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YOL. 11l The Quitman Reporter 18 PUBLISHED KYEF.Y THURSDAY IY T. A.. HALL, Proprietor T£2R>l: On© Year $2 00 Six Months 1 00 Three Monthh 50 All subscriptions must be paid invariably in advance -no discrimination in favor of anybody. Tim paper will be stopped in all instances at the expiration o f ih© time paid for, unless •nbseriptious are previously renewed. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at tin* rate of SI.OO per square—one inch—for first inser tion, and 75 cents for each subsequent in sertion. All advertisements should be marked for a specified time, otherwise they will be charged under the rule of so much for the first insertion, and so much for each subse quent insertion. Marriages, Obi manes and Tributes of Re spect will be charged same rates as ordinary advertisements. WItEX HILLS ARE DUE. All bills for advertising in this paper are due on the first appearance of the advertise ment, except when otherwise arranged by contract, and will be presented whin the money is needed. t nr*—r—■"■’Twrfwm-av— *—■■ Professional. S. T. KINGSBURY, Attorney at Law, QUITMAN, - - GEO EG IA. in new Brick Warehouse. Business before the U. Patent Office La I. A. Allbritton, Attorney at Law, QUIXSIAN, - - - - O.V. afWOFFIOE IN COURT HOUSE.-!5-\ W. A. S. HUMPHREYS, Attorney at Law, QUIT MAX, GEORGIA. in the Court House "lIADDOni & RUFOIiD, Attorneys at Law, QUITMAN, GKO. Will give prompt attention to ail business entrusted to their care. /METOfflce over Layton's storo* Dr. E. A. JELKS, Practicing Physician. QIJITM AN OA . Office : Brick building adjoining store , of Messrs. Briggs, Jelks & Cos., Screven street. fl-tf R. H. Robinson, Physician and Surgeon Having opened an offic* opposite the Mclntosh House, in the building formerly occupied by Mrs. Black, offers his services to any who* may call. Office hours from 9 to 12 o’clock a. m., and from 2 to 4 i\ m. Quitman, Ga., Fel). 2, 1870. 3m Dr. J. S. N. Snow, BENT I S T • OFFICE —Front room up stairs over Knv ton’s Store. Gas administered foripainless ly extracting teeth. jc£rCharges to suit the times. jan 19, ly Carriage, Wagon and Buggy Manufactory. The firm of Knight and Scarborough lias been dissolved by mutual consent. The diabilities will be settled by the undersigned, ■who will continue the whe.elrigbt, carriage and wagon manufacture as before. Thank ful for i>nst favors bo still solicits public pa tronage. Work cheaper than ever, and war ranted. Try mo and be convinced. J. H. KNIGHT. .November 30, 1870. From Winchester to Strnsburg. KITTY (IHIM. From tho “Diary of a Southern ref ugee during the war" we make the following extract. It in written by tho wife of an Episcopal clergyman, of Virginia, and equals anything Dickens ever wrote. “Wo left Winchester in the stage coach for Strnsburg at 10 o’clock at night, on tho ‘24th of December, 1801. The weather was Litter cold, and wo | congratulated ourselves that the coach was not crowed. Mr. McG. and the girls were on the back seat, a Metho dist clergyman, a soldier and myself on tho middle, and two soldiers and our maid Betty ou the front seat. We went off by starlight, With every j prospect of a pleasant drive of eigh- j teen miles. As we were leaving the : suburbs of the town,the dilva' drew up before a small house, from which is ; sued two women with a lniby, two ; | baskets, several bundles and a box. 1 The passengers began to shout, “go on j driver; what do you mean ? there’s no more room for another; go on." The driver made no answer, but | tho women came to the coach door ! and began to put in their bundles. Tho gentleman protested that they ; could not get in—there was no room. The woman with the baby said she i \u>,)uhl get in; she was “agwine to; j Strasbnrg to spend Christmas with her relations, where she was born and 1 ‘ raised, and wliar she had not bin for j ten j ear, and nobody had a better | right to the stage than she had, and I she wa;agwiue, and Kitty Grim was j agwine too—she’s my sister law; and •so is baby, ’cause baby never did see I tier relations in ft aln r ? in her lif •. ]So uncle Ben 1” she exclaimed to the I ! driver, “take my bag, basket, and box by you, and me and Kitty and baby, and the bundles and tho little basket will go inside.” ! All this was said amidst violent. ! protestations from the men within:' • “You can’t get in; driver, go on.” But, suiting the action to the word, she opened the door, calling, “come ! Kitty,” got on the step and thrust her head in, saying: “If these gentlemen is gentlemen, and lias got any politeness, they will git out and set with uncle Ben, and let ladies come inside.” A pause ensued. At last