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Quitman, Ga., Sept. 12, 187(. it'
CLOTHING.
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CLOTHING. We have now in j
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PIMPLES.
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QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 5. 1877.
FLORIDA ITEMS.
—The Good Templars in Key West
j number up to the thousands.
Jacksonville now boasts of u junk
shop, and it, is doing a thriving busi
nei s, it is said.
—Flo l ida strawberries are now in
mark'd and selling at $5.00 a quart in
New York city.
—The revival of tile skating rink
is one of the latest, sports for the
young of Jacksonville.
—Key West young men know how
to shoot. A vonng man there recently
killed 218 birds in one hour.
—Memorial day will be remember
ed in many Florida towns this year,
which Comes on the 2(!th of April.
—Judge Win. Bryson holds the
spring t rm of the circuit court in
Madison commencing on the 10th of
i this month.
i
j —lndian river is getting to be
j ‘ sonic puukins. ’ A schooner of
twelve ton burthen now plows those
! placid waters.
W halos do not swim the waters
of the Gulf, arid yet the Pensacola pa
; pers aver that one put in an appear
; alien the other day.
—The negroes in and around Mon.
ticello ought to ‘‘frown down” upon
| some of their race, who in die it a
practice to steal brick from the grave
yard when they are needed.
—The Republican officials of Jack
son have left such a legacy of debt be
hind them, that the present Board of
County Commirsiotiers arc unable to
determine the indebtedness of said
county.
—H. L. &T. Chapman, who were
charged on Friday week last, of set
ting fire to the warehouse of Eppiu
ger, Russell & Cos., Jacksonville, have
been committed to jail in default of
81,500 bail.
—The* Government l and office will
i be changed from Gainesville to Jack
mvi.lc. Everything of u Republican
; character intends yankoi izing Jack
sonville. All the carpet-baggers are
[ docking there.
R. K. Patterson, the tramp who
: stole L. Q. C. Lingo’s horse, is snfelv
;incarcerated in the Monticeilo jail.
; and will have ample time between
| now ami trial time to investigate the
‘-blue light” theory.
Col. It. 11. 51. Davidson, Congress
man elect from the Second Congres
sional District will be on hand when
■ tiie extra session convenes in June
! next, and is confident that his rignt to
; a sent will not long be denied him.
j —Base bull does not die worth a
| cent in Lake City. Wonder it the
Garden Ci y’s still claim the chainni
:on belt of the State? Where are the
i gallant Jefi’ersons who were jastlv en
titled to it for the last two seasons?
—The editor of tlie Tampa Tribune
i had a call from two Indians, belong
ing to the once powerful tribe which
used to live in Leon county. They
now reside on the head waters of Peace
j Creek. We hope that they will always
; keep the peace.
• —D. L. Moses, a bar-tender in
: Monticeilo after the war moved to
| .Savannah several years ago, and wiil
j now find the penitentiary for eight
years rather a more uncomfortable
place, than lie rendered liis bar-room
: while a resident of the former place.
| Crime. Assault with intent to kill.
Horn A. E. Maxwell, of Pensacola,
j who presided with so much dignity
| and impartiality over the deliberations
I of the Quincy Convention that nomi-
I nated Gov. Drew, has been appointed
, Judge First Judicial Circnb, embrac
ing West Florida. He entered upon
the duties of his office on last Monday.
-—A “Musical Club” was organized
at Monticeilo, on Monday night,
week last. A party of young ladies
and gentlemen met at a friend’s house, 1
perfected the organization, by select
ing a chairman and secretary, and
made an appointment for u succeed
ing meeting.
What say the Quitman lads and
lasses to a similar organization?
—The new jury law of Florida pro.
vides that when the nature of any
case, civil or criminal, requires that a
knowledge of reading, writing and!
arithmetic, or either, is necessary to j
enable a juror to understand the evi
dence to be offered on the trial, it j
shall be a cadss of challenge if he does
not possess such qualifications, to be ,
determined by the -Judge {reading;;
at the trial:
WHEN YOU’RE DOHA.
What legions of "friends” always htus
When golden success lights our way .
IT\v they smile as they softly address as,
So cordial, good-humored and gay.
But, ah, when the sun of prosperity
Hath fit, then lrow quickly they frown,
\nd cry out, in tones of s-, rity,
"Kick the man; don’t you see lie is down."
What, though when you know not a sorrow.
Though your heart was open as day.
