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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
R. T. HARPER A CO.,
fawnsroas.
*TWfIU of aabacriptlon $1 BO
(invariably » adtarcr.)
4AB. F,. BROWN, Editor.
HAMPTON, (IA.. JUNK «, 1879.
Editorial BrtYlflM.
IktiT peaches an In market.
Tea price of wool (• adranctag.
Tas (okeroatorial lerer Joe* aot eeom to
skate.
Qs!**ts 1* pattiaf Bar kart foot forward
tbt* week.
Fably cotltt planter* Bar* 'Maid by"
■fbalr corn.
CAtsarTLLA as hart made their appearance
Ik tome aect iona.
Granv will arrlr* at Sait Fraacfaoo the
latter part of Jaty.
Pnuaxi make* a coatrtbatloa of flea to
Ik# State chain -fa nj.
Tna wheat crop of Patnao eoanty b an
toaatly large tbia year.
T*a learea hare been shipped from Lib
erty eoanty to Now York.
K J. Journo*, an old eitfcm aod ex
aMerman of Macon, ie dead.
Sxrator Hill ha* expree*ed no preference
fo» any candidate for President.
An old woman bring in Savannah actu
ally died from etarration )a*t week.
At a recent baptismal sorrier near 8a-
Taoaab, forty perrons were immersed.
Tubs* was a good aprinkling of editor*
la thw ate Bunday-school Convention.
Kara Sothrrn haa been transferred to
Col. Howard's camp, in Taylor eoanty.
For fifty dollars a Pennsylvania Senator
aaya be cun bribe any man in bia State.
' Frok every portion of the State the re
port is satisfactory as to growing crop*.
Filyor, Speer and their leader atick
pretty close to each other in Washington.
Tib Filth Georgia Batallion pitched tents
at Camp Bartow, Griffin, last Wednesday.
Tbibtt thousand square feet of paper per
boor is the capacity of the Baranonb mills.
A lady in Wilkes county, who waa born
blind, can instantly detect color by the
teach.
T«a only aorriring daughter of Gor.
Troop died recently in tb* Asylum at Mil
ledgerille.
Thb "intelligent compositor" is loaded
with tbe bnrdeoa of many, but the proof
reader escapetb.
T«a Allan** Gazette says : ‘ Judge Henry
Tanoer ie tbe handsomest and yonngeat
Justice in tbe State."
Somi one baa nominated Charlie Willing
ham (or Governor. Wo thought hit tarn
would came gome time.
Br»PAT-ecno«t.s from various place* make
ttie Macon Turk a sort of Mecca, to which
they go »o great numbers.
A TRAM in Stewart county assaulted a
lady the other day and wa« promptly Jailed,
where he will remain until bis trial takes
place.
Janas Ortob Woodkcff, projector of
the ••Woodruff Scientific Expedition,” died
h»t Wednesday, in New York, of brain
d sense.
Hob- Noblr A. Hru.. of Florida. b*«
been acquitted of the charge of conspiracy
to commit an election fraad in the county
of Brevard.
Baiaant W. Emits Is on the editorial
staff of the Dispatch, the new Atlanta dasly.
This is as good a raccmmendation as the
paper needs.
Not a single boy In Talbot county is
taking advantage of the free acholarahip in
the State University. And we may add, in
Henry either.
Tas grand jory of Lowndes county found
true bills against nearly the entire male pop
elation for carryiog concealed weapons.
Served them right.
Attd now, If a mao forma an opinion from
reading the evidence in a newspaper, it is
the tame at having beard it, and ho is there
by disqualified a* a juror, according to
Jouga Hansel!.
Wiu. Rcb —lt ia pretty-well settled now
tbat Judge Thurman will run as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Obi*. The
Repn blican candidate ia already iD the field
Thurman will make it hot for him, and
unless there ia a great error io setting up
the figures, be will be the next Governor of
that State, und, as a uatoral result, have the
inside position over the national course.
Then the Democratic column will unite, and
then, too, will hard work begin. Thurman,
with less money, has far more pluck than
Tildes, and would make a better raee.
