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gtou$tmr Perr Ga- jy-PiiblliAcd every Seturdey bj~S# >xvxjxt 3vr A.Ttrr’XJj-. -+*r* Rates of Sabscriptiou. ■ Year, 52.00 i-MapHS. 51.00 t Months.. ..... .r;.... Professional Cards. k inserted at one dollar a line per annum if paid in advance, otherwise, two dollars a line. A. S. GILES, Attome-e at Law Y, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. Office in tbi Court House, f Special attention given to bumneps in the Supe- - * and County Courts of Houston County. VOLUME rv PERRY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 23, IS74. [ ieb 21. ly- C. J. HARRIS, Attorney at L w, MACON GEORGIA. actice law in litigated cases in tbe ' counties of the Macon Circuit to wit: . Bibb, Houston, Crawioid and Twiggs. J. A. EDWARDS, Attorn ey at Law, MAR8HALLYILLE GEORGIA. W. H. REESE, Attorney at Law. SIAHSHALLV1LLE GEORGIA. •^-Special attention given to cases, in at uptcy. . . DUNCAN & MILLER. attorneys at PERRY and EORT VALLEY, GA. *»_c. c. pnnean, Perry, office on Public Square ■A. L. Miller. Fort Valley- office in Mathew's Hall B. M. DAVIS. Atto rney at Law PERRY, GEORGIA. W ILL practice In the Courts of Houston and adjoining counties; also -in the Su re me Court and U. 8. .-District Court. NOTTINGHAM & PATTEN, | attorneys at Law. PERRY,. GEORGIA. PRACTICE in the Courts of Houston and a oining counties. Prompt attention given to all enslneaa entrusted to our care. Collections of claim, a specialty. ang23. tf. U. M. GUNN, Attorney at Law BYRON, 8. W. B, R. GA. Os-Special attention given to collections. E. W. CROCKER, Attornov at Law FORT VALLEY, GA. Collections and Criminal Law a special! j Otl'.cr at Jlil’er, Eic-vu & Co’s. JOBSON DR. DBKTTIST, PERRY AND HAWKINS VTLLE GA. H E WILL SPl ND the first half of each month in bia office in Ferry, over the old drug store, tad ane-fonrth, or the latter half of each month sill be given to his practice in Hawkinsville, at Ura. Hudspeth’s. aug23 .' A. M. WATKINS, CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO., Broome Street, WEW TORE. BOOTS & SHOES AT WHOLESALE. Cash Saloon Re-Opened. C.V. MARKET, PERKY, GA FINE WINES, WHISKIES, BRANDIES, ETC. AT RETAIL. {©“The best LAGER BEER a 5 cents a glass. Everybody in invited to give me a call at my pew store next, door to my old stand. G. V.MARKET.' March 21 3 m. T. T. MARTIN Manufacturer and Retail Dealer in T3JST WARK, COOKING STOVES, SHEET IRON TIN WARE, ET CETERA- best manner, tf. T. T. MARTIN. Perry, Go. C.D.ANDERSON FORT VALLEY, GA,, Agent for the following high grades of commercial fertilisers: HEESE’S SOL. PACIFIC GUANO. SOLUBLE SEA TsLAND GUANO. March 14. tf. i. iSDESoy, President Brown, Cashier. CASH CAPITAL, $i^,@C0. PLANTERS* BANE. FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Trsuractr a General Banting, Discount; and Exchange Business. Fiiticnlar attention given, to the collection of Notes, Drafts, coupons, D^jjdends, etc. directorst* lf£J. Asaiaror, B.I. Dawrss, L- IT. arre W.H.Hci.Hvwv,T, TV .. VT,rwvy The Old Saw Mill. Oh, that blessed day! Whafwaa that? Fourth of July? General training day? Thanlcsgiv- mg? Christmas? None of all these. Far more important to onr heart was the day when we first went a fishing alone. Whether we had permission we can not at this late petiod certainly deter mine, We presume from the recol lection'of tile' anxiety, and the dis tinct remembrance of the general ex- hiliration, that we had a dispensation to roam. ’ There is a vague impression, too, of digging worms, of putting a piece of twine to a pole! Then went we forth toward the river Bantam. Now, the river Bantam was to our young hearts what the Jordan was to a good and patriotic Jew. It was the chief, stream in onr neighborhood. It was the chief resort for swimming purpo ses, For thorigti it war hardly knee- deep, and in many places easily jump ed across, yet there were pools, and a notable one' ballad‘“Lord’s' Hole,” (doubtless from a Litchfield family of the name of Lord) wLere a s nal boy could go in “over head.” It was one of those, clear brooks—a mere brook which mostly brawls over peb ble stones, now and then widening in to quite a sheet, and then, like men who have been too generous, growing narrow and deep. Along its banks grew alder bushes in abundance, and here and. there great trees reached their branches over the stream, and and watched themselves below. Not a great way above Lord's Hole was the “old saw-mill,” not that there was then a mill, or even a mill-dam, bnt