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1 • s """ ,y ' hV1 ' , """ s r '"' WRIGHT &. WARREN,
WISDOM—.H’STICK—MODKli ATIOX.
OL. I-
ALBANY. GEORGIA. OCT. 3, 1867.
S<f>, 1’KU QUAliTKlt
NUMBER 98.
i,aw I’Aitns. !
D. H. POPE,
ATT Sun FA’ AT LAW. j
S AMIAiKV, iitl,
II.I. give |M'om[il ntlenilon In nuv Lit^inoss !
... nn.l Sef#nty-t
,M*nion-l^.vnhlc in uAvnncc.
apE^IAli NOT KM:.
«rvnn.H*l!ilCH fur ull'u-o, $10,
n» * iB ehnrged for nl regnlnr n.l
*»» atlYrt'u***.
P*J <Lf tn lines, of lirevler, make one
ilBcmenu* ih»i moke uvereiRlil Hup--
ullWN linr*. nH ,wo *‘l" ir **'
will mtrU on llicir inlvonisemenis
EL llW rp« they wish iliciu in occupy.-
fur in.llvhliml lienotn. will !•«
||!w (wr »|uari* fur nidi iu-eni..n.
. ronjrre-4-* FAN N«*T hr. FILED nniil the gene
fjCjul AdVei'llseillClUv | i'iti ortlei'H nl iIn* .Iii.Ijo— oi ll>»* Supiwin* Foitrl
*11^ ,1^ oili* rates tor leg-il mtvcrlinM* i/uinlei'eeolion 10) i.ri-Ni-ViUv llji-.di m of lln- petition
j of.lers. ole., ete
niB*r levy of oiclil lines or !«*-*..$ 00 When ilieFin-uil .ni l ili-liiel I’ouri nftli t'nilcil
Fi. Fn. Haled, per lo*y •* «M) 8|ni-;s . in piopeily
HSfJile!. per levy 00 ! glmly »epresent
. .. nn , ol A.lininiHtniiion.... I oo «»«•
ATTOUNEYH AT LAW,
ALB IN V, UA-
W ll.l. pr.icJico in lli»» sevcnd Fntirls e! Liwnn-I
Equity in I .is State him! Hie Fm-yii Fourth
ol Ihe Unite.! States lor the Slate nl Get.rein
Also attention given to COMMISSION 1lt
ni'i'irv,
AllMny, Nov. IS. IHii5. —37
Bankrupt Laws.
■PETITIONS in lt.uikriq.iey mnler late Vet of l\
The Widow Lecdotu’s l.asi Loaf.
IIV MISS \l.\UY r. IIIIMIT.
‘•(’.•lint anil deep pence is this wait* air,
These leaves llint redden to the fall ;
Ami in one heart ifealm nt all,
1 fatty ealin, a calm despair.
“(’aim on the seas, ami silver sleep
.lie, put them tolie.l. She heard them their
prayers and bade “good night and Clod bless
them," card idly and tenderly as usual, but
with that suli.ltied, spiritless tone that
emanates from si henrl without hope. She
e.iutiuued kneeling by their hetiside long
after she hY»d prayed with them and wept.- -
Bitterly site wepi, hut there was no pitying
eve to see now, no tender hands to caress
| no loving voice to soothe, as the cry from
And wavesthat s\\av themseves in cost,■ Bit over-burdened, despairing heart,“My
And deep ealm in that noble breast, | (J od, mv God, why h:\si ilton torsaken me! ’
Which heaves hut with the heaving deep." went up over the head of the unconscious
|Tuxn\min. little sieepers in that hour ofagony.
