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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA:
Friday Morning, January 27,1871,
Jubisdictios and Powers op District
Judges.—Tho Columbus Sun give* the
following as embracing tho Jurisdiction
and powers of District Judges under the
late act of the Legislature.
The question lias frequently been ask
ed, “Wbat are District Conrts ?"
They are courts of record, authorized
by an act of tho Legislature, approved
January 1st 1871. The term of
for fonr years, dating from Jann
Sumter County Election.
Gov. Bullock is using every possible j c ^!f ct
pretext to set tho election in this and : °
Pulaski county aside, and thns secure the j ar * , ' ’ .
election of Maj. Whiteley to Congress. ! The«lan« are aa a specie bame and
Ilia Governor ia arrogating io himself the | aoeorfmg to population. Thus, in Dta-
right to determine who baa legitimately tr.cts where tire population ls under 10,000
been elected to Congress, although the
official returns show Tift elected to the
•list Congress by 500 majority and to the
42d Congress by 501 majority. The law
requires the Governor to issue certificates
of election to those gentlemen who have
received the highest number of votes,
and if there is ground for a contest it is
to be made before the National House of
Representatives. Notwithstanding this
plain requirement of the law. Gov. Bul
lock is withholding Col. Tift’s certificate
of election.
The Governor says a portion of the
Managers of Election for Sumter and Pu
laski counties have madesupplemental re
ports, and these reports are of a charac
ter to invalidate the election in said coun
ties. The supplemental report from this
county consists of a long and bloody af
fidavit from David Barwald and a similar
one from Dennis Shepherd, also one from
M illiam McCay. These affidavits are en-
f irely without fact or foundation and were
gotten up in Atlanta and for the sole pnr-
pose. if possible, of delaying Col. Tift in
securing his seat in Congress. We have
copies of these affidavits and are in pos
session of all the facts in relation to them,
and shall, at the proper time, lay them
before the public, and let the people see
who are in our midst.
Hon. Ben. Hill's Letter.
In our last issue we printed a letter
from Mr. Hill touching his connection
with the State Road lease.
There may be those who believe the
lease of the State Road was a fair, bona
jide tranoction—but, somehow, we can
not believe it. We are troubled to know
liow any honest act can come out of the
the State officials, Mr. Hill indorsing for
them, notwithstanding.
But Mr. Hill’s letter is a strange one—
we do not understand the man. In speak
ing of Gov. Brown he says: •* As an in
dividual I wonld not say one word against
Gov. Brown as a lessee. ” Now this does
not tally with the burning invectiv
hurled against the Ex-Governor not a long
while ago. At that time Mr. Hill thought
no man who endorsed reconstruction and
embraced Radicalism, an honest man.—
They were corrupt, “had been bought,
and bought with a price. ” A wonderful
chauge has come over the spirit of Mr.
Hill’s dreams, and, while we never had
much faith iu him we shall ever, hereaf
ter, have less. To say the least of it,
Mr. Hill has changed and his politics have
changed.
The Next Cotton Crop. I
The Eafaula Xeurs says: The course
which is to be pursued by the planters of |
the South concerning the acreage to be
put tinder cotton this spring, in a matter
of great interest at the present time. The
production of the staple has reached that
point, where it is likely to bring a loss to
the planter, unless the natives of India,
October 28th, 1870. and which went into Brazil and Egypt turn their attention to
the Judge gets $500, and the Attorney
$250 ; over 10,000 and nDder 15,000, 6750
for tho Judge, and $325 for the Attorney;
over 15,000 and under 20,000, $1,000 for
the Judge, and $500 for the Attorney;
20,000, and under 25,000, $1,250 for
Judge, $625 for Attorney; over 25,000
and under 30,000, $1,500 for Judge, 6750
for Attorney; over 30,000 and under 40,-
000, $1,750 for Judge, $825 for Attorney;
over 40,000, $2,000 for Judge and $1,000
Attorney.
A tax must be levied on the several
counties in the District and paid to the
county Treasurer to pay the salaries.
The Clerks of the Superior Court and
the Sheriff and his deputies are ex-officio,
officers of the#.e Courts, and receive the
same pay aa wheu iu the service of the
Superior Conrte.
The District Judge must not be less
than thirty years of age, and have resided
in his District one year. He takes the
same oath ns Judges of the Superior
Court. The Attorney most be at least
twenty-one years of age, a one year resi
dent iu the State, six months in the Dis
trict, be a practicing lawyer, and give
bond in the sum of $1,000. He takes
the oath of Solicitor General.
