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THE INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY, Jl LV 5, 157.5.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Clfl’llCl I DUUC( TOUY.
RujitUt C'liurvto.
Hey. C. D. Cjoirnia.L t Pastor,
Servieot the Repcaid aud Fourth Sundays.
Church Ctiufuroncc on Saturday before the Redond
Sunday in each inunth. Pray or intMtiiug every
’Xkuraday night. Sunday School at 9 oYkxk a. m,
RlHVtrUrUa plianh.
• Vy -v Rv. vL m ika4 rJm.
Service* every Third Sunday, at 11 o'clock, a.
tu. Sunday at 4 o’clock p. m.
Methtxlisf Church.
Rsv. 8. 8. SwkkT, Pastor.
Services every Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock
ovemug at *- o’clock, Sundayat 9 'Jfkft'k
a. m. Prayer nmttng lSh *dy night
Index, to .Vdvcrtl.> mm *•
Dry Good*, Hardware Gxoi'eilcs, etc—John Till*
man, Quitmau, Ga.
Alons DnitUs’ aud Bps’ Clothing, r at wholesale—
Henry A John Parot, Ne w York.
Drugs, Medicines, Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard
ware, etc—Briggs, JelVs A 00., Quitman, Ga.
Musical Instruments and Music—Ludden *%
Hates, Ga.
Viho hr * WlSi
Clews. Genera] Agent, Suvamilili, Ga.
Clothing at wholesale and retuil—l. 1.-1 alk & Cos.,
Savannah, On
Cheap Goods of nil descriptions, Groceries, cto—
K. sliandnl. Quitman, On.
lt,„,ks and Stationery at wholeaala and retail v-
John M. Cooper A Cos., Savannah, Ga.
Sole and Livery Stalih- Uoeil A Thrasher, Quit
man,' Oa. a
Manufactures of Cotton and Wool at the Quit
man Factory -Dr. Uetiry Briggs, preskhol.
Dr. F-. A. Jelks, Practicing WJlfriall, Quit
man, Ga.
Edward B. Harden, Attorney at Quitaum,
Oa.
Clothing made to order—D. W. Price, Merchant
I'ailor, Quitmau, Ga.
Type Foundry and MtrfeiV Warehouse James
Connor's Sons, New York.
Groceries, Dry Goods, Liquors, etc—Creech A
Newsome, Quitman, Ga.
Sheriff s Electing—Edward 11. Harden, Judge
County Court.
Citation— Georgia M. DeCarafinga fa. Lewis N.
DeLaranaga, Suit for Divorce.
Notice to Hoad Commissioiißn.-—Edward 11. Har
den, Judge Comity Court.
.lames H, Hu-.iU i, Ajtormt}- at Law, Quitman,
Ga. triple
Bennett A KingaWrfjy Attorneys at Law, Quit
man, Ga.
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Our i.i'.w'fng Pofinlsrlly.
Who du*o sny Ave art*, not popular, aftcf
receiving that jar of splendid home-made
pickles from a lady on yest'-rday mottling.
We would give her mune but wo four oth
ers not at> good looking as we arc would be
offended.
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A few more of flume boautiful trimmed T.Rtliw
Ilats. J’ricea reduced, very low. Gall at the
Store Of ‘ .IWHiSyHdi/I.Kri .v Cos.
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Pic-Me.
Our whole is iuviUid to a pic
nic at Groover Station to-dat,* but the
Foreman, la iug a “tar-he<4,” proteuts, on
the ground tlmt blackberries sro scarce iu
the vicinity, and moves it postponement
until persimmon time. That’s right,
Fovomim, dofl|4fiibMndon Dt.’t j/rlaciplos,
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Silk laps, lUadi Bilks, Ve., :.t fedpewd prices,
.at Huigcs. Jklks A Cos s.
Sabre Club.
We are* requisite,! t giva imrioo that
there will be a meeting lieM in Quitman
oil the 14th day of July for the purpose
of organizing ! sabre club or eavuUry rum
p.my/ Those of our citizens favorable to
the scheme are respectfully invited to at
tend.
Gram Cloth, at reduced pric*e, at
Itiiiui.s, Jri.KS A Co’s.
(iuarlFrly ('unfmuff.
The Tliird Quarterly M. etin*. for the
Quitman Station, M E. (’. S., aril he held
at the Methiwlist Chureb, commeneing at
11 o’clock, Saturday, the sth of July.
Itev. J. M. Austin, the I'residing Elder,
will be in attendance.
S. R. Rwi;et, Tastor.
Crop*.
Heretofore the reports from the county
in reference to the growing crops n five
been favorable, sml we regret to say now—
but truth demands it- that the crops, both
of corn and cotton, by long continued
rains, have been seriously injured. The
rust has appeared in some portions of the
county, which is as fatal to cotton as the
caterpillar; and where there lifts been as
much as three days of hot sun, the com is
badly fired.
Call at Shandal's if yoh want good
boots, shoes, and dry goods.
Premium Potatoe*.
Some weeks ago we noticed through the
Independent some extraordinary Irish po
tatoes, sent to this office by Mr. T. JN.
Arrington. They hr far excelled any that
was exhibited at the Thomasville Fair.
Mrs. A. M. Simes sent u some on Wed
nesday morning of the the Goodrich va
riety that excelled any we ever saw. The
largest one is an ablong, measuring six
inches in length, and btri a fraction under
five inches in diameter, with a fine, clear
skin, not a blemish on it. Mr. Himes says
that his wife Remarked tb liini fts lie was
leaving: “Say to the editor that if my po
tatoes don’t beat Arrington’* or any other
man’s that my boys can beat Arrington's
or any other man’s in Brooks county.”
