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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
■Friday XorniDg. Kay 12,1871.
'ANCOCK, GRAHAM A. REILLY
AMERICUS. GEORGIA:
Geo. IL Hancock ol Macon, is th*
General Agent, and traveling Corrcspon
«lmt for the Sumter Bzmuus. We
c ommend him to oar friends everywhere.
Fastidious, Very.
The following card addressed by Hon.
frfh. T. Xieeper, Jadgc of I'robato for
rtchclby county, Alabama, to the public,
shows the disreputable practice to which
a fellow, clothed with a little brief and
usurped authority, can resort to, to dis
play his power ond venVhis spite egainst
honest men. This very nice Judge is
the same Pelham that discharged a Grand
Jury in Talladega, because its members
were all respectable white men, and had
the Sheriff to summon a new pannel,
< omjKJ.sed almost entirely of negroes. He
wanted their scent to keep his own scala
wag odor in countenance.
The pith of Judge Leeper’s card will
be better appreciated, when it is under
stood that the hauntsJof this fellow Pel
ham lie among the filth of negro dens in
a nd around Talladega, and his| associ
ates are the vilest and the lowest of that
negro accursed town.
A Card.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SCHELBY
COUNTY.
> Purchase Machs,
the Commissioners Court
ex-officio a member I immediately filed
my bond, procured the attondance of all
the witnesses for the State and repeated
ly asked for a trial which I failed to ob
tain. Being thus deprived of an oppor
tunity to vindicate myself before the
public, I feci constrained to adopt this
unpleasant mode of communicating to
you the improper means employed by
Judge Pelham to induce the finding of
indictment
It is my purpose to refrain from
cushion of the trnth or falsity of the
charge made, because I deem it improp-
* r in advance of a trial, and because I
guard the gentlemen who compose the
Grand July as conscientious jurors, who
could not perhaps have acted otherwise
under the urgent demands and private
dictation of Judge Pelham, and the false
representations of his man Friday alius
tlictus Hayden who was foisted npon
them by Judge Pelham, in tho character
of assistant Solicitor. I simply propose
to make public the conduct of a man
w ho is a disgrace to the Bench of Alalm-
i!ia, aud can find no parallel in the his'
tory of an judicial officer of this or any
other State in tho Union.
Immediately upon tho organizotion of
the Court, Judge Pelham announced in
ojH>n Court among other things, “that
if the Solicitor of this county did not
Uud an indictment against the Commis
sioners Court ho would discharge
him from office and appoint one
who would; and thereupon adjourned
the Court until the next day, os he said,
••in order that the Sheriff might sweep
out thO'filtli, and for aught we know, the
• vermin wliich.the court room contained.”
He afterward sent for the Solicitor, D. T.
Castleberry, Esq., and requested him to
associate with him as solicitor, one Thom
as Hayden, of Talladega, who, as ho said
would be in attendance npon the Court,
which Mr Castleberry very promptly
und properly refused to do, saying to
Judge Pelham, if he thought him in-
* oiupeteut to a faithful disenarge of the
duties of tho offico to discharge him and
ap|>oint another. After the arrival of
iiayden, Judge Pelham asked Mr. Castle
berry if ho had said anything to him
Huydeu, upon the subject, and Mr. Cas
tleberry replied he had no communica
tions to make.
Hayden enmo iuto my offico at night
Hal asked to beo tho books of the Com-
.u 'sioera Court nml to-bo allowed to car-
iiemjto tho hotel.
I hese books were in my offico aud at
niltilues open to inspection of the public;
but Hayden being neither a citizen of
the county nor at the time osting
Jieitor, I at first refused to permit him
to take them to the hotel but upon re
flection, suspecting that Judge Pelham
bud sent him, I consented to his takiug
them, and he and Judge Pelham examin-
» them together that night at the hotel.
n the following morning Judge Pelham
: •*>»' f i two prominent members of tho
Urau Jury to his private room at the
hotel, and urged them to bring their body
iuto open Court and request the appoint
ment of additional counsel for the State
in order to furnish him an excase for
sending Hayden before that body; which
the Grand Jury by hiaurgent solicitation
did do. Thereupon he asked themcra-
bers of the bar to retire with him to a
jury-room, when he suggested the np-
}H>iutmentof Hayden, to which of coarse
j.o one conld object, as his designs
not known and the bar supposed the de
mand to eminate solely from the Grand
.lurv. After the arrival of Hayden from
Tuilndegn, he exhibited in this place an
indictment against the Commissioners
Court of Shelby county. After this
Judge Pelham, without being sent for,
rt jicatcdly appeared before the Grand
Jury whan It hey were iu session uud
urged the finding of an indictment and
used the influence of his official position
to procure the same.
Upon the return of the indictment into
Court, and npon its inspection by Judj
1 Viliam, he found the charge therein co
tuiued was simply the allowance of
chum which ho had previously urged
au illegal charge against the county. He
then made some pn rate mark u »on it,
and turning to Hayden with a frown up
on his face looked at him steadily for a
moment, when Hayden stepped forward
withdrew the paper from tho file, reas
sembled tho Grand Jury and procurer]
the return of an indictment evidently dic
tated by Judge Pelham himself.
Th** foregoing is a literal statement of
Judge Pelham’s action in this matter,
without color, and but for the fact that I
have iKMitive proof of the base and
proper motive by which he was actuated,
J should not have made this publication.
