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®ftt Weekly Republican. HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY AMERICUS, GEORGIA: Friday Horning, August 6, 1870. Official Organ of Sumter Co. OFFICIAL ORGAN 07 SCHLEY COUNTY. Official Organ of Lee County. Onicial Organ of Webster Comity State Tax.—Tlio Governor in s proc- Lunation orders that four-tenths of one per cent bo assessed and collected upon the amount of the value of property re turned by each tax-payer, subject to tax ation ad valorem Ax Ixjcxction.—Citizens of Macon have taken preliminary steps towards pro curing a bill of injunction against the late faction of the City Council in reference to Mercer University, npon the ground that c aid appropriation is unconstitutional. It is now reported that Mrs. Lincoln will apply to the Illinois Legislature to grant her a pension, and a Radical who believes with Senator Yates, ungraciously suggests that Illinois ought to pay more than the United States, as that State got rid of the woman before the United Statos did. rS?“ The Charleston Xeica soys; “It is said that Gov. Scott has told his friends that ho intends to carry his election at any cost of blood and money, if ho shall find that it can l»e obtained at no cheaper price. Any port in a storm. His Win chester rifle speech is to be distributed as a campaign document with directions •* to road and circulate". The Radicals and Prussia* As we have «l«v»whoro stated the' Radi cals have espoused the cause of Prussia in the present threatened contest with France. The cause of this is easily ex plained, and may be accounted 7or in two ways. 1. During the recent “war between the States, ” tho Germans gave our enemies mnch and material aid. Indeed, without statistical information and judging from individual observation, wc believe the German element in the Yankee army was greater than all the other foreign ele ments combined.- It was impossible to capture a batch of Yankees fn-c fromOer- LSP A young man who officiates in a restaurant went to sleep in a Syracuse church last Sunday and suddenly aston ished tho congregation by awaking and calling out, ‘Ham and eggs for two.”— Being fully awakened, he immediately “went away from there.” Tho Constitution advises that the j»eople of every county assemble in primary meetings and put forward their best men os candidates for the General Assembly. No sort of tergiversation or trickery on the part of the Genejal As sembly can overrido tho act of Congress admitting Georgia in the Union. The constitution of the State, by that act, is made tho paramount authority on the subject of an election for State officers. t®uThc Savannah Republican of the 28th inst. chronicles the sadden death of Mr. Langdon Bowie, Sr. Agent of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, who fell dead in his office in Savannah, on tho morning of the 27th from disease of tho heart. K3L. Tho Commencement exercises of the University of Georgia will begin next Sunday. Tho baccalaureate sermon will bo preached by Chancellor Lipscomb.— The address before tho literary societies will l>o delivered Monday afternoon, by (tenoral. A. C. Gorlington, of Atlanta. Whether or not King Wiliiam was in strumental in procuring these men to fight against the South we have no means of ascertaining, but our conviction is that ho threw no serious obstacle in the way. Hence, then, the cause of the Radical, or dominant party, desiring the success of the Prussian arms over those of France. a well known fact, among the South ern soldiers, that but few Frenchmen were ever seen or captured in Yankee uniforms, and it is further known that the Emperor of the French sympathized with the South and, could he have seen his way clear, another LaFayette would have come, with his means and his men, and fought with as and to-day we would have been an independent Government and free people. 2. lint, leaving the war out of the ques tion, there is another and more powerfnl reason why the Radical party and its lead- ersjare siding with Prussia and efforting to moko capital out of tho war. The Radicals are smart and are working to carry the fall elections. They know the Germans of tho North and West threatening, in unmistakablo tones, to abandon the Republican party liecause of the Fifteenth Amendment, and they hav« seized upon the war with the hope of pac ifying this disaffection by espousing the cause of the fatherland. Without the co-operation of the GerMans the Repub lican party will l>e a lailure, and defeated in several States,—hence this interest behalf of Prussia. The Indiana Repub licans, we are told “ boldly declare their intention of espousing the cause of Prui sia” and for no other purpose than above stated, while the New York Republican Central Committee are making a similar move and thrusting instructions into the face of the Washington Administration teaching the f oreign policy of this Gov ernment Thi3 is all gammon—bosh. It may de ceive the Germans and lead them into the belief that, in truth, the Radicals arc their friends, but if it does the Lord pity the poor fools for a want of sense. If they cannot run and read the motive of the move they havn't sense enough to exer- 30 tho elective franchise. But let ns give the pronnneiamento of the New York Committee. On Thurs day night, of last week, after an animat ed debate, the following resolution was adopted by a vote of 43 to 20 : Resolved, That while onr Government wisely adheres to its traditional policy of avoiding entangling alliances with princes potentates, tho sympathies of tbe Ameri can people cannot be restrained where usurping inqierialism in one eonutry wages aggressive war upon