The District Judge rnnst hold his
Court in the Court House of each county
composing the District, once a mouth,
(giving notice in the public gazette, in
which the Sheriff publishes his sales,
thirty days beforehand of the time) for
the trial of offenses, and for the hearing
of applications for the eviction of tres
passes, intruders and tenants holding
over, for the partition of personal proper
ty, for the trial of possessory warrants,
proceeding under, distress warrants, and
habeas corpus cases.
All civil cases must bo tried without a
jury, unless demanded by the parties.
The court has jurisdiction over all of
fenses not punishable with death, or im
prisonment in the penitentiary. The
proceedings, after accusition, are under
the same rnles that govern the Superior
Court, except there is no jury miles* de
manded by the accused, in which case it
shall consist of seven.
If, upon trial of an offense, ut the
ginning under the jurisdiction, it
found to l>e beyond the jurisdiction of
other pursuits. Cotton can be produced
as cheaply in the Southern States as in
other quarters of the globe. The advan
tages of climate and soil are so superior
as to more than counterbalance the high
price of labor. Bnt, in a close contest,
it will be found that the cotton producers
of Indio, Egypt and Brazil are not to be
easily forced to abandon the culture of
this staple. Their wants are few, and
they are content with extremely small
profits. They will, in all probability,
continue to produce just enough cotton
to overstock the world when the Ameri-
n crop exceeds 2,500,000 bales.
The losses sustained by the Sooth
the incoming crop of cotton have induc
ed a general belief that in 1871 a small
crop of cotton will be planted. With cot
ton at present prices there is little
profit to the planter. He has labored
during the year for the public. The
world is benefitted by cheap ootton, he
not. It is reduced to a question of profit
loss, and if there is a general belief
throughont the Southern States that cur
rent prices are normal, and not likely to
improve, less cotton will be produced be
yond a doubt.
It is yet loo early to state with exact
ness what is the intention of planters.—
We (and in fact the whole country does)
expect to see a great reduction in the cot
ton acreage, bnt as faithful chroniclers of
facts we must say that nothing has yet
transpired to warrant the assertion that
such will really be the case.
From all parts of the South we hear of
a strong demand for labor. Planters
securing all the available labor in their
respective districts. This shows that the
planters are far from being discouraged,
and that the whole laboring force of the
South is likely to be fully employed during
the present season. While many plant
ers are holding out for a reduction
wages, others are paying last year’s rates.
These facts do not warrant the conclu
sion that a largo cotton crop is in antici
pation. We can only infer that as much
land os possible will be cultivated, and
that planters expect that a more prosper
ous year is in store for them. The land
will be put under cotton, corn, or other
staple, os the planter deems proper.
Akerjian Sxcpbed.—The Washington
Patriot, of Friday, says : “Now thntMr.
Akermau has resumed his plaice as Attor
ney General, and left the laurels, which he
promised to bring back, at home in other
hands, Lis political friends,, who exalted
the Court, it shall be regaided as before! his pretended merits so immeasurably,
a Court of Inquiry, and disposed of
cordingly.
The Judge has power to use the county
jail for detentions and commitments, and
punishments for contempt; also, to ap-
and
He is not now the Democrat,
ho was in lwW. lint at that time there j P° int c 00 ®*** ^hen there
was no State Road to Iks leased. j g» ve time for witnesses, Ac.
Alas ! that Mr. Hill should have thus j The act provides for certioraries to the
fallen. These are strange times ! There i Superior Court, ten days’ notice in writ-
are few who remain firm—remain true. I in 8 being given to the District Judge. In
m ! criminal cast's, “certioraried,” the Attor-
| ney must prosecute in higher courts,
he Gay Mr. Bowen. ! The Judge must draw from a box at
The coils are fust closing around the j every fourth session in each county,
from thc ,iat •*— *»i— <*•■»
l>cr of Congress from South Carolina. Ho
is already indicted in the District of Co
lumbia for bigamy, and the Nemesis of
matrimony is still pursuing him. Frances
Bowen, of Augusta, Ga., GtmMn. Hicks)
confronts this festive Radical with a peti
tion signed and sworn to in Augusta, Jan
uary 11, 1871, and filed in the office of
the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in Charleston, setting forth the fact that
Frances Bowen (tho petitioner) was law
fully married to C. C. Bowen on October
*51 st, 1852, and that the said Bowen has
since abandoned her for more than twelve
years, and contracted two other marriages.
The petitioner prays that there may be a
decent maintenance set apart for ,her ont
of Bowen’s estate. The sombre walls of
a penitentiary lean omnionsly over this
Radical lamb ; yet, even in his fall, we
are not blind to the qualities which have
carried him through these gallant exploits.
