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Tuesday Marning, May 10,1870.
Official Organ of Sumter Co.
OJ'FICIAL OS OAK OF SCHIST COUSTT.
Official Organ of Loo County.
Official Organ of tVcDsb-r County
8CSu We have hcar«l from different sec
tions of the county that farmer* are put
ting wore corn in the ground this season
than they have at any time since the war.
and in many places It is growing finely.
Some of our best fanners have determin
ed hereafter to put at least half of their j
cultivated lands in corn. Th*sis the best
move that ccold be made, and will give
riches and independence to all who will
follow it out, in a very lew years.
iJSr* Mr. Francis Sorrels, long identi
fied with the commercial interests of Sa
vannah, died on Thursday, having at
tained his 77th year on the day preceding
his death. He was a native of the West
Indies.
SQL. The Jewish Messenger doubts
whether there is a single American Jewess
that could write a correct Hebrew epistle.
Hebrew study is but little encourage by
American Jews. Their only literary in
stitution, Maimonidea College appeals
constantly for funds.
A Boston correspondent says of
Mr. Aldrich's poem in the May Atlantic
that it recalls to his mind the old rhyme
of his boyhood:
When I was young and in my prime,
I could get kissed most any time;
Bat now I*m old and getting gray,
I can’t get kissed but once a day.”
The Courier-Journal says: “To
qualify one’s self for holding office at
this time it is necessary to turn nigger,
steal something, or give Grant a present.
Nothing else will enter. We are remind
ed of Cornelias O’Dowd’a benevolent
--0^- BRDSFft' *
-—"Work has been resumed on the New-
oort and Cincinnati railroad.
^°—The annual report of the Presbyteri
an Board of Foreign missions shows a
probable debt, at the cloafc of -the year,
of $40,000.
—The Lime Bock Bank, at Rockland,
Maine, was robbed on Tuesday of $1,100,
mil special deposits amounting to $15,-
900; on whieh payment ha* been stopped
to the amount of $15,000.
—CarlotU Patti will sail for Rio Janei
ro on the 23d of May.
—Th« school expenses of Council
81nffs are paid by a tax on its houses of
ill-fame.
—A New Yorker advertises for a pious
young lady “of a Methodist disposition”
to take charge of two children.
—Two young la lies in Hartford are nn-
•ler the trestmeut of Dr. Sweet, for a
cramped and gainful distortion of the
feet, caused by wearing narrow high-
heeled boots.
—Three of the wives of men employed
on the steamer City of * Boston have con
soled themselves by remarrying.
—An enthusiastic Fenian in Chicago,
delighted with the color of the new three
cent postage stamps, asserts that the por
trait they bear is that of Gen. O’Neill.
—The Mississippi Press Association
meet in Oxford in June.
—Work has commenced on the im
provement of the bar at Jacksonville,Fla.
—An Episcopal Convention will con
vene at Jackson, Tennessee, June 11.
—A white man in Holly Springs,Miss.,
the other day, sold his wife for $22, the
wife consenting to the sale.
—About 20,000 white citizens of West
Virginia are disfranchised by the XIVth
Amendment.
—Tho grand jury of Giles county,
Teen., report a “great improvement in
the morals of the masses dnriug the last
22 months.”
—Florida State eeript, which has for
sometime past been very low, with no
sales, has taken an upward tendency.
Tho price at Tallahassee now ranges from
55 to GO, and small lots havo been re
cently sold in Jacsonville at 70.
—rXear Raleigh, JT. C., on Thursday,
an abandoned woman named Mary Ann
Dalton, dressed herseli in roan’s clothes
and went to the residence of Mr. Jarvis
Wood, with the object of fighting him.
Supposing her to be a man, and that she
THE “PEBBLE-TESTER.”
Interesting i&> those using Spectecles.
The folio,ring aruile, which we copj
the American Horological Journal, was
written By Air. Jas. FriCker, of this city,
in answer to inquiries addressed to him,
caused by an article which had -previosly
appeared in |:he Journal:
Elitar Horotigical Journal:
As several pul toes have written to me
to give them some information in regard
to the “Feblie-Teeter,” 1 have concluded
that a short article in reference to it
would not come amiss in your valuable
journal. As the acaon of this instrument
depends upon the peculiar phenomena
called polarisation of light, it will be ne
cessary to give your readers—those who
do not aiready understand what is meap.
t»y the term-—a general idea of this pecu
liar property oi light, before they can
lOmprenenct tho action ol the instrument,
lucre are several substances tiiat will po
larize light; even glass will do it if we
use a number of plates, although one
single plate here ms to have no effect upon
it
Feldspar and tourmaline are the two
substances most commonly used for this
purpose. Ligut passed through a longi
tudinal section of feldspar becomes polar
ized, and the ray of the light is separated
into two rays, one called the ordinary
and tho other the extraordinary ray
Now, the eflect produced upon the ray
of light passing through a piece of tour
maline—also u longitudinal section—ii
the same, with this difference, that only
one ray passes through, the sxtraordinary
ray being absorbed or obstructed. It
would be impossible in a short article
like this to give anything like a fair or
comprehensive idea of what polarized
tight is, and the many peculiarities con
nected with if, but I will try and make
myself understood sufficiently, and, in as
lew words as possible, to enable your
readers to understand the use of, and to
comprehend why the .Pebble-Tester an
swers the purjxwe lor which it is intend
ed.
