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Tri-Weekly Republican.
Americus, Georgia:
C 7 W. HANCOCK,
Editor and Proprietor.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1807.
Editorial Brevities-
Cutting it Thick.—The colored Convention
at Reading, Pa., denounced Wendell Phillips
ns no more fit fur office than a woman, and
turned up its none at ‘-white trash” general
ly. It approved of Nat. Turner’s massacre
- in Southampton county, Virginia, thirty-five
or six years ago, when he murdered womeu
and children indiscriminately, and decreed
to him, in preference to John Drown, the
honor of having stiucU the first blow forlrec
dom.
How the Presihe.n't’s Obgan Tasks.—The
National Intelligencer says : “As to the re
movals of others of the military satraps, tel
egraphed from this city, we have no definite
information. W’e arc satisfied, however, that
no man will be permitted to play the mon
arch in this country with impunity. Willi
theconsent ofEurope—we might say the civ
ilized world—the Monroe doctrine has be
come the settled policy of this country iu re
spect to domains on this Continent outside of
the jurisdiction of the United States; and it
could hardly be supposed that in this Repub
lic meu ‘dressed in a little brief authority’
will long be allowed to exercise a despotism,
for which they can find no warrant even iu
the unconstitutional acts of Congress, and
which far exceeds iu atrocity and tyranny
ia the Old World.”
When registration iu New Orleans closed,
the whites had about fifty majority iu the city.
So great was the disfranchisement of whites,
that not more than one-half the white vote
of the city was registered. But we learn
from the Times of the 21sUhat the revision
board have “changed all that” by striking
the names of about twenty-five hundred
whites from the registy. It says that the cit
izens thus disfranchised after registering .arc
not notified that an examination as to their
qualifications is to bo made, but that they
nrc first advised of it by a printed slip sta
ting that their names arc stricken from the
list* The names thus stricken off arc exclu
sively of the white race.
Pastors are often perplexed for want of in.
formation in reference to parties who may
require attention. For instance, a member
of the church is sick and remains so for a
time, without any pastoral call. The first
knowledge, iu about throe eases out of four,
that the pastor receives of the illness of the
member, will be iira form of a complaint
from some outside party that he neglects the
sick! There have been cases where pastors
of churches suffered much inconvenience
from the neglect of his parishioners to give
-itiffi-information at the proper time in refer
ence to cases of distress iu his charge.
Kiug John.
John Pope, one of the five Ameri
can monarclis, and King of Georgia,
Alabama and Florida, has issued his
Royal Edict No. 49. Had any one
predicted five years ago that a person
would be clothed with authority or
placed in a position to issue such an
order in this country, he would have
been accounted fit only for a lunatic
asylum; but now so far from that,
Ave are becoming accustomed to Such
things, and are bowing our necks
under the imperial yoke with all due
submission.
King John, when ho was nothing
but a Major General, had his “ Head
quarters in the saddle,” but now lie
sits on a throne erected in Atlanta,
and wields a sceptre over a vcltn em
bracing what some people are simple
enough to believe are “ three Staten
of this UNION,” to wit: Georgia,
Alabama and Florida. In those
States newspapers are printed, and
people, to make their business known,
advertise in them ; civil officers are
also in the Habit of informing
through these papers, the people of
the time and place of public meetings
in which they are interested. The
edict No. 49, from his Majesty, King
John, directs that these civil officers
must publish their advertisements in
a certain class of newspapers —those
favorable to the Congressional policy
of Reconstruction, and he instructs all
military officers, of whatever degree,
grade, or style ol service, to see that
this edict is strictly enforced, and to
promptly arrest and report the sligh
cst violation of it.
King John has, in reality, no such
power and authority. It is an assump
tion of despotism which no absolute
monarch iu the world, except one of
the Five American Monauchs,
would dare think for a moment. It
would cost the Kingdom and Throne
of the Mightiest ruler iu the Uni
verse to attempt such an abridge
ment of the PEOPLE’S RIGHTS.—
How long will the American people
submit to such things ? Can’t they
see the inevitable tendancy of such
submission ? What has become of
the “spibitof ’76?” The quicker
King John’s throne crumbles to the
dust the better it will be for the
country,— Washington Constitutional •
Union. • * . . . . i
Breaking Up.—The Missouri lie
publican has these cheering words :
The signs of a split in the Radical
party are unmistakable. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Anti-
Slavery Standard pointed it out last
April. The discords in the party
manifested themselves in the July
session of Congress. Thud Stevens
then proclaimed in his place in the
House that the probabilities were that
the Radicals would lose Pennsylva
nia and New York in the fall elec
tions. The extreme Radicals are de
nouncing the members of the Senate
who have given respectability and
dignity to the party, Fessenden and
Sherman. The negro policy rampant
in Tennessee, applauded by a portion
of the Radicals as suited to the ten
rebel States, is most camcstlyj’epudi.
