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Till: l.MOX &. RECORDER.
Very Oratefu! for Small Favors.
Tho lobby ring in Atlanta Lave had
several seasons of rejoicing over what they
please to term a failure to get up a mass
meeting on the Convention question in
Richmond county. As this is tho only
grain of comfort they ha- o had on this
subject since the question was agitated,
it may seem cniel to spoil this small speck
of comfort. But really this Richmond
county meeting, over which the Atlanta
press have held so many and such jubi
lant seasons of rejoicing, is not calculated
to impart any solid comfort to tho ring.
The number that attended the Richmond
meeting was small, but out of the small
number there was a decided majority in
favor of a Convention. The large major
ity of the citizens, no doubt, believed
that the people all over the State were in
favor of a Convention, and it was not
necessary for them to turn out in order
to succeed. This is always the case when
j the people arc* nearly all on one side. If
—— i the people of Baldwin county were re
^ e received a call from Joseph T. i quested to meet to discuss that question,
Woodward, of the house of Chase Broth- j we doubt if thirty persons would turn
ers and Woodward, Seedsmen, of Roches-' out, niul yet we believe every voter in the
Old '* Southern Recorder" and
consolidated.]
Federal Union *
MILLED GEVILLS, GA:
Wednesday, January 14, 1874.
teT The Atlanta Constitution says let
well enough alone. Does he mean that
the Carpet-Bag Constitution is well
ENOUGH.
ter, New York, who is visiting the princi
pal points South on business connected
with this active and enterprising firm.
Messrs. Chase Brothers and Woodward
are located at one of the groat centres for
the production and distribution of Seeds,
and they furnish a fine catalogue, giving
full information and terms, free by mail,
to any person sending their name and
address. Our friends who may wish for
Garden and Flower Seeds, and order
them from this firm, may bo assured of
securing frosh and puro seeds at liberal
rates. This firm offer a fine Chromo as
a premium to each person ordering seeds
amounting to five dollars, and remitting
that amount, beside other very liberal
discounts. Their Catalogue is elegant in
style and finish, and the ladies will find
in it many valuable hints for the cultiva
tion of flowers. The increasing interest
in the cultivation of vegetables, and those
most economical and beautiful ornaments
of home, the flowers, has largely augmen
ted tho demand for seeds, which these
gentlemen are prepared to supply.
county, white and black, are in favor of a
Convention ; but they would not think it
necessay to attend a meeting to say so.—
Wo believe at every meeting held in the
State for that purpose, a majority of those
present have been in favor of a Conven
tion. The Richmond meetings have been
no exceptions, and if no subject that has
been discussed in Georgia was all on one
side, this is certainly as near it as can be
desired. The two or three editors who
have their personal reasons for opposing
it, forms the exceptions and establishes
the rule.
Change' of Schedule.
It is reported that the Atlanta Herald
is about to quit the dead head business
and run a lottery. We hope the latter
will prove more profitable than the form
er has been to the Herald company. It
will certainly be more agreeable to the
keepers of hotels and saloons about At
lauta.
Henry Clews dt Co , and the Xiobby
Ring.
It is reported, and we know it is believ
ed in New Y'ork, that holders of the bo
gus Georgia Bonds will make a powerful
demonstration upon the present legisla
ture to procure an acknowledgement of
what is called the equities of tliier Bonds.
This company know very well if a Con
stitutional Convention is called, that
there will lie an article in the new Con
stitution forever prohibiting the payment
of these Bonds. For this reason, Clews
& Co., will uso every means in their pow-
or to prevent tho calling of a Convention.
And the means in their power is very
great. It is said that ten per cent of all
their claims is to be placed, where,in their
opinion it will do most good. How can
it do more good to Clews and Company
than by defeating a Convention? Ten
per cent of their claims will amount to
seven or eight hundred thousand dollars.
The opponents of a Convention, will find
Clews Ai Co., a powerful ally. And let
those who want a new Constitution, but
think now is not the proper time to moke
one. reflect that if Clews & Co., succeed
in getting payment od any part of their
Bonds, one great object of the Conven
tion will bo lost, for it will be too late to
lock the stable after the horse is stolen.
And li t those who oppose a Convention
for fear of the cost, reflect how much
more it will cost to pay Henry Clews his
equities, than to pay for a Convention.
There are some men that are armed so
strong with honesty that they would be
perfectly willing that Clews should try to
bribe them, that they might show him
how easily they can spurn him and all his
money. All such men will oppose a Con
vention of course.
Proceedings of Congress.
