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mg-i . i *. * ®fc* ©tjUtharp* &tho. SUBSCRIPTION. ONE YEAR 2.0 SIX MONTHS i o three months ..:,. 50 Rates. FIVE COPIES or less than 10, each... 1.75 TEN COPIES or more, each 1.50 Terms—Caslr in advance. No paper sent antil money received. All papers Hopped at expiration of time, unless renewed. SPRI3STG, IS *7V M. G. & J. COHEN, 9 . * *> WOULD CALL THE PARTICULAR ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO V V their extensive stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, ETC., And name the following as few of the many BARGAINS offered : Best Calicoes, 7 cents a yard Fine 4-4 Bleached Shirting, 9c. a yard. Elegant Wide Pique, 10 cents a yard. Splendid Victoria Lawns, 15c. & 20c. Fast Colored Dress Lawns. I2ic. CORSETS AT 75c., WORTH $1.50! Swiss Muslin at £2£>c. 9 worth 50c. Hiifßbiii*<> W an;l Inserting, sasoc. yd Black k Colored Silks at Panic Prices TOWELS AND TABLE I,ISBNS CHEAPER THAN EVER. MENS (MOD SUITS AT $lO. ELEGANT QUALITY SUITS AT sls. FINE DRESS SUITS AT S2O TO $25. JtJOjj SJMalsa UNDERSHIRTS AT 50c. NiCi" Ba3Y CARRIAGES AT $8.50. and fiais almost Him Away! j fog- \ N L), IV l‘'\UT, EVERYTHING LOWER THAN CUSTOMERS COULD POSSIBLY EXPECT. No. 5 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. EMNE FOB SALE. rpilE subscriber offers for sale a Four-Horse X Power ENGINE, suitable for running a forty or fifty saw gin, or threshing. With it, from four to six bales of cotton can be ginned a day. It is in good order and nearly new. Sold for no fault. apr27-tf JAMES M. SMITH. GUANO NOTES ALL persons who have purchased Guano of us, and failed to sign the notes for the same, are eamestlv requested to come forward without delay and attend to the matter, as it is now time tor this business to be closed up. Please don’t delay a simile day, but eouie forward at once. WITCHER & JARRELL. fiIWAIMH 1 WOULD respectfully notify the public that I have a full corps of competent men, who thoroughly understand the business, and am prepared to make contracts for Dig ging anti Cleaning Wells, Ditching, &e. I guarantee low prices, perfect satisfaction, and ouick work, Post office addr, ss, Crawford. 4 JOHN M. KIDD. Spring and Summer STOCK OF IWUIOT AMI FAM GOODS. MRS. T. A. ADAMS announces to the pub lic that she is now receiving a large and varied stock of Ladies’ Bonnets, Hats, Rib bons, Trimmings, etc., which she is offering at low prices. Call, examine and be convin ced. Next door to the Bank of the University, Athena, Ga. apr29-3m GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO.. AUGUSTA, G A., Sole Agents for the i Mm i PLANTATION BRIST MILL ( heap, BaraMe And (iood Grinders, Best French Barr Stones And Steel Spindle*. One can be running at our works at any time. .789- Send for Circular, giving fall particulars. MILL HEARING 4 MACHINERY Of all kinds Made and Repaired Cheaply. giandaj at home. Agents wanted. Outfit C I V Trvetk Cos Angola Me Qtye oigldl)or})c €cljo. BY T. L. GANTT. AGREEABLE to an order from the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe county, will be sold before tne Court House door* m the town of Lexington, on the first TUESDAY in June next, the following property, belonging to the estate of Shelton Oliver, deceased, viz.: four vacant 10TS IS THE TOWN OF ffiA WFOHII in said ccuntv, lying west of main street and south of John Pace’s lot, being Nos. 2,3, 4,5, containing tj acres each ; also, lot No. 6, on which the church of the colored Baptists now stands, containing li acre; also, the lot in the southern end of said town, known as the Mc- Donald lot, containing about j of one acre; also, the lot fronting the railroad and known as Peter’s blacksmith shop lot, containing about I acre, on which there is a blacksmith shop and tenement house; also, the vacant lot lying between said Peter’s lot and Henry Luthi’s, containing 1 acre: also, the following WILD LANDS: One 40-acre lot, No. 260, 17 dist., 4th sec., originally Cherokee, now Paul ding county; lot No. 126, 3 dist., originally Habersham, now White county, containing 250 acres; also, the J undivided interest in lot 123, 15 dist.. Early county, containing 250 acres ; also, one 1-acre lot at Madison Springs in Madison county. Property sold for divis ion among the heirs at law. Terms Cash. M. A. PHARR, 1 .. , T. P. CALLAWAY, f Adm ”* EORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.