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IV ILL practice in the State Courts and in ’ the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in f-avaunah sept‘27. J. J. BKCIC, Attorney at Law, Morgan, Calhoun f,oanly,fia. Will practice in the Alhay Circnu o’ i ‘lse *hfcte in t.hf Stat.fr, V>y Contract, / ron>|'< at* sr'.vpn to all business entrustcd to Ms CollectfOuS a spo.c’aitT Will also in vestiorate titles and buv or cell real Estate in Rnker and 2£arly Counties, march 21-tf l. gTca rtle dge, Attorney at I.atv - - GEORGIA. ■.• > • \V ILL siv close attention to all bust-; . ’ ' nees entrusted to his cate in Albany Circuit. 4-Iv | L (J tIOYL? Attorney at Law. jfX ~ , % . - . I Dawson, Georgia, D. H. MILLER, |ttok\rv at law, office in Ordinary’s Office. 080 f Sm JAMES H. GOERRY, Attorneys at L >aw, M./lIOSO.V, - tiVA* (././■ :o: Office in the Court House. Feb. 4 J. L. J A NES attorney at law, D AJF soy, - GEORGIA. Office over J. W. Johnston’s store. Jan 1 ? BEATTY’sr;;: *srjßLism: /.v jss. 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A Trip to Baker. 3he foil-wing was wtitten srme time "go, but a press of other matter has crowded it out, until this issue, and, even now we have to put it on the out-side: Having a little leisure recently, we made a visit to a gentleman in Balter county who, as Wilkins Macatiber | woiiM say, was “the friend and com panion of our veuth,” but is now en gaged in planting in thatcounty. We allude to Dr. 11. S. Jones, i It we hud space to publish it, we would like to speak, in “glowing j terms of the pleasures of the tiip, ! —of the hospitality of our host anil his many pleasant neighbors ; of the many fish we caught, and the many more that wo did not catch, in the , beautiful, fast running, rocky oottum ed, Itchawaynotehaway; and how we have been itching away and scralching aivay e7er since from the bites of, — not fish,--but some little red acquaintances that we made on those excursions.— They but a sight better (or worse) than the Osh. iWe leave space be fore the word “sight,” in the last sen tence, for the irisertion of a word sig nifying mended hose, or something stronger, for those who like that sort of language ; \t e don’t.) To our surprise, we found in that past of the county which we visited, some of toe best lands, and some of the largest and best cultivated planta tions we have ever seen. Large plan tations were cleared up, before ttie wtir, by wealthy people who lived else where. Many ot these have been somewhat neglected since the war, while some of them are still splendid ly cultivated by intelligent planters, and produce highly remunerative crops. Though suffering from drouth the crops of com, cotton, sugar caue, as compared with any we tiave seen else where, were magnifficeut. All the planters that we saw had plenty of old corn on hand and a line stock of hogs. The countiy looked more like prosperity than anything we have ever seen since the war. Among the acquaintances we mode on the trip, was Cupt. Whitlock, well known to many of our readers as a former citizen ot Dawson. He has a tins plantation, a good crop, an intelli gent and refined wife, four pretty chil dren, and dispenses hospitality with >.n unspating hand. Also, the Rev. Mr. Cuny and lamily. Mr. Curty, notwithstanding his arduous duties as i zealous minister of the Baptist church, cu tivutes a large plantation, and never fails to make a sutp.us of corn and other things as well as cotton. Tom Cum, brother of the parson, is a clever fellow, a goo i farmer, hut a 'miserable sititioi, and wretched old bachelor. We tiied to iefoim him in the two latter particulars, but utterly failed. Mr. Albert Couch had just broufr.it to his boms a beautiful btide, and was as happy us a big uu-Hower. Mr. Budiford, and old triend of the writers, is s. id to be the best planter in the c. untry, he bus never failed in bis life to make at least ten bales of cotton to the mule, but was getting badly scared, when we were at bis house, in consequence of the protrac ted diouth. Mr. J C. Lark, an Augusta mer chant before the war, cultivates the largest planta ion that we saw. He cultivates 1100 acres and says hat lie makes it pay. We had the plea uro of spending a day with his elegant family. On that day, fie gave to the negroes on ins plat ta ion, about 100 in number, an old fashioned ante bel liti) barber tie, which was a novel and interesting thing t 1 us. Several of his neighbors had been invited and Ids family table was loaded with all kinds of barbecued meats, as weli as every other delecacy of tne season, while the Degrees enjoyed an out hour dinner. 