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STATE ITEMS. — —:o: Geortrin is the only state which docs not tsx dogs. Another rich gold ruine has been dis covered in Cherokee county. The ladies of Atlanta are organizing nn industrial school. Two little children of Mr. 11. W . Price of No. If. C. R. R., were poison ed Saturday night from eating cheese. The Covington Star learns that Mr. Conley, of Jasper county, made 3,150 bushel? <>f corn this year on 30 acres of land, which is an average of 105 bush els or 21 barrels to the acre. The Onstonaula, for 106 miles, is navigable at all seasons of the year to boats drawing twenty inches of water. A beautiful little granddaughter of Mr. Peter Marsh, of Cartersvillc, was left alone in a room the other day, and burned to death from her clothes eatch ing fire. She was about four years old Dougherty jail has 25 raeu and boys and oue woman in it. The city council of Macon is engag ed in scaling the salaries of her officials. The proposed average reduction is twen ty-five per cent. The serai annual dividend of the Georgia railroad—four per cent—is pay able on and after the fifteenth of next month. Ci bb county cau not fail to be well represented in the Legislature. 3 here tire three candidates for thoscat in the House made vacant by the resignation of Mr. \V. D. Anderson— Judgo David Trwin, Colonel -Tas. D. Waddell and General A. J. Hansel. 11. V. Forrester has been elected President of Crawford High School at Dalton. The engine M. P. Stovall pulling the down passenger train over tho Geo. R. R. on last Friday exploded its? boiler at Harnett, killing' the fireman, Downs and engineer Rainy. Goo. E. llatcliffe and Charlos Tilly, both of Augusta, fought a duel, on last Thursday at Sand bar Ferry S. C-, -which resu'ted in the death ef the last named geutleman. ThelaA grand jury for Rurke coun ty asked the legislature to amend the law so that less than a quart of liquor can not be sold in Rurke county under any circumstances. They also made the following recommendations: That a law be passed to prevent the illicit traffic in farm produce; that pistols ol every kind and guns kept for sporting be taxed, and that a greater breadth of land be sown in com, oats and other paoducts that support man and beast.— We give i's recommendation on the dog question in full: “And not least of all, we do press upon the legislature the ur gent necessity long felt—of imposing a fax upon doers, which are, themselves, aa. "luwViu&to*-r'a-an* I*v>actswo 1 *v>actswo fn the way of, now, and profitable enterprises and investments. These advantages, wo hope, may be secured to us oven by a local, if they cannot be by a general law.” GLEANINGS. Bishop Simpson denies having ex pressed himself as to (he third term. He is more cautious than brother Ha ven. Distress among the working people is w ide-spread in Newark, New Jersey. There is a bulllrog farm in Southeas tern Wisconsin, thirty acres fenced in, and tho proprietor sends thousands of these featherless birds to New York. A petition to congress for the repeal of the bankrupt law is Mtog circulated throughout Connecticut. Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, has ap pointed It. 11. Marr to the United States senate, vice McMillan resigned. Postmaster General Jewell's annua! report shows an excess of expenditures over receipts of about $6,000,000,. A translation of the “Pilgrim’s Pro gress” ha* been issued by a native Jap anese publisher. There seems to be little doubt now out that the Mississippi Legislature will impeach both Gov. Ames and Lieut. Gov. Davis. The effort to build a monument to Horace Greeley hat proved an utter failure, and there is talk of returning the money contributed, A lump of Australian o!d, worth about 35,000, is to be sent to the Cen-> tennial at Philadelphia. The existence of the United Order of American Mechanics is no secret. Its meetings are regularly advertised in Eastern newspapers, and the objects are generaly understood to be hostile to foreigners in general and Romans Cath olics especially. Stanley writes that the last African king he met had but three hundred wives. In Africa a king with but three hundred