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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN,
HANCOCK & BEJIiLY,
COMMUNICATED.
•\ W. Hancock,
AMElUCUa. GEORGIA ;
Mr. Editor: Things are lafofcihgbet-
ir in onr. County. Not many d*ys since
| the worthy and corpulent Treasurer camo
Editor. | panting across the square to the eastern
side thereof, and in reply to a .location
From Cjtir New JYorlx Corres-
fiondefer.
Friday Mo?a‘.ng. April 16, 1875.
Agent* fo the Repnblican.
li. A. PASSMORE, Weston.
MAJ. E. S. BALD WIN Schley
II. A. STRANGE Ellavilie.
W. G. REDDING Drayton.
W. H. SMITH, Aodersonville.
SQuT e next Bsate election to take
place will be those in Kentucky and Utah,
which come off on the 2d of August.
49* Four thousand two hundred hales
of cotton hare been shipped from Geor
gia direct to Eorope, under the anspices
of the Direst Trade Union.
o&u The highest spire in all Europe is
the steeple of the church of St. Nicholas,
in Hamburg. 11 is 472 feet, overtopping
the Strasbourg Cathedral by uix feet
B&uThe Rome correspondent of the
New York Herald intimates that Arch
bishop Bayloy, of Baltimore, will be the
next American recipient of a red hat.
flQR. Tho Tennessee Legislature has
submitted to the Legislature a constitu
tional amendment providing for
meeting of that body once in four years.
*ar Col. Tom Hardeman, of Macon,
says bis firm (Hardeman k Sparks) ac
cepted last year for some; forty negroes.
Thirty-seven met their obligations, while
three fell behind.
•9* It is estimated that sixty-five mil
lions bushels of wheat will be marketable
within the next ninety days. At present
Eastern prices this would bring eighty
millions of dollars.
49* Hiram Revels, who was the first
colored man ad milted to the United
States Senate, is now a preacher in the
Methodist Episcopal Chnrch in Missis
sippi, and is a Doctor of Divinity.
49* Mrs. Belknap is considered to he
the best dressed woman in Washington.
A correspondent says that when Worth
received the order for her trousseau he
retired to a cave and fasted for seven
days.
•Qu The coming installation of the
Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the
Freemasons will, it is said, be the :
splendid and important ceremony ii
history of English Masonry.
Mr. J. M. Wade, of Early county,
informs the editor of the News that char
coal ia a preventive of cholera in hogs,
and that feeding them with corn from
bed of coal is all that is necessary to keep
off the disease.
-It XI
s proposed to open the Cincin
nati Southern Railroad under the aaspio-
es of a grand centennial celebration in the
latter part of 1876, probably immediately
following the close of the Exposition at
Philadelphia.
•9* Maggie Miller, a Kentucky girl
twelve years old, has committed to mem
ory and recited over three thousand
verses in the Bible, siuce January 1st.
This is an average of over thirty-three
verses a day !
as to his objects (for we knew i^ was
time to be electioneering), ho rejoined,
“I’m looking for County scrip. I’m pre
pared to pay off every dollar the County
We involuntarily felt in our
pockets, remembering the days not long
passed when we had to hawk about
the County orders, with no one to take
them untit we reached the bank, when
as an accommodation “to you," may be,
you might get GG-10Q* of the face. This
a glorious condition. We vrUh the
exchequer of each laud-owner
good. When a man gets ahead
bank account, be naturally looks to the
comfort of his household, and
about him to fix snbstautiol and commo
dious appointments for business or pleas-
Now then it bi comes us as a County,
and we wontd respectfully call the at
tention of the Connty fathers, if you
will ^llow the grand inquest to be so
designated, to the condition of cur pub
lic buildings. We need a new Court
House, built on a different plan
different location to the
present old and squatty structure;
I in view of Ibis, let our commitsiou-
give n thought to that ultimate end,
and select in a qniet way a suitable lo
cation, without giving air to their pnr-
poses, that the property may not rise
shore its market value by such airing.
But it may with some show of reasou be
said <>r urged that the present Court
House is ample for the purposes of jus
tice. Well sir, we won’t debate the
question. But by what style of logic
can it be urged that onr present ja l
credit to Sumter County ? How many
criminals have gone onwhipped of just
ice by reasou of its insecurity. Its par
doning power has in this connty exceed
ed the famous Gov. Bullock’s, of Radi
cal memory. We might mention the
murderer who killed the gallant soldier
and skilled wotkman, Ironmonger, and
long list of culprits who have escaped.
Is it not a duty, then, that Sumter owes
citizens and the State to provide
safe and secure jail—one that shall coi
bine security with respectability ia out
ward appearance, such an one for illus
tration as we see our neighboring county
of Lee has providently provided, and
which, by the way, has been utilized to
secure criminals from this, and possibly
from adjoining counties. Americas, the
Athens of Southwest Georgia, distin
guished for the salubrity of its atmos
phere. as its citizens are for all the
amenities, which enter into the composi
tion of an attractive and deaii able place,
should have a good stcure jail as a stand
ing admonition to evil doers.
The 29 th ia the day (or “shaking hands
over the turbid Flint.” We hope to
meet Dooly as neighbor meets neighbor,
with a beam of trust and honor ufeeut-
salutatiou. We want their res
pect, their confidence, and their cottou,
grand jury will blot oat this
plague spot of disgrace, this jail on the
ragged edge” of insecurity, by a strong
and urgent recommendation for a new
commodious one,it will be an item to
credit in Dooly, as well as surround
ing counties. Scutes.
New York, April 5tb, 1875.
btaten Island.
