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The McDuffie Journal.
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R. W. H . NEAL,
ATTORNEY AT LA W, j
AND NOTARY PUUI, IC,
THOMSON, GA.
WT IL L practice in the Courts of
\ > Me Duffie and adjoining Counties,
urc ONVHYANCINoa specialty.
H. C RONEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
THOMSON. OA.
s#* Will practice in the Augusta, North
em and Middle Circuits. nolyl
PAUL C. HUDSON.
A ITOIiXEY AT LA IF,
Thomson, Ga.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
the Augusta, Northern aud Middle Circuits,
and in the Supreme Court, and will give
attention to all cases in Bankruptcy.
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
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to new Pont Office, \ AugUSwd« W*.
Fine CAROLINA. TENNEBBE and KEN
TUCKY
JE3 153 153 15’ ,
Pork, Lamb, Veal. Mutton, Hog-head
Cheese, Sausage. Mixed, or ALL PORK, as
ordered, Corned Beef. Pork, aud Tongues.
A full stock always on hand. .
A CARD.
I AM frequently asked bv my friends if I
am doing a general practice, or only at
tending iueh calls as may be made in good ;
weather or convenient to my office.
In answer to the above. I would say to
mv former patrons and friends, that from
this date I will enter upon the active duties
ol my profession looking in part to those
who may ask my services for my reward.
Office on Main Street, in Holzendorf’s ]
House.
May 10-ts. JAS. S. JONES.
LAND FOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale on very reasonable
terms a farm lying within one mile of
Thomson, containing one hundred acres,
one-half in woodland. Good dwelling
house of five rooms, and all necessary out
buildings, Good fences and good water.
Good orchard.
This is one of the most productive and
conveniently situated places in the country. ;
For terms apply in person or hv letter to
J. T. WRIGHT,
Aug. 16-ts. Thomson, Ga.
JOHN NEILAS,
TAYLOR,
RETURNS his thanks to the people of
Thomson and vicinity for the liberal
encouragement and patronage heretofore
received, and notifies them that he will he
in Thomson one-half of each month (every
other week) and will be pleased to see all
in need of work in his line. He can be
found at the store of A. J. Adkins.
fl 2, 1876-ts.
TOWN PROPERTY
For Sale.
I OFFER for sale, on terms suitable to
the times, a lot m Thomson, on Lumpkin
street, containine one acre. This lot is en
closed with a good new fence, has a well of
excellent water, a good barn, stable, buggy
house, acd cow-stall. I will also sell with
the same a lot of excellent seasoned lum
ber, containing over 28,000 feet now on the
premises, sawed according to hill furnished
by a contractor for a dwelling similar to
the residence of J. E White. Also 15,000
shingles on the lot.
This lot is in one of the most desirable
localities in town.
PAUL C. HUDSON.
Julv, 20.tf Xliomsu’ . Ga.
Jhc |tUTKiJfic Htpckto Journal.
VOL.* VI.
To the Afliicted.
IN CALLING THE PUBLIC ATTENTION
TO THE
Indian Compound
GOUGH MIXTURE
"TX>R the cure of CONSUMPTION and
JU all diseases of the LUNGS and
THROAT. I say that nothing aurpasses it
for Colds and Coughs, and can be taken
from old age down to the cradle with impu
nity. and without danger. But the profes
sional world is so full of Ambiguousness
and Egotism, that anything put before the
public as a safe and reliable Remedy for
certain diseases is scoffed at and pro
nounced worthless and a humbug. I say
try it before you condemn it, as I will give
you the name of every herb, &c., that it is
composed of, which you can examine at
your leisure: Vitellus Ovi, Amygdaius
Persiea. Mel, Pinus Talustrus. Andromeda,
Arborea. Arctium Leppa, Inula Helenlum,
Marrubium Vulgare, Antennaria Symphy
tum, Duicliwachsener Wasserdost, Oepha
lanthus Occidentals, Symphytum Offici
nale
It is prepared at my office, No. ."*<> Peach
tree street. ATLANTA, GA., where it can
be had in any quantity. If any one using
it will say that it has done them no good,
return the bottle *»nd get your money re
turned. S. T. RIGGERS, M. I).,
Cl. r »-f*. Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by Dr. A. D. Hill, Thomson, Ga.
