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THE INDEPENDENT.
■ ATUIUIW, HKPTEMIIK.iI A. IKK.
J. C. GALLAHER, Editor and Proprietor.
Florida - ! Interest*.
Wo have for some time boon looking
with much Interest and solicitude ut the
pectlnfatry condition of onr sister State,
it avT oar sympathies havcalwaT* hecu enlist -
til in bclislf of that oppressed people. The
State affairs hare boon m> luauoged po
litically since the war tlmt nothing but the
moat disastrous result* could reasonably
bare Lmwm anticipated, and they have boon
realized to a fearful ax tout. The wheels
of Uovorniuont have not only ln;eu clogged
with ignorance and vice, but have abso
lutely been reversed, and have been
and are rolling backwards, constantly iu
rreusing in the burthen of debt und taxa
tion, instead of ita ponderous wheel* whirl
ing on with constantly increasing momen
tum in the great line of State progress und
prosperity. Ail sensible men are capable
of diagnosing the disordered condition of
the State. The causes arc manifest from
the effects, but they haven't the power to
remove the cause. Hence, while the cause
exists there is no remedy that eon reach
And heal tire disorder. How is the cause
to be removed ? Simply by removing
from position the present unscrupulous
and diahonest officials, rid the Legislature
of ignorance and vice, supply their places
with men of intelligence and honor, men
that will declare void the fraudulently is
sued bonds, and notify the holders that
the people Are not bound for them, that
they ato neither morally or legally liable
or responsible for their payment. The
scheme to obtain thebonds by the subtlety
of tliat model villain who fraudulently
transferred them, and with his stolen
money bribes a Governor to treat with de
fiance and contempt the requisition of a
Governor of another State, in which the
magnitude of liis villainies are unparalleled,
and thus shields the vile miscreant and
mammoth thief from a just retribution.
Aud Dutch capitalists are now demanding
interest upon these bonds, which they
claim to be due, and for tho payment of
which the people's property has boon as
sessed at u fictitious value, and upon which
unreasonable valuation for that and other
State aud county purposes the peoplo arc
taxed three dollars aud eighteen cents on
the hundred dollars, making an aggregate
amount of taxes to he collected in Madison
county largely over fifty thousand dollar*
for tho present year. We have above
stated that by the removal of the present
official incumbents that the cause produc
ing these tnul effects will bo removed.
How is that to be accomplished ? By en
lightening those whom they and their
predecessors have deceived aud misled in
their iguoruuco into, to them, as well as
all others, the fatal error of putting such
men in power. This is n matter that re
quires some time, much patieuoe, for
bearance und endurnueo, some labor and
some sacrifice of pride. Tho negro feeds
Ins importance., and ia therefore arrogant
aud insolent, particularly where their
party, tut they call it, is in tho ascendancy,
and will reply not, with arguments founded
upon reason, but by assertions w hich huve
Iwcn placed iu their possession, and which j
they use imitativoly aud mechanically, j
more than from any mental operation of
thoir own. This must bo endured and
lairne witlr bearing in mind tlmt it is the re
sult of thoir own ignorance aud tho wicked
deceptions that have been practiced upon
them. Deal with them gently and disabuse
thdir minds, convince them of their error,
and impress upon their minds correct
principles, and the evil is removed at
once, and they will co-operate with the
good people iu the support uud maintaiu
auee of correct government It is some
sacrifice of pride, but not of principle for
a white man to approach tho block man
that lias offended him with his insolence j
and injured him by exercising his political
rights, to reason with him, but the white j
man should remember that the black man '
lias brought the same or a greater curse
upon his own heud by an injudicious ex
ercise of his rights, and therefore his ig
norance entitles him to more pity than
blame. Show him by facts and figures
the embarrassed condition of the State; j
show him who did it, and why they did
it; show to him that tho burthen of State
und county indebtedness rest upon him,
aud that out of the sweat of the laborer’s
face the debts must lie bo paid, and then
he will see as readily ns you that- he lias
acted injudiciously in the selection of rep
resentative men and law makers. Leave
off your false pride and tame and school
these children of nature, (who possess
civil and political rights equal to tho white
men), iu the true science of government
How are they to be convinced that the
burthen of taxation rout upon them ? By
dealing honestly and truthfully w ith them.
Every sensible and judicious planter iu
umkiug his calculations embraces every
expense, an important item of which is
the taxes he Ims to pay on his lands. If
he is a prudent man he makes all of his
contractu particularly w ith employees with
a view to his expenses. They must be
paid out of the product* of the soil, und a
profit he must have or ho can’t live uud
coutiuuc his business. So, out of the
sweat of tho laborer's face tho exjienses
must lie paid, whether great or small.
