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(Sti-fficekhs j&cpMicau. 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