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6nUafttt’s fmlcpcmlcnt. BATTTRDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1874. LOCA L >’ 1: ws. Traveling Agent. Mr. W. A. Jeter is the Traveling Agent for Gallahf.k'h Independent, and he U fully authorized to take and receipt for subscriptions and make advertising oontracts. : t!e SavAimall ASrertlltr A Kr pnbtleun tin y. t— “Gallaher lias gotten into trouble by reason of his allusion to “roots.” Some of his subscribers thought he was wicked in his allusions, and stopped their papers. There are plenty of such tender skinned jackasses in this world, who evolve out of their own uncleanness, condemnation for | anything appearing in newspapers upon j which a filthy construction can be placed.” We are permitted to publish an extract from a private letter to a friend, from a refined and intelligent lady. Speaking of j the Independent, she says: “In my humble opinion it has no su- j perior in the State. I wouldn’t like to be ] an editor and measure swords with Major 1 G., unless I had a particular desire for decapitation. His article about the tur- ! nip, alias root, is the quintessence of j astute reasoning and withering sarcasm, j Woe unto tho unlucky, would-be critics, 1 whose finer feelings were so rudely. shocked by tjie Major’s language. ” At the request of a friend, but with much reluctance on our part, lest it be regarded as an ostentatious display of a compliment, which was never intended for our eye, we publish the above cxlr ct to show how those of high literary attain ments and refined sensibilities rend and understood our article. We have re ceived many complimentary notices by the press, and, while we despise flattery, we, like other men, love approbation when conscious that our acts arc right, and, with a conscious innocence, we don't care who condemns them. We have never copied any of the favorah'e notices from the press. Not through want of apprecia tion or gratitude, but through fear that in our infancy in the profession, and from want of experience, we might inadvert antly (never intentionally) make an edi torial blunder and crimson the cheek of our brethren with the blush of shame. We arc proud to say that we have never been called ujon to account for any viola tion of the rules of propriety or profes- j si on a! courtesy. We think the Press of ■ Georgia should he (and indeed we believe I it is) ever Watchful of its purity, and jealously gna-ds and maintains every mlo of propriety; and until our articles are criti cised by the Press (where the ability ex ’ ists, aud where the right .to hold us ac countable for indelicacies properly rests), we will entertain no fears of having inad vertently departed from the true lino of duty to our brethren and ourself. The Chromoi. We have ordered chromos from one establishment and they sent them to ns on stretchers, costing at least four times M much, including express charges, as we were assured they would cost ns. Wr lmve corresponded with another, honso, and they offer ns a trashy article for six cents each, if we take one hundred at a time. Our object was to give to our subscribers a handsome present, ns an in ducement to increase the circulation of nnr paper, and we nre determined not to deceive them. Therefore, to all those who have subscribed since our advertise ment to present a cliromo, we have this to say : We are negotiating with other parties, and will present them with a hand some steel engraving, in which there will be no fraud. The fraud has been prac ticed upon us, aiid we will not practice it upon others. The proposition to give chromos is withdrawn for the present, and we are determined in the future to make the IxDiu KNDKvr sufficiently meritorious with in itself to induce subscribers. That is what we have worked for, and it is what we will work for. We are adding to our subscription list daily, and have never had but four to ship their paper. Lft .Jmtice Bf Done. Our complaints have been numerous, and not, without foundation, Vint in justice to onr Postmaster we must say that we are satisfied that he is not responsible for all the failures in the distribution of onr paper. The fault, so far as this county js concerned, is attributable to careless parties calling for the papers belonging to four or five different parties in the same neighborhood, and failing to send it, or them, to the owners. This we Lave dis covered to be the case with parties getting papers from our office, and we hope in the future that parties who assume the re sponsibility of calling for other people’s papers, either at this office or the Post Office, will do ns and the Postmaster the justice to deliver them to their owners, and let there be no more complaints. Fewer Drunkard*. Quitman can truthfully say that she has fewer drunkards than any town of its population in the State, with