This beautiful island and summer re
sort ia situated in New York Bay, about
eight miles from Manhattan Island. A
line of steamers leaving the piers once
every boar is the means of communica
tion between the two. The steamers on
this line are larger than tho ordinary
ferry boats. They have an upper deck,
from which a splendid view can be ob
tained, aud are amply provided with all
proper equipments to be used in cai
accident should occur.
The sail, consisting of about forty min
utes, is the most delightful one that w*-
have. In summer, on Sunday after
noons, the steamers are crowded with
people out ou a pleasure sail.
Staten Island is about fourteen miles
long. Upon the side facing New York
are t itnated the villages of New Brighton,
Tomphinsville and Stapleton. The prin
cipal oue of these is New Brighton. It
is uoted as a watering place and summer
resort. It has a flue hotel, and hundreds
from New York spend the summer there.
Stapleton aud Tompkinaville remind me
very much of onr Southern towns, mud
being the predominating element. The
houses are mostly of wood, and are built
the French style of architecture.
)ff in the distance can be seen Fort
Hamilton and Tompkins These
look the Narrows, the key to the Allan-
Twas as we were passing the Narrows
that I obtained my first glimpse of the
ocean. The effect that this had upon
who had never seen a larger body of
water than a lime sink or a mill pond
cannot bo described. Out, oat, until
sight was dimmed by space, stretched
the blue expanse, upon the bosom or
which could be seen sailing, vessels of
almost every clime. During the sail we
have a fine view of Castle Garden, the
em migrant's home. In foot, a trip to
New York is not complete without a sail
to Staten Island. Alpha.
SaLe op
Comptrolle:
dressed a circular letter to
Ordinaries throughout the
Land Postponed.— Why Grant was not*i§nvited to the
il Goldsmith Has ad- j * Mecklenburg Centennial,
etter to the various! Q -^-1
tie (Nj ; C.)
ing them that ho had postponed the »a'o
of tiarefjirped .wild laud until the 15 h
day of May "nexF,' and closes his letter
with this suggestion :
“The local press would
*9* Bishop W. B. W. Howe, of the
diocese of South Carolina, has restored
Iiev. Wm. H. Johnson to the exercise
of the ministry of said church, having
declared hia renunciation of the schism
of Dr. Camming.
49* A policeman met a negro at night
carrying a trank along the street, and
culleredhim. The negro explained: “De
family what was boarding me has been
axing for money, and aa dey was gone oat
to-night I thought I would get into t
family whar dey respected the panic
•S-Old John Robinson, who retired
from the show ring and spotted-horse
business to move in another circle and
Leoome the Mayor of Cincinnati, has
been disappointed in the realization of
his fondest dreams, and be exclaims
I still tread upon sawdust,
8awdust of sawdusts, all is sawdust,’
49*The Chinese are evidently pagans.
They celebrate all their holidays by pay
ing their debts, forgiving their enemies,
and shaking hands all round. The civ
ilized people who have gone to Chios
have not yet induced them to relinquish
these old and barbarous habits.
49* Invitations are being extended to
the newspaper proof readers to attend
the spelling matches. These men can
ontspell the dictionary makers them
selves, bat it will hardly be safe for the
person giving out the words to enter into
anything like an argument with one of
them. A proof reader with his dandruff
onee in the asoendsnt is more terrible
than a tornado.
“Pboblem. —Twelro persons stopped at
a hotel over night. On asking their bill
they found it to be $12. The old men
paid $4 each, the old women paid $2
each, the yoong men paid 50 cents each,
and the young women paid 25 cents each,
how many old men, how many old wo
men, how many yoong men, bow many
yonng women, were there traveling in
the crowd 7
49u A Frenchman .said to an Ameri
can, “F’ere is von vord in your language
I do not comprehend, and all ye time I
hear it, tattletoo tattletoo—vat yon mean
by tattletoo?” The American insisted
that no snch word existed in English
While saying so his servant came in to
put some cool on the fire, when be said
there, that’ll do. The Frenchman jumped
up, exclaiming: “F’ere tattletoo—you
h m yourself, sare; vat means tattletoo?”
.A metalie coffin, containing the
rema ns of a boy, was dragged up from
the bottom of tho Mississippi, a short dis
tance above New Orleans, a fow days ago.
The casket was a kind that had not been
made within fifteen years, and codso-
queutly at least that amount of time must
have lapsed since the strange burial. Tie
casket being air tight, had preserved tho
corpse, and in the body were found sev
eral cats, indicating a murder and suc
cessful hiding of the crime.
49* The Methodist Recorder’s winter
article on “The Overcoat Doxology”
should be adapted to spring and summer
service: “ ‘Praise God from whom’—aud
all through the congregation there is n
general stir to find hats and draw on
overcoats, so that by the time those who
have nothing more important to do than
to jiin in the singing have come
Him all creatures here below,'
number of these same ‘creatures’ are
deadly wrestle with sleeves aud lining
by a backward measurement of
Much they are thinking about praising
the Highest 1 Their chief concern seems
to be that they shall be ready to dart Out
s the benediction is pronounced,
to stand on the sidewalk in front aDd
criticise the people as they come out, or
burry away to some less ‘tiresomo’place
Well, well! and the saints above—‘Ye
heavenly host'—how pitiably they must
look down upon this contest between
overcoat and praise to God ! Hearing
the appeal of a divided, half-hearted,
akened congregation coming up
from beneath some heaven pointing
>pire, is it likely their pure spirits will
be wrought into a greater devotion and
thankfulness ? We need not answer.
... qoobt
tice this postpon'eioent vlthdnVcWgB if "
asked o do so, os it is very important to
many tax payers.”
Yes, we know that it is very important
to many tax payers, intact so important
that we- -gtvw our readers-the-toform-}-
tiou without charge, and to:the-State of
Georgia we tx-qaeath tho small pittance
that i». costs na u» prepare and give
citizens this “very importaut” t
Inch her official has seen proper to
think we are able to do for nothing.
