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QniUtmn Reporter,
JOS. TILLMAN, Editor.
THURSDAY. MAY 24. 1577.
The Muscovites and the Ottoinoiu;
nro the most warlike gkrers in lii.sto
7-
The Russian ships Sultana, Boyn
tia, and Askold sailed on the 17th, all
under sealed orders.
Gov. Conner, of M tine, will proha
ldy bo rc-ndi.’huatc'd by Die llepul !:
cans without opposition.
The oldest man who graduates at
Harvard this year is thirty-one and
the youngest eighteen and a half
years old.
Ex-President Grant and family t m
barked on tho steamer Indiana ;m
last Thursday for Liverpool. Tin
shipping was gaily and ■ rated.
Cards of invitation in 1 tali, issue I
by a young lady and her mother, al
ways presents tho compliments of
“ Miss Smith and Airs. Smiths.”
The crew of the American brig C.
C. Sweeney, for tho United Stabs,
niutined on tho high sea ; and killed
the Mate; it has returned to Havre.
United States Marshal AV. H.
Smylhc has addressed a letter to At
torney General Devons, denying cer
tain charges made against him and
demanding an investigation.
A P aris dispatch of th e 17th says
that though all the ministers have
nominally resigned, Due dc Gazes ami
M. Berthant will remain in the Cabi
net under.any circumstances.
Captain Jonhs, of the horse marines.
Can’t feed his horse on pork and
beans,
Till C ongress meets he'll have no
means,
Because he’s in the army.
The Postal Commission are prepar
ing to complete their investigation in
tho Southern States hy a trip over
tho Air Lino to Atlanta. They start
to-day. Postmaster Key accompan
ies them.
On May Bth, the brig Orleans from
Cardenas, now in the port of Now
York, says she was struck by a water
spout, which Carried away her fore
topmost foreyard, upper and lower
topsailyard and all attached.
Secretary Sherman has notified
Supervising Architect Hill, that after
July Ist the Treasury Department
will disregard fifteen per cent, con
tracts for supplying stone for public
buildings throughout the country.
Verily, old Lilly Allen was right
when he said that in good old Demo
cratic days honesty was the rule; now
Congressman is in favor of putting
a “ light-house on every duck puddle,
or a harbor in every creek, or a post
office at every cross roads.”
There is a ministerial crisis going
on in France. President McMahon’s
letter to M. Jules Simon, caused the
latter to resign his position in tho
Cabinet. It is considered as one of
the most serious and perhaps most
fatal events since tho fall of M.
Thiers.
Here is the result of no appropria
tion for the maintenance of the army:
“ The within account is believed k> be
correct, and would bo paid by mo if
I had the funds available for that pur
pose.” That is much easier for tho
pay-masters to do them to count out
tho money.
The Deputy U. S. Marshals who
nro employed in guarding the timber
which lias been stolen from -Govern
ment lands in Louisiana have made a
demand upon Marshall Pitkin, of
New Orleans, for soldiers. Their re
quest has been sent to Washington
fat consideration.
Secretary Sherman also assured
him that only those who stood by the
Republican banner and “ bloody
shirt” through thick and thin, and
who helped to rob the people when
ever an opportunity presented itself,
would be tho recipients of tho spoils
of the Administration.
A Now Hampshire man, who was
asked his opinion of Macbeth, re
plied that ho thought he was the
smartest man we ever had in tho Sen
ate. He failed however id giving his
opinion ns to who was the guiltier
Macbeth or Lady Macbeth for mur
dering King Duncan of Scotland.
The steamer Collier Harrisburg, of
Boston for Philadelphia, came in col
lision off Cross Rip with tho schooner
Marietta Tilton, from Hoboken for
Boston, tho other day, sinking the
schooner in a few minutes. The Cap
tain and wife, mate, cook, and two
seamen were drowned. Two seamen
Wsre saved.
Senator Patterson, of South Caro
lina, but more properly of Pennsyl
vania, says- that none but good Re
publicans would bo appointed to offi
ces in tho South. If there are any
of that stamp, tho Southern people
have never been able to find it oat,
through an actual residence in the
different towns and cities.
