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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.
H ANOOOK & EEILIiY,
noniiTosi.
•J. W. Hancock,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA;
Friday Homing, May 14,1875.
Aceuts fo the Republican.
Bi A. PASSMOBE, Weston.
MAJ. E. 8.BALDWIN.........8oUej'
B. A. 8TBANGE EllnTiUe.
W. G. BEDDING, Drsjton.
W. H. BMITH AndereonTille.
The Banner Baptist State.
Notice!
Is hereby given that hereafter the
Sheriff Sales of Marion county, Ga., will
be published in the 8uvtkb Republican.
This the 24th day of April, Wifi.
A. W. DAVIS,
apr29lf Sheriff.
• The Pope of Borne is 83 yearsold
49" The Czar of Russia is c
thf Emperor of Germany.
Apropos to the assembling of. the
Southern Bap tint Convention in Charles
ton, the News and Conner of that city
gives some recent and reliable statistics
of thd strength of this denomination. It
is stated that the number of Baptistsin
Alabama is 75,000; Arkansas, 44,900;
District of Colombia, 8,150; Florida.17,-
000; Georgia, 170,000; Kentucky, 147,-
000; Louisiana, 35,300; Maryland,
5.650; Mississippi, 88,300; Missouri, 88,-
600; North Carolina, 116,500; South
Carolina, 94,000; Tennessee, 104.300;
Texas, 54,000; Virginia, 146,600; making
grand total of about 1,216,000 persons,
[ whom, perhaps, 800,000 are cotsti-
toents of tho Southern Baptist Conven
tion. From these figures it will be seen
that there are more Baptists in Georgia
any other Southern State—not
even excepting Kentocky and Missouri,
which have a mnoh larger population.
Georgia has 23,000 more than Kentucky,
nearly twice as many as Missouri, and
as many as Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana,
Maryland and Mississippi combined. She
may justly be styled the Banner Baptist
State.
49"Fifty per cent, redaction has been
made on cable rates between Europe and
America.
49* An Oglethorpe connty man,
eighty-seven yean old, ploughs a hone
thirty yean old.
19" The mayor and health officials of
Key West deny the report that yellow
fever exists in the city.
49*The mining troubles in Pennsyl
vania still oontinue. The men who are
willing to work are compelled to aban<
don the mines nnder threats of death.
19" The champion speller lives ii
Inmbia. The other night, at a match,
the word "rhapsody” was fired at him
and this is how he spelled it, "w-r-a-p-
s-o-d-a.”
Ben Hill Elected.—It has oeei
coded by all parties that Hon. Benjamin
H. Hill has been elected to Congn
from the Ninth District in place of Mo-
Mi Ilian, deceased.
49" Bricks made in China are sold in
San Francisco for less than they can be
made for this side the Pacific, notwith
standing tho advalorem duty of twenty
per cent on them.
The Beecher case was adjourned
Friday lborniug antil Monday
count of the absence of counsel. Henry
Bowen’s evidence was concluded
Thursday. The. Brooklyn Eagle, in
speaking of the probably duration of the
trial, says tho testimony to be introduced
behalf of the plaintiff will, it is ex
pected, be in by Tuesday next Then
the remainder of the week will be taken
counsel for the defendant in placing
their last testimony before the jury. Ex-
Judge Porter will commence his address
Monday, the 17th instant, and will
take the whole of that week in present-
ig his views of the case. Iu behalf of
the defendant, the addtess of Mr. Ev
erts, which will be commenced on Mon
day the 23d instant, will probably occupy
the remainder of the month and run over
into June, and if nothing unforeseen
takes place the whole of tho summing
up, including the address by Mr. Beach
behalf of the plaintiff, will be finished
by the end of the first week of next
month. Mr. Beach does not expect to
take op more than three days in present
ing the plaintiff’s side of the case to the
jury. Then will follow the charge of
Judge Neilson, and the deliberation of
the jury and the verdict may be looked
for about the middle of next month.
49" By a recent statute in Tennessee,
the losing party in a lawsuit has to pay
the jurymen’s fees; and it is alleged that
the juries providently render their ver
dicts against the richest litigants.
49 On the 10th insL the people of
Tioonderoga, N. Y. celebrated the Ethan
Allen centennial, which commemorates
the capture of FortTiconderoga by Allen
andhia "Green Mountain boys."
49* The War Department baa decided
in accordance with the argument of Gen.
■ Young, that (he order from the Ordnance
(Department withholding arms and muni
tions from Southern States shonld be
revoked.
Force of the Wind.—In Talbot
ty last Saturday the storm blew a negro
woman two hundred and fifty yards. The
fall broke her neck and she died instant
ly. There are more ways of breaking
European Peace Prospects. — The
London Times, in a leading editorial,
says: We believe the Czar is determined
to hold the most decided language
favor of the maintenance of peace, and
every effort to pnt a stop to the
present alarm. A few days will proba
bly bring forth official disclaimers of re
cent reports,sod it is possible that it will
be said that there is nothing to justify
French apprehension. Bat there should
be do mistake on this point, ^s long as
the present condition remains there must
be uneasiness and even danger. Au uu-
forseen incident, an outburst of jealousy,
may precipitate a rupture. The Czar is
unable to guarantee that France will not
attack Germany in a few years. Gigantic
armaments are a mutual menace, and
while they exist it is beyond the power
of imperial peacemakers to allay appre
hension.”
neck than by hanging.
49"The editors of Sooth Carolina,
representing twenty-four newspapers,
met in Charleston on the 6th insL and
formed a State Press Association. Jas.
