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THE BAINBRIDGE
VOLUME 2
BAINBRIDGE, GEOR&J
DEMOCRAT.
’OBER 24, 1872.
NUMBER 4
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the liberal platform.
The following arc the resolutions in full as
loluptedby the Liberal Uepuhlican National
Convention at Cincinnati, in May, and en
dorsed by the Democratic Convention at Bal
timore, in July.
We, the Liberal Republicans of the United
Plates', in National Convention assembled at
Cincinnati, proclaimed the following princi-'
pies as essential to a just government:
Pi rs t—\Ve recognize the equality of all men
before the law, and hold that it is the duty
of the government, in its dealings with the
people, to mete out equal and exact justice to
nil; of whatever nativity, race, color, per-
saasion, religious or political.
Second—We pledge ourselves to maintain
the union of these States, emancipation and
enfranchisement, and to oppose any reopen
ing of the questions settled by the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of
the Constitution. .
Third—We demand the immediate and ab
solute removal of all disabilities imposed on
account of the rebellion, which Was finally
subdued seven years ago, believing that uni
versal amnesty will result in the complete
pacification of all sections of the country.
Fourth—Loccl self-government, with im
partial suffrage, will guard the rights of all
citizens inure securely than any centralized
power. The publie welfare requires the su
premacy of the civil over the military author
ity, and the freedom of persons under the
protection of the habeas corpus. We demand
fi r the individual the largest liberty consist
ent with publie order for the State s self-
government, and for *llie nation to return t
the methods of peace and the constitutional
limitations of power. ,
Fifth—The civil service of the government
has become a mere instrument of partisan
tyranny and personal ambition, and an object
of selfish greed. It is a scandal and reproach
upon our free institutions, and breeds a de
moralization dangerous to the perpetuity of
republican government. W.e therefore regard
n thorough reform of the civil service as one
of the most pressing necessities of the hour;
that honesty, capacity and fidelity constitute
the only valid claims to public employment;
that the offices of the government cease to be
a matter of arbitrary favoritism and patron
age, and that public stations become again
posts of honor. To this end it is imperatively
required that, no I’residcnt shall be acandi.
date for re-election.
Sixth—Wo demand a system of federal tax
ation which shall not unnecessarily interfere
with the industry of the people, and which
shall provide means necessary to pay the xe-
pen-es of tlie government, economically ad-
mini-tered, pensions, the interest on the pub-
li.-'k-ht, and a moderate reduction, annually,
.if the principal thereof, and recognizing that
there are in our midst honest, but irreconcil-
iable differences of opinion with regard to the
respective svsicms of protection and free
trade, we remit discussion of the subject to
the people in their congressional districts,
ami to ihe decision of Congress thereon,
wholly free of executive interference or die
t'd ion.
Seventh—The public credit, must be sacred
ly maintained, and we denounce repudiation
in every form and guise.
Eighth—A speedy return to specie payments
is demanded alike by the highest considera
tions of commercial morality and honest gov
ernment.
Ninth—We remember with gratitude the
heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and the
sailors of the republic, and no act of ours shall
ever detract from their justly earned fame or
of the full reward of their patriotism.
Tenth—We arc opposed to all flirt her grants
of lands to railroads or other Corporations.—
The public domain should he held sacred to
actual settlers.
Eleventh—Wehold that it is the duty of the
go-vrument, iu its intercourse with foreign
nations, to cultivate the friendship of peace
by treating with all on fair and equal terms,
regarding it alike dishonorable either to de
mand what is not right or to submit to what
is wrong.
Twelfth—For the promotion and success of
these vital principles, and the support of the
candidates nominated by this convention, we
invite and cordially welcome the co-operation
i f all patriotic citizens, without regard to
previous political affiliation.
A Romance in a Divorce Court.
A most extraordinary ease has re
cently been heard in the Court of
(Divorce in London before Lord Pen-
^nce, the Judge of the Court. The
•* on - Henry Loft us, the nephew of
pie Marquis of Ely, has had his do-
-rtic circumstances revealed to the
w ®i and it would have been well
[ r to® and for his own family if he
‘Concealed his sorrows in his
['‘-breast.