the same number of bar rooms and billiard saloons. A drunken man is so seldom seen that it is a mooted question when one does put in an appearance whether he is drunk or crazy, and it is generally decided—and we believe correctly—that lie is crazy, but his lucid intervals so suddenly succeeds his follies, that the question of lunacy has never been adjudicated. ■: o; k- More Mule*. Just received at the stables of Cecil & Thrasher, a large lot of fine mules, which will be sold cheaper than such mules have ever been offered in the market. Former customers are invited to call and examine onr stock for themselves. febl-l-lm Cecil & Thbasheb. Great bargain*, cheap goods, tut’ stork at. ° k.U .'O.YB Xf.V I'OSS Si ORE. Popular Medicine. We have been trying to have the valua ble medicines of Messrs. Mansfield & Higbee; of Memphis, Tennessee, intro duced into this commuuily, and have finally succeeded. Messrs. Briggs, .Telks & Cos., seeing the many reliable testimo nials of their efficacy have determined to deal extensively in them, and will con stantly keep on hand the La Creole Hair Restorer. This preparation “restores the natural color to the hair by its healthy notion upon the bulbs;” it is deliggtftillv perfumed and in every respect a desirable I hair dresser, imparting a lively and healthy j gloss. Their Magic Arnica Liniment, which i has no pnrralel in immediate relief and ! permanent cur*! of neuralgia. Brazier’s 1 ! Liver Cordial which has obtained a most wonderful celebrity through all the North western States, and which is uuequaled jin its effect in all liver diseases. Their celebrated Balsam of Lif , which has never been introduced iu this country, has worked almost miracles in tho higher latitudes in I the relief and permanent cure of lung j j diseases. These are the four principle I j medicines that are sought to bn introduced | by these enterprising Southern druggists, ; I and in this country where wo are so sub-! ; ject to billions diseases which is the result ! of derangement of tho liver, we have no doubt that it will prove a blessing to many a sufferer, aud the preventive of many protracted cases of illness. We have go doubt from the testimonials now before us that all tho above named remedies are en titled to the highest consideration, and will, w hen properly tested, be the popular medicines of this country. Those modi-! cines, together with many others from the ; justly popular house of Mansfield & Higbee, may be found at all times at the drug store ot Briggs, Jelks & Cos. P. B. Brogan, traveling agent. A Problem lo be Solved. We don’t know whether to name the problem literary, legal, political, mathe- ! matieal, geometrical, philosophical, meta physical or theological, hut we do know that it isn’t mythological, and hero is the ; question We want County Courts, Road Commissioner, and overseers of roads to answer, for town men have no rond sense: “When a tree falls across the. road in the piney woods, why is it that the neighbors will open a road around it, increasing the I distance from one hundred yards to a quarter of a mile, cutting down from twenty-five to one hundred trees, larger than the fallen tree f” We hope whoever answers,this question, that lie or they will mono it, giving the branch of science to which it belongs. The Columbus saloon-keepers lmvo re ceived notifications that unless they close they will be visited by the ladies. One of them offers to sell out cheap.- Monthly i News. This is wjjat .Toe says, and Joe has no | mouth for lying, though his pen may some times wander a little when the night is j growing short and home comforts are in j viting. We had hoped that Southern la dies would not catch this mock Christian S nthusiasm from the Bostonian altars, aud | we hope (though men sin,) that, Southern ; ladies will not forget modesty, tlio eharnc ; teristic that makes them lovely. Pine (Minting. Mr. E. L. Smith, of Richmond, Vir j ginia, has located in onr town. Ho is a j mechanic of the first water, his painting so ' far 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 mnrblcizing, 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. Horn** and Mules. Col. Cocke, of Tennessee, will in a few i | days have a large lot of splendid horses ! and mules in the vicinity of Groovervillo, ! ! where he will spend several days, giving ] to the citizens of that excellent neiglibor ; hood an opportunity to supply themselves j with, good, young and sound stock. He , will sell you excellent bargains. Give him a trial. 