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The Weekly Democrat. ROSSELL L JONES, Proprietors. Bon. E. Russell, - - - Editor. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1872. Something More about City Affair*. Tn our article last week on this sub ject, we proposed & plan whereby our city taxes might be reduced; and it was the only way by which such a desirable cud could be attained. Our article was heartily endorsed by every property- holder in town, excepting, perhaps, a few hungry buzxards who had their beaks prospecting in the $300 00 salary of the Mayor’s office. That office, however, after the first day of January, 1873, will be one of honor, the holder of which will only be paid costs for services really performed. The present City Council deserve the thanks of every tax-payeT in town for this benefit. Hereafter, we not only save the Mayor’s salary, but we dispense with the annual scramble for the posi tion which always breeds discord and creates ill-feelim? fc<*wccn candidates anJ their supporters. 'No one need be afraid that the office of Mayor will not be filled efficiently, and to the satisfaction of the people, and ice tpeak knowingly—we bave conferred with the tax-payers, and we utter their sentiments, We can name a dozen men who would gladly be Mayor For—not •he honor—but the interest of them ■elves. “The devil!” shouts the buz- aards, “how is that ? there’s no salary !*’ Here’s how it is : The men who are willing to take the unsalaried office, are property-holders, and who are interested in the payment of taxes. They know if the present system of taxation abolished, that Bainbridge, its and its population will be ruined. They, aa sensible men, know that people love to invest money where taxation ia inal, and they are well aware that money shuns ordinary villages where taxation ia exorbitant. Hence it is to there interest. The office of Mayor of Bainbridge is purely nominal, and therefore should be honorary. If the office required the holder to lay aside all other business, or if it required any considerable amount of time, then no one oould well afford to serve without pay. But the only time expended is at police courts and council meetings, anjl the costs in the former are sufficient remuneration; while if he is entitled to compensation for the latter, any fireman in town is entitled to the same, for do they not meet oftener, and are not their duties much more arduous ? We must recollect that Bainbridge is not New York, nor even Savannah; nor is the Mayor or Marshal of Bainbridge such important positions as the Mayor or Marshal of New York or Savannah. Men must be paid according to the du ties they perform. A flat-boat is com manded by a captain; so is an ocean steamer, but we daresay the commander of the steamer gets a higher salary than the flat-boat captain, although he of the flat-boat may feel the most important. We are not making war upon any in dividual connected with the city gov ernment—on the other hand, we do not believe that officers could be found to do their respective duties better, and if Bainbridge was New York, or even Sa vannah, we’d want them to have salaries in keeping with' those cities. Let us remember that the entire tax able property of the city of Bainbridge is only $750,000 00, according to the last assessment, and it would not bring 9500.000 00 cash to-day. A big amount to be sure, to play “city” with. Let us. pay our debts be* re we sink any deeper into the cesspool of ruin. We have a 950.000 00 railroad debt that should be liquidated, and in order to do it, the people will have to undergo heavy tax ation. Our indefatigable Mayor has just re turned from. Savannah, at this writing, and he informs us that the city bonds— the 950,000—can be bought on favor able terms, Then, for heaven’s sake, let us retrench other expenses and get out of debt. That accomplished and we can play “city” to better advantage.