a sub dued tone from the soldier on the j middle seat was heard to say: “Mad am, if you will get off the step. I will get out.” “Very well, sir; and why didn’t you do that at first? And, now,” said she, lookiug at a niau on j the first seat, “there’s another seat by uncle Ben; spose’n you git out and let j Kitty Grim have your sent; she’s bound to go.” The poor man quietly got out w ith out saving a word, hut the very ex pression of his back, as be got out of the coach, was subdued. “Now, Kitty, git In, and bring the little basket and them bundles; they won’t pester the lady much,” The door was closed, and then, the scene being over, the passengers shouted with laughter. j Our heroine remained perfectly j i quiet until we got to the picket post, a mile from town. The driver stop-! ped; a soldier came up for passports. She was thunder-struelc. “Passe* s!j passes for white folks ! I never hearn of such a thing. I ain’t got no pass; neither is Kitty Grim.” I suggested j to her to keep quiet, as the best poli- [ cy. Just at that time a Tennessee soldier had to confess that he had forgotten to get a passport. “Yon can’t go on,” said the official; and the soldier get out. Presently the woman’s time came, j “Madame, your passport, if you please.” “I ain’t got none; neither is Kitty Grim (that’s my sister-in-law) we ain’t agwine to get out neither, ’cause we’s agwine to Strasburg to spend Christmas with my relations, and I ain’t bin thar for ten year, and I nev er hearn of white folks having passes.” “But, madam,” began the official. “Y'ou needn’t ‘but madam’ me, ’cause I ain’t a gwine to git out. This is a free' country, and i’se a gwinc to i QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, IS7(>. Strasbnrg this night, so you might as wel' take your lantern out of my face." “But, madam, my orders,” began the picket. “Don’t tell luenuthiu’ 'bout orders; I don’t care liuthin’ ’bout orders; and you needn't think ’cause the Teiines | sec mail got out that i’se a gwino to j git out, ’cause I ain’t. Ain’t I got three sons in tho army, great sight J bigger than you is ? and they fit at Manassas, and they ain’t no cowards, i neither is their mother; and I ain’t agwine to git out of this stage this night; but I’m gwiue to ,Strnsburg, | wliar I was horn and raised.” 1 The poor man looked liou-plussed, hut yet another effort; ho began: i “My dear uiadanio—,” | “I ain’t 110110 ot your dear madiuuo; I’se just a free white woman, and so is Kitty Grill, and wc ain’t no nig-, j gers to git passes, and I’se gwino long this pike to .Strnsburg. Now, I'sc, ! done talkin’.” With this she settled herself on, ; the seat and leant back with a most determined air; and tho discomfitted ! man shut the door amid peals of laughter from within and without. In a few moments we were quiet' again, and all began to settle them : selves for sleep, when the silence was broken by 0.. r heroine: “Kitty, is you sick ?” “No,” said Kitty. “Well, it’s a wonder, gentlemen, can t one of you take Kitty’s seat and give her yourti V she gits monstrous sick when s'no is a riding with her back to the horses.” There was a dreadful silence, and my curiosity was aroused to know how she would manage that point. After a few moments she began! again; “Kitty, is you sick ?” “No,” says Kitty, “not yet.” “W ell, I do wish one of you gentle men would give Kitty his seat.” Still no reply. All was becoming quiet again when she raised her voice: “Kitty Grim, is you sick ?” “Yes,” said Kitty, “just a little.” “I kuowed it; I kuowod she was sick; and when Kitty Grim gets sick, she most in gamrul flings up 1” The effect was electric. “My dear madam,” exclaimed both gentlemen at once, “take my seat; by all means take my seat.” The Methodist clergyman being nearest, gave up his seat and took hers. The change was soon effected amid the most uprorious laughter, al feeling that they were fairly out-gen orulled the third time. When wo reached Strasbnrg she called out to “Uucle Ben” not to car ry her to the depot, “she was a gwiue to her uncle’s.” "Whar’s that?” cried Uncle Ben. “I don’t know, but monstrous nigh a tailor's.” One of the passengers suggested that we might be left bv the cars, and had better go on to the depot; but she objected, and we had become a singularly non-resisting company, and allowed her take—what we knew she would have—her own way. Hints rou a Univehsal Language.— Yesterday afternoon a young man much given to the use of slang of the day called on the Prosecuting Attor- I ney and announced that he wanted a warrant for the arrest of a saloon keeper who had assaulted him, and this is the way he made his want known: “Look a here, I want a warrant for a foliar!” “What did he do to you?” asked the attorney. “He fired me out.” ‘ “Fired yon out!’ What do you mean by that?” “Oh ! well, he stood me on my head.” “Do you mean to say that he stood you on your head; how did ho do it ?” “He didn’t exactly do that, but he elevated me. Kinder raised me and slid me off my eer.” “What did ho do that for?” “Why, I asked him for a drink, and when I told him to chalk it in his bead, and that when I-oaine round again I’d kick it out, he told me to to pull down mv vest. I told him to comb his hair, and he just then boost ed me.” Ho obtained a warrant for assault and batterv, —Hun Franeuca Call. Thirty-Five Years Ago. ! Someth mg that President Harrison Hid. The following is a copy of a circu lar issued by direction of President Harrison, in 1841: Win I)ei'A!:tiiknt, March 23, 1841— Sin: Tho president has thought proper to announce that ho will re gard all partisan or active interfer ence in elections, and tho contribu tion of any assessment ou salaries or official emoluments for paity purpo ses, by officers or agents under the I control of tho federal government, an ! abuse which he will correct by re moval from office. The president also desires it to lie ■ understood that punctuality in ren dering aceounts'aud paying over bal ances by all collecting and disbursing ; officers, will bo rigorously enforced. A careful observances of the princi ples and line of conduct thus marked out and enjoined by the president is earnestly recommend by this depart ment to all officers and agents in anyj manner subject to its direction. For fuller information n copy of the original circular, is issued from ' the department of State by direction | ; of the president is annexed. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. John Bell, Secretary of War. The president is of tho opinion that. it is a great abuse to bring tho pat- j run age of the general government' into conflict with the freedom of elections; and that this abuse ought to be corrected wherever it may have been permitted to exist, and to be nrevonted for the future. Ho therefore directs that the infor mation be given to all officers and agents iu your department of the public service that partisan interfer- ■ ence in popular elections, whether of State office or officers of this govern-: meut. and for whomsoever or against j whomsoever it may be exercised. O" the payment or contribution or as sessment of salaries or official coin-' pensation for party or election pur pol.'i, will be regarded by him as ; cuilte for removal. It is not intended that any officer [ shall be restrained in the free and j proper expression and maintenance i of his opinions ill respect to public ! men or public measures, or iu the ex- j ercise, to the fullest degree, of the • constitutional right of suffrage. But persons employed under the govern ment, and paid for their service out of the public treasury, are not ex- i peeled to take an active or officious part in attempts to influence the minds i r votes of others; such con duct being deemed inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution and the duties of public agents acting under it, and the president is resolved, so far as depends upon him, that while the exercise of the elective franchise ; by the people shall lie free from un due influences of official station* and authority, opinion shall also bo free I among the officers and agents of the government. The president wishes it further to be announced and distinctly under stood, that from all collecting and disbursing officers, promptitude iu! rendering accounts, and entire pnuc- 1 tunlitv iu paying balances, will be rigorously exacted. In his opinion,! it is time to return, in this respect, to • the early practice of tho government, and to hold any part of delinquency on the part of those, entrusted with the public money, just cause of im- j mediate removal. Ho deems the se vere observance of this rule to bo es-; sent.ial to the public service, as every dollar lost to the treasury by unfaith-j fulness in office creates a necessity for anew charge upon the people. Words Fitly Spoken. In the closing article of his will, tlio late David Snow, a Boston mil lionaire, says: “It is my earnest desire and request that all my heirs (this, of course, is more especially directed tojthe males) ! should invest their means in the safe way, and pursue some steady, per manent, legitimate business or em ployment with great perseverance and iiulustsy, and success is sure to crown their efforts in due time. This course is not only an honorable one, but is almost always the most successful and satisfactory in the long run; whereas, dealing in stocks and engaging in