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The WeekPcrat.
THURSDAY, J>0priet0T8
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Editor.
ARY 10, 187'
Call to him, cry
Fly U him,
h«j hisatlm
. • .oost OotmItm-
KO a* the future, as in the
JJ^our readers the very .best
CVthat our means will allow,
Jure make no high-sounding
A»nd only pledge ourselves to
|j*ich we are certain of pcr-
1
.st year has been indeed a hard
country newspapers, many of
a have succumbed to the pressure,
J the places that once knew theffi
anow them no more. The Democrat
however, has been fortunate enough to
stem the torrent, and'begins 1873 not
without encouragement.
We have labored under a multiplicity
of difficulties since we oommenced the
publication of'our paper, more than our
readers have ever imagined—and hot
having moneyed capital, wo overcame
them by labor, perseverance and econo
my. We were determined to succeed
with the capital that God alone liad
given us, and standing upon the verge
of 1873, we triumphantly tempt its
battle with the self-same weapons, tem
pered by hard, uncharitble, yet priceless
experience /
No two persons ever worked harder,
or lived harder, than the two proprietors
of Thi Democrat during their efforts
to place it upon a permanent basis,
which they have partly accomplished;
and they are now the possessors of a
printing office with entirely new presses,
types and fixtures, a newspaper with
increasing circulation and fair patron
age, with an inexhaustible supply of 1
labor in their own strong arms.
In the above we point to some of the
reasons why the city of Bainbridge and
the county of Deeatur are not without
a Democratic journal—can our readers
fail to appreciate it ? •
Three Thousand Dollars.
Precisely! That’s what it costs! Three
thousand dollars to run the Legislature
one day! Think of it, gentlemen! And
for the Lord’s sake be prompt, energet
ic and business-like in the dispatch of
the business before you. The State is
poor; she is ridden down with debt; the
taxes arc grievous; the people are dis
couraged; hundreds of them are leaving
her old hills; hence, give us a short ses
sion, little legislation and light %txes,
Don’t make long speeches. It is proba
ble that the most of you have espeoial
sentiments that you mu“t impress upon
the Ilouse or Senate, and it may be that
many of you have stored away in the
old garret of your memory some gay
wordy, sophomoric speech, from which
you would fain shake the dust of the
years that are gone,and flash it in pretty
colors in the sujjlight again. If so, be
brief. The man must be of considerable
consequence who can speak on any sub
ject for three hours, under the know!
edge that his time is costing the State
8500 an hour; yet such is - the case
There is no spectacle so sublime a
see two giant statesmen wrestling with
the difference between ‘ : tweedle-dum :
and “twcedle-dee” for four hours, while
an admiring house clasps ^ts hands at
87 a day, and the people are bled to the
tune of 83,000. But we trust there will
be none of this foolish pirating - during
the session, and that most of the mem
bers will agree with Josh Billings, that
“if a man don’t' strike ile in thirty mirt-
uts, he’s either, boring in the wron
place, or he’s got’ a mighty dull auger.’—
Atlanta Herald. ' '
Guardian’s Sale.
GEORGIA. MILLER COUNTY - !.
Will be sold, before the tfourt house door
in the town of Colquitt, said county, on the
first Tuesday in March next, between the
usual hours of sale, west half of lot number
852, in the 12th district of Miller county,
for the benefit of the lieics of Henry Cook,
deceased.. . WM. DEES,
Jan. 8, 1878. Guardian.
A MODEL NEWSPAPER-.
A Republican Newspaper in Bain
bridge.
The last issue of the Sun, of this city,
announces the retirement of Mr. It. M.
Johnston from that journal, and that it
vyill be run hereafter as a Republican
sheet by j. R. HRyes & Go. Mr. John
ston promises a valedictory thij week,
La LlO
•ers in a new field in a short time.’ 1
In
whatever field that may be, journalistic
or otherwise, he haa our best wishes.
Mr. Hayes is well known to the peo
ple of Decatur as former proprietor of
the Sun, and latterly as the successful
candidate for the offiee of county sur
veys? on the Radical ticket. We never
thought John could fully endorse the
punolples of his party, but that he must
. do to edit a journal in its interest. He
in', however, * noble-hearted fellow, and
we welcome him back to the arena of
newspaperdom.