— HENRY WILLIAMS, a debtor and the head of a family, has this day applied to me for Exemption of Personalty under Homestead Acts of 1868, and the acts amendatory thereto, and I will pass upon the same on Saturday, the 12th day of Mav, 1877, at 11 o’clock a. m. This, April ISHh, 1877. THOS. D. GILHAM, Ordinary. OGLETHORPE SHERIFF’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first TUESDAY in Mav next, before the Court House door, in tne town of Lexington, between the legal hours of sale, one tract of Land in Ogle thorpe county, containing one hundred acres more or less, adjoining lands of Bennet Sims, James Coil and others; levied on as the prop erty of Wm. G. England, to aatiafv two fi fas, issued, from tie Justices Court of the 236th dis trict G. M., in favor of John H. Newton, vs. Wm. G. England. Joseph R. E. England is the assignee of said fi fas. Levy made and re turned to me. by Frank R. Howard, constable. This April 4th, 1877. J. T. JOHNSON, Deputy Sheriff. CfTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE lO COUNTY. Application for Letters of Dismission. Thomas J. Edwards, administra tor, de boms non, on the estate of Thomas Vyi rards, deeeasvd, applies to me for Letters nf Dismission from said estate— These are, therefore, to tile and admonish all persons interested to show cause why, if any they can, that Letters of Dismission from said estate, on the first Monday in May, 1877, should not he granted. Given under my hand and official signature, this February Bth, 1877. T. D. GILHAM, Ordinary, NOTICE. THE public is hereby warned that JOHN HANEY, (colored) a minor, has been hired to me for the present year by his father. Any person employing or harboring said boy will be prosecuted to tne extent of the law. MARTIN ESCOE. LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1877. COUNTY GOSSIP. Bjr Grape-Vine Telegraph to the Echo. Peas are podding. Clover is in bloom. The blacks are thoroughly cowed. Quiet again prevails in our county. Bill Butler has a suit of the " blues.” Garden truck will soon.be plentiful. Now is the time to brag on your garden. Spring ißnow “a-wearingof the green.” Dull times and hot weather are next in order. Several farmers have finished planting cotton. Judge Upson has the best garden in Lexington. County scrip can now be had at a lib eral discount. Let our young people picnic to some pleasant resort. Lexington is luxuriating in strawber ries aud cream. Swallows are annoying the good ladies of our little city. Mr. W. A. Graham made a most effi cient Captain of the guard. The ladies looked unusually lovely at the concert the other night. Several match games of base ball were played in Lexington last week. Branch minnows retail upon our streets at twenty-five cents per string. The celebrated Arabian cane seed are now for sale at Smith & Young’s. Our farmers all report that they are well up with their farming operations. The largest fruit crop in a number of years is now assured to this section. More than one hnndred new names were added to our subscription books during Court-week. prisoners in the Grand Jury room during their trial, besides jail fees. The bar-room did a good business last week—judging from the “ spirits” of some in attendance upon Court. —~ George Brawner says that Judgment Day is not more than two years distant, when the Lord will sot him free. A small attendance of freedmen were present, on Tuesday morning, to hear sen tence passed upon the rioters. With the aid of seven Deputy Sheriff's and a pack of hounds, a jury was secured, on Monday last, to try the rioters. Miss Ettie Howard, one of Oglethorpe’s most charming and gifted daughters, is spen ding a few days in Lexington. The prisoners certainly had no cause to complain of their guard. They were shown nothing but the kindest treatment. Several families of blacks threaten to emigrate from onr county. In the language of Hill Shakspeare, “ Let ’em rip.” An adjourned term of Oglethorpe Su perior Court will be convened on the fourth Monday in May next, for the trial of special cases. Talk about devotion ! A Church street girl said she would rather be a black bomba zine band on her adored one’s hat than live without him. :We have heard oi'several farmers in this county who sold corn at fifty cents per bushel In January, and are now buying it back at sl.lO. An aligator, some six feet long, has put in an appearance in Johnson’s mill-pond, near Crawford. How came it there, we can not surmise. The early prospect of an European war has caused a