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rrTTrq—rri T>OQTi WEDNESDAY, NOV 27, 1878. R. L. HICKS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TP. P. Jfiek* is the regular agent for the POST in Johnson roinrtj/, authorized to re■ ausiee subscription*, receipt for the same, and fto nude, coni rust* for adeertuing. All (luce shoifUl he paiil to him. New Item! .Law. Wo giivn tlio rauders of the. Post jjiwt qpek our views concerning the working of oar public roods. In ,order that they tnay hoc how tho matter in regarded in McIntosh (County, where a now system is being .vigorously agitated, wo clip from ttho Darien Timber Ornette a com munication on the subject. Wo .earnestly hope that some our leiul- ing citizens willjoon favor the Post with their views either for or against tho abolition of tho prosont system. The writer from McIntosh says : “A very busy season is now upon tus farmers of tho seabord, and hence the absence of my risttal letter. Your eolmns, however in tho moan- :ti»no, have boon filled with an inter esting subject, that of a new law for !keeping up tho public roads. This :is a subject of great importance and ishould bo discussed in a calm and •dispassionate manner. That tho '.mads at the present are in a doplor- jnblo condition is patent to every one \who Ims ooeasion to travel them; .that the present law is not and can- mot bo enforced is a known fact; that tho present system (under pre tence of law) of making the roads, ceases to he a fiirco and is a source of mortification to every good citizen, and that the roads have long since boon pronounced by every intelligent visitor, u disgrace to tho county, an facts so well known to the onteispriV ing, progressive and travelling part of tho community, that I forbear to onumcruto further grievances in that direction. When the act reftorrod to first appeared in your coluins you stated editorially that it had been offered by an influential citizen ; if that citizen had made an error in of fering a provision of the new law whieh is subject to constitutional objections it only shows that ho is not a lawyer; but that does -not hit dor hint from being a progressive man and a good citizen, and because he proposes to give the powers to the County Commissioners to con tract the Work of tho roads doos not prove him a chronic contractor, and if ho woro, it is to bo hoped as it is .believed and known that there is grains and public spirit enough in jtho Uoaitl of Commissioners not to ,mako any such foolish eon tracts as is indicated in the jotter of vour cor respondent ‘Taxpayer.’ I would ^suggest to him, ‘Taxpayer, that instead of clambering over tho uul- .works of tho constitution ar.d squeaking..-to tho puhlio “ninu with ; n lovul head,’’.ho shut Iff mount tho ramparts ami in ‘‘clarion notes” Bing out: ‘You’re on tho right track, brother reformer, ami I see you are no lawyer, but come up hero; I am a limb of the law ; ami lot us frame a law which will fill tho bill, ». a, give good roads to glorious old McIntosh and not put paupers in jail, either.’ That is tho spirit which should prompt every one, for tho cpmstion is, shall tho VunUa be huilt and maintained by taxation or hot P t The people out* hero say yes! they cannot in any other way, for Hint: imAivniiiD win* a... .and has never returned. Since mul ing ‘Taxpayer’s* labored effort .against, tho proposed not, 1 have ox- amiod it carefully ami cannot find «V)ywhei\>. iy it *700 as tho proposed amount of taxation ; on the contrary I Hud that, tho act propose that tho Hoard of Com nissioners shuil have power to levy the sum of not more than #3 per annum and ftutih^r provides that tliqy shall ra ni it,'abate or abolish any portion of said tax as may not bo required for maiutaineuco of roads. I am of ( C)Hnion (based on some e\|H>rieijee) that if the stun of *3 per nun is levied tho first year that the greater jairt of tho amount will he collooted, excusing tho anxious poor, and that if that amount bo judioioqsty ex- ]>ondod on the roads, they can ho pul in sneh order that they will re quire a very small expenditure for several years, and fifty cents per tax able bead jier annum would keep the roads in turn-pike condition, with safe bridges and all the com forts attendant upon such a state of the roads. Now, if I am wrong, let some one prove the contrary, not make assertions unbacked by any line of reasoning calculated to en lighten the people. At the risk