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EDITOR))
THOM ASTON, GA., APRIL 16, 70
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THE GEORGIA BILL.
The Bingham Amendment has
stalled this bill in the Senate, and
whether it will ever move again or
not is hard to tell. The Radicals are
doing all they can to defeat the bill
as amended, and we believe it will be
the best for the South if it w defeat
ed, as it will give time for sectional
strife and hatred to perish and the
present heads that arc in office to be
put out by an election, when the peo
ple, both North and South, will have
another chance to elect good and true
men to make laws and reconstruct
our shattered States. Men who are
willing to lay aside personal feeling
and sectional strife and look to the
interest of tho whole country. When
this time comes we can get recon
structed on as good term3 if not far
better terms .than are now offered in
the so called Georgia Bill with the
Bingham Amendment tacked .. on.
While we are anxious to be recon
structed and live in peace and har
mony as a nation, wo want it done so
as not to disgrace the Constitution
as it was transmitted to us by our
forefathers-, and until this can be
accomplished we prefer to live under
military rule and would rejoice if
Grant would remove Bullock and his
host and give us a corporal guard to
take charge of Georgia until she can
be placed to her former position in
the Union without heaping shame
upon her citizens.
KU-KLUX IN TENNESSEE.
Judge Lee, of Nashville, has been
before the Reconstruction Committee
of Congress, giving his testimony in
relation to social and political affairs
in Tennessee. The Judge has had
unusual opportunities for observation,
both by his personal position as well
as by bis residence in a favorable lo
cality ; for Nashville is on the North
what Charleston is on the South—a
cav# of Abdullah. Judge Lee stated
that the sources of murders and out
rages with which the newspapers are
filled, and which have been brought
to the attention of the committee, are
either groundless or grssly exagera
ted. Nearly all the murders, rober
ies and other crimet that he had heard
of in Tennessee were committed by
the vagabond negroes, who refused
to work and were driven to this mode
of obtaining a living. But he should
have gone further and observed the
obligations of the Fourteenth Amend
ment, and made no “distinction as to
caste or color.” It is true, probably
beyond question, however, that the
great sources of murders and outrages
are the worthless lazy blacks that
hover around Nashville. It is a com
mon reply given, when one of the
class is missed from Georgia, to hear,
“gone to Tennessee and still more
common to hear from the lips of res
pectable, industrious blacks, when in
quiry is made touching a doubtful
character, “Oh, he has got Tennessee
principles !”
The Judge scouted the idea of the
existence of such an organization as
the Ku-Klux Klan, and said the ac
counts published in the Northern pa
pers about its operations were the
subject of meriment at the South.
But this testimony of so needful a
point will hardly receive credit, for
tho truth is, Ka-Klux Klan, or some
like terrible organization, is absolute
ly requisite to preserve power to the
Radical carpet baggers in the South.
The political benefit of such tales are
two-fold. First, they are wanted to
provke farthe Congressional interfer
ence and there by prolong Radical
carpet-bag power; and, secondly,
to scare the- negroes and make them
believe that they,' and they alone, in
the name and by the power of the
government, can save them from be
ing slayed alive by the terrible Ku~
Klux, and thereby secure their vote.
Hope deferredmaketh the heartsick.
The mule game is not so attractive
as it has been. The truth is, all the
decent portion of our colored popula
tion ace beginning now to*distrust
the lying promises of thriving carpet
baggers, and some other tactics is
thereby made necessary, and none so
potent as that which appeals to their
fears. The idea which was at first
dissemminated, that the Southern
whites, or “rebels,” designed to re
enslave them has lost its force. When
the Radicals tell the blacks this now
they are met, contemptuously, with
“Shoo fly, don’t bodder me-.” The
Ku-Klux is the last Radicla resort,
and they seize it with a death grip.—
Chronicle & sentinel.
f&L. “Wouldn’t you like to be a
woman when you grow up, Tommy ?”
‘‘No.” “why not?” “Because women
can’t wrjj somersaults,”
GEORGIA NEWS.
