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tuimrct. VOL. XYI. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1874. NO. 284 XEBM8 DAILY, WEEKLY, AND SUNDAY ■HQUIXim. Tw.1t. month., in advuie. ...$8 00 8tx month., Three month., “ One month, “ Wuuilt E.quima, one yeer BOHDAT EhQUIBXB, One .... Bundai end Wikii.x Ekqcibix to gether, one jeer 4 00 2 00 TSo. a oo 2 SO ty T«l<(r*ph to DOMESTIC. —The colored nee will hnt fire repre- •entatiTee in the n4xt Oongrem, -H.Tem.yer'. pall bearer, an Oot. Tilden, Peter Cooper and Thnrlow Weed. —Phelps (itepubliaan) i. defeated in the Fifth New Jersey Di.triot by two Tote.. 3 00 lag Matas, 1 Month, 4 > co 6 00 6 M ■ no is oo 17 oo 4 •• •• so oo a •• “ SS w a •* “ 2* oo l_8qn.ro 1 year 48 00 The .hoT. to with tlio priTtlef. of • chan., every ttiroo tnotitho. Voi yearly carta a lib.nl tie* count will tie tumle. The rate for every other day In Dally anil every week In Weekly will be the lane aa Dally. Vor every other day In Dally the rate wilt bo one.thiril leae than the Daily rale. For twice a week the rate will be uue-lialf Dally ratea. Dor advertlaomenta Ih local or radio, column. 00 per cent additional will lie charged. . advertisement la change mor. than once lu three month, the advertleor will b« charg ed with the coat uf compoeltlon. Foreign adver* tleore muet pav aa do ttioM at home. ewisu HEWS. —Biahop Oran* dedicated the new Oath- olio Ohuroh of the Bacred Heart, in An gusto, on Sunday. —ltegietralion in Qriffln oloaed on Turn- day evening, aggregating M follow.: White. 421, black. 3211. —Lewis Strickland, alia. Armatrong, was hung at Oarnesville, Franklin oonnty, on Friday last, for the murder of young Ur. Diekson, near Taocoa, some month, ago. —On Tuesday, B. D. Cowles k Bro., at Newuan, bad their steam gin destroyed, with eighteen bale, of ootton. It caught from a match going through the gin. The engine was uvea. —It turns out that that negro prisoner, who oould not be found in the jail of Chatham county when his oase was oalled in court, had been discharged by order of the Solicitor General pro torn. —J. H. Craig, of 'Henry county, wae committed to tbd guard house in Hampton on Tuesday, in a atate of intoxication, and died there the aame evening. Hia death is ascribed to whiakey, and nothing TKLKCRAPHIC NOTE*. LOUISIANA. Minu'a BuiogATion—kxalooo mar AS. ID TO DSAVa MCW OILXASS—NSW orvioau ix.tau.ad—ksiobts Dnutu mnaxoMs to noArn ihpiachiiekt. Wamihoto*, December 3.—Judge Du- —It lx believed in Washington that rail, Diatriet Judge of Louisiana, under there will no Congressional aotion on the whose ruling the present government of llnanoiel question this winter. —A fire ocourred et Hot Springs, Ar kansas, Monday, destroying the Warren Home and one or two other buildings. —Some raaoal has stolen Albert Ger man ebampiop silver sup, won at a bil liard match about one year ago. —The representatives of the railroads, at Chicago, abolished the free peas aya- ' at, to take effect January let, 1873. —The opsntivas in Higgius' carpet feotory, in New York, 1,300 in number, that State obtained power, has resigned, His resignation not yat accepted, but it will be. The President will aooept the resigna tion of Distriot Judge Durell, of Louisi ana, just tendered by Durell. Thus ter minates the proposed impeachment, pend ing in the House Committee on J udieiary. gauooo ard era otnw pbbpabiso to IMUHirja 181 HWW lum, l,«WI «U MUUIUCl, ■truck Wednesday againat a reduction of wages. —Thirty steamers left the landing at Cincinnati, on Saturday—the largest number to leave on any one day since the war. —The Chesapeake & Ohio Bailroad, after paying off the discharged striking employees of the road, ia running trains as usual. —A die at Kens, Butlar countv, Pa., destroyed seventy-five buildings,'includ ing two hotels and the post-office. Loss •100,000. —The ease of Bev. John S. Glenden- ning, before the Jersey City Presbytery, UAva. New You, December 3.