▲ Dbsbbvf.d Cgmplimkkt.—At the lo
ans! meeting of the American Bible Society,
fa j*cw York, Hoo James Jackson, of
Georgia, was elected one of the Vice-Pres
idents of the Society. An earnest Christian
and an upright Judge, be alike adorns the
position be holds in tbe Cliarcb and on the
Bench, and we trust be may live long Co eo
joy the nteeta of the people. j
Great Mermaa Demonstration.
Tbe laat issue of frank Leslie’s Illustrated
Newspaper contain* an illbsfration of the
greal Mormon demonstration at Salt Lake
in honor of Daniel H. Wells, one of tbeir
tribe, who, when questioned in Coort, re
fused to reveal tbe secrets of the "Endow
ment HouseWell* waa on trial for the
offense of polygamy, and upon his refusal to
give certain testimony Judge Emerson fined
him one hundred dollar* and imprisonment
for two day*. The followjng will give some
idea of tbe magnitude of tbe demonstration :
“Some three thousand Bunday-school
children also marched ’n the line. Tbe side
walks were literally blocked by people for
three miles, and, as the procession proceeded.
head«d by Wells and John Taylor—the
Mormon President—riding uncovered in an
oren barouche, peal upon peal of cheer*
saluted it at every »t*p. When it passed
tbe Federal Court building the shouts were
especially deafening, aa if in defiance of
Judge Emerson and the officer* of the court,
who witnessed the demonstration from the
balcony. The procession marched to the
great Tabernacle, which waa unable to bold
more than half of tbe 23,006 people who, it
ia estimated, tried to gaio admittance.”
Look at tbit picture and then reflect upon
what ia tikCly to be the final result. It is
simply startling. No matter if it does trans
pire on tbe far-off lim-ts of our jurisdiction ;
no matter if thia unholy crusade against
virtue is begun and carried od in a remote
region, beyond the pale of civiliaed society
nevertheless it exists, in defiance of law, and
is to all intents and purposes worse than a
pool of stagnant water in our social econ
omy.
This army of children, too—"born in sin
and conceived in iniquity," as they undoubt
edly were—will learn from their elders the
lessons of this incestuous religion, and grow
up as impure and unchaste as a nest ot un
clean birds. And more : as they are taught,'
so will they learn ; as they read, so will they
believe; and in thia belief they will grow
up and become zealots in a cause that should
be a shume to civilization.
And tbe end is not yri- These three
thousand children and twenty-five thousand
adults speak trnmpet-tongued iu revealing
tho awful influence of the leaders over the
Mormon mnsses. The banners and flags
borne in tbe procession— this three mile pro
cession-stare ns in the face, more hideous,
more frightful, more significant than the
black and diabolic insignia of "raw-hend and
bloody bones” of the pirate ship. It means
all thut such a combination of words and
signs can imply ; it means social degrada
tion of the lowest degree ; it means defiance
of law—social, religious and civil ; it means
crime, of tbe most damnable chaiacter —and
at tbe tame tima exhibits the strength of
power on one side and the weakness of aDy
intended resistance on tbe other.
Tbe Federal Government can and should
etop this thing, even if it has to bang every
mao, banish every womao, aod burn every
house in Utah.
Rvvival or Trade —The New York
World has evidence before tt which gives
the assnranee that better times are ahead
It speaks as if its statements were based on
a certainty, and we give an extract in order
to Infuse into the readers of Tb* Wrkxi.t a
portion of the confidence that an mates the
editors of the World:
That surest evidence of a reviving pros
perity—activity in investments by small
capitalists—h»s been furnished at tbe various
Dost office* by the bri-k demand for small
Government certificates. Tbe metropolitan
hotels are doing a fine business. There is
an industrious inquiry after real estate not
ouly in the city but in tbe summer quarters
in the eonntty. Naturally enough these
favorable sjmptoms in tbe solid world ot
business have been attended by a speculative
feeling In pnrely speculative quarters which
cool observers must carelully discriminate
from them, but the rise m the various mar
kets baa not been spasmodic or feverish
The imm-diate future is really fall of prom
ise for active *nd intelligent men, as it has
not been since 1873 before.