And your "friends,” when they wanted to
borrow,
You obliged, and ne'er asked them to pay.
What, though not a soul you e’er slighted,
As you t wandcr about through the town,
! Your "friends" become very neur-sighled
i And don’t seem to sec when you’re down.
When you are “up” you are loudly exalted
And traders all sing out your j.raise;
When yon’re “down” you have greatly de
faulted,
And they "really don’t fancy your ways.”
Your style was "tip-top" when you'd money,
Wo sings every sucker and clown,
But now, ’tis exceedingly funny,
Tilings arc altered * ‘be cause you are down. ”
Oh, give die Hie heart tint forever
Is free from this w rld’s stilish rust,
And the soul, whose high, noble endeavor
Is to raise fallen men from tiro dust.
And when in adversity’s ocean
A victim is likely to drown.
All hail to tile friends whose devotion
Will lift up a man when lie’s down.
L"Written for (lie Quitman Ilepoitcr.
A SAILOR'S EXPERIENCE
[ Ctmdivu'J front Lust HV(7,\]
As an instance of what I have
stated, 1 will speak of my own expe
rience of an incident at sea, which
occurred when I was a boy. I-have
| weathered many severe gales sub
sequently, but whether experience
caused indifference or there was noth
ing remarkable in their features to
! attract more than ordinary attention,
, none were impressed upon the mem
ory like the one 1 am about to nar
rate.
It was about four bells, or two
; o’clock a. ui., (the mate’s watch on
I deck,) when my attention was at-j
, traded by the novelty of the scene,
which created an undefined and pain
ful sensation of the mind for which
; there was no visible cause. The sea
[ was smooth as a mirror, not a ripple i
marring the brightness of its surface, j
: hut I was far from enjoying its mo- i
; iiotony. The ship, independent of i
i the helm, traversed the compass at •
will, and pitched or rolled with lazv .
j indifferencein, she varied her position
with the waves; for it matters not
j how calm the atmosphere or unruffled
I the waters, there is always a gentle .
j undulating motion which unpleasant-;
| !y reminds a transient vovager, even
| when snugly ensconced in his berth,
; that he is not on terra firmn.
The sails flapped listlessly against I
I the masts, and the stillness which
l prevailed was painfully oppressive-to ;
all save the mate, who, lulled into
security by fickle serenity, sought the
refreshing influence of sommis on the I
1 hen-coops ranged along the front rail
of the quarter deck; and here, per-
haps, may be explained in many in
stances the causes of casualties at
i sea, as it was in this case, and which,
i by proper care, might be avoided.
And I think lam not far wrong when
] state that nine-tenths of the damage
done to vessels on the ocean arises
from carelessness, for which accident
is made a convenient term.
The sky, nucheckered by a straying
cloud, illumined by the radiant orbs
of night, (which, swelled in unusual
splendor iu the absence of their queen,
seemed to out-vie' each other and to
twinkle with delight at their own re
flection in the vast mirror which na
ture bad provided for them, and which
gave them a perception of their love
liness,) seemed clothed in lurid light,
which shed a halo on the surrounding
scene that even the sportive seal
could not resist, for they quit their
gambols iu the mifathomed deep to
obtrude their (apparently in the dis
tance) human heads to witness the
calm and gorgeous scene such as the
Almighty band alone can paint.
As I have said, the calm was not
only monotonous, but oppressive, and
I noticed that this feeling was not
confined to myself alone. The sea
men were restless and could not enjoy
their caulk (sleep) on deck, as was
their custom in moderate weather;
but at this juncture, two o’clock a. in..
I perceived a small cloud ascend
gradually from the horizon over the
taffrail, near the starboard quarter
In size it compared with our main
top-gallant sail, and approached the
ship with considerable velocity, show
ing that there was a propelling power
aloft, though all was serene below.
No African’s skin could be blacker.
Finally it passed us on our starboard
side, and continual its course some
; distance ahead, when, as if seized
| wit h sudden thought, it crossed our I
j bows, atpl with equal velocity retraced
ou our port side its backward course, 1
! and in a little time flank back into tire
j horizon, apparently at the same place
it lirst. started from, leaving its fringed
edge above the line.
The sight of such a cloud at such a
time, had it Continued a straight!
! course nn'il distance made it invisi- j
j ble, would have been novelty suffi
cient, for me, hut its remarkable
| action, to my mind, was a pheilomo- j
non not only remarkable, but por
tentous, and I drew the attention of
i the watch to the extraordinary cir
j euinstance.
