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THE EXAMINER W.A. HARP, Editor and Business Manager. tjtYNYERS, GA., SATURDAY MAY 4, 1878. Prof. McClelland,— The F’tth Con gressional D’strict will undoubtedly be sharply canvassed by many talented can didates, eager to render their country some service in our national Congress.— Among the more prominent candidates tamed is Prof. John F. McClelland, Principal of Stone Mountain High School, who now, at the special request of his many friends, comes before the people for their favor. In point ot ability and high liter try attainments, the Pro ’ lessor ranks equal to most any, it is said, in the State. Naturally a very tine writer and speaker, he possesses peculiar tact in making himself popular- with the peop'e, ]Ie is’a strong man. — [G svinnett IIerald, \Ye find the flboVe complimentary no¬ tice of Prcf McClelland, in a recent is* sue of the Deixalb County News. For a mimbfet of jeuvs Prof. McClelland was Principal of the High School .at this place and ranked high as an educator ot the young, His residence in this community was characterized by a spirit ot persever ar.ee and industry, in the pursuit ot litei ary at tainments, and a desire to post hunselt on matters ot public inte'ost He is comparatively a young man, and has ability ns a writer and debater, and would as lioheStiy represent the of his constituents of the 5th in Congress, and with equally as ability, as others who have been ed to that position. As a citizen Conyers, Prof. McClelland was respected, and he still has many friends in this community. Our Mexican Border —To Mddlllon to the joint resolution reportial last Thursday from the House Foreign Af¬ fairs Committee providing for keeping not lfefls than live thousand men on the Texas border to protect the American tntizens. and continuing in foice the ad¬ ministration order authorizing our troops to cross the Rio Grande in pursuit ot marauding parties until by treaty stiptr lations Mexico secures efficient protection; the Committee is framing another joint resolution, which will be recommended to the House on the event of the failure of Mexico to enforce, w ithin a reasona¬ ble time, suck measures as will insure bur citizens against cattle thieves, rob Ibers and murderers, who cross from the Mexican sides of the Rio Orande. By this contemplated resolution Mexico is to be recfalved not only to indemnify our citizens for injuries to property, but also to abolish its ‘Free Zone, 1 and to pay the cost ot maintaining the U. S, army along the Rio Grande border, whose employ.. ihent is rendered necessary by the dis¬ turbances occasioned by unlawful incur fiions. ---- m.+ - IlicHMONh, Va., April 2i5.~T f hc great'* cat excitement has prevailed ail day :ff ihe ‘Home of the Little Sisters < t the Poor’ over Ihe strange case of Mrs. Hel life, who came to Hie Sunday night of.ft* being dead twenty lour hours, and who died again last night. The SisterS and lour physicians, Drs. Mass e, (Jovan, •Smith, and Joseph, who vveie watching beside the bier this aftornoon. were star tied to see the dead Mrs Ilelliz raise hef right hand and wave it in the air. The corpse did not speak, but Only motrohed the right hand. At least thousands haVe visited the house to*-dayw Twenty-five physicians have examined the corpse. The priest in charge 'he Little Sisters has given orders not to burry Airs. Hel lie for ten days. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Nun sii) s : ‘It is apparent that a good deal of the opposition among Democratic Congressmen to extreme measures against Mr. Hayes is prompted by personal antipathy to Air. Tilden and an unwillingness that he should be bene filed. That there will be investigation seems eertain, or almost so, but the pro¬ bability is that if ordered it wi'l bo dL reeled to Ihe purpose of making capital for the Democratic pu'ty rather than to the displacement of Mr .Hayes.’ A Democratic Senator —one of the most sa gacious and long-headed on that side— said,-in conversation with the writer: *As for Mr. Hayes, he is infinitely a bets ter man' for us than Tilden would he ; he keeps his own party div ided ami ours united.' We do not want him to come to* us, and he has no idea of coming, and therefore the Demoerat ; c party can have fiivvetposibility for h\s administration, as was the case with John Tyler, who openly came over to the Democrats.’ South Australian flour has a very high r irk in the Eng'ish market, being mrtcli used to mix with inferior grades. Ad¬ vices* from Adelaide, the capital, dated 26th of January, state that the fatal red rust has played havoc with the wheat crop this year, and that the yield' Will be 25 per cent, less then it promised to be in November. It is au ill wind that blows nobody good, and California wiil hear these tidings with equanimity. [Communicated.] WALTON ON THE WAR PATH. Mu. Ei'iTOR—Being an old line Dem¬ ocrat of thirty years standing, would it he reproachable in Oil3 so advanced in the cause, to discuss the merits or de* merits, or to express a choice ns to the corning aspirants whose names will likely he presented and pressed by their friends before 'he nominating Congressional Convention of the 5th district? As a plain, upretending voter of the filh dis irict, I take issue with the lion. Mr. Stephens, and beg to differ will) him.— lie holds that no changes should be made in our Congressional delegation, unless we can increase brains and morals. * "We, the people of the 6th, can do cur own panning and will be our cwn judg ¬ es in the premises, and we will let little El lick control his own “skillet” hi the 8th. But, conceeding for argument’s sake, that Sler heris is right, and that present incumbents arc possessors of all the brains in the State, would it not be bad policy to retain them, if they have not the skill to tap and so utilize and so direct this great reservoir ot their ovigi ality? For certainly they have had am¬ ple opportunity, from the sphere ot their surroundings, to have demonstrated their ability and efficiency. I hold that if the services of just the equrls of our present incumbents eau be secured, (a point easily to be attained,) it certainly could materially impair or affect the great interests of the State or people. In either horn of the dilemma, 1 cannot see that we won d be worsted, and it might be for the better, for we cannot judge of men’s ability until they are tried—to' 1 ! chance and circumstances make men — 11 have personally, a high regard for Col. B ount, the present incumbent* but to say he is to he retained in his position for ninty nine years, or for life, to grant such a monopoly is a reflection and in §ultto other hightoned and Itonbrable gentlemen in this district, whofe arc just as strong aud for ability are lus peers, if not Ins superior. I repeat it; I l.ave no desire to detract from Col. Blount’s ability, but I cannot see any foason why we should grant 1dm a mo nopoly ot the office while we have a number of as good men in the d s’riot Ills record is not so brilliant, nor his ability So overwhelmingly transcendent as to' warrant this. Nor is Bibb county forever entitled to the member to Uon gross. Lei. thefe be a change of venue, personal and Ideal. Preach it not in Dat!:, neither proclaim it. on the hill tops of Georgia, that I am a handler of fire-blah.te, neither am ] a malcontent or a disorganize!*. I am for justice—simple justice to pei*vade the household gods of dnf falhers-^the old Jeffersonian family. I firii for homing to the front with Capt. J. M. Pace, of Newton, or the lion, II. D. McDaniel; cf Walton, or Cob J. C. Barton, of Ilockdale. a. k Loganville, Ga. April 30, ISIS. Washington, May i .