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The Meriwether County Vindicator. vol. i. THE VIN DIC ATOR. rrtUMID *VB*T wiwt, JSY WM. T. REVIIX. at #? (O per annum. in advance. cSe* V oC; •(* of K* O**** r<im f WvilW*f' • IVSiVsKwi* g j i Ai> | 6 ooi l®oo| IS 00 a mchot 't 00 8 00110.00 115 00 05 00 ISI •' 10 OO'tOOO'SSOOI ss 00 IS 1 : 00 15 00 j 2500 I 5500 .00 * tS, j 10-06 t3O 00,35.00 iOO 00 #IOO Iy a liberal ded action made to those advertising by ttMf HWth or year. NOTICE TO TOE PITLK. Alter this date, all legal advertiser).cut* tar the county of Meriwether. wRi lx. |b- U*hrd m the Mxxiwxtoxm CowaTi View •arom JAft. W. BANNING, Ordinary. JON Eh W FULLER, Sheriff A. J HINTON, Jautth, 18TJ- Clark Bu|> t C>art. — BUMWEI M cards. OK >RGI L. PEAV A TTOHNRT AT LAW, ONKKNVIU.K. (ll NE W FIRM. Mew Goods. Mew Price*! t W| HAVE Til* LAIWEBT efodT •ear brought to Meriwether, C-n --atalinx ol Dry Goods, Blm*#, Groce ruw Ac., Ac. We will art! as cheap a* the ( tiHiKCt. Call <>tr ii. (Si wa n#/x onuxs a u., 1 ’ Wuo.P'vry a. Lower, U J Jfe llawi* -yy atchks, cloces a jewelet. *ll ° r BA DO KB ANDHINGft oe head and Hade to Order, wi angrwvod at Watrt ntetev Ato, aIU a*f*f> l y of lb* ealebratad “Diamond •foKSncte*" atway* od ... amA. • •wrriN a. jgf ftcpairiO£of att kinds neatly eaar* Byingtoß’* HoUl, nirrnt;.. .oiwikha QFfIW wpatte MOMUtaSsttaM lx trsrsfrir* At ah let conveniently located. ae4 good attention to stock guaranteed. Tba paoyle of Meriwether hurtled tu gt* eta a call M ~ w pARr AT rORNEY AT LAW, Qgimrii i ■ 0 Will praette# 1a Meriwether and th* ad i AMSktim ~’ww DKUQBTOKE owrra oeo. I WOULD respectfully aak of iba trading potrike a share / thru patronage. bav rag on band a full aMortment of Drug* and Paint*, Oil*, Ola**, Puiy, Lamp*. Kernsine, Cooking Ex'rsc** and HpVr-e* , Perfumery >nd Toflat CJt el* and even ib mg usually kept la a first < la*a Drug u>re and which 1 propose t 0 aell at Iba hiweat market rale*. ornil ED R ANTHONY I* with me eed will taka it a* a snerlai favor to have kit friend* and acquaintance* call on him JmITTJIj J. N HARRIS New Goods lor Fall and 'Winter. WS NOW HAVE In Store sod win be motiving ragulariT throughout the mmow * large ud varied stock ot SIAFLE St FANCY DRY GhOODS, ; HATS for Ledkw, Qtt sod Bays; CLOTHING tod NOTIONS, HAKIM* ARK, WOOD and WILLOW Wym; Ibdilery. Drag* nd fttatiooery; C ootooUußencs tad Uruoerian, Kk.ur, UrA, Syrup*, Sugars, Macro, Wart Qrtte; Balt, tooee*. Tobaccos, Cigar* Ac., Ac, Ac. We solicit as examination of our stock, both e v> Quality *“ l rrlttf if. R. HARRIS. OcU? ' . ADAMS St WILLIAMS General Dtftkrs ‘ IN ffIAPEIPHT ooo tm, BOOTS sad SHOES, BATS sad CAPS, CLOTBIW f>RESS GOODS mi Trtmmtega, IAXKJB NOTIONS, Hardware A ditto;, - paxiltok >;;: : * Www fide Public Square. oet 17 Cm. GREENVILLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA„ DECEMBER 5, 1873. JTJey te tW World: Woman i* Free’ wi Among Ike many modem discoveries looking to tba baflpiaam and aaaalloratloa •if tka human raoa, eoee la entitled to ktgber oonvi lerartcn tbaa the renowned rcmady—Dr. J Brmdflcld’* Female Rgu alor, Woman's Beat Piieud. By it woman ia emancipated from numberless III* pecu liar to kar nx Before it* magic power all irregularities of tba womb vanish. It curt* wbitea It const suppression ol the men •e*. h remov. a otido*'obstructions. L cure* euasUpaliou and urtmguien* thi vyaiem. It bracea ike neve* and poriflei tfaa bbmd. It nevor faila, a* ibou-wnd* of women will imtlfy. This ealuahle medi cine i* prepared and sob! by L. 11. Bradtickd Druggtst, Atlanta, Oa Price, #1.50 per boll.ia. Ail raapactable druggiats keep It. SeptlSth 1 TO THE 01ELA. **r Lnlrn a.inr n>.,llnnc ■ 1 ■ o ww* wvvp * mnroiwn^ Ti* not the style, you know, It ued to be tbe fashion A toug, long time ago ; Bat things bare changed since thorn day* And tome ana naw might nulla, A* wall a* not live at all, girls, A* not to be in HyU. Don’t ever learn to nook, girl*, JTiif £**/ 'lmill B.i.L a.m Laum WWW*w*^ Don’t ever ewaep or dutt, girl*, Pretend you can’t learn how ; Don’t ever uli ihe dlehrs, Or rnske a loaf of bread. For fear ’twill spoil your hand*, girls— Don’t tveu uwke * bed But learn la dance and flirt, girls, And smirk, and tmile, you know ; ' jjr j|i| Hi" yl<tg you can, giil* Aud you'll he “all the go.’’ Head ait ii*a i.ua And waalr your lime away ; Cara tor yoanwlvta alone, girls, For thst's tbs style to-day. Hah* sura you'll gat a husband, U this way you pursue, It daaa not pay in these days To be a woman trua. Don't strive lor sell Nnprovaineni, ll is not worth your while, For •eoalbta, true women Have quite gone out of style. Th* war imHmg aratMad Jr (Is* rveem barbnrons asanssrr* te Cuba te dsiiv heevxn tog tears general, pervadtug ait classes ot all sect ions, sad sssnmteg a volume and prassure which, it te feared, neither the 000 •ervertv* teattnsat of the country nor the prudent osodaratkui of the AdnebtiebaUon From the fftape falx* which we publish this morning It is evident that tbe Presi flfcnt aud Cabinet are yielding to Ih# pop niar clamor for the prompt adoption of boetlle men* ores against H[un, while the oaws frtim Mml rid is well calculated lo in crease the apprrbensioii* of (hose who le |iv* ibat a war for the acquisition of Gates under existing circumstances, would be a MlHMal reiawity without Ibe possibility of a oom|>fjealing result. Indeed. It I# dll icalt to see bow, to view of tba j*seloa, the atroog feeling of rwwfwtltol wti etc* Ibe people of both nations, tbe present difflenlty can b* adjusted without e *- i war, too, unfortunately, to which Hpnm bee ail to tone, and the United Atetee noth ,ug to (tin The United Htatee cannot permit the recent outrage to pass Unatooed, aad there eeetna to be n<> reparation or atonement to the power of the Apanish gorersiseht. What American resentment and jontton would demand, Mpantob pride and Mil raapect cannot grant Under sack tilliiinalanrn both governments being ndad by the national sentiment, war weana toevßnbfe. It to tMadtoaa to dwatl up< n the rrlli which moat reault to both countries, as it is to speculate to regard to the reault of aneb a war. But wbat if, after a protracted war with Apato, the acqntottlon of Cuba to ■chirred T Would the yiiseamlnn of the Maud, with >U ruined agrienHore and die~ mmiratrri treacheroua mongrel population, oompeoaatc the United Stela* for the Wood awe treaaora expended? Would tfetovlng, Aaaertaus carpet-baggers ruin In Cuba, be soy mom accept abto or paeriytog to the CuhuM than Apaelsh carpet-bag rule baa haw t Would not tba Inland nill be the tho raatmtoiil by an expensive excretes Sock to the rfapbaatfnr legacy Wbicb tba war would teare to Wo Untied Stolen The only way to oacupe front the oxMiag dltom mm and tho want oonoaquoncoo of an mx aLl.jnn [i ingiMt. to ~rr )odgmant, to to maogatee Gabon hrlllgereoay. Cuban to ty and drnUatfon-{fce. Mown ctea ot jewelry war oi thraaaatoaa habeas tifct,Q.ayA>ao baaa^ m Am iXZVtofatoK awd tee mqpxl ty afaaaan ah paMf. Bo cored h*d totedcrn>*Aa IVubably no branch of butanes* *ff'*rd* such s field to the ludicrous side of nature aaihat of lb* theatrical pruisnakM ; and a short anecdote related to as a day or two since by a blend who la connected with the above profrnsion la too good to be teat tnd the tact of Its being aa actual occur rence will five h a keener relish. About a year ago a troupe was started n>m IWt‘-n to make a abort season hrough tba principal Uiwue ia tbs east, n the company was the leader of the or chee’ra, Jake Tsnaerbsuns, a gentlemaa ol fine musical abilities, of decidedly Teuton ic extraction, who liked his beer and cheese, but had a mortal h >rror of out Yankee aud bcattk Among the place* they visited waa the tamoua “brick and herrin" town of Taun- ton, where our favorite dish te aIWyA iii be found ou SuiSTsy. The CoymntßT troupe, aware of Jake's peculiar aversion, resolved to have a little tun at hi* expense, ami accordiugiy “out up s job" on him. The landlord ws let iulo tbe secret, Iba waiter feed, and the luu commenced on Jake's ap!