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DAWSON JOURNAL.
8. R WEST< >N, Einron.
W. F. COMl’iS, Associate Epitob.
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FOR CONGRESS—2n distiuot,
HON. KELSON T3FT,
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FOR SENATOR—II th mstuict,
COL,. 1.. IIOVL.
FOR REPRESENT ATI V K-tebuei.l.
col. Join i«. nm>.
!»•*:«Hi of tii-n. Robert E. Lee.|
In our last issue we merely had |
time and space to say “Gen. -J
dead!” Nothing tlmt has over fallen I
from human lips has carried with i |
greater weight, or been fraught witl I
darker elements of grief than thi g
bare announcement to the Southeri I
people. Nothing from our feeble pen I
as it traces the lines on our papei I
dotting the words that come gushiiq I
from our grief-stricken hearts cai I
portray, as it should he, the least o I
the thousaud virtues of this great an I
good man; and but for the fact tlm I
we would be recreant to duty did w I
not pay our humble tribute to hi I
memory, and add another link to th f
chain of sorrow that now encircle I
our broad land, wa would not cloth I
our columns in mourning,or say awor I
to irritate t’ie heart-wounds that ar I
rending the bosom of every lover c I
Christianity, patriotism,wisdom, chari I
ty and meekness. >
We copy below from the Itichmon I
Whig a short biographical sketch o |
this good man, and while it is not a: I
embodiment of his virtues, (a thou I
sand such sketches could not anumer j
ate them,) still enough is written t, I
show how rapidly ho ascended th
hill of fame, as day by day he adde.
new plumes to his golden crown o
honor bestowed upon him, not b
chance, but for merit:
“Robert Edmund Leo, was born ii
Westmoreland county, Virginia, Jan
uary, 1807. He was a son of Goner
al Henry Leo, who was Governor o
Virginia from 1792 to 1795, aud i
distinguished officer of the patriot ar
my in the Revolutionary War. Hi
mother was Anne Carter, daughter o.
Charles Carter of Shirly. He euterec
the military academy at West Poin.
in 1825, graduated second in his el as
in 1829, aud was commissioned see
ond lieutenant of engineers. He wa
soon after married to ALi.ss Custis o
Arlington, the daughter of George W
Parke Custis, and thus became pro
prietor of the celebrated Arlington es
tate. By this marriage he had foui
sons aud three daughters. In 1835 hi
served as assistant astronomer for tin
demarcutiou of the boundary lines o, |
Ohio and Michigan. In 183‘Uie wit,
promoted to be lirst lioutantant, an-.i.j
in 1838, to the rank of captain. When]
the Mexican war began, lie wan plat
ed on the staff of Brigadier General
Wool, aud during the campaign of Is
-49 he was chief engineer of Wool’s
army. At the battle of Cerro Gordo.
April lfeth, 1847, lie was brevetteil
major for gallantay. Iu tlie Augusi
following he again won a brevet rank
by his meritorious conduct at Contre
ras and Cherubuseo. In the assault
on Chepuitepec, September 13th, 1847,
be was severely wouuded, and receiv -
ed tho brevet promotion to lieutont |
ant-colonel. On tho 21st of July, 184! \
he was appointed a member of th,
board of engineers, and held tho po
sition until 1800. In 1852 he was ap
pointed superintendent of the militui \ j
academy at West Point, but proceed’
ed under or lers to Europe with cap
tain (afterwards General) George B.
McClellan as commissioner to observe
the operations of the allied armies be
fore Sebastopol. In 1855 he was
promoted to bo lieutenant-colonel oil
tlie Second cavalry. .On the 16tl,
March, 1861, 110 was made colonel 01
tho First cavalry.
