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AINBRIDGE
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jme 3.
WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
, pria.i«H(D Evkkt Thumdat
E BUSSELL, Proprietor.
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t.
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| not ice-
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e-i iti contract, will be charged 20
<.juare.
and obituary notices* tributes of
D d other kindred notices, charged
• ndvertisements.
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,-ticular place.
iiinceincntM for candidates are $10, if
one insertion.
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L-jncnt, and the money will be collect-
eele'l hy the Proprietors.
[nil alliere strictly to the above rule*,
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f-ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
n, in advance, k 'j - - $2.00
[months, in advance, - 1.00
• months, in advance, • 50
ofij. in advance, - 10
legal advertising.
||ffs sale*, per le^y, $3 ; sheriffs mort
s, per levy, $5; tax sales, per levy,
fction for letters of administration. $4
i for letters of guardianship, 4; appli-
f„r dismission from administration, 10;
jiion for dismission from guardianship,
lication for leave to sell land (one
i, and each additional square, 3;
|t,on for homestead, 2; notice to debt-
l creditors, 4; land sales (1st square),
[each additional square, 3; sale of per-
propeHy, Tier square, 2.50; estray
I sixty days, 7; notice to perfect serv-
|rules nisi to foreclose mortgage, per
4; rules to establish lost papers, per
4: rulps compelling titles, 4; rules
ct service in divorce cases, 10.
I of land, etc., by administrators, ex-
lor guardians, are required by law to
J on the first Tuesday in the month,
|n the hours of 10 in the forenoon and
afternoon, at the court house door
maty in which the property is situ-
J Notice of these sales must be given
luhlic gazette 40 days previous to the
sale.
BAINBRIDGE GA. FEBRUARY 12, 1874.
ounces. It shall nut be lawful for any
person to write in any book, pamphlet,
periodical, magazine or other matter of
the third class, a brief form of presen
tation, or write hi3 or her name on the
wrapper thereof or number and name
articles enclosed without additional
postage
I Have no TimeJa.Eead-
The idea abort the want of time is a
mere phantom. Franklin found time
in the midst of all his labors to drive
into the hidden recesses of philosophy,
and to explore the untrodden paths of
science. The great Frederic, with an
empire at his direction, in the’midst of
war, on the eve of the battles which
were to decide the fate of his kingdom,
found time to revel in the charms of
philosophy and intellectual pleasures
Bonaparte, with all Europe at his dis
posal, with kings in his . anti-chamber
begging for vacant thrones, with thous
ands of men whose destinies were sus
pended by the brittle thread of his Ar
bitrary pleasure, had time to converse
with books. Caesar, when he had cur
bed the spirit of the Roman people
and was thronged with visitors from
the remotest kingdom, found time for
intellectual conversation. Every man
has time, if he is careful to improve it
as well as he might, he can reap
three-fold reward, Let all make use of
of the hours at their disposal, if they
want to obtain a proper influence in so
ciety. They can, if they please, hold
in their hands the destinies of our Re
public.
every stop tl rough tba dismal wet you
thought of it with keen’pleasure. But
now it is strikingly awkward contriv
ance, bristling with animosity towards
all out doors and you eye it with un
disguised disfavor. The more you think
of escorting this object down the street
through the bright sunshine, of obtrud
ing it like a noisome shadow among a
grateful and delighted people, the more
repulsive it appears to you. In desper
ation you look about for a cloud—
something that will, in the eyes of im
partial men at least, save you from con
tempt—but you do not find it. Then
you look about for a boy anxious to
distinguish himself as a scapegoat, hut
don’t find him. With a heavy sigh you
turn your back upon the obnoxious
umbrella.
duties on fruit until the error was dm- dents prefers carrots to other roots fur
covered. The Ways and Means Com- *
mittee have agreed to report a hill to
Remove.the comma, in accordance with
the intent of ihe^Iaw of 1872. Th6
amount of tax illegally collected is not
far from $2,000,000- >
i for I lie sale of personal property
riven in like manner 10 days pre-
|n sale day.
ice« to die debtors and creditors of an
mini also be published 40 days.
Mint application will be made to the
if OrVir.-iry for leave to sell land, Sic.,
puWished for two mouths.
Itions fur letters of administration,
iimhip, &c„ must be published SO
fir dismission from administration,
r fur three months—for dismission
itardianship, 40 dnys.
