an imperishable mon ument to the wisdom of its construc tors. This- was the last act in tho official record of our distinguished friend, and no one who is left to mourn his loss, has any cause to re gret the manner in which he finish ed his public career. The last acts of his official life were performed in vindication of Constitutional liberty: and as if unwilling to sur vive the degradation of his noble old State, he closed his eyes on the scones of time, the day succeeding the assumption of the reins of her civil Government by Radicalism and nogro equality. But no one is half prepared to appreciate Col. King’s worth, who did not know him in his private and social relations. Here his excel lencies shone out with unsurpassed lovelines and brilliancy. What has been said of another, is true of him: “lie had all those qualities that excite the love and admiration of friends, and the respect of foes; no dishonorable word or act stains his bright name. In the private relations of life, as husband, fath er, friend, he was a model—he was without reproach. His friendsnip elevated and ennobled, for the whole tone of his character was lofty.”— Notwithstanding he was possessed of a quick temper, and strong im pulses, yet the writer, who was per haps more intimate in the family and visited them oftener than any of their numerous male friends, never heard him utter a petulant word to a single member of the family. He was married to Miss Eliza F. Strain, in Greenesboro’, “ YIINCIT AMOR PATRIjE,” Ga., in November, 1817, whom, with three sons and & daughter, he left to mourn over the irreparable loss of a kind and affectionate hue band and father. May they re unite with him in the land beyond the stars where heart! are never wrung by tho [dissolution of affec tion's ties. L, Tribute of Respect. Ban Marino Lodge, No. 84, F. A, M., I Gneneibore’, G*. July U, 1888. | A. t., 5868. At a cftlled communication of San Marino Lodge, convened this day, for tho purpose of giving ex pression to feelings of proromu sor row, which fill the hearts of its members, at the demise of our broth er, Col. Yelverton Pevton King, which occurred on the sth instant. On motion of brother John E. Walker, a Committee of seven, consisting of brothers Walker, Weaver, Turnell, Zimmerman, Johnson, Dickey and Nickelson, being appionted to prepare a suita ble notice of the death of our de ceased brother, made the following report, which was unanimously adopted: Whereas, it has pleased ’he All wiso Ruler of the Universe to re move from our midst our worthy and beloved brother, Col. Y, r, KING, who for half a century was connected with the Order, and who, during all that time, in his daily walk and conversation, illustrated tbe truth of its principles. Broth er King was highly esteemed by the brotherhood for his zeal as a Mason, and for tbe alacrity, cheer fulness and fidelity with . which he discharged all the obligations de volving on him in that connection. In his performance of tbe duties of all his earthly relations, he was scrupulously exact. Asa lawyer, raent and manly bearing, «mr law was not ouly a noble, but an ennobling profession. Asa mem ber of society, high-tonod and a gentleman, highly endowed with rare intellectual gifts, which had received the highest culture, he im parted a charm to his mannors that will be gratefully and affectionately remembered by all who enjoyed his friendship, or who wero admitted to social intercourse with him. As a neighdor and citizen, every mem ber of this Lodge and every person in this community will bear willing testimony to his obliging, charita ble and benevolent disposition, his general usefulness, his frank and candid bearing and to his honesty and uprightness in all his dealings. Whilst deploring with sincere sor row the loss of so good a man, we would yet bow submissively to the will of Providence in removing him from us, and forgetting his foi bles, if any he had, let us imitate his virtues. Therefore, Resolved 1 st, That in the death of brother King, the Brotherhood of Masons haro lost a true Mason, a worthy brother, and one of its brightest jewels; society one of its most gifted members, the communi ty an upright, honorable and uso ful man, and the State a pure and patriotic citizen. Resolved 2d. That we tendor to the widow and children of our de ceased brother, assurances of our sincere condolence and sympathy. Resolved Srd. That in token of our respect for the deceased, a blank page on our Minute Book be inscribed to his memory, that the furniture and jewels of the Lodge be draped in mourning, and the members wear the usual badge for thirty days. Resolved 4th, That » certified copy of these proceedings bo sent to the family of our deceased broth er, ami that the same be published in the Greenesboro’ Btrald, and Sparta News. John E. Walker, Wm. M. Weaver, Robt. Tubnell. Jno. F. Zimmerman, 11. C. Nickelson, Mark Johnson, Jab. M. Dickeit Committee. A true extract from the minutes. C. C. NORTON, Sec’y. Eve was the only wife who nev er threatened to go and live with her mama. And old Adam never tauntalized his wife about “the way mother used to cook.” Traveling 1 on hi* Wit*. We were once traveling over tbe railway frota Washington City to Baltimore, when wo observed a pe culiar tort of a man sitting hard by —a tall, slim, good natured fellow, but one somohow who eeemed to boar the impress of a person who lived by his wits, written on Ins face. A friend who was