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yeabs after. rolled across thy gra^ i^^LoffnsP »***£. 10 * 01 luxuriance S raBB ~" wave 0011 1, its green breast, alas! i WS" miner on thy Ending it lost to Bight ; jji ' Bheetcf chilly white. much precious name I iored BO V ihe the haunts of men among; lf ‘ r more outgrown tlij ‘ than plantest has tree touch, alien ears in murmuring song, ^ SI>B ° to tendance sweet, e forgets thy 5r ', laughter, and the sod thy thy feet. violets wlmn the dear wood where grew track of travel, toiland trade; imprisoned demon femes and IfitiishriekstUat frets, scare the wild birds from LveitteW I ibe shade; and on its shore stream, Ljjaid hxr 5 bell swings its chimes no more Lyet-cven y e t—if I, grown changed and K J'iift my eyes at head’s opemag wavmg of the gold, door, again thy to r thy dear eyes’ tender smile once of parting like a breath would 1 rfflll Jlshonldsay. 1 1 knew it was a dream 1” w Elizabeth Yolks HEAD of the war. L ,,a P „pa gathered graveyard. from the ISA TIUNAL !, •EETol ,rom Captain Phistcrer’a “Sa-istieal the Armies of rhe United States.”— in the Late War there Were 2,201 Engagements ot all Kinds— Killed ami Wounded. I |cfStatistics Captain Fred of the Phisterer, war, gives in his us bcok the liowiBg I figures:— statistical record learn from this we tint from April 12 and 13, 1861, to May L 1865, a period of four years, one month and thirteen days, there were I between the confederate and the union [ )r oes 2,291 engagements of all kinds, latte following table w’e have the com pjBtira losses in killed, w ounded, and nissing of the confederate and national troops in some of the principal battles. losses in killed and wounded. Union Conted. losses, lossjs. At Fort Donolson, Feb. 14 to 16, 1862... 2,331 15,J67 At Shiloh, April and 7, 1862............13,573 It),o99 At Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan, 2, ...........................................11,578 Vicksburg, May 18 to July 25 360 Aisiore of 4,339 4, )S63..................................... kept. 31,277 AtChickaiuauga, 1863......................*.................15,851 Ga., 19 and 20. 17,804 it Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23 and 25, AtKenesawMountains, m ........................................ Ga., etc..June 5,616 8.684 9to3t), )m ........................... Northern Georgia . r . 8,670 4,60t Id campaign of from Cuattanoog’a 1864...........................37,199 to Atlanta, May 5 to Nashville, Sept. 8, Tenn., Dec. 15 and 16, At 2,140 AtBuii Run ffirst), July 21, *1861..... ... 2,952 15.00< Bull Run (second), Aug-. 30, 1S62,.... ... 7,890 1,751! At 3,71); At Seven Williamsburg-, Pines and Va., Fair May Oaks, 5. 1862...... May 31 2,228 1,000 At la and Junel, days 1862.......................... retreat from Mechaiiics- 5.739 7.997 seven ville to Malvern Hill, Va., June 26 to At July Antietam 1,1862................................ (also Sliarpsburg,) Md., 15,249 17,583 Sent. 17,1862..............................12,469 25,899 At Fredericksburg-, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. .12,353 4,576 AtChancellorsville, 1863........................................16,030 Va., May 1 to 4, AtGett ysburg. Pa., July 1 to 3, 1863... .23,186 12,281 At- the Wilderness, Va., May 5 to 7, 31,621 AtSpot'tsj'lvaiiiivi'c. 11 186)....................................28,441 HfiVa! .May's'to ’ ’ MColdHavbor, Va., June 1 to 12, 1884..14,931 9.000 At Petersburg, Va., etc., June 16 to 19, 1,700 AtPetersbu 1861......................................10,586 Va. trenches In front Airaersuu ./WU?, rg, i-fr, va., , trend of Jl.496 004 -? 1 - 1864 ................. it Fall of Petersburg, Va., April 2, 116-...................... ccooV “{pwttnto, Va April 1,1865..... 1,180 Lee Va., surrendered, April 6,1865......................... 1,041 26,’000 Joe Johnston surrendered, April 9, 1865........... 1885, April £6, Dick Taylor surrendered. May 4, 1865... 29,924 10,000 Sam Jones surrendered, May 1*», 1865.... 8 01)0 Jeff. Thompson surrendered, May 11, , 1885 7,45' Kirby Smith surrendered, May 26, 1865. 