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Alleged Conspiracy for the Assas
sination of Ex-President Davis.
A rorrespondent of the Erie (Fa.)
Dispatch relates the following, which
he says comes within his own knowl
edge. There may be some truth in it,
but most likely it is one of those sen
sations which seem indispensable to
life at the Worth. The writer says:
When it was found that Davis was
to go on bail, a matter which every
one here looks upon as a virtual dis
charge, the excitement among the vet
eran soldiers knew no bounds. The
result had been published days before;
and, half expecting it, a meeting was
privatoly called, at which some sixteen
discharged soldiers were present, who
bound themselves sacredly together
under the name of the “ Anderson*
ville League,” every member subscri
bing to a solemn oath that if the gov
ernment failed in its duty they would
take justice into their own hands.
This brotherhood no man was qual
ified to enter but who had suffered
either from wounds or imprisonment
in the rebel pens during the war. It
now extends to New York, Philadel
phia and Boston. Whiie the bail was
being arranged with the Court at
Richmond on the day set for the trial,
a paper was handed in to Davis' coun.
sel, Charles O’Conor, of New York,
warning him of the existence of such
a league, and naming two men in the
court room as members.
These men were seized as 60on as
they left the room, ou a mock charge,
and were taken to jail, and were not
released until a week after, when Da
vis was in New York. It will be re
membered that Davis arrived in New
York during the night; that he kept
secluded as much as possible while at
the New York Hotel, no one being
admitted but those who were person
ally known to someone of the party ;
that he suddenly removed one night
from the hotel to Brooklyn, where he
remained until his departure ; tha the
left the city of New York alone and in
disguise for Montreal, his party and
family following only when he had
telegraphed them of his safe arrival.
When it is understood that the bro.
tberhood were upon his track, and
that he was conscious of it, this strange
•conduct is accounted for. According
to the oath, as long as he remains up
■on foreign greund he is sale; so it is
hardly probable that he will again set
foot upon the soil of the United States,
at least not until he feels easier in mind
than at present.
Evils of Gossip
I have known a country sooicty,
which withered away to nothing un
der the dry rot of gossip only.—
Friendships once as firm as granite
dissolved to jelly, and then run away
to water, only because of this; love,
that promised a future as enduring as
heaven, and as stable as truth, evap
orated into morning mist that turned
to a day’s long tears, only because ot
this; a father and a son wero set foot
to foot with the fiery breath of an an
ger that Would never cool again be
tween them, only because ot this ; and
a husband and his young wife, each
straining at the hated leash which in
the beginning had been the golden
bond of a God-blessed lore, sat mourn
fully by the side of the grave where
all their love and all their joy lay bui
ried, also only because of this. 1 havo
seen faith tvanstormed to mean doubt,
hope give place to grim despair, and
charity take on itself the features of
black malevolence, all because of the
of scandal and the magic
muttl igs of gossip. Great crimes
work great wrong, and the deeper tra
gedies of human life spring from its
larger passions ; but woful and most
melancholy are uncatalogued tragedies
that issue from gossip and detraction ;
most mournfully the shipwreck often
made of noble natures and lovely lives
by the bitter winds and dead salt wa
ders of slander. So easy to say, yet so
lard to disprove—throwing on the in
nocent all the burden and the stain of
demonstrating their innocence, and
punishing them as guilty if unable to
pluck out the stings they never see,
and to silence words they never hear
—gossip and slander are the deadliest
and the oruelest weapons man has
forged for his brother’s hurt.— All the
Year Round.
The way to Select Flour. —First
3ook *o the color ; if it is white, with
a yellowish or straw tint, buy it. If
it is very white, with a bluish cast, or
with specks in it, refuse it. Second,
examine its adhesiveness; wet and
knead a little of it between your fin
gers ; if it works soft and sticky, it is
poor. Third, throw a littlo lump of
dry flour against a smooth surface ; if
jt falls like powder, it is bad. Fur
ther, squeeze seme of the flour in your
hand ; if it retains the shape given by
the pressure, that, too, is a good sign.
Flour that will stand all these tests,
it is safe to buy. These modes aro
given by old flour dealers, and they
pertain to a matter that concents eve
rybody—the staff of life.
