The Weekly Sumter republican. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1889, September 02, 1870, Image 2
HANCOCK, GRAHAM A REILLY
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA:
Friday Uombg, ISeptambor ~2,1870.
FOR CONGRESS—2d DifXUCT,
HON. NELSON TIFT,
CF DOUGHERTY.
Platform of the Georgia I>en
racy.
of Georgia stand upon the pnncipl
the Democratic party of the Union,
bringing into spednl prominence, ab
applicable to the present extraordinary
condition of the country, the unchangea
ble doctrines that this is a Union of the
States and that the indestructibility of
the States and of their rights and of their
equality with each other is an indispen
sable port of our political system.
Resolved, That in the approaching
State election, the Democratic party in
vites everybody to co-operate with them
in a zealous determination to change, as
far as the several elections to bo held can
do so, the present usurping and corrupt
administration of the State government
by placing in power men who are true
to tho principles of constitutional gov
ernment, and to a faithful and economi
cal administration of public affairs.
Resolved, That in addition to the re
turns of the elections to be made, as pre
scribed by law, the managers be request
ed to givo credentials of election to the
Representatives and Senators who may
be elected, to be used ns evidence of their
election.
Resolved, That whatever policy others
may pursue, we pledgo ourselves to do all
in our power to secure free and fair elec
tions by all who are qualified to vote un
der existing laws.
outwork us—the contest {a of vwflyjnore
interest to ns than them, and wo
defeat them. The <mly things necessary
for t&ls is for tha Democrat* t to remain
true to themselves tad their princi]
and work coi
tanco of the __
and we have a “ fair election** our major
ity will hardly fall short of the Presiden
tial election. Keep cool, get up no ex
citement, allow no disturbances and
work.
The Common School
We print, elsewhere, in this morning*s
Republican, a fall synopsis of the Com
mon School Bill as originally reported by
tho Educational Committee. Thiaay-
witfi the impor- n0 psis take from the Augusta Chroni-
Df ihis- be done, 1 cfc Sentinel TWr Bill, with various
amendments, passed the Houso on the
25th.
Second District Democratic Congression
al Convention.
At a meeting of the delegates from the
S.H:ond Congressional District in attend
ance on the Democratic State Conven
tion, held in Atlanta on the 17th instant,
it was made my duty by resolution, and
in accordance therewith I hereby call a
convention of tho Democratic party of
said district, to be held at Albany, on
Wednesday, the 21st day of September,
1870,at 10 o'clock a.>l , to nominate candi
dates for Congress.
Each county will send delegates equal
to double the number of Representatives
The Coming Congress.
Speaking of the approaching election
for members of Congress, the Telegraph
aud Messenger says
If tho Georgia Democrats don’t elect
six out of the seven members the State is
entitled to, the fault will be theirs. We
fail to see where the Jacobins have any
show, at all, outside the coast district—
provided tho Democrats exercise even a
moderate amount of tact and prudence.
Nothing but the most drivelling imbecil
ity* or jackassical hurrah and besotted
Bourbonism can change this result. We
have great confidence iu the thrusting
aside, by the approaching convention, of
nil such obstacles to a splendid and per
manent victory.
Wo see no reason founded in the rela
tive members of the Republican and
Democratic parties, why the result should
be what is claimed in this extract If we
have a fair election, os we certainly will
nnder the operation of the Enforcement
Act, and Republicans do their duty, Jive
out of tho seven members will be Repub
licans.—Atlanta True Georg*
For the life of ns we can’t see what
Bard basis lus calculation upon. At the
last election, held in this State, if
mistake not, not a single District gave
other than a Democratic majority. As
.for the election before the last, when Gov
ernor, Legislators, kc. were elected, that
was no test; to claim it as such is an out
rage against common sense. Who is it
that does not remember the ride issues,
outride of politics, such as Relief and
• Homestead, that were included in the
contest; who is it that does not recollect
the Yankeo bayonets that were over us,
tho manner in which the election was
conducted, the few precincts for voting,
the number deprived the right of fran
chise, and an hundred other disgraceful
things that outrages the imagination to
think of, and, then, last, but by no
means least, the manner in which the re
turns were consolidated and declared at
'* Headquarters.” For shame don’t put
forward such an election aa was that as a
test; better try and blot its remembrance
from the minds of all.
But, in the approaching election, as s
matter of course, there will be manifested
more interest, by the Radical party, than
in the last, but will net this be equally
true of the Democratic Party ? And if
the efforts of our friends are equal to
those of the Radicals we see no reason
why we should not again overwhelming
ly cany the State. Certainly the ap
proaching election is filled with results of
vastly more vital importance to us
we have had should induce us to put forth
Sampsonian efforts to crown the ap
proaching contest with victory for us. If
we are defeated we are ruined; if we
nro victorious, peace and prosperity will
bo ours.
But, returning to tho above, Bird
should remember, if a “fair election** is
had, there will be no Meades and Hal
berts to manipulate returns, do the count
ing and make declarations as to who are
elected, to suit their ends and aims.
There is no one who knows, better than
Bard, the truth of what we say, for, at
the time Gen. Gordan was oounted out
he was in full affiliation with hir Radical
brethren. Such a fine field for rascality
and villi any is not presented in this elec
tion and may Heaven grant the people
never to live to see the some again. The
Jaw is now to be followed, and, besides,
every man run by the Democratic party]
will receive a certificate of the result of
the election in his District, other
from Bullock. Wo have been tanght the
folly of trusting too much to the political
honesty of those in power.
