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PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY. I : H D fflvrnruAT. KOSBES S—INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. TERMS: TJ\ree Dollars a Year, | / huiu d uvjurcx. "Volume 17. AMEEICUS, GffiOEGIA, FRIBAY, DECEMBER 9. 18^0. Number 42. lllire firrt insertion* '..$1 00 • ’ . u b»,.iucnt insertion, - ■ • • • • Ten uses of Minion type, solid, couati- ‘ouS&ment* not contracted for will be ■ 1 Vtrtta<rtnents < w»t specifying the length of ’firwhich tin t are to be inserted will lie con- id until ordered out ami charged for accord- rt -.-nicute to occupy fixed place* will be A r- d 25 per cent, al-ove regular rates. • • in Vocal column inserted for twenty imi for leave to sell real e , iiubtora and Creditors, . Sale, (perlevy) Professional Cards. nuxx e. scr.iuc. HAWKINS & BURKE. A ttornoys nt I«Ay Americui, Georgia. Jno. D. CARTER, i’n'AHHST AT A AW, America!, Georgia. nifi*"* - in Am-ricua Hotel building, corner of m»r mid College streets. may 18 tf. FORT &. HOLLIS, i'f'f ttllJi BY8 AT iAW, Ami Solicitors of Patents. Amcricus, Georgia. t«, 0 ro un ovor It. T.Byrd’s stor*. ** __ april 29 tT C. T. GOODE, Attorney at Law AMKUICUS, OEOBGIA. nr Ofli-v over W. T. Davenjiort’s Drugi SAM. LUMPKIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AawricuJ, Georgia. MiUpractice in all the courts of S. \Y. Ga. 1 .f,n\ by pemiisnioii. to Dr. Wm. A. Greene. ■ VlICE: With 31. Callaway, E»n., in the Court- I.. JunSO. 1870. -ly IS SO DEATH. The following beautiful linea bar* been ind ited to Bnlwer. By whomsoever written they contain imperishable truths, Tery comforting to the bereaved end Borrowing: There is no death the atari go down To rise upon aooie fairer shore; And bright in Heaven** jeweled crown They shine forevermore. tread There fa nc death! The dust Shall change beneath the To golden grain or mellow fruit, Or rainbow-tinted flower*. The granite rock* disorganize To feed tho hungry moss they bear, The fairest leaves drink dally Kfo From ont the view]*** air. There is no death l Tb* leaves mav fall, The Cowers may fade and pas* away— They only wait, through wintry boors, The coming of the May. There is no death! in angel form Walks o’er the earth with silent tread. He hears one best loved thing away— And then we call them “dead." He leaves one heart all desolate- The Magic Bose and the Silken , . Ladder. HT MBS. E. ANDERSON. “Once upon a tune,” as tho old le gends say, there were two princesses whose father and mother having died left thpm to the care of their uncle, the king’s brother who promised always to love and protect them. The people had idolized the good King and his Queen, and the entire nation mourned their death.— What then was their sorrow, when a few months after it was announced that the young princesses had both taken a dread ful fever, and died on the same day.— Hut their uncle was now king and the re port that he might keep possession of the throne. He was assisted in his cruel design by a Genie, who sent him two hateful drag ons to place at the large entrance gates old palaoe, where no stranger ever u.Kam vueuwn u uesoiaic— . , , , her hoods for joy.. •'ttrTfirlntrtwSwh BemroJ*the^aUkin WJ«! Adorn immortal bower*. The bird-like vuioe whose joyous tones Make gis<l the scene of ain and strife, Sings now in ever!**ting song Amid the Treos of Life: And when he see* a smile too bright Or heart too pure f»r taint or vice! Ho bears it to that world of Light! To dwell in Paradiae 1 Born into that undying life, They leave ns but to come again ; With joy wo welcomed them—the same— Except in sin and pain! Ah 1 ever near us, though unacen, Tho dear immortal spirits tread - For all the boundless Universe Is life 1 there is no dead! Vi JACK BROWN, ornoy at Xjaw, AMEKIOUS, GA. lice in Court House with Judge Htau- full 1C tf. N. A. SMITH, ornoy at Zj a w, II.L practice in tho Conrti ad in Cit cuit Court of *n* Ortire on College street, next to Ilepubli- •iuoffin. feb2Stf.__ J. A. ansley; " Attorneyat'Law DCTONT OUKKRY HAWKINS & GUERRY, Attorneys-at-Law, • ' • .T their professional terviefs to the public. i 1 ; ''iihuucs, and in United States Circuit and •i •npven to collections.^ Oilico—corner Collego /V. H. LIKOWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Amei tcus, 0 corgi a. W ILL give prompt attention to all busineas entrusted to hu care. nov 2ti tf George W. Wooten, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, | ^moricxxs, ■ ■ ■ Qa. f :.a- la the Court House. janlStf GEORGE W. KIlBROUBHr . ATTORNEY AT LAW, AM)General Agent for the aalo andpurchase 1 . «lM>'ln Southwest Georgia. Investigate ‘ "tnctly adhered to. Will faithfully at- ', a *J business entrusted to his care. TUraville, Li e county, Ga. novlltf OR. WILLIAM A. GREENE," AUKBICUM, GEORGIA, fl •>aISLES to serve hi» friends of Americns | V WW|, '» I funding country iu all the depart- br“ 1 j' b! mNKLi lwy r his services (iu all ths W u [“t Hints to Farmers. nY T1IK “FAT CONTRIBUTOR.' Now that winter is approaching, it would perhaps be as well to discontinue haying, and turn your attention to get ting iu your full saw-logs. No farmer