The Weekly Sumter republican. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1889, August 19, 1870, Image 2

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Shr WwMg fkptttttan. u ANCOwK, GRAHAM & REILLY pbiztok.. AMERICUS. GEORGIA; rridi7 Homing, August 19, 1870. Official Organ of Sumter Co. OFFICIAL OHQAN OF SCHLEY COUNTY. Official Organ of Lee County. Official Organ of Webster County Peter Hcbnrte, a farmer living in Clinton New York, lias iu bis l»rn hay that was cut fifty-four years ago. It is said to be us bright and sweet as any cut this Snmtner. A Notable lixEcurioN.—A man named Bennett Scope was recently executed at Norwalk, Ohio. This is the first hung ing of an Israelite in the United States Figaro asserts that twenty-one di visions of French infantry, and eight of cavalry have not yet been engaged, ma king 222,000 men altogether. (female) “Revolution” has article on the “extinction of boys.” If that project Is carried oat, female snfTmge will not last many centimes. Speaking of the admission of < ieorgin to representation in Congress December, the Nashville Banner would like to know “how many admissions will l>e required to take her in.” We give it up. The eonnndmm is too hard for rfcsju Emma Williams a notorious woman of Kansas City, does an act which should make her famous. She offers to give 85,000 to found a homo for fallen women, if the Christian people of Leav enworth or Kansas City will give 815,000. Whatever the motive, the act is a merit orious one. Wheat.—According to the latest esti mates of the Agricultural Department t ho wheat crop of this country will fall •short of that 1869 by forty-eight million bushels. Should the European war bo of long duration, there will be a ma terial advance in all cereal*. Colleoi: Bcjldino Burned.—The baptist Female College at Tuskegce, Ala., was burned to the ground on Friday last. Tho college had but recently been re modelled and refitted ala heavy expense, and was expected to reopen in a few weeks under very favorable auspices.— The fire is believed to have been the work of an incendiary. l'KAHcr. a Unit.—Private dispatches from Paris say that the excitement there is absolutely overwhelming; that all polit ical differences arc forgotten, and the success against Prussia is demanded by the whole of France; that enlistment making from all ranks of the people, and that the country is unit from this day until victory crowns her forever, Mb. Aktovan’r Lrrrm.—Wo publish elsewhere the letter of Attorney General Akerman, upon the subject of the pro longation scheme, that our renders may keep advised upon tho history of the time#. This letter is an * extraordinary docu ment, pregnant with startling significance, and should bo carefully read and studied. Had we not a proper respect for the of fice of Attorney General wc should feel delicacy, whatever, in declaring this letter the forerunner of tho most magnifi cent mid gigantic piece of rascality that has been eoneocted since the inauguration of the revolutionary policy of reconstrno- , but out of deference to the oflicr. of Mr. Akertuan w« forbear. This letter, coming from the source it does, and in view of the past flagrant usurpation of the Washington Govern ment, deserves to be carefully read and thoughtfully poudered by the Democrats of Georgia. We are, by no means “ out of the woods, ” end this letter designed to most forcibly remind “ there’s many a slip betwixt tho crp and lip, ” and we give tho letter that our read- s may sec tho danger and uncertainty of ir political future. Mr. Akerman says : “ To avoid the propriety of declaring, in this way, my construction of on act of Congress, which I may possibly be called on to construe officially, I shall here treat tbe question if it were to be decided by the General Assembly without any instruction from Congress, as to the character of the de cision. ” This is right and proper on his part, but this assertion of his does not ef fect our liclief as to what lie would decide were tho State carried by the Democrats, at the approaching election. In fact, the latter portion of bis letter teln ns that if tho Democrats are successful in the ap proaching election, and lie gets an oppor tunity to “ put in ” his “ say ” about it, that he will set " jwhol.. thing aside, if be bus tho least possible ground, and we all know Radicals require but a miserably small pretext to usurp authority and pow er. We don’t remember to ever have read a letter, emanating from an official of tho least respectability in position, con taining such reasoning aud intimations, the latter portion of this one does, and j verily believe the author of it will yet live to repent in sackcloth and ashes, the writing of this same letter. Crod grant he may! But we will not farther comment upon it, but simply say, from the light of this letter, the Georgia Democrats have got to bo very circumspect in the coming elec tion. Let us combine the cunning of the serpent with the mildness of the lamb, and then nil will be well. Again wc say, read and study this letter. Delegates to State Fair.—Colonel Le wis the Secretary, wishes us to state tliat officers of tho South-Western Railroad 1 Company, will have charge of transmit ting to delegates from S. W. Ga., to the State Fair, their tickets Ac., as the said tickets were from unforsecn causes, de layed so much ns to render it impossible to distribute them through the usual channels. •Tiie Wab rorrWEFK mr States, rrs Causes; Character. Conduct and Re sults. ” By Hon. A. H Stephens. Tho National Publishing Company of Atlanta, Ga., have just issued the second and concluding volume of this great work. For some time past there has been a general feeling of apprehension throughout the country that the precari ous condition of Mr. Stephens’; health would prevent his completing the work, but this apprehension is now removed by the fact that the book is finished and in tho hands of tho Agents of the Company foT delivery. This is a matter of congratulation to