with me, answered tny inquiry as to who he was, and at the same time asked me to keep between the object of our notice and himself, least he should 1 come over to our seat, as my com panion said that ho knew him, but did not wish to reoognizo him here. “That is Bean ———,” said ho, “a man that is universally known in Washington as one of the most accomplished fellows in tho city, always ready to borrow of, or drink with you. He sever ha* any mon ey, however, and I am curious to know how ho will ever get over tho road without paying j for he’ll do it in some way." “Probably he has got a ticket— borrowed the money to buy it with or something of that sort," said I. “Not he. Beau always travels free, and boards in tho same way, He never pays money whon wit or trick will pass current in its place,” said mv friend, confidently, “What a shocking bad hat he has got on, 5 ’ said I, observing tbe dilapidated condition of his beaver. “Its sonio trick of his, doubtless, for tho rost of his drosa, you ob serve, is quite genteel." « “Yes, I see. My friend went on to tell me how Beau bad done his tailor out of a reoeipt in full for his last year’s bill, and the landlady at his last boarding-place, and also various other specimens of his ingenuity and wit. “He owed me ten dollars,” laid —> ** *—•”>'( - mt» in collect it of him one day, I’ll be hanged if he didn’t get ten more out of me, so I think I shall let the matter rest there, for fear of doub ling the sum once more.” At this moment the conductor entered the opposite end of the car to gather tho tickets from the pas sengers, and givo them checks in return. Many of them, as is often the case with travels who are fre quently called upon on populous routes to show their tickets, had placed theirs in tho band of their lmts, so that the conductor could see they were all right, and not trouble them to take them from their pock et at each stopping-place. I watched Beau to see what his expe dient would be to get rid of paying his passage. As the conductor drew nearer, Beau thrust his head out of the car window, and seemed absorbed in contemplating the scenery on that side of tbe road The conductor spoke to him for his ticket—there was no answer. “Ticket, sir,” said the conduc tor, tapping him lightly on the shoulder. Beau sprang back into the car, knocking his hat into the road, and leaving it in a moment nearly a mile behind. He looked first at the conductor, then out of the win dow after his hat, and in a seeming fit of rage, exclaimed— “ What in the d—l do you strike a man that way for ? Is that your business l Is that what the compa ny hiros you for f” “I bog your pardon, sir; I only wanted your ticket,” replied the conductor, meekly. “Ticket I O, yes its all vory well for you to want my ticket, but I want my hat!” replied Beau, brist ling up. “Very sorry sir, really, I barely desirod to call your attention, and I took the only means in my power,” said the conductor. “Yon bad better use a cane to at tract a person’s attention next time and hit him over the head with it too, if he happens to look the other way !” replied the indignant Beau. “Well, sir, I am ready to apolo gize to you again, if you wish. I have already done so once,” said the disconcerted official. “Yes, no doubt; but that don’t restore my property—that’s gone.” “Well, sir, I can not talk any longer; I’ll take your ticket if you please.” “Ticket ? Haven’t you knocked it out of the window, hat and all?, Do you want to add insult to inju ry l" “O, your ticket was in your bat band 1” suggested the conductor. “Suppose you stop the train and so back and see," said the hatless loau, with indignant soorn deplet ed on his faoe. “Well, sir, I shall pass you free lover tho road, then,” repliod tho conductor, attempting to go on with | his duty. “Tho prtco ot a ticket," said Reau, “is one dollar ; my beaver cost me aV. Your good sense will at once show you that there is a balance of four dollars in my fa vor, at any rate.” Tho conductor hesitated. Boau looked like a gentleman to any ono not perfectly well posted up in the human face ; he was well dressed, and his indignation appeared most honest. “I'llnoe you after I have collect od the tickots,” repliod the conduc tor, passing on through tho car. Beau sat in silent indignation, frowning at everybody, until the ( conductor returned and sat down by his side. Beau then, in an undertone, that wo could only hoar occasionally, talked to tho conductor “like a father,” and wo saw tho crestfallen man of tickets pay the hatless pat■ senger four dollar l l The trick was at once plain to both my friend and myself, and the next day over a bottle of wine at the Monument House, Beau told us that be was hard up, hadn’t a dol lar, picked up an old hat at Gads bv’s Hotel in Washington, clapped his cap in his pocket, and resolved that tbe hat should carry him to Baltimore; and it did, with four dollart in the bargain. Excuses for not going to Church.