considerable advance in the pro vision market, together with a like decline in the price of cotton. When Sheriff Young ornaments his button-hole with a red cotton striug, and puts on hi l ; war paint, persons eligible to jury duty had better hide out. We wish that every colored man in the county could have been present and heard Judge Pottle’s timely remarks prior to sen tencing the prisoners. A large tree, in the old cemetery rear of Colonel Echols’, was recently blown down, the limbs breaking several tomb-stones, one bearing the name of McHenry. Reese, is undoubtedly the right man in the right place. He won the esteem and confi dence of all with whom he came in contact while here. George Brawner, a ringleader in the Crawford riot, and one of the worst charac ters in the county, returned to Crawford on Sunday night, was nabbed, and now orna ments the charm-string. Genera] Toombs delivered an able ad dress in the Court-room, last week, in advoca cy of a Convention. In speaking of his de ceased friends from this county, the tears streamed from the eyes of the orator. There was considerable interest mani fested by some of the young ladies to know whether or not the handsome new Solicitor was a married man. We will state that he is altogether familiar with the ills and pleas ures incident to matrimony. We learn that our large-hearted Rep resentative, the Hon. Janies M. Smith, has presented the Lexington Baptist Church with SSO, and rumor hath it that he intends to make a like donation toward the improvement of the Presbyterian edifice. We learn from undoubted anthority that Joe Smith, a Lexington youth who hits just commenced to be sweet on the girls, last week invested one dollar in a New York firm to find out “ How to appear well in society.” The receipt, which he received bv return mail, was short, simple, easily understood, and read as follows: “Always keep vour nose clean, aud don’t suck more than one fin ger at a time.” —=— Luke Johnson, on Sunday last, while confined in the Court House, endeavored to smuggle a note, through the medium of a vest which he threw from the window, to a negro woman named Anna Henrv. The let ter was found in the pocket of the garment, and besought Anna to at once communicate to Atlanta, as well as to Pledger, full partic ulars of their trial, and ask that aid be sent them forthwith. The epistle further recited that they would all be released as soon as the Supreme Court convened. Anthony Thurster, the negro preacher who was so severely whipped by a party of disguised men near Maxev’s, reeentiv, asks that we announce to his white friends that from this time forward he will prove himself a better man—will never again make a politi cal speech, deliver a sermon or vote a Repub lican ticket; from henceforward he is an unswerving Democrat. We are glad that An thony’s eyes are at last opened to a proper course for him to pursue, but sorrv that such “stringent measures” had to be adopted ere he would, as it were, “be born again.” The Concert, on Friday night of last week, was a decided sueeess. A fair atten dance was present, and the reee’pts, conse quently, as large as those interested could rea sonably expect. The voices of the ladies were really charming, and this performance served to convince the hearers that Lexington boast ed as fine musical talent as any section of the State. The notes of Mrs. Shackelford were really entrancing, while the Meadames Olive, Graham* and Misses Stella Robinson, Jennie Lester, Laura Moss and Dora Haire threw the listeners into raptures. The Messrs. Haire. Smith and Kinnebrew per formed their respective parts well, and but for the presence of these “ lords of creation” upon the stage, one could almost imagine : himself transported to the realms of bliss—so i fair the tableaux and seraphic the music. We ; hope these ladies and gentlemen can be pre ' vailed upon to repeat tne performance at an •ceriy day. PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND JURY Oglethorpe Superior Court, the April Term, 1877. The Grand Jurors, chosen and sworn for the present term of Court, beg to make the following general presentments. We find, on examination, that the Court House is in good condition, except some of the window-blinds, and we rec omend that they be repaired and fasten ings attached, so that they may be held securely while open or closed. We also recommend that the embankment around the Court House square be repaired where the rocks