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MEMORIES. They come, as the breeze comes over tbe foam. Waking the waves that are sinking to sleep, The fairest of memories from far-away home, The dim dreams of faces beyond the dark deep. They come as the stars come out in the sky. That shimmer wherever the shadows may sweep; And their steps are as soft as the sound of a sigh, And I welcome them all while I wearily weep. They come as a song comes out of the Past— A loved mother’s murmurs in days that are dead— Whose tones, spirit-thrilling, live on to the last, Where the gleom of the heart wraps its gray o’er the head. They come like the ghosts from the grass ~ shrouded graves, . And they follow our footsteps on life s winding way; And they murmur around us as murmur the waves. They come sad as tears to the eyes that are bright, ’.hey come, sweet as smiles to the lips that are pale, They come, dim as dreams in the depths of the Tfly come, fair as flowers, in the lone, lovely —vale. There is not a heart that is not haunted so, Tho’ far we may stray from the scenes of the 't Past; Its memories follow wherever we go, rttkd the days that were first sway the days that F \ are last. S A Beautiful Story. material must that heart be composed which fails to respond to the fcilowmg extract with a gush of sympa tiptic emotion. The incident related is, in all its details, one of overwhelming pathos. It occurred during the Con federate war, a period that tried the | uls and bodies of both men and •kmen, and beautifully illustrates a struggle between the natural affections 4 n the heart and the stern duties of the I itriot soldier. I We take it from a speech of General ■ftllen A. Battle, delivered at Tuseum ■ia, Alabama. Bead it, and be repaid ui hundred fold : ■during the winter of 1863-'64 it was joey Kip to bo President of one of tlje court- A pnv iij' hU.i-ih.in'^Virn-inis Bp bleak December morning, while the snow covered the ground ana the winds howled around our camp, I left my bivouac fire to attend the session of the court. Wind ing for miles along uncertain paths, I at length arrived at the court ground at Bound Oak church. Day after day it had been our duty to try tho gallant soldiers of that army, charged with violations of military law; but never had I on any\previous occasion been greeted by such anxious spectators as on that morning awaited the opening of the court. Case after case was disposed of, and at length the case of “ The Confederate States ®s Edward Cooper” was called —charge, desertion. A low murmur rose spontaneously frgm the battle-scarred spectators, as a young artilleryman rose from the prisoner’s beuch, and in response to the question, “Guilty or fhvt Guilty ?” nnswered, “Not Guilty.” {The Judge Advocato was proceeding to wen the prosecution, when the Court, ob sJpVng that the prisoner was unattended by interposed and inquired of the ac- JwRT'” Who is your counsel ?” He replied, have no counsel." Supposing that it was his purpose to represent himself before the court, the Judge Advocato was instructed to proceed. Every charge and specification against the prisoner was sustained. Tire prisoner was then told to introduce his wit nesses. He replied, “ I have no witnesses.” Astonished at the calmness with which he seemed to be submitting to what lie regarded as inevitable fate, I said to him, “Have you no defense V Is it possible that you abandoned your < otnrades and deserted your colors in the presence of the enemy without any reason ? He replied, “ There was a reason, but it will not avail me before a military court.” I said : “ Perhaps you arc mistaken ; you are charged with tne highest crime known to military law, and it is your duty to make known the causes thai. influenced your actions.” For the his manly form trembled, and his blue eyes swam in tears. Approaching the President of the court he presented a letter, Baying as he did so, “ There , Genei'al, is what Aid it." I opened the letter, and in a moment my eyes filled with tears. It was passed from one to another of the court un til all had seen it, and those stern warriors who bait passed with Stonewall Jackson through V hundred battles wept like little children. Soon as I sufficiently recovered my self-possession, I read the letter as the defence of the prisoner. It was in these words; My Demr