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Samlersvillc, Ga., Aug. 24, 1870.
Editorial Rambliiigs.
Cuthbert, , An^iis't,'l | 8 ; 70 1
4 o’clock A. M. j
Dear Georgian—I would not have
your readers deceived by the early
.hour of this communication, that, we
■are one of those restless spirits that
cannot sleep." Far from it on the con
trary, with Peter Simple, we “can bear
as much sleep” as most inen, and our
wakefulness this morning, is an excep
tion.
Leaving hppie on Tuesday afternoon,
in the hope that the excitement of trav
el and chapgp of scene, would tend, to
recuperate our failing energies and res-
itore health greatly impaired. We
•found ourselves at 3 a. m. next morning
in Americus, The S. W. Road we
found in. * excellent , running order.
Though travelling at night was slow and
wearisome. Americus has improved
s’nce we saw it a twelve months ago.
A fine, commodious brick ware house
and Depot is a great improvement upon
.the old wooden structure, stilt standing.
•SevG.'ul other neat a’ncT'fasteful buildings
diay.e been brected, and Americus is
spreading, With a fine" female college,
the E-Urlow Institute* with good water,
ami ‘an elevated, Undulating healthy lo
dation, and as good a population as can
be found anywhere, and when its incor
porate limits of 2 miles in diameter
.shall be fully built up it will be a large
<city.
i But we were too feeble to see much
of the city, and yesterday we came
,down to Cuthbert. The ride was pleas
ant though rather warm. Were sur
prised at the generally poor appearance
of crops on the B.. Road. As you
know we have no interest" in cotton,
have not a stalk in " the wprld, we do
not know, what is expected of the lands
we have seen, hut with few exceptions
qlong’the road, from Americus here,
such crops would be considered poor on
the inferior lands of old Washington.
Fome are badly worked and grassy, but
m'ost appear to hie dwarfed with' drout.
About Atrieridus they" halve k'ad redent-
ly abundant rains but Cuthbert is suf
fering with drout. Gardens that a few
■Weeks ago, were fat and floqpishing are
now almost burned up. Aven the grass
iiEjd weeds are withering. f Located upon
the dividing ridgC’ between' the Flint
and Chattahoochee rivers well wooded
with oak and hickory, the' location of
the town is admirable. Nature has been
lavish of her favours: The public
square is beautifully" level and if the
Court-house were removed from the
centre, (as is proposed,) and the square
well carpeted with grass it would he
beautiful. Space stems to have been
no object in the laying out of the town
except as to the streets, for while the
lots are generally large, the streets are
narrow. r l here is not much attempt at
architectural displayin' the dwellings.
Some p; etty colleges, but t’dstes differ,
and each man seems t'o hfcve built to
suit himself, hence there is little or no
uniformity in the style of architecture.
Cuthbert can boast three churches,
Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian.
!£he Methodists lost theirs last year by
fire. Their new church though now
j ^
occupied is not yet finished. The Bap
tists are repairing and adding to theirs.
Raving attended prayer meeting and
heard an aniniated -and stirring address
by the Pas tor': of’ .the: M. E |V j3harch, we
lay dowy to sleep, “to sleep perchance
to dream.” But with one of Shake
speare’s old mornarchs for a long, long
time we found that woo her ever so earn
estly the coy damsel sleep was not thus
to be won. But wearied nature at last
claimed her rights, and somewhere near
midnight, we found forgetfulness. We
had slept'tty o Fours, ivflffftU roused by
sounds unusual, ffe heard the alarm of
fire., Fire ! fire ! fire ! Tq, spring from
bed and dress was the work of a minute.
When descending the stairs and reach
ing the door which fronts on the public
square, we discovered the flames burst
ing from the roof of a two story build
ing on the corner, diagonally across the
qquare. ThChoUse was wood. It was
occupied as a store Below and as a prin
ting office, (the office of the Cuthbert
Appeal) above. *. Rrtyyo' minutes' afteV
■Wp reached the fire, the !$ngine com
menced to play upon it, and had it been
confined to the roof it would have been
extinguished, for at one time the stream
of water had extinguished all appear
ance of flame upon the roof and a shout
arose . from the crowd at the apparent
triumph of the fire company. But the
interior of the upper story was on fire,
and bursting in below—the firemen were
driven backeby^the.-densefstookey while
the roof was again enveloped hi flames,
it was now apparent to all that the Build
ing was.gone, and the, attention of the
fire companies was directed to, the safe
ty of the'adjoining buildings. Fortu-
patety but one was'seriously endanger
ed. This was a one story building de
fied as a tjtore within less than.50
j felt of the huf , ning'‘house. This was
saved. The further spread of: the fire
prevented, and at this writing. 7 a. ui.
all is quiet. We are glad to leirn that
the parties burned out are insured.
Cuthbert has been most unfortunate;
last spring, a heavy fire, since that sev
eral attempts have been made to burn
the town.. Unforturiatly,. Cuthbert is
built of wood. The attempls to make
good brick have failed from some de
fect in the clay. Good clay we are
sure can be found, if proper exertions
are made, we would engage to* find ii
within a mile of the Court-house. In
surance on the Public Square is vers
h gh. Rut >ve must, close, shall visit
the College in charge of Professor
Hamilton to-day. Think that out
health is improving. Hope to be at
home soon. TIIE EDITOR.
