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The election for
Assembly of Gear
Wednesday, the 7
of the 0enroll
held on the f,
By Carey W. Style
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DHAWE9 BY POWER APS OHBRZBEB BT OAXH.”
($2.50 Per Annum.
Th« election for tnriuher* of (;..ngrc:-s will
beheld on the Tuesday stirrlli. i, r -i ,\]„n-
d»jr in Nor.niber bexl, which will be the ::J
day of November.
ro* coonys
The.election for counly officers Kill be held
on the first Wednepday in January next,
■ which trill be (he Cih dfiy’r.f January.
enane and cli
OF THE FOILS.
The polla at the Court House will open at
ik in the morning and done at 6 in the
I’eio
ereniog; and open at the precincts at 8 o'clock
in tbe morning and close at three o'clock in
the evening.
EX GOV. BUOWVS LETTER !
Civil tight* Middled !
Denunciation of the Infamy and Renan
elation of the Parly!
GOV:BROWN FOR T11E DEMOCRACY!
Pcnfif.ld, Gkrrn Countt, Ga., \
Angusl 31, 1874. /
Gov. Joseph E, Drown, Atlanta, Ga:
Ujca* Sib :—In this hour of political (roub
le we would counsel your wisdom and poliu
ical experience In our opinion tbe passage
by congress of (he civil rights bill wouid in
augurate a feeling of antagonism between
tlio while anil black races, that could never
be reconciled. To us it does appear impos
sible for any southern gentleman to identify
himself with auy parly who seek to impose
this measure upon our people. But trusting
in your profound judgment and practical
common sense', we advise with you. We are
Governor.
Yours, very respectfully,
James H. McWhorter,
K. L. McWiiortzb.
Atlanta, Ga., September 2, 1874.
Messrs. R. L. McWhorter and Jaiies U. Mc
Whorter. Pen field, Ga.:
Gentlemen; In reply to your letter in ref.
erence to the political situation, in which Z
understand you to ask my opinion of the
civil right bill, peu-iiug before congrese, 1
have to state that I am not engaged iu polit
ical strife, nor do I intend to be in future.
I shall, however, maintain the position of an
independent citizen, and I shall not hesitate
to express any political opinions which I
may entertain, and to act and vote in such
manner as, in my judgment, will best pro
mote the interest of the state of Georgia,
and of the whole people of the union.
As you are aware, I was oue cf the first
public men in Georgia to take position in fa
vor of acquisceuce iu tbe reconstruction meas
ures adopted by congress. I did this because
t clearly foresaw that the south, as the con
quered section, would be compelled to sub
mit to these measures; and if acquicsoence
was refused, that more rigorous measures
still would be enforced. But I thought by
acquiescing at once and raising no issues
with the colored people of the state, we
would retain their coufldeuce and keep them
out of the hands of carpet-baggers and de*
signing men who would come among them,
for the purpose of misleading them aud ex
citing their prejudices against our native
white population, who are in fact their best
friend.
Bach of you took the same position whioh,
I felt it my duty to tAko upon these issues,
and wo-passed ibrough a period of persecu
tion and ostracism seldom endured by those
who have In view nothing but the best inter
est of the state ip the ooursetbey pursue, and
who labor dAy and night to eave those who
revile them from a fate, suoh as the while
people of South Carotins and Louisiana, who
followed the advice of unwise leaders, and
made no effort to control the deliberation* of
their conventions are now compelled to en
dure.
The result of our labors, and of those who
oo-operated with us In and nut of the con
vention, gave to Georgia a constitution under
whioh she is now living and prospering, and
to her native original citizens the oontrol of
the management of their own affairs.
In the other southern states, where the
whole mass of the while people, following
the advice of their excited leaders, gave up
their constitutional conventions to uegrocs
and carpet-baggers, and made uo effort to
oontrol them, constitutions have been fixed
upon them which places the government in tbe
hands of their former slaves, under the guid
ance and controll of northern men who,
bankrupt in character and fortune at koine,
came to the South, aud taking advantage of
(he folly of our people, who wtre acting
-upon their passions aud prejudices, and not
upon their judgment and common sense,
alienated the negroes from their white neigh
bors and friends ami obtained oomplete con
trol over them.
It was the thirty to forty thousand white*
men in Georgia who acted with us, subordi
nating passion and prejudice to judgment
and reason, and who. contrary to the advice
of honored leaders, voted in the election for
delegates to the convention and sent such
men as McCay. Saflold, Miller, Parrott,
Trammell, Waddell, McWhorter, Bell, An-
gier, Bigby, Bowels, Flyuo, Foster, Irwin,
Maddox, Shropshire, and a number of others,
all able, honored white citizens of Georgia,
who, with the aid of some influences outside,
controlled the counsels of the convention, and
secured our present constitution; who saved
Georgia from the sad fate of some of her
Southern sisters.
Suppose the whole white population of
South Carolina immediately after the passage
' of the Sherman Bill, had proclaimed to the
world that they acquiesced m the measure,
and each had gone to work to influence and
control as many colored men as possible,
making no issue with them but informing
them that their right to vote was conceded ;
and suppose every white voter iu the State
had gone to the polls and voted for delegates
to the conventiou; who believes that they
could not have carried colored votes enough,
with their own to have controlled tbe conven
tion, aud made their constitution as good as
that of Georgia ? This could have been done
by them if they had acted promptly ; in de-
fiauoe of all the efforts that carpet-baggers
could h&ve made.
If no issue had been made with the color
ed people, probably each white voter in the
State could have influenced and controled
one colored vote, some could have controled-
a much larger number. But if only one ia
every five had controlled a colored vote, it
would have given the white people tbe con**
trol of tbe convention, and as a consequence
would have given them a good constitution.
