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• BAjNBRigpE WEEKLY SON; Official Journal of the County and State. It. M. .JOHN ST OX, Managing Editor BAIN BRIDGE, C,A., [ __ • Saturday Morning, July 13th, 18T2. ini—l mm*** for prksidf:xt : HORACE Git EE LEY, OF NEW YOKK. FOR VICE Pit 3FI OF NT ! B. GRATZ BROWN, OF MISSOURI. A. & G. RAILROAD MEETING—ITS PROCEEDINGS. We publish toVday for the benefit of our country readers, who do not have access, to the daily papers, the entire proceedings of this meeting. It is published to the exclu sion of much other interesting matter. Two reasons induce this. The road seems to be taking anew hold upon life. The agi tation, instituted, as the unbiased reader must conclude, from sinister motives, the balefhi ejects of which have been experi enced in Mobile and New Orleans, in tem poral ily retarding definite action in sup port of this gigantic enterprise by the Cham bers of Commerce of those respective cities, seems contrary to the expectations of the movants, to have awakened new inter est among the stockholders of the road and to have nerved them to greater effort and zeal in its completion. We publish it there fore, as an act of justice to the management of the that the public may riQt waver in their faith or Withhold substantial aid to Col. Screven, if requested, in order to the extension of the road to Pollard. But there is another reason. That Col. Screven has suffered intensely during this causeless arraignment ‘of his administra tion is only too .apparent. The silence, imposed as a necessity of his situation has been an ordeal trying indeed to one of or dinary courage/ That he had the courage •~-is it too much to say the heroism—impos ed by thfr emergency, is worthy of all praise. To be assailed by a foe who is said to be inveterate ; to hflfve arrayed against him not only the undiscriminating, but as the con vention seems to think, the unscrupulous enmity of Dr. Waring, was perhaps, toler able Ilia’ annoying. But when that oppo sition was fathered by his own official ad ■ risers and co-laborers, men of recognized social influence, Vast monied resources and ' established financial skill; when all these stood arrayed against him, striving to crush or mould him to their purposes, that Col. S. ajono and unsupported, save by a con sciousness of his own rectitude- withstood bis assailants until the hour of vindication came, is a ’spectacle refreshing indeed in these days when Policy is the rule, and Principle the exception. But the hour of vindication came and the manly, dignified, yet indignant manner of that vindication is a model of its kind. Every honest bosom sympathized with that courageous heart as it majifully battled % against odds so overwhelming, in an ordeal so. trying,*under circumstances in their na ture so humiliating and in his vindication felt that right had triumphed and true courage been rewarded. The Marshall House. While in Savannah last w«ek we had the good fortune to be quartered at the Mar shall House, the best hotel in the city.— Our stay was made pleasant by the polite welcome and hospitable treatment received Rt the hand* of those really clever clerks Mr. Jimmie O’Connell and Frank Babcock. Col. Luce certainly knows how to keep a hotel, and we would advise all our South western Georgia friends to-put at the Mar shall when they visit the Forest City. Davis Declines. , In a letter to the Columbus Convention, •Judge David Davis, the nominee of the Labor Reform Moven»ttt for President, has, in view of the lioiJPation at Cincin nati Sir. Greeley, absolutely declined to be knflftvn further in the Presidential con test. Vie Woodhull is the only other in dependent, and as Fred Douglas has re fused to run for the Vice on her ticket, she will probably come down and accept the Cofpnoley of some nigger regiment. The Wages of Shi. The telegraph gives us'the tragic end of Judge McCann, of New York. A few days ago ho was itupeached by the Senate for corruption* in office, and yesterday he end ed a dishonored life by sudden death, those who were with him say, of a Woken heart 'ever his terrible diagram, Truly '‘the,way of the is hard,*' and, C\ Harris, Mr-. J C, Harris the brilliant young a*- e nhtor- of the Horning News, Havaw n*lu is in inU charge of that jenmah t\d-- «uel Thompson* its editor, being oh' at the t-tpvinga, %X\\ Harris prows at muvb at home with the political pen in hernias he is in the " Ahaira in Ueorgia " department, % * The Htofce* Trial, The Stokes trial is progvt dug and ere thkjatYagraph meets the ejre Cd the reader* \VdL* perhaps he terminated, As to what the vmsiiet \nU I*, i* hard to dieke, v THE GOVERNORSHIP AND THE 'ATLANTA PRESS. # Despite the rasping!