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About The Expositor. (Waynesboro, GA.) 1870-187? | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1873)
T4K EXPOSITOR WAYNESBORO’, O-A.- '' li ■■'■** ' -r— r — - ■ ' ' 1 - Independent—Not Neutral! SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1873. THE BURKE DELEGATION. “Silver Gray,” the Atlanta corres pondent of the Augusta Chronicle Sentinel, in his pen portraits of mem bers of the Georgia Legislature, pays the following well-deserved compliment to our delegation in that body : ‘‘Hon. J. 11 Jones, is the industrious Chairman of the Committee on Agricul ture —a department of State economy to which he is jealously attached, nud which finds in him a zealous and never tiring champion. The House has not a more uncompromising friend of the agricultural interests. With a view to promoting them, he warmly supported the bill prohibiting municipal corpora- j tious from taxing agricultural products j and was himself the author of a bill ' providing for public weighers of cotton. In advocating these measures he was accused of championizing policies disas trous to agricultural interests, but be was never 'convinced. He is a ready and easy speaker, speaking with equal facility on any and all subjects. ‘ Hon Joseph A. Shewmake has the reputation of being the wittiest man in the House, and on several occasions be perpetrated some of his witticisms while in the Chair, to the infinite annjsement of the entire House, He is a man of marked ability, ready address, and en gaging manners, and was on the best of terms with all who knew him. He is a valuable member of the Finance Com mittee, and was one of the famous mi nority that reported in favor of extend ing aid to the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road. He seldom speaks, though always wheu he does, with marked effect. “Hon. H. C. Glisson is Chairman pro tern, of the Committee on New Counties an 1 County Lines, and a lead ing member of the Committee on Cor porations. He is one of the most con scientious members in the House, sober in judgment, faithful in the discharge of duty, and prompt and efficient in the execution of all measures which meet with bis approbatiou. He is a good speaker, but speaks seldom, and there fore with the more effect.” Extravagance of the Government. By the published summary of the appropriation bills for the action of Congress the present Bession we see the total amount is a little over one hundred and eighty-nine millions of dollars, and, considering that the amounts of some have been or are likely to be increased, the total may be set down probably at one hundred arid ninety millions. This, as our readers are aware, is for current expenditures of the year, and does not iuclude inter est on thfe national debt. The interest on the debt being about a hundred mil millions, the entire expenditure will amount to two hundred and thirty mil lions. But, deducting the burden of the debt which is a legacy of the war, why is it necessary in these times of peace that tbe cost of the Government should be more than double what it. was thirteen years ago ? Admitting that the thirty millions for pensions is a proper charge, and also a legacy of the war, aud as such deducting that from the hundred and ninety millions, there is still left a hundred and sixty millions as the current yearly cost of a peace establishment. But the thirty two millions set down for the Postoffice Department will be balanced by tbe earnings of that Department less some five or six millions. That leaves a hun dred and thirty-four millions for the civil, military and naval services and for mis cellaneous objects—an amount too large by forty millions at least. Under the head of “sundry civil expenses,” apart from the regular appropriations for every department, the sum set down is nearly twenty-eight millions. What are these sundries that amount to as much as the whole expenses of the Gov ernment in its purer days, thirty or forty years ago? We have fallen upon evil times, when extravagance and corrup tion go hand iu haud together. {N. Y Jlerald. . ♦- -*■ Six members of the German royal family make up au aggregate stature of thirty-six feet and two inches. An Appeal for Our Confederate Dead. The Confederate Monumental Associ ation of Augusta, having for its purpose i the erection of a Monument to our Georgia Confederate dead, and nlso those from other Southern States, who died in this State, appeals to our peo ple to aid than in their efforrs to fur ther this most noble cause. A distribution of shares in value • from 8150,000 to $lO 00 will positive ly take place April 3d, 1873. Ist Prize—Nino hundred and one acres of land in Lincoln county On., on | whiflti are the well known Magruder gold and copper mines—value, $l5O, 000. 