• j “No pitying eye,” did I wiy? The Eye
It was evening-—si beautiful autumn even* that never slumber* or sleeps, was there;
mg. Titered leaves yet danced, rejoicing ' the loving kindness that has —“ I will
in the mild air; the yellow sunshine .yet he a lather t.» the fatherless.” was about her
. i .rihled the Jilll tons, ami the suit" aliftd»»^ even t»..-niMittlirlU 1 —
>!^pllpWfrHte ‘HIIIUV, ft^w^t'iTtle p«»wi-r onTirspTi iW’atile ino "Tet'se.I nssur-
widow Leed.un, with her eftihl HflMw arm, anee in answer to her despairing erv—‘*l
•»*» i / . .. :it i i »• t .. . i*.. »*
wetnle.l her wav hoinewart^
j will tu‘Ver leave thee nor forsake tine,”
of MunviUiiiisliip.
. 4 on
l^^^llonof.UsmiHHion from Admin-
4 on
n on
4 on
SSP
_^i>nil
wP*bwr*»n.l Creditors
uiiiri.pl!'re
rfiSubte property, leu day
wlrtMlxiy dsys . .
£ at Ihe nl.ove vuIch will Im required in
iretffluU notes.
SPEC 1 A I. NOTI C E.
(•ruxl by Administrators, Executors or
liorii llu-ke efts.-4. w.
•on* t-lieiils licftive llit-m.
i* determined in viie.-ition nr term.
hull
Cases
IIINKS \ nouns.
Attorneys nt t.nw.
18U7.
Allmny. tin.. April
MEDICAL CARDS.
:iltf
W
Drs. Jennings (c DeWitt
AYE assi elated dtemselves in the ptncdcc of
niedieine.
tTPFICE—l p stidrs over llil-mnu A Un’.l’s llrttg
Store.
Mr. In-Witt will give speeial attention to
SVIIHICAI. eases.
/.ll.any. .Inly 2d. 1»C»7. 7<Mf
iiNWpured by low to bo held on the
in each month, between the hours ol
uforenoos and three iu the nlU-rnoou, nt I
uHmm i n ihe county In which the proper-1
naUd. Notice «»r the«o side* must be given * Opposite Livery Stable,
!?rfi7Ml!°«Tp«* r n3"ro 0 n"riy ran,l tn.| BKSIlWX'fih MX /’■ IIUIXSOVH
ilil#tamner. through a public gazette ten- Fi-bl2-t.il-iri ALUANY, tlA.
nUui to Mle day. .1--
'7:7Zi!l>rs. Cromwell & Connally
Mlkit application will be made toMho Court ^
it i „„a «.->• i.» ppvR their professional services to the citizens
DR. TODD.
aary for leave to sell Land must be publish-
iiufor letters of Administration, fiunrdinn-
. sail be published thirty days—for diH-
from Administration, monthly six months—
iillvnfroin Guardianship forty days.
.far the foreclosure of Mortgages must be
id Monthly for four months—for esinblishimr
in for the full spacn of three months—for
m titles from Executors or Administrators.
Kl have been given by the deceased, the
of three months.
Sin- w:ts tired’, lop site had lolled nil slay «nd bet*soul grew ealm, all her old Irustingj
in l’ , armer Wood’s ktlehin, ami though d Mait lire! nrnnl, and she rose from her knees
wasSaluiihty evening, she had not been lrau.|nilly, leelitig‘*lh:tt the Lord is si very
paid h»r her labor. 'I’lie kiml-hearted house- present help iu time of trouble.” She took
maid al Farmer Wood's had urged her to!down the little worn Bible from lln- mantel
wait for her slipper, but she tin.tight oflnt | and,as she read on llir.mgh the closing elutp-
hungry little nm->:it home and sin- could not | lets ol St. John, an expression of peace in-
!*lav. 'L. jCtlahle,—“the peace that passeth under-
fvlie had no eye for the glory of the su-jlanding” settled serenely on her sweet
Fulling the Bible reverently baekj
some mending from her basket, ami |
little joyous eicaturo that laughed and | the clear tones of a hymn sounded
little cottage;
How many a heart-ache would
were all to lined thu billowing
vice, s.» beautifully expressed ;
Title r.i«;im.Y.
'I'rip light I \ o\ i.-r t rottbh-,
Ttip lightly over wrong,
We only mate grief double,
Bv dwelling im it long.
