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Personal.
Viscount C. Chedel, has been practic
ing equestrianism for the last week, and
is rapidly becoming accomplished in the
profession, although he worejan overcoat
made of mud from having been unable
to manage his fiery steed. He is en
deavoring now to make an engagement
with old John Robson to play “Mazep
pa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary.’'
Joe Wright, the wood-punisher, is
speaking of running the fish market
here this season.
Ben Flemming is said to be one of the
biggest Muuchausens in the county.
Mr. D. L. Adams who has been suffer
ing for some time with an attack of sick
ness is able to be up again.
Gone to do Service for the State.
The negro Tom, sentenced at the last
term of court to the penitentiary for
three years for stealing a jug of whis
key, was taken out of jail last week by
the proper authorities and carried up to
the chain gang in tho vicinity of Gaines
ville. The same guard had also in
charge the negro man sent up for five
years at the late term of Hart court.
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CHEAPER THAN PHYSICIAN’S BILLS.
“A Thing or Beauty a Joy Forever.”— What
is it? Something prepared for woman only,
and to be used by woman exclusively. It is
adapted especially to cases where the womb is
disordered, and will cure all irregularities of
the “menses” or “monthly courses,” by restoning
the discharge in every instance, whether acute
or chronic. Where is it? Dr. J. Bradfield’s
Female Regulator—Woman’s Best Friend—is
prepared and sold by L. H. Bradfield, Druggist,
Atlanta, Ga., and may be bought for $1.50 per
bottle at any respectable Drug House in the
Union.
We, the undersigned druggists, take pleasure
in recommending to the trade Dr. J. Bradfield’s
Female Regulator, believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for tho diseases lor which be
recommends it.
W. A. LANSDELL, Atlanta, Ga,
PEMBERTON', TAYLOR k 00., Alanta, Ga.
RED WINE k FOX, Atlanta, Ga.
W. 0. LAWSHE, Atlanta, (-a.
W. ROOT & SONS, Marietta, Ga. [4t]
EEGAE AiryE2UTIBCMEfITS.
SAI.ES.
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY, BE
fore the courthouse door in Elberton,
Elbert county, Ga., on the first Tuesday in May,
1877, between the lawful hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to -wit:
40 ncres land, more or less, the same being
where J E Anderson now lives, jcining lands of
Mary A Hall, T J Carithers, and H M Carithers.
Levied on as the property of J E Anderson to
satisfy a fifa from Justice’s Court, for 197th
district, G. M., in favor of J B Almond vs. J E
Anderson.
Also.levied on the property last above describ
ed,.to .satisfy a fifa from said Justice's Court in
favor'.of R P Eberhart vs. J E Anderson.
The two levies last above desciibed made and
turned over to me by H M Carithers, constable.
Also, same time and place, the following prop
erty, to-wit: One-halt interest in remainder in
wo'tracts of land in said county on the head Wat
ters of Fallingjand Doves creek, one tract known
as the home or house place of Win M Almond,
containing 300 acres, more or less, joining lands
of W G Wilhite and others, the other tract con
taining }DO acres, joiningabove lands and others,
said hiiL interest■being the interest of B T Al
mond in said lands, and to take effect after the
termination of Mis Mary Almond’s life interest
in the same. Levied on R3 the property of B T
Afinand to satisfy a fifa issued from the County
Court of Elbert county in favor of Woody Ecton
vs B T Almond.
Also same time and place, one 4-horse power
engine and boiler. Levied on as the property
of Win M Moore and R P Ball to satisfy a fifa
from Elbert Superior Court in favor of Bell k
Cos. vs. Win M Moore and R P Uall. Sold for
the purchas money.