Edward—l have always been proud of you, aud since your connection with the Confederate army I have been prouder of you than ever before. I would not have you do anything wrong for the world ; but before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die! Last night I was aroused by little Eddie’s crying. I called and said, “What’s the matter, Eddie?” and he said, “ Oh, mamma, I’m so hungry !” And Lucy, Edward, your darling Lucy; she neve • com plains, but she is growing thinner every day. And before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die. Your Mary. Turning to the prisoner I asked, “What did you do when you received this letter ?” He replied I made application for fur lough aftti Tt was rejected; again I made ap plication and it was rejected ; a third time I made application and it was rejected, and that night as I wandered backward and for ward in the camp, thinking of my home, with the mild eyes of Lucy looking up to me, and the burning words of Mary sinking in my brain, I was no longer the Confederate soldier, but I was the father of Lucy and the husband of Mary, I would have passed those lines if every gun in the battery had fired upon me! I went to my home. Mary ran out to meet me, her angel arms embraced me; and she whispered, ‘O, Edward, lam so happy! lam so glad you got your fur lough !’ She must have felt me shudder, for she turned pale as death, and, catching her breath at every word, she said, ‘ Have you come without your furlough ? O, Edward, Edward, go back! go back! Lot mo and my children go down together to the grave, but O, for heaven’s sake, save the honor of our namo!' And here I am, gentlemen, not brought here by military power, but in obe dience to the commands of Mary, to abide the sentence of your court." Every officer of that court-martial felt the force of the prisoner's words. Before them stood in bcatic vision, the eloquent pleader for a husband’s and father’s wrongs; but they had been trained by their groat leader, Robert E. Lee, to tread the path of duty, though the lightning’s flash scorched the ground beneath their feet, and each in bis turn pronounced the verdict, guilty. Fortu nately for humanity, fortunately for the Con n. ! federacy, the proceedings of the court were reviewed by the Commanding General and upon the record was written: Headquarters A. N. Y. The finding of the court is approved. The prisoner is pardoned, and will report to his company. R. E. Lee, General. During the second battle of Cold Harbor, when shot and shell were falling “like torrents from the mountain cloud,” my attention was directed to the fact that one of our batteries was being silenced by the concentrated fire of the enemy. When I reached the battery every gun but one had been dismantled, and by it stood a solitary Confederate soldier, with the blood streaming from his side. As he recognized me, he elevated his voice above the roar of battle and said, “ General, I have one shell left ; tell me have I saved the honor of Mary and Lucy ?” I raised my hat. Once more a Confederate shell went crashing through the ranks of the enemy, and the hero sank by his gun to rise no more. THE GEORGIA GRANGE! / \ A FIRST-CLASS EIGHT-PAGE Agricultural, Commercial and Family Journal Devoted to the interests of the PATRONS OF HKSItANDRY. i IPS- EDITION, 10,000 ! The Gkoboia Gkakoe, representing and advo cating the interests of the Patrons of Husbandry, is published by the Georgia Grange Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia. Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. Circulatin'- in every county of the State and adjoining territory, The Geor gia Grange offers excellent facilities to adver tisers. To Patrons of Husbandry, and others, its merits will be its beat recommendation. Terms of Subscription: One year $2 00 To clubs of ten and upwards 1 50 Address GEORGIA GRANGE PUBLISHING 00., novß-tf P. 0. Drawer 24, Atlanta, Ga. HALLETT & STEWART, ' No. 61 Peart. Street, r.O. Box 8345. NEW IOBK. Purchasing Agents FOR CJEORCJIA, ISO ITT'It CAROLINA, ALABAnA. HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AS THE PUR chasing Agents for the above three States, wo are prepared to execute any orders that may bo sent us. We refer, by permission, to 0. H. Kelly, Secretary National Grange Patrons of Hus bandry ; Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, Executive