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gtrirptnArat SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1874 tbcAL '~isrit\Vbl C t*Mfc w#s 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. - * 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‘