have fallen oft'. After a thorough examination of the Jail, we are satisfied that it may be re paired and made secure without incur ring the expense of building anew one. We therefore recommend that it be re paired on the plan submitted to the jury, and Messrs. O. H. Arnold, Win. Brooks and George M. Faust are appointed a committee to lay said plan before the Board of County Commissioners, and the Commissioners are authorized, under this recommendation, to make such chan ges in said plan of repair as they may deem proper after conferring with said committee. We further recommend that after these repairs are completed, the building be thoroughly cleansed and whitewashed on the inside, and such ar ticles of bed-clothing furnished as may be necessary for the comfort of prisoners. We find the public roads generally in good condition, but call the attention of the District Commissioners to the follow ing exceptions : Two places on the Craw ford and Antioch road, one just outside the corporate limits of Crawford, aud the other near Mr. F. T. Berry’s ; a place on the Lexington and Petersburg road, near the creek below Colonel Mathews’; a place on the Lexington and Woodstock road, near Mrs. Mary Smith’s; and a place at the abutment of the bridge over Grove creek, on the road from the Giade to Danielsville. We also call attention of the County Commissioners to the condition of the bridge over Big creek, near Brooks mill, and recommend that they have it repair ed, or change the public road to where it originally ran, crossing the creek at the ford above, as they may deem best lor the public good. Their attention is also di rected to the bridge over Grove creek, at Sanders’, mill. Upon examination of the condition of the County Asylum for the Poor, it is gratifying to us to be able to commend the Commissioners for its management, and we are lead to believe, from present appearances, that it may soon be made self-sustaining. We find the books of the Ordinary, Clerk of the Court and Treasurer kept in a manner reflecting credit on these officers. The following is a concise state ment of the county funds: Amount on hand last Court $ 20 53 Amount received since 7,033 80 Total $7,054 33 Amount pred (Tut since last Court 6,937 15 Balance on hand $ 117 18 The County Board of Education and County School Commissioners, we find, have faithfully discharged the varied duties of their respective offices. The following is a statement of the school fund, and the disposition thereof since last Court: Amount on hand and received from all sources $5,584 92 Amount paid out, as per vouchers... 3,414 72 Balance on hand for this year... 52,170 20 We recommend that the appointment of John F. Cheney as a member of the Board of Education, to till an unexpirea term, endiug in April, 1878, be continu ed, and notice thereof given to the tetaie Commissioners by the Clerk of the Court. Reports from the Sheriff and Deputy, and other officers as required by law, have been received and approved. We find the books of the Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public have heeu correctly kept, aud the charges for costs uniform. On examining the election returns for the past year, including those of the election in January last, we find no well founded evidence of illegal voting. We cannot consistently conclude these presentments without expressiug our condemnation of certain unlawful acts of violence, recently committed in this county, of which we have received infor mation without sufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators. We deeply deplore such occurrences in our midst, and iudiguautly repel the insinuation contained in certain newspaper articles of a late date, reflecting on the character of our county as an intelligent and law abiding people, and we earnestly request every peaceful and order-loving citizen to frown upon such lawlessness,by whom soever committed, and to assist the law tul authorities in bringing the perpetra tors to speedy justice; thereby showing to every class of our citizens that every one shall be secure in the exercise and enjoyment of every lawful right, without regard to social position. In conclusion, we tender our thanks to His Honor Judge Pottle, for his uniform courtesy to our body, and to the Solici tor-General for his assistance in thedis charge of our delicate duties. We recommend that these present ments be published in the Oglethorpe Echo. 1. Thomas H. Dozier, Foreman. 