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Affairs In Georgia.
Ti editor of the Talbotton Standard is
of the sweetest little men in the country,
ladies feed hiui ou sugar candy, when
nl t wife isn’t around.
\nd so, Hon. Potty, you concluded to
•>riuK your arduous labors to a close yester-
-lav at noon ? This is more than we expect
«/ L a t we are not at all indignant, Hon
.Potty.
i y L .’ s terday, as the clock struck twelve, the
* uUt factories in Atlanta banked their fires
tad blew off steam.
* gam Small, of Atlanta, in endeavoring to
f . port the tare well remarks of Hon. Poti-
' ar Peagreeii iu rhyme, misrepresents
l J& . W orth v to a degree that is absolutely
netful. It is evident that Mr. Small is
aot acquainted with the Hon. Potty.
There is a stray baby in Fort Valley,
granger left it with a negro woman, giving
aer fifteen dollars and promising to send
ier an equal amount every month.
The inventor of the Gullett gin is think
ng about starting a branch factory in Con
This is nice weather for the Macon po
licemen. They can leave their umbrellas at
home aud suu themselves on the Brown
douse railing. It’s poor weather that
doesn’t make a .Macon policeman sociable.
Of the seven hundred and odd bills intro
duced iu the General Assembly during the
tessiou just brought to a close, how many
were really of public importance ? Give us
the figure?, Hon. Potty.
There is a daily paper in Georgia, now in
i»twenty-seventh year, that has never re
vived money for advocating any measure
or publishing any “articles.” This, it would
seem from recent developments, is a pretty
good record. The name of the paper re
ferred to is—ah, well 1 there is no use in
blowing our own horn when posterity stands
ready t" perform that agreeable feat.
According to the ideas of a majority of
the General Assembly, including, of course,
the Peagreens, the people of Georgia
s.iould petition Grant and a Radical Senate
to allow them to hold a Constitutional Con-
v ntiou. Bold legislators 1 courageous Pea-
greens!
The Ordinary of Washington county was
two days in deciding that a marriage license
obtained in Jefferson county was valid in
Washington.
Mr. Hiram McDaniel, of Talbot county,
his trapped twelve beavers during the past
two months, aggregating 437 pounds of
ne&t.
It seems no more than right that the
>ewnan Blade should have a column of
“Whittlings.” This is a mere suggestion,
however.
Old Gil. Haven, the man who was branded
as a liar in the columns of the New York Tri-
lune by a Western minister, and who is
Lever so happy as when he or his
daughter is associating with buck nig
gers and greasy wenches, was
(Vaynesboro the other day. We shall
never think the small-pox or the Asiatic
cholera have performed their duty as puri
fiers of civilization until they have had a
rastle with old Gil. But, hang it all, they
wouldn’t hurt him.
Boully, late of the Hamilton Visitor, is
1 lorida. Boully was doing well in Hamil
ton, and the only reason that can be sug
gested for his departure is that the Legis
lature refused to favorably consider hia
petitiou to have Harris county moved out of
the track of the cyclones. Such neglect on
part of the Legislature is enough to
make any man mad.
At last the time has arrived for us to
define our position. Oar candidate for Gov
ernor is—going to bo the nominee of the
riate Convention. We expect he will be a
frstrate mau, too.
Notwithstanding the recent tornadoes,
Harris county claims a negro who is said to
e ° ne hundred aud nine years old. He
has travelled around almost as much as
Henry Gwinn, the celebrated Austro-Cen-
tenmal-Florida orator.
The lecture of General Toombs in Macon,
Wednesday night, on Magna Charta, drew
0Qt * ^ ar k'e and appreciative audience.
Ou Wednesday the high trestle on the
aeon and Augusta Railroad, near the
nner city, was discovered to
30 ** re four places. It was ex-
^ a Suisbed, however, before any great
image was done. It is thought the fire
W4s . cummunicat^d to the trestle by an
-igiuewhich had passed over it a short
time ago.
^ ort Y alley has nearly had some English
' 4S ’ 8 ^ e has had four undeveloped pods
tin
be
aud °ne blossom.
Walton county jail accommodates a fid-
* r » & dancing master, a singing master, a
“ mi8tre6s a nd a fortune teller. There
- other jail in the country so singularly
blessed. *
The stock
Messrs. M. S. Meyer Ac Co.,
0 esale boot and shoe dealers, of Macon,
**8 been seized by the Sherifl.
Smth L ' : '‘‘ lturc ' has closed, and Lee
-m is debating whether he shall close the
Persevere, Lee. It will
* Wfe ck btf ;e all the members are out of
A litti.
Hollars
ie eight-year old boy was fined five
and costs in the Atlanta Police Court
w , r da \ foT ^ m P in g °at of an alley-
, ' - "-ling “Wiley Redding !” at a po-
ofE ^ 15 ’ /h°charg e was “obstructing an
tbi» • U Performance of his duty,” but
-uiiled and said that nothing
mt th- .
1 house could have obstructed
Hoys, it appears to us, are
than, If W . or#e aml w °r8e, and we like to see
ltleni hauled up.
print! f l * aiJ,a ' ' JUr * er appeared yesterday,
is said *t i l - v P6 of the defunct News. It
quite a handsome and attractive
sheet, wo —~ —
have ^ truat Messrs. Alston & Grady
lie worst of their troubles.
- ' ' Harris county held an
Vanted to «* 1 *' tln K the other day. Some
i and Borne wanted to stay, but
Thirh M, e . lrWaSU9rii8ed -
, sportsmen killed five hun-
Mr. W ‘ seven birds on Wednesday.
®J l °t and kf tH L>aniels > °f Burke county,
duy. kliled a negro in a fight the other
tli * jc'»r d ther e, wiU h* 110 State Fair
“o-li'ab.' ' People will be too
°f Hosn and ,r p D Centennial. Goddess
E l*re Ujj - of Gash : be lenient
with us—
i US
'keothVday 8 found dead in Harris county
^8 ^lentini°?« Caue eac h other for send-
.. Senator Bn m ° D . e anoth er’e sweethearts.
^mpioyJ 1 '. i f a I', ris Has been presented by
&L 6le gant'g 0 m Senate and House with
Mr - Wahf rt h ded caDe *
county r f l °, rmerl y of Washing-
Cfcntly. ed m Muscogee county re-
Molasg,
s'e^^Tn thuS^^re called “candy
Columbus
■ . _. UU1 * county vernacular.
buffJ 0 i g t B ^ tlleChitt »lioochoe «t.\k-
hi ®*e« m 3H i 6 P .°th em ?“ accidentallj^tt
The Am eg the other night. vf
2^a C V0l^^ has entered iU
J. H. E STILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Florida Affairs.
And now it is Cowgill versus Conover,
with the odds in favor of the former.
