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THE UNION & RECORDER.
Old “Southern Recorder” and “Federal Union’
consolidated]
SKILLED an VTLLZ1, OA :
Wednesday, December 24, 1873.
Unprofitable Servants.
Whilst Congressmen are voting them
selves double pay, and men from whom
we expected better things are eulogizing
high salaries, and contending that the
President should have a hundred thousand
dollars a year, Senators fifteen thousand,
and members of Congress ten thousand
for five or six months service, the Treaa
ury is empty, and these public servants
that consider their services so very valua
ble are devising ways and means to tax
the people still more severely to support
their extravagance. They now talk of
laying a tax on tea and coffee, and on med
ical prescriptions, that Grant may enjoy
his hundred thousand dollars a year, and
Senators and Congressmen may revel in
luxury and fare sumptuously every day.
The people expected this from Ben But
ler and his company of public robbers,
but they expected better things from
Democratic members from Georgia, espe
cially did they expect better things from
A. H. Stephens. Every Democrat from
Georgia, whether in the Senate or House
know when he accepted office that his
constituents were opposed to the salary
grab. If they were not willing to obey
the wishes of their constituents they
should not have taken the office; but af
tor they got the office thoy sot their con
stituents at defiance and became the allies
of the grabbers. This shows the neces
sity of taking from legislative bodies the
power to fix their own salaries.
A powerful writer in a communication
in the Atlanta Constitution of lastFri-
lay handles this subject in the following
manner. It will apply to our State Leg
islature as well as to Congress:
“ To go to the root of the whole mat
ter, notwithstanding the Constitution pro
vides that the compensation of -members
of Congress shall be "'ascertained by law,”
which can only bo made by Congress, it
is clear to our mind that Congressmen
havo no moral right to regulate their own
pay. It was done ex necessitate rei by
those who composed the first Congress,
and a bad practice has grown up on the
fact which has been tortured into a prec
edent. It is a privilege accorded to no
body else in the world except legislator*,
and it is wrong in principle. It place*
power where it does not rightfully belong,
and invests it with a thousand temptation*
to abuse. Human nature is frail, and
government should guard society against
its errors and its crimes. Experience ha*
shown that neither the sense of right nor
the fear of constituents, nor tho two com
bined, have been strong enough to afford
that protection where avarice is arrayed
against them. Practically tho power both
demoralizes the representative and works
great wrong to the constituent. ’If the
principle be a correct and safe one the
President and Governors of States should
be allowed tho same privilege, for in one
sense they are part of the law making
power and equally responsible to the peo
ple, while it would be far safer in their
hands, for there would be no division of
responsibility. It is an old sore, and
should be healed up without delay. Wo
hope to see every Constitution in exis
tence that contains such a clause amended
so as to allow legislative bodies to fix the
pay only of their successors. This is the
only way by which the voraciousness of
modem law makers can be restrained
within the bounds of reason and common
honesty.
The freedom with which public servants
appropriate the public money—especially
to themselves—has become a national
grievance and shame. Inch by inch—
perhaps we should say all by all—it has
gone on from bad to worse, year after
year, until it has passed all endurance.—
It is pregnant of corruption ; it is eating
out public virtue, and ought bo suppress
ed at once.
No sonsiblo man who has watched the
current of events at Washington for the
last eight years can have failed to notice
one alarming tendency—that of our pub
lic servants to become independent of their
masters, the people. This voting of large
salaries to themselves is one of the lead
ing agencies by which it is sought to de
stroy all just responsibility between the
representative and constituent. A man
with his pockets crammed is not apt to
care what other people think, but will
soon lose sight entirely of his amenability
to tho people who gave him position and
power. Not very many years ago, the il
lustrious Clay, dearly as ho was boloved
by Ills people, came very near losing his
seat in Congress by a vote to change the
compensation of members from six dollars
per diem to fifteen hundred dollars per
annum, and he made a public confession
or an apology for Ills error, such was tho
public estimate at that day of the sacred
ness of the trust.
Wo are in favor of a liberal compensa
tion to all public servants, but we do not
approve this giving to Congressmen
enough to support them in elegance, with
a balance to purchase their re-election
whether the people want their services
or not, as lias ofton been the case. View
it as we may—in the light of principle,
its largo amount, or the circumstances
under which it was wrested from the troae
ury, especially tho pay for the first ses
sion of tho last Congress—this “salary
grab’ is an iniquity and disgrace, both in
its conception and its birth; and (as we
are accustomed to regard it) unsempu*
lous North is scouting it everywhere, pqJ
punishing its aiders and abettors, it is in
deed mortifying to see the honor and high
moral tone of tfie South compromised,
either by a participation in or attempts to
whitewash the national stigma and shame.
Wo think we know' public sentiment in
Georgia, and we feel freely authorized to
say that defend it who may, this honest,
proud old Commonwealth will never give
Her sanction nr tn flmtprnnrr
Tho Constitutional Convention Ques
tion.
The people in every part of the State
hove hkm bold of this important ques
bon, and it is now progressing with the
resistless force of on avalanche. The
ridicalotte argument* of the Atlanta pa
pers against it only help the cause.—
When a man asserts that a Convention
would eo«t a quarter of a million dollars,
everybody knows he is telling what he
don’t beli*v# himself. One of the most
intelligent gentlemen in the State assured
ns that it need not cost more than $20.
000. The humbug about turning out all the
officer* is too ridiculous to require discus
sion. When men make use of finch argu
mentS the people know that they have some
selfish object to serve which they dare
not avow. Tine object is tho interest of
the Atlanta ring, which in all matters re
lating to Atlanta, and in venality and cor
ruption it second only to Washington
City. The letters and communications in
favor of a convention come in so fast that
we cannot publish one half of them.—
Among those left ont are tho admirable
letter* of Judge Hook, and Judge Speer
of Griffin. We are assured also that
Judge Floyd of Newton county is strong
ly fn favor of a convention. Let the peo.
pie speak out.