The property, intellect ivnd intelligence of
any state can govern it, when it unites in a
determined effort to do so. And if they had
made no issue with the government; or the
colored people, on their right to vote, there
were strong reasons why their former owners
could have exercised more influence and con
trol over the colored people, than (he employ
er can usually exercise over the employed,
owing to the kind relations which had former
ly existed between them, and tbe dependence
upon the white people whioh the colored peo**
pie had habitually felt during their pant
lives.
But so toon as the whole moss of the white
people proclaimed their eternal hostility to
the reconstruction acts, and declared that
they would never submit to negro suffrage,
they drove tbe negroes from them, and, a>
any race who did not feel competent to con
trol (heir own affairs, would bare done unde
like circumstances, they naturally looked
around for somebody to lead them, and nt
this critical moment the carpet-baggers came
among them, annoancicg that tbeir mission
was to see that tbe acre of congrese were car
ried into effect, and the right of t-uffrage -o-
cored to the colored race. Having no on*
else to leao upon, their former owners acG
neighbors having, as they « onsideresl it, turn
ed against them, the colored people became
willing subjects of those who came to them
with flattering- promises, and were ^ocn
bound to them by tie* foo strong to be easily
broken. ' •
J3ut the reconstruction contest is in the
past, and to-day wo see tbe whole people of
Georgia coming up to the position of acqui
escence which we took in 1867, and indeed
going far beyond it. We then acquiesced iu
the fourteenth amendment and the Sherman
bill. They h&ve sinoe acquiesced in those
measures with tbe fifteenth amendment ad
ded, which might have been avoided if the
whole south had promptly aoquiesoed in the
fourteenth amendment and the reconstruc
tion aot known as the Sherman bill.
M&lUUfaU)
VOLUME 8.
ALBANY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1S74.
NUMBER 37.
Tr Clerks and Sheriffs.—Jury Certifi
cate? and Summons : and Witness Subptn-
nies. for sale at this office :»t Si per
i dred. Neatly printed.
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dented in 1867, and it becomes us to meet it
fairly and squarely, aud to do all in our pow
er to avert the enactment of a measure which
will be productive of the meat ruinous conse
quences throughout tbe entire south.
It was a hard enough fate upon us for cur
conquerors to abolish slavery, and wrest
from us without a dollar of compensation the
billions of dollars invested in that property
which had descended from generation to gen
eration, as the patrimony of several ages;
and then to compel us to stand upon terms of-
legal equality with our former slaves, and
meet them as equals at the ballot box. Tbi9,
however, the conquerer dictated, and com
pelled submission to his dictation; and tho9e
who were most fiery and denunciatory in
their warfare against it accomplished noth
ing of good for our people.
All parties have now united in acquies
cence to these measures, and all the States
have been readmitted Into the union, as the
Northern States mast now admit upon terms
of legal equality. Here then the reconstruc
tion measures should cease, aud all parties
should agree that tbe war is at an end; that
we have suffered iu disastrous consequences,
and that no further wrongs should be inflict
ed upon us.
At this stage, bolster, with a view, no
doubt, to the next presidential campaign,
and for the purpose of making the colored
voters more enthusiastic in their support of
tbe republican party, certain leaders of that
powerful organization bring forward what is
termed the Civil Bights Bill, which is now
pending on the calendar of Congress, and
which, in fact, ia intended, not as a Civil
Rights Bill, but as a social rights measure for
the purpose of compelling social tqualily be
tween the white and colored people of the
South. This can never be done, and if at
tempted should not, and will not, be submit
ted to, be the consequence* what they may,
God has crested tbe two raoes different, with
different tastes, capacity and instincts for
social enjoyment, and no human legislation
can over compel them to unite as socials
equals.
Those who urge this measure in Congress
with a view of bringing up the colored vo
ters to a'more enthusiastic support of tbeir
party are putting themselves in a position to
do tbe greatest possible' injury to the colored
race. Suppose this bill should pass at tbe
next Congress, what will bo the result? The
legislature of each Southern State, ae sooo
as it is called together, will at once repeal
all laws by which public schools are main
tained at the publio expense, and leave eaoh
man to educate bis’owu childreff'as best be
can. This will leave the colored people who
are without property to grope their way in
ignorance with no means of educating their
offspring, and it will necessarily leave a
great many white people in the same unfor
tunate situation. But bo this as it may, we
will never submit to mixed schools where
our children shall be compelled to unite with
those of the colored race, upon terms of so
cial equality.
I have been president of the board of edu
cation in Atiauta, since tbe organization of
our system which is now working most ad
mirably ; tinder which wo have separate
schools, open io white and to colored chil
dren, aud every child belonging to either
race can find its way into a good school, If
the parent think* proper to seud it^ These
schools are maintained by taxation of the
whole people, and the burden falls mainly
upon those who have most wealth, and who
often have uo children to educate. I am
proud of tbo system, and of the great bene
fits which are resulting from it. Aud I feel
as our white people generally do, that since
the colored people are made citizens, ir they
ect in their proper social sphere, it is our
duty, as well aa uur pleasure, to aid them in
the eduoation of their children. But I do
not hesitate to say that 1 sfiould favor tbo
immediate repeal of all laws on this subject
and the disbanding of the schools, as soon
as the civil rights.bill shall beoome a law.
-It cannot be said that we violate unyTpro-
visicn of the constitution of the United States,
when we tepeal our school laws, as that con
stitution require no State to maintain any
publio school; and we make no discrimina
tion on account of race, ooloi^ or previous
condition of servitude, when vve refuse to
maintain any publio school, at thepublec ex
pense, for the children of either race.