There must be attractiveness—some ele
ment of gorgeonsness in his native char
acter—or why, oh why, did these females
allow themselves to be victimized ?—Sa
vannah JSetrs.
If Mrs. Hicks Bowen should want any
evidence, in support of her application
for alimony, we Rhould think plenty
coaid lie found in this section, as the
couple, if wo mistake not, formerly re
sided iu the lower part of this or in Lee
county. We think there are gentlemen
now living in Ameritus, who are familiar
with the facts of this marriage, and can,
probably, tell when the said Frances
bought the Honorable C. C. out of jail in
Alabama and then married him. But
since those days the Honorable C. C. has
risen muchly and flourished extensively.
BA- We beg tho Atlanta Conxtihdion to
1h> more punctual in coming to this point.
Will not Bro. Avery look into the matter
and remedy the evil ? It gets here twen
ty-fonr hours behind the other Atlanta
dailies, and if the evil is not corrected the
Constitution will suffer, for we heard a
subscriber remark the other day tba* be
should quit taking it at tho expiration of
his time, simply because it was too slow
in coming. Stir np, Bro. Avery and Ik*,
at least, as fast as yonr neigbliorn.
■SLA private letter from Paris informs
a fond mother as follows: “In order to
supply us with meat onr Provisional
Government has placed tho animals in
* mr zoological gardens atthe disposal of
the butchers, Your son. who w as oblig
ed to jump from spot to spot, had eaten
a bit of kangaroo; the other one, who
spat and got his back up, had been in-
unJgirg in some eat; and the ihird one,
who looked so wise in spectacles, had
partaken of owl. Yonr daughter, who
became so obstinate as to. always go in
he wrong direction, had dined on mule,
and the one who displayed such an ap
petite for old nails had eaten r. piece of
ostrich.”
Mi8- Many of Bollock’s recent appoint
ments will where the woodbine
twineth » when they come before the new
Senate for confirmation. Those who
made promise* will have to look to their
10u Got. Bullock has recently taken
charge of the local department of the
V Atlanta Sm»,
Superior Court, twelve names of per-
who shall be] summoned to act as
jurors for the next three succeeding
terms. From these twelve at the next
term, seven persons shall be drawn to
serve as jurors for that term and the two
succeeding. If there be not seven pres
ent, the Jndge has the power of summon
ing talesmen.
The Judge has authority to issue, hear
and determine bail process in civil cases,
Admit to bail in criminal coses, issue at
tachment, foreclose mortgages on per
sonal property, issue warrants of distress
for rent, issue possessory warrants, writs
ofheabeas corpns, the enforcement of
statuatory liens and other writs or war
rants authorized by law, and not within
the jurisdiction of some other Coart
office. He may attest contracts or deeds
of registry, administer oaths, and
ercise all the powers of a Justice of
the Peace in matters civil or criminal,
and issue warrants requiring offenders to
be brought before some other Judge o
Justice, but he shall not sit singly or ii
conjunction with others as a Court of
Inqury.
A Section provides that the Judge of
the Superior Court shall give specially
in charge of the Grand Jury, the duty of
seeing that all fines and forfeitures of
the District Court have been paid by the
Attorney to tho Clerk, and by him co tn
county Treasurer, and are properly re
ceipted for.
It is provided that a prosecution ii
the Superior Court for an offense not
punishable by death or confinement ii
the penitentiary, at the discretion of the
Judge, may be tried in the District
Court, if the accused consents in writing.
All laws giving Justices of the Peace,
and Notaries Public, ex-officio Justices
of the Peace, jurisdiction in criminal ca
ses are repealed.
Change op Schedule on the Macon
axo Western Road.—It is in contem
plation to change the time of departure
of tho trains from Atlanta on tho Macon
and Western Railroad. It is probable
that the morning train will leave Atlan
ta no as to reach Macon at 11:30 a.m.,
and connect throughout to Savannah at
Brunswick by the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. The freight train will proba
bly leave Atlanta at 3 o’clock p. m., and
connect with the night train to Augnste
and Savannah by the Central Railroad,
at midnight.
Macon and Western Railroad.—Tho
Macon and Western Railroad is now
doing a magnificent business, their
whole capacity for freight being all the
time strained to its utmost. The freights
are mainly of produce for the West, are
frequently as many as sixty cars per day
being loaded at Atlanta. AU of which
ahowa that the people of Georgia mean
to keep Western people employed in
wising onr bread and meat.
- — -
ISt- “What ails yonr eje, Joe ?”
told a man he lied.”
and who gave the world nnch strong
surauces of what he would do, begin to
cold-shoulder him most unceremoniously.
secret that his reception at the
White House was iar from cordial, but
that was sought to lie explained away.
