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THETHOMASTO N HERALD.
J. C. McMICHAKL & M. C. CABANISS,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
THOMASTON, Ga’, JUNE 10,1871.
The THOM ASTON HERALD l*a» a Large
Circulation In Upson, Pike, Meriwether,
Talbot, Spalding, Monroe, Bibb, Muscogee
and Rnttii.
A Roturn to Constitutional Government.
We are proud to see that there are some
npirits of sufficient resolution and courage
to come forward in rescue of our sinking
government. The Union and American is
fully aware of the fearful abyss into which
she must soon be hurled when it says : The
men who have ruled in this country since
the breaking out of our civil war, have
carried the government into unknown
channels until we find ourselves t -day upon
“the dangerous edge of things," and the
demand comes up in mighty volume from
all parts of the country and from men of
divers political opinions for a return to
constitutional government. The men who
have .stepped forward to demand this return,
appreciate the danger that is impending
over us, and they see that something must
be done to arrest the government in the
course which Giant has been carrying it,
or we shall soon drift into monarchy. We
have advanced so far in that direction al
ready that but a step more is needed to de
clare Grant or some ambitious military
ch eftain dictator, with the army to enforce
his decrees. The passage by Congress, at
the suggestion of the President, of the
“force bill" is an alarming indication of
drift of events so f-ar as these “architects of
ruin" can control them. It is time that the
law-abiding men of the land were not only
protesting against these insidious advances
of despotism, but that they were taking
steps to insure a return to constitutional
government. On minor questions of politi
cal expediency, says the New York Journal
of Commerce, voters, train with the organi
sations to w hich they have been long attach
ed. But when the issue is raised, as it now
is, between the preservation of what is left
of the constitutional forms of government,
and their complete prostration, no bonds
are strong enough to hold any but the most
slav sh partisans to their fealty. A multi
tude of causes—which we will not now enu
merate—are at work to break up the domi
nant party in this c< untry, as effectually as
ever party was broken which fancied itself
invincible and immortal. But its downfall,
when that takes place, will, we think, be
found to be due to the indignant reaction of
men within its own ranks, joined to judi
cious and reflecting men of the opposition,
against that particular class of usurpation
and tyrannies which aim to nullify the Con
stitution and transform the Government into
an oligarchy or dictatorship. We speak
not of amendments to the Constitution or of
laws to enforce them ; but of distinct viola
tions of the instrument as it now stands.
, n the amendments and the legislation pro
perly growing out of them, there is, at this
moment, a general acquiescence throughout
the Union. Now that the amendments are
part oX the constitution, the conservative
mind feels toward them something of that
reverence which it has ever felt toward the
old charter of our liberties. But in accept
ing these amendments as binding and final
—rso far as anything human can be called
final—it insists that the party in power
shall hold sacred the great body of the in
strument as well as the amendments them
selves. At present one wonld think that
the administration and its immediate friends
regarded the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments as the only parts of
the constitution invested with sanctity,
while the rest of it could be set aside, or
circumvented, as occasion demanded. It is
on this platform of full and strict and hearty
obedience to the constitution as it is—
amendments and all—that the just and
moderate men of both parties cau meet and
work together. We eould fill columns with
pithy excerpts from recent letters and
speeches of leading men, Republican
and Democratic, indicating this as. the
common ground of agreement. But we now
content ourselves with putting together
three of the moet notable utterances of late
origin to point the moral of this article.
The first in time, os in importance, is Sena
tor Schorl’s speech at St. Louis, which was
a magnificent plea for the sacred observ
ance of the constitution as it now is. The
following words are worhty to be written in
letters of gold:
“I consider it one of the most pressing
reeds of our days that we should return to
the sound practice cf constitutional govern
ment. The safeguards of our common
rights and liberties contained in the Con
stitution are too sacred and valuable a boon
to be permanently jeopardized in providing
for passing emergency. It is time that the
American poeple open their eyes to the
dangerous character of this tendency, and
that neither a great name nor an object
appealing to our sympathies should be per
mitted to disguise it. As for ire, I have
seen the working of irresponsible power
and personal government in other countries,
and I may assure my constituents that while
I am a citizen of this republic I shall strug
gle to the last gasp against its introduction
here."
Shoulder to shoulder with this sturdy
representative of the Conservative as distin
guished from the Radical wing of the Re
publican party, stands one of totally differ
ent political antecedents and connections—
Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts.
