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$3.oo 2.00 1.00 10 tH e weekly democrat Ij Pcbihhed Evert Tiiursdat jy BEN. E- RUSSELL, Proprietor. jfifBRTISING RATES AND RULES. idrertisements inserted at $2 per square , 6nt insertion, and $1 for each subse- •nfOt 00®" ’ , .qaare is eight solid lines of tins type. * j tcr ms made with contract advertisers, notices of eight lines' are $15 per i r or $50 per annum. Local notices than three months are subject to Ifljiient rates. Contract advertisers who desire their ad- Jiiiements changed,, must give us two ,«ki notice. Danirine advertisements, unless otherwise plated in contract, will be charged 20 ,ots per square. M»rri»' , c an<l obituary notices, tributes of — t »nd other kindred notices, charged „ other advertisements, tdtcriisenients must take the run of the ’ " ss we ,io not coutract to keep them in particular place. Announcements for candidates are $10, if w ]j for one insertion. Bills are due upon the appearance of the •drertisement. and the money will be collect ed,, needed by Hie Proprietors, ffe shall adhere strictly to the above rules, j w ;u depart from them under no circum- itanccs. • terms of subscription. T,t annum, in advance, Ter six months, in advance, Ter three months, in advance, SingleC"py, in advance, LEGAL advertising. Sheriffs sales, per levy, $3; sheriffs mort- „les, per levy, $5; tax sales, per levy, $.{ citation for letters of administration. $4; citation for letters of guardianship, 4; appli- oiion for dismission from administration, 10; tpplicatron for dismission from guardianship, 5 ; jpplication for leave to sell land (one iquare), 5, and each additional square, 3; application for homestead, 2; notice to debt- on Ad creditors, 4; land sales .(1st square), 5,»nd each additional square, 3p sale of per- Wuhle property, per sqltarc, 2.50; esti-hy notices, sixty days. 7; notice to perfect serv- iee. 7: roles nisi to foreclose mortgage, per qu«re, 4; rules to establish lost papers, per npnre, 4: rules compelling titles, 4; rules to perfect service in divorce cases, 10. Sales of land, etc., by administrators, ex ecutor* * or guardians, are required by law to b»held on the first Tuesday in the month, Vtseen the hours of 10 in the forenoon and tin the afternoon, at the court house door in the county in which the property is situ- aei. Ndiice of these sales must be given ini public gazette 40 days previous to the h» of calc. Notices for the sale of personal property met be given in like manner 10 days pre- vtoua to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an «M« :r,u*! also he published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the I’ourt of Ordinary for leave to sell land, &c., Mot he published for two months. Citations for letters of administration, pirdinnshtp. &e,. must be published. 30 dtps-.for dismission from administration, monthly for three months—for dismission from guardianship, 4H days. Rules for foreclosure of ’mortgages must be published moutiilv for lour months—for es tablishing lost putters Ibr the full space of three months—(hr compelling titles from ex ecutors or nJiniiiistrorurs, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full apace of three months. . Publication will always be continued nc- torditig to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. Do People Read Advertisements? There is now and then a person so stupid as to believe that advertisements tn the newspapers are not generally NM. and that money expended in ad- Tertising is practically wasted. Even tudi will concede that if a hundred ken uf polite address, of fluent speech ! »1 ready wit were to call upon a hun t'd others and get the car of each enough say John Smith, or 1 ties, or Thompson, at stich a place, bssueh and subh goods at such prices. R would sell a farm or house and lot, or “lost a horse or pocket-book, or would ■tut money, etc., we say, such men will ®neede that the services of this hun- fcd men would be of great value to '^th or Jones, and in some manner Gvautageous to the party to whom this ^tanent was made. These one hun- ■ : °d men could not be employed to g*> door to door, and make this state- ^nt to ton thousand people at less than l f -t of several hundred dollars each ''T All this is done by the newspa- |’ r ' 11 a cost of a few shillings, or a '■* dollars at most, and the visits are •'do week after week, and day after J - V ' The messenger who travels ad- ' ^ himself to the car, and takes - party addressed when he may have ^ thoughts absorbed iu business or tr matters: but the newspaper '^hes tlie party sought through the *heu die reader has his thoughts hied