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•fri-Wtriiln llqnffiliciut.
GLu.,
~W. W. HANCOCK,
Editor and Proprietor.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1866.
Cotton Raising In the South.
The tone of the Press in some in"
stances, at least, upon this subject, is
not what it ought to be, in our judg—
. incut. For instance it is maintained that
the good eld time of raising cotton in
the South, have passed away, in conse
quence of the present character of the
labor system and the uncertain condi
tion of the country, and that it is now
the duty of the planters to try their
band at the raising of some other sort
of crop. Corn has been recommended
as the principal one, by some. Others
have urged the production of hops and
the Castor Bean, while nor. a few have
announced that the cultivation of the
fruits was the tiling. In a wan'd, there
seems to be a determination to expel
planters * from their cotton fields and
force them to do anything but to raise
cotton.
Now, all tliis looks to us as if we
were trying to bite off our noses to spite
pur faces. It is the very last thing the
planters should do, or even think about
—and those who would advise them to
this course aits giving bad advice.—
They are not intending, wo know, to do
harm, but the effects are the same; it
will result in great mischief, as every
one will see who will reflect only a mo
ment.
In the first place the planters really
have no tune to be trying other pro
ducts, much less are they in a condition
to do so. The most of them are bare of
funds, and must do something which
will make them speedy returns in the
way of money; and as there is nothing
which will so effectually reach this end
as cotton raising, they should stick to
this one work and not abandon it for
anything else. Suppose they try corn.
’Vliat then? Will it pay to give hands
from one hundred to ore hundred and
fifty dollars per, annum to raise corn on
land which will not produce five bushels
to the acre? Would this be_ wise ?
Will wheat do when you can’t make
more than two or three bushels to the
acre? Does not every planter in Geor
gia know that this is no grain country
and never will be ? Why then fool
away your time, labor and money in
this direction ? If you want to go into
the grain business, then we would say,
go to the border or North Western
States. There you will find land suita
ble, and you will be amply remunerated.
This is the country for cotton, and the
sooner we wake up to the fact the bet
ter. We can’t grow grain here to any
advantage, and, therefore, we should
not think about giving it our attention
And whether we raise grain or cotton
we must have negroes to do our work
at last.
Slander.
We have known a country society
which withered away all to nothing
under the dry rot of gossip only.—
Friendships once firm as granite dis
solved to jelly and then ran to water)
only because of tliis love; that promis
ed future as'enduringas Heaven and as
stable as truth, evaporated into a morn
ing mist that tinned to a day’s long
tears, only because of this; a father and
a son were set foot to foot with the fiery
breath of anger that would never cool
again between them, only because of
this; and a husband and bis young
wife, straining at the bated lash which
in the beginning had been the golden
bondage of a God-blessed love, sat
mourning by the side of a grave, where
alt their joys lay buried, because of
this. We have seen fhith transformed
to doubt, hope give place to grim dis
pair, and charity to take on itself the
feature of black malevolence, all be
cause of the spell words of scandal, and
the magi*' inutterings of gossip. Great
crimes work great wrongs, and the
deeper tragedies of Unman life spring
from its larger passions; but woful
arid melancholy are the uncatalogu
ed tragedies that issue from gossip and
detraction; most mournful the ship
wreck made of noble natures and love
ly life by the bitter winds and dead
salt waters of scandal. So easy to say,
yet so bard to disprove—throwing on
the innocent all the burden and the
strain of demonstrating of their inno
cence, and punishing them as guilty if
unable to pluck out the strings they
never see, and to silence words they
never hear. Gossip and slander are
the deadliest and cruel man
has forged for his brothePs hurt.
Look out! Counterfeit twenties
are in circulation.
TELEGRAPHIC.
EX-PRESIDENT DAVIS.
IM DO RTAN T CORR ESPONDEN CE.
Washington, Oct. 13. —The Presi
dent has addressed the following letter
to the Attorney General in regard to the
trial of Mr. Davis.
