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About The Southern sun. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1869-1872 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1872)
SAINSiIIOGE WEEKLY SUN. Official Journal 6f the County anil State. published * ; EVER Y SATURDAY It* >l. JOHN'STOX, Managing 1 Editor BAINBRIDGE, GA., Saturday Morning, July 20th, 18T2. ton PRESIDENT : II OifAC E GREELEY, OF NEW YORK." FOR VTPE PRESIDENT : 15. GRATZ BROWN, OF MISSOURI. <iOv. Smith and Atlanta. Nominations to Convention of 24th inst. were made in Fulton cqunty by popular vote. The friends of (governor Smith and Banker James each nominated regular tick ets. The vote resulted largely in favor of Gov. Smith—an overwhelming repudiation of James—a glorious triumph of Governor Smith—a certain indication that the people of Atlanta do not-favor rings and do endorse Gov. Smith’s uncompromising warfare upon them. We congratulate Atlanta rather than Gov. Smith upon this sensible termination of a causeless War upon the present administra tion. We acknowledge to having watched with intense interest the result of this con test. Had the people of Atlanta endorsed this war of the rings upon their chief ene *ny, Gov. Smith and attempt to foist upon the State, such a man as James, we for one and we believe the entire press of the State, would have seen the necessity imposed of advocating the re-transfer of the State Capitol toMilledgeville. It would have forced the conviction, that to ensure pure legislation and untrammelled, the Legislature should have #been removed from any commercial or financial centre. — The peoplo do not. forget that New York, had to chaiige from New Albany. -—Pennsylvania'from Philadelphia to Har risburg —Louisiana ifrom New Orleans to Baton Rouge-*-all to secure unbiased legis lation, And had this attempt succeeded, the peoplo would have seen that * a longer continuance of the capitol at Atlanta would have been fraught with the same danger, to bo. cured by the same remedy—removal. Wc congratulate Atlanta.. The Democrat !nn? pupiancy, gulps' Greely. The ar ticle “rings of the true metal’’ till it sounds again. With a patriotism that we commend to the imitation of others he accepts as law the will of the party. lor this point wo have striven. Unity is strength. Foreseeing, perhaps sooner ihun our neighbor, that as inevitable which he could not recognize till accdfciplislied, we did our endeavor to prepare the public mind for Baltimore’s action. Uflity is ours at home. If the' Democrat will deal blowsmpon the enemy with such vigor and thaPlie will we doubt not—we have another good omen, that South-west Georgia will present a clean record in No v ember next. Our hand, Brother Russell. To County Aspirants. Read the proceedings of the County Con-, xention of the loth ijist. See the mode, appointed by the party, for ascertaining "whether you are to be or not to be a can didate. Don't put ofliand when too liite, s.n that you did not have a fair showing— and then try to bolt—and talk about run ning independently. It is right to learn from ones enemy.— The Radicals .dare not jjolt. With them bolting is treason. The action of the De mocracy on 13th indicates that on that point, at least, they agree. The Democra cy have said that bolting will not pay. Read and remember. MR. JOHN H. JAMES. Ihe overwhelming defeat this gentleman has sustained in his own county in a popu lar contest with Gov. Smith, authorizes the belief that he will not be a candidate before tlie Convention or people for Governor. In anticipation of the Telegraph, there fore, we announce that Jeems is convales cent, symptoms of sanity have appeared and we confidently believe the cure is so radi cal that the case will resist even the influ ences of the next Gubernatorial moon two years hence. Death of Hon. Linton Stephens. The death of this great and good man has cast a shadow of gloom over this coun ty where he was known so well, and where hit. talents have been used to such a great advantage. Ilia death occurred at his home, in Sparta, Ga., on Sunday evening last. The State eould ill afford to lose such a man at this particular time, *—■ " ,0 , Hon. B. F. Bruton. By