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VOLUME II—NUMBER 42. ftlte f}JcjOuftie gonrual, j IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY —A T— THOMSON. O-A., —B Y H. C. RONEY. RATES OF ADVERTISING . Transient advertisements will be charged one dollar per square for the first insertion, and seventy five cents for each subsequent insertion. iuGmss ii vans. ~ HR. T. I„ UU.RSTKDT OFFERS Ills PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To the Citizens ol Thomson and Viciuity. He can be found at the Room over Costello's, when Lot professionally abscut. REFERS TO Prj. J Eve, Pun. Wm. 11. PotJOHTT, Dr John S. Coleman, Dr. S. C. Eve. PAUL C HUDSON, Ittonm) at fat», TBO.nsO.\, «KI»R«IA. CiT* Prompt attention given to the collection of claims. CsT Will practice in all the courts of the Augus ta, Middle aud Northern Circuits. O/Urf. -At the Office formerly occupied by Jor dan E. White, Esg. seplSmd 11. C UOiVEY, Jttorrg at Sato, Tno nso r, a*i. Will pract ce iu the August a, Northern and Middle ('rcuiis. no l-lv CHARLES S Du3DSE, stTTOMMSrdtT&ii IP, Warrcnton, CJa. Wi’l practice in nil the Courts of the Northern, Augusta & Middle Circuits. WM. S. ROBERTS. RICH’d B. MORRIS. .IAS. A. SHIVERS Central Jotel, 33 iU US. W. u. THOU AS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. eeplltf M. vl* COTTON FACTOR .A. IST3D BIIUL CBMMSSISI MEJCIMT, A T o. 1 WSTren Block, Augusta, Georgia- Will give prompt attention to the selling of Cotton and other produce. ■HT Commission for selling cotton, One Dollar Per Bale. sepl lm2 w. H. HOWARD. O. H. HOWARD. W. H. HOWARD, JR. W, 11. Howard & Sons, HiMcniiiemfs. No. 2 Warren Block, y\trnst;v, CS-eorgfia. C3T Commission for Selling cotton One Dollar per bale, .strict personal attention given to bn linens entrusted. All orders strictly obeyed. Liberal Cash Advan ces made on Cotton. Special attention paid to Weighing of Cotton. Bagging and Ties furnished at Lowest VLajJH Prices. s p pl 1 Mi'.olosale and Retail Erannnun ulWr —ALSO— <yemi-Chii»a French; China, Glassware, «&c. 244 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga aprlO ly. Roberts, Morris & Shivers, Successors to Jas. T. Gardiner & Cos. WAREHOUSE AJNJ33 Cfomaiissiou IfWnduuts, Jttclntosh Street Augusta Ga, Will give their personal attention to the storage and sale of cotton, and such other produce as may be sent to them. Commission for selling cotton one dol lar per Bale. Cash Advances made on Produce in Store- Sept, 4th 3m. Thomas Richards & Son, Booksellers, Stationers Dealers IBpPßftcy Goods, 263 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Established 1827. Keep a large stock of all kinds and qualities of Blank Books, Fools-cap, Letter, Note and all sizes of Aud ever / article of Stationery used in Counting House and PUB r,IO OFFICES : and a variety of Fancy Good*, to suit the wants of Country .Merchant®. Auv Books wanted will he sent by mail free of expense ou receptof Publishers’ prices. Tl rl7 L I N E R Y T MRS. WORRILL would respect fully call the attention .of the Ladies of Thomson and vicinity to her well selected STOCK OF tmiLl\i:UV and white goods. Also,a fine assort ment of LADIES’ BOOTS Ladies’ Hats made in in the latest style. Old Hats retrimed at the lowest prices. Call and examine. octlOmS EIo! ye that arc Barefooted Come to the Shoe Store. I HAVE just received the largest and best stock of Gents’ and Ladies’ Boots and Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers a id Rubbers and a general assortment of Misses’ and Children's shoes Gaiters, BOYS BOOTS from SL 75 to S2 00. I propose to sell at as low figures as can be pur chased in any city, town village or hamlet in Georgia. Thanking my friends for past favors, I earnestly solicit their future pat ronage. Call aud examine my stock, and lam confident that you will not fail to make purchases and save expense. Take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. oct 2tf D. F. IRVING. j . a. s i Won , DEALER IN Men’s, Boys’ and Yo;iihs’ CLOTHING, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Ilats, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas, &e. CsT 224 Broad Street, 4 Doors below Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. oct 9ml FIRST CUSS GROCERIES ! C# W % s BEG leave to inform their old cus tomers aud the public generally that they are constantly receiving and have on hand a well selected stock of IST CLASS STAPLE AM