*arance at the breakfast table, when he was iviliicly ask ml by the waiter “Will you have a lew beaus for bieak fint* ■' r “No." was the emphatic reply; “I doud raut no pcaus " ” ; 6u, hhld the waiter, “you beans. Ktrrjlmdy eats beans ou Baa day." With a look of extreme disgust, Jske re lated . “I lle you I vont eat peans, Vat's Use madder f Are you crasy f GU me •owe sdeak ami fried yerdadera." will have to wait until it ia cooked/’ and wail be did tor about fifteen minutes wtiOn Ula temper getting the beat o( litin, he left Ibe table to aee the landlord and alale hie gi ierancee. No eouuer waa he out of Ibe dining room than the door waa locked, nod Jake, not finding the landlord, waa com* I idled to go without hi* breakfast. Banolood'nof lo be cheated out of bit meal, be put on bla bat and went in anarch ot a lager-tieer aaloon, where he could got bla firvuriti: Uulogun and boor Bat itlaat Jar poor Jake! tba Sunday law waa to furor and nothing waa to be bad, ao he bad Tin wait tight 11 utMtit | A t ghiUTv Lin intMillt* “ t ttgrif rtt w 7 namtj r* IB inr|wtiw) which waa nerer poor- At dtnuer wo tame, waiter approached him. “W ell. Mr. T , hare a few .. * This waa too much, and the answer jwt couched in tba moat amiable tones,icwsm folk: ‘ 80, I tola you two dimes I ISK eat psans." ■‘But yon meat bare a tew buM,* fUs slued tba waller. “Mino t/'ot In hfmmelf who ia going to eat dte dinner, you <>r tur ? Oat's vat I'm drying to find oud." “C, very well," ret|M>nded the waiter, "II you chd’i epesk cirllly, l sbsll not waft upon you.' Up Jumped the irate Dutchman to again find the landlord, wbicb bo did and related bis grievances, but waa particularly pacifi ed on being told that tba waiter should he promptly discharged. The landlord told Jake U> go or* stairs and gat his dinner, while be In the meantime waa going te take a abort ride. Back went Jake, only to Bud that the boys had again locked the door, aud he waa wild, ttoixlng bla bat, bs again rush ed nut to make a more thorough search for something to eat; hut with no better result than before. Ashamed to come back too soon, poor Jake waited until near supper time, whan be again returned to Ibe hotel, sod seating hlin*clflu a corner, not a civil word ooufil anybody gel out ol him. Short* ly, supper waa suuouncad, and Jake was one ot the first to the table. Prompt to bis cue, the waiter again ward for him, but before be could ask his order Jake broke out: “ Yea, you may bring me come peso*; Yon vna right dto morning von you nay 1 moosS ant penni ; you may bring me some pesos /’and for tbe first nod probably tbe last time In bla life Jake did eat beans! but bow tbe lager nod bologna did sutler when tbe eompaoy struck tbe next town. General Johnston's bonk, sow to prans nod soon to be issued by D. Appleton A Cto, nod rolled n ‘•Narrative of Militery Operations,” will bn ooid by onbaariptiou nod will contain oorrmptmffonoa between Klchanood, that wHI throw much light on mmy mol ten not sow vary cteariy under A rat lately started a bank In Martinburg West Virgiaia, cabbaging bit currency from a bar keeper's bum; drawer. When a raa was aaada oa that beak do you sup pose that rat eoepeaded 1 Mo air; ha quiet' ly absconded, leer lag snteriaat