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Volume LII.
MILLELGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST l f 187L
Number 30.
THE
Southern geronU*.
BY
Si a. HASRISON, OSMB & CO.
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-Citation* lor letter*
,t »J i.lustration, guardianship, Ac. 9 .1 00
Homestead notice...... * Jj®
\ plicationtor dism n from adm n— 0 OO
indication for dism’n of guard’n.... 3 50
ipuliration for leave to sell Land 5 00
since to Debtors and Creditors — . 3 00
ia.es of Land, per square of ten lines 5 00
Sale of personal per sq., ten days 1 50
•icnjfj—Each levy often lines,.... 2 50
ilortgage sales of ten tines or less.. 5 00
fas Collector's sales, (2 months 5 00
'Irrk's— Foreclosure of mortgage and
th r monthly's, per square 1 00
istrsy notices,thirty days 3 00
Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu
tor Guardians. are required, by law to
ie held >n the first Tuesday in the month,
,et*een the hoars of ten in the forenoon
ml three in the afternoon, at the Court-
,use in the county in which the property
s situated.
.Notice of these sales must be published 40
pi vs previous to the day of sale.
Notice for tbe sale of personal property
mst be published 10 days previous to sale
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Notice to debtors and creditors, 40 day
Notice that application will be made of
v Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land,
weeks.
Citations for letters of Administration,
narlianship, Sec., mast be published 30
jjs—for dismission from Administration,
osthlysii months, for dismission from guar*
unship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must
,, published monthly for four months—for
iblish ng lost papers, for the full space of
,rte months—tor compelling titles from Ex-
•ntors or Administrators, where bond has
een given by the deceased.the full space
f three months.
Application for Homestead to be published
whr in the space of ten consecutive days.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Are respectfully soBeited for the erection of a
MOJiUSm
TO THE
Confederate Dead of Georgia,
And those Soldiers from other Confederate
States who were hilled or died in this State.
THE MONUMENT TO COST $50,000.
The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be
.aid en the 4th of July, or so soon thereafter as
lie rcce'pts will permit.
Tor every Five Dollars subscribed, there will
he given a certificate of Life Membership to
the Monumental Association. This certificate
will entitle the owner thereof to an equal inter
tsi in the following property, to be distributed
a, soon as requisite number of shares are sold,
to-wit:
First. Nine Hundred and One
Acres of Land in Lincoln
county, Georgia, on which are
the well known Magruder
Gold and Copper Mines, val
ued at $150,000
Audio Seventeen Hundred and Forty-Four
Shares in One Hundred Thousand Dollars of
United States Currency; to-wit
1 >L*re of
fto.ooo
910.000
1 “
5,000
5,000
2 **
2,500
5,000
10 “
2,000
20.000
10 11
1,000
10.000
20 ••
500
10,000
too *•
100
io ( ooo
2(0 “
50
10,000
400 «
25
10,000
lOuO
10
10,000
$100,000
The value of tbe separate interest to which
the holder of each Certificate will be entitled,
will be determined by the Commissioners, who
will announce to the public the manner, the
time and place of distribution.
The following gentlemen have consented to
act »a Commissioners, an a will either by a
Committee from their own body, or by 8pecia
Trustees, appointed by themselves, receivo and
!»ke proper charge of tbe money for the Mon
ument,as well as the Keal Estate and the U.
v Currency offered as inducements for sub-
* -ption, and will determine upon the plan for
:. • Monument, the inseiption thereon, the site
therefor, select an orator for the occasion, and
trgulste tbe ceremonies to be observed when
h>- corner-stone is laid to-wit:
General* L. SIcLaws, A. R. Wright, M. A.
^'. vsl.. w. M. Gardner, Goode Bryan, Colo-
i.(r.s C. Snead, Wm. P. Crawford, Majors
■ ' 1! Camming, George T. Jackson, Joseph
1.P. Girardey. Hon. K. H. May, Adam
‘l .'.nstoD, Jonathan M. Miller, W. II. Good*
: -ch. J, D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W. E. Dear-
■t
lhe Agents in the respective counties will
' rt *:n the money received for the sale of
LJtets until the subscription Books are clos-
*'*■ In order that the several amounts may
“* "turned to the Shareholders, in case the
®*®b*r of subscriptions will not warrant any
further procedure the Agents will report to
J? 3 office weekiy, the result of their sales.
