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<Tltt Switi fiteunlg VOL. 111. Advertising Kates. One square, first insertion $ 75 Each subsequent insertion 50 One square three months 5 00 One square six months 10 00 One square twelve months 15 00 Quarter column twelve months... 30 00 Half column six months 40 00 Half column twelve months 00 00 One column twelve months 100 00 lines or less considered a sqnare. All fractions of squares are counted as full squares, NEWSPAPER decisions. 1. Any person who takes a paper regu larly from the post office—whether directed to his name of another’s, or whether he ha» subscribed or not—is responsible for the 2 If a person orders his paper discontin ued, ho must pay all arrearages, or the pub— lisher'may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is taken from the office or n *t. 8. The courts Lave decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them un called for, is pnma facie evidence of inten tional fraud. TO WN DIRECTORY. Mayor—Thomas G. Barnett. Commissioners—W. W. furnipseed, J. 8. Wyatt, E G. Harris, E. Jt. James. Clerk —E. G Harris. Treasurer —W. S. Shell. Marsials —S. A. Belding, Marshal. J. W . Johnson,Deputy. JUDICIARY. A. M. Speer, - Judge. F. D. Dismlkk - - Solicitor General. Butts—Second Mondays in March and September. Henry—Tins; Mondays in April and Oc tober. Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February, and August. Newton—Third Mondays in March and September. Pike—Second Mondays in April and Octo ber. Rockdale Monday after fourth Mondays in March and September Spalding—First Mondays in February and August. Upson First Mondays in May and No vember. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Methodist Episcopal Church, (South,) Hev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor. Fourth Sabbath in each month. Sunday-school 3 p. a. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Methodist Protestant Church. First Rabbath month. Sunday-school 9 A. M. Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas tor. Third Sabbath in each month. CIVIC SOCIETIES. Pine Grove Lodoe, No. I 77, F. A. M Stated communications, fourth Saturday in eaeh month. DOCTORS. T\R. J. C. TURNIPSEKD will attend to •1* all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton, Ga. I\R. W. n PEEBLES freats all dis •* " eases, and will attend to all calls day and night. Office at the Drug Store, Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. DR. N. ’l’. BARNETT tenders his profes sional services to the citizens of Henry and adjoining counties, and will answer calls day or night. Treats all diseases, of whot *v*r nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store. Hampton, Ga. Night calls can be made at »y residence, opposite Berea church. apr26 JF FONDER, Dentist, has located in • Hampton, Ga., and invites the public to call at his room, upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours. W arrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. JNO. G. COLD WELL, Attorney at I,aw, Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Coweta and Flint River Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and other collections. C- NOLAN, Attorney at Law, Mc • Donough, Georgia. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circnit ; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Uuited States District Court. WM.T. DICKF.N, Attorney at Law, Lo cust Grove, Georgia, (Henry county.) Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. apr27-ly GEO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, McDonough. Ga. (Office in Court house ) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention giv°n to col lections. mch23-6m JF. W A LL. Attorney at Law, //amp-. . ton, Ga Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collections. ocs Ij'DWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at J law. Office on Broad Street, opposite the Railroad depot, Hampton, Georgia. Special attention given to commercial and other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy. BF. McCOLLUM, Attorney and Coun • sellor at L*w, Hampton, Ga. Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta, Pike. Meriwether, Spalding and Butt* Supe rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United Stales Courts. Collecting claims a specialty. Office uo stairs io the .Mclntosh Building. A MAY SONG. A little while my love and I, *Before the mowing of the boy, Twined daisy-wreaths and cowslip-balls. And carolled glees nnd madrigals, Before the hay, beneath the May, My love (who loved me then) and I. For long years now my love and I Tread severed paths to varied ends ; We sometimes meet, and sometimes say The trivial things of every day, And meet as comrades, meet as friends, My love (who loved me once) and I. But never more my love and I Will wander forth, as once, together, Or sing the songs we used to sing In Spring-time, in the cloudless weather ; Some chord is mote that used to ring Some word forgot we used to say Amongst the May, before the bay, My love (who loves me not) and I. —London World. ■WBBBSBMBWMSSBWBBR! Paul H. I lay ne. THE SOUTH CAROLINA FOIT. Pan I H. Havne entered the College of Charleston in 1847 at the age of 16. He proved himself a master of elocution and composition, easily surpassing his fellows in both branches. The Hayne family are born oiators, and Paul might, perhaps, have equaled his nncle’s reputation in that par tioular had his life been a public one. and had his voice been stronger. In his student days his manner as a public speaker was graceful, his gestures were fit, and bis per sonal presence before his audience was of that winning quality which is eometiroea called magnetic Ilis voice is soft and musical, and whi'e it lacks sufficient power to fill a large room, its effi cts are manifest, marked as it is by both emphasis and sym pathy. When eight years of ago, his uncle, the famous Governor, taught him to shoot ; and from that time he has always had n hearty liking for field sports, accounting it by no mrnns his feeblest power that, on a return from the field, he can show at lenst as manv trophies as the majority of skillful huntsmi*- Of course there came ivitb this de , ’- ; ' l,on *° the field an accompanying f° r horse back riding. One borae of his was a handsome gr**/. whose name ol “Loyal fitly dec<"-' w <i the faithful nntiiip wh : ch the hor'-c and dog, aior.e of oiir domestic pets and servants, seem to possess. “Loyal” would ill brook any attempt of a stranger to mount the saddle; but to his master he was always gentle, eating out of his band and following him about the like a dog. Hayne graduated at the college of Charleston in 1850. and soon after studied law and was admitted to the bar, though he never practiced. As to Longfellow. Lowell and Bryant, literature seemed fairer lhan law, and whiffs from Parrassns persistently blew through therffice window. At that time Mr Hayne’s fortune was such that he was not compelled to “work for a liv : ng.” so that he was enabled to write poems with out thoughts of the butcher and the buj<er. In 1852, the year after he attained his majority, the. young poet was married to Mary Middleton Michel, of Charleston, only daughtor of William Michel. Her own descent is worthy of remembrance, her futher having been, when bnt 18 years of age, a surgeon in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. Dr. Michel was woundrd at the battle of Leipsic, and received a gold medal at the bands of the late Emperor Napoleon the Third. Miss Michel’s mother was a descend ant of the Frasers of Scotland. In 1861, when hostilities broke out be tween the North and the .South, Hayne es poused the Southern cause, following whither he was hd by conviction and feeling, by personal friendship and loral attachment, and by all the inherited political tendencies of the family blood. His health was not rugged, but he was assigned early in 1861 to a po sition on the staff of Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina. Mp, however, was compelled to give up his military ambition, and for the next few years wrote almost constantly in support of wliat was so soon to become the “Lost Cause.” His r.unierons war lyrics bore such titles as these : “The Kentucky Partisan,” “\fy Motherland,” “The Substi tute,” “The Baitle of Charleston Harbor,” •‘Stonewall Jackson,” “The Little White Glove,” “Our Martyr,” nod “Beyond the Potomac.” The last named was singled out for praise by Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes, in a lecture on the poetry of the war. The close of the struggle found Hayne poor and sick, bnt not utterly disheartened. His beautiful borne in Charleston was burn ed jost before the victorious Northern army took possession of the city by the bursting of a bomb-shell; and the next year the poet removed with his wife, boj and mother, to a HAMPTON, GEORGIA, MAY 2, 1879. secluded spot on the Georgia Railroad, a few miles nut of the city of Augusta, Geor gia. Hce he has since made his home. “Copse 1141" is the pnme of the home which the poet lias occupied for the paßt ’2 years; nnd, certainly, the litlle house shows that romance has not yet died ent of the world, and that all the poets do not house them selves in brick walls or brown-stone fronts. Mr. Hayne’s enttnge, made of unseasoned lumber nnd neatly whitewashed, stands on the crest of a hill in the midst of 18 acres of pine lands, utterly uncultivated and affording the solemnity and seclusion which nnture alone can give. Many of Havne’* poems shows the influence of the Southern scenery at hi« Ypry door. The interior of the eottnge is cheery ; for it has been patiently decorat ed in a fashion at once artistic and homelike by the hand of Mrs. Hayne. The walls were so uninviting that she determined to paper them with engravings, carefully se lected from the current periodicals of the day. The room io which Mr. Hayne works, us now adorm-d, is fairly entitled to be de scribed bv that most aristocratic of adjec tives, unique. Pictures of eminent men, views of noted places, and scenes of public interest are so arranged as to leave no break on the walls. The mantel and doors, even, are coveied with pietnres, seme of them framed in paper trimmings, cut from the journals of fashion. Mr. flayne’s library consists of some two thousand volumes, partly saved from his original valuable collection of books, but ac cumulated for the most part of his labors ns a book reviewer. His desk, at which he always stands while writing, is made out of two ends of the work-bench used in building the cottoge. Mrs. Hayne has contrived to transform it into an antique bit of furniture. The little book-eases near by are made of boxes, partly covered wiib pictures like the walls of the room. In person, Hayne is of slight figure nnd medium height, having piercing eyes, full lips arid a dark complexion. In manner he is inclined to be calm and reserved. All his lift* he has been in somewhat feeble hrnlth, PSpPC’oMy AS |»Ojr«nfe hta ruiip'n. l tmvi* neVPr known," he says, “since I was 16, what it is to feel perfectly well” But he works assidously, even to the indulgence < f that habit of enthusiastic poets—getting up at night to capture a fleeting idea. Wonderful Pedestrian Feats. Lazy as we arc wont to consider the Orientals, many of the “matches agaiost time” achieved by them may bear compari son with the best of those now pending among onrselves. An Arab donkey boy will go at a rin all the way from Gairo to the Pyramids and back again, without any visi ble sign of fatigue. A Sakh di-patch-bearer wi'l scamper ihrongh mill's of jungle in the daik, with a heavy bag on his shoulders, shaking a bunch of metal rings to scare away the tiger and fnenns. Four meagerJl indoos. who appear barely able to carry a hand-bag, will lake a heavy palanquin, containing an officer and all his belongings, over the ground at a smart trot for hours together. Even more marvellous are the achievements of the Persian shatirs (professional couriers,) who, trained from their very childhood to feats of strength nnd activity, daily accomplish dis tances bordering upon the incredible. Not many years ago one of these men reached Teheran two hours before his appointed time, having covered an immense tract of very difficult country in fourteen hours of almost incessant running ; hut his chief, so far from praising him, simply remarked : “Gould you cot have done it in twelve?” and m bis return journey the indomitable man actually did so. The occupation is a dangerous one, not only from the extraordi nary exertions which it demands, but al«o from the fact that the runners being so tightly girded that a fall or even a stumble would be certain death. Persian chroniclers relate that a certain shah once promised his daughter to any man who woald keep up with his chariot all the way from Teheran to Ispahan A celebrated shatir undertook the task, ard held out" till the gate of Ispahan was full in view, when the shah, alarmed at the prospect ol having to make good his rash promise, let fall bis whip. The runner knowing that it would cost him his life to stoop, contrived to pick it up with his feet. The treacherous monarch then dropped his ring, then the sbatir, seeing that his fa*e was spaled, exclaimed reproachfully : “Oh 1 King, you have broken your faith, but I am true to mine 1” picked up the ring and fell dead on the spot —New York Ttme%. A Canadian coup!