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Volume 5-
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, JUNE 15, 1876-
Number 35
The Weekly Democrat.
SEN. E- RUSSELL, - Proprietor,
Hi x E. Bussell, - ' R. M. Johnston,
EDITORS.
Bainbriw.r, Ga., June 15, 1876.
)[i-. ,|xn. D. Harrell is the General
^ ,. n t of the Democrat, an<l is authorized to
,, , i|,i for subscriptions and advertising.
among ourneighbors.
Owini to the reduction in the size of
Democrat, it is necessary that we
■•crow" a little bit louder, so here goes!
Hurrah for Hardeman! Hip, hip, hurrah!
Southern Georgia needs immigration,
nd that's what the newspapers must talk
(bout.
There is a girl in Georgia who says she
W rather be a dozen widows than one
c’i maid.
Tite farmers in this section.are m good
fi ik Good crops—better times ahead.
To Northern visitors: Bainbridge has
of the best hotels in Georgia, and
rd is cheap.
ii.c Camilla Enterprise says that since
finding of several true bills for vu-
v by the last gra-d jury, there are
tloafers, of every denomination, to
• on our streets. The hall has been
.motion and we trust it will be kept
i ony Keees: Everything is reported
. ming” on the line of the B. & A. It.
| Wool is coming in, oats are harvested,
! \herr'.;*s are plenty, ami the ]ico})ie
L w ,.u off as in any section of Geor-
' imilla is goin:
into the base ball busi-
K listen to II:;yl, of the Journal, will
. hi.speaking of the Court House
c, in Dawson, he says:. “It could be
a Finding Eden, where many a
:;l>lu king maiden, w.th throbbing
would modestly answer, ‘ yes.
‘.■Quitman jail is entirely cnjpty.
<ho ving.
"c.nl Seals, a promising son of Col.
: II. Sals of the Sunny South, was
! aed recent!v on an excursion to I ort
kiiow a merchant in Cuthbert who
fly closes his store and goes to the
rv and chops cotton for his patrons,
[•able them to pay the mortgage lie
on the fourthcoming crop.—Appeal.
'Herman Barnes, who shot Air.
i in Albany, came in raid gave him-
bto the officers of the law. He is
ibond of ^1,000.
fflssville Times: Hon. \V E. Smith
Bt the Library Association some
■-and a very valuable map of the
It States from the latest surveys.
- Quitman Reporter says the town
ewho can’t play a good game ot
i ts and chew a half plug of tobacco
i* not considered first-class.
I? Gallaher, a route agent on the A.
11! ]{., running between bavannali
■ Oak has been arrested in bavau
rged with robbing the mails.
a Enterprise, 8th inst: To be
I :in Baker county to-day, hj Rev.
I, Curry, at the residence of the
h brother, Mr. Frank Bennett of
(■Carolina, and Miss Lizz.ie Curry,
f Decatur and now of Baker count),
life and prosperity to the happy
f?on Journal: Keep a sharp lookout
, call of the District and county
:>■ attend them, when called , ex-
urself boldly and freely. Lotus
vir deal and send up delegates to
e Convention wlio will fully repre
interests of all the Democracy of
Cnrv. If any trick is played on
tale* in the Convention it will be
mi fault, and they will have no
I blame.
f-bert Messenger: “Boss,” said an
bred politician the other day, ‘ nej
dat Gubner Bullock is back, is dat
savs the gentleman.
*: bless de lord, I tole dem niggers
' our Gubner what we 'lected dutu t
-wav, and lie didn't steal nuflin
but just come back of hs # ow n
t anil was gwine ter run fer Guo-
tin. Fore God I hope he will, and
I *' dcie Demercracks.”
Camilla Enterprise: Since the begin
ning of the District Conference in this
place on Wednesday of last week, the re
vival fires of religion have not ceased to
spread. An unusual spirit of religious'
feeling seems to pervade the entire com
munity—especially among the young.
Prayer meetings have been liefli from
house to house (conducted by the ladies
entirely) and. great good accomplished.
The meetings stdl continue at t^ie church
and are growing in interest daily.
