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®he fgcgttffic gtnvnxl. W. D. SFLLI VAN,} E ‘ ,itor * &ud Wednesday, May 1, 1872. The County Court I*lll. At the last session of tbe legislature, an act was passed creating a Connty Court, lmt leaving it op tional with the Grand Jury of each county to ac cept or reject the Court for their respective connties. As the Superior Court for this county is now in session, and as the Grand Jurors chosen for the present term will he called upon to act upon the matter, we most earnestly beg them before passing upon the same to give the subject careful thought and mature consideration. We have closely examined the bill, and unhesi tatingly give it our hearty approval; and arc con vinced that when ita provisions aro properly un derstood, that it will be endorsed by our Grand Ju rors and people as it has already been done in sev eral counties in the State. Many of our citizens may have fallen into an error in supposing it will prove a great expense to the connty, but. instead of doing so, wa believe it will greatly lessen the ex penses of the county, and prove a great saving to the treasury. By the establishment of the County Coart, the following expenses which the comity annually incurs can be dispensed with : The detention of grand and petit jurors two or three days in each week at every sesaion of the Su perior Court for the trial of misdemeanors, togeth er with the expenses of baliff* and other officers, jail fses paid by the oounty, all of »fcioh amounts each year to an expense of ftKW to the county. Tbe County Court has jnrUMiction in civil eases, matters of contracts, and torts, when amounts sued upon and damages claimed does not exceed $ 100. It has jurisdiction over contracts for ront and la bor, with power to enforce specific performance of the same, to hear and determine applications for evictions of intruders, tenants holding over, Ac. Has jurisdiction over all crimes known as misde meanors. and not punishable with death or impris onment in the penitentiary, giving the accused in aB oases the privilege of trial by jury. The County Judge receives his appointment from tbe Governor, subject to the confirmation of the Senate, and any citizen of the oounty is eligible to the position. The expenses above mentioned that the county la annually subjected to, will more than pay the .alary of the Oounty Judge and all the expenses of the Court, without any special taxation from tho people. Besides it is expected that the fines aris ing from a Court of this nature will, at tho lowest calculation, be three or four hnndrud dollars per year, which alone will greatly assist in paying tho expanses of the Court We have thus given some of the foatnrosand ad vantages of the Court, which we think are sufficient to eonvinoe tlio most prejudiced mind that its establishment will beau advnntago to our county. We need a Court that will guarantee speedy trials to offenders and violators of tho lsw in cases where Justices of tho Peoeo linvo not nor should have jurisdiction. Such a Court wc ap prehend will Ik> the Comity Court. We hope that the Court will be adopted by our Grand Jury. Whnt «►( 0111- Future ? Re who will divest himself of all Hoctiouu) prej udice, and give tho subject of our advancement, either past or prospective, a few moments of calm, sober, intelligent thought must turn away from ita contemplation disappointed at the little pro gresa we have made in the past, since tho war, or that offers for encouragement in the future. Im mediately after the war, our public journals teemed with golden pictures of a bright future for us; but one by one these glowing anticipations have faded away, and to-day we aro not only far from being independent, but aro not even self-sustaining. This may be setdown by many as a harsher unjust judg ment, but we apprehend thero aro very few who will disagree with us after giving tho matter that deliberate investigation its importance deserves.— Lost in the mazes and intricate labyrinths of poli ties, <* completely absorbed in tho production of ootton, the great mind of the country seems to haveoloaed ita eyes to other and paramount interests of the Booth, and now we are helpless in tho hands of the Northern capitalist and manufacturer.— Start not, gentle render, for though gloomy, the picture bears not a single dark tint unsupported by truth, and capable of being verified by plain, unvar nished facts. Everywhere In the ootton-growing States thoro is a general stagnation of busiucs; the merchant sits *dly in his store for lack of customers, and mechan ics find little to do. Were there natural causes to produce this state of affairs, we might at least brook it, and bide our time, consoling ourselves with the reflection that it was the Itost we could do under the circumstances. But possessing, its we do, a country blessed with a fertile soil, a salubrious climate, and with every natural advantage claimed by any country on the face of the globe, tins stand-still is mortifying in the extreme. Oth «r sections of the country not possessing a titho of the natural advantages of our own are rapidly ad vancing in wealth, power and importance. From the North and West come the httin of busy indtts ty—every department is alive with energetic activity —giving unmistakable signs of prosperity. How great the contrast! There is a cause for this—a high mountain isbe fore us in the road of our advancement. That cause must be eradicated, that mountain hewn down and removed from our way, or we must con tent ourselves to remain forever as we are. That cause rests entirely at tho door of the in ordinate ootton-producing mania that has taken such entire possession of the mind of the Southern planter that he has lost sight of every other interest. At the close of the war the North trembled at the power that cotton culture placed in the reach of the South. Seised upon and judicioualy used, it would soon become irresistable ; and the North saw the slave must soon be the master, the vassal the superior, the conquered the dictator. To prevent thia seemingly inevitable catastrophe. Congress laid a heavy, discriminating tax upon ootton that the amount prodtted might be lessened. A short experienced proved to the satisfaction of Northern statesmen their policy waa entirely wrong; that in preventing the production of large quantities of ootton the value of the great Southern staple was enhanced—the Southern man torued his attention to other interests; manufactories were about be ing erected which, with au abundance of the crude material their doors, and to bo obtained at a much cheaper rato than the North could possibly obtain it, gave title hope to the Northern manu facturer of being able to successfully compete. The cotton tax law was hastily repealed, and the South left to work ont her own ruin, which she is doing with ‘ ‘greediness. ” That this was the preponder ating reason for tho repeal of the cotton tax, we can be assured by examining the course pursued to wards the Bouth by Congress. In no instance has that laxly made a law dictated by magnanimity or that gave even justice to the South when it was possible to avoid it; malignity and in justice appear to rule the action of the National Legislature in all cases where the interest of the South is involved. Are we not, right, then, in attributing actions to selfish motives that work out only selfish ends? There must lie a radical change and reform in this matter, or the South must ever remain a “hewer of wood and a drawer of water” to sec tions of country far less favored by natural ad vantages than onr own. The data from which the cotton planter has made his deductions, are evi dently wrong, and'tho result must continue to lie in the future as it has lssen in the past—only bring ing in its train disappointment and mortification. Tint y\ dnrilniMt.i'nt ion iiiml PeniiNyl vuiiiit. The World of Mon Jay has the follow-- ing Washington dispatch : The Administration is becoming alarmed at the condition of affairs in Pennsylvania, and it is understood that for fomo time past the President and the members of the cabii et have been trying to fix upon some plan that would secure the harmony of the party there. It has finally been decided that the best thing to do is to nominate Senator John Scott, of Pennsylvania, Vice-President on the ticket with Grant. Os course, this involves the painful necessity of throwing Schuyler Colfax overboard, but there will be no scruples on (hat score. Just now the adminis tration is in search of political Jonahs with a view to lighten the Republican ship, and if possible quiet the storm which threatens its existence. Colfax will do as well as any other. But it is questionable whether Scott would not Srovo a more decided Jonah than chuyler. Everybody knows, at least everybody in Pennsylvania, Scott was elected to the Senate by General Cameron with the distinct understanding that Came ron was to run the State. This bar gain has been faithfully executed so far as Scott is concerned, for he has been a mere tail to Cameron’s kite. Cameron otganized and manipulated the ring nominations recently made in Pennsyl vania, which have disrupted the party, and Scott, as in duty bound, endorses all that has been done. These facts are so well known in Pennsylvania that Scott’s nomination would boas fatal as that of Cameron himself. Judge Kelly has written a letter in favor of the nom ination of Curtin on the ticket, with Grant; but Cauldron will not submit to that. Intelligence from Pennsylvania is to the effect that instead of healing the breach it is daily growing wider. Thu CTnoliiim.! I Convention In tint Sontito. On Tuesday tho Cincinati Conven tion came up in the Senate on a re mark of the gentle Morton that ‘if tho Democratic party should come into power the constitutional amendments would be ignored, and all legal distinc tions between loyal men and rebels would be blotted out. Mr. Edmunds took the same view, and spoke of the Cincinnati Convention as designed to be tho nucleus of a party which should