Since then the Radical papers have been
rather outspoken upon their defeat in
Georgia, and now the Philadelphia Press
does not conceal its discontent, bnt pa
rades the vote for Congress in Mr. Akor-
rnan’s own county, “Corker, Democrat,
002 ; Beard, Republican, 130, ” with the
mild suggestion that the iufinence of the
Attorney-General is not so manifest as it
should lie, and that he has purchased an
other residence since the election. It is
time for Mr. Akerman to pack his trunk. ”
Georgia Negro Congressman Long.—
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald, tins tells about Jeff
Long’s admission to Congress, and hew
he did and how Butler nabbed at him.
The negro is an intelligent looking
man, about medium height, of rather
spare figure, with a well shaped head,
covered with an abundant caop of wool.
He is a much better representative of the
negro race than Reiney, of South Caro
lina, who is more like a Cuban than an
African. As soon as he was sworn in,
he was warmly congratulated by Kelly,
of Pennsylvania, Ben. Butler and other
radicals seemed fearful that he would go
Over to the democratic side of the House
and accordingly set about to get him.
seat on the republican side. It was ma
ifest that be had never been in Congress
before, he looked around with
bewilderment as if he had suddenly
found himself in the wrong box.
A Net for Gulls.—Within a few days
quite a number of our citizens have
received circulars from a party in New
York, tendering the sale of counterfeit
money at a low price. The letter
parently written, bnt is really lithograph
ed, is addressed “dear friend” and com
pliments the received on having heard
of him “ ns a shrewd and reliable person
aod one likely to enter into a business
the nature of which is explained in
letter.” The letter covers nearly' two
pages of large size paper. He offers to
sell bills the size of which are 50c., $2,
$5 and $10; iu addition he states that
“ not one banker in five hundred can de
tect them.” This is probably the same
party who awakened the enpidity of
of onr Radical Congressmen and so com
pletely sold him a package with a genuine
two dollar bill' and the balance waste
paper. These people so manage that
they cannot be arrested, as they do not
sell counterfeit money; end although
their business is dishonest and censura
ble, still no sympathy caa*be entertained
for the really dishonest person who is
canght in their trap. —Columbus Sun.
Always is a Crisis.—The Columbus
Enquirer says a number of the merchants
in that city have been crippled by fur
nishing plantation supplies on credit, and
the leading commission merchants have
resolved, they will stop credit after the
first of March, to all who have nnaettled
scores. The Enquirer says it is “a crisis
in the credit system,” and we* never
knew, any part of that system which was
not in a,)Crisis. It is a double crisis—a
crisis to creditor and a crisis to debtor,
and it makes all parties cry before they
are done with it* The fashion in Geor
gia to pdas overy few y earsrelief laws for-
bidding the collection of debts one might
think would operate as the knife to the
nicer, bat it soon gathers head again and
the crisis is just os had as ever.
* iff'* .• .-If*it iBi
Items.
New Qrleans dogs pa^ a tax of $6,000.
The Empress Eugenie is theologically
inclined.
Fonr female physicians have their signs
out at South Bend, Ind.
Men have frozen to death in Florida
this winter.
Mr. Johnson, of Liberty, Va., killed
Dr. Roberts for whipping his dog.
Colored children have been admitted to
the public schools of New Orleans.
The Farmers’ and Mechanics* Life In
surance Co., of New York city, has failed.
The royal “ carpet bagger *' is what
hey call the new King of Spain.
Rev. H. C. Honiady has been appoint
ed Financial Agent of Mercer University.
John Esten Cook is writing a life of
Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The Montgomery Railroad will reach
to Eufaula in a few days.
Alex. H. Connor has been confirmed
as Governor of Idaho, and Silas A. Strick
land appointed Governor of Utah.
The export of Gold last year from this
country to Europe was $58,400,000—an
increase of $26,400,000 over 1869.
“ He leaves a wife and child by a form
er husband, ” says a New Hampshire
obituary.
The first Protestant service in Madrid
was attended by not more than fifteen
persons. There are now two congrega
lions that number 1,000 each.
The orphan school in Atlanta, support
ed by the State Lottery, has two hundred
and fifty pupils and four teachers.
H. A. Gartrell, of Rome, Democratic
member elect to the Legislature from the
connty of Floyd, died at Athens on tl»<
19th.
The Northern people about Gainesville,
Florida, are selling out and leaving that
section of the country.
Hon. A. H. Stephens weighs only
enty-four pounds. But be was too heavy
for the leasers.
