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HANCOCK. GRAHAM & REILLY,
Volume 17.
AMEEICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1870.
Number 36.
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Professional Cards.
TUB I.AXQ OF THE BLEST.
Dear father; I ask for my mother in rain
Has sbo sought some far country, her health t j
regain ?
lias she left our cold climate, of frost andof
Yea! yes', gentle child, thy lored mother has
gone
To a climate where sorrow and pain are un-
Her spirit is strengthened, her frame is at rest;
There is health, there is peace, in tha “land of
the West.’’
In that land, dear father, more lovely than
Are the rivers more clear and more blooming
the flowers ?
Does summer shine over it, all the year long V
Is it cheered by the glad sound of music and
BANK K. IlCHKE.
HAWKINS & BURKE.
rno'yw rtt Imw,
Americas, Georgia.
i W tf
Jno. -Dr -CARTGK,
• Tl'OHSKT AT I,AW,
AnarisM, Cr.crfk.
.• in Americas Hotel building, corner of
r and College streets. may 18 tf.
FORT & HOLLIS,'
■VTTOK X B¥8 AT LAW,
And Solicitors of Patents.
Americas, Georgia.
- hi the room over R. T.Byrd’s store.
C. T. GOODE,
Attorney at Law
Alll.IlICUa, GEOUGIA.
over W. T. Davenport’s Drug store.
ly 21 tr
E. B. AMOS,
Attorney at-Law,
AMERicra, a a.,
W II.I. give prompt attention to professional
|..ti.inecs in the diflfereut conrtsofSumter,
• II. Emanncl A \ rr n
jun 9-tf I
The well springs of life i
, not by whiter
exliaustleas
[From the Columbus Enquirer.]
THE ELECTION BILL CONTRARY TO
LAW.
The Election Bill recently promulgat
ed by the Legislature is, in many respects,
most remarkable measure. Its total
unconstitutionally, patent from the re
cord, to say nothing of the authoritative
opinion of the Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of tne State, renders it nu
gatory and void, and the duty of the law-
abiding citizens of the State is plain ;
that is, TO HOLD THE ELECTION IX NoVEM-
iB, AS PROVIDED BT THE CONSTITUTION.
Accustomed ns citizens of Georgia have
become to unwarranted usurpations of
power, unscrupulous abandonment of
honor, and utter disregard of all constitu
tional restrictions on the part of those
authority, they stand aghast at this
last iniquity.
Pretending protection, it overrides
rights of person and of property. Plead-
“the laud of the
I know she will
And sigh, dearest lather, for you and lor me.
Sly darling, thy mother rejoices to gaze
On the long neverod friends of her earliest day
Her parents have there found a maneiou of rest
And they welcome their child to “tho land of the
How I long to partake of si
y kind father, the
tlier, her kindred and frier
trust I may reach the bri
stay till thy Lord’s elio
And r
iih J. A. Am
ivhn to collection of
of lands and the in-
aasortment of legal
Yes fear n
Is mighty to sti
id His Hand
blest
SAM. LUMPKIN,! ™ ro "e | ' *
attorney at law.
Georgia.
•notice in all tho courts or 8. W. Ga.
*,1»v permission, to. Dr. \Ym. A. Greene.
t'E: With M. Calls way, Esq., in the Court-'
i*. Jnn30, 1870. -ly
JACK BROWN,
ttornoy at Xiaw,
AMERICUS, GA.
. Office in Court House with Judge Stan- To tho Jio
feblCtr.
N. A. SMITH,
11 o x* xx oy at Zj a w,
W ILL practice iu the Courts of Sumter and
adjoining Counties, and in Circuit Court o!
■ Office on College street, next to Ropnbli-
ffire. feb 25 tf.
J. A. ANSLEY,
Atl.orneyat'Law
the God whose
to obey any lawful order of said mana
gers, or either of them, for the enforce
ment of the law®, for keeping the peace,
or preserving order, and for the protec
tion of the freedom of elections on the
day of election.
It will be observed from the foregoing
that the electors are subject to sndden
and arbitrary arrest and imprisonment,
without right of bail, appeal or habeas
corpus, and that, for other offences than
“treason, felony or breach of the peace”;
and all contrary to the State’s andUnited
State’s Constitutions as before stated,
and in direct and willful violation of the
express constitutional rights of an elec
tor. . Vide State Constitution, Article
See. VII. Electors shall/ iu all cases
except treason, felony, or breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest for five
days before an election, during the elec
tion, and two days subsequent thereto.
Pleading fairness it destroys the last
safeguard to the pnrityof the ballot-box.
ieli of
to the purity of the ballot box. Feigning
the execution of law, it violates tho State
Constitution and the Constitution of the
United States.
Taking these propositions in their
der, read the following sections of the
bill.