upon the paper before him. hut those who affect to believe that " U(! is little use in advertising, urge ' ktt objection that the advertisements s tot read. They can easily be con- ^od of their error in this respect by ^ S iuquiry. Let them insert an Risenient offering to purchase some e that is tolerably plenty in the €t - an d they will be flooded with *0 sell before the ink of the ad- ^^ emeat is dry. An enterprising ’thr" t ^ at ^ las a circulation of one, two Vi 4 ** * t h° usan d copies is in a position 0 v hlage merchant great good* • Jr which, as a rule, the* publisher n ° l = ei cne-fourth of what ^e just ly deserves. In : its sphere, the weekly is of quite as much service to the ad vertiser as is the daily, and oftentimes enjoys the privilege of being the ex clusive family visitor, a privilege the daily seldom has.—-Union and Adver tiser, Rochester. The Force of Gunpowder. Doubtless, says the Charleston News, there are many Charlestonians who still remembei the tcrifie detonations caused by the explosions of the Confederate ircn-clads Charleston and Chicora, in Cooper river, opposite Marshall’s wharf, at the evacuation of Charleston, in Feb ruary, 1865. It has always been a mas ter of surprise to the wrecking fraterni ty that only a small portion of the wreek of the first named boat could be found in the vicinity of the spot at which she was anchored. Professor Maillefert, whose fame as a wrecker is so well known to the Charleston public, has for a long time occupied himself with the solution of this riddle. A few weeks ago he accidentally observed a strange rippling of the water service four hun dred and fifty yards, or more than a quarter of a mile, eastward of the wreck of the vessel, and it at once occurred to him that that phenomena afforded a clue to the mystery. He accordingly an chored one of his derricks above the spot marked by the ripple, and an ex amination revealed, lying upon the bot tom of the river, the iron sheathing of the bow and one entire broadside of the vessel, constituting a mass . of iron weighing altogether 212,750 pounds, or nearly one hundred’ tons. The whole broadside of the battery with three port-holes was intact. That this im mense mass of iron should have been hurled through the air for more than a quarter of a mile, affords a startling il lustration of the force of the explosion. This discovery .has led Frof. Maillefert to suppose that the other half of the Charleston is lying about the same dis tance on the opposite side of the an chorage, and he has already begun to search for it. Prof. Maillefert has re cently contracted with the United States Government to remove the wreck of the monitor Keokuk, which lies at the mouth of the harbor near the Weehawk- en lightship. The Keokuk is the only remaining obstruction at the entrance to the harbor, and its removal will great ly contribute to the safety of naviga tion. The professor has also received the contract to remove the wreck of a vessel at the mouth of Savannah Hiver. Honor to a Southemor. No American has ever received as many honors as the late Commodore Maury. Jj’raa.ce.b.as presented to„Jym a Gold medal and the.Cross of Com mander of the Legion of Honor; Rus sia nominated him Chevalier of the Or der of St. Ann; Prussia sent him the Grand Medal of Science, to which was added, at the request of Humboldt, the Medal of Cosmos; Austria gave* him the grand Medal of Science; Denmark appointed him Chevalier of the Royal Order of Denmark ; Norway and Swe den sonJt.huu a*silver medal stamped to his honor; Belgium and Portugal sent him decorations. The merchants of Nexv York at one time gave him a sil ver set and 65,000 in cash for his im provements in the science of navigation. TYc feel the more proud of these hon ors inasmuch as they were tributes to science—a department which has never been a speciality with Southern men.— Virginian. What Edward Everett Said: ' - Edward Evcfelt said, “I have now in my hand, a gold watch which com bines embellishment and utility in hap- pv proportions, and is often considered a very valuable appendage to the per son of a gentleman. Its hands, face, chain, and case are of beautiful gold. Its gold seals sparkle, .with .the ruby; topez, sapphire, emerald. I open it£ .was elected to the United States Senate * T r 1 _ . a • a TT^ A TT StnnnAlK nPTl. 11. and find that the works, without which this elegantly furnished, case wopld be a mere shell—those hahds motionless, and those figures without meaning—are made of brass.