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Americus; Gr&*,
0. W. HANCOCK.
Editor and Proprietor.
Saturday,
A Funny Bet*
There is a man at the West who is
entitled Gen, John A. Logan. He is a
Southern man by birth, if we mistake
not, and was enlisted in the Confeder
ate cause, before he was offered a bet
ter and safer place on the other side-
At present he desires to hang “Jeff.
Davis on a sour apple tree,” and appro
priate all the property wo poor devils
have. He is not in much repute out
side of the Radical party, and ought
not to have much consideration within
it, if the following extract from a
Western paper be true. We may men
tion, also that Gen. J.ogan was a candi
date for Congress in Illinois.
Responsible and well known citimiS
of Cairo, offer the following wagers to
Gen. Jon A. Logan’s friends: $lO that
John A. Logan Cannot name three
Revolutionary Generals ; §lO that he
cannot give the names of three Revolu
tionary battle-fields ; $lO that ho can
not name three original colonies; §lO
that he cannot name the present States
in the Union ; §lO that he cannot name
a single battle in which General Wash
ington personally participated ; _ $lO
that he cannot name the three most pop
ular cities in the world ; §lO that he
cannot name the capitals of ten States
of the Union ; §lO that lie caiihot com
pute the interest at 7 per cent, on SIOO
for six weeks ; §lO Unit lie cannot give
the the date, birth and death of General
Washington ; that he cannot correctly
punctuate his own signature.; and $lO
metre that no man who is intimately
acquainted with Logan dare accept any
two of the above propositions.
The StreKOxh of Eenianlsm. — Mr.
Stephens, the leader of the Fenian
Brotherhood, in an elaborated speech
delivered at St, Louis, a few days since,
Upon the policy and objects of the or
ganization, gave an estimate of the re
lative strength of Fenianism in Ireland
and America, in the following pointed
and pithy terms: “I may as well tell
you, gentlemen that lam the founder
of F. B. in America, as the movement
in Ireland. I Suppose I ought to know
something of my own work. There
was no organization in America when I
came here in 1853. I founded the or
ganization, hut it has never been conduc
ted with anything like ability. You
had been told that it had 100,000 mem
bers It never had more than 20,000,
and held together very loosely indeed.
In a single county in Ireland there are
25,000 sworn members. There it is a
military power, held together as firmly
as any on earth. Here it is a loose
agglomeration, and to compare it with
the organization in Ireland is one of
those extremejfbsurditics only to he
met with — well in every fre'o land.”
——
Tiie CoMtNo Congress.— ls is gener
ally supposed that the late and approaching
elections will determine the complexion of
the next Cougrcss. This is erroneous. Ex
cept in the tilling of vacancies, as in the
case of Senator Wright, of INew Jersey,
the political character of the Congress that
assembles in December Dcxt will remain the
same. The victorious candidates of the fall
campaign do not claim seats until the ses
sion of 1867. We are bound to have a
repetition of the old Stevens and Summer
cabal, and unless the former has been
chastened by infirmities of age and the lat
ter by matrimony, the legislation of the
coming Congress will pattern after that of
the Congress preceding it.
The Fortieth Congress.
The Columbia Phoemx says • The
President properly admitted the valid
ity of the present Congress when he
sent his message to ’t in December,
iB6O. Its revolutionary exclusion of thd
lawful representatives of a portion of the
Southern. States after the declaration of
peace may make it unlawful and inval
id. However that may be, there can
bo no .question that it will require the
whole number of representatives from
all the States to constitute the Fortieth
Congress. He will hardly send a mess
age to that body unless it he constitu
ted according to the Constitution and
laws.
Revival at Savannah. — The Savan
nah Advertiser says: We learn that
the revival which had been in progress
in the Methodist Church in this city
for some two weeks past, has had the
effect of bringing many into the fold.
On yesterday forty persons w ere re- ,
ceived into membership, and partook of
the sacrament for the first time. Oth
ers are seeking religion in earnest and
the good work goes on. Old members
are becoming more earnest, new ones
are enthusiastic.
