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Thursday, April 15, 1875.
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XHK LATEST NEWS.
A silver mine is said to have been discovered
in B&nks eonnty, Georgia, richer than any yet
found in Nevada.
The paper from which we get the above, tells
us also, tnat the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Banks county, has disappeared.
The school house of Col. Fouche’, at Rome,
came near being burnt on Monday afternoon
last. But for the presence of mind of his elder
pupils, and the timely aid of several colored
men it would have been destroyed.
The Gift Concert at Rome, came off on Mon
day night last, as advertised, and everything
was carried out strictly according to the pro
?;ramme. All the prizes, of which there were
brty-six drawn, were promptly paid. The
getters-up of this Concert, have thus proven
the honesty of their intentions. The Commer
cial calls for another Concert of the same kind.
Griffin had a $30,000 fire on last Monday.
From the last reports, the indications arc that
Ben. Hill will not receive the Congressional
nomination for the 9th district, at Gainesville
to-day; although the Atlanta journals discredit
the rumors. These reports give Bell 28, Hill 21,
Wellborne9; with a probability of the latter
fusing with the Bell men.
Four of the negro villains engaged in the
murder of the aged minister, J. C. Miller, near
Spartanburg, S. C., a few days ago, have been
arrested, and have confessed the deed, and nave
given such information as will lead to the de
tection and arrest of the whole gang.
Capt. Paul Boynton has actually crossed the
British Channel in his peculiar life-saving
apparatus. This is, we believe, thirty or forty
miles. He arrived at Bologne in France,
where he was enthusiastically received by an
immense crowd. This may be regarded as a
most comfortable success for this invaluable
invention of Mr. 8., and no doubt, if extensive
ly introduced as life preservers on board vessels
will be the means ot saving the lives of hun
dreds who would otherwise find watery graves.
Mr. Boynton, apparantly experienced but
little fatigue. He was accompanied by a pilot
boat.
Near Augusta, on Saturday last, an unfor
tunate occurrence happened about 2 p. m.,
which resulted in the drowning of Miss Dun
woody and Mr. Fred Maxwell, both residents
ol Augusta. They were in a boat, fishing. The
boat strurka snag and capsized. MissCorronia
Dunwoody is spoken of as a lady of great beau
ty, very much respected and esteemed, the last
child of a widowed mother, was about sixteen
rears old, and had not yet quit school. She had
been passing some time with Miss. Maxwell,
sister of Fred Maxwell.
The Pope never has any fire. The old man
is evidently wasting away. He is not sick,
but there is fear that a slow paralysis Is ap
proaching. Several of the foreign powers are
determined, when Pius dies, that no infalla
bist Pope shall be elected.
An August, Maine, paper tells a story about
a young man dying there of consumption, and
returning to life again. He died a second time
and was kept several days before burial for fear
he would come to life again.
Austria has appropriated about $75,000 toward
a representation in the Centennial exhibition
at Philadelphia.
It is believed that Germany will attack Bel
gium, which will involve France in war.
Lick’s trustees refuse to give up the proper
ty. He has filed and recorded a deed of revo
cation, nevertheless. It will now go into Chan
cery, and of course, will enrich lawyers, and
public works intended by Lick will not be
Sam Bard has gone to Washington.
The wheat crop has been killed in many
places in Wisconsin. Indiana, Kansas, Colora
do,jMissouri. Michigan and Minnesota, and it
is feared that it will affect the price of flour.
The rush of emigration to Nebraska, Wyom
ing, Utah and the pacific coast this spring, has
been unprecedented, and is enormous, the Un
ion Pacific road being compelled to use the cars
of other roads to accomodate it.
Other and heavy suits have been brought
against Wm. M. Tweed. Ingersoll, who was
sent to the penitentiary about the time Tweed
was for perjury’, we believe, has been pardon
ed. that he may give testimony against Tweed.
Poor Billy! what a pity he has not been left
alone to enjoy his “pickings.”
The remains of the relict of Gen. W. J. Har
dee, passed through Jacksonville, Fa., to Sel
ma, Ala., for interment. The died in San Au
gustine, Florida.
Broom corn was introduced into
our country by Dr. Franklin. While
examining a corn whisk (imported)
he accidentally found a single seed.
Which he planted in his garden, and
from which the corn was propagated.
The introduction of sewing-ma
chines into the Massachusetts peni
tentiary is creating quite a disturb
ance |on the outside. It is said to
inflict much hardship upon the needy
people who are thus brought into
competition with convict labor.
Some veterans of the Mexican war,
ala meeting in Austin,Texas, resolv
ed to have a celebration on the Bth of
May, and a committee was appointed
to tender special invitations to “Colo
nel” Jefferson Davis and “Captain”
Ulysses S. Grant to be present and
participate. _
There are indications of another
disastrous overflow of the lower
Mississippi. Several leves have
broken on the Louisiana coast, and
the water is pouring in. The town
of DeSoto, opposite Vicksburg, is
entirely under water, and is almost
wholly deserted.