national unity in another, and whero we discern, in spite of all pretences, that the assailed are stib- A:iDT Johnson ox xscTn:m> Tarty —Andy Johnson has recently made n speech before a Democratic Convention in Tennessee. Wo quote him as follows on the third party movement: Efforts were being made ia tiff s State to organize a third party, and that this movement was understood and appreciat ed at Washington, where it was known tho third party must eventually go with the Radicals. lie said we must stand by onr Democratic fHeads in the North, who are in line of bottle, and fighting in the glorious cause of constitutional govern ment ; that we most frown down any at tempt to create the tlurd party, and rally in the common cause with our brethren elsewhere. Wc can heartily toss up our hot for Johnson oa the above. He is right: there is no sort of a necessity for a third party. It is but a trap and pitfall for weary Dem ocrats, many of whom, we fear, arc fall ing therein. It is but the first step to wards Radicalism, and we worn oar frionds against it—shun it. There is no doubt of the fact but tlrnt the Radicals, seeing their power and authority in a warering condition, are giving the movement aid and encouragement, by secretly en couraging it and deceiving onr friends in to the belief that they are death against it Already we hear, cn tho streets and at corners, professed Democrats insinua ting the claims of Joe Browu, the arch- traitor and damnable demagogue. This bat another feature of the third party move in our own State. We v friends against it again and continually. Let us have no half way men or measures, but let us meet tbe issues squarely and force the weak-kneed into their proper places, and mark them so that they may be known and seen. In the language of Johnson let us “frown down any attempt to create tho third party,” and frown down tho men—the Joe Brown advocates—at the same time. Military Statistics of France* Prussia and other European States. amounts to 977,262 men. To these'may be added, in case of ne cessity, the contingents of Baden, 45,- 227 men. Bavaria, (at least,) 150,000 men. Wirtemberg, 54,405 men. Ueroe-Darmstadt, 20,800 men. The available force of Prussia amounts, therefore to at least 1,200,000 men. Franco has a standing army of 401,192 men; placed on a war footing, it amounts to 757,727 men. Of theso 515,956 men belong to the infantry; 100,261 to the cavalry, and CO, 132 to the artillery; the tSU Tho New York Democrat tells a singular story in regard to the assassina tion of Mr. Lincoln. The Democrat says that there was no conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, although there had been one for his abduction. Tho assassination was the work of Booth alone, and he was inspir ed thereto by the execution of John Yates Beall, a bosom friend of Booth, whom Lincoln had promised Booth to spare. The story is a strange one, ia told by the Democrat, and has every appearance of troth. Will be found on/the outside of to-day’s paper. remainder, (1,841 meu) arc staff oflioers engineers, (fens d'armes and commissary troops. Belgium has an army of 98,070 : distributed as follows: Iufantry, 12 regiments, : : : 74,000 Cavalry, 7 “ : : : : 7,008 Artillery, G *• : : : : 53,51 with 152 cannon. Holland has a European and Indian army. Ti o latter numbers 27,! men; the former has nine regiments of infantry, 44,318 men; four regiments of cavalry, 4,483 men; artillery, 10,365 itantially tho entire German people, bound to ourselves by the strongest tit* of friendship and blood ; that remem bering France as a generous ally in early history, wo confess the greatest tipathy to her present wily and insolent Cnicf, who, by his intrigues with the British Cabinet and his invasion of the Mexican States, proved forgetful of his country’s traditions, and placed the French people in a false position in rela tion to onr present straggle to preserve the legacies of Washington and Lafeyetti that as onr own fight for union grew, East telegraphic. The Dutch fleet has 65 steamers and 40 sailing vessels, with 1,325 cannon and would be of great assistance to the North German fleet Denmark, which seems to aide com plctely with France, has an army of 40, FROM EUROPE. London, August «j£—iYesterday’s dis patches from Saarbrack report no impor tant operations along the entire lino. A large hody of French are moving on For- bach. Replying to a question, Mr. Gladstone said in the House of Commons that the policy of tho Government was not one of neutrality, but oi friendship to both com batants. n« declared that the obliga tions of the Vienna treaty ended with the German Empire. Tho Government was doing everything to enforce tho obser vance of neutrality, but British power was restricted to British waters. All le gal restraints had been imposed on the solo of coal. London, August 2.—8 o’clock A. n.— The war news this morning is meagre and unimportant The London Journals ap pear to-day without a word from tho ri val armies on tho Rhine. Active recruit ing for marine service has been ordered at the English dockyards. The impres sion prevails that the arrival of the French fleet in the Baltic alone prevented a Prussian advance through Franco to Par- Attorney, General Akerman haa appointed Walter S. Hill, of Georgia, and m C to7jt^.