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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1871)
THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH. VOL. 5. Jefferson Davis is sixty-three years >ld. Savannah Bhipped $363,C75 45 worth '/cotton last Saturday to Bremen utd Liverpool. The assessors of Atlanta report ;he value of real estate in that city at $13,541,647. A one legged soldier named Elli son, killed a man named Coulter, in Walker county, recently. Marrying a woman for her beauty s like eat.ng a nightingale for sing !■*. Dr. John C. Binns, a promising young physician and citizen of Wilkes county, died last Friday. All of the recently escaped priso lers from the Macon jail hare been re-arrested. The colored missionary Baptist convention has been in sesion several days in Atlanta. Gqn. A. H. Colquit has entered into active management of the South ern Life Insurance Company. The Gridiron Fishing Club, of Ma con, are having fine sport at their nsual resort on the OgeeChcc. A negro woman was burnt to death in Augusta Saturday night, while attempting to fill a lighted lamp with kerosene oil. A daily paper advertises for girls for cooking. A contemporary re plies : “ You would like them raw when you got accustomed to them.’ It is reported that Chap Norris, the notorious and villainous Sheriff of Warren county during Terry’s reign, has been hung. Judge Robt. 11. Ha'deman, of Clin ton, died last Frida}'. He was through long series of years Judgo of Ocmulgce Circuit. John H. James, the Atlanta bank er, is building a palatial residence, which, when finished and furnished, will cost about $60,000. Prince Albert, the negro who mur dered young Miller at Starkvdle some months ago, was hung on the 96th. Colonel Chas. Rich, of Habersham County, who was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812, and forty years sheriff of the county, died last week* Quite a number of Federal soldiers have been paid off and discharged from the barracks, at Alanta, in the last few days. The Monroe Advetiser says the stores up there are thronged with people, but there seems to be more credit than cash. The Catholics and Episcopalians Os Columbus, together with the Isra elites, are gathering funds to raise new church edifices as early as pos sible. The Rev. Mr. Dechamps, a minis ter of the Baptist Church, was killed last week in Coweta county, near Cbocoville, by a roan named Wm. Hendley. From the Atlanta Sun wc hear that the office of the Southern Ex press Company in that city was en tered last Tuesday and robbed of $15,000. Roger A. Pryor, an ex-Confeder ate General, who has been doing a lucrative practice at the New York Bar, since the war, pulled a man's nose recently in a New York court room. Mr. Allen, of Meriwether county, was killed last Monday by the run ning away of a plowhorse he was try ing to mount. His feet became en tangled in the gear and he was dash, ed against a tree and fearfully man. gkd* A young man invited two sisters to attend the circus; one accepted and the other declined, and when pressed, frankly replied: “ You see, we have but one head of hair between ns; and when she goes, I stay at home, and when I go she stays at borne-” HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1871. Eve was the only woman who never threatened to go and live with mamma And Adam was the only man who never ta'ntalized bis wife about “ the way mother used to cook.” The Atlanta Sun says Colonel Hulbert has resigned his position as Superintendent of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, and is now living n that city with narrow gang il road on the brain. A* Jefferson connty correspondent of the Washington Gazette writes: *• Wheat sorry, cotton all dying, corn small and backward, whiskey high and sorry—the crop of new babies unusually large with fine prospects ahead.” The code is losing ground in the South. Carl Lehman gave offence to Mr. A. H. Herts, at a ball at Vicks burg last Friday. Mr. Herts de manded an apology from Lehman or “ the satisfaction which is due from one gentleman to another.” Lehman went before a justice and made affi davit that Mr. Herts meditated doing him great bodily injury, whereupon a warrant was issiied for that gentle man's arrest. Mr. Herts gave bail for his appearance. Tragedy in Alabama In El more county, Alabama, last Saturday, William Brigg, a minister of the gos plc, on trial before the Baptist Church, charged with injuring the charac ter and virturc of the sister of Ids brother-in-law, Harper James, was dismissed from the church, when a few moments afterwards, and while yet inside the church building, he drew a knifejand stabbed James inihe throat, killing him almost instantly. Both parties were