of ocupying too much of your valuable space, Mr. Editor, I beg leave to state further, that the present condition of our public roads is a great bar to emigration to our county and I believe if the same apathy maintains in regard to public improvements and progress that now exist capital now in our midst will fold its blanket and crab-like, steal away to more congenial climes. It behooves the public, therefore, to look into this matter and the poor man in particular is interested ; every ono of them worthy of the name of citizens, is or ought to be trying to get himself a home ; good roads are calculated to enbanco the value of your property by putting you hearer to market and in many other ways which in this papor I shall not take time to mention. Now let us sec how much more burthen some the proposed new law is on tho poor man than the present law ; the present law if enforced requires fifteen day’s la bor per annum on the roads. Now tho lowest figure at which a poor man, white or black, can be hired in this county, is 50 cents por day :pt that rato if the law was enforced lie would be contributing $7.50 per un- mim to the public roads; tho new law asks for not moro than $3.00 per annum with the chances of a groat, deal less, and at tho samo time open I he doors for the “anxious” poor man if lie should come along to work upon the roads and receive a reason able compensation for bis services, lie will liavp saved $3.50 in labor and have saved tho samo amount in cash which “tho best blood of old McIn tosh’' will reudily pay, rathor than grub dirt in those swamps in the months of August and .September, which is the custom now. Hut my paper 1ms grown longer than I intended and I will say no more at prosont; the subject is fruit ful in ideas of political economy, and I may refer to it again.” Orphan Homo. /it/i/ore Swainsboro Herald'. Please announco through your col- ums that tho Union Association, at its last session, went into a resolution to establish an Orphan’s Home in the bounds of the Association, and appointed Revs. J. A. Scarboro, Wm. M. Cowart,, SollnO. Britton, J. A. J. Smith and Mr. M. A. Grace as a oommitto and agents to soliot con tributions for that purpose, and re port at the no.xt session of that body, which will he hold with the church at Mt. Tabor, Emanuel county, in October next. Wo tako ploasuro iu recommending these brothern to all for the luudiblo work which the as sociation tins assigned to them. We esteem them as being faithful and trust, that tho good people every where will consider tho mutter well and ooutriubto liberally to this good cause. Tho Oommitto is ready to recOiVo your donations at any time. It is needless for us to say much in regard to tho Orphans of our county for wo know there are numbers of them, destitute of homes and protec tion. Will not the good people of our county consider this and come up with their means ami give something to this good cause? Come one, come all and help us. This is ono of tho host moves tho Association has over made, and wo feel that the Committee and hrethorn generally will do their whole duty. Other papers will please copy and thus aid in the fnthcranco of this no ble project. Com m ittk e. It is now generally conceded that the hill to reduco tho uumbor of Ju dical circuits in the State from twen ty to sixtoon will not pass. A bill was introduced in tho legis lature providing that no one shall be allowed to tako moro than seven per oent interest for mouoy loaned, hut has been consigned to a just aud early grave. The assembled wisdom of Georgia doesn’t propose to look the wheels of industry hv driving caj.i tal from tho state. Cairo, Illinois, had an earthquake last week. The Anti .Jug Law Again. Laurens Hill, Nov. 0, 1878. Ed. Poet\ Tho late Grand Jury of our county in their inquiry for the cause otcrime settled down upon “whiskey” as the principal source of evil, and recom mended it to be taxed so high as to prohibit its'sale. Arc they correct in the first prop osition ? Do they not materially err in the second ? It is common for logicians of the present day to “draw” upon self interest for argument. As I am in no way interested in a pecu niary sense I have no such “deposit” from which to druw. It is probably a misfortune to any community for this question 'to, be agitated. As agitation is far more likely to be persevered in by the ad vocates of this evil than its opponents thus giving it a fresh impetus. The