tradition said there, bad been one and the legend was probable, inas much as two steep banks on either side sloping up some twenty-five feet, and seemed to have formed' the wings of'a dam; and the water made a fall, as ff underneath, there was the re mains of some obstruction. On the blessed day above men tioned, a barefooted boy might have been seen on a jnne afternoon, with his alder pole on his shoulder, trip ping through the meadow, where dan delions and wild wild geraniums were in bloom, and steering for the old saw-mill. As soon as the meadow was crossed, the fence scaled nnd de scent begnn, all familiar objeets were gone, and the over-powering imagina tion of being alone set one’s iifiagian- tion into a dance of fear. Could we find our way back? What if a big bull should come out of those bush es? What if a great big man should come along and carry ns off? To a six year old boy these were very se rious matters. As nothing could have so well tested the eargernesn of our purpose as perseverence of these sottl- bewildering suggestions! For reali ties in after life are seldom so impres sive as imaginations are in early life. A child’s feors are cm el. They are to him the signs of absolute realities, and he is quite unable to reason on them, and is helpless to repeat or endure them. The fears of our own ehild- hood constitute a chapter of mental philosophy. Bui no sooner did we see the spar kle of the water than our soul grew calm again, and happy. Now for the first time in our lives we put on a worm. We threw in the book and trembled all over The hook and but fell quietly upon the wrinkled water, went quietly down the stream and swept in near the shore, where some projecting stone roofed over a little pool. Ont of that pool onr little eyes saw something dart, and our little hands, all a trem ble, felt something pull. In an in stant with a spasm of energy, we drew back the line, there was a flash in the air, a wiggling fish, and something smote the rocky, gravelly bank be hind. Scrambling up, found a shiner, but, alas, smushed to . pieces. Our conrnge grew every moment. What did we care if there was a bull in the bushes? What if a beggar-man should come along? What if a great black doff should—bnt that thought was a little too much. Black dogs were a terror not to b i lightly thought of, even by a sixteen year old urchin, who had caught fish, alone, tool. So gath- ing up roach and three shiners, we started home: Up tbe sloping hill we ran, till our father’s house shone out- from among the trees, and then, with the dignity and nonchalenee of a conqueror, we prepared to make a tri umphant entrance Buthere, so often happens in the reminiscences of-our childhood, the vision falls. We can recollect nothing of our reception.— Since then we have fished, tn many a strange stream and Like, and in the deep sea—but never with half the ex- biliration of that first joyful hour op-- on the Bantam! Not even there again would the fire be rekindled! For, not long after, taking a younger brother, to be s marveling witness of onr success, tre went again to the old saw-milL The air was disenchanted. The road and bushes hushes had no spirit in them. bjpok gurgled and rushed. We caught our fish, a few, but without craze, and came solemnly home, won dering what the reason •coulcl be that the first time could be had bur ones. Since then we have seen many A Murderer’s Care- Home and Adornments. T Rates of m\ if! l\ i t i 1 r ? ? !| S’ « % ? I 5 f i : I * rl 2. ..I 2 3 0oi *V&! SOffl 9 ® 111.0007 <30 94 3....I 3 4 oOl S 751 s’TSfU d0il50v ! 21 31 4 il 5 7m 72s1 SS0mOUSUO.M.Ki 37 a Cel! 3| 7 i»t S TfijlO 25jl7 00:21 oo;£) oo; « « Coll S|13 Ooj-'G i i coi;i5;;i oo|271 An Exti’A'orcfnary Case-' The Channel Passage. Make Home Attractive* For not many years back Williamson j Within the lattitndes of his ledgers' A new suggestion for improving the Many newspapers especially those. The case cf official burglary ai j county, Illinois, has been the scene of |a man is king. Woman is princess J English Channel .assage is offered by of the cites, are «*l*vays doing good Washington is perhaps one di the [ marij (feeds of outrage, violence and j at home. With all that pertains to i M. Ronmieu. As the shallowness of work, the valne of which tan hardly most extraordinary anu disgraceful be overestimated, in warning the youth i events that ever occmred in this conn- of the country homes of the risk they j country. The United States Dis- run in rushing to towns and especially ; trict Attorney is named Harrington, murder, many of them bloody, and all the supreme sacredness of its atmos- the French and English shores and of them dark and mysterious. Men phere and the charms that go to make | and the constant shingle drift offer 125 A DAV GUARANTEED using our WELL AUGER & DRILL in good territory. Endorsed by Governors have been waylaid and murdered on the publicTifghway: they have been cruelly assassinated in their own yards and on their own thresholds; they have been dragged from their beds at night, hanged upon trees, and their lifeless and ghastly forms left suspended in the- air to startle the travelers and drive terror and appre- lienrions to the hearts of friends and neighbor. In nearly every case the perpetrators have managed to conceal themselves from the knowledge of the public; surrounded with a vaiil of mys tery which neither the officers of the law or the just revenge of the survi ving friends of the murdered victims have been able to penetrate,' they have eluded justice and escaped the penalties their crimes so richiy de serve., -Not long-since a party .of hunters were out at night. Iu their rambles they met another party, who, they were horrified to see. were carrying a dead man: The hunters, who had-es- caped the oyservation of the others, coucealed themselves until the party with the dead man had passed on, when they followed, keeping at a safe distance behind, for perhaps a mile, when the whole party, dead man and all, suddenly disappeared. The pur suers searched, but could find no trace nor sign of the party. The next day they returned to the search, and were rewarded by discovering a cave, the opening of which, large enough to ad mit the body or a man, appeared in the cliff of rocks overhanging a small stream of water. The explorers procured lights and a reinforcement of three or four resi dents of the vicinity, and returned to the cave. Just before they reached it two men were observed running away from it in Laste. Two of the party entered the cave and found themselves in a large-room, oarpeted and furnish ed, and showing.evident signs of the recent occupation. The sides of the room showed openings which they felt assured led to other rooms. The possibility that they might be occu pied made the searchers feel uncom fortable, and they quickly vacated the pljce. The party concluded they had come upon the rendezvous of a bond of de*speradoes, aud on their way home stopped at the house of an old farmer and told their story. The far mer became excited, left the room, and soon returned with f,ur men, masked and armed, who made party of explorers kneel and take a solemn oath never to reveal what they had that day discovered, The families of the men who made the discovery are leaving the country, nnd others are preparing to follow; and the greatest excitement exists on the borders of Jackson and Willinmson counties in the vicinity of the caVe. “Is Yunr N te Good:” A city lawyer was called on by a bay, who inquired if he had any waste paper to sell. The lawyer had a crisp, keen way ot nskiog questions, and is, moreover, a methodical man. So pulling out a- large drawer, he ex hibited his stock of waste paper. “■Will you give me twenty-five cents for that?” The boy looked et. tbe paper doubt- iugly a moment, then offered fif teen. “Dope,” said the lawyer, and the paper was soon transferred to the bag by the boy, whose eves sparkled as he lifted the weigh ty mass. Not till it was safely stowed away did he announce that he had no mon ey- No money! How do you expect to bny paper without money?” Not prepared to state exactly his plan of operations, the boy made no reply. “Do you consider your note good? ’ asked the lawyer. “Yes, sir.” “Very well; if yon say your note’s good, I’d j list as soon have it as the money; but if it isn’t good I don’t want it.” The boy affirmed that he consider ed it good; whereupon the lawyer wrote a note for fifteen cents, which tee-boy signed quite legibly, and lift ing tlie bag of papers trndged off Soon after dinner the little fellow up its influences, she is the prime dispenser and minister of grace aud beauty. Does if not, therefore, "be hoove her to make it a thing of such loveliness and the center of such at tractions that the outside world may weigh in vain its illusions in the scale ^vith its pure delights? There has never been a time when so many beautiful accessories were fashioned for this purpose. It is pos sible to furnish tastefully and eom- fortably npon