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w k: k iv i. y Volume VIII. 'White & (Jo., skiuie 39ltfk[g fonrnal. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. TERMS, - - 81.00 A YEAR, Advertising: Hates. square, first insertion $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion... 75 One square three months 10 00 One square six months 15 00 One square twelve months 20 00 Quarter column twelve months 40 00 Half oolumn six months 60 00 Half column twelve months 76 00 On# column twelve months 121 00 •*4T Ten lines or less considered a square AO fractions of squares are counted as full cares. BUSINESS CARDS. \\ ATSON & JOHNSON, Attorney* at Lnw, THOMSON, OA. Ci'Office at the Court-houae. PAUL 0, HUDSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Thoraxon, On. Will practice .n the Superior Courts of the Augusta. Northern and Middle Circuits, and in the Supreme Court, and will give attention to all cases in Bankruptcy. Aug. 25, 1874. tf ALBERT HAPE, Non-Ridont Dentist, (yAJ* ntill be found ready to attend to the wants of old and new patrons, if desired, at their residences. Will also, an heretofore, practice in adjoin ing counties. Panic prices insured and all work warranted. Office at the residence of W. E. Bpeir. Please address by letter, at Thomson, Ga. mSIOS \ Charleston, S. C. G. T. ALFOIU) <t CO., Proprietors. KMes, §2.110, $2.. r >o ami s3.@o per day tftFtFiiß is not easily named in t<p £ £ m tiiesc times, blit it can Ire made in three months by any one of either sex. in and part of the country who is will ing to work steadily at the employment that we furnish. #ii per week in yonr own town. You need not be away from home over night You run give your whole time to the work or only yonr spare moments. We have agents who are making over §2O per day. All who engage at once can moke money fast. At the present money eanm>t he made so easilv and rapidly at SOT other business. It cost* nothing to try’ *ne bus iiies*. Terms and s:> Outfit free. Address at op H. II a li.k T & 00., Portland, Main' Hai i* Ci ittiiijg; —IN THE— UTEST AHD MOST SCIENTIFIC NANNER, —BY— E. D. AMMONITTI, Artiest on Human Ilnlr, (OFFICE UNDER CENTRAL HOTEL,) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, marfl-tf / BIN GEARING, Mini and Bolts, CHEAPER "HAN EVER —AT THE— Forest City Foundry —AND— Machine Works, g£o. r. lombard & CO. Proprietors. AiigfUNta, (n., WEngines, Cotton Screws, Mill Gear ing and Machinery of every kind made aud repaired. may 23-A § Wood & Iclsiffi Shop, G. W. ROBERTS Announces to the DnWic that he is prepared to do all kinds of Wood, and Blacksmith work. Bnilding and re riring Buggies and Wagons a specialty. defy competition in prices. Thanking the pnhlic for post patronage I respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. I am also prepared to do all kinds of Plow work. Shop at Scroggins old stand, on Greenway Street, near Shield's Mill. Give me a call. jan7-A§ G. W. ROBERTS. A. Mason & Son. Watchmakers and Jewelers, At the old stand of C. C. Bruckner, Alain St, Thomson, Ga. Will repair Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Ac., '-heap for CASH and warranted to give entire srtisfaction. We ura alao. Agents for the celebrated Crown .Spf Hatties. tHTWa also have a oomplete .ook of Sewing Machine Fixture, on hand, and are Dispart'd to repair Sewing Machines at the lowest cash prices. Give ns a call, janlt>-tm. “Prof.” Roberts, of New Orleans, plays billiards with his nose. The new artesian well in Charleston, S. TANARUS., has reached a depth of 1,895 feet. It is said that the number of emigrants to Kansas this year will reach 500,000. An exchange says pork is lower in lowa than for eighteen years before. Three million bushels of grain are being loaded in Philadelphia for Euro pean markets. The Czar hesitates about seizing Bes sarabia. He is afraid it belongs to Mrs. Gaines. The products of the farms of the Uni ted States for the year 1877 were worth at least $1,000,000,000. Two most incongruous animals, the camel and cow, may oftentimes be seen in Egypt harnessed together, ploughing. A jury at Sherman, Texas, sentenced a man to ninety-nine years imprisonment. Some of the twelve wanted to make it for life. As soon as the present and incompe