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THE NEWNAN
ALD.
Clje flctomw Jjcraft.
VOL. III.]
ISTEWTSTAJST, GUA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1S68.
[NO. 52.
From the Land We Love.
Tribute of Genius to Valor,
B. P. THURMAN. J. W. SPENCE.
S. 1’. THURMAN & CO.,
Mannfacturere
WHOLESALE AXU RETAIL. DEALERS
Candies and Confectionaries,
Greenville Str., Newnan, Ga.
We are manufacturing and receiving our
nrmmr o oiBRnTun
ormi'lu & ouMmt!ih
STOCK
Candies, Pickles,
Nuts, Raisins,
Mackerel, Crackers,
Sugars, Coffee,
~W I TST IE S _
Of the latter article we have the finest
and best Madeira, Sherry, Port, Sweet
Malaga and Claret, which we will sell
by the gallon or bottle for mediciu-
al, party or Church purposes.
The Price of Candy Reduced to suit the Times.
To which we ask the attention! of the
WHOLESALE anil RETAIL TRADE.
We will wholesale Candies to Confectioners
as cheap as they can purchase the same article
in any Southern market. Determined to ex
tend our wholesale business, we pledge our
selves to refund the money paid us for Candies
which do not give satisfaction.
Mr Thurman having an experience of six
teen years as a manufacturer of Candies, flat
ters himself that he understands his business,
and has no superior as a manufacturer in the
Southern States.
The attention of the ladies particularly and
the citizens generally is called to the fact that
wo keep constantly on hand a supply of
wmm ©mm
Wo know we can please you. We say what
we mean and mean what we say.
October 19-0in.
GOODS! NEW GOODS!
We have received
from New Yoik,
our new Stock of Goods
Purchased Entirely for Cash,
Consisting
ot
Dry Goods and Notions,
Roots, Shoes Hats, Clothing,
Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery,
Shoe Findings of every descript’n,
Buggy Trimming of all kinds,
Saddlery, Harness Leather,
Sole Leather, Caif Skins,
lu fact everything usually kept in a Mixed
Stock. All of which we will sell
LOW FOR CASH.
Wo are agents for one of the best importing
houses in New York for the sale of all kinds of
INI ill Stones and Spindles,
Bolting Cloths,
Smut Machines and fixtures,
Hoisting Screws and Bales,
All of which we will sell at New York whole
sale prices, with freight added to this place.
Persons wishing tu purchase Mill Materials,
before making their purchases will find it great
ly to their advantage to compare our price list
with those from other houses.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage be
stowed upon us heretofore, we respectfully
solicit a continuance of the same at the old
stand of RED WINE & CULPEPPER,
North-East Corner of Public Square,
May 30-tf. NEWNAN, GA.
Andrew J. Smith. Wm. Allen Turner
SMITH & TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
NEWNAN, GA.,
WILL pay the debts, in a Court of Bank-
uud Coweta Circuits.
[Nov. 9 tf.
BOOTS A YR SHOES.
I WOL T LD respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of
Newnan and vicinity that I havei
secured the services of
3Mr. JNT. Art. REESE,
a most accomplished workm an. I invi’e all,
therefore, to call, assuring them diet can now
Rave their Boots and Shoes made in the most
fashionable style. All I ask ,to cou\ iuce, is a
fair trial.
jgS^'Repairing neatly and promptly done.
ou East side of Public Square,
■Newnan, Ga. [July 13-tf.] M.FLOiD.
Saddlery and Harness
EMPORIUM.
G. C. ROGERS,
(2d door below Moore £ Marsh,
opposite U. States and American iiotels^y
Deeatur-St Atlanta, Ga.i
Has on hand the largest and finest stock of
SADDLES of anv house in the State Also
CARRIAGE and BUGGY HARNESS. HARD
WARE for evevthing in his line, for the supply
of Saddlers an l Harness-Makers, including a
liner stock and better variety of BUCKLES ev
er brought to Atlanta.
Prices more reasonable and Stock more com
plete than any in the city of Atlanta.
gfPGarriages and Buggies of the most ap
proved style and finish on hand, and made to
order at. prices as favorable as can be obtained
in New York.
giTFlease give me a call. [sept. 31-12
The soul of poetry flashes along each
line of the following touching poem as
lightly as the sword of him whose valor
it commemorates flashed along the line
of battle:
STONEWALL JACKSON.
