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uv' j. and. iioyl & CO. gidn altelils. Journal P cBUBBkD kVkkV THURsbiTv rFtt .nS-Stritny tn M nance. tbreembntbs. } 2& Six months -2 oO 0e year /"tisirgeonsidered due alter first iuscr- inserted at interns to be *as new each insertion. N additional charge of 10 per cent will b 9 made on advertisements ordered to be in- head of “Spe he inserted for 16 cents * line for the first insertion, and 10 cents “ !’f„r each stibShhuent insertion. •*, 1 ’• <w“s: yiMbe inserted at 26 cents per line for the St and 20 cent- per line for each subse- or letters on business ntended for this office should be addressed „“Ths Dawson Journal LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES Sheriff sales, per levy ol 1 square ... * 4 Otf CjijdeMkw Letters of tdnduisiralion 400 Application for Letters of guirdia- ipnlie'iiion for Dismission from Ad miiiis.raiion ••••••• 1000 ArpUc>ition for Dismissiom from Guardianship ;•••••• 600 Application lor lesvo io s< II Land OD V sq $5, each additional square 4 00 Application for Homestead 8 nO police io debtors and oremiots ... 600 Land sales, per *qiare (inch) 4 00 g„i e of Perishable properlv, per fq 300 R.trav Notices, sixty days 8 00 Notice i perfect service. S 00 Rule Nisi, pe'squarei is 4 00 Rule* io establish los> papers, per sq 400 Rules compelling titles, per square.. 400 Rules io perfect service in Divorce cases t * * ■• • • Iff DO The above are the minitnlim rates of legal advertising now charged by the Press of Georgia, and which *e shall stricllv adhere to in the future. We hereby give final no tice that no advertisement of this class wil be published in the Journal without the fee U paid in advance, only in cases where we bart special arrangements to the eontrlfy hottwitMl Partis. 8. F. felliJlOifft, T. H. PICKETT. Sinnoms &P 1 1 A. ET T ATTCRNFYS /*t LAW ntwso'% i blifci a. J. F. WALKER, Attorney at laiiw, LARSON - GEORGIA IVILL practice in the Pataula Circuit.— \\ Office a the Court-hause. Mch 22 ly JAMES KEEL ATTORN Y AT LAW, Lear t'alhoiin Cos , Ga. ITb. wo*tkn, Attorney at Lw, ifLB.f.VF", - GEORGI*I. I \ ’ ILL priictici- in the State Courts and it) ' * the Cironit and Diatr'ct Coutts of >be tjnited State* in twVanfikb sept 2?. J. J. Attorney a t Law, lorsau; Cnlliouu County, Ga* Will practice in the Atbay Circuit and else ’llitrt in the State, by Contract, prompt at trillion given to ail business entrusted to his ttn l . Collections a spcclsitv. Will also in ’•stigate titles and buv or s6ll real Estate in eilhann, Baker aud fiarly Counties, march 21—tf L. G CART LEDGE, ,Attorney at I^aw 10Rvtf, - - CEOitGft. VVILL give close attention to all bust ’<* entrusted to his cate in Albany i.'i’u: 4-fe L. O- HOYL, \tfcorn**y at Taw- Georgia. D. H. MILLER, tT LAW, Morgan, Gii. Orcein G&oe. OSO.Sm MMES H. GUEHfIY, Attorneys at Law, Mil "sfavi - arJinu t*t. Office in the Court House. Feb. 4 J- L- JAIMES, Attorney at law, DAWSO V, - GEORGIA. Dffio n?*r J W. Johnson’s store. Jan 7 JWTrY’srr u“ v ® r-t c ' n *p Sign Painter and I.etterercan rn .on) -thing ,o his advantage by address' the manufacturer, Daniel f. beatty, Washington, New Jersey, U. S. A. THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Under its new matnigm ni, the Atlanta Constitution has w.,n tor iiselt t|,e ~ |,. the leadingJooifial of the sobth. internet piise. during the recent election excitentei in feuding correspondents to different pm’ tions ol the country, aud it., series of speci. telegrams from Washington while the elec tor ai commission was engaged in consunut it.g the fratid that placed radicalism onct more iu power in our national bounbils, are evidences conspicuous enotlgh Io prove rhat no expense will be spared to make The Con •nliitVoH not orilv e- leader ib the discussirrn of matters of public concern, but a leader in the dissetninatlon bf the latfest and mtjst fb liable news. 