•trony Sympathy.
Whilst Mr. Stephens was speaking on
the doable pay-salary-grab all of those
smutty pigeons that had been badly dam
agod in the Grodit Mobelier and Pacific
Railroad swindle gathered in front of
him, and as soon as he got through they
all congratulated him on his effort, and
foremost among them was Ben Butler
who offered his hand and praised liis ef
fort. Sir. Stephens might well ask him
self : What evil have I done, that wicked
men should praise mo ?
Thb friends of high salaries and back
pay grabbers, from Gen. Grant and A. H.
Stephens down to Ben Butler and the
editor of the Atlanta Herald, sneer at the
comments of tho newspapers ; and they
have lettmn for their sneers. The news
papers J-have exposed them, and brought
them before the tribunal of the people.—
Whenever a man in public position has
doup, or is about to do, a mean action—
one that he knows will be condemned by
Public opinion—he always affects to scorn
the comments of tho jyoss, and set them
at defiance. But it is one of tho most
ehooring signs of tho times, that, notwith
standing all of these sneers, and all other
appliance* brought to bear against them,
ft very large portion of the press of the
country have preserved their integrity
and fought manfully against corruption
in high places. This is the more praise
worthy, as most of the conductors of the
press are poor, and the men whose con
duct they condemn have control of all
the money in tho nation, and would be
very willing to buy tho approbation and
defence of the press, but so far they have
been able to buy but very few.
British Periodicals.
The October numbers of the four Brit
ish Quarterly Reviews, viz: The Edin
burgh, the London Quarterly, the West
minster nd British Quarterly, have all
been ree#rrd. These four Quarterly Re
views, together with Blackwood’s Maga
zina, ar* all reprinted and issued at the
Leonard Seott Publishing Company, 140
Fulton *t., New York. These periodicals
contain synopsis of British current Lit
erature^ and no gentleman’s library should
be Without them. They are offered on
reasonable terms and sent to subscribers
in any part of the United States by mail.
The Sottthehn Magazine for December
has been received. This is an interest
ing magazine, published monthly by
Turnbull Brothers, No. 8 N. Charles st
Baltimore. Price $4 00 per year.
tSf Tho Atlanta Constitution of Fri
day says the “down morning passenger
train o* the Georgia Railroad collided
this morning with the accommodation
train at Parker's Bend, two miles this
sido of Stone Mountain. James P.
Smith, conductor of the down train, had
a log broke, and George Riley, engineer,
had an arm broke. A number of passen
gers were injured and both engines
wrecked."
•aph
efori
■ sanction or countenance to the wrong.
Tho act has met with almost universal
popular repudiation at the South, and
un i >laek shall be proved to be white,
and the moral natures of her people re
versed, there is no authority so high, no :
ingenuity so subtle as to be able to drive
the people from their honest conclusions.
“Nor nil that heralds rake from coffined clav
Nor florid prose, nor honeyed lies of rhyme**
Can blazon evil deeds orooaseerato a crime.'”
— — ■ — a
A Doubtful Compliment.—The
editor of the Atlanta Herald perpetrates
this joke:
“Millodgeville is a very good platee to
come from; and-we know of no better
place to start to the better world from
than Atlanta.” i W
Atlanta, although a very bad place to
five in, may be a good plaoe to die in.—
A good man living -there wonld
to die to get out trfr the place ;
man might die with ftwyi-gpfonnfleijjQ
fhat he could not go to a worse place.
The Ashantees.
Our readers will remember that the
English a very few years since had a very
interesting war with King Theodoras
of Abyssinia, tho ancient Christian King
dom on the Eastern border of Africa
These restless Englishmen have just got
up another war with Africa; this time on
tho Western coast (by way of variety,)
with his ebony Majesty, King Koffer Kal
kalli of the Ashantees; aided (as tho later
telegrams tell ns) by the potent Monarch
of Dahomey.
The Ashantees occnpy a territory about
twice as largo as Georgia, with a popula
tion of about 3,000,000. They are fierce,
warlike, unchristian savages, delighting
in bloodshed and carnage ? Human teeth
and jaw bones are much worn among
them as personal ornaments. The Daho-
mans occnpy an adjacent territory, very
much smaller however; and they have a
population of only one-tenth of that of the
Ashantees. Both of these valiant peoples
are made tip of coal black, woolly-headed,
thick-lipped, fragrant individuals. An ex
cellent article, withch arming illustrations,
on the Ashantees (and many other fasci
nating articles) appear in the January
number, 1874, of Harpers’ Illustrated
Monthly Magazine.
The Atlanta Herald says, tho people
are content with the scalawag carpet bag
Constitution aud want to be let alone.
When the Herald says the people, he
means tho Atlanta ring. They do wish
to bo let alone for tho samo reason tho
boy who was caught up an apple tree
stealing apples. Ho wanted to bo let
alone until ne could steal the last apple,
and the ring want to be let alone until
they can steal the last dollar in the treas-
nry.
Sosm Hope fob the Spanish Re
public.—A dispatch received by the
State Department At Washington announ
ces the conciliation of conflicting interest
in the Spanish CJortes/.and the firm es
tablishment of the Oastellar government.
The conciliation has been effected through
compromises between tho diverse ele-
nts of the republican members of tho
Cortes. The immediate result of these
compromises, it is believed, will bo the
establishment of a strong federal govern
ment in Spain, based upon true republi
can principles, and it is accepted by tho
government with gratification, as showing
that th6 result of the negotiations regard
ing the Virginias affair has been to
strengthen rather than weaken the cause
of republicanism in Spain. May it all
come true.
The Mexican Boeder Trouble.—New
Nexiqo, December 20.—An attempt to ari
rest certain parties across the Mexican
line resulted m the killing of the sheriff
and another man.
