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k JOHN W. ARNOLD,
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IjHiVST y
■r MONROE, GEORGIA.
Practice in the Superior Courts in
the Counties of Walton, Clarke, Morgan,
Newton, Gwinnet and Jaqjisou. Also in
the Supreme Court ot Georgia, and the
District Court of the United States for the
Northern District of Georgia. (1-52.)*
tW GEORGIA RAILROAD—I7I miles—
Fare five cents per mile. —John P. King,
President; E.W.Cole. Superintendent; G.
T. Anderson, Agent at Atlanti.
, DAT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Augusta ... -. 7,15 A.M.
Leave Atlanta 7,00 A.M.
Arrive at Augusta 5,45 P.M.
Arrive at Atlanta •.... 7,10 P.M.
No trains on Sunday.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta....... 9,50 P.M.
Leave Atlanta".. . . « 5,45.P.M.
Arrive at Augusta •• 4,00 A.M.
Arrive at Atlanta S,OO A.M.
Passengers for Milledge, Washington and
, Athens,Ga., must take Day Passenger Train
* froinEhugusta and Atlanta. Passengers for
WcsHßoint, Mtullgdwecfthi3elnia» Mobile
mhl i >rt. ..|JL nniA leilve <’ll
NiglitPassengaOi, , al|rt6 make
lifnK. Passenj®K lbr hLishville,’'Pqrinth,
Sk Menfcftiis,
s\i.. ■ -i ; 'foA** 1 - 1- ’
'
Through Tickets, and Baggage effected
through to the above places.
Pullman's Palace Sleeping Cars on all
Night Passenger Traius. No chang«|f cars
ou Night Passenger and Mail Tfjas be
tween Augusta West Point- lag-
S. K. JOHNSON, Assistant
Georgia Railroad, Augusta, April 9, 1869
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K. *. WALKER. H, D. M’DA.S&p.
Walker
ATTORNEYS AT
Monroe, : : : Georgia?
3-t s
M. H. THOMAS, M. D.
RESIDENT DENTIST,
r : JL: : Georgia.
thepjiictice
Md ajkffie MojJfltanroved
■tPai<-lic|iMßifeS-Utiflih ' . v SgbV . .vl
Tdeth
HPltrotS OxideGaSP liavtoa graaaWW ini
Mvdieiue, aluipi act iced •fflfam'Uui years,,
r-ihd i>enti*gßjfe*yea|(^*!t J s|!ilp riS-ri ! )ri|g
It jnriit-.iii'iielßn-e lliahWßlQHhipvh'V? W
■> He is a </iu2s3fef Monwß, re*
i tyi-AUHtt
O • x® woi i«dmie c\,r«fliar rc-
Epwwblo DSnfi-.ts, take fia iwlii*
■patients during their stay\ith
•ciiaige. \ \ \—i A
He refers to those he ha&WOmdU
e<l, iix Walton, ton,Ogjatkorpl,
Jackson, Morgan and Gwinnetg. .“'jJßse are
his jgweSs?’ J \ V : \ ''
; ’
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
! No. 1 St.^j,
‘ ATLANTA, ;:W :* \ GEORGES..
X ifc P. i&r galinj 8 ’X *. SI.OO
■yy ** «* 4« %* ; 1.15
Tenn. Corn Whisky, <l9 gal. $1,25@2.25
“ Rye 'f 1.50@9»00
Roberson H 2.00@-t.OO
« \XXX “ 1.25@2.00
*' Kentucky Bell, 2.00@6.50
Lee’s Best, per gallon, V, 2.00@4.50
Kentucky Marshall, pef
(Old Crow, .per gallon, 2.50@7 00
Holland "Gin, “ • 6.50
Tom Gin\ per gallon) 5.50
Cognac Brandy, per gallon, 4.00
Peach “ “ “ X WO
♦Apple “ “ “
Kum « . .« “ 2.50(5)4.00
Wines “ “ “ 3.00<®6.®0
£ gprAlso receiving large lots of-Coyn
on consignment «
Don’t Forget to call on Jas. M. Shep
ard to get your I «af Tobacco and Sins Li b
anon. *
V, * BS- i. r ,j>.
Full of arid|rouble,
Floats a while uponthjAtream,
T So'on^ii
Men ! i
Never drerEiijfL. ho flow.
