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THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
VOL. 5.
W. B. Chapman, an old citizen of
Atlanta—since 1840—died there Mon
day night—aged 75 years.
Mrs. Samuel Lawrence, wife of the
Urand Master of the drain! Lodge of
Georgia Masons, died at Marietta
tatft Sunday night.
If. W. Cnin, who was elected sher
iff of Monroe county by the negroeß,
has retired from office, and is suc
ceeded by Uichard Maury.
The town counsel at Lumpkin, (la.,
have past an ordinance prohibiting
the tying of tin lioxes to dogs’ tails
under penalty of live dollars Hue.
Commodore M. P. Mnnrv, of Vir
ginia, has been elected President of
the University of Alabama, and will
accept the position.
Why is a woman tying her corset
like a man drinking to drown care?
Because in tudaciny herself she la
conics tight.
A writer asks, through the farmer's
department of a eontempory, if any
one can inform a poor man as to the
best wav to start a little nursery ?
Why by getting'married, of course 111
A Yankee Will. —“ The hard,
earnest way iu which some Yankees
hate niggers affords really a curious
subject for study.” The other day
Mr. J. S. 'White died, leaving $70.-
iffffO to the University of Vermont at
'Burlington, upon the express condi
tion that no colored student should
ever receive n dollar of it.
Anew disease has recently attacked
hogs in Fulton county, Illinois. It
is different in its symtonis from Img
cholera, and seems more like a con
gestive chill as manifested in human
beings. When the hogs are attacked
they bunch up to ether for warmth.
The chill is followed by fever, when
they soon die. The per ccntage of
•Heaths is large.
One Khler Gains, a negro preacher
of unusual ini pi rtauce. was ejected
• from the Macon and Westc.ii train a
few days ago liccausc of his refusal
to ride anywhere except in the ladies
car, notwithstanding a seat in one
ipiitc as comfortable in all respects
was offered him. This pestiferous ne
gro will not live long in Georgia
without finding out his proper place.
Such conduct is purely mischievous,
and calculated to do harm and not
good to the negro race.
Opposition. —Many jiorsons now a
days are east down and depressed on
account of the opposition they con
tinually meet- It should not !>e so.
A eertain amount of oppo ition is a
great help to a man. Kites rise
against the wind, and not with the
wind ; even a head-wind i. better than
none. No man ever worked his pas
aage anywhere in a dead calm. Let
no man wax pale, therefore, because
of opposition; opposition is what lie
wants and must have, to be good
for anything. Hardship is the na
tive soil of manhood and sell-re
liance.
Tiik Episcopal Church in Geor
gia.—The journal of the forty-ninth
annual Convention of the Episcopal
•Church for the Diocese of Georgia,
which has just I icon published, show*
•thedotal baptisms from May, 1870
to Wity -IS7I, to have been 550, and
'ronfirmatiors 282. Total communi
cants 3,220, Sunday-school scholars
2;201, and teachers 307—clergymen
34. The whole amount of contribu
tions from communion aims,missions,
and other charitable object*, $54,240
19 ; contributions for the widows and
orphans’ fund for the year, $1,516.78,
whole fund, $5,890.62: Bishop's ftind t
$5,868.27.
The Bishop of the diocese states
that the increase of the church “ has
been greater than in any one year of
its existence in Georgia.”
Indian Ku Klin.
Borne ruffians in Indiana attacked
a house occupied by four brothers, a
sister and servant. Three jugs of
benzine were thrown into the house,
followed by torpedoes loaded with
buckshot, nails and screws. The ex
plosion of the torpedoes fired the
bouse and waked the family, when
the ruffians discharged fire-anps into
the house. Several inmates were
mdly hurt. The ruffians escaped.
A thousand dollars has been offered
I or their detection.
HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1871.
Letter from <;rren Fleming.
AviKillers, June 26, 1371.