While we always willingly aud cheerfully
do what we deem to be a duty to onr
loaders iu this respect, we cannot but
express a feeling of indignation at the
thought of Georgia—the boasted "Em
pire State of the South”—failing to do
hor’s toward her citizens. The sale of
unretumed wild land is published
one paper at the capital, if we mistake
not, and the ownera of the property
scattered throughout the State. It is
hardly reasonable to suppose that suffi
cient publicity ia given to all interested
parties through this medium, and it it
the duty of the 8tate authorities to have
tho notice of tale thoroughly advertised
before they proceed to sacrifice the prop
erty of tax-payers.
We are prompted by no personal mo
tivea in referring to this matter, but
the other hand our attention was directed
to it by a prominent gentleman living
Sumter, who, by ebauco alone, discover
ed that bis property would have passed
into the hands of others, without his
knowledge, if the sale had taken plu
the date first advertised. If Georgia
poor to pay for such “very impor
tant” dfctices we aro sorry for the old
Commonwealth, but if it is kept dark to
advance the interest of a few land grab
bers we hope tho press of Georgia will
ventilate the ring as soon as poreible.
jttles the qnestmn wl.e»l»r or ffot Grant Mi
as been invited to the Mt-cklenbnrg kn
'eutennial/aud gTVe the reasons why the lower
Committee of Iuvi'adon did not invite — ~
hifii. It^savs* .-
There seems to be a misapprehension
i to the invitation of Gen. Grant He
was not invited by the commi'tee of Iu-
vijatipn, but. was ipvtedhv other parties
It would be resp»e fel t»‘invite thwlfrii';
dent of the N tti. u hut Grunt is simply
The “Molly Maguires."—Immedi
ately after the close of the war, when the
Southern people accepted the terms of
surrendet iu good faith,the whole South-
country was over-run by evil-design-
men from the North, who were sup
ported in their nefarious work by a large
number of natives, to their shame be
said, who deceived tbeir friends, belied
their birth-right and sold themsalvea for
a mess of pottage. These parlies, by
using means in keeping with their dia
bolical schemes, soon rode into power,
and by damnable acts of every conceiva
ble nature, endeavored to oppress a peo
ple already impoverished. With
mendable forbearance our people stood
the taunts and inraZts heaped upon them.
Daring these trying times a few individ
uals who felt more keenly than others
the shafts hurled by the hand of tyran
ny and oppression, knowing that tbeir
chances of obtaining justice through
rapt courts were very doubtful, if not
impossible, took it upon themselves to
protect tbeir familial from acts of violence
at the bands of the misguided followers
of this motley crew of usurpers. Tlx sc
men were called *Kn KInx.’ We say men,
from the fact that we are not awaro that
an organization of that kind ever existed
in the Sontb. At any rate, any li“V
disturbance, Whatever its chaiactcr, ra«i
occurred south of Mason aud Dixon’i
line at that time, was heralded through
out the North as the work of the “infa
moos Ku Klux," and the whole Southern
people held responsible. State cou Is
nor State troops were allowed to settle
these matters but our people were tnrned
over to the mercies of Federal troops
and Federal courts. Wby are the same
means not used to quell the riotous and
murderous proceedings of the notorious
“Molly Maguires” in the coal and
regions of Pennsylvania? Dispatches
-inform ns that the rioters are defying
law and order in their efforts to prevent
the mines being worked. Tbi* state of
affairs has existed fur some weeks, and
daring that time men have been killed,
women ravished aud property destroyed,
yet the Administration dares not inter-
Why? Simply because Pennsyl
vania is a Northern Stats and her people
will not submit to any encroachment up-
o the right to govern themselves.
If each a state of things existed at the
South, Grant would soon find a way to
fill the disturbed region with federal
troops to 'suppress insurrection ; and
what a hae and cry wonld be raised by
Northern journals over the terrible doings
of the “bloodthirsty kn klnx f”
Attempted Suicide.—Wale Stevens,
shoemaker in Columbus, attempted to
commit suicide on Tuesday last by cut
ting bis throat. Ho made two severe
gashes in his neck, but both were too far
back to prove fatal, and tboagli Stevens
bled a great deal, and is now low, he will
recover. He a'lege* no special cause for
his action. When the party of Colum
bus gentlemen were secured of k-lling
the Radical AsUburnc, in 1868, Stevens
trno turned btate'i
The Charlotte (
) Southern Borne,
Par room
^ . fire. Fire
NoT 2 was soon on baud ami comioeuoed
work. No. 1 got there after
and both companies did work. Ini'
pied by W H. Hightower and the crock-
to onr people solely as- the sup-
f Holden iu bis Kirk and Buigin
war upon the liberties .of the Star
South Carolina as the frx nd of of r. k.
set ft, frank causes, and other pronounced
thieves; iu Georiria, as holding up the
hands of Bullock and r<-gjes of that ink;
iu Alabama, as the conuselor of Ananias
Ha>8, and the employer of Hester, the
-danger ana tbeir Block the step herexller,.iu the perm'inent
removed from tho building ia order to dnetion pf her revenues.
mivh it, bat there beiDg avery thick brick
wall between the building the lire wi
timd to
thieves and the would-be sobverter of
tho liberties of tbe people; all over tbe
South, as the only prop of the rule of car-
pet-baggers, rogues, ruffians and ncalla-
wags. We know him at the South only
by bis army of soldiers to keep carpet
baggers in power, and by bis bauds of
brutal marshals to oppress onr best citi
zeus. To invite him is to endorse his
Sootheru policy of wrong aud outrage.—
The Committee of .Invitation wash their
Lauds clean of this tbiog. They
uosed to this mm from principle, and
not from prejudice. They think that
the destroyer of constitutional liberty
ougbt not to appeal at a celebration
memorative of the resolve* of onr h
ancestors to “pledge their lives, their for
tunes and their sacred honors,”
holy cause of freedom.
