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tin: independent.
SATURDAY* JANUARY 17, I*7*.
1. oc a u tv i:w m.
The lude I'.diilnll,
It will bo seen that advertisements arc
dropping out of our paper. This is owing
to the stringency in money matters, not
tluit this paper is not a good advertising
medium; hut, as they drop out one l>v one
xve fill the vacancy with reading matter,
the best we can select. To do this, we have
necessarily to increase our expenses
by hiring additional help. Ordina
rily as advertisements run ont they
are either kept in as dead matter to till
sjrjif and keep up appearances, or the size
of the sheet is diminished to reduce expen
ses. In place of redneiug the size of our
paper or keeping dead matter in the col
umns, we hire additional help to till the
space, and use a smaller type to increase
the reading matter; therefore, we think
that our old subscribers ought to pny us,
and those who have not, ought to subscribe
and encourage us in our liberal efforts.
W e are determined to keep np the reading
matter in the Independent for those that
do subscribe and pay. We are getting
new subscribers every d:iv. and we have
now the largest cicuhition of any paper in
Southern Georgia, and only eight months
old. We are determined to do all in our
power to make our paper worthy of public
patronage, and believe that our subscrip
tion list will increase rapidly from now on.
There are a few to whom we send the pa
per as a compliment; and there are a
few to whom we send it, leaving it entire
ly with them to pay it or not, according to
their appreciation of the paper. We take
it for grunted that they do not like the pa
per as they don’t pay for it, and after this
issue we w ill have to drop their names. If
they arc nimble to pay we are sorry to in
form them that wo are unable to give it; as
long as they continue to take it out of the
office we Could demand and recover pay,
but we don’t intend to do so.
Freeh good* just received, which wore bought
at pan ie - : pares, and will be sold the .same wav
<'*ll earlv and secure the cheapest goods yet sold.
No humbug. At
KaytoVh New York Rtobf.
All Ii Reconciled I
There had like to have been some disaf
fection iu the Methodist chinch at this
place, growing out of the removal of Kev.
S. 8. Sweet after he had been assigned to
this charge by the Conference. This
trouble did not grow ont of any ill will to
or want of appreciation of any other min
ister, but their excessive attachment to
Mr. Sweet. Perhaps in this extraordinary
attachment they erred, for it disqualified
them to some extent to u Christian sub
mission to the powers that be. Certainly
Mr. Sweet is worthy of their attachment,
and it is highly commendable in church
members to love their rainis*era, and we
think the highest evidence of their love is
demonstrated in amply supporting their
minister. I love brother A. or brother 15.
is not sufficient. If you love him for his
piety and talent act in such a wav as to
enable him to devote his time, talent and
energies to the cause of Christianity. In
becoming a minister he don’t cease to be
a man. The wife of a minister don’t
cease to be a woman because of her relation
to him. The minister’s children too, are
children with all the wants and fancies of
other children. Minister, wife and chil
dren all have to have food and raiment;
they need comforts and conveniences to
make them happy. Their children ought
to be and must be educated, or the minis
ter is mortified, and the church (not the
cause) is disgraced. But we have digress
ed and hope we will be pardoned. We
set out to show that all was reconciled,
not that brother Sweet is forgotten or less
liked, but that the new minister, the Rev.
W. licwig, found a ready access into their
affections, and he too is highly esteemed.
He hasn't paid ns a visit yet and we feel a
little riled, but we will oxen*? him upon
the ground that he is visiting greater sin
ners, which is very numerous in this com
munity, and of course in greater need of
pastoral care.
What ' Tire euatomor aavs must be true. and
all say that the bent bargain* can be fir-.-T at
Kattow's New To.-ik Stos*.
A Select Itoftrflint; School
for voting lading is now open in Quitman
by the undersigned. All the English
branches will lie taught, and those desir
ing it will be thoroughly instructed in
music. Those desiring to board elsewhere
can do so, hut their boarding in the house
4-s preferable, as a more rigid discipline
ean be enforced, unremitting vigilance
■will be kept over pupils entrusted to her
cure, and the most rigid rules of propriety
end decorum will have to be observed.
The price of tuition, which will lie
moderate, must be paid quarterly; hoard
payable monthly.
janlO Miss Kat* Houkhdort.
All our goods marked down cheap. Don’t be
lieve wiiat is told you by other merchants and in
terested parties, but rail and see for yourselves
how well you can do at
Kaytox’s New Yuan Stok*.
Rrntwi.
Bruises of any kind are rapidly cured by
the Magic Arnica Liniment. Arnica itseif
in form of tincture, is well known as a
remedy for bruises, and its happy com
bination with other powerful ingredients
in this liniment makes the Magic Arnica
Liniment the best in use.
