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f rnp T^VAfOf'lJ l r P “ * ^ /V iA^Vl. H . I>. SULLIVAN, t Kd,tor CLARENCE STEPHENS. [ * FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1878. ~ Itl LLiH k IS ACUUITTCII. Tlic Atlanta OonMHutinn of Tuesday brought us the news that ex-Goremor Htdiock was acquittied. This will Irani ljbea surprise to anv, as no one l* lieved he would he convicted. We blame uo one sow and here, we do not know wl<o Is deserving of censure, but must be allowed to say that If our At torney Generals and Solicitor Generals CTnnMdcb«Ortl,antl„ii« advocl. the abtogation of these offices at once, We have looked U|«n this ease all along as a great farce, and lielieve It would be better for the State to suffer wrongs silently than to pay 950,000 or *73,000 for the luxury of such solemn lionsencc, es,tecial1y .... when no v.tisTartim •••sir is reach- i ed at the end. Let Bullock go hotr.e and enjoy bis ill-gotten gains, the pert pie of Georgia can do without him, and if some of the State’s attorneys should decide to go with him, far be it from us to hinder them. Jt'ixdk mm. Ginaox. This gentleman has Superior recently closed the f.tll term of Burke Court after jour years of service in the Confederate Army he was unanimously elected Hena tor from the 18th Senatorial district, II# was also elected President of the Senate at its assembling and presided over its deliberations for two sessions, during a very trying time In our history, wit limit an api>eal lieing taken from his decisions. In January 1867 he was elected Judge of the Middle Circuit, by a Close vote over one of the most de svrvetlly jmtittlar Judges then on the Bench in this State and received bis .••imuiluiim i.oUliniMlon for lor four lour years vears from mini that umi 5s his first official duties in this county. From t lien till now lie has discharged thins and a part of a fourth. Heeonst ruction, Radicalism, military orders and caniet hagism in all their and rii met with a Drmnesa that afforded protection to all. Gen. Joe Morris nrnl tliu notorious Bryant have labored in vain upon a large colored population to create riots and bloodshed. With a sionai shmiil rtiurn reTun! ot o’f irom fl'onTon/to' one to two two Tun- nun tn munll'is' of" cMlms," ap.^iis "and' crimiiial cases, he has managed to trans art the business of the county in a few weeks each term With the aid of our excellent Board of f ounty Comniission ers a large bonded debt has been paid and to-d/y her scrip is at par. His decisions have been seldom ex toi; t, :l, t v G.0,1 ul k :Z,dv c<nM * ““ Sued a record in enviable nnd requir ed no ordinary skill. We tender him tho thanks of our i>eo pie for Id* iwsl services and hope lie timv continue to serve them while we well know know he lit deserves dtserses a i Mater better and and higher Higher transfer to our columns the above is, jH-rhaiis, one of the largest, truest Burke,” with the largest colored voting population in the State. Bryant, the notorious General Morris, Cwljo Fjre and other turbulent characters including, McWhorter Ilungerfonl, havedone their best to make race divisions and strife, and yet law and order lias been main¬ tained in the county. May it not be claimed ttial an impartial ami fair ad¬ ministrations of the laws has produced this happy result in “old Burke.” Judge Gihsou was born in Warren comity, his father and grand-father are buried iu her soil, at Moneghan Acade¬ my. lie was educated and practiced law for sixteen years in that county. 81c was appointed Judge of this circuit tujr Govvernor Cobb, and elected soon u^sw-.