The spelling mania Is taking queer
shapes. A Madison county (111.)
girl has offered herself as a prize to
the one of her suitors who outspells
the others. The trial is to come off
next Saturday in the district school
house, and 25 cents admission is to be
charged, the money is to go towards
furnishing a house for the couple.
It appears that Mr. Lick, of Cali
fornia, is not likely to have an easy
time of it getting back the proper
ty he placed in the hands of trustees
last year to carry out certain wishes of
his. On the strength of the trust the
gentlemen have made certain con
tracts w hich they expect to carry out
and say they will not relinguish the
property.
Snider, of Arkansas, and Sypher, of
Louisiana, haven’t yet been provided
for by Grant,and Dave Nunn, of Ten
nessee, is in despair. It is a touch
ing spectacle to see all the supporters
of the force bill standing around the
public crib, and all getting something
except these three. Having lost their
S laces in Congress, and abandoned
y the president to their own noth
ingness, they are left in utter solitude
friendless, hopeless, desolate.
The Washington National Monu
ment Association has issued an ad
dress to the people of the United
States, urging a united and deter
mined popular movement for the
completion f the work which the
Society has begun and thus far sus
tained. It isthedesireand aim of the
Bodety that the monument be com
pleted on the one hundredth anniver
saryof the nation’s birth. This is an
appeal that all will most heartily ap
prove and second.
The coinage of silver, for fractional
resumption, is now progressing rap
idly, and it is thought the two and a
half millions of bullion on hand will
be worked up by the middle of June,
when the redemption of shinplasters
will begin. With gold dancing be
tween 114 and 116, the amount speci
fied would “circulate” into the melt
ing pots, for export, about as fast as it
could be counted out by the redeem
ing clerk.
THE WAR WITH MEXICO-HOW IT
WILL PAY.
Grant will appropriate a w ide district
of Mexico. It w ill divert public at
tention from the Arkansas drunken
fiasco, ard from the stupidities and
crimes of that empty-pated rough,
Phil. Sheridan. Americans have a
weakness for land-stealing, and Mex
ico is helpless. Lerdo does his ut
most, but knaves and thieves on the
border are irrepressible, and Mexico
must pay for it, and Grant will win
a deal of fame. The woes of Louisi
ana and Arkansas will be forgotten
in the gleaming of the silver mines
of Mexico, and the American people,
if war and easy victory eDsue, will
only be pleased with empire and ter
ritory w r on, and never reck of the
wrong done the helpless and weak
and impoverished government of
Mexico. Senators are already en
route to that country. They are ad
vised of w hat is coming, and may
make investments in coffee and sugar
and silver, and the States and towns
in which this property is bought will
be annexed, and the property escape
the operation of our blessed tariff
laws. It would be a fearful com
mentary on the morals of American
statesmen, if Grant had furnished
them a government steamer with
which to practice a magnificent
scheme of smuggling, such as was
planned when Grant “w’ent for” San
Domingo. In tfte mean time the
w'hite fellows, thieves and outlaws,
who play the part of Indians and
Mexican highwaymen along the Rio
Grande will also “play trumps.”
They are “proving up” endless claims
for robberies practiced by themselves
when painted, upon themselves
when unpainted, and Mexico w’ill
have a lively time in adjusting the
accounts, which will be enormous,
that they may pay the enormous tolls
exacted by commissioners and claim
agents at Washington. But what
signifies it? Mexico will have to foot
the bills, and it is this much w ealth
abstracted from the coffers of the poor
and weak added to the riches of the
rich and powerful, and this is the
way the blessed world wags. Of
course all this is mere surmise aud
W’e can only w T atch the course of
events designed to be shaped that
Grant may step from the capital of
Mexico back to the White House at
Washington. One may now think
it a long stride, but Zack Taylor made
a longer and his legs were several
inches shorter, and his brain duller
than Grant’s.
CIVIL RIGHTS NORTH.
The New’ York Journal of Com
merce observes that the right of
negroes to eat at first-class hotel
tables, sit in the best seats at the
theatres, and take their whiskey at
white men’s saloons, is made the foun
dation of a suit for damages if that
right is denied.
“But,” says the Journal , “here in
the North—in Ohio—there is a genu
ine, practical refusal of equal rights
which seems to have escaped the at
tention of the Federal authorities
and to excite no Radical sympathy;
twenty-five negroes w’ere employed
at the coal mine in Perry county in
place of white men who had struck
and left. While peaceably engaged
they were attacked, brutally beaten
and driven off, and the rioters finish
ed the day’s sport by burning down
the company’s store; and at last ad
vices they were indisputable mas
ters of the situation, all the employ
ees of the concern white and black,
being glad to escape with their lives.
If twenty-five negroes had been vio
lently expelled from a theatre or
hotel or drinking saloon in Charleston
or New Orleans, and not only that,
but had been driven from town by
force of arms, w r e imagine that a pret
ty loud howl would have gone up
from the Administration organs at
Washington and elsewhere.”
SOUTHERN YBGETABLKS AT THE
NORTH.