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, D. C., Oct. 6th, ’66. )
Sir :
A special term ofthc Circuit Court of
the United States was appointed for the
first Wednesday of October, 1866, at
Richmond, Va., for the trial of Jefferson
Davis, on the charge of treason. It now
appears that there will be no session of
that Court at Richmond during the pres
ent month, and doubts arc expressed
the regular term, which by Law should
commence on the fourth Monday of No
vember next, will beheld. In view of
this obstruction, and the consequent de
lay in proceeding with the trial of Jef
ferson Davis made the prosecution for
treason now pending in that Court, and
there being, so far as the President is
informed, no good reason why the Civ
il Courts of the United /States are not
competent to exercise adequate juris
diction, whether the district or circuit
in which the state of Virginia is inclu
ded, I deem it proper to request your
opinion as to what further steps, if any,
should be taken by the Executive with
a view to a public and impartial trial of
the accused according to the Constitu
tion and laws of the United /States.
1 am, sir, very respectfully,
Andrew Johnson.
To Hon. Henry Stauburv, Att’y Gen.
In response to the above, tire Attor
ney General under date 1 ‘2th inst., says:
I am clearly of opinion that there is
nothing in the present condition ot Vir
ginia to prevent the full exercise of the
jurisdiction of the civil courts. The
actual state of things, and your several
proclamations of peace and ofthe restor
ation of civil order, guarantee to the
civil-authorities, Federal and State; im
munity against military control or in
terference. It seems to me in this p/ar
ticular there is no necessity for further
action on the part of the Executive in
the way of proclamations, especially as
Congress, at its late session, required
the Circuit Court or’the United States
to be held at Richmond on the first
Monday of May and the fourth Monday
in November in each year, and author
ized special or adjourned terms of that
Court to be ordered by the Chief Jus
tice ofthe Supreme Court at such time
and on such notice as he might pro
scribe, with the same power and juris
diction as at regular terms. This is an
explicit recognition by Congress that
the state of things in Virginia admits
the holding of the U. S. Courts in that
State
He also states that: Mr. Davis re
mains in custody at Fortress Monroe
precisely as he was held in January
last, when, in answer to a resolution of
Congress, you reported communications
from the Secretary of War and the At
torney General, showing that he was
held to await his trial in the civil courts.
No action was then taken by Congress
in reference to the place ot custody.
No demand has since been made for
his transfer into civil custody. The
District Attorney of the United States
for the District of Virginia, where Mr.
Davis stands indicted for treason, has
been notified that the prisoner would be
surrendered to the United States Mar
shal upon capias under the indictment;
but the District Attorney declines to
have the capias issued beeftrse there
is no other place within the District
where the prisoner could be kept,
or where his personal comfort and
health could be so well provided for.
No application*has been made, within
my knowledge, by the counsel of Mr.
Davis for a transfer of the prisoner to
civil custody. Recently an application
was made by his counsel for his trans
for from Fortress Monroe to Fort Lafay
ette, on the ground chiefly, of sanitary
considerations. A reference was prompt
ly made to a board of surgeons, whose
report was decidedly adverse to the
change on the score of health and com
fort.
I am unable to see what future ac
tion can be taken by the Executive to
bring the prisoner to trial. Mr. Davis
must, for the present, remain where lie
is until the court which has jurisdiction
to try him shall be ready to act, or
until His custody is demanded under
lawful process ofthc Federal courts.
The Attorney General suggests that,
to avoid any misunderstanding on the
subject, an order be issued to the com
mandant of Fortress Monroe to sur
render the prisoner to civil custody
whenever demanded by the United
States Marshal upon process from the
Federal courts.
Mr. Stan bury encloses a letter of the
United States District Attorney of Vir
ginia, who states in answer to the ques
tion why no demand bad been made
upon the military authorities for the
surrender of Mr. Davis in order that
he might be tried upon the indictment
found against him in the United States
Circuit Court at the term held at Nor
folk in May last, that two reasons had
influenced nim in not removing Inm
from their custody, lie says the one
relates to the safe-keeping, the other to
his own personal comfort and health.
I have never had any doubt that lie
would be delivered to the United States
Marshal of the District whenever he
should have demanded him on a capias,
or any other civil process,
03^.The man who is attentive to the!
ladies is a beau—but when they don't,
like him he is a bo-er.
Columbus, Ga., October 6, 1866.