° 1Prk ' - DEMOCRATIC ! DEMOCRATIC WTSo announcement of the death of Anna Cora Mowntt Ritchie, reported by cable, will bo read with regret on this tide of the Atlantic. She wns among out distinguished America women, and cd- mured alike for her achievements on th< stage and her many charming qualities ci a - roman. Democratic to the Backbone. Equine Remedies ore always Smith e. 925 men. Her fleet amounts to steamers with 389 cannon. Sweeden, which many suppose to be entirely inclined towards France, has an army of 124,807 men, to which may be added the troopsof Norway to the amount of 18,000 men, and 301 volunteer corps with 182,000 men. The Sweodish fleet has 17 steamers and 31 vessels, with 402 cannon, and 34,564 meu. From the inviting prospectus and from the measured laudations of some who had given the work a hasty reading, I antici pated a delicious feast in the perusal “The Globe within theSunQur Heav. en. ” I bought the first copy I found and with eagerness began to read. The opening chapter disappointed. The Au thor pretends to state his “ Theme, ” and the only remark ho makes on the subject is when tie announces that “ Oar princi pal Theme is tint of the place of onr fu ture existence—especially Heaven. He writes three pages pretendingly up on this idea and yet fails to define him self in a tingle line. The following chapter is on “ The Im mortality of tho Soul and a future State of Existence. ” His argument on the immortality of the soul is a mere assumption. lie as serts that the idea of immortality is in hereut and draws this conclusion from the historical fact that tho aborigines of every heathen clime hold the idea of a future state of existence. History does not sustain this assertion. It is a mere assumption. He now forgets his subject and discusses at some length the faith of •Id patriarchs. lip then gives the Why Napoleon Delay! It lias now been about throe weeks aince the accounts from Europe led poople to look for the commencement of warlike operations between France and Prussia at any hour. The anticipation war hard ly a reasonable one, hut it was based np on statements of tho forwardness of prep arations and of the advantage which the French would secure by striking a heavy blow at the earliest day. People are now wondering why the blow has not yet been struck. Ordinarily a sufficient answer would bo because tbe preparations were not so advanced two or three weeks ago as to justify the expectations then formed. The Prussians, however, account for tho delay in a manner suggestive of a defeat of tho French original plan of operations. A dispatch from Prussian sources 'ays that it is certain in Berlin “that Napoleon coanted on the disloyalty of South Ger many and calculated a sadden movement across the Rhine before Prussia had con centrated any considerable force, and it disappointed by tho loyalty of Germany, — J -- not going to risk a movement and northward with the South Gorman army on his flank. He lias certainly delayed, and perhaps altered tho original plan of the campaign. It is believed no advance can bo made at any point, without risking a general engagement. Prussia, though not ready to attack, is ready everywhere for defense. ” If the reported attack at Saarbrucken was an earnest demonstration, and not a feint, it gives some support to this Prus sian theory. An invasion by way of Saar- bracken would indicate an intention to ovcmiu the South German States. {Saar brucken is so located that the French Brussel!.*, August 2.—noon.—The cor respondent of the Independence Beige, writing from Metz, asserts that the first great battle will be fought on Saturday or Sunday next, or Monday at farthest. He underscores the sentence following, viz: This is sure. London, August 2.—News from Prus sian sources mentions the prevalence throughout Oormany of on unwaving as surance of ultimate victory. Vienna, Angust 2.—Austria is mobili zing fifty thousand men to watch tho Bo- hemiau frontier. Cincinnati, August 2.—The Democrats have carried Covington and Newport. Paris, August 2.—Evening.—An offi dal dispatch from Metz announcing that, to-<lay at 11 o’clock in the morning, the French had a serious engagement with the Prussians. Our army took the offen sive, crossed the frontier and invaded the territory o! Prussia. In spite of noi bers, and tho position of the enemy, few of onr battallions were sufficient to carry the heights which overlook Saar brack, nud our artillery was not slow to drive the enemy from the town. The elate of onr troops was so great that our losses were slight. The engagement commenced at 11 and ended at 1. The Emperor assisted in the operation, and the Prince Imperial, who accompanied him everywhere, received oa the first field of battle Ills baplUiu of fire. His presence of mind and sangfroid in danger were worthy of tho name he bears. The Emperor returned hi Metz at 5 r. m. LI8T OF LETTERS REMAINING in Post Office, at Amer- W icus, August 3d, 1870. Adams, \V. T. '.Jackson, miss xnary Allen, miss C. • James, George [col. Alstou, J. M. i Jennings, miss 8. Andrews, miss E. B. Jones, Henry Andrews, Samuel Johnson, m. Bagley, G. [coL ;Johnson, Andrew Bass, miles Johnson, m. S. Berry. Louisa [col ; Johnny, Prince Beasley, W. W. {Jones, Dr. J. W. Beckwith, miss A. j Johnson, J. K. Byrd, miss m. E. (2 Kitchings, mra. B. Bid good, mrs. L. F. Kurtz, miss Sarah Brown, F. L. 12 iKenny, mrs. A. Birin*, Dr. R. S Lawton, mrs. D. m. Birdsong, C. [coL , Lane, mra. Body Black, miss Fanny iLitherwood, W. M. Bland, Dr. S. T>. , Lewis, Win. [eoL Bond, K. C. Market m. S. Bird, Dr. McMath, Joseph Brake, J. H. , McCrary, miss L Broodfield, mrs E. j Moore, mrs. E. A. Brokenhagan A Co. i Morgan, W. W. Braswell, A. J. ; Osborn, Julian Bragg, mart ha m. Parker, Elizabeth Brown, Charley ! Park, miss II.