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(fwltohcr’s SATURDAY.. JUNE 37, 1874. ""**"■■ " ■ " AFFLICTED SOUTH CAROLINA. An U resident of HontU Carolina, who aua Eaw on bu*itie, wiu recently met by I lie editor rrf the Newark Journal, and, in the conversation that ensiled, told a atflfy Of ttte Social and ptrtUi'enl condition of that State, of a nature so disgraceful that every honest man in the country would at oneu indignantly deny it* truth ware it possiblo la do so in .ho face of tile gowds of similar Uwtimotiy front other quarters. The story is in substance ns follows: In Charleston County njonc there have been 3,900 parcels of property lately sold for taxes, and forfeited to the Htate for want of bidders. Between the imported thieves and the native thieves there is hardly umhliing of value left, ttovernor Moses aud Ilia friends have dc moralised the negroes and got control of the titaty, and now liultj .wliut there ia left of it.. luAfc 'gitatbolifideuee iu all Northern men, and that is lit the foundation of much of the evil. For in staiimv, there l6att through a cor fain section of the Htate representing him* luAf us a son of General Sherman, telling the negroes to select their forty acres of land secretly, and iu consideration of so Hindi mdmep they should Soon have the deeds. The swindler, of course, realized hugely. Aguis, ■ many f‘missionaries” sent from tho North clieat and delude the Jioor black men by making them pay roundly for bibfeii, w*hbof-Inn>ks, sent by charitable associations, and when any (southern mail attempts to expose the game the blacks call him a “Deraucrnck liar." of this is furnished by the case of a gen tleman in Orangeburg County, who vm assessed $27,000 on property that would' not bring 810,000 iu cash under the ham mer. Tlie sumo party had State and county churns, hut could not pay his tax with theiff or got them paid without sub mitting to a heavy shave by some of the ling agents with State funds. Property sold for taxi* when purchasers con be found scarcely brings more than the amount of tuxes aud costs, ns there is no one Jmt, those iu tho ring abl-i to buy. About 3,0tt0 acres of pine timber land were sold for Uses oil the first in t.llrtfcfobor at tW CrturtdiWsl) in Cues tacflold Coiyijv <jt per uf.ro, .and at Au)o)*xrpcriy frill not realize any thing. Rich alluvial lads iu the Peeflee Valley, that before the wy . would eom luaufl feS jiifl-'ncVfe,' fiiWewfiu offered; ill per acre, wliioh is about a proportion ate value of property, Regarding the crop*, the close of the war found the plan ters all poor, and they wore oouqurilpd to mortgage their growing crops to their fae tors at a rate of about 25 per cent profit tiud 25 per cent interest. This, of course, with all -the. pkgmtyi, them dour e-vdty yekr, uijfl hr ninny eases even their stock, and this year starvation will .►tare some of them in the face. As to the -f orcrts of the State they are a farce, from the Legialaturo down to magistrates. Dur ing-tbc ticssiofi of tliMnsf f legislature, in cluded in an omnibus bill was a claim of a bartender in Columbia. On to ning to his knowledge ho sent in a communication that was read to the Hoijso, that the claim with his name ajtuched was a forgery, and lie should insist that it might hodestroyed in his presence. This was passed off us a good joke on the party that forged the claim. In Darlington County Court alle gro was triad tjy a negro jury for some of fence against the State. The jury shifted tlio crime on to the shoulders of the State nud brought the State in guilty. Iu the same county two negroes were tried fur larceny before a negro trial justice. They litul been detected by being tracked to the stolen property. Tlio magistrate sta ted that lie could not find iu his copy of Blockstoue where a party could ho found guilty when betrayed by tracks. Although there was positive proof, they were set at liberty. Tlio conviction of any crime bv talc of Moses’ followers is followed by a pardon. The only thing that etui save the State uow