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HON. E H. HILL.
A Synopsis of His Siieeeli in Congress on
the Amnesty Bill.
We publish a synopsis of this
speech to give our readers an idea of
it. On account of publishing a syn
opsis of the legislative proceedings,
we have not the space to give the !
speech entire as we would prefer to
do, and which would be more sat
isfactory to our readers a.s well as
ourself. Under the circumstances,
we do the best we can.
lie spoke two hours in a most ef
fective style, and was applauded by
lhe House galleries. Opening, he
disclaimed all desire on the part of
.himself and associates from the South •
to re-open the ill-feeling between j
the sections. The country had suf- !
fared enough from feuds. He and
liis associates had come here with
the patriotic idea to remember noth
ing but the country and the whole
country, and turning their backs
upon all the horrors of the past, to
look with all earnestness to find glo
ries for the future. The gentleman
(Blaine) who was the acknowledged
leader of the Republican party in the
House, and was the aspiring leader
of the Republican party of the coun
try, had, however, willed otherwise,
and seemed determined that the
wounds which were healing should
be re-opened, and the passions which
were hushed should be inflamed. He
(Hiil) wished the House to under
stand that he and his friends did not
reciprocate either the purpose or the
manifest desire of the gentleman,
and while they felt it tiieir impera
tive duty to vindicate the truth of
history as regards their section, they
didn’t intend to say anything calcu
lated to aid the gentleman in the
work of crimination and recrimina
tion, and of keeping up the war by
politicians, alter brave men have said
the war shall end. The gentlemen
from Maine has made two points in
his speech: the magnanimity and
grace of the Republican party, and
the brutality of those whom he
pleases to term “rebels.” As to the
first question, he did not propose to
weary the House to-day, because with
the history of the last fifteen years,
yet fresh in the mind of the world, it
was useless to speak. -Of the grace
and magnanimity of the Republican
party, with the master enslaved, with
intelligence disfranchised, with so
ciety disordered, with States subvert
ed, and with Legislatures dispersed,
the people could not afford to talk of
grace and magnanimity. If that
were grace and magnanimity, he
prayed God to save the country from
such virtues. The gentleman from
Maine had made the grave indict
ment against Mr. Davis that lie was
pvtWy of the murders and crimes at
Andersonvilie, and tne gerrßhSr*v
(Blaine) stood before tiie country
with his very fame in peril if, after
making such a charge, lie failed to
prove it. He (Hill) would take up
the gentleman’s propositions in their
order. He hoped that no one would
imagine that he was here to pass any
eulogy on Mr. Davis. The record on
which his fame must rest had been
made up, and bis companions and
friends had remitted that record to
the only tribunal that would give an
impartial judgment—honest posteri
ty. In the meantime no eulogy of
his could help it, no censure from
the gentleman (Blaine) could dam
age it, and not an act or resolution of
tiie House could affect it. The charge
against Mr. Davis was that lie was a
deliberate, willful, scheming mur
derer of thousands of bis fellow-citi
zens. Know in" the iiigh character
and reputation of the gentleman from
Maine, he (Hill) had supposed when
lie heard the charge fail from Ids
lips that he bad certainly made a re
cent discovery, and he listened to the
evidence, but what was it? Nothing
but the partial report of a Congress
ional committee. This testimony ex
clusively ex parte testimony, taken
while the gentleman now cn trial be
fore the country was in prison, with
out a hearing and without the oppor
tunity of a hearing. If there was
any principle held sacred in the An
glo-Saxon mind it was that an En
glish man was not to be condemned
until he should be confronted with
his witnesses, but the testimony was
not only ex parte, but was mutilated
—palpably mutilated —most adroitly
mutilated even in the extracts. Even
on the day of hi) execution, Wirz
was offered a commutation of his
sentence if be would implicate Mr.
Davis, but Wirz’s answer to his coun
sel was: “Mr. Senade, you know that
I have always told you* that I do not
know anything about Jefferson Da
vis. He had no connection with me
as to w tnit was clone at J\nciCTSon
ville. I would not become a traitor
against him or anybody else even to
save my life.” “But,” says Mr. Hill,
“what poor Wirz, within two hours
of his execution, would not say for
bis life, the gentleman from Maine
says to the country for the sake of
keeping his party in power. [Sensa
lion.] Sir, Christianity is a false
hood; humanity isa lie; civilization
is a cheat; or the man who would
not make a false charge for his life
was never guilty of willful murder.