Yet mark the almost exact concurrence of
the sentiments expressed below, with those
of the eminent Missouri statesman. In a
letter to a citizen of Missouri, Mr. Adams
writes :
“You have given our cry, ‘Universal am
nesty and universal suffrage.* 1 would only
add the constitutional Union of the States.
For the old Cdhstftutmp iarjjuet as good, as
ever it was, for South as weM as North, in
ipite of the marks of the mailed hand which
must remain upon it for a warning to those
that c me after us. There is nothing in it
now which - is not perfectly compatible with
the happiness, welfare and liberty of all
the people of ail the States. It is only the
administration that is at fault, it is the in
terpretation which is violent. Do you im
agine that Thomas Jefferson, do you think
that James Madison would say their organ
ic frame permits a protective tariff or raper
f inoney; authorizes national banks or Presi
dential diplomacy ; countenances military
tribunals ; centralization, and the crowning
and perfect infamy of the Ku Klux bill?”
To these evidences of the community of
opinion now entertained by distinguished
men of the two great parties, we add the
voice of Mr. Vallandigharn, of Ohio. Many
persons would not place that gentleman on
the* same level of statesmanship with
Messrs. Adams and Scburz, nor ordinarily
attach great importance to what he says.
But the bold stand he has taken in favor of
a return to Constitutional Government, en
dorsed as it has been by the Democracy of
his own county (Montgomery) and Hamil
ton, shows that the movement in this behalf
has a chord that will vibrate throughout the
Union. The fifth resolution of the series
comprising Mr. Yallai digham’s platform,
is to the point. It reads :
“That we will always cherish and uphold
the American svsem of State and local
self government for State and local purposes,
and a general government for general pur
poses onlv, and are unalterably opposed to
all attempts at centralization and consolida
tion of power in the hands of the general
government, and the more especially when
such attempts are in the .form of usurpation
by an.y department of the government ; and
further, that we adhere firmly to the princi
ple of maintaining a perfect independence
between the co ordinate departments of
government —the legislative, the executive
ar.d the judicial —condemnirg ail encroach
ments by one upon the functions of the
others."
“A return to constitutional government 1"
This should be the rallying cry, says the
Journal of.Commerce, of all. who would save
the country from the grave dangers that
threaten. The income tax, the bayonet
bill, the President’s war acts in relation to
San Domingo and IJayti, the inroads of
Congress upon the independence of the ju
diciary—these are but a few of the most
notorious instances of the facility with
which constitutional provisions are set aside
when they stand in the way of the mysteri
ous designs of the men now in power. The_
hah.it will grow with toleration from people;
and unless they now make a successful
stand against it they may wake up some
morning to find the government chang
ed not in fact only, but in name, and a Dic
tator flourishing a sword over the ruins of
the Constitution nr Washington !
Is tile Country Prosperous 1
The very large cotton crop made last
year seems to have been marketed with
extraordinary dispatch, and already South
ern commercial advices represent that very
little cotton is coming in, and prices for ail
grades of the staple have taken “a sharp
upward turn." At the same time there is
a general comp’aint at the commercial
centres that collections are unusually slow
and hard to make. The cotton crop, evi
dently, has not brought in money propor
tinned either to the outlay nor to the
expectations of those who grew it. Debts
were incurred upon a basis of 24 cents a
pound, and these cannot be paid upon the
actual price of 14 cents. There is no surer
test of prosperity than that afforded by the
payment ot debts, whether we consider
communities or individuals. When a roan
is doing well, he pays promptly ; when he is
d'dng ill, he seeks delays, renewals, ac
commodations. We have watched the re
cent commercial movements with curious
interest, and we discover that there has
seldom been a period in our history when
debts were paid so tardily, so reluctantly,
as in the pesent period. This would seem
the more remarkable, too, taken in connec
tion with the fact that, c immerciallv speak
ing, there are fewer debts in exchange
throughout the country than were ever
known. But it will be found, on examina
tion, that trustees' sales are advertised
everywhere with painful frequency, showing
that everywhere there are compulsory
settlements of debt, involving realties and
estates; and, also, that, local taxes are
every whet e in arrears and delinquent to an
unwonted degree.
The fact is, trade is very stagnant, and
the indebtedness of the people is very great.
