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<% flSforp |)cral^ CHAS. Cr. BEARCE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR THOMASTON, GA~ ~0CT.8,1870. FOR CONGRESS—FOURTH DISTRICT. HON. W. J. LAWTON, OF Binß. FOR STATE SENATOR— 2Sth DISTRICT, WILLIAM P. MATHEWS, OF TALBOT. FOR REPRESENTATIVE—UPBON COUNTY. IIOIV. JOHN I. HALL. We expect Pike to roll up a good Demo* crutio majority when election comes off. The tax returns of this county show that there are 1,790 voters with in its limits, of which 9G9 are whites and 821 negroes— giving the whites a clear majority of 148 W endei.l Phillips, having got through with Bismarck, has turned his attention to the next Presidential election, and comes out for Sumner and Revels for President and Vice President on the ticket for 1872. ricus Theodore Tilton of the Independent, prefers Butler and Revels. Twenty States elect 177 members of the 42d Congress this fall. Returns received by the National Executive Democratic Committee from many of the districts, and estimates of others, cause them to feel con fident that Democrats will elect 94 of this camber. A Straw. —Two “soldier boys’' recently called upon the editor of the Terre Haute (la) Journal, and informed him that they, and about fifty of their comrades in that city had determined to vote the Democratic ticket at the October election. They had until then been identified with the Radical party. The Right Kind of Reconstruction Anew cotton factory, costing $200,000 and running 5,000 spindles and 100 looms, will be in operation in Roswell, Cobb county, Ga., cn the Ist day of next January. The South can be independant of New England just so soon as she can spin and weave her own cottcn. NOMI NATIOnTfOR CONGRESS. First District —A. T. Mclntyre. “ “ W. W. Paine, 41st Congress. Second District—Nelson Tift. Third District—William F. Wright. Fourth District—Winborn J. Lawton. Fifth District—Pierce M. B. Young. Sixth District—William P. Price. Seventh District—Wm. M. Reese. “ “ R. W. Carswell, 41st Cong. In the convention held at MacoD, on Wednesnay, to nominate cannidates for the 4th District, J. T. Long was nominated for the Forty-first Congress and |Thomas J. Speer for the Forty-second Congress. At the convention for the Ist. District, held at Savannah on the same day, Richard W. White was nominated as candidate for the Forty-first, Congress, and Hon. Virgill Hillyer for the Forty-second. A. Alpeop.ia Bradley, the negro Sena tor from Chatham, announces him c elf a candidate for Representative to Congress from the Second District. In his letter he intimates that carpet-baggers and scal awags have fattened at the expense of the black man long enough, and that hence forth the Africans intend drawing susten ance from the public te—that is, will nibble at the public crib themselves. Bradley is greatly interested in the ‘third party' move ment. We prefer always to quote Radical opin ions of Radicals men and measures. That is why we now T give place to the following opinion of the Radical Congress, from the pen of Henry Ward Beecher: “The utter ignorance of finance and pol itical economy among our Congressmen is appalling. With the great financial prob lems before it, Congress is as helpless as a group of children over an Arabie inscrip tion. Its legislation is a mere chaos of shreds and patches. The wildest theuries are broached by men whom the people con sider statesmen ; private interests maintain a bitter struggle with each other, and de face with absurd inconsistency; no clear ness, anywhere. The crying need for the country is for intellect, highly trained, up right political economists among its legis lators." Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, whose name has been mentioned as a suitable Radical candidate far Representative from the Ist District, has recently published a letter in the Era, in which he is particularly severe on negro and other incompetent aspirants for office. lie speaks of them as “persons brought to the surface by the late war" — that such men “hang about the neck of the party as a mill-stone"—that "if the party shall ignore fitness for office, the people will ignore our candidates.” He concludes as follows: “Be it known to the people of my native State, that I have a supreme contempt for the asrirations and candidacy of those men whose want of capacity is patent, and whose only hope of election rests upon the idea that the colored voters are not sufficiently eolighted to appreciate their ineompeten cy.” Tnß Republicans boast that they have purchased the German vote with a cheap resolution of sympathy with Prussia in its war with France. Having g>t that far, they turn about and bid for the Irish vote by a declaration of sympa'hv with France. Now who are the fools? The Know- Nothing Republicans, who regard the Germans and Irish as ignorant; or the Know-Nothiuga themselves ? We still bet our money oft the superior intelligence and wisdom of the German and the Imbraaa. • NOMINATING CON YEN I ION. Pursuant to a previous call a Convention of the Democratic, party assembled at the Courthouse, on Satur lay, Ist inst., for the purpose of nominating a candidate to rep resent Upson county in the lower branch of the next General Assembly. On motion, F. F. Mathews, G. J. Lewis, Jas. M Barron, and Jesse B. Howell, were called to the Chair, and J. W. Brown, re quested to act as Secretary. On motion of Gen. Thos. Beall, it was ordered that the nomination be made by ballot, and a majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to a choice. Mr. J. C. Williams announced that he would not be a candidate, and that he de sired that no person would use his name. On motion, all colored persons who de sired to unite with the Democratic party would be allowed to vote in this Convention. The following gentlemen were announced as candidates : John I. Hall, Dr. C. Rogers, R. J). Shnp trine, arid Wm. A. Cobb. Dr. C. Rogers and Wm. A. Cobb withdrew their names. The meeting then proceeded to ballot, with the following result: John I. Hall 181 Wm. A. Cobb 106 Ii D. Shuptrine 27 J. C. Williams 18 John Dickey 1 J. C. Drake 1 C. Rogers 1 F. F. Mathews 1 Blank 1 Capt. John I. Hall, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared the candidate. * Under previous invitation and a resolu tion of this Convention, five colored votes were cast. On motion the meeting adjourned. F. F. Mathews, Geo. J. Lewis, James. M. Barron, Jessee B. llowell, Chairmen. J. W. Brown, Secretary. Communicated ] Mr. Editor: We are gratified to learn that the Democracy of Upso-n have honored Capt. Jno. I. llall with She nomination for Representative in the next Legislature. We have known Capt. Hall from his boy hood. He has always possessed a high sense of honor, reliable habits, strict in tegrity* and a devotion to principle of the most tenacious character. lie was among the first to volunteer in the late war, though opposed to secession. He was a gallant, true soldier, and bears upon his person painful evidences of his faithful bearing in battle, and the devotion of those under"his command, is clear demonstration of his noble nature and kindness of heart. Capt. Hall was raised in Butts county, where his fellow-citizens at the early age of twenty two honored him with a seat in the Ilcuse of Representatives for the years 1863 and 1864. Asa member of ths Leg islature he was active, vigilant, and faithful to every interest of the people. lie took an active part in the working un and dis cussion of all important questions, and acquired a brilliant reputation as a speaker and logical reasoner; and his diligent working habits won for him an enviable influence for one so young. Capt. Hall’s experience as a legislator, and acknowledg ed ability as a lawyer, and h ; s superior managing ability qualify him for the honor which we fully anticipate will be conferred on him by the votes of your peo ple. You may rest assured that he will never betray or neglect the interest confided to his charge. And his accurate judgment and sterling honor is a safe guarantee against all mistakes and all efforts to con trol him against the rights and interest of the people. If we are allowed to Judge, your selection of a candidate is a wise and prudent one. ‘ And in these troublesome times all personal preferences should be forsaken for the general good. Every true man should at once unite and concentrate their efforts to secure a triumphant victory in your county for llall and Democracy. Spalding. llow Much Bacon was Consumed South Last Season, and what it Cost Us —There is no possible reason why the South cannot make its own