! Fra:um and her Republicanism.
It seems bard for any power that
Ims for centuries been under the
control of Kings and Emperors to
change their form of government and
allow the people to bo supreme.
It is now telegraphed from tho Old
World that Franco is again on the eve
lof anew departure. President Mc
i Mahon, whilo assuming the garb of
| Republicanism, is really at heart a
. Ronapartist, and lms dismissed all of
i his Cabinet whom ho knew to be lie
; publicans.
In reality tho contest is tho safno
old ono between Republicanism on
tho one hand, and Orleanists, Bona
partists, or what not, on the other.
Tho repeal of the Press law, and
the bill relating to publicity of the
sittings of tho municipal council, were
tho grounds alleged by McMahon for
the dismissal of lii.s Cabinet; and the
appointment of a now one cn rapport
with his present views respecting the
contemplated >vnp d'rtat.
He has formed a now Cabinet by
calling that avowed it >: aprrti-t Due
de Broglie and wo may expect to hear
of terrible uprisings by the impulsive,
hasty, French people, and tho sequel
may result in tho deposition of the
present ruler, and revolution. A erily,
the Old World is in the throes of re
volt and anarchy.
—
Judou AYaknt.i; and A Convention.—
Judge Hiram Warner writes as fol
[ lows to Air. John T. Waterman, tho
editor of the LaGrange Reporter:
The convention had better be call
ed now when the times arc hard than
in more prosperous times, tor the
reason that it will bo more apt to
frame a constitution adapted to the
I condition and circumstances of the
! people. There are many amendments
and alterations which, in my jndg
| incut ought to be made in the pres
ent constitution; but as I do not
expect to have everything as I might
wish it to be, am willing to trust the
convention to frame such a constitu
tion as in their wisdom will promote
the present and future welfare and
prosperity of the people of the State.
To assume that the convention will
not do this would be to say that the
people of Georgia are not capiable of
self-government, Lot the convention
be called, and let tho people see to it
that the best and most experienced
men are sent to it.
Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith
is now 83 years of age, and is in del
ieato health. Ho lias been for sixty
years in order and for forty years a
bishop, and is the oldest bishop in
the country. By virtue of this, ho is
president of die college of bishops of
Protestant Episcopal church in this
county, a position that is equivalent
to an archbishopric. Ilis diocese
proper is the State of Kentucky, but
lie has resided for several years in
New Jersey. Becoming too feeble to
carry on the work, he has placed it in
tho hands of an assistant, and has
gone to New York, where be lias fam
ily ties, and where he says he intends
to spend the remaining years of his
life.
The Alarehioncss of Lothian, whoso
death was announced in a dispatch
from Rome on Sunday, was among
the distinguished pilgrims to Rome.
She had rented a hotel and was hold
ing a series of a brilliant r.:<••• pti ns.
She was seized with an attack of pleu
risy in consequence of exposure to
tho draught of an open window at a
reception on Thursday. Tho pope
sent her his special benediction, and
a To Deniu was offered up for lmr at
the church of the Virgin. She died
on Sunday afternoon, after a three
days’ illness.
A San Francisco girl on hearing
of a mortal accident to a discarded
lover “rushed to tho bedside of the
dying man, and, with eyes streaming
with tears and voice tremulous with
emotion, she brushed aside physicians
and attendants, and clasping her
arms about tho neck of her former
sweetheart, pressed his pale lips to
her own and kissed him repeatedly,
all the while calling him by the first
name in tones tho most, tender and
pathetic.” Then says the reporter,
she left to dross for her wedding to
his rival.
Letter was recently received at the
white house, from some evidently dis
appointed and misanthropic individ
ual, inclosing quite a series of ques
tions, which were suggested as proper
to 1 e propounded to applicants
seeking appointments under the new
civil service regulations. Two of
these questions, with answers appen
ded, were: Q. Where is tho United
States? A. In tho State of Ohio.
Q. AVho is the father of his country ?
A. J. Madison AVolls. Tho question
of adopting tho catechism lias not
| yet been considered by tho cabinet.
