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Site aflttMg jgtopuMicaw. HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY AMERICUS. GEORGIA: Friday Horning, July 8, 1870. Official Organ of Sumter Co. official obgah or bchlSt cotott. Official Organ of Lee County. Ofllcial Organ of Webster County Varney Gaakill stole State road money last fall, and Bollock lias issued a proclamation pardoning him in advance for the theft B®- It is stated that the Hon. Jeffer son Davis will soon sail for Europe, to bring: his family back to Memphis, Tenn. ttH- Congress has decided to extend the ballot to persons of African nativity, bnt denies that inestimable boon to poor Coolie. What on immaculate Congress! Call Accepted.—Rev. Dr. DoVotie, for many years pastor of the Baptist Church of Columbus, has accepted the call of the First Baptist Church of Grit' fin. t®- Olivo Logan, speaking of tho fif teenth amendment, said it is time that we lifted the white woman to our lips.— Some of them don’t need any lifting, but if thero is any nice modest woman that wants to get to onr lips—we will lift her. Criy* Wo liavo received tho first num ber of the True Georgian, published by Grant's obsequious bootlick, Sam. Bard, ft has not the frankness of the Era, and, like the New Era of old, will be filled with fulsome praise of the great Radical butcher, Grant. fta^An “affair, of honor" between Colonel John Forsyth, editor of the Mobile Register and Colonel W. D. Dunn, very nearly resulted in a duel, but the matter was amicable adjusted by General .lones M. Withers and John J. Walker. The difficulty grew out of the Nicolson pavement controversy, which has raged for two or three months past in that city. Young Georgia, Forever!—Miss Sallie Lamar, of Athens—a niece of Mrs. J. B. Ross, of Macon—who has been for a year past a pupil in tho Virginia Female Institution, at Staunton, has recently taken the star medal for scholarship in very clever class of twenty-two; and, in addition, has also carried off the star medal for composition—which is con sidered the highest honor of the school E®- Out on the frontier, in Kansas, audiences at the theatres have an original way of applauding actors and actresses. They give a regular Indian yell, patting their mouths with their hands at the time. A certain Eastern actress was so applaud ed, which frighted her so she ran out the back way, hired a carriage, and rode twenty-five mile* to the nearest railroad station, leaving the play in the middle. She vas afraid they would scalp her. tziTAn experiment with gun cotton lias been made at Ryo, England. The Martello tower No 36, the walls of which were twelve feet thick at the base, were entirely demolished by 200 pounds of gun cotton divided into three charges and fired simultaneously by electricity. The gun cotton was in five-inch discs, and none of the dibris was blown away to the extent of fifty yards from the build- Tex Negotiations fob the Sale of Cuba.—A rumor was current in well in formed circles in Washington on Satur day that negotiations had been almost concluded for the cession of Cuba by Spain to the Cubans, under the joint guarantee and protectorate of England and the United States. The money to be paid in some way to be for the bene fit of Spanish bondholders, whose only chance of realizing anything has for many years been a sort of vested right in the Island. 1 the Crops. S. W. Bloodsworth, the noted agricul turist, in the vicinity of Griffin, who took the premium last Fall at tho Macon Fair for the largest yield of corn to the acre, [between 120 and 130 bushels] writes to *Tho plantation” that he lias tho same land in corn again, and that the present prospect is, that it will exceed the yield of last year should no storm or mishap befall it. Corn Prospects in* Eastern Texas.— A private letter from Tyler, Texas, writ ten by a former citizen of Decatur county, Ga., to tho Bainbridge Argus, says the and cotton crops in that portion of Texas, are unprecedently fine. The wri ter says com a littlo west of Tyler, for future delivery can bo purchased at cents per bushel. Tho lice are said to be doing great dam age to cotton on plantations west of Flint river, in Baker County; but we presume they are not confined to any particular locality, as the continued rains which have produced them have been general. Judge Bush, of Miller county, informs us that the boll worm has made its appearance in his cotton.—Bmnhridge Argus. The growing crops continue in the most flourishing condition. Cotton is vigorous and healthy, and is altogether very promising. Some of onr planters are disposed to brag on their pet patches, and we hear of a few who maintain that they have fields on which tho weed will average breast high. Com has also at tained a vigorous growth, and promises a very large yield in proportion to the area planted. The weather since the drouth, has been of tho most seasonable and propitious character, and planters are very hopeful.—Monroe Advertiser. Big Yield.—The Griffin Star learns through Mr. Ed. Fortson, of Clayton, that Jasper Kinebrougb, of Oglethorpe county, made fifty-nine bushels of wheat off one aero of land this year. It was manured with 200 bushels of cotton seed. It was common red wheat; and two other acres manured with 50 bushels of cotton seed per acre; yielded 25 bushels per acre. A correspondent of the Macon Tele graph, uniting from Houston county,one of the best and and safest districts in tho State, says of the cotton in that region : I think I am correct in saying that the prospects have not been so gloomy for twenty vears. First: It is at least three weeks later than usual. Second: The grass has materially injured the crop.