" The War,
The news from the seat of war up to
this writing, Monday 22d, is unfavora
b!e to France. For several days, thetel-
g ams tell us of desperate fighting and
terrible losses on both sides near Metz,
one telegram announced a French vic
tory over which all Paris was jubilant,
but subsequent telegrams show the
French still in retreat before a victori
ous foe. It is to be hoped that before
we go to press, we shall have more
definite information.
. The news from the front, up to go
ing to press’, is no belter for France.
Cmip’.etely outgeneraled and badly
beaten, the threat of the Prussian
Monarch that he would dictate'peace in
Paris, seems likely to' be realized.
Tlius far the war l.as been'a series of
triumphs, for Pi ussian arms. 1
Democratic .Convention.—This
body convened in Atlanta last week.
After a harmonious session of a few
hours, adjourned sine die. The action
of the Convention, will give general
satisfaction. Indeed the Prolongation
outrage having been defeated in the
Legislature, the Convention wisely ad
journed after appointing an Executive
committee.
The purchase qf tlie Opera House in
Atlanta, brings to mind our school
days, and especially that portion of our
juvenility devoted to Grammar as
taught then by Lindlay Murray :
IMPERRATINE MOOD,'
Singular,
1st Person—Let me steal,
2d ' V ’ Steal thou or do thou steal,
31 “ Let him steal.
Plural.
1st Person—Let us steal,
21 “ Steal ye, or d > ye steal,
3d “ Let them steal.
Conceived in sin and fraud, an out
r ige upon the people of Georgia, the
proclivities to evil, of tiie present
State government are so strongptliat it
would really be strange and surprising
if it were to do one single act of disin
terested and patriotic statesmanship.
The purchase of I^imball’s Opera
Ilouse fo- a State Capito : is the begin
ning of the end. Now let the L -gis-
laturesell the State Rtad to Kinibdl,
Bullock and Blodget & Co., arid take
State Confederate Scrip in. payment,
and the^ will have accomp'ished, as'
fully as the'y were able the ruin of the
Slate.
———II
The Unkindest Cut of. All.—
Tnecharnpions of the Southern Radical
Sta'e administrations seem to ascribe
Democratic stricture to mere partizan-
ship But what do they say to the
following tart, unmincing talk from
one of the most ultra Radical sheets of
the North, the New York Sun. We
commend every paragraph to our read
ers
Southern Republican’, who discrim
inate between fealty to party principles
and the supp rt of bad leaders, in their
personal schemes for the injury of the
State, can read the extract with profit:
For a time after the war the rule of
the carpet-baggers ’in (he South was
a.necessity. The o’d dominant class
did not take kindly to the nqw order
of things which sprang from the suc
cess of the Union arms. The inroads
of a governing element from tbe,jNorth
vr is the natural result ; anfl that it
should bring in its train a body of ad
venturers was’almost athingcf eourse.
The fruits of the carpet-bag reign of
die last five years are what might have
been 1 ex’neeted. The world may be
searched in vain for governments so im
moral',to shamelessly corrupt, so hope
lessly. rottenas those now prevailing in
the £outh. Politically ’they may be
cliangeG ; but this cannot cure one of
the soiest of the evils already inflicted.
These scamps have run the Stated they
ruie ruinously into debt. The legisla
tures controlled by them haVe pledged"
the States to the discharge of pecuniary
obligatfops of erushin'g height, tp, the
.future redemption of an enormous
'amount of bonds, and to tne imposition
of enormous taxes thiough a series of
yiarv. This has been done in further
ance of all sorts of schemes whereby
the authors reap present wealth and
anticipate large gains in the immediate
future. These burdens h.\vo already
seriously embarrassed all of these
Siatte and well nigh bankrupted some
of them; and to save the from, ruin, the
reign of the harpetjbtjg robbers must
be speedily brought to .ah end.—New
York Sun.
' Marrying a wopnan for her beauty is
like eating a bird for ith sweet singing.
What.is mine, eyen'to my life, is his
I love, but the secret of my friend is
not mine. 1 ‘ ‘
. Slanders issuing from red hot lips
are like spiders crawling from the heart
of a rose-
jFrdnt ih6 Atlanta-Constitution, 17th.] - Ttatimrs made of the number''who are
State Democratic Convention.
The convention met at the hall of
the House of Representatives this morn
ing, at ten o’clock, and was called to
order by Judge E. G. Cabariiss.
On motion of A. R. Lamar, of Co
lumbus, lion. Augustus Reese, of Mad
ison, was called to the chair as tempo
rary chairman.
Oil taking his seat, Judge Reese ex
plained the object of the meeting to
devise ways and means for the preserva
tion of constitutional liberty. Wisdom,
justice and moderation should prevail
in odr councils, and we should demon
strate to the world that Democracy
meads truth and justice.
On motion, Col. J. B. Weems, of
Macon, Mark A. Hardin, of Bartow,
and J. R. Randall, of Augusta, were
requested to'act" as temporary secreta
ries. ‘ !
The roll o( the counties was called,
and the names of delegates’ Fere*’en
rolled. ' ' "
Colonel C, W. Styles moved that a
committee of three from each Congres
sional district be appointed tp report on
permanent organization.
General A. R. Wright was loudly
called for. Lie panic forward and
thanked the convention for the honor,
but suggested that this was a time for
action and not for speeches.
Mr. S. M. Strong, of Thomas coun
ty, moved that the address of the Dem
ocratic members of Congress be read •
which motion prevailed, and the address
was read by Secretary Mark Hardin.