Henry Loftus held a com-
/■' lc ® as lieutenant in Her Majes-
• Life Guards, and was allowed
-ii uncle, the Marquis, £800 per
‘•••e®. He was very handsome,
f° Gt Slx f eet high, with large blue
p- L’tock eyebrows, and was an
^ccedingly well built man. At a
given at Lady Palmerston's he
P®e acequainted with a Miss
Montgomery, whose father
, been cll ief attache to the British
® in ^Fis. After a few
. ? s ac( iuaintance they were mar-
, and Mr. Loftus sold his commis-
L . went 10 reside in Brussels,
_ income being too small to enable
P 1 to live m England in the stvle
*“ lch te Lad been accustomed
prior to his marriage.
About fourteen months alter his
marriage his wife gave birth to a
beautiful child, who was christened
Emmeline Montgomera. They had
a handsome house on the Rue Mad
eline, and mixed in the first circle of
society. They often dined with the
King and Queen of the Belgians at
the palace of the King. They be
came acquainted with a Baron Stein
er, a young and handsome Belgian,
who wrote beautiful love sonnets,
and was at the same time an accom
plished musician. Mr. Loftus oc
casionally visited Paris, and some
times made short visits to London,
Baron Steiner was, like Dean Shrift,
a great admirer of female beauty;
but only in the abstract. Mrs. Lof
tus was a handsome woman, a very
fair representative of the highest
style of English beauty, and, in
Baron Steiner’s leisure hours, and
they were many, he composed some
very sweet sonnets addressed to the
beautyhe so much admired. He wrote
these partly for amusement, and
partly to gratify the vanity of Mrs.
Loftus.
In August, 1869, Mr. Loftus, after
a short excursion to Paris, returned
unexpectedly to Brussels, and he
found the Baron Steiner in the draw
ing room with his wife. The B^ron
was half intoxicated, and, under the
influence of the champagne he had
been imbibing, he showed Mr. Loft
us the last sonnet he addressed to
his wife. It was an impassioned
sonnet, and Loftus- tore it to pieces,
and kicked Steiner out of the house.
The Baron, stung by the indignity,
challenged Mr. Loftus to mortal
combat, Mr. Loftus accepted the
challenge—seconds were obtained
and the suburbs of Matines, which
is situated a few miles from Brussel,
they mot. They used pistols, Stein
er was shot through the brain, and
lay dead on the field.
Mr. Loftus returned with his sec
ond to Brussels. He informed his
wife of the result of the duel. She
heard of the Baron’s Death with
composure, but- she burst into
flood of tears. In a defiant tone she
said to her husband, ‘It is better we
part.’
A deed of separation was drawn
up, and Mr. Loftus returned to
London. Mrs. Loftus remained in
Brussels, gave up the house they
had occupied, but hired a les3 ex
pensive house, and her daughter
Emmeline was her special care. As
the mother grew in years she became
incapable of controlling her passions,
On two occasions she hurled at her
daughter, a carving knife, which for
tunately, missed her. When Em
meline Loftus arrived at eighteen
years of age she left her home, and
proceeding by train to Ostend took
the steamer for Dover, and three
hours subsequently was alone in the
great city of London. Here she ob
tained a situation as a governess.
In September, 1870, she was walk
ing in llcgent’s Park, London, where
she made the acquaintance of a gen
tleman forty-four years of age, as
she was seated on one ol the iron
seats in the park.
It was an eventful day for her.