be the same as the Demo cratic party in everything but the name. Mr. Thurman said he was not one of those who had been expecting great re sults from the Cincinnati- movement, but from the uneasiness and anxiety in regard to it shown by tho two distin guished Senators (Morton and Ed munds) he began to think iie had been mistaken. These Senators seemed to fear a stampede from their own party, and to have taken this occasion to warn their Lieutenants throughout the coun try to watch the troops lest they should desert. Unless on this hypothe sis he could not account for this mak ing stump speeches on the pending question, designed to alarm timid peo ple find attacking the Cincinnati move ment in the absence of those Senators who were supposed to favor it. Mr. Edmunds replied that telling the truth was neither a cause nor a sign of alarm ; and as to attacking the Cincin nati movement in the absence of its friends, lie felt justified in addressing himself on that subject directly to the leading representative (Thurman), be cause he and everybody else knew that the bottom of that movement rested not upon those Senators alluded to as its champions, but upon the Democrat ic side of the Chamber. The Calhoun Times of yesterday says: •Captain Win. Milton, of the firm of Cobb & Milton, Eillijay, Ga., was mur dered on Tuesday night, the 17th, at his residence near his store. He had gone to supper, and after eating was leaving the room, when the fatal shot was fired through a wiudovv, striking Captain Milton, severing an artery that caused almost instant death. He was one of the most popular citizens of Gil mer county, and the grief for his un timely death is great. It is believed the nssasin will be caught. Circum stanaces point to certain parties. HeinarkoJtle lMscovery. The Submerged City, on the North Ricer, Near St. Augustine. During the heavy gates which pre vailed last fall, tin? tide, on one occa sion, was drivetfUb few in the North River that a remarkable discovery was made. About seven miles north of St. I Augustine, on the west shore of North River, the remains of an ancient city were disclosed. The parties who have given us this information are ready to conduct any who desire it to the spot. Several wells, walled in with coquina, are now visible, under water; but the foundations of the houses can be only felt with a pole. On the occasion of the discovery, a gale had prevailed for four or five days from the north—driv ing the water out of the river to an ex tent never before known, further in vestigations have also brought to light a coquina quarry on this same site; and what is the most remarkablq, the quarry is in the midst of a dense ham mock—and which one caa see now by taking thfe tffiirtWllq go ..there. The rock is of a quality equal so any on Anastasia Island, and the quarry has been extensively used, doubtless for the purpose of building this city or set tlement — for one or the other it certain ly was. The question which iwiiirally arises is, by whom was this settlement made —by natives of this continent, or Eu ropeans '? All historiographers agree that Ponce de Leon, a Companion of Columbus, in his second voyage, first touched on this New Wo4d at a point three miles north of St. Augustine. This would have brougljt him within four miles of this city, or settlement, which ever it might have been. Say they, one and all, ‘he fJttod the natives fierce and implacable.’ But, at this period—lsl2—all hfetory is silent, and we hear nothing more of Florida or of America until 1520, when Narvaez ar rived on the western of gulf coast.— Who will solve this mystery? Perhaps it may throw light on the history of America, hitherto concealed. For let it be remembered that St. Augustine was the first city settled in America. Our city is still thronged with visitors. Thero may be some among them curi ous enough to search into the history of their country ; or, at least, curious enough to gratify their own curiosity. There are pleasure boats a plenty in the harbor, and at this delightful sea son we would suggest that a trip up tho North river—only seven miles— could bo accomplished in a very short timo—wind and tide fevering—yjrhigh our ‘pleasure corn prehend. Who will go to solve this mystery about which we ourselves de sire all tho information wo cao obtain. [Si. Augustine Press. The Chicago Times, Dem., has a very correct application of tbe object of a portion of the Republicans, who are now shouting Cincinnati with so much vigor of lungs and so little attention of supp irting the nominees of that Con vention. It intimates rather broadly that tbe 3,000,000 Democrats, who are expected to sustain those nominees, will hardly do so if they “understand that the Republican party is rcerely to di vide itself in half, each half nominating its favorite man, and inviting Democrats to come and help elect him, after which the two halves will unite and go on plundering, robbing, stealing and rush ing tho Government into despotism ns before, while they laugh at the ridic ulous