tent and entirely useless head of the British army, the Duke of Cambridge, retires, Prince Arthur is to be made commander-i n -chief. The Louisville Courier Journal states that 40,000 white voters, aud 50,000 ne gro voters, or a third of the electors of Kentucky, cannot read. Edison’s wonderful inventions, the telephone and phonograph, have been accorded the plaoe of honor in the Paris exposition. A pair of twins with different birth days recently arrived in Brookport, Mass. One was bora five minutes be fore and the other five minutes after midnight. Perhaps the British are the only Is ' lands in the world whereof the inhabi tants arc, as a rule, utterly ignorant of the art of swimming. Even of English sailors, very few know how to swim. Several years ago a young man in New 1 Orleans put a sum of money in a savings bank, and forgot all about it until re cently, when, after reckoning up the interest, it was found that—the bank hud failed. It is now regarded as almost certain that ex-Gov. Talbot, of Massachusetts, will be the next Republican candidate for governor of that State, and that the Democratic standard will be borne by ex-Congiessmaii Charles P. Thompson. Probably the smallest paper ill the country, if not in the world, is published at Orlando, Florida. Its size is two aud a half by three inches, and claims to have a circulation of 1,200. It is pub lished monthly, and its name is the Florida Mite. The phonograph may bottle up the voice and pass it down to the future ages, but the smile that twists the face of a man as he seeks solitude and gazes npon his name in print for the first time will always have to be guessed at. The Virginia, (Nev.) Enterprise says : “$100,000,000 in gold has been sent to foreign countries from the Pacific coast in the last four months, because the owners were afraid to invest it on ac count of the communistic uprising of the workingmen under Dennis Kearney. It is generally believed that a Fenian raid into Canada is certain. Intense ex citement prevails across the border. It is thought that the plans of the Fenians are to make tbeir way into the Dominion and then prepare to movo on some cf the principal points of the provinces. Bancroft, the historian, under whose direction as Secretary of the Navy, in the Administration of Polk, the Naval Academy was established, revisited that famons institution on Saturday for the first time in thirty-three years. It was mainly owing to his exertions that Con gress was indueed to found that school. Ihe Chicago Inter-Ocean states that C. O. Lundberg, of that city, has dis corered and perfected a process by which dnrable colors can be applied to marble in snch a way as to be ineffaceable. A number of paintings exhibited by Mr. Lundberg are vi ry beautiful. The dis covery renders it practicable to have portraits of friends imbedded in the marble of our centre tables, on the slabs that mark their resting places in the cemetery, and indeed anywhere and everywhere that taste and affection may suggest or dictate. The discovery is considered a very important one, and a Bomber of Chicago artists are arranging to utilize it in their studios. A frightful aeronautic accident occurred at Victor, near Rochester, N, Y., last week. As Mr. Lavilie grasped the bar to his trapeze balloon and gave the order to cat lose the strap, one guy missed and the balloon shot upward, only to be held in dangerons captivity. Finally the guy broke, but the balloon still careened and tossed terribly, and as it shot up ward hurled the aeronaut against the roof of a neighboring building with such violence as to break his left arm, crush his thigh, and inflict serious internal injuries. Notwithstanding this terrible accident the aeronantclnng to the trapeze, drew himself up, threw one leg over the bar, and patiently awaited the cooling of the air in the balloon. The machine descended in about half an bonr, and the unfortunate man was properly < ared for. It is feared that his internal injuries may prove fatal. “A MAP OP' BUSY LIFE: ITS FLUCTUATIONS AND ITS VAST CONCERNS KATIE LEE AND WILLIE GRAY. BT MARGARET VERNE. Two brown heads with tossing curls, Red lips shutting over pearls, Bare feet white and wet with dew, Two eyes black and two eyes blue; Little