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MILLEDG-EVILLK:
Tuesday. September 27 1870.
OtK MOIIINEE FOR CONGRESS,
j. ‘ T »UKTn DISTRICT.
Wioburn J. Lawton,
OF BIBB.
liUr liiiiii.dinr hr l H- r\s—LuWIjii.
Tli*- DrnmcrHlic C«nt-| valive (J<iU\v{i
iiuD, ai F<>rt,y lii, <*n the 1->1 iowt , bavittg
uouHnaii-u Col. W inbukn J Lawton. •>;
tbe county <>f Biob, as mu caudiuati- 1m
the 4Ifl and 42<1 sessions ot Cougrtss. Jm ; mi the 14tb first,
this DiStric:. ami (bin gen ti tin an having
accepted the nomination, we least hi*
name at the bead ol mn editorial columns
Aud we put it there, “not lor the present,”
but to remain there uulil liie last vole is
polled at tiie coming election ; in the meau
time doiug ait we can to secuie bis tri
umphant election.
Although, Col. Lawton may not be
personally kunwu to many in the extreme
Eastern and Northern and North-Western
portions of the District, yet be is not tin-
«f the time between this and the election, I
I, therefore, b* g that my friends will no
longer consider or use my name, in cod'*
neetion with this subject.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
PETERSON THWEATT.
Milledgeville, Sep. 26, 1870.
CAPT, wTw. PAINE.
We are glad to perceive that the Dem
ocratic and Conservative Congressional
Convention, for the first District has
nominated Capt W. W. Paine, as a can
didate to fill the unexpired term of the
list Congress. Capt. Paine, if not a na
tive of this place, resided here fro'm early
boyhood, and was highly esteemed by all.
Not long after becoming of age, he re
moved to Telfair county, which couuty he
repiesented in the legislature with ability
and fidelity, for several years. If elected
he will make a very valuable member of
Congress, lor he is not only able, but be
longs to that class of legislators who are
always looking out for some way in which
they can benefit iheir constituents.
Complimentary—We see from the
Baltimore Gazette, that our talented fel
low citizen. Mr. Fleming G. Grieve, was
elected first Vice President of the Pharma
ceulical Association, for the ensuing year.
Hard to Uhuk.—A special telegram
from Atlanta, in our addition of yesterday
reads thus:
“Urge Democrats and Conservatives
to return to their posts. - ..<1 call meetings
at once to petition tor a fair and free elec
tion in Novtmber.”
Any legislative Democrat who is absent
from his post, at this juncture, without the
best of reasons, must be a bard subject for
•pmsiiasion.” The people in his neigh
borhood ought to shame the delinquent
fjack to Atlanta, or, if needs be, conduct
the gentleman thither with a posse comita-
known in the Councils <>f the State—has a j /us— Constitutionalist.
large acquaintance in other parts of the j It is our opinion, that all who are true
State — and is universally esteemed as a i Democrats aud Conservative 6, and wish to
gentleman of high character and intelli j serve their coustitueuts, will need no “pur-
geiice, and well worthy to represent the i suasion” to return to their post of duty,
people in Congress or any other position | If they have to be "shamed” back to their
they might see fit to call him to. i seats in the Legislature, it is to be feared
Originally educated for the bar, he was but very little good will be done by them
a succef-slul practioueor of law for twelve after they get thevo.
years in the Middle and Eastern Circuits Such men should be remembered in the
of Georgia—from 1839 to 1861. In 1S42- j next election.
3, he represented Scriven county in the
li>-pres*Miiative branch of the Legislature.
Er»>ni 1845 7, he was in the Senate from
the 8<h District. Again in 1849 he was
a Representative of Scriven comity, and
iu i860 was elected a member of the Con
stitutional Convention from that county.
In 1855 he repiesented Dougherty county
in the State Senate, lu all of which po
sitions he was au able and faithful Repre
sentative. Since the close of the war, he
settled iu Macon, and lias been largely
engaged, iu connection with a relative, iu
the Cotton, Provision, Warehouse aud
Cotmnision Business. He consequently
ought to he well acquainted with the wants
ol not only the merchant, hat of the agri
cultural aud other classes of our people,
and with his intelligence ought to make
one of the best members of Congress from
tins State.
lu the nominating Convention, Baldwin
presented the name of her taieuted Bris
coe. Without at all disparaging the oth
er gentleman voted for iu the nomination,
we have uo hesitancy in sayiug, that, as
a man of ability, and as au orator, he was
not the iuterior aud perhaps the superior
of the best. A nobler and truer Demo
crat, lives not in all Georgia. The per
sonification «»t a gentleman, and a good
and kind man, all who know him, white
or black, aUtoire ami love him ; and bad
lie been nominated, we could have given
him a rousing vote iu old Baldwin, and
w bile c-tuvasring in other portions of the
District, and becoming known, we doubt
not but that he wouiil have aided much
iiis political friends every where.
