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The Weekly Democrat.
• BEN E. RUSSELL, Editor.
Bfcinbndy, Georgia Sept. 7, 76
The National Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT ;
SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
DANGER AHEAD.
The extent of the danger which
would arise from the success of the Cin-
A WARNING.
“He who sows the wind shall reap
the whirlwind,” is a proverb that may
einnati ticket has only recently beeome well be pondered by the conscienceless
apparent. It was very plainly seen i men who are doiDg their best to ruin
that with Governor Ilayes as President | this country. Their evil deeds have
The State Democratic Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR :
ALFRED H. COLQUITT.
OF FULTON.
For Senator, 8th District,
HON. ISAAC A. RUSH, of Miller.
Fur tub Leuislattbk :
A. A. ALLEN, R. T. PARKER.
* NOTICE.
Seeosd Congressional District Con
vention-
By order of the Committee in consulta
tion with the Delegates from the several
counties, a Convention of the Democratic
party for the nomination ot a candidate
for Congress for the Second District, is
called to convene at Tliomasviilu on the
second Wednesday in Septemher next at
11 o’clock a. m. The several counties are
entitled to the same representation as
heretofore allowed, double the number of
Representatives to which each is entitled
to in the lower house of the Legislature.
The counties are requested to indicate
by vote whether they desire the majority
or the two-thirds Rule to obtain.
1J. A. Vason,
Chr’n Ex. Committee.
All papers in the District please copy.
Mr- Bosh's Appointments-
lion. I. A. Bush will address the citizens
of Decatur county as follows;
Beil’* District, Wednesday, September
13th; Wight’s Store, Thursday, Scptemhe
14th; Higdon's Store, Friday, September
15th; Attapulgus, Saturday September 16!h;
Whigliam, Wednesday, September 20lh ;
Lime Sink, Thursday, September 21st;
Belcher’s District, Friday, September 22nd;
I’ine Hill, Saturday, September 23rd; Face ■
ville Wednesday, September 27tli; Bain-
bndge, Thursday, September 28tli, Spring
Creek, Friday, September 29th, Itoe-k Bond,
naiuruay, oeptemner 30th.
And if elected to represent the Second dis
trict, that has in the past honored me with
its confidence, in the 45 Congress, I can but
say that my vote and my voice shall be giv
en sad raised in behalf of what I honestly
believe to be tor the permanent interest and
glory of Georgia and our whole country.—
Whitrlry' g Address.
Yes, you wero elected once. You
cast your vote ; yes, cast it several times.
And for what? For the Civil Rights
infamy, which, but for the righteous
decision of the Judiciary of the country,
would hare brought trouble and Btrife
to our lMd, if it had not precipitated a
war of race*.
!or the Ku KIux bill, which dragged
innocent men from their homes without
warrant «r reason, and solely to gratify
the hatred »nd venom of your masters,
Morton, Logan, Boutwelt, Butler & Co.
For your infamous election bill, which
sought to place you in office in defiance
of the rotes and wishes of the people.
Y ei, oh ye*, your vote and voice
We been “given and raised for the
permanent interest and glory of Geor
gia,” havfFt they ? And you—you of
all men—ask white men to vote for
you f Vain man, did you borrow your
“cheek” from the devil ?
The National Republican, an infamous
lyiag sheet, published at Atlanta by
one W. L. Clark, who our citizens will
remember as agent of the Freedman’s
Bureau in Baiubridge, and whose ne
gro social cqua'ity propensities brought
upon him the contempt of everybody,
negroes included, speaks of “mobbing”
m Decatur county. 1 ho only attempt
at mobbing in this county we have ever
seen or heard of, was a colored man
who voted the Democratic ticket, and
who had to appeal to his white friends
to protect him from the wrath cf color
ed Republicans.
~
We notice that some of our contcm-
perariea are complaining at the Savan
nah News because of its failure to give
report* of the yellow fever sooner than
it did. When these grumblers have
had a little experience in such matters,
they wiil Ahd-that the News acted as it
should have done—in waiting for au
thentic information rather than deal in
the thousands of rumors and exaggera
tions that have been going the rounds.
