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RLOH’u W. GRUBB, 1
DARIEN, GEORGIA,
SATI'KDAT MOKMHi, JINK HHt, I^7■
HOW TO avoid; mixed schools
Under this bead (be Columbus Sun
and Enquirer says, there are two class
es of schools in Kentucky—one for
tbe whites, supported by taxation of
the whites; and one for the blacks,
supported by taxation of the blacks.
Neither class of these schools is, there
fore, supported by “general’ taxation.
The Civil Rights bill now before Con
gress provides that all schools- 'sup
ported in whole cr in part by general
taxation” shall be open to both races.
The Kentucky system is suggestive of
a mods by which to defeat the Civil
Rights bill, in respect to mixed schools
should it become a law. Let the poll
taxes collected in Georgia from the
whites b 9 applied to the support ol
exclusive while schools, and the p 1!
taxes of the negroes be applied exclu
sively to the support of negro schools.
This is really the fairest way of ap
portioning the nchool taxes between
the two races, if only strict justice and
equality were consulted. Rut the
whites have been more magnanimous
in Georgia as well ns Alabama. They
pay three-fourths of the poll taxes,
and nearly half the money is appro
priated to the education of the ue-,
groes. Now, however, if the arbitrary:
laws of Congress disturb this magnan
imous and generous arrangement, the
wLites of these States have only to
Lll back upon a plan strictly just to
both races, and the Congressional
commingling 6cheme will be defeated.
Let there be no “general taxation"
for the support of any public schools,
but partial taxation for the support of
two classes of schools, each race re
ceiving back exactly what it contrib
utes for this purpose. T his would do
equal justice to both races, nnd take
both classes of schools from the scope
of the Congressional enactment.
This certainly docs seem to us fo
be a very just and feasible mode of de
feating tbe infamous Congressional
scheme, and would set at rest, our
fears of .tho commingling of races in
schools, at least.- Lot us ventilate
this subject and see if we can carry
into effect the desired object-
GRANT AND THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS,
A Northern Democratic paper of a
recent date says that Edwards Pierrc
pont, at the close of a long conversa
tion with a casual acquaintance, re
marked lately : “I may not see you
atrain before the next Presidential
election. I wish, therefore, that you
would mark the prediction. Grant
will not only I e re-nominated and re
elected in 1876, but he will get the
support of the Southern Democrats.'
Mr. Pierrepout met all criticisms on
the President's course by an answer
•oinprekeasive if not satisfactory.
He said: “Grant represents the aver
age morality and intelligence of the
country.” Edwards Pierrepout is no
stranger at the White House. He
subscribed $‘20,000 to the Republican
election fund of 1868, at a time when
rn >ney was not :o plenty among the
messengers as it is now. He is a par
ticular favorite with the President.
The Macon Telegraph says if Grant
will stamp the life out of the socia 1
equality monster he will take a long
stride towards putting himself in a
position where Southern Democrats
<‘au at least consider his claims to
their suppoit in 1876.
THE GEORGIA STATESMAN.
The Atlanta Herald’s r< port says
that nt the conclusion of Mr. Hill's!
speech to the New York editors (a
sketch of which is copied elsewhere,)
one of the New York press stated that
that was the kind of talk he liked to
Lear, and that Mr. Hill had almost
convinced him to become a Chris
tian.
Col. Clark said that his constitu
ency thought so much of that kind of
talk that they had determined to run
him for Congress.
With unanimous voice the conven
tion said send him to Congress. That
is the place for him. Put him in n
position where the whole United
States con get the benefit of his wis
dom.
We cheerfully endoxe* the above
expressions of the New York press.
AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA.
Part of a moonlight excursion down
Brunswick Bay got capsized a few
evenings since. The Cornet Band
was on board. It is said that the
lengthy Foreman of the Appeal office
was tho only one that had his head
ibovo water. Joe Greer managed to
save himself by straddling the “bass
lorn.” Lyon, the talented leader of
ihe Ba id, was found after the “wreck"
at thelowerend of Jekyl, coaxing a five
hundred-pound turtle to lay still long
enough to have his photograph “took.”
