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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO. PEIDAT, BOVEMBEE 13, 1874. T. L. GANTT, Editor a*f Prop. Tli6 Effect on the Radical Leaders— The Teachings of Adversity. If could take their word for it, their te overwhelming defeat has worked a wonderful reformation of political morals in the leaders of the Radical party. When the first news reached them they were haughtily incredulous, hut as the truth began to force itself •,-yon them they became fiercely indig i<i thX at what they regarded as nothing ‘’'■t r than a renewal of the rebellion in 11 ° iin disaffected localities. When mg ui. > ed at l er t^ie Bm °he and dust of the con yit b“ Ite{i showed the entire field, from Louisiana to Massachusetts, in the possession of their victorious opponents, being “ Christain statesmen,” and be longing to the “party of moral ideas,” they naturally sought refuge in repen tance for their past transgressions, and virtuous resolutions of reformation in the future. Anxious meetings were held at the \V Into House, and as the returns, so overwhelmingly destructive of their hopes, were canvassed, many “experi ences” were given of the causes which lea to the disaster, with mutual condo lences and encouragements. A general despondency prevailed, and even the stern reserve of the imperial sphinx, as it seems, gave way, under the softening in fluences of the general grief, so far at least as to declare his views of the true cause of the disaster. A Washington dispatch, professing to gnc the substance of the President’s conversation with “intimate friends,” represents him as saying that in his opin ion the Democrats were as much sur prised at the result of the late election as himself. He expected some Rcpubli jan losses, but he was not prepared for such an overwhelming defeat. He does not, for one instant, entertain the idea that his policy or his personal acts have con tributed in any degree to the defeat of the Radical party. He justifies his course in regard to Louisiana on the ground that Congress neglected to act in the matter, leaving him no alternative but to set up and sustain the Kellogg government. He says the whole blame of the recent disaster is attributable to the course of the Republican Congress, not so much in its failure to regulate the financial affairs of the country, upon which there was a sectional antagonism which prevented effective Congressional action, as by its unwise attempt to force upon the American people the imprac ticable and utopean theories of Senator Sumner as embodied in the civil rights bill. He is firmly convinced, says the dispatch, that the civil rights bill had more to do with the defeat of his party than all other causes combined, and he has expressed himself in such a manner as to leave no doubt upon the minds of those with whom he had conversed that if the bill shall be passed at the next session he will interpose his veto. As regards the third term business the President ridicules the idea that it had anything to do With the overwhelming Radical defeat Tuesday last, lie ex pressed himself inore at length on this subject than hg ever condescended to do before, and without remounting the idea of a third term, said that > a careful ex amination of the returns in the different States showed conclusively that the peo ple in rendering their verdict were not influenced by the wild and senseless cries on this subjuct. In support of his opin ion he instanced the fact that in South Carolina, where the Radical convention had declared in favor of him for a third term, the Radical candidate for Governor had been elected, while in New York Mr. Roberts, who insisted on the State Convention declaring against a third term, was defeated. The dispatch says : “ The President is not despondent, and gives his friends to understand that he is not by any means utterly cast down by recent reverses.. He believes that the Republican party has yet before it a glo rious future, and that it may retrieve the errors of the past ire time to march to the music of triumph in 1876, as significant and as decisive as that of 1872. He be lieves that the Republican Congress, which comes together in four weeks from this time, can, in the three mouths Ife which is left to it, so act as to heal all dissensions within the party, and to win back the confidence of the people at large.” It was, no doubt, these declarations of General Grant that inspired the special to the New York Pod