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GALLAHERS INDEPENDENT, PUDUSIIKD EVERY SATURDAY AT QUITMAN, OA., •——BY J. C. GALLAHER, TERMS V SUBSCRIPTION I TWO DOLLARS per Anna* in Aihmcc. To the Executive Committee of the Demo eratic Party. Macon, May 18, 1874. Desiring, above ull tilings, unity of ac tion by the Democrats of Georgia in oar approaching elections, and knowing the great i-*]>ortaneo of harmony in our ranks, 1 have doterminod, v itii a view to tliuso dosirablo ends, to call together tho Execu tive Committee of tho purty on the first Wednesday in July in Atlanta, for consul tation. Untill then it is desired that no action looking to nomination of candidates ■will lio taken by the party. Gentlemen of tho Convention, the interest of the people demand your attention. Taomas Uauiucman, Jr., Chairman Dorn. Ex. Com. a rkmarkToTe cask Dofore Judge Van Voret. of tlie Supremo Court in the City of New York, the suit of James Lorimer Graham against LyttliUm Gorrettsou and Richard ,T. Garrottson, cx i-ontors of Symmes Gardner, to recover $132,600 in shieks and bonds, was dis|iosed of. It appears that on the Ist of May, 1871. Mr. (Indium, riding homeward in a (Sixth avenue ear, with tho stocks and bonds iu a satchel, became engrossed m a newspaper and passed the street in which ho lived. On discovering liis mistake, lie sprang from the ear forgetting his satchel, ito soon missed it; pursued and overtook the ear, but tho 'a.lohel had disappeared.' lie inquired for it in the office of the rail road company, advertised it in the news papers, circulated handbills offering a lib eral reward, and warned banKers and bro kers not to negotiate tho bonds and stocks. To bis utter astonishment, one day re cently. Mr. Lyttloton G. Garrottson, one of tlie executors of Esquire Gardner’s es tate, called upon him to ask why ho had ! not transferred the bonds and stocks on j the back. He said that they hud been 1 found among Mr. Gardner’s assets, but j that there was nothing !<• show how lie lie- j came their possessor. Mr. Graham then told liis story to Mr. (iarrettson, ami as | the executors could not deliver the prop-] erty w ithout lcg.il adjudication conobvniug I tho riglit of ownen hip, it was mutually I agreed tlmtu frieudly lawsuit should bet instituted. Mr. Graham having proved I his title to ttu. Ihiihl . and .•.looks, Judge I Van Voret gave judgment in his favor, re ipiiving the exeeuti in; to deliver the bond a i and stocks to him. Thin is certainly a very remarkable case, and leave , the mem ory of Mr. Oardner iu a very awkward position, to say the least, Shr. A'i-Rrp. mw wslo w. The Knoxville CLrouiM publiah. a. l l ter from Brown low, of which l!iu follow- , iug is a synopsi :: • In no State is tho negro deprived of full anil equal protection before the law. ltat ill several Southern State like South Carolina the white man bn; mirighis which the negro is hound to reaped. The South e.rn {tcupic have been ..ullicic.itly piuiishtHl for p rrticipatio'i in the rebcllt,.’;. and in stead ofhariMssiu aid farther humiliating them C mgre-.r ougb. to ex. .. 1 thorn a helping hand. The result of the passage of the bill will be that the school system will be destroyed, war and race prejudices, which werohein : • rapidly obliterated will be revived with unwonted fury mid the present generated will not live to see so favorable a condition of affairs as exists at the present tim a A feeling of returning loyalty which was growing iu tho South will die out, and one of hostility to the government will take Hs place. The hill might- be appropriately termed “A bill for the encouragement of riot aud chaos in the Southern States, and for tho humiliation of widows and the oppression of the orphans of the Soutli.” With my view of this question. 