She was absolutely tired of the sit
uation. she had taken. It was a
very handsome man that accosted
tfer, though not a young one. He
proposed marriage. But before the
ceremony had been performed she
was installed as his mistress in Hans
place, Sloane street, London. Du
ring the lime that she was confined
to her bedroom by sickness, her
lover, finding her keys, opened her
writing desk and discovered some
photographs. As he was examining
them he discovered one that was
unmistakably the photograph of his
wife. He rushed into the bedroom
with his photograph in his hand,
and frantically inquired who it rep
resented. The girl was very low
at the time, and said it was the pic
ture of her mother, with whom she
had quarrelled. ‘‘Then I am your
father,” lie exclaimed. He had hith
erto disguised his real name to her,
living with her in the name of Hen
ry Houghton.
view with hisywife, who was still in
Brussels, and to whom, through his
bankers, he regularly forwarded the
amount agreed on in the deed of
separation. By the death of the
Marquis of Ely and his grandmother
he had become worth £15,000 a
year, but his wife was living in Brus
sels on what she considered a miser
able allowance of £400 a year.
On his arrival in Br
stayed at the Hotel
best hotel in Brussels, MW addres
sed a lettey who was
living in Waterloo, ask
ing her td^asebE vb an intery/— if
It waa^mpe mil—flftir as an
lish member or aristocracy, she
could object to grant an interview
with her husband, although they
had been separated for so many
years. He told her the sequel of
his life after he had separated from
her; Mr. Loftus’ wife listened to
the history with patience as it was
told to her by her husband.
As Loftus was leaving, having
stated that this unfortunute daugh
ter was well provided for, and draw
ing in strong language a picture of
his misery, his wifo asked him if he
would live again with her as her
husband. Mr. Loftus told her it
was impossible under the circum
stances. There was no possibility of
bridging over the chasm, and their
misery they mist both carry to the
grave. Mrs. Loftus did not believe
in this, and as Mr. Loftus had no
evidence against his wife in reference
to any improper intrigues with Ba
ron Steitier, she commenced a suit
against the Hon. M. Loftus for a
restitution of conjugal rights; and,
under the peculiar circumstances of
the case, seeing that Mr. Loftus had
committed no crime of which the Di
vorce Court could take cognizance,
Baron Penzance had no alternative
but to reinstate Mrs. Loftus in her
original mrrriage rights.
and spoke in spore patiences.
‘How are^jppjjtr. Adams?’ in
quired his viaiifQfl..
‘Feeble and oeufyworn out r ' was
the reply.
‘The old teneni<3£ js in a state of
dilapidation, attfigiiifewhat I can
in.lire of the ifltMMvVthc ,an,i -
lnniiJHt iiT-T-l "”-^1 Vtin- thin
How to he Happy.
A French philosopher' laid down
three rules for the attainment of
happiness.
The first occupation; the second
occupation, and the third and last
was still occupation. It develops
your mental and physical powers
You were created for it. Brain and
judgment, sinew and muscle, bone
and blood, were all given to you to
be thus used. Unused they rust,
and wither, and shrivel, and decay.
Brought into active, healthful exer
cise, and they bring happiness to
you of which the idle, listles man
knows not. Even the sleep of the
toiler has^a joy and zest that others
can imagine, but never fully compre
hend.
Establish hours of rest and relax
ation. To the hardest workers conies
the blessed day to rest, interleaved
among the seven days of the weeif.,
This, at least, the law allows him to
command for his own; and the happy
tendency of cur times is to give him
other hours of rest besides, to enjoy
with the loved ones at home. But
those who work with the mind, as
well as the body, should have even
more hours of rest and relaxation
with their family, unharassed by the
wearing business toil$ of life, free
from its coreoding and cankering
cares, and dictate to happiness and
recuperation.
"House
in I m&rt!SjiBS&t Nathan
iel^. Taflmage, * lately Governor ol
Wlncon8in,'was , etead. 'AAh! is Tall-
inage^flead?’ Well;the tears
tiiatwill be shed on the ooewK lie
Managing politicians who assumed
to control the movements of the
people were Ms aversion. Mr. Web
ster went down to his grave With
the firm conviction that he had been
defrauded of the Presidency by tne
jealousy and intrigues of his rivals.
He entertained no doubt that the
great mass of his countrymen were
anxious to make him President, but
were overruled and thwarted by
party leaders.
He accosted me once on Pennsyl
vania avenue:
‘How long have you been in town ?’
