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®he Wrefelg gejmMiratt. HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY AMERICUS. GEORGIA : Friday Merniag, June 24, 1870. Official Organ of Sumter Go. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SCHLEY COUNTr. Official Organ of Lee County. Ofllcial Organ of Webster County BQu Eleven thousand eight hundred and ninety-two emmigrants arrived at New York last week, eight thousand of whom went West, or to the interior. B®. Tho South Georgia and Florida railroad is now open and in running order from Albany to Thomasvillc. B3T- Pulaski county was visited by a very high wind on Sunday morning last. Trees and fences were blown down, and corn prostrated. A&'Seth Green, the fish farmer of the Hudson, reports that he is hatching out 100,000 shad per day, and invites all the world to come and see how it is done. He promises to replenish all the wornont shad fisheries in the country with do mesticated fish equally ns good as the wild. BSu The New York Tribune says “it begins to bo realized—as a definite,prac tical idea—that good theatres are salutary institutions in a large city; that they aug ment public security by cheering the minds of the masses; and that they sow llie seeds of education in all good thoughts which they scatter abroad, and all worthy impulses which they prompt.’ ®5u The temperance society at Au gusta, Ark., has dissolved. By the rules the members were permitted to drink ale, but one of them, as he expressed it, found that beverage “bunglesome to his stomach,” and fell back on whisky “straight.” The other members fol lowed his example. SOT The circulation of tho National Banks amounts in round numbers to 8300,000,000. This currency is based upon the bonds of the United States, on which they receivo (> per cent, interest in gold ! These banks lend their circula tion at enormous rates of interest. Why should privileges lxs granted to the money-kings of |tlie land? Throe hund red millions in bonds redeemed, would save an annual interest of eighteen mil lions in gold. Treasury notes (green backs) not bearing interest would be more acceptable to the people than the National Bonk notes. BP5U. A pupil in declamation having l*een told to gesticulate according to the sense, in commencing a piece with “the comet lifts its fiery tail,” innocently lifted the tail of his coat and looked around for applause. &i>" A new minister at New Bedford took a stroll before breakfast on the first Sunday ho was there, and alter walking a dozen blocks was accosted by a shabby- looking ‘ individual with with “ You needn’t look any further, there ain’t a d—d saloon open.” BSk- Pittsburg has a pious old lady d-T arrest or stealing a large illustrated Bible. She said her's was too fine print, and she couldn’t get any consolation out of it. tacT Mr. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, a well known nabob, gives notice in the papers of that city, that on the first day of July he will commence the erection of a hotel, probably the largest in the coun try. It will front on State Street two hundred and fifty-three feet be eight stories high and contain seven hundred and fifty rooms. It will be built in the style of the Louvre Palace, Paris, and will cost, including flie ground over 31,500,000. E6L- Estimates of the coming cotton crop liave already been made, even be fore the first bloom has made its appear ance. The highest estimate is fonr milli on bales, the lowest three and a half millions. The number of caterpillars and boll worms, frosts and heavy rains are not estimated. Cs£r The Mississippi Radicals or nouccing Governor Alcorn. At a Radical meeting in Vicksburg, the other night, one speaker indulged in the prophecy that the Governor wonld sink to the same depth of degradation as Brownlow. Whenever a Radical desires to illustrate how low a man can get, lie pointR to the case of Brownlow. A Scottish clergyman, happening to go into the churchyard while tho bea dle was employed neck deep in digging a grave, thus accosted him: “Well, Saun ders, that’s a work you’re employed in well calculated to make an old man like you thoughtful. I wonder you don’t repent of your evil ways.” The old wor thy resting on the head of his spade, and taking a pinch of snuff, replied: “ I thought, air, ye kenned there was no re- l>entance in tho grave.*’ Americas A Kewnan Railroad Tho proceedings of the railroad con vention, which met at Geneva on the 15th instant, will be found in to-day’s paper, to which Ve invite the careful attention of our readers. The convention was^pre sided overby Judge Featherstone, who, on taking tho chair, delivered a very able address, pointing out the great advan tages that would result from tho building of tbo road. Great unanimity prevailed in the convention, and there was a deter mination on the part of all present to push tlia project forward. No doubt was left on the minds of the delegates bat that the road will be built. As soon os tho charter is obtained, the chairman of the convention will call another meet ing, at which time subscription books will be opened, and initiatory steps be taken to commence work immediately. This road is destined to be one of the most important in the State, and the great advantages to bo derivod therefrom are incalculable, not only to Americas, bat to the entire line along which it will run. No railway project since has excited so lively an interest among the citizens as this one has which con templates an air line from the Great West to the Atlantic coast. It will be a shorter line by over one hundred miles to the seaboard, than any other route that can be projected, passing as it will through Coweta, Meriwether county, Harris, Morion, Talbot, Schley and oth er coanties on the route. Tho road will certainly be bailt, and Americas, of course, will appreciate the benefit