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THETHOMASTON HERALD.
J. C. McMICHAEL & M. C. CAUANISB,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
THOM ASTON, GA., AUG. 12, 1871.
~ The THOMASTOK HBRALD hnx a Burge
Clrewlutlon In Upson, Pike, Meriwether,
Talbot, Spalding, Monroe,Bibb, Muscogee
and Butt*.
Cot ton.
Louisiana’s first bale of new cotton
was put on the market on the 4th.
The crop along the Red river is ex
pected to make a fair yield.
Counterfeit Money.
Ten dollar bills, on the Frst Nation
al Bank of Poughkeepsie N. Y. are
being counterfeited on the people of
liellaire Ohio.
Bant Ball.
The Savannah Base Ball Club has
been up to Portsmouth and Boston
showing the little yanks how they can
use the bat and ball. They were de
feated by a score of 29 to 21.
Prompt Payment*.
So far the President of the W. &
A. Railroad Cos. Ex-Gov. J. E.
Brown, has been very prompt in pay*
ing into the State Treasury the ren
tal of said Road. He has just paid
in $25,000 for the month of July.
Railroads.
The Railroad mania is raging in
Alabama as well as Georgia. A
meeting was held in Opelika on 3d
inst., to take into consideration the
building of a Narrow Guage road
from that point Southward.
Immigration Meeting.
A large number of the citizens of
Pike county meet at Zebulon, on
Saturday last, to hold an immigration
meeting. 'J he meeting was harmoni
ous and a number of persons subscrib
ed for immigrants.
Fish.
Ex-Secretary Fish has given up
his residence in Washington and gone
to his resilence on the Hudson river
and the President still delays to an
nounce his resignation and appoint
bis successor.
The Cholera In Europe.
Two' places in Europe are being
troubled by this awful scourge—the
South of France, and at Hull, Eng
land. But one case has been report
ed at Hull, and the utmost endeavors
are being made to localize it.
Custom House at Savannah.
The Custom House, at Savannah,
has been reorganized. Dr. Geo. H.
Stone, late Auditor in the Chicago
Custom House, appointed deputy
Collector. The Savannah Republi
can says it is organized strictly on
carpet-bag principles.
Mexico.
The political element of Mexico is
considerably agitated. At the recent
election for President, Diaz, Juarez
and Ledro ran so near each other as
to produce no choice. According to
the Constitution the election is carried
to Congress.
Jury women.
The Supreme Court of Wyoming
Teritory has decided that women have
the right to set as jurors in that Ter
ritory. The Chief Justice, in giving
his decision, affirmed that under the
XIV amendment women throughout
the United States had the same right
to vote and hold office as men.
France.
The Presidency question is now agi
tating the mind of France. The caucus
has voted M. Thiers, President for
two years. The proposition to have
been submitted to the Assembly this
week The Committee of the Assem
bly reported unfavorably on the ques
tion of removing the Capital to Paris.
Drought.
Owing to the drought around and
above Savannah, the water in the
river has fallen to such an extent as
to interfere with Steamboat naviga
tion. The Chronicle and Sentinel
says “if we don’t have rain before
long, navigation will have to be sus
pended between Augusta and Savan
nah.
Virginia Convention.
There seems to be some opposition
to the Convention whnh is desired to
remodel the Constitution of the “Old
Dominion State.” Hon. W. G. Brown
makes a lengthy and able speech
against conventions. He claims that
the State Legislature is limited by
Constitutional restrictions and con
ventions are not limited in power or
the time which they will convene.
Black Ka-Klax.
Sometime since a negro in Missis
sippi was taken in charge by a party
under disguise and Ku- Kluxcd.
When the negro was examined in the
investigation of the case, he answer
ed “dat dem Ku-Kluxes was black
men.” When asked why he thought
so, he briefly and convincingly replied
“I smelt urn massa.”
Crop* in Morgan.
A correspondent of the Chronicle
and Sentinel, from Morgan county,
writes that the wheat crop in Morgan
was almost a total failure. Cotton
crop in general not good—about two
thirds as much will be made as was
made last year. The corn crop for
want of work will be diminished
about one fourth. Labor is annually
becoming more precarious and pro
voking.
Kentucky Election.
Success crowns the Democratic
party in Kentucky as well as in
Charle ton. The original strength
of the Radicals with the addition of
the “New Departurists” and forty
thousand negro votes were insufficient
to crown the “Rads.” The telegrams
give Leslie 33,000 majority. May
the Star of Democracy continue to
rise until it can extend its light to
every State and Territory of govern
ment.
Election*.
