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AMERICUS. GEORGIA V
Friday Morning, October7,1870.
l'OJl CONGRESS—So Di^nncr,
HON. NELSON TIFT,
OF DOUGHERTY.
SfSte Akerruan’s infamous Election Bill
jtussed the House of Representatives, by
a very small majority on the 2lHb. A
motion to reconsider was mado yesterday,
but we aro informed by private telegram,
that it was not sustained. The bill goes
to the Senate for concurrence, and will
no doubt l>eooxne a law.
We lu»\e no word * sufficient to express
our eondeinnatiou of those Democrats
who were absent from their posts on the
passage of this bill. They hove been
warned for the past two weeks, and noth
ing short of sickness unto death should
have kept them away. This bill is
most intolerant and abominable outrage
that has 6ver been heaped upon an intel
ligent people, and those Democrats who
wilfully absented themselves, should be
regarded as accessories to the outrage,
mid held in aversion ?>y the rest of the
l*Hrty.
toertaa & Hewn&n Bail Eoad.
Emtob KrateunixNov tb*» ai* lonwriy kn«*»
Communicated.
M*. Editor : A fewjlays sgo while in
1’nuc TnaSfd*oBt atiox. —The following
railroads have agreed to carry delegates
free to tho approaching Southern Com
mercial Convention in Cincinnati Bal
timore *fc Ohio, Virginia A Tennessee Con
solidated Dinas, St. Louis, Yondalia,
Terre Haute & Indianapolis, Nashville A
Decatur, Cincinnati, Hamilton A Dayton,
Mimissippi Central, Philadelphia, Wil
mington A Baltimore, Illinois Central,
Ifast Tennessee, Virginia A Georgia,
Xashvflln Sc Chattanooga, Marietta A Cin
cinnati, Little Miami.
Atla, to, in company with' the polite
and gentlemanly Mr. f£a%y Mfflct, to.
centlv of America!, I took (r pknW rid.
to the Fair Grounds—I eey pleasant, for
where spirit, enterprise and taste
rywhere displayed, as >t thofco Fair
Grounds can one be otherwise than
pleased? Nature- has done much and
Kimball a great deal to render the Atlanta
Fair Grounds attractive.
As the imagination of biy "pelTB' not
apace with the imagination of my head, I
will not venture a description—but many
adjectives of admiration Bitch as nice,
beaut if nl, splendid, eta, will lie called
forth i« one’spenunbiilfltion* tfcrrmgh the
Gfonnd?. Those artificial ponds with
tree* of heavy foliage in the centre, mat-
toil amund their base with turfs of green
grow. Gne can imagine such a fine
sort to woo a bountiful, lovely maiden,
tell h* • . secrets of your soul, and how
alnnr for her you live, and without her
the world would be a wilderness.
Withdrawing from this feast of the soul
>u observe a gay and chivalric Gorgon
Knight dashing by with his two rings
and three heads, the champion rider—
Hill, I believe big name—and then upon
the luow of the hill oh spectators of pass
ing event*, the fair and beautiful daugh
ters of Atlanta, are themselves an attrac
tive Mglit, especially to one who is unfor
tunate enough never to have aeon the
beautiful young ladies of Americtw.
I have given only a few random touches,
but suffice it to tay that this tnan Kim
ball Jwho takes snuff for Atlanta and
sneezes for the Bullock administration
do** net do things oa a small scale.
Our friend Malloy nee-ms to be
tntion nf the Fair and those o? our to’
people who attend will doubtless appre
ciate his many kindnesses they will re
ceive. J. A. A.
Attorney-General AkermanV Georgia
Electoral Law seems to have been inspir
ed by the genius of Louis Napoleon, tho
man who converted universal suffrage
into a means of tyranny. Tho election
in each district is to bo managed by a
Beard of five persons to be appointed by
Governor Bullock and confirmed by the
Senate. Thero is no appeal from the
decisions o: ! tins Board, and no person
ran vote without its permission. This
gives the Radicals nlwolnte control of
the vote of the State. But the popular
indignation is so general, and even Re
publicans are so ashamed of this glaring
*>ntrage on the franchise, that it is pos-
Mblotlut Bullock and Akenrnm maybe , Ja* afehVfolio W the dav.
delented after all—Xeio York- Free'
Corporators of tho Americas A Newnau
Railroad aro making arrangements to opin
Books for suliacription to the stock of the
Company, it behooves the citizens of Sum
ter, Schley, and Marion counties, to con
aider well what their interest prompts in
the premises.
