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JOS. TIIA’I.VN, Editor.
THURSDAY. MARCH 1. 1877.
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Siltiiition.
Let ns view tlie fiitiiation from wlint
standpoint wo may, wo can soo noth
ing in the pros at or the future to
avert the doom of thi# great republic.
Wo hope that we are deceived j n our
opinwii wben we say there is not
virtue rwoW'fb left in the land to re
store it to that elevated and honorable
position among nations it. was once
our pride to boast.- Corruption is
doing its work with certainty and
precision, for not only is the atmos
phere tvhieli surrounds the enpitol
impregnated with its direful influence,
but the country at large is infected,
and turn which wo will way we are
confronted with political leprosy. If
the present was ell we had to encounter
or to tamely submit to the evil might,
to some extent, he divested of its
magnitude; but snpineue;- , thesigh
iit .all times an evil, become more ex
tensively, so when the destiny of the
future depends upon the action of
the present, and it is the future to
which our attention is drawn, and
which presents matter for considera
tion from which even the most
thoughtless cannot turn with iuditt'er
ence.
But here comes the question, to
whom are we to look for redemption?
for not only the administration, but
the nation itself is rotten to the core.;
for in this age of venality it appears
that every man lias his price, and the
honor, safety, welfare, and even the
liberties of the people are objects of
barter or sale. One wants power, for
which he is ready to risk not only his
existence, but even the bright hones
of a future. Another lias the modesty
to ask one million for his villainous
services in betraying bis country!
Another equally vile, but not quite as
usurious, is anxious to offer his valua
ble serv ces for half Hirst sum; but
another, with more modesty still, de
mands only two hundred thousand
for the accomplishment of the same
end.
Shades of Rcinzi or of Tell, can ye
Hot inspire another Washington to our
rescue ? As it v, ns with the former
patriot, so it is with us at the present,
nor need we look with surprise upon
tlju condition of our national affairs,
einier politically or, pecuniarily, while
these modern Esaus and Judas’ remain
in the land, while it is probable that
with present submission to our free
government - rather too free for the
people—it may aggravate crime by
imposition; but the end will come
when disaster, rendered more nob*-
mint from procrastination, will spur
men on to deeds which unchecked
outrage of- provokes, and cause a na
tion to tremble and mourn the conse
quences.
This once happy country was con
sidered “the home of the free and the
land of the brave,” and thousands left
,their homes in foreign climes to enjoy
the blessings >f conferred, and fur
which they sought; but, alas! time
and history prove that the existence
of freedom is limited by the vices of a
people, and they liud th it the land of
llieir birth is even more free than the
land ot their adoption: for what other
nation under the sun, embracing civil
ization, hi compelled to exercise their
just rights and privileges under the
menacing aspect of the bayonet, in
troduced under the flimsy veil of
maintaining order, but in reality to
subvert or annihilate.the States rights
to which the people are entitled as an
honored >md invulinuffo legacy from
their fathers, and which no central
ized government has the right to in
terfere with or destroy unless acting
iu direct, opposition to the interest
or honor of the nation. But not only
the rights of the States, but the rights
of the whole people are ignored, and
we are not even permitted to elect
our wr President.
This is freedom with a vengeance,
but the freedom is on the part of the
government and not with the people,
aud it becomes our duty at once to
check these during outrages niton our
liberties', which have nearly wiped out
our existence ns a free nation and
shaken our stability, politically, re
ligiously and commercially with oth
ers, who look aghast at tho frauds
unveiled and await with patient anx
iety the programme for our redeinn
• lion ! But how in this age (if venality
is this to be accompli; lied ? Is it by
the fraudulent election of Hayes in
opposition to the will of the people
by the soiled ermines and venal poli
ticians who comprise the Electoral
• Commission? lie is but the tool of
an infamous faction ! Is it by' Oraut
assuming the dictatorship ? He could
not hold his position without becom
ing the same !
And again, suppose a change in the
form of our government, desirous or
necessary, wherein would the country
be bouefitted as long as the same vile i
party and the same unprincipled j
rogues still live to hold and exercise |
the reins sf power? It is evident,
then, that a mlri-as of gricvaiic; sand :
restoration to our former lights and
privileges can only be achieved by the
people themselves, and not through
their representatives.
