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Bad Paper. —On account of the
failure of our regular supply of good'
paper to reach ns in time, we have been j
compelled to print several hundred of j
this week’s i.-sue on very inferior ) aper
The Albany Patriot has been pur
chased by Mr. S. S, Sweet, of Macon,
Ga , the name changed to “The News,”
and converted into a tri-weekly. We
wish our old friend and associate much
success.
A Cleveland, Ohio, lady, had a
dream of the drowning of a couple of’
the fino horses and the driver, on
Thursday night, and next day hor bus
band brought intelligence of its fulfil
ment.
Os the “Spalding Grays,” which
left Griffin, Ga ,at the beginning of
the war, one hundred and fifty strong,
only e’even could be mustered last
week to assist at the re-interment of a
gallant comrade.
Death of llon. T. H. Trifpb
The Cartersville Express announces
the death of lion. Turner 11. Trippe.
lie died suddenly it is believed of ap
oplexy, at his residence a few miles
from Cassville, on the 20th inst He
complained a short while before his
death of weakness and faintness, but
never spoke after be was se'zed by the
fatal shock—exp/red immediately.
The Reason or it. —The popular
vote in the election of 1864 was as fol
lows : Lincoln, 2,223, 035; McClellan,
1,811,754. If we added to the popu
lar vote for McClellan, the whole vot
ing population of the South, estimat -
ing it by the vote in 1860, of ten South
ern State, we shall hove the exact
strength of the opposition to the Radi
cal party The voto of these States
in 1860, was 759,035, which, added
to the popular vote for McClellan,
gives an aggregate anli-liadical
strength in the United States 0f2,570,
889, and an anti-Radical majority of
347,854 South Carolina, whose
Presidential electors were chosen by
her Legislature, is omitted in this esti
mate. These facts and figures explain
the patriotic solicitude ot the Radical
party to keep tbo Southern States out
of the Union,
General Tilton.
We regret to learn that this gentle
man has resigned his commission in the
army of the States, as by so do
ing, our State i3 deprived of his valua
ble services as chief of the Freedmen’s
Bureau.
As long as that formidable and op.
pressive institution is to be continued
in the State, we think it unfortunate
that General Tilson, who has become so
familiar with our people and learned to
appreciate our character as well as that
of the negroes, has been removed from
» position where he could have done so
much good.
The sueeessor of Gen. T. is Col. C. C.
Sibley, of the 16th U. S. infantry.-
Our Savannah exchanges speak well o*
Colonel Sibley, and we hope that hi=
conduct of the Bureau may be as just
and successful as that of his predeces
sor.
We learn that General Tilson ha3 de"
termined to make Georgia his future
home, acd that he has bought a sea is
land cotton plantation in Bryan county,
where he expects to devote himself to
the cultivation of the soil.
Perilous Tableaux.
We learn from the Rome Gruricr, of
Saturday, that on the day before, fifty
nine men of companies D and G., 10th
U. S. Regulars, under commend cf Capt.
Mills and escorted by capt. Da la Mira,
of the Freed men’a Uuicau arrived in
that oity by train, and immediately ar
rested L. Mitchell, li. F. Hutching,
Matthew IVo and Jl.nry Welle. A
‘quad was also detached to arrest Henry
A. Smith and David Powers, but suc
ceeded only in finding the latter. The
off nsc of these young gcnthrneu, ss sta.
ted by the Courier, was that “they took
part in a chiritable entertainment id
which a tableaux called “The Officer’s
Funeral’ was represented, wherein a
Confederate frig was exhibited.” Capt.
Do la Masa said that he had orders to ar
rest all who took part in that exhibi
tion—both ladies and gent!emen--but
bt would take the responsibility of ex
ecuting them only upon offenders of the
sterner sex.
The prisoners were all marched to the
Court-house and placed under heavy
guard. Rial was refu-ed. A writ.'
j habeas carpus was then sued ont before
; Judge D. M. Hood, of tbo County
Court, the result of which had not trans
! pired. This is decidedly “heavy,” a
a great many amateur exhibitions arc
being got up in nearly all the towns
and villages so Georgia for tLc puipose
of rai-ing funds to relieve the poor, and
for other benevolent purpose, it is well
to understand, from the f regoing, that
no refer of the dead Confederacy can be
alUwed on such occasions as part of the
paraphernalia Wherefore let all the
“flags,” buttons, boots, sashes, swords, i
grev uniform?, and so on, of the late
Confederacy, slumber in the dust of;
garrets, or our “young nen and maid-;
eus” may find themselves unexpectedly
in some U. S. dungeon, held to answer
for a crime committed in entire unson
ciousness to God or tuan.