A more shameless prostitution of a high
office to the ends of gratifying persona]
revenge and manufacturing political cap
ital was never witnessed even in thedayi
of the bratal Jeffreys.
Respectfully,
J. T. LEEPER.
Columbiana, Ala., May lat, *71.
Cajtada Ready
but Not to Seu.
of the questions before the High C in
is-the granting to the fishe: iep
of Maine, and the vicinity, the right of
free fishery in Canadian waters. * hia
had been attempted to be exercised. *he
result was, the seizure and confisc on,
under Canadian laws, of the vesseli so
engaged. The impression is, that the
Commission will recommend the gunt-
ing of this right At this, the Ttx : ,ito
Globe takes issue, and makes to the peo
ple of Maine the following refreshing
proposition :
“The suggestion of giving np to Cana
dians the right of fishing in waters which
the Americans themselves have, to a great
extent, abandoned, as an offset to the
surrender of all our valuable in-shore
fisheries, is certainly, taken by itself, one
sided enongh. But the provision for ar
bitrating in reference to the difference of
value in what has l»een surrendered by
each parly, brings it very much to the
settlement proposed by the Americans
from the beginning of the negotiation,
namely, a purchase by them from our
Government of free access to all the
Canadian fisLing-gronnds. But of this
our friends across the lines may rest per
fectly certain, that no sncli settlement
will ever be agreed to by the Canadian
people. When they are ready to sell
Maine to Canada for cash, Canada may
sell her fisheries for cosh. Bnt not till
then. Our neighbors can secure, easily
and frankly, all the fish advantages they
have ever enjoyed, or the Canadians
themselves enjoy, bat it can only be by
a treaty of commercial reciprocity for
mutual advantage, just and Acceptable to
both patties. The action of the Imperial
Government may force npon the people
of Catrada the sale of their fisheries, but
a feeling will be excited by it among
people that every frne Canadian wonld
deplore. ”
The Fite of General Duval—Lecompte
and Thomas Avenged
[World Paris Letter.]
General Daval was made prisoner
Chatillon Heights, and was on his,'way to
Versailles with the several hundred other
insurgent prisoners captured at the same
time, when, at the crossroads where the
Sceaux, Paris, Versailles, i»ad Bievre
roads fork, the prisoners and guard met
General Viuoy and staff, who were riding
to Chatillon Heights. He ordered the
guard to halt, and he dismounted, went
to the prisoners and said : “ Ther
among you a Monsieur Duval who calls
himself General. I should like to see
him. *’ General Duval stepped fro 1.1 the
ranks calmly and with dignity, ond ; r.Id:
I am he. ” General Vinoy adde :—
And there are two * chefs de batai
also with yon. ” They also stepped
ward. General Vinoy said to 1
You ore frightful wretches (canai, cs);
you shot General Clement Thomas . nd
General Lecompte, aud you kuo 1
fate. ” Turning to the commander of
the guard, he said : “ Captain, deta 4 »
platoon often riflemen, and do you, ^*n-
tlemen, go with him to yonder field. ”—
The insurgent officers quietly walked to
the spot indicated, a narrow field on the
road to Mendon, and tying on the north
ern side of a white boundary wall, on
which is painted in very large letters—
** Duval Garden. ” Iu front of this wall
General Daval and his companions stood,
threw off their coats, and placed them
selves before the platoon charged with
their execution. When the muskets
leveled at their breasts they shonted
“ Vive la Commune ! ” and the next in
stant fell corpses.
Arrest of Counterfeiters in
Florida—-Two Macon Men
Implicated.
The Jacksonville Union, of last Thms-
day, says: “About a month ago Col
onel Whitely, Chief of the Secret Service
Division at Washington, received infor
mation from some party in Florida that a
gang of counterfeiters were at work in
that State making and issuing counter
feit 85 gold pieces. The Secretary im
mediately dispatched Louis Delnno, of
secret service, to work the case up, who,
assisted by detictive Bates, got upon
their track at Lake City where they
procured numerous specimens of their
work. The gang taking the alarm,
broke up their rendezvous and left Lake
City, but were followed by the officers,
who overtook them at Fernandia, where
Hold ulus Noble, of Macon, Geor
gia, and Elias Sweat, reontlj dcing
business as a trader on the line of the
Tallahassee railroad, were arrested by
Sheriff Hazen. O. M. Sexton, of Macon,
Georgia, was arrested at St. Marys. A
large amonnt of machinery for melting,
stamping, etc., and five black dies, to
gether with a quality of counterfeit $5
gold pieces, Mexican silver dollars and
American half dollars were also seized
at Feroandiua, having been sent there
addressed to Noble. Noble and Sweat
were examined yesterday, in this city,
before U. 8. Commissioner, C. L. Robin-
and committed to Nassau county
jail in default of 820,000 bonds for
Noble and 815,000 bonds for Sweat.—
Sexton airived on the Nick King last
night, in charge of the deputy sheriff
of Nassau, and will be examined to-day
MYSTERIES OF ITALIAN CRIME.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A FLO BENCE
THKATBE—AN ACTOR SHOT DEAD ON THE
STAGE—TERRIBLE MURDER IN A SOLAN
HOTEL.
