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DAWM)N JOURNAL
S. R. WESTON ft W. r. COMESJ
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Thursday, July 20, l*s7l.
ti?” Reading matter ou airy P"je. '*
TliC .loSill S<>!orl ('(inmiillcc
siud Uov. iSulloi S.
We will, in our next L-sue. eoj>v the
entire rorresponden.o between Ji’.n
Scott, Clutiru.au of the Joint St . it
Committee to enqaiie into the «.■ ’ i
tion of the late insunn iieuary 8 tat s,'
ami Gov. Bullock. The iufumatKn
tlierein containeil is matter of hUtory
to the people of the State geucru! y.
and particularly so to the a: :>
elect to the next Legislature. The in
debtedness of the State by r< e. - u it
aid loaned to tho South G. ;gia -V
Florida, tho Brunswick -V Albany,
and the Cherokee Railroads will L
$7,545,900 when said Roads arc e->ui
pletod. Other Railroads have been ;
voted aid, but they have not put them
selves in condition to receive said aid ;'
should they do so, tho indebtedness < i'
tho State will bo double the abov«
amount on this score alone. We im
agine the Georgia Legislature have
had railroad aid on the brain so much
heretofore that there w ill be no further ,
elforts made to increase the indebted- ;
ness of tho State in this particular.—
Wo think there will be a reaction, and
that a majority of tho members to the
present or uoxt Legislature will bo in
structed by their constituents to stop
the State aid business, and make void
what has been done, if it can be done
iu good faith to parties concerned and
according to law.
Gov. 1 hillock rightly takes tho po
sition that said committee has no right
to demand of him, as Governor of tho
State of Georgia, a report as to tho in
debtedness of tho State, rates of tax
ation, election laws, &e. If they have
a right to call on the Governor of New
York for such information, they have
tho same right to call on him, as
Goorgia is in tho Union as the peer of
any other State. While he takes the
above position, lie is glad on account
of opposition to him by a faction in
Iris own party, headed by tho Treas
urer of tho Stato, Mr. Augier, arid one
of tho leading railroads of tho Stato
(tho Central wo suppose), to lay be
fore tho Committee and tho world tho
information desired.
This report is history, and whether
true or false, is foFour m xt Legislature
to find out. We are pleased to see
that tho Govornor has seen fit to hon
or tho Committee with a report, as
thore is information contained therein
that is calculated to make tho best
Statesmen and citizens begin to cast
around and enquiro as to the port ol
destination of old Goorgia. Wo fear
the water is shallow, tho channel nar
row', and that the coast on either side
is lined with wreckers ready to take
advantage of tho ol*ship wliou the
storm overtakes her.
On tho night of tho 11 inst., two
frccdmcn, Squire Aiken and Jerry Dix
on, hewed their way through tho roof
of the jail of Amerieus, and made their
oscapo.
lleavv Djtat.< ation ! — The Albany
News learns from “highly reliable au
thority” that “Col. Wadloy has bought
the city of Brunswick, Oglethorpe bay
and tho adjacent islands, tho B. & A.
Railroad, its franchises and 11. 1 ; the
M. & B. Railroad and its appurtenan
ces; the cities of Albany Cuthbert Ku
faula, and the 8., C. ik C. B. 11.” Who
would have supposed that such grand
interests, especially “11. L,” were pur
chasable ?
What General Toombs said to a Tri
bune Man.- Tho Albany A cws says
Rhen General Toombs was in Atlanta
recently, in eonversatiou with several
friends, a lady asked :
“General Toombs, did you say half
tho terrible things Mr. Smalley repor
ted to tho Now York Tribune ?”
“Madam.” replied Mr. Toombs,
“the scoundrel did not say half I did
toll him to say. T told him to bo par
ticular to say to his people that they
had stolen the graves of their hirelings
stolen them from cm old woman, a kune
old woman who had not the power to com
mit treason the grand daughter o/Martha
Washington.
Pass Him Around. —Geo. W. Rich
ardson, the Radical Solicitor of Coo&a
county, blindfolded, gagged and whip
ped two little negro girls and threaten
ed them with death if they ever should
tell who committed the outrage He
was trying to manufacture a Ku-Klux
outrage to serve as the basis for iurth
erpersecution of Southern Democracy.