Another Mexican Revolution. —A
few days ago Porfirio Diaz was form
j ally inaugurated Preshlent, appa
rently by general consent and with
the hope of general acquiescence and
peace, But on Sunday last a revolu
tion broke out in the State of Colia
liuilla which declared for Lerdo, and
a revolutionary army is again in the
field under General Valdes.
Cholera in India.- Tho Cholera
and othar pestilential diseases are
sweeping the district which was inun
dated by tho storm wave k t October,
and great mortality prevails. More
than fifty thousand deaths tiro report
ed from cholera alone, and the fatal
ity from pestilential fevers is very
great ■
Mr. Hayes knows no north, no
'south, no east, no west -only Oaio.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga., AI ay 1!), 1877.
Editor Uei’outku: I have just re
turned from New Orleans, and will
now try to redeem my promise to say
something of tho Southern Baptist
Convention and other matters.' The
convention wna not largely attended,
owing to its being so far Southwest,
but its sessions Wero animated and
enthusiastic.
Dr. J. P. Bryce was elected Presi
dent without opposition, though the
case might have been different if Dr.
P. IT. Aleil had been present.
TIIE COLISEI'N PLACE CHURCH;
in which tlio body met, is truly mi
elegant building and admirably adapt
ed, by its appropriate construction,
for preaching and for tho sessions of
tho convention. The scats arc com
fortable. and are arranged in circular
form and gradually rise us they recede
from the stand. Tho basement is
also very commodious and handsome,
and is used for Sunday-school and
prayer meoting, and was found very
convenient for tho mooting of com
mittees and as a grand lunch room,
where the delegates enjoyed tho ex
cellent coffee and sand witches pre
pared by ahe kind-hearted ladies of
the Church.
AMONG THE DELEGATES
wore to bo seett the familiar faces of
nearly all tho most prominent men
of tho denomination. \Ye however
missed Broadus, Jeter, Curry, Mid],
Brantly, and a few others of the liv
ing; but most of all, Dr. Richard
Fuller, recently deceased. Ho was,
as a preacher, “head and shoulders”
above them all, and wo sadly missed
his commanding form and his elo
quent words. But there is a divine
law of compensation, ami others rise
up to take tho places of those who
have departed. AVc have many prom
ising young ministers coming to the
front who may yet be the peers of our
fathers, among whom I might name
Hawthorne and Lowry, of Alabama;
Eaton, of A’irginia; Lofton, of Mis
souri, and many others who could
properly be mentioned. Asa de
nomination tho Baptists have as much
talent in tho ministry and in the laity
as can be found in any other Christian
denomination.
There wero
NO MEASURES
of special and prominent interest
brought before tho convention, or of
such character as to excite any very
great enthusiasm. The reports of
the two great Boards of Home and
Foreign Missions were much more
satisfactory than was anticipated.
The homo board, which lias, been
greatly embarrassed for several years
with a money debt, has almost a
clean sheet, and will commence the
new year with high hopes and bright
prospects.
GEORGIA CONTRIBUTED MORE FUNDS,
by far, than any other State, which
fact is highly gratifying to us who
live in her limits. She gave for for
eign missions, 31,311.68; for home
missions. 50,722.45 —making a total
reported to tho convention of $lO,-
007.13. But it must not be forgotten
that she gave thousands that" wero not
reported to the Southern Baptist
Convention—perhaps enough more
to make tho aggregate of all her con
tributions for benevolent objects at
least $20,000.
During tho session of tho body,
FINE PLATFORM SPEECHES
were made by Yeoman, of Missouri;
Woolfolk, of Kentucky; ITillyer, of
Georgia; Loudrun and Jones, of Ten
nessee; Eaton, of Virginia; Winkler
and Tichenou, of Alabama, and others.
The speech of tho convention was by
| Dr. Winkler, on the Italian mission.-
There was no'lack of speakers, and I
fear that some left tho convention
“disgruntled,” as old Jesse Mercer
used to say, because they did not
have ail opportunity to give us the
benefit of their wisdom.
Take the convention all in all, it
was exceedingly spirited and har
monious, iiud left a most favorable
impression upon the Church and
upon those citizens of New Orleans
who were brought in contact with ils
delegates. The convention meets
next year in Nashville, Tenn.