4 The Belle of the South. This is a brand of flour, which perhaps ] has no superior, kept by H. IT. Kayton. | While this flour is pronounced by all who j have tried it to be far superior to most j brands, it is sold by Kavton at a very ! slight advance over ordinary brands. Ho Ooniji in (liifiman. Nobody says nothing to nobody about nobody, and nobodys’ feelings is Hurt j with nobody, and peace and harmony ! prevails throughout the whole body. Ain’t I Quitman a Paradise ? Drv Goods, Clothing. Kljoes, Groceries, Ac.,Ac., at low prices, at Karros’s New l’oitu Stoue. Lu'ldcn & Batcn’Mimlc Hoaie. Large assortments of Knabe, Hallet, Davis A- Cos., Southern Gem and Excelsior Pianos, just received and for sale at low j j prices and on very easy terms. 5Ve are 5 • selling Pianos at less than New York j prices, either for cash or by month) v in ! stallments. Elegant Pianos for $275, S3OO, S $325, $350, and S4OO. Cull and see our various styles and prices, Two hundred j first-class pianos for sale by monthly pay ments. A small payment each month will j secure a handsome piano. Mason & Hamlin Organs, new styles, in elegant cases, sold by small monthly pay. meats. EeoeUior Pimtot only 3275—best i pianos sold for the money in the United | States—elegant instruments, and fully | guaranteed, 7J ootave. Rosewood ease, • ■ cerved legs and Agraffe Treble. One tyU I only, one prim only. No agents, no commis- j : sions. The best and cheapest place in the ; South to purchase Pianos, Organs, sheet | : music or anything in the music line, is at j Luddem A Bates’ feb2B-tf Music House. Fresh goods just received, which were bought at panic prices, aud will be sold the same way. C:ul early and secure the cheapest goods yet sold. No humbug. A t Kaiion's N'zw Yobk Btoke. HERE IS YOLK CHANCE! READ THIS EVERYBODY ! A NARRATIVE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS DIRECTED BY GEN JOSEPH 1. JOHNSTON DOBING THE LATE WAR. This book, written l>y General Johnston, is now offered to the public, and will doubtless prove one of tho most thrillingly interesting works ever offered to the Southern public, and particularly to the Southern soldiers that was under his com-! tnand. Though concisely written, it cm- j braces every material fact in regard to his j operations. To his soldier boys it will awaken many sad ns well ns pleasing j reminiscences. It will turn back the pages I |of memory and present vividly to tho ! recollection tho many battlefields, the J many comrades and co-sufferers that fell ; and is no more; tho many hard oonfliots, j the weary marches through rain and | shine, cold and heat; and the croakers j behind tho army nml out of danger should j carefully read his truthful statement, and J in it behold tho imbecility of their criti- j cisms and their wanton and unjustifiable ; persecutions of this great commander. This book is now offered by Mr. O. T. j Terry, onr townsman and fellow citizen, j the agent for the publishers, who will sell it at publishers prices. We take pleasure in recommending it to onr renders as a correct history of the war, ns to the operations conducted by the author. It w ill prove an interesting and valuable history and one that will sell rapidly. Call at once and see Mr. Terry, and examine the prospectus and subscribe at once. Mr. Terry can be found at all times at, the jewelry store of Mr. W. E. Barnes. Rcfttrunee* Header, we refer you to the advertise ment of Bartlett’s Patent Adjustable Spring ljnd. On our own responsibility we add that wo now enjoy one of these sleep ing luxuries. Fo’ clua mes md simplicity, together with its durability, it cannot be excelled ;for cleanliness and comfort it can not. bo equaled. One trial is sufficient to induce any man who appreciates comfort to 'purchase one. Messrs. Pendleton k Peeples, of Valdosta, arc tho sole agents for Southern Georgia, and Mr. Thomas J. Key is at present their local agent for Brooks county, who can be found at all times at tho store of Mr. H. H. ICayton, with a sufficennt supply of these most de sirable articles on hand. We hope the citizens will avail themslves of this offer of comfort, and that these enterprising young gentlemen of our sister town may find their engagement a profitable one. VYhat every easterner says must 'lie true, anil all say that the best bargains etui be a” it at Kayto.n’s New Yoke 8-rour.. Systematic Cotton Thieving. A curious cus" of systematic thieving has just been brought to light in New York, tho details of which are of peculiar interest to the cotton trade. It has be en known to the cotton 'morchottts that rob bery was carried on by samplers and their confederates, hut the persons who have been engaged iu it have hitherto escaped arrest. The Cotton Exchange appointed a committed to investigate thu matter, and detective's were employed to watch tho op erations of the samplers at the docks and cotton warehouses. They noticed that tho sampler would slash open a bale, ptdl out a handful of cotton, throw it on the ground, and then pull out another and label it as a sample to take to the cotton broker who em ployed him. They also noticed another person, who' carried a bag, and who, us the sampler threw his handful of cotton