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WILLIAM D.i STONE Editor.
FOR U TH '*
TUESDAY. :::::: MAY - 13, 1873.
Marietta 1 as a new town clock.
Milledgsyille want-, a r.ew hotel.
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Chcp* in Scbley county look well.
Theme i much sickness in Bsn<ler=ville.
Fisa rains nd promising crops in Patnam
conoty.
Them* are tnree lunatics confined in the Savan
nah jail.
Du. W. F. Westmoreland, of Atlanta, is im
proving.
The Griffin News repoits wheat crope fine In
that section.
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Immense quantities ot Northern hay are being
sold in Columbus.
Macow propcs* s to collect 89,000 out of her de
linquent tux payers.
Tub chicken cholera is prevalent among the
Atlanta chickens.
'I ns cotton and corn crops ol Cobb county look
unpromising.
The f7rar.d Jury o! Hilton county returned 21
true bills on the &!h.
Tub assessed value ol the real estate ol Atlanta
tor :&:a is $13,009,040.
l BE lUv. Will Moreau has had his trial and has
been rurtained by the Church.
Kietken bhares oi the Grautvllle factory sold in
Augusta ler 8200 50 per share.
Cel.. 8. P Guant will accept the Presidency of
the Georgia Western Railroad.
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'1 be Injunction of the Blue Ridge R. R. against
the Air Line It. R. has been dissolved.
Ihb .Marietta Journal reports the killing ol a
large amount of Iruit by the late frosts.
Mr. John Martin, a larmer who lived near
orlswoidvUie, was drowned on the 8;b.
Tee Union and Rec order nominates David E.
Butler for the next Governor of Georgia.
AtGLaTA will be the tlret point to wh'ch the
Canal Ccnviuticn will go on the excursion.
Imfbgvkmbnts in Gillllu aie goiug on rapidly,
prospects of the School, flattering, says the News.
I'u Jones, who is either a wonderful success cr
a great humbug, has closed his labors in Atlanta.
Nwaixe l as found courage enough to reply to
the truth, *.> to’d by a respectable and worthy
jourua'.
The Atlanta Sun ol the B'.h attempfed to give a
corn ft likeness tf M ss Eberhart, but only made
a “ bust.”
Mr. McCkery and Miss Cleghorn, of Bchley
county, married at the grave yard at Eilavilie
last week.
Tuk Constitution says that Gov. Smith receives
large numbeis ot letters daily about the hanging
of Mias Eberhart.
Cuas. Aibmiout, the murderer ol Mr. Wood,of
Carroll couu*y, was captured in Colbert county,
Ala., on the 2d.
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Ths Cartcrsvllle Standard learns that the ring
leader of the party who burnt Col. Roper's sta
ble has been recaptured.
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Fhee delivery of mall matter will be commenced
in Atlanta about the let of July at a cost of only
twenty-five ceuts per house by the year.
From the Marietta Journal we learn that the
wheat crop ol Pickens, Bartow and Cherokee
counties will almost be a failure.
A Griffin merchant indignantly declined to
negotiate for goods with a drummer, because his
hair was parted in the middle.
Tuk negro, Aleck Lamar, of Macon, who was
cut some three weeks ago by Paul Sanders, an
other negro, died of hia wounds on Sunday.
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There is a gentUman in Telfair county that has
an egg eleven and a half inches long. That egg
should be hutched out to see what the chick would
be.
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Mu. John Lane, nephew of Col. A. J. Lane, of
Hancock county, died r.eai .brown’s Crossing on
the M. & A. Railroad., on Tuesday night the 29th
ulr.
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Tub Calhoun Times ot the 7th has a portrait of
the “ Average Young Mau ” of Calhoun, which is
1 robably, as near a successful lailnre as an At- '
lauta daily made on the Bth.
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Charles Dasher, son of Mr. Geo. Dasher, of
Macon, died on the S:h. This is the second son
that Mr. D. has lost within the last six weeks, so
erys the Telegraph and Messenger.
A Convention ot the United Friends ot Tem
perance assembled in Macon on the 7th. Dr.
Harriscu resigned, and l>r. E. M. Pendleton, by
the usages of the Order, became Worthy Primate.
Grady, of the F.erald, goes for Harris thus :
Harris still squats upon his shrivelled hams,
aud throws thistles at his brother editors. Mar
rying didn’t do him a bit ot good. Hanged if
anotner twelve month don’t tame him down
though. Just wait till he l>u\s himsell an “eighth
day ormulu clock.”
The Savannah News suvs that a special agent
arrived there last Wednesday from Washington,
tor the purpose of taking testimony in all claim
cases againl the Federal Government, where the
amount Is not less than five thousand dollars nor
mere than ten thousand dollars. He will com
mence operations on Monday rext in connection
with Commissioner Hillyer.
A Hampshire wag put the following adver- j
tisement in a weekly paper: Who wants to bny a j
uew milch cow, that is every way kind only 5 years
old and gives 15 quarts of miik to a milking?
Jack Rogers.” The rest week Mr. Rogers re- j
celved no fewer than fifty applications through
the piaper for that cow, which were answered
thus: “If I hear of any such cow I will let yon
know immediately. Yours truly, Jack R ogers.
