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Newspaper Page Texts-ts-- mtmttssmmtmKmm I3S£tiHBI gnrWHMU* .-Jji% 1 k .ii ‘jjiff • .3 in • :n .7?3 Is .JiafstloX DEVOTE© TO RELIGION, LITERATURE, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS [ tn iX VOLUME IX. BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, ' ' 21! ' ~ ,,:, v »■'■■■ ii nt hb JUNE 19 J; 1869. 'll., : •! b:'3 L-.iid. ho* NUMBER 3Tv- -ir:Q3 3?DUil Mo — f UUSSEIL, cause . taut -bjuimea mgge* huu # >VlbLlS » hiET oR. smijfeiiiiil jui Great lord! why,II ■•OITOU -* NU _ the evidence, riiauyenld seiche is ffailty- .«,= Brory Satnrfar Mo™*; '1’liitMS. j oo •om back! and Ltoll you. Jaush jp^r mauf! dence «nrex jftfflgfffal i^^lpiSaflhe^ tb* d&tfcitoOSttW Ay.V its warp is tlie rail, drops of the | cause.,-that beamed nigger and Xc - -. - — .. , , ar Boinbaste—May it please yoijr honor, gmike ^ told Upr. so UiQ />Uier ajiy 1 oo 2 00 Dcu-t send bim off to jail before you terj)ret'the* language of a gentleman, have the trial. Bannister—Nuff sect. Preform the tes- Constable, bring I timony,*mis<er defence; preform yonim, tnister ecnlpatory. • it isj.rue that the vulgar niny'.tliuajn- NTe ll; as I said, rthis b^ingthe first case of this.sort, and as [ft® judgment Bannister—Mister that refendant back here before this .. 3 oo c01ll .t. Squire Siiodd says he is not Advertising Kales. guilty; he must exculpatory. Yes, I which knew I was right. Exculpatory before ! this coiirti mister pfieiulifurffc ? ®qfs.lyb«| ' defence is ajgtevfted.fU firing ^timufe Tfc .r..11—i»S*™ V or where ’ te<l in th« niglit; yoiUfuit*M^tt6ry U i.-n for . YlTwUhwt instruc- yourself out of the yidictment. ,\v«rti*euent'are banJe j becUars -j Bombaste—I uttered speech to sail Advertisements w . 1M. ft. ft- «»• 1 Square, i 4 $ 17 ii 14 j 2 *$quare: 1 » 1 i 15 : 20 , 3 Square*? 4 Squires, 16 1 20 26 - :i2 j, Sqnitrw, i 20 3i :’,s t; Squares, 21 2 s j :i7 i 4a 7 8 ' ■"••• 4'.» ( 52 i $ Squires, 40 66 ' •j Square:*, 10 Squares, \ C»\umn, 4« 65 44 62 68 1 74 gentlemau of color, sir, which I doubt not, sir, this famous tribune, sir, will eiiteruret- as respectful in the highest degree, sir--n—? .. ; • r Bannister—Nuffsed. This court pre- terprets it as prospectful iu the highest degree. Poleasf that jSSj&Sl Constable. This cohrt.pnbciaiaiAhiii itdt guilty. [The constable releases Bom- 20 baste, and smarts out Cor. S&jke— c ’ lj “ Ordinaries, Administrators, oe 'edffig will not'do! Guardians, &c. , t tfi.n* itluct: tlio war, tlie following i«. f 1 iruoti«4<rfOnIlB»nv stop! this pro- our honor must fee—TO BE r.tlD IN 4 00 JUSTICE COURT. hear both sides of the case. After your honor hears the prisoner, then heal the honorable colored man who has been so basely wronged, and thou giVe your- judgment, which, of course, will be that tho prisoner is guilty. Cuffy—Dats so; go it, boss Smike! Gib de white cuss tie debnl. Squire S'uodd—Jake Bannister, are yen going to set right tliere and let^tliis blame nigger go on in tiiri s„6vt of fa a&t? Why, I’ll be blamed if . it aint a con tempt of court. , r :X a Bannister—Nuffsed. This court will not premit a re tempt in? this eburt. Nuff sed. Mister Constable, collect a fine out of that colored-nigger fellow-citerzen. Cor. Smike—If your honor please, I rise, prompted by the affection I have - ' for this poor colored citerzcn, who has just emerged from the ignorance and crime incidental to a state of slavery, to bog your honor to remit the fine. I assure you he did not inteud to commit i con tempt of this honor ble court, but it was*in consequsuobof hid lufautiie-like ignorance that he so indiscreetly made use of the remark lie did. And in view of his child-like, irresponsible condition, I hope your honor will pardon him. Bannister—Nuff sed. This' court thinks it was his ignorance that made Huff him do it, and