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The southern sun.
Official Journal of Decatur County
JOHN R. HAYES, R. M. JOHNSTON
Editors.
FEBRUARY 17tli, 1872.
GENERAL HANCOCK.
Tbfire has been foolish and evidently
unfounded rumor floationg about during
the past two weeks in the public press to
the effect that General Hancock had de
clined the nomination for the Presidency.
He has authoritatively set this rumor at
rest.Uy annoueing that it is not his habit to
refuse been', offered to him.
Pessihly he may decline when he is nomi
nated; jhe surely wiU if the platform is not
a loyal, honest one, for be
would belie his past career were he to
do Otherwise: but until that contingency
arises will hardly refuse what he may never
receive. The choice to day is settling down
rapidly be-tween him and Hendricks, Mr*
Tilden having lost ground by the unwise
and proscriptive course of his friends.
Senator Hendricks was on the floor of the
House of Representatives last Monday
and received muchjattention; but the claim
and 'services of the '’Gamecock of the
Army” are not forgotten, and not likely
te be. The passive policy never had much
support is growing weaker daily, the con
clusion being almost universal that the
Republican split will amount. Horace
Greoly, Charles Sumner and Lyman Trum
bull are wedded to their idols; let them
alone. Greely bows daily before his idols;
of wooden head and brazen body and clay
feet, which he calls p' otection of home
industry; Sumner prostrates himself before
his black master, as he has been in the
habit of doing for ten years past, the lovely
colored man; while Trumbull is still hang
ing on to the Republican ship with nervous
grasp. There is nothing on such material
of wh ch to. make a great party, the latter
is the only pos bility, and he be far
more pos tve than he has as yet been to
win the support and confidence of Demo
crats The resu t ; s that it : s almost nevita
ble that the Democracy should fall back
upon their own men; they may be objec -
t ons to this, but not by any means such
serous ones as to the half-way Republicans
who will draw little from their own party
and drive much from that to which they
may transfer their alleg'ance* Amid this
unceita nty Hancock still stands ay the
leading Democracy candidate—New Yoik
fßtizan. . ..
AFFAIRS IN FLORIDA.
Impeachment of Governor Rccd, special
dispatch to the Savannah Republican, Tal
lahassee, February 13, we have had excite
ing times in our Legislature for the past
week, but people are making up their
minds to submit to the inevitable, and
matters are now rather more quiet.
The impeachment of Governor Reed and
his removal from office was virtually con
summated on Saturday last, the 10th inst.
In obedience to the instructions of th e
House, or Assembly, on that day the As*
sembly Committee appeared before the Sem
ite and presented twenty articles of im
peachment against Harrison Reed, Gover
norjj of t the State, charging him with
high crimes and misdemeanors, io the
overi ssue of bonds, embczlmer.i of the pub
lic funds, bribery, and coiruption in office.
Governor Reed was formally notified of
the proceeding, and on the same day re
tired from office, when Lieutenants Gove
rnor Day was sworn in and entered upon
his duties as Governor.
The Senate will sit as a High Court of.
Impeachment to-morrow, when Reed Will,
b« form ally arraigned on the above charges.
It is probable, however, that no trial will
take place at the preseut session, as the
Osborn ring oppose it, fearing the results
Liberty Billings has been elected Presi
en* pro tempore of the Senate, which is
thought to be equivalent to a defeat of the
plans and purposes of the impeachment
ring, at least for the present. Lxon.
Thk London correspondent of the Cincin
nati Commercial tells as that Ameiicans
are oat of favor in Europe. He asserts that
"all oar officials are believed here to be
Utterly venal, and every body here has
made up his mind that onr love for money
has ruined us. and we are going straight
to the Devil.” And is not
far wrong. This is what Radicalism has
brought a once great nation to.
Th* Author of the Documents. —With
regard to the misunderstanding with Great
Britain over the treaty of Washington, the
New York Suu makes the following state*
ment which is important if true, and i'
probably is: t
* 4 lt should known that the case on our
aide was prepared exclusivly by Mr. J. G.
