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|latosoit Journal. 8. K. WESTON. Editor. i) .1 »' s o jr, a ‘l'hursday, •’tpril 1, IM»9. lt&~ Reading matter an every page . £SP"RiiV. C. A. Crowkll is our authorized agent, and will receive and receipt for any money due the office. ELECTION NOTICE. \lT® announce the name of W. I'. Orr, U for JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the Town District for Terrell county. Election to tike place on next Saturriav, April 3rd, 1869. MANY VOTERS. No CouKrctiiontil Election. Gov. Bullnc* pocke’ed the bill to bring on the election in May, and is now in Washington City. There is no probability of its being approved by the Governor, so wo will be forced to wait for further State Leg islation. Guess the Governor thinks he ba‘: taken one trick. tyFrom the signs of the limes, old Geoi gi» will not be molested, or at least, rtenv etructed. If President Grant is really opposed to the measure, Congress will be uimblt* to carry it over his head. God grant they may cease their infernal reconstructing, and let u* alone. Lee County. We visited Lee county the past week, and found the Superior Court iu ses sion, bis Honor, Judge Jas. M. Clark, presiding. Good order provailed in the Court room,, both with the Bar and those in attendance, and the business moved smoothly along, pleasant to all. Judge Clark manifested great interest in his jurors, while he wished them to be prompt and not delay the business of the Court, did not require them to re main in the Court room for hours un necessarily. We were much pleased at the working of the new jury system. Georgia surely should be proud of this much of the acts and doings of the Leg islature. On the Petit jury, wo Eaw some of the first men of the county, and with such jurors, wo may confidently look for less of appeals and delays. There were in attendance, Lawyers plenty, and of the first class, from Ma con, Americus, Albany, and our city; and from the number of representatives of the press, we fee no reason for any man in Lee csuuty being without a paper. Lee county is noted for her rich lauds and large plantations, and we were much pleased to hoar the planters speak obcir ingly of their prospects for a crop (he present year. We saw large fields of corn up and growing finely. Particular enquiry was made as to the extent of corn planted, and from the reports, be lieve that a good crop will result iu abundance of corn. Much attention is also given to the raising of hogs. How long before we of the South will be willing to stop the “hewing of wood, and carrying of water,” for the North and Northwest ? Let us look to our in terest, and ours ulono iu this re-iicot, and determine to be independent of those people who euro nothing for us, politi cally, socially, nor in any other respect, save to gather up the proceeds of our cotton crops, &Dd hasten back to build up their own section. The money that Las gone from the counties of Southwestern Goorgia since the war, to pay for Bacon and Corn, would have built a Cotton Factory iu each ono. This should cease, and our people iu one year, would see the good result. We know there aro rcasous urged for tho raising of cotton, to buy every other article on the plantation, but they will fall to the ground when closely scruti nized. No business is on a thru basis that is not self-supporting. Planters must keep out of the hands of provision dealers, if they wish to uso discretion as to time of selling cotton. We suet many of our old friends, who, in days gone by, were our customers, aud some wore so o6£*dderatc as to help us in our new calling, by tubscribiDg for the Joubnal, and promising us their influence in extending its circula tion—to all such we return thanks.' The Qucatiou of the Day. What is it? In our opinion the la bor question is and will be of most in terest to the people of the South, and it behooves us to begin to cast about, and see how the matter is to be solved. We need not fret over circumstances that are beyond our control. Let us begin to reckon, and after Coding our situa tion, make the best use of what is left us. Nono will deny that the laborers are less in number, each year, and in many instances less effective. Our Legislature, in their wisdom, saw fit to establish a Bureau of lmigration, with one foreign and one Lome agent We do not know the instructions given to this foreign agent, whore he is to go, or what be is to do, but suppose his ef forts will he to get emigrants to come to Georgia. Now tli3 question