—A special to the llertid states that Judge Durell sent his resignstion to the President as United States Distriot Judge. It is said Walker Faarn will be bis successor. The aame apecial says Kellogg ia nego tiating for the sale of all his property in the State. It is now reported that efforts are making to leave. Hia eraw are dying terror. was concluded yesterday, resulting' in a iltal on all charges. —We notice that our able editorial brother of the Atlanta ComtituUon, Col. £. Y. Clarks, takes a hand attha praetiee of law when editorial dutie. are alack. He argned a case in a Justice’* Court in Atlanta on Tuesday, and won it. We con gratulate him.. —Tde Borne municipal election, on Tuesday, resulted in the choice of the Spnllock tioket for Mayor and Aldsrman. The vote for Mayor stood—JsmSs M. Spnllock 1111, M. Dwinell 99. The ticket elected is pledged to the redemption of city hoods pronounced illegal, and a com promise with the holders of the other bonds. —At the lste fsir at Thomaavilla, the highest yield on one sore of sngsr esne exhibited was 893 gallons of syrup, by John Parker, of Thomas county. Dr. Bowers showed samples of rioe, 91 bush els to the sere, and Dr. T. B. Little COO bushels sweot potatoes to the sore. Over 3,000 pounds of Beed ootton, and other crope in proportion, ware emong the entries made. —Dsn Harper and Joe Dickson, both colored, were tried in the Superior Court of Fulton for the murder of a negro man named Henry Poland in June last. The body of Poland was found on tha M. A W. Bailroad track, aftor having been knocked off by a passing train. Ths theory of the proseoution was that Har per end Dioluon murdered him end placed hia body on the track. Harper was, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced to fif teen years in the penitentiary. Diokaon wae acquitted. —Some of the citizenaof Gordon oonn- ty still desire to contest the election of Dr. Felton to Congress. They sent to the Governor, on Tuesday, oertifloetoa oherg- lug irregularity in the making of some re turns from that county, the rejection of which would give Dabney a majority of 50 votes in the District. Governor Smith informed the parties that they had not commenced the contest within the time prescribed by law, and that a certificate of eleotion bad already been issued to Feltou. They will perhapt earry the eon- teat to Congress, but if there was only ir regularity and not frand, and if Felton had a majority of tha legal vote* actually cast, we hope that no contest will ba made. verdict of acqnil —The National Board of Underwriters at New York have concluded to let eaeh insurance company peddle its own canoe in Chicago. —Prof. Marsh's expedition to the fossil beds Booth of the Black Hills has return ed to Fort Laramie, having eeonred a large oolleotion of rare end valuable apeo* iiuens of fossil boner. —A oommpnioation from Gen. Sheri dan says: “After e thorough examination it ia found that Big Tree has not violated his parole, end therefore remains nnmo tested in the Indian Territory.” —It is known in diploosatio cirolaa that Spain has paid lo Great Britain only a part of the indemnity on account of the Virginia* affair, leaving tha remainder and other queetions to be hereafter ad juated. —Tbs Longshoremen's strike appears to be approaching a close. The steam ship companies are fixed in the purpose to maintain reduced rates of wages. Selling ships ere taking bsok old hands at former rates. —At a masting of General -Freight Agents, in Obieago, on the arbitrary rates to ba imposed upon freights from St. Louis to points west, it was agreed that the railroads, after January 1st, would contract for froight below the ratea estab lished in June. —Superintendent Blaokfan, of tha For eign Mail Sarvjoe, who baa jnst returned from Switeerland, saya his mission to the Postal Congress h> s accomplished all that ha desired in relation to uniform ocean postage. The maximum rate between the United States and other oonntriea which were parties to the Convention will be six cents from and after July 1, 1875. —The Concord, N. H., Savings Bank anspanded