— Out streets can be pat in order and be kept ao; our people can repair their houses and fences; business will enliven, and others will come among us to enjoy our prosperity. Reader, were you ever in debt ? If so, did you not feel ever so mneb better when you recovered from it? And yonr credit was better, and you got along so well! It is the same way with corporations. sudden calamity. He had reached, in deed, a ripe old age, but time had not kid its withered touch upon him, and his splendid constitution easily bore the strain of enormous labor. His mind was as fresh, as strong and suggestive as in the prime of life. His generous im pulses were uaehilisd by the disheart ening experience through the tiying campaign which had just closed his physical vigor. His tact and his intel lectual activity surprised even those who knew him best, and seemed to promise many years of usefulness. It is certain that no history of the most critical period in our national life can be written in which Horace Greeley shall not conspicuously fignre. But the noblest career in his eyes was that which is given up to others’ wants. The successful life was that which .is worn out in conflict with wrong and woe. The only ambition worth following was the ambition to alleviate human .misery and leave the world a little bet ter than he found it. That he bad done it, was the consolation which brightened his last days and assured him he had not lived in vain. It is not for us, in the first hour of our loss, to point to his character or catalogue his virtues. Al though for several months we have missed the inspiration of his presence and guidance, and of his wise counsel, his spirit has never ceased to animate those chosen to continue his works, and the close bond of sympathy between the chief and his assistants has never been broken. We leave bis praises to the poor at home he succored, the lowly whom he lifted up, to the slave whose back he saved from the lash, to the op pressed whose wrongs he made his own.” The Herald in its editorial of Mr. Greeley, says; “He has, in a fti^ken aspiration for a higher field of useful ness and power and glory than journal ism, fallen a sacrifice to bis political ambition. He had failed to apprec the commanding position which he had secured as a leading American journalist aad leaving it to pursue the ignis fatuus of the presidency, he dropped the sub stance for the shadow of a great dis tinction. Otherwise the history and the enduring rewards of Mr.^Greeley’i industrious and useful career are full of encouragement to young men, who without capital, personal influence or powerful friends, have the battle of life before them.” The accounts published of Mr. Gree ley’s last dements represent him to have been conscious. During the day, as is usual in cases of inflamation of the brain his physical suffering was extremely slight, bat the increased and morbid action of the mind was evident from ex tenor manifestations. He was asked “Do you know that you are dying ?”— Without a tremor or emotion he ans wered, “Yes.” Again, when asked if he reeognised Mr. Reid, he looked up with, immediate recognition, and lifting hk hand, grasped Mr. Reid’s feebly and said distinctly, “Yes.” His last words were, “It is done.” His face has hardly changed, only settled a little into a look of perfect peace. where a portion of the wall was still overhanging the spot where the poor victims were begging and shrieking for help, and tried by the utmost exertion of main strength to pull and wrench them out of the horrible vice, but these efforts only made greater their suffering and the bricks and debris were still falling at every moment. The men re linquished the perilous and fruitless risk and retreated from the dangerous spot, and shortly afterwards in frightful par oxysms of pain and with cries that will ring in the ears of many of the specta tors to their dying day, the crushed masses of humanity gave up the breath of life, and were a moment afterwards buried by another crashing fall of the wall. Mr Stephens a Candidate for Senator. Mr. Stephens settles the mooted ques tion as to his candidacy for the United States Senatorship. In a late number of the Atlanta Sun he publishes an edi torial referring to the connection of his name with the position, and says: “With regard to the remark of Ogee chee, that Mr. Stephens ‘evidently de sires to be United States Senator,’ we have only to say that Mr. Stephens de sires nothing, politically, so far as he is individually concerned, but to serve his country, and to the utmost of his ability, physically and mentally, to contribute all in his power to aid in the preserva tion and perpetuation of the free insti tutions of our ancestors in whatever sphere or .position those abilities may be brovj,j-~ usefully into exercise TT Vina nr\ no. " v ttinn-o mieliao oil He has no pc*. * views, wishes, aims or aspirations WlL -or to gratify.” Stanley. A New York journal describes Stan ley as follows: A short, thick-set man who, though quiet and dignified in his manner, was without a particle of the vanity which many of the English journals have so loudly decried. His complexion has been thoroughly bronz ' ed by the tropical sun, and the sprink ling of gray in his hair attests the severity of the African fevers. A very black mustache and imperial add rather than detract from the robust outlines of his free. Eyes of unusual penetration evince by their steadiness the determi nation of his mind and the strength of will which carried him- safely through his perilous undertaking. Comments of the Mew York Press on the Death of Greeley New York, November 30.