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centralg eorgian.
AimSersyiije, Ga., Nov. 23,1870.
Atlanta and Savannah Rail Road.
- -Elsewhere we publish a notice to the
Corporators, of this Rail Road, nicer, t-
17 chartered by the Legislature, which
.paeans in our judgement ‘'business.”
We have heretofore referred to this
enterprise as cite well calculated to de
velops the splendid section of country
between Atlanta and No. 13" or Ten-
riiile on the Central Rail Road, where
it is proposed to fix the southeastern
terminus of the Road.
The projected rout will pass through
Dekalb, Rockdale, Henry, Newton,
oyper, Putnam, Baldwin and Washing
ton counties, making almost the cord
of an arc formed by the Macon and
Western R. R. and the Central, on the
present rout from Atlanta to Tennille.
The great idea is a direct through
line from Savannah to the great West;
a iir.e which economise, both time and
distance. We are informed by the pro
jectors of the road that it will certain
ly save sixty miles in distance between
Atlanta and Savannah, and by a
through connection, it will place Chat
tanooga in twenty four hours reach of
Savannah, and make the trip from the
metropolis to the Capitol a pleasant
jaunt of ten hours instead of the pres
ent affliction of twenty four hours of
uninterrupted monotony c,nd vexation
This is a great desideratum to a com
mercial place and it’ we had the eviden
ces ol Savannah s being fully up to the
enterprise and spirit of this progressive
age, we should like to have, wc would
Be willing to guarantee the early con
struction of this great commercial high
way from the west to the Atlantic
coast. As far as we in this section are
concerned it, is evident that no enter
prise could be more calculated to en
hance the value of our property, and
bring the resources of our county, fully
to the inspection of the traveling com
munity. The road will almost cat
Washington county through, the most
fertile region, and will, when completed
give us railroad facilities of the best
character. Indeed we will be on two
great highways of commerce, one from
the No; th West, the other from the
est, with the junction of the two in
the very center of the county. The
completion of this road is a death blow
♦ a iliA i U’A An .. t./.ll.ui *%.-£* .
the Macon and Western, and the Geor
gia Roads. There can be no longer
the rigorous exactions of high tariff of
freight and unchristian exactions from
the producer and the consumer, simply
because there is r.o remedy for his
troubles Competition is everything in
this world of selfishness, and it is a
grand incentive to active exertions, in
the inauguration, and development of
enterprise. The Corporators from this
county are J. N. Gilmore and T. J.
Smith. Our readers shall be kept pos
ted as to the progress of the enterprise
and shall have every opportunity to aid
its consummation by becoming Stock
holders in it. I he following extract
from the Savannah Republican shows
what is thought of the enterprise in
Savannah :
As vriii be seen by noiice elsewhere,
a meeting of the corporators of this
road will be held at ti e cotinti: g room
Af'Hiram Roberts, Esq., in this c.ty,
pn Trie 24 ii instant, for the ; urpose oi
organ iza’ion. 1 his is undoubtedly’om
of the most important railroad move
ments ever pn jected in this section of
the State, and, as the successful issue
of the sohetne will conduce greatly to
the advantage of Savannah, our citi
zens should lake a lively interest and
in every possible way strive to advance
it. The proposed route is by war of
qffic Centra! Road to Tennille No. 13,
thence by almost an air line to Atlanta.
By a through train from Savannah to
Atlanta the Lwo ci.ies will thus be
brought twelve hours nearer than by
either of the present routes via Macon
or Augusta, the actual distance b^ing
sixly-tuur (64) milts less, and when the
proposed connections are made via
Rome, Savannah will have an almosi
air-line road to Memphis and the great
West from seventy-live to a hundred
miles nearer that city (Memphk) than
either Charleston or Brunswick, an ad
vantage that canr.ot fail to secure for
.our city the trade of, and commercial
’ gelations with all that section of coun
try in the great Mississippi Valley
which it will il.us tap Leading spirits
iu our community have for many years
seen tire immense advantages to be de
rived from such a connection, and the
subject of building the road from Ton-
..niilyp has more than once been agitated,
-but never before with such substantial
auguries of success. The matter is
'fiow in the hands of enirgetie and live
men who are deiernrried to push it
through, and they should receive the
• heartv encouragement and endorsement
of our entire business community
.Rather than the thing should fail.
Savannah would be amply remunera
ted in the future, if it subscribed every
'dollar of the necessary stock. Let us
-have the road at once.
Relief Law.Unconstitutional.—
MVe are informed that during the Ses
sion of the Superior Court last week iu
Louisville Jefferson couuty. LI is IIou-
Twiggs pies.dmg. The Court
decided the whole R-fficf Law as pas .
sed’by the late L'gislaturc, urcjusl-
tutional.
To-Morrow, Thanks Giving J)ag,
Set apart by the proclamation' el
the President of the United Spates,
aiftT" the Governor of Georgia, to
morrow the 24th should be observed as
a day for national Thanks giving. We
d:Tfe?~ witTi “seme ” cf'euFebteniporartesr
and sprue valued friercls, and. contend
that via. have cause for thankfulness,
even iu Georgia. God has blessed
the labors of tie II-isbandmen, and
we have large crops of cotton, and
would have had abundance of coin
and meat, ir we. had tried for it. C-ohi
has blessed the country with heahh,
even yellow fever, has been compara
tively mild 2md l.armless. G d ha?
preserved us from-war, who can read
of the mutual butchery of French and
Germans, the desolations of the wai
in France and Germany and not thank
God ibat we are at peace.