Sec. 4. It shall be the daty of the Gov
ernor of the State, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, as soon after
the passage of this act os possible, to
point three, and the Ordinary two,
and proper persons of intelligence and
moral worth, for each election precinct
established at the coanty court house or
any city or incorporate town in the State
and said live persons, or any three
more of them, may and shall hold the
election at said court house and precincts
iu said city or town.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to cause the said appointees to be
duly notified of tbeir several appoint
ments as aforesaid, and it shall l>e the
duties of said appointees to appear at . . . ,, . , . . ,
.aid court liOMe aud at the mid piociacta j“ votar may bo cftnffimprf, aud must take
in said city or town on the day fixed by the following oath, or his ballot be refus-
thisact for the said election. cd, although ho be “a citizen of appa-
Sec a It shall bo the daty of tho Gov- rent tnll nnd „ resident. „f tho conn-
emor to furnish each of the Judges of!..,,,
the Superior Court with a list of said ap- { : .
pointees in the several couuties of their Provided, That no soldier, sailor,
respective circuits, and at the next term
of said court iu each county, after the
story:
Sec. 18. Said managers shall
them take tho following oath:
I do swear that I will faithfully, fully
and impartially hold the present election;
I will prevent no person from vot ng who
jp of apparent age, a resident of the coun
ty, and who lias not previously voted at
this election; I will not open any electo
ral tickets until the polls have been closed
nor will I divulge or whom any person
has voted, unless called upon to do so
by some legal tribnnaL
I will permit no one to challenge,
delay or hinder any voter from the free
and speed casting of his ballot.
I will in good faith, to the best of my
ability, endeavor to carry into effect the
provisions of this act, and the other
laws for holding elections.
I will make a fair, correct, honest and
impartial return of tho result of the elec
tion. So help me God.
[Any manager may administer this
oath to others. ]
And yet the Constitution provides that
ones more an integral portion of our na
tional unity." Formal recognition came
froih Congress.- After much dilly-dally
ing and self congratulation at the unex
pected height, many of them had reached,
they finally adjourned sine die, Oct 6th,
1868.And so ended the first session.
January 13th, I860, they again met,
and after sixty-five days, daring which
time there was much plotting and oonnt-
■-plotting, and little government accom
plished, they adjourned, sine die, March
18th. So ended the second session. On
the 10th day of January, of the pursuant
year, 1870, they again met, and unless a
kind Providence lias intervened to save
the credit of the State, they are iu session
this day.
The last Georgia Bill recites that the
14th and 15th Amendments were ratified
“by a legal Legislature of said State.”
The 14th was ratified formerly, as liefore
stated, July 21st, 1868; so that was a
legal session, making this the third.—
’This no-coiled Election bill i-» a cheat and
From tlio JIacon Telegraph ami Messenger.
TRIMUTE TO LEILA.
8EfU*ECIEmj.Y I.NUCIUIIKD TO HKU PARENTS.]
Oh, tell mo not that she is gone—
The fairest of our Southern flowers- -
Faded in her young life's mom,
Far fro
HAWKINS & GUERRY,
Attorneys-at-Law,
»i.d Lunar streets, ovcrGranberry ft Co’s!
jnhVtf
A. !?. IJROWN,
vrroiixEV at law,
•riouM, Georgia.
W ILL give prompt attention to all business
entrusted to hw care. nov26tf
George W. Wooten,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Amoricua, — — - G-a.
*cc—In the Court House. janl3tl
GEORGE W. KIMBROUGH,
, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
\ .\I) Ii. ih ral Agent for the sale and pnrcliase
■* land in Southwest Georgia. Investigat-
■« htrictly adhered to. Will faithfully at-
to ajj business entrusted to his care.
•Markville, Lee county, Ga. norlltf
OH. WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AM KillCDS, GEOUGIA.
ftuNriNLXS to servo his friends of Americas
w *t*d surrounding conntrjr in all the depart-
ts of Ins profession. aprlOly
Dr. J. B. HINKLE
TI70ULD again tender his services (in
*“>• Frotaaio-) <» tb.
Nu purer spirit now doth breathe
Tho life-sustaining air,
Than her for whom we now would weave
A garland fresh and fair.
We loved her as a gentle child.
When lifo was fresh and new;
And as a maiden, meek and mild,
Oar fond hearts loved her too.
Not only for her charming dee,
And loveliness of form combined ;
Bnt also for he r matchless grace,
And rarer beauties of tho mind.
How like the morning glory fair
That lifts its head on high ;
Lie noon its short-lived beauties rare
Are doomed to fade and die !
But fondly still the mother vino
Aronnd its form will cling
And lovingly her arms entwine,
A* in its young life’s spring,
Ami when npon its lonely bed
Is laid its withered form,
She strews soft leaves around its head
To shield it from the storm.
Where is tho essence of that flower ?
It is not there enshrined.
bit far above
It revels m
".flood.
And like Niagra’s lucent wave
That shimmers in the sun’s bright ray,
Must find ere loug a hidden grave.
Far from the light of day ;
Bnt soon it comes again to light,
And dances on with glee—
More pnre perhaps, and bright,
To n
s kindred in the
purling raj
d of day
. all the
. , - the good
and Sumter counti, and so-
f the liberal patronage 1
;;p!e of Amci
1'ifor.! bestowed upon hii
Special attention given to Surgery.
iatl-qiiarure,t lhaDm. Kloroo?],r. :
— ' ‘ t of B» _
June 8tf
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS."
> OFFICE et Dr. EJuridge’s Drug Store.
Dr. W. D. COOPER,
VTEllS his professional services to tho citS-
y aiis of Americcs and surrounding country.
toDr.Ofo, F. Cooper. Office—Comer
■ bid Hotel. aurO-ly
residence at Mr. Thos. Harrold’s, College HiH.
Medical Card.
IIROPSHIRE havingjiei
fi Sunter county, offers
! “““ *•» tho public, and re
°f Dura, Sumter county, Ga. sept l ly
MEDICAL card.