ated and denounced by another por
tion of the party. And now we have
the news from California that the
Radical party is split there. The
Radical convention at Sacramento
nominated a regular ticket. This was
followed by an opposition Radical
convention, which nominated a “ Re
publican Union” ticket, which meets
support from the most influential
Radical journals of San Francisco and
Sacramento. This work ofdisiutegra
tion must go on. A party organized
on a basis of principle and measures
which are against God and nature,
justice and right, constitution and
laws, cannot live. It must go to
pieces. The good and thoughtful
will leave it. The bad that remains
will rend each other by their own
dissensions and the country will be
rid of the curse.
No Negro Jurors. —A Singular
.Mistake. —The Macon Telegraph of
the 25th, says : ' We were pleased to
learn yesterday, from a gentleman
who occupies a high judicial position
in the State and has recently been in
communication with Gen. Pope, that a
serious mistake occurred in his order
regarding jurors. It was designed
to decree simply that the list of jurors
should be taken from the registry
lists, and not from the tax books.
There was no intention, we learn,
to draw the names of colored, but
only white citizens whose names may
be on thergistry. The mistake of in
serting “ without discrimination” was
the work of the Adjutant. Such, at
least is the explanation. Under this
state of facts, what the object of the
original order is we cannot exactly
disern, as we believe nobody con
siders it any great privilege to set on
the jury; to the contrary, there is
generally a scramble to avoid it.
How to Cure Carbuncle.
A correspondent furnishes us kindly
with the following. It deserves to
be noted by the Medical faculty and
by those who may not be able to have
able physicians at hand when in such
uncommon danger :
Neav Orleans, July 31st, 1867.
I'Jditors Picayune —Having noticed
in your morning’s issue an account of
a death in Mississippi from the effects
of “carbuncle,” or “carbonc,” I send
you a recipe of a remedy for that dis
ease, which has never been known to
fail :
“Prepare a round piece of linen of
a sufficient size to cover the whole dis
eased part, and spread thereon a
slight film of storax ointment, and
then a layer of bichloride of mercury
(corrective sublime) of the thickness
of a silver quarter dollar.”
The plaster prepared thus laid with
care upon the affected part, and kept
in place with strips of sticking plas
ter. After twenty-four hours, remove
the plaster, and the carbuncle or pus
tule will be found to have been des
troyed. Dress the place now with
storax ointment, spread upon linen,
three times a day ; at every dressing
fament the part with a mixtnrc
of the oils of linseed, lily, camomile
and hypericum. In the course of
eight or ten days the eschar falls off
and the sore is treated like a common
one.
This remedy was discovered by a
French blacksmith, by the name of
Dardelle, and first made public by
the “Union Medicale,” a French
medical journal. X. Y. /.
Truth from an Unsuspected
Source. —We repeat the warning to
our Republican friends in all parts of
the country, that the greatest danger
to the success of reconstruction in the
rebel States is to be apprehended from
the extravagance and demagougeism
of the white upstarts who are fasten
ing themselves upon the neck of the
negro population, and will ride them
to destruction if not overthrown.”
The above is from the Chicago Tri
bune, an out and out Radical paper.
Even the zeal of Southern renegades
is nauseous to the party of progress.
g«gt,Having only a short time to sell onr
present stock of Goods, we will sell them at
less than old time prices.
S. WANELBAUM & BRO.
July-23-ts. 1
From the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Notes on the Situation—No. 19.
BY B. U. n11.1..
In nil times of public excitement and de
moralization, people are unusually liable to
j run into error. For this reason, dangers to
the Republic are greatlv increased, 'l'here-
I loro, whoever, in such times, undertakes (lie
task of advising the people with a view of
. avoiding errors, ought to observe with great
core certain rules.
I 1. In the first place he should see to it that
his motives are unselfish, and his opinions
correct.
2. Next he should be charitable and for
bearing to those who arc unintentionally er
ring ; for in such times many good people are
exceedingly piopc to err.
