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^^Svunpoti its third read
lantUouiQ majority. It
|comc a law, and stand
judgment of the legis
frgia, that the true and best
eriniujul i law, i are not the ,
ked ... 1 lor . . tbat and ,
Lc„ pun ih-mcttr ose,
Of bial,
of tanners, merchants,
IPRis and mechanics are such judges
*lio have given the law no attention or
study.
For ourselves, wc are not propared to
aanction the doctrine, that the less a
man knows about a given scieuco, the
hotter ho is qualified to judgo of it for
others, and tbat tho more a Judge of
tho Superior Court knows of criminal
law, the less ho is qualified tef expound
it to juries, either in the intcrost of de¬
fendants or of society. We therefore
condemn this legislation “in toto.*'
Wo glory in ns wise a criminal code
as any people enjoy on earth. A code
iu which if tbero exists a defect, it con¬
sists in the tenderness with which it ro
gards the rights of defendants, and the
mercy*which it stands ever ready to
show tosriminuls. Human life and hu¬
man liberty aro inviolable we admit,
but so ulso are tho well being and good
order of society. Wo have often heard
the icn.aik made by Judges, that “I
want no man's blood on my skirts,"
and we have always wished for a Judge
who would bo equally solicitous about
the rights of communities.
To the criminal belongs tlie right
of new ,trial—tho correction of all er
rors nude against him—tin*, benefit of
,
' all dvubts ol his guilt. And now to all
theso advantages which he enjoys
over the .State, comes the Georgia Leg¬
islature, and says he must have, iu ad¬
dition to nil these, tho right of having
juries, however ignorant, made judges
of the law of his case, as well as of' the
facts which control it.
4Ye say, out upon such legislation.
It is all in tho interest of clinic, and
thy for these, it ignores and forgets the
bust interests of nouicty,
It.seonis to us that it would have
been more to tlie point if the Lcgisla
ture hud put it thus:
Whereas many persons in the State
of Georgia are charged with grave
crimes, for which they are likely to suf¬
fer the penalty of the law, atid espec¬
by ially if that law bo further expounded
learned and conscientious judges,
now to give all such additional chances
of escape from the proper consequences
. of their crimes, we do hereby enact
that tho sworn and appointed Judges of
tho (Joiii'ts ot this Ntate arc no longer
judges alone ot crimi'iu! law, but tho jurors
shall be said judges, because they
have not studied it, and do «<»» know
if, nnd cannot oon-awily expound it.
Wc were taught to believe that law
Was the perfection of human reason.
Alan, 1 >r this yno it is tho perfection of
absurdity.
Tin: i init'taaxtTU Mi s.iiiK.
A new development of tho times is,
the movement against dram shops by
the ladies in the West. Fearing tho
weakness oi the law, and unwilling to
trust to the slow notion ol moral influen
cos, nnd educational agencies, they have
organized an active crusade agaiustthose
institutions, and are uritig lor their de¬
struction, tlie power of prayer. The
success, »f what is known ns the “pray¬
ing bands,’’ lias been such as greatly to
•licoomge their endeavors, and they
have spread from town to town almost
everywhere closing the shops, and join¬
ing the saloon keepers into their :ooie
ty, thus addiug them to the swi lliug cop
sun ot erusiders who are striking and
praying fo» the good of society.
We have no blame for the q it it iu
which 'he good ladies have organized
this movement. They mean well l y it.
It springs out of their opposition to
the crime of intemperance, and is the
hone-t protest of mothers, wives and
daughters, against a no.-t potent and
ever gr >wing evil. It is a sort ot ••tor
lorn hope, ' which comes of disappoint¬
ment Iron, all otlnr s urecs ; a s- rug
glo ot do-peiatiou against intemperance
made by those upon whom i s blight
aud ru;ti tall with heaviest force. Wo
do not underrate the power of prayer,
when bauds” we will predict destroy th t the “praying
not the liquet traf
ie. However s it and melting their
music, however fervent the supplication
which these pious bauds may send up
to the the Throne of Grace, these dark
cxertiug precincts of still evil their will baneful continue to exist,
intiuenct
upon society. The thirst for liquor aud
the desire for stimulants will continue
the saute ; and so long as human na¬
ture is weak and the traffic in liqurr lu
cratin, »o long will there be bar-toouis
and dtinkers.
