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Aidtknr"hotel keeper* are boy “
iog unabridged diction tries. The Civil
Bighta bill calls their houses in mi, and
tbej are making innumerable quibbles
on that little iron).
All the coin your lip* can print.
NeTcr will exhaust the mint:
Kiss me, then.
Every moment—and again !
(Jive tue kisses—d® not stop
Measnrin • nsetarhy the drop:
Though t. millions th»y imout,
They will never drain the foil .
OEOBOIA HEWS •
Twenty persons nrero baptized at the
Greene Street Baptist Cbnrcb, Augusta,
last Sundry.
Tlio Albany Fetes says a colored preach*
er in Dougherty county receives a salary
of $2,000 a year.
We find the* following Th the GriflhT '
2fttea of Friday:
Mobe Aboct tub Biixs Ginn.—We
understand that the blind girl alluded to
by us in last Sunday’s paper, as being
brought to Brooks Elation for convey
ance to Macon, and whom the railroad
authorities ref used to take on board the
train, was sent or carried back to the
house of Brown, in Meriwether, the man
*n „ T m I *1*° svnt her there, and who turns out to
The- wife of Dr. J. T. Cleveland. Ijnng j , )C „, e ht , lba , d lh , ir| ., mo|b .
i> take or
ie. then,
it—and i
r exceed* ihc gems of earth
rcr pearls so rich and pure
. , -[«».«» girl’s moth
near Brooksville, jn Randolph county, j *.|*. His friends say he married the moth'
died very suddenly a few dsjs since of jer when the girl was iu the Mind asylum
heart disease. * j in Macon, and never saw the gill until
T. J- Smith, Master of the Georgia
State grange, gives notice of the arrival
<>f a steamship at Savutinnh with a ca-go
of “ab »iit seven thousand pounds of fer
lilizerH."
Jos. T. Kiddoo bk* withdrawn from
th« Cnthtoit Mffsenger. J. L. Tuck»-r
will continue its puhlirntion, with M.
Tucker rs the editor.
; the came home to him about Christman,
from the asylum in Macon. That he wh*
willing to fnrnndi her a h >m** until he
found out her condition, when he de*
t< rm ned at once to tend her hack to the
scene of her fi;«t wrong don gs, and
started her for Macon as before publish
ed. It is further reported that a lawsuit
in to be brought against ihe read for re
fusing to teko the gulon board the train.
There is a unriery about the case which
: nitiat bo unrar<lcd. Theie is crime, and
' a crime moat villanous tnd datunitg
'somewhere. This la»l phase of ihe case
j »w*i ms to cast a snapieiou upon the 8tate
j Biiud Asylum. Wo are lotb to believe
• tliut the girl could have been ruined
i tl'crr, but if so, let the facta come out.
Humanity cries aloud for protection for
* this poor helpless creature. But society
emphati- j HlJ d social law demands that such iuiqni-
has shrank
The ghost
Meatnnog; the Baby.
\V«inea-.urud the notcus baiiy
Against the cottage wall-
A lily mev at the thrcahboM
Ati'l the bay wo just a* tali!
\ royal tiger lily,
Well epwarfiNirote and f li.
An a heart like a jeweledcbalice .
Without th- blue 1 irjw wbi«> led
High up in the old roor ire --,
An-1 to ami fro at the winduv-
That Auguwta ghc#t Mrry
up like a punctured b'adder.
turns out to be n benzined individoal,
who has been iu the habit of entering
ti.c haunted lions-* at night when he
found the door* uuloik* J.
The Borne Courie.
cally that Treentirer Jt.oe. -I,nil Lit to j bt ' « u « dod “e*" 1 * 1
whom kc paid the 8152 COO worth of
bonds about which there is some doubt. I Tbe Ho,u4on Homs Journal says the
Th* Comm'ra.d thiukx this may Ihrow j wh, * ,> 0 “ ,s * nJ r J° "“P* ®* • 1 “‘< COQn, J
ho too light on the mat’er “ ro yer ) *■•<■. * od that no.tly every plut-
The S-avenn.h Adrrtiur n j. J,d*e!" i “ “ WU . A1 *° . ,hat *
Tompkins fined .1-tiler Bnssel fifty dol-
| lara, and Judge Russel ten dollars on
; Monday, the ono for tending for, and
! the other for allowing a prisoner iu the
.county j iil to go to the latter’s office to ;
give testimony iu a cast*. ; T,,E hT . OE N
If a young man industriously in-,
dined turn* out ut daylight, audt-kips to j Acuc-ta, March 20—A fearfully de*
business at an early hour, foolish people j * , / nctiv « tornado passed *
• * • I nflopi-ru-n TI.;- «i«„ l-i.
who meet him im the street imagine he
has been planted. Old
telliug at oue dollar per bushel.
STORM NEWS.
r AUGUST*. AN O KliSKWHKBK.
It is rumored that Plymouth
Church baa subscribed $125,000 to defray
th* expenses of Beecher’s defence, sod
that Bowen protested sgainet the appro
priation.
The Washington Star rays a state*
incut has been prepared under tho direc
tion of the Secretary of th* Treasury
showing the estimated expenditores and
receipts of tbe government for the bal
ance of the fiscal year. It is understood
that if all the appropriation laws are
complied with the excels over expendi
tures will be twenty million dollar*. If
this statement is correct, why did Grant
lobby so bard for an additional tax ol
thirty millions ?
