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' 'nr,.Hide savs that Col. Alston, of
rtJtf-to—nt a note to Col. E. Y.
“ e of the Constitution, demanding of
Clar ^ absolute and unconditional re-
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^ted that there must he either a square,
^retraction, a manifest backdown, or a
1 The Methodist Church at Valdosta has
jaetrhelfrv.
i Muscogee county sliot-gun responded
to the playfulness of a negro hoy the
ether day witl ‘ fatal e£fect ’
K p te county man witnessed a novelty
ik other uight-au eclipse of the moon
t down in the almanacs.
“ Tlie president of the North and South
railroad is in New York negotiating for
•lie completion of that road in a manner
u will relieve the State of all further
embarrassment in the matter.
The planters of Lowndes county sell
corn at from eighty cents to one dollar a
bushel.
1 difficulty between a bear and a dog
•. ()U the programme of amusements in
Columbus.
The Macon Telegraph of Sunday con
tains a poem by Mr. A. B. Watson, the
city editor of that paper, entitled “The
Jamaica, a Flower Apologue.” Few
urse-huilders in this country handle
rhymes more skillfully than Watson, and
the poem alluded to is one of the neatest
things of its kind we have ever seen.
V St. Mary’s correspondent of -the At
lanta Constitution- says that when Gen.
.Joseph E. Jolmston builds his canal from
the Alapaha to the St. JIary’s river, St.
llarv's will become the heaviest timber
Eil lumber depot in Georgia, and perhaps
in the South. It will open to market a
very large area of heavily timbered pine
W.
The wheat prospect in Morgan county
ire very flattering.
A mysterious author, who signs himself
holds high revel in the columns of
theLaGrange Reporter.
The Macon Telegraph says that the
political disabilities of CoL Tom Harde
man, of Mneon, have been removed. This
is not our impression. The agent of the
Associated Press telegraphed a few nights
ago that the Senate Judiciary Committee
made an adverse report on the bill, hut
wing to the efforts of General Gordon,
tiros placed upon the calendar. How-
iver, we trust the information of the
Telegraph is reliable.
An insane white woman is circulating
iround Milledgeville. She says she owns
lie capitol buildings.
Col. F. M. Harper, of Dawson, is dead,
le was one of the most prominent citi-
eus of Southwest Georgia.
A storehouse in Chattahoochee county
;as washed away by tlio recent freshet.
The Macon Telegraph has been inter-
fewing Mr. Thos. H. Willingham, one
f the most successful planters in South
western Georgia. He has been engaged
derisively in farming since the war, and
till sticks to it on as large a scale as ever,
ad is not running around hunting “ex-
epticnaies” to enable him to proceed
1th his operations. Mr. Willingham
his year plants three thousand acres of
am and two thousand acre3 of cotton. A
entleman who was at his residence a few
ays says Mr. Willingham is surronneed
f Ml the comforts of a Georgia home!
lid cribs are idled with corn-—which he
used—his smokc-liouso is stocked with
ome-made bacon, he has a hundred
lules, a thrifty liock of sheep, including
arty lambs, plenty of hogs to make his
ifat nest year, tine cows and plenty of
ijlk and butter produced at home ; and
,:l it is said Georgia farmers are hard
m—corn and meat from the West are so
'pensive. Bah! let the growlers take a
■son from Mr. Willingham,
lieutenant Henry B. Holt, of Augusta,
as wounded in the head at the battle of
iiickauiauga. It healed, but he suhse-
uently became subject to epilectic con
cisions which finally grow insupportable,
n d he concluded to have an operation
’-■donned. The Chronicle says that Dr.
'eSaussure Ford warned him .that tre-
Mnint; was a very dangerous operation,
ieutenant Holt replied that he wished it
^formed nevertheless, as he would
ffher die than suffer any longer as he
•si been doing. On last Wednesday Dr.
®d performed .the operation, which was
’imnenced at half-past twelve and con-
■ ‘led at half-past oue o’clock. A piece
■ the skull, one inch in diameter,
taken out just above the old
r eimd, an ‘ instrument called- the
Ttphine being used in the opera-
ou - The .lower side of this piece
^ced the top and ragged edge of the
stored bomb Underneath this piece,
3 Bering to it, was a spiculum of
” ' which pressed upon the brain and
the convulsions. The operation
^completely successful. Lieut. Holt
t *°' u S 'veil on Friday. Several other
“Scons were present and witnessed the
k-ration, which was performed by Dr.
° a ' oae > and which is said by those
t° have been ona’of the most
n the annals of surgery. It cer-
flects great credit upon Dr. Ford,
he fourth operation of the same
[formed by that surgeon, the
three other parties having been
ffly trepanned by him. ^
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1874.
■rimmrnm,
MILLIONS OF vCifllS
RICH FARM IN LANDS
Iff >KHRA- \
NOW FOR SALE Vi V CHEAP.
Ten Years Credit—Interest ty Six pe r cent.
Descriptive
^wbl ectlonal Map?,
THE BLACKSHEAR HORROR.
Some Interesting’ Facts in Connection
Wltli the Murder.
THE EVIDENCE UPON WHICH K. W.
CARPENTER WAS COMMITTED.
A Diagram of the Place at Asaaaaioation
and Vicinity.
On Thursday last a reporter of the
Mobnino News obtained an interview
with R. W. Carpenter, the alleged as
sassin of young Walter L, Cole. In the
course of that interview Carpenter en
deavored to impress the reporter with, the
idea that a very lively prejudice existed
against him in Blackshear, ’ and that the
grounds upon which this prejudice was
based were wholly disconnected with his
supposed complicity in the crime for
which he was committed to jail. This
was embodied in the report of the inter
view published in our edition of Friday.
