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jfonterillc gtald.
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 7, 1873.
Sparta Lad two little fires List wafek. Ono
in her jail, (no damage'dont*) and B»e other
a plank kiln. ^
• The Georgia State Agricultural Society as
sembles in Augusta on Tuesday next.
Credit Mobilier.
We have not heretofore said anything con
cerning the credit Mobilier of America.
This blot of infamy upon American Con
gressmen and American Legislation is in
deed a grievous commentary upon the men
end times of ‘‘anld lang syne." Since our
country has been under -Radical rule and
usurpation, it seems that there ore no depths
of iiifamv to which some of our public men
[From the Atlanta. Sun.] :
Treatment of Meningitis.
Messrs Editors: Being in the daily receipt
of letters form this and adjoining States, re
questing-a statement of iny treatment in the
disease known a* ■* Ge 0V0 Spinal M ninaili%’>
not having the time to devote to answering
these commnnications, I have thought proper
to give a synopticul statement of my treat
ment through the tt>lnmus r of the secular
Important Measure.
-■} Trust thom RtTt thi'.y’ri' foolingThije. New Advertisements.
A bill has been introduced in the House of [ j n some a ] wa j S timely talk regard-
Representatives, to divide Georgia np into • jjj„ inistttkes of betrinners, 'The Pro.-
thirty-four districts, from each of which there i • ®
shall be elected one Senator and two or threi
Representatives, according to the population
The following is the proposed appointment
First District—Chatham, Bryan, Effiing
hum and Liberty.
0 ! great caution in - touching novelties,
I or even specialties:; in agriculture.
It is the bright side of new things
that first strikes the view. We-are
Two young ladies set the most of the type
for the Griffin News.
The exercises of Wesleyan Female College
hare been suspended for two weeks. Cause:
sickness in the city.
A friend now in Baltimore, writing under
dote of the 22d ult., says there are 3,000 ca
ses of small pox in that city.
fear to descend, no vices from which they j press of this city, thereby enabling the pro- |
would shrink, no rascality with which' they i fession to employ the treatment during the j
are ashamed for their names to l>o connect- • present endemic in this and adjoining States, i
-ed, no senudai which, they'dread, no public which I would not be able to communicate
contempt which they cannot brook with 1 through the medical press in time for the .
Pierce.
Third—Appling, Glynn,Camden.Charlton.
Fourth— Coffee, Ware, .Clinch and Echols.
Hurrah fob old Franklin.—The _ State
University at Athens opened its spring term t JT ^ ^ Vashingtbft Wtv .
with about 250 students.
brazen effrontery.
; Discoveries of a most startUa
i have-recently been made, with regard to the
f conduct of some (if our public men and
! members of Congress. The Credit Mobilier
j of America in its inception u as a gigantic
' scheme for swindling, and it embraces as its
members, some of the most prominent pnl>-
presett# sc-asofi. An other * reason, is that i
characterl numerous physicians hike no medical period.
ical The following treatment should not be
epijdoyi'd.by any one but a skillful physician,
as to such this communication is addressed:
TO THE jrEDICAL PROFESSION.
Eleventh -Wilcox, Dodge, Pulaski,
\ Montgomery.
• Twelfth —Telfair,'Irwin,Laurens, Johnson,
j Tliirte. nth —Emanuel,Bullock,.Striven and
I Burke.
^ • Fourteenth—Richmond, Glasscock, Jeffor-
Tlie following teentment which has been S(in nn( j Taliaferro.
Second—Tatnall, McIntosh, v.hyyne and favorably impressed. vritL them be
cause they do not seem to have the
disadvantages attaching to those
Fifth—Lowndes, Berrien, Brooks.Thomas, j with which we are acquainted. The
Sixth—tJolqnitt pecatur iDtcheH MUler. hoWever, that there are
i eventh—Earlv.Cnlnoun,Baker,Dougherty. , ,. ’ . .
Eighth—Lee, Worth; Clay and Randolph, r as many cares, discouragements, and
Ninth —Terrell,Stewart, Webster,Duitman. j perplexities in the one case as m the
Tenth —Sumter, Schley, Macon arul Dool>\ t ^thcf. These, if possible, should be
employed by me since the winter of 1862-03.
Bribes Lave ’ with uniform success jn all cases where the
_. ’’ j been offered and accepted as if it were a
Dr. Lewis H. Onne,~of Atlanta, is at death's j-legitimate way ol legislating for the interests
door with consumption. Sorry to bear it.
Lewis was one of our boyhood friends.
P. S. —Dr. Orme is dead.
•| of the country, and the most stupendous
frauds have received the sanction of law.
The Vice President of the United States
has recently been circumstantially convict
ed of perj .-.rv before a Committee of investi
gation, and men occnpying the high position
of U. S. Senators, bine been fonud guilty oi
bribery and perjury of the most ignoble
character.
... , , i ... i We believe that to a great extent our pub
are looking a little ugly at each other, scow-j ' *
“ .... , . . _-} lie men are the political weather-cocks <>i the
• Mr. John T. Rowland, one of Savannah’s
oldest inhabitants, died a few days since.
He had been in business in that city for
more than half a century.
j
The British Lion and the Russian Bear ,
ing their teeth and giving expression to war j
growls about Central Asia.
persons beii g
A dispatch from London-, dated the 1th,
says the weather for the past three days has
been intensely cold, many
froze to peath.
