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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO.
TEIDAT, NOVEMBER 0, 1874.
T. L. GA\TT, Editor and Prop.
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THE ELECTIONS!
OEMOCRACV TRIUMPH!
Radicalism Routed from Maine
to the Gulf.
THE DEMOCRATS IN
MAJORITY IN THE
NEXT CONGRESS.
GEORGIA REDEEMED!
New Yoik Elects a Democratic Governoi,
Massachusetts Wheels
Into Line.
LOUISIANA AKD ALABAMA
PROBABLY REDEEMED.
BEAST BUTLER DEFEATED!
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Michigan Go Democratic.
The elections in twenty-four States,
Tuesday, resulted in an overwhelming
triumph of the Democracy. In every
State except Vermont and Wisconsin,
from which we have only meagre ac
counts, tire Democratic gain has been
largely beyond our most sanguine expec
tations; and though the returns are not
yet complete, enough is known to leave
no doubt of a decided Democratic major
ity in the Forty-fourth Congress.
The result in our own State is most
gratifying, securing, as it does, an entire
Democratic delegation in the next Con
gress, where they will act with the Dem
ocracy of the Union in putting an end
to Radical misrule, and in restoring hon
est Constitutional government.
Let patriotic men no longer despair of
the Republic. In this widespread, uni
versal revolution of the popular senti
ment, confined to no State, and to no
section, but extending from Massachu
setts to Louisiana, we have the gratify
ing, the confident assurance that the
American people have not yet surren
dered the principles upon which our
system of free, representative govern
ment was founded, and that they are re
solved to restore and maintain the Con
stitutional Union as it was transmitted
to them.
The popular reaction of Tuesday is
certainly the most sweeping and com
plete that has ever been experienced in
the history of the government. It will
fall with erushiqg effect upon the Radi
cal faction who have so long run riot in
usurpation and corruption, putting an
end to their schemes of fundee and per
sonal aggrandisement. this great
uprising of the people, in the name and
majisty of the National Democracy,
ends, all their wicked schemes of usur
pation and despotism, monopoly, third
term rule, and final centralization of the
government.
While true men of all sections must
rejoice at the general result, one acci
dent of the Radical Waterloo will exe
cute peculiar joy and exultation. We
m *an the overwhelming defeat of Beast
Butler. All honor to the Democracy of
Massachusetts for this act of just retri
bution ! All honor to the true men of
the old Bay State, of even* party, who
united in wiping the disgrace of But
ler’s name from the roll of her repre
sentatives in the national Congress?
For this one act of justice and self-re
spect we are ready to take back even
unjust and ungenerous word we have
ever uttered against the people of
Massachusetts.
Again we say, all honor to the De
mocracy of the Union! Three cheers
and a tiger for the Democracy of Mas
chusctts 1
Isn’t Butler’s defeat glorious?
Yellow Fevep..—This terrible scourge
has visited both Charleston and Mobile.
It is said that Brigham Young has
made his will, and given his friends ten
children each.
Reconstruction is needed in the
Hub. So go to work with you rat-kill
ing, Mr. President.
Among the premiums awarded at a
recent Kentucky fair was one classed :
“Domestic article—Best bed-comforter,
Miss Alary Hall.”
The President has appointed Thurs
day, the 26th inst., as a day of thanks
giving and praise. In view of the recent
elections we feel likejoiningtheold chap.
Rev. Anderson Lake Brown is in
deep grief, and appears on the streets of
Lexington this morning in mourning.
Cause—Beast Butler’s defeat, lhere is
no advance in the price of crepe, how
ever.
The Result in Georgia. — At last
Georgia is completely redeemed. A full
Democratic delegation is elected to the
next Congress. This is a result which
will fill every Georgian’s heart with
pride and arouse the wildest rejoicing.
The Ross case has almost r; ached its
distressing climax in the insanity of Air.
Ross, and now we hear of another kid
napping affair in New Jersey, which is
equally as painful. The abductors, how
ever, are known and the recovery of the
child is not improbable.