the entire country. This book from its very nature, takes precedence of all Southern histories of the war. Tho high position held by Mr. Stephens in tho government of tho Confederacy, his great ability as the first Statesman <Jf the South, and his acknowledged integrity of char actor, make him perhaps the person best qualified to tell the story of his cause and its failure. Ilis position as a second of ficer of tbc Confederacy enabled hiur to gain much information which w< cessable to the ordinary historian, the secret history of this government familiar to him os an open book ; and his constant and intimate association with the leaders of the South, prepares him to speak with accuracy of their motives, and to judge their acts from a more intelli gent stand-point than any other writer. In the first volume of his work Mr. Stephens confined himself entirely to a discussion of the causes which led to the secession of the South. In the volume new before ns, he narrates the story of the War, giving especial emphasis to the action of the government of the Confed eracy, or to what may be called its confi dential history. His account of the im portant conference at Hampton Roads be tween President Lincoln and the Con federate Commissioners, is one of the most valuable additions to the Literature of tho War, and is in itself worth the price of the entire work. The vexed question of the nou-exchauge of Prison- ers of War has much new light shed upon it, aud tho peace movements the South are thoroughly explained,— Tho fact that the very voiume, which but tbe introduction of tho history of the war, commanded a sale of over 60,000 copies, fully warrants the assertion that this volume, which is not a mere dis cussion of principles, but a living, breath ing narrative of events of the greatest struggle of modern times, by one of the most important actors in it, will reach a sale unprecedented in this country. No fair-minded, unprejudiced person afford to be without this boob. It official history on the Southern side, aud must bold in the literature of the War even n higher place than is accorded to Mr. Greeley’s American Conflict. It will occupy in our history the place that given to Napoleon’s Memoirs in the liter ature. of the French Empire It is like tliat work the last production of its gifted author, aud is entitled to oil tho weight which attaches to the high character of a great leader present::;" to the world the story of his cause, in vindication of it. The book is sold by subscription only, and agents are wanted in every county. Mr. Wra. Harrold, of this place, is Ageut for the above work. TnK Election and Wobk.—As the question of an election this fall lias been settled affirmatively, there is work to be done, if we expect success. The Radicals not sleeping, but are ut work. Wo have good authority—for saying that this, i well as every other county in the black belt, ” is well and thoroughly or ganized, and tho Democrats must arise and to tho task. We must and will carry Georgia, but to do it there is work, hard work, to be done, aud the sooner we be gin tho better it will be. -We have got to organize, put proper candidates in the field, give every man his string and in-| ^ struct him when nml bow to pull. Then | jt»-Mot2is u French fortified city, let us begin at once. i capital of tho Department cf the Moselle. As there is a Congressman to nomiuate I and is situated at the confluence of the ... „ .. .. t - it rivers Moselle and Meille, at the head of wo propose that a Convention, for that I UnUK . h oft he mnin railway line from purpose, be held in this city on Tuesday | pans to Strasbourg, and is 170 miles oast the 6th day of September, and that the I of Paris. It is one of tho strongest and Young America.—The World records this extraordinary “personal:” “ Elopement in high life is reported from Michigan, the imprudent fair one toing three years old and the unprinci pled Lothario five. The absconding couple were overtaken by their respec tive nurses at a neighboring railway sta tion iu time to prevent the young lady’s reputation from being seriously oom pro- counties take the necessary steps to ap point delegates. Let us hear from the Press of the District upon the subject. Wo also propose that a Convention 1*3 held in this city—on Tuesday, 30th inst., for the purpose of nominating Senator and members to the Lower House. Let j the^possession *of*the Em; the counties comprising the Senatorial many, was strongly f ortified as a barrier District send delegates, and let every man ! against France. It p vssed into the hands this county, interested in the cause of liberty—and opposed to Radicalism come to tk“ Convention to nomiuate Represent atives. Come, everybody, and let’s bare a rotwing meeting. Pboloxoation Obstructed.—The vote on the question of prolonging the term of tho Members of the Legislature came up in tho House on Thursday, and re sulted in the defeat of the monstrous proposition by n veto of sixty-four yeas to seventy-one nays. A reconsideration was had on Friday which put a final quietus to the matter, resulting in its final defeat. Yeas 02, most important places in France, with a citadel on the right bank of the Moselle, an armory usually containing 80,000 stand of arms, an arsenal, one of the largest in France, with a cannon foundry and a large military hospital. It was a place of great military impoitunce under the Ro und in the IC.th century, while in of Gor- of the French in 1552. Population be tween fifty and sixty thousand. THE FALL, CAMPAIGN. An Earnest Appeal to Democrats and Conserratives Tbrongliont tbe Country. United States Internal Revenue. Letter from Chalybeate Springs, Ga. Mr. Edttob : The main Spring here is quite an attraction to me outside of Hie deservedly celebrated mineral* properties of its waters. It gushes op .cool and clear, from the fissure of granite rock which underlies the soil—is detained for a moment in a basin carved out of the solid granite—then rushes off, sparkling