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TI-III! POST.
WHDXKSDAY. AI*;M> IKF.i.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PIloffUiETOR.
V, /*. Kick* is the regular agent for (hr
Post in I hnton county, autborhcd to re-
rir■ subv'rtpti'inr. rift i/it fiir the same, anti
to with routI'lrUfa? ath' r/Mng, AU dim
tthouhl !•< imill In him,
TOOM US ON ’I’ll 15 TOPIC.
Hu
Im in Favor ofSliiigi ng a Hclfc-
'P. ’v'i i’nl of PintolH. 1 ' I
ABOUT THE OBSTRUCTION
OF SZICGEIHN.
A City Of Over 00,000 Iiilmtll-
(Alits GomplHely Destroyed
l»> Floods!
Til \NHI, VTKD FOH TIIR ‘TOST" MV ft p,
‘l'l»e Deulstfie Attgcmcins Ed tuny,
a nowspapor published af. Uu* city of
Leipzig, In Saxony, Germany, give
H<»nio I tarn living details of lias <l<
Hi.niotion by flood of Hzcgedin, a oifcy
on tlu| river 'Hu-ikm, in Hungary,
mimhnring over sixty thousand in-
^habitants, two thousand of which
perished , fn ibis terrible ciihiinfty.
I>m ing tfio eonfinnnnco of a north
easter—J>totv|iig for days a perfect
Htorni—ilie river, uhipli is liero.imv-
i«i«ld.- for miiall boats, rose fearfully
high and very fast. 'PIto citizens,
becoming alarmed for the safety of
their lives and properly, proposed
the cutting of a dam, which would
have loti much of tho water away
from the oilv, and' brought it (the
wain ) where it could have done but
littlO damage. To thismeasure.the
owners of the land, over which it
was proposed to lead the now fear
fully swelling Hoods, objected. The
od.y was weak enough to ho governed
by them, and'flic result is a calamity
groat iw Imille’s all description.
The rivet* liroKe.it* dam above the
city, and in a few hours’ lime in
waters wpre twelve feet doep in the
streelH. Houses fell in every direc
tion ; children word swept away be
fore flio oyes of despairing and help*
loss parents ; husbands and fathers
sank in lhe ItH»iIs ; piolbors with
habi’s in I heir arms cried in vain for
help. TheV’b was no help for them !
An eye witness-speaks of ...4,110
Humtes in tho oakev woods,’ whither
fifteen hundred people had Hod for
protection,--.(limbing the trties. The
yellowish, murky water beneath us,
twelve feet deep, snowing, raining,
find sn cold that, icicles were forming
on ovory Hurl). Every tree hud its
human freight. During the Jong
hours of night a continued aunoossiou
of splashes would tell of benumbed’
hands and bodies, unable any longer
to hold on lq[ icy limbs, falling in
the raging Hoods beneath ‘them. A
company* of -oiio liiuidred ; soldiery
sent to their aid perished, to a man !
It was a night, never to he forgot
ten. Of (1,000 houses only 227 re
mained standing. The wily is eiqn-
l'lelely swept a way. Thirty thousand
of its population ate in camps, bear
ing untold hardships from cold and
hunger. Over 2,000 souls have
perished in il„> l! mol ii is
thought some 5Q0 have heeon frozen
to death.
Collections are being made all
over Europe for (ho stricken city.
Atlanta is to have a telephonic
system of wires running through, the
city. The Constitution says: When
tho system is completed, of course
the wire in every residence will be
connected with the telephone in the
central olljee. Lot us suppose that
a lady Oil -McDonough street wishes
to talk to .Mr. Bullard of the baggage
transfer. She presses a button on
her telephone, and the pressure viujgs
a boll ; u the centrul office. The
pressure of a button iu< the cent nil
office at onee rings a bell in her tele
phone to notify her that the offloe is
awaiting her orders. She speaks in
her telephone tho words; ‘Mrs. ——.
wishes to speak to Mr. Bullard,’ and
instantly her Wire is connected with
the on© loading to Bnllard’s. In the
meantime, Mr. Hallanl Inis been no
tified by a ring iii tho ceutml otliee
that he is wanted, and he is awaiting
its menage. The lady says in her
telephone; Send a baggage wagon n>
■■■ '■■■ ■ MeHunough Greet for four
o'clock train*.! II' 1 rcsjioitds; ‘All
right.’ and the work is over,”
Struck by Lightning.