A. Hoyt, of the Anderson Intelligencer,
was elected President
An Editor Killed.—Col. D. K. An
thony, editor of the Leavenworth (Kan-
ais) Times was fatally ahot in that city
the l )th inat by Wm. Embry, editor of
the Appeal, on the stairway of the Opera
House. HI feeling existed between the
parties.
49"A California circus has commenced
aait against James Robinson, the well-
known bareback rider, for $50,000 dam
ages, because Robinson broke an engage
ment to rido in San Francisco against
Fish, a European champion, for $10,000
gold a side.
49.The Southern Claims Commis~
aion will continno in session until the
first of June, a month later than usual.
It wiil bo occupied during this month
chiefly ie tho adjudication of small
claims held by poor people who greatly
need the several amount* due them.
29. Luther Maxwell, a young man
Elbert county, killed himself accidentally
one day last week. He was plowing,
with his gun lying by, when he
rabbit, and taking the gun by tho muzzle
nod pulling it towards him. it discharged,
killing him in a few minutes.
. 49* A French butcher who was
death bed said to his wife: "If I die,
Francois*, you must marry our shop
boy. He is a good young man, and the
business cannot be carried on without
man to look after it.” "I have been
tb»oking about that already,” said his
wife.
49*The following remarkable adver
tisement lately appeared in the Liverpool
Post? "If the lady who struck a gentle
man on the head with her umbrella, *
tearing her dress, on Bold street,
Wednesday last, will send her addresi
A- L. Peat office, Carlisle, she will hear
(something that will surprise her.
49*The American Rifle Team has
been selected for the coming international
contest in Ireland. The successful can
didates are Major Henry Fulton, Colonel
John Bodioe, Col. H. A. Gildersleeve,
General, T. S. Dakin, G. W. Yale and
' L. L. Hepburn, the reserves being
Messrs. Coleman. Canfield, Jr., and
Jewell.
89. Paper is now used very
folly foi making buggy boxes, baskets,
belting for machinery, boats, clothing
household ntensils, elc. -For buggy
boxes its utility is highly appreciated,
ihero is no danger ol its shrinking
cracking, whilst it is almost impossible
for a horse to kick it and make any im
pression on its surface.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Wo clip tho following from the Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun of Friday : *'
Five Hundred Dollars in Gold and
a $700 Piano—Mr. J. M. Weaver, of Tal
bot connty,whose house was blown down
in the late cyclone, bad $600 in gold.
He baa not heard of a cent of it since
the blow. The house, in which it was,
torn to pieces, Xs well as that of Mr.
Rebellion Ofit of Order.
The Charleston News and Courier pre
faces the proceedings of tho Southern
Baptist Convention ot Saturday, with an
incident of a former session of that body:
‘An interesting incident occurred dar
ing a former session of the Southern Bap
tist Convention now iu session in onr
city. Dr. P. H. Mell, of Georgia, was
M. V. Wilson. Besides bis gold, Mr.
Weaver had a $700 piano, which Jte bad
jast bought, torn to pieces.
The West Point Prees announces the
death at Austin, Texas, last Saturday
morning, of Dr. Hendley Y. Callaway,
late a well-known citizen of Lee connty.'
The'' Bainbridge Democrat says the
"buffalo gnat” haa appeared in that
county in large numbers, and are very
annoying to atock, though no deaths are
yet reported.
We find the following in the Chronicle
end Sentinel:
Tho Richmond Whig nominates CoL
Albert R. Lamar, of Georgia, as a can
didate fur Clerk of the House of Repre
tentative#. At the Southern Democrats
will not urge any man from this section
for the Speakership, the South should bfe
allowed to name the Clerk. Colonel La
ws*. Secretary of the Confederate
StAtes Senate, is a gentleman of high
standing and great ability, and N is
admirable solectiop for the position.
The La Grange Reporter tells the fol
lowing tornado story, on the authority
of a negro who "norated” it at West
Point:
It blew him from bis male, he said,
and as he went off he caught a pine tree
with a death-like grip; bat this availed
nothing. The tree was twisted np by
the roots and blown nearly a mile, with
him holdiDg to it. When he recovered
his oresence of mind and picked himself
up, he found he was not hart; his coat
was buttoned and bis shoes were tied,
just as they were before the storm ptyupk
him; but his socks and undershirts were
gone. "Now,’’ said he, "what I want
ter kDow is wbar’a dem seeks and dat ’nr
shirt ?”
FURTHER FROM THE SCHIL
LER DISASTER. .
ball House, Atlanta, is to be fixed up. This
HOW THE SCHILLER WENT TO
THE BOTTOM.
President of the body at the time it took
place. When the Southern Baptist Con
vention met in Baltimore, in the year
1868, the fraternal message of the North
ern Baptist Convention was being dis
cussed. and tbe venerable Dr. Welch, of
New York, bad the floor, and daring a
fraternal, loving and fioncuiatory speech,
in which be was endeavoring to show
that he did not censure his Southern
brethren harshly for their coarse daring
tho war, as Southerners, he observed:
"Why, brother President, if I had been
living in theSontb, such are the impulses
of my heart, that I should, no doubt,
have been one of the Raders of the re
bellion!’
"Instantly, at the utterance o! the last
word, down came the President’s gavel
sharply, and Dr. Mell said, in his firmest
bat most courteous tones, ‘the chair rules
that word out of order on this floor.’
“ ‘Wby, brother President, what shall
I call it then, sir?’ meekly asked Dr.
Welch.
" ‘The chair will not presume to dic
tate, sir, bat he insists «pon his ruling,
lli.t Mta wn.A (.nKAlliAti * In tli.t AAnnAA.