Editor Enquirer: —l understand that
the Radical journals ot the city of New
York are in the daily habit of publish
ing statements that Northern men are
not tolerated in Georgia and other cot
ton States, that it is even dangerous for
a.Northern man to attempt to travel
through these States,
Now I wish to call attention to facts
which demonrtrate with mathematical
certainty the falsehood of those state
ments.
There arc to-day in this State, and in
this very city, accomplished*book-keep
ers, and accomplished and skillful
artists, men of unitnpeaclied and unim
peachable character for integrity and
untiring industry, who were in comfort
able circumstances at the beginning of
the war, who have lost every dollar’s
worth of property they had on earth,
and some of them were robbed of all
their clothing with the exception ot
what they had on their persons at the
time of the surrender of the heroic
General Lee, who are literally starving
for want of employment, while old citi
zens ofthe State are going to the same
city of New York, and importing from
that modern Babylon, men in no way
superior to those of their own State
who are suffering for the want ofthe
salaries they are not permitted to earn.
Why is this? It is because the employ
ers are impressed with the belief that
the great mass, of the Southern people
arc laboring under the delusion that
nobody can do anything quite as well
ns a man from New York or Boston !
Whether this plan succeeds or not, its
adoption proves very conclusively that,
if Northern men are not tolerated here,
and if it is dangerous fora Northern
man to even travel through Georgia,
neither the employer or imployees seem
to have thS slightest knowledge of their
danger.
Interest is the power that governs
the action of business men, but in this
easel am much mistaken if the next
six months do not disclose the fact that
employers, and not the Southern people,
are the victims of this delusion. X.
Y. Z.
Hiring Freedmen lo go to Tennessee*
Several gentlemen having been in
our community, recently, hiring negroes
to go to Tennessee or elsewhere to
pick cotton. We presume this is right,
yet must confess there is a little ob
scurity in regard to some of these ar
rangements, For instance, it is alleged
that these Freedmen are wanted for
plantation work, yet these agents, so
called- claim to be entitl 'd to govern
ment transportation for tlmn. One of
them showe.l Gen. Tillson’s order for
for transportation for an unlimited num
ber, as we understand, of Freedmen,
over the Central, Georgia and Wes
terrf and Atlantic Railroads. We can’t
exactly understand how it is that the
government should take so much inter
est in tUeeepnvate enterprises. These
Agents are not trying to get vagrants
and those out of employment, but all if
the ablebodied hands they can find—
including women, in some cases. They
have even paid the debts of hands—
voluntarily, in some cases, and been
forced to it in others—in order to get
them.
The F reed men not nnfrequent Iv show
their penchant for ‘ Punic faith,’’ by
making the desired contract, having
their debts paid, anil then giving their
new employers the lurch. But, per
haps, we ought not to complain of tliis,
for negroes must have their style of
smartness as well as other folks.— Rome
Courier.
Order Respecting Cotton Steal
ing.—One of the great difficulties un
der which the cotton and rice planters
now suffer is from the small thieving of
negroes and others taking off these
staples in driblets, which though sepa
rately of no consequence, amount to
considerable in the aggregate.
General R. K. Scott, of South Caro
lina, lias issued an order, under date of
September 20, prohibiting bartering or
trading ‘‘iu these products on the
highways, commons, rivers, creeks, or
inlets of this military district, without
a written license from the Mayor, in
tendant, or other competent authority,”
and declaring that those who shall buy
these products from persons employed
on plantations may be required, on
complaint ot any citizens, to produce
satisfactory evidence to the post com
mander that all the parties interested
have expressly consented to the sale;
and, in default there of, such purchaser
shall be deemed guilty of receiving
stolen goods, and punished according
ly.—National Intelligencer.
A similar order in Alabama would have
been serviceable last fall and winter.
Cotton pilfering will no doubt be car
ried on to some extent tlie present sea
son, if it has not already commenced,
though we have heard ot none in this
city, nor its surroundings. It would be
well to keep close watch however.—
(Mont. Advcr.)
An order ot the same kind would do
no harm in Georgia, as all the negroes
have not died.
£sjT' Mrs. Denison says that she
never yet saw a bashful man who was
not the soul of honor. The man who
is bashful in the presence of ladies is
their defender when the loose tongue of
the slanderer would defame.
