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Newspaper Page TextAINBRIDGE Volume 3. BAINBRIDGE GA. AUGUST 20. 1874. IE weekly DEMOCRAT \f PC8LI8H8D Every Thursday E- BUSSELL, Proprietor IrFP.TISlNG RATES ANI) RULES. Varerti-ements inserted at $2 per square first insertion, and §1 for each suh“~ I’LliTre i» eight solid lines of this type. | terms made with contract advertisers, [notices of <*ight lines are §15 pel jr $jl> per annum. Local notices ' | f M than three months are subject to advertisers who desire their ad- cements changed, must giv^. us two notice. I uniting advertisements, unless otherwise Kjedin contract, will be charged 20 _ i per square* jjnrriage and obituary notices, tributes of F nd oilier kindred notices, charged Eller advertisements. Vlt.-rtdemerits must take the run of the U „ we tin not contract to keep them in f particular place. Innotmcements for candidates arc §10, if ; f„r one insertion. IN are due upon the appearance of the riiseinent, and the money will be collect- led by the Proprietors, sk ill adhere strictly to the above rules, I will lciiart Iroin them under no circum- OF SUllSRIPTION. ,.,11111. In advance, - - §2.00 c in ml!i8, in advance, - 1.00 r r m mills, in advance, - 5q in advance, - 10 [Front the Quit man Reporter. J jMr- Whiteley and his Address- [j the last issue of the Bainbridge Uly Sun is an addtess of the Hon 3 rd H. Whiteley to the electors ol Second Congressional District, fchw- are informed in said paper also be published in pamphlet .and distributed throughout the |rict. The document is quite re- Lsble in some respects. We do not »ise to review it at length, but will |cc a few of his ideas, and perhaps ct some of his misrepresentations, ourse a considerable part of the ad- is devoted to eulogies on the cal party and the particular achiev- Its of Major Whiteley himself, lie L* considerable credit fur removing •al disabilities of men in his Dis- 11c says: “At my election to i nut less than three hundred ty porsuiis in the Second Dis 'ere unable to hold office by rea- r disabilities thus imposed. Now fven one is to be found in the dis- II, Major, how came those three h*d and titty persons under tiisa- Who imposed disabilities them ? Why, of course the lvadi irty—the very party to which you g. and which you are always to praise. Was it wrong to iui- them ? Then your party was guilty is great wroug and oppression, it right? Then how dare you ag about undoing what is right? and your party can’t be both right, •ct in opposite directions, but, all. are these persons any better low. so far as disabilities are con- pd. than they were before these un- discriuiinations were made against Verily, they are under great "itions to you and your party, ut the same obligations that a man d be to a thief who stole his horse, after keeping him as long as he fid to. concluded to return him, as uld make no further use of him. ie Majtir boasts of his achievements lereasing our mail facilities, a..d us a table that we umy fully ap- iate his services. We do not *ue- to be posted as to all the counties ie District, but we do profess to r something about Brooks county, it the balance of his address is no :r the truth than his Statement as Offices and kiud of mail services 'books, (and we presume it is a tuple) then, verily, his facts and w are entitled to but little consid- « trout anybody either in or out ® district. He says, in Brooks, in • there were tiro post offices with 'H mail service, and, in 1874, there lour post offices with daily mail Iee - Strictly speaking, there is no ■“oil to any office in Brooks, suppose he meant daily (except night.) then we will say that * nan Hn d Groover Stations have al- nad daily mails (except Sunday) -■nee the mails were established ■he war—long before 1870 and uring that time. So there he is Again. No other offices except e two have daily (so called) mails : 4. and Whiteley says there '" Hr Post offices iu 1874 with daily . SerT ice. So there he is wrong * e once heard of an anecdote Uian w ho wished to define the word *ud he said it was a “red fish *'dked backward,” but concluded a “lit his definition to Cuvier, a fated trench naturalist, when Cuv- ■ 41 d the definition was very good, *-re not for three thing:.