The call for a State Convention made
by a few distractionists, falls flat and
•choices upon the ear of the people! It is
a dead endeavor;—Atlanta Herald.
The editor of tho Herald evidently does
not road the Georgia papers, or he would
find that the “dead endeavor” is as lively
*yorppe u the late lamented Democracy
P * VTed itortf to be—gav. Rep.
From the Telegraph Si Meterage:.
Why the Capital shtuld be Trans
ferred to Milledgeville Again.
This question is daily increasing in im
portance and significance to tax-payers,
just in proportion as the old opera house
grows more xideety^pad the necessity for
a new Capitol becomes inevitable. The
seat of government should be re-estab
lished at its ancient 6ite for the following
forcible reasons:
First—It is very nearly the geogra;
ical centre of. the State, and th6ref
equalizes the traveling expenses and risks
of legislators. Formerly the lack of
railroad facilities was urged as a reason
for removal But since the completion
of the Gordon branch of the Central,
and the Macon and Augusta road, this
objection has been wholly obviated.
Second—The change to Atlanta was
violently effected by Federal interposition
and carpet-bag agencies, and, ceteris par
ibus, self respect requires a sovereign
State to resist this encroachment upon
its prerogative and rights.
Third—The grand question of econo
my at a period of great financial exliaus
tion and onerous taxation, calls loudly
for removal. Just prior to the change, a
large sum had been expended upon the
old Capitol, and the public buildings
were in apple-pie order. They axe com
modious and well constructed, with ample
grounds, and situated in a most salubri
ous region of country. Moreover, they
are the property of the State. Why,
then, forego advantages, and sink the
millions unnecessarily, which must be
raised by taxation for the erection of new
buildings.
Fourth—The pure administration of
the government requires its removal from
the busy marts of a crowded city to a lo
cation more retired and free from inter
ruptions of every kind. The cost of legis
lation is enormous, and the people have
a right to diligent and faithful service
from their representatives. But every
one knows the seductions and temptations
incident to a large town, and of Atlanta
in particular. Until recently, that city
was tho head centre of Georgia Radicals,
carpet-baggers, shoulder-strapped army
officers, and all the rings and conniption
inseparable from such elements.
The place has been built up, to some
extent, with money stolen from the cof
fers of the State Treasury, and filched
from tho earnings of the Western and
Atlantic railroad. Bullock, Blodgett,
Kimball, Farrow, Harris, et id omne ge
nus, were not only representative men.
but, backed by a host of speculating yan
kees, actually ran the machinery of the
State and ruled the city besides. True,
the Democratic lustration has scattered
tliis flock of insatiable vampyres, and
thay have been forced to flee the country
or take cover in their holes, but the .taint
of their presence still remains, and the
lesser rogues continue to go “unwhipped
of justice.” Moreover, there is so much
of lobbying, junketting, bribery, gam
bling and drinking going on, and the
means of detection are so difficult, that
it is actually wrong to expose inexperi
enced members, unused to all tliis devil
try, to thp malign influences of a sojourn
amid such temptations. It is a notorious
fact that the bar-rooms and the Kimball
House “Exchange” are the principal are
nas of legislation. There men are man
ipulated, votes subsidized, and noses
counted pending the passago of any im
portant bill in the General Assembly.
But in Milledgeville, although all these
corrupting influences may exist to some
extent, exposure is more certain, and tho
gossip of so small a place will inevitably
point out the delinquents.
Finally, there is not a solitary reason
why the capital should be fixed at Atlan
ta; while, on the contrary, good faith to
those who invested in real estate in Mil
ledgeville, and the traditions of the glo
rious past, make a strong appeal to the
people in her behalf.
The Salary Grab.
The Detroit Fret Praa* di*cusses tho
question of tbs salary grab is ar imps.’
tial and oonvixeing inanflW:
In the discussfox of HoIJbs on the
proposed repfoi *f tt* Art a# * Hatch 3.
1873, increasing tshtffeft, esaAAioftaJ xe
ference has bee* M S# increase
made by the act of July 1?, 18ft# —sa in
crease which we* also rrtrosrttvw Some
of the member* hsve ergaed that there
was no greater impropriety i* the in
crease made in March ,lw
made seven year* ««j*. end* t
!ss:k
► par its
efro'ach
She Virginias.
Surrender of the Vessel
States.
to the United
Key West, December 18.—The small
steamer Dispatch, Capt. W. D. Whiting,
which had been assigned by the United
States Government to the duty of receiv
ing the surrender, sailed from Key West
Sunday evening, and arrived in the har
bor of Bahia Honda the next morning,
where she found the Virginius in charge
of the Spanish sloop-of-war LaFavorita,
Senor Do La Camara commanding.
Shortly after noon the latter came on
board the Dispatch and made arrange
ments with Capt. Whiting for the sur
render, at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning,
This visit was returned later in the day
by Capt. Whiting. The intercourse was
of the most courteous character. On
Tuesday the weather was bright and
clear. The only spectators of the scene
about to take place were the men on the
Dispatch and LaFavorita and some rag
ged and dirty Cubans in fishing smacks,
apparently intent upon fishing alone. At
half past eight the gig came over from
LaFavorita to the Virginus, containing
an oarsman and a single officer. As the
latter stepped on deck a petty officer and
half a dozen men who had stood watch on
the Virginius during the night, went over
the side, and remaided in the, dingy a-
waiting orders. Punctually as the bells
on the Dispatch struck for nine, and be
fore tho echo had died away the American
flag flow to the flagstaff of the Virginius
and at the same moment a boat containing
Captain Whiting and Lieut. Mariax, put
away from thq Dispatoh. As they ascend
ed the accommodation ladder of the Vir
ginias a single man on deck, who proved
to be Senor De La Camara, advanced and
made a courteous salute. The officers
then read their respective instructions,
and Captain De La Camara remarked that
in obedience to the requirements of his
Government he had the honor to turn
over the steamer Virginius to the Ameri
can authorities. Captain Whiting ac
cepted and ascertaining that a receipt
would be acceptable gave one. A word
or two more, civilly spoken, and the
Spaniard stepped over the side, signalled
his oarsmen and in ten miuutes was again
upon the deck of his own vessel, having
discharged with becoming dignity the
unpleasant duty imposed upon him by
his Government. The engines of the
Virginius were found to be in a bad con
dition and she had to be towed to sea by
the Dispatch. Both vessels left the har
bor
Congressmen who took
the latter ens* have ‘ft*? f.