110 had pulled 249 big water melons, on the day before, and, for one time, we had as much of thut lux ury as wi could dispose of. By the way, sheakingcf‘’barbecues” tlto uegros, on the above men tinned occasion, contracted the word to the last syiable, and spoke of it at i u “cue,” whereupon our friend, Dr J ones, who is of a philosophical am philological turn ot mind, began tt speculate, and suirnise that the wort might have been derived from tin possible fact of a barbed cue having formerly, been used to turn the meat while cooking, —hence b.rbecuc. But we can inform him since returning home and refering to our “unabridged, ’ that Webster dinvasit from the Frenoh barbe-a queue i. e., from suoimt to tail; refering to the custom of cooking the “whole h"g” and the hog whole, on such occasions. We hope some time to renew our acquaintance with tho ploasnnt poeple of Bak r. We called, Seth going and return ing, on our friends at Leary,—Capt. Boyd, Dr. Pauli, Chat lie Simmons anti others, and are indebted to them for hospitalities ami kindnesses. John Henry was with Julia the other evening .vh**n she observed. “John, dear, what is a' 1 this talk about expanding and contracting the currency, tthd which you believe in? “Well, my sweet,” said John, i>u ling up his collar, that depends upon it cumstances. In some eases I should advocate contreetiou of the currency, J and in other cases an expansion of it- It is according to the ciicumstancee that is in the condition of things,” “But what is ti e difference between the two, and how dues circumstances : affect them? ihat’s what 1 want to , know, John.” “Oh, that’s easily explained,” said | John, in a tone of cheerfulness. “For instance-- when we are atone wo both sit on one chair, don’t we?” “Yes ” “Well, that’s contiauction. But when we heat your pa or mti coming we get on two chairs, don’t we ?” “I should say we did.” Well, my loVe, thai is expansion. So you see it is accoiding to circlin'.- j stances.” “John,” said sic, very softly, bur- j rowing under his ecr, “we are con tracting now, aiu’t we?” “You bet,” said John, with increas ed cheet fulness. History of a Pair ol Pants. A few days ago Mr. J T. Jay ex hibited to us a pair of pants and neck tie, the history of which, ns well as that of the owner is efnite sftsgnlaf.-r The pants and tie belong to Mr. Wil liam W. West, of this county, who made the pants himself, :n 1813 and was married in them tjtiree times, —in 1824, in 1828 and in 1829, he loaned litem to two of his friends each of whom were also mnnred in them, making five times tho same pants weio upon the matrimonial carpi t. The cloth is white cotton twill goods, an 1 the | ants cut according to the 6‘yle of tights with flaps in ft out, and in the so days w te considered some thimg nice. Tho tie i- a three cor nered white cambric tie, and forms a part of this aged wardrobe. The preservation of this telic geems to tiave given the old man good lack through life. He moved here from Notth Curoltna, aud now lives near Ward’s Station in cheerfulnvss, at tho ripe age of 87 years, and can walk RiiVwhcTa he wants ,u go. Ho raised eight child red out of eleven, has 34 grand children and eight great grand children- lie never owned a framed house, glass windows, brick chic tiey, nor q, shingle roof in his I'fe, but always had p'efity of “hog and hotni r.ey,” and lives! at ease. He has been a member of the Methodist church 55 years, and never had a personal diffi culty in his fife, but fought in the Bri'ish war of 1812, ior which he now draws a pent ion.— i uikbert Appeal i •j n> Ac'i<i<'ii! on tin* Ucorsia *4 ail road. Atlanta, July 24.—Ti e ten o'clock tiaiu has just arrived on the Georgia! Railroad. Dr. Crawford, of Atlanta, ’ and ljieut. Benner, of the United States Army, and the express messen- ‘ gor aro badly hurt. The engineer was killed, and perhaps other parties were btired in the sniotheiing car.