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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
From the Methodist Advocate.

The world needs excitement. Society
falls into ruts, and jogs on, age succeed.
ing to age, with but little or no adj
vance; but, to the contrary, going back
ward unless excited out Of ;ts wonted
pace. Change may not be improvement
but there is certainly no Improvement
without change. 1t Is better to be ex-
cited to virtue and duty than to sit list
lcssly by the flreside, or stand idle In
the market-placc. 1t is better to over
act than 10 do nothing. A nervous,
fretting horse Is more trusty than one
that is balky. and one dangerous to the
careless driver Is of more utility than
one dead. Excitementis OF itself health
ful and good, and even superabund-
ance may not be so full Of evil as lazi'
ness, or 80 worthless as the sleep Of the
sluggard. Activity may be turned to
account; but Stiffness belongs only to
the grave. The falling water turns the
mill but the stagnant pool breeds con.
tagion. The most agreeable state of so.
ciety is usually typi6ed by neither shoal
nor pool, but by tho gentle flowing
stream still to keep the current clear
and healthrul, rapids are an occasional
necessity.
What excitement. attends this new
temperance movement? II Is all ex'
element, some say. But II Is not
That is o wide mistake. AS well say
that the river is oil shoal. How long
would tho water pour and surge oveI
the rocks were not the current fed by
the ever flowing stream? The catarac,
ut Niagara is sustained by broad, deer
lakes above. So, back OF This excite
ment are sufferings, thoughts, feelings
convictions and determinations, and tht
almightiness Of human will aroused tt
hold. and mobile actinn. II ia timc fnl
excitement on this question. Tall
against the excitement attending such {
sublime movement is weakness ant
nonsense. The burning city will send
forth smoke, and If the flame would bt
reduced, let water be poured upon thu
glowing Goals and timbers. To far
away tho smoke would only incrcas,
the burning. So In this case. The ex
element is tho smoke ascending from
the fires beneath and to allay II, strik,
at the grog business and save the pco
pie from drunkenness and hell, ant
then the excitement will subside Of II.
self; but as long as the fire burns th,
smoke will rise.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
A Terrible Charge.

A Courier.Journal letter from Spring
field. Kentucky, says Mrs. Alfred, wife
OF pr. Alfred, who was brutally mur-
cred some time sinoe, was yesterday ar
rested and placed in jail, charged with
the crime. The testimony In the case
Isf George Alfred now on trial for the
murder, strongly duplicates Mrs. Alfred,
and indicates criminal intimacy between
her and the negro previous to the mur-
der. DR.. AIRED was n prominent man
In tho country, hnd Mrs. Alfred is o wo-
man OF many personal attractions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20

II seems that the English have intro
duced both Christianity aud drunken
ness into East Indies; but the growth
of the drunkenness has been for moro
rapid than that Of Christianity. The
'heathen" there are beginning to get
alarmed at this state OF things.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20

Governor Brown has offered five hun.
dred dollars reward each for the arrest
OF Duncan and Webb, the murderers Of
Reynolds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
Mr.. Beecher on the Hereafter.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher lately
delivered discourse on Death and the
future condition Of man. In which he
Is reported In the New York Times as
SAYING:
I'VE are all TO be In an exalted state after
death, but what that Is no one knows.
All earthly gifts would pass away. Faith,
hope, and charity only would survive
the wreck. There was always yearn-
ing on the part Of persons In trouble,
and that yearning had right to become
refuge for the Imagination. Keeping
up hope stimulates courage, said ho 1t
did not appear what form we should
take after death. The scriptures left
room for liberty Of tho Imagination. lie
could read with pleasure in the Revela-
tions that God sat on great white
throne, surrounded by four.and-twenty
angels continually playing on harps. but
when an effort was made TO reduce this
statement to scientific basis II seemed
fhssr dsss rottSR 81 him M,i.ed la 70 tho yis-
be said that previous 10 death the dis
ease Of the sufferer was sometimes
transferred to the brain; under that in
fuence they saw visions. heard voices
and music. He liked to think that 10 the
departing spirit tho Opaque body be-
came transparent, but from a scientific
standpoint he did not believe Il; when
an analysis Of the phenomenon was DO.
gun, the comfort which II afforded TO the
Imagination disappeared. He bad seen
certain qualities OF persons in dying
state very much stimulated. Persons Of
foreign birth dying In this country
would sometimes speak their native Ian
guage on their death-bed, which. per-
haps, they had not spoken since their
childhood"
The learned divine's idea Of deriving
comfort from the Imagination is as well
illustrated, perhaps, in the simple faith
of the poor African, who, torn from his
parents in childhood, and carried thou
sands Of miles away, was sustained
through eighty years of bondage and
toll in the belief that when death should
cnsue at last he would 60 back TO his ma
tive wilds, to rejoin and remain forever
emong his kindred and friends. That
was his idea ofa hereafter" Of heaven,
and though the conception of an nntn-
tored mind which never had access TO
or heard the word Of promise, does not
seem very far removed from the cul-
tured faith that buoys aud directs tho
educated christian through life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20
The gust.
Athens, Friday, March 90, 1874.
To the Point.