3. In tile last place lie should denounce
most unsparingly those who consciously
and deliberately advocate the dangerous
wrongs, and seek (us all such do) for some
selfish cud to deceive the people. Language
can never he too severe when applied to men
who take advantage of times of danger to tiie
public, to promote tlieir private ends, or who
persist in falsely advising the people. Warnings
lo the erring and denunciations of the design
ing can never be too distinct, too positive or
too severe. Such was the course of Demos
thenes toward Phillip’s emissaries, and the
credulous Athenians who were inclined to
believe them ; and such was the course of
Cicero toward the popular Cataline, and the
Roman Senate and people, who were slow
to believe he was a conspirator. Two thou
sand years of reflection and experience have
rendered an unbroken verdict of approval
for both the Athenian and the Roman ora
tors.
1 have deemed it my duty to warn our
people that they were, many of them, about
to commit perjury or false swearing. Well,
this is a very grave and responsible position.
I knew it when I took the position, mid took
it deliberately. If the position be wrong,!
owe to myself arid the country to retract it.
I could not expect to be regarded as an hon
orable man, if, satisfied it is wrong. 1 did not
retract it. So, on the other band, if the po
sition be right the people owe it to them
selves and their children to avoid- the
crime, and look with suspicion upon all who
insist that the crime be committed ; for no
man can be either patriotic or honorable,
who would knowingly commit, or advise
others to commit such a crime.
With these solemn convictions ami at the.
instance of friends and Joes, 1 have re-exam
ined the position ; I have earnestly endeav
ored to make the examination carefully, and
1 know 1 have made it conscientiously.
The result is, I re affirm, the position ta
ken on this subject in note No. 10, and in
the speech delivered at Atlauta; and 1 ear
nestly beg every man to lay aside all passion,
and come to au honest and candid examina
tion of the question.
Tn note No. 10,1 say :
“Are you willing so violate the Constitu
tion ! Are you willing to swear to support
it, with the intent, the intent, at the time of
swearing, to violate it? Then, I proclaim,
posterity will proclaim, your hell-mortgaged
conscience will never cease to proclaim, you
are perjured.”
In the Atlanta speech, the language re
ported is as follows.-
“Some of you who favor the acceptance of
tlie Military bills take an oath to this effect,
(to support the Constitution,) and still in
tend to vote fora Convention which you ad
mit to be ordered contrary to the Constitu
tion. II i w is this? If you have a conscience
I have said enough. It you vote tor the Con
vention you are perjured.”
'Those announcements have excited much
apparent indignation with the Radicals, and
they have charged me with dealing in abuse
and calumny. Now, reader, look carefully
at my language. If a man is willing to vio
late the Constitution, if he is willing to swear
to support with the intent to violate it, is
this not itself an admission ot false sweating?
lie swears to support the Constitution with
the intent not to support it ! So, if a man
swear to support the Constitution, and intend
to vote for a Convention which he admits is
ordered contrary to the Constitution, is ho
not guilty? True the crime is not perfected
until theact is done—until the vote is given:
and it is therefore I warn him not to give
the vote. And why have propositions which
are so self-evident awakened such indigna
tion? It a man-honestly believes the Mili
tary bills are Constitutional, be can vote for
them. I may think bis brain is either weak
or very falsely taught, hut I make no charge
against Ids heart or pm pose’ So, thousands
have intended to accept those bills without
having thought ol this difficulty. They were,
and are, simply not informed. When iuforni
ed, they will reject the crime with as much
horror as Ido. Against all these I bring
no charge. My position is based on knowl
edge and intent. Then, I repeat, why this
indignation ? The answer is as plain as the
truth of my position. There are many, alas !
too many, who know the Military bills are
unconstitutional, and who yet have deter
mined on some pretext to take the advice of
that sensuous infidel, Thaddeus Stevens, vote
for the bills, and “let conscience go to the
devil!”
It is high time this well established
tiuction was understood. So far from an of
ficer being protected because the courts have
uot set aside certain Acts, the courts them
selves could not furnish such protection
positively sustaining the Acts which amend
the Constitution. And such has been ex
pressly and repeatedly decided to be the law
in Englaud, where the Constitution is not
written. It will be more emphatically the
law in America where the Constitution is
plainly written. Corruption for a time may
prevent the application of the rule, and my
feeble voice, amid this thunderstorm of pas
sion, may not he heeded or heard. But
storms cannot last always, and I sublimely
feel and proudly proclaim, that the time will
come when all the world will know that the
Constitution is the only supreme ruler in
America; and that neither President nor
Congress, nor Courts, nor bayonets can pro
tect themselves, or protect others, from ac
countability lor violation of the plain, un,
mistakablc commands of that Constitution.—
Without this glorious truth, Constitutions
and rights would always be the mere crea
tures ofbad, designing men. Passion and
the rabble may crucify now, but this grand
deliverer of the oppressed will one day, yea,
at an early day, come, and come with joy to
the faithful, and terrible wrath to all wicked
transgressors.