The committee on Permanent Organ
ization reported the following for per
manent officers of the convention, which
was unanimously adopted :
President—General A. II. Colquitt.
Vice Presidents—Arthur Hood, A.
II. Chappell, T. Hardeman, J. W. M.
Reese, G. M: Nptherland, Nathan Bass,
C. W. Styles."
Secretaries—John B. Weems, A.
McMillen, At S. Fort, Pope Barrow,
C. II. C. Willingham, J. A.'W. John
son, W. G. Whidby, of thp Atlanta
Constitution, B. J. Davis.
On motion of lion. Arthur Hood, a
committee of tlirde was 'appointed to
wait upon General A. II. Co quilt, and
conduct him to the chair. ’ ’ -
Upon being escoVtcd the chair,
General Oolquitt“thanked the conven
tion for the- honor conferred. lie
brought but few qualifications save an
earnest desire to :save Georgia from
ruin and dishonor: The people* of
Georgia had bereft quiet and peaceable
under wrongs and attempted usurpa
tions, and patiently'Tided their time
when they could beTeatcl at the bal.ot-
b’ox. He counseled harmony and wis
dom in action, advising an abstinence
from sensational speeches which were i
'arriving in a citjo But no note has
been taken- of those who have left.
The Chicagoan* are now much disap
pointed-over ihetr figures, showing but
250,000, when they expected 400,000;
but it is the satpe with Cincinnati
where tbey clammed over 300,000 and
have l/ht barely 200,000 ji is so in
a ! l the V\ estern cutes, and to a large
figure in the'Eastern cities, He says
that the number of houses unoccupied
in the’large'cities is almost fahulnu.-,
and is a proof of tiro fact that many
petsoiis are leaving the larger cities and
going West and fib ml). - > ■’ * *
■ The Fall Campaign.
Earnest Appeal to Democrats
* and ^Conservatives Throughout
thd Country.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—The Na
tional Deritociatte Executive Residert
Committee have F.-ucd the following
circular:
To the Democracy of the Several Sta
tes: ' - '
Th sCoinmiltee respectfully requests
(hat it may be furutsiu-p, at as early a
day ris practicable, with the name* and
address of the members of the S ate
Central Committee of each State in
which elections are to be Held this
NAPOLEON,
Let us glance over tlieadministration
of the third Uapoleon. Elected prosi .., ;ir
dent of the Btench Republic in 1848, j j L ; s a | so requests that the chairman
I e found himself soon beset by con- ; 0 f t .aoi»*of .-such Committee will, from
t ndmg mcuons m the then so-called I liini .-cornmahicate with the
Lc^k- a ‘ lv, ‘ Assembly. He was pow- j , I( ., f . L .m,.,* ? i/:viric the condition, pro
. tl ) d ,° an . v as Executive. I gr " ui!li u, ed- of the campaign in his
Cune.s u.nly c ecuiitu m liie Jlous^* j With sneii oilier information
more resembling Rami, n.onium than -^y-nldTo *,|iVefliciency
erl
(ecuiuil m the llous 1
R.incU pioiiiiim’ than
anything else. All was disorder, ‘con-
fusio i worse confounded.’ T‘ie pub
ic affairs were forgotten or ignoied
amidst the struggle of rival parties.
Each faction tric'd in turn to use the
Executuq, for he was su; posed to be
devoid of character, a liguie head—a
name, lie had no alternative but to
s'and aloof from all, and protest before
the ptople against the dissensions of
their putilic servants, and n^suie them
of his powerlesst.e-s, under the exist
ing order of things, lo accomplish any
public good. An election was soon to
the place lor a no v President. Fae-
t ons were howim , designing parties
were at woi k aga’ii-i liim, aim u was a
question which should be crushed, he
oi the i ssemlhy, headed by Clianat tiier.
It rmnainel b>r li;m to save himse f
and, vve tn-iy add. the country, which
was t fleeted by tin coup dt tut i f De
cember, 1851, rema ding the ipie.-tion
to ihe French people lor their decision.
The result was ttie annihilation of
fiction, the installment of la v and or
der under the second elliptic, an ■ the
commencement ol a new- era of p: ogres
Re may have been in (he wrorm, h u;
his enemies v/ere ryo.ie so. Rid cal
moralists may w hine with puritanical
obt use ness a ml self comp! ceney over
his r. j'Uted vi< lation of i he oath 6i l olliew.
We are familiar witii their piety on]
such points of inoi'alitv/ ami knirv
wha't mriovations‘and '(rrcgnlarities o!
f that sort have transpired even in tin
COB
.f ll
as
com-
aild
mittee’s action.
In this connection the Committee
cannot forbear caui stly inviting the
attention ol 1). m> crat§ and Con
servatives tlnmiolibut the eountrv to
the condition of their respective party
organisations everywhere, and tuging
the high importance that such organi
zations in State, Congressional districts,
counties, &•*., shouid l>e in thorough,
effective, piaciical w'oiking order.
Samuel J. Randall, Chainnan.
Homicide at the Capitol.
Yesterday morning, a few moments
before ten o'clock, Mosses II Bentley
(colored), Messenger of the House of
Representatives, st’ot and killed' Mai-
coim Claiborne (colond, member of
the llous from Burke county'. Tiie
shooting look place in tiie capdol, near
the head of the smbwav, leading to
the Smite Chamber l om Marietta
street. I is said that the d fficuity be
tween tljc.pirtics arose fr< m wotds of
condetnntiin n, u.-ed by C aiborne
agtiinst Bentley, fur his action in eaus-'
ing the amsl of S I ator Wulbici (c d-
on d) |ur tne ad ged use uf'oi>probri..us
words to Bentely.