Our only salvation at present ap-;
parently depends upon the evils we
most do dread, a decimating war or I
malignant epidemic. These are severe j
remedies, but such are generally re
quired in severe cases; but wo pray
Clod these crushing evils may be
averted and that He in his inscruta
ble wisdom may direct both govern
ment and people in this alarming
crisis to a happy and peaceful solution
of our difficulties, for of this wo are
fully convinced, that now, and now
only, is the time to decide whether
we will be a nation of freemen or of
serfs.
Atlantic and Gulf Ituiirond.
This road, one of the most im
portant lines of railway iu the State,
has at last succumbed under a heavy
pressure of debt, and gone into the
hands of two Receivers, Colonel John
Screven, late President, and Mr. S. A.
Strong, of New York, the holder of
£2,0:>0,000 of the consolidated bonds.
In Governor Colquitt’s ‘'summing
up” upon signing the bill granting
State aid to the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad, he makes reference
to the aid given the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, as follows: “Within the last
few d'ii's the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road, to take stock iu which the State
issued and now pwes 81)00,000 of
bonds, given in 1858, 1850,1800,1801
and 1800, has passed into the hands
of a Receiver, with a certain loss of
the State’s interest.”
Judge Erskine could not have se
lected a more efficient person than
Col. John Screven as one of the Re
ceivers, and it is gratifying to the
numerous patrons and friends of the
road, that the Colonel’s invaluable
services have been so conspicuously
appreciated by the bondholders and
court as to appoint him to the respon
sible position of a co-laborer in the
management of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, which position he will fill
with great credit to all concerned.
Ti; ■ Georgia Legislature
Adjourned sine die, on the 22ud.,
and notwithstanding the numerous
onslaughts made upon it by penny-a
liners, many new and wise provisions
for the good of the whole people have
been enacted. Iu the Savannah
Mnrnuuj News' special correspondence
reference is made to our immediate
Representative, the Hon. H. G. Tur
ner, as one of the ablest men iu the
House. He says: “Some of the ablest
men in the House, including Turner,
of Brooks, and Hammond, of Thomas,
were hardly seen or heard of in the
clatter aud clamor of men who sought
political preferment and cheap noto
riety—in a self-imposed leadership,
based upon selfishness, and kept alive
by every kind of trick and device
known to political schemers and
seekers after personal profit and pro
motion.”
The jaesAon lias been protracted
beyond the wishes of probably many
“economic” tneu, but under the pres
ent disturbed condition of the coun
try we think the body acted wisely
with the single purpose and aim of
promoting the public good.
An Important Bill.
One of the most important bills that
passed the Legislature was a bill
granting a charter for a rilroad to
start from Sterling, Wayne county,
Georgia, on the line of the Macon
and Brunswick railroad, and extend
to Jacksonville, Duval county, Flor
ida.
Returning Bo.uio Hayes is a very
pious man, and probably prefers to
associate with deefent people; but
when be goes to Washington, society
there will remain just about as cor
rupt and shoddy as it. is now. He will
have been put in office by fraud, and
he won’t bo able to separate himself
from the thieves and scoundrels who
elevated him to power. Washington
under Hayerism will be about as it
lias been aud is under Grantisni.—
X. Y. Sun, J
TheiiE have l>eeu several Presidents
who represented a minority of votes
of the United States, but Returning
: H. Hayes will be the Hirst occupant
|of the White House who received
neither a majority of the popular vote
, nor a majority of tho electoral vote.
New Yoi'i' San.
A nii.i. introduced into tho Legisla
ture of Delaware enacts that where a
.bride and groom or the bride only,
■are residents of the State and leave
tho State for the purpose of being
married beyond its limits, they shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
liKPimwcAN' orators seem to be
growing passionately fond of the pa
triotic “rebels” since tho votes of
Louisiana and Florida were (stolen to i
make a Fraudulent President.
G.viii'HiPo has sued the Cleveland I
I'ltiimh’cdt’r for charging him with at
tending a quadroon ball in New Orb.-!
a i is.
LETTER rtUl.il WASHINGTON.
’in/-: i: r .i:<rn>ii,\fj T/tnirxji,.
rt i; i> i ft tr ii a.v o mi;ti n f.n.
The (V.rprl-U.ig Onyentnrs Grunt
Sunt kern Kqniblicans Jalm Siienmm
Suppressing the I’rcss, Etc.
[Fiont o:*ir Own Correipondent. "]
Washington, Feb. 23, 1877.