Beast Bdtlu on Bab-Booms.—A
Washington disja'ch says: “Gen. But
ler received this morning a letter from
the South, written in behalf of a number
of colored persons, inquiring whether,
under the civil lights bill, negroea have
not the privilege of tbe accommod: tious
of har-routu*. Be has replied H> the ef
fect that tbe civil rights bill doe9 not
confer such privilege, that ouly white
people baro the right to get drunk in
bar rooaja, and that bo hopes never to
hear of colored people endeavoring to
thrust themselves into such places.”
Beicheeum.—The voluminous reports
of the evidence in the BeecheraTilton
ii hunting a cocktail; i
tho bona credits him with dissipating the
previous night.
ft is raid that < mingt, n hu- onlj A3
widow* and 1 j:l old mmd*. She has 4S
old bachelor- aud 19 widowers. She has
about b.O wives who wear the panU-, and
iu hm-hu
i w ho l
i*»i« ih\t J.-n hke » Uv
about
way.
The Albany AVirg says:
Guru planting is about over
lion, botwnhvatiding tbe
rains. Much
Lappy
here this
afternoon. This city being f it listed in a
Iiomu was prelected by the surrounding
hills from the fury of the storm. The
rainfall, accompanied by bail, was un
precedentedly heavy. Severn towns in
itie interior suffered severely in loss of
life and property. At Camak, on tbe
Georgia railroad, several houses were
blown dow n. Thomas Gexliug was killed,
sod several persona wounded. Near
Thomson, forty miles from Augusta,
■\ Itrge amount of property was destroyed
| and reverul per.-ons killed. At Appling,
this sec I * u Columbia county, the de.-truetion to
.. n ...minuted j property was great, several persons aro
up and looking well. I sported killed, and many wonnded. At
rn the area of cereals I Aiken, S. C., tbe Catholic chinch was
Sumter County.
Snrntcr Sheriff Sales for April.
TV7ILL baaold bet»rs tha Ocart House door,
W in tbe dtj of Americas, bstwess the naotl
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday In April
next, the following property, to-wit:
Io»U of land Koe. W, 6», except one acre of
•aid lot, it being the lot used and occupied by
* ~ p * - « half of lot Mol
—, —*—m — i of Sumter coui -
tv, «aid tract of land contain ng fire hundred
acres, more or lees. Levied cm aa the property
ot J.G. Whiteett. to aatMfy aSuperior Court fi
(kin Avor of E. K. Doseman vs J. O Whitse t.
Pn>peny pi sated out by Plff AU*y. Tenant in
poeessiun notified.
Al?o t e house and lot in the dty of Americas,
and county of Sumter, aud known aa tt>e Hart-
leu place. and being »part o! lot of »*n-» Nc.
174 in Uu 27ib Dirinet of Numter coumj. ai-il
ku-iWQ al-o an the late residence i f Cot. O. T.
Goods, ooniainiwg Altecu acre*, more or k-M,
ith all the members an I hppurteusnees he-
•niiiUK to atkl house aud lot, Levi d on as the
r«>perty of C. T. <hxxk*. to satisfv a Superior
•jurt fi fa ot Sumter county, in twor of Cicero
A. Tharp vs. T. <?code. Prnpertv p>4ntt d
out bi Pi If ttt'y, and oeed fi cd in C.'e'k’s office,
asreouittd t,r law, ai d tenant iu no* tasiou
uotifiod.
Also at the same time and place lots of land
Now. 211. 222, lying in the old 16th district or
Kamter county, and known as the lots of land
«. . spied hy J. T Holcman. contain*
idred and five aorta, more or lesa
the property of J T. Holeman, to
• y a Super or C* urt fi fa in favor of J. M.
■Webster Sheriff Sales.
Til ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in April
If next, within the 1-gal hours of sale, ue-
fore th* t ourt House door, in Preston. Web
ster oounty. the following property, to-wit:
Thirteen hundred arras of land, east half of
-J»Ko 1M.Io No 155, lot No 166, lying on
southeast side ot the Frundship toad to Tree-
ton lot Nos 1ST, tot Nos 154, and 165 and 166.
6 mules, as lohowa—1 dark bay mare mule.
Kit, 1 sorrel mars mala, name Beck, 1
imare mule, Lisa. 1 moose color* d mare
mule. Fanny, 1 black hone* mule, name Bill, a
dark hor*e mo*, name Jtlf; also 1 four horse
wagon, 11 o horse wagon, 100 bushels <
Also at th# same time and place, the Ware
house on tbe east side of the Public Square, now
occupied bv 5. L Pnoe as a cotton warehouse,
aud known as tbe Carriage Repository formerly
occupied by •• m Hirrin X Son. Levied on as
the property of Wm birr re. to satisfy a tax
year 1874. Tenant notified.
Alto, Six hundred acres of land, three hun
dred acres of which ia embraced in the levy
made by mo «>f March 1st. 1875, aod described
aa followa: Lota of laud Noe. 211, ‘ *
G“
d referred
, a or lees;
the north by lands of Barlow A Har-
above, in tbe 26th district,
lt d on the north by lands o
a the east by lands of Mrs. t\al
fumy, which occupie* whole pages of the lb « eouth by land« of Wm. Patton, on the
.. . sooth-west and west by lands ot JesM Halter.
