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Ci * Attorney at Law.
lllluv over CUilAs Nickerson & Co.
Athens, Georgia,
, i ilicru CinAU *" <*f. .
•-*' S spec all j.
j a-XHUN .* THOMAS
’ k rrORNEY5 AT L»w,
Atlienr, Oa. „
i„ oU VrauMiu llmuc BmlW BroaJ
oLT *l*o»t the Court 1 louse. All panic.
TO.: ,'riminal W.rrai.tjs «>• pet thewi a*.
’ . r.ol.v »i>|)l»iujf to the County -olnator
ilccl ft-13T4-t f
Lamak Cobb. Howell Cobb,
Juilgc * ity Court.
& ii. conn,
J * tTTOESKIS IT LtW,
Athens Oai
^i'lr^u^cU'^^oCity Coen of VOL. G4
lrCounty. *cpt-*USTi>.»
rp A. 1LKIU
■WafesKoaaltar 3e «Towalor,
,, Sucod* Shoe Store next iloor to Rcete &
BrojJ street, Athena, Georgia. AH
^urk warranted IS inotitlu*.
seiuli-tf.
' rill KT lALKXDAIt WESTERN C1UITTT.
VLtr ivtitn Kawtx, of Athens, Judge
Uasur L. MttcutLL, o:' Athena, SolicitorGen-
tr iiioilti, first Monday in April and October.
Clarke, second Monday iu May and No-
Vrunklin, second Monday in April and Oc-
'(iwmn.'tt, first Monday in March and Sep
' Habersham third Monday in April and Oc-
‘ lla.il, third Monday iu March and Scplem-
jwkson, third Monday in February and
"'t'eooee, f. urth Monday in January and
'*' k»bun, fourth Monday in April and Oc
tVaitou, third Monday in Kebrnury and
"'white, Monday after the fonrth Monday in
v.1 and Octobe-
ITorUieastern Railroad.
Sdiedulc* of Northeustern Railroad ou aiul
A ;Vr Momlav Oct. «tl» 1*7», trains on tnis ro*d
wll run a»* follows, «*iuly except Sunday.
l.«*3ve Atheu*........• 8.50 1*. M.
Arrive a! Lnla •>•&> 1*. M.
.\nivcut Atlanta H. M.
Ix*akt Atlauta P. M.
Lia^e Lula. 7.46 1*. 51.
Arr.Tt: a*. Athens 10.0U P. M.
foe above trains also connects closely at Lola
T -;:a N orthern bound train* ou A. L. H. K.
«m, Wcdni*»dnys fund Satnrdoy* the following
aJtiitioaal train will t*« run
L uve \thcn-* 6.45 A. M.
Arrive at Luia 8.45 A. M.
Leave Lnla 0.20 A. M.
A.-.iV.-at Athens 11*80 A. M.
X .. train, connects closely at Lula for At-
Lir.o nukin' the time to Atlanta only four
, , r . -etu: .ortv-tivc minute*.
J. M. EDWARDS,
(Superintendent.
Georgia Hail Hoad Company
tttlNTKND! XT’s Om«
1UI f*r.v, t.A.y Oct.4t»i
, t ,-ing Sunday, O
5th Traina will
Vni.lNS
»*vc WishUiIIc
«- Atlanta....
...0,15 x M
.. .0.45 a v
I* .2C a M
1G.4S A M
11.05 am
11.21 A m
11.45 am
5.00 r m.
6.30 r M
3.28 p m
0.35 a M
6.13 A M
7.45 A M
12.55 p M
1.10 p M
ATHENS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1879.
NO 3.
:rw?mi
LEAD and OHS,
DRUGS
GARDEN SEED
-ASD-
SS&SS 6SSD.
Stock of Seed all Fresh.
For any of aliovc or anything in
the Diug Line call on.
E. C. LONG & CO.
WHOLESALE AND. RET.ill. DRUGGISTS
8cpt.ll.ly.
Athens, Georgia.
THE
IN ATHENS, !
LYNCH’S
HOUSE
FURNISHING GOODS,
At the Store lor.ncrly occupied by
Dr n. UL- SlIITiT,
Broad Street, Athens, Ga,
muy.27.tC.
UxiuBton i.111 - *
■ WiulerviU. 2 « r “
AHicim 3.15 r m
ji. run d&ilv. Close connection, made at
•!;, and Atlanta for all {-omt* North and
East and South.
SCHOOL ROOKS!
All of the School Books in use at the
Lucy Cohh Institute,
Ai Madame Sosnewski's Haai School,
AND AT TIIE
Various Schools in the City,
Pa;.er, Slates, Ac., for *ale
t the
DF'XG-TJJR.imS,
1.30 P M | As well a* .Pens, I
1.50 pm j i
LOWEST
K. K. 1>oumi\, Gen.
Poo*., Agt.
. K. JOHNSON, Supt.
ATLANTA & CHARLOTTE
Aii-Line Railway.
Passenger Department
ATLANTA
-TO-
EA.S'1'.tiifl.ISr CITIJftS !
C HANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On Lii.1 after June Ht, 1879, Train* will run
> follows, goini
EASTWARD.
Eaat:
7.45 p ii
7.46 p M
WESTWARD.
Arrive at Lula
Leave Lula
EASTWARD.
M101IT PA^aRNGER TRAIN.
Arrive at Lula 6*23 y m
Lave 6.24 r M
WESTWARD.