2. Sanders Jackson, 3. John J. Sims, 4. Oliver H. Arnold, 5. William J. Davenport, Jr., 6. Madison P. Briscoe, 7. Alexander H. S. Glenn, 8. James F. Dillard, 9. Henry G. Young, 10. Sylvanus M. Butler, 11. William Brooks, 12. Frederick T. Berry, 13. William A. Latimer, 14. Hinton C. Zuber, 15. William P. Broach, 16. Stephen Black, 17. Moses H. Arnold, 18. George M. Faust, 19. Charles C. Shackelford, 20. YYTlliam YV. Berry, 21. Andrew L. Arnold, 22. Robert D. Slaton, 23. James Callahan. Georgia, Oglethorpe Oountg. — l certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the minutes of the Superior Court of the presentments of the Grand Jury at April term, 1877. Guo. H. Letter. Clerk. OUR HALF SHEET. We had the misfortune, last Friday, to get our inside forms knocked into “ pie,” which necessitates the issuing of only a half sheet this week. No one but a per son familiar with the printing business knows the extent of this calamity. YY’e, however, have managed to give a full local page, with which we hope onr read ers will be content until next week. The advertisements destroyed will be reset and will appear in our next. Jii ry Mst. The following is a list of jurors drawn to serve at April adjourned term, on the 4th Monday in May, 1877: William It. Vaughn, I W. J. Flee man, J. O. A Patton, George K. Smith, B. A. Maxey, | F. M. Goolsbv, Hubert W. Huff, Jacob T. Patton, Marshall Epps, John Glenn, It. A. McMahan, F. E. Goolsby, Thomas J. Howard, Thomas It. Moss, Arthur Haire, Henry M. Witcher, C. C. Oliver, T. J. Bowline, B. 11. Witcher, J. F. Murphy, James M. Bushin, John A. Jewell, John YV. Jarrell, Jesse M. Armistead, jr Isham H. Pittard, J. G. M. Edwards, K. I. Smith, C. J. Landrum, It. L. Hargrove, O. P. Finley, Edgar Maxwell, J. T. Landrum, Jasper Haynes. Wm. F. Smith, William M. Tiller. A Vegetable Monstrosity. YVe saw the other day five ears of corn growing on the same cob. The produc tion was raised upon the farm of Dr. YY r . M. YY 7 illingham. Strawberry Festival. YY r e understand that the ladies of our town contemplate giving, at an early day. a strawberry festival, for the benefit of the Baptist Church. Swift Just lee. George Brawner, a leader in the Craw ford riot, returned to the scene of his dev ; > tent Saturday, was arrested Sun day, tried and convicted Monday, and started for the Penitentiary Tuesday. An Early Present. We return thanks to that most estima ble lady, Mrs. Thomas P. Callaway, for a box of delicious strawberries. They are the first we have seen this year, and were of a very large and fine variety. Turn Out and Vote. The voters of this county should not fail to turn out and ratify/the Legislative amendment to the Constitution, repudi ating the bogus bonds issued by Bullock and his gang. The election takes place on the Ist of May. l>r. D. W. Aderliold. This most excellent gentleman, acting upon the advise of his physicians, is now visiting Augusta, with the hope that a change of climate might prove beneficial. The Doctor carries with him the best wishes of our entire people. Xew Advertisement*. We invite especial attention to the new advertisements in this issue. They will receive special mention in our next. Mark M. G. & J. Cohen’s prominent an nouncement, and extend them your pat' ronage. Appointments. Col. J. T. Osborn, of Elbert, will ad dress the people of this county in behalf of a Constitutional Convention at— The Glade, May 24th, 11 a. m. * Lexington, May 25th, 10 a. in. Bowling Green, May 26th, 10 a. m. Crawford, May 26th, night. Death or a Prominent Citizen. Judge Thomas A. Hawkins, one of our truest and best citizens, departed this life on Tuesday morning last, and was inter red at his family burial ground, on Wed nesday, by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a leading member. He at one time represented this county in the Legislature, and was a Judge of the Inferior Court. How to be Repaired. The Grand Jury has recommended that our jail be repaired by a coat of whitewash on the inside. They should have added that a sheet of paper be pas ted over the hole through which several of the inmates recently made their es cape, for it will prove as difficult a mat ter to whitewash a hole as to weigh one. Xames Mentioned. Last week, in conversation with our fellow-citizens, we heard the following prominent gentlemen spoken of in cons nection with Convention delegates: W. G. Johnson, Samuel Lumpkin, James I). Mathews, Thomas P. Calloway, George B. Lumpkin, K. I. Smith, and