I)riftiiiK —t iiotlier Wave.
The New York Express calls atten
tion to the fact that when, on Friday, a|
bill was going through to incorporate
the Washington Transportation and
Coal Cos., Mr. Wentworth—
“movcdjo strike out the name of Charles j
Knapp, Treasurer of the Johnson Com
mittee, an 1 to substi’ute for it the name
of John J. Johnson, the colored barber
of the House, who was well known to
all the members, a r and was a man of cap
ital and respectability. [Laughter.]
The amendment was adopted by the'
House.
Mr. Knapp 13 a large gun making,
ftundry man, lormerly of Pittsburg, Pa.!
new living in Washington, during the
wi't/r. and as a manufacturer of the
heaviest species of cannon, he rendered
the ns's! useful service to his oiuntry,
duri g the wai. The colored barber of
the Homo is a very respectable mulatto
that shaves, curls and kinks the mem
bers of Congress.
Comment upon a proceeding like tLis >
is unnecessary, save to add—that the
House cared nothing for the corporator!
but simply desired to insult white men
Its white doorkeepers, messenger?, ,
could not thus have been made corpora
tors, of, while a negro, only because he
is a negro, is thus petted, and placed
iu preference to them !
What is also remarkable in this, is,
that while the Democratic raemb ra of
the House let alljthis pass in silence be
cause they desiro the country to sec
what the House really is— no E.dic 1
member of the House dared to raise his
voice against it, so triumphant is the
negro.
The Houston Telegraph says, Immi
gration, for many months, has been
pouring into Texas from three quarters
of the circle around her, oompoicd not
only of the tier of States adj lining her
but of lines of States two or three deep
from lowa to Florida. A Mexican
gentleman in Colorado county has gene
large into planting for the present year,
and has procured Mexicans for laborers.
He believes ho will surpass those who
employ other labor.
In this connection, we cannot refrain
from expressing our amusement at tho
notion obtaining in the older States,
that the immigration is so largo that
there will be no room for other immi
grants. Texas ought to send out a few
teachers of Geography to the other
States of the Union, and also to Eu
rope. An immigration of ten m llions
eiuld’ut fence Texas in.
Burning of the President’s Con
servatory.—The turning of the
; President’s conservatory at Washing
ton is a great public calamity. The
damage to tho buildiDg can be repaired
for four or five thousand dollars, but the
anney value of plants convey no ade
quate idea of the real loss 1 It will
probably reach two or three hundred
thousand dollars. Many of the plants
were rare, and have been accumulated
for tho past fifteen or twenty years.—
They cannot be replaced for any sum.
Among the rare plants destroyed was a
very large lemon troe, four Stritlitz’a
Reginas in full bloom, the largest plant
in America, a poudorious Ardicia or
screw pise, a very rare and large one.
Cycus Rivoluvas imported during the
administration of General Washington
a very large number of Camelia Japo
nica?, the finest in this country.
t ouurcM.
A? a specimen of the proceedings f
the “so culled”Congrcs? of the United
States, we extract thb following fir rn
the House proceedings > f the 25th
alt.
“A large number of private bills
wore considered, when Mr. Stevens’
Enabling Rill was taken up. Mr. Ross,
of Illinois, made a powerful speech iu
opposition The debate developed the
fact that the Reconstruction Commit
tee had held no session tins term,
and that the Republican party bad not
agreed on a plan of rccous'ruction. A
sharp co'loquy took place between Mr
Chandler and Mr. Ashley. The lat
ter was goaded into the following sen
timfiit: “If there is a State of the
Ame-ican Union in which there is not
a loyal man except black men, I would
clothe the black man with franchise
and every other right under the Gov
ernment.” [Applau-e from the floor
i and gallery, and some hisses.] Mr.
| Ashley continued, denouncing a sump
; tion of those who, during the entire
! war, were in so ret alliance with reb
| e's, convng here and joining hands
J with the apostate at the other end of
j the avenue.