The Telegraph aud Messenger in referring to
the death of Judge Thaddeus Holt, says: “In
common with the community in which he has
lived so many useful and honored years, we sin
cerely regret to announce the death, on last
Thursday morning, of this promineut and widely
known citizen, in the eightieth year of hi* age
During his long and well *pent life, he held many
positions of high honor and trust at the hands of
hi* fellow citizens, the duties of which were aU
ways performed with singular fidelity and accep
tability. For many years he was Judge ct the
Superior Court :or this circuit, and in that honor
able office, as in all others, displayed those quali
ties that in times past so specially marked the
Judiciary ot Georgia as men of fearless soul, of
unblemished repute and stainless integrity. His
Indeed was a name riorum ri and hi*
death a. vers another honored link between the
ahining, glorious past and the clouded, sorrowful
present. For the latter years of his life Judge
Holt had entirely retired from public and profes
sional life ar ” ws engaged in sgricultural purs
uits.’'
Kentucky Democracy.
On the Ist of May the Democratic S ate Con
vention met in Frankfort, Ky., for the purpose of
nominating subordinate State officers. J. Proc
tor Krott, of Duluth notoriety, lead the Bour
bons, and W. P. C. Breckinridge represented the
Conservative wing. Both these gentlemen are
brilliant, talented and dashing. The following
resolutions were adopted by the Ccn-ervative
wing, they being in the majority :
“That the Federal Union was formed by and is
composed of coequal sovereign States, and its
Government possesses none bet delegated pow
ers. All other powers not prohibited to the
States are reeerved to the several States respect
ively, and all attempts to exercise any power in
violation of these fundamental principles are sub
versive of the Constitution, in direct conflict with i
the rights of the States and destructive of the lib
erties oi the people.
“That the only power delegated to Congress lo
impose taxes on the people consists in the right
to collect revenue for the Government and for
the payment of the Federal debt. And all duties
imposed for the purpose of protecting one class
of labor at the expense cf another are in violation
of the Federal compact and subversive of the
rights of the people.
“That the Democracy of Kentucky, forgetting
ail past political differences and looking to the
best interests of ihe whole country, cordially in
vite all who are opposed to corruption and con
solidation to co-operate with them.”
Whereupon J. Prector delivered himself in the
following language which has the “ ring of the
true mettle
“ Mr. Knott said he offered the resolutions in
accordance with the dictates of his own judgment
and in obedience to instructions. He had no per
sonal ends to accomplish, and was not an aepiiant
to any official position. He desired above all
eanbly considerations to preserve the integrity of
the Democratic party. He had a very high respect
for the integrity of the gentlemen who composed
the committee, but a still higher regard for the
transcendent mind who gave birth to the princi
ples enunciated in tne resolutions he proposed.
They are the exact language ot Thomas Jefferson,
the father of Democracy. They are in the lan
guage which the fathers in this State reiterated in
this capital. They received the endorsement of
ths father of the National Constitution, James
Madison. They were reiterated in 1833, by that
transcendent genius and noblest Roman of them
all, John C. Calhoun. They have constituted the
battle-cry of the Democracy since the odious alien
and sedition laws were eought to be fastened upon
onr fathers. They have reflected the sentiment
of the Democratic party from that hour to the
present, and there i6 no need to be abhamed of
them. And if the Democratic party; fail under
all circumstances and on all occasions to defend
them, its members are unworthy of the privileges
of freedom. If they do embody the truth, why
not assert the truth ? Why not proclaim it boldly
and fearlessly ? What can te gained by disguise ?
Why not make a frank, open and manly expres
sion of your sentiments! Whom do you expect
to deceive! Suppose deception succeeds; is it
worthy the honor of gentlemen to acquire success
by such means! The resolution as a substitute
contains no heresy. It Is good Democratic doc
trine. What has been the secret of the defeat and
overthrow of the Democratic party* When the
Federal party was overthrown, they went to work
with stealth to educate the young men of the
conntry up to their theory ot government.
Through a long series of years they heard nothing
but Federalism. The Democratic party went on
triumphant. In the great debates that took place
in the Seuate of the Waited States, those ttrug
gles between those giants, Calhoun and Webster,
tbo former was cried down, while Webster was
applauded to the skies. Story wrote bis commen
taries upon the Constitution, and it was sent into
the schools aud became a text book. When the
conflict came between the* two sections the new
generation bad been educated to the idea of con
solidation and centralization. While the princi
ples enunciated in the resolution of 1728 contain
the fundamental principle oi our Government,
they were scarcely ever referred to, and the boys
growing up in the country knew nothing about
them, and they never will know them unless they
are taught them at the mother’s knee and in the
schools. The young men of the country should
be taught these great fundamental principles of
the Government. The committee in one cf their
resolutions declare that every attempt- on the part
of the Federal Government to exercise powers not
delegated in the Constitution, or to exercise dele
gated power not therein prescribed, is an act of
usurpation demanding instantly the unqualified
condemnation of a people jealous of their liberties.
But a part of the words were stricken out from
the resolution as it was originally written. If it
D an act of usurpation, is it not revolutionary ? If
it is not revolutionary, is it not void in morals t
So far as the right of the minority Is concerned,
the usurpation cannot be sanctified by any lapse
of time nor rendered valid by any mere tacit ac
quiescence. By striking out this proposition
from the resolution, that the usurpation cannot be
sanctified by any lapse of time nor made valid by
tacit acquiescence, the committee adopt the con
verse of the proposition, which is a worse heresy
than the wildest doctrines of tte Radical party.
