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Independent—Not Neutral!
SATURDAY, MARCH 1. 1673.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has
been elected from the Eighth Congres
sional District, to fill the vacancy occa*
sioned by the death of Gen. Wright.
We congratulate the “Eighth” upon
the strength and worth they will have
in those halls, that were uncorrupt when
he erst was there; and we hope they may
become so again ere he leaves them. —
While wo would have preferred con
gratulating the Stato upon its Senator
Stephens, we nevcrthless submit —and
the more cordially when we consider
that he who was the choice of our Legis
lature, although not the statesman that
Mr. 'Stephens is acknowledged to be, is
as pnre a patriot and as honest a man as
any in the land.
A CHANGE HAS COME OVER THE
SPIRIT OF HIS DREAM.
“Who are daily guilty of fraud ?
Who are they that fill these places of
corruption? They arc mostly com
posed of the demoralized Yankees, ig
norant black men and the scalawags of
the country.”
The foregoing was uttered by Mr.
Edward Byrd in 3870, when ho was
running for a seat in the Legislature.
The following letter we take from the
Journal , a Radical paper published in
Savannah : -
“Lester’s Dist., Burke Cos., Ga.
“Mr. Editor:— Will you allow this a
place in your columns? hoping you will
not lay it under the table, as the good
Democratic editor did some of my scrib
bles in Waynesboro during our late
electioneering campaign. Why he did
so is best known to himself; he claim
ing his columns being open for free dis
cussion.
“The late political and electioneering
campaign for State and county officers
has ended. At the beginning of this
campaign there was a great dream by
the Democrats, that revolutionized them
from their old stand point to that of
Greeley’s new light Republicanism ; or
if they wish they can call it new light
Democracy. Call it what they please,
this new light party held to the name
of Democracy, and sang to the tune of
Greeley and old John Brown, until
Grant brought up his rear, silencing
them. Immediately after his defeat,
some of the Simon Pures of the so
called Democracy, made another faint
rally, called their broken ranks to or
der, formed a line and took up their
march for a county fight; held their
meetings, organized, put out their sen
tinels, corporals and flagbearers for
county officers; all pledging themselves
to support and stand by the acts aud
decisions of their so-called Democratic
nomination. But just before this elec
tion came on there was another myste
rious dream that troubled some of the
over anxious and thirsty office-seekers
so much that they called for one that
they had been denouncing and cursing
as a d—d Scalawagging Radical. This
one responded to their call, came to
their assistance,interpreted their dream,
which removed their difficulty, and all
rejoiced together. These letters show
they thought themselves in bad com
pany, or they would not have forsaken
their old ranks, nor have forfeited their
pledges to their former position. These
new born babes will bear watchiug until
they prove themselves fully converted
and cleansed of their sins. The latter
election bas resulted in a glorious tri
umph of the Republican party; and I
hope we will have a just aDd honorable
administration of all the present incum
bents. Very respectfully,
“E. Bird
“P. S.—Put roe down for one year tor
the Journal , which I hope will be sustain
ed. Enclosed fiud two dollars. E. B.”
We would ask who are scalawags?—
And answer: Those of our country
men who, having deserted the party
and principles of our Southern couutry,
herd with the common enemy, from a
sense of greed and for the sake of gain.
Our columus were open for free discus
sion, but not for free and malignant
abuse.
But Mr. Byrd very far overshoots
the mark, and covers the truth, when
be says : ‘'The latter election has re
suited in a glorious triumph of the lle
puh icun party.' 1 Who are these tri
umphant Republicans ? The men who,
two years ago, were elected on the ou •
aud-out Democratio ticket? Strange,
indeed, that Mr. Byrd’s party should
seek to triumph with Democratic candi
dates—believed and ncknowled by all
(save Mr. B.) to hr Democrats now, as
they wore in 187(*[ and they were
eveu on the first day of January last.—
It is true the ticket elected was “Inde
pendent.” It was opposed to nnd inde
pendent of a party nomination, the gen
tlemen composing it believing, as many
members of the Democratic Convention
did—among whom were Hon. Thos. M.