Suburban Homicide. —A white man
belonging to the bottom strata, ly
the name of Littleton Loeklev. was
shot and instantly killed by a negrj,
in the lower part of the city on Sat
urday evening last, a little after dark.
The negro was apprehended, identi
fied and lodged in jail.
The testimony before the inquest,
on Sunday morning, developed a brut
al and unprovoked murder, and the
finding was in accordance therewith.
The affair produced no excitement
whatever, and the murderer will go
to tri and upon the facts and law of the
case.— Albany News.
Thie Good Templars. —This organi
zation appears to be in a most flour
ishing condition. It now numbers
forty members, with applications con
tinually coming in. The regular
meetings of the order take pllice
every Monday night in the Masonic
Hall, Application for membership
have to be sent in a week previous
to initiation.— Monroe Advertiser.
Accident. — Mr. W. R. Grantham
had his foot badly injured yesterday
about noon, by having it caught be
tween a crost-tie and the flange of a
car wheel. Fortunately the rail was
high enough to prevent a very serious
accident, though Mr. Grantham will
probably be laid up some weeks.
It has been only a few months since
Mr. G. was crushed between two cars
and severely injured ; and last Satur
day, Mr. Beeves, his brother-in-law,
was badly hurt by falling from a car
while in motion. Railroad accidents
appear to run in the family. Mr; G.
was in the employment of the Macon
and Western Railroad.— Era.
Buried Prematurely. —A bank
caved in the basement of Mr. Kim
ball’s Hotel yesterday afternoon and
covered a colored laborer. Fortun
ately he was unearthed- before life
was extinct though he was badly
damaged.— Era.
Another nail in Their Cofin. —The
attempts of representatives (?) negroes
to force social equality, are but driv
ing so many nails in their political
coffin. They are doing the race in
calculable injury, and wel are sure
their conduct is deprecated by the
better class of negroes. All of them
know that it is wrong and can never
be accomplished, except in the social
moral, and political destruction of
both races. The Macon Journal of
6th says : “Another of these incidents
out of which so much political capital
has been manufactured against the
South during the past few years, oc*
curred in this city yesterday morning;
and we have no doubt a highly col
ored statement of the affair has been
already telegraphed to Washington,
for the benefit of Butler, Bullock,
Blodgett & Cos. The facts of the oc
currence are simply as follows :
‘Mr.’ Simms, colored preacher from
Savannah, and member of the Georgia
Legislature under the recent organi
zation of the same, reached the city
on an early train yesterday morning.
On arriving at the depot he quarter
ed himself in the parlor. The regu
lar ‘ superintendent of the building
was absent. The colored matron
feeling 1 that Simms was out of place
at best, and was certainly violating
the rules of the building, requested
him to take up quarters elsewhere.
Simms refused, when his sensible
inomtres called upon two of our po>
lice. The latter w r ere promptly pre
sent, and informed Simms they had
no official power: to compel, him. to
leave : that the rules of the depot
were properly understood by the ma
tron. Simms was determined, and
would not be advised.-
When Mr. Knight arrived some
words passed between him and Simms
—the latter being informed that his
presence in the parlor was not allow
able under the rules of the Company.
Simms finally left, saying he did so
underquotes?', and that the railroad
Company would hear from him
through the Courts. At the same
time he completely exonerated the
city officials from all censure. The
names of all present were recorded
by the offended individual—he assur
ing. them they would be called upon
as witnesses.— Albany News.
Th* Saw Domingo Trsatt. —The pros*
pect of the ratification of the San Domingo
treaty grow less as the debate goes on. A
Senator who favors it made the estimate to
day that if the vote were taken in the Sen
ate it wC»u!i stand, ayes 37, nays 35, or a
bare majority instead of the required two
third. A canvass also as the strength of
the measure, if it comes op in the&hapeof
the annexation of San Dorn ngo by a joint
resolution of the two Houses, as Texas was
annexed, is not reassuring, as it is foutad
that Senators who favor the ratification of
the treaty will be inclined in the event of
the rejection to sustain the dignity of the
Senate by opposing the at eihpt to reverse
tho decision of that body through a joint
resolution of the Houses;
Avery heavy thunderstorm visi
ted San Fj-aacisco !ast week.