HEAD THE EVIDENCE.
Captain John C. Harrison, Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Panola county, Miss.,
states that his wife met with an accident
by being thrown from a buggy, which
injured her very seriously. One of her
ribs was broken. Many applications of
chloroform and liniments were applied
without allaying the pain. Asa last resort
he applied the Magic Arnica Liniment.
The result was, the pain was scattered
immediately, and refreshing sleep and
repose ensued. h!6
All of Dr. i-iy-.e’s family medicines and other
drugs for sale low at
Katto.v's XVw Yosa (stork.
The Hhih Day nf lira
will bo celebrated by a grand Hoi roe and ;
supper nt Thomasville, on the 19th iust. |
From what we have seen and heard of the
citizens of Thomusville, both Indies and j
gentlemen possess in an eminent degree
every quality of heart and qualification of
mind to arrange and conduct a celebration
of tliis kind in a manner not to be excelled
iu any city or town in the South. Doubt
less the attendance will be large, and com
posed of the most refined and intellectual
classes of Southern Georgia. The enter
tainment will be of u high order; the most
exquisite taste and refinement will be dis
played in every particular. Wo can now
conceive of nothing more patriotic than
the celebration of the birth day of Gen. U.
iE. Lee, and certainly there is no way more
effectually tu sacredly embalm his name nnd
noble deeds in the hearts of the people, and
perpetuate his memory. We hope the
success will be worthy of the noble ladies
and liberal gentlemen of Thoiuasville;
worthy of the day on which it is given,
which is now classic, and that it may tend
to fossilize into a glorious immortality
the njune of him whoso anniversary they
; celebrate.
Great bargains, cheap goods, full stork at
KaytonV New York Stour.
<*t nrglw Grange.
We have just rceieved a copy of the
(ieoryin (h'unye, a large eight page weekly,
published at the Franklin Printing House,
Atlanta. Georgia. The general make up
and print of this paper is both skillful and
elegant, with its columns well filled with
interesting matter to the planters, it is de
voted to the farming and industrial inter
ests of the country, and certainly merits the
patronage of that class, and it will doubt
less receive the patronage of every patrouof
husbandry, and ought to lie encouraged by
all who favor reform and oppose monopo
lies. We know not ing about Granges,
or the object of the Patrons of Husbandry;
they keep us in the dark. We don’t know
whether we are f(*r or against them. We j
can’t say whether they arc doing right or
doing wrong. They hold their meetings
near our office, and wo bear them sing
“Old Lang Syne,” and to that we have no
objection, but think if they arc really in
favor of reform and advancement, they
ought to lay aside old memories as well us
old systems, and sing anew song,
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Flour and Bacon in large quantities, at lowest
rtitc. Havamtah prio’s nowhere. At
Kayton's New York Store.
Commanieatlon.
i Editor In lep m lent:
While 1 am in favor of some essential
modifications in the present Constitution
of the State of Georgia, 1 am decidedly of
the opinion that the best course for our
present Legislature to pursue in reference
!to the subject of a Constitutional Conven
tion, will be to pa*.* a joint resolution re
questing the voters of the State at the
next general election to indorHcupon their
ticket “Convention” or “No Convention."
In this way the and sire of the qualified vo
ters of the State of Georgia v ill be ascer
tained, and, us for one, I shall always be
willing to yield to the will of the majority
of tlit 1 people.
Edward K. Hakdilm.
Quitman. Ga. , January 15th, 1874.
LOt A l. M> Yi:i: TISK \t AW /X
j Dry Goodi*, (’lothing, Slims, Groceries. Vr.,<kc M
at low |>ri<M ri, at Kayton hNi w Vouk Stoke.
3Jo MUtokc.
W<‘ ur< determined now t< make sorne changes
! in our linn, and in order to do mo \v will Mi ll our
' present stock nf consisting of aim >st every
| l<iml o f M oreimndise usually kept in interior
i towing at New York cost prices. '1 his proposi
tion mav le relied upon, as no higher prices wiil
he asked for the next sixty dm s.
| dec^il-tf ' PAINE .V IIALL.
ToMuk
Do not send your ord< rs for musical puhlioa
: tiouH North; we can HU them in half fin- tine ,
and just ax cheap. Any piece of Bhf.kt Mrsje
ior any Mime Hook advertised in any paper or
■’catalogue, or published in Ihe I'. 8.. will he
: mailed. |>ost-naid, to any part of the South, on
receipt of the regular price. ttuuday-schools,
; day-schools, teachers, ami dealers, supplied at
| publish* rs‘ rates. Our m w catalogues nnd duil
letiiiH of new mimic, mailed free to any addreHH.