will permit the tine r.esa and Judy Carter. So s-.ys tiip ■hive—I knew I was right. Nuff sed. Now to invert to the prisoner'. Mister GouSta- hle, take him in customary and subcar- sera te him iu jail, for .Mister Frolic it or j vain has again renounced him as guilty, and this court again finds him guilty. [Con- landeronsness about stable shirts-to jail with Bombaste..] anmitted ou the sai Bombaste—Squire! Squire! Squire Ut.vxBrtB, Radical J. P-, Dibehrv, Foolish Constable, CJri'TV, Fnrdman, q'miror.Ar. Smike, Solicitor General, JnioK SiiN'TOBAS, a worthy citizen, Peter Bombaste. Prisoner, .SgriKE Ssodd, Prisoner's Attorney, Attendants, Jlystimlers, <i'c. " * Scene I.—.If Court House, in the Jus tice's "ifky, Bailimlcr presiding as the Court. Baiiaistcr—Mister Constable, I say, these lto makesimther times! Reserve the order of this court, or 1 shall be im- pell.'tl to found you for a attempt, sed. Bilberry--I say! I say! silence iu e mrt, gentlemens; you bourn wliat his !i itier said;—'aint me doin cr this. Bannister—Nuffsed; fetch forth the cnlpnite. [/>.//< rry brings forward- Bom bast.] Isay, Mister Bombaste, you are charged with your t .ague. Cuff Bombaste—Here commanding mo peremptorily to close that aperture which emits voice au4 lnngpage,, in creased my exasperation, fiir, «ui^, be coming exceedingly angry, sir, I advised him to proceed without delay, in person, to the sulphurous regions of fallen aiid accursed Belzebnb. (’ n ffy_X say you didn’t, ^datis what I say. Ytra Call me, go tail—-r-,.dat’s wliat you done. Yes ’tis; and you vade de trute agin. Bombaste—I hope this august arbiter will pavdqn me, bub this vulgar brute of canine- semblance extremely shocks me.. , . * 'Cuffy—flear dat, boss Smike? Goin’ tfcf let hint slang at me drft way? Cor. Smike—If your' honor please, I have for sonletiine impatiently: sab and listened to the unprecedented abuse and Jpw-flpng billingsgate- that have bgen heaped upon- my-^respectable client. Shocking- bis delicate sensibilities! And riti&ongh this abandoned 1 piisoner with the gvoatest cunning and deceitfulnCSS has pclied His aHnsiye language in ijSfi iiown teriiis/hoping that my Client would not have intellij- ice sufficient to understand its insolent meaniug. I am here to state to him and to your honor, thabmy notje client sprung from a glo rious race, who are not only equal, but far superior,-', to the whites in intelli gence, honesty, virtue and respectability; and I Here state in my place as his coun sel, that he fully comprehended the ex act meaning of the language used, and I demand that the prisoner be severely and immediately punished for his un paralleled impudence. Bannister—-Nuff sed- Yes, I see he is clearly guilty of a contemptions, but still, I will adjust him impartially; I will deny him the right of trial by jury and denounce the sentiments of this court ! according to that great chatter of liberty, ^ the constitution, so nobly redestrncted iu this -case will be £ prqcesjence ,in such cases, tliis court is impelled i refer its decission for an Hour or. : o. Squire Snodd—Ooeh, *oooL . 111 swiire ! great lord. I abomination 1 to go uiui consult about it instead of giving.hie deassion. right bore before he leaves—Oocli! oock! Look here, Jake, whenever Jou have a case for me J. wish you would set right, down there on your seat and deck’: and not go off and consult somebody Such ways I do abhor! Bannister—Nuff sed, nuff sed! you all stay Here till I dispose of my little buy. Mister Constable take care of ofese; kttCi can’t gisenup my office; earth, whose woof is the m i cams bf | can’t give up town (Sid the, 'whisky- the heavens nlf dhecicereu over’ wilu , "! le “siuipfe fact in i^gjird [p. lhia and the costs; no air, Don’t like the celesii'al floivers by the mystic hand of m«a e f ttic tnopey to csb^lisji lijwa# country antl the field; iio sweat, for refraction. It plants old forests ah.i brow; no sir. I’ll not do it..Nuff tints from a gorgeous easel npqn your sed. [Exit.] - ( wjndovy, it makes glad the saauy v^es, Scene IH.