‘A couple of days.’
‘Why have you not been to see
me ?’ •: ■}
‘I don’t know where you live.*
‘At the old place, on Louisiana
avenue.’
‘Near the church on Sixth street.?’
“Yes; directly under the droop-
ingsofthe sanctuary.’
Rejoining rather irrelevantly, 1 I
said, “I did not know there was
much sanctity in the' droopings from
a Unitarian church.”
‘ ‘I used the phrase as descriptive
merely. Have you seen Uncle Tru
man since you arrived?”
I answered in the affirmative.
“Is he now, as usual responsible
for all mankind.
I said there seemed to be a heap
of trouble on the old man’s mind.
The last time I saw him, said, he,
“he fairly staggered under the
weight of empire.”—Harpers Maya
zinc. -
Anecdotes of Daniel Webster.
Mr. Webster was ftill of fun and
humor at times, and when in com
pany with a few friends he unbent,
and exhibited his wonderful versa
tility of talent to the delight of all
listeners. He had marvelous nar
rative powers, was a capital mimic,
and imitated a broken dialect to
perfection. He was not an unainia-
ble man, and never said a malicious
thing in all his life; but when pur-
bed or'uncomfortable, either from
indisposition or the effect of exuber
ant convivialitv, he was as unap
proachable as a porcupine, and of
ten indulged in peetish exclamations'
and satirical remarks. ...
I once heard him discribe a visit
that he made to the Adams, at
Quincy, a tew mouths before his
A New Insurance Movement.
The climax of novelty in the in
surance business has been reached
in Austria, where a company recent
ly proposed to insure people against
getting married. At least, that was
about the effect of the arrangement
which was, in other words, that the
company would pay a certain sum
to the policy holder whenever he
took to himself a wife. Upon a lit
tle reflection it does not seem that
there is anything absurd in this plan
A man can make provisions by which
he will be compensated for the de
structions cf his property by fire or
the loss cf a limb by accident, and
by which his family will be compen
sated for his removal by death. Why,
then, should he not be oble to pro
vide against another very common
call—contingency 1 But it would be
interesting to know how the tariff of
rates was calculated, thought it was
probable that the charge was ad
justed, by some mysterious process,
to the age, personal appearance,
and susceptibility of the policy-holder
It would be gratifying to report the
success of the Austrian experiment,
but the facts will not permit it.
There were numerous policies issued
and the business seemed to be in a
thriving condition, when the officers
of the company all got married at
once, and absorbed the assets, leav
ing the outsiders to be preyed upon
by handsome women, without any
hope of pecuniary consolation.
death. The venerable sage, then
Shortly after her recovery it was ninety years of age, received him
agreed that a divorce should be im-1 with cordiality, thanking him for
mediately sought for, and Lord Pen- j his civility in coming to see him.
zance, being acquainted with the j He lying in bed, supported by pil-
facts, granted one. Mr. Loftus hav- j lows, a heavy, ■plethoric man, in-
ing obtained a large accession to his j clining to dropsy, and drawing his
fortune, provided handsomely for! breath with much difficulty,
his daughter,
Woman suffrage don’t work in
Utah. Mormon husbands simply
take their wives and vote them, and
chuckle in their sleeves at the Gen
tiles whom they have outwitted.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune,
the women of that community had
no voice or motion in procuring,
neither, did they eVer ask for the
right of suffrage, but it was thrust
upon him. So far as freedom is con
cerned, the women are more closely
bound than they were before, as they
are now compelled to turn out and.
vote tor whomsoever the priesthood
have appointed. The lords of Utah
have been swift to make use of the
political enfranchisement of women
Mr. Greeley on the Late Elections.
Mr. Greeley’s views on the Octo
ber elections have been freely ex
pressed to those who have question
ed him since his return from Balti
more. To a Herald reporter he said:
“Our people are not likely to get
frightened by the October results.
We intend to do our best to the end.