—The s'trugg’e against the unsouditional repeal ot the bankrupt law and its reference to the ju¬ diciary committee was earnestly suppor¬ ted by Senators Met rimon and Ransom. During the debate the North ’ Carrobna senator said the bankrupt law had stood thirteen years and certainly there was a doubt as to the propriety of i s repeal. He spoke nf the homestead law of Noith Carolina, and said the supreme court of the United States had recently decided it to be of no good against old debts, and should the bankrupt law now be repeal¬ ed many persons in their state would be turned out of their homes without mercy. ^ key ftfvored the amendment of Mr. MalhiwS, that these people might have time to' save their homesteads b‘y ih'g themselves of the bankrupt law. The state could hot give them relief but the bankrupt law would do so. Mr. Bjp;ine’tS amendment was laid aside and the fepeal of the bankrupt act re¬ sumed, An amendment fixing the date ot repeat! January t. 1879; was adopted by years 25*, navs 22. Th’e bill was final ly referred to the judiciary committee, Mr. Knott, tire Chaiimatiof the House Judiciary Committee, is now thoroughly convinced that there must be an iavesti gation of the I lor,da disclosures, Mr. Hewitt says that in bis opinion, when the lads are brought out, Mr. Ilayes will, as an honorable man, retire without further ado. But those who kno\v Mr. Hayes better, perhaps, than Mr. Hewitt s ’ j y s ’ s n0t so t ^ in skinned as all that, and will only smile and say 7 . ‘Every-. thing will come right.’ Houston, Texas, April 25.—In An* deisou county n party o' six men rode up to the house of Dr, R. 1‘. Grayson, at night, and asked his wife where the Doc tor was, as one ot their wives was sick, and they wanted him to go to see her. Mrs. Grayson told the men where the Doctor was. When he came out they began sootiug al him. They shot him forty times. He tell dead on the spot. After murdering him they rode back to his house, and, thiougfi the windows, be gan shooting at Mrs. Grayson, who had gone to bed. She was shot dead. The next meeting of the Atlanta Pres byteiy will be'held in Covington. In central Georgia the annual everage cost per head ot keeping sheep is 54 cents: average cost of raising a pound of wool six Cenl3. Mis. Martha Smith, of Ta'brt county, has a Bible one hundred and twenty-one years old. In it is a record of a manage in 1775. A citizen of Worcester, Massg publicly horse whipped liis Son, 14 years old, who was at play with other boys in an open lot, and so brutally was it done that the boy fell to the ground when the father bad got through with hint. Some indig¬ nant spectators caused the father’s ar¬ rest. lion, John Morrissey has been strick¬ en with pqj'alyAis on his right side. He cannot speak, but can partake of loot! and d.iuk. The directors of the Augusta, Knox ville and greenwood railroad upon opens »»* *• road from Augusta to Waltons Island, and to build a bridge ■A across the canal at Warren’s spring awarded the contract to W. I), Grant, of Atlanta. The distance is a little over 16 miles. The question of the evacuation ot the Turkish fortresses*! continues to cause difficulty and irr tation. The Russians have made formal demands for the sutv render ot Shumla, Aldi.a and Batoarn, but there being no d finite time fixed in the &ir? Stefauo treaty for their etauud tion, the Tutks teitihe to w thdiuw. But for Turkish obs inacy in this respect, the willjdraw a l of the forces trom Lite neigh¬ borhood of Constan'inople could readily be arranged. The population of Baioutn tefnse to submit to Russian rule, and offer to pay a fanslom and remain Turk¬ ish; There was ho lack of rv.-kU-ssgosS in , lu el Oetfieen vwo S». Louis m-ioes. Cj|) -WJ(y ^ }n 1Vul ,t 0 r Sum. van's bo|We afid fi[V< j. * bhaihmg dg shot t}iy a ; f w j til a ,,. vo ver . StmL-vanf eaw <1(lt vvUh a vetn . ver ,-uady. Tn^re were no Seconds and no formality 'They simply fired at eac’ Ollier nmil Slnrle vani fell with a mortal wound. Calla¬ way wag hit in the leg. Evidences multiply that the proposed testing of Hayes’ litie is' growing in favor in plfietfl where at first it was imt taior ed. r, 'Le popular Sentiment will always make itself felt,' sooner or lalt r. In the rank and file of the Democratic patty, the sentiment is almost unanimous y in i f«v«i of oustltfg if that is possible by legal means; That