Camilla Enterprise: The District Con
ference decided before adjournment last
week to hold its next regular session at
Bainbridge. Rev. Mr. Cook nominated
Thomasville, Dir. Sharpe, Valdosta, Dir.
Dickenson, Bainbridge. Animated discus
sion followed. Thomasville was objected
to on the ground that everything was car
ried there, and that the annual Press Con
vention would assemble there just pre
vious to the time appointed for bolding
the District Conference, and that District
Conferences should not follow in the wake
of the Press gang. Urged by Mr. Sharpe
of Quitman that that was the very time on
which it should be held at Thomasville —
to blot out the demoralization wrought
by the Press. The question was then put
to the Conference and Bainbridge chosen.
(The remarks of Dir. Sharpe were in good
spirit and were well received and were at
our expense, but we can well afford to
forgive him.)
Explanatory-
We rise to a point of privilege, in be
half of the unenlightened South Georgia,
to ask the Stale Executive Committee
when they expect to call the Gubernato
rial Convention. Can it- be that- the Chair
man wants more time to electioneer be
fore the Convention is held. ? If that's
what you are waiting for, Col. Tom.,
“there’s where you make a mistake,” for
Colquitt and James are beating you at
your own game. They have been- all over
the State once, and are now half way
through on the second round.
We were sorry to see the above para
graph, which appeared in our editorial
columns week before last, misconstrued
by the Atlanta Cominouiceulth. Repro.-
du.fing tie: fhra graph, our cmiieniporiffy
says:
The Quitman Reporter hits on the raw
Col. Hardeman’s delay in calling thccouQ
mitt-ee together was not a good sign c.
fairness, and it suggests the propnet>' ot
his withdrawal from the Committee. A
candidate for Governor ought uot to sit
as. Chairman of the Executive Committee.
We did not intend to cast any unfair
insinuations upon Col. Hardeman as
Chairman of the State Executive C'om-
milt.ee, neither did we desire to suggest
the “propriety of liis withdrawal tmin
the committee;” but the paragraph was
merely intended as a cut at the election
eering of all three of the gubernatorial
candidates mentioned. We desire to dis
claim any intention to charge Col. Harde
man with unfairness; and the use which
we made of his name as Chairman of the
Committee was only to get a cut at las
competitors and himself together for
their electioneering, the “hit upou the
raw” being intended as much for the one
as the other. We make this explanation
in justice to Col. Hardeman, as we learn
that he feels that we have placed him in
an improper light, and we will add that
we know of no man in the State, whom
we think could have served upon the Ex
ecutive Committee of his party more
faithfully than he has, and that there are
ftew Georgians who have done more to
defeat the carpet-bag foe and overthrow
the corrupt and bayonet-imposed gover-
ment with, which we have been afflicted,
than Tom Hardeman.—Quitman Reporter.
THE NAMELESS FORCE.
A Schooner Blown Up a Distance of
One and Three Fifths Miles-
New Orleans Republican.]
A process verbal has been made out and
signed by Prof. C. G. Forshey, L. P.
DIaddox and DL F. Bignev, in which
these gentlemen state that they yesterday
witnessed the demonstration of Professor
Wingard’s “nameless force” at Lake Pont-
chartrian; that at 2:35 o’clock in theafter-
uoon the Professor discharged l*is appa
ratus, and ninety seconds after the schoo
ner at which the test was applied, moored
at one and three-fifths miles distance,
blew up by the steru and sunk to the
water’s edge. The memorandum of the
committee goes on to state that after Prof.
Wingard came ashore they went to visit
with him the vessel in a sail boat. They
found her completely wrecked. Even
the small timbers aft of the mainmast
were broken all to pieces. The mast was
still standing, but all else was wrecked so
that it would uot stand being towed
ashore. The flag was torn to pieces and
fell to half-mast, where it was still fiying.
Prof. Wingard’s baud was severely
burned by the flash, the silk glove with
which lie held a glass tube not proving a
sufficient non-conductor.
The statement of the committee is
signed by the following named citizens,
generally well known to the public, who
were present and corroborate the same:
Captain John Grant, J. B. Kelly, Capt.