—1st a * as Du & red) 2d, it was not ifith ; 3d. tt did not walk backwards. Maj... Whiteley’s argument on the Post Offices of Brooks might do tolerably well, if his premises were jot fa’se. Again. Major Whiteley speaks of the Democracy as a party “which gloated over military rule and resisted a return to civil power.” Could he have better described the Radical party in this respett? Who was it that kept the troops in the State and made the civil subject to military power for years a Ter the boys in grey had thrown-aside their musket9 and tak n the plow- handles and the various tools of trade ? This same Radical party, of which Maj. Whiteley is a member. Yea, and even up to this time, with their military President and United States soldiers, they are ever ready to interfere with the civil authorities for the States. He says the Democracy “denied that right (local self-government) to the peo ple by the repeated appointment of offi cials in Georgia by legislative acts.” And yet Decatur county, in which lives exercises this right of local self-govern ment by electing Radicals to fill all the county offices. Thomas county, his uext neighbor, does the same thing, and although the State of Georgia is very largely Democratic, no one interferes. But if the gentleman will go a lew miles South of him he will find a State that is Republican by a small majority. And how about local self-government there? Why, a Radical Governor ap points all the officials from constable up. in all the counties, nu matter how Democratic some of them may be. This is the Radical idea of local sell-govcrn pud her of all her clothing, and when in a perfectly nnde state she thrust her fair, round arm through a diamond hole in the door of the closet, the gal lant Major clasped the hand of the buxom widow, and was married in due form by the jolliest parson in V ermont. At the close of the ceremony the tire woman dressed the bride in a complete wardrobe which the Major had provi ded and caused to be desposited in the closet at the commencement of the cer emony. She came out elegantly dres sed in silk, satin and dace; and there was kissing all around.—Montpelier Argus. Whii forts against a war o; issue of Sun, to e ing bet we u:ent. A,ter abusing the Democratic party for offences which they never were guilty of, and for which if committed at all the Republican party is justly responsible, he sails out in a spread-ea gle eulogy an the Radicals, and winds up this paragraph thusly : “In a word, all that Was been done or that exists in iavor of progress, prosperity, and union in our own State, may be traced to Republican instincts and Republican powers.” Verity, Radicalism has pre sented a luminous example of progress and prosperity in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina; but as the geutle- man scetns to wish to confine the inves tigation to matters “in our State,” we will give a lew samples of progress here. Let us look at the money spent by the Radicals, as compared with the Democratic administration, and we can see the progress. Remember, too, this money must be raised by taxation out of an already impoverished and over burdened people. Here is a table showing the compara tive expense of the Executive depart ment under Democratic and Radical rule: Bullock and prejudice p No wonu Smith, C-onlev. Incidental expenses. §1,050 00 §30,470 80 Expressage 482 38 10,095 00 Telegraphing 653 59 2,347 40 Postage 1,850 41 6,303 99 Stationery 1.889 91 4,589 20 Traveling expenses of ageuig 1,076 80 5,378 52 Total 6,902 59 57,185 42 Rewards offered if all paid, 12,950 00 300,350 03 Grand total §19, 852 59 §357,537 45 If this is progress and prosperity may th< good Lord save the State from >uch blessings in the future ! We had intended to notice many more points n the address equally as false and ab surd as those already alluded to, but we find it will consume too much of our space. Besides, we have very little hope of reaching any of the supporters if Major Whiteley. As a class they are generally Mo ignorant to appreciate an argument, and the few intelligent amongst them are influenced by such motiv s that facts and arguments would make no impression upon them. We therefore desist for the present. Per haps we may in some future issue con elude to expose a few more of the glar ing errors of the Radical candidate for Congress from the 2nd Congressional District. A Naked Bride- By a strange perversion of legal prin ciples, it was supposed by our ancestors that whosoever married a