The Spanish stsAmship YrutaCbut, sailed
front Savannah, on Friday last, with a cargo
of 3,500 bales of cotton. This is the largest
cargo of the great staple which has left the
port Of Savannah since the war.
| sentiments of the people, and it seems that
the results is the recent investigations, con
sidered as “signs of the times," are the fore-
: treatment hns been instituted within twenty-'
; four hours after the development of the proini-
nent symptoms : jn the first place discard
' all ideas of this disease being an inflammatory
affection of the brain and spinal cord, saturate
« flannel folded several times) with spirits ot
j turpentine. Apply this along the whole
; course of the spine, pass over this after the
; ordinary mode of ironing, a common sad or
j smoothing iron weli heated. Continue this
| for ten or fifteen minutes until you have well
I stimulated the spine. In the meantime give
1 quinine in heroic doses, to be repeated every
• two or three hours until all symptoms are
: overcome. Follow each dose of quinine with
| a heroic dose of bromide of potassium eom-
found out before a Hew business is
undertaken. Many farmers, and
many persons engaged in the other
pursuits have rushed into some bus
iness connected with husbandry* sole
ly because a single person with whom
they are acquainted has succoeded
. in it. They never stop to consider
Seventeenth -Bibb, l/bnro.'.Pike Crawford : p tjrson w llO W U8 go euCCeSS-
Eighteenth Houston, Taylor, A/ar;on and - 1 . e ,. . , , , ,i
" - J * full was wonderfully adapted for the
Washington Sheriffs’ Sale.
\i7TLL be sold before the Court-house
V V door in SandersviHe, within tue legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday; ill April
next, the following property, to-wits ,
Two dark colored horse mules, abuut three
years old. levied np< n as the property of
, Henry H. Horton, to Ratify one Superior
1 Court fi fa in favor of Thomas JohpMni vs.
ilenrv H. Horton. Property pointed uut-by
, Plaintiff. JOHN H. MARTIN, Dep. Sli’ff
; Also, at the same time and place will be
j sold, one tract of land, containing eleven
hundred and eleven (1.Ill,) acres, more or
less, situated in said county, adjoining lands
of J. E. Move. W. U. Riddle, Simon ThoM*
and others; levied upon as the property of
B. A. Moye, to aatialy one Superior Court fi
fa in favor of Nathan Solomon, colored, vs.
I». A. Move. Property pointed out by Plain
tiff’s Attorney. REUBEN MAYO, Sh ff.
February 7, 1873 -tds
Washington Sheriff’s Sale.
W ILL be sold before the Court-house
door in the Citv of Sandersville, on
the first Tuesday in Mawh next, within the
legal hours of sale, at public out-ery to the
highest bidder, a certain house and lot in
the city of Sandersville, on the west side of
Nineteenth Muscogee, Harris, Upson and business by taste and education; that i south,Smithf'l^on 1 the
Fifteenth—Warren, Green, Baldwin and
Hancock. . -
Sixteenth—Washington, Twiggs,_ Wilkin-
son and Jones.
Chattahoochee.
t I edings of dreadful events. Why .- re . uch j bined in solution with an ordinary dose of
evil men rhosen to fill high aud responsible i solid extract Hyoscyamus. The object of the
positions, if their meanness does not hav
the connivance of the people? For what pur
pose are such base men continued in office
by the fttajde, if their ignoble actions are not
approved by the people? Wh«t shall we
think of the integrity of tlie people, when
bromide is to control reflex action and the
doses should be regulated according to the
head and spinal symptoms, us this is de; enil-
uut on electro-monic changes in the ]>eriphery
of tlie nerves, from this the action or tlie
tnull's ojterattdi of the quinine anil bromide
: Talbot.
Twentieth—Spalding, Butts, Fayette and
; Newton.
; Twenty-first —Walton. Rockdale, Clark and
■ Jasper.
; Twenty second—Putnam, Morgan, Wilkes
i and Lincoln.
Twenty third McDuffie, Columbia, Ogle-
; thorpe and Madison.
| Twenty-fourth Elbert, Hart, Franklin and
, Habersham. '
Twentv-fifth—'White,
j and Hall’
j Twenty-sixth—Banks, Jackson, Gwinnett
! and DcKalb.
I Twenty-seventh— Henry. Clayton, Fulton
; and Cobb.
| Tw.-nty-eighth -Meriwether,Cowe'-a, Doug-
! lass and CaiiiphelL
| Twenty-ninth—Troup, Heard, Carroll and
! Haralson.
! Tliirthieth Polk, Paulding, Cherokee and
bis location was most favorable, and
the soil, climate, and the particular
time in which the business was un
dertaken were all most advantageous.
Take apiculture for instance. There
are meu, and women too, who have
made money by keeping bees, but
these are they whose instincts, we
Lumpkin, Dawson . may almost say, led them to the bus-
: inoss, as the instinct of bees leads
■ them to the honey hidden in the liow- j
1 ers. Let no person, however, who i
. becomes charmed with the speeches j
i at a convention of bee-keepers, or !
; who has been carried away by the j
: raellitluous words of some patent i
j beehive vendor, think that he can,
west, estate of Wm. G, Brown on the north,
containing one-eighth acre, more or less,
and at present occupied by Wm. Herrington.
Also, one certain other house and lot ad
joining the above described lot on the south,
the pnblic square on the east, B. K, Smith s
lot on the west, containing one-eighth acre,
more or less. All levied on as the property
of tlio estate of said W. G. Brown, to satisfy
t.volifiis. from the Superior Court, one in
favor of Elizebeth Curry, vs. David Walker,
principal, and W. G, Brown and M- H.