Four Children were lately born at
a birth, two of them alive, in the parish
of Cusip, Herefordshire, England. The
curate writes that the father, a toll-keep
er in poor circumstances, and who has
already four children to provide for,
“though naturally a little confused, seems
grateful.”
Tills is the last month you have to set
tle for your paper in. All subscribers
who do not pay for the Echo by the first
ot December will have their paper dis
coid in ed. \\ T e want no subscribers’ name
on our books who will not pay cash for
his paper. Our rule will be enforced in
every case.
It is stated that an unexceptionally
large group of spots is now visible on
the surface of the sun. They may be
perceived with smoked glass without the
aid of a telescope. According to Air. W.
F. Denning, of Bristol, England, the
spots cover an area of nearly 78,000
miles.
The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, recently
expelled from the Long Island associa
tion. preached in favor of Open Commun
ion in the Lee Avenue Baptist church,
Brooklyn. The pastor of the Alarcy
Avenue Baptist church committed his
congregation to liberal principles, and
the Gethsemane church withdrew from
the Long Island Baptist association.
Poor Louisiana.—A reign of terror
has been inaugurated in Louisiana, that
surpasses anything as yet heaped upon
the South. The whites are being arres
ted, without cause, dragged from their
homes, hand-cuffed, and when their per
secutors are asked to show the authority
by which they are thus arrested, are
answered by having a revolver thrust
into their faces. Business is prostrated,
and the whites are leaving their homes
by scores, and taking refuge in the
woods ? And yet we are told that “Grant
is not to blame.”
Stokes, who shot Jim Fisk, lives like
a prince in his “ dungeon” at Sing Sing.
He has a clerkship in the business office,
and associates wholly with the officials.
The other criminals arc beneath his no
tice. Great deference is paid him, and
he ha 4 a luxurious room, where he en
tertains, eats elegant dinners, smokes fra
grant cigars, drinks the choicest wines,
and plays cards with the officers. He
has already served more than half his
time out. Since his incarceration his
injured and neglected wife has obtained
a divorce Alansfieldis leading the life
of a fashionable bawd in Paris, and
“ Jim” re, o e; under a $20,000 marble
monument in Vermont.
Removal. —l have removed into the
store recently completed for me, and
would respectfully inform the public that
I am prepared to supply them with fancy
and family groceries, at prices that will
suit even the closest buyers. lam also
selling dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes,
and hats, at a small advance on New
York cost.
Those indebted will please come for
ward, and help me, if they wish to be
indulged in the future.
R. 8. Martin.
The easiest and simplest remedy for
chapped hands is found in every one’s
kitchen closet, and is nothing more than
common starch. Reduce it*' to an im
palpable powder, put in a muslin bag,
and keep in the table drawer. When
ever you take your hands out of dish
water or suds, wipe them dry with a soft
towel, and, while yet damp, shake the
starch bag all over them and mb it in.
The effect i> most agreeable.
LIBERTY ACADEMY.
Close of the Scholastic Year —Full Report of
a Pleasant Occasion.
For the past two years this Academy
has been under the charge and manage
ment of Air. Jno. F. Smith, as principal,
who has done much in building up a
first-class country school at this place.
On last Friday, the 30th ult., the exer- ;
cises of the present scholastic year closed
with a public examination or review of j
all the classes. Every class did well,
showing the proper mental training on
the part of the teacher, and close appli- i
cation on the part of the pupil—the two
great requisites in “teaching the young
idea how to shoot.”
At night, the following standard of
scholarship was announced. Then fol
lowed the exhibition.
Ist iu Prosa, Compositions and Gaomotry—
Miss It. M. Hunter.
Ist in Orthography and Natural Philosophy
—Miss Cleo V. Freeman.
Ist in Arithmetic,"lst class—Miss Anna J.
Meiere.
Ist in Application, Rhetoric, and Penman
ship—Miss Kate Bell.
Ist in Algebra—Miss Annie Hunter.
Ist in Deportment and Arithmetic, 2d class
—Miss Florence Tonny.