New York papers from day to day, ia aud on the north-west by land* owned by
disgusting enough. Bnt wbat is still
□ pletely -leuioiialM
All lines North
( Reports from tbe
j iDiiittry are confused and ODsatiafsctory
*:•’o ibeixteut of the damage and the
j number of lives !o>t, but there seems fo
be bo doubt il.at the etorm was fearfully
destructive, surpathitig iu extent auii
(violet ce anything of the kind iu this ecc-
Ai--1 t:»e«iear tittle luud-s like roai
Uroj i>t-) from aro-* lav still.
N« v« r t-i snati li#t il.e aunalune,
'I bat crept to Ihe shrouded -Hi.
Girl- riiouM be
ILll of i
danger they run to tnnrryjn" raiiroaU j Won |j ie
brakenicu. An entlmsiasuc mc.nuer ot , pj, e narrator i* uu edit' v
tint fraternity, on being: awakened the the pistoled n big strike on his pr.-ru-
other night from a dream of an impend I »»e*. about a mile tr. m Colombns. 1J«
i:i<* crash bv a tMin f iund himstlf biitinc I chopped off the reptileV head with hu
.ip'io hi, wilbliv lliu uara. 1 1 ‘ 1 ,l|u ,, » ,r,!rt 1 - 1 TI 1 ": 1 ' he Kind liul.l w
i.nvins nearly m-:*l her head IT in hi, , l * 1 T te
.. i i . J, ed out sev. n whole dead frogs. H<
t n«litic effort, te -lowu bruke, l ,-vl , eon,in who prove tl.is
— j I lie frogs ought to have l*een alive
Natl Ki:.—One cannot imnsine ,,at
alityofthe human mind whence Lbvm Rights
! will be largely increased ov
j Cotton planting will be commenced
! next week in good earnest if the weather
: permits; and planters think they ure not
far behind as to endanger the crops.
1 Strozer vs. Wright.---The quo icar-
niHto case of Stozer vs. Wright, for the
; Judgeship of the Albany Circuit was
i heard before .Iu\lge Kiddoo, of the
. Patnula Circuit, iu this city, on Bat-
; urday last, Hon. William E. Smith,
I and .General Henry Morgan appeared j N|-vial to Tel. graph aodMcMcngtr J
f„r St;zer. Colunrl J ' -1* Ana-trow, Spabta, Gi . M«rrb iM.
and Judge I*. I*. D. Warren for „,
I Wright. The dechiou of Jiidg-* Kiddmi lhere was a heavy wind storm at JO
will not be h.ard before Saturday next. «»*«!«* to cimt. A house wasblown down
The cate will be carried to the Supreme tlXv miles went of here, aud Mr. S. I>.
~ 1 wifi, and child, and a young
COX. Tiiis from the Columbus Knqui
er: A gentleman told us this, which v
give, though we know by pnbliriiiDg
advnntagi
md nature, .-ecing that in
tin" not made fi r tolitud-
^ but
of life, but inerenM**
more agreeable than
It
ountenanci
i.ultitudc of the i
ons. It i*. indeed, the
CfTHBERT.—'We re-
ret to havo to publirii an iucideut ou
n* civil rights issue which took place i.n
inilroud car going from here to Eurauht
n .Saturday lust. A Mr. Walker, for-
itrly of Stewart county, but now agent i *’** re UI _»b:
r tho Wheeler X Wilson Sewing Ma | , l u *\ dt]
liiuu Company, iu Clayton, Ala., bourd ' ‘ e dgcville,
:1 the train with two or three negro wo " “*
. - — - . » you_ 0
lady named Mi«. Berry, were killed. Mr.
Massey was considerably injured. N.
From pusseegers who arrived from Mil-
ledgeville, by the Central train, the Ma
cou Te!rgraph gather* a few- particulars
of the dntuuge done iu that viciuity. The
storm te. ujH to have been of the most
fearful deseription. It pussed along the
Mil.inLs of the city, traveling u little
i north « f ea'.t. The cloud is represented
to have resembled an hour glass in shape,
I whs in vertical position, and u* luminous
! iis bihzing fire. Iu fact, it so clotely re-
j secibhd fire that all the alarm bells iu
i the city were ruug «ud the people turned
out, thinking that there wus a file.
| The stein) occurred in the afternoon,
and up to the time of the de{«rture of
I the train news bad been received of the
j destruction of fifteeu In uses; bnt we
full list of them.
* of Mr. Mart
Mil-
Two Broken Heart*.
u new building was blown
and oue of bis children and, a enl
isted that they were entitled j or,, d eLild also were killed- The fioe
ninble l <» nding in the first-class car. a white r «>weHcc «t Judge Htyiter, between Mil-
lu» will thus act lets hiaoelf tm> |«»g«*»tde and Midway was unroofed.
>r further consideration, and do- r,,e house and stabh-s of Mr
. ..sroea the contempt of decent colored T * 11 V* ,,Uier destroyed. A bale
r h °W ! people. He would be more obnoxious in °* cotton which had beeu packed was
ladies’ company than the dupes of Lis I blowu to piece
propensity.— Cnthbert Mcttenqer.
vl n;
j A Prayer for Peace.—The Atlanta
j Herald contains the following paragraph:
The Paris Fhfaro tells the following: “At the revival meeting held by Messrs
French v story: In 1870 a young French- * ud Cr ' c * cu Monday evening. Mr
man. the Count de Meyrac, married a I vara "ho was present, mentioned ri.