--/?t Court Bobm,uff Ike par- it meanders like n vein of silver awoy ihat refendant. I’il be back in a fow mini is. [Exit.] i; iv Scene IE.—feanuister enters a Room dloUe Sotiloguizing. Bannister--1Yell, didn't I get ,oat rigljt; slick—right good protest. Nriw, I’ll dispose of my iitile boy. [Takes up a bottle , and diinks]] Gome to your futlier, ray son;—good protext! good protest, ba L This will steady my nerves. I’ll take anoiher todd and go back, and make ray recission. By the way, like to* foigot it!—yes, another llhng I came for, is to in- lies present. ■ [Enter BANSisTEk, and takes his sCif.] Bannister— Nuffsed. Mister cousta- fcre,'reserve the order of this court. aberry--iSilence in court, goiilTefaieii you heart) liis liOt.or. Taint nla doitt this here; taint ing its him. ’ 4 > k B iniiister—This court tfre now ready to retiounce its incission. Ibis court fines hui defence five’dollars aud costs.; Nuffsed. to have hatd feebngs^ ^ “If I am right, oh toach.my heart r . ^ iuak e lha i'ffiee vay ; . If I am wrong ahotUrihe cost, _r Stiil in tjie wrong fll stay.' y jffuffsed. Bombaste—Will your hotior deign to 1 hear your humble servitor ? Bannisicr—Yes, ycS ! N'utf sed. to the distant sea. ' ' CMr< bright and beantiful, healthdnspi^ ring, heart gladdening water! Every where around us dwel'cth thy meek presence, twin'angel of ad that is good and precious here, flqn'iDg over ns with curtaTps of nidrp tUM splendor, home of the healing when hi* wings bend to the woes of fallen -hauianity. Oh, take and drink it.freely-and dash furnished by Bbrie, of one bf the hidiilbferif : of • 'f Jrkht's Cahiffet —RocfifliM-y'Vff :J It kitted bv‘ rat>n lioidiog official r p6li»tun» wader Wishingtoft.itidii'Ile*! sorief and uce. of thc raember*: ofjl^nMaff.M thffBiapagipg editor., And, ; j?n,ara, Vhi* paper, the ltpperialitt,, tfmt connaanC im E’tiyfeTir, ba« °#kHfh tHtf'-ptetf few wee'n been recognized as the offictat organ’«C the “Srand Array bOthe : Re public, ,J a Radical soldier 1 organization; whose chief is John A. Logan,/Radical' Thiscourt dont want anybotly' b> earth, the accursed .thing that nvm ’ hafc made to take the place of Glear, Go Cold Water.: Will Savanah Lose Hex Oppor tunity ? ■ , 51 This is the day for mateiial progress, for rapid advancement in commercial enterprises. New York and San Fi'in- Bonibaste—Yes» sir. Tf your honor | ^cb are now connected by mil. Much far the suit with Judge Ssntoras about this set before this honorable., assembly, case. Yes, I must—must) do it—must. Nowf let me see where he is—unche humpli—good luck, here he comes now I [Takes Sentoras, by the arm.] Here, here! come here^ Judge, and talk to me a bit. Judge, I’m in trou ble—in trouble. Judge. Judge.Sentoras—YYhy, what’s the matter *1 Bannis'er—Well, it's another one of th.e blame little cases that I have asl'cd you about so often, and it troubles me to death. I can t make the cuds meet, some how or other. 11 don’t know what recission to make, by our-reigning parly. Nuffsed. Master i ^ j vvaut T0 „ to , e]1 m0 p tw to de Constable, close the phuu.tiffs cviileue and pay retention to the charge -of-dui court. Nuffsed. In the name of half of the state of Georgia, I Hereby charge and excuse the srid J- eter BumVastc with ttie crime and defence of libel for a divorce—after a trust delegated—so help hint-saving the name of the Ler i in fetv-suid, a freed man of color, and Sfioihl, wake up! See wliaf they re about a respoet’ve feUur-eiterzau of those to do! Arise, ye goth, and glut your United States of America. Nuff sed. ire \\ iih fovee and arms aud feloniously and Squire Niiodd—See