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VOLUME XL1I.J
MJ LLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 29, 1871.
NUMBER 18.
11) e i 11) e r a l 5B n i o n,
IN
13 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
M1LLEDGEVILLE. GA.,
BOUGHTON, BARNES & MOORE,
(Comer of Haucock ami Wilkinson Streets,)
At $2 in Advance, or $3 at end of the year.
S. N. BOUGHTON, Editor.
ADVERTISING.
Transient.—One Dollar persquare of ten lines for
first insertion, and seventy-five cents fjr each subse
qaent continuance.
Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit
uaries exceeding six lines, Nominations for office,Coin
uiuuicatious or Editorial notices for individual benefit,
charged as transient advertising.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheriff's Sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, 12 50
“ Mortgage ti fa sales, per square 5 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, a 0U
Guardianship,.. 3 UO
Application for dismissiou from Administration, 3 00
“ “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 00
“ “ leave to sell Laud, 5 00
“ for Homesteads, l 73
Notice to Debtors ami Creditors, 3 00
.sales ol Lund, die., per square 5 00
’* perishable property, 10 days, per square,.. J 50
E-tray Notices, 30 days, 3 00
foreclosure of Moi tgage, per sq., each time, i 00
Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) 1 75
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land, See., by Ad liuistrutors, Executors
or Guardians, are required bylaw to be held on the
first Tuesday inthe mouth, between the hours of 10
in the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court
House in the County ill which the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga-
tette 10 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices tor the sale ot personal property must be
given in like manner 10 days previous to sule day.
Notices to the debtors uud creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Lund, Ac., must be publish
ed lor two months.
Citations for fetters of Administration, Guardianship,
Ac . must be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly three months—fordisinission
from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish
ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa-
per* tor the full space of three months—for compell
ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where
bond has been given by the deceased, the full spaccof
three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, anlessotherwise ordered.
MACON CARDS.
HARNESS & SADDLEftY.
SMITH, VYESTCOTT & CO.,
102 Cherry St., Macon, Ga:
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SADDLES AND HARZTESS,
Carriuge Material,
Shoe Findings,
Trunks, Valises and Satchels,
Leather of all kinds.
GIN BANDS,
LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING,
Saddle, Harness & Carriage Hardware
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES,
Iu Great Variety, from $3 00 to $50 00.
Macon, Oct. 17, 1871. 12 3m
DIXIE WOEHLS.
MACON, GA.
Guernsey, Bartrum & Hendrix,
Dealers in
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Brackets,
Mantels, Windows and Door Frames.
WHITE PINE WORK,
Scroll Work, and all sorts of Turning done to order.
Ready Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Rough Lumber
and Lathes in any quantity always oil bund.
Orders solicited and promptly filled.
Oct. 15. 1X71. 12 3m*
I'KOPRltTOKS,
& KJUTLAND,
Hi
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Leather Findings, Lasts, Ac.,
No. 3 COTTON AVENUE,
and 66 THIRD STREET,
MACON, GA.
Oct. 17, 1871.
Book and Job Work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT TIII8 OFFICE.
SAVANNAH CARDS.
CARPETS,
Oil Cloihs, Mattings, W indow Shades,
LACE, REP & DAMASK CURTAINS.
Diminsions being given, no charge for cutting or
fitting.
LATIIROP & CO.,
Corner of Congress & Whitaker Sts.
SAVANNAH, GA.
Oct 17, 1871. 12 3m
L. J. GUILMAKTIN. JOHN FLANNERY
L J. GUILMARTIN & CO.
COTTOn FACTORS AND
General Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, SAVANNAH, Ga.
Agents for Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime,
Jewell’s Mills Yarns, Domestics, &c., Sec.
Bngging, Hope A Iron Tics, nlvvnymou hnml
ty Usual F acilitieg Extended to Customers.
Aug 15, 1871. 3 6in
bu:rm> brothers,
44 Third St., Macon, Ga.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Saddles, Harness and Collars.
AND DEALERS IN.
SADDLERY HARDWARE,
AND
Saddle, Harness and Shoe Leather.
• BUY HIDES, WOOL AND WAX.
Sept 2, 1871. 6 3m
TRUMAN A GREEN,
WM. H. STARK, H. P. RICHMOND
WM. H. STARK & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers, Cotton Factors,
AND
General Commission Merchants
SAVANNAH, GA.