We uiides'tan.l that Mr, Pleas.
Robnek'.s barn was,struck .by light
ning tin* other dnv. The current
burttod a streak ttirongb the corn
heap, lore off tho doors and passed
<>n: wi Uiput further damage,—I In trk-
iitscille ih'j 'ttcJi.
[Atlanta (hmnlUuiivn.] .
We met General Toombs at the
Kimball House last night, and die
tackled us on the question of carry
ing concpaled weapons.
“Wlmt in the W are you all
making such a fuss about carrying
concealed weapon* for ?” says the
general. ,, !
“Well, general, it is to keep the
people from killing one another,” we
replied. ,
“Yes,” my» lie, ‘Ml will have just
tho opposite effect. Everybody is
expected to lay aside Ids pistol and the
first t hing you know some d—11 cow
ard who regards, neither law nor
honor, will shoot yon in the back,
it is all wrong, sir! A nm» plight
to carry arms when his life is in dan
ger. It; is not wrong for him to do
so, and so far as f am concerned, I
will do if, whenever I want to defend
myself. ;
“My life is worth more than alj tile
sentiment you can put into such a
question as that, 1 consider the
right of self-defence irrevocable, and
when I liavC t.be right of solf-dcfence.
f can use anything i can got or find
that will bo available. I hoar some
fotds talkingabotit abolishing pistols,
putting them Under restriction like
yon do poisoners. 1 hold’ that a
man Inis I he right to use poison to
defend himself. Suppose a man had
a vial of vitriol in his hand, and was
attacked by some one in snob a man
ner as to excite the fears of a reason
able man that lie would kill him,
don’t you think bo would be justified
in using bis vitriol by throwing it
into bis assailant’s eyes ? The truth
is, the way to jffotdot human life is
to let every mail Who is the aggressor
know that the man ho attacks is able
to dettmd himself, and it will pro vein
difficulties. They say nobody but a
coward .will carry weapons. Tlmt's
a lie. I know plenty of men who
carry thorn, and they aro not onw
ards. It is generally tho coward who
want you to lay thorn aside, so as to
give thorn mi advantage'dveryou,”
“You think then, general, that a
man quglit to have a light to carry a
pistol any way lie wants to ?”
“Orlainly I do; and it is hotter
for all parties. A man sends yon
word lm is going to whip you. Ho
is a larger man Chau you are. Are
you to sit down and quietly wait for
him to do it, Y Tho Bible don’t teach
any such doctrine as that. Suppose
this man ootnos upon you and finds
just before lie gets to you that you
have a derringer in your pocket.
Nine chances to one lie will come up
smiling with a proposition hi bury
t bo hatchet. 1 Imvn’t any conlldonce
in those men why send you word
ahead of a tight anyhow. My plan
has always been to bike them at their
word and bo ready for them. They
would generally find that out and
come iip smiling,”
The general t urned to go up to his
room and as ho walked up stairs, he
added (hut lie lmd more to say on
this subject and would give bis views
in full on it. “You know,” he said,
laughingly, “l am not afraid to
say wlmt 1 think on* that or any
other subject, the newspapers with
their little shirt-tail full of typo to
the contrary, notwithstanding.”
QainosvHlo Southron: Wo have
been in seven counties of Northeast
Georgia recently, and talked polities
\> ith tho people, and \ve aro confi
dent the wishes of the thinking vo
ters are that Hen. Bob Toombs shall
bo our next Governor. If he refuses
tho choice is about equally divided
between Hon. W. 11. Felton and
Gen. GartreH. Either of these gen
tlemen would make a good Governor,
in whose hands the Treasury would
be us safe as if guarded by bull dogs.