Bui nearer home have wc not cause
ior gratitude ? Has not the Govern r
adjourned the Legislature? Has he
not sent home those hungry leches,
that lor two years have been fatten!rig
upon the hard earnings of an oppressed
f eop : e ? Surely here is cause for giati
tude to God and when Governor Biul
lock s all s-ami before the great White
Throne, to account for his administra
tion. We trust that the fact that he
adjourned the late Legislature, will be
allowed to weigh heavily against ihe
debit side t f his account.
But to m >rrow is Thanksgiving! and
that v/e are nut dead and damned is
sireiy cause of devout thankfulness
If we had r.o others.
We caii the attention of our readers
of this and Jefferson counties to the
advertisement of T. W. Hardwick and
Son. Persons wishing good 1 argains
should give them a call.
J. M. G. Medlock.—Tiie many
friends of this gentleman will be pleas
ed to learn that he is connected with the
Editorial department of the Federu]
Union, having charge of the Domestic
and Agricultural department of that
journal. We trust his connection with
the Union will be profitable to him—
we are confident it will be to its patrons.
. The Southern Times and Planter has
had a rapid growth in size within a few
weeks, it is now one of the largest work
lies in the State. Indeed we do r.ot
know that there is another in Georgia
that j rints weekly 40 columns. Under
the able guidance of its enterprising
Editor B. R. Sasnctt, it has already be
come a first class paper. Published in
Sparta, Ga.
d llE WK.V!HER. —Oa Tuesday night
the loth instant we had the first killing
Trust of the season, and since then we
have had ice every morning up to the
21st,
Veg tables have bees, thoroughly
frosted, and winter has come.
Murders in Jefferson.
We give below the account of our
esteemed correspondent, of tire recent
murdoisin Jefferson county:
Bethany, Ga., Nov. 18th, 1870.
Mr. Editor.—A most outrageous
murder was committed on last Tuesday
night near No. 11 C. R. R. The cir
cumstances are about as follows : Early
in the night a body of men on horse
back called at the house of Mr. V. A.
Creacli and asked his wife to tell them
where he was. She did not know. They
searched the house and not finding him
they took his oldest son on a horse l -
hind one of the party, and told him
they would kill him if he failed to find
his father. The boy did not know but
thought he had gone to the house of
Mr. Meadows—on their way to Mr
Meadows they accidentally met Mr.
Creech—he was forthwith placed on a
horse behind one of the men and all
rode off in the direction of Judge Tar
ver’s mill pond. r i lie boy was dismiss
ed. On Thursday evening the body of
Mr. Creech was found sunk in the pond
above mentioned. His body was shot
in several places and cut open from the
neck to the lower part of the abdomin
During the same (Tuesday) night a
band of men similar to the above men
tioned, visited a Mr. John Creech, a
brother of Y. A. Creech. He was ta
ken from his store 4 mile south of No
11 C. R. R., and on Wednesday morn
ing his body was found in the waters o r
Williamson’s Swamp, lie was shot in
the left side and his abdomen cut open.
V. A. Creech was a good farmer arid
industrious, though of dissipated habits.
John Creech kept a variety store—
whiskey being the chief article of trade.
As yet there is no trace to the authors
of the foul deed and no cause known
why the Wen were kjjlled. John Creech
had accepted and put in practiclc opei-
ation the miscegenation doctrine,
■H—
A Dog Cathing a Shark — sm *
sation was created at Sandy Hook bv
the capture of a shark four feet long by
a large New Foundlaiid dog be ongfog
to Mr Patterson, of the light house.
The dog saw the shark rolling lazily
along the ocean near the beach, and
swimming out he caught his dorsal fin
in his teeth, and despite the (fforis of
the shark to got a grip at the dog, the
latter drew lorn to the shore, and lan •
ded him high and dry on the beach.
The dog whose name was Monk, has,
suddenly become a lion.
A Bostonian ha« given King William
an American gold pen which he has
promised to sign the treaty tjf peace
tfitb, . •• ’ v ' ~ ' '
From the Nashville Union end Americar,
November 13.
Fearful Rencounter,
A NEGRO DESPER 'DO FROM GEORGIA
BROUGHT TO A QUIETUS.
Tire many murders and alrocidu«‘
outrages pmpetrab d upon_ the people
of Georgia L the negroes of that State
arc-.lain liar iu most of cur..readers.
They have firmed chapters of honors
4-n- man-y—local ties uf-tlye -gabi+HruEmprr+*
State of the South, and have been a
part of the outcroppings of .the leach
ing of unscrupulous Radicals and-tneir
efforts lo establish ntgro tonality, not
to siy supremacy, in tit tit. Shite. Many
villa nou.-jnegive? are in tliatStateund in
the Gtrrohnas who arc steo[co tn crime
t-> the bps, while miters nave fl A m-
fugitives from justice. Among this lat
ter ckc-s is a large, museuiar specimen
of the African Cong'', who some six or,-
eight weeks since, made his way to this
c tv. His name is Lou is Travis, and ne
:s apparently about 30 years a^e.
