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r WEEKLY DEMOCRAT. VOLUME I. BAINERIDQE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1872 NUMBER 43 The Weekly Democf#, rcxL&itxfl' EVERT TIICMDAY HORXnO. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: One Cbpyone year - - - *»«> One Copy six months * - • 1 50 Heading Matter ra Every Page* [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sum] The Geneva ArMtratiOtl—The British “Case” Received at Washington—N9 CoHaequeri- tial Dahittges. Washington, March 24.—An Of ficial copy of the British case, as submitted to the Gevcva tribunal, has been received by this govern ment. It makes a volume quite ae large as that of the American case, and is divided iuto ten parts, and is accompanied by four large volumes of correspondence. From its begin ning to the end there is no refer ence whatever to the consequential damage feature submitted in the American case. On the contrary, tSie whole argument of the British ■case is directed to the conclusion '.that the United States have even no claim for direct damages “growing .out of the acts of specified vessels.” 3ts .-position is succintly stated in its «opening 48 follows: “In ef fect, therefore, the Geneva tribunal Is called npor.>to,<3etcnnine whether, in respect of certain vessels not dcs- ignatod 'hrmoiue, foe government of 'Great Britain, as a a^nlral power, Gias made default in tlievperformance of any international obligation due from -that power to the United States. Should this question be ans wered in the affirmative, -the tribu nal's then to form a judgment on the extent of the liability, if any, in curred by the default, and is either to award a gross sum in satisfaction of ailjjufit claims, or to define the general limits of the liability as to each vessel for the guidance cf the assessors under article ten of the t-ncsty. *Cte claims which may be presented to the tribunal, and to which alone it is to have regard iu making awards, arc claims growing tout of the acts “of the vessel, if any, in respect <11 Vt hich a failure of duty shall be proved.” It will be noticed that the British case is confined ex plicitly to the discussion of the claim for direct damages. Assuming this position, it goes on to prove that of the four vessels in respect of which the United States have made claims against Great Britain, two, the Georgia and She nandoah, were never in any debtee fitted out, armed or equipped for war, or especially to warlike use, in foe limits of Great Britain; and that according to the evidence the She nandoah was a merchant vessel and was soli to the Confederate Govern ment after she had left a British port: and further, that no infoi ma tron whatever of their character was ever communicated to the British Government until after they had de parted from British ports. The other tws vessels—the Ala bama and Florida—though suitable by their construction for war vessels, were not armed for war when they left the waters of the United King dom. They had no armament what ever, and did not receive any until they had arrived at places very re mote from Great Britain. In the case of one vessel only (the Alabama) admissible evidence tending to prove the existence of an unlawful inten tion was furnished before the depart ure el that ship. This testimony was supplied little by little, the last in stallment being delivered four days after shewaiksL She put to sea without a clearance and unregistered under pretense that she was about to make a trial trip and return to her moorings. The case goes on to argue that Great Britain exercised ‘‘due diligence” within the meaning of the sixth article of the treaty, and is not liable for a cent of a damages. It should be understood that this case was prepared and submitted before the important question of in direct damages had been raised, yet it shows most fully that Great Brit ain did not regard any such claim as existing, and denotes all of its case to refuting that for direct indemnity. in the penal sum of $3,000, with two good securities, to repay all dam ages that may arise from either ael ling or giving away such liquttF. 2. No liqifor shall be sold to minors or to persons Cither intoxicated or in the habit tif becoming intoxicated. 3. All plhces where intoxicating li quors are sold contrary to law shall J?£“ shot dp and abated as public nuis ances. 