Bui this Is not all. The attempt to force
equality between the races, on railroad cars,
steamboats, and especially in hotels and
ohurchea, will produce constant strife, and
very frequent bloodshed, that will probably
soon lead to a war of races, and produce a
horrible slate of things, throughout the entire
Sojth, termiualiflg in general anarchy,which
wifi end in the extermination of the negro
race. Much as 1 deprecate and oppose all
mob law, and desire the faithful execution of
tbo laws, l cannot doubt that in the excited
state of the popular mind, which would fol
low the attempt to enforce such a measure,
it would soon be found that whit* juries
would not convict white men for killing ne
groes who undertook to intrude themselves
upon them, as social equals.
And If the Government of the United
Stales attempted to coerce the white people
of the South into submission to ncijgro social
equality, (hey would find that the white troops
who might be called into tbe field against us,
to fight for such negro equality, would gen-,
erally lay down their arms before they
would perform the task. In a word, if they
drove . us to submission at the point of
tbe bayonet, the bayonet would gen
erally have to be ia the had of the negro,and
our people would have to defend themselves
against it as best they could. Tbe result
would not be doubtful All prosperity would
bo destroyed, and general confusion, bank,
ruptey and ruin would prevail until the
struggle between tbe races terminated,which
wouid, os 1 have already said, in tbe end re
sult in tbe extermination of the weaker race.
But I do not care to pursue this theme —
Tbe consequence of this measure would be
too horrible for contemplation, and we ean
only hope that the evil will be averted by the
good practical common sense of the Ameri
can people : and that the political organi
zation which attempts to force this stale of
things upon the country,, or any section of
it, will meet with overwhelming defeat in
every issue-
1 have no hesitation, therefore, in agreeing
with you, that tbo passage by Congress of
the civil* rights bill would inaugurate a feel
ing of antagonism between tbe white and
black raoes that would never be reconciled,
and in saying most unequivocally that, no
Southern gentleman, I care not whether he
be Republican or Democrat, ought, in my
opinion, to identify himself or continue long
er to act with the party, who seek to impose
this measure upon our people.
In my judgement, there are but two con
tingencies whioh can avert the evil; one is
the overwhelming defeat of the Republican
party, in the elections this fall, upon the
issue, as already announced by some of their
leaders upon tbe stump; and my sincere
hope w, that every State, county, city, town,
viliiage aud bamlel, throughout the entire
Union, where an election may be held, will
give the Democratic party an overwhelming
majority. To this end, I shall cheerfully
contribute my bumble mite. This would
check the passage of this most iniquitous
measure, and relieve the country of the hor
rors consequent upon its passage.
If this should fail, and 1 trust it may not,
the only remaining hope is in the exercise of
the veto power by the President of the United
States. I know nothing of the intentions of
the President on tbis question ; but 1 trust a
sense of pairiotio duty may compel him, if
the measure should ever ccme before him
for action, to save the couutry from anarohv
and ruin, by tbe use of this great conserr-
ative power, which is wisely placed in hi?
bunds, by the constitution.
If it should come to that point, and Gen
eral Grant should veto the measure, and
throw tbe vast weight of his elective power
And sersonal influence, tn the scale of peace
and harmony ; he would bi entitled to, and I
believe would receive the thanks and ap
plause of tbe enure white population of the
South. an«l of a vast majority of the Union.
I have no vrieh to thruit ni .* opinion* be
fore the public on any poittioul i a3 .te : but,
ou account ol the magnitude of this qur.-tioa,
and the fearful result* which may follow, 1
think it the duty of every citizen to speak
oat and state hie position, in terms too un
equivocal to bo misunderstood 1 therefore
authorize you, to make each use of this letter,
as yon may think proper. Very respectfully,
obedient servant.
Jo*STB E. Bsowjr.
aad f ount Hie Ballots ia all
Federal Elections.
Wblteley’s Kill 10 Manage. Control lbe Congress of the United States filiall be
guilty ofa crime, and upon conviction there
of shall be fined not less than one hundred
| dollars and not more than one thousaud dol-
i lar.H, and may be imprisoned in the penilen-
j tiary not less than oue year and not more
than three years, at die discretion of the
the ballots cast at, and all ! court trying the same.
th, elections held for Rep- j yillaist of the bill—petty scouxdrelisx
and for * vs. CIVIL liberty.
• ° r { Sec. 13. That upon the application iu wri-
{ ting of ten persons who are qualified voters
That tbe ballots, lists of I and resident of any cetigressIon.il district in
The Attorney Graeral.
R. L. GENTRY,
MEDICAL CAHDS
Observe the innocence of the Title:
A Bill topreser
papers connected
resentalives or Delegates to
other purposes.
Re it enacted, 4
voter*, tally-sheeLs and all other papers con
nected with any election hereafter held for
Representative or Delegate in Congress shall
be preserved and safely kept by the lawful
j We agree with tbe views expressed in the
1 following article from the Telegraph <fc Mess
enger. and shall hang our banners on tbs
outer-walls to welcome tbe peacejmuX'ers.
Tne editor says;
SIMMONS’
Taliaferro Jones
which it 18 desired to have supervisors of
elections appointed,'to the circuit judge of
the United States whose circuit embraces
such congressional district, said judge shall
custodinns thereof in the several Stales until appoint and designate one United Slates com
the adjournment, of the first session of the
Congress next thereafter to be affected by
said elecLion.
Sec. J. That either party to any contest in
the House of Representatives may, when
there is an allegation in either the notice of
contest or the answer thereto, that a portion
of the ballots cast at any precinct or pre
cincts at an election held for Representative
or Delegate in Congress hare been fraudu
lently changed previous lo <ho count thereof,
or falsely counted, have a subpoena, in ac
cordance with tbe law governing contested
elections, directed to said custodians, who
shall produce, as required therein, the hal
lots, lists of voters, tally-sheets, and til other
papers connected with said election in bis
custody or control, and the same'mny, after
the usual notide to tbe contestant, or contes*
tested elections; and said person shall cer
tify, under his band and seal, and forward
in the manner provided by law,* said exami
nation and comparison, and the result there
of, to be used as evidence in tbe case.
