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; PROFESSIONAL ..CARDS.
R'M.J. WINN. WM. K. SIMMONS.
I WINN & SIMMONS.
I ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bawkencevilus, Georgia.
;■ Practice in Gwinnett and the adjoining
Bounties. mar 15-ly
BaTHAN f,. HDTOIIINS, GARNETT H’MILLAN,
■Lawrence”il!e, Ga. Clarksville, Ga.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Offices at Lawrenceville and Clarksville.
|R Practice in the counties of the Western
Bircait, and in Milton and Forsyth of the
Blue Ridge. mar 15-ly
J. N. GLENN,
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■kWRENceVILLI, GA.
E'Vdl promptly attend to all business
Hit rusted to his care, and also to Land,
Bounty and Pensiou claims mar 15-6 m
TYLEII M. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BaWRENCEVIU.E, G A.
■ Practices in the counties of Gwinnett,
Jackson and Milton.
mm Pension claims promptly attended to
IB mar 15-f.m
■>R. TANDY K. MITCHELL,
J LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.,
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Keeps constantly on hand a
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«B YSIC| AN and surgeon
fl lawrenceville, ga.
m arls-6m
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SURGEON dentist,
8 ,? r ' parcd f° practice his proses
- S f ? 1,8 brandies, informs the citi
(■ i ■awrem:eville and vicinity that he
a ,' s in Lawrenceville from
, othelsth of each month. By
• Es| 1 : a e ' U| on to business, and reason
' pßoi.a'e “ ll0 f x ‘ s to secure a liberal
" Wor L warranted. mar22ly
■ I! ' L. ROll E RTS,
A "OR Nt-r AT Law,
r ■ UMIA Rett a , GEORGI a ,
ftßwViltfi B 1* 11 !*"* ine “ ootmsted to
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•"■Western circuit ' 1 and Gwinnett of
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Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR.]
Yol. I.
I>o you Think it a Shi?
Do you think it a sin in the gloaming
To sit near a neat fitting dress,
With the daintiest of maidens within it,
And lily white fingers to press?
Or softly to lift a stray ringlet,
That floats o’er a bosom of snow,
Or to peep into eyes that are glancing
From darkly friogued eyelids below?
Or to see just beyond where she’s sitting
A something you ought to repair.
And pass your arm round her aud fix it,
And then forget your arm there;
Or just in the fit of abstraction,
To tell her there’s something you miss,
And while she’s helping you to find it,
To steal from her mouth a sweet kiss?
And as she’s reproving you mildly,
You draw in your arm rather tight,
And tell her you’re sorry you did it, r
If she does not think it quite right;
And then in your peniteut moment,
You say that to you it is plain
You ought as a matter of honor,
To give her the kiss back again.
Yet how to do so is the puzzle, •
For in viewing the matter all o’er
If I give back the kiss I have stolen,
She might say I had taken qne more!
Oh, I am sadly perplexed and confounded,
I want to be just and polite,
Don’t you think that ’twere better to
coax her
To give me to kissing the right?
I’m afraid I’ve committed a blunder,
And acted somewhat like a dunce;
I think I must get up my courage, \
And ask her to wed me at once.
I’ve done it—and she has consented—
What a fortunate man I have been!
And now you may keep your opinion—
-1 don't think I’ve committed a sin.
*>• ♦ W* ■
An Uncommon .Lover’s
Quarrel.
“My harp is all out of tune ; the
piano is discordant; the canaries
pipe a shrill whistle instead of
their soft notes ; and it rains—”
“And what, child,” said the pleas
ant voice of Aunt Mary Dennvan,
as she examined the countenance
of her niece.
“And I wish I was dead, or I
iiad never been born,or something,
I scarcely know what,” and Lena
Wood’s beautiful lips were pouting,
and a strange cloud of sullineSs
and dissatisfaction hung porten
tiously over the fresh young face.
“I dislike very much, Lena, to
hear such remarks as these you
have uttered from her lips ; much
more from yours. Life is not all
sunshine and sweetness; it re
mains with us, as- God-loving,
God-forbearing individuals, to be
content with the part assigned to
us, and live it out patiently.”
“On, yes, that is very nice to
talk about, but suppose oue wasn’t
given any patience to start with?
Does a body possess a little loot
or slip of anything, why, one can
cultivate it, of course, patience
can’t be manufactured.
