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Newspaper Page TextItlCHUtl) IV. GKI'UB, Editor & Proprl’r. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $2 50. DARIEN, GEORGIA* —♦ . ♦- —————- SYTURIHY MORNING, M)V. 2SHi, ISH. A Flank Movement. —The Boston Herald continues to urge t lie Demo crats to pass the civil rights bill, which it thinks “would be a’flank movement in politics which would separate the Republican party from its base of op erations and utterly annihilate it.’ Another il ink movement of the same kind would be to take to carpet-bag ging, stealing, running outside the constitution, bayonet ' law, “enfost rnent,” dragonades, drumhead courts aud outrage mills, * Then get Grant, or Williams or the de\il to run the concern aud the business of flanking would be complete. If the Democ racy cannot Hank Radicalism with sensible, honest aud good government, they want it to continue in power to the end of time. A Gloomy Convention. —The last national convention named in the pa pers is that of the coffin makers, which met in Cincinnati last week and continued in session two days. The palij of death must have hung over that convention. The demand for a rise in coffins was suicidal, for plainly it was the interest of that body that coffins should “go down,” since the oftener they went down the greater the demand and the higlnr the price. The convention adjourned to meet next June in Pittsburg, when, it is understood, measures will be in augurated to re-establish the cholera in this country. Brave Words. —In the course of his inaugural Speech in Montgomery on November 24th, Governor Houston said: ' We must restore the credit of the State to its former high and hon orable position, preservo inviolate her good faith, and at the same time pro tect her people against excessive and unjust taxation. All citizens of Ala bama truly desire peace and perfect restoration of fraternal relations be tween all sections of our common country. They are loyal to the Gov ernment of the United States and will readily yield a cheerful obedience to its authority and laws. They oulv ask to be permitted under the consti tution and laws of the country to ex ercise, secure from unwarrantable in terference, the right of just and wise legal self-government.” United States flags were conspicuous in the proces sion. A Ruined Mill.— The World says it is remarkable how quiet the Southern States have been since the elections. The Administration outrage mill clos ed on the 4th of November, and since that time the sound of its grinding has been low in the streets. The | murders and assassinations which the Administrationists predicted would follow Democratic success have not been perpetrated, and the organs c? the party have not found a negro in all the South during the last two weeks whom they could decently kill or outrage on paper. Were it not for the usurpations of Grant’s henchmen in Louisiana and the attempted usur pation of Smith in Arkansas, there would be nothing left for the Repub licans to get up a sensation about in connection with the results in the South. What the Republicans have been unable to accomplish in the ten years which have elapsed since the close of the war, one day of democrat ic victories has secured, viz: peace and quiet in the Southern States. Terrific Cyclone. —A terrible storm visited Tuscumbia, Alabama, on Sun day last. About three hundred per sons were deprived of houses, and the total loss to towu and private indi viduals is estimated at $500,000. The storm came on while most of the peo ple were supping. It came like the sound of rushing thunder aud passed over immediately. Houses were blown down, aud in many places the streets and roads were everywhere filled with crumbling walls and shattered tim bers. The people immediately organ ized, appointed a leader and set about relieving those held by falling timbers and recognizing the bodies of the killed. In addition to the killed thirty persons were injured soon after the storm had blown over it was dis covered that that the iron railroad bridge over Spring Creek, bad been completely destroyed. AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA X lm li. Bostwick seems to be the most prominent candidate for the Brunswick Mayoralty. Mr. Bostwick is a Northern man and will be a great help to Brunswick as its Mayor. Ti.roe murderers escaped from the Bibb county jail this week. Then were all confined in the same cell and a little knife did the business. Tin Macon papers condemn the jail and we guess they will want anew one now. Dr. Wm. H. Felton’s official major ity in the Seventh District is eighty two. The press speak in the highest terms of the doctor, and it is now said that his friends will run him for Gov ernor, not as an independent, but be fore the convention. Rome owes five hundred thousand dollars and has only five thousand in habitants. The Rome paper calls it a serious affair. We should think so, Mr. Courier. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was in Sa vannah on Monday, on her way to Florida. The newspaper reporters didn’t interview her worth a cent. It was no fault of the reporters. Augusta wants the next State Fair, Macon and Atlanta don’t seem to care a fig who has it. We are of the opinion that Savannah would be the place. Col. F. W. Sims, business manager of the Savannah Advertiser, gave an elegant Thanksgiving dinner to the Savannah editors and printers. Col. Sims since his connection with the Advertiser has made it one of the best papers in the South. The Alapaha Forester calls Harris’ items damphoolery. How funny ! Frank Evans has gone to Tennessee to get married. Harris will please make a note of this. The Griffin News is pitching into the Central Railroad aud calling Col. Wadley B pet names. The Brunswick Appeal comes to us on the half shell this week. Cause— thanksgiving. Tbo bonded debt of Columbus is $597,800. The public schools cost Columbus over nine thousand dol lars. Jesup Georgian says: Our timber men should avail themseves of the present dry season to clear the va rious water-courses of the obstruc tions that have annoyed them in the past. If each neighborhood would only turn out and devote two or three days to this work, it would prove very beneflcal in the future. They could ralt their timber near tbo head wa ters of the large creeks without extra labor. We hope they will give this subject their earnest consideration. The same paper says: Col. James W. Robertson, General Superintend ent Macon and Brunswick Railroad, has tendered his resignation, to take effect December Ist. He has been elected Piesident of the Roswell Man ufacturing Company, near Marietta. Col. Robertson is a perfect gentleman and an indefatigable worker. The ; Brunswick road will lose a valuable j official, and one who lias studied its interests very carefully. We learn j that Major Green, lately connected with a railroad in Mississippi, will succeed him. West, young man,” don’t sound well to Missourians, if wb ac credit the following from the St. Lou is Republican of a recent date: Movers. —Yesterday morning seven wagons filled with movers from Clay county, Missouri, passed through Belleville eu route for the State of Georgia, where they contemplate set tling. In regard to the above paragraph, the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel says: This paragraph should be read by those who are so anxious to desert Georgia for the fertile lauds and white labor of the West. These will find that the West is a paradise o-ly to those who don't live there. There is plenty of good land in Georgia, prices are reasonable and the labor system is good enough to make famous crops of sugar, of l ice aud of cotton. We are glad to see that the advantage of our soil aud climate are attracting immigrants from beyond the Missis sippi, and we cordially welcome them to Georgia. AVe need all who will come. We can give them good gov ernment, low taxes, fertile lands and healthy climate. Georgia has room for a million new settlers and the honest and induiu'ous immigrant cannot fail ol success. OUR BRUNSWICK CORRESPONDENCE, [ni'tuUrCoii tfgporider.ce cf The Darien Gazette.] Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 24, 1874. Editor Gazelle: On the second Saturday in Decem ber our people will select a Mayor and four -Aldermen to rule over their destinies for the ensuing year In my opinion this will be by far tin most important municipal election in which we have ever engaged. Important, Ist. Because, as a city, we are at a complete staud still, aud it is impossible for any place in these' days to remain stationery. It must either advance or retroga le; and one of the first steps in an onward direc tion is to place in authority men of known ability and zeal, who have the welfare of the city at heart and will leave no stone unturned which might tend to place her financially and com mercially in a prosperous condition. Impoita’nt, 2d. Because, if such a set of officers are not chosen as can at the end of their term show, in broad and unmistakable characters, the good which they have wrought and the ad vantages which the people have de rived therefrom, then thin may be the /art municipal election in which we will be called upon, for a time at least, to engage. But I doubt not but that a majority of the registered voters will so act as to place in authority the right kind of men. There are at present before the peo ple ns candidates for the mayoralty two of our most prominent citizens — Hon. John B. Habersham and John R. Bostwick, Esq. Your correspondent supports the last named; not but that he believes that the other will make an able and efficient officer, but because in the present emergency he is confident that old man Bostwick is the pilot best calculated to guide our ship safely through the breakers. Elect him and give him a set of wide-awake, energetic aldermen to back him, and ’ero another six months rolls around, the oft repeated cries of hard times and scarcity of money will have ceas ed, and our streets will present sucli an air of bustle and life as will lead many to doubt their connection with the Brunswick of to-day. On Thursday afternoon last, a small frame building, situated in a closely built up portion of town, was discov ered to be on fire. In a few moments it was completely enveloped in flames, and had it not been for the recent rains aud the herculean efforts of a . few citizens aud the fire company, a serious conflagration would have en sued. In the evening of the same day the Silver Cornet Band wore regaled with a most elegant supper at the old Ocean House, which has been recent ly repaired, renovated and opened under anew name, by Air. AAA S. Blain. The members of the band are first class blowers, both with and without their instruments, and I have no doubt but that the rest of them will join with me in praising the en tertainment, and the generous, open hearted proprietor. No more at present, particularly about hotels. S. Sensible.