Mr. S. says he has four boys, the oldest,
sixteen rears of age, meusuripg six feet
three inches high, and weighs ono hun
dred and sixty-seven pounds; the others
are very large, but not so well grown to
their age as him. Air. Himes’last children
are creatures of the variation, or, in other
words, they are of the feminine way of
thinking, and equally as pretty as the boys
arc large. At this revelation we scratched
our head, and with as much modesty as
•we could shape our words, inquired if they
had quit. Air. H., with a firmness equal
to our modesty, replied; “For a .while.”
Our decision is that Mrs. Himes has ex
celled iu boys and potatoes, and think she
ought to be awarded the medal; those in
Javorof it will signify it by saying "aye.”
Natlraia Ouiau.
In the lust issue of the Banner the afore
said OiUEtui makes fcis ‘defenoe against the
I ohfirge of desertion published iti’tlic Is j
I>m*KNI)EN’T of .Turn! tin* 14th; utul also de
nios being made the tool of any one, iunl
denounces the charge as false.
Now, as we ui e disposed to render unto)
Caesar the tilings that are, Caesar's, we j
propose to render, unto Nathan the things ;
that are Nathan’s.
We stated in tin issue of the I4tji that ,
ihe had Been hutde it t.ful <tf •mst neat’s'
paw by F. K. t ildes. To sustain this al
legation we propose to introduce the tee
tiniony upon whieh we based thfT charge, ;
viz: Whim our .Mffmr first (Halted he, tlmi
said Gazan, gave us a'small card for puli
ligation, and became a stthseriber for the
paper. Our (lrst isstte he got ns a sub- j
setiher, and expressed much satisfaction
at the display of bis advertisement, and
much pleasure in the perusal of the paper.
This was on Friday evening late, May the
10th. Not an unkind word hud ever
passed between him and ns. On Sunday
evening following he and F. It. Fildes,
editor of the Banner. were seen prome
nading the streets of Quitman, arm in
nnn. On Monday morning before we got
to our office lie hud ordered the suspen
sion of his paper and the withdrawal of \
his advertisement. This he had a right
to do, and we made lio complaint, llut,
render, mark it as a circumstance to sus
tain the allegation that lie liad been made !
flu* tool and cut's paw of. The next issue
of the Banner was dotted ail over with
Gazan’s advertisements. This was no part of
our business, nor did we complain. In
the next, issue of tile Banner lie had an
additional advertisement, in whieh he re
ferred tu Ik circumstance us much personal
to ns in Quitman us if our mum* h al been
called, which circumstance had from day j
to day been related by Fildes to different
gentlemen of the plane, after he lied be
come offended at ns, for what cause we
have never known, and it would make his
tallow lure, hardened with sin as he now
is, blush with shame to ascribe, ltut tli<■
circumstance, when related by Fildes, was
known to him to be false and untrue. (
And Gazan is one of the men to whom he |
related tin* ciremnstunee; and without
any grounds of offence lie used it against I
us in an advertisement over his own sig
nature in Fildes* papier. ~ Fffdi'u’lmd mani
fested a malignant spirit towards us; Ga-‘
zan had not, ami had no grounds until
Fildes commenced caressing and wet-iims-,
ing him, which culminated in their affec
tionate promenade and the withdrawal of
hia advertisement from our paper, which j
occurred immediately after. Mark, reader, !
us a circumstance, lie Inal no cause for |
offence at us. Then -why does lie partici
pate in Fildes’ prejudice against us? The
logical sequence is that he, was induced to
do it. Not provoked by us, bui milm-d ;
by Fililes. Reaimr, wouldu'tyoii aay Umt
lie wits made u too! of. Wo said it aud we ;
repeat it, that he m mad • a dirty t"i*J of, ,
to do a dirty manb dirty work. It was I
ilQt from iuiy judmrejd p. ineip*le__of rigid j
that the ni.in nb dnhn *’• from doing the |
w orb himself; from' sheer coward;
Uenc*. TO sought fitf Iheitmst p!i:dde ma- 1
tonal, and found it—so much in proof of I
his being made a tool of.
Anil then its to his deserting the South,
we will take his own voluntary statement?. :
He denounced the citizens of Virginia,
with whom he had lived, its an unreliable ;
peonk', spoke of them in terms of the bit- 1
terest reproach, “and said bv (j- -d be lunl j
ho interest in thd war, lit* had fto negates i
to tight for." Are not these sufficient cir- |
eumstanees to show the feelings he, enter- j
taiMed before and during the war. Not j
engaged in the war because lie had no in- j
to rest in the result. Why does In* rail out ■
against the citizens of Virginia since the j
wan? They don’t treat him kindly, and
why? In the absence of positive tt stimony,
we must rely upon presumptions, and the
reasonable preamp ptfoif is, that the Vir- j
ginians didn't respect him after the war, j
because of his conduct during the war.
Well, what was his conduct during the
war? He done, us no good; he had no ;
sympathy with our cause, because he says
he hud no d—d negroes to fight for. He
stated himseff, in the same vonw-raatibn,
that he left Virginia during the war, and
passed the Yankee lines and went to Haiti
more. Didn'nt suy lie ever returned un
til the war ended. Nor does any of his
eertificates state that lie returned during
the pendeney of trie Wab.
Itetider, we asserted tliat lie deserted the
Southern cause during the war, and we
•inure given. yotl tin- eircttulßtarfeeS iipmi
which we based the assertions, and can
furnish the proof if lie denies the fact of
having stated what we have slir ged.
Now, in conclusion, take the two charges
ai-.i let us synoptwise tire f ><•**:
Ist. That he was made a tool of.