They feel guilty. They have, many of them,
but recently consented to be guilty) and tlieir
consciences are still bleeding from the stab,
and are very sore. Inform ,a good man of
bis error and he will love you ; inform an
honest man, and he will thank you ; but in
form a guilty tnan and be will hate you.—
The guilty arc always suspicious, generally
excitable, and very rarely dangerous. There
are some, also, who are troubled. They do
uot positively know and admi t that these bills
are unconstitutional, and various pretexts or
I excuses are resorted to to satisfy tlieir con
-1 sciences, which are«generally easily satisfied
when willing to he satisfied. With such, ex
cuses become reasons, and pretexts are ac
cepted as arguments.
Os course, all reflecting men must admit
there can be no justifiable excuse for wilful
perjury ; but all men are not reflecting, and
it is important to notice some of the excuses
offered as justifiable reasons for supporting
these military bills under ail oath to support
the Constitution.
1. '1 lie first great excuse offered as a rea
son is, that tiie hills have not been declared
unconstitutional by the courts. This excuse
is well calculated to mislead. There are
cases jn which certain ministerial and exec
utive officers are hound to execute orders un
til the courts set aside the authority on
which the orders arc based. But this rule
applies only to officers. Why? Because
such officers simply obey orders. The re
■ sponsibility is with their superiors who is
sue the orders. They are not tn judge of the
legality of these orders. That was done, or
piasufned to have been done, before the or
ders were issued. The rule with the officers,
in such case, is not to judge but to obey. J te
bus no will—no discretion. This is why the
rule applies only focxecutivo and ministerial
officers. All other officers have a right to
judge and are bound to judge honestly and
decide conscientiously. Sometimes even u
ministerial Dr executive officer must judge
according to the issue presented or his situa
tion. When a-biil is presented to the Presi
dent for his approval, lie is a judge, and if
lie thinks it is unconstitutional he is perjur
ed if ho does not veto it—if he approve it.
One, of our Presidents declared he could
not. approve a bill which he believed uncon
stitutional “without'eurrendering all claim
the respect of honorable men—all confidence
on the part of the people—all self-respect—
all regard for moral and religious obliga
tions.” Yet if Congress passed tlie bill not
withstanding his objections, then it was not
only no crime, no wrong, but his duty to ex
ecute it- Why ? Because in the latter case
he was only executing, and not approving
or deciding. But when the courts decide such
bills tube unconstitutional, then he cannot
ex-c-cute it, because the power provided bv
the Constitution lias decided that Congre ss
erred in overruling the objections ol° the
President. But this rule has a limit even in
case of executive and ministerial officers. It
applies to cases ol doubtful construction un
der the Constitution. Congress by no vote
can give vitality to an act which the Consti
tution says shall not be passed. And no
President can be excused for executing such
an act. If every act of Congress is binding
until set aside by the Court, Congress may
make the most unconstitutional act the most
binding by abolishing both President and
Courts ; which they have exactly done, so far
ns relates to the Military hills.
So as to ministerial offices the rule has a
limit. II the sheriff excuse a man who lias
been sentenced by a judge, lie is guiltv of no
crime, though the judge mistook' the law in
passing the sentence. But if the sheriff exe
cute a man sentenced by one who was not a
judge—legally a judge—the sheriff is guilty
of murder, though the man executed may
have been guilty. It any officer execute a
citizen by order of a Military Commissitm,
such officer is guilty of murder. Why ? Be
cause the Constitution gays every citizeu shall
he presented or indicted by a g.- and jury, and
tried by an impartial jury, and no person on
this continent can confer any power to execute
any.citizen who has not beeuso tried. Other
wise t here would he a power greater than the
Constitution, which is abwjrd. This is why
the. officers who e . •'■ vrik- of the Star
Chumber Courts, Und . ycd the ordsrs of
King Charles I , were afterwards sued and
indicted and made responsible and pun
ished. No King, or Court, or Congress, or
President, or other offtt 1 1 power can confer
authority, in direct comiict with the positive
commands of the Constitution. All who
seek to confer such ant :ority are criminals;
all who execute such authority are criminals,
and no person cau release or forgive the
crime.