Religious Meetings Among Rived
Thieves.—Religious* meetings are being
held among river thieves, drunkards and
gamblers of the slums in Walter street,
New York. The first floor of on unpre
teutious brick building hits been convert
ed into a sort of Lall or chapel, and there
in prayer meetings are held every after
noon and evehing. 2he ruling spirit of
the place is Jerry McCauley, who is do
iug a good work. This impromptu chapel
was formerly a noted rendezvous for riv
er pirates and dock thieves. It was a
worse place tbau that of (he famons John
Allen. Over fifty persons came forward
tor prayers one Sumlay evening recently,
and there was intense excitement.
The Washington correspondent
of the Boston Herald says : “I presume
every well-iuformed correspondent here
has grown ased to withholding state
ments concerning these matters, because
they will not be believed, even in the
newspaper »fliers, and malicious motives
may be ascribed to them. But the'sim-
ple truth is that the President is loosing
very had. He no longer has the sleek,
well fed look in the face which has been
his characteristic tver sinco the war.
His feature.*; now have a swollen look,’
and his face is terribly red in blotches
I met him ou the avenue near the treas
ury department, tho other day, and ob
served that his figure was bent, and th'al
be Keerned to walk with difficulty. He
Certainly has the appearauco of a man
the downhill road iu life,’ as they
in New Eogland. I do not wish to
indulge in aoy rash or sensational pre
diction of his future, but I am impress
ed with the belief that the President'*
habits of eating and driukiug render his
tenure of life every day more and more
uncertain. Considering what his pasi
life has been, tbe heavy draughts on hif
stock of vitality, made long before he
became prominent as a military leader,
aud the great change iu his personal ap-
pcarauce dnring tbe past few months, 1
cannot regard him as a man of great
probable longevity. There are some who
think ho is getting toward the end of
the rope pretty fast, and who say unless
bis condition alhrs for the better he will
be seriously in danger of quitting the
Presidential office before tho 4th ol
March, 1877. Of these yonr correspon
dent inclines to be one.”
A Square Issue—The New York San
looks upon the testimony iu the Beecher
trial as the most astounding ever known
io a court of law, and says that Beecher
has squarely made tho issue on the per
jury of Tilton, Moulton and Mrs. Moul
ton, but thiuks it wise to wait before ar
riving at any definite conclusion as to tbe
verity or falsehood of either party. Says
tho editor: “There is a long and bitter
fight yet ahead in Brooklyn, and no wise
man will venture to prophesy whose
funeral or how many funerals it -will re
sult io- A square issue has been joined
with Tilton, Moulton aud Mrs. Moulton
oa the oue side, and Beecher on the oth
er, and the party found guilty of perjury
should receive every punishment that the
law and public opinion cau inflict.
KR. Insurance business seems to be
favorite refuge for the Confederate lead
ers. A Southern correspondent of the
Syracuse Courier writes : Jeff. Davis is,
I believe, president of an insurance
company; Wade Hampton is in the i
ranee business at Baltimore; Beauregard
is engaged in insurance and street rail
roads, I understand, at New OrIeans,and
Gen. Joseph £. Johnson, who sorren
dered to Sherman, is president or man
ager of a company at Savannah. I found
a son of Gen. Dick Taylor, and grandson
of old President Z*ch Taylor, conductor
of a Pullman car running from Jackson
ville to TWi«vi v
•cSo. iue Monticeilo Banner tells
good joke on George Merriwether, tbe
postmaster. An old lady from the c
try went to the office and called for a let
ter, and Mr. Merriwether gave her
The old lady wished to hear the letter
read, bat sbe did not want the postmas
ter to hear it. She asked George to read
it, and she pulled ont of her pocket a
piece of wool and staffed it in George’i
ears. He read the letter for tbe old lady
nd actually vowed to her that he didn’t
know a word that was in it, and she went
on her way rejoiciog, perfectly satisfied
with what he bad aaid.
-ta. We understand, sats the Shelby
villa (Tenn.) Commercial, that a negro
man by tho name of Brown, a preacher,
is going around getting the negroes of
this connty to sign a petition to be sent
to President Grant,'asking him to fur
nish th« m with clothing, provision*, etc.,
sting that the white people refuse to
give them employment, and they will
s’arve unless aided by tho government.
If such be tbe case, it is a lie made from
the wholo clotb, There is plenty of work
for them if they will only do it; bat the
trouble is getting them to work.
5* On All Fool’s day some Hartford
wag sent letters to most of tbe member^
of tho clerical profession, inviting them
to be present at tbe United States Hotel
to unite a couple in marriage. Not
dreaming of a trick, and not knowing
that others had been invited, each clergy-
wlio had received a note went to the
hotel at the appointed hour, and all
fonnd they had been made tho victims of
practical joke. It is said that nine
ministers were there at rne time.
L. Tbe Grifflu News boldly asserts
that tbe “devil" of that < (Bee has a ‘ape-
worm three miles long in his carcass.
What a—worm!
State Sunday-School Convention.—
This large and importaut body meets
Union Point on Friday, the 21st of May,
aud will contiuue for three days. The
programme of the «xorcifces is finely
nged, aud present* a series of enter-
iainiog discourses and exercises of vari
ous kinds. Qaite a number of gentle-
noted for tbeir love of Sunday
schools and for their wide-spread experi
in the field of each labor, will b<
preseat and deliver addresses. Ampl*
arrangements Lave been made for tbe
entertainment of all who may come, and
tho railroads have consented to give
half-fare tickets to all delegates. Tue
meetiug promises to be largely attended,
and to all who love Sunday-school in
(crests it will be a rich and rare feast.