a marvelously small amount. Suits of painted pine furniture, dec orated with floral desigus prettily col ored; may be bought as low as 535, with a few slight additions, enough for two small rooms, such as as com- poso the lesser altitudes of the “flats” which in New York, as in Paris, are rapidly becoming an institution. By attending the numerous auction sales which are incident to moving- form tlie outside slopes of the har- time, one may btfy really excellent upholstered furniture for a trifle in comparison to the first cost. Even if it is a little dinged, a covering of buff er drab linen, bound with blue or scarlet, will render it more desirable and just the thing for the warm sea son. A little tact and economy in such matters go a great way, but taste and poetry go farther. We would recommend to the dwel lers in this great, gay city the benefit of a window garden or greenery to re mind them- of the beauty of the living kingdom beyond the river which girds the brick and mortar of life. Even though they are fenced in by bard high walls whieh shut ont the sky and sunlight, ferns aud mosses grow just as well in the shadow, and are as ovely. They cost bat — 52 per one dozen pots! Enough to brighten : several rooms. They are thrifty and grow rauidly where flowering plants would perish, and their exquisite feathery fronds cannot fail to brighrer. the most unattractive -quarters. Parlor tvy*is H blessing also^nnd even a small nandfull of wheat put into raw cotton and placed as a floating island upon a vessel of water will produce t n effect strangely pleasing. Even those who have money and can surround their homes with all that is costly, do not disregard the agency of these pleasing and tasteful-adjuncts. For those who have space to exercise their fansy Sor» flcvrak^clacorations, we would suggest geometrical designs as more suitable, especially if the dwel ling be in the English cottage style now so prevalent for suburban resi dences. A flower-garden, however small, is always preferable to g< ass-plats; and by‘making proper selections it may be so arsanged as to have flowers from March until December.. They are without and within of all things the very loveliest. The fancy for decorating a table with flowers is suggestive as it ; s exquisite. White.china, silver or frosted glass.Rre are all desirable to show, off -their many tinted charms to advantage. A' tall stand fer a center-piece, flanked by.smaller vases matching, the still for these decorations. Fruit-stands e« suite lend an- addi tional charm to the dessert. Every variety should be served on its. own leaves, arranged to appear fresh and natural: This -fact adds mnch to their - tempting lusciousness. The baskets of silver wire with a gloss center-piece are eminently adap ted for either purpose, and are charm ingly inexpensive. In selecting a table-service, one is divided between the desire for Majol ica, Dresden and'Parian. Each has its own peculiar merit.-. Then, too, there is such lattitndes in china and glass, one is at a loss just bow and what to choose. The main point is to have all things In keeping with the: surroundings and each other. Harmo ny is the great principle in fnrnishing 'hronghont. Sets of Limoge or Florence ware are shown in design and color precise ly like French china,, and cost one- third as much, evsrything necessary for an ordinary tea-set being furnished for So. There is a fashion in these things as well as in others, and this style of ware is now the ruling caprice. Ugly little Japanese tea-pots, which nave nothing to recommend them bnt his habits of predatory esetrisions af- .. . • - the largqp portion'of jibrYfiiwnyWyBgtZ grown up boys seeking to re-produae j. — , . , ,, , _ the first sensations and to irake nov- h°g several stores and. the post-omee. reappeared,- and, producing the mon ey, announced that he had come to pay his .. “Well,” said the lawyer, “this is the first time I ever knew r note taken up the day it was given, A boy that will do’Sh'at is entitled to note and money too;”anl giving him both, sent him on his way with- a smiling faec and a happy heart. The bay’s note represented his hon or. A hoy thus keens his honor bright, however poor he may be in worldly, things, is an heir to an inher itance whieh no riches can b&y—-the choice promise ot God. *=-•-* —- ~ No Insurance. A destructive fira hirokfe bi&in Corfc- 1 and, Ala., last week, which destroyed : within a floral design upon one side and a tea-pot upon the other, done their