# On tlie 26th of April lie resigned]
his commission, and repaired to Rich
mond to unite his fortunes with those
of his native State. The- convention,|
then in session, had elected him com
mander of the military and naval for |
cos of Virginia. When tho formali-!
ties of connecting Virginia with tin
government of the Confederate States
(already organized at Montgomery;
were concluded, Geneaai Lee received
on tho 10th ol May the commission ol
Major-General in the army of the
Confederate States, and was assigned
ro command ol all the forces in Vir-
ginia. lie was soon alter appointed a
general in the regular army. His first
active operations were in the western
part ol the State. He was subsequent
ly assigned to the command of the d*-|
partment of the South Atlantic coast I
From that position he was recalled tot
Richmond by Prebident DavLs au.il
made General-in-Chief, with his head-1
quarters in this city. After Genera.l
Johusou was wounded at the battb I
ol Seven Fines, General I,ee again!
entered the field as commander ol tin I
army in Virginia, and continued ii Jjjj
that positiou to the close ol the war. 9
His services during that eventful p 1
riod are too fresh in the memories oil
our readers to ueed recapitulation. In!
1805 he was elected President oil
Washington College, and was occupy f
ing that-position when death close ij
his career.”
When we think of General Lee a.-l
a soldier, our minds revert to tho days!
of the struggles around Richmond, ail
Sharps burg, Gettysburg, and lastly uli
Appomattox Court House when, sur 2
rounded by his half-starved, ragged *
followers,he surrendered the surviving!
.remnant of his army to a victor that!
numbered twenty to one, with the"
lairting salutation tlmt “Human •*
i r» y,
virturc should l>e equal to human*]
calamity.” When we think of him i
Mis a Vliii-tain wo have hut to follow
> him'in the iiuuiblo walks of private
l life—from early boyhood—as ho ush
fel'od into manhood, later when he had
|received all the honors his countrymen
Eoould bestow, and lastly when he had!
Slain aside his ‘‘suit of grey," dinged j
■by the smoke of many battles, lie]
[sought a retired spot in his own na-l
(live State, far away from the exciting'
[circles into which ratiy of our Cap-]
[rains were wont to plunge, aud there
Eit his own home, in the bosom of his
| mppy family, surrounded by all the
I x-uuties that nature could lavish upon
II given arca,ho was busy, six days, in
I minting the youth of our land up-
Ii aid aud onward—the seventh, in
I ‘worshiping God in the beauty of ho
-1 inoss.' When wo think of the mod i
2 st value placed b} himself upon his
I iivn worth, we have but to remember
8 iis message to the immortal Jackson,
I q>on the reception of the nows that
I io (Jackson) was woundod; “I would
8 .ave preferred fur the good of mv
I luntry, to have been wounded my
I elf.”
1 But, “death is no rospector of per
-3 ms.” With bow in hand —his fata.
1 rrow was leveled—and with well di
■ -cted aim it found a lodgment in the
j oart of the noble Loo. A greatei
a mie Athens never honored. Unliki
a io Greek Philosopher, who at tin
3 ge of 30 mourned that he must dii
I j soon, this noble ehieftuiu willingly
9 beyed the summons.
■ “Like a lutes’ brief tone— ‘
t Like a rose-odo* on the breeze* cunt—
I ike a swift flush of day'Mpriu*', Been ami gone—
So hath hit* spirit passed.”
I “He has crossed over the river and
R e; r n the other side.” Not in the
I nade of the t ees that deck the bank-
I>f some turbid stream, running red
■with blood of friend and foe; hut the
3 Beautiful river” beyond the shore.'
| if time, where no ruthless enemy cau
a idvanco to disturb his eternal repose.
1 iVho shall count our loss? Who shall
| ill his place! With a hoart alive to
9 very human pang—a haul liberal to
■very human want—an intellect that
.owerod above the trivial things of
■arth —who could we have spared
ess? God giveth, God has taken
iway; and although this great
iglit, shining forth from the moun
ainsof Virginia—lending its raysalik,
,u tho inhabitants of the entire hem
sphere has gone out, let not the les
. jus learned while it shone upon oui
larkoned reasons ho forgotten, but
nay we cherish them—profit by them
until we, too, are called to our fina
iccount.
1 li«; «| iieM ion.
I The growing of cotton, at present
Jovicos, is a loosing business, and the
I outlook does not warrant us in saying
[that prices will be much higher. Tin
I piestion in the minds of many of out
[planters is, what shall we do to pro-
Itect our merchants ? If we sell cotton
Ito meet our drafts for bacon, corn.
