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■'ANCOwK, GRAHAM * REIt+JT
AMERICUS. GEORGIA:
Friday Homing, August 12, 1870.
Official Organ of Sumter Co.
OlFICIAl ORGAN OF SCHLF.Y COUIIY.
Official Organ of Lee County.
Oflicful Oi^bti of Webster County
Kb A disastrous storm passed
Mobile Alii., damaging tho city and sliip-
IPhg to Clio amount of $250,000.
Columbus, Ga., according to tlie
(*«■ nsns just taken, has a population of
7.450, a falling off of 2,181 since 18G0.
Large orders hare been received
In St. Lonfo from the French Govern
ment lor the purchase of hay for the
Trench Army.
Rev. Sella Martin, a colored
1'Teacher in Washington, has been np-
l>ointed special agent of the Poet Office
Department, and assigned to duty ii
South.
Death or Hon. Geoboe D. Snoirr-
itiixiE.—Hon. George D. Shortridge, a
prominent citizen of Alabama, died at his
home near Mentcvnllo on the 27th nlti-
Mr The Turcos, mentioned as a part
• <f the French [military force, arc native
Algerines, trained to war by the French,
They aro light infantry troops, of quick
movement, and accustomed to the scaling
of difficult places.
W.TiaTKK Coitntv.—D. R. Sheppard
and A. C. Bell have been appointed dele
gates from Webster county, to the Demo
cratic Convention to be held at Atlanta
«>u Wednesday next, the 17th inst.
Good.—A Radical in North Georgia
insulted a lady whose husband was killed
in the Confederate army, uud she wore
him out with the tire-stick. Thus
second time iu the history of the world
was the widow’s might, devoted to
.Siatk Democratic Convention.—This
body will convene at Atlanta on Wednes
day next the 17tli instant. The delegates
f.oui this section will leave on the 15th.
Will not our railroads extend the usual
courtesy on such occasions by passing
delegates to and from Atlanta for ono
f;»re ? Wc presume an application will
be all that is necessary to secure this end
i£$,.Gcn. Joseph E. Johnston has lately
been ‘interviewed* respecting his opin
ions nliout the was in Europe, and the
mows which lie expressed have 1>ocn
published. The < ienerul thinks the
Prussian* have the better troops, but the
French decidedly the abler generals.—
Von Moltke he lias a i>oor opinion of, and
intimates that Gen. Grunt would have
defeated him nt Sudowa.
“ Hands Off.”
In an editorial article under this head,
the New York Tribune (the most influen
tial Radical paper of the country) says of
the Bullock scheme of prolongstioQ
“That Congress intended nothing of
the kind everybody know*, and that the
General Assembly lias no power to post
pone the election two years, when the
State Constitution provides that it shall
bo held this fall, every officer in Georgia
onght to know, especially when Congress
refused to interfere in the matter in favor
of the present incumbents. Georgia has
suffered much already from reckless, ille
gal legislation, and wo hope that nothing
may be done which will give Congress
any excuse for reojiening the case, or de
prive tlio people of the rights guaranteed
to them iu their State Constitution,—
Hands off, gentlemen, and * let ns liayo
peace.’ ’’
And the Boston Adeetiis-rr (also
treme Radical paper) says:
Tho President has said over and over
again that there is no way of avoiding an
election (in Georgia) in the fall, except
by violating the constitution.”
We take the above from the Columbus
(Go.) Enquirer. It seems to be a settled
fact with everybody that it waa the inten
tion of Congress that an election should
take place this fall, save c. few interested
Radicals in and around Atlanta, and a
portion, we fear a majority, of the Legis
lature. They seem determined to pro
long their term. For this, from their
standpoint, we don’t know that they are
blameahle, for they know that should nn
election take place ninety-nine of every
hundred of them would he “ found want
ing,” and retnrned to their state of vaga
bondism, from whence the revolutionary
upheaval brought them. ‘ Hence they pre
fer to “live in clover” a while longer.—
With them nine dollars a day Is a thing
that happens but once iu a life time. Af
ter the election tha “places that know
them now will know them no more”—
like “ Ward’s ducks” they will be gone—
“where the woodbine twinetlT* and “the
whangdoodle monrneth for her young,"
and they will “refuse to be comforted be
cause they are not."
But aside from jesting. The crisis at
hand is nn important one, on>
mentous magnitude,and demanding grave
thought and high courage. The interest
of a whole people is in this question, and
we demand that the Democratic members
give the lie to Blodgett's boasts by being
present when the vote, on the prolonga
tion resolutions, is taken, though we fear
there arc some, probably seventeen, who
will not There are a class of professed
Democrats in that Iwdy, who for the life
of us, wo cannot liavo a strong, ahulin;
faith in. Wc remember them as having
oted for the Amendments, and
member them as doing other things tha^
comport with true Democratic
principle, tint, in this thing, wc hope
may be deceived and that the last one
may boldly cornu forward and discharge
his fully duty. If this be done most
cheerfully will wc retract and apologise,
otherwise wc. shall “chastise and spare
them not.”
ir next wo shall speak more at
length upon this subject, should we not
cut ufl bv a vote on the resolution*.
9 Political Meeting in Schley.
At a meeting pf -‘the Democratic and
< kmservative citizens of Schley county
tha Cth insti. Dr. J. W. McKeliar was
called to the Chair, and R. J. Redding
appointed Salary.
In a few pertinent remarks C. B. Hud
son, £sq., by request—stated the object
of the meeting, to-wit: Tho appointment
of delegates to n Convention to assemble
Atlanta the 17th inst., to consult for the
common good in view of the proposed
violation of the Constitution of Georgia
by prolonging the Legislative term of of
fice. . s
On motion of C. B. Hudson, Esq., a
committee of nine were appointed by the
Chair to report the names of two dele
gates and alternates.