reference to our “ Announcements ” •it will be seen that this gentleman announ ces himself a candidate for re-election. We suppose we will hear from him mom explicitly on his return from Atlanta, or perhaps by letter, should the session be protracted. A WORD TO DECATUIt REPUBLI • CAN S. We claim no right to advise you. But it is our right and duty, to keep before the public a record of current events. You have been repeatedly informed that your party, under the leadership of man was perverting the government from a Republic, guaranteeing equal protection to all, into a despotism where the one man power will be the supreme law. . The Convention at Cincinnati _ which nominated Greeley, a life long Repub lican and enemy of Democracy, filet only for the purpose of .preserving the Re public ;of checking the tendencyAo despo tism and of restoring hofiesty to the ad ministration of the government. Remem ber, that the Convention was composed ah ne of Republicans—of men who had voted to put Grant in power, but who had become alarmed for the welfare of the country. Remember, that their only object was to reform the government and brifig it back to what it was before the war, except as to the abolition of slavery and the laws necessarily based on that fact; to restore a practical, lasting peace to all sections and all races, and put an end forever to all the strifes and* bickerings between sections and races, generated by Grant and his carpet baggers, -first to put themselves in office and afterwards to keep them there. Re member, that those who thus left Grant and his office-holders were those who had been Republicans before Grant became one to get the Presidency, and were of the best, purest and ablest of the party— such men as Trumbull, Carl Sehiirz, Fenton, Gree ley, David and Gideon Wells, and hundi’eds of others who the Republican party hon ored and loved. This Convention nominated'; Greeley, a friend of peace, of universal amnesty, and who wishes to preserve the Republic, work i the government honestly and defeat the ten dencies to despotism of Grant and his office holders, who now give tone to the late Republican party. If, now, youjwull remember that the Dem ocratic party, South and North have lately agreed in solemn Convention to adopt Greeley as their candidate and run no op pasition to him, you will see how imminent they regard the danger df despotism and what Reeling, of prejudice and of devotion to party friends they are will ing to make, to bring the government back to itself—to scourge the money changers from the Temple of Liberty and .to secure equal protection to all. These thoughts"*are suggested as proper at this time, because on the 24th of this" month Qu meeting o£„ Geoma* Georgia, for the purpose of consultation. This meeting is called by Col. Thomas P. Saffold, of Madison, who from the days of reconstruction has been a light among you. We, like other Democrats, will observe with interest whether this county is repre sented. If it is, we will think the’sacrifices we have made for peace and concord are appreciated. If not, we leave it to yoilr selves to determine, whether we have not the right to say, that-you love party more than country, that you blindly worship a man—Grant, rather tlyp love principles guaranteeing equal protection to all and honesty in managing the people’s mqney. By your conduct, now, you will be judged whether you really desire peace and friend ship between sections and rac£s, or are willing to keep up strife and war, rather than abandon a‘mere man and he not a Republican till office was offered him. In conclusion, we give you the opinion Charles Sumner entertains of Greeley and of the issues involved in his candidacy. You never doubted Sumner’s Republican ism. How has hg changed? If once he commanded your esteem and love hew and why has he forfeited them. Follow him now, as you have followed him in the past. Show that you can do your own thinking and thus show that you are worthy of the high privilege of voting. Hear Mr. Suia ner : The Cincinnati Commercial, in reference to that interview with Sumner in which he stated that although he had a very high opiuion of Greeley and sympathized with the Liberal