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VOLUME II—NUMBER 44. She OttVUflL IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY —A T— TPiOIVISOISr. GhA.._ v H. C. RONEY. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Trantient *irfrtis»menU will be charged cae loltar I -r square for lh» first iusertion, and seven:v fire cents for each subsequent insertion. "busiskss MUDS. DR. T. 1, IAIXUSTEBT orFEns his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to the Citizens ol Thomson and Vioinity. He can be found at the Room over Costello's, when cot professionally absent., • ~{ < ■ REFERS TO Pr.o. J Eva, Pro. Wm. H. I>ooohtt, Dr Joitv Cc£km»«, T)e. S. C. Eve. “PAUL C HUDSON, at fa to, gkorwia. tar Prompt attention given to the collection of claims. jjjfieJ Vift practice in all the courts of the Augtts- Millie And Sortheru Circuits. Otli rt&- At sh» Offtae formerly occupied hy Jor ,laa i;. tN'iiite, Esq. opiums 11. o. RONEY, Jttjrap at fato, monso r, «*#. HSJfc, Will practice in the Augusta, Northern and Middle Circuits. no 1-ly CHARLES S DuBOE, Warrcßton, Gn. Wi'l practice in all the Courts of the Northern, Augoft* & Middl» Circuits. Central |)otel, HRS. W. R. TBOHIS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. seplltf ■ >£.&. “ COTTON FACTOR Will Clllliissi MErami, No. 1 Warren Block, Augusta, Georgia s~W Wi'l give prompt attention to the selling of Cotton anil other produce. itdT Commission for selling cotton, One Dollar Per Bale. sepliSl W. H. HOWARD. C. H. HOWARD. W. H. HOWARD, Ttt. W. H. Howard & Sons, wiISEMIIKIIMIMIS, No. 2 Warren Block, Asrnsta, Georgia. iJjT Commission for Selling cotton One Dollar per bale. Strict personal attention given to business entrusted All orders snfetly obeyed. Liberal Cash Advan ces made on Cotton. Special attention paid to Weighing of Cotton. Ragging and Ties furnished at Lowest Market Prices’ sepll ts 7T Mimpmf Wholesale and Retail Dealers in EILISI WHITE SHIITE & E. C. TUI —ALSO— Se ini-Chin a French' China, Glassware, &c. 244 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga aprlO Xy. m S. ROBERTS, bich’d b. MORRIS. JAS. a. shtveb Roberts Morris & Shivers, Successors to Jas. T. Gardiner & Cos. WAREHOUSE CmumistfiiM Igettate, Mclntosh Sfrfft JRigtuva Ga, Will give their personal attention to the storage and sale of cotton, and such other produce as may be sent to them. Commission for selling cotton onedol lar per Bale. Cash Advances made on Produce in Store- Sept, 4th 3m. r lpj ‘ - ‘ f t§i TO^ This unrivalled Medicine is warrapted not to contain a single particle of Murcury, or any injuri ous mineral substance, but is l*urely Vegetable. For forty years it has proved its great value in all diseases of the liver, bowels and kidneys. Thou sands of the good and great in all parts of the oouutry vouch for its wonderful and peculiar power in puri fying the blood, stimulating the torpid liver and bow ©b, and imparting new life and Vigor to the whole sys*am. Simmons’ Liver Regulator is acknowledged to have no equal as a LIVER MEDICINE, It contains four medical elements, never united in in the same happy proportion in any other prepara tion, vis •• a geull© Cathart e, a wonderful Tonic, au unexceptionable alterative and a certain correct ive of all impurities of the body. Such signal suc cess has attended its use that u is now regarded as the Great Unfailing Specific for liver complaint and the painful ufLormg thereof, to wit: Dyspepsia, Cons ipation, Jaundice, Bil ious attacks, Sick Headache, Coiic, Depression of Spirits, Soft Stomach, Heart Burn, &c., &c. liegul&t© th* Liver and prevent CHILLS AND FEVtR. SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR Is manufactured only by J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Macau, Ga.. and Philadelphia. Price SI.OO per package : sent by mail, postage paid, $1.25. Prepared ready for use in bottles, $1.50. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Beware of all Counterfeits and Imitations. sepllyl MILLINERY. MRS. WORRILL would respect fully call the attention of the Ladies of Thomson and vicinity to her well selected STOCK OF lITtIiIYERY and white goods. Also a fine assort* ment of LADIES’ BOOTS Ladies’ Hats made in in the latest style. Old Hats retrimed at the lowest prices. Call and examine. oct 16m3 Thomas Richards &Son, Booksellers, Stationers AND Dealers in Fancy Goods, 263 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Established 1807. Keep a large stock of all kinds and qualities of Blank Books, Fools-cap, Letter, Note uud all sizes of Wmwm® P&&B9 s And ever/ article of Stationery used in Couuiing Hotpe And PUB LIO OFFICES : and a great variety of Fancy Goods, to suit th e want* of Country Merchant*. Anv Books wanted will be sent by mail free of expense on receptof Publishers’ prices. J . A. SIMON, DEALER IN Men’s, Boys’ and tolls’ CLOTHING, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats, Tranks, Valises, Umbrellas, Ac. •ST 224 Broad Street, 4 Doors below Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. oct 9m 1 FIRST CLASS 6ROCERIES! C. IF. Ma-rat-9 & €q,, BEG leave to inform their old cus tomers and the public generally that they are constantly receiving and have on hand a well selected stock of FUST CLASS STAPLE AID WICT GROOERIOS, And every article kept in a good grocery house. Having recently commenced business, we are determined to win patronage by buying our goods at very low prices and SELLING THEM AT SMALL PROFITS. Among our stock may found sugar cured and canvassed hams, flour of all brands, and at prices to suit the people, smoked and buli meats, cheese, crackers, nuts, plain and fancy candies, sardines, oysters, fresh salmon, fresh mackerel, pickles, segars, tobacco, canned fruits &c. Call on us and we warrant to give satisfaction. C. W. Arnold. & Cos, Thomson, Ga. [mr 13yl] oct2 THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GA, NOVEMBER 6, 1872. factm If W© Knew. If we knew the baby fingers Pressed against the window pane Would be cold and stiff to morrow— Never trouble us again— Would the bright eyes of our darling Catch the frown upon our brow ? Would the print of rosy fingers Vex us then, as they do now ? Ah! those little, ice-cold fingers, How they point our memories back To the hasty words and actions Strewn along our backward track! How those little hands remind us, As in snowy grace they lie, Not to scatter thorns—but roses— For our reaping, by and by ! Strange we never praise the music Till the sweet-voiced bird has gone ! Strange that we should slight the violets Till the lovely flowers are blown ! Strange that summer skies and sunshine Never seem one-half so fair As when winters snowy pinions Shade the white down in the air! Lips from which the seal of silence None but God can roll away, Never blossomed in such beauty As adorns the mouth to-day— And sweet words that freight our memory With their beautiful perfume, Come to us iu sweetest accents Through the portals of the tomb! Let us gather up the sunbeams Lying all around our path ; Let us keep the wheat and roses, Casting out the thorns and chaff; Let us find our sweetest comfort Iu the blessings of to-day, With a patient hand removing All the briers from our way! Lovo, Colic; an<l Mulo. BY EI.IHU DAWKINS. Did you ever ride a mule? I don’t mean a civilized creature accustomed to good society, but a wild steed of the plains brought up on grass and rattle snakes, and accustomed to cavort re gardless of the constitution as amended, or the rights of man. Mules are pretty much alike the world over, only the Texan mule is a little more so. I rode one the other day and I’m go ing to try to tell you about it. It won’t be very well written, because, my right arm has been in a sling, and I have more bruises than bones. You see I fell in love with a girl—deep as a forty foot well—l mean my love, not the girl—she isn’t deep a bit—and as my luck would have it, another fellow fell about the same distance at the same time. He’s not a bad looking chap, and wears store-clothes on week days. He parts his hair in the middle and oils it up with bergamont and cinnamon. He has his name printed on pieces of paste board, and drops them round promiscu ously for fear people might forget that A. Browne Swivel wasn’t about. I had to acknowledge the fact that be tween this felfow and myself, in the affections of the divine Araminta, it was nip and tuck, with the dog a little ahead. I put on my best clothes one day and walked over to the gal’s house, intended to move on her wor/cs, and have the lit tle thing settled without further debate. My rival was there, and seemed to have on his best clothes. They didn’t amount to much, for I knew that at ten o’clock, six hours after my arrival, he’d have to wend his winding way home for the old lady he boarded with didn’t allow irregular hours. If he got to his frugal couch, or rath er the house containing it, he might skin his knuckles and kick his boots off but he wouldn’t get in after that hour and the hay-mow is not a very pleasant bedroom in flea time. But I was soon releived of all anxiety. We had a di version that broke up the setting. Araminta