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THE POST.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 1. 1870.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
IP. P. JJiek* is the. regular agent for the.
POST in JnJinnon county. authorbed to re-
ash* subscript ions, receipt for the mime, and
to make, contract* for adrertmng. AU due*
than Id be, paid to him. *
T!h* Ferric* and the Grand Jury.
The Ordinary let out the two fer
ric* on tho 21st nit. with the privil
ege, a* heretofore of collecting fer
riage from parties not living in Laur
en* county, but with the nndcr-
Htumliug that tho ferries should be
free to all immediately after the uc-
tioti of the next Grand Jury, in case
that body ho receommendnl.
Judge Duncan thus wisely shaped
his action in this matter, so that on
tho one hand he might not be tak
ing too much responsibility upon
himself in regard to tho expenditure
of the people's money, and on the
other hand that ho might not crip
ple and delay tho consummation of u
measure calculated to bo of such
grot it benefit to tlio town and county.
The Grand Jury arc thus brought
face to faco with the question of free
ferriage. Tho demand that they
take the matter into immediate con-'
wdomtion is thus made so emphatic
that they cannot fail to uot ,<m it.
And when thoy como to make up
their decision ns to whether free fer
riage will moot tho approbation of u
majority ,of the taxpayers of the
nty/wo lmvo no fear as to the
result—that is, if tho members of
the body will take tho trouble to liml
out tho intelligent public sentiment
on that subject. Tho taxpayers
know that tho forrios will bo taken
very nearly as low (many believe
quito tw low) when freo to all as un
der the present, arrangement. Thoy
know that tho increase of trade and
travel which would rosult from freo
ferriage would indemnify them ten
times over for the pittanoo requiicd
to mako tho ferries free. Thoy
know that tho present arrangement
puts a promium on potty falsehood,
sinoo it is so convenient for parties
living in othor counties to tell the
forty man they livo in Laurens. But,
as the most potont argument for free
ferriage, the taxpayers know Hint it
is a mean, selfish, illiberal, inhospit
able, narrow-miudod policy to say to
tho people beyond the borders of our
county, “Our forrios oost us money;
you shan’t oross without pay.”—As
well say to your friondB, “My house
cost, me monoy; you shan’t take
shelter under my roof without pay.”
It will be romombered that a purse
wits made up by privuto c ontribution
last year to make tho Dub
lin ferry free. A similar arrange
ment has boon effected to continue
tho same freotill theJJannnry adjourn
ed term of superior court, when,
if tho Grand Jury should fail us, we
hope to bo able to announce the con-
tinuanoo of this arrai.gornont for the
rest of tho year. But wo can’t be
lieve that tho presont Grand Jury
will nogleot n measure so conducive
to the Publio good.
Georgia’s New Bond.
Washington Special to 8*. Louis Repub
lican,
Thera Is some amusement over a
financial measure which has passed
tho Goorgia legislature, Tho legis
lature Inis authorised tho issno of
of half a million dollars of bonds,
bearing four per cent interest. The
bonds will be issued in denomina
tions of £5 each, and will be exactly
the size of a groonbuok bill. Each
bond will have six coupons, to bo
clipped annually. They will be
lurgiuy usea as eurronoy, and will
furnish a safe interest-bearing in
vestment to tho people, and will be
issued in January. It is proposed
to substitute four per oent for tho
wholo of Georgia’s debts, this half
million being issued to tako up bonds
whioh mature in February. As those
obligations lmvo coupons attached,
thoy are not in oonlliot with the pro
visions of tho law against the issn-
gneo of money by statos. Georgians
say that tho plan will suooeod and
make monoy plouty.
White Keimhlicanisni.
; , [New York World']
It looks very much as if we should
see the Republican party before long
marching under banners inscribed
“White men shall rule America;”
William Lloyd Gurrison, Wendell
Phillips and company screaming
“Would you like your daughter
to marry a negro?” aud Colonel Pat.
Donan, erstwhile of the Lexington
(Mo.) Caucasian, declaring, as edi
tor of the Tribune founded by Hor
ace Greely, that no Bimiau-soulcd
sooty-skinned kink-cnrlcd blubber-
lipped prehensile-heeled Ethiopian
gol'illa shall polutc the ballot-box
with his leprous vote. Then we
slmli have LincohPs reluctance to
abolish slavery and Morton’s opposi
te a negro suffrage cited as the only
and original Republican doctrine.
Already we see the fact paraded tlmt
Mrs. Hayes has no intention what
ever of “inviting the quadroon wife
“of colored Senator Bruce lo attend
at tho “first Presidential reception;”
that her husband “has never been
invited to dine “at the White House
or elsewhere “with a party of Sena
tors,” and that “General Grant
never invfted Revels, of Missippi,”
and when ho gave “a dinner to tho
Santo Domingo Commissioners left
but Fred Douglas.” The Republi
can Presidents are thus cleared of
tho stigma of associating with “the
niggov,” and tho Republican Sena
tors can point with pride to tho fact
that they kept Pinchback out of his
scut. For tho nigger who lias no
further funds to deposit in tho
Freedman’s Bank and who votes tho
Democratic ticket tho Republican
party bus no use. The duty devol
ves upon the Democracy, which htw
always been tho party of the Consti
tution and has everywhere declared
its loyal acceptance of that instru
ment and its amendments, to see
that tho colored citizen in South
Carolina is protected in his rights as
woll as tho colored citizen in Massa
chusetts. Tho issue was finally sot-
tlod by tho war; tho sovereign States
set their seals to the aniomlod Con
stitution, and wo shall not ullow-Mr.
