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THh Aj'I.ANYA SUN
JUDGE ERSKINFS LATE DRCISJON
The late decision of Judge Erskine
THE OUXGKE&SIOXAL iJ/CMEASS OF DAT.
Those members of Congress who
ATLANTA
uriMIT or THE GSo* GIA PMMSS.
Savannah News says “there is one
. th • mv vrratiiVinc fact connected with the ; lr , c t Conrtin Atlanta,on Judge
"*<*7 e-prf*-*—■ —* *
PackUf 4«rlM I« SMifl*
Oomment ng on Hon. 8. H. Hill’s able
argument Before the United States Dis-
Er*kine’s
aracterises
i as a BuTement to pack the janes of the
wpon a motion to quash the jurv em- * i l. yt the whole trated by Congress, under the lead of! Federal courts in the interests of politi-
. — -I . UtUlIH'l I ! . • 11 1 ] l I an 4a* th A «• ai 1
panelled in the case of the United :
country.
without regard to party. that miserable old political bandit
If the individual
State# vs. William Gardner on the Ritter denunciations have been hurled , Beast Butler,
(round that it was illegally cousti- at them with relentless fury. It will members, whose insatiable greed for
probably prove the political death-
tuted, has met with universal con
demnation from the Georgia press | knell of many of them, if the spirit
and ^number of journals outside of of the j llVtfei ou t i lt . subject is an> in-
the State. We have published many u f popular opinion.
•f these expressions of public opiuion. j
When it is remembered that J udge i
Erskine stood very fair with the press .
and people, and that, as a United
States Judge, his course has been in ,
the main acceptable to them, it is a J ^ j u . rv ^ J<s .) ^ v . Their accepting
The most objectk»nable feature of
the bill increasing the pay of the
members ot Congress a as that it was
made retroactive. These Congress
public pluuder impelled them to join
in the disgraceful, uot to say crimi
nal conspiracy, supposed that party
partizan association would shield
them from just condemnation by the
press, they have been most egregi-
ously mistaken.” Hays the News:
The leading papers of the country.
rr elected with no expectation Republican, Democratic and Inde-
1 /l. f n I m t Tr* i f n rill r on UVPOT).
pendent, almost without an excep-
mat ter *»f regret, not oul* as the ques
tion involved in his decision affects
the intelligent administration of jus
tice. but even to Judge Krshiue per
sonally, that he should have so far
bent to the demands of partisan
ipirit, as to override all precedent,
and the law in the case-, as to attempt
to endorse a system of selecting ju
rors for his Court that can nly re
sult in the infliction of ignorant, not
to say corrupt, jurns upou the people
of this State. The decision is well
calculated to shake the confidence ot
all right-thiuking meu iu the judi
cial integrity of Judge Erskine and
bri ng upon his head the maledictions
of aa outraged public opion.
The corruption of the times and
political intrigue seem to permeate
all departments of the public service,
and the administration of justice is
daily becoming more and more sub
ject to the influence of partisamsm
ami the means of advancing the pe
culiar interests of political aspirauts.
[office was tue fulfillment of a cou-
i tract * r -h the people that they would
serve them for a sum already stipu-
1 laied by law. Until the term of ser-
vic* expired, they were under the
moat solemn obligation to adhere to
the contract.
We do uot see anything to condemn
as dishonorable in the increase of
! our President’* pay, or that of other
Federal diguitaries and members of
1 Cougress for the future. The Presi-
I deutial office ought to have attached
I to it a salary commensurate with the
dignity and importance of the same,
I This is a great Government, and the
| duties of the Presidential offio6 are
far greater than when the old salary
was established.