Com mittee ; A. M. McDowell, Treasurer National Grange Patrons of Husbandry, may-tf ’ BRINLY PLOWS. BEST AND CHEAPEST IN USE. S3" Have taken over Three Hundred Premi ums at Fairs throughout the South. Send for illustrated Catalogue, with Prioe List, and cer tificates of planters who nse them. BRINLY, MILES A HARDY, Sole Manufactnrers, 128 to 138 East Main street, Louisville, Ky. may.tf H. F. O-ZR^IsTT, Ho. 102 Bay street : : SAVANNAH, OA. GENERAL Commission Merchant. s3' Cotton sold for Grangers on a brokerage of FIFTY CENTS a bale. aaS.tf R. B. FREEMAN, BLOMBIBh, PA. Manufacturer of pins, emblems, Jewelry, etc., of Patrons of Husbandry, and other Societies. Send orders direct, or through Secretary of Georgia State Grange. sept 1.2 m DIRECT TRADE! AND Patrons’ Agents. T a meeting of the Bond of the DIRECT TRADE UNION, held in this city, June 2d, 1874, the following resolution was passed : “ Resolved, That Messrs. Reese & Dawson, of this city, be appointed agents for this Company, and as such are recommended to our brethren, West and South: also, that the President and Executive Committee arrange terms between this Company and Reese & Dawson. A. H. COLQUITT, President. E. T. PAINE, Seo'y D. T. XT." Executive Committee, ) In Session, June 25, 1874. | Agreed upon terms with Messrs. Reese & Daw son, our agents in tliia city, as ordered by the Board of Directors ; they to charge all legitimate expenses actually paid out, and 2% per cent, commission for buying and selling. E. T. PAINE, Secy D. T. U. In view thereof, we bog to offer you our ser vices as in the interest of the Patrons and the' great farmers movement. CS3" Will handle cotton either for sale or as agents for the Direct Trade Union. Respectfully, REESE A DAWSON. Atlanta, Ga. aug.tf HUE. O. PULTOU, Grangers’ Purchasing Agency, Atlanta and Thomson, Ga, References—l respectfully refer to Col. T. S, Smith, Master, and Col. E. Taylor, Secretary, and to Col. L. F. Livingston, Dr. J. 8. Lavender, Rev. J. H. Echols, Executive Committee State Grange; Gon. A. H. Colquitt, Gen. Jno. B. Gordon, Hon. J. H. James. And to the following certificate of Ex-Governor 0. J. Jenkins, President of tho Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank of Augusta ; ex-Governor J osepli E. Brown, President Western and Atlantic Rail road; and Gen. A. Austell, President of the Atlanta National Bank: January 16, 1874. To idiom it may Concern—We have known Col. M. C. Fulton, of McDuffie county, Georgia, some fifteen or twenty years, and regard him as a man of integrity, sobriety, energy, and good business capacity. We believe he will prove himself faithfnl in any agency or trust that may be confided to him. C. J. JENKINS, JOSEPH E. BROW’N, ALFRED AUSTELL. @3” Address 6RAHGERS’ PURCHASING AGENCI, Thomson, McDuffie county, Georgia, marl THIS MS THE DESIGN OF THE Patron’s Badge. It will be sent to any address, accompanied with a Photograph, <sixe 12 * 14, on receipt of price. Oold, $8 50. Pare Silver, $2 50 Orelde, $175- Money can be sent by postofhee order. FARLEY & CO., No. 61 Paik Place, NEW YORK. may-lf THE BEST INVESTMENT! YOUITG IMI'E IST Who wish to obtain a THOROUGH PRACTICAL BUSINESS EDUCATION, aud prepare themselves for the duties of ACTUAL BUSINESS LIFE, Under the instruction and advice of EXPERIENCED ACCOUNTANTS, Should attend A.STANDARD INSTITUTION, AJTD Leading Business School in the South Conducted on Actual Business Principles, Supplied with Banking and other offices, combin ing every known facility for imparting a thor ough, practical, and systematic knowledge of the Science of Accounts, in the shortest possible time, and at the least expense. (HTNo vocation. Students admitted at any time. Circulars, containing terms, etc., mailed on application. Address B. F. MOOBE, A.M., President, may-tf P. C. SAWYER’S ECLIPSE COTTON GIN! n— pSp; |gj PATENT JUNE 10, 1873, WITTt ADJUSTABLE ROLL BOX & SWINGING FRONT. For Ginning Damp, Wet, or Dry Cotton. ALSO, THE CELEBRATED GRISWOLD GIN! Genuine Pattern, with the Oscillating Box, manufactured by P. C. SAWYER, MACON, GA. This Gin took the Premium last year.