E. L. Cope, Charles Brown, John P. La-
bran o, II. Rostnhaber, George D\ TV intz,
Captain M. H. Riddell, Andrew Despar-
tes, DL Brahon, A. R. Obcr, DL D.; A. B.
Williams, James Jane Embrey, Joseph
G. Steelier.
From an interview with Dir. Bigney,
one of t-bc committee, the following par
ticulars were obtained:
Dir. Bignev states that at the time men
tioned iiAlie brief prOces verbal, hereto
fore alluded to, he discoved a slight
volume of smoke arising from the skiff in
which Dir. Wingard had taken his posi
tion, and immediately after he saw what
appeared to be the trail of some substance
, & . ., or bodv passing out from the skiff toward
the requsites to
if there and that the effect would be almost nr
PRESIDENTIAL
The New York Sun declares that if Hen
dricks, or any soft money or compromise
man is nominated at St. Louis, the Democ
racy will infallibly be defeated. Ohio calls
for ‘‘Bill Allen,” however, and a large por
tion of the West, clamor for Hendricks.
Deleware, too, backed by many a Southron,
is unanimous for the Chevalier Bayard, and
thus the matter stands, while New England
is solid for Tilden. - In this connection, too.
it should he remarked that, the New York
Herald squints - fearfully at.Conkling, and
even the ou*-spt»ken Sun hints that this Re
publican New Yorker would be preferable to
a Democratic “soft.”
How, then, can the party be saved from
defeat and annihilation unless harmony pre
vails at St. Louis? But in what way can this
harmony be secured ? We answer by ignor
ing side issues—such as the currency ques
tion, specie resumption, the pinciple of pro
tection, and All other considerations save
the one grana, all pervading, and Overshad
owing idea of defeating the cniunon Radical
enemy. m .
This object underlies all bthers, and
should override and rank every secondary
purpose whatever.
Let us drive from power the myrmidons
of Grant, abate the fraud* which have well
nigh bankrupted the Treasury, inaugurate
a new and honest regime, and restore the
Government to its pristine purity, ere we
venture to touch upon tl e delicate questions
which now agitate the public.mind.
The greater f liould . contain the lesser,
and surely it will be time enough to adjust
these matters when a united and jubilant
Democracy shall exchange greeting at the
downfall of the foe who have ridden the na
tion with the peilinacity of the old man of
the sea.
Victory first, then afterwards an equable
division of the spoils, and thgproper adjust
ment of all questions relating to internal po
lity and the interests of the several States.
It should he remembered that ours is in re
ality a grand empire, and legislation should
be so shaped as to operateipqually, and to
the advantage and benefit >$? all classes of
whatever grade and race.—ft-pon Telegraph.
The only candidate x toossesses all
lAf tr.e uei l i')L i raL*yirr'>s
Hancock, of Pennsylvania?
Civil, Rights in Theatres. In the
United States Circuit Court of San Fran
cisco, in the. case of one Green, colored,
who brought suit against McGuire for re
fusing him a seat in the dress circle, the
Court held that theatres were private
property, subject to su*h rules as may be
established by their owners, and Green’s
civil rights were inapplicable to the case
Thousands of Republicans would vote
for Tilden as opposed to almost any other
prominent Republican aspirant than Bris
tow and Democrats all over the couutr>
would vote for Bristow should their own
partv nominate a man less distinctively
associated with the work of reform. The
great mass of the independent voters
would vote for either of these candidates
should but one be placed in nomination
San Francisco Call.—Rep.
Nowifl
is any patriotism in live politicians of the
party let them step aside and let- the sol
dier and statesman take the lead.
* “SHALL WE GO SOUTH ”
lp e find tliwfollowmg paragraph in the
New York correspondence of the Chicago
Evening Journal :—“A few weeks since
thirty families in St. Lawrence county de
cided to form a colony and migrate to A lr-
rrinia They were all well-to-do farmers
and belonged to a most desirable class of
population. A few weeks since they d,s-
natcited several of their number to select a
locality. The latter, after prospecting ex
tensively, have now returned and counsel
an abandonment of the scheme. Their
principal ground for so doing is the fact
•hat they were received witu no cordiality.
