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herald. | liSHB d evsbt Wednesday, by KpLgS & YARBROUGH. lIEU M. rEEPLES, Editor. I tK3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. ■ \Tt-3 u .S 2 00 WW S thr ee months,.... W ISiption rates are cask-payable p obSin? fi'-e subscribers, and g- f on , will receive a copy free. wishing their papers W nost-oflicc to another, ° f thc p nst - yfficc ■ *** *£?, wish it changed, as well ■,.. r advertisements. ■ff«KF rleVy r A fifties, per square... 5 00 tudmobtration 3 00 creditor,... 5 00 If land, per square • ■l' I homestead 200 gp_v notices Lq.k,. of land, by administrators, ■E or guardians, are required by ■X held on the first Tuesday in the I2n the hours of ten in the IX nd three in the afternoon, at Klurt-house in the county in which ■wertv is situated. K'of these sales must be given in ■lie gazette 40 days previous to the I ice to debtors and creditors of an ■ must also be published 40 days, ■tice for the sale of personal proner ■,, be given in like manner, 10 days K, to sale day. . , ■tier that application will be made ■e Court of Ordinary for leave to ■ml must be published for four weeks, ■lions on letters of administration ■ianship, 4c., must be published 30 ■ for dismission from administration, ■iv. three months; for dismission ■nardianship, 40 days. Ba for the foreclosure of mortgages ■c published monthly, four months ; ■wishing lost papers, for the full Mos three months; for compelling ■from executors or administrators, ■ bond has been given by the de ■ ,l, e full space of three months. Kilfs sales must be published for Hecks. Hav notices, two weeks. will always be continued Hing to these, the legal requirements, ordered. •OFESSIONAL CARDS. WM. K. SIMMONS. HINN & SIMMONS. Bttornevs at law, Georgia. SB' in Gwinnett and the adjoining mar 15-ly |l L. HUTCHINS, Httorney at law, Ga. |Ht:<.'C in the counties of the Western |H,atid in Milton and Forsyth of the ■Hidge. mar 15-ly HeumT PEEPLES^ ■ttorxey at law, ga. in the counties of Gwinnett, and Milton. claims promptly attended to H<l T x . GLENN, Btorxey at law, |BtCEVILLI, ga ■Promptly attend to all business ,0 ''is care, and also to Land, claims mar 15-Cm ■U K. Sl G. A. MITCHELL, Bwrexceville, GA., tp »dcr a continuation of services to the citizens keep constantly on hand a ■Wortmeut of drugs and chemicals, carefully prepared. ■hi 1 H CIAIN a ND surgeon, ®WRENCEYILLE, GA. M U RO BE RT 87“ M AnonxEr at Law, BUAUETTA, GEORGIA, ! ) , l ! s , incss entrusted to , U(! Uidgc circuit ; also .BUdi 11 " 11 u,id Gwinnctt ° f W i lk C,,L 11 ■ II- Walker . ' ’ L' uu l Warrant « and United State,s j'ine 14-t'in ;B r -LINE house, lK H btr «t, near the Car Shed, I I ATLANTA, GA. j !( . r <>r Ijo<h /"'9, 50 Cents. Hr H :Ll:s 'l'o\ lIOTKL » s. c. ■dv E - n - j ackson. Weekly Gwinnett Herald. T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ] Vol. 11. For the Gwinnett Herald. THE QUEEN—BRIDE. In conscious slumber beneath the tree cf life, Lay man, while God completed the circle of his joys. The sixth day’s snn had set—the moon and stars were bright; The beasts were couched in mountain caves, or on the plains reposed; The birds had ceased their warbling, and nature was all still. O’er the battlements of heaven the angel-host reclined; Or in silence thronged thc bowers of Eden’s plains and hills To witness this last miracle of God’s creative mind. The mysterious tread and whisper of heaven's host were hoard, As around the sleeping monarch thronged the shining band; And visions of beauty on the moon lit plain appeared, When the work was finished—a help* meet made lor man. Yes, in unison, a heart beat with his that night— A form more lovely, and warm with life, lay by his side. The Sabbath dawned—a day of rest came with the light; Creation was now complete, and earth’s first queen a bride. Apkbcu, Lawrcnccvillc, Ga., May 10th, 1872. For the Gwinnett Herald. PEN AND INK SKETCHES. William Baugb. I propose to give a somewhat photographic likeness of Mr. Baugh so far as 1 may be able to do so; of his many good traits of charac ter, some of his odd notions, and some of his marked peculiarities. He differed in many respects from ordinary men, and was a character not often seen, take him for all in all. Ilia neighbor, R., as has been shown, had his singularities pecu liar to him. Mr. Baugh had his, too, but of a different type alto gether. The former was erratic and fidgety; the latter was stern, solid and courageous, even in his oddities. He was cool—not at all excitable, but calm and determined in all his purposes, and would re sent an insult, coming from what source it