Superstition was not wanting amoug
| them to supply comments, which
j were as varied us they were numerous,
] according to the intelligence or im-.
pression of the mind that vented
them. But we were not long kept in
i suspense The whole lino of the i
| horizon now became submerged in
j one continuous cloud of ebon dark
ness, which rose with slow and sullen !
I majesty, enveloping all beneath in j
shadowy darkness—rendered darker
I still by' sudden transition from haloed j
1 light—and we beheld photographed j
in the distance the scene through
! which we hail to pass and now began |
; to realize.
The signs were too portentous of |
: coming strife and danger imminent:
j to admit of delay, and the watch re- j
j quested me to call the mate, which I
I did. and spoke of approaching dan-;
i ger. He arose, stretched, advanced
! towards the taffrail, rubbed his eyes,;
I gave vent to imprecations—swore he
couldn't sec danger—and wondered
J what the d— and fools were frightened •
! at. He then resumed his position on j
the hcu-coops, and was soon oblivious i
! of all that was passing around him.
I repeated the officer’s words to the !
watch, who, ’hiding that lie was really
indifferent, held a consultation, when -
! it was unanimously resolved that we ;
should immediately single our hal
yards, coil our running gear on deck
i and have' everything ready at a rao
, incut's warning. This wise and timely
precaution was all under the keeping
: of Providence that saved us, as will;
hereafter he shown.
In the meantime the scene was fast
changing from’one of sublimity and;
safety to that of terror and dismay.
I again went on the poop and took a
view of the distance over the taffrail,
when one of the grandest sights 1
ever beheld was presented to my
wondering gaze. Suppose a line 1
drawn across the centre of the taffrail,
the eye directed astern of the vessel,
ail to the starboard or right of that
line wasi in Egyptian darkness, while
on the port, or left of it, could be seen
by means of a halo which pierced I
through the unnatural cloud and rep
resented nearly all the colors of the
rainbow, presenting a scene that an
arlist, master of bis pencil, would
give an existence to delineate and
hand down to posterity.
Then the maddened Waves, high
towering above the ocean’s level, were
j chasing each other in rapid succession,
whilst the tinted haze which per
meated the atmosphere was the rain
j descending in deluging torrents, its
j oblique course denoting ttie power of
the wind, which ere long would he
hurled with irresistible force upon
j our devoted bark.
I Siiw that danger was close and
was hastening to the watch, when a
I delegate met and requested me to call
the mate again, with instruction that
] he call the captain; but if he showed
j the slightest hesitation, I was to do
it myself. I acted accordingly. An
other stretch, a yawn—a rubbing of
the eyes—a few more imprecations,
then, us if struck by an electric shock,
he suddenly dived down tho com
panion to perform the duty he should
! have done when I first called him.
[2b be. Continued.]
Dk. Pike, of Chicago, shot dead Mr.
Jones, the editor of a Spiritualist
j journal. Dr. Pike accuses his victim
! of having wronged him in his domes
j tic relations. The report says that
the affair lias occasioned considerable
excitement, and well it may. It has
i been supposed that Spiritualistic
circles bad their own views and
habits in regard to the relations
of the sexes, lint such exciting oc
currences as this suggest the fact that
human nature may often interfere
with the easy adjustment of society
' according to the liberal notions of
those who do not recognize tho ten
commandments.
Intkr-Mamiiaoe of whites and
blacks is not allowed in Kin ale inland.
The bill recently introJu: ed to change
the law was iiHlptiiiitely postponed in
the Senate by a vote of eighteen to
ten.
Governor Vance on Colonization.
Governor Vance ha* written a reply
to a letter from some colored men in
I North Carolina, who asked him to
assist them in obtaining means for
colonizing themselves. He says, in
his emphatic and sensible manner:
‘T cannot give aid to any such
[scheme. I think your fears are idle.
So far as I am concerned, and the
party with which L acl, I know that
there is no intention to oppose your
people or deprive them of a single le
gal right, and the colonization scheme
has been put on foot by the same men
who told you that I would put you
back into slavery if elected Governor.
