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SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1878,
.1. 0/ UALLAHKft, KflMor.
Newspaper Law,
1. Any peraou whi* take* a mper regn-
Hrly from tho post-office- yhctiirr directed
to his miinn or another'*, or whether he
Ims subscribed or not •/#' fut
tl\n pWWl'.'ut.
%f( it pornon or-fora his paper discon
tinued, he mint pay nil arrearage*. or the
publisher may continue to send it until
payment is made nnd collect the vvliolu
umoiint, whether thu paper It taken iron*
tin 1 oltlc’ or not.
3, Tho Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and p*riodiesl* from
Ate post-office, removing and leaving thorn
uncalled for, is }>rium fault evitlcuce cf in
totnmnal Inuil. tf
■ Miiim;*:, i. 1 ,"' 1 " .i-..
lfie Legislate*.
,uu - —nsse.nblngc of the tulluutcd
men of Georgiu it now i~<At*b|y tu .
gaged in doing no, hint. This is not in
tended as irony, but intended to menu
Just abut We any. We believe wo lmvo an
assembly of men of at leant raipoatublo
tallent, tlipnior in Hint respect, to nny
Lugialsfclve assembly that has convened in
onr H.ut aijioo tho war, and we are sin
eorc when ivo any that they are profitably
engaged in doing nothing. Wo do uot
Irish to bo umlonilood as saying that it in
piotltable to the members; for that we do
not behove, but a benefit to tho Htnfai. It
is only about twenty days since tho Legis
lature mot itud that lots not cost tho titatu
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and they
have only piust one bill to lie overhauled uiul
debuted and repealed by twenty days leg
islation by their successors. Other hills j
have been introduced and discussed;!
among which, is the usury bill, a bill
Introduced by Mr. Hogue, of Atlanta,
which provides heavy penalties against
parties loaning money for more than seven
per centum per uuunui. To-vvit; To ho fin
ed not less than three times the amount of
the interest claimed and imprisonment for
s long time. We think the bill ought to
bo amended so as to punish any mnu by
line and imprisonment who will sell or
oiler to si’ll a horse or other animal, or uuy
article of produce or merchandise, for
more than his neighbor “or any other [
insu” might adjudge it to bo worth. :
When produce is scarce, the prices range I
higher, and we think a man ought to be j
allowed to pay a large juice if lie cannot j
obtain it for n small one. Wo think the j
planter who labors hard through licat and j
cold, wet and dry, and fails to realise a j
large yield from his labors, ought to be j
permitted to sc 1 ’ tho small surplus ho may j
have for tho highest jirioe he can obtain,
for when there is a redumlency of produce
iu tho couutry lie is bound to sell, if sell j
at ull, at small prices, ho it is with money,
if the demand is greater llutu the supply
tho interest w ill, and wo cau see no reason
why it should not. range higher than when
it is plentiful and but little demand, for a
high rata of ii.U'i’est in the only liojio for
a poop 1 1 euilurt rasoed. If they ain't ob a u
money their property wiU bo sacrificed ut
a fearful discount. Men who have money
peudiitg a panic will greutly prefer buying
real estate, at nominal prices, than to
hazard his money for au unreuiunoralive
interest. Hence, in many instances men’s
home will he sold, and Ilia family tallied
out of doors, because ho is not permitted
to liny the use of money to save it, Mon
ey is the standard by which everything j
rise is regulated, aiul legislate na you may, :
it will as certainly' seek profitable invest
ment ns that water will seek its level, i^ul
we think it is just au legitimate to estab
lish fixed and unwavering prices for corn
or any other uitielo, either prod need or
tnnuufnolured, disregarding supply aud
demand, the supreme element by which
tho market, uro oontroled. A monied
man w ill never loan his money ut suveu
per ceut. when ho can purchase property
at fifty or seventy-Ovo per ceut. less than
its real vitluo, aud meu who are involved
will hare to witness tho sacrifice of their
property at sheriffs sals, when they could |
have prevented it by a sacrifice of twelve j
or fifteen per cent. But our views ujion
this point will lmvo hut little effect. We j
stated that the Legislature was profitably
engaged doing nothing. Wa think the
less they do, the leas it will cost the State l
when the next Legislature meets to undo
it. Tho best nud most profitublo thing i
tho Legislature can do, is to make a sniff- ■
clout appropriation to oaoh member to !
keep Liiui riding on tho Various railroads
until tho forty days has expired. They j
are certain not to quit sooner, they may
stay longer nud may do something ut groat j
cost, that will cost au eqmvolc.ut sum to
undo. The Lord deliver us from exces- ,
sive Legislation and additional volumus 1
of statutory enactment.
Tlie Frodicah Return.
