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IS MILLEDGEYILLK. GA.,
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Church directory.
BAPTIST CHURCH-
Services 1st and 3d Sundays iu each mouth, at 11
e’elock, a m and 7 p m.
Sabbath School ai It 1-2 o'clock, a m. O. M. Cone
Stapt. Rev D E BUTLER, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service ou Sunday : 11 o'clock, a tn, and
7pm
Snnday School 3 o'clock, p. in. Teachers meeting 3
p. m—\V. E- Frankland, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 o’clock, p m.
Rev. A J JARRELL, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services every Sabbath at II o’clock, a m and 7
p in.
Sabbath School at 3 p m. T. T. Windsor, Supt. .
Prayer meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock, p m.
Rev. G. T. GOETCHIUS, Pastor.
Benjamin Disraeli.
For thirty years Mr. Disraeli has been
m active public life, and for the last twen
ty years he has been the virtual leader of
the party representing the “territorial
aristocracy" of England.
Beginning life as clerk in a lawyer’s
office, without a shilling in the world,
with no powerful friends to advance his
interest—alone with “ literature his only
escutcheon,” he has by intrepidity, pa
tience, and steadfast endurance, fought
down hostile criticism; overcome bitter
enemies, and reached the zenith of politi
cal power.
He held the post of Chancellor of the
Exchequer several times, from which he
rose to the dignity of Prime Minister.
His career as a politician has probably
been less inconsistent than that of most
statesmen. Throughout his public life
he has been a friend of the working class,
and in favor of not confining political
franchise to mere property qualification.
As a Parlimentarv leader he is good
humored and patient—never petulant or
violent, and without an equal.
Mr. Disraeli is perhaps better known
to the masses as an author of high merit.
His works do not belong to the fashiona
ble type of fiction. The plots of his sto
ries do not agree with modem taste.
“ Since marriage vows are not broken in
them, young girls are not depicted as
monsters of vice, and the unrestrained
profligacy of both sexes is not held up to
the reader as the summit of felicity.”
A well written article on Mr. Disraeli
may be found in the Atlantic Monthly for
December. M. F. F.
M ILL EDGE V1LLE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 8, 1873.
MEMBER It.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
St. Stephana Church (Episcopal) Sunday morning
11 o'clock, Sunday evening 7 o’clock.
Kkv Mr. STONEY, Pastor.
TRINITY (COLORED) METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service on Sunday 11 o'clock, a. m , 3 p.
in. and 7 p. m.
Sunday Scliooi at 0 o'clock, a. m. Teachers meet
ing every Friday night.— Washington Phillips, Supt.
Pmytr meeting every Thursday night.
Rev. E. 11. OLIVER, Pastor.
ZiOdgeS.
TEMPERANCE.
Millcdgevillc Council No. 1, meets in the Sen
ate Chamber at tlie State House on every Friday
evening at 7 o’clock. J. W. HERTY, W P.
V. G. Gkikvk, Sec’y.
MASONIC.
Kcocvoleui I,edge No 3 F A M , meets 1st and
3d Saturdav nights ol each month at Masonic llall.
G D Case, Sec’y. IRBY II HOWARD, W M
Temple Chapter meets the second and fourth
Saturday nights iu each month.
G D Case, Sec’y.
S G WHITE, H P
Uilledgerilie f.odgc of Perfection A.‘,St
A.*. 8.'. R.\ meets every Monday night.
SAM'LG WHITE. T P G M
G D Cask, Etc Grand Sec’y.
Hannah Colby’s Chance.
One of the best periodicals for young
people is that published by James R.
Osgood & Co., Boston, bearing the at
tractive title of Our Young Folks.
A long list of literary celebrities con
tribute to its well-selected matter, and
there are articles both to amuse and to
instruct a moulding mind.
Hannah Colby’s Chance is a charming
little story and suggests two thoughts.
First, energy without opportunity is
like soup without salt—worthless except
to fret away life by its constant attrition
upon the very soul of its possessor. Very
many people are considered tlrriftless no
bodies because they are not surrounded
by circumstances that offer a field to the
development of their industry; when if
they only had place and remuneration for
their services they would prove both en
ergetic and successful. The best of us
need a “chance” to show what we can do.
Hannah Colby’s chance proves this in-
eonteBtably and developes also the singu
lar fact that a friendless female if given
a “chance” can display a capacity for hard
common sense, untiring labor, and orig
inal invention.