Li oi>i;n* \ Baths'
SoutJuTn Miitif' Ifoian, Savannah. Ga.
nov29-3m
M. T . Srhrrlncr at the Thoinatville Fair.
We copy the following notice from the Thoman
ville Tint*'?:
“Immediately in front of tlie gorgeous display
of L&throp A( - we find Mr. If. L. Schreiner,
surrounded hya maim ill cent anHortmont ofpianos,
organs, violi is. flutes, etc., among which we may
mention the Weh< r and Gahler I'iano, a fine im
ported organ with fifteen stops: also, the famous
Silver-Tmigin and Organ, of which Mr. r is
agent. Mr. Schreiner made a clear sweep of tin
premiums and diplomat We hope to see him
at our next Fair” iov2U-tf
Destitution in lowa, Kcportw come
from lowa of extreme destitute n among
the farmern in the north-woßtern part of
that State. The inhabitanta are Buffering
for the neccHsaries of life, and many hun
dreds are almost dying of want. The
measures that have been adopted for their
relief, although extensive, art? entirely
inadequate to their wants, and unless aid
comes speedily, much suffering nnd many
deaths will occur. It is gratifying to
observe that the grangers in other parts of
lowa, more fortunately situated, nre con
tributing liberally in aid of their fellow far
mers, but the burden, it is feared, will be
too great for their generosity, and help
must come from some other points. A let
ter from Des Moines, la., dated the 2d
inst., states that the committee appointed
by the State Orange to investigate as to
the condition of the homesteaders, have
visited the counties of Osceola, Lyon,
O’Brien and Sioux, and in their report
they find the destitution in the district
above named to be of a general and
serious nature, notwithstanding all that
has been done through the praiseworthy
efforts of General N. li. Baker and others.
They estimate that at least five hundred
families in that portion of the State are
totally destitute of the means of obtaining
food and clothing, while many more will
need some assistance before they can sus
tain themselves. Toe committee will, in
a circular to the granges throughout the
State, call for contributions of food,
clothing, fuel and seed, and for appropri
ations of money from granges and others
for the relief of this people. The commit
tee, for want of time, have not yet visited
the counties east of those above named;
; but, from representations made to them,
I believe that to a considerable extent the
same is true of at least a portion of them.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
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THE OPERA BOUSE QUESTION, iu.
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SENATE.
Atlanta, Gv., Jumutrv 14. The Sen
ate met nt t.u o'clock, ami wua culled to!
order by the president.
Senator Harris introduced a resolution
providing for the ii]>i>(iinUncut of a joint
committee oil the constitution, to which
committee all constitutional amendments
arc to hi' referred. The object of the res
olution is to avoid the necessity of calling
a convention to amend the constitution.
W. 1,. Clark introduced a resolution
strongly condemning the retroactive l.a-
I turn of the salary hill passed by the last
Congress, and especially regretting and
condemning the course of such of our
representatives as favored it.
The Governor's message was received
and read.
On motion of Senator KiLbee a joint
committee was appointed to investigate
! the condition of the Macon and IJrnuswiek
railroad. Messrs. Kibbec. Payne, Sim
mons. Reese and Hillycr were appointed
in behalf of the Semite,
i Several hills were introduced on their
lirst reading.
Mr. R vmo introduced un act to amend
the lien lavra ho far or they affect the an
nual crops. Section Ist provides that
from nnd after the Ist day of November,
: 1574. no liens shall arise or Ik* created by
contract or by operation of hiwn, or for
annual crops, except liens in favor of tax.
j land loans for supplies and rent, and of
laborers for labor; which lien* for land
; bonds shall arise bv the operation of the
laws, anti shall have the same precedence
as to animal crops as special rent liens
; under the existing laws.
Section second provides tlmt any and
every conveyance, whatever be its form,
if intended to create a lien in violation of
l the provision# of this act, shall be a ques
tion of fact to be tried by jury,
i Blunee introduced a bill for the calling
! of u constitutional convention on the first
Tuesday in April. The. bill provides for
tlieeleeiion of delegates on tin* first Tues
day in March, each county to be entitled
to twice its present representation in the
House, and each senatorial district to have
two delegates at largo.
uoi sn.
The House wait culled to order by speak
er Bacon, who delivered an able and elo
quent address. Ueed, of Wilcox, intro
duced a resolution that the enpitol having
'heroine unsafe and dangerous, the Legis
; l.iture adjourn on the Ifith instant nnd to
assemble in the oldeupitolat Milledgeville
on the first Tuesday thereafter. The res
olution provides for the appointment of a
joint committee to ask the co-operation of
the < Sovernor.
