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The Weekly Democrat.
Ml K. RCUELL, Editor and Prop’r
THUBSDAY. JULY 6,1882.
The Tariff Conirnis.-ion in a weak and
gieklj aff iir. There is not a real tariff
re former on the concern, while the nine
we comparatively obscure men. The
whole affair was junped op to delay
aetion on the revision of the tariff.
The Carrolton Times says Carrolton
is “a badly bulldozed town." It fur
ther says that “there has been more
lawlessness in Carrolton the past twelve
Months than for years before.” It is
strange that there should be lawlessness
in a town where no whiskey is sold.
Guiteau was hanged in Washington
last Friday at forty minutes past twelve.
He met bis fate without faltering and
stnek to his inspiration theory to the
last. When the drop fell he was shout
ing “glory! glory!” That he was in-
saac we hare not the least shadow of a
doubt.
Joe Brown is a great man; Gov.
Colquitt is a great man, General Gordon
is a great man, Marcellus Thornton is a
great mao, Alick Stephens is a grea (
Man—in fact the Sta^e of Georgia is
mooing over with great men—but it
■eema to us that the 300,000 voters of
our commonwealth ought to be greater
than any one man, or set of meo.
Mr. J. J. Abrams, a lawyer, was sent
to jail in Savannah for five hours the
other day, by Magistrate Itussell, for
contempt to court. Mr. Abrams al
leges that he committed no contempt,
as oourt was not in session when he
made certain objectionable remarks to
the justice, and he will therefore prose
cute Russell for false imprisonment.
W. S. Clark, the dilapidated carpet
bagger who edits the Atlanta Repub
lican, was well cow-hided a few days
ago. It seems that he had impugned
the honesty of a witness and said wit
ness, indignant, laid the illustrious
loyal -leager’s back open in divers
places places with the business end of a
cowhide. Clark was once Freedmen’s
Bureau Agent in Bainbridge.
We arc sorry to see that the Atlanta
Constitution and Macon Telograph and
Messenger have lost their temper, and
are indulging in gross personalities, al*
on account of the Stephens movement.
The Albany Advertiser thinks that
blood mutt be spilt, and advises Col
Lamar to “go for” Capt. Howell. In
the meantime the world continues to
Move, and the 19th of July is coming
VHY WM- E. SMITH SHOULD BE
GOVERNOR.
Let the State Convention give as a
Bound and able Democrat as our guber
natorial candidate, nominated under the
time-honored two-thirds rule of the
party, and the rank and file will stand
to him to a man. The people want the
strongest and best man to lead them,
and they have elected delegates to At*
lanta to discover him. He may not be
Stephens; he may not be Bacon—but
hs will be the choice of the party.
We hear every now and then, that
«x Senator Westbrook, of Albany, will
enter the congressional race in the 2d
District as an independent candidate
•gainst Capt, Turner. For our part we
don’t believe a word of it, for Westbrook
ta not that kind of man. Wc exn^' (
come black and tan scala w ^ g to O p pose
Capt. Turner an^ t ^ e Democratic party,
but tWe will not be a greasy spot of
him left the day after the election.
Wa are glad to see the Albany
Advertiser coming square out for Hon.
William E. Smith, for Governor. In-
atead%f fighting Stephens our contem
porary should have spent all of its blis
tering edUortalaie of the past two
months in advocacy of Southwest Geor
gia’s “great commoner.” We had rath
er sea Mr. Smith in the gubernatorial
chair than any man in the State. He
fa not only our truest public man, but
b : a opposition to the Electoral Com
mission showed that his judgment was
batter than that of any other Georgian
ia Congress
Gen. Geo. T. Barnes, of Augusta, is
. a candidate for Congress-at-large. Gen.
v ' Barnes is a member of the National
Democratic Committee, and bas served
the party arduously and without inter-
Ainsiou for the past 25 years. He has
V held many positions of trust and honor
V, it*the party, but only once did he ever
N. fiMda place to which any pay was at-
-J taehed, and that was when he served
V term in the Georgia Legislature.
Qep. Barnes is a man of rare ability,
r.’C^'and has always been one of the safest
' party leaders in the State. We copy an
atliole in reference to bis candidacy
from the Augusta Chronicle and Con-
ttUutbnalist wbieh we fully endorse.
God never made a truer man. The
country never had a nobler or more
self-sacrificing patriot.
In war, like Marshal Ney, he was
‘•the bravest of the brave.”