Iguano, &c., at present prices, we will
■ not have a support lott for our fami
Sties; if wo fail to place cotton in their
■ hands, we drive them to Protest.
It hereby ruining their credit. The
9question “what shall we do?” has
■ been propounded to us, in all sinceri-
Il.y, and we confess to some misgivings
In venturing an answer, and will onl\
Ispeak what we think should be the
■action of our planters in geimral.
9 A town or city that boasts of pros-
Iporous, solvent, reliable and enterpris
ling merchants, can and do much to
■ wtird relieving the wants of the plan
iters ; while, oil the other hand, an
■insolvent merchant, one who has no
■credit, at home or abroad, is but little
■account to himself or his country
■hence, wo hold that it is greatly to the]
■interest of our planters to come to the]
relief of their merchants, if by so do-]
ing they are forced to sell cotton at]
less than it cost to produce it. Tliej
planter that pursues this plan need!
never fear of suffering for want o !
credit. Our word for it, in sustain
ing liis merchant lie sustains himselt,
and want will never enter his door.
We are proud to know there is a good
corn orsp made in ,§outbvrßst Gu., but
fear there is a deficiency in the hog
crop, and we must again depend on
[jtlie West for Bacon. If our mer
l- hants pass through this financial cri-
Isis, with the letter A and figure 1 op-
Ipo-ito their names in the Commercial
[Agencies in the great cities of the
W est we will not suffer for hog to go*
{with our honuny. ;
1 Thk Wm.—Notwithstanding mul-j
Itiplied columns of news are telegraph ]
led daily to the leading Journals in re ]
Igard to the foreign war, they fail to'
I reate much excitement in our midst]
I—owing, we suppose, to the fact'
[that a great deal we read cannot be]
[relied upon. The latest news, liowev-J
j'-r says that tb" French are on risings
[ground, so lar as successes are con-«
[cerned: there is more unuminimity j
[of action on the part of soldeiis and
IfSH'ple, and there is some promise of 1
[ability to repel invasion. We have
[not space to publi h anv of the hnu
dredo of telegraphic rumors. h
t rom Aliaiilii.
Tlie most important action of the
Legislature since our last, is the pas
sage, by tho Senate, of Scott’s House
Bill for the lease of tho State Road, a
'synopsis of which wo publish else
where. Tho following bills wero re
considered In the House on Tuesday
l lMt: I
J To authorize the city of Albany to
■build a bridge across Flint liver; to
[legalize the organization of tho Cuth-j
[belt Manufacturing Company S to pay
j the widow of Representative FiallJ
[negro, per diem relief.
'trim wuruiid tlm > niton Crop—'
tlm lull}' of SuiUllcrn
urs. I
Tho says: It
is not often that we quote the New
York Tribune as authority for anything
but despite its political vagaries, there
is uniformity a degree of good sense
in its oltsorvations on tho practical
allairs of every day life that commends
to the sober consideration of all.—
Some remarks in its issue of Tuesday,
on the present embarrassment of
[Southern planters aud the ruinou
policy that led to it, may, in our judg
oe classed under this head. At leasil
as sucli we give them to our readers!
with a cordial endorsement, and tin |
planting community may profit by I
them if it will:
“While every week of European]
war ami business derangement (say I
the Tribune ) buoys tho hopes of tin |
wheat grower and sustains his price I
m tho same ratio is cotton depressed |
The declaration of hostilities in July I
. llowed by the amazing vigor of tin j
Prussian advance and the collapse on
he French armies, has made it inert j
uid more certain that thousands an I
iiiousands of spindles mast cease to
iin; that millions who had money to
my cloth last year will have no mou
y this year. Navigation became tim
nous aud capital over-cautions.
The result is just what all the South*
eared—cotton hardly over a shilling!
i pound—in fact, less than twelve amtl
mil' cents, gold. It is now quite welil
iseertaimd that cotton gives no proli J
worth mentioning when tile price goes!
lelow lilteeu cents, and none at ah
when only ten is the price of good
middling. At the New Orleans Fail
in April, the cost of a pound of cotton
was discussed, aud the conclusion
.cached that on tho best alluvial soils,
m a good season, and with close man*
igomentjten cents will make a pound,
ilut on the average upland, and with
die average economy, the planter los
es who does not receive fifteen. South-j
cm prosperity, which for two years!