THE BLANCHED &CSXXS OF STRONG MEN,
AND THE TIERCXNQ APPEALS OF WEEP-
INO WOMEN—A CHILD’S VOICE
THE LAST BORNE OVER THE
TROUBLED WATERS.
London, May 10 —All day long details
of the Schiller disaster have been comic?
in. Unfortunately no more persons are re
ported saved; bodies are constantly being
picked np. Among the recovered are those
of George Leonbardt, Carl Selmidt, Mrs.
Reiden and child. Mr*. Becker, Mrs.
Ridgeway, Mrs. Hernmine West and five
men, five women and two children. A1
together twenty-four bodies have been
found. Tho total number of lives lost is
311.
Mr. Pollmsu, second officer of the
8chiller, and Henry Stern and Mr. Frahl,
first-class passengers, have been inter
viewed.
that the word ‘rebellion,’ in that connec
tion, is out of order. He shall so hold
unless yon appeal from the decision of
the chair. Do yon appeal, sir?’
‘No, brother President, I do not ap-
peal,’ responded Dr? Welch meekly, and
there were not a few staunch adherents
of the late ‘so called Southern Confeder
acy’ present, who inwardly rejoiced that
in any respectable body the word ‘rebel
lion’ could be piled out of order. Since
that time cordial greetings of Southern
Baptists have occurred in the Northern
religions assemblies of that denomina
tion, and daring the present session of
the Convention in our city delegates from
two societies of Northern Baptists have
been received with great cordiality, and
even difitinptipu, and been placed on a
footing with the other members of the
Convention.”
Destruction op Churchbj. — The
storms of the past two months have been
very destructive to the country church
buildings. We believe we have heard of
eight in the counties of Harris, Talbot
and Stewart which have been swept
away. In Talbot vuljey Jast Saturday,
two that were standing close to each oth
er -a missionary and anti missionary
Baptist—were scattered to the four winds.
The storm in Stewart connty, on Man-
day, did not spare the churches. Ben
lab church (Baptist)—one of the best
framed cbnrcbes in that section—was
torn to pieces. ^
Preparing bob the Next.—l’eopie in
tbe vicinity of Waverly Hall, Harris
county,are preparing for the next eyolone
by digging pits in the earth. There are
said to be some nineteen or twenty of
them ready for tbe next blow.
The Chronicle and Sentinel says:
The case of Miles G. Dobbin vs. the
Augusta Insurance and Banking Com
pany *t al. waa tried in Richmond Supe-
Court on Thursday. Dobbins sued
Girls, Tase Wabninq.—A funny
cident in"8tamford, is thus related by
the Stamford Advocate: "A girl
neighboring town was shocked the other
evening by her own mistake. Being sent
for some flour to s store in a hurry, she
took what she supposed to be a clean pil
low slip from her bureau drawer. When
she reached l ho store she h*ndpd the
supposed pillow slip to the young clerk
to fill with flour. Even ha did not
lice what "they” were till a scoop ol
flour had gone through them. When he
raised them up and exposed the two out
lets at tbe bottom, nicely fringed, etc.,
the girl ran from th** store withont say
ing a word, and the young man, covered
with flour, laid tbe garment in the
’drawer” to await her return. He will
probably wait some time."
the bank, its directors and certain stock
holders "to recover the full value of cer
tain bills of said batik, held by complain
ant and amounting in the aggregate to
$29,000. The complainant alleged that
if these bills were issued in aid of the
rebellion, or other illegal purpose, it was
“In a letter to General W. F. Bart
lett, referring to his speech at the Lex
ington celebration, General Fitzhugh
Lee says: "Your words in reference to
Federal soldiers are equally applicable to
the Confederate soldiers, for they, too,
have a r/ejudice in favor of peace,” and
fully .^/ee with you that ‘between the
soldiers of the two giest sections of <
great country fraternal relations were
tabliehed long ago,’ and feel that if si
felicitous companionship of sentiment
could have found a resting place iu
hearts of other classes of people, the
habilitatiou of the Booth would long
since have been assured. Its speedy re
demption from poverty and desolation
would have followed, and once moi
years ago, the North would have had
tbe active co operation of tbe South
working out a glorious destiny for the
Republic.
9* The Episcopal Convention,
lion last week at Atlanta, adopted ou
Friday, the Newa says, an amendment to
their Constitution which will, hereafter,
require all delegates to the Convention
"to be commnnicants instead of only be
ing baptized members of the church.”
The vote stood : Clergy—yeas 22; nays 4 I -
Laity—yeas 16; nays 4.
done withont notice to him and without
his knowledge or consent. His ground
of complaint againat the Directors was,
that they mismanaged the aaseta of the
bank, sold specie for Confederate money
when tbe tame should have been held to
meet the bills, sod psid out dividends to
stockholders daring the suspension of
specie payment, in excess of seven per
cent, per annum, contrary to law as pre
scribed in the act of 1857, which first au
thorized each suspension and the general
features of which were never repealed.
amount of dividends in excess of seven
per cent, during tbe time of such
pensions of specie payment.”
The jury found for the defendants.
ately good till May 4th. For the last three
days it was impossible to take observa
tions. Tbe ship was out of her coarse
hale mile at tho lime of the catastrophe.
Captain Thomas was
OK PECK AT NIGHT AND PAY
for four entire day a At seven o’clock
tbe evening of the 17tb, there was
A DIN8E FOG.
The sails were taken in, the engine put
on half speed, and fog bells used. Bish
op’s light was unseen, though only hqlf a
mile distant. At IQ o’clock
WE STRUCK ON
and after four thumps the steamer settled
down. There was a violent sea and tide
rising.
THE DARKNESS WAS INTENSE.
Host of the tnalo passengers
awake, and there was the usual rash for
boats, bat nearly all boats were stove in.