In peace, like Genral Hancock, his
love for constitutional liberty and civil
law, stamps him as one of our foremost
statesmen.
Radicalism had abont perished in the
State, but in the Second Congressional
District it was still hydra-headed. Its
chorts were led by the ablest of all the
leaders—W hi teley.
Whiteley had a bill of sale to the
Second. Tift had gone down twice be
fore him. and Wright once.
Despair settled over our people.
Whiteley was omnipotent, and why at
tempt to defeat him. He could make
friends even in our own camp, for he
could buy and pay for them out of the
enormous pationage he controlled and
distributed.
In 1874 a convention of the Demo
cratic party was held at Albany to
nominate a candidate for Congress.
Nobody cired for it, for most people
do not want to be slaughtered.
William E. Smith was nominated,
and the honor literally forced upon him.
This event thrilled the people and
caused them to take heart again.
Whiteley knew his antagonist and
trembled. If he had worked hard be
fore, that redoubtable politician trebled
his efforts now. Such a campaign
as followed never was known before.
Our Smith took the aggressive. He
awaited no attack, but entered and cap
tured the enemy’s strong-holds. His
campaign was brilliant, but merciless
to Radicalism which had sought to de
grade Southern-manhood.
When the votes were counted Radi
calism was found to be crushed, and
Whiteley defeated. Have the people
of Georgia forgotten the rejoicings that
glorious denoumeut brought forth.
In 1876 these two were again pitted
one against the other by their respect
ive parties. The Democracy under
Smith was completely victorious.
This was more than the great White-
ley, chief Mogul o*' defunct Radical
ism could stand; antV>——"^sensible
man be emigrated to Colorado where he
now resides.
1876 was the year that saw Samuel
J. Tilden elected President of the
United States. His popular majority
was over 250,000 votes; his electoral
majority was 16.
There could be no doubt of the
Democratic victory. Hayes, the Radi
cal candidate, fully admitted it. Great
rejoicing prevailed throughout the
country.
But with defeat the Radical leaders
became desperate. They had revelled
for twenty years in public plunder.
They were Buccaneers of the worst
type.
Old Zach Chandler was the leader,
and his son, Billy E—a scion in every
way worthy of the rascalities of his an
cestor, was chief of staff.
The clans were called. From the
east came the Blaines, the Hoars and
the Edmundses; from the north came
the Conklings, the Camerons and the
Arthurs; from the west came the
Shermans, the Mortons and the Logans;
from the South came the Kellogg; t be
liisbees'the McLios^n-; ad infinitum.
^ ??hSu'“iuey assembled, hell never
yawned for a hungrier set of vultures,
nor a more precious set of scoundrels.
Their audacity and boldness was equal
to the crime they weie about to com
mit. The Presidency was to be stolen
from the man elected and given to the
man not elected.
Grant was President—bribe taker,
peculator, law-breaker and bummer, of
course he aided the conspirators with
all the power of the government.
Then came the “visiting statemen,”
and the recount of the votes.—Perjured
witnesses and political adventurers
swooped down upon three States like
the locusts of Egypt.
Congress met iu December. The
Federal Constitution provided for count
ing the electoral vote. It was the law
of the land. No one doubted that the
Constitution would protect the right.
William E. Smith had 6worp to sup
port that consiititution; he feit safe
in its protection.
Certain it was that'the conspirators
would make an effort to rape the Presi
dency, but certain everybody believed
the constition would balk and defeat
them.
At last an electoral commission was
suggested as the road to a speedy and
simple solution of the question. It was
an adroitly drawn bill to that effect,
which came before Congress.
The Republicans who advocated it
spoke through lips of honey. The
lordly bnt now defunct Conkling con
sumed a day in its discussion. The
cold and steel-hearted Edmunds actually
warmed np in iu advocacy, while the
tears of the crockodile flowed from his
expressionionless eyes.
Ah, how fair did thi'se stalwarts
make this infamous electoral commis-
s.on. It waa to be a body of houeat men
to canvass vote the fairly Even then
one congressman at least saw the shadow
cf Aliunde Joe in the dim perspective.
The Democrats were captivated by
the hollow words and the crockodile
tears of their opponents. Almost en
masse they voted for the iniquitous bill,
knowing it to be unconstitutional. The
eloquent Hill, the fiery Gordon, the
learned Stephens—in fact all of the
Georgia Delegation, with one exception
voted for and advocated the bill.
