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H. C. HONEY, > ~ . .
W. D. SULLIVAN,) Edit®"“><l Proprietor..
Wednesday May 29, 1872
Public Mcctinff.
There will be a Public Meeting of the citizens of
McDixSa County, at the Court-House, cm Saturday
next, June lid, for the purpose of appointing Del
egates to the State Convention, which convenes in
Atlanta, cm the June.' *
We hope that our citizens will take an interest in
this meeting by turning out km masse, and that
they will send to the Convention a delegation com
posed of the best Democratic material in the coun
ty. We want the McDuffie delegation to vote for
no weak-kneed Democrata to represent ns in tho
National Convention, bnt for true, honest and
tried men, that cannot be bought up by political
financiers. We urge that the time has come when
every man should lie a politician. The political is
sue is an all important one, and if we fail to meet
it an men and patriots, we fear that another oppor
tunity will never again lie offered, and that Cen
tralism will before another Presidential election
take such a strong growth in this country,- as to
forever sap the liberties of the people.
■Wlto Should Bo tho IVoxt Gov
ernor '*»
Only a few months intervene ere tho people of
Georgia will be called npon to choose a Chief State
Executive for the next term of office. Tho question
of who shall be eleotod by tho voters of Geor
gia to fill that important position, is one of no sec
ondary magnitnile, and one that should not be
lost sight of in the whirl and excitement incident
to so warm a Presidential canvass as the present is
likely to prove.
We have seen several suggestions by tho pa
pers of persons qualified to fill that high position,
but without one word to say against any of the
distinguished gentlemen whoso names liavo boon
proposed, wo can sco no cause why tho present in
cumbent should not be honored by being eleotod to
a full term of the Governor’s office. Governor
Hmithcamo to the Gubernatorial chair when tlio
affairs of tho State were in perfect chaos and
assumed responsibilities and difficulties that will
in all human proliability never again fall to the lot
of another Governor of tho State of Georgia. Tho
vagabond Bullock absconded leaving evory depart
ment of State matters in the utmost confusion, and
badgerod by overy conceivable fraud to such an ex
lent us to render the assumption of the duties of
tho Executive office of the State extremely perilous
to tho reputation of any ono however great his ad
ministrative talents. Yet, with such consummate
skill and statesmanship bus Governor Smith man
aged the public affairs, that everything is restored
to order and public confidence established through
out the length and breadth of our borders. In
deed, we are not aware of a single blunder that our
present Governor ban mode—sins neither of omis
sion or commission can bo justly cbnrgod to bis
account. True, a few journals in certain localities
foolishly assailed Governor Smith in the mat ter of
the donation of tho Land Script Fund, bnt so ex
ceedingly alsmrd and gronndlosa was this assault
that those making that attack received the richly
merited ridicule and oontompt of the public.
Then, if Governor Smith has intelligently and
faithfully performed evory duty of tho office of
Governor, and has the puhlio trusts with
statesman like ability, what reasons Viavo wo to
cast him aside for anothor? Governor Smith has
been tried, and found to be true gold ; ho has
liean weighed in 4 balance, and not, found wanting 1
and wo believe that tho voters of Georgia would
coat their ballots with pleasure and confidence for
Jamos M. Smith os the next Governor of tho State
of Georgia.
But whether Governor Smith bo ro-oloetod or not
to the office ho now so highly honors and ornaments,
lie has won the conflduuoo and gratitude of the peo
ple of Georgia, and has rendered himself worthy
to he mentioned in the same category with tho names
of those illustrious patriots who occupied tho Execu
tive chair of our State in the days when our laws
wore administered with Wisdom, Justice and Mod
eration 1
Homo iixrliiMtry.
"The editor of tho McDuffie Journal has been
examining some bedquiitsor spreads made by Mrs.
Ivey of that eouuty. * * * Wo admire the
editors taste in honoring Homo Industry, and glo
ry in all such ladies as Mrs. Ivey.”
We clip tho shove item from that sterling paper,
the Atlanta t’onstitution—it being called forth by a
notice of Mrs. Ivey’s triumphs iu the way of quilt
making which appeared in the Journal last woek.
