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fhc Quitman gamier.
F. R. FILDES, - - Editor.
QUITMAN, oho.
FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 6, 1807.
Oapt lames X> MCoseSey
J, enr mtheriised General Audit, to procure and
receipt for subscriptions and adrerttaing for tin-
Qitirmpit hannrr.
The True Policy.
We are liuppy to learn that nnrsrticlv
(in the lust Banner,) advising the pro-
Heriptinii of white and lilack Radicals, is
likely to yield beneficial result*—to add
reinforcements to tlmt party which clings
to the Constitution, a* tile only hope for
the perpetuation of lilsjrty and mainten
ance of the "t ights of man." Many of the
freedmen in and about Quitman, who
hare hitherto co-operated with the Radi'
cal*, are reported as haying declared
themselves opposed to the “rule or ruin”
psrty. if aiding and allotting its nefarious
schemes was to result in their being cast
overboard by their conservative employ
era, and made dependent, for their bread
and meat, upon Yankee emissaries and
poverty-stricken, miprincipled traitor*—
men devoid of honor, steeped in the sew
of iniquity, snd dependent upon the
of Crime, to kee p the monster
starvation, from their own doors.
The moatfsenaihle freedmen likewise
justify'tire policy of proscription: for, suy
% they, men who hare given unmistakable
evidence that they are hostile to the true
interests of the land and property pro
prietors of the country, have no right, to
expect favors, countenance, or support,
►it is Contrary to reason and without pre
cedent
We have beard of one negro, however,
who pretends to treat with conlempt,
arid bids defiance to the suggested poli
cy. This a good mechan c and
enjoys a lucrative situation. He boldly de
clares himself a Kudicsl in feeling and
sentiment, and says that proscription is
impossible, for the reason that the. white
man cannot prosper without the aid of the
Hack man! This otily serves to illustrate
his ignorance and dnplicity. It is the
identical argument advanced and incul
cated by the emissaries of Radicalism.
The most conclusive manner in which to
refute such heresy—to demonstrate the
fact that the negro is not a necessary
auxiliary to the prosperity « f the while
man -it for employers to discharge every
Radical in their service. Such a course
would aoon convince them that their
Radical advisers are liars arid villians.
No difficulty is ciiccmtered to con
vince the freedmen that the aims, designs
and principles of the Jacobins, are direct
ly opposed to the present interest and
fhtnre prosperity of the country—that if
successful in revolutionizing the social
and political status of those Southern
States, white* and blacks, alike, must
suffer untold oppression, misery and
want. But the great difficulty is, in
keeping them convinced of such undenia
ble and glaring fact; for the first spy
and Yankee hireling thut conies along,
places before them an additional phial of
poison.—they gulp it down and rejoin
the Radical ranks. And we most admit,
the realty ignorant freedmen are not to
blame; for tliesj Yankee villains have
oily tongues—they cat and sleep with
their durk skinned brethren—make them
selves extremefy agreeable—and tints
poor Aftic's sons are dnped and bought.
Reason and argument are weak weap
ons to c nil at heresy engendered thro’
ignorance; and theres re, the true policy
fix our people to pursue, is, ns suggested
h»st week: to hire no man, white or black,
who has enlist'd tinder the black banner
of Radicalism, and thereby announced
his determination to wage war against
the happiness, prosperity, and every in
terest of the South. And all who have
such men at present employed—al
though they may be temporarily incon
venienced—would render the country and
constitutional liberty a great service, by
prompt y discharging them; but, in every
i istance, in plain, distinct terms, the em
ployer should inform such parties of the
cause of discharge.
Be independent! Convince these arro
gant and impudent laborers, that the
whites are not dependant on them for one
moment. Imitate the noble women so
journing at the Greenbriar White Sul
phur Springs, in Virginia, and Right will
soon nsKl pher sway, and Mr. or lie di'Ucn
from her present stronghold.
—
Kinstcinf Jk Eekninn.
This is one of tt e oldest and most ex
tensive Dry Goods houses in Savrunali.
A career of twenty-one years ha« made
it familiar to thousands of merchants and
business men, am a first-class establish- ;
ment. where every demand can be sup- j
plied, and honorable dealing guaranteed. !
We are not perannatly acquainted with
Messrs. Einstein h Eckman, bnt arc as
auv and by tfe-re who have known tin m
hmg and well, that they arc correct,
clever gentlemen, ever anxious to accom
modate friends and customers.
Their Fall stock is very heavy, and
embraces everything needed by the inte-|
rior merchant and planter. See their ad
vertieement.
DcWttt Jk Morgnn.
These SavatmoS Dry Goods merchant*
receive a heavy custom from this section !
of Georgia and Middle Florida. And it
is r'ght—for they deserve it. Their stock \
is always laige and varied-—they sell al
moderate prices, and are agreeable, hon
orable, ooiiKcivuSiosts and clever gentle-1
men. They are located at 1S" Congress
aireet, and will always be pleased to see
their friends from the interior, or will
promptly fill anv order forwarded by
mail. We take pleasure in recommend
ing their house to the readers of the Ban
T'*r. and call attention to advertisement
*U-where_
Gen Pope ■ Pres* Order To* Upon
Widows and Orphans
The following correspondence is pub
lished for the information of die public:
Banmck Omen. Qirnu*, Oa , Sept 2. ’67.