And like the sun, whose
Is lost behind a Wea*<
That weepeth for tho go
And faiu would weave for him a shroud,
Then resting on the brow of night,
With tearful, sleepless eyes —
At morn she finds him riding high
Athwart the blue ethereal skies,
fbCcge inti Macon, Sy*. 21. Lenooe.
Fob the Ladies.—From a New York
description of the latest styles
node dresses :
These dresses are chiefly black
colored silk, though
grey, blue,
prome-
Xlomoxrol.
T) 1L , THOMAS E. SMCrn
)._ Da-ads and the public
tr 4 ^, lu, J v °d bis office next
v*/i | a (iieralljr, Uiat he
v & ilro’
I n“i,ii! lim .° ut ’ he wffl lie found at aD tim e»,
• ' 011 professional doty. Ho solicits
. i , ‘"ends and the aflUcted generally to call
T r «'niit-ing to treat every caso to the
>1 Ins abilit’
A Desirable Residence
FOB SALE.
11 8t ^ House, containing seven large
I ’i'Pbed fw S,.
P. II. OLdYBIL
FOR SALE.
A D iSF, UJSa BOUSE ASD LOT new tin
I , * 11 * T outbnild-
dork
... somo pretty
_ _ new color call
ed Prussian green. Heavy gros de grain
dresses seem most in vogue, and are tru
ly dazzling in their sombre magnificence.
Almost all of these dresses are trimmed
with velvet and lace, aud some with
ruemmenterie of a rich arabesque pattern,
aud others with a melange of lace velvet
fringe and featliem. Indeed, one dress
struck us in particular, from the way
this now and elegant trimming was dis
posed on it. It wasii massive black gros
de grain, with a deep flounce of black
guipure lace and an overskirt of velvet
trimmed also with lace, a band of over
four inches in width of ostrich feathers
went ronnd the flounce and over-skirt,
both of which were caught up at inter
vals with similar plumes. This singular
ly magnificent dress had coat sleeves,
coffs of velvet, a la mosquetaire cein-
teure, of bhick velvet, arranged in-two
large flat boa's with loug ends trimmed
with very deep lace. The corsage was
high, with vest front and postillion beck,
a kind of hood or scarf of lace was ar
ranged on- the shoulders, and disposed
in a large bow in. front. The prico of
this unique dress was 8350.
PRO HEX ADS BONNET
of brown velvet, moderately dose shape,
theexteriorof the brim decorated with
black lace, profusely trimmed with flow
ers, foliage and e plume of white ostrich
feathers; long strings of ribbon of the
same hue as the hat, with inner ones of
blue, were fastened under the chin.
This is returning somewhat to the old
style worn some years ago.
X&*It is said that Gen. G. ,W. Custis
Lee will be elected to succeed his father
aa President of Washington Oofleft*.—fir.
said election, it shall l>o the duty of tho
Judge to inform himself if said appoin
tees have appeared as required by this
act uucl held the said election, and if
any such appointee have failed to appear
and the absence of his signature to the
returns required bylaw to be made to tho
Clerk ef said Court shall be prima facie
evidence of such failure, it shall be the
duty of said Judge forthwith to fine such
appointee ono hundred dollars; provided
that said fine may be remitted on said ap
pointee’s satisfying said Judge that his
failure so to attend was caused by severe
sickness or other unavoidable causes, or
that he was legally disqualified from ser
ving.
These sections, it will be observed,
e not permissive, or discretionaiy, bnt
mandatory. Governors, Judges and' Or
dinaries might, being commissioned offi-
i, have special duties assigned them ;
but not so tho simple citizen. I jaws bin
ding the citizen to specific acts, must
have his consent thereto.
1 State Constitution, Art. 1., Sec. 26.]
•‘Laws shall have a general operation ;
and no general law, affecting private
rights, shall be varied, in any particular
case, by special legislation—except with
the free consent of all persons to be af
fected thereby. Special duties appertain
exclusively to officers, who, indeed, may
coll on the citizen for aid in certain
emergencies, preserving the peace, mak
ing arrests,” &c.
Here [Sec. 4] the Governor and Or
dinaries appoint peremptorily, and the ap
pointee, willing or unwilling, must quit
his occupation and obey. “Said five
persons, or any threo or more of them,
may and sh'dl hold the election.”
| Sec. 6.] “And it shall be tho duty of
said appointees,” fee.
The penalty for disobedience is a fine
1 one hundred dollars, on prima facie
evidence. All this in the faco of the
State Constitution and the Constitution
of the United States, declaring that, “No
person shall be deprived of life, liberty
or property, without duo process of
law.”
Those managers, themselves
ercion, aro invested with still
traoriliuary power over the rights of elec
tors.
Sec. 8. They shall not permit any per
son to clialleuge any vote, or hinder or
delay or interfere with any other person
in the free and speedy easting of liis bal
lot.
Sec. 0. It shall be tho duly of said
mnnageis to prevent rioting and distur
bances at or near tho polls; and to se
cure this end it shall bo their duty to
prevent more thau one person, and he
only while voting, approaching or re-
mainiug within fifteen feet of the place
of receiving ballots; and said managers
may, if they see fit, require the person
desiring to vote to form themselves into
a line, nnd when a lino is thus formed
said managers shall prevent any person
notin the line from approaching the
polling place nearer than fifty feet ; but
-• .... 41 “ _
marine in tho military or naval service of
the United States, shall acquire the rights
of an elector by reason of being stationed
ou duty in this State; and no person
shall vote who, if challenged, shall refuse
to take the folio wiug oath: “I do swear
that I have not giveu, or received, nor do
I expect to give, or receive, any money,
treat, or t hings of value, by which my vote
or any vote, is affected, or expected to
be aflected, at this election; nor have I
given, or promised any reword, or made
any threat by wbicli to prevent any per
son from voting at this election.” (Art.