The Mystery of the Falls.
Sir lock at the condition of the South j the carelessness of a partner in som- iron care ot his mother at her home. I am
today; ou- lands are uncultivated, our | aiitls Notes were presented to me for obliged to see him soon. Direct your
homes have become desolated, our wives. : payment which 1 had never executed or letters in future, m envelope, which you
children and friends are crying for bread, j known of. I went to mv partner and will back to W etzfelder & Co , Milledge-
the whites and blacks are apart, divided asked h<>w it was.
’ Led been losing money
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF A GEORGIA
BOY—'‘I AM IN TROUBLE.”
BY II R. JACKSON.
firm’s name to notes without consulting
me. “Well.” I said, “what's to be done ?”
When the rage of the North sent her myrmi
dons forth,
And Virginia—proud mother of States !—-
First chose for pillage, saw homestead and
village
Succumb to the pittilcss fate.
With a comet-like doth, with a lightuing-like
flash
Eclipsing her own radiant story, % { parently a stranger, was seen wandering
In Jehovah’s dread name, wreaking vengeance about on R 0C k Island, the little
H<* began t<> make a piteous mouth, but I
cat him short. “1 uou't come to upbraid
he came—
Her youngest-born scion of glory.
“Thefoemen! whore are they?” This alone
was his parley,
As o’er mountain and torrent he flew ;
No foe could delay him, no darkness dismay
him ;
Starved, thirsting, yet sterner he grew ;
He paused not to slumber, he recked not of
number,
But, a cloud on the hurricane’s breath,
He flashed out the fire of God’s scathing ire,
And gave thee rich banquets, oh! Death!
What deed that he dared uot? what peril he
shared not?
Intuition her torch had to light,
Relentless chastiser, sententious adviser,
To discover the foe was to fight him.
Of the wisdom that lies in the night and the
skies
He took counsel with the knee to the side,
His devices he bared not, for favor he cared not,
Since he held his commission from God.
From the Louisville Courier, 22d ult. . .
A strange story comes to us from the ! P rc j u ice ' , . , . „ * .
i i- ,i l . .t . *i| i \Y hat has caused it? Allow me to sav,
: tails: not, perhaps, a Oory that will catch , . , T , , . , . - •,
Ll V .i i * ,, .' sir, that I have been converted to the tact
! the eye of the reader sooner than the , ’ , - . v i
,, J that none save those ot the North, gaib< d
thousand and one curious tales told by the; : , .
! • n ,, , i J \ iu the disguise of the friends oi the
morning papers all over the land, or one' , , , , ^ T
'.I,at will be retained a moment longer j W"* 8 * ha ' e [, hcn .;,, 1
than it, odd companions; but a store “ awa J w,t . h facb b f d “ eD . Jl j ey 5 «
,ii .i , - n . J I imposters m the land ot good people, ana
nevertheless that may carry gru-f to some I .x . , , £ -v /, ’ , -> j s ,;,] “T eome to wei at the lac's
- - J J * ! Will Cause more blood to be spilt than the }^ u i 1 Saiu > 1 C0!nt - o tl
Union of these States are worth. I have 1 looked over the books ami saw that we
come to the conclusion that they are not were deeply involved. Then 1 said to
the friends of the colored man. Look at him, "You take the works and pay all
this State claims, releasing me entirely.” He de
clined, and l at once said : “Then I will;
and it was thus the iron works near
Cbauibersburg came into my possession.
about on Hock island, the little river uie,u ’ 1 a,u JU5t * ‘‘“* c uu j The third tirnq l failed was when the
and ! rebels burned these works My friends
will
payment which I had never executed or letters in future, in envelope, whii
known of. I went to my partner and will back to Wetifelder & Co, Mi
He explained that he viile, and mark confidential ou the seal of first insertion,
for some time, the enclosure. They will hand it to me.
Rates of Advertising.
Advertisements inserted at $1.50per square
(often Iinesorspaceeqnivalent,)for first inser •
tion. and 75 cents for each subsequent in-
j sertion.
Monthly or semi-monthly advertisements
inserted atthc same rates as for new advertise
ments, each insertion.
Liberal arrangements will be made with
those advertising by the quaiter or year.
