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Ihr (Quitman guaarr.
F. R. FILDES, -- Eimtor.
quitma:', si;o.
KUIDAY, APH ! L fO, IS4IB.
to a. aovan-Kroa,
BEN. JOHN 0. GORDON,
*J OK m.TuN COUNTY.
rOE CONOJUBSS,
HON. HENRY S. FITCH,
OK CHATHAM COl-’NTY.
TUB CAMPAIGN
We have but few days In wlifcli I"
labnr in tbe gtfcat mid holy cutue, ofj
]«re*crviii£ our once proud and noble j
Hlate from Uie fdnud'O* of rudlculiain
Tbe coiitont in to be warm and loiter.
Bvory effort will be made by tbe Uadionl
party t<> elect its rtandard bearers ; and
therefore it MtfioovCH the title men of
rncli county to become sseAlniia c<'-la
oor. re In the good Work to be ii' C.oni
plinbed. Tbe taene is ntiHowed down to
a very a'Fnp'e one, and rttii be toTd in a
few Wifhla : If the Atbin'ta fbll'iatililtioi,
la ralilietl, and the Rudlc&T lehfenWeti
and Soutbern traitor* miwn! In 1 tdeeting
llici( at'luucntn to oiJiitc, llitmlla- good
and true innn of Utit .Stare may aa w i ll
matte up their uiuttU toaomi'KiaUs. They
cuniiot live under the nt'vureed and
outrageous tyranny tlmt w ill I tout a •
•otrudly be imposed ii|hih tlmtn. Vtinllo
live bate, Mid a uutiK-dmalice, will nerve
tliuin to tld-rlft and acta of beastly op
proHtion, that will tual, ibis land a bell
on earth. On Utu contrary, even toippo:,
ing the obmiKioua (aiiiHtiUitii n is tatilled
t.y u majority of tbe regiatereil voters,
if wu can to it: eta’ll in electing the cow'd
eutions uinl honest Qi-tt. Guanos, an tbe
Governor of Georgia, boom aide and in
tajjlgent citi/eos i.a lueintiera of I lie beg
isialnic, ami cornet Southern gentlemen
for enmity oflietos .Georgia may yet,
lUtCunix-Klu 1 , arise from the desol.tlion ol
war, ineentliari«m, Kadital malevolence,
and the bnac treuaon of Southern vil
linna.
Thud to (lie roue tie ! L<H llmro In; no
wavering in the ninkn 1 l,i*t ovtoy man
hhow liis hand ! il’ ura diKpoHod to
the .\thinta nliottiou, that was
«|>ewt*d Jurth by blaek skinned, blank
heurted and iid’ammia hirelings of ad« •
l»atn and Con;-fesH,» and inisnuiiH*d "The
Qi'OVyid iinlioii” tit.ine hath likf*
im:n, oufil ynur bill c»(# for tlm dirty
thin#— but in (iud’n name, do not
fuf ihoKO villaiuouM, ig#H»raUt and hun.
giy pups, lii ru/ifK ami (,V« r !
'JV* whites n utl blacks no nay: (Jive,
to Otioigiu aon;e. letaunpeiiHe for llie great
wrong y»ni will do her, by (as|ening upon
her nui’k n (Junslitution ;—in a tneastire
rc3|>Air thi« great wrong, by nutting 1 your
ballots for that. jucui«>parable patriot,
poliKhe<l stutesman, ul lo Oencrat, and
huneat man, JXO. li. 00UD0N; and also
inscribe thereon, uh our Rename utAjivg
itt OongreuH, Iho n,v>u* of that upright
gtrt»ihm*uo, brilliant uchulnr, and bold
and zealoitM ndvnrcate of conatitutinnnl
h» w, Ji IvN li V 8 i id'( H. This will he
« m*o itiComptiuHO for the haslard (hmati*
tniinti you will ho instrumental in. fas
toiling upon uh and our < hildy^F
? Cilikens of Brooks rouiiry—lvntiMH of
I the First Congressioiml Pistriet trno
rtnen of (Joorgia every win-re ! buckle on
\he armor of battle J You luxe the
x numbers ■ tin* jioxvei t«> defeat the dark
designs iff our would be Radical task*
masters ! W ill do it? Will you
the immensity of tho he
di*tdd«il on tho -Oth »f imrnUi,
HHI line to its importance nr, do you
Hbl tft le"Ml| »ii: • -i; i I *
r«ise not ono single arm to stay tin* j
doggernaut env that atlvni ees with rapid
arhirloa, evtisliing till latticMll it in one
hinass of death, dialionor and mitt? Yon
IwmmA .neerpt t!m latter alterative f
Aon me men of jndgtneut and dtwre-j
tion, and therefore jnnst ktprv, that ad
Katlic.il triumph in (f (th Gr W\ it fit |
llte repudiation of your own Sontbern
son*, ami lilr tlm efltces St and
power, by men i.iimienl f' l }' njj'.
tdrangers to votir fatal, and vtlltart* b\«d
,tint tire and inattiiet. God t.nd nature
loii>id ! Your responsit’dity to vntr
Ininilies, to your oomilrv, to your Stale,
thunders in yo.tr ears, that so (use n
©■••use, would sit lightly on thealiottbier
of liends alone ! a
Then resolve to act light : •ffT'i j tt
the eanse of trntli, honor and justice !
flnreli to the poll.t on the L'Otli with only
•Os and lot that banner be tlm
> i»if 8 .werr (Will tbrongl-.oitt tb ■‘First
'tamgre-sional District at.d i:
JlMfiftutr ill Waning letter.’, let t\. ...’!. v,
•iitg names appear:
> FOR c.IVF::\OIt,
a*-.- GKX. JOHN it. GnitDoV.