The prospects are that the truck
farmers of Southern Georgia and
Florida will reap quite a harvest in
the Northern markets during the
present month. The American Gro
cer leans to the opinion that the se
verity of the Northern winter now
just breaking up, will have the effect
of retarding the planting and grow
ing of early vegetables everywhere
in the North. Farmers in that section
say they will not be able to get into
the ground much before May. There
are at least two feet of frost, and un
til this is all out the ground will be
muddy and unfit for ploughing. There
must an allowance also be made for
rainy days, which will retard the
proper condition of the soil. Last
year at this time farmers in that sec
tion had some kinds of early vegeta
ble in the ground. Southern far
mers may therefore expect a longer
and more profitable season than
usual, and we join with the Grocer in
hoping that they will see to it that
they send forward such goods and in
such condition as will increase their
reputation while filling their purses.
A young man wrote to one of those
humbugs in the East that advertise:
“How to make money easy, rapidly
and honestly,” and received the fol
lowing reply: First, borrow SIOO,OOO
on ten years time, at 10 per cent, a
year, and then loan it out at 4 per
cent, a month; get yourself appointed
chairman of a Grasshopper Aid Com
mittee and you have got a sure thing
of it.”
Another one was bitten by the ad
vertisement, “How to keep wells
from freezing in the winter,” received
for answer: “take them in at night
and keep them by the fire.”
Two brothers, one of whom
fought on the Federal and the other
on the rebel side during the war,
met at Columbia, Tenn., the other
day, after fifteen years separation,
but would not recognize each other,
and separated again without speak
ing.
We do not wish to be considered
the apologists or champions of those
bare-faced people the can-can danc
ers, but “right is right,” in no mat
ter what place of life it may be as
serted. We cannot but endorse the
views of our confrere of the Bain
bridge Democi'at, when he says young
Strohecker was not justifiable in
shooting the man Hill, as claimed by
the Albany Neve*. The fact of those
women being play-actresses, we hold
does not warrant every upstart in
making such proposals as were made
by that youngster Strohecker, and if
Hill had shot him when he found him
attempting to enter Miss Demur’s
room we could not have but exclaim
ed he had served him right. Hill was
one of the members of the company,
and was one of the natural protectorsof
the women of the troupe, and it was
his duty to have done as he did—
chastise Strohecker. If Hill had
died from the effects of that pistol
shot, we should have insisted upon
Strohecker receiving the severest
penalty of the law. We suppose,
however, that this Strohecker isefthe
genus lady-killer,and imagined it was
but natural that Miss Demar should
accept his offer of a supper of cham
pagne and oysters; but if he had wait
ed to see whether his invitation was
accepted, instead of following it up
so far as to go into her room, without
invitation, he would not have receiv
ed the merited chastisement inflict
ed on him by Mr. Hill. We are not
a little astonished that our confrere
Stiles should have upheld Strohecker,
and must say, if newspaper reports
of the affair are true, we think
his conduct deserved just such a beat
ing as Hill gave him.
TIMELY HINTS TO COTTON PLANT
ERS.
The Chicago Tribune is not the
source to which we would apply for
political enlightenment, or advice on
the subject of cotton growing. But
from time to time, the Tribune ad
vances some very sound political
views, and the hints to cotton plant
ers contained in the following para
graph are so pointed and practical
that we heartly commend them to
the timely consideration of our plant
ing friends. The Tribune says:
“Cotton planters in the Southern
States promise this year, as they
have for several years past, to put in
less seed than usual. The business
now affords a very small margin of
profit to anybody. The obvious
remedy is to diminish production.
Moralists, as well as political econo
mists, are interested and concerned ;
for if the experience of last year is of
ten repeated, there will be no insur
ance in the integrity any more than in
the prudence of certain planters, too
numerous and too reckless to men
tion. It seems that the practice has
been for all hands to join around
early in the season, and swear solemn
ly that they will plant a small area
in cotton and a large one in eorn.
Each planter, then reposing perfect
confidence in his neighbor, proceeds
to exactly reverse his beautiful the
ory, and the consequence is again a
large yield of cotton, a failing mar
ket, and small profits. This year bet
ter things are hoped for. Everybody
is expected to keep his word, for fear
that nobody else will. Doubtless the
result will be larger returns and clear
er consciences. Indirectly, too, all
the benefits of compulsory education
in two departments of human activity
will accrue to the planters.”
California Immigration.— All
the indications are that there is to be
a great immigration to California the
present year. The San Francisco
Bulletin states that the difference be
tween those going and coming last
year showed an addition to their pop
ulation of 30,727 persons by railroad
and 4,883 by steamer. This year so
far the additions are nearly double
those for the same period of 1874. It
is estimated that near ono thousand
immigrants are now arriving weekly
by the railroad. California statistics
of agricultural products and exports
have been telling the story. Their
fruits have gone into the hands and
mouths of the people East. Visitors
with recuperated health have brought
hack wonderful accounts of what they
have seen. The granger movement
has helped the matter on in afford
ing another means of intercommuni
cation, and one of commending itself
to the Granger brotherhood in the
East. The grasshopper plague of
Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas,
and the severe cold in the East of the
winter just passed, have also helped
immigration to California. An as
surance of the fact is gaining ground
that the discovery of gold is not to be
compared with that of the wheat
bearing capacities of the soil of the
State. They now export more of this
grain than any other State in the
Union.