vote in tbelatc meeting on the question was announced infayorof the recommendation of the Grand Jury, which doubtless was cornet. But I presume that, under tho cir cumstances, no ono will claim that to bo a fair exponent, of the will of our? people. Will this Grand Jury inquire a little faithcr back and see that, the time once was with us when whiskey was cheap and not encumbered by odious revenue laws, and it was in every man’s honso in the county, and some well-filled wine cellars. Compare the criminal docket of that day with,the present mid be convinc ed tlmt you are in error. Supposo you puss a law putting license on whiskey at $1,500, will that prohibit its sale ? It will only put a monopoly in tho bands of a few men, and break up tho business of many of our merchants who arc. too poor to pay the tax. It will put up many whiskey shops around your comity lines in other counties, which will absorb more stolon cotton and other produce from the outskirts of your county than will be saved in the interior. The present law regu lating the sulo of spirits wo think amply sufficient. No man can sell it unless lie is recommended by two- thirds of tho froe-holders within three miles of the place of business and who actually live there. That is a more stringent law in ono sense than tho one proposed. For under the latter the worst kind of a char acter can sell it before your door, if lie owns a situation and can pay the tax. Under the present law every dealer iu the county is recommended by bis neighbors, as before stated. Now, if ho prove unworthy of the confidence reposed whan he applies for a renewal of his lioenso they can refuse to oudorso him and thus put him out and give place to a bettor man. Thus his continuance in this business depends upon his good con duct. If every community in. the county would look well to this nmt- fcor thoy liavo all tho protection they could ask. The fault, if any, is not for want of sufficient law. Hut it lies la individual timidity which fours ;o oppose Smith or Jones for fear of losing his vote and inlluouco or something else as trivial and therefore calls for moro legislation. Whiskey scorns to mortal vision to bo a source of groat evil. Hut so do many other natural blessings which are pervortod and abused by poor, weak Immunity. To our limited vision it appears tho world wqull be better without it. Hut hero we come in collision with tlio wisdom of tho Creator and must recoil. It it here, and is co- oxtonsivo with civilization. Let us then make the best we cun fit for all parlies. It, is an impossibility to prohibit tho side ami use of it. I cannot here digress into detail of the sourco of crime in our communi ty. But I venture to suggest the primitive source to ho lack of more gonorul public education mid projier moral training. Whiskey used by a man who has had proper moral train ing will bo used cautiously and tem perately. Bring a child up in the way ho should go, aud ho will depart from it, or tho hibte it false. If your sou makes a drunkard, don’t blume Sarehett, or Nance, or Scar borough. They dou’t have the train ing of your boy. The responsibility lies upon you, and you cannot shift it to other shoulders. Hut poor, un fortunate boy who has no good advice or precept from the fireside, or sel dom from the pulpit, against this evil. Ho is ofteu brought up with the idea that it caps the climax of manhood to get drunk and chew to bacco—to spit red. Some people and legislators have sought to rob the pulpit of its right to puolic moral training in advocat thg temperance, one of the attributes of a eliristian, by trying to force it upon the people by statute. This is unwise. Let our ministry, like Paul, teach the people, especially the yofitli by gentle persuasion and kind argu ment, the beauty and solidity there is in temperance, and the make-up of character. Ignorance, the moth er of vice, prevails where the educa tion of the masses is neglected. Then, sir, let -.is instead of getting excited over an abstract question cite the Graud Jury and the people gen erally-to every means possible to co alesce with the vigorous efforts of our State school commissioner and we will in due time reap the fruit of the great educational system lie is planting in our State., Critic. * Gov. Colquitt and the North eastern Bonds. Wc make the following extract from an Atlanta letter in the Wilkin son Appeal: The most absorbing topic before the people, und