~hbee Babies.—The Lumpkin Trle-
A 6ays: Mrs. Vaughn, wife of Mr.
. Vaughn, living about six or seven
miles from Lumpkin, gave birth to three
tables last week ; one, a girl, was born
on Tuesday evening, a boy and another
girl on Thursday evening. The last was
born dead ; but the other two are living
aud doing well; also the mother is get
ting along finely.
§Sr A notice of'a recent visit to
.'liiithville and several other articles in
tended for this issue, have been unsviod-
«blc delayed until our next
From the New York Bun, May let.
One ol Fashion's Queens Attempts Sui
cide by Swallowing Pins.
The arrest of Fanny Mordannt on
day evening on charge of disorderly
duct, uud her attempt to commit suicide
while imprisoned, recalls to mind curi
ous facts in thin remarkable womia’e
histoiy. Mrs. Mordannt is about thirty-
three years of age. She is a native of
Washington, and resided in that city np
to within a few months. Her maiden
name was Roux. At the outbreak of the
war she£morried a Mr. Cole ; this union
was brief, however, owing probably to
Fannie’s violent temper. Once released,
she plunged into the vortex of admirers
was Col. Stewart, of Washington. With
this gentleman she moved in select cir
cles, and theatre, concert and ball found
her tho envied of the company. Taking
advantage of her now superior station
she used all her self-willed, passionately
loving and hating, her flirtation with the
Colonel suddenly ceased, and she at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
Soon thereafter Major-General Joseph
C. McKibbon, of the United States army,
married her. Gen. McKibbon took her
to Mobile, New Orleans and other South
ern cities, traveling in gorgeous style.
She lived with McKibbon two years, ana
that officer's plethoric exchequer dwin
dled to nothing. Fortune did not desert
her, however, for they returned to
Washington, and the round of pleasure
was resumed. Her extravagance iu dress
and life at tho hotels where she
well known soon gave rise to much gos
sip, aud another abandonment was ihe
result, the General going to Chic
where he now resides.
In the fall of 1870 Frank Mordannt,
the actor, then playing in Spaulding’s
National Theatre, Washington, mar/ ?
her, and again she reveled in the vo
of pleasure, spending her time in ridi
driving and in visiting the theatre r
concert hall. Mordaunt c.t mo to N
York, followed by Fanny, who took
her residence in the npper part of
city. On Friday evening last e
chore to nncnrb her tongue to offic
Washbume, of the Ninth-ward police,
who refused to arrest her husband c
her charge of assault For this show o
abuse and noise she was incarcerated
the Charles-8*reet police station. D -
ring the night she attempted suicide u«
swallowing half a dozeu pins, having pre
viously, it is said, taken three morphine
powders. Justice Cox released her.
A Rich Scene.—On Snnday last, says
the (Ohio) Register, two yonng ladies
went baggy riding with a yonng
and daring their excursion a bunch of
beads worn about the neck of one of the
ladies, some way got down her back,
cansing a peculiar sensation. She reach
ed round and clutched what she thought
pinching-bug, and how to get it
out was the question ; but as necessity is
the mother of invention, she detached
cape, dropped it ont of the buggy,
and after riding some distance, requested
the yonng man tp go after it, which of
course, he did, when she took advan
tage of his absence to get her compan
ion to open np her dress and remove the
offending object; but the gallant youth
not understanding the scheme, made
more haste than he shonld have, and
when he got to the boggy his eyes were
greeted with a view not on the bills.
The Plaxvobai Question—The
Washington Patriot says that inasmeh as
the Democracy have no candidates yet,
it wonld be prudent not to be in a burry
about a platform, for no man can tell
what a day may bring forth, and more
than a year must elapse before the party
meets in convention. Although we
have had something to say about certain
dispositions in the Democratic line of
battle to meet the enemy, we have never
meant to shape a Procrustean bed for
the great party of liberty to which we
are prond to belong. We shall support,
if we live, the Democratic candidates of
the National Convention with or without
a platform, only reasonably expecting,
and snre of having a fair hearing from
the South in framing the platform.—
And so, while we admit the force of the
reasoning of the Patriot upon the subject
of prematurity in fixing the articles of
political faith upon which we are to go
before the|eountry, we may, ear think,
without harm, have a friendly inter
change of views on certain cardinal prin
ciples and points of policy. On the
whole question, the Democrats, North
and South, if they cannot agree on every
point, mast ‘‘agree to disagree.” and
move upon the common enemy in solid
phalanx.—Mobile Register, 22d.
An awful occurence took place a few
evenings ago at the Principe Umberto
Theatre, in Florence, during the perform
ance of an eqnistrian spectacle, entitled
“the Capture of Cipriano la Gala.” At
the culminating point of the piece there
is a grand engagement between a band of
brigands and a party of sharpshooters,
the former stationed npon a group of
rocks, and the latter on the level ground.
Just as the combat was at its height one
of the sharpshooters fell, and in co natu-
oral a manner that the act was greeted
with an enthusiastic round of applause.
moment afterwards, however, it w
plain that something had gone wrong.