Tim "Ot.D Capitol.’’—Under this head
as havs the following item from the Mil
lertgeville Union and Recorder. It is cer
tainly ef interest to every tax payer tbat
something be done with such valuable pro
perty, and it h to be hoped tbat tbe Legis
lature will see tbat some remunerative dispo
sition be made of it:
The Capitol and twenty-two acres, the
Executive Mansion and two seres, the peni
tentiary and twenty acres, »nd two hundred
and seventy acres of reservations. V\ bat
shall be done with this property? Every
ciiisen of Georgia is interested in tbe ques
tion. Surely tt will not be abandoned to
decay. Cao it be used in any better way
than in tbe establishment of so agricultural
or other college io this city ?
SrsDAT-ScHOot, CosvBKTtOB. —The Sun
day-school Convention which closed its
session in Macon last Saturday night was an
inportaut engine in tbe machinery of cl.urcb
interest. It was composed of good and true
men—teachers and superintendents, mostly—
and their action will promote nnity and z-ml
in both church and Suuday-school affairs
Governor Colquitt and other distinguished
men were present. The proceedings were
characterised by great good feeling and
Christian charity.
For tbe information of Brot her Hauieiter,
of the Griffin San, we would state that
Dobiiu it in Laurens county. No thanks.
Ta* Georgia Press Association will hold
as extrs sertioe to Savannah oest October:
A Cmberland Crartse.
"Will yon go V The interrogatory stared
ns in tbe face as we held one of Uncle Barn’s
nostal cards to the light, tipped with the
Hampton poet-mark. CTf roqrse w» did
Ws picked up a hat full of hope and a pocket
full of pennies and joined the excursion,
which left onr sister village on tbe pventng
of the Jffith nit, bound for oor extreme
Southern coast, in search of fun aod the fin
ery denizen* of the deep Oor crew con
sisted of as fine a set of fellows as ever rigged
n line or to*«ed a top. “Prince Hal,” the
chaperone of oor p*rty. and who, by the
way, is a perfect prince of “phunny phd
lows,” and a regular “sea-searcher" in his
way. headed the procession, while ‘Grvmp”
brought up the rear with a continuous vollev
of wit, lhat each and every time
brought down tbe house in a regular
atorm of app'nuse. «nd caused a fre
qnent recurrence to tbe kerosene oil
can, which somehow had to he replenished
very often with what the boys snggesfed
, might be denominated “corn oil," (for the
iienefit of “invalids.") Everything being
packed and in readiness, we were tons whirl
ing over the Macon ro*d at a speed which
waa indeed delightful to a tourist. At 6
o'clock r. m. we reached the "Central City."
and were rapidly transferred to the Bruns
wick rond.
At thia point we propose to digress for a.
moment *o discuss the Macon A Brnnswick
Road. For some time it has been a mooted
question as to what disposition shouM he
made of it. The State virtually owns it,
being honnd for an indorsement on its bonds
of $1 950,000 The three problems which
are perplexing the people are—which would
be more profitable to the State, a sale, a
leaae or an extension ? We arc decidedly in
favor of the last proposition The road is
105 miles long. By connecting it with the
W A A. R. R. at Atlanta, the State will
own a connected line from the mountains to
the sea-board, running through the richest
and most populous portion of the State. The
extension line running down the fertile val
leys of the Ocniulgee would open op some of
the finest water power in the world and
form a nucleus for tbe investment «l capital
heretofore nnsurpasstd in the Booth At one
end would lie Chattanooga, with her vast
mineral resources and manufactories, while
the other wnnld terminate at Brunswick, on
the Atlantic coast, which boasts the best
hurt’or south of tbe Chesapeake Bav, and
whicli has been recommended by Commo
dores Shuhrick, Woolsey and Claxton as
tbe best naval station for the Government
among the South Atlantic harbors.
