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The Abbeville Messenger. j <1 ?, , Kutcrtd At the postodico aa 2nd-clasn mattur. WEDNESDAY, FEBUUAKY 4, 1??. j BDBBCHirriON ?2 00 , THE DISPUTED l'OKM. Rev. Hugli F. Oliver PrtKlttcea 8<hii? *1.^ iif Utu VmiI.mx'u . Authorship of the Celebrated l*o em "All Quiet AIoiik Tola-1 mso.,' JSditora of the Chronicle : Here arc the poems of Thaddeus Oliver submitted by me, four yearn a<;o, to Mr. Jan. K. Randall, and his comments upon them : A l'l'aKiiieut. BY THAOI>EU8 OLIVER. So when I con, in futuro time, These gifts to lova aiuacre, May naught in verai-, or proau or rhyme, j To mar that love appear ; I But every pledge aud thought and word Of tnose I've fonnljr loved. In ir?'iin?rv ?ci irnrh endeared lij lapauof lima be proved. This is ordinary verse easily surpassed by the thousand and one poems that appear in the newspapers daily. Here is a tnore ambitious effort : , Sly Soul Ih l>nrk. I BY THA DPE17H OI.IVEtt, 1840, (net. 1U.( ' Mr soul is dark as ntnrlesH night ' And cheerless no (lit) desert rutin ; J?or like nor Invo dispenses light To cheer atFectiou's solitude ' Tbo kindled feelings of my licnrt, Which late have glowed with fervent lieat, I Have ceased to yield to woman's art, ( Or pay their homage at her fc?t. i 0 thou, who thus hast rudely reaped The first ripe fruit of love's fair field, Who on my soul hast sorrows heaped, I Autl every Sympathy eongeuUd. 1 would not hav? thee shed a tear, j Or o'er a pang of sorrow know ; Mnp nl?*nan rii alt iKv nu(hu*flv I>iir I "Through this dulf scene of pain and woe. i Perhaps tbou'lt jet lore more sineere. t Thy heart is yet warm and freo ; j Perhaps love's thrilliug words a gain thou'lt bear? ( But ne'er again from me. Affection's fount is turned to vtone, And ne'er agaiu will flow, Unless some Moses-like fair one 6halt deal a magic blow. J This, too, is ordinariy verse-making, and the 5tli stanza is crude in expression and imperfect in rhythm. T/? 11 it ? it uicse are mo dorc selections possi- '' ble, we must Ray that the literary proof ' Ik totally inadequate. Mr. Oliver, if Adjudged to have written "All Quiet," made one lucky hit. and had one geuine J inspiration of the muse. ''The rest is nilence." Neither poem, which we subjoin, comes within a thousand miles of All Quiet Along the Potomac.' " At tho time I gave these poems to j Mr. Randall I stated that tncy were written by my father while yet a boy about nineteen years of ago, were never r corrected by him, and not intended for j publication, the longer one existing in his handwriting, only in pencil on tho j fly leaf of an Antlion's Latin lessons, j _ . Can they prove, even allowing Mr. Ran- , d all's snvorfi 4?ritt<>i>n tn '* ?? ?.V wvi J uni, lUilb | their author, fourteen j'ears after, under j the excitement, too, of the stirring times ] of 1861 and himself a private soldier at ] the mouth of the Potomac, could not , have written "All Quiot Along the Potomac ?" But for those times nnd the emotions excited by them in Mr. Kandall's own breast, where would be "Maryland," ray Maryland," the one. the foundation stone of James It. Randall's poetic fame ? After emphasizing the indisputable fact that the poem was generally known to the South as a waif and believed to be of Southern origin, and after giving fiis evidence, unprejudiced and unequivocal, that he wrote to lii? the poem on October 3, 1801, referring in that letter to n similar one of the week before; that he read it to his brother, Dr. Win. W. Ashton, now of Khrevoport, L*., to Dr. Charles Ilostic. now of llurke