Ofay, securities, and one in fovor of the
Merchants National Bank of Savannah, vs.
estate of said W. G. Brown. Property point
ed ont by plaintiff's Attorney, and projier
notice of levy given.
REUBEN MAYO, Sheriff.
January 31, 1 "7J- tds
A PROCLAMATION.
our public servants commit the most heinous j will be readily understood by she intelligent |
Thirty-first - Forsyth, Union, Towns and ; without knowledge or experieUC, ini- j A
i nifiiliatftlv succeed in storinff honev i ...
crimes against public morality, und then
meet their constituents with un, effrontery
So MOTE it be-.—A bill has passed Con-
Mint. .... r> : i * I meet their constituents with un effrontery ! hlistei
cress hhd been Signed by the President,
«» ... . : scarcely less than that of the devil hnnseil. , Avoid
fbo frontiTui Tinnlpup. I he j
j What shall we think of the intelligence of ,
| the people, if such evil men are gnilty of tlie
| most flagrant breach of public trust, and iuv ]
f still continued in office? How shall we osti-
j mate public virtue, when our leading men •
j commit tlie most flagitious violations of pub- |
! lie confidence, and yet are kept in office to j
| deceive aud swindle the people. j
j These remarks and questions we consider :
j pertinent to the subject before ns, and we (
! ask for their consideration by all intelligent 1
! and honest men. If the people become cor- ;
rnpt, we cannot expect hubi-sty in high •
places. If the people are negligent or care-I
less of their rights, they cannot expect their j
interests to be protected by their servants. ’
The results of the Credit Mobilier investiga
tions are of vital importance to th« people, j
Ii the perpetrators of such enormous crimes j
are not summarily punished, then the con-j
sequences will be of a most detrimental
character to our free republican institutions.
abolishing the franking privilege. The fear-
ful abuses of this privilege by members of
Congress demands its rep; al.
'According to the New York Tribune, Geor
gia sevens, )icip bonds were worth 97 cents
in that city on the 30th. Does that look
like the refusal to pay Bullock’s spurious
paper had injured Georgia’s credit?
The whole amount of cotton tax money
paid into the X T . S. Treasury, while the eot-
ton tax existed, was $68,072,388. A nice
little sum for Uncle Sam to pocket so un
justly.
There are seventy thousand, one hundred
and seventy-eight miles of railroad in the
United States—seven thousand six hundred
and eleven miles of which were laid in the
year 1872.
physicians. Under nocircumstances use afly
blister or opiates in the subset of this disea.- e.
all «old applications to head and spine.
When constipation exists, which is general
ly the case, use large doses of calomel every
3 houis until the bowels act freely. Physi
cians can rely on this treatui .nt when insti
tuted in time.
.T. -J. Knott, M. D.
P. S.— Other papers phase ‘copy. Persons
reading this will show it to their family phy
sician.
mediately succeed in storing lioney
or raising colonies. As but a small - „ -
Chattooga,- .Hurray i proportion of inseotocan g^ber hon-; jh.gST&fe £
ey, so only a small proportion of lm-
| man beings succeed in keeping bees.
—tVc/.v York Tribune.
Walker. Dade and !
The planters of Dougherty are commenc-
ing the work of 1873 under better prospects
than any year since the war. There is no
scarcity of labor, and it has been hired upon
reasonable terms.
Again in Harness.—Dr. Jus. R. Smith,
formerly of Sandersville, has become the
Editor of the Louisville News & Farmer.
Glad to receive you hack into the fold, Doc
tor.
We have received a prospectus of a paper
to be published al Jasper, Walker Co., Ala.,
called the “Mountain Eagle." It will be
edited by Rev. J. D. Anthony, who is well j by applying all the provisions of said act tt
Take heed in time, ye people of America.
\\ \« r.
1 An act to amend an act entitled “an act
! to prohibit the buying, selling, delivering
or receiving of any farm prodnets therein
specified between sunset and sunrise, in the
: counties of Lincoln, Brooks and other coun
ties therein named, without the permission
of the owner or employer of the land on
which the products are raised and to pre
scribe the punishment therefore and for oth
er purposes, “approved August 23, 1872,
and favorably known in our city and coun
ty. Success to the enterprise.
The Selma, Rome and Dalton Rralroad has
been forced into bankruptcy by the holders
of the first mortgage bonds of the old Ala- I .
bama and Tennessee River Railroad, and
Mr. L. Lanier hits been appointed Receiv
er.
The biggest single measure before tlie Leg
islature, says tlie Constitution, is a bill to
give five millions of dollars of State aid to
the Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad to extend
it 165 miles, from Bainbridge to Pollard,
Alabama.
’ the counties of Stewart, Washington, Wilk-
* erson, Laurens, Taliaferro Wilkes.
! Section 1. Be it enacted by tbe floneval
Assembly <>f the State, of Georgia, That all
i the provisions of the above recited act, be
same are hereby extended to tbe
. counties of Stewart, Washington, Wilkin-
, son, Laurens, Ac., and that said act shall
j have full force aud operation in said coan-
Hon. P. R. Taliaferro will accept our
thanks f-r a copy of the above, which has
possad the House and will probably pass tbe
Senate. A good law.
General Tax Law.
