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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1879.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
The Impeachment Trial.
Little of ini|H)j ; timcc>, usi yet, lias
transpired in the court of impeach
ment, the time having been consum-
sumod mostly in quibbling over dry
technicalities touching the .method
of procedure in tile earn. .One thing
however is strongly apjtarant, and
that is, that Goldsmith's counsel
kumv their case in a bad one and that
they hope to win by tiling out the
patienco of the people with the
length and oxpenso of the trial,
lienee all this quibbling and locking
of the wheels of the court at every
step. And a few member*, of the
demagogue Stripe, favor the scheme
by crying out for adjournment on
the insane plea that it will cost the
state more to convict our corrupt
officials than to loso the amounts
mhM to have been appropriated! Such
logic would compel all our courts to
bike money from the public treasury
and pay off every litigated claim
whore it could be shown that the
cost, of the trial would exceed the
amount of the claim. And
this policy would speedily break
up the government and untie the
bands of society. But the idea is
too silly for serious discussion, and
we arc glad to know the members
who favor it are few in number and
almost entirely without iufluonoo.
.1 he great mass of the people desire
to see this wild land matter sifted
to the bottom, In fact they demand
that the Augean stables of all the
departments of the stale govormCnt
ho subjected to the Alphoan tide of
investigation. On this point the
people lire determined, and the soon-
or the restless demagogues who are
whining about adjournment find it
out the better. For it is clear to all
that the man who favors adjourn
incut at the present crisis is a con
temptible nincompoop or else a cor
rupt rascal in the pay of bribe dis
penning officials.
Sumpter Republican: On Friday
night Mr. Robert Wheeler was dis
turbo 1 by the shrieks of a little no
erro hoy, who was being iinmeroifiilly
lashed by a negro man. Isaac Lock
ott, and hia daughter, Lissaio Lockett,
Ho went to the house from which
the noise proooeded, and finding it
loekod, broke the door down. The
sight that was presented to his view
was startling. The little boy, about
thirteen or fourteen years old, was
tightly hound around the wr sts, the
rope running to the ceiling, one end
of which was in the hands of the in*
human brute, with which ho would
draw his viotim up, while the daugh-
tor~a grown woman—would flog
the naked boy with a largo rope dou
bled three or four times. Mr. W.
immediately out tho rope from the
wrists of the child, took him away
fiom the brutes, and had him hound
out’to a gonllomau who will seo that
ho is well treated, lie says the boy’s
back is full of scars made by Isaac
and his daughter at former times—
ho having lived with them. We
learn that Isaac has disappeared.
Cuthbbit Southron : A worthy
citixen, by the name, of Frank Por-
kins, of this city, reports a remarkable
phenomenon, in tho shape of a
healthy, fat hen that he had killed
for his Sunday dinner. While tho
hon was being dressed it was discov
ered that she was in possession of six
birgo, well matured eggs that were
altogether disconnected from the
ovary. Wo do uot remember to
have over heard of this freak of nu-
uuo before, and rogard *it, of suffi
cient importance to make it, public.
Frank said the hen was duly served,
togethor with tho eggs, undj made a
most inviting dish for his family and
friends.
Macon Telegraph: At the library
is an Indian lint, the brim of which
is two feet in diameter. It is made
of plaited cane splits, and arranged
with a {Knitted crown, like tho pic
ture representations of the hat worn
by tho fabulous Robinson Crusoe, it
is from Montana Territory, from the
tribe of Attiniboms Indians and is
deposited at tho library by Mrs. l>r.
Baber.
The Russian Revolution.
The state of affairs in Russia at.
this time is not less terrible than that
which preceded tlie French Revolu
tion at the close of the last century.