Cait. 1. (}. MoOai.i., Ordinary ilroolu Cos.
Dear Sir,--1 am informed that jini have re
omlly had a correspondence wilt General John
Pope, with reference to the publlrsil'.n of legal
notices, issuing from your office, in the tin liner;
and, as it is important that Executors, Adminis
trator* and Guardians should be fully Informed
ns to the construction placed upon General Order
No. 49. ! rerpectfiilly request that you fuinislime
a copy of said correspondence for publication.
Very respeclfulliy,
Your ob’t serv’t,
1-. H. Ft I.IKS.
Editor Banner.
T.aW OpncK, Qi itsav, Ga.. Sept. Sd, ’67.
Mn. K. K. Fii.uks. Editor “Banner”:
Dear Sr. Y'onr note, under dale of yesterday.
we* handed lo me by Mr. Goodman. Y'onr in
fornmtion as to I he correspondence hetwei'n Gen
I’ope and myself is correct and a# there cun he
no impropriety, so far as I know, in furnishing
you will. a copy of that correspondence, I do so
cheerfully,
Very Bespectfui'y, etc.,
John U. MoCall.
Qvitiuk. Da-, August Z3d, 1867,
Maj. Gen. John I'ock. Coinnmiiding 3rd Military
District, A ilanla, Ga.
JJrar Sir. As Ordinary of this County
(Brooks, I am required to forward all legal adver
tiserneiita from my office to some newspaper, here
tofore and now favoring the reconstruction of this
Htute under the late Acta of Congress. Mr.
Elide*. Editor of the Quitman Banner, a weekly
paper published in this place, propose*, now, lo
publish such legal notices frre of charge, and <le
sires me to furnish them to Ids paper still which
I have thus far refused to do. and will still do so
unless I nm authorized to change, by additional
orders from your Head Quarters,
Your early attention in the premises respect
fully requested.--I have the honor to be, sir.
Your Obd't Herr't
J.'G. McCall.
niAnqrAKTEKs.''l hikii ldii.m*r District, 1
Gkokuia, Alabama and Elokum r
Ati.anta, Ga.. August! 27, 18C7.)
J. G. McCsf.t., i>o.,
Ordinary of Brooke County. Oa.,
Sir, —l have tho honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter of 23d instant. Your refusal
to furnish advertisement* as you state; *as cor
rect.
The Order (No. 49.) Is clear and explicit, and
need not lie misunderstood.
1 am, sir, very respectfully,
Y'onr obedient servant,
J. V. MkI.INK,
Chief of Bureau.
Gen. Pope, by ".Special Order,” has
guaranteed to his subjects, freedom of
speech and of the Press; and therefore
we are privileged to criticise even Ilia
magesty’s acts with the same liberty we
would those of a more humble function
ary-
The foregoing correspondence fully ex
poses the character of the man, the trick
ery of the politician, and the arbitrary,
domineering and dishonorable exercise of
power of tho Military Ruler. Tho facts
set forth are abundantly sufficient to con
vince tilt: most skeptical, of the real ob
ject contemplated by “General Order No.
4y.” It is demonstrated to be nothing
more nor less than a political manoeuvre,
to realize money for tho advancement of
the cause of Radicalism—-to etiriclt vil
liiins at tlio expense of the heart’s blood
of the people.
Here is the case in a nut shell: We
proposed to publish the Citations of Or
dinaries, who have hitherto advertised in
the Banner, gratuitously. The matter be
ing referred to General Pope, tis to wheth
er, under such circumstances, tho publi
cation would be permitted, the Ordinary
is informed that “General Order No. 49”
is explicit, and such notices must not be
published’in the Banner, even gratuitously
—they must be forwarded to a Radical
newspaper, and paid for. Therefore it is
plain, that General John Pope’s solo ob
ject in issuing “General Order No, 49,"
was to levy a direct tar upon the Widows
and Orphans of the State of Georgia, for
the support of political adventurers and
Iscariot traitors, who tire engaged in the
disreputable work of publishing radical,
incendiary papers. None hut the base
at heart would stoop to such dishonorable
werk.
But this not all. We proposed to pub
lish these notices gratuitously, for the
convenience of the people, anti to relieve
the Ordinaries from a very disagreeable
dilemma. These officials took an oath,
upon entering upon the duties of their
respective offices, that they would faith
fully execute the laics of the State. Even a
Po[xt cannot absolve them from that
oath: it was solemn, binding, and regis
tered on high. And said laws require of
them to publish their citations in a news
paper published in their respective coun
ties; and if none, then in the one giving
the largest circulation, etc. Gen. Pope
says Ordinaries must not comply with
the requirements of said law—they must
send their citations to radical sheets,
which have no circulation in their coun
ties—and thereby i’kbji'hk themselves be
fore Gon AND MAN.