I do not know that I can give you a
better illustration of what is known as
polarized light*, thou that- given to m-‘
many years ago by my friend the author
of your astronomical and other articles,
if you will lake several sheets of paper
and place the -amla of them against your
extended lingers, bolding your liugers,
horizontal, and the paper perpendicular j
to them, you will find the paper ob
structed; but by holding your lmnd still
and turning the paper 90 deg. you will
see how readily it will pass between your
fingers. No r, the effect of light passing
through tourmaline is analogous to the
above; that is, if light passes through one
piece of tourmaline, and you place an
other piece belaud the first, with its axial
lino or grain at right angles to the first,
the tight will be oustructed; but by simp-
‘ ‘ Paths by Suslioht and Ga-light.’
-I work descript ire of Pie Mysteries, and
Miseries, the Virtues, rices, Splendors,
and Crimes or Pie Cityof Paris.—Btt
Jam* D. McCabe, Jr.
This is the title of the most complete
and attractive book of the day, issued by
the “ National Publishing Company,” of
Atl.mta, Ga. It is a largo volume of
ove r eight hundred pages, magnificently
illustrated with one hundred and fifty
fiue engravings, by the best French
artists, and from the pen of u writer who
knows Paris well. It is absorbing and
entertaining in a high degree for, besides
containing a vast amount of instruction, it
abounds in brilliant and thrilling descrip
tions of the darker sides of Parisian life.
The reader is carried into the dark and
sqmilid quarters of the Rag-pickers, and
is introduced to the houses of sad chil
dren of poverty; the most noted Lorettes
and queens of the Demi-monde are por
trayed with perfect trathfalness; the ter
rible inroads which vices of all kinds has
maclo in French society, is shown with a
startling vigor; Habille and its' payeties,
w‘*lt the voluptuous Can-can are brought
home to him; and the mad revels of the
carnival are reproduced with great accu
racy. Tho book is, indeed, Paris photo
graphed, and is os attractive and spicy to
the reader os the city itself to. the
American visitor. Our author dwells
particularly on the “rapidness” with
which our countrymen conduct them
selves amidst the dissipations and temp
tations of the gay city; nor is the book
valuable only for its sensational qualities.
It is brim-full of the pleasantest historic-
ical i astructiou, and no ono possessing a li
brary should fail to place it on his shelves.
It is gotten up in exquisite tasto by the
Publishers, and is quite as attractive ex
ternally as internally. Amongst the il
lustrations of this fiuo work, we notice
the names of Gustavo Dore, DeBar,
Cichot, Clerget, and Thcrond—than
whom France has given no more brilliant
and successful workers in tho art of en
graving. It is sold only by subscription.
A waggish journalist^ who was often
merry over his personal plainnet, tell.**
this story on bimseli I went to a chitnest
the other day for some morphine for •
rick friend/ The assistant objected to
giving it to me without a prescription,
"vidently fearing that I intended to com
mit suicide. “Plshaw!” said X, “do 1
look like a man who would kill himself?”
Gazing steadily at me a moment, he re
plied, “I don’t know. It seem to me if
Hooked like joa, I should be greatly
tempted to kill roya-lf. ”
The Albany New* ua» interviewed
the contractor for tho Albany and Bruns
wick Railroad and says.* “The track
fou* miles west of tho Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad on the 30th ult. Cot Halbert
laid one and three quarter miles of good
superstructure on the 29th ult., with 78
hands. The line of road is located forty-
two miles west of Waresboro.' and the
grafting note going on.. Tito contractors
for tho work will urge it forward to Al
bany and Eafauia as fast as money and
men con drive it
SPECIAL NOTICES.
How
».mts having Ttsoource toaome remedial agent,
which woukl effectually arrest the further pro-
grew of disease, and render the system impreg
nable to its insidious attacks. It -ia unfortun-
*tdy too true, there are thousands who sink in
to an early crave, whereas at a trifling expense
they might have lived t*? a good old age. Ii
there bardiaoce to be placed ta.medicine. enu
thousands or veil attested cases establish be
yond too . possibility of a doubt the curative
properties of anyone particular remedy, then,
duriey’a Sarsaparilla and Potash ir unquestion
ably, tho greatest medicine ever introduced to
an afflicted community. Hesitate not, there-
foie, to use it, tf suffering from eoy of the ills to
which the flesh is heir. ap2$tf
Barrett’s warranted Hair Restorative.