to be derived from it, and give a helping hand in keeping the boll in motiou. While France contemplates the consolidation into one nationality of the Latin races, aud Germany of tho Teutonic races, Italy the Italian, and Russia the Sclavonic, Spain appears to be looking to the restoration of Iberia to its ancient boundaries, and its incorporation into uatiou. Iberia is the ancient Greek name of Spain. The aboriginal Iberiior Iberians occupied the entire southern portion of the peninsula from the strait of Gibralter to the Pyrreuees until the date of the Cartliagenian invasion. They gave to its mountains, rivers and cities most of tho names they still bear. Prim aud Saldana are supposed to bo in accord the subject of uniting Spain and Por tugal with the view to consolidating the Iberian races into one nationality. Such a kingdom wonld be of the first rank. At present Spain holds in extent only the sixth rank among European nations. The following statistics will show the ad- ■antages of the proposed consolidation: Spain has 193,241 square miles in Europe, and Portugal 35,2(58; amounting com bined to 228,512. The population of Portugal proper is 3,471,090, and Spain 13.920.000, combined 17,400,000. In territory tho kingdom of Hieria would exceed France by 28,000 square miles, Turkey by 25,000, and Great Britain by 108.000. Austria is but 28,000 square miles larger. But the union would necessarily comprehend the foreign de pendencies and those of Spain amount to 93,035 square miles, while Portnga governs 559,844 outside of her own lim its. The empire wonld thus sum 882,21'X square miles—-a dominion rivalled only by Russia, Great Britain, China and the United States. The population united would number nearly or quite 25,000,000. As Iberia would have but four nations of greater territorial possessions, so there would be only Russia, France, Austria, Great Britain and Pruisia with a greater population in Europe. Amnesty.—The Washington Republic of Tuesday says : The vote in the House yesterday upon the motiou of Mr. Stokes, of Tennessee, to suspend the rules to pass a bill to remove all political disabilities, and not to require the “ iron-cl:ul oath ” of persons so relioved is by no means sig nificant of the House upon the subject The bill was crudely drawn, aud it * is known that the Reconstruction Commit tee have under consideration, and expect soon to report, a bill to very generally re move disabilities, making exceptions of those who left their v>eata in Congress, or who, educated at the expense of the Gov ernment, left the army or the navy to join in the rebellion, and perhaps some others of a similar class. SOT An English journal, theBrittauia, has an amusing article under the head of **A dams’s wedding. ” The editor says lie likes short courtships, and in this Adam acted like a sensible man—ho fell asleep a bachelor and woke up to find himself a married man. He appears to have “popped the question” immediately after meeting Mile. Eve; and she, without any flirtation or shyness, gave him a kiss and herself. Of that kiss in this world we have had, however, onr own thoughts, and sometimes in poetical mood have wished we were he that did it. But the deed is or was done—the chance was Adam’s, and ho improved it We like the notion of getting married in a gar den, it is good taste. We likoa private J96T“ Perhaps there never was a period the experience of this country, certain ly not in the memory of men now liv ing, says the Courier-Journal, when the political situation was so overspread by such an impenetrable haze of uncertainty, when the political elements visible to the eye lay about in such scattered and apparently inextricable confusion. We find Republican leaders urging old fash ioned Democratic theories. Wo see Democratic politicians committing them selves to doctrines which, to say the least of them ore federalists. On all sides there is a laxity of partisan exaction.— The Republicans are at onto with the Radicals. The Young Democracy are outs with the Bourbons. Mr. Chase claimed by two or three parties, and ] party seemes able to satisfy itself. All i of bids are being made for the Presi dency, and no matter how opposite to each other, all appear to have an equal chance, but no one rising uIkjvc another. The spectacle is curious, indeed. Who will first succeed in divining its mean ing? A “Dimtinoitsiied” Georgian Anno. —Hon. J. C. Conner, the young Demo cratic man irom Texas, in his speech reply to Senator Morgan C. Hamilton, said lie knew of men standing charged with high crimes in the older States who were, when he left Texas, iu favor with the authorities there. He iwrticnlarized tho following case: “An infamous and depraved wretch, an escaped convict of tho Georgia peni tentiary, a notorious adulterer and known murderer in Texas, who stands to-day in the civil courts of that State with the last and greatest crime, was, when I left, supported by that merciful dispenser of human justice, the military power of the State. But, sir, that was not all. It did not stop with his being turned loose up on the community, bnt with hands drip ping with the blood of a citizen of Texas, whom ho bad mostcrnellty, most coward ly, and maliciously murdered, to say nothing of his open and notorious adul tery or his former career in the Georgia penitentiary—this cool, calculating, and villainous murderer was forced upon a quiet, peaceful and industrious commu nity, amid the very scene of his outrages as au officer of the law, by the stern decree of a military order. I could men tion numerous instances of this kind that have fallen under my immediate observa tion. I regard it useless, and shall not detain tho House with their recital, I might say, however, that the murder re ferred to, with the neglect or failure to, punish the same, was credited .to the ac count of lawlessness and crime, and charged to the people of Texas.” -Tagrahey was the charge preferred against Annie Henderson, a white wo ol Atlanta, who a negro. H i -The negroes around Savannah are Lux and Its End.