But fortunately for us, ho was detec
ted, and his design exposed by a ne
gro.
We have thus discovered, almost by
chance, one of the sources from which
Ku-Klux outrages emanate. The mys
tery heretofore hanging over such out
rages is therefore a mystery no longer.
They are gotten up by Radical polliti
cians for the (enelit of that party
and the futher punishment of the
South. Pass Mr. Radical Richard
son around.— Adc, <§■ Mail.
Mark Twa'n says :—*T have seen
slower people than I am—and more 1
deliberate people than I am—and i
even quieter, and moro listless, and la
zier people than I am. But they aro!
dead. * i
THE KiW YORK RIOT,
The gnat liot which happened in
ii New Yeik m the l-lth iu-t., bo
twetn llie liiJi | emulation, while a
pioiewicu cl wl at is known as Or
angemen who celebrating their
Anniversary, a full account of
which wo give below, is an
instance of tho extent uud dura
tion to which human aidm isity uud
human rev, igt run be carried. Aside
'
heart, hew strange that tho descend
ants of these opposing factions should,
through succeeding generation-*, eateh
with insi iration the hatred of their
fort fathers,and after severing their al
legiance to tUir native, country and
becoming allied w ith the Amerivin Re
public, should engage in a struggle
only calculated to result in mischief 1
In giving ur. account cf this great civ
il riot as a part of the l .-tny of tho
times, it Leiu.es necessary, to be ap
preciated, to knew wi.o the Orange
men are, from whence sprung that ti
tle, Ate. Tho following historical
sketch iu relation to their origin, is
taken front the Atlanta S..a, and will
not prove uninteresting : *
“When Janies 11, tho Roman Cath
olic King of Rrotestant England, was
compelled to lice from his country, a
majority of his Irish subjects being
Catholics espoused his cause. The
Rrotestant Party, by the Revolution
of IG<>B, declared his throne vacant,
aud settled the crown on William, of
Orange, and his wife Mary, a Rrotest
ant daughter of James 11. By tho
Act of Settlement, tho succession to
the throne of England was arranged.
By this act tho Stuarts are excluded
from tho throne and upon it rests tho
title of tho present Queen, Victoria,
and her heirs, to tho crown.
James II received aid from
and his Irish Catholic subjects adhered
faithfully to him in his adverse for
tunes, until conquered and finally sub
dued by William of Orange at Boyne
Water.
William of Orange, (known in En
glish annals as William III), confis
cated the lauds of the vanquished Ir
ish lords and gentry who had adhered
to tho fortunes of Juntos, divided them
among his Dutch an l English follow
ers, and established the Church of
England over Ireland, whereby Cath
olics w'ero com polled to pay tithes to
support the Rrotestant religion.
In accord with the inherent impuls
es of human nature, in thoso times of
religious intolerance, the new land
lords wore not tho kindost of masters,
nor wore their oppressed and dowm
trodden tenants the meekest of labor
ers und peasants. It is not surprising
that tho vanquished and oppressed,
(to use a recently invented, but ex
pressive word), Ku-Kluxcd some of
their oppressors, and that their land
lords so suddenly enriched by tho for
tune of war, found it convenient to ab
sent themselves from their newly ac
quired homes, and necessary to enter
into secret leagues for mutual protection
und defence.
From tho very nature of tho polit
ical situation at the time their organ
izations originated, tho Kibbontnen
wore all Catholics and tho Orangemen
all Protestants.
On no spot of earth ruled by any
of the civilized powers, of Europe, has
the oppressive policy which had its or
igin in difference of religious faith two
hundred years ago, boon so poristont
ly persevered in, as has been that
adopted by England aftor tho battle
of tho Boyne towards her Irish sub
jects.”
Cincinnati Commercial New York -Special.
The procession consisted of about
one hundred and seventy Orangemen,
whoso principal banner was one in
scribed, * True Americans, Join us ”
As the procession marched down tho
avenue from Tweuty-nintli street, tho
mob closwl in around it ou all sides
and in tho rear, tho roughs shouting;
Down with tho damned Protestants;
to hell with them,” and using other
insulting language.
