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A S&rjlDnox Uwvkusalism.—Rev. Dr. Teas-
AaleXvtll deliver a discourse to-nigbt oo the
doitrine and destiny of the universalist. We
triist our old friend ‘■Sinner,’'' aud all of bis ilk
will be on band, and tbat they may come with
‘calm and unbiassed minds, willing to hear the
truth, and if convinced, to renounce their errors
and embrace that faith which.alone can remain
unshaken, amid the shock of dip?olving worlds,
and even in tbe dark valley of the shadow of
"de .th. - ■».
hLcmuTioN- Extraordinary.—A few day s
since a party of negroes resolved themselves into
>*-vigilance-committee, and determined to make
an example of two Idle and pestiferous loafers of
their own color. They accordingly laid hoid of
these citizen pels of the nation, and conducting
them to the nearest branch, proceedod with a
plentiful application of turpeutine soap, to 100
ten their hides, and remove the incrustation of
dirt, which bad probably been the accumulation
■of. years.
At length, when all the surface vormenls bad
•been drowned, and tbe shining ebony was once
more visible, they clad in decent attire tbe shiv
‘ ering wretches, and hiring out one, forth with
• admonished tbe other that work be mint, or they
'would give him Moses law (33 stripes) with a
hundred added to it. The poor fellow fled in
■continently, and doubtless believes that tbe mys
terious aud dreaded Kukluxes. had assumed the
garb of his own race, purposely to torment him-
The above, is a literal fact, aud deserves to be
‘recorded among the wonders of this euwou^gge.
intending to leave Cutbbert portly those
'wishing Photographs or Fcrreotypes taken in
fine style, are requested to coll early.or they will
be too late. Thankful for past patronage, very
respectfully, John M. LunQcest.
ir .We invite particular attention to the fer- j
tllizer advertised by Messrs.*Cbarlteu Way k Cos.,
■Savannah. ,
This is of Georgia manufacture, and we are
assured by Judge Schley, one of the. proprietors,
that repealed experiment has at length developed
-results of the most flattering character. The in
gredients used are all of the best quality, and the
tpablic may be assured, that no spurious article
-will be imposed upon the community.
Practical planters, already place this mixture
In the very front rank, of all manipulated com
•mercial manures. Great pains are taken (o turn
■out an article of uniform richness and strength.
For particulars see advertisement.
The members of the Randolph Agricu 1-
’tural Society, and the citizens generally , are in
vited to attend a meeting of the Society on the
'first Saturday in February, at the Court House,
at 1J o’clock, A. M. The question of holding a
‘County Fair, at some period during the current
year, will then be discussed and decided.
Wm Coleman, President.
J. B. Buchaman. Secretary.
Too Busy.—Messrs. Owen & Scaly, as well as
their entire cops of efficient and aceommoda
'ting clerks, were so busy opening their second
stoek of new goods and wailing on customers,
■that they neglected lo hand in their new adver
tisement in lime for ibis weeks issue. It will
appear in our next. In the mean time you
should give them a call, as they have every
thing you want, or could think of.
Auction Sensation.—We were not a little
•tartled a few evenings since, by the siraultaie
‘*itts‘ringing of a multitude of cow bells on tbe
Square, and had the Asiatics been sojourning as
laborers among us, would have been tempted to
‘believe that a rising had taken place among tbe
'Chinese. We are sure all their tom toms, cym
*bals, and gongs combined, could not have matle
•more “racket.”
Upon inquiry, w; loaroe l that the Whole a?.
Yak was but another phase ofthat lively cum pe
tition in ever /<1 :j> irun -ill of business, which is
*o active In futhberf. It seems an auction was
-to be held at one point, mid Its Usual the bell
■Was#ent around. No sooner did its first 6lrokeS
fall upon the ear, than an auction fever seemed
to seize every ho ly. aud suddenly the welkin re
sounded with -the clangor of cotv bells, rtyig with
■venomous vch -m i-ncc.
■How many goods Were knocked off deponent
cannot avouch, as stepping both ears he was
•himself soon, ‘going, going, gone,’ to escape tbe in
tolerable din.
This great auction contest.-can only find a
parallel in the late struggle of ; tlie : btills aft<(
■bears in the geld exchange of Now York.
■Verily ours is a fast placp.
At Cost.
Wishing to change my presellt form of busi
"ness, I now offer,
AT COST,
A good assortment of Men’s and Boys' Cloth
ing, Men’s, Women’* and Children’s Shoes, Ho
■erery, Prints, Delaines, Poplins, Red, White and
O.pcra Flannels, Ljnsey, Jeans, Bleached and
Unbleached Sheetings and Shirtings, Crockery
and Glass Ware, Hardware and Notions.
Also, a lot of very superior Flour at very low
‘figures.
• Please call and examine, and you will bo Cer
tain to buy.
Country Produce taken as Cash.
Those indebted to myself, or to 11. H. JOhes ifc
"Cos., will please “ pay up.”
jaul3-3t A. A. WILKIN.
The Bainbridga Argus publish.s the
’Valedictory of Benj. E. Russell, the late assist'
ant editor of that Journal.
Its ancient Palinuras, Rev. Willis M. Russell
Is .till however at the helm, *nA abundantly
able to steer his craft amid tbe quick sands and
whirlpools of the political sea.
"That his reckoning will be right, and his
■course ever laid in the true channel of the na
tions prosperity and welfare, none who know
him can doubt.
May lair winds ever fill the sails of the old
'“Argus.” '
HARRISON & PRICE,
BOOT A.iNL> SHOE MAKERS,
Id rear of Barber Shop, Culhbert, (Ja.
Our motto is “ Live and let live.” Boots footed
for $8 03, or made new for sl3 00. All other woik 1
in proportion. Satisfaction guaranteed. dc9-6m
a.
Water! Water! In Abundance.—For near a
wCek the -pluvial God has directed his nozzle
upon tis, and driving misis, murky fogs, and
drenching rains have been the order of the day.
Such wealhcrlin France would fill a whole
toatiou with despair, aud augment fearfully the
suicide record.