That one exception was William E.
Smith of the Socond Congressional
District. Beneath the velvet paw he
saw the claw of the tiger. Beyond the
specious eloquence of the Radical lead
ers he saw the hopes of the conspiracy
to overthrow the Constitution,
With bU long head, with his sol'd
reason, with his superlative energy, be
went to work against the consummation
of this infamy. His speech set forth
iu glaring iniquities, aud predicted the
result should the bill pass.
The bill did pass ; the commission
was organised—4 Democrats, 4 repub
licans and Joe Bradley. The game was
8 to 7 and 8 beat seven every time.
Tilden and the people efthe United
States were swindled out of a fair elect
ion, and the Constitution of our country
was trampled in the dust.
Oh that every Democrat had been
like Smith. We have heard many a
leading man say that Smith’s foresight
seemed inspired; and every Democrat
in the land is ready to rise up and say
that he had mofe wisdom than any
member of the Congress of 1876.
He ought to be nominated Governor
of Georgia if he wants it. Georgia
would cover herself with glory by
placing him in the gubernatorial ehair.
For Congrtssman-at-Largc.
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, June
28. 1882.
An “Old Line Democrat” presents
sSir morning the name of Hon. George
T. Barnes, for Congressman-at-large.
The mention of bis name at this time,
for the general representative of the
State in the next House of Representa
tives is particularly appropriate. H
embodies in a striking degree the high
principles of a man and the thorough
qualities of the statesman. No maD in
the State has been truer to tiis friends
or more faithful to those principles of
the party to which he lias been so long
attached. Of warm, genial uature, he
is among the most companionable and
popular of gentlemen—a man of the
people, and a representavive whom all
classes can approach, and from whom,
whether clienU or constituents, his
people can at all times expect candor,
courtesy and rely upon the highest
capacity. As a lawyer he ruuks among
the most conscientious and profound,
and as an advocate he is considered one
of the most logical and eloquent iD the
South. He is a broad and finished
scholar, and has trained a mind of
natural strength and liberality by the
widest range of reading and the most
intelligent observation of men and
events.
Major Barnes has rendered great
service to the State as a public mao.
He has never held office since his elect
ion to the Legislature in 1864, when
the true and tried men of ths land were
called to file front in an hour of uncer
tainty and peril. But since that time
he has been a trusted leader of the par
ty. He has labored as a member of the
State and National Campaign Commit
tees and has been found in the front
rank in every campaign since the war,
where the principles of Democracy
were to be advanced and the honor of
the South was to be maintained. As
the Georgia member of the National
Democratic Executive Committee, he
has formulated a basis of organization
for the unity and strength of his party,
and no man in the next campaign,
whether or not he is advanced by the
people as a candidate for office, will be
more ready to render faithful and
efficient service to his party and to his
county than the Hon. George T. Barnes.
The Chronicle has no desire to an
ticipate the action of the State Demo
cratic Convention, where the best and
troest counsel, we- trnst, will prevail;
still less do we wish to detract from the
claims of the many excellent gentlemen
who have already been presented for
the office of Congressmen-at-large.
Bat we may with confidence say that
should Major Barnes be placed in nomi
nation as the general representative of
the State in the Forty-eighth Congress,
the people and the whole people will
secure a man who has shown himself a
master of detail, and who will prove
himself to be an organizer of victory :
a man who unites the patriotism of
Bayard with the scholarship of Garfield,
and who in the judicial caste of his
mind and the breadth of bis statesman
ship will take high rank amopg the
leaders of the oonntrj.
Gnilraa IlaajfMl. -
Washington, June 30.—Guiteau has
expiated his crime. He was hung to-day
in the jail of the District of (,’oluinb : a, the
drop falling at thirty-nine miuutes past. 12;
The assassin met his death in a broken
down condition. He ate a hearty break
fast partook of a hearty dinner at 11
o’clock. Shortly after his dinner he broke
down and began to cry and sob. His at
tendants braced him np. When the time
came for him to walk to his death be was en
tirely composed.
He went across the rotunda of the jai;
to the opposite side, where he was to be
hung, with a steady tread. He looked
pale, bnt was calm and collected. With
arms pinioned, he strode to the gallows and
ap its Bteps be went with a firm tread. On
the second step from the top he stumbled,
bat w*3 supported by the attendants. He
immediately, without any direction, took
his place right over the drop. He stood
there for a moment looking at the two
hundred and fiftv people who possessed
passes to see him hang. He had in his
had a piece ot white paper, which, when
dropped, was to be the signal for the man
ont of sight to spring the trap. With a
o-rim voice ind with faultless elocution
O
Guiteau read verses fro:n St. Matthew,
tbe burden of which was, “you may kill the
body but not the soul.”