boy and girl were they— Katie Lee aud Willie Gray. They were standing where a brook; Bending like a sheperd's crook, Flashed its silver, and long ranks Of green willows lined its banks. Half in thought and half in play— Katie Lee and Willie Gray. They had cheeks like cherries red ; He was taller—most a head; She, with arm like wreaths of snow, Swung a basket to*ud fro As she loitered half in play, Chattering with Willie Gray. “Pretty Katie,” Willie said, And there came a dash of red ’Cross the brownness of hi cheek; “Boys are strong, but girls are weak, Aud I’ll carry, so I will, Katie’s basket up the hill.” Katie answered with a laugh, “You shall only carry half;” And then tossing back her curls— “ Boys are weak as well as girls.” Do you think that Katie gnessed Half the wisdom she expressed ? Mon are only boys grown tall; Hearts don’t change much, after all. And when, long years from that day, Katie Lee and Willie Gray Stood again beside the brook BeudiDg like a sheperd’s crook, Is it strange that W iilie said— While again a dash of red Crossed the brownness of his cheek— T am strong, but you are weak ?” Life is but a slippery steep Hung with shadows dark and deep. “Will yon trust me, Katie dear, Walk beside me without fear ?” May I carry, if you you will, All your burdens up the hill ?” And she answered with a laugh, “No! but you may carry half.” Close beside the little brook, Bending like a sheperd’s crook, Washing with its silver hands, Late and early at the sands. Stands a cottage- where to-day Katie lives with Willie Gray. Tn the porch she sits, aud, lo! Swings a basket to and fro, Vastly different from the one That she swung in yearn agone, This is long, and deep, and wide, And has rockers at the side ! [Written for the McDuffie Journal.] Reminisenoes of Columbia County. BY AN OLD CITIZEN. May, 1878. Mr. Editor : James Boyd immigrated from South Carolina about the y'oar 1800 and peH%taed 300 acres of land a short distance below Scott's Perry, on the Savannah river. By indue try, good management and econo my, ho accumulated quite a landed estate, and some negro property, which, at his death at 72 years of age, lie bequeathed to his two eons, John and Hczckiah. To the latter ho gave the lands now situated in McDuffie county. HZZEKIAn BOYD, or “Hez,” as he is familiarly called, had, I think, by’ his wife, who was a Miss Scott, two sons and two daughters. He is quite advanced in yenrs, and the passer-by from Cobbham to Thomson will, almost any day, sou this good, honest, up right, and unpretending citizen walking leisurely before his humble cabin by the road-side, saluting his friends as they stop to wish him the “top of the morning,” and give him the news of the day, wbilo before and around him may be seeD the material to build him and his good lady a more commodious structure, in which to pass the eve ning of life. One of his sons, John 11. Boyd, has u handsome home in sight of him. His younger son, James, married a daughter of Mr. Ben. Fortson, of Wilkes county, and is now living near Broad river. . Of JOHN BOYD, of Columbia county, it is my pur pose to speak more at length, and for reasons which will appear in the progress of these writings. On the 10th day of April past, by promise, I spent the day with Mr. Boyd. He was old, and blind, and quite deaf, yet bis mind was still active, thoughtful and solicitous of information. This he could only get from visiting friends, who would call to see him, knowing his fond ness to have'his friends with him, and to listen to what they had to talk about. I sought an interview with him on this occasion, to ob tain iniormation of his early life, with a view of its contribution to my “Heminiscenes.” At his father’s death he inherited the old homestead and throe ban. dred additional acres by his father. I did not learn the number of ne groes given him. He went to work with a vim, which ho continned through life, and accumulated prop erty. He married Miss Griffin.— They raised four boys—William, Thomas, Ilezekiah, and Robert, on ly two of whom a e now living. Hez died before the war; Robert fell a martyr in defense of his coun try’s rights. He was Captain of the Ramsey Volunteers, and fell mortally wounded at Malvern Ilill, July Is , 1862, while leading Jijg gallant company into the fight. THOMSON, Mrs. Boyd died in 1862, and, in 1867, John Boyd married Mrs- Watson, widow of “Squire Tom Watsou," so well known to the olaor citizens around Thomsou.