'What Shall We do for Laborers 1
We proceed; in accordance with the
promise made in our last article, to show
liow the Coolie inay be procured, and
what profits may he reasonably expect
ed from his labor. On the first of Jan
uary, 1866, the Colorado, the: pioneer of
anew line of ships, for the express pur
pose of importing the Coolie, will sail
from San Franciscb, to some suitable
port in China. The business of the im
portation of this description of labor,
which, thus, far has been irregular and
spasmodic, will assume, flienceforth, a
regular and systematic course; so that
the orders of planters ’may he filled,
within certain known periods. Os
course, it is too late to make arrange
ments for the corning year, except to a
limited extent; recourses being had to
coolies already imported. The news
paper presses has already noticed the
recent visit of Ah Yue, an intelligent
Chinese, who speaks our language well,
to XNew Orleans, with a view to making
contracts for the supply of coolies to
planters. Ah Yue represents a large
company of capitalists in San Franeisqp,
amply able to guarantee their contracts,
He-proposes to supply healthy, active
young laborers, hound to service five
years, for the sum of §585 in gold, on
an average of §ll7 per annum, ft is esti
mated that it will cost §l6O of this sum,
to import the coolies, and place him on
the plantation, which gives §BS per an
num, for labor alone, for each of the
five‘yeafs of the term; so that when
the .expense of his transportation from
San Francisco to our States, shall be di
minished, by the completion of the rail
road now spanning the Rocky Moun
tains, ho will cost us less. But assum
ing his labor to cost as stated; we base
thereupon the following statement, to
which we invite the attention of our
planters:
Estimate for working a force of fifty coolies,
for the first year .on a plantation with- Gin
House, Screw and Cabins:
1)R.
50 Coolies, at $245 in g01d—(373.50
greenbacks) $18,375
Subsistence of the same, 3,500
30 mules, 4,500
Subsistence of same, 2,700
Plows and farming tools generally, 2,000
Seed, 500
Expenses offamily, 1.500
Ineidentoi, 925
Interest on §34,000, 2,720
. Total expenses, §30,723
300 bales cotton—22 cents nett, $33,000
5,000 bus. corn, 50, 2,500
1000,000 lbs. fodder, $1 per m,, 1,000
5,000 lbs meat, 15 cents nett 750
30 mules, less twenty per ceut wear, 3,000
Implements, less 20 per cent wear, 1,600
Seed, 2,000
Total credits, $44,450
Making a credit balance of §7,730,
which would gave $5 an acre of rent for
800 of land, and $3,736 to pay taxes,
owners’ time, &c., &c.
The second and subsequent years,
the coolie, instead of costing §245 in
gold, would cost hut §BS; the planter
would save tire sum expended in mules,
subsistence, &c., as besides raising his
cotton crop, ho could easily produce
two or three thousand bushels of corn
and bacon, &c. ; all those sums together
would amount to about $25,000, to
he deducted from his annual expen
ses. Twenty-five thousand dollars de
ducted from §36,720, would leave sll,-
720, total expenses of cultivation ; lin'd
this amount deducted from §44,450, the
proceeds of the cotton crop would leave
a margin of profits amounting to §32,-
730 per annum. It only remains to rc
! mark that the importing company guar
antees that the coolie shall serve his
five years out ; and that it is proposed
to import the laborers in gangs, each
under an intelligent overseer of then
own country, which Would greatly
facilitate their being worked, and gov
erned to advantage. — Mobile Gazette.
Moral Courage in Every Day
Life.—Have the courage to discharge a
debt while you have the money in yottr
pocket.
Have ‘.ho courage to do without that
which you do not need, however mush
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your mini,
when it is necessary to do so, and hold
your tongue when it is prudent to do s6.
Have courage to speak to a friend in a
“seedy” coat, even though you are in com
pany with a rich one, and richly- attired.
Have the courage to make a will and a
just one.
Have the courage to tell a man why
you will not lend him your money.
Have the courage to “cut” the most ag
reeable acquaintance you have, when you
arc convinced that he lacks principle.
“A friend should bear with a friend’s
infirmities,’'’ but not with vices.
Have the courage to show your respect
for honesty, in whatever guise it appears,
and your contempt for honest duplicity,
by whomsoever exhibited.
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you can pay for nep ones.
Have the courage to obey your Maker,
at the risk of being ridiculed by man.
Have the courage to prefer comfort and
propriety to fashion, in all things.
Have the courage to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek credit fur
knowledge nnder false pretences.