B ntley find tlitee shots, two mis
sing and the o her passing through
Ckuroriie’s breast near the in-ait, IVom
wmch wound deaiIt ensued in about
fifteen nunidis, The dying u a i was
carried across tiie street to tne olliee oi
land of Washington, ui) ler the eon-j Dr. Wcslmoreiatid, where he expired.
venient 1 pfea of necessity, and fr qneiii.lv A large cib.wd pss«:m >ie I, and eonsid-
witliottl wen that suinei I litre. * ; eia'-le exetiein tit prevailed lor si me
The iiiaiigutati >n :.i ' the See >nd j time. A eoruoers jury was .summon
Empire was tiie begmnig of a new gfid i id foithwitli, v, im rendered the follow-
brilliant epoch. \\ hi e the" gloiv <d r '"g verdict ;
sldution.
jail.—AUa.nl
the Fieneii arms was iliustrab d in the ‘Thai the deceased, Malcolm Clai-
Crnnea.and in Inuiv, and England was J borne/came t'j Ip.s death by a pistol
, , taught the val(t3 ’ol‘a French all.a 1 ee, Istibt VrouiVn; said'shot being fiied from
tortured and uSed against ui, and urg- 1 iis'-great'jiress b'etng suddenly co: ve‘r- f a pis:ol :n tiie hands ol Mosses Beri-
ing prompt, earnest and carffioils delib- ! ted f'roin systemaitc <le:raelton of ifce \ tlev.’
erations in the devising ol measures for! Ftnperor to serviie adulation, the arts ! Bentley was immediately arrested,
the protection of the rights anil liberties j of industry ;1i if civiliz ition n ceived a f and is now lod
of the people. ; tresli tinpelus tii France. D iring the
The Speech was loudly applauded, ; past sixteen years In t devdi-jietitent i f
and met with ^ hearty amen from the 1 material re.-ourceshas been ;r< m.'ndon,.
convention. Lli-rn a! propeity lias d>>itbtli-ss;trebled
IIon. J T. Clark, of Randolph, offer (use (' in v.-i ne, while she has exp.m i-
ed a resolution that a committee of j cd to a first—class man'jacturijnj ami
three from each Congressional district | commercial P wer. It matters hol
be appointed to prepare busirie.'g for the j what jaundiced eyes may see in the
Convention, : anc( that all resolutions j man nor w! ai selti-li nnuives niay fie
coiiceniing the platliryiq 'and organiza- 1 imputed l<> i.l n, the wm en, of a
tion of the party ’he referred to the diseased nna'ghia am Tu s; prove
committee without reading, which was f hotlnug. Wc' cifiy km>., v. hat we
adopted. I see. \Ve see lie mis g- ven Iner v l"
■ An invitation was read from II., T. ! the }i ople a.; Igst as ttn y could jn li
Kimball, inviting the convention to vis- ciousiy receive it. 11 • ims not shown
t Oglethorpe Park at lour o’clock, P. .lumseli i.■ be F voimnary despot, but
has proven liinike'lf ever read v to relax
M, -
Tb,e convention adjourned until 3
o’clock P. M.
Priority in United*' * States
Courts.—An important law, passed
in the last days of'the sess : oii‘, giving
certain parties priority in the United
S ates courts, has been officially pro
mulgated. It provides that in suits
arid actions, either at law or in chance
ry, now pending or that may hereafter
be biought in any ol the courts of (life
United States or brought into said
courts by appeal, writs of error, or re
moval Irorn any State court, wherein
a S ate is a paityor where the ex
ecution of the revenue laws or any
S'.atc may be enjoined or stayed by ju
dicial order or process, it shall be the
duty of any courts in wlrch such cause
mqy be pending, on sufficient reason
shown, to give such cause the prefer
ence arid priority over all other civil
causes pending in such court between
privatepArtfesr and the S’ate or the par
ty Hairnmg under the laws of the State
the execution Dl -whose revenue laws
is enjoined or suspended, shall have a
riglitito have such cause’ heard at any
time after such cause is docketed in
such court in preference to any other
civil cause pending in such court be
tween private parlies.
Under a new law, United Staaes
grahd and petit jurors are to receive
$3 per day far actual -attendance in
court, and fiye cents mileage (joipg and
returning. - - » • 1
Progress of the Census.—A
Washington correspondent of life'New
York 'Tribune gives some interesting
siatemenrs in regard to the census now
being taken, received from Gen. Wul-
ker/thesuperintendent. Gen. Walker
s'lates, however, (fiat by next Monday
be will have the total populations of
Maine, Delewaae, Connecticut and
Rhode Island, also the Eastern and
Southern districts, by the 1st of Sep
tember the Northern district of New
York, Maryland and Ohio; the 15th of
September ail (be States and Territo
ries, except Texas and Oregon and a
portion of Western Michigan, which
will not be completed by the 1st of"
October. '* He will be able to give the
oamplete population of the country by
the 10th of'October. lie says that by
the 1st of September he will be able
to give the population of all the large
cities'of the"country, exoept Sah Fran
cisco, and this 1 iatter by ' the 10th of
September. He has made an estimate,
arid places the total population ‘ of the
country at 40,300,000. He argues that
the lttrgeicitiips will fall twenty'per
cent, betow the estimates placed upon
their populations,' for the reason that
the esti'ffiufes alrd all based upon calcu-j
when hcueuiii do s » with safety to the
public wink We must remember that
Opposition in France means, not op
position ft's a rule to measures; but op
position to the organ c law. As long
as factions exist in France that abuse the
liberty freely given, and even while hold
ing office uniter the government are open
Ig plotting for its destruction, a perfectly
rational liberty is impracticable, however
much an execul.ve might desire it.
