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About The Expositor. (Waynesboro, GA.) 1870-187? | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1873)
THE EXPOSITOR WAYNESBORO’, GEA.. irj: t: j'usr. 1 . J. E. FROST, 8 A. GUAY, E. r. LAWSON, 8. A. OIHKKR, Frost, Lawson, Corker & (Iray, PROPRIETORS. Independent — Not Neutral 1 THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1873. DECORATION DAY. The 26tli of April, the anniversary of the surrender of Gqnerul Johnston at Bonnet’s Court House, N. C., and the day set apart throughout the South to commemorate the deeds of valor.apd devotion to principle, of our hero dead, has come and gone. Eight years have parsed since the termination of hor rible war. The recollection of bloody battle fields are fading from our mem ories, “where wild-flowers, formed by the Almighty Hand, to bo perfumed goblets for the dew, felt the enameled cup filled high with blood and dropped, where many an insect, deriving its deli cate color from harmless leaves and herb?, was stained anew by dying men and marked its frightened way with an unnatural track; where the painted but terfly took blood into the air upon the edgesof its wings; where the streams ran red, and the oue pervadi. g line lowered and glimmered at the sun ! Heaven beep us from the sight of battle fields, strewn with upturned faces that had once at mother’s breast sought mothers eyes, or slumbered happily !” Our generation has seen those sighst. Heaven grant that the next escape them. Ou this anniversary those recollec tions well up, and will not down at our bidding. Of the five hundred men who responded to the call to arms in this county, two hundred fill soldiers graves. Some sleep in their family burying grounds; the resting place of many wo know not—they lie in some valley of the Blue Ridge or near the banks of the roaring Janies. The only record of their glory is the head-board,with their name, State, and Regiment; but who doubts that at the judgment, when cur lives are reviewed, that these head boards will outweigh the gilded sepul cher’s recording the virtures of money ed kings. When we had hope, the terse report— l! IIo fell with the colors of his regiment in his hands, or at the Head of the column,as we stormed the breast works,” was inspiring to youth— for youth is always enthused by military glory. But how sad now, when our star of hope has set, the reflection that these lives are wasted, that this pre cious blood was spilt iu vain. But if no substantial benefits have ennured let us emulated their examples. Strive not to heal the wounds caused by their untimely death. It is only by the contemplation of glorious deeds that wo are instructed as to our duty. Gen. Sherman Explains his Position on the Indian Policy. Gen. Sherman has, it seems, been asked to “rise and explain” the seeming inconsistency of having two years ago joined in signing a report with three other distinguished Generals of the United States army and others of dis tinction in civil station, in which the statements set forth vary much from his present attitude in respect to the treat ment of Indians, and docs so in the quiet expression that at that time he was bound by the majority of the com. mission to which he was attached, though he fully concurs in the peace able views of the humanitarians when ever the Indians themselves aro peace ably disposed. The Gen. takes exactly the army view of the matter, which is, if the Indian wants to fight, accommo date him, and if he wants peace, treat him in a friendly manner ; and whatever else may be said upon the subject there are positive assertions that this is als'o tbe opinion of the President. Th e gov ernment is without official despatches to-day from the seat of war. The Danbury News is alarmed to find that the arms received by Company G have not been vaccinated. Aoandidatefor schoolmarin in Henry County, Ohio, stated on examination that Virginia obtained its name from the Virginia Mary. The Lorrsiana Modoec. The Macon Daily Enterprise has the following comnionutry which wc are rash enough to endorse : “In nearly every section of the South there has been of lute a subsidence of the unhealthy state o (caste agitation which had arrajed citizen against citi zen, because they happened to be of dif ferent races. Good sense and a broad, manly patrotism have resumed, to a great extent, their places In the bosoms of the more intelligent Pouf hern people, and vre Lad hoped that the bloody, dis graceful acts of the Ku-klux were not to bo revived. Tt nppeared natural that the Southerners would gracefully “ac cept the situation” as the “fortune of war,” and become convinced that it was neither patriotic, nor desirable, nor politic fot them to occasionally maim, torture, or kill their follow-beings and their fellow citizens. But the bloody spirit of discord was not hushed,and the whites of Louisiana at Colfax have eclipsed the Modocs in and in cowardly treachery.