It cannot hurt you.. It 29 purely vegetable!
Try Sicuuous* Liver Regulator, if you wish to be
well. It acts like a charm without debilitating
the system, ar d without any of the evil effects
of mercury. Simmons’.Liver Regulator ia the
-a.fr* remedy.may llMi
6&»Au invention is announced in
Switzerland which will directly affect
phonography, and mako every man his
own private secretary. If it comes to
perfection it must be classed with tho in
ventions of Dagurre and Morse. The
machine is no longer than the hand, and
performs the work of an accomplished
stenographer. Placed in contact with the
vocal organs reduces tho slightest sounds
communicatied by the tongue, throat or
lips. While one is in tho act of speaking,
a ribbon of paper is detached from the
machine, similar to that thrown out by
the telegraphic apparatus, on which the
words pronouncor! fire traced in black
and white.
Irish lady who founded a Magdalene hos-! iutended to do him bodily harm, Wood | ty turning one pfr.ee either to the right
pit d in Dublin. One.day a very modest. shot and killed her, j or left 90 dt*;. light will readily pass
and comely young, woman applied for ad- j —The railroad from Thomusville to } thron 8 l1 both l‘ iecwJ *
mission. Surprised at such an applica
lion from such u source, the patroness
inquired of the girl the circumstances of
her fall, and was told that she had not
fallen at all. “In that event,” said the
symjmthotic lady, “you have no claim to
be admitted here. If you want to he ad-
mitasd, you must go and qualify.”
Albany is complete. | Sow.j PebUe-T«*t*r » stapod
. what like a pair of sugar tongs, only
—At Chicago they haro started a spe- made of iron. At the extremity of each
cial lightning express train for eloping J arm the wire is bent into tho form of a
couples. | circle, which encloses a piece of metal
1 1 with a hole in the centre that is lined
—Fred. Douglass is working hard for a | with cork, in which is inserted a piece of
Radical nomination to Congress.. ' tourmaline in each, the tourmaline being
-The House Committee on Elections j „ y f
will has 17 contested seats to settle. • metal-containing the tourmaline—hold-
The Kimball State Fair Premiums.
Th e lost number of the Plantation con
tains the following letter from Mr. H. L
Kimball, concerning the liberal premiums
which be offers for productions of cotton,
wheat, grass, and collections of mineral
from the soil of our State :
Atlanta, Ga., April 16, 1870.
Hon. D. C. Yancey President Georgia
State Agricultural Society.
Sir—My communication to you on the
7th instant offering a special premium of
$500 for the best bale of cotton raised in
the State of Georgia, was written hastily,
and without that due reflection which
the importance and general interest of the
matter demands.
Simply offering a premium for the best
bale of ootton, would I am satisfied, de
bar a portion of the large cotton growers
in the Stale from participating m com
petition for said premium, and would not
meet the object and ends which I desire
to accomplish, viz: the advancement of
the material growth and prosperity of the
agricultural and mineral interests of the
State.
It is to these interests that we must
be prosperous. This is as true regarding
a State or a nation os an individual—to
be prosperous and successful, we mast
not only be industrious, bnt systematic
and energetic.
I am of the opinion that by a proper
use of fertilizing properties and labor
saving machinery, that even the old and
worn acres of Georgia will again blos
som, end yeld to her people a richer
harvest, than ever before.
The great object to be attained in agri
cultural pursnits ia to produce the great
est yield, with the least amount of labor.
Your Society is capable of exerting a
powerful and most wholesome influence
throughout the whole State towards the
accomplishment of this object, tty im
proving the people with the prana idea
that it only requires energy and perse
verance to prove the new system of labor
vastly more remunerative than the old.
It was to asaistthe Society in the accom
plishment of this object that I offered
the premium referred to.
I therefore most respectfully request
that my proposition be amended as fol
I propose to place to your order, sub
ject to the decision of the Committee,
$500, to be offered as a special premium
for the largest and best yield of cotton
(the quality and quantity to be consider
ed in the award) which is raised during
tba present year on fire acres of land in
the State of Georgia.
And that North Georgia may be en
couraged to exhibit what she can do for
the adreneement of three interests, I now
propose to offer an additional premium,
and place in yonr hands the farther sum
of 8500, to be offered as the following
premiums, stes- <-t -X MT A. fct%'.
Two hundred dollars for the best five
acres of wheat.
Two hundred dollars for the best fire
One hundred dollars'.for tho best col
lection of minerals collected from the soil
IwouETfurthormoresuggest for your
consideration that yon require competit
ors entering in three premiums to pay a
special feeot 50 per cent, of the premium
proposed, and this sum to be devoted to
the benefit of your Society . Tho ques
tion, however, I leave entirely to yonr
own judgment.
