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VOL. IV. AiTertMlM Kates. **' Onesqnarg, first , insertion.... ~4 # ffl Kioto subsequent insertion...... 10 One square three months 5 Off One square six months 10 00 One square twelvemonths....... 15 00 Quarter column twelve months,.. 30 00 1 fal/ column six months.... .... 40 00 H»n column twelve months GO 00 One column twelve months,.«... 100 00 lines or less considered a square. All fractions of squares are counted as foil sqwMGM, V:« hsjdtA wawspspast DxcutPM. 1. Any person who takes a paper regn larly from the peat office—whether directed to his name or or whether he has subscribed or aot—is responsible for the pavment. 2. If s person orders hf« paper discontin ued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pub lisher may continue to send it until payment i« made, and collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is taken from the office or a >t. 3. The conrts have decided that reftmng to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing ind fravfng them un called for, Is pnma facie evidence of inten tional fraud. TOWNDIRECTORY. Mayor—Thomas (3. Barnett, Commissionkrs—W.W. rnrnipseed,D. B. Bivins. E. (1. Hnrris, E. SI. James. Ci.sbb—W. G. Karris. Tkiasckbr—W. 8. Shetl. Marsuai*— B. A. Beldmg. Marshal. J. W. Johnson,Deputy, CHVRCH DIRECTORY. Mitt* odist Kpisoopai. Church, (South.) Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor Fourth Sabbath in eacn month. Sunday-school 3 r.u. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Msthodist PaoTicsTAtCT Church. First Sabbath in.each mouth. Stlnday-scbool 9 A. V. Umristian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas tor. Third Snbbath in each month. CIVIC SOCIETIES. Pm* Grovr Lodob, No. 177, F. A. M. Stated eommunicatioitt, fourth Saturday in each month. THE “SOI TON” SALOON (In mr of D. B. Bivins',) HAMPTON, GEORGIA, 18 KEPT BY CHARLIE HOQOLLUM, |l)kWhltvlß<wTl And is open from 4 o’clock in the morning nntil 10 o’clock- at night. Sood Liquors of all (kudos And at prioee to nit everybody. ■ •Pif * . M f w w * s s** * If yon w»nt good branch Oorb Whiskey, go to the Bon Too. nt,yen want Peach JJr*ndT, frpm one to (Ira years old, call_at tha Bon Tot). If you want good Gin go the Bon Ton and gat a drink at 5 coots or a dime, joat aa you 11 yon want a good smoke go to the Bon Ton and gat a free cigar. lea alwaja on band at the 800 Toe. Nice Lemon Drinks always on hand at the Bon Too. HOT THE LARGEST, RUT THE RES! SELECTED STOCK OF LIQUORS IS TOWS. I bare jost opened my Bclooo and am de termined to make it a success. Fair dealing and prompt attention to all. Call and see, call and sample, call and price, before haying elsewhere. CHARLIE McCOLLUM. . x' * *l* 4 wn • |'f i *w-*«». qcandal. A woman to ttir holy father went, Confession of sin qas her intent ; And so her misdemeanors, great and small, She faithfully rehen rued them all; And, chiefeat in her catalogue of sin. She owned that she a Tale-bearer h*d been, And borne a bit dt scandal np ahd down To alt the long-tongued gossips in the town. The holy father for her other si* Granted the absolution artked of town ; But while for aH the rest he pardon gave, He told her this offense was very grave, And that to do fit penance, she must go Out by the way-side where the thistles grow, And gathering the largest, ripest one. Scatter its seeds, and that when this was done, She must come back again another day To lell him hfs command she did obey. The woman, thinking this a penance light, Hastened to do'MrVill that very uight, Feeling right glad she had escaped so well. Next day but one she went to tbe priest to teUv The priest vat still and heard her story through, Then said, *‘There’B something still for you to do ; ‘ Those little thistle seeds which you have sown, I bid you go regather every one.” Tbe woman said, “But, Father, ’twould be vain To try to gather up those seeds again ; The winds have scattered them both far und wide Over the meadow, vale and mountain-side.” The futher answered, “Now I hope that from this The lesson I have tough’ you will Bot miss; You cannot gather