Berrien and Col. John D. Ashton—
that a strict party nomination was both
unwise and inexpedient. Does*it follow,
forsooth, that, because they were so op
posed, and independent, they were Re
publicans ? Mr. B. reasons badly. He
does not know, as we do not, of a single
Republican now in office in this county.
Before the election Mr. Brno said to
us : “3ly friends all tell me that my
chances for election are very good.”—
But he did not receive exceeding fifty
votes. Republican victory, indeed !
This looks like it, truly—to Mr. Byrd,
perhaps; but ue do uot look through
the same glasses. We yield to Mr. B.
the palm for his display of military
theory—but his practice and mauoeu
vering are greatly at fault.
ALLEDGED KU-KLUX.
Mr. Cothbeut Godbke, of Midville, j
in this County, was arrested on Monday
last, charged with ku-kluxing—or what
is about parallel, a violation of the
“Sixth Sectiou of the Enforcement act.
He was accompanied to Savannah, to
appear before Commissioner Wilson, by ;
his couusel, Col. J. 1). Ashton and i
Capt. A. M. Rodgers. The following
further particulars in regard to the af
fair, wa copy from the Morning N'ws of
Thursday:
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock
Mr. Cuthbert Godbee, of Burke coun
ty, was taken before U. S. Com mis- j
siouer A. N. Wilson in the District!
Court room for examination in regard '
to an alleged violation of section six of j
the Enforcement Act. His counsel, i
Colonel llodgers and Col. Ashton, were
present.
The U. S. District Attorney annonne- '
ed that the Government was not ready
to proceed with the case, and after some
remarks by Col. Ashton, it was fiually ;
deoided to postpone the examination
until the 26th of March next.
This having been settled the question j
of bail came up. and considerable dis- j
cussion ensued in regard thereto; we
omit mentioning certain statements j
made and will reserve them until the
case comes up for examination, when
they will most likely be available.
The amount of bail was fixed at 82,- |
500, which will be readily furnished.
Col. Ashton stated that the accused
had voluntarily delivered himself into
custody upon hearing that a warrant
had been issued for his arrest, and that f
Marshal Sinythe had written to Mr.
Freeman,Deputy Marshal to this effect,
and had requested that every indulgence
possible bo shown the prisoner.
GOOD DEMOCRATIC LOGIC.
The Fort Wayne Ind., Sentinel says:
“It is the bounden constitutional duty of
Congress to guarantee to each State a Re
publican form of Government. This we
take pleasure in reading for the enlight
enment of those who seek our land from
other shores. But how it is with Louisi
ana ? Has Louisiana a Republican
from of Government ? An answer other
than in the negative would create a
broad smile ; but whose fault is it but
that very Congress which makes the
abseuco of it a pretext for disfranchising
her?* It is a maxim of law that no
person shall take advantage of his own
fault; and when the Republican majority
in Congress first fails, to guarantee
Louisiana a Republican from of Gov
ernment, and then disfranchises the
State because it has not a Republican
form of Government, what is this other
than a violation of the maxim quoted ?
If the Republican party shall not come
to its last end in any other way, it will
be choked to death with its own logic.
One of the reasons given for not count
ing the electoral vote of Louisiana for
President was that ‘there is no State
government, Republican in foitn, in
Louisiana.’ If not, why not ? That is
the way insurance men talk. Will some
savant of the Republican sex solve the
problem? Their facilities to dodge
arouud corners are indeed great, but if
they can escape the responsibility of this
question, they will be driven, like the 1
gentle Smiler, to the necessity of con
suiting a corpse. They are certaiuly a
corpus dementis set,”
We thotfjsht John Quincy Adams 1
was dead ; but''it appears we were mis
taken. He lives—vand keeps a grocery j
-tore in Eatonton. v
-
Hanged if it i-u’t a paying business
to go to Atlanta nnd “stuff the scullion
of the Executive kitchen.”— Sav. New*.
Has Harris been trying “this little
game,” that he knows it so well?
It is awful to be drunk. It is pleas
ant at the first drink, but the first be
gets a craving desire for the second, and
the second for the third und fourth.—
Then after a night of revelry comes that
terrible next morning. No desire—no
cravings for aught else but water or
pickles. No desire for breakfast, and
the con s cience-lashed victim feels him
self unfit to hold companionship with
noble spirits. Sick, oh! so sick! that
his head is ready to burst.— Conyer* JZr
Tliat fellow “knows how it is him
self,” you bet.