Napoleon has always, from the start,
been the first to lead in evety work oi
true progress and civilization—the ac
tive advocate of railway enterprise,
telegraphs and great industrial exhibi
tions, and latteily he was the principal
figure, through his Empress, ig the
great festival on tiie occas-ion of tlie
opening of the Suez canal, the work of
a Fri licit engineer in the face of every
discouragement, especially tlial ' of
England. Even :( itiere is no good
rea.~ou for France to (ove the man, there
is certainly no good reason why she
should love any one else more. He
has been useful to her; advanced her
x in greatness arid material yvda^th. IJis
. f philosophy has been rationally and
practically progressive. Famine hides
its head under his policy, for in times
of great dearth he taxes the rich to
support the poor, through great public
works.' 'He has been a necessity to
Franco, arid his government has been
admirably adapted lo the genius of the
people. Wcmust jhdg6 men general.y
by results, certainly not by imagainry
bypothesed. — Telegraph <& Messenger.
I\?NTUCKT TO TI1K NEGEOEii AND
TIIE Natl/:;—Ti.'e (Ji?nni-i-,Jiiurii;il,
.-peal tug h r tin. Kentucky D m«.c!.acy,
otast. / vi o :
To the negroes it says, what we said
three years ,ig<>, ‘We can do without
vou. Your voles are not necessary to
us. Tl.ey only serve to strengthen our
lines by impressing upon us the neces
sity of organization. Y.ote just as you
lilte. M ike y'Our own bed and lie in
it. Tiie re is room enough for us all in
old Keitmeky, and, iuspiteof yourde
lusioitai.d ignorance and fo.ly, we will
try and do our duty by you and see
that you are not injured or dhturbed.’
Tins is what the intelligence of Ken
lucky says to the negroes, and here is
what the. Democracy of Kentucky says
to the nation at large: ‘You see in
Kentucky to-day a model ol honest,
eeonom eal, and consuiu.io.na! govern
ment; I glu ami *quai taxes; a trivigi
public debt; an unquestioned piublie p
credit ; jieaee and law at.d order; a few !
hot heads, but many s-ber heads ant
patriotic lieans: a remnant of old times;
when Democracy was in power every
where, and a forecast of mat future
which is to behold a restoration of an
old fashioned, ch cap, and national ad-
miriisuation.
Here is Kentucky and there is
Carolina —one under Democratic aud
the other under Radical rule. Which
do you prefer, men of the North and
West?
Democrats be to Turned Out of
the Legislature.
Everybody thought, last winter' that
e'ven Governor Bullock was satisfied
with the present L,egi lata re after turn
ing out so many Democrats and put
ting in conscripts enough to give a Re
publican majority on joint ballot; but
since some honest Republicans dare to
differ with him and refuse to do his
bidding and aid him iD his j-rolongation
and other nefarious schemes, we learn
that he has again dragged cm his ‘raw
head and bloody bones’ of 'contested
seat,’ in order to frighten timid Demo
crats into the support of prolongotion.
It is said that sortrfe old cases of contes
ted seats, which, un(il now, were not
thought worthy of attention, have been
resurrected, and that several Democrats
have been informed by friends and co
workers of Governor Bullock who say
they speak with authority, that if they
(the Democrats'holding said contested
seats) will only d^dge.the prolongation
question and not vote either way, that
the oontest will be dropped, and they
will be allowed to hold their seats;
otherwise, they will be turned out.—
Th? Constitution. ; ■ ; .
The
Berlin, August
following is official;
Pont-a-Mousson, Angn«t 17, Eve
ning.—The third corps moved yeste-
day to the cast side of Metz, on the
line of the enemy’s retreat towards
Verdun, and had severe fighting with
four French divisions and the Imperial
Guard. The first corps was sustained by
the tenth, and by detachments of the
eight and ninth, commanded by Frede
rick Charles. The enemy were driven
upon Metz, in spite of hissuperor num
bers, after twelve hours’ combat)
'1 he losses on both sides were very
heavy.
. London, August 18.—The French
telegrams give the following resume of
the events since Sunday:
On that day the French engaged the
Prussians before Metz, inflicting heavy
losses. The French then retired on
Verdun. Qo Monday the Emperor
was at Gravillatte with sixty thousand
men, Subsequently fighting occurred
at Longuevilie.
The French are constantly fighting
and retreating, contesting every step.
On Tuesday the Emperor passed
thrcugH Verdun, and reached Bheluis,
where he remains.
Paris, August 17.—La P-resse
cial dispatelffrom Marshal Bazaine has
been received, claiming great victories
over Prince Frederick RCharles and
General S einmetz between Dancourt
and Bronville.
Berlin, August 18 — It is belieyed
to be pretty certain that the Prince
Roval was wounded in one of the bat-
t'esatound Mitz
London, August 18.—Information
received f um V r lun this (Tue i iy)
morning that a great battle is progress
ing mar Marsbi Ti.urs. Geriertil Fors-
sard and B ittailie are reported wound
ed.