Friend Georoe:—
We are taught that “the way of
the transgressor is hard," ami to some
extent, I have realized the truth of
the declaration ; for, on the eve of
leaving, I stoic Henry Taylor’s (or
somebody rise’s) counter brush,
which was a transgression of all ex
isting laws. However, I hope I am
pardoned, as 1 took it through mis
take. and returned it by a friend.
We hml rather a hard time on our
journey, but landed safely at the end
of it on the 20th. The roads were in
very bad condition nearly all the wa v
from IL-iwkiiisville to Ellavillc, and
in some places barely passable.
Montezuma was the hardest place
to find 1 ever saw; but wc at last
reached it, and I was somewhat dis
appointed, 1 would sec a
much livelier place, from all accounts
than Ilawkiusville. 1 found its in
habitants enjoying the same past-time
that the Hawkiiisvilliaiis do—that o,
marbles, draffs, Ac. The ferry is
about a half mile from the town, bui
we have to travel about two and a
half to reach it, over a road—well.
I can’t half tell how bad it is. We
reached the ferry about sunset or a
little before, and yelled at the top of
our voices fur the boatman, who was
no where to lie found. Imagine our
coudition away in the swamp, ami
that, too, near where people some
times get shot at—with a (air pros
l>cct of having to encamp for the
night or retrace our steps to a por
tion of country wc could not think
much better; tor we could not have
reached high land until darkness
enveloped us. Help eniue at last. Ail
employee of the railroad being in
reach of our voice, came to our res
cue, and informed us that although
he never tugged a Isiat in his .life, if
we would risk him he would try it.
The affair was rather mi unfavorable
looking one, the bottom being out of
the boat, but we concluded to try it.
and after panting, blowing and lug
ging for a good while, especially on
the part of our friend, we landed
safely on the west side. I have al
ways been a biller enemy t-» gamb
ling. but this affair made me a
staunch friend to one branch of this
business, at least as fur as the name
is concerned, for the name of our
friend and deliverer is Kcno.—
lie had to lie persuaded to take any
remuneration for his labor, which
was indeed hard labor. The next
time I come out this way I don’t conn
by this route, you bet. unless belter
accommodations are provided for
crossing strenms.
Wc lodged in Oglethorpe that
night, but there was so much noise
and shooting around that we e-nild
not sleep. When Igo to the Legis
lature, I will have the town incorpo
rated, for the sake of the good citi
zens.
Two miles East of Montezuma, is
being built up a beautiful little vil
lage. Spalding is its name. It
seems to In* situated in a very heal
thy locality, and inhabited and sur
rounded by good society. There is
s flourishing school in the place, call
ed “Spalding Seminary.” and under
the charge of Rev. W. C. Wilkes.
Wc were detained on the way by
several rains and storms, but were
pleasantly sheltered and entertained
by the good citizens on tin’ road.
Crops all along the route look bad
ly, as would be supposed, after so
much wet weather. Corn is looking
tolerably well from Montezuma to
Ilawkiusville, and for ten miles the
other side of the former place it
looks very well. In that section
they have had less rain. Cotton also
looks well there but beyond very
poor. On this side of Flint river,
in Macon and Schley counties, up to
Ellavillc, all crops arc very poor, and
also very grassy. Some fields are
nearly a solid mat of grass. Be
tween Ellavillc and this place crops
of all kinds arc tolerably good and as
far as I could sec were clear.
This is a beautiful little city, and
seems to be growing rapidly. Even
these dull times it appears lively.
I have been in only a few minutes and
have formed very few acquaintances,
but every one I meet seemo to be t
clever.
We are enjoying ourselves as well as
ne could ask, on our visit, and are in
good health.
I should have written sooner, but
could not come to Amcricus, until to
day, and d»n,t much like the manage
ment of the I’. O. business in Ella
villc.
Will write again soon.
Yours Truly,
1). G. F.
Seventy Yours Ago.
The oldest statesmen of the West
and Southwest used to take horses
from their homes when they started
for Washington, and the journey,
generally at the inclement season,
consumed agonizing weeks. John
itandolph rode from Roanoke, fol
lowed by the inevitable Juba ; Jeffer
son came in on his favorite mare,
clad after his own private fashion.
