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Talbottok standard.
W. B.iIDHPOIIDt Kdltor.
JNO. U. OOUMAN. Couhmi-omiimi Kl>m
WKDNICHDAT. PRKMURT S, 1*76.
What I* our Lmixlaturr Doing I
Now Uwt'ii that what we'd tllm to Anna. Can
ho one ri the quenUoa ? It wh seven Uea
dt;i old Inal S*lnr.|j and the Hamate celebrated
the occasion by taking a reel. Day by day thin
l-*„'Ul*tiire tneeletb and aa otlen adjournelh.
and we read the pmjeedinjf*. yet, thne hr, we
tail to aee the wholewwnr low* it baa [waaed nr
the RTrat good it ladning fetm. Several hill*
have been ini rndnced. but few of tin tu tv< t get
tartber than Iha committee on tha Judiciary
All of which to evidence of the truth that wu
here a grant many lagirlatore who bare decided
ambition in the lie-making bualneee. Every
repreaentative who to aatit to the Oeccral
Aeauibly belie via that be owe* it to lii. country
and hia constituency to make a luar and the re.
auli to there are more lawe tlian we know what
to 4o with. It eemfWMW one anmetini'r.
We never were a believer in prv>miiimon* feg
ielation. Onr father alwaya told tie to be “ehort
and eweet," and we kave tried to follow that ad
vice. The grew teat government* have the frweat
law*. Horne, in her palmieat day a bad but few
law* aud they were well kept Hei law at that
time waa a mere nothing in quantity compared
to tha law of the Stale rtf Georgia even.
Hut we eaid our pruaeut lan datura to not
doing mneh. The name 1a true. Nearly ball
jts limit baa been run through * itb and little or
nothing baa been done. I’crhnpn it to ton young
to do nmrb aa yet May it alwaya atay young!
We might give our mailer* a giat of what it
ia doing, (mi wa think that the a|iace can be
Riled up with aomcltnng that they ran digret
batter.
Iret it anfflee that the ijrare question* | n the
State lot. rent mil ru eivc tlui attention of our
Legislature.
ft>v. Uinitb has itiaiuiaaed the content ft.r the
fTerkal.iji of the Superior Jourt of JbKtum.and
comuAiaiomd (ton. U. P. Ilarrimm.
Tun New Orlenn* Time* any* that the Demo
crata of the Louieiaaa Legislature ar* equally
oppoaad to anew election aud a pmvjaioual
goverument.lHilh tieing regarded a* meaauru
contrary to drtnneratic doctrinea rea|iecljng the
righu of tha fbataa.
Tni Oovoaaeaii.au. Vantsev. —lt I* miller
•toed Governor Smith will order >u election to
111 l the vacancy oecaaion by the death of Mr.
M. Mill ui.oo the 6th day of next Ifay. The
Deawa-ratic Eiccntlve Committee to cslhd to
meet at Uaianvilla on the 9th,0l February.
Tna New Vork Trilmne/cxpriiewa (lie *itnn-
Uon exactly when it aaya : “Grunt rune the par
ty. Graut to the party. Mi* heel to on Lnntoi
ana.hiathumb ia on Coiigrrae." In apite of die
kicking |M H the fttrengCHt DMQ iilA Republican
pwrty ha*.and fating in the mum* lxMt.tbo ulirn
/fatlirols iiinst either sink or wiin with them.
y? w ♦*— *
Witness (bin from the Ijoudnu Timm : Tf in
(Mm! to place two yoaug ladies, aged twelve
*d fourteen, very strong aud healthy, Bader
• lady who Approve* of And will thoroughly
And duly admiuisUr the birch rod. Term*
most liberal AddresJi F. G., PonfoflW, Hnni
p'*en, Middlesex.
Mr. Lawton, the Liverpool agent of the direct
trade Union, issued on the let.insist. \ eirc u!ar,
which concludes with the flowing hit of aon
sible ulrire riirpcfatl to Mw(b#ra farmers :
"Make three million ImiUm nt cotton, and 1
promts that it will com maud more sound cash
than a four-aud-a-hvlf million crop would.
Manufacture all of it if ji>u oan.and everything
eUe • grow your own corn atul provision* ; ex
|xrt yam* and fabric* impend of hub* of raw
cotton,and rely on your mtelligcuce and iudns
trj. If you do all thin,capital and the right sort
of population,with plenty of implement* and
machinery, will flow 10 your door*, and iun skil
led in the art* Hud aoi©new will discover tint
the Almighty lias given to the South the fairest
and inoat healthful climate for civilized man ot
the earth. “
Nrw Skwatos* The following have been
elected United State* Senator* : T. F lLynrd
Democrat,** rf-dwtel from DrUwir. Fraud*
Kcrnan.lhmm *t,l* elected from New York, to
succ*d Feutiou.LiWml. Ovn. Cockrell, Dem
ocrat,and former Confederate soldier, sleeted
h m MtHHOu r l toVuccet-d Hchttra, Liberal. Joseph
E McDonald. Democrat, is elected from In
diana to an rowed Pratt Radical W. A Wal
law\Rent*Ktmt.is elected from Penneylvauia, to
succeed fekoU, Radical. Daws*,
Radical, is slacted from M.i*H<-lm*tU to succeed
Waahhurn who filial Sumner unexpired term.
In the Michigan Legislature ('hriatuney defeat
ad Chandler,Radical rbrislinney is a milder
Republican than Chandler. In Rhode Island.