yer! see yer! you ith lualieo \>efore you thought, without Jackson Dnberi-y! stop there, you darn the ruler of mv present destiny, will hut, ** greater portion-and by rehiit'the severe sentence, just promul-1 ">°st diffic,.!t-has been akcompf.shed in three yea's. Y"ou may cail it jnadness gated in niy hearing and passed upon ... . , .. , vi O ..rir,!;oni 1 will i in expenditure, but there stands the your honor s humble suppliant, 1 will. r r 's ; . proceed at once to the interior of my great result, with its wondprfut protn.se domicil,' w.bcruT will;Tree of charge, jMst hu,sting upon us. Tb,. ; Memphw set before ^ lit is honorable, assembly, Commercial Convention is in .s«t«on, • ' x r • „„ and is urging the coinplctioo ot a ooutu- wiihout qxcepuon or distinctions on an- . ® fc-n 1 , * . ern pacific.railway. It will bo do^c , member of Gqsgrcsd from- JRinoWGiisq yC A: ;,tay?-jT “fll Tth-j.o ill ; Tye. regret tOjchioai«4eithe Mr. Peter Baadal, which occurred here yesterday morning, alter ao iU* ness of about tea days., Mr. JUndal was nearly W <piito’ yttW df We ilso regret to aiutodhee thff death of Mr. A. Chaney, one : bf the count of race or color or, previous con- . . dition of involuntary servitude, fluid Vikc that for granted and shape ypur • , . - ends accordingly. \ ast bliraeni of ralu* that may be imbibed. . ” . e v„ „ ;<• in; i 1 able fivignt from wejt of the KocKy Bannister—If you mean, if l It let “ . ° , ••j. _ J • -V ■ ' Mountains will soon be seeking on.let you off with paving the costs of these, . " , ‘ ir , ' v I on the South Atlantic coast. Where m nroceedings, you will treat to liquoi, • , , _ , . % -I ' ,1 it to go? Is it to come near our doors Hi do t. Is the complaint lutent? Nuff V u e* . xr *i * and then turn away to New York * f ’ e ;p i-. I the only great mart capatde of rcceiv- Cuff.—Oh, yes, sir, dal II do, if ne , - f , , . . ,, h n 1 r , in<r and disbursing the volume of the gin us licker ; dats what ail de fuss start ( from : let him en wid de same ting. .. , - , _ ! Is there, to be no other centre where the 1 throbs and pulsations of these great ar- teiies are to be felt but this great city ? —r TWsrim i or .ar o.q- ei years old, amd had l^ea A .rpsidw.ji Monroe county for 50 years.., aiofioa Thus one by one da tho;fathfiC» of this generation pMB from labor onto life. Many of <wrold «iken# i»Td ktfely died,' bnt; ndne trfedde have impressed'' ha motti' hrofouiidl^ tilan the veneraible' afedtOr named.—Monroe Aav^thse*'. j, oiiag 9C f Bombaste—Well, follow me, my ex. quisitc associates; l quor shall flow, and l>c cnguzz’ed. [Exeunt.] cide, Judge, if you please, Judge Seutoras— What is the case? Bannister—Well, now, I don t lmrdly know. You see, while Hie case was going on, I ■ was talking wi ll DuboiTy as to bow we should manage to go*, our costs, and didn t For that whereas heretofore, to ^ any of tho evidence, on thw-KkHl day aforesaid. s ' utl | ail q. wlia t bttle.T did .hear, I have Peter Bombaste stands convicted amt is . - , . . liable to escape unless tins court shall proceed as;to justice, shall ascertain—- oven to the costs of those proceedings. We, therefore, comuvnod- von, knowing all me.a.aud ivo,mcn A by these presence, that the said Peter Bombaste did cbtu- mit burglary upon the person of the said lawful warrant and authority in said Where are, jfoxt- going with Peter j Cuffy^fieedman of color at niglit and by ionises aforesaid, mv you guilty or not Bombaste ? Look herd, .Jake Bannister, I da'y- : as aforfesaid,' artfT’the rfviU Peter —great lord! aint. yon ever going to | Bombaste is cast out of tlie suit and dis- leavu any sense ? Sendiug a man off j cbntiuued for want of papers, and we, without his trial! Whv, I told vou just [ the said freCch'nau’s bureau, with our guilty ? Bombaste—1 take great pleasure iu during in presence, o! this