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VOLUME I. THE GEORGIA COURIER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. B. T. & W. F. CASTELLAW, EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. H. S. CASTELLAW & SONS,....Proprietors* ’ TERMS l . TWO DOLLARS per annum, if paid in ad vance. THREE DOLLARS will, in all instances, be thAnanded when payment is delayed. RATES OF ADVERTISING I One Dnitar per square tnr the first i scrtion,and Fitly Cents lor each insertion afterward. A Square is twelve lines, nr less. * advertisement banded in without being marSed will be ... , ingly. * ‘ * Liberal contracts made with those who advertise by the quarter nr year. i or announcing candidates for office Three Dol lars, in advance. egal advertisements inserted at the usual rates Joint Randolph Outdone. Os tlie many anecdotes o r tliisec centric man of lioanoke, we do not be lievethe following was ever in print : He was through a part of Virginia in which he was unacquainted—du rnig the mean time he stopped during the night tit an Inn near the forks,, of she road. The Inn-kcepor, was a line old gentleman, and no doubt one of the fir si families of the Old Domin ion Knowing who his distinguished guest was, he endeavored during the evening to draw him into a conversa tion, hut ailed in all bis efforts. But in the morning when Mr. Randolph was ready to start, he called for his bill, which, on being presented, was paid. The landlord, still anxious to have smne conversation with him, he began as follows: >• Which way arc you travelling, Mr. Randolph-?'’ Sir said Mr. Randolph, with a Jook elWispleasure. •• 1 asked,” said the landlord, “which way ane you travelling ?” “ Have I paid v<u my bill ?” ‘•'Ye..s.” “ D I owe you any thing more?” “ No ” “ Well. I'in going just where I —do you unders:and ?*’ . '’ V. r-rtr ■__'•<! by ‘i'ii> t ini-;j;o! “what incit'd', an Mr itwnrtoipn drove oil’. dub < the landlord’s sur prise, in a few miuut ‘S the servant returned to inquire for his master, which ofthe forks of the road -o take. Mr Randolph not being out <d heal ing istance. the landlord spoke at the top oi his breath : .. \J r . Randolph, you don t ow m one ’■ eu ; .jus take which r <1 u please. ’ p is sai l that the a r tur.ie . h:ue with thecursesol Randolph. >, •1 1 ( MbRCIIAS rs AXD ‘Snap PB ‘.s IN Hv vana. r Fuller, ol the N ,- w \ ork Mirror, in one o! his letters Irom Ha vana, says : It is a well krown fact that nearly all the merchants and shop-keepers ol Havana are native Spaniards, and they are not only contented, but faiiat. | ically devoted to the Spanish Govern- j ment. A large proportion of this class came to Cuba as adventurers, and be- 1 gan life as clerks, on small salaries. After accumulating five hundred dol- | la rs, they would purchase a share in a joint stock slave trading company, and | in the course of a year or two, receive a prolit in the shape of a dividend amounting to ten thousand dollars, j which sum re-invested in the same business,soon made them millionaires. These nabobs then generally return to Spain to spend their ill-gotten fortunes, i leaving a crop of clerks to follow in the footsteps of their inhuman prede-j cessors. It is, perhaps, not generally : known that some of our New York j “ merchant princes,” whose sudden wealth has been attributed to the su gar business, have derived their largest revenues from capital slyly invested in the slave trade. Persons who are curious in such matters may learn fur ther particulars by making inquiries in Havana. Meekness —We heard of a poor hoy, about eighteen, who fell in love with a< * strongmindecT widow aged thirty five. He was in a bad way, didn’t understand ‘ widders’ but * hung around* so much as to attract the no tice and contempt of his idol. Getting desperate and hearing the widow was sick, he mustered his courage, went down to the house and offered to 1 watch with her.’ er eyes flashed, she jumped up, looked at him, and said with awful distinctness— ‘ Jem. tell your mother if she don’t keep you to home I’ll hurt you!’ Jem arose, went to her ‘ dogaratype’ which hung over the mantlepfece, kissed it. dropped two tears on the cat’s back, made up an awful face— and left. Hasn’t been there since.