It will be some time in June before Par-
man will have his band wagon hitched up.
One of the mysteries of Florida politics
is the eagerness of the Iloridian to refute
the arguments of the Sentinel. It would seem
that the character of the editor of that pa
per ought to be a sufficient refutation of
any argument he might print. Give us a
rest in regard to the Attorney-General’s vic
tim.
The Monticello Constitution, curiously
enough, seems to think that Hicks wants to
run for Governor. This may be true, but
we can scarcely believe it. What sort of a
chance would the Welshman have against
the Rev. John Tyler, Jr., whose friends are
already at work? We have it from good
authority that the fellow Stearns is already
more than uneasy at the prospect of having
the son of an ex-President as an opponent
in the nominating convention.
The Count Johannes B. Gormanne uses
Hite’s orange bitters, but they don’t seem
to agree with him.
What has become of that truly distin
guished jurist, Archibald ?
The letter of Rev. John Tyler, Jr., refus
ing to accept office under Stearns, has ef
fectually squelched that worthy. We doubt
if he will even attempt to oppose Mr. Tyler’s
Gubernatorial aspirations.
The Union has not informed us wbat
rights the colored people in Florida enjoy
that are not also enjoyed by the colored
people in Georgia. However, We are not
fretting about it. When a man likes to
avoid the truth as well as Cheney does we
never feel justified in worrying him.
The Florida State Fair opened near Jack
sonville on Tuesday, under very promising
auspices.
A family of gipsies are besieging Ocala.
The Lady Washington Tea Party at Mon
ticello was a great success. After it was all
over Fildes tried to wash the powder out of
his liair, and in a very few minutes had
enough dough in his head to feed a Shanghai
rooster a week.
From the tenor of the Comptroller’s re
port, it is to be feared that he has come to
the painful conclnsion that Senator Conover
is not honester than he ought to be. This
is unusually melancholy.
Colonel John A. Henderson is engaged in
the work of surveying Thousand Islands.
One of the attractions at the State Fair
will be the presence of the Indians from St.
Augustine.
The Floridian says that Mr. Jas. B. Gam
ble madoji shipment of some six or eight
bushel^of green peas to the North by ex
press last week. This vegetable is almost
as common in the Tallahassee market at this
time as it generally is along in April. Early
gardening has been generally engaged in
this year.
J. B. Collins, Esq., Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellow's in Florida, in
stituted a new Lodge of the brotherhood at
Ellaville last week. Mr. Drew was elected
Noble Grand and the Lodge starts out
with fine prospects. It was christened Su
wannee Lodge, No. 16.
D. W. D. Boully, a well known Georgia
newspaper man, was at Sanford at last ac
counts. The Journal innocently intimates
that he is from Harriet county.
Two wild turkeys were killed near Mellon-
ville the other day.
Orlando went so far as to have a calico
ball recently.
A deer was run down by a steam yacht on
the St. John’s the other day.
Judge E. A. Mc^Iahon, of Rochester, New
York, has purchased property near Talla
hassee, and will make Florida his future
home.
Ocala had a dramatic entertainment re
cently.
The Jacksonville Press says that con
siderable attention has been attracted by a
stem of two lemons, which hnng in the
doorway of S. Beausang’s grocery on Bay
street. For size, as well as the beautiful
waxy appearance of the 6kin, they have,
perhaps, never been equalled in Florida.
One of the lemons measured fifteen and
five-eighths inches in circumference, tho
shorter way, by seventeen the longer; the
the other measured fifteen and one-half by
eighteen and one-half inches. The two
weighed four pounds and tea ounces. They
came from Mr. Shad’s place, four miles
above the city, on the river, i,where they
were grown on a tree raised by Mrs. Shad
from a seed of a Sicily lemon, planted about
six years ago.
Tallahassee Floridian: Robert Bond, the
murde rer of Aleck Good, was arrested by
Sheriff Stokes on Friday morning last at his
house on Capt. Houstoun’s plantation. He
made no attempt to escape, and says that
he only secreted himself for a few days as a
matter of precaution against the friends of
the deceased, from whom be feared vio
lence. Bond’s statement of the killiDg
differs widely from that published by us last
week. He says be came upon Aleck Good
aud his wife in a field near the railroad, and
charged Aleck with improper conduct,when
words passed between them and a fight
ensued, during which he did tho fatal cut
ting. A preliminary examination will proba
bly be held before Justico West to-d^r,
uuless Bond's counsel waive it, in view of
the early assembling of the regular tern! of
the court.
Monticello Constitution: The last Talla
hassee St itinel c&ntains a long and very in
teresting report lrom Dr. C. A. Cowgill, the
Comptroller, setting forth in aconcjso form,
the actual financial condition of the State.
We regret exceedingly our inability to lay
the document before our readers, for among
other things it contains a terrible expose of
the thie.very practiced by Senator Conover
whilst he was State Treasurer. In referring
to the startling revelations made by the
Comptroller, the Sentinel summarizes as
follows : The first fraudulent raid upon the
Treasury was the payment by Treasurer
Conover, in 1871 and 1872, of warrants
of twenty years’ standing (blue scrip),
which had been previously paid, to the
amount of $13,556 01. The second raid was
the abstraction from the treasury of war
rants that had been paid and reported
burned by the Legislative Committee, and
their presentation and payment to the
amount of $2,853 53. The third and crown
ing raid gobbled up $37,266 of greenback
scrip, which Comptroller Gamble says be
paid to Treasurer Conover in 1871. It our
readers who are desirous of informa
tion on the subject will follow the
Comptroller in his statements and
elaboration of facts going to show these
several fraudulent transactions that
aggregate $53,898 81, they will be fully con
vinced of the consummate dishonesty and
bold villainy of certain persons who figure
conspicuouslv as public men. As to the
$37,266 stolen outright from the treasury,
there is not a single loop-hole of escape for
tho guilty thief. Coi. Gamble, late Comp
troller, says, in his letter, that lie turned
over the greenback scrip to Conover, and
ComptroUer Cowgill, after making a
searching investigation, demonstrates
with facts and figures beyond the pos
sibility of doubt that Conover did not
acoomnt for it iu any manner whatever. The
public will unite with Conover in saying
that “no honest man ever doubted the late
Comptroller’s integrity,” and yet, if he tells
the troth, Conover received the $37,266 and
appropriated the same to his own private
use, as his own figures show that be did
not charge the amount to himself or ac
count for it in any manner. The
Comptroller concludes the part of
his report that refers to all these
fraudulent transactions by saying “that
enough is known to show that grave
errors, resulting in great loss to the State
and demanding thorough investigation,
exist in tho Treasury accounts under the
management of the late Treasurer, S. B.