consider his fall work complete until bo has his cellar well supplied with logs. Seated aronnd the blazing hearth of a winter’s night, there is no fruit more delicious. A correspondent asks us what we think of late plowing. Plowing should not be continued later than ten or eleven o’clock at night It gets the horses the habit of staying ont late, and undnly exposes tho plow. We. have known plows to acquire string halt and inflam matory rheumatism from late plowing. Don’t do it. To another correspondent who wants as to suggest a good drain on a farm, we would say a heavy mortgage at ten per cent will drain it about as rapidly as any thing we know of. When you make cider, select nothi ng but the soundest turnips, chopping them into sled leugth before cradling them. In boiling your cider use plenty of ioe, and when boiling hang it np ir. the t to dry. A pick ax should never be used in picking apples. It has a tendency to break down the vines and damage the hive. In sowiug your winter apple-jack, a horse-rake will be found preferable to a step-ladder. Step-ladders are liable to freeze up, and are hardly palatable un less boiled with sugar. In cutting down hemlock trees for can ning, select only the largest. Don’t throw away the chips, as they make fine parlor ornaments, encased in rustic frames of salt and vinegar. The coming cold weather should sug gest in the hnmnno farmer the necessity for a good cow-shed. The following L receipt for making a good cow-shed: Pour a pailful of boiling hot water on her back, and if that dou’t make a good cow sheil—her lmir—wo era no prophet, to anybody. Now 19 the time to plant your winter hay. The pink-eyed Southdown probably the best variety, as it don’t need poling and begins to lay early.—[Ci Times. in her sleep showed her the form of Selim. She did bed 'name it to Leila, bnt sat all day thinking of the handsome young prince, and wondered if, except in dream-land, they should ever meek "Dear sister,” said Leila, “sing to me, please, for I feel so sorrowful to-night I fear the poor little lady-bird never reached fair-land, and we are* doomed to live and die in our lonely prison.” So Annie, with a sad smile, took her guitar and sung— ‘Out the land and over the sea, Speed thee, oh, speed thee, my lover, to me; Save me from danger, save me from fear— Oh! guard him, kind fairy, and hasten him here.” Then the door opened, and—yes, it must be—prince Selim, himself! He related the fairy vision to the as tonished princess as he knelt at her feet; in tears Annie listened; she coaid hardly believo such happiness was hers ; while little Leila danced round them, clapping of the liberal patronage ipou him. jo given to Surgery. « Drag Store of Dr. E. J. hunting that of llev. J. Dr. S. B. HAWKINS. !&' HCU »t Dr. Eitlridge’s Drag Store. medical card. Removal. I D\i™p )us E. SMITH -Oti s inform lr I .. ,V" 1 ths public generally, that he suffice next door to Wcstheim- i', over Mr. Sewell’s Ham eta <»- i re ho will be found at all timea, ii professional doty. lie solicits ability. 8 J- H. CALLAWAY & CO.. MILLERS, 1 1 gaines, georoll I A of Fresh Flour ground at their WhL-k* ’ a,ld U P in M and 100 **" < orn *“d Meal always on hand. tept 13 tL Dissolution. "[>-tar of ADAMS, WASHBUBN A CO.,il ira iSjJJ ***>1**1 by consent. H. K. Wssh- r *,* ^tjtinuo the business ami sohdt « W i Colu,n » » ,J G*., Nov. 1, 1870. v 10 tf NOTICE. first day of Jane last, add my interest in the furniture business &xme, the business heretofore fonder the firm name of 8. P. hereafter be in his own name ““ °*n account. tfth* lets firm are re- A Romantic Harriage. The New Orleans Picayune has the following: A few days hi nee a well dressed and handsome youth of some eighteen years of ago appeared before one of our city magistrates and asked if he could engage his services to perform a marital cere mony. The reply was in the affirmative, and the youug man left, but shortly re turned, accompanied by a sober-looking female, middle-aged and dressed in black. “Is the lady your mother?” inquired the magistrate. “Oh, no sir; this is the lady I desire to marry,” replied the youth, as the lady drew aside her veil, disclosing a count enance wrinkled and sere, but on which for a moment gleamed a sort of icy smile. “Indeed.” “Oh, yes, air.” “But are you of age ?” “Not yet; but this lady is my guardi- l” “And she gives her consent ?” ••Yes, sir.” The magistrate was in a quandary.