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HANCOCK. GRAHAM * IREILLY
AMERICUS. GEORGIA:
Prdiay Morning, July 22, 1370.
Official Organ of Sumter Oo.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SCHLEY COUNTY.
Farmers’ Meeting.
Bce*a Vipta, Marion* Oo., Ga., ) !
.Toly 16th, 1870. (
Notic© having been previously given a
large number of the people of Marion
county assembled at the Court House in
Buena Vista, on Saturday, July the 16th,
for the purpose of forming a “ Farmers’
Association,” for purposes hereinafter
mentioned.
The meeting was organized by calling
Official Organ of Lee County.
Ofllcial Organ of Webster Comity
C££U Mrs. Thos. C. Howard of Atlanta,
died suddenly of heart disease on the
night of the 19th inst
ttayMrs. Lincoln’s pension for S3,000
per year passed the Senate, and goes to
the President
Tho Atlanta Sun says were it not
for John W. Burke and tV. A. Huff, Ma
con would relapse into a country y. roads
town in a few years.
Smallpox has mado its appearance
in Atlanta to such an extent that the
Chairman ol the Board of Health calls
upon tho citizens to take prompt stops
to prevent its spreading.
Judge C. H. McCall to the Chair, and > tors, we joined the crowd on their way to
John T. Burt requested to act a* Secreta-1 the Academy. We were met at the door
• - a j by the erudite and affable Principal, Mr.
M«j. E. W. Miller was reqneetod to ex- j Gottenljurg, null sifter a warm w>ome
jdain the object of the mecthifr. which he, wero pless-mtly seated to hear the claswa
did in a dear a id forcible manner, dwell- examined. The examination proved thor
ns at length on the destitute condition : oll „u „„d satisfaetorv, and reflected con-
country owing to the excessive j giderahie -da! both upon t««hcrand pa-
planting of cotton ; and closed by sub- ,
nutting the following preamble and reso
lutions :
We, tho undersigned, planters of Ma-
on connty, having united together foi
the promotion of tho groat cause of Agri
culture, and especially noticing tho evil
and destructive policy of tho present
IPguIt is not true says tho Atlanta Sun
that before adjournment of Congress,
bill was introduced to amend tho Ton
Commandments. There was some talk,
however of repealing that Command*
mont,which says :“Thou shalt not steal.”
floTA German statistical writer re
marks that tho invention of the sewing
machine has enabled ono woman to sew
as much as a hundred could sew by hand
a eentuTy ago; but, he continue*, one
woman now demands as much clothing as
a hundred did a century ago—so that
matters are not much changed after all.
IftayTho Chicago Times thinks that,
inasmuch as S. B. Crittenden spent ton
thousand dollars to entertain Gen. Grant a
year or two ago, it is strango that Gen.
Grant has never given him an office. In
this the Louisville Journal differs from tho
Times. It does not think the matter at
all strange. It says Gen. Grant has
never forgiven Crittenden for famishing
the entertainment instead of the money.
No War Upon Germany.—A procla
mation, it is said, signed by Napoleon, has
been prepared for distribution through
out tho German States us soon as tho
French troops havo crossed the frontier,
it assures tho German peoplojtiiat France
wars against Prussia, not against G.
many, and with no idea of conquest. An
enormous number of copies have been
printed.
JCSF-A. L. Harris, the person who
figured so largely in tho organization of
tho tiling in Atlanta lust winter, has ad
dressed tho followiNg note, dated Atlanta,
.Tnly 13, to Col. Lewis Secretary Georgia
State Board of Agriculture:
Dfab Sir : I desire to offer a premium
c i a fine gold-headed cane for the larg-
< '■ cesi-lookir.g man, at tho State Fair next
October.
In order that onr fat men may not l>e
deterred from competing, I desire to
state that I will not be a competitor.
A North Carolina paper gives the
following history of Kirk, the loyal Ku-
klux leader and pet of Browillow, who has
been hired by Governor Holden to or
ganize hell and loyalty in North Caro
lina :
“Collecting in Tennessee, during the
war a gang of cut-throats, he mado an un
expected raid into the western part of
this State, coming as far as Morganton.
Just as he entered the State his purpose
was discovered by a little boy not more
than fifteen years old, who immediately
mounted a horse, and, riding hard, gave
notice of the advance of tho raiders.—
This enabled the citizens to rally and do
feat their aims. By some means Kirk
found out tho name of the boy, and on
his retreat had him arrested and brought
before him, threatning to kill the little
follow, who, thoroughly frightened, im
plored his mercy, and, falling on his
knees, prayed for his life. In this posi
tion, tho inhuman fiend deliberately
drew out his pistol and blow out the
brains of his innocent victim.”
Communicated. ’ A Deserved Compliment.—A corres-
Smitliville Academy. i pendent of tho Atlanta Constitution writ-
A pleasant ride of fifteeamilMiu a first- j iD « t0 that P*!** fromPenfleM,giving an
class railroad car brought m- on last aDcomlt ot r6ccat Commencement
WednclAT, to tho pleasant little villngo 1 l ' rcrt:is, ‘ J ' n( Mercer University, closes his
of SmithviUe, where wo found quite a , letter with the following just tribute to
large crowd assembled for the purpose of j onr lellow-eitizen C oL C. T. Goode, who
attending the Kxnmine.tion Exercises of 1 -ienvered the.nnanl editress before the
the SmithviUe Academy. Not being el- Llterar r Societies on tho occesion :
* Senator Morton, of Minnesota, if
together a novice in the school rodja and
feeling a deep interest in educational mat-
JKg-The dogma of Papal infallibility
was affirmed in the Ecumenical Council
on the 14th, by a voteof 450 to 88.