* <Investigating further, and asking what is the spring, by which all these are put, in motion, made of, I am told it isaade of steel. *.ask what is steel? The reply is, it is iron which has undergone a certain process. So, then, I find the main spring, without which the watch would be almost mo tionless, and its hands, figures, and em bellishments but toys, is not gold, (that is not sufficient good,) nor of brass, (that would not do,) but of iron. Iron, ety. “Its Hinds ana f%rJes which tell the hour, resemble the master spirits of the age, to whose movements every eye ifl directed. Its useless but sparkling seals, sapphires, rubies, topazes, embel lishments, are the aristocracy. Its works of braes are the middle class, by the in creasing intelligence and power of which the master spirits of the age are moved; and its iron main-spring shut up in a box, always at work, hut never thought of, except when it is disorderly, broken, or wants winding up, symbolizes the laboring class, which, like a main-spring we wind up by the payment 'of wages, and which class are shut np in obscuri. ty, andi, though constantly at work, and absolutely necessary to the movement of society, as the iron main-spring is to the gold watch, are never thought of, ex cept when they require their wages, or fe five same want or disorder of some kind os other.” The political and industrial rights and privileges o£ the laboring classes should not be lost sight of by journal ists. Educate and develop them, and they, in return, will bring iroa but of the mountains in greater abundance; will by their superior intelligence, in vent machinery, by which most of the labor of life may be performed; “make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before;” and thus, as in all other things, set the world ahead. The loco motive, steam engine, telegraph, print ing' press, sewing machines, mowers, reapers, seed planters, harvesters, &c., will continue to be invented and im proved just in proportion to the educa tion and development of the people, and especially .the working classes.— Exchange. Gen. John B. Qordon. The Washington Chronicle is pub lishing a series of sketches of the new Senators who have just entered upon their duties as such. Of Gen- Gordon it says: Hon: John B. Gordon, of Georgia, is a native of the State he represents in the United States Senate. lie was born in Upson county on the 6th ot February, 1832. He received his edu cation at the University of Georgia, and graduated in 1852. After leaving College he studied law, and was admit ted to the bar in 1853. In 1S55 he embarked in an enterprise for develop ing the coal interest in northwestern Georgia, in which business he was en gaged at the commencement of the war. He raised a company for the Confed erate service along the Georgia and Alabama line, which xvas assigned to the 6th Alabama infantry, and upon the organization of the regiment xvas suc cessively elected major, lieutenant colo nel, and colonel. His regiment joined the Army of Northern Virginia in May, 1861, and as its commandant, served therein until the close of the war. At the battle of Antietam Colonel Gor don received five wounds; two in his right leg, one through his left arm, one through his left shoulder, and one through his left cheek. After this bat- tie'he was promoted ^ the xank of brigadier-general, and assigned to the command of brigadier-general, and as signed to the command of the Georgia Brigade, formerly commanded by Gen eral Lawton, then Quartermaster Gen eral. On the 12th of May, 1864, he led the celebrated charge at Spottsylvania Court House, and won the title of “The Man of the 12th of May” and a pro motion to the rank of Major General. Frorit that time he commanded Stone wall Jacksen’s division, and after the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg he. was in command of one wing of Lee’s army, General Longstreet com manding the other. ■ Since the close, of the war he has been engaged in various enterprises looking to the material interests of Georgia and the South. In 1867 he was the Demo cratic candidate for Governor of his State, running against Bullocx. lie over Hons. A. H. Stephens, Ben. H. Hill, H. Fielder, and A. T. Akerman, receiving 112 out of 202 votes. His term expires March 4, 1S73. of a good girl whom be could get for a wife, and that she was introduced to him by these friends as just the girl he was looking for; also that the two had lived together as man and wife. She produced a letter from Schmidt’s moth er, in which the plaintiff was acknowl edged as the wife of the defecdant..and she testified’ that Schmidt had brought a stranger to the house who asked her if she liked the defendant, .to which she answered that she did. Schmidt telling her after the stranger left