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TEE WASHINGTON GAZETTR
J. H. ALEXANDER, Editor-
Waohington, Wilke* County, Oa. *
FETDAY MORNING APRIL, 3, 1868.
THE EEKCE LAW AGAIN
A writer forth* American farmet over the
signature of * “Virginia Farmer," discusses thin
■impoelanl aod interesting *nl>j*et *o well that
wc transferred hi* article for the benefit of our
reader* laat week.
The natter i* one of realty vital importance
to tb* planting intcreat, arid i* not receiving a*
mneh cooaideration at it deserves. Ita itnpor
fane* iocrtaae* every year, too—and in Cwt.eve
ryday.
How are the tnileaupon milna of worm fenpe*
to be k pt lip ia thia country, in the precast ex
peotireand unreliable suite oflaliert
They are atanding now, but how many of
them will protect a crop another year—and five
yean h- nc.i how many will be good t To hire
ban I* and to do the hauling to rebnild, will be
at an immenea expense, and a terrible deduc
tion of timber, which la now of far greater value
than it war a few year* bock.
If we cannot continue fence*, thousand* of
acre* of good laud muat bo abandoned, and it
will be impossible for men of small mean* to
cultivate ernpv.
There are two mean* of remedying thedefi
riency occasioned by the deeny of llie prevent
linea of intlnsure, nnd one or tbo other muat be
faithfully enforced, if not both, to cave ua from
the evil* that Will fnl'ow.
On* i* to plant hedge*, for which the MoCsrt
ney roe* and the oaago orange era both availa
ble to us,and both good Either one, if once ea
tablialied, will make n prime fence in 8 to 6 year*
—and will grow while wo alcep, making per
m moot defenaive agaitlat all inlrudi-ra; midland
thua parmnntmtly encloaed would be worth CO
per cent, mote than open land of llio aame nunl
ity.
The other remedy ia the atock-l.uv referred to
by th* Virginia Farmer.
W a uiaka fence* fur no other reitaon (lmn to
keep out Hurt; nnd na the writer anya, it aeem*
to be chnaper for each individual to fence in hia
own hogs than to fence out tlioae of Ida neighbora
The a tuck ia chargeable with the expense of
fencing. We Imvo nn menus of estimating the
number of miles of fence, nnd the coat of it, in
Willna comrty, Nor do wo know the value of
all th* livo stock in the county. We know some
plantation* have ucnrly, if not quite, SO mile* of
fence; and thus st two cents per rail or 20 cent*
for every ten fid, makca over JIOO per mile. —
And even at thia low rate the coat of the fence
far exceed* the value of the stock. There can
I* little doubt t hat the proportion would hold
true over the whole county and the whole State-
Th* proposed fence law. would compel every
mail to confine his own stock or be responsible
for Ua depredations. If thia were the Inw, then
the quantity cfßlock, such ns cattle, hn;s, Ac,
would bo greatly reduced, and the quality would
Improve. In the and each man would own far
lees but npu-h more valuable stock than now.
Who want* to lie put to the expense of ten
rail fences to keep out these miserable white mid
spoiled cows tl si are not 35 per head, and pig*
»o lean and wiry lhat they die of old ago before
they are grown, or must have a knot ini heir
tail* to keep them fiorn slipping through the
cracks,
At n late cattle sale in Kentucky, cows sold
at from |I2OO to 3600. Onu such ns that, kept in
th* bernyerd, i# worth moro Ilian 100 of the
spotted and specklod kind. If ilioro wore n law
(hat compelled na to abolish the inferior cattle
and hogs, and raise only tho heat, and a fmv of
them, our condition would lie improved. And
that-b just the result tlmt would follow the pas
sage of the fence law. It la poor policy in an
exhausted section like thia to hold five millions
worth of slock, from which we get not two per
cent, profits, and spend ten millions in labor to
fence them off our crops, besides destroying the
faeeof the country by the felling of timber.