honorable prize. almost forgotien, be ing so troubled to find out which side was the ablest to pay the cost, so-1 donid give my judgment against ’um. But however, FIT tell yen what I know about it. jetftoras [Goes on and tells Judge about the case,] Judge Sen tor.; S’-~Is that all you know about it? Bannister- -That is every bit. Judge Sentoras—Jake Bannister, I have made up my rqhid never to; give you my opinion, in any case again. And your coming to me to get my opinion and displaying such Gough’s Apostrophe to Cold Wa ter. Bnt it is easier to ask than to answer questions. Millions of the most valuable freight Matiy have Lean], says the Christian j s to comc from the Pacific ebait a cross Siin/and read of John B. Gough's apos- thc contincnt, seeking its way rrfore di trophe to Col * Water. We propose to ! reel to a hundred different European give it to our readers as .one of the mast | po: ts. The Northern rpute, tbqugK al- bcautiful productions which we have j , e ady completed, cannot corap.ete with ever seen. Wc heard him give it from j it j a the winter time. It must, therefore, the stand to an audience of more than ] iav .c a monopoly pf.this great business, one thousand persons, last winter, in The route will not ie above, lhe : paral-> the citv of Baltimore. In the midst o his lecture, when the audience, with fixed eyes, were being hurried from one height off eloquence to another, lie sud- lel of 32 degrees; north'—the latitude of Savannah—>-a. - fact of markod signifi cance, if the people interested wil? but see it and fed it, in such a way as to denly seized a glass filled with pure! ta k„ timely steps to-profit by'it. It water, and bolding it up, in one hand, j should not be allowed to turn from this ., ,, , ,, . ble, fetch that man back here before bale and'with flie main itcTfw s Hcy ? 1 astbePeterYavo , knen I was light. Yu ft sed. On with i cas [ otnarv some time, and as the ev-1 contemptible opinion of you. Go and PY^’llRflflll'W llllL'i nw ,1 I ^ ■ • ■ .1. m inn lease Cor. ‘Siuiko—[.thrupf/y] But here! now if your honor please to let this guilty man, who lias perpetrated one of the most uncalled for crimes, and that upon a respectable fellur-citerzen, whose class should uot only have pre-eminence over all others in the administration of onr this court Bombaste—Yes, sir. Asl was proceed- ’ Hlence will lio*, warrant 1 in g to articulate, sir, this scion of Africa j not ^ st Ci f tlA P«n»hment appeared in my grocery, sir, and with against bim, but will be as linimenu great coolness and-deliberation extract-, j as possible. Btft this courtis very ed from my shelves a bottle of bev.enige,.! sorry- tbe evidence wont warrant a sir, of spiritons proclivities, vulgarly ' capital eviction,'—for ibis court is laws, but also in the dispensation of pub- 8W ’ ^ 8ir ’ to ^ T 00 ’ Peter ’ an ^ , 1 US,IUUI1 11 pno given free utterance to my sentiments ic uis. am w lose color not only on that moroentons occasion, sir. •ami ur.t et .ion, but our protection i Bannister—I don’t know anvtliing also. J say to let this iusoleat bow. This court beredy denounces this sentence as above staled, with the costs, according to the' level of wretch a b ou t TO \ir ntternrns or mentus, but . , w -. i • the constable of these United States. go. unpunished a ho lias dared to insult wliat did yon say to him ? Nuff sed. w * n7~" 1, * tll9r gai1 ^ or aot i " BomWe-Yesrsirri acidTeied the' Duberry-’Taint me doing this. otiut be a most unblushing infraction gentleman personally, sir; by Hie adroit But I want my r costs. ic paramount obligations you owe use df a pronoun, and gave"him ILytfbl Squire Snodd— Why, great lord ! > your party to a horn you are indebted very flattering appellation, sir,'] usually this won’t' do r K L6i>k here, Jake’ Ban- CC Would be a gross vio- applied to nii individual guilty of the niS’ei ; if "yon "don’t stop this sort 6f "i f .