Evidence. He had advertised in our
paper perfectly friendly with us. Imme
diately after Elides’ caresses he, withdrew
it. He then poblished in the Hamu-r, over
his own signature, what Eilrles had been
telling privately. We had never provoked
him. Then certainly Eildes must have
induced him. Readers, judging from those
didE'ildes influence him? If ho did, ,
wasn’Elie made a fdbl of. Tlidse Believing
Gees-an was made a tool of will signify it
by saying “aye.”
2d charge. He had no interest in the
Southern cause; had no- a- -and negroes to
fight for; went into the enemies lines dur
ing the war; curses the Virginians with ;
whom he lived since the war. Every
,l>qdy knows yiigiuiaith% <|fcjqtion to tljc |
cause, and tlicir hospitality to those that
sympathized with them, and their indig
nity towards thowe that opposed their
cause. From these circumstances; reader,
what is your conclusion ?,
Now all of you who don't believe Gees-an
is right on the goose will signify it by say
ing “aye.”
The Banner, calling attention to Gazan’s
card, says itiiisfiroveß tlie cliargd recently
made against him of baring deserted to
the enemy during the war. Now, if the I
editor of the Banner read the certificates j
which ho publishes he ltuows that they do
not disprove anything. Mr. A. I*. Abell
says iu his reply to Nathan Gazan that
ho lias no ivcolleetimi of any such charge*
having been made against him. What
does that prove, reader, that Gazan didn’t
desert? No, but that Abell don't know
' whether he did or not.
lli.s letter from Shelton F. Leak, of
Charlottesville, Virginia, proves that he
was not in the war, therefore oonld not bo
, a dt'sertcr.y lie Imp never bis*U Hoeu|od of
1 lieiiip iti the'war,-itut deserting the army.
Mr. Leak doesn’t say that lip didn't go
' over to the enemy during the war.
His letter signed by several gentlemen
,of Saviuiunh, geutleiuen, probably, who
never heard of Turn until after the war.
They don't say he didn’t desert, but state
j that the condition of his eyos disqualified
him from service in the late war. Now,
he and the ,*ditor claims to have proved
i positively that, he didn’t desert by men
who say they didn’t know of his deserting,
ll might have obtained a million of cer
tificates stating that they didn’t know of
his deserting, und it would not contradict
the charge of desertion. We think the
editor of tin* Banner has very little knowl
edge of the sufficiency of proof, or else
he is very eager to sustain his nursling
! and tool.
I was the man with whom Mr. Gaznn
was conversing at the time he made the
i remarks which are fully and correctly
; stated in the above article, whieh 1 have
lend iu proof. There were several other
gentlemen present, among thorn were
judge I>. It. Creech mid ,Tas. Palmer.
Gao. Hru
I was present and heard Mr. Gazan
make tin* remarks referred to in the fore
going statement, w hich 1 have read before
going They are correctly stated
us I understood them. .1, M. I’ai.mek.
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£a4*p t-lriptnl Mid plain Poplin*, at minced
pricer, at intituis, Jklks & Co’h.
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IlroolkM Cmiiitj’Jlfctliiff. v\
A convention of delegates front yhe seW
end district of this tamnlY was M til®
day in Quitman at the (Vnm
On motion, Mr. 1-/oVinJi I!riuqj v
called to the elnify, apd N\: L. GrilmNraV
quested to netras Siibretery. \ \V
The ('lituVmluV idijeet of UA
meeting 1 0 lit* iiVyiii’Niittion of iramidi,
for the
the call of ,!i\t.i ii’Vr Ylie following gNalhi
meli pri'seutejMtlßlr names ns
IVmu their fespftMi vc disfrlMsf
\ M Juitmun. - .. ky
W. J. Winti AN ‘ J. F. Hiirml&k
I). Ik QriinAT Dr. ,iaeksoli,\. *.*
TO A. Albritton. >! x N<
Ai utkin. '
,T. I'entlW, 11. M. Fernsiilb% ■
A, ,1. HurddA T. ,S. T. Knight,
jW. ,T. Duncan.
(froaverrilte.
•T. VV. McMullen, AV. 11. Ltivcrs,
W. It. Li 'i*, F. M. Dugger,
T. A. Groover.
Hr;/ Lab-.
John Morrow, J. J. Hodges,
Mnrrin.
P. P. Massey.
iTo’/abir.
N*,f represented.
On motion the delegates retired, and .if
ter being absent n abort time reported Air.
John T. Thrasher as the Democratic
nominee, whieh nomination was, on mo
tion, made, unanimous. The delegates
j further reported the following resolution;
al rod, That it is the, sense of tjiis
Conviition that all inuiilidaU'S who allow
their mimes put. in nomination are in
honor bound and pledged to abide the ac.-
] tion of the Convention and to support the
| nominee.
j The resolut ion was unanimously adopted,
i and on motion it was ordered that the pro
ceedings of this meeting be published iu
the IniiiU'i ndent and the Banner.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
lIKZKKIAII liltOWN,
Chairman.
N. L. fitnrns,
Heel etary.
Quitman, June JK, IM7U.
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Ilslir black oml stdiu s’tripot Grenadlni, at
reduced prices, at Bhiook, Jklvs A Go’s.
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Snlihath Sc’loiol .tu 1,1 Ire.