But,* as we have before said, to beau6-
caasful in the approaching electfop, • we
must work, for the'Badicals, while they
are boastful and appear confident of tl£
result, know full wrilthe "
certainty of their underta]
ready using every available means to
damage our party and injure our cause;
and, besides, we lmvo every reason to be
lieve they are well and thoroughly or-
loo! Bill.
Tlae Policy of tlie Radicals.
We have fallen upon strange times and
among strange people, and it seems as if
we are not again to enjoy the old halycon
days of peace, when man trusted bis fel
low and all were earnest in support of
freedom and right. It is natural, we
know, for people to decry the age in
which they lire, but surely we cannot be
laboring under this peculiar hallucina
tion when we declare that these are evil
times. Certainly people now are not
what they were ten years ago.
Is it possible men could have been
found ten years ago, in such numbers as
’, who would coolly and deliberately
have gone to work to throttle right, an
nihilate liberty and tyrannize over each
other, as those in power aro now doing ?
We think not, and when we look at the
Radical party and contemplate their
wicked and outrageous designs and see
tho desperateness of their efforts we are
amazed, confounded.
To us it seems that God knows the peo
ple have suffered, endured-enough, but
this wc fear we arc mistaken, for
policy of tho Radicals we see a necessity
for more suffering, more enduring—suf
fering insnlts, enduring wrongs,
The Radicals find that a few of the
rights of the people are about to be re
stored, by the Washington Administra
tion, and they have set to work that this
shall not be. They kuow full well if the
people £are remanded to their Constitu
tional rights their days aro numbered,and
that they will not be held guiltless for the
wrongs they have done.
Having failed in the iniquitous pro
longation undertaking, aud seeing an
election inevitable, and apprehending the
result, they have commenced their devil
ment. Having been partially snnbbed
by the Washington authorities they are
efforting to regain their lost position,and
they intend doing this, if possible, by
forcing the people to acts of desperation ;
but, in this, wo trust they may only reap
bitter and burning disappointment
their reward. Of this there will bo but
little doubt if we will exercise that brave
patience and heroic endurance for wl\ich
have become so justly celebrated.
The time is not now for exhibitions of
temper and displays of passion. We
not yet from out the hands of tho Philis
tines, and for securing a consummation
devoutly to be wished for wo think it
better that moderation should still govern
onr course of conduct.
In tho approaching campaign we shall,
) doubt, have many severe ordeals to
pass through, but let us meet events
they transpire in such a way as shall not
place us in tho position of aggressors,
but rather on the defensive. Already do
the tempest gathering. In the
threatened outbreaks of tho negroes,
the different parts of the State, do
read tho damnably diabolical designs of
the Radicals. These arc deliberate, pre
meditated efforts, on the part of the Rad
ical party, to cause collisions and breaches
of tho peace, so that rebellion, knklox-
ism, disloyalty, can be Hashed through
out the land and the people bo made to
suffer and those now in power be retain
ed. We have not the least doubt but
that the negro leaders are advised never
to lose an opportunity to create a disturb
ance, to even make an opportunity, if
cessary ; and why should we have doubt
when it is boldly asserted, by these riot
ers, that they are backed by Bollock and
the military. God grant the time may
come when there will bo no Bullock and
the military to domineer over us and in
cite the ignorant negroes to deeds of
lence, and thns force tho poor creatures
to make enemies of their only true friends.
The Radicals have gone into this cam
paign against their wishes and inclina
tions, and their highest ambition will be
to protract the period of their rule by tho
military : the means they employ .to do
this will be a matter of no moment to
Their policy is a desperate
and if they force us to defeat ourselves
their gratification will be complete and
their ambition satisfied, while tho people
will be forced to snlmit to the hard ty
ranny and uncurbed extravagance of
merciless masters. Then, in view of this,
we appeal to every one to act well his
part; let the acta of none contribute fuel
to.the flames, bn . let all act prudently,
quietly, deliberately; let no disturbances
raise; bo zealous in preserving peace and
maintaining order; act purely
defensive ; make no move until the blame
The subject of Education is an impor
tant one, and ouo in which the people
should feel a deep interest, and we are re
joiced to see a prospect of therebeing es
tablished a libefal system of common
schools in this State. We hope the bill
will not be made a political matter and
rendered objectionable by partisanship.
Tbe subject of Education has already
been too much neglected by the people
of the South. We have directed our
time and energies and means, heretofore,
to other channels, and allowed a vast
number of our people to grow np
norancc. There is nothing the State
needs more than a liberal system of com
mon schools and no hing that will more
benefit her material prosperity. II
would have good citizen, good rulers and
enlightened electors, we must educate the
masses. We are in favor of everybodys
being educated, and we hope to
day come when every young man and
woman raised np in onr State shall be ed
ucated. We don’t know but that
would favor a law forcing every parent.to
send their children to school for a speci
fied term of years. If we have a liberal
system of common schools no
charge their failure to send their children
to school, to their poverty and inability
Co pay the tuition.
We have not yet seen the bill, as it
passed the House, and, therefore, can say
nothing of its merits or demerits, aud
while we know it was amended in a great
many particulars, we do hope no partisan-
ism was dragged into it
And while upon this subject, it is not
out of place to remind tbe people that,
at their county meetings to nominate can
didates to the House of Representatives,
they had best also nominate candidates
for the County Board of Education, as
the Bill will certainly pass and an election
for these Boards will have to be held in
November. Let energetic and efficient
and comjieteut men be nominated for these
Boards, as their duties will be important.
