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OGLETHORPE ECHO I’rWay Morning. March 26, 187#. PUBILSHED WEEKLY BY T. L. GANTT, Editor and Prop’r. A. J.—in on Saturday, ev _Cf4v agat wa ocotuued, and thousands . wer© /ringing through the galleries to hear Andrew Johnson make his first speech. Johnson Ivag dressed in his usual style of elegant neatness. He has a full stilt of grey hair. His voice first low, gradually swelled until it rang through the corridors. He spoke with out note*?, Tie was loudly applauded when he said, “If Grant is elected a thiM time, "then good-bye to the Repub lic.” He spoke fwd hours, receiving ap plause from the galleries and congratu lations from his friends on the floor. - ■*• ♦ mm New H am-prhire. —The fell vote of the JState ofNew Hanu>shire foots up tis follows: For Governor—Cheney 80,285, lioberts, 31,168, White 754; total vote 79,202 ; Cheney over Roberts 122. For Congressmen—First district, White - house, Republican ,18,019; Jones, Dem ocrat, 14,004 ; scattering 826 ; Jones’ plurality 385. Second district. Pike, Republican, 12,936 ; Bell, Democrat, 13,083 ; scattering 202; Bell’s plurality 147. Third District, Blair, Republican, 12,389; Ivent, Democrat, 12,181; scatter ing 163 ; Blair’s plurality 207, The Latest Social Horror. —The town of Rio, 111., is the scene of the latest horror. A mother dying in child-bed accused her own stepfather of the pater nity of the cliiltl. He is a 'man sixty years of age, a member of the Baptist church, and formerly a resident of Gales bu rg. lie confessed the crime in a prayer mingled with blasphemies. He has fled the country to escape the indig nation of the people. Destructive Fire in Atlanta.— The'Atlanta papers gives the particulars of a destructive fire in that city on the 19tu inst.,by which the candy man, G. W. about s2s,Paul Jones, wholesale liquor dealer, about $30,000 or $40,000, Sharp, the famous jeweler, about SO,OOO, and the O. K. Store lost some thing; also. Others suffered some. Whole loss estimated at $135,000. Col. Lamar.—This gentleman, who has just returned from New Hampshire, thinks that the Democrats, in conjunc tion with the Conservatives,- can elect as President Charles Francis Adams or jjH&R Davis, with a large degree of cer tainly, and possibly ThurrritYfr, Hendricks ot Bayard. Gold. —The rise in gold is attributed, by leading in New York, to a “ combination ” of speculators. We dure say the shaky condition of “ natio nal finances” haA something to do with it. One of our wisest statesmen predicts that gold will go to 30, within a year, y Civil Rights.— This infamous meas ure does not seem to “ sit any better on the stomachs" of the Yankees than we J'oulhernejfs. The nigs made a raid on the hotels and theatres in many North ern cities, and in nearly every case were refhsed ad mitt ante. Outraged. —A negro employed by Mf. Nelson, recently from the North, outraged Nelson’s wife in Prince George county,.Maryland. Tuesday night, and the people hung him this morning. Third Term. —lt is generally conce ded by Washington correspondents that Orfcnt will again be the nominee of the Republican party. He is considered by Rll their strongest man, aSd hence they will center on him. New York Sun says ; It is no secret that Miss Anthony says freely and positively tp her friends that Mr. Tilton has explicitly and fully confessed to her that she and Beecher had committed adultery together. ‘ AlabXmX.—The Legislature of this State adjourned last Saturday. Their fust net was withdrawing licenses from hotels and .allowing them to make con tracts .-with boarders. -Suffer IX a.—Fight countie* itl Geor gia and throe in South Carolina Weed relief from the effects of the tori'arto. The Tisb uf killed and wounded is appall-' P. M.