is tlio interference of the na tional courts, so that the thieves and rob l>ers may be dislodged and the high places fumigated. The National Administration lotuses to hour the appeals of the suffer iug people, because some hot-headed, im pudent person down there, goaded to it by tl>v terrible situation of affairs, has abused the President, and the Northern people can not see anything hut the Ku- Kltix, skull, and cross-bones to sympathize with. The gentleman tho pitch of whose words we have given said iu conclusion: • ‘Look at oue of the stars you made such great sacrifices to keep only to bo daubed and smeared with filth to disgrace the whole banner. Its ruler gone into bank ruptcy, arrested for larceny, and under bonds for seduction. What a spectacle for an American citizen to behold! Is tliure no serpent that can be lifted up for us?’’—JT,' T. liny-Book. We have never much favored corporeal punishment in schools, hut whether the substitute adopted by a Wisconsin teacher is desirable,is little doubtful. When a pupil is disobedient, idle, or rufactory, lie ad ministers ,R> the delinquent it dose of castor oil. The only result of this treatment of which wo have report is a pun, strangely nud fearfully execrable, made liy the edi tor of the local newspaper. He says such treatment ought to reader the scholars • dose ’ilc. ’ He evidently needs a quart or so himself. A Oouneotiuut lady remained too long ou a truiu to kiss female friends the other day, and, trying to get off alter it hud Started, was thrown ou her face. “If ever 1 kiss anybody again!” she said re vengefully, as she arose,” “any woman, at least, she added thoughtfully, “then it will be when I our crazy. ’ tHtruWb' rrv .s (I# ue 1.1; CarrssvtllVnc* of ■ ih# Knoxville (Ibxihiiir.f A HAD KEVOIiT FROM LIBERIA. Mom** ofun Knit TtmiuiiMi Wt-Kru'ii Kii< ri i-iim lu (Ik- llmiklh of lil Fulltt-r*. Dan Price, a bright, intelligent mnlatfo who left tliis neighborhood the 23d*day of lust November, in company with thirty others for Liigiriii, arrived in otft tow non tlie ten o'clock train tliis morning on his return from old Africa. Dan tolls ns a very distressing story of his trip mid of the fate'of ninny of his* relatives mid friends. He says they had not been in Liberia a month till tdo*,' had burned nine of their little party, all of whom died of fever, including his wife, mother, grand-' mother mid his oldest child. He brought twei of-his little children buck with him, who weft) fortunate enough to escape tho fatal disease. The remainder of the party ore nearly all'Aid' ar/d anxious to gel back to Ameri ca, but as a trip this way costs lifty dol -1 irs, none of them can get tho funds to return on. But few of them have been able to do a day’s work sinco they arrived iu Liberia, mid when they can work they only get twenty-five cents per day. He says the agents of tho Colonization Society gtosaly misrepresented the coun try to them, or they would never have thought of leaving Hast Tennessee. The natives, with but few exemptions, are of tho rudest type, and nearly all of them live upon roots, frogs, scorpions, Jizznrds, and insects of various kinds. Bacon being fifty cents per pound, and flour from twelve to fifteen dollars per hundred, of course cun only be usmj by the rich. Corn, wheat, oats, anti olbVir staple productions of this country, can not bo grown there to any advantage. lie never saw a team of horses, muloa or oxen from the time he left New York till ho returned, the soil being principally cul tivated with the lye,l N‘> puo *vr Upukl afiout going ont vvitlfoift rti'i inTibrofm or somthing to protect them from tlie intense heat of the sun. Hottlers are often over run by the different savages from tlie in terior, themselves killed and their houses' robbed ami burned. Many of the natives dress in regular barbarian style, that is! thty go est jOjtocyt they go out from their places of abode; they then dress up with one garment, a liip elutln The offices of tho arc all filled liy negroes, who are generally and tyrauical towards tlio common people. Thu rich will .not in ally way associate with ! the pooi’/fttldWhen tin! poof ! negro works for the rich one he is sent to thy kitchen ■for hfs menls. Ho says when lto .landed in America he wa greatly surprised to hear that the colored people wore demand ing more rights of tlie government, for they BhouJt.