back the scattered seeds, Which far and wide will grow to noxious weeds, Nor can the mischief once by scandal sown, By any penance be again undone ” —Mary E. C. Johnson. General Robert E. Lee. When the army of General Sherman was making its lemons homeward march to Washington it rested for a few days in the falleo Capital of the Confederacy. While there a chaplain visited General Robert E. Lee and bad an interesting conversation with him, and this conversation sees print for the first time in to-day’s Commercial. The writer says: Accompanied by General Geary, after wards Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, and provided with a ietter from General Haeen, who knew General Lee at West Point, I was admitted to the presence of the illustri oas commander. General Lee was erect and handsome. His easy smile and simplicity of manner did not speak of disaster. He was very positive in his convictions, bat in our long talk always weighed every sentence. President Lincoln's assassination was upper most in ail our minds Gen. Ice said: -The death of that eminent citizen has filled me with horror. If theie were blemishes in his character, bis life exhibited some splendid and rare virtues. He was one of the most extraordinary men that ever lived in oor country. His heart was grand and large. He was constitutionally pensive. Had be been spared, the South would be treated with honorable propriety and with a gallant generosity ; that good will and friendliness would have marked bis treatment of the people of the South.” General Lee now ad verted to the character of Grant, of whom he spoke in the most friendly words and terms. He ascribed to bim the possession of the noblest attributes of Amcricaa man hood, and that be possessed ali the requisites and talents for the organization of armies. ‘‘l wish,” mid General Lee, “to do simple justice to General Grant, when I soy that bis treatment of the Army of Southern Virginia is without a parallel in the history of the civilised world. When my poor soldiers, with famished fhces, had neither food nor raiment, it was then that General Grant im mediately issued the humane order that foity thousand rations should be furnished to the impoverished troops. And thst was not all of bis magnanimity. I was giving directions to one of my staff officers, when making oat the iist of things to be surrendered, to in clude the horses At that moment General Grant, who seemed to be paying no atten tion to what wae transpiring, quickly said : "No, no, General Lee. not a horse—not one —keep them all. X oßr people will need them lot the spring crops!” It was a scene never to be forgotten to watch Lee’s manner, when, with a spirit Of chivalry equal to Us skill and gallantry, be told, with moistened eyes, this aod many other instances of the magnanimity so nobly displayed %j bis il lustrious rivsl. I asked bim who was the greatest of the Federal Gei>eTalß.‘‘lmieed HAMPTON, QEORG4-A, 'FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1879. m **v f ■■ ■ • Grant. Both as a gcntlemao and an ur gan’t r of victorious war, General Grant has led nil ypur most noted soldiers. He ex hibited more true courage, more real great ness of mind, mors consummate prudence from the outset, and more heroic bravery than any One on your side.” The conversa tion turned to General Sherman, of whom he spots* ms follows: “As • strategist and commander of men Sherman ha* displayed the highest order of military genlns. Throughout bis recent campaign, when he hnd to paaa through am unknown country,, cross riyers. support his troops, etc., he Cer tainly exhibited a singleness of purpose, a fertility of resource which wio* him a high place among tbe famous soldiers of history. He seems to be cool without apathy, cau tious without being dilatory, patient without being dispirited, personally brave, but never rash. Judged by Napoleon’* teat, ‘Whodid all that ?’ he is In my Opinion, among tbe most successful of the Federal officers who have played a prominent part in the history of tbe war.” In tbe course of conversation be spoke of Sheridan as a most brilliant and magnetic commander. Tlien as we talked of the causes of the war we drifted to the oM statesmen. Gen. Lee referred despondingly to the country’s lack of statesmen. Speaking of Webster, he said : “l never saw a more striking ob ject thap Webster in the Senate. The ef! ct of his fine figure and princely air, when speaking, was like that of a livid flash in the midst of darkness Wbat Paganini was in music, that Webster was in oratory; the one charmed Europe with one string, the other electrified multitudes with his elo quence. He once complained to me of tbe wrongs done him by the reporters, but in vain ; the world would read whatever bore his honored name, and the grub worms were evpr ready to gratify the desire t>y fragments, or rather caricature*, of his mighty elo quence. Hie speeches indicate the powers of the great orator ; they are lofty but not impassioned, correct but not fluent. Henry Cluy was every inch a patriot and an orator. I heard him on British aggreraion. Never, certainly, had I ever beheld so powerful on exhibition of natural oratory. The grace of the attitude* into which he threw his flex ible future, the striking gestures of his arms, and. above all, tbe fire which shot from bis brilliant eyes, imparted an effect to the con tinually changing accents of his voice, of which the most accomplished orator might be proud. At one moment leaning forward when staling circumstantially the grievances of which the nation complained, and then standing bolt upright, with clenched hands anJ a countenance distorted with passion, he poured out a tirade of invectives. Tbe effect cn his audience was electric—one and all. they stood regarding him with sparkling eyes and trembling limbs, as though they were listening to the inspired voice of a prophet. Henry clay was the greatest ac tor of the stage. Calhoun was the favorite o{ the Sooth. Morally, he is to be rated higher than either Webster or Clay. He was keen in tbe observation of whatever was minute. He was attraced by the lofty and ideal. Similarity, resemblance, pictures and analysis caught his eye. They were seized and secured and thrown down upon his page in gorgeous groups and splendid coloring. Ft in logic was compressed and concealed ; the train of reasoning beseemed to be pur suing might be clear and contiooons to his own mind ; all its facts logically articulated from end to end ; bat it wa* only indicated to the audience ; it wai like a stream of water working its way underground, that showed itself now and then, or by a success ion of openiog* and jets, tbe one apparently deep, the other light and sparkling. He was distinguished for his power of condensation. Metaphors, tropes and figures of all kinds were never found in his speeches. His. elo quence and logic set on fire- I heard him in one of bis altercations with Clay. I was surprised that Mr. Calhoun’s eloquence did not produce tbe least reply. It fell like a thunderbolt upon an iceberg, glanced aloog. hissed and was extinguished.” Jefferson Davis, Yancey, Brack ioridgeaod Toombs, whose names be mentioned, as well at a set of equally prominent men in tbe North, General L e cbaracterixed as “poli ticians,” and •‘they,” said be, “brought on the war.” He went on to say : “X was op posed to tbe war at tbe outset, aod X wept when I beard of the bombardment of Fori Sumter! I soogbt retirement so I niigbt not bear or see any of tbe poliiical leaders, the great end aud aim of whose statesmanship was to precipitate tbe havoc that subsequently swept their fields and cities. But when Virginia, my native State, seced ed, there was only one course lor me to pur sue, namely, to follow her fortunes.” A Hints An Editor’s Valedictory. llis editor of a New York State journal or laying down hit professional labors, em braces the occasion to give o'terance to some sentiments *hich are applicable tbe world over among newspaper renders : Having for nearly seven years been a weekly visitor at your homes, kindly sharing the hospitality, and, we hope, contributing somewhat to Hu asm fort of thomow, ii oMp remains to shake hands all around, tnke an affectionate aod heart-breaking farewell, and