The following from the pen of the
Ijondou correspondent of the Athens
Watchman gives some insight into the
condition of things in that unhappy
country:
Not only in England but in other
parts of Europe arc the effects of
American competition beginning to
be indirectly felt. American imports
arc largely diminishing the external
demand for the cereals grown in
Southern Russia—so much so that
in some districts, land is /said to be
going out of cultivation simply be
cause the raising of crops lias ceased
to bo remunerative. Cholera, plague
and diphtheria are raging with great
severity in many of tho eastern and
sonthorn provinces while others arc
afflicted by a ruinous visitation of
locusts, and cattle plaguo in a very
fatal form is widespread. Tho vital
ity and recuperative power of any
groat; comm unity are marvelous, but
it is scarcely possible that RtiHsiacan
pass through such a concurrence of
calamnitioH without experiencing
some startling social and political up
heaval.
There is no more striking ovidonce
of tho superficiality of the veneer of
Western civilization which overlays
the Oriontial barbarism that is the
actual condition of the mass of Rus
sian society than the savagery with
which tho contest between tho gov
ernment and tho revolutionary party
is being carried on. On tho one
hand tho infamous attempt nmdo a
few months ago on the life of the
Czar scorns to have provokod tho au
thorities to surpass anything previ
ously known in tho way of repressive
vigor. The prisons are every whore
tilled with people, most of whom
have boon arrested on more suspicion
at the arbitrary discretion of the
military governors of provinces. In
the largo towns t ho police regulations
arc so numerous and so minute that
to people accustomed to tho institu
tions of free countries liko ours, ex
istence under thorn would be simply
intolerable. Among rccunt items of
nows from Russia are such incidents
as the summary expulsion from Mos
cow, by tho order of tho Govcrnor-
Gonoml, of all tho pawnbrokers and
usurers in the city; tho prohibition
by General Todloben, Governor of
Odessa, of all collections of money
for any professedly charitable or re
ligious object without official sanc
tion; a demand on the railway com
panies to furnish to tho authorities
lists of tho Christian and surnames
of all in their omploy, accompanied
by an order not to take anybody into
their service without formal official
permission previously obtained; and
tho infliction of heavy penalties on
persons who, oven in provincial
towns, have dared to lot lodgings to
strangers without giving information
to the police. On their parts tho
revolutionists do not appear to be
discouraged by tho frantic exertions
and appalling severities of tlie gov
ernment. They have abandoned,
for the time, tho piactico of assassi
nating objectionable officials; but tlie
method of warefare they have sub
stituted for it is oven more terrible.
They have resorted to wholesale in
cendiarism. Within tho past, two
months entire towns havo been de
vastated by fires. An official return
states the number of oonffagrations
throughout the Empire, in the sin
gle month of June, to havo boon
3,501', causing damage to tho exteut
of £1,200,000. Only about one sev
enth of these fires are attributed to
incendiarism, but it may bo safely
assumod that, this is far too low an
estimate. Tho most startling in
stance of the audaoity of tho incen
diaries and of tlie fierce hatred of the
old order of things which anmumtes
them, has only just, been reported.
A few days ago nil attempt was made
in broad daylight to burn down the
Krelit), at Moscow—a place that has
hitherto been regarded as sacred to
patriotic Russians. There is, in fact,
war to the knife between the Russian
revolutionists and the Government,
and it seems to be only too apparent
that all the repressive powers the
latter cun bring into play are inade
quate to the task of crushing tho
enemies of tho existing system.
The Atlanta Constitution reached
An Oration which Ovcurcuclicd
Aleck Stephens and Bob
Toombs.
A doctor named Koyston had sued
Peter Bennett for his bill, long over
due, for attending the wife of the
latter. Alexander II. Stephens was
on the Bennett side, and Robert
Toombs—then Senator of the United
States—wa* for Dr. lioyston. The
doctor proved the number of visits,
the value according to the local cus
tom, and his own authority to do
medical practice. Mr. Stephens told
his client that the physician had made
out his case, and as there was nothing
wherewith to rebut or offsot the claim,
the only thing left to do was to pay
it.
“No,” said Peter, “I hired you to
speak in jny case, and now speak.”
