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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1872)
THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH. "'VOL. 6. Mite or Lola hi the «■ w County . Kite or Telftslr. MaclUe, Georgia,) July 4, 1872. j Editor Hawkinsville Dispatch: Knowing you rdesire to obtain items of news from all parts of the country, 1 will submit for publication a few jottings from this, the future metrop olis of Telfair. * I mean by the word “metropolis” to convey to the public the fact that Macllae is destined to be a town of respectablejiizc. On Tuesd ty, the 2d instant, a few >f the public lots of the county were old on the Court House square. These lots are laid off forty by sixty feet, and were sold at prices ranging from fifteen to twenty •three 1 dollars each, nearly all being sokl at the latter price v The crowd iu at* ia*ndace at the sale was very small, Hid the Ordinary, Judge Alexander postponed further sale for L. future day. The lots will again ho piN upon the market, of which notice perhaps, will be given through the Dispatch. MacKae is in a most pleasant and healthy section of Telfair, and those whoarc seeking a heme in the mild clh male of Southern Georgia, would perhaps do well to locate here while the land is cheap. The Court House will soon bo erected here, and this fact taken in connection with the advantages offered by’ railroad, will make Macltac a considerable place of trade. It will become a market tor the products of the surrounding country and a distributing point for considerable merchandise. The citi izens arc intelligent and industrious, and welcome most cordially into thcr midst all strangers who come for a gjod purpose. I will write again when anything transpires wortliy of mention in your columns. T. C. L. About one hundred thousad pounds of wool have been purchased in the Albany market the present season, mostly from citizens of Worth, Col quit, Bbrrion. Irwin, aud Dooly coun ties. Albany was for a while the highest wool market in the State, and attracted the attention of sheep raisers from a distance. GEXv.a vs, Lee's House.— The horse ridden by General 11. K. Lee at the battle of Gettysburg is now owned bv a lady of Fairfax county, Virgin ia, who purchased it iu Washington city since the dealli of General Lee. Upson county commenced *the # present fiscal year with SIO,OOO stlr plas cash, and an ollicial examination of the books of the Ordinary for the last twenty years—the period of ser vico of the present ineuinbout—de veloped an error of only thirty-five cents. Mr. Tuttle, Deputy Marshal of Milledgcville, while pursuing a man Ramsey, lor whom he had a warrant, was suddenly stopped by Alie criminal firing on him. Tuttle responded, and Kamaev now lies At the hotel, awaiting the re sult of a ball in his lungs. On Friday of last week Dalton vo ted $19,000 each to Mercer Univer sity and Wesleyan Female Col lege, of Macon, on condition that these institutions will establish branches in that place. Sharp Words. —The Macon Tele graph says the Atlanta Constitution •f last Wednesday prints, as an adver tisement, two cards—one frdm Judge Lochranc and the other from ex-Gov. Brown, denouncing certain declara tions made by General Toombs in a letter to the QrifHn News, in regard to tbe Mitchell claim. Mr. Toombs ■aid tbe action of the Legislature on tb-t claim was “the result of bribery, pure and simple,” aud that Lochrane, Kimball and Brown ’engineered the bill through and were termed in de rision “the Mitchell orphans.” Loch rane defends his course at length and with asperity, but Gov. Brown is very concise. Says he: if Gen. Toombs intends by [this language to say that I have been guilty of bribery in “engineering” bill through the Legislature, I pronounce his statement an infamous falsehood and its author an inscrupu luus liar.” - I HAWKINSYILLE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1872. ; Letter Frwui Itev. Mr. Fulwootl, Key West, Florida,) June 24, 1872. j Editor Dispatch: Agreeably to promise I write. The .promise was, that I would write, but the time when was not specified.