The individual owes no “store account."
and the re ailer is not deeply in debt to the
jobber, simply because,there is not that
degree of confidence bqfcwixt.the people
which used to eneourage.this sort of un
limited credit. The jobber, however, is
largely in debt to the importer, and the
importer owes enormous snms in foreign
markets. At the same time, the laborer,
the artisan, the small farmer, the small
merchant, while owing. no -shop debts, are
deeply involved to their, bank, their neigh
bors, or some “building association," all
these classes being irretrievably involved
in land arid bouse speculations, whi»;h trust
bring broadcast ruin in the event of any
decisive decline in real estate. - This de
cline cannot be long averted' if the com
mercial affairs of the countrv remain water
logged as at present. Meanwhile, the
enormous rates of interest which are paid
in furtherance of this artificial development
of property are still farther impoverishing
the poor .man, . and showering riches into
the rich man’s Jap. . Assuredly., this is not
prosperity of a very substantial sort.— Daily
Patriot.
Diplomatic Excitement in Washington
Mr. Fish JSnubs this Russian Mini-tick
Washington special to the New York
Evening Post sav»: “There has been a
ripple of excitement for some days in di
plomatic circles in consequence of Mr.
Oatacaiy, the Russian Minister, not having
been invited to the State dinner given on
Saturday last to all the foreigo ministers in
Washington by Secretary Fish. The matter
has occasioned a gad deal of talk among
that class ot people who relish such bits of
gossip, and speculation has been rife as to
the canses w hich led Mr. Fish to thus slight
the Russian Minister. It seems that for
some t me nast the personal rt Unions be
tween Mr. Fish and Mr. Catacazy have not
been of the warmest charaeter, and it is
now reported that for reasons, serious in
their nature, a'l further social intercourse
between them is likely to be brought to an
end, and that in future the failure of the
Russian Minister to receive an invitation to
State dinner* is not to he attributed to anv
oversight on the part of the Secretary ot
State."
A Radical Leader on Negro Suffrage.
We, in the language of the Union and
American, think it strange that the mure
intelligent of the negroes do not see thaif
the leaders of the Radical party have no
other use for them than to get their votes to
keep themselves in office. The riiosVpronii- -
nent ol the leaders Os the Radical party
were violently opposed to negro suffrage
until it became an accomplished fact. They
then put themselves in the lead of those
who had clamored most lustily for negro
suffrage. It seems strange that the negroes
should be deceived by the conduct of these
men. Senator Morton, of Indiana, who is
now regarded as Grant's conscience keeper,
is noted for his opposition to conferring the
right of suffrage on the negroes. After the
war, and when reconstruction was first
being discussed, Mr. Morton, who wjß then
Governor of Indiana, expressed himself
most decidedly against the policy, of invest
ing the negro with suffrage until .after R
probation— until “the ignorant and de
graded plantation slaves," ns her termed
them, had time and opportunity to become
sufficiently intelligent to properly appre-.,
ciate the responsibility of a citizen, and to
exercise the »lective franchise w’ith enlight
ened discretion. In one ot his messages to
the Indiana Legislature, he discussed the
question as follows;
“The subject of suffrage is, by the Na
tional Constitution, expressly referred to
the determination of the several States, and
it cannot be taken from them without a
violation of the letter and spirit of that
instrument.
“But w’thout stopping to discuss theories
or questions of constitutional law, and
leaving them out of view, it would, in my
opinion, be unwise to make the work of
reconstruction depend upon a condition of
such doubtful utility as negro suffrage.
