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THE BAINBRIDGE WEEKLY SUN I. 1 ■„ * * » f-t pER ANNUM. VOL- VII. | if WEEKLY SB HE PUBLISHED jfH-' a.tuj.rcla.'y I® M .mil NSTON, Proprietor. J t.r.MS OK HuiX itIPTION. H ~v I *(,. Year., $2,00 - r'Munths, ..L,U<) bEb! . I -' v ' % Months, 75 ’|wakiabi.v in Advance W\r:ii? the Georgia Prow. B,,Buster Henderson'is an -I§E . ;the assistant local repor- EH •••;. (Amilla Enterprise. Look K-'tiunl> H-y.fJ3arshall j & Cos. %‘M' . lit irs of (lie Cartersvile Ex red there is a{ formidable H , i,f t hern— don’t seem to agree M. z ns in our estimate of Joe K^ Wl rs iiillucnce in Georgia. We modify what we said| on H sU bjirt by explaining that we Tip-nn to insinuate that" Joe gt, i.:, iulluence over certain editors Bo over the employee# of the State Hi g. We might go on andmodi- H. further, hut t his will do jfor the H .scuf. We shall relentlessly op- H v Col. Brown until he sends us a H- jiuhij over his road. — Harris. E The Banner says that the machin- Hn of the (Quitman Factory is in ad ■-rahle working order. I The (Quitman Banner intimates threats have been made to burn that town. E The mosquito war is still raging i" twei'u Maconjaud Atlanta. Macon r >mplaias that the large brood of : .cse insects that infests her domain, i- nude up of . arpet-bag'jers —so to v A—from Atlanta. — Hdrns. At the recent Fair in Bartow Cos. a lady from Cherokee county had tr plots on exhibition— fm little girls •eachgthe exact coun arp.ut of the other. Notwithstanding the Radical gains hi Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Ma rietta Jo anal stdl clings to its wild statement that there is a Hold) county twenty-five feet long ml :i s large as a, telegraph pole.— n li hardihood is unparalleled.— ■ Hu/TiS, The Augusta Constitutionalist gives '.bluffy to a rumor to the* effect ! .... lion. Stephens is w uiit to yield to the solicitations of friends aud become a candidate lev Congress from the Eighth Dis i It is also stated that Phil llaytou, the Radical nominee, is will ing to retire in favor of Mr. Stephens. The News claims that Blakely is the healthiest place in Early county. V lively town : Report says Col quitt had forty horse swaps, seven * n foot races, and fourteen tights, nil m one day, and nobody killed and nobody drunk. N verai persons were poisoned one 'by last week, at the Calico House, '■& Atlanta, by eating unsound fish. ( EW. Beck has been nomina f'i v Congress in the old Fourth IT'trict to till the unexpired term of Sinter. ■Brunswick is going to put her cit- L ' ; us to work on her streets for half a dozen da vs. bumpkin is to have a Postmaster Local news in Cuthberfc is dull— to say nothing of being scace. ‘ Iron found eight miles from Bar tow. Ua„ is pronounced as good as uny in Sweden. The City Council of Perry, Ga., tokos off a dollar tax for every elm or "ater oak that a citizen sets out 111 the street T i niuu Sure for the Democrats. .1 tuler the head “ A Diabolical ‘ . the Floridian, of Tuesday last, h v v _ * j W o are credibly advised of a vil ous scheme devised by a ring of 1 uic.d gamblers to defeat the will ' Mhi- people in the election next ii.enth— a scheme which surpasses 1:1 lua %uity and terpitude the ex l"lt s °f the infamous ballot-box ly.ulers of 1868 and 70. The scheme ■ s ' ‘ s teal or destroy the Registra :° u in the Conservative uoun ' n and tints prevent an election for •- want of lists of the registered ' ' tus - better evidence could be ty Vu of the desperation of the ring 1 ‘in the concoction of such a plot, i l ' tolt assured of a popular ma ' their favor, no such step ( ,;: uW be thought of; but theindi > - .•jen are so strong the other way ' K ‘* v artJ willing to procure the . >sion of felony by hired tools i ons. tr accom phsh their vile pur- October’s Song. ■SY CONSTANTIN t F. WOOLSON. “0, deep brown eyes," sang gay October, “Deep brown eyes running over with glee; Blue eyes are pale, and gray eyes are sober, Bonnie brown eyes are the "eyesfor me. "Black eyes shine in the glowing summer AV itb red of rose and yellow ot corn ; But could they close when the still late comer. Silvery frost, creeps over the morn. “Blue eye? shimmer with angel glances, Like spring violets over the lea— But oh, my (Trapes, my Wines and my Dances. What have angels in commmon with me? “Go, Cray Eyes ! What know ye of laugh ing- Gilded with glee from the mere sunshine? Go to your books! What know ye of quaf fing Luscious juice from the riotus vine? ‘‘All the earth is full of frolicking. Growing is over; harvest is done 1 , All the trees are ready for rollicking, Glowing scarlet with rustical fun. “Stay, Brown Eyes, in the purple weather A crown of oak leaves with maple blent Shall deck your