County, (Ja., to John II. Hudson, lute of Jefferson County, ami to Mrs. Ashton on arriving at home, and told them my father wrote it. Co!. John 1). Ashton ways: "I submit that the poem itself furnishes almost positive internal evidence of having been written by a married man, upon the sacred memories of home and wife and children were crowding as he wrote. Such n man was Mr. Oliver. * * * Mr. Oliver, both by natural gifts and careful culture, was fully equal to such a production. * * From Mr. Oliver's well known modesty, J?e would have been tho very best man to publish the poem, if he published it *t all, over his own signature." Jiero are extracts from my father's letters to his wife, which show how "the sacred memories of home and wife jmd children were crowding as he wroto.'? The letters are in my possession. "Brunswick, Ga.. June 10th, 1861.?I rannot divest tuy mind of thoughts of home and its inmates. I could sit patiently and answer all the ten thousand questions of that querulous and inquisitive big fellow' I could even benr with pleasure the fidgety motions of llujhdy, nd listen to all his artless communications. All my affecttonw sectn to concentrate on you and the children." Va? August 21st, 1861.? i know tVinf vnil nnvnv "" _ ? .? ..... j WM >tv v vi wua v uu a icvwr from me in your lifo more anxiously looked for and more acceptable than this one. We hare never in our lives been I separated so far from ench other, nor surrounded by more embarrassing cir- . cumstahces. It seems strange to me to be tbua situatad, and I feel hardly con- < scions of my own identity. I am lead- 1 ing a life so different from all my early 1 And youthful anticipations, that my condition and situation in life are wholly . inexplicable. Here I am, away from . those I love bent and away from businet* and intereRtu that I know impera- i lively demand my attention, and only \ f, ' ' i' > ' for tbo purpose of taking part in an unnatural warfare for an indescribable cause. Away from you ami the children. I feci intensely all that warm and ilevoted attachment and affecMon which lire due to a devoted and beloved wife." 'Acquia Creek, Va., August 10, 18(?1.? [The true original of the problem] 1 want to show you my h>?nrt, make known its deep emotions nt every thought of you, my earnest longing to s?-e you and be with you. These are not easil3' portrayed on paper?indeed it is impossible to do so, and all 1 can do is to] approximate it. "Last night, for instance, I was standiiiff yuard." (Italics all mine.") "It was a dark, rainy and stormy night, such l one as will awake t/i0iiyht and reflection in the mind of any sane human being. My thoughts naturally reverted to my home and my loved one* far away.'' (.Compare? There's only th? .sound of the lnno Kuntrv'a trend, Ab he trumps from the reck totho fountain, And thinks of the tiro on the loir trundle bed Far away in the cot on the mountain. On such a bed iny brother and I,' the only cnuuren tnen, lour others b?:ing in Iheir graves, slept every night. And lUiena Vista, Georgia, our home then, is an a hill looking southward.) ' When the drum tupped tho hour >f nine, the painfully inelancholly thought arose in iuy mind that jny dear wife, even then, was not only thinking jf me, but perhaps was on her knees inploring pardon for my sins and beseeching an all controlling power to protect me ngninst present impending d.in;rs. If my conjecture was true. I minified ny prayers with hers, pnd have resolved it that hour every night to pray with you. and try again with creator enerirv ind faith, if possible, to