Judge Bartlett has be'a holding
Court in Savannah in place of Judge
Schley. His Honor commissioned six
p. c’a., who had been elected to the
Penitentiary. Many others will take
quarters with tho* chain-gang.
Georgia coal is being shipped to Sa
vannah for tbe use of Ocean steamers.
This is as it should be.
The Atlanta Constitution publishes
au address delivered by Colonel E.
Halbert, before (he Mechanics’ Insti
tute in Atlanta in March. It is an
able speech and one well worthy per
usal. The Colonel is one of the clear
est hea led men in Georgia.
“Little A’eck” prances to the front
with article No. 4. Ho greth for Ben
Hill. We wonder if this thing is gtf
ing to continue all summer.
Air. W. D. Mitchell, of i wiggscoun
ty, was shot an l killed on tho high
way three miles from Macon last week.
The murderer was hid behind a thick
et and is not positively known. It is
said a beautiful woman is at the bot
tom of it.
A Carrolton paper records a mar
riage that took place in front of a gin
house. We guess the old folks ob
jected nnd tho gin Louse was the last
resort.
The Republicans of Atlanta are ma
king arrangement for the coming fall
campaign.
A. St. Clair-Abrnms will soon com
mence the publication of his new dai
ly in Atlanta. He has organized a
publishing company and ba.s applied
for a charter.
Rufe Bullock, once known in Geor
gia as “Governor Bnlloek,” has been
loafing around Gotham. Rufe had
better keep his eyes skinned as there
is no telling at what moment Gover
nor Smith’s agent may collar him.
Liberty county thicks she can run
her affairs much better with the addi
tion of a Court Couit.
J. H. Estill, Esq,, proprietor of the
Savannah News, now wears tbo title
of “Captain” of the Johnson Light In
fautry.
Frank Evans, of the Alapaha Fores
ter, says buttermilk is ripe and there’s
no danger of starvation in that neigh
borhood.
They gay young men of Bainbridge
are anxious for their bosses to close
stores at six in the evening:.
The llrunswickians are still feasting
on church suppers. We understand
they intend to “fight it out on that
line if takes all summer.”
Mr. Mat. Thornton has been ap
pointed Master Machinist of the B. &
A. Railroad.
The Glynn Superior Court has been
in session two weeks, Judge Harris
presiding.
Marion Oates, of Augusta, a stu
dent at the University at Athens was
fatally shot last Saturday afternoon
by a little girl. She was playing with
his pistol and he told her theie was
no load in it, and to snap it a him.
She did s \ and it fired, lodging the
ball in his stomach.
West Point has been eating ripe
peaches.
Albany is to have a Republican pa
per soon.
Mrs. Susan Karswich, died very
suddenly in Atlanta during the week.
It is thought that she was poisoned
by her husband.
Atlanta complains of her filthy and
dirty streets.
Muscogee sends nine delegates to
the Penitentiary.
Judge O. A. Lochrane has been an
nounced as a “Grant candidate” for
Congiess from the Atlanta District.
Judge Lochrane is a Republican and
a Democrat; but that makes uodiffer
ence he would ably represent his Dis
trict if elected.
The sensible men ol North Georgia
are strongly in favor of sending Ben*
Hill to Congress. No better man can
be found tc repressn* Georeiu in Con
i gress.
A MOONLIGHT EXCURSION TO JEKYL
ISLAND.
1 Occasional Cornspondcnce of Ibc Timber Gazette.
Brunswick, May 31sr, 1874.
Editor Gazette:
On the evening of May 29th, 1874,
as the sun slowly sunk below the hori
sou, tho young bloods of the “city of
j the sea” were congregating on one of
the wharves, equipped for an excur
sion to Jekyl Island. At eight o’clock
1 we left the city on board th“ sloop
Clay-Bob. The Silver Cornet Baud
discoursing sweet music as we glided
down the Bay past the receding lights
j of the city, the black hulls of ships
with their naked towering masts, and
the forest of cedars —their dark out
lines clearly defined against the eve
ning sky. The full round form of the
“quern of light” cast her silver sheen
| upon the waters, while the w avelets
that brake over the him ishe 1 surface
seemed like gorgeous wrea.hes of
azure blue and molten silver. Out of
the Bay and into the Sound, \Cuth a
strong tide and “stiff breeze” we rap
idly neared the shores of Jekyl, cast
ing anchor ; t tbe mouth of Clam
Creek.' Several of the party entered
the bateau and started shoreward, the
tide carrying them far away from the
destined place of landing. A rope
was then stretched from the sloop to
the shore, and another load put off,
pulling themselves aim g by the rope.