— Captain Jack, like King Phillip, Red Jacket, Osceola, and Tecurnseh, was evidently inspired by a desire to destroy those who Sought to drive his tribe from their hunting grounds, but the butchers at Colfax- were only animated by the low groveling barbarism of sla very.— Washington Chronicle. We do wonder if the cowardly dog and liar who wrote the above believed what he was putting upon paper. “Gracefully accept the situation as the fortune of war” means from a rad ical stand-point for the white man to give way to the negro. To adopt as a principle that tHe negro is our superior and we must yield him the exclusive right to govern the land. We prefer not to do so. You can consider yourself the equal of the negro. Wo beg to be excused, But the idea of this gasconading scoundrel,who is General Grant’s chosen editor--bis chief spokesman next to his ministers—drawing a parallel between the white race of the South and Cap tain Jack, King Phillip, Red Jacket, and Tecurnse h! It is true, very true, that all these Indian chiefs, except Capt. Jack died at the head of their tribes, defending their homes and their squaws. And Capt. Jack is to day showing heroic deeds utterly unknown to you, and the people you represent.. He has whipped your troops in pitched battles, beat, you in council, and in Louisiana you and your tribe, when the test of cold steel is applied, fill the graves of cowards. But, of course, it is now in order for you to come forward with cold-blooded policy—the suppression of facts and the suggestion of falsehoods—anything to sustain Grant. Bui,still you are only a hollow-heart ed traitor to the negro, but a baseless friend of the white mau. >— We publish this Communication, word for word, and it speaks for itself. It does not need any expression from us. —[Ed. Messrs. Editors .-—ln the Savannah Advertiser a few days ago, we noticed that, Mr. Waring Russell, of that oity, bad been indicted for some of his official acts in the U. S. District Court, now in session at that place; and that the City Council had convened iu extra session and appropriated funds enough to employ Counsol, &c., to defend him. This shows the appreciation of those people for their Public Servants. Now, Messrs Editors, we propose to call your attention to a > ase nearer home. Mr. Wm. Waruook has been indicted before the same tribunal in that Court for (I do not know the legal phrase) refusing to sigu the election returus at Lawtonville precinct in the last election for Presideut and Congressmen, after they had been mainpulated by a Radi cal Supervisor iu his absence. Mr. W lias been takeu off to Savannah to staud his trial, aud is having to pay his ex penses out of his own pocket. TEe do think that Burke County ought not and will Ml allow this to be so. lie was acting in a public capacity and to our minds discharged big whole duty. Now we shall see whether his country men will come to his rescue as did those noble andpatriotic people of Savan nah, through its City Council, in Mr. Waring Russell’s case. ' Let us have an expression from you on this subject. Lawtoxvilld. [From the Boston G!ol>e,j FIGHT IN A PALACE. A Put to Between tiin Emperor of ■Austria ani> this Archoi’kb Husky —Tub Taker Warnings from a Pea sant Seek, There took place on March 42, at the Ilofburg, the grand pulucoof the Empe ror Francis Joseph, of Austria, an ovout perhaps unequaled in the recent annals of European royalty. What gave rise to it was the visit which an old Transylvanian peasant named Mur ker Visacky, had paid three days before to the Emperor. The peasant and his sovereign were old acuuaintanc \s, and a vory peculiar link existed between the two. Their connection dated from tho year in which the Emperor’s second brother, the illstarred Archduke Ferdi nand Maximilian, was on the eve of de parture for Mexico. A week or