conquer my siu"ul and rebellious npirit. .Compare? [lis musket falls .slack ; his face dark and grim, Gruwa gentle with memories tender, ^8 he mutters a prayer for his children asleep, And their mother?may Heaven defend her And with the expression painfully nelancholly thought: Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes. He (l(ishcit h\s tonrs that are welling, \nd gathered his gun closer up to its place As if to hetci) down the. heart mnell. ivy.) "We are now at a very dangerous point ind there ia little doubt that there will je a battle in a day or two. It will be an iwful and terrific scene. I have never seen such preparations for war before, rhousands will hove to be sacrificed, and tin hard to tell where victory will perch. We shall fight against large odds, but it is thought with considerable advantage m location. I-trust it may prove a final ?nd decisive battle, and that victory will be ours. The yankec vessels are lying in sight of us, and the train on the Maryland side arrives every day, doubtless bringing troops. II they whip us here their march to Richmond will he easy. It id only sixty miles and comnarativelv few intermediate troops. When surrounded hy comforts of n peaceful home and the scenes of social life, I admit it would he almost horrifying to my mind to think that in such a short time 1 may have to mingle in such a tragic sceno. Hut here, surrounded as I ain hy so many military demonstrations, I feel almQst an intense anxic-1 ty to hasten the time nnd mingle activity in the bloodiest part. My mind remains callous and forgetful of life until my thoughts recur to the gloom and desolation that will pervade 1113' home in the event the worst should befall me." Compare? He passe* the fountain, tlic blasted pine tree? Ilia footstep is lajrjritiff and wenrv. Yet onward lie goes, through tin broad belt of light, Towards the shade* of the forest so dreary. Hark 1 wa? it the night-wind that rustled the leaves 1 Was it moonlight so wondronsly flashing V It looked like a rifle : 11n ! Marv, goodbye!" Aud the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. 'Thunderbolt Battery, May 3, 1803? On the first tiny of this month, seventeen years ago, I asked you to marry .ne. I thought of it frequently on the first day of May, and especially at night, which proved to be as mellow and mnonshiny a night a.* the one on which I rode arid walked with you and rucked >/ou to marru me..'' "Camp n?nr Oclawaha Bridge, Floriday, May 14, 1864.?Every lino and word from you has a peculiar and charming interest, and continual nbsence from you gives all intercourse with you the warm zest and arilor of youthful courtHhip. Your allusion to our ride and visit to nnd from Glover's Mill, and tho pleasant interest therewith connected, awakened many pleasant thoughts and reflections, and provoke a strong desire to renew in person those samo profession* of ardent and t//>ckangivy love." * (.Compare? Tho moon seems to shine just as brightly as then? That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips?when low, murmured vows Were pledged to be forever unbroken." One word morn from Coloiwl Ashton. "He road the linex without unusual reeling until he eaijie to tlio picture of the little trundle-bed, when his voice trembled and his eyes filled with tears. That touch of nature was contagious and I felt the big drops trieklo down my own cheeks; and even to this day, when 1 recall that scene, now that he in dead and gone, I fool again something of the old Bmotion." Yos, "ho is dead and gone !'' Tho Hon. Alex. H. Stephens wrote