move ment, the time had not come for him to speak ont and no man was authorized t<*speak for him, said that his house was thronged with Baltimore dele gates on their way home—a large majority of them from the Southern States, who represented that through the manipvl'atkms of the carpet-ba*- gers, the negroes of the South had been prejudiced against the Democratic party aud would not even support so true a friend of their race as Horace Greeley because he was nominated by that par ty* * Mr. Sumner said they must inspire confidence in the colored people; to which the members of the delegation replied that they desired to do so. but it eotild be done most effectually by the Senator from Massachusetts. The colofed people bad such confidence in Mr. Sumner that they would do as he advised. To this Mr. Sumner replied, that his greatest, ambition was to see the country once more at peace and'all its people reconciled. He wanted notsonly the North and the South reconciled, but the whites and the blacks. If this could be ac complished by the election of Mr. Greeley, it would be.in his judgment,the greatest movement siijce the was. If he was called upon to give the watch-woed of the campaign, he would say. “Re conciliation.” He would nave it as the text ol every speech on the hustings. If the people of the United States. North its well as South, could only get to- understand that the election of Mr. Greeley means r-conciliation of the North and South, of the whites and blacks, they would give' him a support such as no other candidate for tlie Presidency has ever received. Speaking for himself he believed Greeley Belec tion would go far to promote reconciliation, and to secure peace to the whole country. Mr. Greeley wa> naturally a man of peace, and in the execution of the laws he believed he would endeavor to pro mote peace and rtconciiiation. A delegate asked Mr. Sumner iyhat he thought of Greeley s ehauces of election, to which the Senator replied that, from all the evidence before him. and he had Been at some pains to get to the bottom 6f the matter, he thought GreeL-ys chan ce very good. He had no faith in the assertion that the rank Tind file of the Democracy would re fuse to support Greeley. He had recently been assured by a distinguished Democratic Senator— Thurman, of O..—that the ranks of the Democracy would cldse up solid behind Mr. Greeley. THE SAVANNAH NEWS. In comifion with thousands of the read ers of this able journal, we deplore the course it has seen proper to pursue since the ad j yurnment of the Baltimore Convention. While we accord honesty of conviction to it, as we claim the same for ourselves, we must be permitted to dissent from the course* whicl* this journal now pursues. The party has spoken by authority; its will has been made manifest and the News, having been a constituent part of the Con vention is bound, by every party tradition and party usage, as well as by the ethics underlying and forming an inherent ele ment of all representative bodies, to adhere to that action and obey that voice. If the News can justify opposition to the decree of Baltimore, because its wishes were over ruled, what becomes of the coherence of party ? Where is the binding efficacy of its decrees ? And why may not every dis appointed aspirant for its recognition and endorsement justify factions opposition as well. The News justifies its opposition because it will not endorse the ninth Cincinnati resolution—as follows : Resolved, That we remember with gratitude the heroism and sacrifice of the soldiers and sail ors of the Republic, and no act of ours shall eVer detract from their justly earned fame or the full reward of their patriotism.’' In all candor, why does the News stickle at this vote of thanks “ to the soldiers and sailors of the Republic,”—the resolution not mentioning Whether these “soldiers and sailors of the Republic ” wore the grey or the blue, —wheil it is'patent to the \vorld, that the News, together with every Bemo ciat in the South who voted for Seymour and Blair in 1868, voted for caadidates upon a platform of which tlre,following is a plank : Resolved, That the highest meed of patriotism is due and should ever be exteuded