In Cleveland, Ohio, three women have
been ravished, on the streets, in a few
weeks.
Prominent Cubans in Havana have de
clared their .adherence to the Spanish
cause.
Mayor Shelby, of San Francisco, has
donated his entire year’s salary ($3,000)
as Mayor, to the public charities of the
city.
A fair will be held in Boston,
ing autumn to raise funds for the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Potter’s grand Hotel in Chicago will be
opened in 1872. It will have four hun
dred lodging rooms, and will cost $1,250,•
000.
The Methodist Book Concern Commit
tee excluded Dr. Lauahan’s lawyer on the
ground that he was not a Methodist.
The whole length of the Iloosac tunnel
now opened is 13,622 feet, and yet it
but little more than half through the
mountain.
Chinese witnesses in Louisiana claim
that they have a right to be swo
body of a decapitated chicken, after* the
custom of their country.
The oyster beds of the Chesapeake
yield about 25,000,000 bushels, and fur
nish the chief provender for 20,000 per
sons besides.
South Carolina has a negro Lieutenant
Governor, three negro Congressmen,
eleven negro State Senators, eighty ne
gro Representatives, and one negro Judge
of the Supreme Court.
A Memphian has sued a New York bit
ters man because twenty-four bottles
didn’t cure him.
The spring convention of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society will meet in
Macon on the 22d of next February.
Each county in the State is expected to
send three delegates.
There is a remarkable child now living
in Detroit. It is a month old, about
inches long, weighs one pouud and two
ounces and has never • cried since it wai
born.
Miss Annie McCarty, aged 111 years,
died in Barry, Mo., on Sunday, Dec. 25,
1870. She was perhaps, the oldest per
son in the Western country.
Giving Advice.—The Saturday Revi-
closes an essay on “Good Advice,”
follows: “ If a man really wishes to
give suck advice as may do some good to
other people, he most take the conse
quences of his eccentric taste. He will
have few consolations except those which
result from a good conscience, or from
the less worthy gratification of his
self-esteem. We can only make one sug
gestion for his guidance if ho persists
committing himself to so rash a coarse of
conduct. He should remember above
all things the Johnsonese aphorism, that
though you can provide a man with
gnments, yon cannot provide him with
reasoning powers. Yon may do him
some good by completing or correcting
his information, but it is very nnlikely
that yon will materially alter the way
which ho reasons upon facts already
known. Now, as most people who ask
advice with any serious expectations of
taking it, mast of necessity be foolish,
and as a foolish person is just as likely
to go wrong when his information ii
sound as when it is erroneous, it follows
that the sphere open to the adviser is le-
markably limited. One may succeed ii
keeping a man straight by making him
feel that he is ridiculous, or by encourag
ing him in moments of depression; bnt
the ftdministratou of down-right
good advice, the unqualified remark, do
this, or don’t do that, is about as profit
less an expenditnre of human energy
can easily be devised.”
6&* Governor Bollock has appointed
the following persons Judges and Solici
tors of the District Court* established by
the last illegal Legislature. Of course
these appointments will have to be re
viewed and confirmed or rejected by the
next Senate:
1st Disk—James N. Simms, fnegro]
Judge; T. R. Mills, solicitor.
4th Dist.—A. O. Osgood, jndge.
8th Disk—T. A. Swearengeu, judge ;
J. J. Christie, solicitor.
9th. Dist.—Jesse H. Griffin, judge ;
Theo. N. Winn, solicitor.
10th. Dist.—Henry Morgan, judge;
Tbos. R. Lyons, solicitor.
lltli Disk—Dnncan Jordan, judge; J.
H. Taylor, solicitor.
12th Dist.—J. E. Blount, (spotted
horse), judge ; Josiah Harrell, solicitor.
13th Disk—Geo. W. Fish, judge; Jno.
D. Carter, solicitor.
14th Disk—Jacob Watson, judge ; S.
R. Goode, solicitor.
17th Disk—John F. Lawson, |judge;
Wm. Hemy Wylly, solicitor.
18th Dist—Henry Jones, jndge ; El
lery M. Brayton, solicitor.
19th Dist—William H. McWhorter,
judge,
20th Dist—Joseph B. Gonder, judge
Wm. G. McAdoo, solicitor.
21st Dist.—John F. Shine, judge; Al
len L. Barge, solicitor.
22d. Dist.—Henry W. Cowles, judge ;
Joseph E. Hunt, solicitor.
23d. Dist—A. S. Giles, judge; J. A.
Holtzclaw, solicitor.
24th. Dist.—C. W. Chapman, jndge.