Drs. W. M. Willingham and W. W. I>avenport. All good and true men, and either name would be heartily supported by the Dem ocracy of Oglethorpe. Call for a Meeting: or the Citizens of Oglethorpe Connty. It is requested that the citizens of Ogle thorpe county meet in the Court House, on the first Tuesday in May next, at 11 o’clock a. m., to take into consideration the Convention question, and the manner of selecting suitable candidates to repre sent this district; and in that connection to consider the propriety of nominating two candidates for this county on that day, or appointing a time and manner for making such Domination. ‘ \ Citizens. Hon. Sara’l Lumpkin. There appears to be a willingness throughout this district to allow Ogle thorpe two delegates in the Constitutional Convention. In our opinion, such men should be selected as will not only be acceptable to our own county, but to the people of Elbert and Madison—men who can represent the whole district with fidelity and ability. We have the most satisfactory reasons for believing that Mr. Samuel Lumpkin would be such a man. Many of the leading citizens of both the other couoties have expressed a desire to send him, and we cannot doubt but that be wonld be regarded as a suit able man in this county. Mr. Lumpkin’s course in the Senatorial nomination, in refusing to cause a division of the party, was commendable. He is an energetic, faithful aud clear-headed man, and would make an excellent delegate. We have never heard Mr. Lumpkin speak of , the matter, and do not know that he de j sires to go, but if nominated, he would ' doubtless ac° c pt. VOL. Ill—NO. 29. THE SUPERIOR COURT. Fall I’rocccdins't of an Ki;ht Days* Session of this Roily. The following litigated cases were dis posed of by the Superior Court during j its recent session in this county : Benjamin V. Willingham vs. Mary F. Kent—Complaint. Verdict for the plaiu ! tiff. The Oglethorpe Steam Saw Mill Cos. vs. W. O. Cooper—Complaint. Verdict for the plaintiff Lucinda A. Fambrough.Mary A. Fam brough and Matilda A. Fambrough vs. A. N. Asbury, James Wilson and Simon Overton—Trover. Verdict for the de fendants. Emily C. Stribling vs. John N. Eber hart, Jacob Eberhart and John Eberhart —Suit for SoO.OOO for damages killing Dr. Stribling, her husband. Dismissed for want of prosecution. Thomas A. Gilham, Ordinary, for use of Robert A. Glenn, vs. Win. H. Kidd, guardian, and others—Action on Guar dian’s bond. Judgment for plaintiff. John L. Wilhite vs. John H. Pace— Suit on note. Judgment for plaintiff. James S. Sims vs. J. F. Cunningham and others—Suit on note. Judgment for plaintiff Kitty Hoff and Isaac Hoff vs. Eliza beth Glenn—Ejectment. Dismissed. Emily C. Stribling, executrix, etc., vs. J. Eberhart & Sons. Dismissed. J. M. Poyner vs. Hope L. Smith—At tachment. Dismissed. Singer Manufacturing Cos. vs. Almira Phillips—Complaint on note. Dismissed. F. M. Sorrow vs. Martha Sorrow—Di vorce. Petition for temporary alimony. Fifty dollars alimony granted Mrs. S. The State vs. George Goolsby—Mis demeanor. Acquitted. Warren Hawks vs. G. F. Hawks— Complaint on note. Judgment for plain tiff R. S. Martin & Cos. vs. Henry Wil liams—Suit on contract. Judgment for plaintiffs. J. M. Smith vs. Win. J. Mathews, ad ministrator of Francis M. Glenn — Ip Eq uity. Decree for complainant. THE EBERHARTS. The State vs. John Eberhart—Mur der. The verdict of the jury was not guilty. In the same indictment the State en tered a nolle prosequi as to Jacob Eber hart. John N. Eberhart is the only one of the dependents who has not been tried, he being absent on accountof ill health. THE CRAWFORD RIOTERS. The State vs. Duke Johnson and oth ers--Assault with intent to murder. Ver dict of the jury : Luke Johnson, Robert Hanson, PM Hanson, Oliver Williams, Victor Dodson and George Brawner found guilt}' and sentenced each to ten years in the Penitentiary ; Louis Britain and IMeas Starke found guilty and sen tenced to six years each ; Miles Hill, Wash Hanson and Jim Campbell found guilty and sentenced to two years each in the Penitentiary. The following pris oners were found not guilty and dischar ged : Frank Britain, Alfred Reed, Henry Thomas, Robert Ileury and Henry Les ter. There was quite an impressive scene in the Court-room while tire sentence were pronounced by Judge Pottle. It drew tears from the eyes of white as well as colored. THE JOHNSON DIVORCE SUIT. Whitson G. Johnson vs. Moina 11. Johnson—label for