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T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR.]
Vol. 11.
DON’T LEAVE THE FARM.
Como boys, I have something to tell you,
Come near. I would whisper it low—
You are thinking of leaving the home
stead,
Don’t be in a hurry to go.
The city has many attractions,
Ilut think of the vices and sins,
When once in the vortex of fashion,
How soon the course downward begins.
You talk of the mines of Australia,
They are wealthy in gold, without doubt,
But ah! there is gold in the farm, boys,
If only you 11 shovel it out.
The mercantile life is a hazard,
T’ne goods are first high, and then low,
Better risk the old farm a while longer,
Don’t be in a hurry to go.
The great stirring world has inducements,
There is many a busy mart,
But wealth is not made in a day, boys,
Don’t be in a hurry to start 1
The bankers and brokers are wealthy,
They take in their thousands or so,
Ah ! think of their frauds and deceptions,
Don’t be in a hurry to go.
The farm is the safest and surest,
The orchards are loaded to day,
You’re free as the air of the mountains,
And monarch of all you survey.
Better stay on the farm a while longer,
Though profits should come rather slow,
Remember yo’vc nothing to risk, boys,
Don't be in a hurry to go.
From the Kansas City Times, July 2,5.
A GALLANT SHERIFF.
As early as four o’clock on Tues
day afternoon there were ominous
whisperings on the streets of War
rensburg. The confession of Sharpe
and the murder of Galligher by him
two yea's ago, which had been told
by the liiied man Young, had roused
the people in his neighborhood to
exasperation. Tire possibility that he
might by some unforeseen circum
stance elude justice and escape the
halter was canvassed, and resulted in
a determination to put an end lo all
fears and doubts on that score by
summarily putting an end to tlie cul
prit.
A little before nine o'clock Tuesday
ni An .'Y'i'tt' -M, hi, taaftagdtTl ,t. ail
the available saddle liorses in Yvar
rensburg bad been engaged for some
mysterious service, and h.e-at once
concluded that an attempt would be
made some time during the night to
take Sharpe out of jail and hang
| him. lie therefore summoned a
■ posse of men numbering some ten
j or fifteen to assist bim in case of any
attempt to take the prisoner, but for
! some reason or oilier bis posse, with
j one or two exceptions, failed to come
jto time. They were all sick, or had
business, or were not armed, or did
not believe there would bo any need
of their services—framing all sorts of
excuses except the right one, as Sher
iff Smith said, which was that ma
jority of them did not care to face
the mob.
The Sheriff, thus thrown upon his
own resources, determined to get
along the best he could and maintain
the majesty of the law at all hazards,
lie accordingly armed himself with
a small portable arsenal of navy re
volvers, and placing his deputy, the
jailer, as a reserve corps, quietly
i awaited the storm.
About midnight a man came run-
I ning into the jail yard with the news
j that a body of men, over a hundred
' strong, mounted, and some of them
: masked, had congregated at Post
Oak Bridge, about three quarters of
! a mile from town, and were bolding
| a consultation.
The Sheriff, upon the receipt of
this Intelligence, immediately started
for the bridge, intending to remon
strate with the mob, and if possible
induce them to disperse without any
demonstrations. 110 had not gone
far before he met them coming—•
Knowing tliat remonstrance would
now be useless, ho turned back and
took his station at the jail. The mob
caino up rapidly and surrounded the
house, and when they had completed
their cordan of investment, three of
the leading approached the door,
saying, “Sheriff Smith, wo want
James Sharpe.”
“Gentlemen, you can’t have him,”
came back in measured, low, deter
mined tones.
“But we intend to take him at all
hazards.”
“And I shall defend him similarly,”
retorted this thorough-going officer
of the law.
“(Jomo, now, Smith,’’ said one of
the paity, with an attempt at bluster,
“none of your fooling. We want
Sharpe, and, by God ! wo are going
to have him, and you w ant to get out
of the way.”
There was a clicking sound in the
crowd, and the dim light showed a
hundred pistol barrels looking at tlio
Sheriff.
“Gentlemen,” said Smith, and his
voice had sunk to a husky guttcral
that told those who knew him best
Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday, August 14, 1872.
there was to be no more triflng; “lis
i len to reason a moment Sharpe is
in his cell, chained to the floor, lie
is under the protection of the law.