26th Dist—T. W. Thurman, judge;
Charles B. Johnson, solicitor.
29th Dist—Virgil M. Barnes, jndge.
30th Dist—Jos. H. McWhotter, judge ;
H. X. Morton, solicitor.
35th Dist.—Samuel Lawrence, judge ;
W. G. Irwin, solicitor.
37th Dist—John H. Caldwell, judge ;
Thos. H. Whitaker, solicitor.
Supreme’Court Decisions.
Judgments were rendered by the Su
preme Court in the following cases from
South Western Circuit, on Tuesday last:
In Remly rs DeWall, from Sumter—
Judgment o! the Conrt below affirmed!
In Hill vu The State—murder from
Sumter. Judgment of the Conrt below
affirmed.
In Webb et al., rs. Parker et ah,
from Sumter—Judgment of tho Court
below reversed, on the ground that the
Court erred in sustaining the demurrer
to complainants’ bill for want of equity,
and in dismissing the same.
In Brightwell rs. The State—Arson
from Webster—Judgment of the Court
below affirmed.
In Stath&m rs. The State, from Web
ster—Judgment of Conrt below affirmed.
In this case, the Court says that a So
licitor General cannot enter a nolle prose-
qui without permission of the Courk
Plant Grain.—Now that the time has
come when onr farmers ore casting about
aa to what shall be the character of their
next crops, let them determine to pro
duce plenty of corn. They should learn
from experience what they were not able
to see by reason and argument. They
see large crops of cotton have reduced
the price of that staple, produced at the
most exorbitant prices for provisions,
and that the country is becoming poorer
every year, and themselves more and
more financially depressed. No people
can prosper whose imports for provisions
arc greater than their exports of pro
ducts. It does seem to be about time
onr planters should have learned some
thing by experience.
|l«ir gutofrtijSMGtte.
The appointees for Judge and Solicitor { +A Forniarc
of this (the 13th) District are as good a l »rillt3r».
(the 13th) District are as good a
selection as could have possibly been 1
expected.
COTTON PLANTER,
PEA DROVER,
CORN DROPER.
G CANO DISTRIBUTOR,
WHEAT DRILLER
A Bio Haul.—The Treasurer paid
yesterday a warrant for fire thousand
dollars, to E. C. Morphy, for the appre-.
kensiou and delivery of Hughey Butler,
charged with assaidtto kill, Alfred Wat
son, of Hancock county, as per Ex. Proc
lamation of 26th September, 1870..
Five thousand dollars for a man charg
ed with an assault, And ninoteen bur
glars imprisoned for life, turned loose in
a body, .
Five thousand dollars to catch a man
charged with, on attempt to.klll And
Long, said by Judge McOey to be a
seeklesa murderer; pardoned crc his vic
tim was thoroughly cold in his grave.
■ [Atlanta Constitution, 20.
Claims to Office by Parties who
Were Not Elected.—Bullock has issue*!
under date of the 14th, an official notice
to the following effect:
u. m o^uirAe'nh* 0 ^^ w mth | Ml comprised in one Machine!
section and 121st section of the code of!
Georgia for commissions, by persons who I Warranted
wer » c “ n(1U ’ atM fOT olttoes in the SltritateoSSSTfe th.n^S
late election, on the ground that the per- i Other Machine ever invented,
sons who received tbe highest number of I g n Snteed. W For MuTbv 1 *“•
votes were constitutionally disqualified j dec *»m. * L N. HART A CO.
from holding office by the thin 1 section . --
of article fourteen of the umeudment of CAUTION,
the Constitution of the United States
Whereas, The Congress of the United
States has now provided by law the i
Der whereby judicial decision can be had
upon the question of eligibility to office
under said section of said amendment
Now, therefore, I am of the opinion,
and so decide, that construction of said
ameudmeut, in its application to citizens
of this State who may claim commissions,
no longer rests with the Executive
determining a question of eligibility as
prescribed in the seventh paragraph of
the 120th section of the code of this State,
and the applications for commissions, by
persons under the circumstances hereto
fore recited, in pursuance of section 121
of the code of this State, cannot be made
to. heard or determined by tbe State
Executive Department when such appli
cations are based upon the alleged cc
stitutioual disqualification prescribed
the third section of article fourteen of the
Constitution of the United States.
Given under my hand.
Rufus B. Bullock.
fta?*The Radicals boast of having done
an immense job in reducing the public
debt, but then they own up to having
paid the bondholders 621,317,490 pre
mium of the bonds redeemed. If they
had paid the bonds at par in legal-tenders
as by law and the terms of the bonds
themselves, they had the right to do,
they could have reduced tbe debt just that
much more. But they chose rather to
rob the people by way of taxation to make
a present of 621,317,490 to the privileged
bondholders. That is the Radical idea
of justice and eqnality.