Since tliaf time we have been put in
possession of
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
which would seem to still more closely
connect Carpenter with the startling
crime for which he is to be put upon
trial. We have also received a communi
cation from Blackshear signed, severally,by
A. M. Moore, Mayor, Messrs. D. E. Knolea,
A. N. Smith, D. P. Patterson, Jeptha L.
Milton and Henry J. Smith, M. D., in
which they explicitly deny that the ar
rest of Carpenter is the result of any
personal antipathy or prejudice. These
gentlemen, over their own proper signa
tures, review and restate the evidence
upon which Carpenter was com
mitted to jail, and show conclusively that
no other feeling, save a desire to bring
the perpetrator of the foul murder to jus
tice, actuated the citizens of Blackshear
in the steps which they took to trace the
criminal. Such a disavowal in view of
the evidence herewith upended, was
scarcely necessary, and we allude to it
here simply as bearing upon this
E XT r. A o P. I) IN All Y CASE.
The following diagram may enable the
reader to more thoroughly understand
and appreciate the full force of the nar
rative which follows:
relation thereto. When Cole reached the
young lady’s house, he went in and chat-
ted a few minutes. While there his man
ner attracted the attention of the house
hold. He was exceedingly nervous and
restless. He arose to go three times, and
each time reseated himself. Finally, with
an effort, he pulled out his watch and
said he must go, though now, of all other
times, he felt reluctant to do so, and then,
as if with
A PBEMONITION OF THE FIENDISH DEED,
so soon to be committed, he announced
to her that Carpenter, his uncle, was his
deadly enemy, and the only one he had
in the world. All the actions of. the
young man, while in the presence of her
beloved, goto show that he had a present
ment of the horrible fate that was hang
ing over Jum. The young iady was her
self influenced by his fears, and she begged
him not to go alone if he had thoughts
of harm. In the tone of one who had a
duty to perform, however great the risk,
he replied, “I must go.” As he left the
•young lady’s presence, he showed her his
.watch, and she noted that it was half
past eleven o’clock. When with the
young lady Cole wore a light colored easi-
mere coat and. a light hat. He went to
his store, changed his coat and hat—wak
ing his younger brother in doing so—and
went out again. About one o’clock a. m.,
THE SODDEN ITEING OF A GUN,
followed by the noise of a severe struggle,
attracted the attention of several col
ored families living near the scene of
the murder. Then there were cries
of “ Oh, Lord! ” several times re
peated, followed by an emphatic com
mand to “stand!” or “stand still!” then
another shot, with a gurgling sound,
growing fainter and fainter and finally
ceasing altogether. Next morning, on
going to the spot where the noises had
been heard, the negroes found young Cole
lying on his back dead, about seventy-five
yards in front and west Of Felix Robin,
son’s house. He was lying on the grass
and not in the road as has been stated.
His hat was placed carefully over his face,
and his coat was carefully buttoned,
hiding his shirt from view. There was
NO SUSPICION OF CABPENTEB.
No one felt that he could have committed
such a dreadful deed. It was thought
by all that. Cole was killed by some
one in a spirit of revenge for some real
or imaginary wrong: but every citizen
felt it to be his duty to investigate the
matter carefully, thoroughly, and impar.
tially. Carpenter was consulted, and his
advice was to let
after the war. Shortly afterwards,
Captain Brunt, who had previously known
Carpenter, also came to the village.
Brunt was subsequently murdered by
unknown —parties, a 11 efforts to
discover the perpetrator failed. It
is' the impression now that Carpen
ter had been a penitentiary convict,
and that this was known to Brunt. Car
penter, at this time was a candidate for
the Georgia Legislature, and it is sup
posed that in order to '
. BUBT HIS SECBET, .
he either murdered Brunt or caused him
to be murdered. It is thought that Cole
was aware that his unde had been a con
vict, mid that he was also cognizant of
the killing of Brunt. If this is true, it
was. unfortunate for him that he was,
perhaps, the» unwilling depository of.
those. unhappy secrets. All this, how
ever, is mere surmise, and we give it as
such.
BY TELEGRAPH
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
RIOTEKS.
Tlie Militia in Quiet Possession of the
Erie Shops.
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1—Carpenter’s house. 2—Street. 3—Pine woods. 4—Spot where the body of Cole was found,
75 yards trorn Felix Robii.son’s house and 280 yards from Carpenter’s house. 5—House of Charles
Jones, colored, witness who heard the struggling. 6—Street leading to Carpenters store from the
woods. 7—Street. 8— 1 The dwelling where Cole was visiting untill l:30p. m. 9—Street
Court House. 10—Vacant lot. 11—House of Felix Robins n, colored, witness who heard
fired. 12—House on R4Jroad street opposite Jones’* house. 13—House of
Cole is said to have been decoyed by Carpenter. 14—Railroad street. 15—Ji
1C—Hotel. 17.—House of witness who heard the struggling. 18—The store
less who neara me gun
: the woman near where
Judge Greenleaf'a house,
e oiWalter L. Cole. V
A year or so ago, Walter L. Cole, the
murdered man, was engaged in business
in Blackshear with his uncle, Robert W.
Carpenter, the firm name being W. L.
Cole & Co. It is presumed that the
Somewhat indefinite word “Co.” hid the
identity of Carpenter, who was, at that
time, the real owner of the business. He
was unusually rough in his manner to
young Cole, and
EXCEEDINGLY EXACTING,
THE ATEOCIOUS. OCCUBEENCE
go by as quietly as possible. He inti
mated that Cole had, through indiscre
tion, brought his fate upon himself- by
arousing the jealousy of some of the ne
groes, and that the revelations of those
indiscretions that would follow an investi
gation would only add to the murdered
man’s shame. When a citizen suggested
that every gun in the village be seized for
examination, Carpenter objected on the
He said that Cole was now dead and all
that could be done would not bring him
to life, repeating that his nephew had
brought it on himself. Notwithstanding
this advice many of the guns in ’ the vil-
! gun J
then loaded with bird-shot.