—The Tribuae of this morning says : “The melancholy death of the editor of the Tribune—though for a few days it has been expected by his family and friends —fell upon u« with all the shock of a Terrible Incident of the Bostoii Fire. A terrible incident of the Boston fire took plane at the store of Hickman, on Washington street, where the walk had been- wrapt in a deadly embrace by the flames, and had become weak and tot tering through- the intense heat. At length they fell, and three men were buried' up to the shoulders among the heavy fragments of brick and stone.— The terrible physical agonies of their cries of anguish which they goffered filled the frightened crowd with horfor, hut at first no one advanced to their succor. After two or three moments two or throe men crossed the street; to The Boston Wool Trade. The Boston Globe says : Considering that the terrific files destroyed the ware houses and offices of all engaged in the wool trade, with their contents, which embraced the entire stock in the__ city, except the amount ip *’' houses y* " lots ol**w - „ , .ue transactions in wool during the past week have amounted to 1,192,500 lbs , including 1,007,000 lbs. of foreign.— The advance in prices since the fire has been from five to ten cents, depending npon grades, and it is probable that this advance will he maintained. All'the wool dealers have located themselves in new offices, and are ready to do business as usual. It is estimated that 10,920,- 000 pounds of wool, including 8,695,000 pound 3 of domestic, were lost by the fire. The amount of the material now in the country is about 22,000,000 pounds (in bond,) 17,000,000 of which are in New York. In the interior there is consid erable wool, but stocks at the leading seaboard ports other than those men tioned are light. The new clip of foreign will he available in about four months, and the spring clip of California will be available about the same time. Plastering ! Cementing ! WHITEWASHING. JACOB TIPPER begs leave to inform the citizens of Bainbridge that he is prepared to do all kinds of Plastering, Cementing, White washing, etc. Repairing cisterns and plas tering done at short notice. Can be found on Clay street. Terms reasonable. [doc5-lt CITY DRUG STORE! HARTWELL J. SWEARENGEN, SOUTH BROAD STREET, Bainbridge, - - - - Georgia, DEALER IN MEDICINES! DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES, Trusses, Supporters and Shoulder Braces, Glass, Putty, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, GRASS AND GARDEN SEEDS, Pure Wine and Liquors for Medi cal Purposes, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Chimneys. Medicines Warranted Genuine and of the Best Quality, Oysters, Fish, GAME. R. B. KERR, on SOUTH BROAD ST., has constantly on hand Savannah and Apa lachicola Oysters and Fish; also Meats, Game, etc. Meals at All Hours. Fresh Soots <fc Shoes. E. N. HYATT, Fashionable Boot and Shoe Maker If you want a nicely fitting boot or shoe, and one that will do you good service,he will make it for you, and cheap too. He is prepared to do all kinda,of work in his line with the ut most dispatch. A supply of the finest leath ers and findings always on hand, and' a good job Of work is always guaranteed. Skop in rear of the Dickenson & Stegall’s banking house. tjan A. M. Sloan. J. H. Sloan. A. M. SLOAN & CO., COTTON FACTORS AND COMMIS SION MERCHANTS, Clmghom & Cunningham’s Range, Bay St, SAVANNAH, GA. Liberal advances made on consignments and cotton in'tore. fnovl4 MERCILESS WARFARE AGAINST High Prices ! IS BEING WAGED BY I. M. Rosenfeld, AT HIS ST OFFICE as * STOR ES ! *2, inji- W. C. Sheffield, CEDAR SPRINGS, GA., Takes pleasure in calling the attention of his friends and the public to the LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF Fall and Winter GOODS Ever brought to this market, consisting in part of STAPLE and FANCY DRY-GOODS $50 , OOO Stock —OF— DRY-GOODS Groceries, CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, HARDWARE, HATS, CAPS, ETC. I would say to the people of Decatur and surrounding.counties, that I have in store and am daily receiving a large supply of all goods of any and every style and variety needed by city or country people. My stock of Ladies’ Dress Goods cannot be surpassed in the city, as regards quality and prices. I would also call special attention to my stock of Embroideries and Trimmings. Bagging and Ties at Savannah prices. I. M. ROSENFELD. -£. description, including a beautiful A complete and |r , _ -y Goods, Shawls, Gents’ Heavy Woolens and Cassimeres, Notions; Mens, Boys and Youths’ E. J. MOrgan. W. J. Harrell MORGAN & HARRELL, PRACTICING PHYSICIANS, Bainbr dge, G . Office in their drug store, north side of court house square, on Water street. Agents wanted for CoUiin’s CHILD’S COMMENTATOR On the Bible, for the home circle. 