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iff fptifU €uun<B Ifwlljj. VOL. IV. Advertising Kates. One square, first insertion f 75 Etch subsequent insertion 50 One square three months 5 00 O'te squnre six months 10 00 One square twelve months 15 00 Quarter eolumn twelve months... 30 00 Half column six months 40 00 H ilt column twelve months 60 00 One column twelve months 100 00 ' ,c g* , Ten lines or less considered a square. All fractions of squares are counted as full squnres, NEWSPAPEB DECISIONS. 1. Any person who takes a paper resrn larlv from the post office—whether directed to his name or another’s, or whether he has subscribed or not—is responsible for the payment. 2. If a person or lets his paper discontin ued. he must puv all arrearages, or the pub lisher may continue to send it until payment is m ide. and collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is taken from the office or n it. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postnffice. or removine and leaving Ihem un called for. is pnma fade evidence of inten tional fraud. TOWN DIRECTOR Y. Mayor— Thomas G. Barnett. Commissioners —W. W. Turnipseed, D. R. Bivins, R U. Harris, E. It. James. <’i.krk—R. 0 Harris. Treasurer —W. S. .Shell. Marshals— S. A. Beldmir. Marshal. L. H. Moorp, Deputy. JUDICIARY. A. M. Speer, - Judge. F. D. Dismuke, - - Solicitor General. Putts —Second Mondays in March and September Henry—Third Mondays in Janaary and J nW. Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February, and August. Newton—Thiru Mondays in March and September. Pike—First Mondays in April and Octo ber. > Rockdale—Third Mondays in Febraig7and and An; list. fipaldiug—First Mondays in February and August. Upson—First Mondays in Miiy and No vember. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Methodist Episcopal Church, (South.) Rev. Wesley -4jfcSiV)ilh Fourth Sabbath in p. m. Prayer evening MuTitnofcrr Protestant Cnuticn. First Sabbath in each month. Sunday-school 9 A. M. Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Faster. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church, Rev. ,T. P Lyon, Pas tor. Third Sabbath i« each month. DOCTORS. T\R. J. C TURN J PSEKD will attend to J * all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton. Ga. TVR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis -I * eases, and will attend to all calls day and night. Office at the Drug Store. 7?road Street, Hampton, Ga. DR. D: F. KNOTT having permanently / located in Hampton, offers his profess sionul services to the. citizens of Hampton and vicinity. AU onleis left at Mclntosh’s s'ore will receive prompt attention. sp2G ■?\R. N. T. BARNET T tenders his profes- JLr sional services to the citizens of Henry and adjoining counties, and will answer calls day or night. Treats all diseases, of what ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store. Hampton, Ga. Night calls can be made at niy residence, opposite Berea church. apr26 IF PONDER, Dentist, has located in • Hampton, Go., and invites the public to call at his roo.n. upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will he found at all hours. Warrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. CIV. nODNETT. Attorney and Conn • sellor at Law, -Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt attention given to idHtf^ieEs. JXO. G. Attorney at Law. Biooks Will praetire in the counties com the Coweta and Flint River Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and other collections. . C. NOLAN Attorney at I.aw. Mc -*-• Donongh, Georgia. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. WVI T. DICKEX, Attorney at Law, Me Donough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir cuit. the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. (Office up stairs over ML C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly GEO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law. \lcDonough, Ga. (Office in Court house ) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and in the Supreme and District Coarts of Georgia. Prompt attention giv°n to col lections. mch23-6m JF. WALL. Attorney at Law. //amp* . ton,Ga Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Sopreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collections. ocs EDW \RD J. REAGAN. Attorney at law. Office np stairs in the Mcfntosh bui'dtng, Hampton, Ga. Special attention given to commercial and other collections. BF. McCOLLUM. Attorney and Coun • sellor at Law, Hampton. Ga. Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta. Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Supe rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United States Courts. Collecting claim* « specialty. Office uo sinus in the Mclntosh Building. the wedding da y. Sweetheart, naropjthe dty for me, When we two shall wedded be. Make it ere another moon. While the meadows are in tune, And the tries are blossoming, And "the robins mate and sing. Whisper, love, and name a day In this merry month of May. No, no. no,. You shall not escape me, no ! Love will not forever wail ; Roses fade when gathered late. Fie. for shame. Sir Malcontent, How can time be better spent Than in wooing? I would wed When the air is full of bliss, And the sunshine like a kiss. If you’re good, I’ll grant a boon, You shall have me, sir, in June. Nay, nay, nay, Girls for once shonld have their wav ! If you love me wait till June, Rosebuds wither picked too soon —Edmund C. Slcdman. Distinguished Guests. Two plainly dressed men entered a restan rant yesterday and drawing chairs up to a able ordered dinner. Several waiters and the proprietor were present, but paid very little attention to the visitors. W T hen the .’im pr arrived the men begun conversation. “General,” remarked one, “I was very much pleased with the Chicago reception.” “Yes, the demonstration was magnificent, but I don’t believe that the Mayor should have advised me so publicly not to accept of a third term. If the American people want me to be President again it i* no more than right that I should accept of the po Nrtion ” "But General, ain’t you growing tired of these receptions ?” “I tell you, Mr Fvnrts, I am actually tiied. But I can’t stop it. Now just so soon as#lie people find out that I am here will l>e a parade like a circus proces sion. I think the best plan will be lor u« to slip over to Hot Springs on to-morrow’s train. By the way, Mr Kvurts, this is on excellent restaurant. If lam elected aga ; n it is my idea to establish a restaurant in the White House. Just give it to some one, you know.” “General, don’t you think 'bis man could run it w II?” said Mr. Evarts in an under tone. “Just what T was thinking about And hese waiters. I think, would adorn it.” •‘I say, General, I don’t see how we can keep down an ovation here. We'd better let things take their own couise.” ‘Yes, 1 'hink so.” About this time they bad finished eating The restaurant man had been paying closp attention to the conversation, and when the men arose and Bti rted out without having paid for the meal, the “hash” man advanced and asked. ‘This is General Grant, I believe?” “Why, I knew the people would discover my identity." “And tilts is Secretary Evarts?” “Well,” said Mr Evarts, “1 must confess that you have dropped on ns.” “General,” said the restaurant man, “I was in your army.” “Ah !” “Yes, sir, and I am delighted to see you. Don’t yon remember we were all digging a big ditch neai Vicksburg?” “Perfectly well." “Don’t you remember one rainy Friday afternoon when a man walked into your tent and banded you two boxes of cigars ?’’ “1 remember it as though it bad only been yesterday,” said the General, “and since I have scanner! your features a little more closely it strikes me that you are the man.” “Yes. sir ;I am the man. But there is one feature. General, that you have forgot ten. I was a sutler, and you haven’t paid me for them cigars yet. And dow if yon don’t hand me over 820 I’ll have you jammed in the city prison along with Fatty McGinnis. Jack Ross, or any one who hap pens to be there. Pony op.” “I guess we’d better pay for this dinner,’’ said the Secretary, taking out two 50 cent pieces, along with a lot of pecans aod shoe strings. “That’s all right.” remarked the restau raut mßn, receiving the money. “I’ll let you off with the 820 ” They went ont. and late in the evening, when one of them was taken from the side walk, where be lay stretched ont, lie bad lost his official air. —Little Rock Gazette. • The thoughtful girl who tells her gentle men callers wbat her other gentlemen friends are going to give her Christmas, is taking time by Ibe top- HAMPTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER i 9, 1879. A “Hoss-Car” Romance. Huving finished colieeting his fares, tire conductor of a Washington A verum horse-ear came back to his perch on the rear p'atform and said there wonld be no smoking allowed on the car It seemed to delight him to say this ; he looked as if he were a saint. The pas«enger said be had seen people smoke on the car before, and the conductor said.