*-a. Iktmeiktad Andrew J. Miller's place in Hie Senate, and remained Senator until 1 SiVJ, when he volunteered as a private ill Uapt. Dortic’s company, and at the or gaiuzation .. of ,,, the 48th Georgia . regiment, was unanimously elected Colonel, lie wit* then ordered to the coast South Carolina, and made military com mnnder of the fitl District near Graham vtlle. At his request his regiment was ordeml to A irglnia, where they arrived iu June, and in the MYeu day* light around Richmond, Ma regiment was first to cross the Chiekahotniny, oppo¬ site Mechanics villa. The bridge was captured so promptly that the fleeing Yankees had not time to burn it, and tbe connect ion the next morning was made easily with “Stony null” Jackson's army, in the rear of ‘MdUWlan. when the heaviest musket li t' liafAie of the war WM made at Coal ilarbor, i_V>l. Smith, of Macon, having ilaen faUUS) wounded the day before, his tieUtwiiMruOAiut**! and Major lieing disatted, the eeuMiant of the regiment ;l ., n ,d e Ot iita.. 11. ffiem through U) Hill in safety. and honor to tbeauaelrea, being engaged every day but one to el*« fighting, rest iitg the last night in tlw (rout, on tho Mloo.lv »f Malvern Mi* At lie oecotid Matiassaa. alUumgh woomted, hi* regiment with tbe mtrepid 48 rightbrigade, drove the enemy near tion for a night. Crossing the FiMoaaac near Leesburg, they sue* re.tclud t!»e Bdtiutore and Ohio Railroad, *r*d upits higlimatiotain ; arrived at Iffltper’* Fejrr in War o' the Federal Arrov. when Jackson a j,j^a.'c«l in their front causing a »ur render of over ten thousand men and innumerable supplies. The next night they marched to Shepherdstown, and by sun up reached the Moody Held of Sharpsbnrg, where the gallant Ander sou and Wright felf with Col. Jones, of the 22d, which left Cot Gihaon in com niand of Wright’s brigade and a portion of Anderson’s division, here he held his posit ion for two long days, and withdrew his men in perfect safety at 12 o’clock at night, to the Western bank of tlie Potomac, where Lee's entire army had preceeded him. «nd atk. WIMen*^ kb comm.n.l. with W right s entire brigade, covered themselves with glory. At Gettysburg, after having reached Cero tery Heights and capturing twenty-three pieces of artillery, he fell after being shot l»y three ball*, and was left on the field and re ported a among the dead. For sixty days he lay upon the battle-field not being able to be moved, when lie was sent to Baltimore and kept in West building, Fort McHenry and Point Look-out, un til March 1W4 « n d U|ton being exchanged -retiimMwk,. — .„*>...... rendered at Appamattox, in front of Petersburg, at South Bottom. On the Weldon Road, be commanded Wright’s brigade in several severe fights. With this record of his birth and ao ««»« tt . wouio .. seem strange , that that th the . rx citement of the day should ever have cen sured him for parrying the blow aimed by the Radicals at the rights and inter , - , " ’ His prudent counsels have long 8,nce iicen heeded and he has lived to see the dav when rnanv ^ of “veTdle thoM who once cursed S ’ ^ toou ^ Slid faithful Servant !” MM11 rzassr --— Teach the Daughters. Teach them aelf reliance »•**««• >• Teach them to make good shirts. leach them not to paint and powder. Tench them to wash and Iron clothes. T, i,rh lh,-m maiketing for the fami ly. Teach them how to make their own dresses. Teach them how to cook a good K meal of thcra t,iat a one «, un d rw i ceu ts Tench , he. to regard the moraN, not the money of beaux. Give them a good substantial common school eduction. Teach them every day, dry, hard, prac tu-ai common sense. -— • —— - Oddities among the books. A short man Y™""* l ; c ll " v ; ; a 1 ; iirK ! ar r.^ir i , n SXZSZ rJZS; man going to the Dickens; a Islmrer at Id* Lever;, young woman with h-r Lover: Torn studying Dick’s Works; n lancer learning Shakespeare; .....il....... a servant looking ^ *i.