Careful attention given to Sales or Shipment of
Cotton and all kinds of produce. Liberal Advancer
made on consignments.
ARROW and EUREKA TIES at Lowest Agents
Prices. Keep constantly on baud a large stock of all
kind, of BAGGING. Agents for E. F. COE'S SU
PERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
August 29, 1871. ’ 5 6m
eoWoaG
Our Experience as Cotton Seller
WarrenlN us in MoHclting Consignment*.
Liberal advance* un produce sent us, aud remit
tances promptly made.
W. F. SIMS CO*,
Nnvnniinh, On.
August 29, 1871. 5 6m
INGERSOLL WASHBURN^ E. A. SILVA,
late with Lamar L King. late with Bryun Ac Hunter.
WASHBURN it SILVA,
99 BAY STREET,
SAVANKTAH GA.
Stock aud Bond Brokers,
AND
dealers in real estate.
Correspondence invited.
__August 23, 1871. 4 3m
CLAGH0KN & CUNNINGHAM,
Wholesale and Retail
$ S 9 8 1 S i i
and Dealers iu
Fine Wines, Liqi!C;'§ and Segars,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Sept 6,1871. 6 6m
J.w.lathroc. j. l. wakrfn. j. w. LATHROP, JR.
J. W . LATHROP & €0.,
COTTON FACTORS
— AND—
Commission Merchants,
SPITTOON STORY.
Mrs. Hall prided herself upon her
handsome parlors, and they were very
elegant for out-of-town drawing-rooms.
The carpets were luxurious, the furni
ture of rosewood and reps, the drapery
of frosted lace, hung in the most un
exceptional manner; all the ornaments
were tasteful, as well as expensive,
and the pictures faultless.
Three charming daughters comple
ted its attrsetions for the young peo
ple who congregated there nearly ev
ery evening, to enjoy the music and
saunter in the grounds, so carefully
kept by an English gardener.
Among other requisitions, Mrs. Hall
insisted upon her daughters becoming
tidy housekeepers; and she had long
since made it a rule that each should
take her turn in caring for the pallors.
Upon the occasion of which we are
speaking, Alice, with a white hand
kerchief deftly arranged over her beau
tiful hair, and her hands covered with
gloves, \yas dusting the furniture and
giving a finishing touch to the orna
ments.
Alice was, by far, the prettiest of
the three daughters, aud she knew her
power quite as well as did the young
gentleman who rode so many miles to
call on the Halls. She was as inde
pendent as she was beautiful ; but as
her ideas were usually very correct
ones, the independence passed for es-
and her sharp sayings for witti
cisms.
As she waved the light duster hith
er and thither, she kept up a flying
conversation with her sisters, one ol
whom was leaning upou the window
outside, and the other gathering flow
ers for the vases.
Suddenly, Alice sent something
spinning out through the open window
on to the grass plat, and her pretty
lips curled into an expression of the
most intense disgust.
Then the two girls burst into the
merriest laughter.
There it goes again,” cried Grace.
‘‘What goes '?” asked Ida, looking
up from her flowers.
‘‘That abominable spittoon. Alice
never will lest until she makes brick
dust of it.”
“Well, such
E. J. JOHNSTON,
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry,
SILVERWARE,
FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, &c.
(‘articular attention given to repairs on Fine uud
Difficult Watches.
IlY KFIMIKED.
JIIVII,
Junior Mulberry and
2d Streets, opjiosite
new Court House.
Sept 2, 1871.
IWACOIV, CEOItGIA.
6 6m
AGENCY
Savannah Bank and Trust Co.,
3YZACOIV.
CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS,
ALL PAID IN
ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON,
Fxchau^c Bought nud Nold,
Deposits received, on which Interest will be allowed
a?s agreed upon.
I. C. PLANT Sl SON, Agents.
1m. Niocks,
Investments made fur parties in Boudn
&c., for a small commission, by
I C. PLANT & SON,
Sept 2, 1871. . 6 3in*
'. R. SINGLETON. W. C. SINGLETON. T. J. HUNT.
SINGLETON, HUNT & CO.,
Wholesale aud .Retail Dealers in
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks
VALISES, UMBRELLAS,ItfLC./
49 Second Street Y
aud / MACON, GEORGIA.
