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H. 1. BfR.NS, Editor. ] ¥OL. 111. HHE HERALD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT GREENSBORO’ GA. Terms. Css copy p.r annum, - - - . . J 2 50 Advertising Rates. * A* One Fqnnre, Bret insertion $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion ' 50 One rqiiare three months 6 00 One square six mouths 10 no One square iw»lre month* 15 00 Two squares three months 10 00! Two squares six m.nths 15 00 Two squares twelve months 35 00 Quarter column twelve months..,. 40 00 Half column twelve months 60 00 Oas column twelve months 100 00 (Ten lines or less considered a square] Advertisements not sffccified as to time. *'wlll be published until ordered ont, and chanted accordingly. All advertisements ewasidered due from the first insertion and collectable accordingly. Very liberal Wins will be offered those who advertise extensively. We shall charge the same fees as other papers in this State for Legal Advertise newts. qjL'JPB*AII orders, communicr.tions, Ac., ad dressed to the editors will receive prompt attention. Orders from a distance must be accnrapa nied by*T he Cash or paid on receipt of th<- first copy of the paper containing the ad vertisement. F. L. LITTLE Attorney at Law . SPARTA GEORGIA. VXTILL pav strict attention to all business JPV entrusted to hi* care, nov23 J*. T JORDAN Aj|K attorney at iaw O -A “fp Office in Lrw Building fyspccia) attention give to carts in nov23 ~uL*. G. P. PIERCE, JT., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Law Building. dec 14 MEDICAL. DrS Wjb L & E D Atfriend havinz assooim tremsetves a* the firm of Alfriend A Son: respect fully offer thrir professsonal services to the pubs lie * Office on Public Square Sparta G a liar 19 « SASSEEN’S United States Hotel. ttfIEE.V, YORK & JOIRDAN, PROPEIETORS. I'PH IN 100 Yards oftheGfneral Pas- Befcfjrr Deprtt, Corner Alabama a ti Pryo streets, Atlanta. On. J. W. F. BRYSON, V m m R. T. JOURDAN, July 2nd, 1868-ts. Clerks 1868 1868 AMERICAN HOTEL Alabama Street ATLANTA, GEORGIA Neareit House to Passenger Depot WHITE*WHITLOCK, Proerietor*. W. D. WILEY, Clerk JLJ.AVTNG fO-leased and renovnt°d the above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain * gnests in a most satisfactory manner. — Charges fair and moderate. Our efforts will be to please. Baggage carried toaud from *he Depot free of charge. apri]23’6B. CITY HOTEL. In. J. A. SIteILIXCS, Proprietress, mwmm • * GREENSBORO.' GA. • . Porter, will be lo un and at t:trjTrain febfi ts THE GREENSBOEO’ HERALD. POETRY. From the Waverley Magazine. I NEVER CAN FORGET YOU. A'eg lonely to the River side To .eek the favored spot Where Neil and I so often strayed And said “Forget me not." Bat tims has changed, (and so have we) .' For I’m bound there along— Forget me. ah ! yes I’m forgot, As she no more will come. I know her spirit is as proud ■ As he who on thg battle-plaid Upholds his country with his blood. And saves for hci her name : For well I know she'll come no more To meet me there again, For when she parted all she said “ ’Tis parting gives me pain,” ,4h/ here phe comes, she sees me not. Her thoughts are wondering far, And hastens to this dear old spot Sbe’e coming, coming-near. She sees me now, but still she com.a, And slowly pass me by Her lips they quivered, aud methought Her trea t bad heaved a sigh. With queenly pride she onward goes. Her lips tbeyare compressed My heart strings tear lo thiuk that I Lost one oi nalure’s best. They say, ah, yes, that distance lends Enchantment to the view ; Nell, Cupid drove his arrow far Into my heart for you. •‘Farewell/” if we no more can meet, As we did in olden 'imes, As lovers in onr old retreat, We must in heavenly climes : Although on earth we severed be, And my cheeks grow pale and wan, Forget you, Nellie, nearest, I Forgetyounevere.au. I*e Gentle with tliy lVi (<> Be gentle, dor ;ou lltt e know How many trials rise. Although to thee they may betmall, To her of giants sian- Be gentle, though perchance that lip May spnak a murmuring tone Tbe g irt may beat with kindno • yet. And]oy to tp thine own. Be gentle • weary hours of pain