(en. Rnnuude, UrpnMicati.i* elected. In N< w
Jersey, Thao. W. Randolph. Ikmioerat.i* elected.
In IVnucaaae Andrew Johnson i* elected;
politics variegated ; will act generally with
Democrats. Tide i* a gain ot *ix Democrat*.
w-e>
A oamapondt nt of the Chronicle and Senti
nel strongly illustrates the iniquity of a home
stead law a follow* :
There lives a very deserving grntlcninu, a
plain, honest farmer, in my n< ighborliood, who,
by ban! tod and wi** economy, and a great dial
of lbs laltt'Cr ia perlonm and by him and hi* sous,
had accumulated *ix thousand dollar* in essli
all mad# by tilling the soil with limited mean*.
He had three ncighltnr*. old and long tried
friend* and ampiaintauce*. They bad labored
leas, speut more money in eating.in wearing sp
pnl and in horses and carriage*, aud the result
was they ftoott became end >arr*-*<■*!, and it las I
came ueerMeary to arraugs to meet their indebt
edness KwaHng the success of their sconoiui
cal and hardworking neighbor, they immediate
ly set to work on huu. and alter long and
repeated sfforta, succeeded in borrowing his
Tbi* paid their indebtedness and made
them comfortable, but during the ensuing year,
while their friend* and hi* family were using
their eeoumny ami endeavoring to earn their
living by the “sweat ot their brow," they lived
iu idleues*, spending money freely. The result
was, they w*ere just twice a* much in d*bt at the
elw of the year as w heu tbs jeer began. Tbiir
good neighbor, however, wanted Ins money,
aud to avoid :h paymeut those three creditors
took the benefit of the homestead. Their prop,
etty was valued at half it* value, as is the cus
tom, and lienee they haw an abundance to make
them comfortable, and they ami their families
wear their bread cloth, kid glove*, flu* lieav
erm. drive fa*t stock and flue baggie* and fee
that they are far the superior <*t their good
friend and hi* family, who follow the plow
and stand at the cooking stove aud wash tub.g
The Men Policy!
We have a small word to Any, thit week on
this Lien Law Busine** Th re ia a considerable
Amount fit intercut being toll all over the Stole
tn its rc-f.iiiftineut
The Lieu la w won paused hy tha LegWlatcye
ofl7S, and tetdt 11* follows :
Kirlt,rn, Mnrhnnla, Landlord*, denlerg in Hr*
filitms, *nd all other persona Itirnishing supplies,
money, farming titonsil* or other articles of ne
cessity t< disk# crops, Aflfl also nil JaTaon* fur
nishing clothing and modi loan, Mttpptiea or
provision* for to* aupp.rt >t families, or roedi
t'itl wrviiw*, tuition or rbool hooka shall have
the right to secure UitunM Ives Iron* the cro,m of
the year In which such thing* w.-ru dona nr lur
n*ahdt upou such terms *• may be agreed upon
by ti party.**
Tbi# in the sufatanee of the law, in Mo; this
is the law that wa passed by a Democ r i:ic
legislature, rupe.dcd by the nine Legislature
*ud now being agitated again. In interpreting
*ll lawn we are to "inquire after the wiU of the
mnk r. which may Im gathered from the won a
contest, auhjct mutter, the effects end row**
qneuiea.or spiiit and ot the law." Hf>eys
tbgreatest of r II forensic writers.
The will lh slur of Lien law can be mail
seen into. It wen placed before the Legislature
is wn mstrument of protection to the F-iclir, Iht
Mtrrhatdt arid others, who, fur n futur* conaider
stifm, propfsk-d to aneist our wayward plantera
to cultivate their land*. It benra upon its very
face the word. fVerii/ ! And it waa no doubt
tutide to suit the esigenciea of the the timra.
Tb* oourdry then, (when this was cnated) on it
is waa in rather a mendicant condition; farmera
had run the credit system m> long till their credit
was weak, and this weakn**** dinned the nicr
chant aud other credUonl f the planter to cast
about for some law by which they might be
prate ted agiuet losses. 1 hia wia why the Lien
Isw was rn.ide, this wae the rraaon mid Opirit
ot the same. And it was made and passed to
1 1 lends of the inerlmni, factor and o'hers. Wall;
mo far so giK)d.
Now let's ace what u yeai'a trial of the law
deVtdfqsid ; the con sequences of course. Far*
in m started out witli every poronpect of fine
cro|j. Thie Li>n law was the mutual property
of them and their creditors; ’twn formed for
mutual advantage* end ben<*flts(?) The famnf
betfig of lofty pride and high notioua, bought
heavily. He gave to the factor Liens, Ire gave
to the merchant Liens, he gave to the inule dro
ver I.ieiis, and he gave to averybody who sold
him anything Lion* Livne Ob hia crop,and wu
think had the law specified as much, tho poor
farmer would have given a I jen on hia wife anti
( hiitben. Ihe end of the year cme. The cri p
had fallen short. The Livrrs covered the orope,
hut the crops failed by a vast deal to cover the
Lient and so the jdsntcr wee left without a
dollar to hogtu another year with. In th<-
lumntimc.however, the merelmnts gfit nil tiie
crops and handled all the money. Koine <*f them
rwnped tiumeniie profit* while others broke, lint
their breaks were not as frquent aa the br itks
in the gin houses and corn ciibe of the servile
planter. The consequence ot tho wholn matUr,
how* vr, at the end of the year was tlinT: The
merchant aud the farmer alike wore auHerers.