The stock
so much so, indeed, as to attract the at- ^
tontion of nearly every one m the village.
They soon dissolved partnership, with
the understanding, it is believed, that
Cole was to leave the place. In
stead of leaving, however, the
man
the £ . .
having gone into partnership with J. G.
S. Patterson. This new firm existed but , , , ■
a short while, Cole continuing in busi- j was cracked, and there were many
ness under his own name, and, as it was j blood-marks on the barrel ;
generally supposed, with great success. •, and dirt in the crevices; the recently
It is known that Cole’s resumption of I exploded cap in the bummer of the lock;
business in Blackshear, subsequent to I the inside of the barrel fresh with burnt
the dissolution of his partnership with . powder; the screw-hole in the end of the
Carpenter, caused the ^ latter to be ex- stock filled with blood and hair, the latter
ceedingly angry, and it is also well known the exact counterpart of Cole’s, and blc
that he endeavored to injure Cole’s credit - -
with parties frem whom the young mer
chant was purchasing his goods. Some
of these letters subsequently came into
Cole’s possession and he showed them
to some of his friends, remarking at the
same time that if Carpenter continued to
annoy him, he would be under the ne
cessity of divulging facts in Carpenter’s
history that would
bring him to the gallows.
Some weeks ago, Carpenter borrowed
nine hundred dollars from young Cole,
and shortly thereafter carried his wife,
whoIs an invalid, to her relatives in South
Carolina. On his return he dismissed his
servant, and, as it is not known that be
procured his meals away from home, it is
presumed he did his own cooking. Bight
here he seems to have begun in earnest
to carry out the bloody tragedy which be
was plotting. Not many days after his
S turn he requested Cole to accompany
m on an expedition to arrest some par
ties who, according to his account, in
tended to break into some one’s premises.
On another occasion, Carpenter proposed
that they should go ttf arrest some bur
glars who intended to rob the mill-house
of Messrs. Johnson & Lee. On still an
other occasion, Cole was to meet Carpen
ter in
>xess in Illinois.—Saline coun-
troubled by an organized gang
• who are committing outrages
)u rg and the neighborhood,
orders have recently beemcom-
a mas ked men, and a
robberies have also been com-
hfc circuit clerk’s office was
means of false keys, and a large
oney stolen. This is the third
^ been entered. Wed-
! t the county clerk’s office was
8ei I eilt y indictments; princi-
“‘saloon-keepers, were stolen.
iew-bv 0Urt *i. bur 6 lar y of the
’ a short time. During
h ‘One murder and two
nave been reported.— St. Louis
* 25.
THE DEAD HOUB8 OF NIGHT
at a very secluded spot near Dr. Smith’s
plantation, but for what purpose was
never clearly understood. Cole consulted
his friend, Mr. Patterson, in regard to
this proposal of Carpenter’s, and Mr.
Patterson advised him not to go. Once
Cole was asked if he was not afraid to ac
company Carpenter on these solitary ex
peditions. He said he was not; that his
uncle always carried his double-barrel gun,
and he (Cole) had his pistol Taking into
consideration the fact that Carpenter de
sired his nephew to keep these extraor
dinary patrol movements
A PBOFOUND SECBET,
and remembering various other occur
rences in connection therewith, much
that was. mysterious at the time has been
made clear by the dastardly assassination
of the unfortunate young man. On Sun
day night—the night so fatal to Walter
Cole—Carpenter attended church. This
pressed his surprise to a friend who was
sitting near him. Upon -the conclusion
of services, Cole accompanied a young
lady home. He was engaged to be mar
ried to this lady, and
THE CONTEMPLATED MARRIAGE
waB- bitterly opposed by Carpen
ter, though ■ it is not known
upon what grounds. The two men had
lently discussed the subject, and upon
me or two oecasipM ll’Ml m fifljj words in
stock ....
the exact counterpart of Cole’s, am
under the iron plate on the end of
stock. Carpenter was thereupon
and his house searched. The , shoes he
wore at church, the thick new soles of
which had attracted the attention of a
party who sat near him, were found in
the cellar. The pants he wore on the
same occasion were found in the loft of
his kitchen with blood-stains on them. In
a tub of water were found bloody cloths
and a handkerchief with all the appear
ance of blood, dirt and powder-stains.
Carpenter denied having any buck-shot
in his house and said he had had nothing
of the kind for months. The shot cut
from the body of the murdered man,
however, were of the size of the
BUCK-SHOT FOUND IN CARPENTERS’s HOUSE,
wrapped in a piece of brown paper placed
in a bucket under some dishes in his
closet. The brown paper in which these
buck-shot were wrapped corresponded in
texture to the wadding found on the
ground and extracted from the wound of
Cole, and both paper and shot had on ap
pearance of newness. One of the slats of
Carpenter’s gate had blood marks on it,
showing the print of a man’s finger. The
pockets of the pantaloons that were found
in the kitchen loft contained '—
as though
A BLOODY HAND
had been inserted therein. Carpenter
was known to carry a large, new knife
with which he trimmed his vineyard and
orchard. This knife cannot he found.
These are the facts upon which he was
arrested and committed. The citizens of
TUneVuTiflar have never entertained an idea
of molesting him. The jail there is not
only badly ventilated, but unsafe, and it
was thought best that he should be
brought to Savannah for safe keeping. It
is generally believed in Blackshear that
Carpenter decoyed Cole near the house of
A NEGRO WOMAN OF ILL-REPUTE •
for the purpose of giving color to the in
timations which he subsequently made in
regard to the developments that would be
made if the facts were investigated. It
will be seen that the evidence, of which
we have given a tolerably clear summary,
was at least sufficient to warrant the com
mitment of Carpenter. TVhat other de
velopments may be made in this most
atrocious and dastardly assassination, ft
is impossible to say, but it is to be hoped
that the guilty party,--whoever he may 1
be, may have swift and sure justice meted
out to him. ’ *
CABPENTEB’s SECBET.