A resolution waft introduced by Mr. Mc
, Dnm< I that the representatives from Uock
j dale, McDuffie, Douglass and Dodge coiui
j ties be entitled to scuts with tin* privilege
jof members, except the right to vote. The
| resolution was amended by Mr. Hogethat
tb • courtesy of scats in the House, extended
during the last session, be continued dur
ing the present.
Mo rs. Hudson and Turnbull opposed
! the seating of the members from the new
i counties. McDaniel and Tutt favored the
resolution mh amended. It was adopted by
| the easting vote of the Speaker.
Mr. Hill, of Troup, introduced a resolu
tion providing for the immediate investi
iruthni by competent architects of the cap
itol, apprehensions iu regard to the safety
j of the hui!diug4>ring felt.
A resolution of respect to the memory of
Thomas Burkw-11, of Pulaski, was intro
duced by Mr. ( loldjng.
The Governor transmitted the official
i statement of the Secretary of State, show
| ing the election of M. 11. McAfee, from
(Lee county; \V. P. Head, from Pulaski;
j Green Brantly, from Washington. The
new members were sworn iu.
The Governor’s message was read.
Mr. Taliaferro, of Washington, intro
duce a preamble nnd resolutions in refer
| ence to the death of J)r. W. G. Mcßride,
ami paid a beautiful tribute to his mem-
I ory.
Mr. Anderson, of (Y>bb, offered a reso
lution that the Finance (‘oininitteo report
at the earliest day practicable on the tax
Mini appropriation bills, end that they
shall take precedence of all other matter,
which was adopted and an adjournment
had till ion o’clock tomorrow.
The galleries and floor of the House of
IL presentatives were packed to hear Gen.
Toombs, who made a powerful and charac
teristic speech in favor of a Convention.
This speech Ims a most favorable affect,
and was commended as one of the ablest
of his life. During the delivery he was
frequently interrupted by applause.
Mr. Williamson, of Baldwin, will intro
duce a bill in the House to-morrow calling
a (’'invention in May.
The advocates of the Convention - con
sider the prospect as favorable.
Fashion vs. Food.—An observer, writ
ing about the Knglish factory girls, gives
an amusing description of the manner in i
which one of them passed her dinner hour. :
Crowds of these girls had assembled out
side of a cheap cook-shop during the half
hour allotted to dinner. Among them was
a ragged scantily-clothed child about four
teen years old. She stood for a long time !
in front of the cook-sho)#window looking!
longingly within. All tin*others hud gone j
Hiid the poor forlorn child still remained
there rattling a few halfpence in her hand.
At last, w ith a longing look st the tempt
ing viands, she paused for r moment at
the op n door and then dashed off down
the street. Tho observer followed her,
thinking that she was in search of a cheap
er cook-simp, and pitying her hard fate, j
But she soon reached a store where second- •
hand finery was for sale, entered, ami re- i
turned in a few minutes with a faded buti
gorgeous bundle of artificial flowers, con- .
taininga full-blown rose, a poppy or two,
and a fair sprinkling of wheat. With a
glow of triumph on her face, old before !
its time, she looked eagerly around to see
if any one observed ln*r. Then spying,
dose at hand, the secluded gateway of r
lumber-yard, she darted across the road,
nnd crouching in a corner was quickly ob
served in retrirnming the battered old hut j
which rested on her knees.
A letter from Richmond states that
prominent Democrats in Washington have
telegraphed to Gov. Kemper, advising
him not to pay President Grant the visit
arranged by Col. John H. Mosby, and that
said prominent Democrats have dispatched
a committee to wait upon the Governor
and ask him to reconsider his determina- j
tion of paying the visit.
At a recent tea party in Balt Lake city a 1
young man, who hnd been relating his
more than wonderful exploits in various
parts of the globe, was not ft little set
back by a remark of an old traveler:
“Young man, ain’t you ashamed to talk so j
when there ore older liars at the table ?” j
v
An obituary notice in a western paper:
contained the touching intelligence tbat j
the deceased “had accomplished a little!
money and children,"
LATEST NEWS.
Washington News and Notes.
NOTES IN ERIE? FROM ALL AROUND.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
'Washington, January 14. -In the
I House, a bill passed making some regula
tions as to the holding of terms of tin*
United States Courts, the adjournment of
the same, tin* traveling expense* of the
Judges, the certification of transcripts, the
prosecution of marshals, Ac.
The House meets Wednesday and Thurs
day nights to hear the codification of the
laws.
In the Senate, the New York Chamber
‘of Commerce, which rs about establishing
si nautical school, asks for vessels und a
detail nt officers un instr uctors. The me
: morinl complains of the inefficiency of the
merchant marine service.
An amendment to the post office law
was proposed, discontinuing mails where
the receipts did not cover half the oxpen
j SI'S.
