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Tri-Weekly Republican.
Americas, Georgia:
C. w 7 Han COCK.
Editor and Proprietor.
SATUBDAY, JULY 20, 18677
A Friendly Talk-
We wish to hold with our readers, this
morning, a familiar, social, fi iendly tnlk, and
hope that they will give us a patient hear
ing. We believe ycu will do it.
Jhe time is now at hand——right at the door
which is to decide whether we are hereaf
ter to bo freemen or slaves—to enjoy die
highest prerogative of tree citizens, or to be
stripped ot their last right. It is only ne
cessary to notice the progress of registration
in the different counties in Georgia ai» else
where to sec which way we are rapidly drift
ing. 1/ the work continues to go on as it
has thus tar, no spirit of prophecy is necessa
ry to foretell where we shall land. Bear in
mind that no one will be allowed to vote who
fails to register, and thus (ar, the number ol
blacks who have registered, on an average,
is double that ol the whites, consequently
their votes in the coming elections will he in
the same proportion, strong enough to carry
every election from President down to bailiff.
And think you they will fail to exercise their
power in ever}’ instance ? 2Vcver I Xever •
short of the fullest extent of their
power will satisfy either them or theirsatan
ic instigators. In the full exercise of the
elective franchise, with the pow er to control
all the elections, what may we expect from
such an embodiment of ignorance, urged on
and instituted oy unprincipled, reckless men
cent among them to divide and mislead them ?
Xothing but consequences too shocking for
contemplation.
I lu-rc is one way, and one only, by which
those direful consequences can be averted,
and that is, f> every white man in the State
entitled to register, to do so and vote. This
is the way the State can be saved from the
most shameful disgrace and degradation.—
Iu the event 01 the blacks carrying the elec,
tions, a Convention will be ea ied bejund all
doubt. And of what kind of material sup
pose yon it will he composed ? Negroes and
Radicals. And what kind of a Constitution
for the State of Georgia might be expected
to emanate from such a mass of ignorance
and corruption ? Just such an one as a licen
tious, corrupt, unprincipled Radical Rump
Congress may dictate, livery man who vol
untarily stands aloof and refuses, or neg
lects to register and vote, is indirectly aid
ingllmse who are trampling the Constitution
underfoot, and disregarding its most sacred
injunctions to tyrannize over the Southern
people, and sink them to the lowest depths
yf degradation. This they could do only by
an utter disregard of that sacred instrument
and a usurpation of power unequalled in the
past history of the Government. Y\V mean
wbat we say, not only a usurpation, but one
of the most, glaring, flagrant aul outrageous
usurpations of power ever exercised in a Re
publican Government.
Admitting that seeessiomvith ulellien fol
lowing, was a crime, an awful crime—one
oi enormous magnitude. Wbat then? Dal
the Constitution contain any provision au
thorizing Congress to pass laws to punish
them for the crime after it was committed? —
Certainly not. But on the contrary, it ex
pressly declares that no expost factolaw shall
be passed. Now what is an c.r post facto law ?
Why it is a law passed to punish a crime af
ter the crime is committed! Is it not then as
clear as a sunbeam that all these pains and
penalties inflicted upon the rebels, as a pun
ishment lor the offence, hud no shadow of au
tbority in the Constitution ? They are a
usurpation and an unequal abuse of nuwer
from beginning to end.
Every one who registers, swears to support
the Constitution of the United Slates. llow
then, can lie possibly cast his vote insupport
of the Military Bill and all those Acts of
Congress, passed in direct opposition to the
plainest provisions of that instrument ? Then
whatever you do,register and vote AGAINST
A CONVENTION. Hotter a thousand
times, aye! lur better, live under a Military
Government till doomsday, than be recon
structed with such a i pnstitut.ion as would
be framed by such a motley embodiment of
ignorauceand corruption.
In the name ot Heaven, if vve are to be
crushed, degraded and stripped of the last
remnant of civ 1 liberty, let us not lend a
helping hand and say Amen, to our own deg
radation.
Rcgisfralion.
Registration in Stewart county,
closed as follows : Whites, Gl7.
Blacks, 1,312. Total 1029.
The registration in Effingham coun
ty foots up—whites 106, colored 178.
Registration in Forsyth county
closed as follows : Whites 988, blacks
145.