A Boston mau in Boston toivu tho other ;
day dealt n covcre Mow to honesty, and i
rashly discouraged repentance nud the
practice of virtue. H entirely disregard-1
ed the parable of the prodigals son, aud
bull-headed refused to illustrate tlio in
spired teachings. Somo three months ago,
his son, a down-lipjved young man, eloped
with his mother's washerwoman’s daught
er. The young man hud ulso seized upon
a portion of liii inheritance by emptying
his father’s nosh Mix. A few days since
he returned homo lo kiug meek aud re
pentant. It-- was ready and vvilliug to
reform Did his father kiil tiio cull? No, j
not nt all He just took him by tho nape
of the week, conducted him into a apare
own na 1 hor-uv whipped him witbiu a few
eotriNjf his life. The repeatunt sinner wns
evidently the vietirn of uiisj.hiced confi
dence. Ho roes k*t his hath iu the Bible
dory, mid will never do any good again.
Aud this outrage hapjiened ia Boston.
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A bill irua iii ri-Jnei 1 i: t .both branches
tin* G.M--r.il •-' I-m'l'v ai t-lic '2st!i iust,,
providing for **!>.aitth i* thw qaestiun of
a Conatitutio'e 1 t'■ on ,* ; ij-tv the people
lf Georgia.
unjust discrimination.
Monopolies to be Dreaded.
,% Coiai.piniry Mj(itfiist NaVAnMh- The
(iroMtdl
We now propose to show, from f(cts
couclttsive to our minds, that four sepa
rate snd distinct, companies forming a po
tent ami tremenduons monopoly, have
conspired against the mercantile interests
of BavauimU, and this conspiracy and mo
nopoly in it* opp rations is wliut wo term
the unjust discrimination, aud wc fearless
ly denominate it us u gross and diabolical
ingratitude on the part of one of the con
spirators. Wo propose to give facts and
circumstances to establish the truth of
these assertions. To sustain the unserlion
that there is a monopoly and a conspiracy
aguiust tlie mercantile interests of Havau
nah. We mast introduce some proof or
our assertion that there is an unjust dis
crimination falls to the ground, snd we
will fail to establish any ingratitude. Lot
ns first examine snd decide whether or not
there is a monopoly, or whether there was
an ell* it* „t monopoly or Dot, and aee
whether or not there tvto* ’A’oaspiracy to
make tho monopoly complete, and if we
can show the monopoly and the couspira
cy, and by reason of the conspiracy there
is or was a discrimination against Buvnu
nail, it will not he diificu.t to show the
ingratitude.
The first testimony we offer is, that iu
1860 freights to Bavuuimh from New
York by steamer was 10 cents per
foot, now it is ‘2O cents, and cer
oertainly not because there is less com
petition. Then why, because there is
a combination that destroys competition.
Who uro tho parties? i’trst the Central
j Railroad with its lino of steamers. If its
One of steamers had no competition, Ba
vanmdi would lmvo no freights to pny ex
cept to tho steamers which would be 10
cants per foot. The iiluck Star and Gar
rison's lines of steamers without some in
ducement would at onco reduce the
freights to the old prices which would
smply compensate. What inducements
have they got and who has offered them
is the iiujuiry. Certainly it must bo the
Central lUilroad from the following facts:
It is this, if they will uot reduoo tho price
of freights from New York to Savannah,
they cun reuiizo the benefits of the i
through freights to any and all points j
on the Central lvoad, costing merchants at
Macon, a distance of nearly two hundred j
miles, no more tliuu the same class of
goods costs the merchants of Savannah. !
This, we say, is an unjust discrimination,;
for this reason. If it is only worth ‘2(l
cents per foot to carry goods by steamer,
from New York to Savannah and by rail
to Macon, it is certainly uot worth
20 cents to carry them by steamer
from New York to Savannah. Therefore
Savannah merchants nrc paying the Kail
Hoad freights from Savannah to Macon.
This, we say, is un unjust discrimination
against tho mercantile interest of Savan
nah, and as Savannah built tho road nud
sustained it by its capital, wo think, and
say, that on the part of tho officials it is a
gross ingratitude. Tho merchants of
Southern Georgia receive none of tho ben
efits of this combination. They have their
freights by steamer to pay, and also their
freights by rail, tbo combination discrimi
nates only in favor of middle and northern
Georgia. Wo have no objection to low
freights; glad that Macon only lias to pay
‘2O cents per foot, but we do think that
Savannah ought to get her freights at 10
cents per foot. Mcj. Wadfoy, wc think, is
now iu his third term and will soon play
out, and tin to unjust discriminations will
cease.
Cur Baltimoro Corre-pondeut.
Bali.zione, Jan, 15, 1875.