Mr. Stephens-told him there was
nothing to<si»y; Tie had looked out to
sec that it wag made out, and it was
PnfiMi* itirtiu nlwf tmitf** tiiitl uf Inuh \Yi*
Pcter*iv^is obstinate; and at last Mr.
Slq|1heiis lold him to make a speech
himself,‘if he thought one could be
mado.
“I will,” said Peter Bonnet, “if
Bobby Toombs will not be ten hard
on me.”
Senator Toombs promised, and
Peter began:
“Gentlemen of the jury, you and
I is plain farmers, and if we don’t
stick together these ’ore lawyers and
doctors will get the advantage of us.
I ain’t no objection to them in tlieir
proper place; but, they ain’t farmers,
gentlemen of tho jury. Now, this
man lioyston was a new doctor, and
I sent for him to come an’doctor my
wife’s sore leg. And he came ini’
put some salve truck onto it, and
some rags, but never done one bit of
good, gentlemen of the jury. I don’t
believe he is no doctor, no way.—
'There is doctors as is doctors, sure
enough; but this man don’t earn his
money; and if you send for him, as
Mrs. Atkinson did for a negro boy as
was worth 111,000, lie just kills him
and wants pay for it.”
“I don’t,” thundered tho doctor,
“Did you cure him?” asked Peter,
with the slow accent of a judge with
a cap on.
The doctor
The Ilood fund has reached 11200.
a circulation of 10,000 copies on the
31st ult. It merits t wice the num
ber.
was silent, and Peter
proceeded ■:
“As I was sayin’, gentlemen of tlie
jury, wo farmers, when wo sell our
cotton, has got to give vully for tlie
money wo ask, and a doctor ain’t
none too good to bo put to tho same
rule. And I don’t believe this Sam
Rovston is no doctor, no how
Tho physician again put in his ear
I’ith “Look at my diploma, if you
It l It 1.* Y o in no rDwtf/tii
with
think I am no doctor.
“ 11 is d iploma!” exclai mod I ho mnv-
iledged orator, with great contomptif
“IDs diploma! Gentlemen, that is
a big word for printed sheepskins,
and it didn’t.mako no doctor of the
sheep as first wore it, nor does it of
the man os now carries it, and I pint
out to ye that he ain’t no doctor at
all.” ‘
The man of medicine was now in
a fury, and screamed out: “Ask mv
patients if I am no doctor.”
“1 asked my wife,” retorted Petoi,
“an’ sho said as how she thought
you wasn’t.”
' “Ask my other patients,” said Dr.
lioyston.
This seoinod to he tho straw that
broke tho camel's back, for Peter re
plied with a look and tone of unut
terable sadness.
“That is a hard savin’, gentlemen
of the jury, and one that, requires me
to dio to have iwnvers as I’ve heard
tell ceased to bo exorcised since the
Apostles. Docs lie expect, mo to
bring tho angel of Gabriel down to
toot his horn before, and cry aloud
‘Awuko, ye dead, and tell this Court
and jury your opinion of lioyston’s
practice. Am 1 to go to tho tomb
and sav to him as is at last at rest
from physic and doctor’s bills. ‘Git
up hero, you, and state if you died a
natural death, or was you hurried up
by this doctor!’ lie says, ‘ask his
patients,’ and gentlemen of the jury,
they’re all dead! Where is Mrs.
Be-izly’s man Sam ? Go ask the
worms in the graveyard whore lie
lies. Mr. Peak s woman Sarah was
attended by him, and her funeral
was appointed, and he had tho corpse
ready. Whore is that likely Bill as
belonged to Mr. Mitohel? Now in
glory a-oxpressin’ his opinion on Rov-
ston’s doctorin’. Whore is the baby
gal of llarry Stepheus ? She is where
doctors eea’so from troublin’ and in
funts are at. rest.
“Gentlemen of the jury, he has eat
chickens enough at ray house to pay
for his salve, and I furnished tho
rags; and I don’t suppose he charges
for makiiT of her worse, and even lie
“Bequeathed to the Soldiers of
the South.”
