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JUST RECEIVED, A LOT OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPRING PRINTS EVER BROUGHT TO The Weokly Democrat. BEN. E. RUSSELL, * Proprietor. Bn & Rcmbll, - - R. ML Johhstoh, sorrow. Bain bridge, Ga., March 30, 1876. DEMOCRATIC MEETING. A Convention of the Democratic party of the Id Congressional District haring keen called to meet on the 36th of April, at Albany, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the National Democratic Con vention, and it being important that De catur county should be represented in that Convention, a mass meeting of the Democratic Party of Decatur county is called to meet at 11 o’clock A. M., on TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH. In the Court House. A general attendance is earnestly re quested. At this is the year for the elec tion of President, and the salvation of the country is dependent upon driving the thieves and efflee sellers from office, and the inauguration of an honest and economical government, to meet the issue s with promptness and energy. Let every good man turn out. H. S. Jones, Chairman Dem. Ex. Coin. SEVERAL JOHH B GORBOV. General John B. Gordon. U. S. Sena tor from Georgia, is to-day the greatest Southern man in Congress. His peo ple delight to honor him. for they know that he is able, eloquent, patriotic, aod above all, honest. He is no politician, but n straight forward Statesman as bis speech on the Revenue which is published in this paper shows. He will be his own sucsessor, and unless is called to some higher position, bis tenure of office as U. S. Senator will be for life. The defense and vindication of Mr. 'Hill has been made by Mr. Johnston, the Associate Editor of the Democrat, and with the full and complete concurrence of the editor and proprietor. While the Democrat has ever been first and fore most to commend the News, not only as a nnupaper but as the leading Journal of Smthtrn opinion, it cannot and will not eland idly by and see the influence of one of our leading Southern Statesman im paired. A Washington dispatch says Guerrilla Mosby celled on his friend Grant last week for his weekly chat. Grant said to him in talking of a third term, no matter what his fesAings might have been hereto fore on a third term, he would not under any circumstances accept a third term, oven if it were tendered him. Grant has no desire to be vindicated. In speaking of Belknap’s fall, he said that his disgrac ed'Secretary had been seduced by women. The Philadelphia Inquirer (Radical) thinks if somebody don’t discover a way of putting an end to inquiry there will be no occasion for the Democracy to hold a National Convention. The foil of Bel knap has set everybody to thinking, and the country ia full of free lauce investiga tors. As a sample of developments by inves tigations into the mail contract system, a case is mentioned in Washington dispatch es in which one man is said to have made two hundred thousand dollars on con tracts controlled by him, but on which he had not performed any service, having sub-let the same. The Cotton Tax Committee are moving very cautiously and judiciously, and the proper kind of information is being accu mulated. No developments wiii be made at present. The course it is taking seems to favor a return to the producer. The Harrisburg Patriot shows that the carpet-baggers of the South are a two- edged calamity. They not only rob their immediate constituents, bat the unravel ing of their credentials is a tax on ths ex chequer of the nation. Queen Victoria has decided not to visit the Centennial. Well, we did hope to have the pleasure of shaking hands with the Queen, but as she won’t come over, we'll have to defer the pleasure until its so we can call. Fernandina, Florida, has had a big fire. About fifty houses—nearly the entire busi ness portion of the town—were destroy ed, including post office, city and eounty offlees, and the Observer newspaper office. The Grand Jury have agreed" upon an indictment in the case of Hallett Eilbourn, for refusing to answer a question as to the real-estate poo!, before the Select Committee of the House. The New York Radicals announce in favor of Hon. Roscoe Conkling for Presi dent. Conkling is generally regarded as one of the most decent and able men in the Radical ranks. And now they are gathering up evidence to Impeach Geo. H. Williams, Ex-Attor ney General, and the impression is that it will be done. Tkere are now thirty-one investigations going on, and h is not yet known where ths b-ibb R