So like the bubble gailyfsbarkMg,
Flashing in ilie supV. \
AH ay « e float, WJm>StSra.qljijfc *lai U
-1 i
We sink, - £ ,
-Oh ! liJ|, v vj
flßwjl'U!' V'TjOTh|J(n,ei' - M
IVhose \\,e s<nßundjjg^p|.
Miierc ’ vintry Mjflp^
Where is the whose Iwqflapgl,
But thoq eans't
That lit.- the / gKjjlt '1 1 .
Bring evening
Sweet birds jftjK) rfg, oS^iisr| - ou^'oice,
TeM me all!
That life’s swteVjlq w
Shall mildewbli«rhtre'c^H»e»
- Forever stiU thatrtfaiui-egret. *
Shall tremble in our bosom so; %
Os hours, of opportunities, so
As shall rob us of our glory’s glow.
To yon dark shades of evening’s twiligUg
That on my head so lightly shed; '
Slow traces of your wondjoi s
Reminders of our last earthly bed.
These silver threads that through my
hair, ££
So silent creep, that every day I know,
But ushers in a nearer heir,
To joys above and less of care below.
Wirz--Scraps of History.
The New York World, in criticizing
Judge Clack’s defence of Stanton in
the Galaxy, introduced the following
incident:
“Nor is it amiss here to state a fact
not generally known, but siiscept'ble
of proof, that when, on the trial of
Wirz, Judge Ould, the Confederate
Commissioner of to
Mbmhiiug&Ag«s sub
||ku a, JkgjAA 1 iAw %tcd.
Stantonsßßp that if he did
'’“'jA'UiriilikMUik
and Wirz waWi un ™
To which we would add additional
facts not generally known, that Gener
al Robert E, Lee and General Howeil
Cobb were |J so subpoenaed and ordered
to Washingjiu as witnesses 'for the
accused, but xvere met
en routAtovdispatelies "from tlia^4ftt|jj
as tar as s^ahnab,
and, reemg bis
back. ou
gc n(leiiicn^[|HßßA|Vitii^||»||gjh|
giouud tli
pcrsonly
and not be bel^Hpl|^^^«b! jSp-* |
_a 1 s
t!.ußuH. j
f H|ot q|in t 3Bfc.coih
iowakf) rMb®. w»iii qki'JHHpiiT'i
-
crates frdin aTracnJgbatno'
could b^.ccpMßiod|tc'i in M:icod\lic
Mv\f imfccr
pimediatcly\fe» fc u's£o
m thl«PP|dclipno<T*ffioar : y.h^p*
tals. ijSPifz'refused to go,, afleg
ing tliafehe’liad been long and
had motfaoad it with great difficulty
in his. pviseners/s We
Ceibb’s own lips.- tm(|:
witnesses 3for' tlife.defehfee were silencea
by that blood thirsty Cofet, and poor
Wirz, jnnocent he waSj sent-
to his last account Stanton *4i.as
gone to meet him before a higher tri
bunal, where up witnesses will be re
quired.—Savunhb Republican, •
A Good Law.—A bill has been in
troduced into the Gtonnecticut Legis
lature, which provides that when an
intoxicated person commits an injury
tef persouS or property,the pefson who
soid him the liquor upon which he be
came intoxicated shall be liable lor all
damages; in the event 'any one is kill-’
ed, the seller of the liquor is made re
sponsible for the support of the family
16ft witout a protector.
GA., SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1870.
Goingdo Meeting.
BYIgSNRY fcARD BEECHER.
Tjhe oltfTjichfield, Conn., ‘meeting
neiejly at tne injergection of. the two
oqj jof streets, of fne town. There it
There was not a sjpgle line or fixture
in iflf sugegstingTaste or beauty. But
that whiclrthe architect had neglected
supplied. The hearts
of and women who
hfUtg-yim-Miined there from childhood |
bad thrown the color of the:
deejj jjstefieelings upon the gaunt old:
cljpii, anijßfc doubt, in their ej’es,
wooden “meetinghouse” look
ed more beautiful than did Parthenon
reeks.
he building was square, with two i
stffies and a hi o li steep |
on which the . snow had hard i
in the winter. The whu|
d®Plv r ere large, with panes of glass
,six eight in WzdMW of warts and
wereyoung eyes in;
tli jpßs^iote^^^isfortion.
TluPWjpfcg oiirif Saturday night
w#l^a serious business with the
had no stories of re
I which it is pre
iSUßicd sand
clay without
aMj6Jiin<fl^^PE|pst , ,was not a little
ifT^oiny.^j^^Hßght ot the week did
’ dismally, or the
in a moan so mel-
ImqhJg-, as on Saturday night. *
summer mornings!
