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Polbiil CAIN & POLHILL. A T TOUNIiYS AT LA YV LOUISVILLE GA. il-iy 5, 1871. fly ' -i:. i..-v, Al LAW GA. EMANUEL ©©yiNITY. Will practice in the Supreme Courts of the State, and tho Superior Courts of the following counties: Kmanukji. Johnson. Montgomery, Tattnal, Jefferson, Special attention given to the collec ifrion pf claims. TOR, E. E. PARSOKS BEK T X S T Louisville, Ga, . , 4; Will be in Louisville the third Wefek in each month ty'ilrdcri left at the Central Hotel promptly attended 10. ieb at ly. CENTRAL HOTEL. LOUISVILLE , GA. Mrs. A. M. Kirkland* Proprietress. .Board, S2.OC> Per Day. Collegiate Institute. JAS. K. KINMAN, - - Principal. iiuaui and lint ion cheap Society good Lo> cality healihlul The Deft school aud the heat place tor & school in Middle Ga A<ldre^ JAS. E. SINMAN, Bartow, or Bethany, Ga. STEAM, WATRK AM GAS WOUKS. C- A. ROrf riEr ATG-ZT3TA, GA. PRACTICAL WORKMAN and Deal er in Pumps of many styles, Hy draulic Rams, Steam and Water Guag es, and all kind of material for Gas tii W qjer. Agent for the Springfield Gas Machine. Left el Turbine Hater IFheel, Knowles Steam Pumps T. MRKWALT£R, Marble Works BROAD STREET, &Neah Lcwkk Market aiGllia, Ga Monuments, Tombstones MAlilffwOßKS, AUGUSTA, GA. STOP A.T THE PLANTERS CORNER OF B iL-rd curt B j’iiftt Streets, (Market Square) SAVANNAH, GA. THK ueder.signed having recently token cnarpe of 1 Ilia popular hiiUse if . utertaVnmeut, lias m it every uecess iy impr.,vemouUorthe aeeumoda ion and couiioit pt guests. A liist class Buber simp, with baths connected, Keaihiig and Billiard Kooins, telegraph oth ee and Ollier cOnve lenees are now couif cted with the Bouse and no paiur are spared to make guests happy. 'Che <*ble* aie supplied with ihe heat (he ,'inarkst afford - 'lie rooms are huge and airy making it atavori estopping place tor Planters and tnei'cliaiiis from ihe country. Conveyaii c sto and Irom the Itaiir. ads and Steamers aivvays in readiness Boctrd. only $2 per Day Mch9tf A. E. CARR, Proprietor A FARM and HOME OF \Ol. : is OWN. NO IS IHE r iflc lO StCUdt IT! The best and cheapest la. dsii. market are in Kastkin Nebba-ka, on the line of the Union Pac. no i.ailiioau •he mest lavorhle terms, v :r, low rates I late and treight to all settler.-, i lie best markets. Piee passes to laud buyers. •'Japs, descriptive pamphlets, new eoition of "itiK I’iunkeh" sent tree everywhere. Ad dress O F LJ.VVIS, Land Commissioner, U- P. K it., Omalia. iN b. dhCT C T a week to Agents. Samples O <E) ( | FREE. P. O. VICKHI'Y . >U. H a Amine. aNDeRsONVILLE. *4 complete ' -irLor of Andersouviile 1 Priauu, by Di. Jf. 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Fail tint to send tor particulars and IfOeial terms at once, or, if in haste to begin work, ■end $1 5(1 for complete outfit to SGAM MELL & CO., THE NEWS AND FARMER. LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY GA.. OCTOBER 26, 1876. ■p o ctrit. [Origin aI.J AT REST. There is on earth ! No calm surcease of pain, And those who seek to find it* S',rive evermore in vain. No rest! Life’s waters ebb and fiow— Tide like, the heart o’erflows with glad ness, And then the joy goes out in woo. There is no rest on earth ! We drink ana yet we thirst. And the tilings we love the most. Are those that perish first, fto rest! Our fond hopes die, And like tbs rustling leaves of Autumn, In the valleys sorrowing lap they lie. There is no rest on earth! The air is never still, The sea perpetual moves, Tis God’s eternal will. No rest! Our minds forever roam.- The soul forever seeks some place, Where it may make its endless home. “There is sweet rest in heaven,” For the weary pilgrims feet; For the traveller “Homeward bound,” ’Tis a place of “sure retreat.” At rest! Forever more at rest, Secure from sorrow, sickness, death, In a land of “perfect rest.” Oct. 20th, 1876. A NOBLE*MARTYR. “The noble army of martyrs praise thee.” Dear Doctor Kennedy :—To the memory of Doctor Myers, who was for so many years the indulgent encourag er of my humble muse, it is only natur al that she should wish to present a vo tive offering, although not rich or rare, yet true and heart-felt and bedewed with tears. The Church a noble martyr mourns, And yet exults to know. That, still, the martyr-spirit burns, As in the long ago ; That still, the faith of the olden-time, Muvesindn to deeds subl.me. As when our sai.ited Myers* it moved, When to his post, he flew, Andj to his suffering people, proved The pastor aithful, true ; -* -• Who hastened back, when far away, Near them to watch and pray. Not