and bright, in great abundance to supply a number of delightful and invigorating baths just below. The water is refresh ing and palatable to the taste; and the baths chilling cold, tepid or hot, to suit the constitution or fancy. The grounds are romantic—shaded by day with the dense foliage of large mountain oaks and ornamented with hard white macada mized walks and summer liopses, and l ghted at night with Gas. Titelocality fanned by mountain breezes and adorned with mountain scenery. The company, as compared with last year, is small but rapidly increasing—the lady visitors, “ the fairest of ten thousand and altogeth er lovely, ”—the amusements varied and •’Pertaining—the music from the Macon Italian baud, the best on this continent —aud the fare accommodations excellent, no exceptions can be taken to them this year. This is a delightful section of countiy to spend the summer and fall The Warm Springs are only seven miles off, aud tlie White Sulpliur fourteen.— Combining the virtues of the three Springs, (each being unsurpassed of its kind,) which could easily be done by a macadamized road, would attract the most fashionable company in the South seek ing pleasure as well as the largest num ber Reeking health. Macon and Savan nah are represented here. Montgomery contributed an additional nnmber of fif teen or sixteen this evening, Hon. David Clopton and Gen. Holtzclaw included. Columbus, which is usually best- repre sented, has but few here this season. It thought by uome tliat the number of pleasure-seekers of a city is a good index of its prosperity. The impeeuniosity of the people of the South, this season deters thousands from seeking th-fir wonted re creation and health, and iu view of this fact, tho proprietors of these Springs of fer, for the balance of the season, to take tjood acceptance on reasonable time. We have hoard of seeking pleasure nndor dif ficulties, but seeking both pleasure and health on credit is a new idea and a good one. Then come on, everybody, and re main at least until the fancy and masquer ade ball comes off iu September. Respectfully yours, Wiley Jones. CONDEMNED. Radicalism is rapidlv receiving its coujt- de-tp'ace iu tho United States, and noth ing short of revolution is left the desper ate rale or ruin faction. Forney and other medicine men may ciy out lustily fora union of forces, bnt the split is every-wherc widening, and it will take a first class mirielc to heal tho breaches loyal ranks. Negro militia was relied upon lo work a cure iu North Carolina, but it failed utterly. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette feels assuied that the next House of Representatives will be of a very different character from that of its infamous predecessor. Commenting upon tliia, lie says; “Now. the Democratic Conservatives hereabouts, and still further South, de sire to be put upon record (so tliat it may V: rcafter be referred to as documentary ev.deuce), that this glorious result, and the brilliant future that awaits the Con stitutional party, have been achieved by •.:rsistent opposition to all and every one of tho infernal projects, tricks and contrivances of the Radical faction, be ginning at the beginning and ending at the enaiug of its career of twelve dismal years of triumph. It is to be farther noted aud recorded, that our bright pros pect—certain success, indeed—is tho le gitimate fruit of a firm determination never to lower tho constitutional stand ard a single inch; and utterly to repudi ate all attempts to ignore or keep out of view the principles of the party, which are the same to-day as they were in I860, when the destinies of tho country passed into the hands of men who have well nigh destroyed its morals and wholy disnipt- What is an Editor ? Brick Pomeroy gives his idea of what critter” is .* TELEGRAPHIC. the Edi tors Telegraph ef- Messenger : Many inquiries having been made at this office regarding the provisions of the recent act of Congress touching the reve nue laws, I have thought the following synopsis of the changes, and the time the same went into effect, would be of gener- — , nl interest to the comrannity. I would Washington, -vug. 6.—The National [ therefore respectfully request their pub- Democratic Executive Resident Commit-1 Hcatiou. teo have issued the following circular: To the Democracy of the Sereral State Gentleman and his wife, named Clarke redding near Catoosa Springs, :<avs the North Georgian, hearing a con siderable disturbance among the chick ens on Tuesday went into the yard and discovered that a |frog of mammoth pro portions had invaded a family of “small fry.” The amphibious monster was slain, when a post mortem examination was dis covered a pair of these feathered young ones was found nicely ensconced in 1 frogship’s “meat basket,” having gone tither doubtless by the “power of hi tion." A Missing Box—Xew Orleans Ut., Ataptst 1st 1870.—To th© Editor of the New Ox leans Times : I wish to coll upon tbe officers and privates of tho Sixteenth Louisiana regiment, C. S. A., or any others, in order to learn something of my little son, Walter C. Hearth I think he left New Orleans with this regiment about February M'?. JJo was about nine years old when he left home, fair skin, light hair and gray eyes. The last I ever heard of my darting boy J received n letter dated Corrinth Miss., April 18, 1862, written at his suggestion by J, \V. CoDuull, Memphis, Tenn. If any mem ber of this regiment ©r any other knows of the said Connull or my boy they will much oblige a sorrowing mother to com municate the fact to the undersigned, care of tmZtaws. AH- Southern papers will p tot to give publicity to this statement. Mbs. Elizabeth J. Simpson. This Committee respectfully requests that it may be furnished, at :is early a day a# practicable, with the names and address of the members of the State Cen tral Committee of each State in which elections are to be held this year. It also requests that the chairman of each of snch committee will, from