2o,o(Hi THE RECORDS OF OUB HOSPITALS famish a Gory equally sliockiug. Tin same soldier was again and again undei medical care. Hence from May 1, 1861, to June 30, 1865, in the hospitals of the army, 6,010,618 cases were treated, of vhich 185,353 died, and 223,535 mei were discharged from the army in con sequence of disabilities incurred througl disease and wounds. During the yeai ending Juno 30, 1866, 10.274 soldicrt elso died, making a grand total ot 195,627 deaths in hospitals. In the fol lowing we have a brief summary of tin several statements of the different nffi cers of the war department as to the ag¬ gregate of losses by deaths during the rebellion: Prov. Mar. Adit. Gen. Sur. Gen Ped in battle..........01,362 lteport. Report. Beport. Plea of wounds....... 34 773 44,238 33,993 35,4)* 5>ed of disease...........183 287 149,043 49,20c Led of other causes.... 313 67,142 186,216 - Total 279,735 294,416 271,355 And the quartermaster general esti¬ mates that of those buried in the National cemeteries (of which there are seventy- 5in e ,) about 300,000 were union sol¬ ders. After explaining the causes of these discrepancies, and discussing the relative probabilities of these several 394,369 statements, Captain Phisterer arrives at as the total of our losses by eath. This, he considers, is as correct * figure as it will ever be practicable to obtain. Hobsou objected. “Hobson,’ . Muggins, >onr boy “they from tell me you’ve taken What away the graded school. 8 that for r “ ’Cause, ” said Hob Uhe master ain’t fit to teach ’im.” <Jn, said Muggins, “I’ve heard he’s a good master.” “Well,” replied Robson, apologetically, “all I knows is wanted to teach my boy to spell ta hvs with a There is probably no sadder scene on tarth than is presented when the sum | ;r ‘ r boarders, the after praising in glowing iffls delightfully fresh flavor of bie garden sass at their hotel, come bom |‘»ve contained^th^se vegetables “fresh the garden ” during the last mouth. ESTEE @me, STELE 2819 i ————THE MOST POPULAH— 1 E?&f53211@83 ®Wl§£elm < 45!} m W@‘ML@°— 1 SJXJ I ■a J HE I WEEKLY VOLUME VI. 0 - M- Jones & Company Corner Commerce and Warehouse Sts. CONYEES. GA, OOTTON' BimUM <D -HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF General Merchandise at Bottom PriceS. We sell the NEW HOME Sewing Machine. ©sF” We keep all kinds of jg@“SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES.“gjg Headquarters For all School Books adopted by the Board of School Commissioners of this county. « OCR BY .1 W m j Carriages Wagons, Bugles, MY own make. ALL WANTED TO BE FI^ST CLASS IN REVEY PARTICULAR. 1 keep also a GOOD LINE of Western Carriages and Bug¬ gies which I sell LOW DOWN Repairing of Carriages, Wagons and Bugg es-, Paimmg and Trimming •f all grades done on short notice. ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRED AS GOOD AS NEW SHTl have now oil hand the largest and best stock of waggons, of my own make, l ugies homemade ana of western build that I have ever carried, I ynu went bargains you had better call. All who owe me for work are ear¬ nestly lequest to come forward and settle promptly. I need the money and must have it. These who do not pay promptly will be given but shon time. So you will please settle promptly. ft should be rememberd that My establishment is HEADQUARTERS UNDERTAKERS GOODS COFFINS and CASKETS of all grades and sizes, and COFFIN HARDWARE in fact everything tha is kept in a first class Undertaker. OFFINS DELIVERED ANYWHERE IN CITY OR COUNTY KSXT3 Most Bespectfullv, «.* — m J. WV LANGFORD. m mm ITET O Xu 11 ■..... WMi y i." < A -- -- ' , ■ .............. ' Lf 1 - i! I JH I mm Jk ’ =g= - 9H o -IMPORTERS D1BECT FBOM ETROPE OF Violins, Guitars, Harmonicas Etc STRINGS, AND ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL MERCHANDIS* JB®“Nobody can underbuy us, Nobody can undersell us. Estey Organ Company Atlanta ( i W.H. LEE, Agent. JOHN NEAL AND COMPANY, -WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN Hr TIlli NOS. 7 and 9 SOUTH BROAD STREET ATLANTA, HA :o: Special inducements offered to DEALERS and others in all grades of Furs n i t u?e. A share of and the give patronage trial of Rockdale before and adjoining your pui counties chases, ern< s.Iy solicited- Be sure us a maxing 1 CONYERS, GA., JULY 20. 