after paying ont •090,000 to depositors, who have been making a heavy ran on the bank for some weeks. The trustees have petitioned the Superior Court to appraise the value of the remain ing securities in bank, to satisfy the loss of oreditom not yet paid. —On Friday and Saturday a severe snow storm prevailed in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Miohlgan, and extended to Canada. Tha depth of ■now varied in different localities from six to eighteen inches, and railroad travel was interrupted at various points. At Obioago, the depth of auow was about twelve inches; St Lotus, four; Cleve land, nine, and Toronto six inches. Nav igation in ths lower St Lawranoe is ba- ginning to be impeded by ice, —It ia asid that application will be made to Congress for the incorporation of the “United State* Land and Emigra tion Company,” witb a nominal capital of ten millions, for tha pur pose of “facilita ting aattlemant on the pnblio lands.” Tha aame, or a similar scheme was before the last session of Congress. FOREIGN. OITX ITIMS. The new Democratic city officers of New Orleans, war* installed Monday, Mayor Wilts and oolleagues war* relieved. Fully six hundred Kuighte Templar have arrived. aoBBiar or city and oountt dv orn- osaa. Vioasauao, Deosmber 3.—The tax payer, assembled to take aotion on the robberies by the city and county officers and the destruction of the official books. They demanded the resignation of certain officials. The sheriff and a magistrate offer to resign; others could cot he found. The oonrt house is guarded to prevent the further destruction or ab straction of records. ALABAMA NEWS; —Disraeli in so indisposed as to be un able to attend to business. —Gov. Houston has appointed Gen. 0. A. Battle, of Tuskegee, Inspector Gen eral of the State. —Influenza prevails at Montgomery, and sneezing is the order of the day at all hoars in the Legislature. —The convention of the nsgroea to talk about emigrating was still in session at Montgomery on Thursday. —D. W. Melver, Esq , editor of tha Tuskegee JYctes, wsa married at Snapea- ■ion, on the 2(ith ult., to Miaa Clara F, McQueen. —On Thursday tha gin house of Col. W. G. Swanson, in Bullock oonnty, con taining gin and two bales of ootton, was burned. Matches in the cotton is sup posed to be the causa of the firs. —Mayor Bray, of Eufaula, ia not at all intimidated by the apitefol proaecntiona against him. A day or two ago ba flnad a negro tbief one hundred dollars for steal ing a pair of shoes. —The Eufsula Neat reports tha passage through its city, on Friday night last, of three families of emigrants from Texas, ou thair way back to tbsir old hoot as in Bandolph and Clay oounties, Georgia. —The LaFayette Clipper says that two hundred and tan acres of land, belonging to the estate of Joseph A. Thomas, was sold at Administrator's sal* last Monday for $225 00, a fraction over a dollar an aere. —The bacon sent to Tuskegee for tho “overflowed” is advertised in the .Van to he sold for freight ohargss. Congress will have to overhanl the oonduct of Pel ham and others having so large a por tion of this charity to the suffersr» by the overflow squandered. —William Blaok, the novelist, has re signed the sub-editorship of the Londou Daily Netct. —Patti in Moscow and Nilsaon in 8t. Patemborg. The Bussiana are getting to be blarsted monopolists. —Great Britain finally and formally do elines to participate in the International Law Conference proposed by Buaaia. —Castellar has been appointed Com- miaaioner to represent Spain at the Gen- teccial Exposition in tha United States. —Tha Spanish army, it ia said, cam bers 200,000 men fully armed, and there are 40,000 men who are waiting for arma which have been ordered from the United Btatas. —A special cable dispatch says Frede rick A. Dock ray, who was eondemnedato death by tbe Spaniards in Cubs, butwbosa sentence was commuted to ten years im prisonment in Spain, has been pardoned. m Llpeoombo has just been ap. pointed by tbe English Begiatrur-General to the of Uegietrsr