“It is a fact so manifest that it should
not be called into question by any, that
a people who ore just erne»ging from the
barbarism of slavery are not qualified to
become a part of our political system, and
take part not only in the government of
themselves and their neighbors but of the
whole United States Sufarfr-.m believing
that negro suffrage is a remedy for all our
national ills, I doubt whether it is a remedy
mr any, and e ther believe that its enforce
ment by Congress would be more like y to
subject the negro to a merciless persecution
then to confer upon him any substantial
benefit. By some it is thought that suff
rage is aiready cheap enough in this
country ; and the transfer of more than
half a million men from the hoods of
slavery, with all the ignorance and degra
dation upou them which the slavery of
generations upon Southern fields has pro
duced. would be a declaration to the world
that the exercise of American suffrage
involves no intellectual < r moral qualifica
tions, and that there is no difference
between an American freeman and an
American slave which mav not be removed
by a mere act of Congress , ,
It will be observed that Morton maintains
the doctrine of States rights, and this, too,
after the war. But while be was on the
record in favor of the constitutional right
of the States to regulate the question «»f
suffrage, afterwards he was foremost in
favor of taking from the States the > ii ject
of t-uffrage, although he had declared that
such a course would violate the spirit and
letter of the Constitution. And he was not
only opposed to this violation of that in
strument, but as a matter of policy he
opposed the granting of suffrage to a “peo
ple who are just emerging from the barbar
ism of slavery"—an act, he further de
clared that “would be a declaration to the
world that the exercise of American
suffrage involves no intellectual or moral
qualifications, and that there is no differ
ence between an American freeman and
American slave which may not be removed
by an act of Congress." This man, with
this record the manured convictions of a
lifetime—steps forth as the champion o
negro suffrage, not because he believes it
right, or expedient, or beneficial to the
country —for that would give the lie to his
deliberate convictions, which he so tersely
enforced upon the Legislature of his own
State—but because party necessity de
nrmnded it. If the negroes should, with
great unanimity, turn around and vote the
Democratic ticket, this man Morton would
at once see. lodged in them the very dan
gerous element he discovered in 1865, and
wonld at once clamor fir making intelli
gence the basis of citizenship. lie'has no
confidence in the ability of the negro to
ex-rcise the rights of citizenship in an
enlightened manner, and only abandoned
the view be entertained while; Gv*yefpor "f
Indiana because party necessity, not patriot
ism or justice to the negro demanded it
He is willing to sacrifice his convictions of
right to continue his nartv in power.
The M unc»e Donmcrat, ol comes I
out in an enlarges form, and with the fol>*
lowing tilt at the United States Senate : *
“The High Old Senate of the United
States and eth great things occasionally,
especially when it considers the High Old
Treaty, gotten up by the High Od Joint
Commission. Its power t<r impninW, in
certain cases is greater than any in
the world or out <>f it. A Senator sold his
copy of the High O and Treaty to a couple of
newspaper correspondents for puhiiotton.
and now the High Old S mate comes back
at the correspondents, and imprisons them
in the Capitol of the nation beoaose they
will not divulge the name of th« speculating
Senator to whom they gave their word of
honor to not “blow on/’ When the High
Old Senate was informed that the cor
respondents had so pledged their word of
hon r to not divulge, the Senators make
asses ot themselves h< cnu<e the corresj o and
ents are not as mean, contemptible and cor
rupt as the B ; iid Senators. It is nur opinion
that the people have a right to know what
is going on. and it is the duty of a news
paper and its paid correspondents to give
to the public what rightfully belongs to
the public. These Senators—creatures of
the people—set themselves up as greater
than the power which created them. The
High O and Senators should next turn their
a»tenri->n to the telegraphic wires which
conveyed the news to the world outside of
Washington, and it afier cutting them
down this grievance is persisted rn, notify
the lightning to cease, and their attention
to reconstructing Jehovah himself."
Oar Trial Correspondence*
GaIVEsTON, 1 iias. May 27ib, 1871.
Edit rh- Herald My last was written
very hurredly, some time last fail, soon after
our city was vacated by the thousands that
fled from the approach of “Old Yellow
Jack/’ Oar city being at that time quar
entined against New Orleans there was
great confusion in the mail depai tment, and
I failed to get a number of copies of the
Herald, thereby loosing, for a time, the
“run of things" in and around your peas
ant little city. But once the quarentine
was removed your valuable and much
looked for Jleraid soon found its way to
me, and has ever since been read with much
inrerest. lam glad to see that your feel
ings are enlisted with the welfare and
prosperity of old Thomaston, and trust you
will continue to direct her good citizens to
the paths they should travel.
Great railroad interest is now being
stired up in our city and many roads are in
contemplation. Yet I am fearful that the
present efforts like all of the past, will
prove to he only attempts. Some propose
a Grand Trunk road to Houston of the
same guage as the roads running into that
city, over which is to run engines and cars
of all roads running into Houston, thereby
claiming this city as the .terminus of all.
Others propose a road running to or near
the mouth of Red River, not touching
Houston at all, but bringing direct to this
market the produce of a very large scope of
country. Two or three other routes have
been mentioned and spoken of in our city
papers, yet none seem to take like the two
already mentioned, and efforts are being
made to obtain charters for them both.