Berlin, August 18.— D-tailsof the
Pont-a-MoiHsnn battle say that Baz-
aine w as attempting to fall back from
Me'z to Verdun, ami was attacked by
the filth corps and compelled to face
aboui. The Prussians were firm under
the a 1 tack of the fourth nrmv corps,
among them the National Guard. Re-
ii.fo-cements airivinz, the French
found it impossible to prolong the con
test and retired upon Met-z losing two
ll oustin’ prisoners, two eagles and
seventeen cannon.
Pa.ki$, August 18--The Prussian
lo--s around Metz was 4U,000. Tiie-
French fnsq was comparative 1 y small,
the tri ops being protected by the for-
tnss.
i he French Hoops have reinforced
S arsbiqtig.
1 i-e Riussians hays nosieg' trains,
and have ab:iRd.oned i tfie idea of besieg-
ii g Fin stionrg.
f J lie Pru-sians have retired to Dar-
senheim yalley to seeure their commu
nication.
BER.t.i.N'. Augu- t 18- The hVuyNa:,
fleet, the Darst-y, Blitz and the’ 8tnm C
ander, encountered the Freneh 0, el o^f
four armed f igates off Ragan Island.
The Pi ussianssoon retired without loss..
Tit" Freneli fleet i.- i>pw < fi’ Dum-fuscli.
B.-zainc has atrn n s'opf'ed private
teieg'-aphing'as tiy vlint tman-i news
ri-ncln s Bjrhn.
London, Ananst IS—A te!eg r an>
fioin Briey s iysihat an obstinate strug
g’c occuT-rd near M.osla Tour ye-u r-
day. Tne wounded of botlt armies
are arr.\pig at Biiey. 'J'favt-I’ers re
port that a vast body of Prussians
ive.d thrown back upon the Moselle by
the Imperial Guard.
Paris, Augi^t 18.—Apprehending
that the enemy inih n led to cut an irn
portant raihoid, which wonnld tliwa't
t e present F each movement, a .'(roust
, column w.- s dispatcln d to Chalons, and
arrived in time to prevent mishief.
Berlin, August 18.—dispateh fn m
K'ng \\'il*iain, dated Pont-a-Mousser,
August. 17th, says} In tiie fi.dit here
yesterday we took two thousand pris-
om-is, seveute- ii gun--, and two engies ’
Provtueial corresp-.ndeiiee sa\s, in
r sutrpng the possession of former Ger
man provinces Pi ussia means to re
imburse her plundered subjects who
have In-eii expelled from France.
Paris, Auga-t 18,—T :; e French
have captured eleven German vessels
since t ie war.
The. French governm -nt represent-
that previous reverses have been iul!i
eheek'd,’ am] I lie i ft" u lift he Rj ussian-
to i>r- vent a eone< i,'ti:iti<ui of ti e e.-rj s
at L'ha'on- was eornpL-iel.v n /ml<i il. j
Paris, August 18.—The l*’n tie!. [
hold their ground, but lost heavily in
i Wi dnesday’s battle mar Giaviilate.
j Gaulois s-\s cricoin; g:ng desjratehes
have bf-eti n n iv< >1 (.-< in B z.-ui.e, but
must Ire kept secret.
Chatr-.-oi Cna'ri!hnd has be>-i> p! ecd
at ti e disposal <>t g-*v*-i*t,1■ t (.a’ tnrs-
pital as . It has lour i.uml e to •ms.
Mons. AIm-ii d s -ribes the en rince
of the Pi ussiat s into Save tie. They
do not maltreat the peop.l , brut ex a t
n oney, firead. tobacco, wine, and for
age. Where ihe people res st, the
i’liissiaris are very cruel. Manv peas
ants kill tiu-ir horses to • prevent ‘ the
Prussians from taking them.
Paris’, August 18..—Li Pjitris has
( e following lrom the army, dat'd
Tuesday :• ~
‘Bazunc’s army, in res fhg upon
e’z, was enai led to cheek the enemy
] i and gain precious time. Tiie Prns-
[siRHs decided to turn Metz Bazaine,
k'howitgtheit intention, cros-ed the
Moselle lit several plucks, intending to
retire upon Clu»f> us.
The Pi ussians etideavoi ing to cut
the French line attacked four times,
but were renulsnl with .great 1-ss.
Bazaine o -mint) -d liis ';miir8h. i! ' Ii is
now cons deiid certain that he will
make a j notion witti MaeM dibn and
Trneliu. 1 his e'uangas the '‘situation.
Bizairie will have supi iior numbers,
and may a sutye the olf-;.s;ve at pleas
lire. i
Paris, August 21.—Ejiyate letters
received lure describe Marshal Canro-
bert in the battle of D •Iicouri as Heroic
in the extijeme. During the entire day
lie was in front ol the Hm s and person-
all headed charges. An aid de-camp
had at: arm shot, ii by Ins side at Pont
a-Mousson. S rou’g bodies of troops
belonging to McMahon’s corps are mo
vi g towards the Yo.-g s. A Deputy-
of the Corps Lcgislat.f iiu-ioun'ced to
sora - persons around tl e tyfiamlter (hat
the Prussians had entered Catilion Sur
Marne is a small t >wn in the Depart
ment oLMarne, On the river of the
same name, twenty-nine miles north
west of Chalons. This ’ movement
^•ould indicate the Prussians as rnov
ing on Paris via gezaune. It is now
reported that Prnce Napoleon has
gone to Italy on an important mission.
