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THE GAZETTE
HL'MMKKVII.LK, HA.
jr. C. LOOMIS,
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THURSDAY MORNING, HAH. 7. 1979.
MATTERS Ilf KL'BOrK.
Ragland is pushing forward her pre
parations for war rapidly—-ordering the
Manufacture of torpedoes, buying tele
graph wire to \os with them, fitting up
smbulaoeea, bsyonets, etc. It is now said
to be doubtful whether the conferonoe
about which so much has been said will
be held. Russia proposes to settle with
Turkey alone some questions which Eng
land and Austria think should be decided
by the conference—hence the doubt.
Russia is said to have given Austria as
suranoes which have made an Anglo-
Austrian alliance much less likely. Some
think that the Turks have become satia
ted that it it best for them to have a
Russian protection established over them,
aad that Russia, after contending with
the other great powers in the conference
for the terms ot peaco as published, will
Stake a show of yioldiug enough to satisfy
than, and after the ceufetence has ad-
Jeuraod carry out an agreement which
they think the has secretly made with
Turkey. Altogether it must be admitted
that there is a strong smell of sulphur in
the tauten breeiee.
LOUISIANA.
Th# prosecution of tbe "Returning
Beard" in Louisiana for forgery ad pet
jary iu making returns of the lust Presi
deatisl election, in an important part of
aurrent political history, auii it is well
enough to take a iittlo pains to form
correct and impartial opinion concerning
it. Republicans nlaim that the mouther*
of the K(Horning Board are men of spot -
lean reputation, whose real eritue consist#
simply in the fact that they are Republi
cans, and denounce the prosecution as
"the greatest outrage which has over
occurred in American history." To
know something of the previous conduct
of these uteri may help us in forming our
opinion. The laws of Loaisinrm provide
for n Reluming Board to count tho re
turn* in all general elections, and give
them the authority lo <Jimw out the votes
of any place whero tho election was not
fhirly conducted: hut the laws arc very
explioit in laying down the method in
which anv unfairness shall tie proved.
Thu laws say that the Returning Board
ahall oonaist of five members, not all of
the same political party: but in 1876 two
white men, Wells and Andovson, and two
negroes, Kenner and Uassanave, all Re
publicans, composed the Board: the
Democrats had made many attempts to
bare the vacancy filled, but had failed,
la 1875 a Congressional committee com
posed of five Republicans and two Dem
ocrats investigated the aetion of the Re
turning Board, of which Wells and An
derson were then members, in making up
the returns of a previous election ter
State representatives, and roported in
those words: "We are constrained to
declare that the action of the Returning
Beard on the whole was arbitrary, unjust,
•ad ia our opinion illegal, and that this
arbitrary, unjust and illegal aetion alone
prevented the return by the Board of a
majority of conservative members of the
Dower Uousd." And they ‘‘recommend
ed to the House of Representatives of
Louisiana to take immediate steps to
remedy sttid injustice, and to place the
parsons rightfully entitled in their seats."
The United States’ House of Repre
aantativee was Republicaa by a decided
majority, but tho testimony was too
pointed to be ignored, and tho report was
adopted. Wells was .thorn President of
tha Returning Board, and the committee
reported this additional circumstance
concerning him. He lived in the Rapides
Parish - The returns seat to tho Returu
lug Board from that parish showed a
majority fertile three Dcoiacratio candi
dates for Bute representatives. No pro
test or chargs of intimidation aceoui
paaied the returns: but certificates of
elcotiou were issued to the three Repub
lican candidates. The committee founi
among the papers relating to the elections
•n affidavit signed by Weils himscll,
charging intimidation at certain polls:
the votes at these polls were thrown out
by Wells, and the Republican candidate*
hd a majority of the votes at the other
pells. This document was not brought
before the Returning Board when they
were canvassing the votes, and it was not
dated, the committee also ascertained
that Wells was not in tbe parish on the
day af Hn afwttoa They innwnl him to
appear before them and explain; hut ho
l did not come- Yet in speakiqg ol these
men lost year, Sherman, than Republican
I Senator from Ohio, now a Cnhiuct officer,
I said in the Senate that he belieVcd they
were ns honest and honorable gentlemen
as himself. How fur party fouling will
drive men in these days!