|_bj;. contented with the privi leges 11 11 ‘|- ufixiftdy have igril not get llj) a '(.miturbuUebwrtlT fhe wTlitcß, their iiest friends, SLEPT WinUlTlS SPURS ON. “Yds,” sHid-fin! old mail wit ha smile, “I remember one time iu particular-, , while out.prospecting with or old friend, about hveirfy yaani agii We were travel cling on horseback, and come across u tavern one night about ten o’clock. Be ing very iirSd fnM 'MTftgr/, as soon as wo got some supper and somctliing warm to liy-ep the cold out, wo listed to bo bhowu t b otir room. ()u' looking 'afoi’ind, we found tlioXpohi hud two beds in it, one of which was already occupied by two stran gers,' who were both snoring lustily. The fact of there being two beds iu the room did not surprise ns.as iu back wood taverns there W ore frequently Ihroo heals in a room. \V<> undressed, npdjustas I was going to blow out the light, my friend, who had got into bed, espied the foot of one of tlio tttfpugcm sticking through the’bod clothes at the foot of the lied. AVitli a suppressed chukle lie tndfrt'nttl run to hold on a mo ment; he got quietly out of bed, and go ing to whore tlio stranger’s boots wore, ho took off a huge, sharp, Mexican spur, nud carefully adjust and it to tlio bare heel of the unconscious stranger. With another audi ble chuckle as he thought of the conse quences that would follow when the stran ger drew in his foot, ho got back into bed, and 1 blew out the light and followed him. ! tie soon managed to get a long straw from tho hud and reached over and tickled the stranger’s foot. He instantly drew his leg! up untill his kueps almost touched his chin. In doing this he drew the spur whole length of his hod-follow’s leg, mak ing a yell and sprang out of bed with a muttered exclamation that I did not make* out, and then ho commenced a wild dance around the room, with his ncthor garment under his arm, and making frantio efforts either to dislocate his neck, or to see how badly ho was hurt, all l.ho while making exclamations that would have made o bag gageman with n Saratoga trunk On his shoulder turn green with envy. The inno cent cause of the trouble, had been awak ened at the first yell of tlio victim, and. in straightening his : egs out, scratched hiiu se f most unmercifully. Ho did not yell liov say bad words, but he jumped out of bed and made for his f.iend with purpose of taking vengeance, I supposed; but lie had not taken two steps before he jabbed tlio spur into his leg again. The landlord then appeared with light, followed by , half tho boarders in the house, and in quired what the matter w as. An examina tion brought to light the spur, which ex plained trie matter. The stranger looked sheepishly at the spur, then at his scratch, and finally examined his boots, and w ith a sickly smile said: “Well, boys, I have lived all my life among people who wear | spurs, but 1 never before saw- a man who j could pull off’ his boots and leave his spur on his foot I I’ll treat iu the morning. ” A strange set those Dunkards. They have decided that a Dunkartl may tvenr a ! full beard, bat not a mustache only; that members may not engngo in banking busi ness, as il leads to covetousness and Usury, and that it L umaLisublv to xcJAI hoys to college. | diplomatic Relations with THE (JARHEN OF EI)EX. "Rev. J. P. Newman was and is n Metho dist preacher, who a year or two ago was chaplain of tho Senate. Ho was also pas tor of the Metropolitan Church, where our piotiß President does up his devotions. Bcv. J. P. Newman decided that he ought to travel for Ids health. Tho oongrega j tion agreed with him, and cheerfully gave j him leave of absence. ,Tust about that time, by a singular coincidence, tho Presi dent concluded