\\ Ity clasps woe’s hands so tijrhtly
Why sigh o’er blossoms dead ?
Why elingto forms unsightly V
Why not seek joy instead
Trip lightly over sorrow,
Though till the day lie dark,
The sun may shine to-morrow,
And gaily sing the lark ;
Fair hopes have not departed,
Though roses may have ll.-d;
Then never In-down hearted,
But look for joy instead.
fill. IIII4I IIW 4,1 l-’l III- «’l -114- i-u-J-
perb October sunset as she walked weari ly [hire. Fi
on, her tired aims sea reel v aide to hold thei^hc took
1
Trip lightly over sadtn ss,
Maud not to rail at doom ;
We*\e pearls to string of gladtie
(lit this side the tomb;
Whilst stars are nightly shinnin
And the In-aveiis overhead,
F.neourage net tepimiiitg,
But look lor j.*\ instead.
M'li.at lines our SRtialion llemaml I
With our soil ami climate it is impossible
crowed, am! every mid anon peendinio her through the stillness ol the
bonnet, lisping his sweet-tv.mil “Mamina,!ami
the t-xpiv- -How firm u fntiml;
1 oUtnimns L-Iu-n |u al«l iVom K.r.lly yra.m, mill j (.i.isp/ril'v Hint „r/n,.rt an-1'ii
V- • through vaulted vlottte, never ascended more ' ... * .. , 1
he seemed ^ ;l b,e to “Hi,,, who sitteth on Uit-1b 111 ' N»» diiittgc, or rigor
In- saved ^ Gther ettriehing industrial developments
'ii-dlde ad* ^ must be sought In-sides agricult lire, and
those would In-most valuable that natural-
| ly enuibiue w it It it.
We must rid onrselw*s id the popular fill,
lacy that the South is-. agricultural and
nothing else.* Tnlclllhd t tilth the South
.•in In- w hat she chooses if she will awaken
j to tt knowde.lge ofpowers which wt*re en-
j slaved by the saute domineering yoke ol
i agriculture. Above till if slu- will only cul*
jtivate the .putlity ol eommon sense, that.
I will preserve her Irom all extremes, seize
i .ill av ailihiltiv-s to better her situation, and
j calmly it wait tho end, .lustier is sometimes
slow, Imt the impatience of men makes it
I -.lower ami their rashness turns it aside.
Unlikely as it m.iv appearat present, we
i contend that well directed energy ami self-
• reliance will restore to us a national life,
purer and Holder than our dreamy years of
peace and plenty had ever known and en-
• joyed. New Orleans Times.
Ni:.ii:oi:s Dimi.i.im;.— A letter from u
’planter- of the U.digco neighhorliood
Green.- county, Alabama— to the Mobih-
! Tribune, says:
| 'I’he I leg toes in mv neighborhood, and the
k neighborhood, between here ami
Siovesteen. & Co.
MO-fOKTE
MANUFACTURERS,
499 BROADWAY,
Now York-
xltention of the public and Ihe trade is it.vi-
w New Seal*-Seven Octave Rosewood 1*1-
F«1h, tltich for volume and purity of lone, are
Vy any hidierto olTere I in this Market.
imUiaall the molern iniproveinenis, French
Bdioa, Harp l»edal. Iron Frame, Overslrunj;
we,and each iu-Urument living made under
ilmpervision of Mr. .1. II. GHOVES-
vlw kui lind a practical experience of over
jemtia their manufacture, is fully warranl-
mrj particular.
t'Grovesleen Piano-Forte,’
mveJ the highest award of merit
over all others at the ocle-bra-
Ud WORLD’S FAIR,
O L. ...
of Ail);.Ilk nltd vicinity. OiIm-i* on P *oiul St.
Fohritniy 24. lsur.
II. v. evt.t.nw <’• M. IMPK.
Drs. OaHaway & Pope,
PALMYRA, GA.