‘■JS Cotton Avenue J
Sept 2, 1871.
6 3m
LAMER HOUSE.
N. BIXMVANCEK, Proprietor.
Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia.
99 Bay St.
Sept 2. 1871.
Savannah, Ga.
6 3in*
A. N. SLOAN-
J. H.SLOAN.
A M. SLOAN & CO.,
COTTOiY FACTORS
—AND
< ommission Merchants,
Clugliortt und Cunningham’* Range,
BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.
Liberal Cash Advances made on Cotton. Bagging
and Ties at Lowest Cash Prices.
Sept l, 1871.6 3m
JOHN M. COOPER & CO.,
SAVANNAH, a A.
Who’eeale and Ketail Dealers in
Books aud Stationery of all kinds,
New* and Book Priming Paper and laak,
SCHOOL FURNITURE,
AND
SCHOOL MATERIAL,
Furnished at Manufacturer's Prices.
Send for Catalogues.
JOHN M. ■COOPER,
GEO- T. QUA.NTOCK,
S. S. F. LANCASTER.
August 29,1871. 3 3m*
JAMES R. SHELDON,
Genl Commission Merchant,
144 Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
Liberal Advances made on Consignments. Bag-
King and Iron Ties Furnished. Consignment* re
spectfully solicited.
Oct 4,1871. 10 3m
DAVANT, VYAPLES & CO.,
FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants
Dnvant.Jr.,)
U&XgF 5 SAVAN5TAM, «A.
Hvt.30, 1871, 14 |f
The above named Hotel has been recently refur
nisbed and fitted up for the accommodation of trail
sient as well as permanent Boarders. Persons will
find it to their interest to stop at this House, as its
central location makes it a very desirable place for
merchants and families coming to thecity for business,
r tor a sojourn ot pleasure. An ELEGANT SAM
l.E 1>< »OM lias been fitted up for the special use of
commercial travelers.
The table always supplied with all the luxuries of
the season, from hrst muikets, and can be surpassed
by none iu the South.
Omnibus to convey passengers to aud from the
Hotel and all trains, free ot charge.
N BI NS W AN(4 E K, Proprietor.
October 18.1870. | o
F. REICHERT,
Manufacturer aud Dealer in
FURNITURE,
CARPETS, MATTRESSES, &C.
Paper Hangings, Window Shades
AND CORNICES,
GOLD AND BLACK WALNUT
IfiOTTLDILTCr.
Full 'assortment of
Metaiic Burial Cases and Caskets.
Also Coffins in Rosewood. Mahogany St Walnut.
15 s " All orders filled with dispatch and at the lowest
prices.
39 Third Street, MACON, Ga.
Jan. 14, 1871. 25 ly
RENTSE’S
CBERRY STREET,
Opposite Carhart St Card,
Macon, - - Georgia.
B. F. DENSE, Proprietor.
March 21, 1871- 34 12m
CUBBEDGE & HAZLEHURST,
BANKERS <fc BROKERS,
MACON, GSORGZA.
R eceive deposits, buy and sell ex-
CHANGE, GOLD, SILVER, STOCKS,
BONDS, and Uncurrent Funds.
(I.llectira. Made #■ All Accessible Peials.
Office open at all hours of the day.
March 31,1871. 84l7i
a thing has no light
to be in anybody’s parlor, and I cannot
think what mamma insists on keeping
it here for,” said Alice, going to the
window and peaking her features up
iu the most comical way.
“Why, for the accommodation of
your young gentlemen,” the mother
said—whose quick eye had detected
the condition of her Household goods.
“What need has a young geutleman
of a spittoon, more than a young lady
I should like to know ?” cried Alice.
“Young ladies are not supposed to
chew, my dear.”
__ “No, neither are young gentlemen.
Nobody but a rowdy will think of en
tering a house with a quid in his
mouth.”
“Aren’t you a little fast, Alice ?” —
Grace asked, as the color mounted to
her cheeks. “I can think of several of
our acquaintances that have occasion
for the use of that discarded article,
who are very agreeable rowdies.”
Well, that is exactly the term to
apply to them. They are agreeable
rowdies ; but I repeat, a well-bred
peison will never enter a parlor, espe
cially, with anything in his mouth
that will make him a nuisance ; and
any one is a nuisance that keeps hawk
ing and spitting. It*s a filthy habit ;
and if young men cannot call here and
deport themselves as gentlemen should,
they may get along with their quids
the best way they can, for I won’t
have that disgusting object in this
room another day !”
