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* TIEOIj POST, WEDNESDAY, - APRIL Vi, 1881. W. L. HICKS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. glvcpt UBjllcr the Turbid Waters Bkanoiivilik, 8. April 7.— A fearful ease of drowning oeelurcfl on the Ashley liver this morning, hy which seven qulof a company of nine persons m a row boat were drowned. Abbfit SeVCh o'clock Hie row-boat left Dennett’s wjinrf for Mr. Jar rev's plantation, 1m JehnV island. iliie fioodmide iwita runuingjit fit11.1u-ighI, llio ;wind blowing; n Rtiff gale and (lie water was very rough. In addition to inhuman freight the boat contain* Ud ah assorted cargo of ten barrels of" brunt and other Pbrmstd «upjtjioir. Tlnmvivoru two ladies on Imm'ifi-Miw by feono’a little game t hat nobody Venus Artdorijon and Diamt Simons, and the whole party were in high spirits, singing, laughing and telliug jokes nl! imcim&CMlis of the hdiriMd /ale which awaited them. The crew, •in addition to (he- two ladies, eon- r*i«lod of Captain Frank Drown, Benjamin Washington, Thos. Drown* James Gatling, an aged citizen, known hy tllio Cognomen of “Old Man Frank*” and two bright chil dren. j When the cruft was in midstream it WiMI caught by a very heavy wave, and tho entire company and cargo .pwepti overboard. Tho scone that followed was Iioartrondiug. Old man Frank and Hon Washing! ominniiiigod to chutb upon the top of tlm keel of tho overturned hokt, alid there hold, Uespitorthe lonipcstnon.v tossing c/f tho wrecked boat. There had boon ju the bottom of tho craft some .planks and oars, uml the fra ittic efforts of tho different persons to .catch upon those and buoy themselves Up wore hourtronding, and wore witnessed by crowds on shore, who wore powerless to reach them in time to lend the needed succor. The two nlnldreu canto up oneo; and sunk . ont of light; but tho oontortioua i# tliQ, grown ■ people were wild and almost superhuman. Homo of the nu n wi i'O good swimmers, but the strong tide and cold water, tngdthry with the lugged weight of heavy clothing und boots, made their efforts to ; |)Upy tliQinselvos up futile. From llio Micro twd of the crow were scon to giiwp at a floating plunk, and bel li cuiight it at once, but it was not large oflHfWlh Jo .boar Mio weight of the two, and a desperate mad tight .ensued between thorn for it. They were crazy with four, and in tilieiV struggles botli lost (ho plank mid sank, one after tho other. The only boat In the vicinity was a .small, fiat-bottomed affair, and it was madness to attempt to leave shore with it; ami so those on shore had to watch the poor creatures sink one by one, and listen to the gurgling OtiU# -for aid. Tho two women foUglit as lull'd for life us tho men, ■’‘lid, in fact. wei'e the bust to sink, lankily tliocrioA of distress brought Vmsar Dalis n;ul tlnftoln Giml- “ol>, two bravo colored men living at West Point mills, in a frail boat.. Tl!> o two, at. the imminent risk of losing theft 1 lives, reached the scene in lime to save tho two survivors, who were uoailY frozen, and almost and of what he was going to do, and see what bitter satires these utter* liuces ap|K*ar in the light of the record of his first month in oniee. W '# ihr v ’ !, ° wurkcd for Inin nifd Voted for him and who declare that tjioir efforts elected him, and hear I heir (uescmt djunion of the pei%ouwiW»nlliCyjmide president. iVitii Maine tmUying and dicta ting and squaring off at Conkling, but with his resignation ready writ ten in his pocket in ease the IhmJjlo backbone ot the president again gives away; with Windom visiting Wall street, and fishing among our bankers and brokers fora financial policy; with Wayne MacVongli threatening to resign if ('handler ho confirmed, and Phstrniistei;-General .fames or dered to resign if Robertson be con* fi.pn.pd: with the senate so blocked ready io di-q> ’/Vom' their perilous positions. None of tljo bodios have been wcovereiC r '■ ii.V >i’t • Garfield’* Seeood Month, fl ii.'mi, (.’