This is the way Harris of the Sa
vannah Nmi “goes for” Atlanta :
An tlanta editor was tlirowu down
by an orange peel the other day.—
Whether the peel was in a cocktail or
on the street it is not stated. However,
the result was the same.
There is some talk in Atlanta of a
new opira house. With such a magni
ficent ratliole as DeGive's, we can’t un
derstand why the people of that city
should think of another.
What makes him so hard on the poor
town? Did his hair take its hue from
Atlanta mud ?
This is some of Harris work. We
cau’t—we mean we won't vouch for the
facts in the case :
A Lumpkin county man put turpen
tine on his mule’s back for the purpose
of curing the lock-jaw. Then he set
the turpeDtiuc on fire, and for a few
minutes he had the liveliest mule on
record. Then he got a pine-brush and
endeavored to quench the flames, and
every lick brought off a hstfnll of hair.
The lock-jaw has disappeared, and the
man is now offering a plug of tobacco
and a barlow knife to any intelligent
colored voter who will ride tie animal
to water and back.
Foster Blodgett. —We find the fol
low’ng notice ot Foster Blodgett in the
Columbia correspondence of the Atlanta
Constitution:
I met Foster Blodgett this morning.
He appeared at the breakfast table at
ten o’clock, and was the observed of all
observers. He resides at Newberry,
where lie has erected a palatial mansion
surrounded by all the comforts of a fas
tidious gentleman. His stud is said to
be composed of the most magnificent
horses in the State, and the Hamptons
Prestons, and gentlemen of the old
school look with astonishment at so
much grandeur in this unhappy age. 110
has a most beautiful bret, drawn by a
pair of snow-white maser. Last week,
it is said, he drove a pair of blacks, and
I learn that he has three or four pairs
of the “finest blood,” at his home in
Newberry.
He devotes the mornings to billiard
playing, and the in afternoons he sleeps.
The residue of his time in spent in the
society of such men as Scott, Moses
Neagle and others of the Radicals tamp.
It is said Blodgett, has at least three
hundred thousand dollars on deposit in
! the various banks of this State.
Where are the Hebrew Ciiiedken?
j —What has become of the kind aud
accommodating Mr. Sneed, who is so
anxious to save the credit and fair fame
of Georgia? Has he left Georgia in
sorrow aud gone back to report his fail
ure to Clews & Company ; or is lie still
in Atlanta trying to fix up things with
the Atlanta ring, so that they may fix
the Legislature next session ? And
where are those Hebrew Children, the
Bankers and Brokers in New York,
Lcndou and Frankford, who purchased
Bullock's fraudulent aud bogus bonds
on speculation ? Huve they given up
the expectation of collecting these fraud
ulent claims against Georgia? Or have
they only let go to get a better hold,
and do they intend to spend the time
between now aud the next meeting of
the legislature, by operating through
their agents to fuc the legislature when
it shall again assemble ? It is said that
they have put aside a half milliou of
dollars to be used where it will do the
most good to their cause. Is Mr. Sneed
to act the part of Oakes Ames and
deal out of the money and dividends
where he thinks it will do the most good
or will he act through a sub agent in
disguise? These are all important ques
tions w hich time will answer. We must
wait and watch.— Union Jj - Recorder
There are some things it won’t do to ;
trifle with—for instance, a woman’s opin
ion and the business end of a wasp.