The number of voters registered in
Randolph on the first round, is about
two white to one black.
In Clay county, the black majority
is 90-
Begistration in Monkoe County.
The Monroe Advertiser of Tuesday
says: Registration in this county
on Saturday last. The total number
registered is 2,605; whites, 1,009:
colored, 1,656. 'lbis gives the ne
groes a majority of G 47, in one of the
largest counties in Georgia, and one
whose population has been noted for
intelligence, refinement and wealth.
The registration must have been gen
eral, as the white vote for the last six
years has not exceeded 800,
Comimmieatea. 1
Aseiucen, Ga., July 18th, 1867. i
Editor Sumter Republican :
_De»r Sir: We have frequently been asked
ouf opinion in regard to what is called "Jive
Sharpeners,’’ Eye Cups,” Ac., Ac., and what
“effect it would have on the eye by using it ?’’
We gave it as onr opiuiou that it would not
prove beneficial, and might produce dieeusc
or serious injury. But to be üble to give a
decided opinion, we deemed it best to eon
suit higher authority, and to that end we
addressed Prof. E. S. Franks, “Life Govern
or of the X. Y. Eye InfirmcTy,”,* Optieiun to
the N. Y. Opthulniie Hospitul,'’ Ac., ufon
the subject. In reply he states that:
“As for all (so-called,) new discoveries, of
making the aged eye perfect by any mode ot
operation, 1 have, as yet, failed to discover,
the first sacmeful cure, and therefore feel
satisfied that an eye flattened by the dimin
ishing of the transparent humors, will, ns
the human system declines by age, net in
sympathy with the failing body uud become
more flat.
The globe of the eye is covered by the sole
rotic coat, and by the cornea, both of w hich
are composed ( fa firm and dense tissue, and
capable of resisting the whole strength of
a man, either to stretch or_ tear, and they
are therefore non-elastic.
Every one Conversant, with the anatomical
structure of the human eye, will Iffrow, that
front the immense strength of the outer
covering of the eye, that it is capable of re
sisting pressure to an astonishing degree, yet?
in case any part becomes attenuated by sick
ness, it will yield 1o pressure, but any me
chanical contrivance purporting to be cor
nea flatteners, elongators. or eye-cups are
futile, of no use, and can produce ouly mu
tation* and injury*
There being such an immense power ot
resistance in the outer coat of the eye, there
cannot be the least doubt but that an ex
hausted receiver, like the eye cup. exerts
power in drawing the eye-ball out towards
the cup, and as the cornea and sclerotica are
too strong to he stretched, of course, any per
son of ordinary intelligence must know that
the muscles, at the back of the eye. being
flexible and elastic, must be the agent work
ed upon, therefore, whatever draws the eye
balls forward, only stretches the muscles,
which may suffer serious injury if the instru
ment is frequently used.
The outer coat, the sclerotica and cornea,
arc each flexible, yet being non-elastic.' both
yield to pressure, and in proportion to the
force employed for t hat purpose, the depres
sion will be greater, but their flexible nature
is such as to recover their original positions
soon after the pressure is removed, and the
cornea being, for the time,flattened or elonga
ted. the sight will return to its defective con
dition soon after the removal of the instru
ment. It docs not act as a cupping glass’
which it would, if the body operated on was
a solid one ; bat not so as regards the true
principle of the elongation of the eye.
The operation of cupping is very different,
it is upon the solids, such as the arm. chest,
or temples, and excepting raising the cuticle
within the cup. it proceeds no further. The
cornea is not the part operated on, and cannot
be, in consequence ofits great strength and
Capability of resisting all artificial means to
alter its figure.
The human eye is but. like a distended blad
der containing a jelly-like substance, and is
elongated or depressed with equal facility,
but will, upon the cause of such elongation
or depression being removed, flow back again
like any liquid, and shortly resume its origi
nal positom unless, indeed, a dislocation of the
fluid takes place, when they would assume
another form and the liquids, being of va
rious density, they would amalgamate and
sight would be lest.
Further, an attenuated (if such exists) part
of the cornea might protrude forward, caus
ing serious visual difficulties. Such danger
ous effects may result from indiscriminate
use of the eye cups.