on Thursday, which says : “A better feeling prevails among the Republicans here, and the de termination is expressed to profit by the severe lesson just experienced, and to place the party in a position where it : will regain, in the years to come, all that ithasjust lost.” EITTEE RIVER. An Interesting Letter—A Convention of Laughers Wanted—The Champion Ugly Man—The Union Point Fair —A Lick at “ Snider”—The People of 1 ittle Eiver. Little River, Nov. 9, 1874. Editor Oglethorpe Et-ho : I am not a professional quill-driver. I am a poor hand even at gossip, but I feel good somehow or other, and that puts me in the humor to talk, and as talking is one of my fort Hand writing is not, I had much rather talk with you face to face, knowing your capacity in that line. As I said before, I feel good. Everything I see and hear makes me feel like laughing, I don’t know what is the cause of this feeling within me, unless it be the glorious Democratic tri umph recently achieved throughout this broad nation. Isn’t it splendid ? The idea that despotism, tyranny, and cor ruption are being swept away from the face of this country, and the return of freedom and genuine constitutional lib erty, that the scales are falling from the eyes of our Northern brethren, and the dawn of reason once more lighting up their minds; that Butler and Butlerism, “Sumnerand his legacy” are all damned to everlasting infamy. What a revolu tion? The like w r as never known in the history of the nation. Who can help feeling good? The man that don’t re joice now is not a Democrat. I will feel good, and I will laugh every time I feel good. Talking of laughing, Mr. Editor, makes me think of your teacher at Crawford. I saw one of your depot boys the other day at the Union Point Fair, and he say r s that your School Teacher can laugh more, and laugh louder, and find more things to laugh at, than any man in the county. Well, I’ve heard of him before, but there are some chaps down this way that is hard to beat in that line. I would like to get up a re-union of all good laughers, now, and spend about a w r eek with them. I like laughing men. Strolling about amidst the crowd on the Fair Ground the other day, in com pany w’ith a young gent from your sec tion, and watching the faces of every one w r e passed, I remarked that it -would be funny if a premium was offered for the ugliest man, to witness the contest. He at once replied that lie could bring two men from Crawford that would take the premium from anything that was “Georgia raised.” I don’t know, but I guess he was speaking of them fellow's that w'ent bird-hunting the other day. Speaking of the late Fair at Union Point, I did intend to tell you something about what I saw' there, but as I saw' you there, too, I suppose you know' more than I can tell you about it. But, Mr. Editor, I want to ask you one question. Tell us now, honestly, what luck you had with the “Wheel of fortune?” Come, now, don’t deny it. The last time I saw you, you had your hands full of those paddles, and a young lady who was standing near by, says you were dealing out nickels to the proprie tor. That was a bad sign, but did you make a raise ? If you didn’t you Avere not as lucky as a certain drummer Isaw r there. He displayed a good deal of grit, and pertinacity in fighting the tiger, for he stuck to him well. I guess, however, his finances were in a desperate state, and he couldn’t be damaged much. He was like the fellow' that w r as digging up the gopher, I don’t know his whole name, but I heard another fellow call him Bullet, and on inquiring further about him, I learned that he got the name from having made such good speed the time his respected father-in-law called on him. I have been told that he is the only living animal that has beaten Gold smith Maid’s time. It is said that he done it on that occasion. But he is a right down clever fellow’, and has got the prettiest wife in these diggings. I wish you could see her, for I can’t d* - scribe her. The people in this community are mighty clever, Mr. Editor. They are all Democrats and Baptists, and regular straightouts, and stick close to the text, particularly on communion and bap tism. So, if you have any other opinion religiously, you had better not show your self amongst them. As an illustration of -this, I will relate an incident that oc curred recently, as it was told to me by an eye witness and a reliable person. A few brethren had met together on a certain creek, on a certain day, for