brow, while’gaily together We two will wander to heart 's content.” Thus October’s wild voice was singing, While on hisjfipe lie cunningly played; All the red woods with music were ring ing. And Brown Eyes listened, with footsteps stayed— Waited to hear the song beguiling, Listened and laughed through the sun ny day; And earth and sky fell to merry smiling. As hand in hand they wandered away. Tlie Bight sort of Talk. The Courier-Journal, of Wednesday, comments upon the reverses experienced in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, by the party of Reform and Reconciliation in a spirit that is truly admirable, and in words ihat ring with sweet music to all who are resolved never to cease the fight against i.radical corruption and tyranny until it is finally beaten. We print them with our hearty endorsement aud earnestly com mend them to all who love their country and are ready to work for its redemption to the end : There will be of course, general despon dency along the Liberal lines in the face of this disaster. The week-kneed will fal ter. line cowardly will fall back, "’lie insincere and hypocritical will felicitate themselves in the “I-told-you-so” theory. The corrupt w ill make terms w r ith the ene my. ****** This conflict will go on in spite of cur rent elections and candidates. A Liberal defeat in November will out foreshadow the complete reorganization of parties in the country. The basis of that reorgani zation, as far as we are concerned, w ill be the vote cast for Horace Greeley, and it is the duty of every man who loves liberty aud who hates the enemies of peace to stand to his guns now more devotedly than ever he did. The fight is by no means over yet. It is never prudent to make concessions to a triumph wou by fraud iu the interest of scoundrels ; and the triumph of Ilartranft, a convicted thief, aud of Cameron. & life-long plunder er. aud of Morton, an unscrupulous and desperate conspirator, all rallying around a drunken, half-witted voluptuary like Grant, must be contested to the hist as the pre cursor of that great battle which is yet destined to be fought between the friends and the enemies of freedom on this conti nent. We therefore say to our friends every where. be firm and defiant, give not an ini'h of ground, and hold yourselves ready for every euieTgeucy. This is the first time we have gone into action, and we have met a repulse That repulse should inspire our energies and our courage. It should unite us against the enemy. It should bring accordance and unity of sen timent to our own much divided ranks. A defeat of this sort is often the medium through which great and powerful organi sations are formed. The Republican par ty itself was thus repulsed iu 1856. Our Liberal movement is hardly two years old. It is the natural antithesis of Radicalism, and if free government is to continue in America its principles must prevail in the administration of the government. The old parties will pass away with this con test. The party of the future is the par ty of Liberalism, Reform and Peace. What may lie in the immediate present will develop itself from day to day. Rut nothing is clearer than this : that ve have only to be firm and steady, to maintain the iutegtity of our convictions, to repel the suggestions of the time serving, and scorn of the corrupt, Holding fast to our faith and standing by our colors and our guns. There is safety only in this plain and open course. We shall for our part pursue it, neither daunted nor despondent; but hating Radicalism only the more as it shows itself the more cor rupt, powerful and dangerous. We sin cerely believe it to be the essence of all corruption in th« State. Push Dn the Column. To the Democratic Party in Georgia: The conflict is over. The battle has been tought and we have achieved a bril liant a decisive victory. Alt honor to those who have “so nobly-dared and done;” butThey must not rest on their anus, nor lean on their swords, until the enemy, now defeated, is routed and his forces destroyed. Linger not among the spoils of the battle field to reeouut your struggles or chant your peans of victory— but close up .your ranks, push on the column and prevent him from rallying to save his broken for tunes. Your victory will not be complete if by indifference or over-confidence yon suffer him again to make a decisive stand. OeasC not your efforts—weary not in your duties—stop not your pursuit until his fly ing hosts beg for quarters and give up the conflict. The struggle through which you have passed has been for Georgia alone ; you must now unite your forces with the grand army of Reform and Conciliation that are marching toward the nation's Capital, determined not to sheath the sword or furl