.ii-lhihl uiiIaiic tin Ilu> second, nipiilh of his mini in- istrai inn. 11 is alleged that ho choso Mr. Maine for hits.right bower to furnish him with grit and backbone. Tho selection was a good one for that JUBflpose; »Uid jf Mr. Dlui no is allowed to rnn tho governmoHt tho* supply ... will 'inubtks Jio abundant. ■/imI AVw. can 1)0 confirmed, or rejected; with the sfftlwarts sharpening their toma hawks for the half breeds and the half breeds throwing mad at the stalwarts now, more 1 than oyer, the true patriot, the lover of bis country, I he followiiigof .Jefferson, may thank God that lie is a democrat 1 Thus stands the record of Garfield’s first month in the white house, ami this is the lesson which it touches. Tho Cltlo Kart liquake. London, April fi.—A (.'onstanti- rfople dispatch to the Reuters says: Tlio latest iiccouiit from Ohio esti mate t he number of victims at 5,000. All the fbrbigii meti-of-war staliou'ed at Smyrna have started for. Ohio. The United States minister, Long- street, lias ordered llio Galena to proceed thither with succor for the sufferers. The superintendent of the Eastern telegraph company, at Smyrna, tele graphs under dido of April 4, that Company's office at Chio reported that the continued shocks of earth quake wevo dcpLrpy.iug the. houses injured by the first shock on April Sl it is said to ho utterly impuWl)lo to outer the town. The telegraph of fice is nearly destroyed ami t he oper ators are working temporarily from the landing pluecuif .tluuwhlu,—Food and she!tor are urgently needed. > A steamer chartered hy the municipal ity of Smyrna, left Monday with medical aid, provisions anil louts*. It is feared that tho number of killed ami wounded will prove to be enor mous. 0,1/1o, April G.—Occasional shocks of earthquake nro still felt here. All the open spaces in ihe town are filled with the wounded, runny of whom lire in a hopeless condition. There are numerous dead and wounded still under the rniiiaffiThe. survivors aro emigrating in all diioctions. Thorn are far move victims of damage in tlm villages than in the town. Supplies arrive daily but they are in- sutilqient, to oopo with tho destitu tion. The crew of a French man- of-war rendered valuable assistance. Sjta'iitl (U*pr,tch Ui Tho Vonxtitutwn. u ‘ London, April G.—A telegram to the. foreign officer states Abut the authorities at Ohio asketPlor four thousand tents. Only fifty houses are loft standing, ; On all sides cries of distress are heard fmin tho ruins, but nobody daros Lo approach to ren der assistance. Tlioru is no suppressing your genu ine poet. Spring won’t come to his IpssisUnco, but Winter cannot frecae him out. As ovidunco of this the poet editor of the Sonoia Farm mid until*« pu in isnes t «W lorro wing ode ‘oh winter : “The wind now blows, And then it snows; Su notking grows, .For tho ground is fror.o, And so's our nose, Our heels und tots.” Now that .Tnstico UliffoM has lost his mind, and cannot be worried by l*'us.,hm whom«ib^h'bllehni>Hy i" strongly it com mended to the people, ht the last election. How does'his ttnhd. During ho ifinfith holms hojie-’ les'iy ilivided the ropnblic.'fn' iHitty in important stales; sijlilit up’his eab* i»u't ihto hostle cliques; incurrcp the •ijieu hostility of the stalwart loaders,! Wo have had mt*- month of the lawyei's Amt dry eases, he may live foV a ml Hi her of years. The worst of it Is that lie is not able to writo a letter resigning his position on the supreme lionch. The easo is a sad one in all ways. Jmlgo ('lifford, however, is not the first official who actually did not kuow enough to resign. How Is This For High? “One day last week,” says the Tbonmsvillc EnterpriM, “wo were in tlieco-.inUngroom; of a j;pomini nt husincss house, when one of our best and most successful farmers came-in with cotton to sell. The piricc offer ed was very low—about seven ■ ceiit» and a fraction—and of course the farmer wanted "more, if possible. White the discussion was going on we heard the agriculturist say: ‘Well, 1 brought a load of, cotton and a load of barns to town last week, and I got very nearly double its mtroh for the hams as 1 did for the cotton.’ We had not paid lunch’attention to tlie conversation, but that remark chal lenged our attention and, like the merchant, Vvc were n little ineredu- ons; but when our friend went on to say that there was about 1JJOO pounds of cotton and a little inort of the hftniaputd I hat I is cotton brought only siv uml a quarter cents, while the hams Woiight over eleven cents per pound, wo saw that he was right, Now, then, think of 1 it, a mini toils all the year round to inako cotton, that when it is made it i's not worth as much as bacon. True, our hogs are 1‘cliabliTto disease, and the meat is apt to spoil in sonic of our winters bat then how many daivgers threaten a cotton crop from the time the seed is'put in tho ground until it is actual ly sold tuul the money received ? Failure to get a stand, washing rains gritss, shedding, rust, catcrpilhws and rains and storms in tlio picking season and the danger of lire a|tot it is gathered and put in the gin house. Is hog raising any more rasky P Make arrangements to fill your crib and you.r smoke house and then raise all tho cotton you can without, neglecting those, and, like the gentleman wo talked with; Rev. J. li. Battle, you will get along smoothly all the time, in oven these blu'd tiine.t” The MtiDuJfic.' journal says/ “About a year ago Virgil Bacon, oohmid, of t his comity, was the sub- jeefc of a singular o:\perionco. Re turning from work imo night, he (t. lvLjuii.Uiy.it At litijlU A them in a,comer of the room. Into one of these boots his little son drop ped a small pocket knife. The next morning Virgil put on his boots and wore them through tho day without experiencing any inconvenience from the prosonco 'of the knife, but when be pulled thoin off at night, tho knife dropped out; and it was foufid that one of the hUd/s was gone. Virgil examined his foot and discovered a small cut in the bottom, but, as it did not pain or trouble him ho paid no alteniion to it. several months afterward a painful protuberance ap peared on the back or side of his heel, for which ho was tumble to ac count, and so ho applied to Dr. Dur ham for ad vice and t reatment. The doctor soon discovered the presence of a foreign body in tho negro’s heel, and making an incision cMclosed aml drew out the missing blade of the knife which had boon dropped into Nirgil’s boot. The strangest thing about this occurrence is that tho full length of tho knifo-blade could have penetrated and worked through the foot without giving him pain or oven attracting his notice.” Hedging. Amctwto, ’This is to inform Mr. James Qu difi-rUlftv ftDgRMHli *. formerly of Texas, if lie lie in the fleslwthat. wo uta not rejoice when the nows of his sudden taking off at Las Vegas, Now Mexico, came. Wo felt real_ sorry that so omincut a citizen should have fallen by the wayside,, so to speak. Hyperion toi n Satyr. lit® F Tlie miifi who tloes not-iidvcrtim.’-. \ @ I § 1 (tw) ’Hie man who does advertise and lux mid is geveni) dcniotU IBs did Read tlui- tbs fiui to n deadlock, ti| cr.rpy on die ipjK'alipg to ' The better class of colored men in Atlanta have inaugurated a move ment for the reform of the worthless * • ... , iKirtion of their mee. **' ^ ' ■ -«r - : ‘ : . nlties. Fw ». ddiheratc suicide, Mitt over, mnv, tho fine prom ikes i 11 at Hu Kenell, Hie Iowa faster, is o made hy him and for him, the longest about it we ever heard things that weni sniil cf him.*.of. iglit life scum o\v powerless Lie nartv Lord Bcaeonsficld seems likely to rival Tins IX. as a disiippoiliter of the obituary writers. Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, was at one time in his life a school master. and Senator McPherson, of No# Jersey, was ono of his pupils. “Ijjtto HpdyAho Philadelphia Times reocutly puhlhilicd nu article on titled; *l|o the, wives qf piv^ideivts . lily# 8W I should smilc.*'-~if li. fltfges. The Men In Congress Who Do the Talking, There arc few really good talkers in congress—that-Js. men who aro distingiti In I for their oratory and rhetoric. Senator Conkling heads the list of the best. Conkling’s speeches never need ^revision. Sen ator Edmunds makes his speeches und then is done with them, lie is so careful of .whatW says and does that lie can never be picked up on an utterance. The brilliant •Matt. Car penter was always in a peek of trou ble ivlieu he made a speech. Car penter was averse to study, and re lied upon his memory, which grew to be funity, lie always revised bis speeches, tore them to pieces and re built, interlined, crossed out, and made a frightful-looking proof.sheet. Then hGjjd ways j usisted upon get ting the messenger from the printing office “full” when the latter was sent for hjs copy. Carpenter always demoralized tho-Congressional Rec- eonj office upon a night when lie would make a great off art in the sen ate. Judge Thurman's speeches never needed revision except to see if tlio quoted authori ties were correct Senator Bayarjl is onp of the most pleasing speakers on tho democratic side, and ho generally glances over the proof to see that no mistakes creep in. General Burnside repeats himself in about every, ten sentences, and is apt to become nervour, Ben Hill (ires uyyay in a sledge hammer style of oratory, and, no matter how trivial this matter may be, wifi work himself up to a fever boat and ex pend as-much carpcstuess as if great tlii-ngs were to bo accomplished. Morgan, , of Alabama, is another democratic orator possessing the dis tinctive peculiarities of the talkers of the South. A gallery lounger can tell in a second from what sec tion of the country a speaker comes. The peculiarities of dialect are mark ed in the representative men tho same as in the lower classes of society in their vicinity. Over in tho house •‘Sunset” Cox causes trouble to the printers. lie always pre pares his speeches, and revise them. ILu writes op |til sorts of pa per. One page may be yellow, another white, a third a leaf from a hook. Thou his handwriting is not letter press; so Cox is dreaded. Randall, revises every speech lie makes. General llarry White,had a habit of sending for books during debates until his desk was littered, and he could scarcely be seen. By ;tlio time lie found the authority de sired debate would bo exhausted, and he would produce a scare, nothing more. This was an old trick of White’s. • The most remarkable in stance of the effect of talking is that which Jlli. Blount’s voice has upon a journalist who is well known here. Blount-has the pure,.unadulterated southern accent, and ii inclined to be harsh without meaning it. A, few years ago a young man, who was a student at. the Anuapolis academy, was detected in a hazing scrape. The matter came up before congress, and Mr, Blount, made a violent speech against the naval cadets. One of the yorng men occupied a seat in the gallery, and the effect of Blount's speech, coupled with tho thought of being dismissed from the academy, was such that ho became violently ill and had to bo carried from the eapitol. Later on in hiscareer he branched out as a journalist, and was assigned to duty in the house gallery. Hlmiut arose to speak u>u xuuui* lections of past events came so vividly to tho young man’s mind that ho again became ill. lie tried in vain, day after day, to conquer Use feeling, but it was found to bo impossible. Every time Blount spoke lie became sick. At last he was compelled to relinquish his position on this account. Even to this day that gentleman never appears in tho house giille’ry for fear of Blount. The great debaters tut confined to the 8enato, and Tho crop is being fast thinned out