We hope the people will consult together
and agree upon good men for these posi
tions, nud men who will interest them
selves in putting and keeping the law in
operation.
the other party ; talk bnt
™tireUrt, ^tlreUsteo,$5
The Radical party in Georgia is
and is
extent^
Some of the “scabs’* thrown off are ex
ceedingly offensive—for» instance, Joe
Ek-Wonder if WHmsmsr lias found
those three WHITE men in Sumter
eountyto manage the negro** voting for
him in the approaching election. He has
been here all the week, bat we have
heard of no good white men volunteering
their aid.
Ofie or two Recommendations.
Gov. Bullock, in his recent message, to ecrioudy affected with
the Legislature, makes various and sun- off *
dry recommendations, some of which are
absolutely disgraceful to theage in which -
we live, and forcibly demonstrates the and
character of the' men controling onr
State.
In speaking of the Courts of the State
he recommends that it “ should be a con
tempt to question in offensive terms, in
out of court, the opinion of the judge,
the verdict of the jury, or evidence of the
witness.” Again : “Restore to the judges
the common law power of punishing con
tempts, under the terrors of impeach
ment, and they will not bo abused” Ac.
In plain words this would-be tyrant wants
the law so changed as to allow every
knave that may, by reason of his Radical
ism, be foisted into a judgeship to grind
down and tyrannize over the people,
whenever they fail or refuse to render ab
ject obeisance to the aforesaid knaves
and their master. Unless the Rgdiraiq
get a new and better supply of material
to make officers of, we pray the people
of Georgia may never see Bollock’s re
commendations, in this particular,carried
ont.
Again : “It is generally conceded that
tho present Judiciary of the State
equal, if not superior, in ability,- integri
ty and moral worth, to any that has served
her in the past, and will compare favora
bly with that of any;state in tho Union 1"
W-h-o-w ! J1J Aren’t the other States
in a bad condition ? But wo leave the
subject with that disgust we have for the
author.
I®- Whitxlet’s going to run for Con
gress in this Dis rict, and Bill Jones
says he’ll be “ all overod” if he’s not go
ing to run, too. Wo hope both will try
their hands. It’s as easy to beat two
What Gqveexok Bullock is Doing.
—The Philadelphia Age is responsible for
the following: “Governor Bollock
preparing a statement of the exact nu
ber of oysters and glasses of champagne
each Senator bolted who voted for the
Georgia bill He says such a record is
necessary in case any of his friends should
be disposed to * go back * on him. Pru
dent man, that Bollock. ”
Organize! Organize!
We feel that we cannot too frequently
and forcibly impress upon tbe Democrat-
Party to organize for the approaching
campaign. There is work to l>e done,
and to do this successfully aud to advan
tage, there most be concert of action.—
The Radicals are well and thoroughly or
ganized in every county and unless we do
ame wo shall be defeated. It is
lytosay as much can be accomplished
without organization os with it. This
nonsense—unity of action and concert of
purpose gives strength, and this is what
need in this contest The “black
belt” has never yet given a Radical ma
jority, and we hope it never will, but
less we put onr shoulders to the wheel we
shall dread the consequence, for numbers
are decidedly against us.
14 is true the election is sometime off,
but there is a vast deal to be done, hence
let the work be undertaken in time and it
will not be done hastily. Every Con
gressional District shonld be organized,
having an efficient and energetic Execu
tive Committee ; every county and mili
tia district should al*) be thoroughly
organized and put in trim. By doing
this every man can be assigned a work,
and a few will not bn forced to bear the
brnnt of the whole undertaking. In all
campaigns it happens that certain work
can bo done by one better than some oth
er. One man may be able to carry a
point where a dozen others would fail.—
Therefore let us organize, compare notes
and put all to work, for rest assured there
is a herculean task before us, yet one that
we must and will perform. We hope all
the counties in this section will lose no
time in putting themselves in order, and
wo should be glad to receive reports of
theirorganizations.
obtain and the knaves and tyrants we
will dislodge from office, will be a source
of great joy and gratification and will
plaoe our State and people on the right
good to prosperity and plenty.
Democratic Convention Second Con
gressional District
We print elsewhere a call, signed Ar
thur Hood, Chairman, for a Convention
of the Democratic party of this District
to be held in Albany, on Monday, (this
is, probably, amistake), the 21st of Sep
tember, at 10 o’clock, A. M., to nominate
candidates for Congress. While wo heart
ily acquiese in the place, still we think
the rnle of rotation should have given it
to Americas, Cathbert, Fort Gaines or
some other accessible point in the Dis
trict Bnt, still, we shall not grumble if
Albany will do what Americas intended
doing, had the Convention been held
here, viz: tender the hospitalities of the
city to the delegates, bnt, from tbe pov
erty of onr sister city we fear delegates
will haveto pay for all they get, even for
-—lemonade!
But, joking aside, the place of meeting
is nothing, so that a good man or men
are nominated, and the deliberations of
the convention axe wise sad harmonious,
and un- We hope the people of the variou eotm-
and are al- ties interested-will hold necessary-meet
ings and appoint wise and proper dele
gates to attend the Convention and we
shonld be glad to see Hoq. Nelson Tm
grazed. We must notallow them to tion by the county meetings.
Democrats vs. Radicals.
We understand the Radical party in
this District is well and thoroughly or
gauized. Can tbe Democrats say at
much ? Is there a single county, even,
that is organized ? We fear not, as we
have seen no report of it.