time to time, communicate with the undersign ed, giving the condition, progress and needs of the campaign in his Stole, with such other information ns may mid to the cffi<rieiH?y of this committoo’s action. In this connection the Committee enn- uot forbear earnestly inviting the atten tion of Democrats and Conservatives throughout tlie country to the condition of their respective party organizations everywhere, and urging tlie high impor tance that snch organizations iu States, Congressional districts, counties, Ac., should be in thorough, effective, practi cal working order. Samuel.T. Randall, Chairman. A paper gives tho following reply to * correspondent: There is no stated rule for writing love-letters. Yon should write on fools cap paper, and bear oa as soft as you can, using words of such burning love that they will sizzle on the point of the pen. It is also advisable to sling in a bunch of \xUhos occasionally, such us ‘Dearest Am gustns, I love yon with a love larger than an elephant's; I think of you every day, and, by-and.by, when tlie days grow longer, ahull think of you twice a flay-’ It is also well to put an ink biotin the cornier, with the Observation, ‘Darling, I kissed this spot,’ or T hove a sigh in this vicinity.” Section first of the act of Congress, approved July 14th 1870, repeals all special taxes (l censes.) except those on distillers, wholesale and retail liquor dealers, manufacturers ond dealers in tobacco and cigars, and brewers; and takes effect on and after May 1st, 1871. Section second of said act repeals all taxes ot sales, saving nnd excepting sales paid by stamps (distilled spirits, tobacco ar.d segav stamps,) and the tsxes on the sales of leaf tobacco, manufactured to- iiuff cigars, aud foreign and do mestic distilled spirits nnd wines; and tak<« effect ou aud after October 1st, 1870, Section third of said act repeals all taxes ou articles in schedule A, (carriages, gold watches, billiard tables, gold and silver plate); the special tax on boats barges and flats; on legacies and success ions; on passports; and on gross receipts between Antwerp ami Xew York ter M- *©- At the County Convention of Ma con county, Ala., last Monday, .Gen. C, A, Battle was recommended by the meet, ing a# a candidate for Governor, and P. a Hoik Esq., for the Democratic nom ination for Con grew from the District aud takes affect of October 1870. Section four of sai<J act and after tlie 1st day peals the lollars, on receipt ' udy hinii of money or for the payment auy debt, ou canned and preserve*! fish, id on the transfer or assignment of a ortgage where it, or tbc instrument it secures, firm been only once duly stamp- ml; and it takes eftect on and after the 1st day of October, 1870 Section five of said act changes tho jumaltj from fifty dollars to double the Amount of tax (bat in no cose “be less than five dollars) against all persons who fail of neglect to affix the proper and necessary stamp to any paper, document or writing required by law to be stamped; aud also extends the time when the Col lector is authorized to statijp papers or docaflp nts, without the penalty,' to Jnly 18th, 1871, when in the opinion of t!»e Collector, such papers wore issued with out stamps, through mistake, or without willful intent to do'raitd tho United Stxteg; and also extends tho time where no Collection District Is establised for GoUectoxship or to stamp papers, and make valid in Court, all such papers, evidence, to jannary 1st; 187% Section six of said act reduces the tax upon incomes two and a half per centum upon all amounts over two thousand dol lars for tbe year 1870 and 1871. The above are- the moat i~ changes in the Revenue laws thopubKOMhurge, aaenaeted by the last ed its elements of prosperity—as well as subjected its people not only to despotic rule and private oppression, but to the un* disgused derision of mankind. With a President taking his seat on the 4th of March, 1873, backed by a majority in the topular branch of Congress (then beyond loabt,) wo can commence the great task of rest >ring the country to constitutional government, 11 be administered upon the v and real economy, long ago demonstra ted, will be powerless to thwart the will of tho people.” A Prediction That Napoleon Will Save Himself by Reviving the Repub- \—The World, in alluding to the call of tlie Emperor upon France, and the declaration that Paris is in a state of siege, lias the following ; This, to onr thinking, is the supremely significant feature of this day’s news, and this means not so much a defence against the Prussians as a menadfe to Europe, for it means this, that if tbe Empire cannot, within a very brief period, repel the Germans on tho Rhine, France will rise to repel them in hor own fashion, ns of old, to follow them with tlie flag of the Repnblie in the van of her armies. This truth, blazing up in a night, means moro nnd worse to the King and the Royal Princes of Prussia, if they would bnt see it, than all the mitraillenrs of Me Mahon id all thcChiissepots of Razaiue. The Herald observes of Louis Napo leon that success now will establish his dynasty, but defeat will be his rain, and tho ruin of his house.. It is possible that timely action in tbe direction of re-catub Hilling a republic may save him, but it is not certain. If Prussia enters Paris in triumph, a congress of Kings will depose tbe parvenu, aud France will consent to the restoration of tho House of Orleans. On the next great battle hangs tho fate of dynasties and empires. else is hardly the man to be editor, to be a leader or director of pnb- “ j opinion, or to inspire the people with mfldonce, Editors are made. They do not grow. The school of the sanctum is the severest in the world. The school of tho church is as nothing to it, for the church forgives in ministers what the public will not in oditers. An editor must know his business.