* liON. HENitY S I‘ITCU.
Triumph will then in: oer award ! Tbe
gioitotis tidings w dl be herald.S
tbroligbout the bind ; p., ,\ p ;
Foil, ii.c,: aid We*;, ua. ■«. ,„l v . .|L
e.vjecshng great joy—for Dipib Jf*’. «. '
vy Jp;bk|fe4 the mbtjMiis of t\ .7 tv *
rooe t.il’ir heao lirfok
e 4, i:..’.i>..b:,’ w.in nr|Pii
raise pcalis to the tiindinn flat'
tsi:tu;oiA u ill : \
A Tnjt ipri in G> —a
min' Att. Y k, at . ti,| rjSa i
that Com . t 1. t It and «P r
( T- - u ' 1 a*, in, lie srri
1 ** '
Li tfj -. o
•liunrx h, Unity for Ordinary
We liavo the D'easure of presenting to
the voters of Brooks O.mnty, as h eaudi
dat<; for I|k* position of Ordinary of sajtl
criunfy,, tlw» nanu: of Jamks L. BkAtv—a
gentlem ii horn, reared, educated and
doing hiiiiues* in yt nr midst 110 fe
known tn uvery portion of the county,
re.'.sfrotoff for bis rpilet, unosteutations
hearing, for his many virtues, and will In* ;
recognwed by all as one fully competent
to discharge, the duties of the response i
ble position.
He has not the hoiiof (Bor did he de
sire it,) of being tbe nominee of a party;
cletyr of ail entangling alliances, phi
C* s liimself before the people and solic
its their sutsVsge. As to his political
aflinities, we simply lemark, that he is a
in a tfviUhern <jn\finnan, desirous of the
welfare, the social and .pecuniary inter*
lists of his native Slate. If elected,
, he will perform the duties of the office
j faithfuUy.
.1 R I diKiomlHon for the
ture.
NV r e direct special attention to the card |
in to dnys paper, from Judged. K. Ed-j
mondsou, one of the most correct, popular |
and high-toned gentleman in the county.
At Hie earnest solicitation of numerous
friends and Acquaintances, he has consen
ted to become an independent candidate ,
for 'Representative in the State Lcgitda
tu re from the county of Brooks, and as
he v<*rv truthfully remarks, it,is unnneo
essary f»*r him to parade before the pub
lie testimonial ,of (Jutracbo* and qualifi
i cation. Ifo has served the people in
1 ycurfCgone by, and was never “found
! wanting’’; In* is a flontbehi man, “to the
! ma-nor I'ioni,” and has never attempted
i to betra)' his ow'ir, his native State I rn
! tilled in ini crest with tTie pe*-plo of Brooks
lof (Miirse, ts elected, it will he his ambi
| lion to advance their interest and eon
j tribute towards the enactment of wise
and wholcsortie laws.
Tl»c HiooUH( ouj»tyMee(in«-\oiii i
illations
U will he remernhered, that a call was j
published, two weeks ago, for the as
sembling of a mass meeting at Quitman, j
at I 1 o’clock on Monday, the 6th inst.,
for tin? purpose of organizing a Demo
cratic Flub, and “considering the proj/rito
t\f ” of nominating candidates for the va
rions county offices.
Consequently, on Monday last a few
citizens from the country visited our
town, and Cloven o’clock arriving, it was
concluded “(on tin.* streets) not to hold
Said meeting ; hut at 2 o’clock, p. rn.
('for cause hunrn to the writer,) the mat
ter was reconsidered, and the meeting
held.
About fiby good and true citizens wi re
•n attendance, who organized a Demo
ciutic 01 uh, appointed Central and Dis
trict Committees for 'active campaign
work, ami every tiling thus far, passed oil’
pleasant and harmoniously. At this stage
of the proceedings, it was pr posed to
g" into a nomination for candidates for
county officers. ’Hie movement was stren
uously opposed, for sotftid and sufficient
rouHoius reasons, thi* day t approved by
sevemeigth of the citizens present ; lujJ
a nomination had been determined upon,
and the motion prevailed.
A committee of ten was appointed to
retire, and report to the meeting proper
candidates. The labor was promptly
performed, and a long list submitted,
(which we would publish with pleasure
had the Secretary furnished the same.)
During tin? interim between the report
of the committee, Judge Jamkh 11. Hu.v '
iku delivered a very excellent and Tftrj
eal address, which was bri< tig rcsponit-n
to by ('apt S. \Y,ylhi4s; A y .
Now come# tho interesting point in the
entire proceeding*. The *question was
called—which was'that the report oT
be adopted, and the gentlemen
named fB oehiimed the tyndidatim upon
whom the people should eonfoi their suf
frage and it iras carried . Wo counted
l eads, and there were only fourteJh a
dtdts in the house : three of whom were
opposed t»» theAprinciplcs enunciated by
4h«*me%siV, and three or four others v*p
posed nomination.
. r l y s luivarnished tale, and
publish it with many regrets. We
, l^lievc # Momb»y’s proceedings will have
\ a suicidal cfl\*<*t upon the lost interests
( r
:of ilie county, and tend to turmoil ami
|jM|Pasi<>n. .Those who opposed a nomi
pmtion, done so from the purest con vie
j t jons ol duty tin v believed that it was
for the best • interests of the party and
county, ami would most eCYctuaily rob
the opposition of all cause for organiz
ing systematic and determined warfare j
our own white race It' they
erred, it was of the head and not the
heart ; and if mercenary, selfish, or fac
tious motives arc attributed to them, for
one, we have no hesiteney in branding
all such accusations as false.
