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THE MOUNTAIN TROOPS, Z>B. TALMA GE'B SERMON IV THE BROOK - LYIT TABERNACLE. Dr. Tmlmasr® ayß We Cannot, in this A*e. Under stand the Beauty and Glory of the Ancient MW Tfris Animal Comes to ua inrou*h •■Marie* 0? Oonrwion. Beooklyn, October s.—At the Brook!y litlxwaaeie this mornitig Dr. Toliiioge re id end expounded verses' from Genesis about the first Eden and from Revelation about tho last Eden. The serviefes *pscd' with tW hymn: ■. •fboectWiiato%U*,r„ T*is tta-ong, Koaiul the ellar night an t day Tuning one triumphant song?’ 1 The subject of' the sermon was “•The Mountain Troops,” ami the text wostokeu -tom* Be vela lion mix. 14: “And the armies which were in heav en toll owed b>i upon while horaca,” “We cuuc.n in this age, said Dr. Talmage, understand the oeauty and glory of the ancient horse. This ani*. itial cornea to us through ceutnries of oppression aud hard treatment, which ha retaken the gracefulness from his limbh and the flame from his eye and the arch of pontp from his neck. The duest horse that hi now to be found prancing in the partes an ancient king would not have been seen ri d Mg. Of old the ox and the ass titled the ground and carried the burdens; .i..--- ■—* m, corona* |HH|HBnat>t processions, ■- ’ o* ’* 1.-.i'l-'J 1 ' “Hast than the horse strength? Has* clothed bis neck with thum’ s*™ glory of his nostrils in-fj He pa..web i-s tiio vallerCK r, ‘j o!<!eih in hh strength. Jr,: gtfefh forth to meet the armed men. He swallow eth the ground with fierceness aud rage. He saith among the trumpets ha!ha!and he smellelh the battle afar off; the thunder of the captain) and the shouting;” When my text in figure represents the armies of the glorified as riding upon white horses, if sets ‘forth the strength, the flectness, the victory and the iimoceoce of the redeemed. The horse has always been an emblom Of strength. When startled by sudden ■lightwf sound, now bo plunges along the highway! The hand of the strong driver on the rains is like the grasp ofa child. His hoof strikes tire, the harness is suapped and the vehicle hurled over the rocks. Willi nostril |)nting and foam flying in flakes, his ihead tossed on cither side in wild tri umph he stops not for the missiles hurled at him nor the loud whoa! whoa! of the multitude. Away he flics, jryesistahly. Therefore when the redeemed are represented as ri ding ou white horses their strength is set forth. The days of their inva litlfsm and decrepitude arc passed. Never shall lltey he sick again or tired again. Take the strength often pf ihegiants of earth and the weakest Tifttirctrtamnjr i.— n.-t —■- m. him. Oh, the day when having put off the last physical iinpcdimsnt you shall come to the mightiness of heav enly vigor! There will be hardly anything you cannot lift or crush or conquer. $,,0, , The ftov* used in *hc text is also the emblem of fleet ness. The wild horses ou the [flam ac the appearance of the hunter make the miles slip un der them as with a snort they bound away, and the dust rises in wliirl winds from their flvinjf feet until far away they halt with their faces to the pursuer, and neigh in gladness at their escape. More swift tiiau they shall be llie redeemed in heaven. Oh. the exhilivalion of lheljftg that you can take would at a hound, vast dis tances instantly differ ence between here and there! Heav en is said to be the center ef the uni verse. If so, how swift must a tnes aewrer-spirit fly in order, -to reach us in any crisfii tif peril! light flies 186,- 000 miles a second, and yet there are worlds that have been created forages whose light has just reached us. If light, flying over 195.00:1 miles a sec ond. lias taken ages to come from worlds this side of heaven how swift must a messenger-spirit fly from heav en to administer unto us? Swifter than fleetest horse under lah or spur; tfrUu* than eagles’ wings or light are the redeemed. The horse t the text, is also a sym bol of victory, He was not used an ordinary occasions, but the conqnercr mounted him and rode on *m<mg the acclamationsofthe rejoicing wulli -ytides. 9o all the redoe mod of heav en are victors. Yea they arc more than .sonqusrers through Him that bath loved them. My fat*t places as on one -of the many iveriue* of the celestial city, The efGqd, bavg come up from kumHmm and are on the parade. We shall not have time to sec all the great hosts of the Redeemed; but John in my text points out a few of the battalions : “And the armies rbich were in heaven followed him wpou white horses.’ You . have sometimes stood in a street waiting for hours for a procession to came up Then you saw great excitement in the street and beard unusual shout ing, and veu knew that the process ion was near. I hear the sound of the heavenly host advancing. The shout of the redeemed from the man sion* and palaces ot heaven seems nearer; the procession is in sight, the marshals of heaven clear the way, and tha great commander rides past at the head of the host. The Roman victor, having slain at least 5,000, men in battle, rode info the ancient city with a robe gold-embroidered; j In one haud a laurel, in the other a j * sceptre; the captives going before, tht* army coming after; the whole, population in holiday dress cheeriug along the line. Butin ray text the I Juavenl) commander rides with the THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. VOL. XIX. .sword of universal triumph, and on uis head are many crowns. All tho efry turns gut jo greet him—the con sumer of earth, and heaven and hell. Strew flowers along the shining way ! wave all the banners of light! Blessed is he Dial cornetti in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the high est! . i , K T i Now come on the battalions of the. saved. Here passes tno regiment of Christian martyrs. They endured all things for Christ. They were houn ded. they were sawn asunder, they were hurled out of life, Here come the 18.000 Scotch covenanters who perish in one. persecution. Escaped from the clutches of.Cloverhouse aud bloody McKenzie and the horrors of the,*ia;i* .market, they ride in the great batalliou, of Scotch martyrs. HughMcKail and James Rennick, aud John Knox aud -others, whose words are a battle-shout for tho militant—men of high cheek bones, and strong arms and conse crated spirits. Grayfriarh church yard took some of their bodies, but heaven took all their souls. They went on weary feet through tho glens of Scotland in limes of persecution, and crawled, up the crags on their Itands aud knees; but now they fol low the Christ for whom they fought and bled on while horses of triumph. Bide on, ye conquerors! Victors of Dunnolar Castle, and Bass Rock and Rulherglon! Ride on! Here comas the regiment of Eng lish martyrs. Queen Mary against King Jesus made an e'veu fight. The 20,000 chariots of G#d coming down the steep of heaven will ride over any toe. Queen Mary thought that by sword and tire she had driven protes- tants down, but she only drove them up. Here they pass : Bishop Hoop er and Rogers, prebendary of St. Paul's; and Archbishop Crammer who got his courage hack in time to save his soul; and Anne Askew who at twenty-five years of age, rather than forsake her God submitted first to the rack without a groan, and then went with the bones so dislocated she must he carried en a chair to (he 'take, her last words risitfg through flames being a prayer for her. murderers O! cavalcade of men ami women whom God snatched up from the iron fingers of torture In to eter nal life! Ride on, thou glorious reg iment of English martyrs! Look at this advancing host of a hundred thousand. Who are they? Look upon the flag and upon their uniform and tell u. They are the men who fell on St. Bartholomew’s itoh ibAisa ’ 1 Bordeaux,' wliitc” ‘ 1 looked out of the win dow and cried : “Kill! kill!” Oh, what a night followed by what a day ! Who would think that these on white horses were tossed out of windows and manacled and torn and dragged and slain until It seemed that the cause of God had perished and cities were Illuminated with infernal joy ami the cannon of St. Angelo thun dered the trump of hell! Their gashed aipl bespattered bodies were thrown into (he Seine but their souls went up ont ofa nation’s shriek into the light of God; and now they pass along the boulevards of heaven. “Roliier sf Usd, well June: Real bs thy to rad employ; And while etern-l ayes run, Rest In thy Master's joy:" Hide on, ye mounted troops of St Bartholomew’s dav! Here conics up another host of the redeemed, the regiment of Christian pliylanthropisjs. They’ wont down into the battlefields to lake care of the wounded; they plunged into the dampand mOittdcd prisons and [.lea ded before God and and human gov ernors )q behalf of the incarcerated; they preaeiisd Christ among the be sotted populations of the pity; they carried Bible and bread Into the gar rets of pain ; bat In the sweet river Of death they washed olf the loathsome ness of thoso to whom they adminis- tered. Now they pass through the streets of heaven In glorious reviews. There is John Howard who circum navigated the globe in the name of Him who said: “I was sick and ye visited me.’’ Whaltonim were the thanks of the house of commons or the recognition of all the governments of earth compared with the joy of this day in which he rides on, followed by multitude* of those whom lie found in dungeons of darkness and lazaret tos of pgio J Here go the Moravian missionaries who were (old that they could not go on a Christian errand to a hospital where Ihe' plague was rag lug unless they would consent to go iu and never come out, yet deliber- ately making all arrangements and goiaig in to take care of the sick, and then lying down beside the dying themselves to die. Here goes Eliot who once toiled for Christ among savages traveling on foot through the wild’s saying: “My feet are always wet but I pull of my boots and wring my stockings and put them on again and go forward, trying to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ,” defying the savflges who bade him stop preaching or die by say ing to them t u l am about the work of the great God. Touch me if yon dare!” The maid of Saragossa, the angel of the Spaniah battlefields, passes by. Elizabeth Fry, followed by those whom Bbc showed the way from New | gate prison to Heaven. Grace Dar- I ling of the strong oar and the seebiyd’s wing with which she once swooped WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884. to the drowning front Ainwiek ens tle. The good Samaritan who put the wounded man on his horse, while he himself walked now riding mere firmly for thrt charitable dismounting Thousands of men and women who served God and grandly did-their du ty— whole companies regiment aJtd battalions. Pass on, great troop of God! It seems as if there were no workers 1 Hide on, while the suffer ers whom you healed and the instruct ed and the abondoued whom you re claimed, come out ou tlie streets of Heaven to greet you 1 Ride ou! Ride! art! Here comes a great column of the Christian poor, They alwaya walked on earth. The only ride they ever had was in the hearse that took them to the Potter’s field. They went day by day poorly elad and meanly fed aud unsufliciently sheltered. They were jostled out of houses whose rent t hey could aoLpay, aud ont ofchu rob es where their presence was an of fense. Considering the Insignificant way many ot these went out of the world, tho-poor doctoring and the coarse shroud and the haste of the ob sequies, you might have expected for them a tamo reception on the other side, hut a shining retinue was wait ing beyond the river for theirdepart ing spirits; and as they passed a ce lestial escort confronted them and snow-white chargers of Heaven woro brought in and the conquerors moun ted; and here they pass iu the throng of the victors—poorhouse exchanged for palace, rags for imperial attire, weary walking for seats on the white horses from the sking's table. Ride on, vc victors I Another retinue, that of tho Chris tian invalids. These who pass now languished for many a year on their couches. From the firmness and the strength and tho exhilaration with which they ride you would not have supposed that they had been bent double with ailments and had crouched with pains irremediable and writhed In sufferings that were ghastly to the beholder. But after twenty years of useless prescription and all surgery had failed in one mo ment they recovered. The black groom named Death came out and put their foot in the stirrup and gave them one lift by which in one mo ment they sprang upon white horses to ride forth—conquerors forever. I heard Thomas Stockton in the midst of his sermon about the Good Land slop and cough for two or three minutes, until it seemed as if he never would get his breath and thou go on his strength, and said : “Thank God, there is no cough ing in Heaven!” He Is wel! now. Eloquent Thomas Stockton! Glori ous Thomas Stockton I I had a triend who preached the Gospel in the West. He was seized by a dis ease which must prove fatal unless he submitted (o a surgical operation. Tho prospect was that lie would die in the hands of tho surgeon; but there was a faint hope of recovery and so he felt it his duty to submit. One Sab bath morning he stood In his pulpit supporting himtclf by a chair aud said tahis congregation: “My dear people, to-morrow I start for New York to submit to a surgji al opera tion which will probably take my life,but there is a faint hope that it may restore