Large bodies of troops, in fine condition,
pass through Paris day and night for
the front. Pi ivate capital has supplied
immense quantities of provisions and
munitions, and has been buying the
past two weeks. Paris could now
stand a siege of six months. The ra
pidity of the accumulation is wonderful
and still continues. The Gaulois re
lates that when the Emperor offered
the Governorship of Paris and the
command of the forced here to Gen.
Trochu, \yho stipulated that he epust
on the 18th is repeated i
sources. Gaumont ' • r ° n
and Thionville.
Gin. Troehu’s prop!.™ •
National Guard, - a, '° n
follows: Troops aru]
3
. -mati
(ja,d « Mobile •
x,u:.p 3 an( j 13
qrmy of Paris, and all d t .f a d’° ' n 1
Capital: ‘In the midst 0 of «
highest importance, I h avp k nts ^
pointed Govenor. The t,« ° een
nrd the peri! also. I fly"T' 3 8
pat i iotioin ,-iiou -J IUi is |„ ° n 1
a siege. N v,-r was tU,,,'., *" Ut I
nifieent nopui Luniiv n, '"" r «ni-
1 1 ,rr >'|n-ni v |,
country. Y,
World that long ‘ ^
t-ff. ruinated the
before \ on tl e i:
which lias fought
their l.etoie sti utrcrte
inirytion of a! 1 . °Shoiv , JV
duct :hat you »,.-, Ye tin-
fouiiil respons hiuiv testu, ”
""p-e < 1 n le ‘f
'" e agaiist
compels (|_ ( .
"f i
B:-:j;L(N, August 21— N
ffici.-d vstatettihattheimp,,^;; 11
received >;m*e ihe battle ( .j p, ' '
is that the French have wnl, f a "" V|
their lute*, in... .\l e T Wr;1 *'
Pog-A-lle™, A
I lie Cron n Pn ce visit,-e" ,i j.
Ii- re to-day, from a din wi., a ye
line i.uii his.forces ait- F.",'' ,v
Bar !«• D-- r 11
Bm
believed that E
d. Itrmmed
Pa-is. A ust
meniaril v
cumij
lie I lot
lie.
SELS, August 21, g, __ _
uhiiur a ui}
-s t. ->*Uv ;irp
to enterVHneymtfy,;,^
* 1 c • i ? /■cntft
On tiie 16th i, st.. hv Kldcr T.c mu{
Saffoi.d Babya.'-S r.nti,
Duggan, all of Wa-hir
-on rounty.
os -a-,
John France, s.m of .John J. \\'! ;e ! lln j- ,
after a short severe illiness on Thui-J.V 1$
August, in the 12th year of his a^ f ^
little hoy. he has been taken from theVP'
come. . May God bind up-.lie br u k, rU heart t
the widowed mother.
Died in Sandersville at 3 r. H . on Mr„,„
last. Marv Klancui , infant <i:.updjter of f.
aid I.ydia M. Sullivan. Demon i|,c tvnl.
seventii of Iasi June it had not compl, t.,|
sec,aid uionih. when taken hv the "mat vU
herd io the fleaven’y Fold, ‘Tor^cf such is
the Kingdom of l O i. :;
Mrs Lvuretia wiF of J.dm Kl-
k'ns K q.. dud on the fhh ol July,
las', in tie) 70-.li year.
The deceased was an mia suminr
humble, follower of her S viuur, am!'
for nearly 40 years a number if lit
M. E. Church at Bay Springs in this,
county, .null the relations o/'life, as
wif , mo:her, neighbor, /ri,.-ml, she was
fait, full, a In geri. g painfull i,
which can- ed rxcmu a'.n.gm Ih-rii g at
times, she bore with cnits-iai.t.e.'vauV-.
To berjlie appihiaeli ol deal'll was mil
friglitfu.l. Knowing that lie; ui-ias:.
was m rta ! , she < nmly re*i«t;t ;1 herst-.f-
in- 1 Die lia.ifs of Go. i ;i:i 1 tied l’a.lv
i.-snre<l I fiat to l.t r lo die, vu- szaiIt.
\Ye It u ler our su cere mmi .li-nw
ro nr brreaved R other in Its gri-iti
‘affiodo , God alo e c m coii.h'll lum.
A e vy A yl v c> i- ti s e iv. * ■nts,
ffonve tiud £,/; 21 its for Kale.
'I HE subscriber off rs i,is .g Fgr..i',
* Jjaudersvii d'w.'th live huiidrUl ;\nj tiiiriv
ac es of ami attached, lor s.i-. 'I’hiifJli.m
abou one hundred and fifty acies (•le;u , :-i(Iai'd
on t. " place in a’fine state of cUUivYitiin. ii:',-
i aafanCa bteing heavily ■•t'cntv.-re'l with O.it:
Hickory and i’me.' "XL j ' la- •! fs level, and
wch adap ed to the culture“bf'lioifi "c'in and
cott n, as the jircselit crop wii, show. 'J fie
dwelling house luv> four large uaml'urtaln
rO lus, with a lioJi of t« cive by torty-f ur feet"
and a Daseiuent for a dining room. There is
a goo I kitchen, smoke house, Wash and Data'
hi.us s„ with servants bouses, and a I ir,e ami
v.'eil■arranged llarn. stable-;, carriage lioii-c
r4fd Wagon she ter. "‘Ti.t-re’ are 1 --.i’ variety of.
ch i:c>- fruits. : "a good vegetable and Flmvur
liarden attached t— dm dwelling, and a -splen-
did w li of never hiring water in tiie yard;'
I he residence :s .n the c :g • of town conveni
ent to both schools and eiiurclie-, and on t e
iroadiroin Sarrdersvillc to Teiinille, C. n. T.
