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t»c A LIS ANY AD V LL l i j Lli, sraUl>UfiL*J W7, ) Consolidated Sept. 9,1160.
A Family a.vd PoLtTroAL Journal Devotjsd to the Interests or Southwest Georgia.
Volume a.
ALBANY. GA.. .SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1S81.
Number ir>
Tiict close the bar-rooms in Seven- I
j neb on Sunday now.
“TntrEBAXcE Day’ is to folio* I
: “Editor’s dsy” at the Exposition. The} I
should be separated at least a week. j
- -
Miss .Mildred Lee, the only daugb ,
ter oftht- late General Robert E. Lee. j
j will spend the winter among friends in |
| the North.
Ouiteai' informed Mr. Corkhill th<- ;
other dsy that his name was pronounc- :
I ed Getto.and Goetto, as that gentleman [
had been railing it.
Mb. A. E. Star EXT, formerly assis- ,
I tent postmaster of Macon, has been !
| made L’. S. Commissioner for the j
j Southern district ol Georgia.
The want of harmony in both tin ,
great national parties has never been j
more appaient than since the meeting 1
1 of the present session of Congress.
A Western Obttnarr.
SHMr.aU; tj stark T*aia ta tha sti.ailc
v Moalbl*.
lie is gone. Yea, be la gone, but
we hare hit obituary. He lived out
toward, the rear of a Western
suae; and there also he died. Thai
is enough about him—let oa wave
b in aside; our flgHt ta with the
obituary. 1 think it contains rheto-
ri.-al Irlriniahea. Thus it begins:
“White yet on tha threshold ot an*
imatod stair, and no unkind vlalotM
confronted him on life’* journey,
TRUTH ATTESTED
Central & Southwi
a.rnonl.n tlsinialnlna lusli
Without noth chant*.
Botina Urra Id.
The Herald having had occasion
the other day.to comment editorial
ly on the Utah letter of Captain
Oodman to the Xuw York Beeniny
Pott, the presence of the captain in
the city Monday, n s* availed of to
Some Important statemsnta of Writ*
Known People Wholly Verified.
iu, Os., March 5, 1S>1.
UNDAY. March 4Lb, 1841, j*
• on tbo Centra] wad £oulhite<
1 tranche* will run u follow*
—A Ur$r*» ancage !»«* bifn sotii
iu wB, nut! they me it*ofcing r?*
iliarknbty fine.
— We nre to nule the rapiii
improvement ('•ting oti in out
county. Neal «»well in*'* art* yofpy.
uj». ami new far tin nre kin^ open
e<l in every oCctiou in which tie
have traveled. Population
win be -sedond * l. -u» w lregrus-.
overtaken by the still voice of the
tomb, lie responded by enlisting in-
the great army ot the tmreturuing
William E. Smith,
Attorney at Law.
• ALBANY, GA.
real army of the nnretorning
past.”’
1 .le not think these ingredients
yrV mixed properly. If there wai
s tigWvwud the fight waa la thd*
house, "ihreshold” goes passably
with “animated strife,’’but uot oth*
erwlse. But Ido not think there
was a fight at that time; be did not
”• nlisp’ until later, when ha waa on
a journey and waa overtaken by the
anil voice of tbo tomb. Ilia mistake
Iny in “responding;”he could have
lei on that he did not hear, since it
was a still voice.
“White yet the spring time’ of
j i-UftiAittnl Tdtivcmiuu wIdyl.
\ came off at Nashville last week,
| woe a big thlog.- fb.- crowd on
1 Sunday and Saturday waa large,
and the singing excellent. There
Was but one thing tint transpired
to mar the beauty and serenity jof
the occasion. Several young men
imbibed too freely on Saturday of
the “overjoyful,’’ rendering them
unfit to be present on such an occa
sion. We are told— tot being pres
ent—Hint the number of fair one-,
from every portion of the county,
formed a combination of solid and
Jiqiiiiite beauty. And we know
It’s so, too. We’ll wager our best
bachelor hat, that Berrien can ptjof
dtiec the most pretty women of any
county in the Slate; and when we
JtatM,
Ar 1££0 p
M. CRIME
».». VASOV. A. H. ALFKIE.VD
FA SON d? AJLFRLEND
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
Active and prompt attention giren to' col
lections sad sit /inul bn|lnw*. Practice
•n all the oouru.