Tlie following are some of the provisions of
the Gulieral Tux Law, drafted by Mr. McDan
iel. of Walton. It says :
Skating rinks, $50; professors of law, medi
cine awl dentiitry, $10; ilaguiiircaii :.s l simi
lar artists. $15; auctioneers, $25; pool orbil-
liard tables, $25; bagatelle table. $25 ; ten
pin alley. $20; all other tables or game, un
less for exercise or amusement, not prohibited
by law, $10; vendors of patent medicines,
1 ether thatr regular inerchrnts. for e very eonn-
i tv, $50; poll tax, c-l: m igi-Lms and sl-ight
I of hand performers. $25 for eueVi and every
performance; circus companies,. ID;! forevrry
I day in cities Containing n-nion of over
10,000, aiul $50 in i-iti.-s e'-ntadiing'n ;><>puia-
j ticn betv.e, n 5,0"0 and ID,(Hit), and $25 .n
j towns with a population under 5.000 : shows
; and exhibitions (excel.t literary or elmri-
, table purpose*), $25: o ilroad eonqiani • 1
■ percent, on th.-ir net ea.niugs; dtuntc an.;
, for ign Ins, t'o.'sl pirnkt. < li uiLpi*(nitons
j in HK-ney or otherwise, received by ihem;
Express eonipanies. 1 per iwiiL on gross re
ceipts. The l'i nipt • ler-tianeiiit is authoi-
ized to order tax receivers .to commence ro-
I cciving tax returns immediately after -Vjtril
first. The Comptroller-General is require!
: to cause the taxes to be collected by Dec.
15th. It further provides that the oath to be
j administered to all persons making returns
I of their taxable property shall be in the words
I following: “You do solemnly swear that you
will true answers give to all lawful questions
: which I may put to yon touching the retu.tls
that you are about to make; and that you
; will make a true return of all your taxable
property, at its market value, on tbe-Unit day
of April, preceding, to the best of your
knowledge and belief. So help you God."
Rabun,
'1 hi ty-sec( >nd —Farm in, Gilmer, Pickens
and Bartow.
' Thirty-third —Floyd,
: and Whitfield.
| Thirty-fourth—Gordon
I Catoosa.
The following districts, v;z : ta? drst, thir
teenth, lourtcenia, seventeenth, nineteenth
and twenty-seventh, shall be ontirlei to three
representatives each, and the remaming
twenty-seven to two representatives each.
The bill gives the House of Representatives
75 members and tbe Senate 34. the entire As
sembly to consist of 109 members, a reduc
tion i f 110 from the present number. This
measure numbers among its friends some of , , ,, • ,
the wisest men in the State, who alter years of ' OIlft nUllljM’t
experience and observation, arc satisfied that
th _
EORGIA—BY JAMES M. SMITH.
•Governor ot said otste.
Whereas, A vacancy, caused by tba deatli
of the Hon. A. K. Wright, elected in and by
Cream Facti rv
i isks; ~ I
Now. therefore, I Imve thought it proper to j
! issue this, my Proclamation, ordering that j
‘ tlie Polls be opened , and an Election be held |
on the 96th day of FEBRUARY nmt, in the !
! counties of Columbia. Elbert, Glascock, j
i Greene, Hancock. Hurt, Jefferson. Johnson, t
—— •» « j Lincoln. McDuffie, GglethoOpe, Richmond,
Iff France the Bourbons are llotll)- j Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and Wilkes, I
ling teams against the Eeenhlieans ! I
111 order to create a lnonarclrv, and of the General Assembly, at the same places
.icese, bv the b >x 18 ets pt
M. A. EVANS & CO.
throne.
upon the
The Count of Ohamboard,
that the ttovernor and Members of the Gi-n.
eral Assembly are elected, for one lleprcsvn-
in the Forty-ThirTl Congress of the
t • t . - .. . tative in the Fortv-Ihiril l ongress oi ino i
,e Legislature is so numerous that l. is lar grantlson of Charles X., IS accepted T i niti . a states, to fill the term for which the
ore than adequate to the duties of Legisla- • ° i i. .. *i._ :a„j i . „ w_: - i_*^i !
tion. It is certain that witli fewer represen
tatives bus ness o Id he expedited, and it is
claimed could be transacted with more general
satisfaction to the State at large.
Kino of the Sandwich Islands..—Prince
Lunalila has been elected to succeed Kame-
hamea as King of the Sandwich Islands.
That is the- only kingdom in this world
worth the haying. The salary is large and
the duties and responsibilities nothing.
Judge Reese has introduced in the Senate
a bill to enable the Governor to purchase
the Macon & Brunswick Railroad, in the
event the samo is sold on account' of the
non-payment of interest accruing on bonds
indorsed by the State.
A bill has passed the House imposing pen
alties upon cock-fighting, dog-fighting, etc.,
and prohibiting the owners of old and infirm
horses from turning them out to die. A
hope it will pass the Senate.
Not Yet are the people ready, it seems, to
abolish all fence laws, throw the Helds open
and require owners of stock to keep the same
enclosed. A bill to that end was tabled in
Honse on Saturday last by a vote of 78 to
It may be a good measure, but the peo-
do not see it in that light.
Kx-KniprcNM Carlolln.
| The devoted relict of the ill-fiitr-d Maxi- !
iniliun, died Inst week. For two years she i
| had ln;t-n a lunatic, on account of the tragic j
j death of her husband, who was so cruelly j
immolated in M exico. She has manifested j
1 for her husband a romantic love which is
! peculiarly interesting and touching, and lias ;
displayed that quality of woman’s heart ;
which may be said to be truly sentimental.