Therefore it is plain, that Gen. Pope,
not oblj levies black-mail upon me will
ows and orphans of Georgia, but to suc
cessfully carry out his measures, and to
reduce the civil officers of the State to the
same level of moral corruption as his own
base hirelings, he demands that such
officers stamp upon their brows the damn
ing stigma of PERJURY! \\ as infamy
ever more glaring? Butler and Sheridan
arc gentlemen-and Christians when placed
in comparison with this jnttndicod Com
mail dec of the Third Military District.
l.i this connection we will remark,
that Capt. John G. McCall, the Ordinary
for Brooks county, takes no pa*'t, what
ever, in politics. He desm-s to conform
strictly with the laws of the State, and,
so far as possible, comply with the "Or
ders” of the General commanding the
District. The correspondence published
above, was furnished at our urgent solid
-1 tation.
Sensitive, Vkryj—{Southern born men
who have deserted their country in the
hour o her distress, and joined the Rad
icals -if the Xorfti fo-overtlirow the Fed
eral Cons itution, and erect negro gov
ernments over the Southern States, com
plain and-whine no little about the hard
names that are applied to them As
i well might a man who has stolen a horse
■ complain ofbeing called a thief. Show
that the epithets are undeserved, and
not whine about them, at tisf 1 same time
go'ng o i in your guilty cond-eatid glory
ug iu jour shame.— Macon IVlejgr.ipb
New* ant) Other Itetns.
—General Sheridan and Sickles, com
manders of Qte bill and 2nd Military I)is
tricts, have been removed, and their suc
cessors are General* Hancock and Cau
by.
-‘General Orders’ removing our King,
Joint Pope, are anxiously looked for by
the people. Doubtless they will be forth
coming at an early day.
—Somelxjdy wrote Gen. Pope a letter,
making inquiiy as to whether he design
ed isrtiiiug_un order staging the collec
tion of debts, and bis tnajes'y replies, in
effect that he has no business, interferring
in slidi matters. That’s so; but his high
ness him heretofore poked his nose into
business that did not concern him.
-The grounds on which Sickles was re
moved are, he held that lie was not
amenable to grand Juries U. S Marshals
or 0. S. District Attorneys, while he was
in command of a military District crea
ted by,Act of Congress. He strove to
mount too high and was precipitated to
the pit below.
—Gen. Grant has issued an Order re
quiring Military commanders to make
no appointments to civil ffiec of persons
who have been removed by themselves
or their predecessors in command.
A large Conservative meeting, com
posed of wtiites and blacks, was held in
Columbus, Geo., on the 31st, at which
there was great enthusiasm, and reso
lutions passed demanding the enfranchise
ment of all lhe whiles and declaring the
right of negroes to held office, The Rad
ieals tried to get tip a row but failed.
- —Bridget Dnrgan, the fiendish mur
deress, was hung at New Brunswick, N.
J., on the 30th.
—There was twi hundrid and forty
one deaths from Yellow Fever at Galves
ton Texas for the week ending Saturday
last. The fever is also raging to a dread
ful extent at Corpus Christi. One half
the citizens are sick or dead.
—The Yellow fever has become epidem
ic in New Qrleans. For the week ending
Saturday there was one hundred and
twenty six deaths. The fever is on the
increase.
—The Supreme Court of Maine has de
cided that a marriage between a negro
and white woman is illegal and void.
This by a Republican Judge, who no
doubt holds, politically that both colors
are “equal before the law.” The parties
had been married about a month.
A Useful Race-
It cannot be denied that the colored
race proved itself the most generally use
ful race that has ever existed in this conn
try. The Baltimore Sun say»they have
not only cultivated cotton, rice, tobacco
and corn, but they have been invaluable
to the politicians, the philanthropists, the
philosophers, the sentimentalists, the
poets, the stump-speakers and the doc
tore of divinity. Whilst their industry
produced the staples which laid the foun
dations of the vast commercial and man
ufacturing enterprise and wealth of A
nterica, their condition has occupied the
minds and set goin the tongues and
pens, and finally the muskets and cannon
of the white race. The earth is yet quiv
ering under the shock of that collision
of ideas and muscle of which tho colored
matt was the innocent cause. But his
uses. It s progress of all sorts, have not
yet Itcen exhausted. If he is jto longer
bearing the burthen of slavery, he s
bear ng the burden of politicians, who
arc astride of the freedmun, like the Old
Man of the Sea, with their legs twisted
around his neck, ami arc determined to
make him carry them to the high places
of power. What would become of Amer
ican politics, or Atm-ri•• ■ philanthropy,
without the colored man: II we would
imagine for a moment that there was
not one of the race in America, what
would we do for political staples, and
where would there be a channel lor those
overflowing sympathies which distain to
include any white man except, the par
ticular individual exercising them?
