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Griffin, Ga., Ifov. 13, IWH. ■ILL'Af-l". .ar'.-BB WbatLioh/ Auad T—The coming Winter will be freighted with much of rite! iutereet to the American people, and intelligent men and women will watch with ;*ager interest the unfolding of those quick succeeding events which are to dieide the political and eoci a) status of tbs Nation, whether the government ie finally settled upon a petmancnt and aubetactial basie, which shall give pro tection to all the eubjeete, and repose to society, or whether anarchy and faction are to run riot in the land, society be •tilt more demobilized, the last relic of our fathers’ government be destroyed, the local government# of the South turned over to Barbarians and Scythi ans, the National Government in the hands of fanatics and thioves, and America beoome a byo-word and re proach in the moutba of the ancient monarchies ot ths world 1 That great dangers are imminent, no sensible man doubts; that they may be avoided, all good men pray. For the solution of these tronblee. all eyes are turned toward the North. The South bae been tied hand and foot by a fractional Congress, throngh the instru mentality of the military, nod against the weak protest of a vacillating admin istration. It is useless now to think of what might have been done, had the President used the power at his com mand to have brought order out of cone fusion, an l given protection to the peo ple. lie failed—utterly failed to corns prebend the situation, and for the pur pose of gratifying a petty spite sgainst a few Southern Statesmen who had in curred his displeasure in by-gone days, he suffered reconstruction to be delayed until fanatical, stolid, barbaric Radical ism, catching up for its watchword the .foolish expre-sion of tl|e President that "treason must be mndo odious,” took the reconstruction business into their own hands, and while tho stupid Presi dent was dealing out his worthless pa per pardons to Howell Cobb, Joe Brown and other "leaders in tho rebellion,” Thad. Stevens, Butler, Sumner and Com pany, took the entire business out of hie bands, pronounced his pnrdons null and void, aud inaugurated the most iniqui tous, unjust and unlawful measures that ever blackened tho records of any civi lized country, the sceptre departed out of Judea, and tho President .becamo to all intents, a prisoner in his own eastle. So much tor political imbecility in place of Statesmanship, The President having utterly failed to meet the responsibilities of his posi tion, and the South being by herself powerless, for self-defence, our last, and perhaps safest refuge, is to appeal to the magnanimity and sense of justice of that portion of tho Northern peoplo who are honest, respectable and intelligent, and who love their country more than they do a party. These people have apoken in thunder tones through the late Northern elections, and havo determin ed thot tho country, and the South in particular, shall not be turned over to negro dotnination. But Radicalism still sits in high places nt Washington ; Congress meets in a few duys. It is pretty much the samo Congress as tho last which passed the oppressive laws- What will they do now, after the re proof received from their constituents ? Will they, dare they press on the oon aumatiou of their hellish schemes ? We ■hall know in a fo* weeks. We shall also knew whether our mummy Presi dent shows any signs of returning vital ity. Meanwhile, the vililanous and heathenish clans, who are essaying to frame St. Domingo and Congo State government* for the South, will go on with tbeir nefarious work ; and the stmt powder and lead influences which declared the Conventions a suocess, mny probably declare tho new Constitutions adopted. Wo trust, however, that tho growth and progress of Conservatism North, may have the effect to check the tyrannies of the Southern Emperors, and perchanco effect their entire remo val*, with new commander* in their pla ces who aro not willing tool* of Radical caucueses in Washington. Pending all theso vital matters, the inauguration of tho next