A couple of men rushed npon the si ige
and lifted the lK>dy of the prostrate actor,
when it was at once seen that he was lv-
a pool of gore. Cries and shrieks
arose from every part of the house ; wo-
fainted and men jumped upon the
stage. Meanwhile the orchestra contin
ued to play, and many of the perform
ers continued their parts, others, men
and horses, rushed about in wild confu-
At last the manager, pale as death,
came forward, and his aspect at once
hushed the house into silence. An uuto-
ward accident (said he) had just occurred,
and the representation must at once be
brought to au end. The house wps im
mediately cle -red, but crowds liugered
for some time about the neighborhood of
the theatre, and it was soon known that
the man who had so “naturally” dropped
on the boards had be<jn shot through the
he; d, and was a corpse before the first
echoes of the public applause conld have
reached his ear. In the Italiau theatres
certain gentlemen, who exercise their of
fice by turns are answerable for every
thing connected with the good order of
the representation, the taking of proper
precautions against accidents, and so
forth. On the evening iu question, the
official on duty had superintended the
loading of the firearms, aud is ready to
take oath that they were charged with
powder only. The hullelt, therefore,
that shattered the skull of the poor sharp
shooter in the mimic fight, was presuma
bly slipped iu one of the barrels after the
gnus hud beeu distributed among the
company—but by whom, and for what
purpose*? This is the mystery to which
justice is trying to fiud the clue,
shonld be added that the Kiug was,
cording to his custom, present at the
tertainment, having a great passion for all
horse spectacles, aud occupied bus usual
place in a box close to the stage, in the
company of the Bella Rosin a and her
daughter, the Marchioness Spinola. The
shot, however, supposing it intentional,
could not have been directed at hia Majes
ty, for it was fired in the opjKisito direc-
Valuable Pbopebty fob Sale.—Pto-
oolar attention is directed to the adver-
sement of Dr. W. J. Barlow, in.to
day’s paper. The plantation that he is
ing for sale is' beyond donbt, one
of the best in this section of the State,
and any one wishing to purchase a place
cannot be better suited than in this.—
The city property is all very valuable.
The Dr. informs ns that it is for no
satisfaction that he is offering this prop
erty for sale, but simply a desire to
change his base. We are satisfied that
he is determined to sell, and we wonld
advise any one wishing to purchase to
on the Dr. without delay.
From later accounts it would appe
that this sod event was the result of 1
accident. The same certaiuly cannot be
saiu of the mysterious deed of blood cot
mitted a short time ago in Milan. Tv
foreigners, who represented themselv
just arrived in the city, put up at the
The Radical Subbender. —Refering
to the nnenvible condition in which the
Radieal party has been placed by its own
misdeeds, the Washington Patriot says:
The condition of the party is a
miliating as it is difficult. It is a party
in power ; bnt it is also a party in
tude. It has lost its freedom, and it
betrays the bereavement in every step it
takes. It cannot go out among the peo
ple and select its own preferred candi
date for the Presidency ; it is made to
accept one who makes himself a candi
date, and to accept him, too, although
he is tho last ont of a hundred conspic
uous members whom it would select if
its choice were free. Nay, it is not
only forced to accept this candidate, not
of its own choosing, but it is forced to
arm him with power h so vast and dan
gerous that it trembles while giving
them over the lives aud liberties of the
people. Parties are sometimes driven to
such extremities as this in time of great
commotions and disorders; but Radi
calism has aspersed the character of
people and institutions by resorting to it
iu a time of profound peace, when the
ouly peril it can foresee ia the probabili
ty of its own defeat at the hands of the
people.
From the Christian Index, Atlanta.
Rev. Dr. Mell.
The spirit of the following letter from
President Mell ia worthy of all commen
dation. It is a fresh proof that he knows
how to speak to the heart of his brethren
Even his eminent qualifications for the
position which he has adorned through
aeries of years, scarcely becomes him s
well as the willingness to retire from it in
the interests of harmony and union.
HABHONY AND UNION AMONG GEORGIA
BAPTISTS.
A noticeable feature of the Conven
tion just adjourned was the tnuguauimm**
forbearing and fraternal spirit that gen
erally prevailed. A question of thremte
ing character, relatir 3 to the education
interests of the denomination—one ii
volving divisions of sentimeut. deep feel
ing, and personal interest, was settled to
the mutual satisfaction of those d' -ectly
Two Conventions
unmistakably decided in favor of
moval; and we may therefore, suppose
thaf the majority of our people, who
care anything about the subject, are of
the same opiuion. The question, then,
of the removal of the University
from Penfield, seems to be definitely
and finally settled. If this be so,
shonld not those of us in the minority
imitate the magnanimity of the people of
Penfield, and submit and acquiesce ?
True, there are some important and
delicate questions connected with the
location oi the University yet to be passed
npon by the Board of Trustees; but may
we not hojie that the wisdom and piety
of those brethren will be adequate to the
occasion ?
anti more—I. am willing to submit to
myself, I am informed, think the position
I occupy it* the denomination in the
State, is a hinderance to harmony and
union among thepeople. Very well: lam
prepared to abandon it, however mnch I
prize it Whatever of power I have had
as President of the State Convention, I
have endeavored to wield for harmony
and anion. I now give notice that I lay
it down for the accomplishment of the
same ends. P. H. Mell.
Athens, April 26th.
^■Rav. Thos. O. Summers, D. D.‘,
Editor the Nashville Christian Advocate,
» article on Dabby’s Prophylactic
Fluid says: “It comes nearer taking
the rank of a Gatholicon in oar family
than anything else. It ought to be bet-
ter known and mote extensively used.”