But, like the Virginia Farmer, we find the sub
ject enlarges itself ao much that wo can't toll
how to discuss it within reasonable limits. Wo
consign it to our reader* for reflection, If wo
do not do something about these decaying old
fences ptutty soon, some five years hence they
will all he found unserviceable, and llion we will
be caught with our brooches down.
Tax CunomciK *sn th* Gaunnis Road,—Tlio
Chronicle d.' Sentinal of 26th ull., copying a por
tion of our article of the previous week upon the
extortion of tho Georgia Hoad breaks the force of
our chaiges in this manner:
IFe »ro not familiar with the freight tariffs of
the different roads monti.mcd’by our Washing
ton cotemporary, but in tho item of Fertilisers,
vre know tlmt the rule of the Central nnd other
Roads was beforu the war, to charge the same
rale fur them for all distances over their respec
tive lines. In other words tho same charge was
mad* lor jifty mils* on the Central Hoad as for
the whole length of the lino from Savannah to
Macon, a distance of on* hundred and ninety
mils*. W* presume llmt tho same freight is
charged now on Guano from savannah to llnley
ondale jf/ly nttfrs. as ia required for th* whole
distance to' this oily, on* hundred and thirty milet,
aid thst in accordance with this rule the lieur
gia Road charges the -ame freight to all Ihe way
stations as they require for Atlanta.
At tho pro;umption is wrong, tv* trust he
will giro to his restle-s in the city, whom we
eipeciully wish to sec into the wrong- perpetra
ted by this road, Ihe correction, as follows: Wc
have a circular, lately obtained from tho Central
Railroad Office in Savannah, stating the “rates
on Fertilisers per 100 lbs." on the Central, Mus
cogee, Macon A ‘Western ami Georgia Hoads.
On the Mai on A Western Readonly is the rate
the Mate, 10 cents to all stations on the lino.
On the Central the charge is S cents to the first
five stalions, 10 cetilt to the stations between
five and ten, aud 12 cents from numbers ten to
fourteen and Augusta. On the Georgia Hoad at
tho time of lhat publication the rates were 10
cents to Camak, 12 to Mayfield, 13 to Wash
ington Ac. And these rates havo sinoo been
raised two cents each, as we loam from th*
Agent at this point, to whom wc paid ouly lost
week 15 oenta per 100 lbs, on Foil fixers ship
pod to ns, from Augosta to Washington.
XT The Old Guard for April, contains able
articles upon "The Cower cf Removal by the
President, without consent of tho Senate
‘Mongrel Rule and Ruin "Histories,” beside* j
the continuation of Dr. Vau Ktrle't articles on
th* “Type* of Mankind" and other articles of less
note. Th* book Table ia unusually attractive
The Old Guard battle* manfully for the right,
and should have a large patronage in th* South-
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA
Tho following Article, with the above caption
Appeared in the Atlanta Intelligencer of the Ist
inet., requesting all the papers in the State to
give it publicity.
Headers Ku Kuj* Klan or Geoioia, )
Red Legion, Order of Grand Crons of Mystery, >
Office of tb«i Cyclops, March —,*6B; )
It is with regret that the attention of the
Grand Cyclops ha* been called to the frequent
notices, placards, pretended order*, and threats
of a vicious and \indietive character, that bare
appeared from time to time upon the streets of
your cities and in the columns of your paper*,
purporting to emanate from chigfs of members of
the Brotherhood, at different points throughout
the State. °
Breathing, as they do, a spirit of sedition, dis
cord, and vindictive hatred, they are well calcu
lated to excite alarm arid breed apprehension in
the mind of the public*
Cloaked beneath the mantle of an organization
really powerful, but peaceful and charitable in
ita objects, a few abject but evil minded men
here and there,at the instance of an unprincipled
political pator, cf which they constitute the
ready tools, gladly lend the aid of their vicious
faculties in perverting the usages of the Klan
(of which they really know nothing) into a wea
pon for the perpetration of design-* as pernicious
as they Are reprehensible—as artful os they aro
well calculated to deceive.
