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I I m TiiEHome Journal, «2 00 Per Annum, in Advance. KD1YIX MARTIX, Editor & Proprietor. THIS PAPEE IS BEAD ETEKT WEEK EE o:;e Tirofc&isb rt.l.m.itx IE TIIE BEST SEPUOS OF GEOTCiA. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22. Betteb times aro coming now—So say those who ongh to know; Ben Hill told the Eads a few more wholesome truths in the Senate the oth er day* • - The Saltan of Turkey has presented his Ex-Excellency, U. S. G., with a fine pair of Arabian steeds. CoKKLiNg’s name ' begins with a C. Likeall his predecessors with the same fatal initial, in the presidential race nc wiH slightly get left. v-«-< Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton wants a Constitutional amendment inviting to Beats, and admitting to debate in Con gress, members of the Cabinet. Lately we bave heard nothing of the bill providing anew mode for counting the Presidential vote. As we shall have charge of the counting the next time, the Democrats should not worry much over a change. A tdebulent lady of the colored way of making the back-grab wanted to ride with the white folks on a steamer from Savannah,—:waa ejected,—brought suit and recovered—nothing. Equality of accommodations don’t mean identity etc. The average Atlantese are now turn ing their attention to the system of tele phones being erected in their great and growing city. The Central office is in the dome of the Kimball House, Wires are to run between this and the dwelling and business houses of the city. By the arrangement a lady at home can upon a moments notice be put in com munication with any tuiness house she may wish. Pbeshjent Wadley for the Central Rail-Road and Banking Company pur chased at a Receivers sale in Alabama a few days since, the Montgomrey and Eufnula Kail-Boad for two million, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars cash.—The Central has come to be the most wealthy corporation in the South- The power of these corporations is dreaded by the people—and well it may be. The verdict in the Cox case is gener ally acquiesced in by the people—but where were the mitigating circumstan ces that led the jury to recommend to mercy? If there were any—aye a soli tary one—it certainly did not appear from the testimony to our way of think ing. . If there was any assurance that the sentence would be faithlnlly meted out to him, it might do. But with out side family influence, and-bienniai elce faons for Governor, he has much good reason to hope for a pardon, OXTB STANDING- ASKY. Randolph TucBer says: “If the de struction of civil liberty bo the price of a standing army, let us have no standing army.” Our sentiments to a “T-.” Gur so-called “standing army' 1 is a dear luxury at best—so dear, in fact, that we ihink the term a misno mer—“suckiDg army,” it should be called, for it is sucking the very life blood of our people, in its demands upon the public treasury. Forty mils lions of dollars a year—just think of it! And for what? Why, forsooth, to pro tect the frontier against “the ravages of the savages.” Oar warfare on the Indians has been a costly one. A cal culation will show that killing them has been an expense of one million dollars per head in the last fifteen years; and if the good work goes on at the same rate under the present rascally system of the government’s dealing with them, It will take just two hundred and fifty billions of dollars to complete the job I These are facts and figures that should put the sober to thinking—to devise ways and means for the removal of this over-shadowing necessity that is urged for the perpetuation of a gigantic frand. Can’t we induce the Bed Men to emi grate? Or, failing in this, wouldn’t it be an act of mercy to put an end to their miseries by immediate extermina tion?