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T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR.]
Vol. 11.
For the Gwinnett Herald.
Forstth County,Ga., May 15,1872.
Editor Herald : I see in your
paper of the 15tii of March a riddle
! tor the little folks, to which I answer:
i
It looks so much like a fish tale,
I must interpret it a whale.
Also, of the 17th of April an ad
vocate of early rising. Answer :
From the proof in scripture found,
We name a rooster to expound.
A 9 riddles appear to be the order
of the day, I send the following :
When arrogance assumes a hight,
From which it acts alone on spite,
It takes an effort to expel,
With brass enough to braze a bell.
A wolf to Cumming lately came—
They called him elephant by name;
But found they had his name mistook,
And leveled on him for a buck,
About the time one took his sight,
The buck escaped to mountain’s hight,
And let the marksman understand
lie valued not the works of maD.
The name of Philo will be fouud
Of use this riddle to expound ;
He tried to shoot without a cap—
Twas a loose screw caused him to snap.
The true expounder has to show
The ones woo were arranged to go, .
And join with Philo and his crew,
To vanquish Castile and subdue.
They will interpret, too, I hope,
Comparing with the case of Job;
When sons of God composed the guest,
If satan was amongst the rest.
I ask you to interpret this,
If man’s commandments are amiss;
Why, then, should Philo stand opposed
To one who man’s works ones expose?
Publish this riddle without fail—
Distribute by returning mail ;
Send Cumming one or two or more—
Let Philo have a copy sure. Charity.
mm *o> m
For the Gwinnett Herald.
PEN AND INK SKETCHES.
Joint Rogers.
Mr. John Rogers was born in
Bullock county, Ga., in 1774, and
spent the earlier days of his boy
hood in his native county.
While'still a boy l*e was dis
carded by his father and left to
take care of himself. Feeling his
cast off condition keenly, he bade
adieu to his fond mother with the
promise that lie would never for
got her, and sought a home amid
the solitudes of the unbroken wil
derness in what was then the
northwestern portion of Georgia;
and, after wandering for some
time, eventually settled one mile
below the mouth of Suwannee,
upon an eminence that overlooked
the valley of the Chattahoochee
for a considerable distance. This
was then Indian Territory, but
afterwards was embraced in the
county of Gwinnett.
At, and near this place, he lived
fifty years, raising and educating
a large family of children.
Jn many respects he was a re
markable man. Nature had given
| him an indomitable will, and a
firmness of purpose that no obsta
cle could deter him from where the
path of duty led.
He was as true to principle as
the “needle to the pole.” The
widow in her bereavement and
distress, and the orphan in his
destitution, found comfort and sus
tenance at his hands and the doors
of his house; and the hospitality
of his hands were ever open to
assuage and relieve their wants.
By energy, industry and a sound
judgment he prospered in business
and amassed a large property,
which was not hoarded up with
parsimonious niggardness, but it was
appropriated for the comfort of his
family; for the education of his
children ; for the relief of the poor
and needy and for the advancement
of religion and the support of the
church of God.
Blessed be the memory of John
Rogeis—for his hospitality; for
his benevolence; for his kindness
and his charities to the poor; for
I his contributions to the Gospel,
and for his innumerable good
deeds.
The memory of such a man
should be cherished as a bright
spot in a world of darkness ; as an
oasis in the desert of this selfish
world of heartlessness.
The father, who had so unnatu
rally cast him off from the paren
tal roof when a beardless boy, be
came poor in after years and a
wanderer; and, on his way to the
j West, visited his cast off son and
; asked for assistance. That son
heaped coals of fire on his head by
returning kiudness for neglect,
lie gave him a good horse, saddle
and bridle, and money.
The country beyond the Chatta
hooclie was an uubroken wikler-
Ga., Wednesday, May 29, 1872.
ness and only occupied sparsely
by the rude aborigines ; no roads
only narrow Indian trails, and
through this wild country he was
to pass. The son conducted the
father as far as the High Tower on
his way, then halted to return,
and thus addressed him : “You are
my father, but I never can forget
your casting me off when a poor,
weak boy! Providence has smil
ed on me and I could give you
more. I have a wife to support
and children to raise and educate.
I have discharged my duty by
giving you what is necessary for
you, and my conscience is clear
and turning his horse, and with a
"long good-bye” left him forever!
In the Creek war, or the war of
1812, he volunteered as a private
and served in the army until the
battle of the “Horse Shoe.” Such
was his promptness in the dis
charge of his duty, that he was
recommended to General Jackson
as a suitable man to ride as a j
courier on what was considered a
very dangerous express, from the
scat of war to Montacella, Ga.,
through a pathless forest; and,
guided alone by instinct and a
feint knowledge of the direction,
reached it in safety.