— Third: The lice are doing a serious dam age to it But finally and the worst of all, the boll worm is destroying the blooms and young bolls. In corrobera- tion of this fact I herewith send you a package of young bolls, all taken from oue stalk this morning, and among them you will find the genuine worm and see tho execution done, Mr. William D. Allen, of this county, well known as one of the most scientific and successful planters of our State, handed mo the package of young bolls sent you. He says the ravages of tho worm up to this time is unprecedented in the annals of cotton culture, and predicts almost a to tal failure. The military have been poking their noses down this way again. This flagrant outrage was the arrest of Mr. W. B. Harris, tho Deputy Sheriff of Houston connty, who has been carried to Atlanta under guard to be interrogated by “Gin-eral" Terry. The following is Mr. H.’s statement, as given in the Jour nal: He had arrested a negro under a warrant issued at Marshalville; on con veying his prisoner to that point, not being ready for trial, the authorities re fused to take charge of him. Instead of taking his prisoner to Peny, the county site of Houston, for safekeeping, he was carried to Oglethorpe, Macon county. On finding that the jail at Oglethorpe had been burned, Mr. H. left the negro in charge of a friend in the county, and returned to Fort Valley, promising to return the next day with the uegro'i clothes. On going to the man’s residence, in J. R. Griffin’s quarters, Mr. H. found his prisoner—he having escaped and returned horn Me con county during the night of the day on which he was left there. Mr. n. says the charge against him is false imprisonment, or imprison ment on a farm.’’ It strikes our mind that this very irre gular conduct of Sheriff Harris could have been fnlly dealt with by tho judicial authorities, and did not call for this tyrannical military usurpation of power. Such acts as these only tend to widen the breach between the people and the Government They only inflame pas sions already too heated, and confirm the prevailing impression that a white man need expect no justice. If Radical satraps and law-givers expect obedience to the law, they themselves should set the example. 5®- An old lady died the other day at Uxbridge, in England, who proved her self to have been in more ways than one a remarkable jicrsonagu. Not only had she for many years successfully defied the inquisitorial gossip of a country town, hut she really hod in early days lived a romantic life, although her latter years had l>een passed in the deepest seclusion. Having been found dead in her bed, at the age of ninety-two, au inquest was held, when it came to light that she was the daughter of a Spanish nobleman of high distinction. In early life she c n- tracted a clandestine marriage with Count do Chantal, of France, who was a Gene ral in the French army under the first Napoleon, and who fell at "Waterloo. Exiled from her native country, as well from France, she took refuge in England «*on after the restoration of peace, and lived on her scanty income at Uxbridge in the manner described. It is supposed that she had lain dead for several days before her Itody was found, and it would be hard to find a case presenting stronger features of the utter loneliness to which human being may be reduced. Important to Distiller* and Whisky Dealers- Untied States Intzmui. Rcvraux.) Assessor’s OSes 4th District Cbi, > Atlanta, July 2, 1870. ) For the information of persons who in tend to distill brandy from fruit, the fol lowing synopsis of regulations, just ias- ued by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, is published: Every still in tho possession of *ny person mnet be registered with thefts* Assistant Assessor as either Do ing for use or not for use. All whether foruso or not, must be registered forthwith. Penalty for failure $500. Every person having a still or stills registered for use, and intending to dis till brandy from fruit, must giro notice on Form 27 i, to the Assessor, or Assistant Assessor, according to said Form ;cn re ceipt of which the Assessor will proceed to the place of distillation and determine per diem producing capacity of the stills; at the same time the distiller must fam ish the Assessor with a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two approved securities, who mnst justify on Form 33. Tho special tax will be at tho rate of $50 per year. The lax on spirits 50 cents per gallon, and eight or tea cents per gallon for gauging tax. The per diem tax is remitted. Every distiller must provide himself with a book form 25}, in which each day’s operations may be entered. As the spirits ore produced it must bo placed in packages containing not less than ten gallons, wine measure, and the distiller must retain the same until it ii gagued, tax paid and stamps attached. Severe penalties are provided in the law for changing, consuming or removing tho spirits before the tax is paid thereon. Disstillers can sell their brandy at the place of distillation only, and in the origi nal tax paid packages. For further information call upon the Assessor or Assistant Assessors. William Jennings, Assessor 4th District, Atlanta, Go. > be Wiped Out and Expunged.— recent meeting of the Democracy of Scbulkill county, Pa., Hon. Francis Hughes, speaking of the 15tli amendment, said that “as long as the Supreme Court has not declare* 1 it unconstitutional tho Democratic party mnst submit to it.