highly respecta ble. — Davy Crocket used to tell how he was once treed by a herd of pfairie wolves, and how he got rid of their unwelcome company: “ I shot away all my ammunition, and threw away my knife and gun among them, but it was no use. Finally, I thought I would try the effect of music, and began to sing “ Old Hun dred.” Before I finished the first verse every wolf put his fore paws to his cars and galloped off.” Georgia offers inducements to all Those who want to save money should go to Banks county; dead people should go to Berrien ; and those who lack shoe-leather should go to Bar'tow. The goat family would probably find Butts comfortable. Those fond of a tussle, might realize their hope* in Clinch ; while those who are particu larly warm this season, may go to Fannin. Those fond of corn in the ear, will probably find il on the out skirts of Cobb. Cunning people should go to Schley; but, as a matter of course, those who want wax will not find it in Wayne.— Savannah Newe. Varmints on the Track On the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, the other day, the locomo tive encountered a huge black bear on the track. Bruin was violently displaced by the cow-catcher, but the train did not stop to inquire into dama ges. Ou Friday last, the up train from Brunswick, some thirty or forty miles from that place, ran over a large alligator in the act of crossing the track, severing his head from his body and inflicting corresponding damage on his caudal appendage.— Telegraph. As Mr. Davis Btepped from the cars on Saturday morning, says the Raleigh Sentinel, he was at once re cognized by Aunt Abby House, who was there at the time, and grasping the cx-President warmly by the hand, weeping, she exclaimed: “President Davis, I have prayed for you ever since the war, and prayed that God would spare you, that I might again see you. He has answered my prayer.” Mr. Davis shook her hand with much warmth of feeling. Aunt Abby, during her many visits to the army in Virginia, during the war, frequently called upon President Da vis, who always received her kindly and courteously, and of whom be aver speaks with most respectful rev erence and affection. Toasts and Sentiments. May the truth and honest heart never know distress. May care be a stranger where vir tue resides. May hemp bind them whom honor cannot. May our produoo.sccure us friends but enable us to live without their assistance. May sentiment never be sacrificed by the tongue of deceit. May our happiness be sincore and our jdy lasting. May* the smiles of conjugal felici tity compensate the frowns of for tunc. May the tear 6f sensibility never cease to flow. May the road oi preferment be found by none but those who deserve It May the liberal hand fine free ac cess to the purse of plenty. May the impulse of the generosity never lie checked by the power of necessity. May we always forget when we forgive an injury. May the feeling heart possess the fortune the miser abuses. May wc draw upon content for the deficiency of fortune. May hope lie thy physician when calamity is the disease. May the single be married and married happy. Use oC Correct Liuiguiigc. Theic is far too much carelessness of speech now-a-days, everywhere, and more especially at home and in the scool room, where the careless ness is caught up by the young tongues, and grows into a habit. Were children accustomed from in fancy to hear nothing but correct conversations, there would be but little need of their learning arbi trary rules of grammar,—they would naturally speak and write correctly. Hence it is that children of educated parents arc generally so much more easy and graceful in their con versation, than the children of the uneducated. Our lnngunge, like our manners, is caught from those with whom wc associate; and if wc would have the young im prove in this impprtniit part of educa tion, we must be careful that they hear no vulgarism from us. Parents and teachers cannot be too particular in their use of language in the pres ence of imitative .children. The Atlanta Sun is authority for the statement that at the banquet, a few evenings since, at the Brown House, in Macon, in honor of the dis tinguished railroad visitors from Au gusta, Mr. John P. King, in a speech, declared that the Macon and Au gusta and Macon and Brunswick Railroads wercnatural allies; if for no other reason, on account of the fact that the Central Railroad had un dertaken, by the lease of many other railroads, to exercise an improper in fluence over the commercial affairs of the State, and to the injury of its brother enterprises. Whereupon one of the friends of the Central under took to reply, and an interesting lit tle spat was the consequence. A young lady with a