—a fate that, in the very nature of the present state of affairs, must be their’s sooner or later, unless the pow ers that be shall retire to private life the “agents,” whose wholesale swindles of these untutored savages exasperate them to such deeds of desperation as furnish a pretext for onr incursions up on them. So much for the pretended necessity for our standing army in time of peace. But the bitter experience of the past few years has demonstrated that itisnotso much frontiers as the ballot box, not so much the poor savage of the West as the deluded rebel of the South, who ventures to believe that local self-gov ernment is a constitutional right, that is the object of so great solicitude on the part of him, styled the Command- er-in-Chief, who through his minions in uniform makes and unmakes state gov ernments and dictates who tha peopie shall chose to rale over them. In God’s name, our people have had enough of the standing army. A sad commenta ry it is upon out republican form of government to say it essential to its existence. Mb. Hates is exceedingly lavish with his vetoes. His notion of the purpose of this constitutional prerogative is much at variance with the practice of his predecessors.. With tnem it was sparingly exercised, and in the main to prevent hasty legislation, fie, howev er, seems to regard it os an agency for the perpetuation of partypower. It was never the intention of the framers of our government, that the executive should constitute a part of the law-ma- kiug branch; still such is the practical effect of the defado’s conduct. Miscos ouatiou. A couple in Virginia loved not wise - ly, but ah, too well,” considering the great disparity in their complexions— the one being a Saxon blonde, and the other, a dark bay. The m image laws of the Old Dominion didn’t suit their complexions, so they stepped over ii.to Maryland, had the nuptial knot made fast, and returned to their native home to live, as the novels wind up, a life of peace, each in the sunshine of the oth er’s love. Not so were they permitted to bask, however. In the midst of their dolly-varden honey-moon the offi cer's of the law swooped down upon them, and now. separated alone by the cell-walls of their common jail, they mournjnlly repeat “so near and yet so far.” Convicted of miscegenation, they sued out a habeas corpus before a Feder al judge, who remauded them to the custody of the jailor, very properly- holding that the States alone could leg islate nyon marriage (good democratic stale’s rights doctrine, that); that the marriage was a penal offense under the laws of Virginia, and that their stepping across the Potomae was an attempted evasion of those laws and wouldn’t go down worth a cent. The ease will prob ably go to the Supreme Court of the bruited States. It is a sad fact that this unnatural intermixture of the races is. tol erated iu some States of . .the Union. Some one, a few years ago was compiling the marriage laws of the dif ferent States."Tin response to bis letter of inquiry to a blue-nosed Badical offi cial in Cocnecticut, he received the in- fornratioh that, “provided the colored contracting party was willing,” he saw “no reason why tha law should inter pose,” and he was “iu full accord with, the law-making branch of his State’s government upon.that proposition.” THE POCASSETT HORS.OR. In the willage of Pocassett, situate in the pious commonwealth of Massachu setts, lived (and still lives, to the dis grace of the community Be it said,) one Freeman, a well-to-do farmer, but a vain and conceited creature. Some year or so ago he commenced to ran af ter new and strange dogmas in religion In the practice and teaching of his new creed, he earned the conceit and bigot ry that characterized him in the other nfiairs of life. All these pretended be liefs culminated a few days since in what he called “a revelation from HeaveD,” to the effect that be must of fer up some member of his family as a sacrifice. The revelation in its first form was rather indefinite, and over this he prayed for specific direction.— To these prayers, he says, an answer came at the dead hour of midnight—a command to slay his child. In re sponse to this, carefully sharpening his knife, singing the while a hymn, of praise, he repaired to the couch of his little Edith (five years old,) and plunged the weapon into her little heart.