Phil Joiber, colored, of Albany, and
Murphy tad Fierce, Radicals, who were
in the Camilla riot, have issued a circu*
lar in which they go for Brimberry with
gloves off. The Camilla Enterprise says
it bae lost Brimberry hundreds of negro
Mite’ ’’
4 Tr'
there could not possibly be any cessa
tion of the abuses which have been
heaped upon the country under Giant’s
administration. But it was not suppos
ed that Grant himself would be a men
ace to our liberties greater even than
now. while he himself is President. We
do not think that, at the time of the
Convention, any such thing was intend
ed. Grant indeed took pains to show
bis contempt for the Republican party
and its ticket. He seemed evidently
determined to do what be co ild to it'
jure tie prospects of the man whom he
regarded as usurping the place to whioh
be himself was entitled.
It was soon perceived, however, that
the canvass of Hayes could not be suc
cessfully carried on without Grant’s as-
sistaBcey and brains were set to work to
devise some means by which he might
be induced to come in and help them.
Negotiations were set on foot, and their
success is made evident from theohangc
of Grant’s attitude toward the ticket.
It has been made known to him how
he ean consolidate his power, and carry
forward his plans of self advancement
much more effectually with Ilayes as
President than with himself in the Ex
ecutive chair. Grant, and the men
now associated with him would then
run the Government, even as they do
now, and under the cover of Hayes’
name Grant would have every facility
for carrying into effect the ambition of
bis recent life. He would he put in
the place of Sherman, and the army be
ing devoted to him, he would be able
to use it as he pleased. When he can
do this, under the disguise of another’s
authority, he will not hesitate about the
purposes to which he perverts it.
Grant and his minions will be the
rulers, Hayes the scapegoat for all their
evil actions There is danger ahead.
Noi only the South, the whole country
is in danger. Let the people take
warning in time. Governor Tilden
must be elected or the country is lost.
gen. McClellan for tilden
AND HENDRICKS.
We extract the following from Gen
Geo. B. McClellan’s letter to a friend
recently published, indorsing the St,
Louis Platform, and declaring for Til
den and Hendricks; “In Mr. Tilden,’
says the General, “I am confident that
we have a candidate possessing all the
requisites that the exigencies of the
times demand. In a long career he
has given the surest proofs of ability
and integrity. It is a very easy thing to
preach Teform to an opponent, but a
very different affair to carry it out in
one’s own party. This Mr. Tilden has
had the rare courage and ability to do.
Against great obstacles he commenced
and carried through the Herculean task
of fighting corruption and pursuing the
plundereis in hia own party, and it is
almost superfluous to Bay that tha cour
age, energy, untiring perseverance and
acumeu he displayed in those memora
ble contests prove that he possesses in
a most eminent degree the qualities so
much needed in our Chief Magistrate
in the present crisis of our affairs.”
• *••**• * «****.
“In his hands,” Gen. McClellan adds,
“may be saf*ly left the task of awarding
liberal justice to the South, while jeal
ously guarding the rights of the North
and the issues decided by the great
struggle ended, I trust and believe for
ever. When elected I believe he wiU
enter upon the duties of his high office
with the single purpose of serving his
country faithfully, and with no lower
ambition than that of devoting every
faculty to the glorious task of render
ing the nation prosperous at home, hon
ored and respected abroad. I would
like.” continued the gallant soldier, “to
appeal to those who in civil life have
honored me with their friendship and
support, aud especially and most earn
estly to those men to whom I have nev
er appealed in vain—my comrades of
the war—and ask them to stand once
more with me in our country’s cause, in
a civil contest now, a» formerly in a
deadlier struggle, aqd support to the ut
termost the election Mr. Tilden to
the Presidency.”
