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Devilish Heeds! FEARFUL HOLOCAUST AND DIA BOLICAL BUTCHERY IN SOUTHERN KANSAS. A FARM PLANTED WITH CORPSES- EIGHT BODIES ALREADY DISCOVERED. **°w adfamily of Human Hyenas eyed Upon the Passers By. DISCOVERY OF THE DECOMPOSED BODY OP WILLIAM A. YORK AND SEVEN OTHER VICTIMS. HOW THE DEED WAS DONE, AND HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED—DESCRIP* TION OF THE SCENE. FLIGHT OF THE MURDERERS — IN- TENSE EXCITEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD-OTHER GRAVES FOUND. Names of the Murdered Victims— Horrible Details of the Sickening Spectacle. Kansas City Times, May 9, 1873. What follows in its facte may read like the recital of some horrible dream, wherein night mare mirrors npon the distempered brain a conntless number of monstrous and un natural things, yet what is set down in the narrative is as trne as the sun. From the information furnished to ns last night by a gentleman jast from the SCENE OF THE BUTCHEBT, and from dispatches and accounts already, published, we are enabled to give a tolerably detailed account of the monstrous series of murders up to date. The BEGINNING OF THE END, came about in this wise : On the 9th of March, Dr. William H. York, the brother of that other York, now famous for his penetra tion of the guilty secrets of Pomeroy and his betrayal in the supreme moment of the Sena torial crisis of the trusts confided to his keep ing—left Fort Scott on horseback for his home in Independence, Kansas. He did not come home. His friends watched and waited, and his family prayed and prayed for him; t'ue talk of the town dealt day after day with him, expectation at last deepened into down right earnestness about him, until on the 28th of March, the Lawrence Tribune gave a brief account of the MYSTEBIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. All at once thereafter, all the papers in the State took up the tale of his journey, of his non-arrival, of the fears of foul play, and of all the little details and circumstances that might go to show that he had been murdered. The most thorough search known to finite bkill was at once commenced. His neighbors turned out en masse. His brother, Col. JL M. York, rested neither by day nor night in his labors, but followed what seemed to him a trail with the tenacity of an Indian and the devotion of a saint. Rivers were dragged, spots fit for an ambush were probed foot by foot, lonesome places were quested as a keen hound scents a trail that is cold, the route he was supposed to have followed had scouts upon it from city to city, the tracks of his horse even were attempted to be identified, but all to no purpose. Not a shadow of evi- denm rested a:ijwl»eru lu MJ that 2>r. York had been murdered—not a sign anywhere told how he came to his death, if death in deed had overtaken him unawares. He was traced to CHFJIBTVA1E, but no further. There the trail was no longer a trail, but a myth, a mystery, an enigma neither the unwearied patience of friends, nor the sacrificing devotion of a brother could solve. Cherryvale is a small town on the Leaven worth, Lawrenceville & Galveston Railroad, and is in Labette county, about fifty miles from the south line of the State. To the south of Cherryvale, some two miles or less, stands a frame house, having in front a large room where the meals were served, and in rear a sleeping room furnished with two beds and some scant additional furniture besides WILLIAM AND THOMAS BENDEB lived in this house with their wives. To the right of the dwelling house was an oat-house, and in the rear was an enclosed garden of possibly two acres. The search seemed to end suddenly at Cher ryvale. Suspicion, if ever entertained, fell upon no one. There were various surmises, coujectnrcs and expressions of opinion; but for the life of any man he could not say what had become of Dr. York. One day early in April some from Cherry vale rode over to the Bender house—a tavern too, it a as, where entertainment was fur nished to travelers—to inquire concerning Dr. York, and to lean, if possible, some TIDINGS OF ms FATE. They learned nothing, however. None of the Benders had seen him nor heard of him, nor of his mysterious disapuearanee, nor any thing that pertained to him. Very well, said the men, and they rode back again as fully in formed as before. WILLIAM BENDEB, the eldest of the brothers, had a wife who was a Spiritualist. The balance of the Benders called her a medium, the neighbors a she-dev il. She was forty-two, with iron-gray hair, ragged at the ends and thin over the temples. Her eyes were steel-gray and hard. The light that came from them was sinister and forbid ding. She had not a single prepossessing feature. Her form, angular and tall, seemed to lift itself np when the spiritual influences took possession of it, and to become not only gigantic in height, bat supernatural as well. At times she dealt in incantations and the boiling of herbs and roots that had charms and spells about them. Her will was indom itable. All the household feared her, dreaded her, obeyed her, and, as the sequel proves, did the DEVIL’S WOBK FOB HEB beyond all the atrocious devil’s work ever •done in Kansas. It would seem as if the visit of the Cherry- vale party alarmed the Benders. William Bender, now that the terrible secrets have come