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Elu -zUonrcc Advertiser. Q. A KING, B.T.EING, W D STOKE, PROPRIETOR*. WILLIAM D. STONE, Editor. FORSYTH : TUESDAY. : : : : : APRIL 22, 1873. I)h Hough, of Oxford, d.rd in Atlanta on the 12tb. Thu Her. W. 8. Mansfield died last Thursday night in Marietta. _ •* A Gtange of the Patrorsof Husbandry Las been organised in Band**rv.l e. Rev. Gbo Smith will deliver a lec'ure to-night in Marietta on Kd'r Poe olid h'.f Poetry. Thb White Sulphur gprirgs. of M .rrlwetler couuty, will be open to visitors this Bummer. Thh Atlanta Herald ttio.ks tba* the last issue of Georgia 8 per cent, bonds will be taken up by the ll of August. Ths city authorities of Savannah, intend to en force the law rigidly against the fortune —tellers of that city. Thb Macon Enterprise learns that there is be tween forty and fifty cases of i mall je v In the city hospital at that place. One of the negroes concerned in the recent murder at Cochran, lias btea arrested and has confessed his gu'lt. -# * By the enlargement of the cua! Augusta is to have a lake which vcill cover one hundred and thirty acres of ground. Pitsruis A Hcweli., of Atlanta, lime petitioned the government to drop MtCtiia as informer in the State road cases. Governor Smith lias appoint*d Mr. W. A. filaymakcr, o! Atlanta, Commissioner to represent Georgia at the Vienna Exposition. Prop. J. H. Lovelace, of the Hamilton Female College, Harris county, is erecting a largo and elegant college edifice. Col James I). Waddell, of Marietta, will de liver the address at the anniversary of the Odd Fellows ol Georgia in Atlanta on the 261 h. The Marietta Journal says that on last Monday * a colored woman iu that place naiiud Andrews give birth to three children, two boys and one girl. Mas. Maly Kobe Lewis, the wife of Joslah Lewis, pastor ol the Methodist Church at Athens, died Monday morning, the 14th, after a severe 111- i.eae. — Hon. Henry K. Harris has declined, owing to business which will call him away, delivering the memorial address on the 27th o! April, iu Co lumbus. The Atlanta Herald says: “On Thursday morn ing last the authorities ol the Macon and Western Railroad Company impended live conductors and t e n train bauds. The Tu)button Standard says that it is fashion able for the business men of that place to roll each other in wheel-barrows in order to kill the dearth Ol uffiir*. The Sandersvillo Herald announces ns a tact that some of the planters in tnat section are redu cing the area of land set apart for cotton and planting the same iu corn. The Georgia railroad, says the Atlanta Consti tution, will show as its gross earnings lor the year ending May, 1573, the handsome sum ol sl,- 000,000, the largest amount ever reclined by that road in one year. Confidential—Fcr the Ladies.—Uuder the* above head 1 he Monroe Advertiser lias a local paragraph, in which the ladies are referred to James Lochrey, ot the Atlanta l)ge works. What does the writer mean ? Talbotton Standard. Conundrum—What article of food docs the above editor mostly resemble t A cracker. The Central City learns that Bishop Pierce has appointed Rev. W. F. Williamson, of Ellaville, Gu., to the pastorate of the Method'et Church in Albany, to All the vacancy occasioned by the ill health of l)r. Boring, who had accepted the charge in the place Rev. Mr. Cramer, who failed to till his appointment. The LaGrange Reporter has heard of tlirc-e little negro boys, about eight or ten years old, pulling a plough to cover cotton seed, which was guided by a uegress. The boys were hitched tandem, and made good time, keeping up with another plough, drawn by a mule, which was opening the rows for the reception of the seed. Thb Savannah Republican says: “ The census takers lately appointed by the County Commis sioners to enumerate the orphau children between eight and sixteen, etid the Confederate scldiers nudei thirty, who reside iu Chatham, are in the Held and pushing ahead in their tusk. We had the pleasure on the 6th of answering to rebel roll call again, and for the first time in about eight years.” The Atlanta Constitution says at the Young Meu’s Library may be seem two iron head boards, ea6t by Mr. W. 8. Withers. On one of them is the inscription in raised letters, “J. B. Young hood, 43d Regiment, Ga.and on the other, “ Uukuowr. Lougstreet*s Corps, Army, ol Va.” These head boards ao? desigued, we are informed, for the Confederate Cemetery at Resaca. The design of these head boards is a beautiful oue. Extra Sbjsion or the Legislators.— We Hive below a letter written by W. McKinsley, to the Union and Recorder, on the subject of labor. The plan suggested is anew one. He says: “ Assemble the Legislature to extra session and give us a Land and Labor Court, a Court Baron— a system of ‘Copy Tenure’ for the laborer. Give us labor for the land aad a safe home for the la borer and for his family when he dies. We must attach the laborer to our soil and protect his wife and children. Give us * Plantation Courts,’ or five mile square Land Courts, to establish at once a wisely modified ‘ Copyhold Tenure;’ a * Copy of Court Roll Tenure.’ Our English ancestors have wisely led the way. Let us profit by their experi ence. As an old lawyer and land holder this is my earnest counsel. Away with all immigration projects, which propose to bring white laborere from Europe, who will raise the price Of land but never work for us. Who imported our aucestors ? The only way to get some material is to get it in the same way; let it come at its own expense. The South is our country ; let us keep it lor our- 1 aelves and our children. If we fail to do so our children will have a right to reproach us. Let the boys and girls of our poor soldiers start life in a cheap land market. What thoughtful Georgian ; envies Massachusetts wuh her land market at one ] hundred to iwo hundred dollais per acre, s.nd most ol her young people all hirelings, with more beggars iu the Stare than iu all the South. " We have now abundance of both land and la bor; let the Legislature at once secure them for us. The * Copyhold’ system of labor homes, well j tested by English land holders lor hundreds of j years, a little modified to fit Georgia liie, will ac complish the great object, and make both lend j holder and negto happy and prosperous, fixed, : legal homes tor the negro, his wile and children, with gardcus ana orchards and wages, on condi tion of home and protection for the negro. Old lawyers kuow how to fix the system. ‘‘Editors, call up the Legislature; do this] great, good work quickly. Next winter is too lar off. Offer to the labors lawful, happy, Georgia homes, agaloat MiaaUuppi swamps, i will explain 1 fuller hereafter.” Bankruptcy and ISoiuenlead. The following paragraph o' a recent decision of the Bupr*-me Court of the United States on the subject of Homestead exemption in Gecru-:a, is at ' this time of peculiar interest to oar people : No. 185—Gunn vs. Bart v, error to the Supreme | Conn of Georgia In 'hisciae the Court bi-id tuat : an act ol i . Le ; •la'ure of Georgia of 186', in ! crt-Bsir" in- -m-'-iri f VuiTHs'ead eiempttoi#w ja l notappi.cs le to pre-t x s';r g debts and judgments and reverse** ihe judgment below, retusing the wri* ot manctaniu* to compel the sheriff to levy on certain property of Hirrv, that officer Laving de clined to make the levy on the grounds that the property was exempt under the act cited. Mr. Justice ewayn- delivered the opinion. Thus, it will be seen, that the Homestead of two thousand dollars realty and exemption oi personally of one thousand dollars, does not de feat the coliection of any dtbt or contract created, or in existence prior to the adoption of the Con stitution of 1868, and the Homestead Laws, passed in pursuance thertef; and as by another decision of that Court, no affidavit showing the payment oi texts is necessary before any levy can he made. Congress, at its last session, did provide a cl.acce cf saving the same amount of property in Bankruptcy. The original Bankrupt Law only allowed such exemptions as were provided lor iu the different States in ISG4. Parties, theiefore, who were ioretd or voluntarily went into Bankruptcy after the war ia 16G7, were allowed to retain in addition to the five hundred dollata provided fcr in the act, only such property a6 was exempt under the 2013th section of the Code of Georgia. This act was amended by Congress in 1871, allowing ex emptions then provided for in the different States, that is, such exemptions as were provided for in 1871. This, the Supreme Court .n Virginia held not to be retroactive so as to deieat the collections cf debts created before 1871. And agan, Congress passed an act, declaratory of the amendment of 1871, providing that it should he retroactive as to old contracts, and, hence, par ties can row be discharged from ail liabilities grow ing out of any debt created prior to the let day of January lrG'J—and save the same amount ot prop erty to-wit: two thousand dollars iu realty and one thousand doliais in personalty by going into Bankruptcy. To be discharged entirely from all debts, oid as well as new, the Bankrupt must have assets suffi cient to pay fifty cents in the dollar, on all con tracts and liabilities c: rated since the first day of January ltfltf. This we conceive to be the effects of the law as it now stands. Usury Laws. We have entertained the opinion that the repeal of the usury laws, without the repeal of the home stead and Exemptions allowance, would "be detri mental to the true and substantial interests of our people. So far there has been no material good derived from this law, nor is there any evidence of a change that will inure to the benefit of the public. Upon this subject, however, the N. Y. Bulletin says: “ Although a period of only two months has elapsed since the repeal of the usury law in Georgia it is yet too soon to judge of the general reeulia, yet advices from Atlanta represent that there is already an increase iu the supply of money, and a reduction in the rate of iuterest. Several large sums which had been intended for investment in the Western States were received in that city; a new bunkiDg company has been already organized and preliminary measures have been taken for the formation of another. Business men no longer meet the al! but insurmountable obstacles hereto fore encountered iu obtaining money, and alto gether there is an evidence ot increased means and industrial activity that warrant the most fa vorable anticipations for the future. “ We commend this example to the attention of the enemies of progress iu this and