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WIII'IE & McIXTOsIi, Proprietors. YOi.UME VI T. ft’crtua 1 . fFop ike O ct*as« o !*.ng ender lays Wbos* <lu (•«•: !..n«tb»* soul outliruU ; Tin* ii\ ing; dit arnn of Lppier days \\ e live! can recall : Why wake the thought so loDg lain dead, The hopes iliat >v*-re not doomed to be, \\ b< se beauties, now forex ei fled, We nevermore may see. Seiko not the lyre as of old, It sadly echoes back the past; Each choid xibmtcs wiib bliss untold Far. far, too sweet lo last : It tells of scenes in youth so bright, To us they almost seem divine— Alas ! they’ve faded from our si;.ht, 'Txvere useless t*» tepine, 11. F. D. Casabianca of the i** i <l. He came—the image of his sire, With all the charms that youth can lend. And sat beside the kitchen hr*-. YV bile mamma did his garments mend. She turned the pockets inside out. And forth came miscellaneous things ; And all 'he region round about Were strewn with marbles Hah hooks, strings, j A dirty handkerchief, sow gum, F ragmen* sos case, a dozen nails, A photograph that had become The worse for wear -but language fails. So thought the matron in dismay ; And with intention v« destroy, Thrust in the stove such card- 4 as they Who play at euchie would employ- But quick the boy. through -moke and flame, (slabbed .bein' nor cared for burns a speck: And like youn-r Casa xxha.'s h ; s name Trod bravely on the burning “deck. MliscrUancoU& ~.ju THE WAY I OKEEP *5131. BY MIRY E. CI.A UK E. “Out again to-night r” said Mrs. Hayes fretfully, as her husband rose from the tea-table, and donned his great coat. “Yes, I have auengag,uncut with Moore; I shall he in early, have a light in th- li brary- Good night, and with a careless nod, William Hayes 1, It the mom. “Always the wav,” murmured Lizzie Hayes, sinking hack uj>on a sola, “out | every night. I don't believe he cares one 1 hit about me, now, an 1 yet we ve been married only two years. No man can have a more orderly liou -■, I am sure ; and I never go anywhere, I am not a bit extravagant, and yet 1 don't believe he loves nie any more. Oh ! dear, why is it? : I wasn't rich, he.didn’t marry for money, he must have loved me then why does he ; treat me wth so 'much neg.eet'r” and I ,vith her min i filled wth m h Irettul queries. I.'zz Bayes f : i p upon the Lit: j, .Inf tier picture as she lay 1 there, b'm- v.as a blonde,, with a small; graceful iigu, . and a very l 1 ret tv face. | The hair, wiio-h showed by its rich waves I its natural tendency to curl, was hrushed smoothly back, and gathered into a rich knot at the hack ; “It. was such a bother to cur! it,” she said ;le *,«• -k was pal . and the whole face w expression. Horde neat chintz wrapper, but she wore n oilar or sleeves : “What’s the use of dressing up just for William Lizrie slept soundly for two hours, and then awoke suddenly. Stm sat up, glanced a* the clock, and sighed drearily at the prospect of the long interval still to be spent alone before bed time. The library was just over the room in j which she sat, and down the furnace flue through the registers, a voice came to the young wife’s ears : it was her hus band’s. “Well, Moore, what’s a man to do ? I was disappointed, and I must have pleasure somewhere. Who would have fancied that Lizzie Jervis, so pretty, so sprighly and loving, could , iiar.ge to the fretful dowdy she is now ? Who wants to stay at home to hear h s wife whining all the evening about her troublesome servants, and her headache, and allsorts of bothers ? She’s got the knack of that drawling whine so had, that, pen my life, I don't believe she can speak pleas antly.” Lizzie sat as if stuned. XV as this true t ■ She looked in the glass. If not exactly dowdy, her costume was certainly not suitable for an evening, even if it were an evening at home, with only William : to admire. She rose, and softly went to i her own room with bitter, sorrowful thoughts, and a firm resolution to win hack "her husband’s heart, and, then, his love regained, to keep it. The next morning, William came into j the breakfast-room, with his usual care less manner, but a bright smile came on his lips as he saw Lizzie. A pretty chintz with neat collar and sleeves of suuc.y muslin. and a wealth of soft, full curls, i ha>l really metamorphosed her; while the blush her husband's admiring glance called up to her cheek, did not detract from her beautv. At first William thought there must be a guest, but glancing he found they were alone. “Come,* William, your coffe will be; gtone cold,” said Lizzie, in a cherry, pleasant voice. “It must cool till you