There lias boon but very little done in
Congress as yet of public importance.—
The repeal of the Salary bill has been dis
cussed but has not been brought to an
issue. Tho Civil Rights bill has been
debated in liotli houses. Mr. A. H. Ste
pliens made an able argument against
the bill in which he showed that it was
both unconstitutional and inexpedient.
This speech will give much more satis
faction to his constituents, and to the
people of Georgia than his speech on tho
salary grab. It is not believed that the
Civil Rights bill can pass in its present
shape, and if it should, it is reported tho
President will veto it. As unlikely as
that may appear at first, it is generally
believed in Washington. It is generally
conceded that tho President is anxious
to gain friends at the South and among
democrats, and it may be remembered
that Gen. Grant at first was said to bo
Opposed to emancipation.
«sj’“ Tho Thomasville Enterprise says,
if the State Convention, now asked for
by tho people, is ordered by the Legisla
ture, the people will probably be called
upon once more, to vote upon the “remo
val of the Capitol." On this point tho
Enterprise warmly endorses the reasons
‘why the Capital should be transferred to
Milledgeville again' recently given by the
Macon Telegraph & Messenger.
Our Sandwich Islands Correspon
dence.
Vieit to Hi waii—A mixed party—KaUakeakaa Ray—
Town of Kaoloawa — Mauna L>n, the great Peak-
Extinct tire*—Kilauea—I)e<ceut into the Crater—
Fata of 8ing Pan*—D .sappearance in the lava—
Encampment on the Crater—Like of fire beneath
— King Lnnalilo.—Hying by degree*—Tha succes
sion—Intrigue*.
Hon. M. W. Lewis concludes a letter
to the Chronicle & Sentinel as follows :
“As I seldom writo for the public, let
me add a word on another subject. I
refer to the propriety of calling a State
Convention to make a Constitution. I
mean what I say when I use the word
‘•make" instead of “amend." If I had
no objections to a single sentence or
word in the thing called the “Constitu
tion of 1808,' it i 8 enough for me that
it was put upon us by force and fraud,
and is therefore “none of ours " Ami,
m mv humble judgment, no people are
worthy of liberty who are content to live
tinder an organic law which they did not
a^e* M. W. Lewis.
Gov. Dix of Now York, annihilated a
busy politician the other day, who re
minded him that Judge Countryman,
whom ho was about to appoint to the
Supreme bench had been an active Greeley
man. The Governor replied that the
pardoning power was vested in him: and
he thought this an appropriate occasion
for its exercise.
Volcano of Kilauea, Sandwich Islands, )
Dec. 12, 1873. f
Union & Recorder :
Before leaving these Islands to return
to the United States, I determined to vis
it the greatest volcanic wonders of the
world, Mauna Loa and its more actively
eruptive neighbor Kilauea, situated on
the main Island of this group, Hawaii. A
gay party of explorers we were as we
steamed out of the port of Honolulu a
month ago. eleven in number, represent
mg six different nationalities: England,
Italy, Persia, China, Georgia and Yer
mont constituted “our own, our native
lands." Wo steamed directly to Kalea
keakna Bay about 200 miles to the S. E.;
and from the seaport town of Kaaloawa,
after making necessary arragements, such
as procuring guides, &c., we proceeded
to Mauna Loa about 30 miles in the inte
rior. To a Georgian the scenery is uni
quo and peculiarly grand. I had onco
thought Stone Mountain near Atlanta a
grand object; but imagine Mauna Loa
rising 13,760 feet above the level of the
sea crowned with an immense crater into
which you gaze down from the crest 1.000
feet perpendicular, with its signs of ex
tinct fires in the mighty abyss two miles
in diameter. From this wonder wo pro
ceeded 20 miles to the East to inspect the
still more striking volcanic peak of Ki
lauea. which is situated on an elevated
ilain. Reaching its summit, we beheld
an immense black pit of irregular shape
of almost perpendicular sides, 3 1-2 miles
long, 2 12 wide and 1,000 foot deep. Dur
the day (for we reached it early on
the bright morning of November 23)
the bottom resembled a heap of smoul
dering ruins. The Chinaman, an intelli
gent fellow from Canton who had resided
in San Francisco named Sing Pang’, ban*
tered me for an exploration of this groat
crater. After great labor and some dan
ger we effected onr descent to the bottom
of tho crater. The heat of the locality
soon became oppressive; but we started
across a level space about a hundred yards
in width to take abetter position for view
ing the situation of our companions on
the crest far above us. As poor Sing
Pang’ went rapidly forward, a crash like
the breaking of ice called mv eye to him
from my own precarious foot steps, aud I
beheld him with horror sink into the
boiling lava beneath him, and disappear
forever ! I retraced my steps as rapidly
as possible, and succeeded in reaching the
crest or summit in safety, where our
friends had been spectators of the poor
Chinaman's fate. He was a lively, genial
“Celestial," and liis loss cast a damper
over our hilarity for several hours. He
was the most complete master of tho lau
guage known as “Pigeon English" I over
met. Strangely enough, it is said that
an elder brother of his, a great Chinese
Naturalist, perished in the snows of the
Himalayan Mountains about 13 years
ago.