to light, and now that the shallow graves Lave given np their ghastly and mutilated occupants, can be remembered as having acted very stragely. Twice he had come into Cherryvale and had been noticed, upon the occasion of each visit, to loiter upon the out side of crowds, seemingly having no busi ness, but eagerly intent all the time in listen ing to everything that was said. Time went slowly by, and a man 1.1 LINO IN ONE DAT w prairi* saw no smoke arising from #*>- -* •- The windows were doors were closed, there was no signs of life anywhere. These evidences of emigration did not even interest him. 8c absolute was the stupor over the disappear ance of Dr. York that an awakening had to depend upon an absolute discovery. This man, however, in riding by a pen to the left of the house saw a dead calf in the lot, and upon further investigation and with the prac tical eyes of a practical farmer, used to guess ing the weight of live stock upon the hoof, he knew that the calf had DIED or STABVAXIOM. Then the truth came, as an oveifiow comes often to a Kansas creek, all of a sudden and overwhelming. Such a death suggested flight, flight meant gailt, and the nature of the guilt was surely murder. He galloped into Cher ryvale and related what be had seen. The town aroused itself. A party was organized instantly and set out for the Bender mansion. Then it was remembered that about two weeks before this—say somewhere near the 24th of April—William Bender had sold to some per sons either in or near Cherryvale a watch, two mules, and perhaps a shot gun or two and a >me pistols. How did he come by these? IF THE DEAD COULD SPEAK the question might be readily answered. In the rear, as we have said, was a garden. This at first, was not examined. The front room of the house was next carefully searched, every crack and crevice being minutely looked into, and subjected to the application of rods and levers to see if the flooring was either hol low or loose. Nothing came of it all. No l spots appeared. The floor was solid— walls were solid. If there wero dead men t, they were not in the front room. Then came the back room. The beds were re moved. IN HIS FLIGHT tie . I ler Fender had left everything untouch ed. Not even the doors were locked, though such had been the reputation of the she devil that the premises stood as safe from intrusion as if protected by a devil in reality. After the beds had been removed one of the party no ticed a slight depression in the floor, which, upon a closer examination, revealed a TRAP DOOR upon hinges. This was immediately lifted up, and in the gloom a pit outlined itself, forbidding, cavernous, unknown- Lights were procured, and some of the men descend ed. They found themselves in an abyss shaped like a well, some six feet deep, and about five feet in diameter. Hero and there little damp places could be seen as if water bad come up from the bottom or been poured down from above. They groped about over these splotches and held up a handful to the light The ooze smeared itself over their palms and dribbled through their fingers. IT WAS BLOOD — thick, foetid, clammy, sticking, blood—that they had found groping there in the void— the blood, perhaps, of some poor belated traveler who had laid himself down to dream of home and kindred, and who had died while dreaming of his loved ones. The party had provided themselves with a long, sharp rod of iron which they drove into the ground in every direction at the bottom of the pit, but nothing farther rewarded the search, and they came away to examine the garden in the rear of the house. After bor:n,or prod ding, as it were, for nearly an hour, the rod was driven down into a spot and when it was withdrawn, something that looked like matter adhered to the point. Shovels were set at once to work, and in a few momeuts a corpse was uncovered. It had been buried upon its face. The flesh had dropped away from the legs. There was no coffin, no winding sheet, no preparation for the grave, nothing upon the body but an old shirt, tom in places and thick with damp and decay. The corpse was tenderly disinterred and laid upon its back in the full light of the soft April sun. One look cf horror into the S hastly face, festering and swollen, and a ozen voices cried ont in terror: “MY GOD, IT IS BB. Y0BE ! * And it was. He had been buried in a shallow hole, with scarcely two feet of dirt over him. Had he been murdered, and how ? They examined him closely. Upon the back of his heed and to the left and obliquely from his right ear, a terrible blow had been given with a hammer. The sknll had been driven iuto the brain, and from the battered and broken crevices a dull stream of blood had oozed, plastering his hair with a kind of clammy paste and running down upon his shonlders. Strong men turned away k troin the sickening sight with a shudder. Others wept. Some even had to leave the garden and remain away from the shambles of the butchers. It seemed as if the winds carried the tidings to Cherryvale. In an hour all the town was at the scene of the discovery. A coffin was procured for Dr. York’s body, and his brother, utterly overwhelmed, sat by the ghastly re mains us one upon whom the hand of death had been laid. He could not be comforted. But the HORRIBLE WORK WAS NOT YET COMPLETED. The iron rod was again put in requisition until six