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VOLUME II—NUMBER 16.
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IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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THLOMSOIsT. a--A..,
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RONEY & SULLIVAN,
RATES OF ADVERTISING ,
Transient advertisements will be charged one
dollar per square for the first insertion, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion.
~ BUSINESS n.Mills.
E. S. HARRISON,
Pliyt»ician and Hurgeon
Offers hi* service* to the public. Office with Dr.
J. S. Jones, over MoCotd & ilardaway’e.
aprlOmd Thomson, Ga.
>. MNStFBT £ €&,
Wholesale and Rotail Doalors in
EIEUSS WHITE SEMITE Si E. E, WE
—ALSO—
Heini-Cliina French t’liina,
Glassware, &c.
244 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga
aprlO ly.
ljri. T r. 1,. LALLEftSTKBT
OFFERS HIS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
To the Citizens ol Thomson and Vicinity.
lie can l>c found at the Room over Costello’s, when
cot professionally absent.
REFERS TO
Pro. J A. Eve, .Pno. W>t. H. Pocghtv. Dr
Jons S. Cos i, km aN, Dr. S C. Lve.
1, A . I* E ACOCK,
i>o Green Street,
AUGUST A. GEORGIA.
Tt&nntemL : ' l *man<uit Boarding.
CLOSE HOTELr
8. W. CORNER BROAD A JACKSON STS.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JACKSON & JULIAN, Froprit’rs-
We bo" 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
Kocond to none in the South. No expense will be
spared to render it n first class House in every
rcsiHict, and every attention is paid to the comfort
and convenience of guests.
O UST T I ls/C E
TILL THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER.
1 WILL ftimioli planter* anJ othere in want of
S HOES
on City Acceptance, till November next, at
«--r« ■»_
LUMBER. LUMBER. LUMBER!
ANY quality or quantity of I’ine Lumber de
livered at Thomsou, or .11 Mile I’ost on the
Georgia Railioad, low for cash.
Poplar, Oak or Hickory
Lumber sav ed to fill order* at special rates.
J. T. KENDRICK.
February 21, <872. tmfi
CHARLES S. DuBOSE,
g.'FTQBNEF&iW&MWs
Warrenton, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of the Northern,
Augusta & Middle Circuits.
H, C. RONEY,
at Jab,
TIIO.nSOJT, C.J.
Will practice in the Augusta, Northern and
Middle Circuits,
no I—ly
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.,
Have Removed to their
New Ivon Front Store,
BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA
aprlOtf
JAMES 11. HULSEY’S
Steam Dyeing and Scouring
ESTABLISH TvTEISrT,
133 Broad St., Augusta, (Ja.
Kear Lower Market Bridge Bank Building for the
Dyeing and Cleaning
of dreHHOK, shawls, cloaks, ribbons, Ac. Also gen
tlemen’s coats, vests and pants cleaned and dyed
in the best manner. Piece dry goods, cloths, me
rinoes, delane, alpaca, rep goops and jeans dyed
*nd finished equal to those done in New York.
UJT Orders by Express promptly attended to.
Augusta, Ga. apr.3mo
A bound canvassing book of the PICTORIAL
HOME BIBLE, containing over 300 Illcsti,a
hons. With a comprehensive Cyclopodia explana
tory of the Scriptures. In English and German.
WM. FLINT & CO . Phila , Pa.
M O’DOWD & CO
GROCER
-A-IST ID
Commission JHenljftnt,
No, 284 Broad Street,
mlugusta, GEORGLI.
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
Supplies,
among which may l>e found the following :
50 hhds. D. R. bacon sides
10,000 lbs D. S. shoulders
10 casks hams
100 packages lard
200 boxes choose
000 bbls flour, all grades,
300 sacks oats
40 “ seed ryo
100 bbls. Irish potatoos
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—l 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 onr choice “
200,000 various grades “
5, Of* I bushels corn
25 hhds. Domarara sugar
35 hhds. brown sugar
10 hhds. Scotch sugar
25 boxes Havana sugar
50 bbls. crushed, powdored and granulated sugar
200 bbls. extra C and A sugar
200 bags Rio coffee
50 “ Lagnayra coffeo
50 pockets old Government Java coffeo
100 boxes No. 1 soap
200 boxes pale “
150 boxes starch
.* 100 boxes soda
. JOQ, dozen lftiffetft —, _ , 4 . I
50 dozen brooms*
10 bbls. pnre Baker whisky
50 bbls. Old Valley whisky
200 bbls. rye whisky, all grades
50 bbls. pure corn whisky
30 bbls. brandy, gin and mm
10 cpiartor casks imported Cognac brandy
8 quarter 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 eases bitters
200 boxes tobacco, all grades
100 cases smoking tobacco, all grades.
janlllyl
FURNITURE
OF ALL DESCKIPXIONS,
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PLATT BROTHERS,
(Formerly C. A. Platt & C 0.,)
214 Droad Street, Augusta, Ga.
1,000 Maple & Walnut Bedsteads,
Jjkj to $10!