The Gainseville Eagle says corn,
chickens, eggs, etc., are becoming
the currency of that city. We should
not object to have some of those com
modities passed into our hands to
the credit of some of the debtors on
our books.
Our prophesy relative to the
number of newspapers in Gainseville
has come true. The Eagle tells us
that the Southron material was sold
out by a constable, a few days ago, for
the small sum of S9O. We have
always found that “too many cooks
spoil the broth.” The local of the
Eagle says he had a serenade a few
nights ago by a real old-fashioned
darkey, with his banjo. Hear him:
“His solos reminded us of the good old
days of slavery, when the negroe’a
highest ambition was to cater to tine
tastes and enjoyment of his master’s
household ; when civil rights and
freedom had not been dreamed of;
when corn field and corn shucking
melodies were sung with a spirit that
showed the slave’s attachment for
his master who furnished him his
daily bread. These were far the
happiest days the negro will ever
see.”
How very true, though but few of
them are willing to admit it.
One of Mr. New’s chief qualifica
tions for United States Treasurer is
the fact thatliissignaturemore close
ly resembles a demoralized (&\ thau
even Spinner’s.
MULTUM IN PARVO.
An ancient Indian burial ground
has come to light in the neighborhood
of Columbia, Kentucky. The place
is almost inaccessible, but there are
hundreds of well preserved bodies
lying side by side The wretch
who murdered the widow, Mrs. Bing
ham, by stuffing her mouth full of
rocks, has been found The boy
fiend Pomeroy, who murdered the
young girl, to have the pleasure of
seeing her agonies in death, has been
sentenced to he hung, and for fear
that the Governor inay he induced
to pardon him, or commute his sent
ence, petitions are being sent up to
have him hung, many of them being
signed by women The celebrated !
gambler, George W. Hill, known as
“Coolie Keyes,” is dead At a
spellingheein Maine, lately, Mosqui- j
to was spelled fourteen ways Mr.
David Dickson, the well known agri
culturalist of Georgia, is dead A j
Reading, Pa., man owns a rocking I
chair which has been 121 years in the
possession of his family Beecher
said, “I have conscientious scruples
against swearing upon the bible,” and
swore with his hand uplifted Ev
idences are strong that Grant i* en
deavoring to embroil this 'xmntry in
a war with Mexico It seems that
old John Robinson was the Radical
candidate for Mayor of Cincinnati —
that accounts for the “Milk in the
Cocoanut” When the Mexicans
heard of the approach of the Senato
rial excursion to its shores, it got up
reports of “Vomito” and “yellow
jack.” That caused the expedition
to dissolve A negro in Butler,
Ga., told a Mr. Hays that the Civil
Rights bill was a law now aud that he
(the negro) owed him one, and he in
tended to get even with him, by put
ting a ball through his head before
night. Hays didn’t wait for Smith,
the nigger to have his fun, but got a
gun and put a ball through the nig
ger’s head first The beautiful
city of Gainesville is still improving.
There were some forty or fifty houses
of different kinds, put up there last
summer, and the prospects for addi
tional buildings the coming spring
and summer are splendid A sec
ond Lola Montes has sprung up, in
the person of a dashing Franco-Bus*
sian lady named Olgade Janina. She
struck M. Paul d’Cassagnac, editor of
Le Pages, because he would not give
her such a notice as she wanted
Thormanby, a noted English race
horse, which had won at one time
$450,000 on the derby, is dead Old
John Robinson is said to be the hard
est swearer in the United States, not
even excepting old Ben Wade...Shar
key, the ecaped murderer, did not ar
rive in New York as expected last
w T eek There has been started a
story, which is believed, however, to
be without foundation, that there is
a deficiency of ten millions in Gen.
Spinner’s office The famous Grant
Parish (La.) cases, are regarded as the
most important ever before the U. S.
Supreme Court since the Dred Scott
case, and there is reason to believe
that they will not be decided until
next Fall Reports from Califor
nia speak of a very severe frost the
last Monday night week. It is thought
in Los Angeles county, the grape
crop is ruined Grant has appoint
ed scallawag ex-Governor J. M. Wells
to the same office Gen. Longstreel
held in New Orleans, Surveyor of
Customs, and C. W. Ringgold, car
pet-bagger, as appraiser of merchan
dise, in the same city As near
as can be ascertained, there are about
twenty women in the United States
who are clamorous for woman’s rights
A startling April hoax was
perpetrated in Elmira N. Y. Extras
were printed,headed “Beecher trial,”
“Tragic ending,” “Suicide of Tilton !
He confesses himself a black-mail
er!!” It was in the shape of a tele
gram, and until found out, caused
great excitement The British
Government, is about to restore flog
ging as a punnishment in its navy
for cases wherein the culprit is to be
punished for any act in which he
might have applied personal abuse,
such as wife-beating, garroting etc.