MENINGITIS
Ifrom lhe TrUfgr jph *n<J M«ea*«r.
Ghimw, Ga., March 14, 1870.
Messrs Edit-rs: Tnat dire affection, ce
rebro-spinal meningitis, having -h*c«>me
prevalent in our country, aty thing that
can possibly throw light on i.s nature and
treatment, in our mind, should be made
known tu the professon. Having seen nu
merous accounts of its prevalence in the
lower parts of this State, we have taken
this method of giving our treament in this
diseusa, which has proven uniformly sue*
cessful. We koow that communications
through the newspapers of tie land ar*
n>t considered in strict accordance wi h
true medical ethics, so we bej the indu *
geiice of the medical profession in this ur
gent necessity ts the times.
The treatment adopted by us in the epi
d a m:cs of 180*2 and 1805 wasas follows;
We «n the first place give irorr 5 grains to
30 grains ot calomel, according to the age
of the patient, to be repeated, f necessary,
until the bowels act; apply a flannel well
saturated with spirits turpentiie along the
wh de course of the spine, run over this a
smoothing iron moderately he<ued ; keep
this up until the parts an- blisured. Give
from ten to fifty grains of pronide of po*
tnasium, according to the age of the patient,
every three hours; after getting the pat ent
fully under the influence of tqe promide,
commence aod give large and hefoic-doses
of sulphate of quinine. , 4 *
This treatment should be carried out by
some intelligent physician,^as they alone
could adabt the treatment of different cases,
and appreciate the actions of the different
remedies. VVe regard the disease us a mi*
asmatic affection, making a profound im
pression on the nervous centers. Hoping
that this communication will prove of some
benefiir, we remain
Very respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t,
J. J. Knott, M. D.
GairFiN, Ga., March 18,1870
Editor Constitution ; Since tbn within ar
ticle was penned, navself and colleague,
Dr. O. L. Herbert, have treated two de
cided cases of this disease; both oases are
now considered out of danger. Jhe first
ease, that of a negro man, aged 23 years
—was one of the serverest cases f ever at '
tended, and was pronounced by Dr. Her
bert, to be the severest that he ever wit
nessed.
To give the profession some idea of the
treatment adopted in this case, we will
simply state that'inside of twelva hours,
we administered two hundred grains of
calomel, ten drachms bromide potassium
and six drachms of sulphate of quinine.
The quinine and potassium were adminis
tered partly bv enema." We aro confident
when this treatment is adopted in time,
of saving our patient. .
Very respectfully yours,
J. J. Knott, M. D.
Mors Deviltht.— Rather harsh Bounding
heading fur an article acknowljjding the re
ceipt of a "letter to Hon. Charles Sumner"
by a reverend gentleman, H. W. Pierson,
D. D‘ It purports' to be a. statement of
“outrages upon freedmen in Georgia, and
an account of the authors expulsion front
Andersonville, Ga., by he Ku-Klux Klan !"
Poor Georgia 1 The blood-hounds ara after
her with hue and Cry, and now T a ministe
rial yelper bounds into the J pack. These
Radical preachers have rothiug to do with
politics. Oh, no ! And iuvitations to re
sign are ready to thunder forth from his
immaculatefellow-clergy to #ny luckless
wight, who don’t run the extreme Rad
ical schedule. It is now an uudisputed
fact, that the Radicals themselves, have
been convinced that many, yes, most of the
reported “Georgia outrages" are unmiti
gated falsehoods, specially manufactured
for the occasion by Radical destructives of
Georgia and their c mfreres in Washington,
and Radical Senators and Representatives
in Congress have denounced them as such.