on the ground, gathered it up and put it into the bug. The officers followed the gleaner to his headquarters and arrested him and captured the cotton, it being in separate bunches, each one of which was labelled. There was found 2,800 pounds of cotton, presumed to have been stolen in the same manner. The prisoner raid he had been employed by the sampler to take these samples to tho broker, but the officers, on going to to the office of this broker, found the sam ples which had been taken there by the sampler. The officers have information which will lead to the apprehension of keepers of no less than twenty other pine m where stolen cotton is received. Tho Cotton Exchange committee believe that no less than $1,000,000 worth of cotton is stolen yearly in this manner in New York, and that a certain mill in Patterson, N. J., is wholly supplied with this cotton. .. - ———- [From tho Paris Kentuckian.] H. 3. Foote's Duels with S. S. Pronto A friend of the late S. S. Prentiss, of Mississippi, was at tho point of death from an attack of mania a potu. For u week his physicians had essayed every known remedy to put their patient to sleep but in vain. Prentiss knew that Too e had made a visit to Texas. Ho was nursing his sick friend when a consultation of the doctors was held,, and they an nounced that the case was hopeless un less the patient could be put to sleep, but that they would exhaust all the means known to the profession. I’rontiss sprang to his feet and said to the doctors, “Damn it, give him Foote's book on Texas to read, and I will insure its soporifics effect.” The remark of Pren tiss was too good a joke to he kept, and it reached the ears of Foote, who chal lenged, and Prentiss was too much of a Southern cavalier to decline, and they met, and Foote was wounded and the parties made friends. It happened that the meeting was so notorious that a very largo collection crossed the river at Vicksburg to witness it, and among them a number of boys, who were so anxious to got a full sight that they climbed up many trees about the grounds. When the seconds had planted the parties, Prentiss looked around and saw the hoys in the trees, and jestingly remarked, “boys, you had better take care; Foote shoots mighty wild.” This remark was published in the papers,' and annoyed Foote to such a degree that he again challenged Prentiss, who met him a sec ond time. At the meeting Foote fired and missed, and Prentiss fired his pistol in tho , ir, and the parties w re again reooncil and The Paris Kentuckian ought to be in dieted for spoiling that joke. What Prentiss said was, “Boys, come down and s'and by me or you will bo hurt. —Macon Telepaph. All our goods marked down cheap. Don’t be lieve what is told you bv other merchants and in terested parties, but cail and see for yourselves how well you can do at Kaio.n's Sew Xosk Stoke. THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Atlanta, Fob. 25.—Tho bill to compel I railroad companies to pay taxes the sumo as on other property was amended so us to give them tho light to go into the courts to resist, if so desired, and passed. This amendment was concurred iu by the House, and the bill passed. BILLS PASSED. To exempt front taxation tho Augusta bridge. To transfer the stock of the State to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company. This bill was passed, us amended, by tho House. To amend tho act incorporating the Kavanuah and Thunderbolt, Railroad Com- 1 puny. To amend the net relative to the civil! and criminal fees of the Sheriff of Chat ham. j To incorporate, tho Cotton Gin Insnr- I üboe Company of Georgia. To fix the compensation of the Tux Receiver and Collector of Baldwin. To incorporate Dublin Mills Manufac hiring Company of Augusta. The bill exempts the capital stock from taxation for ten days. To permit the Georgia stockholders to elect four Directors in the Charlotte, Co lumbia and Augusta Railroad. To repeal several sections of the Code appointing a flour inspector for Augusta. To incorporate the Bello Greene Mining Company. To protect, more effectually, planters from imposition in the stile of fertilizers. To amend the charter of Athens. To establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Bridges for Marion county. To amend the net to incorporate Cotton Hill Seminary in ('lay county. confirmed. Charles G. Campbell was confirmed Judge of the County Court of Decatur. 