.ms goue beyond all precedent in tile?
Slays of the old regime, has received!
i blow; the planter is disheartened;]
.ho inercants are afraid to buy, anal
I southern goods are gathering dust inj
I.no lofts of Now York warehouses. |
s “We have again and again coun-]
I soled the cotton-growing States that a]
fl levotion such as they have given to it'
1 angle product, for marketing which
they must look to foreign countries is
oad cnconomy, and can result in no
.asting and permanent thrift. A com
munity that lives by cotton only, oi
wheat only, or tobacco, or rice, or su
gar, will run over a great surface with
i low and exhaustive tillage. Noth
ing is returned to the soil for crop
taken off. Prosperity is measured by
collar i that comes over seas—not byj
such time tests as the condition o.j
roads, houses, bridges, churches anuj
-tuck. A foreign market is a preca-J
nous market. When it is good, it!
■ throws abundance of spending money]
liuto tile planter’s pocket, and he scat j
Iters it for tilings that perish with the!
lasing. He buys a saddle horse from!
I;veutacky, a carriage in New York J
J.iis family indulge in expensive silks,[
rare china aud velvet carpets.
“Then comes a crash; the merchanJ
nas advanced several thousands on a]
crop that hardly pays for the picking I
cud holds a mortgage on the land.—!
Expenses must be reduced, the olul
luxuries are partly abandoned, an I
retrenchment throws a gloom over *1.,. I
iainily aud broods over the neighbor- 4
nood. Another year the price goe. I
up, and with it the profusion of living I
Thus agriculture, instead of proceeu-l
mg with tho wise calmness and gram. I
unildrmity of nature, becomes a specu I
ration, almost a game. If the plantei J
oecomes a gamester, what wonde.l
that the merchant, tho lawyer, tin 1
politicion follows in his wake, and tin 1
whole social fabric is convulsed by ~F
■ sudden telegram from London. Cun-
Bnot our Southrons see that a composed,
■ well based, established, yet progress
live civilization is inconsistent witli
Itheir misplaced confidence in u single
[product:' and will they not take a ius-
Isoh from the gloomy experience of this
[year, and no longer prop all their
Jnopes on a cotton bale? Though the
[, /tauter makes only lu- living tins year,
nd is by no means poor. The crops!
at 1898 and 18011 paid him handsome*
returns, and lie can command tiiel
means for engaging in varied culture!
and a diversified industry.
“First of all, lie should arrange to’
produce ali the wheat, all tne corn, 1
aats, polk, and beet, lie consumes •
tie should examine new methods and i
mam whether his long, sunny sum- i
mers cannot do something more for;
aim than merely to open a boil of cot- ‘
ton. He can grow tigs and dry them; ;
lie can raise sweet potatoes in largo
quantities, pare and slice thorn, ..
[and, by drying in a kdn, give tho sot
[ tier and tiio sudor and tue poor of
■cities cheap and nutritious food. On
jaais rough i .nd the Angora goat will
[[prosper. His forests cun be made
■profitable for bark, for tanner’s ooze,
land for lumber. On iiis sunny soutti
lern slopes the grape will gather sweet-
Wness. Thus his laud will become at-'
inactive, and its value will greatly en-
Ihance. If the adversity of this year
Scan be made to utter an impressive
Hasson on true thrilt for the South, the
idoud that now overshadows tiieir in
[dustry really has a silver lining.”
I The Chinamen in i’exai have quit
railroading and gone to cattail pick
ing, at which they are exports. ,
'i lio ifi 1 1 io I caw I lie Mule
It mill. t
Wo give our readers a synopsis of
Mr. Scott’s bill to lease tlio State Road
that passed the House and is n uy be
fore the Senate. |
It authorizes tho Governor to leased
for 20 years, for not less than 825,000 ,
monthly, to bo paid monthly. The •
lease shall he forfeited and tho Gover-;
nor take the ro*d if tho rent is not
paid in 20 days after the end of the.
month, and sue for the road. The,
. leasers cannot sub-let the road. I
jj The company shall give bond, with 5
lor 88,000,000 over their]
!,debts, ands wear it. The seemity in j
| the State shall be worth 85,000,000.1
I Security out of the State shall bereall
.c. iato or railroad property. The itondl
[sliull be for the moutbly payment,and:
|for tlie return of the read in as good
it fix as it was received. The sure
ties shall swear They are worth 82,-
109,000 over debts. The Legislature
can require other surety, or louk in
to tho condition of the road at any
time.
