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OiMinary notices. Tribute? of Respect, and all
a vlo* m ' personal character. charged for as
a I * • ri iKi'nn nts.
For announcing candidate.' for office, SIO.OO
Xm\\ Notices.
jS 1 EoRGIA. Rrooks County.—Wliereiw, Thom-
H W as K. Hardee, Administrator of the estate
ofTh'-mas Kimble. deceased, having applied to
the ■.’curt of Ordinary for a final dismission from
mid administration :
These are thereloi.* to cite all parties interest
ed to fitetbeir objections, if any there are. with
in the time prescribed by law, otherwise said let
ters ot demission will be granted and issued to
the applicant.
James L. Beaty, Ordinary.
October 29,1809. 3m
CTKORGIA, Bkooks (hn vrv.—Whereas, Wll-j
¥T li nn Hudson. Administrator on the estate '
of M'>v< and I*. W. Dbrnn, deceased, having!
made application t<» the Court of Ordinary for
disnjissal from said estate :
these are therefore to cite all parties interest- ;
r \ to file their cbjeetin s. if any they hnve. A'ith- j
Li the time prescribed by law otherwise said pe-j
lit ion will be granted.
(liven under my hand and official signature'
UjU Oetnber 12th. 1 rii>9.
ocL5-3m J Ames L. Beaty, Ordinary. |
FlierilFs Sale for Brooks
COUNTY.
TLTL r IUI- be sold before the Court House door
▼ T in the town of Quitman, on tln; First Tues
day in January next, between the usual hours j
of ?:\le. the following property, to wit :
The Quitman Academy building and Lot, ex
r *pf the Music Room building, to satisfy a fi. fa.
i-sited from Brooks £np rior Gourt. i.i fa\or ot !
Mil ii.i Hudson, Assignee, vs. James Hilliard.,
\V. B. Bennet, ei. al., Trustees.
Also, at the same time and plane, the Store-,
loMUe in the village of Groove, villo, known as !
tfif? property of John M. Ravaor, to satisfy an
attachment li. fa in favor of Mclean & Statesber- i
ry vs. John M. flaysor.
One fool chest and set of carpenter’? tool*, to
? P nV i fi fa. issued from Brooks Superior Court
in favor off. B. Finch vs. \V. l). Fountain. J’ro
[ •. iy j>. i'- and out by plaintiff's attorney.
One doubb*-bar; el Gun. to satisfy criminal
Cpsia in case of the State vs Ruff Tlmmi't-oii.
S. T. KIN’GFBEUY, Sheriff.
i’,.-.'mVr TO. IRfili. tlfl.
Ailministrator’a Sale.
\GREEABLE to an order Irojn the Court of ;
Ordinary of Lincoln County. Georgia will j
b- c -M. w thin lawful sale hours, on the First i
Tuesday in January next. Before the Court House ;
door iu Qui man. Brooks county. Lot of Lund :
No. ■ in the 12th District of originally Irwin, j
now Brooks county. Sold as the property be- !
bulging th** esiate o: Ft?ter Lamar, to perfect
tit! Terms, cash. B. B. MOORE.
Surviving Adm’r. I
November 23 I8f»9. tds
u >fft;k county.
(1 Tv illfilA. Cokki k County. Whereas. J. J- j
'M Fickeron idministrator of John I’ickeron.
represents to tin* t’«irrt in his petition, duly filed ;
ami er. cred on record, that he has fully admin- j
istered the estate of tli* said John Piokeron.
Thw is therefore to cik* all
kirdrc'l and crerlitors. to -how cause, if any they !
can. why said AdminDtrutor should not be dis- ■
cliarged from his ad minis! ration and receive let-.
t*rs of dismission on the first .Monday in January ;
1«70 DANIEL LOTT, 'Ordinary. '
Juiy 28, Ab’d, tdd
Miscellaneous.
JSL FfL I O 3NJ
CHALLENGE!!