Here, the gloom and darkness of Radical dom
ination, cause us almost to forget the frowning
elemenis.
Let us hope however as the joyous king of day
Will soon dispel the vapours which hang around
us, so will a returning sense of justice on the
£!ttt of our merciless conquerors, restore peace
land freedom once more to our unhappy land,
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FresU ITisti and Oysters,
Received daily, by
GEO. C BANCROFT.
Rsv. Dr. Tea3oale.—lt has been a matter of
deep regret to our community, that the series of
discourses upon important topics which were an
nounced for each evening of the present week,
have been frustrated by the prevailing rain.
Let it not be forgotten however that the pro
gramme for to-night is a sermon upon Universal,
ism.
Dr. Teaslale is a speaker of much power aud
originaity, and we trust a large auditory, wtl 1
greet him at the Baptist Churoh. Let ns hope
also that be may tarry longer with us, awl labor
t,o carry on the good work already commenced
qjtder bjs ministry.
The Peak Family.—We understand that this|
little star Troupe, whose visit last year won gold
en opinions from every one, is again about to
cheer and enliven the dismal gloom of this
weeping, wiulry season, by another of their
charming entertainments.
Os this interesting aud talented family it -may
truly be said, neither in coj:,ftme, word, or act,
do they offend the most fastidious taste, while
even now the witching cadence of those silver
bells still rings in our ear.
In marked contrast do they appear with the
rabble who make up the travelling circus. And
here by tbe way, we gratuitously announce that
the Robinson concern intend inflicting them
selves upon our community again ere long.—
Their representative, appeared in Our office, and
wished us to advertise their show for less than
half tke*vsite which our merchants and patrons
pay us. Os course we were not prepared to vi
olate tbe rules, and lower the standard of the
Georgia press by any such knuckling down pol
icy, and therefore declined tbeir advances.
Nor do we believe what was asserted, tbat our
contemporary, the Telegraph & Messenger, pub
lished their bills at half the SBm charged ’by us.
It must be a one-horse concern indeed that
cannot afford to herald its coming by the usual
press announcements.
The ciicus at best, like a sweeping rain, leaves
nothing benind it, and crime and violence too
often travel in its train'.
Our advice is, seek rational enjoyment by
patronizing the Teak Family, and let the stale
jests of the ring, and its immodest actors, seek
another field for their oil-repeated antics.
The crowded condition of our columns
and the insertion of several new advertisements
at a late hour, must be our apology for failing
to notice editorially in pur present Lsue, two or
three ‘important advertisements which have re
cently appeared.
We promise lo a'ttend to tbe same nest week.
—*=—»-=—
The new City council, at Us first regula r
meeting on Monday night raised the lieense tax
of retail liquor 'dealers to 100, and ’filtit of
wholesale vendors to 50 dollars.
This was eminently wise and proper as a meas
ure of public safety-.
W ith the present nominal tax, grog shops
were constantly multiplying, and the tempta
tion was great to the most dessolute characters
of every race and color, to locate among us.
Indeed the crime of intemperance is fearfully
on the increase, especially among our colored
population.
We are opposed to sumptuary laws, or any
regulations of an oppressive or exceptional na
ture.
But the action of our city fathers cannot be so
designated. At the present rate, scores alas, will
be'found ready to embark in this lucrative
branch of trade, and none but the irresponsible,
snfl in toodt instances, the vicious will be exclu
des.
We ate glad to see that offr Mayor and Coun
cil are reaolved to effect all necessary reforms in
city affairs, and feel assured that the nerve lo
enforce the same will not be wanting.
In this connection, we would suggest the early
adoption of a registry ordinance, and the suita
able extension of the term of residence requi
site to constitute a voter. Our charter election
cornea off at a season when the city is crowded
with’h tlOßting population, many of whom b »”9
neither home nor plans for the future. It Is ;i
most impossible to detect illegal voting TH 1 "
these circumstances, especially when aspirants
for office are Willing tb pay the taxes ot such,
and connive at the deception. iftflCß trite hut
villainous maxim that ail is fair in politics.
All lax payers, arid the moral and deeent por
tion of tbe community, are certainly interested
in .protecting our city from this irruption of il
legal voters. We venture tbe assertion, that
nbt h feW of those who recently deposited their
ballots at our charter election, are no longer to
be found within the corporate limits of the city.
A registry law will abate this evil, and im
pose salutary checks upon illegal voting,
SunsTANCE of Du. Teasoale's Sermon on
W-eoxesoav Night January 12th.—Malacbi 3d
Chapt. and 14 verse: ‘-Ye haveasid it is vain
to serve God.”—The venerable divine whose
manner is singularly impressive, and his-style
simple, but- nervous, and even eloquent, began
With the ivm irk that there were two modes of
with the lips and the other by
the life.
If a traveller at the Rulroad depot proclaim
ed his intention of departing for Eufaftla, and
then look the train for Aracrieus, bis action
Woild differ Widely from the avowed declara
tion of hre lips.
In the same manner it is Vain to serve God by
empty promises, while the life aud actions give
■tbe'lie to sig:h protestations.
Thus the Jews in their unbelief said it is
vain to serve God. So also with the faith aud
practice of the atheist, the infidel, aud tbe uni
versfiilist-. * ~
Who is the Lord that-I should obey His word?
That is the feeling of the world. Bat alas! there
are others besides these who say the same Thing-
The professor too often says in thunder tones it
is vain l to serve God. How,he would ask? Ist
when ho neglects secret communion With his
Maker.
Every Christian realizes the value of this
Messedifirii’itege. Os some it may be truly
said, kfter pros ious seasbns of meditation end
prayer, their very faces shine as did that of Mo
ses of old. But weeks are allowed lo go by atiS
the professor does not seek this communion.
2d. By Ms guiby neglect of the bible he says it
is vain to serve God.
This sacred volume is the grand instrument of
the sinners conversion. It is our only infallible
guide. Mothet, father, minister may be mista
ken and give wrong counsel, but the bible never s
It is a lamp to o«r feet in the most tangled
and labarymhme walk. "Oh how I love thy
law, it is my meditation day and night ’—the
sole instrument of the Christians sanctification.