Presidential campaign will perhaps exercise a more pewerful influence upon Southern weal or woe, than anything else. To secure the South fora Radical candidate, thro’ the instrumentality of nagro votes, will bo the last card of Radicalism—failing in this, the party goes by tbh board ; succeeding, the gloom settles upon ns in dark, stormy and portentious clouds, threatening storms,eoraparod wiih which our late war was fair weather. It com prehends nothing less than the eventual extermination of ono race or tho ether. Tt will not bo the white ; but oh, the horrors of that interregnum, during which the bloody question ii.Jmolu* lion. Turn wo from the contemplation of so dark a picture. Let tho light of hope illumine out future. Throughout this broad land, midst all its crime, brutali- ty, vice and passion, there are millions of booest m*n ard women, who seek not the degraontino of their fellow men ; nor the disruption of the government. They ere brooming alive to the dangers that beaet the country, and tbeir decree is now going forth that the mad coarse of Radicalism most and shall be stayed ; and in the next Presidential e'ection, if not before, the course of Radicalism shall tie removed, and the government go into the hands 61 it* true friends.— Such being our views, we look forward with bright hope* for a speedy termina tion of our persecutions, and at an early day, the resumption of our proper place in the management of public affairs. Ed. Wii.j>* a 4 oo.—jt has been the custom of newspapers to give editorial notices, more or less flattering, accord ing to merit, to new advertising custo men. We reverse the role in this case. The firm whose name head* this para graph, has been a liberal customer of ours tor one year. To-day our contract with it expires ; during the time, thou*, and* of eyes have seen the name of Ed ward Wilder in our paper. Now it goes out with our beet wishes for his happiness, and ths happiness of sll those who do bnsinn** as he does. By a systematic, liberal and energetic course, Mr. W. has accumulated a large fortune, and bsa one of the finest Drug Houses in the United State*. The news papers have contributed largely to his success ; but he bus paid them’liberally and promptly. lie has also ever been among the first in charitable enterpri* ses ; and during the past years of fam* ine and distress in the South, no appli cant ever went away from Edward Wil der empty handed. Ho lives among the cleverest people in the world; and while we bid him adieu, we also send our best wi-hes to the Louisville mer chants generally, who have so nobly stood by the South. (S' The Ladies’ Pearl, published in Nashville, and odited by Rev. J. M. Hal sell, is a monthly Magazino well known in Southern Literary ciroles, and is very popular among tho ladies who rend it.. The October and November numbers are before us, with a very attractive ta ble of oontontivwhieh we have not took time to examitU thoroughly, htft have full faith in the excellence thereof, from the high reputation of the Magazine.— Terms of subscription, s3—in advance. Ministers and ladies Are requested to act as agent. Letters should be ad dressed to Rev. J. M. Ualsell, Editor and Proprietor, Nashville, Tennessee. Tiiz Griffis Brass Bard, assisted by the Philharmonic Society, will give a Concert at the Female College, on Frio day night next, under the management of tlieir Leader, Prof. Brenner. Tho proceeds of the Concert will ho devoted to tho payment of the debts of the Baud. This company of Ameteur musicians havo made rapid proficiency since their organization. They have already con tributed much to the pleasure and amusement of our citizens. Let us give them a rousing bonefit. The Concert will bo worth ten times the price of ad mission. Tickets, 50 cents—for salo at the principal stores, by the members of the Band, and at the door. J®* Phe Montgomery Mail thus de scribes the Alabama Radical Conven tion, now in session at Montgomery. So far as we can learn, the description would answer equally well for the Geor gia Shebang : This body of individuals is the most remarkable that