!e« for foreclosure of mort pages must l>e
ilied monthly for four mouths—for es-
liing lost papers for the full space of
months—for compelling titles from ex-
or administrators, where bond has
riven by the ileceosed, the full space of
months.
ilic&tion will always be continued ac
ng to these, the legal requirements,
otherwise ordered.
newspaper Postage.
c hill reported by Representative
in the House on the 2d instant,
idatory of the postal laws, provides
on newspaper?and other periodic
al exceeding four 1 ounces in weight
from known office of publication
pular and bonafide subscribers, p's-
shall be charged at the following
per quarter pouud, viz : On pub-
ons issued less frequently than
a week, 2 cents ; issued once a
- 3 cents ; issued twice a week, 6
*; issued 3 tijups a week, 9 cents ;
d six times a week, 18 cents ; and
d daily. 21 cents, and an additional
shall be charged for each addition-
m ounces in weight. Provided
we copy of a weekly newspaper
he sent to each subscriber thereof
k county where they tre printed
published, free of postage, and
^ters of newspapers and periodic-
**7 'mutually exchange their pub-
Ulons - not exceeding one copy in
h exchange, free of postage. In all
cutaneous matter of third class, in-
ilD S books, flexible patterns, sam-
°fores, minerals and merchandise,
pit cards, photographic paper, let-
'tavelopea, postal envelopes, wrap-
Cln f s prmted or imprinted, and
■*!! matter uot chargeable with letter
f 8, or by law excluded from--the
tbe postage shall he ofle cent for 1
b two ounces or fractional part there-
a nd that the maximum weight of
s wH packages shall not exceed four
Wedding in a Graveyard-
A strange marriage ceremony was
recently witnessed in a Pennsylvania
cemetery, the contracting parties being
a minister of the gospel and a lady over
whom there seems to have hung a deep
veil of mystery. The bridal party,
numbering four p*ersons. arrived in Pitt-
son late in the evening from New York
and, procuring the services of a driver,
they were driven to Wyoming Ceme
tery, a short distance out of town. As
soon as the carriage stopped the occu
pants got out aud passed to the gate,
and. preceded by two gentlemen, the
quartette moved among the tomb-bor
dered paths to a distant part of the
cemetery. Here they halted directly
in front of a grave, at the head of which
stood a white marble cross.. Presently
the lady and her companion separated,
each taking a position on opposite sides
of the grave. They then joind hands.
The two who were left took positions,
one at the head and the other .at the
foot of the grave, each faciug the other
At this moment the bell of a church
tower tolled the hour of midnight, and
before the reverberations had died away
a marriage ceremony had commenced
above the grave in the cemetery. The
service was short and the scene most
singular and impressive. A few mo
menta later the four returned to the
carriage and were driven back to the
place from whence they started. The
driver of the vehicle could give no fur
ther information other than that one of
the gentlemen was a minister of the
-gospel, as was revealed from the cut of
his .garments.
The Assault upon the Commander of
the British Army.
London, Jan. 12, 1874.—On Tuesday
the Duke of Cambridge, the command
er of the British army, was about to en
ter the war offie in Pall Mall, when a
retired officer of the army moved up to
him and struck him—not once but
several times A constable came up
and asked the Duke if he wished to pre
fer any complaint. He said he did not,
as he considered the person was not
right in his mind. The next day, how
ever, one Capt. Mansell was apprehen
ded for the assault, and the Duke ap
peared against him at the Mal^orough
street police court. The prisoner was
remanded to jail on the Duke’s evi
dence. The latter said he knew the
prisoner, knew his name and knew he
had been writing letters complaining
of not having been fairly treated. The
Duke also confessed that he had a cane
in his hand and refrained from defend
ing himself against the prisoner, who
was only armed with his fists. There
is much charity expressed in certain
quarters as to the Duke’s person al-cour-
The -Atlantic andjGulf Bailrifead vs
the Southwestern Railroad
The Superior Court has been engaged
tor the last two days in hearing the
case of che Atlantic and Gulf railroad
against the 1 Southwestern Railroad
Company. The case is one of fbuf or
five of like character, and grew out of
the military transaction of the Confed
erate government in the winter of1862,
In taking possession for naval purposes
of a lot of iron railing belonging to the
Atlantic and Gulf railroad. It is alleged
by the plaintiffs that a portion of this
iron was turned over or swapped to the
Southwestern railroad Company, for
which the former company have receiv
ed no compensation.