Yet much doubt is entertained of the suc
cess in getting tfie former. This lovely
•‘lsland city" has been laying back and
depending on her natural advantages too
long. She must wake up and seek for more
out lets than one railroad, one Bayou and
one river, the latter of which is navigable
only about two months in the year. Hous
ton and Texas Central Railroad terminus
at present is at Groesbeck, in Limestone
county, about thirty miles, a little south of
east of Waco, and is being rapidly built
abov» that place, but as yet the next termi
nus is Dot known. Those energetic, enter
prising, thorough-going citizens in Falls
and McL<*man counties (especially in and
around Waco) are fast preparing the road
known as the Waco Tap Road from Bre
mand to Waco, and have it ready for the
iron nearly to Morlin. There can be no
such thing as fail in their attempts so long
as their energetic President, Col. Flint, is
with them. TANARUS: e Western Branch of the
Houston and Tex is Central Railroad is fast
approaching the Capital, its terminus is
now at Giddings.
Texas State Fair was held during the
past week in Houston, but, owing to a
superabundance of office work that this
“Snoozer" had on hand I did not attend
lion. Horace Greeley delivered quite »
lengthy address at the opening, which
you doubtless have read ere you have re
ceived this. The Hon. Mr. Greeley wer.t
from Houston to Giddings with the inten
tion of visiting Austin, hut the evening he
arrived at the above place, there was a
severe storm whieh prevented his going on
without moch ditFculry. (It seems Mr. G*
is aware of the troubles of going through
black land in rainy times.) Mr. Greeley
speaks very highly of Texas and says he
“will give a true report" on his return to
the North. We trust his visit will be pro
ductive of much good, and that it may be
the means of bringing immigration and
capital to thp Stoto Justitia.
We give below the synopsis of a very
chaste and eligant address delivered by
Gen. Charles P. Mattocks, of Portland, Me,
on the day of the decoration of the soldiers
graves at Bangor. The spirit of the speak
er is commendable:
honor to the dead.
The orator began by referring to the pe
culiarly sacred and solemn character of »he
ceremony which has been established by
the Grand Army in the annual decoration
of soldiers’ graves. Even the sleeping he
roes must be sensible of our feelings toward
them Man natural I v desires to leave be
hind him an name, and none have
this desire to a fuller extent than true sol
diers. Nelson and Napoleon with all their
se fishness and crime showed hv their acts
that they were not insensible to the opin
ions of posterity.
Funeral ritesand ceremonies, their origin
and progress, were bri, flv discussed, the
speaker showing that a (Wire to do honor to
the memory of the dead is and has always
been universal, that in every age and among
all nations there has >een to a greater or
less extent this same desire to religiously
preserve the memories of the dead. The
stern Roman Commanded to honor the dead
body of a stranger, and to kiss the expiring
relative, the Greeks robing the dead in
finest white and bringing the choice chaplet
of fl >wers, and placing the piece ;-f cake and
obolus in the hand of the deceased to aid in
his passage over the Styx are all witnesses
of a similar feeling and seVitiment pervading
different nari< naliries Even the North
American Indians were not devoid of it
Monuments erected in h nor of the dead be
fore the time of Moses are still extant.
Whether it be the cinerary urns of the
Greeks and Romans, the mummies of Egvpt
made merchandise by the avarico of man,
the gloomy pyramids of the desert, the gild
ed skulls of Scythia, the rough caverns of
the Esquimaux or the funeral mounds of the
North Amen can Indians who lay down
with how and arrow ready to he called by
the Great Spirit to the distant hunting
ground of a red man’s heaven, we see in
every branch of the human family and in
everv pha°e of human nature the same rev
erential awe and pious respect for the mem
ory of the dead.
That beautiful French custom which
yearly bedecks the grave of France’s great
est friend and perhaps her gie>tent foe has
been fHv J to these shores, not for
the seifidi purpose of perpetuating the glory
of a single name or continuing in power a
partieu ! ar ela*« o» family, but to pr* serve
among the living the memory of those who
died iu the cause of their country and of
God. J
The fears that the decorations of soldiers'
graves by Posts of the Grand Army will
tend to revive animosities are unfounded.
The solders both armies leel kindly to
ward each other. Those who made the war
but didn’t fight its battles are the men who
are the most alarmed about animosities and
fear that everything has been done in vain.