1 [OUSE ITUX'ENDINGS. Air. Hunter moved to reconsider the action on tho bill to transfer the State’s stock to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, which prevailed Mr. liege offered an amendment limit ing the transfer to three-fourths of the stock, which was agreed to, anil the bill passed as amended—yeas, 107; nays fi t. MISITLLANF.ors. Bills was passed to promote the culture of fish in the water* of the State, and in corporate the Georgia Iron aud Coal Com pany. BTTLLOCk’B BOOL’S BONDS. The bill to amend the Constitution by forever prohibiting the payment of certain illegally endorsed bonds issued by Bullock, passed—yeas, JOS; nays, 8; tho nays in cluding seven Radicals and one Demo crat. BILLS PASSED. To authorize the Ordinary of Lincoln county to issue bonds to tho amount of twelve thousand dollars. To extend the time of recording liens to three months. To amend the charter of Thomson. To authorize the town of Elbert,on to subscribe to stock in the Elberton Air Line Railroad Company. To incorporate tue Summerville Manu facturing Company. To require the Trustees of the Lunatic Vsybun to settle w ith the administrators of Alfred Iverson. To prevent monopolies in the transporta tion Of freights and secure free competi tion. To exempt from jury duty the Clinch Uilles, Irish Volunteers, and Oglethorpe Infantry (company IV), of Augusta, To prevent the killing of insectivorous birds m counties. To attach Mclntosh to the Eastern Cir cuit. To authorize the Ordinary of Worth to levy a talc. To amend the clmrt< r of Darien. LOST. The hill to repeal the act providing for tho inspection of k roserm oil. CON(TREI'.I) IN. The Senate amendment to the bill to pay the teachers for 1871 was concurred in. STATE F.OAD CHANGE 1111.1,5. The State Treasurer is instructed to audit the change bills of tho Western and A tit l ut ie Ba i 1 rood. The bill making the compensation of County Treasurers one and one-qu irter per cent, instead of two and one-half was amended, on motion of Sir. Peabody, by' making it two and a half on all sums under ten thousand dollars, and ono nnd a quar ter for all sums over that amount. Agreed to. Mr. Foster moved to except. Rich mond. Not agreed to. Mr. Calhoun moved to indefinitely postpone Lost. Mr. Mercer further amended, “Provided that this act shall not apply to any Treas urer now in office.” Agreed to, and the bill as amt n led passed. THE CAPITAL QUESTION. Mr. Calhoun asked for a suspension of the rnh'S for the p irpose of introducing a resolution that the State accepts the ten der made by tho city of Atlanta to the Slate of City Hall Square as u site for a Capitol building. Mr. Williams opposed tho introduction of the resolution. Three-fourths not vot ing in tho affirmative, tho rules were not suspended. POSTPONED, The bill to attach Coffee to the First Congressional District was indefinitely postponed CONDITION OP BUSINESS. The Senate and house arc well up, and rdl business will be disposed of to-morrow. The Truth. Wo again repeat that no article in the history of Matoria Medina ever acquired the same patronage, was subjected to the same number of service and different tests, and met with as few failures as Magic Arnica Liniment. It has been justly styled a panacea for all external wounds, cuts, swellings, sprains or bruises on man or beast. Physicians arc compelled to prescribe it, and from it remarkable effects in stubborn Lameness, Chronic rheumatism, etc., it has attracted the attention of the first scientfie minds of the age. No house should bo without it. ltr.AD THE TESTIMONY. Messrs. Mansjle.kl& Iligbee , Memphis, Term: On the evening of the 23d of December, I fell down a steep flight of stairs. My head, shoulder and arm were dreadfully braised and injured. My arm could not be raised one inch without the most ex cruciating agony, and pains extended throughout my breast and side. I pro cured one bottle of your Magic Arnica Liniment, and applied it thoroughly. In five minutes all pain was gone, and in two days no symptoms of the injury was visi ble. Catharine Glayson. For sale by Briggs, Jelks & Cos. c 2 Pompons school examiner: “How is the eartli divided, my lad ?” Intelligent lad: “By earthquakes, sir.” LAfESf NEWS. XViLMikaTON, N. C., February 28.—The Slur has received the following from Lour ingburg: Steve Lowry, the last, survivor of the notorious Robeson county outlaws, was instantly killed by three citizens. He was tuning his banjo preparatory to play ing for some wagoners, when three shots wore fired at him, taking effect in his head, killing him instantly. His body is now at Lumhortou Court House, tho seat of ltohesou county. Detroit, February 23.—The heavy wind to-day has driven the iee from the month of the Saginaw river into tho bay. It is reported that about three hundred fishermen are on the floating ice, and at last accounts they were five miles from | land. Great fears are entertained that the iee will break up before the men can he rescued, and that a fearful disaster w ill result. Laoitayra, February 9.