To all Piano Manufactur-j
ers in the United States.
lYherea®, my obj«*ct in exhibiting the T’atent
Arion Piano at the late Fair of the American in
-B'itnte. being more to lure it fully tested by a j
thorough impartial trial, than to obtain premi-j
nms, and baring refused the Medals and prcini
nm3 awarded to the Patent Arion. because no
proper examination or trial of competing Pi;jnys
couidbehad. And,
Whereas. =<*me (s»o-Ca!k*d) best maker*? refuse
to compete, for the same reasons, and as I be
lieve I am now manufacturing the best Grand
and iEprare Piano Fortes in the country without !
any excepti .n and at* I earnestly desiye to prove
the correctness of my opinion, while assisting a
deserving charitable institution: I therefore
day and f<>r thirty days, challenge all manufoe- ,
turers of frrand and Square Pianos to a public, i
professional and mechanical trial against the i
Patent Arion llanos, upon the following forms,
rz: Trial to take place in the city of New
York. The manufacturer of the best Grand
Piano to become the owner of all Grand
Pianos entered in competition. The manufac
turer of the best Square Piano to become the
owner of all Square Pianos entered in com- i
petition. One professional an«lone Vecbanical
judge to be selected fev each competitor. Judges
to be sworn to decide upon the merits of the
instruments. When the trial ol tone and touch,
takes place every piano to be covered so as to j
reader recognition impossible. When trial of
< ons tree Mon -and workmanship takes place each 1
competitor to hare one representation or to be
nrc/tut himself to explain to the judges the m*T
"Us of his piano and the faults in any other. Ex
penses of ‘rial to be borne equally by each com
petitor. Ball fer trial to b** selected by the
judges; date of trial to be named by the
The owner or owners of the Piano* declared to
be the best, all the pianos to (be Mayor
of the e : ty ©t New York to be sold he may
direct, and the proceeds to Ire appropriated to
the Department of New York Public Charities.
|| G. C. MANNER,
™ Inventor A Manufacturer of the Patent Arion
Piano Fort- New York. Nov. 2b, 18fJ9.
The Arion Pamphlet givin a full description.
€ir.y of the Pianos, mailed free, by addressing.
C’OVELL & CO.
No. 554 York City.
I'jXlm
\ aluabLk
\ALUABLE
PLANTATION
For Sale.
I’ll IK Plantation known ns the William G. Hun
ter place, situated five Miles Northwest ol
Quitman, in Brooks county, on the public road
leading to Albany, consisting of
1,130 Acres,
more or less, ail in one body. About four bun
d ed aefes are in Tlammbrk- one hundred of
wfrch is in a state of cultivation. There are a
bout three hundred and seventy-five acres in
cultivation altogether : with a good Dwelling
and out-houses, a good Gin-house and screw, a
saw and grist Mill, with as good, if not better,
water power than any in -the county. This is
one «»f ;l»o best watered, us well as one of the
healthiest places in the county ; taken altogeth
er it is one of the most desirable places in Goor
gia.
A*3"Ternvs, Cash.
ts not sold privately. It will bo offered at pub
lic sale on the First Tuesday iu January next at
Quitman. MITCHKM. li. lUrXTIiU.
December 3, 18(»9. 46-tds
. NOTICE.
ATT, persons forewarned against trading for
the following notes, given by \V A. King
t-» Nancy King, or bearer, and now in the hands
of T. N. T. Knight , to wit : One note dated Sep
! tember 23, 1858, for $12,00; one dated Nov. 7th.
; 18(51. for $31.25; one dated June 29. IXSB, for
$35,374: one dated January 21. 1800, for $70.25.
The said notes have been settled by the under
signed, and I am determined not to pay them
again unless compelled bv law.
W. A KING.
November 20,1809. lm
PATEKTT
AIIOW
PIANOS.
lIimmIIIYiISPMHTS
Patent Reversed Wooden Agraffb Bridge
: throughout, retains the sweetness of the old wood
bridge, and obtains the solidity ot the Metal
! Agraffe, without its objections.
Patent Compound Wrest Plank
! which holds the Tuning Bins, is six layers of Ma
pie. grain running differently, this plank never
splits.
Patent Full Iron Frame
I concentrates in front of the Tuning Pins, that
heretofore* damaging iron (which in other Pianos
hurtfnlly surrounds the Tuning Pins) and "butts"
| into the front edge of the IMauk and effectually
| resists the twenty tons strain.