Arrive at Lula.
Leave..
7.51 a x
GOING EAST.
Thomas’ Black, Blue or Violet Ink—the IrCst in
the WorlJ—at 5 cents j*er bottle. For bargains In
everything, call at
sept.10.tf
CE’S :;ook-8Toue.
1. B. Emtnbjf’sGT] 1 fr li/>,
(Brick Buildin^f hitherto! know it a. Ebcrltart*.
Store.)
I-RIXCE AVENUE, - - - ATHENS, GA.
Zltopaxxa Jan. G, 1373.
Rate, of Tuition |'-er fcboi.i.'tic month ; II,
$2, #3, $1, $5, #6, accrtrtling to age, grade Ac.
Prof. W. ii. WADDELL wrote: “Ido not
hesitate to recommend I)r. BRUMBY as the
most successful Teacher among thooe who have,
during my Professorship of twenty years dura*
tion, prepared, students ft r the University ot
Georgia.” For further information apply for
circular, or confer with,
•cpt.I7.lt*. A. B. BRUMBY. A. M., M. D
Southsrn Hiiiii Insurance
COMPANY,
ATHE1TS. GEORGIA.
YOUNG L_ G. HaHRIS, President
STEVEXS Til OX VS, SemUry.
tirou Awcts Ayttl I, 1S7J, - . $7SI,53! «i
Resident Directors
0.JBu<aL raiianT rail*. .
Arrive at Lula 12-15 •• »
Leave 12-25 r v
WUTWSSD.
Arrive at LuU 12.50 * v
Leave 10.5 x u
Tiniocou FBiioirr teais.
Arrive at Lula
tioraj connection at Atlauta for all poiut*
West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte
f-r ali j>oiuts East. TlirongU Ticket* on *a!e
at (laine.villt, Seneca City, Greenville and
Sparlatibunr to all point* Eaat and West.
(i. J. EoBEACRE, General Manager.
W. J. HOUSTON, Gen. Pa**. <fc Ticket Aft.
G. C. Tb.ora.aa.
ATTORNEY" AT LAW.
WATKINSV1LLE, GA.
O FFICE IN COURT-HOUSE, OPPOSITE
OrdLiarv’* Office. Personal attention to all
husinaw eutru-ted to iu* care. apO-tt
|h>i>c Itarrotv*
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over Tulmadgc, Uodgson A Co.
i*a4'ly
l'o fan L. U. Ha sms,
Jonx H. Ncittox,
Da Hnxar Hi-ll,
Aloix P. Dkamxo,
Col. Hobikt Tkox.vs.
mv2S-wly
Stkvkxs Thomas
Eliza L. Newtom,
Fkkoixaxd Pmxizr
Da. U. M. Smith,
Jonx W. Nicholsom,
CHARLES F. STUBBS,
(Successor to Groover, Stnbb* & Co.,)
COTTON FACTOR
—AND—
Genera! Commission Merchant,
AGENT FOR THE
Quitman Factory Yarns,
94 BAY STREET,
Savannah, C4 eorgia.
Bagging, Ties, Rope and other supplies fur*
nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on
consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool
or Northern ports.
Mr. A. A. >Vinn, Cashier and Correspondent
of the lato firm ol Groover, Stubbs it Co., Las
n iutereatin the business. ang.21.tC
The Bride.
w * t ’ ro *i 1 ' »t«nd in th. shadow km,
To see the bride m ah* passes by;
K*n? soft aud .ow, rinj load and elekr,
,2? ehtminx Mb that swiuc on high;
le f V. she cornea I The air glows sweet
blooms? fr!l « , * nt breath of the orange
And the flowen .he treade beneeth her feet
Dte in a flood of rare perfumes 1
Sh -n£ , i?V?". hc ®° m “ : The happy bells
joyous clamor flU the air,
M bile the great organ dies and iwelb,
t>oanng.t« trembling height* of prayer!
Oh ! rare arc her robes of silken aWn,
And the pearl* that gleam on herbosom’a
snow;
But rarer tile .-race of her royal mien,
glow F ^ UUr * ^"8^* R°ld, ani her check’s young
Dainty end fair as a folded rose,
Fresh as a violet dewy sweet,
Chaste sa a lily, she hardly knows
That their are rough paths for other fact.
For love hath shielded ner. Honor kept
Watch beside her by night and day;
And Evil out from her sight hath crept,
Trailing its slow length lar away.
Now in her perfect womanhood.
Iu all the wealth of her matchless charms,
Lovely and beautiful, pure and good,
She yic'dfr herself to her lover's onus.
Hark how the jubilant voices ring
1^>! as we stand in the shadow here,
While far above us the gay bells swing,
I catch the gleam of a happy tear !
A Beautiful Speech.
Pottery Pictures!
The largest and liarvlsomcst assortment of
iTCTUKtS FOR LOTTERY DECORATION,
ever brought to Athens,
AT PANIC PRICES,
ale at
BURKES BOOKSTORE.
20 Horse Power Engine 1m Sale,
I HAVE A
Stationary Engine for Sale.
U. L. BLOOMFIELD,
>e;U.2,2m. Agent A. M. C.
Chtf. Bruckner,
Whcm tin Jeweler,
At J. O’FanvIP* »L>re
Broad Street Athens, Georgia.