And yet these precious oracles are allowed to
slumber upon our shelves ftnritSft the dust which
accumulates upon theta, may be Written the
dealh warrant of the soul. It is the richest gift
ot God, yet unread and uncared for.
Again, by the neglect of family religion it is
declared that it is vain to serve God.
A feartubcurse hangs over the family who
disregard this duty, and yet.many dare incur it-.
A boy reeeutly Converted, only twelve years old,
once said to his wicked father, we eught to have
family prayer. The parent exclaimed I amt
pray. Will you let me me try implored the
child ? The request granted, then and there
that youthful disciple fell opon his knees and
poured forth his soul to God, in behalf of that
aged sinner, and the mother, brother and sister.
When they arose, the mother in terror stricken
accents exclaimed, we are going'down to destruc
tion and leaving our. children behind. Then
followed a scene of tears, and penitence, and
supplication, and all were savingly converted to
Christ.
Religions instruction in the household is also
shameful'y neglected. Parents ard tempted to
devolve, this important duty upon the Sabbath
school teacher. Though the Sunday school was
the special obj-ct ot his labors, yet if results like
these were to grow out of them, he would glad
ly blot them from existence. No one could as
sume tbe responsibilities, oi'disch irge the obli
gations of the parent. Train up a child in the
way he should go. and when he i3 old he will
not depart from it.
Several interesting anecdotes were related by
the speaker in illustration of this branch of his
sui'j-ct.
Il was the duty of the parent, to remove every
temptation and stumbling block from the path
of bis offspring.
Again, by the neglect erf l&« social prayer
meeting we say it ia vain to serve the Lord.—
This sin prevails to a lamentable degree. It
was safe to say mere than thirds of profess
ing Christians absented tbemselve3 from these
sacred gatherings. Os those who came, many
flatly refused, wham calle-l upon to participate in
the cevoiional exercises : Others went there with
prayers. This was one prolific cause of spiritn
al dearth'and declension. Let us cease to say it
is vain to serve God, and earnestly appropriate
tbe promise, that where two or three are met to.
getoer in my name, there am I in the midst of
them-
Jlany also verify the saying of the text, by
non attendant’ e opon the services of the sanctua
ry.
The merest pretext is sufficient to keep them
sway the Lords house. A little cold or a
cloudy morning, or any other subterfuge will
suffice.
Not so however on Monday. Neither snow,bail
nor sleet will keep them from tbe temple of
Mammon.
Sunday licktiess too was a VCiy frequent 'Cause
of empty seats, and.a deserted church on the
Sabbath day.
Asa Doctor of divinity he would undertake
do prescribe without money and without price, a
never failing remedy for this alarming complaint
And first as ! to the pathology of the disease.—
The man who had been delving and toiling and
scrambling after this worlds goods every day in .
the week, wolild feel really drowsy -and ill on
Sunday. It was the giving way of nature.
Now then for tbe remedy. Stop all scotildr
•business at sunset on Saturday, and if that would
not do, cease at nOon’dr dVeh if necessary 'On
Friday. This would heal the anaday sickness
and restore you to your places in the sanctuary*
Finally, let the word convenience be stricken
from tbe Vocabulary of the Christian. Gan he
talk of sacrifice with the hisloiy of the Redeemer
of mankind before his eyes ?
Is his self-denial to be compared with the hu
miliation, buffeting, and ignominious death of his
Lord aud Master?
But he would tell them ihat even the so much
dreaded sacrifice, by God’s grace will be con
verted into blessing.
He that-numboreth tbe very hairs of your
beads, will surely shield yon from harm when
engaged in,His service.
God is able and willing to multiply your cotton
crops and the products of your barns. He can
speed with prosperous galis the bark of the mer
chant, and own and bless the calling of all who
put their trust ia Him and confide in Him as
did Abraham of old.
Let tbe farm, arid counting -room, and work
shop, all Vake’Care of tbfetaselves, and come up 'to
•the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord
against the Mighty.
An Old brother named Clark, (not our Judge
Clark who is bot here I know because providen
tially detained by illness,) daring a precious re
vival was tempted to absent himself from the
meeting, to harvest bis buck wheat crop. This
must be cut and housed without delay when ripr>
to save.it from •ruin.
Tbe old gentleman accordingly entered the
field, sickle in hand, and began operations. Soon
a noted infidel passed along and hailing, ex
claimed, ah farmer Clark, obliged to leave your
meeting to gather the buck wheat eb, thats right*
The old man conscience smitten, tbrew away
his mowing implement and shouted “ you shant
make a breast work of me behind which to
fight for your Master tbe*Davil,” and immediate
ly returned to the house of God.
The result was, the back wheat harvest suf
fered nb injury, while the blessing of the Most
High God descended like dew upon that heart,
abd the entire congregation.
In-conclusion,he would exhort all to exhibit the
spirit of tbe poor publican who smote wpon his
breast and cried, God be merciful to me a sinner.
No longer should ye say “it is vain to serve
God.”
Attention Planters.—More than 7000 bar
rels of Frank Coe’s Phosphates have been sold
within a few days, by one -hoane in •'Savannah,
and like last.'year there is danger that the sup
ply of this invaluable feitilizer which doubles
■the yield of cotton will prove inadequate. I
can still take orders. Call quickly. Merryman’s
Raw Bone,pure Peruvian and Sea Fowl guan
os, land plaster, etc., for sale also.
A good supply of bacon, sugar, hams,
just received and No. 1 mackerel;
A comfortable dwelling, cbo'ice giifden for
rent to a careful tenant. H. 11. Jones.
The Composition of tiie Militarv
Board. —The‘Only member df tire Mili
tary Board ‘df whom Georgians have
hud any'experience, is General Roger,
the President, who lor some time acted
as Military Governor of the State, and
who officiated in the capacity in such a
manner as to win considerable commen
dation. His administration was careful
and just. He took as little authority as
possible, and condftcted himself with
modesty and. impartiality.
Let us hope, that in the undesirable
duties that devolve upon him as the
presiding officer of this commission, he
will show the same spirit and gratitude.