Mr. Winfield denounced the above
| a» “a base and unfounded slander.”
Mr. Hunter said: “So far as I am
concerned it is a base he."
The Speaker end Mr. Hunter's
words were out of order.
Mr. Randall said, “nevertheless, they
are true.”
The Speaker decided Mr. Randall’s I
remark out ot order.
A vote of censure on Mr. Hunter
was passed —B4 to 33—after which
the House adjourned, with the under
standing that the Enabling Act would
be discussed Monday, under the five
minutes’ rule.”
Gloomy Prospect —The Charles
ton New? draws a discouraging
picture of the future. It says: The
future before us is gloomy in the ex
treme. The question of impeachment
looms up like a huge spectre, throwing
its deadly shallow up n every indus
try and entsrjrise in the land. Stocks
are falling, provisions are rising Cred
it sinks. Confidence is failing both at
home and abroad. Men go nbout
with a vague terror depicted on their
brows, loth to look at the telegraphic
column in the morning paper; afraid
to meet some new, wild and reckless
scheme on the part ol those greatest
of iconoclast? since the days of 1793.
Military Tyranny.— The people
of GalvestoD, Texas, m king grand
preparations fer receiving the body of
Gen. A. S. Sohnson, of the Cenfcdcr
ate army, were notified by Gen. Griffin,
the military commander, that no de
monstration ol any kind would be allow
ed.
The following is the answer to the
anpeal, from General Griffin’s ord r,
submitted by Mr. Leonard, tbo Mayor
of Galveston:
“Sir : I respectfully decline to grant
your request. I have too much regard
for the memory of the bravo men who
died to preserve our government, to au
tkerize Confederate demonstrations over
tho remains cf any one who attempted
to destroy it.
[Signed] “P. 11. Sheridan,
Gen’lU. S A.”
Gen. Johnson’s body arrived in Ileus
lon on the 26th. The buildings were
draped in mourning. Tho body was
met by thousands at the depot, and es
corted to the Female Academy, where
it remained in state until Monday, when
it was oor.vcyed to Austin for interment.
Governor Orr, cf South Carolina,
states that a company is being formed
with a capital of fivo millions to build
up an immense manu’acturing establish
mout in his State. Better have them
smaller and more of them !
The late New Hampshire Democrat
ic Convention resolved in favor of a na
tional convention to be held in New
York, —declared that they adhere to
past principles,— insisted that the pow
ers of the Federal government are lim
ited by the Constitution, and that all
other powers are reserved for the State?,
—maintained that the right of ext. nl
ing suffrage belongs to the States alone,
and that all States have the right of rep
resentation in Congress,—praised the
Supreme Court, —thanked President
Johnson for supporting the Constitution.
—and declared that all efforts feuding
to subvert the Executive are rebel
lious.
Mad. —A few days sinoo, we prog
nosticated that Mr. Thaddeus Stevens
would, following the dictates of a fero
cious nature, vent his spleen upon Penn
sylvania as he had vented it upon the
South. The South burned his iron
foundry,and he heaped curses upon her.
Pennsylvania checked his ambition, and
lo 1 he desires to cheek Pennsylvania.
In a recent speech he declared that
Pennsylvania did not have a Republican
form of government. He further ad
vised Congress to “take Pennsylvania
in hand.” We expected something of
this kind, but not so quickly nor so
venomously. Tho Southern S’ates have
some consolation in the rifiection that
Mn Stevens’ beastly vituperation has
been diverted; it would be singularly re
markable if Pennsylvania should revert
to terririiialiiation ! — Aug. Con,
Tin: r,»f ImpoarSiiii nt.
Tho articles of impeachment < 1 P s
idout Johnson, of which Mr. A-hlvy
; was delivered in the House of II pres*n
| tarives on Monday, Uok well on paper;
but we Gil to sec that they would not
I have applied with greater f ace to tho
late lamented Lincoln, whose hone ty
| few havo ever disputed. Examine them
| re/iatim :
1. He (Andrew Johnson) has corrupt--
ly used the appointing power.