Now the truth of the whole matter is,
if the Democrats expect to carry the ap
proaching election without thorough
ganization, about the night of the day of
election they will be informed, probably
in a very disagrcable way, of theirgreat
mistake. There is no possible chanoe of
success without organization and work.
To think of working, with anything lilm
success, without organization is the most
monstrous folly.
For the past two weeks wo have been
urging upon the Democratic party to be
gin to take necessary steps to pat oar-
selves in a condition for the campaign,
bnt we fear it has been to no avail. Not
a singlo county has moved, or shown any
symptoms of moving. We suggested a
The Americas and Nesvnan Rail
road.
Now that tho bill granting a charter
and extending the aid of the State to this
important Road has passed both Houses
of tho General Assembly and been ap
proved by the Governor, we hope to see
tho President of the Convention, held in
Geneva sometime sinoe, immediately call
tho incorporators together, open books of
subscription, and take other necessary
stops to speedily commence the carrying
out of the project. This is a very impor
tant Road and we hope to see no unneces
sary delay in getting its construction un
der full headway.
To Americas and this whole section,
the above Rood will bo of incalculable
benefit, and, no doubt be one of the beat
paying Roads that is contemplated. We
nndei stand that it was regarded, in At
lanta, by the knowing ones there,
ing, by far, the most important and val
uable project of any of the Rail Road
schemes before the Legislature, or that
has been for some time pest. And why
should it not be. It takes the people of
this section from tbe grasp of a powerful
monopoly aud opens np competition, and
competition, all kuow, is the life of trade.
By this Road the distance to Atlanta
will bo shortened some forty miles and
will bo enabled to deliver corn and ba-
t and other Western produce down in
Americas for about tbe same that Macon
; os matters now stand it costs about
i-third more. It is a fact, probably
not generally known, that one-third of the
whole freight on goods from Louisville is
paid from Macon to this point. In other
words if the freight on a box from Louis
ville to this point is, say, one dollar,
about one-third or thirty-three-and-a-
third cents of that amount is charged by
tho South-Western Rail Road from Ma
to this point, a distance of only seven-
ly-tiro miles ! Isn’t this outrageous and
ought not every body rise up and effort
to do away with such extortion.
If this new Road is built we understand
the Green Line will be immediatoly ex
tended over it, giving ns both a cheap
and fast freight line, and besides will take
onr cotton to New York for a great deal
less than it can bo sent any other way.
This may seem strange, but it can be
done by this Green Line. Their cars al
ways come loaded and to offer induce
ments to get freight on their retara trips
they can and will tako cotton at a very low
tariff.
There arc a great many advantages to
be derived from the building of this Road,
and we hope to see tho work speedily
commence. The day the first dirt at this
end of the lino is broken that day will
witness ptoperty in Americua advance
twenty-five percent Then if this be
true, and there is lo doubt of it, it seems
that every property holder in and around
Americas should subscribe liberally to it
We shall havo something more to say
upon this subject, and, in the meantime,
let the ball be set in motion and kept in
motion.
ZPc?- General Sheridan witnessed the
late battle from King William’s head
quarters. He watched the progress of
events for some time, and burst into
tears. The crowd thought he was
der-he&rted, until ho fcwent up to Bis
marck, and pointing to a barn on the
right, with a lot of women and children
looking out of tho loft, he said: “Please
send a squad of soldiers to bum that
bam, and let me lead them. It would
tso homelike.” The request
not granted.
The New York Express says Let
the South hold on to her cotton, and
there will be a drawing vpon it very soon
by patries who must have it, whatever ar
rangements the gold speculators make to
monopolize the market, and canse the
c'onth to draw for “currency.” Cotton
is gold 1
Mustn’t Taink eob Himself and Re
main intueChttbcu.—TheRcv. J. Hyatt
Smith has in press a Baptist novel in
which he argues for open communion.
It is said he has been visited by mem-
ol his association, and the first step look
ing toward discipline have been taken.
On Friday, the 19th of August, the
Houso concurred iu the Sente Resolu
tion to purchase the Opera Houso of
Kimball for a Capitol. The owner is to
receive $380,1)00, Atlanta pays $130,000
and the State $250,000, in seven per cent
bonds to run 20 years, less $54,000 ad
vanced by Governor Bollock previously
to Kimball.
Our Platform.
We publish to-day, at the head of this
column, the platform of the Georgia De
mocracy. It is intended that these reso
lutions shall be held up daily before the
people, as tbe brazen serpent in the wil
derness. There is healing in them. The
people should see' them whenever they
take np their paper, and thns become fa
miliar with them. They should not be
permitted to pass out of memory, while
strangers noticing them will know where
the Democracy of Georgia stand.—Con
stitutionalist.
“Them’s our sentiments exactly,” and
therefore we adopt them in placing the
platform, except the two sections refer
ring to the organization of the Executive
Committee and holding Congressional
Conventions to nominate candidates for
meeting in thie county on the 17th, bat Oongrcu, at the hed ol onr column,
have not a word of approval. Everybody,
seems to lie supremely indifferent upon
the subject, seeming to care nothing
about the situation and future work.
We again suggest a meeting on the 17th
inst, and we shonld be pleased to hear
some expression of opinion upon this sub
ject; our columns are open. It is our
determination to do onr fall duty—if
others are derelict the fault shall not be
with ns.
And we will here state that we will take
pleasure in giving publicity to notices of
similar meetings in adjoining counties.