Mr. Editor: Since our last wo have
aoniu been visited by the Firo-ileud. The
desiutciion of the State 'Tobacco Ware
houses Nos. 1 anil 2, was one oi the larg
est fires we have witnessed for years. It
broke out ou the evening of Juuunry Bth,
and though tho flames are subdued, tbo
ruins are itih smoking us wo write. It is
almost impossible to slafo as yet the exact
umocut of loss. Leaf tobacco baa ad
vanced. This wind blows in favor of the
Soulh. The firm of Murbroy Bros.,
whose entire Tobacco Establislmivut was
lately destroyed by the same ligeaoy, (an
aecouut of which xvo gave ill a former
letter) wore the heaviest looters by this
firo. To convey an idea of the orient of
the fire, though the night was dutk and
foggy, my neighbor, Mr. Wilson, conlil
plainly diathiguinh’khe S.Cel Engraving., in
tlio Independent at fully a miles distauco
from the rceue o' Ihe coctla-.atiun. Am
Lishmau was heard to lauienl, ‘ Bo gorra
'tis a shame, shure there is enough smoko
| uuisted there, tho night-, to la-lit. a man
I for a d'.iceul ’'. To tiiue.” The Maryland
! Übrocio works blew up yeslerdtiyrcausing
i a great lois, b*sides the loss of o io I’fe, a
j colored men. Heavy timbers, bricks etc.,
were thrown over four hundred yards,
j can sing a great consternation iu the \i
! einhy.
YVe Dio snugly frozen up, and lave been
since tho 10th iustuut. Wo have one hail
SiOirn after the oilier, so we have a sliji
pery time of it. Tlie ups nml downs of
lifo are hourly witnessed, as tho sidewalk*
are one solid sheet of ice. We saw n fat
man vvn’Mng, or rather waltzing, down
one of our most frequented thoroughfares,
to day, he suddenly seemed to he posses
sed with tlie idea of taking a seat, so down
j he ml, after taking a birds-eye view of the
| situation, making some rtuutrht coneem
j ing the si ale of tho weather, the solidity
jof the ice, the scenery, the position, etc.,
| etc., he rolled over (wo or three times mid
| gathered himself up, straignteued the roof
iof his plug hat v th his cane, then wd
-i died away, using some of the warmest
Greek soliloquy which wo have ever had
j tbo pleasure of listening too on such a
cold day; Au old lady returning from
I market, under tbo i Bconibranoe of a well
stocked basket, was sen to drojt, there
fullowed a general seattevalion, tho old
,' wly maimged to save hoi basket and spec
taolus, thi‘ Police say they w,ll make every
effort to recapture tl elivc chickens which
deserted her iu her down-fad, she says,
she con prove that she hud theiu by the
shanks just before she began to see stars.
A long, lanky, lean ink-slinger was dis
covered lying in an insensible condition,
on one of our side-walks, with hi* lower
jaw protending through his cheek, we
| picked him nj) and took him ton l>oc.ui
for repairs, after which we brought him
home, he was recognized ns one of Galki
her's correspondents.
Gen. Ferdinand (1. Lntrobe has torr ady
been mmnti’. for the Mayoralty of
Haiti more, lio was the opponent of lion.
Josh an Viirsant, our prex-ut mayor, dur
ing the last campaign. Tliete is some
talk of Father Joshua trying n Third
Tern hut we lake it for Giuut-ed that
the old Democrat will not eravo after the
things that belong to Citttar, but give the
young General a chance. There are many
among na who witnessed the deeds of
valor of the Lul/obaa and their piivations
and struggles in defence of the Sunny
South during the late little Unpleasant
uesa. Who are anxious to see oor nomi
nee ns chief magistrate of his native city?
Ho hu filled many of the roost important
positions within the gift of tho Democ
racy, but tho Mnymality is his scheme,
ami he will secure it as sure as "Jnae went
up the aisle.”
Times are still very dull here, end like
tho litllo lroys' pail, “getting no belter
fast,” the Custom House has b ;eu some
wliul thinned out. Letter Carriers obliged
to collect from the slreet Iroxes in con
junction with their regular duty of deliv
ering, and at a reduction of 000 hundred
dol'ars per annum iu their salary; tuns
verify!)' < the dying words of the ltoaming
Gindin or “The mostest work for the
leastest money.”
The citizens of Baltimore will hold n
mass meeting this week to express their
views concerning the Louisiana usurpation
Yon may expect to hear something warm
on the subject, from this quarter.
We have, to-day, had the plcosere of
being shown through the extensive store
rooms of tbo American Btenro Fire Proof
Bufe Cos., Ull W. Psllitnore Htrcot, Gen.