ever assembled in the Capitol of this State. The delegates number 100, composed of fourteen ns groes, and a few Southern men, while the remainder is Composed in the main of Northern political adventurers, who ure in tho interest of Swayne and the Radical party, and who are not identi fled with Alabama and her prosperity. Nearly all the delegates are wholly un known to our people. With very few exceptions, none of them have ever be foro held any position of importance ; they are, as a general thing, totally incompetent for a sent in any legislative body, much less one fraught with *uch serious results to Alabama as the pres ent one. The body is not at all conver sant with parliiiinontni-y qsages, and consequently the 'business of the Con vention diags slowly and unharmonio ously. Taken all together this uncona stitutionnl assemblage will long bo re membered by the ahite-lawnbiding peo ple of Alabama and the whole country with sharno and regret. TnK Nkxt Presidksct—Republican. —Upon the important question of the national debt, Seymour and Pendleton stand as widely separated as Greeley and Ben. Butter. Seymour, liko Gree ley, holds to the redemption of the nan tional debt in coin ; Pendleton, like Butler, goes for paying off tho bondhol* ders in greenbacks. Seymour repre sents the Belmonts and otbor Democra tic bondholder* of the East; Pendleton represents the’D*eraocratio masses, if not th* masses of both parties, in the West. “Down with the system whioh gives gold to tho bondholder nod paper to the workingman,” is a war cry which will probably boas effective, if tried, as was the cry in 1840 against Martin Van Bu ren’s Sub-Treasury systom, of "Down with this system which gives gold to tho officeholders and bank rags to the peo ple.”—Nieto York Herald. We find the following bold el oquent language in an article, by the Hon. Wm. M. Samford, upon tie life and character of John Randolph, of Ro* anoxe. The article wae published in Soott’s. Magazine, August number, and is richly worthy of perusal. It is |he most audacious nonsense to pretend that the sword “has settled, the theory of the government” ; that it ever did settle or can settle any ques tion of government economy, of moral law, of rational speculation, of consti tutional construction, or legal doubt. — It has carved its wav to empire; and slain its millions of victim*, but it has vainly attempted to invade the empire of reason 1 Desolated, insulted, tobju gated, execrated, the South will *gToan an acquiescence in the facte of "the sit uation” ; but ns she falls half Senseless from the wheel of torture, the startled despot shall bear from her parched and bloody lips the r<*-assertion of hetjpvio lable faith I Jefferson, and Giles, and Madison, and Mason, and Monroe and John Taylor of Caroline, and John G. Calhoun, and John Randolph of Ro anoke, and all the renowned chieftains of the grand old Democratic partk. are not forgotten—they nor their doctrines ; and the great argument of humanJiber ty has not been brought by the [word and bastile and military to the impotent conclusion of centrcaita tion. We do not say that it ever will be brought to any other conclusion.— What we say ie, the sword has not ‘set tled” it, and cannot settle it! It must go forward under present conditions, and be settled by a higher tribunal than war. A Dangerous Dead Mas. —The fol lowing statement from the New York Times shows a fitting prelude to the threatened revolution in Mexico, report ed by telegrnph yesterday : “Maximilian, though bnt recently executed in Mexico, is already worship ed by a great portion of the nations as a god. The people have implored the Archbishop of, Mexioo to procure bis hody for their veneration in the Cathe dral ; the women in all the cities are draped in mourning for his loss, and thi wailing of the poor wrotches in many of the towns, such as Qncretaro, are heard night and day. They wear his photograph round their necks, kneel before his image and hang bis picture on tbeir wall*. Our correspondent wrote ns the other day that all business in the capital was at a standstill, ex.i cept the