The on!y solution of the evil, is to
be tound iu the careful training ot the
>nung ; in iustiliuig into their minds,
correct »euiiuicnu and practices while >
)«:t then eh.rac'd* an? being moulded.
and iu torching men by lesson and re
ligi n. to couquer habit and appetite.
[communicated J
A llluU Uauded Jt. t'WJ*
^A-Fcllow ( ittizen'^ ccu P iea of aCol tho ‘
u all( q a \j ft lf of paper,
yiy to “Citizen, M in
.it Ycfomvco'to i- f j n r( Dost-Office
tl* 5 reU ^ d
i is so badly wrong
r tom^ l nt-niirr to end,that I am nu
able to ‘VJ^to is prompt
deeviv-.., or tliuj- Fis
l e< ^ aio the natural ts of
JjMURiptin" what he <Nwwlfot under*
atniuh lie deems to be the secret or
Wecial a gent of the Government,
it ih to act afc* her COUtl
ail tilings.”
His fiii ]^pnclusion is, that Cit
izen's remarks e aimed.at our
Postmaster, as well ,, laAbe n Govern
merit. , „„ There is . not . \ word , of , Cit
onu *
. ** that will justify ... such . a oondu- .
on - Onr 1 ostmaster «.AiUy com
potent to take care of himself, and
when he feels that ho is assailed and
needs assistance, will doubtless seek
abler couueel than a “A Fellow Citizeu”
proves himself to be, and to prevent
any doubt as to who this is aimed at, I
will state that it is written for tho es¬
pecial benefit of “A Fellow Citizen,”
who prides himself upon bis knowledge
ol Post-Office laws.
lie quotes Sec’s. 43 and 44 of the
law, aud Sec’s. 205 and 200 of the Reg¬
ulations. That it may be better uni
derstooi, I will here Btate that the two
latter See.iou* refer, respectively, to
the two former, or in oti ior words, Sec’s.
205 and 2 )F> of the lteguiuti 0 i is> arc
Sec’s 43 and 44 of the law, condensed.
Sec. 44 of the law, is all that this At¬
torney for the Government can rely on
to make out his case ; if this (ails him
his case fails. I will examine this 44th
Section. But bcloro doing so, l will
call the attention of “A. F. Uitixcn to
Section 194 ) which is the first Sec
tion of the same Uliaptcr from which lie
quotes, and which 1 suppose escaped
his notice, but which must bo taken in
connection with Sec. 41, to ena rlo any
one to fully understand the latter.—
Sec. 194. The Post-Office Department
neither aunts, erects, nor repairs letter
boxes in Post Offices, except vhen th
bniUUnj is otenetl by the United States.
(Italics aromiuo.) The above is so plain,
tint “A. F. Citizen,” wi ll nil of his
ability*lor misconstruing, cannot put but
one construction upon it. Sec. 41,
reads ns follows :
Sec. 44. That I'oBtiuustcts may al¬
low box holders, w ho desire to do so, to
provide lock-boxes or drawers for their
owu u*o, at then own expense, which
lock boxes or urawois, ttjxm men¬ true -
tion in miff Past Office., skull become the.
property of the United States, and bo
subject to tho direction and control of
tho l’ost Office Department, und bhall
pay a rental at least equal to that of
other boxes in the same office, or, if
their be no other boxes in such office,
of boxes in other offices of tho same
class, which rental shall he accounted
for us tidier box-rents.
'ihis whole section refer# eulff to box¬
es and drawers, in buildings belonging
to tin Government, and to no
others How cm if, when all
tho boxos and drawers referred to
iu this Section, “upon theii erection in
any Post-Office, shall bed mo the prop¬
erty of the United States." llow can
they become the property of the Unit¬
ed States, unless th«-y uro in buildings
belonging to the Government, for Sec.