other States. The immediate effects of tree trade in money in Georgia are to cause an influx of capital and a re duction of tlie rate of iuterest. Money, by a natural law, flows in the direction where it is rao6t needed, and where there are the iewer im pediments to its employment. Thß Wester States, with characteristic sagacity, impose no restrictions on the price paid lor mousy, and as a result they attract the wealth of the older States, which commit the inexcusable blunder cf driving away by absurd usury laws the capital which might be better and more profitably employed at home. Georgia Is now in a position to compete on equal terms with Minnesota and other Western States, for the capital of which she stands in so much need, and the results will soon bj apparent in an increased prosperity, which will afford an other illustration of the advantages to be derived from tree trade in money.” ♦— Judge Ersk.ne.—The Columbus Sun gives the following piece of unpublished history, as to how the man who attempts to thrust upon the good people of Georg’a, a jury of negroes, secured his appointment: Now that the official whose name heads this article occupies a apace in the public mind as large as it is unenviable, it may? interest the people oi Georgia to read a bit of unpublished history disclosing the circumstances which placed him in the high position he 6o unworthily occu pies. Every one remembers the chaos which en veloped our State following the surrender ot the Confederate armies. During these dark days of uncertainty and dread many meetings were held throughout the State by citizens known as Union but honest men, to appoint delegates to proceed to Washington and secure order and civil govern ment from President Johnson. One of the largest of these meetings was held at Coiumbus, embrac ing Irepresentativea from a cumber of counties. It was composed of good citixens and tax payers. Men who were originally Union men and opposed to secession, hut who did not forget the ties of kindred and were not false to the cla’ms of neigh bors and friends. Among the delegates appointed by the Colum bus Convention was Col. M , with others, who called upon Mr. Johnson and were kindly received. The President, knowing of the repre sentation at Washington from Georgia, requested that the delegates should hold a meeting and des ignate acceptable men who would undertake to bring atou* order and secure peace to Georgia. The meeting was held and Hon. James Johnston suggested as Provisional Governor. He was ac cepted by the Columbus delegates, ag he was a fellow-townsman ar.d a man ot talent and integ rity. About this time the members of the meeting present with a shew of authority were disgusted to find themselves outnumbered by a ring of Washington hangers-on from Georgia, led by “ biaud and childlike 1 ” Loehraue. One Ridgely or Ridlet, of Savannah, was proposed as U. 8. Marshal. Who 16 this man ? asked Col. M . There he sits, was the reply. Questions duly put demon strated that he was not a citiaen of Georgia, and soon the ring dropped him. Stone was then se lected against the protest that no man of any po sition of that naaie lived in Savannah. Then John Erskine was named to fill th high position as Judge cf the United States District Court. Col. M , ever on the alert in the interest of hie State, demanded, who is John Erskine? Mr. Erskine is immediately on your right, replied one of the ring. But who is he? asked the vigilant delegate. I assure this meeting, he added, that I know whereof I speak, and I unhesitatingly say that there is not a lawyer in Georgia of any repu tation whatever, named “ Erskine.” But the ring had the pregrtmme cut and dried, and John Ers kine was thrust upon the people of Georgia against the will of the delegates who were present with a show of authority. John Ellsky, a steward of the Atlantic,tells cf Rosev Sheal, about S years old. “She sat at my table, says be, “with her father, mother and brother, aad was fond of me. When I got out Mr. oheat p:aeed her in my arms in her night I dress, and asked me to save her. I thought of my own little girl of the same age iu Liverpool, aul 1 kept her as long as I could. I saw her father and mother swe;t away by the sea, and the Utile one uicaued and continually called, ‘l’ajsi Papa ! I am so wet !* She dud in my arms, aud I had liot the hea-t so let her drop, but handed her to a man who was stronger than aiyeelf. The President's liiGlhi! s*olioy. The massacre cf Geuera! Canby and his uieu by the Modc-cs, wnile they were Laving * liiendly conference by which it wa ti >ped shat peaceable relations might be established, is an act oi treach ery, that can be excu-ed under to circumstances. Gen. Grant should hide hims. lf in shame ed sor row, for this calamity is thargealil alone to hi* foolish and erwy policy. There can *■• no p ble escape !or him. Not sati-fUd with having won for himself and posterity, a record of infamy and disgrace, but still clinging to the t elicf that j be is a great man, be has blundered ia hi 6 ignor ance aud greed for reputation, uulil he stands to day before the American people and the world a convicted murderer. The New York World in a length!) - article on the above question has this to say: Since the j shocki:.g Modoc murder, we trust we shall hear no more