Instead of meeting with a warm reception
they report the Virgmif us gave the cold
shoulder to them. They found many
Northerners scattered through the State
who o-enerally complain of isolation and so
cial ostracism. The scheme has according
ly been given up.’ ,
The above was published, and commented
upon by many of the leading papers north,
in the year 1872. The disparity of time
may have wrought many changes m bt.
Lawrence county and perhaps there are a
few who like (Gabriel’s band.) are still
•looking for a home. Q ,
If there be any such persons North, South,
Fast or West, let us in behalf of the inhabi
tants of this county, extend to them the
rrnht hand of fellowship and invite them to
send their delegates to inspect our surround
ings We will give them a “cordial greet
in' and afford 'facilities for gleaning every
item of interest that may benefit the parties
in whose behalf they may come. We have
located in this section many families from
various sections of the North. East and V est
who are doing well. Parties desiring infor
mation relative to land, crops, Xc„ can ad
dress this office. We will be glad to give
them every desired information.— Thomas-
rille Times.
AVe publish the above for the purpose
of endorsing it. Let those who wish new
homes come down and take a look at old
Decatur. _
A Desirable Business Opportunity-
Sad Occurrence-
The Courier gives an account of a most
heartrending occurrence in Pickens county.
On Sunday evening, 23rd ult., Mr. David
Wisenant went to his brother’s, a short dis
tance from his residence, and did not return
until alter dark. At a very early hour Mrs.
Elizabeth Wisenant sent her children to
bed, and very soon threw a shovel full of
fire coals on the bed. This, of course,
alarmed the children, that is her little son,
some eight or nine years of age, and a little
daughter some six or seven, frightened as
they were, bounced out of bed, when their
mother struck each of them a most fearful
blow on the head .with tlie fire shovel. The
little girl, as soon as she had sufficiently re
covered, attempted an escape by running
out of the door and leaving the house, while
the boy seized th« baby from the bed and
ran with it, and the other two, at his re
quest, followed him. The mother, in the
meantime, with frantic efforts, and, as it
were, superhuman desperation, followed
the little girl, and in the chase losing the
fire sliowel, she gathered a heavy stick, and
as the girl—her own darling child, whom
she declared she loved better than all her
other children—was endeavoring to cross a
mud hole was killed by her mother with
said bludgeon. Whiie the mother was shed-
din" - the innocent blood of her beloved and
and unerring child, the fire fiend was fast
consuming all or about all of earth's product
which they could call their^wn. The house
and ont-houses with all their contents were
burned, but as luck would ha^e it they had
a lot of corn that was out of reach of the
tire To the citizens who arrived on the
ground while the last of their earthly all
was perishing, she remarked that she was
only obeving the command of the Lord*
She’ told the same story to her counsel In
fact, she told every one that the “Good
Man*’ had visited her and told her to kill
all her children and go home to Heaven
with them, and told one of her attorneys
that she had killed all her children and
burnt them in the house, and begged that
she might be killed in the quickest way and
be sent to heaven to meet her children. It
was shown from the evidence that the un
fortunate lady had, for sonm seven or eight
years, been subject to paroxysms. . There
„, s - was nothing in the whole case, or in con-
W- - nccTTffn wi. -- h rtiwwfcvT c - •*&*** to show
**" the woman’s character, and strange to. ^
me wo muii p> , , - ,
that her grief-stricken husband most earn-
implored l.er
to manage her case so as to have her releas
ed and restored to him, and allow bun <0
carry her to some place that he might find
as a home; she all the time averring; that
she would kill the balance of her children
and take them to Heaven with her. She is
now in jail and will soon be sent to the asy ■
ium for lunatics at Milledgeville.
stantaneous, he turned .his eyes toward
the schooner. But there slid lay, with
her flag floating defiantly. He then
rived at the conclusion that there had
been another failure, and that his friend
Wingard was a self deluded mortal led
away by such stuff as dreams are made
G f little more thSn :i minute elapsed
when some one remarked, “there she
° j| e then saw a smoke above the schoon
er heard the report of.an explosion, and
in'less than five minutes the doomed ves
sel had settled down to the water’s edge.