#, en route to Dakota to settle, weigh six buDdred and fourteen pouods—the man three hundred and ten pounds and the wife three hundred and foor pounds. Let us hope they will be careful what Ih|Y settle on. Mexican Women. The dress of the country ladies, as exhihft cd infrequently tpon the ralles of TVtb Grtiz, is showy, but not elegant ; n worked Chemise, with light, open jacket nnd n-richty embroidered or spangled petticoat of some soft, light colored cloth, often blue nr scar let, seems to be the unvarying costume. M lien riding they are generally seated on a clumsy, box-like side-saddle, with their feet on the right side of the horse, exactly the reverse of the attitude to which we are nc cus'"mrd, and which presents anything bnt ft graceful appearance. In the country they are said often to ride with a foot on eaeh side, though that refreshing spectacle has not yet. crossed my range of vision. It is not uncommon, however, to nee a pnymna mount ed on the same horse before her esvabero, who, seated behind h's fair one, supports her by an arm thrown round her waist—n fash ion which, if introduced with n*. would tend greatly to increase the healthful habit of equestrian exercise. As the women here wear neither hat or bonnet, the cavaliero, as a mark of respect and attention, places his hat upon her head, and supplies its plncfc on his own with a handkerchief—it practice which, if introduced with us, would speedily insure n return to pedestrian ism. Returning from 'he market, my ere fill Upon another and more pleasant type of the motley Mexican population. Advancing toward the stand I was just quitting came the swaying figure of a young girl, her rehezo open, and her long wavy hair eseaping^n plaits from beneath it ; her complexion of n slight umber tint ; hpr bare brown shoulders rising above n chemise of snow-white lawn, elaborately embroidered, with short sleeves Iringed with laee ; her swelling bust clearly defined beneath the transparent fabric; around the slender wnist, which hud never been deformed by stnv or corset, a tincture of crimson silk crepe, from which three short petiicoats fell in graceful folds over her pliant hips, with a skirt, laee-bordered, and so scant as to show underneath a well-turned ankle and tiny bare foot, with the daintiest of satin slippers poised upon its tot Above, a pair ol tet hlunb „ J lack eyes, glancing nnder a profusion of the Irpsh flowers of the orßnge and suehli. If yon get into a Vera Ciuz church in the early mom, and sit awhile in the silence of some semhre corner, you will turn instinct ively and look about, feeling that a pair of eye* have magnetized you into seeking them ; yon will know them at once, for 1 hey are snrli as glanced up at me from under that shining crown of hair—black, limpid, grave, perhaps, with an innocent artfulness, a re pressed merriment behind them, which har monizes well wiih the forced demttreness of the mouth. They lork out complacently at you from under the folds of the rebnzo that covers them ; not furtively, bnt meeting your glance firmly if interrogatively. They might be the eyps of a chanting angel in heaven, or of a young child dreaming at a threshold upon earth, were it. not far the suggestions of passion nnd daring, defiance and ambition which slumber in them. She is very proud, this pnblana, daughter of the people, and yet is only a sumptuous woman, who loves her poor jewels, her lovers, her serenade upon the mandolin, and dreads like any other woman, the cold, dark, silent earth. Cor.N. Y. Evening Pod. After (lie Funeral. It was just after the funeral. The bereaved and subdued widow enveloped in millinery gloom was seated in the sitting-room wiih a few sympathizing friends. There was that cot strained look, so peculiar to the occasion, observed on every countenance. The widow sighed. “How do you feel, my dear,” observed her sister. ‘ Oh, I don’t know,” said the poor woman, with difficulty re-straining her tears. “But 1 hope everything passed off well.” “Indeed, it did,” said all the ladies. “It was as large and respectable a funeral as I have seen this winter,” said the sister, looking around upon the others. “Yes, it was,” said the lady from 'he next door. “I wa* saying to Mrs. Slocum, only ten minutes ago, that the attendance couldn't have been better—thr bad going consid ered. ” “Did you see the Taylors?” asked the widow, faintly, looking at her sister. “They go so rarely to funerals that 1 was quite sur prised to see them here.” “Oh, yes, the Taylors were all here,” said the sympathizing sister. “As you say, they go but little ; they are so exclusive.” “I thought I saw the Curtises also,” sug gested the bereaved woman, droopinglv. “Oh, yes,” chimed in several. “Trey came in their owo carriage, too,” said the sister, animatedly. “And there were the Randall*, and thp Vju? R<-nsalenr« Mrs. Van Rpoaa. -ar had hpr cousin from the ci'y with her. And Mrs. Randall wore a very heavy black silk, which lam sure was quite new Did yon see Col. Haywood and his daughters, love ?” “I thought I saw them, bnt 1 wasn’t sure. They were here, then, were- they?" “Y es, indeed,” said they all again, and the lady who lived across thp way observed.