Ist in English Grammar and English Com
position, Ist class—Miss Glennie Smith.
Ist in English Composition, 2d class —Miss
Clara Cramer.
Ist in Reading, English Grammar, 2d*elass,
Arithmetic, 3d class, Geography, Ist elass—
Master Charlie M. Hunter.
Ist in Arithmetic 4th class—Master, Willie
J. Sanders.
Ist in Reading, Orthography, and Arithme
tic, sth class—Master Sandford H. Smith.
The speeches and compositions were
all good, and well received by the audi
ence. It would be partiality to mention
any speech or composition without no
ticing every one.
In conclusion, Air. C. J. Landrum,
principal of Centre Academy, was intro
duced to the audience, who, in his kind
and pleasant way, delivered an address
upon the subject “Foundation of Society.”
His remarks were able and conclusion,
and well received, especially by the old
matrons who had daughters. In the
course of his remarks, speaking of the
companionship and social relation of
man and woman, he denounced the old
bachelor as a hard. cq.sc. But Air. L.
didn’t know that out of a half dozen of
these gentlemen present, at least six
were trying to get in the possessive case,
and be governed by a feminine noun.
J. T. 11.
Election Riot. —In settling a little
matter between the whites and negroes,
at Eufaula, Ala., on election day, three of
the latter sacrificed their lives on the
spot, and quite a number give promise of
doing so in a few days, for the beloved
privilege of making every black man
vote the Radical ticket. It proved a
failure, however. During the fracas
there was two whites wounded, one mor
tally.
FREIGHT LIST.
The following are the names of persons'
having freight remaining in the depot at
this place up to the morning of publica
tion :
BY GEORGIA RAILROAD.
LEXINGTON.
O II Arnold, T Amis,
J R Boggs, Liu Briscoe,
F R Clark, W T Foster,
Rev ,T G Gibson, F G Glenn & Cos,
J S Gilbert, F G Hanson,
H A Hays, G B Lumpkin,
G W Norton, E J Reynolds,
E G Roane, J Stevens.
W A Turner, T R Watkins,
W. Willis.
ELBERTON.
II Cl Edmunds, W C Edmunds,
T J Heard, J C Hudgens,
Jones & Cos, A II Roebuck,
z\. B Thornton.
BY SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
LEXINGTON.
W J Davenport, Frank Edwards,
G B Erwell, J B Eberhart,
W II Long, J S Long,
M M Martin, S B Robinson.
ELBERTON.
Miss L Brewer, D R Blackwell,
J H Duncan, H C Edmunds,
G W Garrecht. J W Goss,
T S Gaines, J D James.
H D Schmidt, J B Taylor,
A Swearingen & Cos.
MARKET REPORTS.
CRAWFORD, November (5,1874.
Cotton $ 12I@ 13
Flour, per bbl 8 OG @lO 00
Corn, new, per bu 1 00
“ okl, “ none.
Corn Meal, “ 1 25
Peas, “ 1.00
Wheat, “ 1 50 @ l 75
Oats, “ 75 @ 1 00
Rye, “ 1 50
Sweet Potatoes, per bu.... 75
Bacon —Market falling 14 @ 16
Lard, per lb 20 (5) 22
Bagging 15 @ 18 ,
Ties 9 @ 10
Chickens 25
Eggs 20
Butter ’. 25
Syrup, per gal 75 @ 1 25
Molasses 50 @ 65 j
Sugar 124(5) lof
Coffee - 25 @ 30 j
Tobacco * 75 (5 l 25
LATEST GEOEGIA NEWS.
The Empire State is redeemed.
A pillow tick resembling a moleskin is :
a Thomasville curiosity.
Augusta is anxious that the next State
fair shoe Id be held in that eitv.
Dunlap Scott, the patriot, soldier, and
Democrat, died at Rome, Ga., October do.
An Atlanta man took advantage of a
dream the other night to draw a six hundred
dollar prize in a lottery.
The giu house of Mr. Henry Jordan, in
Putnam county, with twenty bales of cotton,
was burned on Tuesday night last.