2d. Ono hundred thousand dollnrs in United States currency. Shares from $lO 00 to SIO,OOO. 3d. The well known resort, Berzolia, large residence nud four hundred acres of land, on the Georgia railroad, twenty miles from Augusta —paying au annual yield of $15,000. 4th. The well known City Hotel— value $26,000. sth; The Solitude plantation in Rus sell county, Ala., on the Chattahoochee river, with elegant and commodious improvements. The an rage rental since 1804 has been over $7,000. 6th. Brick residence and store in Augusta. Rent $2,000. 7th. The Rogers House ou Green street, Augusta—value $16,000. Bth. Flat Busts plantation, one-half mile from the city limits—value, $16,- 000. 9th. The Hearing plaoc—with 30 city lots—6ox2lo feet, valued at $16,- 000. 1 Oth. Stanton residence and orchard, ou the Georgia Railroad, valued at $5,- 000. Also, 2 shares of 100 bales of cot ton; oue share of 50 bales of cotton; one share of 25 bales of cotton —244 shares of one bale each. The above enumerated real estate is oflered by well known,pafVioticcitizens to the Confederate Monumental Associa tion, and the currency and cotton prizes arefurnished through subscription to the Association. Ne further guarantee of the impartial distribution of prizes is needed than the endorsement of the following named gentlemen, well-known people, who are also the Commissioners of the Associa tion and superintend the drawing ou April 3d: Gen. L. McLaws, Gen. M. A. Sto vall, Gen. W. M. G*rde< r, Gen. Goode Bryan, Hon. R. 11. May, Hon. A Johnston, Hon. 8. M. Miller, Hon. W. H. Goodrich, Hon. J. D. Butt, Hon. H. Moore, Dr. W. E. Bearing, Col. W. P. Crawford, Col. C. Snead, Maj. J. B. Cumming, Maj. G. T. Jackson, Maj. J. Ganahl, Maj. I. P. Girardey. Persons desiring to make a fortune at short notice and on easy terms, and at the same time aid a noble cause, should invest in a ticket. Alexander. H. Stephens again in Congress 1 The ex-Vice President of the late Confederacy again a member of the American Natioual Lcgi-lature I And no bones broken, uo skulls cracked, no bodies perforated ! Verily, the world moves. Reconstruction ought now cer tainly to bo considered un fait accompli. Let ‘‘Liberty Hall” be illuminated.— Herald. * - j — An Important Rumor. —The Atlan ta Herald says;-—There appears to be circulated among the freed men a wide spread report that the negroes who are reported as having been engaged to go to Arkansas, are really tp be sent to Cuba and made to fight the Spaniards. The colored people talk of it as a cer tainty and w<* would not e surprised iti these rapid days at anything. The darkies should beware of these emigra tion agents and their proffers. They are up to any game. Death of an Ex-Conkkdtkatk in tjik Egyptian Army. —We are permit ted to state that Major Hunt, of the Egyptian army, who served on board the Confederate steamer Shenandoah, was killed late in January by a fall from his horse. The letter referred to is from Colonel Ward, of tho same ser vice, and gives the following particulars: ‘The horse became unmanageable, ran off, and the bridle broke in the hands jof the rider. After this the animal ; was beyond control, and finally threw his rider against a stone wall, fracturing his skull. He was a brave mau aud a good officer.” —Norfolk Ftrginim. “The First Blood’of the War." History is a lying jade. Most peo ple will admit thi--, though they may not agree with Horace Walpole in bis saying that “all hissory is a lie," (as ho thought be very well knew from experience). It was repeated iu . the telegraphic columns of the dispatch yesterday, what has been so often said before, that Ellsworth’s was the first blood shed in the civil war, or “rebel lion.” if the lying jade will have it so. This statement has passed for true so long tliafit will be difficult so to cor rect it is to prevent its repetition. But we will try to do so. Ellsworth was killed at Alexandria on the 24th day of May, 1861—the day af'er the vote was taken upon the ratification of the ordinance of secession. Two be fore—to wit, on the iiigli{ of the 22d day of May, 1861 —a Union man was killed at Futternun, Taylor county, West Virginia [then Virginia] by a Confederate, or rather Virginia soldier, belonging to the volunteer company which had been marched thither, the previoas wet k from Fairmont, in Mn lion county. This