“I b.lieve,” affirms the hero, “that
the issues now at stake arc similar to
those for which we fought—the honor
and well-bein^of the Nation,
* * * * civil Rights Bill on the
Statute Book, and not even one of the many
Democrats, elected to the 44tli Congress—to
protect you from its pretended degrading in
fluences—daring to ask for its repeal.—
Whitetep's Address,
No; no one has sought its repeal, for,
thanks to the supreme Judiciary of the
country, its pernicious effects have been
stayed, and no one has been degraded
by its passage save those white men who
voted for it.
been endured just about as long as hu
man beings are capable of enduring,
and if they go on much farther they
will find to their ahrtn and cost, that
they have put upon the camel the last
straw, and that the back which has
borae so heavy a burden is at last bro
ken. If they have regard to their own
safety, if they wish for tha chance of
retaining any portion of the plunder
which they have stolen from the coun-
tr» of whose interests they are the pro
fessed guardians, they will stop now.
The people see through all the infamy
of their scheme to make ilayes the
President, and if by their money and
bullets they succeed in Forcing him
into the chair which Grant vacates
stonn will burst upon their heads, such
as they will wish they had never pro
voked. Thieves and robbers have held
the treasury keys long enough; the
country is determined that it shall be
despoiled no more. It will no longor
see its substance wasted upon- the vilest
creatures that can bear the human form.
It says to these perjured plunderers
that they most now take off their hands,
and we say that they had better beed
the warning. The temper of the peo
ple is such, that longer trifling with it
will be dangerous. We may be a long-
suffering people, inaev 1 we have prov
ed that we are, but there are limits to
human endurance. That limit has how
been nearly reached, and if Grant and
his detested minions do not wish to
pass the bounds, and bring down ven
geance terrible upon their heads, they
had better now withhold all attempts to
trouble us with their presence any
longer.
The Democratic nominea of the Sec
ond Congressional District should be a
man of talent—one who can go into the
campaign single-handed, and hold his
own on the stump with the ingenious
and slick-tongued Dick White ley, with
out having to call in help. Such a man
would amount to something in Congress
and make the District a good represen
tative, and such a man is Capt. H. G
Turner, of Brooks.—Quitman Reporter.
We have not the slightest objection
to offer to the Reporter's advocacy of
Capt. Turner, but, Henry, don’t you
think that stroke was rather below the
belt?
IN IMPOVING METHODS OF AD
MINISTRATION.
Gov. Tilden builds up after tearing
down. After ridding tbe City of New
York of tbe Tweed Ring, he saw the ne
cessity of erecting every possible barrier
to the formation of Rings in future, both
in that and other cities. lie therefore ad
dressed a message to tiie Legislature in
1875, calling their attention to tiie crush
ing burden of municipal debts, the
need of restricting municipal expendi
tures and lightening the load of local
taxation, and the necessity of .providing
some uniform and economical system i f
trovernment. for Ui«cities of the. State.
This message showed the aggregate debt
of the twenty four cities of the State to
be $175,000,000; the aggregate of city
taxation, $30,000,000; the aggregatecoun-
•ty and State taxation, $13,000,000; Hit-
aggregate of taxation, $50,000,000. The
Legislature authorized Gov. Tildes to ap
point a commission, which he composed
•of many of the ablest lawyers aud most
distinguished specialists in tbe Slate,
without regard to party. T|j» courmis
sion has now been at work for more than
a year in preparing a general charter for
all cities in the State, which is expected
to put an end to many of the worst abuses
now existing in municipal governments.
Gov. Tilden’s exposure of the Canal
Ring blasted all the projects of the Ring
and put an end to the wasteful expendi
tures of the people’s money. But not
content with this, Gov. Tilden, during
the winter of 1876, urged upon the Legis
lature a number of improvements in tiie
canals which would greately increase
their carrying capacity, and which could
be made with the money—the corrupt ex
penditure of which on the Canute Jus disclo
sures had prevented. Measures were at
once taken to carry these recommends
tions into effect, and to introduce further
reforms into the canal management. So
that when Mr. Tiiden retires from tiie
Governor’s chair next January he can not
only show that he has broken up the two
great political Rmgs of-the State,but that
he has done much to repair the ravages
they have made, and mobe than that, will
leave to the cities and canals a reformed
system of government—a bulwark for the
tax-payer and an impassible barrier to the
thief. Gov. Tilden is not a detective
politician; his reforms are complete and
statesmanlike.