Mr. Hill went on to argue that on
the logic of Mr. Blaine’s speech, hold
ing Mr. Davis responsible for the
acts of Mr. Winder, President Grant
might be held responsible for the
acts of McDonald and Joyce, arid he
asked whether Mr. Blaine meant to
establish a rule of construction that
would authorize the country to ar
raign President Grant for complcity
in the whisky frauds. Was Mr.
Grant responsible, he asked,for Cred
it Mobiliers? for the Sanborn con
tracts, or for the frauds in the Dist
rict of Columbia? And yet Mr.
Grant had absolutely sent to the
Senate of the United States for con
finnatian fora high office, the name
of a man (alluding to Mr. Alexander
11. Shepherd, of Washington, who
stood charged before the country
with the grossest speculation and
frauds on this District, after the
charges had been made, and while
they were pending. He (Hill) was
neither the author nor the dis
ciple of such politciul logic,but if the
gentlemen’s (Blaine’s) propositions
with regard to Mr. Davis were true
then by the same logic Gen. Grant,
instead of being entitled to a third
term, was entitled to twenty terms
in twenty pemtenitints. [Laughter.)
Whatever horrors had"" existed at
Andersonvilie, not one of them could
be attributed to a single order of tlie
Confederate Government, and that
every one of them grew out of the
necessity of the occasion, which nec
essity was fastened on the Confeder
ates by the conduct of the other side,
lie challenged Mr. Blaine to meet
him face to face and fact to fact in
the discussion of the question, declar
ing that the time was of the past
when the country could accept the
impudence of assertion for the force
ot argument, or the recklessness of
statement for the truth of history.
Mr. Hiil then read some articles re
garding the prison at Elmira.
PJalt, of New York, asked him
who was the author of the letter.
Ld; replied that he did not known
~L‘ tU ,and as living within
thu :y-<q x ini Is of Elmira, that the
saiH-ua>nt,- ; were unqualifidely,false,
r-/. uft er reading from Sur-
Ernes’ report, said
mat the ratio tuere was 12 per cent.
of Confederate prisoners in Federal
hands that died and less thau 9 per
cent, of Federal prisioners in Confed
erate hands. “And my friend,” ad
dressing Blaine, with great emphasis
“I would believe Surgeon-General
Barnes in preference to any politi
cian over there. The gentleman
(Platt,) says he lives thirty-six miles
from Elmira—Perhaps he could have
smelled the small pox that far. He
certainly could not have not seen it,
and I venture to say that if thesma'l
pox was at the prison camp no one
could have got him nearer than
thirty-six miles. He is a wonderful
witness, (laughter.) But the great
question is, at last who was responsi
ble for that state of things? and that
is really the important question.
Mr. Hill went on to discuss the his
tory of the exchange of prisoners,
dwelling on the fact that the cartel
which was established in 1832 was
interrupted in 18G3, and that the
Federal authority refused to continue
the exchange.
At this point of the* debate Mr.
Hill’s hour expired, but by unani
mous consent be was allowed to pro
ceed without any limitation as to
time,
Blaine asked him whether he had
not been a member of the Confeder
ate Senate.
Hill replied that he had been.
Blaine then proceeded to quote a |
resolution offered in the Confederate ;
Congress by Senator Hill, of Georgia,
to the following effect: “That every j
person pretending to be a soldier or j
officer of the United States, who |
shall be captured on the soil of the
Confederate States after the Ist of i
January, 1863, shall be presumed to j
have entered the territory of the Con- j
federacy with intent to excite insur- j
rection and to abet murder, and that ;
unless satisfactory proof be adduced ;
to the contrary before which his trial
shall be bad, 'he shall suffer death.”
He asked Hill whether he was the
author of that resolution.
Hill—l will say to the gentleman
from Maine very frankly that I have
not the slightest recollection of hear
ing of it before.
Blaine—You do not deny it.
Hill—l do not know. My own
opinion is that I never was tiie au
thor of that resolution, as I have no
recollection of it. If the gentleman j
can give me the circumstances under j
which it was introduced, I may ree- j
ollect.
Blaine—On the Ist of October, j
1862, the Judiciary Committee of the I
Confederate Congress made a report j
and offered a series of resolutions,
and thereupon Senator Hill, of Geor
gia, is recorded as having offered the?
resolutions which I have just read.