is possessed of a little broth er—l hate a girls brother ! If they are little they play tricks on you, and if they are big they borrow your money, get drunk, and insult you with impuni ty, knowing that you are in love with their sister and won’t resent an insult. While we were talking in a small way, and looking volumes of love at the girl and wrath at each other, we heard a fearfull yell in the garden and running out, found her little brother on the ground in active convulsions. He had been trying to eat his way through the mellon psch. It was a disgusting fail ure, for he could not have bursted open and gone into the contents of more than ten or twelve. As it was, it looked as if there was going to be a death in the family, and Araminta screamed a scream and yelled at us to go for the doctor. We both took in the situation at a glance—the man that got the doctor first would get Araminta for life. My rival went over the fence like a deer, and seized the only horse in the stable. He bridled and saddled the animal in double-quick time, while I found noth ing left me but a mule. I seized a blind biidle, and, rushing at the animal, felt something whiz over my head that I am sure was a pair of heels. They narrow ly escaped my skull, but carried off my hat. Nothing daunted, 1 seized the creature by the ear, put on the bridle, unfastened the chain by which he was haltered, and led him from the stable. lie went out willingly, so much so, indeed, that I had some dif ficulty in keeping up, and had not the creature stopped on the outside to give vent to his feelings in a prolonged bray, I could not have mounted. As it was, before he got through with his musical entertainment I was ou his back. The beast seemed somewhat astonish ed at this performance, and stood turning it over in his mind for a minute, while I dug my heels vigorously in hi3 sides. He seemed suddenly to come to the con clusion that a change of administration would be an wicellent thing, and to this end began going up and down like a saw gate. I really thought I’d be split in two, and would probably have been pitched over but that in the midst of this pleasing exercise, Muley caught sight of the horse disappearing at a hard gallop in the distance. He seemed animated by the laudible ambition of overtaking that horse, and started so suddenly he came very near leaving me behind. I worked my way forward until I could get hold of the halter chain, and, pulling this rigging tight, got a pretty secure hold. How that beast did run! He not only gained on the horse to such an ex tent that Armninta might have offered two to one and no takers, but exhibited his superabundance of bottom by throw ing in, at intervals, the liveliest kicks that ever eminated from a mule. About a mill! out we closed in on the cab, and as we pas-ed, Muley favored us with a salute that was most infernally foul; for, planting his two heels upon the offquar ter of the honest Bucephalus, I heard a yell, and glancing around saw my rival and horse go down in the most promis cuous manner. My steed of the desert kept straight on. We had a ride of eight miles before us, and I felt satis fied that in that distance, at the rate we were traveling, Muley would have a good deal of the devil taAren out of him. I became aware of another fact, and that was that my best pants were giving away. About five miles out we struck a wa termelon patch and went straight thro’. I could hear the meltons bursting under me like boombs, and when we emerged from the further side specimens of this fruit were strung on the mule’s legs like beads. A mile beyond this I saw our excel sent minister of the gospel wending his solemn way across the prairies with a wagon full of infant Jacobs, and I saw that unless he whipped his horse into a most extraordinary run, we would be into hirn about instanter. I pulled hard on the near rein with one hand, while I steadied myself with the chain with the other, but with no more effect than it I had taken a pull on Pike’s Peak. We struck the parson’s family about amidships, and went through. I never saw infant Christianity so scat tered as on that occasion. I left the parson gathering up his family, and continued until I struck the doctor’s fence, and went flying into his frontdoor with the bull dog close at my tattered rear. I knocked over the cra dle and upset the supper table. The doctor came to my rescue with a kick in the ribs of his dog that sent him with a howl and a mothfult of pantaloons in to the yard. I then mid the doctor with one Breath—all I had left—that Araminta’s little devil of a brother was dying of too much watermelou, and wanted a doctor with squills. We returned in about the same style. The doctor having a younger horse than my rival had been favored with, kept the lead, with his pill-bags flapping in the air, while his coat tails made a straight line behind. If his horse flagged any the mule started him up again by a vigorous bite on the rump that seemed to infuse new vigor into that medicated animal. We passed my rival sitting on the road-side nursing his off leg as if it hurt him.