The New York Herald gives utter
ance to a plain truth, when It says the
reform professions of the Republican
party belie its record. Had it. done its
duty during its long tenure of power,
there would be no urgent need of re--
form The real question on which the
Presidential election is to turn, is,
whether official honesty and administra
tive reform be more important than the
protection of negro rights in the South.
If the country regards the nogro ques
tion as paramount, it will elect Mayes;
if it regards the reform question as par
amount, it will elect Tilden.
Tilden is a practical reformer- He
showed himself to be e tch before he
was elected Governor of New York, and
the people regardless of political party
so appreciating him, eit-cted Inn* by
50,000 majority over Gen. D"x to •
most popular “War Governor” in the
North *
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Baiulmdgc JVcadcmji,
D. W. ROUNTREE, A, B.,
Miss MINNIE WOOTEN,
Exercises will he resunied^aij
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TII
And continue three calendar months.
The Principal lias ju.-t completed a course
at Eastman’s National Business College, aud
proposes, in addition to the Academic course
to offer unusual facilities for obtaining a
thorough knowledge of the forms and tech
nicalities employed by business men gener
ally, together with an insight into the ele
mentary principles of Book Keeping, by sin
gle as well as double entry, and if possible
prepare the older boys of the school to take
charge of an ordinary set of books.
The course will be thorough and compre
hensive. Tiie discipline mild, yet firm aud
impartial.
Special attention will he paid to Penman
ship— each and every one being required to
write at least thirty minutes per day.
We solicit the patronage of the farmers of
Decatur comity, assuring them that no ef-
fort will be spared to make it pleasant as
well as beneficial to their children. With
the hearty encouragement of ilie public, a
streniiQujj effort will be made to render this
scheol sefpnd to nunc.
Any information may he olitni: ed by ap
plication to b, tV. UOCN’TUF.F,.
Baiubridge. Ga.
NEW
GOODS
now pouring in the
How long a time would elapse, then,
after the election of a Democratic
President and a rebel Congress, before
the crack of the overseer’s whip would
be heard throughout the South? Not
under the Constitution, perhaps, but in
spite of it- That is what Democratic
ascendency means to day. Let these
words be taken down and recorded.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press and Tribune.
Bosh. The condition of the negroes
at the South will be better under Dem
ocratic ascendency than it is now, for
the Soul hern States will be more pros
perous, more hopeful, and more peace
ful. The first step toward the healing
of the race troubles have already been
taken in the division of the negro vote.
Let tbe negroes find, as they eventually
will, that they are better off when they
work politically with the whites than
when they cast all their votes in oppo
sition to them, and both parties will be
tbe gainers, particularly the blacks.
MEN, MEASURES AND THINGS-
As the Democrat Sees Tflem.
The Indian war is over.
Hon. Jno. H. Janies has been nominated
for the Lcgislfttuic in Fulton couuty.
The next, ses ion of Congress will assemble
in December and sit until the 4th of the fol
lowing March.
The Columbus Times, one of the spiciest
and very best papers in the State, has re
sumed its daily editions.
It. is now thought by intelligent politi
cians that Tilden’s majority will not liill
below 60.000 in Npw York.
Wonder if Whitelcy has mule arrange
ments to have hia usual quota of Deputy-
United States Marshals in this district?
Mr. H. W. Spence has been nominated for
the Legislature by the Democrats of Mitch
ell eouuly.
Conover Las i. mej a circular to- the Flor
ida Republican i, in wiiicii he says be is a
n Jidafo still anil has il.i idea of coming
down, , - ’
The JI<». George 4V. .7u.’:>m, _onewnWthe
founders of t!;-j kv pirfimolv party, is - at
Cor Tilden and ConineAs and takes iliv
tump in Indiana.
If the rc-ectea of thecountry fail “faster
then npprepri itions aid expenditures are
reduced,” Low long wiil it lake to pay oil
the national debt ?