Hill—l was chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee in the Senate and
very likely, like the chairman of the
Committee on Rules, at the last ses
sion, I may have consented to that
.(Laughter, at the expense of
Blaine—Does the gentleman admit
that he made that report.
Hill —I do not know, but it is very
likely. (Derisive laughter on the
Republican side.)
Blaine—The copy which I have
quoted from isentitled “Republican
ism in America.” I wish to know
whether the gentleman was the au
thor of the resolution?
Hill—l really do not recollect.
(Renewed laughter on the Republi
can side.)
Blaine, persistently—The gentle
man does not say that he was not the
outhor of it.
Hill —I do not ; but I think I was
not the author of it.
Blaine—l thought, as the gentle
man was trying to show the humane
character of the Confederate Congress,
this might aid him in remembering
the facts.
Hill —With all due deference to
the gentleman, he did not think any
such thing. (Laughter.) He thought
he would divert me from my argu
ment.
Blaine, apologetically—Oh, no; the
gentleman can have ail the time he
wants.
Ilili—What measures the Confed
erate Government might have
thought proper to take at that time
to protect the women and children
of the Confederacy from insurrec
tion, I do not recollect, but I shall
not be diverted by the gentleman
from Maine course from the
of my argument, to go into
the history of slavery, or of the in
surrection, or of John Brown’s raid.
I know this: that whether I or any
other gentleman on the committee
was the author of the resolution, and
which I think more than probable,
our purpose was not to do injustice
to any man, woman or child North
or South, but to adopt what we
deemed stringent measures to protect
€YMf4l iVoxm
■ insurrection and slaughter while our
brave sons were in the field. (Mur
murs of applause on the Democratic
side.)
Mr. Hiil passed in review the ef
forts of the Confederate Government
to get rid of their prisoners, and con
cluded this branch of his subject by
saying:
“And of all atrocities, both at An
dersonvilie and Elmira, the Confed
erate Government stands acquitted
from all responsibility and blame;
but the South is here, and here she
intends to remain. (Entnusiastic
demonstrations on the Democratic
side and in the galleries.) Let fanat
icism do its worst; let it pass tiie
nullifying acts ; trample on the Con
stitution ; abrogate the pledges of
tiie fathers; incite raids on our peo
ple; multiply infidelities until
they shall be like the stars in heaven
or the sands on the seashore, without
number; but know this, that for all
your iniquities the S'outli will never
again seek a remedy in the madness
of another secession. (Renewed ap
p 1 ause.) We are here —we are in our
fathers’ house—our brothers are our
companions, and we are at home,
thank God. (Enthusiastic applause.)
After eulogies upon Mr. Johnson
the House adjourned.
The bill for reform in the civil ser
vice, introduced in the House on Fri
day by Willard, of Michigan, is much
the same as Senator Trumbull’s fa
raons measure of four years ago. It
makes the personal solicitation and
use of personal influence o 1 Congress- j
men to secure appointments for !
their friends, misdemeam r and pro
vides that heads ot departments shall
appoint solely on written recommen
dations which they must keep on file
for inspection. Willard is sanguine of
of the passage ot the bill.
The Cherokee (Ala.) Advertiser
says a company, styled the Cherokee
transportation company, has been
formed in Gaylesville for the purpose
of building a steamboat to ply the
Chattanooga from Gaylesville to the
mouth of Coosa, thence to Rome and
Gadsden. A goodly amount of stock
lias already bee taken and the compa- j
ny have petition the legislature to be j
incorporation. They propose to
greatly reduce the rates of transpor
; tation.
Secretary Chandler has appointed
a Commissoner to examine in to the
! suspension of pension cases, and to
direct payment whenever no actual
: fraud barred a grant of pension.
Riding Two Horses.
Consistency is now considered
much of a jewel in Congress, and
bad memory appears to have reach
ed the stage of an epidemic. The
amnesty debate furnishes an illus
tration in point. The bill offered by
Mr. Randall is a copy of that which
passed the Republican House a year
ago, and some curious facts concern
ing it were brought out in the tilt
between him and Mr. Blaine last
week, when the latter proposed to
except Jefferson Davis from amnesty.
Here is the passage from the Con
gressional Record:
“Mr. Randall—Was not this very
bill passed last year by an instruction
from the Committee on Rules, of
which you were a member ?
Mr. Blaine — And to which I object
ed.
“Randall—Never. Neither in the
House nor in the committee did you
object to this bill.