The United States is a first-class
power among the nations of theearth,
and requires a larger sum to support
the dignity of the Presidential office,
in these days of high prices, than it
did iu the days of the first Presi
dents, when this was but a strug
It i, charged «nd believed that Jtidg* „ y Republic. The same
Entities late decision was but an I principles that apply to the Presiden-
edict from the headquarters of Radi
calism, and that it was necessary for
him to enforce it in order to retain
place and faver from his party. We
do not pretend to say whether this ri
true or not. If true. Judge Erskine
deservedly loses the conndenoe of all
good men; if not true, he has, upon
his own motion, and without reason,
shown the utmost disregard of public
opinion iu the violation of law, as it
is construed by our ablest lawyers
aud jurists, and his condemnation is
no less just
But the decision is on the line of
policy that looks to centralization of
government and the abrogation of
the rights of States. It is in perfect
keeping with the spirit of the Radical
party, and is but one of the means
used by that party to infringe the
principles of free government. It
may not be so much in the interests
of the the negro’s rights as it is to
■eenre packed juries for the convic
tion of men who may be brought be
fore the Conrt on false’ charges in
spired by a bitter partisan spirit.
The reasons of laws given in the de
cision appear to be extremely weak
and flimsy, as the labored argument
of Judge Erskine fully attests.
The decision is only calculated to
throttle justice and to reduce the jury
system in the Federal Courts to a
mere facile instrument in the interest
of malignant partisan prosecution.
A UIXKBSOTA DEFAULTER.
All the speculators with public
moneys, to the detriment of the
“dear people,” are not confined to
any one place. The epidemic has
broken out in Minnesota. It appears
that the Treasurer of State has been
lending the funds of his office aud
pocketing exorbitant rates of inter
est, wrung from the poor and needy,
who were compelled to borrow.
An investigation into the affairs of
that Department reveals the astound
ing fact that he has thus loaned the
enormous sum of seven hundred
thousand dollars, and that many of
the borrowers are not able to pay it.
lien will such rascals l« driven
from places of honor and trust?
Nt'ver under the present administra
tion of our Federal Government
Their motto seems to be, in the lan
guage of the poet:
I love to ttral aw»T."
1 tial office apply in like manner to
j other offices of dignity in the Gov
•rnmeut
I If Cougress had confined its in
creased pay-roll to the future, in
stead of making it retroactive, it
would uot have been bo objectionable.
THE SUN AS AX ^ADVERTISING \MED1UM
WTith no intention of boasting, but
to state a simple business fact, we
take pleasure in informing adverti
sers that The Sun has a very fine
circulation, both daily and weekly—
perhaps, both combined, is as large
as any paper in the State. We do
not pretend to claim “the largest
aggregate circulation,” for the reason
we do not know the circulation of
other papers. They all claim to have
the largest, and until a proper test is
made, which can be done if newspa
per men will correctly count and re
port the number they circulate, we
shall not claim the distinction.
But we do assure the public that
The Sun has a much larger circula
tion than some seem to think, and
that it is daily increasing, not only in
the city, but throughout the State.
For this reason, we feel fully war
ranted in asking the patronage of
advertisers, fully conscious that they
will find The Sun all we claim for'it
tion, are unstinted in their denuncia
turn of an outrage unparalleled in
the history of the government. Dem
ocrats and Republicans unite in hold
ing up to public reprobation the men
of their resj^ctive parties, and even
the President himself, for an act of
shameless cupidity that admits of no
justification and palliation. In this
fact we recognize a sense of right and
decency which gives promise of hope
ful results. This crowning outrage
has opened the eyes «>f the people to
(lie utter demoralization of Congress
and has filled the homst voters of all
parties with alarm, and the press but
sjieuks the universal sentiment of the
country when it denounces the re
cent act of Congress as an outrage,
and a disgrace, not only (o those who
participated in it, but to the Ameri
can name.
Calling attention to advertisement
of the State Treasurer, proposing to
sell the new Georgia 8 per cent, bonds,
| the Warrenton Clipper says:
If the people of Georgia will only
come forward and take up these bonds
it will be the means of drawing mon
ey from Wall street for investments
in Georgia, and thereby reduce the
heavy per cent, now demanded by
capitalists.
Referring to Judge Erskine’s de
cision, the Columbus Hun says:
The ballot-box is already a mock
ery and a disgrace to civilization,
uid it now appears that the jury-box
is to be desecrated by the same twin,
deformed brothers—tyranny and ig
norance.