194 distinctly states that tlie Govern¬
ment does not own any boxes excepting
those in her own buUdinjt. I will not
multiply words in trying to uiakr it
plainer. It would bo an insult to your
good sense, Mos-rs. Editors, were I to
attempt to prove that your nose is on
your face and ju«t above the mouth. It
is as word plain ui anything can be, that not
one in tho section- quoted, refer
to the boxes in controversy or any oth
ers of that class.
Charity forbid - a further reply to this
clap trap argument ot inconsistent ab¬
surdities, of “A Fellow Citizen.’’ Tho'
1 will remind him that he has placed
himself in about the same condition that
tho little boy thought his father to be,
w ho while iu a drunken ‘ftzoe had been
tied bard nnd fast by his friends.
•Jn a mighty good fix to be well lar¬
ruped” will
In conclusion I #ay, that if the
law qu ite !, is all the Post Master Gen¬
era! has to justify him in requiring our
Postmaster to m ike iur c tizens pay
rent f>r tln ir own property, “A Fellow
l itizen baa succeeded ia giving mo an
draw mv firnuor charge of * A SmnU
Thing.” and call it A High Handed j
Robbery. CITIZEN.
Tub Oosily Comma.—T he Way.
and >!•«• s Committee of tho United
States liousa of Representatives has
discovered a comma in the tariff bill cf
August. 1 >?2. which has cost the gov
eminent $2,000,000 dollar-. In that
bill, among other thing* iucluded iu
thc free list, were fruit plants, tropica’,
and semi-tropical, for the purpose* cf
propagation and cultivation. Ju cn
grossing the bill, or in the process of
copying it for officii | rintiug. a comma
was inserted after “fruit.’’ and all fruit
was thereby placed upon the free list,
The custom offie ts, however, not no
tioiog the change, continued to collect
duties ou fruit, until the error was dis- |
covered. The Ways and Means Com
^ aTe *£ tv '-'d to report a bill to
re a eve the comma :a accordance with j j
tho inteat of the bill. j
Ciuji Lieu, liniiuri.nl Itulrust by
Judac Ki.kine.
We find the following in tho Sa
vunnuh Advertiser of Saturday :
“Plcnters ami merohants alike will
be iuteiested in the followin'/ nil
fag of Judge Erskine. x~<ering t-h*
point of the loje*^ 1 a cro P hen. upon
* i -GpejAw^*P^rainkrupt. when brought
j iu conflict with the claims of credi
j tors in a Federal court. It will bo
seen that tlie holders of the lien are
.placed upon the footing of preferred
creditors, and that the property im¬
mediately subjected to the lieh can
not be held for the benefit of the
bankrupt under any claim of exemp
tion: In the matter of Henry C.
Bass, bankrupt, vs A. Wheeler, Sher¬
iff of Sumter county, Fred Glover,
Deputy Sheriff, W. D. llaynes. plain¬
tiffs in fi fa ct a7, petition for mju im¬
tion.