By striking out you assert that, while the exercise
of these unwarranted pewers is as usurpation,
yet, if the country quietly acquiesces for a time,
they become right and proper. This doctrine is
subversive of all the rights of the people of the
States, and, if allowed to prevail, would destroy
their liberties.”
Gen. J. B. Gordon.— Tne Austin (Texas) Gazette
says: “Almost every carriage and buggy in the
city were put in requisition last evening to con
vey persons to the Military Institute to wi.ness
the review of the cadets by General John B. Gor
don. The cadets were in full-dress uniform, as
neat as pins, and their arms looked as though a
white cambric handkerchief could not bave been
soiled upon them. The review was a most at
tractive spectacle, and the young fellows must
have felt a thrill of enthusiasm and pride to re
ceive the commendations of so noble and chival
rous a soldier as the renowned Gordon. The
review over, the General addressed them, com
plimenting them upon their noble appearance and
discipline. He said the Texas Military Institute
was a school of which the people of Texas, and in
fact of the whole South, should Itel pioud ; and
yet he thought it strange that such a magnificent
institution of learning had been allowed to strug
gle on without any public assistance. The gentle
man at the head of it, who had labored so zeal
ously for its establishment and support, deserved
the highest praise. He thought it exceedingly
strange that neither Austin nor the State had done
anything in aid of it, but while he and all others
regretted this, he felt satisfied that this state of
affairs would not exist long.
“ His advice to the young men was such as al
ways emenates from a true patriot He appealed
to them to cherish honor and rectitude as the
dearest treasures upon earth. Let the youth of
the South cultivate these virtues, he said, and
they would lead to a moral subjugation of the
corruptions and villainies that have of late been
holding high revel in the beautitnl land that we
all love to much.
His entire speech was full of dignity and pa
thos, and he was frequently applauded by all, and
most heartily by the cadets. The reunion was one
which will long be remembered by every one pres
ent as peculiarly gratifying.”
The Folio for May is at hand, overflowing with
No. 1 Miscellany and Music. The Literary De
partment, consisting of 30 columns, contains
Poetry, a sketch, “Bavedbya Socg,” “Something
about Country Choirs,” another of J. M. Tracy’a
capital articles, Foreign and Domestic Corres
pondence, Portrait ard Sketch of Signor Mario,
Editorial matter, and an immense digest of musi
cal and dramatic news. Tne Musical Department
contains s song Beyond the Clouds, by C. A.
White, author of Put Me in My Liitle bed; On
the Lakes, by T. P. Ryder, written exprtsaly for
the Folio, and a sacred quartette. Keep Me,Father
Salely Keep Me, by Eben Bailey. Nine pages of
mnsic, worth 91 -5. The quantity aud quality ol
contents are good beyond parallel. Only 10 cente
per number or 9 1 'JO per year, including beautiful
Oil Chroma. Edited by T. D. looker; published
by White, Smith & Perry, and 300 Washing
ton Street, Boston, Maas.
Lefler from Governor *milli.
Executive Department, 1
State of Georgia,
Atlanta, Gi., May 5, 1873. )
To tlt Farr,ter* of the Best and Xorth’xd :
I recently addressed an invitation to the Gov
ernors and other prominent citizens of many of
the Slate* to meet in convention at Atlanta, ou
the 20th instant, for the purpose of considering
the means of securing cheap transportation be
tween Ihe Atlantic seaboard and the great basin j
of the Mississippi.
The vast interest, common to all sections of the -
country, to be secured by a wise solution of this j
great question will, I trust, be deemed a sufficient
apology for my addret6iiig you this communica
tion. Our interests in this matter are, in a large
measure, identical, and this identity should insure
a hearty co-operation between us. In the four
Statts cf Bouth Carolina, Georgia, Florida aud
Alabama there is an annual deficiency of fifty -
million bushels of grain. This deficiency is in- !
creasing, owing in part to the gradual decrease cf
our available farm labor and the rapid increase of
our non-producing population. To supply this
deficiency we are now, and hereafter shall be, in a
great degree dependent upon the farmers of the
West and Northwest. Hence it will be seen that
the South is vitally interested in the success ol
any scheme which wiil diminish the cost of trans
portation upon Western products. Deeply im
pressed with the importance to them of the great
interest involved in this question, the people of
Georgia are ready to give their influence and aid
in behalf of any practicable measure which will
insure the accomplishment of so desirable an end.
The present high rates of freight compel un to
employ a large portion of our limited labor in the
production of food crops. This diminishes the
production of cotton—our only reliable article of
export; and, at the same time, deprives the West
and the Northwest, to that extent, of a market.
To illustrate: The average production of corn in
the four State 6 mentioned is ten bushels per acre.
To make up the deficiency in the quality now
produced it would be necessary to cultivate at
least 5,000,000 acres. This acreage devoted to
cotton would yield at least 1,250,000 bales, worth,
at fifteen cents per pound, 8125,000,000. Deduct
from this the value of the corn which the same
acreage would produce, at one dollar per bushel,
and we have 875,000,000 to represent the amount
of the loss snffeted by the Southern and Western
farmers, from the lack of facilities for making a
cheap interchange of products. This direct loss
is greatly increased by the reflex operation of the
causes under discussion. The high price of food
Increases the cost of the manufacture as well as
the production of cotton, and so of every other
article we need.