Patent Diagonal Sustaining Bar
part of the iron frame, next to and parallel with
* the steel stnngs Under the Overstrung Bass.
AFFIDAVIT OF SIT’FUIOUITY
ovntt am..
Tile Tire! Sfriefl) Impartial Trial Her Hail,
Tit.lXo KOf.l) TRTAI.S .KIAI.VST
Sirii))rnif\< : (’hirlrrirnf* and other I‘iautis.
We. the undersigned, make oath that at the
time of the last Fair of tie* American Institute
held in New York: immediately following the
French Kxposi .ion in Paris, two Pianos, made by
Meinway «V Sons, one Piano by (TiickefHlg &
Sons, one Patent Arion Plano, made by G. C.
Manner, and several other maker's instruments
were tried against eaeli other, by order and Un
der control of the Officers us the Institute to de :
; eidc which Piano on exhibition in eompetition
should receive the First Premium ••as the best
Square Piano known.'’ To obtain art impartial
i trial, twice all of said Pianos wen? covered with
j papers, so that one Piano could not he distin
guished from another, (during the absence 6t tin?
Judges,) and twice did they select one of said
! Piano* as tin* best which, upon uncovering, both
times, proved to In* the said Patent ARION Pi
1 ano. awarding it ••The First Premium” ‘‘over ul|
S others for being the best Square Piano known
to them.”
1 Thin trial tvas after ("bickering & .Sons’ Piano
had received the Legion of Honor and Medal.
| and > eiuWay &■ Nous, the Medal from Napoleon;
' and the Judges of said trial won* :
Ei*wuu> Moi.lkxhai Kit. Prof, of Music. Musical ,
Director and Originator of the New York and .
Brooklyn Conservatories of Music.
Cu.vitLKH Fkaokl. the eminent and favorite Com- j
poser and Pianis to his Royal Highness the
Due Gustave of ria.v Weimar. Eisenach.
ITts.tiKiucK R. Braxiuks. Profe<»sor of Mttslc :
Teacher of the higher school of Mttfllc; Ac., Ac*.
A. D. Beskmann. Organist at Cathedral, Jersey
1 City. Pianist. Ac*
. Jri.us Nkuharpt, Robkiit UrEOEit,
Hfakv Mu.i.kr. Cuahles Soi.mweDKL,
Al Ol .-T (»IM KNKBKUfL lIOftEHT MoKNXEO,
<L C M wvun. < Inventor and P.ltmuee of the
! Arion Piano Forte.)
Fworn before me this 22d day of July. 1869.
G. G. TA 1 LOR.
Commissioner of Deeds.
Thi* A rlott riotto ts the cheapest, moat durable,
least complicated, requires less tuning and does
not get out of order, it is
The Stanarcf Plano.
Write f<>r affidavits, pamphlet and circular, and
state in what paper you saw this advertisement.
par A GENTt W. t XTED -to
in every City and Town where we have not al
ready appointed them.
COVELL & CO.
Warcrooms atnl Office, No.-554 Broadway. j
Manufactory. I>7 and 189 Boa'cry, N>nv York.
October 18»>9. ly
HOITHER N
■ 1 * Hi •
■i mu M ai ii Hi ■••• if i*ili«u
COMPANY.
WASH IST, TON CITY, JK C.
Organized and Established fer the Purchase and
Sale of F arming and Mineral Lands and
Improved Real Estate in the
Southern State*.
THOMAS B. FLORENCE.: President
JOHN MORRIS Secretary
With the hope of promoting and encouraging
bnsines? relations between the people ot the
South and those who may desire to go among
them, the Southern Land and Emigration Com
pany has been organized and established, and
the projector? will faithfully serve the best inter
est of those who entrust their business to them.
Real estate owner? in the Counties of Brooks.
Lowndes. Berrien and Colquitt, of Georgia, and
Jefferson and Madison, of Florida, who desire to
1 entrust the sale of their property to the above
named Company, can be accommodated, and
necessary information furnished, by cotnmuni
; eating with the undersigned, at Qui man. Ga.
| octl-tf F. R. FILDB*.