Since writing the foregoing, we find in
the Valdosta Times some information
PROGRESS OF THE TEMPER A XCE MOTE-
HEST IX XEW YORK.
KEV’tEW OF THE A.SHANTEE TROOPS.
Escape of Henri Rochefort into New South
Wales.
THE ERIE BAILBOAD TROUBLES.
Susquehanna Depot, March 30, 7:15 A.
m.—One thousand more troops from Phil
adelphia have reached Carbondale, en
route for this place, and are expected
to arrive here about half-past nine o’clock
this morning. If thfe strikers at their
meeting at eight o’clock this morning de
cline the propositions made them by the
company, the sheriff will at once resort
to force.
Ikl5 a. m.—The strikers have met and
voted on Vice President Clark’s proposi
tions, almost unanimously rejecting them.
The vote was—nays 47C, yeas 112.
!):35.—Vice President Clark has met a
committee of the strikers and refused to
make any further concessions. The mili
tary will now be called upon to protect
ihe road, as the company intend to start
trains of all kinds.
11:30.—The strikers are being paid off
in small squads, which are admitted in
side the lines of the military to receive
their pay, and are then escorted beyond
the lines, when another squad is admitted.
The freight trains will be moved in about
thirty minutes under protection of the
military. No attempt has yet been made
to resist the troops.
THE TEMPEBANCE CBUSADE.
New Yobk, March 30.—The men and
women enlisted in the temperance caust^
f athered in the churches in this city and
irooklyn yesterday, and made their pray
er offerings in the presence of large con
gregations. In Brooklyn, three routes
have been laid out for the special work of
visiting saloons. The temperance work
is found to be far more extensive and
complicated than was anticipated, and the
visitors are not discouraged.
Masked robbers last night entered a
house in Jersey City, in which dwells the
watchman of Densmith & Brothers’ jew
elry manufactory, threw him to the floor,
bound and gagged him, and because he
would not give them the keys of the factory
Which he did not have, they piled about
him bedding saturated with oil and set it
on fire. The watchman succeeded in
freeing himself and escaping from the
flames, but the house was burned.
POBEIGN NOTES.
London,,March.30.—The Queen reviews
the Ashantee troops and feeds them.
General Wolseley gets a baronetcy and
the garter. #
Serrano’s losses before Bilbao
comparatively enormous. Two Colonels
were killed, General Primo de Bivero
mortally wounded, and General Lomas se
verely wounded.
Livingstone’s remains have arrived at
Suez. He died of chronic dysentery.
The Wanderer, from Darien, is aground.
THE ASHANTEE VETEBAN8.
| London, March 30.—There was an im
mense crowd of people in Windsor Park
to-day to witness the review of the troops
of the Ashantee expedition. Gen. Sir
Garnet Wolseley was in command. The
review took place in presence of the
Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Cambridge and Prince Arthur. The
weather is fine.
ESCAPE OP COMMUNISTS.
Pabis, March 30.—The report that
Henri Rochefort and Paschal Grousset
have escaped from the Penal Colony -at
New Caledonia is confirmed. A dispatch
from Melbourne, of to-day’s date, says
they, with Gourde and Balliere, and two
other convicts, have arrived at New Castle,
New South Wales.
Attempt of Stbikebs to Blow Up the
Indianapolis Rolling-Mill.—The bar
mill and muck roll hands at the Capital
City Rolling-Mill, about fifteen in number,
struck Saturday for the old scale of prices.
These men had replaced the strikers who
abandoned the works some several
.ve ac-
. Grantism Declining,
There is some comfort m the reflection
that a fourth part of the President’s
The 'con
second
expire^.. Tlie country
is at least one year nearer to'thd end qf
Grantism, and of the evils which'it has
inflicted.’on the -public service, "imd of
the pernicious example which has
moralized all connected
tration of affairs,
Since Hhe foundation *
went tftre has been no’
extravagance, corruptio-
sumptiou of power, pra
tempt of public opinion n<
The Shepherds, Caseys'Ja,
Sanborns, and such like;'"who
quired the worst notoriety, are
ter spirits at the White Hofise. ;" ,
Propriety is discarded, good j&jthjiroi.
scribed, principle ’ruoi-ked at, and even
common decency turned Of' doors to
make Bhig rule more .remunerative and
complete. Jobbers and desperate fidven-
turers without character or credit nre the
boon companions of the President of the
United States, enjoying Ills coi
From Casey at New Orleans to Simmons
-at
deliberate outrage and prostitution of the
appointing power to selfish purposes. The
President has treated the patronage as a
personal perquisite, and selected his offi
cials in flagrant defiance of the civil ser
vice rules, which he himself approvedand
pretended to accept as a guide.
The pledges made by the Philadelphia
Convention which renominated General
Grant have been trampled under foot,
while every other promise of reform osten
tatiously paraded in messages has shared
a similar fate. Beckless waste and shame
less larceny are visible in every depart
ment, beginning with the extras expend
ed for the White House, and the violation
of law in employing enlisted soldiers for
the menial service of the President, to
save servants’ wages.