While the Western farmer realixes but a pittance
upon bis teeming crops, every manufactured ar
ticle which he uses comes to him burdened by
onerous and oppressive tariffs. Cheap transpor
tation from the West would not only cheapen
food, but would, as a consequence, also cheapen
labor. This result would enable the manufacturer
' to supply our wants at greatly ieduced prices,
and would enable him to compete successfully
abroad as well as at home. Our manufactories
would increase, our txporfs would be doubled,
our shipping interests revived, and the balance of
trade would be once more in our favor. But,
without speedy relief, existing evils must increase
and spread until poverty and bankruptcy over
shadow the whole land.
The feverish anxiety which pervades the public
rniud is abundantly shown in the fact that Con
gress is gravely asked to take control of the en
tire railroad system of the country, and by legis
lative action to regulate their charges.
Whether this would mitigate or aggravate the
evil; whether by Congressional management the
cost of operating the roads would be so dimin
ished as to afford the desired relief, are questions
which I will not here discuss. 1 only mention
them to show that a great pressing necessity un
derlies tills whole matter, which cannot remain
longer ucheaded.
The entire value of a bushel of corn, transported
a thousand miles by rail, is consumed by the cost
of transportation. This leaves no profit to the
carrier, none to ihe shipper, and not one cent to
the producer. So that if the railroad should car
ry corn for its actual cost and nothing more,
from St. Louis to Savannah, or from Chicago to
New York, the producer would still receive no
adequate remuneiation for his labor. Neither
can the Indefinite multiplication of railroads, nor
any legislative restriction as to freight charges
cure the evil, so long as the actual cost of operat
ing railroads remains undiminished. Until this
cost shall be reduced by means not now known, a
resort to either of the remedies proposed will
prove a mere expedient, which, in the end, will
surely disappoint public expectation. We do not
want expedients, or partial remedies. A cure of
the evil Is demanded by the farming interest of
the country ; and to nothing short of this Bhould
we look for permanent relief. In seeking this re
lief, the first steps to be taken Is to find a less
costly mode of transportation than that by rail.
Experience teaches us that water furnishes the
cheapest means ot transportation known to the
commercial world; and there is but little reason
to doubt that the solution of this whole question
will he found to rest upon the construction ot
great lines of water communication between the
West and the Seaboard, wherever nature has pro
vided a way. Build the Niagara Ship-Canal, con
necting the lakes by an unbroken chain of naviga
tion from Chicago to the sea; connect Lake
Champlain by ship-canal with the Hudson; en
large the Erie Canal, if possible, extend your wa
ter lines from the lakes to the Mississippi by every
proposed route, tvhere nature has provided a
way; improve the navigation oi your rivers so
that barges may pass through their entire length
without hindrance, and you will have done more
to relieve yourselves from your present, troubles
than yon can justly hope to secure by any other
means. In this way the railroads may be made
the feeders and distributors for your great trade
arteries, and tha causes which now induce them
to enter into extensive leases and combinations
jn many instances eq injurious to the public in-’
terest, would, in a great degree, cease to exist.
A glance at the map will be sufficient to show
that, from the great lakes to the Mississippi river,
there Is a vast expanse of country, divided by the
Apaiacliiau chaiD, which separates the waters of
the Atlantic from those which flow info the Gulf
of Mexico. The Ohio and the James rivers have
their sources amoDg the mountains of thi3 chain;
and further South, also the Tennessee, the Cooss
and the o cmn lS ee - Recent surveys have demon
strated, that it is feasible to connect by canals the
Ohio with the James river, and the Tennessee
with the Ocmuigee ; and thus, so to speak, tarn
the M.-sissippi into the Atlantic at Norfolk and at
Savannah. The merits of the James River and
Kanawha Canal have been fully discussed, and I
will not pause here to repeat the many reasons
which have been offered in favor of this great
work. I crave your attention, however, for a
moment, while I point out some of the advantages
which would flow from the construction of the
Atlantic and Great Western Canal, connecting
the Mississippi, through the Tennessee river, with
the Atlantic ocean at Savannah, Georgia.
The Tennessee enters the Ohio a short distance
above the confluence of the latter with the Mis
sissippi. From this point the general direction of
the Tennessee is southeast, to its great bend at
Guntersville, in the State of Alabama. At that
point the Cocsa and the Tennessee approach each
other —there being only a narrow neck of land
between them. Across this isthmus a canal thirty
miles long would connect these two rivers, and
open navigation to Rome, Geoigia. From Rome
the route follows tha Etowah to Its nearest point
ol approach to the Ocmuigee river, and down the
latter to the city of Macon, and thence to the sea.
Nature has already supplied the greater portion
of this route, and it remains for us to complete
the work which she has so well begun. The route
has been surveyed by distinguished engineers of
the War Department, and his been pronounced
by them eminently feasible.
It oilers to you the following advantages : First,
cheap transportation. According to the official
reports the cost of transporting a ton of grain
from SL Louis to Savannah, by this route, would ,
be $4 88. It costs, by rail sl4 40. The saving
upon each ton would be $9 52—amounting in the
aggregate to about 913,000,000 per annum, npoa
grain klouc, to be divided between the producer
and the consumer. 5 otd, Thi.- route would be
open the entire year, never rendered impraet: a
ble by ice in winter, nor by drought in summer.