And 111 • r*son may be stated thus: Th** planter,
actuated by extravagant notions and goaded
ou by the idea t int the Li u !a iw would pnsun
him any amount ol ora lit.bought heavily, m fact,
heavy enough to covsr Ue>> crop* inste.al of one,
sad the merchant, failing atcart by his having a
Lien on the man's Jutiae acquisitions, sold und
mM and sold, till Lilm books were filled from
back to hack aud until lie lmd a pile of laeus
that could not Ik# spauti. and. Thus it waa that
the farmer over Imw/ht himself and the merchant
over #<dd himself find thus it was that our |>*opl<
became more than over invoi ad n debt. All .Ins
happened in consequence ol the posuge of the
Lien L*w.
Then, at the ead of 1873, thr and |>rrsenti*tivr
ot till* p*‘< ql# iu tho Legislature anno mb led, saw
tbe error they hail coinniiittMl; ami (buy saw
bow (bo thing was working. Wiih their argue
•veg they looked over thin Slate aud kiiw many
home* in doHolutiou and with nil lluit the year
lud brought thtiui ut tbe hand** ol their creditors;
They wuw (be einbnrraoHed condiik.n of the
tuembacU; they sow It *w thing-* were duitiug,
ami, with the mime magnanimity which prompt
ed their Marne legielativo ht art* to make the Lo-ti
Imiw. they determined to n*peal it, und it was
Ih** uubkat act of that ac*Mou.
But now, at thin nohmioii of (•eiu-rul
AiMteuibly, come the merchant, the lac lor and
frame farmer* wc arc gorry to Hnv,w ho want thfa
iaiw re-enacted. fVtitioUK me l*eiug oh ciliated all
over tho State to that effect. The merchant
hhyh that it thin law mui'iiiH repealed, thorn*
and* of tartueiw can't make a crop ttiis year.
This i* their Ht arginmnit. We ttoubt
tlu correctiieaa of it. It there fa a tanner in the
land whounot aide to make a crop without the
Lieu IsMw.wti am worry tor him an *1 would advise
him to nlHiudon the huanesN aud work as a day
laborer. He would do far better and have ah
euiiicr conreieuctv The merchauta, factors and
other creditors of the farmer, as a matter of
course, am most strongly iu favor of Lieu Law.
It i** they who arc circulating these petitions
und it iw tor their pi'otrrtion they are doing this.
We are tUrrnv.ou.ily opposed to thu movemeut,
and iu tutor ot evert long tliat will lop off the
greater pur', ot this credit aysteiu. Aud the far
mer who VNHiid sign them petitioim u selling
his hiiil i ight lor a mesa of i>ottago.
When a planter gitev a lien on his coming
crop he deeds away something he has not got,
aud swindles hiiuaelf am) hm creditor, llathcr
than do that let him give the merchant a bill of
sale to every (km annul article lie has m tlu world,
even to the l ist ctmt he hnn on his lw\ok ! From
the depth of ur heart we sir away with the
Lieu Law ! It has well High ruined both the
merchant uud farmer !
The practical vsl le ol that w oudt rful inven
tion tho itaud blast has now U eu dt tomstratfrd in
*nch a variety ol methods ami appiicatkms as to
admit of ti doubt iu regard to it* |*emmneut
plaiv in operative huh*b>nmuu . It reproduces
on glasH tiie finest steel engnvirg.it carve** tho
most delicate designs on cut glass, it engraves
came*is.and it does it iu tite mtauten work which
would uke the most industrious atonecutter
hours to accomplish solid granite and mar
ble dissolving before it quicker than snow melts
iu a hot sun. And all this is the result ol the
dimple principle that eaud will act on the eur
tace ol glnas aud other mitiwrula. but not npt>u
any vegetable or animal substance ;so when a
surface of glass or atone is jurliy covered with
laqw'.r,cloth, leather.gream*.or ink the eaud will
.fall harmlessly away trom the psj>er,etc., but
will eat into the mineral as certain acids cut
' into ttecL
| Civil Kkihtk Btu* The Radicals in tiie
: House caucus on Tuesday night agreed to thiow
; both the civil rights bills overfaxird and instruct
I their Judiciary Committee to bring iu anew one.
; This movement stung Butler to the quick, aud
on Wednesday he reised a qnt*tiou ot privilegt*.
which wax Mists mod by the Sjasaker, tliat by the
| journals of tbe Mouse, be was entitle l to call up
the Senate bill reported by the Jhdiomry Cotu
j milte wiihont a mui*ux:ou u| the rules. Thi
tleciMOu, it '•Bi et th* iu out of chan
cery, e*tii rotuole ibain i<* pits?, the b.U JiiJAngh.
! if they really want to do it.
A. K. ( Mlhuuu !
Hero we give a small piece of rhyme coin
niatnorative of the ntMe course of this “link in
being's rndkwa chain,'' which should hAve been
puhltshcd sotnw cnouUis ago, but wan neglecUd.
Ita insppropriateness to the prawent time does
not alter the spirit or meaning of it It ia
written by one of the moat substantial farmor*
of falbot county, a man who lives at home, but
knows what is g ing on in the remainder of the
world. We trust Mr. (talhoun will cut it out
and fwu;te it iu hia soiap book for future refer
ence:
Lines written after reading A. It Calhoun's
article in the Columbus Enquirer, on Thanks
giving Day, 1871,in which he lampooned Gov.
Hmitb became tu day appointed Uo Geor
gia was not the -am# s* tho National Thank
iMy. Calhoun did good on the stnuip,
and with his jmper in the AUhaus cauvas*.