‘•Not this car.” as he jerked the bell strap and stock his thumb in the hack of a Indy to support her ns she hoarded the con veyance of civ lization. “I didn't say Ihis car,” said the passenger, ns he threw his Havana into the street. “It’s nothing lo me whether a man smokes or r.ot,” growled the conductor, "only I catch thunder for it from the company." Seeing that the fellow softened, and notie ing a regretful glance creep over his fare, the passenger concluded to engage hint in “sweet converse” Reassuring himself that the con ductor had no deadly weapon concealed on his person, the cigarlcss citizen ventured : ‘ One of you fellows struck oil in Chicago the other day.” The conductor knit his eyebrows as if the word “fellows” had alarmed the bile on his liver, and then a c ked “How was that ?” “Rich man’s daughter became fascinated with him ; ran away from home and married him. And it has caused quite a stir." •Girl didn't weaken?” be asked quickly, for the statement seemed to interest him greatly. “No ; she is firm." “Do yon know what I think ?” he asked. It would have puzzled u phrt nologist to have gnessul what he thoogbt, or whether hp had ever thought at all or not; hut the cit'**n made no allusion to this, and kept the fellow in a good mood by asking him what it was he did think. “I think a hoss car conductor has ns much right to marry rich as anybody else, if he can get the chance; don’t you T" “Why, of course.” “ A n' more of ns would get there if wp only had time to devote to the girls. You see, odder, a conductor's life don’t give him no chance to write po’try and soft letters, or to hang around the gates.” The citizen ventured that the routine of the lives of such men afforded little time for the p'ra«ures incident to courtship. “An’ then, when we make a mash, some dry goods clerk will find it out an’ will (oiler our girl an’ t;ke her home. T have noticed that a dry goods clerk is the most jeolousest of men, an’ specially of conductors." “You interest me.” said the citizen. “Yon see, we have chances of nankin’ a mash where nobody clpe kin. We flirt on the sly ; sometimes it takes, and sometimes it don’t. Frinstance, I see a purty high-strung girl on the corner, with her 6nger np. I put op my finger and smile —this way.” [May the Ix>rd deliver the citizen from ever seeing such a smile as that again ] “Kf she gives a correspondin’ smile,” he continued, “I stop the keer, and as she gits aboard I gently squeeze her arm as she cams up, noticin' her face all the while to see if it blushes ; ef it do, I know she has noticed it, en’ then I gently prpss my thumb between her shoulders, ostensibly to steady her, but in reality to test b‘ r more ; cf she kind o’ tot ters its evidence to mv mind that she is sus ceptible ; ef not, I take it she haint no use for me, or else she loves another. Did I get your ticket, sir?" The citizen had given op one ticket, but rather than run the risk of getting into a dispute and snapping the thread of the charming narrative, he gave up another. “Yes, indeed 1” said the fellow with a 6igh. Wbat he said it for the citizen could not di vine. It hud no earthly connection with what he had been talking about, hot the cit izen did not allnde lo the irrelevancy of the remark. “Then, when she sets down I appear in different for a while, an’ finally venture up an’ gay ‘Fare, please.’ 1 have my voice trained, an’ kind o’ pot a tremble on the word 'please.' Ef she fumbles around for change it’s purty good evidence she’s willin' to flirt. |if she pulls out a half rase, or a case note, when she’s got a quarter, you kio bet your boots that she would send a ‘volcnteen’ around ef she had the address. I give her change and a slip without tearin’ off any ticket, for ye eee we ain’t got onr necks greased yet on this line, an’ she notice* that she has not been charged for her ride. No matter how rich her father is, or many sparks she has got on to her dukes, there ain’t no girl but what feels a thrili at being deadheaded. After a while she puts up her finger agin, and I smile—* “Don’t stop to smile ; go right or. with the story,” said the citizen. “I jerk the hell-strap and help her off. This is where I get my work in, helpin’ her off of the keer. I can’t give the secret A shadow crept over the fellow’s face a* ho turned his eyes upon a mnne : on he was passing. He shook his head and proceeded : “I wish I didn’t have to pass that house I remember an eppysode I had about it that will foller me to my grave. She was as fair as one of Ihe angels I’ve heard about. 