« \ H ii.oi., l ’ . * i„ M xnii .’ . , „| a7 .ie r . '* , hour with l’alne ; a hedger . interested in Holland; s domestic man his tlftcim^a'womaiT ii; Tldcrs; a lazy 1 a ' m ;“ n-dia-'tor' wUh' 'tUinjan’* Wordsworth; a minstrel reading Emerson ; a tstliolic at 1‘opc ; s creditor plesscd with Sue, a jolly fellow laughing over Sterne. ---^ The latest weapon adopted by the Cali- 4 , „ fornia opponent* of tho Chinese immigrm tun. I* the charge that leprosy is a common disease among the coolies, and has been in some eases communicated to white i-eopte. An unnamed San Francisco doctor is said to have three eases under his eare—one that of a white woman, another that of a man, who claim, to have caught the disease from smoking Chinese cigars, and a sailor named Allen, who says he went on a spree eighteen months ago among the dens of Chinatown. He has lost some of his fin gers and toes, and lives soculdcd by himself iu a rude lint having at times to run away remove all of his toe* without pain. --—— - From careful research and inquiry it ap wears that no lesa than 2,8«.,83i,*» grains oui * u in are brought k into his count rv annually. After 5 . per cent, of this . amount, ; used for legitimate purpose, has been de ducted, there remains 6,12A,S#3 grains which are each day usd solely for the narcotic e ff f0 ts of the drag. Allowing to each opium debauehe W grains a day. which is said to bea very high average, it will be seen that there are not less than 204,000 of those unfortunates, In the United States. — ' — The simplest method for sharpening a razor is to put it for half an hour in water, to which lias been added one-twentieth of its weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid ; th ,. n HghUy wipe it off. and after a few hours set it on a hone. The acid here suji plies the place of whetstone by corroding the whole surface uniformly, so that, mdh "8 further than a smooth polish is neces sary. - The following anecdote was told by a preacher to be a fact: A preacher was liril yj n g and in his prayer he said ‘‘I prav Just then All old lUrkay in the congregation cried, **Yes amen Brets God! Cut him tail ***“ snl « k " • • *- Joah Billings says ; There’s one thing about a hen that looks like wisdom-they don’t cackle much till they have laid their eggs. Some pholka are alwas a bragging and cackling about what they aro going tew Several medical students have died from smatl-jiox at Eruptive Hospital, in Louis vltte. during the last few days. Trying to steal a small-pox corpse originated and dritemaiafcil the disease among them, The “Drop Garnet" The drop game was adroitly played upon Hear Admiral Walker, in New York, Monday, lie was about to deposit ft,too in *l |e Seaman’s .Savings Bank, when a ma " tapped him ou tfc- shoulder ' <' 1 ’ !, *ve <lropped one of your * as . the cashier* window He looked down and a “greenback*- on the- floor. He stooped to pick it up, and found it was only an imitation bill, ltut, when h» rose up, the confidence man was gone with his * 1 ’ 200 - h<= had left for three second* on t,ie 2T° account of the money since. mil Ih.toll ku b_. n.u . small town called McKinney’s, ipt the Cin einnati Southern Railroad, shout one hun dred and twenty-fire mile* south »f the re, and at t ' M ‘ **** Cumberland moan ‘f’"* T h “ * ecti ? d ’ gntll the opening mknn of , wn ' but the appearance of oil led to jnvesti^- l tions by Pennsylvania parties wilch result ed in heavy investments in land and apa ratus. One or two wells considerable!quantities and Hikings have been running out ot oil for * ome time, but the# were not l,K ' ato<l at s^'cssible point*. 