Mcy
beautiful girl of his own station in life.
Msthilde . who was very much in
love with him. All went well, and the
two were very happy in their devotion
to each other. They wero fond of the
theatre, and every oue just at that time
was enraptured with a new netress, Kosi-
ta, who took the principal roles in the du
bious dramas of tho Dumas school. The
newly wedded pair often went to Kosita’s
theatre, until tho Countess thought her
husband's eyes lingered too fondly on the
actress, and began to fee! pangs of jeal
ousy. Frt u Frou was one of Rosita’s
best impersonations, and o'n her farewell
night she appeared by request iu that
character.
The ties were broken
id the eotton scattered about through
the trees.
The same paper says:
Macon wus visited about five o’clock
Saturday •wften-.oen by n very considera
ble Mot m of wind and rain, accompanied
by some thunder and lightning and hail.
Iu the southern portion of the city and
threatening duel he:ween Messrs. Huff
and Hodgk<n*, anil the prayers of the
m> e:ing were at once publicly offered.
i>king that Divine Providence might
avert the ex|M-cted fight. A most elo
quent prayer was delivered on the sub
j**ct, and a short time -After a tel* gram
was received announcing an auiunble
adjustment.” J •
Tito Dalton g*l, off .U* follow ! Th * Ic. (ior,e,
ing: “An amusing anecdote on Gov. [damage
Brown while ho wa* in Calhoun last J
week, when the news of tlie washing
away of the bridges on the Slate rea l
was flashing over the wire*. A r:*i!i«..
employe, who had )*i>.t heard of the de
struction
forsotm* ill-is nee down the Macon and
Bruuowick r.iiln ml. the hail fell thick
and fust for some little time, and lay in
heap* upon the ground. Tho wind also
wu,h ferociouu. The train was delayed
considerably, but no damage was done as
far ns we could ascertain.
P»w - •
other bridge j
Ring
The Jockey Club, of which Gcor K e do S oU -.*«“'!? ' Oont -
Mcvrac.wa, Vice President, gave bora," 0 * * , 8“”“ The Governor
supper after the play. George, of course. ,ni ‘* l,eu, ^ r r, 'l*h‘d, *J)on t talk to me
was preeeut, and »at by the side of the j “bout bridges. I bear the Dade county
fascinating llosita. who was furroundod coal mine l-.us just caved iu.’ ”
with bonnuet?. Wine flowed freely, and A Georgia girl has an nctiou of larceny
mirth and wit enlivened theb'anqnet
til 3 o'clock in the morning. Meanwhile
the poor wife, Muthildc, waited at the
little gato of the park for her truant hus
band. Tbe hours passed slowly on and
he came not. A cold, penetrating rain
began to fall ot midnight, and' Mathilda
trembled front exahostion and exposure.
At 5 in tb« morning, when her husband
came through the littlo gate, he atom-
bled over her inanimate body lying on
the rein-soaked ground She was not
dead; she lived five days after, but never
recovered her mind. In her delirium,?he
incessantly murmured, “Frou-iYou !
Fron • JFVou!’ 1 Those were her last
word*.
Tbe Coont was almost crazed by his
wife's Ion. He entered the army and
sought death to the bloody battles of the
Franco-Pru«*Un war. Fate was cruel
and he returned unharmed. Ilis wife’s
room, adjoining his own, had always
been kept clored since her death, but
owing to the suffocating heat one sum
mer's night, George opened the door be
tween the two rooms. He then fell
asleep. In about an hour he awoke; tbe
dock struck midnight. As the last
stroke sounded, he heard distinctly from
the contact of « cold wing, or. perhaps,
tbe muslin of • peignoir. He fell un
conscious. The next morning he was
found lying there insane. To every in
terrogation he onlyrepHed/‘Fro«-/Voii."
The country people in the neighborhood
of that Chateau de Meyrac think that it
was thci>iul<»f the Countess returning
at mi Inight to murmur iu tho car of her
erurl husband: ‘George, I still love
thee: bnt it i* chon who hset killed me.*'
Th*- loss of four
. property by tbe
• v. ii<khI, leached more than Lalf a mil
lion dollars. Tbe ice is again gorged at
Ranaam, three miles above this place, to
the height of twenty feet, and extending
up the river for about five miles. The
La-high Valley railroad track is entirely
covered with ice six feet in height. In
tho tiurrowM, .two miles north of here,
they have & gang cf workmen digging
through and trying to clear the track.
It ir imporaibln to say how soon they cun
run IhroCKh. No train* have been able
to reach here yet cither way.
A great many miners, in this locality,
have atopped work on acconnt of having
no route left by which to ship their coal.
Tho greatest anxiety exists here in regard
to the weather. Should it become wurm
enough to move tbe gorge, it will cau&e
even mere destruction than Tuesday’s
flood.
C’oLi'UHiA, Pa., March 18.—The ice in
the Susquehanna river at tbi* point com
menced moving at 1 20 r. M. and is atil
miming jmst in one continuous mass. At
this hour. 8 p m. it has carried away the
winding bridge of the Tidewater Canal
— .... mu i), me WrighUrill*. and moved_o D e
femalee of tbe behold, end .be
frofij tho houHti against a man who stole
her photograph from un ulbum while she
is up stairs arranging her hack hair.