Still the parade moved on, neither
the Orangemen, polico or military in
any way resenting the foul epithets.
While the parade was marching
betwecu Twenty-sixth and Twenty
third streets two shots, some say four,
were fired from an upper window, ono
of them striking a policeman, while
the other hit a soldier.
At about this time, also, Mr. l’age,
the business manager of p’isk’s Opera
House, was struck ou the head w ith a
stone and killed.
As soou as these shots were fired, a
company of tho Ninth regiment turned
on tho crowd, and fired a scattering
volley. In a moment the other troops
joined in tho attack, first, firing upon
the crowd, and tljen making a charge.
The crowd dispersed, and the military
having reloaded, passed on.
From the reports already received,
it seems that tho -volley of the military
killed thirty-seven persons, including
a woman and a girl, and wounded
thirty-one more.
As soon as tho troops had passed,
the killed and wounded were removed.
One of tho companies was deployed as J
skirmishers, and shot at every head -
that dared to show itself out of any of j
the windows of the house where tho I
firing upon the procession originated, i
Several persons on the roofs were ,
killed by the skirmishers, and one
man, who was just in the act of cock
ing a rifle, and taking aim at the sol
diirs from a roof, was struck in tin
head by one of the Eighty fourth bul
lets, and toppled headlong into tho
street below, dead us a doornail.
(Several persons on the sidewalk
joined in the fray at the shirt, and fired
a few Volleys in the direction of the
Orangemen, but this had only tho ef
fect of drawing upon tho crowd 011
both sidei of the avenue a withering
the from the regiments, the men aim
eel low and brought down somebody
every shot, ei.her wounded or dead.
The Seventh regiment was at the head
of tho column, at the time, and wheeled
about in "rei r to support the Eighty
fourth and Ninth, it they got too hard
ly pressed. Tvo of the companies sus
tained the Eighty-fourth with a steady
tiro. The Eleventh, (Sixth and Tweu
titth were also on tho spot, tho Or
angemen being in a hollow square be
tween the Ninth and Twenty-fifth.
Ts.e panic that followed tho filing
of the tn*qvs was probably indescrib
u 10, and many persons in tho crowd
were badly injured by being trampled
: up. n during tire stampedo. The rest
of the route of the parade was com
paratively unmolested, although in
sjiie of the warning they had had,
crowds ou the bowery continually in
sulted the Orangemen.
At the Cooper Institute tho parade
dismissed.
Tho lull number of the fallen it was
difficult to learn, fur many xvero hasti
ly tukeii away by their relatives aud
friends, in carts and wagons of v iri- j
mis kinds, and others crawled into
yards aud collars to die, unobservod
and away from the heat of the sun.-
That there were not less than sixty,
however, is almost certain. At the
corner of Twenty-fifth street, the walk
ran with blood. To pass, you had to
pick your way among tho corpses. In
little alleys tho bodies of unfortunates
were found, and in shady places where
ever they were close at hand.
There was hardly a houso in the
neighborhood into which some maimed
victim had not begged to be admitted,
and on sheds and cool flags in tho rear
they lay begging for surgical aid and
to be removed to a hospital. Among
them were women and children.
A reporter knocked at the door of
318 Eighth avenuo ; pu-esently throe
men n: ado their a ppearanco with fright
ened faces. “Have you any killed or
wounded hero ?”inquirc<l tho reporter.
“No, said one of tho men “‘thank God,
we are all safe, but we came pretty
near it.” With all that he pointed to
wards tho front of the house. Tho
blinds were riddled.
In another house, No. 1 Twenty
fourth street, the door was opened by
a refined matron of about forty, who
w'as crying bitterly. Her father, Mr.