Tlio electoral tribunal was in nos- j
siou all yesterday from ten until hnlf
pust four o’clock, hearing arguments
in the Oregon case. At five the tri
hnuai went into secret session and
remained therein until twenty minutes
past seven o’clock, when it adjourned
till this morning at lmlf-past ten
o’clock. Immediately after they closed
the doors, Molten, Edmunds and
Judge Miller mad§ohtbpi'aic speeches,
claiming that all. lhetK‘ 'of the Oregon
votes should be counted for Hayes
and Wheeler. 'Messrs. Thurman,
Strong and Bradley were not well,
and an adjournment was taken at
their sir. gestion. It was ordered by
a unanimous vote, and bad no politi
! cal significance whatever. At the
present wi iting there is no indications
of a break among either the Republi
can or Democratic members of the
■ tribunal, and there lias been no vote
or ail approach to a vote on the main
question at issue. Jfaliy law points
were suggested, and these will be
critically examined, there being more
of them in this case than in the cases
of Florida and Louisiana. The tri
bunal agreed to take a vote this after
noon ;u four o’clock, unless the mem
bers shall be prepared to do so at an
! earlier hour. Should the vote be
taken at four o’clock, an hour or more
will be occupied before their verdict
could be officially prepared, and unless
the two Houses shall remain in ses
sion until evening, the decision in the
joint session of the two Houses will
not be taken until to-morrow (Satur
day).
Much interest was manifested yes
; terdny in the proceedings of the tri
bunal, the crowd of spectators, in
cluding members of Congress, being
larger than heretofore, and the de
cision'of tho Oregon case being looked
| for as decisive of the contest. Rumors
I prevailed last night that the procwl-
I mgs of the tribunal in secret session
I indicated lio.v they would decide, but
j it is explicitly denied by a member of
; tbo tribunal, and notwithstanding this
| your correspondent, having guessed
I the decision i:i Hie two former cases,
feels confident that this will be de
■ cidtd like its two predecessors eight
Ito seven iu favor of Ilayes and
I Wheeler.
There is no use in atfcmj tin* to
; disguise the fact: they are determined
] to put the Radical candid,lies in if it
| lias to be done (as we predicted
| months ago) at the point of the ba' o
net. Wo have seen no reason or cause
from the beginning in last. November
to change our belief. Oa the con
trary, each and every move of die
conspirators has only the more thor
oughly convinced ns of the final suc
cess of their nefarious designs, unless
averted by Democratic shrewdness.
It is useless—aye, childish—to ever
have expected anything like due con
sideration, or even as much as or
dinary respect, from the ha nds of such
God-forsaken tricksters, and we are
utterly surprised at the blindness of;
the Democrats in not foreseeing this
jugglery. The very idea of standing,
on a point of high-toned, kid-gloved ,
honor with the thief who has been
caught in the act of stealing your
pocket-book, is of itself sufficient to
disgust many with the Democratic!
members of the tribunal, as well as
certain Democrats of the House, and
it is about time such sickly senti
mentality bad been given a back seat,
so many members claim.
Alter the partisan decision of the
electoral tribunal in the Florida case,
; and ever since, negotiations have been
in active progress to pacify tile South*
i era element of tiio Democracy. It
may appear strange that after tire
j maiigniint hostility which has been
: exhibited toward the South for .so
many years, the I!adicals should now
bo m favor of a policy of conciliation,
but it is nevertheless the fact. Even
Old Paralytic Morton has at last
come to the conclusion to “let tip” a
j little on the South. There is no
doubt whatever if a Southern Demo
| crat of prominence can bo found, who
; will accept a place in the Ilayes
[Cabinet, ho can have it. Distinct
offers to that effect have been made
from those fully authorized to speak.
But it is not likely such a ono can be
j found. The South lias ono hundred
land thirty-eight electoral votes, and
j she has no favors to ask of any ad-1
[ ministration, and only demands her
rights of equality witti the rest of the
j Union and she can take care of her
self. If is said diat Hayes is de
termined to appoint good men to
office even if he has to take red-hot
Democrats, in making his selection as
to tlio (Southern local otlicos. This is
! the present sfa/ax; whether it wiil
! “pun out” or not, is for the future to
| determine. *
Haves will shut hisfiyes, as it were,
! by withdrawing the troops from South
Carolina and Louisiana, when Cliain
| hei'lain and Packard will be peace
fully “starved out,” and then there 1
being but one government in either of
the States named, Hayes will have
nothing less to do than to recognize 1
it. As soon as Chamberlain and
Packard find that they can expect no
active support from the new adminis- ;
tration, they will retire without delay,
and whilst no attempt will lie made
to interfere with them as citizens,
they will both find it more pleasant
to go back to the States where they ,
belong.