Balakiava’s vaunted deed, In bravery ltis excelled. And though fame have for it no meed, The Church, that it beheld, Thanks God for him, who “rushed” by faith “Into the jaws of death,” Oh ! long, long had he garnered up, The promises of God ; Not he the man, then, who could atop. For dangers on the road Marked out by God for him to go— Enough that path to know. What though his life was sacrificed ! From the •‘three-score and ten,” What a few years, when saved by Christ j And, oh ! in heaven, when The marty’s blessed crown he wears, And bliss of angels shares ! Oh ! ho* effulgent it will be, The star-bestuded crown, Of him, who of his ministry Made “full proof,” and laid down Ilis life upon God’s alter, when ’Twas needed most for men. Bless God! that not in vain we search For acts of faith, as when They strirred of yore the pristine church; Y os, bless God 1 that again We’ve had one brought to us so nigh, So holy and so nigh, Columbia, S. C. M. Martin. *Rey. Edward Howell Myers, who returned from the North on" the first announcement of yellow fever in Sa vannah, to his pastoral charge there. WANTED! “J3E CAREFUL IVHAT YOU SAY.” In speaking of a person’s faults, Fray don’t forget your own ; Remember those witti homes of glass, Should seldom throw a stone. If we have nothing else to do ‘ But talk of those who sin, ‘Tis better we commence at home, And from that point begin. We have no right to judge of things Until they’re fairly tried ; Should we not like their company, W e ktlow the world is wide. Some may have faults—aud who has not The old as well as young. Perhaps we may for aught wo know, Have fifty to the.r one. I’ll tell yon of a better plan’ And find it works full well; I try my own defects to cure Before of others’ tell; And though I sometimes hope to be No worse than some I know, My own shortcomings bid me let The faults of others go. Then let us all, when we commence To slander friends or foe, Think of the harm one word may do To those we little know; Remember, curses sometimes, like Our chit kens, “roost at home” Don’t speak of others’ faults until We have none of our oiCu. *' ' [Original.] ROME. “There is perhaps in the English lan guage, no word that has so many tender precious memories clinging about it, none perhaps, the mention of which will awaken so many holy emotions, and take such absolute control for a time of the human heart, divesting it of the sternness that like a erustation, forms over it, perchance from con tact with care and business and a cold calculating world; as this one word, “Home.” ft is said that the > otd “Mother,” is 1 the sweetest expression, and we know that it is full to ovoifiowing with love, and hope, and goodness, and that it falls on a child? ear with a music that angels might well love to lislbn at. We know it bears with it what artistic sound can never supply—a soul music, that con sistsofail that is best and holiest in the human heart—a pure confidence, which is a part of life itself, aud that is sweeter to the memory of man than aught else but the thought of heaven ; and with that it is blended, as the rain bow is colored from the crystal rain drops transfused by the beautiful light of the sun. But, t has not that breadth and compass of influence that characterizes “Home,” and that causes so man}'to regard it as the only object worth attaining in the future in the way of earthly content and happiness,as to them it was in the past, the greenest lovliest spot on earth, fostering all that was good in them, and erecting in their beings a monument of fraternal affection that through all life stands undestroyed, pointing heaveu-ward. We have been led to pen a few thoughts on this subject, by our knowl edge of a circumstance, which of course is not isolated as an instance. A short time ago a conductor on the Central Road, had two little girls under his charge, carrying them op the road— beautiful bright children. Upon being asked about them, he said he was tak ing them to the Orphans Home. The ravages of the pestilence that “wasteth at noonday” in the doomed “City by -the’Sea,” had sundered the last tie of relationship that was known to bind them to any one. No Home ! Never to know any home ! Never'to lfoow what wealth there is in a mother's matcft!;“; watchful love, flowing on undiminished An such eximberance. that even the cold stream of death is not sufficient to drink it up. Nut to have a father's protection, and kindly support and counsel through the temptations and allurements of ma-j taring womanhood, no brother's strong arm to lean on, or manly footfall to lis ten