2?5»A gold heeded cane was voted to
Literary Societies on the occasion : I the P°P ular ll( l u ° r dealer " * fc a
At 4* o’clock, in the afternoon, the ! Church Fair in Dubuque, Iowp, last
Hon. Charles T. Goode, of Americus, ■ week,
delivered tbe oration before the two Ufcer-;
ary societies. Your correspondent had I ^ A qIlccr humorist, who hat Lad a
heard much of the eloquence of the apeak- . jt. 1 . .. . ... ,
er, and prepared himself to hear K>me- h f rd time of it, says, “when a fellow be-
thiDg good, and be assured our expecta- gins to go down hiO, he' finds everything
tions were fully realized. * i greased for the occasion. v
The evening was intensely warm, ai d as
before said, the audience large, but
cessivo planting of cotton, and believing
that it is expedient for something to be
done to arrest, if possible, said evil; and
aa system is necessary for tho accomplish
ment of all important nndertakings:—
Therefore, as initiatory to a plan which
i think will remedy the great evil liere-
abovo alluded to, and for the more suc
cessful a^omplishm-?nt of the same, we
!y pledge ourselves under tbe
style of the “ Marion Branch of the Cot
ton States Association ”—
1st. Not to plant more than one-third
our cultivated lands hereafter in cot
ton, and tho other two-thirds we scree to
plant in the Cereals.
2nd. We recommend that the planters
all the counties of the State do form
similar associations, and when a majority
of tho counties shall have done so, then
let there be a convention, by delegates
| Tie morning exercises closed at twelve
j and dinner being announced, we marched
j to the soul-stirring notes of the Dawson
j Cornet Band, to a large grove msir by,
wle- i.. spread upon an immense table
that creaked and groaned under the
weight of good things heaped upon it,
we found a dinner that would have tempt
ed the appetite of an English nobleman.
We wero kindly invited to help onrselves
which wo did with a gusto that would
have mado even Ranch Pnnzao feel quite
diminutive.
Dinner over, we returned to the Acad
cmy. Tho evening's recitations closed
about 4 o’clock, end after a sliort per
formance by tiie Band, which was loudly
applauded, CoL Sloan, tho orator of J,hc
day, was introduced to the audience and
delivered nn eloquent ami appropriate
address upon educational matters.
Dr. Wilburn, so favorably known to
the people of Southwest Georgia, a
experienced teacher, profound scholar,
and Christian gentleman, was then called
for and delivered impromptu, one of the
soundest and most practicable spec
upon school discipline that we ever heard.
Would that it eonld be written in letters
from these county associations, held at
the capital, or some other practical point,! ,, , , „ „ .
for tho purpose of organizing nn nToria- 1 ? f? W ^ "l™
tion to be called “Tho Cotton ta* «o lmi the al
lien of the State of Georgia.” and to' CnU ° a f 1 th “ '‘Stance for nearly
adopt snclt rules nnd regulations as filial! [ 10, ‘ r ’ ItrH M " e eoerc, a lasting
bo neoesaary for the purpose of regnlat- j "P™ P"™ 4 *- teacher nnd p„.
ing tho planting of cotton in the State of! 1,1 s '
Georgia. ’ We wero highly gratified to see sc
3d. We recommend that tho State As-! mail . v | ,!0 citizens evincing so deep nr
sociation recommend to all the cotton j interest in educational matters. Upon
growing States to form associations for cultivation of tho intellect of th
their respective States; and when they, *°£ generation depends the glory of the
majority of them shall have done so,! Bouth, the stability of onr Government,
then let there be a convention, held by j an< J the preservation of our nationality,
delegates from the State Associations, for \ -^ 10 roar <d artillery is hushed, the rattle
the purpose of adopting some system for musketry has ceased, and tho strains
the regulation of the planting of cotton \ o{ martial music have died away, but the
and the price of the same. ; contest has in reality but begun, it will
4th. That publicity shall bo given to now 1,0 between the lancers of thought
this Association and recommendations by
having the same published in all the
Newspapers of the State who are friend
ly to this move, and request tho respect
ive Editors thereof, to call the attention
of their respective readers to this (as we
think) important move; and, if consist
ent with their views, to urge the planters
to take this great question in hand and j Chamber what
aid ns in finding a remedy to meet the \ te accomplish i
through one hour the speaker held tho
vast audience spell-bound He began
stating that lie was not here to drag poli
tics before his audience. He did not
wish to refer to it only as it naturally
forced itself in the discussion of the
greater theme which was his subject—
_ *The duty of our people in the present
interesting crisis of Southern history.”
The speaker painted iu glowing colors
•he fields of ancient valor; unfolded to
the enchanted view tno history of the
past, then suddenly lowering liis silver
notes said : “ I invite yon, this evening,
to wander with me to a more interesting
field. Then, with bated breath, the vast
throng followed the speaker through the
bloody and desolated fields of the South.
Tn tbe most touching manner wo wero
shown tho ruins of a great people: then
onr prostrate condition in 1865 was faith
fully portrayed.
The speaker then brightening up,
asked the people of the South to look
well to the fature; telling them that the
future was in their own hands and God’s,
and if tho Southron .would but act well
this lm first part in the first act of
the new drama, all wonld be well in our
fature. Our future would be brighter
than our past. We staked all upon the
issue of the war—wo lost—our change
sudden—'
TELEGRAPHIC.