W»tehc« Cloeki, aud Jeweliy rewired and
" an anted. nov.lS.7»lmoJ—wUmo
Dr. D. 0. C. HEERY,
Having pcrmmcntly locatcil in Athens, of
fers hi* professional services to the citizen* of
Alheus and surrounding country. May b:
fbaud duiing the day at the
DRUG STORE
of C. W Long A Co., Broad Street, and at night
at tha Newtou Uouse. AugA.tf.
ROBERT CHILDERS,
Blaster and Well Digger.
Cleaning and Repairing Wells
A specialty. Will work by the job bv the foot
or by the day. Good r. fercnce can be given.
Order* addressed through Post OtEce will re
ceive prompt attention.?
ROBERT GUILDERS
sept.9.3in. Athena, Ga.
E. T. BROWN,
^ttorncjj |tato,
ATHENS, - - GA.
Ori* la U.Mlcmt BMk. wrer Cta. 8un’e
oUf*. “
asDaaaoa, 8tabb AOo., N*w Task; Jcdob H.
'Sff'igszSEsr orGA - At -
Fashionable Clothing House,
Muse 66 Swift,
NO. 38 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA.
C*pt. G. J- Dallas, formerly with W. B
Lowe A Ccl, i* with tb& hou*e. Their piece o
buoine** may be known by the handwHue print
ed Sun re* and beautiful ftceooo.1 front-
Extracts from the Address of Col.
Thomas Hardeman at the unveilin-j; i f
the Confederate Aionuraent in 3Iacon
October, 29th:
What means this gran 1 pageant ?
This burnished armor, these nodding
plumes, this maitial music? Why is
the tramp of the soldier heard on our
streets and why are the bosoms of this
surging throng heaving witii emotions
strong and unutterable ? Does the war
drum summon on to arms and the roar
of artillery forebode a earning con>*
flict ? Do we snufT to dav the battle
breeze and fe« l the inspiration of the
battle charge ? Thank God, a nega
tive response wells up from every heart
that beats and throbs before me.
Ours is a mission ot jieaca and love.
The present conies to pay tribute to
the pa*t, bringiug with her a p'edge
ot her siuceiity now and proif of fu-
turo remembrance. The living art-
doing homage to their dead, while
heaven blesses the scene with the sun
shine of approval and earth applauds
the purposj with the thunder of her
artillery. We come to pay honor to
our Contoderato dea 1 and to accord
hear.felt praise to the molhirs and
daughters of Macon for this beautiful
and durable memorial of the heroism
and patriotism ol our fallen heroes.
The hope of its projection was born
in woman’s heart, it was watered by
wpman’s tears, it was sustained by
woman’s prayers and reached its cons
summation by woman’s untiring efforts
Gratefully do 1 acknowledge here her
watchful guardianship over the ashes
of oar dead. Ladies of the Memorial
Association : The long night of your
hopes amid doabts and anxiety has
entieJ, and morning has come, with
her cheering sunlight of happy reali
zation. Your duties are over, your
woi k is accomplished. Thu shalt that
took shape in your hearts has assumed
symmetrical proportions in the pol
ished marble that now lifts its finished
ed summit—the sunlight of heaven
gilding its top—the hopes and memo
ries ot e.nth clinging around its Lase.
Your Confederate monument is un
veiled to-day to this admiring multi
tude. There it stands a model of
architectural skill and beauty—the
spokesman of its own grand purpose,
the eloquent orator of its own design.
Poesy may strike its sweetest harp of
praise to the memory of our dead ;
eloquence in glowing, burning strains
may recite their heroic deeds, their
chivalric daring, their patriotic death;
but that marble column trill spook to
coming generations, when the poet’s
barp is unstrung and the tongue of
the orator is silent in death, it will
speak ol fidelity to principle, of devo
tion to civil liberty, of patriotic pur
poses,of patient endurance, of Christian
fortitude and immortal memories, in
language as soft as the zephyr’s song,
“which none can trace,” sad as the
echo of a sigh which none can fathom,
eloquent as the falling tear which
none canresist, aud as potent as
mother’s prayers which unbars the
golden gates of bliss.
* * * •
Yet had this marble remained un
touched in the quarry, had beauty and
devotion not reared the monumental
column, dead heroes you would
still live in memory and in song,
lbr in Southern hearts
you are enshrined, and by running
streams and on mountain heights your
history is written and your names en
rolled, which will survive as long as
those rivers flow their waters t-> the
sea, or those mountains lift their
heads to the clouds. Speak on then,
expressive orator, to-day, and tell
your auditors Lerc and those that will
"near yon in the comiug years, that as
duty led those you commemorate to
battle and to d -atb, s> duty to their
government should stimulate them to
encourage and maintain peaceful re’a-
tions and national fraternity, and to
forget the misfortune*,and estrange
ments of th ? past in the pleasing an
ticipations of a more peaceful and
prosperous government iu the future.
* * * *
then, bnt not ant i then, expect as to
forget the past, radiant with the
record of our braves and embalmed
with the memory of oar dead.
It ia not of the past, bnt of the
present and the future I would now
speak, and here, while that marble
personification of Southern manhood,
of Southern chivaliy, of Southern fi
delity, looks down upon those who
participate in the ceremonial exercises,
that are connected with the history
of the men whose memories this mon
ument will commemorate aud perpet
uate, I appeal to you, Georgians, by
the sacred recollections that cluster
around this now consecrated spot to
renew you fealty to the State for
which they died, aud so develop her
varied industries, so elevate her mor
al sentiment, so increase her educa
tional facilities, that Georgia’s great
ness and glory in the future may be
your monument, around which shall
gather ass-xantioas as grateful as those
that hollow tiiese unveilin' exercises.