March iinth. lSi.f
DUS. SIRS Hi McMILl.W
H AVE associated theiiiHt-IVHS lop.-tlief in the
practice of incdiciiii-. and Iterchy tcmlcf their
services to the citizens of Albany mid vicinity.
OFFICE—At Ihe Drug .Stove of Hilheii \ Hro.
on Washington street. May 2d. Inti" | t -lit]
lilL %V. %. LOI'll,
ALUANY, BA.
Ollice (until further notice) nl his llc-mlencc
nearlv oppoHiie the tcsld.-nce of t’upiaiii l.din A.
Davis’. * May 8th. 18.57 46-ly
JOHNSON’S HOTEL,
Smithville, Ga.
T. IV. JOHNSON, rropi-lflor.
Mamina.” Slit* t .onglil only of tin.* t-xp,-.*-
Inul lit 11.- mu'?, anil/llu' (mans of olilainiiu
l.mnl lor them lo InM over Sunil:
Am !*Iio noanil tho villago tho
iiTosoluto tvliothrrto tutor il or |ia>» on :|
hut a vii-ionof hor lolloly, faMjn^ ohihlron
i'omo up l.oforo hor in inmgiation, nml mIio
*to|i|ioil. hor lips movoil a inoiuoul or two,
as If iu i.rayor, ami thou <,iiiv!ccniiij' hor
Mlop ami hurrying on, like ouu uho Iium
norvo.l horsolf to a smhlon roMolution, mIio
turnuil info the main Mtroot, nml was soon
stamling bol'oro tho omiutor of tho linker's
mIio|i. The l.akor was an uusioro man, but
il was not in human imturo to rosisl tho
willow's |)lemliug tone ami touching ox|.ros-
siou as sho faltoringly askoil him lo trust
hor ton loaf of bread ffiE a day or two.—
The man hnmlod the loaf reluctantly, ami
was about to insist on prompt payment,
wiicu u glanoo nt tho widow's painfully
Unshod face and cinbhrrassod mahtior ilctorr-
od him Willi soarooly nudihlo thanks,
lor miuiorriful disastors, onmo tho\ siuglv i'aitaw, havo boon regularly mooting and
lot in lile, tu nt tori v destroy the gonns-of ,l, '! ll j , 1 , K 'i"' l l
• * . . i iieigltliui'linud do imt know Gen. rope s
r , 'l | " M ,l ' j orders, il tin •re arc any, iu the premises, and
'prnl.lv In “Him who sitteth on ,ho i Ml " " S1 '"' onango, or rigor d season., | write, Imping that the negroes may Im
great white throne.” i no invasion of caterpillar, can .l.» tnore than h.rccd to stop such threatening positions,
But other eyes besides the All-seeing had retard the plentiful harvests that must glow ' l‘‘ s ! '* mighi lead lo retalitorv proceedings
heen looking through tho low easuinelfRl oftluMi.metits urmiml us. The -'I )es- j"" 1 Im ' " ll '"' t" 1 ',".' ,.
• • 1 ,, , Drilling bv negroes of whites, is prohibit-
inhlazom d on our shield i »-d, :is we understand, by an order of Gen.
tud the time of tiuiuixed ! Fopt-dissolving all militia orgniiiz.atious in
ev il is always brief. j the third military district. <>rdcrs,liow-
ver, are dead letters in the estimation ol
... ......... r .. -»,om ot me eiemeni!
the hu.ely sutlerer, ami now the sweet tones tljli| ll) ., „ , is ,
ot the holy hvmii were interrupted by :i .
knock at the door. The widow opened it, w ,,ul uu'liaeable, t
ipi
and saw before her a travelstaiucd man,
who asked only fora eiust ol’ bread stud a
eup of water. The widow glanced at the
loaf which still lay on the table and then at
her sleeping children,. and hesitated, but
only fora moment; there was something in
the tone ot the stranger’s voice that came
gratefully to her soul, as the breath ofspriug
over violets, and she thought of her own
beloved boy asking for charity iu some dis
tant land, and she hastened to reach him
the loaf, trusting to Him “who eauseth it to
rain on the earth where no ittati is to satisfy
he concealed the hud under hey tattered j jj |L , desolate ami waste ground” for her of-
hot i.iiiitiu
shawl, and drawing her hahe closer to
liosoiu, hastened home.
plums.
