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DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS) LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL PROGRESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS) VOL. X. $2 OO a Year in Advanee. Arrival ©f Trains nl (iroones lioro’ lleiMil. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. From Atlanta, . . IR‘- A. M. From Augusta, . . 1:10 P. SI. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. From Atlanta • . , 8:33 A. SI. From Augusta, . . . 1:14 A. SI. Slav 20 11. 11. ICING, Agent. Railroad Schedule. Arrival ami Departure of Trains. Georgia Railroad. Day Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8.4-1, a. m. Leave Atlanta, 7:GO, a. ni. Arrive at Atlanta, f>:4l, p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3:30, p. m. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. m. Leave Atlanta, 10:30, p. m Arrive at Atlanta, 6:25, a. ni. Arrive at Augusta, 8.T5, a. ni. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, 5:00 p. m. Leaves Stone Mountain, 0:45 a. nv Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m. Arrives Stone Mountain, 6:15 p. m. S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t. Western A. Atlantic R R AND ITS CONNECTIONS. —“K ENNESAW ROUT E.”— The following Schedule takes effect Slay 23d, 1875: NORTHWARD.' No 1. No 3. Noll. Lv Atlanta, 4 20pm 7 00am 380 pm Ar Cartersville, 6 14pm 0 22am 7 10pm Ar Kingston, G 42pm 9 66am 8 21pm Ar Dalton, 8 24pm 11 54am 11 JBpm Ar Chattanooga,lo 25pm 156 pm SOUTHWARD. No 2. No 4, No 12. Lv Chattanooga, 4 00pm 5 00am Ar Dalton, 5 41pm 7 01am 1 00am Ar Kingston, 7 38pm 9 07am 4 10am Ar Cartersville, 8 12pm 9 42am 6 18am Ar Atlanta. 10 15pvi 12 06m 0 30am Pullman i'a. .ee Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, between New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 ami 8, between Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 3 and 2, between Louisville and Atlanta. change of cars between New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore, and only one cliango to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4:10 pm, arrive in New York the second afternoon thereafter at 4:00 pm. Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs and various Summer Resorts will be on sale in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta,at greatly reduced rates Ist of June. Parties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore, should address the undersigned. Parties contemplating traveling should sand for a copy of the Kcnnesaw Route Ga zette, containing schedules, etc. JQy Ask for Tickets via “ Kennesaw Route.” B. W. WRENN, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga MASONIC. San Marino Lodge, Xu. it 1. GREENESBORO', GA. ’Regular Meetings—First Wednesday night of each month. M. MARKWALTER, Sec’y. Greencsltoro’ It. A. C., \. 37 GREENESBORO’, GA. Regular meeting—Third Fiiday night of each month. C. C. NORTON, Sec’y. Union Point Lodge, \o. SOO. UNION POINT, Ga„ Meets regtilarly the 2d and 4th Thursday day evenings in each month. W. O. MITCIIELL, Sec’y. Fjssb. 4, 1875—tf Greene Lodge. Vo, 41, 1 O O F. GREENESBORO’, GA., Meets regularly every Monday night. J. R. GOD KIN, N. G. D. S. Holt, R S. Grecnesborougli Lodge. Vo, 820, Independent Older Good Templars, meets at Odd Fellow’s Hall, on 2d and 4th Friday nights in each month. J. HENRY WOOD, W. C. G. W. Millf.r, Sec’y. l’ er day at home, tpiwv Terms free. Ad dress G. STINSON & Cos . Portland, Maine Jan 21, 1875—1y * ®ljc (Srcenrslioro’ llcralii. BUSINESS CARDS. JAMES B. PARK, ZTZSH" AND— COUNSELOR AT LAW, GREENE SIT Oli O', - - - GA. WILL give prompt attention to all bu siness intrusted to his professional care, in the Counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Baldwin, Hancock and Taliaferro. OP’Ofllee— With Hon. Philip B. Rob inson. april 8,1875 —6ms M. SY. LEWIS } <( 11. G. LEWIS. HI. W. Lewis & Soil, Attorneys ni Law, UKEEXESHOItm UH, - Cl. april 8,1875-1 y Philip B. Robinson, Attorney at Law, GREENESBORO’. . . . GA. \V7ILL give prompt attention to business ' ' entrusted to his professional care. Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms Wm. H. Branch, ATTORNEY AT LAW. GRF.ENEBBORO’, A. f CONTINUES to give his undivided atten l J tion to the practice of his Profession. Returning thanks to his clients for llieir encouragement in the past, he hopes by ’.lose application to business to merit a con tinuance of the same. ItSgtfOffice over Drug Store of Messrs. B. Torbert & Cos. Greenesboro’ Jan 16th 1874—1 y. 11. E. W. PALMER, Attorney at taw, CREEYESBOR©’, - - - GA. ALL business intrusted to him will ro ceive personal attention. H&-OFFICE—(With Judge Heard,) in TUeP > -t.u *:!<'. 'vjiorft he l e fWiiul during business hours. 0ct.15,’74 -tr IV. W. LUMPKIX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, UNION POINT, - - Ga OFFERS his professional services to the people of Greene anil adjoining coun ties, and hopes, by close attention to busi siness to merit and receive a liberal share of patronage. jan23 '74 —ly. Medical Card. Drs. BODKIN & HOLT, HaVING associated themselves in the Practice of Medicine, respectfully tender their services to the citizens of Gbeexes- Bono’ and surrounding country. March 4, 1875—tf Or. Win. Morgan, RESIDENT GREENESBORO’, GA. feb. 1, 1874. T. MARK WALTER, Marble Work^ BROAD Street, AUGUBA, Ga. MARBLE Monnmen s, Tomb-stones> Marble Mantles, and Furniture Mar ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the most elaborate, designed and furnished to order at short notice. All work for the country carefully boxed. n0v2,1571 —tf CENTRAL HOTEL. BY Mrs. W. JI. THOMAS, AUGUSTA, Ga- Jan. 21—Iy. JEWELRY! VUnSHIXG to devote myself entirely to T V tlie legitimate business of Clock and Watch Repairing, from this date, I of fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel ry at cost, finding that it interferes too much with the business I prefer. M. MARKAVALTFH, Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 187-4—tf Sale or Rent. A. fine farm containing (80) eighty acres, (50 acres original forest), within two miles of Greenesboro. Apply to feblltf. W. M. WEAVER. FOR SALE. V Light two-horse CARRIAGE and Harness—all new. T. X. POI LL4IV. Greenesboro’, Ga. June 18—1874, tf GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875. POET’S CORNER. THE MOTHERLESS. God help nnd shield the motherless, The stricken, bleeding dove— For whom there gushes no rich fount, Of deep and deathless love 1 Tho saddest title grief confers— For one so lone as they, Upon whose path a mother's love Sheds not its holy ray ! No gentle form above them bends To sooth the couch of pain— Nor voice so fond as hers, essays To calm the feverish brain. Oli, other tongues may whisper love, In accents soft and mild ; But noneon earth so pure as that A mother bears a child. Judge kindly of the motherless— A weary lot is theirs. And oft the heart the gayest seems, A load of sorrow bears. No faithful voice directs their steps, Or bids them onward press, ! ‘And if they gang a keunin, wrang.’’ God help the motherless I And when the sinful and the frail, The tempted and the tried, Unspotted one ! shall cross thy path, Oli, spurn them not aside. Thou know st not what thou had'sf been With trials even less— And when tliy lips would vent reproach, Think, they were motherless ! A blessing on the motherless, Where’r they dwell on earth, Within tho home of childhood, Or at the straflger’s hearth! Blue be the sky above their heads, And bright the sun within, 0 God, protect the motherless, And keep them free from sin ! miscellaneous!* REM I.Y ISCEYCEN OF DIS TIAGI ISnKD HEX. An Interview with Col. Lewi* Elzey, Year Aiken, 9. C. [From the Edgefield Advertiser.] Reporter —What is your age Col. Elzey ? “ I atn 83 years old—was born in Virginia before the Revolutionary War —was a Lieutenant in the regular army during the war of 1812—en camped at Lower Sandusky on Lake Erie during the naval fight of Com, Perry —could hear the guns and see the smoke but could net see the ves sels.” Rep —You arc not a graduate of West Point, how did you get a com mission in the regular army? “ Well, at that timo there were not more than four or five graduates in the whole army. Scott was not a gradu ate. I got my commission by the re commendation of a member of Con gress.” Rep—Did you return to private life after tho close of the war ? “ Yes, I went back to Virginia." Rep —You knew many of the cele brated men of your State ? “I knew Jefferson, Monroe, Chief Justice Marshall, John