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VOL. I. prnLiHHKt> every TtirnsDAV m WHITE A: MeINTOSiI - - - l’roiii'!i>t<i> ■bw*' iihmii i MiM bih w,jr-- i^t>"vr:ukvi w'.xr i wi TRMfs OF >/ HscrW'Tlo\: i copy one yw*r $2.00 1 “ 0 months LOO i/i r/•;/.*r/s/ \7 r ' i:.\ rb:s : One Dollar per s pijir** for first insertion ; fifty emits lor each subsequent insertion. L >eal notices will be charged 20 cents per line. Special arrangements enn be made tor adv rtising by the quarter or by the year with, the proprietors. Shnviiii tlr* Boys it Washoe lloiv to Shoot. Rouen fly iit ii K.iliKin on tl)o ]>i vi.le some men wore iliscnwsinjq the Kliootiug urtV.iy wliioli occurred dur ’t.ie njo.iiiuj>' between the two brotiiurs-in imv, FuHnum mid Ward. It Wins agi'oeil on all bands that ii. was shocking bad sboolin;/ a di s'red it to Wistio". At last a Pioeiie man bantered a Comstock man, whom lie knew to be a good shot with a. pis tol, to go out in the back yard with ■‘him and do some shooting, just to show the “boys” how it. should be done. In the saloon was a box of eggs, and what the Piocher proposed was that each shoot two eggs oil’ the bare head ot the other at the distance of ten paces, the one missing to treat the crowd. The Comstockev was bound not to be bluffed by a man from the other end of the State, so to tlie back yard all hands adjourned, liicii man used his own six-shooter. The (Jom.itocker first “busted" his egg on the top of the Pioelier's head, which exploit was loudly applauded by all present. It was tnen the Pioelier’s turn to shoot, and an egg was produced to be placed upon the L. . b ut llie Colnstocker, but when lie loiaovcd his liat tiiero was a general laugh, for the top of his head was as smooth ns a billiard ball. For full tea minutes all bauds tried in vain to make all egg stand on his head. It couldn't be done. The l'iocher then taunted the Comsiucker with having; gone into the arrangement knowing , that he was safe. The latter told him to set up his egg and it was all right —he was there. The Piocher went : into the saloon, and a moment utter came out with a small handful ol flour, which he dabbed upon the bald head of the Comstocker, and then. triumphantly planted in it his egg, j fell back ten sups and then knoekeb it 01,. The comstocker then toiii him to set up his second egg and shoot at j it, as he didn't want to have his iieau chalked t vi.-o during the game. This was done, and tin. wreck of a second egg streamed ovu■ ili< - CYnn stocker's jiate. 1 lie I'ioeher now out wivli lijs last egg on bis head. The CYimstockcr raised Lis pistol ana tired. The Fioeiior bomi u•l a vanl into tiio ail’, ami tile egg bounced whole from bis bead. ‘’l’ve lust!" said Ibe tou.st . ekel’. “’Let ab come and take a drink. By a slip Ive put half the width of my lialiel through tlie top of his left ear!' ..mi so it, proved upon measurement. 1 inji.itiii fc/ih’f] ii'i.'f. Why Ociu Sherman is Out of Fa vor. Why is it that a demand for (den. Sherman's resignation appears so suddenly in the paper at Washington which is known as the official organ of the Administration V—.Voo iurlr Times. [Frern tlie New York Sun (Editorial Get. hi] It all grows out of Sherman's mis conduct toward the rilling family. When Mr. i‘\ D. (brant graduated at West Point two or three years ago, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in a cavalry regiment, bis affectionate mother determined that instead of serving with his company among the cruel and savage Indians lie should enjoy life at Washington in some official capacity that would keep him about the court with as large pay as possible. The best thing that could be discovered in tins line was a place oil Sherman's staff. It wou.it make the young fellow a Go lo in !, with the full pay and allowances of that rank, and it would insure hi presence at Washington with very little to do. When General Sherman was applied to with this proposition he flatly declined. His stuff was full, lie said; its members had served with him through the war, and lie would not dismiss any of them to make a place for any new graduate of the Academy, no matter whose son he might happen, to be. And if a vacan cy should occur, lie should certainly appoint to it some officer who had de served promotion