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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, —: o: 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. - - THE OPERA BOUSE QUESTION, iu. ■ o. 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. —- ~ .♦- 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. jaulO-IDA ** ‘ *