supply of meat. There is no section of the country which will not pro duce the bog, nor does the climatic effects prevent its being killed and perfectly cured. Our agricultuial journals, which very rightly cry “plant more corn," should also add, “raise more hogs, cure your cwn meat and save your money " From one of our exchanges wo find that the South alone spent in meat last season thirty millions of dollars, or. counting lost vear’s crop <,f cot ton to have averaged SIOO per bale, it took 300,000 bales of cotton to pay for meat alone. We have never heard but one single ar gument used by planters to explain why they could not raise hogs, and that was, that the freedm -n stole the stock, having a liking for other people’s me it. We cannot see any strength in this line of argument. Just as the freedman is interested in his master's cotton crop, so could he be made personally liable for the hog crop. What however is the truth, is that the corn crop is utterly neglected, and, of course, where there is no grain there can be no pork. Should the present European war con tinue, which would be fik* ly to enhance the price of all provisions, we should think our planters would take every measure to insure them a stock of meat, made by them selves. —Saratitiah News. Tub Last Year’s Cotton Crop.—We have received from the ffiee of the Com mercial and Financial Chronicle, New York, a circular coutaining a statement of the cotton crop of the year first expired. From this it appears that 3 154,946 bales of cot ton were produced during the year ending August 31, 1870, against 2.439,039 halts &• the crop of the previous year. SYNOPSIS OF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. DOMESTIC. Washington, Oct. 2. — The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has abol ished the rule requiring its lawyers to take the iron-clad oath. Stanton, Oct. 2. —Colonel Christain, just from Lexington, reports that on the even ing of the 28th of September, General Lee, after presiding over an unusual large meet ing of the faculty of Washington College, attended a protracted and exciting meeting of the Vestry of the Episcopal church, and on returning to his residence he fainted from extraoidinary fatigue and was placed in bed, where he has siuce remained under advice of his physicians. He has had no symptoms of apoplexy or paralysis, only a torpor. He has had full use of his body, and speaks as occasion re quires. His physicians confidently expect his recovery in a day or so. At noon to day lie was cheerful. Colonel Christian left Gen. Lee's house at 12 m. to-day. This is reliable. Richmond, Oct. 3.—The flood has gone down and the merchants are calculating their losses. It was thoogt this morning that half a million would cover the loss in the city but not in the towns above here. foreign. New York, Oct. I.—The World’s special, dated Ostend, September 30th, says intense excitement is caused by the arrival cf a messenger from Valenciennes with the news of a great battle fought on the Seine, on Tuesday, the 27th, which resulted in the complete defeat of the Crown Prince of Prussia, under the guns of Montvallerian. The victory was followed by the evacua tion of Versailles and Ilambouillet, and the rupture of the Prussian line of investment. The Crown Prince is retreating rapidly northward on the army of King William, at Meux and Soissons. Early Tuesday morning the battle began at Vierotray and Velisy, the Germans con testing the French advance with desperate energy until assailed bv fresh columns from under the guns of Montvallerian at St. Cloud, through the Boise Do Franco and Auccresson, where a number of regiments, consisting of Baden troops, mutinied on the battle field, and refused to go under fire. Nearly one hundred of these troops were shot by order of the German commander. The rest still held back, many throwing dowm their arms and dispersed through the forests. The Crown Prince finally compell ed a retreat abandoning Marseilles to the victorious French. The German column, which attempted the passage of the Seine at Bonjival, were kept under a terrible fire from Fort Montvallerian, which converted their retreat into a route, and were driven in confusion beyond St. Germaine. Night alone stopped pursuit. The Germans lost 5,000 prisoners, among whom were many officers of the Crown Prince, and fifty cannon and mitrailleuse. The road to Orleans aud Tours is cleared of the enemy. The number of the National Guard now on active duty in Paris is 375,000. London, Oct. 2.