is, where will be go ? What nation of people is beet suited to our wants '( Who is it that caa make cotton ? If we had the authority o? giving directions to this agent, we wouIJ scad him to Africa, and direct him to bring out native bom Africans. The idor may be novel, at and to many may stem foolish and untena ble, but we will hold lo our notion ur til wo are shown a people that can w ok the year round, “as is required to make a cotton cron," Lo content with “hog and hominy alone as diet, and be satisfi and with their lot as plantation laborers. We will not speak for S. W. Georg’a on this subject—don’t know that thero is half dozen men that ngroo with us, but wo will say tills much, the emi grant that comes hero, from Germany or tiny of the European States, and drinks lime-stono water, eats bacon nnd coin bread, anil endures the bur den of the long summer days, will get to heaven or h— ton years sooner than if he had staid to his old home. This is not the placo for him, only as a small farmer, and independent of tt:o present cotton growets, We want la borers to cultivate the hundreds of acros now lying vacuo*, at least, we want a sufficiency to carry on farming on as large a soalo as is done at the present time. If the deficit be greater each year, what h the remedy ? t«?'VYben Blodgett and his Commit tee called upon J'resident Grant, Blod gett, who was spokesman, was about to read hit speech, when be was inteirup ted by the President, who said to Lim substantially, “If you have a ffecch to make, I inform you uow, that you need expect none in reply. It you have a short speech to make, I may have time to hear yiu, lu*. if it is a loDg one, I will not have time to hear it.” Wo learn that this rather discoucerted Mr. Jflodgett, but in an embarrassed mannir he read his piece through. After he hud concluded the President asked him what he wanted TLo answer was, “Wo want protection f. r the loyal people of Georgia.” The President is said to have responded, “ Youshall have all tfco protection the law gives you. I expect to execute the law.” After which Blodgett and his party retited with minds very poorly made up as to whether or not they had moved a peg toward unrocou strueling the State. The Fertilizer Trade of Savan nuli. The following letter, which wo copy from the West Point Observer, of yes terday, illustrates the extent of the hu mess done in fertilizers in this city. The Observer says: Dr A Moans writes to his son, Dr. L H Means, near this place, the follow ing, which wo have been permitted to copy. All know that Dr. Means, of Savannah, is ono of tbo best chemists ol tho State, and was appointed by tho Governor Inspector of Fertilizers for that, city : “Your friends wish my recommend ation in regard to fertilizers. I may say in haste, that while there arc some very poor articles in tho market, thero are six or eight good fertilizers, (per haps more) which I can recommend, for I know their constituents, to w it: M apes’ Nitrogenized Super phosphate, sold by Purse & Thomas, of Savan nah; the Manipulated Guano, sold by Wilcox & Gibbs; the Soluble Pacific, by Beose of Baltimore and his agent hero, Win. Henry Woods; Rhode*’ Standard Super-phosphate, by Harney & Cos., an excellent article of super phosphate of iirnc, but w ithout ammo nia, yet fine for cotton, corn, win at, grapes, etc. ‘ Oth rs might bo named, but these have gono through ou; scrutinizing an alysis, and I know their elements. “1 should bo glad for some of y ur neighbors to try Mapes’ and Rhodes’ preparations, believing that if put in with care they will bo well compensa ted ” The Observer in reliably ink,ruled that hundreds of tens of manipulated manures are run through the city of Savannah to the interior of the Statu without being submitted to an analyti- 1 eal examination. Dealers make many excuses, and some, on being requested to submit their manures for inspection,' have positively relu-ed. The law, if enforced, subjects every person who sells even one sack with out the Inspector’s brand to fine and imprisonment. Tho planter or con sumer should not purchase a single pound, whether it be made in this SStuto or out of it, for palpable frauds are being practiced constantly upon the unsuspecting people. Speech of Gen. Breckinridge at Home.