The several Sabbath Schools of our town
held their jubilee on Sunday evening last
at the Methodist Church, at 5 o’clock, p.
m. The heavy rains that fi ll during the
afternoon prevented many from attending
• who would otherwise Have been present;
nevertheless, the, attendance was almost
‘ equal to the capacity of the church. The
H- v. Mii-tSwoet, pastor of- the,?,Methodist
Ohbreuj on Sunday 'nioniing"prepared the
minds of the people for the occasion in his
sermon on the subject of training the
yotithful mind and the dutu* and respon
sibilities of parents, and the duties of the
...1 "regard to religious instruction.
The sermon wo. profoundly logical anil
j delivered in a most impressive manner,
| and we hope made lasting impressions. It
was a scene truly gratifying to ht-c. the old
and young, parents and children, of all
denominations coming together as one
people, soldiers of the same army, striving
for the same happy destiny, and waning
. against the same common enemy, all har
! monizing in songs of praise to the same
i Father in Heaven. The exercises were
opened with singing and prayer by the
itev. Mr. Sweet, after which Mr. N. L.
Griffin, who luul been requested to deliver
; an qddress on the occasion, was introduced,
and, we. ig'e happy to say did great ornlit
to himself. His address was well pre
-1 pared, suitably adapted to the,occasion,
'aild delivered 'in a Ven* lrupfcssive man
ner. Others from whom short addresses
were expected were not present On ac
count of the inclemency of the weather.
The remainder of the exercises were con
ducted by Air. Sweet, all of which passed
off pleasantly. AVe hope these rriecfftigs
will continue, and that great good may re
sult from them.
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Just received at Air. John Tillman's a
; large lot of fre-h flour from Alacon mills;
fine brands.
Come unto m* all® r i hut art* Heavy Luilrii
Willi Watermelons.
For the largest ripe watermelon pre
sented to this office during the present
mouth the Inhf.i*km>knt will ho furnished
one year.
For the second hrgost, nine mouths.
For the third largest, six months.
For the fourth Ingest, three months.
Wo don’t care Imw many contend for
thi*se prizes. Our ffer is not confined to
the county or State. Tt is for the melons;
we don’t care where they come from, but
we have an idea whire they'll go to.
Hhoudal’s iulverti*nieut appears in an
other column of tbit issue of our paper.
How JUmciaii’i.
Just presented to our office, two splen
did watermelons, If Air. Ivey Daniel, a
young gentleman wko knows our fondness
for good things, anil our capacity for ap
-1 predating kindness. AVo hope a great
many more of the good people wHI fa
miliarize themselvei with <iu' clinmeter
istiivi and imitate tie exara]nr- AVo?me
' happy to see our friends at all times, and
never object to tli first fruits of their
vines.
Great attractions for the lndb's lit
Biuous, Jei.ks A (Vs.
Oioovffrrlll* \t'oilrmy.
The examination of Alrr Jeakuis’ scliool j
at Grooverville will take plaemon the 11th ’
inst. (apt. Hammond, of Thortiasvillc. J
1 will deliver an address' on the occasion, as ;
we are informed. AVqj have no doubt the !
' exercises will be very interesting to all
who may attend. Mr. Jenkins is an ex
-1 eellent teuelier, a tine dieiplinurian, and i
doubtless everything will be conducted
; systematically. Captain Hammoydp’is a j
learned gentleman, a fine speaker, and nb
i doubt his address w ill be a rich iutcllec- .
Dial treat. AYe have heard it rumored that
j aiieli arrangements were being made that
I parties from a distance will lint have to j
' retiMsi home with inward complaints. We
expewtd be tliCre, turd hope the baskets
' w ill bishAaierous, large, and well filled.
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BiUi* and liiujfiis*, cfc rcducnll im igoh
lVn HiiKios, Jelks. & Co’s.
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Walk l Wilittom'N Ways,
o By reterenec to our adverlising eoluraiis
it, w ill be seen that Air. John Tillman is
no longer indifferent to his own interest.
He has watched Ills heaps and piles and
: eases of goods until wearied into exhans
i tion, and while in his restless slumbers
1 some gentle spirit, whispering, said: “Ad
| vertise in tiro TyW.vtrutq-NT and you will
t sell all your goods. The people are at
i home at work; the Ikiibtkmiknt will go
I to their houses and tell them that you have
Idry goodsef every fleseription, ready made
clothing to suit everybody, a large supply
| of well assorted gents’ furnishing goods,
j hardware, Queen's-ware, glass-ware, tiu
' wn 'C; wood and willow-ware, saddles of
i tin* very best quality, and excellent har
! ]loss, drugs nml ("I /erics of every des
eripliou.” And tlVjioil spirit told li’ru
that tin isDEFZNUi n'i* was greatly beloved
j in the country, anil that il would make a
I specialty of his beautiful grenadines,
piques, aud Japanese dress goods, aud his
largo stock of fine white go- da, and the
ladies’ hats of the latest styles. It will tell
them that you have everything k'-pl. by
merchants, and that vou will sell on the
most inviting terms, and urge the ladies
and gentlemen to coma before it is too
j late, and examine your largo and varied
; stock- And when 'he aroused from his
slumbers his spirits were refreshed, and
! he told us whut had been revealed to him,
and handed in his advertisrment. And
now, reader, the Independent is doing
just what the enterprising spirits told him
it would do, whispering to its patrons one
by one, all over the country, telling them
jto call at Air. John Tillman’s, on the
corner of Screven and No. 1 Depot street,
Quitman, and supply their every want at
i marvelously low prices. Call as early as
possible. We warrant you satisfactory
bargains. AVe will also state that Air.
‘ Tillman can furnish on short notice fun
mills for cleaning grain, and all kinds of
farming implements- at manfacturers’
prices, with freight only added. This is
anew enterprise in this country, and one
of vast interest and convenience to the
farmers, and Mr. T. ought to receive the
encouragement, and liberal patronage of
! the whole community. Fellow-citizens,
give him u call; lie is helping one by his
patronage that is devoting his whole time
to your interests.