While we regard the Board as an ille
gal body, Rot only unauthorized by* bat
in conffiet with law, and an unspeakable
outrage on the General Assembly, we
yet most, m justice to the members of
the l>ody, judge them by their discharge
of duty. They are not responsible Tor
their appointment, must obey orders,
and attend to whatever business is put
upon them by superior military authori
ty .— Constitution.
PoLitiCAi, is said
that under the influence of Bstler and
his man Whittemore the Reconstruction
Committee are refusing to take any
steps towards preparing a bill to re
move the political disabilities of any
persons in the So nth. Meantime, there
are over two hundred and fifty thou
sand teatfing citizens excluded-from all
public employment—federal. State,
county, or municipal—under the four
teenth Amendment; while from all
Federal employments the whole mass of
the Southern whites df both SexeS are
excluded by the iron-clad test oath of
1862. The object is to enable the car
pet-baggers to monopolize all the offices
as long as possible, so that the New
England system of tarriffs and class
legislation can he maintained. It is
thought that the members of this com
mittee who desired to reconslruc
Tennessee and impose new conditions
but to keep out Virginia, are not much
encouraged by the manifetsations of
public opinion during the recess. — Sav.
News.
Election.— At the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Central Rail
road Banking Company, held on Mon
day last, the following Board of Direc
tors were elected :
Wm M. Wadley, J. F. Gilmer,
Andrew’ Low, Geo. W. Wylly, John
R. Wilder, John Guonigham, Wm. B.
Johnston, Edward Padelford, Geo. W.
Anderson,
At a meeting of the Board, Wm. M.
Wadley was unanimously re-elected
President.— Sav. News.
A contemporary, commenting
upon the late heavy and steady emigra
tion of negroes to the more Southern
States, remarks : ‘‘The finger of a lofti
er hand than that of our mailed con
queror of the North is seen in these
movements. Those who have aimed to
deliver us over to that innocent race, but
which was nevertheless ignorant atfd
dangerous, may now read their own
sure defeat. - In the Gulf States tire ne
gro will soon seek that level to which
the paet has in all ages assigned him—
that of hewer of wood and drawer of
water. Cotton will at last become his
king.”
* From Atlanta.
The several members of the General
Assembly now unlawfully arrayed
before military commissioner, have
entered"the following able and unanswer
able protest, against the powers and le
gality of that tribunal.
We are glad to see that the decision
will probably be referred to the Attor
ney General 'df the United States.
We wish the responsibility of this
brutal tyranny to rest upon the Grant
Government, and the entire radical par
'9- - . v
Let our friends of the North be pos”
ted as to the enormities which on the
face of a written constitution are sought
lo be indicted upon their Southern
brethren.
It will hasten the latter 'Say anS the
downfall df oar enemies.
Atlanta, -January 15.—1n *fhe Co'urt
of Inquiry, the counsel for the defense
Sled the following plea to jurisdiction
to-day : The General -Eager, General
fLai.,es, and Major GoodfellowyCdmpos
ing the Board of luquiry into the eligi
bility df the Undersigned to a seat in
the Legislature of Georgia, under the
Reconstruction acts df the United
States Congress : Tbe undersigned, be
ing officially notified of the appointment
and meeting of this honorable Board,
•and being also notified that -he might
appear, either in -person dr by attorney,
and defend himself agaifist allegations
tbatdie is ineligible to a seat in the Leg
islature of said State, does now appear
with all due respect for t(» members of
the Board personally, and does hereby
protest and declare that this betldrafble
Board has no lawful right or .jurisdic
tion to inqutfe into and .pass judgment
upon the eligibility of the undersigned
lo a seat in the Legislature cf Georgia,
for the reasons and upon the grounds
■following :
First." The undersigned, after full in
'vesligat’idn as to bis qualifications, and
alter taking the oath prescribed in the
Reconstruction act for registered voters,
and afterwards duly elected to the Sen
ate of Georgia by the registered votes
of the Senatorial district which he lep
resents, is entitled to a seat without let
or hindrance. His iueligibilily, so far
as a compliance with the reconstruction
acts *rs Übticerned, has been saclioned
and confirmed by Congress and its laws.
Inar much as under these acts no qualifi
cations for office are required, or impos
■eel, save tbat tequired of a vdter, and as
all votes have been registered, and as the
undersigned is a registered voter, rec
ognized and declared to be such by
Gen. Meade, who ‘then commanded the
district, he is unquestionably entitled to
n seat.
Second. Slaving passed tbe ordeal of
registration, his eligibility is to be judged
by the standard prescribed in the Re
construction acts and the Gonstitfition
of Georgia, which has been approved
by Congress, as a rule of action on all
other grounds of ineligibility, and the
military no jurisdiction of tbe ques
tion.
Third. The recent act of congress
entitled an act to promote the recon
struction of Georgia, does not repeal or
modify the reconstruction laws in exist
ence when pac:ed, re. live to the quali-;
ficaliou of voters or office holders; but'
Congress, proceeding upon the assump.
lion that theVe h. u been illegal registra
tions and thereby members elected to
the Legislature, iu violation of tbe re-,
construction laws and of the 14th arti
cle of the Constitution of the United
Stales, requires that -each member of
the Legislature shall take One or the
other of the oaths prescribed in the re
cent act, on pain of indictment, Convic
tion and punishment for felony, which
is conformity with and in furtherance
■of existing laws. Thus Congress de
dared what is the mischief, and pointed
out the femedy and designated the form
whose jurisdiction should he 4sc>le and
eXChasivo Tor the enforcement of that
remedy. There is no power lodged
anywhere to adopt a different rule tr
prescribe a different remedy.
Fourth. Congress itself can go no
further than pass laws for the enforce*
ment of the fourteenth article of the
‘Constitution of the United States; and
the recent enacted law is one of that sort,
and plainly enacts what the remedy,
shall be for violation,' and wheYe and
how the remedy shall be enforced
against the members of the Legislature
of Georgia!; and the undersigned re
spectfully asks how can any officer of;
tbe United States, civil ot mifctary, doi
more or less than Congress prescribed ?