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OOLICfTORS for premium papers si duld kO write us at once. ThC bnrdeo of a he vy I load removed. -S-rilplee all Can 4d out of sight. Send lor teim fot 1 the che ®PJ“ l P®" per published, with a fine engraving (25x32) for premium. Fot this and tbe above new works and 180 standard bnoks. -dotess . S. L. MORROW A CO, jnd!aß*jA' f > fed- DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 9 1877. Communicated. A Visit lo Ellaville. Dawson, Ga , July 31, 1&77. iiessrs Editors', Having just return ed from the District Meeting heid at Ellaville, in Schley cuhnty, I will com ply with yottr fequesl, and give your 'nailers, an account of at least a part of what 1 saw and heard, from n.y 'departure until my arrival at home. In anticipation ol a ploaßaht visit and a good knotting, the delegates from Dawson— Bro. Dozier and my self—left town on the 25th iunt., for Americu®. V\ e found on board the cars several delegates from the Terrell and Randolph circuits, aud at -Smith vitle the number was increased by others, Here also we were pleased to find Dr. Hinton and Bro. Austin on their way to Ellaville. The Stars were much ctowded, the weather hot aud dry, aud traveling consequently un pleasant. But Oiipt. Bass with char acteristic urbanity and efficiency did all he could to make his passen gers oomfoi table. Upon inquiry wheth er he could take us to El avil e, he said he would gladly do so if he cbuld, hut thought If he afempted it, he Would he behind time iu reaching Macon. At A/nericus we found the delegates and ministers ftoiu that section, and from the upper part of the District V\ e also found here conveyances io take ils tu Ellaville, thirteen miles distant. It any of us had imagined any difficulty in getting up there from Americus, all uncertainty vani hed wlteu abuut thirty-five carnages and buggies, unler the control of Bibs. Wilhuu.son and Baldwin, were fou. and waiting to take us to Ellaville. Many til the expected delegates having faiied to borne, about half the cartin g's n turned with only their drivers.— Staring about three o’ch ck P. M. we Wen- .*,<*ot rut ol the dut and heat of he (;> y; and ei joying the refreshing t ieeSte- ml invigorating atmosphere ot Ie ci un'iy Over hill and and le nt oss dear rippling streams we rode evety .nile travelled only increasing the pleasures • f the ride; and especia - ly so to the writer, when on a high hill tinder a cool shade we hahed and partook of rice watermelons Ft cm Brown’s Station to near the line of Schley county, by the route we tra*, elled, the crop prospect is perhaps the most unfavorable I < ver saw over so large an Stfekof country, in the eastern portit u of Sumpter, however as I was informed 'he crops are very good, having had plenty of rain. In Sch>fey, they fir& tolerably good or at least in that portion which I saw, not having suffered much for rain; but ihey at, not an good 89 the yearly general . Verage ot that section. One brothel siad the Lord had sent rain upon Enevi le and surrounding sec tion, mote abundantly than upon other sections, because He knew that tha people ib&re had asked fot the District Conferenfce, and that tl ey wauted to provide liberally for all who came.— Aud just here I wish to sny in the tuOguage of a distinguished minister who *BB present. “I have never known a Conference more handsomely entertained.” Among the many delegates with whom I cbfiversed, there was one uni versal expression of gratitude for the kind hospitality extended t 6 all It seems that the liberality of all the citi zens was expressed or indicated by the invitation of the hospitable, Scotch proprietor of the Ellaviiifi Hot6i, with whom I dined by invitation on Sat urday, when he said, “Stretch forth vour hands and he p yourselves.” But I uow come to the leadiug feature of this letter, the District Meeting. — Reaching Ehaville about sunset, the wrffer was invited to stbw for e'upper fit Capt. Burtons, as it was too late to ■ eacn the pleasaut houe ol Maj Bal dwin, to which we had been assigned With Bro. Dozier. After a pleasant lion, at Capt. B's. tho church bell sot) tided, and the congregation assem bled to hear the opening 6ermon by Dr. Hinton As usual, hifiseifhon was a ; ond one, and much appreciated. As no fostaftce of the tendency ot cm. -r to t ■ fsposi't.in on the pait of •he p. Ople o manage their ‘emporal afifait- without askiftg the aid of In finite W'ed. to, be refeired to