President l.incolu, if v.o recollect,
aright, upon bis accession to office, re-;
moved every honest official in Iho coun
try who did uot agree with him in poli-;
tics, and it i? generally believed that!
the head of an important bureau at
Washington was given hi? position short- 1
ly after pre coring tho President with a
silver tca-servico. It is also believed
that he appointed a person to tho office
of Chief Justice iu order to dispose of
him as a rival for tho succeeding Presi
dency, and to secure in the Supreme 1
Court a politicel clement of a par isao ,
stamp.
2. He (Andrew Johnson) has ccrrnpt
lv disposed of public property of the
Unit ed Sir tea.
There have been reports that, during
Mr. Lincoln’s occupancy of the While
House, a number of aitic'vs of plate 1
and furniture mysteriously disappeared,
which reports Mr. Tbaddeu? S evens]
gave public utterance to iu the House!
of Repr tentative?, and more than inti
mated that the said reports had sub- 1
stantial foundaii n.
3. Ue (Andrew Johnson) has corrupt
ly interferred in elections, uud commit
ted ac's, and conspired with others to I
commit acts, vhieh in contrmpla
t’on of the Constitution, are high crimes
and mislemeaoors.
During President Lincoln’s term of
efflae, it was generally understood that
elections were interferred with by the
direct connivance,if not by the dir c
tion, of the administration. P isa mut
ter if history that soldiers were thrown
into Maryland pending an election, who
prevented duly qualified ci iz ns from
voting f r Democratic candidate-, there
by seeming the election of Republ can
cat.didate?. It is, further, a matter of
history that at the election of President
in 1864, soldiersbelonging to tho army
of which Abraham Line-hi \v is tbo
Commander-in Chief re t omy voted
wiico they had no legal :esidcnee, but 1
vo'ed again and again on election day,
c. <7., at ludiarapoii-, Indiana. It is
s’ill further duly rtc rdei that, by the
order as well as by the consent < f Pri si- .
dent Lincoln, newspapers were suppri s--
cd and eitiz ns of the United States ;
were ariested without warrant, condemn- ;
ed without trial, and imprisoned with j
out being sentenced ; which deeds, “in j
contemplation of the Cuns ituri* n, are
high crimes and misdemeanor;.”
To make the p >int. com pi- te, it is on- 1
ly necessary to add that, had a member
of the ilou-e ot Re, ro-ontarive? pro
posed to impeach the President during
Mr. Lincoln’s adn/nistration on such
slight, pretexts a? those upo-; whh h Mr.
Ashley has founded I is proposed articles ,
of impe iehuienV of President J< htum !
he would have been hurried rff to the I
Oil Capitol Prison within twelve hours
afterwards. If not scut out of the e uu
try—N Y. World,
Terrible t'a!ti«troplie-t!iirniiis,
of lEi<> Eiingsti'o?* iu
South Carolina—Feiuliii *.<>«>
of Life.
On the evening of ti e 7th inst., be-1
tween the hours of 8 and 9 P. M.., the
occupant of jail heard, very suddenly, a'
rumbling noise in the upper stories of j
the jail, as if the iron crates were being 1
shaken and immediately followel by cry j
of fire. He rushed from bis room to as .
certain whether the jail was on fire c~
not, and after walking round the : a ,j jj 0
observed a little smoke f r . m OEO
of the windows on the mud ti or. His
next object was to open the prison
■loor and extidgush it, but remember
ing that Mr. Darineau, who was the
i jailor, and who was living several hund
red yards from the jail, bad tho keys in
his possession, he (ihe occupant of the
jail) immediately dispatched a messen
! ger for him. Mr. Darineau aecompa
] riled by the sheriff, was soon at the j id. !
- Iu the meantime, however, Dtmbcrs of
persons had collected. The tire, appa
rently, at this time had not m:de as rap
id progress as was shown in a few min
utes, although a dense smoke was issa
iu from every window.
The sheriff, with the assistance of
nearly all the citizens in the village and j
the garrison at this place, irnmediately
tooji the most active measures to save,
if possible, the unfortunate inmates.
The door cn the basement was opened
but the dense and suff'cat.irg smoke
prevented any one from rescuing those
i who occupied tbo third story. Asa
1 last resort, strenuous efforts were then
1 made, with ihe assistance of ladders, to
i remove the grating from one of the win
dows, which proved ineffectual.