“Mr. Blaine—Being in the chair,
and unable to interpose an objection
myself, I endeavored to get several
gentlemen to object.
“Mr. Randall—lsay that this very
bill, in almost these identical words
came from the committee of which
you were a member. Without objec
tion.
“Mr. Blaine—l differ with the gen
tleman in point of fact: I did object
to it.
“Mr. Randall—l say that neither
in the committee nor in this House
in any way, as a member of this body
or as its presiding afficer, did you ob
ject. On the contrary, ;l say more,
that at that time so far as I was able
to see or know, you facilitated the pas
sage of that bill.
“Mr. B 1 ai ne— lendeavored to object
to this bill , but I was not able, being
in the chair. Had I been on the floor
I should have done it. ”
This conflict of statement is not
reconcilable with perfect truth on
both sides, Mr. Blaine wavs certainly
understood to favor general amnesty
last year, and that fact was urged in
his behalf as a merit. If he wasreal
ly opposed to it, he could have left
the chair at any moment and made
his opposition known. But the Re
cord at that time tells a very different
story. We sight from page 91 of the
| second volume, part 1., with the re
! mark that Mr. Blaine was Chairman
! of the Committee on Rules.
“Maynard—l am instructed by the
; Committee on Rules, acting upon a
J resolution submitted to them the
other day, to report the bill which I
send to the desk. It has met the
unanimous approval of the committee.
“Mr. Lawrence—Would that admit
Jeff Davis to a seat on this floor?
“Several members —Certainly.
“Mr. Lawrence—Then I object to
it.
“Mr. Butler of Massachusetts—l
; do not object to the bill if it has been
considered and reported by a com
! miuee.
“Mr. Maynard—lt is reported by
| the Committee on Rules unanimously.
Mr. Butler of Massachusetts —All
I right.
“The Speaker—The bill would re
! quire a two-thirds vote to pass it.
! * “Mr. Maynard—l move that the
! rules be suspended and the bill pass
j ed.
“The question was taken on Mr.
(Maynard’s motion; and a division
I there were—eyes, 141 ; noes, 29.
“So (two-thirds voting in favor
thereof) the rules were suspended
and the bill (H. It. No. 472) was
passed.”
Two facts are established by this
extract. First that Mr. Maynard
distinctly stated twice in presence of
the Speaker, who might have cor
rected him on the spot, that the bill
was reported unanimously from the
committee of which Mr. Blaine was
Chairman. Secondly, that the bill
included Jefferson Davis, and ob
jeetionjwas raised on that account by
Mr. Lawrence,of Ohio.
Mr. Blaine has a perfect right to
change his mind in regard to amnes
ty and to raise an issue upon its pol
icy. But lie has the privilege of al
tering the public records to make
conform to his fluctuations of poli
ticial expendiency. Nothing is to be
gained by sharp "practice when de
tection is easy and punishment is
certain.— N. Y. Sun.
Mr, Hill’s Speech,
The Washington Star, (indepen
dent Republican) speaking of Hon.
B. H. Hill’s reply to Blaine’s wan
ton attack on ex-President Davis,
says:
“Mr. Hill speaks with deliberation,
has a pleasing voice, and at times
rises to the highest pitch of effective
oratory. Ilis speech was not an
rqjuiogy for Hie AmiersoTiville ntroci
ties, nor an eulogy on Jeff Davis.
! other than that lie defended him
from the charge that he was guilty of
the acts committed in Southern pris
ons. He admitted that Jeff Davis,
did commission the officers who may
have perpetrated them, but, for this
reason, he was no more responsible
for their acts than was President
Grant for General Babcock’s, or Joyce
and McDonald’s acts. lie, at all
events acquitted President Grant of
any such imputation, and thought
Mr. Blaine should be as gracious with
the ex-Confederate President.”
Firing the Northern Heart.
—A Washington dispatch says:
The speech of Mr. Hill as deliv
ered, not as revised, and the speeches
of Blaine and Garfield, are to be
made Republican campaign docu
ments. Probably not less than two
hundred thousand copies of these,
and Gen. Bank’s speech, will be
printed for general circulation.”
Assuming that the mass of the
Northern people are endowed with
an average amount of intelligence
and reason, and that their minds are
not utterly sealed against truth, we
hope the Republican committee will
flood the eounlry with a full report
of the amnesty debate. — Savannah
News.