wives is looked upon by the girls as almost a widower. No loss than eight different bills have been introduced in the boose to repeal the resumption act. The feel. iDg among the democratic members is admitted to be largely in favor of the repeal of the oppressive act. The surgical examination of the body of Lexington, the great Kentucky race-horso, revealed the most singular cause for his death. That part of tho skull under the left eye, where the trouble of the horse seemed to be locat ed, was filled with at least a quart of masticated food, which had been forced into the cavity through an opening in the upper jaw, caused by the loss of a iooth. §he BjeruUl THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1876. Adieu. With this issue, closes the Tenth Volume of the Herald. To give our employes a little respite from labor, we will not ap pear before our readers in regular apparel until the 6th of January, 1876. Wishing all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, we tip our beaver and say—Adieu. The Georgia Congressman Have been assigned to Committee in tho nouse as follows: Appropriations —Jas. 11. Blount. Ways and Means —B. 11. Hill. Military Affairs, and Public Buildings and Grounds —Philip Cook. Comm eroe—Pel ton. Coins, Weights and Measures—Stephens. Agriculture, and Enrolled Bills—Har ris. Private, Land Claims, Expenses of the Department of Justice, and Militia —Can- dler District of Columbia —II art ridge. “Honor to Whom Honor is Hue.” The Chronicle and Sentinal says: Mr. Stephens has been the recipient of high and unusual honors at Wash ington this Winter. The reserving of the choicest seat in the House for oue who is only a member elect—who has not only not been admitted as a mem ber of the present Congress, but is ac tually a thousand miles away from the Capital, is an honor which we believe has never before been accorded in Ibis country. Rut in addition to this, tho Chairmanship of an important oom mitteo has boon reserved for Mr. Ste phens, with a room in the Capitol at his disposal, within a few steps of his scat in the hall of the House. In the Louisiana discussion —which an unfor tunate blunder of the Democrats pro voked the other day—tho allusion by Mr. Blaine to Mr. Stephens as “the very Nestor of the Democratic party,” was a very high compliment. Nestor was the Grecian counselor and orator to whom the Grecian commanders appeal ed in all their dissensions, and when they followed his advice they never blundered. ITc is said to have govern ed wisoly three generations of men.— Such an appellation as this, then, com ing from a man who, like Mr. Blaine, weighs woll the words he speaks, and knows well their full import, is no ordi nary tribute. It was immediately in connection with an allusion to Mr. him “the Nestor of the Democratic party.” For bis course then many of tho people and the papers of tho State severely censured Mr. Stephens, That it was the wisest and best course for Louisiana that could have been taken in the existing state of things is evi denced by a clipping we find in tho Macon Telegraph, which says that “the business interests of that State have sprung up and'flourished during tho peaceful interval since last January, anil with a vigor that has fairly rivalled the growth of tropical vegetation. It is believed Hint tbe present condition of perfect tranquillity will continue, as tliere is no reason to anticipate any new disturbance’s, Tho crops are spoken of as enormous. An instance is cited of one planter who, on an outlay of $175,- 000, which covers tho total expenses of his crop from the plow to the wharf, will make five hundred hogsheads of sugar, from which will bo realized sllO per hogshead, together with seven thousand five hundred barrels of mo lasses at 124 per barrel.” A linn l{iii'iH)il 1 10 SLsalJt its n Mole. A most awful eatnsfrophe'oceurred on Wednesday night of last week in Dooly county, near tho line of Worth. The unfortunate victim was Elder Saninel Wright Story, a Primitive Baptist very highly seteewed. Mr. Story bad been to mill on Swift creek, and was return ing home lato in the evening. He stop ped to warm himself in front of the house of