— He must have fitted himself by study to know tho heart, capacity and sentiment of the people. Ho must know who to abuse and who to praise—who to endorse and who to condemn. He must, above all things, know right from wrong, and dare stand by his convictions regardless of life or success Ho must be a man who knows what to say, and how to say it He must be as impervious to censure, abase, contempt or flattery, as the back of a goose is to tho rain. He must know'enough, of life, of men, of women, of church, of State, of politics, of history current or concurrent, religious or profane, to write intelligent ly and at once. He most have been a st dent, not alone of books, bnt of me events, faces and hearts. And be must be a sober man, with cool, strong unprejudiced brain, or J falls by the waysidn, lost under tho feet of the rushing tlxrong. The life of an editor is the life of a dog. He is a slave to the pnblic that demands the new and not the old. He is tho one whose work is never done, whose thought never idle, who must think when oth- s do not, who must think before he writes, while he writes, and after. He must be bold, brave, fearless, defiant.— If not, he is bent down like a read, and is crashed at once. Ho must answer at once and oorreetly. He must withdraw from others or he can not watch them—must be totally indiffer ent what the world says of him, and look for his light, his strength, his power, his happiness and his information where oth ers do not, or he will be tamo and worth less. Ho must know what he wants to sav, and how to say it, aping no style following no pattern, suffering no dicta tion, asking no favors, fearing lio results, indifferent whether he wounds or pleases, so long as ho makes liis point sharp, direct, well told, and convincing. There are but few editors in the woiid. There are mnuy who handle the scissors and paste brush. Many who are tools of politicians. Many who work—they k;ww not tchat. There are many who have led lives of continued failure, yet think them selves capable of directing an intelligent pnblic. There aro many conductors of newspapers who think their mission and great aim is to beg for cord-wood turnips, fresh eggs, aud dried apples in season.— There are many who think tlie writing of a paragraph describing a fire, fight, foot-race, or funeral, makes them an litor. The best editors are the graduates, not of colleges gin-mills, caucus-rooms, of idle resorts, out men who have worked their way through_ ing the an and learning the language of types, and drinking more of the in spiration of the press and the printing office thou of tho wine. Editors are always wanted, bnt do not think you are au editor, or cau ever be one, simply because you have failed in being anything else. German View of the Prussian Inva sion. A writer in the Charleston News takes the following view of the Prussian in vasion of France. We, of course, give it as a German view, but we cannot see how any Frenchman can contemplate with in difference the invasion of his country even though it may bo designed for the overthrow of Napoleon, who is so thor oughly indeutitied with the history of French progress nnd who acknowledges that her rules by the “Divine right of the people” and not by the “Divine right” of Kings: The advnuce of tho North-German ar my into France can hardly be termed invasion, nor will sensible Frenchmen w it os snch as soon ns their present excitement has somewhat calmed down. Napoleon has attempted to invade Ger man territory. He lias been foiled, de feated. What else could the Prussians do after their victory than to advance on French soil ? However, they have done so slowly; they have published no mani festo, offensive to French pride, in which they threaten conquest or even overthrow of the present government of France ; on the contrary, Bismarck has expressly de clared, that the war on the part of Ger many is no war of French conquest, but solely an assertion and defence of Ger man interests. But these interests are a consolidation of a whole united Ger man?, and nothing else. This the Ger mans must have, nor will the war end without its firm establishment. Bnt will the French, when they have recovered from tho first shock of wounded pride, when they have perhaps, received new evidence of Prussian discipline and pro wess, when they become aware that the present occupation of French Boil is only a military necessity, that no interference with their internal affairs is intended any farther than the security of German in terests may require—will the French na tion then, without division, persist in its present enthusiastic resolve to drive out the invador,’ or will not rather parties spring up which will hamper the gov- NTGHT DISPATCHES. Paris, August 16.—The French journ als complain of the brevity of the dis patches from the seat of war. Even the Constitutionale, semi-official, says the in formation is not precise, regarding the position of either army. Vienna, August 10.—Baron Von Beast denies any attempt on hi* part to medi ate between France and Prussia. London, August 16.—The total de struction of tbe Pennsylvania is erro neous. The cargo was destroyed, bat the vessel is able to go to sea on the twentieth. Prussian dispatches to the Prussian Minister here, aro full of triumph. They :press great confidence in an early re fit of the war. Parts, August 10.—The •» >urnalOffici al declares that. Cherbourg, Beat Lori- ent and Rochefort, are in a state of seige. Tlie French left two dispatch boats iu tho Tiber, upon ovacoating Romo. London, August 16.—Extracts from the French Official Bulletin says that the Prussians are not in force before Strasburg. Bitche still holds out. The Brigade at Tergeshiem and Bade# has been destroyed by the French. English expaiiments with the mitrail- leur indicate them os destructive at close quarters, bat troops handling them may be annihilated before they come in range Tho Times sympathizes strongly with Prussia, and rejoices in the Prm irolal. Macon Angustl 16, evening.—Receipts to-d»j l; sales 16; shipped 20. The market is still quiet #n«l dull at 1CJ cents for middlings. Demand very limited and little or none offering. NewYobk, Aug. 16.