Plaid OrouadirieH, block nd color*, at r;dn'fd
priccH, at fiiaooH, Ji.j,l A Co’h.
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IIAN I>MOAf K VHES EXT.
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A 4iol(l Waldt.
We offer to any person furnishing us
with the largest number of subscribers by
tlie 10th of duly a fine Double Case Gold
Watch, worth sixty dollars. The watch
may be seen By any one at Messrs. Burns
,t Livingston’s jewelry .tore, in Quitman,
I and will remain there until delivered to
! the successful party. All parties wishing
to contend for this valuable prize will en
close their list of subscribers and the price
of snbseripiton, which fs two dollars per
' annum," and deliver to Me. srs. Barns &
Livingston by- 12 o’clock m., m the 10th
day of July. Each package t liould he
sealed and directed to, Messrs. Bants
Livingston, Quitman, <&a. Tlmse living
at a distance can send ly express at onr
, expense.
Now is your time, ladfcs. No friend of
yours will refuse to sutserilv when you
j are likely to win such a prize. Get all the
subscribers you can; time t a.e hard. We
don’t expeel anyone to get a v* iy large list,
' and oven though it is not large it, may win
- the prize. No one is injured i ( you fail.
1 Wo offer the paper at or- •. ■ , t lo • price,
and we will endeavor to n.nl i- worth the
money. If you are suet’.- fitly t will be
well paid for your troi.'-ft All parties
wishing to contend for tb- , • will please
let us know as early ns p; issiblc; we wish
| to keep a register of the contestants.
That Wulih.
Oil next Thursday it wil) bnjdeeided
who gets the fine watch we have offered to
the one obtaining for our paper the largest
list of annual subscribers. Owing to the
stringency iu money matters few have
made the effort; indeed, we know of but j
one who has persevered, but wo lmvc* lio
knowledge of the extent of his success. !
We had already so many subscribers in!
the county Unit, it is much more difficult
to get, them hero than elsewhere. We
think a small number will win the prize,
if there are any who have made the effort,
outside of the eounty they ought to be
certain to send in their lists with the,
money, by express, to AV. E. liarnos A Go., |
who will open and count, and award the
jy.tttub.tUi UiifcauceeMsfiil- party. *
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Tilt* Haulier. *{ ?
It appears from tin* valedictory of F.
Ji. Fililyp, iu tlie last issue of the Banner, '■
*t>)taf Mud paper in the future will be eon
drficted by Messrs. T. A. White and H. \
At. Alelntosh. They have employed Col,
A\ . H. Bennett ns the senior editor, who
is a gentleman and a man of ability, and
we have no doubt that the paper in the 1
future will be consistent and bo governed
by the strictest principles of honor. The
masked batteries having been discovered
and spiked, w e hope they w ill never be |
opened again. AVe hope the war is over, \
nifrk that discord will prevail no more in
our glow ing tow n. AVe were born in a
hurricane, rocked in the cradle of the tem
pest, and the storm king’s artillery sound
ings have always been lullaby songs to us.
Nevertheless, we love pence; thei** is only
pleasure in the calm. Our desire now is
w hat it was before, to wiyk in connection
with the Banner, to bu/^Bup-thetown and
advance the interest of the country gener
ally. And now wo say from our heart of
i hearts that we earnestly desire its prosper
i ity, and that the qew ip,,]Uii tois may
i succeed beyond their most sanguine ex
-1 pectatiims. This was our wish, aud for it
; wo wen* pleading when the ox editor was
clandestinely seeking to injure us and our;
I paper. But he has lnd us farewell, and
we have signed his pardon, believing that
, his experience in this matter will prove to
[ him that, the effort.to rise upon another's
• succeed.
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[NY,' A'ui'kA’inu-rt* Paris Lett, r.J
A Prophecy Fulfilled The Downfall of
Amadeo and Theirs.
It it; not improbable that prophecy may
receive a fresh impulse from certain occur
rences of the present vew. For once even,
though far less mystical than usual, Zad
kiel's Almanac has shown itself correct in
the main. Recent events in France, too,
have recalled in a most striking manner
the prediction sent to Fins IX, some time,
ago, and which appeared in the Italian
journals of the day. At one of his audi
ences, in the curly part of April lust,, his
holiness remarked Unit he had received a
letter which had astonished him, and
which contained an account of a supernat
ural revelation which had made a profound
impression upon his mind. The waiter
prophesied,—upon what celestial authority
I cannot now m all the. downfall of two
vpjy grout personages between the two
Not re I lames. These fete days occur on
the 25th of March and2sthof May, With
a quiet smile, tusif to convince those about
him that he did not put much faith in
such revelations, Ids Holiness added:
"Amadeo has been the first, but who will
be the next .-"’ AI. Theirs fell on the 24tb
of May, just twenty-four hours before the
time within which the prophecy should
have been accomplished, and King Amadeo
fell at its very beginning. There are other
details in the idler. Rumor :,avs that
there was a further prediction regarding
the life of the 1 'ope himself, which, under
the peculiar cireumstunoos of (he case, may
have proven consoling to him in his recent
illness. At any rate, his Holiness was ho
well convinced that his day of departure
had not conic that ho refused to set the
Vatican in order, and resolutely resisted
the efforts of the cardinals to gel his sig
nature to documents regarding the Pon
tifical succession. Although this is the
most striking of recent prophecies, it by
no means stands alone, for political pre
dictions unknown to fame before I heir ac
complishment, arc now claimed iu every
direction. A majority of tin German pa
pers assert that they ha vo long prophesied
the rail of Theirs, nod are. very eager to de
clare that it served him right. On the
other hand, the prediction of the semi
official French journals have been singular
ly belied, for they had revelations which
gave the assurance that the fall of M.