The President, in a late interview,
said to some interviewers who were j
urging him to recognize Packard, j
“They seem to be doing well enough I
in Arkansas. I bear of no trouble
there, and two years ago it was hell. ’ j
This lust word i.t strong, but prim; n I
not too strong to describe Ihe condi
tion of any State whore a minority ot i
the people, under the lead of mq riu- j
eipled sd venturers, attempt to ret an
control of communities which Hie
majority had fairly voted intf) other*
hands.
An important conference has been
held here with a view to the strength
ening oft. Fie party in the Southern
Stales, under the anticipated incoming
of the administration of Gov. Hayes,
and to the effect that the party in the
South must lie composed in part of
the properly and intelligence of that,
section; that the carpet-baggers must,
be ignored, and that if any of them
bad such claims ns entitled them to
recognition they could be provided
for in Washington or by consulships
abroad. ,
lit the event of Iho accession of
Ilayes to the Wldte House, there is
very little doubt but that John Sher
man, the great financier (7), will lie
made Secretary of the Treasury, mid
it is understood that the prngnminio
is for Garfield, the impetuous*,to suc
ceed “Brother Join” in the Senate.
There are but two years left of Mr.
Sherman’s term, and Jhe Ohio Demo
crats are very certain that at the end
!of that time they will be able to send
hi Democrat in bis, place.
The grand jury, in this city have
: presented a true bill against. Don
. l'ialt, editor of the Washington ('uni
;/://, for sedition. ’I he idea of dismiss
ling Belknap, a Cabinet officer who
j proved venal, surd others of that
kidney, without, trial, even niter in -
dictment, and indicting Don Piatt, is
about us preposterous n conceit, us
lever entered the bead even of a sub
servient Washington tribunal. The
j American people had supposed the
i day gone by when such a tiling as the
'arrest and imprisonment of an editor
was to be treated in this country Us
it is in Franco and*Germany. To
honestly differ with the Radical ad
ministration seems to be treason
| against, the Government. We much
fear oar liberties have departed.
1 lemociutes.
j White Khiv:*ry in Nnulli (V.goEud.
The slavery of the Hacks has been
abolished in South Carplina, as in the
other Southern States, but what shall
be said of Hie-condition of She whites
in that Si.\te when llieir rifle chilis are
not permitted to turn out to celchrnfa
the birthday of the Father of bis
Country? What shall be said of a
Com inn n>ler-i u -ehief, a President of
the United States, who anjiiorizes an
order forbidding the “members” of
such clubs to “make any public de
monstration or parade" on the nir.i
ver. ary of ihe birth of George Wash
ing! on ? And this order is issued
by the Post Commandant, ami is to
be enforced, if need be, at the point
of tlie b lyouet and the mouth of can
non. “My orders,” says the
Commandant, “req lire me .to see that
tin such parade takes place.” What
would George Washington have said
if he could have foreseen that one of
his successors in office, in a time of
profound peace, would ever direct
such an order to be made?
What becomes of the provision of
tin! Constitution of the. United States
that “the right of tire people to keep
and bear arms shall not be infringed ?”
We take it the demonstration was
to have been entirely peaceable; and
under the circumstances it certainly
looks like an arbitrary, unconsti
tutional exercise of arbitrary power.—
Sun.
Fi.ojuda, if all reports are true, has
had a nice streak of Pack in the sale of
State lauds, a party of English ami
German capitalists have purchased I
3,000,000 acres of the Florida State j
lands, and are organizing an emigra- I
tiou company. The money paid for
these lands, it is said, will pay off the
State debt and leave a balance in the
treasury. Is not this sale however,
the big land speculating job which I
same of the late patriots of that State
put up for their owe profit through I
corrupt legislation ?
It takes eleven minutes to send a
dispatch to London, and seventeen
to San Francisco.
BROOKS SHERIFF’S SALE.
T TT UJj BE SOLD BEFORE TIIE COURT i
\ V House ilonr in the town of Quitman.