The Governor shall appoint thr s
railroad men to make aud lilo with
tlio Secretary of State an inventory
»f the road property, and its condition.
8 The company shall not be less than
I-even in number, a majority bona tide
9 esidents of Lmorgia for five years
■ who shall rep "sent the lurge interest
Jin the lease. The company shall be
a i body corporate under the name of
I A’osterii and Atlantic Railroad (Jom-
I iiuiy, with the usual corporate pow-
I ‘l'd.
Each shall be a director and have a*
vote equal to his interest, and, if lie]
lies his representative shall act.
In fifteen days after the lease is]
jxecutedthe company shall elect offi-i
vers with the same salaries as the !
Georgia Railroad company. The!
if’resident shall have the usual power
■if Preside- ts. I
The company shall settle all bal-!
Uuces with connecting roads. If there'
,s a ballance due the Road, it shall
go to the State Treasury; if the baR
nice is due to connecting roads, the
[company shall pay the balance oqt of,
die monthly payments.
Utlier debts of the State road shall3
be paid out ol tlie State Treasury, and!
the Governor shall draw his warrant]
for the same, alter a board of com
missioners, consisting of Benjamin
(.’only, l)awson A Waler and George;
Hillyer, shall audit them. No claim
shall be paid, rejected by the Court,,
or the Legislature, or that comes in
the class ot rebellious claims, or is
embraced in the repudiation ordinance
of 1868,
If a lessee dies, his interest is per-'
sonal property, to bo disposed of as
other property.
The company shall not discriminate
gin freights. No railroad or express
Icompannies shall become leases,though
[they may be sureties.
3 The company shall never charge a
|higer rate of local freight than the
J iVerago rate of our chief roads. No,
Rallying privileges are carried by this;
lease
Tho State is to pay all mortgages
and interest thereon C' 1 1 tho road.
The interest of tho State 's very well,
secured by this bill. A number of
railroad gentlemen has pronounced, it'
lair aud just. —Atlanta Constitution. j
Tlie Northern k iaie Llcclionx.j
PENNSYLVANIA.
w AsniNGTON, October 13. —The Re-j
|[iul)licans claims tho Sixteenth Dis-]
jcrict by sixteen votes. The Seven-]
Iteenth District is doubtful. The Twen-1
Itieth District gives a Democratic ma-1
Jjority of 7090. Tlie twenty-first Dis
junct goes Democratic by a majority of
j >OO. In the Twenty-fourth District
Idle Democratic majority is 900.
j Philadelphia, October, 13.— The
Iresult in the Fifth Congressional Dis-
| -riot can only be rtuined by o!h-
I -ial returns. In Bucks county the
[Democratic majority is from 3,000 to
11,(100. In tho Seventeenth Distrieta re
liort announces the defeat of Morrell
j Republican candidate for Congress.
INDIANA.
Washington, October 13.—1n fifty
■ight counties, the returns partly
official, tho Democrats liave 1)91 nia-■
ority. The counties unheard from
gave the Republicans 1, -181 msjority
in 1808. Both parties claim the State
*y a small majority. The Democrats
mve a majority in tho Seventh Dis
ci et of four hundred. The Democrats'
gain one Congressman and probaly
two. The Fourth District is still
loubtful. The Republican majority
m the Fifth District is about five;
iiuudred. The Ninth District re-elects
Shan ss.
llsavr* Robbery. —A man from
Southwestern Georgia, who was in the
city on Thursday to look after the
*ale of his cotton, got to drinking
toward night, and awhile after supper
|he fell in company with several
cthrives, who robbed him of a pistol
land over 3 1,099 —the result of a year’s ■
shard labor and the proceeds of his ;
jf cotton crop. While we can have but
•’little sympathy for a mail who will
i'sell his produce and then get drunk
! and run the risk of losing all his
money, yet we earnestly hope the
( thrives in this instance will be arrested
1 and punished, and the stolen money I
be restored to its owner. —Telegraph J?