One boat, with a few sailors, left ship,
49* The unfinished portion of the Kim- j Presentments of the Grand Jury,
Schley County.
rooms to tho hotel. Speaking of the Kim-
ball^ h«e is what a correspondent of a North
ern paper has to say about it. no was evi
dently billions: .
- "It is not often that I puff a hotel, but
where I pay my bill at the rate of $1 a day
for sleeping in tbe "milky way” and feeding
bill ot fare, it’s a privilege and a pleas-
- to mention such an institution. The
Kimball House, in Atlanta, Ga., ought to
travel with Barnum’s show as a curiosity.
It is the largest hotel, I presume, in the
world. Many people who go up in the sky
parlor to repose, never come down, but go
right on to heaven, without change of-eleva
tors ; and those who have written back eay
they could smell the hair oil on the hair of
tbe clerks all the way up. The halls are so
long and winding that many waiters get*
lost while going after a pitcher of water and
are never heard of until their remains are
found years after. I went in there one morn
ing and ordered breakfast. A small colored
boy took my order, and it was so far out to
tbe kitchen that he was grown and gray-
beaded when he got back. It is a very large
house—hotel! Many travellers going South
and returning by this city order their
meals in advance and frequently when they
get back they have to lay over to make con
nections. The hotel is a very large one,
and everything about it is very large, from
tbe feet of tho clerks, the mouths of the
waiters, up to the bills. It is provided with
all modern conveniences, hot and cold water,
bay windows, idiots, dirty sheets, everything
to make the traveller happy, including an
undertaker’s establishment for tceacbommo-
dation of such boarders as starve to death
while waiting for the waiters. It is a very
large hotel, and everybody stops there just
We the Grand Jurors of Schley County
Superior Court for tho April Term, 1875,
beg leave to make the following general
presentments:
. The roads throughout thoLconnty are
reported to ns to bo generally in good
condition. Oue of the bridges on the
lower turnpike is reported in a dangerous
oondition, which, with a wash-hole at the
foot of one of the bridges on the upper
turnpike requires immediate attention.
Otherwise the bridges a
The jril is cleanly, and i
2°ndi-
, and we'present it in its present con
dition and position, a nuisance, and we
reiterate the recommendations of former
Grand Juries, that it be removed farther
from the Court House and streets, re
paired and provided with a suitable bat
tery.
Upon examination of the books of the
various Justices of tbe Peace, we find
them correct and legible.
>Wo take pleasure in reporting tbe
books and papers of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court, of tbe Ordjpary, Sheriff
#9"“ General W. H. H. Davis, formerly
commander of the 104th Pennsylvania regi
ment, during a reunion visit of his command
at Doylestown, Pa., thqkscene of their early
military experiences, delivered
which may rank with those of Generals Bart
lett and Evans. Alluding to his comrades
who fell in battle, general Davis s*id
“At the crossing of yonder street stands
COWARPLY REFUSED AIP.
Two beats were saved. Tho captain
endeavored to compel obedience by firing
a revolver over their heads. Daring two
hoars six cannon shots were fired, when
tbe powder became damaged.
DISTRESS SIGNALS.
Rockets and blue lights were unan
swered. At midnight the fog
LIFTED IN A MINUTE,
revealing light Uonse. The waves sweep
ing the decks and
CARRYING AWAY VICTIMS.
At two o’clock the deck house, in which
the graves of our own dead,
ford to drop a tea* for tho dead of the other
side. They were our countrymen, and we
should feel proud of their gallant deeds.
Their courage and fortitude developed the
highest type of American character, and
all the best qualities of a soldier the Con
federate Gray proved himself the peer of the
o the
WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
was swept away. Cries and shieks of vio-
tims were heartrending. Then followed
a most
GHASTLY SILENCE.
Courier-Journal: "There i
darky wearing out hi* existence c
i the
levee who is not afraid to go forty feet
from where he lives after dark, on ao-
connt of there being so-many doctors in
tbe city. "No sab, yon ain’t gwine to get
dis nigga to fool about town arter dark,
kase dem doctors is ‘bod medicine.’ Yon
be walkin’ Tong ’tendin’ to yo’ own busi
ness, and fast thing you know dey’sdone
got you. De cam from de Norf whar
niggaa is tkase, an’ de cut a nigga up,
akin him, take de insides out, and pin de
bones togedder, den go off an’ show how
de white folks is put up, by p’ntin’ to a
nigga’a skiletin. No sah 1 dem pill rass’-
in’ vermifuge venders ain’t gwine to
lay eyes on dis nigga, kase I tole you,
chile, ’taint safe for a nigga to go fcolin’
’round till dey leab dis town.”
Tbe smoke stack fell, crushing some of
the boats, and two others were carried
away. The remainder followed the cap
tain to the forward bridge.
I SUCCEEDING WAVE 1
Some persons sought refuge on thei
mast, and some on the foremast. At
three o’clock the captain and two other
officers were on the bridge. The captain
stooped for a moment, to render assist'
ance, and he was swept away. Thus died
a brave and good man.
Mr. Stern says at this time about ten
persona were
CLIKGIKE TO THE RIGGING
of the main mast, and thirty to that of
foremast. The ship had careened, her
yards touching the water, qnd tide
rising.
At 5 o’olock the fog lifted. Survivors
From the Bishop’s address and the pa
rochial reports made at the last session
of the Episcopal Convention at Atlanta,
gather tbe following statistics for the
past year: Baptisms 618, confirmations
438, communicants 4,198, oommunion
alms $3,778 96, diocesan alms $2,990, for
domestic missions $478 99, foreign mis-
$148 37, and for other church ob
jects about $51,000. They state that the
number of baptisms fall below the num
ber reported for the last year; the con
firmations are below last year. .