T. TV. DAKDWICK. r».
BAUD WICK.
repot i
be tme, Travis has committed
murders and ciime enough to hang a
half dt z r. better men. It is said that
near a 3-ear and a half ago he kided a
Mr Butler ami wife near* Griffin Geor
gia. It is also stated that he murdered
a Mw Lavell and a colored woman
and child, and another party near Cov :
irigton. Georgia. We understand that
quite a substantial reward had been
offered for his apprehension, lie bad
been track, d irom one city io another,
and pursued by the officers of the law
for some time past, hut hastJuded them
in every instance. As before stand,
he arrived in tltiscitv some time since,
and has been hading around lo. s • ever
since. '1 lie Georgia « ffioersgotan ink
ling of his wli.-rcabout^, and a Deputy
Sheriff from Atlanta, w th anolhei
officer, reached her a few evenings
since for the purpose of ruak'ng his
arrest. Knowing the slippery character
of the darkey, however, they had kept
Xhernse! v. b quiet. An event occurred
yesterday ■which brought their labor.-,
and vigilance to a c!o e. About three
o’clock m the afternoon Mr. Skiles, the
private wa.chimin at the O aitaiioog*
d pot had the darkey pointed out to lorn
on the side wa k near ihe depot. He
m once approuchid inm for ihe ouipose
of making his arrest. S.eing that n s
ease was a d.-sperale one, the beep■
Travis re.-oivtu upon desperaie chances,
lie drew a pibto! and eon.menu d li, me
at 5ii::es. ile fired i; p;d y ami at close
quarieis. O. e of ihe bulls gr; z d Mr
slides’ hand, and another took iff’ a
small part of the r.m of the ear. Mr.
skin s bioke his c.u’o over li.e da: key’s
Head, and then he also drew ins piston
It snapped twice. Just as tne negro
was pi e par mg to fi e the third snot.
Mr. 8iii.ts.fied. The bad shuck-
Tiavis in ti.e head just above the right
ear, pt ncUaung and ranging down-
tv aids. The negro fell but g.»t r.p.u.
his foot again. I:i a bleeding and loi-
ering condition liev.as taken to ilu
de.ju , where a large crowd gathered
.ogether by the excin merit. Tin ne-
v\placed a iiresclicr in out*
oi the looms ol tne depot ami inedicte
aid was sent lor. We left him re ar
sundown In it .Ut. f nn|,.,i, u
was li.ought to to dangeroul v i! not
mortally wounded.
Tne msuueiioas of the officers be
ni v n to. take him to Georgia dead or alive,
ihey expressed their intention of start
mg with ‘imn last Tight winder, r
might be his ccmiitiom Mr. Skdes
m ue a bail-breadth escape, a -d exiiib
nod great promptitude and boldness in
bringing thedesparado to a final quit tus
C.S ESS H r 3ET' OLJ‘SEEl
Died at New Albany, Miss , on 21st 0«:t;;h- r
'ast, after an illness of 8 dav.s of Typhoid
Pneumonia. Emzaeetii Jane, the beloved wife
of Dr Asaliel Beach and daughter of Nathan
and Smithy M. Renfroc, of this p ace.
The subject of this obituary was born in
Sandersvillc v.h.-re she lived till 1856 ai die
time of h.-r marriage when she r.-moved with
her husband to Mississippi. There as well as
h, re at home, she adorned society by her many
virtues, and tile graces of an accomplished la
dy. At an early day she became con: ewe l
with the Methodist - hurch, of winch she was
an r.cc ’j table member ai the time of her dead).
She eavis a disconsolate husband and seven
child, en, who with her aged par.-nts, brothers,
s siers, and a large circle of friends, mourn
her unmne’y loss.
Died on Friday No - , ember 11th John E
Smith, at his farm in this county aged 42years.
Through the accidental discharge of a shot
gun in his hands at the lime, the community
as well as his relatives and fiiends are called
on to mourn the loss of a good and pious man.
Every efibrt on the ; art of his most ellicieni
medical attendant, every care and attention
that his many relut ves and friends could give,
jrovid unavailing—but the rectitude of his
life and his pious taitli—sustained him through
all and 1 is last moments, passed in perfect
consciousness, showed mere fully than could
be expressed here, the nobie brightness of his
character.
To live a virtuous and pure life has its
reward even before death, if one cm judge
who witnessed the death bed scene of John E.
Smith.
May his here-.ved family find consolation
fiOin that source to which he looked so confi
dently and trustfully. W. M. TJ.
I\ e w A dvertiseiiients.
Holliday Tricks
Variety is said to be the Spice
of Life.
r r , IIE Variety in Store aud to arrive, is too endless
T to enumerate.
Liuie ones, save your Dimas, SANT.-l GLAUS
iseoiniiig. WM. GALL All HR.
Nov *3, IS70. ' f.t .
UNT otice.
A tlanta and savannah railroad
A meeting:of the (.'orporatoin «t the Atlanta
amt Savannah Railroad Company, will he held at
tire Counting Koon of 11IKAM RllBEUl'S, in the
City of Savalmah, on tiie-'21lh ingt:, lor thepurpose
of organization. Nov. 23, 187'). It
AduiiniNlrator’s S;*Jc.
WILL be sol.t on ti e first Tuesday in Janua-y
'' next, in Stilidersiilie, 'Washington count', ou
ting sale horns, n tract oflliul lonft.iuing oi e 1 t.n
dre.t and twenty-six aero-, on tint- waters of Little.
Cedar ircik, aojniinrg land- of Jail.1) Cl ivers,
James litumley and G. T.Sioi’b. Suhstui.ti l bu ft
ings tire on the place, and filly HOres under lenee.
Su'd as the property of.Jtin e=J?nrii», deceased, for
the Denefit of the heirs. Terjns c-hoit. .
Is. L^RNS, Adin’r.
nov. 23, 187«, • * 1 tf| s
A'olict
fpHIKTY days alter date application will le
j| made to the Court of Ordinary of Johnson
county for an order ull the lauds of tye < s-
tate of W. W. Berwick', fete of s-.id comity,' iteM
censed. -* Udiu’*.