— Having delayed so long, I should be tempted to think you had forgotten me and my promise, but for the fact that the Dispatch comes to me reg ularly. This is au assurance that I am still remembered, and a reminders that a communication would lie ac ceptable. There is more to interest one in Key West, than a stranger would expect to Cud. The Island Ims an area of about eight square miles; and, like the entire rwstem of Keys, ex- from. Cape, Sable to. the Tfr tugas, is of coral formation. The soil that lias accumulated on this coral—rocky foundation, is, ns a gen eral rule, quite thin. It is highly productive in quality, but not of sutll cient depth to retain moisture during a drought; nevertheless, all the gar den vegetables produced in the Sontiicru Slates, are susceptible of production here, and under a proper hj stein of culture, would coine to maturity during the winter und spring months. The Cocoa, the Pine Apple, the Banauna, the Sa po<l Hr, grow luxurantly, and are •considered among the most choice and valuable of Tropical fruits. The Lime, Lemon und Orange arc also grown in great abundance on this and the neighboring islands. The town of Key West is quite a thriving little city, of near eight thousand inhabitants, of whom three thousand are Spanish. Tin- emigration from Cuba and the Bahamas, is adding rapidly to the population, in advancing the values of property, increasing capital and busi ness, and opening the way for daring speculators to make, and, perhaps, lose large sums ot money. If the c: nlcmplaled railroad from this place, connecting with the main, and the railroad system in the inte rior, should ever be carried into ef fect, tiie future commercial greatness of Key West will be insured. Ami sagacious, fur-seeing men, interested in this great enterprise, have no doubt ns to its-practicability or the certainty of its ultimate accomplish ment. * 0 The annual expenditure of money here, by the United States Govern ment, is.ol itself sufficient to sustain a town of considerable size. This is the head-quarters of the North Atlantic Fleet. The supplies for this Fleet are issued from the Naval depot at this point, and there are usually from one to four meu-of war in port. A garrison is kept at the barracks, of about three hundred men. Fort Taylor is a massive structure, mounting some two hundred guns— many of them of the largest calibre and most improved pattern The Fort is now undergoing repairs and will soon lie in condition to meet any emergency that may arise. There aic two other Fortresses, fronting from the South Beach, the guns of which will conimaud all approaches to the Island in that dircct : on. There arc also two immense sand-batteries in process of construction, each of which, it is will mount one hundred and fifty guns. A railroad is iu operation—con necting all these works and fortifi cations wilb the Naval depot—which affords the greatest, facility for the transportation of heavy guano, ammu nition, Ac. We have rumors of war, pending with Spain. I claim not to be in formed as to the reliability of these rumors, but evidently the U. S. Gov ernment is getting ready, so that in the event ot war, she will not be caught napping. This is a pleasant climate. We are now in the midst of the summer solstice, and we have not, as yet, had a night too warm for comfortable, refreshing sleep. True, from eight o’clock a, M. to three o'clock r. M., the sun shines with great power, but tbe effect is greatly modified by the prevailing and delightful sea-breeze. The city is healthy, at present. No yellow fever, and so far as I am in , formed, no indications of its ap proach. Allow me to say in conclusion— for the gratification of my valued friends in your section—that I was 1 most cordially received by my pasto ral charge here, and am better pro vided for than I had a reasonable right to expect. There are many noble spirits connected with my church and congregation, whose kindness and liberality remind me of those never to be forgotten friends of your town, Gilmore, Bozeman, Stapler, Thompson, Wood, Fale, Taylor. Jelks, and many others. I remember them ’gratefully, and my best wishes, for their welfare and hap piness, are with them. I congratulate my good Brother Lockwood, and your community at large, upon the rc-iiabilitation anil improvement of the Methodist Church building, In your thrifty little town. Who knpws? Ilawkinsvillc may yet grow to be quite a commercial city. Chances und changes point in that direction. Truly yours, Ciias. A. Fulwood. Bull <-!«. Turned Brown. The Savannah Advertiser learns from a reliable gentleman, who has just returned to Savannah from a xis it to Canada, that ho saw the Ex-Pub t Func. of Georgia, U.