Every honest man will admit this; why
not tell the negro, convince the black
wan of these truths, and he will at
onoc see his error; instill into his mind
correct principles, and the thieving plun
derers will flee from your State like chaff
before the furious wind. But another
proposition presents iteeff to our mind
that we think would be a great blessing to I
all the people of Florida, the theory and
practicability of which we propose to dis
cuss from time to time in subsequent
issues of The Indfknd*nt, and when we
make our proposition, which is all we
contemplate doing in this issue, we hope
the people of Florida will not deem us im
pertinent, end let their State pride run
riotously over tlieir 1 letter judgment until
we reason together upon tho importance
and prjMjticibility of our proposition. And
here is the proposition: Let Florida proper
code to Alaliauut for a fair compensation,
ail of its territory west of the Chattahoo
chee river, aud to Georgia nil of its terri
tory east of the Chattahoochee and west
of the Suwannee rivers, embracing all of
the comities known as Middle Florida, for
a fair compensation from the State of
Georgia. We propose in our argument to
show the benefits to West Florida by the
change, also the advantages to be derived
by tho people of Middle Florida iu annex
ing itself to the State of Georgia, and also
the boundless, untold, incomputable bless
ings and advantages to be realized by
East Florida in the transfer. We propose
to show how all of the legal liabilities of
the State can be paid; nobody hurt; Middle
and West Florida benefited, and East and
South Florida left us u noble, unincum
bered State, the Eden of America, free
from indebtedness, with its expenses
lightened and its property enhanced ten
fold. But what good will he accomplished
by our arguments, although they bo con
vincing beyond ull dispute, if they arc not
soeu aud read by tho Floridians ? If they
favor this scheme they will evidence the
fact by snbscrihing for The Independent.
If they will not aid us in distributing the
paper containing tbc proposition and ar
guments we will take it for granted that
they are opposed to the whole plan, und
we will at onoo desist from any further
comment on the subject. If, however,
they approve our course, und will subscribe
for The Independent aud circulate it
freely through the State, then wo will he
thankful to any and all tho citizens for
suggestions that will uid us. Wo will wait
patiently for tho returns.
[communicated. J
Chebht Lake, Fla. , Sept. 4, 1873.
Editor Independent :
l’lease allow me, through the medium of
your valuable paper to mako a few sug
gestions to tho planters and producers of
cotton, and I trust that the subject will
meet with your approbation, and that yon
will bring it before the public so that it
will lie finally discussed.
Thu suggestion is tliat the planters pe
tition Congress to buy tho entire cotton
! crops that may bo produced for the next
) five or ten years to come, and longer, if
: the plan works to the interest of all con
cerned.
Iu presenting this subject to the public
tho writer is fully aware of its magnitude,
aud the opposition, criticism and ridicule
it is to receive at the hands of tho sclieis
ters w;ho are ever ready to prey upon and
embarrass the vital interests of the entire
country. It is obvious to all that wo have
reached a period in our history when sup
ply and demand is lost sight of, and when
powerful combinations, representing mil
lions of dollars, make all interests uml in
dustries subservient to tlieir monied power.
Tho Government of the United States is
at the mercy of these monied rings, as
was clearly proven in April hist, when, for
their selfish purposes, they undertook,
and did carry up gold to as high a point
as they desired to. Tlieu, if a remedy
oau be had by which tho Government can
become independent of tliuso combinations,
and at the same time the cotton producers
aud all others interested be vastly lieue
fittod, why not apply it V
Let tho Government take the entire crop
at an average value of say twenty-five cents
a pound, to bo paid for in greenbacks at
the ports, from whence it can be shipped
to foreign markets or held, as will best
suit the interest of the Government.
Tho Government, onoo in possession of
the cotton crop, will not. again lack for
gold Mktteet the demands of foreign coun
tries upon it, or stand a silent spectator
and sec its currency carried down, with no
power in its hands to help itself. No notice
will bo taken of the speculators or tlieir do
ings unless they should succeed in seriously
disturbing tho business affairs of the coun
try. Then the Government would exert
all of its power to afford relief. By buy
ing the cotton crop the Government would
ut onco become master of tho situation,
because cotton is gold, or soon cun be
converted into gold. Let us here quote
wlmt the Now York Herald has to say on
this subject
It says: “The grand solient fact always
to be born in mind by the business com
munity is that if all the old stockings in
tho United States were emptied of their
gold to-duy the sum total would probably
not reach seventy-five millions of dollars,
or one per cent, of the paper circulation
of the country. In fact, if the real weak
ness of the Treasury iu the matter was
fully understood and appreciated there is
not on importer in New York who would
uot have already secured gold sufficient
for his business requirements and to meet
an emergency that is, sooner or later, in
evitable. At the preaent time there is not
enough gold in the banks, or elsewhere,
If it should be suddenly needed, to meet
tho demand, while the Government is at
the mercy of a few greedy speculators,
w ho have it in thoir power to absorb every
dollar that it puts upon tho market, and
then, for their o,vu purposes, stop it from
tho country."