the case of •> prominent repiesentati ve in t'o State Couv- n ion, who opposed the employment ot a Chaplain in the mo mentous Woik -f making a Constitu tion for tbe people of Georgia. \\ ith chara, teristio eloqu* nee, Di. Hinton earnestly besought the people to clcavo steadfastly unto tbo Lord. I would like if I Could to giv? a syn opsis of each of the several excellent serine ns delivered duiingthe progress of the meeting by Bros. Payne, Mc- GeW, Dixon, Christie, Dr. Bass and our own beloved p&stdr at Dawson this year. I would also lika to notice particularly the splendid effort of Dr. Hinton on Sunday, at eleven o’clock; but want of space precludes any ex tended notice of so many. Tiro preaeh ihg of the word, in every instance was attended with the power and presence of the Holy Ghost, to the joy of all who art - trying to serve the JLiord, and to the disquietude of many who have not giveu themselves to His service.— Alter the Services werenver Wednes day night, we soon four and our selves at Bro. Baldwin’s, cur home, The Conference was opened Thursdny morning at 9 o’clock. The presiding elder of this District Dr. J. W. Hirr ton presitled over the deliberations of thb Conference, in an t.hle aud digni fied manner. The order of the four days exercises was, conference session from to 10J o’clock am., and from 2.} to 5J p. m. Pleaching at II o’clock p, M About 60 lay delegates were pres ent. The teports fiorn the varit us charges showed the spiritual condi tion of the churches to he, iu the main, good—financial condition prosperous, with some excrp'ions. The business of the Conference was finished on evening. CuTibert was se lected as tit, place for the nest Distrit Conference. On Friday afternoon, Dr. Bass, the President of Weslbyan Fe maie Cos lege, delivered an interesting address in the interest of that honored Institution, the fit.,i of the kind estab lished in America. He also presen ted the claims o' Emory College, by request ot Dr Haygood, who was not present. He showed th rap.d pro gress being made hy the Catholics in this country, and utged the people to rally to trie support ot their own insti* tut ion of learning. His address was well received. Let me here notice an incident of th meeting. After a soul stiii’g sermon on Saturday Ly Rev. T. Christiun, upon the subject of family religion and the necessity of the proper exercise of parenGl au thotiiy, in which ho encouraged thoee who were honestly endeavoring to train their child.en aright, by telling them that so long as they persevered in the gcod work, they had ihe “hack lock” on Satan, parents hy his invitation brought their children to the alter for special prayer. Among them I noticed a father with four lit tle boys, between the ages of four and ten years. The little fellows could not fully comprehend all the meaning of what was taking place, but their bright eyes wete dimmed with teare as the father led them to the alter, and, kn. eiing, gathered them ieto his arms. Over this boautiful scence, the angels rejoiced. The meeting closed Sunday night after (he sacrament of the Lord’s Sup per, an ost imp essive occasion Monday morning, we bade our kind friends adieu, aud returned to Aineri cus in the care of the brethren who took us out to Ellaville, and who did so much to muke cur stay with them pleasant. Our visit will ever be Re membered -is a green spot iu the pil gi image of life. The writer had the pleasure of meet ing and renewing his acquantanoe with some of his old comrade?, who were side by side with him on the bloody fields of Virginia, battling for the Lost Cuusb, and whom he had not 66en since the sad pnrting at Ap pomatox. Schley coun'j i in many respects one of the best In the Slate. The lands, already productive, are susceptible of a high b'.ate of cutiva tion. Legislative enactment prohib its the fiale of whiskey throughout the County, and there are but a few of its citizens whe drink it. In tWo years past thera had been only one prisoner in jail. What other county can make such a showing ? The p-ople who came mainly from M iddie Georgia aie industrious, edu cated and refined. Ellavibe with its shady groves, an l ' white lovely roads, saiubiiotts air and pure water, neat Churches and hospitable citizens is indeed des'irab e place In Conclusion, I wish to bear testimony t.i the good mo-a! character of many of the young men of that place.