in one of the aub-diatriots at Worcester. Thie is tt first time this offloe has been given to woman in England. The oonllict in Brazil between the Catholic clergy and civil authoritiea baa lad to serious outbreaks. Several Masonic lodges have been attacked. The rallying cry of the rioters is, “Down witt- »>■« Masons!" —Gapt. Boyton, attired in hia life-pre serving costume, crossed Dublin Bay the other day from Howth Head to Dalkey Island, a distance of nearly nine miles, '“ two hours and fifty minutes. He lay hia bsok, and used a oanue paddle to pro pel himself, feet-ward. He fired off rock- eta and smokad oigars while in the water. —TMT trial of Count Von Arnim will probably be postponed to January. Conn sel for defence has permission only dur ing tha space of two hours a day to exam ine the papers, snkject to the surveillance of offioers of the Foreign Department. Tbe restriction! may retard the progress of the preparation of defenoe, and it may ba found necessary to postpone the trial again, from January to spring. WASHINGTON. MATTERS AND THINGS AT HEADQUARTER*. Ool. Turnbull, on Gsn. Sheridan’s staff, during (use your own adjectives) his ride through the Valley, ia dead. The President's message is completed. The manifolding for the preas commences Sunday night. Storekeeper appointed: Vaaon Paton Weland, Fifth North Carolina District; Custom, for Fifth Virginia. MoArthur, of Pennsylvania, asks time to consider whether he will aooept the Supervising Arohiteotship, which has been tendered him. The Secretary of War, in hia report, suggests measures to relieve the varioua States from indebtedness for arms charged to them daring the rebellion. The reduc tion of the army is discouraged, and an appropriation for a permanent military prison is .recommended. Supervisor Cobb tendered hia resigna tion, to take effect ou February lat, but was informed that his immediate resigna tion was desired. Several reports have been stolen for premature publication. These thefts have induoed the officials to make their reports prematurely public. Some seven have been given out to-day. A hasty reading shows nothing that was not expected. Nothing from the North by wire or type. iiibiimippi. FOREIGN. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. TIIMMRY. DiaCONTSNT or THS D1POMATS—ATTACE OE MlaalOEABlflS. London, Deoambar 3.—Moil Edvioea from Constantinople my that tha anthor- itiea stopped tha transmission from that city on the 20th of November, of dia- patohaa, reading u follows: Tbe already existing diaoontent of diplomatic oorps at arbitrary sola of Government have been materially augmented by violation, by an armed foroa of a honm at Kaohaher, near Catakia, belonging to American mission aries. A party of soldiers saaled a house and oarriad off to prison two native* who had been converted, and beoome proteat- ant teachers. Ail the foreign repreeenta- tivee at Constantinople, eaeept tha British Ambassador, wished to convene * meeting for the pnrpoae of reminding the Porte of his obligations to treaties. Elliott de clined to oo-operate io the movement, end aeid he would seise the opportunity to do- nounoe the treaty of Peri*. Balsr, United Stetee minister, hsa en. term! s atrong and spirited protest against ths violation of tha missionary's house, and reminded the Porte that hie govern ment was quick and energetic in defend* ing the right* of it. eubjeots. The Saltan has promised that a full re dress should be given for ih* prooeedlng*. ARKANSAS. SMITH GONE TO WABHINOTOU. New Yoee, Deo. 3.—A Little Bock upeeial states that Lieut. Gov. Smith, and former Secretary of State, Wheeler, have quietly left for Washington. Tha Arkansas State Senate yesterday passed a memorial to Congress, asking the repeal of the tax on leaf tobaoco. Washington, Dmmblr- 3—Several members of tha Brooks party in tbe Ar kansas controversy arrived here to-night for the purpose of presenting their case to Congress, and urgiDg a decision as to the validity of the new Constitution. KENTUCKY. EXPOBTED A OONOBESSHAN KILLED HIS OF. FONENT. • Louisville, December 3.