—Mills has been appointed Post fiiasfer at to succeed Bard. Mc- Whorter spceyeds Iloitzchiw. Glover coni’rinexi Postmaster at Macon. on the Northeas tern carried a loat* 'of lumber from the steam saw-mill at ULRYville a few days *2°. m , r ThR telegraph bring!* fis the sad intel ligence from Loiufoii th&t ffohn Mitchel, the patriot and scholar, is'dead. fbtißVfcfcs.—Two banhouses in Forsyth—B. Rye & Sou alrd W.L. Lamp kin & Co.— have failed. There are again disquieting reports about the Dope's health. THE EQUINOXTIAL. —u An Unparalleled Stotra Visrfs Georgia. Immense feoss of Piwrty -fftrn dreds Killed and Devasta tion Complete. 0 — A Mother Deranged by the Loss of Three Children—A Father Orders Six Coiling—Route and Incidents of the Bf6rxn—Terrible Suf fering and Desti tution—&c. etc The storm that burst upon this State on last Saturday, and swept its most populous and fertile portions, is simply unparalleled in the history of Georgia. In the Atlanta Herald of Tuesday we find a full account of *rts ravages, from which we make the following extracts : There appeared to fye four Whirlwinds, or tornadoes, one from Whiteville, in Har ris county; another from Harris county intoMerriwether; briother'ftear Hamilton, and another from Harris through Tal bot. The two first created immense havoc to property, but no lives were lost; the one near Hamilton killed three chil dren of H. W. Pitts, and badly wounded two others, one having both legs, both arms and a thigh broken, and injured Pitts and his wife. The latter is bereft of reason from grief. Every house in its course, for twenty miles in length and half a mile in width, was levelled, trees blown down and carried hundreds of feet, and fences scattered everywhere ; furniture, clothing, stock, etc., all gone, and tire -people Suffering on account of the destruction of food. The fourth was most destructive, for, twenty miles in length and half a aril© in width, its path is marked by ruin and devastation. The little village of Mount Airy, in Harris county, was totally destroyed*; riot a house standing. The wife and children—four grown, three of Which were yotmg ladies—of Capt. J. H. Ken non Were killed and their bodies blown from fifty to one hundAd yards. Teh persons were badly injured. Capt. Ken ndn bad to order six coffins. fi&ugnvilfe, Talbot county, was com pletely destroyed, and ten whites and Sixteen fteghoes were killed. Five churches, six stores, and four school houses demolished. The storm just touched Upson edunty, but did considerable damage, killing several negroes, injuring many whites, and destroying houses-and forests. In Talbot county one white and six negroes were killied, and two ladies se > riotislv injured. In Harris county it killed seven whites, fiVe’df them children, besides wounding many. At Cumak it destroyed the hotel, de pot, several dwellings and stores, leaving but one house uninjured. Only one person was killed. Many were injured, wagons and teams were blown away, the animals killed, as also many cattle and hogs. Near Milledgeville, thirteen or four teen persons were known to have been killed. Even human bodies have been blown away and no remains found. Large plantations, with forty or fifty persons ou them have not even a hotffe left, forage, stock and all are gone. The cloud resembled aii hour glass in shape, was vertical in position, and as luminous as a b.lazine; tire. In fact, it so clearly resembled Jrrfe tfafti this alarm of fire was started and people turned out: One mini’s head Ava§ ’blown completely off his shoulders. At Thomson several houses were de stroyed and many persons injured. At Elam Church, near Camak, where meeting was being held, the storm came up and destroyed the house, killing one person and injuring many. At Appling, one end of the Court House was blown off. hir'd Several dwell ings destroyed; Three persons Were kill aud many injured: Between Camak and Thoiflsori, on one side of the road the trees fvere Wing hi one direction, and on the