—The Prussians are slow ly closing around Paris. So far, they have made no attempt to bombard the city. Arrangements are progressing to bom bard Paris from Ville Juiff, Genneviile, and Cloud. The corespondent of the London Times believes the reduction of Paris will require considerable time. Berlin, Oct. 3.—The North German Gazette denounces priests as sources of the anti-Prussian feeling in the South German States, and instigators of revolt, murder and hostile alliances. Berlin, Oct. 4.—The Parisians, having ordered no prisoners to be taken, because they consume supplies, the Prussian com manders have no prisoners taken. London, Oct. s. —The Telegraph has numerous dispatches to the reported death 'of General Ton Moltke. The editor, in comments, expresses the opinion that the lead coffin which passed Chalons and Toul contained Moltke’s body Advices from Yokohoma, September sth, state that the Japanese authorities have made arrangements to prevent collisions m Japanese waters between French and Prus sian eorvetts cruising in the vicinity. It is believed England and Russia are actively engaged in negotiating an armis tice. Reports are current that both Meck lenhurgs will be incorporated with Prussia The Grand Dukes will he compensated by a cession to them of Alsace and Loraine. The French army, now'in Algeria number ing 37,000, demands its recall to resist the Prussians. A rumor continues to circulate that Theirs has arrived at Florence to consult with the Italian Government. It is stated that Russia has in preparation a plan to accelerate, the embodiment of retired soldiers and of those on leave. A Cossack force has been sent westward from the Don. Active preparations are being made for operations in the Western Caucasus. The Governor of Odessa denies that there is any concentration of troops near the Turkish frontier. Paris, Oct. 3.—Diplomats at Paris will ask twenty-four hourb notice before bon.* bardment commences, to leave the city, The Government at St. Petersburg, to quiet apprehensions, announces semi-offi cally that the Turkish war will not involve neutrality oetween Prussia and France. Exemptions from Stamp Duty After October Ist. —Acting Commissioner Doug lass has addressed a letter to F. M. Patrick, Esq., stamp agent at New York, stating that the only instruments subject to stamp duty under schedule B, which are held ex empt from tax after the Ist of October next by the terms of the act of July 14th, 1870, are “promissory notes for a less sum than SIOO, receipts for any sum of money or for the payment of any debt." Section 4 of the act alluded to also provides, that “no stamp shall be required upon the transfer or as signment of a mortgage where it or the instrument it secures, has been once duly stamped." The agent in his communica tion to the Department states that many business men seem to think that the tax is repealed on all forms, and the acting corn m ssioner in his reply authorizes the publi cation of the decision to set aside that erron eous impression. The Senate or the Penitentiary— South Car >lina Politics.—A eorresoon dent of the Charleston Courier relates a conversation as it oecured at a political mass-meeting at Kingston, South Carolina between lion. R. B. Carpenter, the reform i candidate f r Govern *r, and one Powell Smythe, Radical candidate for State Sen* a tor : Judge Carpenter was alluding to the heavy inerpa e of taxes, when Powel Smy the interrupted him, saying: “May I ask you a question Judge?" The Judge—“ Certainly, if you will allow ‘ Hie afterward* to ask you one," Smythe—“What was the tax on slaves in 1806?” The Judge—“ There was not a slave in the United Scates in 1866.” Smythe—“l mean in 1865.” The Judge—“ There were none then.” Smythe—“Well I mean in 1864?” The Judge—“l don’t know ; at that time I was not here, I was on the other side fighting in the Uuion army. And now for my question t” “Are you the man who had a wife and six children in Clarendon, and went to Co lumbia, joined the Scott Ring, got rich by bribery, and married another woman there?” The crowd—“ Yes, that’s so; he’s the man.” Smythe