The speaker paid a tribute of respect to
Lee’s army and sp< ke of the dignified and
becoming appearance of the rebel ve*erans
as they marched past the “Hero of Li * tie
Round Top" and laid down their aFms.
The scenes of the battlefield sad and cruel
as they «re have a tendency to unite men
more firmly together and even enemies are
sometimes made friends during a temporary
lull in the fighting, although duty may
Compel them to seek each other’s lives the
next moment.
Ar the national cemetery near Washing
ton there nre twenty two thousand silent
sleepers —all soldiers. Two thousand of
them rest in nameless graves Thirteen
thousand Union soldiers lie buried in the
cemetery in Andersonville; and to-day all
these graves are decorated by loving hands
as free'y and with as little annoyance at
Andirsonville in the very heart of the South
as at Washington under the very dome of
the national capitol. This is a convincing
proof of the respect felt toward us by those
who fought against us.
The speaker declared that th©re were
other beneficial results which would follow
the observance of the custom of decorating
soldiers’ graves. It may be some onnsola
tion to the poor, lame and weary soldier
who to-day is kicked about from d<>or to
door to know that when he is dea»t his rest
ing place will he yearly visited by his
former comrades in arms, and that loving
hands will deck his grave. Dives may
weep at the tomb of Lazarus without fear
of wasting his mouldy substance. The
same House of Representatives which voted
to reduce the salary of the living Thomas
to purchase a portrait of the dead
hero.
The oration concluded with an appeal to
the soldiers and all others present to cher
ish the memories of the gallant dpad and
keep bright their deeds of nolde daring that
the lessons learned in long years of war
might not he 10-t to p,,stpri»v.
)Ntew y&DVERTISEM£)STS.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State.
WHEREAS, Official information has been received
at this Department that on or about the first day of
May last, in the c,-nnty of Fulton, one John Campbell
did. wi'h"Ut provocation whatever, commit the offense
of assault with intern to murder, upon the per* nos F'
M. Smith hv shooting at him six times, two of the shot
t 'king effect and inflicting seiious wounds on the body
of said Smith; and
Whereas, Notwithstanding the efforts of the civi,
officers of Fnlton to arrest sold t'smbell he has succeed
ed in making hfs escape, and is now at larce; and it
being further reported that he the said Campbell, is a
very desperate character, and generally blading defi
ance to the officers of the law ;
Now, therefore, in order to more speedily seenre his
arrest, I have thought proper to issue this, my procla
mation, hereby offering a reward of FIVE HUNDRED
LOLLIRS for the apprehension and delivery of the
said Campbell to the sheriff of said county of Fulton-
In order that he may be brought to trial for the offense
with which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Heal of the State,
at the Capitol in Atlanta, this First day of June,
in the year of onr Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sev£n
ty-ooe, and of the Independence of the United States
ol America the Ninety-filth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cottiso, Secretary of State.
juneUMt
NOTICE.”
r l''llE Thx Bo ks will l>e of e el as fol-
J lows during June:
Warm Springs. June 12th and SM; Delray. 13th and
24th; The Hock. June I4»h and 26'h; Clary’s Store,
June !sth and 27th ; Hootenville. June l*Uh and 2v*ih;
Black Ankle Court Ground. Jan-- l7ih and Moth;
Thomaston. June :oth and July Ist. Alter which the
Books will be closed. A. F„ SIN«»LKTO'<,
june3 5t T. R. Upson county.
CROCKETT
IRON WORKS,
FOURTH STREET,
MAOOK, O-A.
IRON & BRASS WORK
Made to Order, and Build the Best and
Cheapest
HORSE POWER
On the Continent. For sale
PORTABLE ENGINES,
GRISS MILLS,
SAW MILLS.
GIN GEER.
BRICK MACHINES,
SUGAR MILLS, Ac.
Special attention given to REPAIRING
MACHINERY.
IRON RAILING
For Private Dwellings, Pnblie Squares,
Grave Lots, etc. My Patterns are fine.
Try me if you want good work. june3-tf
GEO Rii lA ! T PS * C’USiTT. —F"tir Work
after date application will be made to the Court
of ordinary of said county, for leave *o sell the land
b» fonginn to the e.-tate of William laje of said
county, deceased, lor distribution. Mas 2brh.W<7l.
mayi7 2t JOHN A. MIT* IIAM, Adm’r.