other in anoth er: This Would seem to indicate that the storm which desolated CaYfftfc arid the one that visited Thomson, almost ftt tlfe same time, met near the line of road. Traveling in opposite directions’ their force must have been terrific. ■ The details of the calamity Ou Bln •&-. D. Massie’s place, hear Sparta; are most pitiful. There Were sixteeh hottses on Ills place, and. of them all there is not one piece of timber left upon another. His residence was built of hewn logs; weather-boarded outside and ceiled in side. Some of these logs were blown to a distance of a mile and a half, and shingles from the roof were blown to to the distance of several miles. When he saw the storm doming, B[r. Massie made a frantic effort tb save his wife and child. He ran into the house and seizing them attempted to get them out of doors ; Uut before he reached the door the walls were crushed in. He thrust them toward tjie.dhor, and was himself caught in the timbers: W.heu the storm had passed he discovered his wife lying near him with her braiii crushed out. His child, an only one, about two years old, he found in the garden, with a fearful hole loom in its side: It was dead. Bliss Ella Berry had been blown into the top of a pine tree, which bad fallen near by. Her legs were broken in eeven.plaees and she was otherwise artfully maHgied. She lived four hoffrsc A fflegro maif bn the place ran to 'the nearest house fb'r help, and when neighbors arrived they found Mr. Blassey,WhO was badiy hurtr sitting beside his dead wife, with his dekd cMld in his arms and the dying girl Ivirig him. A field in which the wheat Wag six inches high; and abrooin-sedge field, were cleaned as bare as if they had been burned and the Ashes swept off. A covy of partridges was found dead near the house, two dead rabbits were found in the yard, and all the chickens, rats and cats on the place were killed. The skirts of Mr. Massie’s coat were blown off, and his shoes and socks were blotvn from L’ s feet and have not yet been found. The injuries to his person are Very Se vere. A'ccmsiderhble amount of money which he had in the house was blown away, so was all his silver, in fact every thing, even down to his clothing. He had to borrow clothing from his neigh bors. A common butt hinge was buried to the joint in a tree, and is still firmly fixed there. Small rocks were blown with such violence that they were im bedded in trees, and are still to be seen there. The damage in the country is terrible. Death and destruction marks the entire length and breadth of tho tornado. Stock, houses, and food are all destroyed and the people left in a starving condition. Tire course of the storm as far as it can fre traced i3 as follows: The first we hear of it is at Aiken, S. V., though it committed terrible depre dations all through the North and East. From S. C. it entered Georgia at Rich mond county above Augusta, sped thence to Columbia county, completely wi-piug out Appling, and then swept through McDuffie, overturning Thompson. It then hurried on to W arren county, de stroying Camak; then turning sharply southward, barely touching Warreoton and and thence into Hancock pounty. It swept through Sparta and Deveaux, and skipped into Baldwin, barely missing the ancient city of Mil ledgeville. It seems then to have jump ed over Jones and Monroe counties, but lit on Upson county about Thomaston, and passed thence in a south westernly di rection 'through Talbot, Harris, and the tipper corner 6f Muscogee into Alabama, where it seems to have been lifted above the earth, as we ‘hear of no "serious damage that it did over there. KNOWN LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. In this list we do ncit include the scores of negroes whose miriies it is im possible to get. It is believed to be posf tively correct. Killed at Deveaux Station. —Miss Ella Berry, Mrs. S. D. Massie, Mrs. Massie’s child, Mr. Carpenter, Thomas Little, and a negro woman. At Warerly IJail, Harris county. —Charley Hunt, clerk. Near Hamilton, Harris county. —Mr. Todd and wife, and five children; a child of E. Braddon. At fiaughril/e, in Talbot county. —Elisha Chi pepper, Mr. Crawford. In Monroe county. —Mrs. Childs. In fid/due in , county. —M rs. Thomas (f oh ri sen, Dick Bonder, colored. At Brown’s Crossing, Baldwin county.