In after years General Jackson
spoke'of him with high commend
ation, calling him “The brave little
John Rogers.”
During that trip, after hard
riding for several days aud nights,
he was so worn out from exhaus
tion and want of sleep, that it
became absolutely necessary fur
him to rest. To sleep with salety
was a doubtful and serious ques
tion. After riding nearly all night
he found a dense canebrake and
turning into it be kindled a small
fire, cooked and ate some food,
tied his horse so he could graze,
placed his saddle under his head
for a pillow, and was soon lost in
profound sleep. Upon waking at
early dawn, on opening his eyes
he saw a tall Indian (who proba
bly bad been attracted by the re
mains of his fire) standing over
him. The Indian knew him ; had
been treated kindly by hi in, and
though his tribe was on the War
Path did not molest him, but offer
ed him tokens of friendship.
The first church ever built on
(he territory of our old county,
was erected mainly through his
instrumentality near his residence
on' the Chattahoochee. I hav#
1 ried to learn the name given to
this rude “Sanctuary of the Living
God,” and something of its history,
but the story of it is now “num
bered with the lumber of forgotton
things and, like those who used
to worship there, has passed away
forever.
An incident connected with its
erection is worthy of mention and
worthy of Methodism. On preach
ing day in the ne'ghborhood by
one of the pioneer preachers of
Methodist —who, be it said to
their honor, have always penetra
ted the outskirts of civilization,
and erected the altar of God as j
fast as “the star of empire west
ward took its way”—the question j
of building a church was raised
and discussed and decided on.— |
Immediately after, the door of the |
church was opened for any who
might wish to join.
" In the congregation was a man
notoriously wicked, but a man of
generous impulses and public
spirit He misapprehended the j
proposition and thought it a call :
upon those who were willing to
build the church to give evidence
of it, and went up and give his
hand to the preacher under this
impression. When the congrega
tion was dismissed, Mr. Rogers
approached him and asked if “he
knew what he had done!” His
reply was, “Yes, John. I am as
willing to help build the house as
any man here!” ‘‘But,” said Mr.
Rogers, “you have joined the
church ; you are now a member of
the Methodist church ou proba
tion !” Hanging down his head
and reflecting for a moment, he
replied, “Well, John, it l have, I
will never do anything to disgrace it!
This man was Parker Collins,
the brother-in-law of John Rogers;
and in my early boyhood 1 have
repeatedly heard a gentleman, who
knew him intimately and was ca
pable of judging, say, “That l‘ar
ker Collins was the best man he
ever knew.”
“There is a tide in the affairs of
men, taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune!” The tide that day taken
by Rai ker Collins led him to heav
en, though taken under a misap
prehension.
Mr. liogers was in favor of
“COAIING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE! ”
strict justice to all. If the Indian
did wrong lie was for punishing
him ; if his rights were invaded
he was on his side and zealous in
extending them to him. He always
treated them kindly and was,
therefore,popular with thpm. The
Indian netfer forgets a kindness,
never forgets or forgives an injury.
An incident of his kind treat
ment to a starving Creek family
is worthy of mention. Soon after
the war this family came to his
house and asked for food, which
he gave them and allowed them to
stay on his premises for some
time. With this family was a
small boy. Years after, Mr. R.
had a horse stolen by the Indians.
Following the direction taken by
the thief, he pursued him to the
line of Alabama. Riding up to (
an Indian bouse, be made some
inquiries about the stolen horse,
and gave a description of him.
A young Indian, just grown, in
formed him, that from the descrip
tion he had given, he knew the
horse, and that he then owned
him ; that he had got him hon
estly, but had no doubt he was the
property of Mr. R., and would
give him up. “Getdawn and stay
till I come back and I wilt bring
the horse.” After an absence of a
short time he returnned with the
horse. He then asked Mr. R if
he did not !i\e near the month of
Suwannee on the Chattahoochee;
and was told yes. Then said he,
“Do you remember several years
ago you fed a Creek family who
came to your house in a starving
condition and a little boy wiih
them ?” “Yes,” said Mr. R. “Well,
I am that little boy, and I could
not tell you a lie about your horse”
Mr. Rogers paid him for the
horse and offered a reward of fifty
dollars for the thief, and he was
captured and delivered to Mr. R.,
who gave him hisr clirfcfce to be
tried by the laws of Georgia or of
the Cherokee Nation*, lie chose
the latter. On the trial the same
Indian boy appeared as a witness
against him. He was convicted
and sentenced to receive “Thirty
nine lashes on his naked back,
well laid on /” Through the inter
position of Mr. Rogers he was let
off with twenty-five. Thanking
Mr. 11. for interposing for him, he
bade him a friendly “good bye”
and was never heard of after.