80UA New England paper ft
“Hunting the hippopotamus on
banks of the Nile, tho idligntor in the
bayous of Louisiana, tho lion in Numidia,
the gorilla in Africa, and the tiger i’
Bengal, are all tame and inert pastimes
compared to hunting a thoroughly lioneet
and capable servant in Lexington.”
Doikgs ov the Census.—Some as
tounding facts have come to light since
ihe census men have commenced their
rounds. It has been discovered that one
in three have grown five yeans younger
sinco ta? taking of the last census, and
that tho highest age of unmarried ladies
is twenty-six, the average King from
eighteen to twenty-one.
A Hint.—The New York Suu suggests
to persons who are called upon to pay in
come tax to accompany their payment
with a protest against the constitutionali
ty of the law requiring it, “ns there is no
doubt that the act will be set aside soon
er or later by the Supremo Court, and
left without prop- j then whatever taxes have been paid nn-
-»«i* Rve <« -
foot balls, kicked about by third j , , . . .. ,
lieutenants. All was gloom and lethargy. | * nnded ! whereas, n no protest
The scene changes, Hope is taking the | the payer is without a remedy.
ploeo of despondency. How far we nave!
advanced, no ? necanjudgcbyci>mpann(;i Tllr . ncwspaper men of Richmond have
our present with oar coutbton of I860; .... 1 ^ , ,,
no war had ever been so bligbtiug—no nn,tea m an to tUo P" 88 of tho
desolation so great. But behold the! whole country, for assistance, in the way
change. Then followd a glowing descrip- j of contributions, to the family of the late
tion of onrproaent and our brightening Dr . j. B _ Brock ^ citv editor of tlle Eich .
prospects, but had to say, though much ^,
to cheer, there is much to regret. The j mond Enquirer. Dr. Brock wnx killed
canso of regret being the want of fidelity ' a * tho late melancholy occurrence at the
in many of our people. As a couquored Capitol of tho “Old Dominion.”
people, we were toil to learn from the j ^
history of the past The speaker then 1 T , , „ __
showed how many people had lost their Joi,c P u 3 - Clayton and 8. it. Myers,
identity; it had been because the con- °f Augusta, have been throwing leaden
qnored had either yielded to despair or j messengers at each other from the bar-
been assimilated to tho habits_nnd tastes irctaof sm ., U flre arms. The difficulty
of tho conqnorors. Illustrated by manv j , . . . .. . . . .
examples, those who hod yielded ond ta-! >“ Angusta, on the night of Hie
came assimilated with the victors, nnd a 13th inst. Some eight shots were fired,
few bright examples, and thanked tho one of which took effect under the right
mater fi>r them', who had .neither given j nipple ot Myers, inflicting a wound
which proved fatal.
Paris, July 19.—The Journal official
announces that the Emperor hsd d^
aided not to receive .either in Im]
quarters or quarters of general ofi
anyvolnnteeroT any foreign officer,.,,
any one not belonging to the French
army. Thiers publishes this morning an
indignant denial of having received, as
stated by Figaro, a letter from the King
of Prussia, thanking him for lfis speech
against war.
Berlin, JdIv, v9.—Last evening King
William made* a speech to it great crowd
cf the people of Berlin who come to
congratulate him. He aaid he was not
responsible for the war which had just
broken out. He might, personally, be
passive under outrage, bat Germany even
from beyond tho seas, had spoken.—
Sacrifices were sore. Prussia had been
spoiled by her rapid victories in two wars,
and perhaps a worse fate awaited her now;
he, however knew what to hope from a
good army and people.
A French proclamation, for the pur
pose of exciting the people to revolt,
has been distributed in Hanover.
Paris, July 19, 3:30 P. m.—Not even a
skirmish lias occurred. Hesae Darmstadt
withdrew her agent from Paris. Noth
ing certain about the departure of the
Emperor for the seat of war. It is not
likely he will set out for the front until
everything is ready there for active serv
ices. Several Prussian agents in this city,
who were suspected of plotting and dis
tributing money have been arrested.
Later.—In the high Court o! Justice,
at Bolis yesterday at the commencement
of proceedings, Arago rose and moved
that in view of the approach of war and
the consequent agitation of the country,
the trial of persons accused of conspiracy,
bo postponed. The Court after considera
tion, denied the motion and the trial pro
ceeded. Baron Itotscliiid. who was
drawn ns a member of the Jury of the
High Coart, did not attend, and was fined
5,00 Francs.
Latest.—The publie aud private sub
scriptions to various charitable
incident to the war ore very
all parts of the country. Dnkc
temant has given one hnndred thousand
francs. Many persons agreed to pay
certain sums drily during tho continu
ance of the war, and others agreed to pay
double taxes. Many manufacturers con
tinue the wages of their employes who
choose to enlist as soldier.^
—ider Simmoua’ Lirer Bftgul*
nrer of tho lifo of my little son,-
-looming health.
MztcHAV, Chattshoochie, Flo., ’
-TH^ HUMAN FORM DIVINE.
What Mul havoc scrofula inflicts on the human
system. .Bow rheumatism distorts tho frame.
Wba t misc .7 the injudicious nse of Calomel en
tails. How sad tho effects of syphilis trans
mitted from parent to child. Would you avoid
these terrible afflictions, fail not to nso I»r.