Hotel de Ville, once the first liens?
Milan,and still the favorite of diplomatists
and “travelers of distinction.” One of
the strangers entered his
ltora’ book as Krassovischi, a Pole, and
the other as Kauntousofi', a nutive of
Russia. They took possession of two bed
rooms upon the same floor, and, on the
following day, left tho house together for
a short time. On their return Kunuton-
soff was observed to fenter his companion's
sleeping room, and sometime afterwards
to descend the stairs with hiscarpet-bnj.
He gave five frauecs to tho waiter, aud
observing that he was suddenly called
away by urgent business, begged him not
to ‘disturb Krassovischi, who was un
well aud wanted rest. The request is
curiously suggestive of the relative 1
political position of the two countries to
which the men lielong, or prof<
long.
At i) in the evening, four hours after
the departure of the Russian, a man
to the Ville with a parcel for Krassovischi,
who had not been seen siuce the early af
ternoon. The waiter went up stairs and
found the door of the bed-room locked.
No answer bciug given to a repeated
summons to open, the door was forced,
and the lifeless body of the Pole discov-
covered tying ou the bed. He had been
strangled with a leathern strap, which
still encircled liis neck, llis features
were dreadfully distorted, aud he had
ceived several heavy blows in tho face
from some blunt instrument. Dr. Capel-
li, who was at once called in, certified
that the unfortunate man had beeu dead
for some hours, aud as bis appearance
denoted a fair share of bodily strength, it
is suggested that he must have been
drugged and assassinated when in a state
of insensibility. A search had been insti-
A Beautiful Extract.
It was night. Jerusalem slept
quietly amid her hills as a child upon
the breast of its mother. The noiseless
sentinel stood like a statue at his post,
and the philosopher's lamp burned dim
ly in the recesses of his chamber, But
a moral darkness involved the nations
in its unenlightened shadows. Reason
shed a faint glimmering over the minds
of men, like the cold and insufficient
shining of a distant star. The inunor~
tality of man’s spiritual nature was
known, his relations unto Heaven
discovered, and his future destiny ob
scured in a* cloud of mystery. It was at
this period that two forms of ethereal
mouid hovered about the land of God’i
chosen people. They came like sister
angels, sent to earth on some embassy of
love. The one of majestic stature and
well-formed limb, which her snowy dra
pe iy scarcely concealed, in her erect
bearing nod steady eye exhibiting the
highest degree of strength and cc
fideuce. Her right arm wan extended
an impressive gesture upward, where
night appealed to have pleaied her dark
est pavillion; while on her left reclined
her delicats companion, in form and
conntenaucy the contrast of the other.
She was drooping like a flower moisten
ed by refreshing dews, and her bright
and troubled eyes scanned them with
radent but varying glance. Suddenly a
light like the sun, flashed out from the
Heavens, and Faith and Hope hailed,
with exciting songs, the ascending star
of Belhlehein. Years rolled away, and
the Stranger was seen at Jerusalem.
He was a meek, uua&suming man, whose
happiness seemed to consist in acts of
benevolence to the hnmau race. There
were deep traces of sorrow ou His
tenauce, though no one knew why He
grieved, for He lived in the practice of
every virtue, and was loved by all the
good and wise
By and by it was rumored that the
Stranger worked miracles, and the blind
saw, the dumb spake, the dead arose,
the ocean moderated its chafing tide, the
very thunder articulated. He wi
Son of God. Envy assailed him to
death.
Thickly guarded. He slowly ascended
the Hiil of Calvery. A heavy cross bent
Him to the earth. But Faith leaned
His arm, and Hope, dipping her pinions
in His blood, mouuted to the skies.
IS THIS
§fur Jprertteemetrtjs.
2,000 lbs. BULK BACON,
2.000 lbs: Smk’d “
10 bbls pure old rye whisky,
10 bbls choice n. q. syrup,
10 SACKS CHOICE RIO COFFEE,
10 SACKSMEDIUMRI0 COFFEE,
10.000 LBS. FLOUR IN SACKS,
That must be sold for Cash by
L N. HART.
W ILL be sold on the 13tli i n .t’ *
Court House door, in the cito of* /*
E *“: "*■
2 Half barrels Varnish,
1 Billiard Table,
2 Cotton Gin*,
1 Log Wagon and ono 27 inch rm’t
1 Trank Marcliandizc, ^ ”
2 Arm Chairs,
5 Stove* aud fwo Grates,
1 Packs ge Merchandize.
Terms Cash. Sold to pav frevht
l f. xcurcaux.
FOR LOW,
BROWN HOUSE,
Front of Passenger Depot, Macon, Ga.,
W. F. BROWN & CO.,
uyl2-5ut.
Proprietors.
Barmun s Circus—A Terrible Disaster.
Barnum’s circus met with quite a
.serious mishap iu New Jersey last week.
The company had been traveling nil
night Thursday, aud early Friday morn
ing they reached the railroud at Craw
ford. There were six men iu the wagon.
Five were asleep iu the rear of it, t
the driver, the sixth was also asleep
his bux. At Craw ford there is a down
grade that gives great imptiis to a
moving onward to Jursey City station.
The iustant the wagon was rolling ovei
the first rail the whistle of the approach
ing train startled one of the slumberers.
