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PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY. -DEVOTED TO MEWS, POLITICS AND SENEEAL PSOOEESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL .THINGS. Volume 17. i T E Rl/I S:! j Tl\ree Dollars a Year, PAYABLE d ADVAXGE, AMERICITS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1870. r» of AdYtrlbU*. insertion..' ft 00 * insertion 50 t of Minion type, solid, conati- •nts not contracted for will be s not epeeiljinfl the length of r-y are to he inserted wil bo con- red oat and charged for accord- f to occupy fixed place* will be -t aborts regnUr rat^fl. l.egal AdvrrtUIag. I Notice t Administration,; in»rdi&n*hip, Dismiasion r leave to aell roal estate,... 5 00 Professional Cards. Ji a. iuv/kinh. nun t. RDBtX. HAWKINS & BURKE. ttorneyw rat Xi»w. Am triers, Ocorgia. octgif Jno. D. CARTER, AT LITT: Americas, Georgia. O.Tkx- in Aramcna Hotel bnilding, corner of [ v.-.isf aud College streets. may 18 tf. FORT & HOLLIS, m on SETS AT LAW. And Solicitors of Patents. Anioricus, Georgia. , r OV.-in tii' r.> * a v.-cr R. P.Cyr.Va store april *19 tf C. T. GOODE, .Yttornpy at Law AMKRICUS, GEOltOIA. „ u:'i c*. over W. T. Davenport's Drug store. E. B. AMOS, Attorney- At-lsaw, ABERICI'S, GA., W ILL i.i-t prompt attention to professional l r.rir.c- i in the different coi'.riaof Smntcr, . Y. -.lwit-r, Leo and adjoiaingcoanties. i : rd- J. A. Aneley, over H. Emanuel A J«o 9 tf S AM. LUMPKIN, attorney at law. I..act ice in til Iho conrta of 8. W. Ga. l»y jiomiis-ion. to Dr. Wm. A Greene. ■ FFICE: With M. Callaway, Esq., in tb«* C*>nn- fhpwe. Jnn30. 1870. -ly “I KSOWTHOG II.IST OOSE," i “I know tboa baat gone to the home of thy reet, Then why abowld my eo«l be ao aad! I know thou haet gone where the weary are U*K, And tbo mourner look* and Uglad'. Where km* haeput,in the land of it* birth, The atain it haa gathered In thia, And hope the street ringer that gladdened the Iiea asleep on the boeoraof b’iaa l" Nor thy heart be fioag back from ifa goal: know thou hast drunk jf the Lethethat flow*, Oft . 2 hrough a land vberv they do not forget— M That »h«da over memory, only repose, And takes bom it only regret. ‘ In thy far away dw lling, wherever it be. I believe thon haet visions of mine, And the love that made things as music to me. I have not yet learned to resign— In the hush of the night, ontho waste of the helping hand, to raise him np from the deep degradation Into which he has fallen, and elevate him in the scale of being and restore him his once noble manhood to society, family and friends. This sir is the legitimate and noble work of all good Templar*; in the language of another, I will remark.— “That the Good Templars are not fanat ics, they are not sentimentalists, they are only men and women terribly in earnest B »ck of them are memories which will not let thempansc, broken circles, rained al tars, fallen roof-treea,andtbe cold sodden ashes of once genial fires, urge them on, no fear inch men and women will falter, until yon can take oat of tho human mind faithful recollections, until you can make children forget tho follies of the parents, over which they have mounted nsefallneas and honor; until the memory will surrender from its custody the oaths of drunken blasphemy and the pains of brutal violence; until the heart. He is on the battle field and in onr peaceful home. Praise Lis holy name. as in tho wilds of Wisscliieon on tho day of the battle, cs the noonday sun came thronghthe thick, clustered leaves that two men met in deadly • con flict near tho reef which, rose bVe atroi JACK BROWN, A. ttornoy eat X*aw, ameiucus, ga. in Court Douse with Judgo Stan- '1. feblfitt N. A. SMITH, ' ' Attorney nt X_» cv w. tract, iioxtto Rcpublj- "Mine oyee must be dark, that haa so long been ind thy Iu many a token and sign: I never look np with a vow to the sky, But a light like thy beauty is there— .tad I bear alone murmur like thinein reply, When I poor out my spirit in prayer.” And though like r. mo imer who site by a tomb, I am wrapped in a mantle of care, Yet the grief of my bosom—oh, call it not gloom, Li not the black grief of daepair: By sorrow repealed, as theetars are by night, Fai offs bright vision appear*— And Lope, like Ibc rainbow, a creator a of light, la born—like the raiul>ow, in teur*.*’ AT IA«T. The etream is calmejt when it near* the tide, Aad the f.owers the sweetest at eventide, And birds most musical at close of day, An ! saint* dvrinoat when they pass away; Morning is lovelier, but a holier cliann Lie* folded close iu evening robes of balm, Au.l weary man must ever love her best, For morning calls to toil, but night to rest. Coming from heaven aho on her wing* doth beat A li.vly fragranec, like the breath of prayer. Foot-steps of angel* follow in her track, To shut the weary eyes of day in peace. All tilings are hash’d before her a* she throws, earth and aky tho mantle of repose; There is a calm, a beauty a power morning kuows not, in the evening bonr. Until the cveuing wo must weep and toil, PiOUgh life** atern furrow, dig the weedy soil. Tread with sad feet onr rough and stormy way, And bear tho boat and burden of the day. Oh! when our sun is setting, may wa glide Like summer evening down the golden tide; And leave behind us when wo pass away, starry twilight round our sleeping clay. J. A. ANSLEY, Attorney-atLaw Amoricus, G-a.. fact iso in the Courts of Southwestern iaan.1 k. the United States Court* at Sa il. Spec:a' attention civhu to collection of and* and tho in- Hirtmeut of legal dec23tf Ration* HAWKINS & GUIRRY, Attorney s-at-Law, :; .'imiti.n. anii in failed Htst.i 3 Lsim corner Colleg*- y & C qV. A. if. BROWN, ViTdKXLV AT l,AW, A nitrlcus, Georgia. tnILL give prompt atteution to all bosinwv n entrust ed tii hw can*. _ nov 2fi tf George W. Wooten, AT rOnXKV-AT-LA\V, •dmcrioiui, - - - &n. \ jaul3tl «-Inthe C villo, Lee \ W. W. Ford, P. tV. C. T Price Lodge DmvcDtD etrouT. i GR1XD LODGE AT AHBRICI’9, OCTO HER 3 *» 1*70. Brothers and Sisters, Delegates aud Offl- •*, of the Grand Lodge of Good Temp and you Grand Worthy Sir: is made my pleasing duty to meet on this joyous occasion, and tender you n welcome greeting. We come, in the discharge of this pleasant duty, not with formal speech or with cold stereo typed words, but we come, to tender to u und each of von, the warm spontane- •j words of welcome gushing forth from itern.nl hearts; we come in the name of these earnest devoted Sisters, these matrons and fair maidens, t hese beauti ful smiling faces which you now see be fore you, who not unlike all true women 9 first and fort-most in every good, pure and holy cause. It was woman that last at the cross and first at the tomb. i woman that heals our woes by the soft KEOlUlt ft, MMttROUfiH ^ nlle 1011011 of ^ er bond, and sooths * I sorrows by the warm affection of her pure jlNDCcv.cr*iAswrt'fJriht»*ls sndpurcW itMideenepma heart. It is \7oman that ^ -a:"1 u; southwest Gcor^. can by tho mighty power and influence winch God has given her, lead man away I from the mire and filth of this world and j elevate him to the beantifnlflowezy fieldi of purity and virtue. It is woman that itlkertxl to. Will faithfully'a ns entrusted to hi* care, ronntv, Ga. novlltf W- WILLIAM A. GREENE, AhftQiCUS, QEQUGIA, tySf^T****"** friend*of America wa^wm.umhng country In all the depart 1 --‘o pr<»tc-*ion. aprl -ly Dr. J. B. HINKLE | primeval world, at least a above the dark waters of tho gfD. *• -V>. . : d The man eyes flashing with deadly muscular form, dad in « blur, iroci: of the Revolntion, is n Continent:'}, same [Warren. □The other with long black hair, droop ing along his eadaverou* face, is clad in the half military coat note of a tory re fugee. Thia ie^a • mtaderer of Paoli, named Delaney. They met by IrtBi-hca • oftheProfeusiop) to the goo. c. America* and Sumter counti. and *o- 1 5?? ULUtnc ? cf ttu liberal paironag. ■ ■ ‘“ atoweu upon him. . -,i aitc ntion given to Surgery. • at the Drug Store o? Dr. F. J ■ i.eridence fronting that or Rev. J juuo 8tf Pv- 8. B. BAWKINSr OFFLTE r{ Dr. Eldfidgo’ij Dru? 8towu near tie Mctljc4i*t Qum-h. i •,w i f vloe ? * h ndcr th» gooel people o t 00001,7 Keucrally. Dr- W, D. COOPER, Q- FERShirt professional service* to tho citl- Ameriea* *nd aurrounding country. '.Dr. Geo. F. Cooper. Office—Comer aorS-ly r. Tho*. Harrold'a, College Hill. Medical Card. jj 1 ' /'.Y • 8 H ROPSHIRE havingpcrraanently 4 burner county, off«:rs hi* pro- * ’^■■tsari rViee ^ , *° ^ :e P'^^Dc, acd reapect/ully ^ f,, ond at 'lis office at Plaint of Di . 1 u,?, ~° W. Mifl at hi* residence at night. i -i:I’^ptly attended to. ' 01 Dura Sumter county, Ga. sept lly SMITH till d iniorui uic •L; public geiitrally, that he ■ k u. ■ °ffic® next door to weethelm- AZ"* : u, r°« over Mr 8*we)l> Hame«* «•*- oct 1 if. CHARLES M. WHEATLEY, Ul >der and Contractor, ' lllucv'^ IS 0 ?** MOULDINGS »D.l ******* ofapy klndof r ^uauc* done nt abort notice. out lira* by tho fascinating influence of her ucautyaud her purity, and the magic power of her sweet bewitching smiles lead fallen man'atroy from the grasp of tht tempters flower and elevate him in the scale of humanity iuuT usefulness. These sisters p* re, noble generous sisters, are ekrntestly engaged in the great cause of temperaLCo and humanity nml are frith- fully nsing all the infiuenco which God has given them iu saving man from deg nidation end ruin. I come in their name aud behalf and tender you on this occa- n a thrice, hearty, welcome. I come behalf f these officers and members of Price Lodge No. 14. who like your selves have nnfurled to the breeze the great temperance banner, and are earn estly oral courageously fighting under it* sacred folds. They have withstood the crafty seductive influences -of the temp ters power, aud put him under their feet, these are they which have not faltered in the conflict or bowed the knee to Baal, they are pressing forward and onward in the work of this £reut aad glorious re form, and by the help of God they never intend to give tip the ship as long as there is a spar or a plank of her afloat I come in their name and offer yon an MEDICAL CARD. Krnfct. Iwternal Ttelmmo, Icomeiate- • •• : • □ ; ** ' • half of the goqd - citizens of Americas to ~ ‘ trader to yon.:eaefi ind all ofjfB^fge hospitality of our cityand the good cheer of onr homes, and firesides. One and all of u» bids ypn welcome, a thrioo hearty welcome. - It oheeraon* hearts to meat onr brjifhe^a and sisfen from other parts of the State,' who like ourselves are earnestly engaged in"the Good. Templars cause. In them wo fee! indeed wo.have not only co laborers in that cause, bat we have also triily the affections of -warm fraternal hearts; that throb in unison our own. Hearts that are warm in can stop this reform. Its canses lies deep es human feeling itself. It draws its current from sources embedded in the very fastness of man’s nature. The re form then will g i on. It will go on be cause i.s principles are correct and the progress beneficient. "The wave which has been gathering force and for these many years will continue to roll, because the band of the Lord is under and back of i;, and the denunciations of its oppo nents, and the bribed eloquence of the unprincipled can not check nor retard the onward movement of its flow.”