The Wheat Market. —The Pitts
burg Commercial tayß the principal
grain centres are manifesting, just
now, certain significant fluctuations in
Juices —a sort of trembling sensation
ike that which precedes the final
plunge of the sinking ship. The grand
prospect ahead for the wheat crop
now within two months of the mat Let
—has brought out some thousands of
bushels of old wheat, and the market
from this time forward is bound to de
cline,
Greeley at his Wctrk-— Greeley has
this advantage over his antagonists—
he keeps cool and fights them at bis
leisure—he deliberately seta down and
dissects his vietirn. The argument in
this case is the more effective, from
he fact, that he makes Phillips do the
talking. A little more grape, Old
Whitey. —Macon Telegraph
jicniljent (fettrprise
~~ (SEMI-WEEKLY.) ""
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.:
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1867.
SUPERIOR COURT.
The Superior Court for Thomas
County met yesterday, but finding that
the Juries had been summoned for the
third instead of the second Monday in
June, Judge Hansell was obliged
to dispense with the trial of cases,
and hold court for a day or two, only
to hear motions. He will probably
adjourn the Court this evening and
hold a special term hereafter fer the
trial of Criminal Cases only, Judge
Hansen, we regret to see, is suffering
from Rheumatism, and though some
parties may be disappointed by the
failure of the Court, it will be benefi
cial to his Honor’s health and to the
farmers, who aro very busy just now
killing the grass produced by the re
cent rains.
COUNTY RAILROAD
ELECTION.
We publish to day, an order by the
Inferior Court of Thomas County, or
dering, in compliance with an act of
the Legislature, an election to be held
at the various precincts of the county,
on Tuesday, the 2d day of July next,
for the purpose of authorizing said In
ferior Court to issue Bonds to the
amount of one hundred thousand dol
lars, for the construction of the South
Georgia & Florida Railroad. Let ev
ery voter consider tho matter well, and
remember that in this election he is
called upon to vote for or against his
own interests. Every sensible man in
the county knows the construction of
this road will add to his wealth by in
creasing the value of his property, and
while it is true that he is asked to vote
a tax upon the county for its construc
tion, ho is at the same time assured
that the tax ho pays will only he so
much stock secured to him and his
heirs in the Railroad—thus giving
each individual tho use of his own
money and the advantages of the rail
road combined. Under these most
favorable arrangements, we do not see
how any sane tnan could vote against
the issue of Bonds.
EXTENSION OF THE ATLAN
TIC & GULF RAILROAD.
We had tlie pleasure of meeting in
our sanctum yesterday, the pleasant
faces of Mr. 11. S. Haines, tho able
and energetic Superintendent of the
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, and Mr. J.
A. Maxwell, the accomplished Chief
Engineer of the same. These gentle
men visit Thomasville on business con
nected with the extension of the At
lantic Sc Gulf Railroad, and wo are
happy to hear that tl e work bus now
commenced in earnest. A sufficient
number of hands to complete the work
will bo placed on the line within the
next two weeks, and it is confidently
expected that tho road will bo in ope
ration to Bainbridge in October next,
Mr. Maxwell proceeds at once with tho
business in his department, and tho
very prnsenoe of these gentlemen at
the torminus of the road with this an
nouncement, gives tho fullest assurance
of the vigorous prosecution of the
work to an early completion. We con
gratulate our Bainbridge friends upon
this early beginning of the realization
of their hopes.
BLACKSIIEAR CONVENTION.
We publish to-day the proceedings
of tho above Convention, held on
Tuesday last, not because we think
them worthy of consideration, but that
our readers may ace for themselves
that tho Convention was not entitled
to consideration. Thomas and Brooks
were not represented, as roported in
the proceedings, but two citizens who
haj period to bo prosont were invited
to seats, and that citizen from Thomas,
Dr. T. S. Hopkins, a sensible, worthy
gentleman, distinctly Stated that lie
was not a delegate to tho Convention.
Nevertheless, he was made to do duty
as a delegate, and to represent the
“loyal sentiments’’ of Thomas. There
were really only four counties repre
sented of tho twenty-nine in tho First
Congressional Distriot.
TEN CENTS TO HEMEMBE?
HIM !
There has been for a long time, one
of Eberlinrt’s Yankee School Teachers
in Thomasville, named Pine or Pync,
teaching a colored school. Recently,
he left temporarily or for good, we do
not know which. Some of his colored
patrons tell us that ho was very scru.
nulous in collecting his tuition— that
ho never failed to get his money out
of tho poorest of them every month,
and during the last collection ho per
suaded each of his patrons to give him
ten cents to remerilber him! Think
of an enlightened Northern philan •
thropist legging a poor ignorant de
luded freedman for ten cents.