But, the present is no time *o be “griev-
over spilt milk"—no time to bp whining
ovei the defeat of our highly pnzeh per
sonal friend—no time to be quanelling
with oilier counties for not choosing him.
Our trieuds, two thirds of the Repre
sentatives of the Dem u-r;-cy in the Dis
trict, after meeting at F -rsyth, and liter-
ebanging view's, deemed it best that Col.
Lawton shall be our candidate—and we
know we are but carrying out the wishes
of our noble Briscoe, when we urge every
Democrat aud Conservative in the Dis
trict, to go to work,and earnestly work.ami
leave no stone unturned to elect our can
didate, who is every way worthy. This
being done, we think success is sure.
GOL PKTERSOS THWEATT.
By the following note from this gentle
man, it will bo seen that he declines to
permit his name to he used, in any way,
as a candidate for the Representative
branch of the legislature for this county
After what we have already said, as to
Col. T’s. qualifications aud acceptability,
it would be needless for us to express our
regret at his decision. But lie says he
has fully considered the matter, and means
what he says—aud thus expresses himself ;
Editors Southern Recorder:— Having
been solicited by many friends to become
a candidate for the Representative branch
of tire legislature, for this county, and a
writer in the Federal Union, aud an edi
torial in the Southern Recorder, having
spoken of my qualifications and accepts
bility to all in the most kind, complimen
tary and flattering manner, I take this oc
casion to tender my sincere thanks to you
and other friends, for their kindness, and
high appreciation of me, and at the same
time say (as I have heretofore said to all
others who have spoken to me upon the
subject) that I have no desire to be, and
will not be a candidate.
I have no desire, whatever, to he a
member of -the legislature, at this time,
even, though, I could be elected withru*
opposition. There are- no doubt others,
equally acceptable, who would like to rep
resent the county iu the- legislature, and
who, if “designated,” or nominated, would
enter the canvass energetically, or min
gie with the voters freely. My’ business
engagements will keep me from borne most
1_From the Atlanta Constitution-T
Democratic Absentees.
The following Democratic members of
the House are absent from their places :
Bennett, Duncan, Felder, McDougald,
Nisbet, of Dade, Price, Phillips, Seale,
Sorrells, Smith of Telfair, Tumliu, Tate,
Vinson, Welchel.
Two, we are iuformed are paired of—
Nisbet and McDougald.
Unless sickness is the cause of absence,
these gentlemen should be at their posts.
The public inteiests demand it impera
tively.
Democrats to your posis.
As a matter of interest, we state that
taxes on gross receipts and sales, except
those on tobacco, spirits, and wines, will
expire on October 1st, and the income
tax on iucomes over $2,000 will be 2b
per cent. After that date, the use of
stamps on promissory notes for less than
$100, aud also receipts, checks, and drafts
will expire. On deeds, leases aud coni
tracts, the tax remains.
AURORA^BOREALIS.
On last Saturday night, an unusually
brilliant display of this phenomenon was
visible in the Northern horrizon, exhibit
ing itself in the most beautiful colors.
Attorney General Akerman, after doing
all the harm he cauld to the State, has
left for Washington, where, it is hoped,
iie will remain (he balance of his days.
Br^Wbat is cheaper than the Record
er t Just think for a moment, $2 will get
the paper twelve months, fifty*two copies
for only two dollars, it is worth more than
that to cut up into patterns. We hope
there is not a man.er woman, in the State
who think they are too poor to take the
Recorder. If you are nut willing to pay
tbe $2, send us $1 ami we will send you
the paper six mouths
Thanks.—We return our thanks to Mr.
E. H. Gray, Sec’y. of the Cotton States
Mechanics’ and Agricultural Fair associa
tion, of Augusta, Ga., for a complimentary
ticket to the Fair commencing on the 25th
proximo. All the railroads in the State
will pass visitors to the Fair for one price.
Also, to T. L. Massenburg, Sec’y, of the
Central Georgia Agricultural and Manu
facturing Company, for a complimentary
ticket to their Fair commencing on the
3rd prox.