But the. rule referred to as binding on exec
utive and ministerial offices, does not apply
to citizenspr to voter-. A voter obeys no
orders—executes no ot lers. Ho must exer
cise hisjudgment and vote according to his
own honest conviction::. If he votes contrary
to Ids convictions he violates his conscience,
and it he votes under r ath and contrary to
that oath, lie is guilty of false swearing or
perjury-. He is not sworn to support an act
of Congress until the C ourts set it aside ; he
is sworn to support the Constitution, and if
he supports an act which, in his opinion, is
contrary to the Constitution, his oath is bro
ken. He being his ovn judge his oath is
broken, and his “conscience given to the
devil,” as Stevens advised.
2. But another pretext is, that these States
are in an anomalous condition and the Con
stitution does not aptey to them. Well, if
the Constitution does not apply, why apply
the oaUi to support it? Asa condition
precedent to voting, you require an oath to
support the Constitnti .m in voting ; and then,
in the very next breath, ask that the vote be
cast for a measure which is contrary to the
Constitution! 'I hen; on seek to justify by
-saying that the Constitution docs not apply.
'Then, why did you n use to allow the vole
until the path was taken to support the Con
stitution ? Are you wantonly exacting gra
tuitous perjury ? If nothing else did, the
oath make the Construlion apply. But the
Constitution apply. Even if we are con
quered foreign States, the conqnerer is bound
by the well settled ).-ws of nations to gov
ern us either according to our laws, or accor
ding to his own constitutional laws; the law
of the conqueror exii»- Is over the conquered.
Nothing is better s -tiled. In this day of
civilized law, no people, conquered other
wise, are subject to be governed by arbitra
ry, vindictive will, besides, by the very is
sue of the fight and the terms of the surren
der, we are in the Union. We are treated
as in the Union by this very fragmentary
conclave, for every purpose of burden or ven
geance. We are denied only the privilege
of the Union by a dastard perjury to the
Constitution and infamous treachery to the
national faith.
3. But we are told it is no use to talk law
and plead the Constitution before a people
whodiscaid botli. t can do no good; the
Radicals have the power and will do as they
please, it is said.
Well, suppose that is true, does that jus
tify us in committing perjury ? Are we com
pelled to obey our oaths ? If. as is said, the
Radicals will recont ;rnct us in our own way
anyhow, 1 say let them do it their own way.
Let them commit al the perjury. We gain
nothing by helping tbent destroy us ; and
why should we be anxious to commit perju
ry, in order to help the Radicals degrade our
race, destroy our St iles, and bring us under
the government of ti e negro, and into a war
of races? Be patient. Don’t run to over
take evil. Our day will come soon, and then
let us be strong, wish clear consciences.
4. But it is said, according to my argu
ment, even I have committed perjury in sup
porting clivers measures heretofore. .Suppose
it is so; does that justify all our people in
committing such a crime? But the charge
is false. J never, in my life, supported any
measure which I thought was unconstitution
al. All statements to the contrary are false,
and are but pitiable attempts of self-convict
ed criminals to cover themselves with a re
spectable mantle.
These Military Bills furnish the very first
instance in American history, in which the
framers and supporters of the bills admit
their unconstitutionally; and they are the
very first measures in carrying out which
the whole voting people are required to take
an oath to support the Constitution. This
is a remarkable fact. It would seem as if
Congress sought to palliate their own perju,
ry in passing the bills, by requiring—wan
tonly requiring—the whole people, also, to
commit perjury in carrying them out.
When the lust Military Bill was under dis
cussion, in which two departments of the Fed
eral Government were being abolished,Thad
deus Stcverr, I believe the authorjand repor
ter of the bill, said :
“Some fragments of the old shattered Con.
stilution had stuck, perhaps in the kidneys
of some Senators, (laughing,) mid troubl'd
them at night. When they tried to progress
the ghost of the past Constitution, was found
in their way ami obstructed them.”
People of the North, is this man tmur rep
resentative? You who have listened to the
glorious periods of the “Great, Expounders,”
is this the language that now suits von?
Think of it, oh, my countrymen ; think of
it! In the. Congress of the nation, where
Clay, and Webster, and Bell, and Berrien,
and Fillmore and Cass have taught devotion
and reverence for the Constitution, this old
man now ridicules it as a ghost—a shattered
thing, with its fragments sticking in the kid
neys of Senators ! And this blasphemy is
received with laughter ! This man had just
taken an oath to support the Constitution;
it was by virtue of that oath he was permitted
to speak; and in the face of the nation, from
tlie seat of Webster, he ridiculed what lie
had sworn to support, and in every word lie
uttered he syllabled perjury. This old man,
we are told, Iran infidel in religion, and a
paramour of a colored woman, and has lived
three score years and ten, denying his race,'
and blaspheming the laws of God and his
country.