Tutt’s Sarsaparilla and Queen’s Delight. It
penetrates every fibre of the system, even into
bones, and eradicates every trace of disease.
and the gladiators of mind. Tho great
question of the war has simply been
inanded buck to tho forum to be fettled
by intellectual superiority. In view of
these facts it behooves us to put forth
every exertion in our power to prepare
for the conflict that we may, by tbe su-
l>eriority of mind, effect in tho Senate
brave soldiers failed
. weld. Then let us
still growing evil of excessive cotton j build up our common schools, raise the
planting. i standard of education in onr eolltges, se-
5th. Wo solemnly agree that we will [ cure tho services of competent teachers
not dispose of any of tho Cereals mado by | whose minds havo been correctly trained,
us to any planter not agreeing to the j aIJ d who tl emselves understand the laws
propositions herein contained. _ which should direct the development of
The above was unanimously adopted, j mind, and provide them with the most
The meeting adjourned, subject to be j liberal means for imparting the most
called together at any time by the Chair-1 profound instruction in science, literature
mrtjj ' 1 and art. And though tho Northern van-
i dais may sweep away w the last dollar, and
| the iron car of oppression be rattled over
j the fabric of onr freedom and our homes
1 be left lone, bleak and desolate, yet may
be enabled to point to tho youth of
(Names of the signers omitted. )
C. H. McCall, Cli'
John 1*. Buicr, Secretary.
Railroad Meeting
According to previous notice a portion J the South and exclaim in the language of
of the citizens of Webster eounty met at' Cornelia the mother of the Gracchi,
the Court House in Preston on Saturday, “ these are my jew
tho 15th inst., for the purpose of appoint
ing a delegate to go to Atlanta and assist
Americus through Webster eounty to
Silver ltuu, Ala.
On motion, Sampson Bell, Esq., was
called to the Chair, and John P. Beaty
requested to act os Secretary.
T. H. Pickett, T. L. Clarke, Esq., and
Judge Sampson Bell made a few remarks
The Efection Next Fall.—The Con
stitution states that Gov. Bullock favors
an election of members of Congress and
of the General Assembly next lull The
election will occur on the 8th day of
November next: Two sets of Congress
men will have to lie elected—one for the
short term ending March 4th, 1871, nnd
one for the succeeding long term. One
hundred and seventy-five members of the
Hones are to be chosen, nnd twenty-three'
Senators. The outgoing Senators are
Bradley, Henderson, Corbit, Smith,
Jones, Hungerford, Griffin, Mathews,
Higbee, Harris, Sherman, Bowers,
Stringer, Dunning, Merrill, nndDickay,
Republicans, and Ncsbit, Wooten, Mc
Arthur, Holcomb and Fain, Democrats.
Two vacancies, in the 19th and 44th dis
tricts arc to be filled.
When, on motion, Jadgc Sampson
Bell was appointed to proceed at once to
Atlanta and assist others there to obtain
Charter, and, if possible, State aid for
the contemplated Boad, and the Hon. D.
B. Harrell requested to co-operate with
and aid him in said enterprise.
On motion, it was resolved that the
Sumter Befurlxcan and Americus Cou
rier bo requested to publish the pro
ceedings of this meeting and that the
" nmpkin Telegraph pleaseoopy the same.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
Sampson Bell, Chairman.
Jno. P. Beaty, Secretory.
Bald Heads.—The following if true is
worthy of trial, and we would advise such
of our readers who have nothing to low,
to try the experiment It will certainly
do no harm, and may be the means of
checking that ugly trick of nature in
scalping a man in the meridian of life,
even before (fid age has turned his hair
gray.
Coal Oil as a Hair Restorer.—Wo
bad heard it stated that Mr. Samuel Bry
ant, who heretofore had been barefaced
on the top of his head, had, by the use of
coal oil, grown a thick coating of hair
bald head. We saw Mr.
————We correct |
Mr. Bryant informed us that the way ■
found out this new property of coal HR
was simply this: He had a large boil
on the bald place on his bead, which gave
him much pain, and in the absence of
anything else he robbed coal oil on it— I
Heaps it telieved the. pain almost in
stantly, co be continued to rub on the
oil until the boil was entirely weD, when, I
to hia surprise, he found a thin coat of
hstrconuuKont over the Wdphoe. He
continued the nse of the oil Iw ■ walk
ortwo, end now hue a heerty coot ot heir
on his head. This is no hmnbng. bnt
the simple truth, and we t
headed friends to try the
CumBUm fdM
feif" A recent writer in Blackwood de-
obtainin', a Charter for e Railroad from; nonnws aWa lhe theory thst, st
twenty miles below the .surface, the cen
tral heat is so great that the hardest gran
ite is iu a state of fusion, and that our
planet consists of a molten mass nearly
eight thousand miles in diameter, cover
ed by a semi-molten crust only two miles
thickness, and of which crust only two
each, urging the importance of a Bail-1 m jj e3 have a temperature under the boil
road through this county. t i n g.poj n t. The mean density of our
planet is nearly fivoanda hall times that
of water, whereas the average density Of
the strata which wo know is three times
that of water, so that the central-fire
theory cannot be rights,This latter the
ory is founded on the statement that in
some mines and artesian wells the tem
perature gradually increases. Bnt in one
deep mine in Cornwall at a certain point
the temperature logins to decline. Now,
the theory advanced by the writer is this,
tliat there is a zone of electric action in
tbe crust of tho earth corresponding with,
but superior intensity to that which every
one sees to exist in the surrounding gase
ous envelope of the atmosphere. The
electric current ceaselessly passing to and
fro in the subjacent rocks will neeessarily
develop heat, and in some kind of rock
more than others. 1c metal mines
the shaft is sunk through metalliferous
strata or throngh those kinds of rocks
most permeated by electric currents. The
increase of subterranean temperature is
probably restricted to a narrow zone im
mediately underlaying tiie surface, with
a cold, dense stratum of rode.
The Pressman Presses his Form.