Bi'i'Ce; count;-', low, vil’iin the ]. -d liom'n
of sal; 1 , on the first "in; day in April next,
a on.'-third undivided interest in the follow
ing real edate, fo-wfit:
One-lnilf of lot No. 113, commencing at ,
northeast corner, running due south to i
southeast corner, then.-e to southwest cor
ner, theuca to northeast cornel'; also, in lots
No. tty, No. i is, No. to'j, No. t
half lot containing 2 K> a-res anil whole lots I
-I'lC acres each, find nil lying in the 14th
District of original Irwin, now Brooks
c mnty, (1a... under and by virtue of a ii. l'a.
issued from Thomas Superior Court, Goto- j
b; r T* rut, 1 *i7:>. in favor of Tiios. V. .Tom s
vs. EdwinT. Davis and Florence.T. Vaughn,
as property of dt fondants. Property point
ed out. by H. .1. ,V A. T. MsTutviv, pl untilf's
attorneys. This Fob. 27, 1877.
JOHN T. THRASHER.
209-213 Sheriff Brooks County.
Comack Hopkins
ANIfUACTUREIt OF
Tir^N^Vl.£.l^ 9
AND DEALER IN
XOV E H ,
TXtST wares,
- AND—
House Fai’inwliing- Goods.
(.VXTUAr.TOn Poll 77. V ROOFIXG
AXD VOiiXIOK WORK.
11(7 BROUGHTON STREET,
203-231 SAVANNAH, GA. 1
*3. JMAT^SIf/rON-S
JEWELRY EMPORIUM!
Corner Congress, St. Julian aml Whitaker Sts.,
KIAAAXNA _XX, * ISO! jJ-XA.
AT THIS WELL KNOWN AND OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE WILL
BE FOUND ONE OF THE
LAKGEST ASSORTMENTS OF GOODS
;o be found in the Southern States, and of the best Eiirupcna and American
manufacture, consisting of
I’liglisli, French, Swiss and American
W A T O IX IS S ,
of till) latest patterns, and of direct importation.
Fanry Goods, W ork Boxes, Vases, Music Boxes, Etc.,
of the most elegant styles, directly imported and selected to suit
purchasers in this section.
STERLING SILVER WARE
'of elegant styles and designs. All goods sold at this house have its guar
antee, and are just as represented.
REPAIRING of Watches and Jewelry done by experienced workmen.
. Chronometers rated bv transit.
8. P. HAMILTON.
WM. r. AI.KN\NOEI:. JOS. E. ALEXANDER,
i ( HAS. R. MAXWELL, A. T. LL’CKIH.
Alexanders
ii' Mil A W I’ll,
SUCGESSOKS TO
| Alexander & Russell,
ill, ill ViX/MiS. A\J Of! t/lioil Uj
Savininali, Gu.
► w {\ Ae.fi POTT KPS SMOKED CLL.V’t
MJ.VviJ RIBBED SIDES.
50,090 pounds D. R. Sides.
100 -nek.-; Rio Cos fie * all grades.
100 lunvls C. A.. Whit •, Col. t. and 0.
.Sugars.
100 cases Rail Potash.
10-0 cases Canned Potash.
500 keg.; Nails- assorted sizes.
£>oo barrels Flour all grades.
Which we oiler for sale at lowest cash prices.
Our friends in the country can rely on our
giving their orders prompt attention, and
wo guarantee all goods and weights.
Alexanders & Slaxwell,
(urner Abercoru and Bryan Sts.,
203-2:>l Savannah, Ga.
AinirsiM T4 T r/i s.Mifir
11 :i! 11 and |ii ii |, 4iSlt id
\FUIiM ii xivlil/liJli
Sr
P. W. JOHN SON, A. 11., Principal,
SIP.H. r. W. JOIIXKOX, Assistant,
A U'J Instructress m Tust runicutul and io cal
Music.
Other teachers will bo added as the in
crease of the School demands.
In the above school pupils can receive in
struction in all the branches taught in our
lirsl:—class institutions.
Mrs. John on is an experienced and suc
cessful teacher of music. The patrons are
invited to visit the School at all times, but.
especially on review day, the List Friday in
each scholastic month.
T-.rms per quarter of leu weeks, payahh
at the t ad of each pnartcr:
Fiiwt Glass, $5; Second Class, §7.50;
Thiiid Class, §10; Foubtu
Class, §12.50.
Music on Piano, including use of instru
ment for practice one hour per day, sl*2. Jit.