member* of to* Fortr eeeond Cwsrtxr
for doing the Mtns ifefaSome have’
also insisted that the cry. V’W.sft to
backpay grabber? b«3 b«»n in greas par 1
the frothing of a corrupt pres?, sfid that
the grab wae honor toad nsnfile*a in fcl
its feature*.
Thore are soe* objection* to the pro 1
priety of the grab cf Hi* Forty-flccocd
Congres* which will apply with, equal
force to toe rotroacMr* iicrmeo Toted
them selves by th* member* of the Thir
ty-ninth; and "to oca will hold good at any
rime in the future whenever members of
Congres* meddle with ffioir own »al,aiee
The fact that these objections cxk»t..
not interfere with the member* of Con
gress to again do what has been done
before; nor does the existence of tills
power relieve tho increase of lSGo.^mu of
1873 from the odimn of being grab* Tho
Congressmen elected in too Fall of 1804
knew, ae did those elected eix years eab-
sequently, the eompensctipn wluch at
tached to the ofBco, and *<prc#ly one of
them, when elected, fifljfcoiiemeJ the
thought of moving for an increase. There
is manifest impropriety in men elected ae
servitor* of the people ccsuniirg to. fix
their own ealarioa, a* was done by the
Thirty-ninth and Forty-eocond Congress.
The people wree ixdignast at the act of
1806 because of tkia, a*d thia mna one of
the cansea of their eowdemnaticri < f the
grab of 1871.
But though simfter in aorae < >f its fea
tures to the reteofttttre *»lary increase
of 1866, tho grab of 1873 had gome peon
liar to it sell Th* *at increasing sala
ries in 1866 was approved on the 18th of
July of that vxar, during tho second ses
sion of tho Thirty-ninth Congress. It
was passed, after mature consideration,
on the ground that an increase o* caia-
ries was essential, and that it was de
fended on that ground. At the tone of
the passage of the bill it is doubtful if a
single nomination for Representative in
the Fortieth Congress had been made
and tho eloction in moBt of tho Spates did
not occur until almost four mouths had
elapsed. The wbc-le aubjoct wr.a in such
a shape thnt tho people could pass upon
the action of their Rtypeomen intives, and,
if thoy had deemed it advisable, they
could ha vo defeated ewry member of tiio
House of RopreaoutaWvo* who either
voted for the rotrooefrva increxs' 1 , or who
had accepted the additional compenaa
tion provided for by law. But while
there was some indignisrion expressed at
the incrc-fiso of galaxies, whilo ii was
provocative of not a iittfa unfavorable
comment, the people* as a irulo, aocopted
as satisfactory the plea that Congress
men wore underpaid, and mado no press
ing demand for a reduction cf salaries to
the old figure; A proposiaon made at
the third sesaiow of rbe Thirty-ninth Con
gresa to fix the comp easel ion as it stood
before the act of Jnfy 11 was given no
consideration whatever* be-rg suff red to
slumber by the eowmivtee to xtirch it had
been referred.
Now what are toe fact* rm relation to
the last salary grab—>he ore watch lias
occasioned such a torrent of indignation
as to compel member* of Congress to
unwillingly give the snbjort some con
sideration? It was not passed before an
election for member* of the Forty-third
Congress was held, so that tho people
might approve or condemn the action of
their representatives, but it was finally
passed on the very last day of the last
session of Congress—two yeaaa before a
Congress would meet the members of
which would be elected with any refer
ence to the question of salary increase.
It was passed by the veto* of men whose
term of service had expired, and who had,
as they thought nothing to lose and
$5,000 to gain by tho passage of upo bilk
It was passed witfcout the considers tion
which a measure of its importance de
manded, and with scarcely the slightest
effort to demonstrate Fiat increased pay
for Congressmen wae a necessity. It was
passed by shrewd engineering on tho part
of those who had eharge in conference
committee of toe appropriation bill to
which it had been attaohed, and members
of Congress voted for the steal under tije
mistaken notion that toe “multitude"
would overlook the manner in which it
had been consmmatod. But it was equally
as much to this as to the amount of money
involved to which toe “multitude" took
exception. Thoy objected to that style
of legislation M shameless and..unwar
rantable, and in doing so they were am
ply justified by the facts. lucid n tally,
also, thoy have objected to tJie increase
of Congressional salaries as unnecessary
and unjustifiable; bat toe principal ground
of their complaint *n and is the manner
in which the gtewl wns comm umu *i.
They demand that Miariea be «s n sa ly as
possible placed wh«W they were before
the grab act, and wrto lea* than tins will
not be satisfied.
From the Atlanta Herald.
north Georgia Conference.
Nirealh liaul I'Mfanaw.
Newnan, Ga., Dec. 16, 1873.
During’the night session the Commitr
toes on the Bible Cense, the Sunday
School^ and Education presented inter
esting exhibits of these vital interests of
the church. Much discussion occurred
upon the reading of these reports, and
espoT'iully the two latter.
jTjiy Conference, by vote, gave its unan
imous voice in condemnation of the holdr
ing of fairs, concerts and theatricals in
the interest of the church, as oon
trary io the spirit of Christianity.
Tb important subject of denomination
al education was discussod at aoms
length., , •
Conference was opened this morning
,dth ti|o usual religious services, eonduet-
• n ; Itov/w. J. Scott.