—AA T e clip the following sensible paragraph from an exchange, and it is true, every word of it: Now is the time when all should remember their subscription. A wise man will see that his money is sent on in season. A good nowspaper is everything to a young family. Farm ers’ families are necessarily much se cluded from society, and the advan tage to be obtained is by intercourse with other minds. A newspaper, iu a good measure, supplies this waut. It tends to brighten their own minds, and gives them hundreds of new sug gestions they would never have had. It cheers many a lonely hour, and keeps them out of more mischief than you ever dreamed of. It is a lest to the toiliug mother to sit down and look over the homo newspaper, each week, which your thoughtfulness has provided; and it will save many a doctor bill in the course of a year. There is nothing that helps to pro mote health of body, like a cheerful mind. Look after your newspaper, and don’t lose the face of an old friend, for the want of a little atten tion at the proper time. &aT'We sea the Arkansas Smith who can’t be found and yet says he is Governor of that State, rejoices in the name of A'oluey A’oltaire, and claims to be a son of old Delusion Smith. WRECK OF THE BRIG "RADICAL.” The practical brig Radical, Capt. Ulys, with her whole crew, passengers iiid cargo, was wrecked ou November 3d, A.D. 1874. Her officers and crew were principally scalawags, carpet baggers and sea and land pirates; and her cargo was assorted merchandise, consisting of stolen silver spoons, pianos, military fines, coufiscatiom and robberies of public treasuries filled by unjust and illegal taxes. Her commander, appreciating the danger, warned the ciew that it was time to unload; but, heedless of ad vice and desperately bent on malice and mischief, the crew at length run the ‘ Radical” on breakers, and she, and all on board, miserably perished. She was a low', sneaking, black ves sel, of shallow draught, leaky and un seaworthy when launched six years ago. She was too heavily loaded with cannon, cutlasses and criminals to walk the wmters like a thing of life. From this cause, she was unmanageable, and subject to be water-logged in the first rough weather. The first adverse billow that struck her was off the coast of North Carolina; then came a hurricane from Ohio and Indiana, and her timbers cracked and quivered from stem to stern. Since then she lias been drifting at the mercy of the winds and waves from Maine to Louisiana. She sailed perfectly helpless along the yltlantic coast on the 3d of Novemberf but found no friendly harbor from Massa chusetts to Texas. In some desolate and unknown spot she found a watery grave, and no monumental stone re cords the virtues of the doubly dead. The sea-bird sprea is her wings and shrieks with joy over the spot where the “Radical” went down headlong into the deep, and the winds and waves sing a requiem over remains which no human being is so poor as to respect and reverence.- Macon Star. THE PRETENDED MIRACLES. In one of the private visits which the great Frederick was wont to pay his soldiers, he met a jolly fellow, who had that evening deserted the service of Mars for Bacchus. The monarch, entering into a dis course with him, asked him: “How he was able, out of Ids small stipend, to make so large an offering to the god of wine;” and added, “I assure you, comrade, my pay is the same as yours, yet, 1 cannot afford il; prav tell me how you can do this?” “Give me your hand, niv lad; you seem an honest fellow, and I’ll tel! yon the secret; to-day, I have been drinking with an old acquaintance; it is very hard, you know, if one can’t take a drop now and then with a friend; and ou tluse occasions, a day’s pay is a scanty allawance; so I was obliged to make use ol the old ex pedient.” . “What is that?” said the king. “Why, to pledge those of my ac coutrements which I could best spare for a short time; a little frugality will bring all light again, and then they may be redeemed. This morning 1 parted with the blade of my sword; as we shall not have a field day for some time, I shall not, therefore, have any use for it.” Fred trick observed the man closely, thanked him for his information, and then wished him a good night. The next day, the troops received an unexpected summons into the field. The king passed along the line, and, recognizing his new friend, ordered hiih and the immediate man behind him from tliv ranks; they were both commanded to strip. “Now,’.’ says the king to his com panion, “draw your sword and strike off that traitor’s head,” (pointing to the other.) “Fur Heaven’s sake, my liege, par don me! This man has been my comrade for more than fifteen years, and should this cruel office be laid on me, I should never know a minute’s peace after.” The king was deaf. “Since, then, sire, nothing I can say can move you, I pray that God may be moved to work a miracle in my favor, and turn this into a wooden sword.” lie uttered this with seeming fervor, and feigned the greatest astonishment when he found that it hapgoned as he wished. The king, knowing the artifice, could not but admire (he fellow’s in genuity, and not only pardoned but rewarded him. jgtggrTke Rev. DeWit Tnlmadge was probably never inside of a theatre in his life; and yet he seems to think about the cheapest route to the dick ens, with baggage checked through and no change of cars, runs parallel with au habitual attendance upon theatrical performances. But if our brother Talmidge lives long enough, and goes to the theatre often enough, he will probably learn before he dies that some preachers could preach a great deal less and go to the theatre a great deal more without increasing the population of Hades more than a hundred per cent, per annum at the outside. —Co u rier-Joumal. A MURDERED MAN PRAYING GOD TO PARDON HIS MURDERER, [From tlie Terre Haute Express Nov. 10-1 The readers of the Express are fa miliar with the details of the horrible and cold-blooded shooting of Joseph Robbins, a bridge watchman at Kas kaskia river, or, the Vandalia road, on the night of October 2(5. Immediate ly on the discovery of the murder, the State’s Attorney, Mr. Ashcraft, and the civil officers set to work vigorous ly to discover the author of the crime. Through the means of the buckshot taken out of the victim’s head tin clue wars given. These shot were found to be of the same size as-those found m the house of one Nathan Burgess, where the shot, gun of Rob bins was also found. Burgess was ar rested and held five days, waiting the development of further evidence, the State’s Attorney working night and day to gather every particle of evi dence. When the arrested man (Bur gess) was charged in open court with the crime, and the shot gun and the buckshot were produced, he seemed perfectly overwhelmed, turned deathly pale, and when asked if guilty or not guilty, he endeavored to 1 speak, but bis tongue refused to do its work. The feeling at this stage of the pro ceedings is described by one present as simply terrible. There was not a sound in the loom; the stillness of death pervaded every nook of the court room. In a few minutes Bur gess arose and said quite audibly, “I will tell all if you will save me !” Then, with quivering lip, blanched face, and trembling in every limb, be narrated to that almost brentnless crowd the sickening details as follows: “I knew that the Vandalia pay car had passed that afternoon and had paid Rubbing his month’s wages. I wat ted money. I got. that shot gun and went to the bridge. I ap proached the watch house I saw, through the window, Robbins sitting inside; his shoulder and bead only could be seen. I raised the gun and fired; I then hesitated a few moments i to listen if the report of the gun had aroused any one. I then went up to the watch house door and f->iwul Rob bias on his knees praying. I plainly beard him say: ‘Ol’, God, have mercy ou the one who did this! spar#him for Jesus’s sake!’ I was horrified, and turned and ran, I did not know where. I did not enter the house nor touch the door. His words haunt me still.” He B”.t down, and at once the peo ple shouted: “Hang him! hang him! ’ and all was confusion. The officers at once surrounded the prisoner to protect him. Attorney Ashcroft, jump ed ou a table an i besought the crowd to commit no violence, and to let the law take its course. This can est ap peal had its effect, and for a moment there was a silence, when one of the crowd, standing up. addressed the crowd : “If the law will hang him, let us let the law take its course. But let it here be known that this wretch must be hung by the Sheriff or by our own bands. He must have no mercy.” The officers got the prisoner out of a side door and hurried him to jail. The crowd then quietly dispersed. The amount of money that Robbins had drawn was s3l 35. Announcements For Receiver of Tax Returns. FELLOW-CITIZENS : lam a candidate for the office oi' Receiver of Tax Returns, and be" your support. Do as you wish to be done by. NovT-tf S. E. CLARKE. SPECIAL. NOTICE TO THE PATRONS OF McINTOSII HIGH SCHOOL. rplIE FIRST QUARTER’S TUITION IS NOW 1 due. Yon " ill please, therefore, call on me and settle the same at once, as the Trustees will meet on the 20th of December to act upon all eases in ar rears. ISAAC M. AIKEN, nov2l 2t Secretary and Acting Treasurer. OAIUiALVS £5 AT Oct3l-3m PEASE OLD STAND. MEDICAL NOTICE. Having located in darien, i beg to tender my Professional services to the citizens of Darien and the county of Mclntosh, nov 21-0 m GEO. J. AOLLOCK, M.D, ” I WILL RENT OR LEASE A ‘‘SAW MILL” AT or near Darien, Ga. Parties having such property to lease or rent will apply at THIS OFFICE. $l5O REWARD. rjAAKEN from my room on TIIURDAY NIGIIT a GOLD WATCH, CHAIN and LOCKET. Parties having the articles will receive the above reward and no questions asked, by returning them to W. J. SWAN, novT-tf Office of Young & Langdon. Bargains —AT— Oet3l-3m Pease Old Stand. T^ARGAINS —AT— OA3I-3m PEASE OLD STAND. B A R CAE N S —AT — Oct3l PEASE OLD STAND. 