Washington, Jan. 15 In the Hon.se,
1 a resolution looking to cheap freights on
river and railroad transportation, and to
| put down the tug bout combination
t the mouth of the Mississippi,
whs iutrodueivl and referred tothcOom
! niittee on Railroads and Canals.
In tiie Semite, num Tons petitions for
woman suffrage wore presented, and the
bill to establish post routes throughout the
country was taken up.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, Jiomwiv I t.—The Dirndl
Committee has arrived here, it was en
gaged tn days taking evidence, which is
coming bv express. The Committee ex
pects that on Friday it will be ordered to
have their notes extended and the evi
dence printed ;in which case the .1 utlici
..iy Committee will not- be ready to report
within three weeks. The mission of the
sub committee whs simply to take evi
dence. It will make no report. It is in
timated that the charges are not unstained.
There set ms to have been excessive
i charges in bankruptcy in some cases, but
this, it is claimed, was within the Judge*m
discretion, and was uofc ordered in liis
: own interest.
Hirers was nominated for Attorney of
i the Southern District of Florida.
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
New York, January 14. Several survi
: vors of the Virviniiis appeared before
Commissioner Shields to-dav and nskoff
aid of the United States Government in
returning to their homes in Kngland,
I’ranee and Cuba. They were referred to
.District Attorney Bliss, who informed
i them the government could do nothing
for them.
The Spanish frigate Arapiles, which
went on ii reef in Brooklyn this morning,
was floated off about Up. m. with the aw
! sistanoe of several tugs, and is now an
chored oil* the Battery.
Several of the Communists arrested
I yesterday were released on bail to-day, to
stand a Irial on the charge of having at*
, l. inpted to incite riot.
TIM NATIONAL HOARD OF TRADE.
Baltimore, January 14. The Board iff
Trade dismissed moieties to informers. It
was characterized ns disgraceful, ns any
employee can conspire with the detectives
• and divide the spoils. A resolution was
adopted that in the judgment of the Board
| the laws under which Custom duties are
now collected are difficult to understand,
and, in connection with the demoralizing
system of rewarding informers with moie
ties and with arbitratory powers vested
in officers, who are themselves informers,
to seize books nnd papers, they commonly
• rve as a trap for honest importers nnd
sn encouragement to corruption, oppres
\ sion and bribery.
Baltimore. January 15. The National
i Board of Trade Is discussing the finances.
: The views of the orators diverge widely.
CARTAGENA.
Madrid, January 14. The government
force on occupying Cartagena found the
fortifications nnd buildings badly dam
aged by the bombardment. One of the
insurgent steamers which attempted to
escape has been captured, with a large
i number of refugees on board. Tin* Men
deE Nunez, with another party of irisur
rreTitfl, succeeded in reaching a port of
France, into which she was pursued bv n
French man-of-war, members of the Jun
ta surrendered the iron-clad Numancia
to tie* French authorities at Morsel Kebir.
arid the tri color now flies at her masthead.
FATAL SHOOTING AFFIIAT.
Indianapolis, January 14. Colonel
Thomas V Stillwell, Minister to Venezue
la during President Johnson's ndministra- '
tion, was shot and instantly killed by Jno.
Fi. Corwin, at Anderson. Tnd., about five
o'clock this afternoon. Corwin nnd Still
well were disputing about some financial
matters in connection with Anderson,
when Stillwell drew a pistol and fl-pd.
The ball struck n silver dollar in Corwin's
pocket, wounding loin slightly in the leg.
Corwin then fired, hitting Stillwell in the
temple, the ball passing through the brain.
Corwin gave himself tip.
CARTAGENA.
Madrid, January 15. The government
troops shot ten insurgents attempting to
escape, otherwise the occupat-ion wits blood- ;
less. The French authors tie# refuse to wur- ;
render the Numancia without orders from 1
Paris. The Numancia is comparatively
uninjured.
The condition of the forts around Car
tagena indicate treachery.
Provisions are plentiful in the town.
railroad troubles.
Philadelphia, January 15.— A dispatch i
from Whittings, New Jersey, says an at
tempt has been made to restore the tra k
of the Southern Bail road in order that
trains of the side roads may run over the
line, but the strikers have forced all work
to be stripped. The rnen ate determined
to resist all attempts to repair the road !
until their book pav is paid.
Washington Monument. —The trustees
of the Washington national monument
fund, at a meeting held on Thur sday at.
Washington, appointed a committee to ,
take charge of the interests of the asso
ciation before Congress, with a view to
immediate action in the House of Kepre- J
sentatives, by which an appropriation of '
#200.000 to aid in the completion of the
monument is recommended.