of the benignity and humanity of Presi dent Grant’s Indian policy. The univ real outcry of indignant scorn will convince him that those cruel, treacherous savages must not be dallied witt and dandled, but taught that it they attempt to obstruct the advance of civiliziti *u, they will be Clashed and exterminated. The country will have no farther patier.ee with the nerveless hu manitarian slip slop which has sacrificed the safety of white sutlers to the preposterous sentiraeutsl isin of the political part) which puts men of all colors, and all races, and stages of savagery or civilisation, on the same level, and is as tender of the lift of a treacherous, blood thirsty Modoc as of the lives of the pioneer settlers who go forth to subdue the wilderness by their industry. General Grant’s boasted Indian policy is not merely ex ploded tut disgraced. The blood of General Canby and the Rev. Mr. Thomas cries from the ground against if, calling down vengeance upon the treacherous savages, and heavy condemnation on President Grant and his abolition-of-race and color advisers. A political paity might as well proclaim that asses are hoists, as that races of men and stages ot civilization do not and fler. God made the earth for cnltiva'ion. A tract which would support a hundred wretched savage hun ters, would feed half a million of hap; y, prosper ous civil'*- and men, a: and there should be no more compunction ia sweeping off the savages than la exterminating the wolves and panthers that in fest the same territory, or than a farmer feels In substituting Scu'hdown sheep in his paetures for a scabby fiock which yields neither good wool nor palatable flesh, it is as easy to multiply, by the natural powers of propagation, the best races ot men as the lowest; and there is no more sense In trying to stock this continent with inferior tribes than there would be in stocking a farm with mis erable breeds of cattle. In our settlements which border on the abodes of the savages there has long been a profound be lief that this is a white man’s country, Rnd that the interests of the white race deserve the com pletes!, protection. In the light of the recent horrors this sentiment will be universal, and General Grant must he forced by the public in dignation to abjure that corner stone of tha Re publican faith which declares that al! races and colors should be treated with equal consideration. Atlanta. From the editorial correspondence of the Macon 'iilegraph and Messenger we clip the following sensible remarks about Atlanta and her newspapers : “Never content unless some sensation—politi co, religio or diabolical—be on foot, the surging populace of the Gate City have now a two-fold source cf excitement and ate, consequently, su premely happy. The first is the war to the hilt and insane competion which rages between two of their leading city journals. Utterly oblivious of two of gEaop’3 fables, to-wlt: The irog and the ox, and the goose that layed the golden egg, our eontempoiaries of the Constitution and lieiald are puffing and inflating themselves to dimensions so preposterous that collapse may be the result. Of course, they know their own business best, and we wish the fullest, measure of success to them both. But heboid! gentlemen, Atlanta, cosmopolitan, progressive and noisy as she may be, and in point of mud equal to Chicago, and pretensions superior to the “Hub,” cannot com pete with New Yoik—ncr*ncr newspapers, how ever enterprising, with the “Herald.” In sapping ar.d tniuing the mountain that-may impede your march, don’t pour in ail your powder, for it the mass does not move, other Hants will be necessary. " We consider the true test of newspaper suc cess to be the steady and continuous reception, like corn into the miller’s hopper, of paying ad vertisements and subscriptions. Reactions always follow abnormal exertions. Now a careful scru tiny of the quadruple sheet on Sunday last of onr esteemed contemporary, the Constitution, will reveal the iact that a very large proportion of the new advertisements (and indeed the proprietors told us so) go in only once or twice. True, the summing up is very flattering and satisfactory, but when reduced rates from active competition are considered, the danger that patrons will refuse to continue favors afier this sporadic and extraor dinary (fiort, cr will demand similar concessions in all cases hereaiter, and when the co3t ot paper, composition, extra help, etc., Is deducted, to say nothing of the wear and tear of conscience and tseling involved in such a struggle with a neigh bor, to us the result is anything but satisfactory. May not indeed each journal exclaim with the conqueror of old, “ one more victory and I am undone.” Still, as au outsider, and member ot the craft, we love to scan such evidences of genius, skill atd industry, and can only wish both parties God speed in their career, and invoke more of coidiality, fraternity and friendship in their Inter course. the other sensation is the Grand Canal Convention which comes off on the 20th of May. Governor Smith’s able letter to the Governors of the interested States, and his kind invitation to partake ot the hospitalities of Georgia’s capital, have been most favorably com mented upon by the Western press. The Bt. Louis Republican, of the 14th instant, contains a deeply Interested and exhaustive leader on this subject. It boldly proclaims this national work a necessity, aud contends that the great West should demand of the Government relief, and a reliable outlet and market for her teeming pro ducts. Every day the project gains ground, and the writer has seen letters from nifllionaire New York bankers, proposing to purchase THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF MINERAL LANDS lying on the route of the car.al. Let the work be completed, and continuous villages and towering 6moke stacks, denoting the factories and smelting furnaces, which will rise like magic on its banks will rapidly develop and enrich the State. A Memorable Month.