W. !L H. ADAMS, Sheriff.
~ Sheriff's Mortgage Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY, BE
fore the courthouse door in Elberton,
Elbert county, Ga., on the first Tuesday in June
next, within the legal hours of sale, one certain
lot of land in the town of Elberton, measuring
56] feet front and running back 70 feet, being
the lot on which the Masonic Hall stands, join
ing lots of R. F. and E. B Tate, Jr. and others,
on the west, and the lot owned by Heard, Cleve
land and others on the east Levied on as the
property of Philomathea Lodge, No. 25, Free
and Accepted Masons to satisfy a Mortgage fifa
from Elbert Superior Court in favor of"M P Dead
wylcr, Asa Deadwyler and Drury P Oglesby,
executors estate of Jno G Deadwyler, dec’d, vs.
said Philomathea Lodge, No. 25, Free and Ac
cepted Masons.
W. H. H. ADAMS, SheiifL_
Postponed Sheriff's Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY,BE
fore the courthouse door in Elberton,
Elbert county, Ga., on the first Tuesday in
May, 1877, between the lawful hours of sale, the
following described property, to wit:
400 acres of land, more or less, joining lands
of W H Mattox, Tbos Jones, J W McCall?, and
others. Levied on as the property of B C Thorn
ton and B Thornton to satisfy a fifa from Elbert
Superior Court in favor of Mary B F Teasly,
guardian, vs. B C Thornton and B Thornton.
W. H. H. ADAMS, Sheriff.
’ Adinlnstratoi' , s Sale.
~OY virtue of an order granted by the Coiu-t
JLJ of Ordinary of Elbert county, will be
sold before the courthouse door on the first
Tuesday in May, 1877, between the legal
hours of sale, one tract of land belonging to the
estate of Mary Bourne, dec’d, containing two
hundred and seveatv-seven acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of S C Starke, James A Ed
wards, Starke and Snellings, and Mrs S A Hill,
on the waters of Bertram’s creek. Cold as the
property of said Mary Bourne for the purpose
of division among the legatees, and to pay the
debts of said Mary Bourne. This tract of land
will be sold jointly with another tract belonging
to the estate of Powhattan B Bourne, deceased,
containing 50 acres, the two tracts sold as one.
Pos=ession given Nov. 25th, 1877.
Terms one-halt cash, remainder to be paid
Nov. Ist, 1877, with interest at 10 per cent.
This April 2d, 1877. H. W. BOURNE,
Executor of Mary Bourne, dec'd.
Administrator's Sale.
BY virtue of an'order from the Court of Or
dinary of Elbert county, will bo sold on
the first Tuesday in May, 1877, at public outcry,
between the lawful hours of sale, before the
courthouse door in Elberton, one tract of land
belonging to the estate of Powhattan B Bourne,
deceased, containing fifty acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of E B Starke, Mrs S A Hill and
others. Sold for division among the legatees of
Powhattan B Bourne and to pay the debts of
said estate. This tract of land will be sold
jointly with one tract belonging to the estate of
Mary Bourne, dec’d, both sold as one tract.
Possession given Nevember 25, 1877.
Terms one-dialf cash, remainder the first of
November, 1877, with interest at 10 per cent,
HENRY W. BOURNE,
Administrator of P B Bourne, dec’d.
Notice for Leave to Sell Land.
Thomas B. Smith, exeentor of Lindsey H.
Smith, late of said county, deceased, has
rnnde application to the Court of Ordinary of
Elbert county for leave to sell a tract of land
in said county belonging to the estate of said
deceased. This is to notify all persons concerned
to show cause why said leave should not be
granted on the first Monday in May next.
JAS. A. ANDREW, Ordinary E. C.
April 11 —td
Pencil Points.
T .e Oglethorpe Echo gives a graphic
account of the Crawford riot.
On the night of the 3d inst, sis
prisoners made their escape from the
jail at Lexington. The jail, it appears,
is entirely unsafe as a place of confine
ment. None of the escaped prisoners
were implicated in the Crawford riot
—they were sent to Athens.
Caught again ! leading your neigh
bor’s paper. Come up and subscribe,
and stop this petty pilfering. It is
worth $2 a year to have a clear con
science. „
“Junius,” in commending Col. Bow
man for the convention, makes a state
ment which we do not feel like permit
ting to go uncontradicted. It is that the
Colonel is no speaker. He is not only a
speaker, but one of the most forcible
speakers we ever heard. He says never
a word too much, and his hearers never
fail to understand exactly all he wants
them to. We have beard him and know
whereof we speak.