Neither of the girls cared a penny
for the article in question ; but they
all had their admirers, and were rath
er tender upon the subject of tobacco.
“I would not marry a man that
chewed,” Alice went on, switching the
feathers harder and harder, “no more
than I’d—”
“Don’t refuse before you are asked
Ida cried out, with a bit of irony in
her voice.
“Well, I shall refuse. I don’t ap
prove of coaxing a young man to make
a fool of himself, and then cutting him
up like an apple and putting him
away to dry.”
Ida knew what that thrust meant,
only too well. So did Grace, who an
swered with a gay little laugh—
“Nevermind, Ida, we’ll pay her for
that. I have seen a handsome pacer
go by ltere more than once of late.—
We’ll see if that spittoon doesen’t
find its way hack without our help.—
Mother, please tell the servants to let
that ornamental affair lie where Alice
threw it.”
The dialogue terminated with a
general and good-natured laugh* The
parlor was righted and shaded, and
left to take care of itself until later iu
the day, when, as usual, young Mr.
Stanly dropped in, leaving his hat in
the Hall, but taking his walking-cane
and quid along with him to the parlor.
As he was one of those universal
callers that are only too happy to he
tolerated anywhere, he always asked
for the Misses Hall. They were ac
cordingly alt there to entertain him,
to say nothing of entertaining them
selves.
Mr. Stanley switched his dainty
cane, and remarked upon the “very
foine weather,” and rau through his
programme of small talk, until his
mouth began to be troublesome. He
sauntered toward the corner where the
spittoon bad been kept, but in its ab
sence, he could not quite making up
his mind to soil the elegant hearth
rug, or to poison himself by swallow
ing what was in mb mouth, so he wise
ly withdrew.
The girls indulged in a little titter
of satisfaction. Presently, Mr. Spruce
was heard inquiring for Miss Ida.
Evidently he regarded himself with
,respect, whatever might be the esti
mation in which he was held by his
acquaintances. He walked into the
parlor with the air of one who feels
that he is conferring a favor by his at
tentions.
Ida fluttered toward him much as a
morh draws near an astral lamp, and
finally the couple settled upon the so
fa, and the conversation became gener
al.
After a little, Mr. Spruce became
uneasy, and his utterance thick. He
too, sauntered to the corner, and made
a little circuit of observation around
the room ; then he went to the door,
and made a spittoon of all creation.
This process was continued until a
sense of the ludicrous began to crow
painful, and Mr. Spruce, somehow, be
came conscious that he was being
laughed at by the girl he adored.
He then gravely took the quid from
his mouth and deposited it in his pock
et for safe keeping, until lie retireJ.—
As he went out of the gate, the girls
saw him replace the identical quid in
his mouth again—and such a shout as
went up at poor Ida’s expense !
Ida was never at home to Mr. Spruce
after that. There was an economy
and untidiness in that display that
quite uncharmed her, and she general
ly closed allusions to him with the
ejaculation, “The filthy creature !”
One and another came in, and con
versation was lively, when Mr. Her
man was announced.
It was now Grace’s turn to he em
barrassed, and as the parties were
known to be intimate, they were soon
chatting in the bay window in the co
siest manner possible.
Mr. Hermau was too much of a gen
tleman to make use of a quid. He sim
ply placed a hit of tobacco in his
mouth, and used it as one does a glob
ule.
So he talked and nibbled, and nib
bled and talked, until, in a moment of
forgetfulness, he ejected the accumu
lating saliva through the open win
dow.
A fresh breeze was stealing from the
river just theD, and bore it back direct
ly upon Grace.
At that moment her eyes flushed to
ward Alice, who was regarding her
sister with quizzical satisfaction.
Mr. Herman was never aware of
what happened. He only knew that
lie never eould have a cosy chat with
Grace after that interview. He is try
ing to solve the problem of his disap
pointment to this day, and has nibbled
innumerable pounds of tobacco in the
vain attempt to understand why Grace
should have cut such a nice young
man.