— Under the above head the Savannah News says : “ The mouth of April is full of days commemo rative of eventful periods during the late war. Oa the 21 Richmond was evacuated, and occupied on the ol by the Federais, 1865; on the 6th, the bloody battle of Shiloh, in 1562; Island No. 10 surrendered on the 7th, 1882 ; battle of Pittsburg ] Landing on tbe 7th, in 1562; surrender of General ] Lee on the 9tb, 1865; Fort Sumter first bombard j ed on the 12ib, 1881; on the 13th the war ended, practically, iu 1865; Sherman occupied Raleigh and Lynchburg, surrendered on the 13tb, in 1886 on the 14th President Lincoln was assassinated and Andrew Johnson inaugurated on the 15th, in 1n65; all North Carolina forts and arsenals were occupied by the Confederates on the 16th, in 1562; President Davis was captured on the 16th, in 1865; Virginia seceded on the 17th, in 1861; Mas sachusetts volunteers mobbed in Baltimore oa the 19. h, in 1861; Gosport navy evacuated and burned by the Federais ou the 20:b, in 1S61; Harper’s Ferry burned on the 20th, in 1S61; Lower Missis sippi opened on the 24th, in 1562; Fort Macon captured on the 25th, in 1862; on the 26th, Gen- I eral Joe Johnston surrendered and J. Wilkee Booth was shot; on the 28th, Admiral Farragut captured New Orleans, in 1861; on the 29th, in 1863, occurred the battle of Grand Gulf; on the 80th was fought the battle of Sabine Fork, in 1862 ; 12th and 13th, battle of Fort Pulaski.” It is estimated that there are not less than two thousand parsons— many of them ladles —who are employed In tbe introduction of sewing machines iu Georgia. Ttie Comptroller General in constru ing the law in reference to the Sewing Machine Companies is going beyond tne spirit and inten tion of the law, it ia thought. >ttti!if it**. Under this Lead. Dr Kali, in the Journal o: Health, humorously dincoursis ol iLc i-nd.ue . ■ ! the times, a- follows: It is really a great wonder that eves) body is not dead and buried, Jand the world itself u ed up entirely, if the thousandth part of w hat is told us about microscopical and other “discoveries,” so called, h true, line man will have it that the glorious L’nion over wh cl: the stripes and stars fijat so proudly will soou become depopulated, because respectable people don’t have children; another has discovered myriads of bugs in the chatelaines aud waterfalls ol the ladies, boring into their skulls and socking out all the remain ing bruins of the dear deiighlfuis. A German suvau now tells us that every sip of tea we take is full of cilv globules which get into the iucgi direct, weaken them, set up a cough, aud the per son dies of consumption. Another man has found that the purest spring water, clear as crystal to all appearance, if let alone will deposit a sediment which generates typhoid fever; hence he proi*oses that everybody sba’.i quit drinking water. Another says that bread has so much lime in it that it is turning us ail to bone, and m.kes ua 6t:ff in the joints, that being the rea son we have no lithe, sprightly old men now a dys ; hence we are full of limps and rheumatics long before our time, therefore we had better quit eating bread altogether, and live on rice aud sago and tapioca. The water care ioik assure us that poik and beans and ham and eggs are full of abominable trichina, and that, if one is swai lowed and gets fairly nestled into the system, be she or it will breed a million more in a short time, aid that roast beet has juvenile tape worms in it. And here come Tom, Dick and Harry, all iu a row, loaded down with microscopes aud spy i glasses which show as plain as day that the air is swarming with living monsters and putrid I poisons, which fly into the mouth and crawl up the nose and creep into the ear ; hence it is death to breathe such pestileutial air, and that tha best way is to keep the mouth sha*, plug up the nose, aud ram cotton into the ears. Ever so many learned professional gentlemen have been torturing poor figures for years to make them tell the stupendous fib that everybody is either crazy or soou will be; that the annual in crease is ten per cent., consequently iu eleven years everybody will be crazy, and more too. Ihe tact is that the people who spend their time hatching out these tomfooleries, ought to be put to work aud be made to earn au honest living. This world has been pretty well taken care of for some thousands of years, increasing in comiort and wealth and life, the average length of which last has doubled within two centuries, and the population perhaps increased threefold ; and the presumption is that the Great Maker of all