E. B. Tyler, manager. The Patent San
born Safe is the latest improvement on
those iudispensililo repositories. The
General t >ok much pleasure in d'*er : oia -
their mcriM io us, n short description of
which may pravo interesting .> yoer
readers. The remarkable fire-proof qnnl
iiv •>* tide S..uV>r l'nlent Safe Is secured
by placing water in copper Vissebt, (gal
vanized to prevent any rctiou oi will, r to J
generate lust) bctwiun Ihe inii r wall,
(which is concroto and r .mo five o ’ fix
relies in thickness) mid the hook-ease, so
that when exposed to fire, steam is genet
a ted, carrying off the heat and protecting
the contents of the safe for nny desirable
period of time. The vow els are hermeti
cally sealed with n fusible solder, which
melts nnd opens the steam-valves just
before tho water boils, hut completely
prevents evaporation and so keeps tho
safe entirely dry ti 1 ' tho fire occurs; and
“return tubes,’ ingeniously arranged,
preserve the water from miming out in
ease the safe falls oii iti top or either side
i:i burning. It Ims also one other greal
improvement, which the General calls, tho
Put* ut cut-off, it derives its name Horn a
detachment of iron in the door nml jrmbs
or breaking the connection of iron from
tlie outside to the inside of the safe, innk
j ing two walls with an air-chamber of one
fourth of an inch extending all mound
the safe, top nnd bottom. The heavy
pieces of iron in the jambs and corners of
snfes, wo were informed, when hot, con
ducts the heat to tbo inside, readily con
suming everything tlmt is combustible in
safes us ordiuarily made. As the General,
or one of his Lieutenants, contemplate n
trip to Georgia shortly, you may have un
opportunity of examining this great in
vention yourself, you v-ill find iu him a
genial gentleman. A happy idea struck
us, whilst viewing those safes, if the Cab
inet wore removed from one of them and
our friend Hon Butler inserted instead and
tho key (ns no two nro alike) sent to the
centennial in Philadelphia a nation would
mourn its martyr, but wo would have
ponce at Washington.
As you may require a column or two for
other mat ter. we deem it advisable to halt
1 ore we monopolize the whole paper, and
1 say adieu. Hayward k Diamond.
Gordon, of Ueorgia.
The Inst gnus of the “Lost Cause” were
j fired by Gordon, of Georgia, ut Appoumt
| tox, and the first voice from the South
that has reached the hearts of tho North,
jis tlmt uf Gordon, of Georgia. North and
I South, East nud West, his burning words
j arc upon the Bps of tho people. To-day
| the battle-scarred “Rebel” is saluted by
the American people as au apostle of lib
erty, while the conqueror of Appomattox
has sunk into a disgusting tymut. Fortu
nate it is for the South, that in her crucial
hour, one of her sons, who never knew
the shadow of turning—who felt with her,
who acted with her, who suffered with lie*-,
who was hmnilitnted with her—was her
accredited witness and advocate before the
American people. He bad the right to
speak for his people, and nobly lias be
spoken.
Long, long the South has suffered un
heard, but uow her despised people have
their champion.
Oh! that wo hail a phalanx of Gordons
upon the floor of the American Congress.
—AmltriOe llminir.
Friday.
Frid oy, long regarded ns a day of :H
--omen, has been au eventful ouo in Amcii
ctn history. Friday, Christopher Colum
bus sailed ou nis voyage of discovery.
Friday, ten weeks after, ho discovered
| America. Friday, Heury VII, of Eng
i land gave John l shot his commission
; which led to the discovery of North
America. Friday, St. Augnstiue, the old
est town in the touted Suites, was found
| ed. Friday, the Mayllowor with the pil
grims arrived at Prinetown, mid on Friday
; they signed the august compact, the fore
i ruuner of the present constitution. Fri
day, George Washington was born. Fri
day. Hunker Hill was seized and fortified.
Friday tho surrender of Saratoga was
! made. Friday, tho surrender of Cornwal
lis at. Yorktown occurred, nnd on Friday
tho, motion was made iu Congress that
tho United Colonies were, and of right.
| ought to,bo, free-mid independent.
A Girl Eurns Herself to Death as a Re
ligious Act.
Crissy Hacker, an intelligent and beau
tiful youug lady, living at White’s Valley,
sixteen miles west of this place, deliber
ately burned herself to death while finder
the influence of extraordinary religious
fanaticism. Bho was the daughter of
William flacker, a wealthy and prominent
funner of tho county. For somo five or
six years past she Ims at times been sub
ject to temporary insanity, dining which
lapses she imagined tlmt she had commit
ted sins against “her Immannel,” which
could bo absolved only by the ranking of
burnt offerings. Wlrlo laboring under
this mental hallucination, she would erect
! alters in tho fields of her father’s farm,
i and sacrifice lambs to ajipease the wrath
j of her offended dfotv, and also burn cloth
ing nud household articles of different
kinds. Her father (a widower), fearing
that she might, during one of these inter
vals, do herself bodily harm, kcjit a strict
watch on her movements.
