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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