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THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. HKKNM. Editor mid Pullslior. Subncmvtion Prick $1.00. Pkh Annum. TUESDAY JULY 22nd 18',9. Wild IjUihIh uihI th© Coinptrlfor General. it should appear that the Corap- troller was guilty, he should be promptly removed from office. The welfare of the State, to say notli- iug of interest of the Democratic party, requires that this matter should be thoroughly investigated, and the guilty parties if any there be. promptly and properly pun ished. Our people have, for a long time l>eli« ved that many frauds have been practiced both on tho State and frhe owners of wild lands in Georgia, but they were not pre pared for the astounding devel opments set forth in the repoit which the Wild Land Committtee has recently made to the legisla tion of this State. From this report it appears that in many instances sheriffs have not made any returns of the sales they have made, amounting prob ably to thousands of dollars. Of course the probabities are that the State will never get a cent of the proceeds of these sules. Iu other instances parties have had tax fi. fas. transferred to them, forced the lands to sale and then under sham titles claimed the proceeds of sale of the lands, and succeeded in pock eting the money. Many thousand of dollars have thus goue into the pockets of sharks and land pirates, and iu the end the State will have to pay the true owner for the laud. One man for instance bought all the fi. faR. in twelve counties, and the State has not. realized a cent from the sale of those lands. Fic ticious names and ficticious trans fers were, in quite a number of instances unearthed by the com mittee. In conclusion the report says that while the evidence does uot show that the Comptroller Gener al was pecuniarily interested in auy of the wild land tranfactiotis ~~ further tfian a fee~6T "fifty cents fof each fi. fa. issued (of which twen ty thousand were issued) the tes timouy does show that there Is much confusion iu this busiuessand that the State wifi he largely the loser in consequence thereof. Tho report further asserts that a large portion ot this loss aud confusion has been brought in consequence of the blunders of Comptroller General and a wrong const ruction p'aced upon the Attorney Gener al. We regret to say that the report shows a culpable neglect of dutyon the part of the Comtroller General. We believe if he* had understood the law, and discharged his duties faithfully matters would not have been half so had as they are. We tear that in his anxiety to collect his fees on the tax fi. fa«. amount ing to about ten thousand dollars (and which amount the Committee says belongs to the State), he has lost sight m his duty aud opeued wide the d or to frail 1. The truth is, the report was very damaging to the Comptroller General which we dare say was very keenly felt by him, In fact, itst-ems that he or his friends re garded the report as so damaging, that one of his triends, Hiuton P. Wright, endeavored by bribery to induce the committee to sign a paper that he, the Comptroller General, had drawn up and which fully exonerated that officer from all b'atne in the matter. The bribe was indignantly icfused, and the Committee refused to sign the pa per which the Comptroller, Gold- hiii ith had drawn up. The mat ter was brought at once before the General Assembly. In ihe last few days the Commiliee has made another report recommending that articles of impeachment against the Comptroller General be at once prefeired by the House of Repre sentatives. We trust this course will be adopted and both sides sao then be heard\ and then, if How Judge Warner Was Hang ed. Atlanta Correspondent Augusta Chronicle. One of the stories told on J udge Warner is that during the war a party of Federal soldiers hung him in order to make him tell where his gold was coucealed, but that he clung to his treasure laid upon earth more tenacious ly than to life itself, and that the robs hers finally retirfed baffled, but leav ing him nearly dead, from the effects of their brutality. Many regard the story as a romance, but it is not. It partly true und partly false. It is true that ho was hung , it is not true that he had any gold to givo up. Judge Warner himself described the occur rence a few days ago, and I do not vio late any confidence in giving the