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TX-aGE! POST.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1870.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
tlio Verdict.
Bunfroo liua been acquitted, 25 of
thp Senate voting “guilty/’ and 17
voting “not guilty.” Aa it reqtiire*
n nvo-tlimls majority to convict, 15
would have been Bullieient to clear
him. While he law not been tcch-
utcally convicted, ho law been virtu
ally condemned; and if lie (tad half
11* Mitirtitivo a consolOtiCO a« Judtw
Iscariot. he would resign. The Iloueo
passed i(‘HolutiouA censuring those
Senators wlio voted not guilty; and
when Iheso resolutions carno up on
Friday in the Senate they created
great excitement. The matter was
still under discussion at last account*.
Those resolutions also instruct the
Governor to collect out of Ucnfroo
/m'- i I legally obtained* i n terost money.
Korosfno oil is 12$ coots per gal
lon in llawkinsville.
The Ohio and Iowa elections took
place yesterday (Tuesday.)
Tildcn and Grant will in all prob
ability bo pitted ugaiiist each other
next year.
• W. M. Wad ley got ono of his logs
broken in two places a few days ago
by a kicking horse.
Does any one know bow many of
vr distinguished oitisens have been
lokcu <«f as candidates for governor
' Georgia ?
'riii- .*,o;pcr contemnial was a grand
aucocas m every purtibular. Gonoral
Govdon’s oration was tho groatost
effort of Ids life!
r rijero is said to bo a movement on
foot to give every county scat in the
United Slaton a daily mail. So mole
it bo] Wo shall he as happy as un
de Smn can make ns when ho pianos
daily within our reach tho Atlanta
Coiis/i/ itlioii tyt the day of pnblioa-
Golond Blount lias represented his
<lisiriei groat .credit to both
hinwrlf mul (he slate, and wo doubt
not will Iki roturned to tho next con
gress hv an overwhelming vote of his
district. True, some few aspirants
in (he upper part of tho district are,
perhaps already trying to, scare up
some opposition; but as tho tim'o ap
proaches, wo hardly think there will
be a man found in tho whole district
who will bo willing to risk his
dinucos, provided Colonel Blount,
again allows tho use of his name.—
Havtman Timm.
Tho Georgia legislature has passed
u resolution requiring tho grand jury
of each county to look into and sift
to tho bottom everything connected
with the wild land business in their
respective counties, and to tind true
tolls where frauds arc discovered.
Every grand juror should go to work
immediately to investigate the matter
tuid have everything ready by the
time their courts meet. Tbore will
bo a wailing and a howling and a
smashing of teeth in Georgia era
long, and if justice is done tho chain
gang will raoeivo several accessions.
—Quitman Free Brass.
The Franklin Register says that
ono day last, week a lady by tho name
of Hines, living seven or eight miles
below town, on U)o west sido of the
river, gavo her little child an ompty
match box to play with. The child
was about eighteen months old, and
liuding some water in a pan, tho
little fellow tilled the match box with
water from die pan and drank freely
of it. Inn short time the mother
noticed something wrong with her
child, and immediately sent for a
physician, wl>o did all ho could to
combat with t he effect* of the poison
but io no purpose, aim the unfortu
nate child died.
Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., of III.,
ami Robert M. Douglas, of N. 0.,
the sons of Stephen A. Douglas, have
nujentlf came into possession of about
*100,000 by the decision in their
favor of a suit in the court of chums
for the race vary of the proceeds from
n quantity of cotton belonging to
their father and eonlkseated in Wash
ington county, Miss,, by the federal
i. during the war.
The KeulVoc Verdict,
Cimnning Clarion.
Ilcnfroc was acquitted. It is time
to quit paying taxes. ,
West Point Press.
From the recent action of the
state, it is apparent that what was
sauce for Goldsmith’s goose is not
sauce for Hen froes’s gander.
Burnsville Gazette.
The praceden^ of other treasurers
should have weighed little with sena
tors when a palpable violation of the
fundamental law of the state had
been practiced from day to day by a
high olllcial.
Merrhvethcr Vindicator.
Tho new constitution fills the
treasurer’s oflico by tho people. If
Mr. Ucnfroo and his friends thinks
Ids course justifiable lot Mr. Ilenfrou
become a candidate for ro-olection
next year and find out what the pop
ular verdict will be.
Wilkinson Appeal.
As wo go to press we learn that
Konfroo has boon acquitted of charges
against him. We have no time to
say more than that we are sorry that
there wore found in tho sonato enough
mou to perpetrate this ontrago upon
the people. Will probably say more
next week.
Washington Gazette.
Treasurer Ucnfroo luw been acquit
ted in his impeachmeut trial.