Yesterday Mr. Hacker had occasion to
go to a neighboring village, nnd, as his
daughter manifested signs of tlie recur
rence of one of her iusano intervals, lie
charged his hired man to watch her dur
ing his absence. At noon the man wont to
his dinner, leaving the yonng lady in the
kitchen reading the Bible. For some
reason he did uot return to tho house un
til Mr. ITacker came hack, which was
about 2 o’clock. When the latter entered
his kitchen ho was paralyzed with horror
at tho sight that confronted him. On the
coals and ashes of what hod evidently been
one of Miss Hacker’s alters, lay the body
of his daughter, litterally burned ton crisp
Tho face was the only part nut burned.
Notwithstanding the intense agony that
she must have endured, her features were
not distorted in tbo least, but wore an ex
pression calm and peaceful, her lips being
parted iu a smile, as if she died believing
that through tlmt fiery ordeal sho was to
pass into a joyful eternity, it appears
that while the hired roan was absent Miss
'**•>••• had formed out of a set of quilting
frames a pyro o* nU„„. Ou this sho had
spread some carpet and made fii-rsm r .i.
low. When found she lay on her rigid
sido with her cheek resting on her band.
Everything seemed to indicate that this
was tho position she had taken at first,
nnd from which sho had not moved. At
one side of tlie altar she had piled a quan
tity of combustible wood, and when all
wns in readiness had fired it, from which
the flames soon spread nnd enveloped tin
altar.
Xu tlm family Biblu, which was found :
opeu at the book of Job, the following |
note wan found in the handwriting of the i
deceased:
‘'Dear Father —My Immafmel appeared !
to me to-(ly. He reveals to me the fuel
that I have committed the unpardonable j
sin, which I can only obtain forgiveness
by passing through the cleansing of fire. 1
I will intercede for you, my dear father.
You will find in y purihed body iu llle j
northeast corner of the house. I wish to j
hove my ashes buried in my Immanuel's
ground at tlm north went corner of the .
horse. Good bye. Meet mo on the Eter
nal ground. Ciiiasr."
Mr. Hacker wen* to the corner of the '
i house indicated in the note as the spot'
I where the remains were to lie buried, nod
found that bin daughter had staked out a
space for her grave.
Martin ProigtNs, Earj., summoned a jure
| and held an inquest on the remains A
1 verdict in accordance with the above facts
was rendered.
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Your Home Paper.
Vary few people have the least idea of
the value of their home paper. Asa strik
i ing illustration of this, we cite the cause of
i Danbury, Conn., which was acaree'y
known liutil the Danbury A'nr* was pub
lished by the present editor, mid now it is
: known all over tie l whole country,
i On this subject it has been well said the
! local paper is an absolute necessity to the
! country and community where it is pub
-1 lished. All the city papers cannot supply
! the place of the home paper.
I not iiti the first love of every man and wo
( mau, for with the paper is the locality
I identified. The paper gives the country
| and town where printed much of their im
-1 pnrtaneo in (lie world, and gives iu detail
i the local news, which cannot bo gained
I from any other source. Everyday's issue
| of the paper is so much local history, and
j the ii i‘, growth and development of the
town and country can lie measured and re
corded only by the local newspaper that
constantly is gathering its items. People
jdo m t properly appreciate their home
uewspaj i's? Ti e home paper at any
price is the cheapest paper one can take,
for in it is found the information to bo
obtt 'ued from no other source.
It Was Dull Work.
It is said that liufns Choate, the great
lawyer, was once in New Hampshire mak
ing a plea, when a l>oy, the sou of a far
mer, resolved to leave the plow and bo
eon o a lawyer like liufns Choate. Ho
accordingly went to Boston, called on Mr.
Choate, and said to him, “1 heard your
plea up in town, and I hare a desire to
(mcome a lawyer like you. Will you
! teach mo?”
“As well as 1 can." said the lawyer,
j “Oune in and sit down."
1 Taking down a copy of Blackstone, lie
; said, “Bead this liutil I come back, and I
i will sec how you get on.”
The poor boy began. An hour passed. \
j His back ached, his head and legs ached, j
IHe knew not how to study. Every ruo-
I merit became a torture, lie wanted f : r.
i Another hour passed, and Mr. Choate |
! came and asked, “How do you get on?” j
“Get ou! Why, do. you have to read
such stuff as this?”
“Yes. ”
“How much of it?”
“All there is on these shelves, and
more.” looking about the great library.
“How long will it take?”
“Well, it. has taken me more than twen
ty-five years.”
“How mnch do yon get?”
“My board and clothes."
“Is that all?"