Air Wingard came ashore and after-his
hand had been dressed, which was badly
burned, the committee accompanied him,
uroeee ied to the wreck, which, being c-n
tirelv of wood, still floated at anchor on
the lake with the flag, partly freed from
the broken halliards, settled at half-mast,
“inSrce'^ffll'lhat Mr^Wingard ducin^^ must have accessions
claims it to be, says Dir. Bigney, one that
can b“ successfully and economically cm
nloved at a distance of from five to seven
miles, and wholly beyond the range of
the best guns hitherto made, it will com-
nletelv revolutionize maratirne warfare
and leave the cannon of to day with the
clumsy enginery of ancient times.
In conclusion, Dir. Bigney said Dir.
Wimrard, though much laughed at oflate,
is neither a fool nor a madman. He has
already vindicated his claim as a success
ful and scientific inventor and the hith
erto “nameless force —henceforth the
“Wingard force”—will be heard of as a
factor'controlling the destinies of nations.
On last Wednesday we paid a visit to
DU. Stephens at IBs home m Crawfords-
ville A Ye were both surprised and si -
cerelv gratified to find him verv grea 7
improved, and apparently as well as lie
was before liis last attack. He is able to
sk up pretty much all day and looks re
markably well. He ism hopes that he
will soon be able to resume his place m
Coimrcss and work once more for his
country There is every prospect that
Ss taUth will now W e.«relv "Mtored
md that he has a new lease of life. Air.
Stephens seems to be as wonderfqj a man
physically as mentally, his feeble frame
res'istin"'disease more effectually than
manv sFromr. robust men. There is won
derful vitality about the man. Mashiug-
'ton Gazette.
To the Merchants and Property Hold
ers of Thomasville.
Are the merchants showing any inter
est in the immigration movement? Dr
have they as m .ny customers as they walk.
Gen lemen, you are no less interested
than the land owners. If the town con
tinues to grow and prosper, or even main
tain itself, our rural population and pros
tracing classes must have accessions, j hjs
nreposition is too plain to argue. It is-
apparent to every observing business man
K town. Then why this inertness,
this careless attitude in respect to a sub
ject, in which you a e rk/i^ interestetL
A proper and prompt concert of actioai
between town and county on this subject,
would give Thomasville and Thomas
county hundreds of new citizens wh
would bring enterprise and thrift witli
them- who would infuse new life into our
sluggish habits; who would be not only
consumers, but producers as well. Is this
a desirable end to be attained ? Do the
property holders in town want to hffld on
to every square foot of ground which
they own, thereby keeping out new com
ers^ If so, that is the way to kill your
town. No more effectual mode could be
devised. The true policy is to put-proper-
tv in both town and county, down to
reasonable prices, and then hunt buyers.
They can be found. But they are not go
in" to hunt the town out on the map,
and then come tfown here and beg you to
let them have a lot to put up a business
house or a residence upon. It is your
business, no less than your interest, to
hunt them up and offer such inducements
as will locate some of the many thous
ands who are looking longingly southward
for homes. Will you do ^—ThomasnOe
Times.
A large and well-known New York house
about to establish an agency in this town
and countv, require the services of an ae- , .
five and reliable man or woman. The j press yourself boldly »nd f g ^ to
compensation will be liberal, while little or , b^ ^^ConTeniion who will full.vrepre-
no capital is required- Only an energetic tfie^ ^ all the Democracy of the
and trustworthy person will be accepted,; i country . If any trick is played on the peer
w .. ( < Huibert T O. Box 5629. N. 1 pj e in the Convention it v.H
A)rite to G- b. liuiDert, i. j ie qo one t0 blame .
Y. City, for full particulars. Junelo. 1 fault, and tney
Dawson Journal : Keep a sharp look
out for the call of the District anu count)
meetings ; attend them, when £Hed «-
Residence for Sale-
One of the most beautiful residence* in
Bainbridge, situated in the Southeastern
j onion of the city is offered for bot
tom fi"ures. The house is pleasantly loca
ted contains seven rooms, with all necessa
ry out houses, is in good repair, and situa
ted in the most beautiful oak grove in Bain
-bridge.
For particulars, apply at
i
This Ohics.
May 25-tf.