All transient advertisments must be paid
| for when handed in.
The money for advertiseing due after tli«
but as Le had induced me to embark in l never past so long a mouth Am I era- • g0j|j)DULE OF THE A & W. P. R. R>
the enterprise, he had not the courage to zy, or what is the matter? Thy sweet j
tell me of the losses, ami had signed the face and intellectual eyes haunt me every
L. P. GRANT, Superintendent.
far off household, at this moment await
ing the return of a wanderer from the
bright home circle ; and perhaps there is
a vacant chair in that far-off household
that will never again be filled.
Day before yesterday a young man, ap- t j >
the condition of the blacks in tnis State
they are starving; they go
those that claim to be their friends; they,
tell them, “I am just out, I have no.
I island opposite and almost below the city, ! mo ” e y> our * s . P oor -
| around which the angry waters of the big | - sow * Hr > '* 1 cir P art y
in Lancaster and elsewhere raised about
lr, it tneir party is poor
falls are always roaring and plunging as j “"i/^JgiXfXrrfore kt our'fWple 8100,000 which they tendered tome, but
if every moment threatening to rise and -P°“ do t , K . m P d P j ; t deelitfed it, and it went to the Poor
sweep over it. His youthlul appearance - people to prosper and thev i Fund ; bul 1 did not give it. ! managed
and strange manner called forth comments want P e0 P e 10 P ro *P er ’ an< f lQe - v
from a number of persons who observed j never ” ,l ‘. unt, L r f u ' ,der the l' r °-
him. With bowed head, and apparently “?!'”* »'"* ® f Democnitie party,
in fit of abstraction, he paced slowly upi whl ‘* E0 J1 0n » ,eW . ,he ???“ w! : ;ob !t
and down the shore, every now and then i liad - a " d ca “ sc the weltl ' 1 t0 rla )?
starting suddenly as if at some fancied
Manassas! yet white with the awe-stricken
sight,
With thy bones like a glimmering pall!
Rappahannock! still lost the blustering host—
Ye blood-deluged battle-fields all!
Bear, bear into story with your own crimson
glory,
So long as the ages revolve,
The name and fame of that spirit of flame—■
The man of undaunted resolve!
Still northward we’ll bear him, and a grave
we’ll prepare him,
In the face of the foe he ne’er fled,
With the calm of the blest he’ll take his deep
rest,
Though invasion should sweep o’er his head.
But if the blue heaven bo suddenly riven,
And thunder announced hv no gleam,
Should his cannon resemble, and the pillagers
tremble,
The grim sleeper may smile in his dream!
Savannah, (>'a.
The Infamous Freedmen’s Bureau.
THE NUMBER OF CLERKS AND AGENTS
EMPLOYED—WHAT IT COSTS
TO SUSTAIN THEM.
The people d^ not sufficiently appre
ciate the beauties of the Freedmeu’s Bu
reau. They are not fuily aware of the
iuestimable blessings of that wonderful
work of Radicalism Let us throw a lit
tle light upon this subject. From a book
entitled •* Register of Officers and Agents.
Civil, Military and Naval, in the United
States, on the SUtli of September, 1SG7
* * * Compiled and printed under
the direction of the Secretary ot the In
terior, in pursuance ol the fourth section
of the act ot Congress of March 2, lSGl,
* * * from pages 131 to 2U2 inclu
sive, we present to following tor the in
formation of the general public:
danger, then relapsing again into his fit
of melancholy, regarding nothing what
ever about him. His age could uot have
been above eighteen.
Several gentlemen, anxious to know
who the stranger could be, and taking
him for an escaped lunatic, went to hint
and asked him the meaning-of his unac
countable demonstrations, but he made
short replies in a husky tone of voice to
the effect that he was in trouble, weary
of life, and determined to put himself out
of the world, in one way or auothcr, be
fore another twenty-four hours. They
attempted to dissuade him from his pur
pose, but failed to move him, and believ
ing he would get over his “ fit,” as a good
many young men had recovered from the
same complaint, they left him.
Nothing more has been seen of the
poor fellow. YTsterday morning some
fishermen discovered a skiff moored to
the island, and fastened to the chaiu of
the boat they found a piece of flat rock
with a number of zig zag capital letters
scrawled upon it, apparently with a pin.
