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YOL. 111.
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H AVIXG re-leased and renovated the
above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain
guests ih a most satisfactory manner.—
Charge* fair and moderate. Our efforts
will be to please.
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fe IjG if i
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AND
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OM STONE S Align. l«i, 4mii.
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the storage and salo of cotton and all other
produce, Commission for Selling Cotton lj per
Cent. Orders for Bagging, liope. Etc., prompt
ly attendedto, Diberal CASH advances made
at all times on produoe in store
Agents for Gullett's Patent Improved
Steel Brush Cotton Gins Septl7
W C Courtney & Cos.
Factors
AND
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No. » Boyce’s WliarV, |
CHARLESTON, S. C-
W.G COUTNEY,
ROI3T MURDOCH
J S MURDOCH
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AND
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Augusta, Ga.
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R W HEARD
Soptl7
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Cotton Factors,
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.Tael son Stre »t Angus'a, Ga, Store and soil
Cotton and other Produce
CASH ADVANCES.
Bagging Itop. and lauiily supplies furnished as
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C A PEACE
Septl7
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Cotton Factors
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Cotton and other produo® Bagging and Rope
furnished at Makotcesprir oeptl7
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Os Augusta, Ga, Os Madison, Ga
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AND
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Marble ofallkinda from the Plainest to
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GREENSBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 18G8.
POETRY.
LIVE LEAVES
The following poem is touching
beautiful. Many an eye will bo
dimmed by a tear as it reads these
lines and the thoughts go wander
ing away to “memory’s wild
wood.”
The day, with its sandals dipped in dew.
Has passed through the evening’s golden
gales ;
And a single sthr in the cloudless blue
For the rising moon in silence wa’ts.
While the winds that sigh to the languid
hours
A lullaby breathe o’er the folded flowers.
The lilies nod to the sound of the stream
That winds along with Idling flow !
And ei (her awake, or half a dream,
I passed through the realms ol Loug Ago
While faces peer with many a smile
From the bowers of Memory ’s magical isle
There are joys and sunshine, sorrows and
tears.
That check the path of life’s April hours,
And a long wish for the coming years,
That hope ever wreaths with the fairest
flowers, ’
There are friendships guileless—love as
bright
And pure as stars iu the halls of night.
There are ashen memories, bitter pain,
And buried hopes and a broken vow,
And an achiug heart by the reckless maim
sea-breeze fanning a pallid
bro w,
And a wanderer on the shell-lined shore
Listening for voices that speak no more-
There are passions strong and ambition
wild,
And the fierce desire-to stand in the van
Os the battle of life—and the heart of the
child
Is crushed in the breast of the struggling
man,
But short are the regrets and few arc the
tears
That fall at the tomb of the banished years
Tberele a quiet, and peace, and domestic
love.
And joys arising from faith and truth.
And a truth unquestioning, tar above
The passionate dreamings of ardent youth
And kisses of children oa lip and cheek,
And the parent’s bliss which no tongue
can speak.
Tbere are loved ones lost/ There are little
graves
In the distant dell ’nea'h .protecting trees
Where the streamlet winds and the violet
Waves,.
And the grasses sway to the sighing
. breeze,
And w js mourn for pressure of tender lips
And the light of eyes darkened in deaik
eclipse
And thus, as the glow of the daylight diig.
And the night’s first look to the earth is
Cast,
gazo. ’neath those beautiful summer skies
At the pictures that hung in the halls of
the past.
Ob,Sorrow and Joy,chant amingl-d lay
When 10 memory’s wildwood we wander
away.
A Ride with General laee
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
Callaghan’s, Alleghany county. )
September 3,186 H. )
While awaiting the arrival of a
stage at the place bearing the above
Hibernic name I take -advantage
of half an hour to jot down a few
notes by the way through the Al
leghanies. This morning I had for
compagnons de voyage no loss dis
tinguished personages than General
Robt E. Lee and Mr. C. M. Conrad,
of Louisiana, and another gentle
man who has evidently traveled a
great deal. Besides these a num
ber of others made up our company.
A Dr. H. M. Banks of the Demo
cratic State of New Jersey, occu
pied the seat ■ with General Lee;
your correspondent sat with Mr.
Conrad, the remainder being in the
front seat. Passing through a coun
try noted for the granduer and mag
nificence of its mountain scenery,
the principal topic of conversation
was upon the subject, and General
Lefe, besides evincing a thorough
knowledge of the country, was the
principal authority upon all the dif
ferent species of trees, their nature,
&c. Mr. Conrad was very loquacious
and often a little amusing; but
once, when politics was broached,
he poured a broadside into the
Radical party; said they were rap
idly making a despotism of the
Government; that the tendency
was that way anyhow ; and he had
scarcely a hope that even the elec
tion of Seymour and Blair would
avert an empire, but temporarily.—
Such had been the effect of univer-
“ V INC IT AMOR F ATRIAL”
sal suffrage*in all of the European
republics, from Rome to tic present
day.