will bunt. But look out before tog. THE SAVANNAH HEWS AND SEN HILL. Lust week we saw fit to oopy an article from the Atlanta Constitution, ia which appeared the follow para graph; Be copy from the Savannah News the following paragraph to give it unqualified denunciation. Says ths News editorially: .There is some talk in Washington of disciplining Ben Hill in the Democratic caucus to prevent him from furnishing any more campaign documents for the Republicans. There is a report that Ben has a speech prepared, in which he de fends the doctrine of secession. Com menting on this a Washington special sug gestively remarks: “Grave suspicions are expressed among the Democrats that Ben has a method ia his madness which cer tain Republicans could explain if they would.” Now the Morning News takes us severely to task, for giving prominence to the above, as witness; The editor of the Bainbridge Demo crat, whom we have always looked upon as possesstngnunusually keen perceptions, sees fit in the last issue of bis paper to re print and endorse an editorial from the Atlanta Constitution in which an attempt is made to make the Morning News re sponsible for a statement in regard to Mr. Hill made by some Washington letter- writer. The fact that this publication by the Democrat is uuaccompanted by our reply thereto leads us to believe that our friend in thus endorsing the Constitu tion’s article is prompted by some other feeling than a desire to defend Mr. Hill. It is the evidence of this feeling that we regret, and not the publication of the article itself, for the purpose of the- latter could not be plainer if the editors of the Constitution had prefaced it by a formal statement that it was a deliberate attempt on their part to misrepresent the Morning News, We think the trouble with the News is that, having made a very grave mis take, it is now endeavoring to capit ulate without lowering its flag. The truth is the News, in this Ben Hill matter, has not pursued the even tenor of consistency usually so characteristic of itself. First, it endeavors to create th e impression that Mr Hill is prepar ing a speech -‘in which he defends the doctrine of secession,” and, worse still, makes it a pretext for admitting to its columns a charge which, if true, would present Mr Hill in a light so steeped in infamy that his voice would be slan der .and eternal darkness his fit abiding place But mark you. wh-n the great Georgian rises on the floor of Congress and says—iio more, no less—that he “is and has always been” opposed to seces sion, the News turns tail upon its for mer position, and, using a cant expres sion. “goes for” Mr. Hill right and left. It not only reads him lectures, in which sarcasm and harshness are eloquently intermingled,but must allow its columns to beootne the receptide of petty, dis graceful strictures, as senseless as they are unjust.„ Again, it will be observed that the News, while making no direct disclaim er, endeavors by an adroit framing of its language, to have it appear that it ia not responsible for the utterances of its correspondents. We’ll see how that ia. Last week we copied an article from the Constitution, giving the usual oredit at the bottom. Now comes the News and claims that the mere act of copying the article, without editorial comment, is an endorsement. Very well. Now when the News prints a letter from Washington from its own employ ed and paid correspondent, and more over, gives it the color of approval by an editorial introduction and the re mark that it ia “s\tggtstive,” it is not responsible for that letter. So much for the consistency of the News. We desire to say to our friends of the News that in what we have said in this connect ion. we have been actuated by no inclination or desire to misrepresent that journal. Indeed, we feel assured no impartial mind will claim that we have done so in the least particular. We siuip'y raised our voice against what we considered an unwarranted war upon a public man; but even were we to admit that Mr. Hill has committed a an error by his course in Congress:— which we do not,—still we must fail to see the good to out section and people which can possibly be derived from these assaults from bis own friends. We would have no fault to find with Northern sectional newspaper dema gogues, who publish such things to make political capital, but we do claim that a great representative Southern newspaper, and a leading organ of Mr. Hilt’s own State, has no right to impair that gentleman’s usefulness in Congtess, by parading iu its editorial columns