sub stance of his narrative. In tho spring of 1865 (and after the surrender of General Johnston, though that disaster was not officially known throughout Georgia,) Judge Warner was at his plantation in Meriwether county, await ing the npproaoch of one of Wilson’s columns of Federal raiders which was then passing through tho country. All the whites of the place fled except Judge Warner and his mavried daugh ter. The later had a child only a week old, und as she could not be moved the father remained with her. During the morning several detachments of calva- ■y hud halted at the house and made themselves free with anything they tie- d in the way of “portable property hut no valence was done to the in- ites. About noon another party ai red and stopped to feed their horses d to plunder. After satisfying their appetites they began to pillage, and th Ige.’s silx u towed 4 ing within a few feet of him. He thinks the heat of the Humes' restored him to couciou4hcs8 und to fife. The wretches had left him for dead and set fire to tho woods to conceal the e\ idenoe of their crime. The Judge wa to find his way I lay ill for man^' / 7 IRON • J T O NIC Preparation ot IRON and CALISAYA BARK, in combination with tho Phoaphatts, by tho Medical Profession, unit recommended by them for Dyspepsia, General liol.ltlty, Fo- iual« IMmmms, Want of Vitality,Ac., Ac. ifhatored by the Dr. llarter Medicine Co., No. Via N. Main Ntreet, «t. bonis. * ItowliiK la ono of the very many testimonials we are receiving dally 'mm:—Some throe month* ago I began the use of I»r. Hartrk’h Iron Tonic, upon tho advlco -tend* who knew Its virtues. 1 was suffering (Tom general debility to auch nu extent Unit i.if exceedingly burdensome to me. A vacation of a month did not give me much relief, but on iry. was followed by Increased prostration and sinking chills. A t this time I begun the use of t Tonic, (Tom whloh 1 reidlsud almost Immediate and wonderful results. Til* old energy soldiers n belonged' sin calvary, ber any of theitj names.. Judgi tier is wont to «y that he has suffered all I he pangs of |issolution and has been ‘ as near dead as ha ever expects to be. Wo learn t my natural force was not permanently ahu using It 1 nave done twice the labor thatl overdid —... __ • w With tho tranquil nerve and vigor of body, Iu • id has not done the work, I kuo- never before enjoyed. If the Tonii !S Most gratefully yours, Jus. F. Simmons, ost populai citi- ict hud a narrow Ihe othir duy. He Flint ri^^^r Ad- one of the hi zens of Red hi and peculiar was tolling uin’s bridge aij^ hud swim across tljpfivcr^^Hp|R>utteau from the opposite sitl^^^Rbout half way the stream he stopjtcd on a root o r tree to rest. After remaining ther e a short time plunged off* for the other shore. Just as he made the plunge a tremendous fish known as the gar, struck him, catching his thigh in its mouth and ^leaving an ugly painful wound. A regular battle then took place between ihe man und the fi.xli and lasted for some minutes until finally Mr Simmons got back on his resting place and his enemy departed, ing the melwu/Mr. S. threw the fish some feet abovMlie water, hut it con** tinned the attack. It is stated that Mr. S. was thoroughly frightened (and a lio would not lmvtf been), and called lustily fur help. He has several ugly and painful wJuuds given him by the fish, yet is nothing serious. This is the first time we iTuve ever heard of a Gar attacking a man, yet they say such frequently the case.—Till button Stand ard. SPM6 I have the pleasure of informing my friends and patrons that I am now receiving my > b STOCK or MILLINERY, FLOWERS, ORNAMENTS ETC At my New Location, No. 84 Randolph Street, to which your special uttenfinn is invited. ]\ZLre. /: T' JjIHj W. liiljd EY has c/arg; of the "Y Fulfil ]rfl G. VST Pleating and Slumping to Order, Also Dvvhh Mai,ing Mrs. M. L BUSSEY, No, 34 Randolph Streu, Coln'iibi***, Ga. oct.8-3m TO Sli'MtO A YEAH. «*r ?5 to *20 a d.i\ in jn.i.r locality. No risk. Fatal A evident. On Tt.Bsdly morning last M and other valuables weroj Ivey ISandei|i who lived seven miles j Portland, Maim •ay in the capacious sad-1 from^ Co^Rty, and five from! - die-bags. While they were robbingj HavkinsvilTJ 'was, on his owu tho smoke house of hums and pickles i premiHld accidentally shot aud tho Judge k.lleil. Ar we gather the circum stances, it seems that Mr. Sanders and a young man, Henry Spumw, were handling a gun, and while Sparrow was doing something to the lock, ^r. 8ander« happened to get in front when the gnu went off; discharged the contents into the abdomen of the unfortunate man killing him almost instantly Women do as well than ibe umouut h fail to make money fast. Any oho can do the work. You cun nuko from 50 <*ts u. -2 an hour by devoting youvewnings and spare time to the business ii costs nothing»*• try the business. Nothing like it for mo«ev mak ing ovtr offered b.foro. liiisiue s pliusu’il aud striculv honorable, ltendcr.il' vrn wain to know a|| about the 11.