—There was nn earthquake here on the tith inst., which was the severest since 18112. Tho people rushed in terror into the streets, and much injury wits done to persons aud property. Washington, February 20,—Tho Sen ate passed a bill prescribing the form of the oath to be taken by the l’ost Office offi cials. Tho House passed after discussion, the bill appropriating $234,000 to complete the branch mint building at San Francisco. Boston, February 26. —Grange No. 4, which was suspended by the National Grange, held a meeting to-day and re solved itself into an independent grange, assuming the powers of a National Grunge. Albany, February 25.—At a meeting of thu State Temperance Committee to-day, resolutions were adopted asking the Legis lature to pass a local prohibition bill; also calling oft the Friends of Temperance to use every effort to advance the cause and to bid the Western women God speed in their crusade. Washington, February 25. -Unless Congress does something very soon in the way of appropriating money for tho pay ment of bounties due colored soldiers under the regulations in force under the Freedman’s Bureau, the Secretary of War, in a very short time will have to discon tinue all such payments. The Richest of all OruPresidents.— The President has just bought a large lot in the northwestern part of the city for his future town residence. He pays 322,000 for 15,000 feet, and the house is to cost with the lot near SIOO,OOO. It is understood that the President, when he is released from official duties, will divide his time between his three residences- -on the St. Louis farm, at. the sea shore at Filing Branch, and in Washington. He will retire from public life in very com for table circumstances. ]| ( . has been, since lie (tittered the army in 1861, one of the luckiest of men, Inm told by those who know the facts and are competent to judge iu such mutters, that General Grant’s in vestments have all been made with great wisdom, with the sole exception of the small venture in the “Seneca Stone Com pany,” and even that concern is looking up of late. His investments here, at Long Branch, and especially near St. Louis have turned out well. St. Louis people say that his farm in that vicinity will alone make him a largo fortune, so rapid is the increase in its value. The people will he glad to learn that this is so, for there can be no doubt, spite of some faults that Gen. Grant is a favorite. A class of four school-boys in Lansing, Mich., whoso teacher was absent, were turned over to the tender scrutiny of an old professor who was neither loved nor likeil by the class. It is tho practice in this school to appoint one in each class treas urer, w hose duty it is to collect the pennies and keep the records of tho class. The Professor, therefore, handed a small card to one of the boys, saving, “I appoint you treasurer to-diiv. ” The boy looked at the card, and, handing it to his class-mate, said: ”1 pass.” The second boy also muttered “J puss” on receiving it ns he turned it over to the third. No. 3 said, “I turn it down,” and handed it to the last boy, who, handing it hack to the teacher, remarked, “I can’t make it.” The training those boys get at home is one of the things tho doctor don’t com- I preheiul. The Negro in the French Assembly. ‘New York, Fe/iritnry 23.—A Paris, letter says the Governor of Paris has asked per mission of the Assembly to prosecute M. Melville Blon, Count, Deputy for Guadalimpe, for participation in the acts of the Commune. Melville Blon, Count, is the on!}’ negro in the French Chamber, and sits upon the extreme Left among the extreme Radicals. He was Deputy Minister of War under Oluseret. The As emHy had taken no aetion, but it whs probable that Melville Blon, Count, will tty to England. A New York paper says William Kramer, proprietor of the Atlantic Garden, New York, who has just purchased the Old Bowery Theatre for 160,000, began life sixteen or seventeen years ago as a waiter in a Division street lager beer saloon, at the compensation of $1 50 per week. He now owns, besides the Atlantic Garden and Bowery Theatre, a large brewery up town, a fine, residence, a couple of hotels at Sharon Springs, and a crockery store in tho Bowery—all from lager at five cents a glass. Mr. S. Kroner., living near Wayesboro, Va., recently ordered an old oak to be out down, remarking that, the cutters would find a rock in the body of the tree, which he had put there fifty-four years ago when he was a little boy returning from school one day. When the tree was cut, in the heart of it the/ found imbedded the identi cal rock which Mr. Koiner had put in the fork of the little sapling more than half a century ago. LOCAL Al) V ICR Tt HEMES TS. Flour lout Itiii’on in large quantities, at lowi-sl rates. .Savannah prices nowhere. At Kavton’s Nkw York Store. All of Dr. Jayne’s family medicines and-other drugs for sale low at Kavton’s New York Store. .