widow who was administratrix upon the estate of her deceased husband, represented in solvent, and should thereby possess himself of any property or thing pur chased by the de.eased husband, would become an • executor de son tort, and would thereby make himself liable to answer for the goods of his predeces sor. Major Moses Joy became enamor ed of Mrs. Hannah Ward, widow of William Ward, who died in 1788, leaving insolvent estate, of which Mrs. Ward, was administratrix. n 'o avoid the unpleasant penalties of the law. on the morning of her marriage with Ma jor Joy, Mrs. Ward placed herself in a closet, with a tire-woman who strip- ey and Poor Men- ot content with his ef- ice the colored people ites, and thus threaten is, has sought in tue Iasi rgan, the Bain >ridgf te jealousy and ill-feel- the poor and the rich, pretending that the Radicals are special friends to the poor, while the Democrats seek to oppress them. His argument is an insult to poor men. Does he suppose that they are as easily duped as his negro al lies ? Does he expect men because they are poor to accept hi3 ideas of truth and justice without interroga tion, and allowj^is appeals to their from whatis right ? Ts i\i favor of the civil rights |BA since he presumes to manage ^Kontrol poor white men, ju^t at does ignorant ne gives. ‘Altt^Bh he knows that a very large ml^Hity of the Democrat ic p irty are pBM’inen, much poorer than JVD\ Whiltjlejl—especially since the 8al|iry Grab—Be seeks to preju dice them agamst the party by tell ing them of thjl taras imposed by Democrats. Hut Iww came these taxes Mr. Whwelea? Taxes before the wariwere varL light. The war did not ihcreasemour debts, for all war debts wereKpudiated when we were recoustrucTml. But alas, after reconstruction tnC State, by Federal interlerence and fraud, fell into the hands of the Radicals, and immedi ately by their extravagance and stealage they saddled the State with an enormous debt. After spending all the money they could make out of the State Road, all they could get out of the people by taxation, misappropriating the School fund, which vyas sacredly pledged for the education ol the people, poor as well as rich, black ms well as white, they issued millions ot dollars in bonds, the iuterest on which has to be an nually met, and the principle, too. some day. And yet Whiteley would make the poor men believe the Democrats are responsible tor the taxes they have to pay. It it were not for the extravagance and swindling with, which the Radicals when in power cursed the State ot Georgia, it is probable the income from the State Road would have been sufficient to pay all the expen ses of t he State government, so tar as to relieve the people almost, il not entirely, from all taxes. To re lieve the people from being crushed by these enormous debts, which would be the case if we had to pay them all at once, the Democrats also issued bonds to the amount of twelve hundred thousand dollars, not taxa ble, to run from one to twelve years before the maturity, the interest payable semi-annually. Now, reader, who do you suppose owns a consider able amount of those bonds, and ot course gets his interest regularly out of the State, which interest is raised by taxation ? One Richard H. Whiteley, the Radical candidate lot Congress from the-Second Congress ional District. Oh yes! He can buy bonds of the State of Georgia with his salary grab money, and wants the iuterest paid promptly, and pays no taxes himself on said bonds; but it is the tault ot the Democrats il the people are taxed to raise money to meet this interest! Oh Consisten cy 1 Why don’t- the liberal-hearted Whiteley tell the Treasurer of Geor gia he don’t wan’t the people taxed to pay his bonds or the interest upon them, and as he sympathizes so much with the poor tax payers, he will surrenuer them to the State ? No he cannot do that—he would lose the profits of his speculation. That would cost him something, bnt to abuse and misrepresent Democrats is a cheap sort of patriotism that don’t deplete bis pocket one cent.