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THE LOST, LOST DAYS. Avn, happv ore the nodding flowers That tn«sel!ed hang from yonder tree; Their lives ail beantv. wear their gold In Sommer crowns of purity. Bnt man, O man, what costly tears BoddW thy cradle, as thy grave ; What griefs enseam thv conrse of years And break the rest von vainly crave. I fain wnntd be the nodding flower Which one bright snmmpr morn arrays, Than in a wintry noon ol life Sit down to count the lost, lost days! Panse. listen to th.it singing bird. Re trills not for a vague applause; He bnt obeys his Master, God. And sings In cadence with His laws. I hate the bitter lies of art, Melodious frand that fill® our cars : The servile school where men are taught To mould in song pretended tears. 1 fain would be the bird who sings With fen Hess throat his honest lavs. Nor heeds nor knows to-morrow’s dawu, Nor yet regrets the lost, lost duys. Aye. hnnpv arc thp bursting hnds, A ve, happy are the birds of song ; *Tis only man whose discontent D's'nrhs the earth with railing tongue. He mourns for childhood's artless joys, And youth's and manhood’s visions fled ; While by the embers of old age He mumbles only of the dead. Whence is it that frail man alone Should 611 the earth with grievous lays? Always a story of retreat, And wasted Life—the lost, lost davs I —John Antrobui JS The South's True Course. General Gordon arrived here last night from Genrgin, and was p'esent in It's sen* in th’ Si nate to day. The Senator comes here In a very earnest frame of mind, and in this and in liis purposes he represents those who have rami’ to bp known as the conservative men of the South. “I came here," he said “to do wh.it I can to prevent the keeping alive of sectional animosities, the stirring up of sectional strife and the discord that pre vailed at the last session and will prevail so long as this ‘Southern question’ is kept alive. 1 am indeed a Democrat, and 1 believe thor oughly in the right of local self government. I think the people in all the States, North as well ns South, believe in that, and not one S'ate fn the Union would surrender a single right for which I would contend. Why I wonld not have it spoken of now, however is because it is covered over and blackened by the lenders of vhc Republican party in (jnngre-s. and made to be equivalent to I tie deud and buried issues of »cession. 01 course you know and they know that our doctrine of Stste rights has nothiug of the old dogmas nbout it. It is precisely whnt the citizens of everv State believe in, but the Demncralic party a'tt"d* by what I con sider the constitutional right of the States, while the Republican party is drifting from it and towards centralisition. No," hp said in answer to a question, “1 have no sympn thv with the ery that the Republican party wants to change the form of government; that is, the masses of the voters do not. The tendency of the party is in that direction, how. vet, and V|m> tendency of th*’ D mo cratic party is the other way Therefore, I ■ni ■ Democrat I heliev thit when the air Is cleared of passion, und when this Southern question is taken out of politics we shall have the sympathy of the North in our political noti. ns. The people ol the North do not hute us. It is only the men here in Congress who hate lb. und they hate ua because they fear thut the Democratic jarty is about to turn them out of their places here. We of the South know that the people of the North are intelligent and virtuous and honest and brave, and they know that the people of the South are tqtmlly so. Wbat makes them distrustful ol us is that they think us rash, and they think so because of the utterances of a few ini n in Congress who permitted themselves to be dragged into a personal controversy with men who deliberately set traps for them for unpatriotic and partisan purposes.” Gen. Gordon contended that what the Southern members ought to do was to si' still and not answer «nv charges that might be made against them or Bny attacks that should be made od the South He instanced the speech that the late Senator Morton made on the Louisiana ease a® an Ulus' ra tion of the great good thut Southern mem bers of Congress might do their own section and the entire country by remaining silent under the most bitter provocation. That speech was the bitterest attack the Senator ever made on the South. It was not only filled witti bit eruess, but in it Morton at tacked the States separately. Bnd culled on the Senators to answer him if they could. The character of the speech had been known to the Southern Senators long before it was delivend, and when the day came they had determined to make no answer to him. In vain Morton stormed and called on the South to defend itself. Ttie Southern Sen ators made no response. They even relused to answer