sweeten my break fast with a kiss,”* said her husband, crossing the room to her side ; and Liz zie’s heart bounded as she recognized the j old lover’s tones and manners. Not one fretful speech, not one com p a n* fell upon William's car through the meal. The newspaper, his usual so | lace at that hour, lay untouched, as Liz zie chatted gaylv on every pleasant sub ject she could think of, warming hv his gratified interest and cordial manner. “You will be home to dinner?” she said, as he went out. “Can’t to-day, Lizzie, I have business out of town, but I'll be home early to tea. Have something substantial, for I don’t expect *o dine. Good-by,” and the smil ing look, warm kiss, and lively whistle, were a marked contrast to his lounging, careless gait, the previous evening. “I am m the right path,” said Lizzie, in a low whisper. “Oh ! what a fool 1 have been for two years 1 A ‘fretful dow.ly !” William you shall never say that again.” Lizzie loved her husband with real wifely devotion, and her lip would quiver as she thought of his confidence to his friend Moore ; hut like a brave little wo man she stifled back the bitter feeling, and tripped oft to perfect her plans. The grand piano, si lent for mouths, was opened, and the linen covers taken from the furniture, Lizzie thinking, “He shan’t find auv parlors more attractive than his own, I am deiermined.” Tea time came, and William came witk it. A little figure, in a tasty, bright, siik dress, smooth cur's, c>h ! su h a love.y Mush and smile, stood ready to welcome William. . -1" ( .line in ; aud tea time passed us tie morning’s meal had dime. After tea, there was no movement, as usual, toward the i at-rack. William stood up beside the i .me, lingering, chat ting, till Lizzie also rose. She led linn to the light, warm parlors, intheir pint tv glow of tasteful arrangement, and drew h.ui down beside her on the seta. He felt as if he was courting over a gam, as , he watched her fingers busy with some fancy needlework, and listened to the cheerful voice he had loved so dearly two years before. “What, are you making, Lizzie r' “A pair of slippers. Don’t you re member how much you admired the pair I woiked for you, oh '. ever so long ago t “1 remember ; black velvet with (low ers on them. ,1 used to put my feet on the fender, and dream of blue eyes and ! bright curls, and wish time would move , faster to the day when I could bring my j l,onnie woe wife home, to make music in mv house.” Lizzie’s face saddeued for a moment, a.s she thought of the last, two years, un i how little music she had made for this i loving heart, gradually weaning it from j its allegiance ; then she said : _ ! “I wonder if you love music as much | as you did then ?” | “Os course I do. I often drop in at! Miss Smith’s for nothing else than to I hear the music.” “lean play and sing better than Miss ; Smith,” said Lizzie, baljljpouting. “But vou always say you are out <>l ■ practice when I ask you.’ “I had the piano tuned this morittg.j Now, open it, aud we will see how it, sounds.” , Wdlim'obeyed joyfully, and, tossing! a., .1, hi sewing, Lizzie took the piano- | stool. She had a very sweet voice, not I powerful, hut most musical, and was a very fair performer on the piano. “Ballads, Lizzie?” “Oh ! its, I know you dislike opera j music in a parlor.” One song after another, with anoc-i tuine, or lively instrumental piece, oeea-; sionallv, between them, filled up another I hour pleasantly. The little mantle clock struck eleven ! “Eleven! I thought it was about nine. I ought to apologize, Lizzie, ar J used to do, for staying so long ; and 1 can truly say, as I did then, that the time has passed so pleasantly, I can i scarcely believe it is so late. The piano was closed. Lizzie’s work j put in the basket, and William was ready | to go up stairs ; hut glancing back, he j saw his little wife near the fire-place, her hands clasped, her headj i„-nt, and large tears falling from I her eyes. lie was beside her in an in ■ slant. _ r | “Lizzie, darling, are you ill ? XX hat is j the matter ?” i “Oh ! William, T have been such a bad ! wife! I heard you tell Ma. Moore, last j evening, how I had disappointed you ; hut I will try to make your home pleas-j [ ant, indeed I will, if you will omy foi- I give and love me.” ; “Love you 1 Oh ! Lizzie, you can nr ‘ | guess how dearly I love you ! As the little wife lay down that n c she thought: “I have won him hack again ' Bette-' than that. I have learned the way to keep him /” 1 A Remedy foe Headache. - Pains m I the head arise from -ueh a variety of j causes that no one r n ‘dy will answer