General Grant has grown rich in office,
and in that respect he is the solitary ex
ception to a line of honorable preaeces-
His name has been openly asso-
bearingupon
threatened to divulge,
_ which
serted would bring his uncle to the gal
lows. The information is to the effect
that Carpenter came to Blackshear soon
ago on account of a redaction of wages to
the Pittsburg scale. Their places were
in turn filled bn Monday by a gang of
colored men brought here from the iron
works of Brazil. Shortly after midnight
yesterday the fires were started under the
boilers at the mill for the commencement
of operations at 3 o’clock in the morning,
the usual hour for beginning work for the
day. In anticipation tf trouble with the
strikers, a detachment of police were on
hand to assist in quelling any outbreak
on their part. The engineer arrived be
tween two- and three o’clock, and upon
testing his guages found that there was
“ttle or no water in the boilers, which are
liree in number, each thirty feet in
length. He was about to start his
pumps when his attention was attracted
by a strong stench of burned iron aod
the appearance of red heat at places on
the boilers The fires were at once
quenched and the boilers allowed to cool,
when it was found they had been tapped
and were perfectly dry. Had he started
his pumps a terrific explosion would
have been the'resuli, to the total destruc
tion of the mill, and the killing of most,
if not all, of lie men within it.
The boileis were soon plugged, the fires
rebuilt and the.mill started. At the hour
of noon, while the rolls were idle, some
graceless scamp, doubtless one of the
strikers, inserted a chunk of iron in the
cogs of the machinery. The obstruction
not detected, and when work was
resumed, it broke out a number of seg
ments, disabling onesetof rolls and doing
damage to the amount of several hun
dreds of dollazs. The strikers are not
connected with the Union. If the above
outrages can be- fastened upon them they
should be vigorously punished. The mill
is now under guard of a detail of police.
Indianapolis Journal, March 25.
The French town of .Issoudun boasts
of the most wonderful lusus natural of
the age. It is a young girl, fourteen
years old, whose body, ■ from the Waist
downward, is double, and presents two
parts acting independently of each other.
The two legs she uses for walking be
long each to a different trunk, whilst a
third one is quite insensible to pain. She
enjoys goodhealth.
A pickpocket recently arrested in Bo-
•hester defended himseif by saying that
was only searching the man’s pocket
for proof of fruads against the Govern
ment.
ciated with speculations of the ring at
Washington, like the Seneca Sand Stoue
Company, of which Hemy D. Cooke was
the chief promoter, and the stock of
which was distributed freely among high
officials and members of Congress to con-
quor their prejudices.
Free institutions have suffered more
discredit during the last five years from.
Grantism than from all other causes com
bined. The Kepublicau movement in
Europe has been set back by the glowing
illustrations of corruption which have
disfigured the national name abroad, and
which were felt so deeply in the recent
elections in England as an influence
against the advance of liberal ideas.
At home, where the facts are more
familiar, and gross venality is audaciously
flaunted before the public gaze, as if this
degrading vice was something to be proud
of, a strong sentiment of indignation is
roused in every direction. The people
see the dignity of the Chief Magistracy
lowered, and the influence of that great
office converted into a source of profit or
abused to uphold unworthy favorites.
Their pride is wounded and their resent
ment is provoked.
Only recently the President nominated
one of his worst syepphants for tho office
of Chief Justice, and refused to withdraw
the nomination when informed by the
Judiciary Committee that the gravest
charges against the integrity of George H.
Williams had been established by the
clearest proof. He yielded only when
Williams made the request, with rejec
tion staring him in the face, with a cer
tainty of exposure.
The man thus arraigned before the Sen
ate and notoriously defiled with corrup
tion is not only'allowed to retain his
place as Attorney General, and to advise
on the most important questions, but he
is known to be the peculiar confidant- of
the President and the member of the
Cabinet, who, of all others, stands near
est to his regard. There are reasons why
he dare not dismiss him, which aggravate
the offence of the President.
Instead of repudiating him, as was
done in the case of Andrew Johuson, and
cutting lose from all responsibility for his
misdeeds, the Republican.party, in and
out of Congress, has hitherto shouldered
Gen. Grant, assumed to defend his acts,
to justify his nepotism, and to condone
his crimes and misdemeanors against the
Constitution anil the best interests of the
country.
As a necessary consequence of this
mistaken policy, unless it is soon aban
doned, both the party and the President
must go down together. They are
doomed to a common fate. There is no
resurrection for either; and hence it is
that we hail with satisfaction the end of
the first year of the last term of one who
has compromised whatever reputation he
brought into the Presidency, made job
bery a matter of policy, consorted with
plunderers, and is now universally recog
nized as a friend and patron of the most
corrupt rings.—JV. T. Sun.
(SootljS.
, LATHBOP «& CO.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINK ASSORTMENT OF
NEW SPRINGS <^OOI>S,
.-• ^ ■t.iV' -I-pee Jl.TltL . L .j! y 13 - ,,-y -
A DAPTED TO THE PRESENT AND COMING SEASON, tc which they invite inspection,
^V.i consisting, in part,'of the following: ... . ,.
Japanese POPLINS; CarneTs Hair ALPACAS; CANTON Cj.OTBSf ‘
JACONETS; TISSUES; LENOS; LAWNS; PERCALES;
Shitting PRINTS; Dress PRINTS; MOHAIKS; CRETONNES; . .
Printed JACONETS; ORGANDIES; Block SILKS; Colored CHAIXIES; , ,
Salerno's Black GRENADINES; BYZANTINE; MOUSSUNE DELAINES, Ac.
mhto-tf .;.' - - * *-- - ’
DeWITT, MORGAN & CO.
TNViTE THE..
1 GOODS, J
OF LADIES TO THEIR ^JEW AND, • ELEGANT STOCK OF
;SILKS* and'SummerDRES8 SILKS;
New Style Colored
Llama Laci
_nwmaj
- — „ 1 Linen LAWNS; MidraaS
ice SHAWLS
Summer SHAWLS; k ,
A Splendid Lot of PARASOLS, with Chatelaiiia; White Silk PARASOLS, with LaceCoVera;
. Ladiee’ SflRUMBRELLASi SofE^tHBGNHt NeckTIKS: Slack Trimming LAC' AfAc. .
