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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1874
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Methodist Church, Mr John Nuoent, of Armi~
‘<lale, N. 8. to Hannah, second
J. Jw Sphttn, Bag., of Savannah, Ga.
iCgefit.
At. W. A Junta is the Traveling
Agent for Oallaiikii's Independent, and
*he is fully anthoriisod to take and receipt
'for subscriptions and make advertising
'contracts.
The next issue of this paper will, contain,
mrtre resiling matter than any former is
sue. We hare increased our force and
will nse smaller type so as to crowd our
columns jrith the ranftt fel|ttor.
‘Our eiAsulntfon is mpifily and
we are determined by perseverance and
energy to swell the tide nntil our oircula
'tfdfc, Tike the seas, take in all the shores.
The 4nUmun Amrttfun
'propOats giving an entertainment at Kay
'ton’s Hail, on Friday evening, Feb. 27th
’for the purpose'Cf rawing funds V- repair
the Parsonage at the Metliediat Church.
A splendid programme has been arranged,
and they will endeavor to gladden the
Warts of all who attend. >
This generous proposition on the part
"of onr young amateurs is highly commend
able and praiseworthy, and wo have no
doubt the citizens vVill Respond liberally.
The Parsonage needs some repairs, and is
rapidly wastiflg for the lyunt of painting.
This, as a mat or of economy, ought to be
done, and as a matter of church and vil
lage pride, it should bo done. Our Min
ister’s home should be made neat and at
tractive. We should evidence our appre
'ciation of his labors by contributing in
every way to his and tW comfort of his
family by making him a “home, sweet
homo.” This the young gentlemen pro
pose to do, and We have to doubt their
entertainment will be highly interesting,
and none will bo the loser by their pat
ronage.
vy< Call Attention
to tha new auvflrtisenJeut of Messrs. Do-
Witt Morgan A Cos., of Savannah, which
appears in our advertising columns.
Their stock of spring goods is large and
well assorted; they, aro experienced mer
rihaftte, and with their knowledge of the
Wants of the country people, their pur
chases are always made with an eye single
to their tastes and necessities. While they
enjoy, perhaps, the largest retail trade in
the city, they nevertheless make the coun
try trada a specially, and it is ; Un% pla; e
for the country people to get good 1 air
guns, as well as the kindest and most
courteous attention from the proprietors
and clerks.
Who, all W Silent
and the bnisy hum had ceased and the wear
ied was courting rest from nature’a sweet re
storer on Thursday night last, suddenly
the silence was broken in the front piaeza j
of the City lintel, by the Amateur Min
strels, in strains of sweetest melody, in j
honor to Mr. Nugent and his bride, who !
pefhaps were wandering in the fairy fields !
ttf dreamland; but on the following morn
ing we learned that they were happy nnd
appreciative listeners, and wish us to as
sure the young gentiemuU that th.ey4.re ex
ceedingly grateful for their kind consider
ation, and that the mnsic was charmihgly
sweet.
Who Want, A Puttier 1
Mr. & L. Smith, of ftichmoiul, Vir- j
ginia, has located iii Our town. He is a
hiAchanie of the first water, his painting so |
tar as tested in this place excells anything ;
of the kind ever done in South Georgia.
He does all kinds of painting in the best
style; but murid firing, graining and
sign painting are specialities with him. Ho
will promptly attend to all orders from
any section of the country. Give him an
order.
:9:
Greet bargains, cheap goods, full stock nt
JUrros’s N*w York Htoiie
——:o:
Store M l,l <■.
Jnst received at the stables of Cecil A ;
Thrasher, a large lot of fine mules, which
will be sold cheaper than such mules have j
ever been offered in the market.
Former customers are invited to cull and
examine our stock for themselves.
febl4-lm Cam, & Tiibasher.
- ' —.—:o:-
Pry Goods, Clothing, Kiioos. Groceries, Ae.,Ae.,
at loir prices, at K.vrrq.v's New York HTpan. a
U. J ' * ~co:~— —
Only Oni-Half.
If only one-half of what is said by dis
interested persons be true concerning the
Magic Arpica Linimeait, tire- £rk is. act
for distant when it will fenfid -in- ovorv
house throughout the land as a standard
family medicine. There is ho p.aiii nor
ache, no mat ter in which part of -the. body,
but it will relieve almrlsl instantly. It
has already taken the lead of most of the
no-Cnlled Phin Killers, 'Relief#, eto, and is
pronounced by all. who have used is as the
great King of them all. Head the testi
mony.
Extract from a private letter addressed
to a prominent citizen of Memphis:
St. Patti,, Minn., Jan. 30, 1870.
Though I am convinced that the climate
Of Minnesota deserves the good name
given it—so far as consumptives arc con
cerned—l have observed more sufferers
from rbeshoatism and netiralgia) in its
various torturing forms, that in any other
State of the Union. Were I able to afford
it, I should certainly establish a * ‘Sanitary
Commission” here, whose chief object
should be the dis'S'bution of the prepaid
tion so well named Magic Arnica Lini
ment. Two applications .of this romptly
(which I purchased of Messrs. Mansfield
& Higbee last spring)cured me permanently
of facial neuralgia, to which I had boon a
martyr (of some years. For sak by all
Drdggi.its. Cl
Fresh goods just received, wVv .h were bought
at panic prhies. and will he sold the saw wj>-
Cat) esrtv and seeuro the cheapest go-sis ret so:.!.