Harvey is all the time lecturing
me. If it be necessary to find so
muchtault now, the probababili
ties are we shall never be happy,
for I.cannot and will not endure
so much badgering. I told him so
last night, and gave him back our
engagement ring,” and Lena held
up her sere-singer dubiously ; 4 and
told him never to come near me
again. I vow I won’t be everlast
ingly talked to ; so there !”
“You have trilled, .with
one of the noblest men ever
made; thrown away the costliest
pearl he ever offered you. %epa,
I am astonished.”
“Oh, mercy, if this tedioubl
You talk, Auntie, like^fcva^jfiPfcK 4
son. Do you imagine, for a mo
ment, that I court this everlasting
humdumining I am compelled to
listen to, at home and abroad,
from relatives, friends, and lover?
l)o you suppose that I do not, from
the bottom of iny heart, deplore
the fate that sent mo into this
breathing world, scarce half made
up, and that so lamely unfashiona
ble that dogs bark at me as I halt
by them ? Richard, I suppose was
talking about the bump on his
back; I refer to my mental and
moral deformity. Some way every
body seems to be at liberty to des
cant on my infirmities and right
before my eyes, too. I didn’t tell
Ilarvey to muko love to me, and
run after me two years before he
got a chance to whisper a word of
it. He has got impudence, there |
is no mistake about that.”
“What is the trouble between 1
you and Harvey, -my dear,” in- j
quired Auntie, endeavoring to
quiet herself, for Lena wai very
dear to her. Ever since the death
of her parents, some five years
previous, she had had the care of
iter niece. She was keenly alive
to the faults of the girl, but be
lieved that time, experience and :
love of the really worthy man to |
whom Lena was betrothed would !
round oil' the rough edges of her ’
Lawrenceville, Ga./* Wednesday, January 17, 1872.
character, and bring out like gold
from the refiner’s (ire, the traits ol"
true nobility she knew she pos
sessed.
“Like the majority Y>f quarrels,.”
replied Lena, “it briginated from
nothing. I said I hated beggars,
that’s all,”-
“Why, Lena,you aro deranged!”
said Auntie, who could with diffi
culty repress a smile. “You of
all others to say such a thing !
You who keep the kitchen filled
with the objects of your charity.
llow could you tell such a false
hood ?”
“Well, the other night, just as
wc were out of the carriage at
Pike’s, I was in a hurry, I knew
the opera had commenced, a for
lorn old beggar, his breath smel
ling of whiskey, stopped us. It
was awful cold, and Harvey kept
me standing a minute or two on
the walk, while he fumbled in his
pockets for money to give the old
vagabond to buy more rum with.
1 was vexed aud cold; and if he
had left are alone and not kept
asking questions, I should not
have said the awful words. I de
clared it would have altered the
case had the man not been a
drunkard. Ilarvey insisted that
society was to blame for that sin ;
aud he as a member of it, would
never turn his hack upon a man
who he knew was cold and hun
gry. He could not abolish rum
selling, but a starving drunkard
was just as much an object, of
charity as a starving minister.
Good gracious didn’t bis eyes snap
though. He.is as much too radical
as lam too willful. Then I said
I hated beggars any way ”
Aunt Mary could say nothing,
advise nothing. She saw that, by
a little judicious management on
the part of the lover, tliis grand
finale might have been averted ;
but men are not natural diploma
tists. And so, with a careless ob
servation iu regard to the weather,
she withdrew. ' Several days
passed, and not a word from ilar
vey.
“Oh, dear, how lonely that poor
little finger looks,” said Lena one
day to herself “It has been there
long enough to leave a ridge, too.
1 reckon the next girl that ilarvey
Crittenden is engaged to will have
an easier time than I have. He
has learned a lesson from this as
true as you live, Lena. It’s al
ways the way with men ; one wo
man has to bo victimized in order
that another may be decently
treated! Well, I am glad for
somebody, ilarvey is a glorious
fellow sometimes. If that fellow
don’t send home my photograph
by tomorrow, I’m just going to
send for it. And now, Lena Wood,
if you make a fool of yourself
another minute longer, for any
biped under the sun, you deserve
Jhe rack. .You do hate beggars ;
stick to it; and Lena surveyed
herself in the mirror and promised
she would.