come no more, probably, forever. Good-bye. Lt has beon spoken oyer the dead lying in their coffin. It ha* been spoken when an ocean wns to roll In between part ing hearts, but it never i* spoken with *ucb pathos and unction as when a country editor, with a memory of bis hard grabbings upd his scant comforts pressing upon him, bunds hi* valedictory over to the compositor, puts tbe stub end of his worn out pencil into his breeches pocket, and shuffleg hi* rheumatic legs down stairs, to go no more back for ever. “We part upon the square." W* pro claim general amnesty all around. We ex pire forgiving our enemies, and shall haunt those who obstinately refuse to forgive us We arc bound to be forgiven. Farmers, good-bye. You rirfe the dorsal column of the country editor’s subscription list. It could not stand erect withouiyww help. May the time *oon come when n® mortgage, like a great morass in the center of a pleasant meadow, shall obstruct yotr prosperity. Have yon ever given ns wood of scrimp pattern and.liiglily perforated cordage? The act is forgiven Have yon ever given 11s butter of most unhallowed flavor ? We hope, after a little, to forgive even this. There is a particular class of patrons whom every departing country editor re members with special gratitude. It is the substantial, thoroughly steadfast, patrons— the men who are never bio wo out of favor with him by the light gn»ts of ill wind. They are the men Who cash their bills with thor oughly professional honor and promptness. We remember all such men in Groton with downright aod uncompromising gratitude. We count their name* with thankfulness. They are like the brick walls which bold this office above the dust that vexes tbe street below. Support the new management. A country newspaper needs friends, and cannot afford to have enemies. Don’t get mad if some thing fails to suit, and stop yocr patronage. Don’t prattle all over tbe village about tbe shortcomings of the editor—co-operate with and encourage him. Help him to get news, and see that be has his share of your money to do business with. Don’t loaf around his office and steal bis time. Don’t give him too much good advice. He knows njpre about his bu«iness, probably, than you do. Help, but don’t hinder. Again, good-bye. M'hr Mm Die. An indignant subscriber to a newspaper went into the office a fee/ days ago and ordered his paper stopped because he differed with the editor io his views on subsoiling fence rails The editor conceded themin’* right to stop his paper, and remarked coolly, as lie looked over the list : “Do you know Jim Sowers, down at Hardscrabble?” “Very well,” said tbe man. "Well, he stopped bis paper last week be cause I thought a farmer was a blamed fool who didn’t know that timothy was a good thing to graft on huckleberry bushes, and he died in less than Tour hours. ” “Gracious! is that so?” asked the aston ished farmer. “Yes ; and you know old Geo. Erickson, down oo Eagle creek ?” “ Well, I’ve beerd of him ” “Well,” said the editor gravely, “he stopped bis paper because he was tbe happy father of twins, and we congratulated him on his success so late in life- He fell dead within twenty minotra. There’s lots of similar cases, bat it don’t matter ; 111 just cross yoar name off, though you don’t look strong, and there’s a bad color on your nose.” “See here, Mister Editor,” said tbe sub scriber, looking somewhat alarmed, “I be lieve I’ll just keep on another year, because 1 always did like your paper, and, come to tbink about R, you're a yoong man and some allowances orter be nude,” and be departed, satisfied that he bad made a narrow escape from death. Thrrr is probably nothing in this transi tory world that will yield larger and quicker returns oo tbe amuuDt invested, than poking a wasp with your finger to see if he feels “Whoa, Bill!” The fir«t letter of his name is John SUtel'l®. He’s a white-eyed party, .and k*rs over in Cherokee county, Ale., at Newberry's«Hl. John wa* horn for n newspaper reporter, but tailed to get a call to »*ch wotk. When a. ♦•uth, John spent a year with an old gen tleman in the neighborhood a* a boy of ad work. In