Philip Ackerman, an old and respected
man, had been ou tho top of the houso
to witness the passage of tho process
ion. When tho firing began, ho hast
ily descended, but while walking along
tho passage way on tho third floor,
was shot dead through a window.*
Tho matron had barely told her sto
ry before a frightful clamor aroso at
tho house door. “For God’s sake,”
she exclaimed, “don’t open it; w'e shall
all be murdered.” A gentleman, fear
ing the breaking down of tho door,
unbolted it, and a crowd of terrified
persons poured in. “Tho soldiers ! tho
soldiers ! ’’they cried ; “they are here
again; they will kill us !” Every ono
seemed in mortal terror for half an
hour.
. After tho slaughter, (ho southeast
ern coruor of Twonty-fith street was
still strewn with bodies. The Hies had
already settled upon their faces, but
some kind hand lutd driven them away,
and covered tho bloody heads.
About the corpses stood a crowd
that was as large at 5 o’clock as it had
been at 3. If tho cries for vengeance
that wore heard there were not vain
ravings, tho Irishmen who are respon
sible for this slaughter may well rest
uneasily.
In tho apothecary, near tho corner
of Twenty-sixth street and Eighth av
enue, lay the body of a Ninth regi
ment soldier, one Page a member of
K. His forehead had boon battered
in with a brick. Burns and E. Smith
of Company E. wero detailed to guard
the body. They stood over it with
crossed bayonets, and while in this po
sition a stranger approached them,
and thrusting a sword eano through
the door buried it in Burns’ shoulder.
Then he stepped back into the street,
and when tho Ninth regiment men
raised their rifles to lay the assassin
out ho was lost in a erbwd of inquisi
tive but peaceable citizens.
The doors of tho shop were locked
and secured with a heavy iron bar.—
Burns wos laid on a couch in an inuer
room, and there tho soldiers and their
friends remained until darkness mado
it safe to appear on the streets.
At precisely '2 o’clock tho procession
formed. It consisted of two hundred
and fifty police, commanded by In
spector \\ ailing, two companies of the
Seventh regiment, tho Twenty-second
regiment, Gideon Lodge of Oiange
inen. tho Eighty-fourth, Sixth, and
Ninth regiments, and a battalion of
police, commanded by Inspector Jumo
son.
The Orangemen numbered about
one hundred, tho troops and polico
over two thousand
Atter a few false starts, the column
proceeded about a block aud a half
down Eighth avenue, when several
stones wero thrown from tho roofs of
the tenement houses on tho east sido
of tho avenue, but no attempt was
made to arrest them.
r M hen between Twonty-soventh and
Twenty-eight streets, a temporary halt
was rendered necessary by the im
mense throng which blockaded the
avenuo from ono side to the other,
when a report ran from the front to
the rear that a man had been shot
from the roof ot ono of the houses.—
While tho truth of tire rumor was be
ing discussed, a sudden, desultory fir
ing was begun, which at first souuded
like the discharge of a package of fire
crackers The crowd swayed to and
fro for a moment, then more rapid fir
ing began. It proved to be from a
large body of Hibernians, who cn-l
trenched themselves in a row of teno
motif houses between Twenty-seventh
uud. Twenty-eighth streets, und armed
with lilies, were filing on tho Orange
men and their escort.
At first the National Guard appear
ed paralyzed ; they wavered, and one
company became dovetailed with an
other, but as though by a preconcerted
signal, without any word of command
or order, they turned toward the
houses whonco proceeded the firing,
and leveling their pieces, they fired.
'The rosult wasjfatal to at least twen
ty persons. At Twenty-seventh street
auu Eighth avenuo six doad bodies lay
in a heap, w hile just around tlio cor
ner were three men writhing in the
agonies of death. One of them was a
countryman, ono an Irishman, aud one
an oi l negro.
At tli* corner of Twenty-fourth street
and Eighth avenue, one man had been
shot dead, and lay on his face 011 the
sidewalk.
The police rallied with conspicuous
bravery and began clubbing all who
ran toward them, many of whom were
frightened almost to death But ono
man showed any cowardice. It was
Captain Helm alone who did not face
tho surging and stormiug criwd. He
ran around the corner into Twenty
eighth street, and thero remained,
safely ensconced behind a brick build
ing, until tho firing had ceased.