will so arrange ail the antagonistic forces ot life for the future as eventually to make “ the wilderness and solitary place to be glad, and the desert to rejoice and blossom as the rose,” and the race he happy still. JoaaDA Hill and Scruggs —From a Washing ton correspondence to the Atlanta Constitution, we clip the following : I don’t know much about politics, except that I hate Radicals, but I heard a gentleman tell brother lorn the other night that out of two hundred millions of dollars appropria ted by the last Congress, the South only got twelve hundred thousand dollars—less was given to both Wisconsin and Michigan, to clean out their rivera, harbors, etc. Why, said the gentle man, that is more than the whole commerce of these States is w'orth. Then out of twenty-five public buildings r'rovided for hut four are in the South, and these to cost only $50,000 to SIOO,OOO, while those in the North are to cost all the way up to millions. Is it not shameful! Tom’s friend said also that the report of the Commissioner of Interna! Revenue shows that the great bulk of the revenue comes from the South. It’s a down right swindle, I declare. Senator Hill—l can’t help calling him Sena'.or— has bought him a fine residence here, the papers 6ay, and I suppose he intends to make Washing ton his home in the future. I am glad of it. I like Senator Hill, and I don’t think he is cne bit of a Radical.*'lf W*\,as lam sure I should hate him. I can’t help wishing some time that he had been re-elected, and then I think ol brave General Gordon, who fought so gallant'y for us, and feel that I could not spare him. Well, they ate noth good men. That Mr. freruggs, or Shrugs, (what a horrid name) —that the Senate refused to confirm as Minister to Columbia, has been again appointed by the President. Now wouldn’t it bs a good joke if after Mr. Scrugg6, or Shrugs, had goua out to the 6cene of his duties, bag and baggage, the Senate should again refuse to confirm the appoint ment. Then Mr. Scruggs, or Shrugs, would have to come home again, bag aud baggage, and wouldn’t he feel small. But I suppose the Geor gia ring will take eaie of him—that is if he pays them well for it. He must be sure to do that. Do tell him so, that the poor man may not have a long journey all for nothing. The New York World sains up the postal car imbroglio thus: The Postoffice Department insists, and Las pro cured the passage of a law providing, that the railway companies ol the country shall receive the same rates of pay for carrying the mails on fast trains in postal cars costing $5,000 each as the public pays them lor second class freights on slow trains in the ordinary freight car costing SSOO. For the transportation of postoffice officials in the postal cars, which averages an annual value of sl2 ,COO per line, the Department proposes to pay nothing. The companies are naturally disin clined to favor any such one-sided arrangement, and hence tbe imbroglio named. For his share in It Mr. Creswell ought to be ashamed. His De partment is henceforth to receive full pay for all its services, but the companies are only to have half pay for theirs. Nouody is to commit the abuses of free mailing and dead heading on Mr. Poslmaster General, but Mr. Postmaster Genera! is to perpetrate these wrongs upon others. Hew ALLIOATOR3 Get Theik Living.—Al ligators frequently fill their stomachs with ducks. They find the spots in the marshes where the duck3 huddle together at night, aud make a de scent upon them. Frequently while flocks of great fat ducks are swimming in the deepest part of a fiver or a lake, an alligator will glide un der the eucks and select those, that suit him best. They are drawn undvr the water so quietly that the flock Is not startled lor some time, aud the alligator manages to secures square meal before he is suspected. On summer nights the alligator crawls to a chosen spot in the marshes. Tna air is filled with millions ol mosquitoes. Tut monster opens big. enormous mouth and keeps his Jaws apart until the inside of his mouth is black with insects. Then he bring 6 his jaws together with a snap, runs his tongue about the inside of his mouth and swallows his winged visitors. He will keep this up until his appetite is satiated. Autemcs Ward once leut money. He thus recounted the transaction : “ A gentleman friend of mine came to me with tears in his eyes. I said, ‘Why these weeps ?’ He said he had a mortgage on his farm, and wanted to borrow S2OO. I lent him the money and he went away. Bometime af ter he returned with more tears. Ee said he must leave me forever. I ventured to remind him of the S2OO he borrowed. He was much cat up ; I thought I would not be hard upon him—so I told him i would throw off SIOO. He brightened— shook my hand—and said : ‘Old friend, 1 won’t allow you to outdo me in liberality—l’ll throw ofi the other $100!’ ” International Regatta.