—On Tuesday lfon. John 0 Breckeniudue reached his home at Lexington, Ky. At halfpast ten o’clock at night he was serenaded, and made the following speech: • Fellow citizens: In returning hen o aftor so long an absence, I would be a vei' s strange being if 1 were insensible to j this very cordial reception from my j friends and n: ighb-rK. I feel it deeply, end I thank you n.accrely, Recoutly 1 have observed that it is very difficult for that line of conduct that they ikight i wish to pursue. Nevertheless, it may > bo proper to say that. I accept tl ii infer- 1 uial but most cordial welcome as purely , personal, and containing no particle of political significance. [A voice—“ That’s right.”] Indeed, 1 can and will say, that tho tremendous events of the last eight years have bad a great tendency to deaden, if not destroy, old party feelings; and for myself, I can truly declaro that I uo more feel the political excitements that mark the scenes cf my former years than if I were an ex inot volcano. I will not now say more, except to exprtss the pleasure that I feel in coming back to tho people whom Iso dearly love. j ——— Teiuuhi.k llail Storm. —A nirst destructive hail storm visited Memphis on N’uuday night. Nearly every pane of glass iu the city was broken, and shrubberies and fences were completely demolished. A drunken negro, who 1 was caught iu the storm, was killed by the hail st< nes. From the Journal & Messenger. | Attempt sit Rape. From a letter received from Mr B. • R. Goode, of Vienna, and from conver-j sation had with Mr. Madison Jones of this placo, who reached Macon yester day afternoon, direr t from the rccne of j the crimes below related, wo gather the pur'iculars if ono of tho most horriblo affairs that we have ever heard of. On Tuesday morning last, about 8 o’clock, two little girls, aged respective ly 8 and I'd rears, and named Martha Holland and Emma Stencill, were pass-1 ing rn tbeir way to school, by a Grid 1 distant from Drayton sorno four miles, nnd iu which field there was at work a' negro man nam 'd Needham Brown, I aged 25 years. As they came close to j him he leaped the fence, and seizing them in his arms, commenced to kiss and fondle them, faying, as ho did to, that if they screamed or made the slight est resistaoc, he would kill them. The younger one, Martha llcllaud, fright ened alnioft t > death, did feream, and he instantly seized her, drew bis knife, fr, m his pocket, and cut her throat al most from car to ear, severing windpipe and arteries. The poor little thing gave one groan and fell to the ground dead The scoundrel then dragged the corpse a , 4tort distance, and covered it with pine-'ops. Ivcturniot: to the other girl, he gagged and bound her, and, taking Ler to a thicket, threw her in. During the day he returned at intervals, and at tempted to add another crime to the one already committed. Towards even ng, he wmt oil'after a spade, with the sup posed intention of first killing the bound gill, and then u-ing the spade to bury both bodies in one grave. While he was absent, the girl, wb( had been picking all day at the rope that bouud her wrist, succeeded iQ free ing herself, and, tottering to tho near est neighbor’s bouse, told the story.— Tbo alarm was given, and instantly the neighborhood was aroused. Tbo negro, learning from another tbat they were after him, fLd, and was hotly pursued The chase pressed on, and soon a ballet brougLt Lim to a stand-still. Strong aims seized him, and, securely bouud, he was dragged to jail, where lie now lies, lie has confessed the crime, and says tbat he can only account for its perf oration by the fact that “the devil got into him.” The Superior Court for Dooly county will be held next Monday week, and we uo not doubt but that before another nvmth rolls round he will Lave paid, on the gallows, the forfeiture of his life.— We hope so at any rate. To allow such a moDster to pollute the earth, would be a crime almost great as bis own. T-hc Macon Teh graph of yesterday lias the f Rowing paragraph ia reference to the fate of the heartless fiend charged with this tcrriblo crime : We learn- and from passengers who came iu on the Southwestern train yes t.rday evening, that the negro, Need ham Brown, who perpetrated the fiond i'h crimes, was taken troru the jail at Vienna, ou Tuesday night, by a party if disguised tnen, and burnt. This, how ever, needs confirmation, but our inform ant seemed to have little or no doubt that such a righteous retribution had been vi Red upon tho demon in human shape. Tho jailor at Vienna is said to have refused to deliver (be keys of tho jiil when they were demanded of him, but he was forced to do so. Newton, J asi>.r, Joke*, Butts and Monroe—From a gentleman who re turned to Macon, a few days ago, says the Macon papers, from the above coun ties, wo gather some interesting news in rogatil to the planting iutirost of thoac counties. 