130 CONGRESS STREET.
mh30=tf ■ 1 "“ ” - ’ ' ’ ~
aiice
Better than Five per Cent, a Month.
& CO.’S,
AND PURCHASE YOUR
Blankets,
Shawls,
Cloaks,
Worsted Dress Goods,
Undershirts,
Cassimercs,
Flannels, &c., &c., &c., &c.,
WHICH ARE OFFERED FOR TWO WEEKS, TO CLOSE OUT THEIR RETAIL STOCK,
A.T GREAT BA.EQA.IlSr8.
EINSTEIN, ECKMAN & CO.
mh24-tf
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
jomr y. Dixon <& co.,
132 Broughton Street,
.Are offerin'* the following
SPECIAL BARGAINS from AUCTION:
W HITE BRILLTANTE at 20 and 25 cents, worth 35 and 40 cents;
PLAIN and STRIPED SWISS at 20 and 25 cents, worth 30 and 40 cents;
INDIA TWILLS and NAINSOOKS at 18 and 20 cents, worth 25 and 30 cents;
LINEN DRILLS and COATINGS at 20 and 25 cents, worth 30 and 40 cents;
SCOTCH and DOMESTIC GINGHAMS at 12» cents, very cheap;
Wide BLEACHED and BROWN SHEETINGS at 35 cents, wrath 50 cento;
Heavy BROWN SHIRTING, IS yards for $1, good value;
SEA ISLAND “ 10 cents, very cheap;
4-1 BLEACHED “ 10 cents and upwards.
We have just received 25 dozen Ladles’Black and Colored
worth 1150.
mii!9 —
KTD GLOVES (two button) at tl per pair,
JOHN Y. DIXON <& CO.,
132 Broughton street.
JU’il (Soofls.
The YVest and South.
For the first time since the war the
West and the Sonth went into coalition
lost Monday on the question of an in
crease of currency, and laid their oppo
nents out as cold as a wedge. Party dis
cipline was broken Hke a shivered lance,
and the allies fought under the lead, of
Beck, a Kentucky Democrat, 114 Western-
Republicans turning their back on Dawes,,
tlie Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, and uniting with fifty-two
Southern Democrats to put him to flight.
The question was, in its general as
pects, a sectional oae. The West and the
South are in debt, while the East and
Middle hold their obligations. These
obligations may have been meurred in a
currency worth anywhere between forty.
and eighty cents in the dollar, but which
by steady contraction is now nearly ab
par. The alternative presented was to
continue the contraction and bring the
currency and the debts to a gold basis..
Doubtless it is important to reach a
specie basis, but naturally both sections
felt the occasion to be inopportune in’ re
spect to themselves. It was a point which
they were obliged to consider to some-ex
tent in its bearing npon their own in
terests. If the currency were really -re
dundant, so as to endanger rapid deprecia
tion and great fluctuations in valn6. the
case might have turned upon -strictly
financial principles. But the country is
already cramped for currency. When
ever business is active there is insufficient
to move the crops, and the scheme to
force it np to a par with our meagre sup
ply of gold and silver can only be wrought
out with intense suffering to the debtor,
while it may well swell the purchasing
power of financial hoards to double even
its present purchasing value.
(xray, O’Brien & Co.,
No. 117 Broughton Street,
nAVE RECEIVED
Rich Black Dress Silks
I .NROM AUCTION, very Choice Goods, which
they are offering at innch less than regular
prices for Silks of same qualities.
Colored Fignred FOULARD SILKS, new spring
styles, and very elegant goods.
Rich JAPANESE SILKS, plain and figured.
Black Iron GRENADINES—A fall stock of
these goods, of the best French manufactures, in
a variety of qualities—both plain and striped.
Handsome Japanese POPLINS, spring styles,
from 25 cents per yard upwards.
75 pieces Printed LAWNS, new styles.
150 pioceH Black ALPACAS, from 25 cents per
yard upwards.
Handsome Black BRTLLIANTINES, silk lustre
and superior qfutlitiet*.
Black PA1USIEXNE, an elegant article for
Deep Mourning, suitable for spring. and summer
wear.
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas.
We have just received a fresh invoice, new and
elegant In style, and selected with a view to dura
bility.
Ladies* 1IOSIERY.—We are now offering special
bargains in the better quAlitics of White Cotton
HOSIERY, having purchased a huge lot much
below market value from a retiring New York
house. . .. .l :
Ladies’ Corded Bordored HANDKERCHIEFS,
warranted nil Linen, at $1.50 per dozen.
Ladies’ Hemstitched HANDKERCHIEFS, war
ranted all Linen, at $2 per dozen.
fforttmw.
Havana Lottery!
Tlie Great Extraordinary Drawing:
April 23d, 1874,
1,200,000 Dollars In Prizes. Only 16,000
Tickets. 1 Prize to every 7 Tickets.
1 Prize of 4500,000
1 Prize of .-. 100,000
1 Prize of 7. 50,000
2 Prizes of $25,000 each 50,000
4 Prizes of 10,000 each 40,000
12 Prizes of 5,000 each 50,000
2 Prizes of 1,000 each 2,000
473 Prizes of 500 each... 236,500
1601 Prizes, amounting to 161,500
Prices reduced. Circulars of information fur
nished free. Orders filled. Prizes cashed. Here
tofore the Capital Prizes in the Extraordinary
Drawings have been sold in this country.
TAYLOU & CO., Bankers,
11 Wall Street, New York.
mh24-Tn,Th,Salm
JO’
colon
KID GLOVES, in dark and light
at $1 per pair.
Ladies’. CUFFS and COLLARS, RUCHES,
Hamburg TRIMAHNGS.
RIBBONS, at very low prices.-
N Handsome MARSEILLES,
and other CJ L’XL'l’S.
HONEY COMB,
mhail-tf .