—It is report ed that White, who defeated Cockrell, Demoorat, in the Ninth District, killed Cockrell. The canvas bad been very bit ter. Tbe Ninth is known as the Moun tain District. Having had In our employ an Agent that we have discovered to bo elmply diminutively inalgnlfloent and contemptuously unworthy, unreliable. Indo lent and dishonest fellow, through whom en Impression has beeoma current that we are about discontinuing our buaineee in OoiUmbue, wo doeire to eoy that notwithstanding any and ill such representations that may be or may have been made, we ere determined to mike our Muohlnu more prominently known then ever. THE HOWE MACHINE COMP ANT. Lawyers. 40BSPB V. POU. Attorney at Law, and Judge of County Court* Practic'd in all other Courts. Offloe over Horn or W. II. Itoburta A 0o., Brood 8t. Ja’if* Ja'JO SAMUEL U. llATCUKll. Attorney at Law* Ollier over Wittlch A IU urnd's. J. M. McNKILL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practices lu courts of Georgia and Alabama. TERRIBLE MARINE RIB ASTER. CAUL! BTBAMRU LA PLATTE FOUNDEBB— B1XTT LIVES AND GABLE LOST— FOURTEEN SAVED. London, Dec. 3.—-The cable steamer La Platte, hence for Rio Grande Del Seer, foundered. Sixty lives were lost. Fourteen persons were rescued from a boat after tweuty-three hours of expo- anre.. The loss is attributed to the shipping of a heavy grappling apparatus. The oaptain, surgeon, three other officem, engineer, seven stewards and cooks, eleven stakes, fourteen seamen, and the whole of the cable staff, numbering six teen and including Mr. Rioketts, chief eleotrioian, were drowned. The chief steward, who was saved, re ports the fires were all ont by 10 o’clock on the morning of the 28th. A heavy sea carried away two of the boats. The ship gradually settled by stern, and at 12:30 foundered at the stern. The first oaptain and doctor were on the bridge, having failed to clear the patent life rafts, and went down with the crews. The decks burst as the steamer sank. SCHOONER SUNK. Boston, Deoember 3.—The Oriental, hence for Savannah, is here for repairs from a collision. Her bow plates are started. She lost her jib-booui, and will be detained a few days. The colliding schooner sunk. No lives lost. VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. Richmond, Va., December 3.—In the Cheap Transportation Convention to-day a bill prepared by Gen. Duff Green, of Georgia, providing for the inauguration of a scheme of internal improvement to be suRtained by a Ryu tern of bunking con nected therewith, was prosouted and re ferred. M. 13. Lloyd, of Illinois, presented his views as to the construction of a double track trunk railroad by tbe Government, to secure competition in the transporta tion of freights. Gen. Frobel, of Georgia, presented a resolution looking to the entablishmont and -maintenance of commercial inter course betwoen the States of the Union, and revive the commerce of the nation. The Committee on Resolutions pro. Rented a report upon the resolution of Col. Johnson, of North Carolina, asking Government aid in the construction of tho Southern Pacific Railroad and the great water lines, such aid to convey the right of Government to control the rates of transportation over suoh lines, and provided that the Government guarantee asked shall bo bo guaranteed as to protect the national treusury from loss. Four members of tho committee pre sented u protest against the adoption of the report and agaiuBt asking the Gov ernment to aid iu the construction of the railroad. Tho report aud protest brought promt nently before the convention one of the most important questions connected with the mission of the association—that of Government subsidies to railroads and other lines of transportation. Pending a motion to substitute the minority report for that of the majority, the question of Government subsidies was discussed at length. Ou the call of States, the vote seeming to be largely in favor of tbe motion, Col. Johnson, by