Place an exhausted receiver upon the globe
of the eye, the outer edge of the cup does not
prevent the cornea and fluids from entering
the receiver in a quantity proportionate
to the force employed, the mass upon
which the force is exerted is altered in form,
and as the cornea docs rot alter under the
operation, what must alter under the suction
at force of the eye cup?
Mind, neither the cornea nor sclerotica give
an iota ; hut being flexible and non-elastic
they elongate and depress, elongate the whole
globe we cannot, without sente other part
giving way, and as the only parts attached
to the globe are the muscles aud optic nerve,
I inssist upon anatomical truths, that we can
not elongate the eye any moi e than we can
an orange in the hand. The one would re
sist force and burst, just like the orange
would ; therefore, when we elongate the eye,
we draw the whole globe, and not the cornea :
so the optic nerve apd muscles are. the only
part elongated. This I have demonstrated
before a hoard of scientific men, aud this
demonstration exposed the fallacy of thecye
cup.
What I meaut by the eye being like a dis
tended bladder, “containing a jelly-like sub
stance,” Ac., Ac., is the Aqueous, the Vit
reous and the Grystaliwe humors, are humors
in a different state of solidity or density.
Aqueous, (watery.) Vitreous, (like soft \ it
rified glass or jelly,) Crystaline-lens—soft ex
ternally and harder in towards the centre and
very easily dislocated by violence.
Dislocation means that the lens may be
disrupted from the surface of the vitreous hu
mor,on the surface of which it rests, confined
only by iis capsule, which is attached to the
tunic of the vitreous body.
Now to explain the sentence quoted above:
An eye, not altered either by myopia, (too
full) or presbyopia (too flat) is perfect in
form, and equally distended, so as to be cor
rect in every particular, such an eye cannot
be altered under any circumstances, being i
full, it cannot be elongated or depressed ;
without considerable danger of a rupture of ‘
the globe, if such could take place t but in
consequence (as previously stated) of its im
mensely strong cornea and sclerotica ; such
n result gould not take [dace unless a [’art
was attenuated by disease., such as ulcers,
Aej
Depression on the cornea of the myopic
; eye is attended with the same danger, as the
: elongation or attempt to draw out the pres
I byopic eye. The eye is too full, and you eun
! not deciease the quantity of the humors by
, pressure, so that the humors flow back upon
the removal of the pressure, ami the eye is
as myopic as ever.
In loss of quantity of transparent humors,
as is evidenced in presbyopia or flattened
, cornea, you cannot increase the quantity by
ekmgatiou. Here is a deficiency from age,
; or the impelllct formation of the eye from
birth Elongate the cornea (if such were
; possible) and you make the case even more
confirmed, because yon create a greater
vacuum, which, to make the eye perfect, has
to he- filled with a fluid already deficient in
quantity.
The muscles do not contract the globe so
make up for loss of substance, and the cause
of what is known as second sight from ex
treme’ old age, is merely a general shrinkage
of the coats of t lie eye, making the globe less.
Yonrs, truly,
E S. Franks.
We have been requested by several pnr
j ties, te> have the above published, as it cou
i tains many scientific facts knuwn to few out
side of (he- medical prof ssion.
Respectfully Yours,
Lkitxer A Fiuckkr.
Letter From Ex-Governor Hersefeel
V. Johnson.
Augusta, Ga., July lHlt,'lßG7.
Messrs John G. Westmoreland, James F
j Alexander, James P. Hambleton. T. T.
Smith. Kli J. Jlulsey, Thomas C. Howard.
R. M. Brown, R. V Alston. Thomas F.
| Lowe. Thomas Kile, Arnos Fox. L. J Winn,
j and HenryjS. Orrue, Committee, &e , Atlan
; ta Ga. :
Gentlemen-—I have the honor lo
acknowledge the receipt of your let
ter ofThe 3d instant, in which, in re
ply to mine of the 29th ultimo, ex
pressing my aversion to the publica
tion of my “views on the duty of the
hour,” you insist that I shall re
consider the ground of stteli aversion,
and express your conviction that
good must inevitably flow from it In
delerenee to your opinions and being
moved by your strong appeal, predi
cated upon the facts that I have, in
times past, “been honored by the
highest confidence of the people of
Georgia,’’, and that therefore, “now,
in this severist hour of our trials and
distress, ******* they have the
right to ask” my opinions, l have de
termined to forego my reluctance and
comply with your request.