little inuendoes and slanders, hatched from the brain of some Bohemian letter writer. ( At lust, we think, such a paper owes it to the people who sup port it, and who are represented by Mr. Hill, not to da so. We say this to the News, and we say it in all kindnets, that if it wants to play a “big oard” for Mr. Norwood, it ia pursuing exactly the wrong ooarae to do so. As for ourselvea, we thiuk Mr. Norwood will require no recommenda tion save hit record to insure his being his own successor. But we will any in this conneo* articles in the Democrat were prompt ed by motives other than the defense of Mr. Hill, does discredit to what we have always regarded as the high and exalted character of the News for fair ness and honest opinions. SENATOR GORDON ON REVENUE REFORM On our first page to day wo publish the masterly speech of Gen. Gordon on revenue reform, as delivered in the Sonata on'the 9th inst. The proposi tion of the speaker is meeting the ap probation of the whole country, if we may except the office-holders and parti san politicians of the Radical house hold. Nearly all the loading papers, Republican as well as Democratic, en dorse it The Washington correspon dent of the New York Herald, refer ring to the debate in the Senate on the introduction of Senator Gordon’s reso lution, says: ‘-A genuine sensation has been made by the speech of Sena tor Gordon on the subject of revenue reform. That the eountry is likely to be thoroughly stirred by the matter is evidenced by the deluge of 1 tiers which has already poured in upon Mr. Gordon, commending what he has pro posed. The Senator claims to have shown from the records of the Treasu ry Department the startling fact that the Government has been robbed of not less than $1,000,000,000 in the past thirteen yean, no matter what has been the political stripe of the several administrations in power during that time. In thit connection the calcula tion is made that, had the money thus misappropriated been put where it be longed the questions of the currency and of the national debt would not now distract the country Had the thous and millions stolen by these officials and the hordes of placemen under them been honestly handled the nation’s debt would be less than half its present size, and the finances of the country would be on a specie payment basis. The movement initiated by Senator Gordon promises to become a revolu tion which will sweep out political lives in the next Presidential election. The editor of the Bainbridge Demo CRAT pretends to labor under the delu sion that we have attacked Ben Hill And yet our friend Russell knows, or ought to know, that the Morning News was the first paper in the State to rec ognize, applaud and endorse the elo quence, the logic and the peculiar force and fitness of Mr. Hill’s reply to Blaine The editor of the Democrat should at least do us justice.—Sav. Netos. We are aware of the fact tha« the News promptly commended Mr Hill as above stated. The fault we find with the News is, that it has been and continues to publish matter which,—i. not from the pen of "its editors, from recognized correspondents,—certainly does Mr. Hill gross injustice—that even slanders him. We will publish the reply of the News to the Constitution next week, as it has been charged that we co i niitted an injustice by withholding it from our columns. The editors of the News ought to know the kindly feeling en tertained toward their paper better than to judge us capable of doing it an intentional injustice. Important Supreme Court Decision- Id our Washington dispatches this morning will be found the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Grant Parish cases, as de livered by Chief Justice Waite yester day. The decision sustains the judg ment of the Circuit Court of Louisiana, Judge Bradley, by which the prosecu lion of certain citizens of Grant Parish. La., under the United States enforce ment law, was virt ually declared uncon stitutional, the offense lor which they were indicted not coming within the jurisdiction of the United States courts. This is an important decision, by which the rights of the States in the exercise of jurisdiction over offenses against the State laws, and the limits of Federal jurisdiction in the States are establish ed and defined. The principle of con stitutional law, as decided by Judge Bradley, and now enforced by the Su preme Court, virtually nullifies the most odious features of the enforcement and other reconstruction laws, under which the people of the South have suffered so mnch injustice and persecution. In view of the tardiuess which has charac terized the deliberations of the United States Court, in questions affecting the constitutionality of the enforcement laws, we may congratulate ourselves that a decision has been arrived at in our day and generation.