Mr. Rogers reared nine sons
and three daughters. With five
of his oldest sons I went to school
long ago, at the old Lawrcnceville
Academy, under the tutorship of
the Rev. John 8. Wilson. Robert
was the oldest, and was a grown
up jmung man. He was a noble
specimen of a man physically ;
and mentally was far above medi
ocrity. His face, as I renrtember
it, was very much after the type
of Commodore Oliver H. Perry.
He became a Methodist preacher,
and for a time was a member of
the Georgia Conference.
William was a great man ; great
in manly proportion —lie was six
feet, two or three inehes high ;
great in moral rectitude —for a
better, more conscientious man I
have never known ; great in intel
lect and mental capacity; and, but
for his innate modesty, would have
been a star of the first magnitude
both in “Church and State.” 1
need not attempt to give a per
sonal description of him. Ue is
remembered by most of my read
ers—his manly form, his kind, in
tellectual fact*, all radiating with
love to God, charity to man and
benevolence to his race.
He was a Methodist preacher
for a long period, and his memory
is held by all who knew him in
grateful remcmbranco.
Johnson was somewhat after
the style of William —not quite
so tall ; probably not quite so in
tellectual, but far above the aver
age, and something of a model
man.- He, for thirty years, was
agent of the Cherokee Indians,
and spent thirty years in the city
of Washington, where he died
Joseph moved to the West in
1835, and only lived a few years
He made quite a reputation and
was accumulating property rap
idly, but died in a few years, and
was buried at old Fort W ayne
with the honors of war.
| Ijovely, the fourth son, when 1
i knew him, was just grown up,
with a pale face, and was a young
! man of fine capacity, and now
1 lives in California and is doing
well. George, one of the younger
sons, died in the West, in the Con
federate service. John moved to
the West and is living in the
Choctaw Nation. Jackson is in
Whitfield county in this .State,
and Col. Henry O. is living In
Milton county on the old home
stead of his father, I believe.
I never saw any of the daugh
ters except Mary, the eldest. I
remember her well, when she was
just grown up and just from scool.
She was a beautiful girl, with a
1 illy complexion, glossy black hair
and beautiful black eyes. I thick
she was educated in North (' iv>-
lina ; and was to my young mind,
when I saw her, one of the most
lovely women l ever saw. The
memory of her sweet face haunts
me still after forty long years ;
and if I had been older, “I should
have worshipped at her shrine.”
She married a Mr. McNair, and,
as I understand,jnadc a good wife
to a good husband.
\ Finally : John Rogers was a
good man and a Christian gentle
man—a Christian at home, a Chris
tian abroad. At. close of day his
prayers went up to heaven at the
family Altar ; at morning the
same devotions were offerred up
for many years. He raised a largo
family of sons, and several of
them were great men—great in
manly proportions ; great in mor
al worth ; great in Christian vir
tues, ar.d great in intellectual
capacity.
“Lives of great men nil remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time—
Footprints lliat perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A lorlorn and shipwrecked b> other,
Seeing shall take heart again.”
In politics Mr. Rogers was a
Whig, but at the same time an ad
inirer of General Jackson—not for
his politics, but for bis military
genius, bis patriotism and bis
personal kindness to biin, to which
I have already alluded. He nam
ed, I think, one of bis sons Andrew
Jackson.
Mr. Clay was bis l’olar Star in
politics until his dying day.
I have never heard it so stated,
but I think bis sop, Henry C., was
named for the “Gallant Harry of
the West.” I think so ; I hope 1
am not mistaken. I have great
respect for Colonel 11. C. li. for
his moral worth and Intelligence ;
and this good opinion is enhanced
because I have thought he bore
tlie name of Henry Clay, my polit
ical idol. Like John Rogers I was
a follower of Mr. Clay in my young
days ; and the proudest satisfac
tion I now have, is I ioas his fol
lower ! W.
Correspondence.
Augusta, Msy 14, 1872.
Messrs. L. <t A. 11. Me Laws, (ten*
eral Agents Confederate Momc~
meat Association, Avgusta, Ga.:
Gentlemen —It affords ine plea
sure to state that during a two
months’ tour, in various parts of the
State, I found that the objects of tlio
Association met a general approval
of the people. The sentiment is
I universal to keep in perpetual r.