Andrew Jackson, who was a Senator
in Congress seventy-two years ago,
reached New York and Philadelphia
after a tiresome journey, and Henry
Clay often made the distance on
horseback from Ashland twelve years
later, and liked to march down the
aisles of the House, when he was
Speaker, spurred and booted, riding
whip in hand. Nobody gets to Wash
ington now after this fashion. The
steed of iron and steel has supplan
ted horseflesh. The trip that took
Alexander Hamilton two weeks from
New York when he went to visit
Washington at Mount Vernon, is
now made by Governor Fenton asleep
in a bed as cozy as if it laid I won
made for a king. The South and
West now get to Washington dressed
and refreshed us if for a bridal. Space
is almost annihilated. Time is con
densed from weeks to days and from
hours to minutes, and men only stop
to ask each other: “If this is the
contrast between 1.800 and 1871, what
will be the contrast between 1900
and 1971?”
Religion ofOi.h Times.— One may
at the present day form a pretty cor
rect idea of the progress of religous
liberty and common sense from the
annexed paragraph :
In the laws of Virginia these can
lie found: In Kilo attendance al
church twice every Sunday was en
joined “upon pain, fur the first fault,
to lose their provisions and allow
anee for the whole week following;
for tiie seehnd, to lose said allow
ance, and also to lie whipped ; and
for the third to suffer death.” The
law was subseq’. ently modified as fol
lows, the Governor publishing several
edicts: “That every person should
go to church Sundays and holildnys.
or lie neck and heels that night, and
lie a slave to the colony the following
week; for the second offence he
should lie a slave lot a month; for
the third, a year and a day " 1662
“ Every person who refuses to have
his child -baptized by a lawful minis
ter—of the Church of England—shall
be amerced 2,000 pounds of tobacco.
The whole liturgy or the Church of
England shall be thoroughly read at
the church orchappel every Sunday.”
1663—“ II any Quakers or other sep
aratists whatsoever in this colony
assemble themselves together to the
number of five or more, of the age of
sixteen years or upward, under the
pretence ofjoining in a religious wor
ship not authorized in England or
this country, the parties so offending
shall forfeit and pay for the first of
fence 500 pounds of tobacco, and for
the third offence shall be banished
from the colony.”
Bullock pi ts a Finger in the
pie. —The Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel says that without the State’s
having a particle of interest in the
issue, Bullock thought proper to em
ploy four attorneys to oppose the
lease of the Macon and Western Rail
road, no doubt paying them very
large fees. Os the gentlemen selected
the Chronicle and Sentinel says:
“ One of the chosen is a Democratic
State Senator, and that liody is so
near equally divided that the effect
of one vote may save the Bullock’s
head from the November slaughter.
Another of the select is a Democrat
contesting the scat of a negro who
has the certificate of election to the
next House of Representatives. An
other is a member of the State Dem
ocratic Executive Commitree, and
still another is a leading and influ
ential Democrat in the Cherokee
country.”
A Mjiv Colton Frets.
The Memphis Avalanch makes
mention of anew cotton press which,
if correctly represented, seems des
tined to supercede all others now in
use. It can compress 70 bales or
•5,000 pounds into such a compass
as will enable them to occupy the
spnee now necessary to contain 37
bales. The bales come from under
the press equal in size, and either
cylindrical or octagonal In shs|ic.
Ninety bales can lie pressed in an
hour, and it is claimed that not only
can the press be run witli more econ
omy than any other now in use, but
that the tying of the'bauds and the
sewing of the beads can all be done
after the lviles pass out of the com
pressing chamber, thus saving the
time that is lost in doing this work
while the bale is in the press, ns is
now the case. The Avalanche says
the press, which is called the “Anni
hilator,” wiil lie in operation at Mem
phis, New Orleans and Savannah by
the time the present growing crop
begins to come forward.— Telegraph.