1 am glad to see that the Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction for T. nneuueo has taken an initiatory step for the abolition ii| the whole common school system of the State, so that if the bill should pasa the system may be abolished without delay. In the full'Wt and most emphatic man ner possible I ■tftsh to see Tennesseo ex press tho iniliguatiou and disgust of her people at this palpable invasion of their purely domestic relations. THENA TIONA /. S’C’.l VEXGEH. Four millions of a widely different and vastly subordinate species of human kind are forced from tlicir orbit and thrust into tliat of the white man, and this impious and loathsome crime ujjou nature and American civilization results in social di sease as fatal to the nation as leprosy or small-pox to the individual. Look at it in dividualizedA white family harmonizes, equalizes and affiliates with a negro one. The negro is corrupted with it, degraded by it, but the whites thus mating with them are degraded beyond expression, and the Mongrel progeny is so abhorrent to nature that, in three or four generations, tin; y will rot out utterly frora the earth polluted by such a sin against the Creator ippft crime against nature. Aggregates are Irnari-■ up from individuals, and .therefore Spliagffiew Nation” becomes as filthy, de- HHnLd'and lost as the individual. It is i® tbfthf'eituation” of universal rottenness tlittitSe New York San dives and brings ie 6 surface its carrion lioads of Credit jfdMiier. Sanborn contracts salary grabs, &c , and though it may be to some extent, *®Kfut, it is only so as the foul scavenger is in his calling.— X. l r .'Day-Book. GOOD, ~LFLIVED UP TO. If political platforms in these days meant anything, we should say that the one adopted by the Democrats of Maine, who held a con von tie* yesterday, promised to work towards reform. M e printed it in our Fourth Edition of Tuesday, and hope that everybody has read it or will read it. The resolution in favor of “hard money” roileets tho sentiment of all parties in Maine, as it should that of honest and in telligent ynen everywhere. That in favor of free trade is no loss emphatic, and in dicates by its emphasis what we have long belioved—tliat freo trade sentiment is growing with the knowledge tliat any community is fettered by taxes imposed in behalf of monopolists. In the rest of tho resolutions there is a taint of partisan ship which does not improve them, but, as a whole they aro good. Now, will the Democrats of Maine, or of any other state, live up thorn ? Wo asked tho same ques tion of tho Republicans of Maine, the other day. about their excellent platform. - X. X Post. VOL. 11. BREAKING IT GENTLY. 11T MAUK TWAIN. “Yes, I remember that anecdote, ” tho Sunday Hcliool Superintendent said, with the old pathos iu Ins voice, and tho old sml look in his eyes. “It was about a simple creature named Higgins, that used to haul rock for old Maltby. When tho lamented Judge Bugloy tripped and fell down tho court house stairs and broke his nook, it was a great qm'stion how to' break the liewst to poor Mrs. Bagley. Hut finally tlm body was put into Iliggius' wagon, and bo was instructed to take it to Mrs. 8., but to bo very guarded anil discreet in bis languago. and not break tho news to her at once, but doit gradually and gently. When lliggins got there with his sad freight, lie Hlioutod till Sira. Bagley enmo to tho door. Then lie said, “]>oca tire widdor Bagley live here?” “The widow Bagley? No, sir." “I’ll bet she does. But have it your own way. Well, does Judge Bagley livu here?” “Yes, Judge Bagley lives here.” “I’ll bet lie don’t. But never miml, it ain't for me to contradict. Is the Judge iu?” “No not at present.” "I just expected ns much. Because, you know—take hold o’ suthin, mum, for Pm a-going to make a little communica tion, and I reckon may bo it’ll jar you some. There’s been an accident, mum. I’ve got the old Judge curled up out hero in the wagon, aud when you see him you’ll acknowledge yourself that an inquest is alsmt the only thing that could be a com fort to him !” BUTTER 77/1 V WHISKEY. “Bill Arp” writes: Gentlemen, there is one thing about drinking, 1 almost wish every man was a reformed dlluikard. No muu who ever drank liquor knows what a luxury cold water is. I have got up iu the night, after I hud been ..piecing around, and gone to the pump burning with