Have the courage to provide entertain
ment for your friends, within your means—
not beyond.
The Meteoric Display. —The mete*
i oric shower promised by the astronom
j ers about the middle of November is, it
I appears, preceded by a preliminary ex
| hibition. It is stated in the Philadel
phia Ledger that for several nights
past notwithstanding the -moonlight,
brilliant meteors have been noticed in the
heavens, and the grand display antici
pated this month will probably not fail
us, j
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
[ From the Macon Tcgleraph]
Mlllebgeville, Roy. 8, 1866.
SENATE.
The Sdiiate met at 10 o’clock A. M.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Yarborough.
On motion Mr. O. P. Beall the action
of the Senate yesterday on the bill to
repeal portions of Sections 3,490 arid
3,500 of the Code was reconsidered.
Mr. Barwick introduced a bill to
prevent the destruction offish in Eman
uel county in time of low water.
Mr. Carter, a hill to amend the act
for the relief of the people of Georgia.
Also, a hill to alter Section 4248 of
the Code.
Mr. Daley, a bill to punish colored
men and white women for living in. a
state of fornication, and to make it a mis
demeanor for a white woman to he
delivered of a colored child.
Also a hill to allow the citizens of
Mclntosh county to settle the question
oftheir couuty site.
Also, a resolution in relation to a
mail route to Reidsville, Tattnall coun
ty.
Mr. J. F. Johnson, a rsolution author
izing the redemption by the State, of
the change hills on the State Road.
Mr. Owens, a bill to repeal an Act,
extending the jurisdiction of justices
of the Peace, in Savannah.
Mr. Paris, a bill to encourage emi
gration to Georgia.
Mr. Quillian, a bill to amend the
charter of the Kenncsaw and manufac
turing Company.
Mr. O. L. Smith, a bill to approve
the consolidatßftr of Certain If. 11.
Companies.
Mr. Strickland, a hill to amend sec
tion 370 of the Code.
Also a resolution to furnish certain
counties with hooks that have been
destroyed.
Mr. Casey, a bill to repeal the tax on
cotton held as merchandise.
Mr. Redding, asking ol' the Governor
information in regard to the Penitenti
ary. Adopted.
The bill to reduce the salaries of civil
officers, lost.
Bill to reduce the pay of members of
the General Assembly. Lost.
Bill to compel Judges of the Superi
or Courts to read their decisions in
open court. Passed.
Dill to prevent the distillation of
cereals till the next session of the Gener
al Assembly—Passed.
Bill for the relief of Albert Fields.
Passed.
HOUSE BILLS.
Bill to authorize the people of Bar
tow county to settle the question of
their County site by an election.—
Passed*
Bill to change the time of holding the
Superior Courts of Marion County.—
Passed.
Bill to artierid the charter of the town
of Sandersvillej Passed.
On motion of Mr. Gresham, the Re
port of the Teacher of the Blind was
ordered to be printed*
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
MILIiEriCtEVILLE, Nov. Stl), iB6O.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. Woods, of Floyd, a hill to con
solidate Dalton and Jacksonville Com
pany, and Tennessee River Railroad.
To levy special tax in Camden Coun
ty, (tax $2 on each and every dog over
three, and §1 on each pistol, gun and
rifle, over three.)
Mr. Hardeman, ot Bibb, to incorpo
rate Raccoon Gold Mining Company,
Mr. .Johnson, of Wilcox, to Change
the line between Wilcox and Pulaski.
Mr. Snead, of Richmond, to amend
the charter of Columbia Railroad
Mr. Stallings, of Coweta, to point out
mode of administrators perfecting titles
to lands.
Mr. Morris, of Franklin, to amend
1,578 and ’9 paragraphs of the Codtv
J. B. Jones, of Burke, to incorporate
Hancock Iron Company.
Mr. Ridley, of Troup, to prevent
persons from fishing and hunting on
lands of others without permission.
M-. Swann, of Greene, to allow de
fendants to he witnesses in certain cases.
Mr. Snead of Richmond, to repeal
12th section of tax act of March, 1866.
Mr. McWharter, of Greene, a reso
lution to print 500 copies ot Comptroll
er’s report.
THIRD READING OF BILLS.
To amend 324 section of the Code.
Referred,
To make valid contracts of apprentice
ship made under auspices of Freedmcn’s
Bureau. Passed
To change time of holding Inferior
Court of Clay County. Passed.