'fhe whites, in Georgia, are largely
in the ascendant, and if they would
be firm and united, they could defeat
the nefarious scheme for their ruiu
and humiliation. But the temper is
in our midst, seeking to divide the
people, and thus to induce them to
take the fearful leap into the yawning
gulf. U'e are advised to accept the
Sherman bill, or Congress will adopt
a more grinding measure, and anon,
thousands of the timid are ready to
offer theirarms to receive the Fetters ;
to accept it, or Congress will confis
cate our property and anon, thou
sands, who love money more than
free Government, are willing to bend
their necks to the ignominious yoke ;
to accept it, or we will not be allowed
representation in Congress, and anon,
office-mongers are ready to drink the
hemlock. Ido not feel the force of
these appeals to our fears.
Congress will adopt a more grinding
measure ? What more can that
usurping conclave do ? Has it not
already broken down all the constitu
tional safeguards, tor tho protection
of property, life and liberty? Have
they not obliterated the soveignty
ol the States ? Have they not des
troyed the federative feature of our
government? —Its character of com
pact between co-equal States, and con
vened it into an unlimited and irre
sponsible despotism ?
Let us glance at the provisions of
the Sherman programme of reconstruc
tion. It authorizes the suspension of
the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus , in the midst of profund pc am.
It clothes the military comrnanjfffs,
in their respective districts, with un
limited judicial powers in the face ot
the Constitution, which declare “ that
the judicial power of the United Spates
shall be vested in one Supreme Court
aud such inferior courts as Congress
may, from time to time, ordain and
establish.” It authorizes the denial
of the “ right of a speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury,” oy invest
ing the military commander with
power to organize military courts
for the trial ot offenders. It author
izes any civilian, in the ten prescribed
States, to beheld to answer for crime,
upon a mere military order, indirect
contravention of the express language
of the Constitution. It authorizes
searches, seizures and arrests, without
warrant or sworn accusation, whereas
the Constitution declares 1 the right of
the people to be secure in their per
sons, papers and effect against unwar
rantable searches and seizures shall
no be violated, and no warrant shall
issue, but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be
searched and the person or things to
be seized.” It authorizes the abroga
tion'of all legal process, and substi
tutes, in its" stead, the irresponsible '
order of the military cominan- [
der; Whereas the Constitution de
clares that “no person shall be de
prived of life, liberty or property,
without due process of law.” It abro
gates, in ten Suites, their governments,
republican in form, and the establish
ment therein of despotisms,
afthoughthe Constitution declares that
“the United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union, a Republi
can I'orin of government.” It subverts
the sovereignty of the people oftlie
States, and denies their reserved
rights, although the Constitution pro
vides that “tlie power not delegated
to the United States by the Constitu
tion, nor. prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States respectively
to the people.” It proceeds upon the
assumption that Congress is supreme
—the Executive a utility and the judi
ciary “ a nose of wax,” and that the
sevortrt States, and the people thereof,
are entitled to such lights only
as Congress may permit. It as
sumes to confer State c-itizcnsliip,
and prescribes who shall exercise the
elective franchise ; whereas, the Con
stitution clothes Congress with power
only to pass ‘'uniform naturalization
laws.” Tt disfranchises thousands of
the best citizens of the South, as a
penalty for participation in, what
Congress is pleased to term, “the
rebellion.” It assumes their guilt
without the*’right of a “public and
speedv trial by an impartial jury,”
in defiance of the maxim that “ every
man is presumed to be innocent until
legally convicted ;’’ and provides the
punishment, after the commission of
the alleged crime, despite the consti
tutional inhabitation against the pas
sage of “ex post facto’’ laws. If Con
gress had taxed its ingenuity to see
how many and what grievous infrac
tions oftlie Constitution it could com
press in tlne'Tewcst words, they could
have originated nothing, more success
ful or nefarious than the proposed
scheme of reconstruction. They have
outraged every principle of flu gnu
Charter. Like Aaron’s rod, they
have swallowed the Executive and
Judiciary Departments, and erected
the most odious form of despotism
upon the ruin of a wise, bonificent,
and nicely-balanced representative re
public. Now, suppose we do not ac
cept the Sherman bill, as we are
sweetly advised to do, lest Congress
should adopt a more rigorous measure,
what more rigorous can human wiok
edttesshlevise ? It is threatened that
they- will add confiscation. That will
he utterly impossible, il they attempt
it under the forms. They may plun
der; they may rob ; they may spoil
ate, by military power; but every
man of common sense knows, and
Judge Chase lias so decided, that
property cannot be legally confiscated
until after trial and conviction, and
he will he compelled to decide, when
ever the question shall be made, that
any act of Congress, for that purpose,
will be unconstitutional, because “ex
post facto." But suppose t lie worst—
that Congress shall attempt to eonfis
caro, whom wifi it. hurt? It will hurt
only those who have property, and
who are willing to hold on to their
perishing treasure, at the price of hon
or and freedom. To such property is
dust, when weighed in the balance
with constitutional liberty. Little
property is left to the true men oftlie
South. Asa general remark, such
men have emerged from the war with
nothing left- but poverty and patriot
ism. There arc those who were bla
tant for secession in the beginning,
who denounced speculation and specu
lators, whilst they enrich themselves
by speculation, and who arc now will
ing “to bend tlie supple hinges oftlie
knee that thrift may follow’ fawning.”