The export of American cotton would
produce an amount sufficient for the yearly
requirements of the Government in gold.
If the Government have a plenty of gold,
or its equivalent, (sterling exchange), then
there is no reason why greenbacks will not
be on a par value with gold. Besides,
the Government can dispose of the cotton
ut a profit that will bring into its Treas
ury a vast amount of exchange, which it
can iu turn dispose of for its own indebt
edness, making its currency the true basis
of all of its operations, and its own people,
the most interested iu it; besides it will
secure itself, the planters, tho merchants,
' a, 'd all other classes, against the foul grasp
of the merciless monied combinations.
Now, assuming that so desirable an end
can be consummated, if the planters, mer
chants, and others interested will take the
proper steps to bring the matter fairly
before tho next Congress, and that all
will alike bo benefltted. The next step
will be to reconcile the cotton commission
merchant* by fixing their status, for they,
too, must have, their slice. We will aay
that they can remain just where they ore;
loan their money to all planters in need,
at a reasonable and living rate of interest,
receive the planter's cotton, turn it over
to the Government agent, und receive the
pay for it, charging about one-half of pres
ent rate* of commissions, as the only ques
tion will lie to fix the proper grade or
average. The next class to reconcile is
the home manufactures. To those in the
cotton region wo will any that they will
have the same chance to purchase that
they now have, as the Government will
not get control of the cotton until it
reaches the ports. But once it gets to the
ports let it bo fully under the control and
management of the Government.
By this arrangement no class will be
more benefited than the manufacturers,
as the price of the raw article will be uni
form, and they will not again bo subject
to the fluctuations incident to it.
Planteu.
We would like to hear tho views of the
press generally on “Planter’s” suggestions.
We give space in our columns of this
week to the suggestions of o planter,
whom we know to lie a man of flue busi
ness capacity, and of considerable com
mercial experience. We think his sug
gestion in reference to the United States
Government purchasing the cotton crop
at the prices he proposes would be infi
nitely advantageous to the financial inter
esta of the Southern planter. A standard
of prices would be established; a haws
upon which ho could calculate with cer
tainty, except as to the fluctuations of tho
seasons, and the enemies that the plunt
seems to lie incident to every year. Cer
tainly with an average price of 25 cents
per pound the South would soon recuper
ate its lost fortunes, tho results of the lute
In writing this article, in which we pro
pose to be brief, we must state the sugges
tions of “Planter” are entirely new to us;
and we now write without investigation
or even reflection (for wo haven’t had
time) upon the practicability of this stu
pendous Government enterprise.
At a gluuce, however, two questions, or
rather subjects of enquiry present them
selves to our mind. First. While the
South would be thus assured of remuner
ative prices for products by tho General
Government, would it he done ut the haz
ard und sacrifice of the General Govern
ment? If, while the South is grotaing
rich by the certain rewards of its labor,
would it be at the expense of the Govern
ment? Secondly. Would it be a danger
ous monopoly nml concentration of power
iu tho Federal Government to give to it
the unlimited control of the great Ameri
can staple. Aside from these two ques
tions, other points are obvious that objec
tors would raise to “Planter’s” proposi
tion, viz: An established price of twenty
five cents per pound on all the cotton
grown in the United States would be an
incentive to all other countries where the
plunt will grow and mature, to wit: In
Egypt, the Indies, and nil of Soutli
America, which countries they would ar
gue, would nearly, if not quite, supply the
European demand. Again they would ar
gue that, with such remunerative prices
secured to the planter by the General Gov
ernment, would be such an inducement
that the whole area of the cotton glowing
section of the United States would lie
planted. Aud inasmuch as the product of
this staple would be greatly increased in
other countries to supply tho European
markets, und tho demand for American
cotton greatly diminished, the Govern
ment would find itself the possessor of a
supply greatly in excess of the home de
mand. Another objection would be raised
that the Government would be bound to
take the cotton wliou offered by the planter
to an authorized agent; but the planter
would not be bound, us he could sell to
the home manufacturer, or keep it, or sell
to any one else wishing to purchase for
speculation or other purposes.