FAICY GROOERIBS, And every article kept in a good grocery house. Having recently commenced business, we are determined to win patronage by buying our goods at very low prices and SELLING THEM AT SMALL P OFITS. our stock may found sugar jHgrfd arid canvassed hams, flour of all and at prices to suit the people, ■Kj and fancy candies, sardines, salmon, fresh mackerel, tobacco, canned fruits & c. Call on us and we warrant to give satisfaction. C. W. yVinolcl &. Cos. Thomson, Ga, [mr 13yl] oct2 Public Sale. WILL be sold at public outcry, at the residence of the subscriber, in McDuffie county, on Tuesday, the 29th inst., one Twenty-five Ilorse Pow er Engine with Locomotive Boiler, Heater, &c., complete. Also, pulleys and shafting of different sizes, tools, &c. The machinery is first-class, and in per fect ordet. Oct 10 2t ISAAC ISELINE. Wanted. A good house woman, either white or black, to do ight service. Good wages paid. Apply at this office. octlfitf The Secret of Beauty. What is it? no longer aak, for the world of fashion and all the ladies know that it is produced by using a delight ful and harmless toilet preparation known as G. W. Laird’s Bloom of Youth. Its beautifying effects are truly wonderful. Dept, 5 Gold street, N. Y. THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GA., OCTOBER 23,1872. faetrg. From the Atlanta Constitution.] Farewell, Ye Carpet Baffler Thieves ! BY J. O. BOWER. Farewell, ye carpet-bagger thieves! Ye plunderers and knaves— Ye robbers of the treasury— Ye Grant and Bullock slaves ! Ye stole the railroad's earnings, and Ye stole the school fund too; Ye stole the railroad bonds, and did What stealing you could do. But now you are defeated, and The people here will never Allow you to have place again, But keep you out forever. TYe have an honest Governor, Aud Legislature too, In place of carpet-bagger knaves And Bullocks thievieg crew. Wo have succeeded here, and soon We’ll put your party down, And fill our highest offices With Greeley and with Brown. Then will our honor be restored, And covered be our shame, And we will then havo peace indeed, And not alone in name. The Immodest Fashions. There are some features in the dress of the present day which every modest wife should shrink from showing upon herself, every careful mother should prohibit in her daughters—things that instead of pleasing the pure senses are a direct or covert appeal to sensuality, and can have no other purpose—orna ments that arranged so as to attract the eye to portions of the person that should be passed over by the modest gaze ; a style that gives a character to the walk like that of the lascivious dances of the East; distortions of limbs and figure that are injurious to health, and which can have no otlq?r recom mendation than that, they suggest cer tain ideas -s- to the female form that are agreeable to the animal called man, looking as an animal on woman. The second French Empire, appealing as it did systematically to everything that was impure and base in a man, has Linfected the fashion of dress to an un usual degree ; and very many follow the fashions without thinking of anything about them. But it should be borne in mind that ornamental dress is always designed to be effective in some direc tion. It produces some effect upon the spectators, it has some appreciable in fluence upon the wearers. Women cannot wear an impure style of dresn, especially one that has in it an element of coarse sensuality, without an injury to their own perfect purity and refine ment, which every mother must watch over in her daughters, and every wife guard religiously in herself. A Skillful Jail Breaker, —Mid- dle-sex county, New Jersey, has a horse thief named Austin, it is said, who is awaiting trial. On Tuesday his wife visited him, and a search ot his cell afterward brought to light three files of peculiar design, a saw of the finest steel, and steel wire for picking locks, which were secreted in the walls of the apartment. The affair was hush ed up, in the anticipation of further re sults. On Friday, she came again with a roll of butter, which was examined and contained a vial of aquafortis.— This, undoubtedly, was intended to aid Austin in his endeavors to cut the iron bars of his cell. A photograph case, of most artistic workmanship and almost as thin as a wafer, was also found; it was examined, and under the thin covering of paper on the reverse side, a small steel blade, filed like a saw, a steel spring of a watch, shaped likewise, a coil of copper wire, with a magnet attached, and three long needles, were found.