He ia Irish.
(a ijl nri)!ii*\§.]
With p*n arid tongue, he fought rig! I well.
And helped to make the great ground swell ;
Which swept away with mighty sway
The Kadicals in one short day.
Poor Alabama hud his help,
For no ruwurd. nor personal pelf,
l o break the chains, forging bigger,
That bound her to tho "cussed nigger.”
For this no doubt, he earned her praise,
Accorded him in pros# and lays;
She lauded him lor what he done
Ami loved him as her own boro son ;
The Georgians too his lmnd did clasp
With cordial slink* ami friendly grasp;
Elate with pruiis his h. ad gr* \ giddy
. Aud like the ever mouthing "Biddy,**
I He and too much.
To task he took onr gallant Smith
Ami sound I v him. twtraied with—
A lack of holini'Ms to pray
On General Grant’s Tbanks-gWing Day,
A it our Governor did not know
That Grant's prayer day was all for show
And that m, heart, nor soul hod he
To throb ands H with th# grwit glee
Which like a mighty rushing *ea
Did usher i.i our Jubilee.
l’l.cu Iriend Calhoun, don’t mi? s muss,
About a day arranged for us,
In which to pray and give onr thanks,
That fJonvwratH have broke tb* ranks
Ami flying sen the routed f<sw
! Who tried to add to other wi#ea
K sial infamy.
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Was it on Sunday T
The Atlanta Constitution has had a drawing
and Grand Concert at DtChwsfe Opera Hus and.
if we are to judge from its Inst issue, the affair
was held ou lost Hubb dh. The pii|**r was issu- and
that day and it contains numerous notices which
called attention to the fact that the grand draw
ing and concert would taka place Uott night.
Surely there is some mistaku slsmt it ! Is it
possible that tho proprietor* ol a lending Geor
gia Journal would thus desecrate the Hablsith i
But nothing is asronishing in these days.
C ltus. 11. Williuißis!
This young Southron ,md patriot who lias
lately become a ONunber ot Georgia s tn|Md ia
editing tiie Columbus limes with marked abiliy.
In s late issue of the Times it did our heart
to read an article, headed "Deliver us from out
Friends,” d’dt-udiug ColtlUlbiia and the Stuih
from the unjust atiarks of one A l< Caihonn
the (alitor of the Columbus Enqtiir r. W- think
thatth# people of tkilunibni and of Geergl i
ahouhl l># proud that there is such s mail ms
Chan. H. William* rmd such s pa|nr as th<
Cdnuihiis Daly Times. For . long time this
man Calhoun has bald away aim Maid whatever
he pleased against us. His articles have had a
tendenoy togn inly injure us. Theie nrs a great
many Ua and. als North, no doubt, \ ho sviupitl.ia.*
with th* South and disi redit the many lies that
are told ou oa th**re,hut when Calhoun,who Hr**
with us, says the things his paper sometim ►
contaniH, and th#se Iladical snnpntlnz •rs m.
them, they then turn against um while those who
are most Titter re-echo the belli >h cry to tLi
uutions remotest Tiiiklh.
Major Calhoun is u Northern adventurer ho hns
come out here to tea h"u( i*ii h*rtntis'' the liigber
civili/ution ot Philadelphia In the article to
which *ur brother Williams reply* Calhoun says
this :
"Ik it not somewhat pHmdmrtcul that tbe wn\
to free a man, guilty ol the littl# itidfarrHinii *!
taking or helping to take a bumau Iteing s lit*
[is to put him utidur b*od ? I'agley is lßtii#<l
and ho ends the tragedy, which in Itdlowed by
the etiNtoinary farce; the enrtsin ritiga d* wn.
aud we wmt lor tha next ply, unc- rtaln only o?
the actor**, but sure •! tin luotmtonoua drama
of blood, and certain of the sufaMqunot burh s<pi
>u iiwtice. Jlow one grew* accustomed to
hearing of ineiislain, ot saeing men carrying
poorly concealed weapons, Slid of liatening tt
t!l hero of the idle os he tells "just bow he n\tV.
that tell*w.” Well, well l**t it g*: it is no doutt
a natural onlynnr?h t fihe vVumt*, like r>*flon aud
—wt'iiTS l<**t for the name t some other pro
duct that is grown h* re to round the c oi|Mri-
Kion pr*qs*rly. IVrhaps th# rror is in ot;n*elv. s
and that piiol* ami km re* are t hr eruienre* of a
hitjUrr rivUit ilion, ami Ihe k iHin>j of someone t.s
srntial to true manho ni anti k'nifhtly spar*. Out
thing iso rtuiu, there is uo murder in this land:
if nnyiKxiy dart* to whisjwT that "this is a mis
take. aud that an occasional murd* r is commit
led,' he places himscll in a |Mwititm w here he
must a* know le Igc the absent*# of justice.
This is the introduction to au article written
by Calhoun mi th# release of Ike. F. Bagly,
whti w present at the killing of Marshal Mur
phy in Columbus, sometime since. Bag fay was
carried fa fore Judge Hill, of tha Macon t ircoit,
one of th# ablest atui most comteientioua jurists
in the State.and released on l*ail a bond
baiug given. And the evidence before Judge
Hill and tho committing court is not sufficient
to commit any man to jail w ithout bail or to
convict him of murder l*efor# any jury iu tbe
land. Yet this eminent lawyer aud progressive
eivilixer. A R. Calhoun, takes advantage of this
occurrence as a pretext to slander the fair um#
ol Columbus ami arraign the peopl# of Georgia
as murderers and cut-thnxvtH, evn as tho Bully
Sheridan has the people of Louisiana and the
licll hound Logan has the whole South.