We do not offer those objections as an
argument, but merely suggest them as le
gitimately arising should a discussion en
sue. Wo feel confident if these objections
can be met and overcome that “Planter’s”
proposition ami suggestions would be a
grand scheme, both for the General Gov
ernment and the planting interests of the
South. These objections overcome,
“Planter’s” arguments are conclusive; and
if the General Government is greatly bene
fited in its llnuueiul resources, and the
planting section benefited alike, beneficial
results would be realized throughout the
utire country.
PnruLUit Will Case. —A New Yorker
and his wife, who wore childless, and who
had been living abroad for some years, were
recently capsized iu a s;iil boat in the Medi
terranean, and both drowned. They had
made their will before quitting this country,
each leaving to the other, in the event of
death their joint property, amounting to
about SIOO,OOO, but had made no further
provision for tho disposal of their estate.
Of course there are sundry claimants
here, and lawyers have been employed to
look after their interests. The legal point is,
did the wife or husband die first? If she,
then he would inherit, and ;dl his posses
sions go to his immediate relatives. If he
died before her, then she would inherit and
the property descend to her relatives.
There is no method of determining ac
tually who was the survivor, and there
could have been verv little difference of
time in the death of either. It is argued on
one band that tho woman being the weaker
would perish the sooner; and on the other
that the man, in a natural effort to save his
wife, would be the first to perish. How
this subtle question can bo sett led itisliard
to determine; lmt s as SIOO,OOO depends
upon it, there will be an endless amount of
hypothesis, physiology, hygiene and hair
splitting.
A Rhode Island woman spoiled it all, re
cently, by dying the w eek before she ar
rived at the age of 100.
The afternoou service is gradually falling
into disuse among No a- England churches.
TID. ON HIS HIGH HORSE.
BLACKMAILING SUB-OFFICIALS.
Judicial Opinion Publicly Delivered.
A PRECEDENT IN SUPPORT OF BLACKMAIL.
TIO'S OUIOIVAI. ANW SIPEUVISUW
JURISDICTION.
Till. Rig Injun Hill.
The following eases of contempt were
recently adjusted iu the County Court of
Madison county, Fla.. by 11. F. Tidwell,
county Judge, and the following are the
facts upon which the rule ni. ti. was is
sued:
A certain Mr. Goodman, who lives in
the beat over which J. B. Mays exercises
jurisdiction as Justice of the Peace, re
cently carried a copy of the judgement
granting him a homestead, which he had
recovered under the laws of the'State, and
requested the justice to copy it and certify
that it was a true copy. This he did, and
he had a right to do- it, as it in no wise ef
fected the validity of the original; but the
tremendous Tidwell, county Judge—the
1 appointee of Governor Hart—jealous
hia rights aud authority, and fearing that
! some strategic move was being made by
the Justice to lessen the dignity of his po
sition, and infringe upon his high preroga
tives, he issued a rule ui. i. to the said
[ Justice, which was iu the following words
and figures:
STATE OF FLORIDA, ) In Probate
Madison Count* f Court.
[To John It. Mafs, Justice <f the Peace,
Mosel;/ HdH:
Yon are hereby summoned and required
to show cause within three days why a fine
of twenty-five dollars should not lie en
tered against you for a contempt of this
Court, said contempt consisting in codify
ing to a matter of record in this office.
Served this day of , 1873.
15. F. Tidwell,
County Judge, ami
Ex-officio Jus. Peace, Madison Cos., Fla.
A few days before the facta above re
cited occurred, Justice Mays issued a war
rant aguinst one Mr. Denmark, upon an
affidavit of one Cindarilla Wynn, charg
ing him with assault aud battery. When
brought before the Justice upon examina
tion, the facts, in liis opinion, did not
warrant his further detention. But the j
vigilant Tid., ever looking to his own
selfish aims and interests, and the general j
system of blackmail, which is one of the I
principal stays of the corrupt, thieving
uniflcft tor's party, heard of the proceed
ings in the said Justice’s Court, and ad
dressed the Justice tho following commu
nication :
J. B. Mops, Mosely Unit:
I desire to know if yon required Mr. 1
Denmark to give bond to appear at Court,
C.r did yon discharge him, for assaulting I
and beating Cindarilla Wynn?
This day of—, 1873.
[Signed] 11. F. Tidwell.