The Duke of Cannon!
rpiiis thorough-bred TENNESSEE BULL.
1 whose pedigree is well established and
can be traced back through the purest stock
for many years, is now standing on my
plantation four miles North-east of Thom
son, near the old White Oak Campground.
He possesses all the qualities of the finest
blooded stock in the laud, is three years
old, of dark brown color, weighs about fif
teen hundred pounds, a model form, per
fectly gentle ami well disposed.
I am prepared to take care of cows sent
from a distance at reasonable rates. A
number of his calves may be seen at the
residences of Messrs. T. B. West, Win. H.
Johnson, and others. Price of season
.fa. 00,
.M. W. CURRY.
May 10-6ru.
GEORGIA DIRECTORY.'
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any MERCANTILE, MEOH VNTCAL,
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PI, SOUTH CAROLINA and FLORI
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rect COUNTY MAP of the STATE of
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foregoing special features, so much gen
eral information that no business man
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trinsic value, and the great pains be
stowed upon its preparation.
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WHEELER, MARSHALL* BRUCE,
PUBLISHERS,
ATLANTA, GA.
/. /. fitfOWJYM,
GILDERs
LOOKUNG GLASS AND
PICTURE FRAME MAKER.
OLD FRAMES RE-GILT.
OIL PAINTINGS
CAREFULLY CLEANED,
LINED and VARNISHED.
{<l JACKSON STHEKT,
AUODBTA, < " V
ALBERT HAFE,
Non-Resident Dentist,
0-YN still be found ready to attend to the
wants of old and new patrons, if desired, at
their residences.
Will also, as heretofore, practice in adjoin
ing counties. Panic prices insured and all
work warranted.
Office at the residence of W. E. Speir.
Please address by letter, at Thomson, Ga.
C 8 ts
DARWIN G. JONKB,
Atlanta Vinegar Works.
CITY OFFICE ; 38 Broad St., ATLANTA.
( AIDER VINEGAR.
V WHITE WINE VINEGAR.
and SWEET CIDER.
Best standard goods and lowest prices
guaranteed.
We are better prepared than ever to furnish
all grades of the
BEST and PUREST GOODS IN THE
MARKET.
juue 21-ts. DARWIN G. JONES.
POETICAL. \
THE BEST OF MEN MAY ERR. |
BY A. R. WATSON.
-O-
A sturdy Scot, who gauged his life
By “rigid righteous” rule,
Had this one maxim he applied
Alike to sage and fool:
He said, of every wrongful act,
No matter how absurd,
“The best ’o men may sometimes err,
E’en I rayser hae erred.”
Not many worthier thoughts than this
Have ever graced a song—r
Oh, majesty of human strength,
To own one’s self in wrong!
And few more generous sentences
From man’s lips have been heard—
“ The best o' men may sometimes err,
E’en I inysel’ hae erred.”
How much of bitter blame might bo
Tu human kindness spared.
If but the luck to be in wrong
More evenly were shared.
How much of gentle charity
Is in the maxim heard:
“The best o’ men may sometimes err,
E’en I mysel’ hae i erred.”
And if a neighbor chance to go
A way we deem perverse,
’Tie ten to one we can’t redeem
That neighbor with a curse;
But ten to one that he’ll submit
To kindlier lesson heard,
And own the best of men may err,
That even he has erred.
I hate the man who never owns
That he is in the wrong—
Who simulates the qualities
Which to no one belong, c
And praise the meeker man who says,
With conscience undeterred,
“The best o’ men may sonitimes err,
E'en I mysel’ hae* erred.”
1 »" riwr »
The Condor’s Manifest.
Tt wan eight o’clock at night, and
Mark Compton, the confidential clerk of
Gaffoy & Cos., Commission Merchants,
found himself alone in the counting-room
of the firm. Ho felt comfortable, with
his feet so near the grate, and listened
to the howling November winds with a
smile. The firm hail retired to cosy
parlors far removed from the business
quarters of the liver city, and the key
had been turned in the front door By the
clerk. He had received instructions
concerning certain correspondence which
had to be ready for the morning mail,
hence his presence in the counting-room
at the hour wo have named.