qnaintness, are quite the vogue for Kettle-drnm and Russian teas, so prevalent in the first society last win ter. This caprice hae set every lady to work upon a “cosey,” whieh has. grown to be essential to the comfort and happiness of every housewife. It is simply an arrangement to' cover great hindrances to Jie formation on the coast of harbors which will receive large steamers at any time of the tide, this engineer proposes to construct an harbor two or three miles o^t tot sea, approached by tunnels” from each shore. Accommodation would thus be provided for vessels drawing such a depth of water as would insure steadiness of motion' in any except stormy weather. The harbors (he said) would present no engineering difficulties. They might be formed upon the s ime principal as the Ply- moth breakwater, concrete rocks -be ing placed by divers below the sea-lev- eL Upon the superstructure a light house would be. raised which would also form a ventilating shaft to the tunneL Access to tlie railway tunnel would be gained by sinking a large caisson to the necessary depth, and the. excavation from it would help to bor. The tunnel on either side would not be of a length to require ventilation, except at the two ends, particularly as M. Boumieu proposes to dispense with engines, and the air would not there fore be deteriorated by smoke or steam. An inclination of the raiIs sea ward would carry the trainto the deep sea harbor; an endless rope, worked by a stationary engine, would draw the train back again. The passen gers ;&nd their .luggage would be brought to the water-level by a pow erful lift, and they would then embark on hoard large swift steamers, which wmlld perform the passage of, say, sixteen miles in about an hour, the transhipment being no more than is ndw necessary, and toe liability to sick ness being reduced to a minimum.— Such is the compromise suggested by M. Ronmieu between the proposal to tunnel all the way and not to tunnel at all. High Farming. m A noted farmer of New England, a&er visiting England and examining with the critical eye of an experienced agriculturist the system pursned there, says: l am thoroughly confirmed in my old faith that the only good farming of our future is to be tbe “high far mer.” widely prevailing chtipathy*among the common farmers of onr State, against not only the practice of high farming, bnt against the use of the phrase by agricultural writers. This is all wrong and should at once be corrected. Through some misconception of the meaning of the phrase, and also of its application, they have come to believe it synony mous with ' theoretical “book farm ing,’’ “new-fangled notions,” boasted strides of progress, followed by dis appointment and final failnre. This is all an error. High farming simply means thorough *pultivation, liberal manuring, bountiful crops, good stock, good-feed, and paying profits there- irom. It is not strange that miscon ceptions have; arisen in the minds of doubting farmers who have been eye witnesses to some of the spread-eagle experiments of enthusiastic farmers, better shpplied. .with money obtained m a business they know how ^3^man age than with practical expesSenctTon a farm. Bountiful crops and paying profits of course are what all tarmers who are dependent upon the farm for an income are striving to obtain; And every year as it passes is confirming the opinion that tlie profits are small, 'and. will grow “beautifully less” where high farming is not practicecL —Amer. Far Tier. t -Q £ Mr. Lo as a f’itizen. ^ It has been proposed in the United States Senate to. confer eftitizehship upon the-Indians., ..Caligula conferred a coi sulship upon his horse, and why should we not made Mr. Lo a citizen by act of Congress? Bat 4 theucitizen ship has its duties and responsibilities as well as rights and privileges. If it were not to be expected that the no ble red man, after ^reading the record of his promotion in the Congressional Globe, would immediately throw rtf his breech-clout and blanket, and as sume the pantaloons oi civilization and the neck-tie of enlightenment; if it could be hoped that under the in spiration of kis new-born palitical con dition he would cease going for the of large cities, where they too often have to eke out a miserable existence or suffer absolute warn-. By way of preventing calamity, it is well to look at its cause. Now, What is the attraction to young men in large cities? They are simply bewildered and dazzled by what they see and bear. Dress is one