Randolph and others. When President Monroe re> turned to Virginia, his term as Pre9i dent having expired, he took the posi tion of Magistrate in Loudon County and acted for a good many years) but the office of Magistrate in those days was always filled by men of talent and eminent character —not like the d—d Trial Justices of these days, for they are the greatest curses in the annals of time. The oldest Magistrate of the County, in those days, became Sheriff, although they never occupied the posi tion, but farmed it out and gave the proceeds to charitable purposes. I j knew Jefferson by sight; ho frequent |ly came up in the country where I lived, near Winchester. He was very popular with the common people. Chief Justice Marshall was a very plain man in his dress and manners—very much like Chancellor Harper of this State. I have often seen him with his knee buckles loose, flapping about his legs, and sometimes half of his coat tail would bo off. Wc used to laugh at him about helping an old woman catch her chickens, who had brought them to town for sale. They got out of her basket and Jlr. Marshall ran all over the streets to catch them for her." Rep —Did Chief Justice Marshall have any brothers? “ Yes, Charles and Jim Charles was dissipated Jim was immensely wealthy but would never hold any office.” Rep—Was not this plainness of dress affeeted by Mr. Marshall? “No; all the Marshalls were that way. Jim Marshall dressed his chil dren so badly that they onco complained to my father that they were not dressed as well as the other children in the neighborhood. My father spoke to Jim about it, and ho said : ‘ Oapt. Elzey, people know that Jim Marshall is rich —very rich—and what is the use for him to dress his children so fine ? You can spoil children very easily. When you used to come to my 'father’s house I have many a time hunted eggs for your dinner in my shirt tail.’ Chief Justice Marshall once sent word to a Mr. Duvall, with whom he was not personally acquainted, that ho and family would dine with him on a cer tain day. When the day arrived, Mr. Marshall rode on before and his car riage with family came on behind. When he reached Mr. Duvall’s house, he asked if he could get dinner. Du vail said : ‘ No, you can't get dinner; I am expecting Judge Marshall and family to dinner, and as they are very fine people I should not like to present you to them.’ The Chief Justice re sponded that he knew Mr. Marshall’s family very well and he believed he would stop anyhow. Duvall was very much taken down when he found that his ordinary looking guest was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Uuited States.” Rep—When did you come to South Carolina ? “ I came to Charleston, S. C., in 181 G, with a drove of horses, made lots of money on them, and got ou a spree, Horses were worth more then than they are now, that is, fine horses. Fine horses are worth more in Kentucky than they are here. When I first came tu KugcueiG, in loio, there -<> plenty of game in the woods; we once, in a camp hunt, killed eleven deer on Shaw's Creek. Thera was a paper pub lished at Edgefield then by Mr. Land rum, called 1 The Hive.’ ” Rep Who were the lawyers at Edgefield in 181 G, and what kind of lawyers were they ? “There was Glascock, Edmund Ba can, Jeter, Eldrcd Simkius, and Mc- Duffie. Edmund Bacon was a fine speaker, graceful in manners and ges ture, very cuuning in his arguments, and had the most musical voice I have ever heard. Eldred Simpkins was a book-worm. Jeter was Solicitor, and a very sensible, practical and short speaker. McDuffie was a great orator, but he was awkward in his manners in private, aDd got very much excited in speaking —sawed the air with his hands. Glascock was a forcible speaker, but never studied his cases—used fre quently to bunt foxes all the morning and make an argunent in the evening. I never knew him to study but one ease, and that was a case he hud in Beaufort, in which he defended a man by the name of Spavins against a man by the name of Spikes. He went down to Court three days beforehand, and there heard for the first time that Petigru and Billy Martin (Judge W. D. Martin) were on the other side. * and by G—d,’ said he, ‘ I had to study.’ I remember one remark he made to the jury : ‘ Spikes, gentlemen of the jury, is the plaintiff in this suit, and he has tried to spike this case, not with ten-penny nails either, but if you, gentlemen, don’t spike Spikes, I am mistaken.’ He gained his case Na than Griffin cau.e to the bar after wards, about 1824. I think he was in partnership with Judge Butler, and never made a speech until after they dissolved, and they were partners ten or twelve years. Mr. Griffin then be came one of the most effective jury lawyers in the State. llis style was conversational, which always wins in the long. run. Mr. Griffin was a good judge of human nature and an excel lent examiner of witnesses; he was very punctilious and systematic. I was not a great admirer of Mr. Calhouu. Mr. Griffin once said to me, ‘ Elzey, Calhoun is ten years ahead of his age.’ ‘ Well,’ said I, ‘ if he is that far ahead j I shan’t try to catch him.’ Judge Gant used to hold court in Edgefield when I first came here. He was a fancy man. I remember be onoe lectured on tem perance while he lived at Mt. Vintage —met me the next day— 1 Eizey,’ said j he, 1 1 didn’t mean that lecture for you . I but for them d—d A’s. in your neigh borhood ; for the drunker they get the more religion they have.” Choice iu Literature. It has been truly observed that as a man may bo judged by the company he keeps, so he may be by the books he reads. Every book carries with it its own peculiar atmosphere, just as does every person, and it is no more possible for one to take equal pleasure in all books than it is to enjoy the sooioty of every person one meets. There are somo authors whom, by a law of selec tion that is as commanding as instinct, wa take at once to our hearts, and de light in their companionship. There are others whom we find it pleasant to read occasionally, just as we have a good many acquaintances who are agreeable, but with whom intimacy is neither possible nor desirable; and there aro still others whom we would always pass by on the other side. There is no one so peculiar in his men tal constitution that he may not by searching find just the author to sym patbize with him; to go with him in those trains of thought and of feeling that predominate in his mind. Not only have we authors for our prevail ing moojs, but for every varying phase of sentiment and thought and as piration we may, if wo know where to seek it, find an interpreter. The fact that an author is the fashion is no rea son why one should keep his company if it is found uncongenial. There are great numbers of people who think Dickens tedious and have little relish for Thackeray, yet who arc by no means destitute of literary culture. To some Ruskin is severe and harsh in his stylo, while others delight in every syllable he utters. Any one who in dorses heartily the morality of the New Testament may bq trusted to read what he enjoys, and rest iD the oonvic tion that this course will educate him up continually to higher standards The fact that we do not enjoy an au thor is no reason why we should nover read his works, any more than tho fact that we do not fancy certain individu als should prevent us from availing ourselves of the knowledge, useful to us, that they may possess. As the bee seeks honey iu every opening flower far and near, so should we gather from near and far whatever may be of use to us. Columbus and tbc Egg. Among tho popular errors of the day is the story of Columbus, who, finding it impossible to make an egg stand on its end, crushed in the basis, and thus made it stand. The goldfish of Charles 11. was accepted as impon derable by many wise heads without experiment, (if, indeed, it ever had a being,) and the 6tory of Columbus and the egg is supposed to be based on the physical axiom that it is impossible to make an egg stand on its end. Yet, five minutes careful balancing will con vince any dexterous experimenter that an egg may be made to stand, and re main balanced on its end, without breaking the shell. All that is re quired is steadiness of band, and per haps a little patience. And 31. Dele pierro mentions that “ the fable of the egg that he is said to have broken, in order to make it stand upright, has been disproved by 31. Humboldt, in his Examcn Critique de l'Historic de la Geographic.” llogarth, it will be recollected, has made “ Columbus and the Egg ” the subject of one of his ad mirable illustrative prints. Now, if Vasari is to be credited, tho Florentine architect, Brunelleschi, many years be- fore Columbus was bom, performed the 1 egg feat relative to his intended cupola for the Church of Santa 3laria del Fiore, in Florence. The other archi tects desired that Filippo should ex plain his purpose more minutely* and show his model, as they had done theirs. This he Would not do, hut pro posed to all the masters, foreigners and compatriots, that be who could make an egg stand upright on a piece of .smooth marble should be appointed to build the copola. since in doing that his genius should be made manifest. They took an egg accordingly, and all those masters did their best to make it stand upright, but none discovered the meth od of doing so. Whereupon Filippo being told that he might make it stand himself, took it daintily into his hand,' gave the end of it a blow on the plane of the marble, and made it stand up right. Beholding this, the artists loudly protested, exclaiming that they could all have done the same; but Fi lippo replied, laughiDg, that they might also know how to construct the cupola if they had seen the model ami the de sign. This occurred about A.D. 1420. —[Historic Ninepins, by John Tinibs, F.S.A. ■0 * • ••■'l Ingenuity of n Rogue. A capillary correspondence was re cenlly attempted between a notorious Parisian in durance vile and his com rades outside. The prisoner was sent a letter from his fiance, containing a lock of hair wrapped in the leaf of a hook. The jailor did not consider the gift important enough to be delivered, but after a few days came a similar in closure, and yet another. This aroused suspicion, and the governor took the matter in hand. lie examined the leaf of the book ; it was on'y that of a common novel, twenty-six lines on a page. Then he studied the hair, and noticed the small quantity of the gilt. Counting the hairs he found them of equal length, and twenty six in num ber, tbe same as tho lines of the page. Struck with the coincidence, he laid the hairs along the lines ot the page which they respectively reached, be ginning at the top with the smallest hair. After some tronble he found that the end of each hair pointed to a different letter, and that these letters combined formed a slang sentence, which informed the prisoner that his friends were on the watch and that the next time he left the prison to be ex amined an attempt would be made to res.cue him. The governor laid his plans accordingly ; tho attempt at res cue was mado, hut the rescuers foil into their own trap The Valge ofTlme. When the Roman Emperor said, “ I have lost a day,” he uttered a sadder truth than if he had have exclaimed, “I have lost a kingdom.” Napoleon said that the reason why he beat the Aus trians was, that they did not know the value of five minutes. At tho cele brated battle of Rivoli, the conflict seemed on the point of being decided against him. He saw the critical state of affairs, and instantly took his reso lution. 110 despatched a flag to the Austrian headquarters with proposals for au armistice. The unwary Aus trians fell into a snare. For a few minutes tho thunders of battle were hushed. Napoleon seized the precious moment, and while amusing the enemy with mock negotiations, rearranged his line of battle, changed his front, and in a few minutes was ready to renounce the force of discussion for tho stern ar bitration of arms. The splendid vic tory of Rivoli was the result. The great moral victories and defeats of the world often turn on five minutes. Crises come, the not seizing of which is ruin. 3len may loiter, but time flies on wings of the wind, and all the great interests of life are speeding on, with the sure and silent tread of destiny. Gelling Ready to Cliurcli. If, instead of the closing anthem, some of the ministers should, at the close of the service, give the orders : Attention worshippers, for bats dive! for overcoats go! jerk, twist, plunge! make yourself ridiculous all ! the effect would hardly be a variation from the present style of going out of church. The singing of tho doxology scorns to boa signal for a general putting on and adjustment, and when the benediction is about to be pronounced the ruffled congregation look more