Lest any one should say to himself
“ that the enterprise is a good ono and I
would gladly *#** It completed, but yrill
wait and see if others Interested, cannot
build it, " I would say to eueh do
this way deceive yourself ; such conduct
on tho part of a few citizens may defeat
the road, The citizen* interested _ most
realize the fact that this Rood cannot be
bnilt short of the united efforts of all
persons concerned. It should be borne
in mind that tho benefits to be derived
from this Rood are untold and inestima
ble. The S. W. Road is discriminating
against us moat unjustly. We liavo done
very much tc make it a strong power und
now it is using it* strength to crash us.
Give us the contemplated road and we
disenthrall ourselves of tho Southwestern
so far as western freights are concerned,
and wo can then get them laid down at
nominal rates compared with present
freight*. Give ns this road und it will be
the strongest security wc could liave or
ask for the early completion of the pro
jected road from Isabella to Americua. It
cannot be supposed tho Brunswick Com
pany would miss tho chance of connect
ing their rood with the Ncwnan road at
Ameriens—♦*• snppov.i such wonld Ik* ab
surd.
Tho people «*f Ainerious and Hurotor
county who wi'-h Ameriens bnilt up and
the material interests of tl»e country great
ly enhanced should lose no time and spare
no means in rendering nil the nid in their
power to tho Ncwnan road. Yon have
twit to commence the Xewnan road in
good earnest and so soon as it is demon
strated that it will lie a success, or if tho Meeting of file' Corporators anil
road is oommenced at Americas, so soon , Delegates of (be Nen nan
operation to EllArillf. or Bacnaj Bmlroad Company.
Vista, the Bmnstviek Company will take Kfwkah, Oa., September 27, 1S70.
bold singly and nlone, ii ncee.-aary, to | p Bnmu>t t0 n published call, the Cor
build a road from Isabella to Americu*. j porotors and Delegates of the Newnan &
From the New York Herald.
Carbonic Arid Gas to
Fire
The new inver
RUSSIA UNMASKS.
: niMXXSB TUTS3IAX FORCE COUCFNTRA-
Trso os mr. nrauAH fbopitikk.
much in favor of the road from I Americus Railroad Company met at
one, and to those who favor this road I
would oay, bike hold in good earnest of
tho Newnan A Americus road and before
you can complete it half the distance the
Brunswick Company will have built and
equipped the Isabella mad, and will be
ready to take . tho Newnan A Americus
road off jour hands at cost. The con
struction of the Isabella road will follow
the building of the Newnan road ns sure-
vention of Delegates, took the Chair and
explained tl»o object of the meeting.—
W. A. Little J. W. Wiley were requested
to act ns Secretaries.
Afbr organization, Hon. Hugh Bu
chanan was elected President of the In
corporators.
On motion of CoL H. R. Harris, of
Meriwea.her, the thanks of the body was
But some one mny say why not build
the Isabella road first ? The answer is,
the Charier for that road with State aid
has not 1>een approved by the Governor;
more, the Brunswick Co., is not ready
to render that material aid which is need
ed; more, tho road would have to be
built by Sumter, a comparatively smnll
portion of Dooly and a small portion of
the county of Lee; more, the Charter for
the Newnan road with State aid, $12,500
per mile, has l>een secured and tho Ixvoks
of subscription will soon be opened *
the counties interested in the enterprise,
and the people on the line of this road
are fully awakened to the importance and
necessity of it.
Let ns now, at the opportune time, co
operate with them. If wo fail, they wilj
turn their attention to other roads which
have been chartered and w hich they can
make answer their purpose, and Ameri
cas will be left a second-rate way-station
without n hopo of lidding itself
Southwestern monopoly.
The people of Meriwether and Talbot
counties are in earnest and united c
— _ r— | Newnan and Americus road—they
AnsnXT Democrats.-— 1 -The current of • noble i>eople, thrifty and wealthy and
>ten. censure that comes from our State j would, if connected with them by rail, be-
exchanges upon those Democratic roeiu-1 come our neighbors and customers. If
Inn* who were absent when the election j disappointed in getting tlieN. & A. road,
bill passed the House, is but ft premoni-; they will at once take hold of the Colnm-
tion of their politioial doom. In overv ‘ bus 4: Atlanta air-line road and in that
/V
Arrest of the Murderer of Dr.
Goduee.—Wo learn from the Angosta
• Inronicle, that Warren Little, the negro
blacksmith, who murdered Dr. F. G.
Godbee, a few days since, has been arrest
ed by Mr. Lambeth Hopkins of Rich
mond. Mr. H. V. Godbee, brother of
the murdered man, having offered a re
ward for tho apprehension of the murder
er, and caused a description of his person
upd clothing to Imj published in the
• ■hronide, the negro was identified as
answering the description, by Mr. Hop
kins, while he was endeavoring to effect
his escape to Augusta on a cotton wagon.