that our consulates ought to be inspected, arid created an office—-that of inspector of consulates—for which ' there was, I believe, no lawful provision; but it was supposed to bo all right to do it with'n tho contingent fund, and so help out the regular annual deficiencies. Lord only knows who conhl have been induced to take this oflieo if tho parson had not just t icii out of a job. It scorned almost prov - ilentiuk Anyhow, Newman was appointed, with au annual salary of $7,500 in gold and all necessary allowances for traveling ex penses was a clerk. Mrs. Newnmn was appointed clerk, with an annual aalary of $1,200, also in gold. They started West by way of California and Japan to make the circuit of tho globe and sec every con sul -who might happen to be conveniently located for the purpose. They have been I having a grand time indeed. Wickod j world’s people say that Rev. J. P. New j man is a theological dead-beat, and that j the arrangement is a scandal to the clnlrch as vyell as tlio government. But who I cares 7 The lust heard from J. P. N. and j his"clerk they were looking for a consul to j insjioet at the junction of the river Tigris | and Euphrates, in Asia. They didn’t find any .consul, bat they write they had found the Garden of Eden, and all will admit this is * g#eut deal better. The Fond du Cue Commonwealth grumbles a little, aud insists that this government bus no consu j lur or diplomatic relations with the Gar -1 defi if Eden. A 'Republican editor ought j to look at the thing in a more reasonable light, it only costs $12,000 a year; we got rid of Newman, and can play this discov ery of the Garden of Eden in tho next campaign us an unanswerable argument in fuvyjt, of a third It is much-better iI Inin -fitly 'of those' used ih support of the second. LaCroime Democrat. SLA VERY AMONG THE ANTS. Among ants the habit of slave-making, 1 ns discovered by the German naturalist, ffitblr, is oßt-sf the wonders of tho ani mal kingdom. This habit belongs to the Amazons, or red ant of South Africa. These leave their own dwelling in the evening, goto that of some tribe of black ants with the intention of making cup-! fives. Tlm ussailod are, however, not to 1 submit so tamely. They organize for the I defense and resist their assailants furi- j ously. • Thu battle is long and fierce, I sometimes one side, sometimes the other, I having the advantage. Wo have read of, j and, admired, tho bravery of the Old j Guard in their charge at Waterloo, but hero are charges and counter charges as 1 fierce as any on that famous field. We admire our revolutionary fathers for de fending their homes against foreign in vasion, hut what shall we say of the ants defending theirs until all the adult mem bers pf tlio, tribe are killed or wounded. Wo applaud ttie heroism of our ow n brave boys iu the rebellion, but here by these .animals, tho ono tribe endeavoring to make slaves, and the other in resisting j that making, was displayed a heroism 1 equal to that seen on any battle-field of that deathly struggle. But, not stopping to ablate npon tho contest, w e can say the Ainizons may he defeated, hut they will probably conquer, and after killing or rendering helpless nil their adult foes, de scend into the dwelling, make captive, and eonvey tlie lai vie and yoyng to their lidincs. This done, and the slates being trained to perforin the duties of their new condition, the captors give themselves up to a life of ease, and become so enervated and imbecile as to be unable to care for themselves. If after a short period their slaves are removed, the tribes will die for want of food. The distinguished natur alist to whom I refered took a colony and removed their serfs. Tho result was the tribe was dying rapidly when a single slave was introduced, and was immedi- ately set at work supplying food, rearing young, and in every respect earing for the 1 body, so that iu u few hours life and vigor flourished where had been only indications of infirmity and death. A Vel\ friff e's\ A Hestor r. The following