Company was a part of the Thirty-first Virginia reci pient of infantry throughout the war. The man who was killed was as violent as ho was ignorant—and resided in Grafton, a town three miles from Fat terman, both towns being on the Balti more and Ohio railroad. He went armed to Fattcrmnn; marched up to the sentinel who killed him ; and when challenged replied by a shot which went through the Virginia soiilicrs ear. Whereupon the soldier shot him dead upon the spot. The writer of this arti cle saw thi soldiers at Philippi a few days afterwards, and was one of a num ber of persons who was curious to see, and did see, the hole in his ear. There are hundreds of persons in Taylor coun ty who can substantiate these statement#, and it would not be amiss for someone to undertake the task, it is well to be right, even in small matters. It may be replied that Ellsworth was the first soldier who was shot. But this docs not give his base any advantage over the other,.seeing that he was shot by a private individual. According to the ' orthern historian of the war, EUsworth was murdered. He certainly was not killed according to the rules of war, whereas there is no doubt that the other mail was killed by a soldier, who simply performed his duty as such in so doing. So that, look at the matter as we will, it must be conceded that tan Union tnau who fell at Fatterman—we have forgot ten both bis name aud that of the soldier who killed him—was the first man who was killed in Virginia by a soldier, and consequently hi# was “the first blood of the war” in the sense in which that averment is usually made as to Ellsworth.— Richmond Dispatch. Attempt at Suiuiuk —A young girl named O'Keefe, attempted to commit suicide last Sunday night at Savannah by swallowing a large quantity of lauda num. Her father,,a druukeu brute, had beeu beating her, as was his almost every day custom, and she was driven to des peiatiou. . Compliment to a Confederate Officer.. — We are informed that Gen. Colston, of militaire accomplishment arid renown, and at present in charge of a military school in Washington, lias been offered by the Khedive oi Egypt charge of the Military Academy at Cairo, and, besides, a place on the.staff of General Stone, an old Federal soldier who is serving in the military of I hat country, the two positions being worth about four thousand dollars in gold.— Raleitfh {N. C.) Era. Tiik Religious Trouble in Switzer land. —The long pending difficulty be tween Romo and Switzerland seems at last to have come to an end, The Fed eral Council has decided to expel Bishop Mermillod from the Canton of Geneva. The S 'iss authorities deny the right of tiie Pope to dismember the Bishopric of Switzerland. One chance ouly is left to the new bishop. He must dbey the Swiss authorities if ho wishes to remain iu Switzerland. If lie chooses to obey the Pope he must leave. This is hard on the Holy Father. But the timer are hard all round on ancient and privileged orders. The civil power no longer bows to the Church. —N. Y. Her ald. - > —• Rochefort, lias written a norej during his imprisonment. | A GoodTiiino if Will Applied.— Under this head tlio Columbus Enquirer !as the following very level headed remarks: • A planter told us, the other day, that he had never seen so much guano car ried into the country as was going out into this sectiou this year. Our own observation satisfies us that the trade in commercial fertilizers is at present heavy, but we have no ready means ot comparing its bulk with that of former years. What satisfaction would it give us to be able to report further that a large portjou of these fertilizers are to. be, applied to the corn and other provisiou crops ! Hut we lfcnr no talk of any such application. On the coutray, we hear planters debating the question what amount per acre can, with the best economy, be applied to cotton ! It is unfortunately too tr.ne that tbcsd fertilizers are bought expressly to make big cotton crops, and will be appropri ated almost exclusively to that end. We fancy that it would excite the hot est kind of a fuss on almost any plan tation for the hands to make the mis take of applying the guano to the corn instead of the cotton grounds. Every indication points to a general and anxious effort to make, this year a cotton crop to large as to “bear” the market. At toe same time the neglect of the grain crops at the South will occasion a run upon the granaries and smoke-houses of the West as to make the cotton planter pay well for bis ne glect of the provision crops. The effect of a large cotton crop upon