Women govern us; let us render
them perfect. The more they are en
lightened, so much the more shall we
be. On the cultivation of the mind of
women depends the wisdom of men. It
is by women that nature writes on the
hearts of men.
Oliver Chapter has its next regular
meeting on Friday nigh.t of next week.
A considerable hail fell in Deep Creek
settlement last Sunday, enough to cover
the ground.
Thnik of the big issue of The Gazette
and send in your orders early. Extra
copies in wrappers ready for mailing, at
5 cents.
The Town Council has instructed the
marshal to rennovate the highways.
Mr. L L. Bailey is scorer for the N.
N. N.
For The Gazette.]
Old Bob the Ferryman.
Old Bob was a slave of Mr. D. B.
Cade, of this county. Prior to the lato
emancipation Mr. Cade had owned him
during the whole of his life. His mas
ter placed him when very young at his
ferry at the junction of Broad and Sa
vannah rivers as a ferryman. He was
delighted with his position, and came to
be very successful at his calling, and af
ter he was assigned to his position for
life, as it was, his master told him that
he would pay him for his services on
Sundays if he would stay at the ferry
and attend to it. Old Bob was proud
of the opportunity, for he never left the
ferry if he could help it, and always
seemed satisfied when he was there. His
Sundays’ wages up to the year 1840
had amounted to $403 in silver (Spanish
coin) some time prior to the May fresh
et of that year. He had buried his sil
ver at the root of an old tree which
stood on one side of the road which lead
to the ferry on the Lincoln side. This
tree was a noted place of resort for the
people when Petersburg was in its most
flourishing condition. The thick and
extensive branches of this tree made an
'agreeable and pleasant shade, under
which the denizens of the ancient city
have often met and spent hours of joy
and festivity. It was only a few feet
from the bank of the river, and during
that freshet it was washed up and car
ried off, and old Bob’s money left buried
where the tree stood. He was there at
the ferry at that time and saw and knew
of it all, but he was not alarmed in the
least about his money, for he left it to
rest where he had placed it. He re
mained at his post after this, and receiv
ed his Sundays’ wages up to the time of
the late emancipation. It is not known
what he did with that which he accumu
lated after the year 1840. After the
emancipation of slaves he still remained
there, although he was coaxed by his
children, who left the ferry after free
dom to go with them and leave the fer
ry in the bands of someone else; but
he positively refused to go, and remain
ed there until a few weeks ago, when
death separated him and his beloved
place. For the last two years he has
been helpless and not able to do any
thing by which he could procure food
and clothing. His kind and generous
old master feeling that it was his duty
to help him when he could not help him
self, has furnished him with the necessa
ries of life for the last two years and at
his death paid his burial expenses.
About ten years ago old Bob inform
ed one of his sons that he had some sil
ver buried, and a few weeks ago (just
before his death) he informed another
of the fact, and the place where it was
deposited, and told the two boys to go
to his old master and get him to go with
them and show them where the old tree
stood, and for them to dig there and
they would find his money. His old
master instructed one of his own sons,
Mr. D. B. Cade, Jr., to go and show the
negroes the place where they might
find their father’s hidden treasure.
They went with a sufficiency of hands
and commenced the search. They had
made an excavation in the ground ten
feet deep and six feet long, when one of
the hands struck a blow with his pick
into the side of the excavation, his pick
entering the tin box that contained the
treasure. When he drew it out prepar
atory to striking again the silver came
falling down to the bottom of the pit—
it was only feet from the surface of
the earth. They continued the search
in that portion of the excavation until
they found four hundred and sixty-three
dollars in silver. The money was car
ried to Mr. Cade, Sr., who divided it
equally among the children, five in num
ber.