Wirflt a (vealth of light spread over
tjiat blessed old hill top! What a won
derous silence dwelt in the round
heavens above our head! The birds
sang on. The crows in the distance
called to each other in hoarse dis
course. The trees stood in calm beau i
t-y—the great giant trees, tall, pliant.
graceful; the perfection of strength, 1
and. beauty. All this we saw and!
heard .while buttoning on our Sunday j
clothes l>y the si,he of our open window.
Ks cow and horse had beeu fod
iSul the pigs led, and all the 1
bai-jkcUoTeA up-and a bountiful!
! b jR^ nt W , %'"" ls and face]
from sliOTto hat fflm. changed from a;
secular to a sacred use. Not the ever
day-hat—soft, shapeless; universal in
strument%nsed as a liquid or solid
measure; now for a net to catch
butterflies,— owtetjlrow at wasps; no,
pouch and naagar ?
round, stiff,
hard and rSMCfalle.
i new hat- was always
] disagreeable ro our head, yet we had.
lJkHßde|'ful reference for it, and spent
|iw4|HS%i'j|rfe portion of our time
it dirty, and then
m clean.
Our jacket, too, was new. Only a
|thcn in the pocket:.
BT knife, no strings, no
fish dried? angle
pocket
Os
»femM.tiou> *.4rn meeting- time we oftcii
*l®!at*d*^lown into oqf
Su.iulay pocket • with a melancholy
" L TVs l&crc dressed a ?!M
mtistcwed in thwcsSpigVoom; an in
lepection collar was
pulled up a afftf had a fresh
liobfroiq the mouth must
bft wiped jvith A wet the shoe
string after beingJprned
I rb.und and ra(|id, we wore started off.
“Now good hoy.”
“Yes, ma’ma.”
“You must^ot. laugh or tease Har
riet,” . t
“No, ma’ftjtt.’|^
“Don’t stop roft< l— B°
in,when you get to. church.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Every word was sincerely promissed,
and officiously broken in ten minutes;
- Oh, how high the trees seemed t
Oh how bright the heavens were! (Jli,
how hard it was not to play with
Chester Covington’s dog that came
running to us with bark and frolif,
seemed perplexed at our sturdy
Wpriotjr;*- ■ i*
Here go the peoplerTf-he Lordsjl.re
not going to-day,. Eandon 9 have
-a. * , ‘ •
fk»ne on the other side, with the Ba
cons and the Champions and the De
mings. On one side came forth the
“Miss Pierces,” as they were called, I
the Braces, Dr. Sheldon, Dr.
Col. Talmadge, tall and stately. Judge j
Gould, and multitudes of others. The 1
long street was full of people. The j
first bell had rung. It was decorous
for every one to be in his place by the
time the toiling was over. Among 1
all these we made our way—kindly
;Apple—many of whom looked beiiig
nautly forth upon us from Sunday bon
nets, hut no one saying a word.
The old musical bell up in the belfry
was busy tolling. It was the only!
thing that was allowed to work on
Sunday—the bell and the minister.—
That bell-rope was always an*object of
desire and curiosity,'in our young
days. It ran up into such dark and
mysterious places. What there was
up in those pokerish heights in the
belfry tower we did not know, but
something that made .our flesh creep.
Once we ventured to' pull that rope.—
It was a hold and venturous thing, we
know. But a sorcery was on us. It
come gently and easily to the hand.—
We pulled again. “Dong! dong!” went
the bell. The old sexton put his head
out of the door, when on that particu
lar morning service had begun, and
said in a very solemn and low tone,
'‘Boy! boy! 3011 liitle —-you!”and
much more, I presume, but I did not
w;ait for it, but cut round to the other
door, and sat all Church time trem
bling, and wondering whether he
would tell “ni3 r pa,” and if he did,
wliat he would sa3', and more especial
ly what he would do. I called up-the
probable interview. I had numerous
precedents on which to found a possi-
I hie experience, and afflicted one little
! soul all meeting time with needless
[ punishment by the imagination
1 ■•But ordinarily-, wc escaped into the
minister’s pew without special tempta
tions. Imagine a bo}’ of eight years
old, round as an apple, hearty -and
healthy, an hour a;id a half in church
; with nothing to do. We looked at the
galleries full-of boys and girls, and
i wished we might go into the galleriest
We looked at the ceiling, traced all
i the cracks back and forth. We looked
$t the dear old aunties all around the
church, fanning themseh es with one
hand and eating femiel seed or a bit of
uried orange
We gazed out of wiinjow high a
wist&Njve on ®PyV; up and see
the trees'ana horses and dogs that a-
BOtnnl aroufid the church on Sunday.