Capital Coming to South Georgia.
—lt has been stated that a number of
Noi them capitalists, representingS2o,
worth of capital, may be ex*
peeled early in the fall to pay u visit
to Savannah, with the view of a tc ur
through Southern Georgia to examine
the lands, both improved and unim
proved, lying on or near the Atlantic
& Gulf Railroad. There are thousands
of acres of unimproved lands covered
with a heavy growth of pine timber,
that can be purchased at very low
rates
We publish an excellent com
munication to-day on the subject of
the South Georgia & Riorida Rail
Road, signed “Thomaß.’ , It is tho
roughly practical and to the point,
handling matters with the right spirit,
and wo hope will be read .by everyone.
jj@“lf our cotemporary of the Bain
bridgo Argus, does not yet understand
whut advantages we expect from the
construction of a Railroad between
Thomasville and Albuny, he must wait
until we get the locomotives on tho
road, and then if he will come over we
will enlighten him in a more practical
way. We have no time now to go
over the argument.
DISFRANCHISEMENT.
Gen. Schofield has issued a Gene,
ral Order (number 34,) disfranchising
nearly the entire white population of
Virginia, in direct conflict with the
written opinion of the Attorney gene
ral.
OVERBOARD.
The drivelling Judiciary Committee,
who have been so long taking evi
dence to impeach the President, have
at last adjourned, after voting that the
evidence was not sufficient to impeach*
Poor Ashley ! he will never be heard
of again, unless he turns up in some
State prison.
[for the southehn enterprise.]
Mr. Editor: -1 am glad to notice
in your paper that, you have taken
such a strong position in behalf of the
South Georgia & Florida Rail Road.
I hope your ardor will not abate, and
that you will -‘keep it before the peo
ple” in every issue of your paper, un
til the people shall become thoroughly
alive to their interests, and so much
devoted to this outlet to Middle and
Upper Georgia, and East, West and
Northwest, until they shall determine
to build the Road. But let me say to
the friends of this enterprise. Rail
Roods cannot he built either by town
meetings and resolutions, or by silent
friendship. Every good citizen would
bo delighted to seo this Road built,
and it has their good wile —this
shows that it is popular with the peo
ple. So far so good. But money
must be added to the good will. It
is not denied that the Road, if built,
would be a paying investment. We
are working for our future generations,
and good stocks are the very best lega
cies we can I equeuth our children.
Then, let us subscribe and pay for
stock in this Road, in such sums as
will put the building of the Road upoiv
a certainty. Some people, and I think
yourself among that number, have an
idea the Road can be built by pr vate
subscriptions, without any taxes or
bonds If all the people felt this, and
acted in accordance with their feel
ings, and would subscribe stock and
make personal efforts and sacrifices to
pay their subscriptions, it would bo
charming, and the Ror.d would soon
be built. But, alas ! poor human na
ture is the same to-day as yesterday.
There is always a class (as in the da,s
of Jesus Ourist) who have bought a
yoke of oxen, or married a wife, and
urge excuses why they cannot take a
few shares of stock. lam sorry that
class in Thomasville and the country
is so large. They hold large estates
in lands and in town property, and
have no objection to the Road, but
they wish somebody else to subscribe
liberally and build the Road, to en
hance the value of their property and
excuse them from subscriptions of
stock and any taxation. They want
to uso their capital in outside specula
tions, so as to reap tenfold at some lib
eral subscriber’s expense. If you ask
them for subscriptions, they say I am
opposed to Kail Roads altogether, or
suoh an one outrht to subscribe $5,000,
810,000 and $20,000, and on such
frivolous pleas, utterly refuse to sub
scribe any stock at all. They are like
the man that refused to take the corn,
“unless it was shelled.’’ You can’t
reach this class only by a corn sheller,
and the best, sheller, and one that gives
equal justice is tho tax sheller, with
an ad valorem tax. An ad valorem
tax reaches every man equally. Tho
tax payer simply pays on the value of
his property. Those who aro w. rth
nothing will have nothing to pay. Tho
Road will be a positive benefit to every
species of property. It is impossible
to benefit one property holder and not
another, hence nil should pay a tax for
this general benefit.