Committee consisting of E. D. Eason,
T. B. Myers, R. Burton, J. Ta Lumpkin,
Julius Daniel, J. A. H. Ihusdea, J. J.
Snipes, S. A. Sellars, W. J. Sears—after
retiring a few inmates reported** follows:
sites—C. B. Hudson and S. A.
Sellars.
Alternates—R. J. Redding and Chao.
F. Crisp. ...
Report adopted. *
The following resolution offered by C.
B. Hudson was adopted:
Resolral, That the tluuiks of all good
citizens, irrespective of party affiliations,
are due to the true and patriotic members
of tho present Legislature, who have re
mained at their posts or not purposely de-
The Champion Jumper.
The Buffalo Courier gives the follow
ing account of the young fellow who is
to jump Niagara falls for ten thousand
dollars ;
About three hundred people, including
number of ladies, assembled at the
Lake Shore Railway bridge yesterday
afternoon to witness Frank Thorne make
a leap from the bridge into the creek.
About 5,o,clock Frank appeared on the
uper side of the bridge, dressed in a sort
of Georgia uniform—“trunks,” we be
lieve is the technical name—and was
greeted with any amount of lapphraoe
The intrepid jumpist responded bv
graoefolly waiving his hand to the crowd
and almost immediately started on a run
for tho verge. Without the slightest
hesitation he jumped off, and, dcccnding
' a perfectly perpendicular position, his
TELEGRAPHIC.
troops had left their bivoucto march on
BAY DISPATCHES.
Mels, August 4.—The Metrailleose at
Saarbrack was very effective. The Em
peror ordered the officers in charge not
to use it, unless uecesssary, as the Prus
sians had sought refuge on the Prai
Afterwards a detachment was seen sixteen
hundred meters, (5,250 feet) distant—
Half their number were left on the field.
A second detachment shared- the same
Citizen Killed in Etowah.—The
Gadsden Times says. Alex. Jones and B.
Wynne had a misunderstanding abont a
boundary line between their plantations.
They met July 2ti, on tho contested
ground, on altercation ensued, Wynne
fired on Jones missed him and ran.—
Jones pursued, gun iu hand, and Colly,
Wynne’s son, shot him, and hs died in a
few hours. Tho Times speaks of Jones
ns an “estimablecitizen,” and “the affair
is undergoing a Judicial investigation.”
R. H. Wynne was door-keeper of the
Confederate Congress, and the Son who
did the shooting, was a page in that
body.
hands and arms being kept close to his
body, struck tho water fairly, and dis
appearing beneath the surface. Scarce
ly hod the excited crowd relieved their
anxiety by a long-drawn breath when
Mr. Thorne reappeared, and boldly
struck out for tho shore, swimming ‘
serieal them and Have resisted ■«A aro' now
resisting the passage of that abomination,
known os the prolongation resolution,
which, as an encroachment upon the lib
erties and constitutional rights of the peo
ple, has no parallel in the Legislative
History of our State. The Yazoo fraud
though iniquitous was the jjcrfection of
manner which folly testified to Ins un
injured condition. As he landed upon
the somewhat muddy bonks he was again
ociferuusly cheered. The distance from
thb top of the bridge to the water is a
little less than fifty feet. Some Uule in
convenience was experienced by Mr.
Thorne from the near proximity of the
telegraph wires to the edge of the ju mp
ing point, necessitating a running jump
of abont six feet to clear them. The
leap will be repeated this afternoon,
when a staging will be erected so as t<
obviate the obstruction. Mr. Thorne
informs as that his proposed leap from
*$r-All efforts to find little MoUie Dig-
by, the child abducted from New Or
leans, have so far failed. Tho Picayune
of the 5th says tlmt the report from Cin
cinnati, in regard to the finding of the
child, most have licen untrue, as nothing
further has been heard therefrom.
Since the above was in type, a tele
graph dispatch from New Orleans ro-
prots the child as being found. It
iu tho possession of a negreas in the flth
Ward of New Orleans.
Good Advice.
The Democratic meeting iu Columbus
on last Tuesday afternoon ad op toil reso
lutions permanently organizing tho party
in that county ; also adopted a series of
resolutions of sound, wise policy, ono of
which we extract, as foUows :
“ Resolved further, That said delegates
be, and are hereby, requested and in
structed to oppose the appointment to the
State Executive Committee of any person
of donbtful fidelity to the Democratic
party, or in any way allied to the ene
mies of the State."
We heartily endorse this resolution and
hope the State Convention will act in ac
cordance. Tho time is at hand wheu the
life of the party and interest of the peo
ple demand that men of donbtfnl fidelity
to the Democratic party shonld be dis
lodged from commanding positions.—
They can and will not lienefit either the
party or the cause, and the sooner some
of the present State Executive Committee
are displaced the better tho people will be
satisfied and the more prosperous will
become the party. We suppose the par.
ty can live and move and have its exist
ence with the aid and influence of Whit
aker and the Intelligencer. It may be
they aro strongly Democratic, but we
't see it in tV* light. The idea is now:
l of principle, not policy.
ISk-The Grand Annual Clambake of
the Connecticut heavy weights met at
Gregory’s Point on the sound, August 4,
and demolished 125 bushels round calms,
fifty bushels oysters, twenty barrels of
roasting ears and 500pounds of fish in an
incredibly short space of time. There
were 104 persons in the club who weigh
ed in the aggregate 23,084 pounds or 222
pounds to the man. Bradley, wife and
a«»u, of Now Haven, weighed 700.