Conover,” and suggests that the facts given
in his report bearing upon the frauds and
peculations in the Treasury be given to the
Attorney General, that proper action may
be instituted for the recovery of the losses
sustained, and that guilty offenders may be
punished under the criminal laws.
OUR AMERICAN TROPIC.
RESEARCHES AND EXPLORATIONS
IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
The Topography, Tamnli and Scenery
of the Okeechobee Region.
Resurrecting the Bones
Builders.
of the Mound
Of the tens of thousands of persons
who each winter go to Florida in search
of health and pleasure, few, if any even
hear of the delightful interior country,
which is as little known to the outside
world as Amazonian forests, East Indian
jungles, or the lakes of equatorial Africa.
The southern terminus of the line of
travel usually followed is at Mellonville
on Lake Monroe, and here the tourist
stands on the border of the unexplored
region, which, when its beauties and
many attractions become known will be
the most popular resort in America.
Thirty-five miles south of Mellonville, in
Orange county, commences a chain of
lakes, summer seas, consisting of Little
Ta-ho-pe-ka-li-ga, Ta-ho -pe-ka-li-ga, Cy
press, Hach-in-a-haw, Kis-sim-mee (mi)
and O-kee-cho-bee, (ki-bi) -“The Great
Unknown,” which together with the con
necting river, and its various windings
extend more than four hundred miles,
although the disance in a direct line
is but one-third as far. Roll
ing pine clad hills, dotted with deep
clear lakes; the broad savanna, level as a
meadow, with the river or lakes on one
hand, and the dark background of pines
on the other, studded with groves of live
oaks, palm and magnolia, like islands in
the ocean, marked with clumps, or crossed
with lines of tall stately feather-crowned
palms, while here and there a line of a
purplish tint, delicate as frost work, in
dicates the position of the huge cypress
bordering some water course; lakes re
flecting the blue of the cloudless skies
above in the limpid depths below; islands
like emeralds, a mass of verdu re from the
top of the tallest palm, down, down,
clear to the water’s edge, the deep green
of the foliage relieved by the many
colored flowers of the huge climbing
vines which twine themselves into a
thousand fantastic forms; land-locked
hays on the unruffled bosoms of which
float the huge leaves of aquatic
plants and the large white flowers
of the water lilies, and deep
narrow streams, mark the promi
nent features of the country. Merely to
mention the pine, the stately palm, the
live oak—the king, as the magnolia is
the true queen of trees—the cypress and
the water loving bay tree, crowned with
flowering vines and draped with the
funereal Spanish moss, calls up visions of
beauty,while the infinite variety of forms
under which they are presented are as
indescribable as are the charms of the
magnificent semi-tropical climate. The
air fresh with the salt of the ocean, and
balmy with the breath of the pines, is
invigorating as in the Northern spring
time. Lights and shadows, gorgeous
beauties of sunset, aud tints and coloring
worthy of famed Italy, and a soft sum
mery haze making everything look dim,
distant and unreal, like the figures of
mirage, invite the pen of the poet or the
brush of the painter to no unworthy
labor. Flowers bloom in the wild wood
and nature’s miracles of life and growth
go on forever. Hunting, fishing, boating,
bathing, walking in the warm sunshine,
or camping beneath the light of the stars,
furnish occupation for all, where there is
no fear ot winter’s cold or storms, and
where, as in the island of the blessed, it
is always afternoon.
It was amid these beauties of nature
that the researches of Mr. A. M. Conklin,
of Indianapolis, were made, the results
of which were recently given to the pub
lic through the columns of the Forest and
Stream, the well known sporting journal,
and which we herewith present to the
readers of the Morning News. Through
the courtesy of Mr. Hallock, the editor
of the Forestand Stream, we are enabled
to give the outline drawings which ac
companied the text of Mr. Conklin’s
article.
The first of the Kissimmee system of
mounds is near the south bank of Boggy
creek, a stream which flows to the south
east and empties into the northwestern
bend of Little Ta -ho-pe-ka-li-ga. The
second mound is about four miles farther
south, near the edge of Fennel prairie,
which is a marshy savanna serving as an
outlet for the waters of Little Ta-ho-pe-
ka -li-ga. These mounds are very much
alike, being about fifty feet in diameter
and not over ten feet high. Fennel prai
rie is a half mile wide and with Cross
prairie, which is a mile wide, and the
lakes, bounds Barber’s or Parton’s island
which is a mile and a half from north to
south and three from east to west. On
this island are to be seen a greater num
her and variety of mounds than any other
place.
Near the centre of the island is a mound
which has received more attention and
provoked more inquiry than any other.
For convenience, Mr. Parton calls it
Parton’s Mound, and a rough plan of the
works is herewith presented :
The puipose for which the mound was
originally built is entirely a matter of
conjecture, but the outwork as it now
exists, was evidently a fortification, of
which the mound served as the citadel,
while the works on the north are the
approaches of a besieging enemy; the
banks being constructed by digging the
earth and carrying it forward as is done
in modern engineering, while the level
way in the rear of (h) served as a road on
which was brought up the heavy material
used in the siege.
One mile to the northwest of the above
described works, in the edge of a ham
mock overlooking Pleasant Lake, are the
remains of a very large fortification, of
which Mr. Conklin could trace out but
one angle, shaped like the letter Y, the
point being toward the southeast. The
walls are nearly twenty feet in thickness
and from three to eight feet high. The
interior work, or mound, is a little
higher than the walls. Owing to the
density of the hammock he failed to
trace out the remainder of this work.
About a mile to the southwest, across
Pleasant Lake, on a hill, are other re
mains, but rather indefinite in character
and extent.
found, of which the largest and most
important is at Daughtery’s, on the west
side of the river, four miles northwest of
Fort Bassenger, the place at which Gen.
Taylor crossed the river on the way to
the disastrous battlefield of Okeechobee.
This fort, like all others in this part of
the country, exists only in name.
Before proceeding to describe the
mound, it is necessary to say a few words
in regard to the lay of the land, which is
a kind of island, called Istokpoga (com
monly pronounced Is-ta-po-ga), bounded
on the northwest by Lake Istokpoga and a
creek of the same name, which empties
into the Kissimmee river. The river
bounds the island on the northeast and
east. On the south is Lake O-kee-cho-
bee, with its impassable five-miie-wide
marshes, and on the west a marshy
prairie, dotted with palm islands, the
whole forming an almost absolute pro
tection against the approach of any
enemy, except one coming by water. The
island is about twenty-five miles in length,
from northwest to southeast, and about
fifteen miles in extreme breadth.
The mound is situated at the northeast
ern extremity of the island, of which a
good bird’s eye view may be had from the
per. Hereafter this will be changed, and
the smallest boy in the range will point
out the mounds as objects of interest.