Lot tho County and Thomasvill--
both subscribe ; and when the tax is
levied, let the Tax Rereiver add a spe.
cified per cent, for Rail Road purpo
ses, and when the fax payer pays his
tax, let the Collector give him a spo-
cial receipt for tho amount of Rail
Road tax, and when the receipts foot
up ono hundred dollars, lot the County
and City Treasurer transfer to tho tax
payer, ono share of paid up Rail Road
Stock. By this system every tax payer
will pay a tax only on what he is worth,
and at the same time, the tax so paid
will not he lost to him, but will cieate
a fund to build tho Road, and be an
annual investment that will inure to
tho sole benefit of tho tax payer.—
These tax receipts will have a market
value, and if the tax payer wishes to
sell them (they being convertible into
Stock,) there will always bo an oppor
tunity to convert them into money at
their market valuo, This system makes
every man who |>ays one hundred dol
lars, a bona fide Stockholder; it will
aUo give him an opfortunity to vote
for officers and look into tho manage
ment of Road affairs, lie will feel
interested in it, because lie paid it by
taxation, and the stock will constitute
a good fund for bringing him an an
nus! dividend. It wiJJ diversify capi-.
tal and diffuse new life in all kinds of
labor. The old system used to be, to
make more money to buy more land,
more negroes and more mules That
system is forever exploded. The peo
ple are burdened with largo tiacts of
land that they cannot cultivate them
selves —they have no use for large
numbers of mules. The netrroes are
free citizens, and the farmers, will
have to invest their surplus earnings
into some other species of property.
What can they do with it to advantage
them more than assisting to build up
the country ?
If we had Rail Road connections
with the North and West, easy of ac
cess, emigrants would come among us
in sufficient numbers to take up all the
surplus lands, cut the lands into small
farms and sell them. This will more
than double tho population, double the
value of the property and thereby les
sen the taxes
The day of farming on such an im
mense scale as formerly is past. Our
planters wlil have to (and ought) sell
off their surplus land.- into small farms,
and cultivate small farms themselves
Make a small farm rich, so as to yield
a large crop from a few acres. Dis
pense with all surplus stock and make
a hand themselves in their crops. This
will enable them to do with fewer la
borers—will yield more profit, with
less care and anxiety. Invest your
surplus earnings into enterprises that
will put more money into your pockets,
and beautify and adorn your homes,
and make the country prosper- us and
happy:—And there is no enterprise or
investment, that will accomplish so
much good to the peonle of Thomas
County, as the South Georgia & Flo
rida Kail Road. Thomas.
The Blackshear Convention.
Pursuant to announcement made
through the public journals, and by
virtue of piimary meetings held in
several counties of tho First Con
gressional District, a Convention, rep
resenting the loyal sentiment of Cath
am, Pierce, Brooks, Ware Thomas and
Lowndes, assembled at Blackshear on
Tuesday, the 4th inst., at 11 ocloek
A. M.
The meeting was called to order,
and Cbas. H. Hopkins was nominated
and elected Chairman, and C. O.
Lamotte Secretary of the Convention.
The Convention being organized,
the following resolution was submitted
and adopted unanimously :
Resolved, That F. R. Fildcs, editor
of the “Quitman Banner,” from
Brooks county, he invited to a seat in
this body, and that all citizens present
who approve of the objects of the
meeting, be requt sted to participate in
the deliberations of the same.
Tne Chairman then addressed the
Convention in the following terms .
Gentlemen of the Convention : I
thank you for the honor you have con
feired upon me by calling me to preside
over the deliberations of the most im
portant convention ever held in this
district It is an assemblage of in
corruptible patriots, who have volun
tarily come from their various avoca
tions to rent w their fidelity to their
country, and proclaim to the world
their willingness to acquiesce in all the
acts recently passed by Congress for
the speedy reconstruction of the South
ern States, lately iu rebellion.
We have not assembled, my country
men, to discuss laws which are irresis
tibl *, but to obey them. We do not
desire to tear open the wounds of the
nation, which are hut partially healed
and re-kindlo the flumes of civil com
motion. Wo have been sent here as
messengers of peace by a represents
tive population of over one hundred
and iilty thousand inhabitants, embra
cing tnoro than twenty thousand voters
to accept tho terms offerd by Congres
and the President for the pacification
of our late distracted and unhappy
country. Let us accept them us a
whole with dignity and fortitude.
We have much to be thankful for in
this section of Georgia. Your losses
have been small, compared with the
disasters of other portions of the State.
Your fields are fruitful; your taxes are
light; your currency is above suspi
cion ; your products command remu
iterative prices; and, better still, peaoj,
g'orious peace, reigns supremo over
our broad land, from the frozen lakes
to tho burning sands of the Rio
Grande. We read no more of tho
casualities in battle, amid tho tears
und lauontatio sos mothers, wives
and sisters, for some noble youth who
fell in the bloody -trite.