— But tho same power that did it can undoo it, and the time will and must como when that part of the constitution will be en tirely wiped out and expunged as was the resolution of the 'United States Senate censuring General Jackson. Look at the signs of the times since the adoption of the amendment, Connecticut, before Re publican, elects a Democrat, and the Radical Governor is superceded by bis Democratic competitor, English. Then came New York, with its immense ma jorities for Democratic candidates for the Judges of tho Court of Appeals. W were at first surprised to hear that the majority was 50,000, then it was 60,000. then 70,000, then 80,000. and is about 90,000, and he did not know whether it would stop short of 100,000. This glorious vindication of the natural law stamping the white man os the superior. The Democratic party should not cease to agitate and to vindicate the white man's rights.” The French court has gone into mourning for the death of the Baltimore Bonaparte. The Emperor wears mourn ing ;for eight days. Prince Napoleon goes from Norway to Greenland. The editor of the Iteviel, an irreconcilable organ, has been prosecuted for having reproduced the false anecdote of the Emperor and of the Earl of Clarendon from the columns of the Figaro. Deles- ckasze, the editor-in-chief, has been sen tenced to thirteen months imprisonment Prim has offered tho throne of Spain to a Prussian prince. Advices from Rome represent that the discussion of the infallibility dogma will certainly close this week. The following is from Die LaGrange Reporter. We tender our sympathy to the bereaved parents: “And a little child shall lead them. There is a melancholy pleasure in the grief of our loved and lost There is a sweetness in the remembrances we cher ish for the idols of our hearts when they hare perished from our sight The mind naturally dings, with fond affection, to the memory of all they did in life; The little child that has wound itself around our hearts by the thousand sweet little incidents of its life, so much so that its rear existence seems a part of our own, ana is then taken from our fond remem brances forever, w« fed that there is a to notification in treasuring up, in offeo- tion’s sweetest memories, the touching story of that short existence. All other thoughts seem profane in the freshness of such new grief. S®»Tho latest sensation of the radic- s is to impose upon the negro, by ma king him believe that ho cannot receive justice in the courts of law. During the lost session of court in Spaulding county Judge Green, remarked in opeu Court, to some negro criminals that “their always fared better in court than the whiteman,” “that he hod observed, that all who were brought up, beforo him caped tlrnt rigor of tho law which the wliitemau invaribly received.’’ Judgi Green is a republican, and one in a po sition that should enable him to be competent witness in such mutters yet the contrary slander, is instituted to stir up strife. 1®. General Robert E. Lee has refused, on behalf of Mrs. Lee, to accept the an nuity of $3,000 feettled upon her by the trustees of Washington College. The board, however, has, as ddkatdy as pos sible, intimated to him that they mnst adhere to their original plan. The prosperity of Americns with in the last four years has been unprece dented. Notwithstanding tho fact that the railroad has discriminated most un justly against Americns and in favor of the chill and fever village of Albany, she has continued to increase in population and wealth in a ratio which is truly as tonishing. We no longer claim com panionship with villages of the size of Albany; our success is too well estab lished for that We must now prepare to enter upon an era of metropolitan greatness. That Americas is destined to be the great business emporium of Central and Southwestern Georgia, and Eastern Alabama, we have no doubt whatever. Being situated in the heart of the great cotton-growing belt, having the most healthful location south of Atlanta, and possessing every business advantage, we cannot fail in securing this prominence. The successful completion of th Americas & Newnan Railroad, will be the advent of an immense Northern trade, which has hitherto found its way to Macon. The direct line from the North, through Newnan and Americas, to the 6caboard, will be much shorter than the present one via Macon, and running through the richest producing portion of the State, it will cany with it what has hitherto been the main support of Columbus and Wnfen, Oneof the proposed lines, connecting us with either Brunswi ck or Savannah will carry all tho cotton trade for 150 mties on each side of the A. & N.R.R. through Americas for final shipment, leaving on each aide, aa mere auxiliary towns to Americas, Albany, Macon and Columbus. If our citizens will but do their duty, and enoourage those railroad enterprises with a spirit worthy the undertaking, we hesitate not to say that by 1880 our will have a population of 30,000. Tto prospects ahead of us are bright Indeed, and it behooves ns to use well the golden opportunity. A boy named Baldwin Alexander, aged 17 years of age, residing in Pulas ki county, Virginia, having been appoin ted a cadet at the Naval Academy by Representative Gibson, of Virginia, derwent a thorough examination, and passed. He made a favorable impression upon the Board of Examiners and the Secretary of the Navy, and his appoint ment was confirmed; but when asked to take the test oath he declined, asserting that although he was a mere child at the commencement of the war, and bnt 12 years of ago at its close, his associates, surroundings, etc., lxad created a sympa thy in his mind and heart for those aronnd him, and to swear that he had not sympathised with or countenanced the rebellion, would be base perjury,and he could not do so. He conld take all the remmoinder of the oath, bnt those two terms. His honesty and candor elicited enconiunn from the naval au thorities, and Senator Johnson took the matter in hand and tried to liavo the youth admitted upon taking tho proper constitutional oath. The law on the subject is imperative, and the Secretary of the Navy has informed Senator John son that Alexander conld not be admit ted to the academy as a cadet unless he subscribed to the iron-clad oalli. Sena tor Johnson will ask special Congressi onal legislation in his case, and Represen tative Platt also stated that he wonld ask the removal of Alexander’s disabilities by the House, and that he be allowed to enter tho academy without taking the iron-clad oath. £6^ The 15th day of July has been set apart as the day of the adjournment of Congrew. The ^deration el .tag omnnnf nf ]>nmnoM -mil nectfsonlv be ~L.i •• in,. I-" 7 - amount of business will necessarily be postponed to the next tenn. to mefin tune. You see jou'habgotfle inflermation of de bronchial tubes dat The patient bad hy an Election Should Not Held.