The person who had been seen to
ride by the house so often, at last found
opportunity to enter. He was quiet,
respectful, and never at a loss for cul
tivated topics of conversation. His
breath, when he spoke, did not taint
the atmosphere. It was a pleasure to
look at the wholesome mouth and pol
ished teeth, which gave utterance to
his ideas; and there was a straight
forward, manly, honest look about the
whole face, as if the man’s conscience
was clean too.
There was no need of a spittoon for
this young gentleman’s entertainment.
Wheter he read, or sang, or conversed
there was a dignity and appropriate
ness in all he did that made him a fa
vorite with young aud old.
We never knew exactly what be
came of the spittoon left on the grass
plat ; but it certainly never found its
way back to Mrs. Hall’s parlor, and
tobacco-cliewers came to be shy about
taking their quids with them when
they went to call upou the ladies
there.
On one occasion the missing ar
ticle was alluded to, and an expres
sion of public opinion was called
for.
“Well, what is a fellow to do, who
uses the weed as I do, when he gets
into a foine parlor, like this ?” asked
Mr. Snip, putting his thumbs into his
vest pockets, and leering toward Miss
Alice, as he shifted his quid from one
cheek to the other.
“He would be likely to feel like a
pig in a strange pen,” was the very
saucy answer.
“ But suppose a geutleman comes in
here”—
“ Excuse me for interrupting you,
but allow me to say, Mr. Snip, that no
gentleman ever has or ever will come
into this parlor with tobacco in his
mouth.”
Mr. Snip subsided.
Mrs. Hall said, when she reflected on
the subject, that “ if accommodations
were not made for the indulgence of
bad manners in private parlors, she
was certain gentlemen would be more
careful and thoughtful about their hab
its ; and that, for her part, she never
again would tempt young men to en
ter her parlors with quids, by keeping
there anything that served as a spit
toon.”
“Miss Alice is a pretty creachchoir,”
drawled Mr. rtnip, as he drew on his
gloves in the hall, “ but zounds ! don’t
she slap a feller right in the face—
ah r
“ A fellow deserves to he slapped in
the face that cannot open his jaws
without salivating himself,” was the
curt reply.— Youth's Companion.
which in good health will lead it to
eat with relish all that is necessary.—
When any is left in the manger the
beast has been overfed* and when it
has just enough it will eat and enjoy
its allowance and lick its trough clean.
It is difficult to mauag-* this without
direct occasional supervision. “Where
the owner is, the crib is clean,” and in
his absence much waste is almost cer
tain to occur.—Hearth Sf Home.
BOW TBEY BREAK WILD HOUSES IN TEXAS.
of
Feeding Stock.—Overfeeding is as
injurious as underfeeding. Probably
more sickness occurs, especially among
horses, from this cause than any other.
In addition to this evil effect much
fodder is wasted when stock are sup
plied with unlimitek. quantities. Even
if it is only within their reach, they
will pull it down, pick out their choice
bits, and waste the remaindSr. There
is a certain amount which is just right
and either more or less than that is an
evil to be guarded against. Owners of
stock should watch this, as being more
interested and better capable of judg
ing than the great majority of hired
men. The proper supply may be meas
ured by }he appetite of tbe animal,
A STKAXGE STORV.
Dr. John J. Medlicott of Lawrence
Kansas, has just been found guilty of
the murder of Isaac M. Ruth, a resi
dent of the same place. Several
the ii cidents connected with the crime
are so unusual and atrocious as to de
mand more than ordinary mention.—
The three principal parties concerned
in the deed—Mr. Ruth, (the murdered
man) Mrs. Ruth, his wife, and Dr
Mediicott, the criminal—seem to be
entangled in a perfect web of guilt.
In the first place the woman who af
terwards become Mrs. Ruth, had been
divorced from a former husband, nam
ed Voullaire. In the second place,
VouDaire’s death was caused by a pis
tol shot fired by Ruth. In the third
place Medlicott, the family physician
of the Ruths i9 strongly suspected,
and with great reason, of having inur
dured by poison Mrs. Medlicott, his
wife, a woman possessed of five or six
thousand dollars and twenty years old
er than himself. In the fourth place
the antecedent to the murder ot Mr.
Ruth was a criminal intimacy between
Mrs. Ruth and Medlicott. And lastly
comes in the murder of Ruth himself
by the man who pretended to be his
friend- These incidents taken alto
gether, constitute such a skein of
crime as is not often given to the pub
lic to unravel,
The circumstances under which the
poison was administered are aiso dra
matic and thrilling, and illustrate the
domestic heartlessness of the murder
er. Upon the night when fhe deed
was committed, Mrs. Ruth was absent
from home, on a visit to Leavenworth.