The Nathan Murder. -TheNew York
papers arc following rapidly the track of
the Sunday Mercury. They place the
murderer within the family circle, and
unmistakably charge one of the sons with
it. Their theory is Uint the son
taking tho monoy from tho safe—that the
father rose from his bed and remonstra
ted—an angry altercation ensued, ending
in tho ninrdcr. The Evening Erpress
says three of the suns at tho funeral were
overwhelmed with grief- -a fourth acted
strangely, waa pule and covered his eyes
with his hat. The New York Herald,
which at first denounced tho Sunday
Mercury for charging the crime npon the
son, now gives a list of reasons in support
of tho theory that the eon did it.—
For the sake of humanity und all that is
dear in the affections of kindred, wo hope
it may bo proven that the son is innocent.
Bnt circumstantial evidence, and the
sharpest theories, are coiling around-that
son with a terrible pressure.
honest legislation in comparison with this
aggression npon the fundamental lav of
the land.
The following preamble and resolutions
introduced by Cha*. F. Crisp, Esq., were
also adopted :
The State of Georgia has
just been admitted into the Union bv no
act of Congress at the last session and ap
proved on tho 15th ult, in which is af
firmed that the State of Georgia having
complied with tho Reconstruction Acts,
by a legal Legislature ratified the 14th
and Amendments to the Constitution
of the United States, and is therefore
titled to Representation in the Congress
of the Uni toil States, and
Whereas, By the provisions ot the
same act, the right of the people to hold
an election in November next is estab
lished in the following terms, to-wit:
“Tiiat nothing in this act contained
shall b-.; construed to deprive the people
of Georgia of the right to an election for
members of tho < icnend Assembly of said
State as provided for iu tho Constitution
thereof, or any other act of Congress shall
be construed to affect the tenu to which
any officer has been appointed or anv
member of tho General Assembly elected,
as presented l»y tho Constitution of the
State of Georgia, ” and
Whereas, Certain evil nnd designing
i, office-holders, and members of the
Legislutnre of our State, are conspiring
against die liberties of thopooplo and the
laws of the State, in attempting to over
throw the Constitution and deprive the
people of the right to hold an election in
November next, nnd thus by usurpation,
perpetuate themselves iu office contrary
to tho law and wishes of the people, now
therefore, be it
Resulted \r>. That, we the people of
Schley county in Convention assembled,
and threatened by a common danger, ex
press our horror nnd indignation at this
effort of the Legislative branch of our
State Government to take away the lilier-
ties of the people and destroy the right
of freemen to elect their own Represen
tatives.
Resol ceil -J//, That no termscan express
ir condemnation of the efforts being
made by certain oflicia!s of the State to
ride over the laws and trample every prin
ciple of right and justice under foot,—
they are the enemies of the peace and
happiness of the people, they are the en
emies of the prosperity of the State, they
are the assassins of liberty, and we here
by pledge ourselves, individually and col
lectively, to use eveiy honorable and le
gal means within onr power to defeat their
nefarious, selfish and traitorous designs.
After a resolution to publish these pro
ceedings was adopted the meeting ad
journed. J. W. McKRLLARChra’n.
R. J. Reddish, Seet’y.
the uper Suspension Bridge at the Falls
will be exactly 190 feet by measurement
A platform is to be run out from the
bridge, and the jump will be madq from
this standing.
And a correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Niagara, makes
farther mention of tho subject
lows:
. l'KANK THORNE
jumps, on Saturday, August 13, from
the new Suspension Bridge. In a for
mer letter I mentioned the fact of its
contemplated occurance, and will now
speak of it more in detail. Parties here
who hope to profit by the assemblage of
a large crowd in this vicinity, sometime
“" accepted young Thorn’s proposi
tion, and, it
him $10,000 if he made tlia jump,
reckless young man at first contemplat
ed walking a rope stretched across the
river, but afterwards concluded that he
could “get up a bigger sensation” by
jumping off the bridge. The distance
from where his little platform will bo
erected to the water is 190 feet by actual
measurement. Sam Patche’s greatest
leap, it will bo remembered, was only
about 170 feet. Thorne calculates to
make the descent inside of five seconds,
and he thinks he can maintain sufficent
contrule over himself to keep his body
perfectly erect for tiiat length of time. In
Dr. Livingston Dead.
A Capt. Barton, who “married the
handsomest woman in England,” und
who speaks fonrleen different languages
—hence has a large capacity for telling
the truth—says the cause of Dr. Living
ston’s death was a woman 1 He was per
suaded, against liis will, to marry ai
rican princess, and, afterwords, when lie
proposed to leave Mrs. Livingston uud
farther prosecute his explorations, his
devoted father and mother-in-law Inter
posed such emphatic objections tbat he
was virtually kept a prisoner, and his
stay prolonged, his death resulting.-rr
This shonld be A fearful wanting to tlie
nigger lovers of Ibis con ntry. But would
anybody cry if some of them shonld loose
their lives in carrying out their negro-
pliilis.n *
addition to liis light costume of flesli-
eoloivd tights uud red, white, uud blue
truuks. he will wear sandals with wedge-
sltaped soles, so as to relieve the force of
concussion as mn.-h im possible. At
five o’clock precisely upon the day
above mentioned be makes the leap,
leaving the bridge to the “music of the
bands,” of which there will probably be
two or more in attendance. Iu order to
allay the anxious tears of tho spectators
as to his chances of gattiug out of the
river after he gets in, the “jumpiest” has
engaged three small bouts to watch for
him and pick him np. The onu that
picks him up is to receive fifty dollars.
Here, yon sot*, is a lively opening for
competition. The prevailing question
i, whether tho three boat* in their strug
gle for that fifty dollars won’t make
short w’ork of the
(From the New York Tribune of Uss 4tU-
The Rebellion in Georgia.