— He never came back, acknowledging his defeat in tfe most gent'emanly man ner. The doctor soon put Araminta’s lit tle brother in a perpendicular position, and that night at the bedside of the lit tle sufferer, keeping well to the front, I proposed, was eccepted, and the happy day was fixed. I rode into Araminta’s affections on a mule. The Game of Outrage Be< gun. Elsewhere is given a notice of the action taken in the case of the citizens of Wilkinson county, allege I to be guil ty of a violation of the Ku-Klux law. The arrest of three of these parties, as stated, was based upon an affidavit of a white man named Judson Knight. In regard to the mode and manner of effecting these arrests, the following from the Macon Telegraph of yesterday will give some interesting information : From Mr. W. Cannon, a highly res pectable citizen of Toomhsboro, we gathered last night the following par ticulars of one of the most high-handed outrages that ever has been perpetra ted upon the soil of Georgia. It seems one Morris, the negro can didate from Wilkinson, has been up to Atlanta for some time, operating upon H. P. Farrow and A. T. Akerman, and fabricating the most absurd and prepos terous Ku-Klux charges against many of the best citizens of that county. Those worthies, believing, doubtless, that a bold coup de main in behalf of Grant, on the eve of the election, might alarm and demoralize his opponents, it is said, lent a willing ear to Morris, and assisted him in procuring from United States Commissioner riwayze warrants for the arrest of a large num ber of citizens upon negro affidavits. On Monday night, this man Morris came down from Atlanta, at the head of a large detachment of Uuited States troops, under the command of a Lieu tenant, and, proceeding to Toombsboro, Irwintow, aud other points, seized in their beds and arrested a number of the prominent citizens of the county. [We gave the names of the parties on their arrival here, Tuesday uight. These unfortunate individuals were then hurriid off to this city, to be tried lor their lives upon the accusation of ig norant negroes, who, more than proba ble, neither know nor care for the obligations of an oath.] The Telegraph continues ; “A con siderable number of soldiers are still encamped near Toombsboro, and will doubPess continue to harry every peace ful citizeu who may happen to incur the ire of any vagabond negro. The above intelligence will send a thrill through every patriot heart in Georgia. Has it come to this already? Are freemen to be dragge 1 from their beds at midnight, without a moment’s intimation, and hurried off to prison by ruffian soldiery, at the behest of ignor ant and unprincipled negroes? Where is the right of habeas corpus, and what are the boasted liberties of American citizens ? But if it be the aim of the Adminis tration by such deeds of violence to in timidate and overawe the white voters of Georgia, they little know the metal of our people. This very outrage will be worth 5,000 votes to Mr. Greeley in Novem ber. We shall await with much inter est the denouement of the affair. The following luminous document, said to have been written by Morris, was posted up in Gordon a night or two since. We give it exact, to show the stuff out of which witnesses are manu facture! for the incarceration and ruin of innocent white people. From a note written by Morris some time since, which lies before us, it is evident that the chirography of the two papers is identical : Atlanta GEOrGia Oc 19th 1872, H p Farrow Attonny At Amos T A£man by Offical Report Was Joseph Morris Col Canerdate tor The leGiala ture on night of 16th Os Oc last Was drivenig fiom Home aGanG K K Kulk and are NoW at This place Making ie- Gal complaint And further Moore I Re civd a list of Every Man Name That Was there on 16th inst Wo Kill him and Beat one HEnry Charlton very Brutessly and said Morris are found ded & Absent from his Resident any day & night & by Theatthering by any White Male person The Village of Gordon Shall be laid Wast by Military po WErs