— Mr. R. R. RroWn. Glassc'cck c'Oy tfty. —Mrs. . Johnson, Mr. Matthews, Mr. IXaGs, two of Mr. Kitchen’s : family, and four others., In Harris county. —'Mm. Capt. Cannon, two sons and three daughters; three children of Mr„H. Pitts. At Carnal:. —Mr. Thomas Geesling; a soil of Mr. Pilcher. At Thomson. —Jno. T. Stovall. At Appling. —Miss Maggie Bailey; Mrs. Martha Dorsey; a child of Mr. John Bartlett’s. At Elam Church, (near Camak.) —Mrs. Louis J ones. WOUNDED. At Deveaux Station. —Mr. S. D. Massie, (seriously.) In Harris county. —R. V. Peters and other members of his family; seriously ; Mr. AVm. McGhee, two ribs broken; Mr. Clark and wife, both mortally; Rev. J. B. McGhee, son, and daughter, seriously; Tom Neal, slightly. Near MillcdyeviMe.—Kic hard Brown, fa tally. At Baugh rillc, Talbot county. —Mrs. Elisha Culpepper, arid her dAughter-in-1 aw ; Mrs: Bn retell, both legs; Mitfe Miller B. Phillips, badly; Mrsr. Bradshaw and son, seriously, Mr. Chaplain, Mr. Calhriun, Mi's. Brigan. fn this neighbdfhrihd,.'ten wf&tes arid sixteen negroes Vere lolled’, .. fit Jones county. —Mr. Gove. fit 'Upson vokhty.— Mr. Ratcliff, (mortally.) Talbot county.— Dr. Neal, (slightly ;) Maj. ’John Walfori; (seriously A .If Camak. —Mr. T. C. Kneller, (painfully;) Mr. §. B. Fleming, (not Seriously ;) Mr. Ed ward Skinner, (mortally;) Mr. Albert Tuni son, (Slightly.) At Thomsm .—Capt. John T. Stovall, seri ously •) Mrs. John.T. Stovall, (slightly ;) one ehilj °f Captain SfoV;tlj r s; two daughters of M'r. J. K. Morgan, (badly.) At Appliiwf. —Mw. Malone, (seriously;) Miss' Sallie Dorsey, CserhmMy ;) Mrs. George Gray, (seriously ;) Mr. Sam Stanford, (seri ously;) a child of Mr. Joseph Kelly. At Elam Church, near Camak. —Messfk. Benj. Atchison, seriously; W. F. Sheriey, seriously ;S. Turner, Seriously ; Mr*?. T if. Pilcher, seriously ; and tefi or tWel’ve others slightly hurt. “ You Lie !”■ —“ You Lte Back 1” Mrs. Tilton says he did. Tiltofi says he did. Mrs. Tiiton’s brother saya/he did. “ Bessie” says he did. Mrs. Moulton says he did. All these say Beecher Irtid —in evidence, though circumstantial, as strong as any evidence-, short of h caught lit the act” could be. Now, who says he didn’t? Simply, the cleri cal scamp himself! He sets Up a gen eral denial; and is bound to swear the whole charge down as lie. Well* with fifty tfloiisahd deluded, magnetized, fas cinated, charmed, bedeviled admirers in Brooklyn, New York and vicinity, we Would .not wonder if he succeeded.— New York Day Book. *PSE Nashville Union and American caRB attention to the fact that the last sectfofi bf the civil rights bill allows any case Under it to be appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, and as it will require tWo or three years to hear from that tribunal, no judgment of ahy infe rior court can be enforced in the mean time. The Whites may be horribly an noyed by Bhe attempted operation of the law, but the negro plaintiffs will never get the thousands of dollars promi sed them. The Indian Spring ENw says there was a man in Jackson on Thursday last; a citizen of Butts pounty, who has sixty living grandchildren and tWenty-two dead, thirty-nine living great grandchil dren and seven great great grandchildren, and who lost nine grandsons, two sons and one son-in-law in the late war. It appears that at the very moment the British Governor w&s taking "posses sion of the Fiji Islands a number of the natives were eating some British sailors who had recklessly gone Ashore in search df valuable plants. “I am glad lam not ill -that class, fiff they are all Tilton girls,-” I?