Pago, of California, and tho othor
whito Republicans to cancel or put
in peril these gijpat results. The
colored citizens of tho South shall
not bo deprived of tho citizenship
which tho North conferred upon
thorn, and there is no need for the
Into Mr. Greoley’s paper to say that
tho thing may, can, might, could,
would or should bo done. We are
surprised—nay, shocked- -at such a
proposition coming from a party
which for some twenty years made
emancipation and negro suffrage its
watchwords, and for ton yours has
spent its time and its energies in sur
veying tho work of its hands and de
claring that it was entirely good.
Perhaps wo speak with warmth, but
lot that bo forgiven us. Some time
since The World editorially pointed
out that tho next stop would bo the
secession of Now England from the
Union and its ’‘novitablo overthrow,
occupation aud leconstruotion, and
in tlmt article was drawn a picture
of General Butlor laving down mar
tial law to tho oonquorod pooplo of
Boston, issuing obnoxious orders to
its “noither flamboyant nor yet
blanched and etiolated” daughters,
awl toying with tho contents of
platochosts that oanie over in the
Mayflower. Tho day of tho fulfil
ment of tho prediction Booms to be
near at hand.
Gold is at par for tho first time
siuoo 1801.
General Toombs says tho people
of Ueorgiii are poorer to-day than
over before, ami thinks tho ouly
hope for tho future is to plant less
pottou.
The Garrard Bonds.
Treasurer Renfroe sent to New
York the specifications for the Gar
rard Bonds on the lfith ult. They
will be jast the size of the green
back bills, of two colors—green and
buff. The Treasurer thinks ho will
be able to place them on the market
by the 20th of January, and feels
confident that they will meet with
ready sale. On this subject the At
lanta Constitution editorially re
marks :
“Whatever may have been the
opinion of the press on the policy of
issuing the four per cent, bonds un
der Mr. Garrard's bill, all differences
should be sunk noxv in a common
purpose to make them a success.
The bill has passed by a vote tliut
was virtually unanimous, and the
bonds may have been ordered. The
experiment has been determined on,
and u must be pushed to a prosper
ous conclusion. Wo arc confident
that the people will readily take this
loan if it is just started off right.
The credit of Georgia is just as good
as that of any othor stute in the
union, aud the investment is a pei-
fectly safe one. For a small invest
ment that is convertible into cash
wjjjjlon the instant, and'is safe beyond
all question, it strikes us that four
per cent, is enough. Wo shall be
glad to sco these bowls takon by the
masses of our people. It will incul
cate the spirit of economy, nwl will
tend to make each one feel interest
ed in the welfare of the stato. We
shall watch with groat interest the
course of this issue, and we call upon
our colleagues of the press to assist
in putting the merits of the loan be
fore our people. If this loan suc
ceeds, as wo earnestly believe it will,
it will put Georgia’s credit way above
tlmt of any othor southern stute.”
Toombs on tho Presidency.
Special Telegram to the Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
General Robert Toombs of Geor
gia, being asked to day by your cor
respondent about vrnuit* tut tit?At*
President, repliod: “Well, if by
tho docroo of tho Almighty we are
not to be free for four years more
from radical power, then I should
say, give us a full lion, not a sneak
ing sheep. Grant is a lion. I have
rospoot for the man, for ho either
kills or wins I have uovor forgot
ten how gracefully he treated Lee
and our soldiers at the surrender.
Grant, ie hotter for tho South, lion
though he is, than is a sheep who
tries to mako a lion of himself,” As
to tho domoeratic candidates, Gen.
Toombs refused to commit himself.
Tho Macon Telegraph advises far
mers who have not yet sold their
ootton to sell without delay.
Gen. Hampton is now considered
out of danger.
SOCIALISM.
Sell Your Cotton.
Macon Telegraph.
The wail from every manufacturing
center in aid England, Scotland and
Ireland is really 'terrible and heart
rending. Thousands in tho cities of
Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Burslom,
Edinburgh, Glassgow, Aberdeen,
Manchester, Bristol, Wolverhampton
and indeed almost every^manufactur
ing town and village in the kingdom
nro reported to bo in the most pitiable
condition, the distress bordering
upon starvation. Failure after* fail
ure follow each other in rapid suc
cession, awl there seems to be ndlet
up in tho situation. Of course,'the
prostration to all'branches is almost
without parallel, and the stagnation
in trade has reduced prices and the
wages of labor to the very lowest fig
ures. As a necessary consequence
cotton goods are cheaper than over
known before, and tho prioo of the
etaplo must rule accordingly. Su-
poradded to this state of tilings is the
unquestionable fnot tlmt the present,
crop is overwhelmingly largo,
and a very considerable proportion
of it is still in the planters’ hands.
