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HANCOCK, GRAHAM A REILLY HKOPKIITOIU. £ . UANOOCK, 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»^