Onr Pre&tman, Mr. C. A* Gable, left
the noise of tbe printing press and the
click o£ types of tbe Journal office, on
last Saturday for Atlanta, and while there
he was imbued with a love of & form
that couldn’t be locked up and he pressed
it (her) into service for life. We hope
ho may livo long to press this form that
has chased so many night’s sleep into
beautiful thoughts ol her who now rules
over him. May no sticks evor bo brought
into requisition as they roll over life’s
points ol difference, but may dear impres
sions of their duty to ono another reader
thecu happy here aud hereafter when
theyflurifceftotho skies.—Marietta Jour.
Governor’s Message.
The following communication from
His Excellency, the Governor, was read
in tho House of Representatives on Mon-
Atlanta, Ga., July 18, 1870.
To the General Assembly : Gentlemen.—
Unofficial information ha* been received
announcing the passage by Congress,
and the approval by tho President, of an
act to admit Georgia to representation in
Congress. An official copy of tbe act
will doubtless be received from tho Secre
tary of State of the United States wituin
a few days.
The act having been adopted daring
the last hours of the session,. Congress
adjourno*l without having admitted Sena
tors or Representatives,
By section 5 of the Reconstruction act
1 Much 2d, 1867, “the actual admission
of Senators and Representatives is made
a condition precedent to the abrogation
of military authority,” and unless other
wise ordered by the President, the mili
tary stotus will continue until the admis
sion of Senators and Representatives,
whioh will, without doubt, take plaoe up
on the reaaeambling of Congrees in De
cember next. Bnt l aa informed that
the General commanding will make no
objection to the General Assembly pro
ceeding with legislation.
Buvuh B. Bullock.
The Savannah Republican of Friday
aooounts of the assassination of Thomas
M. Alexander, a son of Dr,. J. M. Alex
ander of Savannah. He was. Waylaid and
shot, by some yet undetected person,
about eight miles from Quitman, Ga., on
Tuesday night last' The signs ab>ut
tiie place of the mnrder showed that the
assawin, knowing his movements, had
waited for him a considerable time be
hind a large tree near the roadside, and r
had discharged a loed qf. buckshot into doaed
hia body, soiue Of them reaching his *
Ihoart
ThcCoom.—Irtmi all the information in oor
possession at present, wo' wero led to tbs con-
elusion that tho corn crop Ibronghout this see.
tion will bo motoabondant, and hr exoej any
previous crop inode sinco tho Close of the war.
The rioe, corn, melon and other crops of minor
importance are abundant. Tho cotton in some
isolated sections look well, and promise a fruit
ful yield, bat a- a general thing thd weed is
quite inferior, «nl tho yield will fill for short of
thin cropof-iacSL “Tirtffissrsseera tohivo *ban-
np in despair, or become identiiried with
conqnorors; and nothing but love of liber
ty and justice have saved these. Then fol
lowed an appeal to tiie people of the
South to cherish in their hearts the lovo
of Southern principles. He then showed
the great dangers to which we are ex
posed : The love of place bv lending
men ! In tbe bonr of defeat we were not
humiliated, but, oh ! how low has been
tho humiliation to some ! Do not let us
fall into tho fatal error of saying:—
“Whatever is, is right.” Be true to our
selves and we need not fear no danger.
Wo are told to forget the past, bnt wo
would say that tbe past is our noblest
possession—tho best wo can havo. For
get not the bones on the field, for they
fell for onr salvation. They must not,
cannot, shall not be forgotten. The
mothers will call their little .cues around
them and tell the s*oiy of the lawyer and
statesman, who left the hails of legis
lation and rushed to tbe field of battle to
moot the despoiler, and fell with his back
to the soil and his feet to tiie foe, on
Manassas' gory plain. Yes, tho poet will
sing of the man who drank deep at tho
fount of knowledge, who was a lover of
learning, a statesman and Christian gen
tleman, who had nev^r left his study till
the tocsin of war was about to sound the
death-knell to liberty, but then bid fare
well to homo and all its charms, to fall
on tho crags of Fredrieksburg. Who car.
foiget the story of the stem Christian
elder, who bit his quiet home to pour
ont his blood upon tne never-10-be-for
gotten field of Chancellorsville I Men
may forget, bnt mother’s wiU not, can
not With each recurrence of Spring,
woman will deck anew the soldier’s grave.
Then came a grand description of onr
glorious South—cur climate and our soil,
and finally, a grand and mort poetical
eulogy upon onr fair aud lovely women.
We would do great injustice to the orator
by attempting to give nn idea of this
beautiful eulogy. From sweet sixteen,
blushing at her own loveliness, to the
aged matron, all were most grandly enlo
gized.
Tbe speaker then spoke of the labor
question; that each year finds labor
North, and that manufactories be built ii
the South. Ho appealed to the young
men to remember tlio past, to be faithtul
to their race, and our Sunny South would
yet be ono of the greatest countries in
the world.
Tbe New York World’s special tele
graphic reporter at Washington, Id
speaking of the aspect* of the “Georgia
question" on the 12tli inst, says:
case the State in admitted there will be a
fierce contest over the Senatorship be
tween Hill and Miller, who were elected
when the State was declared reconstruct
ed, aud Blodgett and Farrow, who were
elected after the negro members of the
Legislature were reinstated and the
ond reconstruction began. The former
delegation will have the aid of the Presi
dent and Attorney Geucral, Mr. Hill be
ing in intimate relations with both.”