B©- The Democrats of Dougherty aro
moving. Wo sco they, have called a
meeting for the 10th. That’s right, move
on brethren and don’t let Phil Joinerdis-
grace and Reid besmear you again.
Bill Jones says there aro no ones
in this section to represent the people,
but himself aud son, consequently he is
going to run for Congress and liis son for
the Senate. As William has been on du-
endorsed and recommedded for nomina- ty for sometime wo think tho people
should relievo him.'
B0u The Prinfe Salm-Salm, the dis
patches state, was killed at one of the re
cent engagements between the French
and Prussians. At the time he was killed
he was Major of the Fourth Regiment of
Prussian Grenadier Guards. During the
recent unpleasantness, in this oouutry,
the aforesaid Prince was a Colonel in the
Yankee army. At one time he com
manded the post-at Bridgeport, Ala.—
Who weeps at his fate ?
W« beg oar friends, in adjoining
counties to keep ns posted on political af
fairs, meetings, kc. We are determined
to make the Republican the best tri-week
ly campaign paper in the State. Onr
columns are open to correspondents of
“ the 'same faith- and order” and we hope
to be kept posted. Let ns hear from yon,
friends.
Are the Democrats of Sumter,
Lee, Webster, Schley, Marion Ac.,.dead,
they but sleeping ? If the latter,
awake 1 for the day has long since dawn
ed!
will be seen from our special
telegrams that tbe Prussians were repuls
ed at Verdun, on tho 28th, after three
hour’s hard fighting, and that 220,000 are
marching on and expect to be at Paris
a week. Our devil says that if tliey
aro repulsed many more times they will
be very v'cak by the time they get there.
Shouldn’t wonder.
Greeley to the Bullock Faction.
The Atlanta Constitution says: That
incorrigible Horace Greely, in his last
> of the Tribune, thus affectionately
addresses onr Governor and his friends.
We know the Governor is a constant
reader of the Tribune, but os all of oui
readers do not enjoy the same felicity,
we reproduce the paragraph.
Onr Southern friends Rhould remem
ber that much os wo at the North desire
success of Southern Republicanism, we
do not seek for it at the cost of support
ing Whittemore, or legislation like that
which we lately had occasion to condemn
in North Carolina, or Legislatures like
that of Louisiana. If they are unwilling
to credit ns with any higher view of the
case, we beg them to comprehend that
we cannot afford to take such men or
Legislatures or legislation on onr should
ers in a campaign. We hope for tho
success of southern Republicanism, bnt
it must be purged of Republican scoun
drels.
Bffi.Newnan expects to havo three
hundred Chinamen aa laborers.
What a man wants—all ho can got.
she: ceh’t gat
at Mari-
JQrMaoon county, according to a cen
sus taker, has eight hundred young la
dies who would like to many.
A Building and Loan Association
has been organized in Rome.
JQyGrant, the.Richmond man who
killed Pollard, is with Biyant’s Minstrels.
fi£?»An unfortunate man at Coiambus
has a sow with hoofs like a horse.
Head Center” Stephens has been
enrolled in the Foreign Legion of
Franco.
J&»The county of DeKalb plumes it
self on possessing over eighteen hundred
Sunday School scholars.
There is no information, up to this
writing, of the whereabouts of the earn
ings of the State Road.
Musical instruments closely resem
bling the modem Ante have been lately
discovered in Pompeii.
IQuUnder the census to be taken April
1,1871, the population of London is
pec ted to reach 3,750,000.
tgUBlank forms of proposals are used
by Minnesota Indies when their yoang
en are slow in coming to the point.
f®»An old bachelor stepped into,
country dry goods store, a daj or two
ago, and called for hall a dozen button
holes.
A yonng Texan journalist, antici
pating a storm, says: “Tho deep-toned
thunder matters hoarsely aronnd tho
horizon as we go to press.”
C&. A St Louis minister prayed in his
church that “the wicked game of base
ball and the devil’s tattoo, called shoo
fly, may spcedly spend their force. ”
Bgk-John C. Wood of New Jersy mur
dered his mother for $100.
ESL.lt has been reported that the
cholera has broken ont in the Prussian
army around Metz, and there is
probability in the report
AsaY"The women of Paris are subscri
bing liberally to the “Society for the
Wounded”—selling their jewelry, in some
instances, for this noblo purpose.
i&^Confederatc Generals aro so plentiful
at the Virginia Springs that they have to
comp out, tho hoteles are so fall. The
government ought to watch this suspi
cious movement
SQL And now the Drake family aro
quacking about a fortune of $128,000,000
which some old dack has left in England.
They have raised $20 towards paying the
expenses of a delegation to go to London
and bring tlie stamps buck iu a vest pock
et
bsla modest music dealer was re
cently non-plussed by a lady as stoat as
Parepa Rosa, who inquired : “Have you
“Put me in my Little Bed V”
AcJ-Out west when a notoriously lazy
man is caught at work, they say he
“meddling with industry.’’
fS-A Chicago man has a horse at
Saratoga that goes in 2:30. The name of
the horse is John Wesley, and his exhor
tations, to wagou, aro strictly orthodox.
£&*A St Louis Frenchman donates
forty acres of land to tho French cause.
That will be a good place for Napolean
to go when he can no longer remain in'
France.