Let us draw a veil of oblivion over
the past. Let us no h-ngr be designa
ted by geographical distinctions, but
as Americans, recognizing the Gov
ernment oi. the United States as our
government, and the flag of the Union
as tho banner under which we were
born, were reared, and expect to die.
Our trubies will then be at an end, and
we shall be again a united, prosperous
and happy peoplo.
On motion, the following gentlemen,
constituting a Committee of five, wore
appointed to prepare b isuiesp (or the
meeting: F. it Fildes, lion Win.
Sessions. Win. Btaniley, Esq, and
Dr. T S. Hopkins, wlio retired ; and
while absent, the meeting was ad
dressed at length by Mr. Fildes, ex
pressing, as lie declared, thojfeeling of
Brooks county in favor of a speedy
reconstruction of the State, under the
Military Acts. He reviewed his own
position as n secessionist until the close
of the rebellion, and stated that in
good faith he had accepted the situa
tion, and while he held the lost cause
eloso to his Heart as a mourner, he
held the Constitute u of the United
States the laws of Congress in his
nght haud, which authority he now
egarded as paramount, and tube obey,
ca.
Upon conclusion of the remarks of
the gentleman from Brooks the Con
vention adjourned to dinner.
Upon the reassembling at 2 o’clock
I‘. M., the following preamble and resi
olutions were submitted by the Com'
tnittee on Business, which being see
onded by Mr. Lamotte, from Chat
ham, in a speech directed exclusively
to their merits, were unanimously
adopted :
We, the representatives of the sen.
timents of the people of the First
Congressional District of the State of
Georgia, in general consultation as.
sembled at Blackshear, in the county
of Pierce, this 4th day June, 1867,
do reiterate and declare our unaltcr.
able attachment to the Constitution of
the United States and the Union
thereof. Be it therefore
Resolved, That this organization
shall be styled and known as the Con
stitutional Reconstruction Party of
the State of Georgia ; and while all its
sympathies are national, it will never,
thelcss cordially receive upon its plat
form, irrespective of color, all who are
willing to obliterate the past and co
operate with us in forming and cemen
ting a more perfect Union.
Resolved, That we accept all the
acts recently passed by Congress for
the restoration of the States lately in
rebellion to the Federal Union, as a
finality for the adjustment of all our
difficulties with the General Govern
ment.
Resolved, That repoi-ing implicit
confidence in the magnanimity und
good faith of the Government, we feel
assured that a prompt acquiescence in
all the present demands of Congress
by tho people of Georgia, will insure
to them permanent peace and a speedy
restoration of all their rights wliich
have not been forfeited by the acci
dents or war.
Resolved , That when all the present
requirements of tho Government have
been accepted by our people, we are
in favor of immediate amnesty and the
repeal of all disability laws now in
force, in respect to those persons who.
prove now, by their loyalty, that they
are entitled to such clemency; and, as
isolated eases of fidelity to the Union
may occur before restoration can be
accomplished, which may justify im
mediate relief of such citize s from
said disabilities, we do now appoint a
special committee of three to advocate
such meritorious claims before Con
gress and the Pres-dent.
Resolved, That we recommend the
completion of registration at the ear
liest practicable moment, in order that
an election may be ordered at the dis
cretion of Major General Pope lor del
egates to a Convention to frame and
adopt a Constitution, which shall guar
antee to all men equal rights, and in
sure our speedy restoration to our for
mer political status in the Government.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be forwarded by the Secreta
ry to Major General Pope, and to lus
Excellency Ghas. J. Jenkins, and that
they be published in all the papers of
this District.
Letters wero received from several
distinguished gentlemen sympathizing
with the object of the meeting, as also
communications frein Pierce and Ef
fingham counties and others, which
woro reoeivud with npplausC-
Hon. Wm. M. Sessions, Judge L.
H. Gre nleaf, Colonel Ware, I)-. Lote,
Dr. Hopkins, and Messrs. Lamotte,
and Newton spoke upon tho merits ot
the resolutions, and their remarks
were received with applause by the
Convention.
On motion, the proceedings were
ordered to be published in the Savan
nah Republican and Quitman Banner ,
and the other papers in the District
were requested to copy.
[From t,!ic Rome Courier-]
IMPORTANT DISCLOSU RES.