4. Any man who causes the intoxication of another, with or wi th out a license, shall pay a reasonable compensation, to the person who takes care of the inebriate, to be re covered in an action of debt. 5. Every person who is injured, in any way, by any intoxicated person, shall have a right of action against any man who caused the intoxication in whole or in part, and against the owner or owners bf the building in which the sale took place; a married wo man having the saftie right to bring suits, and to control the same and the amount recovered, as& feme-sole. The giving away of liquors to evade the provisions of the act shall be held to be an uhlawfdi sellilig: The remaiuing provisions relate mainly to the enforcement of these above enumerated. Temperance Law in Illinois. The following are some of its lead- big features: 1. No man shall sell liquor with out & license, and no man shall have * license who will not give a bond Facts and Fancied. The youngest mother chronicled in history is a Boston girl, aged eight. The present ample sugar harvest of Minnesota promises to be the richest in many years. The amount of snow in thg Upper Mississippi country is greater than for twenty years. French heels have at last succum bed to the outcry against them, and have gone from our gaze. There is a man in Robertson County, Texas, who is enjoying the blessing of his eighth wile and forty- one children. Br* Moines reports a pig with eight feet, two snouts, two ■ cars, and only one eye, the latter, in the oeitre if its head. Fifty-seven deaths from violence O&urasC in London during a single week recently. Of these forty-four were the result of accident or uegli- gcnce. One of the latest curiosities in natural history is a«alftfck‘i& to be dwned in Oakland, Oregon, which sports a pair of wings just behind his shouHcrs. A cheerful giver put the Slewing note in a pair of pantaloons sent to the Michigan sufferers: “There take ’em; last pair I’ve got; don’t get burned out again.” A man played dead, with lauda num, etc., at his side, in elder to test bis wife's affections. She, to test his ' vitality, ran a cambric needle into his leg, and ‘brought him. to.’ A microscopic examination of flesh from the body of Miss. Yurbush, the .young lady who died at Urbana, Il linois, from eating han, revealed fifty thousand trichinae to the square inch. ft has been discovered that a grad uate and bachelor of arts of one of the Eastern colleges is a woman, who, unsuspseted, went through the entire course under the style and habiliments of oae of the sterner sex. Official information has been re ceived to the effect that the English Government has resolved not to go into the Geneva Conference, unless the American claim for indirect dam ages shall have previously been with drawn.^ , A man has been sentenced to State Prison in Michigan, who owns a farm in St. Joseph County, worth $40,000, and. other property valued at $30,000. He was convicted of conspiracy and obtaining money un der false pretences. Iowa stands the sixth State in the Union as regardsThrm products. In corn she heads the list, averaging in 1871, 42 1-2 per acre. Next comes Nebraska, with 41 1-2, then Illinois, the so-called great corn State, with 38 1-2. A farmer out west has just con trived an infernal machine for the destruction of crows, in the shape of a kernel of corn which explodes on being picked up by the unsuspecting bird, and blows his head off without the slightest warning. A Michigan saloon-keeper has this evasive arrangement: Yon put your ten rents on a spot marked ‘whisky,’ the ttpp&fatus revolves, find directly yon see a glass of whisky standing before yon. and you don’t kilo#, of course, who gave it to ydt, tjf how it camfe there. A whiter in the Christian Advo cate fears costly charclies, and the rivalry which must arise among them /or popular preachers. He says: “Corripetition leads to large salaries, large salaries lead to sore throats, sore throats lead to vaca tion, «nd vacation leads to California or Burope.” A life-time convict in the Indian- na State Prison by the flame of Kar- ver, received word that his wife had procured a divorce and was aUdut td wed another. He was so dejec ted over the news that he procured a piece of rope and hung himself in his cell, but wfis discovered find cut down before life was extinct. Glrand juries in California tire made up of very unreasonable men apparently. One of these fastidious bdJ&ies in Sacrahifiiito lately^ rcconr mended the removal of the jailor, P. McGowan, “for taking prisoners out and strolling around the city with them in the dead hours of midnight, leaviug the control of the jail id one ot the prisoners.” A story illustrative in the way in which revolutions are got up in South America is told by the Anglo-BrtiziU ian Times: Three or four years ago, an Argentine second lieutenant made a “pronunciatnento” in the city of CoTrldntcs, but Wits bdaten and Cap tured. At his courtmartial he was asked, “What poet had you in the affair?” “I was commafidcriin-chief of all the infantry of the revolution.” ‘How many men had that infantry?’ “Seven men,” replied the cominan- der-in-chief. has tried to take Care of bis health. Then I had drather hev a little one. He is a jolly and eloqnoflt advocate They can also drag sleds,- some has Georgia Cities and Towns.—The census of Georgia, taken in 1870, under the direction of the Federal authorities, has been made public. There are only four cities in the State with over 10,000 inhabitants, namely: Savannah with 28,225, At lanta with 21,789, Augusta with 15,389 and Macon with 12.314. Co lumbus comes next, with 7,000, then Athens with 4,251, Griffin with 3,421, Americus with 3,259, Mill- cdgeville with 2,750, Rome with 2,748, Brunswick with 2,348, Car- tersville with 2,232, Albany with 2, lfl r L, and LaGrange with 2,052.— The towns with less than 2,000 and more than 1,000 population, aie: Newnss, 1,917; Marietta, 1,888; Dalton, 1,809; Thomasville, 1,657; Washington, 1,606; Forsyth, 1,510; West Point, 1,405; JBainbridge, 1,351; .iFont Talley, 1,333, and Gainesville, 1,028. Peculiarities of Politicians. WHAT SUMNER, SCHURZ ANT* THE PRESIDENT DO TO SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH. pPron*b« Herald of Health. Everybody knows that the Presi dent is a smoker, and "a tremendous one, too. He told me that while he was m the field he smoked literally all the time; but that in civil life, confined to the house, sis he is, many hours in the day, he has been obliged to reduce the number of segars that he allows himself. Especially in walking docs he smoke. He takes his solitary walks regularly every day, and graduates the walk to the length of the segar. When John Quincy Adams was Secretary of State and President, he set an example of care for health with reference to bathing. Every morning early, dur ing the summer months, he took his plunge into the Potomac. In that form of hydropathic zeal, the present occupant ot the White House cer tainly does not imitate Mr. Adams. The executive mansion enables him to take his ablutions in a more pri vate and agreeable manner than by a swim in the great river. But President Grant has another habit, which is Very wiolesome both tor the mind and the body—he believes in the sanitary value of an occasional journey, a trip to the seaside, a run across the continent. It is hard to find fault, even in the mildest fashion, with a man like Mr. Coxfax. His sudden and alarming illness last year led to a pretty wide discussion of his health and habits. Some very ridiculous and false things were published on the subject. Mr. Colfax has always been a very healt hy man- Me believes, in health. He of the sanitary value of Constant cheerfulness, of resistance to bother and worry, of the avoidance ot per. sonal quarrels, of moderation in am bition, of living at peace with God and man. Moreover, he takes all the exercises he can in rapid walk ing about Washington; he is very temperate in eating; and all his life he has wholly abstained from intoxi cating drinks. Charles Suiiliic'r is a prodigy of physical endurance. I have it from his own lips, that for many years past, indeed for nearly the whole of his life, he has worked fourteen hours a day. He has never been a smoker. He lives “generously,” and in a tem perate fashion, is a wine drinker.— In his younger days he was a famous pedestrian, striking off his dozen miles without the least difficulty.— He has given all that up. He liter ally takes no exercise. Living so heartily, working so laboriously, shut up to his pen and his books for so mahy hours, it is astonishing that he keeps so weil. But he is a man that will go suddenly when he does go. Senator Schurz is another inter esting figure in the Senate. What are*his health habits? A glance shows you a noble physical endow ment. He has a muscula , active, vital frame; all his movements are quick and vigorous; and with proper care he ought to have length of days and great honor. As to driuking and smoking ho. is thoroughly Ger- mau—if we may say that Germany has any monopoly of those graces.