<C35*A girl iu St Louis, who failed to
receive a letter from her lover during an
interval of twenty-four hours, committed
suicide. The lover, who had been in
jail for getting drnuk, got oat just in
time to attend the fnnerat This love is
a dead thing on girls, if you don’t (watch
it seems to me that it shonld ever be
taken. It may be my ignorance, bnt I
do not at all see how on enemy is to over
come such obstacles, if the place is skill-
folly, os I am sare it would be gallantly,
defended. The ramparts which encircle
the entire city are strengthened by forts at
every salient point, ana the Moselle flows
everywhere in broad deep canals, with
high, perpendicular walls. Then the
whole city and its environs ore command
ed by two immense fortifications, which
could pour a plnnging fire npon a bo-
sieging army. Itwonld be in vain to
attempt to capture Metz until these
fortresses ore tasen, and they ore on the
summits of two hills a thousand feet
above the river.—Letter to the New York
Times.
ESL The Atlanta Constitution says
that near Alpharetta, Milton county,
there is a large quantity of Plumbago or
Black Lead, pure enough to write or mark
with as well as the prepared lead. You
can take a piece, cat it with a knife in
any shape or size desired. There are
other valuable minerals in connection
with tho lead, snch os gold, iron, etc.
Forensic Eloquence.—“ May it please
the honorable conrt and gentlemen of
tlie jury, defendant in this esse, wilfully
and maliciously with *11 tbe fury of a
fiend emerged from the wild wilderness,
with all the terrific frenzy of a roaring
lion, and with his gigantic strength did
then and there seize my inoffensive
client by* the collar—and tore his
shirtl”
A youngster required to write *
composition npon some portion of the
human body, selected that which unites
the head to tbe body, ,and expanded as
follows:
“A throat is convenient to have, es
pecially to roosters and ministers. The
former eats corn, and crows with it;
the latter preaches through his’n and
ties it up. This is pretty much all that
I can think of about necks.”
A catting affray occurred in Macon
last Friday, between Jerry Holmes and
J. B. Morris, in which tho former receiv
ed a very severe wound, which at first
was thought would prove fatal. Tho
Macon papers of Sunday however, report
tho wounded man improving, and it is
thought lie will, with good luck, be out
in a week or ten days.—Col Sun 3 Wi
insL
ialtotheikiiiy JoumaL]
Berlin, Aug.—20.—The Grand duke
of Saxony supercedes Gen. Yon Stein-
metz in the command of tho 4th Prussian
Army Corps, which is composed of Saxon,
and Prussian Brigades, and is operating
between the armies of Marshals McMahon
and Bazainc. ,
Paris, Aug. 80.—Advices from the
neighborhood of the contending armies
are very encouraging. Marshal McMa
hon has 180,000 troops and Marshal Ba-
zoino 120,000 around and north-west of
Metz, 60,000 troops have gone from Paris
to reinforce them, and have joined with
the right flank of McMahon’s corps near
Rheima.
The Prussian forces are estimated as
high as 400,000.
Marshal McMahon is two days ahead of
the Crown Prince, and hopes to profit
by his advantage.
Berlin, Aug. 30.—The Prussian official
journals in their bulletins, charge that
all intelligence pnblished in Paris as
coming from Marshal Bazaine is false,
and that it is impossible that such infor
mation should be derived from him os
he is closely invested, aud all lines of
communication between him and Paris
are ent oft’.
Paris, Aug. 30.—All I ho Foreign Min
isters are packing up their valuables and
making other preparations to leave Paris
for Tours, where it is stated the seat of
Government will be removed.
Thfe Emperor Napoleon,^ on being ii
vited to accompany the Court, replied
that liis place was where he was, with his
soldiers. He is now in the neighbor
hood of Verdan, where a great battle
is emminenk
A bloody fight is believed to be i
progress among the woody regions be
tween Vouizreis and Stonay. No par
ticulars of it has been received.
London, Aug. 30—Advices received in
this city this morning from Sedan state
that fighting was going on near that place
all Sunday, (28) also all along the line of
railroad.
Private advices to this city report that
the forces of Marshal McMahon and Ba-
zaine have probably effected a junction
with no possibility of their commnuica-
in with their rear being cut
Strasbourg still maintains a heroic re
sistance, although subjected to a most
terrific bombardment:
London, Aug. 30.—Bonds 88 1-4.
on October 3d i
Fair at Macon.
T ®® Contral Goorm. »
™ heW "I** 1 ^ grounds of the comply ^
Macon,
October 8th inclusive,
Elhlbitloa m
THE HIPPOmiOME
tor Uio MhtbiUon of Stock U
will comfortably scat 15,000 person. Vojfi “
corcrod noth shin*!*, there .Vmapli
against nun and sun. y »‘-cuoa
THE RACES
will bo veryattrectire, as fin. Kentucky .tort,
trettera are r,ow brt ,
S trained on tbo track. For particnlars ell Si
t a List of Premiums at this office Tor J
urination write to ’ •
T.L. BIA88ENDUP.G, Hern iary,
’ MacfKi/Qa.
BgLEdmund About says that it is the
habit of the Prussian soldiers on going
into battle to tear off t-beir cumbrous
helmet and fight bareheaded. The field
of Koniggralz, after the battle, was
strewn with these helmets. The French
Grenadiers have declined to wear their
great bearskin hats into liattle.
CQ-Tlie latest story invented about
tho French is that the horses killed
battlo are served to tho French soldiers
as meat rations.
C@-A Prussian colonel has written to
Emile Girardin offering to wager that he
will be iu Paris September 15 Girardin
has published the letter, and announced
his acceptance of tbe wager.
