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SCHEDULE OF MAILS. —mmsam Lexington Depot. Lear# ElbettonMondayand Thursday...... ■B'aV Arrive at Lexington Depot 7pm Lear* Depot Tuesday and Friday 8 a bin Arrive at Klberton.. 7 p ra ' Car nett tile. Leave Carnesville Thursday 6am “ Slberton Friday.. 6am Arrive at Blberton Thursday....'. 6pm “ Carnesville Friday.......’. 6pm Abbeville. Leave Abbeville Friday ; 6am J Klberton Saturday 6a in Arrive at Ilberton .....; 6pm u Abbeville * 6p ra Abbeville. Leave Ilberton Wednesday Sam u Abbeville Thursday .. 6a ra Arrive at Abbevilje ?... 6pm “ Klberto* p m The mails will positively dose at the above stated hours. THUS. M. SWIFT, Postmaster. A SPLENDID OFFErT It is well known that the regular 1 siibsoription to Demerest’s Monthly Magazine is $3. That we may bring our journal to the house of evefy in telligent citizen, we have made arrangements by which we are enabled to send to every new sub seriberthe Gazktth and Demorestfs Mouthlyjfor eae year fot $3 50. Demoreat’s Illustrated Monthly combines the most ueeful.’comprehensn'e add complete mag azine now issued. It employs only first-class writers in all its numerous departments, includ ing Music, Stories, Poetry, Household matters,’ Architecture and Gardening; and >ts Fashions are unquestionably far ahead of all Others, both tier beauty and originality: -DetworesPs Monthly, fer handsome typography, high-toned literature and first-ciass illustrations, fully entitles it M the claim ef being the Model Parlor Magazine of America. ANOTHER. The best boys’ and girls’ magaziue, and the Gazkttb at greatly reduced rates. We will send the Oaßltti and DemoresMs Young Amer ica, which b SI,OO for one year; to any person vrh# pays As $2.50. Demerest’s Young America is always spark ling with entertaining Stories, Poems, Music, Games, Travels, and other pleaetfrit features ; is profusely illustrated and cannot fail to amuse, instruct and elevate, and assist to make the lives ef youthful Americans useful, triftfiffil dud happy ANOTHER. We will send Peterson’s Magazine and Tus Gazittb to any new subscriber for twelve mouths for $3.50, Tae character of this delightful magazine is tee well known to need any recommendations frem us. Peterson employs none but the ablest writers, publishes nothing but what wijl be of interest to all ladies of all ages, and it is one of he best publications of the kind in the coun try ANOTHER. W* will send that excellent agricultural pub lication, the •at year J „ v mofuq m lia i THE OA Z iArT K. Wednesday, April 16,187**. r,'". - - l jEocal gntcUig^rt. Crops. —Many of our farmers have planted their corn, some have planted thoir button, ami altogether we think the plant ing interests are progressing as rapidly, as could be desired. Mucli fear has beeti expressed relative to the wheat ctbp, but, trow what we. can learn, withbut any great damage in the fu ture, we think the crop will prove an aver age ono. Other small grain crops will probable turn out as well. . Last Sunday morning gave us a light frost, but everything was so dry that but little damage was done save to some of the more delicate vegetables ; and notwithstand ing the frequent frosts of the last te> Weeks, we think the fruit crop will be abund ant. Gardens generally are lookipg well, though somewhat bacJjLWjud iu.consequence of the late openifljfftf Spring. 3 rd*"ii Tuk Case of Wes* Smith has responded to the petition sent up in behalf of this poor negro. His .response was unfavorable. He says he reviewed the evidence and the loots in the ease as set forth, and attar full deliberation believes West Tate to be guilty of murder, as found by the jury in the case. He does hot feel warranted In stepping between the law and its bitch a course wouldHiot tend to throw that protection around Society necessary tor the preservation of good or der. We would like to publish the full text of letter, but regeetour Therefore on Iriday, the 26th of April, West Tate, convicted of the murder of Jeff Tate, will suffer the extreme penalty of the law. £.•*, Starving.