District Convention.
Forsyth, Sept. 21, 1870.
According to previous appointment,
a Convention of the Democratic party
of the 4th Congressional District met
this day in Forsyth for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the unexpir
< j d t< rra of the 41st, and the full term
of the 42d, Congress.
On motion of G. W. Adams, Maj. B.
F. Ward, ol Butts, was called to the
Chair, and T, B. Cabaniss, of Monroe
and J. J. Hunt, of Spalding, were ap
pointed Secretaries.
Upon a call of the counties compos
ing the District, the following delegates
appeared and enrolled their names :
Baldwin—T. F. Newell, F. C. Fur
man, Sam’l A. McComb.
Bibb—J. B. Cumming, T. J. Sum
mers, Jackson DeLoache, James Tin-
-.'ey, C. A. Nutting, R. W. Stubbs.
Butts—Henry Fletcher, B. F.
Ward.
Henry—Elijah Foster, David Knott.
Jasper—L. A. Lane, T. R. Wil
liams, M. W. Pope, J. C. Key, Ja3.
Henderson.
Jones—Sam. Barron, F. S. Johnson,
Jr.
Monroe—G. W. Adams, B. H. Rei
ner, J. F. Childs, T. B. Cabaniss,
JSewton—Ed. L. Thomas, J. F. j
Mixon, Mv D. Cody, L. F. Livings
ton.
Pike—R. V. Ried, C. F. Redding
arid J. A. Hunt.
Putnam (By Proxies) T. F. Newell,
Sam’l A. McComb, F. C. Furman.
Spalding—J. T. Banks,-J. D. Stew
art, J. J. Hunt, D. H. Johnson.
Twiggs—J. A. Barclay.
Upson—E. A Flewelien, J. I. Hall.
Wilkinson—Allen L. Barge.
On motion of T. F. Newell, Esq., it
was
Resolved, that a majority of two-
thirds of the votes cast shall be neces
sary to constitute a nomination.
The names of Col. W. J. Lawton of
Bibb, J. S. Boynton, Esq., of Spalding
and L. H. Briscoe, of Baldwin, wete
put in nomination, and tbe Convention
then proceeded to ballot for a candi-
date for the
42d
Congress.
1st.
2d. 3d.
4th.
5th.
Lawton
14
IS IS
IS
24
Boynton
11
10 10
10
12
Briscoe
9
8 8
S
0
Upon the
fifth
ballot, Col. W
J.
Lawton, ha>
'ing
received a
majority of
two thirds of the
voles cas
t, was
de
dared duly
non
‘mated as
the De
mo-
cralic candidate in the 4lh Congres
sional District for the 42d Congress.
On motion of M. D. Cody, Esq., the
nomination was made unanimous, and
Col. Lawton was also unanimously
nominated as a candidate for the un
expired term of tlie 41st Congress.
On motion of Capt. L. A. Lane, a
committee consisting of Capt. L. A.
Lanp, Col. J. D. Stewart and Maj. T.
F. Newell was appointed to inform
Col. Lawton of his nomination, and
request his acceptance of the same.
On motion, the proceedings were or
dered to be published in all the Demo
cratic papers of the District.
The Convention then adjourned sine
die.
B.F. WARD, Chairman.
T. B.Cabaxiss,
J. J. Huxr,
I
Secretaries.
Kukiux Again.
The farmers of Montgomery county,
Pa., invited Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens to deliver an address at
their county fair, whereupon the Phil
adelphia Bulletin (Radical) calls for a
mob to drive him from the stand, as
follows : .
“If Mr. Stephens accepts the invita
tion, and undertakes to speak at Nor
ristown, we hope loyal people will ei
ther have nothing to do with the enter
prise, or will attend and hoot the
speaker from the stand.”
THE ELECTION BILL.
As Agreed upon by the State Central Com
mittee and Endorsed by Attorney Gener
al Akerman.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to pro
vide lor an election, and to alter
and amend the laws in relation to
the holding of elections.
Section l. The General Assembly
of Georgia hereby enacts, That an
election shall be held, beginning on
the 20ih day of December, lS70,and
ending on the 22d of December, 18 0,
lor members of Congress to serve dur
ing the unexpired lime ofihe 41st Con
gress of the United Stales, and for
members of the 42d Congress; for
Senators in the State Senate for each
district numbered in the Constitution
with an odd number; for members of
the House of Representatives of the
General Assembly; for Sheriffs,Clerks
of the Superior Court, Tax Collectors,
Tax Receivers, County Treasurers,
Coroner’s anti County Surveyors, of
the several counties of iftis State.