Terms-ag'e abie.- F. r iurtli. r pa; tic., nrs ap
ply to M • Aewina i Or f.-FI- Drown-.' ut- San-,
dersville, J. 1 Irwin, No. U!,-C. It. K. or tne
und.-i-signed atifavan ah. Ga.
W. W. CARTER.
Sandersvi 1c, Aug. 24, 1870. u "
ANDREW FEMALE COLLET.
CUTHBERT, GA.
T IIE sent Scholastic Veaii w ill open Holiday
< let. 3 i pros. * . w .
Faculty; ml, and efficient, as hitherto.
Course of ituiiius, unusnalty complete aed
thon.uoli. ■
Increased facilities, offered to V' iuig Licies
from niu- ad-. ■ .
Is ard—. uoracing Washing, Lights, m.ii F ne *»
for the \e.,r—f3"0,i.o ..
I'.sca-LiNE or the College, qiT e jirfccle 5 -.'
ca i e mati-. • ’
Les-,nsin I hvsical Training ainl tree u.-e
Il» I, unit Ten Dollvcs i r me U'ir-e.
IL:alth oi t.UTiiiur.T,' uiiMirp;..s.-cii a, -.1 e '•
li>T iioasc reads ) r Rnariiers—U,t. 1st i wX ‘
For additional inf, riuutiuit.
Ad.lfess-A. U. HAVILTON.
, , , .. . . ... or before the first Monday in Oetotur . ne f^. ou |j
be tree* tor act asi lie ttvourfht 'jjrope'r 6 ® idl ^ tcrs
! n n J L. .1 .* . ^ rwif ho flrrfi ntiwl ' if If
1’resisl* 1 ' 1 '
If
Cntlibcrt, Gq. Aug. 24 p
IN V VSyiNGTON COURT OF olUdA Gd
1 In Ciiawu
'•In pnrsnanee of the it,
In Chambers 22,1 A^t,
i;olcuiciidati° n ut ' ‘ r
of lie »ul<v rl0r .
Court 157*;, It is urdlrecUhat the
siitl county, colletrt'upon the State T»-' l« r cuU *,
purposes geucralJy lor the present year,
and titty percent, also the mrtUr
ceut for coiijmo^ Schools. It heinj
quired, to 'luces tin* requireuieut
•claims updu thtf Vountv. ~
HAYWOOD BROOKING U -
an*;. 24, IS'0^ J °
one hundred.
of fifty I icr ,
being the .-mount nr,
of the various
ato
GKDiiGI A — Wastiinglon c'ouniy.
“-By 1 la\ \\o,nl (Irookins, Urdin.an
When a-, John It. I’itllnaU bas Bleu i
tion lor Letter- of Admini.-trathm 1 cra ,-
01 William .1. I'ay.or, iate ol a ad county t c
cd, -ill t.cr-
'flu-se arc therefore to c-ite and adtmnm-l'" ^ #B
Soli.-concerned to he and «| ]Mi,ral I".'
or before The ti-st Monday in uctober ‘-yf L .’ etter B'
show cause, ll any They have, wh) :-:1 "
should not be granted. . v i.lC
• (liven under my imol at otfiee in Fan, e
this Isth day ol Aiu u-t, lsfv
llA Y VV HUP "
uug. 24, ] 870.
IL.OOJvlNS, m".)
. 30d
GEORGIA—Washington Couniy.
By Haywood Brookins, Ordinary.
Whereas John R. Tucker has applied^ IU . jp.
letters of Dismission from the Guardiaustnp o •
cheat It. and Eugenia R. Urayhill, minors o
W. Graybiil, late of said county, deceased,
These »re therefore to cite and admonish *■ ^
song concerned, to be aud appear at my ’’
praises Marshal Bazaine fo L refu S irvg ap hvidmust be. absolutely uncontrolled, %mV hand at ofti-c in Sanded
armislieH demanded hv th« L-'rnssinns -the Ifimnarnr rprihoH . ‘-fJcv,-..! -t - - -
armisticiT demanded by thq . Prussians
io bury the (lead. ■
Peasants .must bury the dead. The
army must continue its work of andi-
hilating the enemy to the hour oi com
plete victory.,
Thousands of men working on the
Paris defences.
Paris, August 18, Morning.—offi-
the Emperor reptie'd ‘General, I con-
ffide io the safely of ..the Capitol. Takp
cqrnmand.’V '• 1 ’
Ihe Republican and Democratic
journals praise Gen Trocliu for his in-
dendence and firmness.
The statement made by Count
Palikao that the French drove the
I russtans into the quarries of Gaumont
l'fith day of August, IS
aug. 24, 1S70.
llATWOUD ‘®RO0«fi%
GEORGIA—WiiBlmigtoii Conniy.
Bv ltu.v wood; itruuKiiiA, ordinary- £l .
Wlicreus, Lntitiu Oliver has> a I , I , ‘ff'. , rt a ui
cinptipu ain't iieVSoniility, and getting ap 1 ^ [j^..
valuation - of Homestead. 1 wid JJ-'T '.'TfSer-:
same at Io o’clock, A. M. on the St Inlay <>'
tomber, 1870, at my office. Ord’v-
HA4 WGOD BROOKINS, Ora.
aug. 24, 1§70. ’ "