The State Senate of Georgia resolved,
on Friday last. “That tho general Assem
bly so shape legislation as that no elec,
tion shall be held for tho various officers
provided for by the Constitution, until
Congress^ by the admission of our Sen
ators and Representatives, or in some
other way, shall definitely determine
whether the Constitution of the State is
held to go into operation as the para-
m nil n * tun- in IttMU nr in 1U7A " Jo
Rentes.-‘-We are iudebted to the Au
gusta Constitutionalist for the following
definition of this term which appears
often in foreign telegraphic reports of the
foreign market the meaniug of which has
doubtless puzzled many of readers:
Rente* are the evidence of the funded
debt of France, not iu the form of 1 >onds
as onra, but as loans from the people.—
These loans arc entered to tLe credit of
the lender upon the Government ledger*,
and certificates bearing s special rate of
interest given to the lender of these cer
tificate. The holder* are called ‘Renters,
and the fluctuations in the value of these
certificates indicate the confidence of the
financial market.
Consols are the English Government
stocks, and differ from Rentes ns well as
from our bonds in being annuities upon
which the interest is simply paid, and
they are called Consols, from being form
ed by the consolidation of different an-
nnitics. bearing different rates of interest,
into one annuity tearing a uniform rate
—three per cent, being the annual inter
est upon Consols.
Consols being the stock iu which most
■peculations are made, they are thns
mode the fimuicinl standard or barometer
of all other securities.
The Kentucky Election.—As far
heard from, the Kentucky election passed
off peaceably, the result being favorable
to the Democracy. In Louisville, not
withstanding the introduction of tho
negro element it was peaceable through
out. No i«erson was iujured; scarce
ly a fight, nnd not u single difficulty
between whites and blacks occurred. So
far from obstructing the negroes in vo
ting, every felicity was given them. The
negroes polled a very heavy vote.
The returns give a majority tanging
from three thousand two hundred to fire
thousand in the city, and from one thou
sand to fifteen hundred iu the OQUgty.
The candidates receiving the siwslUst
majorities had, besMm4Udical -Oppon
ents, independent Democrats to oontend
Information Wonted.
We call npou The Constilution to re
cord in ite columns Uie name of every
Democrat who votes for or against the
prolongation resolutions, the name of
every Democrat who is absent when the
vote is token, the cause of such absence,
if known, and the county represented by
such. And then, shonld any Democrats
be unaccountably absent at that vote, we
coll upon the newspapers or people of the
county represented by the absentees
to publicly give sucb facia as they may
have touching the validity of the absence.
Lot oh have all the facts, and no dodging,
gentlemen. Stand square to the nek,
fodder of no fodder. We believe some
of you ore weak and needful, bat BJ* is
not a time to make known your wonts or
infirmities. %
Soft Soap ron Hoo Cholera J. T.
Busby, of Lancaster, Ohio, writes to the
Ohio Fanner that he has given soft soap
mSaSSSSSs
J -T-**— —
As far as heard from throughout tbs
State, the Democrats have elected their
tickets for county officers, good order
and quiet prevailing. ^ #
*Cu A New Yoric^dispath fof the ftOtb
to the New Orleans Picaifun* says' that
intelligence. ho* been received from
BA-We see Cob Torn Hardeman, of
Macon bos been suggested as a suitable
persoiuto beranby the Democratic par
ty for Clover nor of the State. The elec
tion ter Governor is too far
the future- to talk about, bnt onr
present dotion is to have Cot Nelson
Tift serve pain Congress, from this Dis
trict, ter the next two yearn, end tte
Gorereorof the State for the four years
thereafter.
mount law in 1863 or in 1870,” This
setting at naught the laws of Congreo*
and the Constitution of the State, by
whose authority alone the General As
sembly exists at all, and cau be justified
neither by law nor precedeut The de
claration mado J»y one of the members,
while debating the resolution, that “the
General* Assembly had taken “an oath
to support the Constitution of Georgia
and of the United States, and not to
supuort the Reconstruction acts,” is a
declaration oi rebellion.
Everybody knows the history of the
Georgia bill iu Congress. After one of
tho most tiresome and profitless debates
in which that body ever w;isted precious
time, it not only refused oo to amend the
bill as to allow a postponement of the
State election, this fall, os provided for
by the Constitution, but, in order that
there should be no misunderstanding of
the matter, inserted a clause providing
that nothing in that act, or in any other,
slionid be ho construed as to affect the
term to which any officer had keen ap
pointed or any member of tho General
Assembly elected as prescribed by the
Constitution of the Btatu. The prevent
mem he rs of the General Assembly entered
upon their duties on the 8th of Not ember,
18G8, and their terms of office expire on
the bth tf November. 1870. j\fler that
day Utey cease to have authority, and their
acts and resolutions will be no more binding
the people tf Georgia titan those of any
other irresjionsMe body of men.
The danger is that the present admin
istration of Georgia, if it persists in its
present policy of usurpation, will throw
die whole question of tho reconstruction
of the State back into Congress, and
cause iui indiflnite postponement of the
admission of the State. IF CONGRESS
IS AGAIN CALLED UPON TO RE
CONSTRUCT GEORGIA. IT WILL
GO DOWN TO THE ROOT OF THE
MATTER
London, August 4.—It is rumored that
the Bavarian* ore averse to fighting for
Prussia.
London, August 4.—Bank rates have
been advanced to mx per cent.
Pesth, August 9.—Tho Hungarian Diet
has declared in favor of neutrality.