See. 8. That said ballots, list of voters,
tally sheets, and all other papers prod need
in response to said snbptena shall immedi
ately, after the examination and comparison
thereof, be returned to the lawful custodian
in the same condition ns when produced.
Sec. 4. That any custodian of the ballots
cast at any election for Representative or
Delegate to Congress who shall willfully neg
lect or refuse to safely keep and preserve the
asms, and the lists of voters, tally sheets, and
all other papers connected therewith, or who
shall willfully neglect or refuse to produce
the same as required in this act, shall forfeit
and pay the sum of one thousand dollars, to
be recovered, with costs of sail, by the party
at whose instance the subpoena was issued,
and for his use. by an action of debt, in any
court of the United States, and shall alBO be
liable for an indictment for a misdemeanor,
and be panished by fine and imprisonment
at the discretion of tbe coart.
Sec. 6. That at nil elections for Represen
tative or Delegate to the Congress of the
United States, the vote at each election pre
cinct shall be counted at the close of the elec
tion by the managers snd officers conducting
each election, in the presence of such mana
gers and of the supervisors (if any there be)
appointed under the act of Congress in such
eases made and provided, whose duty it shall
be to attend for that purpose; and the result
of the ballot at such precinct shall be there
upon announced snd mode public; and any
suoh mans er, officer, or supervisor willfully
missioner residing at some convenient place
in the congressional district who shall have
power to appoint supervisors of elections at
each voting place in the congressional dis-
trietas hereinafter provided.
Sec. 14. That it shall be the daly of the
'United States commissioner appointed and
designated by the circnit judge, an provided
in the foregoing section, upon the application
in writing of nt least ten qualified voters,
residents of any county or parish of the con
gressional district, to appoint (wo supervisors
of election, who shall be qualified voters in
and residents of the congressional district,
for each p'recinct in the county or
named iu the said application as a precinct
where it is sought to bare supervisors of
election appointed; and such supervisors so
appointed by the commissioner shall take the X^rTthev vh' ?h,‘v wlil nevlr
urn! shall nossess the uower. I wbc " Tcr tbe 7 « 0 ' Tbe * W,U oerttr hm ihe
The"telegrams call attention to t he fact
that, under the new orders for distributing
military through tbe South, tbe Attorney
General has been made, or has made himself.
Commander-ir.-Chief of thoArmy.' That is
a small circumstance—scarcely worthy of re
mark, when we consider that the Federal
Government itself, which was created by the
Slates as their common trustee and agent for
certain specified purposes,, has, in point of
fact, assumed to be creator, destroyer and
master of the States for all purposes whatso
ever. That we call & thing worth studying;
but it makes little odds to us how the diff
erent clerks* in the Federal a*ency divide
their powers. It ia comparatively a small
matter.
Nor are we inclined to follow contempo*
raries in making any fus3 about the Attorney-
GeneraTs troops* It is true, if any of them
are sent to Georgia under pretence” that the
whites are dtsorderlyi t hey are sent here on
a lie but they will very soon discauer th*t
. The oflicer-Thre men ot sense and gen
erally clever fellows, knJ the men arc in fa
vor of-justice and fair play. They are all
right, and will be well treated
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censed by Derangement or the Liver and Bowels.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator, or Medicine,
banding together to burn, mnrfler and de
stroy. If they do that, the United States
troops will be like Mrs. Toodie's door-plate
—a handy thing to have about the house.
The white people of Georgia, almost with
out exception, are bent on obeying the law
and maintaining peace and good order, aud
The agricultural editor eht cf Chicargo
neglecting or refusing to perform the duties! Times, iu an essay on grasshoppers, says:
your <
INDSTINCT PRINT
imposed by this section shall be guilty of a
crime, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, and imprisonment
in the penitentiary not less than three months
and not more than two years, one or both, at
the discretion of the court trying the turns.
Seo. 6. That it shall be unlawful for any
pereon to sell, give, or furnish any intoxica-
tiug liquors, vinous, fermented, or alcoholic,
to any voter or voters, or to any person for
any voter or voterB, on the day of any elec*
tion of a Representative or Delegate to ’the
Congress of the United States; and any per
son or persons violating . the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a crime, and,'
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than two hundred nor more than, five
hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the peni
tentiary not less than six months nor more
than three years, one or both, at the discre
tion of the oourt trying the aame.
Seo- 7. That any person using fire arms,
or proposing or threatening to use fire-arms,
or other deadly weapons, offensively against
individuals, or assemblages of individuals
at or near the place, and on the day or days
of any election of a Representative or Dele
gate to the Congress of the United States, for
the purpose of intimidating or injuring such
person or persons, either before or after the
election, or while the same is progressing,
shall be guilty of a crime, and, upon convic
tion, shall be fined not less than five hundred
nor more than one thousand dollars, and im
prisoned in the penitentiary not less than one
year nor more than three years, one or both,
at the discretion of the court tiying the same.
Provided, That the open or concealed carry
ing of fire-arms or other deadly weapons at
such election shall be taken as presumptive
'evidence of the intent to intimidate under
this aet.