-st paying basin, s before the public, send us join mldr> ss n : we will muuI yon full part-f.nluh n*d prim: terms IVee; s.impltH worth $5 also free: ; n » cun then make up vour mind for vmtrs If. Address, GEORGE STIX8'*NA '< [Jnut 17-ly m this mm. m and wines and prei stood by in silence watching the pro- ccedings. After the hniidiughad been thoroughly gutted, a revolver wut sud denly presented at his head and he was ordered to uccompauy the party. Mid way between the house aud tho “negro quarters was a body of woodland, and into this grove Judge Warner was con ducted bv his captors. Reaching a place secluded from observation, the leader of the band, who wore tho Ittii- form of a Foileral Ouj.i'tal, took out ills' fll ] ciliz , M forf » Mlc ce.-sf 1,1 farmer. j Mr. Sanders was a good and use- watch and said he would give him just, o minutes to tell where his gold hidden. Judge Warner protested that he had no gold, but to no avail. They had been informed along their line of mai ch that he had a secret hoard and ihe “cl—d old secessionist” must ;ivo it up. The prisoner urged that he had been a strong Union man, and the only money he had was in confeder ate eunency anil in Central Railroad bills. They robbed him of $5,000 of the former and $15,000 of tho later which they found upon his person,but continued to insist that he. had gold and must produce it. At the expira tion of the three tniuutes the Captain made a signal, one of tho men took from a horse a long leather strap wilh a mining noose at ono end, while tho others extemporized a gallows by bend ing down the end of u stout sapling. With an oath, the officer made them select a larger and stronger tree, Judge Warner remaining silent, for the very sufficient reason that lie hud nothing to tell. One end of the strap whs ad*- justed around his neck and tho other fastened sucurly to tho tree. The sap- \ pling was gradually released until the' line became taut, when it was turned loos3 and the J tulge’s body dangled j ill the air. When ho recovered con-1 ,\ Dm.Lh-Ui'.l (Jmit'utMinn, ciousuess the brutes still surrounded! At'STiN, Ti.x., July 7.- Five years ago him, and he was again ordered to give j Mrs. Faust and Mis* Voeker \u to mur up his gold, under penalty of death, dored in bed with an ax at New Rutun* He could only reply as before, and ■ fels. Tin* husband of Mrs. Faust was again the suppling was released. This ] arrested for the murder, and afterward occurred about 2 o’clock. When he taken from jail l»v a mob and shot, M. He leaves a wife and flirev chil dren. Just the day before he spoke of ’he comfortable condition he had put his home in. Alas, fot' the shoit flightednesa in man’s calculations — Cocbrau Enterprise, 1Ji-:e In A Man's Eak—We fre quently hear offices creeping into the ears of people, which is gener ally attended with great danger and considerable pain. A eas this kind was reported to us last week. A bee entered one of the eats of Dffcvid Liebenknecht, of Lower Windsor township, and al though it. Would occasionally work its way out so far as to be seen, a’l methods |^L)ted to eject it front its hi iiiijHc" proved unavailing; finally sniWtng a cigar was pro- THE CHRISTIAN INDEX SERIES! Bible Question Books. ARM WITH HAM -I .Ml ..UM CHEMICALLY PURE. These hooks are now r They embrace Thiiek U«. is bound separately, and i prehenslvo manner, given a count c-t-d no- count ol the uioi-t important ov« nt* i.