It i.. strange that such a man, and the hid
eous crew who received his blasphemy merri
ly, should seek to degrade the white race;
yea, make the white race degrade themselves,
and make them commit perjury that they
might have the privilege of degrading them
selves ?
Will the white race—Southern white peo
ple— tiirow away conscience and 'honor and
reap misceginaung anarchy only that such a
crew, with such a leader, should be kept in
power ?
5. But it is said it it is perjury to vote for
a Convention, it is perjury to register because
registry is an act under the Military Bills.-
Not so. If a man registers in order to de
feat the purpose of the bills, it must be very
different from one who votes to carry out the
bills. _ Directly opposite intentions cannot
constitute the sane crime.
A man may not commit pprjury who even
votes for a Convention as, in his judgment,
it is the best means of debating the object of
the bills. Ilis intention certainly relieved
hint of the turpitude of the offence. Still it
is a hazard I cannot recommend.
It is said the Southern people ought not
to be so sensitive about violating,tlie consti
tution. as they violated it in seceding from
the Union. The fact is they did not think
they violated it by theactof "secession. Some
of the framers of the Constitution taught the
right of secession. Besides all the secession
conventions were very careful not to require
of their members an" oath to support the
Constitution of the United States. They cer
tainly did not commit perjury, and did not
feel that they committed aDy offence’whatev
er.
We arc in nn important crisis. Wo should take our
positions carefully and write and speak frankly. [ sin
cerely believe that every man who votes for a Conven
tion, wit h a view or intent of carrying out. the purposes
of the Military Dills, tramples on the Constitution and
violates his oath. The more I have reflected and exam
ined the subject the better I am satisfied of this truth.
Our perple have woes and sorrows enough. Let them
not bo led to crime also. A whole nation of perjured
men ! Think of it! If there be danger that this will be
so, let us in Heaven’s name, avert it before it is too late.
Ijfeel prepared to sustain the position 1 have taken by au
thorities, and by the best settled decisions and principles
of the law. If there be a legal gentleman in the state
or in the South or North, willing to fake the opposite
proposition, I am prepared to enter the discussion with
him in a spirit of e nfltft desire to settle the truth of the
question. 1 do not wish an antagonist—and will not no
tice one—who may seek only a little notoriety. But
there are able legal gentlemene in the South who are said
tube willing, as the best they can do, to accept these
Military Dills. I affirm they cannot bo accepted in the
manner, and on thp terms, and for tbe’pur ose, proposed
by < ongress without false swearing, lam preparej to
maintain this proposition by authority and law, or ad
mit my error if convii.c-. and l am wrong.
lienttsmeu who have thoughtlessly concluded to accept
the terms need not think to shut their eyes and eaca po
this question. It will not be hushed, i- xcitemen t.and
foolish anger, and flippant threats will avail nothing
You shall not perjure yourselves and the poor deluded
negro race for selfish, ignoble purposes, simply to add
strength to a party that would require perjury and think
to easily escape the consequences. If U.ie Southern States
must be africanized, and the Constitution become a ghost,
and liberty for the continent be destroyed, go back to
your blasphemous conclave of a Congress, and tel l them
to change their bills, and permit you to do the hellish
woik, at least, without perjury.
If you persist in your present course, I warn you your
guilt snail bo made so plain that the decent world shall
scorn yourselves, and even if yon have nothing better
within you, your very kidneys shall run you mad.
LH.HAET&CO.,
Have on hand at lowest market
price .*
7,000 lbs. Iron Tie, iPecans,
1500 yds. Best Gunny Oysters,
Bagging, ltock Botasli,
20 bbls. Sugar, AB & C Soda,
20 Sacks Coffee, j Castor Oil,
15 bbls Blue Fish, Sweet Oil,
15 bbls White Fisli, Soda Biscuits,
ft bbls Mackerel, Butter Biscuits,
40 kits “ 1,2 &o.J Egg Biscuits,
10 bbls Whiskey,asst’d Touet Soap,
2 bbls Brandy, Turpentine Soap,
10 boxes Tobacco,ast’d Raisins,
5000 Segars, asst’cl. French Mustard.
25 bbls New Flour, English Mustard,
50 kegs Nails, Parlor Matches,
Double and Single bar- Pots, Ovens,
relied Guns, Spiders, ,
Pistols, Powder, Shot Coffee Mills,
and Caps, Blacking,
Brandy Peaches, Shot Bell s,
Pine Apples, Powder Flasks,
Assorted Jellies, Table and Tea Spoons,
Starch, &c. &c.