And may the memories of our fallen
braves, a-so iated with your own, be
transmittei to a posterity who iu our
own Georgia through coming ages
shall rejoice iu ’he prosperity of hap
py homes aud in the full enjoyment
of those great civil and religious priv
ileges which are so richly guarant.-ed
by Providence to a prospems, i..tel-
ligent and Christian peop’c
Motion'rss type of the past, elo
quent monitor of the present and the
future, all hail! When years shall
comptele their cycles and those pres
ent shall sleep in the grave, you will
stand unmoved and immovable, while
those that will leaa at yonr base to
gaze upon your crowning beauty, will
dwell with patriotic pride upon the
eon- c j, rc ter of the men you coniinemo-
ra e, and bless the noble women,
who-e patriotic devotion and undying
lore were the pillar of cloud by day
a:i-l of fire by night, that cast th.?
shadow and light iqton their | athway
through the wilderness to the Canau
of promise.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
SOME BEAUTIFUL INCIDENTS IN HIS
LIFE.
Tlia Stats Normal School.
How Otoee Pla:ei abk Vf.'eb It.
*4
o
V pig-:
5-r . y|»5-
BBreS®
ItiTisi ¥
glows with
fidelity and heroic
then forget it 1 When Spring forgets
her first blooming flower, or Summer
her ripening fruit; when morning
disowns the King of Day, or Evening
ignores the presence or the Shining
Queen; when the starry spheres shall
forget their appointed-" orbits or the
earth her accustomed revolutions,
when the thunders forget their home
in the cloods, and the lightning their
fiery pathway; when the blood suail
torget to flow.and the heart to throb,
At the monthly meeting of the
Bo ml of Education of Richmond
county Ia*t Saturday the President
read the following c >mmunication :
To the Members of th: Board of
Education.
The 1*< Legislature na-se 1 au act
‘•stablUhing a Slate Norm tl School
for Georgia. This institution will he
a branch of the State University. It
will receive annually fii.lMO from the
State and an equal sum from the Pea
body fund. It will be 1 *ca’ed in the
city offering the greatest inducements.
It seems to me important that Augus
ta should, through the R -ard of Edu
cation, make an effort to have the es
tablishment ot this college in our city.
The many advantages flowing direct
ly and indirectlv’from its lo.-ation here
cannot be stated without extending
this leport beyond the limit author
ized at the time It Is proper, how
ever, to remark that as a result of its
location the entire amount appropria
ted to its support must be expended
among onr people. It would bring
among us a large number of persons
who contemplate devoting themselves
to the cause of public education, such
as to make them a great power in the
South. After a careful investigation
of the subject, it is bdieved that a
suitable lot can lie obtained and col
lege building erected thereon with all
the latest improvements at a cost n >'
exceeding $10,000. Tiiese buildings
could contain a number of our <>« i
schools to serve as modal *cho >’i f*r
the college proper, and thus on iW“
us to secure the best of teaching with
oat additional cost Other (daces are
making strong efforts to obtain this
college, and what is to be done by the
Board of Education of Richmond
county mast be done at once. I rec
ommend the appointment of a commit
tee of five to ascertain ifa lot can be
secured and the necessary ram raised
by snliscription to construct the col
lege buildings. If this can be done,
then the committee to make an offer
in the name of the Board of E-ln -a
tion of Richmond oonnty, to the prop
er authorities, offering to erect the
necessary buildings, the entire cost
with let not to exceed $10 000, if the
college is located in Augusta. Of the
ram named I am willing to contribute
one thousand dollars and have but
little doubt bnt that the whole amount
can be raised if the authorities will
agree to locate the college 1 here.
Respectfully rabmittel.
Jonx S. Davidson, President.
On motion of Mr. Calvin, the re
po t was adopted and the President
authorized to appoint the commit
tee.
Mr. Reid moved that the President
be Chairman of that committee.
Adopted.
- The President appointed the fol
lowing committee:
M*-ssrs. Cogin, O’Donnell, Calvin
M. J. Carswell and John T, Miller
News a* Moves.
From the Atlanta papers we team
at the following [
Newnan, acting as
pointed, by the p<
called on State Sch
Orr: Judge Buchanan, Judge Bigbv,
Judge Feitlien)ton. Hon. P. IL
The post h gone; I would not re- that the following prominent citizens
call it, nor woukl 1 forget its saoed of Newnan, acting as a committee
of that city,
Commissioner
memories, its revered dead. Who
an look bae k with more honest pride
than we ot the South upon the histo
ry of that past, wbora* every page
the brilliancy of patriotic Brewster, Mr. Samuel Freeman, and
'
Sir. lavender Ray. The object of
their visit was to inquire in what form
they should prepare a regular tender
of grounds awl buildings' for the lo
cation of the new State normal school
to be estah’bhed under the act of the
recent legislature. Dr. Orr gave them
the desired information, and it
probable that the citizens of Newnan
will at an early day make a formal
offer of snch hnfldmg* and groan l-
as will lie ’lecesciry for the proper
maintenance of t ie school.
(From the New Plutarch.]