-11 Crawford, mrs. E. I Phelps, miss molly Crawford,Nsncy|ool|Pickett. J. F. Culver, miss m Powers, V*. N. Crawford, B.C. [col,Porter, mrs E. Cooper, Jno. m. Price, John 8. Collins, J. C. Price, Thomas Countryman, A. B. ! Pryor, Edward Clay, m. G. {Pascal, miss Bailie Clark, miss Fannie , Ronutree, A. K. Carter, 8. G. [2 Roach, miss Bailie A Financial Warning. The New York Times of the 29th ult. ‘The telegraph supplies further incen- foraes U <am^dTt“Meu"*ka" Trtoorilte j ‘i"» 'option Id coul«l Uc concentrated there more quickly tde matters The Bank of En-land boa than at any other point on Pronto Urn- i “p aln '"i 3 "’ ,u ra, °. 1 !> W ir- tory.—Columbus Knq. time to five per cent—a proof of the creasing value of inoDev. and of moneta- vapoadent of the Debate M i £ Ja Tt? “!* ' ,TO,mble . *° lhe . birth, life, suffering recti on of the Savior. I have given throe two chapters as sain-1 * «’™P«xu««; «i uie x/uouae sseraui t r ' sorvp Thif , fact , agge sts prudence, pies of the Author’s loose manner of ri-a- \ descnl>v8 ful * owin £ s<* n »ss at Lie j possible inconvenience here. More niUE undersigned having relumed from lib A viait to the “Hot firings" (Arkansas), ia now at his old stand, and nas his “Tonsorial Sa loon" at the old Hotel, supplied with ths best barbers. He will.give bis special attention to the business, and will be glad to moot his Sold patrons, and all ethers who mavfeyor him with /GEORGIA—SCHLEY COUNTY. M Oaraun's Orricr,. Huavnxe. July J6th, 1870. , Heated Proposal* win bs received at this offi.* nntfl Saturday, the 20th day of August, for ti* repairing of the Court House, said repair* to eonaiatof ro-plaatering, re-painting and repair, lag tho oolonade posts, Ac. Also, Proposals for painting inside of Co„- _-ii i-. i >• .. . ,,n House, will be received in the Specifications of both jobs call. Ulricas, Aug. 4th 1870 if. 'W. J. OWES 8. Read This! VI72 ARE SELLING NOW OUR v f stock at Greatly Reduced Prices ! Bargains! Bargains! DRY GOODS Chappell, — Daniels Jaa. K. Daniels R. H. Davis, Ball Dennis, Win. [col. Dell, C. S. „ Dreame, capt. W. I Rhodes Thos | Doyle, m. in. Suggs Jackson Doolittle, 8. R. Spence, James Ellsworth, chas. Small, miss Ross, Richard Reese, mrs carrie Reese, Joel Reese, E. R. Reid, W. F. Rhodes, miss c Edmondson, K. H. Erwin, miss Amy Ferrell, mrs A. Fletcher, miss F. Farley, miss 8. [coL Fletcher, Dock Gordon, Alex. Gamble, miss L. Glover, Larkia Saunders, Graves, mrs in. jsteede, A. c. Glissendr.nna, J. G.:Smith, mrs M. Smith, Jane [col. Smoot, R. G. Smith, James K. Singleton, Joel Shepard, J. J. Sheely, Amor ; Scott, Curtis Scott, miss Lydia MILLINERY We have just reocived tho wiy Latest Styles CHIGNONS, SASH RIBBONS, all colors, and everything pertaining to a Ladies’ Toilet purchase Lad l>ctier call S. LAZARON Mrs. R. H. CREEN, dll try to please their friends and Customers, aug 4 tf WM. LAZAJtOX. Griffin, miss m. J. |Taylor, Green, G. D. ITary, Isaac Guy ram, Sam. | Taylor, Henry Green, SiUlic J. Thomas, J. Green, Rev. G. W. Thomas, mra. S. J. Graves. J. i Thomas, Dr. G. W. Gotham, J. -Thaliaway. miss M. Hudson, miss E. (Torbert, B. E. Harrison, mat. W. j Toolo & Fort, Sumter Shdriff Sales for Sept’r. XL be sold before the Court house door the city of Americas, county of Sumter, rat Tucr * ~ ~ *—* - - • - - tng property, * - »ouee anti lot in tue oli\ Ijoining the oiuae. occud ea uy h. a. tit law office, the firat Tuesday in September next, ths fotiow- houec anti lot in the city of Ameri- i, facing the Court House and adjoining th Barlow House, oceup ed by W. A. Hawkins aa ffice, anu Wm. — “ ?, the said Book I*. Tomiucy as a Book store, Levied on as tbe property of Mrs. C. A. Wright, to aatiafv two 11 fas m favor of Mrs. M. 8. Hardridge au:i W. A. H u !t Tenant in possession notified. Also—The following parcels of ’ the city of Americas, an J known I Hawks, : Hursfull, ltolx-rt Harris, H. G. Humes, E. A. E. Howard, P H. [2 Harter, J. C. HuNe, W. A. Holt, Busy [col. Veal, miss Susan ValiiUidiugham, W u West, mrs. Temny West, G. T. (Weaver, T. S. Warren, K. J. J Walker, J. S. [Ward, David [coL Williams, miss;F. | Williams, i thence duo South from tho South lot, thence North to said laet mentioned of Cameron's lot, thence west 35 feet, thence North to tho starting point. Also, part of Lot Nob. € and 2, in squad letter D, bounded as fol- Aud what is true of the Amendment to thf. Bankrett Act.— Congress, at its last session, passed an amendment to the Bankrupt’aet providing that what is called tho fifty per cent, clause “shall not apply to tboeo debts from which the bankrupt seeks a dis charge which were contracted prior to the 1st of January, 1869.” This enables a petitioner in bankruptcy to get a discharge from all debts contracted prioT to Jannary 1, 1869, without paying his creditors fifty cents on the dollar. traveller who recently passed through Salt Lake City says he saw peo ple at work in the gardens attached to nearly every homestead,driving tho grass hoppers in swarms ont of the inclosures, using green boughs to whip them with, and “ smudges” to discourage them from coming back. A person walking along the street would have a cloud of them rising before him at every step. der Grant, to a triumph of freedom, so, while German unity is perfected, may re publican liberty be established in Father- land and throughout the world. The New York Times in commenting on the’above very properly says: “ The resolutions themselves, we take leave to say, are sheer buncombe, origi nating in on ill-regulated desire to secure German votes. What have we in this country to do with the war between France and Prussia? What have the Republican General Committee to do with war in Europe, that they should take sides, and introduce dissension into the ranks of their own party?” Well, all we have to say is this acti on of tho Republicans is quite cool, and the Germans are worse fools than we think they are if they allow the hook of negro suffrage to be