First Flection in Alabama
Gen. Pope has issued an order for an
election in Alabama on the Ist of October,
on the question of a Convention and di It"
gate* to the same. We suppose a similar
order w ill soon issue for Georgia, as it is
stated registration is about completed.
It was thought, a few weeks ago, that
the whites would outnumber the blacks,
lint recent developments make it evident
that the negroes will have the ascenden
cy. Upon the completion of registration,
it is probable that the negroes win nave
about td-o thousand majority.
A malicious correspondent te'ls
of a young lacy at one of the watering
places who has been nineteen for live
seasons .— Exchange.
Pshaw ! That’s nothing : we have
heard of young ladies who have been jwrt
seventeen for the past fifteen years, and
tl eir cheek* look as rosy as ever. It is
said that unmarried young ladies arepos
sessed of a secret charm, by which they
never get any older after attaining si reel
seventeen. A mischievous chap, at our
cllsiw says he once saw a “sweet seven
teen” purchase the “charm" from an
Apothecary. Os course he is mistaken.
Mr. \V. H. Betts was brought to
Colin ibus, Ga., the other day in military i
eusti y. Mr. B. says his only offence is 1
Ids offering to register a-“black and tan” !
terrier «h>g, at the office in West Point. :
The registrars refused, and he raised a
lass about it, as lie understood It made :
no difference what they registered, so the
complexion was all l ight. Jfceon Tele
graph. _
Prentice, of the Louisville Jour
nal, says t “Before we would employ in
our business or patronise in-their business
any man, whi e or blaek, who should
vote to disfranchise .is and rob us of all
civil rights, we wenhl ask that our head
should lie chopped off ami cast upon a
dung hill.” Every man feels the same
way.
lAnfoln’s lYlOminlebti
A'few Yankee adventurers and tfaitors
in Atlanta, haVe for several mohttih past
been agitating the erection in that city,
of a monument to Mr Lintiolrt. The Au
gusta Chronicle, & Sentinel suggests that
ihe material necessary for the work can
lie found in great abundance upon all the
battle fields of the late war. I>et them
send out and gather the bones of the
brave and patriotic Southerners, who fell
by the bnjlets of Lincoln’s hirelings while
fighting for their country’s rights, and
which lie bleaching upon the hills and
valleys of every Southern State. Ltd
(Item collect the crimson gore of
their noble hearts, which stained the
fields and reddened the grass of a thou
sand farms in Virginia and Georgia, Mis
sissippi and Tennessee.
Let the Monumental pile, formed of
the bones and cemented by the blood of
fallen patriots, be raised until its peak
shall kiss the skies, a fitting monument
of Southern devotion to tho memory of
him who will pass in history as thr
greatest and most wicked murderer of
this or any other age.
If these Atlanta pa riots wish a pretty
inscription for their “gorgeous pile,” let
us suggest the following :
FORMED OF THE Do Nr. 8
A.VD
CEMENTED BY THE BLOOD
OF THR
GLORIOUS PATRIOTS
Who fell by hireling bullets, while fighting
J their country's cause.
i THUS MOSUUEST
1 18 ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
BY
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS,
WHO
RECOGNIZED IN HIM
THE BLOODY MURDERER
OF THEIR
HUSBANDS AND FATHERS,
AND THE
FANATICAL DESTROYER
OF
FREE GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA.
Sound Advice -The Two Races.
Tho Baltimore Sun, in a recent article
on the two races, gives the following ex
cellent advice to the colored men of the
South, which we commend to their grave
consideration, especially in this vicinity,
where they are beset by so many evil
influences and radical incendiaries. Says
the Sun :
“It is to be hoped that the colored men
will not permit themselves to act upon
the belief, which incendiary white men
are seeking to instill into them, that the
laws of the land are insufficient for their
protection, and that, in order to be secure
they must adopt a practice of the most
vicious and degraded class of whites.—
Every one recollects the execration and
loathing by which that class, w-ho for
merly disturbed the peace of this comma
nity, were looked upon by all good citi
zens, both white-and colored, and why
should colored men permit themselves to
he degraded to the level of such habits,
which will inevitably render them oh-,
jects of the same execration and loathing
Their true friends feel profoundly solicit
ous to elevate them above such a fate,
and to encourage them everywhere, by
good order and industry to show that the
two races, which have every reason for
mutual good will and on-operation, can
continue to live together on the same
soil in am ty and peace.”
Tlie Cabinet autl General Amnesty.
A I’r ss dispatch from Washington,
says tho question of General amnesty
was before the Cabinet on the 3rd, and
the President had expressed a hope that
it would be disposed of on that day. It
is said the President is very decided in
his advocacy of the measure, and if the
Cabinet coincide, his proclamation of am
nesty will be based upon that of March,
1862, issued by Mr. Johnson, while Pro
visional Governor of Tennessee, which
was approved by Mr. Lincoln and Con
gress.