Divorce. There was an application by defendant, in the above stated case, for injunction and restrain ing order to restrain the plaintiff from collecting certain assets mentioned in his schedule oi property filed in the case The plaintiff demurred to the petition : Ist, on the ground that the relief prayed lor is really an injunction, said relief be ing reallv an equitable remedy, and th* application not proceeding in equity; and 2d, because there was no ease in law or equity made by the petition to sustain it, and no relief can be granted. The argument by counsel on each side wort interesting. It appeared to be a nove proceeding, unknown to the statutes oi Georgia, though obtaining in some ol the States. The Judge, alter the argu ment, sustained the demurrer, aud the ease was dismissed. Good T(Hnplar Xjlicos. The District Grand Lodge of the Bth district, I. O. G. TANARUS., will meet with the Crow lord Lodge, Crawford, Ga.. on Fri day, the 4th day of May next. The Grand Lodge will convene at 10 o’clock. The lodges of the county are requested to send in delegates. The exercises a night will be in public, and the pub! c are cordially invited to be present at that time. R. A. McMahan, L. D. The members ofCrawford Lodge, 1.0. G. TANARUS., are requested to turn out in force at the meeting Friday night, the 27tii inst., as there is important business per taining to the meeting of the Di.sitic Grand Lodge, to be transacted at tha time. The members of -the lodge are urged to be present at that time, if pos sible. R. A. McMahan, Lodge Dep. A Vile Falsehood. In a couple of the issues of the Atlan ta Constitution, a short time since, that hitherto reliable journal gave utteranc< to the vilest slander on the good name o our county ever published—the indis criminate slaughter of blacks—and then proceeded to read our people a sermon on such conduct. From what source tin Constitution derived its authority \v know not, but why a respectable journa should propagate such malicious false hoods against its own people is, to us, a matter of great surprise. A newspaper should first be assured of the correctness of such statements before they are giver to the public. Otir people demand to know of the Constitution the author o. its statements. Every act of violence committed in Og’et lorpe county siue* the establishment of our paper lias beet promptly given the public through it columns. St ran ire Anion*. As soon as the Crawford rioters wer convicted, we learn that near a hundre< negroes gathered on Mrs. Mary Smith' place and began to ring cow-bells, bea tin-pans, etc. The meaning of th strange conduct cannot be explained. Witnesses Threatened. We learn that the negroes have threat ened the lives of those colored perso: who testified against the Craw Ibnl ris ers. They had better of conduct, as ■ ci ' z* : ;i . w ievettu ; these. “ worthies” spotted. ii he (Dtjlrtlwrpf ttcha. ADVERTISEMENTS. First insertion (per inch space) ..$1 no Each subsequent insertion 75 A liberal discount allowed those advertising for a longer period than three mouths. Card of lowest contract rates can be had on appli cation to the Proprietor. Local Notices 15c. per line first insertion and 10c. per line there.-.ter. Tributes of lit spect, < Ibittiaries. etc., 50c. per inch—half price. Announcements. .>5 in advance. A Live Mereiianl. Reader, one ot the Lest and most hon ored merchants in the State is Peter Keenan, the boot and shoe man of Au gusta. He is ta-t absorbing all of the best trade of this county, and when a person once patronizes him, lie is never known to purchase elsewhere—so low his prices and superior the goods. The G. R. R. Convention is near at hand, and we ask those ot our citizens who attend the same to go prepared to purchase a year’s supply ot hoots and shoes of Peter Keenan. They can clear expenses by so doing. His advertisement will appear in our next. We clip the following from a South Carolina paper, which shows how our old lrieud is appreciaied in the Palmetto State: Peter Keenan, a name which basal ready become a household wc rd in many homes of this State, is just one of the very best and most liberal and kind hearted sons of the Emerald i-Ie we ever met; He’s the big shoe man of Augusta, and has gained a world wide reputation for selling the best shoes at the lowest pos sible prices. llisstock is large and well selected, and purchasers will certainly find it to their interest to communicate' with him. He is a true friend to