They proceeded but a short distance
when the tide swept the boat from
beneath them—engulphing all in the
“treacherous deep,” (about three feet
of water.) Recovering their equilib
rium,. they waded ashore. For five
successive tiips the boat capsized,
whether accidentally or otherwise, the
render may decide. The aquatic feats
performed would put to shame both
tho Nerides and Tritons of the deep.
The festive spirits of several of the
party were decidedly dampene I by
the cool recepti ;u they received fi- m
the venerable Jekyi.
Let the reader piciure in imagina
tion the revel of the night. At the
mysterious midnight hour, human
forms in uncouth costumes, wander
ing along the murmuring sea, here
and there nether garments suspended
on some kindly bough, a sickly :Irt
that flickered only while fed with
rush-grass ami palmetto, abound
which, ghastly forms glided, while
others wandered for miles t.l mg the
beach; a merry laugh or a hideous
scream occasionally mingling with the
monotonous roar of the blue Atlantic
—the whole forming a scene, the very
personation of the mystic orgies of
the “witches of Eudor.”
In strolling along the beach we cap
tured two sea turtles, weighing each
about 500 punds. We wore comp< led
to leave them as we had no mode of
conveying them to the sloop. Re
turning, we embarked without mis
hap and were soon gliding over the
smooth waters of the S an >, enter
ing the Bay of Brunswick about the
hour the ruby and amber l ; ght tinged
the eastern sky. Hating pail our
tribute to old Father Neptune, (hats
and other garments.) we, with the dawn
of day, proceeded on our way,-the baud
heralding our approach by discoursing
harmonious music. At a quarter past
six we landed, and ns we wended our
way to our several destinations, we
caught a glimpse of more than one
face at the windows, peering from be
hind the curtains. To those and oth
ers who witnessed our arrival, we
would say that outward signs were o
indication of the genuine enjoyment
of our nocturnal revel on that long to
be remembered night.
ANOTHER EXCURSION
The elegant steam tug Godfrey
Kecbler, of Florida, brought an exclu
sion party from Fernandina to Brun
swick this evening. Though the vis
itors were not expected, they were
kindly received by the citizens. The
Silver Cornet Band, as ever, was
prompt to welcome ti.e ci'y * guest,
and gave them a parting serenade,
thus inviting the excursionists to
again visit the “Venice ol Aim riea.”
WARRINGTON.
indie, tions aie that Presi
dent Grant v ill nominate Col. Bns
tow, oi Kentucky, to be Secretary ol
the Treasury. Richar son, the pres
ent Secretary, will be appointed Asso
ciate Judge of the Court of Claims.
It is also stated that t ere will 1 e sev
eral ehwiges 111 the Treasury Depart
ment.
S£S*Jno Edgar Xaoiupsun the great
Railroader, died iu’Philadelphia hist
, week.
TOAST OF HON. S.H. H.LL.
At a banquet given to the New Y* rk
editors in Atlanta, recently, Hon. B.
H. Hill was called on to respond to
th“ toast, “Go >rgia—The Empire State
of the S mill.” The New York press
called for a man they had long heard
of. and wanted to hear from him. The
following is the toast :
Mr. Hill stated that nothing was more
pleasant than the interchange of views. The
highest eulogy that could be pronounced on
man was -
■ To know him is to love him.”
It is hard to know one another and to know
ourself. How much more diffi *ut it is for
people to know each other when the diffieulty
is increased by division.
If 1 knew you ys you are I wool 1 love you,
and if you knew nif heart as it is, you would
love me. (Great and prolonged applause.)
My heart responds fully to the love of the
Union. (Applause.) In the midst of the
war there never was a time I could not utter,
‘•Would to God that we could have the
Union as it was.” (Applause.) We differ as
to its meaning, and the reason is because we
don’t know each other. These meetings
should be periodical.