by liis service in the war. This refusal was hue begin ning of Gen. Sherman's disgrace at Lne White House, which became com plete wl eu his daughter's wedding beat that of Miss Grant in pomp and splendor, and it has now culminated m lliis demand for his resignation. Denied by Sherman, Hie application was next made to Sheridan at Chic ago. He had not the courage of his superior officer, and did not dare to disobey the family command. He turned out Col. Forsyth, 0110 of the bravest of the brave, with half a dozen rebel bullets in his body, and made Fu el. Grant Lieutenant-Colo nel in bis place, with the chance of loafing in Chicago or Washington us he might prefer. And now if Sher man cou.d be driven to resign, Slier idian would become General of the Army, mid Fred would be Colonel instead of a Lieutenant-Colonel, and would get about S7OO a year mole foil in Sally Diiltinl Outdone. The scene reported below occurred ' some years ago before the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania county, Vie, in the case of the Commonwealth vs. ! Cnssndy, on a charge of malicious stabbing. The venue being empan neleil and the jury solemnly charged by the clerk, the commonwealth’ attorney called, in support of the in dictment, the witness, |suck Briimt. who, being solemnly sworn the truth to tell, testified as follows: Question by the commonwealth's attorney Tell all you know about the cutting of the prosecutor by Cas ! sady, the prisoner at the bar. Answer Well, gentlemen, it was ; election dav, ’twtui a dark cloudy, wet sort of a drizzly day, and says I to my i old woman, I believe ! will go down to Ringgold and ’posit my vote. And says my oi l woman tome, well,Buck, as it is a sort of dark, cloudy, wet sort of a drizzly day, says she, hadn't you better take the umbrill? Says 1 to the old woman, I 'sped I lmd bet ter take the umbrill. So I took the umbrill and advanced on down to wards Ringgold; and when 1 got thiir Mr. Cole coined, and says he, Uncle Buck, have you seed anything of neighbor Harris ? Says I to Mr. Cole, for why ? Says he, he’s got my umbrill.’’ Tlie witness was here interrupted bv the court and told to confine him self to the actual fray between the prisoner and Cole, the prosecutor. In answer to this, the witness remarked, in a tone of indignant remonstrance: “Well, now, Mr. Judge, you hold on, for I am sworn to tell the truth, and I'm gwine to tell it my own wav so 'taint while for you to say nothin' about, it.’’ Whereupon the common wealth's at torney, being anxious to get rid of the witness upon any terms, told him to go on and tell the story his own way. “Well, I was goiu’ on to say, ’(was oil election day; Buchanan and Filmo was runnin for the legislature, and says I to my old woman, I believe I'll go down to Ringgold, anil .posit my vote. Says my old woman to me, says she, Buck, as it is a sort of it dark, rainy, drizzly sort of a day, hadn't you better take your umbrill? says she. Says Ito my old woman, I sped I had better take my umbrill; so 1 rook the umbrill unit advanced on towards Ringgold until I arriv tlinr. \\ ell. the first thing I did i. Pen I got there was to take a drink ot Bmuunimn whiskey, which was monstrous good, and says I to myself sees I, old boss, you feel better now don’t you? A nil while I was advan cing around, Mr. Cole, lie came tome, aim se.vs tie*, l. ncle Buck, have you seen any thing of old neighbor Harris? Says I for why? Says he, the old cock lias got my umbrill. After a while I ’posited my vote, and then Mr. Cole and me advanced hack to wards home, and Mr. Cole was tighter than 1 ever seed him. And so we ail vanc.,d tiil v.e got iviiar the road and path forked, and tuck the path, as ■ iv o' her gentle eiti would and after advancing a while we arriv to old neighbor Harris settin on a log with the umbriii on hisarm.and ’lxmt that. time Elijah Cassudy (the prisoner), coined up, and we advanced on fill we urriv at Elijah’s house. Elijah is my ueffew, and likewise son-in-law. He married my duller Jane, which is next to Sally. Alter w e had advan ced to Elijah’s house we stood in the yard awhile a jawing, and presently two somehodys lid up on a horse, which was Johnson and Whitfield, Cassady behind; Wiiittieui and Kiah Cassidy being the same. Kiali was