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THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. BENK8. Editor tuid PuUshar. &U>k,OlU¥TUm flic* $1.00. PEE AMKtJM. Ih TbESDAY MAY 27th 1879. A Little Ring. A very pretty little game seem* to have been developed in the trial of ex-Treanurer Jones in Atlanta. It appears from the evidence of Mr. Alton Angier, that an arrange ment wan entered into between th* Hon. John H. James and young Angier, (the son ot ex-Treasurer N. L. Angier) by which Mr. James was to be notified when there would he money in the Treasury, of which certaiu warrants on the State would he paid, Mr. James would then as opportunity would offer purchase these warrants from the holders, at a discount which must have boen pretty lfirge, since it ap pears that he a'qd young Angier divided forty thousand dollars profit as the proceeds of the ar rangement. To get at the **true inwardness” of this pleasant little arrangement, t it must be remembered that when ^the Radical party had control of this State, owing to the oxtrava- gant schedule on which the gov eminent was administered, it was often difficult to get the money for warrants on the.State. When hold ers would present them they would Words of Wisdom. The ponding bill appropriates in rouud nuuibufo tweuty-aeveu millions of dollars for thu support of the army during the next, fiscal year. This army consists of twenty-five thousand nmu, « large proportion of whom arc not citizens of thu United States, aud are not in any uianuer or foim identified with the welfare of this country. They are mere adventurers, picked up at re cruiting stations, from whom no oath is required than obedience to the orders of their superior effioera. Plainly speuk* iug, they are, in the main, nothing but imported nierciuaries. Each soldier costs the people about eleven hundred dollars a year, liesides being housed, fed with the best, and well taken care of iu other respects, What number of skilled laborers, aver age farmers, or good mechanics get in these times eleven hundred dollars » year, even exclusive of rent, subsistence, and the like, which the common soldier docs not pay? Look at the matter practically, for it directly concerns eve ry working man. The highest form of mechanical skill does not command over $3.60 a day, and, to get that, the workmen must be exceptionally able. The average is little kbove one-half that wages, but%e take the best for an illustration. > There are but three hundred and nine working days iu the year, exclud ing Sundays and national holidays. Now, if a first-class mechanic should work every day in the whole year with out interruption, and have no deduc tions for lost time, sickness in his fami ly, or accidents, he would earn just $1,081.50 at $3.60 a day, and from tlmt sum he would have to house his wife and children, and clothe them and feed Hard Motley. We observe that acme of the Democratic members in Congress have goue wild on the financial question, being in favor ot in da-* tion and all the heresies ot the era. zy “greenbackeis.'* When time and occasion permit we purpose having something to say on the currency question; in the meantime, we trust the con gressmen refered to, will abjure their heresies and corns hack to the good old Democratic doctrine of hard money and that a dollar in •diver shall he equal to a dollar in gold. No law that Congress can p» ss will ev**r make eighty-five eents in silver worth one dollar in gold. Some of them are now at tempting to do this very thing. We warn them now, that legisla tion like this will benefit the own ers of bullion and silves mines and will of course ultimately come out, of the working-meu of the country. Not ouly this, but legislation of this character, will not be long in bringing disaster aud defeat upon the Democracy. IRON ATONIC Prapiratio* of IRON an* CAUIAYA BARK, In combination with tba Pbaapbntaa, Bndorwd by tha Medical Pytpeprt*, General Debility, It. VaaaftMtanA %v tha Or. Harter Me4telae ©a.. No. ait |. malm llrcrt, IhiMla Tba following la ona of tha very many testimonial! we are receiving dally - - **- *~ ■* “ " Toxic, spon the advice -—*i an extent that mj much relief, hut on e I began the ase el damarml Daalara Everywhere. B U T L E R trades, even in prosperous titnen, can not work regularly throughout tin year. They are fortunate.iu the pros cut period of distresa to find employ- half or one-lliird of the be told there wee no money with L BriM * yen , stone masons, pain- which