me;,.and that faint hope leads me to go, but it is probable yon may never see me again. I shall now proceed to preach to you my farewell sermon.” And then with a face all il luminated will)joy and triumph, he ■said: “You will find my (ext in chapter iv. of 2d Timothy, verses fi and 7, ‘I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is al hand. I have fought the good light. I have finished my course. I have kept the frith. Henceforth theic Is laid up for me a frown of righteous ness which tha ford, the righteous judge, shall give mo at that day.’” The, next Thursday morning he was well ; lie was all well. In that land they never say “I am sick.” Hide on. ye great host pt recovered invalids in the triumphal procession of heaven! Heurv VIII brought Anne Bcleyn to bis palace. The river Thames was the scene of her triumphal enlry. Fif ty barges followed the lord mayor. Officials dressed in scarlet. Choirs chanting along the banks of Ihe ri ver. Flags adorned with bells lhat rang as the breeze stirred them. Anne Bolcyn in cloth of gold and wearing a circlet of precions stones stepped Into the barge amid the sound oftrumpels and the shout of a kingdom. Then entering tho street sealed on a richly caparisoned palfry that sometimes walked On cloth of gold and velvet led between houses adorned with scarlet and crimson and defended,by guards in coatsof beaten gold, and along by fountains that were made on that day to pour out Rhenish wine for the people, until she at last, kneeling in Westminister abbey took, the crown. But alas, for the career of Henry VIII and Anno Boleyn! They live in worldiness and that their splendid career went out in darkness. Not so with those whom our king shall call to the honors of Heaven. Along the rivor death their barge shall glide amidst the shadows until it comes to the light of the elty j and then on streets of gold, they shall join the armies of the king, following on white horses. But I cannot count the Interrairf^v troops of God as they pass—tho rc dectr.d of all ages, and lands and con ditions. One hundred and fortv-four generations of people have lived si ace the world was made ; and consequent ly about 29.000 million of people hare died, figures of which We. can have no appreciation. A great proportion of these must have gone iuttr glory .so that nothing but an srehange foi a mathematician with an arithmotie of eternity could give any Idea of the number who shall make up iho throng that follow on white horses. ! Every hour tho line is lengthening. They are gaining up by scores and by him deeds and thous ands. At the beginning ot this dis course we took our position oa the street of Heaven to watch, but the first regiment has not passed yet and I hear the clatter of the hosts still coining. “Yea, stand at this point and wateji until the century has per ished and time has wound up and miriads of agos have gone their slow round still you will not hare seen half of the first division who follow on white horses. Go un on the high est tower of Heaven; look to the south; can you see the end? nol coming! coming! Foroyerand forever tlioy pass ou! “The armies which were in heaven followed Him upon whilo horses.” It has keen to me the most anxious question of this hour—will you and I join that great procession? Not un less on earth we belonged to the Lord’s army and followed after the king. You must know that the cavalry of heaven that you seo’passing fought with the cavalry of hell; and lhat the arch-demon has had his victories and that those whom ho conquers he car ries away in oltains, lobe reserved m darkness until! the gieat day. Which side are you on ? Those who do not follow Christ on earth shall not triumph with Him iu heaven. Ifyon are on the wrong side you had better cross Over. If you belong to the black cavalry Instead of the white cavalry von had better head the other way. Plunge the spurs into the flanks and dart up under the banner of the cross. I suppose of course, that what the text says about (lie white horses of heaven is figurative, and yet I know not but in some sense it may he liter al. It has seemed to mo iucrutable that horses should bo maltreated aud whipped and killed by the cruelly of their owner and have no other slate of being by wav ot compensation. My little child of six years of age was overheard tolling her brother of four years that tiioro would be a heaven for tho birds add another heaven for the horses. I had not the courage to correct her defective theology. It I wake tip at