At the time the cries and screams of
the suffering in oates were heart rend
ing. The jail was in flames, and twen
] ty-two human being* were b> ing burnt
j to death, without any possible r lief.
Human agency could effect nothing;
■ every tff rt was made to rescue which
could be suggested, but all to no {ur
! pose. The devouring flames soon c n
! sumed them, and in the charred ruins is
1 only to be sceu the ghastly spectacle of
ti mes. Horrible as the accident may
be, and as mush as it may bo regretted,
a eons lation follows of having done
our duty to the best of our abilities,
aud that accident is confin dto no piece ]
or order of circumstances. With us!
rest the duty, but tho result with Gcd. j
At the time the jail caught fire there ;
were in it twenty-three prisoners. Twin |
ty-two negroes were confined in the up
per cells on the third floor, among whom
were three women. On the second sto
ry Robert 11. Fiinn, a white man, was
confined ou bail process. Air M. F.
Mcßride, by great dating t rushed to
Mr. Fiinn’s room, which was tho first
one at the head of the stairway, aud
unlocked the door, ho thereby making
his escape. Mr. Mcßride deserves the
highest credit; but in his attempt to
save the prisoner he came near losing
bis own life—ho fell twice by suffoca
tion before he reached the foot of the!
staircase.
\\ ere Iry ot,. ddsow. 11 it would
he nru g t. to ,k" invidious distincti n ;
but wi Carnot withhold our meid of
praise of the sup eriiuman effort of Lieu,
110-s. Private William Greet), who
m anted a ladd. r at the most perilous
c i s, ad ascended to a wind .w iu the
lit rd story ; Sheriff Matthews aud Mr.
Beck, J e and William Hlakely, (col
loid, particularly excited our commcu
! dati -d.
! As to the origin cf the fire we can on
ly cm j cture. Whether it was a< widen
; tal or designed by the prisoners for the
purpose of making their escape is oue
l of those mysteries that will remain un
j explaincd-
Sfiow lo Sustain lour Tocal
Paper.
i 1. Lay aade your fears that the ed
itor will got rich faster than his neigh
bors. We have never beard of a man
making more than a decent living by
the publication of a country newspaper,
even if lie had ever such a good busi
ness. case in point is an aequaiu
• taneo of ours who ha? been publishing !
-some 31 or seven y ears, has had all the 1
] business of his own town and couDty,
1 and a 1 true portion of that of those sur
rounding , but wi'h all this he gms into
tight pinches for money to buy iris white
paper with, as any other publisher with
whom we are acquainted.
2. If the paper agrees with your way
of thinking, subscribe aud pay for it,
and persuade your neighbors of the
same mind to go and do likewise.—
Do not tell the editor to send you the
pap r, without paying, and when you
get to owe two or three dollars tell
your friends who speak of it, that it
will burst up ono ot these days. The j
way, under sn h a style of (he case, !
to keep a paper from “buisting up,” |
is for each subscriber to keep the edi- i
tor's books free from charges ag -.inst
himself. Once wo lt-d to close, and
on posting up, found that \ve h and
booked and outstanding some S2OO
in re than we had capital invested.—- ]
This U ingot applying tt.e cte<lit sys
tem to the newspaper bu iness may be
likened to a farmer selling out bis crop, !
a bushel to the man. The sum each !
man owes for a bushel does not seem
of any r account to the debtor, but the !
aggregate of these bushels may make
or break the pool detver in the soil.
3. If you have a father, mother,
brother, sist r or friend of any kind re
siding at a distance and ure able, sub
scribe, pay for, and send them a
copy
4. If you have any printingyou wish
done, do not “jew” die editor down to
j a starvation price, and when he comes
ito make a purchase of yen, “spike on
j the tariff.”
j “If you have tiny adverrising or job
I work you wish done take it to your
I county paper, except perhaps, you
1 may wish to advertise in ni re than
: one paper.