«B. Bullock, at Catherines, only a few days since, where himself and w ife are registered at the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brown, Toronto, Canuda. Rufus, it is said, is looking well, aud appears to have plenty of money. On the other hand, the Washing ton correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says : U. B. Bullock has boon heard from at Montreal, where he is living in exile. It is said that lie is poor, too. St. Vincent, Florida, is an island of 7,000 acres, owned and occupied for the past three years by Mr Hatch, a gentleman ot intelligence and for tune, formerly Mayor of Cincinnati, who chooses to leadjiero the life hermit., solitary ami alone, save a servant or two, and seeing a few visitors. Indeed, he is incensed whenever his privacy is intruded up on except on invitation. Ilis island I swarms with-deer ami «utile—his library is full of books, ami with these, and hunting anil fishing, lie passes Ids time a'.ay —the monar.-h of all he surveys. Fatal Accident.— An unfortunate accident occurred on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, near No. 2, Tuesday morning of last week. A negro, man, about seventy years of age, was walking on the truck ahead of a train. He "Boomed to be speak ing aloud and jesticulaling with a stick. Despite the screams of the whistloand the reversion of the en gine he was run over. Ilis body was thrown from the track, and his lug was severed near the body. He died instantly. No blame is attached to the engineer, who made every effort to stop the train, or get the unfortunate man off the track. A posse of men were directed by Mr. Sharp, the conductor, to liokl an inquest. The old negro was a harmless, good old man, and rather deaf.—Ma con Telegraph. — “You flatter me,” said an exquisi tor to a young lady who was praising his moustache. “For heaven’s sake, ma’am,” interposed an old fellow, | “don’t make that monkey any flatter . than lie is.” A young lady, in the kitchen mak- I ing R pic, said to her cousin, who ! was hanging around, “Frank, the i kitchen is no place for boys. Has | dough such an attraction for yon ?’’ “It isn’t the dough (doe,) cousin, ; but it is the dear . that attracts i me.” Strange, Isn't It. —As long as a man gets six dollais a week, he can live and get along quietly and con tented but as soon as his wages reach twelve dollars a week, he needs twenty-four—gets in debt, and “busts up’’ at last. Man is a high pressure engine, vanity is the steam, money the fuel—apply the principle and you have the facts. Make a note oa't. Tlie Male Road Lease. The Atlanta corresjKmdent of the Savannah News writes as follows con* corning the lease of tho State Road by Joe Brown and others : The moat important facts yet de veloped by the Committee on the Stato Road lease were brought to light yesterday. Oue of the lessees testified that, soon after the lease was effected, a motion was made in a meeting of his colleagues to raise SIBO,OOO. Os this sum only $50,000 was actually paid up. During the discussion which arose upon the mo tion, Kimball is represented ns hav ing urged the payment of the whole amount asked for, as compensation for services rendered j for, to these services, he said, the persons present owed their seats as lessees 1 This evidence was given by an cx-lcssec, who asked that the other lessees might be present and coutiadict him, if they could. Two of them declined while two others attended, and were put through a most trying and sifting examination. Oue of them com plained of being sick Ireforc tho ex amination was concluded, luiij, upon his own urgent request, was excused. The testimony of the ex-lessee was too startling to ho kept secret. It was soon whispered about, and crea ted great excitement and consterna tion among the friends of the lease. The testimony docs not connect Bullock with the transaction, at least as the party for whom the money was to be raised ; nor does it appear that the money was to be paid to mem bers of the Legislature or of the lobby. Ex-Governor Brown, it is said, has an explanation of this trans action, but it has not Itcen made pub lic, and I do not know what it is.— lie is one of tho lessees who declined to be present at the examination of the jierson alluded to nls>vc. ■ it is understood that the commit tee will make a strong and probably unanimous report.against the legality and validity of the lease, aud that it will report a resolution and ask the Legislature to adopt it, requesting Hie Governor to institute proceedings in the proper court to set it aside.