Hard Times in New York.—The Trib
une of Saturday, says : “It seems to be
agreed that these are exceptionally hard
times. The winter is rather severe, some
merchants and some speculators have fail
ed ; debts are collected with difficulty;
and most people seem to have less mon
ey than they wish they bad. Se we agree
that the times are bard ; and our agree
ment tends to make them so.”
Col. Tirr’s Certificate Withheld—
We learn that Governor Bullock has
issued certificates of election to all the
Congressmen elect save Col. Tift. Up
to tho evening of Thursday last Col.
Tift’s had not been issued, and Bullock
was using every possible pretext to with
hold ik This is evidently being done
because Col. Tift fought “His Excellen
cy, so valiently at Washington oi
crusade against the rights aod liberties
of the people of this State.
Murder at Fort Valley.—A negro
man named Jerry Allen, shot and mor
tally wounded his wife at Fort Valley on
Saturday night, because he had grounds,
perhaps,, to suspect that she was unfuith-
fnl to liim us a wife. In other words he
shot her in a fit of jealousy.
Qne may insert a thousand excel
lent things in a newspaper and never hear
» word of them from its readers. Bnt
let a line or two not suit to tbefr tastes
creep in by accident or otherwise, aud
one hears of it from eveiy quarter.
■9.Tkb Universal Amnesty of the
Washington Radicals threatens to wind
up in a general declaration of war against
the Southern whites, which, so far from
giving them equal rights, will take away
wlmt they have loft. What good fellows
these Southern whites would be if they
would only vote the Radical ticket. Bnt
they will not do it, and that’s what’s the
•natter.
; T ke 250th annivergary of the Landing
of the Pilgrims was celebrated at Ply
mouth, Mass., on Wednesday, with cere
monies of an nnusually imposing charao-'
A LL ix.-1-dOQB ure hereby cautioned against
hiring a certain freedman, by the name of
8am Worthy, nmler the penalty of the law,
the boy was hired by me for the present Tear,
jan. 27-11. STEPHEN BAKE It,
Tax Notice.
T HE few who have failed to pay their
Taxes for 1870, are hereby notified that if
no paid by February 1st, executions will be is
sued against them in accordance with instruc
tions of Council. H. D. RANDALL,
jan. 2^,-td. Clerk and Treasurer.
Fine Stock for Sale.
O N Saturday next, I will sell at Auction, Si:
fine Mules aud throe No. J. Horses.
Haviug secured License as
CITY AUCTIONEER
laving Goods to dii
J. SIMONS,
City Auctioneer.
CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST!
G. W. GLOVER.
On Hand and to Arrive:
30,000 pound* Flour—All Grades—In
Barrel*. Half Sacks and ^natter Sacks.
20,000
pounds Clear Rib Bacon Sides.
5.000 pounds Balk Meats.
TOBACCO, SNUFF, AC.
Whiskey of all Grades.
Boots and Shoes.
GOODS to the amount of 10O pounds and up
ward, delivered anywhere within the city limits
free from Drayage.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH,
G. W. GLOVER.
S. COHEN.
NEW FANCY GROCERY
—AND—
PROVISION STORE,
LAMAR
STREET,
Is the Cheapest Store in the City.
He will keep on hand Fine
EnropeanlLiquore.
Ground Java and Rio Coffee,
Sogar,
Flonr.
Bacon,
Molasses,
CanFrnits,
Candies, Ac.
jan. 26,,
Public Notice.
ijexk *nd the Fourth Honda}
thereafter; Worth, tbe Second
next, and the Second Monday
thereafter; and Lee, the 7
March next, and tho Third ]
at h thereafter. - H
District Judgo for the 10th
jan. 26,-lm.
ETIWAN GUANoJ
SOLUBLE MANURES,
MANUFACTURED t
ETIWAN WORKS
CHARLESTON, S. C., ’
BY THE
SULPHURIC AGIO AND SUPERPHOSPHATE COta
ground to portlier, aod m»do Solatia Ire Sulphuric Acid. This Comnanv .
the largest Salphunr Acid Chambers at the Sooth, and are therefore able m ? °Pno;
lowest.rates, the highest grade of Fertiliser,: it being ttaftB’.JSg
lo Phosphate which any Fertilizer eonla.os, the less the quantity rimnhed
j make the hemhzercomp,etc AmmoMS_and Potash in sufficient o^ntitiiT;,. &> =>
ETIWAUST GHJA.2STOS
Warranted to contain from 15 to 20 PER CENT. OF DISSOLVED POVF pimc- b „
■ashtontime, SiOpaui,
DISSOLVED BONE.