A gentleman named Smith, an old resi
dent, described a remarkable work on the
Ca-loo-sa-hat-chee river, which he sup
posed was part of a canal around the
rapids oof that stream, and which
thought had been dug by the Spaniards,
forgetting that they only dig for
gold. At the southeastern extremity
of Little Ta-ho-pe-ka-li-ga Lake
a work similar to the Parton Mound
already described, but larger and with
approaches more distinctly marked. Mr.
Bass, the gentleman who described it,
had served in the army, and spoke of the
main work as a fort and of the outer
work as the approaches of an enemy,
similar to those he had seen in the army.
So far Mr. Conklin's work had been
plain sailing. These works were evi
dently constructed by a long-vanished
and almost forgotten race, of which re
mains nothing save these monuments
and faint echoes of shadowy legends that
ever float farther and farther away, like
mournful music in the depths of limitless
forests, jet still the eaho remains, and
doubtless, here and there among the
Brother Beecher’s method of managing
his Advisory Council recalls the explana-
tion given by an Irish lawyer of bis suc
cess with judges and juries: ‘‘Whin 1
have the facts, I give thim the facts,
whin I have the lar, I give thim the lar;
but whin I have naythnr the lar nor the
facts, faith I do paw the dhirt an bel
low.”
^They consist of a mound (A) fifty feet
in diameter, ten feet above the general
level and partly surrounded by a ditch
(c*c c) five feet in aepth. To the north
west of the mound is a level space en
closed by * a breast-work, from three to
five feet high. The length of the en
closed space is seventy yards, and the
greatest breadths twenty-two yards.
The interior of the space is clear
of trees, but on the north wall
near the mound are three trees
(t 11) evidently hundreds of years old.
The incomplete circle (C) at the north
western extremity is twenty yards in
diameter, thrown up about two feet above
the level and surrounded by a shallow
ditch. At (K) a walk leads to the top of
the wall So far this work doea not
differ materially from many others, but
parts of the work are worthy of special
attention. On the north of the mound
is a crescent shaped work (x) (h) (y) about
fifty yards in length with the convex side
toward the mound, which it approaches
to within about fifty feet; the highest
part of the bank being at (h), directly
over against the mound. The earth
from the interior of the work has been
carried forward to form the bank, as is
done in running a sap. From (b) a level
way extends back about fifty yards to the
edge of the pine woods; all of these
works being in a hammock. The deepest
excavations are at (x) and (y), where the
earth has been taken to form the level
andtba
One mile farther west, on Pine Island,
is another work worthy of special notice.
It is situated at the edge of the marsh
which separates the islands, and consists
of a mound surrounded by a wall. On
the west and north narrow openings or
gateways were left in the walls, and the
southeast is a wide opening, which was
evidently intended for the reception of
a fleet of canoes or small boats
when there was more water in the
wash than there is at this time. A
few yards to the north of the mound
there is a passage through the tall marsh
grass, to the main island, and it is still
used in crossing cattle from one island to
the other. In the interioi of the island,
which is two or three miles in diameter,
other mounds may be found which do
not differ materially from the one at
Boggy Creek and many others. In addi
tion to these larger remains, the main
island has od its surface some two or three
hundred smaller mounds, usually about
thirty feet in diameter and two or three
feet in height. They probably mark the
places where once stood the dwellings of
the race which reared these works.
Four miles south of Pine Island, on
the west side of a beautiful peninsula,
which extends into the waters of Lake
Ta-ho-pe-ka-li-ga, is a work similar to
the one at Pleasant Lake. It is located
in a hammock and is near a fine landing
place. Along the eastern side of Ta-ho-
pe-ka-li-ga are a number of small mounds,
and at the place of Charles McQuig on
Lake Cypress, are two of the ordi
nary round topped mounds. Twen
ty miles southeast of Lake Kissim
mee is another large mound. It is at the
southwestern extremity of a sand ridge,
at the edge of the pine land, but not far
from the prairie, above which it rises to
a height of thirty-five feet. From the
top of the mound, were there no trees in
the way, a view could be had of all the
country to the pine hills beyond the lake
and river, and it is probable that the pine
trees have grown up since the mound was
abandoned. It is built of sand taken from
the ridge, and is forty yards in diame
ter, level on top, and quite steep
on all sides except toward the southwest,
where there is a long slope and two walls
which extend to a pond, distant one hun
dred and fifty yards, where they gradu
ally decline in height and approach each
other. The way is broad and the ascent
easy, as if for the march of a whole
people to the services of a temple of the
sun, and the man who will walk from the
pond, along the covered way, and up the
slope, will not need a very vivid imagina
tion to enable him to repeople the soli
tude with the train of vanished worship
ers, the robed priests, the swinging cen
sers and the victims ready for the sacrificial
altar.
About a dozen miles southeast of this
mound, which is called Hope Mound, ia
the neighborhood of Old Fort Drum, are
two other mounds similar to it, but Mr.
Conklin had not time to viait All
summit. It is forty yards in diameter,
thirty five feet high, and with a double
crown, the northern one (c), being four
feet higher than the other (d).
A
The sides are quite steep, except to the
west, where there is a gradual ascent from
the enclosed space (B), which is forty-
five yards from the north to south and
thirty-five from east to west, and is en
closed by an embankment five feet in
height. The covered way (C) extends
north to the river, a distance of one-fourth
of a mile. The mound is built of a clean
washed sand, which must have been
brought from the river. It is evident that
the occupants of these works obtained
their supply of water from the river, and
the covered way was built, no doubt, for
protection,J^Lo tho long walls at Athens.
At a distance of one hundred yards to the
west of the mound is a singular bank,
which is half as high as the large mound,
and is fifty yards in length from north to
south. For what purpose was that iso
lated embankment constructed? Mr.
Conklin confesses his inability to solve the
problem. It may have been raised by
enemies, or it may have bad some con
nection with the theological system of
these sun worshippers, and was possibly
intended to teach the doctrine of the per
petual conflict befcwean the powers of
light and darkness. So at each of their
temples or sacred places a counter work
was erected representing the approach of
evil. If this is the true theory, it will
aid in explaining some seeming incon
sistencies which otherwise he cannot
understand.