— Her maiden i ame was Luke, and a noble woman she is, and a lit coin panion for this good old man. I have heard him say that it Boomed to him as if the linger of God had poin ed out to him this wise choice ; “for,” said he, “in my old age, blind, deaf and infirm, she has boon to me, not only a ministering angel, to guide, eomtort and wait upon me in my many troubles and sore afflic tions, but by her good, sound, prac tical sense and fine business quali ties, she has managed the aft'airs of home and its surroundings so well that I can but believe there is a special providenco in it.” “There is a dostiny which shapes our ends, rough how them how we will.” In my conversation with Mr. Boyd that day he said he was feel ing unusually well. A short time after I left him he was taken with a chill and fovor supervened, with delirium. This contiued longer than was usual. I was called to see him on the night of the 12th, and found him in a condition which presaged that his hour of departure, of which ho had so ofton spoken, was near at hand. On tbo 15th, at the hour of midnight, the summons came, and his disembodied spirit passod to that upper and better world. In the fulness of years, like a shock of corn fully ripe, ho only awaited :ho coming of the hour when, released from the tabernacle of clay, he should go to his reward. On the 17th, in company with many of his frien sand neighbors, who had assem led to pay the last tribute of respect to his mortal remains, after listening t@ a fooling, solemn aud appropriate sermon from Kev. John Hogan, characteristic o( the de ceased as a man, a husband, father, friend and neighbor, and la t though not least, as a true “soldier ot the Cross,” wo took the “worn out casket” and deposited it by tln.qp he loved in life, in the family burial yard, near tho mansion. Ther<^re to- bo scon .Tie graves of mother, wife, sons, with that of KM noble, brave, soldier-boy, all or whom had gone before, ho only liDg ring on the shoros of time longer than any of them, but with them he now “sleeps well.” After tho burial his pastor said to me, “Doctor, upon you must de volve the writing of Mr. Boyd’s obituary. You know him well, and he was u warm friend of y’ours.” I replied thus: “Mr. Hogan, only a few’ days since I visitod him, to talk and commune with him on tho past of old Columbia, to get such infor mation of him touching himself and his as would enable mo to give it as a part of my Reminiscences. As I am writing of his life and long years of usefulness, I can appropri ately close the sketch with a short notice of his death.” So, it may be truly said that, even while I was proparing a Bhort sketch of the life of John Boyd, the dread Archer was near by, to throw the pall o: death over the biography by its conversion into an obituary. I havo known Mr. Boyd for the last twenty years, and I can truly say of him (if I am to judge the in ner man by outward works—his walk in life—-his example) that he was a man of fine practical sense, groat will and vim, strong attach ments, strictly honest, a good pro vider, and a sinccro Christian. He seemed to take a deep and lively interest in everything the tendency of which was for the good of the people. He often expressed him self as haring groat affection for the people of Columbia county, snd op pecially for his immediate neigh bors. Ho was a successful farmer, even under tbe “New Dispensation,” and loved to see that great industry prospering. He was a good trainer of youth, and said to me, only a low days before he died, that he tried to give his boys a good eduettion He taught them, whilo at homo daring vacations, this fact, “and I sought,” said he, ‘‘to impress it in delibly upon them, that, to live well and prosper, work was neces sary. I made my boys, when at borne, get belweon the plow-han dles, and do other farm work, in order that idloness, the fruitful source of mischief, might not be fastened on them.” His teachings were not only sound in theory, but have worked well in practice. When the Grange at Bethel was organized ho