his questions, and they left him the po<>r consolation of quarreling without an opponent. Motion afterwards said that he had never beeu so badly whipped in his life, and Gen. Gordon declared it to have been overwhelming in its effect. He would have his friends m Congress maintain this altitude now. He bolds that the only way to bring aboot peace and to bring Congress to its proper work of legislating for the whole country is to put an end to sectioual strife, and this can only be done by putting an end to sectional discussion. — Washington Special to Philadelphia Times. The Blue Ilaze of Indiau Sum mer. Mr. Joel Benton has recently published an elaborate essay combatting the popular no tion, which also has a quasi -scientific sup port. that the blue haze of Indian summer is the product of ordinary smoke Irom fires He argues fird that the well-known heha vior of smoke is not consistent with the va rious phenomena of the bine haze. After describmg this he says. ‘ If it Irniokcj ever seems to wilt or attenuate in some secluded valley, it is never still; it does not even ap proximate quietude sufficiently to cheat the eye; it is not part of the air, but rather a piaanger upon it, and subject to every hre. s ’ hat blows or summer zephyr that dallies by the attitude of a good many wrigglin'** and active transform'd ions, or in its complete repose, that un'que enchantment wh'eh is wrought by the Indian summer haze." If this haze i« the product of smoke from fire, “there should be,” be says, “an alarming number of them in the full of the venr ” Bnt neither the annual fire statistics nor the newspaper reports show this. Mr. Ben'on says the heaviest autumn fires occur at the end of the hizv season, which would make the haze precede the fires, and cease after 'he u«a:il mountain fires have begun, which consecutive facts he has noticed Re sides, all the woods of the Hudson Rivpr counties, if they should be on fire at once, would —if emnkp could cause the haz make no appreciable part of it; and the si mnltnnoons appearance of it over a whole continent mikes it impossible to be caused by smoke from any fires that were ever known It reaches from the Arctic Circle to the Torrid Zone. Its occurrence in the northernmost region, if it is caused bv smoke, conld not happen there except through a ‘■conflagration of icebergs." Blacksmith's Snop at Ntoht.— Novem her twilight spreads its hlaek wings nhiuptly over its vast brood of hunri’n beings and all the s'ars of beauty and distinction are abroad. Hurrying homeward for warmth and cheer are the crowds on the sidewalks, and all the great wholesale houses are dark and hushed for the night. But down on the lower streets can still be heard the ring of mighty blows, delivered with many a pant, alternately, by mightv and swarthy smithies ; ami look there as we live, a huge hot anchor, with throbbing flukes, like the fins of a fiery fish, flung across the roadway. Well, well, but it is not the real anchor. It is the re flection. tossed over the black shouMers of the night, hk n a scarf of living scarlet. There is the great, g'owing anchor it self in side the eavernons blacksmith shop. Four men are pounding it with pondmns sledges, as i( the anchor were Hope iLelf instead of its emblem, and they were bound to have something out of it And so with many a sigh of wrought up strength Ihejr-rwing their bull-nosed sledges until see ! * e I tbe sparks about their brawny arms as if Hope had hurst beneath the blows of iron fa'e into golden tears and was herrelf inconsolable 1 Ah ! <hia is an admirable sight to see, when the coals barn blue and green and the bel lows i 9 distended with a windy tempest, when fantastic eh tdowp frolic on Hie grimy walls and all the horse ahoes in the bright illumi nation hung like golden half moons to keep abroad the wi'ches of darkness. ‘Six,” cries the friendly clock from the far up tower. The smithies throw aside their nprons. Tbe fire is quenched in ushes. The bellows give one gasp a:ui breuthu no more. The shop is dark and still The great glowing unchor ol Hope is dead and death holds sway undis puted.—Providence Journal. Niagara.—The depth of the water in the gorge below Niagara falls has just been measured for the first time Tne swiftness of the stream buffi d all previous efforts, but a corps of government engineers accom plished 'lie feat. They embarked in h boat not fur below the (alls. An old guide ac companied the party. With great diffieit lly they approached within a short distunee of th" American lulls, which darted great jets of wuier on them. The rour was so terrible tlmt uo voice or sound could be heard. Th" leddsman c.st the line, which rapidly passed down eighty-three feel. This was near the .