concealed with such transparent bait. There only desire * have the Germans v .Lo with them in Fall election. This done the question of negro suffrage will no longer trouble them. Let the Germans stop and think before theybito. If they but do this they con see through the whole thing. fio^Tho Now York Journal cf Com- mmx, points out the folly and fallacy of war-guessing. Napoleon I gained all his victories against tremendous odds, and in the Crimean war the field troops of Rus sia were equal to the whole available military population of the allies, numbers Austria was rather superior to Prussia and Italy in the war which termi nated with Sadova. To guess well it ia necessary to have the measure of the brains commanding as well, to say noth ing of the balance of arms and military training; and even then a large margin must be left to the science of accidents which the theologians call special Provi dence. EOUlllg. chapters is true of every chapter in the book. Ho frequently misapplies Scripture.— Take one example. He has a darling theory which he calls tho “ Spirit-fire. ” He labors to prove that “ Spirit is Fire ” and quotes, “Whither shall I go from Thy spirit, See., If I say, surely tho dark- nes shall cover mo; even the night shall be light about me, Ac. ” Now Roe how he leaps to his conclu sions. He says ‘‘•Mark well thlsteatimo- ny, that while the Spit it of God is every where, so, also, is that Spirit light, and there is no darkness, save to thoeo vailed humanity. But I do not proposo to follow the Au thor through the jargon of his reasoning. I refer lastly to his theory that a globe within the Sun is tho final habitation of the righteous, and that the laminous space which surrounds the Sun is the dwolling place of the finally impenitent Iu short he incarcerates the saved and surrounds them on all side with helL— Ho shuts out the Universe from the fa vored of God, or makes it necessary that every angel and justified Spirit should pass through hell in order to visit any other portion of God’s creation. Such i idea is preposterous. The author of this book has either writ- n as a mere passtime, or he is a fanatic capitol just as Congress jouro : “Quite an affray < tot-.a front of one of ‘tho 1 Them " rt< ' 1 1 ,U ; doors, two or throe days since, .-hioh | f *2* S2 “ me ° f was carefully kept out of the papers here, and I have seen no reference to it £9" A Saratoga correspondent writes: “There is one lady at the Congress Hall Hotel, who registered a fearful vow be fore she came never to appear twico dur ing tho season in tho some dress, or with her hair in tho tamo style. Fancy the dreadful responsibility die has incurred. She allows herself bnt a two boars' sap n tho forenoon, daring which tine her aaUi alMp •tending, «na|thea«l»u up and ^ it again. The naonut of mental r It is recorded as an item of gener al news that Miss Wittemore, a school teacher in Ashburnbam, Massachusetts, received a note the 27th of June, warn ing her to leave the district, on peril of her life. The same day, while passing along the public highway, accompanied by others, some unknown person threw a stone, which, striking her upon the back of tho head, caused serious, if not fatal injury. Sinoe the assault she has been rational but a few moments at a time, and nothing can, therefore, be learned from her as to the individual or possible motives of tho assailant The Philadel phia Age says: Had such an occurrence os this have happened in any of the Southern States, it would have been re ported in all the Radical papers, with conspicuous head lines, calling attention to another Ku-Klax outrage, while the people would have been held up as brutes and ruffians. But when the act occurs in Massachusetts, the narrative is stuck away in a corner of the Radical papers, and no notice taken of it The Radical party is hypocritical, as well os corrupt and venal. which this woman emplqyi in walking the pianos in • trail and ploying the role of the Doobeoof Hamilton, and otherwise advwtisinw herself o a bdle, would suf- advertiaing herself os a belle, woa floe, il nrdl tfmetaia; tontOn tho qncetion. Upon my wort, I boliore n il. BSuflfcT-nw totkeTbutt.— Const Bismarck, in a , dispatch to the North German Amh.rn.f1or fa» Jgn^ufl, confirmed the entheniieity oitheeecret treaty published in the London Tima. He aeys Nneo 18M Frono. ha. inoeeeontlj tmfipUd Pnuaia in the offer* of territOn- al aggrandisement at tho empense of Bel gium and Booth Germany. He is confi dent France will ^m meet of territory CTen by Unhang tori Timei been n-ithlitld, Trance disaster, and even the Bradford manufac turing firm, whoso stoppage is announced, pers elsewhere. General Dent, brother-1 ** to bo largely interested in the & *. the President, came’ down to! J-«5 ’XL the Senate dttor, whero lie was met by a fellow who had applied to him for his in fluence in obtaining some position, and who claimed that Dent had, to own classical expression, “lied,” in mak ing promises he bad failed to fulfil— Having applied to Dent that pithy trough unparliamentary tern, he struck Dent, who in turn took him by the throat, and a row followed. Ono of the capitol po lice came to quell the disturbance, but he got knocked down. The assistant door keeper and two or three others rushed to the scene of the disturbance; and the only salient points in the case are t'le six legs sticking out towards the areeral points of the compass, the owners there of rolling over and over in one indis tinguishable mass- By faithful and per sistent pulling at the aforesaid legs the combatants were finally separated, and it was found that tbe poor policeman had the worst of the affray. No arresti were made, lest the matter should get. into 1 *the papers.’” His reasoning is disjointed, his conclu- ons not warranted by the premises, his theories chimerical, his theology unsns- toined by Scripture, his whole book a compilation of disconnected subjects hav ing little or no relation to the theme pro posed. Never buy tho book. SIGMA. Radicalism in North Carolina.