—A special telegram to tbe Savannah News from New Y ork, says a project is on foot for a grand International Re gatta on Pleasure Bay and Shrewsbury River the approaching season. The Oxford and Cambridge University ctews, of England, the famous London Rowing Club, and any amateur crew in the coun try which may desire to visit the United States, are to be invite! and be allowed to contend. Asa novel feature, two or more Gondolas from Venice, with picked men, are to be invited. Sufficient money will be raised by subscription to afford a number of prizes well worth contending for. The London Saturday review says: “If General Grant had fortunately died a year ago, the head of the Government that is to be a guiding star to all nations would have been a person who lately ac cepted a paltry bribe, aud who afterwards con cealed his guilt by false statements. A Republi can nominee for tbe Presidency hes just been convicted in his absence by a French court ol justice of a pecuniary fraud.” NE\Y ADY ERTISEMENTS. MULE FOR SALE. " T HAVE A BLACK MARE MULE WHICH I Lwill sell cheap lor cash, or on time with accep tance. B. H. NAPIER. apliß.tf Ki# S ~ ATHAIRGN Only 50 Cents per Settle. It promotes tho GROWTH, ritTSillt’. K3 x the COLOR, and inert uses ttie Vigor and BE.trTl' of the HAIR. Orrr, Tstbtt Teat.', at -> I tos't, TCatt.vt -"; • ,rt tbs Hair was first j.;.. in Ihomai E. Thomas Lyon, n graduate of I’nr,i ( otlmr. The name is derived from the Greek, •• K.u'n r ..-i," - : j nifyin? to cleans?, pur: r y, r.;;. rt'i or •j Vi. r ! h j favor it has received, uu i j>i-pahw.:y ,t ius• *. -i.- and, is unprecedented and incredible. it i.:.: ... • n Gbowth and Beauty if tho Hair. :t is n df-hihti'ul dressing. It erodi ; Dandruff. It pro' Hair from turning gray. Js keeps tho lit;: ice. • '..id gives the hair a rich, soft, glossy appearance. 11 is the SAiiE in Quantity and Quality •. ■ i; v.uowr . vir.va- TERof a Century Aqo, and issoldhvnU Dimrva-tsunil Country Stores at only Fifty Ceuta pi- fictile. Kf nan’s Glory is Ir lir. LYOfrS ATHIJBQN ap!22.ly A GREAT BLESSING. NEVER, since the time “when the morning stars sang together,’’ has there been a greater medical discovery and blessing to the human race than the GLOBE FLOWER COUGH SYRUP. This delightful and rare compound is the active principal, obtained by chemical process, from the “ Globe Flower,” known also as “ Button Root,” and in Botany as “ Cephalaathus Oecidentalis.” Globe Flower Cough Syrup is almost an infalli ble cure for every description ot Cough, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup, Whooping Cough Pleurisy, Influenza, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc.; and will cure Consumption, when taken in time—as thousands will testify. Globe Flower Cough Syrup will cure the most obstinate cases of Chronic Cough and Lung af fections, when all other boasted remedies fail. Globe Flower Cough Syrup does not contain • particle of opium or any of its preparations. Globe Flower Cough Syrup does cot contain a particle of poison, or any ingredient that cculd hurt the most delicate child. Globe Flower Cough Syrup has become, where known, the most popular Cough Medicine in the country, because it has successfully withstood the three great tests of merit, viz : Time, F.xperienco, and of Competition, and remains, after passing through this ordeal, the best article of its kind in the world. Globe Flower Cough Syrup is pleasant to the taste, and does not disagree with the most delicate stomach. Physicians who have consumptive patieufa, are invited to try the Globe Fiower Cough Syrup. Its magical effects will at once be felt and acknowl edged. Beware of counterfeits: the genuine has the words Globe Flower Cough Sgrup blown in each bottle, and the signatures of the proprietors upon each label. The trade mark label and compound are protected by Letters Patent. Don’t take any other article as a substitute for Globe Flower Cough Syrup. If your druggist or merchant ha 6 none on hand, request him to order it for you. Thousands of Testimonials of the most wonder ful cures are constantly being received from the North, East, West and South—some of which seem almost miraculous. Sold by all Druggists at SI.OO per bottle, $5.00 for one-half dozen. J. S. PEMBERTON & CO., Propri-tors, Atlanta, Ga. For sale in Forsyth bv McCOMMON& BANKS and L. F. GREER & CO. HEARD, CRAIG &CO.. Wholesale Agents, ap122.1y Atlanta, Ga. si|l6ox v: fT’.LPALATIGN. ccm -1 posofißi-E-;-> >f well-known ROOTS, HER 33 ■And FR U I > O, cr.-ab-UTii vri-U other properties, which ha taeir ,• Cat! arti \ Aperient, k'u iritious. r>iurr-i: . a.'torsi vo an i A t:-!i;i:;oan. Tha whole is prose i i,i a ‘ o':.;. i.t. .i.t. yof spirit from ... • -. HA l < . .v,; in any Clio: '.to, Wbl-Jl i—i.-O* t>.e - m iTION < IT Bitters cne of ill- mot desirable Tonies nnl Cnttiar tii -in the wo.id. ’i hey are intea.'--J strictly as a 1 emperaaca Bitters only lobe used cc i. medicine, and always according to directions. he; are the suict-ar . err of the feeble end dabfti taf.-.i. 3 hey a. .U;- j a mscaEcd I.v. r. and stimuiato to each a dej. :ee t:: tc, healthy action la at OBca brought about. .* .- u j ... ay to v.h.ch V.'omtn nr<- especial, y r-:'i .:i: i j e i.y ?is ding every other Etimul. i.t. /s u ' ju ir.fi j. j;il Nunimei TOBlc they have xu ‘‘J , Tb. y pro a ir.fld end geutla Puraativ, a, vie ■lnc v I criiy tne Blood. They are atpl- n-id Apj (.User. Uhey make the weak strong. They r •mi y and invigorate, they cme l'jspepsia, Couet;ration an 1 Headache. 