Women are not doll babies made to
spend their days iu vain frivolities, more
empty than the soap bubbles that burst
at touch of air. They are beings endow
ed with souls, with intellectual capacities,
with industrial forces which demand a
ehannol. They need educations founded
on solid common sense. They need oc
cupation such as will direct their ener
gies and impulses into something better
and more useful than tlie soul-absorbing
topics of fashion and dress.
The wild extravagance of females in
largo cities and, alas, too often in villages,
eries out for reform. Let us have it by
educating girls, not fancifully, not super
ficially, but solidly. Let them be train
ed and educated for self-support if they
are unfortunately thrown on their own
resources—or to* take their places as sen
sible wives and mothers until moderate
desires—prepared either to enjoy pros
perity or to combat adversity.
M. F. F.
The Great 'Washington Telescope.
The Washington Telescope, for the
building of which Congress made an ap
propriation of fifty thousand dollars some
years ago, is now being mounted at the
National Observatory in Washington.—
The instrument rests on a pier of stone
and brickwork extending eighteen feet
below the surface, and the pier is capped
by a single block of sandstone, weighing
about two tons. On this stone rests a
heavy iron casting weighing one and a quar
ter tons, and this supports the instrument.
Although the weight of the moving parts
is about four tons, the immense mass can
be moved by a slight pressure of the
hand. The length of tlie instrument is
thirty-two and” a half feet, and the tele-
The Spanish Volunteers.
Cuba is governed virtually by the Span
ish-born residents of the island, who have
formed themselves into militia organiza
tions somewhat analogous to our target
companies* They permit the regulars to
do the fighting, while they do the blus
tering and the butchering of defenseless
prisoners. The visitor to Cuba will see
theso fellows swarming in every direction,
in uniforms of white and blue stijied cot
ton cloth, with straw hats ornamented
with red cockades. They are intrusive,
insolent and noisy, and evidently feel that
they are the masters of the island. The
officers of the Volunteer companies in
Havana have a club called the Casino Es-
panol, and it is from that institution that
the decrees for the government of the is
land are fulminated. No Captain Gen
eral dares for a moment to oppose the
Casino Espanol. Dulce tried it and bare
ly escaped out of the country with his
life. Campared with the whole number
of inhabitants in Cuba, these Spanish res
idents are but as a handful. If the Cu
bans and negro slaves had arms in their
hands they could destroy them in a night.
These are the men whom the United
States have to deal with directly, whether
Spain likes it or not. They are ignor-
rant, brutal and vile, and, like all people
of that character, they are vaporing brag
garts. The average Volunteer has no
more doubt of the ability of his military
crops to whip the American army than
he has of its power to butcher American
prisoners who fall into its hands. He
will continue to boast and butcher until
we take the conceit and appetite for blood
out of him.—N. Y. Times.
From the Danbjry Newt.
Soaking 1 Mackerel.
When a woman puts three mackerel to
soak over night in a dish pan whose sides
are eight inches high; and leaves the pan
on a stairway, she has accomplished her
mission and should go hence. This was
what a Division street woman did Friday
night: Filled the pan at the pomp, and
then left it standing on the steps to the
stoop, while she went into the next house
to see how many buttons would be re
quired to go down the front of a redin-
gote. And a mighty important affair that
was to be sure. And there was her hus
band tearing through the house in search
of a handkerchief, and not finding it of
course. And then he rushed out into the
yard, wondering where on earth that
woman could be, and started down the
steps without seeing the pan, or ever dream
ing that any one could be so idiotic as to
leave it there. Of course he stepped on
it; or, at least, that is the supposition, as
the neighbors who were brought out by
the crash that followed, saw a horrified
man, and a high dishpan, and three very
demoralized mackerel shooting across
the garden, and smashing down the shrub
bery. And he was a nice sight, was that
unhappy man, when they got him on his
feet. There wasn’t a dry thread on him
and his hair was full of bits of mackerel, and
one of his shoulders was out of joint, and
his coat was split the whole longth of his
back, and he appeared out of his head.
He was carried iuto the house by some of
the men, and laid on a bed, while others
went after a doctor and sixteen women as
sembled in the front room, and talked in ;
whispers about the inscrutable ways of
Providence, and what a warning this was
to people who never looked where they
were going.
The Vikginius was originally built dur
ing the war as a blockade runner. At
Mobile the Union forces finally captured
her, and in 1868 the government sold her
to private parties, who afterward disposed
of the vessel to the Cuban patriots. Her
chief employment since that period has
been the carrying of supplies and troops
between South American points and dis
tracted Cuba.
Twice she has been overhauled by
Spanish war vessels in neutral waters,
but each time shielded by the United
States representatives, of whom she claim
ed protection, the decision being that the
Virginius could not be punished while
doing nothing and in a neutral port; that
she must be caught in some illicit act.