•‘My mother! my own precious mother!*
Mvtn exhibit ol instruments from ti-.'
nifUniloii, Vnris, Germany, Philadelphia,
an.l New York. Also al the
ilutiiiiie for five sttcccesivc years, Ihe
Hfilvor Medals from both of which can be
WMrwweroomn.
bioUoduction of improvements we make a
rfectPiano Fori®, and by manufactur-
J irUh a strictly cash system, are enabled
■Ikwb instrument at a price which will pre-
•tition.
-Set (lash In Cirrenl Funds.
rDwcripiive Catalogue, .out free *10*
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T HE Down Tri.ins stop .it this point for dinner.
The House i< new. T'ne table Is supplied with
every tiling that l lie market affords.
Smithville, July 2d, I8«7 70-lm.
“BROWN’S HOTEL.
0|>po.i.<' iv.'poi Ji.irov, ka.
E. E, ltltOWN S pi in, Proprietor*.
X HIS WELL KNOWN HOUSE Iras lioon
rotiii...1 anti r.pall'n'l, ami is luiw *tne nr Ihe
ITEST IIOTRI.H in ihe Shut', nml 'hr mn«l
Ronvcnirnl in Ihe elly. The lliilel i» siipplirat willi
e.ory thing ihe inarhi't. atT'.rjl'
Mneon, January l’lh. lnt»7.
WINDOW GLASS,
(.17.7. SKBS.)
Painls, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes,
And Complete Slock
Painters’ Materials
J . .. . I .11 , UIWIIIl l , III , II I'M \ Itllirt IllUtlll l
'fltey were pretty ehtldrett. 1 lie little I orif«l the ttiinirai* voice, in broken tone-,
Mary ndteriled Iter mot her s mild blue eyes | uu ,| siiriD^ln^, site was caught and strainetl
and delicate eotnplexion, and the boy lnsj lo t j u , heart of her long-lost sou,
father’s liansome Istee and honest bl own eyes. ■ uyj v HO tt, tuv son,” she could only mur-
Uoorehihlren, they were aeciistonted to be- Whilu heVxcInimcd; ‘‘I am rich, my
ing left alone, lor the widow went out to i motlior, I have been to Galiforuia, and have
work daily, and the night was always wel- back rich, heyoml all I ever Imped or
eoinc that brought their'mother s love return, dreamed ol. Mv poor famishing mother.—
They had a thousand things to asknndteb, 1 j j llst i„ tinia*, thank God! tli.nk God!”
which fell nnlteeued this time on tltc ear ol -md mother and son knelt together in one
the sad mother, though she instinctively an-, jr ln«1 earnest prayer of thanksgiving.
Hwcml them “yes” and “no,” asm-easion re-; * —i
•litiml. Slu* Kitvo tliu liml to ID.lu tt, nn.l | A l.anRhlUl* iRCldflll.
taking little Mary’s hand, they entered the
lionsu together. The tnlili&tt'ns nlrcntly m-i . At tlie I'ocont miirilfr trlnl nl (fSkiilffliitiill . . | i. , i . t ..
out by tliu littlo cvpi'flmil liouHV-UcaiM'i's, „|. u.'urly nil, tbv tvitm'sst'ss lortlit* prnsi:Hi-l ”” '
Imt tliiTt* was uotliliiR <m it t int uonl.l l.v tjol| ,.| ass known ns ‘unwillins’ j ul " "" ,l '»«•«» "*
eoiiRtrued into anything eatable, save a cup ^|„.y huvingtill been more or less reiuotely eiesin the lu-st possible manner.