Spies, traitors, and informers, adventurers and
other unprincipled wretches, villainous canker
worms in the vitals of society, fostered, upheld,
paid and supported by a political faction, the
real enemies to peace, good order, and good Gov
ernment, they willingly ply their infamous voca
tions for the black bread sud blacger reward of
deceit and trrachery
Ranged beneath a banner whose symbol speaks
of peace—the “defender* of the poor and father
le-s,,’ came not ann>ng you robed in the panoply •
of war. and breathing heated vengeance and
blood shed.
The wolf and the lamb herd not together in
forrest or field, neither does the Goddes of ven
geance snide nide by side with the Angel of
Reace. The Klan conies Among you, not with
the obj.ct of fomenting discord and strife, but to
maintain orffe* and uphold peace in the land,—
Peace without power cannot last, for them is it
easily broken. The Klan has powfe.und to «l»d
extent of that power will peace and harmony be
maintained.
Peace, not war, is its vocation; but if needful,
tlm Klan has the power and will make war for
tho mninlnining of peace. Let it not be infting- j
ed upon.
Quietly but proudly reposing in tho conscious
nessi of it* strength, the Klan disclaim* with un
measured scorn and contempt the authorship of
the man> burn hast io effusion*, direful threats and
flaming placards, with widen the papers nnd
street doors have teemed for sometime past,—
“•Sounding biasHAnd tinkling can
not but regard us the offshoot of a conning that
often over ride# itself Aw such the Klan regards
them, while the public can but look upon them
as the effort of an cmbiyo organizations engnged
in a futile attempt to bolster tip its courage and
prop its tottering weakness by means of loud
threats and noisy boasting.
The Giand Clyclop, in behalf of, and in justice
to his Klan. makes tho above announcement , that
the puhile nmy know upon whom to throw the
respond!)ilitv, should consequences of a grave
and serious nature result from the pernicious
conduct of a few vicious minded men hounded on
by a political party for party purposes.
The latter would do well to give hoed to the '
warning conveyed in the foregoing. Kyes nu
merous as the star* are watching them.
Grand Cyclop,
Ku Klux Klau of Georgia
. Official: Stella 0 S.
The Coat cf Africanized Government
Seven hundred millions a year is the amount j
squnndeied by the Radical*in what was once tbl> j
fairest, frouuHt and happiest nation out his plan- |
et.
Seven hundred millions a year, it costs to sup
port the white mongrels who hold office, North
of and Dixon, and the fivefhillinns of
black paupers who make laws for thegoveymunt
o» white men. South of that infamous line.
tSeven hundred million*earned by tho hard la
bor of workinamen, who aro practically n* voice
leas in the affair* of this government u.-t tho seal
eating K-qnimaux.
/Sever. hundred millionß a year wrung from
men whose representatives in Washington are
tongue tied under tho operation of the Radical
png ru e.
Woven hundred millions a year taken from the
hone and sinew* of the country, to support ten*of
thousand* of ftcracnn vagabonds whenever own
ed n second sldrt till they nuulu a haul in the
war for the nigger, nnd who now disport their
lubberly form*, and their ifawdey wives it) every
nook nnd corner of old'Europe,
Seven hundred millions a year raised by na
tional, State and county taxes, nnd rcmoi*tde*s
ly stolen by as foul a brood of human outlnws a«
ever preyed upon an oppressed people.
Seven Wind red Millions n year devoted to per
petuating a system of tyranny degrading to tho
white mm, and perdition to tile black.