We gratefully accept the compliment of our os
teemed contemporary both for ourselves and in
behalf of Mrs.lvey; and in reply beg leave to say.
“True, Oh, King!"—the McDuffie Journal does
honor ‘‘Home Industry,’’and homo manufactories,
and will always be found exerting its humble abil
:tics in foetoring and sustaining them. We may
lie deemed selfish iu this matter—if so, we are
content—but thoro is not a homo enterprise, how
ever nnoafc-ntaoious and unpretending it may be,
•bat is not interesting to us. The necessity for
Southern manufacturing is very great, but by no
means greater than the natural facilities contained
within the limits of our State to make manufactur
ing in Georgia on alarge scale a success. These nat
ural advantages are, however, not utilized, but are
let run to waste, and onough motive power squan
dered to render us completely independent
of Northern or foreign manufactures.
Say what you will - advocate any political meas
ures you please, gain tho greatest political tri
umphs in the range of possibility, let the North
yield all the concessions we may ask, and we will
still remain tributaries to them. The only road to
the true and permanent independence of the South
lies in the region of establishing home manu
factories, and through our corncribs and smoke
houses. When our capitalist shall learn to invest
in manufactories, and our fanners shall “Throw
cotton to the dogs,” (if so nngtinly an alteration
of Shakespear may be tolerated,) and raise suffi
cient provisions to supply the country, then will
ws beeorn independent inspite of all the dark pow
ers of Radicalism that can be arrayed against us.
And not till then.
In the course of excavations at Cap
ua a prize has recently been lound,
which was won at the gymnastic sports
of Athens in the year 302 B. G. The
skeleton that lay in the tomb beside it
is probably that of the winner. Unlike
our costly cups, it is simply an emphora
of clay, with a painting on each side.
On the front is written the name of the
chief magistrate at Athens for the year,
and the words, ‘A prize from Athens.’
Hpcelnl Notew from tlio Capi
tal.
General John It. Gordon to the Front—lie
Flays a Radical Knave—An Eloquent
Extract from His Letter to Scott.
[Special Tele;,Tam to the Savannah News.]
Washington, May 23, 1872.
General John B. Gordon has written
a letter to Senator Scott, of Pennsylva
nia, replying to the charge of the latter,
made in the Senate the other day, in
which he alleged that Gordon was
among the organizers and earliest > VcAd
ers of the Ku-Klux. Gordon pronoun
ces the charge false, and quotes what
he did testify before the Ku-Klux Com
mittee. The letter concludes as fol
lows :
The kindliest relations existed be
tween the two races. Peace and the
observance of thp law were everywhere
found, and never, sir, until your car
pet-bag governments, through the fears
an cupidity of the poor, deluded negro,
had embittered him against us and, by
his aid and yours, had robbed our
treasuries, plundered our corporations,
blighted our agriculture, blasted our
hopes, and hung debt, like a mill stone,
about our necks—never until then, and
until the administration of the law had
become a mockery and political sub
serviency the passport to Executive
clemency for crime, was the peace of
the South ever broken rr ill-will engen
dered between the races. And this dia
bolism you would continue in the
South. Like tormentors in the Spanisit
bull fights, you continually (ling the
bloody flag in the face of the negro and
goad the white man to desperation with
the bayonet, that the invitable conflict
may furnish an excuse for tho perpetra
tion of your despotism. I pray that the
American people may rebuke this
spirit in the coming elections and let
the reign of constitutional government
he onco more inaugurated. But bo
that as it may, 1 shall not permit you,
by my silence, to bolster up the for
tunes of your political party by thus
dragging my name into notoriety, with
out asking you to carry the responsibili
ty of the wilful falsehood you have
perpetrated in tho effort.’
Mr. Greeley’s Insincerity.