1883. Flagrant Outrages on a Citizen. The Providence, It. I., Journal gives a detailed account of malicious persecu¬ tions to which Mr. William A. Weeden, a farmer of Cumberland, has been sub¬ jected of late years. Twelve years ago his two large barns were burned, with cattle and horses. In 1882 his barn and other outbuildings were again burned, involving a loss of $2,400, on which there was only $600 insurance. In clear¬ ing away for the new barn which ie now being erected there was found among the debris, in the centre of the cellar, a bot¬ tle containing dynamite. Soon after the bam was burned several of the fences about the land were torn down and thrown into the road, and iike disgrace¬ ful actions are kept up until this day. Recently outrageous actions have been committed at the family tomb on his farm. The door has been taken from its hinges and thrown into the middle of the road, and the gate has been torn off and placed by the roadside. On the -labs are caricatures of disgraceful ob¬ jects, and many lines of vulgarity writ en with red lead. In the tombs are the Jodies of Mr. Weeden’s father-in-law. dster-in-law and his two children. At the commencement of the season he found in his lots which he intended to now first, that in several places were urge pieces of iron, umbrella wires, urge stones and other missiles stuck uto the ground, so that the knife of the uowing machine would come in contact with them. He discovered this by one >f his hired men going through the field. Vot long ago he was plowing, and al night left his plow in the field. Upon eturning the next morning the plow was nowhere to be found. Finally it was discovered in a swamp near the field, with both handles'and the share broken, which made it unfit for use. About the first of last month Mr. Weeden went to his well on the night before which the teed was done, and found the bucket as usual, all right. The next morning the work girl went to the well, which has two buckets; and on letting one down for the other to come up noticed a change •n the color of the water. She brought t up, and upon making an examination Lund the bucket to be filled with fresh ■ow manure. The water has been unfit o drink or to use since this was done, flthough it has been cleaned out. Fre piently in the morning he has found tin* rout of his house bedaubed with filth aid the fences around the house torn lown and mutilated. Only last Sunday ‘veiling ■ the bars at one place on his arm were taken out and thrown into die r ad. Mr. Weeden says he knows if no reason for thus ill-treating him, •xcept, perhaps, political animosity or personal grievance, of which he is una j ware. It would seem that the State •nglit to take some means to protect a •iiizen in his rights, if the town is mia »ic to do so. Thu Witnesses. —It is decided that ol the independent witnesses who gave evi¬ dence against the Invincibles in Dublin, Alice Carroll will receive $2,500 and Emma Jones, Huscley, and Meagles 51,500. and all be sent out of the coun* u-v. Alice promised the Invincibles not to swear against Brady and Kelly if they would give her $250, but as they did not do so she offered her services to tha crown. Two voting city ladies in the country were standing by the side of a wide ditch, which they didn’t know how to cross. They appealed to a boy who was coming along the road for help, whereupon he ointed behind them with a startled air and yelled, “Snakes!" The young ladies crossed the ditch at a single bonnd. ' Joaquin Milleb says:—“I advise yon if a man should steal your coat here that .on proceed to give him the rest also. We, your shirt, even to the undershirt, -other than go to law in this uncertain itv of dark ways and doubtful delays. The Largest Organ Factmy in Wprfigfigfifigfin AMERICA ! . TH OLD RELIABLE FIRM OF -DEALERS IN- ) General Merchandise Etc. RAILROAD BLOCK CONYERS, GEORGIA Having been established for 18 yes rs. and carrying one ot the largest fullest and most complete stocks in the coutry, we can sell goods as low any, end we guarantee satisfaction. When you want DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING &C. Call on J.H.ALMAND&S0N NUMBER 17. Watching For Their Master. One of the most remaikable reasons probably ever urged for pardon of a criminal has been presented to the Gov¬ ernor of North Carolina in application for the release of Tim Buckner, a negro desperado, confined in jail at Plymouth. About eighteen months ago Buckner in¬ cited. a riot, and placed himself at the head of one hundred lawless negro lum¬ bermen, who