•The candidates nominated by the com
milteOof ten, are men of character- tine
i * the i (crests of Oho country, and m>
doubt would make capable officials ; but
the people were opposed t<» a nomination,
and it being made in defiance of tl <4.
<*xprcF.s protest, we t:'
iiuor-dct at. We doftyot, nor will we.
►wage < ; y.isiti lltvir eie *ti»>n, but
.iiw* '* s:gnsyd the times" are such as to
a- • cul candor »•*,! plain language.
Vv Is is : ’t uriel^u^aJ^TlfWi
• \ .it IMI I t ; bill i:
“ ’Wu. 8.-^!.!
it t* tviisidcnu iv |,‘l'.n%^fit
one* i hut An
n »mc 4 «r-nt eg. >ms .(t i b«», ,ktTr J
di v jg* ’ ; be to pav.* '(Dir >*,
*■l { ' l t k manage rtle bus n .Jj
( lift, rite Radical.
In the ranks of he Nadicnt party arc ■
many mi*an men, nnpfinciph and sconndrels
ami doid'le <lyed vrllians, but wo very
ftitidi douijt‘if one can be found who
will stoop lower to conquer than one Dr.
J. W. Cuit, an ignorant and presump
tions individual, ostensibly hailing from
Savannah, bat originally from some out
of the way place on the outskirts of civil
ization. This individual has the pres
umption to come before the people of the
First Congress ions 1 District of Georgia,
and ask of them the position as their
Representative in Congress. It is d<*ci
dodlv a ridiculous pieco of effrftrrtfy.—l
Unknown, devoid of character, without
any claim upon the soil, and totally uni
dentified with the masses, his only hope
for success, is a peculiar knack he pos
senses of imposing upon the ignorant col
Tired people. And, with this design in
view he is now engaged in a concuss of
the District. He induces the colored
people to meet him in retired places af
ter dark, and unfolds to them his plans:
of course they are yery favorable to the
poor negre, and they jump at the enticing
bait and think the “white negro” the ex
■ act man to elect to Congress.
One night last week this “carpet bag
gcr visited Quitman, and l»y preconoer
trd arrangements, a large number of
dark skins met him in the colored church
over the railroad—to whom he. arrau
gued in his usual bombastic, lying style,
for some time. Os course the ears of
many of tno ignorant were tickled, hut
quite a number of the more intelligent
of his iiiidiama; sa w through the flimsy
serene, and hooted at tiis pretensions and
promises.
What stronger argument is ncccnsary
to demqitetrate tin? duplicity of this man
and the impos'd ion he practices, than the
fact that he is afraid to stand up, like a
man, in tin* light if day, and ft. ilessiy
meet his opponents in fair and honora
ble argument ! Nona of the carpet, bag
adventurers will do this, from the fact
that in such a contest their ignorance
and inconsistency would bo so glaring
ly exposed, that even the m-g o s would
I unite in defeating there, as impostors, and
■ enemies of the entire human race.
The idea of such a man as Clift as
piring to a seat in Congress ! It is a
musing ! It is preposterous and mi in
suit to decency aud common sense. He
is more, infamous than the seducer, Aaron
Alpeora Bradley, who was expelled by
his brother Radicals from the Atlanta
Convention ; he is iivt respected nor tol
erated by even the meanest colored men
in Savannah ; and totally unworthy of
confidence and support.
We do not believe the intelligent col
ored iirou of Brooks will support, for the
high and honorable position of Repre
sentative in Congress, so vile, dirty and
disreputable a character. It is to their
interest that a moral, big!Voned, iutelli
;oit g< nlleman a man above reproach,
and one whom the dignitaries of tire land
can respect, be sent to the hall of nation
al legislation with the ability to advance
the interests of the whites and blacks a
like. »
Such a man is IJkxry S. Fitch ; he
will not stoop to the low cunning and
contemptible work of ■adventurers, and
holds himself above reproach. Contrast
him with the cringing sycophant, Oust,
and if you have a spark of judgment and
common sense, your choice for Congress*
man will fall upon the fbrnier.
< ’oiu»(y*C 'tin(li<lnt< k s.
We presold t) the renders of the flan
: nor iWmcs of several gentle
men. who solicit their suffrage for the
the var.ous offices, to he ballot ted for on
*he 20th, 21st, 22d and 23d of the pres
ent mouth. We believe the voters of
the county tm* well acquainted with
them nil and fully .able to discriminate
as to
*re as follows:
% Jamws 1 4. Beaty, for of Ordi- ;
nary.
James U Ki»ro.vp«ox, for Represent a
tive in the fu*neral Ass*mbly.
Wn u.vM ID nsox, tor the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court.
Jcui* CiuiMKRM, for the office of Sheriff.
M. K. Fahamohe, for the ofliee of Sherdf.
J. tr. M. WaunoCk, for the office of
Clerk of tlie Superior Court.
T. \. Lewis tor th • office of Tax R
ceivrr.