*^a Having furnished my shop with new machinery and the best of workmen, there Is no Giu made that can excel mine, as to finish. lam now running the bearings of the Saw and Brush in the pivot, or oscillating Boxes that never heat, though run as high as 2,000 revolutions to the minute. I hope my patrons will not do this year as they did last—wait till they needed tho Gin before ordering. Send ou your orders at once, so that I may have time to do your work right. It costs no more to order now than in September. The SAWYER ECLIPSE COTTON GIN, with its improvements, has won its wav, upon its own merits, to the very first rank of popular f;ivor. It stands to day WITHOUT COMPETITION in all the points and *ualitiPß desirable or attainable in a PERFECT COT TON OC’. Our Portable ot Adjustable Roll Box places it In the power of every planter to regulate the picking of the seed to suit niiuseif, ami is the only one ma e that does. Properly managed, SAWYER’S ECLIPSE GIN will maintain the full natural length of thestaple, and be made to do as rapid work as any machine in use. Three Premiums were taken by Sawyer’s Eclipse Gin, last year, over all competitors, viz: Two at the Southeast Alabama and Southwest Georgia Fair, at Eufaula —one a silver cup, the other a diploma; also, the hrat premium at the Fair at Goldsboro’, N. C. From careful inspection of P. C. SAWYER’S GIN WORKS, I believe his material and workmanship to be of a superior character. lie invitee the most rigid scrutiny, in overy particular. Patrons can have spe cial terms from him, in new Gins or repairing. E. TAYLOR, Secretary. VOLUNTARY TESTIMONIALS. Are furnished from various sections of the cotton growing States, of the character following: Wkmiurn, Ga., October 15,1373. Mr. P. C. Saiq/er, Macon, Ga.: My Gin is doiug well, and I am well pleased with it—in fact, it can’t be beat. Respectfully, 8. L. WILLIAMS. Grahams, S. C., Sept. 10,1875. P. C. ftztcyer, Esq. Dear Sir,—When you sent me the fifty-saw Gin, you requested me, when I tried her, to let you know low I am pleased with her, and, according to your request, I will do so. Yesterday afternoon I timed her. I girthed one liour and thirty minutes on a pile of cot ton which was too damp to bo in real good order. 1 then packed tiie cotton, putting 7% yards of bagging on the bale. I then weighed it, and it weighed 511 pounds. Ido not hesitate to say that she is the fast est, and picks as cloan as any, Gin that I ever saw gin ning. I would not change her for no fifty-saw Gin ot any other make, Magnolia Gin not excepted. Yours respectfully, H. EASTERSIN. P. B.—l weighed seed cotton for one other bale, the first one I ginned on your Gin, last Monday afternoon, and it turned out fourteen pounds over one-third— bale weighing 467 pounds. Athens, Ala., April 20, 1874. Mr. P. C. Saicyer :—I am very well pleased with the fifty-saw Cotton Gin I bought of you bust Hummer. It does all you said it would do, and does it well. It gins fast, picks clean, makes a good sample, aud, with the adjustable breast, never chokes. I never expert to use any other. Yours truly, J. R. BATTLE. Faiiirchn, Ga., April 21, 1874. Mr. P. C. Saicycr, Macon, Ga. Dear Sir,—The Gin we bought of you last Fall, we are pleased to say, gives entire satisfaction. We would not have any other. Wo have ginned 390 bales, gin ning from six to ten per day—cotton thirding itsoli af ter paying tolo. We can safely say that, in our opin. ion, it is the best Gin now in use. Yours respectfully, etc., MILLER & McKOWN. We, the undersigned, have witnessed the operation rf Messrs. Miller & McKown’s Gin, made by P. C. Saw yer, Macon, Ga., and can say that it cleans the seed better than any Gin wo know of, and makes as good lint as any Gin in the State. HENRY STRICKLAND, F. P. S WILLIAMS, W. K. ELDER, W. T. ROBERTS, Rkv. 8, HARVEY, J. L. MARTIN. Locust Grove, Ga., October 80,1873. Mr. P. C. Sawyer. Macon, Ga. Dear Sir,—Enclosed find draft on Griffin Banking Company for $l4O, as payment for our Gin, with which we are well phased. Yours truly, H. T. DICKIN A SON. The above lettor enclosed the following testimonial, addressed to Mr. Sawyer, viz: Locust Grove, Ga., October 30,1878. We, the undersigned planters, have witnessed the operation ot one of your Eclipse Cotton Gins, which we think superior to any other Gin wo have ever seen used. It leaves tho seed perfectly dean, and at the same time turns out a lieautiiul sample, etc. H. T. DICKIN & SON, E. ALEX. CLEVELAND, M. L. HARRIS. Mr. Daniel P. Furgerson, of Jonesboro, Ga., wrttoe under date