threatened to destroy that towui. The Governor was compelled to call out the military before the lioters were suppressed. Buckner was con¬ victed and sent to jail for two years for being the ringleader of the mob. At the time of his arrest the negro owned tw'o coon dogs w'hicli daily visited the court during the trial of their master and sat by his side. After Buckner was sent to jail, the poor brutes took up their sta¬ tion at the jail-yard door. During Buckner’s imprisonment the dogs have not been absent from their post a single night. They relieve each other during the clay to get food, bnt at night are constantly at the door. The people of the town became attached by this singular evidence of the devotion of the dumb creatures to their master. They built them a kennel near flic, jail doer and within sight of Buckner’s cell window. Gov. Jarvis’s wfife visited the place a few days ago, and was moved to tears by the wondeeful fidelity of Buck¬ ner’s dogs to their master. She has joined others in recommending the Gov¬ ernor to pardon Buckner, who still has a year to serve. The Food ol Slmth Shad has been a mystery for years. So .comes into the rivers in spring in •ast numbers, and soon departs to the his >cean. His food is little known and ea life is a mystery. The bulletin of fhe United States Fish Commission for 1881, contains a paper which throws ome light upon the natural history and mbits of the shad. The paper is found d upon the examination of the sliad of Southern rivers, immediately The after they eave the ocean. microscope was ;alled into use, and revealed a remark ible state of affairs. The shad is oothless, ai d it has been a mystery how ie lived. The naturalists of the corn¬ in' sion found that there was attached o the alimentary canal a great number of •ceca, or blind sac3, like the vermiform ppenuix in man. inch to Those pockets vary from an ’ hree inches seventy-five in length. each They fish. number It ibout in was iscertained that all these pockets were 'filed with food when the fish entered tie rivers. The theory is that these lockets are employed from as magazines time from time vhich the fish draws fo -hen in fresh water. The food was a ea weed, with parasitic animals at ached. The sea weed and the parasites cere found to be undigested and intact, t may be possible to find the ocean its tome of the shad by the contents fish of is nmerous food magazines. The ery interesting and very delicious. It s to be hoped that more of its life J»’s orv may be traced. One of the clerks in the general office of a railroad was blessed by the gift of a little responsibility’. The boys in the office were in ignorance of the blissful fact. The uewly-modc parent entered the office, his appearance denoted some¬ thing unusual, but nothing was inti¬ mated by the young man. As he walked to his desk, however, lie came upon a dog, the pet of the establishment, and heretofore an especial favorite with him. Giving the dog a kick, he explained “Get the whole situation in the one remark, ut of papa's way, confound yon, sir.” Lo’s Plea. An Indian was accused of killing doer during close time i '• Maine. He exhib¬ ited t<i the jury treaties from the general Government and from Massachusetts permitting Indians to hunt and fish. The accused pleaded for his exemption from the law, and manifested so much of the traditional eloquence of his race that he was ac quitted. _ Teacher —If two boys should find ten apples under a tree, how many would each boy have ? Bright scholar That would depend upon whether the one that could lick was apple-hungry o’ not.— Boston Transcript. Not the First Straw Hat. About nine o’clock in the morning a tramp who hold his hands in his pockets to keep his trousers up, peered in through a window on West Twenty-fourth street while the Mullwaits were at breakfast. “You want something to eat ?” said the .distress of the house. “If you please, madam.” “You look as if yon stood in need of Nothing, too. Sarah, go to the store¬ room and bring down that bundle that you’ll find on the chest.” Sarah having returned w-ith ted bun¬ dle, Mrs. Mullwait emptied the contents in the hallway and invited the tramp in. ‘Here’s a pair of pantaloons belonging :<> my husband.” “What .size does your husband wear, madam ? I think them's too narrow in the