—Iu the discussion on tlio Georgia bill, Friday before last, Bailer tho Beast, thus delivered liimscll: “The Senate proposition was to revert the State of Georgia to military rule and provided for an election for members of tho Legislature, on the 15th of Novem ber, 1870. The Bingham amendment was objectionable on the well known prin ciple, nascittire a foci is; it was acceptable to the Democratic members, andthertfore open to suspicious on tho Republican side. If they adopted it they sent Geor gia back to a new election this fall. Her military was unorganized and would have no time to get arms, equipments officers; and no power to preserve the laws; and throw»tbe fire brand of such on election into the centre of the Southern States to disturb the elections in Mississ ippi, Louisiana and Florida, and endan ger the success of the Republican party." The idea, responds the Hartford Times, is clear enough. The military must be in readiness for the election, and trolled by tho right parties; and the “Re publican party” must be sustained with out regard to the wishes of tho voters.— Possibly tho people have not soon enough of election farces and military rulo—of Congressional usurpation, dictation and despotism. If not, they will havo en ough of it, and enough of all of it. Salt for Cabbage. A New Jcrsiy farmer considers salt necessary to tho development of cabbage, especially in places far from tho coast.— He finds them more crisp, of better fla vor, and to keep better when suit is used than without He used it a3 follows; A few days after setting out the plants, and when they are damp, either after a rain or when the dew is on, I take a small dish of line salt and walking ar.iong the rows, sprinkling a little pinolx of salt on tho centro of each plant when tho leaves begin to grow. I repeat the salting, and when the centre of the leaves begin to form tho head, I apply salt again, scatter ing it over tho leaves; after this I look them over occasionally, and if I find plants that do not head well and appear diseased, I sprinkle the salt over freely; this will save all such plants. A quart of salt is sufficient for five hundred plants a season, although more can be used with safety. How Akeuman Stands Towaeds Bul lock.—A writer in the Atlanta Georgian signing himself “ One who Knows ” says: Since November, 1868, Mr. Akerman lias been an uncompromising opponent of the scheme inaugurated by the Gov ernor to go back on the reconstruction of Georgia. He made speeches in Atlanta against it; he wrote long letters to Col. T. P. Saffold in opposition to it; lie went to Washington at the request of a num ber of Republicans, and opposed it there; lie talked with General Grant before his inauguration, and a number of Congress men, making known his views to all. AU these facts are well known to the Govern or and his supporters. Up to tho day of his nomination, he continued to hold the same views, expressing himself in clear and strong terms, both publicly and pri vately. Ho is a warm friend of Joshua Hill, believing that he was legally elect ed, and that he is entitled to his scat in tho Senate. He holds that Georgia was legally reconstructed in 1868; that we ought to have an election in the fall of 1870, and repudiates the doctrine of two years longer os repugnant to the Consti tution which ho assisted in framing EtRBXTtB SHALL Sr AND ON TT3 own Bottom."—While it is true that every human being exerts an influence, to a greater or leas extent, over his fellows, and the profitless of professing Christiana constantly bringing roligion into disre pute, yet salvation is an individual matter which rests alone between the creature and his God. About the poorest exooae a man ever gave for going to hell is the attempt to justify hi-* own sinful example by that of some church member, whom ho odnoeives to be no better than him self, nor half so good. One might just as woll refuse to live in the world because it is filled with abominable characters, as to refuse to connect himself with the church because, forsooth, large numbers have crept into it who bring repzoach and disgraoe upon the pure principles up on winch it is founded. We have gener ally noticed that when non-professors attempt to justify their own delinquencies they are apt to hold up the vary worst characters to be found within the church. Instead of imitating tho example of tho good they devote their time and energies of hunting for defects in the band. Ac cording to the Bible, the wheat and tares must grow together until harvest, when the final separation is to take plaoe. It is, therefore, likely that in time the church militant will be purged of hypo exits and week and erring brothers.— Thero is only one place where wo may expect to find pare and holy socie y— that is heaven. The Garden of Eden had its Serpent, the Camp of Israel its Achan, the Apostles their Judas, and the Church of all ages the insincere and hy pocritical. If people would devote a lit tle more time to an examination of their own hearts, they wonld have a tittle less to comment upon the frailties of their fellows. Although the Devil beguiled Eve, it did not prevent the execution of the sentence against her; neither will the vtle characters who sometimes unfor tunately veil their hypocrisy under the gaise of religion serve as a plea for those who fail to “ work out their own salvation with fear and trembling.” The great question for every person to determine, is not what) will become of the mean peo ple in the church, but “ what is to become of me?” It will be poor consolation to be forced to associate with those in hell whom vou could not affiliate with on earth.