Davis and that it was not submitted either
to Mr Everts, Mr. Cushing, or auv of the
government's counsel for theii advice and
waa not known to them until k had be-n
completed and printed, and was beyond
the possibility of ameudment before its
presentation to the British government.
FROM WASHINGTt N
SUMMER VERBOUS GRANT.
Sumner made a very affective speech in
the Senate to-day against the Administra
tion in connnection with alleged sale of
arms to the French Government daring the
late Fianco-Prussian war, and adduced
copious documentary evidence to show that
the Administration was privy to the sale of
arms to Fiance in open violation of Inter
national law, and that the difference in the
amount received by the Government agent
in New York from Frame on account of
there sales, and the sums paid into the
Treasury, was two million four hundred
thousand dollars.
AMNESTY
The friends of amnesty have agreed upon
a plan of operation which, it is believed,
will insure the success of that measure be
fore the close of the session .
CENTENKIAI, COMMISIONERS.
James L* and Archibald Cameron, of
Sonth Carolina has been appointed Centen
nial Commissioners.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
Richard S* Taylor has been appointed
Assistant Assessor for the Fourth Georgia
District. v k
AFTER G^MFIELD^AGAIN,
Montrose has returned from New York,
aud is again trying to have Oampfield re
moved and himself appointed to bis place
There are good reaspijs to believe that
Montrose will not be successful. Ben Butler
has interfered in the matter, aud he knows
considerable aboil t Montrose's secret his
tory, bo feels confident of being able to
squelch him altogether.
ROEB AFP HIS BONDSMEN.
Col. Robb has fi'ed his new bond, -wlroh
lias not vet been accepted. The following
are the names of his bondsmen: Dr. Waring
Harry Havm, George Mehrteus, Edward
O.Byrue, John Kelly, VYm. Rose, Daniel(b.
Murphy, Joseph McHaywoob, Denied Maeall
Seminole*
Electric Sparks.
The Reform ticket was successful in
Richmond county, New York.
Julius Hau’s house, together with three
children, was burned in Winona, Minneso
ta. Nine and a quarter millions of bush
els of wheat are in store and afloat at
Chicago.
Mardi gras, at New Orleans and Mem
phis, was unprecedentedly . successful.
There was no disturbance.
The Governor of Nebraska revokes the
call for an extra session of the Legislature,
called by the Speaker of the Senate du
ring the Governor’s absence.
Fort Sdott voted almost unanimously
to aid the Fort Scott and Memphis Road,
tfriiu xoaO. is WJ Ut) n> UiU'iuw guagb.
Eliphalet H. Bulkley, President of the
JEtna Life Insurance Company, is dead,
aged sixty-nine.
Sir Edward Thorton apprehends no se
rious trouble between England and Amer
ica over the Treaty.
Capt. James Biggs, of Covington, late a
Debuty United States Marshal, has been
arrested for short accounts.
The steamer Nashville, loaded with one
hundred and seventy-five thousand dol
lars worth of fre ght for New Orleans, was
sunk by ice at Cincinnatti,
A Herald London special says that no
English Cabinet, continuing the negotia -
tions of the Treaty, as the case now stands
could hold office twenty-four hours.
Therefore arbitration is ended unless some
mutual understanding modifying the point
at issue is attained.
The tobacco factory of Ayer & Bro, in
McLean county, Kentucky, was burned
by an incendiary* Loss sixty thousand
pounds of tobacco. The supposed incen
diary was lynched by masked men. He
was found dead at the foot of the. tree.
Peter G. Assistant Secret
tary of the Treasury under Pierce, is dead
aged 74. ' *
Alexis arrived at New Orleans last night,
14th, at the St. Charles Hotel, whieh was
brilliantly illuminated for the occasion.
The small pox is now considered an epi
demic in Edinburgh.
The 27th of February,-is Thanksgiving
Day lor the Prince of Wales, recovery, is
declared a public holiday.
Dennison, late Speaker of the British
House of Commons, is gazetted as Vis-,
count of Ossington. He appeared in the
House of Lords this evening, and the oath
having been administered, took his seat as
Peer.
The Prince of Wales is at Osburn with the
Queen and is going out daily.
Five thousaud pounds have been sub
scribed for the search after Dr, Living*
stone.