When yon are in the city, please do me
the favor to call at my office, as I wish to
confer with yon about the best method
of encouraging county agricultural socie-
'“'SSSU
ElSumu.
metal-containing the tourmaline—hold-
> ing the instrument close to the eye—until
there-
. , ’, * i all the rays of light ore obstructed,
independent J ^ causing total darkness, the instrument
—At Virginia, Nevada, Bill Bird,
gro barber, conies out aa au
candidate for Mayor. I is properly adjusted for trying your
—Mr. Julian's woman suffrage amend* j 8^ l J* 9es o^pebbie. If a pebble is^inserted
meat is called the “sweet Sixteenth.”
—A Nevada Judge the other day fined
himself five dollars for being late—prob
ably for tho benefit of the conrt.
—Mr. Yallandigham authorizes Lis
friends to say that “Under no circum
stances will he be a candidate for Con
gress at the next fall electiou.”
—The Democratic leaders in Congress
are preparing to call a State Convention
for the purpose of consultation regarding
the condition of political affairs.
—Connecticut is considering the pro
priety of a State convention to revise its
Constitution, by striking oat the word
white” from the qualification of voters.
—A negro informs the Chicago Times
that he wants to see the time come when
a negro can vote a Democratic ticket
without exposing himself to defamation
and danger.
—From present indicotions the next
Mayor of Washington will be a negro.
The “field hands” have a majority on the
poll list
—The President’s father exposes
Grant’s want of self-reliance in a letter to
a Western paper, wherein he says the
General was never a Democrat, unless
while in the immediate vicinity of the
Dents in Missouri.
—Forney testifies that tho money ho
received from Bullock was for printing
jobs, posters, pamphlets, etc.
—Tho decision in tho Mordannt di-
vorco coso is ready, but will not bo an
nounced nntil the next term of tho cotfri.
—Tho death of Dr. Simpson, of the
Edinburg Review controversy respecting
tho invention of chloroform,is announced.
—John B. Kendrick, over 70 years of
ago, died in Madison on the 23d, and
Mrs. Ann Day, aged 77, died on the
same day.
—The Mississippi Legislature consists
of seventy-four white members, and thir
ty-one colored in the house, and twenty-
four white to four colored in the Senate.
—OoL M.C. Galloway, of the Memphis
Avalanche, has retired from the editor
ship of that journal.
—The doctors are asking themselves
tho question whether a negro can hove a
“white swelling.”
—Mr. Guyckanickpucs Ifakutskoliti-
mitz Sakutskylitmieks Ankachagamnks
Mekntonikatzokorts keeps a hotel at Sit
ka, A^ulrn. He says that the Americans
have the queerest names he ever heard
of, and it is with the ntmost difficulty, he
can pronounce them.
—We learn from tho Selma Times that
the Selma and Gulf Railroad has been
completed to Pleasant Hill, a distance of
twenty miles, and freight and passenger
trains are Tunning to that point. This
road is to connect at jSelma, with the
Golf at Mobile, and Pensacola. It is to
cross and top the Montgomery and Mo
bile rood near Pollard. The Southern
division from Pensacola is running to a
point north ol dho Montgomery toreL
between the two pices of tourmaline, the
d rectiou of the rays of light is changed,
allowing them to pa>8 through the second
piece of tonnnaline. By carefully rotat
ing the pebble you will find that at each
quarter revolution of the lens the light is
either partially Or totally obstructed; this
want of uniformity in the different peb
ble lens is, no doubt, attributable to
their being cut from tho stono without
any regard to the axial direction of tho
stone.
If you place a glass lens between the
two pieces of tourmaline it will have no
effect upon the light, which is the test;
i. e., when the Pebble-Tester i • properly
adjusted so that yon cannot see tkroiuk
it, and you place a glass lens between the
two piecea of tourmaline, you will still be
unable to sec through it; but by substi
tuting a pebble leas for the glass one,
yon can see through it. The light will be
more or less colored; sometimes yon get
the various hue3 of the rainbow, asain
the light seems to be of a light brown
color.
The Pebble-T«»ter can be obtained of
Burbank Brothers, manufacturers
spectacl s and importer* of optical goods,
No. 14, Maiden Ijanc, New York.
Hoping that ye ar feeders may be able
to understand the use and realize the
volne of this instrument from what I have
said, and also get a vagno idea of polar
ized light. I will close ihi3 article, hoping
that Mr. S. will give ns a series of articles
on Light through yonr Journal.
JAS. FRICKER.
Amebtcus, Ga., March 15, 1870.