—This was sufficient evi dence of her complicity in liberating her husband, and she was immediately arrested and imprisoned. Austin, alias Williams, has been recognized by the detectives of Trenton, Harrisburg, Lan caster and Philadelphia as the leader of one of the most notorious gangs of horse and wagon thieves that has infest ed the Middle States for years. He es caped from Moyamerrsing prison in 1871, and still has three years to serve. A gentleman traveling in Ireland, said to a very importunate beggar, “You have lost all your teeth.” The beggar quietly answered, “An’ it’s time I parted with urn, when I’d nothing for um to do.” For the Journal.] They Pass Away. BY W. D. SULLIVAN. All things of earth are passing away ! The edict, mutanter, has gone forth from the Great Eternal, and all things of earth hasten to make room for those that follow after. See the mighty host as it comes on its march to Oblivion, where it sinks beneath the dark waters of cold stream, and is forgotten. Like a nfighty river that rolls on to wards tlie ocean, the tide of life sweeps on to the sea of Death. Morning’s rosy dawn deepens into day—noon-day splen dors soften into mellow twilight—night settles dtvvn, and the world is wrapped in gloom. Where are those who were here be fore us ? Go seareti among the nations that sleep, and there you may find them inhabitants of the silent cities of the dead ! The good, the bad ; the grave, the gay ; the proud and the humble— all, all are gone— they have passed away. Death makes no distinction, and the king and the peasant alike sink to the tomb and sleep side by side. But it is not individuals alone that pass away. Nations and empires rise, flourish, fulfill their destiny, and pass away. Time drives on his triumphant car—crushes them beneath its wheels— sweeps them together as a heap of rub bish, and they, too, pass away, and leave no trace of their glory or their grandeur save on the page of history’s dim record. Man erects monuments to perpetuate his name, but Time crumbles his regal payees »nd his lofty columns to dust in his m'ighty fingers, and they pass away. But ;.•« heart of ambition feels no pang at tjt-f r fall- kv; with, its aspiration-* it, too, i/< no more. Season succeeds to season. The Spri/g time comes, and deci-s the world in 'robes of living green ; the flowers spa. .le and gleam, the bee and the grasshopper sing and dance through, the long suriimer’s day, the bird carols on the topmost spray of the waving bough, and the soft winged Zephyr whispers among the shadowy groves. But these may not stay—they must go away/ Anon, with melancholy wail autumn’s winds moan a requiem to de parted summer, The flower droops and falls away from its stalk; the last golden sheaf is garnered, and the insect lays it down to die. The leaf changes to a brighter hue, but it is the hue of death, its brightness fades away, it loosens its hold, and sails fluttering to the ground. Old Winter locks the world in his cold embrace; and then— “ Tis sweet to dream of summer woods, When the wintry blast is high— Os the laughing joy of the bounding flood, Which flung their spray o’er leaf and bud ’Neath the blue transparent sky I ” Such is life. But a picture; a sum mer’s cloud—a fitful dream that flies away “as watch in the night;” a song that is heard and not remembered. Each year as it passes away, and goes to join the ghosts of those that were, is a post down life’s highway, to mark the road and tell man that he is fast pass ing away. But among all that perish is owe thing that passes not away. The Paradise of God is as eternal ns the Great Omnipo tent Himself. Then let us draw in struction from the mutable things of nature, and weaning our affections from earth, place them upon things beyond the shores of Time, and prepare for that existence which will never pass away. Thomson, Ga., Oct. 19, 1572. Nebraska—A Republican Majori ty of 5 000 in the State. —Omaha, Neb., October S.—The elections passed off - quietly. A full vote was polled.— The Republican State and Congression al ticket was elected by about 5,000 majority. This (Douglas) County, con sidered a Liberal sfronghold, gives a Republican majority of about 100. About Women.