— ■»-
The following are said to be the points
of a peremptory demand presented by
our Government to the Spanish Cabinet:
First—The formal delivery of the Vir
ginius to officers of our Government in a
port of the United States*
Second—The release and restoration
to our protection of the surviving cap
tives.
Third—A money indemnity to the heirs
of all taken from on board the Virgimns
and pnt to death.
Fourth—The trial and punishment^
General Burriol and all other res;
officers.
Fifth—The immediate and uncondi-i
tional abolition of slavery in Cuba as the
source of all the pending difficulties and
complaints.
The New York News says: “A Con
stitutional Convention is proposed in
Georgia in order to transfer the seat of
government from Atlanta back to Mil
From the Bouton Journal of Chemistry.
Make Boys Men.
It is as impossible to make a chemist,
or an engineer, or a naturalist of a boy if
he has no special taste nor aptness for
these studies, as to make a poet out of a
Digger Indian, It is no unusual circum
stance for parents who have boys just en
tering into manhood to come to us de
siring counsel in regard to placing them
in a chemical labratory, that thev may
“ learn a trade,” as, to their eyes, the bus
iness appears remunerative. They have
no special genius, no decided leaning to
ward chemical manipulation or research,
but the desire is to have them “ made”
into chemists. There is a mistaken idea,
common to many parents, that their chil
dren are as well adapted to one employ
ment as another, and that they only need
opportunities to learn regarding this pur
suit or that, to become proficients, and
rise to eminence. More than half tlie sad
failures so commonly observed are due to
being forced into the wrong road in early
life. Young men are forced into pulpits,
when they should be following the plough;
forced into courts of law when they should
be driving the plane in a carpenter’s shop;
forced into sick-rooms, as physicians,
when they should be guiding a locomotive
or heading an exploring party to the
Rocky Mountains; forced into industrial
laboratories, when they should be in the
counting room or shop.
It w a wise provision of Providence
that nearly every boy bom into the world
has some peculiar distinctive capability;
some aptness for a peculiar calling or
pursuit; and if he is driven into cliannels
contrary to his instincts and tastes, he is
in antagonism with nature, and-the odds
are against him. One of the earliest and
most anxions inquiries of parents should
be directed to the discovery of the lean
ings of their children, and if they find
that their boy, who they earnestly desire
shall adorn the bar or the pulpit, is per
sistently engaged in constructing toy ships
and wading in every puddle of water to
test their sailing qualities; if he reads
books of voyages, and when in a seaport
steals away to the wharves to visit ships
and talk with sailors, it is certain he is
bom for the sea. Fit him out with a sail
or’s rig, pat him in the best possible po
sition for rising to the honorable post of
ship master, and you have discharged
your duty. If, on the other hand, he is
logical, discriminating, keen, fond of ar
gument, let him enter the law; if he is
fond of whittling, planing, sawing, con
structing, and neglects his studies, turn
him over to a good carpenter to learn the
trade. If he begins early to spend his
pennies for sulphur, nitre, oil of vitriol,
aquafortis, etc. ; if he is such a persistent
experimenter that you fear he will kill
himself, or set your buildings on fire ; if
his pockets are foil of abominable drugs,
and his clothing so charged with the odor
of stale eggs that you refuse to admit him
to the table at meal times, why the chances
are that he is a “born” chemist, and it
will be safe to start him off to some tech
nical school for instruction.
The question is, not wliat we will make
of our boys, but what position are they
manifestly designed to fill; in what direc
tion does nature point, as respects avoca
tions or pursuits in life, which will be in
harmony with their capabilities and in
stincts. It is no use to repine and find
fault with the supposed vulgar tastes of
our boys. We must remember that no
industrial calling is vulgar; every kind of
labor is honorable; and it is far better to
be distinguished as a first-class cobbler or
peddler, than to live the contemptible life
of a fifth-rate lawyer or clergyman.
There are thousands of boys bom into
the world possessing scarcely a trace of
ambition. Such do not care for distinc
tion, or even for wealth; if they can pro
cure the humblest fare, by constant toil,
the aspirations of their boyhood, and sub
sequently of their manhood, are fully met.
They are negative characters, happy with
nothing, and suffer no elation or depres
sion, whether in sunshine or under a cloud.
These boys, who often afford such morti
fication to ambitions parents, fill a most im-
portantniche in the world; in fact the world
could not do without them. They con
stitute the great army of men w ho build
our railroads, tunnel our mountains, load
and unload our ships, cut down our for
ests, and manipulate the red hot iron
masses which come from our blast fur
naces. Scold and fret as we may, we can
not alter the temperament or proclivities
of such boys. Nature is stronger than
we are, and well it is for ns that this is so.