- With the cry, “Oh, father,” half breathed upon her lips, in the arms of the inlm man monster, that little heart forever ceased its beating. Freeman, who is now in jail awaiting his trial, says . that he will make but one defense, and that—the freedom of religions opinion guaranteed by the constitution. As the trial approaches, it is more than probable that he will abandon thia idea and persuade bim- PRES5 C OK VENT JON NOTES. The Valley of the Etowah, in which Cartersville is situated, is one of the most beautiful sections of country in the Union. On every hand ate seen j fields of waving grain, corn and cotton, while the mountains, rich in mineral wealth, add variety to the scene. Tha editors were most kindly receiv ed and hospitably entertained by the people of Cartersville, We were the guest of Hon, John Anderson, Mayor of the city; and wa hereby acknowledge bur obligations to himself and his most excellent lady for their kind attentions. Brother C. H. 0. Willingham, of the Free Press, was enthusiastic in his re ception of and attentions to the gang. Col. Howell, of the Atlanta Constitu tion, makes a model newsboy for a mod el paper. He distributed several hun dred copies more or less to the poor —-members of the country press. Manganese is the principal mineral commodity of Cartersville. Hundreds of tons are shipped every year to the North and Europe. It resembles iron ore and is mixed with iron in the man- factnre of steel. We visited a mill where the metal is prepared for use. It is first washed in a large’ revolving cyl inder and dried. After this it is beat en or crushed in a stamp mill, very much like a rice mill, and ground as fine as flour in a regular burr stone corn mill. It is then barreled up like flour for shipment. Tliat was a splendid patronage the Kimball House had as the editors pass ed through Atlanta, and they all had remarkably good appetites. Cuthbert was selected as the place of the next annual meeting in response to an invitation from the people of that city. Borne and Chalybeate Springs also tendered invitations, President Estill and all the old offi cers were re-elected. A more accepta ble officer never lived. We are in favor of making him President for life. The Association donated twenty-five dollars to the" Ladies’ Memorial Asso ciation of Americas, to help take care of the graves of the Confederate dead at Andersobville, and the members made liberal individual contributions. Fifty dollars was also sent to the vidow of Capt. 0. E. Carnes, formerly of the Ir win ton Southerner and Appeal. President Estill called an extra ses sion of the Association to meet at Sav annah on the 9th of October, that being the centennavy of the battle af -Savan nah. BILL ARP’S WELCOME TO THE PRESS CQNV ENHION. self to resort to the more popular and fasbionadle excuse of insanity. If he does, his wbnld be a fit case for intro ducing the Oregonian plan of hanging and then taking out his brain for ex amination, to ascertain if he really was insane. Such cases as he ought to be hung first and tried afterwards. Yve understand that Mr. Peterson Thweai contemplates “going before the people” at the next election for Comp troller General. Our present incam- bint, Cob Goldsmith, has made a faith ful and efficient officer. No complaint has. ever been made against him, save in tha wild land cases, and that was by a designing, prejudiced few, who sought to censure him for executing a harsh law—a matter in which he had no dis cretion. Thobman and Sherman, are both re quested. by their respective political friends to make the gubernatorial race in Ohio. Each wants to try it, but is apprehensive of the result, for full well they know that defeat in that enter prise imports an eternal shelvinsr, so far as Presidential aspirations are concern ed. With the present lights before us we are willing that our Allen G. should try his lance. Tee easo of the State vs. Honest Jack Jones—suit on bond for alleged default as State Treasurer—is now pend ing in Fulton Superior Court. Col. Pace, of Covington, auditor in the case, reported something over a quarter of a million against Jones. Major Charles H. Smith having been invited and having accepted the invita tion to