•* en a sufficient number of tbe ■bares are
Sj the Agents will receire notice. They
*‘I1 then forward to this office the amount*
: *ceived.
A A. H. McLAW8, Gen. Ag fa.
No. 3 Old P. O. Range, McIntosh stf.
Augusta, Ga
" C.D. ROBERTS, Agent at Sparta, Ga.
,” HUNT & CO., Agent* Milledgeville
r P * n May, 2, 1871. 6m.
T mark Walter’s
w/qmbl&i
Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
marble monuments, tomb
STONES *C., &C.
garble Mantels and Furniture-Marble of all
( * ' u rui*hrd (o Order. All work for the
° ,JnU 7 carefully boxed for shipment.
P H ch 12 *70 ly, a Feb 1, 71 1/
Herring’s
)ion * Safes
Champi
THEIR
TRIUMPHS IN TUB LATE LARGE FIRE !
THEY NEVER FAIL!
BELL & HULL’S LETTER.
SaVAskah, Ga., February 24,1871.
Messrs. Herring, Farrel A Sherman, 251
Broadway, New York :
Gents.—The large and destructive fire of
February 22nd, consumed the building occu
pied by ns. We were using one of your Her
ring’s Patent Champion Safes, made sixteen
years ago. It contained Seven Hundred Dol
lars in money, our books and valuable papers
We were unable to get the safe open until
eighteen hours after the fire. We iound the
contents in excellent condition; the only injury
was the binding of the books, drawn by the
steam. This test of the fire-proof quality of
your safes was a severe one, as all can testify
a ho saw the fire. The amount of combusti
ble materials of the building itself, added to the
cotton and other goods stored in it, made as
hot: a fire as often occurs.
Respectfully yours;
BELL A HULL.
W. M. DAVIDSON'S LETTER.
Savannah, Ga., February 24, 1871.
Messrs. Herring, Farrel Jf Sherman, 251
Broadway, New York:
Gents.—I bad one of your Herring’s Patent
Champion Sates in tbe fire of Wednesday
ni(-ht, February 22d. It remained in the rums
thirty .six hours before it could he opened. My
stock of goods (being a wholesale liquor mer-
chi.nt) made a very hot fire, thoroughly testing
the quality of the safe. It contained some
mosey, my books and papers two gold watches
twe silver goblets, aud other valuables. All of
them are preserved in fine order. The covers
of he books are drawn by the steam. It was
a genuine test,and your Champion Safe has
done me excellent service. The fire was one
of the hottest that ever took place in this city.
Truly yours,
W. M. DAVIDSON,
HERRING’S PATENT CHAMPION SAFES.
The most lid table Protection from Fire
Now Known.
HERRING’S NEW
Patent Champion Bankers’ Safes!
The best Protection against Burglars’
Tools Extant.
HERRING, FARREL A SHERMAN,
251 Broadway, cor. Murray St., N. Y.
FARREL, HERRING fc CO.. Philadelphia.
HERRING, FARREL & CO., Chicago.
HERRING, FARREL & SHERMAN, New
Orleans.
PURSE & THOMAS, Agents.
SAVANNAH, GA.
r May 9,1871. 18 3m.
SUMTER BITTERS.
Recommended by the highest
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( PERUVIAN or CHINCHON’A
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DOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS,
Proprietors and Wholesale Druggists,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Far sale by L. W. HUNT A CO., Milledge-
* For sale by A. 11- BIRDSONG & CO.
Sparta, Ga.
p tr July 29 1871. p 81 r 30 4t.
Georgia
COTTOJf
PRESS
TS NOT AN EXPERIMENT, but has been
-L tested by some of our best planters, and
has proved to be an Excellent Press. Plan
ters, send for our circular and price list, os the
price is fiom $20 to $35 less than auy other
reliable Pres*.
We refer to Col. T. M. Turner, Sparta, Ga.,
who knows the merits of our Presses.
PENDLETON Se BOARDMAN.
Patentees aud Manufacturers.
Foundry and Machine Works Augusta,Ga
prnjy7th 6m -
VIEW8,
ALBUMS,
CHROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H- T. ANTHONY & CO
SSI 1XOASWAT, * W.
Invite tbe attention of the Trade to their ex
tensive assortment of the above goods, of
(Aesr eicn publication, manufacture and impor
tation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES
and
GRAPIIOSCOPB
NEW VIEW8 OF YO SEMITE.