1?T«- •• »
T. W. IIAKDWICK & SON.
OF O.tyf.MSORO,
iveep constantly on band tr.Jdrge aad weR selected
Stock of
Jlftf firood.v.-Gmfmr,; iggrr
and ail other articles usually kept in a first class
•country store:; t
Their goods have been bought low for cash, selected
wiro-tho-greateatvaire-aod wtU-be-soid for veiy-stnall
profits. Xo trouble to show goods.
__Nov. 23, l»7o. fm*
PoMEEor’tf DejiocSat has the largest circu
lation of any political paper in the world. It
is thoroughly Denmcraic; contains, each week-,
ppliiii al editorials front ‘Brick’ Pomeroy - , such
as no other man can or dare write : Pomeroy’s
Saturday night chapters, and social chatsAvith
friends ; Terrence McUraut’s letters; full and
correct financial and commercial reports; ma-
.soltic and agricultural departments, u:td getter
ul news, redering it a first class family yayer.
Subscription price $2,50. Send forspetiuten
sopics and circulars, w th prent om lists and
club ratesi AddreesM. M. Pomeroy,’editor
atid proprietor, C. Pt. Sthiis, pubiirher. P. O.
Box 5,217, New York city
Notice.
Oconee No. 14. C. 0.
B FIN6 <ie*era ined to <?! ru out ray present ?toc
of geo.Is, I mil r.o’.v **»V rin«f «r*•*»<!.•* at ;t reduc
ed price, sucii as dr\p:<»ds f sSmis, hats, a::d many
i tiier arilcles lit near^j co t. and mail ) ai tides bt-
li»w r first cost for cash. Jjy strictly casli.
and as lew as can be 1 o jjfoit anywhere at retail.
Those in need ot t.r.,o id my lji>» wJlf find it to
their advantage to %ivo me a cuii b. ioro pu ebasinp
elsewhere, nov. i!-, i87 ,f . tf
J. H. STAPLETON,
Guardian Sale»
TT; IF-L be 8ol«i on i».e mvi 'I'uemlaty in -January
1 i:ext, in Sumicr>\iil(-, Uasli-ug on county,
within the usual hours of sale, one half ot a tract
or land containing one hrhdreti and i li e acres,
adjoining laud* of J.d n F. J^rcntley aud A.
Bridges. Sold f r the benefit of the orphan child
of John J. Brantley, debased.
A. BKiDGE 0 , Guardian,
nov. 23 # 1870. tds
(i EO KG LI — Era;- n :i el ( ; . u i ty.
By </ohu* O. Colemiu;, Ordinary.'
pplicd for
apart and
: i \vi j pass upon the
liber, 1370, at iny of-
Whercaa Joseph A. Watkins
Exemption of personality ai.-l settni:
va^.iation )t iioiiie>tead, ?:i»d I \vi 1
same on the 3d dav of :
fice.
nov. l-'7 !
r/OlIA C. C0LEMA.V, Oi linarv.
I* li KNENTENTS.
^VE the Grand Jurors r.f ibe county of Emanuel,
selected^ chosen and sworn to s*-rve at the No
vember Term of the Superior Court 1870, take pleas
ure in making the following general Presentments •
We feci grateful to an A!-vise ProT'I iicce lor his
mforyfold blessings, for in abundant harvest which
has blessed the labor of the husbandman and for the
health which our pco]:le have enjoyed. We view
with pleasure the g«»o i .et lings in our county among
all classes ol our cxlize.is and congratulate our peo
ple upon the peace and good crier prevailing iu the
com :uu oily.
e nave examined the Kceord tire various de-
partmcnis aud find them neatly and well kept and
ilia business well up.
From an examination into the County Treasurer's
books we find that he has received irom various sour
ces uunng ih»* year $2,?f76 73, aud has paid out per
vouchers >2,017 li' leaving a balance on hand of
$269 48.
We also find thac the Tax Collector’s books, Jliu-
ates of the Ordinary Court and the County Treasu
rer Books correspond clearly with the amounts due
which has properly been paid over by the Tax Col
lector. Vve have examine) the public buildings
and find that there is some repairs n f .-*.£s«ary to born
th* Court-Lonsc and Jail. V. e therefore recommend
that money be appropriatt d from the County Treas
urer sufficient to repair the Blinds and Snsb, also to
repair the Jail, furnish it with sufficient blankets, Ac.
The public Loads and Bridges throughout tha
county, we find in a tolerable traveling coudit.on,
rxcept in 41/5, 13*18, 57, 58 I/islricts ; we r hereto re
neommend that the bTj’iif.ry cull the attrntion of
Load ommicsioners to the same.
The case of the poor is n matter of gr^at and vital
import;!nee and awakens th sympathy of the peo
ple of our country which uas always diffused its
charities with a liber ** hand to the suit, ring md ncc-
* J >» *- — •— - — — - — L J ^ . f,..... K-. * |VA i-W J • k. j
list of toutil;.- S'".’], u to ;u jb tilt autount; wc :
thn:k Iliat Si-itte b:ivc r-.C‘ iv.d co.:triiiutions which
rue cot tatirluJ therein, -and tuoretore recotnniend
that Mnrialt Coroan, licnny Rntcblord a child of
Ilughv McLi ans. and Stephen llovf, he taken off
th<- jiauper list of the county and that the paupers
be let out the Court house dour by the .-lurid on the
f.r. t fc-r.turduy in January next, to the lowest bidder.
M e also recommend that money L*o appropriated
to buy all the Record Rooks that deficient in the
different offices.
In.'ttking- leave of liis honor Judge II. D. D.