two previous to that event, Herker Visacky. covered with dust and bearing every trace of extreme fatigue, demanded to see his Majesty without delay. During the interview, the old man told him he had traveled all the way from Trans lvunia on foot to Vienna because he had a strange vi sion in regard to the Emperor's brother, the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, lie said he had seen, in this vision, the latter in a forign country, standing up before a tile of soldiers, who were shoot ing at him. Herker Visacky added that he liad repeatedly had other visions of important events, which had afterward turned out to be literally true. Francis Joseph, like most of the llapsburgs. i„ superstitious, and the words of the old Transylvania peasant made a deep im-‘ pressiou on him. He thanked llerker Visacky, made him a liberal present, and ask him to visit him again if he had anything further to communicate. Whether Frauds Joseph communi cated the vision of the old Transylvanian peasant to bis enthusiastic brother or not is unknown ; but certain it is that lie received a second visit from llerker Visacky in the spring of 1806, immedi ately previous to the breaking out of the war between Prussia and Germany. The peasant predicted to him in most impressive language and with many startling details the disastrous issue of the impending campaign. The Empe ror listened respectfully to the old man, but did not heed bis warning. It may that he looked upon Her ker Visacky as a seer, when his predic tions a few weeks afterwards were veri- fied, and still more so when his unfor tunate brother Maximillian, in the fol lowing year, fell dead under the bullets of Juarez’s soldiers at Queretaro. After that second visit Francis Joseph did not bear anything further from the peasant until the Bth of March last. On this occasion the old peasant said that he had seen in another vision a Prince of the Imperial House, as Re gent of the Empire, opening the Aus trian Parliaments; that the Prince had been hailed as liberator of the country, and had pledged himself to rule it thenceforth in a truly liberal spirit.— This Prince, he added, was married to a lowborn woman, and for some time past bad been in Vienna without the Emperor’s knowledge. Francis Joseph was startled lie sent for the Chief of the Secret Police ofVienna, and asked him to find out whether or not the Archduke Hcnrv, who it is well known is married to an actress of very humble descent, aud who in consequence is not allowed to live at the Imperial Court, was secretly in the city. About noon on the 11th of March, after a two days’ search, the Emperor was informed that the Achduke had been for several weeks incognito at a private house in Wicden suburb. This added to the Emperor’s agitation and ho sent at once for the Arch duke Henry, his cousin. What oc curred next is not accurately known, but after a brief aud angry conversa tion between the two Hapsburgs the servants in the ante-room were startled by a noise like that of two persons en gaged in a scuffle, mingled with loud curses. The door was suddenly torn open, the Emperor appeared with his faee flushed crimson with anger, and dragged out the Archduke Henry, whose nose was bleeding profusely. There could be no doubt that the Emperor and his Archducal cousin bad been fighting. Before the servants were able to recover from their amazement the Archduke had made his exit from the ante room and the Komporor had return ed to his cabinet, where he remained for several hours afterword. Next day tho servants who had hitherto done duty in the imperial ante-room wore sent to ouo of tho emperor's castles in Dalmatia, no doubt to prevent them from divulg ing tho scandalous nlFuir. Hut it. lias leaked out, nevertheless, and tho people of Vienna say that over since Libonyl in. 1856 wounded the Emperor with a knife in the neck, Francis Joseph has been subject to sudden and uncontroll able ebullitions of terrible angor, and that on such occasions lie will at once come from word to blows. Personal. —Under this bead we find the following in the St. Louis Republi can, of Friday : Col. 11. 