1 A* reported the use of saml pump. There i* already considerable excitement here among spec utators. It is claimed bv those* interested that the Cumberland mountains district Is as rich in oil as Pennsylvania olfproducing regions, ore .. . ' ' " 1 ‘ "7 nu“ Z™. !‘ n,,rob , " °, f l,ogs packed in the W eat this . seasdn than in that of 1876-77. Returns from \liree hun , im j an( i e i,, ven J int U „ ’ tnet.idino ,nc l°dfng tlie thp six wx , W|,| II clt ... ' M shnw a decrease of 61o, - »P^nuary .’hi, compar^ with the corresfioBding " period last season ; but as . hogs are plenty, , it . is estimated .. that the ™u,*,,,..kk,B uhm -........ fully 6,300,000, while that for the season of 1877-78 was 6,101,308. It » also be l "r te *» weight as well as number, though to wlmt extent it is as yet imitossible to sav . | Brotiier Beecher, „ T ‘ TT"^ following in • the W ake of Canon Farrar conies at us now wlll, tl " : heiy. unlaiuccl conumlium. , “Is there a hell V*. Of course Brother ™'" ot Inmself tell whetber there is a hell or not, but there are people in ami around Bro Alyn, they say, who are of the opiryon ting few are better qualified by personal ^xperieno* than he to tell whether thertWit to . * ‘ -Cmtrkr-Journal ‘ t Dunne the recent Hi^jAb civil i*ir there their «*<*.»«•. you go into the army, Tom V” “Well,” replied Tom, “I had uo wife, and I loved war. What made you join the army, Jack?” “ r “Well ’ ” he ‘ reulied repueo, “Ihail riiau wife nue, and I loved ja:ace, so I went to the war.” ---■«» . -- ^ulu ^'‘'originating in measuring the distance the cold had to rae 1 You must have got your feet wet sometimes last year.” ---___ A ' v "o, o.t the death of her first husband, married his brother, has a por trait tr ‘ Ut of ° f tha former lmn hamrino g,ng in " hordininir l, ° r " g roon, ‘ 0ne di , ? 11 v » , ‘® . r ’ observ,n K the lwbitmg, asked : “Is that a member of your family ?” “Oh, that’s my poor was tlm ingenuous re plv. -------- A Philadelphian whipped his entire fam ly in one day, beginning with two children, following with his wife, then taking his two sisters-in-law in hand, and finishing with his mother-in-law, with whom, as the narrative says, ‘‘he wiped tho floor and Gov. Colquitt, by proclamation, declares I' 16 ‘ n *«« A ‘ l * n to £ he the Capital, ana t f 18 ‘ t®he in force from amt amr the .»t i or December, IS... _ lienee all discussion re utive to either question can now be very gracefully suspended. ~ — '* "■ A girl just home from boarding-school frightened her old mother almost out of her wits, the Other day, by asking, “Have you seen 'That husband of Mine’ • “Mamma," asked a precious j owngster a t * tea-table the other evening, after a long yearning gaze towards a plate doughnuts, “do you think I could stand another of those fried holes Q , ^__ w eva ,) a has a new law authorizing the puWlc whipping of wife beater*. A whip lling post has been ceremoniously placed iu front of the Court House in Austin. An Indian said, when he first heard it, he was surprised that the white men killed their Saviour, but since he knew them, he wondered that thev didn't steal his clothes, A school --------, inspector visiting a school said, _ “Now, children, who loves all men?” The question was hardly put before a four year old girl answered, "A 11 women. -— » — five prisoners escaped from the jail at Rome last Saturday night by cutting through six inches of wood and a brick wall fourteen inches thick, with a pocket knife, There are W.415 dogs in Georgia, ...... and they destroyed bet wr en April 1, 1874, and April 1 188.1 ’ 28.825 sheep. There is an officer to every 8 soldiers in our army. A* I was going off with my party heard a young lady in front of me re mark, in Flinch, to a young lady friend who had