If our boys are bom to live in subordin
ate or humble positions, we can hardly
help it; we may hold them in a false po
sition by the power of wealth, or strong
controlling influences, but when these
fail they fall at once to their place, in obe
dience to a law as irresistible as that
which Newton discovered in tlie fall of
the
shall we do with our boys? Study
they are capable of doing
; aid than, encourage them
er work is suited to
_ *rd every calling as
the labor of Which is honora
bly performed, and thus insure happiness
and prosperity to our offspring.
inches in diameter, and was made in j&ng-
land, at a cost of seven thousand dollars.
The telescope is splendidly mounted for
all movements, and the size of the object
gjhsa.wllfrxelieve the observer;$qm the af
fects of atmospheric disturbances, which,
with smaller glasses, are extremmy trou
blesome.
Tn the shuns and attics and reeking lofts
of New York, unnumbered wan, weak
women da3y toil on at the sure work
which makes the thousand gewgaws of
luxury only transmuted brain and blood
and hope and shame. Children, barely
able to understand the fact, wholly ignor
ant of their toil, aid these women. And
now each day sees fresh troops of these
halpess beings, wan, hungry and well-nigh
hopeless, turned away from the toil that
was their sole refuge from starvation—or
worse! For already the cold of winter
Him begun. Before “reaction” can come
to their relief, even though it be delayed
but a few short weeks, the evil work will
have been done. Despair is an urgent coun
sellor and starvation is weak in argument.
To must of these women the small and
inadequate mite they wring from daily
toil is only daily bread, in its hardest and
most libs—I sense. With them a day’s
labor Iasi is a day’s hunger for self and
for Hifle bneiB. A week's refusal of work
bmu* absolute starvation.
NlW Tan continues to spread and of
com as to grew in population and wealth.
By the addition of Westchester comity
thak c&y hat nearly doubled her area;
kMMtBWtHkrffifCiT* miles she has in
adding over twelve
thonsand-eene, end raising her popula
tion to Wifiteb affection of a million. The
is-bounded by the Bronx
scope tube is of sheet steel, rivited to- tofceville. Kmvml sessions of the Legis-
gether. The important part of the in- ^ ^ desired.
atrument, the. ’object glass, is twenty-six . . .— %
Fashion presents some curious
When skirts were -worn three
diameter, eighteen yards of materiel ^
enough for a dress, but now they
made to fit closely to the figure at least
thirty yards are quirered. ,
We see it stated that ike
Granges have —reed to recommend the
J-nlantiiqf of much lees cotton next season.
settlement u
lextpmoucnuy.
river, the Hudson and Harlem rivers, and
on tbs north by a line drawn from the
southern'linut of the city of Yonkers to
the Bronx river, above woodlawn. The
towns of Morrisuma, West Farms and
will constitute wards of
New* York after Jan. 1, and gas, water
and pokes will be extended thither as soon
Si possible. The project of annexation
with very little opposition.
an item of news, that
“ is on the increase
Defences of Havana.
Fort'fica'ions and Ga risona of the Cabas Capital.
Tlie City Vulnerable From the Land Side.—The
Morro, Cabana and La Punta.- How Havana Can
be Reduced To-day.
[From the New York Herald
Cuba, considering its great value as a
producing country and its highly impor
tant geographical position, has been no
tably exempt from foreign attack since its
discovery and settlement by the Span
iards. Of all her possessions in America,
Castilian dominion, with the exception of
a period less than a year, has remained
intact on the island, which is perhaps the
richest colony possessedby any European
power in any part of the globe. At an
early day the occasional eruption of buc
caneers gave rise to the necessity of forti
fying its harbors. The seat of govern
ment having been transferred from San
tiago de Cuba (which is now identified
with one of the most barbarous massacres
of recent times) to Havana, defensive
works were erected at the latter place,
which have been continued and extended
until the city has become one of the strong
estin this part of the world. For many
years Spanish galleons and flotillas as
sembled at Havana before finally cross
ing the Atlantic. But while hostilities
raged in nearly every part of the West
Indies, the mother country being an ac
tive participant, Cuba, with its 1,400 miles
of seacoast and its numerous harbors, re
mained free from the sound of hostile
cannon, except on the two occasions to be
mentioned hereafter.
Havana has always been a naval head
quarters—was used for fitting out expe
ditions to operate against tlie enemies of
Spain; but as the city was considered al
most impregnable, though it is actually
the key to the entire island, it was deem
ed prudent to avoid attacking the place.