Sunday School Celebration.—In tlx
coming Sunday-school celebration at Ma
con, Millard Seals, a student of Morcer
University, will speak for the First Bap
tist Chnrch. He i9 tbe bou of Colonel
John H. Seals, editor of the Sunny
South. Uniting his father’s eloqueuc*
and mother’s grace with his own natural
ability, tbe church may well feel proud
of thfir youthful advocate.
A Good Onb.—Tho Brooklyn U*
says they are telling the story, since
Talmage’e sermon, that a Brooklyn r
dent, name not given, appeared at
gates of St. Peter guards for admission
to Paradise. Tbe saint turned to t he reg
ister pages: ‘Where are you from?
‘Brooklyn.* ‘I don’t think we can admit
you, rules are very strict. Iu fact, cao’t
do it. Think of the Scandal.’ It is said
that the Brooklyn man looked steadily
Peter and crowed threo times. His saint-
ship colored, fumbled bis keys a minute,
and then said, ‘Well, yon can go in; bat
don’t you do that again to me.’
A Northlbn and Western Ticket.—
Says tbe Charleston Neiot and Courier :
Some busybody baa nominated Senator
Gordon for Vice-President ou tbe Pi
dential ticket of the National Democratic
party. General Gordon is as sagacious
as he is brave and patriotic, and hastens
to refuse flatly to allow his name to be so
u<ed The President and Vice President
in 1876 must come from tbe North and
West. A Southern Democrat, worth
voting for, could not be elected, and the
attempt to elect him would set the coun
try back ten years at least. Confidence
is a plant of exceeding slow growth.
t. And now still another candidate
for Gubernatorial honors is mentioned.
It is said that Hon. A. O Bacon, of Bibb,
will take the field with a strong following
next year. Colquitt, of Fulton; -Tauxs,
of Fulton; Hardemao, of Bibb; Bacon,
of Bibb; Smith, of Muscogee, 1 are tbe re
ported entries to date. ’ Decidedly the
race is growing interesting, and «
few more entries the contest will be very
exciting. There is also a seat in the
Uhited States Senate to be disposed of,
which may add to the fun..
Rev. Z. H. Gordon, the father of
Gen. John B. Gordon, tbe gallant Geor
gia Senator, is a resident of Russell
county, Ain., and is both preacher and
farmer. He h&3 been a Baptist minister
over fifty years, is seventy-nine years of
age, and is said to bsve baptized
thousand persons.
>le country willrej Aco that the
_ r ;t ^General has ordered the
postponement for thirty days lunger, of
ili** salo of the real property which is in
Till-"salt- of lh« Wild LandTlfiir
s Postponed.
D SufldYnlj oi H ;a h n u . a ;^
nity l.j this f.lri malady. Thi, ,?;""
i default of taxes.
It is to be hoped that tho owners will
uow heed the warning iu season, and
o-.mo forward and save ibeir possessions,
by the payment of at) due*, ere it be too
late. But in any event it will bo unwise
io push tho sa:e of these lands in the
present deprcs>ed condition of financial
affairs. If persisted in, the S*a r e will rue
s»utsaaS fc &S
irritation may ot first bo only rhi/ht ,!'*
during a little palpitation or
noo. or doll, heavy, or sbarn
subdued in, time to nave the housp, but
the walls were considerably damaged
Th6" fire depart men' did their whole duty
afier they got on the ground and got
tbeir machines in operation. G. J..
Drake, Esq, did soma noble work, in
fact we thiuk he did more to stop the fire
than ono man on the ground, though
many others rendered good and efficient
service. Hightower’s loss is estimated at
about ten or twelvo thousand, inelnding
the stock and building which was insured
fur five to eight thousand dollars. Wat-ou
G. Dunn’s 1-jgs about five thousand dol
lars, insurance three thousand. The
building occupied by this firm was in lit
igation, it being claimed by the assignee
of J. H. Johnson, and by Inman, Swan
& Co.. Savannah. We learn there was no
insurance on the building, which is esti
mated to bo worth seven thousand dol
lars. J. H. White A Co.’s loss by the
damage to the house aud stock is five or
six thousand dollars, which is covered by
insurance. The fire is thought to be tbe
work of an incendiary, as there bad been
the building since Saturday
night.
information estimates that the wild land*
will not sell higher than from $10 to $50
per lot of 490 acres.
And mark the result. These prices
ill fix the basin in future for all subee
jieui returns. If A has paid taxes upon
pine lauds adjoining the pot-sessions of
B, at $2 per Acre, aud tbe property of the
latter, though not a whit the less valua
ble, is disposed of at government sale for
only ten cents per acre, then next y* or, A
will adopt the same standard io assessiug
erlropliy, or thicken,„g o( lll0 ,£{£
membrane or of tho wives, is produced
Bow wise togiveeari,attention
of this bod. Unnatural throbb,
pain in tho region ol the heart ,h* n u
admonish ono that all i-
tbe value of his lands for the tax receiv-
\ and that official will be forced to ad
mit the jastice of tbe return, as predi a-
ted npou actual market rates. And more
over, the same estimates will be apt to'
obtain universally throughout the State
for lands of similar grade.
It is thus easy to see that with a’largely
dr-creased schedule .of taxable values
c insed by this short sighted policy, eith-
diminished r venue, or » higher rate of
res must be the consequence. But for
the latter the people are not prepared,
nor will they acquiesce iu the jastice or
propriety of tbe step whentbey learu the
wby and wherefore relating to tho mat
ter.
Beecher's Story Needs Confirma
tion.
I Philadelphia Time*.]