come to meet her: “I hare six dozen kid gloves sewed np in my petticoat and maiiu has a piece of silk tIul( j e up j„ heis/’ As I smiled at the remark, the young lady caught my P ,anee i UualieJ to the tip of tier nose an< * hastened on in great confusion My companions informed roe that she was the daughter of a member of Con gross from Hie West, and that be was a Te ry wealthy man—.V. Y. Letter. Auold man in New York refused not uu.tLiu, km Mi. mat » father should hav$ denied his own ^ SIfta u a favor M that? We are rather inclined to think, though, that inas much as it Is not wholly impossible that the old roan may have had some valid for hi>refusal, the son acted rather hastily, Clm not to fj ssv U.-CaurZrSuuwi. y ill tiyiuiz to kill - « ■» ■ w Wm. E. Chandler declares that Packard and Chamberlain made Hayes President, and then Hayes trampled them down.” Chandler thinks it was an outrage upon SS.tSlK-SSSUSS is the worst sort of an outrage upon jus tice.— Ctmrur-JourmU. — 1H78. THE , 07 * ’ ATLANTA CONSTITUTION For 1878, Will maintain the reputation it has already "on as the LEADING SOUTHERN DAILY. The particular features which has given a Popu^rtty f that might be continued, almost be termed such spec al „i!l no t only but improvements made br.manc, as will give ^v-vac.ty and to iM coiumus. EUtlUKlAL. ftittori at T>fpartmpnt UE1AKOIKN1 a n the tonics of the time will randidlv care .. lea j er ” w ui tie happily relieved hy light and pleasing essavs ujam social and fitcrary THE LATEST NEWS. The enterprise of the Constitution in gath ering and woIS^we^taT placing before its readers the illustrated ,.f late 1 tSn^'Ky "lien of absorbing on special occasions, transpiring, events and which public been interest made were ha* Ui,. s „bject of congratulatory comment by l>oth press and pcoule wd suffer no {'^efMhe oZbtulion'afX pMm^; commercial and news center of the .'Sd ample resources, will all be utilized for the 3ft ? f ,‘n (w^.f^anv^iait^nell^I^ SriX amt fresher, in this respect the Constitu tion lias NO RIVAL IN GEORGIA. It will be the aim of the editors in the iTX'V^ft'refleTrf {S*^vr, 11 ?,‘‘‘t!,.iV"titirtGm'imii• mer^nt, Sim«, 8, , XtUc »*^ m l tlclnirn and to render it equally welcome in tls eounting-room, and at "the firesuie. “Old s p- wm continue to air his qunint phv through its columns, and ‘‘Uncle unis" will occasionally warble one of Uu‘iness^.futo Sffa^thJ °‘ lh the WEEKLY CONSTITION Sl„to?iat t hateS"rl?Z P «* possibly suggest—a carefully edited resume of the latest news from all parts of the ^ific m ag^ went will find in its columns their complet est embodiment. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The terms of subscription an- as follows: six Daily Constitution one year, 810 oo ; M‘-ki onstltntimi one year, 82 00; six months, $100, Address, Always payable in advance. ia , l4 .. 78 . t 0 . 0 T,,E INSTITUTION,^ A. 0. & G. W. HOWARD, AT BARNETT, GA., Would inform the people of this vicinity New that they have just opened at their Dry Goods, Notions, Ready-made Clothing, Gents’Furnishing Goods, Ladies’and Gents’Hats, Boots and . hoes, Ac. e,~ Also, a well selected stock of _ FtUUilj (iTOCfrifS _ fid . _ PlOlISiOllS, . . ft adapted to the wants of the people, and at >r j , I*« '-niV' a, am ,Vi r ' ^ve " CW "w i ‘ i 1" Cl,n c o ri v ' i ,n no °° J*” 'Xm that we mean “Qt IK S^LES & SM\T I PRApI'P^’* * Our stock has been purchased since the great tumble in prices ; therefore, we can afford to give you the full value of your money. The highest price paid for Cotton an ‘ l al1 kinds of country ^nduce^ ' nov-2-18T7-n-w Barnett. Ga. Dr. Wm. M. Durham, Maxey's, Oglethorpe eonnty, Georgia, ,.oXn^mi'^h _ . ... . m5"r the pmcl tice be combines that of