§£id a ten year old girl the other day to 3 compan ibn as they were passing out tff t3rg door Cff 2! Brooklyn public school; WeW‘ ADVERTISEMENTS. , ■■ ; , 1875. New Spring Dry Goods! 1875. KEAN & MORRISON, Axig'ixsta, Credr^ia, ARE NOtY RECEIVING A SPLENDID STOCK OF Foreign & domestic dry goods! PRINTS, PERCALES, I TABLE DAMASK, PLAID & STRIPED HOMESPUNS, j NAPKINS, TOWELS, BLE VCHED & BROWN SHIRTINGS i DRESS GOODS, . AND SHEETINGS, I HOSIERY AND GLOVES, COTTONADES. LINENS, | NOTIONS, Ac., Ac. We direct especial attention to the finest stock of Embroideries and Sasli &Gros Grain Ribbons ever brought to Augusta MERCHANTS SUPPLIED AT NEW YORK PRICES. A very* small advance at Retail. Terms Pash. KEAN & MORRISON. LOOK! PEOPLE OE OGLETHORPE! OIRfjR, &a CO., GROCERS AND PROVISION DEALERS, At Old Stand of England & Orr, ATHENS, GA B KEEP A FULL LINE OF GOODS IN THEIR LINE. WE OFFER ESPECIAL INDUCEMENTS IN FLOUR AND TOBACCO. We have now in store the largest stock of FLOUR of any house in the city, and can sell it As CHEAP as it can be bought in Atlanta or Augusta. Try us, and We will convince you. A full line of FANCY GROCERIES for WEDDING OCCASIONS, FISHING PARTIES & PICNICS. Our Motto: Cheap lor Cash ! dRR £l CO. M, Guano, Gil WE are now offering the following GUANOS at prices to suit the times Barry’s* Chemical Fer.tiliaer-t-Casli SGO; Time, *65. Barry’s Add Phosphate—Cash *4O; Time, $45. Five dollars per toil added for cotton option'of tSe.', delivered in Augusta by Nov. 1. Carolina Fertiliser —Cash SSO; Time $63. Russell Foe’s Superphosphate —Cash $55 ; Time $65. C’at Island CJiianQ—Cash $43; Tihie >'so. . , The. above subject ’to a cotton option of 158., deliver a'tpurchasers’ nearest depot. Also, hardy’s Fertsfixer. Planters would do well to give us a call before purchasing, and examine oltr Fertilizers. Pamphlets, containing certificates, etc., furnished on application. 5 . 2 m HARGROVE & JOHNSON, oTSJNu. Garden Seed, Flower Seed, Grass Seed, Cldvei* Seed, Pure Lead and Oil* We have jftst received a large lot of the abbve articles, which ive offer very cheap. LONGS & BILLUPS, Athens, G;u WILCOX, CIBBB Sl CO’S MANIPULATED GUANO Pi •ice 1 , per Ton, With Option of Paying in Cotton at 17 Cents. Call and get Circular, and Certificate of men who have used it. M’MAHAN & STOKELY, ian29-2m AGENTS, CRAWFORD, GA. REMOVAL! REMOVAL! To No. 12 Broad street, Athens, Ga. Ills Largest and Cheapest Furniture Establishment in North-East GeoTgia! jr. f. Wilson & co. Furniture, Coins, Burial Cases, Etc. Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. jaiilo-ly SUMMEY, HUTCHESON & BELL, (SUCCESSORS TO SUMMEY & NEWTON,) Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery & Aiiciaral Implements, Factory Agents for the sale SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, JACKSON WAGON, COT TON GINS AND MILL FINDINGS, jan2!My I>eui>ree Slock, Athens, 4*a. HARK! WHAT’S THE MATTER AT R, S. MARTIN’S FANG! AND FAMILY GROCERIES AT UNPRECEDENTED LOW PRICES' Come one, cdfvieHll, f&d see for yourselves, the ftllcrt.irig prices: Good Coffee Sugar, 9 fos. fijfr $-1: Tobacco, sound, 60c: Extra C, white, 8 tbs. for sl. Tobacco, finest, 85c. Coffee, best, 3J tbs. for sl. Pine Apples, 2 tbs., 30c. Coffee, good, 4 lbs. for sl. Oysters, 1 jfc can, 121 c. Soda, 3 tbs. for 25c. Strawberries; 2 lbs., 25c. Starch, 10c. Also Pickles, Sardines, and Turpentine Soap, 4 bars 25c. Crackers of all kinds. Matches’ per doz., 40c. Stick and Fancy Candies. Shot, 15c. Candles; soe. _ far* Come and see. MISCELLANEOUS. Th Diamond /’ITT ITI . COTTON vHy* XrJCdJtfi i .At once. Scrap**, Dirts. C IMPROVED f a 5 d c !^t!o7' A, ' TEE Ga.no Di.tributer* SV>. 