It is a cause which concerns public mo
rality, and in which is involved a social
problem of no little moment. Back of
Henry Ward Beecher stands the class of
which he is a member, and bock of the
crime he is sllegod to have committed
stands the theories of which heis a rep
resentative. - ^
Now, thus far, we must pay, without
desiring to or taking either side, that the
hum of the testimony is against him.
There is a millstone around his neck,
which has not been removed, even while
has been attached to the giraff Til
ton. The wi‘nesses he has produced have
testified to nothing which exonepates him
while they have revealed numerous
things tba'. iuculpate Theodore Tilton.
They left the' case, precxely where
stood before. We know Theodore Til-
ou as a long-haired, long-limbed vission
,ry, who coaid write the sweetest song
that ever lulled a baby to sleep, and the
We trust, then, that the State, if she
persists in putti g these lands upon the
block at this trying juncture, will bid
them in and hold them as security for the
taxes in arrears, until such time as the
owners may pay off all encumbrances,
and redeem them, with tbe accruing
costs. Of course, some reosoi a » e tiax
for this redemption should be assigned.
Just now, to force a sale is simply
ous to all concerned.
To show bow the eagles are scenting
their prey from afar, one prominent New
York firm who were negotiating for the
E rchase of fifty thousand acres of timber
id, at a given prioe, as soon as it tran
spired that three millions of acres of Geor
gia land were to be knocked off sum
marily at auction, upon a very short no
tice, immediately dissolved the agreement,
and declared that they preferred to enter
the market as buyers when these lands
were certain of securing better bargains.
Comment is unnecessary.—Macon Tel
umeni. that e
most libidinous argue
cited the appetite oTji lecherous Author
V — ‘ ll — — I. _ _ 1. _ III.. I'nnn*
of a Fupiarcby. We knew Henry Ward
Btit cher as a full-faced, full bodied aud
full-minded presjberof physical religi«
who drew his illustraiions with full free
dom from nature, and we know him
snch cow. He tells us that he grew up
iu an atmosphere, speaking theological
ly, or rather religiously aspureas crystal:
his father, Lyman Beecher,
accepted expression of the orthodox faiib
of New England, and tlmt bis six broth
ers were all preachers. Very well. Then
ne emphatically denies that he commit-
ed the crime wiih which he is charged.
He denies Tilton’s statements; he coutra-
dicts Moulton, aud ho charges all the
other witnesses for the prosecution with
b> ing oerjurers. But he does it alone,
a single witness has been produced
The Enforcement Act,—Tbe New
York Post f the 13 h has the following
Washington special. It will be seen that
no deciei'-n will be bad until after the
elections Says the Post:
The statement is mide, upon excellent
authority, that the Supreme Court will
not render aoy decision of a political ua
tore at this term—postponing all such
coses until after the full elections. This
has given rise to a story wbioh is cred-
i ed in high quarters, that the court has
been polled and a majority has been
found opposed to declaring ihe enforce
ment acts constitutional. The belief is
that the court will sustain the views taken
by Judge Bradley iu the Louisiana case,
from which an appeal was taken and the
decision brought into the Supreme Court.
Suicides —Col. John M. Powell,
a wealthy Mississippi planter, committed
suicide from an overdose of moTpbine.
Mr. Powell’s grand-father was George
Washington’s cousin.
Charley Readex, formerly vice presi
dent of the Tentonia National bank,
committed suicide on the night of theOtb,
on account of pecuniary misfortunes.
Mr. N. A. Hockney, of Newnan, took
laaduaum,but cot sufficient to accomplish
his pnrpo60 of suicide. He was found
in the cemetery stretched full length by
the grave of hia wife, who had died sev
eral months siuce. He was left to sleep
off the drug, and to try it again if he
in earnest.
49* Charleston News : R. Lebby, M.
D., health officer of Charleston harbor,
gives notice to-day that in obedience to
the actof 1868, all Teasels arriviug at this
port from Havana and Key West will be
detained at tho several quarantine sta
tions on the coast from aud after' this
date. The health officers, especially at
Hilton Head and Port Royal, aro requir
ed to rigidly enforce the order.
49*The disputed boundary line be
tween Maryland and Virginia ia in
cess of ndjoiqmrnt by ex-Governor . W.
A. Graham, of North Carolina, and Hon.
Jeremiah Black of Pennsylvania, as arbi
trators, with ex-Gov. Charles T. Jenkins,
of Georgia, as umpire. The next meet
ing of the arbitrators takes place ut Wash
iugton. May 10, when the great' body of
the testimony will be laid before them.
49* Mrs. Webster, of Haycesville.
Ala., in a fit of,religious fervor, ou? da\
last week, gave her little daughter pouon
and killed her, at tho mother says, to
save her from the miseries and trials of
this wicked world. She also intended to
poison her son and herself, but watf te
overcome by th^ death of her daughter
that she fell unconscious upon the floor,
and was fonnd so. Sho now manifests
great contrition for W. terrible deed.
. CHLKing Alfonso is said to be fery
much bored by the presence of his si.-ter,
the Countess Infanta of Girgenti, who
sent to Madrid by Queen Isabella to
preside at Alphonso’s royal residence.
Tbe countess is n young widow, twenty-
three years of age, and in the event of
Alphonso’s assassination or natural “tak
ing off ” wonld succeed to the throne un
der the repeal of the Salic law.
word, and that, if the plaintiff and
the long line of witnesses who followed
iim on the stand are to be believed, is i
'lender reed indeed. As tho case standi
at present, Tilton’s testimony holds good ,
the mutual friend is still firm, aud Mrs.