—Cotton quiet and lower; ,iIdling uplands 19}. Gold 71 ?. Sata>wau, Aufjust 16.—Cotton in good de mand: low middlings 17. LiVEsroou, August 16, evening—Cottun quiet; upland- SJ; Orleans 9). AMEBICUS MAliKKT. Corrected expressly for the Republics n BT JCOTrOOMEnr * RBAW. AMEiucua, Ga., August 17th, 1K70. CORN—Yellow #160 White #1 (S A bn-licl. MEAD- *1 75 V* busb-l. Shoulders 18c.- OATS—1 25 per bushel. BACON- Clear Sides ' Hams, Canvassed. Best Fancy, 80c. BULK MEATS -Side# fcoe. MOLASSES—I 00. SYRUPS—90®$ l 50 SUGARS—20. FISH—KitU $2 &0®U 50. ^ bbls 00®$S 50 $ bbl t9 00®# 12 00. IRISH POTATOES—None. TOBACCO—75®$ 1 50 per !t> for sound. BUTTER—Goaben 50c. Country 30®40. EGGS—Buying 15c. Selling 20c. LARD—Prime Leaf 25c. FLOUR—$8 00®$12 00 according to quality. CANDLES—Adamantine, 1-Soi p box, retail 25c AMERICUS COTTON MARKET. Amtricvk, G.\. August 17,1370. COTTON—Weak at 1 Scents. Stolen W.’sftcSa&wrffu* the handle. A small reward win be * ita delivery. ?. 16th-3t Jl reward will be riven i,. RILEY COVINGTON Peaches Wanted. TI7E will pay the highest market nice r,. W dried Pealed peaches. ’ r 10,000 pound's wanted by September. M.kEtttAN&BR0. tug. lGth-1 ra. Public Square. LOST O N Friday, August 5th, in the city of Ame- cua, or between that place ami Hr. Unr* : , hotw on the road leading to Friendahiu', email black MEMORANDUM BOOK, contni! - severs! papers,—one a mortgage for #150 i tbe name of-J. V. i rice as security,—and » accounts aud receipts. A suitable reward will be given for the Wt m! contents. The flmler will leave it at Ropn'- lican office. angle It* JESSE AYOOCK. Eeef, Kid and Mutton FOR THE MONEY 1 ABOUT twenty days from date, I expcrtio j open a first class market in tho citv a I Americas, where I shall bo pleased to sec all c. T cash and paying, istoraers do as they have way« done, patronize tbe man that keeps the best and cheapest meet. MS' I had, when I quit tho b««in«au w. — i tom ers trading with me,there a to have credit... ... ind trade with better I My old Book 1 am s from S3 t heir accoi “ I will advertise tlm hereafter. “t_. .... —'to burn, and evei that don’t pay his hill I wish may go tl vr *y- , . WILEY CHAMBLISS. Courier copy. It is reported that the Bavarians eap turod Marshal with sixty cannon. Havana, August 16.—The Panama and West India cable met with on acci dent after reaching deep water. A defect v “'*— a the cable across Verdun, August 16, 6 a. m.—No news from Metz. Nothing has occurred to day. All day yesterday cannon were beard lx t*een Me’z and Verdnn. Per* sons from that direction say a great bat tle was fought. The Prussians lost more than 4,000 men, and were completely de feated. Daring yesterday morning, at dan, the enemy had been seen directing his retreat to the South. [Signed] Perfect of Verdun. Though transmitted by authority, the Government has not been able to verify it, and it is given to tho public under reserve by tho Ministers of the Interior. FINANCIAL. Axemcts, Ga., August 17,1870. GOLD—Buying 12. Silling lrt. SILVER—Buying 10. SeUmg 15. SIGHT EXCHANGE ON N. Y.—Buyiug at par. “ “ “ ** Selling J prom RATE OP INTEREST- On money 2? per cent TXT month. Loci.svh.le Kir. August 15 Our provision market is inactive owing to the low ebb of gold- light offerings and no demand. Bacon 1R317J and 18 for alula, ck. aud clear aide*. Bulk 13J; lSyaiGi; fur ehda. ck. and clear sides. Lard 1C, Hams 25, a fair trado in Bagging has been dono the past week and prices arc steady at quota tions. There ia no probability of any decline— bnt with a crop of 3 to 3} million bales cotton, there will bo a demand for the produc of all the looms, and buyers must expect to pay fall prices. We quote 2 hemp 291(?i30; and flax 30r»?.3lo We note sales of 1300 pekagea flax and 600 pack age* hemp to-day at 29J@30. Fears Bartley & Co. Brokers. ALLEN'S CELEBRATED SOUTHERN USQQST, The best known remedy for llbeumatUm. Nm- PtucDiaraNAipox.—A Missouri paper contains the following, which will pass without a great deal of urging: ‘Do you believe iu predestination,* said the captain of a Mississippi steam- OrleanlstH and patriotic, will work with renewed for the overthrow of the Napoleon nasty, for, as Mignet says, “FrencL r __ riot is m always lias an eye towards getting Congressional Address to Democrats and Conservatives. The democrats Senators and members of Congress, at a caucus held Friday, agreed upon an address which was signed and issued as follows : To our ( fellow-citizens of the United States, friends constitutional, economi cal and honest government: The undersigned beg leave to call your attention to the peculiar importance of the elections which take place this year, and respectfully to snbmit suggestions for your consideration. By the State Legislature to bo elected, nearly onc- third of tho United States Senate will be chosen. Nearly nil the members of the next House of Representatives are to be elected next fall. Upon the coming elec tions then depends the question whether the Democratic and Conservatii e element in the Senate shall be increased, and whether that element shall lmvo a ma jority of representatives in the House of Rrepresentatives, and as a consequence whether we shall have constitutional, economical and honest government, or a continuance of revolutionary, extravagant aud wasteful partisan rule ; whether we shall hav*» a general nniform, just and constitutional legislation, with reasonable taxation and frugal expenditure, or un constitutional, partial, unjust, class legis lation, with oppressive and unequal taxa tion and wasteful expen 'ib.re. Tluit we havo strong reason to hope for a favora ble result is plainly apparent. The elec tions already held clearly show that the tido of reform has set in with a power that cannot bo resisted. If no blunders be committed by tlie friends of reform, if they do their duty and act wisely, if they throw off all apathy and act with vigor aud steadfastness, there ia every reason to hope that their effort will be rewarded by success. Let there be dissentions about minor matters; no time lost in the discussion of dead issne. 