The military fired, reloaded, and
advanced at tho double-quick, to find
uud face their unseen foe, but none
were to be found. They had made
tlieir, escape through rear passages,
and had not harmed an Orangeman,
but had created a terrific panic, which
it will take years to olface.
Three women, one member of the
Ninth Regiment and Police officer
Murphy, of Captain Killalea’s com
mand, were almost instantly killed, be
sides fifteen others. Over forty were
wounded, some of them very danger
ously.
.The unseen enemy having disap
peared, quiet wus once more restored
aud the procession again took up the
lino of march, down Eighth avenue to
Twenty-third street, and down Twen
ty-third street to Fifth Avenue. Be
tween Fifth and Sixth Avenues an at
tack was made on tho police compos
ing tho rear guard, but it was quickly
ropolled by them.
Again at Twenty-socond street and
Fifth Avenue they were attacked, but
Inspector Jameson, who was particu
larly conspicuous for his bravery, dis
persed the ruffians by the effectual use
of tho club.
The procession then marched down
to Fourth Avenuo, where the Orange
-111011 entered, when they divested them
selves of their regalia, and ono at a
time went to their homes.
The police and military wore then
dismissed to await new developments
during tho evening and night.
Tho bullets [foil like hail, and the
policemen were soon to throw them
selves on the sidewalk to escape the
danger.
Air. H. S. Russel, 'of 252 West
Twentieth street, a Deputy United
States Marshal, foil on liis face until
tho firing was over and while he was
in that position a woman shot dead
fell across his body.
Air. C. Aforrit, of 238 East One
Hundred and Twenty-six street, was
standing at Twenty-fifth street aud
Eighth avenue. lie says a small can
non had been placed in front of Ap
poles’ lager-beer saloon, and was man
ned by four men whom he did not
know. It was fired off at the troops
simultaneously with their first volley.
Mr. Merritt says 110 also saw a con
erable number of men in his vicinity’
who were armed with revolvers, but
ho did not remain to see whether they
■ used them- or not.
| As soon as tlio firing by tho troops
] began 110 sprang straight through tho
j shattered windows of the saltfon, aud
: remained concoalud within until the
danger was past. Then ho stepped
out and found half-a-dozon doad lying
where ho had been standing.
Ho also claims to have seen Col.
Fisk standing on the side-walk in his
shirt-sleeves and conversing with one
of tho officers shortly before tho out
break.
The tiring lasted two or throo min
utos. Then tho long roll was beaten;
again tho rifles were loaded with ball
cartridges, and, flanked on both sides
by tho police, the procossion marched
on and up Twenty-third street.
The troops passed by with blanched
cheeks. They seemed panic-stricken.
But tho scene presented ou their de
parture was appalling.
The houses in Eighth avenuo at that
point are mostly private and all res
pectable. The ground floor is invar
iably devoted to business uses, and in
tho upper stories families dwell, usual
ly those of the shop-keepers below.
After tho battle, beforo the ariival
of tho procession, every window in
theso buildings was fiilod by tiio in
quisitive occupants. Now all were
deserted, and on the brick fronts, the
windows panes and tbo blinds, the
effects of tho bullots wero everywhere
to be seen.
_ On the southeast corner of Twenty-
I eighth street lay a portly middle-aged
man named Latimer. His right low
er jaw was shattered, and a bullet had
pierced his neck. He lay bathed' in
blood. Beside him lay Win Stan
ton, of 325 West Twenty-fourth street
shot through tho leg.
Around tho corner lay four men
and a woman, all dying, and from
that point up toward Twenty-seventh
street, tho killed and wounded strew
ed the walk. To get tho names of
all was an impossibility.
All quiet at this hour, and rioters
have dispersed, but it is feared that
there will be more trouble yet. In the
Sixteeuth ward to-night, threats of
arson and murder were freely made.
The latest threat of the rioters is
that, as they are not allowod to dis
pose of Orangemen publicly, they will
murder them seriatim. The jiolice
headquarters has the appearance of
a besieged citadel. Cavalrymen, with
drawn swords, guard every approach,
and a strong force of millitary is quar
tered on the upper floor.