Tis woman's lot to bear- Then yield her what support you can, And al’ her sorrows share Be gentle! for tbe noblest hearts At times may hare soma grief, And even in a pettish word May seek to fin-. relief. Be gentle 1 lor unhindnrss now May rouso -ome angr. g o:m, That all the after yea's of life In vain may strive to it u. STHAY THOUGHTS. BY CLARA AUGUSTA. • Who can estimate the value of a kind word? “Words fitly spo ken are like apples of gold in pic tures of silver.” Who knows how many hearts have been saved from despair by a few kind words ? When the cares I and burdens of life press heavily, and the spirit as well as the flesh faints and grows wCak, how grate ful are the expressions of sympa thy and kindness. Like the dews of Heaven, to the thirsty plant— like rain to the parched earth—like sunshine to the folded flower. Nev er judge any man harshly, however rude and unsocial he ma^ r be, until you have tried upon him the law of kindness. We are all more or less obsti nate, and you will not find ono per son in a hundred who relishes be ing driven. Perhaps it is a little singular, hut it is none the less true, that most of us xMll not readily do a thing which we want to do, if we feel that any one is trying to force us to it. * I once hoard a wife say—“l was not intending to go to Mrs Smith s party to-night, but John said I should not go a step, and now 111 go if I die for it!” And little Tommy Johnson evinc ed the same spirit when he said-*- “I’d just as liof give Jim Sykes my whistle as not, for it's a crack ed old thing,- and all the whistle is out of it; but Jim said if I didn’t give it to him he'd whip me; and now 111 burn it! see if I don’t!” If you ever want to influence any person, try kindness. Hearts may be softened by love—hut nev er by a spirit of hatred and unkind ness. And if you would succeed jin convincing a man against his will, ten to one he will hold to the same opinion still. GREENSBORO’ GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1868. Cultivate punctuality. It is a good thing to build a character up on. I know of nothing more do sirable than reliability. If you can say that a man is reliable, yon are giving him the best of good name!. Never make an engagement, in tending to break it. If you prom ise to be at a certain place at a cer hour,set here, if you are alive. Do not wait five, ten, or twenty minutes, but keep your appointment to a mo ment ! Oh, I like those people of whom it can be said —you know where to find them. They are the ■kind who keep their promises.— They never run away with your umbrellas, nor lose a train by being too late, nor keep you waiting at dinner, nor forget the little bill that the tailor sent in a week before, and you never in the world knew one of them to have a Sunday headachei • Avoid contradiction. A spirit of contradiction is always particularly hateful. Ts there is anything es pecially despicable, it is the man who is continually arguing and con tradicting. Such a person is a pub lic nuisance, and our law-makers ought to enact a law to “abate” him. He is never happy himself, and no one can be comfortable with him He would be in the anguish 1 of torment if any one thould hap pen to be undisturbed by his per verseness. You cannot venture upon re- ( marking that it is a fine day with- ! out running the risk of being con tradicted and argued with for an hour or two, to be proved wrong at last. I was once traveling on a steam er in company with couple of my acquaintance, who had re cently agreed to undertake life’d j journey fnd ; vi j^j a w! business it is to watch everything 1 that every one says in order te be ready with his contradiction We were passing a littlo village set in among the hills, and the la dy made tbe observation, iu a care less way—“ That is Ililldale, I be- ■ lieve.” - “Ililldale? no indeed /” sail her companion, cresting himself like a cock turkey; “that is Dellville ! How could you make such a mis take ? I’ve been in these parts be fore, and I know.” ffihe young lady colored—but . maintained her assertion. The 1 gentleman appeared astonished that she should dare anything of the kind, and went