A new banking firm is about
to be established at Chicago, to con
sist of the sons of Senator Sherman
and ex-Gov. 11. D. Cooke, of Wash
ington City ; Fred Grant is to be cash
ier, he having resigned his commis
sion in the army Sam Ward says
the way to bringdown Congressmen
is to serve them at dinner with a ham
which has been soaked four days in
water, which has been changed four
times a day, then boil it five hours
in cider,with a wisp of new hay, then
baked with brandy, sherry or claret;
when they taste that, he says they
will pass anything he wants in Con
gress The City of Boston agreed
a rew years ago to incur no debt
they could not pay the same
year in which it was made;
consequently the taxes of the city
have been reduced ten per cent, and
over a million do liars of the city debt
Large frauds have been discov
ered in the Post Office Department in
Washington, pertaining to the con
tracts for mail service in the South
western States. Three of the officials
have confessed to their guilt, and the
worst feature in the whole affair is,
that Jewell knew of it before the late
Connecticut election, but decided to
say nothing about it until after the
election had taken place, for fear it
might injure the Republican ticket
of that State Sheridan is in New
Orleans, it is supposed with the view
of looking after the Mexican bandit
ti The polygamous George Q.
Cannon, Delegate in Congress, from
Utah, has been tried for polygamy,
hut has been acquitted on the ground
that he has not committed the crime
within two years The rear car of
a railroad train on the Pacific road
was lately blown from the track, and
down a ravine forty feet deep, by a
strong wind. Two persons were fat
ally injured, and a great many seri
ously hurt A nigger and his
wife were sent to South Carolina by
the nigger Congressman Elect of that
State, to test the Civil Rights law,
but he struck a stump in Charlotte,
N. C., the citizens compelling him to
leave the table of a hotel.
As might be expected, says the
New York Times , the Mexican side
of the Texan border controversy
gives a very different color to the
picture of raids on the Rio Grande.
The Mexican authorities show that
cattle from their bank of the river,
torn from their rightful owners, have
been driven over into Texas. We
regret to learn that some of the
culprits figure as Judges, sheriffs and
aldermen in our own country, and
we may well be amazed to learn
that these same industrious persons
appear as claimants for damages be
fore the Mexican Commission. It is
now proposed to enlarge the pro
visions of therxtradation treaty be
tween the United Statesand Mexico,
so that the raiders may be caught
and punished wherever found. This
is all very well; but for the sake of
the honor of our country, so serious
a charge as that made by the Mexican
| Commission ought not to go without
j a thorough examination.
How The News From Connecti
cut Was Received In Washing
ton. —A Washington special dispatch
to the New York Tost says: There
| is no disposition on the part of mem
bers of the administration to deny
that the result of the Connecticut
election is a very great surprise and
entirely different from what they ex
pected. The reports of the State up
to the day of the election were of a
most encouraging character, and no
doubt was entertained of the re-elec
tion of Representatives Kellogg and
Hawley. The defeat of the latter
is severely felt, and is the cause of
regret to nearly all the Republicans;
there being a few, however, who
maintain that because of his inde
pendent spirit and refusal to stand
by all party measures he had been
thrown overboard by his constitu
ents.
•
From statistics recently published,
concerning mortality of the races in
many sections of the South, it would
appear that the question of the con
flict of races bids fair to be settled in
in a way which will have very little
to do with either human ingenuity
or statesmanship. In South Carolina,
for example, the deaths among the
whites have been one in thirty-three,
and among the blacks one in sixteen,
while among the blacks there have
been six still-born children to one
among the whites. The death among
children under five years of age has
been only half as great in the white
ranks as in the black, and so, if the
condition of things is any criterion,
the color line throughout the South
promises to dissolve by gradual stages
before the encroaching march of
death.
Radical Highway Robbery.—
The New York World charges that
the Grant Federal officeholders in
that city assessed the persons em
ployed in the Custom House and in
the Internal Revenue Department at
the rate of five per cent, upon their
annual salaries, under the pretence
that the money was to be used io car
ry the Connecticut election. The
World says: “A more unblushing,
barefaced robbery was never prepe
trated by Dick Turpin and his crew
on Hounslow Heath. The Grant of
ficials knew they could not carry the
election. With this knowledge they
deliberately robbed their subordi
nates under the pretence that the
money was to be used to corrupt
Connecticut voters. The sufferers
have a good right to demand what
has been done with the money ob
tained under false pretences.
Gen. Spinner, in a letter declining
the proposals of some of liis friends
to raise by subscription a handsome
addition to his very modest fortune,
says: “I have but three children to
provide for. Having always believed
that SIO,OOO left to a child is as well
as if not better than a much larger
sum. I have, therefore, never desired
to be rich, or to leave each of my heirs
more than about that amount of
money. Unless again overtaken by
misfortune through the misconduct
of others, I am now able to do that.
This, with an honest reputation, will
be a legacy that should satisfy my
children.”