The feeling of the people n‘f t lie South
finds fitting expression in the following
extract from a speech of Mr. Chalvers, of
Mississippi, delivered in the Mouse of
Representatives on the 26ta ult; "It is
claimed that Anderson should not have
been prosecuted because the lives of
traitors wore spared. The man who takes
up arms in defense of a constitutional
principle is not more a traitor than lie
who robs the people of their elective
franchise. If we were traitors we met
you ill the field and staked our lives upon
the justice of our causa. It the Return
ing Board and their aliettors were traitors
to Republican liberty, they; with perjury
on their lips, forgery on their hands, and
usurpation in their hearts, under cover of
darkness attempted to steal away the
prioeless jewel of constitutional liberty,
and will go down to history linked in
infamy with the blackest traitors on the
tide of time." In the same speech he
quottd a remark of Pre.-ident J.inoiln
which wc do not recollect having seen
before. Standing on the field of Gettys
burg after the buttle, be said; “The men
who held these heights will lie remember
ed forever, but the men wlm charged up
those heights will live in history, too, and
I shall always bo proud to remember that
they were my ooun rynien. ”
HOARD COMMIHNIONKKS ROADS AND
Revenues.
SUMMERVILLE, Ga., March sth, 1878.
Regular term.—Present, A. P. All
good, J. T. Hendrix, T. B High, and
K. R. Foster.
Ordered that W. D. Kellettbe paid for
receiving ami dieting prisoner, $3.00 out
of jail fund.
Ordered that IV. 1) Kcilett reoeve foi
summoning jurors usd wued for court
house $8.75.
Ordered that Trim Manufacturing
Company lie paid for books and express,
sash and glazing for court house, $10.77.
Ordered that the entire pauper list l>c
paiil as before.
Ordered that W. K. Neal he appointed
Road Commissioner in the place of C. I>.
Gaines, he being over ago, ioi the 940th
district.
Ordered that the Ordinary he paid
$2.44 for purchasing b -ok? fer his office.
Ordered that Joseph Abrams be paid
$89.05 for building court house fence and
steps.
Ordered that Win. Penn ho paid for
lumber h r icnc.ng court house sl7-57.
Ordered that the fence around the
court house he painted, and that the eon
tract he let out to the lowest bidder; bids
tube rcaeived by Judge Hendrix and
contract let on the ltiih day of March,
at 2 o’clock P. M-, according to th> 10l
lowing specification: That two coats ot
white ’ead he put on outsideaud in, with
a slate color on barge at bottom ttud on
step*.
Ordered that Hubert Williams have
permission to change the road an his own
lanJ, at his own expense, by putting it
in qnnditiou that the commissioners will
receive.
Ordered that the Board will hear all
statements for or against the new road
from Mrs. Moseley’* by Richard Echols’
to Wyatts & Clcghorn’s mill at our next
regular meeting.
Ordered that John S. Clcghorn be
authorized to purchase orchard grass seed
enough to sow the court hou-o yard.
Ordered that the Summerville Gazette
bo paid $1.50 for publishing the proceed
ings of this Board.
A. P. AllciooDj Chairman.
K. 11 Foster, Clerk. ' '
CKIMB.
John Back alow was killed by Green
Clayton in Atlanta on the night of -fie
23d ult. Bucknlcw was a desperate nviua
tad had abused Clayton very much before'
the latter made the fatal thrust.
The south-bound train ou tho Texas
Central railroad was attache 1 at Al eu
Station on tho night of the 22d ult., an
the express car wan robbed of $..'5.0 0
'ihe passengers were not molested.