Third, It would greatly increase the toasting
trade, lurnishing employment during tlie winter
months (when the Niagara Ship Canal shall be
opened) to the steamers and other vessels engaged
during summer upon the lakes. Fourth, The
route passes through immense for-?-- of yellow
pine; and you would be able to obtain the bc-t
lumber in unlimited quantities, and at low prices.
Fifth, It opens *o you all the Southern States east
of the Mississippi river, as a market for your
giain, baeoD, hay and other products, the deman J
lor which will constantly ineiease. In this mar
ket, you would be absolutely without a competi
tion. Sixth, It would furnish cheap transporta
tation for raw cotton to your section, and tor the
manufactured article in return. Such advantages
would certainly develop the manu r acture of cot
j ton to a vast extent in the western aud iForthvres
tsrn Slates.
I would take great pleasure iu meeting with the
farmeis of the West aud Northwest, aud uniting
with them in considering the vast iuterests in
volved in this question briefly ailud.d to in this
address. I cordially invite the granges in thes i
States to send delegates to the proposed conven
tion, assuring them that they will meet with a
hearty welcome from our people. Let us meet
face to face, and see if there is net a safe and sure
way of escape from the troubles in which our re
spective sections and peoples are involved.
James M. Smith.
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The Blue and Gray.—The following dispatch
was sent fiom Louisville, Ky., on the 3d of May:
A movement has been set on foot here for the
Fcderals and Confederates to join in the deeoia
tion cf the graved ot nre soldiers on both sides, ou
the 30th of May. Meßherson post and a number
ot the Grand army ot the Republic join in the
movement; also some of the meet prominent
Confederates residing in this city.
We consider this movement sacrilegious and
insulting to the memory of the distinguished and
honored Confederate dead. We honor the gallant
and brave enemy, who, unbidden save by the dic
tates of high and holy purposes, lays upon the
mausoleum of a worthy foe a tribute to his gal
lantry and heroism, and it is doubtless true that
there are some in the Federal army who co dd
perform this knightly courtesy without insult or
reproach ; but to gather in the hired myrmidons
of a Federal camp, who delight to mock the tor
turing woes of misfortune, and who cherish vin
dictive and unrelenting hatred for the cause aud
our dead, is an unpardonable act.
We hope that Georgia’s Confederates may never
embalm the living honor of her sacred dead with
the buoyant infamy that will spring from mixing
the Blue and Gray.
An Infernal Machine.— Speights, of the Grif
fin News, in a fit of furious sarcasm blows off
thus:
“Somebody, not having the fear of the ‘day of
wrath’ before him, Las sent this deponent a ‘non
descript aomething,’ which, as we ain’t keeping a
‘Foundling Hospital’ or a *Soup-Home,’ we pro
ceed to advertise, hoping the owners may come
forward, pay fees, prove property and take it
away, as we confess we are afraid of it; and more
over, we have had the thin<stied with a rope ever
since wm have had it, and it don’t seem to be en
joying itself. A tender analysis or examination,
convinces us that it is an ‘infernal machine’ of
the ‘ first water,’ and wo feel like somebody is
after our scalp every every time w r e look at it.
“It seems to be crushed and b oken-hearted,
but still maintains its savage look. It is wrapped
carefully ia two N. Y. ‘ Heralds,’ one ‘ Spirit of
the Times,’ one ‘ Fireside Weekly,’ tight ‘ Consti
tutions,’ (this looks bad for Whidby) seven ‘ Her
alds,’ with a profuse sprinkling of Charlie Wil
lingham’s illustrated paper, and a few scattering
leaves of Cary Styles’ modest sheet,
believe, at Albany, Ga. Now, what anybody
could want to do to us with this, passes our com
prehension, and the absence of anything that
•Red Top’ has to do with its make up, convinces
us that it is explosive, aud dangerous; therefore,
we advertise has.ily for an owner, with the threat
that if not inquired for soon, we wiil proceed to
roll our iron safe on it.”
Another Jeffry’s and his Jury.— Col. Al
ston, of the Atlanta Herald, writing Iroin Savan
nah, says: Swayze has made it his boast for months
past that he would have a jury at Savannah that
would be equal to the occasion aud worthy of the
court. How well he has fulfilled his boast, let
those who look upon what I now see answer. In
the jury before me there are 6ix black negroes,
two tan colored and four white men. I have heard
since I came here many express regret that Ers
kine should have lent himself to such a dirty
piece of judicial tryanny, and I sincerely believe
that when he came to look upon his work and scent
the aromatic odor that he had voluntarily intro
duced into his court, that he did feel some degree
shame. It is possible even for Erskine to leel em
embarrassed, tor history tells us that the notorious
Guilfoid, Lord Keeper of the Seal under James
11, who is described as a man distinguished for
his falsehood, selfishness, cowardice and mean
ness, and who rose in his profession by paying
ignominious homage to all who possessed influ
ence at court, was so mortified at the coldness of
the king, and could find so little consolation in
looking back upon a life which, although not
blackened by atrocious crime, was sullied by
cowardice, selfishness and scurrility, that when he
appeared for the last time in Westminster Hall, he
took with him a nosegay to hide his face, as ho
could not bear the eyes of the bar and the audience.
So even Erskine, after looking upon his jury, has
slipped away to Atlanta and left Judge Wood to
hold this Circuit Court. When he returns, I would
advise him to bring a nosegay for more purposes
than Guilford used it.