assets to Spate raa ha as the 10b aaral power of the world, whfia the Baited States ranks ae tee lath. Aaactiee bachelor te Mates Maims to be oae Jewwdeed awd two yaan; bat as be “yahaa tea m bad.” aco—te— tea local papar.su he mwaHte , Haw. N▼. Jteaena late AngaaU qof ta Mk The Sunk and Cmha. A war with Spam is demanded in the interest of civilisation, fit the vindication ol tka National Uon-u ami to wipe out the stain upou the National F.ag. Bwch phrases, echoed on the slump and nweehoed by ihc press, strike home to every Soutlu in ht’Ait. Tlic 8 'Mil kilo**, j if Baj tUu;r country dooa, wti*i is tHo prac llcai value of Ameiicsu civilisation. Nc polsou uaid: “Sjrape the R.ts.ixa and I yoc find the Coaaaok." T.ie Booth says : I ’•Bgratch this boa-ted Givilixatiou, and you ; fiad beneath it a brute barbarism winch rends in public immorality, and delights in (Mfrisbtng ac nq lered foe by making him tM-lhriiH of Us own slave." By all meana mhe South light tor the perpetuation and extension of American civilisation. Aud Houerf What part or par Hi ha* the SviulU lu that? It has given the hnne kick* than coppers If was tlial National Honor a bicb aervt and aa tbe excuse for the atrocities of the Confederate war, for the waste and rapine of the March Weßee, for the burning of Colombia; •HI which was ia the mouths of piuip. a*4 blacklegs when the Bute governments ,1* sat aside, and South Carolina and her slaters weie lied hand end loot aud turmid <>VlO Ihe merdngof white, ruguos and bltfik ignoraniusus. By all means let the hasten to its vi idication. And the National f A pretty fi >g enough, the outy wic we have, hut why should t o BmUl be expected to hear It in lh van ut battle. Tlie Boutli can be luado, in time, lolhel tlwt an Insult offered to tbe I'nilcd Btejtea, is an Insult to In r every sou; the fl*4 f ll again 1> m U duar, It A there ■Mljfiiit me sTttnri or-rrrramrs on thrperr •if tba No; Hi, Wlmui our brut bran of tin- Naftt west US, til tliin s ••f pows, sn they irw themselves, we shall be ready to SlilMt by them In times o! war; but the Kowtli does uot care to be made a convent Stiff of * thing to be fondled to dsy nd bulteUvl to-moirow Wfisay then, that tlie argnmrats wh'cli tkk’KArthern orslors use in Itrfug (be pop uter heart have little weight with us. Anil yngflrn henriily join lu tho cry uf on to CMpf-Why? It is hard to say I We kite lived peace, and heaven knows that httfrsn'l tin snj nurse. The snnexntlon ofGritewiUhe a hsneflt to tba Houtbarn pngte ghd Ut Uherlestim In particular, and tbggain there will more tbaa counter!**! ate#l any toss by the Increase hi Fadaml imyluri Then, again, Miraml brigade* of ktepßolored troop* m*y b tempted to vol tefcntff fi>i fTiilii liiil Ilsjr linn II *ml the and worthless negroes who l n*M CawJihn dry, would be easily templed to seek fresl* fields and paetores new— ln Cub*. Whst s s t*te to plunder I There to a foaling in lbs sir that a **r will* Bpaiu will do good, to the Houth. Let u* have Cuba —(Clisileston Courier. IHpiliei lu. A physician of ability give* the Augusta Constitutionalist the I- (lowing fact* concerning this much dreaded !./- •tee, 1. In Its nature, l( is not a local affection, as is usually supposed, hut con*'ltuli..nal, prevsding the blood of Ihe whole system before it makes its appearance In any |atii, it Is of a nature kindred to erysipelas, and though epidemical, is not, strictly *|>e*k lug, infectious. SI Its most manifest symptom Is a Is Ur membrane, of a white color, which forms upon and around the tonsils, near tire pn'ate and which thickens and extends, unlcs. C'ircked, until the patient dies from sufio cation. This false membrane is, however, not confined to the throat, hut may some times be seen upon the hand, or arm, or any other place where the akin lias been removed. 