Oa Iteing arrested he immediately eon-
i>s»*ed that ho trnd killed Dr. Godbee,
but claimed that he had only acted in
.-oil-defence. He also exhibited the
knife—a largo weapon of the Rogers’
brand—with which he had stabbed his
victim.
Mr. Hopkins took his prisoner to Au
gusta and turned him over to the anthori-
[ Special Dispatch to the N. Y. World.
The government has information to-
i on tho Baltic that the
faes to surpass, if its ardent
are to be Believed, all the attempts which
have hitherto been made in that diree-
ottboBa2
terj. accounts of which were published
in all the papers, the efforts at organiz
ing.* company in this city have been un
successful. '
At that time when the subject was pro
posed to the city authorities of New York,
$100,000, and one tenth of the stock of
the company were demanded by them.
The enterprise then fell through for the
requisite amount of capital.
But in the city of Brook]
been a company organized i _
tained from the city authorities the right
to lay their pipes in the wards fronting
die river, from Gawanos creek to the
navy-yard. The company propose to
build a reserverir of sufficient capacity
for all emergencies, and pat down four-
inch pipe*, running in every direction
through tho streets, and having in front
of every door a valve to which a small
rubber hose can be easily attached, by
rhich the stream of gas can be directed to
any room on fire.
To make such a reservoir with its nec
essary retorts for making gas and lay’ - “
200 miles of pipe through the city,
more, it is said, than $250,000.
can be no doubt that the dam
ages by fire in the United States are at
lea±t $50,000,000 yearly. Of this loss a
Luge portion is.dne to the water which
is flooded in and upon tho burning prop
erty. Goods which have escaped the de
structive effects of fire arc rained by
water, one element proving almost as in
jurious at the other.
It is indeed very strange that carbonic
acid gas, which vai discovered by Dr.
Jos. Black, acliemid, of Edinburg, com
posed as it is of two parts of oxygen and
part of carbon, should extinguish
when oxygen is necessary to pro-
combustion Repeated experi men ts
have shown that fire cannot burn in an
atmosphere containing one-fifth port of
its volume of this gas. In a common
temperature it is one-half heavier than
the air but when heated it expands and
becomes much lighter. In 1851 a coal
mine in England that has been on tire for
thirty years, and bad extended
twenty-six acres, was completely
tingnfahed by ejecting only eight
millions of etibio feet of carbonic acid
gas.
It is reported that in this city a
pany is being formed of the most wealthy
and influential citizens, who will endeav
or to get a charter from the Legislature
this winter, and judging from the names
of those interested in the enterprise there, „ - .. „ #
will be no difiiiculty in obtaining it.— | with her frontiers on the side of France
They will at once proceed with the laying j guarantied, and neutralized Austria to
down of the pipes building a reservoir in j protect her southeastern flank, will be in
some central location; and it is confident- j a position so to dispose all her strength
ly anticipated that in one vear the whole j as to check and easily to paralyzo the
thing will have been completed and ready) action of Russia. In the presence of
iry preparations which Russia has
been making so openly and with such
extraordinary energy, arc not directed
against Turkey bat against Prassia.
This information is continued by private
Eoorccs, and it is certain thatthero is great
alarm and uneasiness in Berlin. The
following troops of the Bornean army are
announced to have been eehelonned
along the Prussian frontier daring the
past three weeks:
Two Divisions of the Infantry of the
Guard, under IJeuten&nt-General Baron
Mneler-Sakomel*ky; three divsions of the
Guard, under I nontenant—General
Price Tonkhon-Monvoroff; one. division
of the Guard, under General Prince
Galitzine: twelve divisions of the Infant
ry of the Line, under Lieutenant-General
Von Egge ; five divisions of the Cavalry
of tho Line, under Lietenant-Genend
Count Von Kertz; two parks of engineers
and twelve parks of artillery, under
Lieutenant-General Knyscheff.
It is also announced that a force of
hundred and fifty thousand Cossacks,
the most terrible light troops of the
world, has been called under arms, and
that the squadron or the Baltic is ready
for active service. These statements are
mode in government circles, and they
arc accompanied with the still more
alarming intimation that the Russian
Minister, d’Ombril, at the Court of Ber
lin, has been instructed by Prince Gorts-
chakoffto present a formal demand to
Prussia for full and categorical explana
tions of her purposes and policy in pur
suing the war with France. In this de
mand it is stated that the government of
the Czars declares it to be qoite impossi
ble that Russia can regard it as a ques
tion solely to bo decided between Ger
many ana France what tho limits of either
power shall be; that the future of Russia,
not less than the past, makes it the dn-
ty of tho Russian government to protest
against and, if necessary,to prevent any
change in the equilibrium of Europe
which would embarrass the freedom of
action of the Russian government and
particularly that Russsa will never suffer
the fixed boundries of European states
to bo disturbed in obedienco to the
“subversive and proverse doctrine of
nationalities so-called.”