Though wo hud thought tho result
would he different, wo snpposo the
high court has tried tho case intelli
gibly and impartially. But wo fail
to eoneoivo how an otllcor who con
fessed that he was guilty of some of
the charges that were brought against
him, and who offerod to refund to
the state moneys that ho had illegal
ly gotten, can ho passed by unpun
ished. *
CruwfordvUlo Democrat.
Tho decision of tho senate is di
rectly opposite to tho doc'sion of the
public, and vo apprehond will not
be applauded by tho intelligent peo
ple throughout the stato. By some
moans tho ease of Goldsmith should
bo reconsidered; and ho lot go free
and bo reinstated in his oflico—ho is
not a whit tnoro guilty than treasur
er lienfroo. The.spasmodiceffort at
reform, and to attach stigma to
onnuHu high ofllcos, wo now con
sider at an end.
Ciirtersvlffe Express.
If tho cases of Goldmith and llon-
froo, almost parallel in point of
oriminality, aro to exhibit Georgia
justice, wo may say tbore is no toll
ing what may bo tho vordiet of a
jury in any given- ease. In tho ono
it may ho said Goldsmith got tho
benefit of “justice” and Ucnfroo the
ailvafttago of “fooling” in tho verdict
of tho Georgia sonato. Poor Gold
smith! Happy llonfroo! Tho ono
deeitissenized and disgraced in tho
oyos of tho law, ami tho other sus
tained and retained in tho confidence
of official roctitudo. Wind, a spec
tacle of tho uncertainty justico in
this grand old state!
LaGmngc Reporter.
In sustaining liis claim, and ac
quitting him of wrong-doing, tho
high court of impeachment,, tho
highest tribunal known to Georgia
law, doolaros that ignoranoo of law
constitutes a valid oxeuso for viola
tion of law. This doeisou is a direct
contradietioiKpf ono of tho elemental
principles of the law of every civiliz
ed country. Tho ultimata dangers
of such a decision and the full extent
to which its damage will spread, can
not well bo realized; but it requires
no prophotio miud to see that if this
principle is carried out by inferior
court* ami with subordinate officers,
tho whole political frubric will be
come rotten. Tho sonato lias made
a very grave mistake—a mistake the
gravity of which cannot well bo ex
pressed, hat which is fraught with
untold danger to our government,
Columbus Enquirer.
Treasurer Renfroo 1ms been acquit
ted on all the articles, but ho has es
caped impeachment on tho principal
ones by only two votes, it i* report
ed that tho lobby intluonco by dis
tinguished men In various sections of
the state was very strong. Family
intlueuco too was pressing. Wo do
not suppose thera will lie any resign
ing though no doubt it would be best
for tho stave, were he to do so. One
thing has been effected by tho trial,
and that is he will be more careful
about tho state's funds than before,
and t>e careful how he permits his
bondsman to fatten oil the iuterest
of the stated'deposits. The treasur
er Jias too narrowly escaped to bo
caught again.
Columbus Times
After a long heated trial the sen
ate, sitting us a court, says the treas
urer is not guilty, and tho treasurer
may, and doubtless will, return to
his office as an innocent and in
jured man. Perhaps this is all as it
should be, but if it is, the senate
should review its action in the case
of Mr. Goldsmith, and- at least re
lieve him of the political disabilities,
for the high court will find it hard
to show the people why one should
ho stiimi>cd with the brand of per
petual degradation, and tho other,
whoso skirts aro spotted all over with
the soil of official wrong doing,
should ho guiltless, and sent back to
his office. Our private dispatch says
there is much “indignation” express
ed in Atlanta at tho verdict. We
are not at all surprised at it. And
we will not refrain from saying to
senators that they have most signally,
failed to come up to tho measure of
public expectation-in this matter.
They certainly went too far in the
case of Mr. Goldsmith or stopped far
short of tlioir duty in tho case of Mr.
lie hf roe.
Walton County Vidette: “Old
Georgia good enough for me.” Thus
spoke Mr. William R. Brown, of this
city, who left on a prospecting tour
to north Louisiana some three weeks
ago, and who was in this place the
other day, having returned. Before
selling out hero he decided he would
see tho “promised land,” and being
a man of keen foresight went and
did so. All tho country he saw, he
says, that is rich, is dreadfully un
healthy, and tho farmers there are in
debt and tlioir crops short, and all
business is dull. lie saw many huts
occupied by men who a few years
ago wore making a comfortable living
in Georgia and other eastorn states
who aro to-day without homes, land,
money, provisions, or anything else
—loading lives of the most abject
serfdom. They sold their little
homos east and with tho proceeds
went west, and after moving about
from place to pluco and sponding all
they had, have “gone to the wall.”