“Miss Lena,” said the cook,
breaking in upon her reverie,
“there is an old man down to tho
door who wants -something to eat,,
and a light job o> work. tQch,
hfcs a, sick J oozing fellliKXn
tirniy. Viiry e be after corising
dowli ( Mttjjs
_ ‘fAndtltettyeggar,” mused Lena.
“I’m thankful Auntie is out, or I
might receive a lecture on the
‘’beauties of consistency. I wasn’t
born with any of that either. —
“Well,” said she, opening the back
area door.where the old man stood.
“What can Ido for you ? C&ok
tells me you are cold and hungry,
and in want!”
“Yes, Miss,” said the old bun
dle of tatters, in low, trembling
tones.
“What is the matter with you ?”
and Lena’s voice was lull of sym
pathy.
“Oh! nothing but the rheuirfatiz.
I’ve had it all the winter. It’s all
that I can do to take a step. But
for the love of mercy, give mo a
mouthful to eat; I’m • almost
starved.”
“Come into the kitchen, and
you’ll see what wc can do for you.
Cook, get him a cup of warm col
fee, and whatever you have got
good to eat. Would you like to
wash your face and hands
“Oh, yes, ma’am, if you please,”
replied the beggar. “I was try
ing to put in some coal for the
folks below, but I was obliged to
leave it; I hadn’t got the strength.”
Lena, with her own hands, plac
ed a basin of water, soap and
towels before him; poured out
Lis coffee, and set the chair to the
kitchen table.
“Now cat just ns>*much as you
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!”
ean,” said ’she, filling his plate.
“How much coal did you put iu
for the family below V”
“Oh, about a half a ton.”
“Well, and didn’t they pay you
for that?”
“Oh, no, madam* lie replied.
“llow could l expect it when I
didn’t do as I agreed to.”
“Well, that man deserves hang
ing. I’d take my affidavit that it
was a man who made that bar
gain, and allowed you, hungry and
sick, to leave without being paid;
no woman would servo a human
being so Bcury a trick.”
The old man pressed his hand to
j his face a moment, and then re
plied ;
“Yes, my dear Miss, it was a
mau; but then there are very few
like you in the world.”
“That’s so,” slift replied, and
burst into a hearty laugh. “Very
few like me, you poor, sick old
! man ; very few like me indeed.
You wouldn’t believe now that 1
hate beggars, would you ? That
I have no patience with anybody
who is poor, ill, or unfortunate ?
Oh, pshaw, Avhat in the world am.
I talking about? Why, bless your
soul, good man, you liavn’t eat
enough to keep a mouse alive.
Now tell me about this rheuma
tism. Where does it trouble you ?”
“In my knees, Miss,” and the
old man again lfid his face in his
hands.
' “-Go to my closet,” said she to
lie servant, “bring me that bigt
bottle of liniment. I’ll give, them
a real good 1 übbing myself, and
then you Can take the bottle home
and bathe them two or three times
a day. Rheumatism must be ter
rible.”
Bridget returned with the de
sired article, and Lena tuok a seat
on the floor.
“Oh, no, Miss,” said the beggar,
a strange tremor in his voice. “I
cannot permit that.”
“Why, you old goose,”saidT.ena,
laughing, “I can do more good in
live minutes than you can do your-|
self in an hour. I am used to
those things. I’ve a dozen on my
sick list now, for whom I have to
perfurm just such offices. What
aro your hands made for if they
are not made to do good with?
Come, don’t be so foolish !”
“Lena, Lena, Lena,” and in the
twinkling of an eye, the old gray
wig, whiskers and eyebrows were
removed and IlaTvcy Crittenden,
his face irradiated with joy, love,
and a peculiar soul satisfaction
which Lena had never seen there
before, confronted her. Lena was
like one stunned for a moment, hut
quickly rallied, and as soon as
she could find breath between tfie
kisses showered upon her, re
marked saucily'
“Humph ! Don’t you suppose
I knew it was you all the time?
Just doing it to show oil’, that’s
all.”-
But a genuine burst of tears
told a different story ; and Lena,
clasped fondly in her lover’s arms,
sobbed out her joy and repentance.
