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&hc Tlrnihl. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1875. STATE TREASURY. At the heel of the last session of the Legislature, * resolution was introduc el and passed in that body for the ap pointment of a Committee to investi gate the condition of the State Treasu ry. The result of the investigation, ■■nd the report of the Committeo were calculated to excite tho apprehensions -f the people as to the conduct of this important department ofthe State Gov ernment. But Gradually the excite ment abated and the matter had well nigh passed out of mind, until within a f,-w days past, his Excellency Gov *3mith notified the Treasurer, that his Bond must be increased. The princi t.le reason for this course on the part i.f the Governor, seems to be that owing to the death af Gen. Henning. who was <no ofthe bonJsmen, tho Treasurer’s bond is insufficient. At last aceoun's the Treasurer had not made hi- bond good. The following from “Halifax,’’ the Atlanta correspondent ofthe Citron. A Fen'incl, explains the present status of afl'airs : “There are no new developments of importance touching the Treasury dif ficulty. The Governor of course can take no action and express no opinion until the ten day’s notice has expired, in the meantime the reeeifts of money from the various tax collectors through out the State arc deposited for safety in one of the city banks. A number of Mr. Jones’ friends are in almost daily consultation, and even should the Treasurer, fail or decline to renew or strengthen liis bond, they claim that he will have abundant proof to establish to the satisfaction of all that lie ha- been guilty of no wrong; indeed, that he has been far more unfortunate than culp able, and that if he has been guilty of negligence and lack of proper vigilance, it was such negligence as he could m t veil avoid. They even intimate that they can account for the payment of the $150,000 of bonds twice in a man ner that will relieve Mr. Jones in a •great degree of the blame and respon sibility in the matter. The len days’ v.ruce, however, will soon expire, when rite result will be known. There is no ~ort of probability that the Legislature Will he called together earlier than us ual, for thero will hardly occur any such emergency. If Col. Jones cannot make his bond, it is not apprehended that he will make any resistance to the procedure of the Governor to enforce the law and declare the office vacant. Texas C'onstitiiiionnl Conven tion. Tnc Texas Constitutional Conven rtion is doing a good work for the State. Among other matters of importance, it 'lias addressed itself to the Railroad question, and incorporated a very com T’rehcnsive article in the State Constitu lion, bearing directly upon the subject. It gives to all roads the right toeonstruct and operate connections with intersect ing roads; prohibits consolidation of parallel or competing line**, or the con solidation by contract or under judicial saio of any road within the State with one organized under the laws of anoth er State, or of the United States, and reserves to the Legislature the right to establish reasonable rates and to enact laws prohibiting discriminations. The farmers in the Convention dictated a clause requiring any road hereafter con atructed to within three miles of a coun try scat to lay a track thereto and es tablish a depot there. Tiie t outing Struggle. Prominent Southern journals have icper.tedly declared their conviction that no Southern man should have a place ■ n the National Democratic ticket next .ear. hut recently some of them seem to 1 e changed in opinion. Thus the Petersburg Index and Appeal, noticing he nomination of a ticket with Rayard • r President and (Jordon f r Vico i r sident says-—“Wo are not yet 'hanged from our original position that there should Lest not he any Southern inan on the ticket. Rut if there is to e any such candidate, we do not think Jen. Gordon is likely to he the man If auy-Scißlhern man is going to oc cupy the second place on the Presi de;.tii! ticket, wo arc reasonably con ii'.lei.t (hat Senator Rausnm of North f -rolina'.twill probably he selected. lie v i.tuios every quality ami recommen dation for the high and honorable se- Alien. If anybody from the South so distinguished, we believe Senator i ' ;iSom has the lest chance to secure •be prize.” The Richmond 157!<’</, on contrary, tlios reiterates its former -co; ments: ‘The time has Dot come yet for the South to have a man on the nati nal ticL< t. It can do no good, ■ U-! may do .much harm, either for Northern journals or Southern journals co cypress themselves ia favor of it.