If any thing could silence those who
advocate Mr. Greeley’s nomination on
the ground of expediency, it would seem
that tho declaration put forth by him
in the Tribune before bis nomination and
clearly intimated iu an editorial since—
he would withdraw from the nomination
if tho Democratic party put forth a
separate nomination—that this declara
tion of itaalf would most effectually do it.
ft evince f| so far as he is concerned, »u
insincerty that is wholly repugnant to
genuine patriotism. It menus this and
only this—that in tho little game of
President making, in which he is per
sonally deeply concerned just now', and
which is of such vital importance to the
political welfare of the whole in which
the factions of the Republican party are
alone to he participants, ns principal
actors, notwithstanding General Grant
and his host of oflicials have been ar
raigned by his friends for imbecility,
corruption and want of character per
sonally and politically as entirely un
worthy of confidence, yet if tho Demo
rcatic party, who are uncontaminated
with any of the sins of the Radical ad
ministration, and who arc not in the
least responsible for their criminal ac
tions, are to be placed in power, that,
before this shall he done, ho will contin
ue, so far as he is concerned, the power
of Gen. Grant, even at the hazard of
destroying the Republican institutions
of the country. This may be honesty
according to the ethics of the Republi
can party, hut it never has been, and I
trust never will be, considered a moral
canon in the political creed of the Dem
ocratic party. But let those pseudo-
Democratic admirers of him, call it hon
esty or not, it is certainly a fanaticism
which we should never like to see car
ried into power by any party whatever.
But what a compliment to the Demo
cratic party V You are invited to assist
us in displacing Gen. Grant—these vam
pires have sucked the body politic long
enough ; they have done so iu shame
and disgrace to themselves, and you are
cordially invited by us to help drive
them away, that we may take their
place, but you are invited for this pur
pose only—you are unworthy of confi
dence and are only valuable as you may
aid one faction with your votes and uo
farther.
Now, however consoling Mr. Greeley
may be to those of the Democratic par
ty who seem to live in dread of a Demo
cratic nomination for fear the Democrat
ic organization may yet still continue
in the future as it has in the past, as the
Party of Purity and Principle but not
the party of power. It is to ourselves
the language of humiliation and intimi
dation and of itself, independent of the
many other grave objections of placing
any Republican in office, sufficient un
der any circumstances not to give a
moral support, much less a vote for
Mr. Greeley.— Sandersviltc Georgian.
A techy husband told his wife they
could not agree, and must divide the
house. ‘Very well,’ said she ‘you take
the outside.’
A. Deplorable Homicide at
Waint Miu-yV,
St. Mary’s Ga., May 16, 1872.
Editor Savannah Morning News:
Two youths, scholars at Camden
County Academy, at this place, Warren
Scott of Quincy, Florida*nd I. L. Gro
venstine, Jr,, got into which
resulted in the death of flatter. The
unfortunate affair casts a deep gloom
over our community, *?>he parties con
cerned are well thought In the
rencounter Scott struck Groveostine
over the head with a bat that the boys
used in playing ball. Grovenstine fell
agd was taken home, and up to a short
tirrVe before he expired, which was
about forty hours after the wound was
received, it was believed that he would
recover.
The matter was examined before
three justices, which consumed many
hours, and taey required a bond of one
thousand doners for Scott to answer to
the charge of iipmluntary manslaughter
at the next terni of our Superior Court.
Scott is very popular, as he has con
ducted himself in an unexceptionable
and Christian uiatiner from bis arrival
here up to the present time. It is one
of those unfortunaW occurrences result
ing fro;.; sudden no teal
evil was designed but when the result
proved fatal. Captain Grovenstine, the
father of the deceased, is one among our
oldest and best citizens and has the
sympathy of the comm unity in his great
and sad bereavement. Observer.
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iraction thereof, prepaired at the
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Printed matter cannot be sent in
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ed ends at the transient (two cents)
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the flap of the envelope unsealed.
A business card printed of impressed
upon the wrapper of printed matter is
allowable, but in cases f where such
cards are written, letter postage is
charged.
Writing of any desorption, other
than the address, on mail matter pass
ing at loss than letter rates, subjects all
such matter to letter postage.
Letters addressed to irfttials or box
numbers are not deliverable.
Liquids or glass are not allowed to
he sent by mail.
The weight of a f k< rjttge of maila
ble matter is limited to pounds.
Postmasters are to examine
all print,euL-aaftt-ter, so brevo 1 L- f'Jbid,
and to
packages that cannot m examined
without destroying wrapfMrs.