the purpose of removing the chunks and logs and other obstructions from the channel, and, of course, the indispensable jug was along in charge of a good deacon, who, I presume, would occasionally lec ture the party on the rites and ceremon- j ies of the church, and illustrate, by ap plying the jug to his lips, until he be came so enthused on the subject that he plunged headlong into the water several times, in order to show some hard-head ed sinners who were present the beauties of baptism by immersion. But it seems that he “ wasted his sweetness” and “ cast his pearls before swine,” for the villains w'ent right off and reported that he was drunk. What irreverence! what vile lander and base ingratitude! But it didn’t disturb his equanimity, for he is a hardshell in more ways than one. His head is level. But, Mr. Editor, back to the wheel of fortune. Don’t you think that it is very' inconsistent, to say the least of it, thatsuch should be even tolerated, much less en couraged, by any community or men who are church members and profess to be religious, moral, and law-abiding people. This is the worst sort of gambling, in my opinion. There I saw men, and boys half grown, betting on those paddles and betting on dice on the Fair Ground. It made me shudder to see those boys gambling. That day’s w'ork may be but the beginning of ruin and destruction to some of those youths. And yet it was allowed, if not encouraged, by the com mittee who controlled the premises. I know the men constituting that commit tee, and they are all church members and leading men in their community. I was astonished that they, for the sake of a little revenue paid by these thieves, should have allow'ed such a thing. I heard a minister of the Gospel say that he never intended to attend another fair, and gave the above as his reason. Gambling has become an alarming evil, and as widespread as our country. It is practiced from the humblest water-craft that floats on our canals, up to the majes tic steamboat on our mighty rivers; from the low'esfc grogeries that curse the com munity, up to the most fashionable ho tels that claim respectability. Who can tell the numbers that have been ruined here and hereafter by this vice, w'ho be gan just as some of those boys did the the other day. Little River. Pennsylvania.— The latest returns show that the Legislature will stand : In the Senate, 28 Republicans to 22 Dem ocrats, and in the House, 95 Republicans to 106 Democrats. Senate and House. — According to the best estimates, the Radical majority in the United States Senate has been re duced to six. This, w'ith a Democratic majority of seventy-seven in the next House, shows the extent and character of the revolution that swept over the coun try last Tuesday. A Ku-Klux Cat in Massachusetts. —A clergyman’s cat at West Springfield, Massachusetts, has shown some remarka ble symptoms of natural depravity. Af ter giving birth to seven kittens recent ly, of various colors, she removed the tw'O blackest from the group and utterly refused to take any notice of them. No sooner were they restored to the nest than she again and again ejected them, and death finally relieved the little waifs. And this in defiance of the Fifteenth Amendment, which declares that there shall be no distinction on account of color. No other than a Massachusetts cat w'ould have dared to thus offend the majesty of the law. —Chicago Tribune. A Speaking Jackass. —The Balti more Sun says: Among the many curi osities brought to Frederick during the continuance of the fair, none have at tracted greater attention and caused more amusement than a jackass (entered by a gentleman named Groves, from Shep herdstown, W. Ya.) which speaks. One gentleman asked him to take a drink. He answ r ered in good English. “Why not ?” The animal does not differ ma terially from his species, except that his cars were not quite so long. His owner cannot account fbr the faculty of speech developed in the animal, but considers it singular that it should be able to artic ulate only the w'ords “Why not;” Mr. Groves w’as offered SSOO for the curi osity, but refused to accept.. ; Cheap Lightning-Rods. —An extra ordinary account has appeared in a French agricultural journal, to the effect that straw' forms admirable lightning conductors. It has been observed that straw had the property of discharging Leyden jars without spark or explosion, and someone in the neighbQrhood of Tarbes had the idea of constructing straw lightning conductors, which were formed by fastening a wisp or rope of straw' to a deal stick by means of brass wire, and capping the conductor with a copper point. It is asserted that the ex periment has been tried on a large scale around Tarbes, 18 communes having been provided Avith such straw conduc tors, only one being erected for qt ery 70 arpents, or 760 acres, and that the whole neighborhood has thus been preserved from the effects, not only of lightning, but of hail also. Fair Warning. All notes and accounts due the first of November, that are not paid by the first of December, will be put in suit. No exception will be made. R. S. Marten. 