They may have something to lose by
confiscation , and if they can save it,
by recreancy to their homes and
hearth-stones, by abandoning those
whom they led into secession, by lie
coming false to their race, and by
playing the part of pall-bearers at the
itinera! of the Constitution, be it so.
Verily) they will reap their retribution
in the execrations of mankind. But
generally the true men of the South
have little to confiscate, arid that they
are willing to surrender, if need be, ns
a holocaust upon the smoking altar of
their country.
To the suggestion that if we do not
accept the proposed scheme of recon
struction we shall not be allowed rep
resentation ill Congress, I am, if po:>
I sible, more indifferent. "Whocares for
| such representation as will be foisted
1 upon the people under its operation ?
They will be representatives in. name,
! but niisrepresentatives in fact. Much
l as l deprecate military government
iit is far preferable to such a govern
ment as will probably be inaugurated
under the Sherman programme,
j Entertaining these views, 1 never
will approve, consent 10, or accept the
poisoned chalice offered to our lips,
nor will I advise my fellow-citizens lo
do so. If permitted to vote, in the
view of the turn of events, I should
! register, and I hope every man in Geor
gia who can will do so with the view
of defeating the scheme for our deg
radation and the overthrow of repub
lican government.
It cannot fail to strike the mind of
every reflecting man, that the consent
of the people to the proposed plan of
reconstruction is desired by the dom
inant party ; for having obtained our
consent they w«ll insist that whatever
is irregular is thereby waived, and
they absolved from their sins. Then
the door of redress, in every form,
will be forever closed. Then all
future remonstrances will be vain, and
its voice silenced by the retort upon
us, that we consented to the scheme,
and that the State Government and
Constitution organized in pursuance
of it, are in truth and in fact, the Gov
ernment and Constitution adopted by
the people. Let us never consent, but
haying the power, let us see to it that
wo reject it. Tills we can do only by
registration and voting against the
proposed convention.
ft] apy good men are embarrassed
by the idea that the fact of registra
tion implies consent, and will bind
them to abide the action of the con
vention. There would be. force in
this, were it not that the Constitution
to bo formed by the proposed conven
tion, is to be submitted to the people
for ratification, which clearly shows
that the mere fact of registering does
not carry with it such consent, but,
that it depends entirely upon the
ratification of the Constitution. Reg
istration, therefore, is a necessary step
for every citizen to take in order to
put himself in position to consent
or dissent from the action of the con
vention.
On the other hand, if those opposed
to the scheme refuse to register, is it
not plain that they put theraselyeS,
their children and the interests of the
State, at the mercy of the Radicals?
For by so doing, they can vote against
neither the Convention, nor the rati
fication of tire Constitution which it
shall frame. Are they willing to this?
Will not the Radicals construe
their refusal into an expression or'
willingness to abide the action of
those who do register? “Silence
gives consent,” they will say, and our
future remonstrances will be met by
this potent old maxim. 'J licrcforc, let
all register and wield their ballot to
save the State from utter ruin and
degradation. This is the club of Her
cules, bv which we can, if united and
true to ourselves, crush this horrid
Hydra that basks in ail'd fattens upon
the slime of the Lernenn lake of Rad
ical corruption.