I thiuk we can surely count one hun
dred and twenty-eight electoral votes
id the South; and I think the North
will give us the rest. Undoubtedly
there were frauds perpetrated in the
Pennsylvania elections—frauds that
effect the whole American scheme of
self-government; more
than they cain effect me person
and I believe’ the principles of the
Liberal movement are so deeply im
bedded in the minds and hearts of
our people that only similar fraud
can insure the success of the other
side in November. It must be re
membered that frauds can’t be dif
fused so readily over thirty-seven
States as over three. I feared for
Pennsjlvania, notwithstanding the
evil character of the Republican
nominees there, more than I did for
Ohio, because our friends were well
organized in Ohio, and generally
lacked organization in Pennsylvania.
In at least' one speech in Pennsyl
vania I strongly urged organization,
and explained the need of it.”
“Will you make any more tours
this canvass?” asked the reporter.
“I do not know,” responded the
Liberal Chief. will visit a num
ber of agricultural fairs, and if my
friends think my services are needed
in the field, I will certainly acquiesce.’
To a World reporter Mr. Greeley
remarked, that he saw no reason for
any despondency, and was as firm
as ever in his belief that the Liber
als would triumph in November.
The result in Pennsylvania and Ohio
was no real criterion, and should
those States go the same way in No
vember, the Liberals still had good
cause to hope for success. His im
pression was that the Southern States
with probably one exception, would
give Liberal majorities. Their elec
toral vote, ,together with what would
be added by New York and other
Nothern States, were sufficient to
insure victory. He was certain, from
what he had seen since Tuesday’s
election, that the defeat in Pennsyl
vania and Ohio had invigorated the
Liberals throughout the country,and
incited them to enter into the cam
paign with greater eagerness.—Cin
cinnati Commercial.
A Funny Incident of the Campaign-
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
A Greeley and Brown meeting
was held in Clifton Hall on Friday
evening last, of which no fair report
has been published in the newspa
pers. It was of so peculiar a char
actor, however,, that some account
of it will be read with interest; even
at this late day.
Isaac M. Jordan and Theodore
Cook, Esqs., were the announced
speakers. The hall waB filled, and
after organization Mr. Jordan led
off with an effective speech of an
hour or more. At its conclusion
there were calls for Mr. Cook, who
rose to his feet and remarked, in
substance, that in a neighborhood
meeting of this character he thought
it would not be improper to hear
both sides of the question discussed,
and, as he saw the Hon. Richard
Smith was present, he, for one,
would like to hear from him
The suggestion pleased the audi
ence, and the calls lor Mr. Smith
were so loud and pressing that he
finally stood up, and said apologeti
cally that he had not come prepared
to make a speech, but, if the audi
ence would excuse him, he would
read one which had been delivered
some time ago, and wa3 pertinent
now. Thereupon he began the read
ing of a speech in fierce denuncia
tion of the Democratic party, and at
its conclusion quietly remarked:
'Ladies and gentlemen, I have read
to you the opinion which Horace
Greeley, at Warren, Ohio, Septem
ber, 1871, had of the party which
now supports him for the' Presiden
cy.”
This was thought a capital joke,
and was followed by a good deal of
laughter. Mr. Cook, however, while
the Honorable Richard wa3 reading,
suspected the outcome of the per-
Cincinnati Gazette some time ago,
and also a copy of the speech ot
Stanley Matthews, Esq., in the Cin
cinnati Commercial, in which the re
former had savagely denounced the
corruption of the Addministration
and the party in power.
So, while Mr. Smith was reading,
and almost smilihg at the hugeness
of the joke he was perpetrating on
the unsuspecting Greeley and Brown
folk, Cook slipped out, and getting
the precious documents came in and
took His seat. When Mr, Smith had
finished and the laughter had subsi
ded, it was Mr. Cook’s turn. So he
se amt said if the audience would
rraitbeifoaid, in place of making
a speech entertain them by reading
some choice extracts. Thereupon
he produced the highly-flavored edi
torials, clipped from the Gazette,
which were written during the war,
and in which General Grant was pro
nounced an incompetent—a drunk
ard—an officer who suppressed re
ports froni the field unfavorable to
himself, and sent or caused to be
sent: ‘ by telegraph only ‘‘puffs” of
himself—an officer who had ruined
the army upon whose garments was
the blood of soldiers needlessly
slaughtered—an officer Who ought
to be removed and disgraced, and
much more to the same effect. At
the conclusion, he remarked that
these were the opinions, which the.