On one side of the rock appeared these
words:
Good By FOREVER
1 was born in Walk
County Georgy cr
On the 10th of Novem
ber
I AM NO MORE OF EARTH.
Yours, forever,
H. W. E.
On the other side of the rock were
scrawled in large letters the words:
I AM IN TROUBLE.
This was all. There was nothing what
ever beyond the initials to indicate who
the author could be, or what had become
of him. The scrawls had evidently been
made within a very short time, and were
very light. On inquiry being made, the
story of the appearance of a stranger on
the island the day before, and his curious
demeanor, was told, and it was finally
concluded that the unfortunate young man
had wiitten this as-his farewell to a world
he had not courage to live iu. Whether
he carried out his declared purpose is still
a mystery, and must remain in doubt un-
ti
good
and thev.
to get through my trouble, and have
npver taken advantage of a bankrupt law
yet.”
He evidently had some feeling on this
to victory—cause the impostors to fly as ! subject, and I asked him his \iews on the
the feathers before the wind, and let this I baukrupt iaw.
State go back again into the Union under j ‘Y\ ell, he said, “personally, I feel
the doctrines of Washington, Clay, and ! that creditors are enuUed among my
the profound principles of Webster.- j ""Idly g UO( Js to my labor until I
Let us frame a Constitution from the !^ad. If my debts are not paid then
Constitution as it now stands, and let our | tlie bankrupt. law oi another world will
motto be, “The Constitution and Seymour
cancel them.
forever.”
I leave the Republican party, believing
it ruinous to the Union, and an enemy to
the black race, and the up-builders of
tyranny iu our beloved Union. More
auoD. Ciias. W. Fitziiugh.
A Talk with Thaddeus Stevens.
A correspondent of the New Y T ork Tri
bune published an account of an inter
view with Mr. Thaddeus Stevens about
Ez-Governor Joseph E. Brown.
Ills Amours
with Another Man’s
Wife !
His Correspondence with Her in
Cipher !
He Yields to the God of Love.
... hardly think him suscepti
two weeks before bis death, from which , iujpression outside of his
we extract the following:
One to look at Joseph E. Brown would
ble of Love’s
own family;
j but it seems that this Boanerges of Radi-
Droppiug politics and the impeachment - calism has, in one instance at least, yield-
question, we came to speak of the course of! t0 inexorable power ot the “sweet
the newspapers toward aim, and the vast j f ;lCe au ^ intelligent eyes of woman. W e
amount of vituperation which had been j *1° a ^t give publicity to this private cor-
poured ou his head. He remarked that! respoudence of Joseph for any purpose
moment, while my heart iu the distance
beats close to thy heart.
“If I could get a telegraph from Capt.
Smith soon, l should know better how to
make my engagements.
I'our Own.
This letter is post marked “Macon, Ga.,
March 10,” and is addressed to “Mrs.
Fannie Martin, care of Dr. Duncan, Mont
gomery Ala.,” wi;h the word “coufi
dential” marked across the seal of the en
velope.
'Ihe following letter is withoot date,
the whole being written in cipher, except
the poetry :
“Dearest ! I arrived at this place by
private conveyance in company with oth
er gentlemen to-day. I must go to Mill-
edgeville by first train. I am very anx
ious to hear from and to see you. I have
not heard one word from you since I left
you I am all anxiety to know if your
child is born and when and how the moth
er and child are. I wish you to send me
a letter by first express, directed as here
tofore. 1 shall be very uneasy till I hear.
I must see you soon. I canuot bear this
dreary absence much longer.
^ 1'our Own.
■ ’Tis not the loss of love’s assurance ;
It is not doubting what thou art :
But tis the too, too long endurance
Of absence that affects uty heart.
“ The fondest thoughts two hearts can cherish,
When each is lonely doom’d to weep,
Are fruits on desert isles that perish,
Or riches buried in the de*p.
“ What though untouched by zealous madness,
Our bosom's peace may fall to wreck ;
TIT undoubting heart that breaks with sadness
Is but more slowly doom'd to break.
“ Absence ! Is not the soul torn by it
From more than light or life, or breath?
’Tis Lethe’s gloom, but not its quiet—
The pain without the peace of death.”
“I have been down sick, on the way
from Savannah to this place. Had a very
fatiguing trip.”
