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The WeekPcrat. THURSDAY, J>0priet0T8 *1 Ml 1 am a fro* 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