— “The Colonel was very sociable, and in quired most kindly about you, and the sick ness of your husband." I he widow smiled faintly. She was grat ified by the interest shown by the Colonel. The friends now ro«c to go. each bidding her good-bye, and expressing the hope that she would be calm Her sister bower! them out. \\ hen she returned, sho said, — “You can see, my love, what the neighbors think of it. I wouldn’t have had unything unfortunate happened for a good deal But nothing did. The arrangements couldn't have been better.” “I thinn some of the people in the neigh borhoi d must have been surprised to see so many of the uptown people here,” suggested the rffiicted woman, trying to look hopeful. “You may be quite sure of that,” asserted the sister. “I could see that plain enough by tlreir looks.” “Well, I am glad there is no oeC'Pion for talk,” said tlie widow, smoothing the skirt of her dress And after, that the boys took the chairs home, anil the house was put in order. Fashions for Men. It having been announced that several important changes were to he made by fa«h ion in the orthodox evening suits for gentle men. the fashionable world has been tiptoe ing around in breathless expectation. By n | fortuitous stroke the Time * has been let into the secret, and gives the main points in the change as follows : Swallow-tail coats are no longer cut bias on the Ini's The three seams down the back are low gilder-fluked with » cold pressed ruffle, terminating in a knife pleating and two buttons. The facings are preferably of gros grain mohair, square cut and hem faneftfifly VwWpn,,holes, which are The collar will usually turn Imck, hut this is optional. The buttons are preferably of the J some color as the coat, and will co'respond j usually in number and plaoe with the hutton holes. Pockets will be allowed, the cologne bottle, chewing tobacco, handkerchief and gloves be earri'd in the left hand tail pocket The pantaloans are but little altered. T-hey are to bifurcate as usual, and termi nate near the feet. Fringe around the heels will not he considered fashionable this sea son. 'I he pistol pocket is to he liner! with buckskin in Iront and sheet iron behind, to prevent accidents. They are cut bias in the rear to harmonize with the coat tails. Sus pender buttons are made of horn or lacquered steel, with four holes in the centre, emblazoned with green thread. The buckle and elc.sp behind will not be altered much from the designs at present used. The vest is made of the same material as the coat, and lined with green ba ! Z'\ It will have four pockets—one lor the wa’eh. one for the pencil, one for the poker pack ami chips, and a fourth for cloves and burnt coflee. The buckle behind will be of burn ished steel, with two prongs. The white necktie should tie white, cut en train , and with a Grecian bow pinned at the back. Collar buttons will be worn much as usual. Black pins ure rapidly going out of fashion. Ramps arc no longer in style when worn with patches on the toes and particolored socks. Socks are now furnished with silk clocks—those of the grandfather style being most sought after. The shirt front should be of laundried linen or paper, as white as possible. Standing collars ure now worn standing, and turnovers in the flip flap style, prevalent six year 9 ago. The hair should be parted in the middle, soaped in two small lumbrequins over each eyebrow, scrufbd up q, la. Pompadour on the sides, and rnmshockled at the back. Musk hair oil is no longer considered to be the thing The above notes will be found to bo in exact accordance whh the d etates of fash ion, as now observed.— New Orleam Timet. The following lettei was recently written by a little boy of Augusta, seven years of age. to hi.