Messenger. fc
j Washington, October 13.—A special;
order of the War Department orders
the Court Martial, of which General
O. O. Howard is to be President, to
meet ou the 20th inst, at West Point,'
to try cadets Jas. W. Smith, colored, "
J no. W. Wilson, W S. Davis and ’
George C. Hoyle. Smith is the color-.;
oil cadet who, some time ago, prefered ]
charges of ill treatment.
i Neither the French or Prusian cav
alry have shown enough energy du- j
ring the war, to get up a respectable ’
raid. The Prussians, however, seem
to have taken some very valuable 1
• lessons from Sheridan in the art of!
plundering hen roosts and store houso I
and burning houses over the heads of j
helpless women and children.
I Six milieus of dollais havo been
stolen from the Treasury of tlie nation
since Gen. Grunt assumed the reins
of command, and not one of the rob- ■
bers lias been punished Congress will
not demand action in these eases Too- 1
many of tho Radical members ure
interested in the offices, and pocket a
portion of the plunder. $
r — — t
Qi nr.NSTow.v, October 13.—Tho details
,of tho dreadful storm urouml our
’ coasts last night are coming in rapidly.]
| At Limerick, Ireland, tlm storm was
i little short of a tornado. One man
(was blown into the floating' ami
[drowned; another’s skull was
fin u falling chimney. were
!unroofed ami vessels ashore.!
[The storm was very severe-asound the'
coasts. It is iifipos*di»tei
to got details for several* days. It is]
supposed many shipwrecks oceufed.
iIQMM T. WALKiHf
W A It IJI-lOXJSB
V.
iND
Commission Merchant,
FOStTGJiIjrES, G«t.
I) returns bfy cr.itrrtil ar
l \ knowlpilgfm ntfl »«his nnmerona friend*
nd infers of CUv, hu *
ndj;lining counties for fh<- liberal pnf.ron
<re »h«*y havp hirhp ,, to
herewith reiit'fi 4 the of hi** service
*'or the prompt and* fairhfnl exception of a!
bu«ine«s entriT'if-ed to hfs c^re.
IT ivjnjr discot)Becrt«d hrm.aelf from all othe’
*ne R ’nientp, he it* ablf and determined
o d* vote his enereie* to t)w interests o'
hrne who mav favor hirrr w?»h their bu**in»*pp
vVith loner rxpe»iene.e iu the pale, the pur-
and the haiidlirer of Oorton, with r
‘wide awake” policy looking to 1 the interest*
f his ciHtom<*rs, backed by unswervi (j in
eerifv of will to protect them in iheir rTL'h’s |
believes be furnishes them with addition '
*1 indueementa to influence their continuei
>atronagre.
j Gaines, as a shipping point, certain!)
oresents adv.intaees superior to those of ar.'
>iher town in jSnnth Western G“org.a. Col
on may I>e sent from here at. shortest notic*
■nh -r up or down the Chattahoochee River
•r bv the Sooth—Western Railroad. Ou*
Merchants are dailv advised of the prices of
he European, New Y *rk and o'hor in i- kets
VE m \TI«.H APPLIES O'
Revisions fu r nished on short notice at th*
nost. reasonable prices.
71V WAREHiirSE is located i»
be n'o-t convenient portion o[ the town
•nd is in complete repair, so that there nee*
»e no delay in Storii « or Shipping Ootton.
I also keep on hand a supply of well a>-
o*ied, oubstunrial and fashionable 15? fji
which will be sold at most advan
tageous priors, C«»n and look before yon
) v ativwf>rtrp eNe
KOPfi dc TIEN.
■ 1 ways on band, together with fanning uten
*i 18 of every variety.
\j beral advances made on Cotton shipped I
*) his correspondents it N* w Orleans, 3-» I
vinnuh, ..V'-'w York aud Philadelphia.
sept lit IT in. J. T. WALKER. I
ON THE
OTHER SIDE l!