The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
The Smothers of the Georgia Legisla
ture were elected and sent to the Capi
tal to make good laws for tho general
woal of the State, and as that body is at
present composed of our very best citi
zen, furnished from the ranks of the
Democratic party—the party represent
ing the taxable property of tho common
wealth, we naturally look for beneficial
results from their legislation.
it seems to us, therefore, that the ex
tension of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad,
westward, should be one of the first ob
jects of their consideration. We have
already, in these columns, alluded to
the State capital already invested in
that road, being one-third pf its entire
Stock. For that reason, especially, in
order that it not be lost, the State should
not withhold its aid.
Another great reason is that the
Southern portion of onr State should be
developed. It is inhabited by a popula
tion of industrious and thrifty people,
Who with medium encouragement, would
be of untold benefit to us.
Asfflher reason is that no country
would be more inviting to immigration
than Southern Georgia if the A & G
Railroad should be completed and made
that great thorongfare of travel contem
plated for it by it* projectors. We ean-
net ahwe our eyes to the fact that in-
ilatsr'iats must be offered for an increase
to oar laboring classes, and owing to the
cheapness of lands the country in South.-
ora Georgia is where it should naturally-
Explosion on the Steamer Julia St.
Clair—Three Negroes Rilled, and
. Ten Scalded.
Casualties come thick when they do
happen. The steamer Julia St. Clair,
from Apalachicola with a prety good
load of cotton, oysters and oranges, and
general freight, when four miles from
Eufaula exploded a flue. It happened
about-12 o’clock on Saturday night.
The passengers describe the sound as
that of some heat^ body falling on the
deck. Immediately Capt. Tom White-
side had an anchor overboard. A boat
Was emptied of fish, sent ashore with a
line and the steamer brought to bank.
Soon fir* ascended through the tubes
and caught tlj$ upper deck, which was
put out by passengers and officers.
Some twenty bales cotton took fire, and
were thrown overboard. Boat sustain
ed very little damage. A hole was
knocked through the floor of the blerk’s
office while that worthy was asleep.
On the lower deck the scene was ap
palling. One negro was blown over
board and drowned ; two others were
killed outright., and ten so badly scald-
l-u mat iney prayed for acatn. Engin
eer Berry was also badly scalded. None
of the passengers were injured. A sur
geon went down on tire boat from Eu
faula. The steamer New Jackson left
here on Sunday for the relief of the
Julia. The fljre was blown out at both
ends. '
The above facts in regard to this un
fortunate affair, we take from the Col
umbus Sun of the 13th inst.
The Washington Star of Thursday
says: ‘‘The President’s attention hav
ing been called to the printed statement
representing that he had declared that
his purpose in recognizing the Pinch-
back government ‘was only to enable the
parties to make up "a case for Court,
and that he did not regard it material
which party he recognized,’ etc., he
pronounces it untrue in every particular.
The dispatch sent by the Attorney Gen
eral, January 6th, announcing that the
President regards his recognition of the
existing government as final, and that
it will be adhered to unless Congress
otherwise provides, was authorized by
the President, who still adheres tffithat
opinion.”
The Stokes Appeal.
It is stated that the legal profession
of New York arc very much exercised
over tlie-bill of exceptions proposed to
be filed by the counsel of 'Stokes to the
rulings of Judge Boardman, the main
point which seems to be contained in
the Judge‘s charge to the jury, the lan
guage of which, it is alleged, was calcu
lated to discredit the testimony of Stokes
to the extent that if his testimony came
in conflict with other testimony it was
not, on account of his being interested,
to be believed. It is contended that,
undcf the statntc, the credibility of a
witness is not to be doubted on account
of his implication in the matter at issue
Another fact favorable to Stokes is .that
there are thirty-two judges in the State
all of equal power, and any one of whom
can interfere to stop the execution.
THE SAVANNAH DAILY NEWS.
The Savannah Daily Morning News is ac-
. knowledged by the press anil people to be
the best doily paper south of Louisville and
east of New Orleans. Carrying with it the
’prestige and reliabilty of age, it has all the
vigor and vitality of youth, and its enterprise
as a gatherer of the latest and freshest news
has astonished its contemporaries and met
the warm approbation of the public.