more graves were discovered, five of which contained each a corpse, and the sixth containing two, an old man and a little girl. Some were in the last stages of decomposition, and others, not so far gone, might have been identified if any among the crowd had known them in life. The scene was horrible be yond description. The daylight fled from the prairie), but the search went on with unabated vigor. A fascination, impossible to define, held the spectators to the spot. The spirit of murder was there, and it kept them in spite of the night and the horror of the sur roundings. The crowd increased instead of diminishing. Coffins were provided for all. and again was me search renewed. It was past midnight when our informant left, but three more graves had been discovered, each supposed to contain a corpse, although they had not been opened. The WHOLE COUNTRY IS AROUSED. Couriers and telegrams have been scut in every direction with descriptions of the Benders, and it is not thought possible that they can escape* With the crowd at the grave was a man named Brockman, who was sup posed to know something about the murders. Furious men laid hold upon him at once, and strong him np to a beam in tho house. His contortions were fearful. His eyes started from their sockets, and a livid hue came to his face that was appalling. Death was with in reach of him when he was cut down. “ CONFESS ! CONFESS they yellec, but he said nothing. Again he was jerked from his feet, and again was the strong body convulsed with the death throes. Again resuscitated, he once more refused to open bis mouth. He did not appear to un derstand what was wanted of him. The yell ing crowd, the multitude and butchered dead, the flickering and swirliDg torches spluttering in the night wind, the stern, set faces of his executioners, all, all passed before him as a dreadful phantasmagoria which dazed him and struck him speechless. For the third time they swung him up, and then his HEART COULD NOT BE FELT TO BEAT, and there was no pulse at the wrists. “ He I is dead,” they said. But he was not dead. The night air revived him at last, and he was permitted to stagger away in the darkness one who was drunken or deranged. Six butchered human beings were brought forth from their bloody graves, and three nth ers are yet to be uncovered. It is thought that] more graves will yet be discovered. The pit under the trap door was made to receive the body when first struck dow n by the murder er’s hammer. All the skulls were crushed in, and all at nearly the same place. One of the corpses so horribly mutilated as to make the sex even a matter of doubt. THE LITTLE GIRL was probably eight years of age, and had long, sunny hair, and some traces of beauty on a countenance that was not entirely disfigured by decay. One arm was broken. Tho brea3t bone had been driven in. The right knee bad been wrenched from its socket, and tho leg doubled up under the body. Nothing like this sickening series of crimes has ever been re corded in the whole history of the country. People for hundreds of miles are flocking into Cherryvale, and fenermons rewards are to be offered for the arrest of the murderers. It is supposed that they have been following their SUMMER RESORTS. DR. J. A. TAYLOR, Of Atlanta, Georgia. DR. R. A. HOOKE, Of Chattanooga, Teun. MINERAL HILL. SALINE, SULPHUR, ALDI, AND Chalybeate Springs! miles from Morristown, E. T. k Va. Railroad, lias just been 8PLENDIDLY FITTED UP for the summer of 1873. OUR SULPHURS! (Red, White and Black), Alum and Chalybeate Waters, need no comment, as their effects are generally known; but we would call your particular attention to the won der of the age, as a mineral watei — OUR SALINE SPRING! better known as Black Water, which is msgical in its specific effects in cases of RHEUMATISM, 8CROFULA, DYSPEPSIA, all Diseases of the Blood and Skin, and especially adapted to the Diseases of Females. HOT AND COLD SULPHUR BATHS! the cool and bracing mountain air, together with the MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN SCENERY, tend to make this one of the most pleasant summer resorts in the Tfccse Springs are accessible by daily hack lines. Parties desiring to visit us will Btop at Turley House, Morristown, and call for William A. Dickinson, propri etor Hack Line to Mineral Hill. Address DBS. TAYLOR k HOOKE, Pbopbietoms, Bean’s Station, East Tennessee. Great Summer Resort FOR HEALTH OR PLEASURE. (McCaMEY’8, NEAR GAINESVILLE, Ga.) mHK above named Springs have been leased by I Mrs. J. G. Trammell k Son, (late of Trammell Rouse, Gainesville.) where their friends and the pub lic generally, wbo are in quest of either HEALTH or PLEASURE, will find ample means of enjoyment. The water of these Springs needs no comment, as heir medical qualities are known from New York to he Gulf. The climate cannot be surpassed. The Hotel has been newly furnished, and guests will be tgiven every attention that is required to make their 6tay pleasant and agreeable. Charges moderate, april 1G dim MRS. J. G. TRAMMELL k 80N. ^ SC A L B ’ S CELEBRATED SULPHUR AND CHALYBEATE Springs, NEAR ROCERSVILLE, TENNESSEE. riMUS FAVORITE WATERING PLACE AND PLKA- I ant Summer Resort will be open for visitors May 1st, 1873. TERMS: Board per Day $1 50 Board per Week 9 00 Board per Month 30 00 S3* Special terms for families. To those having