Interesting Decision op the Supreme
Court.—The Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States has recently decided that un
der the provisions of the act of 1824, in
civil actions in Courts of the United
States, no witnes* can be excluded be
cause he is partial to or interested in the
case. A decision has also been given
that loaning money to the Confederate
States when subscription to a loan was
extorted by fear, ana becoming surety on
official bonds of Confederate States offi
cers from motives of friendship to enable
such officers, being conscripts, to remain
at home with their families, were not acts
f 'ving aid and comfort to the rebellion.—
ho decision also determines t^at parties
who have taken the amnesty oath in such
cases are entitled to recover.
Tit* Wonderful Silver Spring in
Florida.—The Key West Dispatch says
this grand and natural curiosity bursts
forth in the midst of the most fertile
country in the State. It bubbles up in a
basin near 100 feet deep, and about an
acre in extent, and sending from it a deep
etream GO to 100 feet wide and extending
»dx or eight miles to the Ockawaha river.
In the spring itself, fifty boots may lie at
anchor—quite a fleet. The spring thus
forms a natural in land port, to which
three steamers now run regular from the
St Johns, making dose connections with
tho ocean steamers at Palataka.
The clearness of the waters .is truly
wonderful It seems even more transpa
rent than air;you see oh the bottom, 80
feet below, the bottom of your boat, the
exact form of ,$e..fsmallest pebble,-the
outline and color and shades of color
of the leaf that has sunk, and all the pris
matic colors of the rainbow are reflected.
Large fobswim in ii , every scale nsib!
and every movement distinctly seen. 1.
you go over the spring in a boat you will
see the fisures in t|ie rocks, from which
tho river pours upward like rq inverted
A Marvelous Youth in Florida—The
Plat uat* ogrRattle Snakes, Scorpions,
Centipedes. Wasps and Hornets.—Tho
Key West Dispatch, relates the following
of a youthful magician in that city :
For tho benefit of the outside world,
we have put on record the fact that iu
our ivlnml city there lrves a youth who,
ia himself, is one amongst the great phe
nomena of tho age. Listen, and be the
jndge yourself. He can handle snakes, j
scotpions, centipeds or what not, with;
perfect impunity. He makes pets end
playfellows of the larger kind of rattle
snake.!!, twisting them around him and
dallying with their forked tongues and
their ten or twelve rattles! He actually
has curried scorpions in his bosom aud
wasps and. hornets in his sleeves and
pockets, without receiving a bite or sting.
In the loneliness of the grove or forest, or
in ary secluded place infested with
snakec, he can, by a few taslismanic
words, coll around him any number of
snakeu, whom he can charm into perfect
obedience to all his mandates. He can
pick them up and lay them down at any
given place, and at his bidding they will
remain titere until he returns, after an
absence sometimes of hours.
He cun take a rat, or a mouse, anti so
manipulate it—so put that inexplicable
tyrant spell upon it—that it at once be
comes a mute suppliant for favor, is qui
escent, and may be' tumbled about at
pleasure. The young mugiciau avers
that tliis miraculous power is given him
by spirits—whether good or evil, he
knows not.
We could relate many incidents in this
connection illustrative of our little
friend's necromatic faculty of snbduing
the reptile creation; but the foregoing
must suffice.
Printers’ Pests.—Tne curious in such
matters can ascertain for themselves, by
calling at the Republican office any warm
night, that the following picture of the
troubles which beset the compositor while
iujtlie discharge of his duties, is not
overdrawn. We copy from the Colum
bus (Gn.) Sun:
Friday night, being the first one of the
incomin g warm weather in whieh ye typo
was allowed the pleasure (?) of indulging
iu a whiff of fresh air by leaving up his
window sash, also heralded the advent of
his many posts. The broad glare of the
many gas jets is a beacon light or the
safe sailing into tl;o printing office of my
riads of the insect tribe. Deeply im
mersed in the intricacies of a political
harangno (writer on “eye-ruination”
telegraphic paper), his ideas are abruptly
broken into with a whiz—slap—bang,
and. a block beetle the size and length of
a five ce nt cigar lights against his frontis
piece causing ye unlucky disciple of Faust
to hurl tm anathema “agin all suce.”—
Up ia a Balloon—The .Latest Sen
sation !
IndianAroLifl, May 4.—Yesterday af
ternoon the following note was dropped
from a balloon, high in the air and mov
ing in & Southeasterly direction, near
Montpelier, Blackford county, in thi*
State. It was fastened to a loose pieco of
wood and ir.-n weighing about one and a
half pounds :
“Sailed from Toronto, April 28, for
New York. Met with adverse winds, and
by a sudden movement of the balloon
Mr. LaGrange was thrown out, I suppose,
as near cs I could determine, or-r the
South- rn part of Michigan. Not know
ing how to manage the fihip, it ha-* l»een
tossed to awl fro in all directions since
he fell out I am alone and no earthly
power can save me. J. drop these lints
hoping that itome human will find them
and communicate to my parents the tid
ings of my Koul. Address Ralph Law
rence, Upper Canada.
Bertha Lawrence.