Hon. R&bard Smith had entertain
ed r of the man he was supporting for
the Presidency—opinions which
never had been modified or retrac
ted in the Gazette, and opinions
which he had reason to believe the
Cincinnatti Gazette entertained of
the President now. #
It was observed that the" Hon.
Richard’s face, which is unusually
“sickle d o’er with the pale cast of
thought,” grew as red as a penny
during the reading, and it was sur
mised he rather wished that, upon
the whole, he hadn’t exploded his
joke that evening. When Mr. Cook
concluded it was supposed that Mr.
Smith would have some sort of a de
fensive or apologetical response,
but he like s'sheep led to the slaugh
ter, opened'not his mouth.
Mr. Cook then went on to read a
portion of Colonel Mathew’s speech,
which-, he remarked to the audience
in conclusion, was a better one than
he could make himself, and contained
reasons fully justifying any man’s
support of Greeley and Brown,
though Colonel Mathews unaccount
ably chose not to act upon his own
arguments. The double surprise
the audience had experienced made
this one of the most thoroughly en
joyable meetings of the canvass, and
the Liberals and Democrats had no
occasion to complain of the turn
given to it by the practical joker of
the Gazette.
colored United States Minister to Li
beria; was killed on the 9th by another
colored mart named George Medley.
Both were Grant men, and political dis
cussion heated them to a fighting point.
Potash Farrow has triumphed over
Rhodes. This was a libel suit against
Rhodes, Potash being prosecutor. After
the evidence was heard the court bodnd
Rhodes over in a five hundred dollar
bond to answer the charge at the Supe
rior Court. Is it not funny, the idea
of anyhdfjTEeing'able to slander Potash
Farrow ? "
The ladies’ car on an express train on
the Paducah and**" Elizabethtown rail
road jumped the track Friday night,
eight miles from Paducah, and. went
down an embankment forty feet, landing
bottom upward. It contained about
twenty passengers, nearly all of whom
were more or less injured. Two were
killed outright.
The LaGrange Reporter Says: The
Rads rather counted on straight-out
Democrats voting in their favor in the
recent election, but they counted chick
ens that were never to be batched. The
straight-outs did their duty ill spite of
the suspicions against them. They are
the truest of the true, and the bravest
of the brave.
for the more complete subjection and
degredation of their wives, while at I formance, and suddenly remembered
He i the same time the so-called reform is | that he had in his overcoat pocket,
But the end was not j seemed to bring up his words, Mr. ] trumpeted to the world as an evi- j in the cloak-room cf the hall, certain
Hendricks has carried Indiana. Ohio
gives.a gain of two Democratic Con
gressmen and reduces the Radical ma
jority from 20,000 to 10,000. Con
necticut gives a Democratic majority.
This is good, true and cheering.
John Templeton’s -English Opera
Troupe is in full blast in Savannah.
May-the-Fay is taking Sorrel-top by
storm.
Each ward of Philadelphia voted at
the recent election under “local option,”
and in each case voted to license the
sale of liqupr.
The Tammany Convention has nomi
nated Abraham R. Lawrence for May
or of New York, William Butler Dun
can having withdrawn.
Fanny Fern, whose proper name was
Sara Payson Willis Parton, died in
New York last Thursday, from cancer
ous disease. She was peculiarly a sa
tirical writer, and a hard hitter of fol
lies and foibles.
Fogge, who was burned to death in
the Elizabeth street fire in New York
on Thursday, is reported to have been
an Italian nobleman, banished for : poli
tical offences, and living under an as
sumed name.