“Oh, woe, deep woe, to earthly love's loud i
trust,
When all it once has worshipped lies in
dust r
But her troubles here are ended. Her
soul has gone to the spirit-land, where it I
may again commune with the spirit of him '
whom she so fondly loved here on earth. !
Death ot C'oniUMMhtrr Maury.
Richmond, February 1.—Commodore Mat- j
A Fearful Exoky of I’uvua'v. A seam
stress was arrested the other day in Brook
lyn for pawning clothing which she lind ta
ken home to sew. and upon her examination
the following evidence was elicited: She as
serted that she was employed by a Miss Phil
lips, of this city, who paid her seventeen
cents for making four pair of trousers, fifty
Rail Koutl H:i!M Slfrfilig;
Of Jhc citizens of Crtnsseoct: Und .hjfe <on, hel l
ill Gibson. On tin’ \lih. .'/•(’/ of .f.t.n'Uiy tST-l.
' The people having assembled, Janies M.
. Nunn was call* l to the chair, and Seaborn
| Kitchens requested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting being explained,
which was to take into consideration the great
need of the people in this section of a Rail
\ roa 1. Transport, tiou. and the propriety of
endeavoring to g-t.m extension of the Brunc
Roa 1 kmc., u as tlie Goodri. h Road from il
• present term nap. through this county, and
.also to hike up contribution to defray tin- ex-
surveying the mo
ee. ,Gibson.)
Ion. it was tnianhnouel
that we will do all in our power
cvt. avion of the said Rr.:i;ch Ro:
county sit--, an 1 llie stiii further o:
it to any other to tire 1 d-stinanou, an 1 w •
invite all citiz n i in this section to c >-o >crate
with ns now, in trying to bail 1 uii a belt ;r
system of transportation.
fbsnl-sj. That the R v. J. .J. ll.-m gi 1,.
requested to confer with Jfr. J. L. Goodrich,
th.e present Superintendent.- and manager of
the said Branch Road, to obtain what infor
mation he can, and invite 'Ids co-opera!ion
with ns.
JirsoUcd. That wo immediately open a list
of subscriptions to take up collection to de
fray the expense of a survey of the propose 1
route, and that John B. Williams be appoint
ed onr Treasurer to receive the money.
Ihsolevd, That we meet again at Gibson j without HpCilkilto.
Court-house, on Salnrday the 25th, inst. for
further considering tdie matter, and more
permanent organi/atioli. and thaia CominitUe
of one from each District by appointed to
notify the peojde fully, that we may have at
said meeting, a fuller Representation.
Jlcsolc'ed, That a copy of these proceedings
as the leader of the united force*.
He is fifty years of age aud childless. '
He represents the old line of the
Bourbons, while the Count of Paris
heads tlie succession in the lint: of ■
Orleans. But the peopie of France i
are opposed to the Bourbons no mat
ter from what liue they spring, aud j
the efforts of that race to obtain
power will more likely lead the head
men of sncli movements to a scaffold
than a throne.
Good family dour SlU.oOp bbl.
M. A. EVANS A CO.
Painf«7. Accident.—We regret to !
learn Hint on yesterday morning Mrs. •
M'-n ginnery, wife of Judge W. W.-
Monlgomery, of the Supreme Cort,
boarding at the Kimball House, met j
with a serious accident. Mrs. Mont- !
gomery Went to the entrance of tire
•elevator, on the first floor, intending
to go up to her room, and finding :
the door open, presumed tluit the
elevator was there; unfortunately,
such was not the case, and stepping :
through she fell some twelve or fit- '
teen feet into the basement on soma '
iron railing, breaking her collar bone
one rib, one of her wrists, and one j
finger.—Atlanta Ccnistiti inau
Hon, A. K. Wright, deceased, a as elected.
/ i Given under nty hand and the great
- n !t. - seal of the State at the Capitol, iu
I \ Atlanta, the twenty-fourth day of
January, in the year A. D. 1873. of
th: Indep u lett-J of^ the United
States the nin -seventh.
By the Gjvern’ir. J.VS. AL SMITH.
N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State.
'l*he following .{wipers will please copy un
til day of election: Daily Constitutionalist,
Warrenton Clipper. New* and Farmer, Spar
ta rimes and Planter, Washington Gazette,
Elbert on Gazette, Greensboro Herald. Cen
tral Georgian, Sandersville Herald and .Mc
Duffie Journal,
leb 7 -te
DR. J. A. TOOLE
O FFERS his services in tlie jiractico of
medicine, to ih - citL: .ns of Laurens and
a. oiuihg Couhti. s. Office at the place
km...n as toe W. L. Hanson place, *ue
tiu'e from Dr. Tucker's old stand.
February :, 1873 3m
The most striking difference be
tween iv fool and a looking-glass is,
that the fool speaks without reflect
ing, ami the look-ing-glass reflects
The man who wrote ‘Tin saddest
when I sing, was a fool to sing much.
“Do you enjoy good health, Zach
ary?” “ Why, of course I do; who
doesn’t?”
H. F. GRANT, Jr.,
66 Bay Street,
General Commission Merchant.
REAL ESTATE & STOCKBROKER.
1 1HKRAL Advances made on coiwivn-
J m. uts. Agent for ETUV l.V PER-
TILiZER.