me twelve years ago that bis brother Linton knew him intimately, and assured him that this early death prevented my father's becoming ono of Georgia's foremost men. Yms, "he is doad and gone" And as I recall that gentle hnnd and tender heart I mubtbeg that any, whom in'the excitement of controversy 1 may have wounded, will forgive as they hope to be forgiven. Yes. "he in dead and gone," In a hospital at Charleston, in August, 18(54, a lost leg was the precursor of a lost lite, and while the black robed Sisters of Mercy, who for six weeks had been to him as ministering angels, breathed their prayerful and tearful farewells, his'spirit went back to God who gives Ili'on F. Oi.iveh, 1323 Broad Street, Augusta Ga. Ilialr Bill Threatened. Members opposed to the Blair bill sw?-ar thatthey will defeat ii by filibustering, if in no other way. They are sworn to kill it they can. The latter ought to be defeated, but not the former. The attempt to pension, at one fell swoop, wjiat somebody calls '"all the cats, dogs and monkeys" who were or pretended to be in the Union army is something monstrous and indecent, but Mr. Richard Town-end, a democrat, from Shawneetown, Illinois, is at the head of it, as he is of many similar demagogical schemes. The Blair bill is different. Virginians and North Carolinians openly declare tlint the defeat of the Rhiir bill by n democratic house will make those states Republican or else put them in peril of loss to the democratic column. A conspicuous North Carolinian assured me that General Scales could not have defeated York for the governorship if he had been hostile to this measure. Kxtrcme Southern men when confronted with this argument either do not believe it or are heedless of consequences. One of them said to me : "The South docs not intend magnifying her danger by HIair's Trojan horse. While Kng lain! ik driving dark races to tlie wall, in her remorseless conquest of her share of the. world, we are asked to educate and coddle them." I asked him iI" lie thought the Blair bill woiiM pass if it could bo fairly brought to a v.??o before the house. lie r?-pli??d : *! .suppose mo; but it will not allowed to r? ?t-h a vote before the house.?not this session at any rate."' All of which remains to be seen. The late K. \V. M. Muekey has not been eulogized, and I understand that no day has been fixed for that performance. Perhaps ".hero will be an eternal silence ; anil it may be bettpr so. It would be a pitiful mockery to see men who allowed a small shower of rnin to drive them from his unhuriod coffin, rising in solemn hypocrisy to proclaim his presumed virtues and their nlle??i>il o devotion, Before Mackey was put in the ground his so-called friends fled from the cemetery, leaving Colonel Aiken of South Carolina, who was his pall-bearer but not h>s friend, to see that the earth covered hiin. This is a fact of history, and one, too, that points a Tit-publican moral if it does not adorn a Democratic tale.?Chroniclt and ConHtitntio/ialisf. A Striking Contrast. The grand daughter of Gen. Andrew Jackson has been forced to pledge the old warrior's New Orleans medal and other relics, for money to purchase tho necessaries of life. These interesting relics havo not coinc upon tho market through any fault of her own. She is an invalid without means of support. Strange, is it not, that idleness could combine to protect the "honor"' of Grant at a cost of $350,000. wiiile the direct representativc^of s?uch a man as Jackson is driven friendles* to the w.ilJ. One loaned his name to a public swindle and lost his wealth in