Seven bundled million* a year earned by tho
stalwart arms of honest men, and used to sudain
a race of effete, decayed gahgrecn, rotten blooded
Now England spavins, whom tbo Almig* ty is
wiping from tbo fair face of the earth, under the
operation of hi* unohangablu rule, that monsters
shall not propagate. " •
(Seven hundred millions a year raised by every
conceivable device that the cunning brains of ac
complished knaves could invent, or tho brutal
hate of military hoteliers collect.
fiovon hundred ifVillions—moro than one third
the value of all that was over gro.vn, reused,
produced, manufactured or dug from.the bowels
of fie earth, in any one year within the limits of
this nation.
The black hearted, sallow-hided fanatic*, who
rule this nation, have no sympathies in common
with the laborer, the farmer, or the mechanic.
she old Federal and Whig parties arraigned
themselves in opposition to the workingmen and
the strong handed men of thermit ion, the People
nrise in theirfcrandeur and mesial able power,and
drove these two political oiganizutions to the
wall
Workingman, Awake! Organize ! Organise! 1
t hwnixe !I! ard by your united effort a you cau
speedily destroy the droves of prowling hvena*
rioting in luxury at your Mcpeme. and entailing
en inheritance of poverty And debt upou your
children
Ood bless the nobio workingmen
Who rear 'he cities of the plnin
Who dig the m ties, and build* the ships
And drive the commence of the main
God ble*s them, for their swarthy hand*
Have wrought the glory of our lands.
La Cross Democrat.
Three Million or Dollars. —lt will cost every
cent of thi* amount to inaugurate Bullock and
his banditti. A hungrier, greedier crew never
captured a prize or plundered her treasures,—
And yet. forsooth, they raid under a banner th: t
bears tha lying device of •‘relict 1 * Relief from
what I "Old debts,” they say. What about
ne» taxation, though ? You may compromise
with your creditors, but whoever knew a tax
gatherer to compromise f Death and taxes are
two things that none escape. When you vote to
cheat your creditors, and roll the burden off your
shoulders, you aie simply voting a heavier bur
den imposed by stranger*, and alien*, and mis
cellaneous vagabonds of every description to
beggar you amt your innocent wives and chil
dren, and fill their filthy pockets. Men of Geor
gia ! will you do this \bing! Honest white men
honest black men. will you impose such a load
upon your fallows! The black man will bear j
hi* share of it. equally with the white man.—
Upon hi* hard earning* it will fall with crush- I
ing weight Cun you not see ic, and will you
not stamp it out>~tnis plot against your pockets
—this thieves* foray ! U atch the man who 9ciU
not pee the truth. The chances are ten to one
that be docs not wish to see it, and that he is in
the plot hin*a?lf! —Macon Journo' d* Messenger.
Presentment! of the Grand Jury
TVe the Grand Jury of the County of Wilkes,
sworn and empanelled for the March Term of
tile Superior Court, 1868; beg leave to make
the following Presentments.
We have, by exam
ined the books of the Cleik of the Superior, In
ferior and County Courts, and find them cor
rectly and neatly kept. We find the Court
Houqf in good condition, and the Jail, though in
eeeil of some improvement*, in as good conation
nnd as well kept, as the finances of the county
will permit at the present time. We hsve ex
amined the books of the County Treasurer
(which we find correctly and neatly kept, and
with proper vouchers for nillundwpaid out.)
There is now in the Treasury twenty three
(828 32) dollars in cash and one note due for
rent, amount twenty ($20.00) dollars. There is
also dae the County the Tax
amount we find to be about SBOOO.OO, making
the amount of assets $3043.32.
Wc find the indebtedness of the Couoty to be
as follows:
Notes with interest, - - $1916.41
Orders by the Inferior Court (unpaid) 616.96
Due Jailor for BAard *e., (about) 675 00
Unpaid Jury fees, (about - - 700/0
•
Total, - 8807.80
From the report of the county Judge, we find
tfiere was st the last September Term of thie
Court a balance in bis bands of $17.86 ; since
which time there has been collected from fines
$138.25. And paid insolvent cost, $160.76,
leaving now a balance of 36 cents.