11c reports everything working finely. The ground ia in splendid condition to receive the cotton seed. The planters are generally done planting corn. Wheat is looking fiuely. Ho heard no com plaints for lack of Gauds. There teemed to bo jlenly. Fertilizers are being more or less used in tbc counties through which ho trav eled, and ho expresses the opinion that if tho season is favorable the yield will bo very largd. Rut an interesting fact is the they are generally trying to raise enough provisions to do them. Good Times in Tennessee Tue Kuoxvillo Brest and Herald says, 1 that already; ‘•the wheat fields arc as verdant as a meadow in May, and the area sowed is in excess of former years. The season fur sowing oats has been more favorable than last year and nur I farmers are sowiug a heavy crop. The I amouut of clover seed sowed is greater than any year since the war, and take it altogether, the farming is better.— More attention is being paid to the im proved machinery now so universally used in tho neighboring Slates, and our farms are worked better siuco tho war. So far the fruit is not injured, and wo expect a large yield. If Frovidouce con tinues to smile upon us, we look for ward for good times in East Tennessee for the next year.” The fEtna Life Insurance Cos. at a Funeral —Avery striking illustra tion of tho benevolent aspect of life in surance occurred a few months ago, ' in tho city of II . A man died penniless, excepting a policy in the of- j fice of the iEtiia. Friends of thede-! ceased, tho morning after he passed , aw ay, waited upon the officers of tho j company, and requested part payment of the sum insured, (o defray the ex I penses of burial. The luneral could j not take place without it. The money was advanced; and not only the mourning apparel, but the coffin and shroud were purchased by (he compa ny, on whose roll of beneficiaries was the name of him whose corpse was thus borne to the “silent city.” The .Etna has paid to families of deceased members since January Ist 1809 the sum of two hundred and sev enteen thousand (8217,000) dollars and of this sum sixty four thousaud five hundred (804,500) dollars has been paid to itc southern policy hold ers. During the year 180S this com pany paid in losses nearly a million of dollars, and in dividends nearly $500,- 000 to policy holders. U U. Weston, Agent, Dawson, Ga.' News in Brief. Governor Bullock, At'orney Gener al Farrow, and several Republican members of tho Georgia Legislature are in Washington. The Democratic members of the In diana Legislature, who recently-re signed to defect tho ratification of the 15th Amendment, have been re-elected in every instance. Congress will adjourn about the 10th of April. Good. Tho tegrops in Kentucky arc duiug better than at any time since the war. Two new expeditions—one from tho United States, the other from Berlin, will start, during the summer, in the di rect id of the North Foie. The Chicago Board of Trade have adopted resolu.ions, urging reform in the system of selling grain in Ngw York. The number of negro applicants fur office in the United States, is constantly increasing. The annual product of Maple Sugar in the United States, is 7,000,000 lbs. Radicalism Las killed the South Car olina Institute, by passings law that no list i net ion as to race nr color should be niaJe therein. Two negrora were ap pointed on tbo Board of Trustees. Ia consequence of the fine weather, farmers have gone to work with a vim all ever the country. It is said that many men from the United States, including several cx- Confederate and Federal officers, bavo gone to Cuba to take a hand in the fra- CU3. A company of U. S. Artillery left Atlania a few days since, for St. Augus tine, Fla. The Superior Court of Muscogee, will be held in Columbus, on the 4th Mon day iu May, instead of tho 2nd, as hcic toforo. Farmers arc much needed out West. Green Peas, grown in this vicinity, made their appearance iu considerable quantities yesterday. The price, though, mads them a luxury—or one dollar per quart. —[Sav Repub. The New York Evening Post (Rad) gravely says, “if the administration gnc3 cn as it has begun, it will break down ” Gov. Wells and other prominent Re publicans of Richmond; Va., have been arrested, on charge of purloining a letter from the post-office. Ex-President Johnson wks warmly received by his neighbors ou his re turn tc Greenville, ’^l:nn. The negro Harris, who was nomi nated for Lieut. Governor of Virginia by the Radical convention at Peters burg, Va., last week, has a white wo man for a wife. She was a ‘'Yankee school marrn’’ from Now Jersey. They were married since the war. A velocipede, with wheels eight feet in diameter, made its appearance at Indianapolis, Ind., on Thursday, the rider’s hands and feet both contri buting to furnish the motive power.