With Havana in the possession of a hos
tile force the rest of Cuba would be of
little or no value.
PRESENT STRENGTH OF HAVANA.
The present strength of Havana is a
matter of the greatest interest. Its gen
eral plan of defences has been construct
ed in the old style; but a profusion of
treasure has of late years been expended
to render the city and harbor as far as
possible proof against all assaults. And
it is highly probable, from the fortifica
tions that have been erected, the precau
tions that have been taken, the difficul
ties that have been thrown in the way,
and the ease with which the defences
themselves can be used against attack
that the captnre of Havana would be a
difficult enterprise to accomplish. The
wall of the city, running from the mouth
of the harbor across the peninsula to the
inner shore, enclose an eclipse of 2,000
yards by 1,100 yards; but at the present
time more than twice that space outside of
them is completely covered by buildings.
There are six forts, numerous land and
water batteries, forming a continuous
line running along both shores, besides
the walls and citadel. The forts are
named the Morro, La Cabana, Principe,
La Punta, Atares and Numero 4, or San
Diego.
Morro Castle
is deemed impregnable, but it is believed
a competent naval force could pass it.
Even if successful, however, 1,000 guns
could be brought to bear on the ships af
ter entering the harbor. For this, among
other reasons, military authorities agree
that if the place be taken it must be tak
en by operations conducted on land. La
Cabana is as strong, if not a stronger
work, than the Morro. In 1762 the lat
ter was battered an entire day within short
range by three English line of battle
ships. They had to retire without mak
ing any impression, after being badly dis
abled. Raynal, a competent authority
says, “The Morro is raised so high above
the level of the sea mat even a first rate
vessel of war could not batter it. But
La Punta has not the same advantage. It
is, nevertheless, so situated that it can
only be attacked by a very narrow chan
nel, in which the assailants must bo ex
posed to such a tremendous fire as few
would be able to withstand.
The Starless Crown.
“ They that turn ir.any to righteousness shall shine
as the stars forever and ever.”—Dan. lK.ii. 3.
Wearied and worn with earthly cares, I yielded to re
pose.
And soon before my raptured sight a glorious vision i
rose:
I thought, while slumbering on my couch, in midnight’s
solemn gloom,
I heard an angel’s silvery voice, and radiance fille i my
room.
A gentle touch awakened me; a gentle whisper said.
“ Arise, O sleeper, follow ine;'' and through the air
we fled.
We left tlie earth so far away that like a speck it
seemed,
And heavenly glory, cairn and pure, across our path
way streamed.
Still on we went; my sonl was wrapt iu silent ecstasy:
I wondered what the end would be, what next should
meet mine eye;
I knew not how we journeyed through the pal! lees
fields of light.
When suddenly a change was wrought, and I was
clothed in white.
We stood before n city's walls most glorious to behold
We passedthrough gatesofjglhsteEingpeari, o’erstno *-
of pureat gold ;
It needed not the sun by day, the silver moon by night;
The glory of the Lord was there, the Lamb hiur.s-ll its
light.
Bright angels paced the shining streets, sweet music
filled the air,
And white-robed saints with glittering crowns from
every clime was there;
And some that 1 had loved on earili stood with them
round the throne,
“ All worthy is the Lamb,’’ they sang, “ llie glory his
alone.”
But fairer far than all besides I saw my Saviour's face;
And ns I gazed he smiled on me with wondrons love
and mace.
Lowly I bowed before Im throne, o’erjuyed that I at
last
Had gained the object of my hopes—that earth at
length was past.
Aud then in solemn tonos lie said, “Where is
diadem
That ought to sparkle on thy brow—adorued wiih
many a gem 7
I kuow thou hast believed on me, and life tliroa e
is thine;
Bot where are all those radiant stars that in thy crown
should shine T
Youder thou seest a glorious throng, and stars ou eve
ry brow;
For every soul they led to me they wear a jewel ni w,
And such thy bright reward had been, if such had
been thy deed.
If thou hadst sought some warn'd ing feet in paths of
peace to lead.
Thou wertnot called that thou shouldst tread (be way
of life alone,
Bnt that the clear and shining light which round thy
footsteps shone
Should guide some other weary feet to my bright home
of rest,
And thos, in blessing those around, tlroa liadst thy
self been blest.”
FALL AND WINTER
Millinery, Dress Goods, Fancy’ Goods,
AND
All the Norelties of the Season.
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MRS. P. A. L INDRUM
Has just returned from New York where she purchased a large sod beautiful assortment of MILLINERY.