At Chambers, February 18,1874.—
On the 2Gth day of November, 1873,
Haynes made this affidavit to fore¬
close his lien on the crop. Bass tvas
declared a bankrupt on the 2G of the
sania November, aud the crop lien
fi fa was levied uu. the 1st of Decem¬
ber. 'i bis was after the bankruptcy
of Bass, and when tifie property was
custody tips court and held
for it by thd bankrupt until the ap¬
pointing of an assignee. -No assig¬
nee has yet been appointed. 'The
clerk will issue tlie temporai-y injunc¬
tion as yrayed for. This injunc ion I
grant solely on the ground that the
1,!V .y was made after the bankruptcy
of Bass, but at the same time I re
mark that no Exemption will be al¬
lowed out of property ho ,
judgment obtained by virtue of w i ia t
is known as a “crop lien,” for it i»
purchase money under the laws of
this State, and I must follow the
■State law in this, if this be a exop
lien The register will instruct tlifc
bankrupt to take the most particular
care of all and any portion of the
property returned by him in Iris
schedule and petition untill the same
is ordered by tho register, Mr Beck¬
ett, to be delivered to the assignee
when appointed and qualified. I’er
haps the most proper manner to have
prevented this would have been by
asking for a rule against parties for
interfering with property which at
the time of tlie levy was in the legal
possession of this court. The levy
was made after—not before—tho sur
render of the property named in the
yxrtf't+x/vr* f\4 ♦Kin anni t
John Euskixe,
Judge United-States court
Ucorum and Loiii«lan
A few weeks ago wo gave some fig
State arcs Government contrasting tho expenses of the
of’Georgia with tho.-i
of South Carolina and Alubamu. Tin'ugi*
they covered only n i M.rtioil of the t'X
penditures. il,i y enticed to show why
it w** **‘at low taxes in Georgia pro¬
duced sufficient revenue to support the
Government and meet all its liabilities,
while higher taxes in South Carolina
and Alabama- were inadequate. The
New Orleans Picayune extends this
comparison by contrasting Louisiana
with Georgia. It gives the following
figures :
1873 Georgia. Louisiana
Leg’tive exp. 8190 000 *293,410
Printing 20,000 193,594
State tax mills. 211 mills
It will be seen that the printing ex
penses of Louisiana are enormous,
though still far short of the half million
i xpended for that purpose iu South Car
o ina. This item is one that bears its
own stamp of corruption, for such
amounts could only liavo been tequired
for the towa:d or support of vonal party
journals.
The Picayune says, cootinueing the
comparison between Georgia and Lou
i-iana : “The taxable property of
Georgia is valued at *350,000,000 ;
that of Louisiana at .'8228,000,000.
The population ol Georgia is 1.184,000;
that of Louisiana is only 720,000. Yet
the State of Georgia spends only £2,-
772.000 for all purposes, including in¬
terest on her public debt; wlureas
Louisiana spends, for the year 1873
alone, not less than S3 090,000, and the
tax payers have paid into the Treasury
more thuu §4,000,000.— Charleston
-Vetc*.
A few days since a prominent law¬
yer in St. Cloud, Minnesota, carried
home a nice young turkey, but was
t'Id by the servant girl that it must
be very old, as it had lost all its teeth
— whereupon said lawyer was great
^ surprised, and replied that he had
noi particularly examined the turkey
but had relied wholly upon the
butcher, who said it was young.
DtvoscE Uixu New Your.—T he
New York Graphic says of the divorce
ring of that city :
"They have their corps of profes¬
sional witnesses, through whose per
jury the evidence necessary to ob
tain a divorce is supplied. So thor
oughlv organized is this system of
perjury and pettifogging that anv
man can obtain a decree of divorce
from his wife within a period of a very
few days, without permitting her to
have the slightest knowledge that
any such proceeding has been con
templated."
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When a young farmer’s w ife trade
^ er ^ rst k'\ v ’ s pants precisely be fore ss
behind, the fathir esc aiiuei : “Good
ness ! he won t know whether he is go
ing to school or cosrieg home.”
W. L Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers.
SEA FOWL GUANO.
T? V
oo tFd
GUANO
o:o
SKA FOWL GUANO, in Bags, 200 lba. each.
BRADLEY'S PATENT SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
-0. C. CUE’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
BRADLEY S aMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES, in tight dry barrels.
ALSO,
Royal Guano Compound !
rjj .HE above STANDARD FERTILIZERS having been used for the last SlX
jL VEARS in the South with unequaled success, are now offered at prices that
cannot fail to give satisfaction, while the Standard is guaranteed equal, if not
superior, to auy ever sold.
The undersigned having been agents for Middlo Georgia since their introduc
lion, fully uuderstaudiug their value, cheerfully lccouunend them to the public
as the most reliable FERTILIZER iu use. For Prices and Terms apply to the
General Local Agents.