J. A. fIrNTK", for the office of Sheriff.
Fi j’rdffm of (lie Press Proscription
Major General Meade, imitating his;
pr dec ssor, the tyrant Pope, with refer j
| mice to the suppression f fr*H?d«>m if ,
sj>eech and the Press, has issued General
Onlers NO 51, in which occurs the fol .
lowing paragraphs :
111. The Commanding (General further
1 more forbids tiw? eoiuiuefors of all news
: papers, j«»l» printing effices or other press
es, from print it g or publishing any arti
c!es or papers temling to produce intim
idation, not or bloodshed; and any news
paper containing any such publications.
• r press puhlisliing tin* same, will be
stopped, ami its proprietors, editors and |
other parties connected therewith on be
ing collected before a military cmnmis- j
n. \v . i b** stibj-ct to line and i*npr s
P Wrneni J on «uc i- tlier peuahies us may
be vleemed sn table to the idfenee Com
mi tied.
IV. All pu! l\ writers and speakers
are en joined to refrain from inflammatory
‘|>peals \ ± y;c passions and prejudices
ol t o pc , and fioiu publishing or
sayingft#n\Thing calcu-atid : jm-duce
p-ace, or to :ntiu.Mate
any persMi Ir.un the exercise of their po
litical | rivik ges.
ii cause of this order i*
the ardtr with wliich t!»e Press ol Gtor*
»g tlm infamy ol our would
he rflßKs. ai,d its design is the intimida
tion of the champions of Democracy and
of iihe;ty.
J So far as the Banner i* omcerne<l f all
Kit* Lave t i say is, “lay on M'DnfiY’ It i
we claim the right to print whatever un
to uk Deem* proper. Wo never have, and
never intend to allow nuiHelvert dictated
(%o f as to what we shall vVrite or print ;
and if ever forced to succumb to the
dictatorial powers of a cMisor, ti cn the
Banner will fail to vißitits patrons.
We dffftirc to axmid “rjot and blood
shed,” and nefer have indulged in “in
flammatory appeals to the passions and
prejudices of the people nor have we
ever resorted to ‘‘threats aud intimida
tions’* for tlio accomplishment of any
purpose. Such a course of policy would
he dishonorable and disreputable, and
detrimental to t)fe cans# to ad
vance and thc.Qpjtiary ut latgfe. it. itt
also foreign to our notions of right
and therefore never attempted to.,
throw obstacles in the way of a free ex
pression of public sentiment ; but this is
precisely what Gen. ifeadc proposes to
accomplish by his arbitrary Order No.
si. Radicalism may rave curse and lie—it
may incite “riot and bloodshed,* arid
threaten the ignorant negroes with death
,unless , they conform to tl oir, p sttical
edicts—and yet pot ono of the vile ex
pounders wf radicalism will be-molested.
Such is Meade’* magnanimity.
U'.’ll, we ai# iif>t easily intimidated : j
we shall in the future*, uk in the papt,
characterize men ami measures an they
deserve, not withstanding “threats and
intimidation*” from those in power. And
if for thus exorcising tin* inalienable
right of an American j mrfialist our Press,
is to be suppressed, and its editor dragg
ed, like a common felloii, before a Military
Commission, so be it. Liberty, Law and
Justice will oned.ty be n-stored to Amer
ica, and then will the hour of Irimnpbar*
Tiie Decleinhni nf Judzo Irwin.
Ou Monday our exehajig is iulonued
UK ol latjt that Get). Meade lmd de
cla« <*d iJ»at jldge Irwin was ineligible
f»r in coujscquenco deciin
ed the race; a* that said Meade in lima
ting that. Geu. John B. Gonbm was eli
gihle the Democratic Executive 6'ommit
tee had ifdoptcu him as the standard
hearer of the partj^
Commenting remarkable con
duct «»f Gen. Meade and the Executive
(Jom:i:itl% the Augusta Ck oniete udvau
ces sound reasons whyjthe Democracy
should not submit to su<?h military in
terferenco, but on the Contrary shou'd
stand by Irwin tv» the loiter end. Ji
says that this is no time. f>>r wavering
dr doubts. Tho great principle invol
ved requires, nav demands Metric m ; ui.
Let us show to our northern fri.mds, y- a
to the whole world, that the people <1
Georgia will not surrender except timugli
force w’hat little of freedom of opinion is
left them by the terms of the Military
Bills.
AVo warn our people now—the Genii al
Comm it too should have known it—thjit
befoi'o the <hiy of election, if there ap
pears a reasonable prospect of his elec
lion, Gen. Muade will declare Gen. Gor
don ineligible. We know that he will
do it, and that he will do it with
much more show of justice than in the
cases of eithe* Aud#*; iteeso or Irwin.
What will we do then !
We were satisfied from the beginning
that the withdrawal of Judge Reese was
a great blunder. We acquiesced in the
decision of our friends, because wo - did
not like to appear captious in our views,
and because we were aatislh-d that Judge
Reese was besides, withdrawn, in time
to give our Iriends throughout tin* State
ample opportunity to be fully advised in
relation to the change. Now we have
not the requisite lime, and it will l»e im
possible f<«r our people to concentrate
upon Gordon or any other candidate.
In this view of our dangers and ditli
cullies, we earnestly f>eg Gen. Gordon
not to permit the use of his name, but to
go on, as lie has so gallantly begun, in
| canyassing the entire State for Irwin.
| Lei the people elect Irwin and tost the
right of General Meade to dictate who
we shall vote for. Let us show' that we
are not only Democrats in name, but let
our actions show that we are worthy of
the name and association of thus# noble
spirits at the North who are battling
there with the cohorts of Radicalism for ;
our rights aud the proservatioa of our
honor.
j Let us nail the tulme of Irwin to our
j masthead, and if go down wo must, let
| it be with our colors floating on the
| breeze. We want no fait* ring - flow. If
we hesitate wo are lost. \\ e cannot
change front in face of the enemy and
;so near to his works. (Amrage and bold
ness now must win or the battle is hist.