These rumors are confirmed and their
ominous significance deepened by the
appearance in the St Petersburg Gazette
(h la Burse of an article, printed in a
form which gives to it the air of a semi-of
ficial manifesto, which uses this threaten
ing and explicit language: “Prussia,
the
ability for which he discharged the duties
of President.
The roll was then called when a qao-
im was fonnd present
The Charter wns then read by the Sec
retary. *
On motion of CoL Harris the Chair
appointed CoL Harris, Isaac Chaney and
Moses Speer to dmft plan of subscrip
tion
Tho Committee offered the following j
Report and Resolution which were adop- j
ted:
Wo the Committee report that in pro
curing stock for Newnan Sc Americus
Railroad, the following form be used:
We whoee names are hereunto subscrib
ed, promised to pay to the Newnan &
Americus Railroad Company the sum of
money annexed to our several names in
such installments and at snch stated
times and place* as the President and
Board of Directors of said Company may
direct and appoint.
Resolved, That the Committee whose
duty it is to pro ore Books of Subscrip
tion to Newnan Sc Ameriens Railroad, be
instructed to preparo such an agreement
in wr ting, to be inserted therein, be
tween Railroad and subscribers ns will
legally convey the title to the right of
way, to be signed by all land owners who
will do so. Adopted.
A power of attorney from M. L. Biv
ins, James L. Baker, W. M. Drane, Cor-
E rotors, and W. Miller, delegate, of
irion county, t-* John C. Mathews,
Esq., was then read.
On motion, the C hair appointed H. R.
Harris. U. B. Wilkinson and J. D. Math
ews, Committee t • report business for
the meeting at 3 o’ch*ck- By resolution
the Chairman was added to the oommit-
tee.
The meeting adjourned until 3 o’oclock,
at which lionr they reassembled, when
be a wonderful revolution in tho present
system of extinguishing fi res. And thero
does not appear to be any reason why it
should not be successful, for the portable
machine is now ready for use on every
floor in the most of our large hotels, and
in New England uearlv all the large
manufacturing establishments and ootfon
mills have them.
lending paper, we reword, of indig- event we n«l h««*er evp* nothing ^inSdSTr^Et bSS
ii ant censure. The Savannah Repnbli-! from them. So soon as the people of
can thus speaks: Marion county shall lose faith in the N.
i thought and said of
i a portion, it may have
Wlrnt should be
•such men ? With
bo on unavoidable; but with sotno, and
enough to defeat tho bill had they been
there, tho presumption of intentional
absence fa firmly fixed in the public
mind. The names of all snch men justly
1 >©long to tho bole of ixfamt, and there
they will bo placed, unless they shall be
able to produce exculpatory evidence of
*li* most convincing nature. Tho peo
ple will not easily be satisfied, but will
hold thorn to a rigid account Those
who were away without oompulsory cause
whether bribed or not deserve, and will
receive, th*> indianant scorn of all honest
men.
Giat Robert E. Lxk Paraetzed.—-
The condition of the telegraphs and roads
prevent a confirmation, or details, of the
following:
Richmond, October 2.—The Lexing
ton Gazette painfully announces that
»General R. F„ Lee was stricken with
, paralysis on the 28th nit., and since which
time has been altogether speechless.—
The entire community are bowed with
sorrow at this affliction to the old hero,
which they regard ns a mournful event
to tlie State.
Weather cold, with oecasonal rain.
Staunton, Va., October 3.—CoL Cliri-
tian, jnst from Lexington reports, that
on tho evening of tho 28th September,
Gen. Lee, after presiding over an unnsn-
the
entry <
dinary fatigue, and was placed
where he has since remained m
vice of hfa physicians. He has had no
Btatssfiii
mm an J ej>caU« as oa-asion re. mires,
acinus sonfidraBy repost his re-
iadajnrtwo. At noon to-day
3 cheerful, and his family physician
t of -his speedy recover}-. Col.
I loft General W« honsost 12
Bo'ehw* tn-dmr. , This is reliable.
Wo want the people of Georgia to
mark the Moendrete who roti-,1 fortlie
uinconpoup Akenuau’e election swindle.
Hmd their infamous names down to the
• iota j* of their synonyms of
I t wumB apd TOgnec-—
Courier says that tho
aid he adduced against
cis the fact that
& A. road, the people of tho western por
tion of the county, the most wealthy of
the county, will turn their attention to
the Columbus Sc Albany road and away,
in another direction, will go the cotton
and trade of Marion county.