Moulton is to be credited with having
isbed to-give the o]d man another
chance. Brother Richards, an unworthy
brother who «i>ne*sedand acquiesced
family, stands unchanged. The letters,
too, which are in evidence, remain nne:
plained and unanswered. Mr. Beech<
still bangs ou the sharp aDd ragged edge'
of anxiety, fear, despair and remorse:
Thodore wonld still have acted better
under the same circumstances than be
did, and Mouhon is the friend God s*nt
him yet. To all intents and pnrposes,
as far as the evidence goes, he preached
bis last sermon yesterday.
What Mr. Beecher must do is to con
firm aud corroborate his story by other
Faithful Dogs.
THEY case fob a lost child, a
[From the Sedalia Democrat, April 4.]
Yesterday morning we gave ah account
of h child wandering away from home on
Thursday last, accompanied by two dogs.
The whole neighborhood had turned oat
and searched night and day without suc
cess, at the time we wrote the account.
~The following is a copy of tbe hand
bills struck off and circulated :
LOST BOY 1—TO THE PUBLIC.
Yesterday afternoon, William Npi .
m> son, left my residence, five miiesjrom
Lexington, ou tho Salt Pond road, aud
was lart seen ou the road to town. He is
five years of age, wore a dark woolen
coat, dark jeans pants, patched ou the
knees, aud was fo.lowed by two dogs;
one & black, and the other of a dark yel
lowisb color.
Any information regarding hia where
abouts will be thankfully received, aud
’ 'iqpro thi ‘ ““'**' “
- , * 18 0°t right, and if
yon would preserve it from further dil
ease, you must heip it to beat rightly by
of snch « remedy as wilf^
the cause of tbn trouble. U-e Dr. Pi er( J*.
Golden Medical Discovery M ire 11
disease becomes too seated, ami it wifi
by its great blood purifying and w 00 ,l 9r '
ful regulating properties, effect a perfect
" nM I* contains medicinal properties
which acts specifically upon the tiwL
of the heart, bringing about a health*
action. Sold by all first-class drugBint-f
HEART DISEASE CURED "
Rocxpobt, Spencer Co, lad )
February lut, 1874. ’ f
Dr. R. V. Piebce. Buffalo, NY:
About two years ago I wa* sffl cted with
a disease of the heart, which at n mM
created a pressure around it, almost can*
iug suffocation. I saw an advertisement
of your Golden Medical Discovery re
commending tho same as a care fJrdio-
ease of tho heart. I then bought half >
dozen bottles of it, and after using three
bottles I .was entirely relieved and am
now enjoying good health.
Gratefully yours,
Vitus Kxlluk.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
MRS. M..E. RAINES
Amencus, and vicinity, that i
receiving a large lot of
MILLINERY GOODS,
—SUITABLE FOB—
Spring and Summer Wear
—OONSISTINO of—
Hats, Bonnets % Caps, Flcvrers, Pl ume)li
Ribbons. Laces. Silk, Velour and Yehtt,
Hawburge, and other trimmings, Berege
Tissue Love and Fancy Veils; Silk n
ted and Plain. Washblond, Tnrletton and
Illusion, Corsets, Belts, Belt Buckles. Lin-
cn and Lace Handkerchiefs, New Style*,
Collars, Cuffs, Ruffs, Scarfs and lie*,
Chains, Combs, Fans, Olovos, Plaits and
Switches, Hair Pins, Lilly White and
Jewelry.
Mrs. Baines proposes to keep pice with i
LATEST STYLES
of the above goods, and will sell at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
8he extends a cordial invitation to all in need
if cooda in her line, to call and examine, and
a meat pleasure in showing them.
april I ly
City Tax.
receiving City Tax
Every person liable to City tax, a
ward without delay and pay np a* the lai
Lexington, Mo , Apnl 2, 1875.
From Mr. M. Carroll, tbe popular bag
gage master of the Lexington passenger
train, we learu the following particulars
of the discovery of tho child yesterday
morning, which certaiuly shows the \r jn
derfnl sagacity and faithfulness of the
dogs which accompanied him:
As m our account yesterday, the last
seen of tbe child was in a fence corner
with his dog. From there it seems he
wandered into the woods belonging to
Judge WihxIs, eight miles from Lexing
ton and three miles from bis home. Here,
probably, night overtook the little wan
derer, and darkness closed in upon him,
cold, tired aud hnngry, with none to aid
him bat bis faithful four footed compan
The nights at this lime of tbe year
.uj law directs.
Tho city is needing the mon*y to meet demand*
wning doe. No one mntt delay expecting m-
algence. Q. A BROWS,
april-15-tf Clk. A Tr«a
SPECIAL NOTICE
'itnesses. Tbe fact that Ihe puritanical
Lyman Beecher was bis father, and that
his six brothers were all clergymen; that
Tilton is an abandoned social licentiate;
and that Frank Ifunlton. betides being a
beat ben, according to bis own confession,
is a swash-buckler and a braggart, will
not help him. If he could bring in Bow»
en to chink the gaps left himself, he
would gain s great deal. Bowen could
the theory of
—if he were consistent
the defense— explain Tilton’s motives as
Mr. Beecher has his actions. Otherwise
the weight of the evidence is against Mr.
Beecher.
Mbs. Oates in a Church Choir.—
Mrs. Oates, the opera-bonffn cautatrice,
together with a select quartette of vo
calists from hei troupe, sang the Easter
anthems in Grace church, Ssu Francisco.
For several weeks the Californians have
been delighted with the performances of
the Oates troupe before the footlights of
im The sparkling
of tie theatres.
naughtiness of the comic opera was giv*
with a vim, and many, doubtless,
tending the Easter service, half-expected
hear the music sang with
week-night eportivenestj. Bqt instead,
the selections were rendered with tie
effect of cultured VLcalizutinn, in all so
lemnity and pathos. And ‘ why not ?
Music is music, no matter who sings.