feeling has evi¬ dently reached the House Judiciary Committee; dnd it is Stated that a r*port will be made declaring Tilden the Presi¬ dent elect. This is a considerable ad vante in the right direction when it is remembered that but recently the conu mittee was disposed to shelve tbe Blair resolutions. To be sure, th * report says the comtmttee will advise against a re¬ opening ot the electoral contest, hut as such'a lepo’rt will provoke discussion, and a8 tie* agita'io'n of the fifatrer will bring forth private opinion chore stfhng ly, there is liltht doubt that tlie CouVinit' tec’s recommendation will in the etui be rejected as it should he; It is never too late to right d wrong ,—Bridgeport Far* mer. The General Conference <4 the Moths odisi church South, convened in this city yesterday. The general business of the Conference embraces many inteu sting subjects, prominent among which :.i e— first : the relations to each 1 ether ot the two great branches of American Metho di iu. Second: The adjustment of the Presiding Elder q 'estiott. Third r Tenmerance and gnrft moral subjects, including, perhaps, the questions inJ volved m the dlsscussiq'ii ol th'e s’ul-jeet of dancing.— Index. Ignorant men in large bodies can only he ruled by inteHiyje'nt, kw-e; and States, man in all countries ki mv it. To edu cate the jieople is the plain dutv of the State, and one that is fast becoming re> cognised and fulfilled by all enlightened countries. The property within a State is under obligation to educate the chil |,] re0- however poor, ot every inhabitant. This is a law of modern civilization. It is greatly to the advantage of the prop¬ erty-holders to recognizs and carry into effect tlvf law.— [Mobile Register. Pexstons.-—' fhe flouse Committee on Pensions has' a’greed to report in favor of a pension to the widow of Rear Ad^ mirsd Wilkes. The committee find that Admiral Wilkes was appointed a midship man, in 18i8i and died* after a service of neatly sixty yea;s; They say that “ihe government would be lacking in grati¬ tude to one* of the brightest ornaments of its naval service should it refuse to grant the pension prayed' foi? by J the ckumant , to ... secure her comtoKable v , liv a iug for the few years that may yet re¬ main to her of life.’They have altfq agreed i to give a pension to Mary \fa&vot Get tysburg, whose daughter, Jennie Wade, was killed by a rebel bullet at Getty s b,,- g . on the 3d of Mj . 1803 wkhto „, e Union lines, and while she was*engaged in baking bread for Cm Union soldi, rb PR 0 GLAMATION. GEORGIA : By ALf BED H- COLQUITT Governor of said State. "WHEREAS, Official information has "been received at this Department, that a murder wa3 committed in the county cf Rockdale, on the 17th day of June. 1877, upon the body of W. P. Black, by ANDREW J. BLACK, as is alleged, and that said Andrew J. Black has fled from justice. I have thought it proprr, therefore, to issue this, my Proclamation, hereby offering a Re¬ ward of , Two Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of said An¬ drew J. Black to the Sheriff of said county aud State. Given uuder my hand and the Great Seal of State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this the twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and the Seventy-Eight, and of ihe Independence Hun¬ of United States of America the One dred and second. ALFRED H. COLQUITT, Governor. Bp the Governor : Socrrtary of State N. C. Barnett, Description. dark complexion, black hair and whiskers; very heavy eyebrows, nearly meeting .in the middle. may 4 It. — STEWART & iBO.’S 3 1 CONTRACTORS for all kinds of work, such i as building Grist and Saw Ills. House Caraentering. Including all kinds of feCROLL WORK AND MOULDINGS PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS For Building?'Furnished at Short Notiee We are manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of Furniture. Couyers, Ga„ April 26 —ly. can make money faster at work for us than at anything else. Capital not required ; we Will start you. §12 per day made at home by the industrious, Men, women, hoys and girls wanted everywhere to woi'k for us. Now is the time. Costly outfit and terms free.