— lie didn’t know exactly what to do. He hated to sacrifice tho youth, and join bright-faced May to the gloomy, icy De cember. “Isn't this rather a strange union ?” he asked. •Not at all, 1 ’ replied the expectant bride. “I have a large amount of prop erty which I desire to leave this young man. As I have relatives who might dis pute the will were I to leave it to him as »legacy, I prefer to many him.” ‘And you are content to many this woman for her money ?” asked the Jus tice. Well, I shouldn’t many her for any thing else 1” frankly replied the boy lover. “She ain’t pretty.” And without more ado the ceremony concluded. ■ T"' attendants except a - few black slaves who were forbidden to address them. And when from the lofty apart ments where they were imprisoned, the princesses beheld tho di >tant mountains, and canght a glimpse of the beautiful world from which they were severed, and watched the free birds flying through the air, they turned from the window and wept in each other’s arms. “Shall we ever go out again, sister ?” said the little princess, who was quite a child, and some years younger than An nie, the elder one. “I hope so, Leila, and each day I en deavor to send a message beyond oui prison, to try if some kind fairy will as sist us. Hark ! there is a linnet singing his sweet notes above. Hasten, Leila, crumble me some bread. Leila obeyed and her sister scattered the bread upon the balcony of the win dow. “Oh, linnet!” said Annie, as the bird was picking up the crumbs “will you carry to the fairies the sad tale of our im prisonment ?” The linuet chirped a few notes, in re ply, and spread his wings ready for flight, bnt as he rose into the air a fierce hawk pounced down upon the poor bird and devoured him. Annie looked very sorrowful, and lit tle Leila laid her head upon her sister’s knee and cried. “Sister,” said she, at length, yesterday I was looking from one of the windows on the other sido of the palace, that over hangs the sea; there I watched the gold and silver fish as they sported about in the water. Let us throw some of this cake to them.” The fishes rose to the surface, but alas, only to meet the same fate as the poor little linnet, for a huge shark swallowed them, one after the other, as the princess was uttering tho words of her message. “It is useless,” exclaimed Annie, “there some wicked Genic, whose enchant ments ore too powerful for any living creatures to resist, and the fierce hawk, and the yet fiercer shark are here at his command.” One morning, some days after, a little lady bird was creeping along the balcony where Annie was sitting playing upon her guitar, and singing mournful air. The lady-bird was so f-mall, that it escaped the notice of the watchful dragons, and crept on, and on, antilit reached the feet of little Leila. She w’as a wise child, and did not pretend to see the lady-bird until the woman who attended upon the princesses had left Jkhe room, then she pointed it out to her sister. “Lady-bird,” said Annie, “will you go and tell the sad tale of our sufferings ? The lady-bird understood her, and crept np again to tho window, when down dropped a horrible black spider, bnt the little princess Leila, who was watching, gave him inch a blow with her fan that he lay dead; then away flew the pretty lady-bird, even over the heads of the terrible dragons. And whither did she fly? To fairy land—and there related the story of the poor princesses and the cruel king. "Good little lady-bird,” said the fairy queen, “as a reward for your services, yon shall have a happy home among the palm leaves in fairy land ; and when you about, we will watch over your children, so that they shall never take fire and be burned in your absence.” Beyond that wide river, or rather arm of the sea, where the ruthless shark pur sued the gold and silver fish, there was another country. The king and queen of that realm had an only son, who was distinguished for bravery and his virtue ; and one night a fairy appeared to him. “Prince Selim,” said the fairy, “rise to-morrow at day-break, and travel alone by the nearest road to the sea. There yon will find a boat—in it a white rose and a silken ladder. Tho boat will carry yon across the sea to an old palaoe where two yoong princeases are imprisoned by their unde, who has seized the crown, declaring they are dead. On reaching the palace with the magic rose, in your hand you may enter unobserved and at son down ; the dragons who guard the entrance, and the attendants whom the king has placed there will fallintoa deep slumber, which will last one hoar; but be careful not to exceed that time. Then in returning, by the aid of the silken lad der you can descend from the window. You have courage, and it is only to the brave and the true that the fairies en trust their gifts; and see, this is the likeness of the beautiful princess, who, if rescued, is destined to bride.” Prinoe Selim then awoke, but fixe soft, dark eyes of Annie were still before him; they seemed to plead for tho life and liberty of herself and sister. Ho resolv ed to obey the fairy’s command, and perceiving the day about to dawn, dress ed himself and left the palaoe alone. The fairy also appeared to Annie, and which unwinding to a great leugth, float ed out into the little boat beneath, and there attached itself; he descended, mode secure the ladder to the boat, and return ed quickly. “Come, dear princess,” cried Selim, «*all is prepared, and exchange death and mprisonment for life and liberty.” “No, no,” answered Annie, “take my sister first; if the dragons awake before you return, she will be saved it is still harder for her to be shut np here than Pious Love-Letter, excitement has turned up in The prince fonnd it impossible to per suade her. “Go, go 1” she cried, “the child will break her heart if I leave her here alone. Hasten, prince, for the moments precious.” Selim left the balcony with tho little Leila in his