-— We have heard rumors of a family : n the lower part of Elbert being in a starving condition. From the charac ter of the good people in that part of the county, wefecacmbfßelieve the rumors to be correct, or, it so, it is because the true con • ditiou of the suffering family has not been made known. New Advertisements. —Bones, Brown & Cos., Hardware Merchants of Augusta, publish their card in this paper. Dozier & Walton also publish their card with us. We like to advertise for houses of the character of these two. The mere mention ot the names are sufficient—anything else is superfluous. New Postmaster. —Mr. Thus. M. Swift having resigned the position ©f Postmaster Jiliui'tbn, the appointment has been con reFKfcf' ffpon Mr. A. E. Hunter. ~Jlr. Hi*u tejgguteretl upon the duties®?his otii ce veva week ago. 'lke pos'-dfice has been removed totjieclrug store of Dr. H. C. Edmunds, - - . Ths Health Govssfr.-^^s were told the othek day, by; one of our phy sicians, that.he had leen mote sickness tin# suffering during Jgto weeks iaj March, and the fiiWweek if AnrK than he had seen three nioto|P>. MFl’multo that time. The papers of the State are publishing a slander against ouy Elbert counts. coais, charging them with getting -Strang how men will try to sackHe pecca dilloes even upon the brute. December and > tyA.Y-j-It reported that a sixty year old gentleman of Lowudefi ville-fS. C?) hashceit fAstened by the hoods of matrimony to a young lady scarcely out of her teens. Harper’s Ferry All Right.—Wh are reliably informed that 1 the flat at Harper’s Ferry is again all right, and ready to ac commodate aH to qro*s3kai>nah river at that point. T-ft-+*-rl ——- , .; ■ k MASSACHUSETTS AND GEORGIA a gj i!*** A>kfl*k¥/ $4 faiiiA for, Massachusetts and the returns for Georgia, says the New York World, gives another set of results which must be immensely shocking to those who believe in the ku klux, in the lawlessness of the South, and who are accustomed to uphold Massachusetts for a pattern-pf-all the yirtpes. The rela tive number of population and of criminals in the respective States is as follows : MASSACHUSETTS. Total pop"dl-..1,457,351: Total criminals.:.2 j 724 Nat. tv1iite—...1,090,085 Native white 1,152 .C010r'd........... 13,947 Colored TB9- For’gn born... 353,319, Foreigu born 1,235 r* GEORGIA. Totiil pop’n ...h, 184,109 Total crTuJnals,.., .737 Nat. wbitev... Native'white........ TS(J Color'd 545,142 Colored 597 For’gn born... 11,129 Foreign born 14 This table shows that while in Massachu setts, one person in every 577 is a criminal, in Georgia there is only one criminal in ev ery 1,606. Of the native whites in Massa chusetts—the stern and immaculutc descen dants of the Puritans, whose pedigrees are all wiitten down in James Savage’s “Gene alogical Register” (4 vols., Btfo., 2,500 pa ges) —one person in every 946 is a criminal; while of the native whites of Georgia—de scendants, it is supposed in New England, ol linglish couvicts, highwaymen and trans ported persons, sold to the colonies for a term of years, like Charles Reade’s “Wan ■derinir Heir”—only one in every 4,982 is a (fconvict. The Massachusetts not seem to hsve benefited as he should have done by the estimable example he has con tinually before his aud the social equality fi_ 3 *lO Iu a police poiut of view lie is considera bly behind his r ;feinsniab out of bondage in the Georgia Egypt; for, while there 4* one criminal to every one liundrod negroes in Massachusetts, in Georgia there is only one to every nine hundred and showing that the Georgia negro is yciy tle more of a criminal than the native white man of Massachusetts. ? The foreigncWn- Massachusetts's a criminal in the propor tion of one to two hundred and eighty-six (he is a laborer there in the cotton mills, it must be remembered, and has to work twelve hours a day, in order that his bosses may reap their one hundred and twenty per cent, dividends,) while in Georgia, re spectable and respected, he turns out only ope criminal in eeven hundred and ninety nine.