like jumping out of the windows or uniting in a crushing or crowding race for the doors than listeoipg to the solemn words of the good pastor. At one of our well filled churches on Sunday evening it was observed that every third man was going through these ridiculous motions while the service was closing, although the sermon had been excellent. Why do not people wait until the proper time for these things ? There is a time for everything, but the time does not always occur during church service. — :t What kind of sassages is them ?” queried an oil lady of the young man of literature and peanuts, as he passed through the train selling bananas WIT m HUMOR —A Schenectady girl at spoiling school sat down on “ pantaloons.” |H Qi —The man who pronounces “Don Quixote ” “ Donkeyhote ” shows a dis position to intrude his own name tha* is not commendable. iiMP • 1— —licv. Dr. Deems puts the ease thus: “ .Remember Lot's wife, as the Bible teaches, and forget every other ;man’s wife except yon own.” —“ No,” said illrs. Dodgers, very positively, “if I go into the country, Mr. Dodgers goes with mo, Tins city ain’t no safe place to leave a man alone in.” —An Illinois woman, who wanted to go to a masquerade party as Mary, Queen of Scots, looked through the Bible to ascertain how the character was dressed. —A kind-hearted, peace-loving Bal timore man painted his front ste 3 twenty-three times trying to please his wife, and then she decided that the first color was the best. • —■ —A young lady, after reading atten tively the title of a novel, called “ The Last Man,” exclaimed, “ Bless me, if such a thing should happen, what would become of the women. XBm -r-A Newark girl hastened the de parture of a lingering gentleman caTfer the other evening by remarking as she looked out of the window: “I think wo shall have a beautiful sunrise.” iHB gl— —“ Will you have a small piece of the light meat or a small piece of the dark ?’’ asked Bob’s uncle as he carved the turkey at dinner. “ I will take a large piece of both,” answered Bob. • —Quin, the actor, being asked by a lady, why there wore more women men, replied : “It is ic conformity with the ether arrangements of nature —wc always see more of heaven than of earth.” —“ You Abe Linkum, tell Ren But ler to bring Lisses Grant in out ob dat sun dis minit, or I’ll tan you to death. Dat chile might get sun-stroke for all you Frogtown niggars ’ml keer.” —An English clergyman exclaimed in a company of his fellow preachers : “ Ah, well, there is only one thing in our ministrations more trying to me than preaching.” “ Indeed,” they said, “ and what is that?” “ Hearing any one else do so,” he replied. •mrn • —i —A gypsy came to Rrigham l’oung with a pony for sale. “ Why, tho beast is half starve 1,” said Rrigham, running his hand over the pony’s side. “ You can count his ribs.” “ That’s more’n a chap could do with yours,” retorted the gypsy. Brigham did not buy that pony. —As a stranger was knocking at the! door of a house, a boy camo around the corner and inquired, l ' Got anything to Sell?” “Yes, I want to sell your mother a box of tooth paste.” “ Might as well git off’n tbc steps,” continued the boy, as a smile broke out around bis mouth ; “ she’s got store teeth, and she cleans ’em with a woollen rag 1” -—A paragraph is going the rounds of the newspapers to this effect : There is one good wife in this country and every man thinks he has her. Old Brown, who is bald, and whose wife has red hair and a wicked eye, read this and murmured, as be meditatively passed bis hand over his head, “ I dunno ! Idunno!” —An absent-minded professor in going out the gateway of his college ran against a cow. In the confusion o( tho moment he raised his hat and ex claimed, “ I beg your pardon, madam.’’ Soon after he stumbled against a lady in the street. In a sudden recollection of his former mi:hap he called out,with a look of rage in his countenance, “ Is that you again, you brute ?” —Little Bessie is the five year-old daughter of a Portland lady who mar> ried a clergyman not long since. When her father was away, and she was play ing in the yard, a stranger came along and inquired if the minister was at homo. “ No,” she replied, “ but mother is in the house, and she wil? pray with you, you poor, miserable sinner.” NO. 27