Jle hußifcug. At . „ ~
K.vri'j.v f >w Yoas bxoBE.
‘’For to be Carnally Minded is
Death.’t-RiHhafiis viil, 6.
“Tho oartial miud is at onriuty With
God," and in its 'operations seeks ’con
tinually to do 'evil. Its ‘litiagidings aro
base; its conceptions are abbrtJvp; Tt'puts
wicked eonstfUctWhs tipdn 'lrihgtuige that
is literally iriiiocdnt; ft draWs techiiical in
ferences of guilt when literal innocence is
manifest To sttch mind* gpod and iuno
qence is teVor Visible, buteVil ever present
and exceedingly loVoly.
This is intended as an introduction to
.in article wo propose to \rrito in answer
to wished constructions and contemptible
di'iticioms upon an article ill oar last issue
about a bachelor’s turnip. We don’t offer
tiliis as an apology, for wo have nothing to
retract Wo claim to have sortie knowl
edge of words and their meaning, and
wo claim to have as high appreciation of
3oeial delicacy as any maft. We don’t
propose to vindicate ourself, for Wo have
violated no law of propriety dr decorum;
therefore we claim to Lute demo no wrong.
The contemptible plea of “not guilty” will
never be entered by us, for, if public
sentiment dare to condemn us for the nse
of language as chaste as ever uttered by
inspired lips, we will accept the penalty
whh eagerness and delight. When we
use language that is indelicate in our
paper, it will be when wo have lost the
knowledge of the meaning Of words, self
respect, and respect for society-; and now,
in advance, '(but not in nntlbfpa'Gfiu), we
pray for public condemnation if Wo should
do so.
The charge is that our article was
couched in indelicate language. We flatly
dispute it, and charge 'tie indelicacy ttT
the carnality of the hearts and feebleness
of the minds cf these v, 1-0 condemn it.
Now, we offer them the columns of the
Independent and defy theta, any or all,
to produce a criticism that, is just and con
demnatory of our article. If not remem
bered, bv reference to otfr former issue it
will bo seen that we quoted from the
Savannah Morning News tho following
words:
“Marion county, Fla., claims the bine
ribbon on a turnip weighing thirteen and
a half pounds.”
Wo then added:
“This claim, wo think, is tfifi gpfepral, 1
and not sufficiently definite to entitle it to
much crcuit. If true, as to the size of the
turnip, wo think the producer’s name
ought to be given, so that we would all
kuow who performed this wonderful hor
ticultural feat. ”
Reader, do you find anything indelicate
in this comment on the article in the
News? We think tho sensible render will
say “No 1” Wo then proceeded as follows:
“Now wo propose te give the weight of a
similar root, grown in Hamilton county,
Fla., aud we will give tho name of the
producer. Mr. J. It. Perry, who is a
batohelor either by accident or choice, put
it in, worked it, and pulled this ivmarkuble
root out, weighing eleven pounds and a
half.”
We aro at a loss to see the slightest in*
Julie:cy in this paragraph, and we would
be delighted if some sanctimonious, lip-
serving Christian, who has been afflicted
with literary Spasms on account of Our
article, would point Out to Ohr understand
ing the sentence or words he or she ctfil
stmea into indelicacy.
In referring to tho turnip in the Morning
Netos we said “wo knew of a similar root
grown in Hamilton cdhiity, Fla.,” and we
stop to inquire if the indelicacy comes in
there ? If bo, to which word or words
does it attach ? Is it weight, similar or
root ? They are words of common use,
and we have never before heard of any
one being arraigned before the public for
the nsc of them, and On account of their
indelicacy. We said “it was grown by a
Alan who was a bachelor either by accident
of Choice.” We meunt by that that he
had failed to marry, or didn’t #’ant to. Is
thcro anything indelicate in that ? We
said “he put it in, worked it,, and pulled
this remarkable root out, weighing eleven
pounds and a half.” Is it indelicate to
aay that he put the seed in the ground,
that he worked or dressed it, and pulled
it., and that it was a remarkable turnip, or
foot, on account of its weight and magni
tndo ? If so, we can’t see it.
Horticnlturalists, and indeed every sen
sible man add woman, knows to plant the
matured tum p is tho process by which
the seed is obtained, nnd we suggested to
our batchelo: friend that he plant his
turnip (or root, as we very properly called
(it.,) in new ground, or, as wo more ele
! gantly expressed it, in virgin soil, and
work it Well. We meant, to keep the
ground loose and all Obnoxious growth
destroyed, and then wo promised him an
abundant yield of seed. Was that sinful
or indelicate ? Wo did it upon the law
and pr .misesofGod. “Hethat soweth shall
reap,” is the utterance Of Omnipotence.