drunk, and he and Jim Cole got to cassia one another about polotix, and I advanced into the house whar was Elijah s wife, which is my darter Jane. Vveli, arter j i.viug awhile with emi. my little ueffew, says he, Uncle Buck, let's go home. Says I, good, pop, so we pegged out together. Well, I got home and was at supper, when Elijah ariv, and says to me, Uncle Buck, I’ve ii lie 1 a man. Says I, the and ice you have. And that's all I know about the stubbing, for I warn’t there.” Sun Wanted Hut Letter. —At flic postoffice in "Wilmington, N. C., a few days ago, during the distribution of the mail, and before the general delivery was opened, a colored woman vociferously called upon the postal as ter to hunt her up a letter “anyhow.” “Mr. pos’master, I want you to hurry up and give me my letter, I aint time to be foolin’ 'round here,” said she. No attention, of course, was paid her, except by the crowd out side, who laughed and cheered her, while the clerks within kept on busily dristributing. Presently her atten tion was attracted to several persons walking up with keys, opening some of the boxes and taking out mail matter. This set her off again. “Look here, I want iny letters; here’s dese rich people kin come an’ open dent little windows an’ git der letters, an’ you won’t give me mine.” "You’ll have to wait until the general delivery is open,” said one of the bv-standers. “Well, dat’s what I call injustice,” said the woman,” to let some folks have der letters an’ den make some wait; an’ sposin I ain’t got any arter all ?—Hay now jes look over deni let ters an’ see if 1 ain’t got one.” James Ingraham, the colored cleij; of a court in New Orleans, who was removed by Kellogg, has entered suit against the Governor under the en forcement act. QUITMAN, tIA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. ISM. Voiinur John Dooly. He is dead. He died the oilier day, and there were fourteen hacks at the funeral, and runny persons wu iv truly I grieved, although the young mail's ; j many good qualities were not gener -1 ally known. He assisted Ins father in an office on one of the avenues; but veil his fither didn’t know how much ! lie was assisted, for lie was gone iniieli of the tune, leaving John in i sole charge. After a little prepara : tiou the young man was ready to re ceive callers. When a hook agent i dropped in to ask him to subscribe | for the last tiling out, John arose, made a polite bow, and asked him to bo seated for just one moment. The book agent would drop himself into the big arm chair waiting at the cor -1 tier of the table but he would rise up , liken green bay tree, and a good deal quicker. Five or six eight-ounce j tacks were ingeniously arranged in a I group on the bottom of the chair, and | after getting up and drawing them I with a claw hammer, which was 1- I ways lying in sight, the agent wouldn’t 1 feel like going on and explaining how I his book was outselling every other ; h )ok. lie always went down stairs without saying another word about his hook, and voting John would follow Tilling mid bow to him and say that the otiiec boy was deserving of death i for playing such tricks on strangers. Then lie had a mild way with ; agents who were canvassing for ad i vertisenients for weekly sheets. He 1 would say to them: “Certainly, we want to advertise. We think y our p.ipei as Liie best ad vertising medium m Detroit. Call at : noon.” The agent would call and find the door locked, and young John at din j ner, anil he would loaf around and ■ lose a vviiojc iio.-i, ouiy to he told to i come at live when Hr. John would lie at supper. I'imd'y, when the j agent began to grow tired, he would he told that advertising didn't seem | to be what it was a few years ago, anil that if they concmdeu L u advertise i they would semi it down. He would be asked to have a cigar, and while he was smoking awav on the street the tire would find powder anil the 1 agent’s eyes would get a dose suffi cient to keep nun laid up for a week. Young John knew *':<> ■ tep of these men who go around canvassing for money for the heathen, and when he heaid ouo up stairs lie. hur riedly arranged a . .