Umtingent Fee, 25 cents. 50
j AA A Oiin't be made by every agent
v-very month in the business we
ppP/ $ s•} furnish, but those willing to work
can easily earn a dozen dollars a
day right in their own localities. Have no
room to explain here. Business pleasant
and honorable. Women, and boys and girls
do as well as men. We will furnish you a
conTpl i.* outfit free. The business pays
better than anything else. We will bear ex
pense of starting you. Particulars free.
Write and see. Farmers and mechanics,
their sons and daughters, and all classes in
need of paying work at home, should write
to us and learn fill about the work at once.
Now is the time. Don't delay. Address,
48-21 Turn A Cos., Augusta, Maine.
LETTERS OF DISMISSION.
GEOHGIA—Brooks County.
Whereas, Eliza Lee, administratrix of the
estate ot John Lee, deceased, represents to
the Court in her petition duly lih and and en
tered on record, that she lias fully adminis
tered John Lee's estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons edn
; eernod, kindred and creditors, to show
j cause, if any they can, why said applicant
j should not be discharged from her adminis
tration, and receive letters of dismission on
the first Monday in May next.
J. M. SHEARER,
48-!) Ordinary.
SEEDS! PLANTS! BULBS!
Sent by mail, to any Post-office. Assort
ment large, prices moderate, and selection
best. Send for Prired Lists. Merchants,
druggists and dealers supplied at l'west
wholesale rates.
EDWARD J. EVANS k CO.,
Xtirsnryinm and See lsiurii,
50-1 ' Yorp, Pemuylrania.
HOMESTEA D X OTICE.
GEOR(IIA—Brooks tlouu ty.
Thomas 11. Hesters has applied for ex
emption of personalty and setting apart and
valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon
tin- saui • oil the 2d day of March, at 11
.o'clock, su my office. This 10th daw of Feb
ruary, 1877. A. I\ PL-dHAM,
51-1 Ordinary.
POSTPONED SITU MIFF’S SALE.
NVill be sold before the Court-house door
ill Quitman, between the legal hours of sale,
on tin* first Tuesday in March next, the
following property, to-wit:
10 erndics. 1 china bedstead, 3 stained bed
steads, 1 morticing machine, mic turning
lathe, 1 doy.eu collins, 8 bureaus, 1 desk, 1
s-t cabinet tools, 1 grind-stone, 1 set of
j of gauges and chisels. Also. 1 hear ;e. Levied
| on as th t property of John M. Witt, to satisfy
• a dhdivsv. warrant in favor of Hopkins,
i Dwight A Cos.
JOHN T. TIIMASHEPv,
50-1 Sheriff.
7 'h'vd f. v n t. 51 t a w
i a V./ iio 't ujd -k - \ ui jtl U YkJ AJI 1 £ Uy <i Jk
(g IS n
nA Iji'j,
I" TAKE this method of informing my
1 friends that f will lmop constantly cm
hand good horses and mules during the en
tire season for selling. Ido not intend to
be undersold by any trader in the market.
My facilities for buying stock cheap are un
surp i. si and. Give me a cull.
B. X. TUCKER.
Quitman. Ga., Feb. 15th, 1877.
———-
rgVIE undersigned by r equest, offers his !
I services to the young men of Quit-man j
for the purposes of instructing them in the j
above science, and guarantees that all who
pass through a regular course of instruction
Hall be able to take charge of a set of books
by double entry.
Those desirous of information without
going through a regular eour.se of instrue
lion will be accommodated.
For terms and particulars, apply at this
office or to Air. brass personally.
5L JOHN BRASS.
j. 'AI IIOXjSLj
Suvanmih, Gn.
W. M. NiCHOLLS, Proprietor.
fjnHIS favorite IIOTTSIL with accommoda
-1 turns for three hundred guests, has been
leaded by me for a term of years, and will
: l>e opened to the travelling public on Tues
day. February 13. The Hotel has been
; thoroughly cleaned and refitted, and is now
, • qual in all its appointments to the. best
i hotels in the United States. The TAIJLK
, shall not be surp is : and by any other hou.se.
Fe ling willing to divide the depressed
i state of the. times with the travelling public,
’ l have made rales to suit the times. My
terms will be: 25 rooms at $2.50; 50 rooms
at $2.00; 50 rooms at SI.OO p. r day. By
! the week from $12.50 to $21.00, according
to location and number in a room.
AY. M. NICHOLES,
| 50-51 Proprietor.
OFFICIAL.