We said the seed from that turnip, or
root, would be equal to that promised to
Abrahanl, numbered onlv by tho sands of
the sea. Thk every sensible man and
woman knows to have been spoken by God
liiafcclf ill a comparative sense, intended
to convey the idea that the immense
progeny of the lineal descendants of Abra
ham wonld be incalculable. We would
iike to know what rule of propriety we
violated in the tise of this language. U
the indelicacy in the scriptural quotation
that Abraham’s seed should be equal in
number to tho sands of the sea. If so,
you should at once desist from reading'
the Bible lest your exceedingly sensitive
moral natures be so shocked that you ex
clude the Bible from yeur family.
“His marriage in the future will be an
accident ilo longer !” And why ? Because
we thought his success as a horticulturist
would be an inducement to some prudent
woman to marry him. Is that where the
indelicacy comes in ? But we learn that
the objection is to our saving “virgin soil.”
Since we was a baby wo have heard it used in
tho most refined society, and “virgin soil”
(if I can be permitted to repeat) it has al
ways been considered as suitably adapted
to the production of root vegetables.
Can there be any objection to the word
“root ?” The word "root" occurs in the
scriptures fourteen times, and only thrioe
is 'the imperfect tense added, and wo aro
finable to see how it eon be regarded ns
indelicate or how it cau be ronderod
ks suscopHffte’df a Ytilgnr construction.
liCke XVII, 6. \ud tho laird said, "if
fie had faith as a ifitlstard Seed ye might say
ufito this sycamore tree be thou plucked
fip by the root, etc."
Rom. X*T, 16 (last clause). —“If the root
be holy so are the branches."
Ist Tim., YI, 10.—“ For tho love of
feionoy is the rVot of all evil."
Hka Xtl, 15 (last clause),—“Lest any
root of bitterness sbringrag np trouble
you, etc.”
Matt. XV, 13.— “ Every plant which my
tleavenly Futher has not planted shall be
tooted up. ”
Ern. 111, 17.—“ That yo befftgYocJtdand
grouud in faith, etc. **
Con. 11, 7. —“ Routed afid feftfit tip in
him, etc.”
Job Y, haVe Bdeft the foolish tak
ing root, oto. ’’
Job XIX, 28.—“ Seeing the root of the
matter is grounded in me."
Ps. LH, 6.—“And root thee ofit df the
living. Helah. ”
Dept. XXIX, 18 (last clause). —“Lest
there be among you. a *rdbt thfit boareth
gall and wormwood.”
Pko. XTT,. 3.—“ Rut 'the fbdt of the
righteous shall not be liteved."
Isaiah XI. 10.—“And in that day there
Shall be a root of Jesse, which shaft Stand
for an ensign of the people; to it shall the.
Gentiles, seek-: and his rest shall be
Isaiah XXXYIT, 31.—“Aud tho rem
nant that is escaped of the house of
Jmtafi shall again take root downward,
aud beat fruit upward."
While tec cau Sec to indelicacy in these
scripted quotations we think they are far
more susceptible of a vulgar construction
tbuu our assertion that the batchfelor’a tur
uip weighing eleven pounds aud a half, was
a root,and a icmark.VMo ro’ot, and if plant-
ed in now ground would produce an
immense amount of seod. Now, the most
romarkahle feature of this root is the vul
gar constructions of tho carnal aud ignor
ant minds. If our fifetfeio ftfeghl fid be
condemned, and is vulnerable to criticism,
tho columns of the Independent is open
to any of the learned, ami the exquisitely
pure mfftdtld, tefetWe morality Ims Win :o
terribly convulsed, and if they refuse to
point out the indelicacy of our language
which uppears to shock their sensibilities,
we will denounce their side bickcfi ngs as
contemptible, and them us lib rary cow
ards. Tho truth Is, it is a strained con
struction of week and uneducated minds
aud nnregenerated hearts. Those most
shocked at what they call our indelicate
language, have “Byron’s Don Juan.’T ipe’j
"Wife of Bath” Shakespeare’s “Merry
Wives of Windsor," “Romeo and Juliet,”
“The Waltz,” and many others, enough I
to shock the sensibilities of a ruffian, j
much less the modest and refined Christian, j
on their parlor tables for their Suud. y
reading to the exclusion of the Bible, aud
then take a fit because they fifed in tho
Independent, that we have tho audacity
to call ft turnip a root, a fid Order ft suspen
sion of their paper. To this Ve have no
objection, for wo want prudent., sensible
men to read onr paper, and not licentious,
lascivious fools, 1 Tivil is to tiiffi frho
evil thinketh." In conclusion wo would
suggest to those who construed our plain
phraseology into vulgarism, that they pu
rify their flesh and drive wicked .thoughts
from their minds, “For to bo carnally
minded is death.”
A Lurkf Strike.
While in Savannah during the early
part of the present week Wo fact and made
the acquaintance of Timothy Donovan, of
the Danbury, (Coup.) Ifeins. We found Tim
one of the “b’hoys,” and was not (though
a soldier in the Federal army during the
late revolution) afraid to come to the
South and meet face to face the Southern
soldier l>Oys he often met on the ensan
guined field. He is a man of sense,
and fully acquainted with the fact that
Southern people have hearts uliti brains.