I must not close this letter without
telling you of the
GREAT CATHOLIC JUBILEE
which occurred on Sunday, tho 13th
inss. It was the semi-centennial cele
bration of the Priesthood of Pope
Pius IXtb, and was a remarkable
event in Catholicism. High Mass
was held in all the twenty-six Catholic
churches in tho morning, and in the
afternoon the grandest procession
ever seen in New Orleans, and the
largest crowd that I ever saw, assem
bled in Lafayette to hear the oration
and to witness other services. I had
the honor of seeing the Archbishop
Perchix, many distinguished priests
and citizens, among whom I may
mention our Confederate General
Beauregard.
At night—Sunday night!—there
was a grand display of fire-works.
This I did not see. In all that I, saw
and heard, there was nothing to re
mind mo of the Holy Sabbath, or to
impress upon me the sanctity of the
day wo are commanded to keep holy.
I was, however, impressed with the
sincerity and devoledness of tho be
lievers in, and tho followers of Pope
Pius IN . I could but wish that Bap
tists and Protestants were its earnest
in their religion, and as thoroughly
convinced of the truth of the tenets
they hold, as the Roman Catholics.
I believe with all my heart that
Catholicism is a delusion, but I can
but. admire the spirit of its followers
and tho zeal of its devotees.
I wish I had time to. tell yon of tho
delightful
STEAMBOAT EXCURSION
down the Mississippi on Monday after
the convention adjourned, 'l ho finest
steamer on the river, tho Robert E.
Lee, was chartered for the purpose of j
carrying delegates and others to the
celebrated jetties at the month of the
! river. About 300 people, including
100 delegates, left Now Oilcans nt 0
o’clock and returned at 11 p. m., and
enjoyed a day of rare plcasuro and
profit, in looking upon tho many
magnificent rice and sugar plantations
and orange groves along tho river,
and in inspecting the far-famed jet
ties, to say nothing of tho cheerful
conversation, tho good eating, tho
splendid music, the lively speeches,
Ac. What a treat you missed ! V.
A Spanish Lesson.
It is strange indeed that Spain,
with her history, should now bo able
to give a lesson in clemency to the
United States. Such is the fact. The
■Spanish Government, while the rebel
lion is still raging in Cuba, has grant
ed pardon, without reserve, to all
: persons banished from that island for
j political reasons; It has raised the
j embargoes on tho property of insur
gents who havo surrendered or shall
l surrender before Iho end of the war,
; except tho chiefs (still fighting) of
those who having been pardoned
j have rejoined the rebels. \\ bile
' Spain thus leniently treats the men
who are still in arms against her or
openly simpalhizing witii her enemies,
the government of the United States
continues to withhold a full amnesty j
from some of those who sheathed tho
sword of twelve years ago. Surely
we should not let our’,elves be out
donoin magnanimity by a nation such
as Spain I If the Spanish monarchy
now feels so little fear of the revolted
Cubans that it can pardon them
before they have surrendered or taken
the oath off -alty, wo should think j
that this republic could afford to ro-1
store to complete citizenship all those
to whom that boon has been so long
d< nit and. This act of justice should
have been performed in tho Centen
teunial year, and would have been
but for the bitter partisanship of the
Senate. —.V. }'. Journal <pf Commerce.
A Nmv Keelev.—The St. Louis pa
pers chronicle anew “Keeley motor”
which is going to supersede every
other power. It is called the Non
oxhausiing, Pneumatic, Hydrostatic,
Paradox Engine,” name enough to
kill any machine ever invented. It,
is going to out-do the “Keeley motor”
all to pieces, but ns the Keeley did
nothing but humbug the people this
assurance is not comforting. As
with the Keeley somo very extraordi
nary part of the machine is yet to be
perfect and never will be.
Hobart Pasha declares that “it is a
grand sight, to see an army and navy
such as the Turkish, without pay for
months —aye, you may nay for years—
sacrificing all for their country; no
tobacco, often short rations, but hap
py as children and brave as lions.”
It would be interesting to hear from
the “shorts” on this subject.