To the Point.
An exchange says: Compare the pub.
Usher Of newspaper, who has to go
all around to collect his pay, TO far.
mer who sells his wheat on credit, and
not more than bushel TO any person.
1fany farmer will try the experiment O:
distributing the proceeds of his labor
over two or three counties, with an ad-
ditional one of two or three distant
States, for one year, we will guarantee
that he will never, after that years ex.
perience, ask publisher to supply him
with paper a year or two without the
pay for It,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-03-20

"Wo can never be happy unIess we fors
give rs God does; forgive and never
remember any more
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
TO YOUNG LADIES.

-
Ones enjoyment 9, 2 party e uss
ponds tar less % what she mas ma.
there than on 1na. sno carries WIN
her. Inc vain the amD.1ious, tne
designing, Will Pc iail Of anxiety
when they 90, ana q disappoins-
ment when they return.
a short triumph WI! % ioiiowed
By 2 deep moItification, ana the
selfishness OF thelr aims defeat "
self. !,
III you go TO ses, ana 70 near, ana
tosmake the bess Of Whatever oe,
ours, with . disposition 70 admire all
that is beautiful, eng 20 symPatn'ze
in the pleasures OF others, you can
hardly fail to spend tle time pleas
antly. The less you think Of your
self and your claims 20 A.sentlon, ,ne
better. II you are rnuch attended
to, receive II modestly, sF!a consider
it as a happy accident; 4 you are
little noticed, use your leisure ~ OBJ
serving others. =,
A woman Of sound sense VIII
neither DO elated BY attention nor
depressed BY the want OF Y and =
not invited to join u the dance,
which would 90 well SUIT nsr buoy
ant spirits, she will indemnify nerF
self BY entering into conversation
with some agreeable person hear
her, or BY studying some bust e
picture, or specimen q art, WHICH
the place affords.
However agreeable 2 beau ma
be, be should not be allowed e egs
gross LADY Tor any considerap y,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
THU PRESIDENTIAL SPHINX.
'ashingtbn Capitol, d. P.l

Washington Capitol, D.P.l q
3 His generalship consisted siu the
fact that he would fight. Had he
been put in the war at the time Me-
Gle Ian was, his career would have
been brief and disastrous, but bloody.
5 As it was, he lost more men in his
anarch from Washington to Lees sur
render than Lee had under him.
1 There is a sort Of subdued power
in the mans face, however, that is re-
-markable. Without a particle ofthat
magnetism that wins while it contrast
Ibis look excitcs feeling more akin
ITO fear than respect. There is, sas it
were, smoldering fire in his dead
eyes that men generally do not care
to disturb. We pass him almost dali
ly when in town, as he slouches to
and fro before the Executive Man
sion, with his hands behind him, and
mote his round shoulders, thick-set
and ungainly form, upon which the
clothes hang as if purchased at q slop
shop; his bIoated red face, from
which not the slightest ray Of intelli-
gence cmanates, for the eyes--those
windows Of the soul-next 10 those
Of the late Louis Napoleon, are the
deadest eyes ever given to a human
being, and he reminds US of an ILL
conditioned and not over clearly bull
dog, at which it would beIdangercus
70 poke cane. 4.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
GEORGIA NEWS.