During the war we wonld have shot Tim
without the slightest compunction; but
tho war lias ended, and Titll and I have
niade peace, and have iiisiied our orders
to out respective Stations to do likewise.
Now Tim and us are on good terms—we
mean peace when wo eay peace. Tim has
gonO to Florida where he will witness the !
aad resuits of the War.;to his own Satisfaction
and see that once noble and hospitable peo
ple, down-trodden and oppressed by oar
i pot-bag, scalawag and negro supremacy.
Tim can appreciate these Rad results, find
his Southern tour will enable hinl to toll
the tale that has not been told, and ho
will be believed and great good may ra
mi' from it. Tim was not aloHo. Hu
had three or feitir comrades with him,
tor whom wo formed tjuite an attachment
and would gladly welcome all such to our
country. Connecticut is all right. God
bless her, and setltl us large retinues of
people as visitors, and we will soon have
many of them for citizens and friends. We
wish him aDd liis comrades would call
on us; they wonld illalid many friedds in
our town. If yon can’t come Tim, (lend
a look of ybfir hair and don’t target the
Danbury hut. We will give tho house a
uotiee.
Oor Article Os
the batchelor’s turnip has lostuSllirfeS subj
scribers and we have gained seventeen,
and still we say a turnip is a root, and
we intend to entertain that opinion un
til
One 0/ the three
Convinces ns that it grew on tree:
FloOr sfid Bacon in large quantities; at lowest
rates. Havannah prices nowhere. At
Eayton’b New Yoke Stoke.
lew Jltoslc,
We are thankful to Messrs. Luddqn A
Bates, for itotee splendid pieces of liew
music which we received yesterday morn
ing. The lovers of musiff should’send in
their orders as they have a large supply of
the latest publications.
A H of Dr. -Tiiynn’ri fatuity medicinue and other
drugs for Bale low at
KaatovV New Yoie Stour..
HERB IS YOUR CHANCE!
BEAT' THIS EVERYBODY !
ft NARRATIVE OF MI I,IT ARY OPERATIONS
DIRECTED BY GEN. JOSEPH K. JOHNSTON
DURING THE LATE WAR.
This hook, written by Gonoral Johnston,
js note offered to the public, and will
doubtless prove o*K>’Bf the ifiost thrillingly
iultirosting works over offered to the
Southern public, irfiS particularly to tho
Southern soldiers that teas under his com
j tuand. Tlffifigh concisely’Vilffiofe, it em
braces every material fact in regard to his
operations. To fyis soldier boys it will
awaken mufey ai as well as pleasing
reminiscences. It wifi turn back tho pages
6f memory and present vividly to the
recollection tho ‘tfean'y battlefields, the
Uiany comrades and dfi-sfifrerers that fell
sad is no more; the 'ifinfiy hard conflicts,
the weary marches through rain and
shine, CftlS ’And heat; and tkft croakers
behind the nrifiy fifed out of danger should
carefully read his truthful statement, and
iu ife behold the ipaboeility of their criti
cisms and {heffr wanton and nnjustiflablo
persecutions of this great eotamauder.
This book is now offered by Mr. 0. T.
Terry, out townsmaft afed follow citizen,
the agent for the publishers, who will sell
it at publishers prices.
Wo bike pleasure iu rocfimiftefidiug it to
our readers as a correct history of tho war,
as t<S the operations conducted by the
author. It Will prove an interesting and
valuable history find one that will sell
rapidly. Call at once and seo Mr. Terry,
and examine the prospectus and subscribe
ut once.
Mr. Terry can be found at all times at
the jewelry store of Mr. W. E. Barnes.
Farming IntrroslH.
Our planters aro all at work clearing up
aud preparing tho ground for planting.
We aro assured that eorft will l>c feiiuTc a
speciality this season iu this soct'ifiu of the
country, and in another year we think ba
con sufficient for home consumption will bo
raised. This is the road to our country’s
independence, afid we will bo rejoiced to
report every favorable prospect loading to
these happy results. In every interest
where tho planters are increasing their
crops, tho increase in corn and oafis and tie
nnmber of aores in cotton will be greatly
diminished.
• jo:
Bounties to Royalty and Capital.—
The radicals of Great, Britain, where a gen
eral election is pending, are publishing far
and wide, and making a very proper note
of it, by the way, the amounts raised by
taxation and voted away to members of
the royal family. The following from the
anijual civil list is conspicuously paraded:
Friucess Royal (Crown Princess of Prus
sia), £128,000; Prince of Walefe, £400,000;
Princess of Wales, £100.000; Prince A1
fred, £105.000; Prince Arthur, $30,000;
Princess Alice (of Hesse), £72,ooo;,Prin
cess Helena (of Schleswig, ete.), £42,000;
Princess Louise (of Lorfie), £!2,0Q0; Prin
cess Mary (of Tech), £13.000; Princess
Augusta (of Meckleubnrg-Strelitz), £OO,
00u; tlieiJufeliess of Oampjcidge, £$0,000;
the Duke of Cambridge, £270,000.