—A beautiful woman said Foutenelle, is the purgatory of the purse and the paradise of the eye. Correspondence of the London Echo.] Carlotta’w Madness. The recent stories about the Empress ! Carlotta of Mexico being at the point of death were so far from being true that it now turns out this unhappy lady is in the possession of per eet bodily health. Her mental malady, however, is Worse than ever. She still remains at the Chatau ofTervueren. Her madness has degenerated into a kind of childishness, but is unaccompanied by any violence, such as is generally the case with female lunatics. The Empress’ mind is over cast, disdainful, and sometimes imperi ous but quiet and gentle, and as nearly all her caprices are satisfied, she has no reason to feel tormented. She lives very retired and almost alone in two rooms of the chatau, where she takes upon herself the care of her little house-keeping. The only person she will converse with—and to whom she appears attached, and who has an influence over her—is the learned and clever Dr. H , who is now charged exclusively witli her treatment. She receives him every morning for half an hour, and is calm after eacli of these interviews. The nine-and-twenty other persons of all ranks who form her house hod are far from enjoying such a favor, the Empress accepts their attentions, but with repugnance, and often rejects them. She fetches her own plates from the adjoining room ; she arranges her own dishes, and clears the table. The Empress is always chilly and insists on having a blazing fire. She lights and attends to it herself. She is also fond of having a number of candles burning. In order to prevent an ncei dent, a guard with a lock aud key was placed before the fire ; this precaution annoyed her greatly, and she complained to all the servants, and wanted the key. Dr. tl took the part of the Empress, and having pretended to scold the ser vants, ordered the key to be given to her. Since then she has kept it, and always taHs of the great victory she won over the doctor. The greatest part of her time is occu pied in sending telegraphic dispatches to Napoleon 111,, whom she still be •ieves to be on the throne, and convers ing with spirits, which she says haunts the upper stories of the chateau, whose language she boasts of knowing, and whose advice she follows. N vv and then she or lers a rich toilet to be made, which Blie places on chairs and dummies, and goes through the ceremony of a court reception. In her eyw, these dresses and bonnets represent ladies of France and Mexico. She flatters some, insults others, and’so passes a part of her time. She never wears any of these fine toilets, and always appears in her dressing gown. Not long ago she cut off all her line hair and put it on one of her dummies ; nevertheless, she insists on having her hair dressed every morning, and a domestic has to go through the ceremony. Sometimes she takes a walk, or runs about in the park. No affection has r -mained in h:r heart, not even for her brother. She will not see either the King or Queen, and her family are obliged to content themselves with looking at her unob served when she goes into the park.— The fear of being poisoned has disap peared, and she eats anything with a good apetite. All hope of cure has been given up, and the doctors say her health is such as promises a long life. The Savannah Tragedy J Since the recent tragdey in the Dillon family a variety of rumors have been afloat in reference to the parties con cernd, as to the condition of Dillon. Sr., and the disposition that had been made of the rema ns of the dt ceased son. These reports were so contradictory that but little reliance could be placed on them. We are now, however, enable to lay before our readers a concise and correct account of the events following upon the unfortunate affair, Dillon. Sr., gave instructions to an undertaker in this city to bring a eh cap coffin to the office and take the body to a farm of his, about five miles from the city, for iterment. The body was placed in the coffin with the same clothes the deceased had on at the time of his death. The coffin was placed in a hearse and the undertaker proceeded to the locality designated, ta/ring with him a negro man to dig the grave. When jnst beyond the Relay House, they were met by Mr. Dillon’s wife iu a erriage, who demanded the corpse. This was refused, and the driver of the hearse was ordere i to proceed. The party continued on, closely followed by her in the carriage, but before