Georgia is n Pcmoerafie Plate and yet tiie
Republican organ will not lull tueir North
ern friends how quietly the Republicans
can make stump speeches in ar.y part ol the
State.
This is the talk of four volers out of every
five you meet: --I go for a change—things
cannot be worse, and may be better—a party
in power as long ns the present gets corrupt,
and we must have a change.”
We’li bet $30,000 that Wm. E Smith is
nominated on the first ballot at Tliomasville,
if he is not by acclamation without opposi
Hon. Every county in the District is for
him but three—Thomas is for Seward, and
Lowndes and Brooks favor Turner.
Gen. Hays lias been accused of appropria
ting a widow’s money during the war, un
der the following circumstances : One of
Hayes’ soldiers was condemned to be shot,
and turned over to the Chaplain some $400
to be given to his widow. Haves said that
the money must go to the government, and
took it from the Chaplain, but lias never ac
counted to the government for it.
Look Fishermen.
Fishing Tuck* i of all kinds, cheap, at
Jewelry Store -i
4V. C. Subers.
P. S. Blackwells Durham SmoUiug To
bacco ut 80 cts, per lb 1-t-
n EOKGIA-^Ph-atv* ( oixtv.
Vi.' creas Samuel S. Mqpn, Executor- pf
then's; will and testament of Luke Mann,
represents to the court in his petition duly
filed and i-i.*ered on record, that ho has
fully adminis. ••“•d said estate, this is there
fore to cite all p. sons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to sb-w cause, if any they
can, why said Executor should not be dis
charged from his Execute., “ip. and rrcieve
Letters of Dismission on th. ‘■rst Monday
in December next.
sep7td HIRAM BROCKET.' O.D.C.
GEORGIA—Decatur County,
Thirty days after date application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty, at the next regular term alter the expi
ration of thirty days from this notice, for
leave to sell two shares of the Eagle and
lhoenix Factory Stock, of Columbus, Ga.
belonging to James M. Dennison, my Ward,
for the benefit of creditors.
JOHN M. BROWN.
Guardian of (lie person aud property of
James M. DonaLon.
;an
Another big gun for Tilden and Re
form ; Arkansas has gone Democratic
by 50,000. We want to hug Arktn-
F
Sportsmen Attention-
Pistols and Cartridges, Powder, Shot,
Caps, and sporting goods generally, low
prices, at Jewelry Store of
1-t _ W. C. Subers.
A GTFT WORTHY OP A ROTHSCHILD FOI!
ONE CENT,
A copy of Brown’s llllustrated Shakes
pearian Almanac, together with a copy of
his illustrated paper, the Growing World,
which is devoted to natural history, wlli be
sent to any one free who will sei.d us their
address on a one cent postal card. Address
DR. O. P. BROWN, 21 Grand Street, Jersey
City, N. J. _
Fine Sensibilities are Like Wood
bines.
Delightful luxuries of beauty to twine
around a solid upright stem of undersjand-
ing, but very poor thing* if unsustained by
strength, they are left to creep along the
ground. So it is with the body, when sus
tained by strength aud health, then all is
beauty and happiness. But when enfeebled
by disease, there is no silvery lining to the
clouds- Gloom pervades all nature and
hope dwindles into despair. Invalid, would
you enjoy that estimable boon,health? Know
that it is within yonr power. Thousands
have been as bad on as you are. Strength
to their enfeebled limbs, and Joy to their
desponding hearts has been imparted by the
?udicious use of Dr. Tutt's Vegetable Liver
Pills, the boon to suffering humanity.
Tbe man who declares that he is not
able to take bis county paper certainly
deserves the sympathy of all good men.
After paying for his whisky and tobacco,
there is nothing left for the publisher,and
consequently the poor fellow is forced to
borrow his neighbor’s paper. We pity
him.—MonticcUo Constitution.
Ar. Ordinance, io Enforce the
its; y rteguiaiioks.