1 commenct with her, as I have bepn fellin' yon, never thinkir.’ that there would be any thing in it. She alius waited for this car, even if it was rainin’. One day she gimme a little rosebud, and a Mercantile Library ticket was tied on it. with her name on the back, at! writ in her own hand, the nicest I ever see. One day we made an engagement to meet one nno’her down at the library. She showed me the sknlpturin’ in Ihe room, and told me who each one was, an’ what he had been doin’ for e. livin’. Talk about lamin’, there was the educatedc«t female I ever struck. But she was buxines*. She said she pitied mo, on’ of'eo noticed how at tentive I was, an’she asked me if I thought she was too good for me. I can’t tell ye all that happened ; but it wound up in a disaster to me and to her, poor thing.” The citizen tore off another ticket and handed it to the sad conductor, who put it in bis pouch. This was fifteen cents he had paid for one ride. “Yes. indeed,” lie said again, having no reference to anything as before, “you see she wanted me to fly.asshe said Now, il there’s any one thing I can't do, it is to flv. She said it was jpg’ too awful to live without a sensation. Then she told me about her lover that had been picked out by her pn and ma, an’ she jest despised him. She was wantin’ to do something to get even wMi her pa. I was honest with her. I told her I had no money ; don’t never deceive a woman about that. It is the fust thing she will find out, an’ ef yon’ve lied to her it seems to chill her heart. She said that made do difference; she would hock her sparks.” “Do what ?’’ asked the citizen “Soak her jems—put her diamonds into Walker’s; don’t ye git on ? ’ The innocent citizen said he did “Well, it w*s fixed up. We was goin’ away on a steamboat excursion together. I wag knocked in the head jest os we was about lo lift the golden mug to our lips. One night she and her pa an’ ma an’ little brother pot on the keer together. Thinkin’ I would kind o’ strike the old man, I sez : ‘This ride for the family’s on me ; Governor, put np your cash.’ He took hold of me an’ called me a puppy It was on pmharras»in' place to be pot in, especially to the maiden She come to the front an’ said: ‘Papa, spare him.’ She meant well enough, poor thing, but she je<t give the whole thing away right there. The old man rushed on me, and says : ‘You’re one of those fellers that stan’s in with coachmen to git the daughters of wealthy people,’ says he. I told him he was wrong, hut he wouldn’t have it. An’ he took his family off'of the keer. I never saw her agiu.” ‘‘Did she die?” asked the citizen. * No; ef she was dead 1 would hitch my soul onto salvashun an’ prepare to meet her; but she’s loekt up in a nunnery, and ef she ever gits ont I don’t know whether I’ll get her, or the feller on Fourth street. It will he an interestin’ match when it does come off. Didn't I tell you you couldn’t smoke on this car?” be thundered of a sudden. The citiz 'ii said he hadn’t been smoking for the last half hour. “I s’pose I got excited,” be said, “about her, as Ido when I pass the house. I alius get a little rattled about this. But it’s cured me*of suckin’ eggs.” “Of wbat?” asked the astounded citizen, who thought another revelation waa to come. “I mean of flirtin’," replied the conductor. And the car stopped.— St. Louis Globe- Democrat. A New Story —Modjeaka is writing a story for Scribner’s Monthly. It ia a love story. 'I he heroine’s name is Uriseldavitcb and the hero’s Vladi mir Tschezarotsb. The scene is laid in the quiet little Polish villuge Stirituppitvisch, oo the banks of the classic River Muddi bschky, in the Kotzenbutiozelocky Moun tains. Wc extract a passage from advaoce sheets : “Within her wan hands she bad, ber face concealed, when to ber Vladimir asked if she did truly lofe him. ‘Yea, I lofe thee; by yonder bale moon I adjure it.’ ‘Let us, then’said he,‘flee!’ But she hesitated by reason of her trunks, which being still unpacked. The tears wandered from her eyes, but meanwhile Viad'mir repeated what for sbe woald not he coming pretty soon, not having been aware of the gash the words of him made on the inside of ber heart.” Bananas, as a material for the manufac ture of alcohol, are proposed. And they Capt. John U. Brain. Among ihe arrivals here iaUapt.John C Brain, the last prisoner of war, with whom the Globe-Democrat correspondent had the pleasure of a brief talk. This is not his first visit to Texas, having been here several years ago. Remarking upon his former visit, (lapt. Brnin told the following anecdote : Having business in the small village of Harrisburg, six mill's from Houston, on Buffalo bayou, Capt. Brain visiled the pTnce. In the course of his stay lie observed u mid dle-aged gentleman, and, as it afterward turned out, the proprietor of a saw mill in the village, intently and curiously staring at him. Finally, corning np to thp ex-Gonled ernte commander, the man remarked : “I think I’ve seen you somewhere before.” “Very likely," answered Brain, “I’ve been in a good nanny parts of the country." ‘Didn’t you capture the United States mail steamship Roanoke. off the Islam! of Cuba, in 1864?" “Yes." “That’s where I sow you. I was one of your prisoners, but 1 guess you’ve forgotten me.” ‘ Oh, I don’t know," replied Brain, look ing at his former prisoner closely. “Do you remember when the ship was taken and yon came into the catiin, and one of the passengers remarked, seeing the Con federate flap, ‘That looks kmder like a rebel flag ?’" Capt. Brain recalled the incident with a smile. “I am the man and prisoner.” It waa, indeed, a strange meeting—away off here to the backwoods of Texas—of the rebel naval commander and his quondam prisoner. Capt. Brain delights to talk over the ex ploits, and laughs at some of the incidents. According to an account from his own lips It was in the early fall of 1864, when the great war was drawing to a close, that Brain received orders from the Confederate Navy Department at Richmond to go to Cuba. Under his command were five officers and four seamen, disguised as civilians, of course, and showing none of the insignia of the rebel service. Repairing to Havana, Capt. Brain and his disguised myrmidons took passage on the Roanoke. This was oo the 29'h of September, 1864. Totally unaware of the class or intention of the passengers lie had od board, the captain of the Roanoke steamed out of the harbor into the gulf, doubtless calculating on a pleasant voyage. Ooward the steamship plowed the waves of the golf, and the rebel commander and his under offi cers quietly awaited the moment ot action and of putting their plans into execution. At midnight, by a enddeo coup d'etat, the rebel crew found themselves in possession of the ship, and its crew, consisting of fifty three men and forty-six passengers, prison ers of Copt. Brain. No resistance was offered except by the ship’s carpenter, who was killed. It was just after the capture tbut Capt. Brain entered the cabin with Ihe Confederate colors in his hand, and he was met by the Harrisburg auw-mill muu. “I kinder guess that’* a rebel flag, ain’t it, Captain t” said he. “You never were more mistaken io your Jife, sir ; that’s a Confederate flag," replied the captor of the ves«cl. The passenger was at the same time noti fied that such remarks were not io particular demind, and so he “shut up.” s -^ The retiel commander soou disposed of the passengers, and then be turned his attention to the crew. He laid the case before them, and, after informing them be waa dow com mander of the rhip, and they his prisoner*, them the choice either to wear iron* in the black bold of the ship—its prison —or to keep their places undisturbed, and get one month’s pay as soon as they made port. To this they assented, to a man, say ing : “Bejabers we'd joost as soon wurrack for yez as any men else, as long as we get the pay.” The bargain was struck, and they resumed Ibeir various duties. Capt. Braio relates with great satisfaction bow he ran down to the Islaod of Bermuda, mf intgnWm being to coal the Roanoke ; but in Ihflyhe ►was mistaken, aud found that it could be done. It was, therefore, resobred to burn her. Brain gave orders, and the Roan&e steamed around the island several lull view ot the United States Consul. Ue then