•tUCoart! IZSF' ^ oa MS°-
A.Vl.M AT ALBANY ton
aud less ready than others to adopL j
new habits and modes of thinking, j
Still the railroads now being built 1
ami extended, are exerting an in- j
creased influence; so are fashions,
books, magazines aud newspaper*, •
All these agents are modifying ]
Mormonism, but arc uot overcoming
it to any appreciable extent.”
“What do you mean by modifying
it?”
“Well, I mdan that they are -urely
• ending to extirpate polygamy.*’
“lint is uot polygamy the corner- '
stone of that religion?”
“By no means. Mormonism was
founded without it—indeed, with I
an express prohibition of it. It was'
not the corner-stone. It was only u
stone that baaiinee been shoved im-:
der the corner.’’
A CONVENIENT REVELATION.
"How did that happen ?’’
“Well, Smith, the prophet, gotj
into some fcminlno difficulties, and ,
he concluded that a little extra mat* !
No use talking, Chick Niltyufi -mak
ing a really live paper not of the Griffin
Heirs. We are surprised that “C. T.
LV’ pen was not engaged on it sooner.
Mi-* Davis, the daughter of thi-
Fr.-sidenl of the late ConteSTeracy, is i
tali }ouug woman, with dark hair ano
eye*, an extremely pale face, anti ai
expression of intense reserve.
youth blossomed on his locks, the
cotd^ourh of an uutimely frost fell
•i|>uo and nipped a lift which waa
yet in bloom.”
Now. you see, there was no fight
at all; he froze to death. *
•'Bortbus It is; wben the lamp of
life shines brightest, its extinguish
ment produerst thickest ilaikiiess.”
He had bit lantern with him,
therefore be could have been noth
ing but a acorn, sent qul to hunt tip
the enemy. I think i: possible that
there waa no fight.
“Life, at baat, is but an exiled
wandering pilgrim ou a deaert
island, surrounded by the boundless
and merciless sea of eternity, ou
wjioae barren coast inevitable death
awaits on every side iff victim una
ware*."
8iarved to death on an tslaud^nd
probably diowned, lino Tha -bar
gain—“unawares.” Life is AtU of
troubles. _ .
“Ere yet the fruits of manhood’s
laurel had ripened on bis brow, he
laid himself to rest in communion
with the dead.’
There i- no
V. T. JOKKf, JESSE W. WALTfK*.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
>I*,UI
.Albou,
A Northern paper says: “Tha Slat*,
of Georgia has one town—Macon—it.
j which there is a queer superstition,
i The merchants say that when ac organ
' grinder enters the town the price ol
cotton falls. *’
The Washington Republican aay>
Senator Brown and Repr.-ssnlatlvi
Stephens called at the Post Office De
partment on Friday to get a Democrat'
appointed “Post Mssler at W certain
town in Georgis.’bul (hew*wishes were
i ignored and a stalwart got the place.
i Elizadeiu ot Austria is one of tht
most accomplished of Empresses. Shi.
talks fluently in'German, English anc 1
French, and lias no hcaitancyTn pis*
I ing from one to another. “Of conrsi
f speak Englidr,” she recently said t«
an American who was presented to her.
“and I read your juvenile papers to m}
children.”
General Bualt, who in spite ot
Star Route scandals is one of the big
men of tho Republican camp, s»y»'
both parties may tear themselves to
pieces in Congress this session. Hi
thinks the tariff somethingor a bum *
bug,but there i* no middle course. He
is also of opinion that Congress Is “»
machine of cosgulatcd interests.’’
Tuebe are one hundred and fl'ty-
nine appointments undsr the House of
Representatives. There are one hun
dred and forty-seven Republicans and
<he two Resdjnstprs, who have friend-
that they would like to see put iu of
fice, 90 that if each one gels* taan
there will be about enough office* to
go aiounu. But there are one hundreds
I and’sixty applicants from Ohio alone.