G Do not run off to the city to get
y ur handbills, labels, cards, &c.,
, printed, because, forsooth, you can g..t
a redueti n• fa few cents in price.—
j Support your own as you wish to be
Isuppoit-d. Am n who is always run
ning away from h rue with his busi
ness, little deserves the patronage of
the community in which he lives; and
as far as we are concerned, such will
receive tho “cold shoulder.” -
7. I' you t'ttve the control of any le
gal ad v'ertising, semi it toyour
j Tics kind of business pays b” lter
! any 1 1 her, and the morc' vOU can Ren( ]
]to the editor of yo. m - pui-e-r, the better
; for him aud it. In r. O port'on to the
j amounts of the rc ociptß of u pa}>er) is
an e-ritor ensiled to make it useful,
* amusm arid < nteriub ing to ,he com
1 n ’'uUity in which it is publish od.
j 8. Do not expect much of a paper
1 when an editur is driven to be h s own
com; ositor, proof-reader, r lvssman and
;“d vil,” and has t. run all over town
' ev -ry forenoon in the vain search of a
j “quarter” to buy something for h's
1 dinner.
| 9. Do not expect the editor to make
] honorable mention (f you or your bus
j iness every few weeks for nothing.—
The space in a paper, and a man’s
time, are w ith something, and every
! notice ci rnes back to the drawer of the
i recipient in dollars and cen s An ed
j itor should not be allowed to go bun—
! gry, barebacked or i arefoote-1. They
; eat, Irink and wear just like other peo
] l'le
i 10. “Finally, my brethren,” if you
wish to properly sustain your county
’ paper, to live the balance of your days
in peace with God and man and oceti
py a seat in Paradise after doatn, prac
tice the Golden Rule—“D 1 unto oth
ers as you would wish they would and •
un o you, under like ci cumstances.”
How to 1 . ■ cn Emigration.—lt is
stated that a farmer of Tyrre I county,
in this sta*e, bong po.- e-ied ot a large
estate and not being able 10 obtain la
bor, adopted the following plan toii
duce laborers to cultivate it. He meas
ures off ten lots of fifteen or twenty acres
each, and built plain bat comfortable
cottages upon them lie then went to
New York and easily obtained ten good
men with families, having offered to set
tle them upon his estate upon tbei .bow
ing conditions : They tv. re to woik for
him at a fixtd valuation for their servi
ces for four days in each week until
tlioir wages amounted to the value of
iheir lots of land with the bous:s there
on. The other two days they worktd
ou their own account, and this time was
ample to cultivate what vrr they could
raise, the employer furnishing the teams
they needed on those days. These were
the chief points in the engagement
The result of this contract was that
the farm ?r’s lands were be’ter worked,
and with less trouble to him, than they
had ever been, and he never made such
crops before.—Wilmington Dispatch.
The New Yoik ILrald says that
there is - plan on foot to have tbe Con
stitutiical Amendment adopted by the
loyal States a? rapidly as possible, and
when rctified by three-fourths of those
States it will be declared a part of the
Constitution. Grant will be nominatd
f r the prc-idency on a platform cf
which the contemplated swindle will bo
the principal plank.
COMMERCIAL.
New York, Jan. 29, noon.—Floor
dull and easier. Wheat dull and nom
inal, la2c iiwer. Coin dull leentlow-
Go ton quiet bat firm r at 34c for
m’ddrit g uplands. Freights firm. Gold
134 3-8
Cincinnati, Jan. 29.—Flour and
grain unchanged and Rteady. Provis
ins firm, [but uncham rfl. Me sj .rrlt,
820 25 $-0. ;>O. Clear bacon si.le'sare
in demand at 13c; packed shoulders,
dull Groceii- s firm and unchanged.
Augusta, Jan. 29.—Cotton steady-
Rale? 300 baits; Middlings at 30Je.
Gvod Middlins 320.
Tallahassee, Jan. 25.
1 COTTON—Tbe markat has slightly
improved here. We quote extremes
from 22 to2s—buyer paying tax.
Macon, Jan. 29,18G7
COTTON—Thero was a good de
mand for fair cottons tl is morning, and
indeed, all day, at 27 cent?, and all off-r
--ed was readily tak-n. Liverpool noon
disr-utebes, quoting Middling Uplands
at 11; f. had the effect of strengthening
. ur mark, t, and we heard of the sale of
a small choioe lot, late in the evening at
27J cents.
Columbus, Jan 29.
COTTON—Middlings yesterday firm
at 27c.