—A gentleman, who pays to iucii scatters, as sured a eotemporary that, within the past six months, ho has heard the following excuses made for not attending Church; Overslept my self; could not dress myself in time; too cold; too hot; too win dy ; too dusty; too wet; too damp; too sunny; too cloudy; don’t feel disposod; no other time to myself; look over my drawers; put my pa pers to rights; letters to write to friends; mean to take a walk; go ing to take a ride; tied to business six days in the weak; no fresh air but on Sundays; can’t breathe in Church; always so full; feel a lit tle feverish; feel a little chillv; feel very lazy; expoct company for dinner; got a headache; intend nvrsing myself to-day ; new bon net not come home ; tore my mus lin dress coming down stairs; got anew novel, must be returned on Monday morning; wasn’t shaved in time ; don’t like the liturgy, always praying for the same thing, don’t like extemporary prayer; don’t like an organ, ’tis too noisv; don’t like singing without music, makes me nervous ; the spirit is willing, but the flesh weak; dislike an extem porary sermon, it is too frothy; can’t bear a written sermon, too prosy; nobody to-day but our own minister, can’t always listen to the same preacher; don’t like strangers; can’t keep awake when in Church; fell asleep last time when I was there; shan’t risk it again; mean to inquire of sensible persons about the propriety of going to such a place as Church, and publish the result. A young lady, notod for her af fected manners, recently entered the show-room of a fashionable milliner, with whom her family were acquainted, for the purpose of making some trifling purchases. On being asked how her mother was. she replied— “ She is not very well,” “Ah ! what is the matter with her?” “She fell down stairs and hurt her courtesy bender “Her what ?” “Her courtesy bender.” “Courtesy bender? What is that ?” inquired the milliner. “Why, ner knee,” was the reply. An Irishman remarked of a lady who bad been very kind to him. ‘Bedad, she’s a perfect gentleman.’ A rainy day is “damp,” but the refusal *f a young lady is a “dam per.” IT. 11. MORGAN, Printer. NO. 15. Trv Me on Leather A gon* . tleman once in a stage coach tried to get into conversation with his only fellow-passenger, but could get nothing from him beyond a dis claimer of any knowledge on any of the subjects introduced. At last he said, “Sir, I like to talk to pass away the time in traveling Is there anything you do know any thing about ?’ Tho silent man re plied, “Try me on Leather.” Wo commend this t recdote to tho eminent Republican statesmen and the impatient public who have been trying and waiting to get some opinion on something out of Hiram Llysses. Ho is theirs now for bet ter or for worse and they must make the the best out of him as be is. He is not supposed to have many oppinions on many subject* —in fact, he is not positively known to have any in particular, except that Grant is Grant and ought to be President. lie may possibly know something about leather. His father, Jesse, says ho did not like 'to make it, and it is certainly » very respectable thing to know something about. He ought to be tried— Danville Advocate. A Stump Speech. — Feller-CUi zent!—lf I was standing on the adamantine throne of Jupiter, aad the lightnin was flashin round me, I’d continue to spout. lam full of the bilin’ lather of Mount Etny, and I won’t bo squenched! I’ve sprang a leak and musi bowl like a bear with a sore head. Flop to* getherl jump into ranks and bear uao through. Feller-Citizens I—'Loot me to Congress, and i’ll abolish mad dogs, muskeeterß, and greenbacks, and go in for the annihilation of niggers, camp-meetings and jails. Ml repudiate crow* and hawks— I'll have barn raisins’ every day, and lickor enough to swim in.— j vs, feller eitizsuß, lect me to Congress, and I eahll be fed to ex claim, in the terrific language of Bonypart, when preaching to tbe wide wilderness, ' Riehnrd’, hiip—lf On then! onward to the polls t gallop apace, ye fiery steeds, IIlc» turn, strictum, catnip, abranto, Bre zcel, Eugloony and Baffin’s Bay.— What do you think of that ? “Go it porky—root bo* or die," as Rhakespearo said when Caesar stabbed him in the House of Rep* resen tatives. in. m m n. Tilton—Ho has called Grant s drunkard. Phillips—lie has called Grant s drunkard, and as “brainless as his twapple,” Sumner—lie says Grant is not an “irreversible guarantee,” and “made a witewashing report to for tify Andrew Johnson.” Chase—-“ Grant is a man of vile habits and no ideas,” Anna Dickinson—“l am going to England to got out of advocating this bungler,” Mr. Stanton—“ Grant says noth ing, and knows less than nothing.” Wilson—“l will never, so help me God, support any but temper ance men for office.” Greely—“The Presidency re quires a man of ideas and states man.” Colfax—“l declare, in advance no doubtful man shall havo my ballot for President,” Kelly—“l will die on my tracks before I will subscribe to this white washing.’’-ATew York World- Female Temper. — No trait of character is more valuable in a fe male than the possession of a sweet temper. Oh! we can never be made happy without it, It is like the flowers that spring up in our pathway, reviving and cheering us. Let a man go home at night, wearied and worn by the toils of the day, and how soothing is a word dictated by a good disposition 1 It is sunshine falling on his heart He is happy, and the cares of life are forgotten. A sweet temper has a soothing infiuonce over the minds of a whole family. Where it is found in tho wife and mother you observe kindness and love predomi nating over the natural feeling of a bad heart. Smiles, kind words and looks characterize the the children and pea:® and love have their dwelling there. Study, then, to acquire and retaiu a sweet temper. It is more valuable than gold; it captivates more than beauty ; and to the close of life retains all its freshness and power.