WM. M. LAWTON,
Cotton Factor
AND
Commission •llrrchant,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Liberal advances made on consignment* and
{ on prodnee. shipped ♦© ITv©thk*l, Ac.
• ?4. Tffß?, *9
HEBE SHALL THE PHESS THE PEOPLE S RI3HTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UN3KIBED BY GAIN
QUITMAN, GEO., DECEMBER 31. 1800.
Quitman.
m ' m
!“ MASONIC HALL,”
QUITMAN, GA.
a * i * f*
W. / S# • www. i*Wi OiWii
ON FAIR TERMS.
HENRY F. MABBETT
TTTOULD inform tho public that he i* pro
v \ pared with a New and Complete Stock of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
llats, Boots and Shoes,
WTATIONEKY, .X <*.,
to supply their wants, on fait and roascuahle
i lerilts; aild
MILTON C. WADE
11 AS u full and select Stock of
MffiIMSIMMES.
t1.0Tn1.V4.-,
Ifnrdtcare , Cutlery, Crackcry, (Hass Bare,
Conife<*tionnrioN, Ac<*.
and will be pleased to see his old friends and
customers, in his now quarters, where he hopes
j to please in variety and price.
! iVe are located in the Brick Store under the
j “Mastlhie Hall,” and although making no pledges
! to Lunerseil our brother Merchants, we most
respectfully invitt* the public to
GIVE US A TRIAL,
I and n.Tnmine our roapactivc Unit of Goods, and
satisfy tiu'iuaulvca iu regard to iiualitv and prioo.
IHAKY K. MAItItKTT,
MII.TON C. WADE.
' October 2ft. IPO9 .41 IT
I)u. ,J. 11. McCall,
Quitman Qa
ii a* just received a K
and well selected i»toek ot pure
j Drugs, Medicines,
PAINTS,
Oil a, Tiupcn tine,
Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines
aV<s, Ac., *Ve.,
Which will bo'sold on reesouable terms; and
' the patronage of the public is respectfully sollc
i ited. octl-37-ly
(irand Cos mb in ati o n.
PIEDMONT
AND
ARLINGTON
Life Insurance Cos.,
OF RICHMOND, VA.
Assets $1,500,000
Policies issued in a little over two years 8,000
Policy Holder? participate in the Profits.
OFFICERS*
\Y. G. CuiRixUTON, President.
! John E. Edwards, Vice President*
I). J. llahtsook, Secretary.
J. J. Hopkins. Assistant Secretary.
B Hautsaok Cashier.
C. llknhv I'khkow, M D. 1
C. 11. Smith. M. D. > Medical Advisers.
Gko. Ross, M. I). )
Prof. ICdw'ard I». Smith Actuary.
I). P. Favki.ek, (Jonsulting Actuary.
.1 E. Wolff, Superintendent of Agencies.
I)hu:<tous : Wm. B. Isaacs, John Finders, Dan
iel J. Harlsook, John E. Fid wards. Wm. G. Tay
lor, (’. Henry I'fitow, R. If. Maury. \V. C. Car
rington. J. .1. Hopkins, Wm. 11. Palmer, A. Y.
Stokes John (5. Williams, George S. Palmer.
Capt. F. L. HALE, Gen’l Agent,
Ojm< e 14IQ Bay street, Savannah. Ga.
Advantages of the Piedmont*
| 1 s;t. It is purely a Southern Institution, sue
] cessful beyond all precedent, with widely in
i creasing influences and popularity,
i 2d. Its Policies are mutual and non-forfeitable.
! 3d. Gold Policies will be issued to those pre
i ferring. and paying premiums in gold, or its
I equivalent, in currency.
ilh. It is a home institution : all money paid
j in premiums in Georgia will be invested in Geor
| gia, under the direction of a local Board ofDi
, reeforb.
sth. ft has paid all losses promptly and with
! out litigation.
fith. .Security to the assured unsurpassed by
any Company on this continent.
Loral Board of Reference at Quitman:
James Hieuarp, j Samuel Stevens,
Thomas J. Li\ ixi;«ton’, j Wm. Hudson,
F'. R. Fildkh.
\V. r. HOOKER, Special Agent.