Elections will be held in about one
dozen States before next November.
The first was held in Kentucky, on
the Ist Tuesday in August. The
next two will be held in Vermont and
California, on the sth of Sept., Maine
elects a Governor on the 11th of
Sept., and Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi
ana and lowa hold their State elec
tions, on the iOthofOct. He who
would estimate the course of the cam
paign of 1872, let him observe the
result of these elections.
l>al»or lielorm Convention.
On the 26 of July, the Labor Re
forms of Ohio meet in convention at
Columbus, Ohio. The object of the
convention is to restore the govern
ment to its original purpose, and so
far as possible, to remedy the evils
and remove their result. A platform
of principles was adopted and submit
ted to the people. An address was
also adopted in which they hold
that the workingmen have the right
to leave the Republican or Democrat
ic parties, and combine, politically,
for their own protection and welfare.
Despotism.
We find nowhere the effects of dis
regarding the Constitution more
severe than in Mississippi. From
the newspaper accounts the bayonet
rule is fully inaugurated. Her citi
zens, however innocent and pure are
subject to be arrested and carried off
at any moment from their homes and
tried by a court, foreign to the Con
stitution and laws of the State. We
learn that there are now under arrest
at Oxford some seventy or eighty of
the best citizens in the State, to be
tried by a jury packed to convict.
Nothing but fortitude and hard strug
gles to remove such powers as are in
authority can give them relief.
The Ailunini ut Athens.
While we were so situated as not to
be able to be at Athens at the Alum
ni meeting, we are truly glad to see
from all our exchange accounts that
the occasion was one of perhaps as
much interest and pleasure as any
since the foundation of old Franklin.
The Oration was delivered by Hon.
B. H. Hill and is represented as be
ing very fine. The Association
adopted a resolution to elect from
time to time to its membership such
under graduates as had left the Uni
versity through sickness or other
good cause ; and in accordance with
this resolution, Hon. Win. O. Flem
ing of Bainbridge, Col. John Screven
of Savannah, and several others, were
elected. The Association also adopted
resolutions, offered by ex-Gov. Brown,
to memorialize the next General As*
sembly to donate to the University,
for educational and agricultural pur*»
poses, the lands granted by the U. S.
Government; also to make an effort
to procure an appropriation of $500,.
000 as an endowment fund for the in
stitution, Hon. Rob’t Toombs, Hon.
B. 11. Hiß, Gen. John B. Gordon,
and ex- Got. Brown were requested
to address the members of the Legis
lature on this subject. The banquet
was one of the beat things of the
season.
Our Village Graveyard.
Com muni cate and ]
** Ble*t are they
That earth to earth entrust; for they may knou>Z
And tend the dwelling whenee the slumbeier * clay
Shall rise nt last, and hid the fovng Jlovoer* bloom,
That watt a breath of h<*p« around the torn!),
And km ei upon the dewy turf and pray P
The harvest time has come and
gone, the summer is almost ended,
and now ere the seared leaf of Au
tumn begins to show itself is the time
for us to beautify the silent habita
tions of our dead. All the citizens
of our village have an interest there,
irrespective of denomination, and it
is the duty of each to lend a helping
hand. We cultivate our lands, we
adorn our homes, we spend alas, too
much time in working for these frail
bodies that must soon lie here as
much neglected as those we pass day
by day, with scarce one flower to
waft its sweetness over the down
trodden mound that marks their last
resting place.
Is it right to allow the graves of
our loved ones to be trampled down
by cattle, and to have no hallowed
spot where the hand of affectiorf may
leave undisturbed sweet 'tokens of
remembrance ?
A neglected graveyard is enough
to make one shrink instinctively with
horror from the very thought of death.
To die and be forgotten, to be laid
away out of sight as a repulsive ob
ject and ever avoided by the dear
ones who in life were all in all, is not
pleasant to reflect upon. Death is
only a change from one existence to
another, and that casket which con
tained the soul is still dear to us even
though it may crumble to dust, there
fore we should love and care for it
with the same tenderness as in life.
No spot was ever so hallowed to me
as my Father’s grave. It was there
that a widowed mother found sweet
solace in planting flowers and render
ing it an attractive place where we
might spend an hour at the close of
each day, in hallowed memories of
our loved and lost. And when deso
lation was spread far and wide over
this dear land of ours, scarcely a day
passed but that twilight found us
among those holy shades, breathing
a fervent petition for the gallant loved
ones who though far away were wont
to meet us in spirit at that silent
hour. No place is so appropriate for
meditation and prayer as that where
our dear ones are sleeping. Let us
then hallow the homes of our dead.