deliver the welcome address, then proceeded as follows: Mr. President and members of the Georgia Press A sodatimi: Cartersville leceives you gladly, fled by your presence, Always hospita ble to the humble as well as the great, she nevertheless indulges a peculiar pride on this occasion, for while her pompous neighbors have been spread ing wide their philacteries over conven tions of teachers and preachers and leechers and railroad intriguers, she ranks them all in the quality of her guests. [Applause.] The editorial brain is the lever of Archimedes and ihe press is the fulcrum. More than a mil lion souls are domiciciled in our State, and the power that moves them, trains them and directs them, is now before us. The press is par excellence the pub lic educator. It gives more incentive to study, more direction to thought and more food for mental digestion than all other powers combined. It establish es the convictions of the masses npon all subjects which they are capable of comprehending. What a wonderful power! And yet how silently it works its mighty engine; how seemingly un conscious of its strength; how unas suming. As we lock into your frank and open faces we are almost ready to exclaim, “How childlike and bland!” When the generous host first meets his welcome guest, upon the threshold, their kindly greetings follow iu qnick succession, “Is it well with thee, my friend? Is it well with thy wife and child?” Your presence and your sere nity indicate that it i3 well, and now, in our turn, we respond to. your kind solicitude, and answer that it is also well with us.’ Oar hearts beat happily and are warm with that abounding hos pitality which characterizes suburban villages. Unpretending towns feel all all the greater honor when visited by the giants and notables of the land.— Like the country farmer’s wife when visited by her city cousins, the first im pulse is to kill every kid and lamb and turkey and fat shoat in the neighbor hood. The cook-book is ransacked for something rich, spicy and peculiar. Lemons, gelatine and flavoring extracts are laid in store. The good housewife fondly aspires to entertain her gnesfs after their own princely fashion^and if furnished with their usual bill of fare wonld duplicate it if she could. It may be, however, that you will not object to a slight variation from your epicurean diet, ior ihe immortal Marcellas has demonstrated that even quail oh toast is not acceptable as a daily dish [laugh ter], and your rural brethren can tell you exactly how long an editor can live on bacon and greens without picking a quarretwit-k one or more of his cotem poraries. jLaughier and applause.] But Cartersville has another reason for feeling specially honored on this oc casion, for, according- to high, auihori- braved to visit ns - Into the jaws Of death, Intd the mouth of hell, . Bode the one hundred! [Laughter and applause.] ]Mr, S- A. Cunningham, of the Ex press, interrupted the speaker at this point by saying that Joe Brown denied the charge.] The ex-Govornor is even with ns how, and we are told that when “honors aro easy” with him. his forgiveness begins. We hope so; and that a better feeling will soon bie Brought about between him and this little bantling of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. It was born of her regions, and grew np as one of her children. Her mother—the good old town of Cassville—died in giving her birth; that good old town that nursed and cherished the lamented Akin and Trippe, and those other stars not yet gone cut^ Judge Underwood, Judge Wright, General Black, General Wof ford, and the Demosthenes of the moun tains who is now professionally engag ed in treating the ragged edge of * Jen kins’ ear.” [Cheers and laughter.]