The New York Tribune remarks,
gravely, that there is food for thought
in this paragraph from the Boston
Herald: “People who think it im
possible for President Grant to get a
nomination for a third term have not
looked at the figures. There will be
269 votes in the convention. Of these
Southern States will have 138. Grant
could get all these to-day, and 48 more
would give him a majority. He
W’ould undoubtedly be the strongest
candidate on the first ballot were
the convention to be held next week.”
A New Guano Discovery.— The
news from Peru to the 14th ult. is
interesting from the fact that another
great discovery of guano has just
been made in an out-of-the-way place.
This time it has been found below a
hard crust of sand some few leagues
to the South of Iquique, the princi
pal port whence nitrate is shipped
from Peru. This guano has been an
alyzed and found to be the best quali
ty. m
There are fears expressed that the
great Salt Lake of Utah will soon
grow too large for its confines. Since
1861, there lias been a steady rise,
and it is eating under land on both
sides at a tremendous rate.
The coming installation of the
Prince of Wales as Grand Master of
the Freemasons will, it is said, be
the most splended and important
ceremony in the history of English
Masonry.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has been
chosen to act as Chief Marshal of the
Mecklenburg Centennial at Char
lotte, North Carolina, on the 20th of
nest month.
HOW TO I'LAY THE PIANO.
It was a young woman, says
Holmes, with as many white flounces
around her as the planet Saturn has
rings, that did it. She gave the mu
sic stool a whirl or two, and fluffed
down upon it like a twirl of soap suds
in a hand basin. Then she pushed
up her cuffs as if she was going to
fight for the champion’s belt. Then
she worked her wrists and hands to
limber ’em, I suppose, and spread
out her fingers until they looked as
though they would pretty much cov
er the keyboard, from the growling
end down to the little squeaky one.
Then these two hands others made a
jump at the keys as if they were a
couple of tigers coming down on a
flock of black and white sheep, and
the piano gave a great howl as if its
tail had been trod on. Dead stop—
so still you could hear your hair
growing. Then another howl, as if
the piano had two tails and you had
trod on ’em both at once, and then a
grand clatter and scramble and string
of jumps, up and down, back and for
ward, one hand over the other, like
a stampede of rats and mice more
than anything I call music.
HEROIC OLD WOMAN.
John Gilmore, who lives on Eto
wah river, 2£ miles from Ball Ground
in Cherokee county, owns a ferry
boat on the river, and on the 23 and inst.,
someoue on the opposite side of the
river wishing to cross and the ferry
man being absent, Mrs. Gilmore, who
is about 79 years old, attempted to
ferry the boat over, but the boat got
away from her and floated down
stream over a mile, and in an effort
to stop it with a pole, she was thrown
out into the deep water, but by hold
ing on to the pole she managed to
keep her head above the current, un
til rescued by a couple of men.
A little child of Mr. W. J. Wood,
of Wilkinson county, was terribly
burned recently, but, according to the
Toombsboro Appeal, was cured very
suddenly. Mr. Wood says he took
one handful of green wheat, a hand
ful of elder bark, one tea cup full of
lard, and three tea cups full of water,
and boiled altogether down to one
cup full when strained. He then
strained the mixture carefully, and
added to it one teaspoonful of mus
tang liniment. The mixture thus
prepared was applied to the burn, and
strange to say, the child was consid
erably relieved by it in five or six
minutes. The child, he says, was
burned on the 25th ult., and that on
the 27th, two days afterward, it was
running about at play with the oth
er children, apparently suffering very
little inconvenience from the burns.
This was certainly a remarkable cure,
and deserves to be carefully remem
bered.
Interesting Discoveries.— Mr.
George Smith, who had charge of the
expedition sent to Assyria by the
London Telegraph, has been busily
engaged since his return in arranging
the inscriptions he found buried in
Chaldean and Assyrian mounds.
With several small pieces in the Brit
ish Museum collection he has suc
ceeded in obtaining continuous series
of legends, giving the history of the
w T orld from the creation down to
some period after the fall of man.
Linked with these he also found oth
er legends on primitive history, in
cluding the story of the building of
the tower of Babel and of the confu
sion of tongues. When his investiga
tions are completed Mr. Smith will
publish a full account and translation
of these Genesis legends.
New Advertisements.
AMERICAN WASH BLUE.
For Laundry and Household Use,
MANTFACTURED AT THE
American Ultramarine Warns, Newark, N. J.
Our Wash Blue is the best in the world. It
does not streak, contains nothing injurious to
health or fabric, and is used by all the large
laundries on account of its pleasing effect and
cheapness. Superior for whitewashing. Rut up
in packages convenient for family use. Price
10 cents each.
For sale by grocers everywhere. Always ask
for the American Wash Blue, if you'want
the cheapest and the best.
American Ultramarine Works,
Offlfe, ti William Street, New York.
April 15-3 m
KIN GSFORDS’
OSWEUO
PURE AND
SILVER GLOSS STARCH,
For the Laundry.
MANUFACTURED BY
T. KINGSFORD & SON,
THE BEST STARCH I\ THE WORLD.