It is not necessary to erect a lofty
mausolem in memory of their virtues
a simple marble slab surrounded by
sweet violets and shadowy evergreens,
is all that is needed, and if this should
not be possible, then a border of white
flint rock enclosing a bed of beautiful
Heart’s ease is within the means of
the poorest. One objection from
some is that the soil is deeply imbued
with clay for the growth of flowers.
This can be remedied very easily, by
substituting a loamy soil from'the
woods, which could be done witn very
little expense.
I have stood in the solem hush of
evening among the quiet shades of
Rose Hill Cemetery, and while gazing
round upon the beauty and neatness
every where displayed, inhaling the
the lragrance of its native flowers,
and listing to the low, ceaseless
requiem of Ocmulgee’s waves, death
was divested of its awful aspect, and
one almost felt as if it wer e pleasant
to rest there far from the tumults of
life and its grievous burdens. The
same feeling involuntarily arises after
a stroll over the public Cemetery of
Augusta. It is laid off regularly into
streets and crossings, presenting the
appearance of a miniature city, ’
No stranger could ever express %
desire to rest in our quiet little'
churchward unless we endeavor to
render it more attractive to the eye
Let us then be op and doing. Let
the gentlemen put up a neat and du°
rable railing both around the church
and the soldiers’ graves, and make
all the necessary arrangements for
the ladies to do the ornamental froffc j
of setting out shrubbery and flowers.
Let us teach our children to cease
their boisterous shouts where they
should step with reverential awe, and
to venerate the resting places not
only of loved ones who have died at
home, but of our dear suffering sol
diers who bled for us in the Lost
Cause. And when troubles assail us,
when the last earthly friend is torn
from onr clasp, then no refuge will
be more sure, no comfort more peace*
ful, and no consolation so lasting as
that which may be found at the
memorial alter, where we may meet
our lost treasures in sweet commune
ion, feeling assured that there is com
ing a glorious resurrection morn,
when the loved ones shall rise and
mingle their voices with our own in
songs of Glory to the Highest!
Mm ria.
Redeemed.
Charleston has redeemed herself.
At a recent election for Mayor and
Aldermen, Gen. Wagner and the en
tire Conservative ticket, for Aider
men were elected. Wagner was elect
ed by the handsome majority of eight
hundred. It is said that aorfie of the
negroes themselves voted the white
ticket. We have no fears bnt the
old “Palmetto State” will yet throw
off the scallawag and negro yoke and
enjoy a better state of society and
legislation. Her spirit is phoenix
like and will yet rise to restore the
liberties and the good government
enjoyed by CalhotHK the Pinkneys,
the Uutlegcs, Ac. M\v this success
be the first dawn of the aurora, of
emancipation from Radical rule,
which will soon ascend to the zenith
and shed its wholesome rays over the
entire State.
New Advertisements.
SHI3SrC3-L.ES.
WE have procured a Machine
and are now prepared to furnish Shingles to all
who desire them at reasonable Azures
nugmr ABNfci: a j. f. lewis.
LATHS!
WE have on hnnd and are prepared to
furnish LATHS nt less figures than they can
be purchased for elsewhere.
A. A J. F. LEWIS,
July29-tf Delray, 6a.
LAND FOR SALE.~
IOFFE It for salt* mv place liir? four
miles Sontheast of Thomaston, containing Fire
Hun red and Mfiy acres of good? Land, about half
cleared an* in a good state of cultivation. The balance
woodland heavily timbered There is a good dwelling,
gin house, press, barn cribs, stables, A<\. with three
Settlements upon it, good water, both well and spring,
and is a No. 1 place. For particulars call on or address
me ul Thomas tun, Upson county, 6a.
augl2-2m B. 6. McKENNEY.
NOTICE
I AM now propurod to *ake contracts for
the building of houses and to do any manner of
work in the C* rpenter’s lire in a workmanlike manner.
All panics wanting improvements made ->n their dwell
ings. Ac , would do well to give me a cali. stoti-taction
guaranteed! W. T. KAWLK3.
W T ANTED. Four good, reliable mechanics or house
carpenters 6ood wages paid and regular employment
given. .Address W. T. itAWLKS,
aug]2-lm Barnesville, 6a.
OSBORN & BOYLE;
HILL STREET,
QRIITTN, GLA..,
MAN CFACTCKEKS OF
BUGGIES, EXPRESS
AND
ALSO —PKALKKS IN ALL KIND OF
CARRIAGE & WA3ON MATERIAL.
AOKNTB FOE Tit* CgLRimVTED
STUDEBAKER WAGON
AND
SARVAN’S PATENT WHEELS.