—Columbus Enquirer. Newspaper Decisions At the recent term of onr District Court, a suit was determined at the suit of the Galveston Neics, involving a question of some iuterest to publishers of newspapers and their subscribers. The defendant had prepaid his subscription to tho Neics for six months; after the expiration of which time, without any express renewal of the subscription, tho publishers con tinued to send the paper and the subscri ber to receive it. When the bill was presented, tho sub scriber refused to pay it on the ^ground that having subscribed and paid for a defi nite time, and not having authorized a continuance, it was tho duty of the pub lisher to discontinue the paper at tho end of the term. The plointifis contended tliat upon tho facts there was an implied contract to pay for the paper at tho rates previously agreed upon, and that it was the duty of tlio subscriber to refuse to re ceive the paper, if ho did not intend to pay for it. Tho verdict of the court was for the plaintiDs, thus affirming the correctness of tho Jieies. Wo understand that the case will not be appealed to tho Supreme Court by tho defendant, and the decision of the District Court therefore stands for law.—7irenluim Banner. B. C. Yancey, President of the State Agricultural Society, lias issued an ad- dress calling for an Agricultural Conven tion, to be held in Atlanta on Tuesday, lfithJLugnst. The Secretary has, says the and personal application to the superin tendents of railroads, obtained the privi lege of the passage over the railroad, both ways, without charge, of throe del egates from caohcoonty agricultural so ciety to semi-annual conventions. This privilege of a pass both ways is confined to the three delegates from each county society. All other members and all ad ditional delegates will pay one fare.— "Where there are two or more societies in county, they must unite in tho election of representatives, as only three can com© from a county. The county societies are therefore requested, at their monthly meeting in July, to elect their delegates, and immediately report their namea to the Secretary at Atlanta, who will forward to them the superintendents’ free tickets. The following are among the subjects which will be submitted to the consider ation of tho convention .* 1. A closer connection and mutual de pendence between the County Societies and the State Society. Apian will be submitted which it is believed will give greater vitality and usefulness to both. 2. A careful consideration and exami nation of the influence and bearing of the legislation of the State upon the in terests of agriculture. 3. The system of taxation has some un just discriminations in favor of corpora tion and capital—none of any kind in fa vor of agriculture, 4. Application to the Legislature for a liberal appropriation for the establish ment of a Bnreau of Agricultural Chem istry. 5. A geological and agricultural survey of the State. 6. The reiteration and continual reiter ations of our demand for the payment of the annual appropriations by the Legis lature of 1860, of twenty-five hundred dollars—ten years’ appropriations now due, and not one ever paid. 7. The delegates from the several coun ty societies are requested to bring up with them full and detailed reports upon the agricultural condition of their respec tive counties. Let these reports embrace comparative statements of the probable yield of the crop this year and the last; the number of acres iu cotton and grain this year and the lost; increase or de crease to the grain crop ; more or less at tention to the production of meats; changes and improvements in the modes of preparation and tillage; changes and improvements in contracts with and agementof labor. How to Have a Loving Wife.—A correspondent sends the following to the Phrenological Journal: If you would have a loving wile be gentle in your words after os before mar riage ; treat her quite as tenderly when a matron as when a miss ; don’t moke her the maid of all work and ask her why she looks less tidy and neat than when “ you first know her ;*’ don’t buy cheap, tough beef, and scold her because it does not como on the table “ porter house ; ” don’t grumble about squalling babies, if you can’t keep up a “ nursery, ” and remem ber that “baby ” may take after papa in his disposition; don’t smoke and chew tobacco, and thus shatter your nerves, and spoil yonr temper, and make your breath a nui. once, and then complain tliat your wife declines to kiss you ; go home joyous and cheerful to your wife and tell her the good news you nave heard, and not silently put on your hat and go out to the “club ’’ or “lodge, ” and let her ofterwards learn that you spent the evening at the opera or at a fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife ; be pa tient ; remember that you are not perfect, bnt try to be; let whisky, tobacco and vulgar company alone; spend your even ings with your wife, and live ft decent, Christian life, and your wife will be lov ing and true—if you did not marry a heartless beanty without sense of worth; if you did, who is to blame if you suffer the consequences ? Civil War.—In the discussion in Con gress tho Radicals threatened civil war if a Democrat is eloctod President. “Sir, I soy here, ” said Senator Drake, “ that whenever the time comes that this nation shall see clearly that the voice of its legal voters lias been overthrown by this vote in the city of New 1'ork, then a large portion of the voters will rise as one man and declare that the man elected to the Presidency by that fraudulent vote shall never take his scat as such, and then will come tho first real civil war in this coun try. ” English Emigration.