Lena is now a wife, but an allu
sion to the rheumatism or a bottle
\of liniment, is'rj.idlo sufficient to
Forger. —Some months since a
gentlemanly looking individual,
who styled himself Clarence Har
lan, approached Col. R. M. Young,
at Calhoun, and presented a draft
on a house in Baltimore with
which Col. Y. did business. Sus
pecting nothing, the draft was
promptly cashed. Kocently the
draft was returned to Col. Y. dis
approved. The house had no such
accredited agent. On Wednesday
the same individual was recog
nized by Mr. Moore, of the house
of J. L. Cohen, who immediately
had him arrested. On his arrest
lie called himself Haynes. Col.
Y. was forthwith dispatched lbr,
and, upon his arrival; Harlan,
alias Haynes, introduced himself
as Mr. Whitman. lie has gone,
under escort of Col Young, to
meet the punishment ho deserves.
He attempted similar forgeries in
Marietta and Ringgold.
Sir We saw a gentleman a
few days ago whose finger had
been painfully mashed just at the
nail. He wisely applied Darby’s
Prophylactic Fluid, and experi
enced instant relief.
We wish to impress business men
with the following motto:
“fairly to bod, and early to rise, _
Never get tight—and advertise.”
The latest ballad is; •• bury your dog in
the garden; it will make your grapevine
grow”
PUBLIC ACTS
Passed l»y tho General Assem
bly at t lie Session ol' 1871.
To provide fol’ a special election
for Governor, to fill the unexpired
term of Rufus B. Bullock, late
Governor, and for other purposes
passed over Governor Conley’s
veto by a two thirds vote' 82nd
November, 1871.
To alter and amend sections
1035 and 1038 of the Revised Code,
and for other purposes. ' Novem
ber 28.
To explain and alter section
244 of Revised Code of Georgia.
November 2(5.
To repeal the 20th section of an
act approved October 25, 1870,
aud for other purposes. Novem
ber 29.
To repeal an act entitled an act
to provide for an election, and to
alter and amend the laws in rela
tion to the holding of elections,
approved October 3, 1870. De
cember 4.
To repeal an act entitled an act
to change the time of the annual
meeting of the Legislature of this
Slate, approved October 25, 1870.
December 4.
To repeal so much of an act
assented to October 17th, 1870, as
creates the Alapuha Judicial Cir
cuit, and to add the county of
Lowndes to the Southern Judicial
Circuit, and the counties of Echols,
Clinch, Coffee and Ware to the
Brunswick Judicial Circuit. De
cember 4.
To repeal an act entitled an act
to authorize the District Court and
define its jurisdiction and for oth
er purposes: approved October
28, 1870. Passed over the Gov
ernor’s veto, December 7.
To alter and amend section 178
of Irwin’s revised code. Passed
ov ( >r the Governor’s veto, Dec. 7.
To amend and add to law of
arson in the State of Georgia.
December 8. *
/To authorize the Ordinary of
Gwinnett county to issue bonds
for the purpose of raikitig money
to build the Court House. Decern
her 9.
. To authorize a conntor.showing
tb a motion for a continuance iu*
the courts of State December 9.
To make it legal for Sherifis,
Coroners and other levying offi
cers to sell certain kinds of per
sonal property without exposing
the same before the Court House
door at the time of sale. Decem
ber 9.
Tt> amend, the Usury Laws of
this State. December 11.
To alter and amend section
3595 of It win’s Revised Code.—
December 9.
To carry into effect article 3,
section 6, paragraph 5, of the
Coustitutiou of the State of Geor
gia, to protect the interest of the
iState iq extending aid to railroads,
and for other purpose#.
To incorporate the Macon and
Knoxville Railroad Company, and
for other purposes, &c. Dec. 11.
To amend section 1251 of Trwin’s
Revised Code. December 12.
To amend section 1052 of the
Revised Code. December 22.
To amend ail act entitled an act
to incorporate the Atlanta and
Dlije ltidge Railroad Company,
gianting State aid to the same,
and for other purposes therein
named, approved Octoter 17, 1870,
and to authorize the corporators
to recognize, &c. December 12.
To more effectually protect reli
gions worship in the State of
Georgia. December 9.
To amend the laws of this State
in reference to the revision of Jury
Boxes of tips State, and the draw
ing of Juries, and to provide for
the compensation, &e. Dec. 11.
To prov Je for the taking of tes
timony by written deposition in
certain cases not now allowed by
law. December 12.
To amend an act approved Oc
tober 27, 1879, to open and con
struct a railroad from Athens, Ga.,
via Clarkesville, in Habersham
county, or some other point on the
Blue Ridge Railroad, nearCUyto'
by the most practicable route*
Deei mber 1. . .