— I mean especially that he has a Ger man’s faith iu beer, arid a German’s ability to flash intellectual light from the midst ot dense clouds df tobacco, smoke. His greatest peril lies in the excess of work. Such a brain as his cannot lie idle: nay, it is a despotic member, domifttltlrtg the whUle man and tl'riillpling on thd gospel of rest and sleep. Senator Schurz works very late at night, even till one and two o'clock. For exerciari he has a fine plan. He has taken a house about two miles from the capitol, and resolutely walks the whole distance, both going and coming. Mr. Boutwell is a man of medium size, of wiry frame, self-possessed and temperate in all things. He takes good care of himself, especially depending on billiards for exercise. For that game he has a passion, and amid the click of ivory balls he eases his mind of the cares of state. It appears from McAlpine’s “Life and Times of James Fisk, Jr.,” that the redoubtable James had not only a strong aversion to lying, but that he had an utter contempt for a man who would be a salesman in a whole sale dry goods shop. He thought there must be fun in the life of a salesman in a retail concern where existence is made more thaq endura ble by chaffing with women and measuring tape for them, but to stand and ‘ ‘dicker” with a man who knows you are lying, and who knows that you know he knows that you are lying, was a thing from which his gigantic soul ever revolted.— This purity and this pride made him at last controller of Erie and the Opera, House—two institutions in which pride and parity went hand in hand, and so became notorious. Col. Fisk’s First Composition.—. From MeAJpine’s “Life and Times of James Fisk, Jr.,” we extract as follows.' “One of his copy books, used when he was about twelve years old, is still preserved by his step mother at her home in Brattleboro, and to say that it is a literary curi osity is to do meager justice to one of the most original of all the written results of school-boy labor ever ex amined by the critic. Hardly a page but shows the antipathy of the boy to everything like set forms, and hardly a line but shows his natural contempt for uniformity. The little book contains three or four composi tions, one of which entitled “A Piece about The Dog,” » 48 ani( l ue “ been learned to cary sticks and bask ets and seterer. The bulldog is the best fighting dog, because most likely he was made for that purpus. A terrier goes mostly for rats, but they can also fight. I think the new- foundland is the ttoblest dog, he saves children from drowing, and they are sagasious. This is all for the present. The Contracts of a Life.—In a recent speech at Great Falls, N. H., Senator Henry Wilson, referring to some" experiences in his early life, says: “I feel that I have the right to speak for toiling men and to toiling men. I was born here in your county of Stafford. I was born in poverty; want sat by my cradle. I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give. 1 left my home at ten years of age and served an apprenticeship of eleven years, re ceiving a month’s schooling each year, and the end of eleven years of hard work, a yoke of oxen and six sheep, which brought me eighty-four dollars. A dollar would cover every p^nny I spent from the time I was born until I was twenty-one years of /Lgc. I know what it is to travel weary miles and ask my tellow-men to give me leave to toil. I remember that in September, 1833, I walked into j^ur village from my native town, and went through your mills, seeking employment. If any body had offered me eight or nine dollars per month, I should have accented it gladly. I went down to Salmon Falls, I went to Dover. I went to Newmarket, fend tried to get work without success, and I returned home weary, but not discouraged, and I put my pack ou my back and walked to the tbWli where I now live and learned a mechanic’s trade. I know the hard lot that toiling men have to cridure in the world, and every pul sation of ray heart, every conviction of my judgment, puts meou the side of the toiling men bf my coriritry— aye, Of all countries. [From the New York Citizen. General Hancock. The leaders of the Democratic party, in their anxiety to combine with the Republicans, are losing sight of some important considera tions. So demoralized are they by their frequent defeats, that they are becoming bewildered and gasp after victory wildly; they look to dissatis fied Republicans for assistance, ly run the risk of driving off more steadfast supporters than they will obtain recruits from tne enemy. The Republican party is confident of victory; it is in the possession of power and patronage, it has the prestige of success in the_ past and hope of it in the future. It can offer numerous and certain advantages to those who remain in it or desert to it, while it can punish promptly and surely those who would desert it.