Thus the great secret of old Bob was
revealed which created a great merri
ment among the darkies. It is evident
that the silver has been buried for thir
ty-seven years, and there is no telling
how much longer. Old Bob died when
seventy-five years of age, having spent
sixty years of bis life as a faithful ferry
man. V.
Mb- Editor : Please give me just a lit
tle nook in one of your columns to say:
“Hurrah for Osborn !” for just as certain
as fate he is the “cumming” man. Job.
Home Briefletß.
April showers.
Shad are plentiful.
Hunting season is past.
Shopping is now in order.
Fetch in your advertisements.
Another gloomy, dreary Sunday.
Worley is now the champion “catch.”
The feathered songsters begin to war
ble.
And again we say, “for a convention,
hurrah!”
A picnic at an early day wouldn t be
objectionable.
Never again will we mention anything
about blue-glass.
Step by step the work on the court
house nears completion
"Squire Osborn is still struggling
with the Con. Con. question.
Too sad, but it is a substantiated cer
tainty, that striped stocking are still
worn.
What about the non convention of our
City Fathers at the time of their last
regular meeting ?
Mr. Cotter discourses next Sunday
at the Methodist church. He. will also
preach the fifth Sunday on the subject
of “Temperance”
The courthouse park, when completed,
will be one of the greatest attractions of
the public square. Elberton is destined
to see a brighter day.
A certain Elberton girl has got such
a high staudard for her affections that
she loves the man in the moon.
A ebromo is offered the Elbert girl
who will decline a stick of chewing
gum when it is proffered her.
The wheat and oat crop is said lo be
in a promising condition, and bids fair
without the intervention of some future
disaster, to turn out well when harvest is
come.
We have been requested “Just to in
timate that there would be another dime
party in Elberton next week, at some
residence yet to be chosen, of which due
notice will be given.” We intimate our
wishes of success.
W T e gladly correct the assertion that
Col Bowman is the President of the
County Board of Commissioners. Dr.
L. L Clark, of Ruckersville, is the
Board’s Chairman, and a more compe
tent occupant could not bo found.
Sammy Carter, our efficient and hand
some Marshal, expects at an early day
to begin work on the streets and pave
ments, and judging from the ability and
sense lie has exhibited since he has held
this office they will be worked well.
Several of our young barristers are in
attendance on the Superior Court at
Carnesville this week. We would sug
gest that the Carnesville belles would
do well to look to their hearts, as Wor
ley is among the number, and he has
such a duck cf a mustache, yon know.
If there was a row of trees planted in
front of the Presbyterian church the
aj pearauce of the building and grounds
would be much improved. We have al
ways thought the location well adapted
for a church, and the site a pretty one.
The suggestion made herein is free, grat
is, for nothiug-
A pair of times, yea, thrice, would we
rather have a sea tied about our neck,
and be cast into a mill-stone, than to
tell what we consider a first-class tale
to a party of gentlemen, and when the
affair is ended have no one laugh butyour
self. The narrator in such cases invari
ably feels chewed.
Now, in vernal sweetnes and budding
beauty the trees and flowers begin to
take on their bright Spring appearance.
The meliflluous bark of the vicious red
bug is also heard in woodland stillness,
and the shrewdest men of Elbert are
growing nails to successfully hold up
their end of the line when the charge of
the red bugs is made.
The most interesting game of baseball
that was ever witnessed in Elberton was
played here last Saturday afternoon by
theN. N. N. Seveial of the gentler sex
were out to seo the game, which greatly
encouraged aud proved an incentive to
the boys, that was very perceptible.
Come out again, ladies. Your presence
is sunshine, e’en midst clouds. A-hem !
And now we have a Swedenborgian
in belief in town, in the distinguished
personage of “Little Jim” Sanders. He
declares his devotion to the religion he
has espoused and under whose banner
he has enlisted, and further asserts with
a high hand and a defiant spirit that he
keeps the best geods that can be pur
chased in his line and at the lowest
prices.