He will die. He will die in daylight
by tho bands of the law. As liis
crime is known to all men, an 1 not in
the night by unknown hands. So
far as his life, of itself, is concerned,
any one of your lives is worth a hun
dred like it. But in so far as the
present circumstances make the pres
ervation of his body from violence at
your hands representative of the
majesty of the law, his life is worth
a hundred of yours. In taking the
action I do I am not defending James
Sharpe, but I am vindicating the
majesty of the law we live under and
the good name and good order of this
community. This is what I am sworn
to, and I shall do it. \ou all know
me and know what 1 mean. Go now
to your homes and let justice take
its regular course.”
Words so bravely and so fitly spo
ken could not but have their effei t
There was silence in the mob. Then
there was a murmur, as of consul
tation. A few men approached the
door.
“Stop!” said the Sheriff, showing
his teeth for the first time; “the first
man of you that dares to come with
in six feet of mo ivow I shall kill, and j
the next, and the next- Go away
now and stop this; 1 will not parley
with you any more.”
Then they wanted to talk with
him. Would he let two of them
inside the jail ? No, he would not,
unless they would first deliver up
their arms and “come with the r
hands up.” flic cool and determined
man had cowed the mob, and bis
quick perception told him of his
advantage, lie was not the man to
let his advantage slip. He moved
out a few steps from the door. The
mob backed off. They kept gradu
ally falling back until the jail-vard
was cleared, and the Sheriff had tri
umphed, It was a gallant tiling to
do. There was more. erho-t- in ir than
110,l 10 , . umn a It Was Olie
coo!, quiet man, with a heart like
iron and nerves likesieel wi>-> "gsinst
a hundred maddened with whisky and
vengeance and a thirst for blood, and
the s ngle man was master of ihe sit
uation. Sheriff Smith has demon
s'rated that there is law in Missouri ;
that it can be enforced, and that it
lias a majesty that can be vindicated.
Johnson county is proud of him,
and justly, for it is an honor to the
State and a credit to the West that
such a man lives in it and is entrusted
with the position he fills so honora
bly and so well.
Yesterday Sheriff Smith wrote to
the Judge of that circuit, asking him
to hold a special session of court to
trv and sentence Sharpe, and get him
out of the way of mobs, for he says
he expects to have more trouble of
the same sort.
While this was going on outside
Sharpe sat in his cell, within bearing
of ail, unmoved. He only spoke
once during the whole affair, and
that was to ask the jailer what he
should do. The reply was that he
should keep still, which he did.
The New Laws Concerning
Newspaper Postage*
The following is a summary of
of the laws concerning newspaper
postage just issued to postmasters:
Sec. 138. That no newspaper shall
bo received to be conveyed by mail
unless they shall bo dried and enclos
ed in proper wrappers.
Sec. 139. That when packages of
newspaders or other periodicals are
receive 1 at a post-office directed to
one address, and the names of the
subscribers to whom they belong, with
the postage for quarter in advance is
handed to the postmaster, lie shall
deliver such papers or periodicals to
their respective owners.
Sec. 110. That postmasters shall
notify the publishers of any newspa
per or other periodical when any
subscriber shall retuso to take the
same from the oflice, or neglect to
call for it for the period of one month.
Sec. 141. That publishers of news
papers or periodicals may print oi
write upon their publications, sent to
regular subscribers, the address ot the
subscriber and the date when the
subscription expires, and enclose
therein bills and receipts for subscrip
tion thereto without subjecting such
matter to extra postage.
Sec. 142. That any person who
shall enclose or conceal any letter,
memorandum, or other thing in any
mail matter, not charged with letter
postage, or make any writing or
memorandum thereon, and depositor
cause the same to be deposited for
conveyance bv mail,for less than let
ter postage, shall, for every such
offence, forfeit and pay five dollars,
and such newspaper or periodical
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE! ”
. shall until the postage thereon is
| paid at letter rates.