said to me, “Doctor, if J could see and hear, I would not only join you, but would bo an ac tive worker in the cause. I believe that its aims, objects and purposes are for the advancement of agricul ture, a reformation so much needed. But, as it is, old, blind, deaf and in- fir#:, all 1 can do is to givo you the benofit of my example. I cannot participate in your councils, but you may enroll my name as a mem bor, and I will aid you with my moans when you need it.” He was a true man—a typo of tho truo Southron—a link thnt bound the glorious prosperities and honors of tho past o( our county, with the melancholy memories and dosolatcd fields and fireside-- of the present. Mr. Boyd was a good man because of his innate love of the good and virtuous. His motto was that nocking was impossible to in dustry. “Whore there is a will there is a way.” Hence, ho was always found in tho place of duty, which is the post of honor. In 1828 the ordinance of baptism was administered to him by .Tnbez Mar shall, the then pastor of Kiokee church. A few years thereafter ho removed his membership to Bethel church, whore it continued to his death. For one-half a century ho continued a zealous member ol tho Baptist Church, and Bethel church will deeply fed his loss. ‘‘Why weep ye, thou, for him, who linviug run The bound of man’s appointed years, at last, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life’s labors done, Serenely to bis flnnl rest has passod, While the soft memory of his virtues yet Lingers, like tho twilight hues when tho bright sun has set?” Deaoon Lee. Deacon Jjeej who was a kindly, silent, faithful, gracious man, was one day waited upon by a restless, ambitious, worldly church member, who was laboring to create uneasi ness in tho Church, and especially to drive away the minister. The deacon tamo in to moot bis visitor, who, after tho usual greet ings, began to lament the low state of religion, and inquire as to the reason why there had been no revi val for tho last two years. “Now, what do you think is tho cause ■ f things being dull here?” really to give I t (A ’ t w you think the minister fully tC:I i/,os tho solemnity of his work?" “No, 1 don’t.” A twinkle was seen in the eye of the troubler in Zion, and, taking courago, he asked . “D you think Mr. B. a very ex traordinary man?" “No, I don’t.” “Do you think his Berm ms in the eyes of the people are held anything wondiWl4y great?" “No, 1 don't.’' Making bold aftei all this encour agement, in monosylahles, he said: “Then, don’t you think we had bolter dismiss the man nnd hire an other?” The old deacon started as if shot with an arrow, and, in a tone loud er than his wont, shouted : “No, I don't I” You talk so little, sir,” said tho questioner, not a little abashed, “that no ono can find out what you do mean.” “I talked enough once,” replied the old man, rising to his feet, “for six praying Chr Brians Thirty years ago I got my heart humbled, and m3’ tongue bridled: and ever since that Iv'o walked softly before God. I then made vows solemn as eternity, and don’t 3’ou tempt me to break them.” “VVliat happened to )'ou thirty years ago ?" “Well, sir, I’ll tell you. I was drawn into a scheme just like this ntyret'!*’, to rprbtEffflnie of God’s ser vants from the field in which 110 had planted him. In m) T blindness, I fancied it a little thing to remove one of the “stars” which Jesus holds in his right band, if thereby my oar could be ticklod with more flowing j words, ami the pews filled with thoso who turned away from the simplicity of the gospel. I, and tho men that led me—for I admit that I was a dupe and a fool—flattered ourselves that we wore doing God’s service when we drove that holy man from tho pulpit and his work, and said we considered his work done in B . where I lived. Wo groaned because there was no revi val, while wo were gossiping about and criticising and crushing him, in stead of upholding his hands by our efforts and pra3’crs, the very instru ment at whoso hands wo harshl)- demanded the blessings. “Well, sir, he could not drag on the chariot of salvution with a half: dozen ol us taunting him for his weakness, while we hung as dead weight to the wheels. lie had not, the spirit, as wo thought, and could ; not convert men ; so we hunted ; him like a deer, till, worn and bleed ing, he fled into a convent to die. “Scarcely had he gone when God came in among us with His Spirit, to show that He had blessed the labors of His rejected servant. Our own hearts were broken, and our wayward children converted, and I resolrad at a convenient season to visit my former pastor and confess my sin, and thank him for his faith fulness to my wayward sons, which like long buried seed had now sprung up. But God denied me that relief, that he might teach me a lesson thnt evory child of Ilis ought to learn—that he who teweh eth one of His anointed toiicholh the apple of His eye. “I heard my pastor was ill, and taking my oldest son with me, set out on a twonty-fivo mile ride to see him. It was evening when I arrived, and his wifo, with tho spir it which any woman ought to ex hibit toward one who had so wronged her husband, denied me admittance to his chamber. Sim said (and her words were like ar rows to my soul!—‘lie n av be dy ing, and the sight of your face might add to his anguish.’ Had it come to this, that the man w!i so labors had, through Christ, brought me into His f .Id, who had consoled my spirit in a terrible bereavement, and who had, till designing won alienated us, been to mo a brother —that this man could not die in peace with my face beforo him? ‘God pity mol’ I cried, ‘what have 1 dono?' I confessed my sins to that meek woman, and implored her for Christ’s sake to let mo kneel beforo His dying servant, and receive his forgiveness. “What did 1 care then whether (In' pews by tho door were rented or not? I would gladly have taken his whole family to my home fotev or, as my flesh and blood; hut no such happiness was in store for me. “As 1 entered tho room of the blessed warrior, whoso armor was falling from his limbs, lie opened his languid eyes, and said, ‘Brother Loo I Brother Lee 1’ 1 bent over him, and sobbqd out, ‘My pastor! my pastor]’ r £hfn raising tyis white hand, sniii, in a deep, impressive voice, ‘Touch not Aline anointed, and do My prophets no harm.’ •‘I spoke tenderly to him, and told him 1 had como to confess my ein, and bring some of his fruit to him (calling my son, to tell him how he had found Christ). But he was unconscious of all around him; the sight of my face had brought the last pang ot earth to his troubled spirit. I kissed his hrn>v. and told him how dear ho hail been ti me. I eravod his pardon for my unfaith fulness, nnd promised him to care for his widow and his fatherless little ones; hut his only reply, mur mured as if in a troubled dream, was: ‘Touch not Aline anointed, and do My prophets no harm.’ “I stayed by him all night and at day-light closed his eyes. “I offered his widow a house to live in the remainder of her days; but, like n heroine, she said : ‘I free ly forgivo you; but my children, who entered deeply into their father's anguish, shall never sec mo so regardless of his memory as to tako anything from those who caused it. He left us all with his covenant God. Ho will care for us.’ “Well, sir, those dying words sounded in my ears from that oof fin, and from that gravo. When I slept, Christ stood beforo my dream say ing: ‘Touch not Aline anointed, nnd do Afy prophets no harm.’ Thcso words followed me till I ful ly renlized the esteem in which Clrist holds those men who liavo given up all for his sake; and I vowed to love them evernr ro for His sake, even if they are not per fect. “And since that dn}’, sir, I have talked less than before, and havo supported my pastor, even if ho was not an extraordinary man. My tongno shall cleave to tho roof of my mouth, and m3' right hand forget its cunning, before I dare to put asunder what God has joined together. When a minister’s work is done in a place, I believe God will show it to him. I will not join 3’oti, sir, in the scheme that brought 3 011 here; and, if I hear another word of this from 3’our lips, I shall ask the brethren to deal with 3’ou as with one who causes divisi ns. I would givo all I own to recall what I did thirt3’ years ago. “Stop where 3 011 are, and pray God if perchance tho thoughts of your heart may be forgiven 3-011.” This decided roply put an end U tho newcomer’s efforts to got a min inter who could make morn cf a