in ; ; every case. But the following is said to ! be an excellent preparation and from the I simple nature of the ingredients we think i it is worth trving : Put a handful of salt ■ in a quart of water and one ounce of : spirits of hartshorn and half an ounce of | spirits of camphor. Put them quietly ! into a bottle, and cork tightly to prevent i the escape of the spirits. Soak a piece of I cloth in the mixture, and apply it to the j head, wet the noth afresh as soon as it gets heated. —Exchange. A Memphis girl was married the other •lav and immediately -sold her piano, | bought a sewing machine and made her husband a suit of clothes and herself two j calico dresses, and now fourteen young \ men are seeking the hand of her pretty : unmarried sister. Men with large nos, s, are always smart. because they “n<>sc a heap. HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN. QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1873. THE FARMERS. The Yanry-t'olanitt l>iseitssioii-- <lovemor Smith's (treat Speeeh - - JU Bespeaks an Keen Chance for the Farmers with the Xeyroes-- Splemlid Hospitality of the J’eopte of Athens. [From die Atlanta Ilcrahl.] lii addition to the dispatches sent you of the actings and doings of the recent Agricultural Convention, which convened at Athens on the 12th of the month, your j correspondent desires to fill up the out j line already furnished your readers with ! a more cireumstancial report. Very rarely lias any one who has been in the habit of attending these Conven tions (held twice a year) of the Si ate So ciety, ever seen the call bring together a finer body of men—whether intelligence, personal appearance or numbers is con sidered. About 250 members came, duly accredited, and almost every neighbor hood in the State was represented. The session was most unhappily opened by a singular exhibition of temper and personality. It seems that at. a previous ;u nos the Convention, Mr. B. C. Yan cey, and, in a series of resolutions, that a .■<‘t;, ai'.teeof three be appointed to in v. ti the lin im ail condition of the So, , :y , and also lo look into the expen dituie of certain moneys, and fix upon the proper administration —either the preceding or the present one, the respon sibility for the use of the same. The resolutions of inquiry required that after this investigation was complet ed and the committee’s report came in, it should be handed to the Secretary, and spread upon the minutes of the Society, without lurther order. Besides this, the resolutions named the pa rties who were to act us this committee. So soon us the Convention was organized—indeed, be- ! fore it was organized Mr. Yancey arcs \ I aud, with a very marked display of feel- ; ing, called the attention of the Conven tion to the proceeding facts as we have in substance given them, and called fora reading of the report. Then we heard one of the most remarkable papers read that was ever given to a deliberative body. It was interminable, and might have been, for all a dreary and exhausted memory . .in now recall, a thousand pug, sor a thousand miles long. Buffi,-e it to say, I the partiality and spleen required in its | exlnictoration almost the cnl ■ morning | session of tlu> first, day of l lie Convention. | The motive was too manifest, and that | motive seemed Io be, to every human ! being present, a desire to assault and in- j jure President Colquitt., and not to vin- 1 dieate ex-President Yancey. Heavy, black clouds could be seen I,> pies over Colqu.lt’s fa. e. us some of the more hurt -i l'ul and ungenerous passages of this now ! notorious paper, were read. But before it was all tlirougb, the man W’t.h his usu- | al magnanimity and elevation of soul, rose way above the low plane of this v, n- j om, ami said m a few dignified words to the Convention, that, he dismissed the j matter without a lingering resentment, and cheerfully left the final verdict v !l> the Convention and the country. The spiciest part of the whole episode was the criticism ol'Col. Grier, of Jones. This man is as solid as the butt end of a wedge of gold, and never minces. Said the Col.: “In all my knowledge of con ventions and reports, this paper beats all. Who wrote this paper, Mr. President ? I Surely the two men whoso names are subscribed to it could not have done it. ! No man but a fool could have signed! such a thing. Who then did write it ?” | The high elliptical ceiling only echoed, ] “who then did write it Jf" But this your friend, the writer, will; say for Mr. Yancey’s good, his friend,; deeply regretted Ibis thing---the t;ii"! friends of the Society