The Franklin News has this to say
about the bogus bonds put out by
Bullock:
Some of our exchanges are still in
dustriously hammering away at tne
bond question. We do not see why
the proposition to pay swindling,
fraudulent bonds should be prolific
of any discussion whatever. The
subject would do very well £or a cross
road debating society to practice on,
but it admits of no argument for
statesmen. Georgia will not pay
anything but her just debts, and do
well to do that.
FATHER KIRBTS REMAINS.
The remains of Father Kirby, who
died in Baltimore in April last, for
many years assistant pastor of the
Catholic Church in Augusta. Geor
gia, were brought to the latter city
on Sunday last and placed under St,
Patrick’s Church, where lie the re
mains of Bishop Berry and Father
Duggan. The Constitutionalist says
Father Kirby was a native of Ireland.
He studied for the Priesthood and
was ordained in early life. He was
known as a good Priest and an ex
cellent man throughout the commu
nity. He was very energetic in push
ing forward the building of St. Pat
rick’s Church, and it was mainly
through his efforts that the-work was
accomplished so soon. Under his
ministration the congregation was
greatly increased. He was much
loved by his congregation, and es
teemed by the community generally,
and the news of his death last April
was received with uufeigned regret
Small incidents sometimes
produce great historical results—for
instance, George Washington might
cal persecution under the civil rights
legislation of Oongreen, the Maoon Tele
graph says:
“Mr. Hi l’s argument does not leave
the subsequent decision of the court
against him an inch of solid around to
stand upon—bat what then? We are in
the era ol politics without reaeon—legis
lation without sense or patriotism—and
courts without law or jrntice. Le-ft to
ms own instincts and judgment, Judge
Erskine would do well enough. We be
lieve be is natural!j a fair man; but he
lacks the oonrage and ru ral strength to
s\rm the wretched panicau drift of the
times—wherein, from President down,
every official and every official’s parasite
is clamoring for the sacrifice of puolic
justice, reason and oommou sense to tbs
Dagou of African politics.
“Mr. Hill savs th j point he argues is
one of vital importance, and Dobody will
be bold euoogb to question the truth and
justice of tbat assertion. If the Blare of
Georgia should enaot that the defendant
in every civil suit should be permitted to
choose a jury of bis particular friends,
anu ti.e sheriff, in every trial lor misde
meanor or felonv, should be required to
».mp»nel jurors who were the sworn ene
mies of the t.ocused, we suppose every-
ody would say such legislation
viti lij important I Everybody would
udni't tl at it made judicial inquiries a
farce aud publio justice a mockery.
“But in what respect are the packed
junta practically any better ? These ja
nes are drawn to determine questions
arising under statutes in wbico they
practically represent but one and a vio
lent party, as to the defendants, through
out, and they are mere facile instiumeuts
in tlie bands of a malignant prosecution.
For illustration: in this county ot
Bibb, a negro—one Jeff Long—who
since 1865 has uniformly headed the
negro v« ters in the most aggressive at
tempts to take possession of tne polls and
prevent the whites from an equal chance
to dep- sit their votes, and wno last fall
organized one of the most violent on
slaughts ou tne white voters, for that
purpose, wliii h culminated in a tight—we
say this negro heads tne jury list from
this county, as we are info, med and be
lieve, and has been selected to pass upou
the guilt or innocence of.those whom his
atrocious conduct reduced to the dilemma
of either standing up to their righrs as
iretmen or being driven ignominious y
from tbe polls by showers of brickbats
trom a mob of tyrannical negro roughs
Now, thut is a strong and fair sample of
this pucktd jury justice, and we say the
Jiunais of civihztiiou may be oualh-uged
in vain for a more signal death blow to
justice and law than it penetrates iu this
State.”
'I lie Bankrupt Act Amendment.
