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flw fgtfnffw ganraal. 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. Postal Items- A letter having once Reached its des tination, and been deliverd according to its address, cannot be remailed and for warded without an additional charge of three cents for each half Jounce or iraction thereof, prepaired at the mailing office. » Printed matter cannot be sent in sealed envelopes with clipped or notch ed ends at the transient (two cents) rate of postage. way to mail such matter as circuhdS is to leave 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.