-hore. Passing out of the friendly eddy which had enabled them to get so near the falls they shot rapidly down stream. The next cast ol the lead told off one hundred feet, deepening to one hundred und ninety two feet a little further down. The average depth to the Swift Drift where the river suddenly becomes narrow, with a velocity 100 great to be measuied—is one hundred and fifty-three feet. Just under tbe lower bridge the whirlpool rapids set in, and so violently are the waters moved that they rise like oceun waves to the height ot twenty leet. At this point they computed the depth at two hundred and ten feel. Not That Kind or a Gun—ln a corner groctry in the western part of the city, the other day. a boy was buying shot and get ting ready lo go hunting. 11 is old gun was lying around rather loose, and tbe grocer nervously remit lied : “Boy. I wish you’d take care of that gun —l’m afraid of an accident.” Tire boy stood it up agaiust a barrel and went on telling how many rabbits he meant to pepper, and pretty soou it came vety near falling to the floor. “I tell you that inhrnal thing will hurt some of us yet! ’ exclaimed the grocer us be jumped aside, and the boy leaned it against the counter and said he’d never lake a buck seat for h bear —never. As he reached over to look at some buck shot down tambled the gun and off went the churge. sending about lorty duck-sbot iuto a teu gallon oil cau in range “There she goes—there she goes!” yelled the grocer as he danced around. “Didu’l I tell you that infernal guo would go off?” “And did i deny it?” promptly retorted the boy. “Do you go out to hunt rabbits with brass knuckles or a bean- shooter ?"— Detroit Fue Pi ess. Got Something Fbi«kt.—"Got something frisky ?" he asked as he walked into a livery stable and called for a saddle-horse; ‘some thing that will prance about lively and wake a lellow out of his lethargy ? lusd to ride the trick mule in a circus, on’ 1 rtekon I can hack anything that wears hair.” They brought him out a calico-colored beast , with a vicious eye. and he mounted it and dashed off Before he had gone two blocks the au imal bucked, crushed through a high board fence and plunged into • cellar, tossing the rider over tbe top of an adj'Ceot woodshed uod lat ding him on the ragged edje of a lawn-mower. They bore him borne, straight ened him out. and .three surgeons came iu and reduced his dislocations and plastered him up with raw beef. A few weeks later he called at the stable and said if they bad a gentle saw-horse with an affectionate disposition, a bridle with a curb bit and martingales, and a saddle with two horns and a crupper to it, be believed he would go up iu the haymow and galktp around a little where it was soft nnd it wouldn’t hurt him if he went to sleep and fell off. as he did the other daj.~Balti more Bulletin. OLD AND RELIABLE, } •Dk. Sanford's Liver Invioobatob] pi* ft Standard Family Remedy for lliseaaea of the Liver, Stomach band Bowels.—lt is Purely —lt never |N| {Debilitates —It in | I j {Cathartic and jhSTf&ui figM HAjJ'r 1 A fa IJBy'V* ga o* 69 s ' 8 ■ y e ? c 3 0& V'°Q i j kv*S o .’.'jd jfg J j |Jj ! 0 J [nvi-^orator] ■? B? "> [J used] fg| Hi 111 1 WaV** * u 113 - y P rac ticej 'MiU w UU( * 4110 Public,] 'sMl# Di°r o than 85 years,] with unprecedented results.] *-** BEND FOR CIRCULAR.] ES. T. W. SANFORD, 11. 0., iSwYOMomfi \ ANT DKIGGIHT WILL TKLL YUI ITS RKPVTATIOX. * NEW! NEW! Never Before Have the People HAD SUCH AN OFFER! nWIVG now on hand a new stock of Good*. I can safely say that I can sell them as cheap as any one in the town of Hampton Now, Ido not pretend to sav that these Goods have all been bought in New York, a® some do, from the fact that it is unnecessary for me to do so, when Allan's can lay them down just ns cheap. Much Goods as I can lay down from New York cheaper than from Atlanta, you bet I get them there. If yon will come to see me 1 guarantee we can trade. I am now in the central house of the new building koown as Ceotral Block Be sure and don't forget to see me before buying elsewhere. H. P. Mclntosh. Hampton, Ga.. March 2I;ly j •HEALTH • STRENGTH mdkB I^ITERS IRON BITTERS, A Great Tonic. IRON BiTTERS, A Sure Appetizer. IRON BITTERS, ▲ Complete Strengthened IRON BiTTERS, ▲ Valuably Medicine. IRON BiTTERS, Mot Sold u m Beverage. IRON BiTTERS, For D.lic.l. rimila. " Th« Beat Agricultural Journal Published ta the South.” THE SOUTHERN run urn?. i ip. A LARGE QUARTO of S 3 _— pages, handsomely print ed, filled with choice read log ot Internet to the <hr mer. «ith an lllu.trued fashion department for the ti a year, $l a! % year. Sample eopr IS cento. Addroaa: J. H, ESTILL, - S Whitaker street. Savannah, Ga. SdmpV copy of "The Sannmah Weekly .Voce,” j min aott S-ptipc neuepapeT, or of Uu -Daily Uieunf Ae*«," (Ac leading cuniy of the Souihead. sent o» noetpt qf fteoru tuunp. Adcb-et o> jtmee. TTT . 