But the Justice paid uo attention to it,
as it. was not addressed to him in his offi
cial capacity, nor signed officially by the
Judge. This indifference was more than j
the irate Tid. could endure from a Justice i
of tho Peace, particularly one who is of j
the colored way of platting his wool into :
little ropes, aud tying it promiscuously
over his head with white strings. So he
absorbed the entire perquisites of tlmt
Justice’s office by a fine of twenty-live dol
lnrs for treating him personally (not his
court) with contempt.
And now we propose to give you the j
opinion of the aforsaid Judge Tid., deliv- j
ered in open court when he disposed of j
these oases for contempt, aud which will !
doubtless be recognized as a precedent of
authority by his thieving, blackmailing
compeers iu tlmt aud other States where
the villains have the ascendancy.
The Justice Sambo alias John B. Mays,
put in his appearance with fear and trem
bling before the exasperated Judges who
felt the weight of Sambo’s indifference,
and swelling almost to bursting with the 1
dignity of his position, commenced in the !
following manner liis commentary upon
the laws of costs and the duties of officers:
John B. Mu >/s, Justice of the Peace, Mosely
Hall:
You treated this Honorable Court with
contempt in two instances, and here you
are to be dealt with. And now I will give j
you to understand, in the first place, that j
every officer is entitled to his costs. *
2d. A County Judge is an officer.
Much excited, he continued:
3d. He is a compound affair; lie is ex
officio Justice of the Peace, ex-officio
Judge of Probate, and last, but not least,
ex-officio Coroner.
4th. A County Judge, with all of his
ex-officio’s must not, cannot, nor shan’t be
choused out of his costs, and that, too, by
a Justice of the Peace and a colored one
at that.
sth. For a colored Justice of the Peace
to try to chouse a County Judge out of his
posts, it is a contempt of Court.
(>. No one can certify to anything except
a County Judge, and whoever does it is
liable to a fine for contempt of Court
7th, All Justices of the Peace are under
the especial supervision of the County
Judge, particularly colored ones.
Bth. A Justice of the Peace has no dis
cretion, and must bind everybody, whether
guilty or not guilty, to appear at Court.
If he does not ho is liable to be over
hauled by the County Judge.
SHh. The Countv Judge is “Big Injun
Bill.”
l()th. Costs arc the life of the County ;
Judge.
11th. The County Judge must and will j
have his costs.
12th. And when he is choused out of
his costs he mav fine as for a contempt
any cuss who Joes it, twenty-five dollars
more or less.
13. Quere whether the twenty-five dol
lars should not belong to the County-
Judge.
After having made the**’ several points
in his elaborate decision, he fined poor
Sambo and sent him home fully impressed
with the idea that his brother Tid. was
“Big Injun Bill;” and that it was a fearful
thing to come into his august presence
unprepared. This contemptible, thief is
practicing this system of judicial black
mail upon the citizens of Madison county
for a double purpose. One is to force
from the colored Justices the small amount
l the office yields, and white ones also, who
are, perhapa, more ignorant A<l less hon
orable; for from the negroes they select
the most nensihle, because tfe- y have the
most influence; from the whites they se
j lect the basest, because it is a dernier re
; sort. The second is to compel these igno
j rant officials to waive tlieir legal disore-
I tion, to violate conscience, if they have
any, and indiserimihntely bind all parties
io court who may bo accused of auy of
fence, whether guilty or not, so os to op
press and annoy them; and yet, with all
of these oppressions, villainies null thefts
daily perpetrated throughout the State,
the press is as silent as the chambers of
! death. Not one sentence is written in con
demnation of them; not an effort made to
1 excite popular indignation und contempt
j for these avaricious vultures. Such a mnz
| zled press doesn’t deserve the patronage ,
lof the noble people of Florida. A press
that wont resent the people’s wrongs and
I warn them of coming danger, and herald
•to the world the oppressions and villain
! ies of those in authority, ought to bo si
lenced forever by a universal withdraw
:al of patronage. And we say fearlessly,
I upon principle, that a free, out-spoken,
untrammelled and unbribuble press is
a blessing indispensable to the pros
! perity of any State or community; but
! a bribed and muzzled Press is the most
1 damning blight upon the body politic and
social compact; and were we controlling a
j journal in Florida we would warn the peo-
I pie of approaching danger and condemn
'j the official wrongs if our paper died with
! its first issue. We would make it in its
! last agonies like the dying swan—sing the
: sweetest note's it ever sang—and ere our
faltering pen should drop with heavenly
! eloquence, we would fill the last column
with a portrayal of the wrongs of our peo
ple by transported villains and local
thieves. We are cursed here with such
to a limited extent, but we have, and will
continue to expose their judicial thefts,
and we will ever hold them up between
earth and sky, that all honest, upright
people may see their moral putrifoctious,
and infamously villainous fermentations,
in their obnoxious, putrid, suppurating,
buzzard repulsing carcasses.