Theirs would not bo favorably received in
Germany . From this we may reasonably
conclude that it is not every man who has
the gift of prophecy.
——— -•■*- ——
A Terrible Punishment.
Air. .Tames Greenwood has published a
frightful account, of the silent system which
is in operation- at the Holloway Afodcl
Prison in London:
It is an offense for a prisoner to speak
one word, and he is never addressed ex
cept, in whispers, so that, he maybe in
prison two years without hearing the nat
ural sound of the human voice. The effect
of all this is so terrible on the mind that
prisoners will speak out in desperation at
the risk of any punishment, rather than
endure that horrible silence.
The prisoners never see one another,
but remain in perpetual solitude. One
poor wretch driven to desperation by nine
months’ solitude and silence, recklessly
broke out, in Mr. Greenwood’s presence?
“For God's sake, Governor, put me in
another cell. Put me somewhere else.
I’ve counted the bricks in the cell I am in
till my eyes ache.”
The request of the tortured wretch was
refused.
There is a fine hole in each cell, and, as
the wardens wear shoes of India-rubber
soles, the prisoners can never bo suro of
being alone.
Those condemned to the treadmill have
to ascend 1,200 steps every alternate twenty
minutes for six hours. And this in a place
so hot and close that prisoners often lose
in perspiration three stone in as many
months.
Every day the prisoners are taken to a
chapel so arranged that they c-.n see no
one save the chaplin, and him only through
an iron grating. And thus is the order of
devotion observed. Wardens arc con
stantly on the watch, lest for a slight in
stant they, through the whole of the ser
vice, depart from the rigid rule of “eyes
right.” They must look steadfastly at the
preacher; must raise and lower their prayer
book with the elbows squared, and all at
once, like soldiers at drill. They may not
scrape their feet without having afterward
to explain the movement. They scarcely
wink an eye or sigh without danger of re
buke or punishment. God help them,
poor wretches!
tflrom tlm Memphis (Trap.) I-i ()(,or.]
A Memphis Idjyl. ‘ j
.N.iiue months since an Italian resident
of Memphis determined to settfe iu life by
nuirrying, und*recollecting the sunny faces
and laughing'/rves of tin* maidens of his
I native land, determined to have a wife
from the home of Dante. He wrote to his
brothel*, ‘ who resided in Italy, that he
; wished a wife, and to look out one that an
sivered hit* description of an ideal. Indue
i course of'.'time the answer (rime, and with
I it a phutyigraph of the maiden, accompa
nied l,y a pedigree. He loved the like
[ ness, nr/aproposed to uiiutv till* original
lon her .arrival in the lafid of liberty. Old
pater fiimillas over thcivaterahookiiishend
and mused thnsly: Hiliiposd that tny hetui
teous (laughter, on her arrival in Memphis,
might not suit the (rims-Atlantic lover,
what would become of her iu a strange
■himl—a(ut-W>—until’. 1 alu —mrrni Tn-llPr
Italian home? He fought out the broth
er of his prospective, son-in-law and pro
* posed that he. should give a tell thousand
dollar bond for tip; safe return of his
daughter from America, provided the mar
riage did not take/ place. The proposi
tion was accepted, and the maiden, accom
panied by the brother of her proposed
husband, landed ip due course of time on
tin* CliicinuiuW bluffs. But naughty Cupid
interfered somewhat, and the maiden did
not become her affianced
on sight, and
Here Mas a dilemma; frantic
to marry, the brother to
fear that he was .getting in trouble about
his bond, as he pould not force the beauty
to return to Italy, aud the little lady, wo
; man like, wished to play the coquette for
i a while, and throw little obstacles in the
j way; in fact wits disposed to favor some
j other swain. After sonic trouble the mat-
I ter was settled, and the maiden consented
to marry her intended, which was nocoin
plished to the great joy of all parties in
terested. Tire murried couple seal a copy
of tic iiiiininj*t' certificate to the old man
over the water, and thq old Florentine is
happy iu ktfLwing thnt the daughter of
his house is fluippilymuirried oil the hanks
of the Mississippi, three thousund miles
away in west.
I
, Didn’t Like It. A lady with a poodle
i dog entered a smoking ear on a Western
i train the (fiber day, and-wliendhe eonduc
i tor eiideayored to pursuade her to go into
I another dir she refused, .saying her pres
cnee wiiiild deter the oeoupants from
j smoking./ A gentleman, however, took
- out a HOgjfir and began to smoke, when she
: wrenched it from his mouth exclaiming:
"If there is anything I do hate, it in to
liaee.o siicke, ’’ The passengers ,vho hud
witnessed the affair were convulsed with
I laughter.but tin* offended smoker suppress
ied whatever emotions may have been
i sti l uggluig for expression in words or ac
tion, liui maintained throughout tho same
j.rnpeijul'baldo gi-qvity which hadeharneter
i ized aim from tho first. Oulmly rising
from his scat,die opened the window near
; eat lif n. fastening it up, and, reaching
I over (he alMit backj look that woman's poo
! die ,fog atal tlnywthim out of the window
! as ffir boylmd ay pfsaible, at the same time
saying: “If Here leanylliing I do hate it’s
a poodle dog!”
* .. A— i^ 1 , ——
Tin, Ala4on anilßri nmwick Uati-roau—
Hp.i zphkhylthe FOK Non-payment of
Inteiiest. — l.\u Atlanta dispatch of July fid
says: GoviirnoT Huiith to-iisy issued a
proelamatioli seizing the Mseon and Bruns
wick railroad for failure to pay the semi
annual interest on bonds of the road, in
dorsed by the State. Said seizure being
provided by legislative act granting the.
.■iiuoiscmeiu.'j George H Iluzlehurst has
! been a;.,pointed agent of the State to re
ceive and control the road anil its prob
city.
QITTAIAN MARKET.
I COHRKCTF.n WXLKtY BY
CREECH & NEWSOM.
i B.uxu.vt (tunny .. vd IS a 20
I iuosTira n> a u io
I Bacon—Shoulders . IS II a 10
Clear Ribbed tt> 12 .a 12'/,
] Hams . . ... It 16 a IS
BliKAD—Huda Hits'mt ... lb —a 15
Lemon liineuit.. It —a 15
| Ginger Snfcncs n. 15 a ai
j Beeswax It —a 25
j Bulk Steak lb 8 a 10
! bihTLit -Goshen. . 11. 45 a 52
Good Western .. In —a 25
i Can'iu.es Adamantine lb a 25
I Sperm JT, 45 a 60
CoEens—Kn . . 11> 25 a 30
Java, old Government lb 31) a 40
Dry (loons—Brinls, fancy, yd 12'/,n 15
% Brown Shirtings yd 9 a. II
I / Brown Sheetings.. yd -a 14
4-4 “ “ - yd -—a 15
While Oauabiirgn vd a, 15
' Striped “ - . yd 12%a 15
Checks yd 12% a Ift
: ' Varan, Asti’t No's ft lb Iso ' a 1 75
Fi.ova —North n Superfine.bid HOO a 111 Ist
Northern Extra bid 10 SO all 00
North’llrum'y.Y Fancy.bid 12 00 a lft (HI
Fish Mackerel No. l.haif bbl 800 alO 00.
“ No. I . kits 2 till a 280
“ No. 2 . bbl 700 a 900
“ No. 2.. .kita 2 ftO a 260
HorringH, No. 1. box 40 a 50
“ Scaled. box 45 a 50
Fowls -Chiokenn doz a 3 00
Turkeya, ■ large iiizo. each 1 III) a 1 25
GnAiN—(lorn, white, from
store ... bn —a 1 Oft
Oats.. l.ti 70 a 90
Hides and Skins—Good Flint
Cow ..lb 14 a 16
Dry Sailed Cow Hides 9* 12 a 14
Goatskins .. each 10 a 20
Otter Skins - .each 100 a 300
Ikon— Swedes lb 7“ a 8
L.utij X.Y.Y in bids. lb 12 a 12%
Loaf . 6 lbs a 1 20
Kofinod 3 tbs a 60
Liquokh Whisky, Common
Proof gal 1 36 a 1 40
Rectified. ... ..gal 2 of) a 225
Bourbon, good gal 3 50 a 400
Brandy, American gal 2SO a 300
Bum, St. Croix gal 4 ftfl n 5 Oil
Jamaica, good. gal 5 00 a 7 00
Gin, Imported .gal 600 a5 50
Gin, Common .. . gal 2 2.5 a 250
Scotch A Eng. Alrr, doz 250 a 225
Porter, Genuine doz 2 ftfl 'a 2 75
| Liimseb-Flooring boarda M 12 00 is 00
Pressed Flooring M 16(H) alB 00
- Shingles, pino. M 300 a 400
! Meal—Fine. bbt a 1 25
Flominy .. bbl a. 1 25
i Ryiiov . gal a 30
| Nails land ft and k'-g 700 a7 25
! Oils- Kerosene , pal 3ft a 40
i Linseed go) a 1 3ft
! Powder—Rifle, fine .keg 725 a7 50
I F. F. F, .. I*-; tb can a 75
i Potatoes—SwieT bbl 6fl a 75
I tticß—Clean Carolina.. lb 9 a 10
Balt—Liverpool. sack 225 a 230
i Shot—Prop bag 301 a3 23
Buck . bag 273 a 309
Soar— Family No. 1 lb —a 10
Pale .. . lb 8 a. 10
Common to Fair .. lb 6% a 8
SroAßs—Oruahod A-. Pow’d tl> 1 1 a 15
A White .tb 13tft a 14
B White .tb 13 ’a 135 ft
* Extra ,1b 13 a 13%
Y'eliow C 18 12 a 13
Florida 9. 8 a 11
, Smok’o Tobacco—Durham lb 70 a 7>
Fruits and Flower* lb 6ft a 70
I Other Grades tb 50 a 60
i Tob-cco—Common Sound lb 60 a 65
I Medium. > . . ,1b 60 a 63
Bright lb 75 a 80
, Pocket Pieces lb 60 a 80
Park Gaddies, Sweet. ..tb. 70 a 80
1 Tallow—Good lft 9 a 10
Vineoak—White Wine gat a ,60
Cider Vinegar . .gal a 60
Wool—Unwashed. tb a 27
Soda lb. 10 a 15
1 Ovstkrb 1 It; can a 15
;2 lb can a 2ft
1 Habdines box a 25
! Starch. tb 15 a 20
Bwn <i> 75 a ICO
The above are cath prices.
NEW A1) V I'RTISI*' MEIVTS.
1 WOULDItIiWI’ECTHILLY CALL TIIB AT
-3 TKNTKW nt lie eitizmiii of broiku uuo
the nJjoiainjr AeUlHte*, to inj large mi ariosi
stock of
DRV GOODS, q
SOOTS AND SHOES,
i
11 A WAR E r
f GROCEICIFS, F.te.,Etc-,
•Alltof which will Kolrl upon HF.AHONiJIMLFj
THUMB uud at LOVVEBT WtKT*.