— Clinton Courant. . r ” ~~ *—r •m'i.ii ‘ . • Paris Correspondence N. Y. Times. .The Empress Eugenie, ol naitcr. The Dowager Countess of MonfPjjr traveling over Europe for %e lfStfour years. in quest of a hus band for her daughter. A duke, whose name I might give, is somewhat of a lion here, as having been for six months the object of the mother’s most devoted attentions. The duke did not bite, and as the old lady did not want to he bitten, she wjiisked Eugenia off j to London, where she made the ac quaintance ofoneof the editors of the London Times. How she came finaUfe to secure an Emperor for her lord, yjui[ I may gather from the following raJoM | expose. , My autboritysis worthy of Loj ! credence. / .. -s&itiM. .... i.it u'ii J.'SlWWfffltLV the hands Vpf the Princess Wasa. t| idea took forcible possession of hH that he could strengthen himself i| mensly by forming an alliance wi| some person of low degree. He hJ nearly resolved to elevate Mrs. llov9 ard to the throne. He believed thtfl by an open, straightforward add res! to the country, alluding to the fact thal she had given hint her youth, her at! tachment.and devotion at a time when he was in obscurity; that he had chill dren by her, and that for their sake.il not for his own, he had determined to| rehabilinte their moth >r, lie could car-i ry the whole nation ith him. Here, let me say, that Mrs. llou ard is al-l ways spoken of with respect, at the I same time that the Empress is the sub I ,ject of lampoons innumerable. The I Emperor broke the project to his bro I liter, De Morny, who at once resolved I to prevent its realization, as too ab-l surd to he entertained lor a moment I He looked about lor some brilliant,l dashing young lady, toseduco the Em-1 peror. and wean him from his l'atall intention, lie hit upon Mdlle. Mon I tijo. acquainted her with his plans,! tofd her o| the Emperor’s weak points,! and started her upon her prey. The young lady is handsome, thougW rt °l b ountiful, gay, witty and I'ascinaß ting. She succeeded hut. too well.-I A'ovv,” said De Morny, “that yotl hove him tost—become his mistress-l you caiivliAv<: what conditions yotl like.” “\o,” she replied, “I will hi Empress, or remain as I .Eop| Do Horny. It- -ti.nl gone h k. JK r ntU'r\etl T-very y and seduc'ien. bur the young lady, V hacked by oer mother, who was in the I secret, held out till site gained her I point She is much and sincerely pit- I ied by all persons, who consider the match, apart from the magnificence „f her position, and who remember t hat uneasy i 1 1 .- I. s ! lit: lie i d I hat. weal s a crow, .” She has no frineds among the high society to which she has been ;11 1 ro luce I. I’lie Imperial Family I de e.-t her. Jerome, Napoleon the younger, and h ■ Princess ’dathilde could Minos’ poison tier. Dm hiis lei-s lament the st>■ p. and ihe Council lors of.State andSeu tors all look upon lmr as a dangerous intruder. This would be a small matter, if she had real strength among the people; hut nothing has yet shown that she pos sesses their attachment or esteem.— She has not yet received a cheer or viva in tlie streets. Ihe t witch with which the Emperor pulled her back from the balcony of the luileries. where her appearance, did not call I forth a single shout from the immense crowd assembled to stare at her, was | noticed by nil. He was observed to ! be very cross as he rode out to St. | Cloud that afternoon with his youthful j bride. It is thought that. he. already repents, and regrets the irrevocable | step that his obstinacy and rashness ! persuaded him to take, j A bust of the Empress in Susses’ 1 window, by M. Nieukerke, attracts a • constant crowd. Her portrait, sold in ! the streets at four cents a piece, goof] ! slowly, and the backwardness of the purchasers argues for their good taste. It is the picture of a very plain woman, | and the arms seem to be tied on by a string. The pedler announces them ! as engravings upon steel, but your ! common sense teaches you they are very con ;se lithographs-coarsc enough ito be brick-ographsj I suppose that ! Goupil or Giroux will give us some ! thing authentic in the course ol a lort j night or LUMPKIN, STEWART COUNTY. GEORGIA. MARCH is, 1888. ’ “"” “■' ll [From tho Boston Olivo Branch ] A Whisper to Gentlemen* Jupiter Ammon ! don’t Iwish I teas a man, just to show the masculine how to play their part in the world a little better! In the first place, there ain’t a mother’s son of you that has got as far as A IJ C in the art of making love, (and I have seen a few abortions in that way myself, as well as the rest of the sisters.) .What woman wants to ■ ■ be told that “her feet and eyes ate pretty,” or “her form and smiles be witching ?” Just as if she don't know all her fine points as soon as she is tall ■jvjugh, to peep into a looking glass! jq2ij s f’J >u HiefFable donkey.JT you ■jsniu of flattery to pojoodsoj oq | and this vises the actual base to an equ>™rian figure of American’s great man. §:x eagles surround the steps on the circle, and six colossal statues Americans surround the pedestal—Henryy Lee. Mason, Mar shall. Jefferson- The whole is on a gigantic scale, from six ty, to sttventy ffet. high, and is grrndlv reprcsftited. Jefferson a| tdhave ltmvapded tc Muller’s e!e! rT|y-A t/ Munich trh<n east c - - . j'uice. A mp&k ISBBEE*, mp of I The world has been so compictTdy absorbed with this one topic that niv other event of the most nature, and one which in of death would have of i lie most precious, lul ,‘ ld*nass by in a that the 1 hisJA Jtk ft; M IIJ