We have been encamped here two days,
absorbed in the magnificence of the
scenes. Every night the molten fires of J
the crater of Kilauea are visible in tho |
form of two immense pools of cherry red
liquid in a state of violent ebullition, illu
minating a vast expanse and flowing in
varied directions like liquid fire. Explo
sions like those of a thousand heavy guns,
and slight earthquakes, have been frequent.
We sliall remain here in onr comfortable
encampment, until next Wednesday the
17th, an l then return to Honolulu. I
shall write to you from the latter.
Events of importance are peuding in
this little Island Kingdom. KingJLunali-
lo is dying—not hastily, but with true
monarchical dignity, by slow degrees. It
was well known when lie recently ascend
ed the throne on the death of King Kam-
ehameha V. that his constitution had been
comnletoly sapped by dissipation. As
“Princo Lnnalilo" he had lived a wild and
reckless life; and he entered uponjhis regal
duties with a shattered constitution. In
trigues for the succession are already rife.
There is no foretelling the result Possi
bly the little Kingdom may fall into an
archy and bo rent by intestine wars as it
was before its union under King Kain-
ehameha tho First.
J. Baldwin.
To Farm Laborers.
The history of our race, as well as the
nature of man. teach us that the neaiest
approach to content and happiness in this
jfo, is in closest association with natiue.
f he nearer he can come to receiving his
l-oiiy bread frosh from the hand of tho
Creator the less he feels dependent on the
caprice or will of his fellow men. lienee
we find in tliiscoimtry a laudable ambitiuii
among men and women to own, a home
of their own, where they can plant their
trees, train their vines, and rear their
lowers, and fee! these are growing for me
md mine. How it inspires hopo, nerves
'me weary hand, and cheers each passing
lour. It binds the family together. Each
•hiid has his or her tree, shruo or flower,
lomething, on which labor is bestowed,
ind to winch they art attached. Aud as
:he years go by and the family changes,
ions and daughters go from home into
he woild, and parents are alone, how the
•viilences of the toil or skill of absent ones
•all up pleasant associations of the past;
jid to the children there are numerous
it tractions to draw them often back to the
>ld home. It should be the aim of every
me in this country to become the owner
if liis home as early in life as possible and
wircnts will do their children a great str
rice by instructing and assisting them to
irovi.lu the nucleus of a home, even during
their minority. It will give them an ob
ject for which to save their money, teach
hem fraugality and show* them that suc-
•ess is within their power.
Dreadful Shipwreck near Savannah.
State Treasury Notes
Cartkrsville. Ga., Dec. 31, 1873.
To the Editors or the Herald;
I notice that you are noticing u great
many important m itters that will be a tod
upon by our next Legislature. I w i.di i >
direct your attention to one of gi u i:n
portance. Some time ago t!:« Supreme
Court of the United Whites male a deei ■
ion in regard to money that was issued
during tho war by the State of South
Carolina, and holding that she must com
ply with the face of the notes. At least
that is my recollection of the decision.
I have this day been shown a one hundred
dollar bill that was issued by the Slat oi
Georgia. The face of it reads as f. illows:
“Will pay bearer one hundred dollars in
specie, or six per cent, bonds of the State,
six months after u treaty of peace shah
have lieeii ratified between United State.-
and tho Confederate Shite-, lloc • ivabli
in payment of all dues to the State, are
to the Western and Atlantic Railroad.'
Signed l>y “John Jones. Treasurer, am
J. Blood worth, for Comptroller.” As tin
courts have decided that all laws repuili
ating individual debts, even those giver,
for negroes, are all unconstitutional, 1
don’t see how the State can avoid payin',
these just debts, anil our Chief Juetici
Warner would so decide.
Now, Messrs. Editors, I am not inter
ested one dollar in this matter, but 1
think that the honor of the State require!
that something should be done withoir
dragging it before the courts. The poo
pie are very desirous of hearing tin
Herald on the subject.