;—
Nine thousand coal miners of the great j
Schuylkill region are idle, and all the ex
tensive mining operations of that section
are stopped. It is feared that this will
cause the stoppage of all coal mining work
in that part of Pennsylvania.
A scandal has occurred in Washington
owing to n disagreement, between Fred.
Grant nndDonn Piatt.growing out of some
expressions in the Capital about Mrs. j
Grant’s bolding receptions 60 'Mon after 1
her father’s death,
Among The Moors;
Monarchy is hero carried out to ita log
ical conclusion; the Emperor is the source
of all power and wealth; the lives and the
property of subjects of bis Moorish Maj
esty arc absolutely at bis disposal. His
mere will can make a beggar the richest
man iu bis dominion, or transform the
wealthiest into a .homeless beggar by a
word. The latter operation, much to the
disgrace of monarchical theories, is more
frequent than the former. IndeeiJ, the
Emperor considers that ho is by far the
poorest man in his dominions, for ho gen
erally applies the confiscated property to
bis own use, so that the theory and prac-
I tion of the division and redistribution of
! property can not fairly be claimed as ex-
I olnsively republican. Unfortunately for
! the rich Moors, the Emperor not only
j takes n fancy very often to their money,
| but also to their heads, which no doubt
they ffinl it Hill more inconvenient to part
with, as, though a man may get on with
out money, he cun scarcely manage with
out n head. Mu lev Hasann, Imu toldjms
! already distinguished himself by a not
i over clear apprehension of the distinction
! between mewn and Unim, so that such
1 Moors as arc supposed to have money <lo
I not feel over comfortable, but are somehow
j consoling themselves with the idea that
his brand-new Majesty will tllul enough
plunder in the altered treasury to satisfy ail
bis wants, so that they may continue to
live in the peaceful enjoyment of their
lo ads. Of course a good deal of this is
idle speculation, but it is interesting anil
instructive as showing what pleasant
I thoughts the coming to the throne an em
j peror causes in Moorish society. This
| logical monarchy is really an interesting
study for a republican people. Moniireh
! ieal writers are constantly pointing out to
ns the more or less real dangers of u log
! ieal republic. Now, here we have a state
jof society with the “divine right” nnd
| “fountain of honor” principle carried to
| its proper conclusion, giving us a result
| something very closely allied to barbarism.
It would ho difficult to overrate the dam
age inflicted on the people by the absolute
authority exercised by the Emperor, and
the paellas, or governors, who worthily
represent him. So little security is
there (jir the life or property of Moorish
subjects that many of the wealthiest men
iu the country are naturalized citizens of
other powers, and to this fact is due the
immunity tlmy enjoy from being plun
dered. In the interior the people who
have money hide it in the ground, care
fully avoiding any display of fortune leH.t
they should excite the cupidity of some,
paelia or other powirful official. Hut even
the pacha can not he rich with impunity
unless he have unusual good luck or very
powerful influence, for as soon as the Em-
I peror thinks th it one of his governors has
j amassed a large, amount of money, he im
mediately pounces on him, seizes his
wealth, and either turns him adrift penni
less, or reappoints hint somewhere else to
act as a kind of collector of imperial rev
enue. There is a shocking amount of
blindness in thoac proeicodings; but, after
all, do they differ so very materially from
what takes place in more polished des
potisms V In form certainly, lmt nut in
result. The people are plundered in Mo
rocco, uuu exactly the same thing happens
|to them under some extremely civilized
goveri meats that I could name. The
difference is a mere question of procedure.
Twenty thousand men compose that
force which in Morocco stands for the
! army of civilized powers. I put it in this
I ay to prevent people getting wrong no
! tiona about a Moorish army. In truth,
! there is no such tiling. There are armed
I men who are called soldiers, and who light
with arms and are probably as brave as any
; equal number of men in the world, but
i who have not a trace of the organization
1 that would entitle them to be looked upon
as an army in the sense in which tho word
is usually applied. It is said that some
where about half the armed force is com
posed of blacks, of different shades. In
time of war the number of armed men
which the Emperor can put into the field
is calculated at 80,000. A Moorish army
would in all probability become • less dan
gerous in proportion as it became more
numerous. The Arab is n brave, but not
a steady soldier. His forte is shooting at
long rang** from behind a rock, or charg
ing at a desperate pace over level ground;
at close quarters lie is decidedly an ugly
customer, being strong, quick, and in the
use of l is weapons dexterous; besides, he
is a fatalist, but somehow it is very diffi
cult to persuade him that Ids hour Ims
come. The Moorish brunch of the Arab
family are. perhaps, the most fanatic and
determined. They have not by any means
forgotten their triumphs and conquests in
the [>ast, and, absurd as it may appear,
they entertain a vague idea that the Cross
hns not quite done with the Crescent yet.