that according to the customs of this ’coun try that question and answer constitu ted a legal marriage. The Court decid ed that as the man had induced the woman to believe that she was married to him the marriage would be consid ered valid, and ordered an allowance paid to her for her separate mainte nance of thirty-five’dollars a month, un less Schmidt would acknowledge her as his wife and consent to let her live with, him as such. Validity of Mock Jffarriages- In one of the Chicago .Courts a cu rious ease was reeegtlJ fieerded in such a manner as to convey the impression that mock marriages are likely hereafter to prove an expensive species of amuse ment in Illinois. A. Mrs. Schmidt brought suit against Jacob Schmidt, her alleged husband, charging that she was under the necessity of living sepa rately from him without her fault, and claiming separate »ainto*ance. -For ibqhiefensiveftt ■vfes,«^ged''that the par- tieThad never belnWrriPd. The plain tiff proved that Jacob had made inquiry of certain of her friends if they knew \ what is in him K Why Aunt Sallie Never Married. “Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell us why you never got married. You re member you said once that when you were a girl you was engaged to a min ister, and promised you would teli us about it sometime. Now, aunt, please tell us.” “Well, you sec, when I was about seventeen years old I was living in Uti ca, in the State of New York. Though I say it myself, I was quite a good look ing girl then, and .had several beaux. The one that took my fancy was a young minister, a very promising young* man, and remarkably pious and steady. He thought a good deal of me, and I kind of took a fancy to him, and things went on till we xvere engaged. One evening he came to me and put his arms around me, and kind of hugged me, when I got excited and some flustrated. It was a long time ago, and I don’t know but what I might have hugged back a little. I was like any other girl, and pretty soon I pretended to he mad about it, and pushed him away, though I wasn’t mad a bit. You must know that the house where I lived was on one of the back streets of the town. There xvere glass doors in the parlor, which opeued over the street. These doors were drawn too. I stepped back a little from him. and when he came up close I push ed him back again. I pushed him harder than I intended to; and don’t you think, girls, the poor fellow lost his balance and fell through one of the doors into the street.” “Oh, Aunty! Was he killed ?” “No. He fell head first, and as he was going I caught him by the legs of his trousers. I held on for a minute and tried to pull him back;-but his suspenders gave way, and the poor young man fell clear through his pan taloons into a parcel of ladies and gen tlemen along the street.” “Oh ! Aunty! Aunty ! Lordy!” “There, that’s right, squall and gig gle as much us you want to. Girls that can’t hear a little thing like - that with out tearing around the room and he-he- ing in such a way, don’t know enough to come in when it rains. A nice time the man who marries one .of you will have, won’t he. Catch me telling you anything again.” ‘ But, Aunt Sallie, what became of him ? Did you ever see him again ?” “No; the moment he touched the ground he got up and left that place in a terrible hurry. I tell you it was a sight to be remembered. How that man did run ! he went out west, and I be lieve he is preaching out in Illinois. But he never married. He was very modest, and I suppose he was so badly frightened that time, that he never dared trust himself near a woman again. That girls, is the reason why I never married. I felt very bad about it for a long time—for he was a real good man. and I’ve often thought to myself that xve should have been very happy if his, suspenders hadn’t given way.” The Inaugural Condensed- 1. God in his goodness to you people, has allotted me to you for four years more. ■2. I have done wisely and well in the past, and shall do likewisely and well in. the future. 3. The other people of the earth arc emulous of being governed as I govern. 4. I am proud to say that under my administration we have become equally insignificant on land andjsea. 5. The telegraph dispenses with the propriety of local self-government 6. The negro shall have more civil rights. 7. and such social equality as may be necessary to enable him to develop 8. The late Governmental interference in Louisiana affairs may be repeated in any of the States. 9. I deserve great credit for not com pelling the Senate to yield to my San Domingo scheme. - 10. My policy is indefinitely to accom plish alL those ends that are universally admitted to be good. 11. We should ask. ourselves a conun drum about the Indians. 