Again we earnestly urge upon onr cit
zens the importance of establishing a
cemetery in Elberton, believing that if
they will give the matter serious thought
and due consideration, proper means
will be devised to start the ball rolling,
and our in opinion no great while will
elapse before we can boast a neatly and
nicely kept cemetery, that will exhibit
a proper reverence and regard for the
dead and be the pride of the living. Tho
several churches here might do a great
act in starting this enterprise, and we
trust they will look into it.
There is a dozen postmasters in this
county who do not subscribe for this
paper simply because they can read the
copies that come to their offices without
paying for them. And he said unto me
in burning characters write this : “Woe
be unto him thatreadeth his county pa
per without paying for it, for the end of
that man will be a home where overcoats
are never worn and where wood and coal
are furnished free of charge ; also, he
shall be free from the bleak, chilly winds
of this cold, cold world, and whatsoever
he doeth shall be done torridly.”
A rat got into the church organ last
week and gnawed one of the leather
straps to such an extent that it broke
when the instrument was used last Sun
day. Now, there is not asbadowof a reas
onable doubt in our mind, but that this
rat affair was providential, and is a glar
ing argument that the organ should not
be used iu church. The fame of the
church mouse is too well-known to de
serve comment, and its action in the
premises (or in the organ) in this in
stance is conclusive proof that the in
strument is out of order. We intend
this for irony
Mr Editor : In your last issue is a
communication from our distinguished
ex-Senator, Mi-. Hester, reviewing and
elaborating the arguments used by him
self and other speakers during Couit
week. In this article, as iu the speecht s
referred to, we beg to differ with Mr.
Hester upon several points.
Why does Mr. Hester, Judge Reese
and others contend for a third death of
those $8,000,000 bonds ? Do they pur
posely withhold the*fact that an amend
ment was perfected by our last Legisla
ture “to kill effectually and forever the
$8,000,000 of bonds which had been
fraudulently issued,” and that the Gov
ernor’s proclamation has already been
issued requiring the people to pass upon
it; and that if accepted by the people,
it becomes a part and parcel of our
fundamental law quite as binding and
effectual as if framed into it by a dozen
conventions"? Do they contend that
there is yet a remaining spaik of vitality
bidden in those double killed bonds,
which can only be extinguished by
a “special commission 1” Do they say
that “Bonaparte will be any less dead if
buried in Paris, than if left interred at
St. Helena ?” This is a rule of economy
we confess we cannot understand.
Again, have we an element of talent
and integrity among us so far above
that from which we have been selecting
our public men for the last eight years
that we can-now resort to and bring
forth immaculate characters, in whose
presence the light of our former repre
sentatives will pale as the moon when
the sun appears ? This is the beginning
point of every advocate for a conven
tion. Will Judge Reese and Mr. Hes
ter be any more honest or able in a cou
vention than they have in the Senate ?
They are both very prominent iu their
districts, and if we are to have a con
vention, I hope to see them both there.
Judge R. tells ns that Legislatures
can be bribed. What guarantee have
we that a convention whl not be ? It
will be composed of an equal or less
numier of men, and in a great many
instances I dare say of the very identi
cal men, and why not apprehend bribery
in one instance as well as the other ?
And more especially in that of a con
vention, because a convention’s actions
are final—a Legislature’s may be repeal
ed in the ordinary course of legislation.
Besides the holders of these bonds
would know- and could afford to make
their offer much larger and more entic
ing to a convention than to a Legisla
ture. We regard this as the Judge’s
weakest argument. We do not nor
cannot believe our Legislatures are so
degenerate.
Again, Mr. Hester wants a “Special
commission” to bring about “retrench
ment and reform—not merely in profes
sion such as we have been using, but
actual, thorough, radical. The Legisla
ture to effect it and it can only
be dope by a convention for the pur
pose.” A convention, we suppose, se
lected-#om this higher element, which
has been discovered of late yeai s by the
friends of convention. Not by such as
have made up Legislatures, they would
be “powerless.” To us there are none
more powerful than a Legislature, un
less it be a “Returring Board” or the
military; and of both of those we have
had enough of late to satisfy the most
obdurate, we should think. From Mr.