0fate Srcasront Retires.
pushed up
to high valuations. The farming interast
under this condition of tilings' is notori- 1
onsly prostrate all over the country, and
the policy of the capitalists and financiers
might drive it to desperation; and utter
ruin.
This is the condition of affairs which
has resulted in a grand coalition between
the great producing sections on the cur-
rency question. But it Will not end here;
That whole fabric of class and sectional
legislation, by which manufacturing in- —
terestsride rough-shod over the farmer, 'IWtifiedthat^
is bound to pass nnder a review of’the
same coalition. It is the only practica
ble way in which the great agricultural'
interest of the United States cah protect
itself in Congressional legislation, and se-
eure a practical equality with’the Mother
industrial interests of the country; The
coalition of last Monday was 1 only fike oe^’
ginning of a grand movement for deliver
ance and liberty.—Macon Telegraph.
A young man, who left Brooklyn three
years ago to “go West and grow up,” has
just been heard from. He writes home
to his friends, from Idaho, saying that
the country is the most beautiful the sun
ever shone on, and the inhabitants the
most sociable lie ever met. Also, that he
expects to be hanged in about fourteen
days for stealing a mule.
Treasury of Georgia,
ATCANTA, March 14, 1874.
Holders of Over-Due Bonds
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
A RE hcreih notified that the Bonds must 1:e
presented for payment at the
State Treasury iu Atlanta,
Whereupon, if Genuine, .those payable in New
York, or elsewhere oat of the State of Dcorgia,
will bo:phid id Exchange on New York, if do*
sired, and those payable at the State Treasury or
elsewhere In Georgia, will be paid in currency hr
checks on Athens, Augusta, Columbus, Macon or
Savannah, as the bolder may prefer.
AU matured coupons of approved bonds of the
State of Georgia, wherever payable, will bd paid
on presentation at this Department, and all paya-
ble out of the State will be pai 1 on presentation
at the Fourth National Bank of New York.
No Interest on Over-Dne Bonds will be
Allowed
after the 3tst instant.
^ Express Charges to be paid by the owner of
By order of the Governor.
JOHN JONES, Treasurer.
mhl6-dtApl L
Treasury of Georgia,
ATLANTA, March 14, 1874;
Holders of the Change Bills
OF THE.
Western & Atlantic Railroad,
e and during the war, are hereby
they can present them for exanii-
nation at the State Treasury-on and after the
First Gay of April Next.
The-per$on / pre«mting them will be required to
accompwiy tbqm with tim fojlowing afflihreif,
GEORGIA, :—Li County.
I,: -IT-::;- of said county, do solemnly
herewith presented, amounting to. (Leave this
profit or speculation, ana that I have had
my. possession from and' after
.Itt-
, , or a£Ty otffir officer authorized to
administer oaths or take affirmations.
ilw
Missouri State Lottery!
Legalized l>y State Authority and Drawn in
PnbUc In Tonis.
GRAND SINGLE NUMBER SCHEME!
30,000 Numbers.
Class C, to be Drawn March 1, 1874.
3,880 miZES, AMOUNTING TO $300,000!
1 prize of .$50,000 500 prizes of.... $100
1 prize of 13,450 9 prizes of.... 1,000
1 prise of....... 10,000 9 prizes of.... 600
1 prize of 7.000 9 prizes of.,... 300
4 prizes of.... . 5,000 9 prizes of.... 250
4 prizes of.. 2,500 3C prizes of..200
20 prizes of 1,000 36 prizes of.... 150
20 prizes of....-..' 600 180 prizes of.... 100
40 prizes of. 250 5,000 prizes of.... 10
Tickets, $10; Half Tickets. $5; Quarters, $2 50.
Our Lotteries are chartered by the State, are al
ways drawn at the time named, and aH drawings
are under the supervision of sworn Commis
sioners.
The official drawing will be published in thr St.
Louis papers, and a copy of drawing sent to pur-
cliasers of tickets.
We will draw a similar scheme the fast day In
every month during the year 1874.
Remit at our risk by Rost Office Money Order,
Registered Letter, Draft or Express. Send for
Circular. Add ^j T f AYi MILLER &
P. O. Box 2,446. St. Lonis, Mo.
ffottiM licjs.
PRICES REDUCED
Iron < otton Ties.
THE PIONEER,
A handsome Illustrated Pap--. corcabling tlie
Homestead Law, mailed free :. all parts of the
world. Address <- F. DAVIS,
” ‘trtU.P.'K.R..
Oxxn a, Neu.
NEW YORK DAY-BOOK
! A Democratic! Whksxt. Established I860.; It
mmmm riTsodaL
. Address DAY-:
-BOOT
forfS.
UvNew
for $50!
FOURTH
jGrrand Gift Concert
FOIL jrnj!. BENEFIT, OF : THE
' Library Qf Keiituchy,
j )I4 Ou.M*u?eU31st,in.st.
^0,000 Tichets^ I2,000 «ifts.
LIST OF GIFTS.
....$25(700(1 I
.... 100,000
4- -«11. .cjy! J. -»,«•’
.... 25,000
17,500
100,000:1
tSi''.':-'-"-*
| 4*0Cash Gifts, SOOesch, :-..:-45,#l!0 ,
j 2S6Cssh Gifts, MO.each 50,000
SSSUisfiCWto; W0->aeh..85,500
amounting to $l,50fr,0©«
PT* The* Concert ahd Distribution of Gifts will
positively 'and unf quicoeo.ily take place on the day
" sed. whether all the tickets are sold, or not,
! 12,000 Gifts all paid in proportion to : thu ^
number of Tickets sold.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole
each coni
Send for <
I I SO'Cafh Gi€ ts * S‘0,0tK> cacli.