The husband of Mrs. Martin writes :
“Though Fanny Martin and
myself
he did not tret at that.it was all he could | t0 *how that the mail has some of the | were married in spring, ’64, she spent all
' * 1 1 1 1 her time from home with Browa, and she
did give birth to a bastard child in fall,
1865. Use these letters as you like.
expect, “for you know,” he added, “that | P^try of human nature in his soul, not
withstanding his whole outward man
would seem to give the lie to such an as
sertion. It will be seen that Joseph ad-
I have always been a plain speaker my
self.” This led to my asking something
in regard to his early life and history —
As I used the word “history,” he glauced
at me quickly, and I thought rather sus
piciously, and directly said, “You news
paper me& are always wanting to get at
a man’s history. As 1 said to a young
girl who came to see me some time ago
to coi'ect materials for a biography ot me,
I have no history. My life-long regret
is that I have lived so long and so use
lessly.
1 ventured to suggest that his friends ' jouih.ul indiscretions his unlawful
dresses Mrs. Martin as his "Best and
Dearest.’’ Wonder what Mrs. B. will
ih’uk of these caressing terms of endear- 1
meiit? "Best and Dearest!” which means'
that Mrs. Martin held supieme sway in !
his Lealt—a superior place in his affec !
tions to that occupied by his own lawful- j
ly wedded wife ! Oh ! Joseph, what
cruel man you are.
Now, Joseph might be excused for his
a-
were not disposed to agree with him in the
use of the word “uselessly,” as applied to
his Congressional achievements.
“I have achieved nothing to Congress.
Until the war began I was a plodder with
out influence, and since it began I have
been so Radical that 1 had uo control
over anybody. Some of the papers caii :
me, “the leader of the House.” 1 only i
laughed at them.
J. H. Martin.”
“The first intimation I had of her preg
nancy was from Brown’s letters. In
August 1864, she left home. I never
saw her again until Feb. 14, in Macon.—
On loth Sept, gave birth to the child and
since died. Martin.”
The following will explain the whole
el I . . 3 r
' intrigue—the amours of Joseph E. Brown
with Mis. Fannie Martin. We regret
that Mr. II. D. Harris is not alive :
Brown House, Macon, June 27 ’65.
"Mrs. Fannie Martin : As your son was
staying with me, I take liberty to write
mours—if he had not given his iilicit love
a higher place in his heart than his lawful
affections. But Joseph was excited.—
He was carried away. The “sweet face ' aud let you know that 1 am well, and am
and intellectual eyes” of Mrs. Fanny Mar- \ sorry that 1 am uot able to assist your
tin bewildered him. The most indiscreet! sou at this time. You know I would if
part of the whole affair is that he put his ! possible. I would like to hear from
feelings iu black and white; and, in con j you, and how you enjoyed your trip.—
sequence of which, the original letters, in I send you a letter from Governor
ht. Write and let
I lead them ve= • but ! cl P iier ' :>re RPW our bauds. There is no ; Brown. He is all ri w
the dark waters of the Ohio throw off! they never follow utfor dHl I want | ba “ this The correspondeoce ! me know when 5.01 think of comiag to
their bunions, or until the supposed sui- them until public opinion has sided with lE T L a ! n cl t l lwr an j' au J j je "j'r ,a ' .... ~
and well wiser and ! ” 1 r Inese letters ar^sent to us by a voung | “Excuse b id writing, bee
Day tassenger train.
Leave Atlanta - - - - - - 7 58 a. m.
Arrive at Newnan 9 57 “
Arrive at West Point - - - 12 30 p. m.
Leave West Point 12 50 p. m.
Arrive at Newnan 3 23 “
Arrive at Atlanta- 5 25 “
M.
NIGHT FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta -4 35 p.
Arrive at Newnan 7 47 “
Arrive at West Point - - - 12 35 a. m.
Leave West Point - - - - - 11 40 p. m.
A?rive at Newnau 3 35 a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta - - - - 6 45 a. m.
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
E. W. COLE, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 5.15 A, M
Arrive at Augusta 0.00 P. M
Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 6.00 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 6.20 P. 31.
Arrive at Augusta 3.15 A. M.
Leave Augusta 8.00 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 5 00 A. M
T COST!