We must sound the charge aud with Die
j buttle cry of Irwin aud liberty on our
| lips, rush bravely upon*Qje solid ranks
iof our antagonists. We must call upon
i Andrew Johns >n who is yet a little while
President of the United States, to send j
Meade howling after ids illustrious pre
decessor, ami give u$ for a* few weeks at
least a man who will give us fair play
and an open Geld,
Away, then, with any further attempts
to pirate M ade at the expense of tho
peoples rights. Let us act like men and
not be driven ah<»>.‘ by every change in
the opii.ion iJ* ir m die master.
General Gordon has it itt his p» wer to
make his t ame grout aft a patri * as he
has ak- aily iu#d* it as a skillful i. :!it-ry
commander. Let him decline to run
himself and urge his friends to s:qq v.
Irwin.
Since the f ingoing was placed in
type, we have concluded to haul down
j the name of David Irwin from our raas*t
j beau, and run up that of Gen. Gordon, j
The Xfcko Rapical rnoaßAXpre.—lt is
said that the Radicals of this State have
made some changes in their and v si.m <>i
the offices, it now appears i at Jot*
Brown is t<> go on the supreme Bench of;
the State, as Uhiel Justice, and Farrow
itid Blodgett are to be United State
,-s. A beautiful arrangement !
For the QuitinAii Banner.
h You ItM’ - to “•Justice.’’
Mu. Euitor : I am very furry that tlie
noru di > plum/! and innocent augffeations,
tlnti ynur humble correspondent deemed
proper to assume and advance, in a form
er brief letter, should have offended the
neiuikce ear of one who deems proper to
sail over the now drjdtnw ■ of ' csto k ;
and I exceedingly regret h.v - been
the cause of furnishing one evidently la-
Isiring under a disagreeable attack of
vauodhv* xcriheu<lii the opportunity of in
dicting bo lengthy and very inter**i»g'J)
a document upon the readout of your
iiniN.vr.it, iißthe said “Jcstme'’ favored(f)
! them with last week.
1 ain not aware tls»t the cxpre*»;iou,
■•Toil Hit," is eilior Yankee, Dutch or
I Hottentot. JVKfIAPS “Just.' ' now*.
But the no* de plume ccrt.iiuly uad no |
hearing upon the suggestion made; and j
therefore I conclude that your correa- i
i jyindent falsifies his non de plume “J?s- |
tick/’ by aUemjttinj to make it appear |
| that “You Bkt” had imported Yankee
! phraKffs uj»d elites tabled po
j litU;a! and p#r#ovia! 4u*sign«. Such “di s
j tivk’’ is a mockery ami will rrlWt ftfily
i ./ii it« autlior.
Again, the insinuation that ’‘YomlfKT” j
is an ofliee seeker, and desires a portion j
of the spoils thereof, in f ppftied as untrue
wjlht ut foundation ; and I appeal
this new lAngJed rcpfeKCrttatlvc of “Juk
tice,” and challenge him to answer t(Uth
fnlly and candidly, if he is not a seeker
after official f>*sUion 7 —is he not reach
ing after the loaves and fishes, the glitter |
and spoils of office ? Politic#! wire
pilling, log roßiag and grasping after
pfiwer, is generally dohe uudtfr the garb
<>f “Patriotism,* “Truth” or JeVnifl..
Tlie sensible portion of the pe« pje, how
ever, have learned i ate behind
the serene, and now tlie lengthy
appeals of “Justice,” ctcT,. as nothing
more nor less than a cringing petition
| for office.
But enough. If ymur correspondent
“Justice/’ had n if, by *nniWMX?«, question
ed the motives and honest designs <y
“You Bf.t,” this correspondence won Iff*
never have descended from a political
and assumed a personal character.
Now, sir, for a few brief facts: “.b s*
tick” claim* that very near all ;he, Uouii
ty officers elected in Brooks, have been
gentlemen resident of the country. I
leave the people to decide as to ib*j cor
redness of the,gentleman’s assertion, af
ter reading the following named offi- - i,*
at present in power :
Mr. 1). U. McNeil, Slk-riff.
Mr. Win. Iludsou, Clerk of Court
U: t Jno. G McCall, Ordinary.
Mr. T. Avera, Tax Assessor.
Judr.n Culpepper, Inferior Court.
Judge CYeoch, Interior Cou t.
Judge Edmondson, Inferior Court.
Judge Hunter, County Quirt.
Col. W. A. Lane, County Solicitor.
11. F, Mubbett, Justice Feuce.
Suin’l L Moore, Coroner.
Tho intelligent reader# <>f the Banxih
are acquainted with the foregoing offi
cers, and know when they live ; they
are all recognized a- vdut'iis of
Quit math.
4n conclusion : no doubt the patriot
ism and desire for unanimity of senti
ment, as expressed by “Justice,” is sin
cere. At least I award to him that merit ;
but he blunders outrageously in suppos
ing that all who are outside his "clique /’
are devoid of patriotism, selfish ii pur
pose, and inimical to Imtli, justice ol* I
merit. Yui BET.
April f», 1863.
- Dr- M \a Bafflers .Card
We dlteci attention to the hands<>me
card in to-day’s Banner from I>r, M. L.