of October 10,1872, as follows: I have your Gin running. * • * I can say it is tho bent that I ever saw run. It cleans the seed per fectly. I hare been ralsod in a gin-house, and I be lieve I know all about what should be expected In a first-class Cotton Gin. I can gin five hundred pounds of lint Inside of sixty minutes. The first two balee ginned weighed 1,100 pounds, front 3010 pounds seed cotton, bagging and lisa Included. Colonel Nathan Bass, of Rom?, Georgia, says he has used Griswold’s, Massey's, and Taylor’s Gina, and that he Is now running a D. Pratt Gin in Lee county, Ga., and an Eagle and a Carver Otn In Arkansas, and a “Sawyer Eclipse Gin’’ In Rome, Ga., and regards the last named as superior to any of the others. It picks faster and cleaner than any other Gin with which he is acquainted. He says he lias ginned eighty six boles with It without breaking tho roll. GINS REPAIRED PROMPTLY. **. C. SATVTKB, MACON, GA. A- K. SEAOO, Agent, Atlanta, Go. may-tf CHEAPEST FURNITURE HOUSE IN GEORGIA, xljie Eim\itufe Utqporiurp, Corner Marietta and Peachtree Streets, ATLANTA, - GEORGIA, KOO | #50,000 oom, Parlor, Office, Dining Room FURNITURE NOW IN STORE. GRANGERS ORDERS FILLED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. READ THESE PRICES: 1 Walnut Bedstead $ 8 50 1 “ Bureau and Glass 13 75 1 “ Washstand 3 00 4 “ Cane-Seat Chairs 6 50 1 “ “ Rocker £ 75 Full suite $ 35 50 The same pieces, with HALF-MARBLE BUREAU, with Glass 16x28, ONLY $ 45 00 each; Chairs, painted or varnished, $9.00 per doz.; Rattan-Seat, $ll.OO per doz.; Mattresses, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 end $6.00. You can get a Beautiful Full Marble Set, ro Pieces, only SBO.OO. “ Ruffled Parlor Set, 7 fC only $75.00. fry These Goods are FULLY TWENTY FEE CENT. LESS THAN OUR REGULAR PRICES. Orders should come through Masters or Secretaries of their respective Lodges, WITH THE SEAL. Any of the above sent to order. I’. 11. SNOOK. (oct-tf.) !W. X. CABTLEBF.RRY, COHEN & BELIG, Corner Whitehall and Alabama Streets. Having combined both Labor and Capital to carry on the Wholesale and Retail Clothing Business We are enabled to offer BETTER INDUCEMENTS in Fine Clothing and Gents FnrnishinK, to gentlemen in want of anything in the above lines, aud to merchants, than auv other house in Georgia; for these reasons]: BUY 808 CASH!^ And adhere to the same principle in selling. We buy m very large lots, and manufacture a great many of our goods. Everybody., whether customer or looker-on, is waited on with special attention. Our house is especially adapted for a Fine Clothing House. Being very largo and well lighted. Customers have a large stock to select from, and can suit i liemsel vex. And last but not least, wc can aud will sell cheaper than any other house in the State. Call on us, and be convinced. COHEN A 9ELIG, julyl Corner Alabama and Whitehall streets, Atlanta. E. TAYLOR. THOS. WILLINGHAM, Jr. G RANGE AGENCY, Fourth Street, Mneon, Georgia. Under the firm name of 1 TAYLOR, WILLINGHAM & CO. ~ WE HAVE OPENED EN THE ABOVE CITY AN AGENCY FOR CONSIGNMENT OF ALL PRODUCTS OF THE FARM SOUTH AND WEST—and for Storage and Sale of COTTON ! Brother Patrons — SEND ON YOUR GRAIN, HAY, PEAS, BUTTER, etc. LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SAME IN STORE. S3" GIVE US A TRIAL. 3" References - ANY ONE WITH WHOM WB DO BUSINESS. TAYLOB, WILLINGHAM & 00. gppll.tf Patents! Patents 2 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR SALE. which aco an Automatic Gate, -shutting, self-elevating, self-adjusting, aelMatching, no sag, no (notion, no wear— Cheap, durable, easily applied. Send for circular free. A Fruit-box, Crate aud Safe, for transporting delicate Pruii without damage. The best ever invented; secure this. CORN PLANTERS, PLQWS, and many others too numerous to mention. With any of which a fortune can easily ho made. Stajte, County,.Town, Farm, Shoprights’ and Manufacturing licenses. Patents bought and sold. Special Agents wanted in every town. Special terms to Granges or Patrons addressing me throegk' tbe,Secretary of their Lodge. Patents. AMERICAN aud FOREION, procured for inventions. ' Correspondence solicited aud promptly answered in all matters appertaining to Patents. €'. MAXWELL BLEL, Solicitor, Attorney end Dealer in Patents, ang-ly No. 289 21st Street, Brooklyn, I%'. If. 7