The Bible from which he read was held
before him by Dr. Hicks. Then, in equal
!y as clear a voice, the assassin recited
what he called “My Dying Prayer on the
Gallows.” Dr. Hicks held the copy before
him to read. It, os also the Doem. was
written in Guiteau’s bold, large hand. On
finishing the prayer, the assassin said that
he bad composed a poem this mornin,
which he would read. It was doggerel
of course. The idea of the poem. Guiteau
said, was that of a child tabling to his
mamma. The reading of this so-called
poem was not very successful. Guiteau
broke down and could not finish it intel
ligently. He simply sobbed it. He could
not talk intelligently. Belorehe had finish
de he was completely brokeu down. When
be got throng'i, Dr. Hicks leaned upon the
railing of the scaffold and commeuced to
pray. Befotehe had said a half dozen
words Guiteau dropped the piece of paper
which he held in his hand. The signal
was immediately recognized. The drop
was sprung, and the body was swaying in
tbe air. The neck waa not eutirely diulo
cated, bat it was a very good execution
The murderer drew his legs up three times
and then hang as if lead were attached to
him. As he dropped the prisoners in the
adjoining cells set up a hurrah, which was
taken up and echoed and re-echoed by the
crowd of about a thousand people outside.
The only member of his family who wit
nessed the execution was liis brother.
Jno. W. Guiteau-. The brother took
things -very complacently and quietly
He stood near the foot of the steps lead
ing to the scaffold, and showed no emo
tion whatever. He saw his brother swung
into eternity without moving a muscle
After swinging iu the air for about twenty
minutes the body was taken down, placed
iu a plain coffin and carried to the chapel
of the jail. There an autopsy was perfor
med. If medical science is to-be trusted,
of which there is grave doubt, Guiteau’s
body showed by the autopsy that he was
perfectly sane. To-night, in the portbeast
corner of the jail, near the scaffold upon
which he was hung, Guiteau was buried
in a plain deal box. Tbe snot will be
marked by a simple stone with the name,
age aud date of death npon it. So ends
*
M. KWILECKI.
AT TIIE OLD
Warfield. Store.
A NEW SUPPLY OF
Groceries and Gratis
Hardware & Wagon
Material, Paints,
Oil and Putty,
Agent for Sashes and Blinds."
Keep Cool! Keep Cool!
ICE ALWAYS ON HAND. Strictly
a ii, §
Too Cheap To Charge.
GEO. 0. GRIFFIN.
WANTED.
House For Hent,
I hereby offer for rent that comfortable
residence lately occupied by Mr. Fred
Smith. It is commodious, with all neces
sary out houses, and splendid garden at
tached. Apply to Thomas Scott, or the un
dersigned,
jy6 ’82. J. L. Boynton.
Bainbridge Academy.
The above institution will begin on the
last Monday in August, the 28th. A full
and able corps of teachers will be employ
ed and every endeavor made to give satis
faction. Patronage of citizens of Bain
bridge and the surrounding country solicit
ed. Tuition as heretofore.
Respectfully,
jy.6-’82, J. E WiTHKitspooN.
Citation to Obtafei Letters of Dis
mission.
GEORGIA—Decatur County':
D, B. Curry, as guardian of M. S. Curry,
having applied to the Court of Ordinary of
said county for a discharge from his guard
ian-hip of M. S. Curry’s person and prop
erty, this is therefore to cite all persons
conserned to show cause by filing objections
in my office, why he should not be dismiss
ed from bis guardianship of his said ward
and receive the usual letters of dismission
on the first Monday in August next. Given
under my official signature.
Maston O’Nbat.,
June 22, ’82. Ordinary, D. C
Sheriff's Sale.
GEORGIA—Decatur County;
Will be s >Id before the court house d oor
in the town of Bainbridge, during the
usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday
in August next, the following property
to-wit:
One-lourth (J) undivided interest in the
Steamer Newton, to satisfy one mortgage fi
fa in favor of Weston & Davis, vs Sutton &
Owen. Also, one undivided 4th interest
m the Steamer Newton to satisfy a mort
gage ti fa in favor of N. & A, F. Tift & Co,
vs C- C. BartOD, Tne entire interest in said
boat being hereby levied upon aud adver
tised for sale to satisfy this an 1 other exe.
cutions in my hands levied on the Steamer
Newton. L F. BURKETT,
Jcne 29, 1882.— Sheriff.