arms, the beautiful white face of Annie looking down on them as they descended, step by step, until they reached the boat in safety where ho plac ed Leila, and bidding her to sit quietly, with all speed he mounted the ladder and returned. Annie had sank upon her kuees before the open window, and there she had fainted. Tho hour had nearly expired —then the fairy spell would be broken. The prince raised her, and with diffi culty once more descended the ladder, the silkin cords bending beneath their weight. He placed Annie beside her sis ter—and at that moment, with a dreadful roar, the dragous awoke and, oh ! what a noise they made ! it roused all tho peo ple in the palace, and from the lights Selim and Annie judged that their escape attached to an up-town the discovery of a letter one of. the teacher* in the member of a church—a mar- The writer of the letter in question-is the pastor’s wife and one of the Sabbath&chool teachers. It «eads as follows : Dear, Hind, Precious Friend—I fed much disappointed not seeing or hear ing from you during the week. Has any thing transpired to prevent your beiLg at church ? ‘Have you received any more com munications or heard anything? You can’t imagine the great pleasure it gave mo in seeing yon Sabbath. “If perfectly convenient, and with safety, could yon not writo me a lung let ter, and leave it with me as you return from the store this eveuiug ? “Hy H. [ubby] is going to Air. S.’ [t-v-ns-nji to tea, and I trill attend the door, so I can receive it myself (if you don’t feel nt liberty to come in). The icay is aheays clear /or you you are permitted so to do by your fami ly, yon know how happy I always seo you. * * * * When I cannot see you I feel so sad and sorrowful. How I long for the time when I shall seo you, and enjoy your society. Yon are con stantly in my thoughts, and sometimes I almost become despondent “I write to you tho deep feelings of my heart I must, however, look away to Jesus, the only Comforter. “Through the earnest appeals of teachers and scholars; I have consented to keep my class ; I shall therefore have the pleasure of seeing you at that time. May our heavenly Father be our refuge and strength in every time of need tho prayer of your loving,* devoted friend.” The gentleman who received this let ter accidently dropped it; his wife fonnd it, and iu this way it come to light. The teachers in the Sabbath-school took great exceptions to this letter, de siring an investigation and expulsion of tho writer; quite a stormy debate ensued and much excitement among the teach ers and in the school. The pastor came into the school, and he and his wife wish ed to hush up the matter. The result is, the assistant superintendent of the school and a number of the teachers have with drawn from the school aud church. Baltimore Bulletin. had been discovered. The prince rowed away i A Double Tragedy in Liberty County. McIntosh, Liberty County, December 3. 1870. Editor Sav. Rejiuhlican: fast as pos- v I write to inform you of a terrible siblo, bnt it was day-break when ho tragedy recently enacted in this county. reached the spot whence he had set out He then took the two princesses to the pal ace of his father and mother, and before them the lovely Annie promised him her hand. Of course the news soon spread to the adjoining country, and the unjust king compelled to give up the throne he had so falsely gained. But the people not satisfied with that; they put him to death, and demanded Selim and Annie as his successors. The fairies of the land asked the aid of their sisters, the sea fairies; they quered the genie, for goodness and mercy more powerful than wickedness and cruelty. On the some night that the king met his well-deserved death, a fierce storm arose, and the dragons, and all the at tendants, were swept away by the waves. And for many, many years after, among the treasurers of the kingdom were preserved—the magic rose and the silken ladder. When tho Fifteenth brigade of Prussian cavalry forced its way into Vers- oillles, 1,200 Gardes Mobile surrendered after a feeble resistance. Only oue of ficer and about fifty men defended them selves valiantly, and enclosed themselves the synagogue, situated at the end of the Boulvard Eugenie. Having barca- ded the doors they fired from the win dows. After an hour’s struggle troopers succeeded in entering the temple. Step by step did tho French retreat, fighting all the while, until they came to the re cess where the holy ark stood. Through the firing the doors of the richly orna mented receptacle were shattered to pieces, and the French officers and some of his men took refuge in the furtherest part of the ark. The officer pierced by four bullets, fell down at the side of the ark, his head resting on one of the scrolls which had fallen to the ground, likewise riddled with balls, The synagogue itself is almost entirely destroyed. IQ^Ata New York wedding the groom forgot the ring. The traditional curtain ring was unavailable, and matters were at a stand-still, till an ingenios lady eat off an end of the bride’s curls and framed ont of this a ring, with which the mar riage was consummated.