—Macon Telegraph, The Homestead Decision. —The fol lowing brief statement of the decisions of the Supreme Court we clip from the Macon Tefer/raph: In Gunn vs. Barry, the constitutionality of the homestead clause of the oouttitution of 1868, and of the laws passed in pursu ance thereof, was passed upop. G.unn had applied to the Superior-Court of Randolph county for a mandamus to be directed to- Barry, the sheriff of the county, to require him to levy a certain yi.yiuagainst one Hart, issued upon judgment tor a debt con tracted before the adoption of the constitu tion of 1868, upon the property of said Hart, which had been set aside to him as a homestead under the act Of 1868, upon the, ground that that act was unconstitutional nod void, so tar as it prevented the levy’ of such Ji jfd., or provided for a larger amount of exemption than did the laws in exist ence at the time the debt was contracted The Superior Court refused the mandamus and the State Supreme Court affirmed their decision; but -upon writ of-error to that court, the decision was reversed by the Supreme Court of the United Stales. The effect of this is to render void all assign ments of homestead and exemptions of per sonalty under the nct ! bff4B6B; so far ahlfley > may affect debts contracted before the adop tion of the constitution of 1868. Id Walker vs Whitehead, the question was upon the constitutionality of the act of the Legislature passed October 18th, 1870, requiring plaintiffs in all cases brought upon debts or contracts made or implied before .liine-Ist, <1865, to file affi davits that all legal taxes chargeable by law upon such debts or contracts had been duly paid, or the' income *foi- each year since the making of the same, and that they expected to prove the same upon tjie trial, and that upon failure to file such affidavits the cases should be dismjsged. Under this act a suit brought by Walker against Whitehead, in the Superior Court of Baker county, upon a debt contracted before June Ist, 1865, wa9 dismissed, for failure to file the required affidavit, and the Supreme Court of the State sustained the decision. This was also reverseo by the Su preme Court of the United States. | A. T. Stewart's Illness. —The New ! York Herald of Sunday says : From other ■ reliable sources which prudfincfl... prevents „us.u> lAntion, the writer . leasied that ! Stewart spent yesterday iu a very, critical condition. Ait&uugh he succeeded, iii kit ting up for a short time his appearance was anything but hopeful. He ? has Bright s Recuse of the kidneys. His "nourishment, prescribed by the attending physickhi, con sists t+f chick eif broth, 'flaxseed tea"; an and -jiSliertton-stiinu 1 ants. He bus endured Mery 'sekere pain during bis illness, and yesterday Bis physicians Had persuaded him to submit to a necessary but painful process in order io remove somewhat the great intensity of his p;jin He is seventy-three years of most patient and heroic in his ill ness. A few days more will probably decide the question of his convalescence or relapse and decline. ——— - JiOfcALS. —-The Athens Wutchnan makes the following sensible hits on this subject: Wc bdlieve in legitimate locals, on proper .subjects, aind of a reasonable lengthj but we .da fiot believe in smuggling in advertise . tfi£tti as locals and indiscriminately puffing mrybody; and everything. .Such puffiug is worthless,, common. But let us by,all moans have a record of events, a dis cussion of local matfers, jn reasonable bound? and in decorous This'W the fife* of a newspaper. - Borne persons expect too much io this de- j <ptyrtipcnt,. In a large city a great many tyjp|S occur daily which are worthy of note, wijkVin small communities such occurreud.B are less frequent. Hence a city paper may bg julfof local editorials, reports, &c., while the country paper, unless it manufactures sensational stories,- as some .of them do, is (Obliged, to be content with recording only such things as happen in its circumscribed i bdiliwiek. op Southern Information Circulated in the North.