The Chicago Tribwm remarks upon the
above that, in this country we pay rov"’-
ties in another form, and, unfortunately,
to a much greater amount. From a speech
made in Congress by Mr. Bouchard, of
Illinois, a member (if the Committee of
Ways and Means, we find we raise by
taxation from the people, and pay out
in bounties, something like the following
sums annually to the owners of the cap
ital employed in the following
tions: Making woollen goods, $18,023,000;
making cotton goods, $35,079,000; making
paper. $10,268,000; making iron and steel,
$20,000,060.
In view of these national bounties
granted by law to privileged classes iu this
country, tho outcry of tho Britishers seems
to indicate a parsimonious spirit. Cap
ital in America is more highly appreciated
thuu pedi groe in England.
The British Parliament, dissolved by
Queen Victoria, was the eighth of her
reign, and met Dec., 1808. It wonld not
have attained the constitutional limit of
seven years until 1875, hut since 1820 only
one Parliament has existed for more than
six years. Tho longest Parliament re
corded in English history was that elected
in 1661, which existed nearly 17 years,
and the shortest that elected in 1830,
which only lasted five months and 20 days.
The Houfie of Commons now consists of
658 members, of whom 493 are from Eng
land and Wales, 60 from Scotland, and
105 from Ireland. The number of doctors
.Tune, 1872. was 2,574.039—2,094,81 in
England anj Whiles, 255,751. in Scotland,
end 223,607 in Ireland. Since 18T2 all
elections for members of Parliameht must
be by Ballbt
*.♦—
VLItDIOT TN THE ATLANTIC AND GuiF
Oa^b. —The ease of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad vr. tlie Southwestern
Railroad, which occupied the court all the
fore part of the week, terminated in a ver
dict for the plaintiff. The action, it will
be remembered, was for tho recovery of
some irop belariglrl& tlie Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, which had come into the
pOHseßsiorl of the Southwestern Road.
The claim was for one hundred and four
teen t<>nfi —or the value thereof. The jury
in their verdict allowed the, cl&ijpanfc eighty
tons of.iron valued at 11 per ton,
amounting to $7,848 80, Ihe amount ii
volved in the ultiniate decision of this case
is over $50,000,.and as this finally poefi, so
will go the tfhole. —Macon Telegraph.
Mono an Ratytri.—A Washington letter to
the Atlanta Herald says that this gentle
man made a very effective speech in his
case before the Committee on Elections.
His handling of the case wils a matter of
credit to him, fo'r ho is ho lawyer. Mr.
Rawls has made many friends in Washing
ton by his quiet, gentlemanly and gener
ous manner. Yesterday an effort was made
to cut down (he appropriations for Fort
Pulaski, but Mr. Rawls prevented it by a
prompt and telling appeal to the House,
fully reported in the Record of the 12th.
Opinions us to the final result of his con
test case are conflicting, bnt one thing is
sure, Mr. R. has acquitted himself hand
somely ih the' whole matter.
An Appeal. New Orleans, February
19.—A mass meeting of citizens passed a
series of resolutions clo lug thus:
Resolved, That we claim now at tho
hands of Congress, as we havo in the past,
a recognition of the government elected in
November, 1872, of which Governor Mc-
Enery is at the head, in default thereof,
that the present government be suspended
by military provisional rule, and an elec
tion ordered uuder Federal auspices as the
best that can be accor led us.
, . v , (.From tho Atlanta HoralJ.) .
Senator John S. Gordon on the Cur
rency.
Washington, Jan. 21,1874. —I send Vim
it fow copies’,of iny speech on finance. The
producing cjujses at tho West tm| sonio of
the best financiers till ovor the country are
writing ipe. lfitfdrs tefirmly coqsmendaSflry,
aud aro organizing, through tho Granges
and otherwise, for Clio purpose °f impress
ing Congress, aud urging by petitions, ac
tion upon this lino.
Tho fight is fairly begun. Tho produ
cers want more forfficY ntldchon|Mir money,
and fho thteoifli.tori, mb'im’y changers,
stock jobbers, "who have (frown rich on the
sweat of tho toiling millions, Want less
money and higher rate money. The
capitol is ttrtftefloil with lobbyists in the
interest of the money ring. If tho .South !
and the West will, through, potitipps and
memorial] similar to the 'ttw j ’enclose, •
make tliemsolves felt, wo shall get a cur
rency equal to gold, as proven by every
conntrv that has tried it; and a cnrroncy
so flexible, by reason of its interchanga
bility, that it will neither bo redundunt
nor scarce, while the rate of interest will
not exceed six or seven per cent, per an
num, controlled, in a great meas
ure, by the rate fixed iu tho bond for
which the mopey is interchanged.
The action of the present Congress upon
this question, is fraught with momentous
consequences to tho cultivators of the
soil, and tho debtors of tho ciWfitry. Will
they not lulp to Win tho victory over con
centrated money ? If We aro to free our
selves from the domination of speculators
and tftuko the land of the country worth
any thing, we must strike hands with the
West, secure a ourreney such as Calhoun
and Jefferson would have sanclkmod, ns I
have clearly proved, a currency, issued not
at the rate of 90 per cent, on bonds cost
ing 110, lifet issfied without any tax to the
people by the government itself. There is
no possibility of carrying a law for State
banking through iu this country now.