DRESS GOODS, Trimmings, Fancy Goods, Sto., dco., which are now arriving, and which she is able to sell
at lower prices than ever before.
BONNETS, HATS, FEATHERS. RIBBONS, Ac.,
Selected with great care from the latest and prettieet Styles, and for bounty and richness surpass anything
ever brought to this market. She was very fortunate In the purchase Sf some very handsome real and iiaitu-
tion F EATilEKS, which she can sol: at astonishing LOW PRICES,
DRBSi
GOOD!
nature what the
Mrs. intLoa da Graffenread, wife of
dnl* in Dkdi county, 0*., Udt Monday.
HAVANA CAN ONLY BE ATTACKED ON THE LAND
SIDE
with any hope of success, and even should
such an attempt be made, the difficulties
to which a besieging army would be ex
posed are almost insurmountable. One
of these is the great scarcity of good wa
ter. It could only be found 9 miles from
the city, and the people, aware of its ab
solute necessity, would use every exertion
to cut off the supply. It would, therefore,
be necessary, in case of the city being in
vested, that the besiegers should have
strong detachments in intrenchments to
protect the watering places and prevent
communication with the camp being in
terrupted. But this difficulty -with all oth
ers, would be certainly overcome by an
enterprising and determined commander
having adequate resources at his disposal.
It is clear, however, that a large army
would be required to invest Havana, and
a powerful fleet to act in co operation.—
All the insurgents require is arms, and
these could be very easily landed on either
the northern or southern coast of the dis
trict in which they operate. The patriot
forces would be able to take care of all
the Spanish troops outside Havana, where
the garrison is reported to be 20,000, not
including the numerous ships-of-war with
their sailors and marines.
1RON-CLADB AND FORTS.
A naval officer of very high rank is re
ported to have recently said that our navy
could easily enter Havana ; that a fleet
can pass anything. He seemed to be under
tlie impression that the forts and batter
ies have nothing heavier than 32-pounders,
and that the Spanish parties were without
torpedoes—the only things that can close
a channel It is beyond question that the
Spanish men-of-war cany as heavy metal
as vessels of other nations, and it does
not seem probable they would neglect
using them in their land defences. The
Spanish naval officers are conceded to be
very competent in their profession, and
the* naval attache of their Legation at
Washington cannot have overlooked the
special attention given in this country to
the matter of torpedoes. But if, accord
ing to Raynal and others, Havana can on
ly be taken by land, the work in the event
of war would become a comparatively ea
sy one to the United States. And at this
point it has to be mentioned that such
was the opinion of the English when the
city was attacked and captured by thorn,
after a four days’ seige, in 1762. Thelarge
fleet of 10 ships of the line and 18 frigates
that accompanied the expedition were un
able to make any impression on the sea
defence. The work was all on land. The
strength of Havana in 1762, in compari
son with the British naval and military
force that appeared before it at the time,
was as great as it is to-day, taking into
account the advances made since then in
the science of war, when iron-dads, 600
pound guns, repeating rifles and torpe
does are brought into operation.
The onlypoweTtbat ever attacked Cuba
was Great Britain. On the ftrat occasion
the invasion ended most disastrously; on
the second Havana fell into her hands.
Mr. Henry Clews, the well-known bonk
er, will be maeried in a few mouths to Miss
Worthington, niece of Hon. William G.
Tlie vision fufleJ f om my tiijlit, tlie voice no longer
spake,
A spell seemed brooding o’er my soul wliicb long I
feared to break ;
And when at last I gazed around to morning's glim
mering light,
My spirit felt o’erwkelmed beneath that vision’s awful
might.
I rose and wept with chastening joy that yet I dwell
below,
That yet another hour was mine my faith by works to
show;
That yet some sinner I nrght tell of Jesus’ dying love,
And help to lead some weary soul to seek a home
above.
And now, while on the earth I stay, my motto this shall
be,
To live no longer to myself, but Him who died for
me.”
And graven on my inmost sonl I’ll wear this truth
divine,
They that tarn many to the Lord bright as the stars
shall shine.”
She invites the Indies to call and examine her Dress Goods, consisting of Silks, British Lustre, Sateens, Pop.
lins, Meriuoes, Empress Cloths, Opera Cloths of all shades and colors. Also, Camels’ Hair Goods, suitable for
the celebrated Kcdingote.
LARGE STOCK OF
Ladies, Misses and Children’s Shoes and Hosiery.
Hair Work of all Kinds,
A General Assortment *f Toilet Articles,
Tejs kj die lilliei awl Jewelry ef all Kiafe
PINS, NEEDLES and SEWING COTTON of all kinds.