He leaped to his feet and openin
iron slide in the door of the wagon
ihe train coming. He was paralyzed
with fear, and stood a silent spectator ol
the opproaching engine. Before he could
warn his fellows of the danger, the en
gine, with its train of carriages, came
dashing iuto the ill-fated wagon. The
four sleepers in the r*ar of the wagon
never woke. Their limbs were found
scattered along the track, and their flesh
appending to the debris of the broken-
up wagon. The driver was literally cut
to pieces, as were the two horses. Only
one man survived to tell how the acci
dent grew out of the negligence of the
driver. The wounds of this person are
j fearful that little hope of his recovery
i entertained.
From tho San Francisco B ull«tin.
Latest About Laura Fair.
While there is a general expression of
satisfaction at the result of the triul,
there is also a feeling expressed in near
ly all the circles, opposed to the inflic-
of the extreme penalty of the law,
ftvor of a commutation to impris-
and i
omnent. Men Lay the verdict wus de
manded, and, as rendered, it vindicated
law and public morals. That, they say
was the purpose to bo attained, and the
conviction secured it.
Should the motion for a new trial be
overruled, jndgueut must follow, and
from that an uppeul will be taken to the
Supreme Court o’ the State, which must
either affirm or over-rule the judgment
of the Fifteenth District Court.
Wednesday the jail keeper, Mr. Kelly,
refused to allow Mrs. Fair’s little daught
er her mother to enter the prison with
her, but yesterday Sheriff White granted
a permit to l>oth of them, and now they
aie with her. Mrs. Fair expressed full
reliance in the good faith and ability of
her counsel. She has been removed
from the. room which she first occupied
at the front of the prison to a large cell
at the foot of the upper corridor. It is
comfortable, but seems hardly suitable
for 11 woman in her condition of health ;
still it is probably the best in the jail
Dr. Trask visited I '
most of the time she 1
daughter and mother.
Granberry & Barlow
A RE now opening their Spring etock, 1
old “Cranberry corner,•* American,
eir goods have been RECENTLY 1'UIU
D
WITH THE MONEY
LATE LOW PBICES !
VERY GREAT INDUCEMENTS
WHO MAY WISH TO BUY GOODS
Cheap for Cash.
For tl\e Money,
MUCH LOWER THAN WE CAN DO ON .
NONE OF OUR FRIENDS
WILL EXPECT US TO
Vary from our I\ule,
WHICH IS
TO SELL FOR CASH ALONE,
OUR STOCK CONTAINS
OtmaborgH, Bleached and Brown Shirtings and
Sheeting-, Northern an • Southern Plaid-.
Prints, Printed Lawns and Jaconets, Printed
Linen Dress Goods, Plain, Checked and Striped
White Goods. Black aud colored Iron Bereges,
French CorsOs, Sum-
Black Doeskin, Frencl
, Linen Coatings, Brown
1 Bleached Linen Drills and Ducks, Cotton-
adea and other G >oda for Pants.
CROCKERY,
CHINA,
GLASSWARE,
Plated Kpoons and Forks. Table and Pocket
Cutlery, Ladies Travelling Bags. Paper and Ink,
•Soap, Soda, Potash, Candles and Starch, Smok-
•ng and liffewing Tobacco.
Hate, Umbrellas and Shoe*. Brooms, Tube
nd Pails, Clothe* and Travelling Baskets.
Viudow Shades and Oil Cloths,Looking Glasses,
Saddlery.
To oar usual extensive and beautiful stock of
CARPETINGS,
we have added a largo lot of
WHITE AND FANCY
MATTINGS,
WALL PAPER,
PAPER SHADES AND SCREENS,
Below Ante-Bellum Prices!
■ wo ciu ikU MANY OF IBS GOODS WE
H*V£ ENUMERATED.
All wo ask is an opportunity to show and price
th -in. We shall not expect auybody to buy if
they are not satisfied that our goods are as LOW
As THEY CAN BE BOUGHT xN ANY ltA«r_
LT IN GEORGIA.
J. J. Gusbobt. W. W. Bjklow.
Americas, G*7th., April ,1871. c Cm
McLaughlin & Burt
rjEwrisT^j, ’
AMEBICCS, GEOBGIa.
O FFICE on Lamar Street, ovar r w
& Son's store. Patranlge
Reasonable. Terms CASH. avi-i
F.14,
rice bass,
Shoe-Maker,
rear^of Jesse Stallings*
WHITE
To the Citizens of Americus.
I N consideration of the dullness of :he times,
have from this date reduced my prices, ft
hair cutting, shaving Ac, to the fo.'ow.ng rati
SHAVING—7 Tickeis $1.<
SHAMPOOING..
Webster Sheriff Sales.
W"
the first Tuesday in Jum .
al hours or sale, tho following propertv to-w»t:
One lot of laud No. i7, South half of lot No.
IS, West half of lot No. 47, West half of lot No.
50. One hundred and forty two acres of lot
No. 46, lot No. 51 and lot No. 78. All ly
ing in the 18th District, of Webster County,
known a- the Chappel Cox plantation, to eatisi\
a fi-fa issued from the Superioi *
county, iu ' ” ‘
Cox, Admi . .
by Plaintifl; levy made by jonl er Sheriff.