With his accustomed promptitude the
letters had been written, and, for rest
aud recreation, tho clerk had flung him
self into an easy office chair. His pres
ence was not demanded anywhere, and
lie did not feel like deserting a comforta
ble fire for the wind-swept streets.
“The Condor is coming up,” he said
in an audible tone to himself; “and, by
my lady’s love ! I forgot to look at her
manifest this morning.”
A daily journal was within reach, and
the next moment the confidential clerk
was running his eye down the column of
river news. Gaffey & Cos. were the
largest commission dealers in the city,
and almost daily received consignments
from the South. Those consignments
brought work to Mark Compton, and
therefore the river column always elicited
his especial attention.
On the particular night with which wo
deal, the “manifest” of the Southern
boats soon greeted the clerk’s eye, and it
ivas while running over it that he almost
started from his chair.
“There must be a mistake somewhere,”
lie exclaimed, with his eye still riveted
on the page before him. “Who could
be sending such an object to mo from
the South—from anywhere ? There sure
ly must be another Mark Compton in
the city !”
With the paper in his band, the clerk
rose aud opened the ponderous “Direc
tory” on tlic desk. A moment later lie
was running his finger dowii the list of
of Comptons, speaking audibly after
this manner:
“Compton, O. C.; Compton Nathan;
Compton, Mary; Martin, Maxwell P.
The mischief take it! I’m the only Mark
Compton iu the book!”
He closed the volume greatly perplex
ed, and looked at the paper again.
“By George ! I’m going to claim tliat
portion of the Condor’s manifest marked
to Mark Compton !” he ejaculated. “I’ve
heal’d of real life-mysteries, and, as this
may be the only one I may ever run
against, I’m going to make the most of
it.”
Having reached a conclusion, the con
fidential clerk of Gaffey & Cos., donned
his overcoat, lowered the gas, and left
the store. He made his way to the
wharf, and inquired at the steamship
ofiice if the Condor had arrived.
“Just in, Mr. Compton,” auswered
the night clerk, who knew him as Gaffey
& Co’s, “right-bower,” aud Mark at
once proceeded to the accustomed land
ing of the particular packet.
Straight to the office of the clerk of
the Condor he made his way, after ob
taining a foothold on the boat, and was
soon looking over the bills of lading.
At that moment the boat’s clerk enter
ed the apartment.
“Thirty-two barrels of oranges for
Gaffey & C 0.,” he said, nodding and
smiling to Mark; “and a consignment to
you, Mr. Compton.”
“Yes,” answered the clerk, growing
pale.
“A relative, T presume.”
THOMSON, GA. SEPTEMBER 6, 1876,
“No ; a frieud.”
“Ah! yes, the best of friends must
part,” Baid the Condor’s clerk, with a
show of sympathy that almost made
Compton smile. “Do you wish the—
the deceased to-niglit?”
“I have come for the body,” was
Mark’s reply, and having signed the
receipt he hurried from the boat.
On the wharf he met the favored driy
meu of Gaffey St Cos. One of them he
accosted :
“There s a box on board the Condor
for me ; see Morlc.y, and bring it to the
store as soon as possible.”
The man Complied by moving toward
the boat, and Com; ton returned to the
store.
“I’m in for it now,” lie said with a
curious smile, doffing Ui:t overcoat. “The
dickens knows what’s going to come of
this, and if there’s another Mark Comp
ton in the city, why 1 may be reminded
of a law to punish fellow’s who obtain
goods under false pretenses. Well, if
the thing shouldn’t be mine, there's a
train going out of the city before day,”
aud tho clerk laughed at his own words.
“It was this announcement that had
first startled the clerk, and lie found it
in the report of the Condor’s manifest:
“Mark Compton, one corpse.”
Brief as tho sentence was, it was
enough to startle any person, and to
say, that Gaffey .t Co’s, confidential
clerk v os astounded a id mystified would
not be describing his feelings.
Who would send him a corpse ?
More than one hundred times had ho
asked himself the question since reading
of the terrible freight consigned to a
man of his eognon*en,”'»ud as often had
he failed to answer it.