— It lias already been intimated that the lessees are ready to return the road if the State will reimburse them for the improvements they have made, and the additional rolling -stock they have furnished. If the ease gets into court, it will probably remain there many years; for what, witli the tediousness of legal proceed ings, tiie ingenuity of counsel, and the non-residence of some of the les sees, it could be kept afloat for a long time. Chops in Northeastern Georgia. —The Dahlonega Signal has the fol lowing crop statement: In this vicinity the fruit crop will be the largest known in many years. Every hush is overloaded, and this is particularly tho caso with llifc peach trees. Apples are equally abundant. We are informed the crop of potatoes will be unusually fine, should no ac cident liap|>cii. Wheat throughout tliis portion of the State is now being pretty much all harvested. It will be in the aggregate the largest crop since tho war. Corn promises a splendid crop. In some of the ad joining counties the growth is small, owing to late planting and the early drouth; but the stand is good, the plants are vigorous, and with a rea sonable share of rain we may antici pate a full average. The Weather, Crops, Etc.—We quote as follows from the Bainbiidgo Hun:- * • • We have had rain enough in the past ten or twelve days to consider - ably bring the crops out and ‘give them new life. The cotton crop, in* most portions of the county, is noth ing short of splendid, and the recent, rains have had the effect of giving to corn anew impetus, and tbe pros peets arc now that the crop will lie better considerably than was antici pated a short time ago. Oats are fine. It is rumored that young ladies who pbject to the word “obey” in the marriage ceremony, now hoodwink the guileless youths who lead them to the altar by glibly promising to “love, honor and be gay.” To llio Glrlr- We have lately seen it stated that in one town, four girls were married at the same hour, about cighieen months ago. Two separated from their husbands, and thcother two nrc trying for divorce. Such things ought to wake up tho girls to a sense of their danger. Girls talk and laugh about marriage ns though it was a jubilee, a jolly, gladsome thing —a rose without a thorn. And so it is, if it is all right, if the parties are suited to each other ; if they arc prepared for marriage; if they know their duties; if they go about it like rational beings, instead of merry-ma king children. It is a serious thing to marry. It is a life business, and that of your heart and happiness. Therefore, never do it in haste ; nev- 4 or run away to get married; never steal a marriage; never marry for wealth, or standing, or fine person, or manners ;*but only for character, for worth, for the qualities of mind and heart which makes an honorable man. Take time, think long and well before you accept any proposal. Consult parents, some judicial friend, then your own judgment. Learn all it is posssible to learn of your pro posed husband ; when all doubts are removed, and not till tben, accept him. THE GUM. FOB ME. Just fair enough to Im* pretty, * Just gentle enough in lie sweet, Just saucy enough to lie « illy, Just dniuty enough to I c neat. Just still enough to In- graceful, Just slight enough for a fay, Just dressy enough to hi- tasteful. Just merry enough to lie gay. Just lean enough to lie tender, .inil sighs enough to he sail, Tones soft enough lo remember Your heart through their ciddnee made glad. Just meek enough for submission, Just Imil.l enough to he brave, Just pride jmougii for ambition, Just thoughtful enough to lie grave. A longue dial can talk without harming, lust mischief enough to tease, Manucrs pleasant-enough to in- charming. That put you at once at your ease. Disdain to put down pn-smnplioiL Sarcasm to aitswci a fool, Contempt enough shown lo assumption, l*ro|H.-r diguily always Hie rule. Flights of fair lunry ethereal. Devotion to science full paid, Stuff of Hu- -fort of material That realty good lirusewivcs are made. Generous enough lo he kind hearted, Pure as the atig'ds above (Hi I from her may t never In- parted, For : m b is tho maiden I love. Sad Story or a Massachusetts Damsel who Married an Indian Chief as a Mission tav Enterprise, — St. Louis July I.—The Kansas City Times, of tin- 26th ult.. says Miss Amanda Barber, who married Squat ting Bear, a Brule Sioux Chief at Washington in 1807, and went to Da kota Territory with her husband as a missionary, arrived in that city on the steamer Fontcticllc, from Fort Benton, on Friday last. After spen ding three years with the Sioux, suff ering gross indignities, and being obliged to perform tho most menial service, she attempted to escape, but was captured, beaten nearly to death by Iter husband, and sold to a Chey enne Chief for three pontes. She was taken North in 1870, remained with the Cheyenne till this spring, when slto escaped to Fort Benton.’ Miss Barber left Kansas City on Friday for her home, in Mitford, Mass. A correspondent of the Milledge villc Recorder suggests that an officer lie appointed in each comity to check and label dogs, and that each canine unlnbellcd Im’ forthwith killed. A good idea. A northwestern paper is guilty of the following atrocious pun on one of our Georgia politicians: Linton Stephens has made a furi ous speech against Greeley. Political ly, after the Baltimore Convention there won’t be any lint-on Stephens. It will get knocked off. A merchant said to ns, not long since: “I have so-called patrons, who will scarcely recognize me in the streets, while they and their families are owing me for nearly every thing they wear.” An old lady who inquired for the “dollar Varden hat “went away sor rowing when tbe clerk told her that t|iey were jnst out, but he had plentyf “six dollar Vardcns.” NO. 28 The Hawkinsville Dispatch Is published evut y Thursday. Subscription: $”00 a Tear, in a.lranco. Ralca and Rules. „ Advertisements $1 00 per square for the first Insertion,.and 7.1 cento for each subsequent insertion. (A square is Uis space of ten lines or less.) CONTRACT ADVERTISING^ J, lin Ia 111 o' in | 8 nilli ra 1 square... $3 $5 s*7 SIFYDI 2 ... 5 8 11 15 9 "}“••• " 4 b 15 20 SO 4 ... 0 14 18 25 85 i column.. 10 10 20 85 45 * “ •• 15 20 80 00 75 1 • •_[ 20 80 40 75 125 A liltcral deduction will be made with those who advertise by the year. The mousy for advertisements is due on the first insertion. Tributes «r Respect,- Resolutions by Boci eties, (militaries, etc., exceeding sis lines, to be charged as transient advertising, IJEOAI. tIRERIIHBW *0 Ordinary’s—Citations for Letters of Administration, by Administra tors, Executors, Guardians, &e S3B Application for Letters of Dismis sion from Administration 4 00 Application lor Letters of Dismis sion from Guardianship n 58 Application for leave to sell Land’ 4 09 Notire lo Debtors and Creditors 6 58 Hales of personal or perishable property, jier square 159 Sales of Lands, per square 5 5# Sheriff's— Per levy 8 50 Mortgage sales, ten lines or less. 500 Tax Collector's sales, per square, 6 0 CLf.rk’s—Foreclosure of Mortga ges and other Monthly advertise men to, $1 per square of und inch lor each insertion. t# Sales of Land, by Administrators, Executors or Gittirdlans, are required by law to he held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the fore noon and three iu the afternoon, at the Court-house iu the county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must lie given in a public gazette -10 days previous • Hut day of sale. Notice tor the sale of personal property must he given iu like manner, todays pre vious to sale day. Notice to debtors and creditors of an c* tale must also be published 40 diys. Notiec that application will he iiimli tlie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must lie published for lon A weeks. Citations on letters if administration, Guardianship, A-e., must In- published 30 days; for dismission from administration, monthly three months; for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Buies lor the foreclosure of Mortgages must lie published monthly, four months; for establishing lost papers, for tho frill *|Wco of three months; for compelling titles front Executors or Administrators, where has been given by the deceased, the fUlrspace of three months. Sin-rill's sales must lie published for fom weeks. JOHN H, MARTIN. attorney at I,aw AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, SIAWKINSVIM.E, GA. Will practice in the Counties of I’ulnskl Houston. Dooly, Wilcox, Irwin, Telfair Dodge and laturuns. mny22 JAMES A. THOMAS, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAYV, AXIS REAL ESTATE AGENT DUBLIN, GA. WILL practice in Hie Counties of tho Oconee Circuit, and purchase and sell Beal Estate. Special attention sis* given to collections. nplß-(lui* L A. HALL, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, KASTMAN, GEORGIA. WILL give prompt attention to all business entrusted lo his enre. marlO-tf L. C. RYAN~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. WILL practice* in the cotin lies of Pu laski, Houston, Dooly, Wilcox, Tel-, fair, Laurens and Dodge, and by Hjiccis]* contract, in uuy Court in the Slate. OFFICE—Over J. O. Jelks A Brother's store, in old hotel building. junol-U o. C. HORNE, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, HAWKINSVILLE, GA. OFFICE in the Building adjoining D». Laidler’s Hotel. oct2<Ml T. L. TAYLOR, Attorney at Law EASTMAN, GA. 117 ILL attend promptly to all business > v entrusted to bis care. fehlS-u CHAS. C. KIBBEE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law IIA WKINS VH.I.E, GA. Will practice in the Circuit and District Courts of the United State-4, for the South ern District iff Georgia, and in the Superior Courts of Houston. Dooly, Ftilaaki, Lau rens, Wilcox, Telfair, Irwin and Dotlg* Counties. June2*-ly