Scrofula, Dyspeptia, Kidney and Mercurial Diseases, General Debility, etc., we say. Come and be cured ! It. F. k E. D. POWELL, ap27 Proprietors. Grand Summer Resort rpiIOSE who desire relief from the dust and toll of I City life, cau av-il themselves of the pleasures oi a fine drive out to the Oglethorpe Park, where ample preparations Lave been made for the enjoy ment cf the public. A Hall 225 Fed in Mb, 70 Feet fide with nplenclKl Hoot o.»a an other arrangements for comfort and pleasure, to be used for dancing and festive purposes. A BEAUTIFUL LAKE, with boats free for tho amusemont of guests. The ground are free to picnic parties. Ample arrange ments for Balls, Assemblies, Soirees, etc. The attrac tions to be found here,in the way of scenery, beauti ful d Ives ou the race track, a row upon the lake, splendid water, refreshments of every description, and the numerous other inducements to enjoyment, ren der this one of the moat desirablo resorts in the South. apr20-esm. F. XX . LeDUC. COOKING MADE EASY! THE COMBINATION KEROSENE nun PETERS’ PATENT TUNING PUCKS IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS! First. Second. Third. Because it performs the ope ration of Tanning and Fin ishing Leather in from TWO TO FIFTEEN DAYS for Kipfi and lighter Skins; and from Fifteen to Thirty Days for Bridle and Heavy Harness, leaving it free from chemicals. Because while it dispenses with the use of bark, and reduces the expenses of Tanning at least fifty per cent, it may be used in combination with bark, bark extract, or japonica, and when so used is nearly as economical and rapid. Because of the superior beauty, strength and du rability of the Leather; a Sheep Skin having body and strength equal to Calf tanned by the “Old Process.” yy QrrN it Because of the superior UUKlil. flexibility and softness of the Leather. Because it requires but a few dollars capital to start the Fifth. business. Sixth. Because you can turn your money twelve or fifteen times a year, instead of once, the old way. Because it is so simple that any person can make Superior Leather by giving the process a few days’ attention. Because of its cleanliness and freedom from offen sive odors, as compared with the old process, rendering the business admissible in the midst of mercantile or other departments of the trade. Because more money can be made in a shorter time and on less capital than iu any other busmen*. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Gnu and Family Ms. I have County and Family Bights for sale iu the following counties. The practical utility of this process has been demonstrated beyond a doubt, and I am satisfied that it^will DO EVERYTHING IT CLAIMS! Samples of Leather, tanned in Hall county, where I am now erecting a Tannery, can be seen at my office. These Rights are being SOLD AT VERY LOW FIGURES! Prices range from ONE HUNDRED to TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. Everybody inter ested are invited to call at my office and see for themselves: THE MOST COMPLETE ARRANGEMENT FOR COOKING EVER CONSTRUCIED! Job Work! Job Work! 8TEAM PRESSES! FINE PRINTING HAVING ADDED NEW PRESSES AND NEW MATERIAL TO OUR OFFICE, AND SECURED THE SERVICES OF Reliable and Experienced WORKMEN, WITH Mr. T. It. MOORE IN CHARGE Herald Folsli Company IS NOW PREPARED TO EXECUTE EVERY DISCRETION OF BOOK AND JOB PRINTING SUCH AS BILL-HEADS, LETTER-HEADS, CIRCU LARS, MONTHLY STATEMENTS, SHIPPING RECEIPTS, SHIP PING TAGS, BILLS OF LAD ING, NOTES, DRAFTS, INSURANCE BLANKS, CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, FINE LABELS. BLANK CHECKS, LE- G A L BLANKS, RAILROAD BLANKS, INVITATION TICKETS, E ECTION TICKETS,BUSINESS CARDS, VISITING CARDS, CERTI FICATES OF STOCK, ENVELOPES PROGRAMMES, HAND BILLS, PAM PHLETS, ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC NEATLY, PROMPTLY, ACCURATELY Cheap as the Cheapest! THOSE WHO FAVOR US WITH TIIEIR ORDERS MAY RELY UPON ALL PROMI SES BEING FAITHFULLY CARRIED OUT. PLEASE REMEMBER WE HAVE ONE PRICE FOR ALL ! AND THESE PRICES WILL COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH THOSE OF NORTH ERN CITIES ; IN FACT, RANGE FROM TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. LESS THAN MANY OF THEM. Send iu your order for any kind of PRINTING. Orders from abroad will re ceive prompt attention and only si reasonable per centage on actual cost charged for tho same. HERALD PUBLISHING CO., ALABAMASTRE E F. EXPERIENCED MERCHANT Practical Accountant. The course of study Includes Book-Keeping in all ita branches. Penmanship, Mathematics, Commercial Law, Business Corres pondence, Business Forms,Part- nershlp Settlements, Bank ing, Telegraphy, Pho» nograph y. Etc. THE TRANSACTIONS AND OPERATIONS IN THE Actual Business Department, aro the most oomplete and practical of the age tST Students Instructed separately and received at any time. Business Advocate mailed fbek on appli cation. Address B. F. M00BE, President t30ocrn. -dd M’CUTCHEN’S G. I. B. iergy which seems to communicate new life to the system, and renovate the feeble, faintiDg powers of nature. Its operation upon the tissues of the body does not consist in affecting the irritability of the liv ing fibre, but iu Imparting a sound and healthy stim ulus to the Vital Organs. It strengthens substantially and durably the living powers of the snimal machine; is entirely