— Hori.'Wm. P. (Frye, member of Congres from this dis-> tript, arrived home Friday evening. Mr. Frye is ip excellent health,,,; Hp made a brief trip into Virginia, with a view, at the outset, of traveling further South, but his experience of southern life was so unpleas ant that he returned, going no further than Petersburg. He says that the utmost pov erty, neglect, and prejudice still prevail, and that the people are lar behind in improve ments and their method of living. The ho tels are foul and unwholesome, the cookery bad, and the entire atmosphere tainted with shiftlessness. The prejudice against Nor thern men is still deep, especially in social relations. Mr. Frye speaks of one gentle man (a Maine than) who has lived in Pe tersburg twelve years, next door “neighbor” to an “F. F. V.” of mdst azure blood. It chanced that the houses of the two were identical. For nearly twelve years the two families had lived side by side without the slightest social intercourse, till one day re cently a daughter of the aristocratic Virgin- into the Yankee’s house by blunder. She soon retreated on.discovering her Mistake. On reaching home her moth er Required lier.tc remove her clothing, ; and be Sure and not put on the habiliments des -ecj'ilfced by the Yankee’s footstool, until they had been washed.— Lewiston (Me.) Journal. < ; ; - r < k The King of‘Bavaria hatf ordered a colos sal sculpture of the Crueifixiou to be placed on an elevation commanding the scene of the famous “Passion play.” THE MARKETS. Augusta, April 12, 1873. Gold—buying @ll4 “ selling @ll6 Silver—buying @lO6 “ selling @llO Cotton 13 Bacon—Quotations are as follows -C.C.K. Sides 100101 Shoulders Haps 18016 v , ..Corn 92J@97J VVnea4—Quotations as follows White 1 00@ 3 20< -Flour $7 Oo@l3 00 ..Bagging A - Tide * r .*l7* sSSfoatc. iiiaag Personalty. GEORGIA, Elbert County: Sarah E. Anderson has applied, ftfsitfttig SpasS *rtd valua tion of homestead, and I will pass upon the Ante at 10 a.m, -the. 21st day bf!Apr-il.l 1873, at my pfiijCe. J-AMS3 A. ANDREW, April 3,’73. .' y ? .* •.* Ordinary. ANDREW t'ALE HIGH SCHOOL, ELBERTON, GA & DAVANT, AM„ - - Princfyai. GEO.' Q. QUILLIAN, - - Assistant Spring term commences Monday) Jan. 27; 1872. rpHE coursq of instruction in this institution -IL' : is th’orough'and' the analytic' systems *Ttik pupils are taught to think and reason for thenAelves. Boys-will be thoroughly prepared for any- class in college. Those desiring aspeedy preparation for business can take a shorter course in Analytic ArithmetiQ,Surveying, Jteepfng, &c. The discipline of the school will be firm and inflexible. Ah effort will be modem all cases to jeoutrol students by appealing to their sense of duty anti honor, bijt at.all events the discip line will b# mafctijiwd. Rates of Tuition 4st elwfes, $2750 [fttnionth ; 2& class, $3.50; 3d class, $5- —one-half in ad vance. h r * nil/’niiQeric . Board in good families, $K> month McCarty & shannon, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS, EEBERTON* GA. mm J.H. JONES& 00. Ill) Havfi an the way, an J are (faily receiving, a LARGE & COMPLETE STOCK : * of Spring and Sunfmer Goods SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE FOR THIS MARKET. vVe cordially invite all to call and see our Stock before purchasing. Our Stock is rapidly coming in and will soon be complete. .J - , *t6, f # A Full Stock of Groceries and Provisions Always on Hand, ..y -'til'. ■ ■■■ -•(•< . - ■> >. - :t.. - -r. IV< ■ ..: : ill TO WHICH WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF PLANTERS, , . - . ■I- - ■ y NEW SPRING GOODS! I” . .':U. --i ■ !' Oil mm gke! mm smi J . . TO THE STORE OF Se B. Bli A OK WElilz 1 SOM ■ ; II 1; I", ;. ODDJ ,on i>UA jf.l •n. < n,. ten WHO ARE FAST RECEIVING A LARGE AND ’JUDICIOUSLY SELECTED STOCK OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE GOODS. WORTH REMEiHIBERING j ■ too OUR BUYER (MR. KEAN) IS NOW IN NEW YORK, CULtING GEMS FROM ALL THE LARGE IMPORTING HOUSES, in the fhiited States, and feels confident that for Style, Quality & Cheapness HIS SELECTIONS WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS. Is coming in we cordially invite all to visit us daily, as there will be something XEW, ATTRACTIVE AXI) NOVEL Everyday, and* it affords us pleasure