«md d ! iu the Old and New Testament* a «em vl view of thofiihle admirably udap'ud fur ‘lu- j use of Sunday Suhonls. The first guide contains lfi j.itprs ; vreond i grade contains 50 pages ; the third gr.nle contains 09 pages. First grade per dozen 50 cents ; Second Grade, per dozen SI; Third Grade, per doz en $1.50. Copies of each giedc will be famished to all who may desire to see them, on receipt of six cents, in postage stamps, A very large editiou of the series lias been published, neatly printed on good j.upcr. L'b° publisher? hope that the book* will find ready sale, and that they will be generally idopted by the Sunday Schools throughout the country. The Christian Index Semes ok Soi,ip- tube Question Books. They are accurate n fact and sound iu doctriny Concise, comprehensive and well graded, they are calculated to impart a knowledge ol the out- incs of Bible truths and to meet lh*s want »>f all classes ol Sunday Sohor.l scholars. Send for sample copies. Address, JAB. P. HAliltlSON & CO.. Atlants, Ga s Taylor County Sheriff’s Sale. Will l>e sold before the Court Rouse do..r Butler, in said count} .outlie rir^BEST E TES WORLD. better than am suaratis. .omul of this So.lu iimmI v nils Four tonspooimfstls o hcv-r /taking Powder, ug Twenty Times its M. See paekilgu lor produce good re-nl , uso luxs alto wards. forcing sale, to tbediigbeet and bust bidde., the smoke down tho throat I tor cash the following named property to-wit: Lot ot land No. 105 in tlic 13th District of into tlw* eiiMttiehiM.ii tiilioH lbnt e.m- 1 •, OI ,l * n “ 1 Wo - 105 >** "*e 13th District ltilo lilt eirHtacmat) iUDOH Mint con said county, the property of Reuin Wiudbii nect with the head, it had the de- 'y "alisfy three fi la's, issued from Tuyl ired effect to dtivo the troublesome insect out^and thus relieved Mr, L from any further trouhl^^^HHrs a very temple and certai^^lPf—York (Pa) Daily. revived tho sun was nearly down. He lay at the foot of the impromptu gal lows, that had lieen removed from hit* neck, aud the leaves, which covered the ground several inches deep, were burns P. Plavirw, who has justified in Han dera county confessed <>ii his death-lied that he committed flic murder for robs bery, and that Faust was wholly inno cent of it. Court, in favor of Willis N. Wh!.°t- ley, and officers of Conr., against Ruiibin Windham. Also, at the same time ned place, will be iold lot of land No. 7(5 iu ttu? loth District f said county, the property ot Ariadna A. and G. W. Amos, to satisfy troiu Taylor Superior Couri, in than Laud,for use of oiliccis of Ariadna A. and O. W. Amos. tbr. some time and pli .• I’bao on. Sold as tho property of \V. H. ■rs. to satisfy a fi fa, issu«*d from Taj lor Su- •erior Court, in favor ot H. Hodges, ,fc Bro. tH. W. H. Caritbers. July 7th 1870. . . „ , * O. A J. POPE JulyS-tdH. . sheriff CMOKP a J BLACKWELL’S 11 I M duuhaxM mm TOBACCO NEW F1AN03 $125 Each and all styles, including Grand Square and Upright, .ill strictly first. class, sold ut the lowest not t'usli wludc*- siile factory prices, direct to the purchas er. T 1k»u Pianos made ono of the finest displays at the Centennial Exhibition, and were unanimously reoomimnded for tho Hiohest Hon-.r -over 12 (KMi in use. Reg ularly incorporated Manufacturing Co.— Factory established ever 315 years. Tho Square Grand- contain Mathnsbek's new put. iu Duplex Overstrung Scale, the great est iuuiroveiuent in the history of Piano- making. The Uprights are the finest Ilf America. Pianos sent on trial. Don’t fail to write for Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue Of 48 pages-mailed free MENDELSSOHN PIANO CO., 21 East 15th Street, N. Y. Executrix’s Sale. GEORGIA—Taylor County : Will be sold before the Court House door, in tue lowu of Butler, said county.within the usual hours of side, at pnblic outcry to tbo highest bidder, on the First Tuesday in Au gust next, the following described properly to-wit : Lot No. 12 on block N*. (5 in said town having a front of 50 feet and Turning back 150 feet with all tne improvements there on. Sold as tto* property of W. H. Montfort, decease’). Sold ior th" benefit of the 'egatees of sab I deceased. Terms Cash. This -July 7th 1879. A. A. M.ONTFORT, Ex. W. li. Moutfnrt du-eased. A MONTH guar- iidteod $12 a day home made by he industrious. Cnp- tal not required;we Men, women, boys and girls mako money faster at woik for us thau hi any thing else. The work is light and pleas ant. aud such as aryone can go rigut at. Those who are wise who see this notice will- sen d us their address ut oueu aud see for themselves. Cosily Out Iff and terms free. Now is the time. Those already at worn are laying up orgo lsums of money. Address,. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. mm