innocent and harmless; may be administered with impunity to both Bexes, and aU conditions of life. There is no disease of any name or nature, whether of old or young, male or female, but that it is proper to administer It, and if it be done seasonably and pre- servingly, it will have a good effect It is perfectly in credible to those unacquainted with the Bitters, the facility with which a healthy action is often in the worst cases restored to the exhausted organs of the sxstkm; with a degree of animation and desire for food which is perfectly astonishing to all who perceive it. This Medicine parities the blood, restores the tonic power of the fibres and of the stomach and digestive organs; rouses the auimal spirits, and re-animates the broken down constitutions of mankind. feb!2-d2ra W. B. HOPE. JOHN W. LEIGH. WM. McOLUR HOPE, LEIGH & CO. (SUCCESSORS TO YARNELL, LEIGH A COD Commission, Merchants, FOOT CF MARKET STREET. CHATTAR006A, TENN. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS, AND CASn ADVANCES ON CONSIGNMENTS, “fct Special Be»e*ei«ce—To Banks of Chattanooga. mav3-eod3in BOOT, SHOE, AND HAT STORE: CO., JUST OPENED AT V5 W iiitoliall Street, BARRETT, COKER & W E beg to announce to the citizeus oi AtUutv, that we have opened, at the location above named, an exrlii lively BOOT, SHOE and. HAT STORE. We propse ke epiug FIRST-CLASS GOODS, which wo shall sell as LOW as any house in the city. Give us a lU-kS BARRETT. COKER k CO. KEEP YOUR VEGETABLES, MILK, &f„ COOL 1 HAVE a splendid *to.k of self-veutilatiug REFRIGERATORS, that I am selling at very low prices. They gi»e perfect satisfaction. Ten pouuds of ice will run you a day, and give you plenty for your tabic GOOCH'S PATENT ICE CREAM FREEZER will make more and better Cream, from the same amount, than any other Freezers known. It is takin place of the other Freezers iu the market. Has taken Premiums at all the State Fairs. A splendid assortment of BIRD CAGES of every description. Finest stock of SLATE MANTLES evei brought South. Mauufactuier of and wholesale dealer iu STOVES, GRATES, TIN WARE, AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, 81 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. jsS* Splendid Stock of Wood-Ware at wholesale always on hand. apl2Q-8xm&Tu-3t Xi. B. XiANOFOUX). St. Louis, lemiiis, NasDville — AND — CHATTANOOGA E, E, LINE, SPRING SCHEDULE, 1873. Leave Atlanta 8:30 a.m. and 8:10 p.m Arrive at Chattanooga 4:28 p.m. ami 3:44 a m “ Nashville 12:45 a m. and 1:05 p.m “ McKensie 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 pm Memphis 2:10 p.m. and 2:25 a.m J Great Labor-Saving Machine, BRILEY’S UNRIVALLED SHAFT PLOUGH. Saves tie fferk if Two Men and Two Horses. Clears a Cotton or Corn Row at One Round- PRICE ONLY $24 WITH THREE PLOW POINTS. Little Reck. 6:30 i Leave Atlanta 8:30 a.m. aud 8:10 p.m Arrive at Chattanooga 4:28 a.m. and 3:44 a.m “ Nashville 12:45 a.m.-nd 1:05 p.m “ Union City 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m Columbus, Ky 12:00noon, 12:00 night T B that our people want. It has the endo; PRICE places it in the re.ch of everybody. ot the best planters who have seen it, and the LOW St Louis, via Cairo Short Line 9:05 I St. Louis, via Iron Mountain Railroad.. 11:00 r m. and 11:20 a.i FULTON, CASS, FLOYD, GORDON, GILMER, DAWSON, DADE, WALKER, CHATTOOGA, WHITFIELD, MURRAY, FANNIN, TOWNS, RABUN, CATOOSA, PICKENS, LUMPKIN, WHITE, HABERSHAM, FRANKLIN, CHEROKEE, FORSYTH, HALL, BANKS, IIART. ALBERT B. WRENN- Southeastern Agent, Post-office Box 25a. OfficeNo. 4. Kimball House. Atlanta Georgia. !"' * ml School-Books! Tie University Senes of GEORGIA, Fulton County. n^HE PETITION OF W. S. WALKER, J. S. BOYD. JL Walter A. Baker, T. W. Hooper, John Patterson II. Stockton. Charles Dupree. W. D. Bell, A. M. Wil son, and H. L. Davis, citizens of the city of Atlanta said county, respectfully represent that they desire to form a FIRE COMPANY, in accordance with the laws of paid State. The object and purpose of said com pany, and the name and terms thereof, are as lollows: 1. The corporate name by which a dd company shall be known is THE EUREKA FIRE COMPANY, No. —. 2. The object for which said company is formed is the protection of Life and Property in the city of At lanta, Georgia. 3. This company will have no capital stock other than may be necessary to purchase outfit, equipment and engine house, and to meet current expenses inci dent to such a corporation, for which it will dspeod upon donation aud assessments per capita upon its 1 members. 4. The term of existence of said company shall be twenty years, unless sooner dissolved by a vote of two- thirds of the active members thereof. Wherefore, your petitioners pray the order of your Honorable Court incorporating aaid company agreea ble to the statute in such cases made and provided. This 23d of April, 1873. T. W. HOOPER, Attorney tor Petitioners. Tine extract from the minutes. This April 24,1873. W. R. VENABLE, ap2G-lawiw Clerk. HOBBIBLE WOBK FOB YEARS. Plander is the accepted cause. Dr. York, it is said, had a large sum of money on his person, and that he stopped at the house either to feed his horse or get a drink of water. While haul ting for either he was dealt the blow which killed him in an instant. Every one who knew him liked him. None of tho other corpses have been identified. We have despatched a special reporter to tho scene, who will send us other and fuller particulars of the diabolical butchery. Executive Department, STATE OF GEORGIA, Atlakta, March 21, 1873. ORDERED: That JAMES A. R. HANKS, of the county of Whit field county, be, end he is hereby appointed (under authority of a resolution of he General Assembly, ap- pror. d February 22d. 1873,) Auditor, to examine the Change Bills issued by the Western A Atlantic Rail road, aud report the facts connected therewith ss re quired by said resolution. 