50 Cash ■
le Tickets, $50; ( Halves, $25; Tenths, oi
mpon, $5; Eleven Whole Tickets for $6#0,
>rcircular. ’
The time for the drawing is near at hand, and
persons intending to purchase tickets have do
time to lose.v
THO. E. miAM LETTE,
Agent Public Library of Kentucky, and Mana-t
:r Gift Concert, Public Library Bonding, Loais-
ville, Ky.
BOYS AND MIDDLE-AGE..
Trained for a Successful Start in Business Life.
a living, Make Mdney, and be-
il Citizens. Eastman
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., On-tlie-
Hudson, the only Institution devoted to this - es
pecially. Theold^stand odly practical Ccmnvw-
cial School, and only one providing situations for ,
Graduates.- Refers to-Patrons and Graduates in '
early every city and town. Applicants enter any
ay. Address for particulars and catalogue of
,000 graduates in burineis,. r
H. G. EASTMAN, £L. D.,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1 ' ,l
DO YOUR OWN PAINTING
i WTTTT TOE
Averill Chemical Paint !
WHITE
AND ALL THE FASHIONABLE SHADES, ,
OF PROPER CONSISTENCY FOR USE.
Are sold by the gallon at less price' than a gallon
of the best Lead and Oil can be mixed, and the.
Averill wears longer and is much handsomer..
Beautifnl sample card?, with whnf ihe owner* ‘
of the finest residences say of it, tyjrnjohed free
by dealers Generally, or by the
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT
32 Bur linn Slip, Ji. Y.
WOOD’S
HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE,
Tlie Best Dollar Monthly. .
»1K a day made by canvassing foi
) A O this Magazine—now in its 14t!r
volume—with Chroma,
The Yosemite Talley,
14x20 inches, in 17 Oil Colors.
Magazine, 1 year, with Mounted Chromo....S2 0/
Magazine, 1 year, with Unmounted Chromo. 1 5:>
Magazine,alone, lyear. 1 00
Examine our Clubbing and Premium lists.
TVro Firac-class Periodicals for the price .
of one. We solicit Experienced Canvassers
and others to send at once foe terms and speci
men Magazine. Address-
S. E. SHUTES, Publisher.
41 Park Row, N. Y. City, or Newburgh, N. V.
WANTED!
Coal, Iron and Timber Lands
Favorably located, on or near railroad or water
transportation routes. Address.
NICHOLSto & CLARK,
III Broadway, <Room46,)-lfirw York.
Exterminator
, AND ii:.•;
. , INSECT EOTYDER
For Rate, Mice, Roaches, Ante, Bcd-Bngs, Moth:
Ac. J.-F.-HENBT 1 , CURK4JJ& CO., 5.--Y.V’'
' i .. &>i«
FITS i EEILEPSY
Positively cured. The worst of longest
standing, by using DR. HEBliA T.T'S CURE. A
bottle sent free lo all addres'shi .-E. Dibblei:,
Druggist, 814 £ixth A vfrnuvN. Y. ■
THEIAB f« yonr MACHIHE.
mu
MORPHINE HABIT
speedily cured by Dr. Beck’s
only known and •
SURE REJIEDY.
NO CHARGE
for treatment until cured. Call on or address
DR. J. C. BECK,-Cincinnati, O.
4 bTJSYCHOMANCY OR SOUL CHARMING!"
i How either sex may fascinate and gain tho
love and affections of any person they choose, in
stantly. This simple mental aoquitement aH e
po sess, free, by mail, for 85 centf; together witl»,
Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreamt, Uinta
A oneer book. 160,000 sold. Addnya .
‘ ; CO., publishers, PhBade]ph£u~ ‘
tyewdm and ffinteftmafterfl.
F. D. JORDAN,
THE CELEBRATED
ARROW TIES
IK/ILL be
W March 1*1874, and
V to prevent
ocniit un •*!? r
_ nx- .rc iOi :mdr,
if necessary, to prevent large »c -n ia -to • o
stock, from constant arrivals.
BARTLETT *
Office AMERICAN COTTON TIB COMPANY,
New Orleans, February 25,1874
In conformity noth the above, Ihe price of our
tOW TIES' ”• ' '
ARROW
poundv
will
now he seven cents per
HOPKINS & WOOD,
BATES & COMER,
£luii ffarpfttterittfl.
II. F. WILL1A K,
Shipwright, Caulker
AND
YARD H0BTH SIDE OF KIVEB. OPPOSITE
' foot OF DBATTOX ST., SAVASXAH, Ga.
_ all work- with dispatch,
and LIVE OAK TIMBER
COMPAJ&' Dt f ° r ^ SOUTIiERN WRECKING
Is prepared to contract for Raising and Pumping
out Vessels of any size. Has on hand for hire
Steam Pumps, large
paretuj^ Hydraulic Jacks,
H. F. WILLI E,
3 -•
? ; . ,o
135 Congress Street,
■pvEALER in IMPORTED and AMERICAN
WATCHES, Fine JEWELRY, Pam SIL
VER and SILVER-PLATED WANE, CLOCKS;
GOLD PENS, Ac*
" vr 1 ‘SPEC-
inhl6-tf
TACLES! . udi
Cut This Out.
M. W. NEUBURGEK*
(Successor to EKED. flOEHMAN.) ' u '
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND
JEWELEB,
180 BRYAN STREET,
T>ETWEEN Barnard and Jefferson streets.
IJ Dealer fri Swiss and Americiin Gold ana
SilTer8na
nil branches'done at short notice
i-hurres, &r.
ROSES,
CAM ELIAS,
AND OTHER , *' ;
PLANTS OR FLOWERS.
Catalogues free.
j. n. parsons & t o.,
novl4-tf - Kin i'll'STsfe StaU.'
i Tiff anrit-ravr
1 mil cu to*
•j iiidl In .1 SL‘K/
ands sAiri't