‘f CODSt,hl 1 tioU 80 late,y d ^* crime of larceny in tte' ? qst.tefi^e.^ir. in . T on> p U nll g vou, Bure ; I swear j and adopted throughout Cor, Smi}ie--I witilx juiir would j ^ / ' - 1 ‘ e S;at0 without a dissenting loval compel liitb'tdTie inore explicit. Sir, b<? _ > iN ic 4 j --N voice ekviitinrr i i . 1 , , , I Btv ster—Huff sed. No vou wont, , e.vVatmg the colored citerzen to is trying to ovadetbe truth. ! ' . , Ins proper sphere, above the white trash Glnfiy—D.tte von. boss amikpi rGUi*. Josb ;;>uo<ld ' sir ; 111 let >ou \ M \ do ut,t to our glorious party um to bmy He \l6 tr/ vade de tenfe. He know that; nobodythis coart. b therefore, advise your honor to pro- didn’t do^what ho sart-. ' He’=«*fll .me I A let you know, sir, this court h«sf nont.ee your judgment of guilty upon rogne , ,Uts trbat life done! Tre, ’tis. its own way ; audJ!H .iouud you for miscreant, aud send him off to jail BapnjsJier-wSilqncfeytu court, an attempt tbo. Nuffsed.' lYnowed re.- re kf^ep him uutil he learns to prosecution. Mister defence, you must j w as right, ... - -- • p.iff ^H superiors be mormupplieiter; IIS'gmrrre Snodd—Pshaw! Jak£ you ' - v ~ D “t a right, Boss Smike! He the trutlu Nitffsed. Lattlie cnlvfrt re- • a . v he na guilty; he are guilty right dor 10 lle !t °re lass night Jail him! Bannister—Nnff sed. coed with the inqnwt/ A r ' Hi ■0 Bombaste—Yes, Ths genttenan that pns- 1 aforesaid, 'intimating a refusal on his* wur. Mister Constable. The accusation 1 j Wt to restore my property to the place *? nt * falsity -in presence of frofe whebcelidhair.fcAen it,’sii,lTOUst Uls cou ^t. Take him to jail, Mister Cou-* stable, for Mister Prolicitor has re- ‘‘VV'-'res- im as guilty, and this.court him to be n guilty'nan. [Chnsia- and^beyoml xedetaptjon PHjjUt. bin im- ? Bombaste and starts Kith him to mortal spirit sink, ns'bht of’Hldacc^Wd; jail] v are a blame fool, bear the argument cf ibe case on its merits before you give vour judgment. Great lord U . Bannister—Nuff setL I knew I was right—receCd with the case gen- giye up your office—you are too smpid, ignoiant and corrupt for a Squire Snodd—I say. Mister Consta- b, stop there witli Peter Bombaste. G>ok here, Jake Bannister, that’s what call justice, is it ? To go and have * Poor iunoceut man sent to jail jest bc- aud, at the same time, sir, interogatiug- him very particularly as to his intentions relative to replacing the valuable of which I was quondam owner. Gentlemen, have you foreclosed the argument * Ntiff sed. Squire Snodd—Yes! yesl yes! Bannister—Nuffsed. Well, as this is tho first case of this sort that has Cuffy—No rich ting, you didn’t!. You ever been before this-coqrt^for this call me, d your soul, won’t you put it court didu t know it had jnrispru- your Justice of the Pe.ace; you have no honor.or judgment about you; yon can’t make a legal .decision unless it is by accident, and you are too easily brided by the costs, or influenced by a drink free of charge, to make a just decision,.. even if you copld. And when you have rendered your judg ment, and find, as you usually do, [hat it has rendered you contemptible in the i yes of the commuuity, you go sneaking and whining around, trying tp palliate your infamy by pretending to regret what you have done, but never carry your -hypocritical pre tences of regret so far as to refund the costs you have extorted from the unfortunate victim of your unrighte ous decision. Go-, you p»*ch, you spawn of ignoritnee aud corruption ! go, and restore to justice her robe you have so basely prostituted ! sur render the ermine you have so igno- miniously stained and polluted:? give up that office of trust yotf have so debauched and degraded with yoiir slime- and perfidy! go, relinquish them all before outraged justice, stifled honesty, and persecuted inno cence 1 break 1 the bounds «>f their pa tience and-tear them from your in famous: back 1 get yoa to your plan tation, and try to make an honest living by the sweat of your brow. [Exit Judge Sentoras, perfectly dis gusted ] • ; - j .