Aims and Objects of the Black Re
publican Party, Lodges Sic., in
Georgia.
All are doubtless aware that there
is now in our midst, a political organ
ization, under the name of “The
Black Republican Party of Georgia
but, few perhaps, are aware of its sys
tematic operations. Permit me to
give you a few items of this partiy’s
progress in South and Southwestern
Georgia, as I learned thorn from a
Northern man, who Iras made consid
erable investments in cotton lands in
that part of the St -te, and is this year
running a cotton plantation there:
The Executive Committee of tho
new party consists of seven—ono for
each Congressional District. The
Committeeman for the Ist District is
a colored man, by the nuiiie ot Simms,
who resides in Savannah. He is now
out on the work of organizing his par
ty in that District, accompanied by
l one Captain Richardson, who was con
! nccted with the Bureau at Thomas
' villo. This man, having been either
dismissed, or somehow severed his
connection with the Bureau, is now
engaged as an emissary of his party,
tho extreme Republicans of the North.
Ho, it is said, has a fund of 815,000
at his command, to be used in the Ist
District. He supplies tho Charters
for Lodges in every county of the
District —accompanies the Executive
Committeeman, and uids him in the
organization of Lofges. Each Lodge,
as soon as organized, is advised of the
organization of every other Lodge—
its number, officers and place of loca
tion and receives monthly reports
from every Lodge in tho State.
The private doctrines of the party,
as made known to every member
when be takes the oath, and enters
the Lodge, are the following, in sub
stance, as printed in the Charter of
each Lodge :
Ist. Equal division of tho entire
property of the country.
2nd. Equal rights, civil, social and
political.
3d. Entire, and forever disfran
chisement of all leading secessionists,
whith total confiscation for them.
4th. A solemn pledge that Con
gress, at its next session, shall repeal
the cotton tax ou all cotton raised and
owned by freedntco; but no repeal of
tax as to cotton raised and owned by
white men
There arc other sundry matters in
these articles of faith, considered and
declared to be fundamental. An oath
is taken by every member, on his ini
tiation, to carry out these doctrines in
all his votes; and the Lodges in each
election are to nominate the candidate
for every office. The members of
every Lodge are to meet at some se
lected place, convenient to the polls,
armed as well as they cun, and at a
certain hour on the day ot election,
are to march, in double file to the
polls, and deposit the ballot which
has been supplied them by tbeir
Lodge, at this meeting.
These things are substantially true,
there cannot be a doubt, though they
may not be literally so. That the
freedmen, in the first District, have
been more industrious and attentive to
their business this year than they were
last year, and have been more quiet
and orderly, admits of no dispute, un
til within the last few weeks That
thes incendiaries of the Radicals are
atnon.- them, and that their meetings
are being held, is equally true—that
the freedmen have suddenly become
politically intoxicated ; and they have,
in many instances, suddenly abandon
ed their late habits ol quietness and
labor, admits of no doubt. They have
become insuboniiuute. Some planters
have been compelled to turn out their
mules, and abandon their farms, on the
ground that at this crisis of the cotton
crop, the freedmen refase to work, and
are running about to these political
meetings; and, on the additional
ground that they are unable to procure
food for their stock and hands, and
are unwilling to do so, unless they
had assurances that the freedmen
would work, so as to enable them to
save their crops.
In this state of affairs, what is to be
done ?
Havo the military authorities power,
and if so, have they the disposition to
break up these incendiary proceedings?
Their prejudices against the South,
if they are disposed to kee p the coun
try in quiet, I will prevent them
from believing these things, until it is
too late to apply the remedy, if there
be any.
My informant said to me, in all can
dor, that fe believed the objects of
these white missionaries, or many of
them, were to bring about a war ol
races; if this were not the object, and
they should be arrested, the result
would be inevitable. He further sta
ted that, within his knowledge, a very
considerable number of white men
(Southern born, and raised in the
South, and rampant secessionists) had
joined these Lodg-s, and were in offi
cers and leaders in them, and that he
knew of some Southern men of great
wealth in them.
This is tho Htatc affairs in the first
District—doubtless the initiatory steps
are being taken in all the Districts
It will be remembered that Mr. E.
B. Rucker, a eolored man of Marietta,
is the Committeeman ior the 7th Dis
trict.
I submit the question—Ought not
these thing- to be made known to Gen.
Pope, and he be invited to ivustigate
them. Pacificator.
P. S. —See the platform of the
“Black Republican Party ot' Gear,
gia f pub ished in the Loyal Geor
gian, of the 14th of May.