In view of the present indebtedness of the
Comity, and the impoverished condition of the
county, we urge upon those having charge of
i lie Country finance*, the necessity of exercising
tlie strictest economy consistent with the inter- .
e»t, nnd of sciutinixing more closely all bill*
brought against the County; at we believe there
arc instances in wbieli they have been imposed
upon.
Be recommend the Inferior Court to lay such
a percentage on the .Slate Tax a* shall raise the
amount of $3000.06, provided, it does not exceed
fifty per cent.
We find the roads in some [mrtions of the
county in had condition, anil recommend the
proper authorities to iiavs them put in good or
tier as soon at practicable.
Wc return our tlianks to hi* Honor Judge
Reese, and Soligjiors, Alexander end Brooks for
their courtesy and attention, auti request the
publication of these I’reseutments in the Wash
ington Gazette.
JOHN IK MATTOX, Foreman.
Thomas R. Willis, Charles E. Wingfield,
Samuel U. Wingfield, John Dyson,
William House, John Shank,
Horace fasehal, Thomas Pinkston,
Daniel Foudw, Thomas Marshall,
Le lit I). Favor, Thomas Cooper,
Augustus Neal, William J. Callaway,
VVillis P. Anderson, Wi||j„ m p Walton.
Ilillmm It. Nirman, T. Ilurwell Green, Clerk.
The foregoing Presentments of the Grand Ju
ry lmving l*»en received and read in open Court,
Ordered that (hey fie spread upon Ihe niinatsus
and that the Clerk havo them published in the
v > a-ljington Gazette according to (lie recommen
dation of the Jury
A true copy from (lie Minutes of the Superior
Court, March Term, 1868.
GEO. DTSON. Clerk.
ImportantOisclosube*. —A high tuned gentle
men, says t lie Home (Oa ) Courier of yesterflay,
who is well known thruugout tlavßlntr, and
whole name can lie given, if aeeeeairy. Inis re
centiyTetumed from Washington City, nnd re
junta a conversation he had witli Fessenden nod
Trumbull, in regard to the new constitution of
Georgia. ’1 hej inquired, wall an oath, why the
so-called Relief measures were pul into that doe
ument, saying that Congress would be obliged to
either cut them out, or else rend the const it ution
back without approval—that those measures
were clearly unconstitutional, and so palpably so
that even Radicals would not date to ignore
that fact.
Wh.it say yon, Georgians f Theta “Relief"
measurot aro a cheat and a humbug, and knowu
to be such by alt the leading memtiers of the so
called convention, and yet in older to induce
men to vote for negro sutfr ige they were put in
(lie constitution. Will you suffer yourselves to
be llius dupt-il ami cheated t
Forty convict* lmve been released from the
Tennessee peuitentiery by order of Governor
Hrowniow. A tellww feeding makes us wond
rous kind,
•A.TJGKCJSTA MARKET,
GOLD—Brokors buying ut 148 aud sell
ing at 110.
SlLVEß—Buying at 183 ami selling at 138.
COTTON—Middling 26) cents.
BACON—Shoulders, i:i); 8.8. Sides,!«; C.R.
Sides, 16; Clear Side*, 16$; Dry Salted Should
ers, 12); Sides, 14).
CORNi— White sl,lß and 1,23.
IPII EAT,— White, ?3.00aS 25; r0d,52,76»2.#0
Flour! Fiour!!
I HAVE a very Superior .trticle of FLOOR
for sale. ' JOHN HOGAN,
April 3,1868-ts Over Norton’s Store.
150 POUNDS
Rose iS’moking Tobacco—a very
choice article at
NORTON’S
March 26,68 —ts. 18
mm 7
20 Barrels Flour. ‘
4 Hogshead Bacon,
3 (Sacks Rio Coffee,
2 Tierces Lard,
1 Tierce New Rice,
2 Tierces Mollasses,
1 Bbl. Old Mountain Mouon-!
gahala Rye Whiskey,
1 Bbl. Fresh Noda Crackers, j
2 Boxes Cream Crackers,
HLSO,
A variety of canned goods Jel- |
lies and Pickles at
NORTON’#. I
March 25, 1868-ts.