Hills Speech.—The Courier-Jour
nal, in printing Mr. Hill’s speech,
says:
“We publish elsewhere the full
text of Hon. B. H. Hill’s patriotic
and incisive speech in reply to the
wholesale abuse of the Southern peo
| pie by Mr. Blaine. The true story
\of Andersonvilie, as powerfully
stated by Mr. Hill, is here put on
record in a compact and irrefutable
shape, and every lino of the speech
will repay perusal.”
Now that the Legislature is in ses
sion, says the Waynesboro Expositor,
let all true hearted Georgians who
love their State, rise up as one man
and demand protective laws for our
poor dogs. Take Burke county, we
haven’t more than 3,000 dogs when
we might easily have the number in
creased to 6,000, and a county that
fosters sheep to the exclusion of dogs
is no place to live in.
A portion of the North Wales Col
lieries have again struck for higher
wages. The Iron-maker Employers
Association have voted to resist any
attempt of the men or their societies
to restrict piece work in the shops.
The Boston Yost advises Blaine to
put on the bloody shirt and pull
down his vest.
Legal Advertisements.
EORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.
\X George W. Taylor, of said county-, has
applied to me for exemption of personalty, and
I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock, a. m.,
on the 22d day of January, 1676. at my office.
janl3-2t * J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
C'l EORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY.
X Whereas Thomas Stephens, administra
tor of the estate of T. 1. Mnrphey, deceased,
has applied for lettersol Dismission. All per
sons concerned, are hereby notified to Hie their
objections, if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in Hay next. Else letters of dis
mission will be granted said applicant. This
January 10th, 1876.
janl3- J. A. HOWARD, ordinary.
f J EORGIA. B AUTO W.COUNTY:
\X Whereas L. D. Jolly,Guarpiau of John
McDonald, has applied for leters of Dismis
sion from said guardianship. All persons
concerned are hereby notified to flic their ob
jections, if any they Jhare, on or before tiie lirst
Monday in February next,else letters of dismis
sion will be granted said applicant. Jan .5,1876.
)anC-4t* J A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY'.
\X Whereas, Charles T. Barger, as a credi
tor, has applied for Letters of Administration
on tiie e?tate of Robert M. Stiles, late of said
county, deceased.
This is theretore to cite all persons concern
ed to tiie their objections, if any they have, in
my office within the time prescribed bylaw,
else letters w ill be granted applicant as applied
for. Witness my hand and official signature,
dec 2 J, A. How a up. Ordinary.
(A EORGIA—BARTOW BOUNTY'.
X Mary Dawson, having in proper form
applied for letters of administration with the
will annexed, on the estate of John Dawson,
lateot said county, deceased.
This is to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of John Dawson, deceased, to
be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, andshow cause, if any they
can, why said letters should not ho granted
applicant. Witness my band and official sig
nature, Not. 30, 1875. J. A. HOWARD,
dec2 Ordinary.
(1 EORGIA—BARTOW COUNTY— OkDIn a
- ky’h Office, November 8, 1875.
Fiank I*. Gray and John A. Erwin, adminis
trators of the estate of Lewis Tumlin, deceased,
have applied for leave to sell a part ot the re
alty belonging to the estate of said deceased,
to-wit: The mill and land attached, on the
Etowaii river in said county.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned to tile their objections, if any they have,
in my office, within the time present and by Saw,
else leave will be granted applicants is applied
for. J. A. HOWARD,
BARTOW COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALES.
WILL BE SOLD before the Court Honsc
door in Cartcrsville, on the first Tues
day in February next, 18*6, between the legal
sale hours, the following described property,
to-wit:
One lot situated on Gilmer street in the city
of Cartcrsville, Bartow county, bounded on the
north by Miller Collins’lot, on the south by
Mrs. Parrot, east by Gilmer street, west by
James D. Wilkerson, Levied on and sold as
the property of James I>. Wilkerson to satisfy
a Justice Court fl fa from the 822d district G.
M., of Bartow County, in favor of Samuel Clay
ton vs. W. A. Remington and J. I). Wilkerson,
property pointed out by J. L). Wilkerson. Levy
made and returned to me by W. G. Anderson,
L. C.
Also one bouse and lot in tire city of Car
tersville, Bartow county, situated on Douglas
street, bounded on the north by W. Lawrence’s
lot, on the south by W. B. Bishop’s lot, onthe.
cast by Douglass street, west by Dr. Johnson’s’
Levied on as tne property of W. B. Bishop, to
satisfy a Justice’s Court ft fa, issued from the
eustiee Court of ttie 822d district, G. M. in
favor ot Thus. 11. Baker v.s. W. B. Bishop prop
erty pointed out by plaintiff. Levy made and
returned by W. Of Anderson, L. C. Property
in possession of the defendant.