Dr* JE* A* JELKS, Medical ICxaminer.
At Quinnan. for Brooks Countv.
October 1. I*o9. ly
Land for .Sale.
ONE Acre in the Town of Quit
man. (Li., with a Comforts- ? Z i da
bit* small Dwelling. Kitchen. Smoke
house, stable?, and a good vreil of
water; also 490 acres of land in the :ki district of
Irwin county, Ga.; also 340 acres of first rate
pine land, unimproved, within four miles of Mad
ison. Florida ; also 400 acres, well improved,
i good buildings. «Ve., within one mile of the same
place ; also 300 acres on the .Suwannee river, in
Lafayette county, Florida, embracing what is
known a? the Five Mile Bluff.
Any one or all of the above tract? will be sold
verv low, if an early application is made to
JAMES L. MOSELEY.
Quitman, Ga . Oct. 29. 1809. 41 -ts
S(H) Acres of Land for
THE undersigned offers for
hi? plantion in Hiooks cnunty.4BEjjß9|Hr
containing 500 acres : 280 of w h ich f&r*
i? in proper condition for cultivu daffllMff
tion. and 50 acres has been recently deadened.
The balance of the land is heavily timbered.
There is on the place a good four room Dwell
; ing. out-houses, stables, etc.: good water, and a
] Lake that never goes dry. *<*}l and
• swarming with all kinds offish,
j This land is situated 10 miles southwest of
1 Quitman, and will be sold at SB.OO per acre.
| *<’]'** 3m JOHN DI GGER.
Fair Warning!
| A LL person* arc hereby forwnrner! against
! XJL cutting t ; mber or ottmrwi I ** tresspassing
I upon the lands of the undersigned: and any
\ person disregarding this notice will be pnmecut
(ed. E. C. WADE.
rfrUvn** t*r. 11*0. lm
Savannah.
I
FOR
COTTON,
CORN AND WHEAT.
I
T
i 1 IiIS Standard Manure, named after a well
; known practical Planter of Georgia and South
j CArolina. combines iu a concentrated form all
, the fertilizing elements necessary for the produc
tion of (X)TTON, TORN aud WHEAT, and by
J its use is certain to increase not only the > ield,
; but to improve tin* quality of the products. It
i i* made with a speoial view to the wants of the
| soils of the goutli, and can be relied upon as to
j excellence of material, containing highly nooes
sary substances, the great cost of which have
heretofore precluded their being in common use.
j It can be depended on as uniform, always reliu
j hie, and productive of good crops.
Amunv, 0a , September, LS6t).
I Having a full knowledge of the composition
j and process of manufacture of the “Willin-lmm
Cotton, Corn, Wheat and Rico Fertilizer,’ 1 have
no hesitation in pronouncing it to be a most reli
able fertilizer, one of the best in use, and most
particularly adapted to the soil of Georgia and
S uth Carolina.
Thomas H. Willingham.
iVide per ton, 2000 lbs., $65.00 Cash.
1 rice per Ton, 2000 lbs., $75,000, payable Nov.
Ist, 1870. on approved city acceptance.
ir-BFPurtfhaSerfc pay necessary expenses of ship
*
3. L. WILLINCHAM,
General Supervising Agent
FOR
7
j l*’or So. Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
.
; “
PHILLIPS & MYERS,
Manufacturers & Gen’l Agfonts
Savannah, On.
FOB SALE-BY
/>. It. CiIEECIt,
<|uilinan, La.
doVIO 11 Om
IBIMIENOLIVERu
COTTON FACTOR
AND
(Central Commission Htcrdiiml
Wo *9 Bay Street
! SAVANANU GEORGIA f
Liberal advances made «m consignments of ]
Cotton, Wool, Hides, Syrup. Ac.
Prompt personal attention to all orders.
Planters supplied with Bagging, Kope<ind Tie?
at lowest market rates.
October 29. 1869. 3m
SAVANNAH iMACIIINifVYOUkrif
S. W. GLEASON,
.Sugar Mil's, Pan?, Gin Gear, Shafting, Pul
leys, iron Railing, Jron and Brass Castings.
Portable and Stationary Steam Engines, arid Ma
chinery of aU kinds.