Tbe harmunions cadences appeal to the
soni, independent of the personality of
tho executant. Then, you know, the
•me. But wonld it not bo an excellent
plan for the clergy to pursue, in their ef
forts for tbe reformation of tbe stRize, to
persuade tbe stage folks to (participate
in'the exercises of their Sabbath aerv.
ice ? Those who are opera singers could
ne given places iu the choir, while those
who are simply octprs could be permit-
act usher parts, and td pass tne
contribution plates aronnd.
•L. A scientific journal on tbe Pacific
coast says,: A strange disease has attacked
the chickens in this city, and the hen
roosts of a number of citizens have
been almost depopulated. The malady
attacks the birds--iw-the night, and so
rapid is its progress that before morning
they have wasted entirely away, not a
single feather remaining to mark where
they roosted.’ Dr. Sheridan has been
consulted, and he says the disease is
known as Larcenti Chinensis, and is very
common on the Pacific coast;' to which
region it is confined. ^ . , f „ v ,
9* Two brothers.one of whom fought
the Federal aud the other on the
rebel side during the war, met at Colum
bia, Tenn., tbe other day, after fifteen
years’ separation, bat would not recog
nize each other, and separated again
without speaking.
ore too severe for u robust man to be ex
posed, and certainly a tender child, ml
most an infant, wonld surely succumb to
But there
above, and bis interpot-iiion of this ca*e
*eems miraculous. The faithful dogs,
with an instinct that seems to equal ha
man intelligence, went to wurk aud
scratched togei her a bed of leaves. Into
this the boy cropland then the intelligent
animals lay down, one on each side of
him, and kept him warm through the
night with the beat of their bodies.
Morning broke with tbe boy safe, and
his shaggy guardians at their posts. •
Though rested and refreshed, he was al
most tarnished with hunger. Again the
wonderful instinct of the faithful dogs
was equal to the emergency.
They sat out fjraging, chased and
killed a rabbit, and brought it to their
yonng charge, laying it at hia feet Tbe
boy eagerly ate of the raw meat, and when
discovered was busily engaged in appeas-
When the party who discovered him
endeavored to eppronoh the chi'd- the
doga became exceedingly ferocious, and
wonld notlet one ol them approach him.
The boy’e falber end dog.- master bad to
bo aent forbeforetheyoonldgoUhoohild
from hia noble proteotors.
The joy of the parents can he eaaii-
imagined, and we will guarantee to sav
that all the wealth of Iatfayette connty
wonld not purchase one of these dega.
*ffi“ Oreen.bore (Ga.) Herald: Bermuda
gram waa introduced into Greene county
fl'ty yearn ago hy Mr. Eiekiel Park, who
procured it near Petersburg, Va., whither
it wee brought from the ieleud of Bermuda.
For -overal years ft was considered a great
curse upon, the plenting interests of the
eoantj, but the developments ef tho past
few years have exploded this notion, and
it now regarded hy many aa a real blessing
in- disguise. While it ia an inveterate ene
my to the growth of corn and oottonj aa a
grating and bay crass it has no tuporior, if,
indeed, an equal, in the whole catalogue of
grasses. A single sere in thin county, well
set in this gress, yielded tint enormous
amount of.IO,OCO pounds of cured hey from
-'single cutting
Be Your Own Physician.
Them ia no caso of Dyspepsia that
Green's August Floweh will not'core
Gome to the Drug Sturo of Davenpuiit
«°<> inquire ubout it. If^yon
suffer from Ccstiveuess. Sick Headache,
Soar Stomach, Indigestion, Liver Com-
plaint, or derangement of the System,
y/u 4 * Two. or threo doses will relieve
is °nly remedy
in . the United States that contains no
Qntnine, Arsenic, or other poison* inju-
noos to the system; that will cure Fever
and Ague. Intermittent or Billions
Fevers, Ac., and the Chills not return
daring the season. It
Fever and Ague of loj
Something New in Dentistry.
Dr. CUllespib’d DISKS tor Atmos
pheric PLATES.
H AVING secured the right of Americui to
use these Dusks, I respectfully aimi-una
that I am now prepared to attach tht-mr"
mospberic Pl*te« of every description. T*
of these Dicks obviates all danger of ll
falling in either eating, talking or con^hiE#.-
Msn> Flatee which a*e thrown aside as n*n«u,
can, at a email a»t, be made entirely n-ira-
ble by this valuable iavetmou. Persons vett
ing plates, either ol tn> make or of other Den
tists, are solicited to give these Disks a trial -
to various persons who are nan*
them with perfect satisfaction.
Respectfully,
Sprl5-6w D. P. HOLLOWAY.
OPENING DAY!
y^LL the ladies are respectfully invite] to »’•
GRAND OPENING
SPRING MILLINE.iY
FANCY GOODS!
MRS. M. T. ELAM’S Store,
TUESDAY, the 20th.
UU XXX UTKXX min l:
HATS,
BONNETS,
BEADY MADE DRESSES,
TIES.
SCARFS,
SASHES.
JEWELRY,
LACES,
ornaments,
TRIMMINGS, Ek-
will be displayed c
aprill5 Ido ..
jhat occasion.
GEORGIA—Lkb County :
MB'
McDonald, deceased.
ffi- tuwWor. Io cite and ulnuw 1 ^
oingulor, tho kindred sod creditor* 1 *^ i
deceased to be and appear at mv <»***■
the tune prescribed bylaw, and IU
(ione, if any they have, cthuwie* ■
be granted said applicant. .
Given under my hand and official
this the 12th day of ApriM87&.
aprl5-lm
WANTED!
100 Head of good fst beef Cattle.
tjQ Head of fat >beep. rtvill^*
received at a time. w _ A fllBBOSi,
Cotton A* cue,
- ■ uttheb^cMBOS*