To change time of holding Superior
Court in Mclntosh. Passed.
To extend the time for Tax Collect
ors to make their final returns, (time Ist
to March next.) Passed.
To amend charter of Hawkinsville.
Passed.
To reduce tax in Cartesville. Pass
ed.
To amend charter of Georgia West
ern Railroad. Passed.
To regulate pay of jurors in Merri-
W'Cther county. Passed.
To amend charter of water lot Com
pany, in Columbus. Passed.
To amend 8499th Section of the Code.
To amend Act legalizing certain acts
of Notaries Public. Passed.
To repeal all laws creating liens on
personal property after the same has
passed into third hands. Lost.
To prescribe and regulate the relation
of husband and wife between persons of
color. Lost.
To call a Convention to rduce the
number of k\eiutK:rs iu the Hjuse of
Representatives. Lost.
To prescribe a day for all elections by
the General Assembly. Passed.
To prescribe the residence of corpora
tion.—Passed.
To repeal the 13915 t Section of the
Code. Lost.
To reduce the jurisdiction of Justice’s
Courts to thirty dollars. Lost.
To make Justices’ of the Peace in
Marion county ex officio road Com
missioners. Passed.
To authorize the redemption of the
change bills issued by the State Road
Lost.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. Pottle, of Warren, to provide for
an Agricultural College in this State,
under the Congressional Land Script
Act.
Adjourned.
A Northern paper says: A dispatch has
passed over the wires from Europe to Vera
Cruz, from Barron Dencke and the empe
ror of Austria, summoning Maximilian to
Vera Cruz, where he will take passage in
an Austrian war steamer for Trieste, to
watch the dying Empress, his wife.
The Boston Post says Horace Greeley has
made a hundred thousand dollars out of his
history of the “ Great Conflict,” and de
clares it is no wonder Horace wants another
war.
Dm Jimtisemcnts.
F9S SALE.
THE sub.,oiber offers for sale the Plantation
oil which 1)6 how resides. It is situated on
the head waters of Chokey Creek, 15th Distiiit
i-umter County in the neighborhood of Mr. M.
J. Morgan, Gen. Howell Ci bb, Col, T. M.
Furlow and Gapt. J. W, Furinw
There are on the place (1400) fourteen hundred
acres more nr iess of Oak and Hickory lands in
the tract. The place is one of the very best
Grain and lotion plantations in the Couuty.
Good improvements new Gin house and screw;
and as goad water as there is in the County.
About 700 acres of cleared land. A good pro
portion of freshly cleared uplands and well ditch
ed hammock Stock and Provisions may be had
on the place. If desired, 1 will gel I the entire
tract toerether or divide it in parcels of 400 acres
and 1000 acres.
Call on the subscriber on the place or address
me by mail at Americas Georgia.
Call ou me soon and I will eive you a bargain
Nov 10 lm. WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
State of Geoeuia, ) Court of Ordinary,
rin and for said coun-
Numter County. ) ty, iu svSsion) No
vember Term, (sth) 1866.
Present—L. P. HOP,MAN, Ordinary.
RULE NISI.
WHEREAS, Mary T. Hawks, Administratrix
upon the estate of A. li. Hawke, deceas
ed, applies for Letters of Dismission from said
Administration.
It is therefore ordered by the Court, that, all
persons concerned; do file their objections, (if
any they have) on dr before the May Term
next of this Coitrt; otherwise, letters of Dis
mission will lie granted to the said applicant:
And it is furlln r ordered, that this Rule be
published monthly, for six months, in the
Sumter Republican.
A true transcript from the minutes of said
court, tins November Bth, 1866.
Nov 10‘m6tn LOUIS BRUNER, c. c. o.
GEORGIA — Schley County.
To all whom it may concern ;
YI7TIEREAS, Thomas B. Myers applies to
V r me for Letters of Guardianship ou the
persons and property of Mary, Ada and Nannie
Myers, minors of William P. Myers, late of
said county, deceased.
These arc therefore to cite and admonish, all
nnd singular, the kindred, and all persons con»
corned to be and appear at my office within the
time proscribed by law, and file their objections
(if any they have) otherwise letters will be
granted in terms of the. law.