St .Julian Street,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA, j
February 1969. 5-l.v
V. M. PARLBV, IS. F. SIMMONS. |
SAVANNAH. FiX)RIDA.
FARLEY & SIMMONS, j
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
Bat Street, Sevaxxah, Ga.
AGENT? FOR
Crowd aids Saj n T-Ph o*ph afr.
References : Me???? Walsh, Patrick J Cos., N-
Y. ; Me«?r? Nourse A Brooks, N. Y. : Col. (’. J
Munrterlyn, Bainhridge; Gen. J. J. Finley. Lake
City. Fla. ?ep ,7 -6m
(iMiPio\ & mm\,
WHOLESALE
GROCERS,
Corner Bay and Drayton St?,
: SAVANNAH, GA. i
—DEALER IN —
; F'lour, Sugar Coffee,
liacon; MoUssea; Salt;
| Lard; Wines; Li quern*;
Shot, Lead; Powder;
Nail?; Soap; Starch;
Fish; Rice; Vinegar;
Raisins; Nuts; Spices,Ac
December 3. 18f»9. 3m
Notice.
VIA, p.rsotn are forewarned trailing
for • node made by m<\ and payable to W.
F. Rimsrdl or bearer, foreilty three dollar., dated
nometime in January. 18ti», and doe Ist of Octo
, ber last, ts I shall not |»ay the game unless com
| pellrd by law. TH<)flb F. HARI»EK.
| Otrl*aM».G«. T*>. » s»hi tr im
VVoniß!) Sullfrasce.
I Fiddle tadille ! what's the use?
You ean't make her a man;
The ttre.st Creator fashlonotl Ucr
On quite another plan.
Man's joints are strong nml firmly knit,
His thews ami sinews tough;
But woman is of d.enter mold:
Anti formed of fmer stutT.
Men are the prose —tho timber half
Os this sad world of ours,
Anil women aro the poetry,
The e'-.Vhet ffern and the flowers.
j Througbont the l-.lessed Book this tbonght
Huns beautiful and clear.
! That woman lives to sanctify,
To grace and to endear.
j Don’t let her. then, be smutched ilttd soiled
By min.ling in the fray.
: But keep her free from grosser acts
i To win her own sweet way:
Let purity remain her shield,
i Without a blot of stain,
i To guard her mental bloom from taint
Or touch of hand profane.
j Forbid it, Heaven! Forbid it, Fate!
Forbid it, men of sense,
j That she herself should aid the plot
To shame her own defense,
j Flie is all glorious as she is -
Why should tlie fretting few
I Conspire to banish front her soul
The fragrance and tfledew!
i Why take nwny her ehiefeet olmrm -
The cron n that’s hers by right -
] .Tho quiet Influence that compels
; J’rond man to own her right?
| She knows her power—why can’t the seF
Hi main contented then,
j To rule us in the good old way?
Lot'll love us nil. Amen!
i , ’
A TRUUTi: TO Till; SOUTH.