Lkt thk Capital be Retuknkd to
Miukdgkviu.k. —There was never a
shadow of cause for the removal of the
State Capital from Milledgeville to
Atlanta —none in the world. The birth i
of Radicalism in Georgia and ijs attend
ant knavery nnd villainy, was first pro
claimed in Atlanta. Tho first Legis
lature under tho abominable Itocon
struction Acts, was held in Atlanta,
pursuant to the behests of the "black
and tan” party then in power. Mil
ledgevillo, the legitimate Capital of
Georgia, has never boeu disgraced by a
Radical Government. The old Capital
building, as it were, Providentially, has
boeu spared the humility of a Bullock,
a Blodgett, a Bryant, a Bradley, and
the balance of that dirty ilk. When
the Government of Georgia was ad
ministered by the hungry pack w>f de
vouring wolves that recently have been
driven from her borders by the righteous
indignation of an outraged people ; the
exodus was from Atlanta, and uot Mil
edgeville. •
Now that the people of Georgia have
an administration of their own selection
for the first time since tho Capital was
removed to Atlanta, .rid iu order that it
catch none of the infection left in the
tmospbere by the Bullockitcs, by all
means send the government back to the
virtuous, the quiet and the historic old
city of Millcdgcville. And as good gov
ernment was dispensed from the old Ca
p, ital in the past, let it henceforth be in
the future.— -Dainbridg* Democrat.
It turns out, says the Courier Journal,
t at all those Credit Mo ilier Congress
men arc innocent. They say so them
selves.
It was cruel in Congress to propose to
increase the President’s salary and then
refuse todo it Grantwill never outgrow
the conviction that he lias been swindled
out of a hundred thousand dollars.—
i Courier-Journal.
i
A book is being printed iu France con
taining tho names of all the inhabitants
! of Alsace and Loraine who proclaimed
their wish to remain Fr ench subjects,
ilt contains 380,000 names, and will
form a volume of 13,103 pages.
|. ►
Feeling is a muob slower sense than
sight. If a man had an arm long enough
to reacli the sun, and were to touch
that body with the tip of bis finger,
be would never find out whether it
were hot or cold, as he would be dead
l
before the sensation arrived at headquar
ters, which would require one hundred
, years.
! According to the Poland committee it
was a grave crime in Oakes Ames to buy
up Scofield, Garfield, Bingham and some
i others witli Credit Mobilicr stock, but
Scofield, Garfield, Bingham and some
• others didn’t mean any harm by selling
i themselves to Oakes Arnes for Credit
Moblier stock. Hang a rule that won’t
work both ways. Or hang Oake9 Ames
and the rest of them,we don’t care which.
Courier Journal.
Jno. D. MunueiTyn,
| 4 GENT FOB THE
rV. FOLLOWING FIRST-CLASS
Insurance Companies:
The New York Life,
Cash Assets, $18,500,000
Liverpool and London and Globe,
Cash assets .. $21,000,000 gold.
(America) B,<loo 000.
Andes Fire, of Ohio $1,000.000.
Georgia Mutual Protection.
.
Clerk's Office, Comt-house Square,
je22 Waynesboro', Ga,
Graham & Butler,
OOTTOIXT FACTORS
ANI>
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Gra.
WILL FURNISH THE Q
IJEST 13AGOING AND TIEO
AT THE .LOWEST MARKET RATES.
And will sell Cotton at Out; Dollar per
bale, commission. aug24-lm
KBT. ISAAC T. HEARD. O M. STONE.
Isaac T. Heard & Cos,
COTTON FACTORS,
COJI. REYNOLDS AND m’iNTOSU STREETS,
AUGUSTA, OA.
Commission Reduced to $1 per
Bale on Cotton.
Agcnfs for GULLET’S Improvtd and Light Draft
COTTON GH3ST,
I’rice #-i.OO F*er Saw.
augl7-3m
350 MULES ~
L A OR SALE ON TIME—
I? C IT V ACCEPTANCE
jan 1 l-l STORY & STEED.
New Advertisements.
O TJ A N O S 2
PHCENIX QUANO.
wii,cox, Ginns & co'B
MANIFTJr.AT’ID OTJANO
r pHESE CELEBRATED GUANOS. in-
X ported and prepared by Wilcoi, Gibbs
& Cos., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, 8. C.,
are for sale for cash, or on credit on accom
modating terms, payable in cotton, by
Dr. W. JJ. JONES, Agt., Herndon, Ga.
BLAIR, SMITH & CO., Agt*.. Augusta, Ga.