Atlanta Comiitutioii.
On Tuesday we learned that Gen
eral J. B. Hood had his life insured
for $50,000, and that this amount
would come to his children at once.
Desiring to he jierfectlyusstired upon
this point, and feeling that if the
report were true, there was no use of
collecting funds for the children, we
telegraphed to the New Orleans Pica
yune for precise information as to
their condition. Tho following dis
patch whh received in answer:
New Oleans, Sept. 1.—General
Hood left absolutely nothing. The
benevolent association, the army of
north'jrn Virginia and other parties
here are at work preparing to raise a
fund for the support of the children.
With his dying breath he bequeathed
his children to the soldiers of the
south.
“And with his dying breath he
bequeathed his children to the sol
diers of the south!” The strong man
turned in the agonies of death to
wards his helpless little ones, his
brave heart almost broken over their
bereavement. His life Was spent,
and they were to be left penniless
and alone. There was not even a
mother, to whose tender care lie
could consign thorn. Their bereave
ment was absolute. There was no
strong and helpful government to
which he could appeal, for his sword
had been drawn and his blood spilt
in a failing cause. When death had
chilled his poor shattered frame the
little ones would lie helpless indeed.
How his father’s heart must have
ached as the thought of their dreary
and desolate future. But at last,
with one of those glimpses of hope
that come to lighten death his face
brightened and he said: “I bequeath
my children to the soldiers of the
South!” And consoled at last in
having found fathers for his little
ones, he died.
And shall this precious legacy lie
THE PACIFIC STATE.
California Probably Carried by
tlie Republicans.
Special dispatch to the Constitution.
•Sax Francisco, Sept. 3.—The
polls closed at 6:30 after as quiet an
election as was ever held in this
city. The total vote is 41,000 esti
mating on a few precincts in which
the count is quite complete. It is
probable that not more than 15,000
ballots can be counted before mid
night and the result in the city can
only be conjectured at present "writ
ing, the best opinions seems to be
that the republicans have carried the
bulk of the city ticket, with the ex
ception of the mayor. Kalloch, it is
thought, rail ahead of his ticket,
with a prospect of plurality.
The democratic and honorable
bilks on the city ticket cut no fig
ure. It is thought that the republi
cans have re-elected Davis, congress
man in this district, and Unit the
republican state ticket is generally
ahead.
disregarded? Poor man ! He gave
his sword to his country. Ho gave
the flower of life to its service. He
gave a leg to Georgia. lie gave an
arm to Virginia. And now, dying
in honorable poverty, he gives to his
old soldiers .all ho had left—his
children! Will*not his soldiers be
proud of this trust? Will not their
hoarts grow tender over tho' euro of
their little ones?ggShall the old hero
who died, trusting his darlings to his
host and only friends, have this trust
betrayed? Never! Theso children
are tho children of tho soldiers of the
south, and the old soldiers will take
euro of them.
Now there will bo five thousand
soldiers, or tho soils,of soldiers, who
will read this article to-day. Let
every man who reads it sit down and
send something to tlie fund. One
dollar from ouch man will be enough!
That will make a liberal fund. Then
let every man who was a soldier—let
every’man whose heart went out to
tlie soldiers—let every man who pit
ies tho helpless—send at least one
dollar to the fund for General Hood’s
children! Send at. once. Let every
man respond! Tho Georgia fund
must reach $10,000!
“CASTLE THUNDER.”
Destructive Fire at Richmond,
V«.—An Old War Prison Bunted.
don’t pretend to charge for curin’ of
her, and I am humbly thankful that
ho never gavo her nothin’ for her
innards, as he did his other patients,
for somethin’ made urn all dio mighty
sudden.”
Here Urn applause made the shak
er sit down m great confusion, and,
in spite of a logical restatement of
tho caso by Senator Toombs, tho
Doctor lost and Poter Bennett won.
Baltimore Gazette: A man broke
into a house in Georgia tho other
night nud stole a blooming widow.