* ‘of the Press from all sections of the State, modest Jeems of Atlanta will not.vouchsafe any explanation of his candidacy or principles. His ex treme modesty renders him impervious to the k shafts of ridicule as the hide of the Rhinoceros-to the reed arrow of the deni zen of the Jungle. Poised-on his money bags and supported, as rumor has it, on the ona flank by the Railroad lease ring and on the other by New York bondhold ers, he regards with placid indifference the dissatisfaction of the people he aspires to rule and as yet, has not vouchsafed to say, whether he wishes a Democratic nomina tion or whether he will abide the action of the Convention of 21th, if averse to his wishes. Such conduct, may best comport with the brokers ideas of dignity, but he indulges them, at the expense, as he will learn in ample time, of the deference due the intelligence of the people. In this connection, we state, we have care fully examined our Atlanta exchanges to find out something of this political Sphynx that could commend him to the sfufirages of the people. Although we find many eulogies of his Bank and his monied trans actions —one ardent admirer even boasting that he had nut swindled the arch-swindler- Kimball—-and although we find that his, friends have free access to the columns of the Democratic papers, while very little at tention, comparatively, is bestowed tipon the claims of Gov. Smith, probably* because these papers are satisfied of the hold the latter has upon the affections of the party and people; yet we have been unable to find anything in those letters of Jeems’ fr iends, that can constitute a decent claim oV recommendation for the high office to which he aspires.. Raines* candidacy has awakened a spirit of inquiry in this part of his dominions.— And as we want light and would do no in justice, even to one who asks our vot<?‘with out giving a reason why we should give it we ask our Atlanta contemporaries, Ist. Whether one Jno. H. James —eupho- ny Jeems—born in Henry county, Georgia, did not avoid duty in the “ late unpleas antness ” under the plea that he was a Brit ish subject? If yea, is this James tbe same ? If still yea, has he been naturalized ? and ean he show the “ papes ?” 2d. There Was also one James, alia3 Jeems —also boosting the initials John H. who rumor says, after leaving the Conxed erate lines, oscillated between Nassau, New York and the Canadas, and that he made lots of money. Now in this benighted re gion, away clown here in the corner of hi a dominions, we.have a way of putting “this and that together ” and as this. Jeeiii Auns for Governor, on the money sensation alone and that Jeems had lots of money and they both prefixed with a John ll—-we say they are one and the sam.e. Tell us Avery. Give us light—we want light—we pine for light. While we recognize the abstract right of every citizen to run for any office, we do think some regard is due to tile “ eternal fitness of things.” Doctors are not fitted for blacksmiths or Parsons for Cobblers, any more than Scavengers, are fitted . for Man milliners, or Brokers for Governors. The imperturbability of Jeema must bo accounted for upon our suggestion of last •week. He must be a tool of some of the rings, used with the vain hope of distracting the Convention until the time arrives to bring on the turf some scrub now tied out. Democrats beware ! Georgia has gained too much ; prizes her .‘factory too highly ; apprehends too seriously the possible contingency of defeat, to bear with indifference, such trifling with her dearest interests. Governor Smith won the victory, has served but a short time; has received the endorsement of the party ; no objection has been .urged to his administration. Why displace liim? We have no idea it will be thought of—least of all, to give place to one even suspected to oe in the interest of any ring. _ ' ■ •" BALTIMORE Hits acted. The telegraph informs us that, as the public well knew weeks ago would be the case, the Cincinnati Platform was endorsed. The candidates of the Lib eral Republicans were also nominated. The action of the Convention is but the embodiment of the spirit which gave birth and vitality to the whole movement. The ideas of actual, proclaim«d poaca and good will between sections-—of universal amnes ty for the past—of regret and alarm at the abandonment in the heat and strife of bat tle of old constitutional landmarks and a desire fin- reform—uf an abnegation of-all tendencies to centralism and a rehabilita tion of the States with their constitutional functions—and of hold assertion of the per sonal rights of,the citizen, won in blood