Twiggs, we return fc'm ot't kindest thanks for the
impartial manner " ,Veh he admin isti rs the law aud
jn.-tiee to our people ; we also return John R. I'rts-
nieht timp. anil was. therefor,
imprisoned in the Penitentiary ol this Slate
ft" -oid during the term of h:S natural life;
a d
whereas, At. the May Term, A. D., 18(58. of
the Superior Court, held in and for the county
of Fulton. Henery Daniel was tried for, anil
comviftid of, the crime of Burglary in the
nith time, and"lfcns. sentenced to be itnprison-
jodiu_J.he_Eei.ile;iiiary-'.f this S:a:e for and du
ring life term of bis natural life .and
Whereas, At.the.May t erm, A. D,. 18(58. of
the Superior Court, he-d in aud for the county
of Mus' ogee. James Martin and Paul Key
"■ere ti'H'J C.r, and convicted of. the crime of
Burglary in the night time. at.d were, therefor,
-sewteiioe l each t<i be imprisoned iu the Petti
teiitiiiry of-this State for aitd during the term
of his natural life ; and
\\ herers, At the June Term, A- D.. 186ft. pf
ihe Superior C.ini t. held it, and for the county
<5f TtO-ip, Mingo Trammel and (renrgo A. Ke
ro, were tried fi r. and convicted of, the crime
of Burglary iu the night time, and were, there
for, sentenced each to be imprisoned in tiia Pen
itentiary of .this Stale for and duiing the term
of his natural life ; and
Whereas, At the May Term,-A. D., 18G8. of
the Superior Court, held in aud for ihe county
of Chatham, Henry Singleton was tried for,
aud convicted of, the crime of Burglary in ibe
night time, and was. therefor.sentenced to lie
imprisoned in the Peniten'iary of ihis Slate f,r
and during the term of his natural life ; and
Whereas, At the January Term, A, D., 18(59,
of the Superior Court, held in and for the coun
ty of Chatham. Albert Harris was tried for,,and
convicted of, the crime of Burglary in the
n git' time and w is.liherefore, se t;need to be
imprisoned in the Penitentiary of this Siaie
for and during the term of his natural life;
and
Whereas, Since the :rial and conviction of
tiie aforesaid prisoners, the General Assembly
of this State, lias in its wisdom, hv an act as
s-. njed to October 5th, 18li8. modified the pun
ishment tor tiie crime of Burglary in itte night
time to a less severe d< gree than that impris
oned upon the said prisoners ia their respec
tive sentences aforesaid;
Now, therefore, believing that ibi majesty of
the law has been fully vindicated by the pun
ishment already endured by the prisoners du
ring their confinement hitherto'; aud in tiie
sincere hope, that when again in the midst oi
society, they will prove citizens of performed
habits and correct department. I, flu Ft’s B.
Bci.lock, Governor and Commander-in-Chiet
of the Army and Navy of this Slate, and of
the Militia llureof, do hereby fully pardon the
said John Davenport, Hubert Perry, William
Johnson, Green Inman, Jared S. Webb, John
Williams. Hei.rv Walker, Jake Walker. .James
A. Hall, Richard Hankinsoti, Alfred Pitman,
Hi nry Cain, Henry Daniel. James Martin,
Paul Key, Mingo Trammel,. George A. Kero,
Henry Singleton, and Albert Harris, of the
crime of which they stand convicted respec
tively. as I erein before recited—this pardon to
lake effect on t lit day set apart for Thanks
giving and Prai. e, to wit . the 24;h day of No
vember. instant ; and it is hereby ordered, that
they.and each oT them be then restored to all
their civil rights as citizens of this Slate, and
that they ihen be discharged and set at liberty.
Given ai der my Hand and the Seal of the
Executive Department at he Capitol, in At
lanta, the day and year firs: above wiirten.
RUFUS B. Bullock,
By toe Gorert or:
II II Atkinson.
Secretary Executive Department,
nov. 23, IS7U. 4t„
Aotice To The Public.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
23. INTO.
cott, our Solicitor, lhar
treatment to cur hotly.
J II T Laii.li,’
J li Kitchen.-,
A G Webb,
i> 1, Sumner.
J W C'unnauy,
Fcter Curl,
J It Johnson,
Solomon 'j hompson,
cov. 2.3, Isle.
or his hind and courteous
J A JJurphrc*,
Anthony il'tulllps,
G W Sherrod,
D D Almond,
K J Coleman,
Manning Rountree,
Ephraim Rooks,
E T. Eenr a t,
<i W C Lane.
It
OFFICIAL OHO EH. -
EXECU'l IYE DEPARTMENT, )
November 12lh, 1870. ^
7b ihe Principal Keeper of the Penituitiarj:
WHEREAS, At ihe March Term, A. D.
1867, of the Superi r Court, held i:i and for
the county of Put; am. John Davenport Was
tried for, and convict, d »f, the crime of Burg
lary in the night time, and was. therefore sen—
tenc-d by the Judge presiding a! said Court, to
be imprisoned i ■ tie Penitentiary of this Slate
for and during she term of h s natural lile ;
and
Whereas, At the June Term, A. D\ 1867, of
the Superior Court, held in and for the couaty
of Troup. Robert Perry was tried for, a.nd con
victed of the crime of Burglary in the night
t me, and was, thenf e s.-ntei c -d by the
Judge presiding at said Court, to be imprison
ed in the Penitentiary of this Stale for and
during the term of his natural life ; and
Whereas, At the Jt ly Term, A. D.. 18G7, cf
the Superior Court, held in and for the county
of Chatham, William Johnson v.as tried for,
and convicted of, the crime of Burglary in the
night time, and was, therefor, sentenced to be
imprisoned in the Penitentiary of- this State
for and during the tetni of his natural Id'e,
and
Whereas, At the November Term, A. D..