—Exchange. This is equally as bad a mistake as was made at a wedding that took place in Americas a few evenings since, when the groom forgot to procure the marriage license, No ingenious lady could be found in this case to offer a substitute, bnt “matters had to stand still” until a friend of the parties went to the Ordin ary’s office and procured the necessary document (Jn yesterday morning. Deputy Sheriff Stafford, with a posse of four men, at tempted to arrest a noted desperado named Sauls, who had been guilty of many acts of villany. Repeated attempts bad been made to secure him, but in vain. On yesterday, every precaution was made. The party camped ont the night before: and, about daylight, sur rounded the house. As soon as the sher iff entered, Sauls fied upon him with a double-barreled gun, killed him almost instantly. A yonng man named J. A. Mann, a studant at the Hinesville Acade my, who had volunteered on the posse, was also killed by Sauls with the re maining barrel. Sauls then made his escape, and has not yet been arrest ed. . M. Later.—Since the above was put in type, we have further details of the tragedy from parties just in from Liberty county. Tho above statement is correct, as far as it goes. Yesterday, a party went in pursuit of the desperado, An drew Sauls, and, after proceeding some four miles from the house, found him dead in the woods from the wounds re ceived in his rencontre with the officers. Thus ends a bloody affair, wbich has created no little excitement iu the ty and brought deep distress to several households. Young Manu, who was killed at I same time with the deputy sheriff, ws resident of Appling county.—Editor. A’ Caution to Radicals Who Expect to ▼ofe Illegally, or to Induce Others to Do8o. The pardoning power of the Governor of Georgia, says the Atlanta Constitution, under the present Constitution, is a shameless charter of unhaltbwdd authori ty. He can forestall justice, and this 1 is ever dangerous. That this poVer was flamed as it is for p ditical use no man can deny. That many men expect to vote illegally at the next election, and induce others tQ do bo, no one doubts. And this, with the prospects of a gubernatorial pardon if they get into the few’s dutches by re*- of their services to. the Bollock fac tion. But let this idea bo dispelled at once and permanently. Men who vote illegally, persuade others to do so, will be beyond Governor Bullock’s power to help them.— They will have to take their chance before the United States Coart, over which We give for the benefit of persons who may be so disposed the few on the sub ject It is the 19th section of the act of Congress, entitled “an act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States so vote in the several States of the Union,” etc. Let every word of it be engraved the publio mind. Sec. 19. And bait farther enacted. That f, in any election for Representatives, etc., any person shall knowingly person ate and vote, or attempt to vote, in the name of any other persen, whether living, dead, or fictious, or vote more than once at the same election, for any candidate for the same office, or vote at a place where he may not be lawfully entitled to vote, vote without having a lauf ul right to tote, do any unlawful act to secure a right an opportunity to vote for himself or any other person, or by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward or offer, or.promise thereof,oriotherwise un lawfully prevent any qualified voter, of any State of America, or of any Teritory thereof, from freely exercising the right of suffrage, or by any such means induce any such voter to refuse to exercise such right, or compel or induce by means, o otherwise, any officer of an election i any such State or Territory to receive vote from a person not legally qualified or entitled to vote; or interfere in any manner with any officer of said elections in the discharge of his daty; or by any such means, or other unlawful means, induce any officer of an election, or officer whose duty it is to ascertain, announce, or declare the result of any such election, or give or make certificate, document evidence in relation thereto, violate refuse to comply with his duty ori law regulating the same; or knowingly and willfully receive the vote of any per son not entitled to vote; or aid, counsel, procure, or advise any such voter, person officer to do any act hereby made a crime to omit lo do ang duty (he omission of which is hereby made a crime, or attempt to do so, every such person shall be deemed guilily of a crime and [shall be for such crime liable to prosecution in any court of the United States ot competent jurisdic tion, and ou conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hun dred dollars, or imprisonment far a term not exceeding three years, or both in the discretion of the court, end shall pay the costs of prosecutiou. A WORD TO THE WISE. We are in receipt of the following cir cular frpm the Chairman of the Democrat ic Executive Committee. It speaks for itself. We trust the advioe contained in it will be promptly and energetically fol lowed by the earnest and organizing members of the party in Sumter and all other counties: AIaoox, Ga., November 2G, 1870. Dear Ba: It is v very desirable that there should be more thorough organiza tion on the part of the Democratic party,' in view of fke approaching election.