Washington, March 17.—The follow
ing has been telegraphed in brief, bat
its importance warrants the text:
An Aot to declare the true intent and
meaning of the act approved June 8,
1872, amendatory of the general bank
rupt taw.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, Tnat
it was the true intent aud meauing of an
act approved June 8, 1872, entitled
an act to establish a uniform sys
tem of bankruptcy throughout the
United States, approved Match 2, 1867,
that the exemptions fallowed the bank
rupt by the said umendati ry act should,
and it is hereby enacted tbat they shall,
be the amount allowed by the Constitu
tion and Laws of each State respectively
us existing in tbe year 1871; and that
such exemptions be valid against debts
contracted before the adoption and pas
sage of such Slate Constitution and laws,
well as those contracted alter the
same, and against liens by judgment or
decree ol any S.ate court—any decision
ol any such court render d since tbe
adoption and passage of such Constitu
tion and laxs to the contrary notwith
standing. Approved March 3, 1873.
A. Horrible Murder.
The last W nt'n Clipp r contained
this: A horrible murder was committed
in tliat" port on of Warren county known
• s “The Neck,” od Saturday, the 15th
mat., by a Mr. El Clarke upon tne
body ot his wife. We nave beeu nua-
ole to see any one from the locality
where the deed was committed and are,
therefore, nnable to give fall particulars.
Rumor states, however, tbat he struck
ner a blow with a large iron spoon on
the back of her head, catting a thfee
inch poah, he then pilecl the chai s aud
tables over her lifel.es bouy, and actliu 0
lire to them, took one of nis children in
bis arms and maae bis es-cape. The
tire burned through the floor and the
body of the unfortunate woman fell to
the ground aud was pierced through aDd
tlirougn by the billing of a partly burn
ed sill. The ragged end of the sill tore
tbe liver, heart and entrails out ol the
lifeless body. W*- also learn that the
youngest of the children which the fiend
leit m the burning building with its
The Bill io Increase Salaries.
In a letter to the Tt legraph aud Mes
senger, written March the 11th, ou the
question of his vote on the above bill,
tne Hon. E. W. Beck says.
At the time the vote on tt e report of
the Conference Committee was taken in
the House I was not in my seat, but in
my room sick. Therefore I did not vote
on the report of the Conference Com
mittee.
I have simply, in justice to myseli,
given yon the history of this matter in
order that if yon allude to the subject
again you can set me right; that upon
tne test vo<e of tne bill—being upon its
final passage and disconnected with any
other measure—I voted no. This, of
course, was before there was any refer
ence of the whole bill to a Committee of
Conference. Both Senators and all the
members of the House of the Georgia
delegation, except Mr. Mclntire aud
myself, voted for the bill I do not
write this to yon for publication, but
simply to give you the facts, which the
record will snstain, so that no injustice
mav be done me in any cr.ticism yon
may make upon the action of Congress
in passing the bill.
THE T HO MAS VIILE TIMES.
The first number of this new paper
■was ree. ived yesterday. It is a neatly
printed, large 32-column paper, anil i D0t have the g reat and good ! mother was badly ^burned
is pretty well filled ulreadv with ad- nlan was hut for that little hatchet Tb« sum*. Home and oaiton Kaiiroad
he owned when a very little bov.
vertiseiuents. It is eu'Ued by Jno. R.
Christian, late of the Lumpkrn Tele
graph, and J no. Triplet. We pu: *he
Times down as one of the handsom-
es. papers in the State, and the indi
cations are that it will be well con
ducted.
We are always glad to see a hand
somely printed and well conducted
lM ' *e always welcome suen to
otir sanctunk \\o uike pleasure in
read mg them. They reneev well upon
in which thev ate
O -“cui. x
the community
The Rume Commercial of Sunday say>:
. | The northern division ot the Selma,
The moral of the story is that every ! Rome aijd Dulton K 4i Wd has been
little boy should have a hatchet and placed in the h mds of a Receive!. H n
his father a lot of apple trees in his Thomas A. Widker, of Jacksonville Am.,
and at one time President of tLe road, is
garaed.