the place designated, for the burial was reached, she hired a wagoner, whom they met on TERMS-TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE the road, to proceed with her, as she was determined to have the body. On arriving at the ground the undertaker had the coffin removed, and left it in charge of the negro, - named Laac, we believe, who had been employed by Dillon, Sr., to inter the remains. The undertaker having performed his duty returned to town. The mother, with the assistance of some colored men, who were attracted to the spot and who Bympthized with her, succeeded in getting possession of the coffin, had it put in her wagon, and she then started to return to town, taking a dif frent road. They had proceeded several miles when they were overtaken by Henry Tow, Deputy Sheriff, with other parties, who demanded the body, in the name of the law, at the instance of Dillion, Sr. She at first declined to give it, but finally yielded to the force of circum stances- Once more the direction was changed an 1 in due time the farm was again reached, the mother stll following. The body was then interred, and the party returned to the city. At eight o’clock the mother, taking with her as sistants, drove out to the place and had the body disintered. The coffin was then put in a wagon, and moved rapidly towards town. Con siderable time was occupied in accom plishing this, and they did not reach their house, corner of State and Mont gomery streets, until half-pa3t two a. in. Saturday. On Saturday morning she had a very fine coffin ordered, and the body was removed from the other and placed in that. The funeral took place yesterday morning at half-past 10 o’clock from the residence of the mother, and was largely attended. Tha remains were buried on the place of Mr. T. J. Walsh, situated on the Middle Ground Road, a short distance from the city. This infor mation is correct, as it was furnished by the mother her-elf. The reports that Dillon, Sr., was suffering greatly with his wounds wo learn ia incorrect. .lie is said to be getting along very well, and it is ex pected will be out in a few days. He is at present at a house out on the road known as the Relay House. The cause of the trouble, we are informed, dates about three years back since which time her husband has not been living with her regularly. This was caused by the and scovery that the husband and father had been lured off' by a young woman to whom the wife says she was particuialy kind, and had assisted in many ways, but that events proved she wa3 making “a stick to break her own head.” The son Ben jamin, who is now in Montgomery, was incensed at this and one morning visited the domicile where this woman was staying and cleaned out the estab lishment, driving her away. This caised a rupture in the family. The son was furnished with SIOO and sent off with instructions not to write to his father for money. His mother says, however, lie wrote to her regularly. Since that time things had not gone on pleasantly. Her husband cut down her allowance and bestowed upon tha other woman mentioned, things pre viously given to her. —Saxanna News. Look Out Rats! —A Pennsylvanian has invented a rat trap is made to oper ate upon the selfish passions of the poor rat, and lure him into trouble. The Mechanic and Farmer, in a description of the trap, says that a mirror is set in the back part of the device beyond the bait, and as his ratship is out oil a for aging expedition, he espies the bait, and at the same times believes his own image in the mirror to- be another rat making for it on the opposite side.— This is too much for rat nature to stand and be cool over, so he rushes for the bait aud is caught. According to Haller, women bear hunger longer than men. According to Plutarch, they can resist the effects of wine better. According to Huger, they grow older and never get ba d.— Acceding to Pliny, they are seldom attacked by lions (on the contrary, they will run after lions) And according to Gunter, they can talk a week. «<o>. *- An old toper, on being taken to task by some of his neighbors for his uppo sition to a temperance movement in tin village in which he resided, reporter that their accusations were unjust, foi he had made greater personal efforts to put down liquor than any of them- Speaking of the danger of catching small pox by handling green backs, r county iditor congratualtes himself that he’s safe enough.