2, sec. 2, State Constitution.)
If unchallenged, there is no penalty
attached to his voting! and he may le
gally vote, though he could not or would
not toko the oath; but he cannot be chal
lenged, nor can the managers refuse his
vote if tho challenge were good.
Here, again this muzzling of the .mana
gers brings the bill indirect conflict with
the Constitution. Section 6 of Article 2
says:
The General Assembly may provide,
from time to time, the registration of
all electors, but the following classes of
persons shall not be permitted to register,
vote, or hold office: First those who shall
be convicted of treason, embezzlement
of public funds, malfeasance in office,
crime punishable by law with imprison
ment in tho Penitentiary, or bribery.—
Second. Idiots or insane persons.
Note the verbage—“shall not be per
mitted to vote.” Which are managers
to do, perjure themselves or violate the
Constitution ?
Hots in Horse*.
icle on.thi8sub-
. „ W. A Love, of
Albany, Ga., has appeared in the Southern
Cultivator. Its length prevents the publi
cation of it entire, bnt we condense it for
the use of our readers, giving its princi
pal points. The question os whether
bots injure horses is as yet not fully de
termined by veterinarians. Yonatt thinks
that they do not injure the horse, and the
Turf, Field and Farm coincides in that
view of the subject. It will be perceived
that Dr. Love is of a different opinion.'
In 1846, Dr. Love collected from the
stomach of a dead horse a number of
bots and institute! a series of experi
ments for the purpose of ascertaining
what would destroy them without injur
ing the horse. Innumerable drugs, many
powerful acids, besides turpentine, tobac
co, and various tinctures, were tried.
These experiments satisfied him that he
had as yet found out 4 nothing which
would destroy the bots without destroying
the horse. He found, however, that they
seemed to relish syrup aud sweetened
water, and that green vegetable juices of
any kind seemed to sicken them. , This
suggested flip idea of feeding the horse
with green vegetable matter, such iis
a fraud, and known to l>e so by its fram- j green corn, fodder, millet, wheat, etc.,
If the Radical party succeeds under j nn ^ 4 ^° howels worc^slightl^r opened,
it, it will lie held constitutional; if the
Democrats carry the election, the reverse.
It is a deep laid scheme to entrap the
people, one which they cau only avoid
by holding a constitutional election in
November.
Tho Georgia bill, as approved by the
President, provides that the State of
Georgia having complied with the recon
struction acts, and the 14th and 15th
articles of amendments to the constitu
tion of the United States having been
ratfied in good faith by a legal Legisla
ture ot said State, it is hereby declared
that the State of Georgia is entitled to
representation in the Congress of the
United States, bnt nothing in this act
contained shall bo construed to deprive
the people of Georgia of the right to an
election for members of the General
assembly of said State as provided for in
die constitution thereof, aud nothing in
this or any other act of Congress shall lie
construed to affect the term to which any
officer has been appointed or any mem
ber of the General Assembly elested as
prescribed by tbe constitution of tho
State ot Georgia.
Now let tho election be held under
the Constitution and the Code; and any
interference be punished according to the
act to enforce the 13th Amendment.
Law.
Company Manners.
“Will you please sit down and wait
a few minutes till mother comes ?” said
a little girl to two ladies who came to
see her mother.
“And will vou give me a glass of water,
Martha ?** asked one of the ladies; “I
am very thirsty.’’
“With pleasure,” answered Martha.
Martha presently came back with two
goblets of water on a small waiter, which
she passed to both ladies.
“O, thank you,” said the other lady;
“you are very thoughtful.”
“You aro quite welcome,” said Martha,
very sweetly.
When Martha went out of the room,
one of the ladies said, “This little girl is
one of the loveliest children I ever met
How sweet aud obliging her manners
are. It must be delightful to“li
such a child.”
Let us go into the next room u
Martha took the water back into the
dining room.
“Me drink! me drink!” criod little
Bobby, catching hold of his sister’s dress
and screwing up his rosy lips.
“Get out Bob 1” cried Martha, roughly
“yon are forever in the way.’’
“Me drink,” said the little fellow.
“No,” said Martha, “goto Bridget.”
Don’t speak so to your little brother,
.:»« • »_ »» Brill"-
and then giving a pur go of salts for the
purpose of giving a discharge of the bots.
For years he lias every Spriug pursued
this course of treatment, and though liv
ing behind horses for a quarter of a cen
tury, ho has not lost one from bots.
\ post mortem examination made after-
■us revealed the fact that the grubs
travel tail foremost. When placed under
a microscope and detected, they are
found to have in the tail a lance-shaped
piercer, which can be protuded or re
tracted at pleasure, at the sting of an in
sect. On either side of the piercer is a
curved grapple, the points of which are
thrown by muscular contraction, or des
cribing the segiments of a circle, the
motion being from the point of tho pierc
er towards the head of the insect. With
the point of the grapples tho coats of the
stomach are hooked up ; by muscular
contraction they are thrust into it literal
ly, while tho piercer penetrates in the
line of the axis of the body of tho grub.