• To amend the attachment laws , \i*i quality, aod guaranteed to give satis
of the State of Georgia, and for iron,
other purposes. December 12.
To allow maimed, indigent Veil’s Rcady-Mauo Suitsl
blind persons to peddle w*
license. December 12. the KatablishnnaL A largo assortment of
To exempt from Jury ■ .
regularly licensed phjrsijtf j'fAT lON UAI It GOODS:
are actually engaged in \
GOODS '» TIIK erm
PegCC and Notaries J «“
arc '*x-offleio Justices o ur Stock and Prices! and you will cull again! [oct 11
to keep dockets, a*
[s2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
them to the G.J. of tlicir respec
live Counties. December 12.
To alter and amend an net to fix
the compensation lor taking - 'down
in writing the evidence on charge
of Felony, approved October 10,
1808. Uwcombcrr 11
To alter and amend section (559
of Irwin’s Revised Code. Dec 12.
To repeal section 121 Revised
Code. December 12.
To provide for sales of properly
in the State to secure loAt.is, Ac.
December 12*
To make penal the selling of
personal properly which has been
mortgaged us n security for the
payment of debt, aud to provide
for tlio pnnis|imeiit of the same.
December 13.
To assist tire Georgia Infirmary.
To require the several Judges
of the State to give specially in
charge to the grand juries sections
4109 and 4492 of the Code. De
cember 13.
To require the Judges of the
Superior Cqurt of this Stale, to
give iu especial charge to the
Grand Juries, Section 143 G of the
Code; December 13.
For the relief of Zebu King.
To require Clerks Superior
Court to provide blanks with prin
ted instructions for taking interro
gatories. • December 13
To repeal an act entitled an act
to amend ah act assented to Au
gust 27, 1870. December 13.
To relieve joint debtors by judg
ment, December 13.
To provide for taking bond of
public officers and qualifying them.
December 13.
To repeal section 812 of Irwin’s
Code, and to prescribe the mode of
taxing shares in banks and other
corporations having banking priv
ileges. December 13.
To enforce article 5, section 12,
paragraph 2, of the Constitution.
December 13.
To compensate Ordinnfrie?;-
Sherifis and Clerks of the Superi
[orUourt, etc. December 43.
To repeal an act to amend sec-
S lion 315), part 5, title 9, chapter
14, of the Revised Code. Decem
ber 14.
To amtnd an net incorporating the
Atlantic and Great Western Cmbsl
Company. Dee# 14.
To provide the mode of adjudicat
ing lire lights of parties under article
7 of tho Constitution of this State.
Doc. 14. ,
To amend tin# 3d Section Of au
act providing for iho sotting apart
of homestead of really and pciaonally.
Approved October 3, 1808 Dec. 14.
To secure the soveral counties of
Georgia from cost. Doc. 14.
To make it penal to withhold
money or personal property belong
iug to tho Stato of Georgia. Dec. 14.
For farming out the convicts of
tho Penitentiary of the Stato of Geo
gia, and for other purpose*. Dec. 14.
To extend tho light of dissolve
iug garnishment to persons other
than defendants. Dec. 14.
To provide for the payment of the
funds raised for School purposes in
in the city of Columbus. Dec. 14.
To incruasa the pay of jurors in
the counties of Stewart, Webster,
Troup, Terrel, Spalding, Gordon,
Paulding, Early, Mdler, Green, Mur
ray, Quitman, Fayette, Clayton,
Lumpkin, Heard, Clarke, Cobb;
Chattahoochee, llenry, Taylor, Ma
con, Telfair, Thomas, Decaturs, Hab
ersham, Monroe, Dooly, Jasper.
Houston, Worth. Dec. 14,
To require tho Ordinaries of the
several counties in the Slate in issu
ing order* on the several County
Treasurers to specify in aajd order
the particular fund out es which
said order ought rightfully to be'
paid. Dec. 15.
To allow plasntills in execution a
right to recover damages in certain
cases' Deo. 15.
To provide a romody by which
money or property, fraudulent or
unlawfully ‘ ’
aa?o d s i
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number of linesj^.
Marriages and denths, not exceeding
six lhies, published Irrei For a man ad
vertising his wife, and ail oilier personal
IJ^ter^douhl^atea^wdnj^ohaqied^^^
No. 41.