at and etuhahned in the dearest atfr-itfions of the people since—these are the ideaa that have now aasntned voice and evfn'eaaion.. % Hahin\o\£ has done well-. >Ye x rejince that the aphit of the Lihevals haa been wet with a evpiahevt hyrihe unanimity of ha action-—- The million of ode* which Cincinnati top* i wavntay avhteit to the thit>' ntitlhota ot' 6ah j tint ms hnniftlf 'the moat augury* that and a fatetuvn system will live and Grant with centralism are boomed. God grant it. The lines are now drawn. Since 1865 the only pabulum of the Grant party has been, that the Democracy were traitors to the Government, because they adhered to old ideas and old issues. The pretence was, that Democracy was hostile, because it could not accept as champions of good government the Republican party. Balti mox*e, by its action, vindicates the Democ racy from this aspersion to the utter con fusion of Grant and his office-holders.— Finding that the Democracy, for the sake of peace at the South and good govern ment everywhere were willing to stand upon the platform enunciated by the best and purest of the Republican party, wbo two years ago constituted its brain and statesmanship, but who had turned their backs upon an organization, putrid with its corruption; and finding, that we would sup port upon that platform, a man, than whom none perhaps so obr opous to the South could have been named ; ascertaining, in fine, that the Democracy were willing to bury the dead past and work for the living issues of the present, they now preawibe a new test'd loyalty. Grant has become the Shiboleth, not of party, but loyalty to the Union. We rejoice that Baltimore has made this issue so pointedly bind definitely; Wo place at our mast head to-day the nominees, Greeley and Brown. In doing so, we wish it distinctly under stood that we do not epdorse nor will we feel called upon to defend the past record of either. We take them from the present standpoint. In accepting the platform we file a solemn .protest against that part of •the second pledges us to oppose’ “ any reopening of the questions settled by the J3th, 14th and 15tli amend ments to the Constitution,” so far as that resolution relates to the 14th amendment. It may be a sentiment and of no practi cal good, but we will never, no never, con-' sent to pledge opposition to reopening an organic law, conceived in hate and brought forth in fraud, which even seemingly jus tifies the deprivation oi # the States of their right to manage local affairs—a law which, is the fruitful mother of Ku-klux and*El£c tionpLaws, el id omne genus We speak for oujrself alone. •While we may, never 'oppose, we will newer pledge 'ourselves in advance not to. oppose this usarpatory and fraudulent leg islation. • THE GULF RAIL ROAD AGITA TION TO BE REWARDED. We le;>rii upon authority that a propo sition was made on Monday evening to present Dr. Waring with*a gold-headed cang. for his‘’bold, defiant and energetic -ar upon the Gulf railroad Management.” The paper was circulated pretty freely, but not one wTt.s found ready to put his name at the head of the list of subscriptions.— Savannah Advertiser. We arc glad to know®fclrat this petition, gotten up to pay a ■ most unworthy compli ment to a more unworthy, meddlesome and mischievous, man, has been frowned down and discountenanced by a justly indignant community. As an evidence of the fact that the re cent course of Dr.. Waring was strongly disapproved by the community of which he was the self-appointed. champion, is that the petition was. consigned to the ty from .which the solicitous Doctor sprung to engage in an unauthorized and contem tible warfare upon an honest man and a gentleman, a standard to which "Waring can never hope to attain. In his ignominious defeat and frustra tion, Dr. Waring lias but one consoling thought, and that is, that he was allowed the privilege- of free' speech in meeting in argument a dignified gentleman, and that. CoL Screven was liberal enough to walk down at least three flights of stairs to get on his level to reply. • . ' The fact of his being tolerated in a Con vention of respectable stockholders at all, is compliment enough to his* brazen-faced audacity—to say naught of goid-headed caues. IN THE Talbotton has the marrying fever. The crop prospects in Wilkes county are fine, says the Gazette. Fights and fusses are peculiar to Wash ington. <-> ■* A farmer in Talbot county pays the tui tion of-all his children with eggs. Prof. O. E. Market has been elected President of*LeVert Female College. Sawtell, of the Cuthbert Appeal, offeis his. paper as a premium to the grower of the largest watermelon. The melon is to be