Says the Macon Telegraph:
In regard to lh« foregoing case, the
Pruicipal of the Georgia Academy for
the* Blind, W. 1>. Williams, says: There
was a blind girl in the Iusiitntion ta-t
year, who was sent homo for vacation in
the month of July ; that she remained at
homo until the opening of the term,
about the middle of September, when
she returned; that after her return sbe
remained iu tbe Institution a month or
MX'Weeke, when suspicions circumstances
were reported to him by the
had msdo statements al>out her doiDgs at
home in connection with her step-father
that were of u very suepicioas character.
In cons*queuce of ihiae facts, circum
stances and statements, the Principal,
after consultation with Dr. Jumes Mer
cer Grctue. the President of the Board,
and ihe Phyrician of the Institution,
sent her away immediately, taking her
himself to Tboma-toD, in the oonuty of
Upxon in which her mother and step
father lived, and then hiring a convey
ance nod. 'sending her to her home; and
that after advising the Judge of the
Connty Court of that county, eonfiden
tially of tbe snapirions circumstances o*
her case. Le returned to Macon, and that
he has not since beard from her. He
aays the girl was an amiabe, simple-
minded junqg person, and the testimony
of tbe females in charge of her in tbe
Institution, is tba* she was all ngbt when
she went home for vacation. The connty
aod names referred to in the foregoing
c«se are different from tbe same as
known in the Institution, but there being
no other case for conjecture, doubtless
the cases are identical.
twenty-eight inch*-■» out of its place, r
dering the bridge impassable for the pms
sago of trains over it. The ice and water
have done couriderahle damage to tbe
Pennsylvania Central traeka we*t of here,
piling ice ii|>on them, and rendering tbe
passage of trains impossible. It also
swept down n great msuy telegraph poles,
enttmg off telegraph communication with
points between Colnmbis and Harris
borg.
Harrisburg, March 18.—The fee ia
passing quietly. No damage is appre
hended in this vicinity.
Columbia, Pa.. March 18.—Tbe tele
graph wires are broken by tbe displace
ment of a span of the bridge at this place.
$9* The Washington Capital
nonnees, among other books it has in
press and will soon publish: “U. 8. Grant
on Mixed Drinks; a most valuable work
for a party dying of exhalation. 1
IQT If yon wish anything pointed out
to yon in a crowd, ask the wearer of a
diamond ring.
more disgusting is the weekly reports
which the same papers give of Beecher’s
sermons and lecture room talks, while he
stands arraigned and is on trial under a
crashing weight of testimony for one of
the most heiuousof crimes. To one who
has read the detail* of tbe evidence,
Beecher's pulpit ministrations must sound
like s mockery of religion.
D&'-Tbe secretary of the treasury has
decided.to retuiQ.*oou to the old method
pf redeeming mutilated Unit ad States
currency undes whisdi a reduction was
made proportionate to tho portion of
notes missiug. Tho change will take
effect ou the 1st proximo. Tbe old sys
tem was changed by Secretary Bontwell,
who established tbe system now in oper
ation, under which three-fifths or more
of a note is redeemed for its fall value,
while smaller fragments are not redeem
able at all, unless pro* f i* pret-cuted tl :i*
tho missing portions are entirely de
stroyed.
Oay Even's of great political significa
tion aro continually truuspiring, from
which the uninitiated are not always able
to dra* correct conclusions. It was but
a day or two ago that the Washington
correspondent of the Commercial Adver
tiser advised of the following startling
information:
“At precisely three and a quarter
utes past five last evening, ex-Presidtnt
.Johnson, while standing on the Capitol
steps, was observed to pull a wooden
toothpick from hia right hand ve-t pocket,
bit a quarter of an inch off the end of it,
and remark to a friend, “Looks like rail
to night.” ‘ A Washington Chronicle re
porter was so fortunate as to secnrsbotli
the remark and the splinter os they fell
from the speaker’s lips *'
OexT According to a Cincinnati En
qpirtv's, special. Senator Johnson bold*
that “Piuchback is disqualified by
the provision ic the constitution which
declart/tbat a citizen shall have been nine
years a aitizen of Ihe United States. Ac
cording to the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Dred Scott
egroes were not citizens of the
United Shite*, aud it was not until 18C8.
when the fourteenth amendment was de
dared to have been dnly ratified, that
they became such citizens ” The ex
president seems to be the first to take
tbi* view of the case, and in onr opinion
it fits tbe black Bruce from Mississippi.
sitting comfortably in the senate,
quite as well as the yelldw Pinchbeck
banging on the ragged edge.
AN ACT,
I BK ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION
3554 OF THE CODE OF 1873.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the St>ite of Georgia, That
from and after the passage of this act,
oection 3554 of tbe Code of 1873 l>e, and
i*. hereby amended by adding
to tbe proviso of said section the follow
ing words, to wit: “Or when the consid
eration of said debt i* services rendered
by any physician, or surgeon, to the em-
plnve or Ins family, or medicine furnish
ed by any physician, surgeon, druggist,
or apothecary, to raid employe or his
family.
Sec 2. Repeal* conflicting laws.
Approved February 24th, 1875.
From and after the passage of this act.
wlieuever any person seeks process of
garnishment agniaat any journey man me
chamc or day laborer, such person shall,
in addition to the oath now required by
law, make affidavit setting forth specifi
cally the actual consideration ol the
debt, or judgment sued on, or so much
thereof, os be may claim the law author
izes the garnishment of wages.
‘ Approved March 2d, 1875.