THOMPSON’S GLOVE-FITTING CORSETS,
AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED SEAMLESS GLO^TSS,
Sash Gibbons at low pricas, Queen Bess ftnflUnr, Old ladies Caps, Sic.
Nie Im.s ilie Ageucy of the Celebrated 'Dumestic” paper patterns, and can supply ladies with patterns of
all kinds from j cents up. Her opening will lake place in a tew days of which notice will be given.
Skill MAKXSra,
Still done io the best Styles;
Mi Hedge ri!le, Ga , Oct. 8, 1^73, 11 3m.
Tlie Cheap Grocery and Provision
STORE!
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IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONET BUT TOUR GROCERIES AND
PROVISIONS AT TIE CIEAP STORE,
WE ARE DETERMINED TO SELL LOW.
Don’t Stop until you find the Bight Store, on Wayne Street Worth of
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From the Chicago Tribune.
The United States Wavy,
The possibility of serious complica
tions between this country and Spain,
owing to the recent brutalities in Cuba,
has drawn public attention to the condi
tion of our navy. While a war at this
time would be a great misfortune, and,
while it is probable that no resort to
arms will be necessary, it is well to know
what our strength would be in case a war
was forced upon us. A brief investiga
tion into the number and character of our
ships-of-war will give a clear idea of tlie
material of our navy.
On the 1st day of January last, tlie
war-ships of the United States consisted
of the following : Steamers—first-rates,
6, carrying 186 guns; second-rate, 33.
carrying 568 guns; third-rates, 24, carry
ing 147 guns; fourth-rates, 5, carrying 16
howitzers; sailing vessels, 30, carrying
245 guns; iron-clads, 51, carrying 127
guns; and 27 tug boats. There are thus
totals of 50 iron-clad steamers, 67 wood
en steamers, 30 sailing vessels and 27
tugs, making quite an imposing aggre
gate—on paper—of 175 vessels belong
ing to our navy. The tugs and sailing-
ships may be dropped out of the calcula
tion to start with, being utterly useless
ships-of-wur. A first-class bonfire
would be the most judicious use for most
of them, and a large expense could be
thus saved. Let us now examine the
wooden and iron-clad steamers.
Of the five first-rates, th#S Niagara, 12
guns, is so hopelessly rotten that noth
ing short of a complete rebuilding would
ever make her fit for service.—The other
four, with a total of 174 guns, can be
prepared for sea in from one to three
months.
Of the second-rates, five are still on
the stocks, having remained there until
too rotten to launch, two have been sold
t.hia year, two are old style paddle wheel
steamers, unfit for action, and the Flori
da and Illinois, though launched, are like
the five first mentioned, too rotten to take
aboard their machinery and guns. This
leaves twenty-two of the second-rates,
carrying 356 guns, which can be made
ready for service probably inside of six
months.
The third-rates are mere gun boats,
carrying generally 6 to 8 guns each, ex
cept six of the smallest, which cany only
3 guns each. They could only be useful
in attacking small ports and in maintain
ing a blockade againt merchant vessels.
The fourth-rates are mere paddle wheel
dispatch boats.
The iron clads are all monitors except
one, not yet launched, nor likely to be.
They are “laid up” at League Island,
New Orleans, Mound City, Washington
and Boston, and three of them are on the
stocks. The Ajax, 2 guns; Dictator, 2:
Mahopac, 2; Manhattan, 2; Miantonomah
4; Roanoke, 6; Saugus, 2, and Terror. 4,
are about the only ones that can ever be:
made fit for sea, and they are so little
suitable for general service that no Ad
miral in his senses would ever attempt to
make use of them except along a coast
where he could attempt shelter at short
notice. Without entering inti) a detailed
account of their ■ deficiencies, it is suffi
cient to say that all naval officers regard
them as admirable for coast service, and
for nothing else. » *-
We have thus twenty-six wooden steam
ers, carrying 530 guns, for* dfeetive use
in the event of a foreign war. It is well
known that not over fluree-fourths of a
navy can be kept in eOaunluiOn con
stantly, repairs and remunitioning keep
ing the remainder out ol service. We
should thus have about twenty ships,
many of which are old-fashioned and
slow, to oppose the best iron-clad fri
gates afloat
Spain possesses eleven frigates of the
first class, including such ships as the
Numancia, Ville de- Madrid, and Arsgo-
nia, all of which Me- superior in every
respect to udj vessel ill M*
out doubt, die could :
seas a larger fleet of
war than we could put
ships. Spain was no:
Treaty el Paris, nor
States, and she cqi
PLANTERS TAKE NOTICE!