Dr. Medlicott was keeping Ruth com
pany, and spent not only the evening
there, but slept there all night. The
two played several games of chess to
gether and parted between f) and 10
o’clock, Ruth previously swallowing
some medicine that had been prepar
ed for him by Medlicott. After taking
the medicine, Ruth just before going
to bed sat down and wrote a letter, in
which he stated that Medlicott had
just administered to him a quinine
power, and asks her,in case of his death
to have his body examined. This cu
rious request is ona of the incompre
hensible features in the case. It would
seem to imply suspicion of Medlicott—
a suspicion which is discountenanced
by the friendship between the two
men, and by the equanimity with
which Ruth beheld Medlicott paying
more than professional attention to
Mrs. Ruth. The next morning Ruth
was found dead in his bed, with blood
and froth issuing from his mouth.
The means by which Medlicott’s
guilt was partially established are
equally singular and dramatic. Medli
cott was imprisoned in the same cell
with a young man named Henry John
ston, who is a burglar by profession,
and who seized occasion to worm him
self into Medlicot’s confidence. He
hoped by that means to give valuable
evidence against the physician, and so
secure liis own discharge, or at least a
moderation in sentence. Medlicott,
like lady Macbeth and many other
criminals ol note, was distressed with
mental visions, which visited him iu
sleep, and revealed the hiding places
of remorse and guilt. Frequently he
started up from his prison pallet
screaming, ‘Great God, Sarah, is that
you (Sarah being the name of his
murdered wife)?” or, “Take this, Ruth,
it will do you good.” These facts are
enough to strengthen the suspicion
against Medlicott, and the final result
is that the jury have declared him
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Radical Knavery in Mississippi.—
Jackson Miss., Nov. 1-3.—Efforts are
being made to throw out the votes of
the white men in several counties on
the merest technicality. The registra
tion law provides that each political
party shall be represented in the Board
of registration. In almost every coun
ty the board is composed of one Dem
ocrat and two Republicans. The law
further provides that the second mem
ber named shall administer the oath
which every voter is required to take.
Soon after the organization of the board
of registration for the various counties
had been completed, the Attorney
General gave an official opinion that
two members of any board could act
iu the absence of the third member.
Judge Watts, for the past 30 years
on the bench of this State, arrived
here this evening to lay the case of
Newton county before the proper au
thorities. Judge Watts asserts that
the election held in that county was
without opposition from any quarter,
and polled a Conservative majority ol
over six hundred. Afterwards the
board of registration struck from the
poll books all the names of white men
except 26, on the ground that they
had not been sworn by the second
member of the board, and issued cer
tificates of election to the Republican
candidates on a majority of three hun
dred.
In Copiah county an entire white box
was thrown out because, as is alleged,
of the illegal qualification of the in
spectors, while a colored box, whose
inspectors were qualified in the same
way, and by the same parties, goes in,
and certificates of election are issued
thereon to the Republican candidates.
The same game is being played in
Rankin county, and probably in other
counties in the State.
The best Agricultural Fairs are
farmers daughter.
Those who have never visited the
regions where wild horses are caught
or reared, can have but little idea how
the untamed steed of the prairies is
rendered tractable and useful. At the
present day in Texas the hordes of mus
tangs that formerly ranged over its
vast prairies have become almost ex
tinct >a the settled portions, and con
fine themselves to the extreme western
counties.
In their place are horses mostly
crossed with American stock, which
are in a state of semi-wildness—that
is, they roam at will until certain sea
sons of the year, when all such as can
be caught are driven in herds to huge
pens constructed for the purpose,'to
be branded and marked, after which
most of them are let loose to roam at
will again.
When the owner of a portion of a
herd desires to break any of his young
horses, he proceeds about it in this
wise :
The first movement is to lasso the
horse selected by the head and fore
feet, and throw him to the earth : then
a kind of hair halter, called a “ bosal,”
is put on his head, both to serve as a
bridle or to stake the auimal bv, it
being much more effectual than a
halter, or bridle in checking his fran
tic efforts to liberate himself. He is
eithertied up closely all nightorstaked
at the will of the owner. The next
morning the sport begius.