might. To illustrate: Mr. Baugh had a brother that was a bully, and had whipped every one with whom he fought. Some disagreement oc curred between them, and they fell out. The brother said to him, that if it was not a disgrace fur broth ers to fight, he would give him a whipping! Mr. Baugh replied: “You have got your name up by whipping drunk men and boys! Pull off your coat and try a man !” It was no sooner said thtyi done. At it they- went, and the “bully” got a terrible “licking.” This oc curred before he came to Gwinnett, but after he had joined the church, I think. lie was a man of peace, and a religious man in heart and soul, and had but few personal difficul ties after he came to this county. I remember but one. There was a controversy about the change of a road, in which change Mr. Baugh was interested ; and lie was on oue side of the controversy and Hugh Hutchins on the other. It eventu ally culminated in a personal rup ture, and a quarrel! Not a quar rel—for Baugh would not quarrel —but an altercation occurred be tween them, and Mr. B. forgot his Methodism and advanced upon Hutchins, who considered that dis cretion was the better part of valor, and beat a hasty retreat', and it was well, lor if Baugh had got hold of him it would have beeu a calamity to him he would not have forgot to his dying day ! A somewhat long life has made me acquainted with a good many men of different types, and men of various calibre. Mr. Baugh dif fered from all I have ever known, in many particulars. lie was a man of cool courage and determination, and was as fearless and regardless of personal danger as General Jackson or the elder Bonaparte. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and, I believe, was wounded in the right hand, which disabled it to some extent ever after, lie received a pension from the Gov ernment therefor, in the latter years of his life. A regiment of such as he would have been un conquerable and irrcsistable. He was a solid man in all his plans and ideas, llis dwelling, out-houses, his farm, cow houses, and everything about his farm and homestead fully demonstrated this. Everything about him was of the most substantial character. When he came to this county, lie bought out the farm of Richard I. Watts, who had lived upon the Lawrenceville, G-a., Wednesday, May 22, 1872. place until he thought it was worn out. Mr. B. soon renovated it, and the whole establishment, lie repaired the dwelliug, cribs, barns, stables and everything ; plauted a new orchard, repaired aud fixed up the fences, aud soon made more corn and cotton, wheat and oats than Mr. Watts ever did, even when it was fresh. To show how precise and systematic he was in everything : In planting his or chard, he employed a man to assist him, who was a New Englander, and who was particular iu these things from early training. The rows were marked off as straight as a line, and the trees were to be thus planted. One tree seemed to get out of its proper place in the row, and it must be changed. A second trial was made, and still it was not right. And then a third, and then a fourth, and' it still lacked a little. After these re peated trials, and still another was to be made, the man got out of all patience and refused to take it up any more, remarking: “I have taken it up four times, and still it don’t suit you ; if you wish, you can try your own hand on the d—d tiling.” Mr. B. laughed good hiimorcdly at the man’s perplexity, took it in hand himself, and eventually got it right. 1 remember that orchard with a lively satisfaction. The beautiful, thrifty trees, straight as the line of the compass; and I remember it more especially from having partaken of its delicious fruits from its bending boughs, aud from Mr. B.’s “peddler’s wagon” on the streets of our old town, freighted with its rich production, and driven there by Mr. Baugh himself to sell to our people. lie was a deadly enemy to whiskers and masculine long hair; and lie always, as he used to say, “was uneasy for his gimlets, au gurs, pocket knife, and hen roost, when the whiskered gentry came about his house.” llis old friend, Allen Turner, who he had known and loved for many long years, and to whose plain and practical sermons he had listened with interest for nearly half a century was passing from Oxfoid, where he lived, to Lawrenceville to attend a “Quar terly Meeting.” Accompanying him was Mr. Richard Wittick, a gentleman of culture, of fine sense, good morals, a churchman and a gentleman, and he wore long beard. Mr Turner said, “We will goto ‘brother’Baugh’s and stay all night—aud it was a good place to go;. for you would get