IS portal ill trillion in citlltil to tho usd of the Phuuilx
Guuno coin pouted with Cotton Sood. Send or up ply
ns above for olrrulnrs Kivtng teatlmonlnl* from plan
ten pi tees, term*, Ac. rochl-Ow
Gv aiuha v* sale-
Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in
April next, before the Court-house door, in
Waynesboro’, Burke County, Ga., the one
tlttb interest of Lottla K. C. Garlick, minor,
in lots Nos. 71 and 84, in the said town of
Waynesboro’. Sold to perfect titles.
E. 8. GAIILICK, Guardian.
February 25, 1873 —uicbl-4w
ni KUE SIIF.RIIT SALES—
IJ Will be sold before the Court-house
door, in the town of Way..estuu'o’, Ga.. on
the FIRST TUESDA YIXAPRIL NEXT,
between the legal hours of sale, the follow
ing property, to-wit: Five hundred acres
of land, more or less, situated iu the 67th
district, G. M., Burke county, and bounded
| by lands of Robert Smith, A J Sims, and
| others; levied on as the property of James
! Mixon to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from Burke
i Burke Superior Court in favor of James T.
I Bothwell vs. Joaiah M C Pollock and James
! Mi-v n. Legal notice given.
Also, at the same time and place will be
i sold four hundred and seventy-two acres of
land, move or less, and bounded by lands of
i William Red, L B Hatcher, George Hay
mous and Elbert Prescott: levied on as the
\ property of John W. Golson, to satisfy a fi.
j fa. issued fri m Burke Superior Court in
l favor of S D Heard & Son vs. John W Col
son. Property pointed out by defendant.
Alwo, at the same time and place will be
; sold two hundred acres of land, more or less,
i situated in Burke county, and hounded by
' lands of H Hopper, Riley Reeves, Isiali Beil
and others; levied on as the property of
Edward Byrd, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from
Burke Superior Court in favor of John D.
\ Mo. Derlyn vs. Edward Byrd. Property
\ pointed out by plaintiff, and legal notice
j given. J. W. H. BELL, Sheriff.
Feh nary 27, 1838 —mclil—lw
1H UKE SHERIFF SALE—
J3 Will be sold, before the Court-house
door, in the town of Wavnesboro’, Ga., on
the FIRST TUESDA Y IN MA Y NEXT ,
between the legal hours of safe, the follow
ing property, to wit: Three hundred acres
of land, more or less, situated in Burke co.,
and hounded by lands of Mrs Mary Harrell.
Jame# Thomas, Warren Wallace, Thomas
Nesbit, and Dr. L. 1). Johnson ; levied on as
the property of Pickens B. Hall, to satisfy a
m- rtgage fi. fa. issued from Buike Superior
Court iu tavoi of James W. Moore vs. Pick
ens B. Hail—said fi tn. now being the pro
perty of Thomas R Rhodes. Legal notice
given to tenant in possession,
H. V. LESTER, P. S. B, C.
February 27, 1873—mchl-ids
NOTICE.
I WILL BE AT THE SEVERAL ELEC
TION PRECINCTS of the County to
take the Enumeration of the School Popu
lation of the sub-Educatioual Districts of
the County, as follows:
At theGld district, Friday, February 14
At the 64th diet, Saturday, “ 15
At the (ilst dist, Monday, “ 17
At the 74th dust, Tuesday, “ 18
At the 75th dist, Wednesday, “ lit
At the 73d dist, Thursday, “ 20
At the 72<1 dist, Friday, " 21
At the 71st dist, Satnnlay, “ 22
At the 70th dist, Mot day, “ 24
At the 69th dist, Tuesday, “ 25
At tlie 66th dist, Wednesday, “ 26
At the 07th (list. Thursday, “ 27
At the 66th district, Friday and Saturday,
February 28 and March 1.
At the 68th district, Monday and Tuesday,
March 3 and 4.
At the 60th and 62d district, Wednesday
and Thursday, March 5 and 6.
I cannot too earnestly urge upon the citi
zens of the respective districts the import
ance of their hearty co-operation in securing
a full return of all the children—white and
colored —between the ages of 6 and 18 years,
inasmuch as each district, under the present
law, draws in exact proportion to Hie num
ber returned. By order of Board.
AUG. H. A. BELL,
County School Commissioner B. C.