This belief is, no doubt, wholly due to the
dense state of ignorance in which they are
plunged, not alone with regard to the
outside world, but even to their own past
history. Avery intelligent inhabitant of
Tangier, who had traveled in Europe ami
spoke French well, was quite astonished
when I informed him that a tower we were
looking at was once known as the Irish
tower during the British occupation.
“The British occupation I” he said in sur
prise; “I never knew Tangier was in pos
session of the; British, nor have J ever
heard it from Arab or .Tew, though I was
born here and have lived nearly all my life
here.” He left irie half incredulous,
thinking that I must have been mistaken.
Certainly, if I surprised him, lie had his
revenge, for it appeared to me impossible
that an occupation that left some marks
behind it should have been easily forgot
ten.
The profound ignorance of tho people
is aggravated by their worse than Chinese
exclusiveness. It was my intention to
penetrate into the interior and try to learn
something of the state of tho .people* from
personal observation, but a little experience
in the immediate neighborhood of Tangier
soon convinced me that such an attempt
would be worse than useless. Leaving
aside the danger to which one would ex
pose himself among law less.fanatics of be
ing shot from behind a rock for the greater
honor and glory of Allah, there remained
the persistent exclusion of the traveler
from the dwellings of the people beyond
the roods and the points marked down its
stopping-places, and in the large towns
nothing could be seen, as a transcient
traveler would have very little chance of
finding his way into an Arab interior.
Even my civilized Tangier friend always
conversed with me on the threshold of his
door, it never coming even into his trav
eled mind to invite an unbeliever beyond
the mystic portal. Unlike the Jews nnd
Christians, the Moslems keep their houses
constantly closed up; even windows are
not to be found, but now and then loop
holes, exactly similar to those we put in
stockades for riflemen to fire through.
Doubtless the passengers in a Moorish
town would be exposed to the still more
dangerous fire of fair eyes from even these
narrow apertures; but the Moors, who
know something about tho fair sex, have
made even the loopholes so that they CAn
not very conveniently be looked through, i
Having failed to get a peep at an Arab in
doors in the city, I resolved to try what
could be done in the country, where it
was said the exclusive rule was not so
strict. 8o procuring mules I sallied out,
accompanied by my guide, but, although
we reached the outskirts hi more than one i
wretched Utile hamlet, consisting of some !
twenty miserable lints, made fur the most j
part of loose stones and clay,, with tliatoh- j
ed roofs that looked the picture of ruin, '
wo never managed to get inside. The
nearest approach was by bribing a ragged
woman, very ugly and very dirty, to sell
us sumo 1 larharv ligs. The woman was
not old, lint looked many years older than \
she really was. Her clothing consisted of
a long white garment and a kind of sash j
around her loins. She wore neither (,'ap
nor shoes of any kind, aud looked goner- |
ally as dirty and miserable as a human I ic
ing can well he. She made no effort to
conceal her face, though 1 should readily
have forgiven her if she had; for certainty
she was not blessed with beauty, hut, in
stead, Imd three tine children who vied in
dirtiness and good humor with their
mother. When she emerged out of her
tint stye would be a more correct term
she proposed to regale us with goats’ milk;
but, as the surroundings were far from
reassuring, the offer was declined, und we
stated uar preference for Uarhary tigs.
While our parley with the woman lasted,
a group of muffled females of the more
squeamish sort assembled at a distance
with a guard of yo ng brats who looked
as if they would think it great fun to stone
us, hut were afraid to begin.
Our scanty refreshment being concluded,
1 presented the woman with a small silver
coin representing the immense value of six
cents. Such generosity ipiite overcame
the poor Moslem soul, and she poured out
I know not how many prayers for the con
version of the giaour, while wo rode away,
to, the evident relief of the ghost like la
dies who eyed us from a distance from un
der their national domino. This was
scarcely satisfactory, though I had seen
enough to gain a pretty fair idea of the
state of misery in which the rural popu
lations live, and to learn liow backward
the agriculture of the country is, though
some little irrigation is carried on by com
paratively old methods iu some gardens.
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Pbostbate .South Carolina. —A dis
patch from Charleston on the 18th inst.
says The exactions of the Legislature
for taxes are much heavier than in any
proceeding year, and have aroused intense
feeling among property-holders through
out the State. A large and earnest moot
ing of tax-payers was held yesterday in
Columbia to start a concerted movement
for the relief of the people.
The resolutions urge the re-assembling
of the Tax-Payers,’ Convention, aud that
the convention present the condition of
the State to Congress, and ask that it he
remanded to a territorial condition or he
placed again under military rule. A num
ber of speeches were made, one of them
by a colored man, all declaring that the
assessments have been outrageously high,
and that the people will not stand the
abuse any longer.