11. Jones, one of the editors of tho Macon, Georgia, Telegraph and Messenger, was on ’Change yesterday. In view of the growing commercial relations of his section and St. Louis, lie lias visited this city in the interest of his paper, and by that to promote them further—as undoubtedly the lelegraph and Messenger is one of the ablest and most widely circulated of the journals of Georgia. Col. Jones has a reputation of the highest character, and is regarded as a writer of rare merit. The La Grange Reporter i3 credited with the following: “Judge Lochratie, who is engaged in test cotton cases, declines having any thing to do with Georgia appointment politics.” Tho above is a press dispatch, and is considered of enough importance to be telegraphed *ll over the country. Lo ebrane’s self-denial in refusing to throw the ponderous weight of his influence into the matter of appointmedts and politics, will never be appreciated by the people of this generation. We imag ine we see Grant with old secretary Sardine and the other Cabinet nobles, prancing around the Knight of the Crimson Countenance, or kneeling be fore him with eyes suffused with tears and hearts quaking.witli agony, beseech ing him with heartrending tones to tell them whom to appoint; while the mag nanimous Judge with a stoicism which contemns all temptations that have not the savor of brandy cocktails, bids them depart and leave him alone—he has no time to waste on the trifles that con cern them. Paris is said to be again becoming a brilliant city. It is filling up with sum mer occupants, and the display of wealth and luxury is almost as great'as it ever was, though it now proceeds more from foreign and less from French sources than formely. The Champs Elysces and Hois do Boulogne are again lively with stylish equipages, the Boulevards arc thronged, tlio shops are attractive, and, as much as possible, the sad mem ories of the siege and tho Commune are buried. [From the Camden, S. C. Journal. TRIBUTE OF 11ESPRCT. At a special meeting of tho Ivershaw District Medical Association, held on the 2d inst, the fol lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted : IV n k ui' as, ft has pleased Almighty Gon, in the wise dispensations of i1 is providence, to re move from tlio scenes and cares rf this world our highly esteemed fellow member, Dr. li. C. Hughes, it is therefore Resolved , That while we how in humble sub mission to the will of Him who dooth all things well, wo cannot but deeply deplore the death of one who had won our highest regard and confi dence by his uniform exemplary conduct and manly nearing. Resolved, That in his death our Association and Profession have lost a valued and cherished member, and the community a high-toned, cour teous gentleman, and a good and patriotic citizen. Resolved , That a blank page in our Minute Cook bo inscribed to his-memory. Resolved , That our tendered sympathies be extended to his bereaved family and friends in this their irreparable loss. Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to his family ; and also, that they be published in the Camden Journal. E. M. COY KIN, M. D , President, A. A Mooiik, M. D.. Recording See. New Advertisements. VACCINATION NOTICE, Having heen appointed by tiie Ordinary of this Connty to Vaccinate all who have not been, 1 will he at my office every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY' morning for that purposo. A. G. WIIITEIIEAD, M. D. my 1-tf IT'X ECUTOR’S NOTICE. J On the first Monday in June next I shall apply to the JUonorablo Court of Ordinary of Burke County, Georgia, for an order granting mo leave to sell the real estate of Elton Hodges, deceased, lying and being in tho County of Em anuel. State aforesaid,adjoining lands of 0. Sher rod, tho estate of Jttmos Grubbs, and others.— Sale of said land being for the bonefit of heirs and creditors of deceased. JOHN A. ROSIER, Executor of Elton Hodges. April, 22, 1973—my 1-4 w BUHKE SHERIFF §AIE- Will bo sold, before the Court-house tloor. in the town of Waynesboro’, Burke County, Georgia, on tho First Tuesday in Jhim*, 1873, between the usinl hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: Two hundred and forty-two acres of land, situate, lying, and being in the Comity of Burke aforesaid, adjoining lands of formerly Thomas Pierce, the estate of Ira Taylor, estate of Dr. B. B. Miller, and others, near the Central Rnilioad; sold to satisfy two fi. fas. from the Superior Court, in favor of E. Aiinon vs, John A. Pierce. Legal notice given to tenant in possession, this April 23, 1873.' H. V. LESTER, myl iw Deputy Sheriff. New Advertisement. sum m —w — We offer the following Premiums : To the patron who sells us the first halo of Cotton made the pres ent season, $25. To ti e patron who sells us the best bale of Cottou made this season, $25. To the patron who sells us the largest quantity of Cotton next Fall and Winter, $25. ~ WE ARE Receiving by Rail FROM TIIE WEST, Steamers FROM THE NORTH, INCLUDING STOCK ON HAND 30,000 lbs. BACON SIDES, 10,000 lbs BACON SHOULDERS, 10,000 lbs DRY SALT SIDES. 