* .ag ru: cing down from the top i f tin and mr, dodged into another room, and when the canvas ser for the heathen opened the door a pail of water fell on lnm, kuicking off ins hat ami wetting iuni down like a fail from tlie wart. V. i*cu he heard the pail fall, John would jump out greatly surprised, and sympathize deeply, and agree to have “the office boy” arrested within an hour. The canvassers always slid down stairs without asking niiii for any money, and the pail Was arranged for another victim. And young John would he attacked with colic when the life insurance man ! came in, and the wav he would roll up his eyes and glare at him would cause him to bat-.k down stairs. And ; lie hail a way to diseomage the hoy with the hat, rack, the man with the glasseutter and the woman with pen wipers, and it got so at last that. t:o one ever came up these stairs unless he was full of the most e.uni st kind of business. Poor young John! llis like we uinv never look upon again. —Drtrwt Free P/vss. the work of federal ixtimwa- TIOX IX THE FOVTH --1 IJESI’JiII- 1 ATE GAME FOE POWER. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] THE IXTIMIIiATIUN POLICY. Washington, October 25.— The! i comse now being pursued by the dep | iity United States marshals in Ala-< bama and Louisiana, who are acting under the instructions of Attorney General Williams, sets entirely at rest j ! any doubts which may lave been en tertained as to the objects which are hid iu view. The central authority here has been reluctantly forced to the conclusion that the cry of outrages iu the South can have no further of-! feet, except to the contrary of what is ; desired, oil elections in the North. I Conscious that the party supremacy in the House of Representatives is most seriously imperilled, the whole effort now is directed to controlling i the votes of tho close States in the | South ill the matter of Congressional Representatives. The deliberate purpose is to over-; awe and intimidate the white people \ of Alabama and Louisiana by such 1 wholesale arrests that they will let I the election go by default. The ar-! rests which are being made in Louis-’ iana of leading business men, because they assume to dismiss certain of their! employees, are denounced here very strongly by leading Republicans. It is ; admitted by them that it has been | no ugcominou tiling in New England i and for years past, among Republi- j can employers, to discharge their hands for voting the Demoeatic tick et. The same practice lias prevailed in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. To ! come nearer home, if such practice is ; a violation of the enforcement act, it; is the duty of the Attorney General j to prosecute the cases which can be easily proved, w here Republican offi cials in Washington and other cities have disc I iarge.it employees because of! their votes iux obnoxious candid Tea. : From KH k spa?i to Dratli. A JO -SIAN HANKER S SN WHO POISONED II!MSKI F RATHFHTHAN DIE OF STARVATION—A PA THETIC LKTEU. [Sail Umm isae Clirniivl". October lit.] A. L. Bntenop, tie Russian ban ker's son who •coumitted suicide by swallowing poison oi Tuesday last, left the following letcr: “That the public should not sus pect that the deed win done in a ,1k of j insanity, I state thatnfter a month’s reflection 1 take leave >f this world in the full p Msesu.i'a f all my sen ses, mid that I am ealn and collected, but I am driven to dot his by extreme despair, nervous i xcitunent, etc., etc. Absolute want turns he' angel into devil. Every creaturi must live, and to live one need? /nriioVi that which 1 lack at present (as the saying is, 1 have gone to the dogi). For years I have deported myself correctly to this world, but during’ flit last ten years I found that I would hive to become in debt and live upon enmity of others. Even now I find that/have overstep ped the bounds, uni cun no longer obtain a cent’s worth of favor. Truly, I am now so situated that I do not know where to obtain food for the morrow. For weeks I have offered my services for my board, but they were not accepted. It would take too long for me to regain my former status. T have worked too long al ready and can hold out no longer. In August I was asked to return home, and depending on tho wolds of the letter, 1 gave up my pupils and my position ns timber; but after sixty dir. s I find ni v hopes dashed to earth. : Since then my destiny has