He gives u gloomy account of those
poor fellows, and says give him old
Georgia for ijip balance of- his life,
and that ho is soltled for life. Hea
der, if you have a notion of emigrat
ing, go and sqo tho “promised land”
before you sell out, as Mr. Brown
did.
Tho foolhardy performance of
Captain .James Swan, “tlio man
crocodile,” at tho Thdutro Comiquo
in . Providence, H. I., came near
resulting fatally the other ovoning.
Ho was in a largo plate-glass tank of
water with an alligator six foot long,
and, after stirring up the reptile till
it was fill ions, ho loro open Isis jaws
and placed his head between them.
Quick as a flash they closed, and
Swan’s death seemed certain. With
almost superhuman exert ion ho freed
himself, howovor, and sprung out of
tho tank, his chocks being deeply
gushed by tho alligator’s teeth. In
a moment he returned to the water,
forced tho reptile into submission
and went on with his cvhibition.
Lot the next spelling reform con
vention bo held in Maine uud adopt
measures to reform tho spoiling of
tho lake* of that state. Some of the
lakos there only a quarter of a mile
in length have names half a mile
long. Tlioir formers might wrestle
with lake Mugoguekunkittchogne-
nuisquitumackinoguo. to begin with.
—North American Review.
Tho San Francisco Chronicle
favors the abolition of our diplomatic
service. “It is extremely doubtful,”
it suyss, “that if Louis XIV, or
Charles V of Spain, or Peter of Rus
sia, or Frederick of Prussia had had,
ms wo now have, tho use of the tele
graph, they would have resorted to
tho ambassadorial method of eom-
nnuiicatiug with foreign govern
ment*.” •
Tho Walton County Yidotto says
that a terrible accident happened
near Walnut Grove, hi that county,
on last Wednesday, to a little sou of
Gus Cannon. While driving tho gin
lie attempted to take a ride on tho
large king post arms of the geuriug
of tho gin, uud was caught in the
cogs of the machinery and his life
was crushed out of him. Uis head
was tho member caught in the cogs,
and he was killed instautly.
The Situation in New York.
Utica Observe.
To sum np the situation the. dem
ocrats are united, the republicans
are divided, and the farmers are with
us. Moreover, the courage of the
party has strengthened it. It dared
to do right in a critical emergency.
Against threats and persuasions it
stood steadfast in the path of duty,
and a hundred thousand men who
might otherwise have stayed away
from the polls arc roused to action by
the timely bravery of tho democracy.
Paul II. Itayne, thp southern,
poet, thinks of making his home in
the north, saying that the south
shows no appreciation of letters,
and gives no encouragement to the
professional literary man. He has
been for some weeks with Whittier
in Ossijie, N. II., and has enjoyed
the hospitality of Longfellow and
others in Boston.
’.Miss Annie Louise Carey makes
about $22,000 a year by her singing.
81)0 takes a vacation of two months
each year.
Condor Items.
Muck Holmes has another little
girl and John B. IIoliucs another
boy.
Mr. Jake Brantley owns a goat
which has four kids.
Drummers have returned to Con
dor.
All the wagoners here are on a
strike this week. No trouble is ap
prehended.
Tho election last Friday to test, the
wishes of Condor as to incorporation,
resulted in “no incorporation.”
J01IN80N COUNTY.
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL be sold at the residence of John
Snell, Into of .Johnson comity, dec’d., on
WIdneaduy, 'the 22d of October, 1870, the
personal and perishable, property of said
estate, consisting of one gin, screw, and
belt, one rockaway, ox cart, plantation
tools of all kinds, household and kitchen
furniture, cattle, hogs, horses, ox<Sfand
Other stock, and Various other stock of nu
merous mention Terms—all sums under
$5. cash ; and balance duo 1st January
next, secured by notes with approved secu
rity. M A OUTLAW, Adm’r.
Georgia, Johnson County.
S M Fortner having applied to be ap
pointed nuurdian of the person and proper
ty of Zachariali Anderson as minor under
tho age of fourteen years, resident of said
county, this is to cite all persons concerned
to bo and appear at tho next term of the
Court of Ordinary after the expiration of
thirty, days from the publication of this
notice and show cause, if any tiiey have,
why said S M Fortner should uot be en
trusted with the guardianship of the person
and properly of said Zaeliariali Anderson:
Witness my hand and Official signature.
Oct. 0, 1870 W W Mixon, Ordinary.
Georgia, Johnson County.
Whkheas, Evan Jenkins, adm’r., applies
to me for leave to sell the lands belonging
to the estate of Charles Jenkins, dec’d.
These are therefore lo cite and admonish
nil persons concerned to show cause within
the time prescribed by law why leave to
sell should uot be granted the applieaut iu
terms of the law this October G, 1870.
W W MIXON, Ord’y.
Georgia. Johnson County.