9 A rnony the cautions to lie oliserved are the following: Avoid all ly; 1 * /' H |><ll/li:-,iic>! in •> i|.d‘ M ill sty r ,x y handsome. L - 4 trr 7#' _ * - t - fr' “ O *Mfckny p stitnutetion. " by tbe use of n. none to better than mu may bit administered as large., at a doM, every two or three hour* adult Between tbe doses of iron, „ from five to fifteen grains of c/Uurale ol t> ash or soda. Chloride of soda me need aa an antiseptic gargle, but >* gargle to common salt. li the die cate gives eigne of try regular remittees sod a©' if* 1 bring to yoor aid the gr.) quinine. * ft bei' Cot tbit out sad kens art *l* naed, as it assy be raf, aftwy*^ fcreuse me, oaf ask why ycm.Vt* beg partner U* Tara over Are tb** learn 1 It half P *P that are talked abac. mm would they fans* oae of os. _ -j ((•row Um New York Ledger ) Itailf to “Se* ll.” I can't see it, aaid Mr. It ill.-r. Nobody | '■ends all these Ihtle adveltlsemants It's . >r*|>osterous to think 01. But, said the editor, you read what in terests you f Yea. And il there ia anything Dial you par ticolarly want you l< ok for il? Certainly. Well, among Ihe thousands upon thoi sands who help to make up llilabnsy work, j of outs, cveiything that is printed I* read. I Sneer as you please, l do assure you that | printer’s ink is the liue open sesame to all the business sucoaa*. And still ttuflsr couldn’t see It. He didn’t believe that one hall of those little crowded advertisements wore ever read. Suppose you try the expoiliiteut,said the editor. Tti*l slip tn an Advertisement of ihe want of 000 of the .moat cornmou tilings mi the world. For the sake of the iei I will give il two Insertions Ife*. Two wiiT liu euoifki; and you may have It Jam med Into any out of the way nook of my paper you shall select. Two Insertions ol only two lines. Will you try it. Huffr said ol course he would try it.— And be selected tlie place where he would have il published —crowded In under the head of “ Wants.” And he walled and saw a proof ot his advertisement, which'ap peared as follow*: Wanted— A gom! bie dog. Apply to J UUFFKK, 575 Towner Bt., beta ecu the hours of 9 aud 11 r a- Buffer went away smiling anil nodding. <>n the following looming he opened hit bis ntlvarUsem-inl. At first ll did not seem i,i ati conspicuous. Certainty so btslgnlfl i-aul a pnragrapli, burioil in such a wildsr ness of paragraph*, could not attract notice. After a time, however, it liegau to look more noticeable to hlin. Tli* more li* 1 talked at ll the plainer It grew. Finally it glared at hint Irian tlie cloaviy printed page. Burt bar was because He was the perron particularly Interested. Ol course it m oslil appear conspicuous to him. But it could not be so to others. That evening Mi. Bullor wat fat silling down U tea (Buffer was a plain, old fashion ed man, and oiok leaalaix) when his door tiell was rung The servant son minced 'hat a man was at the door with u dog to sntt. - Tell him I don’t want on*. ___ Six times Buffer wte laterrnplad While ter was n man mho wgold not lie. He bad put fate foot In. tfid ti matt tfito 1* ** manfully. Thatwenty-thlhiapplloaol W* * small boy with a girl In company, who had k ragged, dirty"poodi* Tor sale. Bdf ler Uitigbl the poodle of Ihe Ifoy, nd Im mediately presauted It 1“ the girl, aud then nunl tlittW Oft. lu tli#? mxl lippllcaul W'U truth lolly pfanawor. Don’t wanlauj lll‘re I‘ve teiugbt one Th# straam of callers eoutinuoil until 1 near ten o’clock, at width hour Buffer locked up un i turned off the gas. <>n tbs (ottowing evening wlwn Buffer uppioaebsil Ids fowisa, be found a crowd s-semblod. He counted Hk men and boys, cai I* imiu of whom had a dog in low. I here were dog* of every grille, size, and color and growl and bowl. Buffer addresaod tbe motiey|multitud#, and informed them tbsl be bad purchased a dog. Then wb*l .t’yer advertiMi lor? And llufier got his hat knocked over his ayes before Le leached the sanctuary ol his home. Never mind about the trials and ttlbula lions of that night. Buffer had no Ides that there were so many dogs in calatmoe With tire aid of three policemen he got through alive. Ou the S tiM/f I ' *’ * r*>>* "is, >?