Go to work. Got every Granger iu
Georgia to sign petitions and forward im
mediately. No time to be lost.
The press of the Nor(h ,as ..teell ns the
press of the West, except the farmer’s pa
pers, are largely in the interest of the
money power. Don’t fear that. The
people uro moving. Your friend,
J. B. Gordon.
There is somothieg that touches the
heart in the last iucmiefi'tk of a dog that
died iu Lansingburg, NcV York, the
i ther fifty, at the ago of twenty-four year
The old fellow had lmrfily stirred from
his rug for some days' he roso stilly,
crawled with difficulty up stairs, visited
every room in the, liouse, seemed to bid
a last fareteell to fill rfimiliur objects, came
bnek to hts master’s foet fifed died without
a struggle.
Two thousand dollars seems to be a pret
ty steep prifcj to pay (for a rooster,but such
was the amount paid to.Mr- Ira Batchelor,
of M(i,ufit crawforfi, Me., for his black
Spanish rooster called General Gustelar.
The purchaser, Mr William G. Davis civil
engineer on the Fort land and Ogden
railroad; considers him the best game bird
in this country—he being tho only one
hatched from a dozen eggs brought from
Matanzas, Oubn.
The throe foot narrow gaugo railroad
system is rapidly becoming popular in this
country, and but few people are aware of
the fact that ftiuoe it cams in during
tho lust three or four years, no less than
1,445 j miles of narrow gaugo railway have
been built in this country and in Canada,
which roads,.wljen completed,.will hsvo a
mileage of 4,532} Siiles, while there are
1,291 miles under construction.
When a clergyman of the Olmrch of Eng
land was about to give a dinner to some of
bis clxerisbod brethen bis butler asked
whotkerthe expected guests were High or
Low Church. His master said: “Why
do you ask that question?” The butler ans
wered: “Because if they be High Church
we want more wine; but if they be Low
Church we want more wittles."
The New York Tribune fignn Sup the
National,State,county,town and city debts
of the people of the State of New Y'ork to
be $546,000,000, or more than SSOO for
each adult male inhabitant of ton rid mind
and ordinary Health I If “a national debt
is a national blessing,” the people of New
York must revel in that luxury:
A Boston butcher found two ladies’ belt
buckles in a cow’s stomach, hut couldn’t
find the ladies.
• Cincinnati Commercial: “The trade in
cork-screws for private uso is Baid to be
rapidly increasing. ”
Mrs; Smith says her husband is like a
tallow candle,because ho always will smoke
when ho is going out.
About 75,000 copies of Dr. Holland’s
“Kathrina” have been sold to date, wliifch
is said to be tho largest sale iff any poem
over written and published in America.
The husks of emptiness rustle in every
wind; the full fifirii in the car holds up
its golden fruit noiselessly to the Lord ol
the harvest.
Foppery is hewer cured; it is a had
stamina of the mind, which, like’thbso of
the body, are never rectified; once a oox-.
bomb, always a coxcomb.
I/)CA l A I) VEtt TISE MEN TS.
What every customer says mart be true, and
all say that the best bargains can be got at
Karros's New York Stoke.
All our goods marked down clioap. Don’t be
lieve what is told you by other merchants and in
terested parties, but call and see for yourselves
how well you can do at
Kayton's New Youk Stobe.
No Mistake.
We aro determined now to make some changes
in our firm, anil id bfdcf fbjlo (io we will sell our
present stock or goods, consisting of almost every
kind of Merchandise usually kept in interior
towns, at New York cost prices. This proposi
tion may bo relied upon, as 110 higher prices wiil
bo asked for tho next sixty days.
dec2o-tf PAINE & HALL.
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To Music Buyers.
Do not send your orders for rr.ii: ;'cal publica
tions North; wu can fill them rd hull tho time,
and just as cheap. Any piece of BubEt Mttsto
or any Music Boon advertised in, any paper or
catalogae.pr publisps fh the 0, ,S., will lie
mailed, post-.pird, to ifny pffrt of the ffbiftb, on
receipt of the regular price. Stfnday-schoolH,
day-schools, teachers, r an<j, dealers, supplied at
publishers’ rates. Ortrnew cafalogtfcs and bul
letins of new music, mailed free to any address.
l,i:i>i>l'.N k Dates’
. fyiiptbn wm rmst), Bkankah. tin.
nov2ff-3m
H. 1,. ScHraiiicr at tile Thomusville Pair,
We copy tho following notice from thoThomas
ville Times:
“Immediately in front of tho gorgeous display
of Lafhrop V Cos., wo find Mr. H. L. Schreiner,
surrounded by a magnificent assortment of pianos,
organs, violins, Allies, etc., among which wo inay
mention the Weber and (labler Piano, a fine im
portod organ with fifteen stops; also, the famous
Silver-Tongued Organ, of which Mr. Schreiner is
agent. Mr. Scbmner made a clear sweep of the
premiums and diplomat.. Yfe hope to se, him
at our next Fail"’ j'dvZA-'tf
MISCELLANEOUS A I) VERTIBEMENTS.