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. T Amis, L M Briscol, W A Cunningham. F R Clark, A C Daniel, J S Gilbert, Rev J G Gibson, H A Hags, F R Howard, G B Lumpkin, D W Pattman, E G Roane, J Stevens, R M Sm itli, F T Tiller, W A Turner, T J Waller, W T Young & Cos., ELBERTON. J F Auld, S M Almond, Blackwell & Son, J E Campbell, M P Deadwyler, H C Edmunds, J C Hudgens, J D James, John T McCarty, A Oliver, AII Roebuck, * F W Smith, Swift & Arnold, R M Willis, A B Thornton, BY SOUTHERN EXPRESS. LEXINGTON. A S Daniel, G B Erwell, J B Eberhart, Samuel Lumpkin, G W Mattox, S E Robinson, Dr J S Sims, J P Smith, T R Tiller, W E Stribling, ELBERTON. S W Almond, D R Blackwell, T S Gaines, J W Goss, P Garrecht, DS Jones, A B Thornton, A Swearinger & Cos., B B Taylor, H D Schmidt, J A Sanders & Son., MARKET REPORTS. CRAWFORD, November 6, 1874. Cotton $ t2}@ 13 Flour, per bbl 8 00 @lO 00 Corn, new, per bu 1 00 @1 25 “ old, “ none. Corn Meal, “ l 25 Peas, “ 1 00 Wheat, “ 1 50 @ 1 75 Oats, “ 75 @ 1 00 Rye, “ 1 50 Sweet Potatoes, per bu.... 75 Bacon—Market falling 14 @ 16 Lard, per 1b 20 ® 22 Bagging 15 @ 18 Ties 9 @ 10 Chickens 25 Eggs 20 Butter 25 Syrup, per gal 75 @ 1 25 Molasses 50 @ 65 Sugar 12i@ 165 Coffee - 25 @ 30 Tobacco 75 @ 1 25 NEW ADVERTITEMENTS. STATE OF GEORGIA. PROCLAMATION By JAMES M. SMITH, Governor. In grateful recognition of that Providence which has awarded our labors with plenty and protected our homes from pestilence; and in reverent acknowledgment of the signal favor of Almighty God, lately vouchsafed to our entire country, in arresting the evil ten dencies of the times and assuring a speedy restoration of fraternity and good government, I, JAMES M. Smith, Governor of Georgia, do hereby designate and appoint Thursday, the 19th day of November, tiie present month, to be observed as a day of public Thanksgiving and Prayer. I earnestly recommend that all the people of the State do, upon that day, abstain from their usual avocations, and, assembling at their usual places of Public Worship, grate fully acknowledging the Divine favor in the past and inv >ke its continuance upon us and our posterity. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. JAMES M. SMITH, Governor. By the Governor: J. W. Warren, Sec’y Ex. Dep’t. SEA FOWL GUANO. ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT i\ paid their Guano notes are requested to call on S. H. STOKELY or A. LITTLE, our Agents, and pay them. novl3-3t POLLARD & CO. C. S. HARGROVE , CRAWFORD, GA„ DEALER IX Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Etc. Dr, J.H, McLEAN'S PAM MEDICINES Be sure to give me a call and examine my stock if you want to Buy Goods Cheap I novl3-tf OPERA COLOGNE. AN ELEGANT PERFUME. This cologne is manufactured from Pure Materials, with the greatest care. Prepared only by R. T. BUI’MBY A CO., Druggists and Pharmacists, Athens, Ga. LUCKIE & YANCEY, DEALERS IX AXD REPAIRERS OF WATCHES, ||§j Jewelry, Etc. JE^l NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LOOK! Something; for ill NEW STOCK, NEW STOCK! R.T.BRUMBY&CO. Athens, Ga., HAVE NOW ON HAND: PURE WHITE LEAD, atsl4 per hundred. VENETIAN RED, dry and in oil. VARNISH, of all kinds. TURPENTINE and PAINTBRUSHES. ANILINE DYE, red, black, and purple. The largest and finest selected stock of Cheap and fine PERFUMERY, SHELL BOXES, BABY BOXES, COLOGNES, Belle, Atwood’s, Gaswell & Hazard’s, Ger man, Hoyt’s, Wright’s, and Brumby & Co’s, half-pints and pints, elegantly put up in cut glass bottles, etc. IVORY TEATIIING RINGS. ARNICA COAT PLASTER, white, black and flesh color. Shaving and Tooth BRUSHES. The finest selection of Imported HAIR BRUSHES ever had in this city, for Christ mas Presents, some costing $5 each. LADIES’ CACHOUS, for the breath. Fine PUFFS, LILY WHITE, Nail and Infants’ BRUSHES. OTTO OF ROSE, in small vials. SHAVING COMPOUND, in