thirst; feeling as if the gallows, and the grave aud infernal regions, were too good for me, and when 1 took up tho bucket in my hands, with my eyebrows trembling like I hud the ague, and put the water to* my lips, it was tho most delicious draught that ever went down my throat. I have stood there uud drank, until 1 could drink no more, and gone back to lied thanking God for the pure and cool- ! ing beverage, cud cumin." from tho inmost, for ever touching the wbi ky. In my tor ment of mind and body, l have made vows and promises and broken them iu a day. But if you want to know the luxury of cold water, get drunk mid keep at it until you are on lire, and then try the bucket ful at the pump in tho night. You won't want a gourd full - you’ll feel lilto a buck etful! am’t big Albngh, and when you be gin to drink an earthquake couldn’t step I yotl. f. know men iviio will swear to the | truth of what i say; you sec, it is n thing ; they don’t like to bilk about; it is too hti j mihatiug. , DOGS ASD THEIR COST. Tlu> St. Louis Ulube Ua been making Home unh-ulaii > . i from ivci ut ntid mticu on thin question and :-nrns up in reference tv tbo Slide of lUiiisouri u . follow;.: Our i 00,(HW ilii/'H furukdionc of the moot import ant reon'mic cmcmleraUou* now affecting tlio Slide. In the first place, they mihtat, ucainst tlu mutton crop nu liilaUy to (lie extent of id least §5,000,000; j secondly, they cost id nil average of 25 exults n week eiicli, $,’,500,000 enough to run nil our common schools mid leave a large sti'nlidile eiirpliis; thirdly, they day nnnually through hydrophobia, at least ! 1 tiO'persons, which, at $5,000 each the | average price paid by railroads for the ! very pool est of brakesmen- amounts to ! the further sum of §600,000. Here is ndi | rest expenditure of nearly $7,650,000 for dogs, not to mention the lines, costs and more remote sentimental damages result ing from lawsuits about dog lights and consequent severance of friendship be tween the owners of the combative curs. Capitalized, our dogs represented a waste of ®80,000,000, and invested at compound interest, their worthlessness would pay oil' the national debt before 1900. A Cotton' Case. - A case was recently tried and determined in Anderson, H. (’., which establishes a precedent that will hereafter bo beneficial to both merchant and farmer. The case was as follows! Some months ago a bale of cotton was sold to a merchant as sound cotton, and judg ing of the whole bale from the sample shown, he purchased and shipped it to his factor. Before shipping, however, the cotton was discovered to ho considerably damaged On one side, and notice was given to the person from whom it was purchas ed. The cotton was afterward shipped and sold for a price below what was paid for it by the lncroliant, whereupon he brought an action for damages and suc ceeded iu gaining a sufficient award. The Civil Rights bill is thought to lie loft in a condition which will admit of its being heard from again before Christmas. If the attempt to take it from tho tablo and refer it to tho Judiciary Co.gjmitteo had succeeded, as tliat eommittei. quite down onJ.be list, it might not have been reached m the call for reports at tho short session. While this is bo, tho Springfield (Mass.) Republican fears that there was as much truth as boldness in the last clause of Mr. Eldridge's tittle speech. “It is the deadest corps you evey saw,” lie said to the Republican Congressman, “and you are all glad of it.” Seizure of Ir.i.iciT DiSTn.LEiiiES. — At lanta (In., June 29.—1n tho raid just made by Collector Holtzclnw and United States Deputy Marshal Findley into Habersham and Rabun counties, thirteen illicit dis tilleries and contents-wfere seized and des troyed, and eight revenue offenders were arrested, including two of tho bushwhack ers, who attempted a rescue and made an attack upon these United States officials. A lIEAX/rriY Fruit.