the banner until the one is wreathed with garlands of victory, and the other floats in triumph over the White House in Washington. • Georgia speaks no uncertain sound, but clear ringing notes. She sounds words of cheer and greeting to her sister State. Re deemed herself, her chains broken, her spirits cheered and reassured, she will join Cincinnati and Baltimore in breaking the bonds from limbs now fettered: in restor ing liberty to the people, self-gOvCYAment to the States and harmony and good-will to the Union. The object is commenda ble, the purpose patriotic, the field inviting. Falter not in your duty ■, but go ou bat tling for the right until constitutional gov ernment is restored, and the people, North and South, East and West, shall be uni ted in feeling, united in interest, united in “the bonds of a commmon Union.” For this the battle you have so nobly fought and so gloriously won was waged, aud fur this you must still fight until, in Novem ber next, you can proclaim from the cita del of civil liberty that, “Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeath'd from bleeding sire to Boil Though baffled oft” At last is won! Preserve then, your organization intact. Have some fallen on the field, or deserted by the wayside ? Fill up the ranks and unite the broken column arid with free men's will and freemen's daring, march on to conquest and to victory. To the Liberal Republicans who have aided us so gallantly iu the struggle, we acknowledge with gratitude their 1 valuable services, and with their aid in the coming conflict, we will overthrow the party in power, whose corruptious they have de nounced, and whose usurpations they have so fearlessly exposed. To the executive committeemen iu the Districts, I would urge Increased activity. See to it that your Congressional Districts are organized und canvassed, for our Con gressmen can be, and must be, triumph ant ly elected. To the Sub electors, whose services our committee so gratefully recognize, I can only say, persevere in your good work ; perfect your organizations, rally your county forces and let each and all of us determine to stay not our hands until we have reclaimed the sacred temple, and in stitute anew the pure worship of the builders around the holy altars of consti tutional liberty. On then, good men, true men to duty and in November next we will plant cur banners upon the walls of the nation's capital, and -sing again our temple songs iu reclaimed Jerusalem.” Thos. Hardeman, Jr., Chairman State Dem. Ex. Com. Democratic papers please cop/- The Lumpkin Independent thus recounts a series of misfortunes that have lately befallen the Kirksey fondly, living in that place: ‘•About three weeks ago Mr. W. F. Kirksey had the misfortune to loose two children, a daughter aged 18 and a son aged about ten. They both died of con gestion in about five minutes of each oth er. Mr E. F. Kirksey (uncle to W. F. Kirksey) was sent for on Sunday morning to attend their burial. L pon starting back to Lumpkin after a minister to per form the burial services, the mules that were being driven ran awav and throwing Mr. E. F. Kirksey out. broke his leg in two places, and he still lies in a critical condition. Subsequent to this Mr. 1\ m. Kirksey, son of W. F. Kirksey, has gone blind from the effect of some lotion put in [ them to cur* a case of common sore evee. FOP. THE BIGHT-JUSTICE TO ALL. BAINBRIDGE GA. OCTOBER 19th 1872. Affairs in Florida. We give place to the following ex | tract from a letter written from Quin cy, Fla., to the Savannah Morning News. It gives a pretty clear insight into the drift of affairs in Florida, and will prove interesting to our reader*: * Quincy, Fla., Oct. 10, 1872. GADSDIN COUNTY. Gadsden, like Leon, is one of the strong Radical counties of Middle Florida. The negro population is largely v in excess white ele ment, and is entirely under the con trol of unprincipled leaders. The Conservatives, despite the odds against them, will make a most gal lant fight, and even if they fail in November, will deserve success. For some days past they have been busi ly, engaged in revising the registra tion lists, and in clearing the decks for the approaching conflict. The state contest. The people of Florida consider, and very rightly, that the State elec tion involves issues of far more vital importance to their interests than does the national contest. Hence the Presidential struggle is a some what secondary consideration. To wrest the control of the affairs of the State from the vile hands that now hold the reins of government, and to restore her former condition of peace and prosperity, is the earnest hope and hearty effort of every Flo ridian. SIGNS OF PROMISE. Unless the signs of the times