lamented it, and it j came very nearly resulting in very great! harm. One word from Colquitt would j have started a blaze of feeling and retort | which would have told with fatal , fleet • on the success of the meet ing, if it. bad ! not fixed a more lasting injury on tin j great cause itself for which the body had convened. Candor, however, compels us to gay the report was not without iin pres- j sion. Its effect was very market indeed, ; and re-elected General Colquitt by aecla- | mation, to the fourth to mi of his inbum- ! beney. Let us m the name of taste, and j for the sake of dear old Georgia, have : no more of such bitter personal squib- | Wing, when all should be fraternity and j •at soTtied devotion to the public good. Ji leek Governor Smith's great speech ; .iii: iy, to wipe out of everybody’s! i,. mi the gi > -.pot of the Yancey re-: port. A committee of tbreo were ap- j pointed by the chair, to wait, on the Gov ernor and’invite him to be present and i address the Convention on such a topic , and at such an hour as he should choose.j Witte this unpretending man’s usual dis regard of formality and display, he came i into the Convention in a few moments j after the committee waited upon him and j for two hours addressed the Convention j amidst the profoundest attention of ev- j cry man in the great concourse. You I know that my experience of public men! and public gatherings iu Georgia, has ■ not been limited, and that I must have listened to many addresses in my life. I declare to you that never in all that ex pert nee, has it been my good fortune to hear from any man in Georgia, so splen ; did an address on public affairs. ! From the very ground up, ibis speech ! was as solid and symmetrical as a pyra j mid, and the universal verdict was, that ; the effort had never been surpassed in our day, and that it was the crowning j achievement of Gov. Smith’s life. The ; effect was truly marked, and I might say, ! unprecedented. I, myself, heard leading men sav that they returned to their homes now lor the first time, full of hope for i Georgia’s future, and that under Gov-1 ! ernor Smith’s lead and advocacy the ag riculture of the State must he a success. There pervaded the whole mass of the Convention and the community an im pressible feeling of elation and confidence in the future. Os course we cannot be expected to give an extended report of the Govern or’s great address. The Society, by a most, flattering rising vote, have request ed his excellency to furnish a full copy of his speech. But the request is a vain one, for 1 happen to know that Governor Smith cannot reproduce a speech as en tirely extemporized as that one was, and from a few notes of stat istics on two or throe slips of paper. But the lucid or der of the address aud {powerful array of facts made such an impression upon al! who listened that it would boa difficult endeavor to report all the most impor tant points in the speech. The distinguished speaker said that our heritage was one blessed bqyond measure, and that a Georgian bad good cause for thankfulness to < iod that he was born on Georgia soil. Her climate and staples aud society made her an empire iu herself that placed her in the front rank of Stales. From the sea to the mountains, our material advantages were broadcast over the whole land and the ui,ml was impressed with the mu t, tudi iious character of our ivsources. But a sad duty devolved upon every patriot wffb stood forth as a teacher or a reform er iu the ,State, and truth required that, it. should bo said that with all out' vvou derous affluence of resources, there was a steady decline in the public prosperity. Looking ahead was after a good thing, hut looking back was after the vein of life that, was fullest of warning and ad monition. Statistics are the real eyes of the Statesman, aud without their guid ance wo call never find on 1 ' way out of the labyrinth of financial and economical problems. What., then, was the solemn truth in regard to our condition, industrially con sidered? Take the item of corn produc tion and it was logical to place first the naked question of bread—and what do the ret urns show ? Why, that in 1850 the Staieof Georgia produced of corn, more than 30,000,000 of bushels; of wheat, j nearly 1,110,000 bushels; of rye, nearly j 54,000 bushels; of oats, 3,800,000; of bar il, >y, 11,500 bushels. In 18G0, we made, jof corn, 30,770,000 bushels; of wheat, 2,544,013 bushels; of rye, 115,532 bush i els; of oats, I,23l,Bl7bushels. But how [stands the account of 1870 ? We made ! that year but 17,046,450 bushels of corn, ! showing a falling off in one decade of | le.oro t .ian thirteen millions of bushels, | and ol'wl; it w made about 2,1 1 10,000 bushels, a falling off of 400,000 bushels; of oat.s 1,004,000 bushels are to b " set off, against ae,op of 3,820,000 bushels in 1.850. This, said the speaker, is a bad i showing indeed for a people who are, anu must, ever remain, essentially an agricultural people. An agrieulluial ! people.buying or begging bread tells a tale of mismanagement and unthriftiuess ! that needs no girt of prophesy to see to i the hitter end of wluit is coming. And | j what ex, use can we make for these, sad j , vid; lie sos decline aud discouragement.? j lrieii.