A Radical caiuet-bag Senator
in Mississippi, named Robinson, has
become crazy on the subiect oi re
ligion. x. He nau aiiowea ms mind
to roam more at large on the subject
of stealing, it is very probable he
uiiirht have become the envy of his
. ... w UlliU l l 1 ^ ~~ ~ WMV VH V J VI A1 AO
pnoiisnea We put me 'limes Uowu Ty »»tic*L friends. He let his mind
»• on. of iho kina we like to I take the wrong ,uru
appointed. We feel assured that a more
suitable appointment could not have been
made, and that his administration will I e
controlled in the interest of the 6tock
j holders and cred]ti*rp Jn.L-e Walkvr is
-»• l ■ -ruugnh _•<.,!«.Die man. anu toe pec*
pit. • Urge will r-st a-rnred that all inter
ests wul be yuarded with equal fidelity t“
the trust imp- be,. We be-ir it rumort d
that John B. P.cu, in » ; njienuteudeut
of the ru civ sion, und-i Major
Lanier as Receiver, will be at poiuveu Gen
eral Superintendent of the linn from S-1-
ma to Dalton.
Election of A. H. Stephens.
We are truly glad to know that this
distinguished statesman and true South
ern man has been elected, to the U. S.
Cougress. How contemptible and msig
nifUant, bv bis side, will appear the
miserible creatures who will go there
misrepresenting the South, aud ever
ready to add fu ( d to the raging fire of
seetionax na>e. Who, among the great
^umber ol aculuwags and carpet-baggers
from the Southern States, will dare raise
his voice in opposition to the thought-
tul statements, and eloquent appeals
to be ma'*e by cur late Vice President.
We have d'ftered with Mr S. in the late
Presidential election, but tbeD we
doubted uot bis patriotism, and now we
yield to him great credit for his di-eern-
lutiu and fortnight. We predicl for him
a brilliant career, and shall expect to see
many of bis best aud noblest efforts
made in behalf of his oppressed Siate
and section.—Lampasas [Texas) Dispatch,
A Vulnaole Crop
The incoming cotton crop, says the
Montgomery Advertiser, is, or will have
been by September 1, the* most valuable
crop ever r«is -d in the United States.
Tbe average price has been better sus
tained and higher than ever before. The
niunev paid for it m its raw state will not
fall far shoii. o' 8330.000,000. Of this
sum about #35,000,000 have gone to
speculators and first purchasers—leaving
$295,000,000 to the producers. Alabama’s
st are uf tms magnifleent sum is nearly
$35,000,000—estimating her crop at 400,-
000 bales. Events have shown that the
disasters to the crop in Alabama last sea
son were more numerous and extensive
than in any other cotton producing
S ate.
Heavy Transportation.
During the thirty-six hours ending at
5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, 284 loaded
cars were sent South over tl e Nasnvilie
aud Chattanooga Road, and 140 cats WeBt
over the Nashville and Northwestern
Road. There were delivered to the for
me- R ad by the Louisv.llt and Nash
ville Road Sunday, 138 cars, leaving out
of consideration abuut sixty cars fur-
u>.-"bed on the same dav by tl e latter to
u.< NaM.ville and Decato* iViad—AasA-
cit e banner, 1 mst.
Stylish young ladies part
their hair on the side, and—well, we
don’t know what sort of young men
to call them—part theirs in the mid
dle.
— A young Miss Shiver was burned to
death in Miller county on tbe 4th.
—Gamesvdle is thinking abont organ
izing a piscatorial society.
Dr. 8. P. Starr, of Savannah, died in
that city on Sunday morning.
—Mins Jeannie Patterson was well
patronized in Macon.
— The horse and mule trade in Griffin
is dull.
—Hon. E. W. Beck has arrived at his
home in Griffin and is iu tine health.
—8. W. Mangham, J. M. Kell and T.
B. Johnson are the Co jamissioners of
Spalding bounty.
—The Snrrency devilment has broken
out again. If this “ Diabolism” isn’t
stopped somebody will be hurt.
—Tbe Georgia Regatta Assoca'ion, of
Savannah, have determined to build a
club bouse at Montgomery, near the city.