It was characteristic of the boy that
his first essays, in composition, were
against cruelty to animals His
mates were in the habit of catching
the land-terrapins or tortoises, and
putting lire coals npon their hacks to
make them walk, which greatly an
noyed voung Abraham. All who
knew him in boyhood or later in life
bear witness that his tenderness was
equal to bis calm courage and his tre
mendous physical strength.
. Mr. Lincoln was of so gentle a dis
position that he seldom refused to
sign s pardon, anil a weeping widow
or orphan could always induce him to
pardon the worst malefactors. The
manner in whieh he would mingle
his humorous fancies not only with
serious business, bnt with almost
tragic incidents, was very p-cuHar.—
O co a ’poor man from Tennessee
railed to beg for the life of his son
who was uuder sentence of death for
d-s irtion. He showed his pap -rs.
and the President taking them kind
ly said he would examine them and
aos-ver the applicmt the next day.—
I’he old man, in an agony of anxiety,
with tears streaming, cried, ‘*To mors
row will bo too late! My son is under
sentence of death. It must be done
now, or not at all!” The President
lo iked sympathetically in the ol l
in in’s face, took him by the hand*
and pensively said : “That pats me in
mind of a little story. Wait a bit.—
I’ll tell it: Once Gen. Fisk, of Mis
souri, was a colonel, and despised
swearing. When he raised his regi
meat iu Missouri he proposed lo his
men that he should do all the profan
ity in it. They agreed, and for a
time uot a solitary swear was heard
among them; but th'-re was an old
teamster, named John Todd, who
one day when driving bis mules o/er
very b 11 road, aud finding them
unusually obstinate, .coal-1 not re
strain himself, and hnrst into a tre
mendous display of ground aud lofty
swearing. This was overheard by
the Colonel, who at oace brought
John to book. ‘Didn’t you promise,’
he said, indignantly, ‘that I was to
do all the swearing of the regiment ?’
Yes, I did, Colonel,’ he replied, ‘but
the truth is, the swearing had to be
done the i, or not at all, and you
weren’t there to do it." Well,’’ cm-
tinned Mr. Lincoln, as lie took up his
peu. “it seems that this pardon has
to be done now or not ot all, like
Todd’s swearing, and for fear of a
mistake,’’ he, added, with a kindly
twinkle a his eye, “I guess we’ll do it
at mice ’’ Saji ig this he wrote a few
lines which caused the bid ului lo
shed more tears when he read them,
for it contained the pardon of his sou.
Holland tells me that in a letter to
him a friend of the President wrote :
*1 called on him in the eirlier part
ot the war. He had just written a
aardon tor „ a young man who ha 1
heeu sentenoed to be shot for sleeping
at his post as sentinel.”' He remark
ed ;is he rea l it to me, “I could not
think of going into eternity with the
blood of that poor young man on my
skirls.” Then he added, “It is not
to be wondered at, that a boy raised
on a farm, probably in the habit of
going to bed at dark, should, when
required to watch, fall asleep, aud I
cannot consent to shoot him for such
an act.” This story has a touching
comimi uioii iu the fact that the dead
body of the youth was found among
Clio cluia ou the field of Fredericks
burg, wearing next his heart a pho
tograph of the great President, be
neath which was writteu, “God bless
President Lincoln.’’ Once when
general went to Washington to urge
the execution of twenty-fonr deserters,
believing that the army was in dln-
I ;er from the frequency of desertion,
’resident Lincoln replied: “General,
there arc already too many weeping
widows in the United States. For
God’s sake don’t ask me to add lo
the uumber, for I won’t do it’’
Mr. Lincoln was very ingenious in
finding reasons for Wing merciful.
On one occasion, a young soldier who
had shown himself very brave in war,
and had been severely wounded, after
a time be*erted. Bang recaptured
he was under sentence of death and
President Lincoln was, of course, pe
tilioned lor bis pardon 'Hie Presi
dent mused solemnly, until a happy
thought struck him. “Did you say
he was once badly wounded?” he ask
ed ot the applicant for the pardon. He
was.” * Then, as the Scripture savs,
“in the shedding of blood is the re
mission of sins,’ J guess we’ll have to
let him off this time.”
Whatever may be said of Lincoln,
he was always simply aud truly a
good man. lie was a good fat'ier to
his children, and a good President to
the people, whom he loved as it they
had been his children.
His inaugural address, “short but
remarkable tor vigor and a yerv con
ciliatory spirit,” contained the*.-
memorable words: “With malice to
ward no one, with charity to all, with
firmness in the right a* God gives u<
to do the right, let us strive on to
finish the work we are in, to bind up
the nation’s wounds, to cure for him
who shall have borne the batll», and
for his widow and orphans ;_to do all
which may achieve and cherish a jnst
and lasting peace among ourselve
and with ail nations.”
After Life’s Fitful Fever.
Burial op Db Lovick Pierce at
Columbus.
Yerterdar afternoon the friends ot
Dr. Lovick Pierce, in this city, who
are numbered by the thousand, were
called upon to perform the last aud
sacred duty, that ot laying the re
mains in their last resting place. Ou
arrival of the 2:15 p. in. train of the
Southwestern railroad o i which were
the remains, a number of ministers
and trieuds hod assembled to escort
them to St. Luke church, from which
the funeral took place at 3 o’clock.