sale of pictures and images of the Emperor. The old Mexican superstition or prophecy of threo centuries ago, that a good ruler would be sent them from a far country, and that he would be slain by those whom he camo.to save, is ap* plied to the Austrian Priuoe, and the feelings and fears of the Indian part of the population have been speclnlly wrought upon. If, in the face of all these- things, Juarez has been elected President, it must be remembered v&mt a Mexican election is, and how it is con ducted. At all events, there is no doubt, from what we learn through our corres pondents and other sources, that Mlxi milinn has been apothesited even {be fore the removal of his body from Mex ican soil.” Send cs mu Vote. —As the peoplb of Georgia should have some part in court ing the votes given at the late election, and as Macon is the most central point in the State where anew spaper is published, we request that some responsible nan in eaoh county of the State would makdout and forward to this office tho axftct state of the poll in his own oounty. Wo wish the number registered, the number of votes cast, nnd tho number on which/was indorsed ‘ For a Convention” or “Against a Conventin." We would also he glad to know the exact number of white and of black votes polled in each county. Will our brethren of the press circu late this noticed ?— Macon Telegraph. 3®,-Logan & Fitch, Real Estate Agts, offer a small but desirable farm, situated on the M. &W. R. Also—they want a No. 1 Tanner. V&" The planters of Sumter county, Ala., have adopted resolutions, insisting upon a future faithful compliance of freedmen with their crop contracts, on penalty of being discharged, and fixing one-fourth of the Crop as the Blmre of tho laborers, when proyisions aro fur nished them, one third when they fur nish their own or one-half rrhen they furnish their own provisions and pay half the expenses. They also reoom - mend $lO a month as wages of first-class field hands, $8 for second-class, and $6 for third class ; with ten hours a day from April Ist to October Ist, and nine hours rest of the year. TnK Case of Martin.—Martin, who, a few months since killed Westmoreland —the English Consul nt Brunswick, Ga., was a few days since before the Superior Court of the District, but it being found impossible to get a jury, the Court ad journed, and the accused was admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000. Sic Sehter Tyranni*.— The New York Herald, speaking of the Virginia election and its effects, says : “Upon her soil was performed the tragedy which placed the Republican party in power ; and it looks very mush u- if the conclusion of tho farce of this week will be followed by the dropping of the curtain upon all that remains of a once powerful organizatian.” Convention. —Bennett has a poor opinion of the Southern Scions. He thus sneers at their Oonventions : “As they will be all Radical and con siderably mixed with black, we may expect them to ‘play such fantastio tricks before high Heaven as will make the angels weep’ and the Northern Democ racy rejoice. After the tragedy comes the farce.” ,~i s : NEW ADVERTISEMENTS iir^irniSi rpHE subscriber will sell divers FUR- A NITURE, bought during this year, at cost. A. W. Ham mono. nov., 12, 1867.-11. Valuable Land FOR S AZjR! -\7rT-E will sell 1,300 Acre* Land W lying in Coweta oounty, aid known as the " MEtIRILL JUNES PLACE.* This in a fine Cotton [Plantation! Well improved, and 500 acre* in the woods. We will take SB,OOO 00 for the Plantation, nine good MULES, five COWS and CALVES, fifty barrel* »f CORN, twenty-one head of SIIKEP, 5,000 His. FODDER, and about 2,000 bushels of COTTON SEED—including Plantation Tools. This is a great bar gain. BOYAL 4 NUNNALLY. nov. 12, 1867-lm Griffin, Ga. FatSHIYSIERS TO-DAI! TTEIRECT from Savannah, -HA at MITCHELL’S, Next to Woodruff’s Hall. ORA NO RS!! « —AND — FIXE NORTHERN APPLES! fUST RECEIVED—and for sale, at ‘A MITCHELL’S, Next to Woodruff liall. CHOICE GROCERIES. ALL TABLE DELICACIES at MITCHELL’S. nov. 12, 1807—It SAVANNAH AS A Oo 11 o n Ml a r ket! Roberts & Tillman, Cotton