the legislature, is the endorsement by the Governor of the bonds of the Northeastern railroad for $200,000—and tho insinuations and imiendoos of Benj. Hill that he profited by the endorsement. Mr. Murphy; a clerk in, tin Treuurer’s office, got a fee of $8,000 for it and it is estimated that the Governor, to some extent, or in some way partici pated in it. But how, or to what extent, no one pretends to know. I am satisfied that the charges, or in sinuations, are without foundation. Some say that it is a war waged by Benj. Hill against Colquitt, in which Hill will be worsted, while others say tlmt Colquitt, will he seriously injured. I am inclined to think that Colquitt will bo badly injured before tlio people, although lie may be thoroughly exhonomtod by tho re port of the committco of investiga tion. Whenever supicions are arous ed against a public officer, it matters not whether any foundation exhists for them or not, ho is injured. I am yours truly F. Chamuens. Montgomery News. Hog cholera is raging in tho low er part of the county. Hon. I). «J. McRae's little girl has been very sick with diphtheria for some time, but is improving slowly. There are more than eight, hun dred pieces of timber lying at the two nearest landings to Mt. Vernon Mr. Henry wutorninn of Hiiwkius- villo is in tho comity with n drove of horses and mules. Mr. T. J. Smith has attached a room to his house exclusively for the post office. It. is very convenient. Our courting man bundled up a few candy verses on last Sunday morning, wont over, to see his gal, and not finding her lie left the little package addressed to her on the table. Tho old lady got it and she annoys him a great deal by quoting soino of the swoot lines when she outehes him in a crowd. Mr. P. II. Hardman' Ims lost two wives this year and married again last week. Tho Agricultural Society at Long Pond is getting to be a good thing— "being run by men who feel and see the importance of it. Bout for the Ocouce mid Octuulgee Rivers. The Savannah Recorder “under stands tlmt a line steamer is to be pluccd upou the route between Sa vannah and Dublin, touching at all points on tho Oconee, and proceed ing on each trip to Hawkinsville, stopping at all landings on tho Oc- mulgee both to land aud receive freight,” Meeting of the Timber Merchants [.Darien Timber Gazette.] The undersigned merchants of Darien, are advised that, a report is in circulation through the Timber- district of Georgia, that under an arrangement, hereafter all Mill Tim ber is to be measured by allowing an inch to be thrown off, to the detri ment of the cutters, and as such a report has a tendency to mislead the cutters of mill timber, it was resob ved at a meeting held in Darien on the 7th inst. to publish a notice in the Darien Timber Gazette set ting forth onr views of the measure ment of mill timber, so as to place us on equality with other Lumber manufacturing ports, and to be able to make a market for the manufact uring of lumber here. It is contem plated by the laws'of this State that mill timber should be so measured that the mills can cut out of the log the measurement paid for, and in view of that law, we have requested the Surveyors to measure accordingly, and when the bark is left dll'the ; log; to make an affowaned for it, which we are of tlio opinion would average' one inch, but in all cases-when the log has no bark on it, tc measure the full diameter as before. This wo think, is only justice, and which the cutters would be glad to have done, as we could then pay more in price for the timber and all would be bet ter satisfied. It is a well known fact in business that the supply and de mand always regulates the price of an article, and when the measure ment is correct a better understand ing is had of wliat. price can afford to be paid. Hark is not timber, and cannot be used for any purpose, therefore the cutter has only to re move it and got full measurement of h is timber as heretofore. The allow ance of one inch for the bark when left on the log is from the diameter of tho log and not from the square, thus in several sizes leaving the square from the diameter, the same as heretofore measured. Hiltons & Foster, Young & La no don, R. K. Walker, Todd & Huntington Robertson & Arowni.ee, James K. Clarke & Co., : August Schmidt, D. M. Munro, per Holmes. Darien, Ga., Nov. 14th, 1878. Pulaski county is contemplating a bridge across the Oenintgce at Hawkinsville. Georgia Congressmen. The following are the Congress men elect from Goorgia: 1st District—J. C Nickolls. 