That, proclamation saiil in efl'ect, that
while treason may be punished, no vin
dictive o dors or retaliatory measures
will l>e adopted, but a general amnesty
for all past acts and expressions will lie
granted to the people, cm the single con
dition, that they yield themselves citizens
under the majesty of ihe law. He ap
pealed to all erring ami misguided peo
ple to return to their allegiance aud avail
themselves of this amnesty.
Why General Dickies was Removed.—
ti.o correspondent of the
New York Herald says : "The cause of
the removal of General Sickles, is his in
subordination in disobeying the positive
commands of the President. The Order
No. 10, resisting the execution of man
dates of the L'nited States Supreme
Court iu North Carolina, was rescinded
by the President some weeks ago, aud
General Graut instructed General Sick
le. accordingly ; hut the latter, instead
of promptly submitting, ordered his sub
ordinates not to obey the instructions
forwarded by the Attorney General at
the command of tie President, and wrote
a very offensive letter to General Grant,
in which ho alln ’ed in disrespectful terms
indirectly, to the President, and asked
for a suspension of the order until such
time as he (Sickles) could write a defence
of his course. ThejPresident, however,
refuses to wait, when a plain, positive
comm' ud is recklessly disregarded, and
retiresJSickles with unusual promptness
The nest victim will undoubtedly be
Genera? Pope, who n a short time, will
be removed to make way for General
Wager Swayne.”
Some fime since a Mr. Driver exposed j
the ct remoni.’s, signs, etc., of the Loyal \
League. This rendered anew ritual :
necessary, and the LaGrange Reporter
has received a copy of it, which it prom
iees to publist next week
I'oDtrsal Ain nest y
Bennett, of the New York llcralA, has
mounted the hobby which CkEKi.r, of the
Tribune, has been riding for the past six
months, and calls upon the President to
immediately play his trump card — iini
cersal amnesty. That journal says :
“The reconst notion problem, however
in its present phase, is bring rig daily
new elements to the surface ; and until
we know if Mr. Johnson will play his
great trump card or not there can be
but little certainty about the next Presi
dency. That trump card it is now lime
that Mr. Johnson should play. The
moment has come ; the revolutionary
wave which freed the negro is now dash
ing him against the common sense of the
country to the ruin of its present interest
and its future greatness. We are now
thr< atened with negro
from eaClt Congressional District in the
South ami the code which is to-govern
the United States may receive laws bas
ed upon ignorance instead of education.
The wave must he stopped ; it lias hr
ken front the control of lln.se who first
gave it impulse. The national revulsion
offeelingdemandsthat.it lie hulled, anu
demands, too, that Mr. Johnson halt it
Let him strike the How : let him now
give the country universal amnesty
The negro will then take Ins proper place
and in tin- light of a freedom which is
his right he may emerge fr >m mental
darkness. With universal amnesty the
reconstruction problem will be finished
at a stroke ; intelligence will replace
ignorance, and Puritanism and the negro
may take position second to the common
sense of the country.”
Disgraceful Scene in a Ciiurcli
The Buffalo (New York) Courier, of the
20lh, gives the following account of an
extraordinary proceeding that took place
in one of the Roman Catholic churches
of that city :
The corpse of a man named Mathew
Hausle, a leading member of the ehnrch.
and also a member of the St. Louis Socie
ty was taken to the church.for burial
services, under the auspices of the St.
Louis Society. The banner of the Socie
ty was taken to the church, whereupon
the officiating Priest, whose name we
learn was the euphonious one of Schulep
nekopf, refused to proceed with the ser
vices unless the Jbawier was removed
from the church. The Society refused to
obey tho order and the Priest retired.—
Shortly after be again made his appear
a nee, hut was firm in his determination
not to proceed with the services unless
the objectionable banner was removed,
alledging that it was a Masonic banner.
Our informant states that the congrcga
tion then arose en masse, that some be
gan swearing, and that others started
for the Priest, who fled from the church
and across the yard to his residence, close
at hand, escaping without personal vio
lence, although threats of vengeance
were hurled at him. Those persons who
had left the cliuri It then returned, when
tho St. Louis Society offered up prayers
over the dead man,after which the remains
were carried to their last rcsti place.
It Bcems almost incredible tha; such dis
graceful proceedings could take place in
t church.
WaS* A Sad Catastrophe.— As public
journalists, we are compelled this morn
ing to chronicle one of the most heart
rending disasters that, we think, has
ever happened in Savannah, and which
has laid waste the happiness of a home
and family.
Miss Daley, a young lady, agetl from
sixteen to eighteen years, the daughter
of Mr. Michael Daley, one of our oldest
citizens, accompanied her father North
some time since, and while there was
called back by the serious illness, cf her
sister who resided in this city. Leaving
her father at New Y<gk, site took pas
sage on the steamer Hetman Livingston,
which after a safe voyage arrived here
last night about nine o’clock Miss Da
ley, young, and impatient no doubt to
greet Iter relatives w:ts among the first
to sturt unaided and "lone, to cross the
gang plank, which in the darkness affor
ded out precarious tooting even to those
who were practised, and had experience
t»l its dangers. VVhen about midway be
tween the vessel and the wharf, her feet
slippled, and without a cry she fell into
the dark water beneath, which was rush
ing up with the (uree of a flood tide, and
sustained for a moment by her clothing,
carried her towards the stern of the ves
sel, when she sunk without rising again.