— Th re i an immense moderate Ilepub ;i :n vote in the North which is gradu ally gravitating toward the position <mid by the Democratic Conservative ■ irt\ That vote must not be lost to us i ti e Psesidential election, and now is time t<< secur* it. L"t it be pro- claimed that the South is to have the Democratic candidate for Vice I’res ident, and wc shall inevitably lose it.” GLEANINGS. Augusta has received 70,000 bales of cotton since September. Thomas Downing was be.it to death in Dooly county by two drunken men. A party of some thirty persons left Ac worth Tuesday morning for Texas. It is computed that 18,000,000 hogs will go into the pork barrels of this country between now and January. A Marietta brick mason dreamt bis wife was a broken brick, and uncon sciously hurled her from bed on to the floor, and then yelled for ‘'more rnort.” The North Georgia Annual Confer ence, of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) will convene at Grif fin, Gu., on Wednesday the Ist of De cember proximo. .Tosh Billings, the Telegraph says, will lecture in Macon sometime in Jan uary. This will be bis first visit South. Marietta. —A negro convi t, whose time has expired, refuses to leave the chain gang at work on our railroad, hut wears his stripped clothes, eats and works, and thinks it is good enough place for him —and probably it is. Suicide —A daughter of Mr. Isaac I’endley, of Camming, Forsyth county, committed suicide by hanging herself to a tree, the first of this week. She was insane. Governor Smith has required Treas- urer Jones to file anew bond, his old one, on account of the death of Gen eral Denning and the division of his estate, being inadequate The farmers of North Georgia are sowing largely of wheat. lion. 11. 11. Carlton, editor of the Georgian, arid from Clark county, is reported dangerously ill. The Atlanta Herald says, that Judge Hopkins has announced his intention of resigning the Judgship of the At lanta Circuit. Col. Toni Gleeo, it is supposed, will be his successor. Tho Medical Commissioners appoint ed by the Governor, to investigate the sanity or insanity of Stephen D. Brink ley, the wife murderer, have discharg ed the duty, and report hitn sane- lie will hang. Should the proposed quick mail transit between the North and South include the Georgia Railroad, the time between Augusta and Atlanta will be reduced to six hours. Mr. F. T. Berry, of Oglethorpe coun ty. has now in his pen five hogs, of his own raising, that it is estimated will net him over 300 pounds each. They are of c ituuiuo stock and 18 months old. There are now either in full blast or in contemplation in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama fifty four fur naces for the manufacture of iron.— Georgia and Alabama are the chief seats of the production of hot blast char coal iron, which is shipped directly to England from Selma, Daltou, and Home In additiou to native whites and blacks there arc large numbers ol English, Scotch, and Swedish workmen employed at this business. 1 ft Sad Ending of a Wedding.—At shout 1 l o’clock on the night of Mmi. day. recently the residence of Mrs Susan Bradley, in the town of Che shire. Ot., was discovered to he on firs 1 . There were live or six persons in the house at the time, and among them Peter Murray, who had just been married to the daughter ot Mrs. Brad l*-y The building was entirely con sumed, an' l the charred remains of Mr. anil Mrs. Murray were afterward found on the iron springs of their bed. —Han- over Citizen. The articles so far adopted by the Texas Constitutional Convention pro vide that the legal rate of interest, shall not exceed eight per cent, a year, and that the Legislature shall pasj laws to punish usury; that current wages sha'l not b. subject to garnishment for debt; that a married man shall not sell nor u.ortpa e his homestead without the consent of his wife; that a homestead shall be protected from seizure for debt, except tor the purchase money tliereo f, aud that it shall not be par titioned among heirs duriug the lifetime cf a surviving husband or wile. Education is liberally provi<ied|fi>r, and the public lands protected from plun der. Dalton Citizen: While in East Tennessee last week we gathered a piece of information with reference to the value of the tomato crop that may interest and profit our readers. Mr. Adam Broyles, u large and successful farmer of Greene county, told us that a very superior wine, much better than blaekhcrrv. can be made from this j vegetable. He says he