♦ so- • ——
The Little Corporal for July is
a model number. Mrs. Miller's new
story begins well, and w ill be read
with delight by all boys and gills,
i The poem “ Pictures on the State,"
lias a full page illustration by Land
der' ach which Is exceedingly fine and
suggestive. Under its new manage
ment, this already popular juvenile
is gaining iu beauty and excellence
with each number. Terms $1.50 a
year. Published by John E. Miller
Chicago, 111.
Air Bros in the Morning. —The
wise housekeepers should sec to it
that all the beds should be aired im
mediately after being occupied. The
impurities w hich emanate trom the
human body from insensible perspir
ation are made up of minute atoms,
which, if allow ed to remain long, arc
id iso .bed l» y the bed, and will then
to a greater or less extent, vitiate the
air for a considerable time afterward.
Let the occupant throw the lied open
on rising, and soon ns it is convenient
open the windows and ventilate the
sleeping room. One hour's early ven
tilation is worth two hours’ late air
ing.
Mr. A. 11. Stephens, of Georgia,
has turned editor, lie will find it
requires more brains, more mental
strain, to edit a newspaper than lie
ever found it required to practice law
or be member of Congress, however
ignorant people may think to the
con tray. When to he silent, what to
keep back, how to present and press
the truth so ns to have all its effect.
Mr. S. will have most difficulty in
keeping silent.
[ Freilerirtsburg New*.
Our OtUI Fellows.
The statistics of the Order show
that the Odd Fellows relieve a great
deal of suffering iu this country. It
has inereassd from 5 members in
1891 to 268,637 the last year. Be
tween the year 1830 (when reliable
records wen; first kept) and in 1868
inclusive, relief was rendered to 496,-
579 brothers and 56,503 widowed
fuuiilics. For the former has l»cen
paid $9,710,998.72 ; for the education
of orphans, $252,728 ; for burying
the dead, $1 ,G 85,902.07. The total
receipts within that time by all the
lodges of the country were $31,243,-
830.30, and the total assistance sll,-
640,700.70. The number initiated
was 620,106 persons. Suppose the
Anti-Secret Society, which met at
Worcester last week, would juat make
up a list of its charities and compare
it with the above. Its members
would then see the utter uselessness of
their organization for anythimg prac
tical.
Virginia Wheat Crop. —The
Richmond Enquirer of Tuesday takes
a cheering view of the wheat crop.
After giving accounts from all sections
of the State, it concludes thus:
On the whole it is very evident
that, taking the State generally, the
crop is very far from being a “ fail
ure,” as represented ; on the contrary
we believe that a vsry fair crop will
be realized. Taking-the products of
our farms, gardens and orchards gen
erally, so far as we have got, we have
every reason to be well satisfied.
From the Griffin Star.
Tlic Silent Grave!
He sleeps, he sleeps, the dew weeps
In showers o’er his head,
The wild winds rave around his grave,
For lie is with the dead !
He sleeps, he sleeps, my durling sleeps,
Within the narrow tomb:
And otl my heart with sorrow starts,
Aud there’s o’erspread with gloom I
The Warm mins all unheeded fall
By him that sleejietli there;
nut as they heat, the vacant seat
Bows down my soul with care I
The roses bloom, and waff |ierfuino
Upon the zcpliry's w ing,
Hut fan my brow, unnoticed now,
Unheard the wild birdVsong.
The anguish deep tiiat makes me weep,
Yet Ikiws my head in pain,
Aml still 1 start, oh, anguished heart
We will not meet again !
Not meet again ! oil, cease this |iniu,
Tliis heavy throbbing pain ;
“ In heaven above, that place of love,”
Yes, wo shall meet again.
We’ll meet upon that goldeu street
That paves the Christian home;
There will I meet, there will I greet,
And there with him I'll roam—
Where fountains dance and simlicamos
glance
Upon the crystal stream,
Ami as they How, a music low,
Chimes with the waters gleam.
Jotli Hilling* on the Raccoon.