Berlin, August 3.—Officers in this city
have accepted a heavy wager offered
to them os from Paris, that the French
will be in Berlin by the-15th of August
The Prassina liava a hundred thousand
serves in Berlin. Forage i* scarce on
the Rhine, and the Prussian horses are
suffering.
Oderberg, August 3.—Papal commit
tees in France, Ireland, Hollad and Bel
gium, are raising recruits for the protec
tion of the Pope.
Washington, August 4.—An unusual
event occurred here lost night, in the
marriage of Hon. Albert Morgan, white,
a distinguished Republican Senator in
the Mississippi Legislature, to Miss Car
rie High gate, colored. The ceremony
was performed by a colored minister.
The coni 1» left this evening for Cleve
land, Ohio, Morgan’s former home, via
Louisville. The affair naturally creates
great sensation in the community. Mor
gan is a lawyet of some ability, of tem
perate habits, aud was Colonel of
Michigan Regiment iu the Federal army.
The bride is of a decidedly dusky hue.
Berlin, August -4.—The Prussian Gov
ernment furnishes the following detail of
the affair at Suarbruck: A feeble gar
rison held Sxarbmek. The French ad
vanced in three columns. The Prussians
then retired to a position north of Saar-
brack to observe the Freuch movements.
Iu spite of the useoi the Mitrailleuse and
Cassepot, .our losses were only two offi
cers and seventy men. The French loss
appeared to be more serious. Our troops
were admirably cooL
Madrid, August 4.—Meetings for the
abolition of slavery iu the colonies lir.ve
been resumed,
Lisbon, August 4.—It wrepirtedthat
Don Fernando lias accepted the proffer
of the crown ot Spain.
Mviz, Augu-it -4.—Fourteen Prussian
soidiers, who wire captured in the attack
Saarbrack, passed through this city late
yesterday afternoon. Port of them was
m their way to Belmont and part to
Thionville, where they will be imprison
ed. The Prussian wounded have been
cared for the same as the French.
List ion, Ang. 4.—The decree oi Por
tugal’s neutrality has been published.
Paris, August 4.—The Dnke of Grain-
mou, has issued another circular reaffirm
ing that tho aggressive proposition orig-
imiti-d iu Berlin. France made none,
but on the contrary had commenced her
disarmament.
Count Von Bismarck bases his propo
sal? on biR anxiety about the plans of
Russia, uud gives details which the Duke
de Gnrmmont temjiorurily withholds.
The Dnke concludes that, owing to
the falsehoods Bismarck has alreody ut
tered through fear, lie lias lost all claims
to be believed hereafter.
The Journal Official publishes a diplo
matic circular of Duke de Grammont
disarmament. The document, after refu
ting the statements of Connt Von Bis
marck, terminates thns :
If Europe remains armed, a million of
en are on the eve of the shock of bat
tle. It cannot l>e denied that tho respon
sibility is with Prussia, os she repulsed
all ideas of disarmament when we caused
the proposal to be made, and began by
giving the example. Her conduct is ex
plained by the foot at the hour when
France had confidingly reduced Lor mili
tary contingent, the cabinet at Berlin
certainly organizing Ort? candidature of a
Prussian Prince for tho throne of Spain-—
provocative of mischief. Whatever
calumnies the Federal Chancellor may
invent, we fear them not. He has lost
■iglit to be believed. The con
scieuce of Europe a^H history will say
Prussia sought this war by inflicting upon
France, preoccupied with development of
her j*olitical institution, and outrage no
natiou could accept without incurring
contempt.
London, August 4.—The porta of Eug.
land ore rapidly tilling with North Ger
man vessels, anxious to escape French
cruisers.
A circular lately appeared form Senor
Sag’ista, defending Spain, ns innocent of
the cause of trouble between France and
Pro aria.
heard. Our movements were
and we soon come up with^tbe first corps
which was engaged with the enemy. The
Bavarian troops wore put in action at
aam, and participated in the
upon tiie heights of Guimane wh
carried about 5 o’clock, the French befog
repulsed fo disorder and with heavy loos.
The action was severe and sanguinary.
The King iaraed a congratulatory order
to the second corps, thanking them for
their splendid conduct and gallanfry.
Paris, August-9.- -There is an im
mense uprising- of the people of France
to repel the Prussian invasion. It is said
officially that two mtitjpns of men are
ready to march, ancnHat foe reserve
oorps will number onwmillion. The peo
ple are clamorous fof organization and a
leader.
Wnnrr!—The Columbus Sunnju:
tear has been dispatched From
Washington tot arrest one Jno. A. Wim
py, a pet of Bullock's and a fellow wbo-
clalms to be » Congressman from this
State. Sometime since he was engaged
in passing counterfeit money. He is
now charged with swindling the Pension
Bureau.
Am Important Decision.—The Su
preme Court of Georgia, a few days’ngo,
announced a decision virtually annulling
the suspension of the Statne of Limita-
ti«a mado between 1861 and 1865.
+Ihe ~
LATER DISPATCHES.
London, August 9—3:30 r. M.—Tne
Pools correspondent of the Manchester
Examiner telegraphs that BeyondAfl»
tria each send 100,000 men to aid France.
The Empress Engine according to the
Pall Mall Gazette, is preparing for flight.
The army at Metz is still undergoing
thorough reorganization.
London, Ang. 9.—The Times ascribes
tho French disaster to the Emperor'
ibetinacy in refusing sound military ad
vice, and to his illness. The Times says
parties in France will make the Emperor
pay the penalty o&ill success. His name
is already ignored in the acts by which
the Regency seeks to rally the people.
Things arrange themselves as if he was
not expected to resume his power, and as
testing how he may be dispensed with
altogether. The only question is who
shall first utter the word “abdication.”