The Supreme Court of tho United
j S-aIi-3 is in a dilapidated condition.
; One seat is vacant by death; one Judge
; i, hopelessly sick at home and anoth
er at death's door in Europe. Now
and then, the Court cornea to a dead
' halt because of Stanley Mathews’ in-
i teresl in cases that come op. Judge
■ Hunt is slmo-t an imbecile, hut will
! not resign. .Since the Electoral Com-
nua-ion the Court haa been in a very
had way, and needs readjustment. .
Qiikkn Victobia is ill. She suf
fers much from the eomparative mild*
, ness of the weather, warmth aiwdys
I being particularly depressing to Her.
1 Her .Majesty delights in cold, and a
. hot room or a prolonged ceremonial
' involving a crowd invariably causes
j her to Teel ill and faint. The hot air
TVpparatna which is used to heat Wind*
i -or Castle is nevur turned on in tl e
’ sni’e occupied by the Cueen, however
' s.-vere may he the weather.
James Callaway,
Attorney at Law
CAMILLA, GA
Take Orders for all Kinds of He
pairs on Fine Pellicles.
.Augusta
Th« m.Vr lonod u. In ficL tho •ulUor’ied tftnt
lor Hart', Foclo,,. ant *111 k—p Il istlM on «a!i
lo Altunr. Ths H«rl Buss, la well known to
it* people olSoulhwoil Ueorgle, bavins been
reasonable fault to
be found with his not wailirg for
the crop; Tor even if the lanrcl
yielded a berry—which it doe* not
—it would. uot ripen on a person's-
brow.
• “Ere yet the shadows of disap-
poinu d hope darkens the horizon of
a dawning future, he reclined on
bis lowly couch to mingle with the
cold and forgotten dif-t.”
I do uot like this. A person dooa
not trnve with a conch and a Inn*
loo,.in..such a place.aaHist.
“Bflgbanr Yontig, hi, nieces or,*
reaffirmed it and pretebed i s adop
tion, under pain of eternal daiuua-
flpffiM
“What waa his obi
“He bad several objects, one or
which, as you will readily perceive,
was shown by Jiis baribg seventeen
wives. Next To the gratification of
ot bh own. woMnsili.es esuto the
(nila 'llie people, to kotp
nud to keep other
aud appreciated by the other, bad
any um-icsl instruments. Every-
■tfiffilK^-sibie was brought into
K-eqmMRi, aud consisted of one
fiddle, oi.c tin pan nud two awefp
plows. The noise was anything-
> blvtplog Cara ft*v»nn»]i to Cln*
Ob. 4UftblA BdH UCCIUDAdMUthw
7U p iu tralc.
UK Un on ail Xlght Xralna be*
a ac 1 Au.j^u, Augukta anj.Ma*
lab ltd Atiauta.
IN THIS SECTION FOB
Trowbridge & Hollinshed
DENTISTS,
VAYCR03S, . ’ - . .. GEORGIA.
Tetth axtrsstot without pain. All work
Arrutert. T«rm» modrrst*. Will *o any-
Lsru oa B. A A. ami s. F. « W. Ballroads.
*»n 'ti
it*.vita ni l-ort Valley for Perry
iy>, aud hi CuUibert lor For
*. Sunday.j
■7 Exitmion moa daily-foc-
‘ v "“ ** *“*' .gtoa, and dai-
wish to .
them at homo, and to keep other
ptopje away, and last, but not least,
to hAVe.something'to ’bs persfecuieil.
abwaiiP^T jt : .*•’.* v
“How la it siuccBrighaui Young’s
death ?"■-
“John.-Tayipr/tber present head of
the churchy is a very different anil
a much bfeitov man than was Brig
ham Youn^v-. Whatever Yonng
may have bc-cnj d^pstctrlainly Tay
lor waa no hypocrite. I think he. D
a sincere, honest fanatic. Brigham
Young made himself rich. John
Taylor keeps himself poor. As to
that, all the high pries:* excoptilig
Cannon, who tuay he worth $79, j
GOO, are npar.- - There is do q-uth iu i
the asiertihn’that difyUtre rr.btingl
the people. Withy -Young; the;
church was
A CLOSE LORPOBATION,
of which be was the head. He never
rendered an account of receipts or
disbursements. If anybody inquir
ed about thc»e things—anti -uch in
quiries were not frequent—he tolu
them it was ‘none of their d d
business.’ Under Taylor, there is
accurate book-keeping, and the ac
counts were rendered to the public.”.