stir. There is often great power ir I the little word ‘no,’ but sonietirres it requires no little courage to speak it so resolutely gs did the silent deacon. THE CHKSS-BOAKD. My little love, do you remember, Ere we wore grown so sadly wise. Those evenings in tho blcnk Dooember, Curtained warm from the snowy weather, When yon and I played chess together, Checkmated by each other’s oyos? Ah ! still I see your soft white hand Hovering warm o’er queen and knight, Bravo pawns in valiant battle stand, The double castles guard the wings, The bishop, bent on distunt things, Moves sidling through the fight. Our fingers touch, our glances meet, And falters ; falls your nut-brown hair Against my cheek ; vour bosom sweet Is heaving. Down the field yonr queen, Bides slow her" soldiery betweeu And ohocks me unaware. Ah me! tho little battle's dono, Dispersed is all its chivalry. Full many a move since then have we, Mid life’s perplexing checkers made. And mnuy a game with fortune play'd— What is it wo have won ? This, this at least—if this alone—i- That never, never, never more, As in those old still nights of yore (Ere wo were grown so sadly wisoj, Can yon mid I shutout the skies, Shut out the world and wintry weather, And eyes exchanging warmth with eyes, Hay chesM as then we play’d together? A GENTLEMAN. Tho word is much, aud it implies A truo and earnest nmn ; A being with some near approach To God’s creative plan ; Endowed with brains, and heart and soul, Not man in part, hut nmn in whole. Beauty is not a needful thing, But manliness must be Written all over heart and face, In letters plain to sco; And manly acts and deeds will tell, A gentleman is there as well. A gentleman may ho aH poor As Poverty’s lone self. Or he may have a ponderous stock Of worldly goods and pelf; Beman and gentlemau the same, In word and deed, oh well as uamo. A heavy purse and lily hands, A form in richness dressed, Makes ueitber man nor gontlcmun Of him who lacks the rest; It does not givo him heart and soul, And lacking thoso, he lacks the whole. [From Out Special Correspondent.] Sunday School Convention —Johnson’s Church —Dedication - Bishop Kavanaugh—&c. Norwood, Ga., May’ 21,1878. Dear Journal: Tho many readers of tho Journal wiff, no doubt, ho' pleased to road a skqtch of tho recent Sabbath School Convention at Alt. Gilead, and the dedication of Johnson’s church, both of which I attended. On Thursday afternoon last our worthy Tax Roceiver generously offerod mo a seat in his buggy to a residence about two miles below Warrenton, to spend the night, whore I was convenient to both celebrations. The next morning I had tho pleasure of a rido to the campground in a two horse wagon, which, I assure yo.t, I enjoyed very much. MT. GII.EAI). Though a very respectable com pany were present, 1 did not find as many in attendance as I expect ed. 1 had a great dosiro to visit this old campground, und regretted to find it in a dilapiiated condition. I learned that most of the tents were destroyed during tho ar. About 10 a. m. tho pooplo gath ered boneath stand and com menced singing. I qirotly ap proached and joined in that beauti ful song, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus." After the singing the convention was organized with Rev. ,T. R. Parker, Pastor of the Warren Circuit, as (’resident. T. K. Massengalo, of Norwood, was elect ed Secretary, and Jack Swain, of Warrenton, assistant—both of whom I congratulate on tho efficient man ner in which they performed their duties. Mr. Parker presided w.lh dignity, and, in a few graceful-re marks, welcomed all to the pleas, ures of the convention. On motion of Dr. Pilcher, our useful Sabbath School organizer, the business ex ercises were suspended, to give the Presiding Elder of tho Augusta District time to make the speech of tho day and return to tho Railroad in time for the train. Mr. Parker, in a humorous spcoeti, introduced HRV. TIIOB. F. I*l KHCK, Who caused a hearty laugh us ho joked Air. Parker on His introduc tion. Among other things, bespoke of having attended the recent In ternational Sabbath School Conven tion in Atlanta, and tho variety of opinions and good suggestions he heard on that occasion. Tho ad dress was not only impressive, hut well suited to tho