of the first things that at tracts and secures attention; then comes all tlie fascinations of places of amnsement, and thewpossibility of great wealth, which so few, after all win. These things coq|rast strikingly with the life of many country homes, where yonng men and young women (who, till experience teaches them, can see only the bright side of city life) are mere drudges—“hewers of wood and drawers of water, we say drudges, whose lives are no better than the poorest dray-horse. Now, it won’t do for Press and Pul pit to preach to such people that their condition will be injured by coming to tbe cities; for in fact with some of them it has much improved; yetis.well known that the ydnth of the conn try have rnshed to the cities till variouB kinds of trades and professions seem likely to be overcrowded, aud hence come.want, “poverty hunger and dirt,” suicide, and other crimes too horrible to mention. The reader may now natnrolly ask, What is the remedy? The answer is simple enough. Lethome be made attractive by culture of mind and heart, as well as sod. Dai ly and steady toil, without any relaxa tion, breaks down body nnd mind. But it will be said we have to work like slaves to live. No doubt, many starting with little if any capital in a new couhtry, have hard work and great privations to undergo, which unfit their minds for effort; but there are the winter evenings when the farm er and his family Burround their own fireside to cultivate the affections and improve the mind. Health, temper ance and well-directed industry, soon secure to even the poorest in our fa vored land a comfortable competency. Then by degrees, home can be made happy by the proper management of a fruitful soil. It will yield not only what is necessary to sustain life com fortably, but pleasures also to gratify the most gif ted mine's. They of all others, who till the soil, come into closest relatiofis with Nature. Ail the scieeces are more or less connected with the soil. There is no lack of food for the mind or body. Tnus, while we have an enlightened mind, so long will the young men of the conn(jj w flee ’from the mnsic of nature to the cities din, to drag ont, perhaps a miserable exis tence in to exacting toil of traders, who are bnt the agen’s of tbo tillers of the soil. Let ns have enlightened agricnlture, nnd a jnore equal distri bution of wealth must necessarily fol low the producer and the consumer will then shake hands; the farmer will wear as smooth coat as the merchant and be at least as well educated; and above all, his relations will be directly with the Giver of all good, whenever cheats 5is children, thus his home will be enriched, and made happy and beautiful. If alHhis be true of those with little means bow much more quickly can it be reached by those who are better off! • Many a bard-handed farmer has his lands all paid for, plenty of money at interest and yet not only denies his family, but liimself, the necessaries of life. Such people are not the bene factors .of their race. It is they who drive the yonng men aud madens to the cities; who rob the soil of Goft’s-bonn- ty, taking all they can get and pnttihg nothing back; and who Wring from their • offsprings , their very . heart’s biog^,-££idthus exile them frosft homes —if such they can be called—to whitS- er they know not. While the hard- handed farmers sqneeze out the life blood of* the young, and cultivate neither mind nor seal, so long will the young flee from the homes of their fathers. Through this bright land—the home of the weary and op pressed of all nations—many peop le especially in the We: tern and North western States, ltave already not only tor the mules and cattle o% the pale face, would turn his xttention to the study of domestic economy and of the laws of the glorious republic of whose whose national blessings he had been invited to participate, then, we should say,-by all means, confer upon Mr. Lo the precious boon of American civilization, and do it in time to ren der his vote available at tbe next- elec tee tea-pot so as to preserve the aroina ! tion. It would be a cheerful pnd in- fruitful soil.—Pen and Plow. intact. I spiring mission: for some of onr poli ticians to go down among the Apa ches and entreat their sweet voices in Two pieces of canvas cut- in the form of a semi-circle, the diameter the first- sensations ana to nrase nov-1 *? elties perpetual. But each day must . -Loss supposed to- be 57 5,000, and no _ produce its own first times. Those af i , . . , , , - yesterdayare shrunk and fcdafc- ^snranee It is supposed to have Skhlueiiitai. W.KKS,SAisi,.tlai* ' ChrisUam Vnia’Cc. ^zeeu 4&SSG.I ay sc incendiary. measured lengthwise, sixteen inches, favor to tee respective candidates.