Very respectfully,
Etowah.
Comments by the Editors.—We do not
know that we can throw much light on
the subject, as we do not profess to bt
versed in the law; lmt wo can at least
give the current impression among gen
tlemen of intelligence whose attention has
been called to the subject. It is the gen
oral opinion, first: That the notes re
ferred to—generally known as “Treasury
notes"—fall within that class of obliga
tions known as “war debts." which are
leclared null and void by the Constitution
of the United States, and of the State of
Georgia, the States being positively pro
hibited from paying them. Second: The
notes on their face are conditional, and
the condition is one that has not hap
penod, and that can never happen, to wit:
they are made payable only "six months
after a treaty of ponce shall have been
ratified between the United States and
tho Confederate States." That treaty of
peace lias never been made, and can never
be made, and consequently the comlition
on which the obligation was created has
failed, and with it the obligation its,*!f.
We give this only as the general opinion,
and for what it is worth.
There is another view, however, of
these notes, or at least a part of them.
We refer to those which, it can be clearly
shown, were not paid out in furtherance
of the objects of the war, but in satisfae
tion of the ordinary civil expenses of the
State governments, such, for instance, as
wore paid to the civil oftieers of the State,
as salaries for services done and per
formed, and when it can be clearly de
monstrated that tho identical notes thus
received are still in tho hands of the
claimant. There is, beyond doubt, an
equity in all such cases, but whether it is
sufficient to take them out of the prohi
bition, or would be in the eyes of the
Courts or the Legislature, we shall not
presume to say. Our own opinion is that
the State is bound, in good faith, to pay
every debt that she ever contracted, be
fore, during, and since the war, that is 1 1,10 uuor - xne uouv oi one young wo-
not clearly fraudulent or prohibited by IMI '"’ as washed ashore on Wednesday,
Twenty nine Colored People Drowned.
The following particulars of the loss of
i vessel Monday last with a large party
if negroes belonging to Hilton Head, is
taken from the Beaufort Messenger:
The boat Elizabeth Miller, belonging to
i colored society at Hilton Head, left Sa
vannah for the Island. It was filled with
men. women and children, who had been
to the city for the purpose of selling their
produce and buying things for the Christ
mas holidays. The bout was loaded
down with passengers and freight to its
utmost capacity in smooth weather.
After passing tho lightship on Tybee
knoll, the wind came up strong from the
mtheast, and tore the jib in ribbons,
making the boat unmanageable, and soon
drifted her on the shoals of Danfuskie
Islands. She struck a bank and was
thrown on her beam en-.ls.
The pass* ngers clung to the gunwales
for two hours, when they commenced
dropping off one after another until all
were lost but one man named Moses Po
Lite, who, bracing himself in the mast hole,
managed to keep from being washed off.
The boat had in the meantime rolled ofi’
the bank and drifted toward Savannah,
and at about one or two o’clock Tuesday
morning this man was picked up by a
bout from Savannah going to Danfuskie
Island. It is barely possible that the
mate, Seipio Drayton, may have been
picked up, he having drifted off on the
cabin hatch.
Tiie boat was a good one. about forty
feet long, built by O’Driscoll, of Port
Royal, about two years since. Captain
Braman, familiarly called Captain George,
was well known at Hilton Head and in
Savannah. He lias carried goods and
money for storekeepers there for several
years. He was one of those known as
God’s noblest works—an honest man.
< )n Tnesilay a Savannah pilot discovered
the boat near Fenus 1 Point. Two bodies,
one of thorn that of George Braman. the
Captain, were found in her, still grasping
the tiller. The body of one
Two Foes of Health.
Cold and damp are inimical to health, as i
we generally have an unwholesome com
bination of the two at this season. They
penetrate the skin and integuments and
affect the muscular, glandular and ner
vous organizations, producing rheuma-
tinn, neuralgia, chills and fever, and
where there is a tendency to dyspepsia or
liver complaint, provoking an attack of
indigestion or biliousness. The best ad
vice that ran be given under such circum
stances is to keep the external surface oi
the body warmly clothed, and to keep
the internal organs in vigorous working
order with the most wholesome and go.
nial of all tonics, Hostetler's Stomach
Bitters. Gradually but constantly this
famous invigorant is superseding the
adulterated liquors of commerce, as a
R e o r p i a K * w s •
A meeting of the citizensofCnutman
decided in favor of a constitutional
vention.