-,' v." may leave- argument ; "1 ex-, plauation that carry along with them a ,•rushing , uudeinuat ion of ot hers; yet stall ! ! i here stand the facts, and to-day, and this ] hour, wo are called upon to meet them I ! squarely and like men. Explanations will not save us; apologies cannot r, m uc us from impending bankruptcy. But it | ' will Ire the first, step towards recovery • and restoration to find out the causes of , ur and -line. It will Ire a point, gained, and a most important one, when we can fell why it. is that, with a populat ion larg er by twelve percent., our whole indus trial production has declined full forty two per cent, in the lasi, ten years. Next to getting hack the money that has slip- j pel through our fingers without leaving [ I, sign behind it will he the most vain- 1 able thing for us to find out who has got 1 possess',,!! of the 2,200,000 millions that i ! the cotton of the riouth has sold for in | the last decade. A sum that would I nearly pay the hopeless national debt, has j | passed thiongh our hands has been dug | 'up from Bonuieriisoil by Southern hands ,j | ( lit. ep:and to-,ley v.e have not j ! dollar of it to show for all our pains. I Surely, to solve this wondrous problem, j i the minds and power of t his.society alone 1 ! should he devoted, hut the best energies! ! of an empire of statesmen could find no! ! higher theme, lint we are deal ng with ! the present, with its distr, ng perplex j ities and burden q and what is the reme ! dy? We must begin withthe appliances !we work with. Our disabilities, said the ! speaker, begin with the labor we must | a t present depend t-n. Our field bands, I who receive their training under our ; svs tom of slavery, are, many ot them, to | a certain extent available, but only to a | I very limited degree. While we must ad ; mit, leaving out a few exceptional cases !of good behaviour, that generally the | colored laborer is far less efficient, than i he used to be, wo can yet see that bad as ! the older ones manage, no earthly reli ! anee can be placed upon the younger set ; which lies come on the field of labor ' sinno slavery was abolished. This class j seems to be'utter'y lost to the world of industry, and the hopes which some ex | press of the effect ot the education on t these people to the sp-aker’s mind were! ■' dec* ptive. due negroes in Gcor ! man-bo have be, n taught in schools seem j j to tlrnk ail labor is a badge of slavery, j ' and that freedom means the delightful privilege of Jmng nothing at all. But j if the number remaining who hud th, ; h a *,ji labor impressed upon them by; tb< ir early and former s rvituile could be' made U comply with contracts fairly on- terod into, wo might secure far bettor results for our annual field labor. But this cannot be done. The negro is not morally bound, and lioiv can you bind him legally when ho has nothing, and no suasion can jireva.il on him to lay uji a. dolls?. The laws must bo altered to moot the demands of the hour. The vagrant laws made for afar better day than the one wc have fallen on, do dot begin to meet the calls for redress | which t he State justly makes against this evil. It seems indeed as if we have had a revival of vagrancy and it. spreads like pestilence. Indolence, consuming the fruits of the earth and of other men’s toil, without a return of any sort, is per haps the greatest clime after all against society. Murder is natural and shock ing, and the taking off of one man by tlic bloody hand quickly revolts,and the j perpetrator is soon isolated and the evil stops. But idleness is, alas, so natural. I Let. it spread and it becomes a paralysis, and a people is undone bv, its hopeless I torpor. Nothing like repression for ! this vice can be regarded as extreme by I the true statesman, or indeed by the true I philanthropist. Man ’must work, must be forced to work, or ho must die, and die a thousand deaths. I am not (the speaker