Also the north half ol lot of iand No. 176 in
the 16th district ahd the 3d section of Bartow
county, containing 80 acres more or less, lev
ied on and will be sold as the property of Thos.
Jones, to satisfy a State and county tax* h fa
vs. said Thomas Jones, property in possession
of said Jones.
Also the northwest corner of lot of land No.
1 101 in the 16th district and 3rd section ol Bar
. tow county, containing 80 acres more or less,
L levied on and will he sold as the property ot
IA. . namzicr, t■ -„ stati. ami countv
tax li fa vs said Dantzler. Said Danfzlor in
possession of said property.
Also one vacant lot containing half an acre
more or less in the town of Kingston, known
as the J-C. Elliott lot, levied oh and will be
sold as the property of R. 11. Walton, to sat
isfy a State and county tax H fa vs said It. H.
W alton.
Alto lots of land nos. 1141, 1093, 1091. 1020,
1019, 1069, 1070, 1021, 1068, 1092 and 1140, lying in
the 21st district and 2nd section of Bartow
county. Levied on and will be sold as tiie
property of Jefferson Clark, with ah the im
provements on said land, to satisfy one Bar
tow county, Superior Court fi fa in iavor of
T. F. Moore vs. said Jefferson Clark, and War
ren Akin, executor of John Clayton, deceased.
Said defendant Jefferson Clark in possession of
said lands.
Also lots of land numbers 203 and 206 in the
6th district and 3rd section of Bartow County,
levied on and sold as the property of H. W.
Fite, to satisfy one tax 11 fain iavor of State
and countv vs. said H. W. Fite,-levy made and
returned to me by J. L. Milliollen, L. C.
Also lots oflanu nos. 97, 127, 142, 143, 144 and
152, all in the 16th district and 3d section of
Bartow county, levied on and will bo ..mi a
the property ofMcD. Harris, to satisfy a State
and county tax li la vs. said Mel). Harris,
property in possession ol Mrs. Mel). isarr*s.
Also, the southwest portion being one-fourth
of lot of land No. 321 in the sfh district and
3rd section of Bartow county. Levied on as
the property of Jeremiah V. O. Stover to satis
fy two Justice Court li. fas. issued from the
J ustice Court of the 827 district G. M. Each
in lavor of John A Gladden vs. Jeremiah V. S.
Stover. Levy made and returned to me by
W. A. Collins, L. C.
Also, one house and lot in the efty of Car
tersville. Bartow county, situated on west end
of Main street bounded on the north by Main
street, on the south by Mrs. Maggie Thomas
on East by M. K. Stansell, on the West by Col.
,T. W. Harris. Levied on .and sold as the prop
erty of M, 11. Stansell, to satisfy two Justice
Court li. fas, from the 822nd district G. M., Bar
tow county, in favor of John A. Jones, the
other in favor of Fadgett, Gower & Cos. vs. M.
li. Stansell. Levy made and returned by W. G.
Anderson, L. C. Property in possession of
defendant,
One house and lot one-bait acre more or less
in the town of Adairsville, Bartow couity,
bounded on the east by public street, on the
North by an alley, on the west by plantation of
Mrs. E. Cunningham, on the South by Mrs. T
yler’s lot. Levied on and sold as the property
of J. P. Kininan to satisfy a Bartow Superior
Court H. fa. in favor of Samuel liivan A Cos.
vs, J. P. Kinrnan. Property pointed out by
detendant. Property in possession of defen
dant.
Also, one lot of land number 951, in the 21st
district and 2nd section of Bartow county.
Levied on as the property of J. Bard well,!’. C.
Moore, agent, to satisfy one State and county
tax fi. la.*, the State and comity vs. J. Bard veil,
t ( Moore, agent. Levy made and returned
to me by G W Tumlin, constable.
Also, one lot of land, number 151, situated in
the 16th district and 3rd section of Bartow
county. Levied ou as the property of Dr.
Thomas F. Jones to satisfy a tax if. fa., the
State and county vs. Dr. Thomas F. Jones.