1,200 pages, 250 engravings, the best enterprise of the year for agents; every family will bave it; nothing like it now published; foT circu lars address H. S. Goodspecd & Co., 37 Park Row, New York. Book Agents now at work, or looking for some new books, should write at once for circulars of the best selling books pul>- lished. Extroordinarg induements offered. Superb premiums given away. Particulars free. Address Queen City Publishing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio- Send for new descriptive catalogue of cheap Pictures, published by CURRIER & IVES, 123 & 125 Nassau st., New York. 1823. JUBILEE 1873. OF THE NEW YORK OBSERVER! The best religious and fiimily newspaper. $3 a year with the Jubilee Year Book. Sidney E. Morse & Co., 37 Park Bow r N. Y. I®” Send for a sample copy I *g( ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? THE AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT has proven itself to be the Handsomest and Most Durable Exteri or Paint Known. Sample card of beautiful colors and recom mendations from owners of the finest resi dences in the country furnished free by all dealers and by Averill Chemical Paint Co., 32 Burling Ship, N. Y.; or Cleveland, Ohio. CLOTHING! jg@T A full line of HATS and CAPS, including a nice line of LADIES AND MISSES’ TRIMMED HATS. THE WORLD'S S6F* sum* of BOOTS and SHOES that ean’t be beat in Georgia, to which 1 call par ticular attention. RARE CHANCE FOR INVEST MENT. 1,632 acres of good South-West Ga. Land, three-fourths cleared, laying well and well improved; good water and plenty; a splendid stock and cotton farm, and containing three settlements; laying on the road from Cuth- bert to Eumbkin, Ga., 7 miles sonth of Lnmpkin, Stewart co., Ga., and 15 north of Cuthbert, Ga., for sale and will be sold at a bargain, and on easy terms—one third cash and the balance in one or two years. Health excellent, and convenient to school and to church; also, 975 acres of well improved Land in Russell county, Ala. For further particulars, address A. F. Moreland, Atlanta. Georgia. OriUM EATERS M you wiah tobacmed oftte addw T, X. (XABXX, M. B., Kt. Tumi, OkW JS5 tO $20 P 61- • Agents wanted. Allsex, young or old, m*ke more money at work for us in their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else; particulars free; address G. Stinson ft Go., Portland, Why will You Work for $1 a Day. When you can make FROM $5 TO $10 A DAY at your homes, without interfering with your other employment. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men; for particulars send stamp to T. R.^pcnccr ft Co., Dalton. Ga. riARD W ARE, * HOLLOW-WARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, WOOD & WILLOW WARE, NAILS, Family groceries, medicines, saddles and harness, bacon, flour, salt, bagging, iron ties and twine, wash pots and kettles, cane mills and sugar boilers, splendid line of new bug gies and harness from first hands. In fact everything and much more than is usually kept in a first class Southern country store, all of which will be sold as low as the lowest. So give me a call and post yourselves on ptfees, and if you don't buy from me make some one else sell to you cheap. ’ Highest prices paid for cotton and other country produce. Libera] advances made on cotton for shipment. j w. C. SHEFFIELD: TO BE HELD AT BAINBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1872. JOHN ROBINSONS TRAVELING Museum, Menagerie, Caravan AND II I P P O I> R O 31 E, COMBINED WITH THE GRAND INTERNATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE and MAMMOT'iT'CIRCUS! In FOUR to TEN TENTS! As the Space of the Grounds will permit. JOHN ROBINSON, Proprietor and General Director; JOHN ROBINSON, Jr., Manager. This giganic enterprise which lias been, at a vast expenditure of time and money, Micr. ougbly reorganized and equipped for the present traveling season, presents the stMtlinf, novel, unique and colossal spectacle