We particularly call the attention of purchasers
<o our Solid Walnut Chamber Suits for Beauty,
durability and Cheapness.
Oar Manufacturing Department U(till in opera
tion. Special orders wilt bs promptly attended to.
Repairs done in all its branches.
Upholstering Department.
Ilair Clo'li, Enameled Cloth, Reps, Terry and
Springs,and all articles suitah'o for manufacturers,
wo offer at Low Prices. jau3l m 6
CIIAS. W. ARNOLD. CAPT. WM. JOHNSTON
C* W AROI-D & CO-
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
Thomson, - Georgia*
HAVE on hand au«l (or Sale at the lowest market
prices
FOB ©ASM.
CEOICE FAMILY GROCERIES AND PLANTA
TION SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
Among which may be found the following,
Bacon, Flour, Sugar, Collet*,
Lard, Cheese, Mackcral,
Oysters, Fickle*,Canned
Fruits, Soda, Tobacco,
and everything kept in tho line of a
Firs! Class Grocery S!oie,
Wo Respecfuliy invltp qur frieqds |q
give us r, call.
<J. V\ , Arnold A 00..
Thomson, Ga, March 13, ly
THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GA., APRIL 24,1872
fcctrg*
The New Chui-ch Organ.
They’vo got a bran new organ, Sue,
For all thoir fuss and search;
The’vo done just what they said they'd do,
And fetehod it Into church.
They’re bound tho critter shall be soon,
And on tho preaclior’s right
They’ve hoisted up their now machine
In everybody's sight.
The’vo got a chorister and a choir,
Agin my voice and vote ;
For it was nevor my desire
To prise the Lord by note.
I’ve been a sister good and trno
For five and thirty year ;
I've done what seemed my part to do,
An’ prayed my duty clear;
I’ve sung the hymns both slow and quick,
Just as tho preacher read,
And twico, when Deacon Tubbs, was sick,
I took tho fork and led I
And now their bold, new-fangled ways
Is cornin’ all about;
And I, right in my latter days,
Am fairly crowded out.
To-day tho proaclicr, good and dear,
With tears all iu his eyes,
Read—“l can rend my titlo clonr
To mansions in the skies"—
I nl’ays liked that blessed hymn— ,
I s’poso I al’ays will
It somo how grntifios my whim,
In good old Ortouville ;
But when that choir got up to sing,
I couldn't catch a word ;
They sang the most dog-ou-dest thing
A body ever heard!
Some worldly chaps was standiu’ noar,^
An’ when I seod thorn grin,
I bid farewell to evory fear, J.
And boldly waded in. j
I thought I’d chase their tuno alouo,
An' tried with all my might; >
But though my voice is good au’ strong, .
I couldn't steer it right; ■» *,
When they was high, then I was low, *
An’ also contrary wise;
And I too fust, or thoy too slow, '
To "mansions iu the skies.”
An' after every verse, yon know,
They plnyed a little tuno;
/ £t didn't understand, end so^_
I started in too soon.
I pitched it pretty midiin’ high, •
I fetch a lusty tone,
But oh, alas! I found that I
Was singing there nlone !
They laughed a little, so I am told;
But I had done my host,
And not a wnvo of trouble rolled
Across my peaceful breast.
And Sister Brown—l could but look—
She sits right front of me;
She never was no singing book,
And uover went to bo ;
But then she al’ays tried to do
Tho best she could, she said;
She understood the time right through,
An' kep' it, with her head;
But when sho tried this morniu’, oh,
I had to laugh or cough !
It kep’ her head a bobbin’ so,
It e'en a’most came off 1
An’ Deacon Tubbs—he all broke down,
As one might well suppose;
Ho took ono look at Sister Brown,
An’ meekly scratched his nose,
He looked bis hymn right thro’ an thro'
And laid it on the seat,
An' then a pensive sigh he drew,
An’ looked completely beat.