AMD MOW OBSERVE THE DEVILTRY OF THE BILL:
Sec. 8. That whenever, in any city, town,
county, or parish, there shall be fifty voters
thereof, who, not less than fifteen days prior
to any registration of voters lor an election
for Representative or Delegate to the Con
gress of the United States, or, if there be no
registration, at least fifteen days prior to any
election at which a Representative or Dele
gate in Congress is to be voted for, shall pe
tition* in writing, to the judge of tbe circuit
court of the United States for the circuit
wherein such city, town, county or parish
shair tie, to have an election precinct and
voting plaee established at some convenient
place, to be designated in. said petition, it
shall be the duty of. the said judge of (he
circuit court, within not less than ten days
prior to said registration, if one there be, or,
if no registration be required or had, within
not less than'ten days prior to said election,
to hear and determine said petition; and it
it appear to said judge that notice oUhe pre
sentation of said petition has been posted up
in said city, town, county, or parish, at the
place where it is proposed to establish a vo
ting place, not less than fire days prior to
the presentation of the petition, and stating
at what time and place said petition wonld
be presented, and that no legal voting place
exists within six miles of the plaee where
said petitioners pray to have a voting place
established, said judge shall make an order
establishing an election precinct aud voting
place as prayed for by said petitioners, anil
the same shall be a legal precinct and voting
place for the election ot Representatives or
Delegates in Congress: And provided, That
in any city having less than one voting place
to each six thousand of its popnlation, or
fraction thereof over six thousand, according
to the thtn census of the United States, said
judge may establish one additional voting
place for such additional six thousand, or
fraction thereof, at some convenient point
within not less than one half mile of any oth
er legal voting place .* And provided farther,
That said judge, in establishing precincts
and voting places as herein provided, and in
appointing supervisors for the same, shall
possess the earne power and authority con
ferred by the act entitled “An act to amend
an act approved May thirty-first, eighteen
hundred and seventy, entitled ‘An act to en
force the rights of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several States of this
Union, and for other purposes,*” approved
February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, and for that purpose may
sit either as a court- or at chambers.
Sec 9. Thai in case the registration offi
cers appoiuted under the authority of auy
Sltte or Territory shall refuse or neglect to
give ihe persons entitled u> vole at any pro-
e nct or voting place established under the
provisions of the lost preceding section au
opportunity to rpgi^er in the manner re
quired by taw for legal election precincts,
such refusal or neglect shall net disqualify
the persons entitled to register and vole at
said precincts from votiug
See. 10 Thaf . tli- dhtrict eoutla of the
Uniti-J Amir** >viihii« titrir i-vsperticudisLrii‘1?
and ihe circuit courts of the l utU-J States
within their circuits, respectively, shall have
concurrent jurisdiction of offenses committed
against the provisions of this act.
Sec. 11- Repeals conflicting laws.
WHITBLXT BITS SAMBO BETWEEN THE EVES*
Sec. 12, That at any election for Repre*
•eutative or Delegate to the Congress of the
United State*, it shall be nnlawfa! for any
i to vote more t
i once or to coll more
ballet for sueh Representative or
Delegate; and any person voting more tin
e*oe or easting
IQMtffltkMI
s ballet,
elections of Representatives or Delegates
the Congress of the United States.
See. 15 That wherever an election at
which Representatives or Delegates in Con
gress are to be chosen is held in any con
gressional district, the marshal for the judi
cial district in which suci^congressional dis
trict, or any part thereof, is situate, shall,
upon the application of leu citizens residents
of any county or parish in such congression
al district, appoint special deputy marshals,
whose duty it shall be to aid and assist the
supervisors of election in tbe verification of
any list of persons who may have voted; to
attend in each election district or voting
precinct at all times for holding elestions at
tbe polls in such district or precinct: and
who shall possess all the powers and perform
the duties as now provided by law of snch
special deputies in cities or towns of twenty
thousand inhabitants or upward.
There are seventeen counties in the Second
Congressional District. In the last election
the following gave majorities for Gen.
V,'right: Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Colquit,
Early, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchel, Quitman,
Randolph, Terrell, Worth—total tote. 9530.
The following gave majorities for Whiteley:
Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Thomas
—total vote, 9430 The following gave ma
jorities fbr Whiteley: Calhoun. 179: Clay,
46; Decatnr, 570; Dougherty, 503; Thomas,
760. White med of Decatur, will you allow
your country to gi»e 570 majority for White?
ley and social Equality iu November. God
forbid ! —Bainbridge Dement.
“While a healthy ox may be a very fair,
steady-gaited digester, there is no compar
ison between tbe slow assimilating process
of his burley bread-basket and the 'quick
electrick slomacic machinery of the speedy
and voracious grasshopper. A sound, valid
member of tbis nomadic family of glut tons
ean eat, digest and extrude three tidies bis
bulk in peaches, without sugar or cream ;
six times his stature in raw turnips; four
pounds of green tobacco and a peck of onions
every twenty four hours. And radishes,
which are quite trying, on the ordinary hu
man stomach, the grasshopper digests as a
calf does milk.”
will be found on the aide of the minsters of
the law in every controvesjr, whether these
ministers wear stripes or plain breeches. We
don't believe that the Attorney^Ueneral, si.
though he has taken up the Field Marshall
baton, can inspire tbe officers and troop*
with any ot his einster ideas of reinstating
an African regency in Georgia by Federal
bayonets. The time for that has gone by.
Hence, we repeat that wherever the United
States troops will be sent in Georgia, the
people will treat them very kindly and they
will never be in the way of any purpose of
the whites to maintain order and godd gov
ernment Jn Georgia, and prevent, if possible,
the election of riff raff and rapscallions to
squander the public money and throw affaita
again into bankruptcy and confusion
It is Luo that, measured by sound polit
ical theories, this thing of sending Federal
troeps into a State in time of peace, without
Us consent or request, to supercede and pour
contempt on State jurisdiction. Is. a great,
“outrage," as tbe papeis call it i but who'
pretends to te9t the administration of this
government by law or principle ? It is fool
ing away time t) do so. The government is
admitted to be outside the palings of tbe
Constitution, and rooting around, like a.
stray hog, ail over the entire domain of po
litical-powers. Tbe talk about rights and
limitations s therefore waste breath.
