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JOS. TILLMAN, Editor.
THURSDAY. JULY 5, 1877.
The Const!tulloiisil Convenlion.
Thu eleventh day of July will dawn
upon Georgia as ono of tho memora
ble events in her soverigu history.
Ever sinco ISO 7 her ]rooplo have
Loon bound hand and foot under tho
iron heel of a despotic, so-called Con
stitution, which stripped her of her
State sovereignty, and made her, with
Olio fell blow, renounce tho heritage
she assisted in creating consequent
upon the result of the Revolutionary
war.
The machinery of government has
been too cumbersome, and friction
lodged unnecessarily in every depart
ment. Tho high-pressure, extrava
gant, and unjust system under which
she Ims been moving since tbe recon
struction measures inaugurated by
an arrogant Federal centralized pow
er, throttling her fair escutcheon, has
been,borne with a meekness and for
bearaneo sublime to contemplate.
Her citizens, subject to all manner
of double entendre at tho bands of so
called peace-makers, have at last aris
en in their might, and bade the ghost
of Radicalism, which dared to raise
its hydra-head, to down forever.
It is true tho majority was not very
flattering; but when wo remember
that troublcsomo side issues were
brought iuto the discussion of the
question; the removal of the capital;
imprisonment for debt; the whipping
post; tho Homestead Exemption; all
these militated against the feasibility
of changing the organic law of the
State. Hut we know that these ques
tions were not at all pertinent to the
exigencies of the case. Tho issue
was a direct one: shall Georgians livo
any longer under a Constitution which
was framed by a few designing dema
gogues for their own benefit; or will
the whole people rise in their sover
eign capacity, and place their fore
most statesmen in a convention who
will draft a Constitution, which will
at once commend itself to thoughtful
people everywhere, for its adherence
to true republican form of govern
ment, under which every race and
nationality shall find a home in tho
Empire State? This was the issue,
and iu spite of all couilicting opin
ions has won, as it deserved to.
Last week we printed on our fourth
pago the list of delegates to assemble
at Atlanta next Wednesday. Place
them side by side with the framers of
the Bullock-Hlodgott Constitution,
and those who voted nay, will bo only
too glad to improve the opportunity
of ratifying l*y their votes, tho Con
stitution which this intelligent and
able body of men will soon submit to
tho pcoplo of Georgia for ratifica
tion.
The people of Charleston have
erected a monument on the Battery
to perpetrate the memory of the gal
lant defense of Fort Moultrie on June
28,1776. When the Palmetto Guard,
says the News and Courier, “first un
dertook this noble work it seemed an
almost hopeless task. The State was
laboring under the evils of foreign
and irresponsible government, and
the people were reduced to the depths
of poverty and almost of despair by
the oppressive taxation of half a score
of years. But the noble corps, by
their magnificent centennial celebra
tion, proved that there was life in the
old land yet, and their orator and
former veteran leader, the brave and
eloquent Kershaw, sent forth a bugle
blast that aroused the hosts of freedom
and then attl there commenced a
campaign, of the glorious success of
which the unveiling of the Moultrie
Monument is a fitting consummation
and a splendid proof.”
There is no price for wheat in East
Tennessee. Buyers are not there,
and the Knoxville Tribune attributes
the change tc the foul condition of
East Tennessee wheat heretofore.
The Tribune advises tire farmers of
its section to buy fanning mills that
will clean their wheat thoroughly.
By cleansing and properly grading
their wheat tho "Tribune thinks the
present crop of East Tennessee would
bring at least a quarter of a million
more.
At the Hot .Springs, Arkansas, the
government is preparing to make the
settlers or squatters buy their proper
ty over again. Home of it has been
held by families for over a hundred
years. No similar instance, wo are
glad to say, ever occurred in the his
tory of this country. Tho springs
themselves and about three hundred
acres around them will be retained
“for the future action of Congress.”
The successful democratic ticket in
Charleston consisted of fourteen
whites and three negroes. The re
publicans abandoned tho contest, and
many of the better sort of the negroes
voted tiie democratic ticket.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Wabbimotox, D. C. June 2!), 1877.
The four or fivo notable political
movements of tbe jiasl may bo stated
ns follows.
Ist. Tho Presidential order pro
hibiting interference by Federal of
fice-holders, in tho management of
caucuses and conventions. With this,
and as illustrating the President's sin
cerity, it should bo mentioned that
Secretary McCrary of his Cabinet,
stated on the same day for lowa, to
manipulate the Republican State Con
vention. A further illustration may
be found in the removal of the Collec
tor at Baltimore and the appointment
in his pluco of tho most skillful Kc
publican politician in Maryland.
Great is civil rervice reform.
2nd. Tho action of Now Hamp
shire’s House of Representatives, in
tabling a resolution approving tho
Southern policy and tho reform pro
fessions of the Administration. This
was done by the full Republican vote.