are wonderfully deceptive, the Land of Flowers will be redeemed in Novem ber. The election of Bloxham is very generally conceded. Reed’s hostility to Stearns and Purrnan is active and unrelenting, and the vindictive Governor is leav ing no stone unturned to [achieve their defeat. PEARCE VS. PURMAN. Purman, one of the Candidates for Congress, is also excessively obnox ious to that branch of the Methodist Church known as the African, and Bishop Pearce, a noted negro preach er of that persuasion, is using the religious lever to his detri ment. This man Purman is one of the most dangerous, a3 well as the most utterly unprincipled carpet baggers in the State, and his con signment to obscurity would be hail ed with acclamation by every honest citizen. .. THE CARftET-fiAGGEBS. It is confidently anticipated that the State will be relieved ere long of the presence of a number of these unclean beasts of prey, who will be forced to seek elsewhere for fresh victims and more profitable fields of action. THE NEGRO CONGRESSMAN. Walls, the other Radical candidate for Congress, also carries weight, which will tell fearfully against him in the pending canvass. He is now occupying a seat which rightfully belongs to Niblack, the Conservative candidate, that gentleman having received, two years since, a larger majority than that recently conceded to Bloxham by the decision of the Supreme Court, which, in the elev enth hour, have given the position of Lieutenant Governor. THE STATE TICKET. Strong and reasonable hopes are entertained of the election of the en tire state ticket by an average ma jority of tw r elve or fifteen hundred. This will insure, also, the ascendan cy in both branches of the Legisla ture. THE SWEDES. The Swedes, many of whom were imported into this county, have prov ed a signal failure. Only two or three remain. Many violated their contracts, and very few realized the expectations of their employers. Secretary Boutwell aud the Mo n ey Market. Mr. B. begins the mouth of October, as usual, setting forth the weekly sales of gold and the weekly purchases of bonds which he proposes to make during the next thirty days. The next thirty days will be a season of supre.me importance to the legitimate business of the country, and the Treasury programme would be a very valuable guide in their financial cal cu'ations for the business men of the Uni ted States were it possible for them to place the slightest reliance upon its state ments and promises. But the experience of the past warns all practical men that this can Dot be done. Financiers in New ork who are alwe to keep a close eye up on the transactions of a snndl clique of persons known in Wall street as the Secre tary s friends may indeed be able to guard themselves-ngainst the disasters resulting to the w hole community from sudden change® iu the published programme of the Secretary. But business men out of Wall street and business men throughout the country do not enjoy this advantage. They must move forward into this, season of financial pressure and commercial ac tivity without the slightest confidence in the programme of the Secretary. What Mr. Boutwell will or will not do ou ! the 2d, or the 9th, or the lGth. or the 23d, or the 30th of October is iu no wise to be di vined from his published declarations. It will be determined ou each day by the fi nancial condition at that moment of two or three speculative houses which possess the secrets of the Treasury. A good deal of anxiety has been excited of late in Lon don, and the bank rate has oscillated con siderably, simply because the financial world of London could not be assured of the course of action which the German Government meant to pursue in regard to the formidable sum of £20,000,000 sterl ing, being one instalment of the enormous French indemnity which has recently been paid over in bills by the Government of the French Republic to that of the Ger man Empire. Mr. Boutwell by his con trol of the 6ales of gold aud of the pur chase of bouds iu the New York market efcerts over this market a control equally mysterious and equally exasperating with that which the bills paid by France to Germany give to Prince Bismarck in Lon don. The extent to which Mr. Boutwell has it thus iu his power to demoralize and convulse the market of New York is quite as great, when considered relatively to the bulk of the transactions iu the two mar kets, as the extent to which Prince Bis marck is enabled to demoralize and con vulse the market of London. If we take into the account the further element of the relative basis on which the transac tions of the two markets are conducted it is even greater. It is not surprising, there fore, that prudent business men aud fore casting financiers in New York should View the immediate future with Anxiety, and even with a certain measure of alarm. It was bad enough that the law should in troduce into the financial operations of the c'ountry the abnormal Bud incalculable ele ment of Government interference. But the case assumes desperate features when this element of Government interference takes upon itself, from the ignorance and unscrupulousness of Secretary Boutwell and from his entire deference to the wishes and tie schemes of a clique of favorites, a character of personal caprice, determina ble only by personal interests and by the ever-shifting necessities of a speculative cable.