Fifth. Section fourth of the recent act
declares tbatpersofts elected to the Gen
eral Assembly, who shall comply with
the provisions of the act, by taking one
of the prescribed oaths or affirmations,
shall thereupon proceed to reorganize
two houses by the election of proper
officers in each house; and if any mein l
ber shall take ei.her one of the oaths
falsely, the act itself .prvides what shall
be the punishmeut.
Sixth. The Constitution of the State 1
provides one other remedy, and that is
found in the power of either house -to
expel any one of its members .who may .
have rendered himself infamous by per
jury or any ether heinous crime.
Seventh. In view ol the propositions
hereinbefore submitted, the undersigned
most respectfully asks what is the object
of the inquiry which this honorable
Board has been directed to institute,
and what use is to be made of the testi
mony which may be given before them ?
Is it intended by this proceeding to lay
the foundation, or pave the way for trial
and punishment of the undersigned by
court martial or military commission ?
If so, the proceeding is in positive vio
lation of the recent act aforesaid, which
gives to the civil courts of the United
States sole and exclusive jurisdiction of
the question, and. prescribes the mode
of trial and the measure of punishment
for taking either oath falsely. Is it in
tended by this investigation to point out
who are guilty of felony and who should
be prosecuteibefore the civil tribunals?
If so, the proceeding is a usurpation of
the case, and places the civil courts
where they must either comply with the
orders of the military, or take direct
issue with them. Can it be intended by
this proceeding to obtain a report from
this Board, upon which the military au
thorities intend to expel the undersign
ed from his place in the Senate after he
has registered as a voter and after he
has been duly elected to the Senate by
the duly qualified voters of the District
he represents, and has served two long
sessions as Senator, participating in the
ratification of the Fourteenth Article ojg
the United States and declaring by sol
emn publie act the assent of Georgia to
the fundamental Conditions of represen
tation iir Congress by the terms of the
act of June 25, 1868, and after he has
complied with the provisions of the re
cent act by taking one of the prescribed
oaths aDd participating in the election
of President and Secretary of Senate ?
If so, a power will be exercised lor
which no authority can be found in the
Constitution of the Uuited States or in
the reconstruction laws, or recent act
aforesaid, or any law in existence; nay,
more; it would be exercising a fewer
unknown to the genius and spirit of tfie
American Government subversive of
civil liberty and destruction of the best
hopes of afpatriotic people.
Eighth ‘Great as are the powers of
the District Comma’bder,life has no lawful
power or rightful authority to set at
naught recent acts of Conjrrfess, or to
provide additional and different reme.
'uis for evils which Congress would cor
*rect.
Ninth. ThO said Tecent act ‘Of Con
gress confers neither expressly nor by
implication, any soi t of authririty upon
the military power in the United States
to interfere in the organization df a Leg
islature, or pass judgment upon the eli
gibility of its members. Wherefore, etc.
t(Signed) K. B. Hinton,
By Attorney,
John Collier,
E. H. Clarke,
Geo. N. Lester.
The saffie iplfea was entered in all
cases. The Court was engaged all day
taking testimony.
Dr. Bard withdraws from the Hew
Era. Tt 'is Understood the paper will
hearafter be published in support of the
Eepablican party. —Atlanta Cbnstilutibn.
Bainbridge, Catbbert and Go
lumbus it. R. Commenced-
The work oh this road haß been chffi.
menced. In company with a number of
gentlemen 'we witnessed, on Wednesday
morning last, the breaking of dirt by
Host. A. A. Allen, who in a few words,
expressed his ardent feelings in behalf of
the great enterprise.
The contract for grading and furnish
ing cross ties for this road has been let
out to'Col. Harris, an experienced rail
road builder-, who will soon have five
hundred hands on the track, determined'
to place it in readiness fcfr the Jrou in
the shortest period possible.
At a meeting of the Board of Direc
tors, held in this city, on the sth inst., it
was resolved to put the entire line un- t
der contract to Cuthbert immediately, as
will be seen by the following, which was
banded us, by Col. S’umlin, for publi
cation :
Oefice, 8., C. &C.R. R. Cos. >
January sth 1870 y
*ocl. Sims offered the following resolu
tion, which was adopted:
Resohed, That Col. Clarke, Chief Eng.,
proceed at once to survey from Colquitt
to Cuthbert, and that as soon as he has
done so, that he advertise for proposals
for the preparation of the road bed be
tween those places. W. M. Tcmlin,
Secy. & Treasurer.
We are pleased to learn that there
are already subscriptions enough pro
cured to prepare the road for the Jroa
as far as Cuthbert : ; and that-, should the
subscribers come forward at once ahd
pay their stock, the road can and will be
■finished to Cuthbert within the next six
months. But the Chief Engineer, Who
is a gentleman o's truth ahd candor, as*,
sures us there can be SO dohbt that the
road will be completed to Cuthbert in
lime for the transportation of the next
'Crop; and that, ff tb6’Subscribers Bay so,
by the end of the next six months.
In these encouraging urea,instances, it is
hardly respectful to urge upon those indebted
for stock the importance of paying their in
stallments without furthur delay.
The road is to -cross the river at a
beautiful bln# twenty five feet high, im
mediately in the “betid, sorAethifcg c/Ver a
half mile above Bainbridge, from which
two lines can conveniently and cheaply
be run, the one to the Gulf Road depot,
and .the other to the wharf opposite the
city. —BambridSe Argus.
Hair 'Uigor. — in common with many
others we have felt a lively interest' in
the investigations which Dr. Ayer has
been making to discover the causes of
failure of hair, and to provide a remedy.
His researches are said to have been
much more thorough and exhaustive
than any ever made before, she resalt
is now before os undet the Same of
Ayer’s Hair Vigor. We hate given it
a trial, and with full satisfaction. It
equals our most favorable anticipations.
Our gray hairs have disappeared, or re
sumed their original color; and a visible
crop of soft, silken hair has started on a
part of the scalp which was' entirely
bald.— Democrat, Abingdon, Pa.
Very SmalUSouled.