— The inventor—an ludianapolis man— claims that it can bo driven at the speed of a mile a tuinuto. The cotton trade in England is very dull, and the foreign papers report that very few of tho largo manufactu rers aro running their mills six days in tho week. Tho majority of tho estab list.merits have been open only four and five days in tho week, and now the time is generally to be reduced to IbrM^lays. j an exchange we notice that an Ohio editor is particular about what he oats. Hesays; “The woman i who made the butter which we bought I last week is respectfully requested to j exereish more judgment in proportion | mg the ingredients. The last batch I bad too much hair in it for butter, and not quito enough for a waterfall.'’ We do not suppose that any of the politicians had Miss Van Lew on their “slates” for Postmistress of Richmond. And yet her appointment by President Grant has given the highest satisfac tion to the country.—[N. Y. Times. Please except Richmond—if you consider that a part of the country We aro not at all pleased hero. We regard the selection of a Federal spy j to manage our post office as a deliber ate insult to our people.—[Richmond Enquirer. We copy from the Louisville “Cour- I ier-Journal’s special of the 23 : “Governor Bullock, of Goorgia, is hero working actively with the intense | Radical faction to tear up tho present government in that State, and have Congress remand it to a territorial con dition. Os course Bullock is to be tho head, with unlimited power of appoint ment and removal. Another point he is striving for is to be empowered to declare martial law over any portion of the Slate, so as to run the State machine after the Brownlow style.— Tho Geurgiu bill is set for Thursday. It is certain that that portion of the old bill declaring the acts of the late Georgia Legislature inoperative, null and void will be embraced >n the new I one to bo submitted by the Iveoou ' structiou Commit'eo.’’ JYew *l<l vcr/iaciHeiils* Mrs. E. A. THOMPSON, MILLINER & MANTUA MAKER AND DEALER IN MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, Store oh the South Side oi Public Square, DAWSON, GEORGIA. April 1,1860 —8 m MEDICAL CARD. ’ Drs. Johnson & Stevenson UAVING Located at Grown'* S,ji tioil, Gil., I especially tender thi ir Professional services to the citizens of that place, and surrounding country. aprl’BUjty DANCING ACADEMY. \\ T E would respectfully announce to the V V citizens of Dawson aud vicinity, that we have opened our Academy iu “Hanley Ilall," for exercises in the ".Polite Art" oi Dancing. Days of instruvlions will bo every Jfond.y, Tuesday and Wednesday. Terms.—Payable when the pupil’s name is entered. • R ich pupil, per mouth, (12 lessons) sin.oo Single lessons, *2.00 A. V. ROBISON & SON. Dawson, Ga—aprl-tf Assignee’s Sale. J)Y virtue of an order of Ct.l. F. S. Hessel ) tine, Register in Bankruptcy, I w ill offer for sale, on the 20th day of April next, at the Co"rt House door, in the town of Dawson, a certain por ion of land, to-wit: Four hundred and fifty acres, composed of lot No. 88, south half of lot No. 26, and 152 acres of lot No. 88, in the 12th District, of originally Lee, nos Terrell county ; said lands being part of the estate of Sterling G. Evans, Bankrupt. (Said lands eucumbered by a Mortgage in fa vor of William G. Simpson, Executor of John G. Simpson,) but will be sold clear of all iu cumherance. Terms of sale cash. W. G. PARKS, Assignee. April I, 1869—2 w runaway! tho subscriber, on the morning of the S(ltb nit., a small negro bov, dark complexion, and about 12 years old, by the name of Henry, about 5 feet high, and will weigh about 125 pounds. I will pay $5 for the apprehension in any safe jail, of said boy so that I can get him. Address HENRY MILLER, Cutl'icrt, Ga., nprl-2t Improved Cotton Seed. IT'OR SALE AND TO ARRIVE, One Hun dred and Fifty Bushels of fleeter Cot ton Seed* direct from the growers. Cal) aud leave orders lor them, at EOVLESS «* GRIFFIN’S. Dawson, Ga., JPireh 25, 1869—3 t ELECTION NOTICE. p EORGIA, TERRELL COUNTY.