All horse and stock raisers have one
or more vaqueros, whom they employ
for the special purpose of breaking and
riding wild and refractory horses.—
These go out, followed by all members
of the family, and proceed to overhaul
their saddles, and see that there is no
defect in the “ rigging.” When they
are satisfied that all is secure, they
lead, or rather drag, forward the steed.
He is alternately dragged and whipped
forward until he reaches the point
where lie is to he saddled.
A leather strap attached to the bosal
is then pulled over his eyes, and a sad
die blanket is dropped gently on his
back, hut very seldom remains at the
first trial, as he will almost invariably
shake it off. After one or more trials
he submits to both blanket and saddle.
The latter article is strapped on tight
ly with two girths, fore and flank—
strapped indeed so tightly, that one
unaccustomed to the sight would think
that it was intended to cut the animal
in two; the rider now adjusts the stake-
rope into the reins by tieing it secure
ly to the bosal, leaving a long end by
which to hold on, iu the event the
horse should succeed in throwing
him.
Everything is now ready for the
mount. The rider adorns his heels
with a huge pair of spurs, stands di-
rictly facing the horse, abreast or little
forward of the shoulder, seizes the un-
dorpart of the bo al with his left hand,
pulls the horse’s head round near him
to prevent being kicked, takes the stir
rup in his right hand and turning it
toward him places his left foot in it
firmly. Grasping the pommel he now
gives the saddle a shake or two, makes
one or two feints at mounting, to see
how his horseship will take it, and then
suddenly springs, seating himself se
curely in the saddle.
. The blinds of course are still over
the eyes of the horse, and as a general
thing he stands with his neck stretch
ed out and head partially down, a per
feet picture of awkwardness. The ri
der is at his ease and adjusts himself
and everything about him with the
greatest care, as he knows there is
warm work before him. When ready
tor the start he reaches gently forward
aud slips up the blinds. Naturally the
horse is rather astonished at first and
refuses to move. A sharp application
of the whip aud spur, however, readily
induces him to change his mind. He
takes timidly one or two awkward
steps, then suddenly doubling himself
up until he resembles a camel, and
throwing his head down between his
fore feet, he begins a series of pitches,
which consist in jumping as high and
as far as he can, coming down stitf-
ANOTIIEK UNSETTLED ITE3I.
When H. I. Kimball sold the Opera
House to the State of Georgia, there
was a mortgage of $60,000 upon it—
which mortgage is still unpaid. This
mortgage was for that amount of mon
ey loaned to Kimball by the North
Western Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, to enable him to pay the pur
chase money, and assist in the build-
ing.
This mortgage is still unsatisjied. Not
a cent of the principal has ever been
paid, and the interest on it since May
last is due.
Bullock knew that mortgage was
against the property when it was pur
chased by the Legislature. Kimball
knew it was unsatisfied when he deed
ed it to the State, warranting it to be
free from all liens. Bullock paid Robt.
H. Brown $500 to investigate the title
and accepted his opinion that the title
was good. Mr. Brown must know of
tiie mortgage, for his law partner at
the time, Judge Hopkins knew it.
The Life Insurance Company named
of which Dr. Win. H. White is the effi
cient agent in this city, loaned tin’s
money here, and in addition to the se
curity ol the mortgage on the proper
ty required the building on it to be
kept insured in the sum of $60,000,
and the policies properly assigned to
the North Western Mutual. Bullock
has been keeping up this fire insurance,
paying the premiums with the people’s
money, and specifying on the face of
the policies, that the loss, if any should
occur, must be paid to the company
holding the mortgage.
Another fact is significant. The deed
made by Kimball to the State of Geor
gia has never been recorded, unless
it has been done within a few days
past.
We have not yet near reached the
bottom of the frauds and robberies
perpetrated by the Kimbal-Bullock-
Blodgett Ring.—At. Sun.
Those who haveaccomplished the ex
traordinary feat of going down a flight
ot stairs at one step, can form some
faint idea how it feels to sit on the hack
of a pitching horse.
Some of the more vicious will lie
down when the saddle is buckled on,
aud it requires a tremendous amount of
whipping to get them started; some
will rear and fall backward, occasion
ally killing their riders; some will pitch
straight ahead for quite a distance,
while others will pitch straight for
ward for a few jumps, and then, as the
Texans say, “Swap ends sj quick it
makes your head swim.”