Mr. Stevens, on the road side; where an old stump of a treo had been fired, and had burned into a hole. None of Mr. Steveus family wentout to where he was or paid any attention to his being there. They only noticed that his cart remained standing an unusually long time for a person merely to warm. About ten o’clock at night, they saw his cart was still at the road side, and finally concluded to go and sec if any- thing was the matter. On arriving at the stump holo a most horrible sight was before them. The head and shoul ders of Mr. Story’s body were lying in the hole and had burned to a crisp. It seemed as if he had fallen into tbe burn ing hole headforemost. Whether be bad struck his foot against some obsta cle and fallen, or whether he had been prostrated from a fit, is unknown. In either case, he was unable to raise him self out cf the hole, and death, in its most terrible form, put *n end to his struggles. The citizens of the neighborhood were informed ofthc accident, and assembled to hold an inquest and bury the remains. Our informant, Mr S. P. Wilson, pas3l the placo on Thursday morning, and a crowd had already collected for the ob jects stated.—llawkinsville Dispatch. Tho Wandering Jew. Rich collections of manuscript have been carefully examined by competent men to ascertain the most distant date to which these legends or myths can be trnood. The oldest document at present known on tho subject was wit ten abont six hundred and fifty years ago, in the reign of Henry 111. The Book of the Chronicle of St. Alban’i Abbey, contains the following narrative as of a contemporary event: One day the Patriarch or Archbishop of Armenia arrived at the Abbey with a small re tinue, including an interpreter who oould make tho Patriarch and the Ab bot intelligible to each other. Ho had visited most of the celebrated shriues and holy places in England, and bad to see the shrine of St. Alban. Hospitably entertained for many days, the Patriarch held much conversation with the abbot and the monks. lie was asked, among other things, whether he had seen or heard aught of Joseph, a mysterious being who was reputed to havo lived ever since the early days of Christianity. The patriareh replied that ho had not only heard of this undying one, but had been visited by him in Armenia. The story told by tho wanderer was a solemn one. On tho day of tho crucifixion, Castaphilus, (another name borne by Joseph,) a porter in Pontius Pilate’s house, struok Jesus on the back with his hand, and bade him mockingly to move on more quickly. A severe but mysterious reproof was administered to him in reply; “I am going, and you will wait till my return.” Castaphilus lived on century after century apparent ly no older than at first. Ho became a holy and religious man, narrating to bishops and divine3 events which he had witnessed in the apostolic days.— Ho was always serious, accepted noth ing but food and raiment from his en tertainers, and looked out anxiously for the last day. Search appears to have been made in vain for any meution of the wanderer during the fourteenth and fifteeth centuries, but quite early in the sixteenth we hear of a Wandering Jew who assisted a weaver, named Kokot, to discover in Bohemia a treasure which an ancestor of (he weavnr wsa xgported as appearing like a man seventy years of age.—Chamber’s Journal. It seems that the troubles whiob threaten destruction of Liberia originat ed in a little job in which tho late President of that republic was interest ed. Ho was induced to mako an agreement giving an English company a monopoly of tho Liberian trade.