Pollai’d & Oo.
"Warehouse and Commission Merchants, Corner Campbell and Reynolds St.
Augusta, Ga. General Agents for Middle Si North Georgia & South Carolina.
WM, STEVENs>, Agent, Spana, Ca.
PUNTERS LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST! M
\Y. p E M 15 X ,
AT TUB
A u g u S t H Seed & t O 1" C 9
\ NO. 1) WASHINGTON STREET,
[ JY r ly liver CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Trees, European Grape and Vines, American Strawberry, Garden, Gerani¬ Field,
anther and Grass Seeds. Fruit
um Plants a speciality. Also Flower 1‘ots of all sizes coustantly on
bund. leb7 dm
Cl!AS. II. GREENE DR. HENRY IlOSIGNOL.
-Kst ibliisliecl 1845.
GREENE & R0SS1GN0L,
SDCCESSOltS TO WM. II TUTT.
IMPOliTKRS AND 1>KAI,KKS IN
DRUGS, CHEMICALS. ESSENTIAL OILS,
COKKS. SPONGES.
—AND—
Druggists’ Sundries,
204 1ISOAD STREET, AUGUSTA, G A.
fcb7 3,u.
JAMES H. HULSE’S
Augusta Steam Dyeing & Scouring Works,
NO. 123 BROAD STRUT, NEAR LOWER MARKET,
Georgia.
1* ADIES’ I)rr,N Goods cleaned or dyed in superior style ; Gentlemen's Coats,
Xi Pants and \ est, cleaned or dyed, and repaired ; Lace Curtaius cleaned and
whitened to look like new ; Damask, Brocated and Satiu Damask Curtains
dyed. feb" 3m.
XV . 9
Dealer in
F o r e i g; n a ii <1 IXomesitie
Onrdoii FRUITS,
Set»ds Arc. 4 .Scc.,
129 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA
feb? 3m.
W. It. YOUNG. E. W. HACK.
YOUNGS kSo HACK.,
G It (» e E..H s
—AN D—
Commission ^GEORGIA. ^ 31 ^ S ’
feb? 3 278 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA
m.
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Dealer in
Oysters, Terrapins, Shad, Fresh and Salt Water Fish
G.....A M....E......
Poultry, Vegetables, Fruits, and other Produce.
All orders punctually attended to. Terms CASH on delivery.
Agentfor Cedar Keys Oystersand Creen Turtles.
feb 7 JACKSON STREET, near P<Jfc)£ee, AUGUSTA, GA.
otu
KAIL ROAD RESTAURANT,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
rPHIS House, opposite the Union R. R. Depot has been re-fitted in the best
X style lor the accommodation of the Traveling Public.
MEALS, LUNCHES AND REFRESHMENTS
Served on arrival and departure of trains, at reasonable prices.
A SPECIAL ROOM WITH MODERN ACCOMMODATIONS FOR LADIES.
Wires. Liquors and Cigars.
Meals, 50c. Lunches. 25c. Beds, 5'Jc.
tell 3a JOHN F. HHUiiLHEL, Agt.
[one Genuine unless Bearing
I
Sr
Vi
WMADM
B 200 lbs. 1
This Brind in Full.—W.L.n.
QUALITY
Guaranteed
Ever Sold-
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar’s
FORMULAS,
rpiIK | the best most «n<l oonoent chenpest nted. Manure In out- for Compound the Farmers of furnish our country the to use (Jhtmioal is that which is
We strong fta'to
with not on ounce of adulter-lion, whioh when mixed with the comp st at home makes
us eo d or better Manme than can be bought for twice the m ney.
!■ lilMULA No, 1 in k*'s 2.000 pounds of Ferti izer to be used on ten aCtOs for cotton or
line n acres foi corn. 1’iice $25 50.
KHtMlJLA No 2 maks 3,1)00 pounds of Fertilise : r to be used on'ten acres for Sutton or
nttetii acres lor oorn. l*ri e, .$lfi 50.