Edmond Abont writes from
bitterly condemning the Empercr’s mis
management. He says: “ Having de
clared war, he let the Prussians begin it
It is true tiiat neither party were ready
to act The French lost twenty days in
marching and counter-marching. They
were surprised at Weissenburg by the
‘he Columbus Enquirer understands
that the effect of the decision is to bar all
notes due on or before the 31st of October
|858^olso all accounts due two years
k*. The court only recognizes a sus
pension of one year mode just before the
war,- considering suspensions mode dur
ing the war as war measures, and holding
them to bo void. The ordinance of the
convention of 1865 was held not to re
tract so as to give validity to former
suspensions. As the statute bar notes
overdue for six years, -and as the
pension of one year *[1866] was held to be
legal, the effect of the decision is to bar
recoveiy on notes that had run after be
coming due seven years up to 31st Octo
ber, 1865.
enemy, when there were no videttes to
watch; no skirmishers to meet, and no
plan to repel.”
Paris, August 9.—The Patrie says the
government calls upon all former officers
and soldiers, having served, in the armies
ments of volunteers, or of Garde
which ore to go to the front immediately.
This request has been greeted enthusias
tically, aud numbers ore responding to
the call.
There were two councils of the minis
try to-day. General Chargarnier left his
residence this morning to go to seek com
mand at the headquarters. Thousands
of people oocomponied him to the rail-
is concentrating to march to Vosges
d* :v;nd the passages.
Paris, August 9.—The Voleutarie says
General Cuurgarnier, os soon us he heard
of the affair nt Weisseuburg, telegraphed,
asking for a command.
Tl.L *vtn*
Tins morning's papers say nothing ia
certain concerning the course of Austria,
■‘-ia is keeping her quiet with prom-
just now. The Patrie says it was
rumored that the Bourse would l>e closed
to-day ai noon. Nothing of the sort has
taken place. There lrnve been no distur
bances.
Paris, August 9.—Journals here
uounce, with warm approval, that Italy
is ready to send 100,1)00 armed men to
the assistance of Frauce.
The authorities having been warned
that the International Society of Work
ingmen intended to make demonstration*,
took precautions to prevent them, which
onld have been effected if nny outbreak
as really contcmplrted.
Rome, August 9.—The embarkation of
tho Freuch troops, which was completed
csterday. was retarded by the storm,
tut for this the lust of the troops would
have gone several day* ago.
Paris, August 9.—There has been no
bottle to-day.
The corps of Gen. Failly, which was
not engaged in the recent action, is rally
ing to the frout of the army.
The proclamation of the Ministers is
received with enthusiasm.
A Few Fffoully Word! to the South
Under ibis head, the New York World,
of Friday, has a long leader, which
eludes as follows :
We ask the Southern Democrats to
recognize tho fact that the North is the
real battle ground of political freedom
for their section. Hero, where tho vie
toiy is to bo won, if won at all, wo hare
no negro voters worth naming. It is
a contest bet ween two parties of white
gien, and a perpetuation of tho old
quarrel about tho rights of the negro
only strengthens the enemy. The negro
question is the only one on which the
Radical party- agree; it is their only
principle of cohesion. The surest way
to prevent the disintegration of the Re
publican party, is to keep that question
alive and to continne to forte it upon tho
country as a political issue. The Dem
ocrats can become \ majority only by
drawing off some Republican votes; but
on the negro issue the Republican party
ran easily hold its own, ana so long as
it retains the control of Congress there
can be no freedom in the South. If
that section will heed the timely advice
gfre* in the Democratic Congressional
sildrare, and drop “deed inure,” we can
easily revolutionize the lower branch of
eloae at hand. We ask the Southern
Democrats, both ter their sake and for
ours to put no obstacle in the way ol
our achieving this victory. When the
Federal government is once more in
Democrats hands, we ore quite willing
they shonld manage their local politics
in their own way, and will not then in-
trade npon them any unwelcome ad-
G It AND UPRISING.
TUB nucxcil DBM AND A LB All MR.
London, August 9.—Tlie following
official dispatch is dated at Hamburg, in
the Palatinate at 9:45 a. jjl, August 8th:
Yesterday after the battle of Worth,
tlie enemy retired in the greatest disorder.
The French artillery endeavored to make
a stand at Niederburn, but the town was
taken by the Bavarians and the enemy
retired on their route to Bistche. The
cavalry of Wurtemborg captured tho
euemyt’ stores and four piece* of artillery
at Rmclishofen. The dead and wounded
cover the route of the retreating army.
This morning we have occupied Hognen-
au, evacuated by the enemy. The Ger
man troops hold both banks of the Saar,
having occupied Soaregimens and For-
bach after a slight resistance by the
French.
Liverpool, August 9—11 noon—The
bonyoaey in the cotton market is attribu
ted to-the Prussian soooeao, and .the
general impression here is tiufc the Prus
sian victories argue the speedy restoration
of peace.
Munich, August 9.—The King of Ba
varia makes the fallowing report concern
ing the Battle of Worth: Early on the
morning of the 7th intent, just as our
Barrett’s Hair Restorative.
Bswett’s most called for.
Bsmtt’s'driving afl others from markctT
One Hundred Dollars in Gold
wm be given to any person who, on snslrw, will
disoOTer one grain of arsenic or other p6t»on b
Si 8 *" 1 *** frfr? 1 * «*■ malarious eiimueTa i*
satpa*SKas^BRjtes&
iwtw iaci mat it leaves the oatw
in tatter hc^th thu before the attack?with w!
pothng np of the. akin, no buzzing in the head.
no deafntat or impaired virion, bnt a clear head
It eliminates riisearc from the ayatem Lv <li*-
■‘pating engorgement* of tho secretion*, cxcit-
ing the liver to healthy action and giving the
pancreatic and bepetic juices their nomuJoon-
dition and healthy flow.