time and occasion Tho address finished diknzr Was announced, and eveiybody invitod to parti-ipate. It was a haoket dinner and contained every thing good to eat in extraordinary profusion. At 1 o’clock tho con vention resumed business and the roll of schools was called. Barnett, Norwood, Warronton, Prospect and others wo 0 represented, and their, reports showed lho Subbath school interests rapidly on the in crease 1 TV timber ■ [Proprietor TIo day passed very plea-., in fact, I never enjoyed rays, ter socially and religiously. About 10 o’clock PalitVi.l: comuany with an old wuh ■ went to tho funeral of the o the dedication ot the new joiincon’s oHtincH. Nearly every house I passe Johnson’s. It is a Johnson ment, and the people deserve credit for what I hey lute ■ They have crcotod and pa) of tho handsomest country eh.; I ever saw. The old eh' been standing about th years, and the church orgu •>. has existed about sixty y< • ■ Tho new church is com and well ventilated, with it t e at the grand entruee and two rior doors. It has lour s< . benches, besides the “amen cor a recess pulpit, a nice railed and everything handsomely an od and beautifully adorned. I’. Sunday tho 19th instant, and, withstanding the rain, every tho aisles, doors and pulpit filled to their utmost eapnei’ When all were assembled, a brother placed ou the wall, of tho congregation, an . pared buunj, with this iueri,; “Don’t Spit on the Floor To It is a wonder it was noticed, seemed’to be strictly ohsen After singing several hymns, BISHOI* KAVANAUGH, with Dr. Hubert and Mr. Pa entered and ascended the pi The Bishop is a portly gentium weighing, I should judge, about pounds, lead the lesson offered prayer. Every eye directod towards tho great and man. Oh, how wonderful the fluonoo of in lolled I Inielli must rule, and brain power go-, tho world. The Bishop’s text was the verse and 6i.h chapter of 2d Ch ieles. He began by explaining \ deliberately the chief character and beauties of the text—nientioi the inquiry of GmL’ti, V.wmlr—' aoSong tl iugs, thoughts and m dwelt upon the goodness and ma ty God, aud, finally grow gt e eloquent touching God's super, ural pow er, wisdom and perfect The sermon, which wa. of cm, orably length, was embellished v all tho clegancos of rhetoric, was forcibly and eloquently’ il“ ored. In conclusion, the church solemnly and impressively dedi ted to tho service of tho Me High, the Creutor of man and universe. Lot us hope that J son’s church, for many’, many ye to come, may flourish and pros and be the source of much good the community and tho country Norwood Stroks.. Smiles. Did you over notice an infiir.t it lay peacefully sleeping i< crib—see a smile como over features like gent'c riplets n, by a lazy’ wind? Poets say then “whispering to the tinge’: / away,” but watching tho n twitching of its mouth, we in to believe that other cause this produce tho titillntion. Th aro smiles of various degrees, kit: and sorts. For instance, tho Ip.; eloi ks have a smile, bland and viting for the coming guest, eh< . hie for tho paying one, a heaven ono for the ladies, and ono as lit-r as a buzz saw for tho i eat.: 'i minister smiles sweetly when sees tho box come hack ludori w contributions. 110 smiles grin when he secs it empty'. The rieal manager smiles delight when hi- house is full of pur visitors. A lady will smile >■ her lover oven when he trends t tho trail of li r dross. Tho od smiles when greenbacks pour and the politician when ho meet constituent. Then thero is a si that is tho smilingest smile of tbe smiles ; that is when the Im mor is invited to drink. What smile! Moonlight on a shovel it comparison. It commences at i! corner of his mouth, and as grasps the decanter it spreads, g wider and w ider, deeper, noli! t •draught is swallowed, and then covers the face, and as a glow tul. possession of tho both’ it inerea,- until oven tho oar wags in joy, unit tbe hair stands on end in cxeesst deligl.t. Tho Women’s Christian Temper ance Union of Brighton, Has works through prayer.. The.men bors agree upon one liquor dealt at a time, ami pray for i conversion. The first smjcct o their prayers died suddenly. Tin now have a tough fellow flame Jack Fay in hand, ami lie shows 1 signs of penitence or failing beau.