Wiren the lemcrins of one of the sons of
Massachusetts—Mr. George Peabody
—arrive at Portland on the way to their
last resting place in the State that he
has so honored and 'beaefittod tt might
he expected that Massachusetts would
be represented on that solemn, commem
orative occasion. But the Legislature
has refused to entertain a proposition to
attend the Portland ceremonies, and
took no action to baVe a committee or a
solitary member there. This is the base
offspring of that monster—political ma
lignity, it is a Way of “getting even”
with the illustrious dead, for the suspi
cion (now completely disproved) that
he did not zealously support the Union
during the civil war, and it is also an
expression of the mean minded resent
ment that the radicals of that State feel
toward his memory, because he poured
oat so much of his fortune on the devas
tated South. There is something terri
ble-fiendish even—in this‘carrying of
revenges to the extent that the Massa
chusetts Legislature practice it. It
opens up like a revealing flash the depth
of that malice and uncbaritabletteiss
which lower in the bosorn of the mere
political partisan. It is one of that
brood of bad passions which seem to
have got the mastery in American poli
tics, and from which the nation must
soon escape or be ruined. The radical
Legislature of Maine have not gone so
far as that of Massachusetts. They
have appointed a committee, in the guar
ded and jealous language of the resolu
tion “to take iuto consideration, and to
report what proceedings, if any are proper
and desirable for the Legislature to take,
to testify the respect off the State for the
late George Peabody.” This phraseolo
gy is contemptuous to the memory of
the man whom two nations now mourn,
and deprives whatever mark of respect
the State may finally resolve to pay him,
of half its fitness and beauty. There is
one comfort for those who are grieved
by such marks of neglect and insult to
the honored dead. The poor creatures
who do these small-sonied things wifi
sood pass front all human remembrance,
while the fame of George Peabody, the
i first of American philanthropists, will
live and grow brighter, as an object of
emulation through all succeeding ages.
—Journal of Commerce:
d 4» * ■ - ~
Provisional Governor BullOck.-
Governor Bullock is rUnding a double
gubernatoriaf Schedule. This function
ary in all political matters, signs himself
Provisional Governor.
But we are informed that he issues
commissions as Governor of Georgia.
Pretty good this for the Executive.
“Under which king, Benzonian
stitution.
Let CommonSsxsELLeinK.-— Woai istliem'ti
M mode of procedure in cases of general de-
Wlity and BerVotia prostration ? ®oes not rea
sbn tell us that judicious stimulation is required
To resort to violent purgation in such a case is
as absurd as it would be to bleed a starving man.
Yet it is done evefr day. Yes, this stnpid and
utiphilosophfCSrt{Wactice is continued in the teeth
Os the grek fact that physical weakness with all
the nervous disturbances tbht accompany it, is
more certainly and rapidly relieved by Hosk t
ter's Stomach Bitters than by any other medi
cine at-present-known. It is true that general
debility is often attended with HJrpihky or ir
regularity of the bowels, and that this symptom
must not be overlooked. But while the dis
charge Os the waste matter of the systeih is ex
pedited or regulated, its vigor milt'be recruited.--*'
The Bitters do both. They combine apertient
and antibilious properties, with extraordinary
tonic power. Even while removing obstructions
from'thfe bowels, they tone and iiivigorate those
organs. Through the stomach, upon which the
great vegetable specific acts directly, it gives a
healthy and permanet impetus to every enfeebled
function. Digestion is facilitated, the faltering'
circulation regulated, the blood reinforced with
anew accession of the alimentary .piiuciple, the
nefves‘braced, and all the dOnnaift powers of
the system roused into healthy action’; not spas
mO&icaflty, Ss would be the case if a mere stim
ulant were administered, but for a continuance.
It is in this way that such extraordinary 'changes
are wrought on the condition of the feeble, ema
ciated anil nervous invalids by the use of this,
wonderful corrective, Alterative and tonic. Let
common sense decide betweeh sttcb a .’preparation
and a prdfetrhfing cathartic suppleriieteil by a
poisonous astringent like strychnine or quhiia.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
A Card . —W e, the undersigned Physicians
feel thankful for the patronage heretofore ex ;
tended tt> tis, and a ill continue to practice du
ring the year 1&70 W those who have pdid!
their Medical Bills, or will make satisfactory
arrangements to do so, and/or no others Clibri
ty cases excepted.
Names of parties fai!i"g to pay, or make ar
rangements as above stated, will'he furnished
by eac'h Physician respectively, 16 the other
members of the profession.
G. W. Cobb, M.D., J. B. Smith, M.D. ,
R. S. Jackson, M.D., L. McLssVkr, M.D.,
P. R Holt, M.D., W. B. Tackett, M.D.
•decS&Sin
Rheumatics, Listen and Learn.— t'rof. i\uy»
ton, the popular and celebrated manufacturer
of Kay ton's Oil of Life, the best and surest lin
iment for rheumatism known, has now discon
tinued his travels throughout the States to see
the lame and the cripple, and those Otherwise
aflicted by rheumatism, dr ‘n'Cnrhlgia, Or 'pains
in the hide, Arc., for he argues, and well too,
that the people can cure themselves without
him by using his Oil of Life ; the virtues of
which are unviersally acknowledged. Some
people were foolish enough to think from the
WWift and speedy Cares made ‘6n the kpot, be-'
ftre th'elr eyes Or 'their ■fi-tedda, that the Pi*6-
fessor’s hands were bewitched, but we assure
ail that the sterling virtue lies only in the Oil
df Life and good tubbing. For thedWiatism,
neuralgia, pains In 'the bfeefe, joints ‘Or “Aides, or
Wherever a liniment Can be Wd that Ray-ton’s
Oil of Life is acknowledged as great and with
out an equal, giving the patient almost instan
taneous relief by one rubbing. For sprains or
bruises, it has MsO beeh tsed wltn marked suc
cess.
Kayton’s Dyspeptic Pills, pui'ety 'vegetable,
are an excellent cathartic. McKesson & Rob
bins, wholesale agents.
Jacob Lippman, Proprietor,
t£ Wholesale Drug House. Savannah.