Now wa can see no good that onr Mr. Calhoun
exjaTtH to Accomplish by calling our justice 'fa
burlesque** or by telling that "uiurdvr is a na
tural out grew th of the climate, like cotton."
In tha name of our down trodden and afflict
ed country we submit these expressions to all
tru# patriots, nndu*k i.< it right?
We are no glad that Chao. U Williams lias a
pa|#r in Columbus which can vindicate, by nn
ever watchful eye and n voice that dares grapple
with falsehood, all the wrongs “our fnends"
may do uh. In his language we reiterate the
ory : "Deliver us from oui Frieiufa !"
Wm. Stoke#, aged fltty-two yaars,a Pulaski
county negro,if not the champion farmer lasi
year is very n#ar it. He eviummuced operations
! in Jauuarr with a steer for which he paid $35.
With this steer be broke his corn land and bed
ded land for cotton. His wife used the steer io
open tha beds, his danghte-, cloven years old,
! strewed tb# seed.his two boy, agvd niuc and
i twelve retire.pulled the plow while the ©ld man
; held it to cover the cotton. They mad© five
ha.\y bales of cotton, one hundred-bushel* of
oorn.potahn* enough to supply his family,plen
ty of jHoiH.and did enough outside work iu hoe
iug and picking eottou to ruu the farm, and
rls in cash. l*rovai*ms and forage are iu
duded in ffvc etpennaa (of running the farm.
I He has never voted.
Head Thitu
We would like lor die eutire Konlh to have
the privilege of reading the following article
clipped from n pafitf published in Pennaylvania,
where no wrong is dona.where murder i uot
climatic,and where theie are no venal judges or
corrupt juries,but where per.ee and prosperity
reigns supreme. Bead it carefully,and aav how
do such murders compare with the lew wo have
here ? Mark the motive that influences crime
tin r ,and Msiroti oor records and a*e il the d
sirofor riches make* us cut mema thr<sti* and
butcher women and childreu. Let the Govern
ment startfiiearer headquarter 4 than New Oile n
and from thin account Hheridsn w ill hav.* in
Alleghany county material sufficient to employ
him lor the next year :
a i*lack that knoubAi wild bk hi kt tj i *
I’OKT ITUOM.
PittAbur? Pont, January ll]
W'ho ot ail tho people of the South, except the
carpet-baggerK and their pluudaiiug abies, th*
most of whom are running at larg# Wy th* grace
of nicked and prt^ured juries,sustain Sheridan
iu nM position ? Nooue. T#mp<rary r* sclents
mid business men from the North and L ist,
i without regard to poUdca,unite wi'*h th*
' dered pOj*le of New Cr!e.h.s in protesting
i against th* Kellogg usurpation and w ueridunV
Iln jinqiosijion to maki- out a list (*f murders
| committed in the State of bouiaiana for the > ast
! tour ycars,to prove tliat the people are bandits
h. th* merest liarah and il they prove anyth ng at
all.they prove that tiny are the result of Badi
c*tl carpettsig Goverumeut that aff*oL protec
tion lor MMiib.-r life nor property. Philip Hay
nitu Sheridan could go into the North and pick
out plenty of ootnmnnitie* subject to the gener
al charge of being banditti. him cme to
the gWHlfy eour ty of Alleghany that gave Grant
such large m jorittes b 1868 and 1872 and
where all the official*, with two or three eieep
tion*,have bcefi ft# puhlicuii* f*r the last tventv
\earn, and make out u hat. Without going l ,, <’*
through th* tile* ot the }Aj'*frr* for the past four
years, we may any that daring that time than
iiai# been t forty Ijrat-I ttmrvLva ecnmnt
•
< v* ry 6,000 of our f•opiilafion. An entire jsriiil)
tdfiv* i* r.via were brutally murdered eight
months ago. Three months ago the same uuui
l*er of Italinnv w* re shot down, hi and a dolten
wounded. I D e no tbs ago a m*rde • t man was
(licked up ui*d**r ilie F'rt Wayne llailr>ad
bridge. A Unit the same time a man wr* slain
u Hccond avenue.andanother on Highland av
• line. Two months ago a brmer a done to
death iu the saburie* ot Allugbanv. On# month
*g<* John A Oaruian fell riddled with the bui
lets of the Ku-Kb.x. Hen- are fourte u mur
flent in lest hii eight months.to which at lead
six more may be added during the year 1874.
We will my nothing ol the long lint ot crimes
com nutted during the pivvion* three y< ars.
; flow has the law hen avenged? Let Philip Hay
nun Sheridan and Ins defenders coi .• and l<*k
at the record of onr Courts t*>r answer And are
the prop)# of Alh-gliany county to be declared
bandits and put u.l. r n military gover;nu* *
isa-auHc of tins condition ot aflhirs? We are
about to make a Mlatemeiit which may appeal
startling.but it i* true. I her*-
no coiiimumty in the South with the same |H.p
ul itiou as tllttgi.any com t .omitting.only sline
armed hidkisof mobs have met in c**nflid wn. re
as many murder* have la* n cornmito and in th*
jnmt four yum us here in Alieglmny county
I'lie advoertee of tuililary rule in the So* tin a it it
onin# and murd: r* sm a pretwxt. should pans,
mid reflect Upon these startling facts, and ask
themselves wkiihcr r.- ell titled to tile is nv
tits of civil gov* rnment it t o qle oi the South
arc to lie deprive.| ot th*m.