Eighteen miles to the southwest of this
mound, in the marsh which hounds the
island, is a part of * wall, which is a mile
in length, if it is correctly described by
keen-eyed, cool-headed cow hunters, who
know all about the mounds and remains,
and only require a little questioning to
cause them to furnish many facts of in
terest, hut at the same time they con
sider the motmds so much of an everyday
matter that they would lead the traveler
right by any of the moundB or walls, and
never mention the fact ef their existence,
exoept to ask for an opinion of the why
or wherefore of their construction while
Seminoles, an old man may be found who
knows, by tradition, of the fate of these
sun worshippers, driven out by cruel and
warlike enemies who have in turn given
place to the merciless Spaniards as they to
another aggressive, domineering northern
race. But there are other works more
difficult of classification, and it cennot he
certainly determined whether they are
works of nature or of art. Along the
Kissimmee river are embankments, appa
rently raised by the hand of man, hut
Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Humphrey, of the
party which visited Lake O kee-cho-bee
in the boat sold by the Forest and Stream
party to Col. Parker, decided against Mr.
Conklin, holding that the banks had been
thrown up by the action of the river,
which may be accepted as one solution
of the problem, but, on the other hand,
the fact remains that in many places
these embankments run for long dis
tances in a straight line and have been
cut across in two, three, or many places
by the current of this, the very crook ed-
est stream in all creation. Some at least
of these same keen-eyed cow hunters,
who dread being ridiculed, stoutly main
tain that they are levees thrown up to
protect the prairie from inundation, and
even now they look as though they
might, with a very little labor, be utilized
for the protection of rice fields, and they
will no doubt be made useful when the
Kissimmee prairie is reclaimed and again
brought under cultivation.
While all agree that the mounds were
erected by the hand of man, the date of
their construction remains an impenetra
ble mystery. They were ancient, vener
able, sacred to the untutored Indiums,
when De Soto found the chief building
of the tribe erected on one of them when
he landed at Tampa in 1548, and as little
was known about them then as is known
now. In many places articles have been
discovered which, had they been properly
preserved, might have aided in clearing
up the mystery. In most of the mounds
glass beads and other articles, evidently
modern, have been discovered near the
surface, while at a greater depth articles
of an ancient date have been found. In
one of the mounds on the St. John’s
river, Mr. W. M. Humphrey, of Melion-
ville, found a skeleton of a man buried
in a sitting posture, facing the east.
In the Parton Mound, on the Little
Tahopekaliga, John Evans, ex-sheriff of
Queens county, exhumed fifty-four skulls
which had been buried close together,
forming a circle. Some of the skulls
were of a large size, and one that Mr.
Conklin found in the same place would
cover an ordinarily large head like a cap.
Bones have been found which must have
belonged to men eight or nine feet high,
a femur being long enough to reach from
hia hip down half way from his knee to
his ankle. Mr. Humphreys was very
reticent, but expressed the opinion that
some, at least, of the mound builders
were fp—to, -and that opinion is con
curred in by all with whom Mr. Conklin
baa conversed who have any knowledge
Lake Cypress, the point at which the
Kissimmee explorers have begun their
voyages, a piece of gold, inscribed with
characters in some unknown tongue, was
found. It was hammered, not coined,
and sold for sixteen dollars, which was
probably much less than its value.
The Hope Mound, near old Fort Drum,
has not been disturbed, and offers, with
others near it, a fine field for the antiqua
rian. The articles taken from the
Dougherty Mound are all modern, con
sisting of an immense variety of beads.
Some small as a pin head, and others an
inch in length, of various colors, some
of them gilded; glass ear drops, a piece
of silver about three inches in diameter,
and about equal in thickness to a silver
half dollar beaten out to that size ; two
steel axes, each one ten inches in length,
one four and a half and the other five
and a half inchee on the blade. On the
sides of the axe are several markings
made with a cold chisel. All of these
articles were found near the surface.
Were the mound dug into, others of
greater antiquity, if not of greater value,
would no doubt be found. This lower
country contains objects of interest for
persons beside the antiquarian, who, dry
as dust himself, delves into dust piles for
broken fragments, mementoes of long-
forgotten ages.
For the man who is tired of civilization
and wishes for once to give free play to
the Bohemian roving spirit which at
times possesses all of us, there is no finer
field under the sun than is afforded by the
chain of “summer seas” through which
the Kissimmee river, like a ribbon of
silver through a row of brilliants, winds
its way down to the American tropics.
The mau who cannot swim, wade, walk
and carry a load, h andle fishing tackle, or
a gun and ammunition, or an axe, or an
oar; who can’t drive an ox team, sleep on
the ground without protection, and dine Buflfet?
contentedly on fried cabbage and jerked
beef, or even make a supper of raw cab
bage, (the cabbage being the edible hud
of the palm tree, as is known to all lovers
of Xenophon), will not be able to extract
all the pleasure that is to be found, al
though he may make the trip and obtain
a fair share of enjoyment.
Interior Florida is the true hunter’s
paradise, iu which every form of animal
life, of earth, air and water ply, hoof,
wing and fin. High over head bald eagles
circle, uttering from time to time their
shrill startling screams; huge blue herons
fly slowly along; fish hawks perch on the
branches of old dead cypresses, ready to
dart on their finny prey, with which the
waters below fairly teem. Great crowned
cranes and gannets stalk in the pools and
shallows; flocks of bright winged paro
quets flit through the forests with dis
cordant cries; mocking birds build their
nests near the settler’s cabins; and all our
Northern birds make their winter homes
and sing their songs in the hammocks;
in the tall marsh grtiss the rice birds ut
ter their tinkling call as they weave their
breeze-rocked nests: the tall sandhill cranes
march through the high pine land, but so
wary and shy that it tests the skill of the
best hunters to bring one of them down ;
wild cats, wolves and panthers skulk in
the depths of the hammocks. Occasion
ally a bear is seen, while wild turkeys are
found in the forests or timbered islands
of the prairie, and herds of deer dash over
the savannas and through the pine lands.
While Mr. Conklin’s party were at Daugh
tery’s the dogs were heard baying just at
daylight, and Mr. Fletcher went out and
in a quarter of an hour brought in a fine
wild cat; wild turkeys were heard the same
morning, but the wild cat was a greater
attraction. The next morning a fine large
wild turkey was shot by the same member
of the party. On Istokpoga deer are
usually found in herds of but five or six
at a time, while forty miles to the west
in Manatee county, thirty or forty pairs
of antlers are often seen together. With
fishing tackle wonderful catches are made,
but the ordinary troll abundantly supplied
the wants of our party, eight or ten fish
being frequently caught in going a short
distance. One of the fish caught with the
troll, a bass, was twenty-six inches in
length and twenty-one inches round, and
it was really good eating.