A newspaper correspondent has
discovered in Suffolk, Virginia, two
negro children, a brother and sister,
who have live perfect fingers and a
thumb on each hand. Had nature
similarly favored Butler, how he would
have extended and enlarged Upon his
“ opportunites.” — (Exchange.)
ftnv JUlraliscmcnts.
FALL TRADE !
JYe w Goods!
Cheap for Cash!
~\Ve are now receiving and opening our
stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOO^S,
iu which may be found
Prints,
Clenched &
Brjwn Sheetings
and Shirtings,
Hosiery and
Gloves,
Dress Goods,
Flannels,
Linseys,
Tweeds,
Kerseys,
Blankets,
Shawls,
Nubias,
Ladies’ Cloaks
—a nice assortment-—and any and everything
pertaining to this Department.
We also have a heavy Stock of
31EN’S, BOYS’ & YOUTHS’
©ILOTKIDINI©,
BOOTS AA T 13 5520 ES,
Hats and Caps,
We can fit your body or suit your pnr.se,
regardless of the dimensions of either one.
In short our Stock is complete, and suit
ed to the wants of the people, and we there
fore respectfully invite our friends to walk
up, examine our Stock, and get their share,
before it is too late.
WINDSOR & JOWERS,
Next to A B Addison’s Confectionery.
Oct 1G ts
IN CHAMBERS, )
Amerieus, Oct. 4th, 1866. j
ST is ordered by the Inferior Court, that
Wright Brady, Green M. Wheeler,oJpjhn V.
Price, J. W.C Horne and ParkerE.
be, and are hereby appointed a Connie to
select some suitable location for the erect
a Poor House for Sumter County, The loAo
contain One Hundred acres of land ; and
Commiitec to ascertain Ihe price at which suWT
a place may be purchased, and report at the
meeting of this Court in November next, and
that lha Clerk notify said Committee of their 1
appointment.
J. L. ADDERTON, J. I. C.
A. J. WILLIAMS, J. I. C.
B. ,T. HEAD, J. I. C.
JAS. W. SLOAN, J, 1. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Sumter
Inferior Court Oct. sth, 1866.
Oet 1 ff B. AT. WHEELER, C. I. 0.
T H E
FALL TRADE
I N
OBOOSBIHS
AND
PROVISION S
IS NOW UNDER WAY AT
J. N. SEYMOUR,
CIIERUY ST., MACON, GA.
Merchants, Planters and others may find
it to their interest to give him a calk
HIS MOTTO IS
CHEAP FOR CASH!
HE IS NOW RECEIVING A HEAVY
SUPPLY OF
WESTERN PRODUCE
AN I>
General Groceries.
he also keeps on hand
Bagging, F. ope and Twine,
Nails,
Tobacco,
Cigars,
Lorillard’s Snuff,
Scot -'ll and Maccaboy,
Smoking Tobacco,
LIQUORS IN BARRELS AND CASES.
Drop in, Buyers!
I promise to do my best to please. I
have a strong force of industrious Young
Men,, ready to put up your purchases with
expedition, haring employed additional
help. J. If. SEYIIIOtJR. ,
Oct 16 ts Macon, Ga.
DU- J. T. LAMAR otters his profes
sional services to the citizens of liottsfoicl
and suriouudisg neighborhood. Can always
be found at his office, day or night, unless pro
fessionally absent. Oct 0 3ai. I
IIAKDEMAN & SPARKS
RENEW Ihe tender of tl/cir services to the
Planters of Georgia, and the Public gen
erally as
SStanijoitM £ Commission*
UKRCniNTS,
and are prepared to receive, store, and sell
Cotton, or other produce entrusted to their
caje. We flatter ourselves, that an experience
of thirty years in the business, will enable us
to give entire satisfaction to those who entrust
their business into our hands.
In the sale of Cotton, especially, our knowl
edge of the markets, and particularly of those
whfi wish to purchase, and the quaiity and
grades of cotton desired by them, will enable
us to sell cotton on more advantageous terms
than the producer can—thus securing to him
the highest, market price at the time of sale.