Waynesboro, Feb. 10, 1873 —15-3 w
NOTICE!
r F''HE MAGISTRATE S COURT IN AND
X for the (10th and 62d G. M., Districts,
will nereafter be held at Waynesboro’on the
Second Wednesday in every month.
B. F. DUKE, J.P.
February sth. 1873—8-tf
NOTICE!
\ FINE LOT OF BROKEN
HORSES AND MULES,
always on hand, and for sale cheap by
GODBEE &. FILLISTON,
febl-2m At tbe Waynesboro Stable.
At Mrs. N. tirum ('lark’s
AUGUSTA, GEORG ,
Switches, Braids, Curls and Puffs,
Chignons, Frizzetles, Rolls and “Rats,”
Lace and Linen Collars, Cuffs,
Velvet, Straw, and Alpine Hats,
Ermine, Swan’s Down, Copes and Muffs
Ribbons, Flounces, Feathers, Mats,
Cords and Tassels, Fringes Braid—
Everything in Fane • ‘vide.
tac Rememner. Best Assorts
Stock in the city at
261 BROAD STREET,
Handkerchfs, Hosiery, V. ils, Velveteen,
Silks, Satius, Gilt Braid, Tassels,
Stars, &c. Crape, Crape Col
lars, Crape Veils, &c.
Fancy Dry Goods and Millinery
AT
OEARK.^,
deo‘Jl-tf
Augusta Advertisements.
NOTICE TO FARMERS!
Plowsll Plows!!
r pHE UNDERSIGNED HA* ON HAND A
A Fine Lot of Ready-made STEEL and
IRON PLOWS, which will be sold at very
reasonable rates. J
The material from which these PLOWB
areiuanufacti and was selected with great care
and are well made. . '
Persons who have been annoyed by having
work badly done, as well as material wasted
will liud it to their advantage to call aud ex!
amine my work before making their arrange
ments. JNO. J. EVANS,
Cor. Buy and Centre streets,
dc!4 Augusta, Qa
lIKIHII
r
The Warren Hoe,
SOMETHING NICE, NEW AND USEFUL:
FOR
Flow r and Vegetable Gardening.
Three Sizes—Agent’s Price, sl*so*
—
Lffi MUSTY Mil SEEDS.
INCLUDING
SILVER-SKIN AND RED
ONION SETS !
FROM BEST SEEDSMEN.
PRICES TO SUIT ALL:
Three Papers - - - 20 cents.
Six Papers ... 3,3 cents.
Twelve Papers - - -GO cent?.
AT
B. I)eL. MOSES’.
100,000 lbs. Bacon.
20,000 bush. Corn.
ON TIME!
TT7ITH FACTORS’ ACCEPTANCE
TV lower than you can buy in Augusta
or Savannah. Shipped to any point.
Apply to
* JETHRO THOMAS,
febl-lm Waynesboro’, Ga.
Patapsco Guano
STANDARD GUARANTEED.
We now offer to the planters of Burke
County this well known Fertilizer. It
has been used by some of the most suc
cessful planters in the State, and found
by them to be the most reliable article
on the market.
We guarantee the standard and qual
ity to be fully equal, if uot superior, to
what we sold last season, every effort
having been u.'gd on the part of our
chemist, Prof. Liebig, to improve the
quality aud make it superior to all
others. Anticipating a heavy demand,
we have just received a large cargo fresh
from the manufactory at Baltimore, and
are now prepared to till orders. Wo
publish no certificates, but simply refer
to those planters who have used it here
tofore, and some can be found in almost
every neighborhood.
We can safely say that this article
enjoys a reputation superior to any, and
it has always been the aim of tba man
ufacturer to make an ai tide on .vhioh
the planter can depend and roly. To
those who desire to havo it now, we
wound say that they can purchase now
on the same terms that they can later
in the season,
prick :
Cash, - per ton, S6O-00
City aceeptancc, payable Nov. 1, 68 00
Lien note, “ “ 70-00
City Acceptance, payable May 1, taken
as Cash. Freight and Brayage Cash.
J. 11. MACKENZIE,
Agent for Burke County,
Waynesboro, Ga.
WILKINS. &, HULL, Agents,
jan-i— tm Savaunaiv. G.