An’ when they took another bout,
He didn’t even rise,
But drawed his red bandanna out.
An’ wiped his wepin’ eyes.
I’ve been a sister good an' true
For five an’ thirty year;
I’ve done what seemed my part to do,
An’ prayed my duty clear;
But death will stop my voice, I know,
For he is on my track ;
An’ somo day I to church will go,
An' never more come back; *
An’ when the folks get up to sing—
When that time shall be—
I do not want no patent thing
A squealin’ over me. _-
What Makes M sF —lt ia not the
best things—that is, the things which
we call best—that make men ; it is not
the pleasant things, it is not the calm
experience of life, it is life’s rugged ex
periences, its tempests, its trials. The
discipline of life is here good, and there
evil, here trouble and there joy, here
rudeness and there smoothness, one
working with the other ; and tho alter
nations of the one and the other which
necessitate adaptations constitute that
part of the education whioh r»l4k es a
man a man in distinction from an ani
mal, which has no edneatinn. The suc
eeqsfql man ‘invariably hpars tho raatlt °(
the struggles wliiph {;e hag had to qn
dergq, fill I,hi brow..
A little girl tqld her ntftthnr nut to
let her have uny more corn to eat,
mouse it was cquiing out on her toes.'
That Handsome Humbug}
OR,
.V WOMAN HOLD.
11Y LOTTIE BROWN.
It was.ft sharp, cold night; a dreary,
dull night, that sent in through the car
door with every opening a chilly,
searching, cutting blast, that made the
tLnjd travelers curl up closer in their
wiops aiid wish with more impatience
and* diapoutmit that they were at home,
~6r som.«vvher6'Where there was warm
fires and comfortable couches.
There was a great bundle rolled up
in one seat; a big bundle of humanity
it was, with a shawl of gorgeous colors
tucked all about it; warm furs bun
dled up'tdthe very throat, and a bright,
gay-colored scarf wound al! around the
shapely head and face.
.And beside all this, there was a port
ly portmantau on the opposite seat;
another Bhawl of white and scarlet, and
a roll of papers and magazines. But
there was a fretful, uncomfortable look
in the bundle, in spite of all these lux
urious accompauiment3; and if any
body took the trouble to look at it they
recicved the impression at once that it
contained a deal of weariness and ner
vousness.
The re* had been many miles left be
hind, and everybody was getting out
of spirits and sick at heart, when all
at ot\,ce, at a way station, the door
was opened and a little crowd, all
fresh and sparkling, came in with a
deal of noise and bustle, and recklessly
turned bac/fc seats, and laid back bun
dles in the owners’ laps with a freedom
quite astonishing.
Two of the party —two dressy,
frowiebeaded girls —came up to the
seat occupied by the scarlet shawl,
the pormanteau, anil papers, and with
only a glance at the living bundle op
posite. laid the shawl back, the port
manteau'and the bundle on the rack
Jeapve, and turned the seat over, with a
W - -
was -a movement,snd the
great wsaps fell away, and from be
neath the tiny velvet hat a pair of
shJtpr rather indignant, black eyes
flushed out. Then the rest of the face
made its appearance, and showed
round, fair cheeks, very pale and beau
tiful ; a scornful little mouth ; and a
very saucy, wellmodelled chin.
‘Come, Mr. Ayer!’ called the pretti
est of the two girls, designating a fine
looking man who was standing a little
way down, evidently in search of a
seat. ‘Here’s one, right behind us,
come P
For a mo.r.ent there wa3 a movement
on the part of the pale stranger as
though she was about to spring up and
seize that impertinent girl by the chig
non, and demolish it; but then there
was evidently a second, and more con
siderate thought, and she settled back,
saying through her set teeth :
‘Such bold impudence/’
•Is this seat engaged V
It was a very agreeable voice, and
contained so much deference and calm
ness that she looked up with quite a de
gree of good nature, and answered :
‘No. Sit down
He was very nice. lie had fine eyes
and a reddish-brown mustache, scru
pulously brushed and daintily arranged.
Ho wore a tall, shining hat, a light
overcoat, and faultless linen ; and one
white hand, from which the kid glove
had been removed, was elegantly jew
eled with a big seal ring and a spark
'ling diamond.
He gave one glance into the fair pa
trician face, then he lifted the wraps,
which she had laid aside, and said :
‘I will put these out of your way,
unless you want to use them.’
‘I thank you, I have no futhcr use for
them,’ she said.
‘Your books ’
‘I have read them.’