A married sister of the Daughtery’s
lives near the crossing. One night, when
her husband was away from home, a
panther, here called a tiger, killed a hog
within twenty yards of the house. Tom
Daughtery went up and killed the tiger,
and its skin, nicely dressed, is in posses
sion of Mr. Gus Bergner, of Indianapo
lis. It must be confessed, however, that
the crowning pleasure is a dash across the
prairie on a hardy Cuban pony after a
wild turkey, which is run down and cap
tured before it reaches the timber, or af
ter the half wild cattle which are as shy
and fleet-footed as deer, or, finally, a
chase after a wild cat, such as we had one
day. After a brisk run over the prairie,
and many windings and attempts to hide
in the palmetto scrub, it was at last
brought to bay and then we had a chance
to assist the dogs, and with ’ the buts of
our cow whips forced it to yield each of
its nine lives. The cat was as tall as a
dog and measured over four feet in length.
-TO-
THE MOUNTSG NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
THE PLYMOUTH ADUETEREB.
Another Trial of His Case Ordered.
BOWEN SKINS HIS SHINS GETTING
OUT THE BACK WAY.
THE CiBUST FORCES DISPERSE!!
BOWEN BBEAKS FOB THE BACK DOOB.
Brooklyn, February 24.—After a heated
debate, the Council ordered another investi
gation of the scandal. Henry C. Bowen ap
peared before the committee and read his
statement. Beecher and forty others were
present. Bowen turned to leave the room,
when, he says, the doors were locked,
on him, and he escaped by a back door.
Bowen refused to give his statement to the
press. Mr. White says Bowen read a state
ment of fifty-two pages, but failed to give
names or dates. It referred to scandals ten
or eleven years ago. The doors were locked
to prolong the interview. Bowen upset the
furniture in his rush to the back door.
FOBEIGN NOTES.
Pabis, February 24.—The Spanish Minis
ter left for tho frontier to meet Alfonso.
The Moniteur says the Carlists are so dis
persed that the Alfonsists have telegraphed
to Paris to learn their whereabouts. The
Moniteur believes the Carlists have dis
banded and resumed their peaceful avoca
tions.
Dufanvre is appointed Vice-Consul, vice
BUBNED.
Poughkeepsie, February 24.—A sleeper
on the Harlem Railroad was burned. Bissel,
proprietor of the Sherman House, Chicago,
and his son were burned to death. There
were ten aboard. Bisset had escaped, but
went back to save his son, aged seventeen.
None of the others were burned, but were
more or less injured.
THE CAELISTS.
San Sebastian, February 24.—King Al
fonso, after inspecting the detached forts,
is expected to visit Guetara and Irun. The
government has ordered the Southern Rail
way Company to re-open traffic immediate
ly between lrun and Tolosa.
BCHENCK.
Dayton, Ohio, February 24.—Schenck
writes a near friend that he has no inten
tion of resigning.
THE PBOHIBITIONIST8.
Columbus, Ohio, February 24.—The Pro
hibitionists have nominated a full State
ticket.
ADJOUBNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, February 24.—The Legislature
adjourned sine die at 12 o’clock to-day.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Dr. Cfirlctoci’N Bill for Reorganizing the
Government of (he Institution.
The Prince of Wales and His Amuse
ments in India.
On the 28th of December there was a
levee at the Government House that was
terribly crowded. On the 29th the Prince
visited Scindia, who did the honors roy
ally, and as the Prince took his seat,
made a salaam with his hands clasped
together before he sat down on his left.
Of the famous Maharaja Dr. Russell says:
'He can handle a division of the three
arms better than most, and as well as any
division General named in ‘Hart. ’ As
horseman he is not to be excelled for
lightness of hand and firmness of seat.
He could not, perhaps, go across the
country in the first fight at the
very outset, but he can lift
a horse to stand on its hind legs so bolt
upright that a hair trigger touch on the
bit would throw it over on its back; and
sitting so balanced to a hair, makes it
walk on its bind legs in an attitude the
maddest equestrian of the circus would
not venture to urge his steed to emulate.
He is rough, they say, in speech, but that
his sentiments are noble enough, may be
inferred from his answer when the Bom
bay Government desired to buy from him
site for the palace at Gunesh Khind,
near Poonah. The laud belonged to his
father, and Scindia was a native of tho
place. ‘A man said he, ‘does not sell
lis patrimony; but he can give it to his
friend/”
On his return the Prince attended the
races.
The 30th was a blank day. On ’the
1st, besides making some minor visits,
the Prince “assisted at” a grand exhibi
tion of horsemanship by the troopers of
the 10th Native Cavalry. Indian tent-
pegs are longer, and stick deeper than
those used in tent-pegging in England.
The troops dashed at full gallop, one after
the other, at the pegs, which were re
placed as fast as they were drawn.
Then rupees were put on the tent-pegs
to be knocked off by the lance point
without touching the pegs. That was done
better and oftener than the succeeding
exercise of cutting or spearing oranges on
tne tent-peg tops. Handkerchiefs were
laid on the ground, and the troopers, rid
ing hard, made swoops at them, and
missed or caught them up. One man
managed to take three in succession in
the same gallop. There were exhibitions
of horsemanship which might be de
scribed as of a circus character, but for
this difference—the horses were not rid
den at a regulation stride, at a skillfully
adjusted angle, but were ridden boldly
about on tfi% hard plain, and everything
was done by hand-bit and balance.—Cor
respondence London Times.
A reporter of the Paris Figaro has, after
repeated refusals, succeeded in obtaining
an interview with the ex-Em press Eu
genie and her son at Chiselhursk* The
young Prince told the reporter that the
“interviewers” had become a nuisance at
Chiselhurst. Not long ago, he 3aid, an
American member of this peculiar branch
of journalism called, having two sleno-
graphers with him and bearing in his
land a long catalogue of questions. The
importunate fellow said he had crossed
the ocean for the express purpose of
hia questions answered at Chisel-
A Bill to be entitled “An Act to reorgan
ize the government of the State University
and tor other purposes.”
Section 1. Be it enacted bgthe General As
sembly of the State of Georgia, That from
and alter the passage of this Act the Dres-
ent Board of Trustees of the State Univer
sity shall be abolished and in lieu thereof a
new Board of Trustees Bhali be constituted,
to consist of oqg hundred and one members,
ten of whom shall hi selected from each
Congressional district in the State and ten
from the State at large; in addition thereto
the Governor of the State shall be a mem
ber and e£-officio President of the Board of
Trustees.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That at the original
organization of said Board of Trus
tees the members of the same shall
be chosen as follows : The several
Judges of the Supremo Court and
the present Board of Trustees shall
assemble in the city of Atlanta on the first
Wednesday in May (1876), eighteen hundred
and seventy-six, and shall by ballot elect
the members of said Board, the members
of the present Board of Trustees to be all
elected by said Judges as members of said
new Board of Trustees, the said Judges
shall have authority to adjourn from day to
day until the cempletion of the election of
the members of said Board.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That at the said organ
ization the said Judges shall divide, as near
t.s practicable, said new Board into three
classes; those of the first clas6 shall be
elected by them for the Deriod of three
years, those of the second class shall be
elected for the period of six years, and
those of the third class shall be
elected for a period of nine years
but all members subsequently cho
sen on said Board, except to fill nnexpired
terms, shall be for the term of nine years
said original terms to date from the first
day of August, 1876, although previously
made.