there.. The retirement of Wallace, Thunmm and Blaine and the death of Carpenter took away four of the m6st brilliant men at a swoop.' u *■ it costs $50,000 per year for tho mere jotting down of tho remarks of tho congressmen. The crops of offi- cial stenographers, both in ihe senate and house, is probably the best 'ii tlio United States. Every word ut tered is recorded, and many a con gressman is surprised the next mbru- uig to find in .the Ccmgi-ossjonul Record some remark which was hardly intended foi* ! publication. It requires a resolution to expunge the aunoviug jwmgmph, a fast which requires members to he ca.-ofnl what they say.. T. SDEESS 15.Y , 5 CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Basil, 13lT±XLd-S and I3oo3?s a All Kinds Building Materal, Brick, Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, Laths, Paints, Oils, Putty, Glass, Locks A Hinges. PRICES REDUCED TO THE VERY LOWEST POINT. ESTIMATES AND PLANS FURNISHED FOR BUILDINGS. _A.g’ejcFti Wagon. WAREROOM OPPOSITE J. W. BURKE & GO. iviL' SeooinLcL S"b- ? - - - IMI-A^OOZDsT., . niuiTG-ly • " 1 ” L • ’* " ; r ‘ TFF: BOOTS AND 1 SHOES. We now have in the largest mul best slock'we- ever <fispl»yefl. : The attention of the lildii'S in directed to our stock of elegant Ereiieli Kid Hand-Sewed Boots. The finest in the cily. Also u great variety of -v. ,\ • LADIEI-T CUIt dvII) BUTTON !5(>OTH, • . LADIES’ FINE, OIL PEBBLE BUTTON BOOTS. , / 'LADIES’ BASKET CLOTH, KID FOXED BUTTON BOOTS, j AND OTHER KINDS, -WK IIAVIS AN CNSUUl'ASHKD^TOCJC OK——• ; ; ■ • , . . .,. ■ < • . if:" CS-oxLtis 3 <Sc IF’ijiLe Slioes. Embracing every quality and style. We offo. our country customers a stc-c k ot- shoes selected with groat care, especially for the retail trade, and guarantee Hum to he the BEST IN ’IHE MARKET. It wifi be well to remember that LOW BRICES are a ruling feature feature with us- ■ ' £®" We-'til'd not to Be Undersold. ' -)o(- -43?.OUHJrtlJta*» STltKET IIOCHK HAVE A GQOD STOCKS HATS. It will lie to tho interest of customers to call before purchasing, - MIX & K1KT|AKB^: ■ decS-tf !5 COTTON AVENUE * 133 THIRD ST; • MAt.’ON, OA. SCHOOL BOOKS! HOWABiDS? BAR! ADOl’TKO KOH Laurens County by the School Board June 8,1880,^, XEW GRADED 11KADEHS S'WINTOX'S WORD PRIMMER fiWJMTON'X WORD BOOKS S WIN DOS'S HISTORIES S1 VINTON'S GEO QUA PIIIES, SPENCERIAN COPY ROOKS, WHIPSTER'S DICTION A DIES, kiNDFORD'S ARITHMETICS SASDFORD'S ALGEBRA ON SALE AT J. W. PEACQK& Co.’s Drug Store. Also other School Books, Mi seel la neons Books. School Supplies, Hymn Books, Toy Books, etc. Don’t forget the place— PEACOCK <& Co.’s, DUBLIN, GEORGIA. aplO-ly InveutorM and Patentees should send for instructions, terms, refer ences, Ac. to Ldson Hro*i. Wnsliington, I) C. who furnish suiilt without charge. Ed- sou Bros, is a well known and successful lirm of largo experience, having been es tablisliefl in I860. dcc8-tf . -BY— ■ v GEO. Rfl. S’SOWAF?© & CO., Keeps always on hand a well-selected Stock of Family Gpoees^ies, As well as the i'uiikst Wines, AVliiskejs, JEte. We also keep Ihe % -A-'U2_x > ox’eh Beer I Always, eu draught. A choice lot of -TOBACCO and CICARS- Camtanthf on II&mL \ Geo. M. Howard & Co, Fob,Mil, 79. ESTABLISH K1J IN 1850/ ’ CARIIART & CURD, Importers and Jobbers of Foreign-hand Domestic mraiWRiiE, currEliy and GUNS, Agricultural Implcriients, Iron, Steel and Carriage MAKERS’ matebial. •Aik) smuts for- FAIKBANli’S STANHAKB " SCATAEH, - ( hcnn_ Mi'wl, M4 CONV M4 jau 33, 86-jy» . . . I3ENSIONS—Tliousunds of soldiers aud A their heirs entitled bv late laws of Ckm- _ PATKNTS. «rcs„ Send two stamimo iof B. . - ... ...■ . Notice to Dcbtoi-s and Creditors Pvo™P<ly attended fo. No cJmrgc made Alt wiWM hanag claims against thejLfe 1 tuU,J> for circu late W. J. Kiuiz uqtijr«J. to pmient * . Jw. 8-(f Aem to.the undersignid, * t6’ lils agent, “—~-• ^ ot nt Gilliert, Eh) law. Au<l all jL same arc wxpiestcd Ac. Est.ililishttl 1|70. Jccfi-tf