If this shall bo the result of tardiness
and want of public spirit on the part of
the people of Sumter and Schley counties,
they will wake up some day, but too late,
and wish they had built the X. k A. rail
way.
I beg the people to reflect on this mat
ter and not. suffer min to overtake them
in this way. More anon.
Civrs.
Acres of Fish.—Not less marvelous
than the frequently recurring stories of
“serpent, showers* which enliven the
journalistic literature of the West, fa the
somewhat restrained account of tho re
sults of the long drouth in Sullivan
ty, New York. 'Crops and vegetati
all kinds have suffered fearfully, bn
remarkable destruction of fish from lack
of water exceeds, belief. Not for from
Port Jervis are several large natural and
artificial ponds fod by the Delaware river
the hugest, “Junker pond,” covers 1700
acres, and several others from 600 to 1000
each. The water is entirely drained from
these ponds, snd the result is a perfect
slaughter of tho fish. Farmers, fisher
men and all sorts of people, from far and
near, have visited the ponds and carried
off millions of fiakftFX'be fields in the
immediate u- ighboniood liavo been ma
nured wjth them. Miles of soft muddy
bottom are alive with eels, catfish ana
pickerel. The work of oatebing them is
described an most amusing. Hundreds
of boys wade through the mud; end the
wriggling mass, regardless of the slimy
eel ami the vicious catfish.
Best on Oricm: Him.—About* three
weeks ago, one Moron, killed Lent Pack
ard of tho East Stoughton police, and
net-.s submitted the following report
which wan read and adopted by sections:
Section 1—We recommend that W. A.
Little, of the county of Talbot, be ap
pointed to secure proper Books of Sub
scription and forward tho pa me to the
Corporators of the several oonntiesat the
earliest day p; acticablo.
Sro. 2 -We recam mend that a subscrip
tion be taken at- once to defray the ex
penses of the purchase of Book*.'
Src. :i—We i-ecommend that three
men be appointed in each county whose
duty it shall lie to canvass their respect
ive counties for subscriptions under the
direction of the Corporators of their
county, who will report monthly to the
Chairman of body of Corporators.
Sea 4—Wc recommend that Hugh
Bncliauau bo elected permanent Presi
dent of Corporators and Henry Harris
permanent Secretaiy and Treasurer, and
that a Committee be appointed to corres
pond with Railroad men ande capitalists.
Sec. 5.— We recommend that the body
of Corporators l»o subject to call of Presi
dent, who shall regulate the time and
place of meeting by the demands of the
n enterprise, provided the meeting shall
of! only be held at some point along she
: proposed route.
Sec. 0—We recommend that tho Books
for Subscription be opened in each of the
several counties on 2nd Saturday in Oc
tober, 1870.
On motion of S. H. Hawkins, of Blun
ter, the thanks of the body were t
the Committee appointed at the
Convention to procure Charter for their
was seen in a. woods about four
-from tb*> place of the Idling. The iu-
telligcneo of his whereabouts spread rap
idly, and in a short time two thousand
men were in pursuit, and th* entire
woods secured without saeoeas. jH last
accounts they had sent to Boston. for *
bloodhound to track op «od string him,
audiotheerecitofa failare to get tbo
dog, it «M determined to fire the woods
all crotmd, which k way rough, and
boruhimoat. Pious pooplo, those Mas
sachusetts saints.
Misprints wflT present themselves in
other coiomns besides those of newspa
pers. The author of s temperance novel,
who wrote ‘‘Drunkenness is folly," was
bon-ifi-d to read -Dmotnines. n jolly.”
Under Sections, the followingcanvsas-
era were then appointed :
Gowjcta—W. G. Camp, Joint M. Hill
and JoeE. Dent. *
Mrriwrathrr—Nat Teagle, Robert
Brooks jutd Madison Reeves.
Talbot—Henry Persona, W. A. Little
and D. G. Gwen.
Bchurt—Robert Burton, W. J. Hears,
and C. L Battle.
Sumter—J. V. Price, F. M. Coker,
J. J. Cranberry.
Marion—Thos. Harvey, B. B. Hinton
P. C. Monroe.
Under Section 4 the following gentle
men were appointed aa a correspoining
Committee: Isaac Chaney, H. R. Harris
and U. ?! Wilkin?oiL
The Newnan,.Americus and Talbotion,
coedings of tbu meeting.