I^-Tbo Count of Paris, grandson of
ex-King Louis Phillipe, now an expec
tant of the French throne, it is reported
lias been, until the war broke out, oi
frontier; ready to appear on tho scene
whenever called. Since the battle of
Woerth a confidental agent of Bismarck’s
it is also stated, has been to Spa, where
the Count is, aud had a long interview
with him.
The Nashville Banner, of Saturday,
in noticing the recent duel at Memphis,
says “tho barbarism of the nineteenth
century, the stain npoo modem civiliza
tion, finds illustration again in onr cob
umns this morning. Only a few days
since, at Savannah, the “Code” sent a
bloody victim to an untimely grave; this
morning the horror is repeated in the
killing—or murder, if yon prefer it—of a
promising young Tennesseean, near
Memphis, by tho same systematic and
devilish agency. Verily, it is time that
a practice so fraught with revenge, and
blood, and death, shonld meet as un
timely on end' os the poor victim at
Memphis, who lias just been burned to
liis long home.”
“Commenting on the abqjre the Atlan
ta Sun savs: If the press generally wero
to oome down in auen unmistakable terms
against the brutal chivalry, which holds
that blood is the only atonement for an
insult, the crime of dueling would soon
become obsolete. Bat so long ssthepa*
per* squint at snch matters, so long will
craokbrained hotspurs continue to reviv e
usages that are discreditable even to
barbarous nations. It is to be booed
that tbs time will come when a man who
lolls his antagonist in* duel will be held
to answer the crime of murder, and ju-
niu 1. Ill La f.nn.1 fit *
1QL Ono of the suffrago-shriekers tell
us that “the women of America are de
termined to try what virtue there is in
the ballot,” It is tho misfortune of tbe
cause of femaloYsuff age that very few
American women seek the virtue of the
ballot so long os they have any of their
own.
_ A Kansas youth, who. fell in love
with a colored girl, but was afraid to
marry her because his friends poked such
fun at him, did a better thing by shoots
ing himself and leaving all his money to
hisadored. - ':
New Boarding House.
CONVENIENT TO BUSINESS.
BOARDERS, will receive tho lest
modations at lira. J. R. Cain’*, North-;
LOST
A suitable reward will be paid for th
aug27 2t
G. W. BIVINS.
Lands! Lands!
W A TIONS°of^00»SK^ t S2 dl I YJ r T f;
tn ilea of America*. i -n or i
Also ond of 3«)U: or 400 acn-e 4 or & .
AmoricuK. ' 1
Want to Rout.
A Good Farm in Sumter county, 300 to 5»j
acrea,or larger. A reliable and industrious o-
'-lminhed.
? 27 lm J. A. AXSLEY, Att’y at Ur.
eompdni ta
September tlioao patronizing^my"eitablUliae',,'
Credit Closed.
T HANKFUL for the liberal patronage exU-M.
ed by friends and tho public general'r I
take this occasion to inform all that l havi-'en
tho road, and expect to receive in a few dar,
the finest selected Stock, in my lino of c.kxV
ever brought to this city. ®
My business is sncli <
throw aside books, and
“-^--• --thoao patron 0
prepared to pay for what th<
eu i iimo to spare on accounts and boots
oa all my goods are paid for when louelt!
* Gentlemen, remember when yon edsttr
p no books, therefore canftot mark
ibovo rule will bo atrictry adhered to n
IY case.
:_27 A B. ADDI80S.
School Notice.
iX'it
n tho li
Terma^-$3 CW and M CO per month, to to-
Tho
Peaches Wanted.
NOTICE.
PERRY DAVIS’ FAIN KILLER
Has become an article of commerce—whieh no
medicine ever became before. It is as much an
item in every bill of goods Bent to country mer
chants aa tea, coffee or sugar. Tins speaks vol-
its favor.—Glens’ Falls Messenger.
Bev. H. L. Vanmeter, Bnrmali, writes, “The
-i_ K-.-n L - - n almost indu-peneible
givo similar testi-
BeV. J. G. Stearns writes, “I consider tlie best
remedy I know of for dyspepsia.
Rev. Jab oa L. Swan nays, “I have used, it for
▼ears in my family, and consider it an invalua
ble remedy.” -
Rev. M. H. Bixby writes, *‘I have bad ooci
on to use the Pain Killer very frequently dur
ing my residence in Bum ah, and have found it
NOTICE.
A LL persons arc hereby notified not to tni
fora certain Note mode bvmo to J. J.
Leo. Administrator of C. M l^o, deceased, U
Eight Hundred dollars, and dated January 4i
187?
failed. I wiil not p&v tho
k 7 law.
angk
One Hundred Dollars in Gold
Will be given to any person who, on analysis will
discover one grain of arsenic or other i>oieon in
Dm Husley’s Atcs Toxic. It is purely vege
table, and the most happy combination that the
science of medicine has as yet developed to suc
cessfully combat the most prevalent diseases in
cident to a billons or malarious climate. It U
the most perfect anti-periodic—always breaking
the Chill m throe or four doses ; but better than
that or all else, and what renders it the most ef
ficient and valuable compound extant, is the 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 tho head,
no deafhese or impaired vision, but a clear head,
transparent akin, a bright eye, aud elastic step
and bouyant healtft
it eliminates disease from the system by dis
sipating engorgements of the seeretious, oxcit
ing the liver to healthy action and giving th<
pancreatic and hopetio juices their normal con
dition and healthy flow.
It is better preventive than cure, and if people
eould be prevailed upon to tako it, in, say half
doase three times a day, during the chilly Rea
son. tliey would have perfect immunity from
chills and all tho concomitant diseases; bnt,
who except the very prudeni, will take medicine
before they are sick.
