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VOLUME II—NUMBER 5.
Sltf HJcJcffie gontnal,
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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THOMSON. GS-A..,
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RONEY & SULLIVAN,
HATES OF ADVERTISING .
Transient advertisements will be charged one
dollar per square for the first insertion, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion.
BUSINESS GARBS.
PRMH i TRIISIENT BARDISG.
Mrs. Lallerstedt,
HAVING located in Thom son, and taken the
house formerly occupied by Mrs. Giles, is pre
pared to accommodate pennanent or transient
boarders on the most reasonable terms.
She will have a conveyance at the depot, to take
baggage to and from the railroad on the arrival of
every passenger train. Day boarders accommoda
ted. janlTml
GLOBE HOTEL,
S. W. CORNER BROAD A JACKSON STS.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JACKSON & JULIAN, Proprit’rs-
We beg leave to call the attention of the travel
ling public to this well known Hotel, which we
have recently leased and placed on a footing
second to none in the South. No expense will be
spared to render it a first class House in every
respect, and every attention is paid to the comfort
and convenience of guests.
x.. a. PEACOCK,
IMS Gronn Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Transient & Permanent Boarding.
jai.3l ly
Dr. Willoughby Barton
HHVING moved to Thomson, respectfully offers
his Professional Services to the citizens of the
place and surrounding country.
He may be found at all hours, when not profes
sionally engaged, at the residence of the late Mr
lvi;ox. janlTml
NOTICE.
vAtaVING recently located in tof Thorn*
.1. 1. Bon, McDuffie county, Ga., C offer inv pro
fessional scrWees to the people of McDuffie and
adjoining counties.
Can he found at my residence at all times in the
night, and at my office in the daytime, when not
professionally engaged.
All calls promptly attended to, day or night.—
Charges reasonable. It. C. JOHNSON, M. D.
janlOinl
CHARLES S. DuBOSE,
si Trail rm v/ tl ?i va
Warroiiton, Ga.
Will practice in all the Coui-s of the Northern,
Augusta k Middle Circuits.
DR. T. L UUKRSTKDT
OFFKI'JS 111:S
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
To the Citizens of Thomson and Vicinity,
lift can he found at the Room over Costello’s, when
Lot professionally absent.
P.EFEBS TO
Pro- J A. Eve, Pro. Wm. 11. Doughty, Di«
JuHS S. Coi.EMAN, I>R. S C. Evb.
11. c. RONEY,
gUturmir at lito,
THOJiSO r,
Will practice in the Augusta, Northern and
Middle Circuits.
no I—ly
R. B. PHILLIPS,
(43, JACKS. N STREET, NEAR NEW TOST OFFICE,)
AUGUSTA. 0 4.
IMPORTERS & WHOLESALE
DEALERS IN
Foreign and Romcstic Liquor*,
Brandies, Wines Gn,
Rum, Whiskie**' Bitters,
Porter, Ale, Etc., Etc.
TobaccO and CigarS
Os Every Variety.
A® SSUIT a If H 1
Celebrated
noUESTOMACH BITTERS.
May 3,1871. nlOly
SOUTHERN MASONIC
X , E'M'jA.XjT3 college
THE Spring Term of this institution opens on
the 15th instant. Having been fully endorsed
by the Grand Lodge at the last communication,
and the whole operation of the college being put
upon an enlarged scale, let those interested send
for circulars.
Price of board reduced to $16.00 per month.
Washing included $lB 00
Entire cost for collegiate year, embracing
music and incidentals $312 00
Without music 252 00
A uniform and economical attire will be adopted
bv the middle of Spring term.
Address Rev. J. N. BRADSHAW’,
Covington, Ga. janlOwfi Principal.
FOUND.
AS ALL sum of money. The owner can
have the same by naming the amount and
Having charges. Apply to
HanlOwl JAMES H. BURCH.
BLANK BOOKS- PRINTING, STATIONERY, &C
E> If. PI GHE,
Book and Job Printer,
IB3DS ©3332)1 E im tMlilßo
I •Taekson Street,) ftUPIIQTS PJ
NEAR THE POST OFFICE, > lIUU UU 111, llfli.