Finally he had resolved to await the j
arrival of the consignment without both
ering himself further with the perplexing
interrogation ; but, li> o the ghost in
Macbeth it would not down. It torment
ed the poor clerk, and ids torture was
reaching an acme of terror when ho
heard the dray at the do ,r.
The sound was a relief, and presently
the long and suggest! vt box was in the
counting-room of Gaffey & Cos. After !
its reception Mark dismissed the dray- j
man after whom holockel the door, and,
returning to the littlo ‘room, took up a j
formidable-looking screw driver.
But he did not attempt to use the
instrument until lie had spelled and 10-
spelled Ids name on t box There
were the letters that spelled MhYk
! ton, and they were arranged in proper
order. Tho lid of the box was well held
i down by screws, and at last tho little
shining heads received tho clerk’s atten
tion. Having doffed his coat, tho young
man stooped down and worked with a
will and in silence. The screws came
out without noise ; but the sweat dropped
from the worker’s brow.
Mark Compton’s face was white and
almost expressionless, and he never
removed his eyes from Ids work.
At last the last screw was drawn, and
the lifting of the lid revealed a handsome
metallic coffin.
At the sight of this the confidential
clerk of (laffey A- Cos. started buck, say
ing in a voice very husky now :
“A corpse it is, by heavens 1”
Ho placed the lid in 0110 corner of the
room and returned to the coffin in the
oblong box.
But over it he hesitated, while his
hands itched to unscrew tho lid that his
eyes might fall upon the face of the dead.
The coffin was extremely large ; it was
at least, six feet in length, and the clerk
thought he could lie down and roll over
in it with ease—it was so wide !
Until the lifting of the lid of the box
Compton had pictured to himself the
cold but beautiful face of a young girl,
pillowed in the ease ; but when the di
mensions of the coffin greeted his eye,
such thoughts vanished, and lie felt
inclined to pursue them with a laugh.
But at last he again fell to the work of
revealing the dead face of his consign
ment, and liq heard the tickling of liis
watch while he worked on the silver
headed screws.
| The minutes were such that Mark
Compton would not live over again for
the world ; and when lie put aside the
steel screw-driver, he drew a sigh of
relief.
Slowly the heavy lid was lifted and—
what did he see?
A white fabric, semingly very fine,
and underneath the faint contour of a
face heavenward turned.
“This is a mystery of the dead I” said
the confidential clerk, drawing back
from the concealed face. “I’ve a mind
to shut the thing up again and get John
to cart it back to the Condor. It isn’t
mine, I know it isn’t, and the sight of
the face under the sheeet may haunt me
through life !”
But talk and argue as he might, Mark
Compton could not overcome his curios
ity ; aud unable to restrain himself, he
beut over tlie coffin and his fiugers gent
ly touched the shroud.
Slowly lie lifted it, and saw a face that
seemed to grin at him with all the facial
humor of a circus clown’s.
Instantly the sheet was dropped, aud
tlie clerk started back with a gasp of
honor.
There was no mistaking the fact that
the mystery of the grinning dead face
had frightened Mark Compton.
After a long while he crept toward the
coffin again.
The shroud iu falling from his hands
hail left the face partly uncovered, and
while stooping to remove it altogether,
an exclamation fell from his lips,
“Corpse, the dickens !” he cried. “It’s
some of Colby’s doings. I’d forgotten
him!”
The next moment Mark Compton’s
hands seized the laughing face, and had i
flung it across the room.
Where it had lain was a letter, lifting |
which the clerk caught sight of the illit- ;
minuted ends of several cigar boxes.
The coffin was filled with the best
brands of Havanna cigars.
‘Luke Colby, I’ll pay you for this if
it takes a century' of scheming,” ejacula
ted Compton, calling to mind tlie jovial
member of the Southern branch of the
house of Gaffey St, Co.—Duke Colby.
Undoubtedly at that very moment, in
some rich parlor in New Orleans, ho was
laughing over his hoax.
“I’ll plan my revenge iu the smoke of
his cigars,’’-said Gaffey & Co’s, confiden
tial clerk. “If they kill me they cannot
torture me more than they have already.
This is tlie ghastliest joke on record.
Confound you, Lake Colby ! May your
grandfather unexpectedly visit you some
day iu his wooden doublet 1”
| The next morning Gaffey & Cos. dis
; covered tiie joke, and the counting-room
; rung with boisterous merriment.