“Well, that is about all I have gained as ;
yet!”
“Then, said the boy, “I will go back !
to plowing. The work is not near as hard, !
aud it pays better.
Valuable B eeipts.
A bit of glue desolved in skim mPk and
| water will restore old crape.
Half a cranberry bound on a corn wl“
I soon kill it.
An inkstand was turned over on a wtike
! table-cloth; a servant threw over it a mix
! tnrc of salt aud pepper plontifu"y, and a”
i traces of it disappeared.
Picture-frames and glass are preserved
from Hies by painting them with a brush
I dipped in a mixture made by boiling three
j or four onions in a pint of water,
j Bed bugs avo kept away by washing the
!crevices with strong salt water, put on
c with a brush.
Soft soap should be kept in a dry place
liu the cellar, aud not used until three
; months.
In the neighborhood of Columbus the
coroners would dig up a body to sit on,
if they couldn’t get one any other way.
They are not going to be cheated outi of
v their fun.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[Special from the Morning AVirs. ]
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
Atlanta, January 26
tax r.zoF.ivirus and oauMitovt.
The Senate passed the hill recommend
ed by tho Finance Committee, givrog tax ,
receivers nnd collt-cto-s of Chatham, Fill- :
ton and liiehmou counties fixed saleries—
four thousand dollars to receivers aud five
thousand dollars to collectors for receiving
and collecting State and county faxes com
bined. The other tux receivers in Ihe
Btute are allowed the same rat*! of eommis- I
sion as heretofore, but the basis of com
miasioun is changed so ns to make the
State and county tax combined the basis
instead of the State tax alone, which
slightly reduces the compensation of re
ceivers and collectors w hose digest is un
der twenty thousand dollars.
DM-OS INTIIODCCXII.
The following bills were introduced in
tho Senate:
Mr. Arnow —To amend the act prohib
iting hunting on tho land of another iu the j
counties of Quitman aiul Camden, by in- j
eluding Glynn.
By Mr. Block—To incorporate the Geor- j
gia Granger’s and I’ianter'a Banking Com- j
puny, with an office ill Macon.
BIOL3 PASSED.
Tbo following bills passed the Senate: j
To repeal the not to prevent the destruc- j
tion of game in Liberty and Mclntosh.
To amend the act to iucorjiorate St. ;
Mary’s.
To prevent the sale of spirtuons liquors
to minora.
To amend tho act to incorporate the-1
Ilawkinsville Bank and Trust Corny any.
DROISLATIVK PAC’ETIorSKESM.
The following bill was introduced in the .
House by Mr. Shewmake: To prevent fli*' I
"■*■-*-• virgiu affections nud to husband j
our resources ly U-vjiug a tax on baclie- j
lors.
house mnns pass S3*.
Tho f illowing passed the house:
To abolish the per diem of jurors of
Wilcox and coffee counties.
To prohibit camping or building fires
under bridges.
To amend the act incorporating the
| Buruurd and Anderson Street Railway
| Company.
SPECIAL OKI.'EUH.
| Tlie bill to require voters to vote in their
i own militia district was made the special
| order for Monday.
The original bill, fixed the homestead at
.seven hundred, and jiersonttlly at three
' hundred dollars iu specie, and the substi
tute of the ouraiiiitU-c, fixing the liome
! steiul the sanio as it was prior to the ailop
i tion of the Constitution in 1868, was made
tho special order for Friday week.
SPACES.
Col. W. 11. Sparks, author of “M mo
ries of Fifty Years,” will deliver a lecture
lon Friday. Subject: “Life aud times of
' Sargent Prentiss.”
or* wo analysis.
For the last two days au important nrbi
| tratibu has been progressing iu the city be-
I tween the Patajuco Gunuo C-nCpany on
: one part and the State. University and the
j State Agricultural Society on the other
' jmrt, ou account of an allegation by the
; company that tin-analysis of their fertili
zer by Professor White, of the University,
is i;:iorrnet. Tin* Committee of the State
| Agricultural Boe.ii ty, eunsistiug of Messrs.
Colquitt, I-.iwt m. Piiil'e’s, Adams, B'oek,
Livingston and Mobley, made upstinpiu
iou wliieh was deiirered to General Cnl
ijnitt se.ihsi, to be announced to-morrow.
The impressiou is that White will be sus
tuiued.
The lledi’aucan l.ossn —The New
York WurU publishes official retuins of
Ihe elections since 1872, which shows that
in the course of two years the Republican
1 party, which elected its President by a
: majority of ov. r 700,000 votes, has been
but in a minority of over 000,000 votes.