The Bishop announced the following as
the Board of Visitors to the different in-
stitufih^sbf learning under the immedi
ate control of this body:
EMORY COLLEGE.
Rev. Dr. W. P. Harrison, Rev. W. J.
Se.jtt. Rev. W. P. Rivers, Rev. Dr. Wm.
Wat kin Hicks, and Rev. Dr. A T.
Mann.
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE.
R< v. J. H. Heidt, Rev. Josiah Lewis,
Jr., Rev. W. R. Foote.
LAGRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE
Rev. P. M. Rybura, Rev. F. A Kim
ball, Rev. J. R. Mayson, Rev. D. D. Cox,
Rev. W. P, Pledger.
DALTON FEMALE COLLEGE,
Rev. Dr. W P. Harrison, Rev. W. M-
Crumley, Rev. W. P. Pledger. Rev. Louis
J. Davies, Gen. C. A Evans.
The following young men were admit
ted on trial in the traveling oonneetion :
Revs. Wm. E. Shackleford, G. E- Bon
ner, Thus. J. Adams, Andrew J. Hughes,
Geo. W. Thomas, John W. G. Watkins,
Lemuel Wootten, Jr., Wm. H.
W. T. Liiine, Chas. E. Dowman, Wm. O.
Butler, Walter L. Yarbrough, John F.
-Tones, Joseph H. Bentley, Wm.’R. Foote,
Tr., John D. Gray.
Cartersville was selected as the place
’or the meeting of the Conference next
year.
Thanks were returned to the citizens
of Newnan, to the pastors of the differ
ent churches, and the different railroad*
fur coiutcsies received.
Rev. G. J- Pierce was granted a super-
annated relation for one year.
The first Fridays in April and Septem
bor of next year were designated by the
"Conference as* days of fasting and pray
er—tiie former for the special blessing of
God upon the General Conference and
upon our educational institutions.
Bishop Paine made some impressive
closing remarks, when Bishop Pierce read
the closing hymn, and Rev. Dr. Hick* led
in prayer, and the seventh session of the
North Georgia Conference closed its ses
sion, which has been a most pleasant, har
monious and profitable one to all.
Bishop Paine then read out as follows,
the appointments for 1874:
Augusta District—C W Key, P. E.
Augusta ; St. John’s, William Watkin
Hicks.
Augusta:
man.
Augusta:
Augusta:
COTTON MARKET.
The following is the market rrport
of December 23:
Liverpool.—Middling*
New York—Middling* 15J.
Savannah—Middling* 14$/ 1 J
Charleston.—Middling* Ilf*
Augusta—Middling* 14J.
Milledgeville—Middling* 14.
Gold 10.
Milledgeville Prices Current
Corrected Weekly by C. H. Wright & Sfan
City Mission,, Chas E Dow-
BACON:
Shoulders. F I6....1# »
Clear Rib Side. 10 ’&
B. 9. Clear Rib Side*. 10®
Plain Ham*. 15 9
CiQTuaed Hama,.... 16
■ AGOING 16 9
IRON TIES 10 ttl2
BUTTER—Counter fb 30 340
COEEEE—RioFHt 30 *
J.v. 40 ® 4S
KQOS. F_do«M.„._.. »
LIME F hush *1 »
ME.UPpub.... *115*130
MOLAlfcfc. F prt- WfoSJ
NAILS. ¥ ft.... XT.. 8*10
OIL: Ksrosrun, Fgrt. 50*60
POTATOES:
Srrrrt, * bush... .7*»* l 00
Irish. W 5u»h.... *2 S9im
POTASH k LTE # mo, *
Cotton Yarn* ? buisch #1.75
■tripe*, ^ Td....*...l24®2ft
FLOUR, FbM-*wmaistm
is ii OARS.... J to »IS
~Corn 91 00 tr SI 25
r«M 91 00*«91 20
VINEGAR 40*75
WHISKEY F«sL at»*506
K1*D WORDS.
Th« Aiwociated Reformed »eebytaiee,*oy^-For
year* Perry Davie’ Pain-KiHer has tfeen Riifae aa &
moat useful family me,Heine. For paioa and arhea we
know nothing bo good aa the Paio-Killer. For leaey
internal disease* it is equally good. We speak from
sxperience, and teetify to what we knew. No farorly
ought to he without a bottle of Davis’ Pain-Killer.
Messrs. Perry Davis Sc Son, Prov B, I.—Gedtst—
Although a stranger to you I am not to year Invalua
ble medicine. Pain Killer I formed Its acquaintance
Id 1817 and I am on most intimate terms with it stilt;
my eiperieece in its nso confirms my belief that Ur era
is no medicine equal to Pain-Killer for the quick and
sare cure of Summer Complaints, Sore Throat, Group
Bruises and Cuts. I have used it is all and found a
spsedy cure io every case.
Yours Truly, T. J OA BDINER, M. D.
Judging by onr own experience whoever once makes
n trial of Perry Davis’s Pain-Killer, will not fail to
recommend it widely as a unequalled liniment, and val-
aable internal remedy for co da and various other com-
plaints.—Evc'y Month.
The efficacy of Perry Davis' world-renowned Pain-
Killer in all disease* of the bowels, even in tbst terri
ble sconrge. the Asiatic cholera, has *oen amply at
tested by the most couvincing authority. Missiona
ries in China and India have written hour* In ootntBen*
REGULATOR
The Faverlte Berne Remedy.
F>ii*nurivall*d Madisine is warranted not to contain
n rnngmpartidoof Mercury, or any injurious mineral
sabstnnee, but is
. . PURELY VEGETABLE,
4b#aloine those Southern Roots and Herbs, which an
all-wise Providence has placed in countries where
Livor Diseases meet prevail. It will cure all Disease*
unused by Derangement of the Liver aud Bowels.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator, or Medicine^
Is^minently a Family Medicine; and by being kept
knaehiat*resort will save many aa boar of
tmKmng mnvntnfiy n dollar in time find doctors’ MU*.