—Remember for wliut purpose you were born, and thro’ the whole of life look at its end. Con sider, wh<. n Uiat comes, in what you will put your trust. Not in the bubble of worldly vanity—it will bo broken ; m worldly pleasures—they will be goue ; not in greut connections—they cannot sene } o;i; not in wealth—you cannot carry it with you ; not in rank—in grave then* is no distinction ; not iu recollectiou of a life spent iu conformity to tho silly fashions of a thoughtless and wicked world ; but trust iu Clirist, j ife rpent soberly, righteously and wisely n the present world. turning honest pennies now, by stealing white people’s cows and making beef of them. —The Nashville Union & American fears a la Red Cloud that the negro race ‘melting away like the snow on the side of the hill when the snn is warm.” —Tbo Columbus Sun nominates W. C. P. Yonge, of Opelika, for the next Governor of Alabama. Tho San bases Cob Yonge’s claims for tho office upon the fact that the editor was his guest at a “fish fry.” —Gainesville, Fla., is troubled with population of thirteen hundred souls and hard times. —The Newnan Herald tells an amazing story of a terrific fight between a Mr. Douglass aud au immense mastiff. The man was nearly chewed up, but killed tho dog. —The General As sociaion of the Bap tist church iu the State of Virginia, wliich was iu session during the past week, contained some of the most dis tinguished members of which the State can boast The various boards of the church in their reports gave gratifying evidence of progress, and show that the membership of the church is inci easing, the association representing between eighty and one hundred tlionsund bers. —The general railroad act in Mississip pi has just become a law, notwithstand ing the protests of many colored mem bers, who bore testimony that it mili tates seriously ogainst the work of reconstruction in that State. —Springfield, Mo., has a population of 7,000. — Macon has licensed barn —Henry Clay Dean is running the free-trade hobby in Misouri. The Griffin Georgian says half the babies liorn in Georgia for the next five years will bo named Kimball. —.T sh Billings say»: “Tito boots is insult to enny man’s understanding.” Abraham Lincoln used to say the best story ho ever read of himself this: “Two Quakeresses were travelling the railroad, aud were heard discuss ing the probable termination of the T think,’ said the first, ‘that Jefferson will succeed.’ ‘Why does thee think sc asked the other. ‘Because Jefferson is praying man.’ ‘And so *s Abraham praying man,’ objected the second. ‘Yes; but the Lord will think Abraham is joking,’ tho first replied,conclusively.” —A schoolmaster tells the following good one: 1 was teaching iu a quiet country village. The second morning of my session I had time to survey my surroundings, and among the scanty fur niture I espied a three legged stool, this the dunce block?’ I asked a little girl of five. The dark tgU The House of Representatives has refused to allow Whittemore to take keeping bar for bis seat When be presented bis creden tials, Logan offered a resolution that the House decline to allow Whittemore to be sworn in. Logan supported bis resolu tion, contending that the House had the right to say that a man of infamous character should bo excluded. Whitte- moro had committed an infamous crime, and was disqualified in tho eyes of Con gress and the world. Farnsworth op posed the resolution, and at the conclu- of his speech the resolution adopted; yea, 131; nays, 24. Benjamin Butler, tho spoon-thief, voted for the ad mission of tho cadet-thief. 9@u King William of Prussia is not lavish on personal apparel. His valet re cently gave him a hint by substitsting a new coat for ono he had worn two or three years longer than the ought, and was thereupon summoned to the royal presence. “Where is my coat, Jean?” “I have token it away, your Majesty; it is no longer fit to be worn.” “What are you going to do with it, Jean?” “I be lieve I am going to sell it” “How much do you think you will get for it?” This was hard to answer, for no old clo’ Jew in the world wonld have given a shilling for the old coat Jean, therefore, hesi tated a moment and then answered: believe I shall get about a dollar for it your Majesty. The king took his pocket book from the table,; opened it and handed Jean a dollar. “Here is a dollar, Jean,” said be, “that coat is so oomforta- ble; bring it back to me; I want it yet” wedding, and Adam’s was strictly pri vate. No licanx were there, no croaking old maid, no chattering aunts and grumb ling grandmothers. The birds of heaven were minstrels, and tho glad sky shed it light upon the scene. One tiling about the first wedding brings queer things in to onr beads, spite of scriptural truths. Adam and his wife were rather young to be married, some two or three years old, according to thesagest speculations of theologists, mere babes, larger bat not oider, without a house, a pot or a kettle, nothing but love and Eden 1 Another Robbing of the Tbxasuby.— A Washington letter says: “ There has been missed from the Treasury of the United Btatss, supposed to have been stolen, a bundle cf 2,000new legal United States notes, of the denomination of $10, new series of 1869, having the bead of Daniel Webster, and numbered as fol lows : H 3,530 001 asterisk to H 3,532,000 asterisk, both inclusive, amounting to $20,000. The Boy of tiie Period.—An Augusta letter to tho Atlanta Constitution, says Augusta lias the only boy of the period. He worked hard lost winter aud this spriug, accumulating enough money to help supjiort his mother and sisters aud pay bus tuition at school. He attends diligently to liis scholastic duties from a. in., till 2 p. m., and mokes himself generally useful at homo iu the afternoon aud makes $1.50 at night watching. That lad we venture, will make a good mu; the world. Going Back to tiie Old Kemuion.