Battle. He is an expert and efficient
Dentist—thoroughly the
science, theory and practice of his pro- ,
fessi >n—is supplied with competent den
tal instruments—keeps a neat and c li
ved ien t office-and last, though not least,
is a generous advertiser. We have j
frequently recyinupended, him to tbpse i
needing dental work, and take pleasure .
hi doing so again.
Congressional ( amlhlatr*
Hon. Ji. S. Fitch has been nominated
for Congress by the Denjocrat# ami Con |
st rvatives of the Ist Congressional DLs i
trict ; Col. Nelson J’ift, from the 2d ; P
VV. Alexander, from tin? 3d ; 0. A Loch
rane, from the 4tir;jp> nomination from
tbe oth ; J. 11. Cii s ?W , fVofn the 6th ; and
Gen. F. M. IL Youngli'om the Ith.
Every one of them trite men and good,
and if elected will reflect honor on our
noble old Commonwealth.
Bullock Ixeligible—A loiter from
Stewart county, addressed to the Atlftti-
Ila Opinion, says: “There is a general
| impression here among the adherents of
Mr Bullock that he will withdraw from
the canvass for Governor in favor of Mr.
%
,J. E. Bryant, of Augusta, as it is now
evident that- BiuWwk is ineligible—he
having held an ofticv under the
crate Government. i
We have no interest T7l that squabble.
Bullock ami Bryant are a noble pair
of brother skunks, and one is as compe*. [
tent us theother to bring disgtace upon
The linjieaeliim'utr
The Impeachment trial of President
«L itisou is progressing slowly, and it
will l>e many weeks before the case is
{ completed. Tlie people are beginning to i
I lose the trial. On the 4lh |
* the nouneed that they had j
submitted aTTThe evidence within their
reach; and the defense asked an anjonrn- |
I rnent until the 9th to prepare and ar- ;
range the evidence, which whs granted-
The prosecutors, it is eoucefWl, have
managed the case very bungingly and
in all probability the impeachment wdLf
/ a:i - * -SV _ . /*
Assassination of G. VV. yfiliQrn.
This bud, bold man, who haswken an '
active part fn the Radical p'itiljj *f
Georgia, during^ 11 tlK.* past 1 yra« - br Two,
cairni to his dealli at tIK? of assas
sins, a few days ag*, iu the city ol Go
luiubuii. lie l»«d taken up hi# quarters
at a negtfu ftcMise 4*f ill-fame, and on tlie
night ofhi« <L-ath, a band of forty or fifty
individuals, disguised, broke down the
Jour of his domicile, and shot him dead.
Os course the Radical* proclaim that it
was the work «f fils political opponents,
but this is merely for political capital.
No doubt tffis assassins were negroes,
whom he had offended.
The Sun, after giving at some length
the character and career of the deceased;,
thus aUndes, editorially, to ti e circum- j
stances of his death :
The a.iTiger of his presence and teach- j
injf* to a community situated as ours, j
cannot certainly be overruled, even ad j
inittiuglhjit it could be calculated. In
tolerant! treacherous, amotions, irrasci
ble ami grasping, he soon provoked cou-'
troversicK and hud feeling amoug those
with whom lie was allied in purpose and
in an(» to this cause, more
than to any oUier, may the fcarfqf retri j
| bu|mn jvhivin»»a overtak<*ft him oT* at
tr J>ut< A We coifie now to speak of the 1
manner of lbs death. In our local od
unit) will be foiimi all the info mat ion '
tlia4 cofW he-cullected up.»u this, jioint, 1
from ar*4nv»*HTigation held according to
tho Ktatnte Lw of* tho Elate, in such
cases provided. On Saturday k+Al he
en<ft*avoYisd to marshal his black chuis in
tin* city. D must have been as painful
ly evident to him as it was pleasurably
so to the mass of our cit zetis, ir%|j»ec
tivu of Color, that the days of his powei
an 1 h'td departed lorevcit Hi«
utmost biwrtio*is emi-l muster huua few
hundicd bt idle and vagabond ics,
of all ages and mx; i , }dac«* of tlx*
thousand* wild uiku flocked together at
his Call. m
Lute m lh< afternoon Eds m tl* y-crew, I
Ktimuialod by his tvuiwel ami the ha i
rawgucs ol hm .strikers, MaulS j
ami ollrcrs, proceeded in to j
oiler indignity to a r ju ctaMc and high ;
ly|rc#pccled <ailoie*.lJ citizen. BuJ jor j
the tinuHy inteifercnce of the sold-nrs oi |
life garrison, a hioedy riot would hav*
doßbcd. ot the ending of which, no man \
cuii tell. On Monday afteruoo » rppflrt- j
were rife that h • had been cngagcJ in an
t»i v alteica!ion with members ftf the
garrison on account of their ac ion «>n
Saturday, On Alfmday night an im
rnettae usaeintuage of nt*gioe» were con
vened in Temperance* Hall. This crowd
ivas harangued for .m arly lour hoiir« in a
violent and incendiary m inner by Tin
ner, the mulatto, a member of the late
(jonveiiUon. Before the adjournment t l
the meeting, A s’, burn had succeeded in
getting up a disagreement between Tin
ner and biixts<-If, aud beivfe the morning,
• poo which he was to «ta» t on u crusade
m the neighboring counties, he was
stretched a wtilF a;#! horrible corpse in
the negro brothel nhuie he lived.
j Strenuous and active exertions have
j been made by some negroes aud a few
j of hi# white fol lowers to lay this bloody
| flesd a\ the door of Home of fhe* beat and
I most exemplary young men * f our city
I Tibs evk'o >cc contained in our local re
! port will show ii|> 'ii whit a flimsy pre
text this- allegatu n rests. Ashhuru s
| most iritimate friend has freely expressed
§. that lie, Jid u«»t fall at the
me upon whom it i$ atttfrnpt
'ed to fix the responsibility of his death
! There was no reason why si uU have
j been slain on Monday night by ati.igeo
j ami vespfc*>ab»a &***»■'<■.* «;f this phuv*.