— "Neither will the evil prophecy or the scornful sneer of its enemies im- pedo its onward course. “Upon the white crest of it, thousands will be lifted to virtue and honor, and thou sand* moro who put themselves in front of it, will be submerged beneath it*- mighty wave*. ” Who we ask should not be engaged in this great moral reform, bo has not suffered from the influence of intemperance, lives there a man or all this fair land that has not either directly or indirectly been in jured by this mighty source of evil? History tells of heroes, prophets, priests tl kings fallen by its power, neither genious, learning, position, or strength, proof against it We have seen the rs of the widow and orphan, heard the low sad wail of agony sent np by broken hearts, wo have seen bright hopes and prospects blasted, the innocence of youth grown old with the deformity of ignorance and want, beunty clothed with rags, and shame, and manhood shornoof its glory, each repeating the sad lesson of the past,’’that none are secure from its mighty influences, its all destroying power.— We look out upon our fellow-man, and many of them standing upon the crumbling brink of a mighty precipice, with their feet gradually but certainly and surely slipping, they stand in fancied self-security, exclaiming thero is no dan ger, away down beneath their feet is the mighty boiling bubling cauldron of Hell, •eady to eugulph them forever, no friend comes forward to snatch him away. No uand is raised to succor him from his perilous position, wife, mother, sister, watching him cs lie nears the brink, without using their influeneo to draw him away. Alone he stands upon the very verge of the awful chasm, and calmnly looks down upon the fiery billows beneath, feeling in his infatuation that there is no danger. Others may make the awful plunge as thousands and mill ions have done, and are doing every day, bnt as for me there is no danger, I can stand though every other one that nears this spot may fall. Watch that roan every day he gets nearer and nearer the brink, until yon fancy you can see aud bear the very fires of Hell crackling be neath and around his feet, and at last when he tittle thinks in a fit of drunken frenzy, or Mania Porclta he makes the iwfnl leap into tho i it below. To save these men from the awfnll calamity, to soothe tho broken hearts, to dry the tears of ragged, naked, starving, children, to restore them tho onco noble father i-nd husband, to make desolate homes rod firesides happy and joyous, with the in nocent prattle of rosy .faced, well clad children, basking in the sweet smiles of a contented, cheerful, happy, pious, moth er and a noble temperate generous fath er, to do these thing* are we bounded together iu the Good Templars cause, then let each of us press onward in tbi* great and glorious work, let there bo no faltering or dallying by the way-side, no tampering with the enemy, but let every be at his post. We have much to do and bnt little time to do it in, therefore w« should lie earnest and dili gent in the work, if we are faithful and true to our cause, and truo to ourselves, the time is not far distant when we will become a mighty power all over the coun try, the time will soon come when, in temperance and vice that stalks abroad at noon-day will hideaway in the darkness, where it belongs, the time will soon come when decent men \^iU be ashamed to be seen enter these dark dena of vice and infamy, when capital and respecta bility will be driven out of the liqnor trafie, and it will be confined alone where it properly belongs, among thieves and deamons. And now in conclusion, we say to yon Sir, and to each of yon, that onr hands und hearts ore with you in thia work yon have come among us to do, for thia we again bid you welcome, for this cause wo tender-yon the hospitality of oar city whits yoarrocrain with ns. For this oaase wo cordially invite yon to onr home* add firesides to freely partake of onr good cheer, and in.the. fatoro of life may yon ever Irak back to thia meeting.of thd Number 35. ig BbTohstionary Tale. God is everywhere. His words ere in hie and her tiny lingers resting on the line of At lasl|gathering courage the widow bent her eyes upon the page and read!.— the New TeeUiheut. “Love your enemies !’\ . " ojl brafeof terrible majesty and child like love? of sublimity that crushes tho heart wMbapture. it never shown more In there in that lonely bnt of I, When I saw the murderer’ fflcio'hijtll'alMl n°?y cause, hearts that long and deadly hunting knife, they straggled, twining and twisting on the green sward. At last the Tory is down—down on the tn f- the upraised knife flashed death his face. “Q tarter! I yield P gasped tho Tory, the knife was pressed on his breast “Spare me, I yield !