given to the widows and orphans. The Hancock Sentinel has suspended. % .Blackshear is to have’a town hall The Grand Jury of Fulton Superior .Court, which has just adjourned, found a number of true hdhC of which the follow ing was given ? Jh H Bulloch % Fr N-. Kimball 3, Foster Blodgett 4, E- F-. Blodgett 4, N B Hotch hiaa 4 A-. B Harris and, dames Mullens and, d-. B AY-, dolmseupv L 11 B, Favvew, % d-. i- Whitaker fa % G-. Hoyt E. Cvdumbua is at a rajud | rate-. | Bev. With*M. Bussull editea' of the Albany Central fell into a Hitch in Huwhins-- ( vilhs Hunvtajr n%Bh and severely htjured A Word of Caution to-the People. Editors Constitution : Strange news has been received here Jrom the surrounding counties. .'lt is known that emissaries have been at work for the last three memths trying to manipulate the county delegations in the interests of Mr. John H. James, but the tricks by-which his friends hope td pack the convention, have become known only within the past few days. A part of tbe plan of operations i?to in terest a few active partisans in each coun- Tr who shall call small meetings in back office*, or some'other than the usual places of holding public assemblages, and have delegates appointed who are favorable to Mr. James’ aspirations. Some *of these emissaries, it is said have been traveling aboilt the country* as insurance agents, or to sell books, &e. In this way the peo ple are to be ignored and a snap judgment taken in frivor of a man who quit his coun try during the war to engage in the blockade business and in speculating on the necessi ties of our half-naked soldiers and famish ing women and children, while James M. Smith was gallantly leading his heroic, regiment in the defense of our homes—our all. Contrast, Georgians, the position of the two men at that time, and render your verdict. Another part of the plan. pursued by these people is to represent Gov. Smith in some, places as opposed to the grand pro jected canal, the State Road lease, the giv ing of State aid to railroads really entitled to it, etc., And in other places to represent him as in favor of all of these. * In judical circuits where there are several applicants for the appointment of Judge and Solicitor a report is started that the Governor dias announced his determination to appoint this or that man, generally the most unpopu lar one. This is done to offend all the. So with candidates for Congress and the State Legislature. A few weeks ago Governor Smith desired to visit New York to nego tiate a loan for the State, but finding tlio press of business such, that he could not leave, he prevailed upon ex-Govemor Jenk ins, a man of eminent character and ability to unddertake the negotation, and fortl\jvith it is charged that a broken down politician had to be employed at a heavy expense to discharge this simple duty. The truth is, however, as.l learn upon inquiry, that Mr.' Jenkins did not charge one cent for his services,"whereas Henry Clews who, like Mr. James, is a bond Monger and note shaver, charged the State $130,000 for ne gotiating a certain loan for his friend Bul lock. And this reminds me to ask are hot all of Bullock’s and Clews’ friends in favor "of James ? * It is also a part of the programme that if the emissaries who have been, and are now so zealously at work, that if a James dele gation is brought up from their counties, and that James is nominated, and elected they can have anything that they want. • Let the people be on their guard and at tend all public meetings, and see that safe and responsible delegates are appointed to the convention. I have but two words to' say in reply" to “Tax Payer,” and they are these: 1. Mr. Jam’es has been hard .at work for months, personally soliciting the sup port of the people, like a' constable at a district meeting; yet his friends complain that the Executive Committee called the Convention prematurely. 2. Mr. James’ friends threw the first stone. They have .been* misrepresenting and abusing Gov. Smith publicity and pri vately from One end of the State to the other, and they need not be surprised if ' their nfan should catch a blow now. and then. Grass. The Savannah Advertiser says there is a clerk in the Custom-house in that city who has not done any work, nor even been at his desk, since the Gth of May, but, nev- • ertheless, has regularly drawn his pay, and will do so until August Ist. He is very “ enthusiastic for Grant.” New Advertisements. GUS AND BOB’S SAMPLE ROOM. NEXT TO MARSHALL HOUBE, 101 \ Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga. £. A. Bergest. & R. H. McHugh, Proprietors. None but the best "Wines, Liquors, Ale, and Cigars will be served to our Guests. 