very pretty foot but rather a large ankle, went into a Broadway shoe store to be measured. The admiring clerk, who is of Gallic extraction, complimented her in the following queer way: “Madame, you have one bootiful foot, but zc leg commence too immedi ately.” Attorney General Farrow decides that the Ordinaries must levy a tax to pay the salaries of the Judges and Solicitors of the District Courts. The Ordinaries are Judges, and the At torney General’s opinion is no more binding upon them than that of any other Attorney. Asa general rule they have taken a different view of the law, and we think very properly. [SauannaA Republican. Gov. Bollock, of Georgia, accord ing to the Atlanta correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, says that the Ku-Klux bill passed by Congress will amount to nothing except to fur nish a campaign-document to the De mocracy. A Sad and Mystrioub Disappear anck. —Yesterday a gentleman in this city received a letter from Florida stating that Mr. Williams, who has re lations here and who is well known in Florida, has mysteriously 'dis appeared. It appears that Mr. Wil liams, a number of days ago, took a small boat to make an excur sion on one of the rivers in the neigh borhood of Smyrna. He was provid ed with articles neccssarry to com plete the outfit of a sportsman or hun ter, and when he left Smyrna was not in the least dejected. A number ofdnys elapsed before any great uneasiness was began to lie felt by his friends, when it was decided to search for him. His boat, tied to the shore, was found near Smyrna, together with all the articles which lie had tak en with him in the boat. The coun try was then searched for miles in every direction, but, as yet, without finding the missing gentleman. The boat being secured to the Bliore, it is assumed he was not drowned, but was lost or made away with some where along the shore or back in the woods. If be was murdered for the sake of the plunder, it is strange that the articles in his boat were left undisturbed, for he carried very little of value on his person, lie was not a politician, and can hardly lie supposed to have been killed on account of his political convictions The case is certainly very mysterious, and hia numerous friends anil rcla-, tions are very much concerned as to his whereabouts Savannah Republi can. Georgia Episcopal Convention. The Georgia Episcopal Convention in session last week at Rome elec ted : John 11. Johnson, Treasurer of the Diocese. John S. Yillnlonga, Treasurer of the Permanent fund. Wm. W. Lincoln, Treasurer of the Missionary Fund. STANDING COMMITTEE. Clcrcial—Rev. W. H. Clark, of Augusta; Rev. Samuel Benedict, of Savannah; Ilev. J. M. Mitchell, of Savannah; Rev. Wm. C. Hunter, of Savannah; John Screven, of Savau uah. The Convention was presided over by Bishop Bock with, anil Bishop Quiutard, of Tennessee, was in atten dance. The reports from vnrious parishes show a larger number of confirma tions during the present year than during any other since the formation of the Diocese. On Thursday night a missionary meeting was held and about $1,700 collected for missious in the Diocese. On Saturday last a young man nam cd Lafayett Shepherd killed his moth or and his sister with an axe, at their homo near Newton, Jasper county, 111. He fled hut has since been arrested. He has several brothers and sisters who are also un der arrest under suspicion of l>eing accessories to the murder. It is said that Lafayett is insane. Fidelity in Little Things.— Great vir lues arc rare ; tbc occasion for them arc very rare, ami when they do occur we are excited liy the grandeur of the sacrifice, we are supported either by tlie splendor of the deed in the eyes of the world, or by self complacency that wc experience from the performance of an uncommon action. Lit tle things are unforeseen; they return every moment; they come iu contact with our pride, our indolence, our haughtiness, our readiness to take offense j they contra dict our inclination per|ictually. It is, how ever, only by fidelity in little things that a true, constant love to God can be distin guished from a passing fervor of spirit. An Arkanses preacher interferred with a dog fight which a young mem. I>er had inaugurated in church, and now the flock is without a- shepherd Mortimer Jones, of an interior town of Illinois, was recently tarred and feathered by his fellow citizens be cause lie thought proper to play cro quet twenty-four hours alter his wife died, and he has brought the matter before a jury to know if these things can be. The first execution in Southwestern Georgia since the war took place at Starkville on the 26th inst., when Prince Albert, the negro who mur dered young Miller some time since, was