If even Farrow can give any other reason than
the Herald has given for adopting this new mode
of selecting juries, I would like to hear it. It ar
gues that white men are no longer capable or
worthy to sit on Federal juries, and therefore, re
sort had to be made to negroes. The very words
in which the rule is drawn is an insult to our peo
ple. Commissioner Swayze, el al., are instructed
“to collect the names of five hundred persons of
intelligence and moral worth from the body of the
people in the Southern District of Georgia, if so
many can be found, etc.” Now the idea, “if so
many can be found ” in a district where the city of
Savannah is situated, a city remarkable through
out the land for the intelligence and refinement of
its people, is simply preposterous, ard was in
tended as an insult. The whole thing is an out
rage, and I have scarcely patience to write calmly
on the subject. The corruption of the courts and
the tryanny that can be thus perpetrated is the
crowning infamy of a bad government, and it now
depends upon the press oi the country to hold up
the perpetrators to such scorn as shall cause them
to recede from their wicked purpose.
Judge W T oods is evidently a man of fine sense,
and must no doubt be disgusted with the spectacle
before him. As an evidence of the intelligence ot
these jurymen, I will relate an incident that oc
curred to-day: In striking a jury the name of a
negro man was struck, and the Judge directed the
list to be called, and all whose names were not j
called to leave their seats and take positions on
the opposite 6ide of the court room. This list was
called, and still there sat thirteen; the list was
called again, and still thir;een remained. Finally,
it was discovered that there was an old negro who
was trying to hold to his situation, when Judge
Lyon, one of the counsel, walked up to him and
said, in his old familiar style, “ get oat of here,
sir.” It was quite amusing to see the old negro
slope, and cause a titter throughout the court
room.
Notwithstanding such a grand jury, it would
have been impossible to find any bill if Farrow had
allowed rebutting testimony to go before them,
bnt this he declined until he had succeeded in get
ting five bills against five respectable gentlemen
of Macon. Feeling secure in his jury, be substi
tuted other testimony, and the result was that not
even this grand jury could find any more indict
ments.
Revcb de la Mods is a monthly illustrated
fashion work. It is anew work and is fast be
coming celebrated lor the lateness of its fashions:
It is imported from Paris and re-published by 8.
T. Taylor, 816 Broadway, N. Y., at *3 50 a year.
Important to Tax Rec iveks.— The Savam ah
N. w.i ceßs atn-ution io i v.r* important ao*
pus?td at the las' . • s ioav.;'c. Li.g'sTti>rt* as fo’.-
Ic-Ws:
By this rot it is made the duty ot the receiver
of tax returns, or the ptrs&n acting as 6ueh in
each county in this Bute, by the u*uai time of
closing the receivers hooks in every year, to ob
tain irons every person engaged in agriculture in
his comity, a statement on oatli of the number ot
agies, ns near as practicable, ho or she has planted
that ytsr, in erch of the farm crops. It ia also
in do the duty of the coll.ctor of taxes, or tin
persou actiug a-- such In each comity in ibis State,
by the 15th of D.comber in every year, to obtain
from every person engaged in agriculture in his
county a statement on oath of the amount, as
near as practicable, he or she has made that year
of etch ot the farm crops grown in the county —
the cotton crop to be returned in bales averaging
450 pounds each, a'.l grain crops and lice in bush
els, hay and all forage crops in tons. Also a
statement of the number ot farm auitasls ot
each kind he or she owns and has in possession.
If thfe provisions of this act are laithlully and con
scientiously carried out by the officers des
ignated tie result will be ol unusual interest.
We trust there wjl 1 . be no necessary delay iu ibe
publication of th* returns by the ccmptroli -r.
Only Fit for the Law. —An old lady walked
into a lawyer’s office lately, when the toilowirg
conversation took place:
Lady—Squire, I called to see if you would like
to taka this boy and make a lawyer ot him.
Lawyer—The boy appears rather young, Mad
am ; how old is he ?
Lady—Sew n years, sir.
Lawyer—He is too young, decidedly too youi g;
have you no older boys *
Lady—Oh! yes, i have several, but we have
concluded to make farmers of the others. I told
the old man I thought this little leliow would
make first rate lawyer, so I called to see if you
would take him.
Lawyer—No, madam; he is tco youug yet to
commence the study of the profession. Bat why
do you think ibis boy better calculated for a law
yer than your other sons?
Lady—Why, you see, s r, he is just seven years
old to-day. When he was only five, he’d lie like
all natur’; when he got to be 6ix he was sausrj
end impudent as any critter could be, and now
he’ll steal everv:kiug he can lay his hands on.
Gov. Smith has invited the members of the
Georgia Press Association to attend the Canal Con
vention on the 20th.
Death song of the Modocs—“ Put .me in my
j iava bed.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
I HEREBY forewarn ALL parties from kiting
Emanuel Pkiuizee, he having been employed
by me, and is under a special contract tor the year
1573
maylS.St T. C. IIAM.
Executor’s Sale.
Under and by virtue of an Order of the Oourt
of Ordinary ot Monroe County, will be sold on
Thursday, May 22d, at the late residence cf
John Wooten deceased, all the perishable prop
erty belonging to said estate.
A. MIDDLEBROOKS,
W. C.BECKHAM,
mayl3.lt* Executors.
"notick
TO
BRIDGE BUILDERS.
WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST BIDDER,
on Saturday, the 17tn of May, before the
Court-house door, at public outcry, the re build
ing of the bridge known as Crowder's Bridge.
Specifications of which may be seen at Dumas A
Alien’s.
By order of the Board ot Couutv Commission
ers. JNO. A. LASETEK,
Fsrsytb, May 13th. It C. 0. C.
Applteiiiiot! for IBoauesloael.
COURT OF ORDINARY MONROE COUNTY :
Whereas, Mrs. Bethia Simmons, widow
of John W. Simmons late of said Connty de
ceased, has applied tome for setting apart and
valuation of a homestead of realty and person
alty and I will pass upon the same on Friday
May 23rd at If) o’clock A. M. at my office.
E. DUMAS,
May 13 td Ordinary Monroe County
S F WILDER cc SOdSi.
Dealers Iu
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES WAGONS, Etc,
AT THEIR OLD STAND.
Furniture, Carpeting;,
Window Shades, Wall Paper, Etc.,
In the Brick Store over J. D. Proctor’s.
FARM PUMPS, SINGER MACHINES,
IWetuiic and Wooden Burial L’ases,
Extra or plain Myles always on Land.
We offer to the citizenc of Monroe the use of
our HEARSE, andjour services as Undertakers.
S. F. WILDER & SON,
may 13. if Forsyth, Ga.
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.
NOTICE TO SPECIAL TAX-PATERS!
The law of December 24, 1872, requites every
person engaged iu any business, avocation or em
ployment, which renders him liable to a
SPECIAL TAX
to procure and place conspicuously in his estab
lishment or place of business,|
A STAMP
denoting the payment ot said Special Tax before
commencing business.
The taxes embraced within the provisions of law
above quoted are the following, viz:
Rectifiers #2OO
Dealers, retail liquor 25
Dealers, wholesale liquor 100
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale 50
Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20
Dealers In leaf tobacco 25
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500
and on sales o! over Si,COO, flity cents for
every dollar in exeess of 81,000.
Dealers in manufactured tobacco 5
Manufacturers of stills 50
and for each still or worm manufactured... 20
Manufacturers of tobacco 10
Manufacturers of cigars 10
Peddler3 of tobacco, first clase, (mere than
2 horses) 50
Peddlers of tobacco, second class (2 horses).. 25
peddlers of tobacco, third class, fl horse) 15
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class, (on foot or
public conveyance)..* 10
Brewers, ol less than 500 barrels 50
Brewers, of 500 barrels or more 100
Any person who shall fail to comply with the 1
foregoing requireraen s will be subject to severe 1
penalties.
Special-tax payers throughout the United States
are reminded that they must make application to
the Collector, or Deputy Collector, of tbeir re
spective districts, and procure the properstamp
for the Special-tax Year, commencing May 1, 1373, !
without waiting for tQrther notice.
Application and money to be forwarded direct
to this office. B. F. BELL.
Colled nr Internal Revenue, 2a District. Ga.
maylS 4w Maeoo, Oft. ]
XEW ADVERTISEM EXTS.
THE LATEST IMEWS!
HAS BEEN DEFEATED BT
mmwu mwtcuuml'
AT
WOLFIT HIW wm STOBI,
IN
HII-AD’S MEW BUILDING,
Forsytlii Ga.
o
HAVINu JUST RECEIVED A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED sPBING AND SUMMER
Stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BUOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, Etc., Etc . we are
prepared to sell at the following Low Prices:
‘ so OCO Yards BEST SPRING CALICO at It centf
10,OCX) Yards 4 4 SHEETING at 12% cents.
2,000 Yaids DRESS MUSLIN’S at 12% cents.
2 000 Tards BROCADE GRENADINES at cents
l’oOO Yards FINE J APPANEESE at 25 cents.
*SOO HOOP SKIfTS, Slightly Damaged, at 50 cents
*4OO EXTRA FINE CORSE l'S at $1 00.
\SOO LINEN COATS at #I.OO.
500 Pairs LINEN BANTS at #I.CO.
500 UNION PANTS at #I,OO.
100 CASSIVIERE SUITS trom #5.00 to IS.OO
100 CASSIMEKE SUITS from #IO.OO to 123.00.
2,000 Yards HEAVY LINFN DRILL at 20 cents.
3,000 Yards HEAVY COTTON DRILL at 35 eeuis
500 Pair GOOD BROGANS at #1.25.
'SOO Pair LADIE’S SHOES at #1.50.
I 000 Pair LADIE’S CLOTH SHOES at fI.CO.
’SOO LADIE’d SUNDOWN at 50 cents.i
2,000 Pair LADIE’S WHITE HOSE at 12% cents.
1 100 Pair GENTS HALF HOSE at 10 cents.
LOGO HEMSTICH HANDKERCHIEFS at 10 cents. ~
And a Large Assortment of JACONET, CAMBKICK, PIQUE, SWISS, TOWELS, and NOTIONS
j in proportion. Also ajtull line of
groceries Amu pro visions :
Corn, Bacon, Flour, Sugar, Etc.
Don’t Fail to CALL when yon are in Town and sec the Prices, at
ar , rlct WOLFE’S NEW YORK STORE.
Has been before the American public
OVER THIRTY years. It has never yet
failed to give perfect satisfaction, and has
justly been styled the panacea for all ex
ternal Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Swellings,
Sprains, Bruises, &c., &c., for Man and
Beast. £. No family should be a single day
g?i-.pH9.U.