— A cable telegram says a communication from Vicuna states that since the publi cation iu Austria of tho laws on religious liberty, a strange movement has arisen the population of that city in consequence. In less than twenty years 080 persons of both sexes, hard abjured Christianity tor the Jewish faith, and these perversions n the increase. New I*bant.—A com*.si>oudent writes from Marion District, S. C., to tho Charlotte, (N. C.) Ballet iu: I have discovered aud fully tented a new >uey plaut, which abonuds here, and which blooms from May 10th until June! 20th. It yields n large supply of the very purest honey, delieions to the palate, und clear as .spring water. The busli is :table for yards, as it is quite ornanient- I will send you a plaut and a ltottio of the haney for inspection. UGX-Dr. Porter, in liis Masonic oration at New York, characterized the Order as that was “ neither sectariau, political, national, ” and yet was both patriotic religious. Freemasonry includes Mahometans, Christians, and Jews, and presents the most universal Innid of union that tho world lias yet seen. S&" A French surgeon has discovered process of performing operations with out pain lie. uses instruments heated to white heat by means of electricity. He was led to the discovery by observing that burns caused by iulense heat pro duced no pain. The absence of pain is owing to the destruction of tho norves by the great heat. -1 r —A telegraph office is to be established atStone Monntain. Lookout fob Him.—All Masons are warned to be on the lookout for on indi vidual claiming to be a Mason, now liv ing in Calvert, Texas, named Isaac J. Bilman. SaidHilman is a dangerous character, and has been imposing on the confidences! the craft, both in AUh™*. and Missouri He is shoot & feet 8 inches high, black hair, eyes, whiskers and eye brows, dark dear complexion ; is vejy plausible in general manners, and rather inclined to be very intimate on short quaintonce; originally from Nashville, Tenn., and Westport, Mo. - Important to Guardians of Minors ao arb Pensioners.—The Secretary of the Interior has decided that in case of plurality of children, each child is entit led to tho two dollars per month addi tional until it reaches the age of sixteen, nnderthe provisions of the Act of July 25,186G, and to carry ont this decision the Commissioner of Pensions directs that all certificates to minor children con taining the clause, “ It is further provided that when only one of tho above children entitled, the additional sum of two dol lars per annum shall cease to be paid from that date, ” shall be returnod to his office for reissue to exclude the above clause. fcaJ** From parties living on the line of Crawford and Perry counties, Indiana, the Leavenworth Independent learns of the woman-whipping affair that occurred about two weeks ago, but which has just been made public. It appears thut for a year past a man named M. G. Payne has been living in open adultery with one Jane Alsop, a woman of bad re pute. Tliu honest wives living in the immediate vicinity of the sinful couple haveofton protested against their de moralizing manner of conducting them selves, and had made frequent threats of paying them a visit and punishing them. The guilty couple paid no attention to tlieir threats, aud continued to live on in utter defiance of law and decency. About two weeks siuce Payne left home on some business, and eight or ten women took advantage of his absence to pay a visit to his residence. They disguise! themselves by blacking their faces, and, arming themselves with switches and turpentine, proceeded to the house shortly after dark, aud drugging tho woinau from her bed, stripped her uaked and whipped her iu the most terrible manner. Not Ratified with this they poured turpentine over her smarting wounds, and for a time there was strong talk of applying a match aud thus make au end of her then and there, but better counsels prevailed, and, after warning her that if she con tinued liviug with Payne without the solemnizution of the marriage ceremony, they would ugaiu visit her with a coat of sparkle!, the I of tar and feathers, and treat her to General Amnesty WC SWisenoKa. Jax Sl.-Tho Hbow recon. •traction committee reported a bill;fora fan and general grace, amnesty and oblivion of cer tain wrongful act*, doings. and omiaslona con nected with the late rebellion. It exclude* persona educated at West Point or Anapoli*; members of Congress befcre the rebellion: beads of executive departments; judges of Federal Courts or foreign ministers before tlio war; signers of ordinances of secession and Govern ors of States daring the rebellion; persons who held Federal monies, the property of tho United States at the commencement of tho hare not undo restitution—all deserters from the federal army or navy. The bCl was ordered to bo printed aud recommitted. 10 r. m.—The following is the full text of tlic amnesty bill: It provides lor a lull and general brace of amnesty aud oblivion of certain wrongful acts, doings or omisskns of all persona engaged in the war of tho late rebellion, perpetrated, in curred or forfeited between the 11th day of April, 1881, and tho 20th day of Angust, 1866, with fall restoration of all rights and privileges lost or injured thereby and therein. The following clasaoe of persons and the rights, titles and causes of action, are exempted romaUthe provisions of this act and others: 1st. Whoever, baring been educated at the Military Academy at West Point, or the Naval Academy at Auapolis, aud shall have engaged in tho robe!lion aud insurrection agaiust the United States, or given a»d and coin fort to the enemies thereof. Whoever, having been a mom her of either House oi the Congress of tho United Stales, shall have engaged in rebellion agaiust the same, or given aid aud comfort to thoonem thereof; and whoeveven was a member of the called Confederate Congress. 