Whereas, Evan Jenkins, ndin’r. of C.
Jenkins, represented to this court in his
petition duly filed and entered on record
that lie has fully administered Charles
Jenkius’ estate. This is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred »nd credit
ors, to show cause, if auy they can, why
said administrator should not l>e discharged
from his administration and receive letters
of dismission on the first Monday iu Jan
uary, 1880, this Oof. 6, 1879.
W W MIXON, Ord’y.
Georgia, Johnson County,
Whereas. C C Tharp, adm’r. of John
Tharp represents to this court in his peti
tion duly filed uud entered on record Unit
he has fully administered John Tharp’s
estate. This is therefore to cite and ad-
monish all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, if any they can,
why said administrator should not be dis
charged from his administration and receive
letters of dismissiou on the first Monday in
January, 1880, W W MIXON, *
Oct. 0, 1879. Ordinary..
Georgia, Johnson County.
C C Tharp having applied to be appoint
ed guardian of the person aud property of
Joseph 11 Tharp, a minor under fourteen
years of age, resident of said county. This
is to cite all persous concerned to he and
appear at the term of the court of ordinary
to be held next after the expiration of 80
days from the*publication of tills notice
and show cause, If they can, why said C
C Thar)> should not be entrusted with the
guardianship of the person and property of
Joseph B Tharp. Witness my official
signature. W W MIXON,
Oct, ti, 1870. Ordinary.
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establishment. At all
Laurens Court of Ordinary.
Fou County PimrosKB,
September 13, 1879.
Upon the recommendation of the Grand
Jury, April adjourned Term of Laurens
Superior Court, 1879, it is ordered that the
tax collector levy aud collect the following
amounts for county purposes for tlie year
1879:
80 per cent, on the State tax, to pay jury
scrip now due; 3 per cent, to pay hailiil
scrip now due; 40 per cent, to pay jurie.-
for October term, 1879, and April term,
1880 ; 0 per cent. Io pay bailiffs for Octo
ber term, 1879, and April term, 1880 ; 40
per cent, for building bridges and repairing
Court-house; 20 per cent, for keeping
ferries; 25 per cent, for support of pan-:
pers; 4 4-7 per cent, to pay for iron safe forlwr*- /& £S>
Treasurer, now due; G per cent, to pay jail TvIO* £9
fees; 10 per cent, to pay
Removal! Removal!
BEMOVA1,!!
non-resident
witnesses,' feeding juries, ’stationery and
incidental court expenses; 2 per cent, lo
pay coroner’s fees; 40 per cent, to pay
salary of Ordinary and Treasurer, extra
compensation to county officers, tax re
ceiver and tax collector’s commissions,
insolvent tax and incidental county expen
ses, etc;, making in the aggregate'*80 cents
on the one hundred dollars worth of taxable
property.—Same as last year, 1878. A
true extract from the minutes.
John T. Duncan.
80d Ordinary,
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia, Lauufns County.
By virtue of an order from the Court of Gospel II yiixs^
Ordinary of said couuty, will he sold liefore
the court house door in the town of Dub
lin, in said county, on the first Tuesday in
November next, within the leg-U hours of
sale, to tho highest bidder the following
■lands, viz: Lot No one hundred and sixty-
four, (104), containing 2034 acre.*, more or
less; and the south half of lot No. one
hundred aud sixty-five (105), containing
property of the estate of James F. Robin
son. dec’d, for the benefit of the creditors.
Terms cosh. F. M. Kuutxsox,
October 6,1879, 4t Administratrix, to auy address on receipt of price,
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In order to display to better, advantage
my extensive stock of *
Pictnre Flames, Pictures, Brack
ets, ate., etc.,
I will, on or about the FIRST OF OCTO
BER, remove from my present place of
business—No. 9 Cotton Avenue—to the
elegant and commodious store,
(Opposite Waxelbaum & Co.)
The advantages that this change will
offer will permit mo to enlarge School
Books and Music Departments of my
business, and enable me to offer extra in
ducements in these branches.
I would respectfully invite your attention
to my stock of School Books, Picture and
miscellaneous Books, Sunday School Music
Books, among which I would call attention
to the
Golden Shore, Gem,.
Emerald, Amaranth,
Pure Gold, New Life,
New Starry Grown,
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Sacred Songs,
Sacred Harp,
• Hymn & Tune Books,
Catechisms. Sunday School Curds etc.
The CHEAPEST Bibles
IN THE STATE! .
All books at N. Y. prices. Bear la
mind that I make a specialty of mumifac-
1014 acres, more or less, and two acres of taring Picture Frames, and havegot priecs
lot No, one hundred and eighty-two (182). Mown to a fine point, which can’t he heat
being the southwestern corner of said lot^’N , an y house south of Baltimore. Call
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