landed his men and pri-oners, umj out of the vessel all that was got S2O 000 in greenbacks, sll 000 ffo Spanish gold, and over sl,ooofi(r tickets. At 4 o’clock oo the mottling of tfce 9th of October, the rebels set Aft to Roanoke and watched the vessel lAitd 10jJ$ water’s edge. The money stndydfyeli divided out among tbe n en, 'but uewmoll . , . , _ [u s'ill with an air of command, a RomaD head, » ho' krd nose—jo«t the son of a mar. for nch daring adventures as the capture of the Roanoke — Houston, Tn., Letter in the Globe Democint. Fishing on Sunday. It whs a delightful fiord <y afternoon. Sabbath-school whs cut, and tbe Superin tendent took a stroll up tbe canal. The gras-hopper* wete tuning somersault* in the hgh grass, their last performance for the season, and the emerald vested katydids warbled from their velvety coverts under tbe mu lien leaves. When he got to the aqueduct over Fall crei k, where the water, escaping through the time-riven timber, joins tbe fl md below, uinst musical in their meeting, he found u wicked acquaintance, with a line dangling in the water. He was abont to frame a reproof for the Sabbath breaker when, goodness gmcii.ua. what a bite! An other, and a bass, a per'ect beau'y, was fl uucing over the giccn grass, “Wbat sort of Bait are you using, Jim?” (Tbe reproof whs postponed ) “Hoppers," was tbe reply, as the line, re baited, slid into tbestieuni. He fumbled nervously in bis vtst pocket Htid found he had book and lina. but Jim had another bite, and another three quarter pound buss wus thrown upon tbe bunk. 'Whfre do you get your hail ?" he a«ked. “Oh, those boys ’ll ketch ’em for you." “You don’t say go J" The line came out of his pocket, the book wus baited, aud a three- quarter pounder wus gasping on tbe shore. Another, and then another! Never was such luck. Tbe Superintendent was excited. “Hurry up with the grasshoppers." “Please, Mr. C., here’s a hopper,” piped a small boy. Tbe Superintendent looked down. The eyes of the angler and his helper met. It wus a crowning mercy be didn't tumble into the water. The grasshopper purveyor was the boss boy of bis Sunday-school. There ere sermons in ruunmg brooks to that Sunday-school Superintendent, and yet be can’t be got within a mile of a stream, and cuo’t even look at an ice wagon without a shudder.— lndianapolis Neu-s. A Sle« i»ing-<-ar Comedy. A traveler on tbe Baltimore and Ohio Railroud relutes tbe following iocidmt of travel: A middle-agt d married coople have turned in next to me, having boarded lira train at a way station They have evidently been much hurried, and are out of humor, for the wife is fretful and excited, and the husband growls above his breath in this style : “Now, I'll just bet you didn’t put my night shirt in.” “S’hnsh ! ItT in the basket in the corner,” replies tbe woman. “I’ve looked in tbe basket, and 'taint there I s'pose you put it ut the bottom under the vi'tals." -In the vitta's, indeed I Why, John, what on e-e-r-t-h are you a-doin’?” • I’m looking for my sbiit.” “Don't! thut’s the wrong basket. You’ve gone and spilt them pickles all over the bed l I never seen such a man 1” “Never mind, Mary, you needn’t tell tbo whole car.” This iu a whisper peculiar to the stage. • Looking for jonr old shirt io tbe dinner basket 1 I don’t see what anybody wants a Digbt-shirt for on a railroad, anyhow," re-; torted the indignant female ; and there was a whirring souud, which indicated that she bad pitched the missing article in bis face just in time to choke off a wicked rejoinder. •‘ 'fiposin’ the car* were to run off the track ?” pdded she. “You’d be a nice ptetur wadin’ out of a swamp .or rolling down a bai<k in that, wouldn’t you ?” “I’d be -just as aud purty as yothat—" * ■jKdfuah I Ton’d dlfgrise b«Hj of us witb yoX&mgoag” Whimf*riug. tongue! Well.d— s MfwMsry, If—” now, m —you — - mL—" Breaks off tQ sob. where she bud hioij ” r M fancird shortly after beaeinff'tbe resonant Ynd agreeable sound of a Ifies, bht perhaps it was only the angels, anAngropped off to yioep again. Qp the fotywing day 1 saw tbi/ -rift-Ue-agKl topple "heated opposite moptJSng pickles ami at iuier valsAs doeik and happy •' any o. iAuuy wish to see., 7 4 ’TwGs ifc Arabia's sunny, laud . 4 He vfooed bis boouy bride > Hit umbhr Ella, raia o» dtiuej yWus«veAy bis side. « . .. r fnt now, famdoes not IGaffiram r; aNo lov«*le does be tell Per ; NO. 24