t.II q
Jack Brown said it was
ground hog case. Now that he is
defeated what ishe going to do about
it ? l Tsp shiae g 81 Y q
"A little boy in Monroe county,
about four years Of age, had his
hand and arm so badly torn by agin
that the limb had to be amputatcd.
--Ex-Gov. johnson declines to
participate in political questions.
/ I'VE are glad to learn that SEN
lator 4. J. Perry, who had his les
cut off by the train, is rapidly re-
covering covering and win soon be on
crutches. His faithful wife, who
married him since the accident, has
been with him the whole time, I'D
The farmers Of Houston county
contemplate putting in a heavy
crop Of small grain this fall. Other
counties will do we'll to follow their
example.
"A negro was whipped by four
other darkies, in Thomas county, q
few nights ago. Ku-Klux.
"A negro in Sandersville, on SAT-
urday afternoon, was killed by the
accidental discharge Of pistol in
the hands Of the town marshal, who
was using it over the head of .; tur-
bulent negro whom be was trying to
arrest.
"A Democratic barbecue was
held at Mays on Saturday last, at
which q eolored man gave his ex-
perience as q Democrat for eight
years past. isdaia glslat
I'm the case ofthe State of Geor-
gia Us. N. r. Hocthkiss, auditor Of
the State road, and his security,
Josiah Shearman, a verdict for $780,
900 was rendered for the plaintiff in
Fulton Superior Court. M
Columbus Enquirer I: Thou
sands Of negroes crossed the lower
bridge on their way to Girard yes
terday. There was black stream
constantly over the structure. Re-
peating must have been numerous.
The crossing was less in Brownsville.
"A Thomasvillc negro tried to
transfer i bottle Of the "eneny Of
temperance" and two sides Of bacon
from store to parts unknown to
any but himself. The Sheriff has
kindly consented 70 provide for him.
ATLANTA on Thursday night Of
last week was brilliantly illuminated
in honor of the recent Democratic
victories. Gov. Smith, Gen. Cor
don, Miller, Trip, Peoples, and
others made glorious speeches. -
There was an immense gathering,
some twenty thousand people. The
torch light procession was one mile
long. DeKalb. county sent large
wagon procession. Artillery firing
and display Of fireworks was grand.
Ben Butler was hung in ehigy at
the Herald office. Three cheers for
the democracy
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
pREAMrNa.

What wondrous consolation comes
to us in those blessed hours when
the body lies resting. The spirit
roams at will, nor distance, space, Or
time can separate us from our loved.
The treasures snatched away by
death are ours again. Forms only
dust o.day, are with US as in by-gOne
years. The same tint Of hair the
same shade Of eyes; the samerich coli
oring oflip, and, expanse throw; the
same expression. The little peculiari.
ties which endeared them to our
hearts, make dreaming blessed re-
atty.
How apt we are to exclaim, when
waking "Oh, ,couldEI dream the Same
againp Bereaved mother, you are
comforted when your baby neslles in
your arms again the little fingers thrill
you when wandering as Of old. The
wee face breaks into smiles ct your
caress You would hold baby thus
for ever. Alas! you must awake
awake to find an empty cradle, empty
arms, and longing heart.
There il more pleasure in dreams
than in realities. The awakening en-
bitters both. My sister, my brother,
have you awakened from the sunny
dreams Of YOUTH Are the hopes you
cherished deads Have friends for>
saken YOU Has disease claimed you
for'his preylg Because that was so
bright, and thisso dark, will you al
low your life to be failurei II you
cannot be what you would, will you
not be what you cant Can you kim
die ashesf VIII you live Alright
y = Vi F.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
A WORTHY EXAMPLE.