— Meeting and passing them often,souu titries when they supposed their cor veraation was heard only by them selves, not one woid did I hear tha: would wound the sense of propriety, or bring a blilah to the cheek of uibd esty. Would that it were so eVeiy where. Long will I remember ray association with those interesting young men ; and especially will memo ry often fondly Iscdll the time we spent with Bro. Baldwin and his love ly and kind family. H. S. B. SOLDI Clt* or PLACE. The following are the iast three stanzas of Bayard Taylor’s poem, de livered at the re-ttniou of the At my of the Potbmac: It is the brave that first forget, And noble foes that first unite; Not they who strife and passion whet, Then slink wheu comes the need to smile. ’Tie natural courage that forgives, Aud answei iug honor that outlives The onset’s hour- the battle’s day; The hearts that dare are quick to feel; The bauds that wound are soft to heel; The blood that dims a hero’s steel His proud tears wash away. , One holier suu awakes at last For North and South, the blithe, bright hours; No more upon our dead are cast The once divided gilts of flofrbrs; But where the live-ouk hides in moss, And where the | lutny arches toss Their arms above the Mayflower’s bed, And where wide waves of prairie crawl To meet, far-west, their mountain wall, The people’s voice says, “Peace, be still— We honor equal dead ” Oh, never from our elm-tree shades, So sweetly piped the thrush, as now; Nor, ’raid the lonely Evetglade*, The mo'king-bird on cypress hough! Nor wild grass wove by meadow rill, Nor clover on the happy hills, So soft a carpet for the spring! Bound he each hand that fain would spoil; The -race ol God upon oi.r soil Descends; like Sabbath alter toil, His hen iso n to brinij! Soldiers ol peace —in war began Your service, and it must not cease Until the soldier through the man Has cotvqtired an ennobled peace! Frank eyes of youth grow brighter to trace A spell on each hist <ric space That sets your lives their own above; And woman’s homage, sweet and shy, Not woman’s pride shall an d deny, Since be who readiest is to die In truest in his love! Cine loyal habi' summons all From out the dust of old desires ; Cue spark of deoda let fall Shall fill the laud with fresher fires! Though youth’s belief be manhood’s diffibt, And generous hopes he trampled out Ijy cyhic scorn ors u ifßh will, Yet honor stays, devotion burns, And ptide that mean concession spurns; No man his early I Ith unlearns, And keejrs lis manhood still! This, soldiers, lie your chosen fate, Your lame that longest shall entitle' ’Tie noble thus to save t State But nobler yet to make it pure. For all those H’ords were bravely crossed, There is no true caiish that was lost! Defeat unites with victory To win for each a giander aim— One Father bird, redeemed ffotn blafhf l '; One Fast, of sadder, prouder fame; Ou<_- Future just aud fret''. llicil p Girls. A gtr! who makes herself too cheap is 16 be avoided. Yotrng ffteti care not to have anything to do with a cheap girl cnlj for amusement, and nev e for a wife. Ohe.iir girld are nothing hut the lefusp, and the youug meu know if; and (hey will look in every other direction for a 1 fe-!6ng fiiend and companion before they vfiif give a glance at the pineiibaeli stuff that tinkles at every turn for fascinating th 6 eje of any that will loedt. You think it quite the “iorreef thing” to talk Ludly arid coarsely, be boistei- OU3 and heydeuish in all public plac es, to make yourself so bold and for ward and commonplace, everywhere, that people wonder if you over had a mother or home, or anything to do. — So be it. You wi 1 ! probably be tak en for what you are worth, and one of these years, if you don’t make worse than a shipwreck of youi6elf, you will hegiu to wonder Where the ctiarins are that oh6e you thought yourself possessed Of, and whell evil spiiit could have so befooled you.