100.000 bushels of cotton seed
for the growing crop.
I am prepared to contract for the above
F. L. BABBIT.
May 4. ’82.—6m.
8 8 2
E. A. POHLMAN,
THE LIVE CRCCER
Will run a lightning schedule the present
year, and will keep on hand for the benefit
of the public the bejt and most select as
sortment of
GROCERIES,
Ever seen in Bainbridge. Also,
FRUITS,
CANDIES,
CONFECTIONS.
Country produce bought at highest prices.
All I ask is a trial, after which I know
you will be pleased.
E A Pohlman,
$66
a week in your own town. Terms
and $i> outfit free. Address,
H. Hallett & Co..
Portland Maine.
$5 to$20'"" ) ' l " t "'“'
free- Address
Sample worth $5
Stinson & Co,
Portland, Maine.
REMOVAL,
This is to notify my friends, patrons and
the publi- generally, that I have removed
my Harness Store next to F. L. Babbit’s on
Sooth Broad street, where I hope to receive
n future, the congratulations and patron
age of my friends. Thanking the publiirfar
past favors, and hoping a con tin nance of
the same, 1 am Yours Respectfully,
J TCOB BORN.
Jan. 5. 1882.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Decatur County :
By virtue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Decatur county. I will sell, as
administrator on the estate of Elizabeth
Fain, on the first. Tuesday in August next,
belore the court house door, in Bainbridge,
Ga., between the usual hours of sale.* Six
shares of Eagle and l’hoenix Manufacturing
stock, no. one thousand three hundred and
eighty. (1380) for the purpose of distribu
tion among the heirs of said estate. Terms
cash. John W. Wilson.
Administrat or on the estate of Elizabeth
Fain. 30d.
0PM-II
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&
Marshall House,
|U week. a day at home
easily made. Costly outfit free.
Address True & Co., Augusta Maine-
$72’
JOHN BRESNAN, Manager,
Savannah^ - - Ga,
The Marshall House, with its capacious
vestibule, extensive and elegant verandah,
affording ladies a fine view of the prome
nade, airy and well-ventilated rooms, and
unrivaled table, is unquestionably the lmig-
est and
LEADING SAVANNAH HOTEL.
I respectfully refer the traveling public
to those of their friends who have been
guests of the Marshall House under the
the present management.
The increased patronage recetven by this
house has necessitated the lease of what was
formerly known as the “Florida House,"
and it has been supplied with elegant fur
niture. carpets, etc , and forms a grand com
bination under one management which will
be appreciated by the traveling public.
JOHN BRESNAN,
JACK M. TERRELL, Manager,
of Bainbridge v ut the office.
-ARE THE BOSSES IN THE-
Dry Goods and Grocery TraJ
-AND T«ET ARE NOW-
Selling at Rock Bottom PricJ
Is supplied with Wines, Liquors,
ger, Ales, and in fact everything {
for the inner man to drink.
CALL AND SCE-
II. H. Elirlich &: Co,
c on &
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ARE READY F0R.THE
Spring and Summi
C A M P A I G N
WITH A
E
FINE STOCK OF GOODl
Consisting of Everything Usually Kept in a
FIRST-CLASS ST OR
COME AND SEE THEM.
South Broad St,
Thespian Bnildi n|
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
Call and see me everybody, and examine my well selected stock of Millinery aw
: ^“Pnsiug everything kept in a first class millinery establishment. Bav
™ edfrom * h ® north, I am prepared to give my customers every advantag
latest styles and fashions. I have a splendid assortment of lace and lalsle milts,
wares and fronts of every description. Fine cologne and Eiuer Down, the best ft
der m existence. Hats of every description from 25 cents to tl Picture fra
sixes, very cheap. I have the agency tor E. Butterick & Co’s, patterns and the;
pure ased of me as chea p as of the firm. I pay postage on all patterns. M
Hogue, an adept id the art of mutua-making can be* found at my establishmen
iu n j W ‘ be p!emsed t0 serve her many friends. Ladies coming to
should call and see me before leaving. AU orders will receive my person»1 attei
Respectfully,
m x. j.
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