Wine is Kino.—Tho Philadelphia
Times t«ys: "Tl.a money value of the
wine produced iu France last year
ported at 3,250,000.000 francs, or $650,-
000,000. The yield of wine in 1874 was be
low that of 1865, 1866 and 1869. But it is
beyond tbat of any other year since the
advent of the present century. It is far
above that of 1873. At tbe lowest price
of wine, it would represent a gain of
about $270,000,0000 over tbe lost crop.
Tbe whole quantity of wine produced in
Franoe in 1872 was 1,389,214.750 gallons,
and the home consumption in 1874
amennted to 1,200,000,000 gallons. It js
said by a late writer that franco is pro-
vokisgly rich. The money she receives
for her wine alone is more than the whole
income of her Oem-n^ *-rq e- n, and
••ii a i n.dkuuiity could be
wine crop of two y<
19- The Norristown Herald says be
left tbe spelling bee at 10 o’clock, and
■topped in a saloon on his way home.
Here he met several friends who "set
em up” diverse times, aud be reaehed
homo about midnight with a confused
brain and a very demoralised pair of
legs. Then he swore that somebody
bad stolen the keyhole, nut his wife,
with a fearful scowl on her brow and a
lamp in her baud, admitted him.
Drank J” sbo exclaimed. "D-r-n-n-o
(hie) drunk. Thaaeasynuff.” "Brute 1”
*B r-o-o-t (hie), give us a harder one.”
‘Idiot!” "Tbarz harder (hie), but I kin
spellnm. I-d—I-d-g—I-d-i-g-t, Idiot.
Now give ns a stunner (hie).” She
pioked up a poker, and gave him a
"stunner,” and the spelling bee adjourn
ed sine die.
sbonted but their
CRIES WEEK UNAVAILING.
At seven o’clock the mainmast, and at
quarter to eight tbe foremast, both of
Union Blue. Our hearts should swell with
charity towards them when we remember
that, but for the accident of success, Wash
ington and Jefferson would have no greater
claim to tb* name of patriot than Le > and
Stonewall Jackson. There-is one duty
should all cultivate—that of forgetfulness of
the passions and hates of the war. Let us
keep green the recollection of all the manly
and noble qualities, everything tbat serves
to ennoble and dignify hnman nature de
veloped during tho war, hut let us forget
everything else.
TRE WHEAT CROP.
APRIL TERM, 1875.
Tbow»ru,ata„ oloil
upon the strongest e u
nervous system la **>.
knrmg buiine., hour,. ,nj
Ifrp—UTrtq
qnent exhsnstetion. The **
.khtorer
lU0 cause, fo . 7 *■*
Bitters, the tonic and alteraUr* ****
which ra P id.ydiffamX^^^
entire system, revive
m^cu, ? , lna ^
•UatmmsiJrt!
-. . . - ——Tl **
physicians admit that a
«boa,Mj mind. —,
say the least of it, i* irrational
sible
and Clerk of tbe Board of Commiasion-
of Roads and Revenues, kept in neat
and legible style, properly arranged and
indexed to date. We regret to have to
report that the Clerk of the Superior
Court and Ordinary have paid no atten
tion to the report and recommendation
of former Grand Juries in regard to keep
ing of files of newspapers in their offices,
as required by law. The Sheriff has com
plete files since last Court, kept as care
fully as practicable, in an unbound state.
If this be an unnecessary law, it shonld
be repealed.
The Ordinary is still unprovided with
a seel. The standard weights and
ares are scattered, aud perhaps s<
them last. We recommend that they
be gathered together by the proper cus
todian of them and properly cared for.
The accounts and vouchers of the Treas-
has been critically examined. They
exhibit oleorly his aots and doings.
The examination extended back to tbe
22d of April, 1874, and the state of the
books is as follows:
Augustus Askctt in account with Schley
Dr.
1875. April 26th. Team
ceived from all sources
April 22d, 1874 $4,256 39
By amount paid out as per
vouchers since April 22, 1874.$4,146 60
Corns, for receiving and paying
ont 210 56
Amount overpaid $ 100 77
Tho county tax for 1874 am’t to. 4,365 18
The am’t paid Treasurer by Col
lector
3,861 12
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPART-
iron, fell. Then
TWO OP THE ST. AOSES BOATS
and rescued a few who had
aged to keep afloat.
i such
as that of 1874.”
*^Tho Pall Mall Gazette, speaking
of the Civil Rights Bill, says: "It is very
difficult to imagine an exact connterfeit
of its provisions in ao English law. The
Commendable.— The Monroe Adver
tiser says: Several of
having no employment
seqnencs of the defines
rented some land in the country, and are
faithfully at work making corn and cot-
young men
>wn, in oon-
of trade, hare
ton.
We wish them good seasons, rain
in due time and abnndan t profits. Such
young men will never be lounging on the
streets, complaining of hard times and
no employment. They make‘employ
ment for themselves, and prevent times
from being "hard” so far as they are con
cerned. Such boys os these will do to
count on. They will always be fonud in
dustrious, clever, reliable and trust-
Americans travel over so much greater
distance than we do.'and live together
eo much more habitually in places of
public entertainment, tbat onr ideas of
being compelled to undergo disagreeable
company in railway carriages and at ho
tel tables ore altogether unlike theirs.