1 , manifestation of sorrow or proscriptive feeling; no sacrifice of the cause to grati fy personal umbitiou or resentment, and let the best men be chosen for candidates, and we may hope to see our country deemed from misrule; aud in this < neetiou we beg leave to say to our fellow- citizens of tho Southern States: Do not risk the loss of Seuators or Representa tives by electing men who cannot take tho test oath, or who are under the disa bility imposed by the 14th amendment. Whatever may be said as to the v*T"‘ of that amendment, or of the teat act, you may rest assured that Senators elected by tho votes of members < futures who are held by the Radicals to be thus disqualified will not bo permit ted to take their seats, and that members of the House of Representatives thus disqualified will also be excluded. It is the plainest dictate of practical wisdom not to incur any snch risk. We hope soon to see the day when all disabilities will be removed; bnt in the meantime do not, we entreat you, lose the opportunity to strengthen the Democratic and Con servative force in Congress, and tho pos sibility, nay, probability of obtaining a majority in the next Houso of Represen tatives, by patting it in the power of our adversaries to overthrow or disregard your elections. Signed by tin* Democratic members of Congress. established will the excesses of 1763 be repeated ? Will the war then bo pro longed by foreign interference in order to put down suali excesses, so dangerous to the rest of Eurojie ? Or will the French welcome back the Comte do Paris, the son of the beloved Dnko of Orleans, and of a Mecklenburg Princess, connec ted by blood with the Royal houso of Prussia l If Napoleon has *to fall—and we ahould deeply regret it, for he lias been r. great ruler’ a true Frenchman, and-the promoter of the present greatness of France—-we sincerely hope the latter for the sake of peace, civilization, und for all the bast interests of mankind. Here — . - hia hat land began to look . ing put, which > the captain seeing- And; * I thought you believed in predestina tion, that what ia to be will be?’ ‘So I do, bat I prefer being ft little nearer the stem when it taken plane.* ‘Well, I’m glad to hear it,* ‘Why*’ * • •: r * Because I intend to pass that boat ahead in fifteen minutes, if them be any virtue in nine knots and loaded safety ▼atvea. So don't be alarmed, for if the fl©"A Cincinnati correspondent of the wt Ikin vnn’l * nS'TTaAHl s #*/* A Chicago la ly came down on the Tennessee train a few days ago, full of life and fun, and us a “morning star.” She got acquainted with a Mississippi editor on board who was also a passen ger. and r. lively conversation ensued.— “Sir,” said she. of Chicago, ‘.'will you pleanc tell me whether it is necessary or not, in the South, for a lady to dip snuff liefore she can move in first class society?” “I will answer yon,” said the editor, by asking yon a question; Is it necessary for a lady to be divorced five or six times in Chicago before She can move in first society?” We need net say that the sub ject of the conversation was immediately changed.—Grenada Sentinel HeraU of Health *oys his lutaily haa lived on for over twenty yarn on n Vegetable diet alone, that they nave'taken no .within that time, and' that h« raised a family ol eight children, Includ- than be _ way w© would take a chops—“in our*. r PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER Qm become an article of commerce—which medicine ever becamo before. It in as mucb item in every bill of goods sent to country m chant* as tea, coffee or sugar. This speakc vol umes in Its lavor.—GlenB’ Falls Messenger. Rev. _H. L. Vanmeter, Barmali, vrriioH, “Th ~ ~ ’ n almost inuispcnsil! ies give similar test “I consider tbe best Rev. M. H. Bixby writes,-‘I ba ABD-Kt-KADER. [From the Loudon Tunes. The French papers state that tho. Emir Abd-el-Kader has addressed tho following letter to the Minister of War: “ Praise be to Cod. To the very valiant Marshal of France, Minister of War: Excellen cy • We have learnt, by the voice of famo that France is about to nteko her power speak against her enemies, the Prussians (whom may God confound), and tlmt vour very powerful Emperor NapoleouIII, (upon whom may heaven shower its bounties.) has determined to place iu tlie front ranks of his bravo sol diers the sons of FreiieU-Africa. He who has fought against tho Freuoli would bo the lust of believers if he did not in this coining war place himself at tho service of his ado* ted country; his tried sable claims tbe honor of being among tho first to march against the Prussians. The Emir . Abd-el-Kader, therefore, begs your Excellency to lay his humble peti tion at the foot of the gloruvs throne of Napoleon IIL (to whom i-isy God grant victonr). From the servant of God, Abd- le-Kader, Ben Mabi Eden Brouasa, 5 Badia et Isaui of tho year of the Hegir% 1287.” , r . ' lio Liberte says all the members of the staff of McMahon were either killed or wounded in the battle of Froeehweiler. Colonel Grammont, a brother ’ of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, lost an arm. Colon#! Abaeao-was mortally wounded. Col Espeniellea, akl to -tho Prince Impo^ 1 rial, ^bas -disappeared. Count •‘Vague " Steptcnd and others were among the killed.- The seventy-fourth regiment lost at Wessefiburg forty-eight officers killed and wounded. oyuu. cuu .U»UJ uuwt lutexse* III fy horse. Get a circular from W. T. Davenport Manufactured by Hood, Tatum A Co., wlW»- sale ahd retail druggists, Colomb ia, Ga. p.r W. T. DAVENPORT, marl AmericuN. g». Ellaville, July 25th, 1870. Scaled Proposals will bo received at this nfli* until Saturday, tho 20th day of Augi^t, for th repairing of tho Court House, said repairs tr consist of K-plaatcrlng, re-painting uml repair- ing tho colonado posts, Ac. Also, Proposals for painting inside of Conn ouec, will he received in tho same way. Specifications of both jobs can be stx n n!t lh*c. Tbo responsibility of bidders will be taken a. to consideration. Tbe work received by Committees anitoimo 1 •r that purpose. S. E. EASON, aug 2 td Ordinary. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUI! I offer tho most of ray Miscellaneous Slock, And some of my Fancy Goods AT REDUCED PRICES'. for tho present month, as I wish to make nx- for a splendid stock this Fall. Give me a call—yon may t you want at tliohe" r the Barlow House. very useful medicine. Sold by mil druggists. 6®^ Porclain lined Baking Dishes and Pie Plates, —every housekeeper ought to havo them, for sole by july26-tf. LtiTSEit G Flicker. THE SAMI? MOM? HU Now is the tiineto subscribe for it »nsidcr Simmons’ Liver Regula Mas. Elleji MeachT ] One Hmu! sd Dollars in Gold Will bo given to any person who, on analvsi discover one grain of arsenic or other poison in Dr. Hrni.xr's Aai*e Toxic. It is purely vege table, and tho most happy combination that the science of medicine has as yot developed to so ccssfully combat the most prevalent diseases i cideat to a bilious or malarious climate. It _ tho most perfect anti-periodic—alaavs breaking tho Chili in three or four do*«a ; but better than that or all else, aud what renders it the most ef ficient and valuable compound extant, is tho uni versally conceded fact that it leaves the patient in better health than before the attack, with no puffing up of the skin, no buzzing in tbc bead, no deafness or impaired vision, but a clear head, transparent skin, a bright eye, aud clastic step and hbuyant health. it eliminates disease from tho system bv dis sipating engorgements of the secretions, excit- mg the liver to healthy action and giving the pancreatic and hepatic juices tkoir normal con dition and healthy flow. It is better preventive thau core, aud if people could be prevailed upon to take it. in, say hall doses three times a day, during tho chilly sea son. they would havo perfect immunity from chills and all tho concomitant diseases; bat, who except the vary prudeni, will take medicine before they For sale Co’s column. For sale everywhere. Wanted. A STTUATION as SALESMAN, to commence 1st. September next. Great Reduction in Prices! Barber Shop. flnilE undersigned takes pleasure ia notify JL his cue to in ers and the pnblic gene n that he baa reduced his priocs of hair-cutting and sharing to tho following rates : Hair-cutting 25 cts. Shampooing, .... .25 cts. HENRY ANDERSON, aug 18 lm Successor to J. It. Covington. Administrator’s Sals. O N the flint Tuesday in October next, wiH he sold before the Court House door in the town of StarkviUe, Loo oounty, agreeable to aa order of the Ordiuary of said county, on ^ " interest in a bouse and lot at Adams' St situated near ths Depot, belonging to the estate of S. R. MoOro, late of said county, deceased.— Terms cask. JOHN DOBBIN: iSjpf MONTHLY' MAGAZINE, IV* JDsttkrm per Annum. 64 PAGES READING MATTER. 30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS; WALKER, EVANS. & COGSWELL, D. WYATT* AIKEN, CIT4BXJOT0A-, g,c Laths & Kiln-Dried Flooring, Wetherotl & Fisher's Mill, MO. 2, MXrrHWgfTUUr frAtLKOAfr. h l it !'■ If PlUNMlI WIinill ' juwU-Sm h MBS. V.. c KUATTIV, A DEMOCRATIC AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. You Lave your choice, and can take either the Daily, Tr- Weekly, or Weekly edition. E JIORXlirO MEWS Is, iu All respects^ a Democratic Journal,faithfn. ]o Democratic principles and cament in adracs- !v of Democratic measures. It believes that :.V success of tho party is necessary to tbe salva tion of tho oountry. Its reputation as a w journal will be maintained as heretofore. In Do- Foreign and Commercial Intelligent. m the country. Its whole c. 1 by ai bc-naively stated in saying that it is a gnu Democratic and Family Nowapapcr, devoted : ‘ ■"*“ of the people of tne South. ~ man, its Market Intelligent is worth many times its Lubecription. Intelligence alow .... — ription. Col. 7V. T. Tuoursox, with able asaiatsn>. * * • - jf ew8 column- reliable in cwn respect. Terms—I year, ilO 00; C months, <5 CW; i months, 12 50. THE TRI-WEEKLY XKWS Is published every Monday. Wednesday and Saturday, and is made uom the daily edition Terms—1 year, 36 00; 6 moLths, £UKi: months, # 1 50. THE WEEKLY SEW S Id issued every Friday; is designed for cwurt! readers, and contains a careful summary of news of tl»o week, with the principal editorial the current news, the latest dispatches, and to market reports. Terms—12 03 a year; $i 00 for 6 month#. No attention paid to orders, unless accompan ied by the money. Postmasters everywhere are authorized to *6 t by Post Office order cm ang 1C Notice. A LL persons indebted to tlie estate of JL & Stephens, late of Sumter county decoa*£ aro hereby notified to com* forward and ##* toe same, aud those holding claims sgaintt «•“- doccasod, will present them in terms of Use l-» for payment. A. J. B0NALD80N, Clerk Superior Court, and Aowt. Americas, Aug 6 6w. fill AID Ilfl 1MFQRTATKI 1870. RIBBONS, Millinery and Straw Goodi ARMS 1 HONG, CATOR t CO. IMPORTERS AND ,’OIUIER.S OF bokitet, rarajnsG i vsltjt xuia- Bonnet Silks, Satina and Velvets, Blonds, Xetts, Crapnt. Rathe*. Plswwv Prathers, Ornsistui*, STBAA7 BOH TOTS A5D LADIES' S.® vnumgp and cvi-tiiniui, ghftlxor £Xooctof etc. 237 and 239 BALTIMORE STREET. BALTIMORE, J8D. Offer tho largest Sforitlo be found in t~' Country, and unequalled in choice lark-V^T cheapness, comprising thslah ' t Purina nov - tie*. Orders solicited, and prompt attention S ; " L August lltlr 5t. At CHAftwa* ! Aug. 9tl», 187®-! It Is ordered that a special Term of S UIttW Superior Court be beM on tho 5th Mew^r * this month, (Ang- st,) for the trial of Cron®* 1 Cases,and. forbearing mstiooa. All 1*8**^ terested, ahd Jurors will tako* notice. Let this onfor be entered on ths nun** 11,4 published until tho day of Court Americas Aug.. U td. J. M.CLABK& iiLC-ar.®- OeftU- 6