to pay them and would re- ^ mnMnile ^ , nd al)lim ber of othe. ceive little encouragement to ex pect or hope that they would be paid at any early day. At the same time, they would receive au inti mation that the warrants could be] meet for sold to Mr. Janies, j | Parties who wer| in financial stress were thus virtually foroed to sell their warrants to Mr. Jamy] mosl b' at his own price. Ti ue the hold ers bad a legal right to sell to ofybody; but as Mr. James was the only man in Atlanta who knew whon the warrants would bi- paid, it was out of the question for any broker to compete with him. Aa a Georgian we regret that anything of this sort should have occured iu our State as connected with our State officers; but as aba ses have existed we are and have been in favor ot a thorough inves tigation into them; and if it turns out that any ot our Stite officials have wilfully done wrong, we trust they will be adequately punished. Iu this connection we regret to say that there is a wide-spread be lief that great abuses exist in the Comptroller General’s Mice, es pecially with reference ta the wild land department. Instances have come underour knowledge in which parties have paid the full amount of 8tate and county tax on their wild lands, and have had proper receipt* for the lime, and yet their land has been sold and they have been compelled to redeem it or lose it; and this too with the knowl edge of the Comptroller General. We do not think it would be amiss for the next legislature to make a thorough examination into that office, and especially the manner in which the collection of tbe wild Taad tax has been enforced. We have written the foregoing with great reluctance. For Comp troller Goldsmith, we have always entertained the highest regard; but it it due to- him, and due to The law thus not only make* 1 the condition of tlio regular aoUlier, who is alien, and lms no tin to bind him in-re, and no knowledge of or care for free institutions, not only far butter than tlmt of tlio average citizen, wheth* fanner, mechanic, laborer, or pro fessional, but it stations him at the polls the day of election, which nn«y called the poor man’s day, and places a bayonet, in his bunds to control the ballot. This is the exact application of the existing system, aud has in -.a illus tinted over and over again in in mv of the States. It was this brute force tlmt stood behind the conspiracy to steel the Presidency in 1878, and hHpod io c m snnmto the fraud at Washington. Ifis is full of wurning as to th° down fall of republics. Corruption aud ex* travgauce first, sap the moral founda tions, and then an army of moicenurie complete the work. Tn his nv-mor ble oration on the completion of tie* Hun ker Hill monument, Daniel Webster described the present situation with al most the spirit of prophecy iu •the« striving words: “Quite too frequent resort is nvrle to military force; und quite too mm the substance ot thu poople is eon ed in nmutaining armies, no*, defence against foreign aggression, for enforcing obedience t t o domestic thority. Standing armies are the op pressive instruments for govern ng the people iu the hands of heredirary and arbitrary monurchs. A military repub lic, a government founded oh m.-ck elections [like that of Hayes—k}D. jand supported only by the sword, is a move ment indeed, but a retrograde and dis astrous movement, from tbe regular and old-fashioned monarchical systems. ’ “If men would enjoy the blessings of republican government, they must go ern themselves by reason, by * mutual counsel abd constitution, by a sense of feeling and general interest, and by the acquiescence of tbe minority in the will of the majority, properly express ed [a* by the repeal of the army at the polls—Ed. J; and above all, the military must be kept according to the language of our bill of rights, in strict subordi nation to the civil authority. When ever this lesson is not learned and practiced, there can be no political free- but it is due lor Dim, . ana aue 10 dom. Absurd, nreposfcurous is it, a the public that these matters gcoffand a satire on free forms of con- shoufd be thoroughly investigated, stitutional liberty, for frames of gov ernment to be prescribed by military leaders[like Grant and Sherman-Ed.] tnd the right of suffrage to ln> exei cis ed at the point of the sword.” When Daniel Webster gave ut terance to these American sentiments, the country was at peace as it now and the regnlar army was little more than a third of its present number.