Indeed, this is distinctly admit ed in the
punphlet before us. “1 am certainly not
surprised that honorable gentleaies should
express their I e ief that the tut com
mitted upon the freedmen and Union men
in Georgia, have bean greatly exagerated."
He is “not surprised." An honest man
would be surprised, if any other opinion
had been formei of dispatches and “ac
counts" that bore falsehood upon their very
lace. But not»* ithstanding the irrefutable
exposure of those slanders, and preval
ence of even Radical opinion and denunci
ation of them, our reverend scribbler makes
bold to say that, “from my personal kuowl
edge, and profoundly conscious of my res
ponsibility to God and to history, that the
statements that have been given to the pub
lic in regard to outrages in Georgia come
far short of the real facts in thccase”
Such a reckless statement knocks off the
mask, and reveals the visage of a Bulioek-
Butier abettor coming to the rescue. The
quotation is better than a column of com*
ment. When the enemies of the State are
reduced to such straits to rivet their sland
ers upon us, there is reason to hope for the
discomfiture ot their plans. —Constitution.
“Never and and Rcn Smooth." — Two infants
in Nanhville lately loved. - They were about
the average es Paul ann -Virginia, the girl
14 and the boy a year or two older. He
was a bashful youth, still equal to the pret
ty speeches which' win tbe heart of bud
ding womanhood. The girl's mother was
tbe only obstacle in tbe way of happiness,
and the youth could not face the lioness in
his path, therefore an elopemeat was agreed
upon, The mother and daughter were
about to start sor 1 the distant wilds of Om
aha. The youth was in an under-hand
way, on hand at the depot, and as the train
started off the maiden merely left the
mother a minute and stepped off into the
arms of her lover as it were. But alas the
course of tru« love is apt to run rough, as
the poet did not quite say—though he
might with much propriety have done so.
The mother took the next train back at the
next station, and search was instituted tor
the couple who eloped by staying at home.
They were found’ anxiously awaiting the
arrival of a clergyman, a license, and a
friend, but misery and ther mother came
first. The girl was given to her parent and
th« boy to the police, and early the next
morning anew was made for Omaha by
the mother and daughter, while the lover
snored dssmally in ihe “lock-up ” An op»
portunity is now afforded them to pine
away and die, if so disposed.
»3U Why is kissing your sweet
heart iike eating soup with a fork ?
Because it takes a long time to' get
enough of it.
Mothers be Advised. —Always keep a'
bottle* of l>r. Tuft's Celebrated Expectorant
in the houee. It is a certain and pleasant
eure for Group, Coughs, Golds, &o. It is
agreeable to the taste, and children take it
readily. Go to your Drugged and gat‘it at
once, it may save the life of your UttU'oaf*
flftn Bufrtbfmeiit.
W
GEORGIA I'nuin Cocm-Or*« W. McMmllj of
•aid a uD‘7, files hU petition •• th« be»d of »
family, f-r exemption of [i>m>nalt\ and 1 will pa*e upon
the <ame at my < ,fbee iri Themaetmt, at 12 o'clock ti ,
on Zrl-lav. the 29 inetanl
At>r.l 16, BTO. WM. A. Ordinary.
“cotton states
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
MACON OA.,
CAPITAL - ©500,000.
SIOO,OOO Deposited with State Authorities
for Protection of Pulicy Holders.
OFFICERS :
WM. B. JOHNSON, President,
WM S. HOLT Vice President,
GEO. S. OBEaR Secretary,
JNO. W BURKE General Agont,
C. F McOAY Actuary,
JAMES M GUREN, sfed. EtamiiVer,
W. J. MaZILL. Sup. Agencies.
This is a Southern Institution and a
Home enterprise. Controlled and directed
by your Friends and neighbors. Its Capi
tal is larger than any similar enterprise in
the South, and its ratio of Assets to liabili
ties (the oaly true test of soundness) very
much greater.
Ilusbsnd, have you provided an ample
support lor your wife and children in the
event of your death f ff not hteure yo&t
lifr in the Cotton States.