said, with mark ed feeling,) for undoing the past. If to move my little finger the system of slav ery,, as it once existed hero, could be re stored with its complete environment, I would not move that finger. Let mat ters rest as they are, as to that. But. humanity itself all good men all states manship -cry out against, tolerating a state of society that, assumes that one half of an i'll! ie population are to he nothing else nothing better- than a herd t>f legal in -d paupers and vagrants. Let the law, in its wide and thorough sweej), spare neither white nor black. I am not, said the Governor, manceuvering for anv unfair advantage for white men. Too happy will 1. be when I find that, the power of this government shall cease to bo used to give the negro privileges and poworx that are deemed too good for white men. All I ask fur my people is an even chance, and that I am more than willing to let the negro have. But, the fortunes and fate of a whole Slate, not, to say of an entire sectaon, are in the ciiiciiile, and humanity itself will cry aloud against, any more reek 1 css jialt.er ing or experiment. Our agriculture, so far ns our great staple is concerned, is encumbered with peculiar burdens and trials. A strike in May, or a wholesale desert ion of a crop then, is absolute ruin. Instigated by bail men, or by a venal wish to i xtort, haril terms of the ctnjiloy er, a whole force, in the mklst of the crop a aison, deserts, and theeotton plan- j ter is ruined. Well, the reply to all this J is, Sue the parties ou their contract. We | are told I his by nu u who know, or ought to know, that a judgment on such a con tract. is simply, in ninety-five eases out of every hundii and, a bit of paper spoiled by the lines written on it. Tliis is no redress, either to the imli vidual wronged or the State or the world so deejov interested in the results id thin years’ labor. The remedy is not simple or self evident. T admit, said the speaker. But something must, lie done to alleviate the evils that are pressing our section over the jireeijiiec of bankniptey. Let j us all contribute the best, we have to of- i for, in promoting niea-sores ofrelicl. I j suggest as my contribution, 1 lint, in all j such eases as we have alluded to, that wc I appeal to the courts for the ’enforcement j of a “specific jierforinanee” of the eon tract. Tic remedy is as old as equity law itself, and if t our’s now in existence are not numerous enough or convenient enough for a jirojier care of such cases, lot us establish and empower them when ever they may be needed. While wo are caring for the dishonest laborer who eu gr ges to work, don’t let. us forget to take care at. the same time of the dishonest hirer who is too perverse and corrupt to pay. Let us ail have equal justice and each be made to stand on hiseugageincnt. Then when we have secured reliable la bor, let, us reform our mode of life as (Inters and farmers. Send no money out of the country to enrich strangers which cun as well and better be kept at home. .Study small economies- waste nothing, that charity and hospitably may never be left, as a burden, and that, the great staple crop which so blesses, or rather, which might so bless our land if properly used -may be held in reserve for that diversified industry which it, is so much the fashion of those preaching reform to urge npon us. Now it is worse than foilv to talk to us of “diversified indus! ymanufacturing and all that sort of thing, when there is no surplus money in the land. Make the tillers of the soil prosperous, and then call upon them for aid to manufactures and min ing. There is sense as well as logic in that sequence, hut until tin m iney is dug from the soil there is no hope of sense in talking to us of a diversified industry. Wc cannot in justice to you extend as we might, do from our memory a report of this truly admirable sjieceb. It was ; the great effort of Governor Smith’s life j and will tell, in our judgment, with great j (lower upon public opinion of Georgia. We earnestly desire that the Governor j will tab.- the trouble and give the public | S the entire speech. One word as to the good people of ; Athens. Their hospitality to the niem- Um-s of the convention was in perfect i keeping with the fame of that splendid : soviet v ae 1 both as; to the substance and ! form l.f their kindness and civility. They ; Have made .t a hard thing for the other | .. tbs who shall entertain the Convention i in the future. 