Georgia doctors take onions, melons,
possums, dogs, shot-guns, etc., in payment of
their bills and are glad to get them.
Primus Edwards, colored, of Sumter
county, will be bung on the 13th of Novem
ber. lie merely killed another negro.
The Columbus Enquirer states that as
fast as negroes become real estate owners in
that city they invaiiably vote the Democratic
ticket.
Letters have been received by many
Quitman ..egroes informing them that if they
do not leave town within a certain time they
will be ku-kluxed.
know that circus managers will keep their
shows out of Georgia. The tax of S2OO a day
amounts to a prohibition.
A young man named Wollev Carter
committed suicide by shooting himself in the
temple with a pistol, at Social Circle, on
Tuesday. No cause assigned.
Walker, charged with the mnrder of David
George, was tried, convicted and sentenced to
be hung on Friday, December 17.
A young man named York, of an ex
cellent family, shot and killed himself on
Saturday last. The solution to the mystery is
said to be—“ kicked” by a young lady.
The friends of Dr. Willis F. and Mrs.
Maria Jourdan Westmoreland, the Georgia
authoress, will be gratified to learn that they
have been reconciled and are again living
together.
Atlanta has the “ meanest man he stole
the overcoat of the Rev. J. P. Duncan, a
blind Methodist preacher.' The prayers of
the church are desired for this specimen of
original sin.
Two white and two colored men held
an impromptu debate in Fort Valley on Sat
urday, the subject being" Which is the most
convincing way to express your feelings, with
fists or hickory sticks?”
A young lady named Lizzie McDowell,
was killed on Saturday last, at the “ White
hall crossing,” Atlanta, by being run over
and crushed under an engine employed in
shifting cars.
Brooks, the boy-murderer, in Pickens
county, who killed and horribly mutilated a
boy named Taylor, last August, was found
guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
Thu Louisville (J*efferson county) News
ami Farmer says that Mr. J. 11. Wilkins lias
ginned and packed thirty-one bales of cotton
from thirty-; lx acres of land, and says he will
get live or six more bales from the same land.
A Washington, Wilkes county, mer
chant bought a barrel of lime in Atlanta the
other day and had it shipped over the Georgia
Road. The lime cost $1 25 and the freight on
it was $1 66j. He now wants to buy all the
lime in tiie Union,
i
An aged white man passed through
I Cuthbert on Tuesday last en route for Ainer
icus, ha ving walked the entire distance from
Louisiana. He was a sufferer by the late flood,
having lust his family and property. He
claimed to have relatives in Americas.
A difficulty occurred at Mulberry
Grove, Harris county, Ga., Tuesday, between
Mi'- Wm, Smith, Sr., and his son Win.
Smith, Jr. Smith Sr. had married a second
wife, who did not get on with Smith’s daugh
ters, and he attempted to drive them from his
house when the son interfered and shot liis
father in the eye with a pistol.
At an election held at the Masonic
Temple in Maeon, on the 28th wit., the fol
lowing Grand Officers were elected for ,the en
suing Masonic year: David E. Butler, M. W.
Grand Master; Jas. M. Mobley, R. W. Dep
uty Grand Master; Jas. W. Taylor, R. W.
Senior Grand Warden ; John G. Deltz, R. \V.
Junior Grand Warden; .Tos. E. Wells, R. W.
Grand Treasurer; J. Emmett Blackshear,
It. W. Grand Secretary; C. 11. Freeman, W.
Grand Tyler.
Nearly every one was astonished when
the Atlanta Herald stated that the negroes in
Georgia owned $6,157,798 worth of property.
It was not thought that they owned half of
this amount, and all sensible men were glad
to learn that they had been so thrifty, and so
successful in managing their little affairs. In
analyzing the list, we find the richest negro
in Georgia is Courtney W. Beali, who returns
$10,805 worth of property.