HUGH BUCHANAN, President,
W. A: IiX TUS, I finirrinf s,T_71
-T. W. WlIiET, \
fa only 90 years of agei; too young to be ao
tocauee he b Unpocunkme. As lfa did not
make a tnoccM of tbo Job, we forbear giving hfs
name.6 Thoee who get their uamca in this paper
' fa the Wat M
The Virginia Flood.
Richmond, October 2.—The flood on
the Rivanoa river is the highest experi
enced rince 1807. The families of Mr.
Jennings and of another miller on the
river was washed away—in all five per
sons. Mr. Jeunings is supposed to have
been drowned. Hfa wife and two chil
dren are known to h&vo perished. A
young lady of tho family clung to & tree
forty-eight hours and was washed off and
at last drowned. Her death was witness
ed by a crowd on tho ether l>ank of
tho river, but there were no bo its near,
by which she might have been rescued.
On tho Manassas railroad the bridges
across the North and South Shenandoah
river are gone. There is no information
from beyond Strasbourg. • 'Many lives, *
says u telegram to the Richmond Dis
patch, containing these particulars, “ar»
known to have been lost
The B. k O. B. 1L, above Harper’
Ferry has been swept away. Sc 3ttsv 11#
in Albermorle county has been inundated,
and tho destruction of property was
very great. Eighteen lives were lost.
Trains are running regularly between
Alexandria and Richmond.
A dispatch from Lynchburg this
morning estimates the loss there by the
flood at $000,000. The loss to the canal
fa a quarter of a million, and the loss t
the South-side road fa half a million.
On Thursday, while the water was
rising, James Ransom, daughter and a
servant girl, Robt Whitly, wife and three
children and a colored woman, with her
two children were standing on the abut
ment of the canal bridge, at Lynchburg,
waiting for the boat to take them oil when
a dredging machine broke loose above
and drifted against the abutment and car
ried it away with nil on it. All were
drowned.
Richmond, Octobers.—The flood has
gone down* and the merchants are calcu
lating their losses. It fa thought this
morning that half a million will cover the
loss in the city, but not in the towns
about here.
On the Chesapeake and Ohio Bail
Road, at Shadwcll, about one mile of
track was washed away. Some dozen
land slides between Cobham and Mil-
boro, and eight of ten bridges swept
away. The road fa damaged to the ex
tent of $100,000. At the mountain top
honse. on the summit of the Bine Ridgo
Mountains, the kitchen was flooded with
water. Tho Legislature will adjourn
from day to-day until a quorum
obtained.
Greenwood, October 3.—It mined
very heavy
last night, t
flood below _ v
to the destruction of mills and the inter
ruption of railroad transportation much
caffering among the poor of tho deluged
districts is reported. Breadstuff* have
advanced. Snch of tho passenger* here
of the cut off train as desire, will be trans
ferred to Chariotterille to-morrow, and
then ferried across Moor’s creek and
Rivanna river, to connect with trains on
the opposite side. The road between
White Sulphur Springs and Mil boro
fa opened, but between Mil boro and
Keswick, and the distance of eighty-five
jored by the flood
sumed for two weeks, although Gen.
Wyckham bos all tho available force at
hfa command at work upon it Weather
deer and warm. „ ,.
Afternoon, sear Gbskkwood, . Octo
ber 3.—The accounts coming in from
this county, (Albemarble,) represent the
destruction of property as immense, and
many lives lost The flood in tome in
stances swept away entire families. The
amount of destruction of groin, tobocco.
banwv fences, cattle, hop, houses and
mills, is incalculable. The numbers of
mills and dams destroyed within range
Three sous of a butcher, named Blau,
in Troves, Prussia, were killed at the
battle of Gravelotte. They were in the
samo oompany, and stood side by side,
when'all threo of them were killed by the
explosion of tho same shell.
grave an eventuality, Russia must and will
provide, and provide at once, against any
pcssiblo future.”
The Kolas of Moscow ssja, also, “the
Eastern question can wait. There is no
pressing necessity for a solution in that
quarter. It is on the Rhine to-day that
the knot of tho Eastern question waits to
be cut at one decisive bio 1
Es-
TnK Nai’oi.eonio Dtnasty
tabi.ished.—The Times’ special from
Madrid, the 22d, says : At the Prussian
Embassy it fa openly avowed to be the
plan of Bismarck, when Paris is taken,
to declare Napoleon the only legitimate
power to treat with and sign with him,
peace. That he will then permit him to
posed of Engenie, Rouher, and some
Generals well affected towards the dynas
ty. If tho Department refuse to concur
he will send there Prussian troops, re
establish the old prefects, inaugurate a
reign of terror aud transport recalcitrant
republican 3 to Cayenne.