on with an argument tooleng to write down, tqconvinee her that she was wrong. Sbq kept a dignified silence, and bv-and-by he finished, having, I* suppose he thought, settled the question as to the name of the placte forever. The young ’lady dismissed him shortly afterwards, and I cannot help thinking that his spirit of con tradiction helped on the result. . ■ As for myself, I was curiouff enough to take pains to ascertain the correct name of the village in question, and found to my hprror and amazement, that it was ilbither Hilldafe nor Dellville—but Scratch Gravel Corner! —Arthurs Mag. Heath of lion. Thaililens STEVENS. The Conner of yesterday morn ing announced the long-expected death of ILm. Thaddeus Stevens, which occurred in Washington pre cisely at 12 o’clock the night be fore. Mr. Stevens was a man cf whom a large number of his coun trymen will find it difficult to speak charitably, even now that the grave has closed over hrs implaeablc en mities. But in his case it will be good to obey the kind rule which forbids us to speak ill of the dead. While we may discuss his acts, we must remember that he is now at the bar of the Judge who can alone weigh both his acts and bis motives. Thaddeus Stevens Was born in Caledonia county,. Vermont, April sth, 1798, and was therefore iirhis 76th year at the time of his death. Graduating at Dartmouth College j in 1814, he removed to I’ennsylva nia in thg same and was ad mitted so the bar of Adams county in 1816. In 1833, he was elected to the Legislature and served four' terms, distinguishing himself as a violent revolutionary partisan in ? the anti Masonic agitation, and iu “VINCIT AMOR PATIIIJiV’ the famous “Buckshot, war.” He early took position as aft an ti-slavery men,- and being a member of the State Convention elected to revise the constitution of Pennsyl vania in 1836, he refused te append his name to that instrument because it restricted suffrage to white men. In 1838 he was appointed OnnM Commissioner. He removed to Lancaster in 1842, and there resi ded until his death, except when living in Washington as the Repre sentative of his distinct, in the 31st, 32d, 36th, 37th, 88th, 39th and 40tn Congresses. Mr. Stevens was never married, and had a bad reputation as a lib ertine. He was addicted to gam bling, and was not a believer in the Bible, but professed a sort of phil osophical religion of his own inven tion. In politics he was a reckless, violent, and proscriptive partizan, cherishing up his latest moments! the luxury of “immortal hate.”— * iTo indulge it, and triumph over I , the Democrats and over the people \ 1 of the South, he spurned the ‘stltution, and was the ackno-v! Ig’-j ed leader in all the bol 1, Trad tnc.is* •ures of his party. His political course, however, is familiar to the , whole country, and, like that of a Marius or a Sylla, will he regarded ' with approval or aversion by hi.s J ‘contemporaries, according to their' political bias. But pirates and freebooters are ' found to have a good side to their ' , characters, and we belieye that, with ■ ! all his faults, there were redeeming ! traits in the character of Thaddeus ; Stevens. While he would stop at! no violation of the Constitution, he | scorned to pervert its plain mean- j ing, and boldly avowed Yhigbt and his owh sense of right as the only sanction he claimed for the policy ■MK-'as ever an open one. mr.-Tr.-g; espoused the cause of the negro a gainst the white man of the South, lie scorned all professions of friend ship for his victim, and advocated ( the most relentless use of the pow- j er which his party hell to elevate the slave, and to insult and to de grade the master. And yet, with all his animosity toward the South ern whites, a3 a people, he is said j ! to have been always kind to indt- I viduals from that section when they ■approached him for a favor. | Ts he had been as charitable to ! ward communities as he was to per sons ; if he had been as true to the ' whole country as he was to his own 'section; if he had been aa-faithful to the Constitution as ho Was to hrs party, his iron will, and his talents would have made him a public benefactor. As