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BAINBRIDGE GA. JANUARY 15, l«74.
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South Carolina, colored. Then Walls,
of Florida, also colured, renewed the
objection, but he too withdrew it. Mr.
Stephens then took bis position in the
hack' part of the Hall on the Democrat
ic side, and proceeded to read a speech
in opposition to the bill, remarking
that in view of the great importrnce of
the subject, he had reduced his views
to writing. He was not opposed to the
bill because of a ay objection—he had
to do full and ample jusfiee to every
human being within the legitimate ju
risdiction of the Federal Legislative
power. The chief end of all govern
ment, whether State or Federal, should
Oe the protection of rights. His oppo
sition to the bill sprung from no preju
dice against any man. woman or child
within the limits of the United States
on account of race, color or previous
condition of servitude. He entertained
no feeling of that kind, and was not
governed in his action by any influence
of that sort. Ilis opinion of justice
and its proper administration was fiot
Id
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
a;u oo f founded on that doguta so generally an-
1.00 | nounced and so pernicious in principle
■ that if should be for the greatest good
of the greatest number, hut on the
higher rule that it should be for the
greatest good of all. without detriment
or injury to any. While be did not
hold the doctriue of the equality of
races, he did maintain the great truth,
however paradoxical it might appear,
that ah men were created equal That
announced first
by a Council of State on the 4th of
July, 1776, but it was never meant to
convey the idea that all men were crea
ted equal in all respects, physically,
mentally and morally. It was, however,
i meant to assert the great law of nature
that all men had an equal right to jus
tice and to stand perfectly equal before
the law. In proof of this willingness
to have all natural rights secured to the
colored men he sent to the desk aud
read extracts from an address made by
him to the people of Georgia. But he
was opposed to this measure, or to any
nr>c kindred to it, because of the want
of the necessary power on the part of j
Congress under the Constitution. He
assumed that every member would ad
mit that the powers of Congress were
specific and limited, and that all the
legislative powers which Congress e iuld
rightfully exercise were held by dele
gations from the people of the several
States, and he contended that no new
powers had been conferred on Con
gress, hr cither the fourteenth or Fif-
mort-
nle«. per levy, S-7; tax sales, pet levy,
«.!; citation for letters of administration. i? t;
nation for letters of guardianship, 4: appli-
ittion for dismission from administration, 10;
pplication for dismission from guardianship,
fi: application for leave to sell land (one
square). 5, and each additional square, 3;
application for homestead, 2: notice to debt-
»,r.« and creditors, 4; land sale's (M square),
<1. and each additional square. safe of per- great truth had been
idiahle property, per square, 2.5ft; estray
*i,rices, sixty days. 7; notice to perfect serv
er. 7: rules nisi to foreclose mortgage, per
iqiiare. 4; rules to establish lost patters, per
aqirjre. 4; rules compelling titles. 4; rules
b> perfect service in divorce cases. 1ft.
Sales of land. etc., by administrators, cx-
fiiitorsor guardians, are required by law to
hi- held on the first Tuesday in the month,
between the hours of 1ft in the forenoon and
4 in the afternoon, at the court house door
in the comity in which the properly is situ-
tito l. Notice of these sales must he given
in% public gazette 4ft days previous to the
ol sale.
Vo;.-es f„ r the sale of personal property
Vbe g'iveK in like manner lit days pre-
-.ions to sale dor.
Satires to tins and cI'wMHW of an
lisle must alSf'lvr puMislast Aft last's.
Aolice that apfateatSon «*!?? 1>? made to the
biiirt of (Mintta f«f KWr,' sell land, &c.,
tim-t be publish??! fuff Wo months.
Illations for Iotte*V of administration,
fnardianship. &<•.. joss: be publndted 3ft
rins—for disiwissior? Vr'SSs ad*«»iiistra»ion.
Monthly for throe rOoin'i*—for dismission
from guardianship,. 4ft day's,
Rules for foreche*W'* *<f *s ‘1g:vges must he
published monthly to? >.“0' rc-ooUs—for es
tablishing lost paper* for the full *pw-e of
three months— for t'wt»j*4Vmg titles •from ex
ecutors or adloinis>f‘,tbos where bond has
fieen given hv the 11'—'>V *bv tall space of
three months-.
will come up with renewed energy, as
did those Magna Charta, and that, too,
at no distant day. The old Jefferson
ian Democratic Republican principles,
dead, indeed ! When the tide of the
ocean ceases to ebb and flow—when
the winds of heaven are hushed into
perpetual silence—when the clouds no
longer thunder—when earth's eclectric
bolts are no longer felt or heard—when
her internal fires go o8t—then, and
before, will these principles cease
animate and move the liberty-lo
masses of this country.