3d. Whoever shall have held tho office of head f ono of tho Executive Departments of the government of the United States, or minister plenipotentiary, or minister resident, or Jndgo of any court under the United States, and shall have engaged in rebellion or insurrection against the same, or given aid and comfort t mica thereof; and whosoever shall liave held ither oftli>< like offices under the oufederate States. 4th. Whoever shall have voted for, or sigued ny ordinance of secession of any State, <>i held the office of Governor of such State while ; same was in rebellion. ith. Whoever, whilo in the service of the so- called Confederated States treated with cruelty, r otherwise than according to the usages ol ar, any prisoner of war hold by authority ol ie so-called Confederate States. Gth. Whoever, having charge aud custody ol ie public monies of tho United States, on trust - 1 to them betwocu said dates, have not duly eounted for aud paid over the same; aud who- rer shall have embezzled or secreted publi< stores, public goods, chatties, monies, provis military and civil property of the Unites States 7tb. AU deserters from tiie army and navv o the Uuited States, and all bounty-jumpers. 8th. All property and rights of property ac quired by any levy, Judgment or extort mad« and executed upon any lands or tenement goods, chatties, or other valuable thing wliatei d any sale nr forfeiture by confiscation or t ;on, whereby any rights or titles have become steel either in the United States or iu third curls nodded assent, and the lips rippled ride on a rail. The woman made every After Weavers.—We were tolil late yesterday that onr largest manufacturing company intended sending an agent to day to England for the purpose of secur ing 150 weavers.' They say they can be bronght here cheaper thannew ones can be taught—Col. Sun. E&-A Chinese cigar maker at Son Fran cisoo liss gono to tho Insane Asylum through trying to keep the run of Internal Revenae decisions regarding cigar stamps. out, ‘I guess so, the teacher sits —Josh Billings says: “when a young an ain’t good for anything else, J. like w see him carry a gold headed cane. If 5 can’t buy a cane let him part hu hair i the middle.” —It is said that the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia have met at Ems to arrange a marriage between Prince Vladimir, the second son of the Czar, and a Prussian princess. —Tho New York Herald declares that Caleb Cushing is right when he says that the Congress of the United States iu ag gregate intelligence has always been far inferior to the Executive. If this mild aphorism is to be relied on, the present Congress is to bo pitied. —A blind merchant who frequents the Rue SL llouore has the following au- uouucement affixed to his besom: “Blind; father of fonr children, the result of a terrible accident!” —Two bad boys iu Chicago dropjied au anvil ou a XVtU Amendment’s head. The anvil was not seriously damaged. —Auy fool cau make a woman talk, but it requires a very clever man to make her listen. —It is probable General Bragg will be appointed Superintendent of the Atlanta Water Works. He lias approved a plan which has l»ecti submitted to him by the committee. \ Ban Francisco paper says: Iu the oration of Rev. A. li. Stone, at l'latt'f Hall, yesterday, |ou memorial day,J a meuliou of the name of Robert E. Lee brought down the house with a loud burst of applause. This shows that the age of bigotry and intolerance has passed, and the senseless cry of “rebel,” applied to the patriots and heroes of the ‘lost cause,” is losing its force. Lee’i fame will go down in history aocoud to few of the illustr ons and h onored names which odoru. -—The dogma of Infallibility has, learn by cable telegraph from Loudon, been adopted by tits (Ecumenical Coun- Romc. Tho anathema clause included. —The Pope has fixed the 22d day of July as the utmost limit of time which will be allowed tho Armenians to make their submission to the Holy See. If by that time they have not reconciled them selves with Rome, excommunication wil be pronounced against them. —New York talks af erecting in Cen tral Park a monument of Dickens. —Dr. Hawkins, a blind chemist of Philadelphia, invented soda water, in 1812. ’4" —Kimball, the man who is bnilding hotel in Atlanta, offers a prize for a suit able name for it. As the name should be' suggestive of something in the history of Atlanta, we put in. Call it * ‘The Slan der Mill,” “The Sweat Box,” “The State Rood Depository,” or “The Bullook Pen.” Take choice and hand over the plated ware.—Columbus Sun. promise demanded- We have not yet learned whether she has complied with tho request of the rcgulntists, but if not, we may expect to hear something scrions in that neighborhood, as the women determined she shall abaudon her evil ways or leave tho country. Payne, who is described as a desperate character, learning the manner iu which his para mour had been treated, swore vengeance ou the women of that part of the coun try, and declared that he would mete out the same punishment to every woman concerned iu the whipping, as fast could find out their names. 9SC A person who undertakes to raise himself by scandalizing others might as well tty to sit down on a wheelbarrow and try to wheel himself. ZQrHorace Grccly says that the dark est day in any man’s career is that where in lie fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar tlian by squarely eqjning St — 1 49* The Griffin Georgian aars half tbo babies bom in Georgia for the next five yean will be named Kimball. Kimball then, must be a muchly mar ried man, if be is to bare snch numerous progeny. " * T / A Sharp Thick.