During the year 1873, no expense of time,
labor and money will be spared to keep the
Morfling News ahead .of all competitors in
Georgia journalism, and deserve the flatter
ing encomiums heaped upon it from all quar
ters. There has, as yet; been no serious
attempt to rival the special telegrams" which
the News inaugurated some years ago, and
the consequence is that the reader in .search
of the latest intelligence always looks to the
Morning News. The telegraphic arrange
ments of the paper are such that the omis
sions made by the general press reports are
promptly ami reliably supplied by its special
correspondents.
Th’e Morning News has lately been enlarg
ed to. a thirty-six column paper,'and this
broad scope of type embraces, daily, every
thing of interest that transpires in the do
main of literature, art, science, politics, re
ligion, and general intelligence; giving to
the reader more and better digested matter
than any other papet* in the State.
It is, perhaps, needless' to speak of the
politics of the Morning News. For years atM
years—indeed, since, its establishment—it
has been a representative Southern paper,
and from that time to the present, in all con
junctures, it has consistently and persistent
ly maintained Democratic States Rights
principles, and labored, with an ardor and
devotion that know no abatement, to promote
and preserve the interests and honor of the
South.. *
The special features of the Morning News
will be retained and improved upon the en
suing year, and several new attractions will
be added.
The Georgia news items, with their quaint
and .pleasant humor, and the' -epitome of
Florida afTairs, will be continued during the
year. The local department will be, a§ it
has been for the past year, the most complete
and reliable to be found in any Savannah
paper, and the commercial columns will be
full and accurate.
The price of the Daily isSlO.OO per annum;
$5.00 for six months; $2.50 for three months;
$1.00 for one month.
GHAKD MASS
MEETING
OF —
THE PEOPLE OF DEQATUR
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
IS BEING flELD DAILY AT
The 31 amDioth
Flint River
STORES
—-OF—
STEINENGER & ENGEL,
Broad Street,
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA-
THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS.
This edition of the Morning News is espe
cially recommended to those who hate not
th*faciUtiee of a daily mail. Everything
that lialrbeen said in the foregoing in regard
to the'daily edition may be repeated of the
Tri-Weekly. It is made up with great care,
and contains the latest dispatches and market
report’s. The price of this edition is SG.OO
per annum; $3.00 for six-months, and $1.50
for three months.
THE WEEKLY NEWS.
The Weekly Morning News particularly
recommends itself to the farmer and planter,
and to those who live off the lines of railroad.
It is one of the best family papers in the
cuuiitij, Aud Ha uS^ijjHlos Dilips tt nithht
the reach Of all. It contains thirty-six solid
columns of reading matter, and is mailed so
to reach subscribers with the utmost
promptness. It is a carefully and laboriously
edited compendium of the news of the weC-lt;
and contains, in addition, an infinite variety
of other reading matter. Editorials on ailf^
topics, sketches of men, mumners, and lash-
ions, tales, poetry, biography, pungent para
graphs and condensed telegrams enter into
its make-up. It contains the latest telegraph,
ic dispatches and market reports, up to the
hour of going to press, and is in nil respects,
an indispensable adjunct to every home,
Price—One year, $2; six months, $1;
three mouths, 50 cents.
Subscriptions "for either edition of the
Morning'News may be sent by express at the
risk and expense of the proprietor; address
J. H. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga.
A. M. Sloan. J. H. Sloan.
A. M. SLOAN & CO., *
COTTON FACTORS AND COMMIS
SION MERCHANTS,
Claghom & Cunningham’s Range,
Bay St., SAVANNAH, GA.
Liberal advances made on consignments
and cottop«in store. . fnovl4
IMITATION ROSEWOOD BURIAL
. CASES with
Glass Faces.
BROWN,
GURLEY, RUSSELL &
ATTORNEYS
Ami Counselors at Law,
Bainbridge, Ga.
[10-6ni
Office in Court-house.
Be expected.