— When his excellency, Joe Brown, first became onr Governor, he became god father to onr little town, but she soon grew saucy and independent, and the old gentleman turned her adrift upon the cold charities of a way-station schedule. [Laughter.] Then Carters ville retaliated in a manner that was nn- filial and unbecoming, and the old gen tleman quietly told her to go to—Plu to’s home, [Laughter.] It seems now that he had thought she had done so, as he puts offkere all traveler's who are seeking that tropical region. [Laughter.] But she didn’t go there, gentlemen, and still lives to welome her friends and defy her foes. If she is a little inde pendent at times, we’ll “nothingexten uate nor set down aught in malice. ” And now, gentlemen, Christian gen tlemen, peace-makers, after the sad re cital of our alienation, we invoke your good offices to"make reconeiliation-be- tween the father and his child. I will not detain you further with this un pleasantness, but once more bid you welcome, and when you return to cool er-latitudes may you be able to say, “We found no indications of a high tempera ture at Cartersville, saving the warm ness of their heart to a welcome guest.” [Prolonged applause,] New Advertisements. MBumm FRUIT TREES, Of iiie Varieties Best Adap ted to tuts Section. Why pay more for Fruit Trees not so well adapted to this section, as those grown at the WillowLake Nursery, HOUSTON COUNTY, 8. H. RUM PH, Proprietor. Responsible agents are now in the She feels magni- f^ olioitiD S A* ^xt fall de- Exec.utors’ Sale. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordina ry of Houston county, will be sold before the Court House door in the town of Perry, daring the legal hours of sale.on jthe first Tuesday _in June nest lots of land Nos. 5S, 59 west ball of lot No. 6S and part of lot No. 57—all in the 12th district of Houston county. Sold as the property of the es tate of Madison Marsh-1, deceased, for the payment of debts and distribution- among the heirs. Terms of sale cosh. I- B. BASON, C. 3. MARSHALL April 22d 1879. Executors. MACON, CA. IALPCBTEES AND DEALERS IN Hardware, Iron and Steel; Agricultural Implements, Carriage Materials Paints, Oils, etc. Agents for Massey’s Excelsior Cotton Gin, Diseton’s Circular Saws and - Fair banks’ Standard Scales. ApllO,—lyr. MDMS.S. D. & ANN! KILLED, SEW MILLISERV U00i)S C. D. ANDERSON. J. H. ANDEBSON. C. D. ANDERSON & SON, WAREHOUSE AND Commission Merchants, FOURTH STREET, MACON, GA. (HOUSE LATELY OCCUPIED BY B. L. WILLINGHAM & SON.) LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON IN STORE. BAGGING AND TIES FURNISHED AT VERY LOWEST MARKET RATES. THE Wagon Yard and Sleeping Quarters Free to Customers. "Insure your property IN THE GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE CO., <3j&T Oo1-o.:ocl13-ojs. TOTAL ASSETS. > - - 8544,72105. This company commands the higheBt confidence of prudent business men on account of the safe in vestment of its assets, and the prompt payment of all losses. " ' Rates as Low as any Strictly Eirst-Ofass Company. J. RHODES BBOWNE, LAMBERT SPENCER, President. Secretary, Applications for insurance should be made to ths undersigned, who is fully commissioned as Agent for the GEORGIA HOME, EDWIN MARTIN, A^oat, Perry, IXoaK.tos2 County-, Geovjiia. 1879. 1879. 1879. HeadqiarterSI opened and now have on e first installment of onr •“‘“USat We 1 ■■ and sale the first installment of onr SPRING STOCK MILLINERY GOODS, direct from New York, which for beiutv and .1. JSSlSSniSjaptSiSSSa thanks, and solicit acnntirnianeQ of their natro age,—determined, as we are, to merit it bj BEST EFFORTS TO PLEASE. Call and see our goods. We love 10 show them. Mdms. S. D. & ANNIE KTT.Tt--: April 17—2w. ' T- T. MARTIN, MANUS ACTURES. AND DEALEil Df yin, sstriB 8tr@st Wap©. PERRY, GEORGIA. H as now cn hand a NEW AND COMPLEX3 Slock of TIN WARE OF ALL KINDS. \X7HiCH HE WILL SELL CHEAPER THAU f • ever before offered in Perry. At Wholesale, KacDn Prices will lie Duplicated. Roofing. Guttering, till most approved sly It. etc., done to order ia Apl 3 lyr- O UJR “The Best IS THE AND AH Trees Warranted as Rep resented. 