But, as we have said before, old blulT
Bob is our choice against tho world.
tlen. 1311 Warren,
Hut man Time*.
Wo wore pleased to see this distin
guished Georgian Monday last, on his
wav to Telfair Sajierior Court, lie
failed to at toad Laurens Court,
which circumstance was attributable
to his wife’s illness, lie is looking
well, and Itis absence at Laurens was
a subject of anxious enquiry among
his many friends, lie has missed
but fo" of the Superior
Court in 1 aureus in nearly a half
ceuturv.
'Li TlfK IKON HEEL. J
Btuslii's ftcmis.sion to Barlm-
■ vIhui.
The Fall Mall Gazette, unti-jius-
siau, commenting upon Hie uk&ic of
the czar ordering^ lie .tppoinfmont
of govcrnors-g3iieraI for six districts
of Russia says, “that the foes of au
thority arc a small but determined
band of evil-doers, ns described in the
ukase, is incredible. Tho Russian
government only condemns their own
Hwecpingly oppressive measures by
putting forward such a pretence.
Wore this true the ordinary powers
of tho state would lmvo availed to
root out the evil, but it is far deeper
and more wide-spread than this ac
count admits, and it is because the
police themselves form one of the
classes among which the revolution
ary propaganda 1ms been at work,
that the czar’s advisers lmvo felt the
H<3C.d of seeking a new, more swift
and more deadly instrument for the
work of repression. The police hav
ing failed them, they arc about to
resort to simple .dragooning, Russia
is virtually placed under martial law,
and that law is to he administered
in the most thorough and moat mor-
eilcss fashion—in such fashion, in
deed, as must, unless wo are to sup
pose half of the population as con
spirators, inflict the most cruel injus
tice upon thousands pi innocent per
sons.”
, Advertisers.
No mattor how much trade natu
rally falls in tho way of an active and
energetic dealer,'manufacturer, mer
chant or business man—no matter
how numerous his customers or how
large his sales—-he is always endeav
oring to extend the one and increase
the others, To do this lie is bound
to advertise. There is no other way
by which lie can hopo to attract the
attention of the public. He may go
to tho expense of employing drum
mers ; ho may resort to circulars,
placards, powers and Imml-bills that
aI‘0 nevor read; be may illuminate
fenoos and dead - walls; or bo may
extend bis invitations through the
uver fresh fiohmms of a popular news
paper. lie nmv choose \fliWhdver
medium bis experience, or lack of
experience, may teach him is best,
but ho must; choose one or the. other,
lie must advertise if lie would pros
per. lie must; communicate with
the public in some other way than
across tho counters. Business men
who Imvo bad the largest experience
m these tilings—who have thorough-
tested every available medium—inva
riably prefer and fall bade upon the
newspaper. Why ? For various
reasons. 1. A newspaper is a thing
to be read and preserved. 2. ft is
fresh, attractive and readable. • 8. It
is constantly growing in popularity,
-t. Each copy is read by at least live
different persons.--J//«»ta Consti
tution.
A printer not long ago, being
•flung” by his sweetheart, went to
the otliee to commit suicide with the
“shooting stick,” but tho thing
wouldn’t go off. “Tho devil,” wish
ing to pacify him, told him to take a
peep into tho sanctum, where the
editor was writingduns to delinquent
subscribers, lie did so and the ef
fect was magical, lie says that
picture of despair reconciled him to
Ivis fate.
“Accepted ami Will Appear.”
One evening’while reclining
In my easy chair, repining
O’er die lack trf true rcligiuu, ami the
dearth of common sense,
A solemu-vtsaged lady.
Who was surely on Mm shady
Side of thirty, entered proudly and to
crush me did commence :
, “I sent a poem here, sir,”
Saul the lady, growing fiercer,
“Ami tho subject which I’d chosen you
rememtier sir, was ’Spring.*
But although I’ve scuuned your paper
Sir, by sunlight, gas and taper,
I’ve discovered of that poem not a solitary
thing.”
She was muscular and wiry,
. And her temjier sure was fiery.
Ami l knew to pacify her I would have to
i-flb like fuu.