CARRIAGES, Phaetons, &e., of *ny
styles, ordered direct from the best North
ern Factories.
REPAIRING OF Alt It KINDS
neatly executed. Special attention given
to ordered jobs, and all wokk warran
ted. augl2-ly
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLCK,
Governor of Mid State.
.ff * • '• *
WHEREAS, The Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
Company haa tailed to pay the semi-annual Interest due
en the first days ot January and July, ultimo, upon cer
tain bonds of that Company: and
Wh.-rew, The State of Georgia indorsed tor and guar
anteed the prompt payment of the interest and princi
pal of said bonds, and has paid to the holders thereof
the semi annual interest due on the first days of Janu
ary and July afuresaid;- and
Whereas, The said Alabama and Chattanooga Rail
road Company accepted, concurred in, and agreed to
the termt add conditions prescribed by lew et the time
said indorsement was made by this State:
yjow, therefore, by virtore of the authority in mm
vested by tbe Constitution and Lews of this State, I
Jtrrvs B. Brunei, Governor and Commander in Chief
of tbe Amoy and Navy ot this State, and of the militia
thereof, do issue this my proclamation making known
that thestate of Georgbt Is to possession of the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad, its track, road byd. machin
ery, franchises, and propeity of aH and every descrip
tion. lying or heii gin the >tate of Geo.gin; and it Is
ORDERED, That all ofix-era of this Stale, civil and
military, exercise doe diligence, to the end that tbe
agent of this State be mafr-.tsined in the peaceful posses
sion of the raid Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad and
its property within this state, and restrain all parties
from any action whatsoever to dispossess tbe State anti*
tbe further order of tbe t-.zer.nUve.
Given tinder my hand end tbe Great Seal of the State,
nt the Capitol in Atlanta, this second day of August,
la the year of oar Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven
ty-one, and of the Independence of the United States
es America the Ninety-slash.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By (he Governor:
David 9. Cotom, Secretary of State,
FOR SALE
IN th# honuntui town «*f T*»..mutton *
lot eontaihieg twelve acre*, a Good Dwelling with
fiva rooms and four fire pisses, a good stove room and
kitch«-n a large bam and stables, with other out build-
Tnca. a good well of water in the yard, also a good spring
es running valet on the lot. Apply to
julyS ts JOHN. GIBSON,
a proclamationT
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State.
WHEREAS, Official Information has been received
at this Department that a murder was committed upon
the body of John A Griffis, in tbe county of Hoard, on
or about tbe 18th of November* I§7o. f>y Thomas Teal,
Pascal Griffis, and ftostn Knowles, as is ailed god, and
that the said Thomas Tea), Paschal Griffis, and Susan
Knowles have fled from justice:
Now, therefore, to the end that they may he brought
to trial for the crime with which they stand charged, I
have thought proper to issue this my proclamation,
hereby offering a reward »»f ONE TII»»CSAND DOL
LARS each for the apprehension and delivery of the
said Teal, Paschal Griffis, and Susan Knowles, with
evidence sufficient to conviet, to the Sheriff of said
county of Heard
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the utate,
at theCnpiiol in Atlanta, this seventh day of August,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-one, and ot the Indepenfi nee of tiie United
States of America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor: .
David G. fVrnne, Secretary of State. july22-4t
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINES]
UNRIVALLED FOR
implicity, Durability and Great Range of Work.
NEEDS ONLY TO BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED.
* ~t - •
ORGANS !
Bnrdett, Mason & Hamlin, Smith's and all the celebrated manufactory* Tom SSO to
SIOOO. . \ ,«* -
J? IANOS .
Knabe, St. Louis, Guild. Church & Cos., and several other celebrated makers, from
$290. $375, and $425 to SIOOO. Every Piano and Organ, and Sewing Machine WAR
RANTED to give entire Satisfaction. For particulars address
GUILFORD it HILL, '
july29-tf 84 Mulberry street, MACON, GA.
Bill TUB BEST, IMI CO «RK Tilt BEST IS TO BE 111
ESTABLISHED IN 185«.
THE MOORE COTTON GIN.
FORMERLY AT DOUBLE WELLS.
ALSO,
A GENUINE PATTERN OF THE GRISWOLD GIN.
v £ “
Thu orwfprsttrnpif, bavin? rwnmril tbe mannfofdtrrp of tbe above Oin. propose to mska
ft what it was before the war—THE FAVORITE OF THE *t«>UTH. Our work stands npon Hs merits. and
we think tnis a sufficient guarantee. We have secured the services of some of the best m -chanieul ta ton lin th*
Northern shops, in ndditi »n to some ot the best workmen from the shop of the iate SA M(TELGKIeW*»LD.