the fall, after crops bad been bp,”, the aid rnaq took ill Xfttfcbi* fcaad to clean out an old wall that bud gone into disuse in his pasture-field. He and John tdnk what ntonsils they expected., to u-e and went down to the well. They soon cleared away tbe rails nod bru-h that covered it, and the aid gent was let down ialp it to begin operations. XJpAP getting down it. occurred la him that there was an implo |J I meat back at tbe bouse which he could use with more cose than any they had brought,, and he dispatched John tor it. About a hundred yard* from 'he well he passed an old blind horse, “BHJ,” that was grating in the field, with g bell uliont his neck. A happy thought struck him. ne stopped, communed with himself a moment, walked np to old “Bill ’ unbuckled tbe bell from hi* neck, and sauntered leisurely back toward the well, rattling the bell as much after the manner of old “Bill” as in hiirr lay. Old gent hears the bell approaching and recog nizes it as old "Bill's.” “That old blind devil will stumble right In here on me, I'm afraid,” Bell draws nearer. In an elevated key : “You Bill I blast your everlasting liver, where are you coming to!” Bell stops a moment, then draws nearer. In a Hupplieative tone : ‘Oh merciful Lord of heaven and earth, do, 0 Lord, turn that old blind fooi away.” Bell comes nearer. With energy aud emphasis : “Y-o-u, B-ill—•devil take your old rotten bide of you, where are you going to ?” Bell halts a moment, then oomes so near that old gent, hears “Bill’s" hoofson the turf above, and even sees tbo dirt crumbling from the mouth of the well overhead. Breaks out: . ' "Y o-u, B-ill (oh, precious Saviour) go back (have mercy) you old dev-it (or lam killed) O-b, Jo hn, (oh. good Lord) come b-e-r-e (do help me) and take this internal (or I perish) eld horse (for Jems sake do,) away (rom here 1 H-l-i-j—base mercy— ho-fi-h V. John rightly concluding that this was about as much as human nature could bear, trots away, replace tbe Ml and is back in a twinkling with the tool. Old guot is sit ting io tbe bottom of the well wet with perspiration, and ell in a tremble. In a faint voice : “Draw me oat, John, I’m sick.” voaod *ht Draws him out. Old tellow sees “Bill” io tbe distance. Shakes his fist at him, and : “That old blind idiot like to have been tbe death of me, John, as sure as you are born.” A Smart Boy. A young man culled on bis intended the other evening, and while waiting for ber to make her appeurance, he struck up a con versation with hi* intended brotbcr-iu-law. After a while the boy asked : "Does galvanized niggers know mach ?" "f really can’t say,” replied tbe much amused young mto. Aod then silence reigned for a few rao meots, when the boy resumed hi* conversa tion : “Kin you play checkers with your nose?” “No, I have Dever acquired that accom plishment.” “Well, you’d better learn—you hear me !” “Why?” “Cause Sla says that you don’t know as much as a galvunized nigger, but yer dad’s got lots of stamp* and she’ll marry yon any how ; and she said when she got a hold of the old man’s sugar she was a-going to all of tbe Fourth of July percesbuns and Ice cream gum-sucks, and let you stay at home to play checkers with that hollyhock nose of youro And when Si* got her hair banged and came in, she fooad tbe parlor deserted by ail save her brother, who was innocently tying the tails of two kittens together, and oing ing : . . ~ S,Z. nu»AiUij*T / “0)i, I love the gjbbath-scboo).” Wlv*s of great men oft remind us We should pick our wives with ease; So wo may not leave behind no Half our natural crop of hair. — Stw York Graphic. “Poor mao 1” said the old lady, "and so he’s really gone at last9B waa he ! Dear, dear 1 to think bow that if he’d lived two sTfiifVTftn iurwumi “New Zealand Cbwruiea.” Yesterday a fruit dealer on MtuFft etrfwt, ..iqeensed at the Hheiiii* taken Nggfft* leafrvw with Ms wares displayed at the door, placed a half gallon of Cayenne pepper in * basket, labeled U “New Z-aland Cherries,’’ and. linng it io a conspicuous pl.ice in front of his stand. In a few minutes the next door mercflunt sauntered up, Inquired how traffe was, picked