— Instead of losing the dissatisfied element, the floating population, which goes with the strong battal ions and has but slight convictions of its own, is sure to draw to itself all such unstable classes. Were the people convinced that Democracy was better than Republicanism they would join it on principle, but the politicians Will never exchange the party which possesses, for the one which merely hopes to acquire pat ronage. Very little, therefore, is to be expected from mere defection in the ranks of our adversaries, petty quar rels among the office-holders arising as often from disappointed greed as from any other cause. • Senator Schurz is sincefe in his convictions, and from his position in Missouri, has little to lose from leaving the Administration attd defying the party discipline, but for Sumner or Greeley to pretend to leave the negro wor shipping high-tariff organization is a self-delusion which, however firmly believed, is as improbable as the aiyrthing ever penned by Artemus jj-g^pogition of the poles. Sumner’s Ward. The young writer says m his stoc t.j n .trade, it is true, is almost “Piece” (which had evidently been originally written “Peace ). << A dog is an animal with forelegs, because he is quadrooped. I like large dogs best, because they can run farther and fig*»t better than little dogs, and they can also cetch rabits. A big dog aint worth much without hes got good breed into him. an overrated mediocrist before the public in a prominent position.— Greeley knows nothing but the blun ders and vagaries of protection, and would be as ill at case in a Demo cratic Assembly as a fish would be out of water. He means to do right and is convinced that Grant's Ad ministration is Ccfrrdpt, but would rather swallow the most corrupt ad ministration in the world than to accept the benefits of honest free trade. Of such materials little can be made to help in breaking down a system, nine-tenths of which they approve as the very shibboleth of political salvation. But Graut has it iu his power to annidown this revolt at any time he thinks proper. He can run Greeley with himself^as Vice-President, and this he ought to do, both out of re gard to the great abilities of the sage of Chappaqua and as a security for his own election. He can emasculate Senator Fenton by taking away his followers. Conkling is already com mitted, and cannot withdraw. Now let Grant satisfy Fenton, and the much talked of revolution dissolves into mist. It is rumored that he will do this, the scheme being to run Thomas G. Alvord for Governor of this State at the Fall election. To this plan Fenton must either give his adhesion or the selfishness of human nature will induce the parties interested to leave him out of the combination, which would be his po litical ruin. Without Greeley, Fen ton, Alvord, or Sumner, and with Trumbrill hesitating and doubting and ready to drop back into line, the bolting Republicans could hardly command a corporal’s guard of fol lowers. And yet in the face of all these considerations, this rag, tag, bob-tail of an armv proposes not merely to set up for themselves, but to nominate the candidate for the Democracy at the next Presidential election. These threads and patches of power are to assume the dignity of Rings and act as though they were masters of the situation. Call they bring as many recruits as they drive away old-time suppor ters ? Will the regular Democrats, the extremists, the State-rights men the copperheads, and secessionists, if you please, accept any such dictator ship ? We doubt it, and these are actually a power in the land. Other meaifa of gaining strength must be sought, which, while they will not ex clude the revolution’sts, will keep them iu their power and place, and will retain forces Which have always given allegiance. Dissatisfied Re- which is hot 'to be expected with much confidence, while they reckless- ’publicans must be contented with a exhausted. He has his Civil Rights bill left, but the negro has already received to the full the rights of the white man, and the people are not ready to give him special privileges, therefore the Massachusetts aboli tionist is casting about for some other hobby to ride into power, or some other scheme which will keep reasonable regard to their prejudices and the careful preservation of the essentials which they have won in the past. The most damaging charge against Democracy is that it is .not a loyal party, that it does not give hftarty approval to the change in the statris of the black man, the sup pression of the rebellion, and des truction of secession heresies. This opinion must be removed. Millions of young men were in the war; they and their relatives are proud of their achievmerits, and glory in the tri umphs of the national arms. As vo ters these control the election, and at all hazards - and sacrifices they must be conciliated. It is to please them that Grant is nominated by