General Leo was as dignified and
impressive as usual. ‘le spoko
freely with Dr. Banks upon all sub
jects, and seemod anxious to con
vince that gentleman of tho great
agricultural resources of tho State,
dwelling particularly uptn its ca
pacities for grapo culture Tho in
timacy he displayed vith the
various varieties of grape, their
qualities, the classes of vines and
the quantities that could be distill
ed from them, would do credit to
the great Ereuch manufacturer*. !
In the course es the conversation ’
Dr. Banks mentioned something
about tho annexation cf Mexico,
when the General inquired if he
had read articles iu the Herald
recent]}’ written upon tint subject
by a Mr. Cooper, aud did he know
who Mr. Cooper was ? The Doctor
had heard of the articles inferred to,
but was not able to enlighten the
General as to the antecxlents of
Mr. Cooper. Hero, unfortunately,
the subject was dropped, though
your correspondent produced a copy ;
of the Herald with an editorial at> j
tide upon Mexico, in connection
with the late visit of General Rose- 1
craustothe White Sulphur Springs, i
The General then liegan to speak
of other matters, and tho political
condition of the country being un- !
dor discussion shortly afterwards, 1
for the first time he let slip an '
opinion. Tho Democratic repre-'
sentative of New Jersey was en
thusiastic as to tho certain election
of Seymour and Blair, and in strong
terms denounced the enormities of
the Radical party, to which tlje
General responded in a quiet but
forcible manner that “if the Demo
cratic or (correcting. luuisuJYA * u_
Conservative- eiemein. 'md not
irranTph in November the country
would he ruined.” Candidates, the
General seemed to think, made but
little difference ; principles were
the issues in the campaign, and ho
had an ardent wish for the success
of those that were based upon the
Constitution. Ho spoke of the
bondholders and illustrated in his
calm, quiet way how easy it was to
speculate upon the public through
his bond system, which he thought
iniquitous. As if lie had forgotten
himself or the subject was distaste
ful to him, he quickly introduced
other, and perhaps to him more in
teresting matter.
In this way the journey passed,
a mixed or regular stage coach con
versation occupying the remainder
of our time until we reached “Cal
laghan's.” But two incidents oc
curred by the way worthy of note.
A crowd ol Boys in Blue, some
half dozen, evidently rusticating on
the mountain side attracted the at
tention of the party as we drove
past. Mr. Conrad wondered what
they could be doing in that section
of the country, when Gen. Lee
earn they were part of Judge Har
risons body-gawd,- iu union
com ty.
“ [filial?’* said Mr. Conrad, “a
Judge have a bofly-guard? It's
not possible he requires a body
guard'”
“He thinks ho does,' said one of
the part; , smiling, “and has one
constantly.'’
This was then explained by anoth
er gentleman, in a very correct and
impartial manner, as I know.—
Some persona allege that he is
under indictment, even now, while
exercising the functions of Judge
by the grace of Governor Boreman,
for he was never elected.
The other incident was quite dif
ferent, and illustrated in a striking
manner the great love and respect
the people entertain for General
Leo. Some ladies in a passing
carriage caught a glimpse of the
General. They stopped immedi
ately, called after our stage, had
it halted, and though it was pour
ing rain at the time, ran down to
grasp the hand of the great chief
tain.
Soon after we reached our present
location, and 1 ere the General leit
us.
Night has nearly approached
and “Callaghan’s ’’ has failed to
furnish a conveyance across the
mountains for my companions and
self; but go wo must, aad, leaving,
take it afoot for ten tnile3.
The first tiling a hen says to her |
brood, and not the last thing a child j
say to his father—“ Shell out!’’ 1
Advantages of Drunken-
NESS.
If you wish to bo always thirsty,
be a drunkard; for the oftencr and
more you drink, the oftener and
more thirsty you will be.
If you wish to prevent your
friends from raising you in tho
world, he a drunkard; and that will
defeat all their efforts.
If you would effectually counter
act your own attempts to do well,
be a drunkard; and you will not be
disappointed.
It you wish to repel tho endeav
ors of the whole human race to
raise you to character, credit and
prosperity, be a drunkard ; and you
will most assuredly triumph.
If you wish to starve your fam
ily, be a drunkard j and then you
will consume the means of their
support.
If you are determined to be poor,
be a drunkard; and you will be
ragged and penniless to your heart’s
content.
If you would he imposed upon
by knaves, he a drunkard ; for that
will make their task easy.
If you wish to be robbed, be a
drunkard ; and the thief will do it j
with greater safety.