Long before the arrival of the hearse
with its occupant, who had beentis the
father ot Methodism in our State, a
perfect stream of men, women and
children were seen wending their way
to the church. Bj’ the lime the ser
vices begun nearly every available
spice was filled.
Among the congaega ion were many
aged ladles, who liadknowu the doc
tor almost from his entrance in the
work ot God, To these it was in deed
a sad occasion. All seemed to feel
the solemnity of the hour and with
hearts weighed with sadness and head*
bowed with grief awaited the arrival
of the remains. Tne history of this
mighty an,d untiring laborer in the
viuej'ard of the Lord was n ,l unfa
miliar to those present, and thoughts
of bis lifetime devotion to the cause,
his position in the church, and stead
fastness in performance of the duty
hal a tendency to make them all feel
that truly a great in in had passed
away, and gone to the reward prom
ised the laulifut.
On entering the church Rev J S
Ky, of Macon, read some ap*
propriaie collections ou tae life ot the
deceased. Rev B F Breedlove read
the 1st h-sson from the 90th Psilm.
Rev J O A Clarke read the 739lh
hymn, wuich was sung by the choir
and congregation Rev J P Duncan
then offered one of the most beautiful
prayers we have ever listened to, and
it touche 1 the hearts of all.
Rev G G N Maedounell read the
2d lesson 1 Cor., 15. Rev J \V Hin
ton, D. D„ read the 737th hymn,
which was sung by the choir and con
gregation. The iuuenil sermon was eut y ve . lra 0 -J next February,
then preached by Rev A G Hay good.
His text was from Acts, 13-30 37:
measure of compensation received by
his predecessor for such work be would
receive. [Applause.] The former
Treasurers,, "Mr. Angier and Mr.
Jones, had received for such service
one and a quarter cent* for each cou
pon signed; so Mr Renfroe says in
substance, if jou insist I will accept
the same pay my predecessors did for
the same service. Tuis amounted to
$247. The President of the road in
sisted on his taking it aud Mr. Ren-
fron received it.”
The inaccuracy in the above state
ment of Major Gumming consist* in
the idea that is conveyed that after
the con pons were signed the officials
of the Northeastern Railroad Compa
ny voluntarily proffered to and insist
ed on Mr. Renfroe accepting compen
sation for his services. The facts are
these, ns shown by the evidence of
Mr. A. K. Childs, President of the
Northeastern Railroad Company, giv
en before tho special committee on
State Treasury:
“Mr. Renfroe told Mr. Childs and
myself, after the coupons bad lieen
signed and delivered to us, that lie
was entitle! to pay for signing them,
and that the law allowed it. \Ve were
surprised at this, as we hod not before
this heard of anv charge for signing
the coupons. Mr. Renfroe said that
his predecessors were allowed pay for
signing coupons, and on his demand,
we {aid him 8247. This demand
wa J ui i-ic upon u< without our having
made any proposition whatever to pay
Mr. R-.-nlroe. The first intimation we
had that any money was to *be paid
came from Mr. Renfroe himself, on
the day that we received the bonds
and paid the mon -y to Ilia.”
In making this correction, my pur
pose is to give the real facts of the
interview between Mr. Renfroe, Mr.
ChvMs and myself, at the time we paid
him the moii-y, as I am unwilling lo
remain in th : light iu which Major
Camming’* account ot that interview
places mu, and desire that the real
position of Mr. Child* and myself in
ibis matter should be known.
Ver, re pectfully, R. L. Moss.
The late .Mr. Blai-kwood had that
remarkable correctness of judgment
which fixed the value of an article
without being intlucno-d by the lame
or obscurity of its autlnVr. When
George Eiiot sent the first part of
“Scenes from Cerical Life” to ni* Ma
gazine, lie warned Thackeray that hi*
most :orii idaiil ■ rival m the field ot
fiction had just been discovered.
Mr. Arthur Sul ivan, doinposcr of
th • music cl “lYnah.re,” i- quick,
nervous and m gnetie. He i* not
quite of the medium bright, his figure
ia round, Ids bead large, his eyebrows
are prominent and well arched, lie
has large, deep, brown eyes ■ promi
nent an t slightly deft c iin, shiny j- t-
black, curly uair, just streaked here
and there with grey, smoothly parted
in the middle, and closely trimmed,
brownish-black whiskers meeting a
mustache.
Old Mr. Harris, of Duubuque,
called on bis friend of former
years, Gen. Grout, at Galena,
and taking two cigars from s roll
of paper, said: “General, you
gave me one of these cigars when
you was general of the army, mid
I resolved not to smoke it until
you. should be made President.
The second you gave me in your
first term and I resolved not to
smoke it until you were again
President. Now 1 want another
cigar.” The cigar was given with
out a word.
ITEMS ABOUT CELEB III-
RiriF.S.
Jam .-* Ri.-S'll L-iwell will be sev-
Much excitement prevailed in Hor
ton, England, npon tlic marriage of
Rev. Sir Henry Camming, aged 82.
to the daughter of Rev.'Sir William
Heniy Spencer, a lady of 37.
Statistics show that there is only
one tiew-pnper to every 5,660 inhabi
tants in the United States. Ti^it
means that 5,659 felh» rs borrow s-.-ue
othe: fellow’s newspaper.