As the sun rose above the Eastern horizon
in all the glory and beauty of a bright
Spring morning, we landed in the “little city
by the sea" and packed ourselves and bag
gage aboard the “Florence," a taut little
steamer which plys between Brunswick and
Fernandina. Down the inland Cumberland
route we were soon sailing when the bovs
commenced popping away at the feathered
tribe with a vengeance only equaled by their
zeal to kill something. Leaving Jekyl Is
land to our left—which is tbe famous hunt
ing grounds for deer—we soon reached S'.
Andrew’s Sound, where, for the first time,
we gazed out upon the >.«t world of wa'er
composing the Atlantic Ocean. In tbe dim
distance *e discovered a brig calmly sailing
over the blue wastes of the sea. W v htle we
were drinking in with delight the grandeur
ol the scene and playing with onr fancies on
the white-capped waves, a rode voice m our
rear djstgtbed our remips with the excla
mation : "By jingo, boys, this beats North's
mill-pond, all holler.’’ We turned to up
braid the interloper, but when we a«w the
enthusiasm that glowed id his astonished
face We wished that Hampton clerk a long
and happy life, and a dish of treeh Clams for
dinner.
In due time the light house on Little
Cumberland loomed into view, which was
swiftly passed, and then began a hurrying to
and fro among camp-kettles and frying
pans, preparatory to landing at High Point,
which was announced to be in view. By 10
o’clock everything was landed, oflr lent rose
like magic in a beautiful grove, and the
crowd spread themselves out for general en
joyment I joined a companion with mv
tackle and soon We wereWwptnrirg the fish
with a rapidity that would have delighted
tbe sou! of Irauk Walton. It was royal fun
Whiz 1 would go the line through the air—
zip! ih* hook* would strike in the water, an
hundred feet off. ar.d in less than a minute
our expert fishermen would haul in a croaker,
a cat or a yellow tail.
Well, we caught them ‘ree and fast, and
by nightfall we hod a sufficiency to satisfy
us for two days at least, with a few pounds
to spare.
On Wednesday we adjourned to the ocean
beach for the purpose of a sea bath. The
waves were rolling just right, and soon we
were in the foamy surf, as happy and de
lighted as a young boy in his first breeches
Gathering op as many shells as we could
well carry, we returned tentward, laughing
as we went over the ludicrous action of one
of oor gang, who seriously insisted that In me
of us had thrown in a handful of salt in tfbe
water where he bathed.
On Thursday we visited the city of
nandina, Florida This Is a pretty liltles)fy,
and would h ve elicited more of our epeOm
iums bad i not been tor her negro polkCand
(dllcer.*. King s Curiosity-Shop is thA great
resort at this point for travellers. They base
everything to {Might a tourist, Irom i»*tU
gator down to piok-eyed shell* We itabeye
thst at no distant day our Southern beaches
,«ie destined to come info notoriety. For
some time Cape May, Long Branch and'
Coney Island have won the Southern visitor
to their i elightfol retreats, but for simple
beauty, aeons und convenience, the Cumber
land or Feruandina beach excels them all
In fact, there is no compari-on, and our
people are learning the fact that we can
enjoy ourselves just as well at home, if not
better, than by these long trips North.
Cumberland Island abounds in heur, deer,
and numerous specimens of the feathered
tribe On its Southern side is the noted
Dungeness. This noble estate was formerly
the property of Geo. Nathaniel Ureeu, and
has reverted to tb Nightengale family. In
times of peace and prosperity 100 servants
were employed to atteod to the flower gar
dtos alone, which contained plants and
shrubs and flowers from every portion of the
globe ; but during ibe war the Yankee gun
boats shelled the place until they fired Ibe
magnificent mansion and now nothing re
mains to tell of its former beauty ami splen- j
dor aave tbe wrecked and ruined walle and
yards, dismantled of their splendor and over-1
grown with rank grass snd' weeds. L'fht-
Horse Harw T>*. of Fevofottooary fam\
lie* buried near Dnoeeness.
The Island is about 25 miles in length and
10 miles in breadth. Five or six families
constitute the «om total of its ponola'ion.