The silence of ofd Sitting Bull Alor
ton is ominous. He is laying torpe
does under the Hayes branch of the
republic. Jim Biaine, of Maine,
holds the string and will touch them
off at the proper moment.
New Advertisements.
Claim anti General
BUSINESS AGENCY,
Atlanta, GS< h oi*£?ia.
milE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED
.1. an office in the rity of Atlanta for ttie
collection of claims, private and public,
i and for the transaction < *f business generally
j with tbe various Departments at the Statu,
i Capital and at Washington. Salaries of
public officers collected and promptly for
| warded, and copies of offi -i and papers furn
ished when di sired. Orders solicited.
• Charges moderate.
J. R, SNEED,
May 20, 1877. Allan tn, Ga.
MOW TO LIVE
—IN—
FLOR 11>A. I
7 jQW TO GO, COST OF TKIP, COST
jj. L to settle, what to cub irate, how to
I cultivate it, etc., etc., all told in each limn
! Ixt of tho FLOliJi> V N y. .V-YOKKEU, pub
-1 1 isliod at 21 Pari: llow, New York city. Siu
glo copy 10 cents; one year sl. 40 acres
orange land for 850. On line of railroad,
country healthy, thickly settled. Address
J. 13. OLI \ Tali',
General Agent,
221- IVox 5,520, New York.
2STOTICJE
-I N ACCORDANCE WITH THE IJF.COM-
I. mciiilatioii of the Grand Jury nt Hie May
Term of Brooks Superior Court, 1877, J will
receive at the office nt the County Court of
Brooks county, for the next 30 days,
SEALED PROPOSALS
to place a now roof on the Court House at
Quitman, Ga., with first quality heart pino
shingles, one-half inch thick, 4 inches wide,
19 inches long, to show 0 inches. All the
shingles to lie carefully drawn and jointed,
and roof to be covered with three solid coats
of fire-proof paint, of tho best quality nian
factuivd. Doth contracts to bo fi t to the
same contractor, reserving the right t<> re
ject all or any bids. The contractor will be
required to h#ve this work done by a first
class, expert mechanic, and if a person not
, lechani ib nil ■ proposals, when
he makes his bid he will be required to name
the mechanic who will be employed to
superintend the work. The work to bo
completed in 00 days after the contract is
let, and to be paid for,, on the Ist November
next.
Edward r harden,
Jud y Comity Court Brooks Cos.
Quitman, Ga., May 10, 1877. 221-225
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U'V JXINYN IT, <4 A.
ARE CONSTANTLY IN RECEIPT OF A GREAT MANY
inquiries from all parts of this State anil Florida, where we do not advertise,
so that we find it almost impossible to answer each inquiry separately. W o
now take this method to explain to tho readers of THE REPORTER all
the particulars necessary for them to know. In a very short time we will
publish in this paper as COMPLETE A PRICE LIST AS IS POSSIBLE.
We now call your especial attention to this:
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prices attached, provided a 3 cent postage stamp is enclosed and every arti
cle mentioned which parties desire, and can be sampled j but do not write
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guarantee every article to come up to sample, and if unsatisfactory, it can
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intentionally, but give ns the benefit of the doubt, and beforo returning it,
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goods anil it is impossible to keep every
pattern for any length of time. Such and
similar goods we guarantee to fill, by giving
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possible.
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ing goods he very particular in writing their
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as definite as possible, especially on articles
of which samples cannot be sent, we would
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us to form a proper idea of what the article
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fi. Whenever it is we prefer
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livery) by Express, and if requested, we will
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payment. *
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amounting to twenty dollars or over. This
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prices) that we cannot afford t o do better.
We admit there are houses who pay freight
on ten dollars worth of goods, but common
sense teaches plainly that their profit must
be larger than ours, or else they could not
afford to do it, and, therefore, in tuch cases,
the party ordering the goods of such a house
pays tho freight after all —only indirectly.
We havo endeavored to be as honest and candid in ouf statements fts the
language at our command Can do it, and if this fails to convince, we do not
know what can.-
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tary, and affirm it herewith by cur signature.
Tory Respectfully,'
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AND DEALER IN
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