But perhaps some conception of the Civil
Bights Act {pay be gained by supposing
that an act of Parliament were
serving to the ‘costermongers of Cosrent
Garden the right to occupy stalls in the
adjoiniog Opera House in their shirt
sleeves, every refusal to admit one of
these gentlemen entailing on the ms
gen and doorkeepen a fine which in
case could be nnder $100.
worthy.
k_This is Kentucky's centennial
year. One* hundred yean ago Richard
Henderson puchased from tho Indians
all Kentucky south of Kentucky river.—
Daniel Roone surveyed the purchase for
him. Rooim completed the fort at Boons-
borough, in Madison county; his wife
and daughters came os the first women
to Kentucky, and the first sermon was
preached at the Big Spring, inHarrods-
bnrg, Mercer connty.
One gallon non-explosive Kerosene
tickets—ten for three dollars—for cash
only, at Dr. Eld ridge’s Drag Store.
reported yes
terday tbat there were
103 WOMEN ON £0AKD.
The survivors were taken Jo-day from
Penzance to Plymouth, wbepce they will
be sent to Hamburg, where the greatest
excitement prevails. It is asserted that
life saving belts were issued to the wo
men. It is certain tnat most of the pas-
Eengers found none.
An order was issued that the first boat
should take women and children. This
boat capsized. FoJemnn says tbat seven
boats were launched and that only two
lived. The others were stove in and
swamped immediately.
Cries for help lasted until three o’clock.
THE LAST VOICE HEARD WAS THAT OF i
LITTLE CHILD
A Fulton young man who was vis
iting abroad came home Saturday, and
the morning at breakfast remarked, as
be reached hit plate oyer: ‘JFather, a lit-
tie of tbe mixture in the brown dish, if
yon please, aud a small piece of tbe pre
pared meat.” The old gentleman, who
plain, matter-of-fact mtn, replied,
aa he loaded up tbe outstretched plate:
"We like to have you oome a visitin’ us,
John,bat jnst remember that while you 1
eatln* here, if you want bash, say so; aud
if you want sassage, call-for sassage, aud
iQt go to spreadin’on auy Brooklyn mis-
ry at my table.”
L A Mr. Meek, of San Francisco,
waa deserted the other day by bis wife,
whom be had lived with two yean on the
mutual consent plan, without legal mar
riage. Nothing would assuage bis grief
but a big dose of laudanum. That a man
shonld despair after the failure of such a
plan, and loll himself when there are ao
many pretty girls left, is a conundrum
we cannot solve, even at onr somewhat
advanced age.
49*Vice President Wilson’s journey
through the South is causing uneasy
feelings at Washington. The chief organ
devotes a good deal of spaoe to him,
though not calling him by name, and in-
sinntes pointedly that he is trying to gain
popularity as a presidential candidate.
It thinks that js tJib trouble with .Judge
Keely too. isn't it iust a ljttle Signifi
cant that the organ aforesaid fe$ls obliged
to belabor every republican who pye-
semes to squint at the presidency? Can
it be that the third term plans aye endan
gered by such aspirations?
. Harper’s Idiot.—A Tennessee editor
says tbat of all the idiots on the face of
the earth the art editor of Harper's
Weekly is chief, when he admits a fall
page illustration of Southern negroes
planting cottop, opening with- a long
handled shovel and covering the seed
with a hoe. Bnt when he comes down
to the crows eating onr seed, his idiocy
approaches inspiration.
Cheeking Reports pbom Arkansas.—
The release from the carpet-bag misrule
seems to have inspired tbe peopla of Ar
kansas wjth Jrosli courage, aud as a con
sequence there is a »nch more cheei ful
tone in reference to agriculture and trade.
The Little Rock Gazette, of a* recent
date, says:
Never in tbe history of Arkansas were
Never in tbe history of Arkansas were
there such signs of industry and improve
ment. From every connty in the State
we have the moat cheering news. - More
wheat has been sown and looks in better
condition than ever before known. More
new ground has been put under fence,
more new fencing made, more farm im
provements and more industry displayed
r State in
One gallon non-explosive Keroaen
icketa—ten for three dollars—for'cash
only, at Dr. Eldridge’s Drag Store.
Washington, May 10.—During the
past week tbe condition of winter wheat
in 330 counties has been reported to the
Department of Agriculture, and about
300 counties of the valleys of the Ohio
aud Missouri are represented, which last
year produced 70,000,000 bushels of win
ter wheat, or 60 per cent, of tho product
of seven States from Ohio to Kansas.
The average of condition iu these States
is 63 per cent, indicating only J of a folk
c op if no improvement occurs. In Ken
tucky, 75 per cent., Ohio 57, Michigan
62, Indiana 66, Illinois 63, Missouri 59,
Kausas 87. though only 32 counties in
the latter State are reported. Tho con
dition is better in Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Virginia, though below an aver
age. A few wheat counties iu New York
make extremely unfavorable returns
Tbe pyoportiop to be replanted in other-
crof a averages 14 percent, in the West,
or 1.260,000 acres in a breadth of 9,000,-
000 acres seed. The largest proportion
is 27 per cent.—in Missouri nod Illinois
23, in Kansas and Indians 11, in Michi
gan and Ohj : o 10, and in Kentucky 4.
There is very little replanting in the Mid
die States, except in New York.
THE FAMILY BARELY HAVE TIME TO ESCAPE.
the cabin. It is not probable that
boats oonld have lived, even if they had
been sncoessfnlly filled. Tbe whole
NUMBEB SAVED IS 44
Forty bodips bsye bpen recovered. Mr.
Dorrien Smith, of tho Soilly Islands,
writes to the Times tbat many additional
lives were lost, because guns and rockets
fired from the Schiller were thought to
be merely ordinary signals of arrival,
which have frequently been the canse of
false alarms. Among tbe bodies rescued
and already identified ere those of
O. LEONHAKDT,
Rowne Leurchne, Andre Peterson, C.