up a New Zealand ch»rrf, placed it in Ms month, wwd- SwsHeAf IWV & attend to a customer. The Rev. Dr. Bolly nexg rbonded to,: obsevued that the yeWn# fever new* from Memphis was not very encouraging this morning, andr-ab { ii bad been years since he had eaten a New Zeeland cherry ; whereupon he a'e one, re marked that it wus superb, wined his weep ing eyes on his coat sleeve, supposed that New Zealand was getting warmer every year, wished the denier good- mnrnlbfr, end departed, lamenting! he growh-.g Weakness of his eyes in the snnlight A chronic cfcwh bent the* came up. took n mmibful of cher ries, spluttered them out, with M-mpreou tioo, ail over the fruit, stuffed u pear, a banana ' and a bunch of grape* into his mouth to lake out the taste, informed the dealer that he would have him prosecuted for keeping green fruit, and went down tbe street to the pomp. A lady with two children next appeared, slopped to admire the eherrierf, asked if she mightn’t just tnsie of them—ah* RM tfever seen any before—supplied tliu children aod walked away—walked a wag with a Bee firry with scorn and anger, while 'be cbd-* dren set up a howl that brought all the people to tbe doors ami windows, and drove all the policemen off the street.* Thus the fun went on all the morning. The froit dealer never laughed so much in his life. The oecopants or the adjacent and opposite stores and a shoal of small boys soon IHtrned what was up, and watched and jninetfftffc ringing roar as e®ch new vietim tried cbere ries. Finally a solemn-looking countryman lounged up. inquired tbe price of them ’ere New Zealand cherries, invested io a pint, put one in his mouth, took it out aguio.gave the fruit-dealer a lingering look of mild reproach, pulled off fiis coat, and “waded into” him. When “he lelf, the fruit-man with tendencies to practical jokes had a blue eye, a red nose, a purple face, a *p?alhed wrist, and several bushels of fruit scattered around among the small boys, while the same ringing roar of laughter was going up from the lookers-on.— LouitviH* Camrkr- Joumal. A Good Woman.— A good woman never grows old. Years may go over her head, benevolence and virtue dwell in - her Thcart, she is as Cheerful ns when the spring of Fife first opened 10 her vie#. When vie look upon a good woman, we never,think o( her age—she looks as charming ns When the rose of youth first bloomed upon her cheak. 'l'hat rose hav not faded yet ; 1t will never fade. In her neighborhood st£ n tbe friend and benefactor, in the church *he devour worshipper and exemplary Cltrietiao- Who 1 does* not love and rrspect the woman who has passed her days in acts of kindness and mercy—who has been the friend of man aud God—whose whole life has been a. scene o( kindness aod love, a devotion of lov# and) religion ? We repeat, such a woman cannot .' grow old. She will always be fresh and. buoyant fn spirits, and aptiye in humble deeds of mercy and benevolence. if the young lady desires to retain the bloom and) beauty of youth, let her not yield to the sray of fashion and folly ; let-her love truth aid virtue; aod to tbe close of lifb she wlty: retaifi these feelings which now matte life appear a garden of sweets ever fresh and* ever new. Ths rustic whose ginger-bread is annually stolen by the elephant was at tbe circus lasi week, and this time whet) tbe apetiaing combt was suddenly snatched from bis band he shook his fist at the huge thief yelled, while the tears coursed down bis cheeks,. "Darn yer F—ye double-tailed tool—give that back here ar 111 knock yer two front teeth down yer old throat 1” A Canadian girl carried a twenty-foot ladder one hundred yards, placed it against a burning house, clirab-d up and— Well, she didn’t pat out the fire. She fell back ward oo a man aod nearly killed bin*. Thk fact that George Washington’s wife never asked where he bad bean when be came home late at night, goes & great way towards accounting for his extremd truth fulness. A xotmo lady receotly dropped one of bee false eye-brows in a church pew. and it so badly scared the youog man at her side that be fainted. He thought it was his mou*-' NO. 12