So I told her ere her verses,
Which were great, had conic to—
bless us
We’d received just sixty-one on ‘Spring,’
of which we\l printed one.
And 1 added, we’ve decided
That they’d better be divided
Among the years that follow^—one to each
succeeding spring,
• So, your work, I’m pleased to men
tion.
Will receive our tost attention
lu the year of nineteen-forty, when tho
birds begiu to sing!
That Silk Hat.
Jn relation to that silk hat bet
mentioned in the Post once or twice
recently the Dispatch says ;
“We think the gentleman who bet
on the Dispatch fa entitled to the
h|it. Our pajicr shows that we first
called attention to the combination
of the guano manufacturers 011 the
21 at of November, nearly one month
before the Post opened on the trail.
About three weeks ago wo mailed to
David Ware, Jr., Dublin, (3a., several
copies of the Dispatch in which vve
discussed the subject of guano, the
combination of the manufactures,
and the duty of the farmers. Mr.
Ware was a witness in the bet, but
vve have not heard from him since
vve mailed him copies of the Dispatch.
We presume however that our side
received the silk hat.
But, after all the row we don’t,
think the farmers got any advantage
in the light.. They have bought a
gfeat deal more guano than they
would h ave purchased had there been
no difficulty, and we aro afra’d the
manufacturers will be found on top
in the final settlement.
P. S.—Since writing the above we
have received from Mr. Ware a letter
stal ing that, as umpire, lie had award
ed the silk hat to Mr. R. L. Hicks,
the editor of the Post. The wager
vyas between Mr. Hicks and Colonel
Robert Wayne. Mr. Ware decided
that the article in the Dispatch of
the 21st of November was not a de
nunciation of the movements of the
guano manufacturers, but merely
called attention to their meeting and
advised tho farmers to take steps.
As the bet was based upon the char
acter of the articles instead of elates,
wtf* are satisfied Mr. Ware was
prompted hv motives of justice and
propriety in rendering his decision.
Wo console ourself with the reflec
tion that a brot her editor has secured
a*silk hut, and that lie bet with a
man that is able to “ante up ”
Johnson Items.
Mr. Wilchor of Glasscock was in
town last Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Benjamin Minis, of this eoun-
.ly, died last Saturday night.
s Little Johiniy Bostick, son of Col.
E. 0. Bostick of this county, died in
■Washington county last Sunday.
Mr. H. T. and Miss A. Kellam
are on a visit, to relatives in Wriglits-
villc this week.
The Misses Haines, of Laurens
county, a Po visiting friends in
Wrightsville this wpek.
On Wednesday last, qnito a storm
passed through’ a portion of this
county. (1> ing a great deal of damage
to farmers where it went. It blow
down and unroofed the houses on
Mr. Darling Johnson’s place, blew
some of the glass out of the windows
of Mr. J. ’I. Snell’s dwelling, and
blew some of Mr. John Tyson’s
chickens so far that lie has not li card
from them since.
Spiritualism is creating an excite
ment in ,town at this’time. The
spirit of a colored man’who happened
to answer the call of the Medium
lust Tuesday night reported that he
bad a message for a certain young
man who was presentand as it was pri
vate and lie, the spirit., could not
write ho wished to deliver the mes
sage to him alone. Wo suppose the
youth uovor agreed to, as he has been
very attentive to his books at night
since,* instead of strolling around
town as usual.
A11 Enraged Female.
Sun Francisco News-Letter.
“Household Departments” aro
very good adjuncts to a newspaper
in their wav, when edited bv a wo
man, but the male journalist who
dabbles with the heaven-inspired
mysteries of cooking runs a fright
ful risk. Tho editor of tho Weekly
Petaluma Pcavine started a column
of that kind recently, and a few
days afterward a tierce-looking female
came into the office, carefully con
cealing some object behind her apron.
“Are you the man that published
that new and improved way to make
currant cake Y”
He said lie was.
“You said to mix washing soda
with tljur, and stir iu a little corn
.meal and sweet oil to give constit
uency
“ I—I—believe so/*
“And to add fifteen eggs and some
molasses, and two ounces of gum
arabic, and set in a cool place to
bake ?”