nn effort to rob private individuals. The other fought thu battles of his country, administered her aUairs in a stat ssman-like manner and died without having accumulated even a competency. It is a disgrace to the American people that the "relics" of Grant should bo preserved, while the relics of Jackson, a better, greater, braver man, should i?e wrung by poverty from the hands of an innocent and suffering grand-daughter. Terrible l>cctl of a Drummer. Many things of a sensational nature have been laid at the doors of the drummers. Iiut the latest was perpetrated in Charlotio X. C., by one of the fraternity, of which the Observer gives the following account, and adds a reward of $iX) by the city authorities for the drummer, who left th? city in time to escape lynching: Yesterdav mornintr a newlv nrrirnd " / ? - , w*" drummer propounded tho latest as follows: If you meet three beggars and give ton cents to one and ten cents to another and flveconts to the third, what time will it be ? Of course, all gave it lip. when tho drummer with u diabolical laugh replied: "A quarter to three.'' The crowd dispersed in different directions nnd within half an hour the stunner was spreading over tho town like the measles. By 12 o'clock it had reached the graded school, and a person could not pass along the street without having it fired at him." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Comity of Abbeville. IN THE I'KOlf ATE COUIIT. Iii the m.iltrr of ?hi> Kxtnie ?>r .1 ??^1 H. IVrrir, I (IffPiKi'il, l<, \N. 1'crriii, ^'iiiiiiunirator PHitioner. I'r I it I ?n for Settlcironl n?.l Dinc-bargc. NOTICK i? liiTL-hv ;,:vfii that I.. V , I'efrin as Administrator, of ?ni<1 Kotate has applied fur nettlcuicui and discharge. 1 ll in ordered that Friday (lie IPtli of December next he fixed for nettling Raid estate and granting th? discharge prayed for. J. FULLER LYOX, Not. !9-if Judge Probate Court. J^UGKNE B.OARY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ^ Abbeville, 8. C. ' ;'r. r.'i IJ Siitl I Son, IIAVE S 25000 FOUNDS BACON, 1 1000 Bushels of Corn, ; 200 Bbls of FLOUR, 00 " of Molasses In Stock and to Arrive. PARTIES in need of these goods will do well to exainino our stock. mules 3 Mules! . 4 Lot of very fine mules on hand ] which we will sell cheap for the ash. W. J. SMITH & SON. : A Varied and extensive stock of nearly everything usnnlly needed by the trade, to be found ?t SMITH & SON.! .jan 14-tf j I ?< PAYILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON. S. C. First Class in nil Its Appointments * \ JiA TKSy y?2.00, $2.r>o. Kxccllent Cuisino, largo niry room e Otis Passenger Elevator. Electric It* , and Lights. Heated Rotunda. H. * Centrally Located. . . V CARPETS. CARPETS and House Furnishing Good*, the Largest Stock South of Baltimore, Moquet, Brussels. 3-Ply and Ingrain Carpets. Rugs, Mats and Crumh Cloths. Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lnco Curtains, Cornice* and Poles, Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upholstery, Engravings. Crouios, Picture Frames. Writo for samples and prices. BAILIE A COSKKRY, Augusta, CJa. French Candies, Frcslil LEMON CRACKERS, FRESH ! SODA CRACK El IS, FRESH! GINGER SNAPS, FRESH! ASSORTED JUMBLES. FRESH! J list Kucutvud. l-t( QUAHLKS A THOMAS. Out of tlie Jaws of Death? The frentleman who outline hli cnao hnlnw la a twin considerably advanced lit life, and in J noted for his HtorUnirlntejrrlty. Ills poet-office 1* YatMvlllo, Upson County, Georgia. Tl?o following; Is Mr. John Pearson 3 Statement. ] In the Spring of 1S88 I was attacked with a very bad oousrh, which continued to #row " worro until Kali, wiion I rot so weak that I eoiiid rot (ret about. I tried a great many kinds of medicine. but contlnnt-d to grow wor?e. I wtui notillcd that 1 had eonnumplloa, and wonld probably die. l>r. Holioway Dually told me to try 1!rower's Lung Restorer. Tliey sent to Ward's Store and got a bottle, and I commenced taking it right away After taking twoor three dose*. I b?