I'uhlicution will always be continue.') ..
■cling to these, tho legal requirements. | tCCnth amendment to the Constitution,
"less otherwise ordered. i p r0 p Pr remedy was in the judgment
of die courts to be rendered in such a
way as Congress should provide, de
claring any State act in violation of the
tights of citizens to be null and of no
affect, lie opposed the bill further, be-
| cause of its inexpediency. Even if the
Convicted of Embezzlement—Anoth
er N. Y- Senator Convicted-
The telegraphic dispatches have
briefly announced the conviction of ex-
Statc Senator William M. Graham, of
New York, of embezzling of the Wall-
kill National Bank. Judge Benedict,
in his charge to the jary, said: “It is
unnecessary for nte to give over the
evidence in this case, as you have it
fresh in your memories. If you believe
Mr. Graham, the prisoner, when Presi
dent of the Wallkill National Bank, ap
propriated, even temporarily, any of its
funds to his own use, then you should
find him gyilty. The evidence for the
prosecution has not been contradicted.”
The jury, after about eight seconds’
consultation, returned a verdict of guil
ty, and ex-Senator William Moffit Gra
ham was guarded back to Ludlow street
jail by two deputy marshals.
The penalty is not less than five nor
more than ten years’ imprisonment. Mr.
Graham will be sentenced on the last
d-av of the term. He is the third mem
ber of the State Senate convicted of
crime in New York city within the
past two months. Ex-Senator Graham
was pale and haggared when he ap
peared in the Circuit Court. He had
evidently passed a sleepless night. Du
ring his year’s imprisonment Mr. Gra
ham has become five years older in
looks, but it was not until Tuesday af
ternoon that he gave up all hope of *e-
qcittal.
The Administration Fishing for
Eriends.
Under this head the Herald of Tues
day has the following iron* it* Wash
ington represent
A movement is on foot by thefriends ,
of President Grant to eeleefr, i*f various
stronglKiWs of political power, influen-
Who Die of Yellow Fever.
Of all the persons who died in
Shreveport during the recent epidemic
we have the age of 5S4 of Ahem respec
tively. Of these 100 died' under 10
years of age. 94 were between 10 and
20, 156 were between 20 and 30, 134
*g>re between 30 and 40, 59 were be
tween 40 and 50,29 were between 50
and
greatest
iges of 20
t greatest
of life when
hat most
capacity to resist dkeajfe. We must
presume that there are more children
in the city under 10 years of age than
adults between20 and 30, and certainly
Kioto than between 36 afid 40, and yet
we see that the victims are more than
half as many again between 20 and 30
years of age as there are under 10 .or
from 10 to 20, and nearly the same
ratio holds as to those who died be
tween 30 and 40 as those who died
under 10 years and from 10 to 20, and
yet it can hardly be doubted there are
a great many more persons in the city
pretty way to talk ! Ain’t he
young man ?”
“Yes’in. ”
‘‘Got money?”
“Yes’m”
"Attd good kinfolks ?”
“Yes’m.”
“And loves yo» to distraction ?” »
“Yes’m.”
“Well, is the flame of common sense,
what did yotl send him home for?”
‘ Well, ma. if I must tell the truth, I
must, I ’spose, though I’d rather die.
You ,see, ma, when he fetched his
cheer up Host to mine, and ketcl’.ed
holt of nty hand, and squez and dropt
ou his knees, then it was that his eyes
rolled and he began breethin’ hard, and
his gallowses kept a ereakin, till I
thought iu my soul somethin terrible
was the matter with his innards and
his vitals ;and that flustered and steered
me so that I burst out a eryin’. Seein
me do that he creaked wors’ne ever,
and that made me cry harder; and the
harder I.cried the harder he creaked
till all of a sudden it catne to me that
it was nothin’ but his gallowses; and
then I burst out a laughin, fit to kill
under 10 years or ranging from 10 to myself right in his face. And then he
20 years than there are he! Ween JO and i jumped dp and run out of the house
tial and worth--' Dexnosrste who govern ,
,. . '. A . . . , t V > Don Curios, who r? a'Vved he the
public opinion in their seigTrosrkocas, . _ . . *
40. Now our question is this/ Hotr is
this comparative exemption of the
children and youths under 20 years to
be explained? Why has the greatest
mortality fallen upon those who were
in the prime and vigor of life ?