“I think that was it.”
“Well, take that’then!” and the
indignaut housewife knocked him
down with a weapon that fell like a
sand club, bnt which ho felt iu his
heart must have been a half larked
huuk of cake, constructed on the
Pcavine pattern,
The lost of the Garrard Bonds have
been. sold.
Cochran has “exenrted” to Cum
berland Island.
The elections in France and Spain
last Sunday were quiet.
The Southern Baptist convention
meets in Atlanta, May 8.
We regret to learn that Gen.
Toombs’ sight is rapidly failing.
Three negroes will be bung for
murder in Lee county on the 9th of
May.
The southern press is rapidly ar
raying itself iu solid column for
Tilden.
In 1878 13,422 persons were shot
or otherwise killed in the United
States.
Col. Styles thinks Gov. Colquitt
will be bis own successor as Gover
nor of Georgia.
The Georgia claim, managed by
Mr. W. O. Tuggle, lias beed decided
in favor of the State.
General Toombs lias informed
Col. Styles that be will not bo a can
didale for Governor.
. The papers throughout the State
are full of accounts of damage done
by (lie late rains and winds,
A negro in Muscogee county, the
other day, ended a quarrel with a
colored woman by‘family wounding
her in the head with a hoe.
Cuthbort had a touch of the storm
last Wednesday. . Hundreds of trees
were blown down in the town, and
several houses demolished.
Colonel T. J. Smith, ot Washing
ton county, was seriously injured by
the falling of a scaffold recently, and
is now forced to go upon crutches.
A hog followed a Chattahoochee
county mini twenty-two miles to
Columbus, one day recently. The
hog was put up and cu ed for at. a
livery stable.
Mr. B. A. Armstrong, of Pulaski
county was thrown from a buggy on
the 14th iust. His neck was broken
in the fall and bis bead almost sever
ed from the body.
Mr. J. J. Beverly, a farmer of
Carroll county, ryjses bis lvogs on
cliufas, makes bis own meat and
corn, manufactures his own fertili
zers, and, as a matter of course, is
out of debt.
A Mr. Kennedy was bitten by a
rattlesnake near Waukulla, Fla., the
other day. He applied the white of
an egg to the wound and drank
abundantly of whiskey at onoc. The
next day ho was as well as ever. '
Under the law passed by the last
Legislature of Mississippi all officers
of the county are required to be pre
sent at the organization of the Grand
jury, that they may listen to the
charge of the Judge and be advised.
Ex-“Boss” Shepherd, of Washing
ton, has been offering to bet one hun
dred to fifty dollars that no other
man than Grant will bo mentioned
as a Presidential candidate in the
next National Republican Conven
tion.
A man named Gray made a dcs*
petrato attempt on the 24th inst. to
assassinate Edwin Booth. He fired
at the great tragedian twice aud
missed him, and as lie was attempt
ing to fire tho third time lie was ar
rested. It is thought that the man
is crazy. It was in Chicago.
Senator Gordon’s sheep runclio is
at Ty-Ty station. It comprises forty
thousand acres of good land. The
senator’s son, Hugh H. Gordon, is
tho manager of the rancho in his
father’s abseneo. He is an enthusi
astic sheep farmer, and is just starting
with a flock of 1,700. Seven miles
of wall have beou put up.
Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald; Judge
Young yesterday warned his court
that he would to-day cause all in
attendance to be searched by the
Sheriff for concealed weapons. He
says he is determined to abate the
evil iu the Court IIous«r if ho cannot
do so outside. Tins is a good idea.
Some Tom Buford of a fellow might
plug him when he decides a case.
Collinsville, 111. was torn to atoms
ou the 16th inst, by a cyclone. One
of the evidences of the force of the
storm was the picking up of a horse
and buggy aud carrying it at a height
of twenty to thirty feet, a distance
of aDont fifteen rods, dashing them
to the earth, crushing the horse to
jcHy the buggy to splinters,
HOWARD’S BAR !