— 1 i ^3 £»£ /ndians have already had con siderable practice at tee polls:-there in tinted flosses or pretty braid work, wwuld be very little difficulty hr iaa- is one style of making it. Though king voters of teem. Ana how graryl many prefer the initial or monogram to tee family as more elegant and sag- l gestive.—-V Y 3erx~. a thing it would be to haws real' In dians in Tammany and sgannine war dates over the spoils! life. Few, if any, till the soil intelligent ly. For tbe most part of the soil is frontiersman’s scalp, and giving up robbed, bte* a sad day of reckoning will come if this lasts. It has already come to Virginia, and it will come to her sister States, if the application of useful knowledge to agriculture be neg lected. We look for better results. General education will settle the ques tion; and if the i?flers of the ground will be'frae to-it and tbhmselves, all that- ean wish will follow. The young will'then stay atjhome, enjoying: all the blessings that ean come from a So C’rediL We notice tbe Mlfledgevilie Recor der prists oar editorial on “Th#Fro- posed S«a of Sahara” without credit, i Pontiff. and he has been acting as Counsel for some of the officials implicated its the examination, into the affairs of the Dis trict Government ;• "Conspicuous among them who memorialized Con gress to order this investigation was Mr. Columbus Alexander, a respecta ble citizen of Washington. Mr. Al exander, had represented that the or iginal papers in a certain case wonld throw mnch light on the transactions, bnt these papers have never been pro duced. Last week a citizen named Ives, go ing home after midnight and passing the office of the District Attorney, was startled by tee sadden appearance of that official in partial disguise. Presenting a pistol at the head of tee official tbe latter disclosed himself antf begged Mr. Ives not to shook Im mediately tee Superintendent of Po lice and a brother of Gov. Shepherd appeared on the scene, and the result was teat Ives was ordsred to “move on” towards his home. Instead of doing this, however, he went around tee block, returned to a point where unobserved, he conld watch these of ficial actors in the strange scene. In course of time an explosion was heard in the office of the District Attorney, and a man with a tin box came ont. This man was afterwards discovered to he a professional Imglnr, who had blown open the safe in the office. With this box he proceeded to Mr. Alexander's residence, bnt mistook the door, and, after waiting n long time in an endeavor to wake Alexander, he left From the office where the bnrg-' ary was committed, tbe burglar was followed by Harrington, tbe Superin tendent of Police, and tipepherd. This is Ives’ story. Now tee expla nation of all this is, that the whole thing was a plot, Harrington and the others, it is said, had hired the professional burglar to blow open the safe, take tbe box and deliver it to Alexander; they were then to pounce upon Alexander, find the box in his possession, prove tee box had been locked np over night in tee safe, and thus environ h ; m with circumstantial evidence of having committed the burglary in order to find the missing papers. The last part oi tee -plot failed to work successfully, and, moreover, Ives was a witness to tee presence of Harrington and the Police Superin tendent at the time of the blniglaxy. An attempt was made next day to bal ly Ives into an admission that be was drunk the night before; and did not know what he was doing; bnt Ives re fused to admit anything of the kind. Instead of putting Alexander in the toils of burglary, the party themselves were caught in what looks very mnch like a conspiracy. So Richards the Police Snperintendent, carefully con sidered his position, has, it is said, made a clean breast of tbe whole mat ter. The House of Representatives, by an unanimous vote, instructed tee Committee to investigate this affair, and, if tee facts turn out as slated, it is without parallel in the records 6T official rascality. Here was the’ Dis trict Attorney, representing the Uni- ed States , engaged tfith a profession al thief in the burglarious robbery of his own office, that he might falsely accuse and convict a respectable citi zen of felony. If upon investigation this crime be established, tee officials ought to be not only promptly dis missed from office, but should be put within prison-walls for terms equaling their natural Ryes. The whole affitir. is of so desperate a character that it is difficult to believe tbe version which has be@if giver? ik' * 3&t it to' be sifted to’ tbe bottoinr. ami, if ft is prov ed to be what it is represented, the guilty parties should suffer te penalty of the law.