* uocle io Savannah : “dear uncle get me a newfonndland dog. i want a puppy, i hope you are well i am. i go to school now and buve recess i am had off for a dog. send him as soon as you cud . send my love to you for ebrist sake amen, send me a boy j J/Ll.’l—. . a/o rent twyiie for The Largest Island. Immediately nortli of Australia, and sep arated from it at Torres Straits by less than a hundred miles of sea. is the largest Island on the glob*—New Guinea, a conqtry ot surpassing interest, whether as regards its natural productions or i’s human inhabi tants, but which remains to this day less known than any accessible portion of tho earth V surface. Within the last few years considerable attention has been attracted toward it by surveys which have completed our knowledge of its on’line and dimensions, by the set'lement of English missionaries on Its southern coasts, by tl.e exploration of several European naturalists, and bv the visits of Australian miners attracted by the alleged di-covery of gold in the sands of its rivers. From these various sources there has resulted a somewhat sudden increase irt our siill scanty knowledge of this hitherto unknown land. It has hitherto been the custom of geographers to gi\e thp pnlm to Borneo as the largest island in the world, but this is decidedly an error. A careful estimate, founded on the most recent maps, shows that New Guinea is considerably the larger, and must for the future be accorded the first place. In Rliape this island differs considerably from Borneo, being irregular nnd much extruded in a north northwest nod south-southeast direction, so that its greatest length is a little short of 1 500 miles, a dis tance as great ns the whole width of Aus tialia from Adelaide to Port Darwin, or of Europe from London to Constantinople. lie greatest width is 410 miles; and, omitting the great peninsulas which fi rm ifr two ex tremities, the central ina-s is about 700 miles long, with an uvernge width of 320 miles, a country about the size of the Austrian Em pire, and, with the exception of the course of one lurge river, an absolute blank upon maps. le, as is said, happiness consists in occu pation of the mind, the average editor should be moderately content. With two men sitting on bis table readWg exchange-*, a book agent whiapering in bis ear that he’ll never gpt such a chance again because there wasn’t but one made, a hoy or two hanging enoeeaiM'hiFft/e'kirJd u.base ball item fninting away for n translation of some ef his peculiarly awful chirngrnpliy, a couple o! patrons pressing him for a seven-dollar poll for a dollar and-a-quarter advertise ment, and ft ferocious-looking individual sitting just outside the door with a heavy weight cane, and a crumpled copy of the paper in his hand waiting for a “chance to see him alone,” the newspaper man may be said to be jn«t in the suburbs of occupation, and threatening to be quite busy in time. Ie anybody ha* hard work to please most people, it is an edi or. If he omits anything, he is Inzv. If lie speaks of things as they are, people get angry. If lie glosses over or smooths down the rough points, he is bribed- If he calls Mimes by their proper names, ho is declared unfit for bis position. If hedoes not furnish his renders with jokes, he is a mullet. If he does, hojs a rattle-head, lack ing stability. If he indulges io personalities, he is a blackguard. If he does not bis pa per is dull and insipid. And still the missionary cause waxes stronger. New Bedford has a clever young lady worth $1 000 000, and “of a rather pious turn of mind,” who made up her mind that f-he would be a missionary. Could any thing be more beautiful ! The church ac cepted her services, and, when asked- what fie'd of labor she bad in view, she pensively looked down at her lavender gloves and re plied i “I think i will go to Paris,” A contimporart deprecates the display nf jewel® out of doors, and says a woman wlio has ten thousand dollars worth nf dia monds stolen in the street deserves very little sympathy. Editors should caution their wives ngninst this foolish practice. If onr wife wears ten thausand dollars worth of diamonds in the street, and loses them, she will have to worry along without dia monds the remainder of her life. Phu-osophrrs have written and poet 9 have song of the feelings of the man who can’t scratch between his shoulder blades, but it is nothing in comparison with tka despair of the person who gets a piece of chocolate taffy wedged into the roof of his mouth, and rmlizes that he must either stand <m bis head and have it extracted with a derrick, or else bore a hole through the top cf his skull and lift lhe dreadful compound through the roof, An exchange says that the only jokes women like to read are those which reflect ridicule on men. and asserts in proof that on taking up n paper a woman invariably turns [to the marriage column. This is a bigh r ’ < » die fair sex. .. NO. 43