3. H. RUMPH, Marshallville, Ga. • MILLiNERY GOODS Cl O S' T I MOST ELEGANT'STOCK EVER BROUGHT TO PESR HY All the Latest Styles OF HATS, LAOES AND RIBBONS, WHICH I AM SELLING Entirely for Cash at Cost. MBS. J.N. TUTTLE, No. 5 Cook’s Range, Perry, Ga. April 17—1m. MOTTO: pheipesC” NEW SPRING- STOCK. EVERYTHING YOU WA NT, From a pin to a hundred bolts oi Domestics, to 10; 000 'oonnds of Meat. WE HAVE NOW THE Most Complete and Best Assorted Stock Ever Brought to Perry. Dress Goods 5 Trimmings,, Notions, Domestics, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, HARDWARE, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Groceries, Provisions, Paints, Dime, Etc. Low Profits, Fair Dealing. NO BAITS! NO HUMBUGS! TRY US AND BE CONVINCED. DAY & GORDON, Perry, Ga. April 17—4w. Reject all violent purgatives. They rain the ton e of the bowels and weaken digestion^ Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperiei is used by rational people asa mevns of relieving all derangements oi the stomach, liver and intestines, because it removes obstructions without pain, and imparts vigor to-the organs which it purifies snd regulates. SOLD BT ALL DEUGGISTS. BECKWITH’S j|NTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLg These pills will Prevent and Cure Dyspepsia They are an unrivalled Dinner Pill, mild aperient, and admirably adapted as a family medicine.— They are used by the most cultivated people in our country, and are extensiveiv need by physicians in their practice. Sold by druggists generally.— Send for circular. E. B. BECKWITH, Sole Manu facturer, Petersburg. Va. We trust- that when the Legislature ty, this is not a city of brotherly love. eonvenes tiiis summer Mr. Hill and _ Murphey will not attempt to monopo lize it with their private fued. Wedon’t know that they Lave . deliberately re solved to do so, hut we rather suspect Ley. have. nor the abode of angels, nor the ~ * . . but is cn the confines of infernal regions—nigh unto the Pii Ac- ATTENTION Is Called to the New and Attractive BTWL1M© GOODE NOW BEING RECEIVED AND EXHIBITED AT COOPER W E COBDIALLY INVITE aH to call and examine our stock, which we think more eomolete than ever, consisting of DRESSGOODS, PRINTS, STRIPED CHECKED CORDS, PIQUES, PERCALES, MUSLINS, LA WNS, LINENS, BLEACHINGS, COTTONADES, ELGINGS, INSERTIONS, fancy Ties, bows, lace and kid gloves, LADIES, MISSES AND GENTS’ HOSE, LANS, SILK PARASOLS, HANDKERCHIEFS, ETC., ETC. WITH a multiplicity of other goods too numerous to mention. OUB STOCK OF Gents’ Felt and Straw Hats, Ladies’ and Misses’ Trimmed Hats, 17ITH 1 FULL LINE OF mm is odorous of fire [Laughter.] All t and ' Free. Address P. O. V ' : establishment a rendezvous : TO EAT, OF Give ns a call, and every attentions Apr:: 3-Z Provisions and Plantation Supplies OH *j|l]IMIS! €0LEMAN & NEYYsOI, GKOCEBS AND PEOVISIOX DKALKK8 MACON,GEORGIA. W " ILL OPEN on or about the FIRST OF JULY next the Warehouse forineriy occupied by Anderson & Troutman, on Poplar Street. Our stock of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS Will be kept fully tip and complete, and will be Famished to onr Planting Friends on reasonable terms for CASH or ON TIME. Con signments of cotton respectfully solicited. 3ir, GEO. W. WEIGHT, well and favorably known in Honston and Crawfor 1 conn ties, will re main with us in the capacity of cotton weigher.-* Mr. Nick Marshburne, -Jr., will also be found at Lis old poet in onr store. April 10, 6b, F a. tJOBSOU, • Abxkuk, Perry, Georgia. Sewing Machines, Jewelry, Guns, Locks, and eT* Orything in his line repaired 2nd fitted np in th« most substantial manner. All work not called for in ten days after beijg .finished will be sold to pay charges. ££T“A]1 work done promptly and at the Iowe* rices for cash, C C. AHDEBSON, * . AlroHjjrSr at Law, Kawkinsville, Ga. MST Will practice in the courts of Pulaski, Haa* ton and adjoining counties. sss Is a perfect Blood Purifier, and is tbs only purely Vegetable remedy known to sci ence, that has made radical and Pemusett Cbf.es of Syphilis and ScbofCla in all their Stages, It thoroughly removes mercury from toe system; it relieves the agonies of merctmu rheumatism, and speedily cures all skin dis eases. For-Sale by C. E. Mask, Perry, Ga., and aS druggists. WATERS’ JSSSaORQUB WITH AHB WITHOUT THE CHIJHE Of BEB& are the most beaod*" in Style and perfect** Torfeerer msde.TM!' ; is a fine imitation Hunan Voice, & 2 octaves ofBellstnnetf petrifying. 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