• Bannister—Great lord, how mad the is! What can be the matter with him ! Nuff sed, nuff sed--so »t to view, he pointed to it with the' other, sayings V “See that glass of cold water. Be hold it! How it glitters as if a mass ... liquid gems. It is a beverage brewed by the hand of the Almighty himself. parallel after it has reached ttie Missis- sippi Valley, for want of means to push it forward both speedily and cheaply.- Those means and appli anees are not now at hand for the purpose, but they can be by the time they are needed, if liod 1 rewed it for "his children that they ; Savannah does not lose her oppor might drink of it freely as He gave the tiniity.—To see it in time is a great blessing. It is not brewed among the p 0 j nt g a !ntd. But hnw is it to be’done ? fetid air of distilleries and breweries. jq\ 1(J a .,^vr lies with the merchants and Upon the mountain tops, where the sun s j property holders of that city. Our Lms- br'g’et bfesitis bestud the stars with dewy diamonds, or afar off upon the ocean, and the waves roar, the chorus sweep ing the inarch.of God ; or away down by you mossy dell where the red deer loves to linger, and the brooks smg a lullaby. In it there is no «rphai»Y sigh, no.widow’s tear has ever dropped into it; there is no drop of blood to stain its iness is not with such details as how the load shall run, what routes, etc. These are minor matters, easy of solution when tlie pabulum is found to feed the enterprise. The means, the credit is. in Savannah for the put pose Let the mer chants and property-holders but be con vinced—the one that their business to be increased two-thirfls in value, and crystal clearness [ in its dregs there > 3 | there will be no lack of railroads tnp- no delirium, disease or death. . There j^ngihe greatcentral one to empty their lies concealed, beneath its sparkling sur face no fell destroyer to seize upon its fascinated victims. Ah, give it to the thirsty traveler, and he will return it laden with g<*l<J ; give it to the sufferer, and Lis blessings will bring joys from Heaven to your soul; Oh, everywhere it is a thing of beau ty, Heaven-gifted, earth-b’essieg, flour- er loving water.- If was the drink of Adam in the purity of his Eden home-; it mirrored the beauty of Eve in her blushing toilet; it wakes to life ag*u wealth into the lap of the city, or of steamers, to carry it direct to tho point ofdeslinAlioo. As to the bar and harbor of Savannah, means are only needed by dredging to deepen to the- required capacity. Tbo volume of water that passes GlasgO in Scotland to the Sea, is a rivulet i compared with tbeSavannab. Artisan skill has done the'balance. and Glasgow not onl/ builds tbe largest and finest «?eamcts in the world, but lays nearly the whole of it, almost to the ettent tbai the faded and crushed flowers; it falls _ New York-does, under contribution. So . ‘ „Wc an t Aowers from its! it mav b«» with Savannah, iritH the down to us in. pleasant | p PO p^ r enterprise i’l ai-tion judgniei-t in home among the glutei-mg stars, its. V A*”. name is wreathed in strange bright colors by toq suieet atlouds. Gleaming in dew droi-s. singing in the summer rain, spreading a golden veil over the setting sun, or.a white gnaZ» over the midnight moon, sporting with tbe cata racts. ^lumbering in the bosom of lofty mountains, sailing with noiseless wing through the borried air; it whispers in tho silent snowflake; it rattles in the hail storm, dashes through the forest, it foams at the fountain waves the many coloredriris—that seraph's zone hf tbe direa-tion and and skdl tn eX-cution. If she is not in postesibn -of all these, .