1SS7, of the Superior Court, held in sold for the
county of DeKalb, Gteen Inman was tried for,
ntid convicted of. the crime of Burglary in the
nigbt time, and was, therefor, sentenced to lie
imprisoned in the-Penitentiary of this Stale
for and during-the term of his uaturai life;
and
Whereas, Al the December Term, A. D..
1S67. of the 'uperior Coer - , held tn and for
the county of Muscogee, -Jared S. Webb was
tried for. and convicted of. the crime of Bnrg-
1 iry in the night time, and was, thtrefor, sen
tenced by the Judge pic.-idiug at said Court, to
l>e imprison- d in die Penitentiary of this State
for and durit g the term of his natural life;
and
Whereas, At the March Term, A. D., 1868,
of the Superior Court, held in and for the coun
ty of Walker, John Williams was tried for,
aud convicted of, the crime of Burglary in the
night time.and was, th -reior, scutenCed by the
Judge piesiding at said Court, to be imprison
ed in the Penitentary of this State for and du
ring trie tern of his natural fife; send
Whereas, Al the March Term, A. D , 1SC8,
of (he Superior Court, he'd in ami for the coun
ty of Muscogee. Henry Walker, Jake Walker,
and Janies A. Hall, uete tried tor,and convict
ed of, the crime of Bug I ary in the night time,
and were, therefor, sentenced each to be itn
plisonc-d in the Penitentiary of this Slate tor
and during the term of his natural life: and
Whereas, At the March Term, A. D , 1868,
of the Superior Court, held in ana for the Coun
ty of Chatham, Richard Hankiuson and Alfred
Pitman were tried for. and conviited of, the
crime of Burglary in the night time, and were,
therefor, sentenced”each to the Penitentiary of
this State for and during the term of his nat
ural lile; and
Whereas, At the May Term, A. D., 1868, of
the Superior < ourt, held in and lor the county
of Hancock,- Henry Cain -was tried tor,_ awl
ecr>ict«d of) the crime of put-g- aiy iu th* ,
A t 'anta, Ga., O
7'j FJ hom it Maj Concern :
By an Act of ::,e General A -"an ivy of the
Stale of Georgia, approved October 24, 1870
authority is given t., tiie Governor to lease tiie
V\ estem and Atlantic R-iiio ad, ti.e property
of ti e State, t gether wall nil of its houses,
workshops, d-pols, rul ing stuck ; rid nppur
lenanccs o: eveiy charaeler, for tiie term of
twenty years, upr.t) i---rtH.n terms', and subject
to ( 6' Uiitt restrivfions thcr -in i.iiriifd, :
T! e m »nlh‘y rentnl tJia'! :v*X In* I :fm»:
tw-oiy t»-o «l.e«.v,ot] J oil;* is pa 7 a**
hie monthly. The le-se-s shall give a bo d for
tiie rum ot eigh-t inidions of dollars f$8,000.-
000) to st-cur-ng 'lie pr. mpt ;a m-i t of the
amount of r n a! agreed up n. a.,d f. r th- n-
Itirti of t e r;ia . a d ns appurtenances at tne
*-X pi t at ion of tile tease, or on tile terminatiou
or ftirteiture thereof, ions good cowl inn as at
the timeol leasing five iniii;nu.s ($5,000 000)
of which security tlia'i l e w tloti this State
and li e ha! ti.ee. if out of i e Sta.e. shall be
Jipon real eslete <-r rut.road ;.roper:v. The
lessees to be worth over and above their indebt
edness, at least five hundred thousand dollars
($500 000 ) -
Tli. I.e, s'ature reserves to iis-lf the right,
from lime ;o time, it) examine into ti.e aff irs
of the 'es: s s a:."! t . r- quire t .ai 15;- a - u.it
ol s. en ; y above rccitua oii.tii Le laan. taiued
unim; aired.
lot- ie see s! :.i* n .! be ies.-. than seven in
number, a maj .r ty of whom shall have been
f’.i five v ais burntjide residei.ls of this State;
and s all r. present a u aj .riiy of the whole
i .turest in the leas- • No railroad or express
c .nip: ny, or any combination of them shall, in
any eve..i, become the lessees, 1 ut. they may
b come suteties on the bonds of the lessees.
Th • lessees shall not charge a higher rate for
local freights over said road than the average
rate charged by the G.oga Railroad and
Bauki.ig Company, the Central Rail,, a land
Banking Comp .tty, and the M..c n and W. s-
lern Railroad Company, forli,. 1 cal freights
over said roads, and the said iess. es shall have
the same rights, exemptions, privileges, imtnu-
nuies and guarantees, except the establishment
of banks, and shall besubject to the same lia
bilities (Usabilities, aud public burdens of said
railroad companies last mentioned. Tne faith
of the Stale is pledged to redsem all morta-
gage bonds and coupons now resting on the
state Roads as they lull due, and to save the
lessees harmless.against all such bonds and
coupons.
The lessees are by this act constituted a
body torpsrate and politic for the term of
twenty years, under the name and style of the
Western and Atlantic lfail-oad Company,
having such powers, liabilities, and immunities,
as are usual with railroad companies, and no.
in conflict with the Constitution and Laws of
the United States,or of the State of Georgia;
but they will not be allowed to make or pjennit
any discrimination in iavetr of or against any
other road or persons having business connec
tions with, the said Western and Atlantic
Raiirctid -
Fur the purpose of carrying out this act,
proposals will be received uuiil and including
the25tbday of December next, and must be
addressed ‘to the Governor of the State of
Georgia, at Atlanta,’ and marked on the wrap
ptr, ‘Proposal fur the leaseof the Western and
Atlantic taiiroad, in accordance wish an Act
appioved October 24, 1870.’ The proposals
must state in full the names and residence of
the parties uniting tu make the proposition, tiie
amt.uni that each of the parlies therein named
are worth over and above their debts and lia
bilities, togeiher with a full description of tbe
character of the security which will be offered
to complete the I ond.