S »ns, have you provided fen* the comfort
and support of your aged* mother should
you die first ? if not insure in the Cotton
Slates. It will cost yoti but a trifle.
Young men, do you wish to provide your
self with a handsome endowment, in five,
t n, or fifteen years? Then save a portion
of y<>ur earnings and take a policy in the
Cotton States.
AH should ensure while they cnn, for dis
ease or accident may prevent them from
getting a policy should they del v.
E A. FLEW ELLEN’,
apllfisfim Agent.
ANDREW J WALKER JAB. R. WALKKR.
WALKER & BRO.’S
SALE AM LIVERY STABLE.
have just received and going to umJ
especially for the Livery Department, a h>tf
of
FINE BLOODED STOCK.
And can furnish to Customers at all hours,
and on terms to satisfy.
EXCELLENT TURNER - OUTS !
Consisting of Phaetons, Carriages, Hack',
and Buggies. Also, a let of excellent
SADDLE HORSES.
In their Sale Department they keep al
ways on baud GOOD HGRSESand Mules.
to
Extra accommodation to Drovers ! Good
Dry Stables, and a comm- diou's Stock Yard.
They will sell Sftock entrusted to their care
on a reasonable commission.
We will be pleased to receive the patron
age of our friends especially, abd' the pub
lie generally. Give them a call! You
will find always on hand ANDREW
WALKER, to accommodate yod.
TO THE CITIZENS.
All orders left at Walker & Brother's
Livery Stable f»r a Hack to run through
the City on rainy days, will receive prompt
attention. WALKER A BROTHER.
apri‘l6 ts GnfHn.Ga.
GOLDEN MOMENTS!
BIGGINS & WALKER’S
New JI'WELET STORE. Rarneiville, Ga.. *• we keep
' on." hand and are constantly rec- iving fresh-from New
York the latest and most improved style of
Watches,- Clocks and Jewelry,
which we are offering at Mtonkhingrlf low prices as we
afe dealing dtiectly with i porters we (eel confident
that we can furnish this class of Godds aa cheap as any
House in Georgia. We are determined to keep on
hand a GENUINE WaTCH and CLOCK, which we
can aell to our customers and
WARRANT AS REPRESENTED
W« are permanently located in
BARNESVILt-E,
and are going to build np a buriness tn this lihe purely
on merit, so if you want a FINK WATCH or CLOCK
call nt the sign of the ‘ BIG WATCH,’ in the new
BRICK BLOCK, next door to Bloodworth A Murphey,
East aide public square.
I# - W atches and Clocks carefully repaired and
warranted.
HIGGINS & WALKER,
fan2?-tf Burneenlle, Ga.
FOR SALE.
I OFFER f-T sale mv almost new and
splendid Threshing Maohine with Ems
'►ry’s celebrated Railway Horse Power.
Fan, sheets, belts, &c., ail complete and
ready for use. I will sell at a reasonable
price for cash or on time to a good purchaser
Apply to W. T. RESPESS.
aprl9»tf
UPSON SHERIFF’S SALE.
be sold on the first Toeeday in May
ry nfen,-before the Courthouse door, in the town of
Thomaaton, Ujrt« rs eonnty, between the legal hours of
sale.' the t'ollowing’propefty to wit:
One small sorrel mare Mule about twelve yea's old,
as the property of Lemuel T Baker, by Virtue of a
Mortgage fl fa issn- and from the Superior Court of Meri
! wether county, in favor of F. M. Hoyt, against saiu L.
T. Baker. Property poinied out by plaintiil
mchS-td O. C. BHAUMaN, Bheriff.
100 Sacks Salt for sale by
CHANSE OF PROGRAMME!
/ THE firm of B. D. HARDAWAY A CO., Dealers irv Pr g-, Med- -
jNLjf cine*, ka., having been dissolved by mutual eensout, the tuGnees Kj[
wilt be continued by
B. D. HARDAWAY,
with the assistance of Dr. I. C. McCOt, (a graduate in the Medioa. i r f-s . j j;
has established his office at the store. A full supply of
ibiiiims, mosLact'iniiEs,
Pure Wines and Licitiors,
For tbe sick. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, Ac., Ac., will be constaut’y kupt oc
hand and for sale low for CASH. All warranted
PURE AND FRESH.