If desired for the purpose of honest
investigation, names can be given.
P.
South Georgia and Florida Rail
road. —We see by the last number of
the Thomasville Enterprise, that the
Citj Council of Th. masville, by pro
clamation of the Mayor, has submitted
the question of subscription by the
corporation to this road, to the deci
sion of the legal voters of the place.
The decision can hardly be considered
doubtful ; the only question is whether
the road will run to Thomasville or
eight miles West. In either case Flo
rida is deeply interested, and we hope
our citizens will evidence the same
public spirit shown by our Georgia
neighbors, and thus place themselves
immediately in connection with the
great western markets.— Monticello
Gazette.
Horace Greeley Scalping Wendoll
Phillips
Mr. Greeley is remarkable ior the
general humanity of his disposition,
hut when aroused by the attacks of his
enemies he shows no quarter. He has
certainly impaled Wendell Phillips
upon the horn of a dilemma, in view
of the latter’s severe denunciations of
the release of Mr. Davis. The Tribune
quotes declarations from speeches of
Mr. Phillips running back for two
years pant, in which he scouts and
scoffs the idea of banging Davis. In
May, 1865, hr declared that ho “would
never consent to the death of Davis
till he feared his lile.” In October
he said “they might set all the traitors
free, if they would only enfranchise
the blacks.'’ In February, 1866, he
said tho time had parsed for punishing
traitors, snd in October he said he did
not care what became of Davis —he
“was older than the Ark; the question
of his punishment is one that landed
on Mount Ararat.” These declarations
arc certainly in very strong and strik
ing contrast with what ho is saying
now on the same subject.
Jefferson Davis. The proprietors
of the White Sulphur Springs, in Ca
tawba county, N. C.. it is reported,
have invited Hon. Jefferson Davis to
visit, with his family, that famous wa
tering place, on his return from Cana
da, and that he has accepted the invi
tation, and will be there in July or
August, as he is returning to the State
ot Mississippi.
niwkrii
I WILL apply to '*>* honorable Court of
Ordinary cl -an) county. for an order BrantitiK
leave to sell the Real Estate .f Uui H Mason,
late of Niid county. dceeased, on the him Mon
d*v in Anew! nr»f.
JOHN 'V PFAROE
Jmt* 11 Hi Mm't
Proceeding* of Council.
Thomasville, June 10, 1867.
The amended Ordinance for the re
gulation of Cemeteries was taken up,
and the following section added :
It shall he the duty of the Marshal
and his assistants, to superintend the
digging of graves withit: the corporate
limits, whenever they may be request
ed so to do by the family or friends of
deceased persons, and fur such service
the Marshal shall be entitled to receive
from the person or persons making
such request, the following fees :—For
the grave of an adult person $3.59;
for that of a child S3OU.
WM. CLINE, Clerk.
TO TAX PAYERS.
AS I base heard some complaint through the
Sheriff, of Executious having been issued
against some persons as defaulting tax pavers,
who in reality were not defaulters, I wfl ex
plain, that the mistakes occurred by some of
the names not being checked by uiy Deputy,
Mr. Dekle. or myself, after payment. Such
persons, however, need have no apprehensions
as each case will he promptly corrected.
S. A. DICKEY,
June 11 2tw Tax Collector.
TOWN TAXES
IN accordance with a resolution passed by
l he Town Council of Thomasville, notice
h- hereby given to all owners of Real and Per
sonal Estate within said Town, to all males
between the ages of twenty-one and sixty
years, liable to a capitation tax therein, and to
all 1 males who have not yet paid and who are
liable to a street tax, that books will he o|ientd
at the Clerk of Council’s Office, on the 10th
day of July next, ensuing, and remain A pen foe
one month and no longer, for the purpose of re
ceiving returns of such taxable property and
i-,So Veil and Street Tax. Olnceltourfv
from 8 o'clock, A. M. to 5 o'clock, P M.
By order of Council.
WM. CLINE, Clerk.
June 11 3tw
SELF-SEALING
JARS
A LARGE lot of Lyman’s Nrlf-gmling
Cilitss Jars, for Fruits, Jellies, &c., of
all sizes, just received and for sale bv
A. tk. R. SMITH.
June 11 It
Inferior Court.