uncertain and rash speculations I re gard as a species of gambling at best, a mere lottery, and although some times pleasing and exciting when the luck is good, still in the main such a course is goneralv very injurious and demoralizing, and often ends in ruin, both pecuniarily and morally. It is my hope and ardent desire that my heirs will ever be honest, liberal, steady, industrious, kind to the needy, and attend regularly some church, my choice being, of course, the Meth odist. which has been so long so dear to me. ’ A Young Ludy.Outragrd and then Abandoned [From the St. Joseph Gazette.] About a year and a half ago, a [ young lady, employed in one of the manufacturing institutions of the city, i formed the acquaintance of a yotmg gentleman of this city, who soon full into her good graces, and finally won j her promise to become his only and his alone. Things went ou pleasantly ; with the loving couple until tho too confiding girl fell from virtue’s proud estate, and yielded to her lover that matchless prize woman’s honor. After i i accomplishing, his purpose, the smiles j of love turned to averted glances and I i frowns, by which the girl knew too i | well that he meant to abandon her. One night, the young man, who had ; drank rather freely, called upon the I : girl in a state of beastly intoxication, ' j and she lovingly reproved him, whero- I upon he told her that he never cared ■ j anything for her, and that he wished j i that she was in eternity, ns he had au j other girl. This took the young lady, from ] | whom he had taken her virtue, com- j 1 pletely by surprise, more especially j because it-came from the lips of the j only one whom she had ever truly loved. She recovered her womanly j pride, and with the defiance of a sworn enemy, she answered buck, j “Charles, I will follow’you wherever [ you go, even to the mouth of hell.” ; Hell it self had no fury for her, and i she was willing to do anything now. She was true to her word. For full j one year and a half she has darkened his pathway by her presence. He j went to no town but what she went, j and, since her virtue was gone, she ; cared naught for the world, she be- [ came a common harlot. Day before yesterday the two, iu their wanderings, had again come around to the place of their first ac quaintance. They met on Ed mond street. She now presented more the appearance of a demon or an arch fiend than the beautiful, inno cent young In Gy of n. year and a half ago. He recognized her, but she scorned to speak to him, said nothing, passed on, but kept him under her vigilant eve. They stayed in town till yesterday morning, but apart. He left at noon yesterday, and she after him. She seems very persistent in following him, and an end can be put to it only by liisdeath, which, we think, will bo brought about in a short time, and by his own hand. The parties are both well known, but we for the present suppress names, deeming it best to give the sad affair no further publicity for the time being. Wool. Cotton. —The Charlotte (N. C.) Obsrrver says: Abide of cot ton, such as has never been seen in this market before by the oldest cotton buyer, was received yesterday by Messrs. Oates Bros., from Isaac Har ris, Esq., yf Moore,sville,lredell county. It is of the exact texture of wool; it has almost no staple at all, and while certainly a species of this staple, has very few of its qualities. Handfuls of it have been brought here before by j farmers, among whom it is known ns j vegetable wool cotton, but this is tho ; first bale over seen here. It has no merchantable value in this market, I and will be shipped by Messrs. Oates Brothers to Philadelphia. Mr. Har ris expects to realize a largo price for it, but cotton men bore doubt if lie j will be able to do this, since the 1 growth can not bo adapted to the uses to which either cotton or woo!,! strictly speaking, is applied. It is so , far from being cotton that no clnssifi- I cation can be found for it, and it is just as far from being wool. A Bkand New Religion. -A now thing in religion is the “Eclectic Church,” of which A. Picked, of 1- rai rie City, lowa, proclaims himself the Pope. We are much oblige to the Pope for a postal card containing a copy of the doctrines of his faith, and wish him a good timo in their propa gation. They are as follows: 1. One God and Father of all. 2. We are living in the dawn of anew dispensa tion—tho Eclectic Church. 3. One man in a normal condition should be married to two women, and two only. 4. Jesus Christ will never come to this world at some future time. 5. Must have a visible head to tho true church of God. (!. Limited punish ment in future life.