Of high grade, suitable for Manufacturers or for Planters, being in itself an *
and specially adapted for compost. As largo quantities of Sulphuric Acid are Sl^
tee Phosphate, this may lx; found a cheap and convenient way to transport that
grade furnished will be from 18 to 20 percent. Dissolved Bone Phosphate. rtireS? 1
cash. On time, Mo, with interest at 7 per cent, per annum. Still higher grade. * u , **
to order, at an additional price per centage. feraues »il be fun
COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE,
Specially prepared for composting with cotton seed and qther plantation manure, n
per ton, cash : on time, $40, with interest at 7 per cent, per annum. ' lrwc
GROUND BONE,
- »-»
WM. C. BEE & CO.,
Agents, No. 14 Adger’s Wh.iit
CHARLESTON’, S.C.
N..l)—Thopcreenlsgo or Dissolved Bouc Hiosphste of Lime and Ammonia in.llh-l
Jaus.iaascertained at the Works, by theirChemist, before delivery. Should stUMM^*
<hB.atu.hed, he msy return sverage samples of sny pnrehste, within 130) clevj sitcriEr
i, ‘ reeni * Re r-*™-'-' wnw«£
GROCERIES ! GROCERIES!
GROCERIES ??!
adopted the CASH BUSINESS we respectfully inform the public r.
erally that we have m Store a FULL and COMLPETE STOCK of 1 ~
FAMILY GROCERIES
PROVISIONS,
and will cell them LOW, or LOWER than any House in Americas, for CASH.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
200 BARK HORSE COLLARS,
250 PAIRS BEST PLOW LINES.
200 BUNCHES BEST FACTORY THREAD at S1.45.
No. 1, OSNABUBGS aud good SHEETING at reduced priees.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
FAMILY WHITE FISH, at 88,50 for Half Barrels
FRESH MACKEREL in Kitts-Quarter and Half Barrels, very Low.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW.
i order to get it, will sell GOODS at very .
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
FRESH, Couatry and Goshen BUTTER
“ MEAL and SAV. GRIST always on hand.
MONTGOMERY -& SHAW
1X01:11 in SACKS and BARRELS, inst recmeli*
warrant it very flne, and selling it low, for CASH.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
BACON, BUCKWHEAT and LARD.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
°J, RYE ^ GORN WHISKEY, from $2.00 to $5.00 per G^;
AUso ’ GIN ’ NEW ENGLAND BUM and pure GRAPE WIN’
made m Bourbon connty, Kentucky, and equal to finest Chatnpagne.-onlvd*
cash’ 1 " 8 ' 1 ’ *“* not K ' mB tiimagh a state of fermentation. For sale In* 1 '
MONTGOMERY & SHAT
A Fall Stock of FACTORY SHELVE-GOODS on hand.
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
MklV^tTng M0NEL rie8 Chft,p IOr tlie GLOBT ot ““ing Cheap, an J i«»
MONTGOMERY & SHAW
■JSSSSSKLSSP*- t --—
M .MONTGOMERY & SHAW-
HOUSE AND LOT FOB SALE.
A valuable House and Lot for sale,
hear tbe business portion of the city.
IE STALLINGS.
NOTICE.
T HB citizens of Wubator county ore notified
that tbe first term of the District Court for
Mid-county will be held on the- third Monday in
KAhrnirv find n— hj-j ir—-a—«. -- - ■ *
B*iu-cuuniy wm dc neia on uie third Monday in
thereafter * nd 1110 Mond *y eveiymonth
That Mm rules, of practice in the 8aperior
vroarte oT Crorgia will be adopted, os the rule of
practiceinthe Twelfth District Court.
J.E. BLOUNT, t. ivo.
- . Twelfth District Court,
jau. 2-t,-w-4t.
Wanted Immediately!
No. 1. Blacksmith. To one who can come
well recommended, good wages and steady
employ m will bo given. Address,
J L WAITER CO.
FortV*Uey,i
MAPES NITROGENIZEDSUPE?
PHOSPHATE OE
LIME.
Pot Sale by
FOBLOW A BRO., AgmtS
Americas
Certificate of
MR COLLINQSWOBIn
AMEBICU8, OA., j.0. SX ® t
Met era. Pcrsk A Tnoxus, ^ ^
instil
jan, 12;-5l
.at yearlah&ll u»o none but Mates.
Ot. jan. 17,-lm.