. HENRY’S
CONSTITUTION RENOVATOR
It
BLOOD CLEANSER,
THIS MEDICINE is known to (he faculty as be
ing a 'concentrated fluid extract of Valuable
medicinal berbs, and is guaranteed as chemically
pure.
FOR THE CURE oV
Scrofula and Consumption.
This remedy is 'compounded expressly tor purify,
log and cleansing the blood of all infirmities, go
ing at rnce to the fountain-head of diaeases. It
extinguishes
Tumors, Consumption, Syphilis,' Skin .Eruptions,
Salt Rheum, Bods, Rheumatism,
Waste of Vitality, Scrofula.
We all know that the promiscuous vaccination
'indulged in daring the late war bred ihe most vit
lanous diseases. Vaccination pus was taken from
tbe arms of many persons lull of scrofulous soies.
Then of course the impurities of the scrofulous
pat ent were absorbed in tbe blood of men other
wise without diseases, ana both became infected
alike. Men, women and children throughout all
the West are most Wofully diseased from this cause,
and knew not, Until a few months ago, the Origin of
it.
Henry’s Constitution Renovator.
.Relieves tbe Entire System of Pains and aches, en
livens the spirits, and sends new blood
BOUNDING.THROUGH EVERY VEIN.
It impartes a
Sparkling Brightness to the Eye,
A Rosy Glow to the CheA,
A Ruby Tinge to the Lips,
A Clearness to the Head,
Brightness to the Complexion.
Buoyancy to the Spirits,
And Happiness on All if ides.
For all affections of the kidneys it is unsurpAsSed.
People have been reached, as it We'rS, from tbe
very j iws of death, by a timely use 61 this great
remedy.
EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS LETTERS.
“Doctor, I was vaccinated in the hospital Be
fore that I bad ho Skill disease. Until I bod a bot
tle of your “Constitution Renovator,” seut me by
Mr. Ropery df Columbia, Md., I suffered tortured
with nlnUihg sores; Since I used two boitleS lam
all well except a small Sore on the calf «f tby left -
leg, and that is getting welllasL”
This from a lady. -‘And now my skin is as clear
and fair as a babe’s. My complexidh} thanks to
yodr. “Renovator,” is beautiful.
“Yes yes, I dlay Well say sdeh relief was un
known to me before. Enclosed find five dollars tor
six bottles; two f.-milies here want to try it.”
“I was very much troub'ed with syphilis. Your
remedy seems to be curing me f; it. Send A bot
tles per Expre.v;”
“No mdre rheilmiustti. Tfireb bottles Os .Con
stitution Renovator have made me anew than.”
“Doctor, enclosed find $5. Please send me a
supply. Two families here Want to try yonr Con
stitution Renovator;”
Wd haVe not Space for more of the above extracts,
bnt yod ddn ask yoiir neighbor aSoiit the remedy.
Every one has Soolethidg good id say, as it cures
every time.
For Ait Diseases ors this
KIDNEYS, RETENTION OF THE URINE, 4c..
And for Female Diseases,
Nervous Prostration, Weakness, General Lassitude,
and Want of Appetite, it ia unsurpassed.
CAUTION!—In Ordering opr remedy always
place the number of otir Post-Office Box on your
letters: The" nett letw id Our New York Post-Office
compels this.
Address, DR. M. E. HENRY 4 Cd.,
Director-General Berlin Hospital. Prussia.
Laboratory, 27G Pearl Street, Post-Office,Box 5272,
„ . NEW YORK.
CONSTITUTION RENOVATOR is $1
pur bottle, six bottles for $5. Seat anywhere on
receipt of price. Patients are requested to corres
pond confidentially, and reply will be made by
following mail.
Sold by all respectable Druggists.
JACOB LIPPMAN, Sole Agenf,
SAVANNAH, Oa.
tar llppmaN’S Wholesale tfittia
BOUSE has built itself up an immense reputation
through the wonderful cures of the great Pyrafuge.
It cures and leaves the patient stronger and heal
thier than before the attack ; it. puts him fleshier,
brings out the sunken cheeks of the emaciated, acts
tike a tonic and makes the patient change from de
spondency tdcheeifiiloess, and the whole is so effi
cient because very little medicine indeed is used.—
Pyrafuge is a grant Chilt-and-Fever ,rem'edy, caus
ing destruction to that disease speedily and effect
ually. Pyrafuge can now be had everywhere.
7 . McKESSEN 4 ROBBINS;
dec23-ly 9‘3 Fulton Street, New York, Agents!.
Far Sale on Good Terms,
A DESIRABLE oh Baptist Col
lege street. The House contains 5 rooms and
the Lot 3 acres, on which is a Corn Crib, 2 Stables
a Buggy House, and a good well of water.
location hi good. Titles perfect Applv to
, declGtf O. U. or E. D. JORDAN.
Important to Farmers and Planters
HERUYMAN’S fcAW RONIiI
SUPERPHOSPHATE FOR COTTON-.
fTIHIS PHOSPHATE BAS PROVED ITSELF TO BE THE CHEPEST
.7 and lully equally to fcrfy -fa the Market—U nsorpnßSv'd by tiiu highest ju iced
Guanos. Its adaptation to 1 1
'COTTON, WHEAT, CORN, OATS, TOBACCO, 'GARDEN TRUCK, GRASSES, Etc.-, Etc.',
Has been thorougldy and satisfactory teFtSd. Finely ground and suitable Kfr
driHmg. Put up in bags of 167 lbs. each.
O. P. MEIIRYMAN & CO., Manufacturers,
Baltimore, ift>.
TESTIMONIAL:
„ - .. v. . v - „ MACON, GA., October 11th. 1869.
Messrs Lawton A Lawton, Mac-n, GA.-Gentlemen : In obenfcUcft 16 V 0 nr renueH I lake nlensuri
in stating that 1 purchased (rt>m you last spring a tin ol Merrvman’s Raw" fi, he Sun ? X
apphed it in a very old-field. ptAnted in cotW* My crop suffl from dXht as sh
did in this Section , but I am satisfied ibbt tbe land yielded twice as much as it would have vielded With.