His honor, Judge Hill,having been one
of council in the case, was disqualified
from presiding, and the bench wasoc
cupied by Henry Williams, Esq. of the
Savannah bar, who was agreed on hy
counsel to preside in the case in the
absence of Judge Hill. Quite anarrav
of distinguished council are imployed
in the cas'i. The plaintiffs are represent-
by Colonel Julian Hartridge and Messrs.
Lovell & Falligant, of Savanah, and
Messrs. Simmons & Wooten, of this
city; the defendants by General A. R.
Lawton, of Savannah. Judge R. F. Ly.
on and Messrs. Lanier & Anderson and
Whittle & Gustin of the local bar.
The case creates considerable interest,
owing to the circumstances attended it,
and the distinguished counsel engaged.
Macon Telegraph, 4th.
Crops
Jacksonville, III., February 1 .-The
age )( a»d as to his sudden acquisition
of knowledge of details the moment he
waS'SwrrrttHi.ded by the halls of justice
and a score of policemen.
Why
Non-Retuma-
Umbrellas are
ble-
If we study closely into the matter
we will cease to wonder why more bor
rowed umbrellas are not returned. Did
you ever undertake to return a bor
rowed umbrella? You got this um
brella the night before. It was raining
in torrents at the time, and you could
not very well do without the shelter.
It was to be returned the next morning.
So you promised and you honestly In
tended. The next morning breaks with
a clear sky, the sun comes forth and
floods the earth with its radiance There
is not a fleet of cloud visible any where;
there is not the faintest indication in
the atmosphere of au approaching dis
turbance. But the change in nature,
great as it is, is no greater than the
transformation in that umbrella. The
night before in the .dashing rain it was
a most appropriate companion. At
The New IT- 8. Senators-
Three United States Senators were
chosen on Monday—one for Kansas and
two for Mississippi.
The Kansas Legislature made choice
of ex-Governor James M. Harvey, and
his election is claimed as a great tri
umph for the Reformers? Governor
Harvey’s personal character is 3aid to
be above reproach, and no stein of cor
ruption has ever been attached to his
public life. This election will indeed
a relief to Kansas. She is now
well rid of the saintly hypocrite Cald
well and his brother in iniquity, the
pious Pomeroy.
Mississippi sends, for the long term,
a.uegro named Bruce, former Sheriff of
Baldwin county, and one H. R. Rose,
to fill Ames’ unexpired term. This
State is. perhaps no better and no
worse off in the Senate from the
change.
We observe that Revels, from that
State, the negro who created so much
sensation as the first of his race to take
his seat in the United States Seuate,
was defeated, some days ago, for State
Printer. His glory appears to have
departed. Out of office, he is no more
than any other ‘common nigger..’
A Comma Which Cost $2,000,000-
The importance of careful Congress
ional punctuation was strongly illustra
ted last Thursday at the meeting of the
Ways and Means Committee, where it
was shown that a comma in one place
was worth $2,000,000. In the tariff
bill which went into effect August 1,
1872, it will be remembered that the
free list was extended by tha addition
of several hundred articles. Among
the number added was. “fruit plants,
tropical and semi tropical,” for the pur
pose of propagation and cultivation. In
engrossing the bill, or in the process of
dhpyicg it for official printing, a comma
was inserted after “fruit,” and all fruit
was thereby placed upon the freelist
The custom officers, however, not notic
ing the change, continued
estimates in relation to the per centage
of the last crop of corn remaining in
the hands of producers January 15,
and estimates of the number of stock
hogs in the hands of feeders at the same
date, in comparison with the quantity
or number on hand at the correspon
ding date in 1873.
The Com-
In relation to corn, in the States of
Illinou-e, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio and Wis
consin, which produced iu 1873, upward
of382,000,000 bushels, the average
amount on hand at the date named is
estimated at a fraction less than 50 per
cent or an approximate quantity of one
hundred and ninety million bushels. The
average consumption is very uniform in
all the States, being highest in Wiscon
sin, 60 per cent. The uqusually 1 mild
winter in all locations has aided large
ly in keeping down the home consump
tion, and the condition of the stock is
generally better than was anticipated
a month earlier.