One hand ef Mo’ly Maguire*, who ha.,
bean operating i- *".etim* Gi
ber! Ood ol lew* '<'s. ••m, oc : ' i.o
•ylvatia Central iabroad, ba* been .l
tecUd and 1 1 n ui The sheriff of
Westmoreland ooun y a:**r c> ssiderahlc
witching, fixed his vuspuciotis on one
Parafitr. ami sut.-ee-ied in inducing him
to Uiakt a *u.i c tvessi. n. i’arafirt
elateuiem* were sre- war-i- c rrohorati and
b> an ther of Gtc gang They have hr, and
hart! feeling* he ween the miners and t 1 o
owners ol the mines, organized strike,,
burned bouses, vmgous, and haystacks,
and killed tuie man. ihe rear ol the band
hare fled, closely pursued by detectives.
The whipping-post law was inaugur-t ted
at Bristol, on the Virginia side, last
Saturday, by the legal castigation of a
colored offender by the officer Thirly
losses were administered. Thu offense
was stealing a bnakut.
Washiegton Letter.
Washington, D. 0., Fh. 26,1878.
People fond o'' their little jokes are
: often starting rumocs that Secretary
1 Sherman will resign if curtain things are
j done or left undone. It the administra
| tion did not interfere to save Well- and
Acderson, Sherman would rc.-ign, and if
the silver bill passed be would resign.
He has never Leon known to resign. No
, Sherman ever resigned anything, or re
| fused to accept anything. He not only is
not to resign r.ow that the silver bill has
passed, but he has commenced prepara
tions, in advance of its becoming a law,
to carry out its provisions. lie will not
resign, and lie will not outrage public
sentiment to such an extent that Hayes
will be forced to di-uiiss pim. What
iSberman will do is to cling to bis present
office until he thinks be can get a better
one.
A city paper this morning aptly iilus
trates Mr. Hayes' supposed state of mind
on the silver/bill, which goes to him for
action to-day as follows:
“The reliable contraband—we bog par
don, the man from Ohio who has talked
with Hayes—said at 4 o’clock day before
yesterday, that tho silver hill would cer
tainly be vetoed. At 4:15 lie informed
us that Mr- Hayes would sign the bill, i
accompanying hi* signature with a veto
message or words to that effect.. At 445
the intelligence burst upon us that the t
bill would be allowed to become a law
without the de facto Presidential signa
ture. At 4 o'clock and it* minutes, h.w
ever, Mr. Hayes, in response to an inquiry
as to what action he woul i take, r< a ;rl
that he would not only give *he n >■:
close -eiitdny but ilia he w old a!
the at tenth, ol Ac (a hi net t. it.”
()n Sa'ttrda. .1 t’du " iota!.. i*n t
the 1 oti <u At C'Oiasej tor •
new h i 1. Tin c- are, h a over, (her
p'pai: within the power ot Vi. 'arson or
putting off ihe evil day wh n 1 e will g - |
to the penitt’ntia'V A.ter they are ,n j
turn exhaaatcc me the danger that •
Governor Nichols will pardon b in, out of j
deference to the well knowu wishes of
Messrs. Hayes and Sherman.
It is now said that the Pacific railroad
committee will recommend aid to t e
amount of ten thousand dollars per utile
to the Tex .> Pacific road There arc also
indications of weakening on the part of)
some of those menu ersot the flou-e who I
have expressed a determination to fight ‘
any subside - fur ocean steamship com- ;
ponies.
The suppression of liquor elling in the
cnpitnl has had good effect upon the
trade ol the nearest restaurant, the “Con
gressional." Tin amount of money taken
over the bar at that piaee, from Congres.v
mo j, lobbyist-, employes at. visitors, is
now very great, and the iauwaao shews
to what an extant liquors were formerly
sold inside tlm oapitol Last spring, at
the cud ot th, -ssiei,. while the czcile
ment over tho Electoral rount vaa great.