—A Pertinent Question.—The Wilmington Journal puts tho following veiy pertinent question, in a review of tho enormous ex travagance which has characterized the managers of the Stato Government— We are constrained to confess that the same enquiry can be made here. Speak ing of tho afflictions under which the State lias suffered and is suffering, it ays; How many of tho substantial voters of Sortli Carolina are responsible for this result ? How many, by negligence and indifference, remained away from the polls ? How many feared that “some thing worse,” would result if the Radic als were not put it power ? How many feared low in their basinea if they of fended political opponents? And what they have mode by their indifference or their fears? Is their business improved or taxes lessened ? Let these same men hare a core that they do not bankrupt the State and themselves by a repetition at tlie next election. We con if we will destroy Radical pow er and Radical legislation. Will we do H? We shall H Sg^Died, otHi kin, Gak. aa tho 10th oik, after a protroc- I tod illness, Mia. Civilly McWilliams, wife of Rev. D.. R.. McWilliams, of the langc^TouL.m 18tt but removed with hoc pare|fffidgttMM countyi Go., whereshoemH in the year 1842. She wSWBMB marriage with brother MeWBliama De cember 17th, 1848, and entered with him upon the life on itinerant in 1887— Lnmpktn Telegraph. i about to ad-1 painfully suggestive is the statement re- biting to failures at Loudon and Liver- j pool, and in ilie manufacturing districts Holland, Pink Hollis, m. Harris, Elizabeth Uinon, F. Hasten, Csnsor Irwin, S. D. j White, mrs. A. L. Johnson, mrs. mary I Woodward, c. Jilcs, Johu Word, A. 11 Johnson, mrs. m. I Wood, miss Anna [4 White, J. G. Worsham, m col d [2 Jorratt, Aggv James, Georgia. not entail immediate difficulty on this side of the Atlantic, but their reaction, whatever its degree of force must lie un favorable.” The Key West Dispatch of the 16th inst. says: “The latest reliable intelli gence we have from Cuba is to the effect that much despondency prevails in Span* ish circles because of the refusal of the home government to send more troops to the island. The guerilla system of war adopted by the patriots will enable them to carry on the contest for an indefi nite period of time. Cholera, small-pox and yellow fever had combined with the Cubans ag unst the Spaniards, and not even the message of Grant could, impart confidence to the adherents of Spain.” e Equine B«nedk*t. The Admission of Georgia- One cf the last acts of Congress before tho adjournment was to pass a bill ad mitting Georgia to representation ia Con gress. This act of justice was tardily performed. It closes the work of Re construction, and the bill might have been passed two years ago just os weli as d£w. Under.this act the State of Geor gia will elect Representatives this fell ior the present Congress, and for the Con gress which commences next March.— The present Legulstore elected two years ago, Messrs. Hill and Miller- Lost winter it elected two other Senators, and a third one to fill a short term, treating its own previous action as a nality.— When Congress meets in December there will be a warm controversy as to which of tlwse Senators shall be admitted. The act of Congress directs that the State elections sluul bo held os are requir ed by the Constitution of the State.— The Constitution of Georgia iirovides for the election of a new Legislature in November, 1870, Tha old Legislature, acting with Bullock, will, perhajia, insist that its official life begins only with the admission of the State to representa tion. If Bollock and his followers per sist in the insane effort to oveiride law and constitution in order to perpetuate themselves in office, the conflict may lead to violence. The President can do mnch to arrest such a calamity, by simply re fusing to countenance any such notion on the part of Bollock. Unless unstained and by Federal authority, the desperate action of Georgia will hazdly attempt to rhich they have produce ! in that State already. If we are ever to dose np the war, let this act of Congress be lhe Is it on the subject of reconstruction Let it he final, both os to rebel and carpet-bagger, white and block man, and let the people of that State, enjojring perfect political equality, govern their States as they please. And if they want .to impeach Bullock, so much the better.—Chicago ’Tribune. A gentleman who has recently trav elled through the counties of Jackson- Hall, Bonks; Franklin and Hart, repre sents the corn crops there as the finest qver known, and that tha farmers will make enough to last them two gears.— A gentleman recently from i that tba mope in that s are truly magnificent, indicating m uwufl yield.