for, when the long shadows die out into dusk. None o* the attractions of home to make all after life holy. We thought of all this and it made us feel immeasurably sad. And yet, when the fact stares us in the face, and we are obliged to meet its merciless gaze, and real its death record written by the cold pen of des tiny ; that there are hundreds of children homeless and parentless, “None to love none to caress” and worse perhaps, none to point them to him who notes even the fall of a sparrow ; it makes us sadder still. Some are to be reared by strangers, who perchance may be kind but "can never give them a mothers heart, they can never lean on the love throbbing bosom of the one that gave them birth. Some will “tread tiie stormy street” and Walk through the rough paths of life, to meet the rude gaze of bad men, and an unfeeling world. How true it is, that only those who have good homes, can appreciate tho undescribed blessing, and privilege of suolt priceless boons, for around them all the loves of life linger, and about them the hopes of heaven so often bud and bloom into a more per feet life. When appeals are made for the homeless child, they should be heed ed. He that is a father to the father less and a husband to the widow will bless such gifts. * [communicated.] THE CONDITION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. While Romo was full of mirth anrl luxury, and her citizens were basking in the sunshine of ease, and opulence, the hilns and Vandals were forging claims to fetter the inhabitants of the Seven Hilled City. When Rome was poor her sons were brave and hardy ; but when She became rich, they grew careless, effeminate. Thus the most splendid empire the world has ever seen was trampled down by the north ern nations of Europe. While she was weak her soldiers were in readiness, but when she became powerful, and deemed no enemy formidable, her gloTy was laid In the dust. The above lines a-e written to show the tendency of tho human mind.— When an opportunity presents itself, the proud spirit soon “stoops to things of low estate.” The appetites and feel ings ftre soon disordered, and every thing is sacrificed for their gratifica tion. So long as a nation* freedom is in danger, the people are vigilant, and ever jealous of their interest. But let that nation appear to he firmly estab lished with no foe within nor without, and, soon, the people become uncon cerned. Indifference in any nation, parly or individual, is ihe sure in dication of destruction. JFhere there is no fear, sure destruction comes and sweeps them away with a mighty | flood. . _ ) 'The people of Georgia imagining themselves safe Irom every assault, have laid aside every feeling of deter mination, and care not how the river runs so they float. The Democrats have been thinking that the Radicals were near extinct, that there was no use to be anxious aboutj the elections, aud the government of. the State. But tnis was a sad mis take. The leaders of the Radical party, and even men who claimed to bo on the other side, rejoiced at, the divisions of t:.e Democratic party ; men claiming to be intelligent, and actuated by good motives, even dared to run as inde pendents, and thereby affording the Radicals a chance to run in their man. It is very bad to see the whites ar rayed against each other, just fir the sake of a few paltry dollars. wj|are it may cost the sacrfice of everything that is worthy of emulation. Divided as the whites were at the last election. The negroes could have easily elected the most illiterate vagabond. In ad dition to this, the minority did not know, and did not care, about the day for election. They thought that ail would be right; but providence never helps those who do not help them selves. The Radicals know that they can do nothing only by working indirectly, and if we are not more diligent , about consolidating onr efforts, all former victories will be of no avail. The proud goverment of Georgia will be wrested from the Democratic party, and Bullock and his clan will soon pos sess the reins of government. This is no ideal picture. Look how the elections have resulted in Burke and Washington. 