to’display‘them, whether you buy or not. We win Bell to COUNTRY MERCHANTS at Yew York quota tions for CASH. For approved City Acceptance we will sell on a credit to Ist October next, adding 1J per cent interest per month. Apply with perfect confidence in our willingness and ability to serve you as well as any house South, and you will not be disap pointed. Very Respectfully, KEAN & CASSELS. DOZIER & WALTON .WMll 241 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. GRAND OPENING! BRILLIANT DISPLAY AT THE, Southern Dry Goods Store 189 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, O-^A. the greatest care' to meet the wants of our customers at the prices', we buy our goods direct from the manufacturers, and, consequently, we feel confident that no house this sidaof New York can undersell us. DRESS GOODS in great variety. SPRING & SUMMER SILKS, BLACK SILKS and OIL TWIS TED SILKS. .SILK GRENADINE, Black TAMaTLXE and POLKA SPOTS FOULARDS, the pret tiest thinykfowh to’lFamion. I'ERCA.LItfSfJsj.WAf, Jiff BN SUITINGS and M USLINS. A full line ot VyurfE jPpDS. of everykind. A fine.selection of Parasol#, the latest styles 1 very clitap. - Lf/All'A LAtHJ POINTS And-SA.'-M-MfiH SIHAWTjS. Cassimeres, Jeans, Cottonades, and Linens. Bleached, Brown, Striped and Check’d Homespuns, of all the popular make, at Factory m ices Toilet Combs, sc;' Toilet Soaps,' 2c-t Hair Brushes at 30c; Ldce Edgings at 2cj Lace Collars at 10c. THERE IS NO PLACE LTKE POWELL & MULLER’S, 189 Broad st. GREENE & ROSSXGNOL, S cceri.soi't-.to VVM. H. TUTT, Wholesale Dealers in DRUOS & MEDICINES, Chemicals, Perfumery and Druggist’s Sundries PAIN rs, OIFS. TARNISHES, GLASS, &C. Agents for Dr. Mm. If. Tutt’s Standard Preparations. No. 642 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 1 1 ' 1 iixH ’ ; - • 'i' ‘‘ 1 , .r ' ;■ M, o’DOtyD, RieyARD.SVMJviERAUL. P. M. MUI.HERTN- M O’DOWD & CO. GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 283 Broad street AUGUSTA, GA A FULL STOCK OF CHOICELY SELECTED GROCERIES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Prompt Personal Attention given to Order# and Consignments- J’ejal WJ ILL be sold before the ami-tiffouse door VV in klberton, Elbert county, on the first Tuesday in Vay next, between the legal hours of sale, one tract of land containing one tlious iuhl ssci’ei. more or less, lying on' Cold \N utrr creeiv f a,nd| Savannah river, in said county of Kl bert, on as the property of T. 0. White. Also one half interest in -tv nit.ll an Savannah river and‘fifty acres of land, known as the. .Mill tract. Levied on as the property of J S. VVliile. All said property levied oil to satisfy fi.fa. from Elbert Superior Court, in favor of llaslett It Ranker, executors of Joseph Rucker, dece’d, for the use of W. H. H. Adams, Sheriff, ve. said T. C. White and J. S. Wliite also to satisfy a. ft. ra. ti'om Elbert Superior Court in favpr of llaslett & Rqeker, executors of Joseph Rucker, vs T. 0. White, Property pointed on't by plaintiff. Also fifty acres of land, known ai the Brewer land, adjoining W.T. Dennard and others. Lev-' ied. on as the property of Wily T. Dennard, to ’satisfy a fi.fa from Elbert Superior Court in favor of .amos Allgood vs said Wiley T. DahnanL Property pointed out by plaintiff. AUo’seventy-two acres of land, whereon A. P. Andersqr now lives. Levied on as the property ( of : said Andarson to satisfy a ti.tia. from JusUoe’3 fhr 189tu district G. XL, in favor of James k Rowsey vs. A. P. Andersen. Property pointed out by pljaintiff. W. H. 11. ADAMS, Ajfrir'2, 1873 Sheriff. Admtiilßli-atoi-’M Sale. WILL be sold before the courthouse door in Elber'on, Elbert county, on the first Tues day in July next, between the legal hours ot Stile, the undivided one hundred and tweuty eiglUh part of a lot or parcel of 1 land in the uiuth (9th) district of the second (2d) section of 'originally Cherokee (now Fannin) cpnuty. Said lt or parcel known in said district and said section as No 18—the whole lot contnln ih& one hundred and sixty acres, more or less. Sold; as the property of Mrs.' Elmira Sullivan, late of Elbert county, deceased, by virtue of an ohler from the court of Ordinary of said county, fur the : f>enefit of creditors and heirs of said de ceased. Terms, Cash. April.A,'73. J. I. CHANDLER, Admin'r. Chalioii for K-etterx DlsmisiNioif- STATE of Georgia, Elbert Onnnty.