tortured ;me very much, and lather than die of hunger I take niv life. Now. ma ny will say, “had he come to me he would have obtained what he need.’ cd.” I spurn such persons and spit upon them. ] have done too much good and was too liberal; but iu my moments of need no one w ould recog nize me. I have almost begged ot those who, through me, made hun dreds of dollars, and they turned from me with their dimes in their [lockets. I swear to this before Heath. Some dill help me at first, lint their manner was such Unit toup proach them '<< second time tor a fa vor became impossible. Farew ell. “P. S. lam not Rod of life. I lilt rejoiced pnu iv.iiovtTv after un eight year’s sickucas. One cun imag ine how hard it is for me to leave this world, and in such a manner. Once more I exclaim, “am driven to it through misfortune.” My thanks to [here follow tiie liitinps of a dozen persons living in this city. Hcp.j who have, this day that I take poison, refused me credit. “A. B.—The secret is destorveil in case the poison fails.’ The unfortunate man was unmar ried and ill years of age. He arrived iu California several years since, and lost his money by an unfavorable laud speculation in Alameda. His father is N. Bntenop. a member of the hank ing firm of Bntenop Brothers, doing ’ business in Moscow, Russia, with a capital of $20,000,000. The suicide was an accomplished scholar, howev er, and dal not desire to apply to his father for assistance, and he sought to gain his financial standing by giv ing instruction in foreign languages. 11l last July he petitioned Ins father, by letter, for assistance, asking for $750 to enable him te return home. A reply was received assuring him that; the monev would he forwarded. It did not come, however, and he was compelled to borro.w small sums of money to enable him to subsist. An i quest will be held on Monday morn- A benevolent Wor cester, England, was recently much unmoed by little boys who stole his peaches, alter the maimer of such small adventurers. He one day saw a minute marauder go up into one of his trees. He was ready for the emergency, for he had provided a large stuffed dog which he placed at the foot of the tree, and then retired a little to watch the effect of his strat egy. The little boy having tilled his stomach and his pockets with fruit,; was about to deceud, when his af frighted eye rested upon the anin id. j first he tried blandishments, viz: whistling, coaxing. Then he tried the j sterner dodges, viz: threatening, scold ing. All was thrown at "tty upon the stuffed clog, standing sternly there; and never moving his tail an inch to the right or left. The little boy had never seen a dog like that, and after a while he understood that the peach tree must be his dormitory for the night. The hours dragged wearily on. The stuffed dog looked bigger I and bigger in the dark. There was a plenty of peaches, but where was the little boy to find appetite? In the morning the owner appeared and asked the. little boy how he happened to be in the tree. Alas ! not in the least regenerated by his sufferings, he answered that he had been chased by the dog and had ascended for safety! Why will little boys forget the thrill ing story of Annanias and Sapphire. ? And what must have been the min gled emotions of wrath, mortilioat-ion, and legs’ ache which agitated that boy when ho discovered the game which had been played upon his juve nile credulity !— X. TANARUS, Tribune. The latest Irish fashion is a home rum hat. ti has ut* crown. I!indy to I’nj 11. A lathy-looking fellow entered a down-east restaurant and ordered n ; double stew of oysters. Tlie man ; who kept the restaurant was a suial . I red-headed individual, evidently very high tempered. He prepared the stew iu quick time, and tlie lathy fellow sat down to his repast and ate with an enviable relish; after which lie se lected a first-class cigar, regaled lnni self with a mug of foaming ale, sit ting with his feet lifted upon the top of the stove. He was very deliber ate and perfectly self-possessed. Af ter the cigar had mostly disappeared in smoke he called for his bill. “Sixty-five cents,” said the proprie tor. “How is that?" asked the lath. “Fifty cents for tiie double stew, and fifteen cents for the cigar.” “You forgot the