Levy made and returned to me by J. L. Ylil
hollen, L. C.
Also, lots of land, numbers 1134, 1135 and
1136. in the 17th district and 3rd section of Bar
tow count}-. Levied on and sold as the prop
erty of J. G. Colbert to satisfy one tax 11. fa. in
favor of State and countv vs. said J. G. Colbert.
Also, lots of land numbers 235, 340, 247, ill the
16th district and 3rd section of Bartow county.
Levied on and will he sold as the property of
James S. Moore to satisfy a State and county
tax li. fa. vs. James S. Moore. Property iii
possession ot James S. Moore.
Also, lots of land numbers. 715, 654, 786and
714 in the 4th district ami 3rd section of Bartow
countv. Levied on and sold as the property o
Mrs. E. M. Sproull to satisfy one tax li. fa. in
lavor of State and county vs. said Mrs. E. M.
Sproull. Property in possession of Mrs. li. M.
Sproull.
Also, lots of land numbers 328. 758, 759, 761,
757, 756, 755, 751, 753, 754, 687 686 and 695, in the
4th district and 3rd section of Bartow cou ity,
levied on and sold as the property of the Eto
wah Mining and Manufacturing Company to
satisfy one tax li. fa. in favor of State and
county vs. I’. Walpole, agent Etowah Mining,
and Manufacturing Company. Property in
possession of P. Walpole, agent.
Also, lots of land Nos. 418 419. 441, 444dd&>,
447, 691, 592, 520, 392, 945, 346, 315, 370, 417, all ill
the 17th district and 3d section. Levied od as
the property ot C. Dodd to satisfy a tax li fa for
State and county tax vs. C. Dodd. Property
in possession of defendant.
Also, lot of land No. 1067 in the 17th district
and 3d section of Bartow county. Levied on
and will be sold os the property of B. F. Wil
liams, agent for 'thos. Gaddis, to satisfy a State
ami county tax fl fa vs. said Williams, agent.
Property in possession of B. F. Williams, ag’t.
A iso, lots of land Nos. 278,279. 579 299 in the
17th district and 3d section of Bartow county.
Levied on and will be sold as the property o
Ramsey and Tumlin to satisfy a State and
county tax fl la vs. said Ramsey and Tumlin.
Property in possession of Sampson Weather
ington, tenant.
Also, one lot of household furniture, consist
ing of bedsteads, bedding, tables, chairs, car
pels, crockery ware and other various articles,
it being the property mortgaged by Mrs. E. M.
Stovall to Andrew' Baxter, Abiln Johnson,
Lindsay Payne and Henry A. Patulo, and
i specifically described in said mortgage on re
cord, in clerk’s office in said county. Levied
I on as the property of Mrs. E. M. Stovall to sat
i isfy a Bartow Superior Court fl fa vs. E. M.
I Stovall its principal and Abda Johnson, Ifenry
j A. Patillo and Andrew Baxter sureties.
Property in possession of Mrs. E. M. Stovall and
pointed out by plaintiffs’ attorneys.
Also, lots or land Nos. 217, 234 and 235. Lev
",d on and will be sold as the property of J. C.
Branson. Said land lying in the 16th district
and 3d section of Bartow county. Levied on
to satisfy a State and county tax fl fa vs. said
J. C. Branson. Property in possession of sani
J. C. Branson. M[
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THE centralization of power in Washington,
and the control of curropt combinations
ot the day in the Government at various points
throughout the country to fleece the people .<
their hard earnings, has justlv excited the tub
| Be. The unexampled policy or paving billions
ot debt in gold, at a period of general stagna
tion in business; the disposition manifested,
it not to convert the government into an abso
lute monarchy, to reduce the free jteoplc < ;
America to absolute serfdom; tho continual
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few at the expense of the many; th excessive
inequalities of burdens .in posed by the Gov
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entitled to equal privileges; the results of ;d|
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National administration of public affair-.
It is therefore the duty of the Democraev,
which in its purity is the representative aiui
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The season is rapidly approaching and near
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affecting the National, and State elections of
1870. The Presidential election overshadows
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our section alone, but to friends and defenders
of Republican institutions throughout the
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occasion of hard times is traceable to sources
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1876. NEW YORK. 1876.
I7IIGHTEEN IIUNDRLD AND BEVENTY
-i six is the Centennial year. It is al-o the
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power at Washington; and the year of a twen
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