! Iu 1872 their ; aity curried thirty States,
' and by tho did oi IS7* had lost all but
! eleven of them. The It' r/;/ conciudea:
“In two years the opposition to the Fed-
I end Administration lms made a net gain
]of nearly one and a quarter milliun of
. votes. There has been no such political
' overturning into short period iu our
! history an a peojile. Never before has a
Federal Administration received so rapid
and overwhelming a condemnation from
; those who placed it ir power. There lms
! been a steady Republican loss eveywhere,
nml a steady opposition gain everywhere.
New York lias jumped from 53,000 Kepnb-
I cau majority to 62,000 opposition major
: i tv, and Pennsylvania has changed from
' 1.-6.000 lti-jmbliean majority to 7.000 oji
positiou majurity. Tho oppositnm has
possession Of the four greatest States of
tlie Union New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and l”iuois. Two years ago it jsm
’ se.ssed uot i lie of the. e.”
STATE* NEWS.
Fo-ty days won’t be a circumstance now
i that the 1-egislature lias tackled the code,
j It is a pity the unfortunate code euu't re
i talinte.
There are twenty-three fuses of small
' po.. iu one ncighhorhood in Clarke couu
j ty.
Color.r 1 John B. Fitts, of Putnam coun
! ty, was seriously injured by his horse the
; oilier day.
Toomsborohad u jail delivery recently.
Wo regret to learn from the Albany
Aiorx of the death of John Samuel 1W
; ton, w hich occurred iu Atlanta on the
| Ifitli. He was a youth of more than usual
l promise.
Putnam county offers tho usual colored
| shooting affray.
; It hasu't been more than two hours and
I a half since Mueou had a masquerade ball,
! and uow she’s advertising a domino party.
The body of a white infant was found iu
, a ditch near Augusta recently.
Prominent eitkzous of Columbus are
drafting a bill fo. the purpose of di.sjiosiug
of the elephant known us the North aud
South Railroad.
Ten colored citizens of Monroe are
enjoying winter quarters iu the county
jail.
Hun. B. H. Hill is nominated by the
Georgia paders os a united candidate to
fill the vaeauoy occupied in the lower
house of Congress by the death of the
Hon. Garnett McMil'ian, of the 9th Cou
greessoual District.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
to have a man’s wife draw the bedclothes
over her bead, and declare that- she won’t
light a tire : f she dit i for it.
Mr. Mathew Shields au old and woithy
citizen of Warren county, died ou Satur
day 16th rust-. Ho has held the office of
Tax Collector in thnt county for several
years past, and filled it with great honor
.to himself aud credit to the county. May
■ his honest soul meet a happy reward.
1 Tho number of acres of wild and im
proved land in Georgia is ;H,030,01h>, vul
: ucd at $98,703,689.
A negro named Cwsnr Fox, who had
been drinking, was found frozen to death
in Hancock county recently.
Another negro was found dead in Stew
art county lost week, probably from the
same cause as tho above mention case.
Mr. W. B. Hull, of Macon, who lately
received the appointment of Major of En
gineers .in the army of tho Khedive of
Egypt, has departed for his field of opera
tions.
o*l, White of Grffin, during the war,
Adjutant Genera), on Oen. Hardees’ staff,
received appointment under the Khedive
of Egypt and has also left for that far off
land.
The Brunswick Aftptnl is inform that
the turpentine farms along the line of the
Macon k Brunswick Railroad have been
greutly enlarged, and will ship during the
present year through thot p*rt at least
2^, (XX) barrels of rosin und turpentine.
Mr. W. M. Avera, of Berrien county
made nnd sold this year 2,410 pounds of
lint cotton on a little less than four acres,
for which be received $308,86 cosh. He
ulso made 500 gallons of good syrup off
oue-half acre.
This year begins and ends an Friday.
It happens once in fifty years.
There are $3,692,989 invested in cotton
I manufactories iu Georgia.
Georgia boasts of 115,330 white voters
! against 81,220 colored ones.
Tom Burney of the Atlanta Heruld is
| responsible for anew baby—a boy,
Mr. John Appleyard, of Columbus, has
a bible 16* years old.
The Athens Watchman states that small
! pox is prevailing in the lower part of Clark
j county.
Chief Justice Warner was a member of
; the Supreme Court when it organized iu
j 1845.
| Mr. Brown, of Houston county, will in
troduce a bill to tho Legislature, to estab
| lish au inebriate Assylum ut Milledgevillc,
1 using the old capital building for that pur
j jioso. The Atlanta Herald approve it.
There are two negroes in the House of
| Representatives at Atlanta. They huve a
U-uo aad lon,’some look.
The State Grange met in Macon ou
Thursday the '2lst iust.
We learn that a large dwelling house,
near Uusselville iu Monroe county, belong
ing to Mr. Charles Evan, was destroyed
by fire on Wednesday liigbt last. It was
tlie Work of au incendiary.