The completion of the ro*d would
•arc to the SUto tho stock alremlv in
verted, add to the value of lands a Urge
er oenL and increase our population.
n>me of the people of Decatur
Rl opm her representatives to do
^ ,hk ‘ h Mra. George W. Hines respectfully an.
- Drou ito* before the Legislature nounces that she is prepared to accommodate
Private
Boarding- House
Cor. Planters’ & Cemetery Sts.,
Bainbridge, Ga.
MUCH CHEAPER
Than Pine Coffins made to Order !
Just received and now for sale at the Fur
niture store of
e27 4m]
E. J. HENDERSON.
OVER FIFTY
Thousand
Dollars Ai T orth
OF
DRY GOODS,
CJ-r ooerioe,
FANCY GOODS,
Motions, ac.
T.B. HUNNEWELL & CO.’S
GROCERY
AND
DRY - GOODS EMPORIUM!
EAST OF COURT HOUSE, BROAD STREET,
Bainbridge, - ‘ - - - Georgia.
CORN! CQRN!
ONE TH0USAN0 BUSHELS CORN and other grain, at the very Lowest
Market Price*, can be found at the atore of
T. B. Hmutenrell & Co.
JOB BOSES'"Vs',r
Beware of Counterfeits 1
time brine on tho monthly T»riod*irith.i n *5*t
Mid although very powerful, contain
Jol to the constitution. Inall . hart ;
Spinal Affections, Pain* in the itacktSTn* *2?
•fatigue on slicht exertion. Nt>tS.JSiy® 1 '*.
from observation. 6 *° * U WrU ‘ Dg f “ "“Aid
N.B.-In all cases where the oisrixx cannot x.
obtained. One Dollar enclosed to the Solo jwli.
tir, JOB MOSES, IS Cortlandt St.. New York?Jfli
Pin. T \ a w bot ; 10 0f th ?, ***** conuininjr Vuw
knowledge of Its contentsf^** 1 *^ *calcd from any
RELIEF IN TENTMINUTH:
Onre B (£imH3* C?> ■ i
TmtoiT, Hoars*.isss, Divficclt BsiATmnal. 1
CIPIEXT COSSCMPTJOX AND LCNO Dl**A*l*T Tail
have no taste of medicine, and nnv child will tiil
them. Thousands have been restored to health thw
had beforo despaired. Testimony riven In hnndrTs.
ofrases. Ask lor BRYAVS PULMONIC WAPEBS
Price 35 centn per box. JOB MOSES, PronS..’
tor, IS Cortlandt Street, New York. rroprl*-
THE GREAT FRENCH^EmTpV
DELAMARftE’S SPECIFIC PILLS.
Prepared b\* J. GARANCIERE.
No. 214 Kuo Lombard, Paris.
FLOUR! FLOUR!
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BBLS. FLOUR,S»est brands, just received
and for sale by
T. B. Hmmewel Sc Co .
..
in all ei
ne-ssiNlehtly. Daily nr Premature Emission. • Six."
nal \V eakpess orlmpotency; Weakness arisinrfrom
Secret H ibits and Sexual Excesses: RrtaiatnmolthS
Genital Organs; Weak Spine: Depositsi.the Urine
and all tho ehastly train of Diseases arisinrfrom
Overuse or Excesses. They cure whenallothemm-
e li«n THil. Pamphlet of Advice in ^anh box, or will
d»* n*nt Free to any address. Frio* £l per Rax*
oont by mail, tecurely traltdfrom all obaervation oa
receipt of price. 080AH G. MOSES, IRCoa-rujif
tJT*» W*w Yoke, Sple General Agent for America*
J. P. Dickinson. ♦ C, W. Stegall.
DICKINSON & STEGALL,
BANKERS,
Bainbridge, Ga., ■
# DEALERS IN
Exchange, Stocks, Bonds, and
Coin.
Deposits received and Collec
tions made
And promptly remitted for at current rate of
exchange.
State of Geort/ia- Decatur county :
The Undersigned have this day entered
into copartnership for the purpose of doing
a Banking and Kxchauge .business in the city
of Bainbridge, Ga., under the firm name and
style of Dickinson & Stegall.
John P. Dickinson and Calvin W, Stegall
are the general partners, and Arthur P.