The Situation in Spair.
Late European journals give a. mel
ancholy picture of the dissension pre
vailing in Spain a few weeks ago. which
strongly suggest the rumors but lately
published as to the probability of the
overthrow of the Castelar government.
The situation is distracted by two mon-
archial factions, one of which regards
the son of Queen Isabella as the- com
ing king, while the other supports she
claims- of Do* Carlos, and a <h-
mostticS exist between the moderate
and radical Republican® K all pros
pect of es! iblisiiiug a republic is des
troyed, it is supposed that the preten
sions of the son of Isabella will he
greatly strengthened, and tbs? the con
test will soon fee florre-wed down to a
struggle between his champions, who
advocate bis election to the throne on
the ground ?bat he will be a Constitu
tional monarch, 3*4 the supporters of
mad as fire; and he ain’t coming hack
no more. Buo-hoo, ahoo hoo hoo 1”
“Matildy,” says the old woman, stern
ly, “stop sniv'ling. You have made an
everkstin’ fool of yourself, but your
cake ain’t all dough yet. It all comes
of them no ’count, fashionable sto’ gal
lowses—’spenders I believe they calls
’em. Never mind, honey! I’ll send
for Johnny, tell him how it happened,
'pologize to him, and knit him a rea
nice pair of yarn gallowses, just like
your pa’s; and they never do creak.”
“Yes. ma,”said Matilda, brightening
up; “but let me knit ’em.”
“So you shall, honey; he’ll valley
them a heap more than if I knit ’em.
Cheer up, Tildy; it’ll be all right. You
mind if it woiv'tq’
Sure enough, it proved to be all right.
Tildy and Johnny were married, and
Johnny’s gallowses never creaked any
more.
length, but was so convinced that
the hill cwnwvnded itself to the great
majority of the Hot**: aud the 1 fosntry,;
that he would no* oectip* the 1 ime of
tho House, but would yield ?l>c floor to
Mr Harris, of Virginia.
Mr. Harris addressed the House in
Tf shion to the bill, contcttdinw that
C'agross had no right to interfere with
IV internal legislation of the States,
'tl tit at this bill would break down the
Mfic school system, and the Lunatic
-bvluni. and other charitable institu
!: His of the South lie appealed to
'V House whether any one would i-on-
!e "J that the negro was the equal of
t “ e w hite man. A colored member
<Lynch of Mississippi), rose iu re-
to ingratiate them with good will to
ward hi? a<h»iijistration Ilis personal
friends, favorite othcioL? and emissaries
are earnestly at work in this- direction,
and b is privately understood that this
polity is best calculated to take up a
strong, disaffected element, whose regu
lar party influence has bees feb here
tofore, but which has been coquetting
for a recognition by the administration,
while they bate bees at variance with
Wonld be their former arseeiafe? is the Demoerat-
prejudicious aud Unwise to exercise it | ; c party proper. This is agreed upon
It would be better to leave all such maS-1 counteract the defection of orthodox
: ter® to !l?f State. He did sot nclieVe t repwblicanwm; ssrnl the President, in
representative of absolutism.
The Civil Bights Bill—The Vjaws of
Mf Stephen#,
W.vsiDGfON. Jan. C*.—-In the debate
on Civil Rights in the House to-day,
Mr. l’rye, of Maine, said he had had !
thstge of a bill similar to the supple- T ,
TY . , . , , . ,, power were unquestioned ih CoHgres to
iftentary tml Rights Dd) St last Con-, 1 , . , , 1 , , . °
J t i.i . Ibis law, he thought it
tress, and was prepared to advocate it
*Phisc to the challenge, hut Mr. II
lb. amid great laughter, declined to I consider a party behest, pass this
yield to him, saying that he was ad
dressing himself to white men, and did
5 n propose to let a negro interfere.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, next rose
,v Llress the House, but saw that he
l °uU not say all he had to say in
twenty minutes, and he asked to have
*n hour allowed him. E R. Hoar ob
jected. but subsequently offered to with
draw the objection in case the same
jr.vihge was granted to Elliott, of
in point of fart, that the colored peo- \
pie of Georgia desired it, The religious
and church organizations, except in the.
ease of the Catholics, were distinct from
the whites, and they bad thetr own
I schools, even a college for colored youths.