—A gentleman named Kuhns having received a circular from parties in New York stating that they would furnish him with counterfet jnoney of so excellent on appearance as to insure its easy circulation, informed two of the constables of this city of the proposition, and they ordered a supply of the spu rious money for the purpose of detecting tho counterfeiters. Their order was re sponded to, and yesterday they received, _ by Adams Express, a neat little box, marked, C. O. D- $21.25, which was paid “ the express matter for tho North and aa. 4he money paid for it was in the express office on order was at obtained for its attachment.—Afex- andriafYa.) Gazette. The Fifteenth Amendment. Punchinello thus saterizes the bill to enforce tbo provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment, under tho head of “ Con densed Congress. ” In spite of tho obstinanco silence of Sumner, the Senate has been lively. Its first proceeding was to pass a bill— an interminable anil long draw bill— ostensibly to enforce the Fifteenth Amend ment. But the title is a little joke. As single person other than a member of the bar of Philadelphia could understand it, Punchinello deemed it his duty to have the bill read by relays of strongmen.— What is the result ? Six of his most valued contributors sleep in the valley. But what arc U eir lives to the welfare of the universe, for which ho exists. The bill provides : 1. That any person of a darker color than chrome yellow shall hereafter be entitled to vote to any extent a: election, with reference to age, se:, previous condition, anything anywhere to tho contrary notwithstanding. 2. That any person who says that any such person ought not to vote, shall l>e punished by a lino to the extent of his possessions, and shall bo anathema. 3. That any person who shall, with in tent to prevent tho voting of any person, strike such person upon the nose, eye, mouth or other feature, within one mile of any place of voting, within one week of any day of voting shall be puuished by fine twice the amount of his possess- 4. That any person who shall advise auy other person to question the light of any person of the hue hereinbefore speci fied to vote, or do auy other act whatev er, shall be punishable by line to the ex tent of three times his jiossessious, and shall l>o anathema. 5. That all the fines collected under this act shall be expended upon the endowment of “ The Society for Secur ing the Pursuits of Happiness to Ameri can Citizen of African Descent.” And if any person shall call in questiou the justice of such a disposition of such lines, he shall l>o punishable by fine to the ex tent of four times his possessions, and shall be anathema. Mr. Wilson objected to anathema. He said nobody in the Senate but Mr. Sum ner knew what it meant. Besides, it was borrowed from the syllabus of a degraded superstition. He moved to substitute the simple aud intelligible expression, “He- bedam.” no t i ei; Having the liabilit; left upon -COOK !i CO hands to pay, and NOTHING TO PAY them with, except the account* mads, and the stock of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, tho.-e indebted will please settle with u*. \\v propose to sell the stock now on h»nd for C A. S H , until we car pay tho indebtedness, and to ena ble ns to do so, wo offer tlic saino AT A REDUCED PRICE. Bo now is the time *n«l here is tho place to buy A- R. BROWN. jaulG-tf Trustee. BAD BLOOD ‘The Life is the Blood-’ |hur fjdwrtisflwntji. WILCOX & GIBB’S SILENT Front it wo den re onr strength, beauty, and ental capabilities. It is the center ot our be- ig, around which revolves all tliat makes exis tence happy, When this source is corrupted ie painful effects are visible iu many shapes, rominent among which ia SCROFULA. Tliis is a taint or iufcction of the human or ganism, and probably no one is wholly free from It exhibits itself in various shapes—an ulcere I sore*,, decayed bones, diseased scalp, *>r. . -s, weak and diseased joints. St. Vitus' Damv. foul discharges from tho nostrils, eruptions, glandular swellings, throat affections, rheumat- heart affections, nervous disorders, barn-u- , disorders of the womb, dropsy, syphilitic affections, liver complaint, salt rheum, dyspep sia, neuralgia, loss ofmauliood and general de bility. It has- been the custom to treat these diseases with mercury and other niim-ul sub stances, which, though sometimes producing a e. often proves injurious and entails misery Iter life. The long known injurious prupvr- i of these so-called alteratives and pirn tier* led the philantropliical man of science t« explore the arcana of nature, the result ol which has been the disoovery or vegetable pro ducts wliich possess tho power of eradicating these taints from tho blood. Dr. TTJTT’S COMPOUND EXTRACT OF MASONIC CHARITY. Tho Journal of Commerce, in referring to tho recent Masonic demonstration tho occasion of laying tho corner stone tho grand Masonic Temple York, truly says it. was an imposing spectacle to behold an assemblage of . fifty thousand members of the Order ami the splendid pageant. It also well says that “ tho Masons of this city and untry have reasons to be proud of their numbers, tho average good character of the brotherhood, tlieir prosperity aud charitable deeds.” This is of course, one feature of such a gathering, but it is not by any menus alL The most graud aud impressive features are the moral power, the quiet selfvdepeudeuce and uuosteuta- ticuM-reliauoo which are the character istics of the Order. Aud in this view we commend to those wiseacres of tho late religious laxly which hurled their auath* etnas at the order, tUe tallowing sensible remarks of the Jounuii: What impresses us most iu seeing or reading of such public demonstrations os that of Wednesday, is the thought