[From the Cdicago Tribune.)
The Youug Mind-Reader.
The wonders porfomed by the young
I lowan, Brown, since his arrival in Chicago,
| besides the natural pleasure which their
' apparently almost supernatural qualities
produce, will prove an interesting study for
; our psychologists,by tlieir peculiar tendency
' either materialistic or spiritualistic Mr.
I Brown, ns indicated by bis mentor in his
I address to the audience at the Union Park
I Congregational Church last night wisely
I steers clear of both these parties and allow s
. those who see him perform to credit his
' ability to any agency they have a mind to,
i thus showing an impartiality which does
| him credit, and adds to the mystery which
■ 1.-nds so peculiar an iu 1 .,; ...1 N, Li. pjrlvai
anee. After the glowing accounts which
I the press unanimously gave of Mr,Brown's
success as a mind-reader, it is cot snrpris
j iug that last night the church before men
! Honed should contain n very fair audience
|to see his first public exhibition iu this
city. After the playing of a selection from
! Gounod’s “Faust” fry tne-organiat of the
church, which was well worth listening to,
Mr. Kelly, the muutor of the young mind
reader, was introduced to the audience.
Ho assured them that the young man he
was about to introduce to their notice w.is
neither a necromancer nor a spiriturlist
but was gifted with certain peculiar powers
which he would exhibit to the audience as
a boy, liis protege was looked upon as a
puny follow, and the discovery of his pow
ers w as made accidentally some eight years
since, when the casual touching of his
forehead by n playfellow caused sparks to
emit therefrom and sensation to appear
which first led him to feel that he was abje
to learn the thoughts which lie in nnother
bruin. He touched upon eleetriccity
magnetism, the ndyllie force, mesmerism,
and other hidden powers, and left the uu
dicnce to decide of what nature the power j
of the performer would seem most likely to
prove. He said that the powers of Mr. :
Brown were like that of the magnet which ;
he held in his hand, in that they were i
stronger in cold weather and increased in I
strength tha more they were exercised. Af- i
ter cautioing persons intending to ask
question or otherwise test the jwiwers of <
Mr. Brown that person whose left arm was i
broken or who were partially iutoxiccted
could not have their minds read, Mr. Kelly
called upon the audience to form a commit
tee to oversee the various tests. This was
soon done, and Mr. Brown was introduced
to theamdienoc.
The first test was that of finding an
article hid outside of the room. A gentle
man known to the committee announced
that he had secreted an article, and he was
immediately introduced to Mr. Brown. The
latter took Lis left hand in his own and
placed his right hand on the gentleman’s
forehead, letting it rest there for a few
moments; then he took the gentleman's
right hand and held it to his owu forehead.
Pausing but for a moment, he shot rapidly
with the tester toward the back door of the
church. After a few moments suspense
the audience were pleased to ace the gen
tleman return, his face radiant with smiles, \
and twirling a small locket in his hand, j
This he had hid in the basement of the '
church, and to it the blindfolded Brown led
him quite as straight ynd perhaps a little j
faster than he could have wished to the I
hidden object. Then he led a gentleman ,
to the tip of a chandelier of which he was ,
thinking, found n silver quarter hid under
a table, discovered a knife in a gentleman's
hat, a 6iuall piece of paper under a pin
cushion, and wound up the first scries of j
testpulling a watch-key out of the tester’s
mouth. All of the tests, with one excep
tion, were successful, and that partly so;
and as the young fellow succeeded iu win
ning each of the games of hide-aud-seek.
the audience greeted him with applause.
Paring tli evening many gentlemen asked
Mr. Kelly questions regarding the powers 1
of the performer, which were all answered
very readily and in a manner which fully
satisfied the audience. After a rest, during
which Mr. Kelly interested the audience j
with a short dissertation. Mr. Brown i
spelled out upon an alphabet placed against
the wall, the names of places in the minds j
of two gentlemen; one of the trails, how
ever, being rather a failure, but quite set
oft' by his spelling out the outlandish word
“ Bninmbole,” atown in Barambole. The
final triumph of the young mind-reader was
the locating of a pain in a man’s head which
he did to a nicety, indicating the exact
spot where the trouble lay, During the
meeting the audience expressed a wish to
have the performance repeated, and in ac
cession to the desire the same feats will be j
performed in the same place Thursday
evening next, when Mr. Kelly will further |
enlighten the audience upon the nature of
his protege’s powers.