* ' -»* - •'* i i.a mn« ,„p inn connected with the transaction for which H'oiumoii'sense,” says a ipiaint old divine
One .lacoh ( »»j s vur y If yon want learning,
county, uas jj yo|1 XVrtllt goodness,if ymi want thegrme
There is a vast aiuoiiul ol'talk, writing, 1
wholesome advice, and liigiibii.ms predic
tion which address themselves to our sil na
tion. A mightly uudiuged situation, we
grant, and eouhl not well he worse, save iu
the imaginations of those who can see no
end to it. Ordered not to despair without
having extended to us any sure grounds ol
hope, preached into patience without quite
iiudefstandi'ighow that pus.-<i\c viitucis to
raise our wrecked vessel that lies stranded
on the rocks, in short, no one who can
write his name, Imt considers himsell at lib
erty to oiler sonic suggestions that he con
siders will rclio\e ih Irom the intolerable
burthen of disaster.
“To relonn a world, to reform a nation,”
says a eelebra od English author, ‘‘no wise
hmn will undertake: and all but foolish men
know (li.it the only solid, though a larslow.
er reformat ion, is what each begins mid pi r.
feels on himself. But that requires common
sense,that exceedingly rare virtu*; which is
entirely remote from Highly speculation or
negroes. An example should be made.
Tin: si i:im: of the girls in the eotto
mills near Fittsbiirg has failed, and they
are obliged to submit to a reduction of one
dollar from their weekly earnings of four
dollars, working at the same time 12 hours
a day.— Exchange.
Thu three dollars per week paid to these
girls, many of whom are grown, is their
total wages, not including board. With
twelve or thirteen dollars per month they
have to work twelve hours per day and
hoard and cloth themselves. Yet the hypo
crites who employ these women profess to
he greatly concerned lest the whites of the
Squill should not pay tin* negroes enough
for their labor, or shoal'd work them too hard
And they imagine that slavery does not ex
ist at the North,and has not existed there
for lifty years.—Columbus Enquirer.
Wiikim: tiin Ma.muhty i.iks.—According to
Geu. I'opc’s apportionment, the
have majorities in districts electing
ol molasses and some salt. The mother cut % wiiiivi cv<t „ ti>i§
a slice ol bread tor each ol her hall-famished j| 14 , di-feudauts were tried,
children, anil sat quietly by, nursing the Jvearns, a German of Brown
youngest whilst they ate it, for she had 1,0 ' put upon the stand to testify c n tho part of . .
heart to eat herself. the prosecution, the State Attorney had ear- God, it you want anything m thu world
She was very sorrow Ini as she looked at Uu-J the witness up to this time when tho'you might get it ; but if you waul eommon
those, dependent little^ beings, and tlioimlit min or in charge of the deceased \vaa Italics 1 hciisc you will not get il. The most bril-
ofherVailing strength; and, shading her |,y the moh, when he asked ; ! limit .-mb.wimnis uill not eomneiiKnteior
eyes with her hands, t lie tears stole silently *\Y|,en you got up to the crowd, what . ' . . j.
down her pale, paliejit face,and fell among 1 won . t |, c .y doing?* I ,ls ,oss » t,, ‘’ ,,,ogt '•xtensive and hitter expe-
the bright curia of the little unconscious. -| dinks I noranswor dat question.’ | rienee does not teaeli it.”
liead pillowed so peacefully on her bossom. | The attorney appealed to the court, and It is precisely this rare quality of which
She had heen sorely afflicted. I In; bus; the court at great length explained to the W e stand most in need in this involved crisis.
hand ol her youth hud heen stiioken down w n, K .^ s |, (s rights in tin-case, and finally di- .* , , . . , , , , , .
by a falling Wain, while attempting to save , v ,.( C .,i the witness to answer the question, ' w ^ h *. s ' '! * ' '
a sick child, that, had heen overlooked in the an( | •„ w;|8 M*|»eate«l with great, earnestness «»*• h’niier slaves raised to a political status
hurry and panic, from a burning lmilding.-— j,y j| K , prosecuting attorney, who thought above our own. Where we had a peace I ill,
'Flic child was saved, hut lie wlm periled Ins ), 4 . waH ( >n the track ot some'important fact: industrious colored population, we have
life for it, the strong brave hearted man had j 'When you come up to the crowd, what ft t .| ;llnol . oll s, disorderly one, which we
perished. did you see them doing/ I. . 4 , * .