made this year, from less than a quarter of an acre, three hundred gallons of excellent wine, anil this test, which was not as go id as it might have been, thoroughly satisfied him that, witli proper cultivation and attention, as high as fourteen hundred gallons can be realized from one acre of ground. We know nothing as to how this wine would sell if placed upon the market; but it would seem, if it is all that Mr. B. claims for it, that it could be sold readily at fifty cents per gallon, if no more, making it a very lucrative business for small farmers to engage in. The last Thomas county Grand Jury spoke out pretty boldly on some mat ters of general interest. Upon State School Commissioner Orr’s proposed school hill, it remarked : Our attention has been called to a small pamphlet, published by the State School Commissioner, giving the de- tailed provisions of a bill he intends to lay before the next Legislature, for the pnroose of enabling the counties to vote for and levy an additional sehool fund tax. not exceeding one tenth of one per cent., when two thirdsoflhe voters vote in favor of it. for the purpose of estab lishing primary schools in all the coun ties. n..d higher grade schools in any sub district in the county, when two thirds of the voters in the sub district have voted for it. While wc are in fa vor of giving the best education to ev cry child in our county, and are willing to be taxed for educational purposes.we are unalterably opposed to any law that will breed discontent among our people, and prolmbly form the entering wedge, bring about mixed schools of whites and blacks, as we honestly believe the bill will do. Wc therefore unqualified ly condemn this bill as calculated to breed dissent ion and conflict among the races ; and we ask the representa tives of our county *to vote against if when it conies before the Legislature for passage Smlilrii Death <*t the Vice- Fresltlciit ol the United Slates. Washington, November 22.—The Vice-President died very suddenly at 7:30 this morning. He rested well last night, awoke at 7 a. m. and expressed himself as feeling bright and better; sat up in bed to take his medicine, lay down on his left side and expired in a few moments without a single struggle! imtm ft There has lately come to light a case which will rank with the most curious on record. The mines of Laurium- Greece, which were worked about 1600 years ago, are in a great measure com posed of scoria, or the refuse of ancient mines, which still yield a high per centime of silver. In clearing awiv a mass of this refuse, a quantity of seeds were discovered, which must have been bui ied for at least fifteen centuries. — Restored to conditions favorable to germination, to the heat of the sun and contact of the air, the seeds gave signs of life, burst their buds, and sent down roots in the earth, an 1 threw up stems into the light, where those last hud budded an i blossomed feo a lost species of the genus r/lnnrimn (horned poppy, of the order papnvr.reuz )-.vas re vealed. Pliny and Dioscorid s frequent Iv describe tho flower in their writings, with great particularity, ns its golden corolla is very beautiful, but it has hitherto been unknown to modern science. Now the plant which had dis appeared from the face of the globe for 15(i() \ears Ims been restored. A Baker of Fotnprii. An interesting discovery has recent ly been made at Pompeii in the shape of about 31 Ml tablets covered with wax. which were found packed carefully in a wooden chest, which having been com pletely carboni-lied fell to powder on it- exposure tn air. These tablets are squares of wood, and each is about the Ibi kcess of the blade of a knife; they arc all arranged in triptych*, and were ri.dually tied together so that they could be opened and read. Each trip tycb forms a book of four pages. The wax is covered with small writing, and most of the books are contracts for the loan of money and interest in the fol iowingform: “1. The acknowledgment of the receipt of the amount by the debtor (the sum being always written in words, not iu figures,) with a prom ise to repay the same with interest on a certain day. 2. The date, some with the names of the diutnviri (municipal magistrates) ouly, and others with the names of the consuls also. The names of the witnesses to the contract are written down and their seals are placed on the cords with which the tablets are fastened together. In some cases the creditor has also written in the margin an abridgment of the contract. All these contracts appear to be for money, but at interest. The name of the bank er who carried on this business was Lucius Cectlius Jucundus. of whom a fine life size bust in bronze has been discovered in the house, placed above a Hermes in marble, and bearing his name. This bust is one of the most remarkable works of art as yet discover ed in Pompeii. 