The laugh was on Compton, and the
poor fellow, puffing furiously on a cigar,
swore revenge on the inveterate joker
who had frightened him almost out of
his boots.
Whether the tables were ever turned
ou Colby I do not know ; but I have
told, as best I could, the story of the
Condor’s Manifest.
Reduction of Fat,
Very few persons arosatisfiod with their
oonditon, and efforts to remedy it are in
cossont. In the single case of excessive
fatness many ladies have been made mis
erable, and they have not uncommonly
injured their complextions and digestive
apparatus by vain endeavors to regain
the sylph-like proportions which are con
sidered so essential to liapphiess. Up to
this period, tho most notable method of
attaining thinness was '.he Banting pro
cess, which consisted principally of semi
tuAi .ut;*!’. Finally, however, an inno
cent ami cheap remedy for adiposity lots
been discovered, which wo find described
as follows:
M. M. Griffith, M. D., of Wy
oming, Kent county, Delaware, writes to
the Baltimore American, stating that an
infusion of a species of seaweed, com
monly known in Delaware as ‘gulf-weed,’
possesses the peculiar property of reduc
ing adipose tissue in the human frame
without injuring the stomach. No care
need be taken in regard to the amount of
the infusion tho patient drinks. Dr.
Griffin first noticed the effect of it up
on a person who had taken it for a cure
of a skin disease, and found that it had
diminished his excessive weight consid
erbly. Ho then took it himself, taking
no other drinks, and in a few weeks his
own corpulence had greatly subsided.
He then tried it on three stout neighbors,
who lost from twelve to thirty pounds
within periods ranging from two to three,
months. Dr. Griffith says great care
should be taken in collecting tlie weed.
It acts by tlie absorption of tlie adipose
tissue, and lessens the secretions from
the oily sudoriferous glands.
If some of our young physicians were
to take this hint and apply it practically,
fame and fortune may await them, If
success should attend this prescription,
the Gulf Stream will afford anew figure
of speech—as well as human figure—for
medical addresses.
Hath Not. —lt is not worth while.
Your life is not long enough to make it
pay to cherish ill-will or hard thoughts
towards any one. What if that man lias
cheated you; or that woman has played
you false? what if this friend has forsaken
you in your ti me of need, or that one, hav
ing won your utmost confidence, your
warmest love, lias concluded that lie or
she prefers to consider and treat you as a
stranger? Let it,all pass. What difference
will it all make to you in a few years,
when you go hence to that undiscovered
country. All who treat you wrongly now
will be more sorry for it then than you,
even in your deepest disappointment aud
grief, can be. A few more smiles, a few
more tears, some pleasure, much pain, a
little longer hurrying and worrying in the
world, some hasty greetings and abrupt
farewells, and life will be over, and tlie
iujurer and the injured will be laid away,
and ere long forgotten. Is it worth while
to hate each other?
Col. D. B. Butler is suggested as a
suitable candidate for congress f r:mi tho
9t.li district.
It is said that a sister of Dr. Spurgeon
lias entered the pulpit and has proved
herself an excellent preacher.
Mrs. Markee, a Rochester medium
was caught, held, and exposed while j
enacting the part of a materialized j
spirit.
Macon expects to receive 75,000 bales ;
of cotton the coming season against. :
51,000 the last one.
NO. 36
[JOURNAL CORRESPONDENCE. ]
Goshen. Ga., /
August 28tb., 187fi. {
Messrs Editors :
If von will allow me space in your col
umns I will give you ami the many read
ers of the Journal a brief account of a
very interesting meeting of the Demo
crats of Abbeville Cos., 8. C., on the 24th
iust.
THE MEETING
was held at Liberty Church, three miles
from Barksdale’s Ferry, on the Abbeville
road. The church is situated in a beau- j
tiful grove of original oaks, and a better j
or more comfortable place for a public
entertainment of any kind could not have
been found anywhere.
We left the residence of Mr. It. T.
Collars, in Lincoln, about 7 o’clock, and
arrived at the river at a very early hour,
where we were joined by another large
crowd of boys from Lincoln. Having
crossed the river, we all proceeded to
getlier to our place of destination, whore
we arrived at about half past 9 o’clock.