3rd. Yesterday’s action of tho Re
publican State Convention of lowa.
The Convention seems from the Tel
egraphic reports, to have treated Mr.
Hayes in very much the same way
rtiey would have treated Mr. Tildon,
if the latter were President. The
people out there don’t know Hayes as
a Republican. They believe in the
party, not in him. He is tbe tail, an<i
is to bo wagged, not the dog that is
to wag tho tail.
To these things, all of tlrem signifi
cant, must be added the New England
trip of the President and members of
bis Cabinet. This is as purely a po
litical affair as tbe otheis. Your
readers will remember that your cor
respondent has more than once fore
told the elaborate reception the Pres
ident would meet in the business and
manufacturing cities on his Northern
trip. Hut tho attention thus shown
have not tho actual political signifi
cance that the action of representa
tive Republicans of New Hampshire
and lowa, noted abovo, possess.
Douglass, moving to predestined de
feat in every New England State, in
1800, was welcomed as generally and
as ostentatiously in Boston, and Port
land, and Bangor, and elsewhere, as
Hayes has been at the first named
place. No city controls any State of
New England, or any of the. other
Northern Republican Statos.
The Southern excursion of the
President is not definitely arranged
yet, but the probability is that it will
take him to New Orleans, at least,
and that at some time during the
summer he will be the guest of Wash
ington’s illustrious banker, Mr. Cor
coran, at the Virginia White Sulphur
Springs. At this place will also as
semble many' of the Democratic and
Administration politicians of the
South and North.
A report from Texas that Randall
was sure of tho delegation of that
State in the Speakership contest, has
revived the discussion of that subject.
I see no reason to change the opinion
previously expressed, that Randall
has tbe chances iu his favor.
The last of our public schools has
closed fertile summer, and tho prog
ress reported is very gratifying. The
system is expensive here for various
reasons. "Whenever tho District
builds a school house it makes it a
too costly a building. The Franklin
school house for instance, though a
model in appearance, is an extrava
! gance. The interest on tho cost is
| something over sl3 per year for every
scholar it can accommodate. The
schools are made expensive to tax
payers, by the large number of indi
gent colored children who are taught.
An act of Congress requires the
school money to bo divided between
tho races in exact proportion to the
number of children of school age.
As tho black man practically pays no
taxes; and black children are very
numerous, the burden of tho white
man is increased greatly. The bulk
iof these blacks camo with the war,
and our school expenses increased at
that time and from that cause and
without corresponding increase of
revenue, about one-half. Tho untax
ed Government clerk, too, sends his
children to tho schools. Nemo.
With tho Southern Governors, the
cotton exchange people and tho poli
ticians generally, tho White Sulphur
Springs, of Virginia, bid fair to re
gain their old-timo prosperity. If
haif of current gossip be true, the
coming campaigns, even that of 1880,
will be blocked out at tho old springs
this summer.
Tho outlook in tho Indian country,
says tho Herald, is by no means cheer
ing. If a Catholic clergyman who
has lived among the insurgent sava
ges is not misinformed, tho govern
ment will have to encounter a form
idable force, numbering upward of
nine thousand braves. One of the
worst features of tho whole allair is
that if it had not been for tho mis
management at tho agencies hostili
ties would not have taken place.
It is stated that New York bankers
have issued $15,000,000, in letters of
credit io American touristy this sum
mer.
The Cross and the Crescent.
Mr. Editor: Tho war now raging
between the Russians and the Turks,
in a religious point of viow, elicits
lint littlo interest to us on this side of
the water, because we are in the main
indifferent as to which will bo tho
successful party, being ourselves of a
very different religions faith. But to
my mind, ns an individual, there is a
decided preference.
I confess I have been not a littlo
surprised to hear some intelligent
men express the hope that the Turks
might triumph. Tho reason gener
ally assigned for such a wish is, that
Protestant missionaries would be
safer under the Ottoman than the
Russian government. Those who
hol-.l this opinion must have lost sight
of facts that have transpired within
tho last few years, as well as tho gen
eral conduct of Iho Mohammedans
towards Christians of every shade-
Protestant, Greek and Catholics.
Tho whole history of the Turkish
government has shown that unless
restrained and over-awed by other
powers, she has invariably pursued a
course of the most proscriptive vio
lence against all opposers of the false
Prophet. The recent atrocities in
Bulgaria ought to satisfy c very mind
on this subject. One instance may
be given in illustration. In an area
of less than five miles square 20,000
human beings, of all ages and sexes,
were slaughtered in cold blood. The
quivering forms of infants in their
death agony were borne in procession
by the soldiers upon the points of
their bayonets; young women were
exposed and insulted in every con
ceivable form, and then hacked to
pieces, and other barbarities prac
ticed that might shame the very deni
zens of perdition. Their tender mer
cies would be cruel.