1 Zr.yf'. ' A NEGRO WEDDING. The bride and groom answering to the names of Andrew and Susy, were field hands of unmistakably pure Guitii'iui blood, and both had passed the first half-century of life. Their dress, how ever, showed that they ha and not yet entire ly eschewed the follies of their youth, or though rude and cheap, as became their condition, it was nevertheless unembel lisht'd with those bits of gewgaw and glaring finery of bright-colored ribbon and tie in which the negro delights. With the most decorous gravity the preacher began : “Andrew, duzyoulub disyere woman?” “I duz so !” was the empha.u ■ reply. “Will you promise to stick close to her froo time ’an tarnity, renouncin’ all odders an’ on’y to her for ebor an’ eber an’ amen ?" “I will dat !” “Will you lub, honor an’ ’bey" - “Hold on dar, Old Jack r” —here in- i terrupten the groom, with no little show of indignation “taint no use talkin’ to dis nigger ’bout ’bayin’ de wimmin. Can’t promise to ’bey no wimmin folks on’ ’eept ol’ Misses !” “Silence dar ! you owdumpt.ious nig- I gorr” roared the wrathful jireachcr, “what, fur you go fur spile the oomony ? Yo done split all de grabfiity ob do’ ’ea sion ! Dis yore’s on'y matter ob form an’ in'speusible todo’casiou. Now don’t you go fur to open your black mouf till de time fur to speak !” “Will you promise to lub, honor an' ’bey” (Andrew still shaking his head ominously at t he obnoxious word) —“dis yerc nigger, Susy, furnisbin’ her wid all tings needful fur her comfort, an’ happi ness ; eherishin’ ail’ purteetiu’ her from all sufferin’ an’ sorror, an’ makin’smoove de path ob all her precedin’ days to come r” “I rpose I must say yes to dat,” said i Andrew, meekly. “Den I pronounce dose yertwo couples to beman an’ wife ! an’ whom de Lord halt joined togedder let no man go sot to put deni ansunder !” Here an uproar rose among thchlacks, betokening a dileinaeutirely imforsern by Old Jack. For inasmuch as he had for got,lento require the usual vows of Susy, they isisted that however firmly Andrew might be bound by the bonds of matri mony, Susy was still single, and the pair were lint half married. The mat ter was at, last adjusted by the preacher com mencing the ceremony d a novo, by which the couple were finally united to the sat isfaction of all. Putt i an it Mildly. A Minnessotii co Trspondt nt tells the following : I have picked up a 1 ttle Story which 1 think too good a reproof for disiurbeis of the peace in churches to be lost. A presiding oi lier of the United Brethren Church was preaching in the same neighborhood, and was much annoyed by persons talking and laughing. He paused, looked at the disturbers, and said: “I am always ii IT aid t o reprove those who misbehave in tLurch. In the i‘ ii ly' p- it of my minis try I made a groat mistake. As 1 was I preaching, a young man who sat just lie- J fore mo was laughing, talking, and mak ing uncouth grimmaiT'x. I paused and j administered a severe rebuke. After the j close of the service one of the official I members came anil said to me, ‘Brother I , you made a groat mistak". That j young man whom yen reproved is an idiot..’ Since then I have always been afraid to reprove those who misbehave in church, h of I . liould repent that and re prove another idiot.” During the rest i of t.hc service, at, least, t here was good j order. -■**—-. ♦ -. A Cure fob Hoo Choluha.- A cor-j respondent of the C.ncTiiU'ti Gazette I gives the followin'.' as a cure for tin' hog cholera: Take peach I aves and make.a tea as strong as you well can. Thicken tea with coin meal or bran, thou salt it, and give it to the hogs. Th. r ■ should bo about two l.imkct .fill for forty hogs. It will make them sick sometimes; but wc have tried it, wh< n the Logs would on ly take a mouthful, then walk away; but when driven back they would eat. some more. Ail that eat it will get well; and they will eat. this, too, when they will not eat corn at all. 1 n the winter, j.each tree twigs can be used to make the. tea with, in (lie aba- nee of pe«<-li leaves. Roys and girls, if you wish to astonish atiy member of the family,or any coining guests, by some dev allowing them to discover their initials neatly printed on a pear, peach or upplc as if, banes on its branch, this ;s the way to cany out yt ur plan : Just before the fruit, ripens cut the desired let ters from a sheet of tough paper; then paste them on the side of the fruit most exposed to the sun, and when in course of time you A move the paper from the ri(ie surface, you will find the letters distinctly inn, ked upon it. “Jcru La, I don't see how they send L tiers on them Vie wires without (earin' ’em all to flinders.” “Why, Jake, you goose, t’u y don’t send the paper, but just send the writui’ in a lluid state.” A remarkably dirty man stopped in front of a small bey sitting on a fence, expecting to have some fun by chaffing him. He sa'd: “How much do you weigh?” The answer was, “well, about as much as you would if you were wash ed.” An obituary notice in a New England paper concludes with the information that the deceased “leaves two infant 1 daughters, both girls.” [52.00 per Annum NUMBER 35 Professional. Dll. IN A.JKbKS, Practicing Physician, QnviffiAEr, ga. Omen : Prick building adjoining afore of Mt ssrs. Briggs. .folks & Cos., Fcreven street. Jan miry 31. 