7 * —v GEORGIA — Decatur County. —By Aiirtue from the Court of Ordinary. I will still on the first i uestiay in September, before the Court house door at Bainbridge, Seventy five* acres, of lot No. 91 in the 22nd District ; known as the property of Nathan Williams deceased. ' J. W. WILLIAMS. July 13th 1872. No. 4-td £» (\f I/A Agents wanted t<> sell the heoitiful T ' L/ V f\J rhotogL.ph Certifiese an*i ru.»u»gr*i»h Family Uecoida. *\.r terms send sump to Crider & Bru., Lublishms, Yoik, P». FOR THE CAMPAGN. THE MBHEOIIEIVS The appr< aching PresidentiA canvas, judging fioiu the extram ioary eoiAuiou vt out 10l ti A at) tits vvi i tn* he ua A ii'tete.'-tii g and e\ei ng, a d h>t y c<mte*t-*d campaign in the Idat-ay of the lU-jxuhl c and it- jyy.g <-a will h»- vr ioh< and with tcvyiLh a 1 xi ty thv.tsands who have hcyeuth'ie taken but h-hav- in. ebet nns. ' in o-de- t-> piaoc in |he each of ail that widely - Vuwti m and ntn ut the LesVA and tate-t tm% ! : h g ea ; »*■• Nayaorah Mwnunft hevta. a hheaal “Wtp't e acheduln ha- beam attar.ga-, .. P'Otn the si«t • • Jjvjv to the fie-t of NvWVWWf cypy Rt the- h\«t of lettVo heat yf Pk*c jw aoaUsm utov*- tbs o|f 'downs '4 Rwwu* No a will V* m\ tv m thntoUnw-iMjt'tana; ' -.•.'.uunr\r\unl^ Wi m* ~,,, frt tha Atatw tom* pel ahvad thw Ipna w « V-m ttw van ot a 1 in the- eon A wwmv attd beat %m\4i its* heel -avnt da vv dvr* veiU ha* naan of tho tatifbtd homta es vatopai-io, 3 tw vi& m h imi x*. ■ ■- - ■■M - • ", | -7—-——- ' THE • •" ri • t ;• £ n •.* " n ! ’*4 *.r *. ; & • • ' * COHXZYCICUY MIUHJii. Life Insurance Compel OF E ARTfOBD, COHN. 1' 7 » TWENTY'SIXTH ANNUAL STATEMENT <0 , * 1 * •* , ’ isri 4 • ‘ • • „ Statement- or Receipts .an . Disbursements from the Beginning <w to C i j - ;•): . . ■ >.' m ; isrt 1870 NET ASSETS, Janury 1,1871’. Received in 1871 : . For Premiu«s $7,803,491.91 “ Interest and rents 1.924,208.14 ri ' iZ' tfiAVi Disbursements in 1871 : 'J o Policy-HolOerr : Pui claims by death and matured endowments fi.793 206 83 * Sin ulus retimed policy holers as dividends.,.. 4 932, It 280 Suriendeitd and lapsed policies 904 Bb2 16 . 57,630,241,19 Expenses : Cnmir.issions to AirentS. .$652 488, 9(f baiaries of officeis, Cleiks and all ulheis employed on ' salary 63 492,92 M-dical examiners' fe s ; 21.544,49 Printing, stntimiaiy, rent, advertising, postage, ex change, etc 63,016. 5£ Taxes airca<s of taxes resisted] ...... 308 "32.79 -. • • »;ji Balance, net assets* December 3L, IB7F. .*.... flk> RATIO OF EXPENSES TO RECEIPT^, SCHEDULE OF ABEETS/ D*c 81,' 1871. • Loahs upd.n real estate (first lien.) valu6 $39,512 6.65 “ '* * stocks" and bo» As, va'ue 861,497 .’. ® : Premium notes dh policies in force. ./.......V.. .1.... at... H** *lostot real estate owned by the company. !"*■ Cost of Stock aad Bon Is owned owned by the Oompa.iy : U 8, Bonds, lieu:. 6s. 81. $396 465,41 6s. 81 ; 73-* 740 39 “ “ 5-20s 65.... l,2is $18.75 “ “ 10-4 OS 99,87-VW) “ “ Cmrency 65........... 495 62500 Tonnediicut State Boqdg feiju <Wn,WJ Tennessee “ .“ 13,900.00 City of Toledo, 0., Bonds. .* 19.000.00 “ Terre Haute. Ind., Ponds 25,0854* • “ Fort Wayne, Ind., Bonds 75,0004)0 “ Jackson. Michigan Water Bonds 99,000,00 “ Evansville. Indiana Water Bonds 255.000,0$ “ Quincy. Illinois Bonds 187/»004)0 • “ Lo.uisville» Kentucky Sewer Bonds 1824)00,00 “ “ Change of Gauge .80nd«... j i 92.^00.00 •“ Evansville, Indiana Bonds. • 58.850.00 * 130 Shares Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit C0mpany......... 13,000,00 130 Shares First National Bank. Hartford. 10,800,00 100 Shares City National Bank Hartford 10,72">.00 25 Shares yEtna National Bank, Hartford 2.5004 W 15 Shares Phoenix National Bank, Hartfort 1,650.00 10 Shares Charter Oak National Bank, Hartford. 1,065,00 10 Shares State Bank Hartford 1.2754 W 200 Shares Fourth National Bank New York 20,000.00 100 Scrip' Shares | Hartford and New Haven Railroad Stock. . '... 12.500.00 50 Shares Connecticut River Railroad i» 5,000,00 Cash in Bank, at interest Cash in Company's office, Balance due from Agents secured * ✓ Adl>, Interest due and accrued * $742,864.41 Rents accrued ' _ _ 3,000.00 Market value stock and bonds over cost . *...!..... 399.434.45 -Net premiums in course ot collection .. 60£58 $# Net deferred quarterly and semi-annuai premiums. .’.’.'.’.'.'. .'. .’.’. .. . 26^66,68 GROSS ASSETS, DEC. 31,1871, 31,978,401^ LIABILITIES. Amount required to re-ineure all outstanding Policies, net, assuming M , . 4 l*>r cent, interest. 77. 7! 8 525,609-6a5.00 All other liahifities .7 . . . SURPLUS, 5,0*0,704,74. , amoun® at Mss, MtiVAmr in, imt„; *** % % . t \ ' ■ ROBERT W. DAVIS, AGENT. — ‘ h Omni Qmm & *