I fhafexisted sfiice the first day
!of hiH -frriv.il. ”* o si ihe contrary, cvi-. r
sensible and th inking #r»au knew and felt j
! that ffig course and conduct had dom t
| and waft doing more, to damn and des- }
! troy tl«* pnlitieni organisation \vith which ;
he was counccfed than all other causes j
I combined
| The Democratic party of Georgia had !
;no more ready and powerful weapon :
! than the name and f.uuo of 0. . Aah j
burn. We cannot close this article with I
out the e v pn*ssi«>n of our profound regret I
that this violence should have occurred j
in our city, which though noted for it* *
sturdy opposition to Rail i cal ism, yet it
has justly won ami worn a reputation
for u due obsei4ftu4c of law and order.
In behalf oKt who are sought to I
be* implicated niJH Itansaction we en
ter a m St deckkM disclaim
er. They do ?i<W iWnt‘o to shirk the most
Kearcliiiej-jiTrcstiirwion that civil or mil ’
it ary aufW'iTty may demand. .
We hope the m*gr«e9 < f> tli'
wha suddenly
i h adcr wim was p ■ia. t M«i g them
forwaixl to certain deatti ueti ui, will
j the fate of one who
| hom'd to riot in tfift ffin of his kind.
Dhe* worn to Xlj& fellow white’ then, i
Tin’s will be put *
down u« ii q dLereJit of*the I’.onoal |.»«o*
pic of fbo Smith, liv n m>w it is l>eirtg j
ilasliedAn a lorm from onefold j
of tfi=' Ni ith uthpr, U«*egress will i
be tiijfd by gflmmeiits of the Radical j
pres.-wjifid terrible pictures of the
seeUcroup ! V".-p- eiaj artists.”
beat* in ovhid the flbuths
eliminated from the pag< s. of histe-ry,
that f4iongh the dagger and stiletto of]
use them in , tlux i
weftjowW which can strike terri-r Vt the ;
« tyi jimsHftiio pv pic who have j
s&HMBed have a!wavs been
-•*- / . 4 ,
A-poopu.- *|i”liavc uot mornl con-.
rag-e t« rlan<»ois irtireli Ihreateu |
iljx io in fiitrYjcc, aud to (iglit them ai
i-vuaa • ftmu.- open K'*i# • i't’V. :
are iuMcßmo ti. lib
uitJMP'lpx. uijXl • ■ v
irv s ' 5 /
Th. 'rflwdinLit wi;?;a|E* 4
p Ou Moiidav we La-.i a tiumlit :• o! ‘sl>
surd rumors is n (■. :m-e to a row-at
Valdosta, on Saturday night. Reliable
1 intelligencehowvtvr, rethice* the affair
to a mole-hill. Thu following is the press
Gx., April 5. —At a Repub
lican meeting held here lust night conoid
el able excitement was caused bv the dis
covery of a ki*_- containing a quantity o( j
powder under the speaker’s stand appar
ently placed there with a design to blow ]
up the edifice and break up the meeting 1
by annihilating all attending it. The {
negros fled precipitately in every di
rection upon learning the discovery, but ■
the leaden i.ppeared per:' ctly mien
corned. It is tiw? opinion of the majority
: I the cit*zcls here t’n-.t il was placed
there des'gnrd’\ f«»r political piirposef-
It was unquestionably a fine stroke!
fur party capital, but tU*y took every
possible care ior t) cir safety by placing
Uic smallest ul p wder
in the kvg - * Jf i' a
New TffE Ferm|>’ anS
Russian fimr.Tii's—When Bayard Tay-J
lor, th- v<-|«.reiiowed traveler, returned
from he brought home the««
two new tjpptl .j are varieties of me ns,
aw the he had ever tasted in any
dime. They will be an steqmsifToh to
i*very gardener; and oho variety, the
Persian, will keep fresh lor a long Vine
aftei it is pulled from the cities. It is
fifty e • 111 s i . paper. \V%* have engaged
live hund:ed papers *>f the seed, which
we offer to give away Ibis Bpring«t»-ettch
one who will send us anew subscriber
to tlie Southern Farmer , at the wubscrip
tiuu price, $2 00. Address at ones,
M. \V. P4JIUPS& 42m 9
No. 37 South Court st., Meu pHift, Twin.