VT .■ny new NEW on the \r. r »i
sl*le of the Railroad, you will fi*>d :•]
*en ml /S'ock « f Merchandise, at ®ueh
»-< will astonish the natives. My iSf b ock con j
nists iu pirt of [
family groceries,
FANCY GROCERIES,
BOOTS & SHOES,
READY MADE CLOTHING I
DRY GOODS
STAPLE GOODS,
mtl other articles needed iu tho family anc
>n the Plantation.
Mv expenses being light, I can afford t<
•iell goods on
Short Profit.
But the better plan would be for all to com
.ud ace lor themselves.
11. GIBSON.
sept 22-3rn
A I’ROIH NATION.
GEORGIA:
By RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of sold Stale.
Whereas, Reliable information has beei
"Ceived at this department lhat a murde'
via committed in the county of Greene oi
he night of the 26th Septetneer ult, npoi
the body of a colored woman, bv one Davit
cWhorter, colored, as i.s alleged, and tha
■“• hi ,1/, Y\ lionet Ims ued from justice.
1 have thought proper, therefore, to issu/
his. mv p-oelama ion, hereby offering a re
wtrd of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS so
the apprehension and delivery ot the said
• 1/eWhoiter, wi h proof sufficient to con
vict, to the Sheriff of said county and /State.
And I do moreover charge and teq ire ali
fficers in this Stale, civil and military, ti
he vigilan' in endeavoring to apprehend the
-aid A/cWho t r, io order that he may b/
hi ought to trial lor the offense with v. hioh he!
etands charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of]
the S' Ate, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this
eighth dav of October, in the year
of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven
ty, and of the Independence of the Uuited
S.Ain of America the ninety ti'th.
RUFUS B. BULLOCA”.
By the Governor :
David G. C’otting, Secretary of State,
oct, 13, 4w.
P'or Sale.
Will be sold befote tiie Coart House door-
Itn Dtwson, Ga , on the first Tuesday in No-t
vember. Jot) Acres of land. West half of
land lot No 47, in the 3 and district of Terrell
ebuntv. Said land is 1 1-2 miles from Dj»,
son, lias a small log house, well of water and
ag/rden. Sold for the benefit ol the heirs
.of A. B. G. Harrell di ceased. Terms Cish,
J , XI AH 7/K1.1., A/iir.’r. ,
Sep 15-tds- ■
. ii raniut i
i • *
InF.iriß- ir.y fireeri- tWfcl Io my friends for iheir very libernl patroniee I
""<1 him,reedy ml Hi-ximts to eerre ih. m »puin, in the seme cnp»citT durina tl "‘ Mon .
lull hmi win'sr. 1 Hill Hiliiiii" improvements and comlorls to my Warehouse K ) • . coniiD (t
'planter nil) approve aid appreciate. "men every
Remerobfr, 'h«' mv VVurehouse ia in a low, damp place, wbfre Cotton selH
w. i«ht l.y brtiiK si need, but of'en gains ; and being so lar from any other bnlldii .* '*
is a ffreal deal kss danger ol its destruction hv lire 'han any othei Warehouse in P |"’ l^,r *
Eesides,/have i s.ployed a wateha.au to r.uiaiii tn watch in the yard ever* ' nl u
■i he 6ti-'uie«s season 1 . ' K" 1 durioj
| 'TALn'pow supply my customers wiili everything ihrv want, which will ehviat. .1
si l.y of tneir'havinp to go nil over in«n to puichasc a few goods. I have in.. ... "* ® ee '»-
Xcw Yoik,-where 1 puiebased a huge stock of *' ' elurned fio*
./* -
•IVy Goods,''* a Hardware,
."Gipeeries, / \ ;. Crockery,
Tankee Nonons,' Saddlery,
Clothing, Millinery,
Hats and Caps, Liquors,
Boots and Shoes, dec., dec.
In f»ct, I have, and i-tend to keep, a good snpplv of evervthing that th. f, r m.