— St. Louis Times. Paris ladies, in walking, take the extreme end of the train in the right hand, and, bringing it round to the side, hold it there during the prome nade. This is a decided improvement on the usual lasliiou of catching the skirt higher up, as it does away with tho possibility of any portion of it es caping and sweeping the street. Buying a Cow. Deacon Smith s wagon stopped one morning before widow Jones’door, and he gave the usual country sign that he wanted somebody in the botiso bv dropping the reins and sitting double with his elbows on his knees. Out tripped tho widow, lively as u cricket, with a tremendous black rib j boil on her snow-white cap. “Good ’ morniiTg,” was said on both sides, and the widow- waited for what was fur | tlier to he said. “Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you don't w ant to sell one of your cows I now, for nothing, any way, do von?” “Well, there. Mister Smith, you couldn’t have spoken my mind better. A poor lone woman like mo does not j know what to do with so many cre ; tnrs, and should be glad to trade if we j can fix it.” So they adjourned to the meadow. Deacon Smith looked at Roan—then at the widow at Briudle—then at the widow at the Downing cow— then at tho widow again—and so through the whole forty. The same call was made every day for a week, hut the deacon could not decide which cow he wanted. At length, on Satur day, when the Willow Jones was in a hurry to get through her baking for Sunday -and bad “ever so much to do in the house,” us all farmers’ wives and widows have on Saturday—-she was a little impatient. Deacon Smith was -is irresolute as ever. “That'cre Dow ning cow is a pretty faircretur,” said he, “but”—he stop lied to glance at the widow’s face, and then w alked around her -not the wid ow but the cow. “The Dowing cow-1 knew her be fore the late Mr. Jones bought her.” Here he sighed at the illusion to the late Mr. Jones; she sighed, and both looked at each other. It was a highly interesting moment. “Old Roan is a faithful old milch, and so is Briudle, but 1 have known better.” A long stare succeeded his speech—the pause was getting awk ward —and at last Mrs. Jones broko | out: , ~ “-.La-y 1 Mr. Smith, if I'm the cow you want, <lo say so!” The intentions of tho deacon and the widow were published the next dav. | Purifying Clothing Infected with Small-Box. The District of Columbia expended nearly SIO,OOO during tho small-pox epidemic of 1872-73 in reimbursing poor people for the destruction of j their clothing and bedding believed to be infected with tho disease, and was therefore ordered to be destroy ed. A large quantity of clothing be longing to persons able to bear the loss was also destroyed, and does Dot enter into the above account. To save some of the money loss occasioned by an epidemic of the disease, a special committee of the Board of Health has recommended the building of furna ces and ovens in which the clothing may be disinfected and saved for fur ther use. Both dry and moist and heat are effectual in destroying ani mal or vegetable virus, and the appa ratus recommended by the committee is simply a cheap arrangement of ov ens and steam boxes, where clothing can be exposed to moist heat of 250 degrees Fahrenheit, and to dry heat of 200 degrees. Sulphurous fumiga tors are recommended for larger arti cles, such as mattresses, bedding, car pets, etc. For the destruction of ar ticles unfit for use, a small oven, with a horizontal grate, is recommended, the clothing being burned under the fire proper and the products of com bustion passing up through the coal or wood tiro before entering the chimney. By this arrangement it is claimed that fl ving particles of un cousumed clothing would be disin- j fecteil or destroyed by tho heat of the oven and prevented from doing any injury. The committee believe that the necessary ovens can be built for about five or six hundred dollors, and the cost of fuel would be comparative 13'small. Philadelphia Ledger. A traveler recently from North Carolina, relates that thero is an aged Indian couple living in Gheerib, Gra ham county, who also propose going to the Centennial. Tho husband, Ghee Sqnich, is aged 125 years, and the squaw, Nakih, 130 years. Both are in vigorous health,'possess all their faculties intact, and are full of ancient reminiscence. Thev are Cherokees, and were born within four miles of the place of their present residence. The man recollects perfectly the dec laration of the Revolutionary war aud the proclamation of peace. A country editor says with appar ent truthfulness: “The best paper now issued is the greenbacks, signed by Treasurer New. It is difficult however, to keep it on our exchange list.” No. 7.