last in heaven and find real white horses for the redeemed to ride upon I shall not he sorry; but tor the present I must take my text figuratively and learn from it the fieelncss and the victory and the strength of tho redeemed. Rejoice, oh ye righteous, iu the glorious pros- [>eot! When thclast law was ended and the returning army passed in review at Washington among the most im pressive nights were the horses on which the general rode. But these horses had not been in battle. The) had been picked up at the close of the war; they had carried no burden; they had seen no hard-ships, but came prancing along the lino witli arclied necks and rounded limbs and princely trappings and flying feet and flaming eyes. As they bounded to the roll of the drum and Use trumpet blast, their drivers bowed on either side to the almost interminable hnzzuh. Oh, when Christ our king shall return to heaven with all the ar mies of the sayed—nations and king doms and ages in the line—may you and I though the iufiultc mercy of the king, be arttong those who shall fol low Him in (lie great cavalry troop of the redeemed! That will lie the grand review oHinavnn. God Sp-Sd;i>r. BradUald la tha Sola o H i N ivir-FAtlin v Faatta Boantatorf From the editor ot the Gainesville Eagle :' “t consider Bradfleld’s Fe male Regulator the best mcdleine ev T ANARUS, er compounded and offered to the pub lic for the diseases for which it is rec ommended. I am well acquainted with a lady who never had any health unt'l she commenced using it. It. gaye her immediate rctf&f, and from that tirno until now she has en ioyed the best of health. I can say with hearty good will, ‘Got! speed Dr. Bradfleld in the sale of his never failing Female Regulator 1”’ Treatise on the Health and Happi ness of Woman mailed free, Bbaovielu Regulator Cos., oet Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. Treatment of dancer. For twenty years I have suffered from a cancer on the side of my neck near my shoulder, and exhausted the whole catalogue of remedies without any relief. The cancer growing worse all the time, the whole upper part of my body became stiff and full of pain I had virtually lost the uso of both amis, my genorat health had broken down and I saw it was only a ques tion of time when life itself would be destroyed. In this condition I com menced the uso of Swift’s Specific. The first bottle relieved me of tho stiffness in the neck, the second gave me perfect use ot mv arms, and I feel strong and well In every way. I am a poor man but I wonld not take |5.000 for the good I have experienced with Swift’sSpecifte. I. believe it will force out all the poison and core me. , W. R. Roauox, Davisboro, Ga. A GOOD NAME. TRUK ttfOUGHTS BEAUTIFULLY RX , * ; v PRESSED. An Articl* Well Worth a Reading, (t'rom tho N. Y. Observer.) A gentleman of this city who lias been sojourning during the summer at Avon Springs, N. Y., studs us the following extract from, a discourse by the puster of the Central Dresby-t tcriau church at that place, Rev. H.“ P. V. .Bogus. Ijte regards it, and so do we, as containing lessons as well adapted to be useful toreadors in the city as to hearers in the country. The subject of the discourse, taken from proverbs 22: 1, “A good name is rathqr to be chosen titan great rjehet,* whs styjtgcstou by thefinancial disas ters in this city in tho early part of the season. _ ■ - Tin) first element of a good name disaster in VTaTralreel began id a lie. It was a He about Government con tracts, as baseless as the. air, which involved men of good reputation, dragged them down to ruin and pov erty, and reached out, we know nol how far, to work sorrow and suffering to the innocent. Not all lies, it is is true, are equally tdisastrous. But “all lies,” says Ruskin, “are an ugly soot from tho smoke of the pit, and it Is betterthat our hearts should be swept clean of them.” When the Psaimist said “tho wicked go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies,” ho might have said that they continue to go aistray. There is tie one who upholds lying. Even the liar himself claims to honor truthful ness and to abominate falsehood, lie flatters himself that he is too shrewd and too plausible fo be discovered. HU art, he is sufficient to hide the truth. But if any sin finds out a man, It is the sin of lying. In a thousand ways it shows itself; In ges ture, look, lone, word. No pains need bo taken to publish a liar; he will publish himself. Theu his good namoi ft gotljy confidence in him is destroyed; and