— Qo on, but len'smber, cheap girls at tract nobody but simpletons. Fifteen years ago a Washington gentleman scratched his name on a gold dollar and set it on its travels.— Ho baa never seen it since. • H hat’s Ihe [Halter With You ?” When that cultivated miadle aged person, Mias Mary Ann Moxen, of Cambridge, Mass , hail the collar of her offensive little poodle insciibed “I’m Mary Ann Mozon’s dog; whose dog alb she thought it was rather a clvoer joke cn the casual citi- Sen who m ight encounter the pup and investigate his reason for being. She was. ol that mind for several days But one tiiorning the poodle, howling as though he was carrying all the parts for Sirius in the chorus of the morning ettß-s, and sudden, as it fir and aut of a gun, snot into the Moxen presence, with his tail tucked very close, end a business card tied on to his collar Divining that someone had set the poodle up in the carrier dove business, Miss Moxen seized the missive and read: “Turpentine is what ails me; what’s the maitu*- with you?’’ Mies Moxen may not have changed her mind as to the clever ness of the original inscription, but she did make some remarks, while ap plying lotions to the pup, concerning the utter incapacity ol the average man to take a joke, which showed that turpentine had illumiha'ed her understanding to an unusual degree. —New York Tribune. SuiutitlliiiG in (lie tied. Judge Pitmau has a habit of slip ping Iris watch undsr his pillow when lie gees to bed. The other night somehow it slipped down, and as the Judge was ros loss, it gradually work ed its way downward toward the foot ot the hed. After it bit, while he was lying awafie, his foot touched it, and it felt very cold; he was surpris ed and scared, and jumping from bed’ he saiti; “By gracious, Maritl! thoro’s a t ad or snuko or something u..der tHe cov er. 1 touched it with my foot.” Mrs. Pitman gave a louutl scream, and wits out on the floor in au instant. “Now don’t go to hollering and waking up the neighh.rs,” said lira Judge. “Fou go and get me the hrootu or something, and we’ll fix the thiog frrighty quick.” Mrs. Pitman got the broom and gave it to the Judge with the remark that she felt as if snakes were creep ing all up aud down her legs and back. “0, nonsense, Mafia! Noto you turn down the covers slowly, while 1 hold the hrootu and bung it. Put a bucket of water alongside the bed, too, set’s we can shove it iu ru drown Mis Pitman fixed the buckr t and gently rehiovod the covers. The Judge held the broom uplifted, and as soon as the black ribbon of the watch was revea’ed, be cracked away three or lour tin.es with bis broem, then he pushed the tlongoff into the bucket. Then thfey took the bucket to the light to investige the inattei When the Judge saw what it was, he said : “I might have kfiown that. Just like you women, to go scheeching and fussisg ahdiit nothing. Who’s going to pay uie for that watch Y It is utterly ruitied.” !< lt was you that made the fuss, not me,” said Mrs. P. “You t eed not try to put the blame off on rrfo.” “0, hush up and go to bed. lam tired of hearing your blather. Frame me if I ain’t going to get a divorce and emigrate.” Aud the Jiidgo turned in and growled at Maria until lie feel asleep —Max A dltt. Trot it Slow. Duiing the singing of a hymn at tho Corner Congtegatioutfl Chuieh, West Meridien, Cuuu., Nundaj, quite a sensation was caused by a crazy woman, while the organist was play ing the interlude, screaming out in a shrill voice, aid addressing llie organ ist; “I adjure you in the namo of the Lord God Almigh'y to trot that hymn slow!” About the mo>l astonished person present was f!:‘e 116 V. J. H. Twitchell, of the Asylum street Church, Hartford, who wastemporan lv tilling the pulpit. No attention was paid to the v.(Allan, ar.d the ser vices were continued without any fur ther interruption. A young woman from the iurai dis trict entered a dry goods store the oilier day and asked for a pair of stockings. The clerk ; olitely asked her what number she woie. “Why, two you fool. Do you think 1 am a centif ede, or that 1 have a Woodou VOL. III.