“How about the system of tith- .
lugs?"
“The tithing is nominally ten per
cent, on every man’s increa-c, but
ranee beat out one of his fingers on
tlio pan, and now carries hit arm in
“baling. ’ Boys;' do get up tome-
tern, too,, in . such a place_. a* Hist.
liitTWlTy “cold” difslT IsTbe wurm
kind . preferable? And .tyd ibis
man lie down and cover upaud pc*
ly (#xiwp: Mjc Lj.y, f: v ai Hrllb,
At . Atacua 1 . win
Wwim kdt*)7, si Ad k ’-i.i
Nor.baui Lott, at AtlihW w;
Kenaeiaw houtoe lo all iMlnta
Wml
Pullman £le«j>er iron, Au^aj
wllbonl cbtore.
vvgbisa but ONB PRICE, tad Warrant
V .ery WL Ic e wblcb wopcll.
Ifyou»W)t» -—
man lib down and
ter out in (ho natural way, after
all? There are manv perplexing
difficulties about his history.
“Coring many . long yrars, with
tc Waihiafton
Cara cm It -,fvure«J at
Ug.-etti KMt.
Wll-KTAM HOCiLlLS,
t a Hupt. t\ K. K. ' ATtvu.Kb
W. r. eHU.LMAN,
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
690SBV6GY
anything. The official records of
the county will show whether he'
was a father, mother, brother and
sisicr or not, hat filial affection is no
tuffidanl evidence of mere abstract
pretensions like these.
‘-For his folks he lived.”
That Is all right—let that pas*;
TFULLTm
as nrsnekw
SryEBINTL>DL>T d OPFICF,
SAVAN-kU. l»l.,N0V. «
f\H A'.-'li At ILK “LMiAV.sNjv. ff,
* * Pa Meaner Irk*:. * r ‘k*.* criil ri
folteira:
- FAST MAIL • *
Ls.&TOSlVAnnfcU at iTyg
L«av«l Jcnup -R.. rtl
Leave W^cr. *. • ^ 2.-4J
M. Crine
THE JOHNSON HOUSE
HRiniU, OA,
b the piade to slop'andgets GOOD
n\noftr*Ai.- - -
•aie ‘saippBS ‘saiputf
i the object of this inquiry is what he
( died for; that, and which thing it
wn- killed him the most.
“But now that the thunderbolt of
heaven has fallen upon the liearth-
•lone of their family circle’'—
Why. good land, he waa struck
l.y lightning ! Take it all round this
«■>. one of the most checkered
doailt-betls that hasevercotne under
uiy observation. Destroyed in
Ari»t-Litleii. starved, drowti-
ed, •qiiclehed iu the tianquil couch,
spliiili-rt-d by llir bolt, ol heaven.—
it :* little wonder ll-at he laded
from our tiew. - - — •
“It nay lint, p-rrhaittc, have
lieen given lo climb the dizzy
heights of statesmanship, where Ba
con aud Burke were so often beard,
or falbam deeply the boaom of sci-
SS2JNHYH
vas neat Now here vas a pair iif
S alters vat is made uf Prussian Idl
er, de best kind vat ia known, uad
THE ALBANY HOUSE!
Mtnrricli Barnes,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
Tthis Horn* 1* wall famished and in *v-
L ary way prepared for the accommo-
iatloii of tha traveling pnblic. Entire sat-
I dinks dey vill suit you. 8up|»o-v I
you dry dem on.”
“All right,’’ replied the customer.
“Vait, my frent, und I’ll put s
leedle dowder in it. Now dry dcm.i
Ah vat petter shoe you vnnl dsn
dat ? It vits sliust as if som-pody
tak.-s your measure.”
“It’s too tight across t h instep.’’
said the customer, rubbing tin- spot
with his fingers.