BLANK BOOKI3 I
In store, a very large assortment of all sizes and
decriptions of Blank Books, such as Ledgers, Jour
nals, Cash, Day. Record, Memorandum, Pass,
Time, receipt Books, etc., suitable for Merchants,
County Clerks, and other public officers ; and can
furnish at short notice, any kind of Books, ruled
and bound to patterns that may be desired, at New
York prices.
*&TAlso, Envelopes, Note and Letter Paper, etc.
jan24w2
Manhood;
How I.OMt, How Restored.
JI'ST published, anew edition of Dr Culver
v oil’s Celebrated Essay on the radical cure of
certain weaknesses, the effect of errors and abuses
in earlv life.
The celebra'ed author, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrate* from a thirty years’ sue cess fill
practice, that the alarming consequences of such er
rors and abuses niav be radically cured without the
dangerous us** of internal medicine or the app/ica
tion of the knife; pointing out a mode of cur'at
once simp/e. certain mid effectual, by means of
which every sufferer, no matter what his condition
may he, may cure himself cheaply, privately and
radically.
This lecture should be in the hands of eveiy youth
and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to any ad
dress, postpaid, on receipt of six cents, or two post
Maui us.
Also, Dr. Coulverwell'B Marriage Guide, price 25
cents. Address the publishers.
<7#AS. J C. KUNE k CO.,
127 Bowery. New Yoik, Post Office Box 4,580.
Jan24yl
M. O’DOWD
GROCER
ajstid
Commission JHcnl)ant,
No, 284 Broad Street,
•Augusta, g EORGI.I.
HAS on hand and for sale, at the lowest market
prices, for cash or good factor’s acceptances,
payable next Fall, a full scock of
Choice Groceries & Plantation
Suppiios,
among which may be found the following :
50 hhds. I). R. bacon sides
10,000 lbs D. S. shoulders
10 casks hams
100 packages lard
200 boxes cheese
300 bbls flour, all grades,
300 sacks oats
40 “ seed ryo
100 bbls. Irish potatoes
100 packages new Mackerel- Nos. 1, 2 and 3
100 “ extra mess Mackerel
10 bbls. buckwheat
100 chests tea all grades,
500 bbls. syrup—different grades
200 cases oysters 1 and 2 lb. cans
200 cases canned fruits and vegetables
300 cases pickles, all sizes,
50 “ lobsters, 1 and 2 lb. cans
200 gross matches
200 boxes candles
50,000 Charles Dickens segars
50,000 Georgia Chiefs “
50,000 our choice “
200,000 various grades “
5,000 bushels coni
25 hhds. Demarara sugar
35 hhds. brown sugar
10 hhds. Scotch sugar
25 boxes Havana sugar
50 bbls. crushed, powdered and granulated sugar
200 bbls. extra C and A sugar
200 bags Rio coffee
50 “ Laguayra coffee
50 pockets old Government Java coffee
100 boxes No. 1 soap
200 boxes pale “
150 boxes starch
100 boxes soda
100 dozen buckets
50 dozen brooms
10 bbls. pure Baker whisky
50 bbls. Old Valley whisky
200 bbls. rye whisky, all grades
5(1 bbls. pure corn whisky
30 bbls. brandy, gin and rum
10 quarter casks imported Cognac brandy
8 quartej casks Scotch and Irish whisky
20 quarter casks Sherry, Port and Madeira wine
20 casks ale and porter
10 casks Cooper’s half and half
50 cases Champagne
40 cases claret
50 cases Schnapps
100 cases bitters
200 boxes tobacco, all grades
100 cases smoking tobacco, all grades.
jan3lyl
Notice to the Public.
[ REGRET tha: circumstance* make it neenssary
I :or m* to give notice again that I am engaged in
the practice of my profession. Some person or
persons have reported that I do not atien 1 calls at
night or in bad we»th»*r. Ido not know how itr*
reportat t»-d, hut this much 110 hi»w, that it did
no; come from me. As long as lam able io p»ac
t;re. ii is my inten ion to aerv* the people faithfully,
and when unab * to do this, I wiU give notice to the
public.