the uncertainty of dis trust follows him. Now, siude a good ‘name is undermined by lying, it finds its surest foundation in truthfulness. Truthfulness wins respect and begets confidence. Relieving'.anxiety apd suspicion It furnisjies us a basis upon which we can rest With assurance. It knows no concealment, no decoif, nothing to excite doubts. siSiippWoily and openness htvito faith and esteem. It is a great attainment to be truth ful; to speak the truth about facts, repreWflUE them as they really are; to speak the truth about persona, without coloring It to suit our pur pose and to their prejudice; to spenk the truth in buying and selling anC in all the relations of life- But this is the element which we demand, ill's I of all, in those In whom we deal and to whom wo intrust our Interests. The second element of a good name Is Uprightness. Uprightness Is that quality which fulfils obligations, not because convenient or politic, but from principle. It is adherence to the standard of perfect rectitude. It was uprightness which paved the way for the celebrated bankers, the Rothschilds, to succoss, wealth and power. When Napoleon Bona parte overran Germany, a certain landgrave, afterwards elector of Ilesse, being obliged to flee from bis estates, left in the hands of a small broker over a million of dollars for safe keeping. On his return, the bro ker made haste to restore to him his money, with large accumulations or inlorest. So delighted was the land grave at this exhibition of honesty and uprightness, that lie made men tion of it to Ills friends, both at home and in foreign courts; and from that hour golden fortune smiled upon the founder of the house of the Roths childs. Their wealth attd fame and influence arc the precious fruits of up- rightness. An upright man is one who not on ly tells the truth, but who also uses just weights and mcasnres; who la bors fall time and does honest work ; who manages trusts with greater care even than he gives to his own proper ty ; who keeps and renders accounts with great scrupulousness; who scorns unjust gains, and indulges neither in ovei reaching nor in fraud nor in deceit. Uprightness always squares with the just ahd true. And whenever ono deflects from the right, however little bo the deflection, even though it he as the bending of a straw, It shows in which direction the wind is set, and his good name be gins to tarirfsh. Men mark him and become afraid (• trust him. It the least sign of corruption appear, there is r.o one who can tell how deep it goes. Tte movement of a hair’s breadth from the line of rectitude may issue in a total departure. And hence it follows that perfect upright ness is necessary to a good name. The third element of a good name Is CoSsciEJfTioi'SN'ESS. Consoicucc must come to tho front to keep one awake to prinolple and to declare what Is right or wrong. This is the ground of all trustworihlness. A conscientious rian does not need an ovorsecr; his conscience is the senti nel ;he would as quickly blush to do evil before his conscience as before his fellows. Hating evil, not because It may redound to bis credit, but be cause it i but from within. Such conscientious ness makes one faithful in the little as in the great and faithful even to one’s ou m hurl. When Thos. Brassey, an English conjraptor, was building the Barcn tin viaduct, he protested against the qualify of the material which was furnished him. tinder a heavy rain the, viaduct fell. Though, in view of his protests, he Was neither legally net- morally responsible, yet since be had contracted to build and maintain the road, he proceeded to tiuish the work at a personal loss of one hun dred and fitly thousand dollars. So conscientious was lie lhat he sacri ficed himself to do what ho believed was right. >q j. !_ rn Conscientiousness will not only load to sacrifice in tho performance ot obligations, hut will also avoid quos tionable means of getting money. Tt-will not deprive another 0 f prop erty without giving au equivalent, ftiio of the greatest evils of the day is gambling. And one of the worst gambling places is Wall street. Nol that there are not honest men in Wall street and of stainless reputa tion, but Wall street stands before Iho world as a mart of speculation and gambling. No one pretends that tho slocks which daily move up and down in price, change in value, according to the change in points. They fluctuate mainly because they are manipulated. Men shuffle stocks as they shuffle cards; and money staked