Fortunately, they soon tire of such
violent exercise, being totally unaccus
tomed to » saddle or weight on their
hack, and break down completely in a
few hours. The saddles are then taken
oil', and they are reserved for another
trial next morning.
This exercise is continued for a week
or more, according to the nature of the
horse, when he is pronounced gentle
and tractable enough for a good rider,
but woe to the unsuspecting greenhorn
that is tempted to place himself upou
his back.
A few of the horses are naturally
gentle-natured, and never, unless
frightened in breaking, attempt to cut
up at all. Those who love the horse,
aud desire to see him roaming at will
in his beauty and symmetry, with glos
sy hide and flowing mane and tail,
should go to the prairies..
Why ARE NOT THE PUBLIC FRAUDS
Investigated "?—Editors Constitution :
Situated as you are at the seat of gov
ernment, and possessed of the means
of obtaining information, you will par
don one of the people for requesting
information on one subject.
What is the reason the Legislature
has not progressed with the investiga
tion with the alleged frauds on the
public by its officers und agents ? What
is the matter ? Everybody know that
they exist; all expected, on the meet
ing of the Legislature, investigation
would he instituted immediately and
prosecuted vigorously, the perpetra
tors exposed aud punished. But up to
tliia time, as the public are advised, no
decided action has been taken in that
direction by the Legislature.
It is known that there are persons in
position wiio do not desire such inves
tigation should be had. But it cannot
be that they have an influence suffi
cient to naralvze a Legislature fresh
from a slandered and injured people.
It will probably be said that the
time allowed for the session is too short
for the accomplishment of this work.
It is known that the session can be pro
longed ; or adopt the suggestion of or
ganizing an outside commission to
make the investigation for them and
report the proof.
The Legislature should be advised
that no such apology will be satisfac
tory, and no excuse sufficient to justi
fy the omission of so important a duty.
The people are in earnest about this
matter. They are determined that no
man or set of men of their own State,
of any race or color, shall insult, slan
der and rob them with impunity; that
the embezzlement of public funds is a
crime ; and the sooner the Legislature
is advised of this determination and
wake up to a proper sense of their ob
ligations to their constituents, the bet
ter.
.And beg that you, as a public jour
nalist at the door of the Capitol, would
admonish them ou this subject.
One of the People.
Mayor Estes has been nominated for
re-election by the Democrats of Au
gusta.
John B. Habersham, Esq., has been
appointed Cashier of the Brunswick
and Albany Railroad, by the Receiver,
Colonel Johu Scriven,
Seed Corn.—“ What is the best
method of selecting seed corn ?” is a
question asked in a Northern section,
and we see it was discussed and an
swered in a club meeting of that per
sistent body of farmers, the Washing
ton Parish Agricultural and Horticul
tural Club, Louisiana, in a few words :
“ .Select from the field best ears and
from best stalk.” We ask for expe
rience. Some thirty-five years ago a
favorite servant reported to our father
that the bottom had fallen out and the
top come oft’ of our corn-hous*. We
think it was in 1833 or 1834. It con
tained seed corn selected from the field.
Our house was on blocks, and fixed to
keep rats from crawling up ; the roof
was much wider than the house, and
admitted twelve feet sheds for stable
and four feet left for storing our selec
tion of seed. We say select as soon
as she shuck changes color, showing
early mark. Select from smaller stalks
large ears ; select from small cobs and
full ears, the size ot grain and number
of rows considered. We have had—
we will not be positive as to rows,
whether twenty-two, twenty-four or
twenty-six—but we believe we have
seen all, and feel certain as to twenty-
two rows. Of course the more rows
the larger will be the cob. Then the
question, best corn, whether “ Shoe-
peg,” “ Gourd Seed,” or an approach
to “ Flint.” We say weight per bush
el and yield per acre, the grade 4 Flint’
will leed most, as it is the heavier corn.
But what is the difference ? The
“ Gourd Seed yields most, but what of
feed? is the question. We must know
product of each on same land and the
relative value as to food. No question
in our mind as to where selection should
be made—field, and we say begin soon
after roasting ear, then when the dates
of ripeuing, size of stalk, quality of
grain is known finish selection in house.
So it is no child’s play at best, but re
quires judgment. This would be theo
ry and practice