—N. Y. World. HIGH HANDED OUTRAGE. Radical Politcs and Grant Law. If we underetand it correctly, one of the most outrageous acts of judi cal usurpation ever perpetrated was done yesterday by U. S Commissioner Conley: He had been hearing the case of S. P. Wells, charged with violating the Enforcement Act. He had gone widley aside of legal prece dent aud rule in admitting irrelevant testimony. A negro witness had sworn falsely. After he left the boom two policemen, sworn officers, arres ted the negro as the law allows in cases of felony, to hold him until a warrant for perjury could be sworn out. The arrest was made on the Bridge. Conley sent the U. S. Mar shal and brought the negro back, aud made out an order sending the policemen to jail without a hearing. He finally, after indignant protest by the council, agreed to bail the policemen to appear at Court in the enormous bond of SIO,OOO each, whicli was promptly given. He re fused to bail them to appear in the morning for a hearing. The whole matter was done in hot heat by the Commissionei', prompted by Colonel H. P. Farrow,. This high-hande4 proceeding has excited a deep feeling of indignation in the community. We forbear further comment until the matter is more fully investigated. — OcHMfitutiom. Etiquete iu Street Gars—A Les sou to all Classes. The Missouri Republican gives the foLowing rules for observance in street cars: No gentleman should ever sit down in a street car when he can, by any possibility, stand on the rear platform, as an agreable excitement is thereby furnished to ladies desiring ingress or egress in having to force tbeir way through a crowd. Besides, it is in harmony with the eternal fitness of things, for nature abhors a vacum, to which there is always o tendency in the rear of a moving body. Should a gentleman wish to smoko a cigar while riding on the cars, he will find the front platform the most eligible position, especially in sum mer time, when the doors and win dows are open. The smoke will pass in graceful and gentle undula tions through the car, and the ladies who are so fortunate as to be in side who are prohibited by an unreasonable etiquete fiom smoking will be enabled to participate to some degree in the nicotian enjoy ments so selfishly monopolized by males. If a gentlman’s cigar should accidently “go out” there is no necessity for him to follow suit. He may quietly and serenely seat him self in the car, with the distinguished stump in his mouth, the all pervad ordor which (mouth or stump as you please) will give extreme satis faction to all his fellow-travelers! who have cultivated olfactories. When a lady checks the car. for the purpose of egress, any gentleman may time her, and when he thinks she ought to be safely landed sing out to the conductor “all right.” If the lady should, Unfortunately, have one foot on the ground and the other ou the platform at the time, and be prostra ted by the sudden starting of the car, she may console herself with the re flection that life has many ups and downs, and that the one can only excede the other by a unit. She may also be edified by recalling to mind the scriptural sentence: “Dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.” Should J young gentleman be seated in a car all of the seats of which are occupied, and a lady should enter, he should, before offering her his seat, observe wheth er there is an elderly gentleman in the car, and if such proves to be the case, he should wait until the elder ly gentleman had the opportunity to offer her his seat; because deference should always be paid to age.— Moreover the elderly gentleman having more experience and conse quently a riper judgement would be better able to decide whether it was proper to offer the lady a seat or not If he should not do so it Would be highly indecorous aud presumptious for the young gentleman to do so.