GIVES A BEAUTIFUL FINISH TO THE
LINEN, and the difference in cost between it
and common starch is scarcely half a cent in au
ordinary washing. Ask your grocer for it.
KINGSFORD ’ S
OSWEG > CORN STARCH,
For Puddings, Blanc Mange, Ice Cream. Ac,
Is the original—Established in 1843. And pre
serves its reputuatiou as pu>ek, sroxger
and more delicate than any other arti
cle of the kind offered, either with
the same name or with otner titles
Stevenson Macadam, i’h. D., etc., the high
est cnemical authority of Europe, carefully an
alyzed this Corn Starch, and says it is a most
excellent article of diet and in chemical and
feeding properties is fully equal to the best ar
r ow root.
Directions for making Puddings, Custards,
&C., accompany each one pound package.
For Sale by all Fl rg )CUs Grocers.
April 15-3 m
To Thresliermen.
THE Massillon Threshing Machines manu
factured by Russell & Cos., of Massillon,
Ohio, are offered for the season 1875.
These machines combine all the points ol
real excellence, without any immaterial at
tachments, usually put on machines and her
alded to the world as wonderlul improvements.
They are guaranteed to do good work, to be
made "of the very best material, to be uroperly
adjusted, and superior in all points.
Information given • promptly on application
to the Southern Agent.
F. M. HIGIIT,
Apl 8 3m Chattanooga, Tenn.
SAYE YOUR MULES!!
Only Three Hundred Dollars.
Four-anil-a-Half Horse Power
ONLY f3OO 00!
'V r OUR ATTENTION is directed to theex
j[ cccding low price of the BOOKWALTER
EN GINE. These engines are especially adapt
ed to the driving of Cotton Gins, small Grist
Mills, etc., and guaranteed to do all claimed
for them or the money refunded.
Orders received and further information
lurnisbed upon application to
T. W. BAXTER,
Agent for Manufacturer.
aplß-y. Carte rsYille, Ga.
ATLANTA ADIERTISEMEXTS.
The Great Estej Organ.
MpMgßK^fcfc<-'„ m * tjWBfS
The Most Elaborate Styles!
The Most Extensive Organ Manufactory in the World!
1,000 Organs Made Every Month.
rXIHE MOST PERFECT RKED Organ ever made. The finest nie< baci.-s and inventoriedt
X age employed. The only organ manufacturers who give written guarantees. Special ,I,l*
counts to churches and schools. Reliable agents wanted in Georgia. South Carolina, f' , n u
and East Tennessee. Send for illustrated catalogues, to
G. P. GUILFORD,
marlS-tf. 52 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga,
HATS ! HATSi
JOHN A. DO ANE,
CAPS, ~™ r -
Fashionable Hatter, ladies’
TRUNKS,
NO. 37 WHITEHALL STREET, Misses'
VALISES. I IN THE STORE FORMERLY OCCUPIED h\ j
X John M. Holbrook, where he is prepared
to seli his large and lashionable stock of Hats. I? 11 D Q
iimhraiina AT PRICES LOWER THAN EVER.
Umbrellas, __. . .
T His stock embraces every variety of
Hats, and is at once the largest, cheapest and
most elegant in the city.
HATS ! _— , EC ATS!
Jf You aro Going to
M int,
And w ish to combine Economy with Durability, we advise you, by all
means, to use the
ENGLISH CHINA GLOSS WHITE LEAD,
Its superiority over any American Pure White Lead, consists in its ex
treme Whiteness, Fineness, and Great Durability. It gives a
Beauty of Finish Uneqaled by any other Paint, and Costs
Less. Don’t be put off with inferior goods. Tf
your merchant won’t get it for you,
send to the proprietors,
DUCK CO.,
Wliolsale Dealers in Paints, Oils. Window Glass, Etc.,
25 Alabama Street, ATLANTA, GA.
We also manufacture the celebrated Railroad Engine Oil which as all the body and
lubricating qualities of Lard Oil, and costs only about half the price. 't is endorsed by tbe
Schofield Rolling Mill Company and all g>od machinists. octl-l-ly.
51ISCELLAXEOIS.
~ TDMLIS, MOON & MARSCHALK,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Cartersville, Ca.
OFFICE, BANK BLOCK.
Now have the fol’owing property for salt:
X> rick Store house at corner of Erwin and
XXMain Streets, with upstairs, with two good
rooms for offices—best Stand in town.
a FARM, desirably located, four miles from
r\ CartersTille, containing one hundred and
seventy-two acres, eiglitv cleared, baSance
well timbered; two good dwellings on p ace;
outbuildings, &c. Land well adapted to firm
ing, stock raising, Ac.
ONE 2 STORY HOUSE WITH A TWO ACRE
lotin Cartersville.nearthe Baptist cl urh,
corner Cassville and Market streets. House of
six rooms. Splendid outbuildings, well, or
chard, &c; commonly known as the Seller
property. Terms reasonable.
ONE DWELLING HOUSE WITH FOUR
acre lot, good orchard, well, outbuilding.
House, four rooms, desirably located, and con
veniently arranged, in Euharlee.