Savannah, Ga_, Feb. 7, 1873 2:n
6. H. REHSHART,
DEALER IN
Doors, HashcN, Blind*,
MOULDINGS, BALUSTERS,
Xctvri I'oNts ami Hnnd ItailingK,
182 and 1S4 Day Street,
Corner of Barnard,
savannah,' ga.
February 7, 1873 -3m
cents for making twelve pair of drawers, and ! be sent to thy Editor of the Augusta Const
Buy the Best!
and twenty-five cents for making six «liirts. ! tntionaiist, und the Sandersville Herald and
Because she did not finish the trousers ns | request their publication.
soon as slie had agreed to, J/iss Phillips re
fused to pay her, anil she thereupon pawned
them to keep her family from starving.
Here is a case which ought to interest those
women who tire continually crying out j
against the tyranny of men. It was not a j
man who exacted from this poor seamstress j
such quantities of work at such a preposter- ;
oils price. It was a woman who refused to
JAMES Al. NUNN, Chairman.
Seaboen Kitchens, Secretary.
Rail Itiiiii] Meet ing.
In accordance with previous notice,
citizens of Washington county assembled at
the Court-House, in Sandersville, on Tues
day February 4th, and organized by calling
Judge S. B. Jones to the chair, aud appoint-
thew Fontain Maury, American hydrograph- j pay her tlie wretched pittance which she j ing Dr. H. N. Hollifield, Secretary. The ob-
erand naval officer, died at Lexington, Va..
at one o’clock to-day. He was author of
“Letters on the Amazon,” “Atlantic Slopes
of South America,” “The Relation Between
j Magnetism and the Circulation oi' the At-
j mosphere,” “Astronomy,". “Observation on
: asked on the pretence that she had not fin- j ject of the iueetlh;
ished her work sufficiently soon.
having been stated by
newspapers and those who are not j tke 1 bjsical Geography of the Seu, etc.
pleased with the disposition he made of his
about to make poor old Gree-
crazy, even before he was a
■ the Presidency. How soon
lunatics after their wills are
ji„ny of the old volunteer companies of
the State having received newjarms are equip
ping and preparing to ‘play soldier’ as of
yore. Foremost among these veteran compa
nies is the Macon Volunteers. They duo-
how sixty muskets and will’ appear on ; Hia bill was referred to a sub-committee,
During the late war he was an officer in
the Confederate navy, and at the time of his
deatli'was Professor of Physics at tlie Vir
ginia Military Institute. His age was sixty-
sevcD years.
1 the Chair, to be a movement on the part of
| our people, to obtain an extension, if possi-
1 bio, of some Rail Road to our city. ltev. J.
J J. Hymau being called for*adili;esspd tlie
J meeting, setting forth the advantages to be
! derived from a Rail Road through our coun
tv when the disease made its appearance 1 . , , . .,
J 11 1 ty from Augusta, and strongly urging the
importance of making some effort for the ex
tension of tliu. Goodrich Road to Hunders-
villel At the conclusion o ' hri remarks, on
(Souk Beeeavment.— Air. Samuel AYulker of
MiUedgeville, lost recently by that fatal dis
ease, Alcningitis, his wife, son and adopted
daughter. His son was at Mercer Universi-
School of Mininp for Georgia.
AVashington, January 3.—Col. Price ad- :
dressed the Committee on -Vines und J/in- j
ing of the House this nmming, on the sub- j
ject of the endowment of a school of mines |
in the North Georgia Agricultural College. !
there. AVont home, was struck with the
malady and died. The daughter, followed j
soon after, und last Mrs. Walker; was taken f
also, and died on Friday night last at 8 !
o’clock. Truly is the home of the bereaved !
husband and father left unto*!iim desolate. j
dress parade on tbe 23rd of April.
A bill has passed the U. 8. House of Repre
sentatives restoring to the pension roll the
names of Soldiers of the war of 1812, and
their widows, which were stricken off under
the act of 1862, on account of their residence
in the Confederate States, and to all ow ap
plications for pensions from such persons to
be entertained without the proof’of loyalty
now required.
Fire in Quebec.
Quebec, January 3—The Court House was
destroyed by fire yesterday, entailing the loss
of all records of the province since the foun
dation, together with title deeds and other
consisting of Young, of Georgia, Shober.
of North Carolina, and llandull, of Nevada,
which will report favorably at an early
day.
The Savannah Sabre Club has disbanded.
Cause: Most of the members belong to the
Infantry companies recently reorganized,
and could not attend to both. The prizes
won by the Club’in various contests, also a
picture of the. “Lost Cause” and a bust of
Gen. Lee,and the archives of the Club have
been entrusted tofthe cure of Airs. Gen. R. H.
Anderson. The furniture, Ac., belonging to
the Club was ordered to be sold, and the
proceeds, after paying the debts of the same,
to be given to the Ladies* Memorial Associa
tion of Savannah.
The Macon Enterprise says': - “It is no use
denying the fact that Alacon hmj more sickness
j in her midst at; tlys time Ajutu at any time
j within the recollection of her -oldest citizens.