The Teaching or Kxpetieae*.
r Um experience of more tiun 12 years,
csrefol e**minstion of more then ii) di'-.
schines, bsving used in my family 5
kinds.tasking the lock, double-loop,
—„ op ana twisted loop stitches—the ttst
for nearly 4 years,the first for nearly 12, sad the
others for nearly 6—1 desire to present to yonr
readers the teaching of my experience, viz:—
There are many kinds of sewing machines that
are not worth the room they occupy Y_a few that
do good Bcrrice r- r tboao who have the ability
to manage and keep them in order, and bat ooe
that ia always in order, always ready for service,
ani that always gives satis faction. This ma
chine uses a single thread, makes the twisted
loop stitch, and never fails in making it. It is
called tho Wiiloox A Gibbs’ Sewing machine,and
is superior in aimplicttr, durability, ease ol
management, certainty of opera ion and beauty
of its work to any other that I have seen. The
worts done by this machine has shown greater
strength and dot ability than that done by ma
chines making any other kind of stitch.—8. T.
Fowler, in the Phrenological Journal.
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Merohant Tailor
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CUSTOM-MADE 1V0RK
rt Uw shortest notice. We liar*
Two European Workmen
■ho will ■:.A .
■s wflhng to cut an j make clothes at raodcraMr
the !**<* thetroJK
®ak»n„ them, as he can then bettor fnnii
^pronirerKo at.no p,.v. S&Sh
cleaning done at short notice. “ en '
SoutL Side Lamar Stre^i.
|Jinv mverttements.
WILCOX & GIBB’S
SILENT
OR. SHAILEHR&RCER'S
Fever and Ague
antidotk
AI way* Stop* the Call!-*
Thu ITolI ,> ha ; te W-foro the Dubli,*
fifteen ycrurq.ua l ». siUl ahe.,-1 oi ttU otll '
il-
not sicken the storage
any do -c. tuul unJ r *
is the only Medieinn t!
CURE IMMEDIATELY
aud permanent^? qjn ry fc-rtu ,; Y V( . T t
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Administrator’s Sale.
O N the first Tuesday in Jnce next, kfo.
the court house door, in the town of Presto’
Webster county, Georgia, xcttl be acid betwm
I ho legal houra of sale the following de»cnl-
Jsnds, belonging to the estate of C. H. l/x- ,i-
~-a&ed, to-wit:
Lot No. 62. in tho Sla
ntauung acres.
Terms cash.
The above property having been purchased r u
The Confederate Dead.—The New
York World; of tho 15th ult., has tho
following paragraph: “So careless have
we been of tho Confederate dead buried
at Gettysburg there is a widespread feel
ing in the South which has found express-
a mournful cry, that her dead
ought to be brought back to less inhos
pitable soil. Now, that the South should
wish to have within her bosom the ashes
of those who died for it is perfectly just
This, even they who will not give those
deafl, the credit ol patriotic motive, can
hardlv dany. But it i« discreditable to
tho North that we should wreak our ven-
genee on those who havo expiated their
fault,or mistake, or crime by their deaths.
And what is it but wreaking vengeance
on corpes, when those in charge of the
Gettysburg Cemetery say that their
charter only provides for the interment
of tho remains of thoso who died in the
defence of the Union. Bnt no civilized
nation would hesitate to do honor to its
galleut enemies—no, not even tho Cos
sack. The Ladies of the South, the
soldiers of the South—among them their
chief—are gathering their mites to bring
these ashes of their dead home. It‘ will
be a lasting disgrace if wo do not render
it unnecessary.
A PLilt iiGi’ WONDLU
In ita simplicity, strength cf stitch, apd beauty
of finish. Needle ia self-idjusting and cannot
l>e Bet wrong. It tucks, crnls. hems, fells, em
broiders, braids, quilts and docs all kinds of
plain and fancy sewing, with nc&tne&s and dis
patch. For sale at manufacturers prices by
From the Eastern Argus.
Mrs. Revels at Grant’s Table
A Scene at the White House—A Guinea
Gobbler at a State Dinner.
Mrs. Senator Revels, the wife of the
distinguished “ man and brother, ” who
sits in the seat of Jefferson Davis in the
Upper House at Washington, arrived in
that city on Thursday last, the 17th ulL,
and was entertained the next day et a
state dinner party by Gen. Grant, Gen.
Batler, Gen. Skunk, Gen. Garfield, and
other military imbeciles of note, accom
panied by their wives and daughters, were
among the company. Mrs. Revels passed
from tho drawing room on the arm of
Senator Sumner, and occupied a seat at
the table between that gentleman and
the President. Her conversation charm
ed the comp my even more than her ap-
Following close in the wnke of the varmint j p. nnuice. although the refined aud
skirmisher came, in disorderly line of bat
tie, a motey array of ringed,streaked and
striped niiUery, candle Hies, thounaud-leg
roaches and the devil knows what oil,
sauntering in to the music of a legion of
ye diabolical “skeeters,”
Ye typo makes a lick for a letter, and
in his fingers finds a thousand-leg,* drops
him to knock a flea out of his eye or spit
out a beetle—trying tho while to decipher
from his obscure telegraph copy as to
whether Anna Dickenson bos been ten
dered th:» mission, to Patagonia, or
Mnstapha Pasha, with his 9,000 wives,
is on lib ’-vay to joiu Brigham Young.