it is, ho will ever be regarded by the mass of mankind as a master spirit in the work of ruin, and the legacy of ha tred and sir fe which he has left to his .country will ever associate his name with talents misapplied, vir tues perverted and passions indulg ed to the prejudice of higher mo tives and nobler capabilities. C'onmg-al Felicity among; THE. FREEDMEN. Lee,"our devil, who is the son of Ike, of Ku-Klux memory, and who is as black as the ace of spades, got married last week to an ebony beau ty. He just had money enough to pay for his license, and when we asked him how he was going to sup port his wife, his ready reply was, “Es she's gwine to cat,she has to oarn it as I does. T didn’t bargain to feed and dress her, bos3.” We were congratulating ourselves that the devil was married, and sorry we were too ill last week to*givo an obituary to the happy occasion.—. But we knew tha devil was to pay when tlie devil got married, aud tho truth is we were right. Last Monday, Lao came to us with a face .as long as a Boston shingle and said, “Look, here, boss, Iso been a big fool, and I wants to get a perforce," “What do you mean by a pc<forcc ? wo asked. • “Some thing that perforce a uian and his wife to quit being married—for 1 tell you, boss, I'sc tired oi it, ahu! ’ “Wiiy Lee,” we replied, “what do you want to quit your wife Cor ? ’ “For* hcavon, Doss, itisu t what I bargained for , i took h&r for better and for woss; the better am goue and I'se only got the woss. left; dar’a a colored man and a white man, both good friends of mine, tley love me so well dut dey’s take my place wid my wife, and I thinks so much of them dat l’se gwine to gib her up to them. If dar’s any fighting to he dono dey’s got to do it.” So off Btarted our devil to look for a lawyer to get a “perforce,” • and we have not seen him since.— Grenada (Mist.) SeAtinel. How a Oirl under High— TEEN PROCURED A HUS* BAND. It seems to bo generally admitted that love laughs at locksmiths, and 'occasionally we find an illustration that it can even ovorcome obstacles ofa more embarrassing character* than can ho created by merely keys and kicks, and of this we furnish a case in point. Avery pleasing young couple arrived at the Everrctt House yes terday from Illinois. Tt was ap -1 parent they were lovers, and it I soon became evident they wanted jto get married. The Clerk polietly inquired if two rooms were rqquir ‘ ed. and the young man replied in the negative, saving they expected 'to be married during the day.— I Shortly after arrival they started | out upon a tour of inquiry. Led by a rural instinct they first repair ed to the Court House, but not finding any facilities among the ! leather-headed officials therefore 1 consummating a marriage, they re turned to the hotel and consulted the courteous Clerk. He recom mended them to procure the servi ces of a Justice of the Peace, and consequently Justice Jecko was | sent for. Ho was promptly on lhand. The young man drow him aside and said h« was green at the “business,” and wanted the Jus tice's. advice. "gre-ywruoi tu age ? r— “I am old enough,” said the young man, “but the girl.” It was then ascertained that the young lady was under eighteen and the Justice declined to proceed. This placed thfi young people in a serious dilemma, and they revolv ed the matter deeply and finally | hit upon a happy expedient. The ! number 18 .was clipped from a .newspaper of that day of the month, ! and the piece of paper was placed ' in the voung girl’s shoe, and being under her pretty little foot, she ] might With a certain truthfulness ! say she was over eighteen. The n o xt was to send for Jrtsticß j Lawrence. That big and bearded |functionary dnly arrived and ex pressed readiness to proceed with j tho ceremony. Ilfs questions were answered satisfactorily and the marriage was consummated and the happy two became a happier ono, and the sole objection was removed. Their names were Mr. J. McKibben and Miss Loretta Allraon, both of Marion county, 111. The young lady we understand, is quite wealthy, and Troth are respectably connected. They appeared deeply attached to one another and no doubt have a «unnv fntare before them. | The trick-little practised upon the S'l'ilro Is not a now one, and, however, it may -he viewed under such circumstances, it is easily for given. As the - recording angel writes down the deception he no don v >t washes it ont with a tear, if that scrcno seraph has any heart at all. We hope the young couple will always be as happy as they ap peared yesterday.