Posmusters are not rsqliired to re
ceive mutilated notes in jpayment for
postage stamps ; nor aro t£ey required
to receive notes so much Roiled or de
faced that the genuiueds cannot be
clearly ascertained.
Circulars enclosed with newspapers
subjects the whole package to letter
postage.
Tea coffee, rice and flour, not being
classed as mailable, must hip prepaid at
letter rates of postage sent by
mail.— Louisville Bulletin. ,
if
It is stated that five out »f tho eigh
teen delegates to the ‘Breadrand Butter’
Convention ai Poihujidfafel') will r*fu#e
to go thus leaving tho thirteen Federal
office holders appointed by the Macon
mob. These latter would dpt go either
if they did not draw their rations from
the concern, and make the Govern
ment, in the way of official fees, pay
their expenses. We do. not believe
there is an officeholder in the South, to
the manor born, who is not influenced
by personal motives, that endorses the
administration of Grant or desires his
re-election. It is the party lash ap
plied to their unwilling back that
brings them up to the scratch, for they
well know if they abate their zeal in
the least in the interest of Grant and
the extreme Radical faction, their
heads will at once be .yyered from their
bodies by the officiajf giiifldftne. The
carpet-bag official thieves go for Grant
and his crew because they hate the
South, and in the general coafuson and
uncertainty of affairs, their opportunities
for stealing are unlimited.— Griffin News
Passage of and Tariff Bills
by the House.— A Washington dis
patch says the House on Monday was
the scene of a most extraordinary move
m legislation. The Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee proposed
a suspension of the rules and the imme
diate passage of the Tax and Tariff'bills
without further amendment or debate.
This was carried by nearly three to one,
and to-morrow the measure will be sub
mitted to the Senate. That portion of
the bill abolishing the'income tax, the
tax on illuminating gas, the stamps on
bank checks and drafts, and that pro
viding for the tobacco tax and the con
solidated whisky tax, were not even
read, nor have they been even debated.
Members, however, became satisfied
that the House could not improve the
bill reducing internal taxation, and
j therefore accepted it just as it came
from the committee.
Amnesty and Civil Eights. —The
following is the verbage cf the Amnes
ty bill:
•Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assem
bled, two-thirds of each House concur
ring therein, That all political disabili
ties imposed by the third section of the
14th Article of Amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, are
hereby removed from all persons
whomsoever, except Senators and Rep
resentatives of the thirty-sixth and
thirty-seventh Congresses, officers in
the judicial, military, and naval ser
vices of the United States ; heads of
departments, and foreign ministers of
the United States.
The Civil Rights bill, as passed, ap
plies only to inns, licensed places of
public entertainment or amusement
and stage coaches, railroads, and other
public modes of conveyance for freight
or passengers. Equal right regarding
cemeteries, schools, and benevolent
institutions, were stricken out.
Higii-Handed Outrage. —We have
been informed that on Saturday night
last, several Yankees, purporting to
belong to a garrison stationed at Ope
lika, went to the house of Mr. Johns
Henderson, of this county, and under
pretense of hunting for some body, en
tered his house, broke, open trunks and
drawers, carrying off whatever they
wanted and, besides, cursing and abus
ing M r. Henderson, they threatened to re
turn and repeat their rascallity. Troup
county, since the war, has been as
peaceable as any county in the Union.
Black and white have understood that
th3 civil authorities were fully compe
tent and always ready to take care of
and protect all classes. If those blue
coated scoundrels are permitted, by
their officers, to insult peaceable citi
zens as, and when they please, we
would advise our people to protect
themselves.— LaGrange Reporter.
Passed at Last. — On yesterday the
General Amnesty bill passed Congress
by a two-thirds vote, removing all dis
abilities from all persons except mem
bers of 36th and 37th Congresses, of
ficers in military and naval service of
the United States, heads of departments
and foreign Ministers of the United
States.
The Civil Rights Bill, as passed ap
plies only to inns, places of public en
tertainment, or amusement, and to
stage coaches, railroads, and other
public modes of conveyance. Equal
rights in cemeteries, schools, and be
nevolent institutions, were stricken
out.
HBUj'U.'.JMBmi L.!.’!l-g!"_U--JEJ .'?■
New AdveVttsemenfh.