—Charles W liall having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said county fot • discharge from hi* guardianship of Josephus Beasley, this is there fore to cite nil persons concerned.to show 9*ll-0, by filing objections in my ffice, why the said Charles XV. Hall should pti he dismissed from his guardianship of Josephuß Beasley,and receive the usual letters of dismission on the first Mon day ill June, 1873. Given under my official s,„nature. This March s, 1873. JAMES A. ANDREW, Ordinary, NOTICE to Debtors and Creditors—Georgia, Elbert County. Notice is hereby given to all persons having demands against Leroy Cleveland, lute of said county deceased, ter present them to me properly made out, within the time prescribed by law, so as to show their character nnd amount. And all persons indebt ed to said deceased are hercb) required to make immediate payment to me. SAMANTHA 0. CLEVELAND, Mehs, 40d J. T. HULMB, Administrators.- Citation for Letters of IFsniisgion OTATE OF GEORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY O Whereas P. A. Wilhite, administrator da bonis non, with the will annexed, tff P. R. Wil hight,dec’d, represents 'to the eourtin h is petition', duly filed and entered on record, that he has Ailly administered l*. R. Wilhight’s estate, thi* is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if ny they can, why said administratorshonld not be discharged from his administration and receive letters at oismi.ssipn on the first Monday in May, 1873. Jan 22,'72. K. 11. TATE, Jr., Ordinary. MANHATTAN Manufacturing mid Fertilizing Comp'jr rnoim &r& mm GUANO. Its IVifrog' n from lilood, In Photfpha’cs f tun ilon. fTYIIE Phosphate Blood Guano, introduced in -L Georgia lust season; has proved itself equal (and in many cases superior) to other standard manures, used srtle by side. "It has received the approval and recommendation of the best known agriculturists, and Bpeciaimeution in the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, iu Washington, for 187D. It is made from the Blood of Cattle slaughtered for the New York market, of animal bones dissolved in Oil Vitriol, and of Potash and Soda, thus combining animal and miueral properties, proved by experience thebest Guano for Cotton ever offered in this market— Send focKircular with actual trials ATIMC PHOSPHATE. Cash price in Charleston. S4B; on time, payable \ov. Ist, sl3. rpHE use of this Fertilizer for the past serera JL years bus established it as a first-clnrs ma nure. It is cheap in price and good ih'quality. Send for circulars with actual trials. Both the above excellent fertilizers sold by FRANKLIN, READ & C 0.,. General Agents,JAugusta, Ga- J. H. BREWER, Local Agent wm m iiimmmsmm SOO Page#, 250 Engraving#. A ssartling expose of Medical Humbugs of the past and present. It ventilates quabks, Impos tors, Traveling Doctors, Patent Medicine Vend §, Noted Fgmale Cheatis, Fortune Tllftrs and edilims, and givas interesting accounts of Not* ed Physicians and narratives of their lives. It reveals startling secrets and iusfcructs all howto avoid the ills that flesh is heir to. We give ex clusive territory and liberal cbmtrtissflTus. For circulars and terms address the publishers, J. B. BURR & HYDE, Hartford, Conn., or Chicago, 111.. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE mmtmm rases OF IMIETST, In *\ll CyuNTuiKS or the World. Bring, a Comprehensive Account of their Manner and Custom's, and of their Pi'/sical, Social, Mental, Moral, and Religious Charac teristics. Bv Rev. J. G. Wood, M. A. F. L. 3. 500 Engravings, 1500 Super Royal Octavo Pages In tiro volumes, or tiro volumes m one. Agents are mrking over $1 Oft per week in sell ing this work. An early application wiJI secure a choice of ten ito y. For terms address the pub lishers, -J B. 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