>gHii to hnprovu, nnd by tho time I had nwa up ono bottlo I wa* able to pot on iny feet azain. I am now In excellent heal'lu I am confident that the I.uns Restorer saved my lift>, and my n^icliboM aro of tho peine opinion. It Is the best Lung Remody ever mado, in my opinion. I>r. II. promistnl nio that he would write to the inannfaotnrorM and toil thorn of the wonderful enro It mndolamr Cli?0. Statement of Mr.BcRj. F. Hearndon: Knrly in N?v?rr.Wr. l-'Hfl, >rhl\> ucvrinic on tho mr.chliif, my wlfo wa? taV'-n with a i??>Ti to ?,>aln In li??rsit!* . which was ?.? ..? |i>;i<i\v<:d by hmnorrhac*> from her lm-vr* nn-t is .?? -m-o ??<?igh. Foyer wntnenooil, i?!u< in :; -r r??t mir *1?hi|>, n:?<l li ? few wo.i'?t *ho \?ar. rr-jm?1 tn n llvina Kkclcton. Tk#> jo 10:1.1 ire r>hn told mo tnut he thoinrhl <110 o( licr Itnio was entirely con?v S)ii> could not rwt.itn tho iwsnt dell<-Hto w?arl*htn?nt on linr hIm.-.;u*V I t'isn agreed with Dr. Sn^van, my fivrnMc ihysMan, to call J)r. Ilul'nwny In eousnltut'.vi. 'i'hey mado a final oiuri>i:iatl<>n of tho patient, mm pronounced tho oa-sa hoi*>lyr?. I>r. Holloway then aufi.-wterl tlio ]tr?-\ver'< I.nng Pcyronir as a laKt n*".rt. I mint for a bottle. and cava hor a dose. I found that riiiuwiH retain ft on hor stomach, and :?ft<T about th? third dom I began to noli<uj Miir? Imitr'iv'cnifMt in her condition. I coutluuoj tho innlintiK rocnlarly, and by tho timovbo had taken two |y?itk-<. tdi?>\rmabto to walk about tho ho:is?. f'hu J* now *n bettor health than Kho bat on Joy *1 for ?->xer:\l years. 1 iHtllevt; 11'? I.ntiif f^'.nrcr savod hnr life. Mr. lieariidou'a tio.;l o:Voii in Vat*:nUI?\ ITr?aon County, f;?. 11" I* a thoroughly reliable man In over? i^rtieuUr. I All AD DAMt/lfJ 9 I fi USB hnmnn, nmir>iii, ut Lnitmn, MACON, GA. ^y'K OFFER FOB KENT THOSE TWO HANDSOME NEW STORES, undor tho Now Hotel, in tho town of Abbovillo. They uro 25x85 feet, Imvo pnlinlicd French plate kIamii front*, and nituatcd on ihc Public Square. The new Road to Verdifrv will mako Abberilla a competitive point in freight*, and enable it to sell gooda as cheap ax anv place in tho State. SEAL * BON HAM, Real Estate Agents. Dec 17-tf FOUTZ'S HOR8E AMD CATTLK POWDERS Mo Houb will die of Cold, dot* or Leva Fmrmn. If Ftat?*e I'owdert an amd In time. rout** dewier* will rnre andprevent Hoo Cbolbk*. 1 FouU'e Powder* will preT?t Oifu iw rowxa. ? Poatx'e Powder* will InerrM the quantity of milk * and (ream twenty per oenL, an make the better tm J and tweet % _ Fofi??"? Powder* win enre orerevent aJmoet rrur 1 DienABB to which Horace and cattle are eobjecL r Tovtxi Pownexe will gift Sathtaotiom. old everywhere. J PATIO a. TOtT*. PreprleMs n BA1THSO&B.XD. I . I INDORSED BY vSp BETTER AND 1 SCIENTISTS AS jJ||* CHEAPER TEA mCTICALLY^^U^H m [Mestrnctlito STOKE. Over COO Send foi Beautiful fjpfl Price Llat Designs. CIrc5J,arc t $ 1 .i. * : MANl'PAni'NUI) BV MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY EailXJKI'CIlX. COM X. T. Ii. l>OU(? LASS, Nov. 20, 1884.?1 yr. Agent. Slip WE nro authorized to sell the .oilowiug I.nuil.s : Tract, 226 Acres, *>'ear Phoenix, known ft* Chijilcy lands, boundid by lands of (Miipli**, Tolbert, Estate Hutchi)8on and others. Also Tract 120 Acres, 'art of America Ihckct Tract, hounded bjnndftof S. II. ltrooks, Tolheit, J. S. Cliiplur, >r., and others. A LSO lot in the town of Troy, known as T r? ini i_ rs UIH D, DMJGK. 