Our efforts will be to please those who pat
ronize us, and our references is, 10 planters
from every section ofthe State, whose interest
we have for years struggled to maintain and
rromete. OctHJm
b7b7 wiser
CHERRY ST., MACON, GA.
dealer in
Houso Furnishing Hardware
SILVER PLATED GOODS,
Glass, China and Earthen Ware,
Talkie and Pocket Cutlery,
£yf“Tin and Wood Ware, Brooms, Brushes’
Feather Dusters, &c. Sieves, Hollow Ware’
Cooking Utensils of every kind. oct. 16 3m'
A Hare Chance 1
V OFFER for sale at. FIFTY PER CENT
14 BELOW THEIR CASH VALUE,
a Dwelling House and lot, and Store House
and Lot, all in the city of Amerieus, Ga.
The Dwelling is close to the Square, lot
large, and a beautiful location.
The Store House is new, and in perfect
order. Apply to.
F. M. COKER.
Oet, 11th. Im.
Dental Notice.
HAVING retired from the firm of Ford & No
ble, I have resumed the practiced m , pro
fessi«*n alone. I tnav tu found, for the present,
at all liou'R during the day, at Cos k s Plner...
graph gallery, on the E :gt side of the Public
Thankful f r the post patronage of
my I solicit a continuance of their fa j
\V. VV ''FORD,
Wmi l ts Dental urgeon
It ! ITst t icain* I
offers for sale a nice resident
MM of about twelve acres with a t-rritll
Beamed house anda well <>f water on the prem
ises. The place is situated about 1 1 2 miles of
Amerieus. on the road near Felder’*..
Also, about 500 acres of land, lying on each
side of Murkalce creek, about 200 acres cleared,
and good Comfortable houses on it, and a fin.'
mill seat, with plenty of water, without bavin.*-
a pond, about 14 foot fall of water; wood
cnoiish on the place to pay for it and a!? ex
pense to get it. Part of the land in the inc rpo
iat« of Amerieus. Good bargain to be bad by
applying to [oct 11 Irn] EB. LOYLESS.
NO TICE.
IVILL he rented on the 25’h of October, one
I? lot of land, belonging to Jas. H. Wil-ouG
tatr, lying ten miles east of America!, with
good dwelling hoti-e and gin bon -o, and One
Hundred ad twenty acies, more or less, of open
land on the place at the plantation, at 11 o’’
clock, to the highest bidder. Terms Cash,
oct 11 if W A WILSON, Adm’r
I J. W. CARIIINQTON, JAMES GARUN Lit,
President, of Augusta, Ga,, Oonst’list.
Vice Pics’l & Scc’y.
’ IHS
GENERAL
Furchasing Agency,
30 Broadway, TK» V
OUnCBASE to older, any article wanted, mi'
1 gly or in quantity, from this City or fiorn
Europe, for consumers or dealers, for rise or
weir, comfort or luxury, and at prices guaran
teed as low as could t>e obtained by the custom
er in person.
TERMS—For over Ten Dollars in amount,
and for all perishable goods, live stock. &e,, a
remittance wi'h the order, or provision for city
payment when filled ; under 10 Dollars. C. O. D
Commission on minor oider and tine goods
Five per cent. On staple goods in quantities,
machinery, implements and vehicles the « sual
trade Commissions. Consignment* of produce,
received in remittance, and piomptly and can .
fully attended to, ihe usual advances mad* n
Bills of 1 La-ting.
Ail orders for Cauhinoton & Cos. left with
Agents of the Southern Express Cm. a th a gov
; eminent stamp envelope, will be fen warded free
of charge. Address
oct ] 1 liu* CAR KINGTON & CO.
W J. LAWTON, It. T. LAWTON. !
3 L EDMONDSON.
| Lawton- Lawton & Go.,
IJ KO W N 110 U»U ST REE T.
MACON, . .GEORGIA,
WHOLE 'ALE dealers in Bagging, *v;pp, Corn,
Ffiy. Oats. Ba irn. Flour, Sugar, Coffee,
I Leather. Mackerel, &c . &c ,
Having rem ved t * our new and commodious
Buck store on Fourth Street and having ample
storage room we have concluded to accept
consignments of Cotton, Bacon. Fiour, &o
&c . on bulk*
Cask orders for anything in our line promptly
tilled. LAW ION LIW ON. &C 0
Sept. 15 - 3m.