INTEREST IN TWO GOOD AND < EN
trally located store rooms in Euharlee. Fine
place for business. Best store houses ir Eu
harlec.
ONE STORE HOUSE AND LOT. IN TAY
lorsville, in a good business locality. A
splendid and new house. Term-, easy.
AT WO - ROOM HOUSE ON GILMER
street, and a 1 aoe lot. A well of splendid
water ; good vicinity. Terras easy.
House and lot on bartow and
Church streets. House new and well
finished. Property very desirable. Al.o, a
vacant lot conveniently located. A good bar
gain can be had. Terms cash.
House and lot containing a vcies,
more or less, within 200 vanls of Public
Square; six rooms and fire places; servants’
house, smoke house, pigeon house and all nec
essary out buildings; good orchard, good gar
den, and a natural growth of 25 trees—oak and
hickory. This is decidedly the most desirable
and convenient place in the city. Terms easy.
sept33tt
NEW SCHEDULE.
Cherokee Rail Road.
gIROM and after this date the following
Schedule will be run on the Cherokee Rail
ave Koekmart at 7:15 A.M.
“ Taylorsville, 6:59 “
“ Stilesboro, 3:20 “
Arrive at Cartersville, 10:05 “
Leave Cartersville 2:30 P. M.
• 4 Stilesboro, 3:15
“ Tavlorsville 4KB “
Arrive at Rockmart, 4:50 “
febll D. W. K. PEACOCK.
w. c. edwards”
Manufacturer of and Dealer iu
Harness and Harness Material,
Saddle R All fit
Bridles,
Collars, Etc.
Cartersville, Ga.
IX EPAIItING done with durability an l dis-
Xl< patch. Col. R. 11. Jone?' new brick
bunding on West Main street. Also, de; lerin
metalic and wood
Burial Cases aM Caskets.
Always on hand, and is ready night an 1 day,
to wait on those who need his services.
feb3-tf.
Only Three Hundred Dollars.
FULTON HOUSE.
T. M. ANDERSON, (late of Rome, Georgia)
WITH
-It? "■ COirLU-J^.,
Corner Loyd & Wall Sts.,l A+lanfn fin
Near Union Pas. Depot, i
\fEALS and lodging per day, J 2 00; single
_iVX meal, fifty cents. First-class talle and
good rooms. Saloon in basement, fur
nished with pure Liquors, Fine Wines, Beer
and Segars.
Assignment Notice.
XfORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA—S.S.
J3i At Cartersville, March 17th, A. D., 1875.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as Assignee oi Alexander A.
L trramore, in the county of Bartow and State
of Georgia, within said district, who h is been
adjudged a bankrupt, npon his credito -s peti
tion, by the District Court ef said Disti i<-t,
G. C. TCMLIN,-
marlß-8w Assignee.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J L. &J. M MOON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office: Up-stairs, over Stokely & William*
West Main street. Marll
’yyAKKEN AKIN & SON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Feb 11, lv.
* 9
n EO. C. TOILIN’,
U
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Office : Up-Stairs, Bank Block.
jan 29-lr
J. T. SHEPHERD,
Tenders his Professional services to thepek
lie. Office with Dr. Baker.
Q H. BATES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, OA.
Office oyer drug store of Pinkerton X Curry |
Feb. fi-
JAMES B. CONYERS,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Special attention paid to the coileetioa Kjj
claims. Office, Bank Block, np stairs, oppo
site Wofford & Milner’s office. jail
M. ¥ OuTtE,
ATTORNEY AT LA^
CARTERSVILLE, GA
( With Col. Warren A tin,) u I
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Co* s
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murrav, Whitfield asd*
Joining counties. MarcbS
JOHN W. WOFFORD. THOMAS ▼. ■lf' ll
ATTORNEYS AT L A
CARTERSVILLE, GA.,
up stairs, Bank Block.
W. MURPHEY,
ATTORNEY AT LA^
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
Will practice In the courts of the Cb*^ 1 '
Circuit. Particular attention givea to tb* 1 * 9
cction ot claims. Office over Baxter *||
fee’s store. M
ROBERT B. TRIPPE,
ATTORNEY AT LA * 1
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE with Col. Abda Johnson, i B “ j
Court House.
maylS-ltn.
P B. McDANIEL,
ATTORNEY AT LA^l
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office with John W. Wofford.
jQ i). McConnell,
ATTORNEY AND COUNS#
LOR YT LAW,
ACWORTH, GEORGIA. j
Will give pn npt attention to 1
business entrusted to his care.
Notice to tie People at Law
WO. BOWLERS HARNESS sH*
• , ~
Having on hand a large and well ; •
stock of Buggy and Wagon Harness, ' gjl
Collars, Whips, etc., and owing to the jf|
of money and hardness of times, I ana 1
my stock at m;.rveleusly low figures, l * j, I
examine belo:c purchasing else*'Dy’w.y g
kinds of repairing done neat'y and V - * |
notice. My long experience in busin
ables mo to guarantee good work^^^g.
apw-lr. W. Maiit it., j
Improved Tone, Superior Construction?