Please notice, and jot rn yourselves ac»
cording/y. JAM/2S S. JONES.
Thomson, jan24w4
Thomson, McDuffie county, ga., February 7,1872.
foefog.
Mrs. Waslitub on Telegrams.
j
All, drat them nasty telegrams that keeps folks all
in such a flurry.
Whenever there’s the least to do, with constant
worry, worry, worry!
I recollect in my young days when there were no
I sich expectation,
And news to travel took its time, suspense was
bore with resignation.
AVhat was to be, we used to say, would be, and
couJJn’t be prewented,
Which ewas consolin’ for to think, and made one
happy and contented.
What would be we should live to see. if we lived
long enough, ’twas certain,
And p’raps it might a mercy be the future was be
hind the curtain.
Misfortunes came, as come they must, in this here
wale of trial and sorrow.
But then, if bad news came to day, no news was
like to come to-morrow.
No news was goods news, people said, and hoped
r lean while they might lie better,
Leastways until the next day’s post brought ’em a
paper or a letter.
’Tis true, relief as soon may come sometimes by
artificial light’nine’;
When days and weeks of dark ami stom you’ve
undergone afore the bright’nine’;
All’s well us ends well, thanks be praised, the
croakers found themselves mistaken—
But by them plaguy telegrams how my poor old
narves have bin shaken!
fpscellmimisu
War* Reminiscences.
A lady’s CASKET OF JEWEDB, AND HOW THEY WEBE
RECOVERED—"A VERY SINGULAR NARRATIVE.
1)Y I*AUL 11. IIAY.NE.
f The following curious adventure
roadies us from unexceptionable au
thority. The Butler’s language has
been altered, for bis half cockney pa
tois proved embarrassing; but every es
sential incident remains as be detailed
it. The narrator himse'f was an extra
ordinary man, as the stratagem we are
about to relate would, per sc, be enough
to demonstrate.]
In my mistress’ handsome house
(he begins), on the banks of the Erlisto,
in South Carolina, I hod lived as a fa
vorite upper servant—her butler, in
luot- for twenty years. My mistress
was an Englishwoman, marrit and early
in life to a Carolina rice planter, whose
handsome fortune she quadrupled, but
with whom Providence permitted her
to live for three years only, he dying,
rather suddenly, of malarial fever.
My lady was prejudiced in favor ol
white attendants—immediately about
her person, at least, which is one reason
why she. retained me so long and trust
ed me so thoroughly.
I need hardly say how deeply attach
ed I became to her, and how anxiously
I waited f r some opportunity of prov
ing my devotion in away out of the
common. But the chance came at last.
About the end of the second yearol
the w ar, a party of as rough looking
Federals as you would like to see, paid
our house a visit. There were ten or
twelve in all; and made themselves at
home, of course. Alter eating the best
food and drinking the best wine—and
amusing themselves now and then by
knocking over the furniture, breaking
the cups, and shooting at the family
portraits, the captain of the squad made
a strict search for silver, in plate or
bullion, but there I had been too cun
ning for him, and ho got not a five cent
piece for his trouble.
This soured his temper, and he had
the insolence to sneak alter my mistress
to her own chamber, to drag the rings
from her fingers, the watch from her
fob. and worse than all, to seize upon
her jewels, which, with unaccountable
carelessness, she had left exposed upon
tier dressing table. These jewels were
of immense value, borne of them had
come down through her family for more
than two centuries. She was in des
pair at their loss, and when the ruffians
went away, sent for me to consult about
the matter.
At firsc the case seemid really hope
less, but as I thought and thought, an
idea flashed upon my mind.
In earlit r years I had been an actor
in 1 jw comedy at a London theatre—a
clever one, people said —and I now con
ceived the project of a careful disguisq
following 1 lie Yankees, introducing my
self to them (by accident, of course,) as
a sailor from thegun oatnat Port Royal,
and watching my opportunity on the
road, or when they rested at night, to
get the captain alone, and recover the
jewel case somehow.