Sec. 2. Thai the said election shall
commence on the said 20th day of De
cember, and continue between th>-
hours now fixed by law for three sepa
rate days.
Sec. 3. That said election shall be
managed and superintended at the
Court house.at the county seat, and at
any election precinct that may exist or
to be established in any incorporate
and organ:zed city or town by manag
ers chosen as follows:
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the
Governor of the Slate, bv and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, as
soon alter the passage of ibis aci as
possible, to appoint live fit and prope r
persons of intelligence and moral worth
for each election precinct established
at the county courL house, or in any
city or incorporate town in this Slate ;
and said five persons, or any three or
more of them, may and shall hold the
election at said court house and pre
cinct in said city or town
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the
Governor to cause the iaid appointees
to be duly notified of their several ap
pointments as aforesaid ; and it shall
be the duly of said appointees to ap
pear at the said court house and at
said precincts in said city or town, ort
the day fixed by this act, for the said
election, within the hours prescribed
by law, and hold said election.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the
Governor to furnish each of the Judges
of the Superior Court with a list of said
appointees in the several counties of
.their respective circuits, and at the
next term of said court in each county,
after the said election, it shall be the
duty of the Judge to inform himself iF
said appointees have appeared as re
quired by the act, and held the said
election, and if any such appomtees
have failed to appear, and the absence
of his signature to the returns required
by law to be made to the clerk of said
court, shall be prima facie evidence of
such failure, it shall be the duty ofihe
Said Judge forthwith to fine such ap
pointee one hundred dollars ; provid
ed, that said fine rnay be remitted on
said appointees satisfying said Judge
that his failure so to attend was
caused by severe sickness or oth
er unavoidable causes, or that he was
legally disqualified from serving.
And provided further, That said
appointees shall each of them be citi
zens of the county for which they are
appointed and voters of the same.
tScc. 7. In addition to the duties now [
prescribed by law for the managers of
elections, it shall be the duty of said i
managers to preserve order at and near '
ilie polls, but they sii,*ll have no pow- j
er to refuse ballots oi any male person
of apparent full age, a resident of tbe * 1
county, who has not previously voted
at the said election.
Sec. S. They shall not permit any
person to challenge any vote, or hin
der, or delay, or interfere with any
other person in the fiee and speedy
casting ol his ballot.
Sec. 9. It shall be the duly of said
managers to prevent, rioting, disturb
ances, and rioting at or near the polls,
and to secure the end, it shall be their
duty not to present more than one per
son anil he, only while voting, ap
proaching or remaining within fifteen
feet of the place of receiving ballots,
and said managers may, if they see fit,
tequire the persons desiring to vole, to
form themselves into a line, and when
a line is thus formed, said managers
shall prevent any person, not in the
line f rorn approaching the polling place
nearer than fifty feet, but in no case
shall more than one voter at anv time
be permitted to approach the polls
nearer than fifteen feel.
Sec. 10. It shali be the duly of the
Sheriff', Deputy Sheriff, Town Mar
shal, Bailiffs arid Police officers, the
whole to be under the orders of the
Sheriff or his Deputy, to attend at one
or the other of said places of voting
during the election, and obey all law-
i ful orders of said managers, or either
of them, and to act as conservators of
the peace, and lor the protection of
the voters against violence, intimida
tion and ail unlawful attempts to in
fluence voters or to interfere with the
perfect freedom of each voter lo cast
his ballot according to his own wishes.
Sec. 11. The said managers, or anv
two of them, shall have power, by
patrol, to order the arrest arid confine
ment during the day, of any person
disturbing the peace at or near the
polls, or disobeying any reasonable or
der for the enforcement of these pro
visions for the preservation of order
and the protection of voters ; and the
Sheriff and his Deputy shall also have
power, without warrant, to arrest, or
order the arrest of any person for the
causes aforesaid.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duly of said
managers to receive each ballot and
deposit the same in a ballot-box, and
it shall not be lawful for either of them
or for any clerk, to open any closed
ballot until the polls are closed and
the counting of the votes is commenc
ed.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of said
tnanageis to prevent any person, ex
cept themselves and the three clerks,
by them to be appointed and sworn, to
remain in the room when the ballots
are received, so near the ballot-box or
polling place as to examine the tickets,
or to handle any ticket, and they shall
have the same power to enforce this as
other duties herein cast upon them.