1 n the former county the whites disappeared, and, the negroes gained a victory. In Washington, the Independents were elected mostly by I the negroes, which proves that some ! thing was wrong about those whom 1 they supported. Nothing affords the Radicals more joy than to see a quarrel and harangue about office. If they ever make a rise, they expect to do so, when there is a broach in the Democratic ranks. Then let every ina l be at his post hereafter, rea ly to do his duty ; and not be running around trying to get in some office. Let the office find the man, and not the man the office, If any attempt to gain a position by unfair means,whether it be to the detriment of his own principles, or to the destructiQn of his own party, let him be discarded from the society of honest white men, ;— — not be vain glorious about your weugth, for it all may prove detriment al to your best interest. Remember that while Belschazzar was feasting and driuking, Cyrus took Babylon, and led away the King bound in chains Burk. ~A NE IV SA ACTUM BUUACER. Uow to Get liid of Exchange Fiends and Bores. [Burlington Hawkeye.] j The Ilatv if eye has just got into its j new editorial room, and it is proud to | say it lias the finest, most comfortable, j complete, and convenient editorial | rooms in America. They are finished off with a little invention which will be 'of untold value to the profession of | journalism when it is generally adopted, I and we know that it will rapidly come into universal use as soon as its merits are understood and appreciated. We believe it is fully equal, in all that the term implies to the famous Bogardess Kicker, less liable to get out of order, and less easily detected by casual visi tors. It is known as “Milddlerib’s Au tomatic Welcome.” The sanctum is on the saute iioor as the news room, being separated from it by a partition, in which a large window is cut, easily opened by an automatic arrangement. The table is placed in front of that window and near the head ot the stairs, and on the side of the table next to the window, directly opposite the editor, the visitor’s chair is placed. It has an inviting look about it, and its entire ap pearance is guiles3 and commonplace. But the strip of floor on which that chair rests is a deception aud a fraud. It is an endless chain, like the floor of a horsepower, and is operated at will by the editor, who has merely to touch a spring in the floor to set it in motion. Its operation can best be understood by a personal inspection. Yesterday morning about ten o’clock Mr. Bostwick came in with a funny story to tell. He naturally flopped into the chair that had the strongest appear ance of belonging to someone else and began in his usual happy vein : “I’ve got tho richest thing— oh ! ha, ha, ha! —the best thing—oh, by George, I can not —oh ! ha, ha, ha! Oh! it’s too good i You must never tell where yon got— oh, by George! I can’t do it I It’s too good 1 You know —oh, ha, ha, ha, oh, he. ite, ho! You know the—oh, by George, I ca—.” Here the editor touch ed the spring, a nail grab under tho bot tom of the chair reached swiftly up and caught Mr. Bostwick by the cushion of his pants, the window flew tip, and the noiseless belt of floor gliding on its course bore the astonished Mr. Bostwick through the window out into the news room, half way down to the cases, where he was received with great applause by tho delighted compositors. The window had slammed down as soon as he pass ed through, and when the editorial foot was withdrawn from the spring and the chair stopped and the nail grab resumed its accustomed place, young Mr Bost wick found himself so kind of out of the sanctum, like it might be. that he went slowly and dejectedly down tho stairs, as it were, while amazement sat upon his brow, like. The next casual visitor was Sir. J. Alexis Flaxeter, the critic. He had a copy of the Hawlceye in his hand, with all the typographical errors marked in red ink, and his face was so wreathed in smiles that it was impossible to teii where bis mouth ended anti his eyes began. He took the vacant chair and spread the paper out before him, cover ing up the editor's manuscript. "My keen vision and delicate sense of aeon-, racy,” he said, “arc the greatest crosses' of my life. Things that you never see are mountains in my sight. Now, here, you see, is a.”