Elections in the Department of Eure,
in France, have been very disordely, and
several conflicts occured.
An earthquake was felt at Lisbon last
night, but no damage is reported.
The Pope will soon issue an encyclical
letter on public Instruction, and its rela*
lions to church and State.
The Spanish Government invites ten*
ders for cable to Canaries, thence to the
Spanish American possessions.
The expedition in search of Dr Living
stone has departed from London.
The comic papers of London cartoon
the American claims for indirect damages.
Talmeseda has returned to Havanna*
Tim three days’ carnival terminated with
out disturbances. - ’ > ■
In the French Assembly, the members
of the Right have declared their unwillin
gness to fuse with the Orleanists.
Senator Norwood. —A Washington letter
thus refers to the maiden effort of Senator
Norwood, of Georgia, on Monday last:
Senator Norwood delivererhliis maiden
speech to-day. He spoke in favor of am
nesty and in opposition to Summer’s bill,
and made a very favorable impression on
his hearei a fine delivery—is a
effective speaker, 1 and his ar
guments indicate close reasoning and care
ful study. He will certaiuly make his
Senate, Taud,all who heard him
to day say Georgia did well sending
him here,
War then the Empire*— The Uuited Slates
Government laclts but one element to
stitote an Imperial despotism, and that is
a large army. If the Imperialists succeed
iiTembroiling the country in a war with
England this only deficiency in the Impe
rial programme will We may
then bid good bye even the Yorms of Re
publican Constitutional Government.
Whatever may be thought of Florida
justice, it must be said of
that region have u plain speech. One of
them telegraphs to Washington that Gov
Roed.s'short-comings are corruption,fraud
stealing, lying, and corrupt use of Execn
rive patronage, That is a fearful cata*
logue of offenses to bring against one man.
—N. Y. Tribune.
The whole statement is comprised iu the
fact that Reed is a carpet-bagger and a
pupil of Horace Greeley’s.
Fkench Version <>k the Stokes Trial. —
The NcW York Messagor Franco-Ameri
can sums up the Stokes defense as follows:
H§]. To prove an alibi, and to show that
Stokes was not in the United States when
James Fisk the younger was killed, 2. To
prove that Stokes never-carried a pistol, or
that, if he did carry a pistol it was never
loaded, and it was never fired. 3 Tha*
Stokes killed Fisk in legitimate self defense.
4. That Fisk carried a Gatling gun in his
p »kct :5* That Fitk organized the Ninth
Regiment for the sole and avowed purpose
ot making war on Stokes. 6. That Fisk de
stroyed the peace and happiness of Stokc’s
borne, and that consequently the homicide—
if there was any homicide—was legitimate
and a sacred duly of Stokes* 7. That Fisk
was a bad man, and it was a good act to
put him out of the way. 8. That Stokes
was insane when he fired at Fisk, and was
not responsible for his actiou* 9. That Fisk
dnl not die it em injuries inflicted by Stokes
10. That Fisk was killed by the .ignorance
of his doctors. 11. That Fisk was not
wounded at all. 12. That Fskdied a natu
ral death.
The editor of a ”Comune“ newspaper pub
lished in Loudon, thus ends an article ;
“Beware, citizens of Paris, of the year
1872! this will be the year of the great re
venge! We need 30,000 headvS, and we shall
have them!**
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
lEEA
With his Wonderful
LILIPUTIAN TROUPE.
Will gire a
GRAND GIFT
ENTERTAINMENT
at Hopson Hall, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, Feb, 21 and 22d.
$50,00
wr to of Valuable Prizse‘ , given at each
entertaiument.
GEORGIA DECATUR COUNTY POSTPONED
SHERIFF’S SALES.
"Will be sold before the Court House door in the
citj of Bainbridge, between the usual hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in March next, the following
property, to-wit:
The line of railroad running Northerly from the
city of Bainbridge, and Known as the Bainbridge,
Outhbert and Columbus railroad, also, 75,000
cross-ties, more or less. Levied on as the proper
ty of the Bainbridge, Cutbbert and Columbus
Railroad Company. Also the franchise of the
Bainbridge, Cuthberl and Columbus Railroad Com
pany, to satisfy one Superior Court fi fa in favor of
Babbit & Warfield vs. the Bainbridge, Cutbbert
and Columbus railroad Company.