My mistress objected to the whole
scheme, as rash and desperate ; but I
carried my point, and proceeded to test
the experiment in detail. There was a
sailor’s dress in the house which had
once belonged to a Yankee cockswain,
a man distantly related to my lady’s
husband, the dress having been left with
us by niistake, and the garment itself
suggesting she plan. I have mentioned
that I disguised myself thoroughly in
a false heard and moustache that had
been knocking around the garret, with
some odds and ends of costume, em
ployed in a fancy ball years before; and
knowing the direction taken by the
thieves, I rode briskly after them,
A low grog shop or tavern, ten miles
off, and near the coast, would, I felt
certain, be their stopping place for the
night. Nor Was I deceived Cautiously
approaching the tavern, I saw the Fed
erals unsaddling their horses, and mak
ing other preparations for rest.
bo I rode swiltly but quietly back
for a quarter of a mile, entered the
woods at a point I knew, and secured
my horse, where he could neither be
seen nor heard. Then I walked back
towards the enemy, arranging every
item of the little drama I vvus about to
inaugurate, beforehand.
My role was to be that of a drunken
tar, who had berfn left by his comrades
accidentally on the river shore near by,
and who had lost his way and his wits
together. Under cover of my assumed
character, with the help of two bottles
of cognac and my capital disguise, I by
no means despaired of accomplishing
my purpose.
Reaching (lie tavern, I staggered noi
sily in. ‘Bully for the old flag !’ says
I, ‘who wants a drink V Now, the ma
jority of die squad were rather far gone
in liquor already, and my invitation
acted like fire to tow. A few words of
maudlin explanation, with the pro iuc
tion of the brandy put me on a friendly
footing with the fellows at once.
The captain, however, to my intense
disgust, sat apart, and could nut be in
duced to take a drop. B’or hours we
kept up the carouse, until one by one
the men straggled off to sleep. The
captain lodged in an inner room, and as
he it was who kept the jewels, I puz
zled my brain for some expedient to
come at him. Suddenly, as in ti e first
instance, a device presented itself.—
When all the a* hers*were snoriug loudly
I tapped at the captain’s door. He
must have been wakeful, for immedi
ately he started up, and asked :
‘Who is there ?'
‘Hush, hush,’said I, in a mysterious
voice; ‘l'm not so drunA us you thought
me, and I have come to give you warn
ing. L*t tne see you a moment; your
life depends on it!’
This roused him. He came to tiie
door, and opened it just wide enough
to let me whisper in his ear :
‘Those fellows of yours are d——d
scamps ! they have found out somehow
that you took a lot of jewels from some
place or another; and I overheard them
discussing the propriety of knocking
you on the head at tha first fair chance.
You had better get out and vamose! —
I’m good natured myself, and I’ll help
you to give th»*m the slip. The devil
burn me if I don’t hate a sneak !’
He hesitated, but a trifling event
turned the scale in my favor. Just
then one of the Yankees turning in
sleep, happened to mutter, ‘d—n him !
shoot him, shoot him!’—a mere coin
cidence, of course, but the captain asso
ciating it with what I had said, and
swearing he believed ‘the dogs did want
to murder him,’ threw on his coat, seiz
ed his holsters and sabre, and rushed
out of the house with me. When we
reached the stable, I had to help bridle
his horse, for actually the rascal’s hands
shook so, he couldn’t place the bit be
tween the animal’s teeth. What with
bodily terror and cupidity, tie seemed
completely unnerved.
‘Pshaw!’ I remarked in a cheery
tone, ‘it’s all right now; lend me lead
your horse out und r the trees, and then
you can mount and be off.’
I hardly can tell how it was, but for
a single moment he suspected me. I
observed his face, pale before, grow
paler, and he made a slight motion for
his pistols. Now, though I say it, who
shouldn't say it, I am a cool hand, and
always was.’