the late distin guislied I)r. L. Durham, deceased, of Clarke Co., Ga. Dr. Durham's practice is not eon t oTthis and'adjoining states. Dr. Durham does uot profess the to cure everv case, but his great success in diseases superior to that of the regular prac tice. Among the diseases which he treats ^^J'th^oUb^^^Rteum^is^ Bronchitis, Incipient Neuralgia. Dropsy, Dyspepsia. Scnifula Kings Consumption, g'jJvQ”* 1 ^*^* or Ftts, A"* t j u> jj ver auil Sidneys. Diseases Heart peculiar Disease, fe Secret Diseases. to male* a specialty. When £'$2£f^ you have gi K'JSSfSS! x ! S y m j>toMS in full, your age, Ac., with stamp. strictly confidential. , , , All communications aviglT-bm C. Myers is the agent for Smith's celebrated Cotton Presa. f /dr ml dm * , P ' A 3S &C9, IVE OFFER THE ABOVE MAGNIFICENT AMMONIATEDSUPERPHOSPH ATE to the planters of Georgia, and have no hesitation in recommending it to the fullest extent. We shall endeavor to meet all legitimate, competition and feel assured that all who use our articles will be highly pleased with the results. We also offer our EUTAW ACID PHOSPHATE we believe is equal to any in the market. COTTON OPTION given if desired. Call *a Agents for terms and prices. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., Proprietors, CHARLESTON, 3. C. C. E. SMITH, Agent at Crawfonlvilie, Ga. dee21’7T-n-w. IMPORTANT TO ALL. AklA aU AAA I )( )( ) ATT \y jT OX /. aa IXl*\ r /->. VxOOCXS j Ny 7 ’ Ol L 11 7 1 w « C Iothin» “ , 7 Hoots, ^ " Shoes and Hats, 7 r»s/"v 1VI Till I) n/AT bUitl) TA /'tTTT. IIt/Ae 7 4 Tl X l’f UK Al) /1 l AolI A QTT I I I l li V ___ T IlO HCW ^tOYC Of C. Ml ___________ ERS, 7 1» SlippllCd . With 011(1 HOW O CO III PlCIC . , StOGK. . a . flJ'I*\ ww fjcCKKlS. ^ , j wlOllillliJ', *,| • Ol o’ ISOOtS. * o. F^IlOCS _ ( 011(1 „ ImOIS * lOr tllC /. „ Jt Oil 7 * _ . .ORf f W '* I llf» y tttnPU k having been selected with much care reliable houses, at bottom figures; wil 1 hft Sold ilt fllE 1111 loWtf‘st TvHpP« P 1 fHld 0110 pvt»l»V K- v II V ill’flt’lD *tt Its. WllPl'flllfPrl a v Ail 1. CklllUll. Sill M/Uj US nm rPflFCSCIlted. - UWGmuu, batt’s ^ CS ftlld ^ » N>ll, hlCgC IaVI^Iw StOCk Of BrOS., M gTadCS DuT" Of 81lOCS will llC kept COIlStailtly OH haiKI. i aHlCS WaUtlllff ffOOttS VCIT 1 fOW i» lOl & i Uhll 'K Will r * 11 (lO ] WC11 ■, tO . . CO.ll* *■ N -M_-Fa.il Fllimhlc Rortfs itiKl 0 * 1,1 fififtOfil a spe CialtY. • a. ^ C. MYERS, sept-31-t-o-o CRAWFORDVILLE, OA. GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICE On All Kinds of Goods at the Storo of JOHN W. DARRAGOTT, (Merrier Building. West Corner of the Public Square,) .„, TT ,. GEORGIA. < . y 1 n AYE just returned from purchasing one of the largest and finest STOCKS Ol .<* 8. Mv Stock 'J 1;U embraces \ 1,avp Dress T e , v,r Gror.eHt Goods. to Ladies’ tins market. Ware, of HANDSOME all kinds; and Clothing, VARA (; ents - Furnishing Goods, Shoe* for Ladies’ and Misses’, Gents and Boys ; Glass, Or ai m cry 3 and House-Furnishing Goods, and in a word, anything you can call for. STYLE AND QUALITY. j have tver> . thlng for a eom^ete outfit and that of the beet. I do not keep shoddy goods of any kind. I have everything to be found in a first-class variety stora. are lower than they have ever been ; in fact they cannot be put good** any lower, and if you. will come and see and price my stock, I will prove to you that cannot be bought, cheaper in anv house ou the Ga. K. R. Y'our patronage is solicited, oct-19-h-w J. W. DARRACOTT. W. M* JACOBS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Bagging and Ties, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. ALL GOODS SOLD AT TEE VERT LOWEST PRIES.. 170 Broad Street, (Bothwell's Old Stand.) Ansrusta, Grcorgia. w tii6-t-o-0