— Quitman Reporter. The Stack of Cotton in the World. It is estimated, says the New York Evening Post, that the amount of cot ton now held in this country as stock is in excess of the amount held last - — . ... ,«ax *t tiis tune bj lpw u to WTO sou confirm toll prMDuBWW thousand bales. The amount ip the hands of the American spinners is reck oned at fifty thousand bales less. The amount of cotton now held in Livt pool as stock is estimated to be about seventy thousand hales more than the amount held there the tame time last year. The English spinners are noto riously short of cotton. They hold, is thought nearly eighty thousand -bales less than last year. Thete esti mates are very generally accepted accurate by the best authorities, who estimate the total stock of cotton In the world at eighty thousand bales in ex cess of the amount held last year.’ The current price is about four cents a pound less than that ob tained last year; and August, the most dangerous of any month for the cotton plant-, is yet four days off. It is be lieved by those who have ho interest in the artificial attempts to raise or lower the price of cotton, that the •s-«ek of cotton in this city on the first of August, if accurately counted, would be found to Ie over estimated by at least 15,000 bales. A not uncommon practice on the part of cotton dealers is cited as the ground of this belief. A spinDer, for example, buys to-day, thousand bales of cotton, and orders hundred bales to be sent to his mill to morrow, two hunured Lales to be sent in the middle of August, and the re mainder to be delivered on the first of September. In point ofkfact, a thous and bales have thereby been transfer red from the amount of cotton in stock to the amount held by the spinners. The record of the day’s proceedings contains the announcement of the sale ; but, nevertheless, it frequently occurs that the amount not delivered—al though it is sold, and therefore out of the market—is still reckoned as part of the stock on hand. A HORRIBLE NEGRO PLOT BIS- COVERED IN LOUISIANA. The White Men to be Murdered, their Houses Burned and the Most Beau tiful Women Appropriated- Under this head, the blew Orleans 11 Bulletin, of Saturday, prints the fol lowing telegram, dated New Iberia, August 7th: A dreadful plot of the negroes has just been discovered here to kill the inhabitants and to set fire to the residences and plantations in the pa rish of St. Martin. The facts were disclosed by a letter which was hand ed to a prominent white gentleman by a Republican, who vouches for the truth of the statement it con tains. The plan was to commence killing and burning at the Lestrapes place and continue their work of ra pine and murder as far as St. Mar tinsville. A recommendation is made in the letter to set the planta tions on tire, in order to find where money could be found. The negroes were to keep for themselves the most beautiful women, and the par ties who were to be killed were men tioned by name. As soon as the criminals ascertained that their hor rid plans were discovered, they fled the parish in hot haste. The great est excitement prevails, and the peo ple are thoroughly aroused and de termined to discover and bring to punishment, the villians who have meditated this dreadful massacre and pillage. Etg. A. Duchamp. The signs all point to bloody times In Louisiana before next Christmas. The negroes are more insolent anil aggressive than ever before, and the whites seem resolved to make an end ol the long night of robbery an ■ oppression which has enveloped so long. They are last coming to the point where patience and prudence seem the most contemptible imbecil ity. They have been driven to the last extremity, and like all desperate men, will not stop to count the con sequences. The following paragraph from the same issue of the Bulletin is confimatory of our speculations : A Wobb.—Again we have to sound the note of warning to oar citizens, and to urge that every in dividual arm hiinselt witu some weapon larger than a revolver. Austrain muskets, with bayonets, cost only three dollars, and buck shot are cheap. This is a step that should be made simp y as a matter ot precaution, for it is impossible to say what steps tor defense may- have to be taken before November. Poob-poohing and listlessly folding the hands will o ly bring desolation to us, if the signs visible on the hori* General Gordon's Aduiess iu the-41- UBwi of the Georgia University. Gen. John JB. Gordon’s -iddress be fore the alumni of the Georgia Univer sity at .Athens, is thus noted by the correspondent of an Athens paper:. The diatinguised speaker, Senator John B. Gordon, entertained the vast assemblage for an hour and forty mi