Sec. 14. The said managers may
select three competent persons to act
as clerks in keeping the list of voters
and tally sheets, but said clerks shall
not be permilted to handle any ballot
or examine the same.
Sec. 15. One of said managers shall
receive the ballot from the voters, and
hand them to a second, who shall de
posit the same in a box,and at no time
shali any vole be received,unless there
be at least three of said managers pres
ent.
Sec. 16. Said managers, clerks and
officers, except police officers actually
on duty, shall receive Iroin the County
Treasurer three dollars for each day’s
duty at said election.
Sec. 17. It shall be in the power of
said managers, or any three of them,
to fine any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff
Marshall or Police officer, not more
than one hundred dollars, as for con
tempt, If he fails to obey any lawful
orders of said managers, or either of
them, for the enforcement of the law's,
for keeping the peace, or preserving
order, and for the protection of the
freedom of elections on the day of elec
tion.
Sec. 18. Said managers shall each
of them take the following oath :
I do swear that I will faithfully, ful
ly and impartially hold the present
election ; I will prevent no person from
voting who is of apparent age, a resi
dent of the county, and who has not
previously voted at this election ; 1
will not open airy closed ticket until
the polls have been closed, nor will I
divulge for whom any person has vot
ed, uidess called upon to do so by some
legal tribunal.
I will permit no one lo challenge,
delay or hinder any voter from the free
and speedy casting of his ballot.
I will, in good faith, to the best of
my ability, endeavor to carry into ef
fect the provisions of this act, and tbe
other laws for holding elections.
I will make a fair, correct, honest
and impartial return of the result of
the election. So help me God.
(Any manager may administer to
another.)
Sec. 19. Nothing in this art prohib
iting challenges at the polls shall be
construed to authorize any one to vote
who is not, by the Constitution, a qual
ified voter in the county of the elec
tion ; but all persons not duly quali
fied to vote are, and shall continue to
be, subject to all the pains and penal
ties fixed by law in case they vote il
legally.
Sec. 20. each of the said clerks shall
he sworn fairly, impartially and truth
fully, to keep the list of voters, and
fairly and honestly to keep the tally-
sheets at said election.
Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the
Ordinaries of the several counties of
this State, lo furnish stationary for the
purposes of said election ; also, to have
ready, and (urnish for each of the sets
of managers provided for by this act,
a ballot-box sufficiently large lo hold
the ballots likely to be cast at said poll
ing place—-said ballot-box lo be made
so that it cannot be opened withoutse-1
rious damage lo tbe box, on all sides
except one, and on that side have a
movable lid, with an opening there
sufficiently large to admit the pushing
in of the ballots one by' one—said lid
to be so constructed as that it may
slide into grooves in the box, and have
a lock thereon; and it shall be the du
ty of the managers to open and exam
ine said box at the opening of said
polls, and then to lock the same and at
the close of the Dolls on each day, it
shall be the duly of each manager lo
put upon said lid a strip of paper with
his name thereon, and affix the same
by adhesion to the box, so that the box
cannot be opened without the rupture
of said paper, and this being done, the
box for the night shall be entrusted lo
the keeping of the managers, and an
other of the managers shall take the key;
and it shall be the duty of any such
managers entrusted with sard box or
key to permit no one to tamper in any
way with the same, and it such tam
pering be done, the managers entrusted
with the same shall be prima Jacie guil
ty of having done the same, and on
conviction all be punished as pro
vided in 460o section of the Revised
Code for the punishment ofmisdemean-
ors.
Sec. 22. An election manager or
clerk, or other officers on duty in the
holding of any election, who shall be
guilty of any fraudulent practice in
changing any ballot, or in using any
trick or device by which any false re
turn is made, or any ballot-box tam
pered with ; or who shall, in any way,
be guilty of any false or fraudulent
practice or act by which any vote ac
tually cast is not fairly counted and
returned, shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and on conviction shall be
punished as provided in section 4608
of the Revised Code.
Sec. 23. Repeals conflicting laws.
IIow Lon; can Paris hold Oat ?