Sec. 158. That on newspapers and
periodical publications, not exceed
ing four ounces in weight sent from
a known office of publication to reg
ular subscribers, postage shall be
charged at the following rates per
quarter, namely: On publications
issued less frequently than once a
week, at the rate of 1 cent for each
for each issue; isstieu once a week, 5
cents additional for each issue mere
frequent than once a week. An ad
ditional rale shall be charged for each
additional four ounces or fraction
thereof in weight.
Sec. 159. That on newspapers and
other periodicals sent from a known
office of publication to regular sub
scribers, the postage shall bc paid
before delivery, not less than one
quarter, nor more than one year;
which payment may be made either
at the office of mailing or delivery,
commencing at any time, and tlie
postma-ter shall account for such
postage iu the quarter in which it
was received.
Sec. IGO. That the Postmaster
General may provide, by regulations
for carrying small newspapers, issued
less frequently than once a week, in
packages to one address from a known
office of publication to regular sub
scribers, at the rate of one cent for
each four ounces, or portion thereof.
Sec. 161 That persons known as
regular dealers in newspapers and i e
riodicals may receive and transmit
by mail such quanties of either as
they may require, and pay the post
age thereon as received at the same
rates pro rata as regular subscribers
to such publications, who pay quar
terly in advance.
From Macon Telegraph and Messertgor.
1 he Wayncsboro Expositor, hereto
fore one of the straightest of the
straight-outs, comes out for Greeley
and Brown as follows. As a form of
confession we cheerfully recommend
it to others of the brethren win are
”Va." Afeftiftf.’S'irtfn.'— A man should
never be ashamed to own tint be has
been in the wrong, which is, but say
ing, in oilier words, that lie is wiser
to-dav than he was yesterday,— X'ope.
Pope was a man of sriise. He
wrote an “Essay on Man” and the
“Universal Prayer,” besides having
translated Homer. But by far the
noblest woik of his life was the above
production. It suits our case exactly.
We had felt uncomfortable for several
days. A sense of loneliness and iso
lation oppressed us. We knew our
principles were right, but still our
conscience was uneasy. We tried to
be serene and dignified, but that pro
voked a grim smile even from our
self. We then imagined we were a
martyr to Democraiic doctrines, but
no visions of glory filled our soul
with ecst icy. Wo tried a while to
play “big Ike,” but that didn’t pay.
We then got mad. and said something
about voting for Grant through spite,
but that produced a fuss in the fami
ly ; and something was remarked
about a man selling his posterity to
Grant’s kin; this caused us to call
Grant bad names, and utter a few
things not found in the Lord’s prayer
We then commenced thinking about
the hot weather, and remembered
that Prince Frederick and Princess
Nellie were in France, and “Let us
have Peace” at Long Branch. Then
we quickly pronounced a few other
things that do not appear in the
shorter Catechism. Still we felt
poorly, and know that something was
wrong. We read Greeley’s North
Carolina letter and began to improve.
But we had committed ourselves
against the old white-hatted cuss so
often, we fell ashamed lo go back on
our record. A man’s record is a
dangerous thing' It makes him do
a good many tilings “just for gran
deur” It takes a man of pluck to
acknowledge bis mistakes, even after
bis judgment is convinced, lie likes
to find some authority, some example,
to excuse or justify him. Precedents
are wonderfully persuasive things
particularly with a man who thinks
ho ought to do something, but don’t
know how to do it. Pope—the
great Pope—came to our relief. YVe
shall vote for Greeley YY e do not
like to, “but there is no time for
swapping horses now.” YY e rather
thought so the next day after the Bal
timore Convention, but there was our
record and records are strange
things. YY e know now exactly what
Job meant when he said that obser
vation about his enemies writing a
book. YY'e are done with records;
wo know better. But wo are for j
Greeley. It is not worth while to |
say why. Our head is level; we are
done with records— we are tor Gree j
ley! ~ .
“Come humble sinner, &o. t
SMITH AM) JONES.
One winter there enme to Trenton,
New Jersey, two men named Smith
and Jones, both of whom had do
signs upon the Legislature. Jones
had a bad wife, and was in love with
another pretty woman, who, by the
by, was a widow, with sparkling black
eyes. Smith had a good wife, plump
as a robin, good as an angel, ami tho
mother of ten children. Smith did
not want to get divorced, but sought
to get a charter for a turnpike from
Pig’s Run to Terrapin Hollow. So,
with these different objects, they
came to Trenton, and addressed the
assembled wisdom there with the
usual arguments:
Ist. Oyster suppers, with a rich
background of steak and venison.