the price of the staple has been exhibited in too marked a manner, of late years, for any one to question the proposition that an American crop of 3,000,000 of bales will bring to the planter-, nearly or quite as much money as one of 4 000,- 000. Ail that is made over 3,000,000 therefore, would seem to be a gratuit ous contribution to.the speculator*, the manufacturers or the consumers of their goods. If the planters could make this contribution without injury to their own interests, their generosity would be harmless at least. Hat when it is made at the sacrifice of commodities which the planter must boy with Un reduced proceeds of his cotton crop-** when he neglects articles which he and his laborers and his stock must have, to make this gratuitous contribution there is need to recollect the proverb, “charity begins at borne.” This Same Old Tpwv. —The Colum bus says the depot of tLc Western Kailway was so crowded witli freight for that place on 'Saturday that seven teen ears which came t: at morning had to remain unloaded until nearly dinner time. Almost all the freight is corn, bacon and flour, showing that our plant ers still keep their smoke-house and cribs in the west, Mrs, Sarah Arnold, relict of Rev. W illiatn Arnold, died in Putnam county last week, aged seventy-eight. Rev. William Arnold was celebrated in bis day as a camptneeting rcvialist, and in that, peculiar field of oratory he was with out a i a'. His eloquence was of the most impassioned kind, and he carried his hearers by storm. One of his mem orable sermons had such an effect upon an Eatonton tailor who had lived rather a loose life that the man became a rav ing maniac. The Rev. Dr J. P. Newman and lady were at the grand ball given by gov ernor Cooke, in Washington,on the even ing of the 18th instant. Dr. Newman is ; the well known Methodist divine, and is the chapiain of the United States Senate, Although Dr. Newman and his lady did not actually join iu the dance, says the World, their presence and tacit approv al of the festivities hive set the old-time Methodists to talking, and they seem to think the Rev. Dr. Newman and his estimable wife have committed a grave offence against the usages and discipline of their cburcb. Last Sunday a worihy farther of a numerous family was taking one of his little ones, a child of eight years, to c'u rch. On the way the little fellow met a play mate, and stopped to play jnarbles. A quarter of an hour after his farther saw him coming to him bathed in tears. ‘What is the matter ?’ he asked. ‘Papa, I’ve lost all my marbles.’ ‘Of course, God punishes you for not going to church.’ ‘But papa, neither did Joseph go, and bo has won.’ New Advertisements. GUANOS! miQSNIX GUANO. WILCOX, OIBBS A CO'S IVE AJNTIIPTTX..A T 7 X3 OX7 A NO rpiIKSE CELEBRATED GUANOS, ii JL ported and prepa. Vi by Wilcox,Gibbs & Cos., Savannah, Ga., andCharlestoii, fl. C., are for sale for cash, or on fefwllt on accom modating terms, payable in cotton, by Dr. W. B. JONES, Agt., Herndon, Oa. BLAIR, SMITH &. CO., AgU. Augusta, Ga. Special attention I* called to the ue of the Plnunii Ouano com pouted with Cotton Seed. Send or apply na it hove for clreulare gtvliiK teitimonlala from plau fcii-pricea, Urine, *c. mcbl Cw * 1 r -■ WUlW’t . ' ' ' 111 , < v The Warren Hoe, SOMETHING NICE, NEW AND USEFUL: I y FOR Flower and Vegetable Gardening. Three Sizes—Agent's Price, SLSO - *srifMii' ;mji ic i UIH VARIETY g&SBES IDS, INCLUDING SILVER-SKIN AND RED mim SETS! FROM BEST SEEDSMEN. PRICES TO SUIT ALL : Three Papers - - - 20 eouts. Six Papers 35 cents. Twelve Papers - * - 60 ceuts. AT B. I)eL. MOSES’. 100,000 lbs. Ilacou. 20,000 bush. Corn. ON TIME! \VriTII FACTORS’ ACCEPTANCE V V lower than you can buy in Augunta or Savannah. Shipped to any point. Apply to JETHRO THOMAS, febl-ltn Waynesboro', O*. Patapsco Guano STANDARD 6BAIABTEED. We now offer to the planters of Burke County this well known Fertilizer. It has been used by some of the most suc cessful planters ip the State, and found by them to be the uioet reliablo article on the market. We guarantee the standard and qual ity to be fully equal, if not superior, to ! what we sold last season, every effort ! having beetj used on the part of our chemist, Prof. Liebig, to improve the quality and make it superior to all others. Anticipating a heavy demand, we have just received a large cargo fresh from the manufactory at Baltimore, and aro now prepared to fill orders. We publish no certificates, but simply refer to those plant"rs who have usea it here tofore, and some can be found iu almost every