We know a lady in this city, who
although her husband commando q
good salary, does her own cooking
and household work--in fact all home
work except washing and securing
She does this Of her own volition for
the purpose of economy and with the
desire to aid her husband 10 the
struggle of life. She was once the
daughter of one of the well.to-do cit-
izen of Columbus, and unlike many
others of this class she does not sit
down to repineover the change in her
condition, but works with cheeful
courage for present gain and future
happiness. She is setting a noble ex-
ample for her sisters Of this down-trod
den and impoverished land, and one
which all should strive to emulate, -
With such spirit on the part Of
Southern women, prosperity will a.
gain return to our waste places, and
peace and happiness to our homes.
God bless our noble women, who,
accepting the situation, labor with
head, heart and hand to build up and
restore our ancient prosperity and
greatness. "a s
The men, seeing such a self-sacrifi-
cling spirit on the part of their wifes
and daughters, viii take fresh cour-
age in the conflict with poverty, and
soon the South will be herself again.
Enquirer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
oAmB1lne AT TIM STATE FAIR.

eve called attention to this fea-
tu.e in the Fair Of last year, as dis
grace, and we regret exceedingly to
witness a repetition Of the same at
this Fair. "yVheels of fortune, = 500
called, and other ingenious devices
to fleece the unwary, were scattered
all over the grounds, as SO many
traps to swindIe the unsuspecting
visitors out Of their money. How
can the law against gambling be sus-
pended ID favor Of the proprietors Of
these machinesS Is there any rea-
son why they should not have been
arrested, as faro dealers would have
been I IF Mayor Spencer licensed
them, is not Mayor Spencer amenar
bic to the law for so doing How
long will the people tolerate these
things, and how long viii parents
send their sons 70 the State Fair. to
be inveigIed into gambling, and to
lay the foundation of habits which
win ruin body and soul foreyeri If
such things are inseparable from
fairs, are not the fairs more injurious
than benefcialf We hope the Agri.
cultural Society will take the matter
in hand and prevent such things
hereafter. The presses Of tie State
49, .s~~..l~.f.x .o&s,zx,s 3 -, <tsa o,tb
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
CURRENT DOTS.

IF is never too late marry or
mend. W &
A wife's secret-her opinion Of
her husband. alA8
WHERE to 60 when short Of mon
,ey---go to work. safisssafla
1 Dental science il called saTooth
carpentry as fine art.' s
IT'S better to havs loved and lost,
than never to had a mother>in-law.
PoLrTE-"P please, sir, if you'll get
off my corn long enough, I'll kick
you"
THE hair Of lady in Marietta
turned white In q single night. She
fell into flour barrel.
The genius who is to invent
practical substitute for work has not /.
yet been born and never will be.
Mr.. Smirkins says he has been I
L . VI
married sixteen years, and all the
income they have had to live on has
been income-patibility.
Ii man really wants to find out
what's in him, let him go to sea.
The first rough weather will gener-
ally enable him to ascertain it.
Matte Smith, Of Chesuncook,
Mass, stabbed herself with PEN
knife because her young man would i
not wait for her at the front gate.
WHEN one learns that 205, 800
pounds Of false hair we're actually
sold in Paris ia one year, what a sad
and sawdusty sort Of Sahara this
world does seem.
Henry Godnose. Bailey is tho
name Of boy in Springfield, Ohio.
If we were your parient Henry,
Godnose we'd knock your middle
name out of you. m
! Mariettians are very prompt in
paying bets which have been lost on
ihe election, but when it comes, to
settling for pew rent they get mad
II they are pushed.
WHEN does an editor play sing
ular trick with grammar 7 When
he declines an article.
WHEN you see young couple
late at night on the portico chewing
and biting each other, just let 'em
alone. They are only fooling.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13