There are tw# hotel* The on# at High
Point is under tbe management of Mr. Rob
erts. and the other, about 2 mil*# in'and. is
in charge of Mr Bnnklev. The Island is
thicklv stndded with palmetto, bamboo and
other s*obbv verdue, which is almost impen
etrable by the traveler. We found the peo
ple, as a general thing VPrv kind and hos
pitable. To Messrs Willie Roberts and VF.
W. Wallace espeeiallv are we indebted for
many kindnesses and ennrteaies. The former
ia alwavs ready and willing to throw a Bail
to the breeze or join in any other sport,
while the latter—well, word* cannot express
the liking we took to him on a short ac
quaintance. He is emphatienDv a king- of
the rod and line in fishing, and when it comes
to fiddling, you can count him in No 1.
On Fridas some of our crowd manned the
pilot boat and wpnt to sea some six or eight
mile*. Some of them paid their trihn'e* lo
Neptune bv yielding rrp their morning’* rn
tions. and though Hush denies the soft im
peachment, “Grinin’’ wP) hav» it that his
hnota and all wnnld have went overboard if
he had not held on to his shoe strings.
But “time and tide wails for no man," and
Friday evening found os reads to board the
first r>earner for home. Bidding good-hvp
to tlie heantiea we were leaving behind, we
steeped op the river, dreaming in the gather
ir.g moonlight of the «mife* and welcome in
•tore for ns wi'h the dear onea at home A
pleaaant jaunt bronght ns safely back, and
as our jnllv crew dispersed the parting ben -
ison waa borne upon the breeze r "Well
meet yon at the milliner’*.”
For fun, fishing, and frolicking, we heartily
recommend a trip to Cumberland. No one
regrets a trip there, and if we live to see the
I npxt reason yon can put us down for one
ticket sure. Nkmo.
McDonough. June 3d, 1879.
Onr Bforkbridge Letter.
Mr. Editor : —We have had delightful
weather in which to do battle with Gen
Green, though he has been contesting evprv
inch of ground, nnd on some portions of the
linp he is vet well fortified, ami geem* to bid
defiance to the enemy. If he should be rein
forced by a few showers of rain he will be
hard to move from hia portion, I fear.
However, our old farmer soldiers a r e well
drilled and fight on their own responsibility.
They aim well and do valiant servtep.
The sickle has gone into the harvest fi>dtD
around Stockbridge. and the harvesters are
as joTial a set as you eve* saw.
Messrs J. (lobh A Ho’* traveling separ
ator will Hart out in a few days on its annual
tour.
Mrs. M. O Shields and Mrs. Ann High
tower accomplished the difficult and some
what hazardous task of hiving a “Warm of
obstreperous bees one dav last week, which
they did in a manner that wonld have put to
shame the most expert bee-tamer in the
world.
Mr. Jnsiah MeKnlly haa bepn suffering
with dropsy of the cheat feu same time past,
but we are glad to hear that he is improv
ing.
Rev. G W. Mi'trrbi preached for ns nn
last Sabbath. llis text was: "And that
man perished not alone in hia iniquity.” He
handled his subject well, and made it inter
esting ’o all.
I have just returned from a little jaunt
through the country, and if all the cotton 1
saw is a fair average of what the farmpr«are
doing In other par's ol the State the hog
rnisef* ami grain producers of the West need
have ho tears but that they will sell all the
corn and meat that they can put on the
market. Our ingennotis friends of the East
may also take courage, and devote all their
surplus capital to the manufac’nre of guano,
for the farmers of Georgia are determined to
raise cotton, in spite of all the entreaties
logic or reasoning that can be presented
Tiie recent spur in the cotton market causes
them to be out early and late, and as the
money-pod begins to assume shape on many
of the stalks they shuffle the dirt about it in
a manner which shows lhat their whole soul
is in the business—nerved. 1 suppose, by the
expectation of drawing 12 or 15 cents per
pouud lor it. May their expectations be
fully realized, is my earnest prayer.
Aoricola.
Brooks Station Local*.
BT N 0. BODY.