A tiAROE CROWD
had already collected, and all patiently
awaiting the arrival ol' Gens. Butler and
Gary, wl o had promised to be the
speakers on the occasion, and all seemed
greatly disappointed in consequence of
the 11011-arrival of these distinguished
gentlemen.
After waiting a good while for the arri
val of Gen’s. B. aval G., Prof. Hood, of
Due West, was called upon to speak, and
was earned to the stand and introduced
to the audience by .fudge Hussey,of Ab
beville comity.
CROP. HOOD’S SPEECH
was very forcible and impressive, and
was frequently interrupted by the loud
cheers of the audience. He probed rad
| icalism to its very bottom, and in such
i an able manner that it could not fail to
| arouse the patriotic feelings of every cit
| izen. After Prof. Hood took his scat
Samuel Carson, Esq., of Abbeville en
tertained the audience for half an hour
with a very spicy and eloquent little
speech.
DINNER
was then announced to he ready, and all
were invited to eat, drink and be merry.
The crowd re-assembled immediately
after dinner and the speaking was re
sumed with more life and vigor than be
fore. Mar-lmll De Bridle), a young
lawyer from Abbeville was the first to
speak in the afternoon. The subject of
his speech was
la now BWirni,
and it was indeed splendid. He con
cluded, as did all the rest, with a flow
ery little speech for Tilden, Hampton
and reform. Among others who spoke
in the evening, was Geo. Bradley, Esq.,
and Mr. W. H. W'idonmn, both from
Abbeville, ami ('apt. F. M. Wright, of
Goshen, (ra. I would like to give an
account, in detail, of the speeches of
these gentlemen, but time and space will
not permit.
NO NEGROES IN ATTENDANCE.
Everybody was surprised, and espe
cially those from Georgia, on si ring the
place so destitute of negroes, which can
ouly be accounted for by their defeat and
complete demoralization at a recent
meeting of the radicals at Abbeville
Courthouse, a report of which you will
doubtless see in some of the newspapers,
j It is not with misgivings that thedem
j ocrats enter upon tho present political
[ race. Knowing the purity and honesty
| of their cause, they intend to carry the
j election or die like men at the polls on
tho 7th of November.
THE COUNTRY.
The section of South Carolina through
which we passed was somewhat in a di
lapidated condition, but skill has the ap-
I pciwanoe of a once beautiful and wealthy
country. Instead of the mansions as of
yore, on every hill may bo seen a log
cabin about the size of a chicken coop,
inhabited by negroes who subsist mostly
from what they can steal from the corn
and cotton patches of honest and indus
trious people. Respectfully,
School Boy.
Few are aware of tho vast number of
people that can be placed in a small
space. When we speak of millions of
men, we are apt to picture to ourselves
an almost boundless mass of humanity;
yet a million of people standing together,
each person occupying four square feet,
could be placed on a patch but little more
than a mile square. A square mile will
| accommodate 7,965,000. The whole pop
| ulatiou of the United States would hard-
I ly cover two and a-half miles square,
I and the population of the entire world
could be easily accommodated on a tract
twelve miles wide—less in extent than
some townships.
The crops are reported through our
exchanges as generally good thronhout
the the State. Iu many sections they
are superb. Some few spots have suffer
ed from dry weather, and also some
complaint of rust in cotton. Taken all
together, Georgia has the finest crop
since the war, especially the provision
crop.
A tract of forty acres, purchased ten
years ago by a California fruit grower
for one hundred dollars, now yields its
owner throe thousand dollars a year net
profit. The year’s crop of fruit is esti
mated at one hundred tons.
Aclv<Ttisiiiff Hfiton.
One square, first insertion $ 1 00
Each Hubseqnent insertion 7-1
One square three months.,, 10
One square six months til <M>
One square twelve months iO 00
Quarter column twelve months 40 <*>
Half column six months 60 00
Half column twelve months 7/5 00
Ono column twelve months 125 00
Ten lines or less considered a square
All fractions of squares are counted as fuil
squares.
The Latest Wonder of Telegraphy.