“It vill sdrelch^my dear sir.’’ re-,
plied'Hofieusteiu persuasively, “dot
(odder vat made expressly for
sd retching.’’
“But the shoe pinches my toe*,
also.”
“Dot is noding; It vill go vay d<-
first time it gets vet. You don’t vain
lo pay a pair uf shoes more as dree
sizes too big, and go around de la
dies mit your feet looking like a
goupte of railroad scraper*. It
vould be a shame, voo know.’’
“Wliat do you ask tor the shoes?”
“Only scex" dollars.’’
“Jerusalem! That’s too much.’’:
“Veil, my dear sir, yon most re
collect dat dem shoes vas made of
Prussian ledder, und tedder dere
vas scarce. My uucle vat tiffe dere
write me last veel
d FioriUn by till - train c«n*
h train arr.YiD^ at Maco$$
the treasury to defray ordinary ex
penses, to build temple*, to send
missionaries abroad, and to aid im
migrants iu getting to Utah. These
obligate themselves to return the
money if they become able to do so
and, tor the most part, they are true
to their engagement*. I doubt,
however, if, after all, the Mormon
church squeezes more from its vo
taries than otherChristinn sects col
lect from theirs.’’
“Wh^l is Taylor* attitude with
regard to polygamy ?“
“He preaches it strenuously, but
not with so much force and effect as
Orson Pratt did. Pratt, who died
recently, was his chief apostle, and
the ablest and most logical mail they
had. Ho becamo celebrated by his
debate with Dr. Newman’, Tn-swfffch
the latter gained no credit n6 a con
troversialist. The Mormons believe
tnoroln
AURABAM, ISAAC AND JACOB * *
(ban we do. In fact, their religion j
is as much Jewish as Christian.’’
“Wliat effect docs this preaching
of polygamv have upon thcpcwplc?*-
“Not nearly so much as iu times
past. Tho young men and voiucu
won’t have’it. They hnve seen the
evil results in tht-ir home*. -Wide
from that, they can’t hnve it if they
would. It has become too expensive
a martyrdom or amusement, which
ever yon choose to call it. Milliners
and dressmakers are tho best mis
sionaries that ever went lo Utah.”
“Wliat are your ideas as to its
speedy abolition ?’’
“Welt, it ia dying pretty rapidly of
itself, but if von want to kick it a
little insist upon a secret ballot, and
if you lookiupon-it ns prostitution,
which It is in a minor form, treat it
as you treat that vice in Boston.
Punish the women, who have less
cx :um than the women who go as
tray here, for they have more chance
of honorable marriage in a territory
where the malo population is 5,0J0
in advance of the female. Except
in rare iusianccs the giria ate not
driven into polygamy, l’bcy come
over from Wales and Scandinavia
i ence, where Huxley and Tyndall
; stroll with familiar atep.” -
The nautical phrase ie misplaced
there; one doe* not fathom a bosom.
Neither do any bnt the most reck
less people go tramping around jin
such a place.
* Bat he It gone. He sleeps the
long, last steep, unconscious of the
night winde that chant the requinm
o’er his grave, or the vesper breeze*
that play amoog the lonesome pine,
making music as though each bough
played the etringa of Apollo’a gold
en harp.”
Very well, that is all square and
right. And all io bis advantage
too, bat he missed hla obituary.
7 A. XI. ds.lv.
PiMcngon* for l>*hen L*1
. P***e-~
er* from 5itvanual
s train *rrlre at
rra from
3 and W
uitd- said dat
sy don’t make
ipr. All tie
harness dere Is now made of wool.”
“I tell ydfi'Vhat I’ll do,”*aMthe
customer, examining the shoe close-
Jy, “I’ll give you four dollar*.”
•Mv g-r-raciou*! A Prussian
loddo’r shoe for four dollars veu it
cost me more as five dollar* und fif
ty cents laid at the depot down, nud
tiio profit on dem don’t bay for the
gas. Mv g-r-racion*,,vat’s de mat
ter mil de people?’’
“Well, I’m uot going to give $8
for those shoes,” said the customer,
moving toward the door, they are
not worth it.