Brigham Yount fo Beecher.
Salt Lake City, Dec., 1874.
My Dear Reverend Brother : Per
mit me to express my warmest sympathy
for you in yonr present tribulation*, and
permit me to offer yon an asylum that
will shield you from tbe maDy uu picas
aatnesses and troubles that a narrow
hearted, mouogunous public has brought
on you. Speak oat boldly, like the noble
man to which natnre ha3 befitted von
Proclaim aud defend yonr belief sod ex
perience in polygamy openly. Come
here to ns, where yon can live with yonr
many wives and be honored and respect
ed, if you publicly recognize them sa
such. Do not remain where yonr neigh
bors treat yonr highest and moat no
ble gifts with contempt. My dear rev
erend brother, the days of my naefnlceae
in certain respects are approaching a
close. This caused me to search for a
man who is worthy and competent to
take my present position; and, as you are
endowed with all the necessary qualifies
ticna, I invite yon to come among tu and
at once anbmit to onr church regulations
—that is, marry your dt facto wives (pub
licly), and I am rrady to give yon the
leadership of this great people, together
with those of my yunnger wives, who
prefer a more vigorous and robust man
than I am for their companion. The
time baa come. 1 must resign my posi
tion in favor of a more able person, and
yoa are the man.
Bapectidily, jonr dear brolher,
luulea, 100 bushels of corn,
, jno two home w»gnu, also one
hou c and lot eilostcd. Ivin • and bring in tbe
etty of America*, containing 20 sere*, more or
lens, ritanteil, lying and being on tbe street
1 n m (iibnon street, mud lot lying on bo'h
of arid street, and said house sod lot now
>ied by Spencer Csaon, and known as tbe
rt place. Lei led ou as tbe property of
• F. Walk* r toastlaiv a Snpenor Court fl
fa from Upson Saperio.* Court iu favor of fI L
Woodward, administrator, Ac„ v«. Nathaniel P.
for Letter* of Administration,
tat* of Banco P. Pickett, late of said coun
ty, deceased.
Tbcae are, therefore, to cite and admonish all,
and singularly tbe kindred and persona concern
ed to be and appeal at my office within Un* tinn
prescribed by law sod snow cous*. if any tbej
have, why said letters sbouid not be granted.
(liven under my band and official signet urt
this 13th day of March, ls7o.
0. W. DAVESPOBT,
mxilG-lm Ordinary
Walker, principal, and James P. Walker, seonri-
* d. TenauU iu ooeaeitidon notided
lot of land ia old 16tb district. Mnm-
ter Coun'y, number not known bnt known ss
the place wbereon J.W. Willett u»w lives, Isviud
783th district, O. M , in favor ef J. H. Doughty
1 eorson A l>. vs J. W Willett Levy made by
W. G Sagsc, L. C., and returned to me. Ten-
ritate aforesaid; number not knov
I'h) and b
t lying
_ _ d«cp (east
'eat), lying iinmedisteiy west of the *outb lot,
formerly occupied by William Williams, said iot
levied upon as the property of Jordan Cook,who
holds bond lor titles !r<>m T. F. Hamey.for said
land, by virtue o a fi Is is*-n« d from the Hn*
pr me Conrt of said County, in favor of Tho#.
F. Haiuey v# Jordan Cook. Deed filed
and tenants in possession notified in 1
tho law.
Also, lot of land No. 108 in the 27th district
Mann liv
Hruuer v
. Tho*. W. Mann
Beiohak Youno.
ti la
Zion Chnnh inlhe 16th dis
trict of Rumier connty. Levied on to satiety
-team Saw Mill lien fi fa in lavor or J. T. Bai
row vs W. A. Wilson and James Ba»s, et a
Trustees.
A. W. WHEELEK, ttherit.
Also, at the same time and place, two bund red
bushels of corn, more or less, to satn-fy a lieu fi
fa issued tiom Sumter Superior Court, in favor
of Schumpert, Pickett A King v# J. T. Tumor,
U.-vu d on as the property of the defendant, J.
F. Turner.
Aleo. lots of land,number** two hundred r’CO)
and one hundred aud eighty-seven (187), iu
the 17th district of ttumter «'<oaaty,b vied on M
satisfy two tt r*s, on* in lavor or the State atwi
County vs .1. T. Tun . - . . • »
I. is. Carter v
JOHN E THOM 48,
mari-td Deputy Hht-riff
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
Whereas. H. A. aud E. 11. Cheek apple
n the estate of
o cite and admonish all,
this the 12th dsyVf March, 1875.
rl3-lm
mi snd official signature,
Webster County*
with white iace, 1
. »w; al«
udkiuhiu furniture; also, plant
.... — ' * n
the Upeoi
; also, hourebo'd
. plantation tools
the property of James P Walk
.. .. a fl u obtan * ‘ “
County Supeiior Cotut in
. ... . of O. - W«iod-
ward adoi.n.stratoff.Ac.; u Naikauiet F.Walker,
*'rin.; Jse.P. WstLir. bee. on Appeal; property
ointed out by plaiMtifi 'a attorney
Also, one lot u! laud. i>,mU r 17, in iLe 25th
'••strict id Webster County; levied on as th-
ronarty of J. C. L* ater ‘to satisfy one ll fa
I utu the bopinor Court tf said County,
.^«w, — —o No 115. in the 22d dU-
trk-t of Webster, known a* the John b Hr-
place, near the Jacob Hobbs place, loiru
on as ihe proper y of lbs said John ri Rice, to
satisfy one tax fl *a tor hia Htate and County
tax lor tbs year 1874; property pointed out by
Mercer, tax collector
erty pointed cut by Mercer, tax collector.