Wright and Thomas C. Mitchell are the
special partners, who have this day contrib
uted the sum-of Five Thousand dollars each
to the capital stock. Said copartnership to
commence, this day and expire on the Sixth
day of August, A. D.. 1873.
JOHN P. DICKINSON,
CALVIN W. STEGALL,
ARTHUR P. WRIGHT,
THOMAS C. MITCHELL.
August Pith. 1872.—if
w. c.
THE LOWER FLINT RIVER STME
Is devoted Exclusively to tho
Dry-Goods Trade, and
may Inappropriately
. termed a
GRAND
DRY - GOODS
II A Z AAK
and
EMPORIUM OF FASHION I
Pa?- Where all manner of folks k>v«
to asesmble and make their purchases.
to the extension of r .
ad.
tioarders at moderate rates: also to furnish
ros»m> I'.tr lo Viug. jan2 ml
Doors, Blinds,
SASH.
•
Mouldings. Brackets, Stair Fixtures, Build
ers' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe. Foor
Tiles, Wire Guards, Term Cot (a Ware. Marble
end Slate Mantle Piece;
ggf- Window-glass a specialty. Circulars
aad price lists sent free, on application, by
P. P. TOALE,
20 Ilayne and 33 Jfinckney sts.,
.n't;’ Iv Charleston. S. C.
THE UPPER FLINT RIVER STORE
Is an Immense- •
PROVISION
i» i: i»< > r i-
And a Repository for the mole staple
dry-goods and plantation supplies. Onr
stock for the-Fall and Winter Trade it
complete In-oil departments end fully
prepared to meet the demands of every
body. Eight. first-dass salesmen are
employed to atteid jtrnr customers.
All we ask is a ti%!—so come *»<f
inspect our stock before goitrg else
where
BACON! BACON!
TWENTY THOUSAND LBS. BACON just in and for sale at the Lowest
Market Prices by
T. B. Hunnewell Sc Co.
SUGAR SYRUP,
SALT, COFFEE, to be found in large or small quantities by calling at
the store of
T. B. Hunnewell Sc Co.
CEDAR SPRINGS, GA.,
Takes pleasure in calling (he attention of his
friends and the public to the
LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
STOCK OF
Fall and Wiiitov
• GOODS
Ever brought to this market, consist lug in
part of STAPLE and FANCY
DRY-GOODS
Of every description, including a beautiful
Line of .
Ladies’ Dress Goods, Shawls,
Gents’ Heavy Woolene and
Cassimeres, Notions; Mens,
Boys and Youths’
CLOTHING!
{fegr- A full line of HATS and CAPff,
including a nice line of
LADIES' AND MISSES’ TRIMMED
HATS.
jr-y- stock of BOOTS and SHOES
in't be beat in Georgia, to which I cailp» r '
ticular attention.
COTTON TARNS.
TWO HUNDRED BUNCHES COTTON YARNS just received and for
sals by
T. B. Hunnewell Sc Co.
11 A 1J1 > AV Altlt
fiOLLOW-WARE, CUTLERY,
HUNS, WOOD & WILLOW
WARE, NAILS,
Family groce#es, medicines, saddle*
harness, bacon, flour, salt, baggio&r ^ rn-
and twine, wash pate and w..
and pumr boilers, splendid line W new
gies arM harness from first hands. . (
In /act everything :in(1 inuclj / norC . nuI ,t r r
usually kept in a first clqfs Southern .c uiatf?
store, all of which will be sold »» _*!«#
lowest. So give me a call and post^
on prices, and if you don t buy from
make some ownelse «ell l J£ ot her
Shirtings and Sheetings.
Six Thousand Yards of Shirtings and. Sheetings jnst received a ml for
sale by T. B. HUNNEWELL & CO.
country produce,
on cotton for shipment.
Liberal advances^ ^
W. C. SHEFFIELD^
PostporTctTCily -Marshal’s Safe.
On the first Tuesdayrin Febrartjr
he sold before the ™nrthouse ^
On the first Tuesday in
sold before tlie court 1
town of Bainbridge. during the
of sale, one house and lot y Bros *
hounded north by ^
street, south by —of
g*ST r n 7^S% ’P"‘-'-
January 9th. 1873