It is better preventive than cure, aud ifix-o
could ta prerailed upon to take it. in. ut half
< *° 88e throe times a day, daring the chilly *et-
3*]}?. U ‘*y, u * v ® perfect lmmunit/froni
52K,£Si* a H. the conco ®itant diseases; but,
*mo except the very prudeni, will take medicine
before they *re rickl *
For srie everywhere. Read Jas. Bcddli .V
' July 21 tf
. i e,1 *P 0Xvr consider Simmons* LivrF p.emiJa
JSNf 1110 Pruwrver of tho life of lay little son.-
who i* now in bloomiug health.
Mas. Elle« Mitcham, Chattahoocliie, Fla.
Degradation of Swearing.—It is no
mark of a gentleman to swear. The mest
worthless and vile, tlie refuse of mankind,
the drunkard and tlie prostitute, swear as
well as the best dressed sod educated
gentlemen. No particular endowments
requisite to give a finish to the art of
cursing. The basest and meanest of
mankind swear with as much tact and
dull as tho most refined; and he that
wishes to degrade himself to the very low
est level of pollution and shame, should
learn to be a common swearer. Any man
has talent enough to learn to curse God,
and imprecate perdition on themselves
and their fellow-meu. Profane swearing
never did any man any good. No man is
the richer, or wiser, or happier for it It
helps no one’s education or manners. It
commends no one to any society. It is
disgusting to the refined, abominable to
the good ; degrading to the mind ;
profitable, needless, and injurious to so
ciety ; and wantonly to profane hi* name,
to call his vengeance down, to curse him,
and to invoke his vongeonce, is perhaps
of all offences the most awful in the sight
of God.—Louth.
Look Sharp at Your Five Dollar
Bills.—A very ingenious trick has re
cently come to light, by which teu five
dollar bills are manufactured out of i
with but one pasting to each of the manu
factured notes, and that iu different ports
of each note, and each note minus
tenth of itself. This loss is hardly per
ceptible with » casual glance, and it is
said large numbers of these mutilated
bills are in circnlatiou. Be careful The
Department will not redeem a bill which
bears evidenee on its face that it has been
tampered with.
London, August 9.—The Poll Mall
Gazette has atsitrrnces' from private
sources in Paris that the Empire is on
the verge of a collapse. The Germans
expected in Pari*. Even if they are
* ’ * their progress, the Empire ia
Bigr Tho Mitrailleur gun referred to
our foreign dispatches, used by the
French, in the late fight at Saarbrucken,
what was known in tlie army of the Po
tomac ** the “Coffee Mill,” with slight
variations. It was r "> more nor lews than
number of rifle barrels of large calibre,
loaded at the breach by turning a crank,
the fixed ammunition dropping through a
hopper and discharging by the turning of
crank, at the rate of some hundreds a
minute. Tlie tiling never worked, and
was generally ridiculed, bnt the French,
it seems, have made it effective.
arrested
dead.
The Parisuns are receiving arms aud
they are all republicans at heart. The
establishment of a provisional govern
ment is already talked of.
Paris August 9.—The Minister of
tlie Interior has issued a proclamation
announcing that according to the terms
of the lavr ct 1849, on the declaration of a
state of siege, the military authorities
have the right to interdict all publications
of a nature to excite or keep up disorder.
Such proposition as tiiat made by the
Siecle to institute a committee of defense
tends to anarchy, and compromises unitv
of action, creating usluss agitation. In
advance of Die council of Ministers, it is
decided that the military authorities
shall apply prescriptive measures to any
journal renowing such proposition.
New Yobs, August 9.—A Gable
patch from Curlsmhe dated to-day states
that S tnuiblxmrg is surrounded by on
army of sixty thousand Prussian troops,
mostly from South Germany. The city
must surrender as the garrison
posed of only seven thousand soldiers.
The advance of tho Prussian’s right
wing from Soarlouis to Treves has com-
menced. It is supposed Prince Fred
erick diaries is in command.
A cable dispatch to the Associated
Press dated Metz 9ih, 8:30 a. >l, says
the enemy in u large measure ia concen
trated in front of Metz.
Mm'.shall Ihtzaino ho* the direetion of
operation*.
London, August 9.—Authentic advices
from Franco show that Marshal Bazaine,
Comnnrader-jn-Cbief, has one hundred
and tnirty thousand men at Mete; Mac-
Mahon,’ fifty thousand st St Avertin, and
Carrobet fifty thousand at Nancy.
Pams, August 9,—The Journal Official
contains the following notices and
decree*:
Minister Washburn *as received, yes-
terdav, by tlie Empiess, for the purpose
of delivering the reply of Preoideht
Grant to letters recalling Minister
Berthemy*
Paris, August 9.—The Official Journal
after describing the resource* and patri
otic spirit of the nation which has always
been on ohateele to Prussian ambition,
ask what other power would like to see
Prussia making the North and Baltio
seas Prussian lakes, invading smaller
States, and acquiring daagerom prepon-
derancy, Favorable signs are already ap
parent. England in satisfied with the
Categoric assurances of France and
hastens to render secure the Northern
f rontiers of France by Sousing Rehpan
ing is with France and the Emperor of
Russia gives proof of the best understead-
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medicine ever became before. It ia a* much in
every bill of gooja eent to country mer
chant* aa tea, coffe« or sugar. Tliia speaks vol-
m«* in ita favor.—Glens’ Falla Messenger."
Rev. H. L. Vanmeter, Burmah, writes, “Tlie
un Killer has become an almost inOispensiWc
■tide in my family.’'