1 A LIMITED NUM inf nnt nfl her ac, ‘ ve < energetic is nillliHlI < ’ ,invftascrs io en -*s e * n a TV UlUUUUp'eastot and profitable bus iness. Good men will find this a rare chance TO MAKE MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisement by letter, inclosing stamp for reply, statmg what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business need ap e.i- ... Highly recommended to the public for ail dis eases requiring!* certain and efficient TOXMCt especially in Indio ra tion. ftp mp epaia, In (riuilu.nl Fm rer», H'nnl of Ap petite, 1.000 of Strength, t.aeh of Knergp, ete. It en riches the blood, strengthens the mus cles, and gives new life to the nervea To the aged, ladles, and chil dren requiring recuper ation, this valuable remedy can not be too highly recoin mended, It netm like a eharen on the digestive organs. A teaspoouful before meals will remove alt dyspeptic symptoms. TRY IT. Sold by all Druggists, THE BEOWK CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, Md. ALWAYS AT Til BOTTOM In Prices! And at the Top fPITH AN UNTARNISHED Reputation for Fair Dealing! THIS may be Idlled a fine speech by those who have never token the trouble to mike my acquaintance, or to smdy mv mode of doing business. Still, 1 don’t ask any body to take my word, or in fact to be influ enced in any way by a mere advertisement, bnt cordially invite all to cull and investigate lor themselves, feeling sure I can prove thut I mean business and every word I say. Fair dealing helps trade better thin fair weather. Nothing but steady, low prices, year in and year out, will create and mai,n tain a trade such a® I have had since 1 com menced business. No need of argument— prices alone tell tbe story. I have now in stock, and will continue to keep such articles as DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, CAPS, PLANT A l ION SUPPLIES, And a varied and choice assortment of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Thinking my friends and patrons for their former liberal support, I hope, by keeping the best and selling as low as the lowest, to merit a continuance ol the same. S 5. T. Manson. Hampton, Ga., March 21-ly MORNING NElf'S SERIALS. A New Stary BY A LADY GF FLORIDA.’ SOMBRE MONDE; A Novel. BT MART ROSK FLOYD. THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS Of November 29th will contain the opening chapters of un intensely interesting and charmingly written serial story, entitled “Sombre Monde,” writ'en expressly for the News by Miss Mary Rose Floyd, of Daly Grove, Fla. In presenting this new serial to onr read ers we feel that we run rto risk when we promise the lovers of pleasing and well wrought fiction a rare literary treat. To in dieate its merits lure would be. in a measure, to forestall tbe interest of the reader and thus diminish the pleasure which its perusal can not fail to impart. The new serial will run through some eight or ten numbers of the Weekly. Sub scribers who desire to have the story com plete should 9end in their subscriptions at once. Subscription $2 a year, $1 for six months. Money can be »< nt by Money Order, Regis tered Letter or Express, ut our risk. J. n. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. Tf*HE WHITE' I Sewing Machine mfi BEST OF AI.U Unrivaled in Appearance, Unparalleled in Simplicity, Unsurpassed in Construction, Unprecedented in Popularity, And Undisputed in the Broad Claim or atwi thi ■ ( VERY WEST OPERATING QUICKEST SELUNG, HANDSOMEST, AMD Host Perfect Sewing Machine IN THE WORLD. . The area t popularity at »o White It the m«*t «*- Vtncinn tribute to Its excellence and superiority over other machines, and in submitting ft to the trade we put It noon its me*tts, and in ne Instance has it ever yet tailed io satisfy zcy recommendation In its taver. The demand tor the White has Increased to such an extent that we ore now compelled to turn oat A Coxxxsplmtm Sarvlr*g Mnetlxlyim Svvry bkxxmm •*** - y-, ’■ iv the a.a.y to suppiy «2xe demaaal Every machine is warranted for S years, sod •old tor e-sh et liberal discounts,or upon easy payments, to suit tbo convenience ol customers. aw-Asms waste w rawconiD txssitobt. WHITE SEWJmTmACHINE CO., ■l 158 Avt, PtYtlind. OMt, NEW FIRM! Copartnership Notice. In A VE this dav sold n half interest in my business to G F. Turner, and the rame and style nt the firm will he known in future as Harper <fc Turner. R. T. HARPER. January 9th, 1879. We respectfnllv solicit a share of the pub lie patronage, believing we can show as fine and well asserted stock of goods as will be found anywhere. Our stock of DRY GOODS Is complete in every pnrtienlar, and includes a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods. Linen®, Blenching®. Domestics, and Fancy Notions of all kiuds. ClotHing ! A new and elegant lot of t’lo'hing, of even style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe cially. BATS AND CAPS To suit the tastes of the masses, uuti at prices that will meet the requiieuicuis ol the trade. BOOTS AND SHOES! Our stock of Boots and Shoes, having been bought at a bargain in the Northern mar kets, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre pared to offer extra inducements to tbe trade. Furniture 2 We have also a large lot ot Furciiure—Bed steads, Bureaux. Wasbstands, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs,,’ etc—which we will sell at extremely low figures. Bed room setts a specialty. GROCERIES. 