— The baggage car was smashed to pieces on tho engine in a deep cut. — Ti v smoking car and one passenger car were wrecked and all burnt up, including the baggage and express matter. Dr. Crawford and Lieut. Benner aro here and the express messenger is at Union Point seriously 1 hurt. It is one of tho wort accidents that ever occurred on tho road and i was caused by a cow on the track in a deep cut. Piesideut J. P. Kit g and Superintendent S. K. Johnson were on the train, bu-escaped unhurt. Two companies of trooj s have just left here by a special tiaiu for Louis ville Ky fin Rack. - ■ To the young man with bis hair parted in the middle who is about to put his college education and his sole leather trunk on the Texas bound train, wo say, stop! To the clever at tisau and the honest mechanic who thinks he will go from the hard times where he ip, to imaginary well paid employment in the Lone Star State, we also say—Stop! To tho adventurous who wishes to leave hoeing the turnips of some New York farm to find a soft thing in this land of prairies, we emphatically re peat, stay w hero you are ! We would that we inhabited the earthly Ely-iutn , that some Texas papers say we do, but we ate aftaid we don’t. From the tottom of our hearts we should bo glad to t hi• k that there was plenty end prosperity for evety one who seeks to settle among us—but nil the same, there isn’t. We do possess something of an ap proach to the eternal sun nier and tho marvelous growth which the East is so tired of hearing us brag about, but that is all. Sooth to say, there is no chance here ior moa without money, all the eager, new arrivals to the con trary notwithstanding. lii plain En- ! glish, the paper that 8) ealts of the magnificent opportunities this State presents to the new comer, lies and lies irr a very graluitousiy criminal way indeed. The unvnruishrd truth is that our labor market is stocked to ovetfiowing, and every fteslt artiving train but adds to the miserable multitude in our midst that waits, suffers, starves and finally fights its despnrato way back East again. 'Before tho door of near ly every house in this city, tiiere daily bogs a bollow-7e(t swarm that wou’d sadden the heart of n satyr. Men of brains and culture, good clerks, excel led business men of un deniable cneigy mechanics of ability, walk the streets in dumb despair, and finally take those that lead to the chain gatig and work-houie. The wiiter of this eanuot remember cue evening lor very many tliai l.e ITUs'not been n?ked for money to buy a meal or a bed by men who would have sooner died on the rrck than asked alms in the light oi day. And some of them do die on the rack—the rack of bitter disappontment, contin ued tnisety Yet sliil some Journals calmly sing the samo old siren song! aud still this over-crowded and finan cially prostrated comm unity is h< Id up with fata! persisience as the proper Mecca of the American youth. We Leg the journals in the East and North to copy this aitiele. We ask that the truth he told there as a simple duty (f humanity. In tho name of the distress we seo round us, and ate pi wer’.esS to relieve, in the name of tan tramps and vagrants that fill our cities and towns, we solemnly wain intending immigrants of all classes, except funnels and men with money to invest, that we are over stocked with labor, and will be for the next four or five years. Though his ticket tuny be purchased and r.is trunk packed, we say to the man look ing hither for employment— Go buck ! Texes Intelligence. A Colored Women \ss:u!t'd bj a Cuoh, iitnl It'*<• Iv Millvii. Aunt Sylvia, an old colored woman living on tlio Lamar plantation in i tins county, was Severely bitten by a largo raccoon one morning last week- The woman was fishing near the mouth of Birr Indian Cre, k. The] coon approached her unobserved un til within four or five feet of whe.eshe was seated, when, looking round, she saw him and railed out: “What ye ; doin’ here, coon ?” At and the rascally varmint jumped at her and seized her hand, which lie hit severely. He ev en continued to “lit id hi# grip” until the woman’# screams brought to her I rescue a negro man not far away.