— New Y rU Sun. Motion for New Trial Overruled• The motion for a new trial in tbe ease of the State rs. Oscar Flanni- gan, was overruled by Judge Craw ford.—The case will now go np to Supreme Court on appeal at the September term.—Bnena Vista Argus, Sad Accident.—A fatal and dis tressing accident occurred on Mr. T. R. Lurasden’s place in this county last week. A negro man named Eleek Little had an old gun iu his hand walking through his house when the hammer caught in his clothes some way aud dis charged the weapon. The whple load penetrated the he«i| aud face of his little hoy five yea is old, who mantling nr playing near his fat harm the time. The child was killed instantly nndthe po* r father ran wild with grief a ml fell down aud fainted. A Dangerous Torpor, Torpor of inactivity of the kidneys seriously dangerous lo those organs, :io»* it is the precedent of diseases which destroy their substance and en danger life. This sluggishness may be come bv stimulating them, nut ex cessively, hut moderately, an elfect produced by Qostet,tor’s Stomach Bifc- u general iuvigorant and altera tive, possessing diuretic properties of common order. The impetus which this admirable medicine gives to their evacuative function counteracts any tendency to congestion which may ex ist in their tissues. Both they and their associate organ, the bladder, are invigorated as well as gently stimulat ed by the Bitters, which exerts a kin dred influence upon the stomach, liver and bowels, and by strengthening the system, enables it lo withstand materi al epidemics, to which when exposed it light otherwise succumb. No eloquent, tongue or pen is need- Lightning ive public, natism. Lame Hack. Neuralgia, Bruises, Sprains, Corns and Bunions. It is also uue- qimied as a remedy for the ills that commonly afflict horses, such as Spa vin. Ringbone, Calls, Scratches, etc, —Worts and Knots being easily re moved by i's use. 'fry Coussons’ Lightning Liniment, and want no other. I 'rice 5U cents a bot- ile. Korsule by Walker «t> Gunn, Butler, (ii MALE INSTITUTE, The next session of this Institution will o[en January 13th 1879. The rates of tuition will In* a* follow*: Primary department. — Academic. Higher Incidental Fco * USE THIS BRAND. ARM WITH HAMMER BRND. 99* CHEMICALLY PITRE. BEST IN THE WOULD. Bra hi* A-.y suam One teaspoon In l of this Soda used will milk equals Four lea spoonsful* of of the beat Baking Powder, saving Twenty Times its cost. See package tor valuable infor mation. If the teaHpoonftyl is too large and does not produce good results at til st, use less tute wards. fc‘ »f-!L. — $1 50 per month. 2.60 “ “ — 3 60 * “ .75 per Session. a have madfl n liberal deduction on nnr pc->t r-.itiH. Instruction will be thuronph and discipline strict. AU the d*pnrimonta will be ft .led with competent teachers The President will givo special attention to ibe control of the savenl rooms. The primary department will be visited moruing and ntternen by him and tbe other departments nt least once every dav. The sob obi room will be made comfortable and every facility afforded the students for rapid proRreas. Good recitatic nu will be roqmred aud no student will bp allowed to pass over a lesson until he understands it. We earnestly ask tho continued rnpport of our patrons and promise to make eury effort to deserve their support. Fer six years we h-ivo had tbe undivided support of this community and we mention this as onr best recommendation to those winning «» good school for their cbiloren. • Board and tnition con bined can be bad for less than A12 00 per month Libi r*l dis counts will be made for caymeuts in advance. For fan her information address. JAMES T. WHITE, Presided. I have the pleasure of informing my friends i ud s ntrens thut-I am now receiving my SPRING STOCK OF HLL1NEKY. FLOWEBS, ORNAMENTS ETC/ At aijr Sew Location, So. *4 Randolph'Street. to which your special attention is invited. JvLra. : J' Js/IE W. 2^-f.iJtf.CiE Y /tas charge of G. tS'Pleating and Stamping to Order. Also Ureas Making Hrs. H. A BUSSEY, No, 34 Randolph Stree, Columbus, Ga. oct.8-3m Houss-Furnishing Emporium. 9S Chary Street, Macoa, Ga. fine aud *ee the finest assortment of Crockery, French Chins and American China, HOUSE FURJTISHIJVG GOODS, Staple and plain Tin Ware, Toilet Sets, Agate Iron Ware 4c Cutlery of all kinds. Agent tor the celebrated EXCELSIOR HOT BLAST COOK STOVE. Also, Charier Oak, Sunny South,Cotton Plant and other desirable aUeriw. _ nnv.I2-tf.