COME AND BUY BARGAINS!
We are now selling for the next sixty days
our entire stock of Goods at
NEW FORK COST!
Ladies and Gentlemen wishing to buy Cheap
Goods oan now have an opportunity to do so,
as our stock must be sold.
Calicoes at 15 cents—the best.
Muslins from 15 to 25 cents—the best.
Mosembiques and Liuoes for 35c—worth 60c.
Ladies Shoes for SI 00.
Ladies’ Gaiters for SI 50.
And everything iu tlve Dry Goods line very
cheap.
Come one, come all and buy bargains.
JOE WEILL.
All those indebted to me will please come
forward and pay up, and save themselves ex
penses. [July 17-tf.} JOE WEILL.
BEAU,” WITH THE YEA 1ILY SALARIES I’AID.
Compensa
Aggregate
Where em-
Filmier of
tion to each
compeu sa-
2’loyed.
class.
tton.
Hcadqrs Wash-
ingtou
5 Officers $19,000 00
58 Clerks
80.420 00
6 Messengers
3,840 00 894,460 00
District of Co-
lumbia
31 Ageuts
30.240 00
19 Clerks
20,760 00
6 Messengers
2,640 00
53,640 00
Maryland
8 Agents
5.400 00
4 Clerks
5,100 00
1 Messenger
720 U0
1 Ui borer
480 00
11,700 00
Virginia
10 Agents
14,400 00
36 Clerks
36,874 44
12 Surgeons
14,400 00
| N. Carolina
9 Ageuts
14.400 00
7 Surgeons
8,400 00
28 Clerks
30,000 00
52,800 00
S. Carolina
18 Ageuts
25.980 00
15 Surgeons
18.000 00
13 Clerks
14,900 00
58,880 00
Georgia
46 Agents
58,500 00
8 Surgeons
9.900 00
18 Clerks
20.100 00
88.500 00
Florida
10 Agents
12,600 00
2 Surgeons
1.800 00
7 Clerks
4.200 00
2 Messengers
7-0 00
19,310 00
Alabama
22 Agents
24.117 50
23 Clerks
27,220 00
51,2*5 i 51
Kentucky
17 Ageuts
17.520 00
8 Surgeons
6.720 00
17 Clerks
17.400 00
41,640 00
Tennessee
18 Agents
20.400 00
2 Surgeons
1,800 00
14 Clerks
17.100 00
39,300 00
Mississippi
27 Agents
23.300 00
IS Clerks
32.200 00
12 borers
2.700 00
58,200 00
Missouri
1 Agent
2.400 00
1 Clerk
1.200 00
3,600 00
Arkansas
18 Ageuts
21.600 00
7 Surgeons
8.4-90 00
28 Clerks
81.320 00
64,320 00
Louisiana
23 Agents
2S.6O0 00
11 Surgeons
18,200 00
.
34 Clerks
37 100 00
78,900 00
34 Ageuts
40.968 00
11 Clerks
13,200 00
54.16S 00 i
cide turns up alive aud well, wiser and me>
better for his experience in Louisville and j “No,” he added, after a pause of a mo
ment or two, “I’m not over proud of my
on the
fulls.
The Colored Southern People Going for
the Democracy.
The Woodvillc (Miss ) Republican pub
lishes the following letter, written by the
Rev. C- W. Fitzhugh, who is represented
as “a very able and well educated colored
man, who, as a preacher and teacher, has
done more to control the opinions of his
race than any other man in tlje South
Congressional career. I like my State
service better. I think and feel, I hope
without vanity, that the crowning utility
of my life was the adoption of the com
mon school system of Pennsylvania.
“That is the work that I’ve taken most
pleasure in recalling, except one perhaps.
I really think the greatest gratification of
my life resulted from iny ability to give
my mother a farm of two hundred and
i fifty acres, and a dairy of fourteen cows,
mau in Meridian, Miss., who
them from the injured husband of Mrs.
Fanny Martin. We omit our friend’s
Dame, giving only the initials. He
writes:
a young ! “Excuse b id writing. See if you can
received do any thing for me in your country, and
He was a leading member of the late ! an( j aD occasional bright gold piece, which
Convention in Mississippi: s | )fc ] ove d to ueposite in the contribution
Woodyille, Miss, July 31, ’G8.