ZJ. 4l H T ANTHONY dt CO-
591 BitoADW.ii, New York,
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel
IMPORTER* akd marofactures of
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS.
P March 11, CJ 6m. R March 14,10 6m.
New Advertisements*
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CURES THE WORST PAIRS
In from one to Twenty Minutes
NOT ONE HOUR
after reading this advertisement need anv one
SUFFER WITH PAIN.
Badvay’s Ready Relief Is a Cure fer every
FAIN.
It was tbe first and is
THE ONLY PAIN UEREDY
that instantly stops the most excruciating
pains, allays’Inflamaiion, and cures Conges
tions, whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bow
els, or other glands or organs, by ono appli
cation.
Iu from one to twenty minutes, no matter
how violent or excruciating the pain the
Rheumatic, Bed-ridden, Tofirm. Crippled,
Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with dis
ease may suffer.
The application of the Ready Relief to the
part or parts where the pain or difficulty exists
will afi'ord ease and comfort.
Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water
will in a few moments cure Cramps, Spasms,
Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache,
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in the
Bowels, and all Internal Pains.
Travelers shonld always carry a bottle of
midway's Ready Relief with them. A few
drops in water wiil prevent sickness or pains
from change of water. It is better than
French Braodyor Bitters as a stimulant.
FEVER AND AGUE.
FeveXand Ague cured for fifty cents. There
is not a remedial agent in this world that will
cure Fevei and Ague, and all olher Malarious,
Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow, aud other
Fevers (aided by Railway’s Pills) so quick as
Rad way’s Ready Relief. Fifty cents a bottle.
HEALTH ! BEAUTY!!
Strong and pure rich blood—increase of flesh
aud weight—clear skin and beautiful
complexion secured to all.
DR. RAD WAY’S
SABSAP.HtlLLI.iy RESOLVE.VT
Has made the most astonishing cures so quick
so rapid are the changes the body un
dergoes, uuder the influence of
this truly wonderful Medicine,
that
Every day an Increase in Flesh
and Weight is Seen and Felt.
TMMMi tiMSMi.1T BLOOD PVMtlFMMSR
Every drop of the Sarsapariliau Resolvent
communicates through the Blood, Sweat,
Urine, and other fluids and juices of the sys
tem the vigor of life, for it repairs the wastes
of tbe body with new and soud material. Scrof
ula, Syphilis, Consumption, Glandular dis
case. Ulcers in the throat. Mouth, Tumors.
Nodes in the Glands and other parts of the
system, Sore Eyes, Strumorous discharges
from the Ears, and the worst forms of Skin
diseases. Eruptions, Fever Soros, Scald Head,
Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Acne,
Black Spots. Worms m the Flesh, Tumors,
Cancers in the Womb, and all weakening and
painful discharges. Night Sweats, Loss ot
Sperm and all wastes of the life principle,
are within the curative range of this wonder
of Modern Chemistry, and a few days use
will prove to any person using it f-r either of
these forms of disease its potent power to
cure them.
Not only does the SarsapariHian Resolvent
excels all known remedial agents in the cure
of Chronic, Scrofulous, C'oostitutioual, and
Skin diseases; but it is the only positive cure
for Kidney aud Bladder Complaints, Urinary,
aud Womb diseases, Gravel. Diabetes. Dropsy,
Stoppage of Water. Incontinence of Urine
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria, and iu all ca
ses where there are brick dust deposits, or tbe
water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances
like tbe whiteol an egg. or threads like white
silk, or there is a morbid, dark billious ap
pearance. and white bone-dust deposits, aud
when there is a pricking, burning sensation
when passing water, aDd pain in the Small of
the Back and along the Loins.
DR. RAD WAYS
PERFECT PURGATIVE PlLLS.
perfectly tasteless, e vgantly coated with sweet
gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse, and
strengthen. Radway’s Pills, for the cure of
all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels,
Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases. Head
ache, Cinstipation, Costiveness, Indigestion.
Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Bilious Fever, In
flammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all De
rangements of the Internal Viscera. War
ranted to effect a positive cure. Purely Veg
etable, containing no mercury, minerals, or
deleterious drugs.
Observes the following symptoms resulting
from Disorder* of the Digestive Organs:
A few doses of Radway’s Pills will free the
system from all the above named disorders
Price, 25 cents per Box. Sold by Druggists.