—Sav. News. Old Bloody 8hirt Morton has called up hi9 Mississippi resolution again. Chris- tianey offered an amendment. HON- THOMAS HARDEMAN. The Macon Telegraph has brought forward the name of the above distin guished Georgian as its choice for Gov ernor. Thomas Hardeman stands without a rival io the estimation of the people, and should the Gubernatorial WHO ELECTED GOV- SMITH? The friends of Colquitt claim that but for him Smith would not to-day -be Governor of Georgia. The Macon Telegraph asks; “To whom more than Col. Hardeman does the present Execu tive owe his last election ?” Now in order to settle the question we will tell who did elect Governor Smith: it was the tremendous and over whelming vote of the people of Georgia, and in our humble«opiuion he will be elected just that way again. Dissolution Of Copartnership. The Copartnership existing under the name of Steininger & Smith is this daj dis solved by mutual consent. Either of the parties are authorized to collect the outstand ings of the firm and receipt for the same. JULIUS STEININGER, ABRAHAM E. SMITH. Baintridge, Ga., March 1st, 1876—2m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. gOPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. The'undersigned have formed a copart nership nnd°r the firm name of WEIL & LOEB, for the nurpose of doing a general mercant^e business and respectfully solicit a share ef the public patronage. STORE on broad street. Next door to Wm. Warfield, late Babbit & Wav field. < SIMON A. WEIL, JONAS LOEB. All parties indebted to m) are requested to come forward and settle at an early day or their accounts will be placed in the hands of an officer for collection. 8IMON A. WEIL. March 27th, 1876—2w Notice. The co-partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, under the firm name of Babbit & Warfield is this day dis solved by mutual consent. The business will be continued by William Warfield, who assumes the liabilities and to whom payment of indebtedness to the late firm ia to be made F. L. Babbit William WAnxtxiO Bainbridge, Ga- Feb. 1st 1876 feb-JO.-hfe.-- GEORGIA—Decatur County. W HEREAS Reuben Chason adm’r of H. B. Overstreet represents to the Court in his petition duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully administered H. B. Overstreets Estate This is therefor* to cite all persons concerned to show cause if any they can, why said administrator should not be discharged from his adminis tration and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in April next. Hibam Brockf.tt Dec. 30th, 1875. Ord’y D. C. THE NATIONAL HOTEL, Atlanta, Georgia. The rates of board at this popular Hotel have been reduced to $2.50 per day. For this price we offer accommodations and far* unsurpassed by any $3.00 or $4.00 house in the South. Come and get an Old Virginia Welcome. LEE & HEWITT, Proprietors. Mch-30-4-t AN ACT. T* provide tor keeping a record of all bonds issued in this State, and for other pur poses. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of all public and private corpora tions, in this State who shall issue or en dorse any bonds for circulation to furnish to the Secretary of State a certified statement showing the letter, dat* of issue, number of bonds, amount of issue, rate of interest, when and where payable, and the date of the law, if any. authorizing such issue, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to have tht same recorded in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That all public and pri vate corporations in this State who have bonds now in circulation, issued and cn lors- ed by them, shall furnish to the Secretary of State within ninety days from (be pass age of this Act. certified statements require,.! by the first, section of this Act. and the sam* shall be recorded by s.vi-1 officer as provided in said first section. Sec. 3. Be it enaetol by the ait. O aforesaid, That public or private corpora tions neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be fined :n a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offense, one half of said fine to go to the party giving informal ion of such viola-, tion, and the other half to go to the public school fund o: the county. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That no bonds shall be placed in circulation until the provisions of the first section of this Act with regard to such bonds shall have been complied with, and any person placing such bonds in cir culation without such compliance shall b« subject to a fine of five hundred dollars for every bond so put in circulation. Sec. 5, Be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That the Secretary of State shall receive as compensation for the records provided for in the first and second sections of this Act and for giving transcripts of the same twenty cents per hundred words, the fee for recording to be paid by the corpora tion issuing the bond, and the fee for tran scripts to be paid by party applying for the same, Sac. 5 Be it further 'enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That all laws and parte of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Thos. Harder ax, Jr., Speaker House Representatives. J. L. Sweat, Clerk House Representatives. T. J. Simmoxs, President of Senate. J. W. Mubpett, Secretary of Senate. * Approved February 28th, 1876. JAMES M. gtolTH, Governor. GEORGIA—Decatur County. Whereas, John B. Williams, Administra tor of Nathan Williams, represents to the t'ourt in his petition duly filed and entered on record, that he has fu’ly administered Nathan Williams’ esfAte, this is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said Administrator should not be dis charged from his administration and receive letters of dismission, on the first Monday in May next, HIRAM BROCKETT, Feb, 1st, 1876. Ordinary D. C. NO, 1386. NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY. This is to give notice that on the 26‘th day of February, A. D., 1876, a warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate ot Scott & Holder Milton N. Sc»tt and Jefferson Holder, of Bainbridge, County of Decatur, and State of Georgia, who has been adjudged Bankrupts on their own petition, and that the payment of any Debts, and de livery of any Property belonging to said Bankrupts, to them, or for their use. and the transfer of any Property by them, are forbid den by law; that a meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupts, to prove their Debts, and to choose one or more Assignees of their Estate, will be held at a Court of Bankrupt cy, to be holden at Bainbridge, Ga., at the Law office of Whiteley & Donalson,* before S. Wise Parker Esquire, Register, on the tenth day of April A. D., 1876, at 10 o’clock a_ in. 2t. w. H. SMYTH, U. S., Marshal, as Messenger. 1876 New Finn, New SoodH^ HEW !H ARE LOW DOWN! WEIL & LOEB, Proprietors of the jjjfr ^^(^^^nerday at home. 8am- "tinson & Co. pies worth $1 free. Cortland, Maine. S end 25o. to G. P. liowell & Co., N. Y , for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists of 3000 newspapers, and estimates showing cost of advertising. gu a day at home. Agents wanted. »X<Cot - jutfit and teams Off., Aognsta, Main*. TRUE & mantle fall upon him ha would wear it tion that the imputation that tho ’'with knightly graco. Levy E. Byck, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in PARLOR, CHAMBER and KITCHEN FURNITURE ! 86 Broughton Street, Csbb Jeffersok asd Broughto k, opposi St. Andrew’s Hall, Savann ah, Ga 11 the latest style kept on hand. Mattres novating and repairing of furniture ecuted promptly and at reason able prices April 2 1874-ly] ERRORS OFY^UTH. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature De cay, and all the efforts of youthful indiscre tion will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experience can do so by addressing ia perfect confidence. 10-fi* JOHN B.GGBSN,46 Cedar 8» New Y Rolica!—Lost Papers. On Saturday la.-t 1 looked for certain pa pers, (herein.liter mentioned!which papers I have kept in a trunk in my bouse, anu found that they were missing. Now this not.ee is to inf,r::i any one :hat m ay find them nr any of them, that 1 wi.l reward reasonably if they will deliver them to me. also i t notify and forward"any one from pay inst any of said notes, or trading for the same until pre entcJ by myself as I wili take the proper steps to have them cstablisif- e l if sai-l original ont-scannot be found, viz: ono note on A. F. Hand for $320.00, pay able to me : three notes on John Keels, pay- „jV .o :.:e: onj note on John Keels $80.00, payable to H. S, Hand, one note on Floyd Williams >69.00 payable to me; one note on Jjci W. Williams, payable to me; one Daniel 0 “rr> p. Tfi’-le to me ; one Flezekiah Keels $15.0O,*payable to me : one note on Chas Moore for $3.00 payable to me ; one note on L. F Lang, payable to me : one note on Morgan Barber, payable tome; receipt of Lawyer Campbell of Bainbridge, for ono note'against Irvin Warren $2.00 payable to me; one note on Funch Spivey $45.00 pay able to me; one note on Aron Fulgon $36.