Hester’s line of reasoning we are led to
infer that with a Convention he expects
to diacoversome hidden treasures among
us that are not now taxed, from which
we can derive additional means to meet
our already “large State debt of over
$10,000,000.” Or perhaps a conven
tion will annul some more of our bonds.
In no other way can we see how a con
vention could possibly reduce onr pre
sent debt. It would not do to issue
more bonds, and place them upon the
Atlanta and New York markets, where
they are bringing considerably more than
par, because the legislature can do and has
already done that, greatly to the State’s
interest, in its “powerless” capacity.
Perhaps a convention would ennance
the value of our property so that with
the same specific property we would be
intrinsically richer, and with a smaller
per centum raise a larger amount, and
thereby discharge our liabilities easier.
This latter is quite as logical ae either
of the other deductions suggested by
his argument.
He tells us that wc lost half of our
taxable property in the war. That we
know. And we know further, that this
same thing be is clamoring Tor—a con
vention —signed the death warrant. Will
his convention un-sign that warrant, i
If so, we are for it. He also tells us of
numerous unnecessary attaches about
the State House, which a convention
would oust- They do not hold their
positions by virtue of any express pow
er in the Constitution. In fact the Con
stitution, after designating the Gov
ernor’s Cabinet, says, “The general
assembly may, at any time, consolidate
any two of these offices and require all
the duties to be discharged by one of
ficer.” Neither does the Constitution
fix the salary of the Governor, nor any
cf the officers of the State. It is the
fault of the Legislature and not the
Constitution, that these unneccessary
clerks and expenses are saddled upon
us. And Mr. Hester and Judge Reese
are and have been members of the Leg
islature for Jong terms. There is no
need of any new remedies at an addition
al cost to the State when we already
have ample means at hand to relieve us
of every malady.
Mr. Hester and Col. Osborn laid
great stress upon the pay received by
legislators, and wanted a convention to
fix it in our constitution. One of the
honorable gentlemen offered the State
bis distinguished services for $5 per
diem. The other was willing t® go on
the “great honor.” The writer was
a little astonished to hear the gentleman
estimate his services as a legislator, for
he has some acquaintance with him as
an attorney, and candor compels him
to say that the exuberance of generosity
is not so manifest towards clients as his
profession indicates it towards the i
State.
We can bring the “axe” closer to “the I
root of the tree” perhaps in an illustra
tion of this kind. Before the war an
attorney would collect a claim for you
!at law for 5 per Gent, on the amount
collected—unless the amount was quite
small and litigated. Now, since you
are only half as able as before, he will
| charge you 10 per cent., which is double
| his ante war fees and upon a half ex
hausted client, makes it four fold heavier
to bear. But this Mr. Hester would
bring under the head of “innate selfish
1 ness,” a full share of which he “admits.”
Mr. Editor, a great many of the
wrongs complained of do really exist—
some of which are the natural offsprings
of our defective Constitution, but the
larger part of which is attributable to
“the innate selfishness” of man, and you
can find no easier remedy for them by a
convention than by the means already
afforded ua Turn our State over to a
convention now, and it will be a fat car
cass to a parcel of ravenous vultures
Every man would have his own peculiar
views to represent. Like the press of
the State—no two would think alike:
One would be for Milledgeville, another
for Atlanta ; one for the whipping-post,
another imprisonment for debt; the
anti-homestead, reduced homestead, wa
ver homestead—aud every other con
ceivable change—would have its advo
cate. In fact, no convocation since the
days of Babylon would represent a great
er diversity of tongues, and, after a con
sumption of at least “forty days and
forty nights,” with more wrangling aud
less labor, we would have presented to
us a constitution not one whit better
than the present one can bo made by
amending it in the ordinary way.
But our letter has already reached an
unintentional length, and we will desist.
It is a subject of too much magnitude for
one, two, or less than half a dozen sep
arate articles. Mr Hester promises to
continue the discussion in a future num
ber, after which we may again take up
the subject. But to make a living now
is the uppermost rule of our action, and
we cannot justly spare the time for suf
ficient reflection to collect our-thoughts.