! membrance our brave and fallen n
| federates. I was kindly received
i everywhere, and found no difficulty
i in securing the services, as agents,
: of gentlemen of character and in
; teliigence, in all the professions and
callings of life. Thousands in due
I season will cheerfully contribute to
i the good cause.
That none may be excluded from
gratifying their patriotic feelings’by
i contributing to a permanent te>ti-
I inonial in honor of the Confederate
I dead, I would respectfully suggest
i that, while whole tickets he eontin
i ued at five dollars, agents may be
allowed to dispose of fractional in
terests from one dollar to four dol
lars, in any numbers which may be
yet unsold. And I would further ,
suggest that the purchase of one- j
j fifth, or any interest, in a ticket less I
, tliau five dollars, shall confer life
membership upon the purchaser. No
one then can have reason, for want
of opportunity, to regret that he
had failed to honor, in a substantial
way, the memory of those who died
for their country, principles, home*
and people.
1 remain, gentlemen, very respect
fully, your obsdient servant,
James M. Smyth*,
State Agent (J. M. A.
Augusta, May 14, 18?2.
Hon. James M. Smy the, State Agent
for Georgia:
Beak But —We can see no objec
tions to the plan you propose, and
you are authorized to direct agents
to is ue fractional tickets not less
than one-fifth (one dollar). You
will please enjoin upon them
great caution in numbering such
tickets. The amount received must
be plainly written ou the face of the
[s2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
No. 11.
ticket and endorsed on the back.
Where the amount is contributed,
no commissions will be deducted by
agents—as the object of the scheme
is to prevent any taxation whatever
upon such donations.
The time for the drawing—the
first Wednesday in December next —
will not be postponed.
The Magriider Gold Mine, and the
City Hotel in Augusta, having, at
our request, been withdrawn, the
owners’ price in currency will bo
substituted therefor.
Acknowledging the success of your
efforts in the noble cause in which
we are engaged, we remain, truly,
L. & A. 11. McLaws,
Genera! Agents.'
From the Telegraph and Messenger.
Airs. Davis and. Mr. Greeley—
A Truthful Scrap of History.
The accompanying communication
comes from a source of the most un
questionable authenticity, and reflects
honor upon the nominee of the Cin
cinnati Convention. No true South
ron can peruse it with iiiiiiioistened
eye, and the rebuke to Mr Voorhees
is most withering and complete :
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
Mr, Voorhees in his recent attack on
Mr. Greeley, styled his signing o! Mr.
Davis’ bond “an impertinent inter
faience.” Allow me to give you the
true history of that matter as I re
cently learned it in New York, from
a gentleman who knew all about it.
Mrs. Davis went to New York to con
sult Charles O'Connor, Mr. Davis’
counsel, as to the best manner of
effecting his release from prison. Mr.
O’Connor told her that in his opinion
there was but one way that it could
be dons, and that was to get the rep
resentative man of the Republican
party to sign his bond. Mrs. Davis
inquired who that man was. Mr.
O’Connor replieJ that it was Horace
Greeley. She then asked him if he
would not see Mra Greeley and get
him to do it. lie replied that lie
had no influence with Mr. Greeley,
and that site was the proper person
to see him. Slio said she would go
and see him. She went to his office,
sent in her card mid was invited into
his private office. She said to him :
“Mr. Greeley, my husband isv.on
finod in a casemate at Fortress Mon
roe. He has been there for many
long, weary months. Ho is a feeble
old man, and lie is gradually sinking
under his rigorous iinpris mment. lie
wilt die if lie lemaius there much
longer I canoe here to consult Mr.
O’Connor as to the means of getting
him relieved. lie has told me that
there is but one way to do it, and
that is to get the representative man
of the Republican party to sign his
bond, and says that you are that man.
lie has advised me to apply to you.
i He says that you hare a kind heart,
and that you will do it, if you be
I lieve it to be right My husband is
j dying. Mr. Greeley, may I hope that
I you will favorably consider luy ap-
I plication ?”
Mr. Greeley arose, extended his
i hand to Mrs. Davis, and said:
‘'Madam, you may, for I will sign bis
bond.” Mr. Greeley was then a
prominent candidate before the Leg
islature for the United States Senate.
Some of his friends heard that he
had agreed to sign Mr. Davis’ bond.