ale,” remarked the lathy fellow, looking quite serious. “All, yes. that is ten cents more— seven tv -five cents. ” “Well I am ready to pay it. ' The red-headed mail in ule no re ply, and the fellow kept his seat. "I tell you lam ready to pay the bill.” “Well, pay it, then,” said the pro prietor. “I liain’t got any money.” “Hnin’t got any money ?” repeated the man of refreshments. “Not a darned cent.” The red-heailed mail opened his eves. “Then how do you expect to pay your bill ?” “Well, I’ll tell you—l’ll stand sev enty-live cents’ worth of your jaw—-so go ahead. The red-headed man was the mild est individual ever seen. He seized the nut. cracker and let fly at the head of the offender with a will, but it only hit the chair-back anil broke its own handle. J'lie lathy fallow had gone. He va cated his sent at the nick of time, and the last seen of him he was walking very leisurely down the street finish ing his cigar. THE G 111 LS OF THE PEHHUt. We boast of our system of educa tion; we have female high schools, fe male colleges, female medical schools, and female heavens. Our girls are refined, learned, and wise; they can sing, dance, play the piano, paint, talk French, Italian, ami nil the soft lan guages, write poetry, and hive like \ enuses. They :ir<‘ ready to be cour ted at ten years, and can be taken from school and married at fifteen, and divorced at twenty. They make splendid shows on bridal tours, can coquette and flirt at the watering places, and shine like angels at winter parties. But heaven be kind to the poor w retch who marries in the fash ionable circles! What, are they at washing floors? Oh! we forgot— nobody has bare floors now; how vul gar it would be! AY hut are they at making bread and boiling beef? Why, how thoughtless we are, to be sure—they will board or have ser vants. What are they at mending old clothes? But there we are again —tlie fashions change so often that nobody has old clothes but tiie rag men and paper-makers now. \\ Inn are they at washing babies’ faces anil pinning up their trousers? We re peat, we have come to a point where young men hesitate and grow old be fore they can decide whether they can marry and afterward keep clear of bankruptcy and crime. AY hat istlie consequence ? There are more per sons living a single life. Are there more leading a virtuous life? It is time for mothers to know that the ex travagance they encourage is destruc tive to the virtue of their children; that all the foolish expenditures are. instead of answering taut end, tend ing to destroy the institution of mar riage altogether, Ronton Inveetii/atur. A Lucky Dream. j The Atlanta Herald tells the follow ; ing hard one oil a man in that, city: On Sunday night .Mr. McDuffie dreamed that he had bought four numbers in the Georgia State Lottery, j and had drawn a handsome prize, on | account of it. When he awoke, the body of the dream had faded like an insubstantial vision, but the magic numbers with prophetic obstinacy lingered in his i brain. Unable to resist the temptation lie wandered into Ulorshi’s office, No. til Marietta street, and purchased the numbers, paying one dollar therefor. In the drawing which took place he drew from these four numbers the handsome sum of SIX HUNDIIED DOLLARS, which was in cash paid to him at once. Overcome with this result lie put down s.’> and made another invest ment. On this last play he drew tive ; hundred dollars; making in all ELEVEN HUNDRED 1)01,1. UIS, which he pocketed and strolled out, pretty well satisfied with his day’s : work. The prizes were cashed at the lottery iu thirty minutes after lie drew j them. Mr. McDuffie had a similar dream some two years ago, and won at'Jtld on j the result, If he could only dream : often enough, he might Audit protit ’ able to (put the plastering business, and adopt dreaming as a profession. Hois now engaged in eating all sorts of indigestible thiues. in the j hope that he will dropoff to sleep j some of these quiet evenings ami dream that he was elected deputy i sheriff. Don’. 