There was a little corn-shucking in
Oglethorpe county the other night. During
the progress of this entertainment a negro
named Hailey thought he would add to the
general jolity of the occasion, and so he be
gan to beat a white man named Perdee. The
latter was not unwilling himself to contribute
to the fun, and he reached down to the bot
tom of his breeches pocket, drew forth his
barlow blade, flourished it in the air, and
then the crowd made room for the coroner.—
J. C. Harris, in Savannah News.
A coupie of bales of cotton were re
ceived from Arlington at a Macon warehouse
a few days ago, which, upon being sampled,
were discovered to be water-packed. Their
condition was discovered, before thev were
sold, by the warehouse sampler. Thursday
they were sold for what They were worth, and
the buyer took them to a cotton press in the cit v
to have them repacked. Upon unpacking
them, one of them was found to be in a worse
condition than could have been produced by
water, for in the center of it was found au
iron gudgeon, an old sausage griuder, a pair
of hinges, and four pieces of iron tie, each a
foot and a half in length. The whole of the
iron contents of this bale weighed eighteen !
pounds.
NE W A E NTS
Tie Merittirg
DRY GOODS STORE!
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WITH
V. RICHARDS & BED.,
Proprietors, and Dealers in all
First-Class Dry Goods !
On the Fredericksburg Corner,
By Planters’ Hotel,
301 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Upon application of persons at a distance,
I will
SEND SAMPLES OF ANY GOODS
we keep that can be cut, and if an order is
sent for Goods in our Retail Department, and
the amount ordered is >lO or over, for cash,
We will Pay Site Express Freight
to the customer’s depot.
They can send the amount by Post Office
order, or it can be collected by the Express
Company on the delivery of goods.
Any goods sent not according to order, they
may be returned at our expense, and the
money will be refunded at once.
GEO. IIALL,
Formerly with Geo. F. Platt,
nov6-2t Lexington, Ga.
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Admluistrator’s Sale.
QTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
kJ COL NT Y. By virtue of an order from
the Court of Ordinary of said county, will be
sold, before the Court House floor in the town
of Lexington, in said .county, on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN DECEMBER next, 1874, the
following described LANDS, belonging to the
estate of John Sims, late of said county, de
ceased, to-wit:
Tract No. 1 contains Seven Hundred and
Ninety-one (791) Acres, more or less—one
acre reserved,_ enclosing grave yard. This
tract' lies on" the waters of " Beaverdant
creek, adjoining lands of William Fleentan.
and other tracts belonging to said estate, and
is known as the Home Place, and is in every
respect a well improved place. The improve
ments consists of a commodious dwelling and
all necessary outbuildings, all of which are in
thorough repair.
Tract No. 2 contains Three Hundred and
Sixty-two (362) Acres, more or less, Iving in
Madison county, known as the Old Widow
Sprat-ling Dower, adjoining the lands of Math
ews, Widow Eberhart, estate of James Mar
tin, and the lands of the estate of John Sims.
Tract No. 3 contains Four Hundred and
Thirty-one (431) Acres, more or less, adjoin
ing the lands of the estate on the east and
west, north by Epps, and south by Fleeman.
Said piece contains some twenty-five or thirty
acres of Fresh Lands, some fifteen or twenty
acres of Bottom Lands, in a state of cultiva
tion, and someone hundred and fifty or some
one hundred and seventy-live in the woods;
also a Tennants’ House.
Tract No. 4 contains One Hundred and
Eighty-six (186) Acres, more or less, and lies
on the waters of the home fork of Beaverdam
creek, and is bounded on all-sides by other
tracts belonging to said estate. On this tract
is a dwelling and all necessary out-buildings.
Tract No. 5 contains One Hundred and
Forty-seven (147) Acres, more or less, and
adjoins lands of Fleeman, Eberhart, and
other lands of said estate. On this tract is an
excellent mill seat.
Tract No. 6 contains Ninety-one (91) Acres,
more or less, and adjoins lands of David Bar
nett and other tracts belonging to said estate.
Tract No. 7 contains One Hundred and
Twenty and One-half O 201) Acres, more or
less, and adjoins lands of M. Edwards, J. Bol
ton, and others.