•’ > “Mj brother said the patriot, in a tone of deadly hate, “My brother cried for quarter on tho night of Puoti; even a* lie clung to your knees you struck thai knife into his heart. I will give you the quarter of Paoli.” And his hand was raised for the blow, and his teeth were clenched with deadly hate ; he paused for a moment, and then pinioned the Tory's arms, and with rapid stride, dragged him to tho verge of th* rock, and held him quivering over tht “Mercy P gasped the Tory, turning R, hj pale by turns, at tho awful yawn ing below. “Mercy I have a wife and child at home — spare me I” Tho continental, with muscular strength gathered for tho effort, shoot the murderer once more over the abys> and then hissed his bitter steel .in lib face. “My ^ brother had r wife and two children. The morniug after tho nigh> Paoli, that wife. was n widow; thosi children fatherless. Ask mercy from them l” The proposal made by tho Continental in mockery and bitter hate, was taken into serious earnest by the terror strick- Tory. Ho begged to be taken to tht widow and her children, and to have th* privilege of begging for his life, Auoth- moment of serious thought aud tht patriot soldier consented. Ho bound the Tory’s arms still tighter, placed him on his feet, and led bin- through the woods. A quiet cottagt emliossed among the trees, broke on their eyes. They entered tbo cottage. There beside the desolate hearthstone, rat the widow and her two children. She sat there, a matronly woman ol about twenty eight years, with a fact faded by care; a deep, dark eye, ana long black hair hanging in a dtshoveled state about her shoulders. On ono side was a dark haired boy of six years, ol the other side was a girl ono year youn ger, with light blue eyes. The Bible— auod and venerable volume—lay open upon the mother’s knee, and pale-faced Tory flung himself on his knees and confessed that he had murdered her bus- band on the night of Pnoli, and begged his life at her liands. “Spore me for the sake of my w fe and children He had expected this pitiful moan would touch tho widow's heart; but not one relenting gleam softened her face. “ The Lord shall Judge u?,” she said, in a cold, icy tone, that froze the mur- derer’s heart. “Look, the Bible is in my lap. I will close th9 volume and let my little eon place Lis finger at random ipon a line, and by that yon shall live die.” This was a strange proposal made good faith, of a mad and dark supersti tion of olden times. For a moment the Tory, palo as ashes, was in deep thongbt then in u faint voice, he signified his consent. Rawing her eyes to fyapren, the moth prayftd tp tho Great Father to direct the finger of her son. She closed the bt ok—she banded it to her son, whow olieeks reddened with loathing i gazed upon his father murderer, took the Bible and opened its holy pages at random, and placed his finger upon a line,—there woe a silence. The: Conti neutal soldier, who had sworn to avenge his brother’s death, stood with dilated eyes and parted lips. The culprit kned* ing upon the floor, with a face like dis colored clay, felt his heart leap in his. throat. .Wua*hi heart \ _ Now, look how wonderful aro tho ways of boaVein That-very night, ha tbo wid ow sat by her fireside—sat there with a crushed hawk and hot eyelids, thinking of her husband, who now lay on the drench- soil of Paoli, there was a tap at the door. She opened it, and that husband, living, though covered with wounds, wsa in her arms. ._■*> .' 0 He hati^mlen at Paoli bnt not in death. He was ffve jftd his wife panting on his *1^*7 HHi That night there was prayer and thanks giving in the wood embowed cottage on the Wissahicon. Report of Napoleon’s Attempted Sui cide. CCassel Corre*pondcnco of tho Vicuna, Preajc. Tbo Pruesian government has issued the stearne&t prohibition against tho receipt at the telegraph office of a report of the circumstances which I shall now relate to yon from authentic sources. Iu spite of all attempts at concealment, yesterday tho news spread here like wildfire that Napoleon had, on the 18th, made an attempt at suicide. The details of the affa r, as oommunicated by the officer on guard, are as follows: Napo leon, for two days exhibited a strange elevation of spirits, which, up to this, had not been percepible to him. He re ceived during the last few days revcral dispatches and letters from Paris and Hastings, spoke extremely little, and for die two days left liis room only once.— This was about five o’clock in the even ing. He bad given orders that all' dis patches which arrived should be brought ro him immediately, wherever lie was. Two, which had just come from Hastings ind Brussels, were accordingly taken to uni in the park. Ha read them and grew visibly pale. IIo then returned to castle, and shut himself up in his room. After they had seen or heard nothing of him for two hours his imme- liate attendants began to bo alarmed.— i bout 9:30 they resolved, on the pretext of having something important to com municate, to ask for admission into h's Prince Murat undertook the ask; but to hia repeated knocks and •nib no answer * was returned. After half an hour they broke open the door, ind fonnd Napoleon lying on the sofa in deep faint. Two physicians mediately fetched, aud they succeeded, ifter the lapse of nu hour, in bringing Napoleon to himself. Everything here pouts to on attempt at suicide, to which »f course, the officials will not agree.-— The Governor of Cassel made his appear mco at a still later honr in ihe castle, whiuh was iu a state of the greatest con cision. ThaGovernor did not leave till morning, aud boa sent a long account of ho matter, to the headquarters. Tim vhole population of Cosset went out to- lay to Wilhclmsbolio to sco Napoleon.— ...... ......... ... He, however, “in consequence of severe I ready with her ladyship. illness,” kept his room. The f*re$sc evi- i ‘Have you got tue license V” savs ,w. uu . , ,, . ,, .lently. and it would appear v. !