\o AlinfaUCi Wo arc (lotornffncd ww to make some change? in our firm, and in order to (lo ho we wUlhi’ll our prcHcnt stock of goods, consisting of almost even kind of Merchandise usually kept in interior towns, at New York cost prices. This proposi tion may be relied upon, as no higher prices wiil be asked for the next sixty davs. dec2o-tf PAINE & HALL. 11. L. Schreiner at tlie ThomanvUle Fair, We copy the following notice from theThornas ville Time?: “Immediately in front of the gorgeous display of Lathrop A Cos., we find Mr. H. L. Hohreiner, surrounded by a magnificent assortment of pianos, organs, violins, flutes, etc., among which we may , mention the We her and Gabler Piano, a fine im ported organ with fifteen stops; also, the famous , Silver-Tongued Organ, of which Mr. Schreiner is agent. Mr. Schreiner made a clear sweep of the premiums and diplomat*. W® hope to see him at our next Fair” jov29-tf M ISCSI.LAXKO US AD I XU TISEMENTS. THIS SPACE BELONGS I’d Ui'ijg’g’s, Cos. J.M. HOHOTTOHH. | J, 1). WIXO. BOROUGHS & WING, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN TOBACCO, ( IGA US, SNUFFS, PIPES and SMOKERS ARTICLES, 1-1 Docatnr Street, ATLANTA, GA, J. T. JORDAN, Traveling Agent. ja3-1y CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS ANDSHGES 0 This is ono ot the Oldest and Largest Boot and Shoe .lobbing Houses IN THE CITY. Alt their Supplies are obtained from THE VERY BEST MANUFACTORIES, And Sold to Customers on the MOST ACCOMMODATING TERMS. 47G & 478 Eroome Street, New York. A. Iff. WATKINS, Traveling Agent. jv29-tf ( HAK E A HUH KEY’S SAW MILL, ; THREE MILES WEST OF QUITMAN. Crane & Burney rriAKE plouaure in notifying tho public that I they have erected a first-class Haw Mill throe miles west of Quitman, on tho public road to (irooverville, and are prepared to furnish every quality of Pine Lumber at short notice, and on hotter terms than heretofore. TUB FOLLOWING AKK OITH FMCKS FOB I.UMHKIt: For general quality of lumber when cash is paid on de livery $lO 00 pt r 1,000 ft. For the, same, when payment is delayed exceeding 00 days.sl2 50 per 1,000 ft. For special bills where all heart is required, the cash price will be sls 00 per 1,000 ft. and as per agreement as to time. These price# will be sti idly adhered to unless a special contract is made for a large quantity to the contrary. We solicit the patronage of the public, and will endeavor to give satisfaction. jan24-6m PAINE & HALL, H aving recently received a large . and wull assorted stock of . (roiuTiil Morel lanilise, Consisting ot DRY GOODS. HEADY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Etc., ALSO A large and well selected stock of Family and Fancy Groceries. Owing to the great financial pressure, wo have determined to sell goods at PRICES TO Sl'IT THE TIMES. Extraordinary bargains can now bo obtabled FOR CASH. We will take any kind of produce in exchange for goods, or in payment of accounts. We will also take certificates of deposit on the Savannah Banking and Trust Company. All of onr customers are earnestly* requested to come forward at once and make settlements of I tlioir accounts. 0et.25-3m ! [official.] DIPOHTANT NOTICE. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Omn: County Coobt, I Quitman, Ga., February 4, 1871. f ORDERED THAT W. O. BENTLEY BE, AND is, hereby appointed to teat the Weights and Measures of Brooks (’entity, and that he pro reed to perform said duty on and after the First Bay of March next, and after having tested such Weights and Measures to nlare thereon a durable stamp, procured for the purpose. Parties residing in i... country will tiring iD their measures to he tested, aud’ their weights also, to Mr. Bentley’s office y a.^WARD F rr ARDEN, febT-2t J. C. C. MlS< ELLA A XO US Ail I Eli IMEM ENTS. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX •—AUD— BAPTIST^ * The Organ of the Baptist Denomination ifl Georgia and other States. IN TUE 62nd YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE. ii ■i-i.fc A Labor Weekly and Family Newspaper; Price $2 50 a Year. To Minister* $2; GOLD PREMIUMS. I NOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING i <ur friends ill the grand work ot diffusing religious literature and Baptist truth, throughout tho country, we have thought it proper to add td our premium list# the following GOLD niEMTUMS: For the largest number of subscri hers over one hundred SSO 00 in gold: The next largest number over fifty 25 00 in gold; The next largest number over thirty 15 ftO iu gold; The next largest number over twenty 10 00 in gold; The next largest number over ten 500 in gold. This offer fa open for SIXTY BA YS from the? date of this paper. It applies to i ew subscribers only. PA 11) AC E.