State Gossip.
Blakely is trouhied with rattlesnake*.
Junk thieves perambulate the street* of
the Fonest City.
Work on the new Catholic Cathedral
in Savannah will soon be commenced. I
The average burglar is at his “lift” game
around Saudersville.
The death of Mrs. James. F. Smith, of
Washington county, i* announced.
Valdosta has a Debating Society of the
“slight variation" class.
The Temperance Society of Valdosta is
reported in a flourishing condition.
One hundred and four pupils reported
for duty at the Sandersville High School
on Mondlvy, the 25th inst.
The Blackshear Georgian pays a compli
ment to Quitman, but does not seem to
admire our Coart House.
J. G. Steiger, a photographer of Sa
vannah, died at sea a few days since on
his way to Europe.
On Sunday, about one or two o'clock,
the store of Capt. Bruce, of Valdosta, was
entered and robbed of some whisky and a
few other articles.
Mr. Martin Duggan, an old and highly
respected citizen of Savannah, died at his
residence in that place on Tuesday morn
ing last.
It is stated that a man fell over the liluff
at Savannah the other evening, alighting
on his head and dislocating his wrist and
thigh. Singular.
The Christian, Jones, who, it will be re
membered, walked off with a snug little
sum lielougiug tat one of the Savannah
banks a few months ago, it appears, has
turned up iu Faria.
Hammett, the young man aged abou
nineteen years, who was eonvicted *t Wal
ton Superior Court last week for the mur
der of Squire Roquemore, lias been sen
tenced to be liuug on the ltitli of October
next.
Mitchell Cogswell, the condemned mur
derer, who ha* been for some time past
lying in Chatham county jail awaiting the
execution of his sentence, has been re
spited by the Governor on account of al
leged insanity.
An enterprising Etliiope in Savannah
the other day, wishing to smell sweet,
entered a drug store and “went for" a
bottle of perfumery. He is now engaged
in the pleasant pastime of playing checkers
with liis nose.
The Central Georgian has this: “A man
by the namo of Charlie Kelly, a son-in-law
of Mr. David Solomons, of Gordon, was
killed last week at that place by a man by
the name of Sandeis. It seems to have
been an old army grndge. ”
The Early County Xeics gets off the fol
low ing: “Some boys don’t know the dif
ference between the entrance to a barn
aud a priutiug-offieo loafer, but we’ll tell
them: One is a barn door and tho other
is a darn bore.” We think that ought to
make a good impression.
Tliia from the Early County Xeust: “On
Monday hist a number of hands convened
near Mitchell’s Mill, on the Paehithi, in
Calhoun county, for the purpose of work
ing the roads. Before the hands were all
assembled a young man named Bass Col
lier, sou of Mr. John Collier, formerly of
this comity, went into the creek to bathe.
He. got beyond his depth in the stream,
and not being able to swim, and no one
being present but a small boy, he was
drowned. The boy gave tiie alarm, but
help eould not reach him in- time to save
him from drowning. After a search of an
hour or two his body was found.”
This from the Morning Neirs : “The
parties interested in the cotton pool estab
lished by the Augusta Exchange some
time since begin to feel anxious, as the re
sult will be decided in a few days, and
someone will be made the lucky winner
of seventeen hundred dollars, obtained by
the expenditure of $5, but it will only be
having one chance in 358. Out of the en
tire number, there are but twenty-five, it
is understood, who have estimated the
crop at over 3,900,000. Estimates were
received and recorded from South Caro
lina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana,
Alabama and Georgia. There were twenty
five from Mobile alone.”
This from the Advertiser and Republican
of the 2d: “Justice Marsh issued a war
rant yesterday for the arrest of a negro
named Bob Bacon, for assault with intent
to murder. The facts are that the negro
had been drinking, and was exceedingly
boisterous and insulting to others at a
store some five miles out of the city, on
the Louisville road. Some of the negroes
attempted to prevent his improper and
insulting conduct, and drawing his pistol
he placed it against the side of one of the
negroes aud pulled the trigger. Fortu
nately the pistol, which was loaded, did
not fire. The cap snapped, and before he
could repeat his attempt the other negroes
got ont of his way. A warrant has been
issued, but, as yet, he has not been ar
rested. ”
The Southern Enterprise has this; “Early
Monday night Dr. Hopkins was sent for
to see a woman who was reported poisoned.