permission of the Conven tion, withdrew his resolution. FRANC R. DISSOLUTION IMMINENT. Paris, December 3-—The Radical Re publican journal, La llepublique Fran- cab«*, saya the greeteat confusion exists among the various parties in the Assem bly, both the Right and the Loft. It con siders a dissolution imminent. INGRAM * CRAWFORDS, Attorneys at Law, Will pnmtlM In the Butt' aud Fedural Court* of Georgia. Office over Freer, lllgm A Co.’s Bin re, uorthwent .01 “ eornor Broad and St. Clair h«. A. A. DOZIER, Attorney and Counsellor mi Low, Praetti In State and Federal Courts iu Georgia an I Alabama. Office 126 Broad fct., Columbus, (la. Plano Tuning, Ao. «. «. BIAS, Repairer and Tuner of Planoee, Organa aud Accurdeona. Sign Painting alto dune. Order* uiay Im be left at J. W. Pease A Harm*n’« Cotton Faatorioo. Sheetings, Shirtings, and Bowing and Knitting Thread. Cards Wool and Orindn Wheat and Corn- OiRce iu rear of Wittlch A Klusel's, tUudulph st. ialH H. II. CHILTON, President. ■Uki'OUEE KAN U FACT ERIE A1 CO. Manufacturers of SI1KKT1NQH, SHIRTINGS, TARN, ROPR, Ac. COLUMBUS, O A. O. P. SWIFT, President. W. A. SWIFT, Secretary A Treasurer. octal ly. Watchmakers. Why Forney** Frees Was Nol gold. New York, Deoember 3.—Philadelphia dispatches say the failure of tbe sale of Forney's l*ress to Col. McClure was tbe result of brisk cable correspondence be tween Forpoy and a number of Republi can politicians of that city proffering lib eral financial support if the paper contin ued as the regular organ. The question involved wae purely political, aud the funds raised to purchase the Press will now bo devoted to the purchase of the lllustrial Age and making it an indepen dent daily, the first number of which will appear January 1. Anniversary of Reformed Episcopal Churela. New York, Deo. 3.—The anniver*ary of tho Reformed Episcopal Church was celebrated last night in the churches of Rev. Dr. Sabine, of New York, and Rev. William 11. Reed, of Brooklyu. The ex ercises of the Brooklyn celebration were participated iu by H. 13. Turner, Secretary of the General Conuoil of the Reformed Church; ex-Lieutenaut Governor Stew art, L. Woodford aud Rev. Mason Galla gher. Rooth*e Theatre Nald-Another Fall- New York, December 3.—Booth's The atre was bought by Oliver Ames for $385,000, subject to a mortgage of $270,- 000. John F. Seymour, a wholesale crockery merchant, failed for $200,000. THE WEATHER. Washington, Dec. 3.—Probabilities.— For the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States, clear or fair weather will prevail, with southwest to northwest winds, sta tionary or falling temperaturo, and slight changes in barometer. CHINA ANR JAPAN. PABMOSA DIPIOULTT SETTLED—SINOULAR CRIMINAL LAW—LOOSES OP VESSELS. San Francisco, Deoember 8.—Hong Kong dates of October 28: The Chinese have agreed to everything required by Japan. Thoy recognize aud admit the justice of the Japanese course, aud have paid a portion of the indemnity, the bal- ence to be paid before tbe end of the month. They agree to keep the Formosa savages under oontrol for the future. Tbe Japauese will retire from the island. There is great satisfaction ih Japan over this result. Renewed efforts were made to induce the Chinees to submit their qnarrel with Japan to diplomatic arbitra tion, but the Pekin government were averse to euoh proposals. Twelve thou sand Chinese troops are in Formosa, sta tioned about 00 miles from the Japanese coast. Mr. Avery, Uuited States Minister, left Shanghai October 14 for Pekin. The Chinese pirate captain, who seized the ship Shark, has beeu executed. The Chinese transport Tayak, engaged in carrying troops to Formosa, foundered at Tawang Foo during the typhoon of September 20. Sixteen lives were lost. Other transports scattered by the same storm have not beeu heard from. The authorities at Hong Kong have taken steps to prevent the shipment of prostitutes to Sen Francisoo. A Chinese contractor, who wae con vioted of swindling tbe government by making false estimates for repairing