5,000 lbs I). S. SHOULDERS. 4,000 lbs CANVASSED and ICE CURED ITAMS. 5,000 bush CORN, White and Ycl. 200 b m FLOUR, all grades. 80 sacks SALT, best Liverpool. 40 boxes TOBACCO. 30 bids MOLASSES. 30 bbls SUGAR. All of which we will sell for the CASH, or on time with good city acceptance, or to our regular customers without acceptance, as low as they can be bought in any market in Georgia. Planners will do well to examine our Stock and Prices before buying elsewhere. It will 'save freight, time and expenses. We also have on hand and arc rapidly | receiving a full stock of !SPRING & SUMMER GOODS I CONSISTING OF MEN AND BOYS’ HEADY-HADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, 1 IIATS AND CAPS, A FULL LINE OF DOMESTICS DRESS GOODS & TRIMMINGS, HOSIERY, L ACES, LILY SKIRTS, HARDWARE, CD OCKERY WARE, TIN", DRUGS, PERFUMERY, TOILET SOAPS, PAINT, OILS, TURPENTINE, PAINT BRUSHES, FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED OYSTERS & FRUITS, PRESERVES, JELLIES, CANDIES AND SKGARS, KNIVES, TABLE AND POCKET, POWDER AND SHOT, WINES, BRANDIES, WHISKEIS, GIN, RUM, &C., &C. In the purchaso of this Stock, no pains have been spared—bought in the best markets for tho cash—we demand and challenge compotion. Come and see us—you wail go away pleased with our goods and surprised at the very low priees for which we are selling them. —w — WILKINS & CO. Waynesboro’, March 12, 1873. Legal Advertisements. Aimumviuatok* sale. GEORGIA—Burke County. By virtue of an outer ft an tha Honorable, the Court of Ordinary of said countv will lit* told before the Court house door, "in the town of Waynesboro’, in said county, be tween the usual hours of sale, on the Ist Tuesday in June IMS, the following real estate, belonging to undersigned as ad ministrator of Wm. S. C. Morris, late of said county, deceased, to-wit: One lot or tract of land lying and being In Richmond countv, said State, town of Hath, consisting of ten acres, with excellent Improvements, adjoin ing 1- lids of It. ,1. Morrison and others, said property being known as the late summer residence of said deceased; sold fir pur poses of administration. Purchaser to piv for titles. Terms cash on day of sale. 11. 11. I’KRRV, Adm. est. W. S..C. Morris, dec’d April 21, 1873 —20-td CA EORGIA—Bui ko C ounty. X To the Honorable Court of Ordinary of said County: The petition of John W. Carswku., the qualified Executor of Bacowin B. .Millkk, Senior, late deceased of said county, sliew etli that deceased was a resident of said county, and died on the 24th day of Febru ary, 1878, leaving a last will and testament, duly signed, sealed, and published in the presence of William 11. Davis, John F. Cars well, and Washington L. Kilpatrick, as wit nesses, dated September 2d, 18Gf), and nam ing therein Edmond It. Gresham, JolitiJ. Jones, and John W. Carswell as Executors —the first named being dead at the time of the death of said testator. Ami petitioner further slieweth, that at the regular March Teim, 1873, of this Court, lie and the said John J. Jones, the other sur viving Executor named, presented tho said last will and testament of deceased in open court, and had the same duly probated in common form, and admitted to record, ami your petitioner alone qualified as Execntor thereon. Petitioner further slieweth, that the lega tees and heirs at, law of deceased are, his widow Cornelia E. Miller, and the following named children, to-wit: Baldwin It. Miller, Jr., and Frances V. Schley (wife of Henry J, Schley j, children by his first marriage, and Laviuin C. Carswell (wile of James A. Carswell), Joseph 1!. Miller, John P. Miller, Ruth McHenry Miller, Louisa M. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, ami Rupert Lee Miller, children by the last marriage, and also Sa vannah Miller (wife of said Baldwin 8., Jr.,) who is named as one of the legatees in said will; that all of said named legatees and heirs at law are of the age of twenty one, except Hie children of the last marriage, to wit: Lavinia C, Carswell, Joseph B. Miller, John P. Miller. Ruth McHenry Miller, Lou isa M. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, and Rol - ert Lee Miller, they being minors; that, a 1 are residents of said County of Buiko at this time, except Frances V. Schley and lor husband, Henry J. Schlov. w ho are residems of the State if Texas; that Lavinia C Cars well and husband a ,j e temporarily living in the Cou: iv of Terrill of said .Stale: .hat Mrs. Savannah Miller (wife of.said Baldwin 8., Jr.,) is also living out of said County, to-wit: in the County of Richmond of said State. And ]w*!itioner lining fully satisfied that it is to tho best int rest ot Hie estate of said deceased that his said will ami testa me: t should lie probated in solemn form, then - at tiiis, the icgular April Term, 1873, of this Court, appears in open court, and < n motion of his attorney. John .7, Jones, o{7e:s the same for probate in solemn form. Wherefore petitioner prays the issuing if the usual rule nt si. culling upon the abm'e named heirs and legatees, and all pailiis concerned, to he and appear at the regular July Term, I*o3, ot this Court, and tin n and ilieie show cause (if a v they havt) why the said last will ami testainei.it of sail Baldwin B Miller, Sr., now of fileand recoil in this i (Hoe, should lint be probated in solemn form : also, that guardians, adhUm, may be appointed to represent the above named minors, and that such other and fur ther order may he find a id taken as to ser vice and publication of this proceeding as may he in conformity to law, and the sound discretion of this Court. And petitioner will.ever prav. ete. JOHN J." JONES, At.lo'-ney for Propoumler. Court of Ordinary- 1 Bi'llKJJ CoI'NTT, CiKOKOIA. > April Term, 1873.) John W. Carswell, the qualified ExecnC r of Baldwin B. .Miller, Senior, late deceast and of Burke County, Georgia, having, at this, the regular April Term. 1873, of this Court, filed his petition, asking for the probate in solemn form, of the last will and testament of said deceased now of tile and record in this office, and it appearing that the lega tees and heirs at, law of said deceased are ; s follows: Mrs. Cornelia E. Miller, widow, 1 and the following darned children, to-wit : Mrs. Frances V. Schley (wife of Henry J. Schley). Baldwin B. Miller, Jr., LnviniaC. (now wife of James A Carswell), Joseph IS. Miller, John P. Miller, Ruth McHenry Mil ler, Lmiisa M. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, and Robert Lee Miller, and Mrs. Savannah Miller (wife of Baldwin B. Miller. Jr.) who is named as a legatee in said will; arid it further appearii g that all of said I eirs and legatees are residents of the County of Burke, except Mrs. Frances V. Schley and her hue band Henry J. Schley, both of whom live in the State of Texas, and Mrs Savannah Mil ler (wife of Baldwin B. Miller, Jr.,) who lives in (lie county of Richmond, of said Slate; and that, all are of the age of twenty one, except the following, to-wit: Lavinia C. Carswell (wife of James A Carswell), Jo seph I!. Miller, John P. Miller, "Ruth Mc- Henry Miller, Louisa M. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, and Robert Lee Miller, the same being minors ; and that Mis. Lavinia C. Carswell and her husband, James well, are temporarily sojourning m tlio county of Terrill of this State. It is therefore ordered, That the above named legatees and heirs at law of said de ceased, as well as all other parties concerned, be and appear at the July Term, 1878, of this Court, to be held on the First Mon day in July, 1*73, at the hour of 10 o'clock, then at and there to show cause (if any they have) why the said last will and testament of Baldwin B. Miller. Senior,now of file and record in this office, should not be probated in solemn form, in conformity to the statute in such cases made and pro vided. Ordered, That a copy of this peti tion and rule be served personally upon all of said parties living within the State of Georgia, at least ten days before i,befiai4 July Term, 1g73, of Dus Court, and that service be perfected upon Henry J. Schley and wife, Frances V. Bchley, by publication of this petition and rule in the Chronicle <s' Sentinel, of Augusta, On., and The (Waynes boro’) Expositor , for at least sixty clays pre vious to the said July Term, 1878, of this Court. * E. F. LAWSON. nplOs-td Ordinary.