No Convention.
Eemoval of Troops from Columbia.
The following correspondence shows
that, for the first time since tho war,
the people of South Carolina are to have
a government of their own choosing:
Washington, April 3. — Sib —Prior to
my entering upon tho duties of the pre
sidency there bad been stationed by or
der of my prodecessor in the State
house at Culumbia, S. C., a detach
ment of United States infantry. Find
ing them in that place I have thought
proper to delay a decision of the ques
tion of their removal until I could con
sider and determine whether the con
ditiou of affairs in that State is such,
as to either require or justify tho con
tinued military occupation of the State
bouse. In my opinion there does not
now exist in that state such domestic
violence as is contemplated under the
constitution as the ground upon which
the millitary power of the national gov
ernment may be invoked for the defense
of the State. There are, it is true,
grave and serious disputes as to the
rights of certain claimants as to the chief
executive cffice of that State, but these
are to be settled and determined not
by the executive of the United States
but by such orderly and peaceable
means as may be provided by the con
stitution and laws of the State.
I feel assured that no resort to vio
lence is contemplated in any quarter,
but that on the contrary the disputes in
question are to be settled solely by
such peaceful remedies as tde constitu
tion and the laws of the state provide.
Under these circumstances, in this
confidence, I now deem it proper to
take action in accordance with the prin
ciples announced when I entered upon
the duties of the presidency. You are
therefore directed to see that the pro
per orders are issued for the "removal of
said troops from the state house to
their previous place of encampment.
R. B. Hates.
Hon. Geo. McCrary, Secretary of War.
m’cRAKY TO SHERMAN.
War Department, April 3.
Gen. W. T. Sberman, Commanding U.
S. Army:
General —l inclose herewith a copy of
a communication from tho President of
the United States, in which he directs
that the detachment of troops now sta
tioned in the state house at Columbia,
South Sarolina, be withdrawn aud re
turned to their previous barracks or
camping ground. You are hereby charg
ed with the execution of this order, and
will cause the withdrawal of the troops
on Tuesday next, the 10th of April, at
12 o’clock, meridian. Very respectfully
your obedient servant,
Geo. W. McCrary, Sec’y of War.
IT IS USELESS TO GO FROM HOME
TO BUY GOODS CHEAP.
GAIRDNER & ARNOLD
YILI, SELL THEIR NEW STOCK OF
Spring and Summer Goods
At prices not before reached in thisTnarket for cash or;to such customers only
as know how to be prompt.
The stock has been selected with the greatest care for this market and Ml SI BE SOLD.
MARCHAL & SMITH PIANOS.
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The Handsomest, the Best Tone, the Most Durable Pianos Made.
They are Beautiful Rosewood, Seven and one-third Octaves, with every Improvement aud
fully guaranteed. Their moderate price and uniiorui success have won for them the position of
a Staudard of Economy and Durability.
Acknowledged by all Musicians to be the Best
OVER 18,000 NOW IN USE.
Agents W anted in Every County, Address,
MARCHAL & SMITH PIANO CO.,
Or, ROBERT W. SMITH, Agent,
4? University Place, Sew York.
A Sad Accident.
While engaged in the game of base
ball Saturday afternoon Mr. Johnnie
Bailey, had the misfortune to have his
arm broken by colliding with a runner
who was putting in his best licks for the
home base. Bailey is a lively player
and a clever boy, aud tho accident was
greatly regretted by all who saw it, and
especially by the club. A subscription
was immediately gotten up among tho
members of the club to defray his medi
cal expenses. We are glad to know
that the broken arm is getting on very
well.
PROF. TYNDALL’S WARNING.