a good supper, a good breakfast next morning, and hospitable entertain ment for man and his beast, pro vided you didn’t wear long beard. Mr. Wittick was under the guid ance of “Father” Turner, and had no reason to dissent from the prop osition, and did not. Upon their arrival, after the introduction to the strange brother, and the cor dial greetings of the old friends, Mr. Baugh brought out his razor, with basin and towel, and invited his “brother” Wittick to shave, who declined, and said “he did not wish to shave.” Mr. B. insisted, and still Mr. W. declined. Finally, after all arguments seemed una vailing, Mr. B. said that “he could not stay all night with him if he did not shave.” Mr. Wittick, a little huffy, with a “bee in his bonnet,” left, went over to Mr. Flowers’, who didn’t object to his beard, and stayed all night. Of the propriety of Mr. Baugh’s course in this matter, I propose not to speak. 1 relate it as one of the peculiar trails in the charac ter of the subject of my present sketch. It occurs to me, how ever, if my old friend, with his prejudices against long beards, could look tack uow upou the sublunary things of this wicked world, and see the “long and glos sy beards,” worn by some ot his immediate offspring, he would turn restlessly iu his grave. Mr. Baugh lost his first wife, who was Elisabeth Lin6ey,wliom lie married in 1815. He lived a wid ower about a year and then con cluded to marry again. As soon as he had thus decided, lie went to see a maiden lady with whom he had long acquainted, and who he thought would suit him ; and at the first visit, inform ed her that he had come to propose to marry her! Ho made this a matter of business, and, in his characteristic way, approached the subject abruptly and bluntly, lie brought to bear none of the ' suae iter in modo, nor did he adopt “ COMING EVENTS CAST TIIEIK SHADOWS BEFORE! ” the Byronic rule of winning a woman, first “to pique then soothe by turns.” lie “popped the ques tion” at once, and required au an swer at once. Women have their ways, and however fully they may have made up their mind, “They want time to consider .” This “time” he would not grant. She must say “3 , es”then or not at all. The result was, he left to return uo more on that business. His next step was to go to Jackson county, where, I believe, lie married his first wife. He knew a lady there who lie thought would suit him; for lie had knowu her from the time of his first marriage. Thither he bent his way, the agreement was made, and the marriage soon took place. The writer remembers the occasion well. Mr. li. started on the day fixed, in his carriage. Be fore getting far from home some thing about it broke. No time to mend it, no time to get another. Returning back home, he got an other horse, came by town, and I sold him a side saddle, away he went, riding one horse and leading the other, arrived in time, was married, and the next day, I think, returned with his bride. It proved to be a happy union for both. She was just such a woman as to be the wife of Wm. Baugh. With him she agreed in their religious views; was indus trious —which was important to him; was kind and affectionate to him and his clildren, and one of the best women I ever knew. I remember to have seen her at church often in her younger days, and remember how sweetly she used to sing the “Songs of Zion I" She still lives a mother in Israel, but will soon go to join her hus band jo the “Happy Land of Gaanan l” />Thirty-fivc years or more ago, lie built a little log meeting house, and organized a church there, with himself, his wife, and a few of his neighbors as members. They had, about once a month,circuit preach ing on week days, aud class meet ings o:i Sunday, with Mr. Baugh as Class Leader. A lady friend of mine has often, years ago, spoken to me with lively interest of the meetings she used to attend at that little church. On preaching days, she would ply the batten of the jpom vigorously, until near the hour for preaching, then, glid ing from the loom bench, she would slip on a clean homespun dress, re-comb her hair, put on her little hood and trip along the path way to the church. Soon Mr. Baugh would com mence singing— “Children of the Heavenly King, As we journey let us sing,”— to one of the olden plaintive tunes that used to be sung by our fa thers and mothers of the olden time with so much zest and devo tion ; or he would select that other old l.ymn— “Approach/my soul, the mercy seat, Where Jesus answers prayer.” I never hear tlieee old songs now hut the eye moistens and the heart becomes mellowed and sad at the memories they bring up. They remind