—The spring clicked soft ly like an echo to the impatient move ment of the editor's foot, the nail grab took hold like a bull dog he l ping a Bur lington troubadour over the gar.! t fence, the chair shot back throffgu the air like a meteor, and the window came down with a slam that sounacd like a wooden giant getting off the shortest bit of profanity known to maa, and all was silent again. Mr Flaxeter sat very close to the frosted window, staring very blankly at the clouded glass, see ing nothing that could offer any expla nation of what he would have lirinly be lieved was a laud slide, had he not heard the editor safe in his guarded den softly whistling, “We shall meet but we shall miss him.” Then there was a brief interval of quiet in the sanctum aud a ruslling of raiment was heard on the stairs. A lovely woman entered and stood un awed in the editorial presence. The E. P. on its part, was rather nervous and uncomfortable. The lovely woman seat ed herself in the fatal chair, Bhe slap ped her little gripsack on the table aud opened her little subscription book. She said : “I mn soliciting cash contri butions—strictly, exclusively, and pre emptorily cash contributions—to pay oil' the church debt and buy an organ for the Mission Church of the Forlorn Strangers, and I expect—.” There are times when occasion demands great ef fort. The editor bowed bis bead and, after one brief spasm of remorse, felt for the secret spring. The window went up like a charm ; the reckless nail grab hung back for a second, as if held by a feeling of innate delicacy, and th u it shut its eyes and smothered its pit and reached up and took a deathlike hold on a roll of able and infiucnriai i newspapers and a string of network and tape, and tbo cavalcade backed out into the newsroom with colors flying. forms, and as the lovely woman gazed at the inky face,' she shrieked, “Merci ful Heavens, where ain li'” and was borne down the gloomy stairway un conscious, while the printers whose cases wers nearest the window heard the editor singing, as it might be lo himself, “Dearest sister, thou hast lei! tu.” An hour of setenity and tranquility in the editorial room was broken by a brisk business like step on the stairs, the door flew open with a bang that shot the key r half way across the room, and a sociable-looking, familiar kind of a stranger jammed into the chair, slap ped his hat over the inkstand, pushed a pile of proof, twenty pages of copy, a box of pens, the paste cup, and a pair of scissors off the table to make room for the old familiar flat sample case, an.i said in one brief breath : “I am an agent for Gamberton’s Popular Cen tennial Hybrid's History and American Citizen’s Treasure Book of Valuable Information sold only by subscription and issued in monthly part3—whole work complete in thirty parts each number embellished with one handsome steel plate engraving and numerous beautifully executed wood cuts,no sim ilar work has ever been published in this country, and at the exceedingly low price at which it is offered, only two dollars per volume.—” The spring clicked like a pistol shot, tho window went up hall" way tbrough the ceiling, the nail grab took hold like a three-bar relled harpoon, and the column moved on its backward way through the win dow, down through the newsroom, past the foreman, standing grim and silent by the imposing stone, past the cases, vocal with the applause and encourag ing and consolatory remarks of the com positors, on to tho alley windows, over the hills, howling, yelling, shrieking, praying, the unhappy agent was hurled to the cruel pavement three stories be low, where he lit on his head he plunged through into a cedar, where he tried to get a subscription out of a man who was shoveling coal. A FINANCIAL DRINK. ‘Do you take trado dollars at par?’ asked a stranger of a banker in Main street salioon this morning. 'Certainly, take anything,’ replied the accomodating tumbler sliuger. * Well, then, give me some whiskey,’ said the stranger. Tiie barkeeper set out the tumbler and glass and the sttanger poured out and swallowed his drink and started for tho door. ‘Hold ou there, whore’s that trade dollar?’ said tiie barkeeper. ‘Oil. I haven’t got any trade dollar,’ replied the stranger; I only asked for information.’ A shade of sadness stole over the barkeepers fnco as ho discovered that somebody had borrowed the pick han dle he keeps under the bar for such emergencies; and the soda-water but tle that swished through the air only came within about six feet of where the stranger stood the moment before. ADVERTISE IN- THE NEWS & FARMER. DRIVEN TO THE BIBLE. One otthe uses of afflictionie’todrive us to the word ol God for council and conitoi t. In prosperity we do not so much feel the need of rich treasure* contained in the Bible, but when afflic tions, litre mighty waves, roll over us, solhat we are stripped of all human prospects and must rely simply upon God, then it is that we want to know what it is our privilege to obtain from Bod by prayer, what God has done for otiiero under Simula, circumstances, what our best couisamaybe under our peculiar trials, and bow we may And relief. 