\\ all and Broad streets intense *
excitement prevailed. The solid mer j
chants and the bankers and brokers 1
the (stock and Produce Exchange
\yoio unanimous in their condomLia
lion of the city authorities.
\\ lien the members of the Stock
Eucliango began to arrive, st anding I
as usual, in front of door, before they
went up, every ono talked about tho
matter.
It was tho universal topic. Ohio ■
and Lake Shores had been thoroughly !
superseded by the Orange preession. j
Alany well known faces were miss
mg. All tho brokers belonging to j
any of tho regiments which had been
called out were absent on duty.
fi onsiderable belligerent fooling was
manifested in spite of tlie want arms.
Umbrellas were defiantly, and
a mock procession organized, which
as easily routed by a couple of in
trepid brokers
Jokes wore as plentiful as black
berries. “Got your pistol along with
you r “Did you see Governor Hod
man this morning? ’ “How stands tho
battle ?” etc., were the leading ques
tions. It was curious to hear tho
opinions of tho brokers as they con
gregated hero and there : they uttered
eursos at Afayor llall, at Police Su
perintendent Kelso, at tho Ring, even
at Governor Hoffman himself, whom
they accused of having acted in con
cert with the King, until ho saw tlio
evil consequences of the course.
Georgia Items.
Tho Barnosville Alothodists are
building a church to cost SIO,OOO.
The North and South Railroad, from
Rome to Columbus, has adopted three
feet gaugo-
Hon. B. H. Hill will ahortly open a
law office in Atlanta.
Templeton and his troupe stillluxur
iate in Brunswick.
The Good Templars of Alilledgovillo
numbers sixty member.
At Chalybeate Springs in Meriweth
er county, Georgia, there are one hun
dred and fifty visitors.
A colored well digger was suffoca
ted to death by tho foul gas in a well
near Atlanta.
Tho Columbus Sun reports a $ 10,
000 fire at Union Springs, Ala, last
Wednesday. "Three stores were dis
troyed.
An effort is being made to form a
great Agricultural and General Lib
rary and Aluseum in connection with
tho Stato Association, to be permanen
tly located in Macon.
Another woman living near Atlanta
attempod to fill a lamp with non-ex
plosivo oil and was burned fatally.
This thing is getting quite popular all
over tho State.
An election will soon bo, ordered to
fill tho vacancy in the Twenty second
Senatorial District, occasioned by pro
motion to Congress of tho lion. Thom
as J. Speer.
Reward Received. — On yesterday
morning Alcssrs. G. Hood and Char
ley Evans received by express, form
Atlanta, the fivo thousand dollars re
ward offered by Bullock for the arrest
of Henry Oxford.— Augusta Chronicle
Sentinal.
The local of tho Constitution has seen
a diamond necklace and pin in an At
lanta jewelry store, just ordered by
a party in Southwest Georgia, at a
cost of $5,0U0.
A plucky Atlantian discovered a ne
gro burglar in his bed room last Sun
day, and without waiting to firo his
pistol, grabbled the fellow and captur
ed him
The Monroe Advertiser says: “We
learn from Butts county, that a coup
le of Northern gentlemen have made
a geological survey of the county, and
report immense iron deposits. The
early completion of the Griffin and
Madison Railroad will render these
iron fields accessible.
•*’*- »’ »/H I *£lt TIS EAI KJTTS.
SoticSt
ffOROT? A. GUISE applies for cxemp-
V M tion of personalty and setting apart und
valuation ot homestead, and I will pass upon
the same at 10 o’clock, a. m., 3!st inst.
T. M. J ONES. Ordinary.
julj2o-2w J
dissolution^
I "'IIP. firm of Loyless, Griffin & Jones is this
day dissolved by mutual cojsent, T. \Y,
Loyless and John L. Griffin retiring there
from. The outstanding business of tho late
firm will be set:led by either ot us.
‘ T. w. LOYLESS,
JOHN L. GRIFFIN
„ T. It. JONES.
Dawson, Ga., July 14, 1871.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By RUFUS B. BULLOCK,\
Governor of Said State.