— Address True & Co., Augusta Maine. LEdAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SHERIFFS SALE ?3RUJe7M l%i M ILL be sold before Goavfe House door, in the towu of Conyers, within the Iop-tI hours of sale, 1o the highest 1 idd •>•. on the first Tuesday in June next, ths loiiowing pro petty, '-.o wit : Four hun bed an 1 forty acres of 1 ind, Lots and parts of Lots Nos. 286, 292, 281 and 291, bounded South-East by lands.of Moses T. Ba¬ ker, and Hast by Mrs. R; Baker; North by Thoinas Yanl-ui lingham and Widow Ether¬ idge, and West by Big Haynes creek.it being the widowhood oi- lifetime estate of Mrs. M, J. -igmarx, L -wied on as the property of Mrs, M. -L Sigman, by virtue of a li fa issued from a Justice’s Court, he'd in and for the 1028th District, G. M, of Fulton county, in favor of Shannon & Zimmerman, vs. Mrs M J. Sic¬ ilian Tenant in pt session notified. Levy made by A. P. Mitchell, L. (J, Mfiy 2d, 1878, and returned to me. March 4, 30d J. H. TAYLOR, Sh’ff. MORTGAGE StIFF SALE, for lay. Dp ILL be sold before the Court House door, M in the town of Conyers, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in May, 1878, the following property, to wit: One portable stvam engine, five horse pow¬ er, manufactured by B U Payne & Son, Troy, N Y, Levied on as the property of T. J. Nelms, by virtue of a mortgage ti fa issued from Sock dale Superior Court in favor of Stewart & Me Gal la, vs. T J Nelms. Property pointed out by ii fa. Levy mauo j senary 14th, 1878. J. H. TAYLOR, Sliffi. ALSO, at the same time and place, will be sold the following property, to wit : Oiia sorrel mare mule, hamed “Nell.’.’ nine years old ; one black mare mule, named “Dol¬ ly,” about four years old, Levied on As the property of T. J. Nelms by viv ue of a mort¬ gage fi fa iSBUodJfrom Rockdale Super.or Court in favor of Stewart & McCalla, vs. T J Nelnis. Property pointed out by fi fa. Levy made januarv 3 2th . 18 8, feb23 tds J. H. TAYLOR, Sh’ff. GEORGIA, Kockdale County. WHERE AS W. T. Albert, ths Adnrfnfstra ' ' tor of John Albert, deceased, represents the Court of Ordinary, of said ceuntv, by pe¬ tition duly filed, Ac.,' that he has fully admin¬ istered John Albert’s estate, Thft is, there¬ fore, to cite oil persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said Administrator should ' discharged not be from his administration^and receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in. August. Given under my hand and official .signature, May 2d, 1878. 3m 0. SEAMaNS. Or ly GEORGIA, Rockdale County. YYTHEREAS, V V application having been made to the Court- of Ordinary c f said county for the appointing of Ihe clerk of uhe Supe¬ rior Court, or some other fit: and proper person, guardian of the pers >n’ and property of W. H. Summers, a minor, trader the age of twentj - one years, and resident of said county. This- is, therefore, to notify all persons con. corned, that if there is no good cause shown to the contrary, on the sixta day of May next, in the Court of Ordinary, ail order will pass ap¬ pointing the clerk of the Superior Court, or some othei-fit and proper person, guardian of the said W. H, bummers’person and property, fta > ppjied for. Given under my hand and official signature, March 6th, 1878. O. SEAMANS, ap6 3Qd Ot dinary. GEORGIA, Rockdale County 7 , ry Yt HE Administrators BE AS J. B. of Brown Josiah aud Brown, W. J. deceased! Smith, having made application to Court of Ordinary of said county, for Letters of Dismission’ from their administration of the estate of hAitf de¬ ceased, This is, therefore, to cite all persons concern¬ ed to show cause, by filing objections in my office, why the said J. B. Brown and W. J Smith should nc t be dismissed from the ad ministrationship of the estate of Josiah Brow n and receive the usual Lqtteis of Dismission Mni inr.9 bm Ordinary. ___ - GEORGIA, Rockdale County. W? I 7^ AS ’ H HPeek, Guardian of Mary Vt A J Thompson, deceased, having made .