upon stocks is like money staked upon cards; it is mere ven ture, with no law of trade to guide oue. But while fortunes are made as well as lost in the stock game, played ufllh margins, men are infatuated. They play for the fortunes. It suc cess 'crowns their venture, greater risks follow ;if failure attends them, their loss must he retrieved. Wheth er one gams or loses, if he hat but en tered upon stock gambling (he likeli hood is that he will ho drawn into the vortex of disgrace and ruin. Aud this spirit of gambling has spread through our whole country; cards and pool and games of chance are everywhere. Men sacrifice mon ey, family, happiness and namo for tho sake of gratifying an itching de sire to win something. And, sacl to say, even iu the children this spirit is cultivated and evoked by the prize packages of every description which flood the market. Manufacturers and dealera are trading upon the cu riosity and acquisitiveness of human nature without regard to tho results. And thus, in spite of laws against lotteries and gambling, this nation is fast growing into a nation of gamblers. R is high time tbrjis to give attention to this ovil, which is taking on such gigantic proportions. It is a foe to honesty, to integrity, to industry, and to substantial wealth. A conscientious man will neither de ft! o bis hands with gambler’s money nor encourage games of chance, but will set his face as a flint against this great evil. Again, conscientiousness makes one true to his couviclions and incorrup tible. It is said that every man has his price. This may bo truo as a rule, but there are exceptions. When Sir Robert Walpole tried to bribe Goldsmith to answer Junius letters, though Goldsmith was poor and lived in a garret, yet he preferred his gnrret to a paid service against his convictions. Lord Macaulay was incorruptible. Sidney Smith said of him : “You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, titles before him in vain. Ho has an honest, genuine love of his country, and tho world could not bribe him to neglect her in terests.” True to his convictions, Washing ton signed a treaty with Great Bri tain which cost him his popularity and kindled a flame of indignation through tho land. But neither threats nor calumny could turn him from what he conceived to bo his du ty. There arc men, to-day, just as incorruptible and devoted to principle. Our ago yields to none In examples of virtue and honor. Such are the men we want in the national and State legislature and in places of honor and trust; men who arc conscientious in the performance of duty and true to their convictions. Whoever is thus guided by conscicnca is as suredly worthy of trust. Ho may be trusted with little er much, with public or private interests. Ills con scientious character is a guarantee of honest and faithful service. Xalarii 1 Faison. Having spent much of my ti me for the past three years in and near Al bany. Ga., I had gradually absorbed malaria into my system, and my gen eral health was completely broken down; this poison culminated last November in a conjestivc chill, and I was confined to the bed and house for live months; was treated by the best physicians, by all the approved meth- ods with no benetlt; my health was awfully broken down ;my skin al most as yellow as a pumpkin ; a thick heavy coat on my tongue; no appetite; and in a miserable fix generally. I was induced in April last to take Swift’s Specific and the first few does convinced me that it was what I needed. I continued until I had taken several bottles, and am a well man, the poison has all been driven out of my system by Swift Specific, and I have gained thirty pounds in weight. C. M. C IHK, v Cos., At- W. 'T. rJI.I,ARI). ,TAa. L. HoRItBTSOX. POLLARD & ROBERTSON, Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, N*. *3l Reynolds St., AtlGlim, ft A. Manufacturers anil General Agents. And we have ou hand the following Machinery : 100 Acme Pulverizers and Clod Crushers. 100 Reapers, Different Makes and and Styles, (single or combined.) 25 Hubbard (cleaners and Binders, (Independent.) 25 Threshers and Separators, (various styles and sizes.) 25 Watertown Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 20 C. & G. Cooper to O.’s Steam Engines, (alt sizes and style*.) 10 Oneida Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.) 75 Smith’s Hand-Power Cotton and Hay Presses. 50 Pollard Champion Gins, Feeders and Condensers. 