On the body, in regular order, is arrang-
»series of grapples ot the same shape,
consecutive rings. By means of the
piercer and grapples the grabs will pene
trate the coat of tho stomach. This mo
tion generates puss npon which they may
perfer to feed while entering upon* their vant .,,
•hryalis slate or when they have arrived 1 ' 1
it or near maturity, or about to change
to the perfect fly. Other jx/sl mortems
confirm the observations here made.
Soon after this it .was ascertained by
an experiment upon a swarm of angry
bees that a small quantity of chloroform
would completely kill them. Tho ex
periment was extended to a great variety
of other iuseccs with the same result.—
Here, then it was suggested, might be
found the long sought for grub poison.
Soon an opportunity of testing it in the
case of a sick mule was presented. One
ounce of chloroform with one pint of
lyrup and half a pint of water was given.
Hon. (?) R’chardH. Whitely.-
Edttor CoxsrmmoN: This loyal; in
dividual is still in Washington, trying to
get in as United States Senator from
Georgia. I propose to give your readers
a short account of his military career du
ring the late unpleasantness,” as I had
the honor of serving four-years in the
same command with him.
Early in 1861, lie was a rabid secession
ist, and volunteered in the “Hardee,
Rifles,” Cspt. Hugh M. "King, from
Bainbridge, Ga.^ which-was company H,
5th regiment Georgia Volunteers. He
eoon distinguished himself (?) by seek
ing the position of Judge Advocato (re
corder) of all the petty court martials in
our command, and it was a notorious
fact that no matter how black the offence,
by greasing his palm with a sufficient
quantity of Confederate currency, tho
criminal could go soot free. He always
managed to bo detailed on somo such
dnty whenever the regiment wnn engag
ed, and on" one occasion, at Kennesaw
Mountain, lie was put in command of
the ontpost pickets and videttes, very
near the enemy. The climate was rather
too tcarm for his loyal heart, and he was
too full of the milk of human kindness
to want to hurt the boys iu blue. So he
quietly went to sleep half a mile to the
and left his responsible position in
charge of the gallant Capt. Hester, of
Augufetn, Ga. Our brigade commander
(Geu. J. K. Jackson) reprimanded him
severely.
Afterwards, at the bloody field ol
Jonesboro, Ga.,,he could not control his
cowardly legs, arid ran clear out of the
fight. We-found him far iu the real',
snugly hid away :ii a fortified pit, with
the infirmary corps. Here he would un
doubtedly have heeu cashiered for cow
ardice, had ho not, by boot-licking Gen
eral S. It. Gist, obtained leave of ab
sence. and never rejoined liis command,
except to lie paroled, m North Carolina,
and come in for a heavy share of the
wagons and mules given to his command,
which he afterwards sold to a great nd-
to himself.
In tho above statements of facts, many
of my old soldier comrades, in the gal
lant old 5th Georgia, will readily recog-'
the character of this Major Whitely,
who is trying to palm himself off as one
of the “trooly lo'il.” A deeper disgrace
could never bo put ou the good people
of the Empire State of the South than
by odmittiug this monstrous humbug,
of her U. S. Senators. Shades of
u and Colquitt forbid ! *
One of the 5th Ga., Reo.
How, also, of non-residents not known
to the managers, persons having voted
previously, and aliens? None to be j it will grieve him to death,’
challenged or their votes refused, unless • et -
voting, or uomcitizenship be in tho per- bead,
soual knowledge of the managers. So j “Martha !” That is grandmother cal-
to preserve its parity tho ballot-box
filled with fraud. Feigning the eu-ecul
uf lair, it violates the State Constitution o
j, | ling from the top ol the stairs.
“What, screamed Martha bock.
0,1 j * ‘Flense come here, dear," said grand-
shall more than oue voter at
iv time be permitted to approach the
polls nearer than fifteen feet.
Section 10. It shall be the duty of the
sheriff, deputy sheriff, town marshal,
bailiffs and police officers, the whole to-
be under the orders of tho sheriff or his
deputy, to attend at one or other of said
places of voting during tho election, and
obey all lawful orders of said managers,
or either of them, and to act as conserva
tors of the peace and for the protection
of the voters against violence, intimida
tion and unlawful attempts to influence
voters, to interfere with the perfect free
dom of each to cast his ballot according
to his own wishes.
Sec. 11. Tho said managers, or any
two of them, shall have power, by patrol,
to order the arrest and confinement du
ring the day of any person disturbing the
peace at or near the polls, or disobeying
soy reasonable provisions fox the preser
vation of order and the protection of vo
ters • and the sheriff and his deputy shall
also have power, withent warrant, to ar
rest or order the arrest of any person for
the causes aforesaid.
* * *
Sec. 17. It shall lie in the. pojrar of
said managers, pr three of them, to fine
any sheriff, deputy, sheriff, marshal, or
police officors, not moro than one hun
dred dollars,' as for contempt, if he fail
the Constitution of the United States.
The demonstration of the first two-pro
positions proves the third. Hero the ar
gument might rest, for Article 1st, sec
tion 32d, of the State (.’onstituiton de
clare that “Legislative acts in violation of
this Constitution, or tho Constitution of
the United States, are void, and the judici
ary shall so declare them.”