description of a strange and deadly reptile found in Sussex County, 1 VI., is given by the S, a lord < A curious and dangerous snake, the only one of tho kind that has ever been found in this part of the country, was killed by some workmen on the farm of Francis lu sley, near Wetipquin, Sussex County. It j measured twenty-eight inches in length j and tw o inches in circumference. Its color is black, striped with w hite, which, when exposed to tho rays of the sun, shine with ; the brilliancy of polished silver. It was provided w ith two rows of teeth, twenty- 1 six ou each side, \ cry sharp, yet are dif-1 fcrcut from those of the snake common to ! this country. About five inches from its j tail are tw o thick, grisly protuberances, ' about one inch in length, ono ou each side of the body. Each protuberance contains eighteen horns, about one-eight of an inch j in length. They are hollow, and the poi-! sou is supplied to them by means of smalt dnrW connecting with a thin, trails- j parent bag about oue inch below the pro- j tuberuueos. Wo are told that some years j ago a snake, supposed to bo u horned ; snake, attacked a man iu this same vicin ity, and in order to escape he jumped be hind a large tree, and the snake striking with such force buried its born into the trunk about one-eighth of an inch. Iu thirty minutes thereafter a dullness in the leaves was perceptible, and strange to say in another hour they commenced falling off, and to-day it is nothing hut a with- I led, naked trunk." PROFESSIONAL CAROS. ~lTf. haddock. Attorney At I ,nw QUITMAN, GEOIt GI A. Will practice in all tho Court* of the Hootlioni Circuit, will klho practice in the adjoining coun ties in the State of Florida. ntr Oflieo over Finch's Htore. may O-1 y JAS.H.HUNTER AT T O HNEY AT I. AVV , QUITMAN, BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA . Will practice in the CotMitie* of the Southern Circuit, Kcholit and Clinch of the Jlninewick, and Mitchell of tho Albany. **“Oftiue at the Conrt Houho. -ga * W. n. URN NETT. B. T. KINfihBKIIHY BENNETT & KINGSBERRY, Attorneys at Law Q UITMA N, Brooks County, ... Georgia. juntas-tf EDWARD R. HARDEN, r ' Attorney nt Law, <}UIT M A N , BROOKS COUNTY, - - GEORGIA. Late an Aftaociata Justice Supreme Court IT. H. for Utah and Nebraska TerritoricMV now Judjftr Codnty Court, brooks Comity, Ga. riiay34-12nio .1. S. N. S NO W, iu-:x r risT, Quitman, ..... Georgia, Office Up Stairs, Finch’s Corner. *ng2B-4m DR. E. A. JELKS, rit.ICTISING PHYSICIAN, CpxUman, <*n. OFFK'K Brick hidUtng adjniuing the store 01 Mi ssis Briggs Jc Iks V Cos., Screven utml mat Hnf tv >SIIMI IIMMMMIIHI I | aHI f WOULD ItKNmTPULLY CALL THU AT -1 IKNTioN of the citizen* of Brooks ami I lilt! adjilining eouutius, to aiy large aud select | stock of DRY GOODS, i 7 . ■ BOOTS AND SHOES, II A If I > W A If E G IUKT.It IF.K, Etc., Etc., AH of which will he sokl upon REANONABI.E TJiUStH amt at LOWEST MUCKS. anil would call the attention of Planters to my LARGE STOCK OF FARM IMPLEMENTS, Suck as PLOWS, CLLVKT.S, HEEL BOLTS, GRAIN PANS, etc., etc Those gooffs will be sold at MANUFACTURER S PRICES, With Freight Added. *Sf GIVE ME A CALL It* JOHN TILLMAN. jn3vs-tf BEDELL & CO., la iqu o r I>eal er s $ AND % TOBACCO AGENTS, 140 BROAD STREET COLUMBUS, GA. uowrj-ti MIS VEI. I. .1 -V KO US A D VEJi TISEMENTS. ~D. \\ . UK H E, MERCHANT TAILOR, QUITMAN, GA., Would Inform tho citizens of Quitman and sur rounding country, that ho has just opened a FIRST CLASS MERCHANT AND TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT IN QUITMAN, AND HAH ON HAND A FINE LOT OF CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, SUITABLE FOIt MAKING DR SS AND BUSINESS SUITS. He has also on Hand a Select Stock of READY MADE < EOTIIINO, CUTTING, CLEANING - Asl*-.