12. This conundrum cannot be asked by me unless absolute power is- given me. 13. The spirit of tbe civil service law shall be maintained as I construe it, but the letter of the law has been tried. 14. I have risen to my present posi tion on my merits alone.—Exchange. A verry plucky school-mistress keeps in Corinth, New York. She recently had occasion to reprimand a pupil, when a brother of the scholar rushed at her and took her by the throat. Forthwith she knocked him down. Getting up, he tried the e^eriment over again, with a like result/ She then informed this champion that If he tried it a third time she would kill him, and he, not in the least doubtiijg that she would keep her word, concluded to avacuate the seminary. George Driver, who was executed on the 14th instant’for the murder of his wife, at Chicago, just before he was turned off made a remarkable speech. He seized the noose dramatically and shaking it before tbe crowd, said: ‘Just remember that rope if you go into a sa loon and get tight, See what that liquor will bring you to as well as it has brought me to. Remember that now, and look out for yourselves.’ What more im pressive temperance lecture than this xvas ever delivered? tenor and effect of said note and mortgage deed; then the said note and mortgage should become null and void to all intents and pur poses^ and it further appearing that said note remains unpaid, it is therefore ordered by the Court that the said William C. Rauls do pay into this Court by the first day of the next term thereof the principal, interest and cost that may be due on said note, or show cause to the contrary if any he has; and that on failure of said Wm. C. Raul3 so to do,, the equity of redemption in and to said mortgaged premises be forever thereafter barred and foreclosed, and it is further or dered that this rule ni.si be published oncua. month for four months or a copy thereof served upon the said Wm. C. Rauls, or his special agent or attorney at law three months previous to the next term of this court. Witness the Hon. Peter J. Strozier, Judge of said Court, January 6th, 1873. T. F. HAMPTON, Clerk. E. J. Henderson, DEALER IN Fetiticn and Rule Ni Si to Foreclose Mortgage. Drury Rambo, Executor, vs. J. J. Tates. Superior Court, Decatur Countg, Mag Term, 1873. STATE OF GEORGIA, DECATUR CO. It being represented to the court by the petition of Drury Rambo, as executor of the last will and testament of Daniel Rambo, deceased, that by deed of mortgage, dated on tlie first day of November, 1870, J. J. Yates conveyed to the said Drury Rambo a lot of land in the 20th district of said county, known in the plan of said district as lot no. 3.72, for the purpose of securing the payment of a certain proniisory note made by the said J. J. Tates to the said Drury Rambo, due on the first day of November, 1871, for the sum of seventeen dollars and fifty eents, which note is now due and unpaid : It is ordered that the said J. J. Yates do pay into this court by the first day of the next term thereof the principal, interest and cost due on said note, or show cause if any lie has to tha con trary; or in default thereof foreclosure be granted to the said Drury Rambo of said mortgage deed, and the equity of redemption of the said .1. J. Yates therein be forever barred, and that service of this rule be per fected on said J. J. Yates by publication once a month for four months, according to law. Witness the Hon. Peter J. Strozier, Judge of said Court, this January 2d, 1873. T. F. HAMPTON, Clerk. Petition and Rule Ni Si to Foreclose , Mortgage. L. B. CHITTENDEN - VS. BENJ. T. BICH. Supc Countg, Court, Decatur Mag Term, 1873. STATE OF GEORGIA, DECATUR CO. It being represented to the court by the petition of Samuel B. Chittenden, bearer, that by deed of mortgage, dated the 13th day of November, 1869, Benjamin T. Rich conveyed to Thomas M. Allen a lot of land in the twen ty-first district of said county of Decatur, known in the plan of said district as lot no. three hundred and twenty (320) for the pur pose of securing the payment of a promisory note made by said Benjamin T. Rich’ to the said Thomas M. Allen, due on the first day of January, 1871, for the sum of one hundred and ten dollars and fifty cents, which note is now due and unpaid : It is ordered that the 1 said Benjamin T. Rich do pay unto this court by the first day of the next term the princi pal, interest and costs due on said note, or show eause if any he has to the contrary, or that in default thereof foreclosure be granted to the said Samuel