— Clubs should be formed and an Executive Committeo appointed in each oounty; and the efforts of clnbe and committees should be actively and constantly direc ted to bring about harmony and -the midi- videdTfibd cordial support of the nominees of thOparty; as well as to provide agen cies to prevent fraud in the conduct of thoeleotion, or, at all events, to direet it if perpetrated. The accomplishment of both these obieots is of great importance, " rill take Immediate Grant in Alabama.—What me sense and cool blood have long predicted as the greatest peril of party spirit in freo country has come to) pass to-day ii Alabama. A person nomed.Smitb, hav ing been voted for and defeated os Gov ernor of that State, now refuse to surren der his office to his successor. He has asked of the United States officer manding at Montgomery, a body of troops to sustain him in this outrage up on liberty and the few. And what he has asked he has obtained. For this, President Grant, more than any other one man is responsible. The time has been in this country when the mere thought that suoh an act >s this could be attempted among us, would ha~e been scouted ss a madman’s dream. Now a great political party lifts into the chair of Washington, a man who thinks it as natural and easy os bestowing dip lomatic appointments on his brother-in- few and accepting thousand-dollar checks from financial operators.— World. The Federal Election Law Decided in Part Unconstitutional. Judge Cadwallader, of Philadelphia, the United States District Court, was on Friday engaged with the trial of Patrick McFodden, charged with illegal voting at the last election, in violation of the act of Congress of May 21st, 1870. The Philadelphia North American aays: The facts as proved by the government were that at the last election a member of Congress was voted for at the twelfth di vision of the second ward, and that in that division the prisoner voted under the nsme of Frederick Bamsden. There was no proof, however, that he did or did not vote for Congressmen, and upon this point arose a very warm argument The section of the act under which this case was tried says that where a member of Congress is to be voted for, and a man votes at that election, the fact of his having voted at all shall be prima facie evidence that he voted for Congress* mi.:. .« ||.« M nnnn man. This, of course, throws upon the accused the burden of proving the nega tive, that he did not vote for that office, before any evidence has been offered by the j Tosecution to prove an affirmative that he did so vote. Counsel for the prisoner argued that this was an invasion of the rights of the citizen, and against the maxim of tho law that says a man shall bo presumed to be innocent of crime until that presump tion is rebutted by evidence, and that, therefore, this section was unconstitu tional. Mr. Valentine argued against the posi tion, and in favor of the constitutionali ty of the few. Judge Cadwallader held the section to Ckainnan of the Executive Committee, the President of the Club, when form ed, to give me all the information he can as to onr prospects of sueoesa in your county. In behalf of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Clitfobd Anderson, Chairman. A Card to the Public. .A close observation upon the condition of the country, during my recent visit to the “Federal Capital,” and tho Northern States, has forced npon mv mind the conviction that the mission of the Repub lican party has ended. The accomplish ment of all its good officers devolves up on the statesmen of the country the duty of determing in the policy of the Govern ment for the future. Stupendous issues are now rising up, having no necessary connection with the measures of the fete civil war, or of Reconstruction conse quent npon it; demanding ths closest -‘uvestigatipn and wisest solution by the opulormind. Many of those have as sumed such shape as to make it clearly manifest that the future welfare of the itry will be best secured by the com plete triumph of the declared principles of the Democratic party, as now set forth by Such leaders as Governor John T. Hoffman, and illustrated by his recent triumphant election. Acting with the Republican party in support of the measures for the restora tion of the States of the Sonth to their proper relations to the “Federal Govern ment,” we have but discharged a solemn duty to the people for which we have not & single regret to express. Now, that reconstruction has been ful ly accomplished, tho same high regard for the welfare and peace of the whole country, which has always controlled my political oourse, impels me to declare my unquolified sympathy with and adl to uie National Democratic party. With this well-considered determina tion, we place at onr masthead the nsme of John T. Hoffman, of New York, for tho Presidency in 1872. This determination has been arrived at without consultation with Gov. Hoffman or his friends, and without regard to per sonal