Be rr osu.mkku. That frmn and after the
passage ot this nrdin ..toe the occupant or
icciipunts, owner <>v iwueis, of any lot in
bits vesldeut or mliei- wi. Liu the c Ir
limits I'l’tho^g; y of Bn in ■ridge, c-u u-.-i.fi c:i
shall within twenty-four 5-.tirs .» :c - .-n.il no
tice remove or have removed, or ah-t-.d any
cause or causes affecting i-r hurtful io the
he-.ltit ol the my, sin.a u- rank growth o!
weeds, stagnant privy depo it. ani
mal.ir vegetable matter in Stale of decay ;
said weeds to be cut d-.v:' and burnt or re
moved be yond the noniievo limits of the j
corporation lino, and privy deposit lo be j
buried near said privy, (Iminfcc.’io'r -,vjlh
Hum, excepting liie privy pits in the differ- j
out wards to which shall be added earth
from time to time upon notification from the
Marshal, his deputy or police, disinfecting
also with lime.
Be it also ordair-d rh it ay occupant or
occupants, owner ot owners, violat.tig any of
the previsions of this ordinance, he, she or
they, upon oonviction before the police court,
shall be fined not less than ten dollars nov
more than twenty dollars, oy imprisonment,
or labor on the publ'c streets for ten day*
or any or all of said punishments, in the
discretion of the Mavor or Mayor pro tern-
A true extract ui tltc minutes.
Jno, R. Hayes.
Sept. 5, 1876. Cl’k City Council.
An Ordinance for Levying the Gen
era! Tax for 1876.
Be it ordained by the corporation of the
city of Bainbaidge, that onc-half of one per
cept be levied on the laxablo property, real
and personal of said city for extraordinary
expense account, aud that three tenths of
one per cent be levied on said property for
ordinary expense account for the year 1870.
A true oxti-uet ii'om the minutes.
JNO. K. HAYES,
Sept, 5, 1876. Cl’k of Council,
DECATUR SHERIFF o SALE.
Will be sold before the court house door
in Bajnbridge, Decatur county, Georgia,
between die legal hours of sale, on the firs;
Tuesday in October next, the followin'
property to wit; *
One house and lot in the city of Bain-
bridge, bounded on the east by Quincy aud
Tallabasset roads, South by Ned Lucky,
Pat Bishop and others, north by the E. i).
lidle rs house and lot, and west by lands
formerly the property of Russell, coutainin;
five acres more or less. Also one house and
lot bounded south by lot of T. B lluunewcll,
west by Albany stage road, north by A &
G R K, east by L O Jackson, containing
three-quarters yf an acre more or less.
Levied on ss property of G A Spiller, Trus
tee of Alice Spiller, to satisfy a .Justice court
fi fa in favor of C V Crawford and other fifiis
in my hands. Levy made and returned by
constable.
OneJwo-story brick store house and lot on
east side of broad street and running east
along the south side Broughton street 105
feet, thence duo south to 1 E Bower’s prop
erty, thence west 105 feet to broad street,
known as store now occupied by I M Rosen-
feld. Levied on as property of Mrs E J
Scott (now Mrs Cardy) to satisfy a mortgage
fi fain favor gf Dickenson & Stegall vs said
Mrs E J Scott.
Lot of laud No, 67 in the 19th District o.
said county. Levied on as the property of
Wm. T. Boyett, to satisfy one Superior
Court 6 fa in favor of Jno. S, Bird for use
of Groover, Stubbs & Co., vs 47. T. Boyett .
L. F. Bcbkett.
Sheriff.
THEflKIS MONEY IN IT.
In these hard times a good return for
hones^labor is very desirable. Any active
young man or young lady can earn a hand
some sum by addressing, forpaiticulars, the
Managers of Die Constitution, the great po
litical and family journal published at the
Chpital of the StAte.
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CLOTHING, FANCY GOODS,
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W’e invite the attention of the trading pub*
lie lo the inducements which we propose ta
offer during the incoming season. We in*
tend to sell goods at bottom figures, having
as otir motto ‘Quick sales and small profits. 1
GIVE US A CALL,
And be satisfied of the train ot w hat we s
WEIL & LOEB,