-it is her misfortune, and another tpnsL take the palwrawpd-w^Hyi 'the frnit6 ; of po session, whilst she will be heft, to regret her loss of opportunity.- dosta Times. ■ Val- IsDOXEJtcu.-—If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of: human nature, do yoa imagine, 1 shad answer pride, or Inxnry, or egotism ? No,. I shall say indolences Who conquers indolence will coutjucr all the rost^-' indeed, all good prmciplca-'mmt-stsgT date without aetkuty.-—Rmmtrmw. Plowingundergrien crops fpr ma nures luts been found, yerjr p^ltflpjgi with sojls. poor : orgOJ^c foalter, The philosophy of iu fetil jriug .action may be thuB explained ; The gtfeen plants decay-and evol ve carbonic soidy which is absorbed by water, and solution of carbonic actd diseolve* minute portions df inineral matter, which are insoluble in water alone] and thus .makes such mineral mattrf capable of assi^0a%n. by . plants. When deep-rooted plants lAe ^elove^ are used, considerable pyopotiuns of plant food are brought op frtm-grea* depths, and tiros- add ts the richfisse of the surface sOih r> Msny plants-have been used in difftefeht 1 ■ cdUUtificS for* .11^ . LilXHll'X ' swl.;tAs i nips, white lupine, and rape, in addi tion to thert(vell-kuQWU : use of t^oivrt, rye.an^'.bd^ff^j^rp.j «. ; : i Up&v a*dt rr~r. ^ . 1 1 --' '■ c: A Fisa M. piyatt, a n&h caught trap in the WitWao III tAI/ I SB WII V , . f , ’ inst. Mt; } Clvlit t»nw it a Wonster'; and when iw weigiii iatnown; ft wilj W found not-misnsmed. It was wfcbot fciw feet long, weighing 180 poundv^I* was thv image of a gar rail bnt the bead* .anJ that w»» something like that, of a- shark or a&gntefc. The Issth were like the teeth of a jack, .fish, ,but„large/in proportion.to thepize of.-thefish^ thA front ones being much the largest. This is an unusual visitant ifl our waters, and liis presebce here from tb«' Gulf—probably himself on a fislilnjf excursion—»w'aa quite an ninnxpected visit. He yuusti have-, bad * fi»« A®* 5 among the numerous perch iand .brean»r for which the WitblaoeocheeisJaraoua- A gentleman iu Valdosta says it lscal'cd. an alligater gar; tbat hy bought one irl Virginia Wlifen itt Confederate •ttift'ifce'i and had it served np in Sr* mess; He reports it a tohgh ondertAin^, hot rivya tbe boya wore equal to-the occasion, *s wai usual with them arhsn thhre ifu anything to eat.-—-FoMesUs Timet. Tehuisl* AbciBtftrt’ iWAtlawta.— From ihe Atlanta Era we \en*ai£nt ,£ terrible accideut oecurOd at the Bolling.^ Mill in that city On ThUrsday. fctoem* that Hiram McGill, a puddfeti -iflftfBjj.. the iron which ha, was thrpwmg into tbe furnace, fouad a boq^b-shall rihitthr had not. been explode^ 'Not Wishing to throw it into tbe furnace until Urn J powder had.boenTMOP^ril, be took ii into tbe blacksmith shop attached to the .mil 4 and asVad Mfltao Mack^e, colored smith, to brake it for hjm» Muckle ofifectad to doing so onthegtonnd , that be feared an explosion. McGill then told him be wou.d strike it biiiSielf-, *hd laying tbe shell on the anvil,-told Mack- la to bold it there while he Wreck. Muckle Tery foolishly did so. and Whe® the blow cM(te down the shell;exploded with a terriffic » H»th yf Muckle’s handsiff thewrists, tearing bis iiowels out and teriously^ Injuring McGill and ; Geoeg» . Aloandteri, both white, besides injuring) several others mote or less. Fragments of. the shefl flew air dvef the S opi And fairljr riddled ( the roof. ,J Meekte has sipcs diad trf lb e ipjuries received., j,. , " 0 MUCK sfiouifd eevsr he " field direct from tees' be exposed to the - r months or tnore, the and ecm|jtriud with Be ashes. .. ' ■ • ' v '" '

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The Bainbridge argus. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1856-1871, June 19, 1869, Image 1