mugs. CAMPHOR ICE, LIP BALM, ROSE CREAM. POWDER PUFF BOXES, 25c to $2 each. Fine TOILET SOAPS. Beautiful SHELL BOXES, containing Per fumery, Toilet Powder, Toilet Soap, Comb, Brush, Puli', etc. Just the tiling for a present for a young lady from a young gentleman. Price, from 75c to $9 each. SAPOLIO, 25c per package. And a host of other articles too numerous to mention. We want the people of Oglethorpe and surrounding country to give us a call when they visit Athens, and examine our fine stock. R. T. BRUMBY & CO. Administrator’s Sale. STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of said county, will he sold, before the Court House door 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 Bcaverdam creek, adjoining lands of William Fleeman. 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, lying in Madison County, known as the Old Widow Spratling Dower, adjoining the lands of Math ews, Widow Eberhart, estate of Janies 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-five 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 v 120i) Acres, more or less, and adjoins lands of M. Edwarc , J. Bol ton, and others. —ALSO — Lot No. 240, 17th District, Ist section, in Union county, in said State, containing One Hundred and Sixty (160) 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. & C. W. SIMS, Administrators of John Sims, deceased. oct23-td BY VIRTUE OF POWER OF ATTOR NEY from the administratrix of Isham J. Sims, will be sold before the Court House door in Lexinsrton, in Oglethorpe county, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN DECEMBER next, Twenty-seven (27) Shares of Capital ! Stock in the Georgia Railroad and Banking j Company. Terms cash. No legatees to hid, ! nor agents for them. ASSCLLLA M. STMS, Admin’x. j G. R. SIMS, Agent. i Winter Dry Goods. TF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY DRY j JL 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 & STOKELY’S. E. A. WILLIAMSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELED | AT DR. KING’S DRUG STORE, ftroad Street, - - - Athens, Ga. All work done in a superior manner, j and warranted to give perfect satisfaction, oetl-ly NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. IF YOU HAVE Corn, Peas, Potatoes, Chicken*, Blitter, Eggs, Beeswax. Rag*. Dry Beef, Hide*, OR ANY KINDOF PRODUCE that will command any price whatever, and wish to sell it. all you have to do is to bring it to Malian l Stokely who in exchange will give you GOOD GOODS as cheap as they can be bought anywhere at retail. We mean just what wesiv. W e will sell you GOODS of any kind (we have) AS CHEAP as you can buy them elsewhere, if you will pay GASH OR PRODUCE for them. To be convinced of the fact, call and sec for yourself. NEW GOODS JUST IN! Remember the Place'S-Xi McMAHAN A STOKELY, The Merittirg DRY GOODS STORE! | GEORGE HALL WITH l RICHARDS & BRO, 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 he cut, and if an order is sent for Goods in our Retail Department, and the amount ordered is $lO or over, for cosh. We will Pay the Expre** 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. HALL, Formerly with Geo. F. Platt, nov6-2t Lexington, Ga, KALVARINSKI & LIEBLER, Under Newton House, Athens, Ga., Cigar lannfacturers, And 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 - YOUNG MEN WHO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA. RATION for Business, will find supe.' rior advantages at Moore's Southern Business University, Atlanta, Ba. The largest and best Practical Business School m the South. Students can enter at any time. Send for Catalogue to oet3o-ly B. F. MOORE, Pres’t. J. M. NORTON, Contractor anfl Builfler /JRAWFORD, GA., IS PREPARED TO furnish all kinds of Building Material such as rough and dressed Lumber, Shingles Sash Bhnds, and Doors; also, Laths, Lime and Plastering Material. Estimates given of all classes of Carpenter work, Plastering, I,rick work, and Painting. oct3o-3ni iOTSAIDIiS HENRY LUTHI, /’IRAWFORD, GA., IS NOW PREPARED JUto make, at short notice, the FINEST BOOTS and SHOES. I use only the best material, and warrant my work to give entire satisfaction, both as to finish and wear REPAIRING AND COARSE WORK also attented to. octß,ly T , ATTORNEY AT A \f LAYS , Athens, Ga. Office with Judge A. M. Jackson, Ordinary of Clark couptv. Strict attention given to all business entrusted. Collections and searching of records a specialty. IF YOU'WANT ANYTHING IN THE FURNITURE LINE. Call at McMAHAN & STOKELY’S,