Besides, it is a great error to sup
pose that the Russian government, if
in the supremacy in Turkey, would
bo intolerant towards persons of other
than the Greek faith. If nothing else
would prevent this, the terms of the
recent protocol agreed upon by tbe
great powers of Europe would be a
safe guarantee. This impression has
grown out of the arbitrary forms vest
ed in tho Czar of Russia. But while
the Russian rule is imperial, and, to
same extent, despotic, it is not the
absolutism it was a half century ago.
The Mohammedon belief recognizes
the one God, but totally ignores tho
one Christ. It puts a visionary
dreamer, a pretender to miracles, an
impostor and a persecutor in the
place of the great Teacher sent from
God—tho God Man. It propagates
itself by violence and tho sword, and
not by divine and spiritual agencies.
It ministers to licentiousness and lust,
and holds forth to the anticipations
of its votaries an Elysian of sensual
delights as the consummation of their
aims.
The Greek religion recognizes the
“One God and the one Mediator be
tween God and man, the man Christ
Jesus;” and there is a vast difference
between a religion in which Christ is
received and honored as the Divine
Saviour of man, and one in which
there i3 no Christ—no atonement.
Timotiieocs.
A Romantic and Thrilling Recog
ltitiom
About ten years ago two brothers
j left their homes iu Illinois, and went
to California. Tho elder was a man
■of tho most steady habits, and had
received a good business education.
| but the younger was inclined to be j
1 dissipated, and, indeed, had figured ,
in so many scrapes at home that his !
departure was not regretted in bis
native village. The two brothers liv- 1
jed for a short time in San Francisco
while they looked for situations. The
j younger brother, however, fell into
I bad company and they separated by
! mutual consent. The elder brother
j obtained a situation in a wholesale
store as porter, and by bis diligence
and steadiness so worked himself in- J
to tho confidence of his employers
that he rose from the position of por
ter to that of partner iu the firm. He
lately purchased a house in Bush
street married a lady with a consider
able fortune of her own, and on last
Christmas evo be saw three beautiful
children around him enjoying the
delights of a Christmas tree. The
family retired at- midnight, but the
gentleman had hardly closed his eyes
when he was awakened by a noise
down stairs, and moving steadily to
the parlor with a revolver in his hand,
lie saw a man endeavoring to open
tho buffet where he kept his silver.
Leveling his revolver at the thief's
head ho exclaimed, “Stop or you’re a
dead man !” Tho jimmy dropped
from tho hands of the burglar, who,
falling on his knees, cried out, “As
God is my judge, brother, I did not
know that you lived here !” The gen
tleman then discovered to bis horror
that tho burglar whom he was about
to shoot was tho younger brother
whom he had not met for nearly ten
years. That night the burglar slept
peacefully under the roof ot his for
giving brother, who assured a friend
with tears in his eyes he was about
to give him employment in his o\yn
store, and that ho had never spent a
happier Christmas. — San Francisco
Call.
A London dispatch states that one
hundred and seventeen persons have
been poisoned in that city with scar
let fever tainted milk.
The Homestead Provision.
Of course no sensible person be
lieves that tho action of the Constitu
tional Convention, whatever it may
ho upon the subject, wilt affect tho
rights of those who hold exemptions
under tho present homestead law.
Nothing of tho kind is contemplated,
ns it would he in flagrant violation of
a recognized principle opposed to dis
turbing vested rights, mid to rel ro
ad i ue or ex post, facto legislation gen
erally.
No doubt the convention will per
fect a homestead regulation, which
will bo at once liberal and efficient.!
and so plain and definite as not to
need the interpretation of the courts.
To assert that it would be proper
to reserve to the taker of a homestead
the light of waiving the same when
ever it suited his will and pleasure,
would make of tho provision a practi
cal null ill/. It would be equivalent
to lodging a sura in bank of equal
value to the property exempted, with
power to draw upon it until every
dollar was exhausted. Now, every
ono knows that the homestead is spe
cially designed to protect the families
of the i inprovident and in fortunate.
Men in good circumstances or of
thritty business habits don’t need,
and scout the idea of taking a home
stead. To allow the drunkard, or
spendthrift, therefore, to virtually
alienate and use up this “last shot in
the locker” for his dependent family
would he an net of sheer cruelty to
them. Granted that individual in
stances might occur when an unfor
tunate, but worthy, head of a family
would use this homestead credit ju
diciously for the benefit of his house
hold.
But per contra, how many necr-do
wells and reckless men would squan
der this last and only credit reserve
in obtaining money to purchase whis
ky, useless articles of luxury, or even
to spend in the gambling hell. It is
safe to say that if tho homestead can
be thus bartered away in five years one
half of thoso who avail themselves of
its exemptions will bo found destitute
of both home and credit and with no
more hope in the future. The right
to waive the homestead would result
practically in a very brief period in
transferring the title to the property
of thousands of those the law was
designed to protect, to the pockets of
merchants, bankers, and cross road
shop-keepers all over tho country.