—Awj. Con*. Important Decision. The Supreme Court of Kentucky has decided that a threat renders homicide justifiable. Whereupon the Columbus (Miss.) Democrat remarks: “This is on important decision, and the principle involved is one which should bo carefully weighed before its adoption as a part of onr jurisprudence. A man certainly ought to have the right to pro tect his life; and his life is in danger so long os a threat hangs over him ; but to establish the doctrine that a threat justi fies homicide, is to give to the vicious a large latitude, inasmuch as it is equiva lent to giving tbe privilege of construing threats and of taking the law ia their own hands ia cases where their lives really in danger as well as where they s E.jnine Komedie-i. The Albany Neict of the 29th inst, says that two houses on the premises of Mrs. Edwards, iu that city, were earned by fire ou Tuesday last. A little negro girl about seven years old who was locked iu one of the houses, was so badly burnt before assistance could be render ed, that she died. The fire originated through the carelessness of a negro. TO BUSINESS MEN. We respectfully call attention to the value of the Svmter Rkttblicxx os an advertising medium. Its circulation ie greater than that of wig journal now or that has ever been published in the sec tion of thecoantry from which the basi< ness men of Americas derive the r pat ronage. A business man wants some thing more than to see lne advertisement lotion. Those who wish to make business ibidirn, should avail themselves of our columns. lm. a&Jds H. W. Grady Uto of the Rome Courier, hoe in oonneotionwith his broth er, purchased the Oommercitd,^ from Mi*. U. A. Norm. The latter paper has jukt appeared in new' handsome, type, and greatly improved in appearance. I Wilson, mrs. Vi I Weaver, John D. D. B.vbwalp, P. M. 5T* List of Letters remaining in the Americns P. O., held for portage, Aug ust 3d, 1870 : thence oust to the starting point. Let led c tho proper 1 • • - • *•“—*- • **' Johnson. Also—800 acres of land, more o 23th district of Sumter county, r Ja£ known. Levied on as the p* operty of 8. P. Mj- A. J. Brigmon, Butler, Jasper co.. Go. Green Bivins, Dover, Go., Messrs. Bur roughs, Sharp & Co., Atlanta, Ga., miss Lizzie Cottle, Amerious; Luther Dou- dell, Auburu, Ala.; mrs. Julia Davis, Vienna, Ga. ; IL N. Ells, Macon, Ga. ; L. W. Hunt A: Co., Macon, Ga, (2) Nan cy Hawkins, col’d, Preston, Ga.; Thos. M. Hughes, Mouu Creek, Ga.; Charles Johnson, Cutbbert, Ga. ; J. E. Johnston A Co.. Savannah, Ga.; C. J. Malone, Americas, Ga. ; J. D. Sullivan, Macon, Ga. ; miss Amanda Stanton, Sports, Ga. W. Wood, col’d, Americns, Go. UO p: _ _ w rick, Guardian of L. J. Dowdell, to satisfy _ '■ icrior Court fi fa from the county of Baldwin iavor of John It. Wilder, surviving co-partner S. P. Myrick, Guardian of L. JT Dowdell.— Property pointed out by Plaintiff's attorney. J. B. PIL-SBUJ aug 4 tils. SPECIAL NOTICES. Ono Hundred Dollars in Gold Will l>e given to any person who, on analysis will discover one grain or arsenic or other poison in I)n. Hunum’i) Aarx Toxic. It is porely vege table. and the most happy combination that ths •cienoe of meihtinc lias aa yet developed to sc cc-sfnlly combat the most prevalent diseases i ddent to a bilious or malarious climate. It _ the most perfect snti-periodic—always breaking the Chill in three or four doses; but better than that or all ebe, and what renders it the most ef- Hciont and valuable compound extant, is the uni versally couceded fact that it leaves tho patient in better health than before the attack, with no puffing tip of the akin, no buzzing in the head, no deafness or impaired vision, bnt a clear head, transparent akin, a bright eye, and elastic step sipating engorgements of the secretions, excit ing the liver to healthy motion and giving pancreatic and lispetie juices their normal < ditkm and healthy flow. could be prevailed upon t chills and all ths concomitant ilisnssos; but, who except the vary prudent, will tske medicine before they *- 1 shall ever consider Htmmons’ Liver Begula tor as the preserver of tho life uf my little san,- who U now in blooming health. Mbs. Euan JIuciaz, Chattahoochie, Fla. . PERKY DAVIS’ PAW KTTT.FR Has become an article of commerce—which medicine ever became before. It is M much an item in every hill of goods sent to country mer chants as tea, oufiee or sugar. This speaks vol umes in its fsvox.—GUma' Falls Messenger. article in my famihr." Hundreds of missionaries ItolMtitf.'* iG i Her. J. a Stearns writes, “I give similar teati- yetrs In my family, and consider it an invahia- Me remedy.” TO SCEPTI3. The lhnc.1 receipt or Toltmhuy trati- ioni.1. &om ererjr p«t of tho country, fcom Bsaaasr-asas it, as be Monty hooted* of OTtiQcntM in TrjhBiroo wiC dMbtaoloupr. rest corner of the said lot. No. 6, thence South ■ tbe Heys lot, being 03 feet, more or lees, -* ‘till it stnkoe a line running duo "way. i bee ' responsibility of bidders will he taker, i, to consideration. Tho work received by Committees appoints for that purpose. 8. E. F.AKON, * w Ordinary. Six Great Remedies. Hurley’s Stomach Bitters, For Debility, Loss of AnpeH'te, Weakness, Indigestion, or Dys pepsia, Want of Action of tiio liver, or Disor- dered Stomach. there are no bitters that can compare with the** oving these distressful complaint-. Indianapolis, IxuL, Feb. 7,1870. Gentlemen: Abont two months ago I , of Dr- Uurlej*a Bittera for*m .tonic, but * 17*7*;,”“ •— “wictaal virtues, and it fcure.i , a ‘k'*Me she had long been under treat- ’ nt ti)T ', I afflicted in a similar wav. ari l 5 ““ happy to kit the bladder KJ.* 7 "° w - '"I f—l—tPiUv you —-• J. Lb. Notice to Mothers. DR. SEABROOK’S Infant Soothing Syrup. a.V-. pcrBoCUr. Uee in the future Mcabrook'e. a oouibinat quite up m advancement of the age; plewai.t and reliatne in all caeca, Invaluablo in the f 0 i. lowing diseaaee: Summer Complaints, Irregularities ol the Bowels, Restivcnesss, Teeth ing, etc., etc. Give* health to the child and reettu the mother, r n Marietta, Gs., Nov. 1. isfi'i. James Ruddle A Co. Louiflville, Ky.