llornca Crcuif-y, in the New York Tri
btine tiiuh st eaks of the South:
‘’The Sunlit has two nolilf- character's
tics which hit to their natural working
in society, are enough in themselves to
lift communities from any depth of disas
tor and set Litem tut the highway of re
nown. Site lias a brave way of looking
facts full in the face admitting the trifli,
comprehending the extent of a disaster
as a preliminary to Iresit enterprises.—
Thin she honestly canto by through Hie
blood of t,ho men who two hundred years
ago felled 1 (lie original oaks and pines
on the hanks td'the Potomac, the .lames
the Uotinuke, and lit- Savannah. Second
the crowning occupation to which every
g od Southerner asp ; res, the noblest
purest, most, honest and permanent voca
lion ft r man in Ids opinion that of a til
ler of the soil. Give these as premisos
ill any society and no disasters can prove
irretrievable 11
The Constitution in view of the [tfob
atde upturning of matters in Georgia
and tit. consequent certainty that a day
of retribution will surely come, gives
the following wise counsel:
Pending tins day of retribution, we j
counsel on - people to avoid all deeds of
violence and ru'lier seek to til wart their
enemies by acts of wiytlom manifestation
of superior management, and above all,
by a bond of union among’ lit ttisclves,
which may, as the emergency dictates,
he as elastic or as firm as highly tem
pered steel. Let them by ail means,
discouraging as tho prospect may ap
pear, continue to cultivate those habits
■ and industry which intro made tie wgi-i a
wonder to the world. Wo would insist
I likewise tli.il they lie kind and forbear
|mg with the negro poptiiatii n It is no
I fault of the black people that these
troubles menace ns and although they
will be eagerly sought for as too!) and
instrutm nts to worn out i'tii! -ck’s little
game, -they aro not at all disposed in
the main to give him any Cncoifrage
incnt, and With proper treatment on our
part they wil, help hammer him find his
mclh me to pieces. It w old he immeas
urable filly to act otherwise and wo
fm-l assured that these disposed to rash
ness in this matter are lint a curporat’s
gua r d of idlers or natural mischief
breuders These, if’ indeed there are I
any such must be promptly taken in [
hand by tho influential inert of every ;
ncighbotiiond and kept in a state of re
pression Thank God! we have our j
bright sky loft and our Incomparable i
soil. Radicalism cannot take these a- j
way ahsolute'y although it may make
the one . look dim perchance or j
cause the other to curtail its prnducL— j
Ifni after all the vials ■ f wrath shall j
have been p-utred out wo will yet re
main ii.v noilile and we may sliit grow (
rich powerful aud happy.
There were some rather queer proceed- i
ings at the session of ti e Woman’s Ni- j
ti.nial sufisnige Association in New ,
York on the Bth. The speeches of sev- !
eral of the lady speakers were so broad j
and so ardently in favAr of “free love” j
that the modest pert of the audience, the !
Would says, made a stampede Irom the 1
hall Miss Norton thought a woman |
Was better ofl with six husbands than
with one she could not love, aud Dr. lie
ber denonneed narrage as a crime.— (
Before adjourning the association, very i
naturally, passed a resolution endorsing !
tho Tribune
There is a story told ot a well known |
abolitionist, who in the early years of
the movement, was once riding in »
back in Boston with two clergy moil. The
clotgymen asked the aljo.itionlist what
his business was.
“My business is to fi gi.t slavery,” was
the reply.
‘Fight slavery! then why do you stay
hero? Wi.y don’t yon go down Soutli
to the homo of slavery and light it there?'
‘Gentlemen, don’t yon tight slavery?”
“No, sir, it is all we can do to fight
tho d— I hi our profession,”
‘lndeed tiion what are you doing here
why don’t y ui go to h-l, the home of Hie
d—l, and fight trim there]” said thosholi
| tioniet.
.
If yc fig men would hang gates and
doors and windows, instead of hanging
round store doors they might escape
hanging somewhere else.
A little radical boy, on being asked to
what trade tie would wish to be brought
! up, replied: “Will he an overseer of
■ the poor, b cause over since papa has
tieen *n overseer we’ve l ad j od Lug foi
dinner.
[53.00 per Annum
NO. 50
j "REgANniN’c Status.” —Under the ad
! vice ot President Grant nml Wendell
Phillip*, Congress is now at the work of
j "remanding” some of the States to miti
j tary ru'e. It is proposed that sonic mil
j itary commander shall organise a Login
j latttre for the State of Georgia for tho
j purpose of ratifying the Fifteenth Amend
iiicnt. Os course, if Congress can t'o
! maud one State into Chaos or military
i lianps it can remand or destroy any oth
er State
Bat Congress ha* not the slightest nri
thovily to do anything of the kind with
any State. Every »trp it takrs in this
direction is a usurpation. Tho p-mplo
j are quite too indifferent to these viola
| tions of constitutional obligations on tho
| part of Congress. They ere precedents
I and make a part of tho history of tho
j ecn!!trv. V’hat is today done with
| Georgia, will in sortie futnre day be timid
1 with other States. A military usurper
—some despot perhaps in the Presiden
ts! chair or in high position in the arm 7
will one of these days find it convenient
to refei to tho unconstitutional recon
struction acts of Congress and the ready
manner in which States of tho Uniotl
are “remanded” into military depotism.