Hun. II. V. S. Eaton, President Demo
cratic Association :
Sir : Allow me to beg pardon for tak-
iug such a privilege as this in writing to
you. Sir, for nearly two years I have
box of the Baptist Church which she at
tended. This always gave her great pleas
ure, and me much satisfaction. My mo
ther,’’ he suddenly added, “was a very ex
traordinary woman, and I have met very
lew woman like her. My father —be
beeu in this country trying to raise mv | hesitated a moment, aud several times
people from a state of degradation, both 1 commenced the sentence before pursuing
morally and religiously. Up to this time further; it wqs evident he was trying to
there is no doubt that they have im-
believe me your friend,
II. D. Harris, Brown House.”
Col. Martin, the husband, writes upon
the back of this letter as follows :
Meridian, Miss., Aug. 9 1868. “Harris, the writer, kept the bar at the
Mr. Willingham : I send you copies Bruwn BuUse > and knuws that Browu and
of letters written partly in the alphabet Fann,e Mart,n occupied roonis on each
used by Murrell and Copeland and partly I SjJe of the ladies ’ P arlor > aI)d Browo ke P l
in common English ; and I send you the! tke kc ^’ and P ass ® d to her room as he
1 pleased, day or night. Harris kept bar
make a confession he did not like. At
proved. length the innate love of the trnth and
During said time I was honored with plain speaking got the better of him, and
the Presidency of the Uuiou Republican j he continued :
party of this county, also was delegated ; “My father, you see,” he said, “was
to go to Jackson as a member of the ! not a well to do man, and the support and
Constitutional Convention. Elected by a! education of the fatuity depended on mj j mieh , t his Wauto „ raphi and
Repnoltt’an constituency, 1 advocated mother. She worked night and day to, ,, „ h5 ^ Blw „V s ;., Wn|t
their doctrine and returned home Du j educate me. 1 was feeble — 1 1
ring my stay in Jackson I
with seeing everything that claims a part! farm, she concluded to give me an educa- j ^ j wH , ]ot them eo before pub[ic
alphabet that you may see that the tran
script is correct. These letters were hand
ed me a few days ago by the injured par
ty with instructions to use them as I
thought proper, and l turn them over to
you with the same liberty.
“If they are worth any thing to the
Democratic party of Georgia—if they are
worih any thing to the virtuous people of
my native State—give them to the public,
that they may behold their Ex Governor
and would-be U. S. Senator in his true
light.
“Mr. Martin, the husband of the lady
who fell in the clutches of Brown, is a
citizen of this place, and is well known as
a man of responsibility Mr. Martin would
not make any statement which he is not
able to substantiate. He once wrote a
letter to Brown on pretended business
of Trout House, Atlanta, and knows
enough to condemn both when Wilson
came to Macon. They went to Miliedge-
ville—to hotel first, then to Governor’s
| Mansion ; from thence Planter’s Hotel,
Augusta; remaining some weeks at that
and lame in i ., .... .
, , , , ,, , sav they are quite certain it is the same,
was blessed j my youth, and_a«.l_ eouldu t work on the | -.. Th ^ e 0fwJ 0o comme „ t f rom
place.
“This lett r sent
ot any party. During the session ol the tton. I tned to repay her afterward ; but aQ( j be judged by tba7public. Thev may ; sat
Republican Non.in.tiDw Convention, I ,he debt of a child to ht. mother, you S( . em fi?ht as straws to hint, but, ’to the ar'e
used every nerve to have a colored mau know, is one of the debts we can never , het
Total 717 employees at a yearly^
compensation of SS36,459 94
Is it anv wonder that the national debt
must be counted by billions? Is it any
wonder that the masses are groaning un
der the heaviest weight of taxation that
was ever imposed upon a-patient people ?
Is it any wonder that they are waiting
with deep solicitude to right their wrongs
at the polls, „nd sweep from existence the
wicked authors of all their calamities?
placed on the State ticket, but I was as-' pay. Poor woman ! the very thing 1 did
tonished at finding no chance for a color-1 to gratify her most hastened her death,
ed man. I came to a firm conclusion that! She was very proud of her dairy, and
there was no office for any oi e but the : fond of her cows, and one night, going
Northern man, be he white or colored.—! out to look after them, she fell and iu-
The true principle of the Republican jured herself so that she died soon af-
party is good, but when covered over Ly ! ter.”