Hogs.
The estimate upon stock hogs are for
the same States named above, and indi
cate an average falling off oftwenty.one
per cent from the number on hand a
year age. The condition, of the same is*
considerably below the average, the
high prices paid by packers and the
scarcity of corn having caused an out
flow of the marketable bogs, and a stint
ing of the supply of food to those re
maining. The outlook is very slim for
hogs for summer packing. A compar
ison of the average prices in the State
named, for December 1,1873, and Jan
uary 15, 1874. shows a decided ad
vance, although indications are that the
maximum has been about reached.
feed This does not agree with my ex
perience. After giving carrots a fair
apd thorough trial, extending through
three winters, I came to the conclusion
(and I^think intelligently) that carrots
as a feed for horses and colts an? entirely
worthless. The more oats are fed to
colte the more nn^dt^ more size,
the more power, more endurance,
the more style pud sptod you obtain,
ahd the more money you get when
you sell them.
- .Waft *-*-
The Union Times of South Carolina
prints the tax receipts for taxes upon
eight hundred acres of land near Jones-
ville, in thatcountry. They make the
following exhibit;
Taxeaon^800 acres land, 1867 $ 7 83
Taxes on 800 acres land, 1868 63 00
Taxes on 800 acres land1873 117 80
Thus the taxes on one piece of prop
erty Jd Union county were increased
eight-fold during the 4 first two years of
Radical rule in this State, and. fifteen-
fold during the six years of its corrupt
domination.7. The property upon which
, the above taxes were paid has "not en
hanced in value one dollar-—in 'fact, the
buildings and fences are not as good as
they were in 1867.
A Texas editor, whose midnight oil
must have failed him just *as he was
going to press, prints the following en
ergetic opinion: ^“The man who would
water petroleum and sell it, would
sneak into the palaoe of the king of
kings and steal the gilding from the
wings of angels.
A young gentleman at Kansas City
sent seventy-five cents to New York
recently for a method of writing with
out pen or ink. He received the fol
lowing inscription, in large type bn a
card: “Write with a pencil.”
National Gnq^.'oportez-CQUtaias to-day The only way lT>r a man to escape
being “found out” is to pass for what
he is. The only way to deserve a good
character is to maintain it. It is easier
to correct our faults than to conceal
them.
The New Yojk Surr, of the 19 inst.
says: “One of the carpet bag Con
gressmen from the South delivered a
public lecture in a room on Pennsyl
vania avenue one night last week: The
subject of the* lecture was the refusal
of the bar keeper to trust him for a
drink.”
‘A life of Washington’ in Japanese,
consisting of forty-four, volumes, illus
trated, has just been published in Yed-
do. Washington is represented in«the
costume of the present time, with a
mustache, a cane and a skye terrier.
A had
Lard to beat?
Robb A Steel is the
name of a firm in Cliiipagip.
Felt slippers.
in their rude young d^ya.
The Sunday Meeker w (he
of a Baltimore paper.
An English l^cfore^ .aiJB there h no
American Punch. Isn’t them, thotgkf
No one will be surprised .that^Hevr
York daily has A*hantee comegydyti
All the Nevada editors are gmn^mad^.
a month. .- , ■.
The feelings of Mr^Rag when . ,jj|r.
Chang died, w;e should fresiunq,. v jppe
not to be envied.
“Feathers and Noise, ” “ tl * in
line over an article in a Buffalo paper
about a poultry show.
The Government has ordered a Par*
rot from the East Indies. He is Mr**
miral fo the navy. •
Dakota has been doing sumd ind finds
that she has only three-eighthl of a
white man to an acre of g&und. ’ l
Hartford, Conn., thinks' the hiiiie
New Haven, should be Written •
haven,” as it is Without any cat/itdFiUhr.
Cooing is well enough bfeforemar
riage, but the billing doesn’t cbfoe ' 6ll
after, and then it comes from the fridfcs-
— Mhdeoi
St. Louis’s wickedest man ha* dfed
and gone to Chicago. Hjs successors will
be selected by competitive examinations.
A New York paper spea.lis p^ the
grand display of “aerial toil#*” af^ Uall
in that city. Isn’t t^at a flight oi fyn-
°y ? K
Young lady (at,the post-office). —“If I
don’t get a letter by thin mail, I want to
know what he was dojng Sunday, .that’s
all. ' ...