In concluding an address to the students of
University College (London) Prof. Tyndall, who
is unquestionably one of the most indefatigable
brain worke: s of our century, said, take care
of your health. Imagine Hercules as an oars
man in a rotten boat; what can he do there but
by the very force of his stroke expedite the ruin
of his craft. Take care of the timbers of your
boat.” The distinguished scientist’s advice is
equally valuable to all workers. Wo are apt to
devote all our energies on wielding the ours,
our strokes fall firm and fast, but few of us ex
amine*or even think of the condition of our
boats until the broken or rotten timbers sudden
ly give way and we find ourselves the victims of
a calamity which could have been easily avoided
by a little forethought. What began with a
slight fracture, or perhaps even a carcles expos
ure to disorganizing influences, ends in the com
plete wreck of the life-boat. The disease which
begau with a slight headacue or an undue ex
posure to cold terminates in death, unless its
progress be checked, and the disease remedied.
The first symptoms, the heralds of disease, give
no indication of the strength of the on-coming
foe. and the victim trusts that his old ally, Na
ture, will exterminate the invader. But|discase
is an old general and accomplishes his most im
portant movements in the night-time, and some
bright morning finds him in possession of one
ot the strongest fortifications ; and when he has
once gained a stronghold in the system Nature
ignominiously turns traitor and secretly delivers
up the whole physical armory to the invader.
Like the wily politician,Nature is always on the
strongest side, and the only way to insure her
support is to keep your vital powers in the as
cendant Keep your strongest forts—the stom
ach and liver—well guarded. Do not let the
fje enter the arterial highways, for he will sle.il
or destroy your richest merchandise and impov
erish your kingdom. To repulse the attacks of
the foe yon can find no better ammunition than
Dr Pierce’s Family medicines. (Full directions
accompany each package.) His Purgative Pel
lets are especially effective in defending the
stomach and liver. His Golden Medical Discov
ery for purifying the blood and arresting coughs
and colds. If you wish to become familiar with
tiie most approved system of defense in this
warfare, and the history of the foe’s method of
invasion, together with the complete instruc
tions for keeping your forces in martial order in
time of peace, you can find no better manual of
these tactics than “The People’s Common .Sense
Medical Adviser,” by R. Y. Pierce, M. D., of the
World’s Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y. Sent to any
address on receipt of $1.50. It contains over
nine hundred pages, illustrated by two hundred
and eighty-two engravings and colored plates,
and elegantly bound in cloth and gilt.
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Lecture Next Wednesday.
We Lave but spaco this morning to
call attention to the announcement of
a lecture in Elberton next week by
Dr. Henry F. Andrews, of Washington.
Dr. Andrews is an accomplished gen
tleman, and although no professional
lecturer, we are confident of his ability
to agreeably entertain an audience, and
make them the better for having heard
him.
Millinery.— Mrs. W. H. Harper is
pleased to announce to her manyjfriends
that she is now receiving her goods, and
invites her former patrons and friends
to call and inspect them. She is fully
prepared to fill all orders for Millinery
to suit every taste.
Three of the Crawford rioters were
captured in Atlanta last week, including
Luke Johnson, the ringleader.
MAATiLOIU
ENTERTAINMENT.
ON NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 18th
inst.,
DR. HENRY F. ANDREWS
Will give an entertainment at the Elberton Male
Academy, to consist of Readings and Character
Delineations, with some remarks on Reading
and Oratory.
Doors open at half-past 7 o’clock—entertain
ment will begin at 8 precisely.
Admission 50 cents ; Children under 14 years
of age 25 et 11 ., and all children in attendance
upon any of the schools in the town or county,
regardless of age, 25 cts.
30th Senatorial District.
COL. JOHN T. OSBORN, of Elbert will ad
dress the people in behalf of the Constitutional
Convention at—
Ruckersville. May IG, ’77 3 p. m
Elberton 17 night
Flatwoods Academy.... 19, 3 p. m
Gloer’s Store 21, night
Mill Shoal Church 22, lOa.m
Fort Lamar 22, night
Danielsville 23, lla.m
Diamond Hill 23, night
Paoli 24, lla.m
The Glade 24, night
Lexington 25, lla.m
Bowling Green 26 10a.m
Crawford 26, night