The prevalence of.contagions diseases is not
1 so very great, hut the severity of the winter
j has occasioned colds and coughs, pneumonia
| and other sickness-produced by bad weather
j to such an extent as to keep onr large corps
I of physicians constantly ou the run, aud
apothecary shops to do an immense bnsiness.’’
motion, the following gentlemen were ap
pointed a committee to solicit subscriptions
to defray the expense of having Jhe rout-5
surveyed from Sandersville to the terminus
of the Goodrich Rail Road:
Dr. G. W. H: Whitaker,* Thos. Warthen,
C. R. Pringle, Dr. J. H. May, 5E E.- AVur-
?*“i*r«ki**» .llugic l.iiiiiiK'iit
Is now known, by all who ltave tried it
properly, to be the best and quickest remedy
• ever known for Cuocr, Colic, in nvm or beast,
! Neuralgia, Toolluiche, He.ad.sche, of all
i sorts, nil kinds of pains in women, Spinal
the ! disorders, all kinds of sores, ohi aud new,
i Dysentery, Rheumatism, every kind of Ner-
i yocs disorder, chill and fever. Typhoid fk
i yer, Ac., Ac., and for the dreadful
Epizootic
• in horses and mules. . For evidence of this
i last the reader is referred to Rev. R. B. G.
| Walters, Rev. F. W. Flanders, Jno. F. Norris
) Esq., and all other gentlemen who have med
| it in this affection. Pour it on the top of the
j animal’s head, and rub his throat, und his
; nostrils inside and out, with it. Call on Dr.
, J. B. Roberts, and Dr. A. Mathis, Sanders-
! ville; J. M. Everett, Tenuille; and all mer-
[ chants everywhere for it Send for circular
to WM. C. HAUSER,
Bartow, Jefferson co. Ga.,
Wholesale A Retail Agent,
jan 17, 1873. tf
E. Frank Coe’s
Superphosphate
H AS given more general satisfaction than
any Fertilizer extant. The undersign
ed will take pleasure iu filling orders for this
manure, and may be found at the xtore ol
George 1). Warthen A Co. T. J. Gilmore,
Esq., will receive orders at No. 13, 0. It. R.
C. C. PARSONS. Agent
Feb. 7, 1873 -2iu for W. IL Stork A Co,
<lotion Murket.
f Tenxili.ii Ga. Feliaary 3rd, 1873.
, Market active :ind full prices paiil; though
• farmers are gdifenilly holding wliat is left in
1 the c- untrv for hig-n'r prices. We note sale
then, Cornelius Jordan, Green Bmntley and j. 0 f ^ti bales, at say lor middling lty t<? 18.;
Florida, it seems, is in ruthei^abad condi
tion financially. The bonded and floating
debt of the State, according to the report of
the Comptroller-General, is $5,844,821. As
there are but twenty-five thousand voters in
Florida, each voter, according to this show
ing, will have to pay $234 on a general aver
age. The connty and municipal debts will
probably run this average np to $400.
Dry salted sides 8j cts B>.
M. A. EVANS A CO.
W. N. Harman.
On motion, the Committee was requested
to communicate with Mr. Goodrich, and ob
tain his views and ideas upon the proposed
extension.
On motion, adjourned.
S, B. JONES, Chairman.
H. N. Hollifield, Secretary.
Sanders ville, Ga*, Feb., bill, 1873.
The races on the Ten Broeck course were
begun on last Tuesday, at Savannah, the
first legitimate racing on that course since
the war. A ntinker ol fine horses have been
pnt npou the conse, and it is probable that
some of them will gain a valuable reputation
for speed. This will no doubt be a delight
ful resort for those who taka an interest in
matters concerning the turf.
poorer grades not in demand. We umke the
following statement for shipping to date:
August, about 20- bales;'September, 1327
bales; Oetober, 1374 bales; November, 1778
bales; December, 1937 bales; .January, 601
bales; making 7,077 bales to date; of this j
amount about one seventh was bought at this
place.
Sandejistille, Ga., Jan. 30, 4873.
Onr market closes very quiet upon a basis
of 18c; 18j for middling.
Macon, February 5.—Cotton—While the
market was not pnite so active to-day, the
prices of yesterday were maintained. The
market closed at 19c for middlings.
Augusta,- February 5. - Cotton, xecipts 776;
sales 757; murket dull; middlings 19.
Savannah, February 5. —Cotton, net re
ceipts 3545; exports to Great Britain 1845; to
continent—; coastwise-1M63; sales 523; stock
67,290; market dull; good oreia»iy ;low
middling ; middlings 19 a .
Wright & Norris,
BUCKEYE, GA.
W E respectffully inform onr customers
.of Johnson and adjoining counties,
that we have closed our books for the pres
ent year. J11 parties indebted • us by Lien
Note or Acuonnt are requested to come for-
i ward and make immediate settlement. Those
who fail to do so will find their notes and
accounts-in the hands of the proper officers
for collection.
We beg to info tin onr patrons and the
pnlilic generally, that we have on hand th
splendid lot of .
Readymade Clothing,
Boots, Shoes and Hats,
A first rate lot of
SHIRTING,
OSNABURGS,
KENTUCKY JEANS,
KERSEYS, CASIMERS,
DELAINES,
WORSTED,
PRINTS, Ac., Ac.
Also, we have a splendid lot of
Ladies’ Dress Goods.
And many other articles too numerous to
mention. All of which we offer foe sale
Cheap for Cash!
Call on us if yon want bargains,
February, 7, 1873—tf
CALL
BRANTLEY & PRINGLE
Sandersville, Ga.
FOR
Bacon, Com,!