nev# heforc witnessed in the annuls ol' amusement a- tcaprisc cither in this or any other age, of TWELVE SUPERIOR SHOWS IN ONE, All for a SINGLE PRICE OK ADMISSION. In the collection and organization of the mine urn the utmost carciwis been taken to gratify and enlighten the public by presenting in am vast assemblage an accimilation such ms has never, been attempted or dreamed oI. combined tact, talent ami liberality of all oilier managers in America or Europe. It interesting for the public to understand that for nearly two years Mr. Robinson s numtnmi agents, who are found in almost every part of the world, have been actively enployed ia procuring curiosities for his great traveling show. Some of these were put on exiiibitioa for the first time last year; hut they have been very largely supplemented for the present season by new accessions and consignments brought by almost every steamer from fvitip porta which has arrived in New York for the past eight months. As an illustration of tie indomitable energy of the well known Proprietor of this establishment, it may be well to remark that the exhaustless resources of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with the nil- divisions of China, Japan, Australia, the Polar Regions, South Sea Islands, Arabia, Turku, Siam, Circassia, Egypt, the Pacific, Artie. Indian and Atlantic Oceans, together with tk« Red Sea and Holy 1 .and, have all been levied upon, contributing to swell the aggregate tf this single department, which, after all, constitutes but a moiety of all that may be seen. It is estimated that in the Acquanum, Museum, Menagerie and Caravan, there are TWENTY THOUSAND CURIOSITIES ! This stupendous combination has been brought together at an actual cost to the Propiifr tor of MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS; which is ten times more than was ever inint ed in a single show. The curiosities of thp several departments represent the choicest*1- cerpts from the realms of zoology, ornithology, geology, ichthyology, conbcology, entomol ogy, anthropology, mechanics, numismatics, science, statuary, oil paintings, and msny nr* and exquisite productions of tire automatic and hcliographic arts, and go classified for thi» Great Exhibition, as to challenge the admiration not only of naturalists r but of poets, stit» men, philosophers and divines. Parents, Sabbath anil public school teachers should bear in mind that no public exhitotio* ever instituted in America afforded a tithe of the practical lesssns of intuitian which ut found in this unique exposition of object, teaching. To this vast array is added in s sepenW colossal tent, capable of holding Ten Thousand people, a MAGNIFICENT ROMAN HIPPODROME & CIRCUS, With One Hundred Horses, Ponies, Camels, Mules, Rid ing Dogs, Monkeys, Trick Horses, Elephants, and Fifty of the Best Male and Female Artists in the World I S6?” In the Arena will be introduced the following array of tlic equestrian, sfrobsti^ athletic and gymnastic talent : The great and indomitable ROB T STICKNEY, thepr*' ferred rider of the Paris Exhibition and the champion horseman of-the world; GEO. • KELLEY, the champion leaper; JOHN WILSON, the great four horse rider: ' ROBBINS, the dashing somersault equestrian; Mr. GEO. SLOMAN, the daring*® American horseman and trainer; Colored Boy, LEWIS, the wild and dashing rtpre*"**" of bareback horsemanship and hurdle leaping: A BD ELL AND DAVIS, the uneqnriJF' nasts; WM. CARROLL, the flying leaper; the WONDERFCLCONRADS, acrobats.gf®?®: ^ FRANCES, the great exemplar of the high school of FOUR GREAT CLOWNS, embodying some of the most original in America. JOHN _ _ peerless, ARCHIE CAMPBELL, WM. CONRAD. F. ROBINSON; The H0UL BROTHEllS, in their wonderful gymnasts specialties; CHARLES MACARTY, leaper and voltigcur; M lie L AMOUR, this equestrienne eclipses any artist that k** her debut within the charmed circle; Madame (iERTP.l'DE, the fearless and beautiful beast tamer; M lie MARGARET, the queen of the menange. WILLIAai CONRAD’S Performing Dogs and Monk^ 0 WiH also be introdi e d, and the world is challenged to produce their ^ equals in the variety of their pe formance and the almost human sagacity which t play. Remember a show, the equal of which has never been seen in Europe or manage’! and owned by the veteran showman of the world, OLD JOHN ROBINSON, Whose name is sure guarantee that the public will witness the finest and most ei**"* 1 * exhibition cver^exhibited in Bainbridge. Remember the day, December 25th- . -i. Admission to all, 75 cents; children under ten, 50 Cents, Performances a* l