0. Also the Simmons lot uear lU?l_'(/rt, J3* Acres, More cr Less Sntindiril by T. J. r.lli.s, W. C. Norwood and it Iters Uso Store House and Lot, n the Town of Ilrndley, on Main nnd OrifGn Ureets, hitelv owned bv Tlios. II. \Vnlker. * 1'AHKklt A MjuGOW AN, Atty for F. W. Wupener ?V Co. Nor lU-tf A WEEK'S fODSSS F3ED ' FOR SIX GOOD PA.VILIS3. wvr tm*pc ?vt>d the i nr?H of fr*(j q| /vw BtljrhhM* Of a c.?ni qui1 grt frrt? fi'-r jroiu*?if m ci cacti | w lhi-m t yj-crhii^i ui * THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEJfLY, NjHif5T7^ rrrTinMfrr^AT 3 1LVI iiuaiua LBMUttUHL 1 0U8 / "WCLt woH<J-Ww* ' l Sko+thos of U?e i4J P?rK?y, THSSE I -n,jLL ArtrS" IUmm, IcitznTc, BUMOF.OtJS J Hom? a^d Hearth Strat WtlT?P<> ( "B^"SV HAMltTOWS" wJvwtxoi ' X tj'd in tho "Crstciw" i*U+:. , rf?H?iiSt>r??, "i'/h ^ 2V>? I A WoHd 0/ Instruction and Ej-.W^si-xT.O"?, 1 Tw?1tb P*g-n. TLo U?t nj-d lot WtTiUf, j TJomb# evurjr n.?iut>er u/ tlw family. JCND A POSTAL F03 A SPECIMEN COPY, FRE* Xddrfc* "Tub COH?UIU?IW^" AU*J.US UM. , _ I i Job Printing ! OP ALL KINDS j IEA.TLY ami l'ROMPTLY EXECUTED ?AT THE? Vtessenger Office. ' | I A FEW HINTS FOR THE USE OF j J DoflR. ? To move the toto?l# gently, 2 to A Pill*; thoronghly, 4 to 6 /S//?. Experimct *cill dceidt thi Ipji. yroprr ilu*e in euch ccue. Vor Const) put ton, or Gostlvvnesn, no roinedy 1b so otTectivo as Ayeh'8 Pills. They Insure rogular dally action, and ro. toro ttao bovvola to a healthy oondltlon. j For Icfl|g?rtlont or DyajxpilSt Ayeb'S Pills aro invuluablo, and a euro euro. Iloart-burn, Looa of Appetite, Fool Btoinudi, Flatulency, Dlsziness, Head* aclio, Numbness, Nausea, are all relievod anil cured by Aykb's Fills. Iii LU?Compl?lnt, Billons Disorders, tuid Jaundice, Ayek's Pills should b? c givou in do*c* largo euoujjh to excite tho livor and liowold, and roinovo const!pr.tiou. As a ctoRimlng medicine iu tlio Spring, theso 1 I'Ii.ls ?tro ntiri|u:tllud. Worms, caused by a morbid condition ot JJ tho bowol3, are oxpclled by theso Pills. Eruptions, Skin Diseases, and Pllos, tbe result of Indigestion or Constipation, aro cared by tlie use of Aykb's Tills. For Colds, tako Ayeti'8 Pills to opoa tbo pores, rcoiovo inflammatory secrctlons, and allay tbe fovor. For Dlarrlico* and Dysentery, caused by audtlon colds, Indigestible food, etc., Aybu'S 1 Pills aro tho true remedy. Blioumnttsm, Oont, Neuralgia, and Sciatica,often result from digestive derange, meut, or oolJs, and disappear on removing tbe cause by tlie use of Aykb's Pills. I Tumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints, and other disorders oanscd by debility or obstruction, aro eared by Aykb's Pills. a Suppression, and Painful Menstrualion, baro a safe and ready remedy In AYER'S PILLS. Fall dlreotions. In various languages, aoeompauy each package. PRBPAKKD BT Dr. J. C-AyerA-Co., Lowell, Maes. Sold by all Druggists. Noiice. 