*h reasoa. i ‘Here ft is, my lady,” sera he, and he tho P»P‘>"S° between tno rooro capable disbelieves tho whole story. It remarks j gave it to her. She handed it to ono of! and inferior of the two races was- eontin- thot after, Sedan,thero is scarcely any bad ! the young gentlemen, who viewed it at- t iled through , life. Those who would winch could effect the Emperor so j tentively. ^ Then, called her two servants, j subjugate the whites and blacks alike to w * 10 j their political- power by inciting bostili- lht> ten minutes i ties, know that the independence of the sovercly. Grand Lodge in Americas, with plete- ant recollections “and may yon ever feel how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in -unity.” . Mafiflnio Iraternity of England have contributed seventy thousand pounds sterling for the relief of the fam ilies of the German soldiers. Then, in z elear, bold vpiee the widow read tl is line from the Old Testament.— It was short, yet terrible : “That man shall anrely die !” Look! the brother springs forward to plunge the ktflfe into the murderer’* heart. The Tory, pinioned, dong to the widow’s knees. , He begs that one more trial may be mode by tho little girl, that ftf five years, with golden hair and laugh ing eyea. The widow consents, There, i awful pause. With a smile in her eye, and without knowing what she was doing, the little girl opened the bible as, it lay upon her mother’s knee. She turned her fooeaway, and placed. her fingers upon a line. . : The awful rilehco grows deeper. The deep drawn -breath of the .brother and the broken gnwp of murderer, Alone disturbed the stillness. The widow and the dark Laired boy are breathless. The little girl, asjsbe caught a feeling of awe from those! around her, stood, breathless, her face turned aside, A Strange Marriage. Lady C. was n beautiful woman, bnt Lndy C. was an extravagant woman.— She was still single, though rather past extreme youth. Like most pretty fe males sho had looked too high, and ca- teKued her own loveliness too dearly, and now she refuses to believe she was not a charming as ever. So, no won der she still remained mnmarried. LudyC. bad about five thousand in the world. 8fce owned about forty thous and pounds. Now,, in the time I speak of, etery la dy had her head dressed by a baiber, aud tliat barber was the handsomest in the city of London. Pat Philuu was a great admirer of the fair sex; and where’s the wonder ? Sure Pat was an Irishman. It was oue fine morning when Philan was dressing her most captivating head, that her ladyship, took it into her mind to talk to him, and Pat was well pleased, for Lady G.’s teeth were tho whitest, and her smiles the brightest in the world. not.maxxied.. Fat,” said- LETTER FROM F. P. PLATT?, ESCl f republic. We could save that of Cuba 'by the simple act'rcpcftliug our neutrality Radical Treatment of tbo South-Bela- i tews, or by recognizing the belligerent Hlfirer on inch your honor’* ladyship*” said he. * “And wouldn’t you like to be mar ried ?" again asked she. “Would a duck swim V” “Is there any ore you’d prefer ?” “Maby, Madam,” said he, “you never heard of Kathleen O’Reily, down be yond Done-rail. Her father’s cousin to O’Donagliow who’s own stewort to Mr. Murphy, the under agent to my Lord Kingston, and ’ “Hush said she, “sure-1 don’t want to know who she is. .But would she have you ii you asked her ?” “An, then, I’d only wish I’d bo after trying that same.” And i-iiilaa i the .?“? a T. r *0 «®”°< heaved a prodigious sigh. tions of the White and Colored Race. The annexed letter was sent to the Democratic Conservative Mass Meeting, at Laurel,’ Prince George's county, Md., on Tuesday last, and will bo read with interest as coming from a veteran and independent political thinker ; oflo wKc was always attached to tho Union of- the States, and has ever been n practical and earnest friend of the colored raoo : Silver Spuino, October 2,1870. Messrs. George Wheeler aud Tvios. J. Talbott: Gcutlnucn—l thank you for your invita tion to the meeting called by your dub for a “discussion on the issues of the day.” Age and habitude, which unfit me from making, political harangues, .disqualify me for the servic^you propose.' _ When I surrendered my T®**? T WA* ‘tton.~Tfthti were not so, how could they •ights of those lighting for their free dom/ • ■ > Onr govcrnmeutacknowlodges those of the government fighting against freedom. Tims the slaves of Cuba arc held in Span ish bondage. Our President will not ac cord beligerent rights to the liberating bnt only to tho despotio side; nor will he recommend to Congress the repeal of neutrality laws* which fetter our com merce fer the exclusive benefit of Span ish oppressors, Our colored popnlatio may see in this wbat loversof their race they would 'bring over them in exchange for the time honored owners of the soil, who, in all their relations with them before and since emancipation -have given proof that they were patron* always intent on improving their condi- disarmed for political discussion. It makes me sad to say this, for I know tliat onr country ought to command the ser vice of every true and capable man. To offer nothing more than good wishes aud zeal in such times as these is an admis sion of imbecility that pains me. Wo capitulated for peace, and the terms were the rights conferred by the constitution, yet the six years of peace have been employed iu .enslaving us. The civil war ended. The leaders who have profited most by tho power and renown and riches it has transferred from Would you like to be rich 5” “Does a dog bark ?” “If I make you rich will you do as I tell you Millie-murther, your lady, don’t be tantalizing a poor boy ” “Indeed, I am not.” said Lady G. “So listen. How would you like to marry “All, than, my lady, the King of Rus sia himself would be proud to do that same, leave alone-a poor devil like Pat Pbilan. ” “Well, Pat, if yon marry me to-mor row, I’ll give you one thousand pounds.’ •O, willaliitloo ! willnhaloo ! shnre I’m mad, or enchanted by the good people,’ roared Pat, dancing around tho room. “But. there arc conditions/ said Lady C. ’After the first day of onr nuptial* you must never see nio again or claim me as your wife. ’ ‘I don’t tike that,’ says Pat, for he had been ogling her ladyship mo*fc desper ately. ‘Bub remember Kathleen O’Reilly.— With the money I’ll give you, yon may go and marry her.” ‘Tuat’s true,’ said ho, ‘But thin, the bigamy ?” •I’ll never appear against you,’ says her ladyship. ’But then yon must take an oath never to call me your wife after to-morrow, and neve? go telling all the story. ’ •Well, then,’ said she, ‘there’s ten pounds. Go and buy a license, and leave satisfied. They would now make of castes, and make now acquisitions, and seek revenge ou those they have since injured, lost if not utterly crashed their wrongs might grow into reproach and retribution. They aro not content with tbo enfranchisement of the freed- men, with tho cheerful acqui esecuco of the former owners, but when tho l»oon had received the legislative sanction of every, slave State, they tarn upon the emancipators and disfranchise them. Then they tell the freedmen we do this to strip them of the power, of the rights recently conform! on yon. We keep them down by military force ns another means of preserving your liberty, and - in this way the colored race is made to be lieve that its safety lies only in organized hostility to the whites, to which the armed power of the government prompts by its menaces nnfl readiness to give support. The whites are thus made to feel that the other cast is marshaled in ranks against them and liold3 tho sword of tho national government over their heads at the polls, and over their civil governments wherever any pretext can be shown for intimidation. *• This attitude of war between tho races fostered to breakr np th(5 natural ties - v • . vitb those bom and Ho mm where ho was to come, and all I , ... ........ , ■ ’ | reared on tho same plantations and ’ Tho next doy Vet «a trno lo hi; ( ap- j derins natnial servuwa. It iron really point meet and found the gentlemen 1 a!-: tho relation of family—of parent and child—-among good people, except that Nothing Luca Grammar.—Nothing ! ike Grammar ! Better go without a cow -linn go without that There are num berless “professor,” who go “tramp, tramp, my boys J” around the country, peddling a weak article, by which, “lo twenty days” they guarantee to set a man thoroughly np in the English language, in instance in point comes from Gran ville, Alabama, where a “professor" had laOored with the youth of that people, and taught them to dote on grammar ac- rording to “Morris’s” system. During one of the lectures the sentence, -‘Mary milks the cow,” was given out to lie parsed. Each word had been parsed save one, which fell to Bob L—. a sixteen- rear-old, near tho foot of the class, who commenced thus: “Cow is a noun, fe- miniuo gender, singular number, third person, and »Unidifor Mary." “Stands for Mary !.’ said the excited professor. “How dttyon make that out ?” “Be cause,” answered tho noble pupil, “if the cow didn’t stand for Mary, how could Mary milk her ?’’—Hfrrper'n Magazine. The Siege op Bitsche—a Sortie.— Tho Tribuno’s correspondent before Bitsche telegraphs on the 4th, that on Friday, Saturday and yesterday tho gar rison made a sortie with cavalry and in fantry, protected by a shell fire, and burned the batteries and farms where the besiegers’ outposts were. The po rtions had been previously abandoned. The besieging guns comprise four CO pound mortars and five batteries, each of f onr 12-ponnd breech loaders. All pre vious sorties were completely repulsed. From the lUh to the 20th there was a severe bombardment, dismounting seve ral guns and destroying the castle and many bouses below. The besieging bat teries became disabled bv firing twenty thousand shot, and withdrew to Grdmer- shiel. Tho covering battalions also withdrew, leaving the north and west sides open. The fort is bntit on a two hnndred feet perpendicular rock, is of two stories, has solid casemates, and is impregnable. The garrison numbers 2,000 men; Srnraiso.-Some ysarsago, tho most precious pioce of hyperbole .extant was the late Mr. Yk.vdon’h welcome address to Edward Everett. Here is the tele gram from a Southwestern Georgia Green Liner which is entitled to the palm: * ‘ “ Cincinnati, Octoberl.-Hospitalities excessive. Dreams of eastern prodigali ty. Am almost ashamed of pur. South ern efforts. Great city—gTeat people. The feeling i« good anti worth forty .vic tories of the bayonet to the two sections.' We never before understood each other. New and brighter era dawning. ” . B-l-ud, logo! B-l-ud!—Augusta Oon* stiiuiionaiitL ' ASP* A lady made a call upon a r friend who had recently been married. When her husband came to dinner sho said, ”1 have been to' seo Mrs. “Well,** replied thd husband. “I suppose the. tevffcy happy’/ k “ Happy! well, I should think alie ought to.be; sbe has a darnel’ hair shawl two-thirds bolder.'’ .!< she turned to the } was rending. And sure enough, i Pat Pliilau wus the husband, the legal husband, of the lovely lady C. ‘That will do,’ says she to her husband be gave her a hearty kiss ; ‘that’ll do. Now, sir, give mo my certificate. The old gentleman did so, and bow ing respectfully to the five pound note she gave him, retired with his clerk ; for re enough I Cm got to tell you tliat he is a parson.’ •Go and bring n»e tho warden.’ says my lady to one of her servants. ‘Yes, rev lady,” says he; and presently e war en appeared. ‘Will you bo good enough,’ says Lady C., in unvoice that wonld call a bird from tree, ‘will yon bo good enough to send and fetch mo n i ouch ? I wish '<o leave this prison immediately.’ •Your ladyship forgets, replied he, that you must pay forty thousand pounds before lean lot you go.’ a married woman. You can de tain my husband, but not me.’ Aud she ■,miled at Philnn, whobegan rather to dis like the appearance of this. ‘Pardon me, Lady ; it is known that you are single.’ I tell you I am married.’ ‘Where’8 your husband V* 1 There, sir?’ pointing to the astonish ed barber. ‘ There ho stands here is my marriage certificate, which you can peH ruse ?t youy leisure. My servants yon der were witnesses to the* ceremony.— Now detain me at your peril. ’ The warden was dnmfoundcd, and no wonder Poor Pbilan would have spoken, but neither party would let him. The lawyer below \vn:t consulted. The result was evident. In half an honr Lady C. was free, aud Pat Philan, her legitimate husband, a prisoner, for debt to the amount of forty thousand jpjunds. Well sir, for some time Pat thought he was in ft dream, and the creditors thought ♦hey were still worse. The following day they had a meeting, aud finding, bow they had been tricked, .swore they’d de tain poor Pat forever. But ns they well knew he had nothing, and Wouldn’t fee! much shame in goingthrough the Insol vent Court, they made the best of a bad bargain and let him go. . Well you must know, about a Week after this, Paddy Philan was sitting by hia little fire, and thinking of the won derful things he hod seen, when ns sure as death the postman brought him a let ter, the first he had received, which be took to a friend of his, one Ryan, a fruit seller, because, you see, he was no great hand at reading writing, to decipher it fift^bhn.' It ran this: “ Go to Donerafl and tfiarry Kathleen O’Rfdr. .The instant the knot is tied; I fulfill my promise of making yon com fortable for life, but as you value your life and liberty, never breathe a syllable of what is past. Remember you ore in my power if you - teti your stoiy. The money will be paid you directly if. yon enclose your marriage certificate. I send now boast of a civilization placing them immeasurably in advance of the native barbarious tribes of Africa from which they sprang ? most obedient servant, F. P. Blate. Another Rati Road to Eufaula. Wo havo just received a letter from Atlanta, written by Col. B. F. Bruton iu which lie «-ommunicatcs to us tho pleas ing intelligence that the Georgia Legisla ture haa granted a Character for n direct, air-line Rail Road, between Eufaula andr. Savannah. The projected lino will pass • throngh Americas, and thence direct to. Savannah. From Amoricus to Eufaula, tho South Western Rail Road could bo used, aud sinoo the Albany & Brunswick Road is a. fixed fact, and is being now rapidly extended towards onr city, it will become the interest of Savannah to seek a nearer and more direct line to Eafaulu, than by her present route throngh Ma- oou. It is Ninety-ltine miles nearer from here to Brunswick by tho Albany and Brunswick Road, than to Savanpati by way of Macon. If Savannah expects tp retain tho immense Cotton trade of South-Western Georgia, and South- Eastern Alabama, she will have lo aban don her present rain bow rente, and strike out for a now air-line road to Americas and Enfanla, This poticy on her part is imperatively demanded, be cause of the junction at thia point, of the two grand trunk Railways between En- faula and Vickaborg,—the one throngh " Montgomery and the other throngh Greenville. Herb the Georgia Ronds from Brunswick and Savannah, will con nect with tho great .Southern Pacific Road. Competition from here Eastward, in freights and passengers, will be sharp and active. As matters now stand, the Albany and Brunswick Road will have a decided advantage—the mlvantago of Niuety-Nine miles in distance to betravel- led. Wo understand that the Alabama Roads concentrating here, aro to take h eommon Passenger Depot near the centre of the City, and that all the Georgia Roads aro to be allowed to form throngh connections on equal terms. Wo boil with pleasure the action of the Georgia Legislature chartering the new Road, and hopo soon to see the Company organized and work began.—Eufaula Neu*. 4®* Mr*. Gen. Houston ui dead. - The Surviving members of the family of .the Father Of Texas reside at Georgetown, in that State. freedmen; rendering the owners of oapi* tal and the soil of the South dependent them for labor, would become n now- bond of amity between them, and to prevent this all the policy of the Radicals directed. To thwart it the Democracy should expose the.motives of it to the weaker race, and convince them of the natural interests which bind both race* to sympathise with each other, and ex pose tho selfish policy which animates tho men of other States who wonld prey upon tho South by setting its children to sacrifice each other that the stronger may take the country as a spoil. We must convince those with whom in our relatione we were ever united in kindly sympathies that we are still trust worthy friends. Our position now, without authority over them, but whose necessities invites their skill and capaci ty foi-labor, with wages to make their lands prdfltable, would meet their,, not os that of dependence, but of equality in dealing. The laws of the government, Stato . and national, recognize all the