— St. Louis lie ! publican. Read this to your Snvekt- HEARTB. The character of the i jo ing men of a eom-munity depends in'ich°upon that of 4m young wo- If the latter ard cultivated, intelligent, accomplished, the young men will feel the requirement that they themselves should be upright laud gentlemanly, and refined, but )if their, friends are frivolous and sillv, the young men will be toand to be dissipated and worthless. But- I remember, always, that a is i tb© boat guardian of a brother s in legrity. As a daughter, she is tae true tight of a homo. The pride of a father ofteuest is centered on bm sons, but his affection is expeuded on his daughter. She sh-udd there i t'ojq, !jo -tli* sun aud centre of all. ' Whatman a man have iu his pocket when it is empty ? A big fcoJe. Reward fo'tlie 'Capfhrct OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. Tho bill reported from tho House - Committed ot Claims on Wednesday 1 provides that tho reward of SIOO,- ; 1 000 offered for tho capture of Jes-j fersou Davis, by tho President of! tho United Slates, in hi3 proclama- Uon of May 2, 1565, shall be paid, as follows; To Tamos H. Wilson, of Illinois,-late major general vol unteers, $3,000 ■ to Benjamin -D. Pritchard, of Michigan, late lieu tenant colonel of tho 4th Nlichigaa cavalry, 3,000 ; to Joseph A. O. Yeoman, of lowa, late captain .of the Ist Ohio cavalry, $3,00(b and to the following officers, nan-com missioned officers, and privates in proportion to the ninthly pay pro per to which they were rospect.ively ®ntitled in the grades which they hold at tho time of said capture.— (Here follow the names of one hun dred and forty four officers and men of the 4th Michigan cavalry that were present on the morning of May 10; of seveuty-fivo officers and enlisted men of the Ist Wis consin cavalry* and of twenty -seven others, being the dotachmeut ac companying Captain Yeoman, principally of Ohio.) The bill pro vides that to tho heir at-law and le gal representatives of such soldiers named therein as wore killed in ac tion at tho capture* or have since deceased, the shave, proportion, or claim of such killed nr deceased soldier shall b* paiji. Tho sum of SIOO,OOO appropriated to carry theV’t into effect. / Making Love with Umbi hei.las. —A certain dramatic writer, being caught in a shower of raiu, took refuge under the dortlco of a hiind .aoing dwelling...New York. As window was opened, and female face appearen, wmen see tire a to beam withsympathy and iwixiety. She soon retired, and sent him an umbrella by a servant. Ho tell at once desperately in love, and think ing from her anxious looks that the feeling was recipoeated, he called on her the next morning, sent up his card, and gave into her own hand a very oostly umbrella he had purchased Iu place of the old and shabby one he had borrowed, and then wound up all by making a pro fession of love. The young lady, without oven noticing the exchange tha' nod been mado perceiving how" her act bad teen misinterpreted, natively replied : “I feel it to he my duty undeceive you, sir: At the time of the shower I was anxi ously epecting a gentleman who is, I confess, very dear to me, who vHi«d to sea, who wished to see me in private, and my only motive for sending you the umbrella was to get you off the steps.” Beautiful Answers.—A pupil of Abbe -Eioord g>vo the following extraordinary answer;!; Q. What is gratitude ? A. Gratitude is tho mefitiory oi' the heart. (and. What is hope l A. Hope is the blossom ot nap pin esa. * U>. What is tho difference be tween hope and desire? A. Dcuro is a tree iu leaf, hope is a tree iu flowers, and enjoyment is a tree imfriiit. What 13 eternity? A. A day without yesterday or to-morrow ; a day without end. Q. What is time t A. A lino that has two ends—a path that begins in the oradlo and .ends iu tbe grave. Pir-KLiNo Puteims.