knees for me, bein’ as I ain’t a dude. You’d better keep them and I’ll send my p il’d round; he’s as thin in the runnin’ gear as any dude that travels. There, that’s a likely’ ’nough coat, but I see from the collar that it was made by Ramsberger <fc Ditch, and Ramsberger .t Ditch is a mean firm clean through. Last winter they refused to pay me in idvance when I stepped in to ax ’em if they wanted their snow cleared off.” “You seem to be particular for a tramp,” mildly replied Mrs. Mullwait, Irawing near to the servant-giri. “In clothes I’m always kind of par lie’lar.” “Here’s a good straw hat Mr. Mull wait paid $4.50 for ouly last summer. “Let me look at that hat, please. Your husband paid twenty shillin’ too much for that hat; there’s no air-holes and the baud’s a quarter inch too wide. Kin I see your husband ? I kin give him a p’int or two on straw. I’ve slept in more straw stacks than” “Take it, will you, and don’t talk so much ?” “Madam, I don’t propose to be the first man to trot out a straw hat thin season, not by a long shot. If I were ; ,rung up before a police judge he’d pack me off to the island if I wore that hat. Aha, my man, using force, eh ; forcing :he season, were you? Six months.’ Them’s the words the judge’d use, though Ud been hauled in for bein’ a little drank, [f you keep that hat until 7lune I’ll— but “Let me ask you, madam, did your husband ever have any kind of a ketch in’ sickness while he wore them clothes? If he did I’ll lug ’em along, ’cause I got a grudge agin a 10-cent lodgin’-house keeper on the west side that has a weak¬ ness for changin’ the pillera of his lodg rs—taking their bundles from under . heir heads when they’s asleep and shov¬ in' an old salt sack in their place, and hen in the mornin’ sayin’ they lining nothin'in with them the night before If you think them clothes has fl as, bedbugs or yeller fever in ’em I’ll take .-m long with thanks, but if they hasn’t I’ll be content with a little toast and coffee.” Mrs. Mullwait went into the dining¬ room and Sarah sought some stale bread the kitchen, while the tramp opened refrigerator, drank the cream that for custards and walked off with the and pawned it for a drink on corner below.— N. Y. WtrrUl. An Amusing Scene. Col. Bob Ingersoll, in his speech be¬ fore the star route jury in Washington, devoted himself with much earnestness and eloquence in the task of burying the witness Rerdell, and ho consigned him to an imaginary grave and decorated him with a contemptuous epitaph with evident enjoyment. The other day Mr. Merrick who had been very effectively picturing to the jury the efforts of Ste¬ phen W. Dorsey to drive Mr. MacVeagh and Mr. James from the Cabinet, in the hope that he would thereby prevent his own prosecution, brought his speech to a telling conclusion by portraying ail other graveyard scene. Taking the In¬ gersoll idea he expounded it. Instead of one grave he asked the jury to imagine two graves. He made Rerdell’s grave wide enough to hold two, and side l>y side be buried Stepten W. Dorsey and Rerdell, his tool and accomplice, the man he had retained in his service until August last, and whose name the defend¬ ants have been engaged in blackening. Over these two graves he erected an arch, on the keystone of which he inscribed the words: “In their lives they were inseparable, and in death they were not livided.” Going on, Mr. Merrick pic¬ tured the risen Dorsey, and he stood be¬ fore the Searcher of all Hearts, con¬ fronted with the inquiry: “In your life were you known as Stephen W. Dorsey ?’ Mr. Merrick’s face had been serious, his tones impressive and subdued. Sud lenly his features relaxed, a smile spread >ver his face, and he roared out the vords ro frequently used by Dorsey • vben on the witness stand: “I don’t re nember." The hit was so palpable that be spectators all roared, and then amid lie laugh ter the court adjourned. A Change.— The employees of a large mill in Lawrence, Mass., are now paid weekly. This is a departure from a long established custom. The idea has pre¬ vailed in Lawrence that a man with a dollar in his pocket is bound to get drank, but the manager of this concern says that his hands will refute the slan¬ der. A Christening. —German geographei s propose to cliristen a portion of the Vorthem ocean the Nordenskjold Sea.