I would ulho oail 111** aU.ntum of riaut*rs to toy
’ LARGE STOCK QV
nm IFLE*E ? TB.
Siicli a ' t
PLOWS. r
f
HEEL BDLTK.
CHAIN FANS, etc., etc.
Them* ynoitu will 1 ha aolffat
MANUFACTURER’S PRICES,,
With Freight Added.
M- GIVE ME A CAI-L. 111
JOHN TILLMAN.
julvo-rf
! \ t
(WIIH LATEST IitrOVEMi:!T3-)
FOR 20 LEAKS THE
Staml’ird of Excellence
Tilli.o rGIIO CT TUB WOULD.
Over 750,000 via Übe
ll' you think of bujint: a Bewiui; M;u.Tmir it will
1 priy you to ernmilnu thc: rcoordfi of thoac now* in
uni* olid profit by experience The Whrthi
Wilson Stand* alum* tin fhc only
u gthe Rotavy Huuk,
making u ldK'k SlitcU, dike on both aides of
• the fubric Hov.**d. All fehutile jncchine vrsuto
; power in drawing tho nhultle back rifeer th
Htitcb is formed, bringing double wear und atrmn
I upon both machine and oporntor, nrucu, wbdH
! othiJLmaohiutiH rapidlv wear out, tho \V*ie Ur
llrion la*ts n Li retime, pud pro OS nil
investment. Do not boliite nil thnt
is pKmiscd by no-called “Cheap” machines, you
tihußld rcqaue proof that yearflof ireo have tesifcAl
their value. Money once thrown attay cannot bo
recovered. ‘ jj
.Send for our oircularr Machiner sold op
trimp, or monthly payments taken. Old tnachmoo
i piit’in order or received in oxchuugc.
WHEEL Kit A WILSON MFG (X>.'B Cl' FSCr.B:
Savannah, Augusta, Alueon and Columbus, Ga.
W. I>. ('llvkh, Gen. Agt , Savannah, Ga.
nmv3l-Um
PIIOFICSSIOIVAI,.
DR. E. A. JELKS,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
(liuitm.'in, Ga.
OFFICE—Brick building adjoining the atorc of
i Me Bars. Briggti, Jelks k Cos., fck*reveri Btreot.
maylOtf
LEGA L .-VDVKHTISEMKKTS.
Notice to Road Commission
ers.
4 LI. MALE INHABITANTS, WHITE AKT>
jl\ black, between lt> and 50 yeais old. except
| hconned minister* of the Gospel, are subject to
, road duty. (Laws of 1871 and 1372, approved Dec.
12th, .1671. Fage 19.)
l OFFICIAL.]
OFFICE COUNTY COURT, >
Quitman, Ga., June 28, 1873. f
I. Ab noon uh practicable after tbo 20tb dav of
i July next the lioad Commiaaionuni of each Di
| trict of the County of Brook*, will that every
l public road in their rcnpective road districts are
i thoroughly worked.
11. The hands subject to road duty will be ap
portioned according to law, and competent and
energetic overseers appointed who Mill do thoir
duty.
ill. After each working, road courts will be
held and defaulters promptly dealt with, and the
Coram fusion era will report to me who have been
lined, and who, if any, warrants have been issued
against for default ; and also how many have been
excused, and for what reason.
IV. It is my duty, and the public intercut im
peratively demands it, that I take-care to Bee that
the road laws aro strictly enforced. I have pam
phlets at my office, containing the road laws, to
Furnish to the Commissioners or Overseers.
EDWARD R. HARDEN,
Judge County Court, Brooks County.
juno2B-3t
Election •
OFFICE COUNTY COURT. )
Quitman, Ga., June 16, 1873. f
Having received official notice from his Excel
lency, the Governor of Georgia, of the resigna
tion of RE ADEN B. WOOTTEN, late Sheriff of
Brookii County, Georgia, and of the acceptance
thereof, with instructions to “proceed to have the
vacancy tilled in the manner pointed out by
law,’’ . \
Jt i.< therefore ordered,
I. That an election b<* held to fill said vacancy,
on MONDAY, the 14th clay of July next, at tbo
several election precincts in brooks county
Georgia, under the same rubs and regulation*
that govern dictions for members of the General
Assembly of the State,
11. The returns will bo forwarded by the elec
tion managers to Quitman bv 12 o’clock M., on
tbo day succeeding the. election, that the same
may be consolidated and forwarded to the Execu
tive Deportment..
EDWARD R. HARDEN/
Judge County Court of Brooks Cos., Ga.
,bi2l-3t
CTT ATION. ~
STATE OF GEORGIA. j
Brooke Covsrr.
Superior Court, May Term, 1873.1
Ft Boot, His Honor A. H. Haneell, Judge.
Georgia M. DoLorauaga us. Lewis N. DeLiri
naga—Jlbef for divorca. liula to perfect aerrico.
It appearing to the Court by tbo return of the
Utterin' that the defendant doe? not reelde in tbaa
oountv; and it further appearing thn be does
not reside in this Btala, it in, on motion of ccud
nel, ordered tbit raid def.-Ddaut appear and an
swer at the next term of this Court ijjd that tbs
case be ronmdered In default, and tbo plaintiff
allowed to proceed.
And \t. u further ordered that tbie rule ho pub
lished in the ledepkndem once * mouth lor four
mouth.). AUG. U. HAN.-tLL,
Judgeac kr-
A true extract fr.-m the minu’ts of raid Court,
i June23-I'mini W. G. Bextiav, Clerk..