The raccoon is a resident of the
United .States ov America;emigrated
to this country noon after its discov
ery by Columbus, with not n cent
and nothing but bis claws tew get his
living with. He iz one of them kind
of persons whose iz worth tnoio than
all the rest of him. He resides
among the heavy timber, and culti
vates tlic corn field and the ncigh
ug garden sass for sustenance, and
understands his business. His fam
ily consists of a wife and throe chil
dren, who reside with him on the in
side ot a tree. He can always be
found nt home during the day, tew
receive calls, but his nights arc de
voted tew looking after his (JWn af
fairs. He dresses iu furs, aud Ids
tail, which iz round, has rings on
it. These rings nre ov the same ma
terial that the tn : l iz, aud worn upon
all occasions. During the winter he
lies himself up in a hard not and lays
down by his friends.
«r< clj on ilic I'arpol-Hugger*
Mr. (! reel v was in high feather at
hi* grand reception Monday night.
After lielaboring (lie stupid Southern
aristocracy who slight the Northern
sehiMilmarins and whaling the Ku*
klux with a crowbar, he fell might
and main on the carpet-baggers, first,
iu the wav of heavy malediction, and
then assailing them w ith ridicule ami
buffoonery. Greely is developing
high dramatic powers. Says lie:
Some of those thieves affect to lie
honest men. They go alsuit with
long faces, and with their eye* rolled
up and their hands clasped over their
stomachs—[great laughter]—an pro
less to Im i greatly eonoenicd for the
education of the blacks ami still more
concerned for the salvation of their
souls.
Here Mr. Greeley imitated the hyp
ociticul carpet-buggers, clasping his
huud over his abdomen, rolling up his
eyes, mid whining out with nasal
twang “Let us pray.” [Great laugh
ter and cheers.] Yes, said Mr. Gree
ly, these in ui are heavy on pray ing,
but they spell pray w ith an A', and
in that sense they .fulfill the apostol
ical injunction to pray without ccas
ing.
Look Out, Boys.—A Indy requests
the Charleston Con ier to insert the
following:
Wanted, one hundred and fifty
young men, more or less, of ull shapes
and sizes, from the tall graceful dan
dy, with hair sufficient on his up|ici‘
lip to stuff a burlicr's cushion, down
to the littebow-legged, freckled-faced,
carrot-heailcd upstart. The object is
to form a gaping crowd, to be in at
tendance at the corners of streets and
church doors at the close of dvine
service each sabbath, to stare at the
ladies ns they leave church, and to
muke delicate and gentlemanly re
marks on their person and dress.
All who wish to enter the above
corps will appear on the steps of the
various church doors next Sunday
evening, when they will be duly' in
spected, their names, iiersonal ap
pcarancc and quality of brains reg
istered in a I took for that purpose.
To prevent a general rush, we will
state that no one will be enlisted who
possesses iutellec'ual capacity above
that of a well-bred donkey.
A little negro was killed by light
ning in Hancock county recently
while walking through an open
field.
Young ladies had I idler be fast asleep
than "fast" awake.
Statistics place it beyond doubt that n
handsome widow lias three chances for
marriage to a maiden's one.
A “free agent"—One who goes off with
his employer’s monev
NO. 27
HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
tuff Sutucrijition: $2 00 a Tier,in ailiartce
Rules und Rules,
Iff" Advertisements $1 00 per square for
the first insertion, and 76 cents for each
subsequent insertion. (A square is th<
■spare oi one ineli in depth of the column
irrespective of the number of lines.)
contract advertising.
! ill i 2 111 I :t in | 6 UI I 12 m
1 square... $3 $ 6 $ 7 $lO $ ff
3 “ ... 6 H 11 15 20
3 " ... 7 tl 15 20 30
4 " ... 9 14 18 25 36
) column.. 10 16 20 36 45
I " 15 20 30 00 76
1 “ .. 20 80 40 75 121.
A liberal deduction w ill lie made with
those who advertise by Hie year.
The money for advertisements Is due An
the first insertion.
Tributes of Respect, Resolutions liy Soci
eties. Obituaries, etc., exceeding six lines,
to lie charged as transient advertising.