The fruit of this union, her eldest horn, j a’us—T was one of dat crowd myself, and— lVi ‘ uo - * :lxv 01 * l' M ' V4?! -1 <>k ee |u»1 Qfd V 1‘, e yen
the pride of her heart, the noble hoy whose [ ,links I was to blame too.’ ‘ j when their hands arc raised against our
every movement and expression had been ' Tho Court again, more elaborately than property and lives.
so many similes of Ids buried father, was n before, explained, to the vitness that if lie Those are the dark lines ofthe picture
wanderer,she knew not wither. j was only a passive spectator, and did not in t.utu ) ,
Years alter the boy had left her, when participate in the doings of tho crowd, an
Robert Leedom came often to see her in her ansW er to the question could do him no
loneliness, and ventured to tell her at barm, and alter patient inquiry directed the
ho had loved her from tho. witness that he need not answer.
-AT-
Welch's Corner.
PREPARE FOR SICKNESS! tSSSSfafflCl &
while
time they had played together at school, and j T|, 0 prosecuting attorney, who by the by
how he had remained single for her sake, wa8 i» oss Runts, of Tokepa, then took
and onmo back always to the same old port,' :U iotlior l>eat and showed by the witness
that lie might breathe again the same uii'j himscliTliat lieeamo up to the crowd only
that she breathed, and besought her to let | as a spectator, and then' again naked with
him sustain and shield her, to comfort her j m .»rc earestness than before:
gladdened the j ‘When you come up to the crowd, what
and they are made darker by the grasping*
and striving of those who re I use to realize
their ruin, and seek to retrieve by vast plan-
tin:
. JYoticc,
*fl.r date application will be made
tat Honorable Court of Ordinary, Worth
iH*. Otorgia. for tear, to cell Lot of
EEJt.i»lhe Fifteenth District of .aid
Orf™-.How'«dowor eioepted.
* Jt , A. M. HILL,
AdalnLtrator of J, W. Hill, deceased'
E VERY 'PLANTER would »ar- lime and money
by laying in a littlo bill of mo'llclncs.
Plantation and Family Medicines
Put up with care nnd al LOW FIQURK8.
Medical Client., eery complrlr, at WB^ 11 ' 8
CORNER. L. K. & H. K. VtELCIl.
DO YOU SMOKE?
TTTB still keep those FINE C10AR8 ond
merschaum pipes.
p ENGINE or no sal.' Very chrop at
u ""-.^r'ciiAcr
ct'itioiiting W( , ro they tloittgV'
to become bis wile. | Ans—i don't like to tiiiswcr tint'; ’ I nm
No wonder tho younj- snilor loved ; j afrniil I am criminal niint'sclf.’
she wnssonent in her habits, so {,cnllo nmlj The attorneys on either side lind, nt each
Albany
furnish. 1 .! of every ".esrription.
sue « nnw --- —- - 'li i
industrious;nnd heronlm sweet lace and
itolv eves shone ever with the beauty that
dwelt‘in Itcrsotd. She had learned to love
her second husband, nnd had borne him
three fair children, when the sad news
came that the gnllar.t vessel in which he had
sailed was wrecked on iho dangerous const
near Aliseeom, aud in Ids generous efforts to
save others, Robert Lecdom was lost.
Site had been a widow a second time
only six months, and now, ns site thought,
of her inability to support her fatherless
children even iu the summer time, and saw
no other prospect before Iter whichever way
,|,o looked, and knew that the cold, drear
winter was gradually coming on, iter heart
tailed iter and site could only weep. Tin
wondering little ones tried by each endear
ing art they could think to attract her at
tention, bnt in vain.