But we go one step further, and allege,
and will prove, that this inqnisitous in
strument was void and without authority
ah inito :
HL The fiist meeting of the General
Assembly shall be within ninety days
after the adjearnment of this Conven
tion, after which it shall meet, annually
on tlio second Wednesday in January,
or on such other day as tho General As
sembly may prescribe. A majority of
each House shall constitute a quorum to
transact business; bnt a smaller number
may adjourn from day to day and com
pel the presence of its absent members,'
as each House may provide. No session
of the General Assembly, after tho sec
ond under thus Constitution, shall con
tinue longer than forty days, unless pro
longed by a vote of two^tbirds of each
branch thereof.—(Article 3d, State Con
stitution.)
This bill was passed after the expiration
of the forty slays of the third session,
without any vote or measure of prolonga
tion, and therefore, with much other
mischievously-intended legislation, has
binding force on the people than
a resolution of a Radical caucus meeting
at which the Governor might liavopre
sided.
On the 20th day of July, 1868, General
Meade addressed Governor Bollock as
follows:
* * * “I have now >o advise and
instruct you that each House having com
plied with my requisitions of tha 8th
inst, &c., Ac.. I ^consider them legally
organized from the18th inst, the date of
the action of tho House.”
The 14th Amendment .was formerly
ratified July 21ai, Governor Bullock
inaugurated Jnly 22d. Hia flrst message
sent on tho 24th began as follows.*—*
“Senators and Representatives, congrat
ulating you as the Representatives of the
people, upon the .establishment of civil
government, and the fact that Georgia is
I don’t want to go,” muttered Martha.
She, however, dragged herself up stairs.
Unwilling feet, you know, find it hard
to climb ; besides, they are so clumsy.
“Martha,” said grandma, “will you
try and find my specs ? I am pretty sure
I left them in tho dining room.”
“No von didn’t," cried Martha, iu a
cross, contradictory toue ; “yon always
loso them up here,” and she rummaged
round the chamber, tumbling things
er like the North wind.
‘-No matter,” said tho dear old lady,
seeing she would Lave much to do to put
things to rights again, “no matter Mar
tha, they will come to liaud,” and she
quietly put down the newspaper for by
and by. Martha left her, aud went
down stairs with a pont. •
‘O dear.! where are Martha’s civil,
obliging manners ? Why, those are her
company manners.—Slio puts them on
in the parlor, and puts them off when
she leaves the parlor. She wears them
before visitors, and lmngs them up when
they ore gone. You see she has no man
ners at home. Bhe is cross and disoblig
ing, and rude and selfish. Is not that
bad V
Martha forgot that home is the first
place to bo polite in—polite up stairs,
down stairs, in doora, out doors, in the
kitcliing os well as in the parlor. There
is no 8pot in the house where good inan-
rs can be dispensed with ; and no spot
tne wide, wide world where good man
ners are more important than among
s own family .—Child’s Paper.
Threatening Symptoms in Eng
land.—-London, October 17.—A crowded
meeting was last night held in favor of
The animal was soon releived, and
course of two hours a heavy dose of salts
was administered. In twenty-four hours
over three hundred bots were discharged,
all perfectly dead. Since that time Pr.
L. lias al wavs used chloroform lor bots,
and invariably with success, when used in
time.
Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish
cholic from bots. For either disease
clilorolorm is the best remedy,
answer the indications in the majority of
cases of supposed grabs or cholic, the fol
lowing compound will be found effectual
as a general prescription, and farmers and
stock owners who keep a supply of
the medicine on hand for emergencies
will have no reason to regret it, as by its
timely use tbey may save many valuable
horses and mules : Take of chloroform
one ounce, laudnum one once, tinetbre
of asafietida one ounce, and mix. Give
it in a pint and a half or a quart of thin
syrup, well shaken together. When the
horse will eat or drink, give him gruel
freely, and follow the dose in a f<
hours with a brisk cathartic of salts.
Glauber salts are preferable to Epsom
salts, but tbe latter or any other conven
ient cathartic will answer the purpose,
the object being to remove the destroyed
grubs. The same cathartics are prefer
red, because they are febrifuge and re
duce the irritntiou of the bowels and
general system.
Somo writers contend that gruli
harmless to horses. This is true within
certain periods of their existence, bnt
there is a time when they lieeome highly
detrimental if not fatal to the animal.—
The grab or nit fly deposits its eggs ot
tho forelegs and breasts of the horse,
where the animal heat hatches them.—
The diminutive grub, armed with pier
cer and grapples, as above described, en
deavors to penetrate tho skin of the ani
mal, which produces an itching sensation.