The New School I,a\V.
rii# educational law passed during
he recent session of the legislature
makes several important changes in
the school system. It abolished the
State Hoard of Education, and tho
District Trustees provided for by
the late law, as well as County Hoards
as now organized. Country Hoards
are to be selected by tho ginud juries
of each coiily, to bo composed of fivo
freeholders, “three of whom shall bo
elected for two ’years, ami two for
four years, all of whom, after the
first election,wlisll hold for tho term
lof fuur,yW3,” County Comun>i»ion
ers to be selection,
Tbo County Hoard will meet
quarterly, remaining in session only
one day; railed meetings by the
l‘re.*iJent limited to live same time;
compensation of members, $2 per
diem. Other legal rncotings may
be hold without compension. This
law Tlnecs thh' educational interest
of the county under the moro im
mediate contiol of the local Hoard
of Education, and lessens the function
of commissioners, both State and
county Compensation of County
ComtnisMotmr not less than $3 nor
more than $5 per day, to he deter
mined by the County Hoard of Educa
tion.
Two new sections are added: Tbo
first provides that -’’it shall be the
duty of the State School Commission
er, immediately after tho adjournment
of the General Assembly, to send lo
the Ordinary of each county in this
Stale a cored statement of the fund
standing to the credit of his county
iu the Treasury of thoStnto for educa
tional purposes, who shall place this
*ta ement before the County Hoard
of Education at its first meeting
aft of tho election of tho members
thereof; that said County Hoard of
Education shall make an estimate of
the amount necessary, in addition
to what will be received from the
State, to carry on said schools for nt
least sir iffl A f|-
vSliinsleit''of said Hoard sbsll bo
placed hn.oro jhe‘grand jury of il.n
county at ils next session, and said
grand jury shall levy a county tax
sufficient to raise the required sum ”
The second provides that no part
or prosei t legislation snail he so
construed as to prevent am ity with
a population of exceeding five thou
sand inhabitants, or any county under
authority from the General Assembly
of this State, from organizing a puli
lie schpol sysfbnf Thdeliendqiit of ibis
sjydiyn, or so prevent 'the said indo
pendaut organizatlbn from drawing
its pro rata share of the educational
funds raised by tho Stale, provided
the pliief executive office? of such
independent organization shall make
the same regular reports to the Stale
School Commissioner as are requred
from the County Coturfrissioner* by
the above recited act, ap<) ill’s amend
atory act. — Chronicle it Sentinel .
Important Railkoao Items.—
flic Memphis and Charleston Rail
rond lias boon leased to Tom Scott,
(he great railroad king, in the in
terest of the Pennsylvania Central,
flic contract lacks only the con
firmation of tho Hoard of Direc
tors of the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, which will, no doubt,
be given at their next meeting,
which' takes place on tjio 17tli inst.
The Pennsylvania Central have
been trying to consummate a
lease of the Georgia and Atlanta
& West Point Roads, and the
Georgia Central has also been bid
ding for the same. Nothing defi
nite has betm done.
—» -W - r
When I see a man’s uame
Scratch’d upon the glass / ,ppr cent.
I know he owns s diamn* their own cx-
Aud hi 3 father owiweulnrs alone being
„ «• will remit
rwenty nme , g rewlvoil
shops were C ommi»-
\et there is icted from simple con
pnblicst »
\ t,' * > nf Tickets (five dollars) will
i i. until the Ist ihiy of Febru
ary next, on and aiti r which day it js
proposed that the Tickets thin
unsold will be withdrawn, the remainder
to be sold at Ten Dollars each, the pur
chaser to be on the same footing in every
particular with those previously sold.
On aecOunt of the very great labor
required of the General Agents, tlie of
fered services of one or more prominent
gentle men, well and favorably known
throughout the South, will be accepted
to act with us-
Parties desiring to contribute to tho
Monument, or. 1 who do not wish to par
ticipate in live award, will receive a
special receipt. The money will be
turned over to the Treasurer, and will bo
appropriated to the Monument without
any deduction whatever.
L. & A. H.MoLAWS, Gen. Ag’ts,
No. 3 Old P. 0. Range, Mclntosh st.,
Auirusla, Ga.
HON. JAi>. M. SMYTHK.
h»u 10 Traveling Agent.