I am told the bat receipts tha "Con
gressional" were over four hundred dol
lars per day for six weeks A great maov
people are anxious that the “Moffet
punch,’ which lias Loon in use in Vir
ginia, of lute,-should be ad pled in this
District. The seller of liquor by the
glass is, bilged to turn a wheel, the wheel
ringing a bell, every time “a drink’’ is
sold, and to pay to the Sta'e a fixed sum
for every such sale. The receipts of the
State of Virginia from this source are at
the i ate of half a million dollars per
annum;
This reminds me that Murphy yester
day spoke to ten thousand people, on the
subject of temperance, from the capital
stjjps. lit Sus the largest meetings that
ever assejrfJcd in Washington, yet other
meetings oTtne same character, but con
trolled by temperance meu who do not
like all of Murphy’s methods, are largely
attended at the same time.
Ffminole.
V . ,
are many tilings a man can run
away from —an impending suit, his credi
tors, bis family, hisdut.es. But no mau
auueeeocd in ruonkg auy trout
,L|uAeU
JAPANESE MONET.
One of the greatest curiosities In
Japan to the stranger is t: wonder
ful variety of coins that are used daily.
In some Instances it takes one thou
sand pieces to make out- doll ir. These
sre called “cash,” and are sel lout re
ceived by foreigners, .o, ns a gen
eral rule, refuse to take them in
change. Imagine making a trade of
five eonts, and giving a man a flfty
oent piece, then receiving in change
four hundred and fifty of these cop
pers. Thl* ootu L* peculiarly made,
having a square bole In the centre.
They are about the size of our dime
pieces and nearly two-thirds the
thickness. Next to this comes the
quarter of a cent, eight-tenths of s
cent, and the one and two-cent pieces.
In silver coin* they have the five,
ten, twenty, flfty-uent and one-dollar
pieces. In gold, the one, two, five,
ten and twenty dollars, wuioh are very
pretty coinages Indeed. Next to this
comes the Government stores of pa
per money, in various denominations
rangingdrom five cuts toono hundred
dollnts. V ■m, c.e> i made on quite
inferior paper to ours, and. from gen
eral appearance, will not lust like the
American money.
GERMAN EXCAVATIONS.
The success attending the German
Excavations at Olympia gives great sat
isfaction in Berlin. One after the other
the figures formerly adorning the east
ern part of the roof, and minutely de
scribed by I’ausanias.are being dragged
from the bowls of the earth. Nike has
been found In tolerable preservation ;
the head of Kladeosist here; Myrteilos
Is announced, and Zeus just emerging.
The undertaking is chiefly due to I’rof.
Curthts, who .many years ago Insist
ed m>on an exiiedition being sent to
the virgin soil of the great Oreclan
play ground. Twenty-flve years had
to elapse before the wish expressed
by the great nrchteologist was fulfilled,
but the Interest the Crown Prince
showed in the suggestions of his late
tutor eventually secured tho execution
of the plan. The excavutions are
Carried on under the superintendence
of Dr. Hirschfeld and Herr Botticher,
the one a well known archaeologist,
the other a competent engineer.
Hep.r Metzoer is of opinion that suc
cess in instantaneous photographs
depends more upon the excellence of the
apparatus and chemicals employed, and
rapidity of manipulation, than on the
pratiee of any particular theory or pro
cess. Of the many descriptions of collo
dion best suited for instantaneous photo
graphy, a material freshly prepared, to
gether with a neutral ten per cent, silver
bath, appears to be preferable. For
developing he employs the following for
mula, adding as much alcohol oa may be
necessary to make the solution flow even
ly over the plate, namely: Water, one
hundred grains; sulphate of iron, five
grains; acetic acid, three grains. Hi
negatives are intensified with pyrogaUie
acid, which is used very carefully in
order that the harmony of the pi tores
msy not be destroyed. The plate should
be exposed as soon as possible after its
•lit from the silver bath, and developed
immediately after exp<ure.