IN CHAMBERS, )
Thomasville, June 8, 1867. J
AGREEABLY to an Act of the Legislature
of the State of Georgia, passed and as
sented to on 12th of December, 1866, author
iltng the Inferior Court to issue Bonds to tho
amount of One Hundred Thousand Dp liars, in
subscription to the South Georgia & Florida
Railroad Company, which said Act in herewith
published:' —It is ordered, that an election bo
field at the several precincts.iii this county, on
Tuesday, July 2d, 1867, and all voters iu favor
of subscribing the said amount of Stock to tho
Sooth Georgia Sc Florida Rail Road, will vote
“subscription/* and all voters opposed to sab
scribing stock to said Rail road* .will vote “no
subscription," *
The condition of subscribing stock to said
Railroad is this. Every tax jpayer shall be en- •
titled to a special fax Receipt for tho amount
of his Railroad tax, and when he has receipts
amounting to tbo value of one or more shares
of stock in said Railroad, the said tax paver
may present sard receipts to the County Clerk,
and have turned over to him certificates of
paid up stock in the said Ra lroad Comnany to
the full amount of his receipts. Said Tax Re
ceipts shall be psfVable to bearer, and when
said receipts shall oe presented to the County
Clerk, he shall issue to the holder of said re
ceipts, certificates of stock for the same, iu the
said Railroad
AH managers of said ofeciipn will make
prompt returns of the votes cast at each pre
cinct to the County Clerk, properly attested.
R. H. HARDAWAY, J. l c.
AftSEL DEKLE, j i. c.
HEN. MITCHELL, j. i.
Attest:
Lib UK us D*ki.e, Clerk.
AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Courts of,
Thomas and Mitchell to issue bonds for tho
purpose of taking stock in the .South Georgia
Sc Florida Railroad
20. Section I. Be it enacted, et., That the
Inferior Courts of the counties «»f Thomas and
Mitchell be, and they are hereby authorized to
issue bonds to the amounts, respectively, of one
hundred thousand dollars, and twenty five
thousand dollars to be issued iu such sums and
payable at such times as said Inferior Courts
may deem properinterest of seven per cent,
per annum, payable severally at their respec
tive county sites ; provided, the citizens ox tho
aforesaid counties give their consent thereto
before such stock is taken and such bonds
issued.
21. Sec. 11. The Inferior Courts of said coun
ties shall designate u day when the legal vo
ters of said counties shall assemble at tneir re
spective election precincts to give their consent
I to said subscription.
! see. Ili. Repeals conflicting law*,
j Assented to 2let December, 1866.
I June 11 t«i
Notice to Debtor* «n<l Creditor*.
€2KOKC2I A—Mitchell « onnfy.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of John
A l*ope, late of said county, deceased, arc re
quired to make immediate payment, and those
having claims against the same will Dresent
them In terms of the law. • * •
NANCY A POPE,
Junell-tOil Adin’x.
Notice to Debtor* atnd Crnlilon.
County.
ALL peroona indebted to the estate of Jowy
Coleman, late of said county, deceased, ui«»re
quired to make immediate- payment, and those
having claims against the* same will present
thorn in lurnia of th« law.
NANCY A. POPE,
June 11 4CM Adin’r.
Masonic Notice,
r IV 1 IF. next Regular Communication of 8*
1 Thomas letdge, will l-e held in the Lodge
Komi. Tbomiu-ville, on Saturday, the 13th
inn . at - o'clock, I* M . at which time all th.
Brethren lire respectfully required to attend,
on business of special iaiportam-i?. flv order
of the W M
WM CLINE, Sec y
J one 4 w’A
GSORfiIA-Thewn C’.wwty-
To tho Hon. Ordinary of said County.
THE Petition of T J Brown, Executor of
the relate of Surah Brown, deceaeed. ehewetii
that raid estate consist* in part -*f I-and*. and
ttut it is neci saury for thr purpose of distribu.
lion, that the same should be sold : —Petitioner
therefore makes application to sell the same
and pravs that an order may he granted an
thoriring him to sell said Lands in term* of the
law, ae m dnty bound, etc.
T J BROWN, Ea r.
GEORGIA— Tkem»§ County.
Court of Orumary. May 30, HJtiT
UPON hearing the foregning application it
is irdered by the Court that said Petition and
this ordei be published in the Southern Enter
prise for sixty davs H. H TOOKE,
May 31 69d Ordwtary 1
TO RENT.
V FIRST class Brick St-re, si* door* below
Jackson, and on the Wet sate of Bread
street A good stand for any branch of the
mercantile trade Apple to J A 1.-utou
Feb -ts