sheepishly—“l wasn’t married to the first one !” The Judge—“ The children were your own ?” Smythe—“Yes ! but she wasDOt my wife; I only lived with her !” The Judge—“ You were in the Legisla ture two years? Now I’ll tell you a law that you don’t seem to know anything about. That law makes man and woman, who have lived together as you have in this case, man and wife ; and it you don’t mind you will go to the Penitentiary as a biga mist, instead of going to the State Senate !” This was too much ; the crowd, white and black, who knew of Smythe’s villainy, yelled, and the poor devil slunked away in the crowd. lie never asked another ques tion, and I don’t think ever will again. Somebody who got “bit” has drawn from Commission Delano the following decision in regard to the liability of persons who offer to furnish “exact copies” of fractional cur rency, in which it will be seen that the Treasury Department can gran*, no relief to the victims, they coming under the head of counterfeiters: “Persons who send out circulars offering to furnish “exact copies” of fractional cur rency, and enclosing fractional notes as specimens of counterfeits furnished them, are not counterfeits or dealers in counterfeit money. Their course of action is to send out genuine notes as samples, and when they receive remittances for a supply of similar notes, to return either nothing at all, or small photographs of genuine notes, trusting to the complicity of their dupes to save them from exposure and prosecution. As this species of swindling dose »ot con* stitute an infringement of any law of the United States, it is Dot in the Treasury De partment to institute proceedings against those who practice it. DIED.—-Near Thomaston, September 23, 1970, lit tle Robert, infant son of Washington and Sarah McFarland, aged 14 months and 6 days. *r« JHwrtisement. The Southern Farm and Home. A FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MONTHLY, GEN. W3l. M. BRONE, IDIIOB, At $3 00 per Year In Advance. THE Second Volume commences with November number. Now is the time to sub scribe. Address, J. W. BURKE, A CO., octS-tf Macon, Ga. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIFE INSURANCE COMPT, 18 TIIB or HARTFORD, CONN. LOSS PATD 126,050,647 00 FIRST IN CASH CAPITAL 8,000,000 00 FIRST IN AVAILABLE ASSETTS 5,549,505 97 FIRST IN ANNUAL PREMIUMS 3,570,433 55 FIRST IN LOANS PAID , IS First in the solid business elements of Experience, Strength, Progress & Success.. Three-fourths of the Insurance Companies fail. Look to the wealth and worth for Indemnity. $250,000 worth of Property is consumed daily in the United States. You can get POLICIES of your Stocks of GOODS, STORE HOUSES, DWELLINGS, GIN HOUSES, COTTON, Loose or in Bale. NOW IS THE TIME TO INSURE, before you are burned out of House and Home. Rates ARE LIBERAL, ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. Cali at Webb's Store. W. A. JOHNSON, Ag’t, octS-2t Thomaston, Ga. AGREAT BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE! WILL commence on MONDAY, the 13th day of October, inst, to sell out my Entire Stock of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. I am going to change my business, and shall offer my GOODS to the People T O O S T , to get them off at early as possible, aad I want every body to know that. lam going to sell at COST. The Merchants of Thomaston have a queer way of selling at cost. There has aot been a stock of goods sold at cost yet IN THOMASTON, All of yon who have bought at what was called cost Lorn others, come and seethe difference at WEBB'S. Come one, oorao all, for positively they must be sold. Yours respectfully, octS-2t JOHN N. WEBB. DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING! 1870. FALL! 187 q L . LEB A C 11, 71 CHERRY STREET, - - MACON, CEORqi a A > I) BARNESVILLE, GEORG^ T INVITE TIIE ATTENTION OF ALL BUYERS TO MY STOCK' DRY GOODS AND CLOTIIIXg It will be found unsurpassed in all those features which attract an e\p enced Merchant’s acknowledged good taste. All Departments of - hare been much enlarged, especially that for DRESS GOODS where I am constantly opening. ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON To which I ask the particular attention of all who wish to faror m§ *l^, I call. My stock consists of Dress Goods, Shawlcs and Cloaks, Tr; Bleached Shirtings, Brown Sheetings, Flannels, Blankets, Woolen G; « j Yankee Notions, Ilosiery, Gent's Furnishing Goods, Ladies' Fine S! Mens’ and Boys’ Boots and Shoes, etc., etc., etc. All of which I offered at the Lowest Market Prices. Buyers will lr I w' * I to their advantage to examine my stock before purchasing. It will be foil complete, well selected, and choice in every department—particularly Dre?» I Goods—in which lam constantly receiving and offering the novel tin of tie [ season. L. LEBACH, 71 Cherry St., Macon, Ga., and Barnesville, Ga. } Two doors from the Livery Stable, Barnesville, Ga. octl-At TAKE NOTICE THAT B. O. HARDAWAY, Has received a well selected stock of NEW GOODS, Comprising everything almost in the way of Mereban-. dise, to-wit: STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, Boots?* Slioes, Mats', Clothing', Notions, Ac. Also a Complete Stock of Fresh Drugs and Medicines. All of which he is offering at reasonable prices. The public are invited to examine his stock and see what inducements are offered. "Will be constantly receiving Fresh Stocks throughout the season as the demand requires. Thomaston, Ga., Oct. 1, IS7O. 1m DISSOLUTION! THE firm of Weaver & Atwater is this day dissolved by mntnnl consent. Those having claims will present present them for settlement. Those indebted wiil please come forward as soon as possible and settle. Each of the Sate firm set np a separate and General Mercantile Baslness, aad will occupy the same house as heretofore. Weaver ro the East room and Atwater in the West Either being authorised to sign in liquida tion of our former business. Thankful for the very liberal patronage we have received we are very respect fully, G. A. WEAVER, Thomaston, Oct. I,IBTO. JAB. W. AT WATER. OCTOBER 1, 1870. Gk WEAVER, DFALZB HI GENERAL MERCHANDISE, East Room White's Building, THOMASTON, GA., a large and attractive stock of Merchandise for Fall and Winter, at low pricks, I cordially invite all to examine my stock. Everything GUARANTEES OS REI'EFSENTED. Oett-lm FOR S iALEL ONE fine butrpy Horse in rip.top confii tieo, also, four young Mules, strong and scund. Enquire immediately of sept24-tf W. T. WEAVER, SUGGS & OLIPHANT, DEALER* IN I DRUGS & DRY GOODS, | THOMASTON, GEOItCIA. | Thankful for fire very liberal patronage esttp** I * ! them by their numerous friends, beg leave It U ! them that they are receiving, and hare noir k "" 1 fresh stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Consisting in part of PRINTS, POPLINS, DELAINES, ALPACAS, FLANNELS, SHIRTING, SHEETINGS, DOMESTICS. notions, & Also a nice lot of Columbus Eagle and Phaniif 1 ' Goods, such as Casimers, Jeans, Stripes, Cbtc- Ginghams. A complete assortment of Hat* * - ' for ladies aad gentlemen. We continue to tn^ DRUGS, MEDICI^ and Dye Stufs, a speciality. Fine WfDeJ a** always on hand for medicinal purposes. ; Executrix Sale. be sold at the Court II i: *. T v Thomastoa. Upson county, Ga, °* ’ -1 Tuesday in November next, Ten acres of •»- less, belonging to the estate of Wm. 1). w< ' , ceased, lying in said county near Thomaston. £ lands of W. T. Wearve?, A. P. llarp, and Bold by order of the Court of Ordinary, for t® 4 of the heirs of said deceased. Terms cash. septl 7-td MARTHA F. WOODBONj-*^^ Administrator's Sale. WILL be sold before the Court H J ; door In the town of Thomaston. t Pf* 1 on the first Tuesday h* November next. <* c . land, more or less, belonging to the es »*«* "* *, y : Banders, deceased. the same being part of L *’ '(•,<*» in the 11th District of originally Monro* county, sold by order of the Court of Or ' o * * county of Ups m, Air distribution. The s»^ 4 the widow's dower, now occupied by and adjoining 8. V. Mart and others. I> r 'J 1 septn-td H. T. JENNINGS, Adro’r Administrator's Sale. TTTILL be eold before the Court Sj. V V door. to the town of Thomaston IP on the first Tuesday in November n '■> and forty acres of land, more or ]e9», • ne^tt estate of Mrs. Eve Ragland, deceases, tne parts of Lots No *>s in the Ist Dwtr"* Houston county and Noe. IS6, ISS, IS9 * n . l ~f l} l*2| trict originally Monroe connty, all now? u , county of Upson. Bold by order of Court of Ordinary of said county of l P®°,7„tio* * tion. The Mine known as the R**l An ,P c *rb. Log Town, in said county. sepUl-td ’rith the ***