Schmidt, Mrs. Reiderer and daughter.
Mjs. Reeker, Mrs. Ridgeway and Mrs.
West. Fifty oorpsea from Schiller Jiavi
ashore or been landed at 8t. Maryi
THE DEAD ABE MUCH MUTILATED.
Fifty-six mail bags, including twenty-
seven from New Zealand, were saved
from tbe Schiller. The steamer Pomera
nia sailed from Plymouth during the
night for Bamburg without any survivors
of the Schiller.. Tno-statements made by
the officers pf the 8ebfiler Add nothing to
* w jHreedy telegraphed. All
a*t tbp panic whilh foU
A $5,000 Fire lnKMarietta
guid. Ho*UtterBitten );i, nn ****'+
tbe sheet-anchor of the fu:k' e J?S ,!
In allcEuste* and i,, tTen - ^
tbmJal, .f-caae. It i, •
for Tk. —
cored byth. pitching
reeort to the Bitten a
•npply of tho reticle.. Antra- ivT"'-
Rrediom, ct which it hi comp^f
tho mort powerful bleed .,**
vegetable kingdom CootcZl 1
not only toooo retd inrlgoru™, ,"■'
He. the eye teat threogh th, n lla ,7
which uature has provided.
NEW ADVERTISEME^
MRS. M. E. RAIN®
Americiu, and vicinity, tl
receiving a large lot of
MILLINERY GO*
—SUITABLE I
Spring and Summer Wi
Hats, Bonnets, Caps. Flcxre-.,
Ribbons, Laces, Silk, Velour and Vi
Leaving taxes unpaid ... . ..$ 504 06
From the best information at band,
there will be an indebtedness of the
county, over and above its available
means, about $300.
We recommend that R. J. Redding be
paid $10 for services as a committee ap
pointed by tbe last Grand Jnry, to ex
amine, in vacation, tbe books and offices
of tbe several county officers, and wo re
appoint him for the same duties, to re
port to the next Grand Jury.
We recommend that a tax of ninety
per cent, upon the State tax be levied by
the Commissioners for all ordinary coun
ty purposes.
We recommend tbe action of our Rep
resentative, Captain Robert Patton, in
having the law passed by tbe General
Assembly, which throws such restrictions
around the liquor traffic, as, we hope,
will effectually prevent the sa'e of it in
our county.
We cannot refrain from expressing
Hamburge, and other
Tissue Love and Fancy Veils; Silk
ted and Plain. Wasbblond, Tarleiioj
Illusion, Corsets, Belts, Belt Buckle*,]
en and Lace Handkerchiefs, Sew 8h
Collars, Cuffs, Ruffs, Scarfs u ]i
Chains, Combs, Fans, GIovos, IVj
hilly Whit
LATEST STYLE
of the above goods, and *
LOWEST CASH PRICE!
She extends a cordial invitation to ill in
of goodain her line, • — - ^
will take gre - ‘ ’
april I ly
embarrassment in making the General
Presentation when we consider how little
and in many instances no attention has
been given to former Presentments, by
Marietta has a first-class sensation.--
Sunday morning, about three o’clock,
the residence of Mr. John A. G. Ander
son was totally consumed by fire. It
seems that Mr. Anderson had been burn
ing out his chimney, and some of the
sparks must havo settled in the roof.
When the firo was discovered it had
ade such progress that Mr. Anderson
and his family, consisting of his wife,
motber-in-law' end sistcr-in-daw, barely
had time to vsaapo in their nightclothes.
AU of the furniture, amoku house and
outbuildings were.destroyed. In a trank
which waa burnt up Mr. Anderson had
$2,500 in currency, and $600 in geld and
silver. The greenbacks are gone, but the.
specie was found iu n melted state.
Through the exertions of the citizens, the
adjoining houses were saved.
Mr. Anderson’s loss in furniture and
money will fully reach $5,000. The bouse
was in the hands of A. M. Simpscn,
agent, and was insured for $1,500.
those |to whom addressed. In taking
leave of his Honor, Judge Clark, and So
licitor General Crisp, we return onr
thanks for courtesies extended to this
body.
We ask the publication of these Pre
sentments in tbe Sumteb Republican.
Respectfully submitted.
Root. Burton, Foreman.
A. h. Countryman,
R. I'. Williamson,
C. H. Varner,
Robt. Flurry,
O. H. Smith',
B. H. Slappy,
Eli Stewart,
W. C. Tooke,
J. M. Gay,
C. L. Baitle,
P. F. Dixon,
H. W. Cockrell,
W. G. Wamack, T, B. Myers'
Matchett Johnson, W. T. Eosol,
A. M. Caskey, T. R. Swanson.
We discent from much of tho Gen
eral Presentments as refers to the passage
of the law by the last Legislature, re
stricting the tale of liquor in the county.
W. G. Wamack,
T. B. Myers.
The German Fusiliers pf Charles
ton celebrated their Centennial on the
3d iust. It was a gala day. The whole
people of Charleston joined with them in
their festivities,and made it a day worthy
to be remembered. Battery K. United
States Army fired u salute of thirteen
gnns on the occasion, limbered up and
wheeled into the procession as it passed.
This was a little more tlmn the Fifteenths
coa!d sJajdj one of them exclaiming:
"Great gully, tie berry ^ankeo sojer dey
jioe wid de rebel n»w ! ’
.HEASTIIEKDIXO AND TERBIBLK
beyond (Jetcription.