The properly lo be lersed is a single track
railroad, one hundred and thirty eight tuiles in
length, with full and complete equipiut of
shops,depots, turnouts, sidelings, engines, cars,
etc;, e;c., etc, now in succeasi'ull operation
be. ween the cities of Atlanta, in Georgia, and
Chatiaiio- ga, in Tennessee. At Chattanooga
the line is in direct rail connetion with the
Memphis and Charecton, Nashville, aud Ghana
neogn, and New Orleans, E. at Tennessee and
Georgia, and the Chattanooga and Cincinnati!
(now in progress of construction) railroads,
and at Atlanta with the Atlantaand Muntgom
erA. Atlanto and Charleston, Atlanta hi d
Savaiiuah, and the Atlanta and Gulf fines of
road, being the only railroad connection be
tween the system at'railways centering at Chat
tanoogu and ut Atlanta,
Copies of •Au act to authorize the lease of
the Wcrstern and Atlanta Railroad, aud for
other purposes theieiu. mentioned,’ approved
October 24ih, 1870, can be bad upon applies
liuu ay tt(e Executive office.
liUFys B. BDI LOCK.
By the Goveruor-.
R. H. Atkixsok,
8ee ! y Ex. Dept.
oov-83, 1870. tf
Insure Your Life in a ^nccessfnl Coispa^i
PIBDMOITT (Sc JAPUXjXlsrca-Toiyr
Life Insurance Company.
HOME OFFICE-Richgiond, V a .
W* §4yp|% • President.
5
ice
Policies issued in less than three years, over 12 ; 000.
Assets, over
Keserve fund, over
-2,GOO,000.
900 CQ0.
Dividends paid thus far on Life Pofieiis, 4.0 per ecu' . e<-.:..tnL,u.
"Ali surpTus iu veiled ii* tUe Stale in whicj it is, rie, vV
Ectmoinioa!, suee ssfnl, solid, reliable, lib.-taf and fe-o..n,'
Upon ali-liiese grnuio'A we confidently-lo k .tr suppuit to ii;u.-iiig e ,
ern pec pie.
Issues all kit.Js of L tu atnl endow ment J'.. oi s
Al’ Policies non-rfoifcitabic, and ngiiis ol Ik.-i.i.- guaiei.t. cd ; •«
Po icy as a pari <4 the eon tract.
Advises the all cash plan b c;U.-e tiie premiums ilor ast .Mii.nallv
busmess ts m .re saiisinct- r»- t > a i uarties.
p:u
- Uth-
foce of
GEORG 1x1 BRANCH OFFICE, 227 !v •:.
D . T. STALL . V
BtmrdofDirectors:—JOHN CRAIG. Ptnu'!.
E. P. CL A YTON,
JAS. T. ROTH W ELL,
JOHN U. MEYER,
J v\L HORTON,
V RICHARDS
Rogers k White, A serifs.
J. DkLOACTIE.
!. K
AUGLVIA.
L>\VUH. Luff;
T. II. STAFFORD S
R A. Fi.EM.MING -
Mi’ a I. i . .'!'!. -T’
GKO. M. TISEif
Z McCORD,
[Ang. 17, 1870.. 32—R
ANDREW DUNN.
Established in Business iu
e bucy m irifo:ru mu patrons and the public genera! lv, tli at. oar stock
Is now complete in ev.-ry d»-)mr;rnenf. We can r< r.dilv snpn’v
t he finest LAlNLAU ton DI1ILDS GIG and tj'pon t.-rms as
liouse in the tiade. In addition to ihe oiht-r aiuaciions vva i
stanlly on hand the only
anything beta
libf-ra! as any
1 ail ktpi. emi-
Gesuilne Brattlcboro Yenoont leggy,
Which has been introduced ir.ro Georgia since the war.
Andrew Dunn, of For>\ ti, having bee*,me associated w ah this house, would
be pleased to see and set ve ins many hie: ds from all over the Slate ul Uutrgia.
E8T<2M£Sji&g£E& M*V BUStAESS' <.V 1S4.3
And with a continuous experience of more than a third of a
us io know the wants ot tic- Southern ira-le, and to utiii.ai.iec
cases. \V ltli the best arranged and MOST ( OMilOIROL S
1 > i
trafosa
:;t:i■ 1 : Ut all
j-: Li Ok l 101. Y
in the Southern Siat
70 anti 72 Second «.-•
August 17, 1870.
We ear rust y invito ALL t>> e.di .-uni se-.
, three doors above J W. Bur'-;. A C*.
vovt'd
ii.-- resi-
for antr
THIS Company is>u< s Polie'rs tij on all t* e t: is! favot.-.b'e and ;-p;
plains o! Ldc Insurar.ee, both MlTU.AL and Non r.\LTIc:rATING. at rates:
as other ri sponsible Companies. No resit it-ltons upt r, isavr !. L petn it.-
deuce any where without exlia charge. AH PoHcu s non £'u f ryl
canse except fraud. Dividends are dcelan d upon the ‘*C*-n:t .1 n-u t. P ati ’’
The “De So.o Mutual” has §248 00 in .sskts. sidublv for
lvi-ry §10000 or I.iabiutv-.
The following well known gentlemen, < onpi ising the Lonnl
Richtnont] county, are a'i huge Policy-liolde
Company as as^jun-l ro d o itable insiituiion.