‘Don’t be a fool,’ I whispered quietly,
‘and ruin yourself when the game is
nearly won. Give me ten dollars for
my trouble in saving your throat, and
it will be all right, captain.’
This reassured him wonderfully. We
were now in the shade, and he began to
fumble in his pockets for the money.—
As his head was turned a little aside, I
threw the horse's rein over a bush, clasp
ed him round the neck, tripped up his
heels, and had him prettily gagged in
less time than it takes to tell you. In
the breast of his frock coat I felt the
jewel box, which was speedily in my
possession. I mounted his horse, and
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE,
made my way to a ferry lower down the
road. Then I jumped off, and whip
ping the animal soundly, soon had the
pleasure of seeing him tallop towards
the coast.
Two hours more, and by a rounda
bout way, 1 had come to a spot iri the
woods where my own horse was hitch
ed. We mjide such excellent time that
not long after sunrise I enjoyed the sat
isfaction of replacing her jewels in the
ownpi’s hands.
Os the Yankees, ami their Captain,
I never heard afterwards.
Puraeouted Mexico.
Unfortunate iMexico has ever been
the sport of the Furies. Her republic
was born under a fatal star. Always
the scene of usurpation and political
and civil disorder, she is now a specta
cle cl war, rebellion, insurrection, re
volt, conspiracy, rapine and devastation,
that seeks in vain for u parallel in
history.
Benito Juarez, the old Indian Presi
dent, is ill sustaining himself, and ac
cording to present advices, promises to
soon become the prisoner, if not the
victim of the Revolutionists. The suc
cess reported to have been achieved by
him some time since over the ir.sifrgent
Diaz, of Oaxica, proves to have been
totally misrepresented. He only de
feated a small rear guard, commanded
by Felix Diaz, cousin of the Insurgent
General, who was left behind with a
detachment to cover the retreat of the
main army of the Revolution.
Minor armies of the insurgents are
concentrating their forces at Saltillo, a
city in the State of Cobuila, bordering
on the Rio Grande. The city of Mexi
co is excited by the report that a body
of the cavalry of Diaz is in the vicinity.
The Government forces have been de
feated in several minor engagements.
The Northern front er is entirely in the
possession ol the Revolutionists. Daily,
prominent Generals, Governers, and
States, are withdrawing their allegience
from the Government, and several in
stances of revolt and desertion have
occurred.
If old Juarez can surmount tiiese dif
ficulties, he is, indeed, worthy of the
cause. His government is in imh.iuent
danger, and as the ilemoumt.nl approach
es Lereda, another candidate for the
Presidency, appears ; thus creating an
other source of dissatisfaction. In the
event of the defeat of Juarez, another
war far more desolating between the
adherents of Diaz and Lereda, the two
prominent candidates for the Presiden
cy, will devastate and demoralize the
country. The only remedy for Mexico
is intervention, and even that is a des
perate resort.
lsusiuoss Laws
It is not legally necessary to say on
a note—for value received.
A note on Sunday is void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from a
person in a state of intoxication cannot
be collected.
If a note is lost or stolen, it does not
release the maker, he must pay it if the
consideration for which it was given
and the amount can be proven.
An endorser of a note is not exempt
from liability if not served with notice
of dishonor within twenty-four hours
of its non payment.
A note by a minor is void.
Notes bear interest from date only
when so stated.
Principals are r* sponsible for theacts
of their agents.
Each individual in a partnership is
responsible for the whole amount of the
debts of the firm.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
It is fraud to conceal fraud.
The law cornpells no one to do im
possibilities.
An agreement whitliout considera
tion is void.
Signatures made with a lead pencil
are good in law.
A receipt for money paid is not le
gally conclusive.
The act of one partner binds all the
others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be
enforced,
A contract with a minor is void.
A contract made with a lunatic is
void.
22,156 barrels of sperm oil, 15,141
batrels of whale oil, and 387,199 pounds
of bone were imported into the United
States in 1871.
It requires 65,000 cobcineal insects
to make one pound in weight. The
United States imported last year 1,549,-
842 pounds.