1 Special attention is called to our stock ol I Groceries, which is quite large, and com prises every article kept in that iiue. Our Btock is being constantly replenished with Goods that are carefully selected by ex perienced buyers, and are bought lor cash from first hands, thereby enabling us to set! to j advantage—both to ourselves and customers. I With all these facilities we are prepared to ex hibit at all times a complete general stock, and parties wishing to buy can always find some specialties at very low prices at our Give us a call. i _ Harnar & Turner. Bottom Frices REACHED AT LAST t To the F&mors ot Esarjr And Adjoining Countiesf n -VYING just opened a large stock of Dry Goods and Groceries in Hampton, I desire to say to the people ol Henry, Butts, Clayton, Fayette and Spalding counties, who visit this city, and desire to examine or pur chase goods, that I am prepared to supply all their wants at as low prices as can be had anywhere. My stock is large, ample and well-selected, and consists of everything usually kept in a strictly first-class Dry Goods and Grocery Store- Rpcogniabig the demnnds of the times, I have marked my goods down to the lowest living figure, und shall have but one price" for everybody. An experience of several years has enabled me to understand the wants of the people, and I shall be prepared at all times to meet them with such articles as DR Y GOODS, GROCERIES, BUOI S r SHOES. HA'IS AND CAPS FARMING IMPLEMENTS. and Plantation Supplies of all kinds. Give me a call. O-. E. Wise. Himptnn, Ga., Feb. 28;ly IF YOU WOULD ENJOY GOOD HEALTH, YOU MUST USR PURE WATER! The Improved Water Mkratar and Purifier! It is the simplest structure for raising wa ter ever introducer). It is easily adjusted to any well or cistern. Adj person can put one up in fifteen minutes. a« it ha« no attach* ments to any part of the well below the plat form. Jt is very durable. The endless chain is composed of alternate flat and ronnd links made of the best iron, aid strong enough to bear ten times the str.in required. The com plete chain and buckets being galvan zed nf ter const met iotv, it never corrodes, it hue none of the objections common to pumps. Tt has uo wooden tubing to wear out, decay and pollute the water, no iron tubing to rnst, no suckers or valves to wear out ; has no wood, leather or rubber in coutuct with the water to contaminate it. ai’d von do not have to pump out a pail lull ol water to get u fresh ili ink. tor every cup goes down full of air to the bottom, and fills with cold water as the air estap s. One of the Elevator* can be seen at the store of Harper k Turner. HARPER k KIMBALL, Agents lor Henry county. For Sale. PURSUANT to the will of Q. R. Nolan, deceased, and fur the purpose of a distri bution of the estate, I ofLr at private sale a valuable plantation lying on Flint river, in Payette county, Ga. It is situate one fourth ol a mile trum North's grist mills, four miles from Fayetteville and seven miles from Uainp'on, on the Macon and Western Rail road. It has 100 acres in und about 100 acres of good bottom, woJl ditched and in cultivation. The entire tract consists of 432 acres. A ne»t four-room dwelling, plastered inside, has been ereeted upon the premises within the last 12 months. I2»ere are lour good tenement houses. %ith rot% chimneys,on the pi ice. The well wik.er is as good as any in Miditle Georgia, ff pur chased by 15th of February arrangementa col be made to deliver piissession in time for planting a crop ; if after that time, the place will be turned over next fall Any person desiring to purchase such a place on reason able and accommodating terms will commu nicate with me at McDouough, Ga. T. G. NOLAN, Kx’r. SA W3ON. BEST CIGARS! FINEST WINES! PURESTLIQUORS i CINCINNATI BI'.ER ON DRAUGHT. BILLIARDS AXD POOL! fet>2Btf R-. B. JOIVES, REPAIRER OP W. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, HAMPTON, GA. I am prepared to do all work in my line in the best workmanlike manner t and upon tbe most reasonable term*. All watch and clock work warranted. Corn, wheat, hides, and all staple articles of country produce taken in exchange for work; otherwise, strictly for ca*b. Can he fonnd in brick store opposite O K Wise’s. Oct 3-tf. _____ HARPER & TURNER’S FOR NEW GOODS, Subscribe lor Tub Weekly.