- 00 payable to me; one note on Samuel Kel ley $10.00 payable to me, also a lot of tax and other receipts, and account sales of cot ton, one pocket rule and masonic mark, also one due bill trom J, C. Mann to James Holt for $7.00. This March 20th, 1876. N. R. HAND. IVotioe. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SPECIAL TAXES, MAY 1, 1876, to APRIL 30, 1877. The Revised Statutes of the United States, Sections 3232, 3237, 3238, and 3239, require every person engaged in any business, avo cation, or employment which renders him liable to a Special Tax, to procure and place conspicuously in his establishment or place of business a stamp denoting the payment of said Special Tax for the Special Tax Year beginning May 1, 1876, before commencing or continuing business after April 30, 1876. The Taxes embraced within the provisions of the law above quoted are the following viz; Rectifiers $200 00 Dealers, retail liquor 25 00 Dealers, wholesale liquor 100 00 Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale. 50 00 Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20 00 Dealers in leaf tobacco 25 00 Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500 00 And on sales of over $ 1,000, fifty cents for every dollar in excess of $1,000. Dealers in manufactured tobacco... 5 00 Manufacturers of stills 50 00 And for each still manufactured 20 00 And “ “ worm manufactured.. 20 00 Manufacturers of "tobacco 10 00 Manufacturers of cigars 10 00 Peddlers of tobacco, first claas(more than two horses or otter animals) 50 00 Peddlers of tobacco, 2nd class two horses or other animals) 25 00 Peddlers of tobacco, third class(one horse or other animal) 15 00 Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class(on foot or public conveyance) 10 00 Brewers of less than 500 barrells... 50 00 Brewers of 500 barrels or more 100 00 Any person so liable, who shall foil to com ply with the foregoing requirements will be subject to severe penalties. Persons or firms liable to pay any of the Special Taxes named above most apply to Andrew Clark, Collector of Internal Revenue at Macon Ga., and pay for and procure the Special-Tax Stamp or Stamps they need, prior to May 1, 1876, and. without further notice. D. D. Pratt, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. OsricB or Iktbbbal Revenue, Wabhuotor, D. C. t Feb- 1, 1876. March 2», 1876-41. I TAKE PLEASURE in announcing to the citizens of Decatur and ■surrounding countie* that I have associated with me in business Mr. Jonas Loeb (formerly I. M.'Rosenfeld) who is well and favorably known to the trading public. I take this method of thanking my friends for the liberal patronage heretofore be 8 towed upon me and hope that the new firm will recieve the same in the future 8. A. WEIL. Spring* Announcement t We are now recieving one of the best-selected Stocks of Upring and Summer Goo* ever brought to this market, which we are determined to dispose of at Panic Prices for the Cash. We mean business. Our stock consists ot a very large and varied assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Bacon, Flour, Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Lard, Ac. STAPLE GROCERIES, Parties studying their interest should not fail to give us a call. Experience tus taught us that “quick sales and smail profits” is the only way to succeed in the mer cantile business, and we are therefore determined not to he undersold by any one. £3P“ Highest market prices paid for Wool, Hides, Tallow, Wax, etc. WEIL & LOEB. WILLIAM WilEWYIEX-XJi Sufloessor to BABBIT A WARFTELB, NOW, OFFERS GREAT,BA.:GAINS. QUICK SALES AND SHALL PROFITS, IS NOW MY MOTTO, AND SHALL BE FOR THE FUTURE. ONE PRICE FOR ALL! MEAN EXACTLY WHAT I SAY. All I ask ie to be allowed an opportunity “ it to the public. THIS IS for the CASH OKLf, The time* demand a redaction in profits, more energy end leek expense, which I and intend reducing the oash price on everything. Having e larger Stock of Goods on band than the times demand, I a® convert them into oesh. At Reduced Price* to Sait tbe Tim* have on hand a large lot of Blankets, Shawls, Ladies’ Hate, Cktt’ ing, Boots, Shoes, Mackerel, Crockery, and many other art<c* ,# too numerous to mention. I shall keep constantly on ha*4 all kinds of merchandise, including The Usual Full LinG of Groce i rev Him* m>'-‘ —► Aj hentofo-