3m L. ECKMAN & CO. * FRESH ARRIVAL. \\7E have just received a assorment nf V> COOns ol every descriptioil and variety. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES And everything usua’ly kept in a first-class GENERAL FAMILY STORE. Citizens of Darien, look to your interest and buy from us. We sell CHEAP and for CASH. Come every body and examine our Goods. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. L. EGKMAtt & GO., BROAD STREET, DARIEN, GA. Goods hauled to the Ridge free of charge.. Oct3-3m fVIACoS & BRimSWCISC SjSd&ypC? feWr.'Wi JjSr Malga RAIL ROAD. Change of Schedule. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, M. & 15. R. U., | Macon, (Ja,, October 12, 187-L ) ON and after Monday, April 27, 187-t, trains on this road will run as follows : DOWN WAV PASS ENG Ell TUAIN (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leave Macon - - * - 8:30 A m Arrive at Jessup - 0:45 P M Leave Jessup - 8.00 pm Air. vent Brunswick ... in.an p m UP DAT PASSEKGEII TRAIN (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)) Leaee Brunswick ... 2.15 am- Arrive at Jemip ... 4.45 am Leave Je.su}) - • - 0 15 a m Anive at Macon ... 5.00 p m IIAWKINSVU.LE ACCOMODATION (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), Lea e Macon - - - 3,30 P M Arrive at Uawkinsville - - - 7.05 pm Leave Hawkinsvilb; ... 7.15 am Arrive at Macon - - 11.00 a m The down day pa-seneer and express train makes close connection with trains of Allantic and 0 11 If railroad at Jesup for Florida, and no day train con nects hi jesup for Savannah, and at Macon foe points North, East and Wert. ,JAS. W. ROBERTSON, Octl7-tf General Superintendent, FISK’S PATENT Metallic Burial Cases. ‘ n (T ' * Cm. 0. rpilE BEST INVENTION KNOWN FOR PHK -1 SERVING THE DEAD. Also SELF-SEALING Metallic Oases (two pateuts elegantly finished) and handsomest in this market. Coffins in Rosewood, Mahogany, Black Walnut, Cedar and,common woods. We keep a full assort ment of all goods in our line. ATWOODS & AVERY, Agents, (Broad Street,) Darien, Ga. Aug. 1-tf. 77 T II E • S l \ . WKUKi.Y, SEMI-WEEKLY, AND DAILY. THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely known to re quire any extended recommendation; but the roa st ns which liave already given it seventy thousand subscribers, and which will we hope give it many thousands more, are briefly as follows: It is a first-rate newspaper. All the news ot the da> will be found in it, condensed when unimpor tant. at full length when of moment, and alwys pre sented in a clear, intelligible and interesting man ner. It is a first-rate family paper, full of entertaining and instructive reading of every kind, but contain ing nothing that caa ofl'end the most delicate and scrupulous taste. It is a first-rate story paper. The best taler, and romances of current literature are carefully selected and legibly printed in its pages. It is a first rate agricultural paper. The most fresh and instructive articles on agricultural topics regu larly appear iu this deparlment. ’t is an independent political paper, belonging to no party and wearing no collar. It fights for princi ple. and for the election of the best men to office. It especially devotes its energies to the exposure of the great corruptions that now weaken and disgrace our country, and threaten to undermine republican institutions altogether. It has no fear of knaves, and asks no favors from their supporters. It reports the fashions for the ladies and the mar kets ffir the men, especially the cattle-markets, to which it pays pays particular attention. Finally, it is the cheapest paper published. One dollar a year will seenre it for any subscriber. It is not. necessary to get up a club in order to have THE WEEKLY SUN at this rate. Any one who sends a single dollar will get the paper for a year. We have do travelling agents. THE WEEKLY' SUN.—Eight pages, fifty-six col umns. Only SIOO a year. A'o discount* from this rate. THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUN.—Same size as the Daily Sun. S2.(JO a year. A discount of 20 per cent, to clubs of 10 or over. THE DAILY SUN. —A large four-page newspaper of twenty-eight, columns. Daily circulation over 120,000. All the news for 2 cents. Subscription price 50 cents a month, or SO.OO a year. To elubs of 10 or over, a discount of 20 per cent. Address, -THE SUN,” New York City. Take Warning. ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE MAG' NOLIA HOUSE are invited to come forward and settle immediately. I mean business, and trust all will come forward and pay up. A. E. CARR, nov7-tf Prosrietor Magnolia House.