rights as the same for both classes. _ The national and .the State legislation alike guarantee them aud make them sure. Convinced of this, tho freedmen should not allow themselves to be made tho in strument or pretext to enslave those who have been benefactors to the colored race in both relations they havo bad with them. If they assist tho enemy who dis franchise and pnt them under foot, cap they expect to find these violators of tin- rights of white men jnst to those of another race. 9 May they not bo put down in turn, and will they then ho fonud s lenient task-masters? Look to Lowell and other factories at the North, where their own blood as heartlessly as their machinery, on pinching wages, and when worn ont with age or sickness, dismiss them in penury, while enriched millionaries themselves from, tho profits of their laborers and tho bonuse^obtain- cd from the taxes wrong from tho people of tho United States under the plea of enoofiragemont to manufactures. Will they, if they succeed in driving the Southern planters from their lands, burying them there, show themselves more considerate of the instruments nsed in the process than thesy.h&ve been to the same^castii in Cuba, whoso labor un der the Spaniards they have found profit able to Northern'shipping merchants and maanfcctores? They supply their Spaa- ish masters with arms and shins to keep ti.em in bondage, while onr' navy rides round the coast of .Cuba to enforce our neutrality lows {w|dch might and ought to be repealed); compelled to seo every ship sent- to supply arms and food to whites aiid blocks fighting for their liber- seefec/i the story of his strange mar- Huge. ' How to Checkmate Akerman’s Elec- tion Bill. This law has been forced, through tho Legislature by hook and by crook* by ■ fraud and by force. Tho plain object of the law is to deprive the taxpayers of Georgia of * fair election,'and to retain.*^ tbe carpet-baggers and scalawags in pow er. it will do ns no good to rail at tho law or curse its makers and abettors from now until Christmas. - Let ns rather see if there is no way in which wo can defeat the plans of these infamous Radi cals to rob honest men of their political right. Wo will suggest tv- plan by which ut least acheck may bo put upou their .ras cality. At every place y! voting let the citizens have a box at a legal distance from tho Bullock pen, mid. let honest men be appointed to guard it. Let every Democrat bo requested .after be' has marched np tho Bullock pen and ,vu-’ ted, to deposit a duplicate of his vote in tho citizens’ box. 15y this means it enn be known exactly how many- Democratic votes, are polled. Again let the . .citizens appoint a committee of four or more, who shall stand at a lawful distance from the Bullock pen, and count, and keep a tally, of every man who votes. Two at a ttme~wiir be sufficient to watch the Bullock pen, so that: they can, from time . to time, relieve each other. , Let tboso men not only count all who vote .bnt also watch all who vote, ami without saying a word mark those who vote ille gally and report them for prosecution. By these means we can. know , how many votes aro taken at each place of . voting; how many, and who veto the Democratic ticket, and in most , cartes * detect fraudulent voting. If this plan is followed, the managers cannot take out Democratic votes and-. put in Radical, or rqb or stuff the boxes without its being known to the whole community. Th» plan will also be ft great check to repeated and fraudulent voting. This plan does not in tho least conflict with the llw-^wifi not deprive any man from voting who chooses to.risk prosecu tion, and will not lead to any dispute or controversy with the managers, aoas to give them afiy excuao for . nsing their arbitrary power. We think this plan, if carried out, would, in » great measure, checkmate the evil effects of Akerman’s bilL If any one has a better plan, let him bring it forward.—Federal Union. • a happy Faddy! 'Didn’t he VtarTfo? Cork and didn’t ho marry Kathleen, and touch a thousand pounds? Bv the powers ho did! And what is more, be took a Cottage, which’ perhaps you know is not a hundred miles from Bruffin; in the county of Limerick; and fajil lio for- _ D „ , got his first wife entirely, and never told ties made prize t* theira former master, anyone but myself, under promise*of Spain, huidiagthem in bond Success in Life Take earnest^ hold of Ufo, as capacita ted for and destined to a high and noble Studyclosolj, the mimi’abeni or a profession. Adopt in early and pursuo.it steadily, never look ing back to the turning farrow, but. for- worfto tho ground that ever remains to be broken. Means and Ways are abun dant to every man’s success, if will and actions ore rightly adapted to them. Onr rich men and onr great have, curved their paths to fortune, and by thw intor- nal piindpie—a principle that can not* fail to reward- him who resolutely 'pur sues it. To sigh or repine over the loch of inheritance is unmanly. ^ [Every man should strive to bo a ore*- , ^pr instead, of inheritor. Ho should be-" queath instead of borrow. He should be conscious of the power in him, and- fight his own battles with his own lanoa. . He should feel that it is better to earn u . crust than to inherit coffers of gold. When once this spirit of self-relianco is - learned, every man will discover within h himself the elements and capacities of i £ wealth. He will be rich, inestimably rich in self-resources, and can lift bis to meet thafioblest among proclaim©! onr recognition of tho Fronoh J tmu.—The Manufacturer mid Bunder.