NEW SPRING
DRY GOODS.
JAS. A. GRAY & CO.
228 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Beg to inform the public that they
are now receiving the
LARGEST SPRING STOCK
* OF
STAPLE
AND
I
FANCY DRY GOODS.
W kich has been received at this Establishment for the past twenty
years.
These Goods have been purchased EXCLUSIVELY FOR
CASH from the most eminent Importers of the United States from
the Manufacturers’ Agents direct, aud in large quantities from the
recent celebrated Auction Sales ordered by Bfnkakd & llutton’
one of the very largest Importing Houses iu New York.
Having full access to the very best Houses in the world, and
purchasing ’Side by side with the largest Jobbers in the Uuited
States, we can confidently and truthfully assure our friends that
f b can Supply their Demands for Dry Goods
Either at Wholesale or Retail,
cheap as they can purchase the same in New York.
Merchants visiting the City will please make a note of this fact,
examine onr assortment and judge for themselves. IFe would
respectfully invite the closest examination of both style and
price.
JAS. A. GRAY & CO.
228 BROAD ST, AUGUSTA, GA,
Augusta, G.v, Feb. 28,1868—1 t
WM. L. WEBB,
FORMERLY WEBB & SAGE,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
CHII, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE.
No. 128 Meeting St., One Door from Hasel St., Charleston, S. C.
March 20, 1868—
F. HORSEY,
SUCCESSOR OF
Horsey, Auten & Cos.,
Hals. Caps ail Straw
GOODS.
XO. 25 IIAVNE STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
March 20,1868-
HART & CO.,
(SUCCESSORS OF S. N.IUUT «fc CO)
S £ Corner King and Market Streets,
Charleston, S. C.
IUI*ORT£IIS OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
HARDWARE,
CXJTLERIT, G-TT S
Bar Iron, Tin & Plated Wares.
Will receive orders far R. Hoe & Co.V Circular
Saws, ami Geo. Page it Oo.V» Portable Saw
Machine*.
D. D. Cohen, D. S, llabt. I*. MiIUnJ
March 20, 1868— ,
BACON, FLOUR,
Molasses, &c.
T
L EN Thousand pounds of B.acon, (hog round)
shoulders. Shies, <tc.
It 0 hugs Flour
10 Niicka Coffee
20 l»Ms Sugar, ABC
2 hhd* Molasses
2 tierces Rice
20 burhels Fre*h Ground Meal
20 bushels Table Peas
10 bbls Irish Potatoes
fi bbl-* Leaf Lard, to arrive
C bb!» Frc*h Crackers
2•» sacks Salt
2 bale* Cotton Yarns
6 bales Shirting, 7 >8
For sale low by
March 13 ' ARA'OLD, GREEN »fc CO.
HENRY CORDES,
Practical Watchmaker
AND
PHOTOGRAPHER,
WASHINGTON, GA,
ESTABLISHED 1860.
During my temporary absence from town,
Mr. James A. Keougb D left in ciiarge of the
H atch Repairing Department I can safely re
commend him to be able to do work as well as
it can be done in Washington,
REMOVAL.
The public is informed that I will, on the 28th
of January, remove my Shop and Gallery to Wi
ley’s How, next door to the Express Office. My
thanks to the public for past liberal patronage,
Imping to enjoy the same in my new busines.
•'and- Jon 17, 1868.
Don't Forget to Call
AT
ARNOLD, GREEN & CO.’S
If you want yonr Dry Goods, Hats and Cloth
ing at New York prices. We sre selling off the
above named goods to make room for a Spring
Supply. Feb 21, 1868
Consult your own interest and come to I.lie AUCTION on Tuesday itffxl. (Saleday). Many valuable articles will be sold very cheap*