The Press of the country control public
opinion and form public sentiment. The
Press, North and South, did much to alien
ate the sections. It is a-sin you must ac
count for. My father, when I was a boy,
instructed me. He told me of the struggles
of our revolutionary sires, and pointed to
me our troops crossing the Delaware and
Cornwallis delivering up his sword. It en
thused my youthful soul, and filled my heart
with patriotic pride. I looked up to the
Stars and Stripes and would have died for
them, because I loved them. It is the aspir
ation of mv heart yet to teach iny children
as mv father taught me. Ought we not h ive
a country to love? (Applause.) Too much
of the legislation of the past seven or eight
years has been based on the ground that we
are reb Isa 1 traitors. Put yourself in rav
place. We are called rebels for doing what
we thought right and our duty. We should
learn charity lor others. We ought irot to
think any the less of others for thinking dif
ferent from us. (Applause.) If ym think
I am a rebel it is your right; I think different
as is my right; what good does it do you to
tell me what you think? Perhaps had I
been born North I nugut have been a free
soih-r p chaps had Charles Sumner been
born South he might, have been a secession
ist ! I couldn’t help being born in the
South. If a Chinaman eats rats let him do
it.
I love the South; her traditions, her dead
and her living, and her future. (Great ap
plause.) I opposed secession more earnest
ly than you did, perhaps, and had greater
obstacles than you. Each man is entitled
to enjoy his own opinion, without interfering
wilu th > rights of his neighbors. Massachu
setts knows better her wants than any other
State, and th.* s ;me is true of Georgia. We.
have four million of human beings in our
midst entitled to civil rights. Looking to
the inter* .st of the future. I thank God that
there is not a sluvjj in America to-day, (tre
mendous and continuous applause. 1 All we
ask of you is please don’t fetter and einbar
ras us (continuous applause.) We better
understand what is necessary to lift them up
and make them ski He 1 laborers instead of
ignorant ones applanse). The great ruling
purpose of Federal legisl ition seem to be to
“keep down the rebels.” IF member that
while we i.v down we want to he considered
loyal. We are willing to take the Constitu
tion as you have amended it, and start from
the standpoint you designated in the nice of
progress and prosperity. When you see us
violate that Constituti >n then interpose.
The people who came here from the North
to get into power because they could not get
into power there, misrepresented ns to re
tain that power in their grasp. Go- back
and tell your friends that sixty four of yon
traveled through the South without seeing,
hearing or smelling a Kuklu ! (Applanse.) If
I should visit the North and should inflame
a people living in your midst against you to
the point of considering you tlieir foes,
wouldn't you Kuklux me. (Cries of yes.) If
you didn’t I wouldn't have any r.spect for
you.
Until quite recently the nits representing
the South in Congress possessed no sympa
thy with us I can forget the stripes of Ma
nassas, the surrender of Appomattox, altlio’
it seems so hea\y to me for I did wish my
side to succeed, but I can’t forget the carpet
bagger!
Would you restore the Union ? Then go
hack to the old Constitution as amended by
you and stand to it —the corner stone being
the general government for general affairs,
qnd (he local government for local affairs.
(Great applause.) The Constitution and the
Union are one and the sam . Go hack and
tdl your peoj- :. ft,.( when they vote in 1870
to remember 1770. V. voice goes up to them
from the land of Oglethorpe and the grave
of Pulaski, remember 1776. (Applause.,
During the war at one time during a cessa
tion of hostilities Federal troops occupied
i>ne bank of the Rappahannock river, and
Confederate troops the other. Each had
their hands. One day the Federal band
struck up ‘'Dixie,” and the Confederates rent
the air with shouts; the Confederate and
struck up ‘ Yankee Doodle,” aud the Fed
erals made the welkin ring. Doth bands then
simultaneously struck up ‘-Home, Sweet
Home,” and bop-, armies cut up such shouts
as was nt v. r heard before.
We perhaps have sung the song of Radical
and Konkov lo :g enough; you hove sang se
cesh, rebel and traitor until you ought t > be
tired of it; let us both quit these songs aud
in the new temple of ttie Union, with united
voice sing “Home Sweet Home.” ap
plause lasted for several minutes.)