Read “False and True ’’ Send one letter-
stamp to Radway dr Co., No 87 Maiden Lane.
New York. Information worth thousands will
be sent you.
r July 4 1871. 26 ly.
FOUND AT LAST!
An Antidote for
Fever & Ague.
Kingstree., S. C., December 31, 1869.
Mr. B. F. Moise.
Dear 8ia: I deem it my duty and only an
act of j ns lice to yourself, that I should make
the following statement, coming as it does from
one who for many years h ■ no faith ij “Pat
ent Medicines,’’ and I have persistently re
fused to use them for any purpose whatever,
must say that I have used your Fever and
Ague Pills in my practice this foil, and have
never in tb* first instance failed to relieve my
patients. 1 have now frequent calls iu my
Drug Store for your Fever and Ague Pills. I
always recommend them and with the happi
est results. I am averse to giving large quan
tities of quinine, or continuing its use long,
and I can safely aay that Moise’a Fever aud
Ague Pills fills its place and leaves the patient
no unpleasant symptoms. I wish that yon
may have the satisfaction of knowing that
your “Fever and Ague Pills” have relieved
many nnder my treatment when other medi
cines that 1 have tried hare failed to do.
Yours, respectfully.
J. 8. BROCKINTON, M. D.
For Sale by L. W. HUNT & CO. Milledge
ville, Ga..
For Sale by A. H. BIRDSONG A CO.
Sparta, Ga.
p *r July 29] 1071. p81r30 4w
SCHOFIELD’S
Ires H Virf’s.
ADJOINING PASSENGER DEPOT, MACON, Q-A
Steam Engines and Boilers
OF ANY RSQUmxm SIZB
Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Gin Gearing,
(ORDINARY, Oli GRAHAM’S EXTRA HEAVY,)
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES,
IRON RAILINGS,
OF ANY DESIRED STYLE AND AT PRICES LOWER THAN ANYBODY.
SKAFTINC3-, FUIAjIBS, BTO
All or any Machinery, put up at first-class IRON WORKS, put up in the
be^t style and at prices to suit the times. Give us a call before purchasing. We
will sell low for CASH.
J. S. SCHOFIELD <fc SON.
-:o:——
Schofield’s Patent Cotton Presses
STILL AHEAD.
Our WROUGHT IRON
COTTON SCREW PRESS
is the only Cotton Press that
has stood tbe test, being used
ever since the close of the
war, and is in greater and
more increasing demand than
any other
Our WAITER STEAM POWER
PRESS is becoming
VERY POPULAR.
Being the
MOST ECONOMICAL.
to those having a
MATER POWER OR STEI9 EKCIKK.
It can also he run from the baud wheel
shaft of gin gear.
Our HAND PRESS (indeed, as all of them
are) is too well known, and has established it
self as the Planter’s Favorite. As tjiere is no
comparison between a cast and “Wrought Iron
Screw,” we do not recommend “Cast Iron
Screws,” though we make them for those.want
ing a CHEAP Press.
Send us your orders, or send for Circular and
Price List.
THE WILCOX PATENT HORSE POWER
We claim to be SUPERIOR 10 ANY OTHER for Ginning Cotton, and it
is the only Horse Power made that we know of that can supercede the ordinary
Gin Gear.
J. S gCEOPXXIlD A SOW, Macon. Oa.
Jy 3 r & p p 77 r 26 6m.
W. A. HOPSON & CO.,
Have received this day a choice variety of
the Latest styles of
LADIES’. MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S SUITS.
ALSO
SWISS OVERSKIRTS,
CORSET COVERS,
ALSO
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
DRESSING SKIRTS,
PIQUE WRAPPERS,
Ladies’ TJndepgapxnents.
W* A* HOPSON & C0-, 41 Second SL, 20 Triangular
Block. Macon, Ga.
Be’c. Feb. 14,1871,
DRIFT-WOOD.
Lisbon has had a destructive fire.
Yellow fever has disappeared from
Buenos Ayres.
Ireland has only two hundred and
fifty eight Jews.
An Irishman calls his sweetheart honey
because she is bee loved.
Jim Fisk passed breezily over five
fences in getting away from the mob.
Bret Harte ia going to atudy profan
ity among the musquitoes of New Jer
sey.
John G. Saxe is at Saratoga. He
saya women have neither originality,
inventive genius, nor beauty.