The same correspondent status that
negotiations are being actively pursued
between Prim and the Prussian Ambassa
dor. The factor has offered that, if Spain
will accept King John of Suxony as a
Prussian Prince for the Spanish throne,
to pay Spain several millions of reals,
give her part of Algeria and the fortress
of Gibraltar, and help her annex Portu-
to constitute a strong ally for
$2il0. S2.10.
Salt ! Salt !
SALT at SS.IO!
Full Large Sacks !
id I. N. HART & OO.
oct 42w.
Lee Postponed Sheriff’s Sale* for
November.
VVT ILL be aoM before the Court Hoom door in
W in tlie town of Btarkrille, Lee county, on
tho first Tuesday, in November Ibext, within
tho legal hours of sale, tho following property
to wit:
Few lots of land. Noe, ISO 140,140, 160, aR
ljfog in the 14th District of Lee county. Levied
on ae the property of Green B. Mayo to satisfy
two fi Iks in my hands snd one in ferorof lhoe.
Csmeron v* Green B. Mayo and Thomas F.
Porter sc4ority. The other in favor of Officers
of Court vh Green B. Mayo, also to satiafiy fl fos
in my hands, all issuedfroc^I^oSspwTor Court.
oct. 1 tds. J A *DepotjSheriff.
REMOVA.L.
W. H. 0. C00X,
fTAB removed his Picture Gallery the old
CL Hotel baildLg (op stairs) where he is pre
pared to taka pietoras in all tho late styles of
the art: Magw Photographs, Porcelain pic-
pot in’breastpins, Ear-ring#. Draceletis*Lockets
any other way. Old Dagootreotyece cleaned
and copied to any aizo. uis style of picture has
by Us unrivalled artistic arrangement, beauti
ful finish and lifo-bko expression, won universal
admiration. Pictures taken equally ae Well in
cloudy as in dsar weather. All that desire pic
ture* of themselves or friends now is the turn)
and Cook's is the place. Prices reasonable and
satisfaction guaranteed. Thankful for pant fa
vors solicits a continaanoe of the came,
oct 6 4i.
CLEOUQIA—Scutes Cotstt.
wit Joseph Woottcn applies for exemption o
Personalty and setting apart and valuation of
homestead, and I will pass upon the same at my
office, at 10 o’clock, a. si. on the 22d day of Oc
tober, 1870. B. F. BELL,
oct 6 2*.* Ordinary.
Georgia—Webster county.
To all whom it may concern:
rpHE undersigned hereby gives notice that ho
A has filed his petition with the Ordinary of
Webst-.-r county, to be discharged from his Ex
ecutorship on rharfa Goare’e last Will anil Tes
tament, on account of infirmity aud inability
therefrom to attend to sahl trust; that in one
month from tho beginning of the publication of
this notice ho will apply for the sanction of said
petition, and to l*e discharged from said Execn-
tJinhip. TAMES M SHlYEUS.
octC lmt7 Executor Phans Gosrc.
JN EORGIA—Scmtek CnrXTV.
\JI Notice is hereby given that I will make ap
plication, on the first Monday in November next
to tbe Court of Ordinary of Sumter county for
permission to sell tho realty belonging to tho es
tate of Aimer T. Bryant, deceased, to-wit: a
certain tract of land eitnato in the ZSUrBiatrict
of eaid county, containing five hundred acres,
more or less, known as the plantation whereon
the said Abner T. Bryant resided and adjoining
the plantations of William A. Wilson and John
Ik Gatewood. RUPHA BRYAN P, Adm'x
nctfi ret. Ah. T. Bryant, dec'd.
Importaut Notion to Planters.
TTTE are prepared to insure your Gin Houses
I* and contents on reasrmable terms and in
FIRST-CLAHS hsmiNcr. Oumfaxis*.
tBT Also InauratH-c on Dwellinga and Mer-
chnndizs at low rates. •
J. W. WHEATLEY At CO.,
oct 1 Hu. Agents.
FOR SALE.
A DWELLING HOU8E AND LOT near the
fli Public bquare, with necessary outbuild
ings on reasonable terms. Apply to A. R. Brown
st iii* office. sept tS Im.
OATS! OATS!!
350 B f U8H f LS h of OATS just rew ired, and
cheap. '> VTJJ:? . BR0S i
oct i St Cotton Avenue.
rfTW
Fall & Winter REMEMBER
1870.
THE OLD AND ESTABLISHED STAND
—OF—
H. WESTflEtMER,
ill
TELEGRA PHIC.
sr©®x©as,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
Grent’s
mom,
MEN’S AND BOY’S
CLOTHING ^
THE GREATEST INDUCEMENTS
Ever Offered in Wholesale and Retail.