— The example of the aged is a safe precedent to follow, and in this case is obligatory. If a young gentleman ’ be seated between several young ladies and another lady enter, he should not look around for the elder ly gentleman but may give up his seat at once. The personal advan tage of this is obvious: he obtains the opportunity of standing facing the ladies and staring at them dur ing the entire trip. What to Read. —Are you deficient in taste? Read the best English poets, such as Gray and Goldsmith, Pope and Thompson, Cowper and Coleridge, Scott and Wordsworth. Are you deficient in power of reason? Read Collingsworth and Bacon and Locke. Are you deficient in judgment and good sense in the common affairs of life? Read Franklin. Are you deficient in vigor and style Read Suuius and Fox. Are you deficient in political knowledge? Read Montesquien, the “Federalist,” Webstef and Calhoun. Are you deficient in patriotism?— Read Demosthenes and the Life of Washington. Ara you deficient in conscience!— Read some of President Edwards works. Are yoii deficient in piety? Read the Bible. IN ADVANCE. Correspondence of the Loudon Echo. Carlotta's Madness. The recent stories about th» Em press Carlotta of Mtxice beujg at the point of death were so fur front being Irue that it now turns out tfcia Unhappy lady is iu th* possession af perfect bodily health. Hes mental malady, however, iA worse than ever. She still remains at the Chateau ot Tervueren. Her madness has do generided info a kind oi but is unaccompanied by any vio lence, such as is generally the case with female lunatics. 'The Empre*®’ mind is overcast, disdainful, and sometimes imperious, but qiuci and gentle, and as nearly all her caprice* are satisfied, she lias no reason to feel tormented. She lives very retired and almost alone in two rooms of the chateau, where she takes upon bersedf the car® of her little house-keeping. The on ly person she will converse with and to whom she appears attached* and who has an influence over her—^ is the learned and clever Dr. II- , who is now charged exclusively with her treatment. She receives him every morning for half an hour, and is calm after each of these interviews. The nine-and-twenly other persona of all ranks who form her household are far from enjoying such a favor j the accepts their attentions, but with repugnance, and often re jects them. She dines always alon® and standing. She fetches her own plates from the adjoining room ; she arranges her own dishes, and clears the table: The Empress is always chilly and insists on having a blaz ing lire. She lights and attends td it herself. Slio is also fond of hav* ing a number of candles burning.— In order to prevent an accident, a guard with lock and key wits placed before tl(8 fire ; this precaution an noyed her greatly, and she complain ed to all the servants, aud wanted the key. Dr. H took the part of the Empress, anJ, having preten ded to scold the servants, ordered the key to be given to her. Sine® then she has kept it, and always talk® of the great victory she won over the doctor. The greatest part of her time is occupied in sending telegraphic dis patches to Napoleon 111., whom she still believes to be on the throne, and conversing with spirits, which she says haunts the upper stories of the chateau, Whose language she boasta of knowing, and whose advice she follows. Now and then she orders a rich toilet to be made, Whifih she places on chairs aud dummies, and goes through the ceremony of a court reception. In her eyes, these dress es and bonnets represent ladies of France and Mexico. She flatters some, insults others, and so passes a part of her time. She never wears any of these fine toilets, and always appears in her dressing gown. Not long ago she cut off all her fine hail* ’and put it on one of her dummies ; nevertheless, she insists on hating her hair dressed every morning, and a domestic lias to go through the ceremony. Sometimes she takes a walk, or runs about in the park. No affection has remained in heart, not even for her brother. She will not see even the King or Queen, and her family are obliged to C mtent them selves with looking at her unobserv-* ed when she goes into the park.— The fear of poison has disappeared, and she eats anything with a good appetite. All hope of cure has been given up, aud the doctors say her health is such as promises a long life. Aboilt to Disband The Great Eastern Circus, With its six tents and seven hundred and fifty men and an untold number o( horses, as we stated several dayi since, had a little difficulty at Lake City. Since that time the mammoth concern seems id have had trouble Herr Lengel, the celebrated lion tamer, and the Ronnell Brothers, the* famous athletes aud gymnasia, havs left the aoncern and are now in outs city- The latter anticipate leaving, for New \ork. It is understood the gigantic show is on the eve of dissolu i on, and from what cr.use it fs stated.— * *0 if