GEN. ]. B. GoRDoN's SPEECH.
At the Atlanta illumination over.
the Democratic victories, Gen. Cor
don said :ass.m9 i.ga ts ta e.
SIN all the past history Of this
country, where Is the occasion for
greater rejoicing But fewyears'
ago you were aliens and strangers
in the land of your fathers; now
you find yourselves as a part Of the
body Of a great people. But d few
years ago you stood like band of
stricken brothers by the cross upon
which your liberties were crucified,
or around the grave 10 which they
were buried now you stand by the
open, empty grave, and know that
Liberty has risen. But yesterday
YOU were denounced for an honest
obedience to your political faith, as
rebels, traitors and murderers, and
woe to the party which numbered
you in its ranks; but you rose on
the morning Of the Sd Of November
and took your place beside former
foes ID the great line Of battle which
stretched across the continent. Each
line had its banners and shiboleths
--C enttalism and Constitutionalism
was upon the respective and oppos-
ing flags, and few along the oppos-
ing lines; and, for the first time Z in
quarter Of a century, Georgia is
standing shoulder to shoulder with
Massachusetts, Louisianawith Penn
sylvania, Arkansas with New York,
and Texas with Indiana. Is that
not a sight to rejoice overt But
yesterday you were filed with fore
bodings for the futures Whichway
you looked was, filed with disoour-
agement and gloom but on the
morning of the 4th of November
the clouds had fed before the sun Of
Hope which has again bAthed the.
landin the light.
But what means this great revul-
sion9 1t means that the party
which SO long misjudged, misrepre,.
scented and maligned you, is dsad--
Itmeans that carpet'baggers, scala !
ways, thieves and usurpers will no
longer beikeps in power in these
Southern States by the Federal arm,
supported by the votes of the Amer
lean people. 1t means that the
American people have decreed that
Georgia and the other Southern
States shall henceforth enjoy the
rights secured by the sacrifices and
blood. of the men from whom we are
descended. 1t means peace between
the races and peace between thesec-
items. It means that white citizens,
in times of profound peace, shall not
be arrested by Federal soldiers upon
their own afidavits. It means that
chains and handouts shall be in the
future the badge of a felon, and not,
as in Louisiana and Alabama, of
white democrat. 1t means, in a
word, that the law, the fundamental
law shall be supreme.
Z BE prudent and let Performance
mark your course. We want in our
no vulgar personalities,
startling expletiyes, nor bullying
threats. With firm and unfaiter-
ing fidelity to the great principles of
constitutional government, let us re-
member that wise craftsmanship con-
sists 10 a manly and conciliatory
policy, than in the defence Of those
principles, however earnest and
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13

A BULL with human arm has
been brought to this country from
Calcutta. Thearm hangs from one
Of his shoulders, is as large as that
of a full grown man, and perfect In
all its parts from the shoulder to the
wrist, where there is bunch Of
flesh, on which are four small horns,
like fingers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13

White the bondholders and mil
Iionaires Of New York were ralIyipg
their forces to sustain their party in
the election on the Sd, thousands Of
laboriug men, being out Of employ
ment, had nothing else to do but
vote the Democratic ticket ?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
Cool ENouaH.--An impecunious

COOL ENOUGH.-s-Anl mpecuntOusi
gentleman once saw a thief enter
his room when the moon shone
brightly upon him. He lay quietly.
as fin sleep, for q time, 80 the ex-
animation went rapidly on. At
length he was convulsed with laughs
ter, which startled the miscreant
peering into his desk. Seeing he
was taken at a disadvantage, the in
truder turned and asked what occas-t
ion there was for such an outburst.
He replied ( was thinking how ex-
tfemely ridiculous 1t is for you TO be
searching for money in the night,
when / am unable to find any 10 the
day time. g
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13
-THE Albania Herald correc

--THE Atlanta Herald corrects
its estimates Of the expenses and in
come of the State Fair. 1t now says
that the expenses amounted to about
$4,000, besides permanent inn
provements, and the receipts amount
ed to $50, 800. This shows a de6c-
iency of receipts Of near $4,000,
but Atlanta must have profted much
more than this by the expenses and
trade of a large number Of visitors.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13

"What makes you look 80 GUM,
Tom ~ ssOh, had to endure a sad
trial 10 my feelings" What on
earth was isfo "Wby, 1 had to tie
on pretty girls bonnet with her
mother looking on IL
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13

The owner Of hack il Atlanta,
who wanted to hire driver, was re-
ferred to a plain looking individual
standing near. He Immediately
made the stranger an offer Of 81 so
per day, but was rather abashed
when informed BY said stranger that
he made q good deal more by being
president Of the First National Bank,
|of Newman.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13

Hon. George H. Williams, Attor-
|ney General of the United States,
and author Of the famous political
work entitled nSouthern Outrages,"
is 4 candidate for the mission to Rus,
sia Mr.. Williams has oyerheate !
himself By bis excessive activity and
he wants to get somewhere to cool
of. AZ
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-11-13

Hamilton Yancey has been aP
pointed County Solicitor Of Floyd,
ric6 Dunlop Scott, deceased.