After over Forty Years’trial it is still receiving th#
—it noqdal'fied tes'imonials to its virtues from per.
9 of the highest character and responsibility. Emi
nent physicians commend it as the most
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
* For^Dyipepsia or pndigestion.
Armed with this ANTIDOTE,all climates and change*
of water and food may be faced without fear As a
Remedy in Malarious Fevers, Bowel Complaints Rest
lessness, Jaundice, Nausea,
XT BAS BO EQUAL.
It is the Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Mediclna
« r • • in the World!
Manufactured only bt
J. B. ZEXLX3V A CO..
MACON, G.*„ and PHILADELPHIA
Price, $1.00. Sold by all Druggists
Deo. 17, 1873. 21 ly.
the vir
dation of this remedy in terms that should carry con
viction to the most skeptical, while it* ]
communities nearer home is ample proof
toes claimed for it are real ami tangible,
ily medicines it stauds unrivaled.—Boston
The Saturday Evening Gazette of Boston, says
It is impossible to find a place on thia broad land
where Perry Davis’ Pain Kiilte is not known 'a# a
most valuable remedy for physical pain. In the coun
try. miles fmm physician or apothecary,the P#in-KiUer
is cherished as the exclusive paneeea, and It never de
ceives.
“Perry Davis’Pain Killer is really a valuable me<ff
cament, and nnlike most of the articles of the day, is
nsed by many physicians. It ie particularly desira
ble in locations where physician* ar# not near; and by
MILLEDGEVILLE ACADEMY.
WILL REOPEN MY SCHOOL TUB 2»d
MONDAY IN JANUARY, (I2ih.)
Primary Class,
2nd -
3rd “
I
RATES OF TUITION, PER TERM.
Spring Term of (> mouths.
IIS 08
24 00
30 00
j Mall Term of 4 months.
1st Class, {12 00
2nd “ 1G 00
3rd “ - 20 00
Charge* from tim* of entrance
* 1 O. M. CONE.
Milledgeville, Dec. 18, 1873. 21 3t
Monroe Female College,
p o
SYT
GA.
keeping it at hand, families will often save the ne
oessity of sending out at midnight for a doctor. A
bottle should be kept iu every Boston
Traveller.
a T
‘‘We have tested the Pain-Killer, and assure our
readers that it not only possesses all the virtue* claim
ed for it, but in many instances surpasses any_other
remedy we have ever known.”—Hi
Liberty. ’
SPRING SESSION will open on WEDNE5-
1 DAT, JANUARY 21st, 1874
Board and tuition for term of 21 weeks, {139 20,
payable in advance.
Those who would secure for their daughters the ben-
«*ts of a classical education nnt proficiency in the
fine arts would do well to apply lor catalogue to
R. T. ASBL’RY, I’res. Fac.
-Dec. Ififh, 1873. 21 6t
’erald erf Gospel
-Ljr-agmj.'l
Jot to thi World ! Wosi.i is Free!—Among
the many modoru discoveries looking to the happiness
nod amelioration of the human raee! nono'i*'ei>tflleif
to higher consideration than the renowned remedy—
Dr. J. Bradfield’s Female Regulator, Woman’s Best
Friend. By it woman is emancipated from neat bar
ic s. ills peculiar to her sex. Before its magic power
nil irregularities of the womb vanish. It eurm
preseion of the menses. It removes uterine
tions. It cures constipation and strengthen* thgfrye-
- - jt
res sqp-
ehstroe-
at 3,
displayed
m, the Spanish flag being
y the fort as they passed. At
eight, p. m., they were met by the naval
tug Fortune. Steam was subsequently
got np on the Virginias and she with toe
Dispatch went to Tortuga, where they
se and a coal schooner,
be transferred from the
Ossipee to the Virginius and whatever
coal may be needed will be supplied by
tho schoonor. When supplied with pro
visions and coal the Virginius will proba
bly be sent to a Northern port. Washing
ton and Norfolk are mentioned among
the prize officers, much to the disappoint
ment of the officers. The Federal Courts
are now anxiously looking out for her ar
rival. She will not enter the harbor of
Key W r est at all, express orders to that
effect having beenreceived from Washing
ton- The Fortune proceeded to Key
West where she arrived at four this af
tern oon, with a dispatch to Admiral Scott
giving a full account of the surrender.
The officers and crews of the Dispatch
and LaFavorita, members of the prize
crews and a correspondent of the Tribune
were the only witnesses of toe surrender.
Not a single person-appeared on the bay,
and not an inhabitant of the town of Rahia
Honda or the surrounding country 4 felt
sufficient interest in the proceedings to
walk or sail to the scene. Some Americans
presented themsehfo* at .the entrance of
the harbor in a chartered vessel, but not
AFTER DICK ETWT3KD.
Washington, December 15.—Mr. E. R.
Hoar, of Massachusetts, offered a resoin
tion instructing the Judiciary Committee
to inquire Mid report if action of the
Honse is required concerning the official
conduct of toe United States Court for
the district of Alabama, «nd especially
whether the Judge has had the terms of
his court aa required fey Uftr,'miff hether
he has eontmuotwly «nd persistency
absented himself from'the; State, ‘ find
whether his acts and omissions in Ms
office of judge have been mteh"«,; in any
degree to deprive the people of the State
of the benefit of the district-court, there
in and to amount to S denial of justice.
Adopted.
- 111- 1 —
A Philosopher remarks that there is
some thing peculiarly instructive in stand
ing upon a atreet-comor in a city, and
watch the men all rushing around trying
to make money, end the women all boat
ing around trying to spend ii
An Atlanta youth nsmfcd Alraaud, who
recently absconded from Atlanta with a
sum of money belonging to foe brother,
has been arrested I* Nashville.
St. James', James E Evans.