They went to b»m and protested
against it. They told him that they
had made a count, an l that he would
ba elected by six majority, but that
if he signed this boud, it would de
feat him. He replied, “I know it
will.” -They told him that he was
one of the owners of the Tiibune,
and if he signed this bond he would
loose lhousunds a of subscribers. He
replied, “1 know it.” They said,
“Mr. Greeley, you have written a
history of the war, one volume you
have out, and have sold large num
bers of it. Your second volume is
nearly out and you have large orders
for that. If you sign this bond, these
orders will be countermanded and
you will lose a large amount of
money. He replied. “Gentlemen, I
know it, but it is right , and I'll do
it." lie did do it, and lam informed
that lie lost a seat in the United
Slates Senate, and over thirty thou
sand dollars.
To my mind this does not look like
“impertinent interference.” ***
Tub Southern Puses.—The Dem
ocratic pspers of the I ale Confeder
ate States have little to say regard
iog the nomiuees of the Cincinnati
Convention. All oppear to be await
ing developments and the action of
Northern Democrat*. The entire
South will vote for Greeley against
Grant is the prevailing idea. The
platform is also generally approved.
The policy of fastcne lente, hasten
slowly, appears to ho the favorite.—
Columbus Sun.
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Ho Is Burioil.Noxv.
The other day. on lha Metropoli
tan railway, I sat next to a little,
long nosed man, with red whiskers.
Opposite to us sat a middle-aged lady
in black. The man stared at her
very hard, figeted a good deal, and
opened a conversation :
“In mourning, ma’am, I see.”
“Kb ! Yes.” [Spoken rather sharp
■*•]
“Fad filing that. One of the old
people, perhaps 1”
“No.”
“One of the young ones; baby eh?'’
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“Sorry for that. Snddcn, perhaps.”
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Ah! lingering business; that’s
worse, sometimes, !n trade, was he?’
“He was a sailor.”
“Caught fever, perhaps ?”
“fie was drowned.”
After a pause—
" Save his chest ?”
“My husband’s effects were not
lost."
“Religious sort of a man was he?”
“Yes, lie was.”
“Glad of that. Suppose you are
gin I (lie chest wasn’t lost ?”
"I suppose so.”
After another pause—
“ Suppose you will be getting mar
i i 'd agan soon !’’
’Die lady made no reply to this,
but trot out at the next station.
The little* long nosed man looked
round as though in search of another
victim. At last he fixed on me.
“Got a hat band on, I see.”
“Yes; I put it on because my bat
was shabby."
Astor a brief interval :
“Would you feel inclined to swap
your umbreller for my walking stick
and five shillings?”
I felt that the time had come for
decisive action. 1 struck the miscre
ant dead at my foet and stepped out
upon the platform. I believe lie is
buried now. I hare heard no more
of him since.—Judy.
Plain Talk.from Gkn. Frank
Blair.—Orn faithful reporter en
countered the deftmet Seymour
candidate for Vice-President, and
author of the Brondi.eud letter, on
his way to the office to get his
sleeping car ticket to Washington.
He only bad time to say :
“Hello, Senator, what do you
tlii ik of the nominations?”
Senator Blair (with much cun
ning.) Oh, they are well enough.
They suit me as well as any. —
They’re very strong.
Reporter—But they say the
Democrats will not support them.
Senator Blair (with some spirit
and a trifle of profanity)—Oh,
hell! People are fools to talk that
way. Why, Greeley will carry
the whole South. Any man must
be a d—d fool to say that the
ticket is not acceptable to Demo
crats—especially in the South. I
know what I’m talking about.—
There is no danger of a Demo
cratic nomination. The D>ino
cratic party is not an asylum filled
with idiots. Don’t tell me the
Democrats will not support Gree
ley. I’ve got to go now. I’m
going back to Washington to
night.
Saying which, Frank iflair dis
appeared with a set of happy gen
tlemen from the sunny South, with
their carpet-bags in their hands.—
Cincinnati Commertiul.
When you find a newspaper on
i a ball-room limr it ia not always
proper to pick it up and wonder
where it came f r*nn and ask un
necessary questions concerning
j the peculiarity of the fold. A.
young man did that not long ninc<*
| and he couldn’t get another girl to
| dance with him during the whole
i evening. Accidents will happen
| in such a bustling throng of peo
ple as arc generally congregated
upon a ball-room floor.
»^«
An old bachelor, who had be
come melancholy and poetical,
wrote some verses for the village
paper, in which ha expressed thw
hope that the time would soon
come when he should
“rest calmly within a shroud.
With a weeping willow by his side."
Hut to las inexpressible horror
it came out in print:
! “ W_he» I shall rest calmly with a shawl,
With a whopping widow by my side.”
‘‘Were you #v«r baptised ?” iu
: qwired an earnest minister of a
green candidate. “N’o-no-o sir!
nover but once’t and then I fell in!”
Ami now organ grinders dress
their monkeys ia “Dolly Vardeu.”