The Inter- Ocean only knpws of pue *
haunted house, which shows that, it
changes are not read in the office, of
that paper. .
Mrs- South worth has done a no.v«l
for every State in the Union, aqd now
proposes to do one for eac{i Territory
before she dies.
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD
Change of Schedule.
Yussup Khan, a Persian statesman of
learning and ability, has been executed
by order of the Shah for embezzling a
.large sum of money entrusted to htm
as agent for the government.
That’s a lesson for civilization.
__ Feeding Oats to Colts-
A writer in the Maine Farmer says:
•‘I have always found that generousfeed-
ing pays the best, and I have found
nothing so good for colts as a generous
supply of oats, regularly fed. There is
not much danger of feeding toe many
The most critical part of the colt’s life
is perhaps the first winter, when he
should be liberally fed with oats of
oat meal with a few potatoes, and have
to collect daily exercise. One of our coneepon-
Jefferson Davis-
Among the passengers on the steam-
shipState of Alabama, which left New
Orleans for Liverpool last Sunday week,
was the Hon. Jefferson Davis. He was
directed by ; hrs physician to take a sea
voyage. His disease, we learn, is dropsy
of the heart. Mrs. Davis remains in
New Orleans, and is staying with Mr.
Davis’s niece, Mrs. Stamps. Now that
the departure of Mr. Davis is authori
tatively announced, it is in order to
publish daily probabilities of a duel
with Foote.
- Miscellaneous
Slippery business.—The corner in lard.
Men of the time.—Chronometer maker.
A legal tender.—■ A lawyer minding
his baby. .
The. best substitute for coal.—Warm
weather.
A boarding establishment.—A car
penters shop.
Is taking a hack the first stage of con
sumption?
What has a cat that nothing else has?
Kittens- ^
General SuPEBnmnmK.Vr'a
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,, V
Savsnnah, Oct. ll;lJfT8;-’ L )
On and after Sunday, Oet I$, ; 187S,
Passenger train* on this road will.ran aa
follows: . ,
EXPRESS PASSENGER. V ‘
Leave Savannah daily at - - 4r*> |> m
Arrive at Live Oak
Arrive at Bainbridge
Arrive at Albany -
Leave Albany -
Leave Bainbridge •
Leave Live Oak -
Arrive at Savannah
Connect, at
. StUpm
- 8:16 a*
- *40a*
- l:2D p aa
- . 4:80 » *
- *05>»
- 8:20
Live Oak with trama
taAt
on J., P, & M. Railroad for and from Jack
sonville, Tallahassee,, etc. .AaliZ
No change of cara between Savnnmth
Albany. .. .
Close connection at Albany
Southwestern Railroad. :
Close connection at Lawton fbr had fern
Florida with Western Diviaien: ; PNmmfer
train. _ _ . , , -
Sleeping car runs.through to Tltomaaftfla.
ACCOMMODATION TRADl. y - { '’
WESTERN DIVISION. ^
Leave Lawton, Sundays excepted *f7;3i“a
0;|8*m
<B§S
X‘XO t:
6:3b p m
8*T?m
Arrive at Valdosta,
Arrive at Quitman, “
Arrive si ThomasriHe, M
Arrive at, Albany, . “
Leave Albany, , u [
Leave Thomas villa, *»
Leave Quitman, “
Leave Valdosta, “
Arrive at*Lawton, “
Connnect at Albany with- night
Southwestern railroad, leaving Albany .fiom-
day, Tuesday, and Thiirsday and arriving
at Albany Monday, Wednesday mmf -’Tri-
Mail Steamer leaves Bainbridge ferny
Thurssday at 8:O0w m. far AplieMUk.
H. S. HAINES, eefcTSNfft.
Tumf-w
OX’S NEVER F it £ "
; f J , ,
We, the undersigned, do hole*/ Idtiff
that we have tried Cox’s Kovdr -FailW^nve
for Chills and Fever and find if into it
claims to be—<r never faBinf arriJkr iUOi mi
W. O. Donalson, W. E. Rutherford,JBirww
Brockett, Jacob Bora, Henry Dean, J B.
Griffin, T. B. HutmeweB. : ixai#5
Put up and sold by
MORGAN ft fUKRETA*'
Druggists, Brinbridge,.GU.
June6,1878-ly . f. r '