A ember of the N< w York Press
Association move ! tlmt Mr. Hill be
requested to write out his speech for
p tblic iti m, promising that every pa
per in New York State would publish
it. The motion prevailed amid great
enthusiasm.
The Atlanta Constitution says that
the Northern Press excursionis s were
-litlily delighted with the hospitali
ties exterdetl to them doling their
brief stay in Georgia.
fSjT'The Conservatives carried the
municipal election in Richmond. One
Independent was elect and to wOnncil.
Petersbu g isConservati .e for thefirst
time since the war. Lynchburg', Va.,
eh cts a R publican Mayor.
©aj-Seuator Wtn. B. Brownlow, of
Tennessee, is bitterly opposed to the
passage of the Civil Rights Bill. Well,
the old man is right for one.
THE LOVELY SOUTH LAND.
In tin- last issue of Our Fireside
Friend, published at Chicago, we find
a letter from Air. H. C. King, on; of its
traveling correspondents, from which
we copy the subjoined eloquent and
manly tribute to the South. The let
tf t- dated New Orleans, Alay Ist, 1874,
reads as follows:
“You wish me to tell you ‘how I
like the South ?’ Do I like the ‘Eden
of America?’ No! I love it, wi h a
love so strong, and so deep, that had
I the power I would pluck from her
lacerated body *very thorn of wbah
everkiud; I would heal every wound,
however deep, and make her, if not
the paradise of the woild, certainly
the paradise of North America, which
nature designed her to be. I would
unite her with the North, the East,
and with the West, in the closest fra
ternal bonds, for thus the prosperity
and happiness of the whole land would
be promoted. Ihe South is a land
especially blessed by the hand of God.
When her advantages shall become
known and appreciated by the peoph
of this and other nations; when her
beauty and her inherent riches are
understood, and wise rulers and benif
iceut laws shall hold sway; when the
waste places shall be built up; when
the busy hum of manufactories shall
be heard all along the banks of our
magnificent streams. When this time
shall come, then will the Smith be
come what the Creator in His great
wisdom designed it should be, the
very ‘garden of Eden’ of America.
Now, do you wonder that I love the
South ? I would that I possessed the
pen of a Alilton, that I might tell of
its beauty aud grandeur in fitting
language.”
"THIS IS THE KIND OF A MAN HE IS.”
On th*i evening of the 21st ult., the
citizens of Hartford, Connecticut, al
most without distinction of p rty,
tendered their newly elected Senator,
II >u. W.'W. Eaton, the compliment
of a serenade, in response to which,
among other good things, he said:
Igo to the Senate with the fixed
determination to honor the State of
Connecticut' in as much as in me lies;
to honor the Stale which has honored
me—the town of Hartford, which in
the past year so honored me. Fir.-t,
first, first, the State of Con< cticut
and then theFcdera Union. I shall try
with other honest Senators, to take
away the Federal bayonets from oui
brothers in the South, that cv< ry
State in t! i> land shall have the six al
right of local self-government, and
the same exercise of it, as our own
j State; that Arkansas and South Car
' olin.i, and Louisiana, may elect then
representatives as you elected yours.
I am now, as I always have been ami
always shall be, a States Rights Dem
ocrat of the oi l Jeffersonian school
Unit's my creed! (Great apphins*-.) 1
express again my profound thunks
for all that you have done for me.
- -
Usaylt is hinted around that Presi
-1 deut Grant will veto the Civil Bights
Bi : l. Now is the time for the Presi
dent to show his good sense in veto
ing this infamous bill.
Quarantine Regulations.
The following Quarantine Rogu'ations will go i .
to effect on tnis day, and will be enforced un’il the
first of November ensuing.'
All vessels arriving at this port from, or having
touched >it Key West. Fla., New Orleans, iht West
Indies. Bahama, or Bermuda Islands, Sonia America,
or Mexico; also all vessels from foreign ports where
contagious or infectious diseases are known or are
! supposed to exist, or having had sickness on board
; during their passage, shall anchor at Qusrantin
Grounds until vi-ited and inspected br the Ileath
i Officer.
Pilots arc Instructed to anchor all vessels arriving
wilh sickness on board or having had sick
ness on board during the passage at quarantine
ground one mile above the Red Buoy, up Patterson
River.