to all those who in the recent war periled life or fortune for the maintenance of the Union and the beneficent system of American government thereby establised, upon the fundamental principles'ser forth in the foregoing resolution. Jf the-News could in 1868 vote for Sey irfbur and' Blair upon this resolution, why, we again ask, stickle at a sentiment, less ob jectionable and less pointed in 1872. The News is usually more logical and consist ent. We sincerely hope, that it is not now actuated alone by prejudioe and feeling. • The News continues to pour hot shot, by its anti-Greeley extracts into the ranks of ing the remark, that we would deplore his defection from a nomination, to which he is committed by the action of Baltimore and by all the proprieties and usages of such conventions, we suggest, that if he cannot aid to press forward with liis party and compatriots to victory, that he fit least pre serve an armed neutrality. The News owes this milch to the expressed voice of the party—to the overwhelming pressure upon Baltimore, —by the people there represented, upon the politicians of which,' in part, it may have been composed. The News owes this to the Democratic convic tion, that every road that leads from Gree-. ley leads to Grant—and to the great, un derlying fact, that whether or not Greeley and Cincinnati were the choice of the party, it is now the only door of escape from cen tralized despotism and gangrened corrup tion into the sunlight of State independ ence and honesty and economy in the ad ministration of government. We bommend to the imitation of our’es teemed contemporary the manly and sensi ble course of the Mobile Register or, even the N. Y. W6rld, is, to our apprehension, less factious and dangerous. [From our Special Correspondent; Letter from Atlanta. Deak Sun : While rambling around our flourishing Capitol, one is naturally impressed with the great order of change and progress that marks the age. Where, but a short while ago, stood shanties or indifferent structures, are seen large and magnificent buildings, rearing their lofty fronts five and six stories high, Nor is'it in this alone the change ap pears. The State House, so recently oc cupied by political plunderers, adventurers and thieves, is now controlled by an hon est Executive and worthy subordinates. What a change I One yoar ago, the Capi tol of a great State was the favorite resort of carpetbaggers and scallawags, lying around like vultures to prey upon the pub” lie crib. Each applicant for office had to be backed by a role of dishonor, and in many instances villainy. Not so to-day. The best men, “to the manor born. ” are rapidly filling the various offices of trust and honor. As chaff before the wind the Bullockites are giving way before the press of honest men and an honest public opin ion. The names of such men as Charles J. Jenkins, Lucius H. Featherstone and oth ers of Georgia’s best citizens, are now being presented at the Capitol for appoint ment to our judiciary and other posts of trust and honor. This spfcaks Well for the system of reform and redemption, inaugu rated by the Democratic party on the flight of the “ late lamented, ” and even the Re - publicans, 1 meau the more honest ones, are beginning to feel the happy change and admit it. • **. In 1867, Charles J. JenkinsVas removed from the Executive chair, because he daVed do right, and Judge Featherston and oth ers from the bench, because they dared enforce obedience to the tows of the land. Not only were they deposed, but «tr»c.*d These faithful servants of the people, in the dav. of their sorest trials, should now be oritefullv remembered by a generous peo ple and their lionestDovernor, who is him self one of that honored <=>*»’ AMBLER Announcement. BENJAMIN F. BRUTON announ ces himself as a Candidate for re-election to the Senate. July 20th, 1872-. . ' New Advertisements* ATTENTION '• OAK CITY HOOK & L. CO JYOU a'© hereby summoned t-» be and appear at your Truck House, on Moi day evening the 2-d insta.it, to aitenfi your tegular monthly dxill* VV. W. WRIGHT, Foreman. Attest —R. W. Davis, Sec’ry. ORDINANCES^ i I 1 a regular meeting of Council held on Mon- A day the Ist of July, 1872, the