A. H. Birdsong & Co., Agt
Iebi4 2in For Hancock County.
u n M
WHOLESALE
AND
RETAIL DEALERS
IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
194 & 196 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
feb14 1y **
WHELESS CO. '
&
COTTON iF-ACTORS,
Augusta, Georgia.
W E AR,o General Agents for South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, for the
Excellenza Cotton Fertilizer,
a high standard article, which has A on before tho public five years, and has
given general satisfaction, and Planters who have used it extensively, assert
that the EXCELLENZA has no superior.
We also hav for sale, Planter Prepared Chemicals, for making Home-Made home, Fcrtiliz
or, and ns nearly every cap make part of his Fertilizer at wc re¬
commend (the Chemicals prepared by the manufacturers ol the Excellenza For*
ttlizer, us well adapted for composting, and will produce good results, fob 14 dm.
MRS. N. BRUM CLARK’S,'
1 Uroad s(, Augiusta, Ga, v
T ARG STOCK of Millinery Goods. Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Feathers, lliba
bons, I,aces, Collars ; llair Curls, Braids Ac , Ac.
Fauoy Dry Goods in variety. Bolts, Buckles, Setts, Ear Drops, Pins, Chains,
Canvas, Zephyr Wool, Shetland Wool, Buttons, Gimps, Fringes, Inserting^
Edgings, Ac, Ac. Crape Veils, Love Veils.
Hats and Bonnets made of good material at reasonable prices.
Mrs. Clark is Agent lor Madame Dcmorcbt’s Patterns lor Ladies and chil*
dren. Semi lor Catalogue.
MRS N BRUM CLARK,
-51 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
feb 14 ly
Pendleton s Guano Compound.
:o:--
ILL beat any ol the salts sold for Composting, giving it tho same chance.
a unm:n umiiTi «\ hand.
Also a few bushels select Cotton Seed, at u reduced price. Apply to
aparta, febl 1 3m. I». T. l*i;>DLETOy.
J. H. ALEXANDER;
SUCCESSOR TO* PLUMB & LEITMB,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Drugs and Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass,
Fancy Toilet Articles, etc.
T IIAVK purchased the extensive Stock of Messrs. PLUMB & LUITNER, and will «a
dtitvor io make and keep it complete with every article in this hne of business.
T. S. 11 A> KI \S().\,
a qua'ified practical Drugjrist, line charge of tlie Prescription and Drug Department,
pec.ally, and will open and keep Hie fame under his own charge and * upervmion.
Fresh and genuine (>aidco Seed, in full assor mein always on band.
Choice Field Pumpkin seed and Ra'tlesnake Water Molon teed. Rest seed Irish Pota¬
toes. (Jrdeis filled promptly by mail or express. J. II ALEY4!VI)ER,
dec20 3tn 212 Broad Street, Augusts, Ga.
WAR WITH CUBA !
ANOTHER NEW STORE !
C A I. I. O .\
H. F. ROZIER
For your Santa Claus Treks.
HI3 DEPOT IS NOW OPEN
FOR THE LITTLE l OLKS.
I have on hind a large and varied stock, consisting in the finest French Candies, Can¬
dy Toys. Oranges, Apples, l’ears, Nuts, Cigars, Tobacco ic.,and a large lot of Fire-Works.
Also a fine assorted lot of Wooden Toys. .
1 have also, a well selected stock of Family Groceries, consisting _ in Flour, Bacon, Meal,
Sugar Coffee Rice, ic, of which I will sell at the LOWEST MARKET PRICE for CASH.
A'so a lot of
LaTip'VV'are, Crockery and Glass-Ware
to which I cal' 'he -pecial on of the Lidi*=. Call and examine b-fore purchasii*
elsewhere and be c .n. ftr i» open and Cttla mutt be ours. I arn Co- fident*thnt
lean Sparta, please December all «uo will ?'**jK a call. ti- F. ROZIER.