No sick seaman or passenger, or dead body of any
seaman or passenger, shall b; brought to the city
trom ary vessel in the harbor without the consent
of the Health Officer.
Pilots and masters of vessels will he held rigidly
! respons ble for any violation of the above regula
tions.
SPALDING KENAN, M. D.
Health Officer.
Appproved, T. P. PEASE,
Chairman B. C. C.
June 6-31.
GEORGI A—Mclntosh County.
r\N the fiist Monday in July next, (it being the
' ' -ixth.) application w 11 be made to the Court of
Ordinary of said county for lejve to sell all the land
belonging to the Estate of David Allen, late of said
comity deceased; said lands lying in the 24th and
25th Districts of Liberty county, for the benefit of
| the hirs and creditors of said deceased. This, June
let 1873.
BENJAMIN MCDONALD,
Administrate r.
Jnne-6-td-
WIVf. 3HENC&,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
IS NOW prepared to do any port of work in the
Boot and Sh e line. Custom-made boot
ed at reasonable prices. Shop at B. Pfeiffer's, oppo
site Magnolia House.
May 30—
F. 0. FEEGURSON M. D.,
Physician. Surgeon, Accoucier,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
May 30— '
M. L. MERS HO N
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK,- ----- GA.
\\rTLT. practice in all the Coure of the Brunswick
v> Circnit and Mclntosh in the Eastern Circuit
UaneE and Btueewi-!. made aepfcial'y
Mav !J? J.
D. I!. WING,
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
—OF—
Timber and lumber.
Respectfully solicits patron
age-
DARIEN, - - - Q A.
May-2 tim,
0 . Il 6PKI Ns7
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
OF
Timber and Lumber.
Respectfully solicits Patronage.
Darien, .... Georgia.
May-2 6m.
D ARIEN MARKET
• —BY—
OH AS. O. FULTON,
Dealer in
MEATS. VEEETAHLES, ETC.
attention given
to all ORDERS.,^
flavine; had two years experience in ihe bus iness
I feel satisfied that I can
GIVE SATISFACTION.
Mv llianks to the public for
past' PATRONAGE, and
hope for a continuance of the
same.
C () FULTON.
May—2-ly.
HAWES & TYLER,
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries, Provis
ions, Arc., etc
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
May 2—lm.
sMi
WATCHMAKER,
DARIEN, : : : G-EOH7HA.
May—2-tf.
MAGNOLIA HOUSE!!
DARIEN, : : GEORGIA.
ArAN V additions have been made in this house
during ihe pa-t month, and the Proprietor tukin
pleasure in saying to his old
I'A .'HONS AND FRIENDS
and to all who desire FIRST-CLASS acconin tda*
tionp. t at lit? i~ ready to satisfy them at the follow
ing rates :
Hoard and per month £30.00
Table Board “ -5.00
Board and iodffii £ “ week— 10,00
Board “ “ per day 200
Meal* end 75
Lodgings *• 75
A. E. CARR, Proprietor,
M. CONWAY, Clerk.
WT Robert Gigumiat,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARIEN, GA.
f~) ROMPT ATTENTION given to all legal Vusim ss
in the Eastern and Brim nick Circuits, and in
the United States Courts at Savannah.
April 25—lv.
f Our I E i,
PLASTERER & BRICKLAYER.
Is prepared to do plain and
ornamental plastering,
BRICK WORK
—AND -
House uaintiiig in every style at
sliort notice.
DARIEN. GEORGIA.
WILLIAM HONE,
DEALER IN
Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
73 St. Julian & 154 Congress Streets;
Savannah, Ga.
May 16—Cm.
C L. GILBERT & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
GROCERIES,
Vegetables. Fruits, Confection
ery, Etc., Etc.,
Nos. 163 & 165 Bay Street, (Cor. Barnard.)
SAVANNAH, liEORGIA.
May 16-lm.
CROCKERY,
China, Glassware, house and
Furnishing Goods,
KEIOSIIE LAMPS, kl.
FOR SALE IN
Original Packages or Packed to
Orders.
E. D. SMYTHE,
Congress and St. Julian Streets,
Savannah, - - - Georgia.
Mac !6 —-?m