J.M. UOSOUOIIH. 1 , ,4. D. WINO.
BOROUGHS & WING,
WAIkkM TteVrifSts in
T'oMccb,
SNUFFS, PIPES and
SMOKEIFS AtITYCT.ES,
14 ttte’eatur Btireßt,
ATLANTA, (il
J. T. JORDAN, Traveling Agent.
Jnß-ly
CURRIIR, SHERWOOD & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALEKB IN
BOOTS AND SHOES
o——.
This is oho of tho Oldest aud Largest
Boot and Shoe Jobbing Houses
IN fi&E CITY.
All their Supplies tire obUtinedfrom
THE VERY Bterr MANUFACTORIES,
And Sold to Coatofeieirs on the
MOST ACCOMMODATING TERMS.
476 & 478 Broome Street, New York.
A. M. WATKINS’, Traveling Agent.
Jy29-tf
city Hotel,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
The Proprietor Offer* u Visitor*
UNSURPASSED INDUCEMENTS
booms lAbge, WELi furnisMd,
-CMltv-
THOROUGHLY ventilated.
lIABIiB BCPPijOED WITH
THE REST irWfS MAIIKK T A WORDS.
Polite and Obliging Servahts.
IlOriffll tfm'ATBD omrrENIYST to this
Depot dfid the Paeiilesß i>orUon of the Town.
D. tr. iVtcNEAL, Proprietor.
mayl7-tf
CHASE & BURNEY’S
BAW MILL;
TitliMs MiiES West bP tybtfMAß:
iji'uiUe it- IJurfley
mAKfe pleasure in notifying tho public that
X they have erected a first-class Haw Mill
three miles west of Quitqjfm,, pp the pubJie v road
toGroovervillo, and are prepared to furoish every
quality of Pine Lumber at short notice, and on
better terms than heretofore.
Tife roLLowiNo an* our i’Ulo&s foA LiuffiEti.:
For general quality of lumber
whep cash is paid on de- , }
, livery *lO 00 p< r 1,000 ft.
For the same, when payment is
delayed exceeding 30 days #l2 50 f>cr f,OOO ft.
For special bills where all berirt
is required, the cash price .. ..
will he *ls 00 per 1,000 ft.
and as per agreement a$ to tfmd.
Those prices will be .strictly adhered to miles*
a special contract ib made for a large quantity to
the contrary.
We RoJieit the patronage the public, and will
endeavoi to givo satisfaction/
MISCELLANEOUS Al) VERTISEMRNTS.
THE CHRISTIAN INBEI
”:V* *' fc
—AJJI>
li /Vltist;
The Ofegan of the Baptist Denomination lft
Georgia and other States.
IN Tift: 52ml YEAH OF ITS EXISTENCES.
A Lahoe Weekly and Family NEWsrATiui.
Price $2 60 a Year. To Ministers (B‘2.
GOLD PREMIUMS;
THE PURPOSE OF ENCOUEAGINQ
onr f i ’iid , m the, ijitTwoj’k of
religions litciatrn n nnri Pnpvist triDh,
llie country, wli :c tbonght it jiropcr to add to
our prciuium lists tJio tollovviug
GOLD FKEMIUMS:
For the largoat Dunilicr of subscri- , ,
born over fine hundred #SO W) in poltl.
The next Jiiigest iiumbor over
fifty 25 00 in gold!
The next largest mmibor ovbr
thirty 15 00 iu gold.
The next largest number over
twenty 10 00 in gold.
The next largest number ovor ten 5 00 in gold.
This offer is open for SIXTY I)A YS from tlid
date of t his paper.
It applies to new bubacriborfc only. , . : i ,
I* A 11) AO ENTS are not allowcti to participate
in ii nor those who are working regularly on
commission.
The single copy prico of the f>iper must bo
conformed to in every instance— #2 50 per yeai4
in advance, to Mii;isb vs. #2 00. Tlie money must
accompany each name forwn,rlod to the paper.
OoniDicncing wiiii the tniro Week from datej
wo shall begin publish Wio result *t>f the work
of agents---giving names of agents, etc. ,
And now, we hope some friend of paper iq
every neighborhood within the territyry cf Thb
Index will enter upon the aV r nce. Tlio
work is one in which < vo>y of tiro Master.'*
cause has n,■ Vl\ Mid abiding interest'. Let it
then be done lor llis sake.
In connection wi|h TriF. Index wo have, por
hapH the lar.'.cut 11 ul moat complete Look and
Job Pi in ling offico in the Houth, known aa the
Fraiik-’in Steam Printing' Ilcuse,
nt which every vn ioty of Book, .
I.e:',i;l a'i.l Railway Printing is executed. Iu ex
culTency of ina euf, pronlpteeus arid clumpiuks,
wo tie / competition.
On • J *ank Tlook Mannfactory is likewise well
appointed. Orders solicited tor every grade of
work in thin department. County officials will
find it to their in crest to consult uk as to Legsl
Form Looks, liccords, Minnies, Blanks, et4*.