A Philadelphia hack driver drove a
dead man around for bait a day, and
didn’t know it until he tried to collect
his fare.
The European powers are soon to
have a conference for the purpose of
agreeing upon a uniform system of im
port duties.
Miss Tennie C. Claflin has announced
herself as a candidate for Congress in
the 8th New York District.
How to keep your head clear—Shave
every hair off.
Nine elephants from Ceylon, have ar
rived in New York.
The aggregate receipts of cotton at
Selma, Ala., for the season are 86,572
bales.
Jim Mace, Jim Fisk and C. S. Gran*,
are among the “sports” now rusticating
at long Branch.
The trade of Nashville for 1870, was
over $41,000,000. The book trade of
that city was over 400,000.
Mrs. Fair has addressed a long let
ter to tbe public, giving a sketch of her
life, and asking the press for the charity
of silence.
“Invisible switches” are advertised by
a hair dealer. Now give us unseen
ehignons and we shall be happy.
Not on squeezing terms any more, is
the way a Prairie du Chien young lady
describes the relations between herself
and her lover.
A man in Kansas, on whose shoulder
a lady laid a lash, didn’t sue for damages,
because it was an eye lash.
A Male Train—"Off she goes,” said a
lady, speaking of the train as it was start
ing. “You have mistaken the gender,
madam, a gentleman said, ' this is a
mail train,”
A man died at Pittsburg recently,
and in bis will, after stating that he nev
er forgot a favor. left $1,000 to an indi
vidual who ten years before ran away
with his wife.
A widower in Terre Haute, Indiana,
offers to marry any young, amiable,
beautiful and accomplished girl who
will take care of his house, keep bis chil
dren clean, and let hitn alone.
“Mr. Post-office-man, I want to pay
the postage on this letter.” “Single or
doable, miss ?” “Doable, sir,” (with a
eonrtesy ;) "I was married last week.”
Warren Carmcr, a negro preacher of
Goldsboro’, N. C , has been arrested for
an attempt at wholesale murder, by poi
soning wells ol white people in the vi
cinity. He is sure of some high Feder
al office.
Two hundred and thirty-two thous
and passengers were transported over
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
during the year ending June 30. 1871.
Receipts derived from this source amoun
ted to $418,000.
John Carsin, a newspaper folder of
tbe Boston Journal, and James Fitz
patrick, of the Post, had a match re
cently. The latter won, folding 1.500
papers to Carson’s 1.460, each making
four folds to each paper, in ono hour’s
time.
A merry, light-hearted damsel rushed
into a colored citizen’s arms at Savannah
exclaiming : "Oh ! you are my long
lost brother.” She soon discovered her
mistake, and rushed off in a confused
manner, accompanied by her long lost
brother’s poeket-book.
A young man in Oshkosh, Wis., sued
a maidcu the other day to compel her to
keep her agreement to marry him. Be
fore the case was called for trial the fath
er of tbe maiden offered the discarded
lover five dollars to settle matters, which
the young man accepted as full com
pensation for a broken heart.
The Republican ring that has ruled
Philadelphia since 1861, has increased
the debt from $19 000,000 to $50,000,*
000, and nothing to show for the money
Four of tbe six Radical journals in
Pbiladelwhia declare that the only way
to put a stop to this is to defeat the nom
inations of their party.
The Radical darkies over the river, iu
Alabama, are iu some quarters holding
political meetings, at which “no white
man is allowed to attend.” They say
they intend to have their own way, this
year, and that tbe “carpet- bagger or
scallawag who interrupts them will go
’way with a flea in his ear.”
A gentleman of Connectioat, who is
something of a sportsman, went to sleep
In chnrch on one of the late warm Son-
days, and dreamed he was hunting rab
bits. Daring an eloquent passage in
the sermon be espied in his dream a rab
bit, and startled the congregation by
6hoating “there he goes.”
Champion Pardoner.—The right of
Governor Bullock “to wear the horns,”
es tbe “Champion Pardoner,” is becom
ing somewhat donbtfnl. President Grant
is certainly gaining on him, if not ahead.
Recently, Grant has been pardoning of
fenders against the revenne laws by
wholesale.—Constitution, ,
The Philadelphia Masous are to erect
a 810,000 monument to the memory ot
Wm. B. Schneider, who was Grand Ty-
ler of Penusylvania for mauy years.
It is stated that the Brunswick & Al
bany Railroad will be completed to Al
bany, and the cars running tu that city,
by the 10th of August.