6 Cultivator. s. Flu,tor, % Vy I>i*tr>t/utriindCt,ltiTtor tji tj W Yw*" g3rcomliined. *35. COn.V l . a WfcVL'X.yiy, MjaSSi p fl.t\Tm attach- C y C mont, $7 50 extra. All J Vw w *r*nte4. Aleuts tract v r Send itamp for Illue- Elj.Vi! rsJ*' - 6HEAP trated Circular with wv- O Vo r an w rant ce and eertlcate. to Q i). C. O. St U. U>., V ATBTTBTILLa,*N U.,or to Local Agt. I would again call the attention of Farmer* o this celebrated LABOR-SAVING Machine. "greatly improved since last year, and is now WARRANTED to d<> all that is claimed for it. One of the Ma chines is on exhibition at Messrs. Hargrove & Johnson’s, Crawford, (ia. For Circulars, Tes timonials. (Pt 1 ., apply to C. u:. HARGROVE or nivself. JOHN H. TILLER, Agent, Point Peter, Oglethorpe county, Ga. FRANKLIN HOUSE, Opposite Deupree Hall, ATHENS...... GEORGIA. This jiopular House is again open to ’the public'. Ihlh.nl, $2 per day. B . A. JKNTKR A CO.. Yeb4-ly Proprietors it the lew Store. WITCHER & JARRELL, Who keep nothing but New & First-claes Goods. Have just receiv ed, In addition to tneir already large and well-selected stock of Off Goods, Nations. Hats, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, ’Provisions, Etc. A large Hook of B\ f comprising Hams, Sides AV-V * L 1 , and Sltohhlcrs, purchased prior to the late , rise fn prices, which will he sold C'TIEAP for ttie bkslt. To arrive in a few days, a large lot. of CORK FLOUR, which will he sol'd as LOW for the money as lie had elsewhere". Reineiuber, tc.at we sell nothing hut the BEriT of everything. Give us a call before 1 mying elsewliere. YOUNG MEN ~ \\riro WISH THOROUGH PREr\- RATION for Business, will find suj e rior advantages at Moore's Scufe losiffiss loivetsilf. Atlanta*, (to. The largest and best Practical Busin we School in .the South. Students can enter at any time. oct-30-1 y B. F. M GORE. Pres’ t. MRS. HARLOW’S Electric Life Limit For the chre of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Headache, Sore Throat, Bronchi tis, Pain in Chest, Side, Plurisv, Paralysis, Cramp. Colic; all Spinal Affections, Bora: Felof, Carbuncle, Cuts, Sprains, Burns, Brui scs, Chilblains, etc. If lint as represented thr money refunded: For sale by M< MAHAN <& STOKFLY, Crawford, T- Fleming & Cos.: and McWhorter, Young & Cos. jamS-bm DISSOLUTION. FpilE P.U’TNERSHIP OF LUMPKIN & X OLIVE was dissolved, by mutual con sent, on the Ist day of January 1875, as to all business arising on and after that date. Each member of the firm remains in Lkx-> ISGTOX, GA., and continues the practice of Law in the Northern Circuit—arid elsewhere; by special fc mtraef. SAMUEL LUMPKIN may be found in the Ben Willingham office, fronting lot of E. G. Roane. . J. T. OLIVE may lie found ih the office lately occupied by Joil C- REED, Esq. T. A. BURKE, Bookseller & Stationer 4 Athens, (Borgia, Selims everything in liis line n. low as it rail be had elsewhere in the State, or out of it. Any Book or piece of Music hot on hand will be supplied at short notice. PIANOS and ORGANS of the best manufactures, sold at New York price's for cash, or on time at a small advance on cash prices, payments to be made monthly or quarterly, ns may best suit thy purchasers. Send for catalogue and terins, ana give me a trial before you bCv elsewhere. jan!s-6m Improved Sfelf-heatiiig Rclary FLAT IRON. An article thfe world cannot beat and no wtWan ,Th3 is the greatest in vention in its liHe that haa ever Wen offered to the lubfie: It is heated with an alcohol tainpr, and thUs dispenses with the heat and expense of a fire. Requires but 5 minutes to heat it, ami Y4II keep warm for hours at a nominal expense. W. E. ARGO, W. 11. JOHNSON, iharlt>-2m Agents Tor Oglethorpe A Clark. MANSION HOUSE, Third Door Above Globe Hotel, Bread St-, Augusta, Ga. MRS. R. mTrOBERDS, (Lite of Gametfrille, Fla.,) Proprietress: BOARD, 92.00 PER DAY. fanfi-tt SEED YAMS I HAVE A NICE LOT OF SEED YAMS for sale. - ■ > - feb2s-3t THOS. n. DOSIER.