5 f"Job Work done here NEW YORK. ME AID Til ME, IC9 Broad Street, (under Augusta Hotel) AUGUSTA, Ga. MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT Embraces—Copper and Sheet Iron Work, Galvanised Iron Cornices and Roofing; Tin and Slate Roofing; Tinware made by Machinery. DEALER I\ EVERT VARIETY OF HOUSE HARDWARE FURNISHING GOODS, Wholesale and Retail. teTThe Wholesale Department offers the same inducements offered inXew York to Dealers. STOVES, GRATES, MANTELS and TINWARE at rates never before of fered in this market. BSiC Persons needing Cooking Stoves will find it to their interest to examine our Price List before purchasing. We sell the celebrated TIIN/EiES COOK STOVE Warranted to be the finest baker Ju the South—Price on cars at Augusta, with (16 pieces of ware—No. G, $24; No. 7. S2B; No. 8, SB2; No. 9, S3O. toficREFER TO EDITOR OF “HERALD.” E. M. E3ABEBiF.It. S'rop’r. J IS. CI.4FVEI', Sup’t. Augusta, Ou.. November 2 >, 18/j—lin J. E. DART & CD., BEG leave to ca'l tb-* attention of the citizens of Greene and adjoining counties, to their Complete block of Staple and Fancy MU w™ y Mpn MifSj GROCERIES AND General Merchandise, All of which they sell at the closest figures for CASH. TUAiFUVi: STUTPTPILiTIUS A SFEC’I AI/FY. They offer Choice Flour, Fresh Ground Meal, Black and Mix ed Oats, Rye and Barley, and choice Seed Wheat. A large invoice New Orleans Sugars and Syrups, very (it,e and cheap, Green and Parched Goff es, etc., etc. They have on hand the COLUMBUS PLOW STOCK, and a full Line of ROOTERS and TURNIXG PLOWS, 11 icy are the tiling needed just now. READY-MADE C LOTHING, Cheap —Medium and Fine. Call and examine the Stock, and you cannot help but be pleased. SHOES In Great Variety, and almost, below bottom prices. PARTIES BUYING BY THE BALE. PACKAGE OR PIECE WILL BE CONVINCED THAT THEY CAN BSI W L2l 1 If] .ASk S2® 8 ® IT?”Parties not known to us, must give references. KF"The highest u a sh Prices paid for Cot’on, or liberal advances made on all ship" ments to our friends in Augusta. Charlete:i and Savannah. QT'Callectiuiis mndc ou all accessible points. J. F. II ART & Cos. Union Point. Ga 1 1375. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware, AND AGENTS TOR 4 and 8 Horse Power Engines for Cotton Gins, Howe's Scales, Dixie Plows, Sulky Ilay Rakes. Grain Drills, Cotton Planters, Champion Mower and Reaper, and Agricultural Implements and Machinery of all kiuds. August 26. 1875-tf ~ I* £ uMmEw, Importer and Dealer in ¥Pines, JLiqmors, Ales, Porter , {Jigars, Agent for E. inheitser & Co.’s ST. LOUIS LAGER BEEIL ncLTcr ioi <£ 256 Eroad St., Augusta, On. To Itrugsiisls, Hardware and Benrral Morelia tfs. I carry in stork from 1,000 to 3,000 b> x-s of window glass, (tin* 'argest stork in the South.) emiiracitig a I sizes. from 4 x (S to 40 x 60 in single or double thiol; and polish ed plate. Standard brands of Kr ■ ch and American, made. Stained, Cut, Ground, Enameled, and Church Glass. Putty by the bladder or ton. Glaziers’ Points, Knives, Diamonds. Arc. Above are imported direct from the fac tories and I guarantee bottom prices. Send for latest quotations. Truly yours, P. P. TO ALE. Charleston, S. C. Nov. IS—lm tc, Executrix Sale. BY consent of parties inte ested, ami for the purpose of a distribution among the heirs at Law of Daniel Waguon. dee’et. I will sell at priva e sale, between this and January next, all that valuable tract of Land belonging to said deceased, and Ivina in Greene county on the road from Leslie's .Milt to Smyrna, adjoining lands of More land, Atkinson and others, containing One dundred and Thirty-five acres (more or less.) On the place is a comfortable dwell ing and all necessary out buildings, and good water. If not sold privately, the land will be sold at public outcry before the Court-House door in Greenesboro’, on the first Tuesday in January next. Terms of sale One-half Cash, balance in twelve mos. with internet. MARTHA M. WAG NON. KxW of Daniel Wagnon. dee'd. W*LP. M. Wagnon aid show the land to parties desiring to purchase. Nov. 18. 