Out of a crowd on the wharf, not one
could be found brave enough torisk their
life to save the drowning girl—-a sad
commentary < n the selfishness of human
nature.
Her shawl and bonnet, we believe,
were recovered, and at tbe bout we write
efforts are being made, with drags, to
find hei body.— Bav. Republican, 2d.
Gen. Meade says he has little confi
dence in politicians, as such ; lie thinks
the Presidential nomination is lieing man
ipulated at present with a considerable
amount,of shrewdness ; that a class of
men are now putting General Grant for
ward upon one side and General Sheri
dan upon the other, and when they have
sufficiently pitted these two popular
military men against each other they will
both be dropped and Secretaty Chase
Lite “third man,” being a
civilian and supposed to be available.
He agreed with us that the position of
General Graut is a better one thau the
Presidency ; but thought the time would
coine when Grant would naturally desire
to retire from publ c life and it would be
mors desirable to do so from the White
House than from the head of the army.
He conceives that the frieuds of Chase
will leave no means untried to secure the
nomination.
Samaxa, which the President of Domin- j
ica is reported to have consented to sell i
to the United States for $5,000,000, is a j
peninsula and bay on the northeast coast :
of St. Domi: go The government, it is j
stated, has for fourteen years • ..deavor- j
ed to make this important acquisition, I
but until now- without success. The bay
of Samana, which is one of the finest in j
the world, lies on the south side of the
peninsula, and is forty three miles wide. ■
Samana, is said to possess, in the great- j
est abundance, the ehvricests tinil<er for
shipbuilding, and there arc also on the j
north siiore excellent natural fae lities
for reparing vessels. The acquisition,
as a commercial and naval one, is very !
vaiua' le, aud politically, it gives ns a
controlling position in the Antilles of the
Gulf of Mexico.
Two cargoes of ice iiave arrived at Sa
vannah. This will be good news to our ,
citizens
Hurtling tlie VI onus.
A g' ntlethah, who hafl jiist rettirnbd
from a trip to the conrttfy, informs ub
that the war against thfe button worms
has asslitb"d tt new type, Slid that the
situation haft thereby become more prom
ising. It aft [tears that the worms, as is
tbt.’ir custom at a certain stage of their
; career, have webi>ed themselves on the
I upper branches of the plant, and the
plan is to go through the fields with
scissors or shears in itand cut off the
branch or branches on which the cocooned
webs are attached and blirn them oil the
spot. This plan if generally adopted,
i cannot fail to utterly destroy the pest
! which has proved such an “impediment”
jto ottr planters. Nor is its p«lsecuti<>rr
so difficult as might be imagined. \Ve
believe a band is expected on an aver
age to cultivate four acres. Tbe worms
make their appearance after the ordinary
tillage is over and tne crop is “laid by,”
and tbe band who cultivates four acres
can cut ofl' the webbed colonies ofyoung
worms from these fourjacres in two days.
The clipper is followed by a boy with a
fire of pine knots in a wire basket or old
tin pan and with the destruction of each
web millions of embryo worms expire.
In those portions of tins State and Mis
sissippi where the above mentioned
course has b« n pursued the hopes of the.
planters are beginning to revive The
regular army worms—whose countless
myriads destroy acres upon acres of cot
ton in a single night—-always make their
single appearance after the webl>ed stage
has been assumed, aid their procreative
energy for the season has been exhaus
ted. To slay them then you slay them
by the uiilliau and should the destruction
be complete it is probable that the army
worm would not again be r heard of for
years. Formerly It was supposed that
the genuine cotton worm did not make
its appearance more titan once in twenty
three years, but wc have been troubled
with it fir three successive seasons, and
utter extermination by fire seems alone
to promise security in the future. We
trust that the war of extermination will
be pursued in all portions of the country
and that thereby » goodly portion of tbe
once expected crop may yet be saved.—
New Orleans Times, 23 d.
Judge Chase — Negro Suffrage —A ru
ntor is ctm.that Judge Chase, since
his recent visit to the South upon his of
ficial duties, has changed his views re
lative to conferring the right of suffrage
upon the late slaves of the South ; that
he now thinks it improper, and that it
threatens the nation with disastrous con
sequences. If this is true, then Judge
Chase owes it to his country to give his
opinion to the public. Tbe subject is in
deed, the most important now agitating
the nation. The Judge was the first prom
inent man in the'nation who boldly advo
catedjthe according the right of suffrage
to the negro. If his mind has undergone
Such a change as that reported it is a re
markable fact —alike creditable to his
honesty and his judgment. At all events,
the whole nation feels an interest in
knowing whether _thcre is truth in this
rumor or not.