One .Price Store
j rpilE inquiry is often made “ How is li that
| Speer & Hooks sell Goods ho cheap?”—
j The reason is that 'hey buy for the CASH and
I sell for the CASH. They take no risks. They
have but ONE PRlCE —the lowest marke
I price.
The public are invited to call and examine
their large and well assorted stock of Goods,
which they are now opening.
SPEER & HOOKS.
j Amerieus, Pept 27, ts
To Tax Payers*
ALL persons who do not come forward and
pay heir City Tax, by tin ‘2oth of October
next, executions will he issued against them for
their taxes. United States Treasury notea. City
Council - r sumter county money are received
for Taxes
Done by order of Council.
I eept2o 1m JOHN FINER, City Marshal.
RARE CHANCE
JOB
INVESTMENT!
VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY
POP S A.LE!
SIX
tioto tors
FOR
STORE ROOMS
IMMEDIATELY ON THE SQUARE!
I NOW OFFER FOR SALE THAT WELL
known and valuable property iu the city
of Amerieus, known as the
Amerieus Hotel,
certainly the most eligible and prominent
stand in the town for business houses. There
arc PIX LOT'', the corner one embracing 30
feet front, and the remainiug five 25 feet each,
and all running back 100 feet. On the corner
lot could be built a magnificent 'IOWN HALL,
so much needed in the city, and which would
pay a very high rent. In the rear I offer 175
feet front on College Street, ami running back
about 180 feet.
Now is the time to buy properly in Amerieus.
It is advancing rapidly, for the reason that it
! is a capital place for business and one of the
most healthy places in South Western Georgia
Aqd besides the society is proverbial for its in
telligence.
Apply to the undersigned.
C. W. CHARLTON*
Amerieus, Ga., Sept 27, 1800 ts
j To Cotton Shippers.
WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL
CASH ADVANCES
ox
C onsig’ n m ents
OF
C O T T O IST
To the well Known liouse of
NORTON, SLAUGHTER & CO-,
NEW YORK.
And
JOHN K GILLIATT & CO,
LIVERPOOL.
We can safely promise Hie fullest satisfaction
lo all patrons of the above rich and
favorably known firms,
OUR AGENTS AT
AHERICUS,
COLUMBUS,
ALBANY,
M iCON,
GRIFFIN.
WEST POINT,
LaGRANGE.
NEWNAN,
ATLANTA,
MADISON,
And the house of
e. p. Metcalf & co.,
savannah, a a.,
Are at all times prepared to take charge of,
pay taxes and other expenses, and make
ADVANCES UPON CONSIGNMENTS.
E. M. BRUCE & CO.
Bankers and Cotton Factors,
Augusta, Ga.
Tl. C. ROBSON,
AMERICU3, GA.
Agent, for the above firm of E. M... BfttCE &
CO , and is prepared to make liberal advances
upon, pay taxes and take charge of consign
ments ofCotton to New York and Liverpool.
Oct. 4-1 m
INFERIOR COURIvT”
Regular Term, Oct. sth, 1866. /
T is ordered by the Court, that the Tax Col
lector levy a tax of One Hundred percent*
upon the State Tas, to redeem County Curren*
cy, and a Tux of Fifty per cent, an the a State
Tax for County purposes.
B. J. HEAD, J. T. C.
A. J. WILLIAMS, J I. C.
J. L. ADDERTON, J. I. C.
JAS. W. SLOAN, J. I. C.
A true Extract from Gie minutes of Sumter
Inferior Court. 14. Mr. WHEELER,
Oct 5 ts Clerk I. C.
A Small Farm lor Sale.
ONE and a half miles from the Court House,
o-n tlie Oglethorpe road, containing nine
ty-five acres, about 50 acres cleared the bal
ance very well timbered. A comfort able duell
ing with 4 rooms and necessary outbuildings,
£00(1 water and healthy location.
Also, 14 aores timbered land within th» in*
corporation, ying due east of Mr R. H. Dan
iel. It can be divided into lots to suit purchas
ers or l will sell the whole. There is not a
handsomei cr healthier locati n in the city of
Amerieus - [ Oct. 6, tf] 8 I*. JONES.