that the good deeds of masonary, us of Odd Fellowship^ aud tiie other great l>enevo- lent secret societies, are done ut the ex pense of the organizations themselves, modestly and noiselessly. They do not tease newspaper editors to publish adver tisements for them gratis, begging mem bers to contribute to tins or that object of charity. When they want to raise money they do it out of their own names, aud by their privato machinery. And when they spend it for the relief of widows and orphans, iu ministering to the sick, in aiding the poor, they do not rush into print with boastful statements of the charity aud kindness they hove bestowed. Their beneficence is as secret, except to its recipients, as the ceremonies of their ritual. The sturdiest opponents of Masonry. Odd Fellowship, Ac., cannot but admire these traits of the Orders. Wo mention no names, but there are many religious and charitable organizations which might copy, with profit, the self-sustaining un obtrusive system of benevolence adopted by the great secret societies. The habit which the former have fallen into, of soliciting aid from tho pnblic treasury, or importuning the snpnort of newspa pers iu order to reach the pnblic, pro- dnccs some substantial result, we admit, but not so gratifying as if they would make continuous and equally persistent efforts in a great way by direct personal appeals. When the men who denounce and othematizo Masonry will carry forward and sustain their religious, services, so cieties and clisraties on their own money and by their own resources, as tho Ma sons always do theirs, and with a a little public noise and ostentation, we shall be more^ready to admit their right to criti cise the Masonic Fraternity.—Sav Newt. 9:h. Evorr pi.-co *:ul parcel or Uud,lioi 1 may be described or bounded, which it r has been used lb a national ceaieter rhicli the bodies of the holdicrd of the L States arc interred, or which is iu the oc tion of the United States for a proposed ce tery; which parcels of laud are hereby declared to bo property of the Uni tad States, in capture iu war, aud forever dedicate to the use aud purposes of cemeteries, for the soldiers of the United State', heretofore interred or hereaf ter to be iuterred therein, and to be under the sole Jurisdiction of the United States for such purposes, inalienable forever; ruoviDrn, that nothing herein coutaiuod shall affect or impair the validity of any act of Congress removing the political disabilities of any person herein exempt ed from tho benefits of the provisions of this The act of amuosty and oblivion shall extend to all acts and omissions made, or done, or omit ted to l>e done, by any officer or soldier, or other agent of the United States, in carrying out or putting iu execution the laws of tho United States known as tho reconstruction acts, and the other acts for tho government of the rebel lious State, however tho name may l>o entitled, as fully and with the same extent, as if tho said acts or commissions had been done or omitted Uy such officers and soldiers during tin* war of the niicllioii. An Ohio Belle. iugulsr sliootiug affair oceni ■cully a McArthur, Ohio. A local paper says: “Miss Sarah M. Sage, connected with ono of the best families in the v llage; and one of the most beau- iful and brilliant young ladies iu tho conuuuiu- ty, has been for some time blindly infatuated with a young man by tbs name of Mack Will, who is also of the uio*t respectable connection and of good talent, hut who.se habits of intem perance havc become of the mos^fearfal charae- or. The lady devoted herself to him, making ‘very effort for his reformation, bnt apparently without tho Blighted success, and, Ixvomlng maddened by the fruitW*mnee» of her eflVei, con- •lndcd to hold the saloon keepers responsible or her failure. On Tliurmlay night, between 0 and 10 o’clock, she visited tlw> ratoon of Patrick O’Keefe with a lua-.li-d six-sliootor, and open ie door, fire.1 upon O Keefe without effect. She then entered the saloon and accused O’Keefe of selling liquor to' Will. lie denied it, ind soon uu altercation ensued, when she shot igain without effect. A bystander then grasped ler hand and threw it down, and iu this pisition ihc agaiu fired, the ball passing through her diawl and lodged iu tlic thigh of O'Keefe, indict- nga serious aud paiufal wound. She was then placed outside of the door, and went away. Tin morning she was arrested amt taken hofori ajustice and discharged on some technicality On Friday the u as tv arrested on a warrant from justice at Hamden, where she aminatiou, aud was held to answer at court in the Of $500. On the same day Will and a mar ried sister of Misa Bagc appeared at Hamden, and tho party proceeded to Jackson, when the __ ^ ^ Tli© Glutton (Wla.) Times says it eft” When the box was opened it con be proven “ from the records, ” that found to contain fenthurg batitsw Mrs. Patrick Connell/, of StockbriJge, Calumet county, produced six, children in eleven months, and claims [tiie cliam- ship of the world. Important Dminox.—At the rc< decision of tho Circuit Court of Barli county, Ala- , Judge Wiley rendered a decision which wc feel sure will ho grati fying to all parties who employ labor by the year. A hired Jim for tho year, un der written contract, which Jim disre garded and reltired himself to B. This fuel becoming known to A. he told B. that Jim was under contract to him, and that if B. kept him he most do so at his peril. B. declined to discharge Jim, whereupon A. commenced snit against him, which resulted in B’s being obliged to pay the small anm of $250.00 for his obstinacy and bad faith to a neighbor.— We think the court served him jnst right; and we hope that every man who thus seeks to undermine the sanctity of labor contracts. l>e he whom he may, will meet a similar futo.—Troy Adc. Mess. Ho for Ameeiccs.