Whkat harvest! Tbe sicWe is being
thrust into tbe golden gram, and the merry
reapers sing tbe "Harvest Home."
Bbo. Edok. of the Senoia farm and Home,
paid ns a visit last Bvturdsy He gives a
flattering account of the prospects ol bis
journal. We wish htm much snccess.
Our town waa full of citizens Saturday
afternoon. Considerable trade Much (wast
ing was done about wheat, and tbe crop
psMpertß It doe* us good out peo
ple cheerful and sociable.
Capt. M m Glass has the finest cotton
patch in this section. He nurses it well.
Look out next fall for big bragging. Tbe
Gupt has an inclination that way, if he has
a small basis t© start with.
Cot- F. D. Disucer spent a couple of
days in our town laat week. Fred tried bia
ingenuity in a game of croquet, but didn’t
make tbe middle wicket. Tbe Col. was not
•u practice to cope with ibe Brook-villians.
Our merchants have received this week a
large quantity cf new goods. Trade con
tiuues very good tor the season. A'l o h-r
industries connected with our town are kept
busy supplying tbe necessities of tbeir cus
turners.
Mrs. Racbkl Neal, in a few miles o<
this place, has au iron pot that has been in
regular culinary service for the past one
hundred aod fifty years, aod bids fair, with
out some untoward accideut, to lasi fully as
many yeaes lo coma.
The La*) Club held a UMeiing ao Satur
day afternoon. Two expulsions were made,
aod two heretofore honorable member* were
ei-cnmmuweated in disgrace. Judge Mstch
<m went to mill and C«pt Oltst d<d half , a
day’s scouring, which was positively agnm*t
tbe rales.
Major Sai* Prior brought out hia c»b : -
wet of ancient curiosities and gave ns an ex
kibitinn of them this week. One was an
old flint «ad steel pistol, ante-dating the Rev
oletionary wan Another was a tinder-box
and wheel, with which our Rev-tintionarv
sires used to kindle their camp and home
fires.
Tbb friskiest fellow that has been in town
thia week waa Abe ffcemheimer . We inter
viewed bim. and tried topersu id * him to
name him John, but it was no go Abe
aaid there wi re three more in ihp f«mi!v that
had to have their nanus transferred, but
! whet* he made the twelfth mile post he
would remember us.
Oi b Fill tame to our office mid inquired
about the meaning of the Army Bill. "I
ary. bosa, is it a cul.'ud man (fat is in de
Congress,'and liun seen big things during de
las’ war? I’s been ’spotting dut when de
President dan gib him de vetodat wns de
highest and de biggest honor in de .country ;
den I w«s feaol dut it mout be sun* elusion,
and I can’t fix him up to my notions. 1
ain’t herd ot hun before dis. und don’t know
whar he has lilted so long, an ju-'t now
brung on so much ’aenssion I notices dat
de gemmen who talk about dis ting, dey
cuss Mr. Hajs.de Pre.-ident, ar. say be is
travter to de country. It d*tV &o, I want
ter know whar he is gwine to. Mars Bul
lock run away fr>m here, und dey say he
went to de New Nited States afore dey
coteh an’ brung him back, and dey a iy Mars
Blodgett dan take de rale r ode »n fotch him
off to Souf Cariiner, till Jo Brown brung
him back wid de rate rode. But whar’a Mr.
Hays an’ Army Bill gwine to take de guv
ermeut to, an’ whar is dey gwine to put hru.
down* Now, boss, tell me. is I lire ; is 1 f
I told the o!d man his views would pasa
muster ; Mr. Hayes had stolen the go ve ru
men t, and would now try to destroy it.
Faffttnille Local*.
Wheat is being rap dly harvested, an#
some few are preparing to thresh it. Tile
crop throughout the enmity is spl<-ndid.
Farmers, as n general thing, are np with
their work. Corn and cotton look tolerably
well Gardens are suflei ing oonsideraWy for
want of rain
Quite a nice crowd of ladies and gentle*
men came over from Jonesbi ro la«t Monday
and pic-nicked at Bennett’s mill, three miles
distant from this plnce. Th ‘re was plenty
ol fishing, and no end of fun .