—A lazy dyspeptic was bewailing bis own misfortunes, and speaking with a friend on tho latter’s hearty appearance. “What do you do to make you so strong and hearty?” inquir ed the dyspotie. “Live on fruit alone,” answered tho friend. “"What kind of fruit?” “The fruit of industry; and lam never troubled with indigestion.” Anything Midas touched was turned to gold. In these days.’touch a man with I gold, and he'll turn into anything. QUITMAN, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1874. MISCELLA KKO US AI) VEIiTISXAfXffTS. BRIGGS, JELKS & GO., DEALERS IN Drugs mid Medicines, Family Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Dry Goods, Domestic and Foreign, Millinery Goods, Boots and Slioes, Huts, Clothing, Notions, etc. WHICH WE WILL HELL STRICTLY FOR CASH —AND AT— CASH YAHUE. K.trmG.' Piodtite, whin l>> us, considered us CAMII. lIENItY F. MAHIJHTT Manager. JonoM-tf _ if WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL TIIE AT | TENTH >N nf Hie citiKiun* or Brisikn nml tin iiiljoiuiiig isounUua, tu my large aud select .stuck of DRY GOGHS, BOOTS AND SHOES, lIA IlllWAlt K GROCERIES, Etc., Etc., All of which will ho sold upon REASONABLE TERMS and at LOWEST PRICES. o and Would call the attotition of Planters to mv LA HUE STOCK OF FARM IMPLEMENTS, Such as PLOWS, CLEVICEB, HEEL BOLTS, GRAIN FANS, etc., oto Those goods will be sold at MANUFACTURER S PRICES, Willi Freight Added. W GIVE ME A CALL * JOHN TILLMAN, iulyj-tf , PROFESSION A L CA RI)S. ~L. F. KdBOCK. Attorney At Law QUITMAN, GF.OK GI A. Will practice in nil tho Oourta of the Bouthern Circuit, will also practice in tho adjoining coim tioH iu tho State oi Florida. • OlHce over Finch’u Store. nmv9-ly JAS. H. HUNTER ATTOII NE Y A T EAYV , QUITMAN, 121W0KS COUNTY, GEORGIA, WillpracHoe in the CpunttoH of tlift Southern Circuit, Echols ami t'ditch of and Mitchell of Uhu 4ti>”Uilici4at tiro ('unit lliGisG.'fcn juue2H^l B I 1 NMTf. bM. KIM,SB,AIRY BENNETT & KINMERRY, Attorneys at Law Q VI 7 M A N, Brooks County, - - - Georgia. J1111026-tf EDWARD R. HARDER, Attorney si.t| Iraw, (} II 1 T 31 i N , BROOKS COUNTY, • - GEORGIA. Lata nn AwHocintc Justice Supreme Court U. S. for Utah and TtttjitoiicM; now Jud ; Comity Court., Brooks inay2l-12iuo^^a j. s. m %o w, i>i:rN r i’iJs r r, (juiliunn, ,r * - - - Georgia, f Offleo Up Stairs, Finch's Corner. ang2B-4m DG. E. A. JELKS, - I’KACTLSING PHYSICIAN. Quitman, (la. OFFICE Brick building adjoining the store of Mchhi’s. Briggs, Jclks V id root. ihayMßf '%r MISt El. 1,.\ NEO US A It 1 r Eli TISEMENTS. I). W. I MlI( F, MERCHANT TAILOR, QUITMAN, GA., Would inform tho citizt ub of Quitman and sur rounding country, that ho haw Just opened u FIRST (/LASS MERCHANT AM) TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT IN QUITMAN, AND HAS ON HAND A FINE LOT OF CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, SUITABLE FOR MAKING DR SS AND BUSINESS SUITS. Ho has also on Hand a Select Stock of READY made clothing, CUTTING, CLEANING --AND— If. EIAI Iff, 1 IV DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. I®* PRICES MODERATE. '©a SA I r A NNA U A /> VKRTISENTS. hn M. Cooper, G cor go T. Quaufaok FJ&r* J. 8. F. Lancaster. JOfflf M. COOPER 4 CO. Corner Whitaker aud Bt. Julian Btroeta, Savannah, (La. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOKS AND STATIONERY OF ALL KINDS. Copying and Soal Presses, Surveyors' Compassos, News and Book Printing Pa per and Ink. Gold Pons, Pon and Poncil Cases, Desk and Pocket Knives. LEDGER, WRITING & COL. PAPERS. I*liying, Visiting :mtl Printer’* Curds. Portiiioiia los, ike. School Furniture and School Requisites .1/ Schormahorn &, Co\t ]*ricet* t f(ti' whom ire on Agriits. Hooks Onlcrid. or hnjtorled at New York iuUcs. Wo ftcl coidhlcnt that wo can Roll ah low nw the lowest, either in Chnrh stoil, AngUßta, Atlanta, Mnoon, or any other Southern city. 4i>A“ Write or call and ioarn our prices. map23tf M rSCEI. LA NEO US A1) VJSJI TfSEM ENTS. BEDELL & CO., Ij i<iu o p Dealers; AND TOBACCO AGENTS, 140 BROAD STREET COLUMBUS, OA. nov2o-tf E A. DA MONACO. IMI'OItTEIiS AND Wholesale Liquor Dealers. FINE KENTUCKY WHISKIES. 