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A 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.