Like tho man who stole tho saw-mill
and was picked up when ho came
back after tho logs, tills bold burglar
will doubtless be captured when ho
returns for tho widow’s bottle of
sinctliug salts.
Richmond, Aug. 20.—R. II. Whit
lock’s tobacco box manufactory,
Eighteenth and Curey streets, burn
ed to-day, togethor with the large
brick tobacco factory of Turpin &
Bro. and the adjoining box factory
on the east. A row of frame houses
on the south side of Carey street suf-
ferivd some, also the brick tobacco
factory of Jackson, Turpin £& Co.,
on Eighteenth street, we t of the
box factory. The building of Tur
pin & lire, destroyed was tho woll-
known Castlo Thunder of the war,
and used as a prison for Federal and
Confederate prisoners. The total
loss is estimated at $100,000; insur
ance at $51,000.
Rome Tribune: The cotton crop
is not so promising. Tho recent
continuous rains, we learn, have
caused the plant to rust. As large a
crop will bo mado as w;is produced
last year, but this is due to the large
ly increased acreage in tlie staple.
“Julius,” said a Brooklyn gentle
man to bis colored servant, “don’t
yon onjov tho astrouomical phenome
na these fine evenings?” “Dnnuo,
sab,” responded the darkey, “mush
mellons are my favorite fruit,”
Drowned in a Well.
We learn of a very sad accident
which occurred three miles from
Brown Station, on the Southwestern
Railroad last Thursday. The little
three year old son "of Mrs. Dr.
McKelhr fell into a well ou the
premises near the dwelling house.
Tlie accident was almost immediately
discovered by Mrs. MeKellar, and
she rushed to tlie well and let the
bucket down, the little fellow, who
was not badly hurt, managed to got
into it and was drawn toward the
top. When nearly to tlie top, his
hands gave out and ho fell back into
the well and was drowned. The
well was not a deep one.—wjuegfaph
& Messenger.
Removal! Removal!
REMOVAL!;!
In order to display to better advantage
my extensive stock of
Pictnre Frames, Pictures, Brack
ets, etc., etc.,
I will, on or about the FIRST OF OCTO
BER, remove from my present place of
business—No. 9 Cotton Avenue—to the
elegant and commodious store,
No. 46 Second St.,
(Opposite Waxelbaum & Co.)
The advantages that this change will
Atlanta, Aug. 28.—A little child,
Emma Jones, at a picnic to-day, fell
over the steep side of Stone moun
tain, which has a perpendicular
heighth of 1,600 feet. The little
thing caught on a ledge of rock and
by sticking her fingers into the cre
vices managed to hold on until an
alarm.was carried to the town, three
miles off. At once stores were clos
ed, houses locked and the whole pop
ulation, with feverish lmste, hurried
to the mountain. The child was
fifty feet below the brink, having
slid rather than fell • outright. She
was considerably bruised. At length
Jerry Goldsmith was found, who was
let over the brink with a stout repo.
Ho reached the child just as sho was
exhausted and drawn to the top amid
the most intense excitement. The
mother awaited tho child at the
brink. A man and a dog have for
merly fallen over the same place.
Conkling’s man Cornell has been
nominated.by the republicans of New
York for Governor.
Mrs. \V. B. Marshall has touted at
twenty-six consecutive cumpmectings
in Harris county.
New York, Sept. 3.—A dispatch
from Yokohama rays General Grant
sailed for San Francisco on tho City
of Tokio to-day. He will arrive
about the 21st.
General Toombs writes a letter to
the Atlanta Constitution favoring
tho establishment of a State board of
commissioners to regulate railroad
rates.
Charles N. Vallaudigham, son of
the late Clement L. Vallaudigham,
has been nominated for tho Ohio
legislature by the democrats of Mont,
gomory county.
General Hood died of yellow fever
in New Orleans on the 30th ultimo,
lie left twelve children, the oldest
under 10 years of age, one of whom
has since died of the same disease.
His wife died a short time before bis
death.