LA.JNT IER HLOTJrfi-
IV. BINSWANGER, Proprietor.
MULBERRY ST., - MACON. ° A '
% cf**
THE above-named Hotel has been recently refurnished and fitted up soy jjj ( [ ; ei r f
modation of transient as well as permanent Boarders. Persons will triK* * J
terest to stop at this House, as its central location makes ft a very desirto
mercfiants and families coming to the city for business, or fora soj°i* rn 1 s
The table always supplied with the luxuries of the season, from first ni:lI an( j fro* 0
be surpassed by uoue in the South. Onmiboses convey passengers to
Hotel and all trams, free of charge. N. BINS'' A*'
W 5 BEALL. A11*,,, T 5 *
▼ V • Thom as too (J*. vVili *1 Li»
al Courts of hilnt Circuit and U
ma> 2.*—tf ZOt * ««»Meri*| bjjj
" IE
• Thomaston. G« Will or U
Courts of tIHtPUte ofU*.rgia iwfiV* * h *
to Collection of all Claims' Oft,- ' tt * ,,t l«Be7 ,i
building. Uaco “P italr,
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THOS. F. BETHEL '
DEALER IN
DSI GOODS ISO (MtElllti
WOULD inform his custom*
Mends th .this spring stork *"
solicits from them a continuance of J
age. at his new lire proof store on Main I* %
ton, Ga “ n * Th.«
BROWN’S HOTE L ;
Opposite Passenger
W. E. BROWN & Cos
PROPRIETORS.
MACON, OEOBGI\
FRED. A. RICHARos Cf erk .
C. W. McKENNEY&cor
D*ALUKA IK
DRY GOODS AND GROOERIES
THOMASTON, G.\„
HAVE rn connection with th*i r
CEKY and PROVISION STORE » flw
TIN - SHOP.
A good assortment of TIN will fdwav« he kent ».
at wholesale and retail. Reprairing neatly
short notice. * ' r,e «M*
The highest market price paid for clean Cottn a
Lln -° B »«*-
WILLIAM WALLACE
CONFECTIONER,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA,
WOULD respectfully inform theritixrrs
of Thor ms ten and the people generally, that h,
has effected arrangements whereby he ran furnish Ira
in any qu-intity desired, and ha< opened his -»u n
the sntuer, where he is prepared to reuo Ice old ’
SODA WATER,
LEMONADE,
LAGER BEER, 4c,
to nil. He also keeps constantly on hnn<l » fail
and good assortment of fresh * ONFKCTIONKKIFJ
Ac. He would be pleaded to see ail in want of
in his lin . Ch rges reasonable. msjiltl
B AC O N
OIT TI ME
AT
LOW FIGURES
DON’T GO ELSEWHERE |
WHEN
You Can Do as Well at Home
CALL ON
KING & ALLEN,
THOMASTON, GA.
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LADIES' STOKE!
MILLINERY!
• MILLINERYH
FANCY GOODS, ETC,
At my new store on West side of Tbomp SCj
THOMASTON, GA
WE bnve on band in.) I
reevfvfßg a beniitfful VA RIETI
STYLES of e-Terjthiig to be found in *
MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT.
In part, such as LADIES and MISPE 9 JJTa
and Trimmings of every de?-fgn »n<l Be**,
Ribbons, Rrid.il Wreaths, Kleg-mt k V** I
Laces, CotUrs, Cuffs, Gloves and 11
sort men t of
SPLENDID JEWELRY
I
f* latest summer PHn*f>ls. Fan% tc. I
MADKsiUlTband AI'PARKLfor Ladiesl
w, ar—this is a specialty of the establishment. A
► lection of real and imitation
HAIR C3-oODjj
In fact, everything appropriate to Ladif* j
dress The Ladles of Upion aad
respectfully requested to cull asd easing 0
before purchasing efcewbsre.
Dress-Making, Cutting 4
done at short not!©- and In tba «M)ii »Pt >roTt^
..smtly sawing of a t kinds.
MRS. CARRIE E. PATlf®. w*
Ga , who is connected with my hons*
WEED HEWING MACHINE, and wifl uke .
sure in exhibiting It to any wh<> wbh to tr # „,r» s;, * t
All 'r»iers carefully filled at-d satistaetioD f
Call on or address
MRS. M. CHENEY PEB R ’-
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