consequences. . , On the same ground we also hoist the name of John B. Gordon, for the office of Governor of the State of Georgia in 1872. The policy of The True Georgian to ward the dangerous State administration will continue as heretofore—one of firm and vigorous opposition. Samuel Baud, Editor Daily True Georgian. Outrages in South Carolina. Radical rule is producing a terrible condition of affairs in South Carolina. The Charleston News of the 26th nit., says: "The Sumter papers come to us con taining accounts of new outrages commit ted by the Radical negroes. They draw no fancy pictures, bui tell as soberly as they can, the plain and unvarnished troth. This is the record of one week’s work : 1. A whiteman dragged from his home by negroes and brutally maimed. A barn is burned down, and on the same night on attempt is made to fire the home place of the owner, which is some distance off 3. A house occupied by a white family is tired into by negroes, and this is the signal for horning down the barns and stables containing the whole crop of the year. Meeting ot the Republican Party in Agreeable to a previous call a large number of the colored citizens, of Web ster County, met at the Court House in Preston on Saturday tho 20th ot Novem ber, to nominate Republican candidates for Representative, to the general assem bly, and tho various county officers. On motion James H. Rylander (cold) was called to the chair, who before ta king his seat delivered a short address, explanatory of the object of the meeting. Amotion was made that some colored man, name not remembered, act as secre tary, ascertaining that the man proposed could not preform those duties, and none of the white members of the party being at that time present, !T, H. Pickett was called for and requested by tho meeting to act in that capacity. After explaining why he accepted the position of secretary of the Republican meeting, Judge Sampson, Bell wss called A motion was then made that three men be appointed from each District to nominate the candidate* for the various offices, the Chair making the appoint ments, viz. James Pulham, Bev. Frank lin Weaver, James Minims, Glasco Mitch- el, Joseph Jones, Henry Reddick, Tal bot Williams, Jacob Gann, John Jack- son, James Solomon, Anthony Lowe, William Lowe, Jacob Peel, Edmund Cain and William Shelton. Benjamin F. Harrell was then apopint- ed Secretary for the Committee. The Committeo then retired to make the nominations. After a brief stay they reported the following names, James H. Byfender (cold.) for Representative, he declined to accept the nomination, Rev. Booker King, then received the nomina tion, John, Abrams for Sheriff: Benja- Harrell, Tax Receiver, Glasco Mitchel, (cold.) Tax Collector, Robert Parker, County Treasurer, W. U. Blankenship, Clerk Superior Court, Maj or Fields Coroner. Mr. Abrams, dedinad the nomination tendered him for Sheriff A motion was then made and unani mously adopted, that the Secretary furn ish the Sumter Republican, with a copy of the proceedings of the meeting, with the request to publish them. Meeting then adjourned. JAMES H. RYLANDER, Ch’m. T. H. Pickett, Secretary. Preston, November, 26th, 1870. proved t iave voted for Congressman. Wild Lands.—It is matter of notorie ty that some of onr New York friends have been exploring the mineral region of the State, assiduously, for two or three years psst, particularly with reference to deposits of coal and gold. This virtuous exaction of taxes upon the nnreturned wild fends—notoriously of little value to agriculturists—is for the purpose of en abling the authors of this exploration to reap the benefit of their research by pos session under a title from the State. We call the attention of tax payers to this wild fend matter, not from a general sus picion of intended frond and plunder— although there is ample justification for believing that such is the main design of every Radical movement—bnt npon the positive affirmation of an undoubted Republican who prefers political and personal integrity before unjust political tenets and the exactions of political lea ders. Onr authority affirms that the chief object of this wild fend few is to gain possession, and to oover existing don, by aiitie under the State, of certain fends supposed to be exooedingly rich in minerals; and that there are quite as many, if not more, Bullook-Democrote as Radioals parties in interest Holders of wild fends would do well to examine the Comptroller's list and com pare it with their fcriots and grants. Augusta Citron. •These acts of lawlessness show what is the temper of the Radical negroes; while the disposition of the whites is shown by the fact that they have already held two public meetings for the purpose of de nouncing the disturbers of the public peace, and for declaring their determina tion of using their individual and collect ive efforts against mob few* and in favor of good order. The negroes bum and ravage every night, the whites, insulted as they have been, stil plead for peaoe.” There is a prospect that South Carolina will elect a negro United States Senator this winter. The term of one of the carpetbag Senators expires on the 4th