2d. Liquors in abundance, from the
turning “Jersy lightning” to the bub
bling champaigne.
To speak in plain prose, Jones
gave a champaigne supper and Smith
followed with a champaigne breakfast.
Under the mollifying influence of
tI'CSO tempting repasts, the wise law
makers passed both the divorce and
turnpike bills,and Jones and Smith
with a copy of each bill iu parch
ment in ;heir pockets— went rejoicino
to tlieir homes.
“My love,” said Smith. when he
was once more comfortably ensconced
before his own domestic hearthstone,
and speaking to his wife, who was
ministering to ihe necessities of the
youngest offspring, “I am one of the
Directois of the Pig’s Run and Ter
rapin Hollow Turnpike, and will be
President, my dear. It will quite set
us up ill life We will semi our cliil
dren to boarding school, and live in
stylo off the tolls. Here’s the char
ter, ducky.”
“Let mo see it, pel,” said the wife,
who was the best of wive?, with
plumpness and good nature beaming
all over her face. She nestled on
Smith’s shoulder, and threw her arm
lovingly about bis neck, as she helped
him examine the parchment,
long.'His wife’- locked blank, nmun
was not generally profane, hut wow
he ripped cut a fearful oath.
“Blast it, wife!” he shouted furi
ously, “those scoundrels at Trenton
have divorced us !”
It was too true. The parchment
ho held was a bill of divorce, in
which the names of Smith and his
wife appeared in frightful big letleis
Mrs, Smith wiped her eyes with the
corner of her apron, as she ex
claimed :
“Oh, dear, hero’s a turnpike ! Mr.
Smith, with the whole ten of our
children staring me in the face, 1
ain’t your wife.”
Here the voice of the poor woman
became chocked with sobs, and her
utterances were too indistinct to be
recorded. As for Smith, be cursed
away at such a rate as would have
convinced- any spectator of the pro
prie'.y of sending him a missionary.
Although the night was dark, and
the denizens of the village had re
tired to their beds, Smith bid bis
wife put on her bonnet, and arm in
arm they proceeded the bouse of the
clergyman of their church.
“Goodness, bless me !” exclaimed
tho good man, as be saw them enter,
Smith looking like the last June
shad, and Smith’s wife’s face all
streaked with tears, “what is the
matter ?”
“The matter is, I want you to
marry us right off',” replied Smith.
“Marry you !’ exclaimed the aston
I isbed cleigyman, with expanding fin
gers and wondering eyes; “are you
j drunk or crazy ?”
“Neither. The fact is, Brother
! Goodwyn, some scoundrels at Tren
ton have, unknown to us, divorced
mo from my wite, and she is tlie
mother of all my children.”
Well, the minister, seeing tho con
dition of things, married them over
again, and would not take any tee
The fact is, ho was anxious to he
alone, so that ho could give vent to
a suppressed laugh that was shaking
him ail over.
Smith and his wife went home and
kissed every one of their ten chil
dren and the little Smiths never knew
that their father and mother had
been made strangers to each other
by legislative enactment.
Meanwhile, and on the self-same
night, Jones returned to his native
town, and sought the lino pair of
black eyes which ho hoped shortly to
call bis own. The pretty widow sat
on a sofa, a white handkerchief tied
carelessly about her round, white
throat, and her black hair in silky
waves against her rosy check.
“Divorce is the word!” cried Jones,
playfully patting the double chin.
“The fact is, Eliza, I am lid of that (
woman, and you and I will be mar- J
riod to night’ 1 know how to man
I* 2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE
age those fellows at Trenton. A
champaigne supper (or was it a break
fast I) did our business with them.
Put on your bonnet and let us go to
the preacher’s at once, dearest.”
The widow (who was among wid
ows as peaches are among apples)
put on her bonnet and took Jones’
arm,and —
“Just look bow handsome it is put
on the parchment,” cried Jones, pull
ing the document out before her,
“here’s the law which says that Jack
Jones and Ann Caroline Jones are
two ! Look at it I”
Putting her plump, gloved hand
on his shoulder, she did look at it.