1575-. tr Notice to Trespassers VLL persons are forbid hunting, fishing or trespassing in any wa v upon my plantation, under the penalty of the law. Pasties who have heeu pulling down my fences and turning stock upon niv lands are notified to desist, or l will prosecute them. JAS. L BROWN N"r. 19, 187 V. "• C. Gray & Cos., Augista, Ga. Bullion nml Fancy Dress Fringes in z*SI (lie new shades anti latest styles, at C. GRAY & CO’S. Ten eases Kentucky Jeans, very cheap at retail. Ltlicnil terms to the trade. C. GRAY & CO’S, Fine Bed Blankets at very low prices, at C. GRAY & CO’S. 300 boxes ofXcw Kticltings, 800 dozen of Kuriles at 50c. per dozen, 10 pieees new Itlaek Cash mere, 5 pieees fine Itlaek silk, at C. CRAY <k Cos. 100 pieees fine Heavy t'assi meres, rangins from SOe. to $5 per yard. C. GRAY & Cos. Nov. 18—tf. STOVES!! THE COTTON KING STOVE. THE IRON KISS, DIAnOM) STATE, GKAA'GE, BECK’S Kill V.LI \.\T, Anil other First-Class STOVES always on hand, at Prices to compete with any mar ket South. ALSO, a Full Stock of TIHNT RE, At WHOLESALE and RETAIL. % coiling ami (buttering, Or any work in TIN or SHEET-IRON, done at short notice, W. G. DURHAM, Greenesboro’, Georgia, November 4, 1875 —tf 255 IB road Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.. Organs and Piano JFortes milE LARGEST and BEST assortment South of Baltimore, of the MOSTCELEBRA JL TED MAKERS, at the LOWEST Factory Prices for CASH, or small monthly pay ments. QUICK SALES-SMALL PROFITS! Special Inducements to CASH Buyers!! PIANOS with a good Stool and cover, and ORGANS at New York and Boston prices forwarded to any point—freight paid—with no adyaaaa’ in price EVERY INVESTMENT is not only fully warranted for Five Years, hut intended! to he a permanent advertisement of superiority and exce lenee. m M li. IXSTIIITIEXTS AND m SU AE NEIM HAMIISE Of our own importation direct through llie Savannah Custom House ai lowest importers prices VIOLINS, VIOLONCELLOS. LASS, DOUBLE BASS, GUITARS,. ELUTES, FLUTINAS, CONCERTINOS. CLARIONETS. FLAGE OLETS, TAMBOIUNES PICOLOS, DULCIMERS. CONCERT HARMONU 03, ELUTE UAR.MONICOS; ZITHER, AC CORD EON 8 (French and German.) TRIANGLES, HAND ORGANS, MUSIC BOXES. MUSIC AL BUMS, BRASS and SILVEL INSTRUMENTS DRUMS. FIFES. < VMBALS, And everything appertaining to a First-Class Music House. BANDS supplied with Silver, Brans sussl Sirius ißistriimeiifs at prices that will defy competition. from European manufactories, including the Celebrated “Pargailini” Strings made i by RUFFINI, ot Naples. Italv. —superior to all others. A Full Stock of SHEET MUSIC, SONGS and MUSIC BOOKS, of all kinds. receive MUSIC daily by mail or express. ORDERS for Music, String*,. ete., will receive prompt attention—mailed free, or charges paid by us. Augusta, Ga.. Oct. 28, 1875—augo-Bmos GEO. O. ROBINSON. BooUSI&re!! BOOKS AMD STATIONERY. W E HAVE AI WAYS OX HAND THE HOOKS OF A MERCIAN" PITBLISH- KilS ns soon us they are issued, which we supply at the lowest tales. Our stock it ua surpnssed in quality and cheapness, embracing a a HfiCliSB B*. ftd, Standard and >lisccll memis Bunks. Bib'es. I’rnyrr Beaks Hymnals, Albums. Jivenilcs Ac In greai variety. Also, school and office Stationery, including the best Note, Letter and Cap writing Paper: Blank Books, half and full-hound - Ledgers ; Memorandums, Past Hooks, etc.; Best Inks, Pencils and Pcnlnddeis, Stationers’ Hardware. Blotting and Tissue Papers, etc. Buyers of this class of merchandise are invited to cal] upon us be fore making their purchases elsewhere. MM OI ATS TO THE Tlt W>E*®l All kinds of Newspapers and Magazines. Wholesale and lietuil Booksellers and Stationers. W. T. RICHARDS & SON. Augusta, On.. Oct. 14. 187o — 55".> A . F. Pendleton, SUCCESSOR TO QUINN & PENDLETON, 331 Rroatl Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. BOOK SELLER AND STATIONER. -Newspapers, periodicals, music, etc., a Specialty. Subscriptions taken for Newspapers and Periodicals at Publishers’ Prices. Having the NEWEST and BEST selected stock of School Books, Miscellaneous and; Standard Books, Blank Books and Stationery, will sell as low, if not lower, than any house in th 2 city. Be sure you give me a call before buying elsewhere. A. F. PEAIH-ETOV, 0ct!4,1 5 75—2ms 224 Broad Street, AL’GUSTA, Ga. f s & a e ir cqttonH^factor And ("ofmission Mercliant, JACKSON STREET, AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA st'[Hid'-.4 LIME! LIME! LIME! LIME! 1 AA barrels of fresh lime A v/A just received and for sale cheap by Sept 2—tf C. M. KING. C'H’K I TkUUi>l.E WVO ft ot’K A I Boodle ||o V OOKb 1■ 9 looDI.I nil) I O(JK ll i/OODLE E*o I AM NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH young Brahmah and Cochin Fowls at | SB.OO per pair, or single at $2.00 each. I Orders from a distance will receive prompt {attention. It. H. PERRY, Sept 16, 1875n53 Greeaeaboro’. Q*.