“Cooty” hastened to the house, provided
with pumps, emetics, etc., and soon re
turned with the report that she was all
right. It appeal's that this woman had pre
viously borrowed some syrup from another
colored woman, and that evening paid it
back. The woman, when she went to use
it, thought it tasted strangely, and at
once carried it back and insisted on the
other drinking a little of it as an evidence
that she was not trying to poison her.
The request was complied with, and in a
few minutes the Doctor had to be sent
for. We didn't hear the Doctor express
an opinion as to whether the poor woman
was suffering from poison or a “spell"
which the other may have thus ingeniously
put on her. ”
A young man who took two pairs of
op<ffa-glasses to see the Vokes had a glass
too much they say.
Keep it Before the People
Thai 'tin- cost question is neither denied
nor explained. The Radical officials ad
mit bm their silouce tliat they extorted il
legal foes, and refuse to deny because they
know we have the proof in writing, which
is conclusive, and they can’t explain with
out complicating themselves in greater
difficulties, and crimes still more enormous.
keep it depore the people
that we charged Commissioner Wade with
exercising im inquisitorial and compulsory
power over witnesses not vested in him by
law, and it has neither been denied or ex
plained.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
that from all the facts we could gather,
which were primary and of a positive
character, that our conclusions were that
the purposes and plans were to carry out
their infamous Radical blackmailing system
and they haven't denied the facts or con
troverted the correctness of our conclu
sion*.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE POOPLK
that there are yet a number of blackmail
■ ing efforts that have been made in this
community, the facte of which are in our
1 possession, and yet untold to the public,
that can’t be denied or even explained, so
' as to excuse the parties.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
; that United" States Attorney Farrow as
sured us that he would co-operate with us
in bringing the violators of law to justice,
and we proposed to co-operate with him
and furnish him proof'conclusive of all
the facts we had published, which he said
iu his published letter coustituted a high
offence, and he was struck dumb with as
tonishment, and his hand was so paralyzed
that he couldn’t write us any more letters.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
that Wade said in his letter signed “A
Friend,” tlmt Farrow lied, that he was
only deceiving ‘ ‘Gather” and setting a trap
to catch him. Wade says Farrow did
know all about the settlement of the Lee
aud Brown eases. Farrow denies any
knowledge of them until he saw them re
ported in The Independent. Wade is
corroborated by a witness, and we behave
Farrow hed, because Wade’s statement is
corroborated, and we believe the corrobo
ration. Now, king Far-c-o, if you have set
a trap for us make your triggers go easy
or you won’t catch us.
HiscELuntona advkutiskmkxts.
CLOT II I TV c;T
(’. M. BROWN, of Florida,
—WITH—
iWEILLER & BRO.,
274 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.
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Wm. H. STARK. H. P. RICHMOND.
WE H. STARK & GO,
Wholesale Grocers,
Commission Merchants and Cotton Factors
Corner of Bay and Lincoln Streets,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.,
Agents For
E. FRAJfX COE'S BOlfX SUPERPHOSPHATE,
Magnolia Light Draft Cotton Gln,
PRINCETON FACTOTY YARNS.
Alt ROW TIES.
Careful Attention Given to
Sales or Shipment of Cotton
—A.JfT>—
Aljls kinds of produce.
HH**Liberal ADVANCES made on Consignments,
j angl6-3in.
MARKET SQUARE HOUSE
VALENTINE BASLER,
(Successor to hi brother Antony Basler)
THE WELL KNOWN
TEN PIN ALLEY,
At the Old Stand, 174 Bryan St.,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET,\
Continues to keep on hand the best of
Brandies, Whiskies, Wines, Ale*,
AND ALL OTHER LIQUORS,
My Foreign Liquors are all of my own Impor
tation.
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R . D A V IS,
(Successor to Blun, Spiegel A Cos.)
Cigar 3lanuiUctixi*ei*s
AJtt) DEALER IN
CIGARS.
! SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
Pipes, Etc.,
CORNER OF BULL AND STATE STREETS.
Opposite Court House Square,
aug9-tf Savannah, Georgia.
GEO. APPLE,
DEALER IN
CLOT H ING,
II ATS, CAPB,
Gent’s Furnishing Goods,
BOY'S GLOTHING,
TRUNKS, VALISES,
Hoots and Shoes,
No. 162 Bryan Street, Market Square,
UNDER HKESN.VN’S HOTEL,
Savannah, Ga.
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