Board of Trustees at Aug'
.d cordia.i!\
of Trustees lot
ceouin.t-ii'-l h:&
Wrn. J li’
John C. Porter,
Jas. T. Ilotiiwe'd,
John D. Rumsev,
Osborne M. S’one
Cnas. S. BraHiord.
Janies W. Uort- n
Albert Hatch,
sta, Ga :■
Xleiv: ,! e J. B-.n zb,
l J ha U. Mever.
Joseph T. Irinioq
i J.tines M.
I J.ll.ti M. Chltk-,
| Gefiige r j’. J-eks.-n,
1 J .he OA-v, Jr .
Sidney G. Holland,
Stephen D. Heard,
Joseph O. Mathewson,
Chares A. Pbit',
William II. Warier,
James S Hook,
Ch-is. A. Rowland,
Joseph Brumine 1 ,
Sterling C. Eve, XI. D.
Geo. A. Oates,
STEPHEN D. HEARD, President,
James T. Both." ki l, V e<- Preset. O. M Stone, Secretary.
Judge James S. Hook, Attorney. S. C. Eve, Medical Examiner.
Ail fosses promptly paid at mir office without waiting for the expiratu
the usual time claimed in Polic es.
Branch C ffice 229 Broad Strut. Augusta, Ga.
' ? ’ RATCL1FFE & DEi.L,
Nov. 2, 1870. tf Maiiag-r-. for Stale-of i-et rgi«-
n of
We are requested to ana .unce the I 5*
name of Sandy M. Not tltingion, as aj f.'vjJ.
Candidate for Cieik of the Superior-j r |'HE undiTsigutd wtsmr.g tu; n ' ra0 )L s r ^ r
Court, at the ensams 'lection. ' I , h . ,!> I’ ri ; nt Ij L'' !■' r ^l r *(o» sitin''of a
Q . 1 OO 1Q-A : sale fits entire stuck t.f gomL. tonsnnng
Septeinb.T, 28, 18(0. te | w , ai 8 ., rtJeii sltU . k ( , r Dry Go. ds ai d Gru*-
m o , • ' **■" . """ . . | rics- Tin* stand is a wvd known am 2, 1 ® .
Subject to nomination by a meetmgoi ; b!e , ()(a . iorl otl , hel ,.aJ leading Imm Feu. .
the peopie of U aslun. t..n countv, I am a can- . ■. . , , u, f, miles Irom I runs
a:.l..M ia. 'iv. u : | l " “Sparta, n '■*
didute tor Tax Receiver.
WM. B. HARMAN-
sept 14, 1870 to
"’E are authorized to announce MI-
ZELL G. WOOD, as a Candidate for Tax
Cod. ctor.
5Ir- Wood, as many cit’zens are aware, has
been disabled in the late U ar, while in mili
tary service and thcrefote htis pem iar claims
upon the suffrages of his fellow citizens. Of
course he will ho d himself sul ject to a nomi
nation at the meeting on the 1st Tuesday in
October. sept 28, 187J.—tc”
I ——■
To the Voters of Washington
County.
Yielding to the soliciiai ion of many fritnds
I announce myself a candidate for the office of
Sheriff of \V asliington county at the ensuing
election, and solicit your support. Shou'd
there however, be a Nomination I will cheer-
iully abide the decision.
Yours very Respectfully,
E.'a. SULLIVAN,
sept 14, 1870. te
and 12
i Bridge, 8 miles from No. 1- ’. - ...
' miles above Sandersvi le. Ihe location is ^
healthy as any part of this ectnty.
I WILL SELL FOR COST,
Ti;
ote
WE are requested to announce THOMAS
J GILMORE, Clerk of Superii rf'ourt, os a
candidate lor re election t.. the office he now
holds, subject to nomination by the people.
September 21. 1870. te
are authorized to ant.out ce AUG,
D. JERNIGAN, as a candidate for Clerk of
the Superior Court of Washington couuty, at
the eusuing election.
•ept. 14, 1870. te
se ind. bled to me oa aceour.
arc n quest, d to make payment as •
possible, n,s 1 wish to v.-inu l )P iv
immediately. WM. N. HA y* •
Oc. 26, 1870. iPl
Educatieoal Notice.
rpiiK ^aitscribir wishes to organize a
X 1 lor tiie ensuing 10 ^ -n
try. Would prefer a liiuited uuinber,
.A. < . 1* A ^
Sun ! ersvi!!e, Oa. nov. l‘>, lo/O. —
Scliool Notice.
.. i.; 4 «cliaoi *
rrilF, nmli-rsigneri wt.l resume »'> • , g; ,_
J Bethleiieia on Momlay lsth Jana.. ..
Rates cf Tuition :
1st Class £1(5 ptr aui nm,
Sri ‘‘ 86 “ “ ineludn.g
>o extra cbn'ge f. r Frenco ant* jjn.ird
Din’viijn-. Music on I'inno at urtn l n ' A V-rriiL e3 '
can be '.loi.inetl at nn-clc-r:. te prices in f
For luili er parik-ulars address vatlEN,
mm on w rv.;, r rti«.
Wartl.c-n’s fctore , g[
cov. IS, 1S.70. ——
ScfiiB; tff attest.
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rpllE undersigned li eving purchuse t | ie m
1 stock of goods of 1. Hennau, • j,j s old .
tbe pnbi’e, at greatly reduced pnrt*, 2 to
stai d. Jncticm every Satnrdsy eveuitg
5 o’oioek.
nov. IS, 1370.
B. G
.SEW®'
nSTSTJ^/E 5a a CASH
L.ife Insurance Company ol St. Louis. Jin.
JAMES K, LECAS, President.