# <\n\\y arut , t r wt'h h • hu< *< tm A Kuolau teiory. The following anecdote, tike.it fr im th • II storied Memoirs of S;ur, -fives a lively picture ot lhe spirit wlifoil rrlrn ifin lb* H-tsaian Court under the sway of tbs cele - brated Cal lie line [( - A rich banker named Bauderland enjoy d for a long lima the favor ot the K o ires*, |,ut one dsy he suddenly saw hiv > >im surroun led by sq arm • J force, I* i ' c-nnmisa.try of the police, woo limn- I to -.peak to him. “My dear sir," sal I he to the fright* tel iwnker, “it grieves mo deeply to have ra~ •wlved orders from our gracious sovereign to exseute towards you a severity beyoa 1 anything I have ever yet seen I know not what extraordinary offence you have cons milled to excite such extremity of anger in her Majesty a*to indie* bar to com mand a punishment ao horriU* and aaprnc deote3?' “I do not understand a word of what you are saying,” answered tbe astonish* 1 banker. “I am aa much amazed as If jll had fallen from (beclouds. What are th* orders you have received f" “1 have uo( courage to tell you And yet - “Am I, indeed, so unfortunate a* to have lost her Majesty's confident)*?" “Ah llf that were all, sir, you w l’ I not see me so disconsolate. You tulghl re gain her confidence and even her faror buf—" “But am I then banished from Hu**'*?'' “That would, Indeed, lie s ad mutor - tuns; yet with your rb hu* you could find a hospitable reception in any othei couu tty. But—” "“(JU heavens ! te it ixnstUle that I am In be exiled to Siberia ?" “Even Iroiu tln-re you might, sooner ur later, he recalled to Husoa." “l’erha|w than, you arc going to put me in prison ?’’ “I wish It were so, for iht n you might be liberated.” “Am I then condemned to undergo the knout ?" “The hniiul is a dreadful punlsbuteul to Im sura, but It is not always fainl.” “Thou, oh ! then, you lead me to death Tell me plainly thla suspense it wars* than death itself." “Ktiaw, theo. that your most gmeion* Km pres* haa given abeolute order* to lake off your entire skin." “To take off my skin?” eichjdted Ba derlanil, seized with alive t" Buk ragahttfif hU ilg-tfWWM ha added. eapttefr .etUw you have lost 9mmnf+? ryi or your most hw jgn bare, in >nnim jiiiiewi ten uttifr whou you reorlyadsuch zmW&iauMBB “I did more than any other would have ilsfeil to do. I did not conceal my grirf and nurpriwi. I lingered in tbe Imperial presence, end bad actually laigun an bum ide remonstrance to Her M-iJeety, when out grnrtinusoverrigti, turning ft> look on me, w it,i a look and voles of anger, hade me begone and perform her will. 1 Still seem lo bear her threatening and appalling words: ‘Go,’said Her M ijesty,,and never forget that it is your inditpnnsible duty to sxecots without questioulng th* com nsnds I think worthy to give you.',' ’ It is lui[tosslb'e to describe tbe agitation lire attguisb or Urn despair of|poor Bander land. After he had lor a time given vent lo the violence of bta distress, tbe Commis sary lari' I him that he was al.owed a quar ter ol an hour lo settle his affairs. In vain the hanker prayed lor a longer interval, or at least lor an oppoituuity to write to the Ktopress an f Implore her clemency. At IciiKlh, although trembling tor the couse q unices to his uwu life, Le consented, and tie immudietr-l/ followed the fetter himself but, not harpi" !. . • fimm KCLM