Books, Newspapers, Hhoet Music and Teriodieuis
1m mml and rebound to order. . . ,
liemenmer to mal.e your orders on tfi’o Frank
lin Steam Printing House.
Address all cornumnieations to
JAB. P. HAHKISON & CO., Proprietors,..
P. O. Drawer 21. Atlanta, ua*
feb7-if
LEO At advertisements.
Sheriff Sales.
WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
Itmusi door, in fcliu town of Quitnun. on
tho FIRST TUEHbAY IN JHAIUIH NEXT, within
tho legal hohre of Sale, tho foflowhig property,
to wit:
0110 bpso and lot, known or Lot No. 27 in tho
northwest section of tho town of Quitman, bold ah
tho property of A. P. Parham, to satisfy the alias
fi. fa. issued from Thomas Superior Court Cham
bora, January 23d, 1874: John W. Bowiuk vs:’
Sarah E. Ward, Administratrix, and A. P. Per
ham, indorser. Property pointed out by J&wch
H. Iluuter, plain tiff 's attorney.
—ALSO—
One hundred (100) acres of Lot No. 171. Ip tho
15th DißMct/jf lipokß County, to iutiJfy a tag
fi. fa. against Gaily Owens.
—ALSO—
Two hundred acres of land, part of Lots N&
140 and 147, in tho 15th District of Brooks Count v,,
as tho property of T. It. Denson, to satisfy tlio
sMns fi. fa. issued from Brooks Superior Court
Chambers, February 3d, 1874: F. 8. McCall vh,
T. It. Denson and James B. Peacock. Property
pointed out by plaintiff's attorney.
—ALSO—
Four hundred and ninety (430) acreu of land,'
Lot No., 480, in tho 12th District of Brooks
Count*’, to satisfy a tax 11. fa. against Mrs. Caro
line Mcßab.
—ALSO—
Four hundred and ninety (*80) acre# of lnnd*
Lot No. 49'.), in the 13th District of Brooks
Countv, all the property of W. JL Brooks, do
ro • cd. to satisfy n ri. fn. issued from Ramlohdi
Kuporior Court, Novertibcr Term, 1873: James M.'
Hriiilh. Govtu-iior. < to., for uso of M. C. Park erst n
vs. Columbus 0. Brooks, Administrator, W. li.
Brooks, W# F. Davis nnd Jcab Brooks. Pro A erty
pointed out by plaintiff.
—ALSO— - /
Hcven hwid'-r <1 (7L>) acres of hind, Lot No. 30t
and parts of lots No. 3<*o and 344, known ns tho.
Con Irion Plantation, as the property iff 8. 8. Htriok
liiud. to r-.itir fv ii ( mortuiv.,! 11. fa. issued fionj,
l.irooks Superior Comi ; Paul Coalson, Adminbf
trutor est ate oFE. B. Cknlron, vp. S. 8. Ltriekhand,'
princifial. and K. B. VVootto.n, J?h. B. Finch,;
John A. Irwin and W. 8. lluinphrioß, Rocnritien
on stfiy of execution. Property pointed out by
plaintiff’s attorney.
I A. ALLBIUTTCN,
jnn3l-td Deputy FherifT
Cl TATE OF GEOBGIA, Brooks County. —
O. tViJEJiEAS, J. F. M. Harrell. baviiijg applied’
to the Court of Ordinary for Letters of Ounrnian
ship of Walter Harrell and Nancy ITarrell, minors
of A. B. G. Harrell, deceased. ■ ’ [
These are .therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested to file their objections, if any,’
within the tune prescribed by law, othiMwisi
said Letters of Guardianship will lx* granted and
issued to thu applicant. , ,
Given ntyder my official signature, this 24th
day of Janumy, 1874.
J. M. BHEABEP. Ordinary:
Per W. C. Bk.vtley, Deputy Clerk.
jnn3 tt
S TAT 15 OF GFOROFA Brooks County. —.
Wiieukar. Joseph J. Rogers having applied
V* the Court oi Ordiiui vy for Letters of Guardian*
.R'Re^ . J* Rogers, a minor child of
Thomas 11. Rogersl deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish rll
person fe interested to file thou obiwtionH, if
any,. jvilEihi .1 he time proscribed by Jaw, other
wise qaid Letterij of Guardianship will bo gianted
and issued to.the applicant,.
Given unMr my official signature, this 21th
day of January, 1874.
J. M. 8 REARER, Ordinary.
Per W. G. Bentley, Deputy Clerk.
jrn3]-lt
STATE OF GEORGIA, I>jmxkh County. — On
tho FLINT Mu NLA V IN MAK< 11 NEXT
I will ftpnly hi the H.-n-’l of Ovdii..u y of Brooks
County for leave n sell at private saV foiir huu
died and seventeen Hl7\ of wild land
yjng in ilio coi niy of Mcfuti sli and Slate of
Gei lgia, beltMiing to minor heirs of il. D.
ITarris, deceased, lor :<t purpose oi distribution
a. io .1 4-i it: effect >i ;ud nun- iiiori of paid minors.
fU-V-P \ SU:b S. HARRIS. Gnardin?i‘