Oh yo happy mortals, who at night are
enjoying iiie cream and soda water, at
somebody else’s expense, little do you
think when grumbling over minor affairs
what toils, trials and tribulations ye fo -
lower of tite “art preservative” unde
rgoes. Any “bngologist,” pursuing his
studies in this branch of zoology, cau
find a broad field of labor in tho printer’s
Interest sno to Facers ays Gardners.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
bos decided that formers and gardners
who sell only the products of their
own farms and gardens from their own
wagons aloug the streets, whenever they
cau obtain permission to temporarily
place them, haring no regnlar place upon
the street for their wagons where their
customers may expect to find them, but
changing their location, standingone day.
in one pUco and another in another, do
not by so d dug render themselves liable
to special tax as produoe brokers.
WttlDr. Alfred L. Acee; a distinguish-
japh^efag. died auraMtitr
stinciive taste in dress in which the ladies
of Guinea are distinguished was sweetly
apparent in the decoration of her person.
A turban of mild scarlet with yellow bor
der—a crimson moire antique with bine
aud groen flounces, and buttons of dain
ty brass—red slippers with white rosettes
—with a massive necklace of barbaric
pearls—half a dozen breastpins of carious
workmanship—a few neat rings and a gilt
belt united to form a toilette in which
purity and simplicity were exquisitely
united. Mrs. Revels partook freely of
the Executive nourishment, and avowed
her satisfaction over the cookery at almost
every bite with a frankness quite refresh
ing in the saloons of State. “See heah. ”
she remarked as she psssed her plate for
another cut of ham, “ of all dem dishes
guv me de hog and hominy. Golly! but
dat’sasweet piecoof bacon. Yah I yah!
it reminds me of poss >m fat. Deseis
good cookins, Hiram. ° This lost obser
vation was, of course, addressed to the
partner of her bosom. There was a gen
eral feeling at the table that the “ Court
Circles ” had received in this estimable
matron a remarkable a Idition. On h *r
departure at the close of the entertain
ment, General Grant, with his wonted
urbanity, remarked that he ‘•■would like
ia see more of her, ” to which Mrs. Revels,
with .uncommon tact replied: “ Yah f
Yah! see no more of me die time, bnt Fse
gUti* low-necked drosses. Disyech high
ono was made down 8onf. ”
Talbot ooanty, on Thursday,
jrt tba*d?iujeed ago of Bevenly jmit.
S. Robert 8. Atkinson, o( Bibb
county, has been appointed by Bullock
as Secretary of ’tho Executive Depart
ment, vice R. fc. Lester, resigned.
A gentleman from Wisconsin has
urchasctl a camel’s hair shawl in New
orkforhis wife, at on expense of five
thousand dollars. Re » a floated saw
mill owner.
Canary Seed, Rape Seed and Cuttlefish W.e.
BACON at priceu to correspond with the de
cline in gold and cotton by
mh3U-8m L N. If ART & CO.
VTOTICE — Lost somewhere
lx in the Metholiet church on last Sunday, or
thereabout*, a locket containing my fol here
picture. The person finding it will bestow a
great favor by leaving it at John J, Hudson's
store, and if required a liboral toward will be
given. myl0-2t Sai.lie Wiooi>g.
Webster Sheriff Sales.
W ILL bo sold before tho courthouse i]<
-Preston, on the first Tuesday in „ uuv
next, between the legal hours of bale, the follow-
uig described property.
Lots of land No. 78, on which Mrs. Goare m v.
lives; No. 51, joining above lot; one houso m
lot in the town of Hardmonty, No. not know
but known as the place whereon Mrs. huuime'
ford now five*, in the 19th district of said coun?\
Levied on aa tho property of Pham Ooare, <f<
ceased, to satisfy a fi fa issued ire: a the Superi«
Court of said county in favor of too Ordinary c
Stewart county for the use of Abner and Annate-,
Guam va. James M. Shivers, executor. Protxrf
pointed out by J. M. Shivers.
ALSO, at the same time and place, one hooy
and lot in tho town of Hardmor ?y, No. n< ■
toown but known as the store in which A Di!
lard and others are doing business, ono black
horse about IS years old; ono dark Lav mul*
about 12 or 13 years old, in 19tb dwt. Levied 0
as tho property of B. F. Shivers to satisfy a n
issued from Superior Court of said countt it
favor of James M. Anderson vs. B. F. Shi'
Sumter Sheriff Sales for Jnne.