Gradually these died out, and we
'dropped asleep. Blessed liberty ! the
child’s gospel. All trouble fled away-,
for a half-hour's paradise was gained.
But then an unusual thump on the
pulpit Bible, and the ring and roar%f a
voice under v fiHl excitement, that went
on swelling like a trumpet, and that no j
o*ne, not tse most could hea*
without catching its I«eite'ment~wak
edus, blushing and confused that we
bad been asleep rn chfr?h! —Evenipp
the serene and marble face of motner
The feint suggestion of,a. smile camels
we clutched our Ifiit, supposing’frfcJ
meeting to he over, and then sheep
ishly dropped and saulFback in disifiay
But even Sunday cannot hold out for
ever, and meetings have to' let out
sometime! So at length, a universal
stir and hustle announced that it wad
time to go. Up we wilted! Downwq
sat so quick as if a million piwfc^wfcri!
our foot.! The right leg was
asleep! Limping forth into ffce open
air, relief came foour heait. The be-,
ing out of doors Rid always an inex
pressible charm, and never so much as
on Sunday. Away went the wagons.
Away went the people. The place
swarmed with folks. Ia ten minutes
all were gone,, and the street was given
up again to the biids!
Little good did preaching do me un
til aftei I was fifteen years old—little
good, immediately. Yet the* whole
Sunday—the peculiar influence which
it exerted on the household, the gene
ral sense of awe which it inspired, tlg|
very vigor of its difference from othCT
days, and the suspended
Its seamen time, served to
•ujfbn the . young »ind ~e profound
impression. A day that stood out
fr<~>m all others in a hard gaunt way,
might perhaps he jnstly criticised.—
But it left .its mark. It did its work
upon the imagination, if not upon the
reason. It had a power in it, and in
estimating moral excellence, power is
an element of the utmost importance.
IVill our smooth, cozy, feeble modern
Sundays have such a grip on the mo
| ral nature? They are far pleasanter.—
■ Arc they as efficacious? Will they ed-!
ucate the moral nature as much?—N.
Y. Ledger.,
A village pedagogue, in despair with
-a stupid boy, pointed to the letter A,
and asked him if he knew it. Yes, sir.
Well, what is it? I know it mighty
well by. sight ■g*aa | emjper itsr
n/inel| * *, '
There a literary man out West
who calls himself Junius Henreigh
Broughne. A few years ago he was
known as plain John Henry Brown.
A young lady, about starting on a
sea voyage, went to purchase his life
preserver.—“Oh, you will not want it.’
! suggested the clerk; ‘ hags of wind
: won’t sink.”
I A sailor attempting to kiss a prett\-
girl got a violent box on the ear.
“There,” he exclaimed, “just my luck;
always wrecked on the coral reefs.”
An old stage driver says “the har
dest kind of traveling is to sit in a
bar room, and hear them all tell how
hard it is outside—when you get on
the road, 3 r ou go along easy enough.
Good philosophy, that. -r~
A schoolmaster asked a class 'of
boys the meaning of the word ‘.appe
tite.” After a short pause, one hoY
said, “I know, sir: when I'm eatin’,
I’m happy, and when I’m done, I’m
tight”
Two min will start together in life,
the one keeping his head cool with
water, the other muddling his with
iiqtao, - . At tho cud-of ten 3-ears, the
former will have achieved success, the
latter be dropped into a drunkard’s
grava; hut just before he drops, you’ll
hear him say: “’Stonishing what dif
ference ’eriiin life! That feller star
ted same's I did, an’ everything
turned to gold’; and everything I
touched turned to ashes—’stonishing
what a diference ’er is in life!”
Forney’s golden calf—The Georgia
Bullock.—Boston Post
"What’s 'in a A*me? The Hell Staver"
% the tftl3ftW>l%ioqgNaaper aguish -
ed at Lanl&ster, Pa. —Nk
*HS|£ap4. a psunted
than they,
Jaste. Don’t -asj| us Bbw we found it
out.
The husband of a scolding wife, on
being, asked what he did for a living,
replied, that he “kept a hot house.”'.