Whereas, on tho 7th of June, 1870 a
Proclamation was issued freer this ilcpa’rt
ment, offering a reward of Two hundred Dol
lars for the apprehension and delivery, with
evidence to convict, to the Sheriff of Talia
ferro county, of Alexander H. Evans charged
with the muider of Jesse Nunn, in said coun
ty ; r.nd
Whereas, ihe said Evans is still at lar<*e
contmuiug his depredations, aud it boing rep
resented to me that the tuu.der committed by
him was most wiltul aud atrocious, and that
it is the universal desire of the citizens of
said county that the said Evans bo arrested
from his evil doings and brought to a speedy
trial and punishment; 1
Now, therefore, in order the more effectu
ally to make certain the arrest of the said
Evans, I have thought proper, and do here
by offer an additional reward of F'ive lluu.
dred Dollars tor the arrest and delivery of
the said Alexander 11. Evans to tho Sheriff
of Taliaferro county, and a reward of Five
Hundred Dollars on his conviction.
Given uuder my hand aud the Great Seal of
the State, at the Capitol, in the city of At
lanta, this 12th day of July, in the year of
our Lord Eighteen Hundred aud Seventy
one, aud of the Independence of the Uni
ted States of America the Ninety-sixth
RUFUS B- BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotiiso, Secrctar i of State,
july 20-lw.
T. M. JONES, I { It. T. HARPER.
OF > K OF
Loyleas, Griffin & Jones. ) p Harper & Simmons.
Jones & Harper,
WAlffllieiFSll
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ZD-A-WSOZbr, G-ZEOIRG-I-A.,
YITJEREKY announce to their friends, and the public generally, that they have bought the Warehouse formerly occupied bT
Jr I Loyless, Griffin & Jones, where they are prepared to do a general Warehouse and Commission business. Both members
die Finn have been engaged in the Warehouse business heretofore, aod hope, by stiict and constant attention to the interests cJ
planters, in the Storage and Sale of Cotton, to receive a liberal soare of their patronage. Connected with the Warehouse is a
GOOD HOUSE AND ~W\A.GrOtS7 YARD,
specially for the benefit of our patroDs, as low as other Houses. [July 20-3 m.
A PROCLAMATION,
GEORGIA.
By RUFUS R. BULLOCK.\
Governor of Said Slate.
Whereas, Official information has been re
ceived at this Department that James
Toombs, a desperate character, recently con
victed of murder aud confined under sen
tence of death in the common jail of Hous
ton county, has made his escape from said
jail and is now at large ;
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to
issue this my Proclamation, hereby offering a
reward of One Thousand Dollars for the ap
prehension and delivery of the said James
Toombs to the Sheriff of Boulton county, iu
erder that he may be punished for the offense
of which he stands cottv e’ed.
Given under my hand and the Great. Seal of
the State, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this
14th day of July, iu the year of our
Lord Tfgbteeu 7/uudred aud Seventy-,
one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the Ninety
sixth. A’UFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor :
David G. Cotting, Secretary of State.
DESCRIPTION.
Tho said James Toombs is a mulatto, about
5 feet 10 inches high, weighs about 160
pounds, has a scar on his left cheek, caused
by a cut, is about 23 or 30 years of age, and
has a rather shatp nose.
Julyls-4w
A TItOCLAMATTON.
GEORGIA.
Bg R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CK,
Governor of Said State.
Whereas, OfTi.-i il information has been re
ceived at this Leparfmeut that one 7’leus
flicks, a notorious character, h-s of late
committed many depredations upon he good
and law abiding citizens of Lumpkin county,
aud the. counties adjacent thereto, and that
several indictments are now pending against
him in those counties, charging him with as
sault. with intent to murder, arson, horse
straling, and other divers crimes ; aud
Whereas, Notwithstanding the diligent ef
forts by the civil authorities in endeavoring
to apprehend the said Fricks, he ha-s succeed
ed in eluding their vigilance, and is still at
large greatly to the terror and the disturb
ance of the peace uud good order of said
communities :
Now, therefore, believing that tho offering
of a suitable rewaid is essential as a means
of bringing to justice the said Fricks, I have
thought proper to issue this my proclamation
hereby off-ring a reward es Five Hundred
Dollars for the aoprehensiou and delivery of
the said Fleus Fricks to the Sheriff of Lump
kin connty, and an additional reward of Five
Hundred i/ollars on his conviction of any of
the leloDies with which he stands cl arged.