ALSO—At the same time and place, lots oi
land Nos. 211, aud 2SS, in the twenty-fifth Dia-
. m 1 Levied upon as the
r, property pointed out bv Plaintiff s Attorney.
W. E. MATHEWS, Sheriff/
may 5-tds.
Webster Coroner Sale.
[YT ILL be sold before the Court House door.
W in Preston Webster county Ga., between
he legal hours ot sale, ou the 1st Tuesday iu Junt
lext, the following property to wit:
One lot of land No. 2.4, and SO acres of lot N
■' Cotton
- *yait
NOTICE TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES
rjvUE Sumter County Board of Education at j.
, the fodo^i^UeSthm to which
1 r the School Trustees of the€oum v f. &
jspcctfplly calied, to-wit : • *
Resolved, That the Trm-t<esfor public*!
xtion are hereby requested to fill
re Boa ids wherever a vaeai
2d. That said Trustees 1
u< ta of Teacher’s salaries. ‘ * Il * ir
Also, tho time deemed proper to cm
aid schools, and how many mouth* they
Marseilles
DRESS GOODS
At 15 Cts a Yard.
193 in the twenty fifth District of Webe
Sold as the nropert of Jeptha B. Pi. k«
to satisfy a fi-.a issue from the Superior Co
of said county in favor of Burke and Matin
vs. Jepthia B. Pickett. Property* Dointed out by
Jeptha B. Pickett. MALIC Hi DAV.i-.OX.
ESTRAY NOTICE.
GEORGIA—I^ec County.
W ILL lie sold before the Court Hou»e dooi
in Starkville, Loo county, on the find
Tuesday in July next, the following properly
in the right ear and ciop in the left, branded
ountv, April 2Slh 1871.
may!2-tds. Dept. Clerk, Ordiu
JAMES MO ROAN.
tmm&mmMB
DRESS GOODS
AT 121*2GENTS A YARD
COTTON JAPANESE
DRESS GOODS
At 10 Cts, a Yard
Many other Goods equally low,
CALL SOON AT
ORDINARY’S COURT.
dinary for county pu» poses, be held on the
second Monday in every month, when petitions
for count? aid as Pauper, w.ll be received and
considered on that day only.
I toaitou
ny official signature, this the 8th day
ft. K J£. EA - ON, Oidinarv, *
GEORGIA—Snmter County
■yyiLL bo sold on the first Tuesday in Jan
before the Court*Hot.™
, Ga., during the lawful bou
s, the following property, to-\
so—One halt interest in tha
to the Mag
for sheriff 1
•1 and one flou
, ces and one lutudre
of land on wb’cli tho same are
26th Dist., of Sumter <
l>e sold as the property
Court of said Count v in favor
W. II. lteid executors of voae. Ve
Geo. E. Clerk and G. W. Morgan. *’
W. BOSWOBTH, Sheriff s. C.
Aim*—The MagnoMa Mills consisting of one
13 f win? roil
metaling of one
with ali their ai>
1 and sixiv acres
sit uated all being
or Geo. Morgan
•f H. B- Glass and
Grist Mill and
portenauces ai
of land on which the
N, Emanuel’s.
W. Morgan
A. Upton, I
Conn y.
hundred aud sixty a
10th Dist., of Sumter Coantv,
•y of Geo.^E._ Clark am
V*. j” P BOSWOBTH f
aud to be sold under aud bv vi-tue of a 11 la
issued to enforce a Mechanics l.icn, as the liroi/
ertv of Mrs. C,A. Wright. And at the suit of
R. L Brewer for the use of Speer & Hooks
W. J. BOSWOBTH, Sheriff
Valuable Property for Sale.
I am offering Tor sal*on th*? most rca wluble
terms one or the most desirable plantations in
ixmth Western Georgia, lying in Terrell Countv
containing one Thousand a - - - - - *
crops on the pit
ijdao groundpeaa, stock peas
of labor on the Disco’
ipial p<
st.
sufficiency
I « dl aiso sell tLe mules, horses, * cows, hogs!
and other stock on the plantation; also a com-
P V h , “, <1 * uUre "•»««* ■>' tools.
P 1 *®* 181,1 Itoofi repair and everything .
good condition. A large and comf. 11 table dwell-
mg bouse, kitchen smoke house and all other
necessary out buildings, on the place, together
with an excellent well of water. Itis oueof tbe
most desirable places iu this section of country
aud is offered for sate only on the ground that
I desire to t-hange locations.
0< F tr for /*' e a ver T desirable house and
lot in the town of Americus, located near the
Presbytenau Church, and convenient to the
business portion of the city. Possession given
immc-diotUy both as to plantation and c tv prop
erty. tor 1 art her particulars apply to tho* 1
der-lsnied “ Am« thoVac
Slay I2tf.
W. J. BARLOW,
UNITED STATES INTERNAL
REVENUE.