Brazil Nuts,
Call and See.
aug 24 ts
B BEAST PUMPS, NURSING BOT
tles, instruments, &c., at
DR. ELDRIDGE’S
june 18 ts Drug Store-
Large assortment of patent
Medicines, at
Dr. ELDRIDGE’S
june 18 ts Drug Store.
PERFUMERIES, SOAPS, COLOGNES
Toilet Articles, Hail Oils, &c., Ac.
at DR. ELDRIDGE’S
juuelStt Drugstore.
gJw .Admtisrmrn’s.
liffinoi AIET!
J WILL SELL A BARGAIN IN TWO
HOUSES and LOTS,
BKOSEMMtIffiYMIS.
with the entire stock of IIORSEB, CAR
RIAGE', &c., &e.
The stalees can be bought without tlie
stock, or the stock and carriages bought, and
stables rented to responsible parties, if dc
sired. _ J. \V. JORDAN, Jr.
ung 27 ts Americus, Ga.
House and Lot
FOR SALE.
fTUE House formerly occupied bv Dr. W. P.
Harrison, within one mile of Americus,
on the road leading to Danville, is offered for
sale, very tow. Apply to
»ug 27 ts H. C. BAILEY.
MARKET HOUSE.
WHILE I waa able to travel around with
T T my wagon, iny exist' mers were promptly
attended to, and that with good meats. lam
now obliged to stop my wagon. My prompt
paying customers will send in their orders
early in the morning Remember that first
come first served. Send your basket or buck
et in the evening, and your meat will be
weighed and set aside, so that you can have
it by day light next morning. This is your best
plan. I shall continue to keep good meat or
none, I shall keep my meat at the Jesse Har*
dv comer. Market hours from 5 to Tl 2
o'clock, A. M.
Don’t wait for the wagon for it will not be
around Don’t wait till half past 6 o’clock,
and then send for the best parts of the
be< f. for it will he too late. I desire it to be
understood that I shall not keep meat hang
ing out to spoil, waiting fur customers to
come. If you are not at the market house by
7 o’clock, the rest of the meat on hand will
be salted and the house closed at 7 1.*2 o’clock.
r l hankful for the patronage heretofore so
liberally extended to me I earnestly solicit a
continuance of the same.
WILEY CHAM BLESS.
Aug. 27Tt.
ROPE, ROPE, ROPE !
lOO© COILS
OREEN LEAF ROPE,
It.
For sale by
BUTLER & PETERB,
aug 27 Sm® Atlanta, Ga.
Flour, Flour !
TDiUESII GROUND, and at the LOWEST
f «iccs, fur CASH, at the Citj Mills,
X W, G. PETERS.
!m*~ 3m ° Atlanta, Ga.
WM. f CLAYTON, | AD ADAIR.
# CLAYTON & AMIR,
* GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
AND DEALERS IN
Groceries, Produce, Cotton Tarns,
Sheetings and Shirtings.
ET Also Agent for
Great Rcsad Co 7 s Scale,
AND
SotuhSc Pacific Guano,
No-18 Alabama St Atlanta, Ga.
Orders and Consignments solicited,
aug 27 lm 3
(tr. €itlt n,
WHITEHALL ST ATLANTA, GA.
fiiijjfidilt -stdj in a (kit %xk\\.
DEUTSCHER SPEZESEIWAAREN,
J&c J| tori} tr & ill ilni r§c r' g a*s e,
Linsen, Erbsen, Gerste, &e., &c-
Einmarinirtc Haeringe, Zungen, Wuersto,
&c . &c.
Reelle and prompte Bedienung wird zuge
siehert. nug27 1t c ‘
“ziilMAl! I llllir
WIIOLIJgALE GROCERS,
AND
PRODUCE MERCHANTS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
KEEPS constantly on hand BACON, LARD,
FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, CANDLES,
SOAP, and other goods in their line.
The attention of buyers is respectfully so
licited. aug 27 Im®
171X07 LIST
Alabama Street, Atlanta, Georgia-
Grocery Commission Merchants
AND
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
YARNS,
DOMESTICS,
OSNABURGS,
HAZARD POWDER,
FAIR BANK’S SCALES.
aug 27 lm»
W. W. CHAPMAN. J. W. RUCKER
CHAPMAN & RUCKER,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
AND
Commission Merchants,
WHITEHALL ST.,-- ATLANTA, GA.
aug 27 lm°
ACTON YOUNG, j W. H. DROWNING,
Late of J\ r ai>hvilley Term. | Late of Columbus, Ga
s«m,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
YOUNG & BROWNING,
PROPRIETORS
ff?" The nearest Hotel to the Depot. Bag'
gage Free.