the Emperor'ea ummer palace, has been sen tenced to deoapitation. Lieutenant Commander Cassel has re turned to Yokohoma from Formosa. He reports 4,000 Japanese troops in camp there. Negotiations for the sale of the Pacific Mail steamer China to Japan have beeu suspended. The United States Minister's relations with the Japanese government are per feotly harmonious, but his ropresouta tions in regard to the military registra tion of his servants and the employment of Mr. Wmmon have passed by unheeded A party of American astronomers are already located near Nagasaki for the observation of transit Venus. The boiler of a steamer on Lake Biwi exploded. The pssseugers and orew, numbering 100, are reported either killed by the explosion or drowned. Thw Direct Cable ffiteawers. London, Deo. 3.—-The steamer Viking spoke tho Direct Cable Company’s steam ers Faraday and Ambassador on tbe 20th ult. in latitude 49 north longitude, 44 de grees west. All was progressing well. Attomejrs aad Cwnmaellor* at Law. Offioa No. 67 Broad ntrsci, ovor \VIllicit A Kin- ■til's Jewelry Store. Will practice in the Btute aud Federal Courts. JAI. M. Ut'HNKU. CilAf- J. BWIVt. HUNttELL dfc SWIFT, Attorneys and Cuuusollors at Law. Will practice lu the Courts of Uoorgla (Chattahoochee Circuit) aiid Alabama. Office over 0. A. itodd & Go.'a store, Brood street, Oolnmhus, Ou. jal €01.11 MHUM DENTAL ROOMS, W. T. Pool, Prop'r, Georgia Home Building, Columbus Georgia. 00118 —Fiddler Neavy, of New York, pub lishes a challenge, offuring to fight Billy Edwards for the light-weight champion ship, nnd the proceeds, which will amount to about $2,000, will be given in aid of the New York Foundling Asylum. Ed wards accepts, and the preliminaries will soon bo arranged. The contest will be in all respect* similar to a prize fight, but tho pugilists will wear tight gloves to evade the law. They are negotiating for the Academy of Music for the purpose. —Yesterday afternoon Judge Donough, in New York, appointed Juo. 8. Lawrence referee in the suit of J. C. Angoli against the Erie Railroad. —A meeting of the Conference Com mittee of tho various Presbyterian bodies in the United States aud Cauada was held yesterday morning, to bring into repre sentative federation all the churches in the world which adhere to the Presbyte rian tenets. No Hoot hern representatives present. —No bids for the supply of tobaoco to the Italian Government will be asked for this fiscal year. Tho tobaoco administra tion gives notice that it has amasaed a sufficient stock for 1875, ill pra aep4 L. T. DOWNING, Attorney nnd Solicitor. '. 8. Coni'r and Register In Bankruptcy. Odin- nov20| over Brooks' Drug Store, Colambufl, U«. B. J. MOftEN, Attorney nnd Conneellev nt lew, ly] olid story. Dentists. r. TIUNKll, Dentist, flcUl Teeth, ms wall as to Operative DoulhUry. Builders and Architects. J. U. t'UALXERK, Usnae Carpenter nnd RuJIder. Jobbing done at short notlco. Flaw and specification* furulHhml for all style G. W. Browu'i 1a0 Columbus, (la. Boots and Shoes. WELLS A CURTIN, No. 78 Broad St., Sign of the lllg Hoot, DKALRRS in Boota and Bho«a, Leather and Find Inga. Give prompt and oareful attention to orders [Ides. N. B.—Plasterers’ Hair always on hand at C. SOHOMBURO, Practical Watchmaker and Jew fuooeosor to L. Gntowsky, 106 Brood street, Jail Columbus, 0a. C. U. LKQUIN, Watchmaker, 184 Brood street, Oolnmhus, On. Watches and Clocks r spot rad in the hset m*n- snd wsrranted, Jail Doctors. DR. J. A. VMMVUAMT, Offloe removed to the Drug Store of E. O. Hood fit Brother. Sleeping apartment at former reMdenat, on the oornerot Randolph and Molatoeh streets, op|M>slte the residence of Mr. Wm. Beaeh. sept DS. M. R. LAW. Office corner Breed and Randolph street*, Burras' building. Residence on lorsyth, three doors below It. Clair. Pslntsrs. WM. SNOW, JR., A CO., House nnd Sign Pnlntere, Old Oglethorpe corner, (Jnst north of postoffice) Oolumbus, Georgia. Will contract for Mee*e and Sign relating at -vuiiouablA prices, and guarantee satisfaction. *• * Wm. Snow. Sr. Refer