These designing politicians, know ing
they would be caught in that lie, have
started otliers to keep you alarmed,
1 and prevent you leaving the lb pub
lican part v. When this Kn dies out.
| they will start another and always
i keep yon in hot water while you lis
ten to them. We don't intend to
interfere with your rights. We don’t
want you to leave the State. There is
room in North Carolina for you ami
ns, for your children and ours, for
many generations. We want you to
help work our fields and live with us
iu peace and prosperity. The Legis
lature has just appropriated $31),000
to build ail asylum for the insane of:
your race and SIO,OOO a year to sup
port it. A handsome asylum for the
deaf and dumb of your race is al
ready finished, and is tilled with
colored children, who are fed, clothed
and educated at the expense of
the .State. The Legislature has
also passed an act giving $2,000
a year for the education of teachers
for your people. This don’t look
much like taking your rights away
from you. If you want to run away I
from ali these helps you will act like 1
fools. If you continue to war on the
people who are giving them to you I
yon will act still more foolishly. Ill'
were advising you on my dying bed 1 I
would say no more than for you all i
to go to work, make friends with your j
old masters and white neighbors; quit i
listening to the lies of designing poli
ticians, and enjoy the prosperity I
w hich labor, peace and harmony only
can bring about.”
Explorers Wanted its Polities.
On tlie Fourth day of March in- ■
stunt a man named Hayes became de
facto President of the United States.
The mamur of his coming into office
was nupiocodeutod, and was so dearly
illegal that two of the most highly
esteemed members of Congress in his
own party, Messrs, Seelye and Pierce
of Massachusetts, entered tln-ir sol
emn protest against it, and a mnjoritv
of the House condemned it by reso
lution. But the promises of the man
were so fair that many easily persuad
ed and unreflecting persons thought
they served in some degree to lighten j
the cloud that rested on his title. A i
new policy was to be introduced. (
Peace and plenty were to fill the land, j
I’he common mind accepted the idea
of this new policy ass mething do- |
vontlv tobedesired. Merchants held j
meetings and adopted approving reso
lutions. Political clubs did the same, j
The newspaper press very generally
commended it. We ourselves could j
not deny that grass had grown green- j
cr since the Fourth of March; that j
the geese had begun to fly northward, j
showing increased confidence iu the j
weather; and wo were prepared to j
hear from the South side of Long j
Island that eeiing was better.
But now the question arises, What 1
is this new policy ? dir. Hayes evi
dently does not know. Ttm mem- j
hers of his Cabinet do not know, j
Nobody knows. Some enterprising |
political explorers ought to be appoin
ted to sec if they can find out. Xeiv\
York Sun.
Ex-Gov. Henphicks, while on liis
way to California, stopped in Omaha j
a few days. Ho refused any forma! i
interview, but talked unreservedly of j
public affairs. The Omaha Herald j
reports him ns “defending Mr. Til- *
den from the assaults that, has been |
made upon him by a certain class of j
the disappointed Democracy and
Democratic newspapers. Mr. Hen
dricks thought if Mr. ’! ilden bail been
inaugurated not a newspaper nor a I
politician of his party would have
lifted up its voice against him. Cox
and Knott and Blackburn and Spring-!
cr and all the others would have been I
found thankful for the bone of put- :
l’onuge that, was bestowed upon them.
He thought by 1880 their tunes will ]
have chauged again if Mr. Tildeu ,
would consent to boa candidate for a ,
second time. Mr. Hendricks discuss
ed the present aspect of the Preside!!- !
tiiil question, and trusted that the
administration of Hayes would De;
such that no olio could complain.
Senunz, too, is having a hard time j
in his department. He has been look-j
ing out for men of line parts, such us j
lawyers, to til! his office with heads,
but lie finds $3,800 won’t go very far !
towards getting that kind of talent ;
He complains that ho is signing away
hundreds of thousands of dollars of J
the government money without, know
ing whether he is doing right; or
wrong, and is already convinced that
large salaries for the subordinate
heads of his department would bo ,n
saving to the government. Chandler
was enabled to make a creditable ad
ministration notwithstanding his ar
duous duties at the Fifth Avenue Lo
tel. because he had a competent law
yer, Mr. Gaylord, to manage for him.
Gaylord, who is n man of wealth,
served Chandler from friendship.
VOL. IV. NO. 6.
The Old Story Over Again.
Our correspondents at Washington,
whose letters wo publish this morn
ing, treat with great Severity the con
duct of the Fraudulent President in
going back upon the promise of bis
inaugural address, and in failing to
respect the pledges given in his behalf
to the Southern representatives for
the purpose of securing the iinal
declaration of his election by Con
gress in compliance with the decision
j ot the Eh ctoral Commission.