Flour, Salt,Sugar,Coffee,
Molasses, Iron, Kails, Bagno*
Ties,
Choice Pamfly Groceries
*•••' ' OF ALL KINDS,
Domestic Dry Goods,
Hardware, Pot-Ware,
Tiawarr.Leather, Hhoe*,\ c
ALSO DEALERS IN
Landretlis Warranted
Onpdcn -6EEBS,
A\» IRKIHtAKTERS FOIE
Commercial Manures
Of ail the moat desirable Brands,
The following are the prices :
‘•Wilroi ttUrfM Jk <’•"« Jlanipnla.
led," <’(*1111 SM, Tliue
“WIItot, CiifclM A CV* Plitr- f
nl\,**4 'uNh SI1.50. Time $5 7.50 !
“>tei Fowl,** . i ('ash $50,
City Acceptance payable 1st March $55.00.
“KHrrku.’’ Cush SSO. Time S«o.
••.1lii|M*»’ Su|w-r|ihuspliiilt‘," Cash
**YlerryiiiHu'f» Amuioniatcd Ois.
. .ff ’HNh ***, Time
Delivered at No. 13, II. K. It.
Cotton received in payment for the-first five
fertilizers above at 15c. per lb. if desired.
We are also Agents for the sale of materials
for making
“Home made Fertilizers”
Consisting of Three Bbls of about Httoth
enough for making one Ton of Good Guano
$25 cash; $29 time.
Call for Circulars, Almanacs Ac., giving full
instructions, on
BRANTLEY A PRINGLE.
Jan. $4,1873. lv
WANDO
FERTILIZER
I F yon intend planting a crop this yew;
an l wish to double, treble anti quadruple
the product, be certain to invest your Money,
Labor and Time, in the I’llKAFFNT,
because TKK BUST, and IHWT Itll-
LIABLK FKItmiSEEItn LSR
The Wando,
ilOOOTONS
I of which are for sale at
| StatioH 9,0. II. B., Ga.,
At tlie following Prices and Terms:
I CASH—$55 PER TON OF 2000 LBS.,
i freight uad dray age to destination added.
j TIME—WO PER TON OF 2000 LBS.,
i payable 1st Nor., hiS, adding' freight and
dray age,
! Or one Ton of. Wan to for -iOO ll.s. Lint t 'ot-
ton. in bal-s. at 15c. per lb.
The Cotton to grade Low Middling.
j The Planter to have the option of deliver-
. ing the Cotton on tbe li.st day of Noveiubct
’ n-.vt.nt 15c. i»-r lb., or paying S65 per to*
! tor the Fertilizer.
j Wando # Ac’d I’hospli tfi.
| Containing a high per cenfcage cfl
i Soluble Plio~i}>]i:itcM>rLiiiH!.
' CASH-^30 per TON, of 2000 lbs.,
j adding Freight au.l Dmyage to d.-stiuation.
TIME—j>35 per TON, adding J?reight &
D.ayage.
; The FERTI I.IZER is < >f a very hhjh
, grade, and tlie Company are determined "to
j keep it to its standard, and if possible to
i improve it; therefore they are compelled to
j raise the price.
t Jk-Send for Pamphlets, showing Certifi-
I cates of Planters from all sections of the
Country. Farmers on line of the Central
Railroad, or from any point in Georgia, will
be promptly supplied by addrrssiny
II. P. JOXKS, Agent.
■Irrmloii. (I. U. K., ha.
jan 24. 1873. 2m
Now is the time to subscribg.
Sandersville IfirraW,
BY
MEDL0CK, ARLINE& RODGERS,
Is pttblished every Fritlay. at Sandersville,
Ga. It is one ol the leading newspapers of
Middle Georgia. It is devoted to the inter
ests of the Family Circle, of Fanners. Plan
ters. Merchants. Mechanics, Laborers, Law
yers, Doctors, and Divines; indeed, it is ft
real live newspaper, and the interests of all
classes and vocations have our attention.
Onr object shall be to advocate every cause
which tends to meliorate the condition of
mankind.
We call tlie particular attention of Farmers
and Planters to THE HERALD, because it
is a first rate family paper, and its very low
price of snliscription places it iu the reach
of every one.
Tbe Herald has a very large subscription
list, which is daily increasing. It is read by
the most prominent citizens, and the best
class of tanners and planters, in Middle
Georgia.
To fhnineM MraaMl Advertisers
we especially recommend The Herald as a
splendid medium for pitting their business
la-fore the Public. Onr rates for advertising
are very moderate, and oUr terms are liberal.
The Herald is very carefully made np
each week, and contains tbe latest news and
market reports np to the time of going to
press.
Subscription price for one year, $2.00; for
nix months, $1.011; for three 'mouths. 50 cts,
always in advance. Money may be sent by
registered letter. P. O. Money Order, ur
press, at publishers’ risk.
Address
Lost,
O N the 15th inst., one promissory note for
$158 and some cents, made payable to
the undersigned, and given by W. S. Collin*
in 1870. There are two credits on said note,
one for $70 and the other for $40. All per
sons are notified not to trade for said nut:,
and the maker to settle with no one but mv-
s-lf. A. HERRMAN.
Daviscoeo, Ga., Jan, 31, 1873 -2t
Notice#
I HEREBY forewarn all persons against
hiring or harboring Lacy Watkins, a wo
man of color; she having contracted with me
for the year 1873, and having left my employ
without eanae or permission.
Jon. 31. 1873—31 R. H. WICKER.
To Arrire.
f A Hogsheads D. 8. Bides and Shoulders
t)\7 For prices see quotations.
Jan. 10, 1873—tf M. A, EVANS A CO.