The lineal descendant of Dermot Mc-
Moroogh, the last Irish King, is now
working as a stone tnasott at buildings
at Toxteth Park, Liverpool. He is known
by the name of D- . The undoubted
representative of the Earl of Ulster, who
flourished in the time of Elizabeth, and
who gave that monarch a good deal of
trouble in Ireland, is a policeman in the
Liverpool police toree. The grandson of
one of the most eminent members of tin:
Irish Pariiam nt, who was not only dis
tinguished os an orator and a beautiful
lyric poet, but also for his patriotism and
opposition to the Union, is now a barman
in a spirit vault near the Liverpool Ex
change.
The Cover ;or-oenrral on Negro Can
didates. —The Czar of that part of modern
Poland embraced in District 3 don’t like
the idea of having negro legislators and
fficere. lie is going to route that dan
ger, if possible, which now harrows np
the fears of his party at the North.
The offices are for the white Radicals
—the voting is to be done by the black
ones. It is said that a scene somewhat
similar to the following occurred at the
Papal Palace at Atlanta a few days
BtD( e :
J. P. to Chief Registrar of connty—
“We want you to send your best men
(white Radicals, of course) from county
C. R “Can’t do it General; the niggers
is got the majority in the county and say
tha is gwine to have the offices.”
J. P. “That foolishness must be stop
ped at once.”
C. R. “I can’t do it, General.
J. P. “Well I can ; and if one of those
I black rascals dares topui himself up for
! office let me know, and I'll put him down.
| Go, sir I” —Columbus Sun and Turns.
Fatal Accident.—As we go to press
! we learn that Williara Adams, a youth
about 17 years of age, and second son of
! pur esteemed fellow citizen, Dr. S. S.
Adams, accidentally shot himself with a
j gun, while out sporting this morning.
l’he charge took effect iu tbe breast and
I produced instant death. We have oot
j leagued the particulars. The whole com-
I inanity sympathize with the afflicted pa
' rents.—Thoa.asville Enterprise, Sept. 3.
The editor of the Griffin Star, writing
| from Savannah, says : “Among the ru
| mors of the town, ais saia tl.»t ttu. T T S.
District Attorney will not try any case
; under Pope's Negro Jury order, and that
lie is determined to have the Juries of
; the U. S. Cour's made tip according to
| the old law. I know nothing about it,
but from the fact, that the U. S. District
j Attorney’s name is Fitch, I fully believe
' the rumor true.”
Negro J;ry. — lnformation from Henry
county, is to the effect, that the Jury of
j of the Court, now in session at that place
i is composed of six whites and six blacks
] and as a consequence, are dead hung on
i an issue between the State and a negro
I charged with larceny. The case was
| submitted to them Tuesday, and at last
! accounts, W ednesday, they were as far
j from a verdict as ever. — Savannah Adver
i User.
The Washington Star gives the i
j following rumor, which, however, it re- j
j gards as Without ground :
An impression prevails everywhere in:
i Maryland, that the Presi ent is prepar
ing to declare martial law throughout
! the United States and to prevent the as
setnbling of Congress in November next
by force of afms.
A Washington dispatch of the 4th
says that the amnesty proclamation was j
expected to- be issued on tl e sth. The
Cabinet agree with the President on the
subject, with the exception of Mr. Sew
ard, who fears that the exceptions from j
the amnesty are imprudently exclusive!
It is staged that the President Uufntr
aferea ttie Bureau of Rebel Archive*, o'
which i)! - . r. Lieber was chief, to be clu
e? 1 'Bins bureau was organized by Se
retary Stanton, and Contains all the cap
tured records of the civil and military ad
ministration of the defunct Confederacy.
It is presumed they can he kept without
a learned [ rofessor in charge of them at
a high salary.
■ w
Important Proclamation
The President has issued a proclama
tion in reference to the disturbed condi
tion of affaire in North and South Caro
lina. The civil laws have been obstruc
ted in those States, and he calls upon all
officers qf the United States, civil and
military, to see that said laws be propedj
ly respected, and warns all
aga : nst obstrurting, or hindering,
way whatever, their faithful exe«®||
The deeress of the civil courts
carried out. and the lives,
property of the citizens protected.
Special Notices. 1
DEW OF THE ALPS.
For salt* wholesale bj all tbe grocer* in New
Orleans, Charleston, Mobile, Savannah and
York.
/ DEW OF THE ALPS
Received the first premium at the Pari* Exposi
tion.
DEW OF TnE ALPS.
The manufacturers of the above cordial
only received tbe first premium at the Paris Ex-|
position, but were decorated by the Emperot* J
DEW OF THE a\LPS
For sate by all tbe Druggists, GrtiCcft, ind
Fruit store* in the United .States.
BRANDY, HUM AND WINES.
5,000 case* old Cognac Brandy, imported es
pecially for private use.