Hundred* of miiwionarica give similar tcati-
remedy I know offer dyapeptia.
hie remedy."
Rev. M. H. Bixby writes, *‘I have bad ocea-
■"*' uac tho Pain Killer very frequently (lur
ing my reaidencQ in Burmab, and liavo found it
The War between the States;
Its Causea, Character, Conduct andBeaultr,
By Host. Alexander H. #na*HKNs.
r ’ presents a careful political analyaia of the
past, aeparating seal from awaujint cau.-c-
ot tuo late unhappy conflict, and give tho»<- in
terior light* anil shadow* or,the great war only
:> tboro high officers.
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A Pet Stale
Alabama write*
cotton stalk:
My 1 pet” stalk of cotton has this tuornii
hundred and filty-six bolls, twenty-four white
blooms, and three hundred twenty-four squares;
making in all, six uitsdred and rocn (G04)
bolls and blooms. The stalk looks a* luxnriant
as when you saw it.
^Nearly two millions of Germans
have emigrated to this country during
the last twenty years.
RIBBONS,
Millinery and Straw Goods.
ARMS I RONC. CATOR A CO.
IMPORTERS AND JOUMEKH OF
BONNET, TRUUaNG ft VELVET BIBBONf.
Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets,
Blonds, Netts, Crapes. Rstbrn, Flower,,
Feat!hers, Ornaments
STRAW BONNETS AKD LADIES' HAT*
TRnOfED AND CNTRIUUED,
clieapni*H, comprising tbs latest tonusti ii
tics.
Orders solicited, und prompt attentiuu gin
August 11th 5t.
L-TUe Telegraph and Messenger, of
Wednesday, says a prominent grain mer
chant of that city failed on Tuesday
for $38,000. No name given.
Items from Atlanta.—We gather the
following items from the Atlanta Sun of
Tuesday.
Judge J. A. Gaulding died Sunday
night. A long and useful life lias drawn
to a close. He died of consumption, in
the 64th year of his age. Comment is
unnecessary.
Mr. Charles Strong, during the heavy
thunder storm ye*teeday afternoon, was
■truck by lightning and instantly killed
He was standing in a store door. No
further particulars.
A negro girl in the Southern port of
the city wm killed by a stroke of light
ning, yesterday. Throe are the bare facta
regarding the sad accident, os tiiero can
be no particulars beyond a mere state
ment A cow was struck by lightning;
the stable in which she was feeding
almost totally demolished, tlie roof torn
off and the weather-boarding ripped
. It is rumored that a negro man'
was killed by lightning, not authenticated,
however.
The iron pillars and fixtures for the
new depot ore to arrive next week. The
work lias been pushed forwmd, and the
foundation is nearly completed. Credit
ia due Messrs. Corpnt k Co., and the only
complaint is that the foundation is rather
too strong.
Holden’s Tortcbks—The Tribune
Demands Investigation and Puntsh-
meknt.—-The N. Y. Tribune refers indig-
■Band Itely are arming and will
^■embarrasment to Prussia. Francs
diplomacy is not cadre idle than ■ France |
arms will be, and France will prove she
Berlin, August a—The losses of the
French in the battle of Worth on
“■ “
ing. and 6$0O priaonm. Macllabon’a iquired into and ita troth
■ tno Urge Untied. If the offence.
rtraina with atorea and munitions,
^lieir puiuuit, bagged ana I
who had thrown in; their an
■ Total Pmaaian loaa, 3,800 t
Carolina, by hanging, kc., in or
der lo extort confessions, a fed that con
be ful]y established, and odds:
To attempt to force a confession from
a prisoner by hanging or other torture
is a relic of barbarism and slavery which
not even martial law reeognize*, and
which the people of this country will not
eotintenahoe for oh instant. We do not
credit the ttoty, but it ought to be in
dict
offender, be sent where
the opportunity In the" ‘
State in a better masm -. _ ..
is a lie, as we believe it tote, let the
be hunted down and made to
* Aug- ytli, 1870. i
It is ortkrej tbat a special Term of SbbW
Superior Court be held on the 5th Monday i
tl»is month, (AuKWt,) for tLe trial of Crimini
C—re, aqd for hearing motions. All parti** «
rested, aud Jurors will take notice.
Li*t tliis order tie entered on the minute* am
published until the day of Court.
tne*-* my ham] ami official signature.
J. M. CLARKE,
America* Aug. II td.
/VEORUIA,—WSBMTCR COCNTT.
IT FOUR weeks alter date, application
ta made to the Ordinary of WeUter county-
the first regolar term after the expired*
four weeks from this notice, for Wy to
land* belonging to the estate of P. V. *cn?: 1 .
aaiil NHinir (WiMsl tl* benefit oi H*
ELISABETH
G eorgia—Sewn* cot>ty. .
Whereas, Barney Parker, adtuinMtntw
the estate of Joseph (.Word, tite of
ty deceased, appfics for letter* of
ThAM are tiicrefore to cite and adsoua-k
amtaSular, the kindred and creditor of
Acceaeid, and all persons concerned, to be
Z^SmSotOce within the time pre****
bv^aw, and show cause.if anv they have, ?tl_
* - . * ^imn mil hr t-rantf** i-
Giren under my band and official aipn ,nr ’
tins 10th day of Aoj W70.
Aug. 111m ILF. BELL, Only.
DR. W. W. FORD.
which time, I will beat home sgamtea*
sums the practice ot Dentistry. Tata d<K
ticoand govern yourselves »ocon»*j£ )lU)
Pentit
sag dim
Notice.
»IX pewou. indent*! to Ike
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DEMOCRATIC! DEXOCBATK 1
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