'lLcy acta* a specific ;ne!l c; ecies of disorders which undermina tne bodily airtXoU, a: . * Lreaii down the animat ep-irita ap122.1y TO THE LADIES! ■Ji rRS. WILDER has jast returned from New iJ-L York, with a large and well selected stock of Millinery and Fancy Dress Goods. Also a fine assortment of Ladies and Childrens’ Shoes, To which we cell SPECIAL ATTENTION. We have a 1 so the Butterick Shears and Scissor*, Conceded to be the best now in use. We will sell our goods at low prices for the cast. aprl.lm. MR3. WILDER & McGINTT. XKW ADYEIL FIS E M E X l>. SPECIALTIES lOF S. F. WILDER & SOIV, FORSYTH. GA., Manufacturers and Dealers in Materials for the Same ' Every Description. Fepaitirg cf Bi ggies,Carriages and Wagons Promptly Attended To OUR BEST EFFORTS exerted to Elve satisfaction in QUALITY of rn vehi.d*-. and m.Vrtlal sold, and repairs done. Oat pay for the same shall be as little as anybody's !>m same ibtng sold or the same services rendend. None >ut the best Northern work sold by u<. oa which we give the same guarantee is on work done by ourselves. Furniture, Carpeting, Wall Paper, WINDOW SHADES and FIXTURES, RUGS, <Sc., up stairs over tho store of Mrs. Benrntf Ip PearlstiD’s Building. We are prepared to exhibit a better variety and s*\le of Fu-nitm<- than 'the public have ever seen here, and we have left nothing undone to t ost ourselves as thorough.v in the Furniture business as could be done, and we are determined to bend our euergiea in making Fur niture an important branch of our trade. " * It will be a great pleasure to us for the people to call and see ns, and permit us to show them through our stock and tame priies. If >ou patronize us, we staail endeavor that no ore shail be disappointed. THE FARM PUMP We offer for sale need only be seen at work to b • appreciated and desired by every one QCtbtf a *;! for water. They are adapted alike to either shallow or dfep wells Singer Sewing Machines We offer for sale, believing them to be the most di-sir. b!e and seivicable mauMtie made vf every description pertaining to this Machine we cau auppiy. •* I—-1 —- BURIAL CASKS AND WOOD COFFINS Extra or plain styles, coui tantly on hand. We otfer to the citizens of Montoe County the use of, our'Hearse and our servites aa Undertakers. aprlct S. F, WILEER & SON. THE LATEST fttEWS! 4i EST . IT AS TI HI E M ‘HAS BEEN DEFEATED BY GEN. LOW PRICES AT wmm? a mm to m btobe, IN HEAD’S NEW BUILDING. Forsytli. Go. o HAVING JUST RECEIVED A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED SPRING .tSl> SUMSJJCR Stock ot DRY GOOD3, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, IIaT3. TRUNKS, Ktc. t Et?,., are prepared to sell at the following Low Prices : 30.QC0 Yards BEST SPRING CALICO at 11 cent/. 10,000 Yards 4 4 SHEETING at 12X cents. 2,000 Yards DRESS MUSLINS at 12>£ cents. 2,C00 Yards BROCADE GRENADINES at 2C cents.. 1,000 Yards FINE JAPPANEESE at 25 cents. 500 HOOP SKIbTS, Slightly Damaged, at 50 cent*. 400 EXTRA FINE CORSETS at *1.60. 500 LINEN COATS at *I.OO. SCO Pairs LINEN PANTS at SI.CO. 500 UNION PANTS at *I,OO. 100 CASSIMERE SUITS from *5.00 to SS.OO. 100 CASSIMERE SUITS from *IO.OO to *20.00. 2,000 Yards HEAVY LINEN DRILL at 20 tents. 3,000 Yards HEAVY COTTON DRILL at 35 cents. 500 Pair GOOD BROGANS at *1.25. 500 Pair LADIE’S StiOES at *I.BO. 1,000 Pair LADIE S CLOTH fcHOES at *I.CO. 500 LADIE’S SUNDOWN at 50 cents.- 2,000 Pair LaDJE’S WHITE HOSE at 12% cents. 1,000 Pair GENTS HALF HOSE at 10 cents. - 1,100 HEMSHUH HANDKERCHIEFS at 10 cents. And a Large Assortment of JACONET, CAMBRICK fc PIQUE, SWISS, TO W RLS, and NO IUSA-* in proportion. Also a lull line ct GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS / Corn. Bacon, Flour’Sug'ar, Etc. Don’t Fail to CALL when you are in Town an(? sec the Prices, at aprlct WOLFE’S NEW YORK SToRE. J.2H- TURNER Attorney at Law, Forsyth, Oa. W r ILL Practice in the Cour ; i t g comprising the Flint Circuit, and j n ;he Suprem, Court ol Georgia. Prompt at* ention given to ah business entrusted. Office up Stairs—last door to tue right, in Pte’s Brick Block. marlS.ly LAND AGENCY. - The undersigned having made ar raugements f'.r t'r.e purchase and sale of landr in this section o’. Ger,rgia offer their service to the public in that lice pt-rsoca wishing to sell or; purchase cati eoca municate with either ot us a’, Forsyth. Muoroe county, Ga. A. D. HAMMOND, ac2B.2m GEO. M. RHODES. WM. D. s IO.M], a TTORGEY AT LAW. FORSYTH. GA., WILL -A practice la the Courts of the Flint Circuit, and the Supreme Court of Georgia. Office —Second door to the right and. opposite otffee of The AxjVEbtiskb Unai.tf JAS. W. !GREE\E, VTTORNEY AT LAW’, THOMASTON, GA., will practice in the Counties of the Flint 'Circuit; Clayton, of the Atlanta Circuit, and Tal !bot Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuits; also, in the U. 8. District Courts of Georgia at Atlanta and Savannah. !ebll.3m. Ae TO Q A Per Day! Agents Wanted! Ail wJ claeses o! woiking people of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for U 6 in their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else. Particulars tree. Ad dress G. BTINBON <fc CO., Portland, Maine. janl4.ly P. IL HlM.lilt. Attorney at law’, foksyth, gforgia Will practice in the counties comprising the Flint Circuit, in the Supreme Court cf Georgia, jU. 8. Supreme Court, and elsewhere per special contract. Office iu the Court House, Up Btairs. ; feb!B.ly Marshal! House. SAVANNAH, GA. ‘ Board Three Dollars Per Day. A. B. LI'CE, Proprietor*