B. Chittenden, bearer of said mortgage and the equity of redemption of the said B. T. Rich, therein be forever barred, and that service of this rale be per- j fected on said Benjamin T. Rich by publica tion once a month for four months according to law. Witness the II ju. Peter J. Strozier, Judge of said Court, January 2d. 1873. T. F. HAMPTON, Clerk. Mortgage, November Term, 1872 Wm. G. Robinson, who sues for the use of Richard II. Hinsdale, r*. W. C. Rauls. Present the Ilonoroble Peter J. Strozier. Judea of said Court. It appearing to the court by the petition of Wm. G. Robinson, who sues for the use of Richard H, Hinsdale, that o» the 15th day of February, 1869, William C. Rauls, of said county, made and delivered to said Robinson his certain prom isory note, bearing even dale with the day and' year aforesaid, whereby said W. C. Rauls promised topay said Robinson or order, Fourteen Hundred and Eighty-eight dollars, Table received, and that afterward, on the same day and year aforesaid, the said Rauls for the better securing the payment of said executed and delivered to said Win. G. Rob inson his deed of mortgage, whereby said Rauls conveyed to said Robinson all that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 19th district of Decatur county, and known as number one in block “B” of tbe town of Harrell, containing thirty-five feet on Brown street, and running back north ninety-five feet; condition: if said Ranis should pay off and discharge laid note, or cause the same to be done according to the FURNITURE COW-HIDES, BEES WAX, TALLOW, &c., &C. WANTS, 5,000 Cowhides! For which Big Prices will he paid. I>i% J .A. Eutts, Office in Peabody’s Drug Store. Res idence on Broughton street. [meh20-ly “Absolutely the Best Protection Against Fire.” 4 Over 12,000 Fires Actually Put Out With It! MORE THAN $10,000,000 00 WORTH PROPERTY b@-saved from the flames. Tlie Babcock F. W. FARWELL, Secretary, 78 Market St., Chicago; 407 Broad way, New York- In daily use by the Fire Departments of the principal cities of the Union. The Gov ernment has adopted it. The leading Rail ways use it. [mch20 ly Send for “lis Record.” THE PEOPLE’S JEWELRY STORE OF W. C. Subers Is now replete with one of the finest stocks of goods in the line ever opened in -Bainbridge. We here enumerate a few of tlie^ valuable ar ticles in the JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE DEPARTMENT. Seal rings, Amethyst rings—plain and en- erusted with gold and diamonds—plain gold rings, 18 carats from 2 to 8 dwts. in weight; “gents’ gold chains, from 18 to 5-5 dwts.; lad ies’ NiUson and Opera chains, from 25 to 35 dwts.; new style collar, sleeve and shirt but tons of gold and pearl; Masonic pins and key-stones in great varity; ladies' sets of jewelry (pins and ear-rings) from $2.50 to $40; gents’*silver and plated watch chains, from $1 to $18. ^ Silver-ware (quadruple plate): complete stock of latest novelties, castors, spoons, forks, tea setts, cake, fruit snd card baskets, pitchers, goblets, waiters, etc., etc. Silver thimbles ( warranted the best), spectables in gold, silver and steel frames, from 50 cts. to $11. Gold pens of the best makers. Solid silver-ware (warranted sterling siver), gold and silver watches. 150, 1 and 8 day clocks calendar clocks for counting rooms, offices CUTLERY DEPARTMENT. The best and finest lot of cutlery in the city, consisting of pocket knives for gents, ladies and boys, and from the most celebrated makers, such as Rogers and XVostenholm. Dinner, breakfast and tea ivory handled table knives (Rogers’ and His’ best); scissors, of all kinds; razors. Call and give this cut lery a special examination. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. We invite particular attention to this de partment. Music boxes from $2.75 to $250; violins from $2.50 to $25; banjos, guitars, accordeons, tambourines, bones, harmonicas, hand-organs, drums, fife3. flutes, etc. Violin strings 3 to 4 lengths, best Italian; guitar and cello strings in great variety. FANCY GOODS, ETC. Ladies’ jet, pearl and tortoise-shell pins, ear-rings and neck-laces. A large assortment of beads; ladies’ writing desks, work-boxes, port-folios, etc. Photograph albums. Lnbins and Atkinson’s handkerchief extracts. China and marble vases; China ornaments snd toilet setts, China cups and saucers, China dinner, tea end furniture sets for children. Croquet setts, spy-glasses, opera-glasses, etc. Marbles, dolls and toys—largest stoek ever in this market. Walking canes, pipes and smoking tobaccos, and thousands of other thinas too numerous to mention. A fine lot of Stationery always on hand— best in the city. Call and