of March next, and a negro named Cardozo, present Secretary of State, is a candidate for the position. - Hie negroes have a majority in the Legislature. The New Yobx Sun says “no addition al troops will be sent to Georgia daring the approaching election. Grant is * ably satisfied that the St ‘ ~ - erotic without his aid. J©-An old Baptist minister enforced the necessity of difference of opinion by this argument: “Now, if everybody had been of my opinion they would all. have wanted my old woman.” One of the deacons who sat just behind him respond ed : “Yes, and if everybody was of my opinion, nobody would have her.” *&*An evening paper says : “It has long been the fashion to dance the Ger- mati; but at Paris, it is now all the rage to curse the German.” A mistake. In place of dancing the German, the Pari- A Good Joke on Editors.—Soon after Chief Justice Chase assumed the gnbina- tonal chair of Ohio, he issued his pro clamation appointing a thanks giving day. To make sure of being orthodox, the Governor composed his proclama tion almost exclusively of passages Irom the Bible, whieh he did not designate as quotations, presuming that every one would recognize them, anfkadmire the fitness of the words as well as his taste their selection, lhe proclamation meeting the eyes of a Democratic editor, he pounced at once upon it—declared that he had read it before—couldn’t say exactly where—bnt he would take his oath it was downright plagiarism from beginning to end 1 That would have been a pretty fair joke; bnt the next day the republican editor came out valiantly in defence of the Governor pronounced the charge false and libellous, and chal lenged any man living to produce one single line of the proclamation that had appeared'in print before. The following timely admonition, whieh we copy from the Savannah News, is appropriate to thia part of Georgia aa much as to any other. We hope that our friends will see the danger of their oourse and desist from it: The desire for office among Democrats in some portions oj this State is positive ly alarming, and unless the patriotic im pulses of some of the candidates induce them to withdraw their names, we fear that the result will be a series of Radical triumphs. It is a pitiful sight to look over our State exchanges and see the le gion of office seekers who have suddenly rushed to the front clamorous for the publio to recognize their claims. It would be mortifying indeed to see the party goffer defeat at the hands of. ita friends, and we hope the matter will be remedied at once. SgfeThe trial of Jimpsey A. Hunter for the murder of Thomas M. Alexander was concluded at Quitman last Wednes day with o verdict of goilty. H. R. Jack- son was one of the State counsel. IgUThe New York Day-Book says rumor oonsesfrom Washington that Con gress intondeto go into the reconstruc tion business again. All the Southern States that have dared to elect Demo cratic representatives will be looked after. Well, the more Congress “looks after' these things, the farther it gets behind. t&Tn the suburbs of Charleston, S.C. a few mornings ago, a colored preacher, named Jake Gaillard, was shot and killed stealing cabbages from the form of E. Li Roche, Esq. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman aays he has under his care two invalid ladies. “One has been para lyzed on the right aide for nearly three years, and has been utterly helpless most olthetime. Her vision baa been very imperfect; her knowledge of past events has utterly deported from her; recently she appears to be recovering her recol lection, and can coont with tolerable ao- curacy as high as twenty. Ha attributes her prostration entirely to the use of a popular hair restorer. **The other case is notao bad, but bad enough. For the past year her eyes have been an^ occa sion of constant torture. Theratina has become so sensitive to the light as to dark room indispensable. Wheels of burning flame revolve con stantly before her eyes, attended fay lightning-like flashes, which are terrible to bear. She is another victim to tho poisonous lead oontained in the same popular nostrum. Couldn’t Subscribe.—A pair of those interesting, entertaining ladies who seem to carry on so large a business in the way of procuring snbacriptioesfor new works, and who are so delightful importunate, ao sweetly un-get-rid-a-bie, called a short time sinee at the office of a young lawyer for the purpose of getting him to sub scribe. “Indeed, ladies,” said he, “the partnership of which I am a member, has lately been so imprudent as to issue a new work of their own, which, in con sequence of the enormous expense atten ding its illustrations, embellishments, eta, has completely crippled us.” Then perhaps,” replied the ongellio canvasses. We could procure you some subscribers, t What do you call your work ?” •‘Well, we have not fully determined as yet: but I guess I’ll let my wife have her own way, and call It after me—Charles Henry. IS- Messrs. Hawkins & Burke have re- moved their few office to the zoom, for- by a Colored patrol, while in the act of merly occupied by Col. A. S. Cutta, next door to Wheatley & Dudley’s Bank on Cotton Avenna ‘ ~