The Paris Revue des Deux Mondes
publishes an article on this subject from
a high military authority, from which
the following is extracted :
The possible duration of resistance
increases in proportion to the size of
the place. Sebastapol was defended
for eleven months against an army of
200.000 men and an artilery which at
the end of the operations amounted to
more than 800 pieces. Why that long
defence ? Because the fortress was
not blockaded, because it could con
stantly renew its troops and its muni*
tions-
The French capital would be still
more difficult to block up ; its contin
uous enciente is about thirty-six kilo
metres (five-eights of a mile each) is
circumference, and the line of the forts
more than 100 kilometres. To invest
it would require a vastly superior ar
my than the one the Prussians can
bring before the walls. The great ex
tent of the fortifications moreover pre
sents a considerable advantage.
What inflicts more injury on beseig-
cd places is the convergence of the en.
emy’s fire. The town being ordinar
ily of no great extent the concentric
lines with which the beseiger surrounds
it causes the missies to cross, and,
ably directed on a few selected points,
they could do the greatest mischief;
during that time the forts reply by fires
necessarily divergent, so that, for an
equal expenditure of ammunition, its
guns can only have a very inferior ef
fect.
At Paris the case is very different ;
the considerable extent of .the works
sensibly diminishes the curve ot the
lines and the convergence of the ene
my’s fire ; the attack and defence must
therefore be considered parallel, and
consequently if lh£ artillery of the be-
seiged is better served than that of its
assailants it may have the advantage.
On the other hand, owing to the
long range ofihe cannon, the forts pro
tect each other ; and at least three of
them would have to be taken before
au enemy could arrive at the fortifica
tions. As to these latter ihev aieso
construed that each advanced bastion
is protected by the four others to the
tight and as many to the left.
However, the Prussians have shown
at Strasbourg that they count lesson
the evil ihey can do to the ramparts
and the garrison than on the disasters
they can inflict on the unfortunate pop
ulation. In the capital that odious
calculation would he foiled. The Ger
man batteries, if established outside
the torts, could not reach the city ; if
they were brought to the walls they
could hardly send their projectiles be
yond the old octroi barrier. A large
space, all the old Paris of Louis Phil-
lippe, would, therefore, be a shelter for
the population.
But we have supposed the siege reg
ularly commenced : could that be so
easily accomplished ? M. Rtymond
calculates that at Sebastapol the allies
had the sea and their was ships to
bring their heavy guns. At the attack
on Antwerp the French had before the
citadel ninety pieces, which required
10.000 horses to draw the carriages.—
Thus, then, more than fifty thousand
would be necessary to bring to the cap
ital the artilery which assailed the Rus
sian fortress. Those animals are not
to be thought of, but Prussia, doubt
less, counts on replacing them by road
locomotives.
Best Interests ok Colored Peo
ple”— Views <fa Colored Preacher.—We
find in the Harrisonburg (Catboula
parish, Louisiana,) New Era the fol
lowing letter from T. O. Bannon, min
ister of colored churches on the Little
ami Black rivers, which should be
read by every colored person in the
State :
My attention has been called to the
fact that my name has been placed as
a member of the parish Executive Corn-
mitee of the Republican party ot this
parish at. a meeting of said party held,
etc. I beg leave to stale through the
columns of your paper that this has
been done without my knowledge or
consent, and further, that mv convic
tions lead me to act, politicaify, in con-
sert with my old neighbors and friends
of this viciuity, who have generally ex
tended cheerfuliy to the colored people
of the parish all the political rights and
privleges due them in their changed
relations, and given them lihertv, wa
ges and support for themselves and
families. In my opinion, the best' in
terests of colored people require them
lo stand by and sustain those with
whom they have been raised, and
whom they know to be honest, true
and faithful to their promises w'ith
their race. There exists a mutual de
pendence, which is fast producing a
slate of mutual confidence, kindness
and goorl feeling, u'hich I trust and be
lieve will soon be firmly established.
Experience teaches us to be suspi
cious of the promises made by those
whom tve don’t know’, or when or
where to find.
The French Victory at WissoB*.
London, Sept. 21.—The Prussians
sustained a very serious check yester
day in their third attempt to cut the
line of the Oi leans Railway. After
their repulse at Juvisy and before the
fortifications of Ivrv, they yesterday
undertook to force o passage and se
cure control of the line. They were
met in their advance from Corbeil, up
on the main trunk ol the Orleans line,
at the hamlet of Wissons, a village
commanded by low hills and buried in
woods, by tbe French. The Prussian
column of thirty thousand men was
encountered by a French force of about
equal number, posted in a mostadvan-
j tageous position and with formidable
artillery. The engagem°nt was ex
tremely severe and lasted nearly six
hours.