see W. C. SUBERS, ’ Corner Broad and Broughton Sts., Bainbridge, Ga. Watches, Jewelry and Clocks repaired and warranted. oct3»tf Public Sale oym Bainbridge, Cuthbert Ac Columbua RAILROAD t 110 MILES LONG, AT THE COURT HOUSE IN Bainbridge, Ga., ON THfi First Tuesday in May, 1873. Under and by virtue of a decree and judg ment of the Superior Court of the county of' Decatur, Ga., rendered in the case of Lyon, McLendon & Co., et al., against the Bain-, bridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad Company, et al.,. the undersigned Commis sioners, appointed in said decree and judg ment foe the purpose, will on the 1st Tues day in May, next, 1873. offer and expose for sale before the court house door in the oity- of Bainbridge, county of Decatur, and State of Georgia, within the legal hours for sheriff" sales, to the highest and best bidder the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus. Railroad, ’ ’ i■- extending from the city «f Bainbridge to tha city of Columbus, in the State of Georgia, a. distance of 110 miles, together with tiff of its Right of Way, real estate. Crossties, bridging and every species of property and right of property, both real and personal belonging to the company, xvith all of its Franchises and Privileges. ■ The road is nearly graded from Bainbridga to Cuthbert, with culverts and cross ties nearly sufficient to lay the track, and runs through one of the best agricultural section of Georgia, the right of way has also been procured for a greit portion of the way. - When the-road is completed a glance at the map of Georgia, will show the importance of enterprise, as it connects Columbus with its net work of railroad, piercing the great West. and the Gulf, the trade of which will flow over this road via Bainbridge to Savannah and Brunswick to the Atlantic Ocean. THE GHARTER Also extends from Bainbridge to the Florida line in the direction of Tallahassee, and the list of bona fide subscriptions, considered solvent, amounts to about $190,600, which will pass to the purchaser. At» act has been passed by the Legislature of Georgia granting State aid to this company at the rate of $12,000 per mile, when the conditions of the act are complied with. None of the bonds of the company hate yet received the State’s endorsement. If the road was completed to the line of Florida and connected with the Tallahassee road, the Gulf would be within easy reach of every section of Georgia, via Columbus. Under said decree, the Commissioners are required to make and execute good and suf ficient titles to the purchasers in fee simple, and unencumbered, free from all claims, debts, demand, liens, - bonds, mortgages, or incumbrances whatever. Upon the compli ance xvith the terms of sale, the purchasers shall be entitled to the possession of this property, and to have, use, 1 * 3 4 5 6 7 and enjoy the franchises and privileges of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad Company. Terms of the sale njjide known on the day except that five per cent of the purchase will be required at the sale, to be forfeited if the terms are not complied with. For further particulars apply by letter or in person to W’m. D. Kiddoo, Cuthbert, Ga.; Richard Hobbs, Albany, Ga.; or W. II. ( rawford and B. F. Bruton, Bainbridge,’ Ga. The above was sold on the 1st Tuesday in 1 February, 1873, and having been bid off by James G. Gibbs, and he having failed to comply with the terms of sale, the said road and appurtenances and franchises will be sold on the first Tuesday in May at his risk. 1 W. D. K1DDDO, RICHARD HOBBS, W. H. CRAWFORD; B. F. BRUTON, mchl3t-d Commissioners. E. J. Padrick, PRACTICAL BUILDER & HOUSE CARPENTER; Solicits work of all kinds in his line. Jobs ta ken within 20 miles of this place. All ((hop work promptly attended to. Coffins made at all Hours, day or • night, as neat as can be done elsewhere. Shop at the old stand, in rear of Sanborn Buildings. mchl3-ly Doors, Blinds, SASH, Mouldings. Bracket*. Stair Fixtures, Build • ers Furnishing Hardware, Drain Fipe, Foor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble ond Slate Mantle Pieces. ggy Window-glass a specialty. Circulars and price lists gent free, on applicaUon, by P. P. TOALE, 20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney st»., octZ-ly — Charleston, 8. C. JOHN W. McGILL, Attorney at Law, BAINBRIDGE, GA Will give prompt attention to all business entnisted to his care. Office: north-west room in court house. feblS-ly DRS. MORGAN & HARRELL, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in PURE DRUGS MEDICINES. &C., Sharon’s Hew Building, Water 8t., mch20-ip] Bainbridge, Ga,