9 Br the Governor: JAMES M. SMITH, Governor. J. W. Ware*.!*. • Secretary Executive Dept. By authority of the foregoing order of His Excellen cy the Governor, I will enter upon the duty assigned me on the let day of May next, at Boom No. 26, iu the Capitol at Atlanta. Peraons holding the bills men tioned must present thorn to me for examination by the let of June next. In the meeutime thoae.holding bills should advise me by letter at Dalton, Georgia, of the number of eaeh denomination of bills held bj Maeth 28,1873. mar30-d2tawtill j n “ GIVE HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.’ JACKSON’S MAGIC BALSAM, THE GREAT MASTER OF PAIN, A MEDICINE Which is curing distress and pain to an ex ten never before beard of in the annals of medicine. XT WIIjIj OUHB TOOTHACHE in oue minute 1 HEADACHE in five minutes! ItBMB in twenty minutes l NEURALGIA in ten minutes! RHEUMATISM in four days 1 SORE THROAT in forty-eight hours THE WORST CATARRH IN THE HEAD IS OKK WEEK ; THE WORST PAIN IN THE SIDE. BACK AND LIMBS in two deys; the Worst BUJIKTS and BCATjDB in twenty minutes; THE WOU8T SWELLINGS AND RISINGS la forty-eight hours; Ami for removing Paine and Inflammations in any part of the body, it cannot be excelled by any medicine ever offered to suf fering humanity. It will Care (he IVoint Cramp Colic In ten Minutex. AND I WILD OUAUANTXE THAT MVE ONE DOLLAR DOTTLES WILL COR* THE WORST CAKE OF RHEUMATISM ON RECORD. Go to your Druggist and get a bottle, or enclose the price for the size of e l>ottte that yon wish, end I will send It to you expenses peid. Address all orders to P. VAN AL8TINE, Proprietor, BARNK8VILME, GEORGIA, am- Hold at 25 cents, 6C costs, $1.00, find $5.00 di le* feh2fiwj jfr#-The following TESTIMONIALS are from gentlemen of high standing in the city where the Patentee lives : Saint James, Mo., 1 April 2, 1873. j J. F. Winans, Esq. « Dear Sir—In reply to your inquiry, I would state that my opinion of PETEB8’ EUREKA TANNING PROCESS may be inferred from the fact that I am now wearing a pair of boots, the leather of which was tanned by that process before the same was perfected and a patent obtained; that the said boots have now been in wear for the period of three years—are tho most pliable and easy to the feet of any boot I eveT wore, and are in a good state of preservation yet. S. M. Nichoalos. The undersigned take pleasure in affirming their knowledge of the facts, and the truth of the statements set forth, in the foregoing let ter of their fellow-townsman, S. M. Nichoalds, and also in attesting the unsurpassed excel lence and great superiority of the leather tanned by the Enreka Tanning Process. John Blain, M. D. A. Emoby, Broker. J. Talent, Merchant. 8. H. Headlee, M. D. Wm. Teneyck, Merchant. J. R. Bowman, Co. Judge, Wm. Dawson, Merchant ED. HOLLAND, Ag’t, ALABAMA STREET. OFPIOB TJX* STAinS OVER HERALD BUSINESS OFFICE J UST RECEIVED, AT MRS. McCORMICK’8 NEW Millinery Store, on Whitehall street, NEW SUITS for Ladies end Children; also, reel and Imitation Eve- ning Fichu* and Pearl Jet ORNAMENTS for the Hair and a floe assortment of REAL HAIR, viz: Switches, Curls, Puff*. Ac. my8-dlw OFFltfB CASTLE ROCK COAL ) COMPANY OF GEORGIA, [ Atlanta, Ga.. April fit, 2H78. ) A N ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLM ere of the CASTLE ROCK GOAL COMPANY OF GEORGIA will be held at the Green Line Office, No. 4 Grant Buildloj By order 1 apiW-lm NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS 8E0RBIA RAILROADAND BANKIN8 CO. LIBRARY GIFT CONCERT NINETY DAYS’ POSTPONEMENT! A Full Drawing Certain $500,000 IN BANK TO PAY GIFTS. 10,000 Gash Gifts Paid in Full $100,000 FOR ONLY $10 ! Third Grand Gift Concert, in aid of the Public Library of Kentucky, having been sold to insure a full drawing, and the wish having bten universally ex pressed that the 10,000 i ash gifts offered should be drawn in full and paid in full without any scaling down, as heretofore, the management, with the con currence of the trustees, have determined to allow ninety days more for the sale of tlio remnant ef tick ets left on baud. The concert and distribution ad- ertised for April 8 is, therefore, postponed to Tues day, July 8, 1873, on which day, and no other, they will positively and unequivocally take place iu Public Library Hall, Louisville, Ky. At this grand concert the following cash gifts will be distributed by lot and paid in full to the ticket- holders who draw them * LIST OF GIFTS. One Grand Cash Gift $100,000 One Grand Cash Gift 60,000 One Grand Cash Gift 25.000 One Grand Cash Gift 20,000 One Grand Cash Gift 10,000 One Grand Cash Gift 5,000 24 Cash Gifts of $1,000 each 24,000 60 Cash Gift* of 600 each 25,000 80 Cash Gifts of 400 each 32,000 100 :ash Gifts of 300 each 30,000 150 o-sh Gifts of 200 each 30.000 590 -’ash Gifts of 100 each 69,000 9,000 Cash Gifts of 10 each 90.000 and set aside for that purpose, and can only be used for that purpose, as will be seen by the following certificate of the Cashier: Orricx of Farmers’ k Drovers’ Bank. Louisville, Ky., April 7, 1873. This is to certify that thcro is in the Farmers’ sud Drovers’ Bank, to tho Credit of the Third Grand Gift Concert, for tbs benefit of the Public Library of Ken tucky, five hundred thousand dollars, which hss boon sat apart by the managers to pay the gifts lu Cull, aud will be held by the bank and paid out for this purpose, sud this purpose only. R. 8. VEECH, Cashier. The party, therefore, who holds the ticket drawing the capital gift will get $100,000 in greenbacks, and so of the $50,000 gift, the $25,000, the $20,000. the $10.