Ashbury, T A Seals.
Richmond Circuit: Benjamin F Farris.
Bel-Air Mission: E P Bonner, snper-
hnmeravy
Appling Circuit: Daniel Kelsey.
Thomson Circuit: W T Hamilton.
Warrenton Circuit: Wesley F Smith.
Sparta: George H. Patillo.
Hancock Circuit: F P Brown and John
T Newell, supply.
Crawfordville Circuit: T J Adams,
luiilodgeville: A J Jarrell.
Baldwin Circuit: G W Hardaway.
‘Athens District—T F Pierce, P. E.
Athens: Josiah Lewis, Jr., and P A
Heard, supply.
Athens: Oconee Street, M. W. Arnold.
Athens: Factory Mission, to be *up-
plied by J E Sitton.
Watkinsville Circuit: W W Palin and
W W Lampkin.
Madison : A T Mann.
Morgan Circuit: John W. Yarbrough.
Grreenesboro Circuit: Albert Gray.
“White Plains Circuit: James L.
Ihyj’cc. _ _
Lexington Circuit: W. A. Florence.
Winter ville Circuit: C A Conaway.
Washington: W P Rivers.
Broad River Circuit: W F Quillian.
Little River Circuit: Thomaa H. Gib-
son.
Eatonton—W P Lovejoy.
Aetnam Circuit: W J Wardlaw and
W L Wootten, Jr.
Elberton District—Geo. W Yarbrough
P. E.
Elberton Circuit: P G Hugh*.
Elberton Circuit: A. G Worley.
Bethlehem: A W Williams.
Linoolnton Circuit: J L Dupo.
Jefferson Circuit: J R Parker.
Mulbtrry Circuit: E G Murrah.
Camosville Circuit: B W Williams.
Franklin Springs: L D Lovelaoe.
D.iuielsville: B. Sanders.
’Homer Circuit: J W Glen Watkins.
Clarksville: W P Smith.
Hartwell: W P Forman.
Air Line Mission: J H Mash burn.
Gainesville District—W A Dodge,
P. E.
Dalilonega—D L Anderson.
Cumming Circuit: J A Myera.
.Alpharetta Circuit: J W Baker.
Canton Circuit: W G Hanson.
.Cleaveland Circuit: W P Martin.
Blairsville Mission, supply: T J Ed
wards.
Morgan ton Circuit: Harwood.
Gainesville: J M Dickey.
Gainesville Circuit: M L Underwood.
Hall Circuit: J L Embry.
Lawrence ville Circuit: J R Pate.
Tragarwille: James H Bentley.
DnTdth Circuit: M H Eaks.
Elijav Mission, supply: J M Sullivan.
The advocates of the restoration of the
franking privilege claim that their enuae
is gaining strength daily, and that the-
passage of their measure is certain to be
fteeured tliis session.
tem. It braces the nerves anti purifies the blocdi
never fails, as thousands of women will testify
enres whites. This valuable medicine is pfepart
sold bv L- H. Bradtield, Druggist, Atlanta,
Price ft 50 per bottle. All reqiectable dr*g men
keep it.
TosKEon, Ala., 1888.
Mr. L. H. Bradeield—Sir: Fleaee forward ns,
Immediately, another supply of B RA nm r.D’s Fr-
■ ale Regulator. We find it K> be all that is claim
ed for it, and we have witnemel the most decided and
happy effects produced by it
Very respectfully,
HoRTRAA AtMATOWL .,
We the undersigned Druggist*, take pTeaaare fa
commending to the trade, Dr. J. BradeieLD's Fe-
■ ale Regulator—believing it to Be a good s” J re
liable remedy fur the diseases for which be recom
mends it.
W. A. Landsei.l. Atlanta, Ga.
Pemberton, Wilson, Tatlob & Co.,
t Atlanta, Ga.
Red wink St Fox, Atlanta. Oa.
W. C. Lawshe, Atlanta, Ga.
W. Root & Son, Marietta, Ga.
STATE OF GEORGIA—Tnour CovrrT.
Thia la to certify that I have examined the reefpe of
DR. J. BRADFIELD, of this county, anil as a medi
cal maa pronounce it to be a combination of medi-
oiaae of great merit in the treatment ef Ft the die,
eases of females for which he recommends it. This
December 21, 1868.
WM. P. BEASELET, M. D.
Fer sale In Milledgeville by
JOHN M. CLARK and B. R. HERTY, Druggists.
May 14.1873. T|»u.
'Selling off at Cost
pi ORDER TO MAKE A CHANGE IN MY BUS
IK IKESS, I offer my entire Stock of Goods at COST,
FOX THIRTY DATS,
Consisting in part of GOI.D and SILVER WATCH-
MS, JEWELRY of all description,
Plated Ware^ Castors, Spoons, &e,,
GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY
many other things usiitoiy kept in a Jewelry
Kara, toe nnmercu- to mention, in far t everything In
my establishment for the
CA*n AND CASH ONLY.
Gall, aee and price my Goods, Repairing done as
venal.
M. B,—AH those indebted to the undersigned, are
mqaeeted to make payment, otherwise their acoovnt*,
ki, will be bandedover for collection.
G. T WIEDENMAN.
Mtflvigevlllo Ga., Dec 9,1873. SO la.
F II W
9 JnlA.v(x 89
Boot and Shoe Store.
T HE undersigned is receiving his Fall and Wtntsr
Stock of BOOTS and SHOES. Nearly his entire
Stock was made to order and he guarantees satisfac
tion iivquality and prioa. He has a tine lot of
Ladies, Misses, and Children’s Sfates
which act ODly look well bnt will wear well.
His Stock of Gentleman's Hoots and Shaesfl
• **Lare of Superior quality and cannot fail to J
to give satisfaction. He is prepared to make!
Boots to order and do ail kinds' of repairing; and!
ifSnoesor Boots sold by him rip, he mends theml
without charge.