Prof. Bell has made some wonderful
inventions, by which musical and vocal
sounds can be end have been sent over
the electric wires, but few if any are
aware of the wonderful results which are
sure to follow these improvements in
telegraphy. A few nights ago, Prof.
Bell was in New York, and commenced
experimenting with one of his inventions
pertaining to the transmission of musical
sounds. He made use of his phonetic
organ and played the tune of “America,
and asked the operator iu New York
what he heard.
“I hear ti e time of America," replied
New Y.rk ; “give us another."
Professor Bell then played Anld Lang
Syne.
“What do you hear now 7”
“I hear the t.uue of Auld Lang Syne,
with the full chords, distinctly,” replied
New York.
Thus, the astounding discovery has
been made that a man can play upon
musical instruments in New York, New
Orleans, or London or Paris, and be
heard distinctly in Boston ! If this can
be donee, why cannot distinguished per
formers execute the most artistic and
beautiful music in Paris, and au audience
assemble iu Music Hall, Boston, to
listen ?
Professor Bell’s other improvement,
namely, the transmission of the human
voice, has become so far perfected that
persons have conversed over one thousand
miles of wire with perfect ease, although
as yet the vocal sounds are not loud
enough to be heard by more than ono or
two pevsous. But if the human voice
can now he scut over the wire, and so
distinctly that when two or three known
parties are telegraphing, the voice of
each can bo recognized, we may soon
have distinguished men delivering
! speeches in Washington, New York, or
I London, and audiences assembled in
I Music Hall or Faueual Hall to listen !
Ilorton Traveler.
<)n Front Street tho other day a col
ored man who was carrying a long
whitewash brush on his shoulder was
addressed by a friend who had just
passed him, and he whirled about sud
denly, jamming the brush into the mouth
of an old lady who was coming up the
walk. As he turned around to apologize
ihc lady rushed at him with an umbrella
and he hastily retreated forciug the
brush into the eyes of his friend and
nearly blinding him with tho quhkUum.
Ilis friend changed into nn enemy, and
rushed forward striking the old lady on
the nose, while the whitewash artist
gently slided out and a policeman
came over and ariested the lamp-post.
Stonewall. —The last letter ever writ
ten by General “Stonewall” Jackson is
I in the possession of the Southern His
j lor cal Society. It was addressed to
! G mend Lee under the date of May 2,
] 1863, and read as follows : “General :
The em my has made a stand at Chan
cellor’s which is about two miles from
Ohaucellorsvillo. I hope as soon as
practicable to attack. I trust that ah
erer-kiml Providence will bless us with
su< cess.”
Ex-Governor Sprague is working hard
in his Providence mills to redeem his
fortunes and pay the firm’s debts, due
next February. When the darns were
overflowed recently lie went to work
among his laborers, and as one of them.
»-•«.*
It is said upon authority of reports
from Trades Unions, that there are now
38,300 unemployed workmen in New
York city. Six thousand of these are
laborers and the rest mechanics.
W. D. Lord, of Montgomery coimty,
Alabama, while engaged iu hauling a
seine, was strangled to death by a live
perch, which slipped down his throat as
he w'as swiming.
Marcellus Thornton, tho quail eater, is
a candidate for Congress from tho At
lanta District. He wants to go to Wash
ington, so he can eat the American Eagle
and marry tho Goddess of Liberty.
The death is announced in Vienna of
Madame Hulsenstien, formerly maid of
honor to Maria Theresa, at the well
authenticated age of 119.
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Bishop Cox’s daughter, who was mar
ried in Bnflalo recently, received a wed
ding present of $1,000,000 worth of
bonds from her Tiusband.
The bridge across the Ocmulgee river,
at MilledgeviUe was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 19th. Travelers now
cross ou a flat.
A large store has been opened in
Tokio, Japan, for the sale of Bibles and
Christian books in the Japunese lan
guage.
The Germans, who are Democrats,
number 180,000. 20,000 in Indiana,
50,000 in Ohio, 50,000 in Wisconsin, and
60,000 iu Illinois, i
The Germans, who are Democrats tins
year, are strong in numbers. They
have in round numbers twenty thousand
1 votes in Ohio, fifty thousand in Wiscon
i sin and sixty thousand in Illinois.