Hence the importance of so adjusting
the new homestead as to make of it a
reality and blessing to tho unfortu
nates who need its wholesome re
strictions.
Tile true idea of a homestead is the
setting aside of a reasonable support
for every family until tho youngest
child is of ago, and the parents die.
Then, as entailed estates are not al
lowed under our form of government,
of course even-handed justice would
demand that the homestead having
fulfilled its intent and functions,
should be divided out to those who
no longer need its joint benefits.
To make it a mere means for pro
tracting the expiring credit of the
head of a family, it has been shown
would soon be equivalent to vitiating
and destroying the exemption en
tirely.— Macon Tetcgroph.
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46-47
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DRYGOODS HOUSE!
DAVID WEISBEIN,
rVo. 100 Ui’oito-litoii Street,
NATAiMVAII, GA.
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ARE CONSTANTLY IN RECEIPT OF A GREAT MANY
inquiries from all parts of this State and Florida, where we do not advertise,
so that we find it almost impossible to answer each inquiry separately. We
' now tako this method to explain to the of THE REPORTER all
the particulars necessary for them to know. In a very short time we will
publish in this paper as COMPLETE A PRICE LIST AS IS POSSIBLE.
Wo now call your especial attention to this;
1. Wo will send samples to any one who will write ns for them, with
| prices attached, provided a 3 cent postage stamp is enclosed and every arti
cle mentioned which parties desire, and can be sampled; but do not write
us to send you samples of everything, for that is impossible. Write us for
samples of such goods only as y T on have a notion of purchasing. Remember
also, samples only give an idea of what tbe goods are, but do not give the
article full justice.
2. Do not have any hesitancy in ordering tbe goods you want, for we
guarantee every article to come up to sample, and if unsatisfactory, it can
be returned to ns at our expense, and we will refund the money.
3. Should any article turn out unsatisfactory, which might occur
through an oversight or otherwise, do not prejudge ns of having done so
intentionally, but give us the benefit of the doubt, and before returning it,
write us your complaint, so that, if possible, we might arrange matters
satisfactorily, without tbe trouble and expense of returning.
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4. Calicoes we cannot always Hatch in
the pattern, as we sell large quantities of
goods and it is impossible to keep every
pattern for any length of time. Such and
similar goods wo guarantee to till, by giving
the same quality, and as near the pattern as
possible.
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| 5. We ask as a favor, that parties order
ing goods be very particular in writing their
name and shipping point in plain letters, to
avoid mistakes; also, to make their order
as definite as possible, especially on articles
; of which samples cannot be sent, would
ask to give us a limit in tho price, to enable
us to form a proper idea of what tin,* article
is to be.
G. Whenever it is possible, \vc prefer
the Honey to aeconlpany the order, but we
will send the goods C. O. D. (cash on de
livery) by Express, and if requested, we will
instruct the agent to open the package for
examination before paying for it.
7. We do not sell on credit under any
consideration. If previously arranged, we
will take a cotton factor’s acceptance in
payment.
ft. Do not order any goods* unless yoii
have the money ready to pay for them.
1). We prepay the freight on .all orders
amounting to twenty dollars of over. This
is the very best we can do, for our profit is
so slight (as we retail our goods at wholesale
prices) that we cannot afford to do better.
We admit there are houses who pay freight
on ten dollars worth of goods, lmt common
sellse tenches plainly that their profit must
be liii'tfcf than oflrs, or else they could not
afford Id do it, and, therefore, in * uch cases*
the party ordering the goods of such a house
pays the freight after all —only indirectly,
Wo havo endeavored to be as honest and Candid in our statements as the
language at our command can do it, and if this fails to convince, we do not
know what can.
Wo hold ourselves legally responsible to carry out the abovo assertions
and consider this a binding contract, entered upon by us freely and volun
tary, and affirm it herewith by our signature.
Very Respectfully,
DAVID AVEISIIEIN,
No. i6q Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga.
phoprietoH OF
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Savannah Advertisements.
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Gents* Furnishing Goods,
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Nos. 129 AND 181 BIIOUOnTON SrUF.ET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Office 396 and 393 Broadway, N. Y.
215-260 Orders Carefully Executed.
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JOBBERS IN
PLAIN AND FANCY
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NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES*
IIATS, Etc., Ere.
Particular attention paid to country order,
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215-26(1 SAVANNAH, GA:
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(SUCCESSOR TO FRED, GOEMAN, )
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
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SAVANNAH, GA.
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208-2:11 SAVANNAH, GA,
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STOVES,
TIjST wares,
—AND
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Cotton Factor'
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