“Oh, dear!” she exclaimed, with
hot rose hud lips, and sank back, half
fainting, on the sofa.
“Oh, blazes!” rumpling the parch
ment in his hand ; “here’s lots of
champaigne and happiness gone to
ruin.”
U was a hard case. Instead of
being divosccd and at liberty to mar
ry the widow, Jacob Jones was sim
ply, by l lie Legislature of New Jer
sey, incorporated into a Turnpike
Company, with the liberty of con
structing a turnpike from Burlington
to Bristol. AVherf you reflect that
Burlington to Bristol are located
about a mile apart, on opposite sides
of the Delaware river you will per
ceive the extreme hopelessness of
June-.’ case.
“It is all the fault of that turnpike
man who gave them tlie supper—or,
was it the breakfast V 1 cried Jones in
his agony. “If they had only char
tered me to lay a turnpike from Pig’s
Run to Terrapin Hollow, I might
have borne it, but the very idea of
laying a turnpike across the Dela
ware river, from Burlington to Bris
tol, is an infernal absurdity.”
So it was.
“And’ain’t you divorced?” said
Eliza, a tear rolling down each cheek.
“No!” thundered Jones, crushing
his hat between his knees; “and
what is worse, the Legislature has
adjourned und gone home drunk, and
year." * •" -■*
It was sad. The mistake had oc
curred on tho last, day of tho session,
when tho Legislature and transcrib
ing clerks were - laboring under the
effects of a champaigne supper, fol
lowed by a champaign breakfast
Smith’s name had been put where
Jones’ ought to have been, and “wi
sey werfey/’as tho Latin poet bath it.
Truth and Public Opinion.
In religion, politics, arts, science,
1 criticism and literature the popular
j voice is not often the voice of truth.
; \Y' lien some one quoted “ Vox pop all
j vox Dei ” —“The voice of the people
1 is the voice of God.” in the presence
of John YVesley’a mother. “Yes,”
replied the good woman, wisely and
| somewhat tartly—“it shouted crucify
j Him! crucify Him !!’’ Every inven
! tion and each discovery through
which the woild has been blessed and
humanity elevated, have been llio
1 results of individual genius and ap
plication without the least apprecia
tion or favor from tho public and
often with no price but deti action,
exile, chains and death. YY’lien Gal
ileo declared tho sublime truth of the
earth’s motion and (ho sun’s stability,
bis opinions were proscribed, lie was
j insulted and imprisoned and bis he
mic response ; D pnr si tnuove —“li
does move for all that I ’ still grated
upon the ears of liis cruel and igno
rant persecutors. The bold Genoese
who was the first to spread sail on
waters never broken by oar or keel,
and present a continent to terdinand
and Isabella, pushed bis discoveries
in opposition to the wisdom ot the
world and without the aid of Kings
and Republics. The art preservative \
of all arts—printing, was given to
enlighten mankind by Johannes Gut
enberg, of Strasbourg, Germany, in
1488. It was believed to be the
work of the devil and so rewarded.
Friar Bacon first discovered the prop
el ties of the magnet, anticipated the
wonders of tho telescope anil knew
the composition of gunpowder several
centuries before it was used as an
engine of power in peace and war.
Popular opinion laughed and frowned
on Robert Fulton when ho first ap
plied steam to the propulsion of ves
sels, and Samuel Finley Morse whs
regarded as crazy when lie first at
tempted to teach the fiery lightning
to utter thoughts that breathed and
words that literal)’ burned. Aiis
tides was exiled because be was just,
and Socrates was forced to drink
poison, having sinned only in being
wiser than bis countrymen.
He is the brave hero and true man
who enlightens ignorance, expels
passion and prejudice and preserves
his individual integrity in spito of,
and in opposition to, the praises or
censures of tho world, lie who pos
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mutter, double rates will be charged.
No. 22.