Bryson amt WibUY, Clerks. aug 27 3m*
fr-A* - -•
GREAT WATCH SALE.
ON THE POPULAR
ONE PRICE PLAN.
Giving evert/ Patron a Ilanteome
and Reliable Watch for the low
Pr ice of Ten Dollars !
WITHOUT REGARD TO VALUE.
AND NOT TO BE.
Paid for Unless Perfectly Satisfactory.
100 Solid Gold Bunting Watche*, $260 to 750
100 Magic Cased Gold Watcne*, 200 to 600
100 Ladies’ Watch, s, enamelled, jqo to 300
20) Gold Hunting ('hrouonieter Watches, 260 to 300
200 Gold Hunting English Levers, 200 to 260
300 Gold Hunting Duplex Watches, 150 to 260
50) Gold Hunting American Watches, 100 to 250
500 Silver Hunting Levers, 60-to 250
500 Silver lltinting Duplexes, 76 to 250
500 Gold Indies’ Watches, 60 to 250
1000 Gold Hunting Ljpioes, 50 to 75
1000 Miscellaneous Watches, 55 to 100
2500 Hunting Silver Watches, 25 to 60
5000 Assorted Watches, all kinds, 10 to 75
Every patron obtains a watch by this ar
rangement. costing but $lO. while it may bo
worth $750. No partiality shown.
Messrs. Hill. Porter & Cos., 2 and 4 Dcy st ,
New York city, wish to immediately dispose
of the above magnificent stock. Certificates,
naming the articles, are placed in sealed en.
velopes, and well mixed. Holders are enti*
tied lo the articles named on their certificate,
upon payment of sll, whether it be a watch
worth 750 or less. The return of any of our
certificates entitles you to the article named
thereon, upon payment irrespective of its
worth, and as no article valued less than $lO
is named on any certificate, it will at ouce bo
eeen that this i3 no lottery, but a straight,
so: ward legitimate Transaction, which may
be participated in even by the most fastidi
ous!
A single certificate will be sent by mail,
post paid, upon receipt of 25 cents, five for sl,
eleven for $2 ; thirty-three and an elegant
premium for $lO, one hundred and a most
superb watch for sls. To agents or those
seeking employments this is a rare opportu
nity. It is a legitimately conducted business,
duly authorized by the government, and
opened to the most careful scrutiny. Tiy it.
Address HILL, PORTER & CO.,
tiug 27 4m 2 and 4 Dey Bt., N. Y
smith, Bailey & co.,
DE LERB IN
fute HJWifinesi,
Brags, Chemicals,
&e. &c-.
ITTE CALL THE ATTENTION OF PUR-
Yt chasers to our well selected stock of
MUGS & MEDICINES,
which we offer them, knowiug that we can
give entire satisfaction.
We keep constantly on hand
QUININE,
MORPHINE,
OPIUM,
CASTOR OIL,
TURPENTINE,
KEROSINE OIL,
LAMPS t CHIMNEYS,
TOGETHER WITH A LARGE LOT OF
Jerfnmerg, Jftntrii Jrtidrs,
Patent Medicines,
mi; mm ami hkik
TOBACCO,
SUGARS, SNUFF, &C.
PURE
EHANBHS & WHISKEYS,
[For Medicinal Use.]
We offer all goods in our line on as reason
able terms as they can be purchased else
where.
Give us a call, at the City Drug Store,
next door to Messrs Adams, Speer & Cos.
SMITH, BAILEY & CO.
aug 24 ts
The last Week, but One.
I WILL purchase Jury Scrip and County
orders two more weeks only
P. U. OLIVER.
Beeswax! Beeswax!
I wish to purchase 1000 pounds at once.
Will take it in large or small quantities.
P. H' OLIVER.
Dried Peaches.
600 Bu hols wanted, within the next two
weeks. Highest price will be paid by
P. H. OLIVER.
Wool! Wool! Woo!!
4000 Pounds wanted for a factory, immedi*
ately.
P. H. OLIVER.
Jury Scrip and County
Orders.
SIOOO worth wanted at once.
P. H. OLIVER.
Anxious to Sell.
And will give customers, for the next two
weeks, splendid bargains so as to make room
for the largest and best Fall stock that will
be brought to Americus.
P. H. OLIVER.
An Acknowledged Fact*
That Oliver has kept the largest, best and
cheapest stock of Shoes in Americus, and con
tinues to do the same.
Freedmen Take Notice,
P. H Oliver will give you better
and better goods at lower prices than any
store in Americus.
aug 24 ts . /