— The man took a piece < f wood and beat of! the coon ar.d ki led him. The bito made a severe wound, and rtnd ! ered the woman's arm useless for sev oral days. Some body may think this is a “fish story,” but it is an actu al incident truthfully related, and we refer to Liu is J. Iviveis, who is run ning the Lim.it place and lias the coioicd peopla in his employ, or to 1 Mr. J J. Jeiks, who saw tho woman alter slip wae assaulted by the toon. — • Hawk nstillo 1. ispeieh. . The surplus if the California wheat . crop for giport, iaPit.mated at tons. Tltc §il;iit —aptalii General Jackson’s troops and his ! enemies believed he never slepit; the fact is, lie slept a great deal. When ever he had nothing else to do lie went to sleep, especially in church. I remembrr during tho invasion of Maryland, on Saturday night, he tode three miles in an Ambulance, to at tend church in Frederick, and then fell asleep ns soon as tho minister Ik t_an to preach ; his head fell upon his breast and he never awoke until aroused by the organ and choir. He could sleep anywhere and itt any po sition, sitting in his chair, under fire or on horseback. On a night march towat and Richmond, after tho battles with McOlellitt;, he v was riding along with his drowsy staff nodding and sleeping as he wont. We passed by groups of men setting along tho roadside, an 1 engaged it, roasting now corn by tires made of fence-rails. One group took us for cavalrymen, with an inebriated capt!n, and one of the party, delighted nr the sight of a man who had found whiskey enough to be drunk, sprung i:p from the fire aud, brandishing a ronsting ear in his hand, leaped down into the road, und seizing the general’s horse, cried out, “I say old fellow, where the devil did you get your liquor? In an instant, as the genera! awoke, tho fol low saw his mistake; and then bound ing Iron the road lie took the fot.ee at a single leap, exclaiming, “Quod God, it’s old Jack!” and disappeared in the darkness. Yes, Gonetai Jackson slept a great deal, but lie was never caught napping. lie gave to sleep tunny moments which other men Would have given to conversation, lie was essentially a a ent man; not morose, but quiet. Ho smiled often —rarely laughed, lie never told a juke, but did nut discour age them in otheis; and if <ne stiuck his pceuliar fancy, ho would smile iu mild approval. lie did nut live apart from lire staff, but lined to have them about him > aud they were nearly nil very young men. Universe ly jolite in manner, lie encouraged tho liveliest conversation among them, although he took little part iu it. lie was not a man of words— they seemed to em barrass hint. When he hud ideas lie put them into action, aud nit into language. Ilia mititaiy dispati lies were as btief as if they had been studied—like the one lie s nt after tin defeat ol Juiln.y; “God blessed our arms with victory at McLLweil yester day.” lie never discussed his plans; never told them. The next oilier uu dor him never kuevv his iuloution or object. He never volunteered Ha opin ion to his superior, nor asked advice of his subordinates. He was us se f reliant as ho was silent, ho believed he “walks with speed who walks alone.” He was reticent to a fault.— If my coat knew what 1 in ended to do, I’d take it off and thiovv it away, was one of Lis say ings. This redc ence often led to embarrassed-nt and eomp'aint from trio officer nest in command, and might have led to dis aster in case of his death: hut lie evi dently thought it better to run that risk than the risk of having fiis plans discovered. —Philadelphia Weekly Tones . A Sure indication. A hide vest side Chicago boy came home from school the other evening, with the gieat leviathan, Jealousy, occupying fully four-quarters of his entiie soul, besides haudgiug over at the edges “Oh, iua,” cried be, “I can’t bear to have Amy go with any other boy at . school hilt ju*t me !” “But does she?” asked the mother, j “Yes, sho does,” gasped the little; lover, “olie’s weo' with Tommy Catch i two times, now.” “Oh, I guess she d.isn’t mean anything by if,” sad the tuother I sent! ingly. : “Oli, yes, she doe<*! declared the youthful suit r. ‘T Know sho dees. I saw her trado chews of gum with him!” The mother than saw that it was nil over with her little son. — Ex. \ The Hinsdale butcher drove past last Monday. Moody ran out. “Beef steak ?” ‘Yes.” “Wheu killed?” said the evangalts', approaching the cart. “Yesterday.” "I don’t want any meat killed on Sunday.” Butcher dnvoj oil Return? Thursday passing the Mocdy residence. Moody hat s him again. “Beefatake?” “Yts." “filing in ten pounds. ’ “Wo don itakemoney > earned on Sundays*. aud butchei drives cu. VOL. XII.