-—'We append an extract from a letter written by an intel ligent Englishman, who is heartily enlist ed in directing English immigration to the South: The cotton and woolen manufacturing, and other skilled interests, are all disor ganized, and partially, through the Amer ican war, paralyzed, so that millions of Rrjfa'"h capital and hundred of thousands of artisans and skilled operatives aro now at liberty to embrooe the wonderful op portunities for profitable investment, that are superior in the South to any other part of the world. Now is the time to The new United States District Attorney for Georgia (nominatedfor that position by the President) is John D. Pope, Esq., of Atlanta, late a law partner of Ex-Gov. Brown, and more recently a ter of the people ot^England and the Snrarmr Oonri Jndffft. Wo helio™ that South are the most smtable. ; Your mfld- atrike and secure the lion’s share of the future emigration from England, which will be started during the next twenty years. The climate, mineral resources, the nature of the soil, genius and cbarac- Superior Court Judge. We believe that he has a fair reputation as a lawyer, that he is a native Georgian and that he has not manifested the extreme xnalaoe to wards the white people of Georgia so oommon to the Radioal politicians among What are They Fob?—The Union (S. a) Times of the latinst, says: We are reliably informed that 800stand of sixteen-shooters have arrived in this county for the use of the negro militia. In the name of common decency, what is all this for ? Is it not time far the white people to organize, in self- er and shorter winters, your high and dry lands for sheep raising, will remove the | grand objection to intelligent English fanners which hinder their going to the North.—Richmond Enquirer, Horrible.—A Richmond dsipatch of the 2d task, says: The scene of the cation of Lewis Kennedy, a negro, who ravished andmurderedM 18 * Stewart, and afterwards killed John Baker, hor farm manager, at New Kent Court-House, Virginia, yesterday, was a horrible one. Tlio ropo broke twice, and tho miscreant died after a prolonged struggle. The Amnesty Abortion.—Tho New Orleans Picayune justly cliaraoterizesthe so-called amnesty bill proposed by the Committee on Reconstruction : History shows that, on repeated occa sions, much better men, far more educat ed and conscientious tban.tkose who have framed tho policy of the General Gov ernment towards tho late Confederate States daring tho past live years, have yielded to temptations to abuse political power; but no parallel can be found in tho annals of English speaking races, to an abuse of power ot once so vindictive, remorseless and brutal as that perpetrat ed by the Radical leaders in Congress, and in the State Governments established through Congressional usurpation and military force in the Southern States. The proposed amnesty bill is bu wretched abortion, a hideous monster of legislative outrage. It can disgust, but it can never conciliate truo Southerners, who intend to preserve their self-respect, and cannot be driven into surrendering it by paying the price of political and civic degradation. If they aro to have amnes ty at all, it must come to them pure, pie, unstinted, instead of being clothed : i insalt and wrong. A Bio Boat Race—Half Million of Dollars Bet on the Race.—A Mem phis special of June 30, to the Nashville Union & American, of Friday, says : It is supposed that half a million dol lars have boen bet on the race between the R. E. Lee and Natchez. Steamers await their coming at different points to supply fuel. Lee gained one minute and forty seconds on the first nineteen miles. The boats will reach Memphis in forty- eight hours. Many invited geests are on board. At Memphis the Lee was one hour and four minutes ahead. later 8t. Louis. July 5.—The steamer Gen. Robert E. Lee, arrived at 11.-25 thia morn ing—making her run from New Orleans in three days and eighteen hours and fourteen minutes, and beating the Natch ez^ time on her last trip three hours and 44 minutes, and James M. White’# famous time about five hours. The Notches was detained by a heavy fog, one hundred and twenty miles below, and had not ar rived at six v. h. A million dollars changed hands on this result Thousands of people were out to witness the arrival. The race has been a complete ovation from first to last. Capk Leathers,of the Steamer N&tohez, claims that deducting six hours laid up by fog and 86 minutes lost repoiriag » below Helena, the Natchez beat [uetto both Captains will be given at the Judicial Definition of the Scalawao.—A few days since, while look- rad as this expression is in general uso at the present time, acconnt of it may not be uninteresting. The definition is con tained in an extract from a volume of de cisions of the Court of Appeals in Nfew York for 1865. In the case in question, hogs fed upon beechnuts and acorns, or from a still are called “Scalawags,” to distinguish them from hogs fattened on oorn, which are kno wn to the trade as “hard fed hogs. ” The scalawags subsisting upon .trash and such things as it can pick up, is very in ferior, rad hardly considered eatable. No better and more descriptive term Po*®bly be applied to those individu als^ this seotion who now bear this name. Like the hog in question, they wander through the country, seeking an alwavs precarious, and sometimes very dishon est livelihood, and like him again, they are very inferior, of no use whatever, and always swindles. A Sad Day in the History of Cabt- xrsville.