1 Fray Don't. Don't tell the little one, who may b' slightly willful, that the “block man will come out of the dark cellar and curry it off if it does not mind.” Don’t create a needless fear, to go with the chilli throng all the stages of its exist ence. Don’t tell the little five year-old Jimmy "the sehoolnia'iim will cut off his ears," "pull out his teeth," “tie him up,” or any of the horrible stories that are commonly presented to the childish imagination. Think you the little one will believe anything you tell him after lie becomes acquainted with the gentle teacher who has not the least idea of putting those terri ble threats into execution? Don’t tell the children they must not drink tea because it makes them black, while you continue the use of it daily. Your example is more to them than precept; and while your face is as fair as a June morning they will scarcely credit your oft told tale. Either give up drinking the pleasant beverage, or give your children a bet ter reason for its 11011-use. Don’t tell them they must not eat sugar or sweetmeats because it \>i!l rot their teeth. Pure sugar does Hot cause the teeth to decay, and sugar with fruits is nutritious and healthy, notwithstanding the “old saw” to the contrary. The ease of city children is often cited; the cause of their pale faces and slight constitutions being an over amount of sweetmeats with their diet, when the actual cause is w ant of pure air and proper exercise. Don’t tell the sick one that the medicine is not bad to take, when you can hardly keep your own stom achfc from turning “inside out” at the smell of it. Better by far tell him the simple truth, that it is disagreeable, but necessary for his health; that you desire him to take it at once. Ten to one he w ill sw allow it with half the trouble of coaxingpind w orry of words and love you barter for your firm, de cided manner. Don't teach the children, by exam ple, to tell white lies to each other mid to their neighbors. Guard your lips and bridle your tongue if you desire to have the coming- generation truth ful. Truthfulness is one ot the foun dation stones of heaven. Remember, the old, old Book says “no liar” shall enter within the gates of the beaut i ful city. There is uo distietion be tween white lies and those of a darker line. A falsehood is an untruth, whether the matter be great or small. Rural New Yurlrr. The Next House. Our hope was faint, (says the Cunrier-Jourual) till the late Con gressional elections that the Demo crats would be able to elect a majori ty of the next House of Representa tives. We deem it now possible, if not highly probable, that such wilt be the result. To effect it will require a gain of fifty-tw o members—the present Republican mojority in the House be ing 102. Our first survey shall be over the Southern States. We confi dently set down the following gains: Arkansas 3 Georgia. 2 T .-iim sseo. ..5 North Carolina.. . 2 Florida . 1 w.-st Virginia 1 Virginia. 2 Maryland 2 Delaware 1 Alabama 3 Total 22 This leaves thirty to he furnished by the North and West. Ohio and In diana God bless them have already supplied us with eleven. AY here art the other nineteen to come from.? We need mention blit four States, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. I his day two weeks will tell the tale. Whether or not the Democrats shall come up to our figures, they will at least, be al letosuy to the Radicals, as the hunter said to the turkey run ning away from him with its wing broken- “and —n you, hereafter you will have to roost a good deal lower any how.” ‘‘Scooped.” From the Cleveland Herald -[Rep.] ‘'Scooped” is the word. No other exactly expresses the situation. There , jis no dodging or blinking the fact . The Democrats have smitten us liip ! and thigh. Wc have met the enemy, and they are not ours, by a jugfuil, “On the contrary, quite the reverse.” It is our scalp that is dangling at the : ! Democratic IWt, instead of Demo cratic hair driping from ours as we had fondly hoped. The foil Demo cratic blade is red and dripping with , our gore. It is sad, very sad; horri- i lily, distrcsstingly sad; but, ueverthc-j h ss, a fact. We are “busted,”squelch ed, scooped ! scooped ‘ scooped! Now is the time for tears. Bring us a pail and string of onions. Grant and the New York Times.— i Grant’s Washington organ reads the ! Now York Times out of the Repub* . liean party for confessing that— 1. Its corruption is uucleansed. 2. Its Credit Mabelierists are un punished or promoted. 