Wi
J n T homsDii Ge orgia.
THE Store House and Lot occupied
by J. H. Montgomery, and also
one-half interest in the Store House oc
cupied by Messrs. Morgan & Scott.
Purchasers desiring will bo allowed
three payments on property. For fur
ther terms apply to
GERALD & DILLON,
n2lm3 Thomson Ga.
DB, B, W. SIMS*
OFFEK6 HIS
PK©!?SB3D®iHMi 531RT033
To the citizens of Thomson ami Vicinity.
Olllce Up-Stnii's Over
W.B. SHANK’S STORE,
&T Where he can be found when not profession
ally absent and at Mrs. Wilson’s boarding house at
night.
May 29, 1872. n2l lm
Notice to School Teachers!
THE Board of Education for McDuf
fie County will meet at the Court
House in Thomson, on Saturday, June
15th, at 10 o’clock A. M., for the pur
pose of examining Teachers and grant
ing license to those who may wish to
receive the benefits of the Common
School Fund.
By order of the Board.
JOHN L. GOODRICH, Prest.
Thomas M. Steed, Secretary.
Thomson, Ga., May 2Sth 1872. w 2
WILLIAM D. DAVIDSON. JOSEPH BRUMMEL.
Davidson & Brummel,
Broad St.. Augusta, tin.
Kectidors, Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Pure Foreign and Domestic
LIQUORS
BRANDIES, WINES, GIN, PORTER, ALE, ETC.
TOBACCO AND SEGARS OF EVERY VARIETY.
mayls nl9m4
CORN! CORN”!
OK W 1 BUSHELS prime white corn
tPty §1 and corn meal and
Fancy Brand Flour,
For Sale at
BONEBTHM,
ALSO,
A large invoice of Spring and Summer
wear, Ladies Hats and dress goods,
may 15
YOU BET THAT
OF AUGUTA, GA.,
CAN SELL THE CHEAPEST DRY O-OODS
To be had in the city. And they not only Can, but they Do Sell in all cases as
cheap, and some articles
MUCH CHEAPER 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 he buys goods For Cash
And takes advantages of all bargains in the market. That’s the reason why.
So call in the Store (recently enlarged)
CORIsrER BROAD eSc MTN’TOSH 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, m A M B BY ,
Takes pleasure in calling attention to his Large and varied stock Os
SPRING AND SUMMER READY-MADE CUITIHNG,
Manufactured expressly for the Augusta market, 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 times
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 the
greatest variety. The smallest to the largest inau 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 ?»ledium Hats of the very latest styles, also
Trunks and Valises, and gents furnishing goo Is of every variety
W, A. RAMSEY,
Opposite National Exchanga Bank Noxt door to Butt, Boyce &. Co
aprlom3 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia.
THE AUGUSTA
Boot ano Shoe Emporium
PETER KEENAN,
This J* ivjs ( Boow- S?iw% Mmmqs&mt qf
1 LENDERS his thanks to his McDuffie friends for past favors, and respect
. 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, and a strict observance of the principles of honor and integrity,
lie 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 no percent, upon his shoes forfees of that nature. Call and exam
ine his elegant Stock, at No. 226 Broad Street, (at the store lately occupied by
James A. Gray & Cos.)
aprlOuGS PETER kEE.YAA,
NEW GOODS FOR 1872.
—AT THE—
ONE PRICE HOUSE
H. L. A. BALK,
17*2 Broad Street, Augusta, G'a.
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.
H. L A. BALK.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods,
172 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
TIIE 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 1-5 ets., Delaines at 20 cts., Poplins at only 2>
cts., Handsome Colored Silks at only 7-5 cts.
Also, a large and full assortment of Cassimere, Jeans, Woolsey, &c., beginning
with Jeans at 20 cts., Jeans (extra heavy) at 2-5 cts., all-wool Cassimeres at 60
cts., Linsey Woolsey at 1-5 cts., heavy Mattrass Tick at 1-5 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.
£jj?“Cut out this card and be sure to find the One Price House, and you will
save time and money. H. L. A. BALK, 172 Broad Street,
janolmS Augls'a, Ga.