Notico to Bridge Con
tractors
0?4 the 12tli day of March next, I will let
out to the lowest bidder in front of the
fbnrt House,hit Quitman, Ga., the contract
to builu a little bridge near Col. Jones’s
residence, in the read leading from Quitman
ti> Tallokus; provided the contest between
bidders will be under $75.
EDWARD P. HARDEN,
J. 0. C. lb C.
Quitman, Ga., Feb. 13, 1577.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Bridge to be 52 feet long; 2 arches on
mud-sills sunk 2 feet in the ground; upright
parts to be of heart pine 12x12, and to be
10 feet high; to extend 3 feet above the floor
ing of the bridge to receive the bannisters;
sleepers of heart pine, 10x12, bevilled at top
to 2 inches to receive flooring, mid 18 feet,
long and 5 sleepers to the arch; hutments to
rest uppn timbers, lienrt pine. 12x12, mor
ticed into posts, sunk 4 feet in the ground;
flooring, heart pine, ox 2 inches, nailed down
with 40 penny nails; bannisters to be heart
pine, 10x12, morticed into upright posts and
securely pinned. Work to be 1 inspected by
Col. Jones and J. E. Morrow, and to proceed
under their direction and supervision, and j
not to bo paid 2or until favorably reported j
by them, 2 *
Splendid Plantation
COMPLETE OUTFIT
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FOlt WALE!
A splendid PLANTATION in most exee
lent repair,
NEW GIN HOUSE,
New Morse Power,
i\*w Meli]se Screw,
NeW Gin, New Cabins,
An Excellent Dwelling House,
Good Out-houses,
Corn anil Fodder,
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Mules and Horses,
Cows, and other stock,
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Wagons and Carts,
can be bought clieap by applying to tEe
I undersigned The Plantation contains
520 ACHES OF LAND,
and is situated in as good liciiAiborfiriod as
there is in the State. Schools and churches
i near by. The lands arc good and productive;
; the water is excellent, and health unsur
passed. The place is situated in the centre
of what is known as the Hickory Head set
tlement, and is seven miles southwest from
Quitman.
Any one desiring such a place would do
well to confer with me at once.
JOSEPH TILLMAN,
40 Quitman, Git.
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GO TO
Badger Su Johnson's
TO GET YOUR WORK IH>NK !
Ikitronize Home Industry, Cnrrird on
by White Men Who arc Trilo
15350 Democrats !
“The list is the Chrfiposl in LV En<l.”
TTTILL DO ALL KINDS OF BUGGY,
V Wagon, Carriage, Gin, Engine, and
plantation work upon short notire, and at
IIAIM) PAM PRICES. Will guarantee that
no better work can be done South of Mason
and Dixon’s line than will be done by us.
We use none but tiio best. Northern and
Western hickory, oak and ash. Vehicles of
every description made to order. We will
keep constantly on band,
Hubs, Spokes, Wheel Rims, Plows,
and, in fact-, everything needed by the farm
ers and planters of the country. Give us a
trial is all we ask. Will be found fit the old
stand of P. W. Leverett.
In addition to our shop we have scenryd
the services of C. W. HOWELL, carriage
and buggy painter. Novtf()-tf
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
GEOIKIIA*—Brooks Connty.
R. M. Jones has applied to the Court of
Ordinary tor a homestead of realty and ex
emption of personalty, and I will pass upon
the same at 10 o’clock a. m. on the’2oth day
of February, at my office.
A. P. PERHAM,
50-52 Ordinary.
53 Head of Cattle !
OF IMPROVE!) BREEDS,
UOIi SALE CHEAP!
I > LEASE e-all .it THE REPORTER Offlco
1 for further infoimatiun. Will sell any
number that may be wanted. 47
Plantation for Sale.
For sale, at a bargain, 415 Acres of fine
farming land, ying in the Hickory Head
neighborhood of this county, well improved
and in good state of cultivation. Address or*
apply to H. M. Mclntosh, Reporter Office.
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CONSUMPTION.
A TRIAL box of Dr. Kissner’s celebrated
IX. Consumption Powders will be sent free
by mail post paid, to every sufferer from'the
above disease. This is the only preparation
known to cure or benefit that disease. Price
for large Box $2. Address,
ASH A BOBBINS,
42 360,Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bin Houses
and their contents insured in an old relial l
owpany. Terms liberal. o
S. T. KCnOSJBEHY, Agt.