t (apr6 Barber •hopSe LOUIS WELLS' SHAVING SALOON, (Successor to II. lisa**,) Uudor Georgia Homs Insurance Baildlug. Prompt and polite barber* in attendance. Ja'iA ALEX A RAM, Babbiku, g«. Claib Hthkbt. ED. TERRY, Rnrker, Crawford 8t., under Rankin lion**, Columbus, Ha. deals Tobacco, Cigars, Ae. MAIEM MM. If yon wont to snjoy a good smoke, go to hi* letween Uoorgia Homs and Muaeegoe Home. Jo8 Boot and Shoemakers WM. MEYElt, Boot and Shoemaker. Dealer In Leather and Findings. Next to C. A. “ ‘ Prompt aud strict attention given lal» Tailors. O. A. KQfiHNK, Merchant Tailor aud Cutter. A full stock of French and Kuglish Broadcloths HENRY SELLHAN. Gutting, Cleaning aud Repairing Done in ths best style. r Crawford and Frol Dress-Making. IIMM M. A. HOLLINGSWORTH, —In alluding to the marriage of Mr. Lorenzo Day to Miss Martha Weeka, tbe following epithalamium is sung by a mis chievous poet: 'ime should not complain; —Mr. Otwell Livingstone, non of the lnte Dr. Livingetoue, writes to Tha Lon don Daily Feies to state that tbe recent sale of nrtioles belongiug to the Doctor, which took place in London, wm entirely unknown to the members of his family. He oomplains that on the arrival of the body of bis father at Unyanyeuibe, a com- siderable amount of his belongings were appropriated for the use of Lieut. Cam eron and his oomrades. Among the arti cled sold in London, Mr. Livingatono doubts whether anything except the air cushions were actually with Dr. Living- wtooe from 1880 to 1873. Mr. Living stone complains somewhat bitterly of the course taken by those into whose hands Dr. Livingitone’s kit fell, and thinks that had Lieut. Murphy dispensed with abus ing Busi and Ohnmah, aud thought a lit tle more m they thought about tbe Doc tor's things, his family might have been spared the pain they had just had to sub mit to. W. W. SHARPE k C0. v Publishers’ Agents No. 25 Park Uow, New York, An MthwrlMd to Contract for Ad- v.rtl.lau la aar payer. a,l4 U For Sale Low. 4 SCHOLARSHIP IN TIIK MEDICAL 00L- K AT BVAN8V1LLR, INDIANA, novfilf APPLY AT Till* UPfXGA. Tin and Coppersmiths, WM. FEE, Worker Im Tim, Mbeet Iron, Copper. Orders from abroad promptly attended to. M No. 174. Ilrond 8tr<>r Confectioners. I. G. BTBUFFER, Candy Manufacturer AUD DEALS* IM All kind* of Confectionery and Fruit*, Btlck Candy 18 cents. C. LORES, Dernier Im mud Mmmmfketorer ml Flme Clears, ^JaU^^^lsar^roa^trse^Dsgot^^^^^^ Croce rs. UAU'L a. MISS, Dealer I* Family Groceries, on Bryan street, be tween Oglethorpe * Jack ton itreeta. SF* No charge for drayagq. dec7 Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, Btalls No. 10 and IB, Markat House. Prcih Meats of every kiad and beat i|uallty, Jail el way on hand. J. T. COOK, Freak Meat* ef All Klmds, •ep6 Stall* No*. IA aud 17. Cun and Locksmiths. rmur xivuta, flan and Lockawlth, Crawford street, next to Johmon'e corner, Qolumbn*. Oa. Jab WILLIAM BCHOSKK, Oun aud Locksmith and daalsr in Gudnlng Ma terials. Bast of Strapper 1 * Confectionary. LAWYKRS. Full weight gusrautoud ia each I l*-4 Hotels. PLANTERS’ HOTEL, Next to Columbus Itauk Ilulhllng. Porters at all the traiua. jalS MKH. W. F. PNIDKIt, Propr'M Livery and 8ale Stables. RORERT THOMPMON, Livery, Sale and Exekange Ilablm. OoLiruoxn, Noam or Randolph Bra., ect9Q Columbun, (J*. A. UAHMEL, Livery emd Hale ffitokles, OouTMoar* Bt., Columsu*, Ga. Particular attention given to Feeding andkab of BU. k. Hone and Mnls* boardsd in otables by the BMalk or day. ucU'J FERN M. WOOD. Attorney at Law, Opelika, Alabama, roll, tho Supremo Court i the United State* District Court at Mont gomery. *ep!6 dfcwtjanl HINES DOZIER. Attorney at Law, HAMILTON, OA., W ILL practice In tha Chattahoochee Circuit or uny where sloe. All kind or collections ID. "PflV me or rnn inv " nn.ll if W. A. Farlev, Lttorney.At.ZiAw UUSSKTA, O.ATTA.ooo.n Co., U*. JMjjeta^»tiMtloB«tv«^^tallj«tl<>«. Dr. T. W. HENTZ, Dontlat, . . gin Home Building tor a few week*, where he will bo glad to — any ot hi* Irionds wko may seed lervke*.