NICK VEKMUS FKKT AND WRISTS.
Everyone must remark that a favor
ite article of winter clothing for chil
dren la a comforter swathed round the
neck. This U a great error; the feet
and the wrists are the proper mem
bers to keep warm; the face and
throat will harden into healthy Indif
ference to cold; but that muffler, ex
changed for an extra jiair of thick
socks and knitted gloves, would pre
aerve a boy or gill really warm and
well. Bronchitis and sore throat have
declined fifty per cent, since the ab
surd use of high collars and twice
round neckerchiefs went out of fash
ion , and if the poor would take better
care of their children's feet half the
Infantile mortality would disappear.
It only costs a trifle to put n piece
of thick felt or cork into the bottom of
a boot or shoe, and the difference is
often considerable between that and 4
doctor's bill.with.perhaps, the under
taker's beside.
TUX FI.ORAL MARVELS.
The Horticulturist gives an account
of two novelties among flowers, which
It Is almost tempted to treat as fables
until their variety Is established by
personal inspection. Tho following Is
the description of them: “One is a
black lily in Santa Clara, California,
with three large blossoms, each nine
inches long, and perfectly black out
side tho green petals. The other Is to
be seen at Constantinople, nnd de
scribed by an eye-witness as belong
ing to the narcissus genius of bulb.
The flower represents a perfect hum
ming-bird. The breast, of a perfect
emerald green, is a complete copy of
this bird, and the throat, head, beak,
and eyes are a perfect imitation. The
hinder part of the body and the two
outstretched wings are of. a bright
rose color, one might almost say flesh
colored. These wondrous bulbs
should have been sent to the Vienna
Exhibition. They will be In abund
ance by the time of our Centennial
celebration in 1876. And yet they can
hardly be greater curiosities than the
strange and mysterious “ Sancta Spi
rit"" flower from South America,
with its life-like representation of
doves.”
LAMPS n iIUOCT Oil*.
It v.’Ul bean old thing *f w some
day fill <>ar la mi* with Iron filings
Instead of i-ijind n*e with
wicks. **3tet. at; csperimen mist in Bor*
Mli has s!.<iwii • r.at a brilliant, lasting
light may lie obtained by burning iron,
lie took a straight bar magnet of
some power, and sprinkled iron fil
ings on one of its poles. Applying to
this the flame of burning gas or spirit,
it took lire, and continued to burn
for some time as freely as any ordl
dmary combustible materials do. The
filings arrange themselves in accor
dance with magnetic force, and,' how
ever closely they may appear to be
placed, of course no two of the metal
lic filings are parallel, and conse
quently a certain amount of air 1j
confined as in a metallic sponge.
There was such an American offl
eial as Fostraaster General as early as
1775. A general order published on
the 14th of February of that year is is
sued “by command of the Postmaster
Geueral.” The order provided that a
mail for Now England should leave
Philadelphia weekly.
Mount Holyoke Seminary is principally
devoted to the furnishing of wives for for
eign missionaries. It has already furnished
116 of these wives.
DISSATISFIED.
! To tMs Editor qf The Gatftlt:
I have noticed through the columus of'
yonr paper that several parties with
whom I aiu well acquainted, left Georgia
to make Texas their future homes, a year
it s ago, but have satisfied their own
fninds that Texas is not what it is repre
sented to be. 1 congratulate them upon
the wise decision. I tell you, my friends,
Tcxx is not a paradise by any means.
Old North Gcoigia can’t be bettered
much, for, if a man will work, he can
always make a good living, and that is
haul to do in the “Lone Star State” —as
.it is termed—for the iramfis in this ec
. tion are always ready and anxiously
waiting to devour what few crumbs you
may chance to leave on your table. I’ll
guarantee fhere is not*a man on terra
I firma to day, who Can say he ever saw a
tramp in Summerville. Then, rny dear
friends, w hat it your jd ea for exchauging
Georgia for Texas?