1*73. Mi JOM U. McDALIi, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GA. yu " Cffl next 16 Flnclcs building, East. •( Court Mouse Square. July 24, 1 *73. ly JAMES IS. HUNTER^ ; pornnr anti Coiutsfllor at Cap,- QUtTMAN, CA.2 OfFICB, in TUB Coi’RT March 17, I*7l. \\ . P. pKNNIIT S 'l'. KIMiSUERUY BENIVET & KLSGSSIEKY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, (bTrM\N. Brooks Countv, Gramm a. February 7. 1*73 f> blDt ADD li. II ASHEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GKUIiGIA, Office, in the Court House, second fin* r .May 2<i, 1872. ly DENIISTRY. ~ Du. I). L. RICKS, HAVING recently r V'rAu at tended a tlior- £ . ougli Course of Lee t..re- nud graduated at the New Orleans V: ;■ returned to t.Jmtmuii, ■ ,A .TJT.IJ and ieo| enod his ol- y lie.’. Thank! l l to friends r ( and patrons lor past favors lie will be pleased io serve them in i’utuie. Good woik and mod erate charges. March I I, 1*73. 1 l-On and« j. s. N.srvow; D E NTfST, oi’ITMAN, GEORGIA. J ) E.S'PECTFELLY solicits the Ii |a! i oiijigc of the Ciiizeiis ol I by faitlilully exeeutimr all work entrusted to* him. to iiti'i it ilifir o iifide:>ee. Charges moderate, and work guaranteed. up stairs, in Finch’s building. Man li 21, 1*73 45-ly BIDET SimjTJl 08JI Foi;rt!i (Irabd Gift Cone it FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC LIBMRY-KEKTOMT 12,000 CASH <ll I TS $1,600,000 Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift iejr.o.ooo Dm- 'I lie I on i ill (.tend Gin < oueeri authorized bv ■[■• •< ill aei of the Log stature for the benefit of ’he Public L biary < ! Kentucky, will take place in Public Libiarv Uni!, at Lon sville. Kv., VVICIJNKSDA Y, DE< B >» Bi'Jl 3i ’7P Only sixty thousand tickets wili be sold am one hull of the-*’ a e int* nded fur the I uropea market, thus leaving only 30.000 for sale in tl Flitted SMtt.es, where ] (jo, 000 v.ere <li posed ■ for the Third Concert. 'Me* I'ckeigare cli\ id into leu coupons oi pans am! have on their bat ih* S' heme v, i.h a full e.\piaimtioii ol the rum f draw ing. At hi- concert, which will be the gram* musical display ever witnessed in this couuti * he nnpiecetb nte<| sum oi '*1,500,000, dividetl into lif 000 t ash mils, will b’.• Uistribnl* by h»t aironsf the licl e* In bleis. 'flu run.be of the tickeia be fPfr’ii liem one wheel \ blind children and 'he i/ilts fi« m another LJs;T OF GIFTS: One Grand Cash Gift One Grand ( a IPGifl... 100., ()ue Grand o;t*>h Gift £O,« One Grand ( ash Gift 2. r >. ' One Giand ('ash Gift 17,'1‘ 10 Cash Gills- s!<•. .00 each 100/ 3') < ash (ill Is .*> a 0 each, 150, 50 Cash Gifts i/it o ,-a b 50, *0 ( ash (lifts f-no each . 40,0 100 Cash < Pd i» 400 each 40/ 1311 < a-h oil's 300 ead 4.','' 250 (Vb Gifts if'Oiaeh. 5(, 3:Cash Gifts H Omo li 32, 11, (.00 Cash Gilts 3D f„i'! 530. Total 12,t'00 GIFTS AM. CA*II, nirouniing to $1,500/ Tie dish bulion will be pi jdtive, whether • li” lit k'-'s are sold or » <;t. at and ihe 12.010 g all paid in i roftoi*ii«.n toil e : i kets sold - all > .- ■hi lii k« is being <:< • -hoyed, as at the Fii»t i. S nil Concerts, and nut represented in i drawing. riru i: of tickets: Whole tickets L.:>».- a>2s; Tenths, each < Diipon .-5: i.U v» n \\ i <>le 'I ickets for ss* ’Ll\ Ti« kt-is tor 1,000; 113 Whole Tickets >5,000; 227 Wla Ie Tickets fur SIO,OOO. discount on less thutt :300 worth ni Tickets at time. 'I he ur.pamllerl success of the Third Gift Cor ceit. as well as the . atislartien giwuby th Fii-.-t aid ret ond, niakt sit onh nee* ssaty to an iioui ce iln* foil’ill to iusiue the sale ot every Ticket. '1 he Fo.nth Gift Concert will be con ducted in all i»s deiails lik« »! e Third, and full particulars may be lean--d fiotn circnhr which will be sent liee fi« ii) this < llice to all wi apply for ihein 'l icke s now ready tor sale, and all orders r cotupanied by theinomy pit uipllv filied. 1 eral teims given to tln.s-e \\ l; .lo sell aga TliOS. I\ HK AOi LKTTF. Aunt Pub! Libi.Ki.. and Manager ( Coi.ce. . !üb. Lilr, Ls..iblii:g, Ltuis\ilh 1 32-i l