us of the days of our childhood; for they were the good songs our fathers and mothers used to sing fifty years ago. On Sunday, Mr. Baugh would hold his Class Meetings here, and the heart was made better and the spirit made glad in the plain and simple worship of the Heavenly Master. He afterwards built a new church, now known as “Baugh’s Chapel,” where he worshipped tin til he was gathered to his fathers. Mr. Baugh was born in Laurens District, S. C., the Bth day of March, 1792. llis father moved from there to Franklin county, Ga., in 1794, when he was two years old. lie was married to Elisabeth Lindsey, October, 1815. She was a gentle, pious, motherly woman; of quiet turn and remarkable lor her industry and domestic habits. She was the mother of four sons and lour daughters, and died in May, 1837. lie then married Eliz abeth Henderson, of Jackson coun ty, in February, 1838, who still survives him. She is the mother of four sons, and, I believe, three daughters. He moved to this county in January, 1831, and set tled the “Dicky” Watts old place on Hugh’s creek, where he lived until August, 1862, when he died, aged seventy years, five months and nineteen days. It was a loss to our old county wbcu he died. His cxaiup’e as a farmer was worth much to our peo ple; his example as a good man and church member was worth much ; his integrity and fair deal ings in all his transactions taught a good lesson to the rising genera tion, and, although he was singular in many of his notions, I remember no one who was a more valuable member of the commnity in his day and sphere, than Win. Baugh. The memory of him is embalmed in the hearts of his aged partner, his children and friends ; and may his good examples be followed by his offspring and those coming after him. W. HOOD AS GOLD. Who shall judge him by Ins manners? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may be fit for princess, Princess fit for something less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jaeket May become thc golden ore, Or the deepest thoughts and feelings— Satin vest can do uo more. There arc streams of crystal nectar Ever flowing out of stone; There nTc purple beds and golden, Hidden, crushed and overthrown, God, who counts by souls, not dresses, Loves and prospers you and me While he values luornes the highest, But as pebbles in thc sea. Man upraised above his fellows Oft forgets his fellows then ; Masters, rulers, lords remember That our meanest hinds are men ! Men of labor, men of feeling. Men of thought and men of fume, Claiming rights to golden sunshiuc In a man’s ennobling name. There are foam-embroidered oceans, There arc little wood-clad rills; There are feeble, inch-high sapplings, There are cedars on the hills, God, who counts by souls, and nations, Loves and prospers you and mo; For to Him all vain distinctions Are as pebbles in the sea. Toiling hands alone arc builders Of a nation’s wealth and fame ; Titled laziuess is pensioned* Fed and fattered on the same, By the sweat of other foreheads, Living only to rejoice, While the poor man’s outraged freedom \ a inly lifts its feeble voice. Truth and justice are eternal, Born with loveliness and light ; Secret wrongs shall never prosper While there is a sunny right. God, whose world wide voice is singing Boundless love to you and me, Heeds oppression with its titles, But as pebbles in the sea. Decrease o t Negroes in West Virginia —ln the whole State of West Virginia the negro popular tion amounts to, but eighteen thou sand—about one-third of the num ber of blacks before the war.— While this class is diminishing in all the Southern border States be cause of the emigration to the cotton region, so very great a de crease in West Virginia must be due to some special reason. Wo presume that, as in Kentucky and Virginia, many are drawn off by the superior inducements offered by the States further South, in which negroes receive higher wa ges for their labor, while their cli mate is by far more congenial to the negro constitution, and at the same time dear woolen clothing can be to a great extent dispensed with, and fuel is hardly required at all. We have no doubt, how ever, that the principal cause of decrease is to be found in the fact that there are no large towns in that State. The African race throngs to the cities, and in all West Virginia there is but one of these, iiamely : Wheeling, and that not a large one, and situated in the northwestcin corner. It is probable therefore that a very large proportion of the blacks of West Virginia arc to be found in the cities of Virginia and Bnlti timore. —Norfolk Virginian. Old Hicks was an