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THE CO UN, TRY MAH.
TUBNWOLD, GA., MARCH 14, 1865.
A Slim Affair.
We have been informed by a gentle
man from Jasper county, that the meeting
of conventionists in that county, was a
slim affair, consisting of eight men, all
told. We know nothing about it ourself.
More Rain.
With slight intermissions, it has been
raining almost continuously, for about two
weeks. The roads are worse than we et-
er knew them. Between this place, and
Eatonton, they are almost impassable.
legislative Proceedings.
Mr. Snooks’s resolution of enquiry
concerning Gov. Brown’s collards was
taken up. It reads as follows :
“Wheleas, the yankees destroyed
my collards, and they tell me Gov.
Brown saved his’u, by runnin’ of ’em
off on the cars : and whereas I shall
be taxed to help pay for runnin’ of
them collards, therefore—
Resolved, That Gov. Brown tell us
whether or no he did run them col
lards.”
Mr. Snooks said that he had but
few words to say on the subjic. The
resolution expressed his sintiments ex
actly, and there was no use for many
words. The whole country was agita
ted from centre to circumference on
the subjic of collards. The yankees
had took theirn, and they didn’t in
tend for Gov. Brown to have collards,
when they couldn’t. Gov. Brown
was certainly trying to be king, live
in kingly splendor, and have collards,
while the poor folks couldn’t git ’em.
He had voted for Mr. Brown four
times, and aimed to do it again, tell
he heerd the tale about them collards:
and if Gov. Brown couldn’t clear it
up, he wasn’t agwine to vote for him
narry not her time. Gov. Brown used
to be the poor man’s friend, and the
wool hat hoys had elected him, and
made him what he was : but he was
afeerd that office had spiled Mr.
Brown. Does he think he can be
elected to set down iu Milledgeville
and eat collards, while other people
can’t even git turnip greens 1 He
may say jest what he pleases about
being the one
woman
lor wiu.
his judgment:
that ye be not judged :
ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.’>
if a, man does pot wish to be judged, he muat
ooi jud^e. gut we are willing to be judged
Uy t,ne same rule by which we judge other peo
ple, apd tc~i rule Is laid, down in the bible.
that run the collards, and he may
print it in the Confederate Union as
many times as he pleases, but this
way of trying to throw things off on
a poor old nigger woman, that way—
he considered it shameful. Let eve
ry man stand up to the rack, collards,
or no collards, and face the music.
For himself, even if he was to eat a
bushel of collards every ady, instead
of a few on Sunday, he wouldn’t try
to screen himself behind a nigger.
There was another objection he
had to Mr. Brown. That gentleman
had got to riding on the cars, instead of
an ox-cart, like he used to. (Here
Mr. Snooks was called to order. The
presiding officer thought he was
growing personal.) Very well (con
tinued Mr. Snooks) I wilt leave the
cart and steers behind—for it is dang
slow travelling, anyhow. But I
must be allowed to say, there is no
telling what a steer might do : and if
steers didn’t give Joe Biown the of
fice of governor, then I dop’t know
what did. (Here Mr. Snooks was
called to order again.) You may -call
me to order as much as you please.
I see you are determined to gag me*
But this I will say—I have been in
Macon three weeks, and narry collard
have I seed yet, Is that personal,
too, Mr. Speaker 1 (The speaker
thought that as the remark re
flected somewhat upon the people of
Macon, of whom he was one, it was
somewhat out of order.)
All right, said Mr. Snooks : I see
Very plainly that you all can’t bear
the truth. As for me, I shall quit
this infernal Brown party, and jine
Mr, Davis : and i know that will hurt
Joe the worst of anything I could do.
Ef Jeff Davis eats collards, he does
it openly, and above-board, and don’t
sneak off behind a nigger, and eat
his belly full of these things, every
day, pretending, at the same time, he
wouldn’t eat nothing hut plain food’
so as to please the people. (At this
time, Mr. Snooks perceived Gov.
Brown in the gallery, and yelled, at
the top of his voice)—
Gome out o’ that, you infamous,
suck-egg, eollard-eating old scamp,
you. You have deceived the Chero*
kee-boys, and we-
Just at this time, Mr. Snooks w4M
knocked down by one of the ‘ reserve
melish,’ and his resolution was refef*
red to the committee' on the dog laW.
Napol:on III.—“Louis Napoleon Bo»
naparte, the present emperor of the
French, was born on the 20th of April,
1808, at'the Tuilleries. His'mother was
Hortense, Queen of Holland, the wife of
Napoleon’s brother Louis, to whom that
kingdom had been assigned. The mar
riage of Hortense, and- Louis was most
unfortunate ;> they did nothing but quar
rel ; and, in September, 1807, they final
ly separated at Amsterdam, and Hortense
returned to her mother, in Paris. There
the present emperor was born, and it is
remarkable that he, and the King of
Ronre, were the only two persons of the*
family of Napoleon, whose births were
received with military honors, and the
homage of the people. There is one cir
cumstance connected with the fate of this
family, which historians have not as yet
observed, but which ra Well Worth mention*
Napoleon the Great set aside hisoWn best
friend, and counsellor, to obtain an heir
to the throne of France. He married a
Princess of Austria, and, by her, he had a
son. That birth was the culminating
point of his power, and dignity. From
thence, he did nothing but descend. He
died in exile-—his son also. Who succeed*-
ed to his name, his fame, his power?
I he child of Hortense, who was the child
of Josephine ! In the person of the pres--
ent Emperor of the French, we find not
the offspring of Napoleon- the Great, bull
ths offspring of his discarded wife. What
an illustration of the truth of theadige—*
‘that it is man who proposes, But God wbscr
disposes !*’
The St-uff that Soldiers arb-
Made of.—-“An eye witness narrates
the following incident :
In the fierce battle of Perry ville,-
the regimental colors of the 23d Ten
nessee having been twice struck down,
and three of the standard bearers
shot, Major W. seized the colors*
and called upon the men to follow*
Soon the staff was struck from biff 1
hand by another shot, and was left
too short to be held in the usual man*#
ner; but nothing daunted, he snatch
ed the honored symbol from the dust*
wrapped it around his own body, ana
exclaimed ‘they must shoot down
this flagstaff before it fall again.’ ”
WOman’s Right.-*- ‘The English Church-,
man asserts, that the princess Mary of
Cambridge, in defiance of the royal mar*
riage act, the queeu having refused to con
sent, has, in the presence of God, and tb«
blessings of the church, married the man
of her choice, a peer of the realm, visoouafr
Hood.’
Brown, Holden, Morse. Sc Uo.,
keep constantly on hand, a fresh sup
ply of demagogaiam. Traitors are ra-
spectfullj invited to confer with tbom.
^ — year
'Indeed ! », amt wu I doing?’
'You were on your kneei.’
•Preying, was 1 ?’
Ko—perapia* up the gold !’ ”