11HK contract to fill the gully in the Road no*r Martin's Mill will l?o let o the lowest responsible bidder, nt said cully, on Friday, January 16th, 1885, at 10:30 o'clock, a. m. Contractor to give >ond with approved sureties. Speciflations made known on day or letting. L'hc right in reserved to reject any or ill bids. W. T. COWAN, i Jan. 5, '85. County Conn lisstonur. i -A-T G-OC Carriage (1AX UK FOUND THE LARGEST STC J Knail 'Jnris, Plantation Wu^ons (nil a Saddles, Ik-llinu, Leather of ull kinds, Wn^ will OFF Kit Sl'KCl A L ItAUOAINS IN A than Maimiaet ureirt' Prices. These which I will ^uarnntee c<|iial to the best, thai thej are absolute bargains. A. J ( Hucrossor to It. II. May & Co.,) 701' Hroail Street, I AUGUSTA, Oct H-tini. Camp Mior Establii Day & 733 and 735 BROAD STRI Manufacturers ana I Carriages, Uockaways find Buggies. I'll ufncturers' Agents for the Sale The GENU INK an J only llo.nl Cart tli Trice $ 15 WILSON, GUILDS ?fc GO' Packing. Also Oak rihI.Hemlock Sol Kid Skins. A full Stuck of Shoe Last VOUU OHDKIIH, OK CALL AND SKI l'OM Sh KICKS. Read! Bem< FIVE MONTHS FOI rHE NATIONAL! "w\A.s:E3:i:isrc A large 28 column DAILY Washington Events, Local, General, Ft .uuiiv address from now until Nov. i?(] \\r : * ' ' ? ? >? u wish iu piace iri<> .nationai. nembcr of our party, nml to nccotnplis >rice to mere cost of blank paper. I SUBSCRIPTION ITRKK TO ANY V CORBESI WANTED?CO RR KSl'ON I > KNT?1 :ion to whom a fair price will be paid, nclose $2.00 for subscription, in order Till be credited ns soon as identity is e Address A. 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Clrct niniBmaB'Bi uirn i itii JSWfflSffiXa. ?8SffC?S.MSirK DImmm "f u>? Splii*. Bokl uverjrwhoro. ClrcaUra f If U wall-known flirt that mo*t c*f th? j HofH ?nd Cwtu Pow>1?r ?old In thl* tuon- 1 try ! worthlMi; ?h?i 8herUUn i Condiiloa I VtowdterlaafcaoliittljrMirsandTaryTtlaabl* IM I othtoc on K*rth will make b?n? I farUkeBheild^r.1.Condition Tow- I Mr. DOM.OO* MMpooafultoMchplotar omcKir6ffotlRA:ii iDYEAR'S e Repository, )CK OF CARRIAGES, HUGOIES, PH-iiTOKH, izea, I to 0 horse, ) Single unit Double llaruens, on Mittcriul, Ac., Ac. For the next thirty d?jn 1 I.OT OF OPES AND TOP HUUUIKS nt leas ics arc all Fine Northern and Eastern lunken, I'ull und examine them aud cuiivinco jourael?e? R. GOODYEAR, Agent: ol't. georoiy railroad hank. , GE01lGIA.|FACTTOKr^. ii of lie SosBl shed 18(8. Tannahill. ZET - - - - AUGUSTA, CA. )ealers In All Kinds Of mtation ami Roail Wagons, Carts, &c. M-nuof the I'm/icr's Patent Ron<l Carts. ivested of all Sulky Motion. Ten I'atenM*. an11 upwards. S. 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Sold idiciuu beftlei'K at lfiCl.s. u lt??.v. or by mail. 1 CO., Proprietors, 107 Pearl St., N. Y. ntltnrtic arc more than is clnitited: tliev j>rovy used Hero. Worth twice the moimy uskod?W. iv Grove, Oh. Eiiiory'v Initio ('ailiurtlo [ all the Cniliartic* ? \V*. Ithiior, Mili.t Hirer, ?er u.xuil uiic box with wonderful reauUh?N. W. )hin. 1 recouintciid them.?John Coli.inh, m. ri.ev are t'ZCi'llitnl.? It. Hknsux, Jnck.vm, Hi**, I.?Mus. Hi.i/auktu Kcyhku, Moborlv, Mo. rely cured with Kniory's Stniularrt Cnra remedy: lliev contain no Quinine, Mercury, or i nnil sold l?v ili ii^>:ift(s everywhere. or bv wail, STANDARD CUKK CO., Nuw York. RAHE, SHED 1842. sends, Jewelry, Trilllfi PbfP.il Warn ?D FINE ~FAHCT GOG33S I )2 Broad Strset, Aug-usta, Ga. I PURGATIVE All I (I 5HZ7 PILLS In the entire system In three months. Any "rom 1 to 13 weeks, may be restored to sound female Oomplnlnte these Pills have no equal* SB and KIDNEY dlsoases. Sold everywhere^ ilara froe. i. 8. J0HN9OH & CO., Bott*n, Maul Inn vrouft MIBTO. lironcfiltli, Neural. EM fc'lA. Khenmatllm. JOHNSON'S A NO. ft? I>VNK UNIMKKT (/or Jn.tr Dl {[") w'll in?t;nt(\ntooslT relievo the** ferrfbia U nd, 7,u Potnivelr core otno <W? Rffl out of ten. Itifornutlon that will acre man* fjp%| IIvm MM fre? hj iuaU. Ooa't d?Uy a nwJ r?T B IA l'/o*enik>n U belter than cui? NT CDRE9 Infloonsa, Bleeding at the Lonn. Koana. ME HENS LAY; t 1