The horse, to allay this, scratches them
off with liis teeth; they ore canght on the
lips, and become fastened to the mucous
membrane, where, becoming mixed with
the horse’s food, they are conveyed into
the stomack. Here they subsist on fluids
and mucous secretions until they become
full grown. Up to this period they do
not materially interfere with the horse's
health. Now, however, like many other
insects, they become dormant after fasten
ing themselves, and entier tho chrysaliz-
ed state prejiaratory to coming out per
fect flies. Now they becomo dangerous,
It is as natural for them to fix or bury
themselves when they aro going into tlie
dormant state as it is for tho silk worm
to spin its cocoon, tho cotton worm to
id itefdf in a leaf, or the grass worm to
bury itself in the earth or beneath some
object, where undisturbed it can pass the
chrysalis state and come out a perfect
moth. It is not in feeling, but in seek
ing this resting place that the -grub in
jures the stomach. The grubs of similar
ago collect and futten themselves in
close juxtaposition. The younger grabs,
hatched from a different deposit of eggs,
do not join with those of mature age,
but bide tbeir time. This fixing gives
the horse pain, and causes injury in pro
portion to the number of grubs. Should
this number be small, and the animal
able to withstand them, after a given pe
riod they hatch, a&d a wingless gad fly
English intervention in the Franco-Ger
man war. It was resolved by the com
mittee, after a fall debate, that a great
procession of the people should be as
sembled on Wednesday night in Palace
Yard, to proceed tbence.in a body to the
house of Mr. Gladstone and denounce
the failure of the Government to inter
vene for peace; and (hat it sboutd then
march to tbe residence of the Prussian
Ambassador, there to express the horror
and disgust of the working classes at the
prosecution of the war. v On hearing this
tho Government announced its intention
of closing Palace Yard and of arresting
the leaders of the movement. Another
meeting was held this afternoon, at which
it was resolved to summons oat the asso
ciations to the. number of fifty thousand
men, with armaif necessary, a
cn tho right of the people to be
their own way. —Dispatch t<? the Few York
Wrold.
[From the St. Louis (Mo.) Tii
C0TT0H AUD COTTON MANUFAC
TURES.
What the Great Competitive Display
Should Teach Us.
As a corollary to the great cotton
hibition, and as indicative of the progress
ol the South iu manufactures, as well as
what the South may be expected to
complish in the future, it is worthy of
mention that the amount of cotton o
sumed by cotton mills in the South
1865 and 1866 was 60,000 bales, which
quantity was gradually increased in 1800
and 1870 to 80,000 bales, or nu increase
of thirty-three per. cent. While this
crease is merely indicative, it proves that
the South is awakening to a sense of its
true interests; that it is beginning to net
upon the practical idea of producing not
only the raw, but the manufactured ma
terial. It is possible that its interests
will permit it to become a manufacturer
of the finest cotton goods, bnt that it
can becomo the producer of the coarse
goods necessary for immediate nse among
its population is no longer a matter of
doubt. It is time that this new leaf was
turned. The South has long enough
been the handmaid and servant of the
East, and we confidently look for the
period when it can so far declare its in*
dependence as to insist npon tho moat
rigid euforcement of the enlivening and
only true political economy—fiee trade.
Earthquake Reports,
Washington, Oct 20.—The -^iwrtqaake
dispatches from nearly all points in New
York and the North say that no serious
damage or loss of life has been reported.
At Boston the buildings sensibly vibra
ted. There was much alarm among tbe
people employed in upper stories. The
block of granite on the oorner of State
street and merchants’ row was cracked.
Another block woa forced out three or
four inches. The shock lasted thirty
seconds. The shock was felt at Montreal,
Saeksville and Bangor with muok force,
at Burlington; Vermont, the shook stop
ped t|ie clocks and destroyed crockery.
No serious damage. At Brunswick, Maine,
it threw down chimneys. Its direction
was northeasterly southwesterly. At St-
Catharine, windows were broken. At
Sarato3.i, some of the bnildingi were
much‘damaged. Tlio shock was prece
ded by a rumbling sound. At Troy, five
luiihlrod school children were panicked
by the shock. At Itonddout this morn
ing the earthquake shook the houses to
their foundations' and sent tlra people
stagering 'about. At Portland, about
300 feet of tlio bed on tho Ogdunbnrg
Railroad, across Otter creek, in Stan dish,
settled ten feet during the earthquake.
At Itliaca, eleven o’clock this morning,
there were three shocks, lasting three
quarters of a minute, aud the people fled
from their houses. At Albany, it had a
marked vibration, a rumbling noise was
keanldtiring the shock,and tho merenry in
the registering bormometer was violently
agitated. At Oooperetown, 11 a. si., tho
shock felt was very brief.
PfUbADRLMfiA, October 20.—Heavy
rain all day. At the time the earth
quake was [Missing through the Eastern
States, a dense, black cloud rested over
this city. At 11:15 a. m. rain fell iu tor
rents.
Lrx vxi» Jackson.—There is an affect
ing similat ity, says tbe Lynchbnrg JVV»r.«,
which wo observe between the lost words
that issued from tho lips of Stonewall
Jackson liefore he “passed over tho river
aud rested under the shade of the trees,”
and the words reported to have been tlie
last uttered by General Loo before he
laid aside *tho weary crosses of life and
joiued his late comrade in arms iu the
peace and blessing of tho better country.
“ Tell A. P. Hill to prepare for action !”
among tho words last syllable l by
Stonewall Jocksou ; he, too once ordered
his tent to be struck, and at another time
desired A. P. Hill to be sent for ; nnd this
tho report that comes to us from the
death-bod of R. E. Lee. Thus did these
two great and immortal Virginian chief
tains show, by the expressions which es
caped them in the hour of delirium which
preceded dissolution, that tbeir khougj; s
and memories recurred to the duti. s de
volved upon them, and thecauae of Con
federate independence, confided, in m»
large a measure, to their efforts.