—Agree V J able to a recent act of the General As sembly, and by proclamation of his Excellen cy the Governor, an election for one Justice of the Peace and two Constables for each Militia District in Terrell county, is hereby ordered to be held at the different precincts in said county, on Saturday, the third day of April next. Any No'ary Public and ex officio Justice of the Peace, or old Just'ce of the Peace, (when not a candidate fer re election), with two freehnl ers, or In the ab sence es a Notary Public or Justice of the Peace, throe freeholders are authoriz and to act as managers. The returns must be kept aud made separate, in accordance with sec tions 1358 and 1356 of Irwin's revised Code. THOS. M. JONES, mh2s’69t*v Ordinary ofTeirell Cos. SEfiftjyiFß< TAYLOR. FURNITURE, Carpets and Mattresses, WHOLESALE & RETAIL MANUFACTOSV&WAREROOIViS 87 (£■ 89 Bowery, 65 Christie Street, anil 130 and 132 Hester Street, NEW YORK, (Connected under one Roof.) AVTE have now on hand the largest Stock TV of entirely now patterns and designs, for furnishing Houses throughout, ever of fered by one house iu the city,aud at a great deduction in prices. OIT K CARPET DEPART MENT is under the Superintendence of H. S. BARXES, who is well and favorably known to the public, having been a long time with IJoane k Cos., in Broadway, and for the last four years, with Lord & Taylor. Our stock of Carpets is entirely new and well se lected, this branch having been just added to our business. Tlie Mattress Department is entirely under our supervision, all being made on tile premises. Every J/attress guaranteed. Steamboats, Hotels, Churches, Public Halls, and private Houses, furnished through out at wholesale prices. The Floating I’alaces, the Steamers of the Peoples’ Line on the Hudson Aiver, were furnished by us. friers lirfy Competition. Second and Third Avenue Cars pass our Stores. Eutrance, 87 k 89 Bowery, New York. mch‘25,1869 3m In iiitnkTuptey. In ttie Bistbict Court of thk United States for tub Southern District of Gkoruia. In the matter of SAMUEL DENTON—Bmkrupt. NOTICE is hereby given that I have been appointed Assignee of the estate of the above named bankrupt, and have accepted the same, and entered upon the duties there of. W. U. PARKS, Assignee. Dawson, Ga., March 25, 1869—3 t In Bankruptcy. In tiik District Court oftiie United States for the Southern District of Georuia. Iu tho matter of JOSEPH E. BEATY—Bankrupt. TVrOTICE is hereby given that I ha7e been it appointed assignee on the estate of Jo seph E. Beaty, Bankrupt, have accepted the same and entered upon mv duties thereof. W. G. PARKS, Assignee. Dawson, Ga., March 25, 1869—3 t In Bankruptcy. In the District C’oukt of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. In the matter of ADONIRAM J. WHITLOCK— Bankrupt. OTK7E is hereby given that I havo been X V appointed assignee on the estate of the above named Bankrupt, and have accepted the same, and entered upon the duties there of. W. G. PARKS, Assignee. Dawson, Ga., March 25, 1869—3 t / A EOK(>l.4, Terrell Comity: Vl J. W. Ragan applies to me tor let ters cf Administration de bonis non on the estate of P. A. Waller. These are therefore to cite and admonish all pet sons concerned, to be and appear at my oflice within the time prescribed by law, and show cause, if any, wby said letters should not bo granted. Given under my hand, and official signature, this .I/arch 11th, 1869. marl 1 Snd T. it. JOSES, Ord’y. Corn it Baton! IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES . AND AT PRICES TO SOIT ALL PARTIES! -o-: I siisi now receiving large lots of Corn and JSucon, and I will sell For the next Ten Days .A.S FOLLOWS: CORN, IN 100 BUSHEL LOTS, - * CLOT CORN, IN 200 BUSHEL LOTS, - - LOO CORN, IN 300 BUSHEL LOTS, - - 1.08 THESE ARE MY MUVCOJST CASH PRICES. One Dollar* and Ten Cents (SB3.10) will bo charged foriall Orders un der 100 33ii.sh.els. W. A. HUFF llaeon Quotations. Clear T3acon Sides - - 19 Cls C. It. Hacon Sides, - - IS 3-2 Shoulders, - 15 3-2 Hulk Meats. Clear Sides, 18 1-3 L C. It. Sides, ------ 17 ±-2 Shoulders, - 3d 3-d Cash or on Time ! If you want a car load of Corn, ora few thousand pounds of Jtleat, for Cash or on Time, call and examine stocks, and yet the prices from W. A, HUFF. • * Cash or on Time ! IF YOU WANT A GOOD WAGON OR A FINE BUGGY, Aud it is not eouvenient to pay the Cash for it, call round and buy it on Time from w. a. Hurr. Fash or on Time ! If you want anything iu the PROVISION Hue aud can't pay for B uow, call aud get the accommodation you w ant from mch ll—lm W* A HUFF