—ALSO—
Lot No. 240, 17th District, Ist section, in
Union county, in said State, containing One
Hundred and Sixty (ICO) Acres, more or less.
All of the lands lying on the waters of
Beaverdam creek.
All sold as the property of John Sims, de
ceased, for the purpose of distribution.
Terms—One-half cash, the balance in
twelve months. Bonds given for titles. Plats
of the above lands may be seen at the office of
the Ordinary of Oglethorpe county, at Lex
ington. G. R. A C. W. SIMS,
Administrators of John Sims, deceased.
oct23-td
BY VIRTUE OF POWER OF ATTOR
NEY from the administratrix of Isliam
J. Sims, will be sold before the Court House
door in Lexington, in Oglethorpe countv, on
the FIRST TUESDAY IN DECEMBER
next, Twenty-seven (27) Shares of Capital
Stock in the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company. Terms cash. No legatees to bid,
nor agents for them.
ASSCILLA M. SIMS, Admin’x.
G. R. SIMS, Agent.
SUPERIOR ORIENTAL
TOOTH
POWDERS!
For cleansing the teeth and
Purifving the Breath. Prepared bv
R. T. BRUMBY A CO.,
Druggists aud Pharmacists, Athens, Ga.
Winter Dry Goods.
TF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY DRY
-L GOODS this Fall or Winter, now is the
time, and you will find a good stock to select
from and prices lower than ever at
McMAHAN A STOKELY’S.
_ M ISC ELLA N EQUS.
GROCERIES
TF YOU WANT
Siittiu*, Collee,
Rice, Btarcli,
Pepper, Spice,
Gingei*, Bo<ia,
or anything else in the
GROCERY LINE,
Call on McM AHA N A STOK ELY.
J. M. NORTON,
Contractor anfl Bnßfler
/AR AW FORD, GA., IS PREPARED TO
Y furnish all kinds of Building Material,
such ns rough and dressed Lumber, Shingles,
Sash, Blinds, and Doors; also, Laths, Lime,
and Plastering Material. Estimates given of
all classes of Carpenter work, Plastering,
Brick work, and Painting. oct3o-3m
KALVARiNSKI & LIEBLER,
Under Newton House, Athens, Ga.,
Cigar lannfactnrers,
Ar.d Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Tobacco, Pipes, Snuff, &c.
Dealers would do well to price our goods
before purchasing elsewhere. Our brands of
Cigars are known everywhere, and sell more*
readily than any other. oct3o-tf
STOVES
GRATES, AM)
TIN WARE!
To he had ( heap for Cash at
J. C. WILKINS & GO’S,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
BOOTS AND SHOES
EENSY LUTHI,
/ tli V.VFOET), CiA., IS NOW PREPARED
\J to make, at short notice, the FINEST
BOOTS and SHOES. 1 use only the best
material, and warrant my work to give entire
satisfaction, both as to finish and wear.
REPAIRING ANI) COARSE WORK also
attented to. octß-ly
Plantation Supplies!
TF YOU NEED
Bagging, Ties,
Bacon, Flour,
Meal, Balt,
Molasses, Syrup,
Kerosene Oil,
And want to buy it CHEAP, you can do so at
McMahan a stokely’s.
R. M ...SMITH,
DEALER IN
ALL KINDS OF
FURNITURE
LEXSAGTOUf, GA.
Ou JuludOS) Bureausjafe Ljiairs*^^^^
CHAMBER AND PARLOR SETS,
VI ood ami Jlctalie
BURIAL CASES,
than can be bought elsewhere in the
place. Give me a call. octl-tf
R. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
DRUGGISTS
AND PHARMACISTS,
dealers in
Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
BRIGGISTS’ SUNDRIES,
Oils, Lamps, Glass.
Shades, Chamois Skins,
Sponges, Rtc., Etc.,
College avenue, between Book Store and P. O.
Athens, Ga.
&3PSpecial attention given to Prescrip
tions at oil hours. oct9-tf
IF YOU WANT ANYTHING IN
THE FURNITURE LINE,
(all at McMAHAN A STOKELY’S.