We arc in a great struggle for the
right of self government, which our
fore fa* hers intended to secure, forever,
to the people of the several States.
We are asked to consent; nay, it is
sought to coiopell us, by appeals to
our fears, to consent to a fundamental
change in your system ot government
—a change which must prove fatal.
If we consent, our ruin is inevitable ;
we can'be but ruined if we ref use. 1
prefer the latter horn of the dilemma.
We are afloat upon a storm-tossed sea :
-in the darkness and fury of the tem
pest we have but one plank—the. Co
nstitution. Let us cling to that and
if submerged, let us go down, £rasp
ingitwith the desperate energy of
death. Property and life are nothing
without good governtnerft. We be
queath to our posterity a heritage of
woe, if we surrender them to the
mercies of despotism.
We cannot say what changes Coitv
gress, now in session, may make, Inti
it is not to be expected that they will
ameliorate pending issues. From the
temper which seems to characterize
their deliberations, they will probably
extract from the cup every little in
gredient that tends to mitigate its
bitterness, and requires us to drink its
poison undiluted. It seems to be
their purpose to clothe the military
commanders in the several divisions
with unlimited powers. This should
intensify our opposition ; and if there
be a slumbering love of liberty in the
North, it should arouse it into activi
ty and summons them to the rescue.
They can, if they will, save liberty ;
we cannot, without their co-operation.
Our oppressors can put chains upon
tis, if they will, seeing us impotent
and prostrate at their feet ; but let us
consent to it never. We are overpow
ered, but not conquered. They can
rob us of freedom, but let us never
agree to be slaves. They may over
throw Constitutional liberty : but let
us never embrace their despotism.
I despair of redress by Executive
interposition. The President is power
less. I despair of redress by any ap
peal of the Supreme Court. That tri
bunal is not equal to the occasion. It
bows to the black surges of radical
fanaticism. My only hope and that
not sanguine, is a possible re-action
among the people of the North and
the i.\ort invest. They want the har
mony of the Union restored ; they,
like us, at heart are attached to the
great rights of self-government ; they
are in a passion now, but that passion
may subside in time to save the Con
stitution if, by rejecting the Sherman
scheme, we alFord them time to rally.
When freed from this blinding influ
ence, they will see the danger; for
that power that will crush us will in
volve them in consequences fatal to
all their interests. This great issue
must go before them, in their next elec
tions, and 1 desire that it shall not be
closed against us by our consent to
the chains forged for us. If it can bo
fairly presented, they may say to the
angry sea, “Thus far shalt thou go
and no farther.” They may clean the
Augean stable, purge the statute
books and restore the administration
to its ancient landmarks, if not,
nothing will be left us but acqnies
ence in the sad necessity of our con
dition. Then, and not till then, may
be inscribed upon the tomb of consti
tutional liberty, “ lllium fait.''
Let us be linn, calm, self-poised
and united—prepared for every aspect
of the future —trusting in God as our
only wisdom, guide and protection.
1 have the honor, gentlemen, to be
your firiend and fellow-citizen,
Hisrschel V. Johnson.
County, by a vote of her
citizens, lias subscribed one "hundred thou
sand dollars towards the construction of ihe
' ‘South Georgia, and Florida Jtailroad.”—
The total amount thus far subscribed in said
county, is about ts2f>o,(K)o.
TE ILSGR-A. PHIC
WASItING'fON ITEMS.
Washington, July ie.—»The ‘lntel
ligencer’ publishes a paraded between
Bariere and Logan, in which the follow
ing sentences occur:
“Barriere first fawned upon the Bour
bons and then muidered them. Logan
first sent into the rebel army the poor
peoplo of Southern Illinois whom he had
educated in the doctrines of secession, and
tlnn boasted that be had put to the sword
more of his innocent oupes thun any oth
er man of his age in the army. Barriere
has gone ty liis ncoount, leaving behind j
him a name at once the most contempti
ble and the most infamous in history.—
Logan, when he has another speech to
make, should abjure his race and country,
don the guih of a savage, and wash bis
mou li with blood. As wn= well said of
prototype, in h in arequnkii s which arc
, the proper objects ol hatred, and the quali
ties which ate the proper objects of con
tempt, preserve an exquisite and absolute
| harmony.”