But treating the matter practically—in the
light of its immediate results only, we say
detachments of iroops *11 over the South will
form nuclei around, which the whites can
and will rally to pat down negro rampages
and maintain the peace of the country/ with
little trouble to themselves and without fear
of the tfutrngeons misrepresent at Ion and lying
which «1 ways follow the attempt* of (he-
Southern whites to curb disorder and sup
press insurrection under Sta‘e authority or
on the mere promptings of self defence.
Is eminently a Family Medicine; and l»v being kept
ra»dlrfliVifunediate resort wQJ save many an hoar of
wift'eriug and many a dollar in time and doctors’ bill*.
AU** r Forty Year*’ trial it is still receiving the
uins! on.-ij iii??.-•? M-iJiuf/ulit- t« its virtues front per-
ot t;.< fUarao r Hint K^tonsibllitr. Kirt-
:rif(it j.ii. tits..,miuctld most
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion,
Armed with this ANTIDOTE, allriinuUc* and changes
or water and food may be freed without fear. Aj» a
Remedy iu MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL OOM-
NTS' —
plai:
TS, RESTLESSNESS, JAUNDICE. NAUSEA,
IT HAS NO EQUAL !
It fa the Cheapest,Purest and Best Family. Medicine
in the World!
MAXCFACTCBED ONLY BY
J. H- ZEXLXN & CO,.
MACON, GA, and PHILADELPHIA.
Price. Si.00. Sold bv ail Druggists. [deel Let
M AS mi
MAN
D
Medical Notice.
St. P. L. BfLSMAN wilL
Medicine at hiaold otfict
THE BEST-INVESTMENT
Young Men
'yp r HO WISH TO OBTAIN A THOROUGH PBAO
tlcal Business Education, and prepare thcin-
*- life, and*
selves for ihe duties of Actual Business Life, under the
instruction and advice of Experienced Accountants,
should attend
Try the Dollar J at-Welch’s Corpcr..
H. T. MASH. fLnte of Cook's Warehouse j
J. D. CHKVRS.
MASH & CHEVES,
■Herclifs,
COTTON FACTORS,
AND
PRODUCE SALESMEN.
Johnston’s Warehouse, opposite Mayer’s Corner,
Washington Street, : : : Albany, Ga.
-WE ABE PREPARED FOR THE-
Sale : Shipment and Storage of Cotton* Wool,
And all other Produce- Also a large lot of
IB _A_ <3-Gr13SI C3- -A-HSTID TZIE5S.
’ Constantly on bxad, which we will sell at Ihe lowest market price.
THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
A RE NOTIFIED THAT ALBANY COUNCIL THROUGH THE DELEGATES
from Subordinate Granges, at the Meeting on the 21st of August, accepted the propo-
posilion submitted by ns as their COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
to Store and Sell Grangers’ Cotton and make their Purchases at Special Rates.
Everyone should come forward and get tbebeneSt. Purchases a Specialty.
Wagon Yard and House Fese.
JCg- LIBERAL ADVANCES ON ALL CONSIGNMENTS IN STORE.
September 3. ’74-ct. - MASH & CHEVES.
■■r Cook & Bacon,
WAREHOUSE
-AJfD-
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ALBANY, Gr-A-.,
■ KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Flour, Bacon, Tobacco, Salt,
Etc-. Etc-. Etc-
-ALSO, A VERY LARGE SUPPLY OF-
BA&GI35G A3HB TIES
-SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Storage and Sale of Cotton and Wool!
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON.
Consignments Solieite
BTWagon yard
(tie Warehouse.
friends; also a
louse (“Cook’s HoteP) free to ev-
A Standard Institution
AND LEADING
Business School in the South,
CONDUCTED ON
ACTUAL BUSINESS PRINCIPLES!
Supplied with hanking and
•very known facility for Ini
col and systematica! knewti
counts, iu the 'shortest possil
expends. Students received
cation^. Students admitted
containing terms, ete^jOkUe^ ^ .
anrSO. J* r
l for. .Telegraphy. No va-
at anytime. Catalogues
dot application.. Addresu
"OORE.A. 1L,
President.'
(
^ 'pR. TUTTs >
SARSAPARILLA
v iofen s delio5‘ y
SCROFULA, ERUPTIVE DISEASES OF TnE
SKIN, ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE, ERYSI
PELAS. BLOTCHES, TUMORS, .
COILS, TETTER, AND SALT
RHEUM. SCALD HEAD.
RINGWORM, RHEU
MATISM, PAIN
AND EN
LARGEMENT OF
THB CONES.FEM ALE
WEAKNESS, STERILITY,
LEUCORRHffiA OP. WHITES,
WOMB DISEASES; DROPSY,
WHITE SWELLINGS, SYPHILIS, KID
NEY AND LIVER COMPLAINT. MERCU
RIAL TAINT, AND PILES, nil pro
ceed from impure blood.
Dr. Tutt’s. Sarsaparilla
la the mo»t powerful Blood Purifier known to medical
science. It enter* into the circulation and eradicates
every morbific agent; renovate* the system; produ
ce* a beautiful complexion and causes the body to gain
flesh and increase in weight..
Keep the Blood Healthy
m
FOB 20 VKABS TIIE
Standard of Excellence
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
OVER 900.000 SOLl>
100,000 MORE THAN ANY OF ANY OTHER KIND.
New Wheeler & Wilson
Received in 1873: .
The Highest Award* at the Virxxa Exposition.
Ttg^oi.i> jfitPAt. of The Mart laud Institute
The Four Highest Premiums, (Including two med
als,) at Georgia State Fair
Best of All :
The Wheeler A Wilson has the approval of million*
of Ladies who hare used this well tried machine.—
Ptr~ “ * 11 - "*
rsteians certify that it ia THB ONLY LOCK.STIfU
TOG MACHINE FIT FOB FAMILY OSE. It*
og. J
CAUSE, THE MOST DURABLE.