— The D .hlonega boys serenaded Con
gressman W. P. Price the other night
with a roronlight proctssion.
— M<j. Fly, of Albany, was thrown
from a baggy n«»ar Tbomasville and had
his left leg broken.
— The Thotua&ville Times says that a
large force is at work extending Flether
street in tbat town.
—Cheating and swindling appears to
be a very popular off nee among th«
colored fraternity of Savannah.
— Alfred Duval, ahol iu a it centre iu
this city, is still improving. He is in
Griffin.
— Newt Seymour has bought out the
Byiugtou bar in Griffin, aud Fitch has
already negotiated on favorable terras for
a ruu upon it.
— The merchants of Columbus pay th
Central and Southwestern Railroads
abont sixty thousand dollars per month
for freight. •
—Miss Eliza Howe died of meningitis
at Milner on Saturday nigot last. John
Holmes near the same place died of tne
same disease.
- Mrs. Louisa A. Johnson received her
oommiasisn ou Monday and enter-d
upon the duties of postmistress at Griffin
yeaierday.
—The dwellmg, kitchen and smoke
house of Mr. J. H. Coleman, of Jeffer
son county was burned recently. The
tire was accidental.
—Mr. T. J. B ackwell, of Elberton,
who figured iu the telegrams the other
.y under the bead of “Mysterious Dis
appearance,” has turned up.
—A umor weighing lour pounds was
found iu the stomach of a mgro woman
who died sadih dy iu Augusta the other
d«y.
\Ve forage ou Harris’ column to-day.
But two or i hree Georgia papers receivt d
at this office yesterday—umoug t i-m the
Sava- uah N--WS. Now let Harris howl.
—Sa urday being the birth-day ot Em
peror William, all the German vesaeU in
the purr of Savannah were huudsomely
decorated with flags in honor thereof.
—Gapt. Jack. W bite say »tbe Savannah,
Gnffiu and North Alabama Raihoad will
be completed to Cairohtou by midsum
mer.
Tbe confirmation of Very Rev. Mr.
Gross as the Bishop of Savuunah hns
been announced, and his arrival is ex
pected souu and arrangements are being
made to give him a proper reception.
The Camilla Enterprise puts it, “These
rates will be strickly adhered. ” For dar
ing recklessness in spelling and express
ion commend us to some ct the “country
editors. ”
—Messrs. C. Green, Son & Co., of Sa
vannah, cleared Saturday for Bremen the
Spanish bars Maria dt C., with a cargo
consisting of 858 bales upland cotton,
and valued at $72,262 17.
—Gen. George F. Harrison, Col. R.
D. Walker, Capt. W. W. Paine, Col. Ed
ward C. Anderson, Jr., and Mr. M. H.
Meyer, the new county commissioners
for Chatham, have been qualified.
—Tue Board of Directors ot the pro
posed Macon and Cincinnati Railroad
consists of tbe following gentlemen, Geo.
W. Adams, President, W. H. DeGraffeD-
reid, J. Holmes, 1 ! H. J. Lamar, L. J’
Bonn, B. A. Wise, E. L. Strobecker,
Jeriy Cowles, John O. Curd, Benj. C.
Smith.
—There seems to be a growing inter
est manifested in religious matters
among church attendants and ethers of
Angusta who have not attended church
services.
—The remains of a white infant was
found in a privy, in Augusta, fast Sat
urday. No lurther information has beer,
arrived at, as to how, and oy whom it
was put there.
—Bishop Pierce made a collection in
Augusta amounting to $600 for tbe pur
pose of erecting a new building for Em
ory College at Oxford.
—The Ei.quirer chronicles the death of
Mrs. Jane Biowu, wife of Mr. George VV.
Brown, wLich sad event occurred iu Co
lumbus on yesterday, after a lingering
decline from that fatal ma.ady—con
sumption.
—A dttle girl, between 13 aud 14 years
of a^v, the daughter uf Mr. Z-'cn. Elliot,
of Webster county, carried to Amencus,
on Friday last, a bale of cotton wtigi ing
n-arly five bundled pounds, tfhich she
made by her own labor, plowing the
ground, pi nting the seed, workiug it
during maturity, picked it, ginned it,
and sola it herself, realizing from its
sale nearly one hundred dollars. That
girl will do to tie to some of these days.