IB "ST ’
GEO. M. HOWARD £ CO.
We invite the attention of our
friend* and the Public generally to
our carefull selected stock of Pure
Wines, Brandies, Whiskies,
Candies, Crackers, Tobacco,
and Cigars, Smtff,
Sardines &c, &c,
AURORA BEER on Draught
We shall be pleased to serve all
who will favor us with
their Patronage,
Geo. M. Howard & Co,
DTxTDliiCL^ Gra,„
f«i>, r»th, 79.
ESTABLISHED IN 1850.
SMART & CURD
Importers ami Jobbers of
Foreign and Domestic Hardware,
CUTLERY AND GUNS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEM ENTS
IRON, STEEL AND
Carriage Makers’ Materials,
-AGENTS FOII--
FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES,
Olxex'x’y SU_
ZMIa,OOXl. 3 : : : (J-a»,
jn»221S79 ly
A HE YOU BEY?
o so > .”° tr see Wash Baker, at his
first-class Saloon on Beech St., where ho
keeps constantly on hand, ami for sale,
W incs, Whiskeys,
Brandies Beer,
.... Cider, Champagne,
And m fad, everything in the shape of
Liquors and Drinks to be found iu a first-
class Saloon. .
A/JftO
TOBACCO. CIGARS ETC.
Give me a call and you shall he convinc
Sen. 18if WASH BAKER ■
gq.pl. re-11. ComuAN Ga.
B, L, WilHng’liam,
COTTON FACTOR,
SECOND ST. - - MACON, GA.
BRING HE YOUR COTTON
AND I WILL PLEASE YOU.
ES'-Opposite J. W. Burke & Op ’s ‘Book
Store.■ ■ JnnSg, ’.79, ly
New Blacksmith Shop.
COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
E have just completed aud have now in
full operation a new and complete
Blacksmith Shop at Cochran, where 1 can
do as good work as any shop and at as rea
sonable prices. 1 keep constantly on hand
New PLOWS of all descriptions, and of
my own manufacture, wlpcli 1 will sell at
prices to suit the times. I have in cornice,
tion with my Blacksmith Shop a lirst-elasa
Wood and Cabiuet Shop. I mamifneturo
the best
CARTS,
WAGONS,
RUG GIES,
&c., &o.
Repairing - of all kinds done on short
notice and at reasonable terms.
W. V. ROBUCK.
Cochran. Mar. 19. 79-1 f
0
HERE.— 1 on can make money self
ing our Sterling Chemical
Wicks—Never needs trimming—No
smoke or smell—10 cents each, 3 for 25
cents. Send stamp for catalogue of Wonder
ful Inventions, staple and fancy goods,
Parsons, Foster & Co.,
125 Clark St., Chicago,
Mar. iO-Om.
The Corbett House.
TWENTY ROOMS.
Just opened on Second Street, sen
ond door from Poplar, next to W
W. Collins’ Carriage Repository.
MACON, GA.
Having been compelled to give up tile
National Hotel, 1 have located as above and
am prepared .to furnish first-class board by
the day, week or month at reasonable
rates. Shall be glad to see any of my old
fr.iends and patrons. Respectfully,
E. C. CORBETT.
Application for New Road,
LAURENS COURT of ORDINARY.
Fou County Purposfs,
April Term, 1879.
WHEREAS, certain petitioners have made
application to this Court, praying tho
establishment of a new road, commencing
near the residence of David Ware, Sr., and
running by the residences of Mrs. J. C.
Carroll, William Allen and near the resi
dences of U. J. Hogan and E. L. Harvard,
to intersect the Cochran Road between Q.
L. Harvard's and the old Harvard place;
and commissioners appointed for that
purpose have reviewed and marked out’
said contemplated road and reported to me
that said road will be one of much public
utility and convenience.
1 hese are, therefore, to cite and admon-
uni!a. 1K * r ? 0,LS concerned to show cause, if
l J , 'VY have, why said road should not
* a public road on the first Tuesday
■•23T52 1 ’ J DHN T. DUNCAN, *
apnl 2 & Ordinary.