408 & 410 Elm St., opposite: southkiiiv hotel, Hi. I jouls, M<n ESTABLISHED 1853. It. L. COWAN, Agent fur Georgia, Alabama and Florida. apriS - Ijj J. M. DOROUOIiB. | J. D. WING. BOROUGHS & WING, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN TOBACCO, FIR A ItS, SM FFS, PIPES !* SMOKER’S ARTICLES, 14 Decatur Strct‘l, ATLANTA, tiA, ,1. T. JORDAN, Traveling Agent. Ja3-ly CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES o This 1b oho of the Oldest and Largest llnot and Shoe .lobbing Houses IN THE CITY. All their Supplies are obtained from the Very best manufactories, And Sold to Customers on the MOST ACCOMMODATING TEEMS. 478 & 478 Broohie Street, New York, A. JI. WATKINS, Traveling Agent iyZi-tt SA VANNAII ADVERTISEMENTS. DeWITT, MORGAN &GO. DEALERS IN DRV GOODS, 139 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, - l: - GEORGIA. CHAMPION & FREEMAN. OBOCEItSAND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Crimer Bay and Drayton Streets, SAVANNAH, ----- GEORGIA. GLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM, WIIOL ESA L E G R OCER S, Corner Bay and Drayton Streets, SAVANNAH GEORGIA MARKET SQUARE HOUSE VALENTINE BASLER, (SucccEsor to his brothor Antony Easier) THE YYELL KNOWN TEN l’irv ALLEY, At tho Old Stand, 174 Bryan St., OPPOSITE THE MARKET, Continues to koep on hand tho best of Brandicß, Whiskies, Wines, Ales, AND ALL OTHER LIQUORS, My Foreign Liquora are all of my own Impor tation. ngO-tf I^®^ l ■' ijJv FOR 20 YEARS THE Standard of Excellence THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Over 900,000 in Use. 100,000 MORE THAN ANY OF ANY OTHER KIND TIIE NEW WHEELER A WILSON. Received in 1573: Tlio IHgHeat Awards at the Vienna Bxpo.l - lon. Tlio Gold Mi ilal of tho Maryland laid lute Fair. Tin. FOUR II [GUEST PREMIUMS, (inchiding two modulo.} at tlie OEOROIA STATE FAIR. nust OF AI.L: The WHEELER ft WILSON has tho approval of millions of Lillies who have lined this well tried machine. Pliyoioiaiiß certify that it it tlio only Lock-Stitch Sewing Machine lit for Family on. , Ito light and easy motion does not fatigue invalids. Its rapid execution of work recomnn.mlH it to nil who now for a living. It I. I 11.- iiiohl economical Im atiH.', th. 1,10.1 .In rutile. Onr nhw and popular No. r Machine adapted for Leather work and '.cnoral Mamifaeturiiig purpoHeH in now list’d hy tin- leading tailoring i h tahn sh men tu and ehoe rnctorien. ,Solid for our circulars. Machinofl sold on naav teruiH, or monthly payments taken. Old umchiuoH put in order or rocoivod in exchange. WIIEELEU tt WILKON MF'O CO.’H OFFICES: W. B. Clkveh, Gen. Agt., Bavanuah, Ga. 2rai!utf BKESNAN’B EUROPEAN HOUSE, Nos. 158, 158, 160 and 162, Bryan St., SAVANNAH, CA, mull PROPRIETOR HAVING COMPLETED I the necessary additions and improvements, can new offer to iliH ('nests ALL THE COMFORTS TO HE OB TAINED A T OTHER HOTELS AT LESS THAN li AL F Til E EXPE NS E. A Restaurant On tho EUROPEAN PLAN lias been added, where guests can, At YYII Hours, Order whatever can be obtained in the market. Baonl, $1 50 per day. Determined to bo OUT DOME BY NONE id! I can ask i t a Till VL, conlident that complete .Gitiiihu tion will lie I'iveti. octl-tt JOHN LIvJLoNAN, Fioprieto SA VA NNA H AI) VER TISEMEN TS. n i : vv SPRING STOCK I DeWITT, MORGAN t GO., ARE OPENING Tllinn SPUING STOCK WHICH THEY OFFEH FOlt, CASH, AT—- NO. 9. Prices t Suit tlie Times. DRESS GOODS, SILKS, CALICOES, CASSIMERES, SHAWLS, PRINTED MUSLINS, GRENADINES, TRIMMINGS, COLLARS, RbIFFLING, EVERYTHING FOK SALE THAT IS KEPT IN A FIRST‘CLASS HOUSE. For sale uY DeVYITT, MORGAN & €O. 131) Congress St. SAVANNAH, * x a GEORGIA. Mfll-tf DR. D. COX, . 4 LIVE STOCK, SLAUGHTERED MEAT* —Ai DItODUCIC, COMMISSION MERCHJJTf —INO PURCHASING AGENT BAVAKSAtt, GEORGIA. o:o-- —- Stock Lots* WILLIAM AND WEST BROAD STEET9 — Produce Depot in Easement of city market CONSIGNMENTS OF BEEF CATTLE, MtLCH COWS, BIIEEP, HOGS, GAME DRESSED MEATS, &c„ &o„ —ALSO— POULTRY, EGGS, VEGETABLES, Fruits, MELONS, SUGAR, SYRUP, HONEY, HIDES, TALLOW, &(. RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. anglfi-tf ~ MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA A. li. LUCE, Proprietor, BOARD, $3 OO Per Dy. augld-U