Given under my hand, in office, at Ellaville,
this 7th of November, ISG6.
Nov 10 lm S. E. EASON, Ordinary.
ADMINISTBA TOP'S ~SAIE~
A GREEABLE to an Older of the Court of Ordi-
A nary of Webster county, will he sold in
Preston, Webster County, Ga., between the
u«ual hours of stile, on the first Tuesday in Jan
uaiynext, One Hundred and ninety-five acres
of land, whereon Mrs Clayton Adams now lives,
near Poplar Spring Church in said county, ad
joining lands of Mrs. Grubbs, Mrs. Capps and
others. Sold as tlie property of Clayton Adams,
deceased, for the benefit of the heits and credi
tors of said deceased. Terms Cash.
Nov. 10 2 tds HENRY LASSITER, Adrn’r.
AD MINIS TEA TOP'S hAIU.
AGREEABLE to an order of the Court of
Ordinary of Ncliley County will be sold
before the Court House door, in the town of
Ellaville, on the first Tuesday in January next,
Forty-six acres, more or les3, of lot of land, No
One hundred and ninety-seven,in the thirtieth
district of said county. Sold as the property
of William T. Myers, deceased, for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors.
nuv 10 tds. T. M. MYERS, Adrn'r.
GEORGlA —Webster. County.
To all whom it may concern :
WfIF.REAS, Matilda Capps applies to me
fer Letters of Administration on the estate
cf Samuel Capps, late of said county, de.
ceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased to be and appear at my office within
the time prescribed bylaw, and file their ob
jections, if any they have, otherwise letters of
Administration will be granted to said appli
cant in terms of the law.
Given under my hand at Preston, this sth
November, 1860.
Nov. 10. lm C. R. MOORE, Ordinary.
GEORGIA —Webster County.
r SY\YO MONTHS after date, application will
JL be made to the Ordinary of said couuty,
at the first regular term, after expiration of
two months from this notice, for leave to sell
the land belonging to the estate of Clayton
Adams late of said county, deceased.
Nov. 10. 2m HENRY LASSITER, Adm’r.
SWEET OPOPONAX I New Perfume from
Mexico. The only fashionable Perfume
ond Ladies’ delight. Sold at the Drug Store
af [oct 9 tf] Dr. E. J. ELDRIDGE.
11. D. lIARDWICItE. I 8. B. IIAWKINS
Medical Card—Ca-Partaership.
DRS. HAKDWICKE & HAWKINS, havo as
sociated themselves in the practice of med
icine, and tender their services to the citizens of
Ameiieus and Sumter County,
Jig" Office Up Stairs us the Granberry build
ing. sept 15-Tui
FLrOtTR! FJLOI'R !
3© Bbls. of that XXX White Winter
Wheat Flour,
Every Barrel Warranted ,
smith, eatUi & bailey.
10 bbls. Extra Fine Woodland
Family Flour,
SMITH, IIALL & BAILEY
1© bills. COMMON FLOUR,
SMITH, HALL & BAILEY.
2©© bushels of Yellow Corn,
800 u white “
SMITH, HALL & BAILEY.
5© bushels of corn Meal, and re
ceiving every week.
Smith, hall & bailey.
100
B'jOsoJri
titles, Shoulder® and Hams,
SMITH, HALL & BAILEY.
Me§s Fork and Liard,
Mackerel, amt Blue* Fisli,
Groshen Batter and Clieese 9
Stamped Oysters, new crop, Cites
epeake Bay,
* SMITH, IIALL & BAILEY.
i/iLSO Sugar, Colled', Potatoes,
Onions, Salt., Syrup, Dried iieans,
caudles, Matches, Pipes, Tobacco,
segars, snuff, &c. 5 at very small
profits.
Stamped Oysters,
Cove Oysters,
Spiced Oysters,
Mew Crop Oysters
Cliesepeake Oysters,
Lobsters and Sardines,
PICKLES, CHEESE, CRACKERS,
e/Sppies, Femwms
A LARGE STOCK OF
COISriEECTIOJSrErtLES, TOYS,
iF«©Y ©©©©©3 <^© os &©o
ls *e are receiving every
week. Oysters, Apples, Oranges,
Lemons, cheese, &c., and will sell
as low as they can be bought in the
place, at the
Nov lats C oiifectionery.