Say ins a °l l lie-foo-faiu.
| “I should like l< m* a aor.d js (pl-.| with
| men alone.jnat to learn *lat kind of crv. tnr s
; they would Ueom * ; but 1 in v, r exp ct t *
, There would l* but *uo nun in it at a time.
| lie would biiv. at n |l the r* M. '
“I should like t veo a work) pcophsl with
| women id*me ;bnt 1 u*ver i.iuill I would nut
; ■ li " r ‘k“ °"* r >•"
"I sh<m!d like h* sew the mrst perfect of lui
j man licingH hut not till after lam thud and in
| anothff state of axistytiCv ; for it is a sad thing tv
j have no eh ,nvt. r aim mg mu 's fellow s,
j I widi Hint I had iogcunity enough to atoa!
without Ison : ca-’g’.t t it ; 1 e-a .ae r potadon
' and rcNjHs t in the world r • things lo
| venire.”
"I am fold that human breath peisnrs |h dr.
j and tha trv**s have t-< kp ii pur l.y an kmy
I tb* pas >u out. It s rms t<* me tn.it a gre §l
i many j> -yile nr- put into tbs w i( ( t,, r notion
but to make hard work I>r the treea. I do no
| understand it."
| “Ther ia anoth- r catesfmphe *haf I am n
j dread of. Inm iifr.od th it we sha’l 1 tru s in-
I >liy t** read on* another* tliougbt*. t hat will
la* the end of s*cn # v and of mar inge. We shut
, have to livt alone after that
I 1 knew a man *l * who did not like to have
! his name in the new spa]tern. I have w >f m. e
j him since I was l>y. I think he is .lead."
I "When I was young Ih id thoughts t mum
' i ug. aml 1 began t* h.k f.*r wit.- wi,,l! w*.
Lieu would sjHnik w. 'd of. but li*\. ■ f--a ,tl h. r
[ ! have waste*! my tune."
j "There waa a pla*e set apart in heaven f.-i
| g*sHl wiv*s who cvuld judge a m k .1 tit n. u
harshly when a man did it ms wbeu n v. :u m
did it But it tiaa never hi n• . ip .T, 1 be ,
live.”
*T foolishly applnsl myself once to thu study
of the laws It is tortnnab-that I gav, ,t up, j
tor I ahouhl have been .*. rry to Us>s all k* ns
of justiee.
"tvinco my ryw began to grow dim.and Id
( uot read any more, I gad uiy, It hull gto-Mu,
I IH wiwloui.”
"I dreamed last ni 4 Lt that I hud lure# nend*
How craay we ar*- iu **ur {<**•(>.'
Sayimw *r Hpraotos Sj snt uth.ua
ly expresses* a number of thought• "worthy re
memboring" in the following appropriate *ent#u
cm.which he published as "n.ln, e gratis
Nobody is more like nn honest man than a
thorough rogue.
IHien yon see a man with a great deal of re
ligiou displuytHl in his shop window,you uiuv and
- npeu it,he ku**(>s a very small t>K'k of it
within.
Do uot choose your friend by his l*oks ; hand
some sh*i#H ofteu pinch th# ti*ct.
I)o not ho tone! of cottipliin< nts ; rmemb*cr
“thunk you.pussy.and thnuk you, puasy," kil
le*l the cut.
Do not believe the mat who talks the most,
lor mi wing cuts arc very seldom mo s rs.
Wy uo means put yoursclt in another persons .
power; if you put yotwr thumb between two j
grimlers they are very apt to bite.
Drillk nothing without seeiug it; sign nothing
without reading it,and make sure it means uo !
mon> than it says.
Put uo dtqxmdenoe on the label (*t a liag, and
count tnou*y after your own kind.
In any husinoM** never wad# into water a hen
you caun.it see the bottom.
Saa the sack open 1 adore yon v# abut is iu it,
for be who tradvs in the dark asks to U> chc t
ed.
Keep clear of a nun aho doe* n*t value
own characti r.
Kate writ* ato a Br *oklyn (*nj>er to say tha*
sh has diwcovared how kiting may le ntilixcd
as as adjunct to the kitchen. Sue ujmn
a yoaug married oonpic recently who were ulv i;t
to lx>il some eggs tor luuch.and who, having no
tune pi*cv nt haiitl e.ilculaictl that on# hiss t< T.
two acwonds,making thirty to the m imte.so that
ninety kisses, (three miugtes) jiud turned out
the eggs to their UiMto,
Andreav Jolmwu.
Louisville Courier-Journal.]
The election cf Andrew Johusoj, which >**
.nnonnerd tbi* <u<m.lug,will be rec. i*e.l *>th #
opecira of eiulla*! y.-t linzy wittolaetiou all over
the country. There to a notion that the ex
President will lea thorn iu the side of the Kart
iento.nud th. re to sympathy with certain ntoln
rate courage ha hits displayed throughout lii*
fight iu Tennessee,which unite in giving him an
extensive,and in some respects, an undeserved
l*.pillar support. The expectations . ntertained
ot the Senator are likely to be disappointed, tor,
with great natural gifts. Johnson i uot in re
ity either a bold or a brond inun. W itb many
good iuteutiona,he is a w lish egotist to whom
the South,at least, owes much misleading and
many misfortunes. The opposition he baa just
oTcrcome was created Sy his own perversity.