2nd District—Wm. E. Smith. 3d District—Phillip Cook. 4th District—Henry Persons. 5th District—N. J. Hammond. 6th District- -J. II. Blount. 7th District—Wm. H. Foltou. 8th District—A. II. Stophens. 9th District—Emory Speer. An attempt was made on the 17th iust. to assassinate the king of Italy. T. P. SARCHETT. Earthquakes, grasshoppers and revolution are disturbing different parts of South America. The reports that A. T. Stewart’:- body had been recovered, and that all the robbers were shadowed, turn out to have been sensational in Into. W. J. SCARBROUGH & CO, BAR ROOM, Dlx*fc>l±:OL., Geo, Keep always well supplied with Aurora Beer, WINES LIQUORS AND CIGARS Also a good assortment of Family Groceries, iVhich they will sell at prices to suit the times. Give them a eall. jc 20, tf. After over twenty years experience in the LIQUOR BUSINESS, I flatter myself that I know a little abopt it, and wish to inform the public that I am AT MY OLD STAND On the corner of the Court House Square, ready to serve all who want to purchase any thing in my line. I keep always on hand a full stock of "- ( i • - ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS, ANE Louis 33<©©:e7 Oil draught. Also a flue stock of Family Groceries. All of wliich i'ofler to ’sell The Strobing House. TOOMSBORO GA. 0. H. L. STRTHING Proprietor Thanking tho Public for their lilie- ral patronage in the past. I respectfully ask a continuance of the same, My ltonse is near the Depot and first-class in all its appointments. Good Conveyance always in readiness to accommodate the Travelling Public who may wish to go from Toomsboro to Dublin or any other point. Give me a trial and be convinced! I am iilsr Agent for the “OLD VALLEY WHISKEY/ iv 20. tf. T. P. 'SarChbtt. . •~’y -I .CliiTT.f • Tlie National Hotel. (Nearly opposite Passenger Depot.) TERMS PER DAY,. ... SINGLE MEALS,...:....'; ,*2.00 ..75cts The Pr ,T' ict , 01 ' foclta ff 'thankful; for tin f/ ~ y. cl - v , hheral patronage ho lms receive say tlmt. this^ no ' v leave t< FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Is in perfect • ,>rder in* all its; arrange ments, and the most convenient of anv ii the city, being only 100 yards from the Pas sungur Depot office, where urc always To receive Baggage and conduct Passo; gers to and from the Hotel. I have made shell improvements as i enable me to accommodate all who may 1 pleased to give us a call. My fare shall 1 as good as the fare of any house in the Stnt and my terms reasonable. Call and try u E. C. CORBETT. Proprietor. R. M. ARNAU, Scientific Blacksmith, Southeast Corner Public Square. AH work done warranted to please or no charge. BUGGY WORK A SPECIALTY. KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND A Fine Assortment of Plows —ALSO— THE CELEBRATED ARNAU SWEEP. Which is superior to any plow of the k id made in this country. With thanks for past favors, we solicit the continuance of the same. ‘o *30. ly VJ. F. GSFFCKEN, Budding and Repairing done to Order. All work entrusted to mo Neatly and Promptly executed at pri ces to suit the times, ffliop bn souih east earner Court House Square. Call and see. june 20, ly A EE YOU DEY? If so, go U sec Wash Baker, at his first-cia s Saloon on Beech St., where he. keeps eonsti ntly on hand, and for sale, W mes, \\ hiskeys, . Brandies Beer, Cider, Champagne, Aud in fact, everything in the shupc of i .i juors and Drinks to be found in a flrst- cia.-s baloou. ALSO TOBACCO, CIGARS ETC. ' ( m u.i a uij! and.you sluill Le t &uvinc ed. WASH BAKER, Sopt. 18-tf. C'ocuhan Ga. T H ! WHITE SEWING MACHINE the BEST OP ALL. Unrivaled in Appearance, Unparalleled in Simplicity, Unsurpassed in Construction, Unprecedented in Popularity, And Undisputed in the Broad Claim or PEINQ THE VERT BEST OPERATING . QUICKEST SELLING, HANDSOMEST, AND Host Perfect Sewing HacMne IN THE WORLD. tradeweptrtUiMoal ... hasltewryet failed to satisfy any recoawwsdaUoa Inltsfarar. The demand forthe White has Increased io such an extent that «ra are now compelled to turn out Ccmi-ploto Gorviixer ‘MTor-nt-nm o-ve=y tiirco mi.r.utea lav t3ao dLajr to onapply tlio v Eyery machine Is warranted tor 3 years, and sold for c-sh st liberal discounts, or upon easy pa,menu, to suit tho convenience of < *9“AaX8TS WAM3ES IK TOQ0C7RXD KBSXXOSY. WHITE SEWINGMACHINE CO.. fe 358 Euclid Are., Cleveland, Ohio. kqv. 6-5m