A special to tbe New York Times
says since November the h ading polifi
eians North and S .uth, including Re
publicans, Democrat?, and ex-Confedcr
ates, are alike working up a plan of con
ciliation between th : North and South,
and the Executive and Congress. Suf
frage acd amnesty are to form the base
of the proposition, for instance South
Carolina will adopt Massaohns tti suf
frage, if the President will issue an am
nes'y. South Carolina, under the Mass,
suffi age, will elect loyal representative?,
and Corgress will determine their ad
mission. The Administration isserious-
I ly considering the proposition.
The Jlnu who Drew Hie Opera
House.
The biography, pedigree, and so forth,
l of the man who drew theChicogo Opera
1 House, is bring extensively publi led
] and much enl r ed upon by the sensa
j tional journals of the day. His mime
is Lee. He seens to have boen “born
] of poor but respectable parents,” had a
; common ?ehool education, ente ed as a
cabin boy on a Mississippi steamer at
j the age of eighteen, subs, quently rose
to the position of clerk, then to that of
captain, and finally vvi.hdrcw from the
river bus’ncss; Ike a s.nrible man,
j married a wealthy lady, and settled at, a
nuall village in Indiana, accuniu’ated
i much lauds and other property, and wa?
1 ving comfortably until he woke up the
other msrning and found himself fa
mous
j The biographical sketch of Mr. Lee,
. vi i- ntly written by one deeply impress
ed with tbe gravity cf its imp o”„ e^
, occupit s a column or two of loa ]i
m some of our e* chan" cg) butthe above,
j we covcio the wbtde case.
Swiss Farming;.
A correspondent writing .from Swit
zerland draws the following picture of
| agricultural life in Swi zerland
We meet a woman with a great bas
ket stripped upon her back filled wi b
figgots; another pass s u? on her way
j t rn lk, her 'grist’ ir, a bag lying on her
j should, rs, and a strap ftom the bag
crossing her for head. In the fi. Id, np
t pcsite, a third woman is mowing. She
stops to sharpen her seythe ,»nd we have
; an opportunity to inspect the employ
ment. No farmer’? hov in all the Un
ion, swing? ?o heavy a scythe, rixfren
j inch s long, four wide, and thick enough
h r the track el the H tropoli'an horse
railroad. A man with a throe tinid
wo den fork t-.sses the grass to the sun,
which the ‘weaker ves-d’ is mowing !
While watching the operation, a
damsel passes uv with a wash-tub, con
tain/ g wet cloririt g, nu her brad. No
gr. ns.her in the grand army of France
.vr st .ii more er.ct, Rhe was bu?y
with k iiitiog work the while.
A case of dev lish cru'lfy wa? reveal
ed at Chicago a day or two ago. A step
mother narn and Owens had been defeated
in a long series of abu.re toward hor sep
daughter, a girl of seven years of age
.She had been scalded, burned, beaten,
whipped, starved, and, during tun re
cent cold weather she was Confined in
an out house until her little limbs were
frozen. The woman wa? held for trial
in bonds of SB,OOO.
MinimiD.
Ou Hie 29th inst, by the Rev. T. T. Christian
Mr. Thomas Coleman acd Martha E. Wool
bright.
Oi the 17lh by the Rev. T. T. Christian,
Mr. John M. Garrett and Miss Nancy L. Har
rell.
Errors of itoiilli.
V GENTLEMAN who suffered for years
from Nervou? Debility, Premature De
eav, and all the effect? of youthful indiscre
tion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity,
pend free to all who need it. the receipt and
directions for making the simple remedy by
which lie was cured. Sufferer! wishing to
profit, bv the advertiser’s expetience, can do
so by addressing, in, perfect confidence,
JOHN 3. OGDEN,
nov2-3m No. 42 G'edar St., New York.
SALE OF LAND.
WILL be sold at the Court House door,
in Dawson Terrell County ou the firs)
Tuesday in April next, between the usual
hours of s de, to the highest bidder, for cash
in bund, the settlement of lands situated iu
the 3d district, of said county of which Hen
ry Collin?, died, seized and possessed, and
upon which he resided at the time of his
death, with the exception of one hundred
acres, the east half of the lot upon which the
family residence stands. Sold as the proper
ty of said Henry Collins deceased : for the
benefit of the heirs and c editors of said de
ceased. MARY COLLINS,
febli’da Ex’r.