- 000, tho $5,000, and all the other gifts, 10,000 iu ber. amounting to $500,000. The remuaut of unsold tickets will be furnished to those who first apply (orders accompanied by the ey always having preferences over agents) at the fol lowing prices: Whole tickets, $10; halves, $5: and quarters, $2 50; 11 whole tickets for $100. 66 for $500, 113 for 1,000, and 575 for $5,000. No discount on le than $100 worth at a time. The ooncert and distribution of gifts will begin at C o’clock on Tuesday morning, July 8, iu Public Library hall aud, the following will be the ordor of proceedings 1st Music by orchestral baud. 2nd. Placing of tags (one for each ticket sold) in large wheel. 3rd. Placing of gifts in small wheel. 4th. Music by orchestral baud. 5th. Explanatory remarks by President. 6th. Draw ing of first half of gifts. 7th. Music by orchestral band. 8th. Drawing of last half of gifts. 9tli. Pla cing of large wheel with tags in tho hands of a com mittee appointed by audience. 10th. Grand orches tral concert. The music on this grand occasion will be the best that cau be piocurod, and the gentlemen who count aud place the tags an.l gifts in tho wheels aud super- intenc the drawing and keep the reoord of the drawn numbers will be chosen from tho best known and most trustworthy citizens ot the Htato. All will be conducted at to be a perfect guaranty against co plaint from any just source. The payment of gifts will begin on Saturday, July 12, at 9 o’clock, a. m. Tickets drawing gilts must bo presented at room No. 4 Public Library Building, •r, will be given for the tickets. All gifts not eaUai for in six months from the drawing will be turned over to tho Public Library Fund. For full particulars tend for circulars. TH08. E. BRAMLETTE, Agent Public Library of Kentucky, aprl8-2taw Louisville, Ey ay For Tickets or Information, apply to PHILLIPS k GREW and IlET)WINK A FOX. Atlanta, Ga. •*rrj SonlDern State; Northern States; i>»i, licet, and most uUritl flooltM. Mftiirj’V txiMj£rn|>liical Series. oinmiKior* Y. A Kauiy of the Virginia Military la -miiptn, »Drvtir«. *n<i philosophic*! In trsnlm.ut, •ok* p.««<ni tt**o¥r*phj * *tn«ly full of InUrMl HoliriiV* (traders and Speller. vole, f ilonue* LL D . Professor of HUUry and Literitiure In lbs Uuive * *" * ihsd Id ehespn srslty of Virginia- A Mris* Omci Ga. KatuoadOo .) AoaemA, oa„ s. ms. j O K TUESDAY. MAY It, 1878, THE DOWN DAY PuMngsr Tnio upon tho Oeorgm lUllro.il will carry extern oat. .nmm.nl to AccommodAtAMocfchoM- AT. And th.lr FauIUaI. Alta* volition, At AnittuU, ou Wodi THE JONES HOUSE, NKA.lt THE PUBLIC SQUARE, COVINCTON, CEORGIA. B. W. JONES, Proprietor. 49" Preo convryAtice from the Htilroiul. A Apr 11441 y Venable’* Arithmetical Series. fir Outris* 8 Yeuwlrls, LLD . Frofssnor of Mathsmatica in ills Uni.0r.i1y of Virginia Those hooka are eisar, dis tinct . Unheal cttAiurobsnaivs Holiaes’* History of tile United States. By • Jeorjj» F Holme*. LL D.. of the University of Vtr- glei'a Tbs only History of ths United States which to It omuss down to the present data. DU TBRK-S FRkXOU (JKaMMAK, READERS. BTC. HILDKRBLEKVE’8 LATIN SERIES, CARTER'S ELEMENTS OP GENERAL HISTORY. HOLMES’S ENGLISH GRAMMARS. LB CONTE’S SCIENTIFIC SERIES, YRhvTON’S ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY AND ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY. OUNTON1AN WRITING-BOOKS, AVERY’S NEW DRAWING-BOOK, BTC. Band for on? nsw ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CAT- ALOUUE. which will he mailed fire* to any teacher or Mtwl UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING GO., Nkw York and Baltimore. r.-ir Read the fn'\v.tiii 0 certificates from planters at borne and at a distance : TSS Spalding County. Ga.. April 15, 1873. The undersigned Luive seen the “Briulev Shalt Plow ” at work for two days, bedding lor cotton, working in corn and cotton, and have worked it ourselves, aud we express our entire satisfaction with it iu every way. It makes au elegant bed at every trip, and thoroughly pulverize* the land at the same time. After bed ding, we plowed down the bed on the wster furrow—the place for guano, reversing the bed and covering the guauo at the same time. In corn planted iu six teet rows, ouo round cleared the row, and left the laud in splen did order, which would have required five furrows with a single plow, thus saving over one-half the labor, aud doiug the work equally as well, if not better. Cotton rows from three 10 three and a half feet, were cleared at oue furrow, which would have required two furrows with any other plow. As a cultivator it surpasses any thing we ever saw, and for bedding lauds after being brokeu, it cannot be surpassed, ss it does the work of three men aud mul-s. We cheerfully give it our fullest endorsement aud recommendation, as the greatest la bor-saving agricultural implement that has ever been ou our farms, or in this country. The draft of the plough is as light as a Dixon Sweep ou a single stock—a medium mule carrying it with ease. H. M. GRAY, 8 V. GRAY. H. A. BROOKS, J. T. GRAY. J. M. BROWN, ■rail do all that is claimed for it as a cultivator, saving the labor of t Griffin, Ga., April 8. 