If you wish to deaden your !
senses, be a drunkard ; and you 1
| will be more stupid than an ass,
If you are resolved to kill your
! self, ho a drunkard ; and you will
! hit upon a sure mode of self-de
, struction.
; l'fj/ou would expose both your
l folly and secrets, be a drunkard;
and they will soon run out as the
I liquor runs in.
If you think you ar« too strong,
he a drunkard ; and you will soon
find yourself subdued by a power-
v/Txx/tii j .
; If you would got rid of your
I money without knowing how, be a
! drunkard ; and • it will vanish in
j sensible.
If you would have no resource,
when unable to labor save a work
j house, boa drunkard; and you will
j he incompetent to provide any. |
! If you are determined to expel
; all comfort from your house, l>e a
I drunkard ; and you will do it effect
| ually. .
If you would he hated by your
family and friends, he a drunkard ; j
and you will soon be more than dis- j
j ngreable.
i If you would be a posit® society, |
jbe a drunkard ; and you will be [
avoided as an infection.
} If you would smash windows,
• break the peace, get your bones
broken, tumble under horses and bo
j locked up in a station-house, be a
: drunkard; and it will be very
j strange if you do not succeed.
If you wish all your prospects in
| life to be clouded, boa drunkard;
and they will soon be dark enough.
If you would destroy your body,
Ibe a drunkard ; as drunkenness is
the mother of disease.
If you wish to ruin your soul, be
a druukard, that you may be
excluded from heaven.
An oltl Man’s Record.
When the sober and mellow days
of. Autumn aje passing by me with
a melancholy smile, I love to go
back upon the pinions of memory,
to the scenes aud enjoyments of
other years. I joy to retrace my
footsteps along the journey of life;
to call up in long review the sunny
scenes that flitted from my vision,
like the gay but withered leaves of
the departed Summer, which I now
behold from my window, floating
with a low and mournful whisper
on the breeze. I love to call old
friends and old events to mind; to
linger in thought by the low man
sions of dust, in which are dwell
ing in silent repose the forms I
have loved, waiting to awake at the
resurrection, in the light of immor
tality and the. likeness of God. I
gaze again, as from some lofty em
inence, upon those glorious realms
of my early imagination, once peo
pled with forms and scenes of sur
passing beauty, and redolent of
the sweet odors of delight. Such
are my thoughts at this calm and
solemn season. The chilling influ
ences which are usually allotted by
men to the octogenarian, are not
with me. This Sabbath of the
Year descends upon me like some
holv and heavenly spirit, with gen
tlojvoie • and on dove-like wings,
until, as I repaint the faded pic-1
tures of the past, with the magic j
dyes of fancy and memory, I gaze !
again upon them with a feeling of
honest and refreshing rapture, or a
not unpleasing sadness. Age, un
like the Idleness of the great mor
alist, has not yet wreathed for me
its garland of poppies, or poured
into my cup the waters of oblivion.
I renew, in thought and feeling,
the joys and the sorrows of by-gone
times. A holy tenderness creeps
warmly into my heart; and as 1
approach the great gate which
opens from tune into otornity, I
tifrn to survey the vistas through
which my wayfaring has lain, as
the traveler pauses at sun-sot to
look hack iu the waning light upon
the dim and distant landscape that
he has traversed.
What’s a Wile.
A wife (says Mr. Lofty.) is a
woman that belongs to a man. She’s
a pretty little creature, made to
tickle his fancy, his vanity, and his
self-love, and to sing, laugh, and
dance, through his otherwise dull
habitation. Bat upon her dance,
mind you, she must see that the
house is kept in order; that tho
dinner is well cooked ; that the but
tons and the hose are all right, and
j that nothing in the whole household
I economy ever interferes with his
[ comfort.
In short, a wife is a pleasant sort
of universal servant to her hus
band’s will and pleasure—a most
agreeable provision made by the
Creator for man’s good. She is a
compound of ilowers, music, and
domestic animal—very useful and
very ornamental—all the more de
sirable for her lack of mental pow-
respect so much inferior to her lord
and master, she might beoomo an
presumptuous, as to think that a
shoe which fits on one foot ought to
fit tho other; that good rules work
Loth ways; and that just so much
comfort as she gives, she has aright
to demand in ; aud just so
much honor and respect as she pays
she should receive ; in short, that
she is, in number and importance
of rights and privileges; the peer
of her husband.
Tims saith Mr. Lofty. And now
hear the response of Mr. Common
Sense ;
Nay ; but a wife is given—neith
er for a toy, nor for a servant, but
for a steadfast friend.
She is, indeed, a fount of joy
and pleasure, such as, to a true
heart, there is not elsewhere on
earth.
ShS is the brightener of his house
and the wise and careful manager
of her family—of her family, for
whatever is his is also hers; and
between wedded hearts, the words
“mine” and “thine” are impudence
and absurdity.