•Yew *Uhertisenunts,
SOMETHING S'l
GREENBACKS AT PAR!
'pilE unde rigned having formed a
l tiers),ip for the transaction of tfc e *
ly Grocery liusmes?, would rceneeit. 11 r, n >‘-
-heir old friends anand the
U.a. they can be found at the old mln? 11 - 7 ;
Judge Summons on the South side «t t of
lie square, where they will keepeon,^ 6 / 01 -
h:f d ou a u g d?n a nd a 8 3 ly c.°a f s r^ thi “«
FAMILY GROCERY I
Consisting in part of
CORN,
BACON,
FLOUR,
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
SALT,
CHEESE. Also, FISH >
C o 11 f e c t i o 11 cries
Ol AH Kinds.
Cigars, Chewing anil Smoking
Tobacco, &c.
Having made arrangements with Western
Houses tor constant supplis of
H'c stern Produce,
We will at all time? be prepared to pttnply
our friend? at the very LOWEST PEICES
onpph Jr BHujnojrs,
febl ' Sm Dawson, Gs.
Your Attention, Gentlemen!
Those of you who are indebted to
Orr, I3rown & (Jo.,
for goods, up to Ist January 18fi7, are noli
fi.'rt that Ihe .Jlomy must come With,
out delay. Don’t sour our naturally oocd
temper try m iking us wait longer.
We would sav to
ALL LURCHASEBS,
that we are celling goods t'Cn t' I.OTV'
tor C.lSft or under special contract to
good paying men.
Our winter stock is going at a BARGAIN
so as to have our shelves ready for the large
Spiing and Sun-Birr sock we'are going i 0
bring. ORR, BROWN A CO.,
Trace chains, hoes, aaes, Hames nfow
lines, &c. at ORR, BROWN' &e 6
feblikt
NEW FIRM.
DR?, PERRYMAN & KEENEY,
J JAYIXG united their stocks of
drugs
composing a mamrr.oth supply, unsir-
in quantity, quality and assortment,
by any stock hitherto offered in this market^
: propos to sell all articled in their line at t! *
Lowest Possible Cosh Prices 5
, All prescriptions will be carefully compound-..
| ed by an experienced Physician and
m l all domestic and family receipts carefully
prepared. The above gentlemeu offer thei»
Professional Services
♦o the citizen* of Dawson and the surround
'■ nsj Country, and hope by close attention to
thir patients tod a general knowledge of all
;h it is both old and new in medici'.cs, com
bined with universal success to billy mer
it the patronage of all abo may favor them
with a call.
ft bl 8m
MASSENBLRG. SON & HARRIS.
WHOLESALE
DRUGGISTS,
DEALERS IN
erjgg & lEBIGEFfES,
TOILET ARTIGI.ES,
FERFUMERY,
PAINTS,
OILS,
WINDOW GLASS.
JIACOV GA.
Stud orders aud GASH,
ft bl-ts
AGENTS WANTED
FOR THE
Life, Letters, Speeches, &c., of
HON. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
By Beery Clevelanp, Esq ,
Late Editor Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist
SEND for Circulars and see our terms, and
a full description of the we'k. Address,
NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.,
Box 342. Atlanta Ga.
febl-lmo.
Dress JMaking, &c.,
MUS. n. A. BI YUOI DS and
daughter, having located in Dawson,
art* prepared to do any kind of work, such as
Dress Making, Stamping and bra and ng Dresses,
making Gentlemens clothing, and can make
stamps to order. Gan be found at her rest*
dence, near the Babriet Church.
All orders for work, left at the store of Orr
Brown & Cos., will be promptly attended to.
febl:3m
Paiming! PAINTING l
JAS. M-DODWELL,
IICIISE AM) SI«X PAISTEB,
DA-WSOIST, GA.*,
iS prepared to do all work in his
hs house and sign f ainting, gramlDg.
per hanging, Jtc., iu the very best gtyM,
on short notice, at reasonable price*.
febl.em. ,
notice. „„„
OIXTY days after date, application*"
k? made to tba Court of Ordinary h „i oD g-
C )unty tor leave to sell the real estat
ing to the estate of Reding
said county deceased. V. P.
fcbl:6od Aa