Levies made and rstaraed
f. m. McLendon
GEORGIA—Webster County.
milEREAS, Mre. Marsh Holly, Guardian on
W the Estate of Sallie D UoUy, applies foi
Letters of Dismissiou from said Unanlianship
Thee# are therefore to cite and admonish oil
kindied and a 1 persona concerned, to be one
appear at my oflioe, and file their objections
■f ana have, ia terra* of the law, otherwise aaid
letters will be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this the 3d day of February. *875.
fi nr
Ordinary.
G. W. DAVENPORT,
Lo** C.mnty
Montgomery & Shaw,
Leo Sheriff Sales for April.
W"
, A settlement of land, making a plantation,
>1 a fl. Is. from Lee Superior Court in fa
vor ot llenry Meuihsnl, Adtnt. of Oeorge Mein-
lisrd, deceased, vs. Wm. 11. Newsome, Adtnr
of Wm. Newsom*, deceased. Property pointed
)Ut bv Warren A Hobbs.
Alsii-Lot of land No. 223 in tbe 13th district
>f said connty. Levied on as the property of
fas. Vuison by virtu# of a fl. fa. from Lee Kup*
nor Court, in favor of Francis 8. Be 11 Vs. Jae.
principal. Allred Kersey, security.—
lot of land iu tho 14tb district of
; known but known as th*
▼cor 1874, vo. John L. Laramore. Fropem
pointed out by Tax Collector, W. D. flr<.en.
Also- Settlement of lauds making the plants-
tbs Dr. Hitt or MaxweU Loi
Place, in said C*>unt\, U nci ou ss the p-opern
of Dr. V. G. Hitt, by virtno of a tax fl fa foi*
Mate aud Couuty taxes for tk« year 1874
iTunerti pointed ont by tax col’sctor.
Also—(in* hundred and fifty bushels of corn
more or lcs. fifteeu hundred husbeisof cutt>-n
seed, more nr less. and. lw«> thou-aud p -nndr
*<f fodder, more or lea*. Levied ou as property
of 11 T, Wallers, hy virtu*.* of a foreclosure on
lien fi fa from Lee Huperinr C urt, iu favor of
N. Jc A. F. Tift vs K. J. WsRera. rro;eity
pointed out in said fl fa.
Also—Half or lot ol land No (42) forty-two
(being one hundred acres mure or teas), m the
14th diatrict ol said County. Levied «>n as prop
erty of j. H Watkins, by virtue of a fi fa from
the Coun y Court of Lee. iu favor of Patrick
lias* vs J. H. Watkins. Property | ointed out
bv Dlsintifl.
•f * JIF - 8 LI EU,
niat4tds
the estate of Ksllie Fort, having applied to me
for letters ot Distniasion from said Guardianship,
These are therefore to cits and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and all persons con
cerned to be aud appear at my office, -ithin
the time pi escribed l»y law and file their objec
tions, if any they have, otherwise letters will be
R Given under my hand and official signature
this 27th dav of January. 1875.
jan.2&-3m* O. A. BROWN, Ord’y-
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
W HEREAS, Wm. Jones and C. G. Hill-man
applies to me for Letters of Adminietra
tion on the estate of U. U. Hamilton, late of
•aid county deceased,
These ate therefore to cite and admonish all
aud sit gular. the kindred snd creditora.of said
deceased, to be a d appear at my office within
* and
can. why »ahl L
granted.
Give* ti- ■ -
this, iLt u.u .
mar23-30d.
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLE to on order of the Court of
Ordinary of 8nmter county, Oc-rgia, will
be sold at the Court House door in Americus,
said .-ounty, on the drat Tuesday in April next,
within the usual hours of sale. Mix Mulea Sold
Sohl©> Couuty.
Schley Shefiff Sile« for April.
W ILL lie sold before the Court house door
in the town of Ellavillo, Fchity county,
within the usual hour* of sale, on the flr<*t Tues
day in April next, the following property, to-
Eoet half of lot of land No 110 in ihe 3rd
diatrict or said county. Levied ou to aaiintya
tax fi fa for tbe year 1874 island by the Tax
a favor of Ptate tnd connty v
r 1874, Issued by the r«x Collector in
“ ■* ounty va. T B. My
B. C. ME -DOWS.
favor or the 8tste aud ounty va. T B. Myers.
OWK.
marStda Hhenfh
NOTICE!
To Planters and Others
_ Am arietta, my author.ed Agent for the
tale of my improved CATTLK POKE, for
8umt*r and adjoining counties, and also for tho
■ale of the right for toe State of Florida.
My improved CATTLE POKE tea eat* pre
ventative lor horsea, motes, cows, and other
cattle from jumping or poshing down fences,
and altos same time te not in tos way of their
grazing as wall with, as without iL
Tbs above invention was patented May 12ih,
1674. Persons wishing to see this invention
‘ ‘ Store of T. O. BATTLE, next to
ha North aids ol ‘
W.L. BATTLE,
500 GALLONS
_ at f2 50 per gallon,
inn Dozen Bottle# of PURE 8PARKUNG
1UU8CUPPERNONO WINE for »al* by
J. B. HINKLE.
dsslTtf
GEORGIA—Lee Cotan
When ae, John Israel having applied to tne for
ex.-mpuon of Pereoualty aud setiiug apart and
Valuation o' Homestead, I will pass upon th-
Hameat my office, iu Ltcsburg.ou tbe 23tb in*
ED. WAThON.
Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Lee Concty:
Whereas, J. H. Wat kina applies for
emption of Personalty and sotting a,
and valuation of Homestead, I will pass up-
my iffice in Leesburg,
Hotels.
Grocers AND Provision
I )EALBRS,
Americus, Georgia.
401 Bushels Prime WHITE CORN.
1121 Pounds WHEAT BEAN,
12,759 “ FRESH FLOUR, from Kcnesaw Mills, Mariet
ta, Georgia,
10 Barr;ls NEW ORLEANS SYRUP,
15 “ « “ and NEW YORK, SUGARS.
1,010 Pounds RIO, (Parched and Raw), COFFEE,
LIVERPOOL and VIRGINIA SALT,
POTASH in CUPS, BALLS, and BOXES,
SODA, PEPPER,
SPICE, NUTMEGS,
GINGER. COPPERAS,
SALT PETRE, EPSOM SALTS,
GUM CAMPHOR, BLUE STONE,.
BORAX, Ac., Ac.
Call and get our prices before BUYING ELSEWHERE.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW.
Does Hard Times effect Low Prices ?
At our store wc propose to sell even,
LOWER TUBIST EVER!
275 Gallons
WEST’S EXTRA No. 1, KEROSENE OH.
80 Gallons West’s Security Kerossne Oil,
Will sell the same os Low, Lower, Lowest,
Tickets or no Tickets.
8EQSTSABS.
CHAIRS, CHAIRS**
19,871 lbs. Fresh Itedsteadfe.
2,340 lbs. FRESH COTTAGE CHAIRS:
Just Received and for sale at VERY LOW FIGURE!-. CilE
early before they are all gone. MONTGOMERY A SHAW.
Because we sell our goods so much
LOWER THAN OTHERS
is no reason why some should suppose they are inferior. We
buy the best at the lowest rates and sell the same way -
• price of ordinary Blackitg.
MARSHALL HOUSE.
A. B. LUCK, Proprietor.
Board per day, $3 00.
JAMK8 OTONXEL,
BROWN’S HOTEL,
Vl roOITX PAVKENQKB PHPOT,
Macon, - - Georgia
E E. BROWN a SON. Proprietor, ot thi*
• Popular Hotel, wo Id inform tbetr Lurner-
ou- ineiMls that they have reduced their rates
to $3 00 per day. They leturu their grstcfol
thank* for the verv liberal patronage extended
>o the House for Dear twenty years, and assure
their many fri> ud* that they ri l use their best
endeavors tor the future, to give the same sat'
i-factiou that they have iutL* po*t. Every at
trntion given to ladies aod families. Large
rooms always in readlnr— •— p *
relei
aeptS-tf
E. E. BROWN A SON.
H. L. FRENCH.
FRENCH HOUSE,
Public Square, Americus, Ga.
and a liberal share pf patronage is suUdted
No effort on the p .rt of tbe Proprietor* will be
spared to render their guests enaforiabte and
pleasant.
Good rooms, good fare and rttentive rer*
vants, guaranteed, at moderate rates.
TERMS:
Board and Lodging per month t
“ without 20 00
“ and “ 44 day 2 no
Single meals 60
Give us a trial.
FRENCH A EASON.
BARLOW HOUSE
AMERICUS . . GEORGIA
WILEV JONES Proprietor.
RIBE above Mined BoUl le in Ik. bnelnee
a centre of Amoncoo, aod Uw Pro prleto
fattenHme^r,froahleiooe eiperieoeemIke
t Mean end win gtee general MU
Dev, (3 00
u?aggftjg -si
trains, and attentivo porters will carry all bog-
gaga to and from the depot free of charge.
IS. In connection with tor House there is n
firat-cloca BARBER SHOP, where gentlemen
—- *' *■- —*~ l ~* may gt(
iiiim DAikoao ouur, wnc
a always be a/vpmmodated.
TWENTY-FIVE BOXES TOBACCO,
Extra inducement in prices.
The cry is still beard
“More Goods for Leas Money* 7 ’
When you want to bnv First Class Groceries and Bedsteads, don’t go elsewhere, ootne to our
Store, we make a SPECIALTY of this CLASS of goods.
MONTGOMERY k SHAW..
Farmers, Mechanics
“ANT OTHER MAN,”
Can get FULL VALUE for their HARD EARNED MONEY
by investing in some of our
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
LIQUORS, TOBACCO,
KEROSENE OIL, CIGARS,
BEDSTEADS. CHAIRS,
SHEETING, CHECKS,
FACTORY THREAD, SHIRTING,
GARDEN SEED, Aa, A*.
We keep nearly eveiything the Countiy calls for at onr Store.
Call and see us and get Prices,
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS !
WE DON’T PROPOSE TO BE UNDERSOLD 11
This is “Verbum Sap,” and no more time is left before tbe
paper goes to press.
SEE WIRE 8I6N, NORTH SIDE FORSYTH STRFET,
SECOND DOOR ABOVE BARROLD, JOHNSON A CO.'S WAREHOUSE
Montgomery & Shaw.