Dental Card.
I
- UNDERSIGNED CAN ALWAYS BE
AL found during office hours at his Room, over
MOBLEY A' CABANIBS’ STORE, in Pye’s new
building, South side Court House tqtare.
All who are desirous of having denial work done
in a scientific manner are respectfully invited to
call.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 A. M., to 1 P. M. ; 2 P. M. to 6 P. M.
L. S. MORSE,
may G.ly Dentist.
1 O THE PUBLIC
WE BEG TO ANNOUNCE to our customers
aod the public generally, that we have
sold our stock of Drugs, Medicines, &c., to Wat.
McCOM.vioN and J. R. BANKS, who will ctn
tinue the business at our old stand. We com
mend the new firm to our friends, as gentlemen
worthy of their lavor and patronage. Dr. W. L.
Carmichael will settle up the business ot the old
firm, and it is desired that all who are indebted
to them will come forward and settle at once, as ;
it is their intention to close up their business as <
early as practicable.
aprltf. W. L. CARMICHAEL & CO.
BANKRUPTCY
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
States having decided that Homesteads are
liable for prior to 1868, the un
dersigned will represent parties in Bankruptcy
when said exemption of #2.000 realty and #I,OOO
personalty can be secured, and a discharge ob
tained against debts contracted prior to Ist Jan
uary 1869, and also from deots since that time
upon the payment of fifty cents in the dollar.
A. D. HAMMOND,
ap!ls.'im Attorney at Law.
B. PYE & SON,
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS.
W E ANNOUNCE TO OU/. FRIENDS THAT
we Lave opened our large and well assorted
stock of
sraiHa mm%
And are prepared to furnish them with everything j
usually kept in
I
A FIRST-CLASSHOUS E, j
at the lowest prices. We have in store
j One Hundred Bolts Prints from 8 to 12}-* cts.
1 Men and Boys Suits from 13 CO to #2O 00.
A large and varied assortment of
DRESS GOODS,
HATS, CAPS,
B )OTS, SHOES,
CARPETING, DOMESTICS,
AND NOTIONS.
Every department is well stocked and we-„re
detekmiseo to sell. It will be to your advan
tage to call before purchasing elsewhere.
We will Duplicate any TXacou or
Atlanta Bills.
Ja&SLI?
without this Liniment, Tire money re
funded unless the Liniment is as repre
sented. Be sure and get the genuine
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. Sold
by all Druggists and Country Stores, at
25c., 60c. and SI.OO per Bottle.fs Noiios
style, size of bottle, &c.
HAGAX’S
Magnolia Balm
a Firtv application;: ;iajie a
Puro Blooming Complexion.
It is Purely r : 1 its operation is seen and
felt atone**. It a** . .*u tu liusiied Appear*
un ;e chum lby a a *.t. ' ii . ,a.ul Heals
'adrwnot' si. li u*; l IJ* uipiefL despoiling dark
und e;> t>. i> • v da -i/ Tan, Freckles, and.
tiixtbiirij. ai.'l •; n j L-t indoenc#
R*l.tt*Pti tiiß lfiu l .. v.r u *i . L*l
YOUTHFUL BLOOM ASTD BEAUTY.
Hol.i by all an '’-c -y Stoma. Depot.
-i *- .rk No* .
ap!29.ly
JD Ft. NT. A. . FI O FL3ST A3D Y
DEN TIS T.
OFFICE : The one recently occupied by R. P.
[ Trlppe as a law office. majtf-Sm
Tax Return* —First Round.
I will visit the following places, at tho time
specified, tor the purpose of receiving tax returns
for the year 1873, viz:
Red Bone, Monday, 21st April, 1873.
Culloden, Tuesday, 22d “ “
Russellville, Wednesday, 23d “
Bankston, Thnrsdav, 24th “ “
Brantley’s (Smarr’s St.). Friday 25th
Coiaparchee, Monday, 28th “ “
Johnstonville, Tuesday, 29th “
Unionyille, Wednesday, 30th “
4th Diet. (Smith’s Shop) Thursday, Ist May.
Cabanise, Friday 2d
Dillard’s District May 26.
Benton’s District May 27.
Middlebrooks’ District May 28.
AH persons are required to return land by
District, No. and Section.
I will be in Foieytb every Saturday, and every
public day, at the office of the Bank of B. Pye <£
Son. W. M. WILLIAMS,
api 15.1 m T. C. M. C.
JAS. W. €iREEVE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASTON, GA.,
will practice in the Counties of the Flint
' Circuit; Clayton, of the Atlanta Circuit, and Tal
bot Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuits ; also,
in the U. 8. District Courts of Georgia at Atlanta
and Savannah. febll.3m.
6C TO (fsOn Per Day! AgeDts Wanted! All
w classes of working people of
either sex, young or old, make more money at
work for us in their spare moments, or all tbe
time, than at anything else. Particulars !ree. Ad
dress G. STINSON & CO., Portland, Maine.
janl4.ly
Globe Hotel,
AUGUSTA
A. J. S. JACKSON, Proprietor.
oct29 ct
“BTINGTON’S hotel,
FORT VALLEY, . . GEORGIA
Large Comfortable Rooms and every Convenience
A First-Claw Bar Attaohed.