— Total accessions to tbe chnrcbes in
0 Iambus dunrg the recent revival foot
up as follows: Baptist 62, St. Luke’s 36,
St. Psul’b 6
— Mr. David Hudson died at his res
idence in Columbus, on Sunday morning
last, after a protracted decline, aged
nearly 70 years.
— A Coiumbus merchant has, in his
ready made clotbiDg department, some
very neat suits made from Eagle anu
1 henix checks. The goods were sold to
New York, turned into ready made cloth
ing there, and sent back here to sell.
— judge Henry S. Uiqubart, an old
aDd respected citizen of Troy, Ala.,
passed through Columbus, on Monday,
with his family, on his way to Griffin,
where he proposes ,to take up his resi
dence tor the *ulure.
— The ColumVius Sun says that, all
over the State, there has been and is
still a heavy demand for fertilizers. At
many places the supply has Deen ex
hausted and the demand is very grea\
In Columbus, it is probat'ls tbe sales wdl
teaeo ‘ityoUvi iuur tuousano tODS. L9SI
year hardly one thousand were sold.
— The North and South Railroad is
doing well, of which the Columbus Sun
says: This road, whose uaiLb only run
twenty miles, baa brought to Columbus
1,661 Dales in loss than four months.
—Gen. O. C. Horne R (4 £Vi **"
and W. P. Head are candihat^io fife
vacancy ,n the House of Represent™*
f .°^ P S. laskl ooaD 7• c «»e<i bj the UeltK
of Dr. Thomas J. Rarkwell. 1 ^ ta
* TT h V°? ,0red . tro °P” continue
to^-break through and eteal” iu
—The Citizens’ Mutual Loan Av*w
tion is the title of a new association re-
oently organized it Savannah, which ha*
applied for a charter. Tbe ohjeci of h*
association is the accumulation of a fu n( i
by weealy subscriptions, or savin,™ 0 f
the members, to aid them in their busi
ness and in the purchase, improvement
eai*-, etc., of rroperty. *
,uTT he V 1rg £ at and finest raft of timber
tbat has been carried to Savannah this
season, was towed in on Monday eveni U(f
by two tngs from firoaa Fiver, 8. (J
and was consigned to McLeod k Bro. ’’
—Me ssrs. C. Green, Sou & Co., ot 8v
vanuah, chared Monday for Liverpool
the barks Paz, Juliana and Olau.-, hav ng
cargoes consisting respectively ot 900
1,180 and 1,351 biues upland notion, aud
valued respeo’ivelv „t $75,975 05,307.
2445. "3 and $118,065. ’
—The Collector of Savannah has re
ceived instructions from Wiv-hingcon to
the effect that all veesel* tr. m ioreign
ports coming into auy port of the Uuited
Stales, not tueir original d«.*.matiun,
shall have a complete mani eat of all
goods aboard whioo shall be furnished to
any offi-er huviug authority to demand
the same. Vessels iu dig ress are par
ticularly mentioned, sud the instructions
an important as deciding a question
w hich has given the Collector acme trou
ble within tne last few weeks.
—Judge Shropshire died Maroh 10th,
1873, at his resident}- in Fayette Cuuuty’^
Georgia, iu the sixty-eightn year of his
age. Hia disease was an afhoiiou of the
kidneys, and bis demise was sudden aud
unexpected.
—A meet ; ng of the surviving soldiers
of Floyd county will be held in Rome on
the first Tuesdty in April for the purpose
of organizing the “Floyd county Monu
mental Association.”
—The citizens about
Meriwether
Rocky Mount,
county, lisve made ar-
to have a weekly mail to
in
rangemeuts
Greenville.
—Mr. D. F. Hart and lamilv, and the
family of Rev. Di. G. T. Wilburn, of
Americus, 1* ft for Dallas, Texas, ou Mon
day night last.