It is at once evident, then, tlmt any
material advances in cotton is highly
improbable if not impossible. On
the contrary, if tho large amount of
the staple in first hands continues to
be withheld from the market, as tho
spring advances, when the farmers
must sell to equip themselves for
another crop, and tho whole mass is
rushed forward, there is danger of a
still greater rouotion and doeline.
Wo regret, therefore, tho deliberate
advice given to our (arming friends
somo weeks ago—-to sell their cotton
with the least delay possible. Those
who did so at the time arc gainers
by fully one cont per pound. It is
true tho pnoo is cruelly low, but the
snrno doolino 1ms taken place in the
value of meat, flour, olothiug and all
tho necessarios of lifo, so that the
hardship is more apparent than real.
Then agaiu, it should be considered
that the wages of farm hands must,
shrink iii the same ratio, so that the
cost of raising cotton next year will
bo greatly diminished. Tho holding
Imcle of tho presont crop is also injur
ing the mercantile interests of the
country very much. In all directions
wc hear the complaint of dull times
and a slack trado at this, the busiest
season of the year. Very soon tho
morohant will be callod upon to meet
the obligations iucnrred in tho fall,
and how ean he do so if his goods
remain unsold? Cotton is the great
medium of exchange in this portion
of the union, and when it ceases to
move, the wheels of oommoree 6top
revolving iwstontor. By every con
sideration thou,, of publio us well as
private interest, our planters should
no longer withhold thoir crops from
market, but sell as hist as they can
deliver it,
50 TONS GUANO ON HAND.
All Europe Trembling.
London letter (Dec. 8) to tlie N. Y. Sun.
The European governments are
showing, by the striugent measures
which they are adopting, that they
are thoroughly alarmed at the spread
of socialism. When we look back
over the sanguinary attempts which
have evidently lmd their origin in
this association, we cannot wonder at
the panicof crowned heads and prom
inent statesmen. The functions of
government arc attended with a new
and most insidious jieril. We have
had, since the year opened, two at
tempts made upon the life of the
emperor of Gcrmrny, in one of which
he was severely wounded; one attempt
made upon the file of the king of
Spain ; one made upon tho life of the
king of Italy ; in which both he and
his prime minister were wounded ;
two attempts to blow up the prime
ministers of Austria and Hungary
with dynamite ; the assassination o?
the Russian minister of police; besides
the discovery of several minor plots
and conspiracies of which, we have
heard little, because they were nipped
in the bud. *
This is a very fair crop for a year
which has not yet closed, and gives
food for reflection to those whose
positions render their lives especially
insecure. It is some time since prince
Bismnrk was last attacked, but he
lives in constant expectation of his
fate, and is closely guarded by the
police. The emperor of Germany
lias not ventured back to liis capital,
and great preparations are milking
for the protection of his life at the
time of his return.
It is a remarkable circumstance
that in the only ease whorc'tho attack
was successful, that of General Mcz-
ontzoff, the Russian police minister,
who died a few hours after he was
wounded, the assassins got clear off,
and in spite of the elaborate machin
ery of the Russian police, all search
for tHm lias proved unavailing. The
result has been that the most strin
gent laws are being everywhere pass
ed, and the utmost activity prevails
in all the police departments of Eu
rope, with the .hiovitable effect of
encouraging the organization it is
sought to repress. In Germany it is
forbidden to any one, excepting mil
kary men, or sportsmen with licenses,
to carry arms in Berlin or its suburbs.
Many of tho socialists have been ox-
polled, mid the press regulations are
most severe. In Italy proceedings
have been instituted for the trial of
140 internationalists. Many arrests
of women have taken place in Flor
ence and it. is found that the ramifi
cations spread throughout all coun
tries, the secret circles in each being
in constant communication through
the means of confidential agents.
They are much assisted in thoir
powers of combination and of de
struction by tho modern appliances
of the age. Dynamite is an excellent
explosive materia! for demolishing
several important personages at a
time when they happen to be grouped
together, and railroads and telegraph
facilitate concerted action, The
prospect of a European war is one
whioh offers to these gentry tho occa
sion of which they hope to avad
themselves, and for which thoy are
preparing. And wo muv lay it down
as a certainty that whenever the
crowned heads of Europe go to war
with each other the internationalists
will take them in the rear. It is
this conviction which is even now
acting us a sedutive. Count Sehou-
vnloff, who was for some years minis
ter of police in Russia, kuows us
well as prince Bisnmrk that tho real
danger lies at homo, and that if they
get Into complications abroad thoir
own houses will be set on fire. Hence
they have struck up.a cordial alliance
on this ground.
To
THE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTY I OFFER
Ino. Merrvman’s Ammoniated Disoked Bones
V\ \vi^V\ ,v. vvCA \ \
KQ pR IC E|
AT TIIE FOLLOWING t^ICE
$65.00 Per Ton, Payable in Middling Cotton at Thirteen Cents,
2~grCotton delivered at Dublin. Freight payable on Guano only
T - ZE3C_ JEl O "W" ZED >
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