Our new and popular No. 6 Machine adapted for
Leather work and gcueral Manufacturing purpose* is
now used by the leading tailoring establishments and
shoe lactones. 1
Send for our circulars. Machine* sold on very euT
terms,or monthly paymenis-taken. Old maebinesput
in order or received in exchange.
WIIEELER A WILSON MF*G CO.’S OFFICES:
W. B. CLEVES,
General Agent,Savannah.'Ga.
aprii23- •’
COTTON STATES
XjHIFIE}
Insurance Company
—HOME OFFICE—
inlinne the practice oi
iu W
a n I,*74-11
WM
Dr. Henj. M. Cromwell
OKic. t.v.M- Wnlrli's Drug Mnrr,
DR. P. W. ALEXANDER,
DENTIST.
Residence—Albany. Georgia.
A nd wm j
Lee. Baker, (.
count ice.
InSurJSfi
a* - i 'dft*
street.
tiiveami practical Dentistry satl*-
K-*L»df
Itiiildiff
■ • < ioM Fitiinj
W;.rtrPi
PROFESSIONAL,
«. J. WRIGHT
WRIGHT & POPE,
ATTORNEYS AT DAW.
ALBANY, GA
O FFICE OVEli SA51 MAYER’S
Establishment.
LAW COPARTNERSHIP.
DRV UOODd
[ tunrf*-1 v
WARREN 8t
ATTORNEYS
ALBANY
LAW,
YU ILL practice regularly In the State Cc...
V r lx?e, Dougherty, Worth, Miich«*U, Baker. 1
tur and Calhoun countir
Circuit Court, Savannah
special agreement. * ‘ '
and in the United
Elsewhere in.(he Stat»*
L. P. I>. WA1CUKN,
itrcir. hobbs.
Ian nary s, 1874. ly.
Albany, Ga., January S, 1874, ly. .
LAW NOTICE.
W E will practice law in the counties of I-JUL-.
DOUGHERTY, WORTH, BAKER. At ITCH ELL" --
and CALHOUN, and elsewhere by special cuiAraei.
WM. E. SMITH?*
WM. T. JONES.
November 8,1878-1 v
THOS- R. LYON,
ATTORNEY AT L
ALBANY, GA.
A W
Will practice m all the Com ; •, n»
diligently to all business eunu^n
caro.
—— - ■■
utleml
Ills
MACON, GEORGIA.
Chartered by (he State of Georgia.
CAPITAL. : : $500,000.
Owned at home, and th<
of’our best Financiers.
managed by some
The’ only Cuupuny*
business in the Sountli which has ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS deposited with the authori
ties of the State of Georgia for the protection of Policy
Holders. Policies upon ail the various plans of Insur
ance issued, a loan or33 per rent, of the Premium
given when desired. Alf polities non-forft irabSe.
restrictions as to residence or travel.
Strictly A Home Company.
With its Capital aiul Iiivr'.tments at home. Ii ap
peal* to those who desire to avail themselves of the
benefits of Life Insurance to give it their patronage.
The time has arrived when every thoughtful man
is disposed to make this wise provision fur those de
pendent upon his life.
* 1— -« |ta&tn
_ M v .
ed that can compare with this valuable vegetable ex-
omparc
tract. Price $1.00 a bottle. Sold by all
Office 4S Cortlandt Street, New York.
DK. TOTTS HAfK DTE
Is superceding all other Hair Dyes, it is ex
tensively used in all parts of the country with
tbo most satisfactory results. Jt imitates en
title so closely that it cannot be detected.
The Only Known Medicine
THAT AT TUR SAMR TIME
Purges, Purifies, and Strengthens
the System.
DR. TUTTS PILLS are composed of many ingre
dient*. Trominent among them are Sarsaparilla and
Wild Cherry,so united as to act together; the one,
through it* admixture with other substances, purify
ing and purging, while the other is strengthening tne
system. Thus these Pills are at the same time a tonic
and a cathartic, a desideratum loDg sought for by
medical men but never before considered. In other
word*, they do the work of two medicines and do it
much better than anv two we know of, for they re
move nothing/rum the system but impurities, so that
while they purge they abo strengthen and hence they
cause no debility and are followed by no reaction,
D R. TUTTS PILLS have a wonderful Influence on
tbe blood. They not only purify without weakening
it, but they remove all noxious particles from the
ehyle Iwfore it is converted into fluid, and thus make
impure blood 09 utter impossibility. As there is no
debilitation, so there is no nausea or sickness attend
ing the operation of this most excellent _ medicine,
which never .-trains or torture* the digestive organs
bateau**’* them to work in a perfectly natural man
ner ; hence ttersons taking them do not become pale
ami rniecijUed, but on the contrarv. while all impuri
ties are being removed, tbe combined action of the
gah*a;<miia and Wild Cherry purifies and invigorates
the »kn1v, and a robnst state or health is the reaalt of
their united action. Price 25 rents a* box. Sold by
ail druggist. Depot 4S CortlaudSt., New York.
nov-27—ly
Iron in the Blood
THE PE EUYI AN
SYRUP Vitalizes
and Enriches th*
Blood. Tones up tbe
i flystemJBuikls up tbe
1 Broken-down, Curc-s
■ Fenaie Complaints.
I Dropsy; Debility, H u-
I mors. Dytpepaia. Ac*
" Thousand* hare
been changed by tbe
u>e of this remedy
from weak, sickly,
suffering creatures, to
•trong. healthy, and happy men and-women; aud
invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to give it a trial.
Caution.—Be sure you get the right article. Sew
that “ Peruvian Svrup* 1 is blown In the gbaa.
Paaphleta free. Send for one. SETH W. POWLE
A SONS, Proprietor*, Boston, Maas,
druggist* generally.