Factors AND I'OMISSION MERCHANTS, SAVANNAH, GA. ni7E beg to call the attention of speculator* ami f * others that we we are prepared to SELL C» >T- T ON consigned to us at .Savannah, on the most lib ei pi terms, and respectfully sclieit consign me t.ts of tl- ie saute from Orlffin and vicinity, f tr We have n. Jtde arruimemeht* with JOStiPII 11. JOHXSOX, BANKER AND COTTON BROKER. O f OfcfFFLN, to make ADVANCE? on COTTON e« >n*lgnc<l to us, to whom we respectfully refer all w ho deoire making us a trial. Nov if, 1867-1 m For Sale! 4 r\R EXCHANGE, a good little Funm ' on tho M. AW. Railroad. Will Is s< fid LOW, or exchange for town prop er ty. Apply to LOGAN & FITCH, Real Estate Agents. nov. A, Ifi67-Iw WTESTION, IHTTILIIIS Having engaged in business in crimn 1 have no time to run ufter thoaufwho owe ine, In PIKE. ME RBI WETHER anti elsewhcre.- I th* irefore ESPECIALLY INVITE nil such to call on me at the utore of Messrs. BTILWELL A BEE KB, when they come to Griffin. 1 trill make the most LIBERAL com proi nises on all' OLD DEBTS, so that no Honest Debtor can go atony (lissatit fied, lam determined to Close Out all my i fid claims in some wav. H. G. SULLIVAN. No. 'ember 8,13*\ 1m COX & HILL, .A. Manta, Georgia, YTAVE IN STORE AND FOR SALE very low for Cash : 50 bids. Rectified Whiskey ; 100 “ Bourbon and Rye Whiskies; 100 ” Rum, Gin and Brandy ; 50 “ Port, Madeira and Sherry Wines. '' Oot. 22-3 m. VAtfiASIE CITY PROPERTY For Sale! Store House on Hill Street. For a” description of the property, apply to Mr. W. R. White, on the premises, and for terms apply toCapt. 11. P. Hill, who has my authority to negotiate the same. My business will be continued 4>nder the direction of Mr. W. R. White. My stock will be continually replenish ed, and my old customers are invited to call and examine the same. E. UFFORD. Griffin, Ga., oet. 29, 1867—ts Restaurant, BAR and BILLIARD SALOON, ID THE BASEMENT OF REID, GEORGE & PATTERSON, / —\ WHERE the hungry will be fed on the bestdishes the court. wSHw try can afford. Flsli. Oysters, Turtle, and GAME of all kinds, which will be served from Ga. m., to 11 p. m. Best LIQUORS and SEGARS • always on hand. Give mo a call. Jethro Jackson. ■ 22, 1867—3 m FOR SALE. I WILL BKI.T. BEFORE THE COURT HOUSE door an tho FIRST TUESDAY in DECEMBER, th. HOUSE and LOT in KMtOrltHn, where David Brown now live. Lot one end quarter ftcre,, Dwel ling Honan and other Building., good Well of Water, Title. Good. Term* xaah. D. 11. JOHNSON. Griffin, November Sl-GT. lut STIL.WELL & BEERS, . Hill Street, Griffin, Ga., DEALERS IN ,• STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Notions, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Leather and Shoe Findings, Carpets and Rugs, and House Funishing Goods generally, Carriage Goods, ftne Chew ing and Smoking Tobacco, Hardware, Guns, Iron and Steel, Nails, Paints and Oil Varnishes, Glass and Putty, Crock ery, China and Glass Ware, Slc,, &c. ' Si ns FOR SALE Os SAVS Sill FACTORY HEM. Our FALI* Stock is now complete, but will be receiving New and Desirable Goods regularly through tho Season, and would call your at tention to our large stook of NORTH CAROLINA KERSEYS, JEANS and CAS3IMF.RES —the best and cheapest goods for men’s wear in the market. Thankful for the long and liberal patronage extended to us, we pledge our. •elves to do our best ti merit it in future, and say to our customers- *nd the pub lic, that we will not be undersold by anybody, and think we can offer greater inducements in stock and prices than any house in Griffin. Oot, 26, 1867-3 in BAtJGH’S Raw Bane Super-Phosphate. The following testimony in ref erence to the above Fertilizer, by one well known in this community and State, will be read with inter est : TESTIMONY OF CHAS. W. THOMAS, Hector St. Phillips Church, Atlanta, Gw. A. K. Seago, Esq-~ Sir: In an swer to your question respecting Baugh’s Raw Bono Super-Phos phate, I send you the following facts: I prepared in my garden, at West End, three squares for Irish potatoes; on the first I put nbth ing ; on the second, Guand at the rate of two hundrod and fifty pounds per acre; on the third, your Bone Dust, at the rate of three hundred pounds per acre.