— have used your Hcabrook'e Infant rarailic*, aud fiuditdoe>i i r children quicker than ail other r. edica now offered for’eale. We have bm tng it for three year*, end it givea muver*-' eatiafaction. Never heard it complained of. th-.i * *' ytu. R, Root. wives will use uootlter. Yours, POPULAR WORM CANDY worms that are found 11 .. _ coming the remedy administered in each i ' qnim a rocommenJi. I»m«\-ille, August 20,1%9. Mcaars. James Ruddle A Co.—bontlcnioc: ’ consequence of the benefit 1 hare received tro ‘ of your Dr. Hurley e Worm Caadv HURLEY’S AGUE TONIC. NO ARSENIC—NO MERCURY. : commencing at a point 22 fee t due Sooth I'MiFJECTLY RELIABLE! o tho line of the Ken- The only remedy for Cliille and Pt-v.-r or Ague and Fever, that in or can be depended tip- on is Hurtey s Ague Tonic. There have thousands cure*l bv n«ng it who have trie*! tie naual romedka without benefit. To Dr. Thos. A. Hurley: I hereby certify that dunug the last year I w M atUcked with tL* ague wluio in \ ickaburg, ILm., and used at-vd- al popular patent muhetnea with but temporan reher. Ou reaching bom* the diaewee return* '-'T 0 ' ‘ f rouble, when my »edict, attendant ordered quuunc, m large doecs quentiy a« high as 00 grains imr day, and whirl E2?J*ra? “m dw, 7 I 1 ® 0 - 1 consulted hr. hodth, ol tetoisvilie, and found he prescribe: quinine and arsenic, combined, which I refa**. to take, preferring to let the disease taken* courao. I was almost bloodless, extremely ci- URY, Dep. Sheriff. * RHuuuuti uioouiess, extremely < haueUd, and pronounced with enlarged ’lire, and apjetn. About this time the wdrcrtkemec: have no reason to regret it. One bottle nsixo. Webster Sheriff’s Sales. TIT ELL be'sold before the Court Koure do-w, in ft the town of Preston Webster .eo between the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in September next, the following property to-wit: One-half interest in one mill, knows as L. L. Hammond's mill, together with all the land be longing to said mill, and gin and screw. Levied on as the property of L. L. Hammond to satisfy a fi fa in my hands issued from the Superior court of Webster county, in favor of the'Btatc ve L. L. Hammond; all in the 18th District of said county. Also—One half of lot of land, in the Sid Diet. £,N0. the North half or the lot < t known, but known as which G. W. Brown »ertv of said tbe Superior G. W. Brown. favor of tha State vs Also—’The undivided interest ansre and loti county, known Leaiod satisfy i „ _ r _ perior court of eaid county in favor of Rufus oodwiu va W. 1*. Jo were, in 25th district. JAS. T. WHARTON. Whereas, W- D. Stewart applies t . ►appn Letters of Administratiou, de bonis estate of James 2L Stewart, late of said county, These are therefore to rite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said doceeeed to be and appear at ray office within the time prescribed by law, and file their ot*Jec- ti'jns, if any they have, otherwise letters o ‘ ministratiou will be granted said applicant. Given udder my hand and official signature, this :td day of August, 1870.' aug 1 lm B. F. BELL, Ordinary. G Amn 1U!m einpiioa of personalty EOBGIA—'Webstcs Cocicrr. ^ ti ~ obd a GEORGIA—Webstse Comi. the first regular term, after the expiration of four weeks from this notice, for leave to sell tbe real estate of P. V. Perry, dec'J, for the benefit -- of adminietratarahip on estate H. L Walker, deceased: These are therefore to dte, aummoa and ad monish. all .and singular, ths kit of said deceased, to bo and appears office, within time by Uw prescribed, andfi jection if any they hare, way such letters al Witaeaamyhandauuofficial MgwstarethisOth July, 1870. july7-lia U. F. Bkix, Ord'Y- Lee Mortgago ShcrUTa Sates for October. the first Tuesday in. OJHI ■rori hours of sale tbe fUl* wing pi ■■of land Norn 17, IS, 13, A aug. 4-tde. * JTA34ES SALTER, IXputy Sheriff. Lee Sheriff's Sales for September. riLLbe sold hslore tbs Court Hoas * ' 1 f tatbekrenefBUAvilW.LeeeeL., _ cmplotclr, and «inte tliat time I hart ucariy a hundred cases iu which it acted ...... equally happy results, and would certainly ri- cummeod it as preferrahte to any other tome be- I fore the public. Jams Yinn, Engineer. t PURIFY YOUR BOOL. Hurley’s Sarsaparilla, IODIDE POTASH This is thepureand genuine extract of tb« root, end will, oa trial, be found to effect a re tain and perfoct core for the following <xm- plaints and dise: s e: Affections of the Bones, Habitual Cost iveness, Debility, Diseases of the Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Erysipelas Female Irregularities, [Fis tula, all Skin Diseases, Liver Complaint, Indiges tion, Files, Pulmonary Discasep, Scrofula or King’s Evil, Syphilis, And all impurities of the Blood, etc. To Dr. Thos. A. Harlev: sir: I deem „ __ /Iliad a severe attack of mthm- matory rheumatism, winch completely pro tested me. At the Mae time my lung* *«* much sfficted. I waa so reduced that it »*» with tho greatest difficulty I cookl walk. 1 pro cured some of your eocupieund extract ofSai^- Ftegxn to improve, mj sough became l**y the eorenees of my lugs and bre»rt» gradrally snbeAed. my rheumatic paine k»> acute. I attribute this mainly to your Bar**' 1-anils. I hare now been taking it for over tv- months! I have taken ia ell fire bottles. It* f- feets here been mote MbsfoeVorvto me, stet advise others similarly effected to gte» T* 81 The gentleman whose name k he above certificate has loug readed here, aw tbe city of Louievihe. OR. SEABROOKS JESXjXXI b PYROPHOSPHATE IRON & CAUSAYA Joateaand liedelfe^ Msa^isssbsss* aiasiga&jaasgg SrepecuUar to femalce. No itioe peculiar to fomalce. No rema»»*j*r*- withoutit, if liable to such direasee, tor can well toko its place. JAMES REDDLE S CO., momraoBs, ' iolorutoy SA. U ttattiS Bn* LoniCTille, Xj- Um »bora rt* V W. A. COOK & CO., . Americns, Ga., IjgS . U L.W. Hunts Co., Macon, C* • fcklS