'JL.ose teachings and direcitons are in the Libia for us, but how few . roil them out, or get a correct under u-aud,tig of their practical import with rt. t .n •• lea to sec and feel tucir need wIJSSm. ' Tad closest tv a V:r- v. •” iinu occasion, in times of affliction, to searca more diligently for the deep s things of Cod. as revealed to us in his ' word. After ail, we should not wait to be thus driven to the Bible, but should” make ourselves so famil.ar with its promises, that we might al ways have them at baud when we need the directions ai.d the comfort winch they alone can give uu If, however, we have been negligent about searching the Scriptures until we have brought leanness of soul upon our selves, it suould be esteemed a mercy that afflictions come upon us and cause us to teel our need of tue “green pas tures” ot Bod’s Word. Who would ev er learn how much others could or would help him without being first brought into such a state of dependency as to call for aid? Bod often m mercy leads ns through dark paths so that we may more clearly discover our need of Ilis light. Often He permits us to come into such extremities as will drive us to lay hold upon iLis strength alone. Then it is that we want to know moie of God. Then it is that we fly to His blessed word, and, as a hungry man relishes iood, so do we relish the Word of God when driven to it by affliction. We not wish to be understood as thougu we could not relish the Bible in days of prosperity, but when a deep sense of want leads us tnseoebaud meditate in the law ofthc Lord, we do it with an ua u Ily keen appetite, and with great sa inaction to our souls. Blessed is the man that delighteth in the law of rd, and a a, doth meditate day 11:1 " ?kt, and Oh s ied be God for that, ne in •• f leads us to di*.. e bid '.y.* :iM| of His pre- R- ' Of CARVING A j t h A E l . i ! ere is no'.hiiig a young unmarried ma.i nk.. e.ter t.ian to go to a dinuer a., t.iw house oi a lrietid aud to be ask ed to carve a turkey. lie never carved a turkey before in ms life, and with an old maid mi one side ot him, wateiuug him closely, amt on the other side a lair girl lor whom lie has a tenderness, lie teals embarrassed when he beam,’ First he pushes the knife down toward one of the thigh joints, lie can’t lhffi the joint, and he plunges tue knife around in search of it until! he makes mincemeat out ot the whole quarter of the fowl. Then he sharpens his knife and takes it again. At last, white mat mg a terrific dig, cc hits the joint sud deuly, and the leg (lies iuto tiie maiden lady’s lap, While her dress trout is cov cred with a shower of stuffin g. Tiieu he goes for the other leg, and when the youg lady tells him he looks warm, the wcaiuer seems to him suddenly to be come 400 degrees warmer. This let' he liually pulls loose with his fiufferT iie tnoii lays it on the ed>e of tlie plate, and' while he is hacking at l ie wing he gradually pushes it on °the clean table-cloth, and when he picks it up it slips from his bund into tlie in-a vy dish and splashes the gravy round I-..- six square yards. Just as he made up lus mind that the turkey has no joints to its wings, the host asks him if fie thinks tne Indians can reallv be civ ilizcd? The giri next to hiui "laughs arm he says he will explain his views upon the subject after dinner. Then he sops his brow with his haiulkeroheii and presses th 3 turkey so hard withthe lorlc that rt sltdes out of tho disir and upsets a goblet of water on the girl next to him. .Nearly frantic, he gouges away again at the wings, gets them off in a mutilated condign, and dio* i„. to the breast. Before he can cot any oh, the host as,vs him wiry he don’t help ouc tin turkey. Bewildered, he puts both legs ou a (.late and hands thorn to the maiden lady, and then helps tue young girl to a plateful! of stuffing, ami while taking her plate in. return knocks over the gravy-dish. Than he sits down with tho camluess of despair and tans himself with a napkin, while' the serveut girl clears up the table He d “ BCn 't discuss the Indian question that nay, lie goes lroiue right after dinner, and spends the night trying t,> decide whether to commit suicide or to lukeleasous in carvin ' At a recent prayer-meeting iu Chi cago, the following shdeiiunts were or*, voued on a blackboard* Strong drink costs SI.OOff,OO3,OCK> a year in nmney mnkes fifty per cent, of nur insane it makes sixty-fiiwo per of our pau pers—it causes directly seventy five per cent, of our murders—-it make j eighty per cent, of our <iCrouuaU-.it sends torth ninety tiveXyr keat. of our vicious youths, au.l it sCiids one every six rain tries into a-’ nurkurd’s *rsvj, of nearlv lOJ.tVV) a year. , NO. M