&ir The amount of attention bestowed
upon the Human Hair is something mar
velous to contemplate. Poets have made
it tiie burden of many sweet refrain, and
blooming maidens of many anxious
thoughts and sleepless nights. At last,
however, tiie question how to obtain,
and onco obtained how to retain a beau
tiful head of Luxuriant and Glowy Hair,
has been set at rest by the general use of
Baurett’s Yegetarle Hair Restora
tive.” Tliis admirable prepartion over
tops everything in tho line of HAIR
RESTORERS and BEN EWERS.
The Constantinopek Fire.—The New
York Tribune says that the most graphic
accounts of tho great fire at Constanti
noplo fail to convey un idea of its horrors
and destructiveness. More than seven
thousand houses were destroyed, and
'property to tho value of forty million
dollars was sacrificed. More than ont
thousand dead bodies have been recover
ed, and there arc still fourteen hundred
mining persons unaccounted for. Seven
fire companies, engines and men,
ished in the flames they endeavored to
subdue. The horrible incidents are too
numerous to detail. Strangest of all is
tho fact that the fire thns destructive
raged but a few hours, aud spread with
such rapidity that buildings wero swept
away in an instant, and with nn explo
sion like tnat of a cannou.
mude a demonstration on yesten
They inarched through the streets bear
ing banners, on winch were written,
“The People are Dying of Hunger.”
Tn front of the Ministry of the Interior
and other public departments, they halt
d demanded employment. Their
feaT" The New York Post (Radical) is
responsible for the following neat appli
cation of an old story : “There was an
old lady, who lived next door to tho Navy
Yard, at Portsmouth, iii New Hampshire,
and who had the misfortune to be hard
of hearing. Last Fourth of July she sat
iu her parlor, while the boys in the Navy
Yard fired a salute of thixty-nine heavy
guns. As the last sixty-eight-pounder
went off, the old lady started up in her
chair, aud called ont, ‘come in.’ Are not
th© Republican leaders in Congress some-
tiling like this old lady? They sit
there in Washington, in their big parlors,
while the people are firing big guns for
revenue reform, and they do not hear a
sound. About election time they will
suddenly start up and cry, ‘come in;’ bnt
tho people are likely to answer, file an
Irish echo, ‘go out.’
The Georoia Biel.—There can no
longer be nuy doubt as to tho true mean
ing of the Georgia Bill, as it passed both
Houses of Congress. The bill as ap
proved by the President is coupled in the
understanding that “nothing in this act
No stronger evidence need lie offored j shall be construed to deprive the people of
to satisfy the public that this article
superior to all others, than tho fact that
1866, it received tho Highest Prf.mi-
t aud Onlt Award evor mado to any
Bair Pbeivaratiox.
We learn that tho proprietors wart'ant
ererv bottle to do all they claim for it.
Who that has seen a dangerous
disease arrested by an able physician or a
good medicine but values both? B© it
your family physican to whom you owe
so many escapes from aches cad* oils, or
Dr. Ayer’s inimitable remedies:—bis Sar
saparilla that renewed your vitality or
Cherry Pectoral that cured a painful
cattail, or his Ague Care that expelled
tbe freezing ague and burning fever from
your blood. Who that has boon relieved
by any of these agencies but feels grate
ful for them all?— Bangor Times.
Georginof the rightof an election formem
b?rs of the General Assembly of said
State as provided for in tho Constitution
thereof; and nothing in this or any other
act of Congress shall be construed to aff
ect tbe term to which any officor has been
appointed or any member of the General
i Assembly elected, as prescribed by the
‘ Constitution of the State ol Georgia.
We append tho articles aud sootions of
the Constitution regulating elections.
“Art cle II, Section 6119, (p.1060).—
The election of Governor, members of
Congress, and of the General Assembly,
after tho year 1868, shall commence on
the Tuesday after tho first Monday iu
November, unless otherwise provided by
law..
“Article III, Section 5121,
The members of the Senate shall
4M9u The race of the yachts Dauntless
and Cambria across the ocean it causing
amch excitement, and large amounts ot
money are, pending on the result. Jtis
bers elected* at the first election from the
twenty-two Senatorial Districts numbered
in this constitution with Odd numbers,
shall only bold office far two years. The
members of the ~ House- of
election for n
libers of tbe i
iMorixaU the craft of. the New Tort ond yta^Soeptthe first deeti"%Wrt
Taclit Club and numerous excursion
steamers wiU proceed to tho lightship
off Sandy Hook to extend them a -wel
come. In die wogera made, the Daunt
less is the favorite at alight odd*.
shall be within sixty daya after tho ad
journment of this convention; but tho
General Assembly may by law change
the timo of election, and- the members
shall hold until their * "
ed and qualified.”
The following sad account of a lady
being gored to death by a mad cow
Like from tho Glen Cove (N. Y.) Gazette
of the 2nd inst. The young lady lias
number of acquaintances in this place,
who will regret to hear of her sail end.
A Ladt Gored to Death jst a Mad
Cow.—On Sunday last at about 1 o’clock.
Miss Mar,' Craft, sister of Samuel Craft,
a wealthy farmer residing nl»ont two
miles south of this village, was attacked
by a mad cow and fatally injured. Miss
Craft had stepped out of the door-yard
for the purpose of feeding a brood of
young turkies, when tho cow, a valuable
animal and one she had often fed and
petted, rushed at her and striking her
with terrific force in tho left side, crush
ed her against t’»e tone© and then tramp
led and gored lier in a terrible mauucr.