| They did not desire to have mixed
! schools. Mr. Stephens occupied the
! floor an hour and a quarter, having had
his time extended twice. As usual,
however, in tho casg of written speeches,
Its delivery did not command or receive
the attention of the House. The pero
ration was in these word?:
“If you, who call yourselves Repub
licans. shall, iu obedience to what you
bill
in the vain expectation that the Re
publican principles of the old and true
Jeffersonian school are dead, be assured
that you arc indulging a fatal delusion,
[the old Jeffersonian Democratic Re
publican principles are not doad, and
will never die so long as a true devotee
of liberty lives. They may be buried
for a period, as Magna Charta was trod
den under foot in England for more
than a century, but these principles
his cosmopolitan, easy-going May, baa
not been unmindful of it in his consul
tations with the political managers, in
dependent of whom, however, the orig
inality of the idea aud the credit of
manipulation belong to himself alone.
"With the proper bait, Grant can
catch a few fish down in Georgia. Not
any big onss, but some who, if he lis
tens to their representation#, will make
him believe they are. If it will be
any accommodation to him. we can send
him a pretty full list of hungry mui-
noics, at least, who will swallow the
hook. Some of them, too, will gulp it
down if covered with only the very
smallest suspicion of bait. Let the
sport begin. We arc anxious to see
how the list of the captured will com
pare with our ideas of those who wish
to be caught.
The Beauties of Washington-
The prettiest sew face, Mmeeay tire
prettiest woman ih Washington this
i year, is the wife of the new Arkansas
Senator, Horsey. She » is a Spanish
looking beauty, with very long black
lashes, dark eyes and rather small, tidy
fipnre. He is a heavy, material look
ing character, like an Indian trader or
something tfcaS Way/
Asofher fine looking from,an is the
•Wife' of the slew Florida Senator,- Cono
ver, who is a darkish blonde—that, is,
with a ehestnutty and maple complex
ion. morning and twilight, either, so it
be inviting. She has a tallish figure,
fine red color, modest addrcss ( and
comes from the Quaker parts of Penn
sylvania.
Another unusually fine girl here
this year is Miss Anna Fisher, diiughter
of the District Attorney, a Delawarean,
with a efueer and taking King Charles
look, real cavalier like, as if you were
to see John Dry den begin to quote
poetry to her.
The celebrated Mrs. Williams, *wife
of the mooted Chief Justicc, is a very
noble type of merely physical beauty,
like a Lombard Itallian or Himgariae
of Lombard descent, such as Garibaldi
wedded in his Anita. She is large,
but not fat. with very white and sreamy
arms, bets? and neck.
When the negro down inLouisian-
na was hauled up tor stealing bacon,
he pot in as a defense that he was
told by his political teachers, that
now, when he had the rite to vote,
he must take “sides” somewhere.
A Warning to Lovers-
“Metildy, you area most good for noth
in’, triflin’, owdacious, contrary piece
that ever lived.”
“Oh, ma!” sobbed Matilda. “I
couldn’t help myself—’deed I could not.”
“Couldn’t help yourself? That’s a
Georgia News-
Waycross wants a hotel.
Albany reports-sixty deaths dariftg
tho year past,
Amcricua has efit doMs the sala
ries ot her officials. ,
Atlanta is about to organize a ine-
chankab association.
The new court house at Waycross
is almost completed
A small Are in Cola ml ms on Wednes
day causeD a loss of §866.
A ease of miscegenation has been
discovered in Valdosta.
The Augusta Knights ot Pythias
paraded on Wednesday afternoon,
A Columbus huntsman succeeded
in bringing down 130 pounds of deer.
Tbe Catholics of Rome contemplate
bgibling a church at no distant day.
C.M.'VYbcatly.Esq.jhas been elec,
ted Chief of the Americas Fire De
partment.
The Valdosta times has opened its
Waycross department with W.B.
folks as editor.
Dr, L.L.Strozier, ot Albany, an
old citizen and a prominent mason,
died on the 5th inst.
A meeting of the citizens of Quitman
decided iu tavor of a constitutional
convention.
Taylor HI I, an escaped prisoner,
was captured at Cherokee, near
Lawenceville, last wes&.
The Augusta Sehatz'en Club will
have a target shooting on the first
Bwonday in February.
Albany passed through the panic
ordeal safely, not a single failure or
suspension having oceured.