the Republicans, and their support gives him his principal strength, and here is the salient point for Democratic attack. Some persons Argue that, as the Democratic party is the party of law and order, it .would be inconsis tent for them to nominate a soldier ; but this in a short-sighted view of the case. A party does not become a legal party by nominating a law yer any more than it becomes an ag ricultural one by nominating a farm er. Its principles are established by its platform, its candidate is chos en for his popularity, provided he sustains those principles. As against Grant, therefore, it is obviously wise to put forward a commander who has the love and affection ot the sol diery, who has his honors and glory as great as the greatest, and who has a brilliant reputation for bravery and success, especially if such a one can be found who has also promi nently exhibited his obedience to law and a willingness to subordinate the military to the legal power. The ideas represented by the Democracy are two-told; opposition to central ization, especially military centrali zation, and to the protection of mo nopolists against the people. Upon the question of the war the party dif ferences of opinion are obliterated, and secession is treason in both camps to-day. A war candidate is essential to the Democracy, in oTder to shut the mouths of those who would raise the cry of traitor against every Demo crat The charge of disloyalty - is untrue, *but it has much foundation. The northern wing of the Democra cy was a true and loyal and devoted to the Union as any portion of the Republicans; but Southern Demo crats were mainly Secessionists, as were also Southern old line Whigs— those parents of Republicanism. To remove this taint, consequently, it is desirable to put forward a candi date who was conspicuous as the bravest of the^jT ~ ~ a while he was the truest of the true among Democrats—a candidate wohse name is synonymous with the glory of our armies so long as the war lasted, as well as With sUbmis-* slon to the laws so soon as the laws were re-established. Military Generals have always been favorites of our peace-loving commeicial people; and, when thrown into public life, have made fortunate ventures, Taylor, Harrifc on, Jackson, and even Washinfton himself, obtained much of their pres tige from their success on the field of battle, and this curious ardor has not been diminished by fate national events. TotakeaJudga from the bench or a Senator from his desk to oppose a popular General would be unwise even if the political princi ples of the latter were quite unpopu lar. Td follow the old maxim, we mu st fight military fire with military fire, and least divide the hundreds of thousands of voters who have a personal pride in the recollections of our army’s triumphs. Disintegrate that combined power—lot even the soldiers svggest their candidate if necessary—and our principles, pure and simple, will have a chance for a fair hearing, which will never be permitted to them under the cloud of prejudice which at present exists in the public mind. Cut down Grant’s military backing, and he would be come so weak that he could be easi ly defeated, and more votes would be drawn off in this way than by any rebellion yet projected within the ranks of his rwn supporters. BA INBRIDGE SOUTHERN-MADE CLOTHING. NOEL GAINEY & GO., —PEELING— That unless the Industrial Pursuits could be sustained the country could never be truly prosperous, have determined to manufacture their ENTIRE STOCK in Boinbridge. • THEY WARRANT THEIR GOODS CHEAPER AND BETTER THAU THE EASTERN MAKE, And challenge comparison in Quality, Style and Price. They also keep the best quality of SHIRTS AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, O-A LINE OF SHOES AND HAT*.-** Appealing to the people of Decatur, .we say achieve your independence by building up your own institutions.mch7 ly . ON SUNDAY, 10TH INST., From ay plantation on Gbattahoocbee river, a Sorrel Station, heavily built but rather low and abort, with right bind foot white end a email white spot in his fete-head; about six or seven years old. The name of the thief is Thomas Mimnte, who has light hair, a fair complexion, blue eyes, is about five feet six inches high, weigh* between 150 and 160 pound*, and aged about 20 year*. When last seen he wae on the road leading from Spring Creek to Bainbridge, supposed to be malmg his way either to Albany, Ga., or live O*^ Fla., the tetter of which places was hi* to®** er home, A liberal toward will be paid for the home and flrirfi or tor other. E. TBAIWICK. March 11th, 1872- Albany Central City and live Ctek HwaW ,te**e «ry to * *