—Best vine gar 1 quart'; sugar 4 pounds; peaches peeled and stoned 8 pounds; spices as desired, or cinnamon and cloves ground, of each 1 tablespoon. Tie np your spices in a cloth and put with tho fruit and vinegar, cooking the peaches until done on ly. Keep in jars. If the.r begin to ferment at any time, simply boil down the juice; then boil the peaches in it a few minutes. Keep out of bad company, for cbauceS are that when the Devil fires into a flock ha will certainly .hit someone. There are two things which can not be too short, a pi© -crust and a (C mu nun motion for a newspaper. . Li. IL MORGAN, Priulti. NO. 19. Determined to rnvn Another. .•^A'clergyman, who was consoling a young widow on the death of her husband; spoke Tn' a. very serious tone, remarking that lie was “one ot the few. Such a jewel of a Christian, yon cannot find his equal, yon well know.” Ts which the lobbing fair onQ replied, with an al most broken heart—“l'll hot I will !” -V General Eailv, late C, S. A., i» frequently visible in the Clifton (House, to which lie drives in from his residence at Druiunaondsvillo, a town a mite and a half distant. Ho iy»* to meet and converse with P 'tests “hailing” from the South, ii j is very bitter in his oppositions to Grant for Hfo'sident. A; says Grant has, or Lad no ability at all as a General, and.has no civil ca pacity to fill the ufiice for which ha ®a been nominated. ' •" ell/’said an old judge to a negro who had been hauled up for stealing a pullet,* “what have you to ay .for yourself?” ‘•Nujfhf but dis: I was as cra zy a3 a bed bug when I stole Aat ar pullet, co j I might have stole a big hen and . nebber done it. Dat shows ’clusively dat I was laborin’ uudor deli rum tremends. A Proper Name. —The intelli gence of some boys in financial af fairs •peaks volumes as to the daily harden of some men’s, conversation. VVe stopped one tho other day who was leading a fiue mastiff— fierce in look, powerful in muscle, and very probably dangerous, as he was very closely muzzled. “What’s the dog’s name?” asked wo. “He isn’t named yet,” said the boy; /‘bet l , j< > c;iII bins Banknote, »»- > ■ , ai g-cry one An old bachelor says women are so fond of appearances, that if you eouhl make them believe that there were no looking-glasses in heaven, they would set no more value on salvation than they would on a poor relation. Singular how age sours people. It is said that words hurt nobo dy: nevertheless, Sampson jawed a thousand Philistines to death. When your wife begins to scold, let her have it out. Put your feet up co iiy over the fireplace, loTT back in your chair, light one of your best cigars and let the storm rage on. Say nothing, do nothing, know nothing. ■An. incorrigible wag who lent a minister a horse which ranaway and threw hue clerical rider, thought he should have somo credit for his aid in spreading the gospel. “Married well,” nowmeams yok-.. ing two fouls together with plenty of money or laud to justify the lol ly. Hearts and brains, aud worth, have gone out of date. Sulky females generally die old maids. If a girl wishes, therefore, to taste tho swoets whieh spring from love and corduroy, let hor go training for good nature, and be come mimical with gladness, like June crowded with bob relinks. Two Irishmen wero in prison, one for stealing a cow. and the oth er for .-tealing a wateti: “Mike,** said tho cow stealer, one day. “what o’clock is it ?” “Och, Pat. I haven t my watch handy, but I think it’s about milking time.” Sfivrmak’s Bawe.—’Tho man Sherman wanted to duck in" tho Missouri river, at St. J©» is named E. O. Hayes i liis great offense was tooting a horn, which gaare the signal for multitudinous cheers for Seymour and Blair. A chap was asked what kind of ja “gal”'he preferred for a wife. lie replied—“pne that is not a prodi gal, and a fru-gnl, and a truc-gaJ. and one that suited his conju-gai ta9te.*’. John, I fear you arc forgetting me, said a bright-eyed coquette to hor sweet-b Cart the other nay.- “Yes, Sue, T have been for gc'P'GVg you these two years.”