! Washington, July 18.—Grant, and
Col. llillyer, of New York, w re before
the Judiciary Oomuittce, to-day, regar
ding the impeachment.
| Joseph 11. Bradley was summoned to
j testify regarding the pardon of Stephen
jF Cameron, a witness in the Surratt
j c:v>o.
si:ri: att.
Washington. July 18 - Matthews,
the actor, publishes the concluding sen
! tence in Booth’s letter:
“For a long time 1 have devoted tr.y
1 energies my time and motley, to the ac
complishment of a certain etui I bavo
i been disappointed. The moment has
; now anived when I must change my
1 plans. Many will blame me for what I
am about to do, but posterity, I am sure,
j will justify me—men who love their
tcoun'ry better than gull ot life.” (Sign
ed) Jno. W. Bootn, Pavne, Ilarold,
i Atzerodt.
I John J Reeves, a tailor, testified that
] Surratt was at bis store, in Montreal,
! about the 11th, again about the 17th or
i IStb of April.
| Several witnesses from Canada irn
j peached the truthfuim ss of St. Marie
j and i)r. McMillan. It appears that St.
Marie left Canada because he stole
from the educa'iona! oilieo.
Defence still expecting witnesses, the
Court adjourned.
FJItK.
New York, July 18.—A fire occur
u’ciAust night, in East 2(>th street, de
stroying a distillery and bonded ware
muse. Loss, half a million.
■ New York, July 18—Siltuon.ifc
TMdries rattan factory burned. Stock
ipiiU'd at 4100,000, loss.
GENERAL NEWS.
Mobile, July 18.—Registration clos
ed yesterday. Total, whites 2,349 —
blacks 8,8G6.
The river steamer ‘Flirt’ was burned
at her wharf this morning; incendiarism.
Loss SBOOO, no insurance,
MEXICO.
New Orleans, July 18.—Officers of
the ‘Yucia’ from Tampico confirm the re
port of the death of Santa Anna.
I’avon has about 700 men at Tampico
Go mi z and Canales about 400, anxl re
eruhing -
Wait and See-
Ilow often do we hear these remarks made,
| by persons who should know better, arid who
know th it delays are dangerous, and tonic,
timek prove final ; still ihey go on and wait
and see until roo late to rectify their error.
; We would impress upon (lie minds of I hose
I not deluded with these errors, tliat we ought
! never to put off a thing which is in our pow
lertodo ai the time; and therefore with a
j very small sum of money many a person can
| save large amounts besides pain and suffer
ings. Thus, for instance, a person can sup
ply himself wilh a useful household remedy
l'ora very small sum, and when needed ward
off'a very dnnge ous or painful disease. Willi
these considerations in view. Professor lvay
tou lias presented to the public several useful
remedies, which should be in every house
and can be, ns the prices have been arranged
so as to place them in Ihereach of every one*
The remedies consist of. Kay ton’s Oleum Vi
lie, for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Nervous
Headache, Toothache, Earache, Sprains,
Ilurns, Bruises and all external pains ; Kay
ton’s Magic Cure, for Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
Cramp Colic, l’nins. Coughs, Colds, Asthma
and all internals pains; Kayion’s Dyspeptic
Bills, for Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Liver
complaints, and all diseas sand fevers, aris,
ing from a disordered Liver, stomach or bow
els. These remedies are for sale by nb
Druggists aud dealers in medicines, and
wholesale by (he proprietor, Professor 11.
Kayton. Savannah, Ga., or A. A. Solomons St
Cos., wholesa’c Druggists, Savannah, $a. —
Ouitman Banner
The Vice Presidency. —An ex
change gossips as follows :
The colored folks are beginning to
manifest a becoming sense of their
political importance, under the new
(negro equality) order of things.—
They want a man of their own color
nominated for Vice President, or
they will know the reason why. They
have issued a call for a meeting in
Union Square, New York near the
statute of Washington, to take the
subject into consideration. At this
meeting, it is understood, resolutions
will be adopted in favor of nominating
Joltn M. Lagston, of Ohio. His pros
pects are much better at this moment
than those of any “white nigger’’ in
the Kadieal camp.