—KO. 26. R. M. Bishop is the Democrniil'nmi didate for governor of Ohio. Lobbying has been declared a crime by the constitutional convention. Micajah Tucker, of Berrien county got druuK and ran his hone against a tree. He was speechless at last ac counts. Somebody poisoned two fine mule* and stabbed a m ire belonging to Johti D. Wynn, of Telfair county. i A of W. S. Holleman, of Ha wld vibe, died from a dos® of mor phine, administered by mistake foe biimuth. A young man, near Milledgevilie, shot and killed a negro,for an attempt ed outrage on his sister. It is srid that they bung a man in Eliijah, a few days ago in ordfef to start a graveyard. Josh Billings in his new book, “Trump Cards,” say: Etiny man who kan swop horses or ketch fish and not lie about it, iz jest abont as pius 89 men ever get to be in this v^rirld. An old man named Peirce, of Har alson county, was shot and killed by a young man named Golden, while his (Pierce’s) family wore at church. Pierce had accused Golden of shaving the iiianb and tail of a horse. A reporter, in describing the turn* ing of a dog out of Court, says: “The ejected cnniiu-, dragged from the room cast a glance at the Judge, for tire purpose of being aide to indentify him at some future time!” A young lady who came out in Goose Pond socioty, ate a hate of on ion's the meal previous, and was spok en of as the “scepter of altiaction” during the.everting. Haberdasher (to nssistnnl); “Why has that lady gone wi'hout buying ?” Assistant, “We haven’t got what she! w ants.” Hal erdasher, ‘l’ll soon let y< u know, Miss, that I keep you to sell what I’ve got and not what people want.” —Punch. The late Charles H. Briggs loved an argument and would concede noth ing. A fLend of his once touched up this peculiarity with, “Charley, I wane to bet with you that two and two make four.” “Nothing of the sort.’” responded Mr. Biiggs, “2 and 2 mako 22.” Fend more missjbnar.esjto Mesioo. In the very capital of that beuigffted coiintry dogs are trained to go to cathedrals arid steal handkerchiefs from the kneeling worshipers. —Think what must be the cbhditioii of a coiiii* try when men are not sufficiently civ ilized to steal tor tli rnstfS much better than dogs can do it. A lady friend of ours says that tha beautiful vistas of bersoul-tife become blurred w hen slio sends her bflsband to the corner grocery with four bits for a loaf of bread, and becomes back chewing cloves, and tells how gener* ousiy he gave away the change to a blind man with only one hind leg. It makes a farmqr ns mad nsa wet lien to see a potato bug, will a pick on its shouldeis, crawling over the top rail to ask why in the name of Julius C’eo-ar he didn’t pistil eariler, only a mortal fear ol the pick preveuts him from ordeiing it oft the premises. It is said that “the moon has gain ed about an inch in rapidity of mo tion” within the last huiidrod years. — This is no doubt true, foi young men will tell you that when talking at the gate with their sweethearts the moon goes down much quicker now than it did whan they were beys waiting to rcb a Watermelon patch in the dark. The following is said to be a pick ure of life in Mexico: Two gentle men meet in the street of the capital. “What o’clock is it, senor?” politely asks the first. The other stops, draws hi* revolver, and coders his Interlocu tor, then taks out his watch and gives the desiied information. Number one thanks ifember tw->, without the least surprise or remonstrance at the measure of precaution. “But I must pase,” said a minister a few Sundays ago, in dismissing one theme to take up another. “Then I make it spades ?” yelled a man from the gallery who was dreaming the happy hours away in a game of eu chre It ?s needless to say that he went out ou the next deal, being, as sisted, by one of the deacons with a handful of clubs. Can any one tell why it is that the soal of a young and pretty woman is more dear to the averagedeacon thau that of a squint-eyed woman with a wa ton her tioi-e? When we have Seen a young and pretty woman go up to the alter, wo liavej noticed hall a dozen deacons knock their heads together ic their eagerness to Whisper consolation toiler bruised spir it. llct when the quint-eyed woman knelt down only one d-acan went, near her, and he merely tt nched her, : on the shoulder and said, "Pray ler vcntly, sister, mid all will bi well.’