- If E I A I If 1 IN (; DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. *aT PRICESMODERATE, -fc* CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN i |BOOTS AND SHOES I This is uue of tho Oldest and largest 800 l anil Slim* Jobbing House's IN THE CITY. All their Supplies are obtained from THE VEHY BEET MAN U FACTO JOES, j And Sold to Customers on the MOST ACCOMMODATING TERMS., 476 & 478 Broome Street, New York. A. SI. WATKINS, Traveling Agent. Je-M-tf CREECH i NEWSOM. DEALERS IN I) K Y G O O I) S,j (j UOCEItIEH. Liquors, Flour, Bacon, etc. QUITMAN, GA. uiaylQ*ti 8A VANN AH ADVERTISEMENTS. DeWITT, MORGAN&CO. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, 139 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. CHAMPION & FREEMAN. OROCERSANI) COMMISSION MERCHANTS Corner Huy anti Drayton Streets, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. CLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM; wH O L ESA LE GROCER S, Corner Bay and Drayton Streets, SAVANNAH GEORGIA MARKET SQUARE HOUSE VALENTINE BASLER, (Successor to hit brother Antony Baaler) THE WELL KNOWN TEN I*l rs ALLEY, At the Old Stand, 174 Bryan St., OPPOSITE TUE MARKET, i Continues to keep on hand the beat of Brandies, Whiskies, Wines, Ales, AND AI.I. OTHER LIQUORS, My Foreign Liquors are all of my own Impor tation. UK-Mf __ . |F. ' .. F ']a g - ; (ft a A FOIt 20 YEARS THE Standard of Excellence THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 1 Over 900,000 in Use. ! 100,000 MO UK THAN ANY OF ANY OTHER KIND ! TUB SEW WIIfiKEKR ** WILSON. Uegeived in 1*573: Jfhv Hlghe*t Awards at the Vienna Exponi lion. The Hold 51 -lal of tlko Maryland Initl “t he FOUR HIGHrST PIIEMIUMK, (in.-lmUng ; I v>u im.i-ti. .) at the GUOUGIA STATE i- AIK. BEST OF ALL: Thf WHEELER .V \YIL*ON has the approval of millions of Indies who have used thin well tried machine. Physicians certify that it it Ain only IdM h-SliU i> Machine lit for i Family u*r. Its light ami easy motion dots I not fatigue invalid*. Its rapid execution of work 1 recommends it to all who sew for a living. Hi* the mot economical bemuse, the must tlu ntlile. Our new and popular No. 6 Machine adapted ! for Leather work and general Manufacturing purposes is now used bv the leading tailoring e~ tabfiHhinehts ami shoe nieb ries. Mend for our circulars. Machines sold on easy terms, or monthly payments taken. Old machines put in order or received in exchange. WHEELER A WILSON MF*U CO.’S OFFICES: W. 15. Cleveh, (leu. Agt., Savannah, Ga. 25.i d^tf BKESNAN’S EUROPEAN HOUSE, Nos. 156, 158, 160 and IG2, Bryan St., SAVANNAH, GA. mug rßoriuETon having completed 1 Ilia invi-aary atMitamn and improvements, can now offer to bis guests ALL THE COMFORTS TO BE OR TA IS ED AT OTHER HOTELS AT LESS THAN HALE TIIE EXPENSE. A Restaurant on the EUROPEAN PLAN liaß been affiled, where guests can, £ sVt _VII Hours, Order whatever ean be obtained iu the market. Rooms, with Baoril, $1 50 per day* Determined to be OUT DONE BY NONE all I can auk i* a TRIAL, confident that complete satisfaction will be given. oct4-tf JOHN BRBSNAN, Proprieto J. M. BOgOUOHH. J J. I>. WING. BOROUGHS & WING, WHOLESALE DEALERS IS T 0 B ACCO, CIGARS, SNIFFS, PIPES and • SMOKERS ARTICLES, 14 Decatur Street, ATLANTA, GA - * J. T. JORDAN. Traveling Agent. ' jaUIU-lV SA VANN AH ADVERTISEMENTS. IS JEW SPRING STOCK! DeWITT, MORGAN t CO., ARE OPENING their spring stock WHICH THEY OFFER JF <> If C ASII, AT Prices to Suit tlie Tiniesk DItESS GOODS. SILKS, CALK’fDESy CASSIMERES. SMA-WLS, HUNTED MUSLINS, GRENADH3HK iPtaXMINGS, COLLARS, RUFFLING'. EVERYTttfNO FOR SALE THAT IS KEI’T IN A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE. FOR SALE BY DeWITT, 3IOKOAN & 17U) Congress St. SAVANNAH, ... GEORGIA.. DR. D. C< >X, LIVE STOCK, SLAUGHTERED MEATS — AND— I R o r> U C E, COMMISSION MERCHANT —AND— PURCHASING AGENT SA VANNA 11, GEORGIA. Stock Lots, WILLIAM AND WEST BROAD STEETS _ OX>— Produce Depot IN BASEMENT OF CITY MARKETT CONSIGNMENTS OF BEEF CATTLE, MILCH COWS, SHEEP, HOGS, GAM E. DRESSED MEATS, Ac., Ac., —ALSO TOULTRY, EGGS, VEGETABLES. EEPTS, MELONS, SUGAR, SYRUP, HONEY, HIDES, TALLOW, At. RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. anglO-tf MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - • ■ GEORGIA A. 11. LUCE, Proprietor, BOARD, $3 00 Pc* Day.