The Middle Georgia Medical Society
had their uiimial meeting ut Forsyth ou
Wednesday hot.
The racos of tb j Savannah Jockey Club
comes off on Mouday next. A large at
tendance is expected.
Mr. It. H. Cole, a young gentleman of
high standing iu the city ot Suvaunah, at
tempted to commit suicide jou the 25th
iust.
The Savannah Nines stabs that two
youths were playing with a pistol iu that
' city a few days ago, when the pistol was
accidentally discharged, the ball taking
i fl-ct just behind th* right car of one ul
I them, a son of Mr. Edward H. Olin tead,
| inflicting a very painful and dangerous
| wound.
A citizen of Dial go county claims to
have hail thirteen buys and one girl born
| in his family within ten years.
There seems to be a general desire of
i the press and people of Georgia to lien
I from the Hon. A. 11. Steplieua, ou tin
! Louisiana question.
J. If. Dunham, living alxmt two miles
i from Buena Vista, -M umu county, Go.,
bad his gin house, with twelve bales ot
cotton, destroyed by fire on Wednesday
j last. The e.n.se was a match in the giu.
Columbus /oij iirer tells of a Berkshire
; hog which was killed by Mr. Amos Hays
| in Jackson county, Florida, that weighed
! 800 pounds.
A 1 eef, weighing 2,070 pounds, meas
itiiug 0 feet 11 inches in height, was led
about the streets of Augusta on Monday.
He was to be slaughtered yesterday, pro
bttno ]> ’ibiica.
Gen. A H. Colquitt announce* that the
State Agricultural Convention at Thomas
villi is postponed from the oth to the 2Jril
of February. Delegates take notice.
The workmen in the Georgia ltailrond
shop at Augusta have been put on half
time.
Bobby Burns' birthday was celebrated
iu Augusta on Monday night by the mem
bers of the kit. Audiew's ,Society.
The grand jury of Floyd county, with
ono dissenting juror, have recommended
the re-enactment of the old usury laws.
The Ogletliopo ErJio declares that ther >
is no lawyer in Crawfordville, and yet the
village is raid to be prosperous.
The Griffin Few# reports a plan to de
feat the scheme of purchasing in that city
without dne payment for past favors. The
project is needed at other places than
Griffin.
Platform of the Outhbert .1/7S.‘,if is,
“Fear the Emil. tell tile truth, and make
money.” The last plank of that platform
could be more appropiately used by
friendly journalist..
QUITMAN ACADEMY,
£>•
It. V. FORIU2BTEK, A. M., Principal,
Mum. U. V. FOItIiFJSTER, A* sis taut,
Mten DELLA CALLAWAY, lusts* in Music,
The next Annual Scon of this School, for
pupil* of loth sexes, begin ou
MONDAY, January 11, 1875*
The bosnion will l>e divided into two term*,
viz: Spring Term of tweuty-fbur weeks, and
Fall Term of sixteen week*.
The Course of Study will be such as to snit the
Advancement of all concerned, and equal in all
respects to that of the best Schools of the coun
try.
Discipline such as may be neceßaary to pre
serve good order, ami promote the general Wel
fkre of the Hcht*ol.
Having had long experience in the school
room, vre hope to be aide to give satisfaction to
all who may favor us with their patronage.
Our town is uuexcentionably moral aud healthy,
and parties from a distance may procure board
with the Principal, and others, at from sl2 to sl4
per month.
Tuition due at close of each terin, and charged
from date of entrance to dose of term, at the al
lowing rates:
3PBIXO mM. FALL TKRM.
FIRST ( LASS sl2 00 $ 8 00
SECOND 4k 18 00 12 00
THIRD “ 24 (XI 14 00
FOURTH 80 0 20 00
MUSIC—Piano or Guitar,
and use of Instrument . . 33 00 22 00
We respect fully solicit your patronage, and beg
to refer to our former patrons ami pupils. For
any mfornuafiou address,
IU V, FORRESTER,
Quitman, lhook County, Osi,
yautttf
Teachers’ Notice.
JPERSOXS wishing to teach in tb Phblio
Schools of this Connfy. will provide thcfeeelve
with eertiheate of gecxbnrorai character, ntxA aps
ply for examination to sho'County School, Com
missioner, Rev. Chan: f>. Campbell, on Wednes
day, *lxu 27 th o:‘ Jan nary, prox.
J. G. MoCALL,
)an!6-2t President Hoar I of Edr: tior,/
W. 0. R. MILLAR
Manufacturer* of
*
WAGON GREASE.
—AND—
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l> lb MIU. Ub NO. Ill* lat STKkICT, SAVANNAH. I,A.
MIXED PAINTS, WHITE LEADS',
Belting, PaeSia?, Windd# (i lan'
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