—We are pi learn that a number of tiie Mqunnif ternity, including the Sir Knights, pose accepting the invitation of the at Americas, on Friday next, and arrangements are on foot to procnrevQD extra train for tho occasion. '' Dr. Blackshc&r is to deliver the ad dress, and that of itself is a tempting in ducement; bnt tie celebration ana the festival promise a rare treat for the sons of light, and a large gathering is expect ed.—Albany News. —A Pennsylvania paper tells of a local preacher who lias received for his salary this year nothing bat a currycomb, a keg of varnish, and two dozen clothes pins. Whenever his children cry with hanger, he gags them with a clothes pin, scratch es t$era stomach with a carry, and lays on a coat of varnish. A PERFECT WONDER In ita simplicity, strength of stitch, apd beauty of finish. Needle is self-adjusting and cannot be set wrong, it tucks, cords. Items, fells, em broiders, braids, quilts and does all kinds of plain ana fancy sewing, with neatness and dis patch. For sale at manufacturer's prices by I. N. HART & CO., agents. Canary Seed, Rape Seed aud Cuttlefish Itouc. tSACON at prices to correspond with the de cline in gold and cotton by ' I. N. HART X CO. D issolution.—The firm of Lawson A Plane is this day dissolved by mutual consent. J. I). LAWSON, S. W. liLANCE. >se indebted to tho late firm will settle their accounts with J. D. LAWSON, who con tinues the business at tho old stand on Cotton Avenue. • jnn2S-Im f James M. Hhivers having applied to me 1 xemption of personalty and valuation and tv ng apart or Homestead, I will pats upon t une on Saturday, 2d day of July, at 10 m. jnu23-2t Gao. \V. Davenport, Onl y G EORGIA—Sumter Cuuxty. Frauds W ud the plied Georgia—Lee comity. F OUR weeks after date application will he to the Ordinary of I^e county for Wave i sell tho mii estate of .8. U. Mane, deceased. jnu23-lm John Douuins, Admr. P0SIE E. STANFIELD, Root and Shoe Maher, T AKES occasion to inform his friends and th public generally that ho has removed In Root and Snoeslwp to the room over the wan house of J. V. 1‘riee & Kon, where ho iy prepared to make boot and shoes, attend to repairing, aud fill all orders entrusted to liis care with promptness and dispatch. jam- 21 lin. Georgia—Sumter comity. TJIOUlt weeks afier dale, application will l J7 made to ffie Ordinary of Sumter comity fi leave to tell hind belonging to e-state of Janie Stewart, deceased, for the benrfit of hef Wm. 1*. Rtewa Adni o’clock a. in., Jn:y 2, 1870, Administrator’* Sale. W ILL be sold before the conrtb. Amcrieus, at 9 o’clock a. in. by order from Ordinary of Burnt following property: Household and kit . „ _ buggy, aud 20 head cows, property of James Stewart, deceased. Terms cash. jun21-td War. D. Stewaut, Admr. Great Bargains K. T. BYRD’S. t sixty days I will sell DRESS GOODS, aiotblms, B»t«, BOOTS AND SHOES, New York Cost for Cash! VALUABLEPROPERTY V FOR HALE IN BRUNSWICK. Ga., con sisting of lots to suit purcoasers, finely situated: 480 IBffSnSSE cently surveyed into lots and now for the i| time offered at low prices to •neourage^H »* acknowledged antidote to all blood di*- u By its use the afflictions above enume rated can bo permanently banished, ami the Source,Hie Cent re of ltlood,< liel.il'c maintained in all its purity and vigor. For (Uteofies produced by the use of Alercur jr, und for Syphilis, with its train of evils, this com pound is the only sure antidote. ml and ouutcuauce downcast SARSAPAPILLAS Queen’s Delight in a messing. Try it fairly and your nerves will be restored to their wonted vigor, and your de jected countenance be made radiant with tin- consciousness of RESTORED- MANHOOD. t any Umo may take disease, w ill lie cured by it. mil PEHEPIBK TSE IDr. TUTT’S EXTRACT OF SAR8APAR1UA QUEEN’S DEL1CHT. When used in the spring it removes all humor* which infest the syntem; and banishes the lati- gour and debility peculiar to that season of the year. It acts promptly ou the LIVKIt AND KIDNEYS. Produce.* h healthy action of the important or gans by which all the impurities oi the system are carried off; and tho result ia a CLEAR SKIN, A GOOD APPETITE AND B0UYANT SPIRITS. I* It B PARED 15 Y Wm. H. Tutt & Land, AUGUSTA, GA., And Sold by DruggistsEverywhere j une4-Cm Laths & Kiln-Dried Flooring, Wrthercll & Fislipr’s Mill. SO. 2, KW'niWESTERS BAILROAU. iLddrossPoworsvillc jut. 14-3m TII0S. M. EDES, LGUN & LOCKSMITH, Dooler ire GUNS, PISTOLS, Powder, shot, cans ot si) kinds, wads, lauds, car tridges, pistol liohUra, molds, l*dtes,'and sport ing ammunition of every kind. Wesson’s Breach loading Rifles. Now on hand a large and fine assortment Qf fishing tackle, consisting in part of grass, silk, cotton and linen lines, books, floats, sinkers, jointed and reed poles, set lints, spears, trout flies, spoon and spinning bait, bait boxes, etc. N. B.—J gency of the celebrated Wilson Shuttle Sewing Machines. East side Public Square, next door to Wm. 8imnc A Son's Carriage Manufactory. wAtwly I200 REWABD! QTRAYED OR STOLEN- O' From the undersigned, 5 head of cattle, 4 heifers aud one cow, all branded with a dia mond on the side and “21” on the hip or rump. The informer will be well paid foe any infoi na tion concerning tho stock, and the above reward will be paid for the thief, with, proof Uni be hod them in his possession. The stock lias been missed sinco the 9th or 10th of ^pne. T A N N E B S WILEY CHAMBLISS. Dividend No. 33. 8ocmwrsTza» Baelwat Co.. > . Mxcos, Ga., June 9,1870. ( A DIVIDEND of ($4) Four DoRorapw share has this day been declared by tbs board o directors on the stock a* held on the night o the 31st May, ultimo, payable oo and after lfit* instant in Chitted State* ountMjn now re- ocared. The Government t*x; wfflbe poidby thi* company. Stock hoWore in-Savanna will rt-edvo their dividends at Central Bailroad Bank. Jons T. Botrccnxxr, juncll-lm Sec. A Treaa.