“For David, after be bad served liis
owu generation by the will of God,
full on sleep, and wo* laid unto bis
father*, and saw corruption.’’ “But
he, whom God raised again, saw no
corruptiou.” After tile sermo n, I)r
J F Evan* read the 716th hytnu,
which was sung. Tne remains vt'ere
then carried to the ltear*e, thence lo
the cemetery, followed by a large eon-
course of people. The ministers in a
body prece led the pro ession. At the
grave a most affecting scene was pre
sented Around the spot where the
remains were to rest were gathered
grief-stricken children and grand-chil
dren of the deceased. Frieuds who
cherished the tenderest feeling for the
doctor were also present, and there
were but few dry eyes in tho large
assemblage. Tne burial service was
conducts 1 by licv A M Wynn, pre
siding elder of ibis district. The fol
lowing gentlemen acted as pall bear
ers Revs ~J H Campbell, D. D , J
E Eva is D. D., J B McGehee, W
C B iss, George Patillo, Goo D
Dodgo, and Messrs J A Bradford, W
H Young, N J Bussey aud B F Cole
man. Among the ministers present
were: Rev Jas L Pierce, of Barnett,
Ga, and Rev Tho* F Pierce, presiding
elder of the Augusta district; Rev
Jas E Evans, D. D., of Atlanta ; Rev
A G Ilaygood, D. D.. of Oxford ;
Revs W A Dodge and G H Patillo.
of Sparta; Rev J P Duncan Rev J 8
Key, D. D., Rev G G N MacDon-
nell. B -v J O A Clark, D. D. L. L. D.
Rev W C Bass, D. D., Rev F M
Kennedy, D. D., Macon; Rev J B
McGehee, Fort Valley; Rev E F
Breedlove, Talbotton; Rev II C Fen
tress. Cussetta; Rov E M Whiting,
Harris county, Ga. From our city
there were: Rev J H Campbell, D.
D., Rev A B Campbell, Rev J W
Hinton, D. D., Rev A M Wynn, Rev
H WK-y. Rev J J An-ley, It sv S
N Tucker, Rev J O A Cook, un-l
Revs Robertson and Johnston, color
ed ministers. Hon Geo F Piece and
Mr. Lovick Pierce, of Sparta, grand
sons of the deceased were also pres
ent... This has been considered Dr.
Pierce’s home until late years. He
was kcowu and loved as only such a
man can be. There are many now
living who remember the doctor’s en
ergy when St. Luke church was built.
He laid off the ground and planted
the trees that are now growing in the
j*nrd. .
The Renfroe Case.
Mr. R. L. Moss Cokeects Mar
J. B. CcxKtxa.
Athens, Ga., Novemlier 8th, 1879.
Editors Chronicle and Constituting
alist:
In yonr paper, of the 2d insL, I find
a report of the upcech of Maj. j. B.
Camming defining bis position in the
late impeachment trial of Mr. Renfroe,
which is inaccurate and whi h I ask
leave to correct. He is reported to
have said in commenting upon :Jio
charge against Mr. Renfroe of receiv
ing $247 from the Northeastern Rial-
road Company for signing their c.>a-
pous:
“At the request of the officials of
the road be devoted time outside of
his office hours to the task of signing.
When ite got through he said not one
word about compensation, but the
officials of tho road Slid in substaiuNx,
\V« Imvc trou'Jed you to do work ont
of your'office ; we ought to osiipcn
sate you. What shall we pay )«*f
Mr i-ciitroc replied that he asked n*»
pay. They inrawail on recompensing
h;m. He "theu said if they though)
t!-ey ought to pay him for this the
Princess Louise appeared on deck
only three times during her recent
voyage from Halifax to England.
Senator Don Cameron is to build a
8250,000 house in Washington, Ne
gotiations for a site are now iu pro-
gfess
Miss Emma Thursby is said to be
engage-1 to Mr. Henry C. Gillig, of
the American Exchange, London
whose visit to this country a few
months ago will be remembered.
S anding Bear made a speech at
the cud of Jose|>h Cook’s opening
lecture in the Old South Church, Bos
ton, “Bright Eyes,” the attractive
young Indian girl, acting as inter
preter.
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, will
return to Washington during the
month, with his daughter, Miss Mary
Edmunds. Mrs. E-lmuhds will remain
in E«ro|)e during the winter for her
health.
Abraham Aub died recently iu Cin
cimiati. lie was widely known in
Jewish circles, having been President
of the Jewish Orphan Asylum of
Cleveland since its establishment by
the Order of Bmi Brith. He was
also President of the Jewish Hospital
and Hebrew Relict Association oi Cin
cinnati.
The people of Galesburg, III., arc
very indignant that some ruffians
threw three eggs at Gen. Grant, while
he was speaking from the platform of
a railway car there the night after
election, one ot them, not a rotten one,
striking him on the back of the head.
The oldest woman in Scotland is
Eliz ibeth Tullock, for fourteen years
an inmate of St. Nicholas Poorhon-e.
She is 110 or 112 years of age, it be
ing difficult to tell whether she was
the older of two sisters whose births
are recorded respectively in 1767 and
1769.
gray.
Col. John Hay, one of Mr. Lin
coln’s private secretaries, save that
the President and the late Senator
Chandler were intimate friends, hut
often diff.-red, and Mr. Chandler did
not k-*stUle to denounce Mr. Lincoln
to his face, whenever be thought him
to be making a mistake. Tht-y never
quarrelled, however, and generally
agreed in the end.