September 12th, 1873—
For i
GEORGIA—Dougherty County*
•M
leave teaalit
i reale
, . Executrix of
apptie* to me for
I deceased:
therefore to cite all parties interested, to be »»d a
_ wmwic UM3KU1 pruma
tO Rll OUr m, «ao» wPktB the lime
if any they Can,
Wtuwm, my flggt*! signature this August 20,1
UfM-toh. A. 6IKHHE, 0»d’,?
This Company proposes to gi
which are offered by foreign institutions of like clTar
give all the
— . - Jffffi
in our own midst, which are annually
PEOPLE OF THE COTTON STATES,
HOME ENTERPRISE?
wanted In every town and county in the
■nt abroad.
FOSTER
Agent* v
>uth Address, or call oil
Soui
Office: Atlanta, Ga.
WM. J. MAGILL,
Superintendent Agendas.
- OFFICERS:
WM. B. JOHKFON
WM. S. HOLT
GEO. II OBEAK....
JOHN w.
J. MERCER GREEN......
RAINE & CLARK,
GENERAL
fire and Life Insurance Agents.
M PROPERTY
ialty.
J. M. COOPER.
Furniture' Dealer, Auction
comassioH mkhchaht,
ALBANY,
Furniture Kepatrrd,
A LL trade and repairing at panic prices, and toi
ca*h. [fe*26-ly.
%
President
..Vice-President
' .Secretary (
'’“neral Agent
.Medical Examiner
rOLrCIES PAID IN ALBANY:
A. S. OUTZ...
J, J. MAYO..
..4.7OO0
...95000
A. R. BROWN..... * 95000
A. M. J ONES ...95000
RAINE A CLARK, Agents, Albany,Ga
Dr. L. L. STROZER Medical Examiner, Albany,G-a
nov7-ct
THROSATEESKA
BARBER SALOON,
-BY
WILSON & HOWARD.
Washington Street, next to lo J. G. Stephens-
ALBANY* GA.
H AIR CUTTING and SHAVING in tbe most ap
]
- proved style, and without pain or pester.
siaiMOnrs’
Hepatic Compound or Liver Cure,
Manufnblnrer* and Proprietors, E. L. KINGA-
SONS, Columbia, S. C.
Origin of “Simmons’ Hepatic Com*
pondn.” Written by Dr. C. A. Simmons.
rpHE originator of this celebrated Compound is a
1- son ef Dc. a. Q. Simmons and was f.»r man;
years engaged in the manufacture and sale of hi* fa
ther’s old specialty, (Simmons’ Liver Medicine or
Regulator,1 and while in the busineat found so man}
failures to give relief, or at h*a*t anything Jikv perma
nent relief in casts of Indigestion, and it* frequent
evil effects produced by severe purgation, that he saw
the necessity for a more reliable remedy, and scl
about me ta^k. Having made a specialty from bb
very boyhood of the study of the Liver and it* func
tions, the effects produced upon the sv»tem by tb»
proper performance of iu atoned duties, tbe disar
rangement ot the whole organism bya failure on iu
jart to do its whole duty, a rid understanding the ac
tion of medicine*, he satisfied of Ills ability to
succeed; but must here acknowledge that it proved a
greater ta**k to satisfy hiniM-If in making a medicine
to do all jhnt he wished it to do than he at first au-
licipated.
Rut iu offering to the ?filleted, he feel* a secret
pleasure in Mivving t>* <t it trill afford a greater relief
in disease* of ihe Liver than any preparation with
win-b he i- a-SjuainU-d. <Mtb«-r as a*|>ecta!iy or ac
knowledged by the medical fraternity. He ha- had it
•.••>t<\i **y j nmi-lwr of phy-h ian* in the Treatment of
.]ica.-ts which originated in a di- state/ffrhe
I.ir< r, every oue ot whom give it the highest praise. I;
will lire a more universal satisfaction in disease* of
tbe Stomach, Bo web. Kidneys and ‘Skin, than any one
piepoxatioa known in the land
It ia not neceatary to moke aaaertion* to strangers
who know nothing of tbe veracity of the person mak
ing tbe assertions, for it Is taken for granted in these
•vU days that the vendor of any art sue will not hesi
tate to amt wnjtkmj that will sell hi* wan* and
Wring himfocteme, whether it be tru*h or fchibud,
Tbe originator has never asked more than a trial ot
one or even half a bottle. For iftheM* atone bottle
winnoi thoroughly convince a person an its ability to
relieve, i
trial, i
i in hie i
further trial ia i
> farther. It wilt
i safer as to i
pending
action, thereto
; an a diseased
therefore!* will
fcioleof
stimmtstaa
relieve all d
stis
»ng2t-ly.
w. a. an
TKYXT.
r,-0».
JOHNSON HOUSE
SMITHVII.LE, GA.
JOE BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR.
F JUTE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS^
of the beet the country affonl, and ready hi
arival of all train,
SK?
tb I
JAY A
FAC'
YELLOW PINE Li
-MANUFACTURERS OF-
AM» DEALER* rN DOORS, SASH. BUHoH,
BRrCK AND LATHES.
Prompt Aitrntion given to all orders. Csoa fomisfl
A'tV/t Ifr • ’ Lvtnl*r when desired. “ “ ' ' ' ™
DAWSON, UA. I
pUEE JUICE FSflX GRATES cnKtJTK AT
Tirmr Woods \inKtAaop ean Ae found rorr
iu Albany* Messre. J. B. SeuKknftr'a, WaJ
VentnietCa, Kemp A Mock’., and Joaejdt Demos J
also at n.y Cellar.
JOBS STAB*,
juneW-tf XNoMMrllle, (41
READ
ifsjin
mu
THE FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINE <f
/ meet the stringency of * he tiMfl -hare j
(I ut-rd tluyprice of the machine
Thirty-Five Per Cenf
-v.. , .* \
THB FLORENCE
Is the only s
rcetioa.«
ESCT. I
now defies e**s
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