London, May 10.—The sea is too heavy
to day for boats to approach the wreok
of the steamship Schiller; no floating sal
vage of any importance haa yet been re
covered. Fishermen report that the
Schiller is
firmly settled
*®-A few years hence'and Brother
Orvill, of the reigning family, will be a
double and-twistedmillionaire. Ibegov
ernment appropriates immense sums an
nually for the benefit of tho Indians, and
when it comes to raking in there appro
priations, Brother Orvil is an Indian sev
enteen feet high.—Courier-Journal.
49* From Juno 20, 1874, to April 1,
1875, tbe old national banks havo volun
tarily re-signed seventeen million two
hundred and ninety-six thousand thirty-
seven dollars of their circulation, by de
positing greenbacks with the comptroller.
Alter Rowing foy the new banks organ
ised, with the eighty per cent of green
backs retired under tbe laws of January
14,1875, the New York Tribune estimates
the net contraction of tbe enrrenoy since
last J one at twelve million dollars.
Ordered by the Conrt that the within
General Presentments be spread upon
the minntes of the Court, and that the
Clerk do furnish to the Sumter Rkpcbli-
certified copy thereof for pnblica-
A trne extract from the minutes of
Schley Superior Court, this April 28tb,
1Q * 7 ”- J. W. Cheney, Clerk.
Will You Believe It.?
WpMAN’s Best Feienh. —To relievo
the aobiDg heart of woman aud bring joy
where sorrow reigued supreme,
before which the smiles of kinors
.V| A .<> ; : m V
dwindle into otter-insignificance. To do
this is tho peculiar province of Dr. J.
Brad field’s Female Regulator; which
from the numberless cures it has accom
plished, is appropriately styled Woman’s
Be6t Friend. The distressing complaint
known ms the “whites,” and, the various
irregularities of tho womb, to which wo-
is subject disappear like magic be
fore a single bottle of this wonderful
compound. Jt is prepared by L. H.
Bradfleld, Druggist, Atlanlft, Ga.,' and
told at $1.50 per bottle by respectable
Drug men everywhere. Pnysieians pre
scribe it. Its action is prompt, sure and
decisive.
11 take gr eat pleasure iu showing tteT
SUMMER SCHEDULE
EASTWARD MAIL No.
STATIONS.
Montgomery..
Midway
8pring Hill
Hatesvilio
Eutaula.W". . *.*.'.*
WESTWARD MAIL N'ai
3 Notcii Road
Union Spring*...
TkoinpeoVa
Oak Grove..
Montgomery.
No. 1 makes close eonneeti
dC*£jj
Troy, and at Ea»
Southwestern B. IL, for all pointf
west Georgia and Florida, and wwj'
Line Boats for Apa!acbioola,
sonville,Ac. „ ■-
N»a 2. connects cloeelv at Union SpW
train f jr Columbus, ami at Mon'g-'S'-’J
Roads for all points North,
may tf
JUST RECEIVED
Sloe Assortment of
Ladie’s Untrimmed Hi
Perfect ljealth.
Near Marietta, Ga., March 21, '70.
•Messrs. Wm. Root & Sons.—Gentle
men:—Some months ago I bought a bot
tle of Bradfield’s Female Regulator from
yon, apd have used it ip my family with
the utmost satisfaction, and have recom
mended it to three other families and
they have found it Just what it is recom-
A NEW
Qalleb]
OPENED 1
J R. BAOLBY has opened *JJ£1
• on Cotton Avenue, an} jrfl
and will not fall off into deep water. Al
though it is difficult to approach the
wreck now there will be many days in
summer when salvage may be effected.
There was a life belt in every one of the
SchUler’. berth, when the dimeter oc- —
currea. The captain issued orders that blood and all disei-ee, ot tbe StomeeU
Dyspepsia.
Dyspepsia is the most discouraging and
distressing disease man is heir to—
Americans are particularly subject to this
disease and its effects; such as sour stom
ach, sick headache, habitnal costiveness,
heartburn, water-brash, gnawing and
burning pains in the pit of tho stomaoh;
coming up of the food, coated tongue,
disagreeable taste in tbe mouth, impure
mended. Th© families who have used
your Regulator are now in perfect health,
and are able to attend to their honsebold
duties, and we cordially recommend it to
the public. Yours respectfally,
. Rev. H. B. Jo
T. lbi ? T '° <i°«« o' Q*—'A»
epppro will relieve yon at once,
aud there, poaitjvely is not n case in the
United States it will not cure. If you
doubt this go to your Druggist, Daven
port & Smith, and get a sample bottle
for 10 cents and try it Regular size
75 cents. - ’
One gallon'non-explosive Kerosene
tickets—ten for three dollars—for cash
only, at Dr. Eldridg’s Drug Store.
The Great Family Medicine.—Dr.
Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and
Ague Tonic 1 No case of incurable Chills
has yet presented itself, where this scien»
tifio and safe medicine bos beeq ctqploy-
No man has been so reduced by ma
larial influences, but with its use has
come up perfectly reconstructed. No
pilla or purgatives required with this
medicine, Wheelock, Finlay & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For sale by all Druggists.
For your gardens and sweet potato
patches, use Etiwan Dissolved Bone, said
by Mr. White, before the grange at
Thomesville, a few days siuce, to bo the
best -fertilizer in Georgia. Delivered
anywhere in corporate limits for $4 50
per sack of 200 lbs.
*■—- j. W. Jordan, Jr.
marl6tf
business. Heh*stbe N* 0 ***'ljT
Give him a call and eoo for
may
BARGAINS 1
Dry Goods, ClolliIn?i 80011S
n^-' rS ' a
A LSO iAoire
the letest .tjlei
eat possible figured.
for yourself, at *' •
may 12 wtw
IIS !e to given otieo it*
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mms
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a Bankrupt on ntoowalXjjrtrtoi
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