VSftZSXSSXS?-** bJ ■ Zr&S.'SL
Forsaleby * ’ ' A. IVERSON, Sr.
W. 11. STARk & CO.*,
SAVANNA'S, GEORGIA'.
‘Hnelm 10 A " eDS f ° r C,rculars coiitaiin'tig T&tltaomals from different sections of The‘State. _^|
CENTRAL CITY CONDITION POWDERS,
FOR "
HorseSj Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry.
A RELIABLE MEDICINE
brjji, th.iii tii . heahby ‘e.l.t—
-uch . OOBSI.
For Milch. CW«.
and Preventive of Cholera, aDd orjieV AEj ITr ' ~
diseases of Chickens, Turkeys Ducks,
etc., and will improve the condition
of all kinds of Fowls.
These Powders are offered to the public with a guarantee o* practical usefulness to all who haVe StoA
(ff any bind. All Druggists have them for sa!e,at FIFTY CENTS per box. Full directions accompa
ny each boX- The trade supplied at a liberal disddunt by tbe Sole Mmiifac urers,
Xjr. W. HUNT <4s ©O.,
DRUaGISTS, CHERRY STREET, MACMN, OA.
nov4 6m For sale in Cuthbert, bv T. S. POWELL
A CARD TO THE AFFLICTED, ~
Dr. M. L<. LiICHTEIVSTADT, a resident of Georgia for 21 Jy -nr 8, begs leave U
tender his services to the citizens of lyantfblph and adjoining coHinties ftfr the treatflieut of all
Chroric Diseases, but especially those of a Nervous 'character, such as Neuralgia of the
Pace and Head, as well as 'Sciatica, Ol- pains in the Hip, Joints, 1 higbs, Knees and Ancles.
This method of treating disease in its Various for'rns, by external applications, was introduced
by meiu Ibis State, in 1865, upon my return from and ft, comparatfvely speaking, a
new one,, but has been already sufficiently tested in various parts of this State, to secure f6r -it
liosts of friends, especially amongst the many patients whose sufferings have been rn-cmptlv and
PERMANENTLY feured hy means of the “ Biometer.”
I have speedily restored those Xvh6 suffered from the fclT£Titin£ of Paralysis, and have
hod the gralifioalion to see the return of health in the victinS-T of Epileptic 'convulsions, Whose
cases have been repeatedly pronounced incurable, by alitlioritic's.
Gout and Rheumatism yields to this treatment with 'Wonderful promptness, and pot less re«
markable in the fact that all skin diseases, by whatever fechoteal nAuie they oiay be designated
have to aW66'umb tb thy B/stem of external rnedfeatiou.
My Certificates, which, amongst others, bear the rianuTs of ernfftent citizens of this State and
Alabama, will be distributed by mail, or ban be ha'dbpon application to me. Apatient perusal
of the same ts Vofidited.
Until 'fdV'Uler 'notice I call W ifodttd at ttto Hotel in Cuthbert; on every
Tllursda-yy of each week; and hope to secure the approbation of those who
may need ifiy kervices. dec9-tf
RHEUMATISM.
fob A SWIFT AND SURE CURE USE
Kartoifs Oil of Life,
THE
greatest liniment
OF The AGE!
It Wdrks Like a Charm.
It has been applied to the masses in the streets
of Savannah, Macon, Augusta; Columbus, Mont
gomery, and all leading cities and towns to the
Mississippi river, from his famous carriage, foir
Willy years, with
WONDERFUL SUCCESS/
, >
The most severe cases of
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia,
PAINS IN THE BACK,
feREAST; JOINTS,
and SIDES,
Were brought tb the Professor, who as quickly
rubbed tbg patient thoroughly with bis
OIL OF LIFE;
Sending them away in every instance entirely Re
lieved, thus causing one bottle of the Linement to
save hundreds of dollars in Doctors’ bills.
kaVtons
OIL of LIFE
Is now considered by all who have witnessed its
application to be the true and reliable Remedy for
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, and for all Pains
and Aches wherever a Liniment can be used.
Kayton’s Oil of Life!
The never-falling German Liniment, is unequaled
for its sterling virtues in the history of Medicines
—making a sWift and sure cure, giving relief in
every c&e altnost by the first rubbing.
Read the testimonials and hear the opinion of tbs
peop'e. j
For sale by a’l loading Drug Stores.
WHOLESALE AGENffIHP %
Ppowaaiii^^
JACOB LIPPMAN,-
WHOLESALE DRUG BOOSS* ftr. V* •'V
The J|||Kelehrat«d
CHILL AND FRY Fib BjRPK&ifK tba
Acts as *-Tonic and *8 an Aifrdßirf, ; /
patient strength andbuitding up bh //,. *'■ i
tng him strong Mtd'hwlibicr u>** tsi* f ’
ack. . "
A Fresh and Choice
STOCK OF
groceries.
I TAKE PLEASURE in announcing to my nu
merous friends and patrons, that I have received
u large and complete Stock Os
B.ACON,
LA KB;
&Lt)UR,
* SUGAR.
COFFER
SYttuU, ,
saUt,
CHEESE,
•cHACKEkSj
CANDLES;
t’n tact EVERYTHING usually kept la a flret-clasfi
bnobEiiir
And Provision Housfc;
t am determined to keep a fail Stock, ami feel
that I can sell as cheap as the CHEAPEST, while
my goods are as good as the BEST.
I have notv in store a lot of choicij
fig haMs,
Which cannot fail to give entire Satisfaction.
On my shelves can always Bfe found a general as
sortment of
Confectioneries*
TiUkles,
SARDINES,
Raisins,
nuts,
GANDIES,.
And all the “GOODIES ” you could wish*for.
GIF f CANDY,
for the little ones—a prize in every package.
dec23-3m JNO. F. KIDDOOi
1,000 TOTtfS
e. urn ten supeifmspmts
&R
BONE lANUHE.
200 kms Menyman’s Raw Bone Phosphate,
50 tons" Pure'Peruvian Guano',
500 barrels Pure I.aiyjklftlgaagey . i
■ B "O^*®*®** **•*■* by
**}£»*?