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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. i aog23-4m 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. ang9-tf 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. aug2-tf