One Mile Round and Everry person fV hose are found Gilty of K K Kluxing Shall pay affve 1009 Dollars H p Far roW attorny State Ceneral Committee 5 days Notice. —Savannah News, A western settler—The sun at even ing- TERMS-TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE The Alleg-ed Ku-Klnx Prison ers. The preliminary examination of the citizens from Wilkinson county (whose arrival has been noticed), which was announced to come off before Commis sioner Stone yesterday morning, was postponed. The parties were brought to Commissioner Stone’s office, and a proposition made to release them on temporary bond for their appearance when called for. It is supposed the ex amination of some of them will take place this morning. Hon. Julian Har tridge and Captain George A. Mercer represent the prisoners. Messrs. Henry Hyman, Jethro Lan inghatn and Wm. Dickson, better known as “Buck” Dickson, are charg ed in one warrant, with the murder of Mat Deason the Radical Sheriff of WilAinson county, on the 23d of Au gust, 1871, and with throwing his body i < the river. The warrant was issued by Commissioner Swayzee at Macon, on the affidavit of Judson Knight, a white man. We understand that friends of Mr. Dickson in this city offered to raise bond to the amount of SIOO,OOO, but it was not accepted. In the case of four others the bail was fixed at SIO,OOO, each, but these parties and their friends being poor, it was imposible to give it.- The case of the three above mentioned was postponed until Friday. In addi tion to Mr. Hartridge and Captain Mer cer, the prisoners have employed as ounsel. Col. W. A. Lofton, of Macon, J. N, Gilmore, of Sandersville, and J. A. Lindsey, of Irwinton.— Savannah News, Bold Highway Robbery and Pro bably Murder. —A most bold and mur derous highway robbery was commit ted in this county on last Wednesday" afternoon. It seems that on Wednes day morning Mr. Ham Martin, an old and respectable citizen, living near Bel- Air Station, brought a load of cotton to town in a two-horse wagon—himself driving the team. After disposing of his cotton he was approached by one of the colored thives who infest the city, who wished, he said, to get a situation. The terns were soon agreed upon, the man got in the wagon and Mr. Martin started heme. When about two milee this side of Bel-Air, and in a lonely and deserted portion of the road, the negro highwayman took out one of the wood en standards of the wagon and attack ed Mr. Martin from behind. He knock ed the old man off the wagon and beat him until he was insensible. He then searched him in ordjr to get his money, but failed to find it. Mr. Martin had placed his money in his coat; the coat was in the wagon and the thief did not find it. The negro then took one of the horses out of the harness, mounted and rode rapidly bac£ to the city. His whereabouts and his name are known, but at the request of the police we sup press both in order that he may be cap tured. Mr. Martin was dangetously in jured, and at last accounts it was feared that his injuries would prove fatal. P. S.—Since the above was put in type the arrest of the negro ruffian was made by the police, near the City Bridge, last evening. He had just crossed from Hamburg, with the purpose of committing another robbery. He had $S 03 in money on his person. Also tax receipts and other papers belonging to Mr. Martin. He bad signed a con tract to work with Mr. Martin next year, at $3 per month, as Henry John son. His real name is Ben Mclntosh alias Ben Bacon, from Savannah. He confessen the robbery and assault, and was placed in safe keeping.— Chronicle. Sj Senlnal. A Jersey paper tells a very interes ting story of a little boy in the State.- He was climbing an apple tree, and when upon the topmost limb he fell to the ground. H e was picked up and carried to the house in an insensible condition. After watching by his bedside through many weary hours, his mother perceived signs of returning consciousness. Lean ing over him she asked if there was any thing she could do for him, now that he began to feel better? Should she bathe his forehead, or change his pillow, or fan him ? Was there anything he wanted ? Opening his eyes languidly, and looking at her, he said: “Yes;l want a pair of pants with a pocket behind.” He got them. A gentleman, after having paid his addresses to a young lady for some time, poped the question. The lady in a lrightened manner said, ‘you scare me, sir.’ The gentleman did not wish to frighten the lady and consequently re mained quiet for some time, when she exclaimed : ‘Scare me again.’