Tl»o Arlington Kstnte—
tion of Mrs. Le«>.
In the House of Representatives on
Monday, Mr. Lewis, of Virginia, presen
ted a petition from the widow of Gen
eral Robert E. Lee, setting forth that
the Arlington estate was bequeathed to
her by her father, George W. P- Curtis,
in 18-57, and occupied by herself and
family until the commencement of the
lute civil war; that it was sold for non
payment of a direct tax of $92 70, and
by i rder of President Lincoln bid in by
the United States for $26,800, no por
tion of v hich sum has ever been paid to
the owner of said property. The peti
tioner argues that the above named pro
ceedings were insufficient to pass a legal
or valid title to the United States, be
cause the act of Congress under which
said sale was made is unconstitutional ;
the Constitution authorizing Congress
to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over
such places only ns are purchased by
the consent of the State in which they
are situated, for the purpose alone of
erecting forts and other needful buildings.
It is further argued that the General
Government has never attempted to ex
exercise any exclusive legislation, or to
call in question the jurisdiction of Vir
ginia over that portion of the county
of Alexandria ; and also that the sale of
the whole eleven hundred acres to pay a
tax of S9O, while the tract was clearly
divisible and a sale of a portion amply
sufficient to pay the tax upon it, was un
constitutional. It is also asserted that
the amonnt of this tax was duly tender
ed to the Tax Commissioner before the
said sale. In view of these circumstan
ces the petitioner asks Congress to ap
propriate $300,000 to purchase the es
tate from her, whereupon she will give
the Government a clear title.
Commenting on Mrs. Lee’s appeal to
Congress, the Baltimore Sun remarks :
It is difficult to see how the petition can
be refused, unless law and justice are to
be alike disregarded because the petition
er is the widow of Gen. Lee. Even if
Arlington had belonged to Gen. Lee, in
stead of being his wife’s inheritance,
Congress ought to be ashamed to por
petuate now an act of spoliation inci
dent to and jerhaps excusable by the
necesities of war, which has no sem
blance of legal or constitutional war
rant in time of peace, to say nothing of
good morals and equity. But it is the
Curds estate, descended to a lady of that
family, in which Gen. Lee had no furth
er interest than by marriage. We cannot
but assume such sense of justice in Con
gress, and sensibility to appreciate the
attachment of a child to the home of her
father, as will lead to the giving of some
sort of equivalent to Mrs. Lee for her
property. Congress can now aflord to
be magnanimous, and can acquire a rep
utation for that quality by being just.
The holding of property by a mere tax
title, giving the owner no opportunity to
redeem it, is not considered proper,
among individuals, and it is not general
ly allowed. How much more improper
then, is it in a great government to do
such a thing ! Had the property been
Gen. Lee’s in his own right, and confis
cated on account of participation in re
bellion, it would have reverted, under
the law, to his heirs at his death. Let
the widow, then, have her own or its
equivalent.’
The world uses 250,000,000 pounds
tea each year, and 713,000,000 pounds
of coffee. China furnishes nearly all
the tea, and Brazil over one half of the
coffee. On 'y 140,000 pounds of Java,
and 18,000 pounds of Mocha are pro
diced, The United States consumes
nearly one-third of all the coffee pro
duced in the world, and the English
people are the greatest tea drinkers out
of China. The Germans take rank next
to the Americans as coffee drinkers.-
The Americans consume about six lbs.
of coffee and 112 pounds of beef per
head, counting adults and infants, each
year. This looks large, but the yan&ee
nation never does anything by halves.
The Louisville Gazette of the 27th
ult., says that the pork packing season
is drawing to a close, with an improved
feeling among dealers, owing to the
light supplies during the week from
Chicago and Cincinnati, several packing
houses having closed operations. The
comparative packing at those points up
to the 2Sth ult., is 648,252 hogs this
year at Cincinnati, 448,312 last year ;
at Chiccgo, 910,152 this year, against
689,236 last year. At nearly all the
minor points the packers have packed
all they wanted, and have closed.
He who has no opinion of his own,
but depends on thatof others, is a slave.