Northern men by their mantle of deceit,' I had heard the fact mentioned that
I flee from it as l would from an adder or Mr. Stevens had on one occasion given
the sting of a snake. ‘ ! $190,000 to the poor of Lancaster coun
IVe call for peace—we seek peace.— ty> ac, d I asked him about the truth of
Can we get it? 1 answer yes. Then the it-
question is, how shall we get it? I say, j “Oh! it was not true,” he said. “I
most emphatically, let the whites of the : have never been able to do any such thing.
South and the co ored man joiu band and 1 have been a failure in everything. I
haud, and bid defiance to any man who, have failed financially three times. The
will try to break asunder tbac policy of grst was through going bail and security,
universal freedom and educational quali-1 aod it broke up a very fine practice I had
fication to vote or hold office. i io Adams county. The second was through
public, they contain “confirmations strong
as holy writ.” of his vile and corrupt heart.
Yours, truly, S. J. J.
transcript of letter written in
CIPHER.
Macon, March 10. 1865.
“Best and Dearest:—I have no let
ter from you for a week. Do write.—
The Legislature will adjourn to-morrow.
I have to go to U^per Georgia in about
two woeks. The trip will consume prob
ably ten days. When you come give
yourself as mneh time as possible. I hope
Capt. Eugene C- Smith will telegraph me
his whereabouts and the time when he
will be at the Brown House in Macon.—
If I am called off I will leave a note for
him there, or I will send it by mail to the
by Fannie Martin’s
sod opened by him, and deliverd to me
Ex Governor Brown is the author.
J. H. Martin.
C«»l. Martin desiring to secure Joseph
E Brown’s autograph, wrote to that in
dividual ou pretended business and re
ceived the following reply:
Milledgeville, Nov. 30, 1865.
“Col. Jas. H. Martin—Sir : I have
no knowledge of any of the transactions
referred to in your letter. Very respect
fully, Ac, Joseph E. Brown.”
Col. Martin writes on the back of these
letters as follows:
“The alphabet is the one used by Mur
rell and Copeland, the land pirates. So
says Copeland in his confession. You
are at liberty to use these papers. Geor
gians say, that they believe Brown the
writer—though he made an effort to dis
guise his hand.”
As stated the two letters written to
Mrs. Martin, and imputed to Brown, are
written mostly in cipher. A comparison
of the stvle of handwriting of letters
establishes the fact that they are all writ
ten by Joseph E. Bruwn, and there can
be uo hoax in the matter.
H enry banks — Wholesale and retail
dealer in Boots and Shoes, Leather,
Calf Skins, and Shoe Findings of every descrip
tion. Whitehall and No. G Peaebtpee street,
Atlanta.
SADDLERY AND HARNESS.
Run Here Everybody!
T HE undersigned takes pleasure in announ
cing to his friends and customers that he
is again prepared to do anything in the
Saddlery and Harness Business,
with neatness and despatch. 3Iy motto is
“ Quick sales and short profits.” He also
manufactures
Ijeatlier dollars.
Call and see him up stairs at Old Repository.
Country Produce taken in payment for work.
Nov. 2-tf.
GEO. W. YANCE.
WOOL CARDING.
W OOL will be received at the store of H.
J. Sargent, sent to the Factory, and the
rolls therefrom returned. ~
COPARTNERSHIP.
AVTNG this day sold half interest of my
stock to Tollison Kirby, I return my
customers
thanks to all my customers for their liberal
jjatronage and solicit the same for the firm,
which will be carried ou under the name and
style of J. T. A T. Kirby. J. T. Kibby.
August 21. tf.
The Superintendent
at the Factory, who is master of his business,
gives bis personal attention? itj carding the
Wool. The oil is furnssbed by the Company.
H. J. SARGENT, Pres’t
Jane 19-tf. ‘Willcoxon Manufacturing Co.
Sargent’s Aoxes.
scovill’s hoes.
o
O
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£3
o
so
zn
Sargent’s No. 10 Cotton Yam.
r |^HE above goods, and in all numbers, are
J offered to the public.
An ample stock always on hand at the store
of the subscriber in Newnan, Georgia.
Oct 26-tf. E. J. SARGENT.
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