The farmers are preparing the soil now
to try to make something to eat, as they
made a complete failure last year. How
can a man make money in Texas farming,
when his smokehouse is necessarily
obliged to he located in St. Louis, and he
can only get from 5 to 6 cents lor cottan,
and 50 cents for corn. If you cm manage
to get three square meala a day where
you are, I would advise you to stay.
Just as soon as I can make tuy arrange
ments to return, I expect to do so, and
locate in Chatt oga county, the land of
my birth. Boys and old tner., stay at
home. T. B. W.
Gregg county, Texas, Feb. 2b 1878.
LITTLE CHILDREN.
<lt en out of their hearts, and close their
doors upon them, have no idea how much
■ouifort they set aside—wbat pleasure,
what amusement.
Of course the little creatures meddle
with things, and leave tho traces of their
fingers on the wall, and cry [and “bother"
a little; hut, when one get* into the way
of it as mothers and other loving relative*
do, those things become of minor im
portance.
Children say such pretty things, and do
such funny things, the touch of their lil tic
hands is so soft, the scund of their little
voices so sweet, their faces are so pretty,
their movements so graceful and comical,
tho whole family goes baby mad—and it
is no wonder.
No book was aver written that was half
so interring as a little child that is
learning to walk and to talk and to think,
that is developed from a tiny animal,
into a being with a conscience and a
heart.— Acanthus.
WHAT FI.IKS DO.
An English chemist named Emereon
publishes in the Scientific American the re
sult of bi observation* of die*, with which
he has ex[>erimsnted. If what he reports
i* truthful there should be more kind
hearted Uncle Toby* to acknowledge the
debt we owe these little insects. Did yon
ever watch a fly who has just alighted
after soaring about the room for some
little timet He goes through a series of
operations which remind you of a cat lick
ing herself after a meal, or of a bird plum
ing its feathers. First the hind feet are
rubbed together, then each hind leg ,is
passed over a wing, then the fore legs un
dergo a like treatment; and lastly, if you
look sharp, you will see the insect carry
his proboscis over his legs and about his
body as far as he can reach. The minute
trunk is perfectly retractile, nnd it termi
nates in two large lobes, which you can
see spread out when the insects begin a
meal on a lump of sugar. Now, the rulv
bing together of legs and wings may be a
soothing operation, but for what purpose
is this carefully going over the body with
the trunk, especially when that organ is
not fitted for licking, but simply for grasp
ing and sucking up food. On placing a fly
under the microscope, to the investigator’s
disgust, it appeared covered with lira.
Mr. Emerson concluded that here was
something which at once required looking
into. Why were flies lousy! The fly
seemed to take his position very coolly, and
extending his proboscis, began to sweep it
over hia body as if 'he had just alighted.
A fiance through the microscope, how
ev. r, showed that the operation was not
one of self-tieautineatinn, for wherever the
lice wore there the trunk went. The lice
disappeared into tbe trunk, and the fly was
eating them. He took the paper into the
kitchen and waved it around, taking care
that no flies touched it, went back to the
microscope and there found animalcules,
the same as on flies. He had now arrived
at something definite; the animalcules
were floating in the air, and the quick mo
tions of the flies gathered them on their
bodies, and the flies then went into some
quiet corner to have their dainty meal.
The investigator goes on describing how
he continued the experiment in a variety of
localities, and how, in dirty and bad-smell
ing quarters, he found the myriads of flies
which existed there literally covered with
animalcules, while other flies, captured in
bed-rooms, or ventilated, clean apartments,
were miserably lean and entirely free
from their prey. Wherever filth existed,
evolving germs which might generate dis
ease, there were the flies covering them
selves with minute organisms, and greedily
devouring the same.
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T. E. CLEMENT, Publisher.
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA-