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COLUMBUS SUNDAY ENQUIRER: SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2, 1877.
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The Richmond Enquirer suspend
ed publication on the 29th.
Forty-two New York husbands
have kicked their wives to death in
the last, five yea is.
An Ohio man recently commited
suicide so as to avoid a nomination
for office. * * *
When his sentence was pronounced,
Smalls, the convicted colored Con
gressman. from South Carolina, wept
bitterly. They all do it.
A young negro has been convict
ed at Jackson, Miss., of forging his
grandfather’s name to a postoffice or-
-der for $10.
The Chief Of the Cherokees, in his
recent message, shows clearly that
the Nation is a civilized one. The
public debt is $187,316 83, and the
treasury contains but $560 66.
The New York Sun says President
Hayes has purchased ten acres of land
from W. W. Phelps, on the Hudson
Palisades, for $13,000.
The new Democratic paper of
Washington City, under the manage
ment of Hutchins & Cockerill, will
bear the comprehensive cognomen,
Washington Globe.
In the event of- the rejection of the
nominaton of Hilliard, to be Minister
to Brazil, it is probable tha Geo. B.
Hodge, of Newport, Ky., will be
nominated to that mission.
Mb. Lawd Pierbepgnt has in
formed Olive Logan thathehad spent
in London, during his one year’s
tenure of office, the sum of $150,000,
Irrespective of the little official salary
of $17,500.
Robert L. Case, President of the
Security Life Insurance Company,
New York, verging on seventy years,
was sentenced Tuesday to five years
In the penitentiary. He appended
his signature to a false statement of
his company,
-i'iie will of the late Walter Bowne,
of New York, disposes of nearly $5,-
000;000. He was the last Mayor of
New York chosen by the Board of
Aldermen, and the first chosen by
the people. He was also for many
years leader of the Democratic party
in that city and at Albany.
The funeral of Bishop Marvin took
place on the 26tli at St. Louis, and
was attended by a large concourse of
people, including members of all de
nominations and citizens generally.
There were also a number of promi
nent members of the Methodist
Church South present from Tennes
see and other States.
Interesting Novelette. — We
have one in type, writtten by a gifted
lady in Columbus, Owing to the
press of oilier matter it is crowded
out of this issue but will appear next
Sunday. It is able and pleasant and
we.know our readers will look for it
with eager expectancy.
Mabshalship of Georgia.—Col.
Fitzsimmons has been confirmed as
Marshal of Georgia. We are more
than content—are ovejjoyed. At
last a Democrat and thorough gen
tleman, who will do his duty without
oppressing the people, holds a posi
tion which has been terribly and
wrongfully abused. After much
wrangling in executive session, Col.
Fitzsimmons was confirmed by six
majoritv.
- -The Chicago Inter-Ocean begins to
feel discouraged. It says: “We‘ac
cept the situation;’ at the same time
we reassert, with additional emphasis,
the Cardinal doctrine of the Republi
can party, that all men shall be equal
before the law, and with a sore, but a
stout heart, begin to do over again
the work of the last twelve years.”
Mr. Eustis claims the seat in the
United States Senate for the term be
ginning March 4, 1873. The Legisla
ture of Louisiana which elected him
was the only undisputed one from
March, 1872, to April. 1877. No ques
tion has ever been made as to the
constitutionality and authority Of
that Legislature, and the most bitter
Republican partisan in the Senate
can bring no obstruction to Mr. Eus
tis’ title which can not be immediate
ly overthrown by documentary evi
dence.
Jimmy Todd, one of Lee’s favorite
scouts in the West Virginia campaign,
was killed last week in a dispute with
a hunter on the mountain near Statm-
jtoDj Va. The Vindicator says of him':
He was the most remarkable hunter
in the Valley of Virginia, having
killed over 2,700 (leer up to 1860, with
one old muzzle-loading rifle, whieh he
had had board so often you could get
your thumb in it. He had killed
bears without number. He was a
dead shot, and could perform the feat
of putting a bullet through a baton
the opposite side of a tree by placing
an ax-blade for the ball to glance.
The Senate confirmed .the Hon.
John M. Harlan an Associate Jus
tice of the United States Supreme
Court. No opjiosition whatever was
made. Subsequently some other
nominations were confirmed, to
whieh an absent Senator being known
to object, a motion to reconsider all of
these nominations was entered by Mr.
Oonkling. This had no reference to
Gen. Harlan's case, and there is no
reason to believe that the action of
the Senate in his case will be disturb
ed. No motion to reconsider his con
firmation can Ik* carried, and it is not
likely to be pressed. If there be no
reconsideration, his commission will
be issued.
John Roach, builder of the
Huron, swears he never did better
work than ho performed on the ill-
fated vessel. An officer on the Colo
rado says of the Huron : “Thi6 ves
sel was one of Robeson’s jiatched-up
ships. After three years’ service she
was a rotten hulk. Her foremast,
when taken out at this yard two
months ago, was rotten, and her pro
peller had to be replaced. I have
no doubt that her engines went down
and she sagged on a lee shore under
a northeast gale.” Commodore
Nicholson says that before he sent
the Huron on her trial trip he found,
her foremast “unsound from sap-rot,”
but believed her hull to be seaworthy.
It is very likely that the vessel’s ma
chinery. broke down, else she would
hot have gone ashore.
T have .used Dr. Bull’s (Cough Syrud
«nd ■found it the best cough remedy I
ever Hied.— W. P. Clarke, 980 Walnut
Street,"Philadelphia, November 27,1875.
We know of nothing in this world
which will tend greater to remove the
political thralldom of the South than
the advancement of her material in
terests. The first dawn of civilization
is manifested by the attempt to secure
wealth. When that is attained it be
comes a source of power and is court
ed by every influence. Our section is
just entering upon a new era. Ruined
she is rising from the ashes. Like a
young giant she has thrown off the
hate and prejudice of years, and will
not be doubted nor maligned. She is
po longer poor and scorns to ask
favors. She demonstrates what she
can do, and dares contradiction. She
is no humble suppliant, but in the
councils of business and halls of legis
lation demands her place as an equal.
It is the province of all her journals
to expose mistakes and controvert er
rors. To do this, we in common with
our Georgia and South Carolina journ
als, have published interviews with
our leading manufacturers with refer
ence to Gov. Straw’s (of New- Hamp
shire) ideas of manufacturing in the
South. Deeming this question
of paramount importance, we
did not trust the matter to a reporter,
but ourselves eought the views of a
manufacturer, who twelve years ago
saw the mills which he controlled
and sixty thousand bales of cotton, in
which he and many of his country
men were interested, melt into noth
ingness under the Federal torch,
without the slightest shadow of an
excuse save w r antonness and the love
of destruction, and now sees under
the influence of his indomitable en
ergy, foresight and enterprise thous
ands of spindles and looms making
music and industrious harmony with
the falls of the Chattahoochee. .We,
of course, allude to Mr. W. H. Young,
of the Eagle and Phenix Manufactur
ing Company, who has done so much
to give employment to our people,
add wealth to our saction, and illus
trate the South. He who furnishes
labor to those willing to work is the
greatest benefactor of the age. The
results of the interview are thus giv
en. We can furnish no better nor
more interesting matter, and advise
all to read who would be correctly in
formed :
Question.—Have you seen an article
in the newspapers, headed “Cotton
Mills North and South,” purporting
to give the views of ex-Gov. Straw, of
New Hampshire, on the subject of
manufacturing in the South?
Answer.—Yes, and am much sur
prised at the views expressed.
Q.—Are his statements true?
A.—So far as he speaks of the in
crease of spindles at different places
in New England I suppose they are,
but as to everything else, so far as it
relates to the South, untrue. He
shows an amount of ignorance of the
South, her people and their capaci
ties, that all who know them can
certify to be untrue. He makes his
statements as facts, and being untrue,
I attribute the mistakes to his ignor
ance of the facts. I am unwilling to
charge him with wilful misrepresent
ation, but it is evident that his re
marks Are well tinged with prejudice
and a disposition to talk down the
South and to stem the current of
manufacturing which he foresees is
Southward. He no doubt sees that
the Amoskeag, as well as some other
Northern mills, are losing ground,
and competitors are arising in the
South, who can and do make goods
cheaper, and it is only a qustion of
time when the South will supplant
New England and Old England in
manufacturing.
Q.—In what particular arc bis
statements untrue?
A.—He says “manufacturing can
not prosper in a locality in -which
men and women can earn as much by-
working the soil as in a mill,” thus
assuming this to be the case in Geor
gia. Now we all know- w-hat labor
commands here on the farm, and that
it can be had for $S0 to $100 per year,
with meat and bread, while opera
tives in our mills average considera
bly- more than that; and I believe
that laborers on a farm in New Eng
land earn as much as the laborer on a
Georgia farm. We are constantly be-
seiged with applicants for employ
ment, w-hich certainly- shows no lack
of element out of which to form a
manufacturing class.
Again he says: “The character of
the Southern people unfits them for
the service w-hich a factory requires.
The only people who ever do what
We call a day’s work—10 or 11 hours
hi succession—are the negroes, who
cannot make good mill hands.”
In answer to this I say-, our opera
tives are all white, and nineteen out
of twenty natives; they work 11 hours
per day- the year round, and have no
complaints; are healthy, and cheer
fully- work extra time when called on
to do it; Are happy-, and strikes are
never thoughtof. Masons, carpenters
(whites), and our small farmers (near
ly half of the population of the State—
also whites), boys, men and women,
work their ten and eleven hours eve
ry- day- in the summer in the open air,
and do not suffer in health, from it.
In fact, all classes of white people who
have out-door occupations and can
get w-ork, work through each summer
day, stopping only for meals. We
have no sun-strokes, and our winters
are cold enough for health.
Governor Straw, in common with
New England people, asserts that
Southerners (on account of the cli
mate) are not able or willing to work
as they do, but it is not so. The
Southern people are as energetic and
industrious as the people of any coun
try-, not excepting New England, and
are as moral, religious and law-abid
ing as auy people in the world. Some
few- New England people work in
our mills, but show no superiority to
the native-born.
Governor Straw- says we must have
churches, school-houses, society, etc.
If he does not know that we have all
of these now everywhere, and accessi
ble to all classes, white and black, he
should learn facts, and not talk at
random.
Q.—What advantage do y-ou claim
over the North in manufacturing ?
A.—Cheaper labor (we pay no more
for labor than the Amoskeag aud oth
er Northern mills, as I have learned
after thorough investigation); a mild
er climate—no ioe in winter interrupt
ing work, and no drought in summer
to effect our unfailing water supply;
longer days in the winter; less gas
required; eheaperfuel; cheaper build
ing material; abundant water power,
and a climate exactly suited to spin
ning and weavtpg, A1J these advan
tages contrast strongly against New-
England, with her bitterly cold win-
ten, her small water courses, drying
up in the summer and freezing up in
the winter, so that they have to sup-)f against successful manufacturing at
plcment steam to give them power to {the South. That the projectors of
run their mills. that mill failed to pay for it was a
Another and the most important money point, and as it had not even !
advantage our mills have over a New started, its success at manufacturing
England mill is in the cheaper mate-■ has not been tested,
rial. The advantage in this company Q.—He says the Augusta mills
(E. & P.) when our new miil will be j failed to be able to supply a foreign
in operation will be fully 91 per cent,
on our capital stock. I carefully j
made an estimate some months ago j
of our advantages in cheaper material!
over a New England mill, which I j
demand, what about that ?
A.—I do not know that they at
tempted it, but I have heard that
Northern mills have exported a good
deal recently-, but that they- made
you please:
60MPARATIVE ADVANTAGES IN Til* COST
OF COTTON IN FAVOR OF THE EAGLE AND
PHENIX STILLS, COLU3TBUS, GA., OVER A
NEW ENGLAND SIILL USING TICK SAKE
AMOUNT OF COTTON.
Coat, to a New England Mill.
One bale of cotton (average weight) 490
pounds, at 10c per pound, Is $49 00
Commissions—buying $1 25, delivery,
drayage and shipping 50c 1 75
Exchange 15c. .freight to the mills $5 15,
Insurance 30c 5 60
Loss in weight by classing, examining
for mixed packs and pilferings on
the way, 5 pounds 50
Less the sale there of bagging
$56 85
and ties 3-5
Cost of the New England mill laid
down „...$56 50
The other waste in manufacturing not
counted either side.
The I0S6 in weight, in bagging and ties
and other waste in manufacturing, I assume
to be 15 per cent, off the 490 pound bale—say
490 pound bale, 15 per cent, off is 73% pounds,
leaving 416% pounds of goods
The 416% pounds of goods cost $53 50, or
13.565 cents per pound.
Cost to the Eagle and Phenix Mills.
One bale cotton, 490 pounds, at 10c per
pound $49 00
Brokerage, delivery and drayage to our
warehouse .’ 58
Less sale of bagging and ties to plan
ters for re-use 1 (X)
Cost to Eagle and Phenix In her ware
house . $4S 58
The bale of 400 pounds turns out in goods
the same as in the case above, 410% pounds,
which cost $48 58 or 11.664 cents per pound.
Cost to a New England mill 1.3.565
“ “ Eagle and Phenix mill..11.064
Tn favor of Eagle and Phenix mill 1.901
One bale of cotton, 490 pounds,
1.901 cents per pound, makes for
one bale a difference of. 3
Forty-three bales, daily consump-
will show you and you may copy* if! -nothing by it. If they find it profita
ble to export why do they not ship
all their production, or at least their
surplus, instead of selling drive* in
New York. I ljelieve the Augusta
mills can make their styles of goods
at less cost than the Amoskeag can
or any- Notherii mill.
Q.—Gov. Straw says that cotton
mills in Georgia are not all paying—
none except a few supplying a local
demand. What is your information
on that point?
A.—I do not believe all are paying
now, nor are they- paying North on
similar styles. I can only answer for
the Eagle & Phenix, which are mak
ing-a me style of goods as the Amos
keag. We have cleared 10 per cent,
on our capital in each of the four past
panic years. Let Gov. Straw who is,
drawing comparisons between mills
North and South say what the Ainas-
keag lias made. Reportsays they earn
ed four-fifths of one per cent, on their
capital of $3,000,000 and quick capital
$2,090,000 which dont pay wear and
tear.
Q.—Gov. Straw says an item is go
ing the rounds of the papers that five
hundred gingham looms have been
recently- shipped South and are to be
used for making -coarse checks for ne
gro wear. Do you know .to what i
looms he refers ?
A.—I cannot know to what he al- j
tion, give advantage per day $
' y-three bales, daily consump-
9 31%
400 54%
Forty-
tion, for three hundred work
days in the year, or 12,900 bales
per annum, at$9 31% per bale...$120,099
Or over 9% percent.on our capital of $1,250,000
with aditfonal advantages arising from pur
chases direct from the fields at our gin,
avoiding to planters the cost of bagging and
ties, and to the E. & P. Mills the weight of
the same, and the purchase of remnants and
samples would swell the advantages to
$125,000. With as cheap or cheaper labor,
with abundant water power and better cli
mate for spinning and weaving, we can
make goods cheaper than New England, in-
dependentof the advantages as above In raw
material.
Q.—Have you a market for your
goods?
A.—Yes. Never for any y-ear dur
ing twenty--six years have we been
able to supply- the depiand.
Q.—Where do you find a market
for y-our gpods ?
A.—In every State of the South,
nearly all the Western States, even
in Nebraska, aud sell a few goods in
Boston and New York.
Q.—Do you consign your goods to
agents?
A.—No, we make no consignments.
Our goods are sold directly- from the
mills to the merchants. The goods
have become so w-ell known that the
bulk of them are ordered direct by-
merchants from the mills, but as we
are constantly- introducing new styles,
we employ traveling agents at cer
tain seasons of the y-ear to visit the
merchants and display the samples
and solicit orders.
Q.—Do you not make losses in this
way.
A.—Yes, We make losses, and the
average losses sustained have been
one-half of one per cent.'of our sales. I
don’t suppose any business house of
the country is more careful in its
credits than this company (E. & P.)
They- make use of all the means
known to the merchants of the com
munity to be fully- posted as to who
are entitled to credit.
Q.—Do you make any goods ex
cept for negro wear ?
A.—Nearly- all our styles are made
and consumed by middle classes, and
many- styles by the ladies of our cities
and towns, such as our ginghams and
dress goods, which are equal to those
of the Amoskeag Mills. We make
very few- sheeting, shirtings and osna-
burgs. Seven-eighths of our produc
tion are colored cotton and woolen
goods, the former ranging in price
from 30c. dow-n to 7c. per yard, and
the latter 90c. to 24c. per yard. We
make about forty different styles of
goods.
Q.—Has not New England some
advantages over the South ?
A.—Y’es. The only one is, they
have more money, more capital, and
of course it is seeking employment,
and money- is consequently cheaper.
When the capitalists of the North
and East awake fully to the advan
tages the South possesses over their
own locality for manufacturing and
the greater profits to be reaped
from such enterprises South, invest
ments here will become more fre
quent. I know-of no other advant
age New- England has overtlie South.
It is true she has a larger laboring
population to draw from that than the
South, but as already stated, w-e have
to turn away- daily- applicants for em
ployment, and I should say we have
been obliged to refuse enough of such
applications in the past eight months
or a year, to run a large mill, while
I have no doubt but that an adver
tisement for operatives would bring
applicants enough in a few- w-eeks to
start up a mill in this locality-.
The South was very- much impov
erished by the war, and the carpet
bag government under which she
suffered for many years after. Now
she has gotten rid of misrule, the peo
ple arc gaining ground. The South
ern people are practicing rigid econo
my, and their energies and industries
exhibited chufas at the fair that made
seventy-one bushels to the acre.
—From every part of the country
comes the cheering news that the
farmers are planting largely of wheat.
—Wednesday evening, in Macon,
Mr. Evans A. Hoggie, of Augusta,
w-as married to Miss Fannie A.
Tharpe, of Macon.
—Thursday evening, at the Baptist
Church, by Rev. Mr. Landrum, Mr.
Lee W. Walton was married to Miss
Louise Rutherford, all of Augusta.
—Hon. John A. Stephens has been
nominated for the Senate by the Con
vention, which met at Craw-fordville,
on Tuesday- last.
—The knitting iactory of Mrs. C.
W. Mabry, at LaGrange, is filling or
ders for hosiery in nearly every
Southern State. *
—Married, on the loth day of No
vember, George W. Teagle and Miss
Carrie L. Ward, in Meriwether coun
ty.
—Col. John S. Grant, one of Meri
wether’s best and most substantial
citizens, died at his residence, near
Greenville, last Monday night.
—The registration of voters for the
municipal election at Augusta closed
Wednesday at. 2 o’clock, up to which
time 2,083 had registered.
—The St. Louis Calendar Clock
Company have sold over two thous
and dollars worth of clocks in Meri
wether county- the past six months.
—Two well known citizens of
Twiggs county- had a shooting affray-
in which they and an outsider were
seriously hurt. The Telegraph and
ludes as there are several mills in theMessenger does not give names,
course of erection South, on white j —A child of Mr. W. Bales, at Kit-
GEORGTA NEWS. room and betiding given him for
_, „ —• , i covering. Another negro was placed
Terrell county has sowed 300 per -watch him and hold the end of the
cent, more small grain than last year. ; rope with which he was bound.
—There are now six hundred and j Wh ile the gua rd were dut of the room
eighty-five lunatics in the asylum. ; the prisoner succeeded in unloosing
—M. Claxton Miles, an old citizen | the cords while covered with the
of Burke county, died suddenly the j blankets, and when the lady of tfie
other day. *" ‘I house opened the door he sprang sud-
—A son of Mr. Joseph Culpepper, I denly out and escaped. The guard
near Fort Valiev, was badlv scalded I , rush ? d !I ) ° th 5 room mmedmtely on
by falling into a tub of boiling syrup, (faring the alarm, and found the
-Houston Court h in session. ! 1,<,ldl,, K ,he cnd « f ! he
Mony oasw, mc-iudiuK one ; I,, 1 ,! occurred,
murder, are to be tried.
—Mr. C. C. Sheppard, of Sumter,
at what
chen’s Mill, in Glasscock county, had
her dress caught when walking near
the upright shaft that was turning
very rapidly- and w-as instantly kill
ed. - 1
—There is an opening in Calhoun,
Gordon county, lor. a good, industri
ous brick mason and a painter. Cal-
hounjis looking up, and numerous im
provements are in contemplation.
—The citizens of Brunswick have
nominated the present Mayor, Hon.
J. F. Nelson, and the present retiring
Board of Aldermen, Messrs. Colson,
Watkins, Putnam and DuBignon, as
the ticket.
—The Baptist ladies of Macon, aid
ed by- friends of other denominations,
are actively- engaged in raising funds
with which to plant shrubbery aud
trees on the campus of Mercer Uni-
_ versity.
‘ —An attempt wa^‘made on Wedues-
T, i*. senatorial (jrESTios. day last, about 2 o’clock p. in., to kid-
It fatigues the indignation to dweil nap a lad named Willie Davis, the
upon Republican wrongs, but We , grandson of Mr. Thomas Flurry, who
must accept the inevitable. There is I 6ves miles north of Elluville, in
no use in grumbling. We must take ; c 1 < * ou . n ^'■ . . fT
,. , ,Y , . . . ' —Thursday night at Houston,
the good the gods give us and seek; county-, the Masonic Lodge,
and colored work. . This company
has bought 500 four-shuttle looms and
150 fancy- looms, all calculated to make
fine ginghams and dress goods from
No. 26 and No. 30 yam; and with
these will have about 1,200 looms to
do that kind of work and about 400
other looms for making tickings,
stripes, etc.
Q.—Is the water power ample at
Manchester, and does the Amoskeag
own it?
A.—They have an artificial pond,
or lake, to aid the power of the fiver,
and I understand that they- have re
cently- added an 800-horse power en
gine to use when droughts occur in
summer or freezes in winter.
what consolation we can from -that
w-e cannot avoid. The Democrats
made a gallant fight. The country is
convinced Kellogg does not represent
the people of Louisiana, that ho was
with the unoccupied store under
neath, Edward Lewis’ store, Dr. W.
S. Morgan’s office and a large wood-
shop belonging to Britton & Evans
were burned.
—Thursday morning Col. Kirkland,
not elected legally, and that seating ; in charge of the engineer corps of the
him in the Senate was an endorse- j Augusta and Greenwood Railroad,
meat of the Returning Board fraud, j commenced a. preliminary^ survey
m. i> ....1 1: 1 i •■■ -. .. j, : from up the river. The point of be-
Tlic Republicans had u majority ,thcy ; gj nll i n g W as Clark’s city mills, and
outvoted the Democrats, and Kellogg 1 ff ie p irs t stakes were driven, marking
is Senator until 1883. This fact will | the projected course.
strongly' react on the Republicans in
the Presidential contest in 1880. A
dying party catches at straws, and
the Republicans in the Senate have
ofily a short lease on power. Gen.
M. C. Butler was also admitted as
Senator from South Carolina. His
term expires in 1883. The Committee
on Privileges and Elections, by- a vote
of six to three, recommend that Mr.
Eustis, of Louisiana, be admited as
Senator. This is equivolent to an
election and he will doubtless be ad
mitted to-day-. This will give a full
Senate for the first time in mapy
years. Two Democrats and one Re
publican is not so bad as w-e feared.
With Eustis, the Senate now stands
39 Republicans, 36 Demscrats and 1
Independent, Davis, of Illinois. On
March 4th 1879, the Democrats can’t
help but having gained one Senator
each from Alabama, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Ohio, Florida and South Car
olina. These will make the body
stand 42 Democrats, 33 Republicans
and 1 Independent. The Democrats
cannot lose any and have equal
chances at New York and Pennsy-lva-
nia. Radicalism is dead beyond re
covery, and the admission of Kellogg
w-ill help kill it quicker.
Nashville American: Those who
do not look beneath the language of
the Constitution have concluded that
Mr. Thurman w-as wrong in his point
concerning the right of the Vice
President to vote in case of a tie. The
Constitution does not grant him a
vote affirmatively-. It says he shall
not vote and then adds an exception.
The language is: “The Vice Presi
dent shall be President of the Senate,
but shall have no vote, unless they
be equally- divided.” Unless who
may be equally divided ? !The Senate
fully and legally- constituted. So long
as it is a question of organization
there is no equal division of the Sen
ate. It affects the very- orgonization
of the body. He may vote to admit
one who has no shadow of title to be
a Senator, and to make the Senate
not the Senate, but the Senate plus
one who is not a Senator. The body
cannot be said to be a Senate com
plete in its organization when the
very- pending question is as to the
admission of one whose presence is
necessary to make it a complete Sen-
are shaping in the right direction j ate, however practically complete it
may be for legislative purposes. The
question is certainly one of grave
difficulty and importance.
and being blessed with a soil and cli
mate that yields them all the neces
saries and many of the luxu
ries of life, they- are taking
advantage of these circumstances,
and have learned to make all such
things first, and apply the balance of
their time to making cotton as a sur
plus crop, thus having their sur-j
plus in cotton, w-hich is equivalent to
money, the world over,- As wealth !
will be naturally aud rapidly- devel- j
oped from such a course, it will seek
investment in what is paying the
best interest—and that is manufactu
ring. The past three or four years
have been more trying than any
in twenty-six y-ears of my experience,
and our company has earned an aver
age of over 10 per cent, annually-, on
a capital considerably larger than its
productive investment.
The advantages for successful
manufacturing are so much greater
South than North, that they must be
appreciated soon, and I confidently
expect that the South will eventually
be the manufacturing country of the J
world.
Q..—Gov. Straw says of the new
mills built South those at Atlanta
will serve as an example—that the
builders of the machinery have been
unable to get theit' pay, Ac. -What
have yen say to that?
A.—That I hear the same firing, but
cannot see apy point in it that is
One of the brightest passages in
Mr. Stanley’s last letter to the Herald
is his account of a Shakesperean holo
caust near the confluence of the
Kwango and the Congo. After fight
ing his thirty--second and last battle,
he journeyed among natives who
were peaceably disposed, but who re- i eludes Coweta,
garded his note-book with suspicion.
He had been seen making medicine
on paper—writing. Such a thing had
never been heard of by- the oldest in-
habitan t. It must therefore be witch
craft, and witchcraft must be pun
ished with death. The white chief
must instantly deliver his note book
to be burned,"or there would be war
on the instant. “My note book,”
says the explorer, “was too valuable ;
it had cost too many lives and sacri
fices to be consumed at the caprice of
savages. What was to be done? I
had a small volume of Shakespeare,
Chandos edition. It had been read
and reread a dozen times, it had
crossed Africa, it had been my solace
many a tedious hour, but it must be
sacrificed.” “Is it this you want?”
asked Mr. Stanley. “Yes.” “Is this
the medicine you are afraid of?”
“Yes; burn it," burn it. It is very
bad, very bad, burn ppoe
Shakespeare was burned and the
country was saved. If the author has
many incidents like this in his note-
book he can write a book on Central
Africa that will interest everybody.
—Mr. Charles J. Walker, charged
with the murder of John P. Miller,
at Green’s Cut, was acquitted in
Burke Superior Court. He was re-
arrested on the charge of assault with
intent to murder, but the case was
continued until the next term of the
court, and the defendant gave bond.
—The populat ion of Georgia is 1,250,-
000. Of these GO per cent, are whites
and 40 per cent, colored. The popu
lation is mostly native, only' about
12,000 being foreign born. The wo
men are in excess of the men by'about
2j per cent. Of this population 6 per
cent, are engaged in manufacturing, 4
per cent, in trade aud commerce, 15
per cent, in professional or personal
service, and 75 per cent, in agricul
ture.
—Mr. Jacob Hiley, near Fort Val
ley, some tune since discovered an
apple tree growing in the woods, on
his place, and cleared up the space
around it. This season it bore fruit,
and he has gathered some of the finest
apples we ever saw from it, one of
which weighed twelve ounces. The
apples have been examined by- fruit
men, who pronounce them superior
to any- thing they ever saw.
—The Senatorial contest in the
Eighteenth District is particularly
hot, especially- in Richmond county.
Hon. Joseph B. Cumming, of Rich
mond, the regular nominee, is op
posed by Hon. IT. Clay Foster, who
runs on the independent schedule.
This, together with the municipal
campaign, whieh is being carried on
in equally vigorous style, makes poli
tics particularly lively- in Augusta.
—Dawson Journal: A friend in
forms us that a Terrell county darkey
stole a pair of shoes from a Jew in Al
bany, the other day, and ran down
the streets at a rapid rate. The Jew,
finding it impossible to catch the
rouge, threw his hat upon the ground,
ahd ordered the negro to “Go, G—d
d—nyon! You does get deni no less
don cost.”
—Governor Colquitt has appointed
a number of Georgians to attend the
convention to be held in Chattanooga
on the 5th of December to endeavor
to secure the' completion of the im
provements on the Tennessee river.
Among them are Hon. W. P. Price
of Dahlonega, Col. B. W. Frobell, Dr.
Frank Little, Dr. Jones, Major John
Fitten of Atlanta, Gen. Pierce Young
of Bartow county, Dr. H. H. Carlton
of Athens, Colonel Carey Styles of
Gainesville, Col. R. A. Crawford of
Bartow, and other gentlemen equally
able to represent the State.
—No member of the North Georgia
Conference has died during the year
just past. Just before adjournment
Bishop Pierce addressed the Confer
ence, calling for transfers from among
the vounger men to the Florida and I
some of the Western Conferences.
He stated that Rev. S. H. Babcock,
who was transferred to one; of the
Arkansas Conferences from the North
Georgia several y-cars ago, and who
was quite a young man when he
went West, is now a presiding elder
—is the leading man among his
brethren, and heads the list of dele
gates to the General Conference from
his Conference. Five preachers of
the body are named Quillan.
—The Western Association in-
Meriwether, Troup,
—Albany Xcirs: The Dougherty
| Republicans met again on Tuesday at
noon, and after the usual wrangle,
splits, noise and general confusion,
nominated Hon. A. C. Westbrook,
white Democrat, and Joseph Neal,
colored Republican, as candidates for
Representatives, thereby- refusing to
accept the nominations made by the
Democrats on Saturday last. Captain
Westbrook is an excellent member of
the House, and has a good record.
The Convention on Tuesday- also
nominated Edward Paten, colored,
for the Senate, in opposition to Mr. I.
P. Tison. Several independent poli-
ticiansare in the field, we understand,
and the race promises to be a lively-
one. ' The good people of the county-
should all rally to the support of Jesse
W. Walters, the regular Democratic
nominee for the House, and I. P. Ti
son, the nominee for the Senate.
ALABAMA NEWS.
—Mr. Wm. Dough tie has sold his
plantation of 1,200 acres, five miles
south of Eufaula, to Dr. H. M. Wee-
don for $6,000 cash.
—Eufaula has received about-23,000
bales of cotton to date.
—The Wetumpka railroad is pro
gressing rapidly. They have already-
crossed the wagon road with the
grading beyond Fitzpatrick’s quarter,
and are fast approaching Elmore sta
tion. Every energy is being em
ployed to ensure an early completion.
—Calvin Hickey, who was shot in
the leneontre with J. R. Steward, on
the night of the 13th inst., at Decatur,
lingered untii the evening of the 20tli,
and died at 7 o’clock.
—A letter in the LaFayette Clipper
from Arkansas contains the informa
tion of the death of Mr. Crosby McIn
tosh, a son of Dr. M. E. McIntosh, of
Chambers county.
—Mr. J. F. Beaty died at his home
in Bluffiton, on Wednesday night, of
Diabetes.
—Mr. W. S. Askew, of Cusseta,
Ala., has sold, this fall, one hundred
and twenty-five dollars worth of ap
ples from his orchards. He thinks he
will have sold,- before they- are ex
hausted, one hundred and fifty dollars
worth.
THE U ROXC H I V lit XU.
llumforil Not the Man oho Pulled
Doan the Flax on the New Orleans
Mint.
Galveston Netvs.}
In a casual talk with' Prof. B. W.
Burgess yesterday, he gave to a News
reporter the following startling dis
closure as one of the adventures of
Ills somewhat eventful life:
During the time Gen. B. F. Butler
was in possession of New Orleans, it
will be remembered ‘ what a great
feeling of excitement and indignation
was caused by the hanging of Mum-
ford for pulling a United States flag
down from a staff on the New Orleans
Mint.
Prof. Burgess states that he was the
person who pulled the flag from the
staft'and passed it to Captain Oliver
Canton, of the lower Mississippi river
coast packet Isabel, who, the Profes
sor says, is ready to corroberate this
account of the affair. Mumford was
on the roof of the mint at the time
with a crowd of men and boy-s, and
it is believed ‘received the flag from
Canton.
Prof. Burgess says a young" man
named Adolph Harper has been ac
corded the credit for Ill'st taking hold
of the flag, and in the history of H.
W. Allen," by Mr. Dorsey, where ref
erence is made to a lad fifteen y-ears
of age as the one who got the flag,
Mr. Harper was the person had in
view. The Professor was about his
ownage at the time of the great inci
dent that has gone down to history,
and y-oung Harper was indeed one of
the "party.
Prof. B. was wise in keeping his
own counsel on the subject til] now,
as the News is the first to receive the
above particulars from him.
Gen. Butler, please take notice.
Oakcy Hall.
There are different ways of splurg
ing, as there are of doing most other
things in this world. Oakey- ITall al
ways had a fine knack at "one way.
He coukl make people talk about him,
and take an interest in him, whether
they wanted or not. Ever since he
figured in the Cunningham-Burdell
bogus baby business, over twenty
years ago, he has contrived to keep
the public eye fastened on him, in
one attitude or another, pretty stead
ily. lie is now about to start out as
a lecturer, under the clever manage
rial manipulation of Jarrett & Pal
mer, and no doubt the dodge will be
as successful in the splurge sense as
any- other in the versatile Oakey’s ca
reer.
By the way-, in connection with the
Jarrett & Palmer scheme, there is a
curious story- afloat, w-hicli some per
sons credit, and some do not, to the
effect that these worthy gentlemen
had something to do with Mr. Hall’s
mysterious disappearance last spring.
The disappearance occurred about the
time Jarrett & Palmer made known
their intention to retire from the man
agement of Booth’s Theatre. Their
wide-awake business manager, Joseph
IT. Tooker, had been first marshal in
the may-or’s offieeduringoneof Hall’s
terms, and he and Hall w-ere still quite
intimate. Now, the story is, that the
disappearance was cunningly-planned
at the suggestion of Jarrett & Palmer,
through Tooker, with a view to a
first-cla.ss lecture sensation this sea
son. Hall should go aw-av as myste
riously- as possible; everybody would
talk about him and wonder what had
become of him ; and then, just at the
nick of time, he should turn up again,
just as mysteriously as he had disap
peared, and the lecture project should
be started immediately. This is the
substance of the story- that has lately-
been floating around some of the
clubs. It may or may- not be true,
but, considering the peculiar enter-
priseof all the parties concerned, it is,
at least, not incredible.—Hartford
Times.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
To the Citizens ofColnmbus.
|. m ■ i respectfully anuounce myself
a candidate fur Mayor ai the next
election. F. G. WILKINS.
de2 te*
For Marshal.
We are authorized to announce
\V. L. ROBINSON as a candidate
for Marshal of the city of Columbus. Elec,
tion December 8th. de2 tc
For Marshal.
r respectfully announce myself
as a candidate for re-election at the
ensuing municipal election, Saturday, De
cember 8th. TIFF T. MOORE.
de2 tc
For City Sexton.
The undersigned respectfully an
nounces himself a candidate for
City Sexton at the ensuing city election,
Saturday, December Sth, and ask the sup
port of the citizens of Columbus.
de2 te JOHN ST. CLAIR.
For Alderman Second Ward.
In compliance with the request
of many friends, I announce my
self a candidate for Alderman of the Second
Ward. JNO. FITZ GIBBONS.
uq29 te
I will address the people on the
Senatorial question at the follow
ing places:
Buena Vista, Marion county, on Saturday,
24th; Jacksonville on Monday, 2f>th; Tazwell
on Tuesday, 27th, and Cusseta December 1st.
Col. Miller, my opponent, lias consented
to meet me.
oc24 d.twtd* THOMAS W. GRIMES.
To The Voters of Muscogee County.
grxgp* I am a candidate for the Legisla-
turc, and respectfully ask your sup
port. (no24 td) W. F. WILLIAMS.
For the Legislature.
5KTp?=» I announce myself a candidate for
the House of Representatives of the
next Legislature, and respectfully request
the support of the voters of Muscogee county.
Election 5th day of December next.
oc28 d<4wtd* LOUIS F. GARRARD.
To the
Voters of
County.
Muscogee
I respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the House of Represen
tatives of the next Legislature. I am in
favor of a fair race before the people.
oc26 d.twtd REESE CRAWFORD.
& GREAT REDUCTION!
To prepare for getting up a
Spring Stock,
I will close out
READY-MADE SUITS
AS FOLLOWS:
Eagle ti Phenix Live Oak JEAXS COATS, §3.00;
“ “ PASTS, 1.25;
- *• “ VEST. 1.00;
FULL SUIT for .5.00.
STANDARD DOESKIN COATS, §4.00;
- “ PASTS, 2.00;
“ VESTS. 1.50:
FULL SUITS for 7.50.
EXTRA DOESKIN COATS, §5.00;
“ PATNS, 2150;
“ - VEST. 1.75;
FULL SUIT, 9.00.
These Goods are well made and trimmed,
and the tit and finish excellent.
Ox Hand, a good line of North Georgia,
Virginia and Texas CASSIMERES, which
we make up at short notice in good style.
Also any Goods brought in from else
where made up well, and trimmed in the
best manner.
a. J. PEACOCK,
novlS eodt.f
A.
COUGH, COLD,
Or Soar Throat
REQUIRES
A continuance for any length of time causes
irritation of the Lnngs, or some chronic Throat
affection. Neglect oftentimes results in some in
curable Lung disease. BROWN'S BRON
CHIAL TROCHES have proved their efficacy
by a test oi'niainy years, and will almost invari
ably give immediate relief. Obtain only
BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, and do not
take any of the worthless imitations that may
be offered. de2 d4m
Attention, City Light Guards.
(UvS? 0 * Regular Monthly Meeting of the
City Light Guards will be held
TO-MORROW (Monday) EVENING, Dec.
3d, at 7% o’clock.
Business of importance will be transacted,
and it is important that every member
should attend.
■ By order of Captain,
T. J. Appleyard, Sec'y.
Virginia University has swutu
dents.
New York has a case of what
Charles Reade called “A Terrible
Temptation.” A Mrs. Duryea, desir-
ing to reform a drunken husband,
borrowed a baby and announced it
publicly and privately as her own.
The physition called upon to partici
pate in the deception wouldn’t partici
pate, and told the whole story. The
husband in the ease accepted the bor-
| rowed baby as his son and heir, and
indulged in a grand drunk, extending
over several days. Finally the whole
story came out in court, and the de
ceived husband sobered up. The baby
was returned to its rightful parents,
and no action was taken against Mrs.
Duryea, because her motives were
good.
Administrator’s Sale.
A greeably to an order from the
. Honorable the Court of Ordinary of
Muscogee County, Ga., will be sold, on the
first Tuesday in January next, in front of
the Store of Hirsch & Heeht, in the city of
Columbus, Ga., (the usual place of holding
Sheriff sales for said county of Musco
gee), the following; property to-'wit:
The Two-Story Dwelling House and about
ten acres of land attached thereto, in the
village of Wynnton; the same being the res
idence of John It. Dawson while in life.
Said place is pleasantly and beautifully lo
cated in sight of the city of Columbus, and is
one, of the most delightful residences in or
near the city. Terms made known on day
of sale.
.@S-The above property was sold the first
Tuesday in November last, and knocked
off to A. A. Boyd, who refused to comply
with the terms. The same will now be sold
at his risk. G. L. McGOUGH,
Administrator.
December 2, 1S77—oaw4w
Muscogee Sheriff Sale
U NDER and by virtue of a deeree issued
out of the Superior Court of Muscogee
County, in the case of Doe Ex Dem G. H.
Peabody, et al., vs. Roe Casual Ejector Mary
E. Murphy, tenant, in possession, I will sell,
on the first Tuesday in Janiuuy next, in
front of the Auction House of Hirsch &
Hecht, Broad street, city of Columbus, Mus
cogee county, State of Georgia, between the
usual hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
Lots of Land numbers two and three, in
the city village north of the city of Colum
bus, in Muscogee County, Slate of Georgia.
J. G. BURRUS,
dec2 oaw4w Sheriff.
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sold at
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the popular price of
ONE DOLLAR!
J. Kyle & Co.
rdec2 tfj
CLOTHING.
IB TTY YOUB
LOTHING
HATS
OF
Hofflin & Bro,
88 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, BA.
FIRST-CLASS GrOOIDS!
I_iO‘w Prices.
^ CLOTHING flUADE TO ORDER-SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.^
sep26 eodSm
DRY GOODS.
NEW GOODS
THIRD SHIPMENT
INCLUDING OUR CELEBR ATED
DOLLAR GOODS.
-iOj
WILL OPEN MONDAY MORNING,
A FULL LINE OF
& DO. t SSS’ 3ESL
In
Operas andL
tot
Wliite.
Grand Concert
BENEFIT OF
FIRST COL’D JAPTIST CHURCH.
Springerts Opera Honse, December 5.
T HE members of this Church, assisted by
their friends of the other churches, will
give a Grand Entertainment for the purpose
of raising money to pay the church indebt
edness. Respectfully solicit the aid of all in
this, their grand rally. Promisean evening
of enjoyment. Admission to all parts of the
house 25 cents. Seats set aside for all of
New Bibs in white, light blue and pink;
Silk Corsets, Laces—the most exquisite line Crepe Line
Rufflings ever brought to this market.
Our stock of Kid Gloves is thorough in every resjteci
An elegant line Black Alpacas from 25c. to $1.00 per yard
Merino Underwear and Blankets a specialty.
82^~Wi!l continue to offer inducements in BLACK
SILKS. Our Black Silk at $1.25 is superior to any
thing ever brought here.
Blanchard & Hill
oedAwtf
AUCTIONEERS AND CQfr!MiSS!Oft MERCHANTS.
M. M. HIRSCH.
Jacob Hirin'-
white friends.
Prof. Geo. P. Lewis
Miss Emma Beach
W. E. Terry
decl sat,SE<fcwed—3t
the
Stage Director
Pianist
..General Manager
Heard, and a part of Campbell and
Harris counties, forty churches in
all. The total number of members is
3,756, of which LaGrange church has
173. The largest church is Ramah,
in Campbell county, which has 216
members, and of which Rev. H. C.
Hornady is pastor ; the next largest j how to naive Good Bread,
is Newnan which has 212. During! Use Dooleys Yeast Powder, and
the year past 231 were baptized ; 163 I you will hqye no difficulty. The sub-
were received by letter ; 230 dismiss- j stances entering into its" composition
Cd by letter; 32 excluded; 12 re- i are perfectly pure, healthy ana nntri-
stored, "and 28 died, The churches i tious, "
naid during the year for missions, in-; me «7a^
MnsassWfe S£e kirr;, r .r- " , v i ' m rr ?
1 middle life or youth, since the resistant
GREAT REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF
LEA & PERRINS’
CELEBRATED
IT.ONOrNC’KP IIY
CONNOISSEURS
TO BE THE
“ONLY GOOD
SAUCE,”
And applicable to]
every variety of
DISH.
years supported Rev. Peter Folsom, a
missionary to the Choctaw Indians.
Next year it proposes to pay him a
salary* of S200, and the same to
another missionary, yet to be em
ployed,
—The negro Wm. Paj#fe, who was
arrested in Ai^eJi' rt.'C.', charged with
tfie muirie#afMitcbel T loanas iri Cb*
lumbia eohnty, succeeded in making
his escape from the guard who were
convening him to Appling county
jail, rt appears that he was guarded
by six men at a house in Columbia
county, and was supposed to be se-
urely*bound. He was placed in a
■ power In the system has diminished with
! declining years, and disease and pain have
j more Boyer over the enfeebled body. It is
| therefore the more essential that that rosist-
i ant power should be augmented- Hastet-
> ter's Stomach Bitters, a benign tonic cor
dial, is admirably adapted for the purpose.
It counteracts the infirmities peculiar to
age, and succors worn out nature. It vtvi-
fiys the IPehle frarne. adds new oil. as it
were, to the tUokoring lamp of life, diffuses
fresh warmth through the chilled veins, and
elves comfort as well as relief, thus lighten
ing the burden of age and retarding in a
measure the progress of decay. Ladies in
deUcate health, as well as aged persons, de
rive great benefit from this wholesome
stimulative tonic, which is absolutely pure,
unobjectionable in flavor, and Is recruit
mended by physicians of repute.
KXTR.VCT
ofa letter from
a MEDICAL CES-
TLEMEJt at Mad
ras to his broth
er at Worcester,
May, 1851:
“Tell Lea &
T Peru i xs that
their Sauce is
-■ "highly esteemed
in India, r.nd is,
in my opinion,
the most palata
ble as well as the
most wholesome
8a«ea that is
made.
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
THUS GIVING THE COXSU3IEB XOT ONLY THE
BEST. BUT THE MOST ECONOM
ICAL SAUCE.
Signature on every bottle,
JOHN DUNCANS* SONS,
29 Murr*)- M, and 1 Union Snnare, >'ew York.
[no27 oawly]
Hirsch & Hecht
General Aacfioi & Coniao MercH
OPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE,
OOLUMBIIS, - - GEORGIA.
C. S. HARRISON, Aiietiuiiecr and Salesman.
W ILL give our personal attention to the sale of Consignments of every deseripti; 11 '
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS, MERCHANDISE, LIVE STOCK, Ae„ at
il Sales in the city and surrounding
re invited to give us a call trhea
and private sale. Administrator and other Lt
try attended to on liberal terms.
The friends of Mr. Harrison and the public generallv
they wish to buy or sell property of any description.
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS, which are respectfully
*«-Referenees, by permission: Chattahoochee National Bank, National Bank
bus, Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Company.
Columbus. Ga., August 26,1877.
BANKINC AND INSURANCE.
“THE SURVIVAL OFTHE FITTEST.
THE OLDEST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES
Incorporated. 1335.
BOSTON,
Assets, January, 1877,
Premiums Received iu 187(>.
Interest Received in 187B.
Death Claims Paid in 1876,
T HE POLICIES of this noted OLD COMPANY are issue.! under
For W Law, by which W.W la-
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY .xdd in s,,
JV
811,515,802.0')
1.996,28'W
S0U5.I1.U
806,462.0°
of Premium have ceased, no oth
the NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL
G eorgia — muscogee county' -
Whereas, T. S. Stewart, Administrator
of Charles D. Stewart, represents to the couci
in his petition, duly filed and cqUtmI on
record, that he has fully administered said
estate.
This 'S, tneretbre, to ette all persons con
cerned,' k tndrerl and creditors, to show cause
(if any they can) why said Administrator
should not be discharged from his adminis
tration and receive letters of dlsipisslon on
the first Monday In Februarv 1878.
F. M. BROOKS, Ordinary.
November 8th, 1877. nov9 oawl^w
reserved fund and an‘“rove" J*adYam
and in 1876, $25,000 on M"policies, on which thepreniium payments lmd ceased^
During the last 33 years, this company has issued policies to the nmour.^
I upon 55,000 lives, and has paid in death claims and endowmentsrlO, •
ea to its policy-holders more than $7,000,000 in dividends. m ber of the Oompan>
• Being a purely Mutual Company, every holder of a pol oy is ameml ^ ^ cntjn , pn ltU -.
j and is entitled to a vote at Its annual meetings, and to hi. full 1
of the Company,
With a nfembership of 21,000, an umpk ...
83,000,000, it is safe to say that the future operations of the Company
tageous as those of the past have been.
CerThe Dividends in this Company are papal! death
interest Receipts of the past two years have been
claims.
Applications received ami policies promptly issued through
D. F
and the
decl eodtt"
]>10IIipu>
WILLCOX, Agent,
■71 Broetcl str©e>t.