300 cases old Jamaica and St. Croix Rum, bot
tled before the war.
10,000 cases Madeira, Sherry and Port, some
very old and superior, various brand*, all war
ranted pure, for sale by
TTDOZ.PBO WOLFS.
22 Beaver street, New York.
Established in 1828.
August 23, 1867. 3m
Wt have but little confidence in the trum
pet tgngued statement* of the proprietors of ad
vertised medicines generalhut we are forced
to concur in the opinion, nnHormerly expressed
by all who have used Perry Davis’ Pa»n Killer,
that it is a very valuable article, and one that it
would be well tor every household to hare at
hand, in case of bruises, scalds, burns, dtarrbcea
dysentery, cholera, fever and ague, and the host
of disease*, external and internal, wbhb it f*
adapted to cure or alleviates No article of med
icine ever attained to such unbounded populari
ty aud extensive diffusion. It ha* penetrated to
every pa**t, even the moat remote, cf the known
world, bearing with it it* healing influence* more
potent than those of the spices of ‘ Araby the
blest.*’ We are inlormed by our principal drug
gist*, that they «e it more of this article for ex
portation than any or others, and that the de
mand k* constantly increaeing.— Salem Oimsktjsr.
READ THIS! *~
If you desire |o supply yourself wkh a good
selection of remedies to keep in the bouse, go to
your druggist and aak for Professor Kayton’n
roinedie*, and our word for it you will not regret
it. These remedies consist of Kayton’h Oleum
Vitae, a German liniment for Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Toothache, Headache, Sprain* Ac. Kay
ton's Mauk Cure lor Diarrbcea, Dysentary,
('ramps and Cholic pains in the stomach and
bowels, and KavtoN'’* Dybi kitic Pill* for Dys
pepsia. Liver Complaint, Sick Headache aud all
Bilious Complaints. These remedies are entirely
vegetable, and will not harm tbe moat delkate
persons. They are for sale by dealer* in medi
cines, and wholesale by A. A. Solomons Jt Cos,
wholesale druggist*, Savannah. Geo.
For sale in Quitman, at Dr. J. H. McCall's drug
store.
$ni T JUmtbmeuts.
VALUABLE
■ w/fil rAWifißii
FMIIIK miiif«vsSg£e<f f ffer* for sale
JL tbe Larjce Two Story fram* »S \ £
House, located Soutb-wett of the *4**%
Court-house square, in Quitinan.
Tbe building has recently undergone a thor
ough repair, and ix now one of the most desira
ble Dwellings in Quitman. It contain* six Urge
rooms, besidw an
ELEGANT STORE ROOM
and Warehouse on the first floor, fronting on
.Screven street—which yields a hands'-me rent
and is always in demand There is also on ihe
lot all necessary Out-honse*. new and commodi
ous. a well of excellent water, etc.
The Lot contains five-ninth* of an acre, and t*
enclosed bv a w*w. neat and substantial pailing.
This is a very desirable piece of property —
embracing under the mmc roof a retired Dwell
ing and advantageous Business House; and it
will be sold very low if a purchaser present*
himself at an early day.
—ALSO--
Will be sold, at a sacrifice, the New and
MUNIFICENT BRICK STORE,
at present occupied by Messrs. J. W. Stainaker
A. Go. It is tbe finest and most substantial Store
in Quitman, and is advantageously located for
business.
This Store will be offered for sale until the Ist
of November ; and if not disposed ot by that
time, it will be for rent.
For further particular* apply to
F. R. FILDES, Agent.
September 6. 1867. .Hl-tf
FALL AND WINTEii
GOODS.
JAMES B. FINCH
returned from New York and i* now
receiving and opening a complete assort
ment of
Fall and Winter Goods ,
E\nr*.v?i.\a
DRY GOODS of every description, and including
Jjadies’ Dress Groorfs,
Os various styles and patterns;
READY MADE CLOTHING,r
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Gents and Ladies Hats &c.
Hardware, Crockery,
Glassware, Tinware,
Domestics, Yams,
Baddies, bridles, <kc.
Also, a general stack of
Family Groceries,
buehas Flour,'Coffee, Tobacco, Dried Fruit,
Oysters. Sardines. Candles, Crackers,
Snuff, Powder, Shot and Caps.
Old customers and purchasers generally are
respectfully invited to call and examine for them
selves, before purchasing elsewhere.
Sept 6th 1867. (mjir29-lY)
TO AM. WHO tirfE LIQfOK.
Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapprb? manufactured in
Holland by a process only -known to tbe propri
etor. and ie warranted the purest liquor ever
manufactured.
WANTED, Agents -$250 per mmth
▼ ▼ the year rouud, ©«• DOO percent profit on
commission-/ We guaranty the above salary or
to active, industrious agent* at their
own feptew, to'introduce an article of indisi en
sabte nttfitv iir every household. For full par
ticulars call on err address G. W. JACKS- N <fc
CO.. II South st.. Baltimore, Md 3!-4t