nute* in as brilliant an effort u we have ever heard; and -was constantly interrupted, by appl use. He spofce in aavoeaCy of establishing a department of government in all of oar colleges, where the student can learn its science and how to create wise lairs. He charg ed our universities with producing an abundance of merchants, farmers, doc tors and even lawyers, but no law-mak ers. He gave an eloquent review ol the most important questions now agi tating our country: The canfli tween labor and dapital, to®hi! ttributed the recent Gommun rors in France ; the finances, thHiec tive franchise, where it beginW and ends, and the centralizing tendencies ol the times. He made an indirect allusion to the recent controversy be tween two of Georgia’s greatestsons and deplored as unfair any attempt to put the responsibility of the defeat ot the Southern. Confederacy upon the shoulders of any of its citizens. He rgued that in »he face of such odd success was impossible, and while we all blundered, it was nod*iright to try to make any one man tl£'--scapegoat of the balance The orator discussed by turn the political profligacy of the day, stealing in high places, bribery in office, and dwelt for a long timea»n the tyr anny of an unrestrained fl^ority rule. ■ conclusion, he argued that the best uarantee of good government was to be found in a people who’ has been ed ucated in the science of statesmanship, and gave the students advice relative making their l-ves prosperous to themselves and benefici 1 to their coun- r. The address has won for Gener* Gordon the hignest ttneomiums from all who heard it. ’ . sj!!ssBaasteB MRS ■ttid-app&r atTue'aen Wrur orfhfer Ordinary, and show cause if any Marshal Baz London, May 12.—The following interesting particulars of the escape ot Marshal Bazaine from his prison on the isle of St. Marguerite have been re ceived: The apartments occupied by Mar shal Bazaine opened upon a terrace which was built upon a lofty and pre cipitous’cliff overhanging the sea. The sentry was posted on this terrace with orders to watch the prisoners every mo ment. On Sunday evening the Mar shal walked up. the terrace with Col. Villete, his aid-de-camp. At 10 o’clock he retired, as usual, apparently to sleep, but before day-break he had effected his escape. He must have crossed the terrace iu t^e dead of night and, eluding the sentinel, gained the edge of the preci pice. Thence by means of a knotted rope hetiesc mded to the sea. He evi dently slipped during the descent and tore his hands, as the rope was found stained with blood in several places. Und^r thediff, in a hired boat, were Bazaine’s wife and cousin. They re ceived him as he reached the water, and Madame la Marechale,'taking the oars herself, rowed directly to a strange steamer, which had been lying off the island since the previous evening. They reached the vessel in safety— were taken on board and the steamer then put to sea. It is thought that theyliave 'landed at Genoa, as the steamer proceeded in that direction The first news of the affair came to Grasse, the nearest place on the cost, and the magistrates of the town imme diately sent officers in every direction to search for the fugitive. There was great commotion in Mar seilles when the facts became known. An investigation was opened. Col. Villette, who was walking with the Marshal on the evening of his es cape, Was discovered there and im prisoned. The commandant of the post of St. Margurite was placed under ar rest and Gen. Leweil has gone to the Island to inves tigate the affair. why said J. R. Hann shottUhaot- fee ted with the guardianship of the iroperty of said minors. Wfenea ind official signature: This Jujy tHhf Iff^ citation. , Georgia—Decatur County.— VTherfaff Gaft, A. Wight. administrntorof G. L. Hofthdy-fap. reeebta to the oourt in his petition, dufy Aled, and entered on record that he haa fully adntM istered G L Holton’s estate, tbit fr,' therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kitidtaed : sad creditors, to show cause, if aoy thiy eaa, why said administrator should not : 'he : dis charged from his administration and reoeiva letters of dismission on the first -dfonday in November next, 1874. Hi ham Bbockbtt, Ordinary. July 23rd, 1874. Citation. ... .