—Chicago Tribune. L J, CATER ft SON, PERRY. GA., Are now receiving tear SPRING & SUMMER stflGR DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, * y BOQTft; shoes: CROCKERY; ETC., ETC., ETC' A LSO, ON HAND: 30 l casks choice smoked SIDES'.' with SYRUP, SUGAR and COFFEE; w HICH WE OFFER FOR SAJ. -AF FAIR PRICES* T. J. CATER. F. S. CATER. THE BESf INVESTMENT YOUNG MElfr W HO wish to obtain a thorough Practi cal Business Education, and prepare' themselves for the.dotiesof Actual Business Life, under the instruction and advice of Experienced Accountants, should attend l/} 0Ads,t A STANDARD INSTITUTION; Asi> Cg&MsG Business School in the South. 'conducted* on. ACTUAL BUSINESS PRINCIPLE; Supfriied With banking and 61 combining every know facility for impart ing a thorough practical and systematic knowledge of the science of accounts, in the shortest possible tipe, and at the least ex pense. Students receiYecT ioi ^Telegraphy. No_ vacation. Students admitf&f ai tifire. Circulars containing Terms, mailed on application. Address B. F. MOORE, A. W. Feb. 28. 1871. Superior Court. At the approaching May Term of this Court the dockets Wilt 1(9 &ffe£ in' the following oidel; i*t: COMilf&S'Li-fr DOCKET. •2.1. APPEAL DOCKET. 3rd. EQUITY DOCKET. 4th. CLAIM DOCKET. 5th. CERTIOltAEI DOCKET. CRIMINAL & MOTION DOCKET^ to be called' as fli'ay shit' the Cbh'rtf Tlie Clerk will hate the foregoing published in The Houston Home Jour nal each’”?66k' ’till the next term of this Court; B. Hill, March 6, 1871, Judge.' A true extract from the minutes. • D. H. Culler, Clerk. B. T. BABBITT’S Pure Concentrated Potash' OH. XjYE. Of double the strength of any other SrAPbNrfYING SUBSTANCE. dai ye, i Scientific Information, Tne natives of Java extract poison from bamboo canes. Among euriosities sent to Italy by an African explorer are two dwarfs belonging to the dwarfish tribe of Afc» * kas.. They are 28 inches high, light packing it only in BALLS', the c‘oc?iH)f if which will saponify, and does not injure the Soap. It is packed in boxes containing 24and48 lb. Balls, and in noother way.— Dir ctions in English and German, for ma- "H ■ Wt PoiMtt? copper col rtf,’Very prominent stom- tbe necessaries, but the luxuries of zihn and small limbs. Lfps large, nose Sat, hair long and kinky, and they are very agile. All the chocolate Bold in the stores is said to be mc-jb adulterated. It is said that the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean has been slow ly bnt continuously sinking ever smee £ie miocene pgpod, ftttased, prob ably by tbe attraction of gsavita- tion eonfiled wifhkhe centripetal force of tee ekrfh- B. T. BABBITT. - G4 to 84 Washington 8t„ N. Y. Tf JUST RECEIVED! A-T AIDS. TURNER A EVANS’ L AtH F.S ,r - K ATS,£ dill MISSES’& BOY’S HAT8, CENTENNIAL RUFFS TRIMMED BONNETS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, FEATHERS* MANY r OTN^RAWTYCLES To nunleron& to StintiorL No 3, COOK’S RANGE, Perry, Ga. II It tf - •• The Catholic Coiif&retice. /■ Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, erplains through his Official orgar, - the Ghthblic Telegraph; the cause of J0M B. C0FIEJLD.- the recent:meeting of prelates in that' city; The main object of the visit Wa.- J PhotofrrarW A Portrait Prtbrtsr to nominate the cities where they I p0frV Georgia thought t expedient to have Metro-; • tjo itan Sees erected by'the Southern W 1 ^ T** v-.t&sx it ie. jmi; 5. ,— _ . . ‘ mi eairttcr.ee. E* fe lt is nnderstood that Santa. Milwaukee. YYI? fiSaycodv « ctS. mH,. y* m— ; astot. lie to coicpire his work Witt tk»t e?K!7 ct-ierarfcet. In price f— - papers; Then eoines ' P ec *> New Mexico, AmwauKee. i\ n>-: ct;er arfcrt. In pr.c* »o4 «t7l» of worth* deflaii tbe Hawkinsville Dispatch with our ^^I^and Boston. are -|«‘-“- < the choice of the Bishops who met in ; CaHSry OH OsUTOli StfStf, recent editorial “Shall the Dead belci x — i T ’“i |fefc. Lonis and Cincinnati. Peona, H- Burned” incorporated in its local oo!- j lino’s, ie v^rdeS for ac Episcc- lA* amns. Ai! right, bresiiret; 1<h! • Stair*, wi-.re at -C &T*#it dtl : »«y« sam »*:■* S33BSS3