following Ordi tiaocees vveie passed and began in force : _ t'Be it ordained by tjie Corpoiatb nos the city of thibridge, that eve-y bitch proud tunning on the street while proud, that the Marshal be. leqnired te take her n|j and keep her confined in a secret pLide. and tbe owner, be bioilght before the Mt y oij and tinOtl in a stun not less than five fi»e doN kif., or more than fifteen dollais. If no owner foind witliin twen y rouu bouts the Marshal is re quired to kill h« r dr them. Re it ordained by.the Corporation of the city of Bahibridae, that on And after the 1 thday rs Sept., 1872, until the Ith day March, 1878, :t shall be un lawful for any person or persons to How then cow or cow 6, to ran at large on the streets *ulj un-. ing the Public Square of the city of Bainbridge. The same penalty is imposed for hor«os running at large, to be applied to this ordirace •’ " J. W. PEARCE, Clerk of Council.- July LO 187 »l John M. Cooper & Cos., Corner Whitaker & 8L Julian Streets SAVANjVAH. ga Wholesale and Retail Healers in BOOKS i STATIONERY OF ALL KiSrS, Copying and Seal Piesse.-vf Surveyor’s Ccinpa'Ses, Kews and Hook Piinting Paper an>l Ink. bold* Pens, Pen aid Pencil r aseg, L ! esk and Pocket Knives L-dgr Wiitingand Colored Papers, Planing Vi iting and Printeift’ Card , Pofunonaies, . School Fur. nitme and School Requisites at Sclieimerliorn & Co’s Prices lot wholn we are agents. liook-) Ordered ;.r Imported at N< w York rates. j >2O Bin ADJOURNMENT OF COURT# • # In Chambers, ) • ‘ Albany, Ga., July 18, 1872. j It appearing to ine by the applications of the members of the bar, practising in Decatur Superior Court, the county officers, and others interested therein, hat it would be inexpedient, if not impracticable tp hold- the- special session commencing with the. 4th Monday in si*, on account of the And it further appearing that the Solici tor General will also absent at Atlanta., officially engaged. It -is ordered that the Clerk of said Court enter this order on the minutes of said court, and that the same stand adjourned to the next regular term. Proclamation of. this order shall be made by the sheriff of said county. PETER j, STROZERj Judge S. C. A. C. GJJ S AND BOB’S SAMPLE ROOM, NEXT TO MARSHALL HOUSE, 1011 Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga. P. A. Brrgest & R. .H. McHugh, Proprietors None but the best "Wines, Liquors, Ale, and Cigars will be served to our Guests. • GEORGlA —Decatur County. ON the first Monday in August next, I will ap ply to the Court of Ordinary of said county, for letters of Guardianship of the property of Curtis Smith, orphan child of George B. Smith, late of said county, deceased. * 11. M. BEACH. July 6,1872—2—5 t. GEORGIA— Dfcatur County.— On the first Monday in August next, I will apply for let ters of administration on the estate of Allen J. Swlcord, late of said county, deceased. M. SWICORD. July 6th 1872 * 3-td. '“grand mibtul mu p-’OiFi ls'za- Iflcntajiltaud The cum pal en for 1372 will be a irigantic and Convulsive struggle. Nothing like it has been seen Jure 1340} and in the momentous and ftindami-’n t<l character of the issues involved we trust noth ing like it need occur aga n in t< e history of tlie Unite* 1 States. We hope it will re-ulf in the re eßt il> is ment of the greet foundation prit cipies of civi and personal ti« ed- ni and it* time heU.ti - ed njunim t* of the freedom of the bi lot of the imp utial ty of public justice 01 the iut- grlcy of Kxeci ive ad mi isfcia'iou -of the- inv'mhtb'lity of the haheia co pus- of the t-i'imph of law aid the Constitution and in the complete vittoiy of pete-, conciliatin'), nation.i hatm mv and tran quility over the demon of discord u-orpati n ty ranny, h .tied, and the great moral ami section 1 war pi dam<td bv Grant, M-uton nnd butler In i-feo gia. however it may he . Is. wh. re .the result of this content is m-t al, pi oblemdT ic.il ; but am i 1 t£fu?p afTti « Ire I uvi i-g HtPicsf im ve* - th-less be s 1C in its pro; ress and resttir, and the grand medium of information here wili be in the different tdthn- of the Tiled .