Administrator’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in September, will be
sold before the Court House door in Stark
ville, Lee county, agreeable to an order of the
Ordinary of said county : Two-thirds interest
in the house known as the Calhoun office, on
the East side of the Public Square, in the
town of Starkville. Sold as the property of
duel Calhoun, late of saul county, deceased.
1 july 18 tds. I, P. TISOn. Adm’r.
firui JWiMisements.
= :st,ew -== '
FURNITURE
I HAVE on hand, aud will be receiving,
from time to time,
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS,
SAFES,
TABLES,
WASHSTANDS,
BROOMS,
and various other articles in that line with a
l ull assort men! of
BURIAL CASES,
Metallic and Wood. Sold low for CASH.
Corner opposite Masonic Hall.
July 20 if S ANTHONY.
CITY BOOK STORE.
Atemoval.
rjITIE subscribers would inform tlie public
tlnit they have removed their Book Store
to Dr. Andrews’ Drug Store and J. E. Sulli
v iti’h Jewelry shop, under the new Hotel,
where every thing pertaining to the Hook bu
siness may be ol f'ained. Oar stock embraces*
School Books of every kind.
Juvenile Libraries, Histories,
Light Literature. Toy Becks,
Photograph and Ladies Albums.
Ladies’s Portfolios, Paint Boxes,
Staiioiu.ry, School and Law,
Music and Musical Instruments*
NUNN & CLEG HORN.
july 20 If
Hill'll Hill MIRE
America's,-- Georgia.
H>US. RANDALL <fc STANFORD will
MJ? open the 2nd Term of their School on
MONDAY, tjie srh of August, for the re*
ccption, as before, of both boys and girls,
and hope to receive a liberal share of public
patronage.
Their friends will please take due notice
and govern ihornselves accordingly,
july 10 3t
"war
Against Combination !
LARGE ARRIVALS
AT TIIE
TENNESSEE HOUSE
OF
HEAIiFIi WHITE TEWESSEE
‘coi^sr,
CHOICE BACON,
Klour,
Ohio River Salt,
Fresh Rutter,
Tobacco, &c.
rriliL citizens of Sumter and adjacent couit*
f ties, if they wou.d consult their inter
ests, and assist in breaking down combina
tions to keep up tlie price of Corn and Bn-*
cnn. will buy their supplies at the Grain Em»
porium, in the Loylesa Block, Cotton Aven
ue
Large and daily arrivals of Corn and Ba
con wi 1 enable me to supply the wants of
all. And having an agent to purchase sup>
plies no one need fear that he will have dam
aged corn sold him. and he will also have
the benefit of any declines in the markets
above Remember to make your purchases
at the “ Tennessee House,” Lovless Block.
•Lily 20 ts. M. H. STEPHEN*
PJ. BORGlA—Schley C ou nty.
v - 4 Whereas, Alex. Goodson, Adm’r on the
estate of Joseph G. Goodson, deceased, ap
plies to me for letters of Dismission from said
Administration.
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 by law, and file
their objections, if any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted said ap
plicant in terms of the law.
Given under my hand, in office, at Ellaville.
this Ist; day of July, 1867.
july 20 mum S E. EASON, Ordinary.
/GEORGIA—SchIey County.
U Whereas, Sarah A. Peebles, Adm’x on the
estate of Thomas M. Peebles, deceased, ap
plies for Letters of Dismission from said Ad
ministration.
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 by law, and file
their objections, if. any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted said ap
plicant in terms of the law.
Given under my hand, in office, at Ellaville,
this Ist day of July, 1867.
july 20 m6m * S. E. EASON, Ordinary. 1
pEORGIA—SchIey County.
Whereas, John M. Hobbs. Adm’r on the
estate of S. It. Stephens, applies for letters of
Dismission from said Administration.
• 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 by law, and tile
their objections, if any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted said ap
plicant in terms of the law.
Given under mp hand, in office, at Ellaville,
this Ist day of July, 1867.
20116 m. ‘ ...... . .
pEORGIA—Sclilcy County. .
VJ Whereas, John M. llobbs, Adndr on the
estate of Riggers Singleton, deceased applies
to me for letters of Dismission from said Ad
ministration
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 by law, and file
their objections, if any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted in terms
of the law.
Given under my hand, in office, at Ellaville,
this Ist day of July, 1867.
j uly 20 rntfni S. E. E A SON, Ordi n a j*y