25 Noblett & Goodrich IXL Cotton Gins at 32.00 por saw. 10 Neblelt to Goodrich second-hand IXL Cotton Gins at |1.50 per saw in good order 5 Kreblc Engines. Qtto Silent Gai Mtonaei, Corn anil Flr Mill Machinery, Hancock Inspirators, ®Mn Steam Pumps, MtUtrMStUer Breed Giu, F'edr tA Ci>nd*ar., Carver Seed Cotton Cleaners, Newall Cotton Seed Hullers end Separators, Colt's Power. Cotton Present, Fair; bank’s Standard Seales, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers, Steam and Water Pipes, Flttlkgs, etc. Melting, Lacing, Hoes, Etc. COTTON MILL SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY. A full line of Machinery of all kinds in stock and for sale low. Call and examine be ore purchasing, and sare money. Send for catalogues. Correspondence solicited and promptly attended to. POLLARD * ROBERTSON, 7*l Reynolds St., Augusta, Ou* XAm Swot X AaSoeot WITH THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF HORSE AND MULE MILLINERY South of Mason and Dixon Line. FINE, HANDMADE, SINGLE AND DODDLE DADNESS Saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips, &c. Will exchange new goods for old ones. Personal attention given to the reparing of old Saddles and Harness. Give mo a call when you visit Wash ington, and I will save you money. West of the Court House, and next door to Major Ilenncberry’s you will find this mammoth Saddle and Harness store. n - ,f T. G. HADAWAY, Washington. Ga. COMMISSIONS REDUCED. ,T. H. SPEARS, Cottoa Factor and Comma Merchant, Warehouse and Salesroom, 101 Merntoih Street, Cor. Reynolds, Augusta, Georgia. Will continue the business in its various branches. Advance*'of Bagging and Ties and*Family Supplier* at Lowest Market Prices. Liberal Cash Ad/fcnoe* made on Cot m h*r IwAtce in *tor. Future transaction* in C.tttoa, Slocks o**d done my New York Correspondents when desired. Consignments all I'iold Farm Produce solicited. Personal attention given to Selling, Weighing, Sampling and Storing all Consign aents. Commissions 60 Cents and Storage 26 Centa per Month on Cotton not ad ▼anoed upon. M4hn NEW STORE! NEW GOOES! NEW PRICES! B. M. WINESTOOK, Formerly of Greenville, S. 0., Informs the citizens of Washington and Wilkes county generally, that he lias opened at the store on the west side of tho public square, lormerly occupied by Mrs. Stewart as a millinery store, a well selected stock of Clothing for Gents, Youths and Boys, FROM THE CHEAPEST TO THE BEST. A Good Assortment of Shoes, Boots, Hats, Caps, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, JEANS. Cnssimeres, Umbrellas, Trunks ind Jewelry. Urge lot of Underwear. Toilet Soaps in great variety. Suspenders, Silk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Hosiery and Gloves. A nice lot of Ladies’ Cloaks, all of which we gaarantec of LatoSt styles, and at prices to sstonish the natives. These Goode wei offer to sell cheap for cash. Mn.G. THOM AS POPE is with us and will be glad to aee his Citeads and neighbors and let them have Goods at VERY LOW PRICES. * Mm B: M. WINESTOCK, AG’T. WHELESS &. CO.; Cotton .Factors, Augusta, Ga. Our warehouse having been recently rebuilt with all modern improve ments, We are prepared to handle Cotton upon very favorable term*. Special Personal Attention Given to Weighing and Selling. WE ARE GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Daniel Pratt Devolving- Dead Din x_i_ -\zr. sns/cs, | SUCCESSOR TO SIMS, IRVIN & CO.] The Firm of Sim*, Irvin A Cos. having dissolved, I will continue to keep alwav* 0:1 hand LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, 1 BRICK, LIME, AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL. My prices will be low and CASH mnst accompany all orders. Call sad consult me before buying elsewhere. Will store Guano and other artielea at my warehouse and deliver the same. Charges ressonsble. A small stock of Builder's Hardware St COST. lam authorised to settle all claims due by or to ths old 6rm. OFFICE AT ARNOLD HOUSE. seplJ-m JLi. W. SIMS. Executor ’s Sale. GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY. UNDER authority ve ted lu mo by the last will anti testament of B. W. Fortson, deceased, 1 will sell on the Ist Tuesday in November, 1884. before.the court house door in Washington, G*., within the legal hours of sale, four shares of the capital stock of the Bank of Augusta, Ga., and also two bonds of the Methodist Episcopal Church South publishing house, each bond being for the sum of one hundred dollars and bearing 4 per cont. interest. Terra* Canh. October 2, 1884. THOS. E. FORTSON. Ex’r of B. W. Fortson. NO. 42