zanies who have made themselves their cats’ paws.” In that one sentence is epitomized the whole danger to the country and to tho Democratic party from, the proposed alliance. If they accept the Liberal note of hand, it should only be with a good endorsement. Dem ocratic principles in the platform are very good so far as they go, but the can vass sometimes wears out tho planks and the candidate manufactures or se lects substitutes. The question is: Can the Democratic party trust even Liberal Republicans with the defence of that “live issue” fcf the campaign, Local and reserved the encroach ments of the Federal and Congressional powers ? The Savannah Advertiser, of Wednes day, says : More Dissatisfied Sweedes. —We stated a tew days since that the Swedish emigrants now employed in Florida, were all dissatisfied at tie treatment they received, and were leaving as fast as circumstances would admit. Among other things, they represent that they are unable to inform their friends in the old country of their condition, and de ter others from emigrating, as their correspondent is tampered with. An other family arrived from Florida yes terday, and were furnished with a pas sage north. Should they continue to leave Florida at this rate, the Swedish Vice Consul in this city will be kept busily employed, as all of t ie emigrants are more or less in needy ei cumstauces. A lady in Quebec was so afflicted at the sudden death of her h isban-i that she wept herself perfectly lind in two weeks thereafter. Queer Names. —The Richmond (Va.) negroes had a georgious time in that city last Monday celebrating the anni versary of the adoption of the 15th amendment. The Dispatch says not less than 10,000 participated, one way or .another, and great must have been the confusion among “the white trash” who were thus thrown upon their own re sources in the matter of cooking victuals, washing clothes, etc., for that day. All the various “societies” the man and brother is so fond of organizing and marching with were out in full force, and some of them were indeed “stunners’’ in point of name. There were the Uni ted Son of Love, the Sons of Elijah, the Frst National Phenix, the Rising Sons of the Vineyard, the Following Sons of Abraham, the Laborers of the Vineyard, the Young Sons of Messiah, the Rising Sons of Zion, the Loving Sons of Galilee, the Supports of the Vineyard, the Young Rising Sons of Ham, the Infant S ns of Love, the Sons of Enoch, the Young Sons of the J. Harp—Jewsharp, we suppose—the Shining National Asso ciation of Bethlehem, etc. Fathers seem to have been decidedly at a dis cout on the occasion. A Youthful Demon Murders his Mother. —On Sunday evening, as Mrs. Qurolli, daughter of Squire Stephen Treadway of Mongomery county, where she has been residing, was attempting to correct her son John, a lad only twelve years old as to age, but sever al hundred years old in pure and unadulterated devilishness, the lit tle savage drew a knife and plunged it into her abdomen, which producing a wound which from the reports of the physicians on Monday, must have result ed in her death before this meets the public eye. The boy’s father is an Italian, and is, as we are informed, now serving'a term in the Missouri Peniten tiary.—Mount Sterling ( Ky.) Scntnel. A German peddler sold a man a liq uid for the extermination of hugs.— ‘And how do you use it?’ inquired the man after ho had paid for it. ‘Keech te bug unt drop von leetle drops und lies moud,’ anwswered the peddlei. ‘The duce, you say ! I could kill it in half the time by stamping on it,’ exclaimed the man* ‘Veil, ifyou likes him petter, dat is a goot vay, too, to kill him,’ calm ly replied the peddler, as he placed the price of the bottle in his pocket - Now AdrorttMi'montN. 3XTEIW GOODS, Arriving and to arrivo this Week, Eddies Dress Good* a ltd lEatxq Gentlemen* Clothing, lint*, Hoot* anti Shoe*, Hew Styles. ma yU2' J- H. STO(&TON. Subscribe for and Advertise in iTltc §usiues!s fjjuw, A LIVE WEEKLY PAPER, Devoted to raiscell&Qoouß intelligence. YVe want agents in every town, village and hamlet in the country to solicit subscription for our paper. Published every Wednesday ! Containing a resume r s all the local news up to tho time of going to pres*. The State , General and Miscellaneous News Will be the best that can be procured, T«rm« per Annum. KtT Large cash commissions given. Send for a specimen copy as soon as you read this notice. Address, W. T. CHRISTOPHER. Fcrt Valley, Ga. GEORGIA— Ml■ 17ujjie C<unit ij. WHEREAS Charles Wade, si - ., has applied to me for exemption of personalty and the setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same on Saturday, the lltli day of May 1572, at 10 o’clock a. m., at my office. A. B. THRASIIER, Ordinary, may 1,2 t GEORGlA— Columbia County, t H.'t! W. Crawford, has applied for JL # exemption of personalty, and and setting apart and valuation of home stead, and I will pass on the same at 10 o’clock a. m., on the fourth day of May 1572, at my office. W. W. SHIELDS, Ordinary of