While we print their observin' one
as worthy of serious consideration,
we do not wish to go altogether the
length they do of condemning Mr.
Hayes as moaning from the first to
delude and betray the .southern men.
His fault - seems to us to be we .e
ness rather that deliberate depravity.
Ho is a kind hearted man, very fond
of approbation. He doesn’t want to be
disagreeable to anybody. lie would
like to make tho South happy and to
: have it support Ins Administration
[slid praise him; blithe is not anxious
to ollend Mr. M i'.oii or Mr. Blaine.
He is not prepared to break with the
leaders of the Republican p r'.y; and;
[above all, he hates to say positively
i before the country that Packard -
i who is Governor by just the same
title as Haves is President—is tho
creature of fraud, and never was elec
ted at all. Thus tho poor Mr. Hayes
is turned about, now in this direction
' and now in that, changing his mind
every day, or oftener, and doing at
last, not what he Infant to do when
! lie began, but exactly the opposite.
They have been talking about his new
policy, but the truth is lie has no
; policy at all. He does not control
what he calls his Administration.
He is powerless against the force that
i produced his elevation, just as any
: feeble, undecided, com ui on place char
acter needs must he under such cir
cumstances.
No man who gets an office ns Air.
Hayes got this one; can bo worth any
jthingiu it. A Fraudulent President,
even if lie sets out with good motives,
is bound sooner or later to make
himself ridiculous and also dishonest.
—New Tori' Sun.
Anecdote.—ln the days of the rev-
I elution, there was an old lady who
j occasionally “entertained man and
j beast,” remarkable for her unfeeling
i covetousness. One day a weary anil
famished soldier called at her bouso
• ami asked for refreshment—his ap-
I peat ance indicated extreme poverty—
the old lady thought his means not
adequate to remunerate her for a
: very simple repast, so she placed be
-1 fore him a dish of hones which looked
though they lmd been pretty faith
fully picked before, and left lier.
j son to settle with the soldier, when ha
1 had finished their second examin
ation. The bov, pitying the traveler,
1 and willing to give his parent reproof
j for her parsimony, told his guest, up
!on rising from the table that ho wa9
welcome to what be had eaten, anil
made him a present into the bargain.
In a short time the mother returned,
and when her son inquired—-'Mother,
how much is it worth to pick those
old bones? “A shilling, my dear,”
said she expecting to receive her mon
ey. “I thought so,” re plied the boy,
ami once, (he soldier a shilling lor do
inq it.
Lvov Anna Com. Ijvxoton has just
returned to England from India. She
is far from satisfied with the condi
tion of things in tlyut country. Among
other unpleasant facts revealed by
her is this that the Hindoo widow,
though no longer burnt on tlie funer
al pyre of her husband, is subject to
a process for the rest of her life which
may sometimes cause her to doubt
whether her latter state is really any
better than that which British law
terminated. No matter bow beauti
| fill tbc young widow’s tresses, they
are crimped off, all her ornaments nro
I taken avvav, the very notion of a seC
! ond marriage is regarded as worse
than murder, and she is never permit
ti Ito leave her room. The difficulty
of reaching this and other social
wrongs in India is their deep root ill
the popular mind and life. Thus,
when Lady Anna proposed to visit,
Hindoo women she learned that if
siie entered any zenana, or home, tho
occupant would leave and novel’ en
ter it again, on pain of losing caste.
Thj: Tennessee Legislature has a
very graceful custom of making an
anno.:! call in a body upon the widow
of IVesident Polk, who is still living
at Nashville, at an advanced age, and
who is universally respected as a lady
of eminent worth. The Legislature
formally adjourned, a few days since,
to indie this call of ceremony and re
spect. Ail appropriate address whs
made by one of tho Representatives,
and responded to, oh behalf of Mrs.
I oik, bv one of her neighbors.
A llemahkaEi.e case of inherited
j longevity is reported from Kingston,
Me., where tho last of a family oij
twelve brothers and sisters, named
Woodham.has just died. The yotuig
! est of of tho family c'ied at the age of
; sixty-four years, and the oldest, at tho
1 age of ninety-three years, and the av
erage age was eighty-three years.
Tin: venerable Dr. Muhlenberg, au
thor of “I would not live always,” is
! now ]irostrati il by illness which it is
teari'd will end his long-,.and most
I rmofitl career on i "i’th. jav man in
this city is more universally loved and
j honored, and his memory will live in
| the hearts of those he has bier seel. ■
' .Viar I', // Taper.