For sale everywhere. Bead Jas. Ruddle &
Co’s column. july 21 tf
JAMES B. MCeBt
A Bargain Offered.
•Y PLANTATION, 2000 acres excellent p:r*
> Land, on Itchawanorliawcc creek, to L
ker county, 6 miles from steamboat lauding <a
Flint river, 10 n\ik« from Newton, anil 10 miio
from Railroad from Bainbridge to Cuthbort.-
n-cs cleared land, with all necessary LnilJ-
. „ , 1 offer with thi place 8 mdles, about %
head of cattle, 50 bond o: hogs, 2 .Coke utters*: i
—‘- blacksmith shop, cane mil boilers, *:»*•
and general onlllt of plow*, planUton
tools aud implements general! v. Abo about
1500 to 2000 bushels corn, large amount of f< !•
■*" ano and cotton seed.
- 9 above property I am offering at tlie rm
low price of <10 00 per acre, hair ei»h, half il
“lonths, with interest.
If deaired the place will bo divided on prop*-
onato terms to suit pnrdia&er.-.
Address CHAM. J. MALONE.
Americns, (is.
S3. Mr. John H. Mask, mv agent on the to**
ill show the premises. * nug3U8
FOR SALE
REDUCED PRICES.
gjtav gwdrrrttojmtttts.
LOST.
A POCKET DAY' BOOK containing school ac
counts to the amount of (253 00. Lost
between Joseph Pickett’s and Plains of Dura.—
Any information concerning it will bo thankful
ly received by the undoraignod.
E. G. BBOW5
sept 1 tf Preston,'
LOST,
O F Tuesday, the 30th ult. a small red-back
MEMORANDUM BOOK, containin
count of work between tbe undersigned an
Cameron A suitable reward will be paid for tho
book. aept2t S. HORTON.
Medical Card.
T\B- J. W. SHROPSHIRE having permanently
AJ located in Banter county, alters his pro
fessional services to the pnbli
solicits a share of patronage.
All calls promptly attended to.
Plains of Dora, Sumter county, Ga. sept 1 ly
For Youqg Ladies,
L OCATED immediately on tho Washington
and Ohio JL It., in one of the most beautifol
and healthful of the mountainous regions of
Virginia.
In connection with the education of tor own
' “ ' to take into my family
children I will continue t
will ba boarded, and instructed by------
aors in English. French, German, the Classics,
lirawing, and Music (Instrument
al and Vocal) for 1325 00. Refer to Gena. Ii. E.
La?D.BUffill,L. N. Whittle,Eeq.,Macon, Ga.
and all patrons. Address
Lee Sheriff’s .Sale* foe October.
TTTILL be sold before the Court House door
W in the town of Starkville, Lee county, on
the first Tuseday in October next, within the
legal hours of sale the following property to wit:
One new buggy. Levied on aa the property
of Robert Carter, to satisfy one fi fa in ray hands
in favor ofBobcrt King and Sampeon King va.
Hsnry Carter. Property pointed ont by Samp-
aon King. The above tf fibaaed from Lee Su
perior Court.
B.T. BALTEB, Sheriff
Four lota of h
150, all
gas
two fi fas m my hlndsTin ono in fetor of Tboa.
re Green B. Mayo and
en 11. Mayo
_ ^VeatlSrai -
«/ JAMES SAL*””"
sept 1 Ida. Deputy
T he drugs and assets of the cirr
DRUG STORE, being the Stack tnd A-« ‘
of tho firm 'of A. R. Brown, Trustee, bate bo?
turned over to me aa Rechveb, by tlie Chape-*
lor, under application, by Bill in Equity to Sop-
ter Superior Court, end by order, I ecftll
the house open and cell said Stock on fair ters*.
BULK OB BY RETAIL.
fall into the hands of said firm on division, tte
will please como forward and settle fortnnto
as tlm firm must be closed.
I shall bo at the Store at all times, unless cv-
ed off on professional business. . _ -•
In iry absence, J. J. W. FORD and B.*■
SMITH, clerks, that I havo employed wiIIkW
and receipt parties.
W. M. HARDWICKE,
ReooiT.r.
0 sold before the Court Houso door
town of Starkville, Leo oounty, agreoablo tow
order of tho Ordinary of said county, oat-w-
interest in a house and lot at Adams om**
situated near the Depot, belonging to the
of S. B. Moore, late of said county, decease
Terms cash. ' JOHN DOBBINS-
aug 18 tds.Adci
SOUTH-WESTERN R. B. DEPOT,*
Amkbicts, Ga., Aug. 19th, 7') !
W ILL be sold on Saturday, 10th Sct-tenUf
next, before tha Court Boueo door, -
Americas, the following articles, viz:
15 Ploughs, 2 Kegs Soda,
1 Box Shoes, ti Bags Guano,
1 Box Merchandise, 3 Cans Lard,
JO Backs Guano, 1 Box Hardware,
1 Box Machinery.
Bold to pay freight and charge
aug20 wUl. ‘ Agent^
DEMOCRATIC! DEMOCRATIC'
Democra'jc to the Backbone
at the old Hotel, supplied with th«
arbors. Ho will give his spcoisl ^
ho business, and will be glad to
« U,H » ’ ,ho "‘i'Tow?®
Americas, Aug. 4th 1870 tf.
C ' Dr. S.„K. TURNER
ng removed from the countie* of 8u»^