\ TS are not allowed to participate in it nor thou© who are working regularly on commission. The aingle copy price of the paper must btf conformed to in every instance—s 250 per year, in advance; to Ministers, $2 00. Tho money muni accompany each name forwarded to the pope#. Commencing with the third week from date, wo whall begin to publish tho result of the work of agents—giving names of agents, etc. And now, we hope some friend of the paper in; every neighborhood within the territory of Tins’ Index, will enter upon the canvass at once. Thu work is one in which every lover of tho MasterV eanHo lias a deep and abiding interest. Let iv then be done for Ilis sake. In connection with The Index wo have, per-" haps the largest and most complete Bo k and 1 Jon Printing office in the South, known as the Franklin Steam Printing House. at which every variety of Book, Mercantile/ Legal and Hailway Printing is executed. In ex-‘ cellency of manner, promptness and cheapness, we defy competition. Our Blank Book Manufactory is likewise well, appointed. Orders solicited for every grade of work in this department. County officials will i find it to their interest to consult us as to Legal* Form Books, ltecords, Minutes, Blanks, etc. Books, Newspapers, Sheet Music aud Piriodicahf* hound ami rebound to order. Remember to make your orders on the Frank-' lin Steam Printing House. Address all communications to JAS. P. HARIUBON & 00., Proprietors, P. O. Drawer 24. Atlanta, Otk. feb7-tf LEIIA rAn VERTISEMENTX. Sheriff Sales. \iriLL BE HOLD BEFORE THE COUBT* , House door, in the town of Quitman, on i the FIRST TUESDAY IN MARCH NEXT, within j the legal hours of sale, tho following property,’ to wit: One house and lot, known as Lot No. 27, in the 1 northwest section of the town of Quitman, sold as 1 the property of A. P. Perham, to satisfy the alias !i. fa. issued from Thomas Superior Court Cham-' bers. January 23d, LS74: John W. Bowick vs. Surah E. Ward, Administratrix, and A. P. Per il am, indorser. Property pointed out by James’ H. Hunter, plaintiffs attorney. —ALSO— One hundred (100) acres of Lot No. 171, in tho’ 15th District of Brooks County, to satisfy a tax’ fi. fa. against Gaily Owens. —ALSO— Two hundred acres of land, part of Lots No.* 140 and 147, in the 15th District of Brooks County,’ as the property of T. R. Denson, to satisfy the' alias fi. fa. issued from Brooks Superior CVurt Chambers, February 3d, 1H74: F. b. McCall vs. T. It. Denson ami James B. Peacock. Property pointed out by plaintiffs attorney. —ALSO— Four hundred und ninety (490) acres of land,• Lot No. 480, in the 12tli District of Brooks'* Countv, to satisfy a tax 11. fa. against Mrs. Cfcro-' lino Mcßae. —also— Four hundred and ninety (19(1) acres of liutd,- J.<>t No. 499, in the 13th District of Brooks* Countv, as tin property of \V. H. Brooks, do-' reused, to satisfy a fi. fit. issued from Randolph l Superior Court, November Term, 1873: Janus M. Smith, Governor, etc., for use of M. C. Parkerson vs. Columbus O. Brooks, Administrator, W. 11. Brooks. W. F. Davis ami Juab Brooke. Pro; erty' pointed out by plaintiff. —also— Seven hundred (700) acres of land, Lot No. 901 and parts of lots No. 300 and 344, known hm tho- Coal son Plantation, as the property of 8. -8. Btrick-' land, to satisfy a mortgage 11. fa. issued from 1 Brooks Superior Court : Paul Conlsnu, Adminis trator estate of E. B. Coalson, vs. 8. H. Strickland,• | principal, nml It. B. Wootten, Jus. B. Finch, John A. Irwin and W. 8. Humphries, securities on stay of execution. Property pointed out by' plaintiff’s attorney. I. A. ALLBRITTON, -i. Deputy Sheriff. STATE OF GEORGIA, Brooks County. • Whereas, J. F. M. Harrell having applied’ | to the Court of Ordinary for Letters of Guardian-' ! ship of Walter Harrell and Nancy Harrell, minors' of A. B. G. Harrell, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ell persons interested to file their objections, if any,’ within the time prescribed by law, otherwise said Letters of Guardianship will be granted and issued to the applicant. Given under my official signature, thif- : 24th dav of January, 1874. J. M. SHEARER, Ordinary. Per W. G. Bentley, Deputy Clerk. jHii3l-4t STATE OF GEORGIA, Brooks County.—, Whereas, Joseph J. Rogers having iq mied to the Com t of Ordinary for Letters of Gmuuu j - ship of Robert L. Rogers, a minor child of Thomas H. Rogers, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish rIP persons interested to file their objcelnL.s. *. any, within the time prescribed bv law, other wise said Letters of Guardianship will be granted and issued to the applicant. Given under my official signature, this 24th day of January, 1874. J. M. SHEARER, Ordinary. Per W. G. Bentley, Deputy Clerk. jan3l-4t> CJTATE OF GEORGIA, Bkooks County.—On. LT the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH NEXT I will apply to the Court of Ordinary cf Brooks County, for leave to soil at private sale four hun dr. and and seventeen (il7) acres of wild land Ring in the county of Mclntosh and .State of j Georgia, belonging to minor l eirs of M. P. j Harris. -L.cepsee. H*f mvn ' <* o* /u aud maintenance of and education of said mi nor | feb7-4tr JAAIKS S. HARRIS, Gmdta*