So he put them all up together, and
then taking a paper from his pocket,
laid it in her lap and turned away.
They rode on miles further. Little
villages, lonely farm-houses, broad
fields, and barren wood flew past, and
the night came on and shrouded all in
darkness.
Just after dark thoy glided into a de*
pot whore there was a great deal of
st jr and bustle; and fi'nung the many
Who hastened ffike dqwi; portman
teaus and prepare to leave tho cars
were the gqilj-dressed girls.
‘Cfline, Mr. Aypr,’ said tho pretty
one, ‘areyoq all ready V
‘I ve taken a notion into my l ead,
pnd I will not stop over to-night. I’ll
go on home.’
‘Go home / Why, Mr- Ayer f
TERMS--TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
But Mr. Ayer was a oddity, and all
the expostulations, the pleadings, and
prayers of the pretty girls, could not
move him ; and finally they loft him,
und the train sped on.
When everybody had settled back in
to their former drowsiness, Mr. Ayer
turned that sharp, fine face of his to
ward the strauger and said :
‘Miss Halifax, you are wornout with
your long journey.’
‘You know me V The pale face was
uplifte I, the tired eyes opened with a
wild, hali-frightened look.
‘You are Clara Halifax, and you are
going to your aunt Marston’s in Boston?’
‘Yes. How did you know?’
‘I am George Ayer, and your uucle
Marstou was my uncle.’
She looked relieved.
‘Boston is the worst place on the
map. Aunt Marston is deus, and uncle
Marstou has the gout.’
‘ls it cold here ?’
‘Colder than Ureenland’s icy moun
tains; and there are no young people
there ; and n > one to take you to places
of amusement. You will die. I am
glad I happened to meet you.’
‘How did you know me V’
‘I saw your picture, and it is not a
face to be easily forgotten.’
‘Who were those young ladies who
entered the car with you V
‘Your own cousins, Nellie ami Floy
Marston ; and they stopped at H
on their way back from a week’s visit
in New Haven. They expected you
to-morrow riigffk’
‘Why did you not tell them that you
guessed my identity, and then intro
duce us?’
‘I wanted to know you first,’ he said,
giving her a side glance.
‘lt is odd that I never before heard
of you,’ she answered, with a red flush
coloring hei cheek.
‘Then you never heard of mo V
‘Aever!’
That was a memorable ride. It
stretched way into the early hours of
morning, and Wearied the wretched
travelers past endurance. It gave that
handsome George Ayer an ’opportunity
to wrap up*-the gorgeously arrayed
Miss Halifax, to let her teat her tired'
head on his broad shoulder, and to
pour much soft nonsense into her be
wildered ears.
When the first faint streaks of day
light began to tremble in the eastern
horizon, Clara sat up, very tired, but
very easy in her mind. There was a
pleasant light in her eyes, a smile on
her pretty lips, and abroad, plain gold
hoop on her linger, where the night be
fore a great solitaire diamond had
gleamed.
The solitaire diamond was glittering
on one of the white fingers of her gal
lant companion. They had exchanged
rings in a cousinly way.
###### *
There was a very bright fire in the
long cosily furnished, luxurious, and old
fashioned Boston parlor, in old Mrs.
Marston’s house, and two rosy girls
were crocheting near the window,
eagerly watching the street as far away
as it could be seen.
‘I should think it time for Clara,
shouldn’t you, Floy ?’
‘Yes, and time for pa, too. I hope
he’ll get some trace of the ras-al.’
‘Depend upon it, he never will. To
think of all our spoons and plate. Oh,
Floy /’
‘And all the sweet letters you wrote
him. Oh, Nellie/’
Nellie’s round cheeks reddened, and
the chubby slippered foot played a live
ly measure on the velvet carpet.
‘Well, he is very handsome.’
There was a picture over the mantel,
the face of a handsome rogue of a fel
low ; and Nellie’s brown eyes wander
ed up there, with a sad and very doubt
ing expression.
‘Handsome is that handsome does. —
Julian Raymond was never handsome in
my eye,’ said Floy.
A great blow had fallen upon the
Marstons. Nellie had a beau, a real
bona fide beau, in broadcloth and shiny
boots. She had met him ut a ball, and
from that time—well, it’s the silliest
and most unnecessary thing in the
world to attempt to ropeat their love
story, bo I’ll draw the lino hero.