, sesses no independent individualitv,
w, '° ’* nII Ibings to all men, and’
only echoes ihe popular voice, right
oi "long, and lives and moves and
i 1,1 of be* in the mouths of the popu
lace is, in Church or State, n mean
i and dangerous character, the first,
as far as his influence is felt, will be
reduced to the very lowest standard
o' m,>rf, ls and religion, and the sec
ond, in place of the support of men
high-minded men who know their
rights, and knowing dare maintain
will soon be over run by hypocrites
and sycophants, who will flatter to be
tray and stoop that they may ruin.
Ihe people who are led at will by a
lew demagogues, or demagogues wbo
utter no voice but that of the multi
Hide, will equally destroy any govern
ment or nation.’ The truth and right
are known but by the conflict* of
clashing eleimnts, just as the fire is
never seen until the flint is stricken.—
Cot ambit* Sun.
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Iliisterly Inaction.
A writ -r in the Marietta (Ga.)
Journal describes a scene which took
pbu e in the office ol Captain Jones,
then Treasurer of the Stale.of Geor
gia, a few veins ago. J t j t wort |,
reading*;
Well, sir, I was t\' f a present whetn
General Pope being removed, Gcueial
Meade took command in Georgia,
and on the refusal of Oov. Jenkins to
draw atv aria nt for t |,e payment of
(lie Convention, issued an order re
movintr him and Treasurer Jones
from office. I saw General Huger
and ( aptain Rockwell when they
we l() introduced by Mayor Williams,
, H "d the fiinsurer rise to receive
(hem. At his request the officers
! took seats. Ihe General presented
j the order of removal. The Treas
urer receive*!, read it and icinarked,
“H'»\ii g no power to resist you, sir',
i l have nothing to say but ti.at here
jis the office and iis furniture; the
i vault key is in the door.” “How
h.in. i lie vault?” asked
reply. “Y> ere m a tli#« p ‘- n ,
can't tell.” “Don’t you know f* 1 —
“V' H, vir.” “Then you won’t tell *”
| “that is it, if you obligo me to sav
so ” “YY’e can find means peihaps to
make you tell.” “You have the
power, sir, to use those means, but.
having determined on inv duty in
this matter, I can give you no other
answer.’ “Well, sir,’ says Huger,
“1 shall hold this matter under ad
visement, mean while Captain Hock
' well will relieve you from further
j duty in this office.” Captain Rock
j well inquired wliat clerks were nec
essary in lhe office, ami requested to
ho shown how the books of the
I Treasury were kept. Colonel Jones
! ashi d his clerk to open Captain U. a
j set of books of two of three back on
a desk in the front office. “O.d
books!” said Huger. “YY’liero are
the books of ibis year ?” “Pardon
me, General,” said the Treasurer,
“until I make my settlement with the
State of Georgia, as required by law,
the books of ibis office are my prop
city. and upon their pin per preset va
lion depends iny reputation arid per
haps the fortunes of my securities,
and ot course I must refuse to deliver
or exhibit them, except to those who
put me here Again a hasty threat
broke forth and was answered in the
. same firm, quiet manner as before.
For several moments not n word was
spoken, everything still. I scarcely
breathed. At length a bright, manly
smile pas cd over I’uger's face, and
with genial frankness, turning to the
Treasurer, lie sai l, “How much mon
ey have you under your control ?”
“About four hundred thousand dot
i lats.” “YY’liat are you to do
with it?” “!' was appropriated to
pav tiio interest on the public debt,
and lake up a few State bonds ma
mring this year.” “Will it require
ilint amount to do it ?’’ "Yes.” “Are
wii sure it will be devoted to that
purpose ? * “1 am, unless its deposi
tory is discovered, and a seizure
made.” “YY'ell, go on,’’said General
Huger, “I see no reason lodistuib its
destination. lam here ns temporary
or Provisional Governor, don’t know
bow long I shall remain, but your
State shall suffer nothing in public or
private bv any act of mine.’’ Tin
two then walked out of the Treasury
together, and I could see that each
had inspired the other with that sin
cere respect that true gentlemen
always entertain for those who prove
ilieir gentility by their healing. A
few weeks thereafter Col. Jones w»«
arrested by order of General Meade,
and paroled by General Huger to tho
limits of ihe State. lie remained in
arrest until the session of the Legis
lature in July, 1808, when the pres
ent Treasurer was elected by tho
‘Ticbold Assemblage of that year.