— As you are not interested in the quality , I give no particulars of soil or mode of culture, further than to say that in these respects, and in time of planting the squares were equal. The square manured with Guano yielded forty per cent, over the unmanured square ; and that manured with Baugh’s Raw Bone Super-Phosphate seventy five per cent, over tho unmanured square. It may ho that tho Gua no was not a pure article. I bought it, however, for Peruvian, and from a reliable house, and at tho same rate per pound as the Bone Dust. C 11.45. VT. THOMAS. npv. 7, 1867. W. WIMON, JR. F BCRNB, JR. F. 11. BURNS Wilson, Dunns & Cos,, Wholesale Grocers AND COM IIiCIHSTS, 80 S. HOWARD Sheet., edrner of LOMBARDI BALTIMORE. “IT7K keep constantly on hand a large and well V t nrooi-ted stock of G KOCEIUKB, WINKS and LIQUORS, suitable for the Southern and Weatrrn tratl»*. Wo aollcit consignment* of Country Pro duce, such a* Cotton, Feathers, (ilnsenir. Bees wax, Wool, Dried Fruit, Fur Skins, Kte. Our Jaciltties tor dotng Bum news are such as to warrant quick sale* and prompt returns. All orders will have our prompt attention. Sept. 28, 1867-8 m #OB. ▼. ANDRKWS, I* H. CT.AOKTT. I. P. BURGEM ANDREWS & CO, SI BROKERS & GENERAL Contmiss’n Jllcrdinuts, No. 73 Smith’s Wharf, BALTIMORE. UStflD. PBOMPJ attention given to the rurchaae, Sale and Shipment of Q»^cral'Merchandise. Freight and charter* obtained at tho best possible rate*, and special attention given to tho interest* of abipping generally. Orders nnd consignment* sollrlted.- ole agents for Maryland for the FKNN TOBAC CO WORKS, Hannibal, Mo. Rrfkrknck»—Robt. Garrett k Bons, and Coultor & Cos., Baltimore; 11. B. Cromwell & Cos, New Y'k ; E. A. Souder A Cos., I hiladelpbia; Christian, Lee A; Cos.. Richmond; Laßonche, West A Daniels. So rannh. September 28, wqlriffs HiniE For Rent! For On© TEAR. Price S4OO. Apply to Nov. 5, ’o7tf JOS. 11. JOHNSON. Isaac Winship, At Becks’ Old of tho BIG BOOT \ BQUWEST SIDE HILL STREET.-©* GRIFFIS, GEORGIA, T> ESPBCTFI’LLT notifies the public, that he W JIV now receiving from the Manufactories of the North, the LAKUKBT, best and cheapest stock of Boots, Shoes, Hats, —a'nt>— REIDV-fIIDE CLOTHING ever brought to this martfet. Now In store and arilve— -10.000 pal nr TOOTS add SHOES : 1,000 pairs HOME MADE IIUOGANS : 600 11 \TS; 600 Suit* BEADY-MADE CLOTHING; Leather , Calf Skins, Slke Find ings, and many other useful articles. merchants will he sup plied nt New York prices, LESS the FREIGHT. Everybody etfil and exam ine for yourselves, oct. 12, 1807-3ur CUNNINGHAMS’ Variety Store be found a full assortment of GROCERIES, LIQUORS. DRY GOODS, HARD WARE, WOODEN WARE, BACON, LARD, FLOUR, SALT FISH, IRON, Boots, Shoes, Hats. SttOTVSBSa Bagging and Rope. jJgyThese goods were bought when Cotton was lowest in this market, and will be sold at corresponding prices, JCsOrTho highest maiket price paid for COTTON. BsiyCotton received for consignment to Savannah, New York or Liverpool, and LARGE advances made. Call nt our new Store House, next to Methodist Church. «t & IIU CUNNINGHAM. oct. 17, 1807-3 m GEORGIA LAND AGENCY. Logan & Fitch, REAL ESTATE AEEITS, VV'ILL buy, sell and rent Real Estate x » in town or country. Several de sirable Griffin Residences now for sale and rent. Also, several good Planta tions in this vicinity. Parties desiring to buy, sell or rent u&h aosTAim. should give us a call. No charges made unless satisfactory trades are effected. L’erms reasonable. Intelligence Office. Wo also propose to secure good situa* tions lor laborers, white or black, on plantations, or as household employees. N. B.—We are in communication with Agents of Emigration, And hope to be able to procure, at reasonable rates, quite a number of good, faithful ior eigners, both for plantation and bouse labor. figyOffioe for the present at the Ex press Office. Griffin, Nov. 7,1867-6 m G. B. Beecher & Cos, WILL MAKE Liberal lash Advances I on r COTTON Shipped to Messrs. E. WAITZFELDER & GO.. NEW YORK. Griffin, Nov. 6th, 1867. la