Given under my hand and the great Seal 'of
the State, at tho Capitol, in Atlanta, this
tweftb day of July, in the year of our
Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one,
and of the Independence of the United
States the Ninety-six h,
„ , RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor *
David G- Cotting, Neorctary of State.
July 20th 4t. 1
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA:
By R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CK,
Governor of said State.
Whereas, there is now pending in the Su
perior Court of ilfascogee county, a Bill of
Indictment charging .Sharp Johnson with tho
crime of murder, alleged to have been com
mitted upon the body of -Emanuel K Taul in
said county of Ifuseogee, on or about the
10th November, ISCJ, and it being represent
cd to me that the said Johnson has fled from
justice :
I have thought proper, to issue this my
proclamation, hereby offering a reward of
Five Hundred DoHars for the apprehension
and delivery of the said Sharp Johnson, with
evideude sufficient to convict to the Sheriff
of said county of Muscogee, in order that
„!,r iy u- b J\_ brOU S ht t 0 ‘Hal lor the offense
with which he stands indicted.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this the
lith day of July, iu the year of
our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy,
one, and of the Independence of the Uu'i
ted States of America the Ninety-sixth
Rdl , _ RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
Dy the Governor:
■ , , AVID o. Cottino, Sec. of State.
July 2(Mir.
Ihe Greatest Improvement of the
Age.
O. W. MASSEY’S
Fatent Excelsior' Colton Gin,
UOll the past forty years I bav o been
A engaged in the manufacture of Cot
ton Gins, and havo set to work on
plantations, and have seen in opera
t on hundreds of Gins, and Lave no
hesitancy in pronouncing this th«
BEBT WORKING GIN 1 ever S aw!
It runs light—gins fast-does not in
jure the cotton—impossible to break
the rool—no use for self-feeders—and
no trouble to feed, Ole committee
at the late Blob couDty Agricultural
Fair, being so well satisfied of its su«
perPrity over anything they ever saw,
awarded me the premium. l um now
prepared to u lish any -ns in v ant
of a Gin A sumj le of Exce sor and
also of the Griswold Gin can be seen
at Lai hart & Lurd s Hardware Store,
Macon, Ga. Send for diseriptive list.
o. w. massy
AfauouGa.
Griswold Cotton Gin.
I will continue to manufacture the
celebrated Griswold Cotton Gin, aGia
that has given universal gatisftclion,
and out of all the Gins T sold the past
two years but one single eomplunt,
and-not one Gin returned. Every Gin
warranted. A sample can be seen at
Carhart & t urd’s Hardware Store,
july 20-3 m O. VV. AIASSEY.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA:
Bg RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State.
hereas, official information has been re
ceived at this Department that an assault
with intent to murder was committed in the
county of Habersham on or about the 13th
of June last upon the person of Isaac Oakes,
by one Zi’uoch Dickson, and that tho said
Dickson has fled from justice;
A r ow, therefore, I have thought proper to
issue this my proclamation, hereby offering a
reward of One Tbousan for the ap*
prehension ane delivery of the said Dickson,
with evidence sufficient to convict, to tho
of Habersham county, in order that
he may be brought to trial for the offense
with which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the Sta f e, at the Oapitol in Atlanta, this
fourteenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord Eighteen Hundred aud
Seventy~One, and of the Independence
of the Un'ted States of America tbo
Ninety-sixh.
tfUFUS B. B jLLOCK.
By the Governor :
David G. Cottiug, /Secretary of State.
DESCBIPTION.
The said Amoch Dickson is about 54 or 25
years of ago, weighs about 135 or 140
pound?, has auburn hair, gray or hazle eyes,
is about 5 feet 8 or 4 inches high, of rather
fair complexion, has a light beard, and al J
way? looks off when talking to any person.
July 15-4 w.
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