H. B. Waugh, Sheriff.
Also, at the same time and place, one lot of laud
No. 293. in the 20th District of said county. Levied
on as the property of J. H. Thomas as Guardian
for L. S. Douglas to satisfy one Justice Court fi fa,
iu favor of S. A. Daniel vs. said Thomas, Guar
dian. Levy made and returned to me by E. An
drews, Constable.
H« B. Waugh, Sheriff
Also, at the same time and place, lot of land, No.
448, in the 15th District of said county. Levied
on as the property of J. B. Griffin, to satisfy one
Superior Court fi fa, issued from the Superior Court
of Whitfield County, in favor of Cliett and Jones
vs. said Griffin.
L. P. Burkett, Deputy Sheriff.
Also, at the time and place, one house and lot
in the town of Bainbridge, bounded on the Nerth
by Calhoun street, Eart by Beuben Kerbo, South
by D. J Dickinson and West by Stokely Dixon.
Levied ou as the property of John L Adams to
satisfy one Justice Court fi fa in favor of Reuben
Kerbo vs. said Adams. Levy made and returned
to me by E. Andrew.-, Constable.
H. B. Waugb, Sheriff
Also, at the same time and place, 85 acres of
lot of laud, Nc. 395, in the 16 Distr>* fsaid
county the same being iu the South Eas' of
said lot. Levied on as the property of Wm. Por
ter, to satisfy one Justice £ourtfi fa, in favor of
M Brassel vs. said Porter. Levy made aud re
turned to me by A. Parker, Constable.
. H. B. Waugh, Sheriff.
Also, at the same t ; n>e and place, The dwelling
house that is in the City of Baiubridge, whereon
John P.- i ickinion now resides and better known
as the house and lot purchased by the said Dickin
son from Joseph Law, containing one and one-half
acres more or less as the property of John P. Dick
inson to satisfy one Superior Court mechanical lean
fain favor of 1\ M. Snittle against said Dickinson,
Jan 6th, 1872.
H. B. Wauuh, Sheriff.
Also, nt the same time and place, lots of land.
Nos. 126, 155. and 156, in the 2oth District of said
county. Levied on as the property of John Har
rell, to satisfy one buperiar Court fi fa iu favor of
Alexis Bragg vs. John Harrell.
L. F. Burkett, Deputy Sheriff.
Also, at the same and place, one hundred bush
els of corn moie or less and three thousand pounds
of fodder more or less and one hundred and twen
ty five bushels of potatoes more or less. Levied on
as the property of Henry Robertson to satisfy one
distress warrant for rent in favor of D. Richardson
trustee. _
L. F- Burkett, Deputy Sheriff.
Also, at the same time and place, the line of
railroad running Northerly from the city of Bain
bridge and known as the Baiubridge, Cuthbert aud
Columbus Raib oad and 75,000 cross more or
less, as the property of the Baiubridge, Cuthbert
and Columbus Railroad Company. Also the fran-.
chise of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert au£ Columbus
Railroad Company, to satisfy one KerSffaTn favor
of Harris A Brown vs. the Bainbridge, Cuthbert
and Columbus Railroad.
H. B. Waugh, Sheriff.
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AGENTS WANTED
BEARD & KIMBALL, Proprietors.
GEORGlA—Decatur County. Calvin V. Perry
has applied to this Court for leave to amend his
homestead of personal tty; and I will pass upon the
same on the 26th inst. at my office in Bainbridge.
Feb ICth Joel Johnson, Ord’y.
On the first Monday in March O. G. Gin ley will
apply to the Court of Ordinary for letters de bonus
non on the Estate of Moses Singleton deed,
Joel Johnson Ordy.
FOR SA LE.