The Executive Committee of the Tax-
Payers’ Convention met here to-day aud
unanimously resolved, in view of the ne
cessities of the times, and with due regard
for the common welfare of all classes, that
the Tax-Payers Convention shall reassem
ble in Columbia on the 17th of February.
The resolutions further declare the move
ment to be iu opposition to the frauds and.
corruptions which prevail, aud in favor of
honest government, with equal and exact
justice to all.
MI sc EL LA N E<) l'S AJ) 1 ’EH TJ SEMEN TS.
SAL I] and LIVERY STABLE
Quitman, CSa.
rjXHE UNDERSIGNED KELT ON HAND
SADDLE HOUSES,
HARNESS HORSES,
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES,
l£ct., etc., etc.,
Fur th* AtcomnlodiiHom rf th• Public*
THEY ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A 000D SUPPLY OP
Horses and Mules for Sale.
SKI, EC TED I! T OFK OF TtlP. Flllif,
And Always Purchased on Sucn Terms ns
to Enable Them to Sell at the
Lowest I’rices,
PERSONS DESIRING TO PURCHASE
SADDLE OR EARLESS HORSES
Can bo Supplied upon Bbort Notice.
If not on hand, If a description of the atnek
wanted ia left at the Stable the order will be filled
in a few days.
CECIL S. THRASHER.
mn-rV?-tf
Mrscrj.iA frxoVs ah vkhtisx,vests.
QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL
nAVING boon called bv the Board of Trn
tuot to take charge of thin institution, tn
HubHurimir would lcspootfully #lve ndtit’ft’th g
the Hpting Turin will commence on MONPAq
January 12th, 1H74, and continue twenty-four
weeks. Itae notice will be given concerning to*
Full Term.
Being (letertninod to make this equal to o”t of
the schools of the country, he confidently up| .'L*
to the citizens of the town and country for thei -
support. The discipline will be rigid, and UumA
who expect to “run a fast schedule” will do v ■ .1
to go elsewhere. * •
Arrangements will be made for Muric y 4
French if desirable, and hi toll assistance will
procured ns the wants of the school may demfi
Tuition f>r the term of tweirty.four weeks w.-te
be #lB DO for the first class; *24 00 for the fC.td;
amt for the third class SBO 00, payable at ek.it. !
term.
For imv further information, inquire of
d(cao it K. V. F<miiRHTEB. Pri
j. m. nouormiH. | j. i). tv
BOROUGHS & Will'.
WHOLESALE DEALfcItS IN
TOBACCO,
CIGARS, SNUFFS, PIPES ftnl
SMOKERS ARTICLES,
1-1 Decatur Streoti
ATLANTA, GA.
J. T. JORDAN, Traveling Agoirt.
jauß-ly
CREECH & NEWSOi,
DEALERS IN
D II Y GOOD S,
(iIIOCERIES,
Liquors, Flour, Bacon, etc.,
Ql ITMAN, GA.
m fv v 10-tf
CITY HOTEL,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
The Proprietor Often, w Visitors
UNSURPASSEI) INDUCEMENTS.
ROOMS LARGE, WELL FURNISHED,
- AS.D
THOROUGHLY VENTILATED.
TABLE SUPPLIED WITH
THE RES T THE AIA RKET A PH'OR DS.
Polite and Obliging Servants.
HOUSE SITUATED CONVENIENT TO THIS
Depot and the Business Portion of the Town.
I). U. iMcAEA L, Proprietor.
mnyl7 tf __
Met ALL & G R 0 0 V Eli,
QUITMAN, CIA.,
Dealor, in
DRIG9, BEUH IXKS, CJHKMICALS,
Vim Toilet Soap, Fancy Hair and Tooth Brushes,
Pcrfumsry and Fancy Toilet Articles,
Tr.it... and Shoulder Brnrr*,
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.
Paints, Oils, Varnishes & Dye-Stuffs.
l/t-drr Paper, Pena, Ink., Envelope*,
# WINDOW GLASS, of all *iies,
Putty, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Chimneys.
Physic lane Prescriptions Accurately Compounded.
StfoT, Powder, Pkucitssion Caps, Tobacco,
jyl2-1v SDufl' ami i lgarn.
/ EG A t AD VEBTJSEMENTSc
rpl IE U NT) EItSIO NED HEREBY GIVES N.O-
F tiee rrf his appointment as Assignee of WIL -
LIAM JONES, of Brooks County, state of
Georgia, who lias hern adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition- itr the United States District
Court for the bouthern Jbka'iot of Georgia.
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