Columbia Cos. nl7t2 A LECTURE J|||t 0 YOUNG MEN, Just Published, iu a scaled Envelope. Price, six cents. A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and Radical cure of Spcrmatorrhceha. or Seminal Weak ness, Involuntary Emissions, Sextuul Debility, and Impediments to Marriage generally ; Nervousness, Consumption, Epilepsy, and Fits ; Meutaland Phys ical Incapacity, Resulting from Self-Abus*, etc. By Robert J. Culverwell, M. D. v author of the “Green Book,’’ e«c. The World renownedauthor, iu this admiral Lect ure, clearly proves from his own experience that the awtul consequences of Self-Abuse may bo ertectual lr removed without medicine, and without dauger ous surgical operations, bougies, instruments, rings, or cordials, pointing out a mode of cure at once cer taiu and effectual, by which every sufferer, uo matter what his condition may te, may cure himse/f cheap ly, privately, and radically. This Lecture will prove a boon to thousands and thousands. Sent under seal, to any address, in a p/aiu sealed envelope, ou the receipt of six cents, or two postage stamps. Also Dr. Culverwe/Z's “Marriage Guide/’ price 25 cents. Address the publishers. CHAS. J. C. KLINE &CO.. 127 Bowery. New York, i*ost Office Box 4,5£6. j.iu. 24, Iy YOU BET THAT Christopher Gray & Cos,, OF AUGUTA, GA., CAN SELL THE CHEAPEST DPI GOODS To be had in the city- And they not only Can, but they Do Sell ic ull cases as cheap, aud some articles MUCH CH EAP Kft THAN They are sold by any other person in the trade. One of the members of the firm lives all the Year Round in the City of New York Where lie goods For Cash And takes advantages of all bargains in the market. That’s the reason why. So call in the Store (recently enlarged) CORNER BROAD Sc IMUUSTTOSH STREETS Where you will find every kind of Dry Goods and receive the best attention from aprlom3 CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO. AUCUSTA CLOTHING EMPORIUM. W. A. 1 AMiIT,, Takes pleasure in calling attention to his Large and varied stock o SPUING AND SUMMER READY-MADE CLOTHING, Manufactured expressly for the Augusta mafket, by those celebrated Clothiers, Jas. Wilde, jr. & Cos., Chas. B. Peet & Cos. Having every facility to procure Goods from first hands, I will at all tunes Keep the Best of Goods at lowest Prices. My stock of FURNISHING GOODS, is of the most elegant style and finish ever brought to this market, and of tli e greatest variety. The smallest to the largest man can be fitted. Clothing Cut and Made to Order, at short Notice, in the most Elegant style. I have also a full stock of Fine and Medium Hats of the very latest styles, also Trunks and Valises, aud gents furnishing goods of every variety W. A. RAMSEY, Opposite National Exchange Bank Next door to Butt, Boyco &. Co aprlOmS Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. THE AUGUSTA Boot ano Hiiok Emporium PETEK KEENAN, TmeLi ve fioor &sii:QE'}lEjtc/j:?i..Yr of dtuamr^i TMVENDERS his thanks to his McDuffie friends for past favors, and respect- JL fully invites them to call and examine his large and Well Assorted Stock of Boots and Shoes, which he has recently purchased for the Spring and Summer trade. THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM is still adhered to, ami a strict observance of the principles of honor and integrity. He guarantees perfect satisfaction in every instance for articles purchased at his store, and he holds himself personally responsible to make reclamations in all cases when the articles sold fail to be as represented. He employs no Drummers, and hence adds ao percent, upon his shoos for fees of that nature. Call and exam ine his elegant Stock, at No, 220 Broad Street, (at tho store lately occupied by James A. Gray & Cos.) nprlOiuS PETER KEENAN, _♦ ___ NE'W G-OOD S FOR. 1872. —AT THE— ONE PRICE HOUSE H. I. A. BALK, I7ti Broad Street, Augusta, Cia. Great Bargains in Dress Goods! Great Bargains in Jeans and Woolens! Great Bargains in Cassimere and Flannels! Great Bargains in Linsey Woolsey, Bed Tick ! &c. ILL A. BALK, Wholesale and Bet ail Dealer in Dry Goods, 172 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. THE ONE PRICE HOUSE! I am now receiving the latest styles of Dress Goods, which were carefully se lected by me, for this market, at prices so low as to enable me to defy competi tion ! Beginning with Plaids at 15 cts.. Delaines at 20 cts., Poplins at only 25 cts., Handsome Colored Silks at only 75 cts. Also, a large and full assortment of Cassimere, Jeans, Woolsey, &c., beginning with Jeans at 20 cts., Jeans (extra heavy) at 25 cts., all-wool Cassimeres at 60 cts., Linsey Woolsey at 15 cts., heavy Mattrass Tick at 15 cts., up to the best heavy Tick for holding feathers, together with a full line of Prints, Flannels* Sheetings, Shirtings, Shawls, Cloaks, Boots, Shoes, and Ladies’ Trimmed Hats, at prices that will please the most fastidious. IdpTut out this card and be sure to find the One Prick House, and you will save time and money. 11. L. A. BALK, 172 Broad Street, jan3im3 Augusta, G a.