CoixEcrroa’s Oinor, 24 District Ga i
Ma.-Aiti tla 1 iWTi ‘ •
N'
, Nay 1,1871
ANNUAL TAX NOTICE.
fOTIC •: is hereby given that tho Annual list
of taxes assessed in this Co 'eciion Dis-
*••'-*» * or tho year 187:, has been received front
the assessor ami that tho duties and taxes
therein specified have become due aud Datable
The Collector, or one of his Deputlss, wili at
tend at this office from May 5th to the 15tli in
clusive, (Sundays exoepted) between tho hours
aud 4 i*.M., to receive taxes otto ia
l ‘ e .?i VCn ,’ h - P°* ler . of the date
and place, one of the Deputy Collectors will be
> receive taxes due from tx-rso: s teeiding in
ther counties. b
Demands will bo serve 1 np ... si I persons neg
lecting to make pityine-.t within the »Love
specified time; and for the Issuing aud scrt.ce
tnersof a lee or 2) cents, aud four cents lor
each m.lc actually and necessarily traveled in
•ert»ng the same, will be charged! If pat meat
be net made »*tbm ton days after the seriicC ef
]WBranto of distraint against property
will be burned lor the collection of unpaid taxess
with five per centum additional ana interest a,
the rate of on e per centum per month, tc&idet
costs and expenses of diatraint.
WILLI AM C.SIOimiLL,
may 12-3t. Cot lector, t
City Tax Notice.
’ity Tax Bet
returns ^will^ e
* Offico a* old
ROAD NOTICE.
T HE ROAD COMMISSIONERS of tlie seven
Districts of Sumter countv, are resw-ctfr
iy requested * n *•*'“•* -* * L - v *
Mays 2t
l. F. BELL
Ordinarr.
SELECT SCHOOL.
T HE subscriber with a view to the wWo .i
modious school room adjoinii g Lis dwelling;
Eila\ llle Schley County Ga., where lie wi.l j
ceive a selected number of pupils, for a tern
six months convening on the fin-t Mondnv
June next, lie will beassis ed in the Elements;,
departu ent by bis daughter Mas Julia Ckg
Ellaville is a pleasant quiet place, vmhakb
with good society, aud church privileges. Board
can be bad with the Principal, at very 1
W. 0. P. CLEG HORN, Principal
Miss J. W. CLEG HORN, Aaeisuu
CHALYBEATE SPRINGS
Meriwether Co., Ga.
T IIII undersigned having secured this delight
fill place, Legs to anuonnae to tlie puU;
that it is in thobouoh ntr.uu, aud will lx-
ix-rlect readiness lor tlie reception of gue?
the 1st of Jum*, 1871.
To the old patrons of tho ‘ Ciialyiu ate"
e will state, that the mala Spring is
judge;
Chalybeate Spring m the Uuital
States -issuing from Ihe north side of Vi
Mountain, and discharging 3,600 gallons 1
*-~ur. It is remarkable, for tbe won din „
res it has effected. We have three other
rings-Sulphur, Magnesia, and Freestoi
u whole embraces a most valuable coniliL-
>n of mineral waters. The place is handsem
ly lighted with gas.
Every species of innocent amnaemcn
provided, embracing a fine SKATING Rl.NK.
One of the greatest attractions, and one ihu
we think will give most pleasure, is the laeol
new, LADLES’ SWIMMING BATH.buih iu
tiful sparkling stroam, rushing from tl
* n. It is 75 feet long, lu feet wid.
bth to lie regulated by the batherr-;
*td, and .provided with plenty of
V beautiful, lovfi DRIVE, construct,
; summit of the mountain, abjundinj
•esqao views, will afford pltasuie
The
or Music will be i
able will bo s- pplied with
trill be pn
ie stringency of the
reduce the price of
Washing done at i-e.
While c«r.1 amust
ose iii health, the khulest attention trit bejai
valid*.
rnm’ Elegant Loaches at Geneva S
C. B. HC
april 21-3 m. i
To the Citizens of South West Georgit
The Atlanta Nursery ha . _—
* lor the sale
this s
rell-ei
suffici,
teoof its liberality. Long experience
business has taught them what varieties are the
dapted to tho different soils and climate* of
this State. Ilencc, they propagate no varietiw
*ept sncli as they have teeu tested, and kno*
greatest as well as "the most healthful of la-&*
Ir you want reliable fruit you *
get it • 01a this nursery There a*- -—
mg iu this place at W. \V. Barlows. Dr. Albert
Rees, and A. A. Witlets, irom this nnneU
where the l .cut can be seen and connot be
passed by anything raised in this State. T«
»• e Omni: agents m the county ivpre** 11 **
oTBEUKuasEBiES-henco vou should be caw
o give your orders to the Aget * ''•**'•
e" ready to receive and fill ‘
?, WILLETA- STEWART,
Build the Turnpike-
T HE anufreigned CommuMontTS “J 1 **Jjfl
till the tint of SU», hT tte
work on the Tprnpike across Mucialee «ee
bridge aud the cvlvert nearest S
age of 15 iocses, and 10 feet
* the last culvert out toward Starkvdb T
hundred and fifty feet, an average f
’ ' IvtL.
bridge.
’jl bid*
of the first c
Bids may bo handed in to either of
rdinary. Tlie privilege of rejecting **1
iserved. The cash in Treasury to pa? 01
G. M. STORES,)
W. A. JONES, } C
T. F. PORTER. )
ap28 4t
as physician, with special reference lo i-- •*.
mmCbmpottd »f «<*&* tSmt mid d.***;-
only white (sweet) and light, but S.
ggfeOTeaaSraSg^
law. cheap imitations. Be sure you g*« V*
Crm1 ISmLimn Jbmxter Sold bv Greet r*. all