BuliacrilH‘r.H wishing ilicir papers changed
'from one post-office to another, must stab
Hie name of the post-ottlre from which llirv
wish it changed, as well as that to whirl,
they wish it sent
LEGAL ADVERTISING,
Ordinary’s —Citations for Letters
ol Administration, by Administra
tors, Executors, OuafdiaiiK, &r....$ S 5
Application for Letters of Dismis
sion trom Administration 4 ot>
Application lor Letters of Distuis
lion from Guardianship 5 5G
Application for leave to sell Land 4 Ot
Notice to Debtors and Creditors 550
dales of personal or pcrishablfl
properly, per snmirc 1 50
Sales ol bends, per square 6 St
Siikrikk'h— Per levy 3 s(>
Mortgage sales, ten iittes or less.. 500
Tax Collector's sales, per square, 6 00
<'Lima's—Foreclosure of 'Mortga
ges und other Monthly advertise
ments, $1 per square of-one inch for
each insertion.
Announcing County Camlidales.. 80.
Announcing District Candidates,. 12 «o
For a man advertising his wife,’ln
advance 20 0o
tfffSales of Laud, bv Administrator.-.
Kxcculoni or Guardians, are required In
law to lie belli on the first Tuesday in tie
month, Iwtwceii'the hours of ten in the fore
noon and three in the afternoon, ul til
Court-house iu the county ill which 111.
property is situated.
Notice ol these sales must be given in !
public gazette 40 days previous to the die
of sale.
Notice lor the ale of personal proper!'
must lie given in like manlier, 10 days pre
vious to side day.
Notice to debtors anil creditors of an es
tale must also he published indues. 1
Notice that application will !“> made to
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land
must be published for four weeks.
Citations on letters if administration
Guardianship, Ac , must he published 30
days: for dismission front administration
monthly three months; for dismissiou from
Guardianship, 40 days.
Hides lor the foreclosure of Mortgage*
must lie published monthly, lour mouths
for establishing losl papers, for die lull
lpu.*e of three months-, for compelling till."
froin Executors or Administrators, w hen
Isold itas been given bv the deceased, tin
dill space of three months .
Slieiill’s sales must lie published for ffltf
weeks.
I‘illilicntions will always he inalmms
aeeotiiitig to these, the legal reipiii eluent
unless otherwise ordered.
L A. HALL,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law
KASTMAN, GEORGIA.
Wild, give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to his rare
tiiurlO-tf
A. C. PATE, ‘
ATTORNKV AT LAW.
IIAWttIjVRVILLF. GA.
Wild* prnellre in the counties ol pn
Inski, Houston, Dooly, Wilcox,'l.l
fair. Irwin, laoircns and Podge, and. In
special contract, in any Court iu Ilia Stall
may 25- if
L. C. RYAN,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW
II.WVKI.NSVII.I.K, GA
W r ILL practice in the counties of l*u
v v laski, lloiis|pu, Dooly, W ilcox, Tel
fair, Laurens and Tlodge, und by sprein'
contract, in any Court in the Nfnte.
OFFICE—Over .1.0 Jclks <L Brother'!
store, iii old hotel building,
junci -tr
Road Notice-
Ordinary'* Office, Pulaski C 0.,)
MayW, 1871 J
The Hoad Commis-ionem Hppninlcd to
mark out and riqsirt on anew Hoad, lead
ing from Fellowship to Fricndshi]
Churches on a direct line, «ad inter
seel with the Abbeville anil Troupvilh
Itoad, lime returned their report to tin
office, and it will Is- passed on the first
Monday in July next.
Given under my band and official sigtia
lure, this May 23, 1871.
J. J. BPAKROWT,
may 25-90d Ordinary.
ICE I ICE! ICE!
LEMONS 1 LEMONS!
During the season, I will keep on hand
for the accommodation of cilizsns in towi
and country, ICK and LEMONS, at eithet
wholesale or retail. Fatuities ran suppl;
themselves at short notice. Terms cash
A WATERMAN,
may 18 3m At the Old Stand.
Sheriffs Executions for sale it tbki Offo