In culling the attention o» our Gotto* Gins, we debfre that they should wot.ee the improvement that we ulhtf
which ore substantially as follows:
A PORTABLE ROLL BOX,
For obtaining any Inclination of tbe Gin l.’tb or Grate. Is trued j the object of which is to improve In the quantity
ginned, or lessen the quantity and improve the quality of Hnt. Also, to"gin damp or wet cotton ;to alter the
picking or separating the lint from the seed— either to take more lint off.or less lint from the seed, as eirsstn*
stances r. quire. We use both the common Koil Box and Swinging Front. The latter is arranged to let out ail
the seeds and halls In a moment, ai.d is very easily managed.
THE GIN BRUSH
We make ,cannot e excelled by any hair brnsh Used The bristles are drawn fn by « cord, afid the timber fc
all selected from the best lumber, well lessoned ; sfid every Brush is msde perfectly fire ssd rst proof.
CYLINDER AND BRUSH BOXES
Are both ©cillsting and plain. Can furnish either, as taay he ordered Ws line tbeau with the best babbit meUl
GIN SAWS.
We make all the ’saws tbat we fise from the best English Steel and of-any ilfs fbnC may he desired
employ, to superintend and msnufurtnre our one of the best saw-makers t> (he South ; and,oar o/achlocty
fpr the msDufactore of Gins Saws cannot be excelled. *' '
COTTON SEED CRUSHING MILL.
We are the only soecesstol manntoctwrers of this Important a»d nsetol invention—the Cotton Gin, with the Cat
ton Seed Crushing Mill attached h will hardly he neceesary here t<- allude p. the immense saving and, ec.nomi
eal Use of erashinw cotton seed, as u manure. We received a gold mediil, as a premium, from the Fair of
< ottoa Planting Convention, held in Macon. 6a., 18fi\f..r tbe best Cotton Send Crushers attached to he
Bta»d, to crush tbo seed as test as It escapes from the Roll. We refer to some of the many eertHtesdea t»sl **
have on the subject.
TRIAL OF THE GINS.
We keep constantly on hand seed cotton, snd every Gin is tiled before it leaves tbe ebop—oW or aew
REPAIR OF OLD GINS.
"f*™ • complete assortment of the very best Cotton Gin Machinery to tbe country, end make
old Mns a specialty. Plante s will do well to send in th. ir old Gins, end have th.-m made as good ae sew,
much less c»st than anew 6m cn be bought for. i*cnd on y«ur orders ad old Gins early. ■ _
W e sre also a.itho-’scl by Messrs FIN ML A Y’SWONS b> revive .*dev* Pw FINDLaT A CRAIG’S Screw Cot
Press, and t KAIGS Patent Portable Hors-- Power arid Castings generally.
For particumre send for eirtutar ami price Rst es call on tbe agent*,
SAWYER A MOORE,
riNDLAY’S IRON WORKS.
jrtjM-toa WACO*, e*®****'
GRIFUN FEMALE college
I HE of the Fall T. ' 1
1 institution trill hit, rero > thi,
TUESDAY, AUG. *
and ontinne four scholastic im.nth. 'l.
In a prosperous condition. Board tT r *®*m u
rvasonablo rates. Fur further l rll “ Tmiu '* atT*
A PROCLAMATION
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Oover»«.r »r.b|tf #f^
WHEREAS, It ha* been represented to tv., »
ter Wilson, -bweph H*do, Richard Las. *
f.rd Prihins, stand charged with the
with intent to n.urdor, up.... F.phrabn Uton, .
county of McDuffie, on the ITth day „f May. Wl "
that they have fled fn>m justice, 1 have th.msl.tjJ2
therefore, to issue this my Pr.wlamstk.n b, reb. »
Inga reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS V.r
or Hi each, for the apprehension and deliver, J.?’
■aid Wilson, Hod.., Lasenhv. and Firkins, with evM,-» *
sufficient to convict, to the Sheriff of ,«„i
State, and also a further reward ot Hr ( Hundred
upon the s .me conditions above recited, tor an; .J*’
sory, before the fact, to said crime.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal nt .he St*u
at the Capi oi, in Atlanta, this fifth .lay .and An**/
'in the year of our Lord Klghteen Hundred and
thelbncty.sixth.* ln,W^nd " nc « 3^
_ , RUFUS B. BULLOCK
By the.Govern*),: - v . ,
David H. C.rrripa, Secretory of State. eetty*