—Last Sunday was the saddest day known in the history of our growing town. On Saturday death spread liis withering, wintry arms over this commu nity, fend in the space of a few short hours, took six of onr dear ones from our midst into the shadow of his pale relm, and on Sunday six gaping graves stood ready to receive their immortal remains forever _ from our gaze. The scene wit nessed in our cemeteries, on Sanday morning, was unparalelled in times of peace—four open graves in close proxim ity. Two were adults and four children. CoL Wm. H. Pritchett, Mrs. F. M. John son and her infant babe, (which was bu ried in her arms) the sixth and only child of Mr. J. Q. Harwell, child of Mr. Scott, and the youngest child of CdL Wm. Rich. They were all buried during the day. The special providence of God, doubt less, interposed to deliver Rev. James L. Pierce, or in all probability ho wuald have made the seventh.—Express. Dull.—On account of the dullness of business, twelve freight conductors on the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad were suspended Wednesday, until better times. A large number of brakesmen were suspended on the same account— Chattanooga Times. fiSF* Tho Brunswick Appeal says there are now about 800 hands employed by the contractors on the Brunswick and Albany Railroad; and that every effort is being made to largely increase the force, with a vie w of reaching the cotton belt of Georgia by the time the growing crop isr eady for market. ll? 0 *** a * nr on tho - J to cite and admonish .n ..*?? ««53r .a fNLOKCHA-SCHIXT Cocxtt. U Where**, Henry W ~ omerwfee letters J?! * ’ graated said applicant. ‘ U r*T*!P untI er hand and official this 4th day of July, 1870. "Mature, Ja!7m4m SE.Easos, Ordinary HeOBOIA—Scklet Oomtrr: —- Whereas, Peter Stewart applies to f, - of dismission as administrator on tlit- cut* ot Henry Stewart, deceased. " 4«wore to cite andsdmociah, all kindred and creditors of said “^penons concerned, to be and witb “ prescribe.! bylaw, and show cause, if any they Lave, otli- £Sotu£uw dismission will be granteda 4?^ a - oflid * 1 Jnl.-mta s . j. ^ HIDE OUT, BEDBUGS:! \ PIBITHS STILLY NIGHtT Of •meUaaicr.wUns round m«! You can he relieved of <»H*e i loathsome annoyances quick' aad at the eame time lure y Fumltu and made to look and small coet. Painting, Graining, Gilding, Glazing, Bronzing, Marbling, Staining, Varnishing, and Paper-Hanging, NmUt executed by R. <J. TRAYWICK. Aniencue, Ga., July 2- Georgia—Sumter county. TTT1IEUEAS, the estate of Major M. I\. stc- 1W phone, deceased, late of said countv, is uti- represented. rtieso aro therefore to cite and admoukb all ami mngular, the kindred and creditors of baid decrased, to be and appear at mv office witbiu the time prescribed bjr law, and hie their obj«- tiona, if any they have, why such letters should Curious Things to Know.—In this hoc weather, the following “Curious Thing” is quite useful to know: Besides the fact that ice is lighter than water; there is another curious thing about it whieli persons do not know, perliapc—namely, its purity. A lump of ice melted will always become purely distilled water. When the early naviga tors of the Arctic seas got out of water they melted fragments of those vast mountains of ice called ieeburgs, and were astonished to find that they yielded only fresh water. They thought that they were frozen salt water, not knowing they were formed on the land and in some way launched into the sea. Bnt if they had been all the same. The fact is. the water in freezing turns out of it all that is not water—.salt, air, coloring matter and nil impurities. Frozen sea water makes fresh water iee. If you freeze a basin of indigo water it will make it as pure as that made of pure rain water. When the cold is very sudden these foreign matters have no time to es cape, either by rising or sinking; and are thus entangled with tho ice but do not form any part of it Agricultural Convention.—Colonel Yancey, President of the State Agricul tural Society, has issued a call for a Con vention of the Society in Atlanta or 16th. 1 It is desired that delegations be sent up by all county societies, We would urge tlio necessity of organizing a society in every county in the State where there is not one already. A WHOPrEH.—The Orangeburg (S. C.) Xetrs says that Mr. J. J. Cannon of that place, has an egg which is the largest common fowl egg ever seen in that c try. It measures eight inches aronnd from butt to point, and six and three- quarter inches around the sides. It < be beak The Independence Movement in Can ada.—A great “independence” moss meeting took place in Montreal, Canada, on Saturday night In the course of a stirring speech by Hon. John Young,one of the leading local politicians, he said that the time had now come when Cana da should sever the connection with Great Britain and become an independent na tion. At this announcement the greater part of the vast assembly cheered lustily. Mr. Laflamme, Q. C., said that an appeal to England for support in case of an inva sion of the Dominion wonld be futile.— The present imperial administration had deserted her colonies, and proved herself a step-mother to those who had fostered the deepest affection for her. It was, therefore, folly to think of anything but independence. Other speakers' followed in tho samo strain, and tho meeting ad journed to Tuesday. The independence movement may, therefore, be regarded os fully started in the Dominion. What our Criminal Courts are Com ino to.—“Ladies of the Jury, I appeal to you ; should suoli whiskers be hang ? True, ho killed his wife; but, as yon know, she was a horrid jealous thing and led her poor husbaud such a life. In my opinion, killing was too good foi her. Ladies be merciful; tho prisoner hangs upon your lips. Consider his eves; consider his nose. Were I married to a woman who called me an unprincipled wretch, wouldn’t I kill Lea V Ladies, bo generous.” And so forth. (Jury retire, but return imme diately with a verdict of Kot Guilty; Judge, Jury, Counsel, and all shed tears and kissed indiscriminately. They take up a collection for the prisoner, who, next day marries the fore-woman of tho jury, out of gratitude.]— Retract /ram Speech of Counsel for Defence. Arctic Rivers.—Some of the streams which flow into the Arctic Ocean aro re markable for their extent aud depth.