The bnilding of a plank road from At
lanta to Decatur and Stone Mountain
is tbe topic in Atlanta just now. A
meeting was hold on the 22d and nu
merously addressed, at which $1500
was subscribed to the enterprise.
Prof. Coe, who made a balloon aacen
sioo from Ogdensborg, New York, pass
ed through several snow sqnalls, and at
one time had two inches of suow in the
basket. He and his companion suffered
greatly from the cold.
Tbe grasshoppers are getting pretty
numerous in different parts of the coun
try. One of them thought to stop in
Rhode Island a day or two ago. bat by
a slight miscalculation as to distance,
skipped,over it.
In a a trial in Washington County,
New York, last week, a certain deed was
proved to be fraudulent, it being dated
January 7, 1827. and paper manufactu
rers testifying that such paper as it
was written npon was not in existence
until 1840, the process by which it was
made not being known until about that
time.
The grave of Gen. J. B. Magruder, in
the Masonio quarters of the Hanston
(Texas) Cemetery, is marked by nothing
bat a plain board, on which are written
merely his name and rank in the Con
federate army. Several flowers, planted
on the mound by some person unknown,
had perished from the excessive boat.
A boy near Omaha, the other day,
struck upon a rattlesnake near his fath
er’s house, and as he was temporarily in
charge of his little sister, he gave her
the reptile to play with. Presently the
snake, tired of the child’s fondling, be
gan to hiss viciously and rattle.—
The boy, discovering then itsvicons na
ture, snatched it from his sister and
attempted to throw it away. Th
snake fastened about his wrist and threat
ened to bite. The boy alarmed bis fath
er, who was not far off. and by caution
tbe latter succeeded in euuciner the rep
tile so that it left the boy. When killed,
the rattlesnake was found to be full
grown, over two feet long, and with six
rattles.
A Card.—Professor Joseph Henry,
Secretary of the SmithsoniaD Institution,
at Washington. D. C., requests me to
direct an imperfect "list ot colleges, li
braries, schools of high grade and public
institutions in Georgia,” which he sends
me.
To avoid doing injustice to any of tbe
establishments existing—not named in
tbe list, or such as have chauged their
locations lately, or have adopted a new
name—I suggest that each of them for
ward to the Professor a correct address,
in order that it may receive any bene
fits to be secured by beiug known as a
•iterary institution to society.
The press generally writ -..bilge those
most interested by giving this an inser
tion. Joshua Hill.
Madison, July 15, 1871.
1 Vomen Voting in North Carolina.—
According to the Raleigh (N. C ) Sen
tinel, woman suffrage waa practically
carried out in Johnston county, in that
State, at the last election, and the people
there are warned to beware of the same
trick again. The Sentinelof July 17tb,
•ays:
“Major Smith, President of the North
Carolina Railroad, told it himself, that
he voted two hundred negro women in
Johnston county, by having them dress
ed in men’s clothes. His plan was this
The Register’s books were kept open all
day ; tbe women in breeches registered
when taken to tbe polls; the law for
bade any min to challenge, so they were
obliged to vote. At that election the
uegroes carried Johnston by four hun
dred and more. At the subsequent
election no women voted, and tbe white
folks carried the election by five hun
dred and more.”
A Nut for Lawyers to Crack—Hart
ford, Connecticut, has a will case that ie
exciting considerable interest. One of
the journals states it and solves it at the
same time. It says:
“A. provided by will just before his
death, in expectation of the birth of a
child, that if a son tias born he should
have two-thirds of his father’s estate
and his mother one-third; but if the child
was a daughter, she should have one-
third and her mother two-thirds of the
same estate. After A’s death twins—a
son and a daughter—are born- How
shall the property be divided ? This is
nothing more than a very old problem,
founded on an actual occurrence, once of
considerable repute, and retained in va-
rious shapes in several algebras and
higher arithmetics in use at the present
day. Its solution is comparatively easy.
The manifest intent of the testator is
that the son’s share shall be twice as
large as the mother’s, and tbe mother’s
twice as large as the daughter’s. Call
the daughter’s share one. The mother*!
will be two, and tbe son’s four. Wo
need then only divide tbe estate into
seven equal parts, giving four to the
son, two to the mother and one to the
daughter.”
Charles Lever, the^nevelist, has been
made an LL. D. by Trinity College,
Dublin.