A thorough nmrplol.l she is a through agitator,
lie returned to his home in Tennessee, after re
tiring from the Presidential office, to precipitate
himself into s vulgar wrangle which has given
him.at the end of six years, what he might have
hail without a contest in thr Iwginning-
The years of disappointment through which
he has passed attest his factions smi hit
ler disposition,not any preconceived hoslii'ty to
him on the part of Tennessee. In,it i. impos
sible mu to admire the r gor of one who, six
ty-six rears I age shows the firmness and the
grasp.the e.t er atnhitioii an 1 the-elfish i: diti 1*
nality of a you 111 lul aspirant The cx-President
wi lgo to Washington Iwut on personal sivtis
fwtion. He will go to revenge himself, and lo
Tindieale his adrnlnistration. Thus h-will le
something of a hoidnist. filled by one idea : and
the danger is that he will prove a bore, mis-ing
the issues ot the pre cut to fight his own hast
I sit ties over again. Pis election to the Senate
sill at !e st g> t him out of W.\! p -lire's. Tims
Tenner see lias followed the example of the
young Isilv who marne.l an inipnrtnnste suitor
to get riil of him.
Tlirec Chicago gi’l* are slstnl op. uing a lr-
Is-r s shop iu tlm* city. < >ue is tn do the lather
in;*.another t)i hivi hr. while the third a lx nu
iifnl blonde,is to sit on a sort <*! n throne and
jiliy ou a lmrj ami !",’• Th# of
this estal li hmcut it is haid, wi 1 cost sl2,
| (HIU.
"How wk ( • ink Ti* Lite AViUDOfT Taxin*
nr. Lin*?" The Ja k%on corre**poid#ut of the
Vickaborg Herald,iu reporting the proceedings
juf the MiMHWWpi I>-L.wl:tur on SattunUy hint,
I hfivea nsjj#s*h of rt cold -d Hepresent at iv#. which
; pit Lily uud logically colv- yn the darkey idea (f
tb# negro to make la n and the nhilc man t<>
(my tux*-*. "Mr. Speaker,* "aid he. "de whit.
iuan owiyx d* hm,* don't dey ; and doirt wt
make de l-iwn ; dnt‘s what I nx jon ; now, Mr
Speaker,if d* white folks :>wti de hui.an* we
makes ih* In wh, how ue gn inc hr# nidoQt taxiu*
lelau ? Dat* what I ax yon 4
• M.iitiu Gnis Gakmvua" so-culled, are
| springirg-np all over the conntr . Tl ey il
n x>;i Im* "iii t v. r. genii uiuV library,** m il **llo
1 family wi’l In' wiil.otit one.”
NEW ADVEKILSEMENTS.
Notice to Debtors and Cred’trs.
1 1 et tfltil \ I xtJ. T I !STX :
A’l jsrsooe having 1- mamU against the
• t Thus Ttsrrnn late nt said renntj . de-- :i-rd
r,- li-r- hy nolifl and t“ pres, >,t it em pr .p. rlv - I
| t.adisl f. me aithiu th< time pr.-. rils-d bv l.u
. r li.ev will Intlw ■ HI- !. And all pen, in
d< l.*-d rn said .I-,-eased ■ la lel.V required tn
1 main imm.di ee [•nvme-t V Ir I >r\ :ir 1. iH7s
S USUIN.V lUUIl'iN',
! Px-en rlx F.dalenf Th mas ltorrun. w.th wi I
atm, xl teMlrd HU
! (iKt)l'.(llA '! u.ia-T I'nftrrr:
Tn Hiram M WU-nn nt Tall .|ms mvitutv.
dlaiauna. Calherme Huff an.l Martin V Wil
vail, nt Talla.l enmity fie-rgbi, chi -Ir, n W. K
, ttnbms'.n M .rtha Iblmismi • and John M P...1-iiisnn
iiisnn nt T. Usd cisuite. OrnHpa. and Joa-ph II
li- l.ius.il, t lav enuuty, Aiai.iuva J.-lm M
Jtrnc * linar liau .-d /./-m'lnr )!-r n H. R4.ii.-
soil, a liiin-.r .-f !a;l,-,t c ltd-. Itomu,>| ret
Kennedv. f.l/.., l: K. .... de and -1 and a M \V,|.
...a I taa.la hiidn :i of ( , and ■ M ilsni. dee a
<d. Ide ..f 1 lin t un. tv. ~ a and He m
* U.4.111...U, nf n.i\ .■■ -Ul, ■ Alai aluu Where-
Ala till V VV,K ii.th- I t cut. r i-aiu.d in die
will of fall., ri e Wilson and ecus..l, laic of sad
county, applies 'nr the prol ate nf a.id wi l in
.nietnti torm. V-'U ami each one of vnii are
lierehy requea • and anil eit t to is- and appear
at lha Onr l nt Ordinal v to n. held f. r said
■ ant', nf Tn hn'.nu the first Monday iu March
nex' then and tl-.-re P- u; t ml ai il * ill] „ the
r"lade nt said aid
irivi i- u ul r lev nffi- ial Signature ibis 2nd.