hanged in the presence of a crowd. Mr. C. D. Kinnebrew, an aged citi zen and deacon of the Baptist Chnrch at Bairdstown, Oglethorpe county, fell dead last Wednesday while walk ing in his garden. An Irishman was challenged to fight a duel but declined on a plea that he did not wish to lsave his mother an orphan. Touch Those Thrilling Cords Again. Ob ; touch those thrilling cords again, And sing that song once more, ’ •Tis one 1 loved in other (lays, And used to sing of yore, When this heart was sunlight all and bloom, And free ns wild bird's wings— ‘Tdas then I loved to hear the song That now I hid tlice sing. Thun sayest It is a simple thing, Ami Uas no cbsrdis fi(r ebec, Oh! thou can’st never, never know, How dear it is to me. TWou can'st not know the memories That wake in every strain— Tlicu smile nbt at my earnestness, But sing it o’er again. It wns the first, the sweet aong Os one who cored lor m'e ; I learned itfrom the lips of love, When stars were on the sea, But tire minstrel baud is cold and mute, And silent is that lute, And the hallowed lip whence flowed Hint song, Are now forever mute. Oh! many fond remembrances, Are blended in lhat lay, And each soft tone wafts my full heart To scenes iu life’s young day. Then touch the silTur corded' lute, Aud sing that song once more, 'Twas sung to me by tny beloved, In happy (lay* of yore. ■trick I’omcroy’t Troubles. Concerning the matter of divorce between Anna M. Pomeroy and M. M. Pomeroy, alluded to in dtir Circuit Court report ou Tuesday, the LaC’ross Republican says: “ This proceeding, wc understand, was mutually desired, to legalize an amicable negotiation about separation that has practically existed for many years; and the alimony is about equivalent to the voluntary annuity that Ims hitherto been granted, not withstanding the disparagiirg rumors of neglect that have often been circu lated by tho ;c whose ignorance of the facts was only equaled by their mis chievous malignity towards n man whose sins arc not akin to hypocrisy. Circumstances of |ieColiar delicacy have compelled Mr. Pomeroy to sub mit silently to imputations of dis honor ; and, with this final action, it is to be hoped all vituperation will cease." The defendant iu this case is the - notorious “ Brick" Pomeroy, now of New York, hut much licttcr known in tliiH State. The parties have not lived together for the past five years, hut “ Brick,” it is said, has always con tributed liberally to the support of herself and child. The Court grant ed Mrs. Pomeroy $20,000 alimony, which is well s.cured ou pro|>erty in LnCroas. She is rciqicctalily con nected iu this city. Incompatibility of temper is the cause assigned ou his part, although we apprehend il would not he hard on her pnrl to give a much more tangible reason for asking the court to issolve the con nection between them.— Milwaukee Sentinel. An Indian Fhiiit—Three IVood Choppers Drive or r Forty Yanctons. —Sioux City, May, 96 A letter dated onboard the steamer Ida Bees May 13, gives the following particu lars of a fight which recently occured near Musclc-sliell mount between a party of wood-choppers and a band of Yancton Indians : “A war party of Yanctons came to the river above here a few days ago and attacked tli ce men belonging to the party of wood chop|>crs. The men ran to a bend in the river and concealed themselves in the thick hushes, hut their hiding place was discovered, when a desper ate fight took place, resulting in the death of one white man and eleven Indians. The reds numbered forty; and left six of their dead on the bat tle field, not having enough horses to carry them off. The fight commenced at 2 r. M., and continued uutil dark. The men were entrenched in a very heavy undergrowth, and behind a large log, from which position the Indians Ibund it impossible to dis lodge them. Tbc two survivors reached their camp in safety next morning. A young gentleman eighteen months of age, residing iu Pawtucket, Rhode Island, remained quiet the other day for such an unwonted pe riod that his mother, susptctiiig ull was not right, went in search of him. She found him silting on the floor by an open bureau drawer with a loaded and cap|>cd and self cocking revolver in his hand and he was amusing him self by ramming the muzzle of the piece down his throat, working at the trigger, and hammering it upon the floor. As soon as tlie mother re covered from her fright, she took tlie weapon from the child without any unpleasant result. Caterpillars are reported to be play ing havoc in the forests of Arkansas.. In many sections they are completely ■tripping the trees of their foliage. Job Priming. Cards, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Posters, Circulars, Ac., printed in neat style and at low rates. Orders promptly attended to. NO. 23 HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH, «■»■* * • PUBLISHED EVERY ’IHIHBDA.Y.,, tW SulacriptivH: $2 00 a Dor, in adcaheS? Rates and Rules. Hf* Advertisements f 1 00 per square fi r tin' first insertion, and 7.1 cent* lor eac ! ' subsequent insertion. (A square te.itbo space ot one inch in depth of tlie volute.;' irrespective of the number of lines.) CONTRACT ADVKRTIBUIO. I m j 2 iii | 3 m j tt iu j 12 i'. I square. . $!l $ 5 $ 7 $lO s*"3‘ 3 “ ... 