Impressed by their mother’s mournful
mood they ate their bread almost in silence,
nnd when they had Bnished, she arose me
ohsnicaliv, and, laying her babe in its era-
refusal to answer, engaged in long argil'
incut* for and against tliu answer.
gain, in a very patient man-
4 thu witness, anil then direct
ed him that lie must answer the question.
Ross Burns, with a gleam of triumph in
his eyes, half rising from his seat to catch
thu whole answer, vehemently asked;
‘When von got up to thu crowd, what
were they doing ?
The Court and audience maintained a per
fect silence to catch tho answer. The wit
ness, with the expression of stolid indiffer
ence characteristic ot his nation, replied:
‘Nothing!*
The burst of laughtar was tremendous,
and for a time perfectly irrpressible.
[lAcavcnworth Conservative.
A little girl at Rochester played with a
rat in her cradle until it began bitting her.
She afterwards complained that “papa had
killed he kitty.”
ting speculations the losses ofthe war.
This same war has decided many tilings
but none more thoroughly than that the
day of little things is upon ns. Paying
enormous wages to laborers only fosters
vagabondage. The freedmen are made so
certain that our agricultural operations
must fail without them, and they are tak
ing a long^holiday, certain that at the end
ot it, they can secure what wages they ask.
Getting large advances, at ruinous rates,
only keeps up a feverish unrest and an ut
ter despair at failure that will restore to the
minimum of her former prosperity. Lands
will pass into other hands—old planting ex
periences will be lost to us, and when a
clearer morning dawn*, ns dawn it must,
few of those who sorrowed in the gloom, will
greet tire light of a better day. All this will
happen becuuse our peoplo will not nnd can
not understand the value of small begin
nings, and that it would he better merely to
make an independent livelihood for a year
or two, than embark without incans in gi
gantic speculations, of which the failure
must entail total ruin. Every plantation,
every farm at the South, must now bo self-
sustaining. The mechanical arts must enter
largely into the education of the farmer.
only (Fi delegates (*• the (Convention, while
the 11 7 Idaeks have majorities iu districts
electing Io-j delegates !
Let Tit Kin-: Bk Light.—The Albany Argus
► ays :
“The day is coming when the secret a
which now seem so mysterious shall he mi•
fouldc.l to the public gaze, and, the people
b.- astounded at tlie impositions which havo
been practiced on their patriotism. In the
meant hue, we concede that il. is well fi r
Republican journals to keep up the rub n-
dub and invective which has proved so ben
eficial to their party in the past—it is the
lu-st they can do—but the light is orming;
it is surely coining !”
J-S.F The editor of the Montgomery Ad.
vertisor has been on a visit to Wetuiiipka,
looking around at things generally. Speak,
ing ofthe Ueuiteuliniy, he says that insti
tution at present contains only about filly
uonviets, the others having been put lo
work on tl>e~1tiiR~fto.Td~to~t ! nion Springs.—>—
This is a wise policy. Economical to the
State, and showing great deference to the
mechanical interest ofthe State.
Mns. Mr.\irom>, the widow of the man
who was hung by General Butler in New
Orleans, is now living iu Abingdon Va., in
jreat destitution, The Virginians calls for
aid for her and three fatherless children.
J-\7' A young man named Bomberg, book
keeper for .1 os -pli and F« r s, iu Montgome
ry Alabama, committed suicide by shoot
ing himsell on Friday in his room over the
store iu which he was employed. He is
said to have repaired to his room in apparant.
perfect health about 11 o’clock iu the day,
and was found dead about 2 o’clock . that,
afternoon, lie is represented ns being of
cxomplnay habits, and highly esteemed by
those who knew* him.
A Wisconsin husband, after knocking his
wife down and stamping upon her,picked
her up tenderly nnd asked her forgiveness.
We are pleased to learn that he then hung
her.
C-SSUThcre is danger in being too neat.—
And old lady in Holland scrubbed her sit-
ling-room flour nntil she fell through it into
the cellar.
IVmtiec uses emphatic language when he
says “Crownlow ought to be in the reddest
penitentiary in hell.”