“Veil, my Trent, take dem along
for $L und call around again tome
odor day.” ' 4
> The customer paid for the shoes
and taking l.is parcel, left the store.
“Herman,” Inquired Hoffeuitein o’f
ilia clerk, “vat vas de cost brice of
dem split shoes I (bust sold the
gcniicman?”
“Vou dollar und a-hslf, air.”
“Mv g-r-raciou*, Herman, dlnlk-
huw small de brofit vas. If pianeSk,
you know, Herman, don’t get pet-
ter it vill break all th« gtnrn tin*
GEU. S. GREENWOOD
ing and making mixed drink*. He
was not a showy bar-tender, who
could throw a stream over hi* back
and catch it In front ot hie chest.
He was never seen to mix a drink
and nobody ever knew bow he made
what ha icrTea. He did all hi*
work’under the bar. He made mar
vellous milk punches .and Santa
Cruz sours, but the secret of tbeir
make has gone with him.
FA8HI0NABLE TAILOR
Love lii.hLr.Jxe . . .441 PM
Leave Thorn 7 il 1 o ,r .9H|f 4
Arrive DuFoni ♦*
Arrive 1 ebetavillo .MNaM
Arrive Jwiup
Arrive savAnuAh ” SJ8AX
Sle*i».n* cur* run throu/rh from Tuimili
an4 A'!>uay dally mibout change, 'j
« ..uB’-ct'.on At Albany daily wHis jmMr
trail.- tvAfc -ways on !k.uUjwe«tcru KallVfM !•
i”. 1 fr •: Mi- .>d, Ltifaula, Montgonierv Mo-’
. ’ A • T.’-2LI, Fir.
M*ilfitv*it:r.er !»•*•. «* lifiinbridve for Ap&lcbi-
. !a iii I Coluinbu* every I cMdiy anu
lllT* 1
cs/nneetjon at Jackbonrille daily 'Sup*
for (#r«-e*n Cove hprln^a, 6*,
Au l fu”.ir,r', i itiAUta, LnUirprUe, Sanford and
allTaitdia^ficr* nt. John j 1 iver.
Tniaaon li. A. K.H. leavt- 'unctk>n,fOtrg
weii, at 12:2> i*. M., and for lirunawiclt u d
i:ii I*. M., daily,except Sunday.
Through Tickeit »*dd and' oleeplnc yUHL
H«*n'.* .... I IzravnuK lloom Car ire-
tl* ;rc! at lire tin 1 icket 'vilirc,
Hull -treet, sl 1 txt tiio comp4ay’j
foot Of Libert’ Street
JAS. L. T
tjeoara! P.tsff.
J. S,irRG.s. M U*#r of Triutio
R. «y. 1 LKMIXo. 6opc;
next January, ami - would reqnire his
services. Ho went to New York to
er.deaTor to make tome arrangement
with the Bank Directors whereby lie
could remain in the Cabinet until tho
end of the fiscal year. They would
- trot consent to any such arrangement,
James had either to reign
Butchers are almost invariably
fleshy inen.^. meat shop ia the place
logo to if y9u want to get fat.
A Cocos, Cold or Sore Throat
should be stopped. - Neglect frequent-
sn l Mr.
hla'bank Presidency-or hi? Cabinet
position. He concluded that h< could
not sacrifice his personal interests for
iaqhoCabi-
SHIRT GUTTING
Y LOB,
Agtnt.
-tie*.
■ts ndent
-the wake of a short service
net, and so tendered his resignation
; which wilt l>e accepted. Nobi.djr, ex
cepting possibly tho President, luiowi
W ILL t> rsuisdM tbs htsbsttbi Jsr.bs&.a
tbs Csart Bans door or Dos; aottrOoua-
tj. csOourdi,. tbo 3to of Novomr <r nut, ia
Vrajaic Hotcsx-fca
to work Ur iu.
i spore llnfjit
whether Mr. James' aueeoasor will .
ba nominated before the holiday recess
or not. Bomor still makes -Filley the
next Postmaster-General.
Good Work 1 Perfect Fit an
— Reasonable Prices
Guaranteed!
sazSMj
I White House.
butcher.