Her screams attracted tlio attention of
Christopher Sheridan, a farm laborer,
who was sitting upon the door step of
the kitchen, who rushed to her rescue,
hurling a stone at tho infuriated animal
striking her square in the head. This
seemed to add to her lory, as she
no wed the attack, but while her head
down and lier horns tangled in the cloth
ing of the unfortunate lady, he lifted *
large stone with bot 1 bands and brough:
it down with stunning force between her
horns. Two of Miss Craft's sisters who
had hurried to tho scene, raised her up
and were supporting her toward tin.
gate when the cow recovered from the
effects of the blow and again made a fran
tic charge, but Sheridan, cool and un
daunted, stood between the ladies and
certain death, fighting off the fnrions
animal with stones. Again and again the
cow rushed at them, attempting to avoid
the man and get at the ladies, but they
finally got inside of and closed the gate,
when Miss Craft sank upon the gronnd
and was borne into the house in a dying
condition, bnt fully consciou-, exclaim
ing to those who carried her, “she has
lulled me she lias killed me!” Medi
cal attention was immediately summoned,
and it was found that her faoe and body
were terribly bruised, aud that she had
received a deep and frightfully lacerated
wound in the left side of the abdomen
where the. jagged horns of the cow hud
entered and tom the quivering flesh.—
She lingered until Tuesday morning at
8 o’clock, when death relieved her from
her sufferings.
The homestead where this sad occur
rence tool: place is noted for the kindly
and genial hospitality of its inmates, and
only two weeks since (14th of June)
the scene of the brilliant and joyous wed
ding of tho brother of the deceased, at
which Miss Craft representing tho head
of the household presided with her
enstomed grace and dignity. 8ho wr
lady of fine mind and the unlversH fa
vorite of a largo circle of acquaintance,
who raonm her sad fate with heartfelt
£ri*r.
Death of Jtoox Lonostreet.—Hon.
Augustus H, Longstreet died at his home
in Oxford, Mississippi, on the 16th inst.,
iu the 80th year of liis age.
Judge Longstreet was a man of varied
talents and mental accomplishments.—*
He waaeminontasajorist, an able and
effective Advocate, an eloquent divine,
and ono of the most successful writers
of humorous, fiction that the South has
produced. For many years he has lived
retired from pnblio pursuits and devoted
his timo exclusively to tho education of
youth in the Mississippi University, of
whicti he wup President, we behflTO. up
to the time of his death. Hi* “Georgia
Scenes'’ pat the whole world to laughing
when it appeared some thirty-five years
ago, and ho has left seyfiral graver works
to perpetuate his name and memory.
* OTI ? a ^ : 93&&**-**Z
tins l«tii day of July, 1870. otarkrille
- J - T; ' WILIi S,
Dyspepsia of 8evou Years Bunding,
_ Charleston, 8. C.. August 1,1.—
Dr. Wm. H. Tutt: Dear sir: I wish to inform
you, and if you wish you can publish it, that 1
have been afflicted for upwards of
led, for upwards of eovonyean,
» — CJkt nothing that ...
maciatod, I ?tad no 1 Ja
, auu (J1WU.J miu melancholy all the
1 have been using your liver piila for
,-oeks, and havo experienced tho greatest
benefit. I havo a fine appetite, and can now eat
anything. I cordially recommend them to all
who hare dyspepsia. Djsjoub O Hauxjkas.
A Splendid Rosewood Piano~
Worth $500,
for X.w H.bwribcn to Darke’, \VMk],.
T HE PuUiehere of Burko’. Week!, f„ r u,,.
«nd OM. offer . Splendid *500 Boi,, .'
™», Itatao Eerjreet club of New SubSH
(not lose tlun thirt.,) eent to thet p,p£ S
for particulars ami a specimen copy to 1
i i .. h W.Bim'fcEiUj..
July 21 Meoou.be.
8. Waxelbaum & Co.
One Hundred Dollars in Go d
Will be given to any person who, on analysis -wiU
discover one grain of araenis or other poison in
Dr. Hum.fv’s Aarr. Toxic. It is purely vege
table, and tho most happy combination that the
science of medicine has aa yet developed toanc-
oeacftxlly combat the most prevalent diseases in
cident to a bilious or malarious climate. It is
the most perfect anti-period c—alwaj o breaking
the tliill in threo or four dotes ; bat bettor than
that or all else, and what renders it tbe moet ef
ficient and valuablo compound extant, is tho uni-
▼ersally conceded fact thst it loaves the patient
in better health than before the attack, with r.o
puffing up of tne skin, no buzzing in the head,
no deafness or impaired vision, bnt a clear head,
transparent akin, a bright eye, aud elastic step
id bouyant Health.
,t eliminates di»e*so from the syntorn by dis
sipating engorgements of the secretions, excit
ing the liver to healthy action and giving the
pancreatic and hepetic juices their normal con
dition and healthy flow.
It is better preventive than cure, and if people
eonld be prevailed npon to take it. in. say nail
dosse threo times a day, daring the chilly sea
son. they wonld have perfect immunity from
chills and all tho concomitant diseases; bnt,
who except the vary pmdeni, will take medicine
before they arc sick.
For sale everywhere. Bead Jxs. Budpi.k &
Co’s column. jnly 21 tf
TERRY DAVIS’ TAIN KILLER
Has become an article of commerce—which no
methane ever became before. It is as much au
item in every bill of goods sent to country mer
chants as tea, coffee or sugar. Tliis speaks vol
umes in its favor.—Glens’ Falls Messenger.
Rev. H. L. Vanmeter, Burmali, writes, “The
Pain Killer lias become an almost iodispensible
article in my family.”
• simile r testi-
fcle remedy.’*
Rev. JL H. Bixby writes, “I have had occa
sion to use the Pain Killer very frequently dur
ing my residence in Barmah. nnd have found it
Great Decline in Prices!
DRY GOODS DOWN 25 per ct.