MissLzzie Blalock retamed home last
week.
Mrs. Dr. Coo*in«, nf Jonesboro, paid ns a
very pleasant visit last week.
Mrs. B H. Dorsey has been quite sick for
several days, bot is improving.
Services were conducted at the Baptist
Church last Sabbath by Rev. Mr. Chsdoin,
who delivered a most nrerest ing dt-course
to an attentive congregation.
We have quite a flourishing Fabh*th
school at the M. E. Ci urch Dr. J. S.
Simmons is the Superintendent, anil under
stands the duties of hiroffice as well as any
one we know
Work on the new jail lot building ia
progressing finely.
Mr. and Mrs. G W Ware, of Athens,
favore I their triends with a visit lust week.
Messrs. R Dornmo ami L B Griggs seem
not to be doing much to tbe honey and bee
business at this time.
Slwpff Carlisle makes a good officer. AN
tentive to hia dutipa, and vigilant at all
tines, he 511 s his office admirably.
Citizen.
Final Argument.
WaSHJNOTob, May 3*.—The two Advis
ory Committees of 'be House and Senate
Democratic caucuses held a joint meeting
to day and reached a substantially unan
imous agreement as to the coarse of action
that should be adopted by the dominant
party with regard to the appropriation bills,
kf'er a very full interchange of views, and
especially a minute examination of the Pres
ident’s veto message, in connection with the
sundry existing statutes prohibiting interfer
ence by the army with elections, it was de
cided io recommend an immediate passage
of a bil! milking the usual appropriations for
tbe support of the army throughout the next
fiscal year, uoi containing the proviso that
no portion of the money therein appropriated
shall be used for tbe pay ol transportation,
equipment or subsistence of any troo;« used
tor police purposes to keep the peace at the
polls- it was further deetd-d to recoin me id
the passage of tbe Legislative, Executive
and Judici >1 appropriation bill in substan
tially tbe same .eims as last year’s bill, and
lor th» same amounts except that they shall
■e more minutely specified, and except also
that it «bail not mike any provision for
rhe pay of supervisors or deputy marshals
ol elections. The new bill, however, will
contain a clause providtog tbat no officer
shall be appointed or obligation incurred
for auy object tor which specific appro
pria'un shall not have been m'ide oy Don
gross. This clause is already ou tbe sluta e
nook, with the exception ol tbe words ‘ror
obligation incurred,” and tb re is also a law
existiug which prohibits a divers,an of un y
appropriation tor any purpose except that
for which it was specifically made. The
committee next agreed to recommend the
passage ot Separate measures embodying
those sections ol the vetoed apptopriatiuu
bt is wmch provide lor aineuduicuts of the
Uw concerning tbe method ol drawing juries,
end lot ibe total abulHoo of tbe jurors’
test oath, in view ot the lucl that tbe
PrehtdeuA m bis veto message mages uo
oxnagat <• tk m, It « believed that be
bill promptly approve them when presented
to him by art Independent bill It wa« also
argued to da\ in behalf of tbe adoption of
programme, above ©utiined. that the
Prp-iden*. cannot judiflibly withhold his
a-gnature from an appropriation bill merely
because ft-omits to make provision for a
: parfienhsr ohjeef. and that in the anticipated
1 event of hie approving the present bills,
tbe Democrats will have accomplished for A
the next year exactly what they
have accomplished lor an indefinite- period l
of time by former hills, and what they may
continue to accomplish by similar legislation
as long at they remain in power.
W* clip the following itema from tbe
Jonesboro Heirs:
Thb ; ce cream festival at the Colemtm
House last Friday night was a success The
r* ac'ion set in about two o clock that right,
anti the cholera«■»»?!ms symptoms were
alarming, hut all tbe subjects were able to*
be up nod about Sunday evening.