neighborhood. We can safely say that this article enjoys a reputation superior to any. and it has always been the aim of the man ufacturer to make an ai tide on which the planter can depend and rely. To those who desire to have it now, we wound say that they cun purchase now on the 6ame terms that they can later in the season. price: Cash, - per tou, S6O-00 City aceeptancc, payable Nov. 1, 68-00 Lien noto, “ “ 70-00 City Acceptance, payable May 1, taken as Cash. Freight and Drayage Cash. J. H. MACKENZIE, Agent for Burke County, Waynesboro, Ga. WILKIES. &. HULL, Agents, jau4~4m Savannah, Ga Miscellaneous A dvertisem’ts Notice to Planters, fT'Hli undersigned would respectfully X inform the Planters, and others, of Burke county, that he is now prepared to execute in the neatest manner all jobs in in his line with which he may he favored. Plows pointed and made, arid stinks manufactured to order. Carriages, Bug gies, and Wagons repaired. All kinds of wood and iron work exe cuted in a workmanlike manner u and at reasonable rates. Cooper Plows, Shovels, and Sweeps, with stocks, always on hand, and made to order. 11. S. REAL, jal3 Shop in rear of Court-house. At Mrs. N. Drum ('lark’s AUGUSTA, GEORG Switches, Braids, Curls and Puffs, Chignons, Frizzettes, Rolls and “Rats,” Lace and Linen Collars, Cuffs, Velvet, Straw, and Alpine flats, Ermine, Swan’s Down, Capes and Maffs Ribbons, Flounces, Feathers, Mats, Cords and Tassels, Fringes Braid— Everything in Pane '-ude. rsr Rcmemner . Best Assort Stock iu the city at 251 BROAD STREET, Handkerchfs, Flodcry. V. ils, Velveteen, Silks, Sa>ins, Gilt Braid, Tassels, Stars, &c. Crape, Crape Col lars, Crape Veils, &c. Fancy Dry Goods and Millinery AT CLARK’S. dec2l-tf Hodgson Institute. MALE AND FEMALE. r rWE EXERCISES OF THIS SCHOOL L will be resumed tbe Third Holiday in January. Board and Tuition reasonable.— Building lots for sale. Address L. A. MUKPHEY. Principal, Girard, Burke County, Ga. December Bth, 1872 —14-2 m summervjiTle^lmimry MALE AN l 7 I'KMAM'. nnilE ABOVE NAMED POPULAR IN- X STITUTION of LEARNING will be opened on tbe first Monday in February, 1873, under the superintendence of Rev. Z. DeLOACHE. Prim-ip;.!. Miss 8. E. DkLOACHE. Associate. There will be two sessions of five months each, With a vacation at the end of the first term. A public examination will be had if the Trustees and patrons s-> direct. A high standard of .scholarship and good moral training will be aimed at. TERMS AND RATES: tuition per session, First Class $lO 00 Second Class 10 00 Third t lass 2a 00 The above rates are t.> be paid, one-half strictly in advance, the b lance at end of session. Tuition irom date of entrance to and of session except in cases of protracted illness. Board can lie had in ood families at $lO and sl2 per month, without light* and washing. For further particulars ad res* either of the Principals, at Midville, Burk county, Ga. 'dec2l TARVER FCHOOi. MALE AND FEMALE MILTON A. CLARKE, A. B.? Pris'cuui.. Spring Teim begins the 4th Slonday in January, anti will continue 24 weeks. Fall Term begins on the 8.1 Monday in Au. ust, and will continue 16 weeks. TUITION FOR THE YEAR: Primary Class, - - $26 00 Intermediate, - v 30 OO Advanced - - - -40 00 The School is located in the north-western part of Burke, near the Richmond line.— The location is healthy ; society good. Near by are two churches—Methodist and Bap tist—in one of which a Sunday school is In successful operation. Board can he had in private families at from |lO to sl3 Pupils we charged from the tune they enter the school until the end ot the Term, unless kept away by protracted sickness, For furthe particulars address the Prin ipal, at Richmond Factory, Qa. jaiiU— 2m* Lumber for Sale! ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I WILL keep for sale, at this pl&co LUMBER, of all sizes, quantity and quality Persons desiring choice or special lots will have their orders promptly attended to by leaving the same with ine. K. 11. BARR. Waynesboro, Jan. 14, 1870—18M,f NOT 1 CHE TO FARMERS! Plow 3i! Plows!! INIE IjftDERfMG'N ED IIA’ 5 ONTH aNd A Fine Lot of Ready-made STJiJBL and IRON PLOWS, Which will be sdld at very reasonable rates. The material fto- 1 which these PLOWS arenuiiufact-d was. Mooted with great care, and aro well made. Persons who have been annoyed by having wot k tM<ily done, as well as material wasted, will find it to their advantage to call and ex amine my work before making their arrange ments. JNO. J. EVANS, Cor. Bay and Centre street*, diio.u Augusta, Ga. "sJbsjribe to THE t: JfPOPITO R.