MR. APPLE having already
departed for New York to a!
sist in the purchase of our mam
moth stock of Fall and Winter
Goods, and iu order to make
room for the same.
We are now offeriugYare induce,
meats to purchasers iir our line,
and would respectfully invite the
attention of the public generally
to the still well assorted stock of
SPRING & SUMMERwear now
on hand, together with our mar-
vellous decline in prices, fall
and see
S. WAXELBAUM & CO..
F IGCBED MUSLINS et 18 te it,
rente, at Waxelbaum & Cn.
I^OLORED ALPACA at 45 to 60 cont«.
at Waxeuabom & Co.
I EN OR at 2d to 25 cents, at
Waxelbaum £ Co.
J^ENTS SUITS at 8250 to $10 ^
• * Waxelbaum «fc Co.
§)itorrti$fnmitsi.
A NEW KIND OF TKADE.
Forty Cats for a Bushel ol' Meal!
Mr. Hancock : Your valuablo paper is always
ready to keep tho peoplo informed about any
and all kinds of new improvement* and new in
ventions. Will yon bo so kind as to post the
people on a new trade started in our midst.
Ono EltonLiohtfoot, of this connty, carried
to mill tho other day, a bag of house cats and
offered them to the miller For a bushel of meal. ,
The clever miller became enraged at tho vaga
bond, drove him off with liis cats, telling him if
ho lot one loose about his mill he wonld frail
him half to death. Now, wbv should tho miller
be so smart ? Perhaps it is easier to 6teal cats
tlian to work, and lying don't pay, for he has
tried that. Bo let the beast work at wbat he
finds. It pays tho best. A CITIZEN.
]uly 21 It
~ SPEER & HOOKS,
BANKERS & BROKERS,
AMERICUS, GA.
GINS ! GINS !
lowing GINS, i
E. CARVER,
DANIEL PRATT, anil
GuIIett’s STEEL BRUSH,
Auso—
Hall’s Cotton Gin Feeder.
&a?“ Samples on hand at- our store.
FURL0W & BRO.
Americas, July 10th. 2r.
iUY and SELL STOCK‘D. BONUS, COLD,
I SILVER and EXCHANGE.
fia. Notes and Drafts collected at Banker’s
■Will ship COTTON for Plautei
Seaports. Deposits Received.
0. T. GOODE,
^Attorney at Law
SSr Office over W. T. Davonport’* Drugstore.
July 21 tf
The War between the States;
Its Causes, Character. Conduct and Results,
By lios. Alexander H. Htkphes®.
r : present* a careful political analysis of the
past, separating iru. tom apparent oansos
of tlio late unhappy conflict, and give those in
terior lights^and shadows of tho great war oxlt
r-.-vciul
tliis work, cowpri ... ..
about 650 pages each, illustrated with nnmcroua
" 1 —and famished to snbserib-
VOL HARBOLD, Agent.
jnly il
Georgia—Lee county.
norit weekaaftey date application will be mado
J? to the Ordinary of Leo connty for leave to
sell the real estate of N. R. Moors, dcccaaod.
Jnly 41-lm ' Jons Donnixs, Admr.
•83- A good thing is told of ex-PreaMoct John-
on in Raleigh. , While responding in* fooling
aaanMyto the wetaome given to, he need tho
^■■LBtas, my friend#, re
pair tho beeches"—and bafore be oould add
debtee war,-- ag-oMwotnap^ai
as como
to work at hia trade,"
o homo again
100 Dollars Reward.
Wmarxs, JOHN R031NHON, (person of
color,) did on tho 17th of Jnly, break Jail iu the
connty of Sumter. -I hereby offer a reward of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
far h» capture snd delivery Ltho Jailor of said
O. b. DARLEY,
Weight 180 11*., Height 5II8 inches, Com
ploxion dark copper colored, is ft littlo bow-lsg-
ged & watting, and speaks.slow and deliberate
in talking. Had no shirt on si hia ©scape, had
on a pair of dark pants considerably worn.
C. 8. DARLEY, Sheriff,
Jnly 19th tf Sumter Co., Ga.
Courier Copy. -
CITY CURRENCY.
Will be Redeemed
or received in payment for exchange at Che
Bankiag Houses of Mcasm J. W. Wheatley and
F. 1L Coker. ' ' ^ ; '
r H. D. RANDALL,
Clerk A Treasurer. •
Jtme J7.1OT0. im Courier copy
FOR SALE
REDUCED PRICES.
of tho firm ot A. R. Brown, Trustee, have bee-
turned over to mo os Receiver, by the Ch»nct!
lor, under application, by Bill in Eqnity in Sort
ter Superior Court, and -bv order, 1 sliall k«!
the honso open and sell said Stock on f*ir brnr.
cither in
BULK OR BY RKTAlL.
s tho firm must be closed.
I shall be at tho Store at all times, urn. av w
ed off on professional bnainee -.
In >■ y absence, J. J. W. FORD tad B. «
SMITH, clerks, that I have employed will eetw
and receipt parties.
W. M. HAKDWICKt,
MoroliA»t Tailor '
tiy to the fact that ho ia prepared to make ►
kinds of
CUSTOX-HADE WORK
at the shortest notice.' We have
Two European Workmen,
feurteen years from th#pnbbo, he
.. jiiwiaat modcra-*-..
making them, ** he can then better
above promise: Nofifc no_pay. Fepa-ntio
cleaning done at sliort notice. ^ coH gx,
marSrly.. South Side LamarSueet^
. For Sale,
t Keg Fire-Proof Paint-
Apply. «t tti» offior.
miparanbowcno-
mirlS-ly