A Jersey City jury has condemned
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to
pay 85000 damages to one of the horse
ear passengers who was run over by
one of the company’s trains last fall
The army that lays down its arms
because it has met with a reverse is
unworthy of the cause it defends.
The road to success is alwayB through
adversity, and it is only the craven
hearted .who are appalled by obstacles
in their path and ignobly sink by the
yet. He resolved to have an inter- i Webster said, from a great depth", j dcnce ot progress.
articles which had appeared in the j J. 3Iilion Turner, of St. Louis, Mo.,
CANDIDATES.
All names inserted under this head will bo
charged Ten Dollars for.
FOR TREASURER.
The many friends of Mr. William C. lH*k-
inson authorize us to announce his name as
a candidate, for the office of Treasurer of De
catur nounty—subject to the Democratic
nomination.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the same
of Hardy Stricklin as a candidate for Tax
Assessor of Decatur county—subj ?ct to the
action of the nominating committee of the
Democratic party.
FOR SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Samuel 6. O’Neal as a candidate for Sher
iff of Decatur eounty at the election in Janu
ary—subject to the action of the nominating
convention of the Democratic party.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the. name
of Robert E. Ledwith as a candidate for the
office of Tax assessor of Decatur county—-
subject to the action of the nominating con
vention of the Democratic Party.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Charles P. Hagood as a candidate for tho
office of Tax Assessor of Decatur—subject to
the action of the nominating convention of
the Democratic Tarty.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of D. J. O. McNair as a candidate for Tax
Assessor of Decatur county—subject to the
nomination of the Democratic party—by
Many Votbbs.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
Editor Democrat:
Please announce the name of Josephus
Avriett, as a candidate for the office of Tax-
Collector of Decatur county at the ensuing
January election—subject to the nomination
of the Democratic Party. Mary Citizens.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Qeo. D. Griffifi as a •candidate for the
office of Tax Collector, Subject to the nomi
nation of the Decatur Democratic Nomina
ting Convention, and if elected he will do
his duty faithfully, impartially and honestly.
FOR SHERIFF.
The friends of Mr. E. D. Hayes take much
pleasure in putting his name before the Dem
ocratic nominating convention as a candidate
for Sheriff of Decatur county, in the ensuing
January election.
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
Editor Democrat :—Please announce Mr.
R. M. Johnston as a candidate for Clerk Su
perior Court of Decatur county, at the ensu
ing election, and oblige Mary Voters.
FOR SHERIFF.
The name of Mr. James M. Coston is sug
gested as a suitable candidate for the office
of Sheriff of Decatur county, subject to the
action of the Democratic nominating conven
tion, in the approaching election. His well
known energy and business qualifications In
dicate him as in every way well qualified to
fill the office in the event of his election, and
his nomination would be hailed with general
satisfaction by Mart Frixrds.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of W. C. Thomas as a candidate for Tax Col
lector of Decatur county, at the ensuing elec
tion—subject to the nomination of the Dem
ocratic convention.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of W. B. Freeman as a candidate for Tax
Collector of Decatur county, at the ensuing
election—subject to tne nomination of the
Democratic convention.
FOR ORDINARY.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Col. Charles J. Munnerlyn as a candidate
for the office of Ordinary of Decatur county,
at the cBsuing election—subject to the nomi
nation of the Democratic party—by
a Mast Citizens.
FOR TREASURER.
To the colored voters of Decatur:—In view
of the fact that you constitute the Republican
party of Decatur county, I think it high time
that you should have the benefits of its publie
offices, wltich you will never have as long as
you are in the leading strings of the few
white men who, for the sake of gain, claim to
be of you: therefore I announce myself ae a ’
candidate for the office of County Treasurer,
and respectfully ask your suffrages.
Owen Gares, (colored.)
FOR SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Milo Donalson, colored, as a candidate for
Sheriff of Decatur county, on the Grant Re
publican ticket. He expects the support of
the colored voters.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce Landy
Jackson, colored, ae a candidate for Tax Col
lector of Decatur county, on the Grant Re
publican ticket, at the ensuing election. He
expects the colored vote.