— The Legislature refused to ratify tho arrangement, and thereupon the agents of the company claimed a right of trafi fio and transit through tho territories of Liberia independent of the Govern ment. Resistance to this claim led to the disastrous warfaro of which so much has been said. A number of German merchants of New York have united to raise $5O, 000 to defray the oxponses of reception of tho German Grown Prince and his subsequent escort to Philadelphia on his visit to the Centennial Exhibition. GEORGIA —Greeno County. John Rowser (col.) applies for Ex emption of Personalty, and I will paBS up on the same at my Office, at 10 o'clock, a. m., on Saturday, the first day of January, 1870. J. F. THORNTON, Ord'y- December 20, 1875—2 ts Free Trader. T HEREBY give my consent for my wife, S. Elizabeth Walker, to become a Free Trader. HAMPTON WALKER. Dec. 20, 1875—dm GEORGIA —Greene County- I’eter Brown (colored) applies for Ex emption of Personalty, and 1 will pass up on the same at my Office, at 10 o’clock, a. in., on Saturday the first day of January, 1870. J. F. THORNTON, Ord’y. Dec. 18, 1875—2 ts /GEORGIA—Greeno County. NA Perry Batighcum applies for Exemp tion of Personalty, and I will pass upon the same at my Office at 10 o’clock, a. m., on Saturday the first day of January, 1876. JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’v. Dec. 17, 1875—2ts* rf"'lF,OßGTA—Greene County. * Janies O. Wright applies forEx* emption of Realty and Personalty and I will pass upon ths same at my office at ten o’clock A. M , on Saturday the first day of January 1870. JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y. December 22, 1875—2ts* (T EORGlA—Greene County. JT Booker Btiggnpplieis for Exemption of Personalty, and 1 will pass upon the same at my offioe at 10 o’clock, on Saturday. December 25th, 1875. JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y. Dec. 13, 1875—2ts* EORGlA—Greene County. * TMary L. Thai ton, wife of D W Thaxton applies for Exemption of Personalty, and I will pais upon tho same on Saturday, De cember 18th, 1875- J. F. THORNTON, Ord’y. Dee 8,'1875-2t* Have You Examined the goods at Hightower’* old stand ? Such Bargains w*r nsrar offered in Greensboro’. A Nan Hois Vy OU can save money by calling at STEAL CARTWRIGHT’S CHEAP VARIETY STORE. Kegs Best Fresh LAGER BEER, at 5 cents a glass. All PLAIN Drinks, best Liquors, at 10 cents. All Mixed or Fancy Drinks, best Liquors, at 16 cents. The Best stock of Imported Oomestic Liquors Ever offered in this market, at $1 75 to $6 00 per gallon. No other House in this town can keep the following brands of fine old Liquors, which I have the exclusive- sale, viz. Haiti. B.fougli son’s lSailiinare C'lsilt Old Itye Mliisfey, Ueot'Miis Jfc Uuggins’ I<l Stock Kentucky ISom bon. And several other Popular Brands that cannot be equaled by any otner house. I have also all grades of CIGARS, from a CHERUTE to a Full HAVANA. Will find it to their interest to call and buy their Christmas Tricks Fruits, Produce, Fancy Groceries, Notions and Family supplies generally, at Greatly Deduced 1 rl °® suit the HARD TIMES. Everybody come and be convinced—don t take my wora ior W. C. CARTWRIGHT. Greeneshoro’, G.. Deo. 23, 1875. IramllsicSlisl J A h'i JJ ills <Jii 26S IB road. Street, AUGUSTA, ----- GEORGIA. O Organs mid Piano Paries, rnilE LARGEST and BEST assortment South of Baltimore, of the MOST CELEBRA JL TED MAKERS, at the LOWEST Factory Prices for CASH, or small monthly pay quick SALES—SMALL PROFITS! Special Inducements to CASH Buyers 11 PI VNOS with a gooJ stooland cover ’ and ORGANS at New York and Boston prices forwarded to any point—freight paid—with no advance U 1 P'IAERY INVESTMENT is not only fully warranted for Five Fears, but intended to be a permanent advertisement of superiority and excellence. M .<iK 11. gX9Tatt;VIKXTS AND MLLSICfkU MER(’HA\'WI Of our own importation direct through the Savannah Custom House at lowest importers Pricf*® '-- w v/jj i_j uV *_7j jii lUV7j ITV7\' I/O Ft f* A Aj U 1 i A lik? j FLUTES, FLUTINAS, CONCERTINOS, CLARIONETS, FLAGE OLETS, TAMRORINES, PICOLOS, DULCIMERS, CONCERT HARMONICOS, FLUTE HAIIMONICOS; ZITHER, AC CORDKONS (French and German.) TRIANGLES, HAND ORGANS, MUSIC BOXES, MUSIC AL BUMS, BRASS and SILVER INSTRUMENTS DRUMS, FIFES, CYMBALS, And everything appertaining to a First-Class Music House. BANDS supplied with SsJvea*,' BSraS and Siring Instruments at prices that will defy competition. [EP’I'FALIAN STRINGS for Violins, Guitars, Banjos, etc., received monthly direct from European manufactories, including the Celebrated “Pnrganini” Strings made by RUFFINI, of Naples, Italy,—superior to all others. A Full Stock of SHEET MUSIC, SONGS and MUSIC BOOKS, of all kinds. CC/“\Ve receive MUSIC daily by mail or express. ORDERS for Music, Strings, etc., will receive prompt attention—mailed free, or charges paid by us. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 28, 1875—aug5-6mos GEO. O. ROBINSON. OO TIE COTTON 118 STOVE. THE IRON KISS, IJIAYgOATS STATE, GIiAAGE. ' ISICK’S ISRIIJJ IYT, And other First-Class STOVES always on hand, at Prices to compete with any mar ket South. ALSO, a Full Stock of TIUKT '\A7\A IFCE, At WHOLESALE and RETAIL. flooding and Guttering, Or any work in TIN or SHEET-IRON, done at short notice. W. G. DURHAM. Greenesboro’, Georgia, November 4, 1875 —tf A • F. PemSletoaa, SUCCESSOR TO QUINN & PENDLETON, 224 ESronil Sjreet, .41 (l STA, GEORfiLL BOOK SELLER AND STATIONER IVrWSPAPERS, 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 the city. Be sure you give me a call before buying elsewhere. non. eo y ye, A F lEXHLKTO\, 0ct14,187o —2ms 224 Broad Street. AUGUSTA, Ga. Nota Ilene l ! "Vf OTICE is hereby given, that I baTO 1\ placed a Fi. Fa. against Greene Cos. Fair Association, in favor of myself, in the hands of H. E. W. Palmer, Esq., for collec tion. Tho law was fully complied with in obtaining the Execution, and uniess the Stockholders pay their pro rata amount, Executions will be issued against them forthwith. JAS. N. ARMOR, j December 16, 1878—If LIME ! LIME! LIME! LIME! 1A A BARRELS OF FRESH LIME L Uv just received and formal* cheap by Sept 3 —tf C. M. KING_ IJTjTJok werk s*r. iiere. HI — JUNE writing desks. FANCY WORK BOXES PRESENTATION BOOKS'. STANDARD POETS. CHRISTMAS BOOKS of all kinds. FANCY PAPER in handsome paper boxes PERFUME CABTNETS with cut-glass bottles. RUSSIA LEATHER GLOVE and HANDKERCHIEF BOXES. FINE RUSSIA LEATHER POCKET BOOKS for Ladies and Gentlemen. TOYS of all kinds and something to SUIT every body. For Sale at Low Prices ! W. T. RICHARDS & SON. Augusta, Ga., December I<>, 1875. The hi. srest Show on Earth J! Greemesboro JOHN ROBINSON’S GREAT WORLD’S EXPOSITION!! The Monarch of them • 111. This mammoth Shew ccmpi I . am one its most prominent features, a Grand and Unrivaled Aquarium and Circus, Bach com-lete end ui urpn sad in itself, requiring several special trains to convey R from one city to anotlier. The immense Mena; :riamong its myriads of wonderful Animals and Monsters, contains generous coni i' ,ions from. Land, Sea and Air, and from every clime in Eu rope, Asia, Africa and Ann riea. Besides an almost unlimited number of the most re markable and rare Wild Boasts, Sen SEonsters nil Woiidnlul There is al=o a c? ji se cu m m In which the talent employed is unequal! 1 and comprises the highest order ofTerfor mersin the land. The public, and ; y ladies, children and families, are assur ed tl ii this depart mentis without a blemi-h, and nothing is said or done that can of fend the most fn.-tidious i.a.-.te of a refined or high-toned community. Among the Illus trious and World-famed Artists in this department are KORERf STICKABSY, the most finished and graceful Fquestrian now liv ing, and the Champion Double Somersault Leapev of the world. Miss EH.IIA liAKE, the most charming and daring young Horsewoman in the profession. •50EB A LOWS.OTV, conceded by the public and the profession, to be the greatest Clown living. KOTII7O SKJSASTIAA’, the peerless Rider, whose reputation is world-wide. S'.S, NS AO EB&BHI3, the unrivaled and remarkable Tight-Rope Performer. •I A?SB<>i <’ \ MB'BSBSIsTs, the wondeful Somersaultist; Miss Jennie Tournour, Miss Christine, Miss Rosaliuo. and .six other lady riders. WIIITNEA stud I>AA EXPORT, the thrilling Trapeze reformers ; Geo. SI Oman, the greai English Glo o Performer; John Wilson, the great Four. Horse Rider; Mr. McCarthy, the Eccentric Clown, and twenty other artists equally well and favora bly known as stars in their special acts. ' Unsurpassed as >. Moving Panorama of Brilliant Chariots, Wagons. Cars, Cages, Car riages, Dens, Animals, Two Bauds of Music, Horses, Wild Beasts, Fifty Ponies 4 TEAM OF I'OJUKIiOI S ELEPHANTS Drawing a Golden Chariot, forming a Picture of Bewildering Beauty. ffsrTWO PERFORMANCES DAILY. Doors open at 1 and 7P. M. Performances an hour later. Admission--?* Cents. Children 50 Cents, REMEMBER TIIE DATE nil 25th.