A GOOQ DOT TON
WITH TIMBERS ALL .COMPLETE READY
FOR USE. Apply to
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Sept. 7,1871 —ts—ls
GEORGlA.—Decatur County
It appearing to the court that there, were two
deeds of conveyence to lot of land No 308 in the
27th District of Decatur county, wit: One made by
James M. Danforth to J. H. Anderson and, the
other made by Robert A. Pryor to Richard Sims,
havebeeu lost or destroyed. It is therefore ordered
ed, that the said James W. Danforth and the said
Robert A. Pryor show cause if any they have on or
before the next term of the Court why copies should
not be established in lieu of said lost orginals,
and that service of the order be perfected in cerrns
of the law
Witness the Honorable Peter J. Strozier, Jndgc
Superior Court Decatur Countv This 18- January
1872 Thomas F. Hampton;
Clerk. 8. O.
BRADPIELD’S
female regulator
This is one of the most valuable mcdciines that
has ever been discovered for suffering women, and
will relieve suppression ; cure the whites ; relieve
the moathiy pains, Sfc. —guaranteed to give satis
faction or the money refunded.
UR. PROFITT'S
CELEBRATED LITER MEDICINE
This celebrated medicine has stood the test for
the last 15 years and is superior to antthikg ti.
kuid ever offered to the public. It will cure all de
rangements of the Liver; Jaundice ; Dyspepsia
Chills and Fever ; Eillions Fever—and if tukeD
in miasmatic climates during summer and fall, it
will effectually prevent malarious diseases.
Waranted to give satisfaction in all cases or the
money refunded.
DR: PROFITT'S
NK JBk SSL
This celebrated remedy is one of the articles that
no family can afford to be without. It will relieve
any pain ; cure Rheumatism ; Bites of poisoned in
sects and reptiles ; Colic and Pain in bowels—supe
rior to Davis Pain Killer for every disease need *
DR. PROFITT’S.
ANTIBILLIOES PILLS
I These celebrated pills will cureall kinds of head
acheand correct all derangements of the liver.
-SS3TAII the above medicines are for sale by
BUTTS & PEABODY.
, Bainbridge, Ga., and all Druggists
Oct, lauu-ij
mmol in rßHij
AT AUCTHfI
Dry Goods Clothing, Boots and M
FAH€¥ mr.
Ac. &c,
On Monday the 22d inst, will be sold at Auction, out entire stockil
Bainbridge. 'lhe goods will be so'd in lots to suit purchasers without m
here will be an entire change in the business; therefore the stouk must a
lo3ed out,
rarmm.rn.sm taw a w
and secure good bargains.
The e will c mmence at_lo o’c 4 ock and continue from day to day noli*
stock is so and.
TIiIEST & KIGLIfI
A T RFID & CO,
mtd Commission fgtifl
re now receiving their very large I
TPAJJJL. STOC9
Drygoods, Groceries, Boots and m
# ‘
HATS, CAPS db jnTTPLS,
HARDWARE, WOOD, WILLOW AND Qtfl
15 Bbls. Sugar, all grade?,
15 P>oxes Tobacco, all grades,
15 Bags Coffee, all grades.
25 Boxes Soap, assorted.
50 Bbls Flour, in barrels.
10 Bbls Flour, in sacks.
caissi, use, sarmnss, fit!
WHISKIES. BRANDIES. GINS, I
All For Sale Low For Cash.
sep7-6m]
Jasto, §<nm, fUintte, HfuttMiujjs,
« W- j*. * jam. Ote
IG9 and 171 Bay Street, (up stairs) Savannah, Ga.,
i3T Keep constantly, a large stock of the above articles. Go and see, or
ROCKWELL & WEST
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF
STAPLE AHB EAHCY B&H
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
NOTIONS,
READY-MADE I
GENTLMENS FURNISHING C°l
BOOTS, SHOES HATS, &C., &C. I
HAVING bought for CASH, and under the most favorable m
. . 1 cPM
ETERMINED to offer GREAT
6»
WILL BE SOLD
OUR E NTIREJ3TOCK OF
HATS and Caps;
RUM AND WINE.
rmc* , rat jse: je m. 9 ** *1
BALUSTERS, ETC,
6600 Yds. Double Anchor B#fl
6000 Lbs Arrow Ties. ,a
5000 Lbs. Racon, gidt# and t.liou!o(w
1000 I.bs. Golden Hums.
1000 Lbs. Pure Leaf Lard. I