,1 int I\ brunt,. 1575
t-1 ■-* ln> CKO X. FORCES, Ordinary.
iIHIRCIA Tat.ie'T CorxTT :
F-mr seeks alter this date nppli 'f.tinn will la*
made t,, the i'.-urt nt Ordinniy tor sai 1 ennutv
to Mil Inis n! land No. 227. and 22H and ihe
n.-rtli halt 1.1 !nt m Innd No 22U. all in the ltiii,,
distriet ot s.:il e-.iintv, and as theprip.rti
and the ett. . f William Mizell. dee. as.-d, also
the remainder interest of the life estate .if il.e
widow nt and dee. as. and, it, Inis No 22fiaml 227.
h.'iug 1"“ urr, •- I I. n| s-ud last uuinh.-reii
1"' ; soldi r he lienefit nf the heirs and . r. and
lines nt Slid ihve.M-d Kill n..rv Ist.. 187.7
fehdrtl-lw MAIiY aIIZK.M,. Everntriv]
Talbot County Sheriff’s Sale.
" ill l*e ei.ld Is fop- the court house tionr i„
ralhnti 11. I died C U IV. Oa.. OU the firs,
rnewkny in March nut, within the legal hours
,and sale. Hi. I'm -using property to w t : one hnn
*trc*l acrcN *1 laird in*rc * r le**s lying in the
-ecoml dis'ri. l <d Talbot c-dintv.b. ing Ibe i.laee
where Wil'.uni I* Vianet, rd u--w resides s-iid
land mljniniug the land ot John W. (Kami le
■■tithe - mil. 1!. A Mathews on the weal I -h.',
Mill.!, and nil. r- mi th.. . ,st. Dm, and „
llieprqsity.d Wai. 1). liransford, pi Lid,
iw.. exis n'imis in uiy lui-ds. ~.ie in fuv. r ji
I'immas N Gil-son vs W m f). liraus'i rd and
the other in tavor ,and J. 11. Me<Vv. Exr Ac .
AVn, H. Itniiistunl nd M. A Wamble, Ad mm
istm r x. A-.
At tli* saint* time and pfctr# will \* s<l two
! ales of exdtou we gh,.g It.) ,nmls ,„. h more
mle-s. laved up n as the | r.qsny o| John
AA. stcpUbsmi. to sails!} lit., t r ,.,„ f'al , t s„.
!S nor ( onrt. to far. r „f l b uuas A. Drown,
Against JohniV. S;eph(,is<ni.
At (he Kainr tiro's anil place, will sold the
umlivitlcd on# fourth inn rest m ti.. brick s;. r<
house, in the town ot T.ilL.tu, u nmvil * .v, t? .
Person's st* rc house or on h< r ~ .rt !
sinre in winch W. H. Martin It Brother are now 1
doing humeess. le-vied U1 s. n as the proper:* !
T , ““ execution from
i“ bn * ‘" u "- 1,1 *'•>* nt W. .1 Weeks
At the same lime and place will he r,,',] ,
hundred acres of Und. heing a par. m lm
6 and swcnty-tivc aertsof h.t N-- 7 u v
tha 17th, district of Tallot coautv, and i.-f tho
laud and p.aee on which J. c. jiarrnw, now
lirev Levnal upm, as the pm,*rty ol J„b„
to 7“*‘- v .' Ur * executions from
lalSd hutieruir Court, u, tavor nf \y.
and Ariadne Amos, vs .1. t, Harrow
At the same time and place, veil be ,],] th „
one Ihml andivide.l interest in one hundred
acres nt land, known as (he Rcntro place
adjoining L.mls J. V. Littlo nn the wJt and
n. rth, Joseph Brown and H r .,m K ,„ w ton on
the east and lands ot Liti! ton Reason on tie
S.m!h. Levies! upou s ihe prniHrn known a
the lS.ntrn ph.-,. to wti.-l, *mx fin, lssll ,'.
h> AA J. M bride, tax collector f., r St,s and
eonn'y tsxe* for the year ls7R ,y nun.
and r.’tnnil to me by Ihm C. B. iytu, L.
C. .lauu.ry 2oth, IS7A
jmi27-tds- HI CiU UALL, Sheriff,
NEW DVERTISEMENTS.
VALEMTIMES
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OUR STOCK OF VALENTINES
WHICH IS
NEW, FRESH. AND CONTAINS MANY YESY BEADTIFDL KINDS.
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Our stock of Comic Valentines
Contains over 100 kinds. We can supply you with anything in the Valentine
line ami guarantee satisfaction.
OUR $5 AND $lO LOTS
Are well assorted, give a variety for retail dealers and pay a good profit. Send
us vour orders with the money und we will send by mail free of postai/e to you.
J. W. PEASE k NCR:,IAN,
Booksellers and Stationers, Columbus, Ga.
W. O. Paschal,
GENEVA, GEORGIA,
KEEPS THE LARGEST STOCK OF GROCERIES IN THE COUSTY
AND SELLS AS CHEAP AS MACON k COLUMBUS !
I<' , l A >IJTU A. SPECIALTY, and he guarantees to sell
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me w r■ R. ivi !
AT THE
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Fhe undersigned have formed a COPARTNERSHIP under the firm name o 1
GORDON & CARGILL,
For the Purpose of Transacting
/ Cwsh Dry Goods Business ,
And li.vv. I. .wrl the large and conimoilioumtureliousi known as the NEW YORK STORK
N. Hi lit o;t<f Street. Onr Stock in a lew days will !r- full mid compmie, m.d i.rii, wil]
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WINTER DRESS GOODS, FURS,
A ix:inr .Cher goods will lie rndd AT ONE HALF THE NEW YORK ( OdT! Speeiul bar
g.nus . Head in
CORSCTW AND Ivll> (ALOVKSI
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.. . , , , M.’C. GORDON,
< MUUibus, (.51 , -lan. 1, :b. 1870. ly. J. L,( VID.ILI
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