But she is more than all that—
sho is his confident, his adviser, his
ever-sympathizing friend—his able
and most tender consoler—bis
strength, even, when his courage
droops.
She is the voice of God’s love and
comfort to him as he toils, and
struggles through the world.
All of this, is what a wife is,
if she answers to her Master’s
ideal.
Death in Childhood.— Few
things appear so beautiful as a
young child in its shroud. The
• little innocent face looks sublimely
[simple and confiding amidst the
[terrors ot death. Criineless and
[fearless, tho little mortal has
I passed alone under the shadow, and
explored thejmystory of dissolution.
There is death in its sublimest,
purest image; no hatred' no care
for the morrow, ever darkened
that little face. Death has come
lovingl] upon it; there is uothing
hard or cruel in its victory. Awe
too, will overcast in his presence,
for we ar® looking on death; but
jwe do not fear for the lonely voy
[ager.for the child has gone, simple
and trusting, into the presence of,
its all wise Father. ‘Of such,’ we
know, ‘is the kingdom of heaven.
Horatio Seymour was never
known to utter a profane oath, toi
tell a vulgar story*or obscene an
ecdote, to be under the influence
of liquor, to enter a gambler's den.
or a bouse of ill-fame'—Mariou
Democratic Mirror.
T. 11. MOIUiAN, Printer
NO. 22
The Murderer of*Me€Je<
CONVICTED AND SENTEN
CED.
Ottowa. Sept. 15 -
The jury charged with the tria
I of Whalen, indicted for the murde
of D Arcy McGee, have returnei
a verdict of gnilty. He reccivei
the verdict with composure, and as
sorted his innocence, and denict
his connection with the Fenians.—
lie attributed his conviction to hit
being a Catholic. The Judge cau
tioned him against hoping for mer
cy, and passed sentence on him, tc
be hanged on Thursday, the 10tt
of December.
A “Charming” Story.—Ever
since tho first case of serpent
charming in tho garden of Eden,
tho result of which was the bring
ing “death into the world, and all
our woes,’ men have time and again
heard and read accounts of snake
charming. Who does not remem
ber with what breathless interest
ho read the thrilling story of Bess
Mathews, in Gilmore Simms’
“Yemassee?” The Pensacola (Fla.
Observer) tells the following ;
A young lady living in that city
had a valued cat, and a day or two
since, losing sight of it for an un
usual length of time, was induced
to make search for the missing pet.
In a short time, to her surprise, she
discovered the truant under the
shade of a shrub, with a snake coil
ed around its neck, and curving it
to tho position of a vis a vis, held
the charmed feline spell-bound.—
The neighbors—several in number
—were summoned to behold the
scene. Finally a lad seized the
snake by the tail, and placing a
forked stick on its head, uncoiled
j its folds from around the cat. This
• In n - e ’ cat an< l snake lay with
‘ nor was the charm broken until the
' serpent died. As several ladies in
the city wore witnesses of the above
its reality will not be questioned.
The Buss of Ignorance A
recent French journal tells an
Amusing story : An “august per
sonage it seems, discovered not
long ago a spring near the palace of
Fountainebleau, the tase of which
reminded him of the wateff of
Wiesbaden. He ordered an analy
sis made of the water, which prove.’;
satisfactory and everybody in the
palace took to drinking of this im
perial spring. After a while, how
ever, the chief cook of the palace
complained that the sewer into
which he was accustomed to empty
the kitchen refuse had become
chocked up, and an investigation
revealed the fact that the medicinal,
! had ho other source than the chokod
i up sewer of the imperial kitchen.’
Up to the present time, however
no one lias been bold enough to in
form the “august” discoverer of hi
mistake, and, it is said, he still
continues to drink of the spring,
and to believe that it contains th >
chemical virtues of the waters of
Wiesbadeft.
| A Lady riding in a car on the
New York Central Railroad was
disturbed in her reading by the con
versation of two gentlemen,, occu
pying the seat before her. One of
them seem to be a student of some
college, on his way home for a va
cation. Ho used much profane
language, greatly to the annoyance
of tho lady. She thought she would
rebuke him, and, on begging par
don for interoupting them, asked the
young student if he had studied the
languages.
“Yes, madam, I have mastered
the languages quite well.”
“Do you read and speak Greek ? 1
“Quite fluently.”
“Will you be so kind as to do mo
a small favor ?”
“With great pleasure. lam at
your service.”
“Will you be so kind as to do
your sweaaring in Greek ?”
The following Operatic Gem . ?
Sung nightly at the Salt bake Thea
tre with the most tremendous ap
plause, and three cheers for tho
gobbler:
A Grasshopper sat on a sweet potater vine.
On a sweet potater vine;
On a sweet potater vine,
And a turkey gobler came np from behind.
And yanked the poor little grasshopper off
es the sweet potater via .