To all Editors wc* will idfnd. #v mail,
two papers—one of ccS variety—
! tor otu.* insertion of thi| offer and this
[note, and attention to it. Sfcnd a
marked copy to th Farmer Metu
j phis, Tenn. *
Southern Cui.tivat 'R. — We welcome to
oar table ffie April nur.iber of this est cel
lent agr cultural rv»agi*riac, and congrat
ulate the flew pi* prictortl upon
ifbs't improvement in its
n now publi'shed in w|j dis
cover no* u,Lateim'nt of in other
respects.! ,The number before ~s filled
with valuable article.* Mj ooestions io»
volving the pro«|K*rity if nCT»uth and
l.er pr.'gloss in <! and
cmul" l *» v Tl. CuH vat.»r its published at
1 Hie^low price ot*Two ar*. and every
. plant' r l*u\ h<»u^* 4 sb‘ SotiUl
saouhl make it 4 reguGr visttrr to hV
ffiiome. Address \Ym. <& VV. L Jones,
Athens, (la. „
Intkkks* 1 i)i*4*asui!k%—J| r ashinff >
ton h tti i -writn make* rim fedlowing
-diitmaMitiiig statement. He say*: T
*At tin* jnr.et are it wotiid
ttviclV r t" any fcetm ors bv tmt it
i» said tfiat t ho President Ut4spH itr his
possessinq sc'ticsof pr ivwtc Tetters from
’'Senators — and among them
I R I a' -«*k eg. for favtjrs
.tianes, in ti *1 matter of a pointnmut,
,ir:.ny of which were gflftitcd, and the
story goes Hhat and show
n« * mercy towards him, tlie public? may
•xp et to m-u >U»e highly interesting
epistolary c r -perplcnee given to tho
world 1:1 the publication of these letters.
We have no doubt &re ialruth in
; the 6,. atement.
S?i.;ui* F:A ;n. —ObitJ Ui/ftloe 1 ats do
not iik * the A.iijutant General of the
Stale, and to gel lid of him, sh *\* pro
p so to pass H«] act in
abodsiiing the office. II rrftig got rid of
’him, thiy Can then *7 it and
appo nf a Deiuoei>f 'p;, e fju alityof such
a eouiMC 1 s quemhaiiiiblc J>ut the Disno
cr its can i*’< ad in that they
are o;, v { <!lowmg tlie example net by
i tie h< .-rnbli .oe. v. lu u t!»ey werc-iu a
toifuily
ftatf’ Dr. S» A Faradns, a wealthy
plant, ii JonuKoii * ounb*.', liuk been noin
inat and as an in !* pendant candidate l«»r
Coiigi ss in 1 :.. We trust Dr.
Famoii will de«ri > run, as ITok ¥*itcli
is already in the field and evidently the
eho.Ct’iM the ('"tiMM-val 1
CANDIDATES.
To the \ otci'iO 'f I h ooks!
JAAII'IS L,BEATY
TAjsr*! - no toby <uiiiouute
• t a ( rtinli'laU*, at tbt* ep otion to be htdtl on the
20th of April, l SGS. for thi* position of
Ordinary for Brooks county,
he respfi ifully so'-cii*’' tke suffrage of hi« !
teiloW'i-i sirens. /
April Uh, 1868. /
ATO l Hr; V’OTEKH
i iW OF TIIR
COTNIY OK BROOKS:
FELLOW-CmZENS :
Having been solicited by ntimerows friend*,
both in favor of and opposed to the rat ideation
of the Con-titutioi; to becoftu* a Candidate for
ReprenenUtivo in the next General Assembly of
the Stale ol Georgia, I hate concluded to re
spect the H'hfhi** and desires of such partial
friftbiD, and hereby annouucc myself an
Independtnt Candidate,
at the election on the 2tUii of the present month,
n>r the said position of HKPUESKNTATIVE for
of v,i ■£
pBHPPPz.>'*!~ 4 w >ks are
tt?d u th «i' political eare«-r. to make it un
neceffswry fugflku'to cnt<?T into details and pre
•-'.'lit icsujjr- c!iaracU-r. politicai position,
a.. : will content myself with tbs
simple if elected. 1 will labor zeal,
on Ay for th<')lft)Kl of my State and County,
and the welfare of all tig- Citizens thereof.
I am. very respectf'dly,
. JAMES R. EDMONDSOff.
April Tib, lWitt. X3
1 f M .A'famoc K
hweby anuounces bhnstdf an Lvowt-vncsr Can
i»in\ -MU’ r ('lerk of*the Superior Court nf Brook*
the eiocfign to be held on tbe 20th
insk, abd re-}M fwtfv solicits the the suffrage of
His fell w-e r ti/'*n». If elected, he will faithfully
perform tlie duties of the office.
Jnlius 4 ( Vomers’'ist
■announced as an I\!>kt*Kkdkxt C.ixtupatk
Sheriff of Brooks County, at the '
el AjU tq b el; eld on the 20th inst.. and hereby
he suffrage <»f hi.-: fellow-citizens.
authorized
a;nee M. Os. PARRAJIORE as an Im»e
--; >*:-.\iiK:,T Candida n:. a: uK; election on the 20th
| ir.-t . for theefiice of Sheriff'of If rooks County.
IP- re- ■ :;u!ly s'di'.*i!s the.ybieftgof his feflow
'dttzens. and if elected, prom: ldkerve them
[ faithfully. _
A. Hunter here
bv ariii'-ences f*tndidate for tbe Office
o! Sheriff us Brock- <"o«nty. at the election to be
hr Id \ the ~ *h m-t.. and respectfully solicit%
tb- >u!fraire of hi- i w-eiiizens. Ii elected he
wii! endeavor to faithfully discharge the duties
of the office.
eltjF* e are authorized
i to announce WILLIAM HUDtsOX ac 4 candi
i;e for re-election to the office *»f Clerk of tho
Sup,C«.airt fur Brooks at the elec
•ion to be held oa the 2«U» ir\-
W e arc authorized
■ . unce Tli* >MAS N. LEW I." a l * a Caudl
.1 u - lor Tax Receiver of Brooks County, at tl#
!ce::-n to be held April 23th,