--NO. 25. fiStii! Kliitvuf 4lfitirii-Pplcof Wilkinson jiiml l.;i iticna Alui’Mmml. An dread and appre ; beneion piotui’s in the counties of Laurens, TSviggs and Wilkinson.— Many of the citizens are afraid te be | caught out of their houses in night tim', and soino of them have guard* I around their promises. A few night* ago a man’s hoigo was turned in hi* corn field and a noise made to awaken the owner. The man arose and rent out to put tip his horse, and was ter ribly astonished at hearing a gun cp burst, ile suspected dangjr, and turned to run round his house. A* he reared one corner of the building a gun fired and his clothing was rid dled with shot. Every effort has been made to find the body of John Justice, who so mysteriously disappeared from ills furnily. Air. James Wright, who was arrosted for the crime of murdering" Justice, had a preliminary trial, and the negro upon whose evidence he was committed to jail, swears that he (the negro) was threatened with death, and pulled up with a rope round his neck, and that he made the statement to save his life. There 13 another rep. rt that the negro was visited wlri'o ip jaiJ, and at tire muzzle of a double-bdrrel gun was forced to swsar to his last statement, and that a cer tain doc'or had painted the negro’s tick whir caustic t n give it the ep pearasce of having been brushed with a rope. . Altogether a dreadful state of affair* e> isfs in that section. It is said that the Twigs county jail was burned in the hope of destroying the evidence of one of the nvjjro prisoners who stated that he lad been paid to burn a man’s gia house. No recent development? have been made regarding the statement that Wright offered Watson a part of tvro hundred dollars to aid him in killing the tn?!' that killed Lera llurkett; but we anticipate something further in a short while. — Thu'imville Dispatch. tjlmr Mad. A tall womanwitb a sharp noso was rakii g up a yard on Masonic s’.iee 1 , one day last week, fc'he had her these tucked up, a rediculous handkerchief tied over her head, and looked liko a fright generally. A rest-eyed man dressed in & suit of light clothes caine up the street, ana noticing tho woman, leaned over tho fence and remarked; ‘•flow swoct is tho rosy-pesy.” “Kh! wat’a that?” exclaimed the tall woman, looking up. “How charming appears the lovely oopsy-wopsy with its dross tucked up,” replied the crnsE-eyed man. “Who’er you talking to, any way,” said tli tali Voman, in great surprise, and turning red in the face. “My own ducky-lucky is exquisi'ely transcendental with the handkerchief,” observed the cross eyed man, winking mysteriously with his straight *ye. “It’s my opinion you’erdrunk, ” ex claimed the tail woman, in a rage; “clear out, ar I’ll cail tho police.” “And would my sweet cherry-blos som set the wicked police otr her own lonelv-povej ?” said the cross-eyed man. Clear out, von great over-grown windmill,” “or I’ll claw you with this rake.” “Would my pin key-win key claw her darling tootsy-pootsy with a kere* wel rake?” continued tho cioss-eyed man; “I never thought ’ — Here the tall woman threw down her rake in a great passion, and • rushed into the liousp, slaiuing the door so hold that it broke the knob. And the cro.-s-eyed man moved off softly mutteiing “What dro-dlul tempers seme sweet looking women have. —Broeklawd Colour. —•••: • What is your name. atked ft teacher ol a boy. “My name is Jule,” "You should have said Julius, sit,” said the trader, end turning to tho other boy he asked : ( “My son what is your name?” “IJiliue, sir.” A careless man in Springfield, Mass , went tat lie cellar and stuck the caudle in what he thought was i i kt gof black saud. He sat near it dunking wine uutil the candle burnei low. Nearer and nearer it got to the black sand neater and nearer it got - ■ to the black sand, and-as it \vu# *and nothing happeu.d.