Section 4. Be itfurlhej’ enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That said Board of Trus
tees sball meet in the city of Athens on th6
Saturday before the first Wednesday in Au
gust, 1876, and tri-annually thereafter on
tbe Saturday before the first Wednesday in
August of said year ; but, should the inter
est of the University demand it, they may,
upon call of tbe President of the Board of
Trustees, meet at such other times as may
be deemed advisable. At each tri-annual
meeting said Board of Trustees shall by
ballot select from their number eighteen
members, who shall be known as, and styled
the “ Board of Regents for tho University,”
who shall serve for the term of three years,
and who shall be charged with the duties
of the immediate administration of the.busi-
ness affairs of the University, and shall he
vested with all the powers of the present
Board of Trustees, excepting that the said
Board of Regents shall not be authorized,
unless empowered by the Board of Trustees,
to convey any of the property of said Uni
versity, or to make auy expenditures on
account of said University, excepting for
books, apparatus and furniture, and except
ing ordinary current expenses, and except
ing repairs required upou the property of
the University. In case of any vacancy in
said Board of Regents, the President of the
Board ot Trustees shall, from the Board of
Trustees, elect a member to fill the unex
pired time.
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That at the tri-anunal
meeting of ?a:d Board of Trustees, to be
held io the year 1879, the said Board sball
by ballot fill t he vacancies caused by the ex
piration of tbe terms ot office of those mem-
ers of the Board elected under this Act for
the term of ;hree years; and the members
so elected shall be elected for the fall term
of nine years; and at each succeeding tri-
anuual meeting of said Board the members
thereof shall, by ballot, till the vacancies in
said Board caused by the expiration of the
term of office of the members of said Board,
and all members so elected shall be elected
for the full term of nine years. In case of
a vacancy or vacancies in said Board the
Board shall fill tho tinexpired term or terms
by election by ballot.
Section 6.* Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid t That the Board or Re
gents shall meet in the city of Athens the
Thursday before the first Wednesday in
Augus| of each year, and such other times
during the year as they may deem necessary
for the interest of the University. They
shall make an annual report to the General
Assembly, embracing all that is now requir
ed in the ant nal rejort of the present Board
of Trustees. They shall also make tri-annual
reports of the s-icoe to the Board of Trus
tees. The Board of Trustees shall make a
tri-annual addref.8 to the General Assembly,
setting forth in said address the full wants
and conditioq of the State University.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That fifty members present
shall constitute a quornm*of the Board of
Trustees, and ten members present shall
constitute a quorum of the Board of Regents.
Any member of the Board of Trustees or of
the’Board of Regents absenting himself from
any regular meeting of his respective Board,
except from Providential cause, to be
judged of by his respective Board, such
council, on THE first d-utT.', w
HAUCH, 1876,
■ale, before the Court Hoe*? docMn
Savannah, county of Chatham vnri ^ c ^ tit
«U. the following pro^*^ .*“• 01
improvements on Lot No fi » ■
levied on as the proi>ertv of Yh» 0Qn WIr<l *
Augustus Bonaud. propmy of estate o»
No 15 411(1 improvements ‘Elliott
levied on as tne property of Guei* Bour?" ?
no io ana improvements ‘Elliott
ivied on as tne property of Gngi* Bornqu T C%
Improvements on Lot No70 DovJwJJS . ™
00 as the property of John G. Butler. d ’ 1
j ™ .--operty
23 and 94 and ironrov»*m<>n,« i
ward; levied on as the property of Francis Jhanw
pion, trustee. *rancis Cham-
Improvements on western % of Lot No £5
t °?^T a v ’ lo . vied on 48 the property of T P Eiii^
M C Ferrill.
on as the property of xra
No “d impro\ements Currytowu
levied on as the property of John o Fcrrii:, exel
cutor.
□ Lo u, N . ol u an<i improvements, °ercival wv-d
S&oPSK FeSlr “ 1110
Improvements on Lots Nos 40 and 41 Ws'ton
warn; levied on us tbe property of J F Gowcn
Improvements on Lots Noe 21, 32 and *33
M KG War( j’ ieviedon 48 lho Property of Mr*
Lot No 23 and improvement*, Gilmervilie*
levied on as the property ol the estate ol A H« r !
■ton.
Eastern one ; h»lf ot Lot No 4 Cothbert ward,
filth section; levied on as the property of H F
Harmon.
Improvements on Lot No 3 Forsyth wara
levied on as the property of William Hone.
Lot No 51 Garden Lot east; ievied on a* the
property of James A LaKoche.
Improvements on Lot No 6 Pulaski ward- lev-
!ed on as the property of Mrs G J LaKoche and
children.
Lot Ne 17 and improvements, Gilmerville: lev
ied on as the property of F S Lathrop.
Western one-halt of Lot No31 andlmptcvo-
ments, Greene ward; levied on as the prorertT
of Michaei Lavin.
Improvements on the western one-third ot Lot
e8ley ward; levied on as the property of
A k Mallet tc.
Eastern one-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the nropcrtv
of Eli Mallette. 1
Improvements on the eastern one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied ouaathe proi>orty ot
Mrs E M Mallette.
Western one-half of Lot No 3 and improve-
ments, Screven ward; levied on a* the property
of Mrs Catherine Mallette.
Improvements on the middle one-third of Let
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the property ct
Miss Eolinc Mallette.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of Lot
No 25 Calhoun ward: levied on as the property
of CC Millar. *
Improvements on Lot No 6S Brown ward; levied
on as the property of Ramon Molina, trustee.
Northern one-third ot Lot No 5 and impiovtv
meuts Decker ward, Heathcote tything; levied on
as the property of the estate of G P I
t No 10 and
... P Morin.
Lot No 10 aud improveu.euts, Fran aim ward;
levied on as the property of M T quinan.
Lot No 75 White ward; levied on as the prop
erty ot Mrs Winefred quinan.
Lot No 37 and improvements, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on as the property ol James
B Head and K J Nunn.
Lot No 40 and improvements, Middle Oe:e-
thorpe ward; levied on us the property ot Mr*
James B Head.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of lot
No 41 Jackson ward; levied on as the property
of Mrs L G Kichards.
Improvements on Lot No 24 Walton ward;
levied on as the property of Miss Kate Roberta.
Lot No 3 and improvements Jones ward; levied
on as the property of Dwight L Roberts, trustee.