*• GEORGIA—DECATUR COUNTY To all whom it may concern; J. R. Wilder having in proper form ftpplied to me 1 ‘for permanent letters of' administration) on ..the estate of James Davis late of-said county his is to cite 1 all and singular the 'Creditors ind next of kin of James Davis to -be and ippear at my office within the time allowed hy law and show cause if any they! can why permanent administration Should not be granted to J. R. Wilder on said estate. Wit ness my hand and official signature. This July 9th, 1874. . ■ ! HIRAM BROCKETT, Ord’y D, C. • : ' ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■: r f ! , Notice- GEORGIA—DECATUR COUNTY. Whereas, John T. Fain, as administrator of the estate of Joseph-Jfarshall,-''represents to the court in his petition duly u filed . and entered on record, that he has fully admin istered Joseph Marshall’s estate; this is therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kin dred and creditois, toshew cause if any they have, why said administrator should hot be discharged from his administration and, re ceive letters of dismission on the first dfon day in October next, July term 1874. This July 8th, 1874. HIRAM BROCKETT. Ord’y D. C. Notice- GEORGIA—DECATUR COUNTY. W. B. Graham having applied to • be ap. pointed guardian of the person and property of Emma and Vina Harrison, minors under the age 14, residents of Bnid county-—this is to cite a’J persons concerned to be and, ap pear at the ne t term of the Court pi Ordl- gjfcj -*r± if any they due, why norbe entrusted wnb the guardianship of the person and property of said minora. Witness- my hand and official signature. This'Jdly 6th, 1974, HIRAM BROCKETT,, Ord’y D. C. Decatur Mortgage Sales. Will be sold before the Court House Door, in the city of Bainbridge, on the First Tuesday in September uext, between the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: Lots of land Nos 202 and 200 in the 27th district said county—Levied on as property of Wyley W Russell to satisfy a Mortgage fi fit in iavor of Duncan and Johnston. W. W. Harrell, Sh’ff Citation- GEORGIA—DECAT £7H COUNTY. J. R. Hatam,haviag applied tube guardian of the person and property of the minor children of Rachel Hann. under the age of fourteen years, residents of said county: this is to yU penosa wAOhoed, to be Bole Nisi. Caroline Sims adm’x. j Petition and rule vs. j- to forclose -mort- Williom J. Hutchinson, J gage Jfay term ’73 It being represented to the oourt by the petition of S. Carolina Sims admx, of estate of Richard Sims, that by mortgage dated the 5th day of January 1870, William Hutchinson conveyed to Richard Sims lot of land No. 304 in 2lfet district of said county, for the purpose of securing tfaepay- ment of a promissory note made by the said William J. Hutchinson payable to the said Richard Sims as bearer, due on the 1st' . y of January 1872, tor the sum of four hun dred dollars, which note is now due and unpaid. It is therefore ordered that ! the said William J. Hutchinson do pay into this court by the 1st day of the next term the principal, interests and Costs' due hi 1 iaid note including ten per cent for attorney fes, or show cause to the contrary, anda in default thereof, foreclosure be granted to the said S. Caroline Sims, adminx: as aforsaid of the said mortgage and the equity-of re demption of the said William J. Hutchin son therein be forever barred, and that ser vice of this rule be perfected on said Wil liam J. Hutchinson according to law. Peter. J. Stoziee, Judge of Said Court. Ordered by the court that time be given to the next term of this court to perfect ser vice by publication in the above stated case. Witness the flon. Peter J. Stroxier 'Judge of said court, May term, 1874. May 25th, 1874. T. F• HastPioir, Clerk. W. H. Hushes, BURKUS & WILLIAMS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Alabama Warehouse. COLUMBUS, - - - GEORGIA L. M. Burrus. G. Mr Williams July 80—3m. Levy E .Byck, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in PARLOR, CHAMBER and KITCHEN 86 Brougtitbir Street, ~ Cobner JsrrEKsoir axv RabuGatnilh. ottour St. Andrew ’« Hall, Sa All the latest style pt on hand,, Jlattrw renovating and repairing ef' fwUtnra executed promptly and at- reaasaabis tpricen April 2. 1874-ly.] Bower A Crawfrrrf ATTORNEYS AT BainbrMge ( 6a. Office is CoarfrUooM. LA

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The Bainbridge weekly democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1872-18??, August 20, 1874, Image 1