Family Groceries, Provisions, and Supplies of all Kinds,
AT TH3 LOWEST CASH PRICES. On hand and to arrirc the following articles:
2,1-000 lbs V R Sides, 5,0< 0 lbs Shoulders, 500 Ibn choice Pfar hams, 1.000 Ibn Leaf Lard, at Low Figaro*.
Flonr all grades. Com, Bran and Fine Feed for 8tock. Seed Oats, Sugars all kinds, Coffee cheap, Goshon
Butter, and Cream Cheese, Pic Nics, Crscknells, Seapells, Kentucky Butter, Lemon Crockers, and other
vaiieties. Mackerel in barrels and kits. Morgan Boos and other Soaps. Potash, Candles, Kerosene Oil,
Soda, Copperas, Powder and Shot. Cotton Cards, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Pickles and Oysters, Sift
ers, Buckets, Brooms,-Choice Segars. Come and see as and sars year money. Quick sales and small profits
is our motio.
GUESN and DRY HX9SS Wanted, tar vhieh highest price will b« paid.
Having secured the services of Mr. C. B. M UN DAY, who will bo nlwnss on hand to meet bio old cos
tumers and attend to the wants of uev ones, wo hope to bo nblo tn givo satisfaction to all, and merit a liberal
patronage.
SAMUEL EVANS k €0.
Miiledgeville, Nov 8,1873. 16 till Jao 8 74
FIIISNITITRE ! FURNITURE ! !
W. <*> T.
AVE ON HAND a large assortment of FINE AND COMMON FURNITURE, con-
%
H siatieg of
Beautiful Bed-Room Setts, Bwreais, Mirrors, Tables, Chairs,
Bedsteads and Ualtraaano of all nlano and gaalitlrs.
Repairing of Furniture and Upholstering Dona to Order aa short notice.
Window-Shades and Fixtures, Corner sod Wall Brackets, &c.
WILLOW BASKETS, CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES, Lwgo lot of Cbildran’s Toys, such as Doll Car
riages, Express Wagons, fia
BUGGY HARNESS for sale. Also, all kinds of Material for Carriage Makers sod Repairers. Ready-made
Wagon and Buggy Wheels always on hand.
Doors, Sash and Blinds, and Ifztnros for Blinds.
yp We guarantee Low Prices and Good Work. Give us a call.
Buriat
Cases
All styles of Metallic aud Wood Burial Cases and Caskets always on hand.
r?" Orders for case? will receive prompt attention at all bonro—day or night.
W. & J. CARAKER.
Millcdgevtlle, Ga., Sept. 2,1873. 6 6ni
B. P. WALKER,
; ul S. T. i. B. P. Walker.)
3. H. DOBBS,
(Ute of WiM, Dobbs k Co.)
WALKER 4k HOBBS,
SUCCESSORS TO *
Wise, Dobbs A Co.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLES*!* DEALERS IN
China, Crockery and Glass Ware, Silver Plated Wan
POCESV AUD TABU O0TUULT,
COAL OIL LAMPS. WICKS, BURNERS. CHIMNEYS, CHANDELIERS, GAS AND KEROSENE
FIXTURES, PORTER’S PLANTATION AND COMBINATION HOE8.
[yWt would call the attention of Merchants to oar immense and varied alack vf the above Goods, feelu g
that trecaogive entire satisfaction iu regard to quality and prion Onr retail Department is also complete.
Walker A Dobbs, MA<h>\ aa.
October 11, 1873,
swae
GO TO MKUON
AND - - r
Buy Your Furniture and Carpets
WOOD, Nextto Lanier I louse.
THE LOWEST PRICES SVNB KNOWN!
METAL CASES AND CASKETS, W90» CWTIftS 9f ill KINDS,
At prices that defy competition. Night Mlb ,—wired at S* Loafer House.
rnemAM WOO», Macon, Oa.
Oct. 11,1873.
12 6m.
CARPETS, OIL CLOT
Fall Tradis
JAM ES 6. BAILIE
205 jRroad StreetA
Are now f;(Terii;g the Largest S'ock of CARPETS, OIL
by any House South, and at the lowest pricen. GoadkkBl
at the new and beautiful array of Patterns at
CURTAINS.
iBOf HER.
’A, GA.,
«S mi CURTAINS ever offered
Be Sara to coll end loos
Choice Family Groceries m
and at low prices at
Oot. 21,1873
FIhICIm Co.ds!
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MM AtJKm JPi
Successor to Thos. D. Oner,
Keeps on hand the latest and jpost
OATS,
Gents
With
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