awful snorcr. He could l»c heard farther than a blacksmith’s forge, but his wife become so accustomed to it that it soothed her repose. They were a very domestic couple—never slept apart for many years. At length the old man was required to attend court at some distance. The first night after his departure his wife never slept a wink. The second night passed away in the same manner without sleep. She was getting into a very bad way, and probably would have died, hud it not been for the ingenuity of a servant-girl. She took the coffee mill into her inisliess’ chamber, and ground her to sleep at once ! The editor of an Eastern paper says that many of his patrons would make wheel horses, they hold back so well. [f 2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. From the Minenpolia Tribune, April 30. A Savage Butchery. On Sunday information reached this city of one of the most heart less, cruel and bloody butcheries we have ever been called upon to reeord. The particulars, as far as we have be been able to procure them, arc as follows : Mr. John Cook, brother of Frank lin Cook, the engineer in charge of the government works upon the Falls in this city, for the past two years lias been residing on a claim a little less than three miles from Oak Lake station, on the Northern Pacific railroad, forty miles west from Brainerd, lie had a wife and three children, the latter aged respectively, nine, seven and two years. On Saturday Mr. Franklin Cook received a dispatch from Oak Lake stating that his brother and his entire family had been mur dered and his residence aud the bodies burned to ashes. At the same time detective Brackett, of St. Paul, was telegraphed to the same effect, and requested to come to the scene of the horrible crime as soon as possible. Neither of the dispatches gave any of the particulars, and all that our reporter could learn was that it was supposed to 1 e the tvoik of Indians who were thought to have some grudge against the victim. Both Mr. Franklin Cook and ■ Major Brackett left yesterday morning for Oak Lake, and as soon as they arrive there we may ex pect to get full particulars. Thc following disphtch was received in this city after the departure of Mr. Cook yesterday : “Brainkkd, April 29. — Mr. Frak lin Cook: Bones have all been found. There is no doubt it was a murder, and probably committed by Indians. Several arrests have been made.” We made on effort to get a special from Oak Luke in refer ence to the matter yesterday, and were notified in the evening that a coroner’s inquest was in session, that a profound mystery surrounds the affair, and the authorities would not permit any news to be sent until examination was made. How to Get Immigration South.- The New York South, which by the way is a very excellent jour nal, says upon the above subject: The South wonders why the tide of immigration westward cannot be turned in that direction. It can, if the South will take the necessary stops to do it. So far as we know, there is not a single Southern State represented in tliis city by an agent whose bu siness it is to induce immigrants to go South; there is not a single railroad corporation in the South, with perhaps one exception, that has Bet apart any of its lands for colonization purposes, ,or that offers any inducements in trans portation for settlors along its line. The truth is that every Southern State should have its representa tive here in New York , with means enough to enable him to compete with the West, actively engaged in representing his State ; or, what would be better, for all the South ern States to unite in establishing and sustaining an agency here to carry out an active programme in behalf of the South. We will in dicate further at another time what such an agency could accom plish. It is enough to say now that the destinies of the South are in the hands of its own people. They are at fault if there is any delay in developing the wonderful resour ces with which their country is so bountifully blessed. The New Jersey and Delaware fishermen are in trouble. A tog with armed men arrested eleven Jerscymen on Thursday near the Jersey shore, at Penn’s Grove, took them to Wilmington, Dela ware, opposite, and fined them $25 each, for fishing and invading the rights of Delaware. The Jersey men thereupon telegraphed to Governor Parker for protection.