REMEMBER CLOTHING MADE
TO ORDER.
Americus, Go., Oct 4.
South Side of Lamar Street
LARGEST STOCK
Drugs and Medicines
t OFTEHKD IS AXOUCrs
The Black Flag Raised.
Washington, October 4.—A full New
Orleans mail was received hero to day,
including the 29th. Four days’ mail
reached this city simultaneously;
Foreign.—Bismarck replies to Favre
that a preliminary notice of Itombord-
ment would be nnmilitary. Bismarck
insits that the Prussian terms to Favre
for an ar mfatice were moderate.
Berun, October 4.—The Parisians
having ordered no prisoners to be taken
because they would consume supplies,
the Prussian commanders have been in
structed to take no prisoners.
All tho villages around Metz have been
destroyed by the fate cannonade.
Tlie navigation of the Baltic will doubt
less be safe before the steamers starting
from America arrive.
London, October 4.—Napoleon’s man
ifesto, published here this morning, is
undoubtedly lmgus.
Paris October 4.—Letters received to
day say the Prussians threaten Point
Du Jour. A liombardment of the city
from tho West is imminent. The books
of tho great libraries bavo been placed in
cellars. Watchmen are stationed in the
towns of Notre Dame to look out for
fires.
Tours, Oct, 4.—Au encounter recent
ly occurred between a recommiterfng par
ty of French and a force of Germans
north of Paris. No particulars receiv
ed.
The commandants of fort? south of
Paris report largo masses of Prnn
westward toward Versailles on 26th. On
the samo day no 'Prussians were visible
from the tower of Vincennes.
Cincinnati, October 4.—The Southern
Commercial Convention assembled.—
Pendleton delivered tho reception ad-
dress. A committee of one from each
State was appointed on permanent
ganization.
Naur Chateau, OeL 4.—It fa rumored
that the body of Von Moltko was in a
lead coffin which recently passed through
Toni. Von Moltke. was a nativeof Meck-
lenbonrg.
Aaoaioiwarn use rr.—Tbs medical virtues of
Boots, Herb*, an 1 Bark* which were used by the
“Medicine men” of tbe Indian tfibee, and
W. T. DAVENPORT’S.
V3L. All tlie leading article* and recent pre
parations of tho different nehool* of Medicine
can always be fonnd at
W. T. DAVENPORT’S.
Xsargo <uxcl Varied
ASSORTMENT i
•SfSL.
•UcmatlTo propertta. t* thr care of Bcrer-
uU, Kin,’. EyQ. Clccre, Cocertiua .
Tumor*,. Murcuri.1 and firpliditia
EnUrfenumtof tbo Soon, Tetter,
BoiU, Hmplr, ml dboMo. rmoltin* It
proved state of tbo blood, .nd all rcm»lo
are conUiued In l highly concentrated form in
Sn. Terr’s SrnurrjuLL, nut Qcnr-.’. Dkubut.
It u n rery popular medicine, nnd domrrodlp
TOILET ARTICLES,
at W. T. DAVENPORT'S,
KEROSENE
ASTRAL OILS,
nt W. T. DAVENPORT’S.
Paints, Glass, Varnish, Putty,
OILS, BRUSHES,
•t W. T. DAVENPORT’S.
BLANK BOOKS,
PENS, INKS,
«t W. T. DAVENPORT’S.
CREAM TARTAR, SODA, SPICE,
Pepper, Flavoring Extracts,
»t W. T. DAVENPORTS,
Physician’s Prescriptions
- Promptly and carefully put up at
octl ly W. T. DAVENPORT'S.
CITY TAXES
e the collection of tho samo at once. .
H. D. RANDALL,
> - . Clerk and Treararar.
M. WACHTEL,
—OFFERS TO THE PUBLIC THE
GRANDEST, COMPLETEST,
MOST EXTENSIVE STOCK OF
MEN’S, YOUTH’S, BOY’S
AND CHILDREN’S
Ready Made Clothing
mis,
eras,
—AND—
Gent’s Furnishing Goods,
-TN-
SOUTH-WESTERN GEORGIA.
U^=»Give me a call whether you wish to purchase or nol-
take a look through the mammoth Stock aud see the new stvl*
M. WACHTEL,
ocll8iu Jmmnr Street, next to Toole, Schnmpert
NEW STABLE.
T HAVE opened • new st.Ua on Cotton l
•loo, where I will be dm) to MO MV frk™,
■naurgiro my ImaincM my personal atientk
roo °‘ T
fan J. w. JORDAN, Jr.
•.
m
free in aealad envelopes. Adqreea Howard Am
Hociation. Box P: PhobdelphiA Pa. eeptSOSm.
For Rent
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