At the annual election of the Rome,
Fire Department H. A. Hills, Esq.j
was elected chief engineer.
Bulford wants a new board of com
missioners, as the present board is
decidedly loose in its administration.
Rev. Frank Hallan, of Baltimore,
has accepted a call to the pastorship
of the Episcopal Church in Americas.
Barnesville wili have another mu
nicipal election on the 5t.h inst., the
one held last Saturday having been
decided illegal,
Mrs Maria J. Westmoreland iulj
been engaged for a lecture before
the Young Men’s Library Associa
tions of Atlanta at an early day.
Mr. Johnnie Brock, of Caltfnfbtt*,
aged seventeen, and Miss Mary Ogle-
tree, of Brownville, aged sixteen^
were married on the 6th inst.
Judge Porter, of Griffin, has ap?
plied for a patent for his wire ar-
rangemen by which the acoustic
properties of halls or rooms arcim*-
proved.
After a suspension of a few months
the saw mills along the line of the
railroads have resumed work and
are all now in successful operation,
Russell county, for the year 1873»
has received into her treasury over
$2,600 for license* almost the entire
amount being for license to sell whig,
key.
Waycross, at the junction of the
Atlantic and Gulf and Brunswick
and Albany railroads, is eighteen
months old, and contains two hun^
dred inhabitants.
The Herald speaks in high terms
of praise of the twelve banks of. At*
lanta. The Bank of the State of Geor*
gia, not yet a year old, has declared
a dividend of 7 1-2 per cent,
On Saturday last Valdosta elected
the following municipal officers for
ensuing year: n. B. Holliday, Mayor,
and J. W. Wells, T. R, Smith,
J. H. Smith and John Bergsteiner,
Alderman.
Good-by, you old scolding red*
beaded heathen,” wrote a Dubuque
man to bis wife the last thing before
suiciding. She says she’d like to have
got hold of him tor about one York
minute.
The Sabbath schools of Madison?
Ind., are made to “draw’ by advejr-
tising ft»e*l>UlittOft of nnimola
and it is a pleasant sight to see 200
good little children grouped around
the case containing the wild cat-.
It is announced from Washington
that the late Presedent Lincoln’s
coachman has been rqipointed to a
snug place in tbe Treasurer Depart*
ment. This goes far to confirm the
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILR0A0
asisiRt#.
Change of Schedule,
General Scceri ntexdew’s Orrft®; %
Atlantic and Golf Railroad, I
SsrsnEak, Oct. 11,1873, J
On and after Sunday, Oct 12, 187f>
Passenger trains on this road Will rtm atf
follows 5 ✓
EXPRESS PASSENGER,
Leave Savannah daily at 4 - 4:30 p ii
Arrive at Live Oak - 3:66 a M
Arrive at Bainbridge - - 8:16 Or it
Arrive at Albany - - Os-IO k at
Leave Albany - - - - 3:20 p tt
Leave Bainbridge 4 4:30 * *1
Leave Live Oak - - - - 9:05 p tt
Arrive at Savannah - - - 8i2b»M
jjg-g“ Connect at Live Oak with trailtfr
on J., P, & M. Railroad for and frot* Jack* •
sonville, Tallahassee, etc.
No change of cars between Savannah mA
Albany-.
Close connection at Albany ififk tittUM
Southwestern Railroad,
Close connection at Lawton for and ftroaa.
Florida with Western Division IktWtW
trsinv
ST-evpin'g' car rsn® through to ThotaaBvUlfrr
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN,
WESTERN DIVISION.
Leave Lawton, Sundays excepted at ?:26 a *S
Arrive at Valdosta, " 5:**%•
Arrive at Quitman, “ lQ:&4a m.
Arrive at Thomasville, “
Arrive at Albany, “ 8:60 p W
Lear* Albany, “ 8:16%^
Lesr's - TAomagvillc, " 2:10 p M
Leave Quitman, n «wpm
Leave Valdosta, “
Arrive atJLawton, B &06 p Ot.
Connncct at Albany with 1 night tfajag *•
Southwestern railroad, fearing Aftwsp' Btt 1
day. Tuesday, and Thursday cad, SHWhp
at‘Albany Monday, Wednesday and BfP
day.
Mail Steamer leaves Bainbridge • Uf
Thurssday at 8:00 a m. for ApalachiceUs
H. S. HAINES, Gen'LSapt-
I>r, J. A.
fejf~ Office in Peabody’s Drug; Store
denceon Broughton street.
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