Marriage and harvest* thae are some
what alike—
dles and thrashings. (
A negro orator- in South Carolina,
says, -‘We’ll 7?lcf flag,
iblfcs, neber. W* bib fibbed under «t
the like the
u^ioal^«ricney JiVis
*A Bosvimcnt pdwertises ..to chre
dyspepsia for $2, and when the3’
the momV sqnd th^tfictim*^.
is s®?a® rasße or time. ™
i — the teetotal
li£%W^^ swieboa - v to an
•|Bppt>*p- ■-*>- ' .Y„. ...
Indade I have, and am not ashamed
of it author. .
And did not Paul tfel Timothymto
hike a little wine for his stomach’s
sake?
So he did; but my name’s not Timo
thy, and there is nothing the matter
with m3- stomach.
were yon, Charlie?” “In
fIK Ph-den, ms," “No, yon have been
swimming. You Jypw, I cautioned
you about goLg Whie creek. I will
have to correct you. Look at your
hair, how wet itisJ! “Oh! no, ma, it
is it issWat.” “AhiChar
feie, ißuKeoaught Your
side
V
$2 A YEAR.
Wayside Gatherings.
Be true to your manhood’s convic
tion, and in the end you will not only
be respected by the world but hare the
approval of your conscience.
Punch defines the difference between
a pitch-fork and a tuning-fork:— One
is used to make hay with; the other
to make “A"’ with.
A lady sometimes keeps charms
upon watchguard, but it is more im
portant that she keep watch and gusr4
upon her charms.
When is a young lady like a part of
a word? When she is a silly belle
(syllable.)
The Blessed Ones. —Blessed dre
they that arc blind; for they shall see
no ghosts.
Blessed are they that arc deaf; for
they never lend nAgiey.'Sior listen to
tedious stories.
Blessed are they that are afraid of
thunder; for they shall hesitate to get
married, and keep away from political
meetings. . .
Blessed are they that are ignorant; for
they are happy in thinking they know
everything.
Blessed is he that is ugly in form
and features; for the gals shan’t mo
lest him.
Blessed is she that would get mar
ried, but can’t; for the consolations of
the gospel are her’s.
Blessed are the orphans children;
for they have no mother to spank
them.
Blessed are they that expect noth
ing; for they shall not be disappoin
ted.
Blessed are they that do not adver
tise ; for they shall rarely be troubled
with customers.
The Hon. Edward Everett, when a
young man just out of collage, wes
invited to give an oration in the city
of Salem. At the dinner, Judge Story
called up Jlr. Everett by the follow
ing sentiment: “Fame follows applause
where ever it (Everett) goes!” Mr
Everett arose instantly, and gave the
following: ‘-The members of the legal
profession! However high may be
their aspirations, they can never rise
higher than one story.
g
berjj^Rt—&e doctor
says he can’t lib mo’ dan t™9> three,
four days loaggi,” exoßnned Pete
Snow, wkjJfc^sid^Bountenanat.
“Berv Pete,b*tde best
dat- am a -fac'—dar
j ain’t no help for dem. Watf am de
ob his case,
V
■ ‘toe doctor say he £wo buck
les on his le£s an tu more oqj&wfcum
ic’; den he habs a de
a rajpitafrion.ob de Elementary
eanawl.aff de hydrology in d^tidneea,
an’ sum fin or oder am in de
reffsfA4ft am a
dre'dful\«fc! . *
! \Wy tali? ojgi local
preacher who haSpeceived
wm yeaiyiothiAr a
gags jmem *ith a qjlothea
pin, scratches .their* - the
currycomb, and. yar-
Wisconsin editor was called out
o£sed one night to receives aubecrip-
Uon. Alter that hesft jjlTgights for
lover & month but the <jHnceh*a’t
been repeated. / '
. - .... .. •
The Chicago Post infers that Cp©.
gressmen are not popular up tbym—
Whom Gods love di*jj|rty-3>«t
these continue to dilate?
“Sow;.my little boys audgwls,”jEid
a teacher, “I want you to be vwjr tpii
■et—so quiet Chateau-canheaJr a pin
drop.”
In a minute all was silent; whe%. 4
little boy shrieked,
An Illinois reporter, in describing,
of wind, says;—“A- white dog,
while'attempting to weather thagple,
was cSkight mouth open asd
tinted com out.”
here isTn mentioned
in the Bible? Where the dove brought
the green b&ok to Noah-. ,
• ’ «r