Johnson Items.
offer will permit me to enlarge School
Books and Music Departments of my
business, and enable me to offer extra in
ducements in these branches.
I would respectfully inviteyour attention
to my stock of School Books, Picture and
miscellaneous Books. Sunday School Music
Books, among which I would call attention
to tlie
Golden Shore, Gem,
Emerald, Amaranth,
Pi:re Gold, New Life,
New Starry Crown,
Gospel Hymns,
Sacred Songs,
Saciied Harp.
Hymn & Tune Books,
Congressman Springer thinks Til-
don is very strong in New York, and
that, if ho carries the state in the
coming contest, he will have the best
call for the democratic nomination in
1880. In ease the democrats fail to
curry Ohio and New York, lie thinks
David Davis will be the nominee of
tho democrats.
Mr. James Anderson, of this coun
ty died last Sunday.
Mr. Matthew Tison killed a rattle
snake last Sunday. Rattles 13.
Great deal of sickness in tlie coun
ty.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Burnett’s baby
died at its grandmother’s, Mrs. M.
E. Outlaw’s, in Wriglitsville, last
Tuesday night.
Mr. \Y. J. M. Smith has a stalk
of corn on which the ear has come
out at the top with the tassel.
Johuson county wants more cotton
pickers.
Mr. John ti. Smith killed two
hawks last week with strychnine, one
measuring from tip to* tip 4 ft. 7$
in., the other 4 ft. 5$ inches. The
hawks had been killiug his pigs.
Catechisms.-Sunday School Cards etc.
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by any house south of Baltimore. Call
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E. D. ERVINE.
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Application for Administration
Laurens Court of Ordinary,
September Term, 1879.
W/iemis, Z T Thomas has tiled his appli
cation for letters of administration on tlie
estate of John Thomas, deceased,
T liese are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular, the kindred and creditors
of said deceased, to show cause, if any they
have, why letters of administration should
not lie granted the applicant on tlie first
Monday in October next.
Given under my official signature this
September 1st. 1879. J uo . T Duncan,
rc-T 1 - 41 Ordinary.
lication for Dismission’
Lauiibnb Court ok Ordinary,
September'Term, 1879.
Whereas, Dennis Kea, Administrator
on tlie estate of Deiiliaii Goff, hits filed his
Application for Letters of Dismission from
said administration.
1 liese are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to show cause, if any
they have, why letters of Dismission should
not be granted the applicant on tho first
Monday in December next.
Given under my Official signature this
September 1st, 1879. John T Duncan,
st; Pl-«nv Ordinary.
Motice.
Georgia, Laurens County.
Four weeks after date application will
be made to the Court of Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell nil the real estate
belonging to the estate of James F. Robin
son, late of said county, deceased.
Fannie M. Robinson,
August 14.1879-4t Administratrix.
ITOTICEI
This is to notifv the Public that in my
dealings with the Standard Sewing Machine
Co., Broadway & Cliitou Place, New
York, whose advertisement appeared in
the Post several months. I have just found
said company to lie unreliable; and I here
by warn parties .who wish to purclinse
machines not to entrust their money witli
this company. R. L. HICKS,
Ed. & Prop’r Post.
J.W. CLARKE,
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8TEPHEESVILLE, QA.
Parties wanting work in my line in
Laurens aud adjoining counties (where I
have practiced my trade for forty years)
are reminded that I have returned from
•he North and made my headquarters at
StcphcnsviHc, where I will always be found
when not elsewhere engaged.
ap33-ly
The Corbett House.
TWENTY ROOMS.
Just opened ou Second Street, sec
ond door from Poplar, next to \V.
W. Collins’ Carriage Repoeitofy.
MACON, GA.
Having been compelled to give up the
National Hotel, I have located us above and
anv prepared to furnish first-class hoard by
the day, week or month at reasonable
rates. Shall be glad to see any of my ohl
friends and patrons. Kcspcctfiillv,
E. <J. COUH'ETT.