Mr. Gilbert, author of the play
“Pinafore,” is thought to resemble
Thackeray. He is more than six feet
tall and weighs 225 pounds; he has a
foil forehead, clear, deep-set gray
eyes and massive features; his mouth,
half-smiting, half serious, is almost
concealed by a thick military mus
tache ; and his hair is brownish
wavy and ported at the ride.
The late Walter Hostings directed
in bis will that a building he erected
on the grounds of Harvard Univerri-
■ y, to lie called the Walter Ilastingz
ball, iii honor of the testator’s father,
grandfather and great-grandfather, all
graduate* of Harvard; the cost to be
between -206,000aruV $250,000. His
will provide* that the remainder of
his property, about $250,000, be given
to the University ailteif the death of
his widow.'' V-‘‘* - V*
The beautiful Cincinnati belle who
took the veil last week. Miss Latr-
rcr.ca Lincoln, belonged to one of the
wealthiest and beet families of the
Qiict-n City. ‘.She was broken-hearted
fin a disa"poin’ment in fore. " fine
> eiit to I he altiT"arrayed in an eles
mt briil *1 dress, made by Worth in
P.-ris, and donned the simple habit
of a nun in tlie.preseiice of her moth
er and near relatives, besiJes the offi
ciating priests.
Toombs’ “Finished Town.”
The Augusta, Georgia, News says
“the third crop of figs in Oglethorpe
county is nearly ripe, and there lies
not been a fight or quarrel in Lexing
ton since last spring.” It was this
ancient village, that Bob Toombs said
forty years ago, that it was “Gnished
and fenced in fifty years” before his
time. The assertion has been applied
to other fossilized towns but owes pa
ternity to Bob Tooinbs. Bnt Lexing
ton is a historical spot. Little, life
less, rose-embowered, its shining
white cottages and residences going •
to decay, its store-houses empty and
court house a dilapidated red brick
rookery—hapless ss its fortunes may
be, and deserted it* bur room, where
the Nines says there “ has not lieen a
quarrel siuce last spring,’’ L -xington
is still a fascinating s|Kit—for an arch
aeologist. The voice of Win. II.
Crawford was once familiar on its
streets as was his gigantic f&r.:i. He
sat, in his old ago, on the bench His
old home is hard by and that of Jo
seph Henry Lumpkin, and of Ge< r/c
R. Gilmer and of the builder of the
great public hall ot Athens. These
old homes of departed worth and
greatness still continue monuini-nts to
the ancieut glory of Lexington.—
Then Tom and Howell Cohh and Bob
Toombs and Bill Dougherty and Jack
Greer and Alexander II. .Stephens
were boys loitering idly about the
shady green of Lexington. No won
der “the third crop of tigs this s- a*ou
ripens in Lexington.” Figs have
less to do there than in any spot of ,-i-
lence, white -and, an 1 sunlight and
solitude i n God’s footstool.— .l«s-
n (Txus) Statesman.
Ad vice to a Young Man.
You must remember, son, that
the world is older than you are,
by several years, that for thou
sands of years it has been so full
of smarter and better young men
than yourself, that their feet stuck
out of the dormer windows;. that
when they died the old globe
went whirling on, and not one
in ten million went to the funeral
or even heard ot tho death.
Be as smart as you can, of course.
Know as much as you can with
out blowiug the packing out of
yonr cylinder heads; shed the
light of your wisdom about the
world, but don’t dazzle people
with it. And don’t imagine a
thing is so simple because you
say it is. Don’t be too sorry for
your father because he knows so
much less than yon do; remember
the reply of Dr. Way land to the
student of Brown Univvcrsity,
who said it was an easy enough
thing to make proverbs such as
Solomon wrote. “Make a few,”
tersely replied the old man. And
we never heard that the young
man made any. Not more than
two or three anyhow.—Tho
world has a great need of
young men, but nogreat-
ueed than the young men
has for it. Your clothes fit bet
ter than your father’s fit him;
they cost more money, they are
more stylish, your moustache
neater, the cut of your hair is
better, and you are prettier, oh,
far prettier, than ’pa.” But
young man, the oldjgentleman gets
the biggest salary, and his home
ly scrambling signature oh the
business end of a check will draw
more money out of a* bank in five
minutes than you could get out
with a ream of paper and a* cop
perplate signature in she mouths.
—Young men are useful, sop, and
they arc ornamental, and ‘wo all
love them and we couldu’t engin
eer a picnic successfully without
them. But they are .not hovel-
ties, son. Oh, no, nothing of tho
kind. They have been here be
fore. Don’t be so modest as jo
shut yourself clear out; bnt don’t
be so fresh that you will haye to
be put away in the cooi to. keep
from spoiliug. Don’t be" afraid
that your great merit will not be
discovered.' People all over tho
world are hunting for you, and if
yon are worth fiuding they* will
find you. A diamond isn’t ao ea
sily fouudas a quartz pebble, but
people search for it all the,.more
intently.
“Dear Minnie,’’ wrote a living
mother to her daughter who tiail al
ready *p-‘nt several weeks vititing
friends, “please come honie.”l Duti
ful daughter replied: “Dear mamma,
I won’t. «!o it. Lovingly, Minnie.’
Aud she didn’t.
mi
It is now announced, on the httlhor
ity of an “eminent j>!:ysician,”iTial it
is not hcait y L> .»* ■ eture IS. ii» the
morning. This applies only to men.
Wives, it is said, cun rise at 7 and
start the fire as heretofore.