A fresh column of nearly twenty
thousand Prussians came up after the
battle had gone on three hours and at
tempted by a flank movement to enter
the wood. The slaughter here was
fearful. Masked batteries of French
milralleurs kept up so continuous and
terrible a fire that cavalry and infantry
of the Prussians w r ere decimated and
repulsed along the whole line.
They finally fell back in disorder,
hotly pursued by the French, wffio cut
off their retreat upon Corbeil and the
Esonne, and drove them down to the
main line of the Orleans road more
than three miles through Savigny and
Epernay-our Oise, and back about a
mile and a half upon the village of
Monthiery, where a firce stand was
made in the Burgundian cemetery, but
(he Prussians were driven in disorder
back towards their main body, being
cornpellod to evacuate Corbeil at the
same time and were reconcentrated
upon Melun. This victory clears for
the present the Orleans line, which is
the only communication now open be
tween Paris and the provinces.
THE FORCE BS703.E PARIS.
A special from Berlin telegraphs
that the forces now assembled before
Paris number 400,000 strong men, and
that Prince Frederick Charles has over
1*50,000 men between Metz and
Rhoims.
SICKNESS AMONG 5BS FXLUS
SIAM’S.
Advices from Namur say the preva
lence ol dysentery is spreading through
out the invading armies. It is aggra
vated by the water of the limestone
districts, and the troops unused to cam
paign life are suffering fearfully. This
state of things is further made worse
by the dreadful rain storms and the
premature chills and damp weather.
Admiral Rodgers reports from the
Cape of Good Hope that during bis
visit there the English authorities had
been very courteous, offering every
assistance and facility in their power.
The Admiral was preparing to pay
his respects to the Duke of Edinburg
on board the Galatea, when he, as
Captain of that vessel, came, on board
of the Colorado. On leaving the ship
he was saluted with 2i guns, which
was returned by the Galatea.
A little boy, disputing with his sister
on some subject, we do not now re
member what, exclaimed : “It’s true,
(or ma said so; and if ma says so,it is
so, if it ain’t so.”
In Benton county, Iowa, last week,
a vouug man named John Simpson,
who had been out on a hunt, dared, a
daughter of Mr. Sanders to fire his gun.
The girl (14 years of age) took the gun.
Simpson told her to point it at his head.
She did so, it suddenly discharged,
and laid Simpson dead at her feel.—
The girl in raising the gun raised ihe
hammer also, which fell as she relaxed
her hold.
Trochu’s Discipline.
Trochu has introduced in the garri
son a sternness ofdiseipiline not known
in the French army for years, and with
good results, as are already visible in
the perfect order of the city, the bear
ing of the soldiery, and the general
high spirit which prevails in the me
tropolis. There is much alarm, how
ever, among the shop keeping classes
at the arming of the working classes,
which Gen. Trochu is carrying out
under a full understanding with
the chiefs of all societies of working
men.
Flying parties of Prussians have
succeeded in culling all other roads at
points more or less remote fiom Pairs,
within a circle of thirty miles, and in
every case they caused proclamations,
in French to be distributed, denouoc-
ingdeath to all working parties at
tempting to repair the mischief done.
Pairs *is abundantly provisoned for
more than two n ohtfis.
Lord Shaftesbury believes that the
next census will show a population in-
London of nearly 4,000,000 a seriou
proportion of whom are, he states in
state of social and moral degradali
so great that unless something is d
to improve them, the British consJ
tion will not be worth a quarter / a
century's putebase.
FROM THE WAR
Fighting in Paris.
New Yokk, Sep, 24.—A special to tbe
evening telegram of last nigbt sayg, t [, at
there was firing near Paris at 10’o’clock
to-day. cs
Rifle and cannon firing were heard on
tbe streets of Paris this morning: On th
21st it was distinctly observed from th!
heights that a conflict was going on i n t [,
city, hot nothing was learned regards
the details or the parties engaged.
Later intelligence says, that a revoln
tion is threatened by the Red RepublU
cans, who are furions against tbe pregso!
leaders. The Hotel de Ville will pro t' a .
bly be seized. Resistance to the revolt
tion will probably be impossible.
Tonrs baa been captured by storm. T : - a
town is badly damaged.
London, Sep. 25.—Dispatches f ron ,
Tours confirms tbe reports of the fightin*
iu Paris between the Reds and thetroops
under Troucbe. No particulars given. ^
A local Junta will rule Rome until af
ter the Plebiscite vote is taken.