5 H 11 15 £0 3 “ ... 1 11 15 20 t' 4 “ ... y 14 18 25 V I column.. 10 in 20 85 } “ 15 20 30 60 7’> 1 “ .. 20 ao 401 751 12". A liberal deduction will be made with those who advertise hy the year. Tho money for advertisements is due on tlie first insertion. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions by Hoc: eties. Obituaries, etc., exceeding six HnSS, to lie churned ns transient advertising Suliscritiers wishing their papers change- 1 f.-.rot one post-office to another, must stm the name of the post-office from which the wish it changed; as well a that to which they wish it sent i.eoal AHVEimstNO. Ordinary's—Citations for Letters ol Administration, by Administra tors, Executors, Guardians, <V*c....s 3 5 Application for Letters of Dismis sion from Administration 4 C: Application for Letters of Dismis sion from Guardianship 5 M Application for leave to sell Land 4 0* Notice to Debtors and Creditors 0 fin dales of personal or perishable property, per square 1 W* Bales of Lands, per square 5 fio Biikktfv's—l*cr levy 3• r < Mortgage sales, ten lines or less.. 5 I' l Tax Collector's sales, per square, 5 10 CLeuk’s—Foreclosure of Mortga ges and other Monthly advertise ments, $1 per square of one inch for each insertion. Announcing County Candidates.. B's Announcing District Candidates,. 13 ( J For a man advertising Ids wife, in advance ...'. 20 U {fp Sales of Land, by Administrator f Executors or Guardians’, are required t > law to he held oil the first Tuesday In P month, between the hours of ten in the for noon and three in the afternoon, at t! • Court-house in the county in which tl property is situated. Notice of these sales must lie given In public gazette 40 day s previous to the da. of sale. . • ~ Notice lor the (tale of personal proper' must lie given in like manner, 10 days pi vioils to sale day. Notice to debtors and creditors of an ( late must also Is- published 40 days. 94<itiee that application will lw made in the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell lai I must bo published for four weeks. Citations on letters of adminlstrstior. Guardianship, Ac., must he published : o days; for dismission from admhiistratioi monthly three months; for dismission froi Guardianship, 40 days. Hides tor Hie foreclosure of Morlgnp' must in- published mouldy, four month fur establishing lost papi rs, for the 'fi space of three months; for compelling til!- from Executors or Administrators, win bond lias Im-i-ii given b\ tho deceased, It full space of three month ~ Hhrrlfl’s sales must he published for h 1 weeks. Publications will nlway* In l oontlnu according to these, the legal requirement! unless otherwise ordered. L. A. HALL, Attorney & Counsellor at Law EASTMAN, GEORGIA. WILL give prompt attention to a' business entrusted to his care. marl6-tf A. C. PATE, ATTORNEY AT LAW HAWKINSVILLE, GA. WILL practice in the counties ot 1 laski, Houston, Dooly, Wilcox, T fair, Irwin, Laurens and Dodge, anil, i special contract, iu any Court in tlie bl. may3s-tf Watches and- Jewell Repairing. The undersigned lias just moved Ilawkinsvltle and opened a shop for rep:' ing of Watches, Clocks, and other disci lion* of Jewelry. All Work promptly i cruted in first clans style, and on the' no reason Ido terms. Patronage of the to and surrounding country respcctlblly . lie! ted. My place of business is in tho bnikli between the stores of Joe. Fide and Ji K. Dive. Give me a call. K. W. MILLED May 18-ts. Road Notice- Ordinary's Office, Pulaski Cos. > May 23, 187) . The Road Commissioner* appointed mark out and report on anew Itoad, J<: ing from Fellowship to Frtendf I Churches on u direct line, and Inh wet with tlie Abbeville snd Troup\ Itoad, have returned their report to t office, and it will lie passed on the ti. Monday in July next. Given under my hand and official sig> i lure, this May 23,1871. J. J. BPARROW, may 25-30d Ordinary ICE I ICEI ICE; LEMONS 1 LEMONS! During the season, I will keep on ha- I for the accommodation of rUixitns iu to • aud country, ICE and LKMONb, «t eiti • ■ wholesale or retail. Families can sup: ' themselves at short notice. Terms cv A. WATERMAN, may 18-3 m At the Did Stand Sheriff"! Executions for sale at this Oi