— The McKenzio river, which lies in the British Possessions, is from one to two miles in width, and is navigable for steamers for a distance of 1000 miles, or from the Arctic Ocean to Slave lake.— Colville river, in Alaska, is another noble stream. It takes its rise by one branch in the British Possessions, and flows nearly across the whole width of A1 Last summer an American far trading com- P«nr, it ■■ wid, nut * steamer cm, thou- sand miles from the cost on this river. Dyspepsia of Seven Years Standing. Charleston, S. C.. August 1,1SC9. Dr. Wm. H. Tutt: Dear dr: I wish to inform I au, and if you wish you am publish it, that I ave been afflicted for upward* of seven years with Dyspepsia. I could eat nothing that agreed with me. I became emaciated, I had no energy, aud felt gloomy and melancholy all tho time. 1 have been using your liver pills for three weeks, and have experienced the greatest benefit. I haro a fine appetite, and can now eat anything. I cordially recommend them to all who have dyspepsia. Dennis O'Hallobjln. Leather-Pegged Shoes.—Mr. P. Bow man, the Richmond agent, (soys the Charlotte Bulletin) has sent the Dispatch a specimen of a recent valuable invention, known as the leather pogged shoe. These shoes aro manufactured by a Northern company, with an immense capital, and bids fair to supersede the old wooden- pegged and aewed articles in which we have been in the habit of encasing onr feet It is claimed that they have many ad vantages, and it is worth while for the shoe dealers of Virginia to give them an examination. Tight Times at trb North.—AWashr ington special to the New York Times, says: A. T. Stewart does not return on income of even $100,000 for the past year, while Calfin, Mellen & Co., and many other large houses: show bnt small profits. Hundreds of merchants swear to lasses for the year, and & number of timoTma 20 mfrufteT“ A W- houses Uava lailoj. This jeat hwbaau a terrible one upon the merchant princes as well as small traders. SPECIAL. NOTICES. TERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER Has become an article of commerce—which medicine ever became before. It ia aaniuch every bill of goodu sent to country mer chant* aa tea, cofice or sugar. Thia speaks vol- oic« in ita favor.—CHens’ Falla Messenger. Rev. H. L. Vanmeter, Burnish, writes, “The *in Killer baa become aa almoat indiapcnsible rticle iu my family.” Hundreds of missionaries give similar teati- iony of ita virtues. Rev. J. Q. Stearns writes, “I co remedy I know of for dyspepsia. Itev.Jabe-' years in my ble remedy.’ Rev. M. II. Rixby writes, “I have had occa- on to use the Pain Killer very frequently dnr- ig my residence in Bun—*- —* * * a very nattal medicine." 8ohl by all druggist*. Koskoq,— 1 This medicine is rapidly gaining the confidence of the people, ana the numerous 'imonislaof ita virt ’ * of medicine, leaves and reliable remedy lor impurity of the blood, liver disease, Ac. The last Medical Jnnral con tains an article from Prof. R. s. N«wtou, M, D., President of the Medical College dty of New York, that speaks in high term* of its curatiro ^,<1 gj TC8 a special recommendation to the practitioner* of medkiae. This believe, the first instance where such medicines have been officially endorsed by the Faculty of any of the medical colleges, and reflects great credit upon the skill of Dr. Law rence, iu com pounder, and also puts “ Kcmkoo’ in the vane of all other medicines of the present day—JSotfoVc Daffy Journal December 11th. tf. W ANTED $2,000! $2,000! $2,000! About $2,000 in County orders. \. N. HART & CO. July 7, 1870-2w ■ oljet- a’the Clerk of tnoHupcriorConrt, Is still on liand a and customer* d willing to sell to her h XTEW TAILOR SHOP—The il undersigned would respectfully inform the dtixena of Americns and Burater county that be has opened a new tailor shop in the old hotel boildmg, when be is prepared to do all kinds of work in hk fine In the very best stria, each as enee in the business, warrants him u» „ that satisfaction will be given always. Cleaning and repairing old garments done in the best style, and at the shortest notice. Shop in the first room old hotel opposite the itoro of J. J. Cranberry A Co. July7-tf J. E- REMNEY. Postponed Sheriff Sale. W ^HLL be sold before the Court House door, city of Americu-s Sumter cowitr, between the legal hours of rale, on the first Tuesday to August, the following property to-wit: 200 acres land, No. 992, ui 23th diet. Sumter co. Levied u*» as property of Joseph Mann, to satisfy taxi fit iaraedmr State and eo. tax for co. Levied on as the tontien’r on estate of Pi in I I i HI | ■ yoarHBBHHH II, A. Masdbcen, Dep. Shff. jection if any the CTRAYED—From my resi- kl donee, in this city .on or about the 25th of May. one large RED COW, with a white fcce,*nJ she had a CALF with her; also, at the nine time, one WHITE COW, with red head *ml neck; a CALF with her. Any information will be appreciated, aud ffir the delivery of uiJ a liberal reward will bo paid. 18-tf J. LOTT PRICK, Bargains! Bargains! MRS. LAZARON MILLINERY Of the latest and tcont FASHIONABLE STYLES, At the Lowest Prices Dress Department i equal to any in Americus, and we are wiliinp to sell at such prices that everyone may afford to buy. Con\e one, Come all, EXAMINE OUR STOCK, As no pains are spared in showing gotxlr. Mrs. R. H. GREEN, Also will bo pleased to see her old and new friends at our establishment. June 80,1870 WiL LAZAHON. _ TH0S. H. EDEN, [GUN & LOCKSMITH, GUNS, PISTOLS, assortment of fishing tackle^ consisting in |*rt of crass, eilk, cotton and linen lines, book*, floats!**inkers, jointed and reed poles, liner, ; tues, spoon and spinning W*, R. B.—J geucy of the celeb***! ttle Sewing Machine*. «*« Cl'STOM-HADE WORK at the aborteet notice. We have Two European Workmen, SBaajftSsSSftgfti Marion Superior Courts March IV* * BTO ' xiW ®> r Divorce. ItACHAEL A- C. HATTIWAY ’llwbos BAgrnu*-