H« won the attentions of tho entire
family, and was treated like a man, and
a brother—and a son,
Ar,d when parental hopes and youth
ful aspiration were at the highest pitch,
there was a flash, an explosion, and lo J
Julian Raymond was gone, and so was
a thousand dollars worth or- sq of the
family plate, and all Miss Nellie’s aqd
IVliss Floy’B pretty and valuable jewels,
Thus we find them in the rosy warmth
qf the pa' luc, wailing over their loss and
shameful dispointment, and watching
for tlie coming of their wealthy New
York cousin with mingle I feelings of
chagrin and pleasant anticipation.
After a little there was a sound of
horses’ feet iu the street, and the nice
family corqie drew up, and a white face
looked anxiously out.
‘Oh, there she is! There’s Clara,’ and
the crotchet work went down on the
carpet, and the two girls flew to the
door.
It was very georgious but a very de
jected bundle that camo sh.wly up the
steps and suffered itself to be led or
half borne into the parlor.
‘Why, Clara, dear ! Why cousin !
How ill you look / This is Nellie, your
oldest eousin. I am Floy,’ said the
chntty individual.
The white face turned around and
evinced quit * a degree of int. rest.
‘Why, I thought you were at H
and Clara told the story of the two
saucy fly-aways.
‘How horrible!’
‘And I have been robbed!'
‘Robbed ?’
‘Of all my money, my plain ring, and
my watch and chain. Nellie, do you
know George Ayer?’
'George Ayer ? No !’
Isn’t fie Uncle Marston’s nephew ?’
shrieked Clara.
‘No. Papa has no ilepbews,'
Clara lifted her eyes in horror.
‘Why, there he is. There’s George
Ayer ;’ and the trembling band pointed
straight at the picture over the mantel.
They laughed, and Nellie sat down in
the neaiest chair.
‘That is Julian Raymond, and he car
ried off onr plate and jewelry,’ said
Floy.
‘That is George Ayer, and lie has
stolen my Watch and money,’ cried
Clara. ‘How did he know me? He
knew my name, and all about me.’
‘Yes, the rascal. He knew you were
expected on the tenth, and that you had
lots of money.’
‘Ciara groaned. lie find promised to
meet her at dinner when he handed her
into the after all, fie was
only a mean thief., who had left nothing
’for her money anil valuebles^^aUv, plaTiT
gold ring. “ j
To cut a long story short, let me say
that George Ayer, alias Julian Raymond,
was never afterward seen. Neither
were tho jewe’s, family plate, Miss
Clara’s watch and money, or that ele
gant solitaire diamond. And when
Clara held out her hand, Uncle Mars
ton replied, ‘About ten cents, my dear,'
she felt that insult had been added to
injury, and that her burden of both was
more than she could bear.
Georgia Bonds Held in New York
as Collaterals. —The New York cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier
says that the sub-Bond Committee from
Georgia, in the course of their investi
gations in that city found gold bonds
for $1,000,000, and currency bonds for
$3,000,000, held as collateral for $17,-
000, claimed by Mr. Clews as due him
from Georgia. In the hands of Russell
Sage, another of our large brokers,
were found $530,000 of currency
bonds, and $500,000 of gold bonds,
held as security for $375,000 alleged
debt, while Messrs. J. Boorman John
son & Cos. have $120,000 of currency
bonds, held for a debt of SBO,OOO,
and the Broadway Bank SIOO,OOO in
gold bonds as security for a debt of $75,-
000. The members of the Committee
express themselves as acreeably disap
pointed that the amount of indebted
ness incurred under the auspices of
Governor Bullock’s administration was
not larger in this city, and also deliver
themselves of opinions rather question
ing the justness of the deposit of so
large collateral fora debt comparative
ly small.
Well Answered. —Mr. Stephens, in
reply to a paragraph which appeared in
the Washington Chronicle, charging
that he ‘was tired of editorial life, and
would sell out his paper,* says that it is
untrue that he is tired of editorial life,
but that ho ia ‘tired’ of usurpations—
‘tired’ of bayonet rule—‘tired’ of cor
ruptions in ollice—‘ tired’ of seeing elec
tions carried by ‘forue, fraud and per
lidy’-—‘tired’ of seeing the liberties of
the country trampled under foot—
‘tired’ of seeing jails filled with parties
arrestoij without ‘due process of law,’
and to whom the sacred writ of habeas
corpus is denied—‘tired' of seeing tho
Constitution made a mockery of, and
its ever-living principles attempted to
he buried as ‘dead issues’ with the ‘de
funct-follies' of an ‘ejfcte past.'
The Irish is the oldest language new
spoken iu Europe.