11. Its salary-grabbers made but half-heart, restitution. •t. Its Sunburn contracts were swin dles. 5. Its cabinet officers were dis* i graced. G. Its party machine is ridden by , lien Butler. 7. Its reconstructions have ruined ! the South. S. Its outrage-mill is Attorney General Williams cheating the North. 9. Its tolerance of a third twin is ruin to Grant and his party. QITT.M l V l IIVERTISEMENTS. A ( H VMi; TO MAKE S* •“> 0 0.00! I)Kt;SONS -Nil-i11... t|„. n I, OVH amount ot money ('an do ko by buying tlti'ir Goods ut Nathan Gazan's Cheap Cash Stork, in there is positively tin* pine* where superior Goods are sold at a less price tlma they cun b purchased ut any other store in' (Jnitnßiii. ] have just opened a full assort liieut of Dress Goods, consisting of .r.’ijmaese Btripew, •Tupunes** I'Mjruretl, Ihtpp, bde 'Poplin*, Hi l)< Kmbroidered Poplins, < ‘orded Al))hch, Hhnh Cloth, 'Plain nn<l Kurur*-<1 Detain*, . stud u large stock ol lllsick Alpsica, Ac. Mso. a lull assortment of Sash Ribbon, Plain ami Corded Ribbon, Sliuavls. Ladies’ Hats, Hand-made Baltimore Shoes for La dies and Children, and a well assorted stock of Notions and Trimmings. Also, a full stock'd Ready-made Clothing and (rents’ Furnishing Goods. Dont lore t the phu t*. V. GAZA VS (’lie,ip Cash Store, 30-(>m Next to Creech tV Npavsoih. 11l IT AH FACTORY / IGXSTANTLY on hand a full ussort v lm nt of 4-4 SHEETINGS. :m sHiirriNt.s, OSNABURGS. STRIFES, TWEEDS, OOTTONADES, COTTON YARNS, And a variety of other Cotton nml AVoolon (oods, \\ hicli will be exchanged for Cotton or Wool on fail* terms. Price for Curding Wool, 10 ehs. per pound. N. B. Wool received from and returned to any Station on the A. A* C. R. R.. at an additional cost of oi\p cent a pound on the package. Merchants and dealers generally are invi ted to call and examine stock Indore ) taking purchases. Pd-tf 1L BRIGGS. President. JACOB BAUM, DEALER IN' l>ry < * ood*. Notions. Hardware, (.;Ivy)( iv L.H \ , iV V., QtiiOnn)), - Georgia. CIIAKES pleasure in notifying his friends, 1 and the public generally, that he has just returned from the North with an unusu ; ally large assortment of FALL AND WINTER GOODS Avlvich will be sold on fair and honorable terms. My dock embraces almost everything kept in a retail store in the interior- Dry (roods, Dress Goods, Domestics, Ladies' Dress Trim mings, Collars, Belts, Hosiery, Ready-made Clothing, Notions, Roots. Shoes, Hats, Ac. The ladies are specially invited to pay my store a visit, as I have many things which will meet with favor in their eyes. Thankful for past favors, a continuance of custom is solicited. JACOB BAUM. dept. 15th, 1874. 31-3 m X EW Fall and Winter <ax >i>js. A. J. ROUNTREE 1> ESPECTFCLLY notifies his old cus- V customers and the public generally that lie has been north and laid in his usual supply of Fall and Winter goods, which were carefully selected alter the wants of the people of this section, and will be sold as cheap as they can be purchased elsewhere in this market. My stock of Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Olotliiug, Prints, Shirtings, Sheetings, Oznaburgs, Bots, Shoes, Hats and Plantation Furnishing Goods is complete, and the public generally are invited to call and examine them before purchasing else where. TO DEBTORS : 1 desire to sax to those owing me on ac counts and notes made previous to this year that they had better settle between this and “return day" if they wish to save costs, as I have indulged them long enough. A. J. ROUNTREE. September 22i1, 1874. 32-3 m Stop the Thief! SSOO REWARD! riMAE ABOVE REWARD WILL BE PAII> I in Cnited States currency, at my store in Quitman. Ga., to any person or persons who will come to me, with sufficient pro®#,, and assert that they can buy goods elsewhere cheaper than they can of me. Having just received my Fall and Winter stock, consisting of I>i*y < Notions, Domestics, Ready Matte Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps ulut a gent-mi assortment of Family Groceries, which were purchased at the very lowest cash prices, l am prepared to cfltr great in ducements to cosh eustomeni Call on me in the green painted store one door East of S. W. Brooks, then if my as sertion is not tine, claim your reward. J32T- Cash paid for Cotton. F. R. HARDEN. September Ist, 1874. Um NO. 38.