TXT ILL be sold before the Com t House door
W in the city of Amcricus, Sumter county, on
the first Tuesday in Jjinoncxt, between the
usual hours of sale, the following protierty towit:
One lot of land No. 224, in the 28th district
Fum ter county. Levied on as the property of
J. T. Westbrook, to satisfy a justice’s court fl fa
tamod from tho 713th dbttkt O M.. to f«Tor of j pointed out by dofoattout.'
Thomas H&rdiu vs. said Westbrook. Levy rnavfutfL «• H ; 'MtTrm™ vw.
made and returned to me by a constable. * ' “ ' td9 V * H * Mdh
ALSO, at the same time and place: one lot uf
land in the 16th district of originally Lee now
Sumter county, No. not knowu but known as the
place where John A. Shields formerly lived
Levied on aa the property of John A. Shields to
satisfy a fl fa issued from tho 8up< nor Court of
Sumter county, in favor of John L. Laratnore,
executor of James Laratnore, deceased, vs.
Moses A. Barrow, principal, and John A.
Property
e and place: the undi-
3 a house ard lot in the
now lives. Levied on as the property of Oliver
P. Foster to satisfy a justice court fi fa issued
from the 7tOth disk. O. M., in favor of Wm. C.
Brown vs Oliver P. Foster. Levy made by W.
J. Bosworth, constable, and returned to me.
time and place, the undivi-
"le same * ** ‘
sfy a Iu
the 78Dth diet. O. St, in favor of
Wm. C. Brown vs. O. 8. Foster. Levy made
and returned to me by W.J.Bos worth, constable
may ?tds C. S. D\>ur, tthff
ALSO, at the same timo and ptico the settle
ment of land on whieh William Haynes non
lives, in tho new sixteenth . district of Sumter
county, containing six hundred acres, wore or
less, number not known but known as the place
Superior Court in fa7or of M. S Thomson,
executor, vs. B. J. Head and tan L. Adderton.
Property pointed or.t by J. A, Ansky, plaintiff \
attorney,
uiaylfltda
B. F. Shivers having applied to rot
exemption of personalty and valuation and set
ting apart of Homestead, I will patsupon tl
same on Saturday, 21st dav of May, at 12 ro.
may7-2t Geo. W. Davexpobt, Ord y.
Ordinary’s Notice.
Persons interested are notified that I will hold
a court f*»r county purposes at rny office every
Monday except first Monday in each month,
may KB B. F. BELL, Ordinary.
GREAT BARGAINS
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE,
FURNITURE
▼ WOULO rcspoctfhlly inform the oitiaenaif
A Americas that 1 have just received the largest
and most elegant stock of In nature ever before
offered in the 8outb, consisting of
PAI^LOIh BED-ROOM,
^akh—
DINING-BOOM SETS.
J - i have also received
The Larges) Stork
CHAIRS
!nto4he fionth,-
f stock -ss
Call slE oi.]
Samvel Anthony.
TH0S. M. EDEN,
GUN & LOCKSMITH
Dealer in
GUNS, PISTOLS*,
Powder, shot, caps of all kinds, wads, leads,
tridges, pistol hoksUrs, molds, ladles, and sport
ing ammunition of every kind. Wesson’s Breach-
loading Rifles. Now on hand a largo and fitc
assortment of fiahing tackle, consisting iu par.
of grass, silk, cotton and linen lines, book,,
floats, smkersjointet' and reed poles, -»♦ ,in »
Wm. birrine A Son
Notice to Good Templars
GRAND LODGE OF GEOBGIA,
Independent Order of Good Tempore,.
Atuxw, Ga, April23,1870. )
The Fraternity will please takepoticoUut oar
Worthy BrothcqCHARLEB W.HANCOCK,
been appointed District Deputy Grand TVorthy
tide f Templar for all the counties eomposing tbt
Second Congressional District.
All official business between the Sabawuwx
Lodges in this jurisdiction and the Grand Lod^r
of Georgia, and and all applications fwj*;
lodges, mast be made to our Grand Wort-.'
Brother Hancock, and his decisions on all ou*~
tiona of taw and order must be taken as final, un
less reversed by competent autboritv. f
Given under the Seal of the Gra id l/wp "•
GUIDE TO HEALTH.
Good Jiews to tlie Afflicted !
SolCcremy, tow..cliarg« and npffi'cona
Dr. 33. AWDHSW 8
.Of Albany, New Xork.
PbTai-fogy and ibe laws oflito
aU*d to perform MnuaMwn m |
mmBSSSeJSSA
fesfs
.■Jhrta Stotc ii"'"
SPEt-l al/xoTKE Forroj-toOEritylg^
To Our Old Ss New Cus
tomers.
nxx)iN*:Jonssos.