If you wish the worth of yonr money give him a
oalL
F. HAUG.
MUiedgevifie. Ga., Sept. 30th, 1873. lu 3m.
s
w
RBMOVAL
wrii: s
Macon, Oe o r g i a,
JJ AVK this day removed to their new
eld stand) where they will be pi
8treet Car* from “ Brown Honse” and
alee daring the day.
Bacon,
75 HALF CASK8 CLEAR RIB SIDES
itfon Avenue and Cherry St., (Bowdre A Andersoa’a
I friends and customers and the public generally. Tha
t pass In TEN STEPS of our door every thirty mla-
Ia store and to arrive, on consignment, and sale at lowest market rates b
Ootobor 29, 1873.
Bacon, Bacon-
25 whole casks CLEAR RIB SIDES.
is by
joxras 6l saztsxl
14 3m
look T014t ti“TsVti:iii:,%t:
»T ’">:4 » 1 .-
Prices tfr Sait the - Times!
I tore jost opened my l/EW and LARGE Stock of
-BODiS SHOES.
[Of th* BSfli Maufsctures.
that I will sell CHEAPER
iUe^dntille.raQive me a
taapthe beet of
Gentlemen’s Fiae aad Heavy Boots aid Shoes.
Tha Finest of LASTING MORROCCO, GLOVE KID, PEBBLE and the new
». mi vpjp ^
Also. Misses and Childrens Gi |
la my line too numerous to mentoin.
LliTBI* AND
RlFTkON and a great many other artiole
It is said that the people who went
down in the Ville du Havre were worth
twenty millions of dollars.
.pers am
being provide i with clearance
passports were stopped by a
the fort, in several attempts to enter the
harbor and finally withdrew without 3 wit
netting the surrender.
The Arizona Miner m§* that bmbl, wo
men and children -enfr befeg murdered in
Sonora by India**, from American reser
vations. The Indif * are armed with
breech-loading rifle*, given them by the
Peace Oommisaionars and by privileged
traders, who have influence enough with
the Department of the Interior, to be al
lowed to traffic in fire-arras.
Peter Van Dyke, an old chap who died
in New Hampshire the other day, worth
$140,000 in cash, roqtjested ia iua will
that no oqo “should sniffie^ndtihcd croc
odile tears at his'funeral, but cover him
over and then hurry ” home to fight over
his money.”
favors
should be called,
sition thereto
State ontaide of
The Griffin New*
vention, and
“expense of such ft body ’
•session is no
Cam pnri son kclweem the Cast ef tl
Kercrumral al milledgeville am* Atlaala.
. 4867 AT MILLXDGIVILLR.
For Veit's, . -
Fw fuel,
• 360 80 For fuel.
Forsta’.h nery, 282 51
Incidental expenses
Executive Dep’t, 248 80
Advertising in news
papers by Go v., 2,339 84
{i:,281 15
1869 AT ATLANTA.
For lights • •1,157*9
* ' 1,5*648
For static aery, 5
Incidental axpea’s
Ex. Dep’t, . 11,450 80
Adv’tisiog ia pa
per* by Gov., 97,111 58
*48,71* 10
A Maaael af Health.
An edition of between nine and tea milSeae af Na
ples of a very nseful work it bow ready tar
distribution, and can be had for tha aaUag *4 aay
dreg tforo in the United State*, the British Celoal**,
Spent*it America or Baxli. The work referred lo If
TTwictter’s Almanac for 1874. Tho modleal parti*a of
it treats of the vai ions ailmeot* to wkl«h Dio ht
system is subject, and set* forth tho poealUr pr
tie.! of Hostetler's Stomach BMtwa—tho paiari tad
bLttnnio at present known—a* a •rasmtivs ef
hen It h sad strength, and a* a remedy for debility aad
di-ease. The Almanac is printed la all the principal
for that ehil«s*t
m woman »tto na* a aueregMdra ....
hesTMi's blessings, bodily vigor, sheaM foil to road
the plain, simple aad eeaviaeinc article# wkieh this
arnica! publioatiion coatama. Tha ]
there are uev<
our eonstitnti
would more to!
of benefiting '
Let the questi
ed, lot the
speak but in
jet their vwwv beoeriad out.
woman who lias a due
‘ ingi, t ”*
le aad
truly piaotjcal pnbli*
oqs matter is varied, inetrootiva^aad
csdendar department o
tetter’* Almanac ia, in snort, a nooMaoia eoavMuaea, ^
adapted to the use of all elaaa** and nalttag*. Th* • 4 JT*7'".T - d
Oifiner, the pfoater, the miner, th* aMrehaat, tha at*. **7***^^.?:
titanic, the laborer, the profoamooal mmm, ahaaad ifc
and to invalids of both a*xe* it ia flt:*raflyaa arttet*of
prim* n**a**ity The medical teohaioalM** whiah
tender so many medical tread*** iataadad for p*a*lar
use an intelligible to the general reader, have Mm
carefully avoid** ia thi* pamphlet. All b *fo*r, *■•
plcit, forcible, aad reoonaUable
mop tease. _.
The proprietors
burgh, ra.. on ret
ward a copy by mail
one in his neighborhood.
ors, Messrs. Hortetterfo Smith, fttfo-
receipt of a two o**t Stamp, wfl ftp
i mail to aay p*t>*a wh* pa—I |i*aat*
T INDINfiS. * a ,
Mitt ftOCnRSHBISEiYMAN.
I Sheeps
MUIodgevilio, Ga., OcL 4.4, |!73- , j
Blde*, Wool and Sheep Skins JJoi
#!> Iff
12 3a.
STREET
*JM>
***«*»:# %r • » .ir
Oats Hav.
Bagging? Ti<
U4&3S
i-ml .Is
iesfSugar, Coffee,
M ## F
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Sign of PBttafrEW
ITS. 133m.