— Further trouble is likely to occur, unless the authorities of the States settle the matter promptly. While guns were being fired a few days since from tbe revenue cutter Seward, at Wilmington, in order to raise the body of young Price, who was drowned, the gun was suddenly discharged,throwing the gunner, Mr. K. R. Warrcuton, into the river, blowing his right baud off near the wrist and other wise injuring him. RATES OF ADVERTISING. space 3 mo’s. C mo’s. 12 mo’s. 1 square » 4 00 8 tilio iFl<) 00 2 sq’rs COO 10 00 15 () « 3 sqr’B 8 00 14 00 20 CO col. 12 00 20 00 ) 30 00 y 2 col. 20 00 ’ 3a 00 CO 00 one col. 40 00 75 00 | lO<i 00 The money for advertisements is due on the first insertion. A square is thc space of one inch in depth of the column, irrespective of the number of lines. Marriages and deaths, not exceeding six lines, published free. For a man ad vertising his wife, and all other j*rsonal matter, donble rates will be charged. No. 10. The New York Express tells n new story about General Butler. While he was in command at New Orleans he rather forced the oath of allegi ance on a Confederate officer who was ill. After taking the oath, th< 7 Confederate asked Butler: “Ain’t I as a good a Union man as you now, Generali” les, if you live up to that oath,” rejoined Ben. “And I can abuse the South as loud as the worst of you?” inquired the officer. “To your heart’s content,’’ roplied the beauty. “Well, then, General,” added the sick inan, rising in lied, and “fixing” Butler’s one eye with his two, “if you and I had that d—d old rebel, Lee, in our bands, wouldn't we steal Us watclt /” The oatli taker got four days in tbo guard lmuso, but said bo was satisfied with tho price lie paid for it. # The New York Commercial Ad vertiser lias one of the had spelling correspondents, who writes from Africa in this style: Hear we aro, on Afriky’s btirniu’ shore, or sr the poit would say— On A Frick’s C best shore I stand. We are fur away from sivihza tion from Kongresr, and from your tail s tty. llcre is all pens. Tbo prime evil forest is beautebiful to B hold. It is a sweet place. I like the no— grows. They are a kontented people. r lhoy don’t want nothin, and the kuntry iz full of them. There is no Court House, no Amcrikus Khib, no Taminy Hull, and i.o Groily statoot in this place. Good. —We learn that an Irish man who had been employed at the cemetery, some tin e since went to Washington to draw bis pay. After receiving the amount, tire paymaster, discovering a sabre cut on bis face, remarked: “You were in tbo army during tbo wall” “Yes,” said bo.— “What command were you in ?” ‘ln Gen. Fitzhngh Lee’s command,” said Ire. “Did you have the audacity to apply at a Federal cemetery for work when you were in the Rebel army?” Yen,” replied (lie Irishman, “I helped to kill them, and t thought I had a light to help bury them. — Culpepper Observer. An exchange quotes from a rival country paper, “A two year old son of William Jones swallowed a shall pin two inches long,” and then continues with pardonable local pride, “Why, we have a boy in our town who swallowed a whole paper of darning needles and the family Revving machine. The sewing machine b« ing a very handsome one, les parents did not like to lose it, so they ipecaced him—very successfully.” During the last twenty-five years, four and three-quarter millions of emigrants have arrived at the port of New York, most of whom have gone to cultivate the fertile farms and build up the flourishing cities of the We-1. During the year, the number of steerage pnsseu gers who landed at Castle Garden was 228,062. The increase over the previous year was 17,-169. A South Carolina Presbyterian thinks that Grant's “Let us hare peace” must have referred to that “peace which passeth all understand ing.” Nibbles says that it only re ferred to that piece of anything which anvbodv chose to offer him.— N. Y. World. Wife, (anxiously)—“What did that young lady observe I list pawed ur just now?” Husband, with a smile of calm delight—“ Why, my love, she observed rather a good looking man walking with quite an elderly femaio— tlini’s all. Ahem! A chap, stopping at ono of tlie New Yeik hotels, being asked l>y the waiter as to whether lie would have green tea or black tea, said ho didn’t care what color it was if it, had plenty of sweclnin’ in it. Speaking of theoretical farming, Josh Billings says ho once knew a man who wouldn’t even set a gate p<At without h.i.ing the ground an alyzed tp see if it possessed the pro jier ingredients for post holes. “John,” said a master to his ap prentice, as he was about starling on a journey, “you must occupy iny placo while l »i» absent.” ‘‘Thank von, sir,’* replied John, “I’d rather sleep with the boys.” Jerrold once went to a party at which Mr. Pepper had assembled his friends, and st; J to his host on entering the room— ,l My dear Mr. Pepper, how glad you must Ixa to see your frieuds mustered!"