—The Griffin News says the labor
question seems to t>e giving trouble to
many "pianiers. The editor knows of
some who have not a single Lam!, und
uumOers of oteers who have not near
enougo.
—Tne annual parade of the Maoon Fire
Department takes place on the lotu day
of April.
— Monday being tbe birth-day of Rev.
Lovick Pierce, the Methodist people of
Macon made up a purse of about one
nundr<.d aud fifty dollars, which they
presented to the Doctor us a testimonial
• •f tht exalted eS’eem in which he is held.
The people were glad of the opportunity
o give some tangible expression of tueir
feeling for one who has, for sixty-eight
years, been standing in the miun-try—
never os a supernumerary, but always a
laborer in the earvest field.
—The Macon Telegraph says: There
has been some talk o: the small pox for
a day or two—one report having it quite
prevalent in Collinsville. Au inquiry
into the Lets elicits the fact that there
is not a case or the small pox iusiae the
corporation.
—Tne Directors of the Macon Bank
and Trust Company have elected Mr.
Cnuries M. Wiley, Piesident, aud Mr.
James P. Flanders, Cashier
—The gin Loose of Mr. John Farmer,
of Jeffernou county was burne ^ on the
49tfi, by an incendiary.
Jtumsunq Junto.
home of health.
Travelers from tbe South will find Dr.
E. P. M’iler’s Home of Health, 39 and
41 W. 26th street, one of tbe most de
sirables places to live in New Y-rk City.
The location is first-class; rooms large,
airy and elegant; table excellent, aud
prices reasonable. The celebrated Turk
ish Baths, the Electric Baths, Swedish
Movements and Lifting Cure are in the
establishment. Transient or permanent
boarders aecommodateo. Send for cir
cular. Address E P. Miller, M, D , 39
and 41 W. 26th street. N. Y. 12
no lady’s toilet complete
Unless thtre be the fragrant Sozo&ont;
unto the breath sweet odors it imparts,
the gums a ruoy redness soon assume,
tbe teeth quick rival alabaster tint, and
seems as pearls set in a coral vase.
Doolev’s Yeast Powder is convenient,
ec iDomical and always reliable. No
waste of food prepared wiih it, as it is
alvays of the best quality.
A pure stimulant—Century Whisky.
Such horrid feelings as I experience no
one can imagine. I feel despondent, as
enough something awiul was going to
happen. Use Simmt ns’ Liver Regula
tor, if you would avoid such feelings.
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
If you have a cough, do not neglect it
Thousands go to an untimely grave by
negiectiog what they cad “a slight cold.”
These slight colds are very insidious.
They soon become-deep seated, and defy
all remedies. Dr. Tntt’s Exoectorant
will cure it. It can bt had of any drug
gist. *
Teskegee, Ala., April 28, 1871.
Dr. Tutt: Iu gatitade for the benefit
received Dy the use of your Expectorant,
I do cheerfully ada my testimony to its
most wonderful effects in relieving asth
ma or bronchitis. For several years I
had suffered dreadfully with severe at
tacks of asthma or difficulty of breatuiDg.
I was induced by the high recommenda
tions giveD to your Expectorant to try it,
and found that it gave almost immediate
relief. It is about five mouths since I
began its use; I have need six bottles,
and have not had an attack since. It has
been a great blessing to me; I cannot af
ford to be without it, and I heariiiy re
commend it to all persons who are at all
troubled with lung or throat diseas.
Very respectfully, .
Mrs M. A. Wellborn.
D<- TutA Hau Gye is tne Dest in use.
Cautiou!
Eveiy genuine box of Dr. McL.me'8
Liver Pills h 11 'Ts the signature of Flem
ing Brotheu? Pittsburg, Pa., anu their
private U. 8 >mp. jigj^Take no other.
The in-. 1.* i .oil of ini nations.
1. ► f i o p opuiar verdict that people
wno uave oeec. accustomed o U-e use of
i iter* cr cordials, are obliged, eventu
ally, to resort u McLean’s Liver Pill*
jor permanent relief