Lots Nos 2 and 3, Garden Lot west, front ict.
taayard tract; levied on as the property of Janiet
H Roberts.
Improvements on Lot No 16 Troup ward; Icviec
on as the property of the estate of Mrs M i
Roberts and children.
Improvement on Lot No 7 W’alton ward; Jevicw
on as the property of the estate ot Mrs M \
Roberts and children.
Improvements on Lot No 3, wharf lot, trus
tee’s garden; levied ou us the pro perl} ot James
Ryan.
Lot No 9 and improvements, Bartow ward; lev
ied on us the property of M T Ryan.
Improvements aud machinery on Lot No 95
Garden lot east; levied on as the property ol
Sullivan Jfc Hull.
Lot No 14 aud improvements, Cuthbert ward,
seventh section; levied on at the property of Jno
A Sullivan, trustee.
Lot No 7 and improvements. Cuthbert wart,
seventh section; levied on as the property ot W
D Sullivan.
Improvements on Lot No 4) L'oyd ward; levied
on as the property of W B St urtevant, trustee.
Improvements ou Lots Nee 6, 7 and S Elb* r
ward; levied ou as the property of the estate ot
Mrs Margaret Telfair.
Lot No 20, Gallie ward, and improvement*;
Ievied on as the property of Henry G Ward,
trustee.
Improvements on Lot No 44 Stephens ward;
levied on as the property of Mrs A F Wayne.
Furchasers paying for titles and stamiis.
GEORGE W. STILES,
feb4-lm City Marshal
ml
ncll of
City Marshal’s Sale.
OFFICE CITY MARSHAL,
Savannah, February 3, 1876.j
U NDER RESOLUTION of the City Council
Savannah, and by virtue of city tax execu
tions in my hands, I have levied on and will set',
under direction of a special committee of Coun
cil, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN MARCH, lS7t f
between the legal hours ot sale, before the Court
House door in the city of Savannah, county Ot
Chatham, and State of Georgia, the following
property, to wit:
Improvements on Lot No. 93 Cnrrytown ward;
levied on as the property of J. V. Connerat.
Lot No. S and improvements, South Oglethorpe
ward; levied ou as the property of Mrs. Mary M.
Marshall.
Improvements on Lot No. 4«, Jackson warn;
levied on as the property of the Savannah Poor
House and Hospital.
Lot No. 10 and improvements, Reynolds ward,
third tything; levied on as the property ol Jumea
J. Waring.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
feb4-1m City Marshal
glisrrUanfous.
i N1 O A DAY at home. Agent* wanted. Outfit
V* ^ ar;d terms free. TRUE
and terms free. T
Main
A FARM
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ARE ON THE LtNE OF THE
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F. DAVIS. Land Commissioner U. P. K. IL,
Omaha, Neb.
M IND READING, P.-ychouancy, Fascination,
Son! Charming, Me*
Son! Charming, Mesmerism, and Marriage
Guide, showing how either sex may fas*-mate
and gain the love aud affection of any
person they choose, instantly. 400 pages. By
mail 50 cents. HUNT & CO., 139 S. 7th St.,
Philadelphia.
$77
localitv. Terms and OUTFi 1 FREE.
P. O. YlCKERY A CO., Augusta, M«>ne.
Agent*, Male and Female, in their own
localitv. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Address
$5$20 Mi&rsJBSIfS
CO., Portland, Maine.
Fits and Epilepsy
POSITIVELY CURED,
The worst cases of the longest standing,by using
UK. HEBBABD'8 CURE.
IT HAS CURED THOUSANDS,
and will give $1,00) for a case it will not teneflt.
A bottle sent free to all addressing J. E. DIB
BLES, Chemist. Oflice: 135C Broadway, Y.
Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell A Co.
established their advertising agency in New York
City. Five year/ago they absorbed the business
conducted by Mr. John Hooper, who was the
first to go into this kind of enterprise. Now
they have the satisfaction of controlling the most
extensive and complete ad\ert.sing connection
which has ever been secured,and one which would
be hard y possible in any other country but this.
They have succeeded in working down ,i complex
business into so thoroughly a systematic method
that no change in the newspaper system ot
America can escape notice, while the widest in
formation upon all topics interesting tc adver
tisers is placed readily at the disposal of law pub-
New Y ork Times, jamw,to.
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SUuwiuatinfl Oils.
The Best Household Oil iu the W orld I
C. WEST & SONS'
ALADDIN SECURITY OIL,
W ARRANTED 150 dee.-ee. fire Jest. Bn-
dereed by the Fire Insurance Companies-
♦ t,, irmrintr certificate, selected from
Read the following certificate
manyolhers:
Howard Firs Iks. Co. or Baltosork,!
December 23, .4. J
Messrs. C. West * Sax*: I
Ing used the various oils sold .n this Jty ior
lumirating purposes, I take pleasure ^
mending your “Aladdin Securry as the saf -
and bett ever used in oar ho iseaold.
(SiiicO) Y ° ar ’’ ANDREW KEBSK, Pres'!.
iJt? will not explode. Aa* poor Btoreiieeper
f °Whn Male Deoot • C. WEST * 30NS,
Wb ifs! K. Lombard street, Baltimore.
ang2B-6m
as a member of his respective Boari
Section 8. Be it further enacted by the or mor,:
authority aforesaid, That nothing contained
in the provisions of this Act shall be con
strued so as to interfere with the power of
the General Assembly to exercise such
supervision over the Boards of Trustees and
Regents as herein provided, and such power
as is flow granted by law to the General
Assembly over the present Board of
Trustees.
Section 9. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaia, That the pre
sent Board of Trustees shall exer
cise the power herein granted the
Board of Regents until the Saturday
before the first Wednesday in August, 1876,
on which c.ay they shall make a full and
complete report to the rioard of Trustees
elected under the provisions of this Act, as
to the conditions, wants, Ac., of the State
University.
WEST’S OIL.
T AM MAKING A SPBl-IAWT ol tbe
1 Oil, and dt-liver it to EMy P“ rt °L ,,, 8
cans of five gjUMisJ 25 mite.
C. West * SOM’ lw« KRM'btNB.
absence shall ipso facto vacate his position C. West & Sana* <***
— I FMCetCmm
. 140 Bay atrec.
jrailoos. Oil House, oaQ)X) p.
ang31-ly
PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL,
WEST'S lEBOSMEwd LAMP GOODS.
rplIE ondersiltnedDas removed frcmNc.. Wto
No. .^»HTON
building, comer virus’
ASTRAL OIL
GOODS at retail.
PRATT’S
and LAMP
feblMt
COFFEE*
BAGS COFFEE, DIRECT FROM
4 373
Btode Janeiro, per German brigantine “Rea,’
Hading and for sale by