Remarking on the singular coincidi n f <*
the New York World says“If the wo,,
dering death-bed utterances of the tv.<>
great Confederate chieftains, “Stone
wall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee, rn-.y
be considered as final upon the ma f !>•:•.
then the lato General A. P. Hill, who i • i
his life at the closing battle of the ws-.
must be ucoepted by history as the in * t
trusted conjugator of these eminent com
manders. Thus does it appear that, in
the supremo moments of the closing
hours of those men upon whom should*-! k
rested the heaviest burdens of tho v. i i
npon the side of the Confederacy, came
the utterances, born of delirium, but
more solemn for that reason, that stain; s
General A. P. Hill as z man whoso pres
ence was to be desired and whose fidelity
was assured. No higher compliment
could be paid to his memory than these
parting words of Lee and Jackson.
the product This passes off with the
fcecal matter, wh^n exposure to sun and
air rapidly brings out the wings, iu in
other flies. In this stage they copulate.
Tbe male then dies, and the female goes
on with the work of laying eggs.
Thus tracing the history of one gen
eration, we see the reason why some have
concluded that bots do no haem: They
hsive been fonnd in horses dying from
other causes or killed in good health,
where no signs of injury by them could
be detected. They find not in such cases
reached the ago when they were about to
go into the chrysalis state, for it is here
only that they are injurious to any mate
rial extent, when fastening themselves in
the coat of the stomach they do their evil
work. Failing , m this, they pass off
harmless. They live on animal fluid and
are fond of the sweet taste of pus.
After twentyyears of investigation, Dr.
itable instance of this approaching
enfranchisement is the experience of the
“Augusta” mill in Georgia. This is the
largest mill in the South, having 508
looms, which consumed last year 2,907,
675 pounds of cotton, realizing 51,033,000
worth of goods. A good idea of the
rapid growth of Southern mills may be
obtained from the exhibition of samples
at our fair. One firm, that of J. M. Ran-! ’ Don’t
dell fc Co., represented the production of 1 most; for mewing cats aro seldbm good
twelve Southern States. This house mousers.
alone sells goods for forty-two mills lb-: By no menus put yonrself iu another
cated in Southern States, many of which person’s power ;.if you put your thumb
have sprung up since the war, and every between two grinders', they aro very apt
year new ones appear Tl*» I *a
Spurgeon’s Advice Gratis.
Do not choose your frieiid by his
looks, handsome shoes often pinch the
feet. ‘ ■
Don’t be fond of compliments; re
member, “thank yon, puny and thank
The “Brooks’
sheeting, which received the first pre
mium at the fair, Is made at Enterprise.
Mississippi This mill has only been iu
operation since April, I860, and three-
fourtlis of its entire products find rale in
St Louis. The cotton blankets, which
obtained the premium, aro made by tho
Eagle and Plio nix Manufacturing com
pany at Columbus, Georgia, entirely of
cotton, and are the handsomest and
cheapest blanket manufactured. This
mill makes a variety of other cotton
goods, and tlio “Columbus” sheetings
and slutting made by another mill at the
same place have no superiors in dura
bility and finish.
Indeed, the goods made ly these
Southern mills compare favorably with
any Eastern made manufacturers in fin
ish,' weight and nppearanoe. In pride
they successfully compete with all other
goods and are. fast gaining control of the
Western and Southern markets. J. M-
Randell ft Co., are telling of Southern
brown cottons alone 425.000 yard*: per
month, or 5,100,000 yards annually.
The English Press on.Gefebax. Lee.
A London dispatch of tb? 15th inst. says:
'The English journals are teeming with
eulogistic obituary notices of Gen. Lee-
In the Times this morning Gal Fromonto
of the Guards, goes so far ns to say the
only blot upon the reputation of the
great commander was the escape from an
nihilation of the northern army after the
battle of Fredericksburg, which is- to be
attributed to tho fact that his sense ol
humanity overpowered Ihe stern duty of
the general
4®-Says an exchange: If farmers
to bite.
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign
nothing without reading it, and make
—iro that it means no more than it says.
In any business, never wade into wa
ter where von can’t seethe bottom.
Put no dependance upon the label of u
bag; aud count tlio money after your
'"vn kin. .*
See the sack open before you; buy
what is in it; for he who trades in the
dark, asks to be cheated.
Keep clear of the man who does not
value his own character.
Beware of the man who swears; he
who would blaspheme the Maker, would
make no bones of lying or stealing.
Beware of no man more than of your
self ; we carry our worst enemies with
X • •
When a new opinion or doctrine comes
.before you, do not bite till yon know
whether it is bread or stone, nnd do not
be sure that the gingerbread is good lie-
cause of the guilt on it.
Never shout halloo 1 till you are quite
out of the wood; and never fxy dried
fish till they are canght in tho net
There is always time enough to boast
—Wait a little-longer.
Don’t throw away dirty water till you
have got clean ; keep on soreping the
roads till you can get better wo{k, for the
poorest pay is better than none, and the
humblest office ii better than being out
of employment - - -
Always give tho road, to bulls and mad
men ; and never fight with a coal heaver,
uor contend with a base character, for
they will bo sure to blacken you.
supply where the hogs could.have free
sick ones. It is from this part that sul
phuric acid is made, hence its medicinal
properties.
. What rr Costs.—-At the. New Orleans
Fair last April, the cost to produce a
pound of - cotton was discussed. Tho
conclusion reached was that on the best
close management, 20 , cents will make a
access to it they would have very few pound ; but on the average upland, and
v-iih the average economy, tho planter
looses when he does not receive 15 emits
per pound.