(Art* & Me-senoi.e THE WEEKLY TKLEGKAPU AND ME*SENG R, We* ffer t*» cnn}»aig!i *uWc] ibns from i#«*w up to ’lie 12th of Nv. in her f«». o 0 It the i.tgest pa per in th* S' ufch. and wilt contain a complete re sume o the week in about fifty ot leading uniter. THE SEMI-WEEKLY, For the same time, ahull be sent for $1 25 and the DAILY TULEGB \PH AND BE-SfcNGKB. # * To the l2ith day of November tor thbee dnilars. In all caaesce-ti must accompmy the order. It is nee lies-to sj.ak of th. s“ pnpeis ;-s the h'.iintiiti head if al'Qewii.-iocal and g n -ml. in this i-ec tion of Ge ugie. 1 heir reputation is too universal and will e-tablished to requite puffiein The tegu lar price er annum i-, Ddly ilO; Semi Weekly $4 ; Weekly s‘3. l’a' abl in all c„s> sin a#vatice Address CLI3UY, JpNEe & I:EE'E Macon, Ga. New Advertisements. 7r : ; THE : . 1 •* • , COHHETCICUT MUTUAL Life Insurance Comp’ny, ofHabtfObD, conn. TWENTY*SIXTH ANNUAL STATEMENT Statement of Receipts aN Disbursements from TRe Beginning of the CosiPm ARY Ist IQVQ NET ASSETS, Janury 1,1871 $29,747,494.;!) Received in 1871 : For Premiums.• $7,803,491.91 “ Interest and rents 1.924,208.14 . • - * ' • 9.727.700.03 $39,475,191,75 Disbursements in 1871 . 'Jo Policy Holders : F*>i < lands i>y death and matured endowments $1,793 206 83 Smidus retimed t o pol'cy ho deis as dividends.... 4.932,1.2 PO Surienduitd and lapsed policies 904 802 10 • ' - $7,030; 241 79 ExrrftsEs i. T Conftpisstonw to Agcnta.. t ... ...........$602 488.96 ..si:. : r.TT. ~ 03 49-2,92 * - M' dical examiners’fe s 21 544 49 * Printing. .-t .ti iiiHiy. runt, advertising, postage, 6x .’ ’ . change, etc 63,016 56 C ; . 790 642 93 taxes (including airea’B of taxes resisted]: 3OB/32.79 . . 8.7211,517.51 Balance, net assets, December 31, 1871... s3i 74-5677 V RATIO Os EXPENSES TO -RECEIPT--, 8 SCHEDULE OF ASSETS, Dec £\, 1871. . I dans updn real es'a'e (first lien.) value $39,512 o(>s ; y-,f» r>M “ ‘ stocks and ho-ds. xa'.ne 801,497 ... 080 2 11,-0 Premium n->t«s on policies rn force. .. '. , , ; &£*.'• 06130 C'ostof led estate owned by the company! 8006J2 4J Cost of ci took aql BjnJU owtiii own 3d by tlia Company : • U S. Bonds, heir. 6b 81...* $396 49. r >,4i .“ ‘■ W i." ..... 78 s 74039 « • 1,2-' 3 318 75 n „ Lhifbticy 65.. j;...,. 49-5025 00 ConnecLcut State Bunds .. . 80 > *'oo 00 Clty ol loiedo.O., 80nd5.... 19.000,90 i erre Haute, Ind., Ponds i 080 00 “ or . fc VV }*°nds • .* 75,000,00 Jackson, Michigan Water Bonds 99,000,00 “ "Evansville, Indiana Water Bonds . 255 000 00 “ Quincy. Illinois Bonds. . . ... .. . ....... 187,500,00 “ Louisville, Kentucky Sewer Bonds.. 182,000.00 • “ Change of Gauge Bouds. 92 500 00 “ Evansville, Indiana Bonds 58.850.00 " iares Connecticut Trust And Safe Deposit Company 13,000,00 * 130 Shares hirst National Bank. Jlartiord 10 000,00 100 Shares City National Bank Hartford..... .„ 10'725 00 25 Shares ./Etna National Bank, Hartford 2,500,00 15 Shares Phcenix National Bank, Hartfort...,. j gsp qq 10 Shares Charter Oak National Bank, Hartfonl.. • \ 055 00 10 Shams State Bank Hartford 1’.275!00 200 Shares Fourth National Bank New York ... 20 000 00 110 Full Shares j „ j a 100 Scrip Shares \ IJartfol ’ and a^d Haven Railroad Stock 12,500,00 50 Shares Connecticut River Railroad ti ( 5 000 00 «, * ■ . . 54,870,070.55 Cash in Bank, at interest . l 202,175,11 Cash in Company’s office 9/)40.ft8 Balance due frofn Agents secured..,.. i....,...... ; / i *^*.*.. ~ . ' 92,67530 ■ T . $30,745,677,24 AUd, Interest due and accrued. *.... $742 86441 Rente accrued ............ * * 3 Market value stock and bonds over cost... T. i .....!. 399 43445 Net premiums in course ot collection .’. *. *’ * * ggg og Net deferred quarterly and semi-annual premiums 26 866 68 ’ 1,232,724,43 GROSS ASSETS, DEC. 31,1871, 31,978,401,66. . * • liabilities. Amount required to re insure all outstanding Policies, net, assuming only 4 per cent, interest * ft*?*; fine 00 All other liabilities J-no , ' $26,307,636,93 SURPLUS, 5,070,764,74. WHOLE NUMBER OF POLICIES ISSUED, $110,012. NUMBER OF POLICIES IN FORCE JANUARY 1, 1872, 62,458. AMOUNT AT RISK, .JANUARY Ist, 1872. $182,785,236,86 ROBERT W DAVIS, AGENT BAtKßKnwft G*- For Decatur, Mitchell, Baker, Early, Calhoun and Miller Coonti* f ' < ROBERT R. BREN, General Agent, Georgia and Floritkb Savannah) Ga.