all Car olinians, and has exhibited his sympathy for our people in their depressed condi tion on many occasions. Wc wish we had more such men in the world as Pe ter Keenan. — An Able Argument. In the Eberhart ease, Coi. James D. Mathews delivered the grandest and most convincing address ever made in this county. He drew tears from the eyes of his listeners, and enchained their attention for three and one-half hours, This great orator and lawyer has proved himself the Charles O'Conner of the South. We now look upon him as the lawyer of Georgia, Messrs. Toombs ami Hill not excepted. Thiol' Jaileii. On Wednesday night last. Brooks’ mill was entered through a window and a quantity ot corn and meal stolen. A trail was discovered next morning,which lead to the house of a negre, named Jim Dillard, where the stolen property was found. Jim was arrested, and after a preliminary examination was committed to jail. .A Smlsleti Rc.ith. On Tuesday of last week Mr James? Jeruigan. of Greene county, went into a grove near his house to shoot a squirrel liis dogs had treed. As he was nearing the tree “be complained of great pain in his eyes, and said he believed he should die. He went to the tree however, shot and killed the squirrel, falling to the ground himself at the report of the gun, and before he could be carried into the house, only a few yards distant, he wa* a corpse. Hr was in trend health. ELECTRIC STAi.kj.Vj. —A horrible case of outrage upon the person of a live year old child i- reported at Chattanooga. —Russian troops have crossed over the Roumanian border. The war declaration has been issued. —The troops Tuesday quietly withdrew from New Orleans. Spoilord was elected’ to the United States Senate. —A negro, convicted of beating and roasting his step-child, was last Friday hung in Effingham county. —Hampton wants Willard, a New York republican, elected as chief justice’ of the supreme court of South Caro lina. —General B. W. Heard, of Wilkes county, who was sent to tlie Lunatic Asy lum a few weeks since, has returned home completely cured. —The recent storm on the Atlantic coast was exceedingly severe, ( 'rippled schooners drift into Savannah on every passing gale. —Hayes is credited with saying that nothing would pi ease him i> tter than to see r J ilden elected to the Senate from New York. —Mrs. R. G. Carlton, a noble Georgia woman, died at Union Point last Satur day night. She was a Mother in our Isreal. and leaves many friends to deplore her loss. liie Charleston .Journal of Cos wi ne ree i-avs on old negro man, alter siiak ng hands witu Governor Han pton wlnie nr tiie city, remarked to him, “ General, 1 never wash disband again.” —The Louisiana ease has been defi nitely settled. Nicholas -applies the lUiigry Legislature out of tlie contingent and, and Haves gives Packard his pork md beans in the New Orleans Custom House. Ail is we That ends well. —The Louisville Courier- Jou n l thiiiss taut without,.ware int, iveutioa or -nine most extraordinary lea's of valor on the part of the Turkish army, before many months, the Russian hear will be -itting on tlie ban us of the Bosphorus -raunching the scattered form of the tit toman Empire. —The Russian array that was ont en trated at Kisehenetr and that is now marching unopposed aero-,- Itoumania to the Danube, consists of 8,0->t calvary and 120,000 infantry with 432 guns. It will soon be swelled to ’i.Ooy neei and 600 guns. Against this force the Turks cannot immediately concentrate over 75,000 men.* The entire Turkish force in Bulgaria does not prohabiv exceed 120,000 men, and it is stationed along u j Ime mat is two ou.nirrd mnesiong. —From a correspondence between | Messrs, it. A. Ataon an ) J , K ;>rown i published in the Atlanta Cuts: im Sunday, it appears that the latter is the author of the venomous a-s sulis upon Gen. Gordon that have r. nti / stop sred in that paper over the signal n-v >. ‘Citi zen.” When it is remember , tii.it Cit izen” headed the Radi and o-.ration from Georgia to the Chicago <* invention n 1868, when Grant was nominated, iiis attempt to impeach the devotion of Gen. Gordon to the South and th.* 1) ■;> rat e ■arty cannot fail to excite both t .c dis rtist and indignation >f the pennle of Georgia. Of the fifty-seven white and ninety' ight negro legislators o S-nu.h Carodii i, tst session, twcutv-four will: -.-. mi -\- v-seven negroes uaid no t xes, an 1 ghty five oi the oa ■ ■•.• m i aud No bird-* are seen u:i tue .i . > maets.