Despotic ’’lllo is aggressive and restless.
—Hartford Tim< s.
The mysterious movement of troops
some time since dispatched from Wash
ington was afterward conjectured to ho
a movement in anticipation of Mormon
hostilities in the Wi st. Nothing further
has been said about these movements
for the last two or three days, but wn
see that a hill lias already been intro
duced into the Senate providing fn tho
execution of the law against polygamy
in Utah. This special law for the sup
pression rtf polygamy has been for a long
lime on the statvte hook, hut. it has al—
n ays been a dead letter. Several at
tempts were made at the last session to
secure its enforcement, hot they woro
ah failures. The New York Trihnno
favors the hill and desires that it shall
have an actual and positive bearing tip
on the order of things amldr Morniou
ism.
| Tho immigration agent informs tho
‘ Washington eni resp indent of tho New
1 York Trihnno that, that helms settled
eighty families of Danes near Okolona,
Miss, and is c uifident that within tli«
next ton years lie will hnve introduced
20,000 Scandinavian families into Mis -
sissippi and Alabama. An imtnigrntioti
society ha* been formed among Du plan
ters at Okolona, and 1,500 cron havo
been given to the company to be sold at
a low price to actual settlers. Here is
a bint for those who appear anxious to
secure immigration into Georgia-
Tho degrees of mime are thus defined:
He who steals n million is only a fiiian
cief who steals half a million is only ;i
defaulter; wiio steals a hundred thou
sand is a rogue; who fifty th ujsatid is
a knave; but lie who steals a pair of
boots or a loaf of bread is a scoundrel of
the deepest dyo and dosorves to be
hanged.
An Indian at Ooouic, Wis, shor a
hear in tho head with luiskahot bjowiilg
out an eye and otherwise severely wouii.
ding him, and then pounced npon him,
expecting to dispatch him with a dirk
knife. Mr. B:uin hugged Mr. Indiart
and botti fell to the ground, when a
struggle for life, ensued which mutt havo
been a terrible one as the belligerents
were both badly maimed and lying and -ad
within two rods of each of. er when
found.
Gen. Grant, thinks that the Tenure of
Office law is an outrage on the Coustitii
tion. It is no more an outrage now
says the Conner Journal than i‘ was
when ic and all h sp ditical friends up
held it as a fetter up in his p red ecus a>r
What carp he and they for the Constitu
tion, ho they cau hut compass political
powet ?
“An American” writing from Marxeil
ies complains witli true Yankee indigiitt
tion that at the opening of tho lam uH
canal all tiie nation* of the eartli wore
represented save America whose ting
alone was not to he seen.
The Celebrated Hr Gregory, in the
Course of one of his medical lectures at
Edinburgh stated; “One cannot stand
perfectly inotionlos for half an hour; that
in: ha 1 once tried t-i do s >, and and faisl
ed at. ttie end of twenty m notes the
td ,>d/ .■qu’ring the aid of it iti m from
the body iii order to retain its full circu
lating power.
A Chinaman iu California thinks that
when one man is hit by another and thi
assailant is fined S2O, the money ought
to go to the hit-man instead of the OoV'
eminent. This is the way they da
tilings in China.
• -•-• -•* • *
Miss Anna Dickinson concluded her I'd
emit lecture thusi “The man of to-day
was marrying tho woman of a past age.
What men living in the latter part of
the ninteenlh century needed for witch
was not weak, dependent, ‘sweet” ‘cling
itig’ parth«i-s, hut strong, solf-relisnt
women,who wore fitted to be help-meets,
counsellors, friends hikl equal*."
Official statistics published iu Havana
; -how that from (he commencement of
I the war the .Spanish loss has been eight
1 thousand killed in battle, four thousand
; iiy disease two thousand deserted to the
| Cubans, and three thousand are now
1 sick.
A marriage broker advertises: “All
; couple# availing themselves of the »gen-
I c-y of this office will have, happiness
| guaranteed to them for one year.”
An excellent Sure for dyspepsia is this
Give a hungry dog a piece of meat aud
Chase him til! he drops it.
The man who foil back on Ids own
resource* injured liis*,» ••••».