.there may need, and will sell »» low asanv other house in town. » r m«ri >D y
I invite everybody, and especially the ladi s, to call and examine my .Stock h.'
lectly salieti«d that I cau plsaue them iu quantity, (quality and price. ’ ° tlß * P***
Tlie Goods Department
will be eondswtsdbyTHO.il,iS 11. FULTON, assisted by Walter f, Be||
The Grocery Department
will be conducted by WJI. W. LEE, assisted by Charlie Smllft
I will fflve my persona! attention fc receiving, weighing, marlling, ss.Wine .eHm. . 4
"hipping notion, assisted hv HOMER S BELL. Having had an experience of'nbe T r "if
■s hnsmess, f know esacriv hcW it oucht to be done, and will guarantee Batista tie. . n
who mav favor me with thei patronage. 8 »«tlsla.tio» Iu .D
Will haven number of competent assistants (white and bfack> in the Colton T.rS .1.
Iwill always be lound at their pcs-.
Will make liberal advances on (Tbnon, in floods or Monev.
Buainess hours, f.oin sun-rise rill 10 o'clock nr nieht
ofr t 1 zm: ei 1
JOHN A. FULTON.
i'hc Lzttf cst Wii 1* c ws.
People of South-western Georgia,
[AND LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST!
Tjl 1/11 T • C D t’is method of informing his o!d pifrons, a?i<j public
\ LUi |\U Ii Rtfl ,l]v » I,o * receiri- e and will io rtr? iv ?r , n d kf^p
J consfanilv on bund, nr bis old stand oo the corner, a follidd
! .BSorfmf»r;t of Dr? (roods, ira of
lift t Hood*, of ni! Sfpfrn rod Drier liifionn. Genii anti
I ■' ‘ * for tin •, ('./(»•«. It urjft ntd Shoe*, rrid at nnu
1 nee, tot;ether with u Dull stork of fancy end
£ amity Groceries fJorttueare, Crockery
j and 2*. oretire.
It. fact, hr is determined ihmt no o. e shall come 10 him for anvthing, and have Is |*
Is,- ivheie to get it fhc immortal JfiW JOSIWwO* a ,11 reigns supreme master «f
.jereuiODies, a<st S :ed bv his apt pupil, Tf.iwl t*r Jil»<nie Pitl-fes, »»1 be is delerminei
ose ffoods a lit'le cheaper than any one else. lit coidully iuvites his friends to give hi»
» iilal before parchasing,
MR KUTTNER hss also opened another mane, at ih. old land of BTSNET Jt WRMX
hnder the Superintend, "Ce of Mr. R. . .ILLES, assisted by .TIK. P«f»-
j v where lie will a select Blin k o(
DKY 000 U 9 .
urpn?sed by rone ever put upon this market. Messrs Allen ard Pownella respeetfvfly fr
-i'e their f, iends to give them a u.ll, wi h the prom’«« that they will ever drslapovd*
quare, and nee 1’! their endeavors to p'»ase them. With manv kind thsnka to tbs pahliv
■>, iheir I,,thlerto iberal patronage, the Corps, e« masse, respectfully solicit « eossinassw
f the same Sop*.
mi cittu mm
STOVE
B A W I g m & @O,
CHERRY ST., MACON, GA.
taideii the Premium of a Silver Cop at the Fu
A Diploma Awarded by the Committ*o to u«
For the Best Assortment of Cooking and Heating
Stoves. For the Eest Aasortment of
House Furnishing Goods.
We can show to our Customers that we are entitled to all that awarded *•
TIIE LARGEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF
COOKING STOYES
THE LARGEST, AND CHEAPEST ASSORTMENT OF
'COAL AND WOOD HEMMI STOWS
Parlor and Ottlcc Stoves, Grates,
Hollow Ware, Tin snnl Enameled W*> re '
j Importing our RODGERS & WOSTENHOLMS TABLE * r ° CKET
CUTLERY, RAZORS & SCISSORS, wc shall offer GREAT INDUCE
MLNTS to Wholesale and Retail Buyer*.
E :: sr , orders solicited aod promptly attended 10. ,
1 It .V WISE & CO* GA .
eei t. 15, 3m. CtiEßtlY O'lKEEi', MACON,