«vT plication to the Court of Ordinary of said county, for a discharge from the Guardianship of the proper y of the said Mary A J Thomp¬ son. e Thls j e - therefore, to cite and admonish all SobjecUonTin’Jy prescribed office^ vRhin Vhetim? bv law, why the said H HPeek son, and receive the usua. letters of dismission “t’ “ T 1 ’' 1 "o. a siur'Sl^“v. 1 ' ! ’ F, M. Ayers, Aiii & & € o Mascnic Block, CONYERS, G e £ ra> §ia, . DEALERS IN lK¥ 6 k©€ Eft BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS Ready llAm ChOTti HARDWARE, QUEENS WARE, GLASS MMW(s-S PiMB MEBmmM WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, SCHOOL BOOKS AXlJ STATIC Prescriptions Carefully Prepared by an Experienced l ALSO AGENTS FOR Stono CIO Phosphate. Stoko UAHO, Self ®3- 'WJ' j3BL 3»r <CB . Fir DR. C. II. TURNER, w ill be found at this House, when n °t ProfJ ally eu >aged. Convert, Ga. tebl6tt (J EkS & A_~vP'w v j' N-.-AJ ■ mm jsams.u; ozzrmrM. A cza /a Bisi fasaS oiM liWOii st Mi * The While Shuttle Sewing Machii THE BEST THE SINiHH EASIEST SELLING Tighter P vttSl Most Durable ! LARGEST CAM RAPID STSSHER kjj! i J Reasoimble i« K Warranted 3 Years COf^PAlATIVilj HANDSOMELY ’A a mm ORNAMENTED 4 Superior in Wearing Bahts fl Adjustable m KO SOS GW DOODLE STEEL FEED • w oiid Steel ShmtJ Va ultless matchless PERFEOT, UNEictun. Jt 3 woikmanship and facilities tor taking up wear excels that of tmy 0 %I Machine, rcgardlesss of price, and its construciion and material it II ft ch that its dm ability is unquestioned. ABOUT TlliUTY THOUSAND SCUD IN ITS FIRST YEAR;! Call and examine and test this Machine—eve will sell ii f6 you on easy terms j»f Ary style of he WHITE MACHINE may bo had by rflii^'ot. filar. G—2m IF. P. & D- M. ALMAND & CO., CWm.fo mIIIS & €®. Ptyor Street, Atlanta Ga. D EA LERS IN Crockery, Glasswaiv; Lamps, Lookiug-Glnssrs, Bucket#; Brooms, Tubs,' BfaSs Lamps, Sitters, Coffee Mills, Stamped Jiunare, Water Dippets, . , , Simons, Foi ks : Castors and Knives. Or any article ill our line,' give ns a chance to price it to yon. We have no assorted trott made up to work off hard stock, with a few sets of Teas under cost. We only offer to Mewimt* such goods as they can sell'&iifl make a good prbfit bit I If you want tobn/mr article squarely on its own merits, and at the lowest possible cash price, do NOT BM ***** DBUMJfEKs, (we can beat any house that pays the expenses of traveling salesmen,) hilt sewD* a list of the avtilos you want, and we will SAVE YOU MONEY ! We will convincey»tW we MEAN BUSINESS if you want to buy FOE CASH,and will let, ns price goods toj« before you buy. Very Rpspectfallv, McBRIWS.& c0 * the*'atbotP , fiSTWe are the only manufacturers of SHOW CASES in this city, and self prices. im-2 3m WAND# FKBTIMZEB MT ACID PHOSPHATE. WILL S£ DELIVERED AT CONYERS, GEORGIA, INCLUDING FREIGHT) | AT THE FOLLOWING RATES, VIZ* WAlfDO FEBTILIZEB, 467 Pounds of Middling Cotton/ Per ton.' ACID PHOSPHATE, 350 pounds of Middling Cot'on, Per ton. To be Delivered by First of November, i 1 -* - ~ -r —i-- ■ i iii W w ~ THE ABOVE FERTILIZERS have been THOROUGHLY TESTED, and 'Extenuvelj L Used, throughout the Cotton States, with the GREATEST SHOOES, **) pertil' 7e m the production of Cotton, Corn and Wlimit, only necessary to re cr* vve deem it to the following Certificates from Successful Farmers of Rockdale# who are well known in this section, and whose statements can be relied upon : Kockdale Ga. Conyers, Ga., Ja -0 1st, 1878. This is county, jan. 21, 1878. , -Gentl * enien ___ ' - Acid to certify, that I used the Wando ! , Messrs T Trr/i ^ „ a: nsn s ^ t. Rvy, Phosphate last year-, and consider it the * Phosphate. 0 f you best and cheapest Fertilizer lever rtsei I do The Wando Acid not expect to use any other, so long as it is I l tested according directions from r s itsa \ anr r. zts j «* t 1 t both instances it did well. W. B. REAGAN, THOMPSON & HAY, Agents. Conyers, &a.jan2 6-3m