1873. Mr.. A. M. Speights—Dear Sir: We witu< saed the working of your “ BRIN LEY’S SHAFT PLOW,” on the laud of S. B. Burr, this day, aud do notbesit .te to say that it is good for all claimed for it. It broke and bed ded cotton land as well, if not better, than one horse and band could do, making a complete bed at one haul. It is equal to three hands and three mules, a d is easily worked by one mule or one horse. We consider it a great labor-saver, and unhesitatingly recommend it, and will use it outeelves as toon as they can be procured. 8. B. BURR. KUF. JOHNSON. DU. J. H. CONN ALLY. W. F. Roberts, of Grahamviile. 8. C., says: “ No other Thill or Shaft Plough is an j whet o by the aide of Brinley’s. My Foreman has tried it, and says that Brinley's is worth a doz *n of any other. The negroes are delighted with it.” W. G. Gibbs, Columbia, S. C., says: “The Shaft Plough lias been worked with perfect success and satisfac tion. I am delighted with it.” W. A. Walters, Simpsonville, Ky., says: “ Works admirably—cleans out a row of corn at one sweep— easily managed—runs as steadily as a breaking plough—will do twice the work of a double shovel and do it better.” A. C. Jackson, Greensboro, Ga., says: *• I hud your Shait Plow the perfection of covc-rera for corn and cot ton.” J. H. Nichols, Nacooche, Gn., says: “ cels anything I have seen used.” One play.” It. II. Geoige, Simpsonville Ky., says: tion—can be used from tho time the > plow.” State, County and Farm Rights for sale by A. M. SPEIGHTS, Griffin, Ga. aprlO dtf * THE LATEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST REFRIGERATORS! 10E CREAM FREEZ WATER COOLERS! IN LARGE QUANTITIES. ON HAND AT Franklin & Eichtag’s, Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters, I Dealers in STOVES. RANGES. GRATES, Plain and Burnished TINWARE, and HOUSE- FURNISHING GOODS generally. Steam Ganges, WRistles and General Steam Enaine Sollies. Plumbers’, Steam, Gas Fitters’ and Tinners’ MATERIALS at Manufacturers’ Prices. £*~ALL KINDS OF METAL ROOFING, WATER, GAS AND STEAM WORKS DONE WITH DISPATC H. 2-ST Agents for SELDON STEAM PUMP. A full stock of CHANDELIERS, GAS FIX TURES and GLOBES. of Chronio aud Acute Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lum bago, Sciatica, Kidney and Nervous Diseases, alter years of suffering, by the taking Dr. F'ltler’* Veg etable Hlirnmatic Syrup—the scientific discov ery of J. P. Fitler, M. D., a regular graduate physi cian, with whom we are personally acqnaiuted. who has for 39 years treated these diseases exclusively with astonishing results We believe it our chriBtian duty, after deliberation, to conscientiously request sufferers to use it, especially persons in moderate circumstan ces, who cannot afford to waste money and time on worthless mixtures. As clergymen, we seriously feel the deep responsibility resting on us in publicly in dorsing this medicine. But our knowledge and expe rience of its remarkable merit fully justifies our ac tion. Rev. C. H. Ewing, Media, Pennsylvania, suffer ed sixteen years, became hopeless. Rev. Thomas Murphy, D. D., Frankford, Philadelphia; Rev. J. B. Davis, nighstown, New Jersey: Rev. J. S. Buchanan, Clarence. Iowa; Rev. G. G. Smith. Pittsford, N. Y'ork; Rev. Joseph Beggs, Falls Church, Philadelphia. Oth er testimonials from Senators, Governors, Judges, Con gressmen, Physicians, Ac., forwarded gratis, with pamphlet explaining these diseases. One thousand dollars will be presented to any medicine for same diseases showing equal merit under test, or that can produce one-fourth as many living cures. Any per son sending by letter descripiion of affliction, will re- ceive gratis a legally sigued guarantee, naming the number of bottlea to cure, agreeing to refund the money upon sworn statement of tts failure to cure. RED WINE A rOX, fel>5 Wholesale and retail Agacta Atlanta. Ga. DAVID McBRIDE, SUCCESSOR TO HcBBIDE & SMITH, MANUFACTURER OF Fine Carriages, PHAETONS, ROCKAWAYS AND BUGGIES. Repairing Promptly and Neatly Executed. GOULD, CO. i. vmu alu W. U. PAXEIKS. PARKINS A ALLEN. and jSuptiptytdfnts, Will furnish Plana and Specifications for CHURCHES, BANKS, STORE BUILDIN8S, AND DWELLINGS. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. OFFICE. Corner of Pryor and Deoatur Streets, op- poaito the Kimball House. decJ-dAwly. BARTON & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Wholesale Dealers ii FLOUR. GRAIN, MEATS and General Produce. CORN. Wc arc now prepared to supply morchants with CORN in any quantity at LOWEST MARKET AtFT.AIMT’A, GFA. *P-d (ESTABLISHED IN 1SS4.) G "WC a’ACJC, Wholesale Confectioner, STEAM Candy and Cracker Maifactoy, AND DEALER IN Fruits, Nuts and Preserves. ALSO fiScG.ii Toys, Willow Ware, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia. march 224 2 m