. Dr. MoCOY tenders hie Professional services to the citiiene of this community, sc
trusts by strict attention to his profession to merit their patronage. He will always b
foqnd at this DRUG STORE, unless professionally engaged. aprU9 3m
C. F. TURNER & 8R0.,;
WOULD respectfully inform the public that they have open a store ip
town of TIIOMASTON, and would say to the citizens of tiie town an!
surrounding country that their stock consists of all kinds ot
DRY GOODS,
Hats, Notions, Hosiery, and Fancy Goods,
TIIEIR STOCK OF j
ILAMIIBS IDIRIBSS COULIO
I
Is large and well selected, and consist in fart of
Black, Figured and Colored Alpaccas andj
Poplins, All Wool Dclains, Cotton and"
Woolen Delains, Shallies, Marinoes, Piaiii*
Poplins, Plaid and Black Silks, Scotcli*
Plaids, Repts, Velvettencs, Ginghams 1
Lawns, etc., etc. AH kinds of Ladies,!
Misses and Childrens Woolen and Cotton?
Hose, Men and Boys Cotton and Woolcil
Half-llosc Ladies Kid Gloves, every qualh
ty of Ladies*, Misses and Childrens Bcrlir
Gloves, Hoop-Skirts, Corsets, Furs, Plait'
Shawls, Arab Shawls, Linen and Cambria
Handkerchief, Ladies Marino Vests, etc*,
Eor GENTLEMEN wear they hare a fine assortment of
FAICY CASSIMERES.-
Suitable for Winter, Spring and Summer.
Black Cloth, All Wool Kersey, Satioe *
Tweeds, Sheep’s Gray, Kentucky JcamJ
Farmer’s Drill, Blue Demins, Linen DueLi
fit
They call special attention to their stock of 4t (
ftllf -£LWm i§f s S
OF thd Latest Style. They will receive in a few days a complete ate |
ment of every kind of SHOES for Men, Boys, Ladies, Misses and 11
dren. They have always paid particular attention to this branch of t:i
business, atid have generally given satisfaction to their customers, especi l
in Ladies, Misses and Children’s City Made Shoes and Gaiters. At 1
same time they receive their Shoes they will have
SUGAR, COFFEE, AND TEA, l
And all Stifch articles as are usually kept in a first-class Village or Conrj
Store. In conclusion they would say to the public that they have bad
years Experience in this kind of business, and have always gained note. 1
for the pleasure they take in showing their goods. They respectfully i j
the citizens of Thomaston and vicinity to give them a call. IlOpiOv**
strict attention to business to merit a fair shear of their patronage.
G. F. TURNER & BRO.
mcbs*ly ' TIIOM ASTON, CBSON,' CO. «jj|
PATFNT METALLIC «
WHITE WIRE CLOTHES LINE !
WE beg leave to call your attention to an entirely new article known
Metallic White Wire/’ possessing qualities which prevent it from ever o • H
or turning from ite color during any number of years, and on which letters Pater |
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old fashion r*>pe or chord always causes so much trouble and annoyance by 8
rotting out, and discoloring clothes, and by being obliged to b3 put up and tuK? j IjJ
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you will fully corroborate the statement of thousands of others in :ts pra’** 5 aj
family should, and will eventually have one. It will not rust nor'corrode, thu’Jl' a
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Ist. Yon never have to take it out of the weather.
2d. It will last fifty years or more.
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IRBY H. TRAYLER, of Thomaston, Upson oounty, Georgia, is tho auth-'MJ*
for the Hudson River Wire Works in Georgia. All orders to Irby 11. Trnyler, J
ton, Geargia, will be promptly filled when the cash acoompanie* id
IRBY H. TRAY** 1
April 2,1676-ts for Hndaon River