Thb house of an old negro woman living
in the yard of Mr. KIMot Clements, near
MrD'innngh was consumed by fire last
Sunday morning. *nppn-ed to have caught
from a spark, when cor j fog fie. from one
house to another. Sow cnniribiitions for
her relief made by the while- people al
Salem churcb Sunday. . . .. /(
Onb of Z. B. Blalock’s fenants, a colored
man. suffered a sore bereavi-roent tbe other
day. He brought in a sick mule, which
finally died, when the colored tenant lifted
up his void and wept aloud, nnd refused to
be comforted by the promise of another
mule, saying there was no other mule like
that mule Whenever a friendship is worked i
up between a negro and a mule it ia of lha
strongest sort.
[aPvkrthkxkmt ]
A Card.
The individual who has been endeavoring
of late to slander my good name by manu
facturing and ciicnlaring base, malicious lies,
calcilated to injure my character, is hereby
informed that I am on his track, and assure
him that no mean* will be left untried to
bring It m to justice. No one but an un
principled. intamous, cowardly scoundrel
would be guilty of the crime of traducing the
character ol his lellow.citizen. and ] shall
not cease mv iff.nt* until this human devil ia
ttnown up in bis trne colors.
R A. HsNPßßsojr.
Hampton, Ha.. May 27, 1879—if
New Advertisements.
NOTICE.
AN Act to create a board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues in the ceunty of
Henry, and lor other purposes therein
turned
The above is the title of a Bid which will
be introduced in the Legislature at its aext
session, inJu v. WM.T. DICKEN.
June 4 1878.
GROB'IIt —Henrt Cocntt :
Rndolphns Welch petitions for letters
of guardian hip of Jerry Wimbosh colored.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties concermd to be and appear at
my office withm the lime prescribed by law
and show cause why s«id letters should not
he grnn'ed said petitioner
Given under my bund and official signature
this 4;h day ol June, 1879
A. A. LEMON
j Ordinary.
GEORGIA Hknry Cocntt:
Miles H. I'amphell petitions for let
ters of adminis ration on the estate of Thus.
R. R borts, deceased
These an- th-refore to ci e and admonish
all parties concerned to be and appear at mv
office within the time prescribed by law and
show cause, if any they have, why said let.
lers should not be granted said petitioner.
Given under tny hand and . ffi.-ial signa
ture this 28 b day of May, 1879
mv2Bs4 A, ,4. LEMON, Ord’y.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
BY virtne of an order Troni the Ordinary’s
Court of Henry county, will be sold
before the Conrt hon-e door in the town of
McDonough, H-nry county. Ga.. on tbe first
Tuesday in July next, betwpen the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to wit :
Three-lourths undivided interest in the mill,
mdl yard and water privileges of the mill
known as Samnel Lee’s mdl. lying and oetng
in the 12th district of Henry county, and
situated on lot No 8 io said district, the
same being the lot of land whereon James
Gilbert now resides Sold as the property
of Samuel Lee, deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors Terms cash. May
28tb. 1879 V\ M. O BETTS.
Adm’r de bonis Don of Sam’l Lee, dec’d.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Ordinary’s
Court of Henry county, Georgia, will
b*- sold before the Court-house door in the
town of McDonough, in said county, on the
first Toe-day in July next, between the legal
honrs of sale, the following property, to-wit :
The northeast corner of lot No 205. in the
*th district of said county, in a square shape
in said corner, she northern and eastern
bonndary lines being parts of tbe northeru
and eastern lines of said lot, and containing
thirty-three and one-third acres, more or less;,
to be sold as the property of Mary Craig,
late of said county, deceased, for the benefit
of the heirs and cred tors of said deceased,
the sale having been postponed from the first
Tuesday in November last, (1878)
Terms—Credit till the first day of Janu
ary next, whpn possession will be given.
Miv27 h. 1879. THOS.B CRAIGI.
m\3t)Bs Adm’r ot Mary Craig, dec’d.
Carded at Wynft’s Mills t
Wool carded promptly at Wynn’s Mill*
and at the U>gb Falls at a||> seasons »f the
year. Experienced careers at either place.
Wool rolls lor Sal* very low for cash, or o»
J A C WYNN.
Wynn’s Mills Xayfed— 5t
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