A French steamer from Havre will come
to New York via Cowes.
Tofrw, Sep. 25.—Ministers Gambetta
and Ferry, addressing M. Cremieax, gay -
“Paris is prepared to make a heroic de
fence. All parties unite to sustain tbe
Government of Defence. You hear thro’
Prussian sources of troubles in Paris. De
ny it. We have an enormous force of Na
tional and Mobile Guards, and troops ot
tbe line, with munitions and provisions to
hold out all winter. Let France make a
heroic defence.
A GENERAL "REVOLUTION.
The signs of the times are full of sig.
nificance. The wonderful change of
government in France, is beginning to
affect other countries. Spain, Italy,
England—all are more or less influ
enced by the recent revolution. The
situation in England is of course, more
interesting to Americans than the state
of affairs in other Europen Stales. The
meeting at Hyde Park and St. Jomes’
Hall, in London, on Monday last,show
the progress of Republican ideas in the
Old world. When speakers are per
mitted in that country, to denounce
! the government, and assert that the
recognition of the Republic of Eng
land is only a question of time; when
assembled, thousands are allowed to
hiss the Queen’s name and insult the
prince of Wales, the inference is that
these things are endured because the
government dare not interfere.
ft was not so thirty years ago. Then
the slightest manifestation of this char
acter was prornptly surppressed. Moral
suasion had nothing to do with it, eith
er. The sabre, the bayonet, ar,d ihe
howitzer were the means by which a
parental government educated its chil
dren into obedience and loyalty. But
at present there seems to be a general
upheaving all over Europe. The ele
ments of mutation are at work in poli
tics, society and religion. Old things
are rapidly passing away. The stur
dy common sense of England revolts
against the absurd fiction of Kings.—
The English people are alienated from
their Queen,—and for the son—that
genteel blackguard—they feel the ut
most contempt. The Repgblic of En
gland is not an impossible, perhaps
not a very improbable contingency.—
Exchange.
OTTIiREISrr NEWS.
Showing the Age and Body of the Times.
Disastrous Fire.—Quite a disastrous
fire occurred, on Saturday night last,
about five miles from the city, on the
Columbus road. Mr. Hastings resi
dence, gin house and corn-crib, with
almost their entire contents were de
stroyed ; the family barely escaping
from the residence with their lives.—
The fire was, evidently, the work of
an incendiary, as, while the residence
was burning, an effort was made to re
cover a trunk of valuables, when it wa»
ascertained that it had been stolen
from the house during the night. The
loss is estimated at eight or ten thous
and dollars.—Macon Tel.
A Representative County.—The Mon-
roc Advettiser points out the fact that
Monroe county is now represented in
Atlanta by Monroe Clower and George
Clower, his former slave. Monroe is
a representative county as well of 'he
existing status as of the political effects
of the war.
Mr. Wm. Koon and a friend of his
from Albany, New York, are in Han
cock county for the purpose of renting
or buying land and settling in that
county. He reports numbers of his
acquaintances desirous of coming to
Middle Georgia.
Hon. Andrew Stewart, the only sur
viving member of the Twentieth Con
gress, now in his eightieth year, and
well known as “Tariff Andy,” has re
ceived the nomination for Congress in
the Twenty first Pennsylvania district,
A. W. Taylor having declined. M<‘.
Stewart was in Congress fifty years
ago, serving with Clay, Adams, Cal
houn, Webster, and all the great
statesmea of the last generation, yet
he is bale and hearty, both physically
and menially. If elected he will have
served l#nger than Benton, he having
taken his seat in Congress at the same
time as 3enlon, and left at the same
period.
Fatal Explosion of Whisky.—The
Danville(Va.) Times states that a few
nights ag> Mr. Hillery C. Mosely, ot
Charlotte county, was drawing some
whisky fer a servant fwn a runlet, and
while driving it his little daugnter six
years ofige, held tb# caudle very n ear
which paused the escaping gas or
whisky jo rake fire, and bursted the
head of) ,e runlent out, which struck
Mr. M^y the face, breaking his
jaw an d killing him instantly.- -
^rtle daughter was so badly burn-
r at she died the next day.
ncodraoing Home Enterprise.
learn from the Columbus Enquir-
that Messrs. Crittenden &Co M in an
gers of the Kimball House of Atlanta
have given an order to the Eagle &
Phoenix Manufacturing Company of
that city, for one hundred pairs of
blankets for tbe use of that hotel,