The Constitution reports, by
of Treasurer Jones, that the
of the twelve hundred thousand.^ per
cent, bonds of the State, known as tM
Nutting Bonds, have been sold ^ ' C
chang. d. Some half a million kaye gone
forth. The rest have been sold and ex
changed in Georgia.
The Pike countv ■-Grangers’ at a late
meeting, passed the following reaolo-
U R- dved That the Grangers and farm
ers of Pike recommend tho farmera m,t
to plant more than one third of their p
the ensuing year in cotton
Resolved, That we re
fanreis to use more economy in tho use
of feitilizcrs and if possible to pay tlio
cash for tho same. We farther recom
mend that they uso a liberal portion of i
on their com. , ,
Resolved, That wo deprecate this whole
sale bon.ling for provisions. W e farther
recommend that the Legislature modi „ oi ^ ^ surpasses ;
repeal the lion law as early aa po^ible, as " lut t of the st ;n,
we Ixdieveit should be stricken from ^ e .p rjj H . powerful ii
statute within twelve months.
Resolved, That tho homestead is en
tire.lv too large, and should be modified-
Wo.'therefore call the attention of the
proper authorities to it.
There is now a greater breadth of win
ter wheat sown in Morgan and Greene
'T
a single particle 0 f Mercurv * t, ‘'. n ! ,t to contain
substance, butia ^ an ^ lD i*no®> mineral
utuittitu U ^ UV1U -__ r r r .. ^ ^ u PURELY VEGETABLE
dicinal stimulant and corrective, in all k" 0,a Herb, which
otton. parts of the country. It will be a happy ducm*. mn»t prevahn J.li ‘f"*."" wbere
ve recommend our PJ™ hnmanitv> and it will surely come, 1 ~ b >’“LI!?".'•?«“ D—
♦ Vwi urC i * 1 * , . . I. < ' r •
when this pure restorative shall have
taken the place of raw spirits as a stimu
lant in all our puplic and private liospi
tals. It is not, however, merely a harm
Bowels.
getnent of the 1
Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine
I» eminently & Family Medici *’
re *J*y or lmmediat
11 Aft' 0 ** a,,< * ,Tlan '
xdolla
*n<] by being kept
I |e many ro boar o:‘
n tune and doctors* bill*.
tort} Years trial it ia atilt receiving the
counties than for years. The greater part J ^ aggravated by a cold, moist atmos
of it look.> fine, and the stand is splendid, j phero, and it is therefore particularly ne-
A correspondent of the Macon Tele-
graph, gives _ the following additional
particulars in regard to the late file in
Eat on ton :
We have just had another very disas
trous fire, which broke out about 8 o’clock
this morning, and consumed nine busi
ness houses—all that was left from the
fire of November, 1871, of the old line of
business houses on tho court house
less substitute for the fiery stimulants re- J !•:ms****
ferred to. Its stimulating properties are '*«*< pby,iri«„ sco , mllcnJ it aa 7h e i m«t b y ’ Emi '
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
For Dyspepsia or pndigcstion
IT HAS NO EQUAL
It»the Cheapest, Pure,, and Kami'/ Medicine
Manufactured only ey
J H. ZEILIN A CO.,
MACON, O i , and PJIILADKLPIIU.
Sold by all Druggists.
2* iy.
MILLEDGEVILLE ACADEMY.
I Mi'ivmi v E .v P,:N MY S(,m °b tiie 2sd
1 "t'MlAY IN JAXCAHY, (!•-’.h.)
RATES OF TUITION, PER TERM.
not its chief merits, although in this re
all the uuuiedicated
domestic or import-
powertni influence it exercises
over the torpid and toneless stomach,
the disorded liver, the constipated bow
els, anil the relaxed nerves, render it a
positive specific in dyspepsia, liver com
plaint, intestinal constriction, nervous
weakness, hypochondria, rheumatism and
sleeplessness. All chronic complaints
cessaryfor those who arc afflicted with
ailments of this nature, whatever their
type may be, to meet this predispos
ing cause of sit kness with a wholesome
antidote. Hostetter's Bitters should be
taken daily at this season by all persons
laboring under chronic ailments that tend
to weakt n the terstem. (24 lm.
square.
driz/lin
ing Harvey'
lost. Owiu
During the debate on the salary bill in
the Senate Gen. Gordon said he was
But for a calm night, with a willing to reduce the salary of Congress
rain, all the new stores, includ- j men, but he wanted a reduction made ii
brick row, would have been j salaries of high officials of the army am
navy. He hoped the salary of the Pres
Price, sl.Oo.
Hue ir, 187.*),
Hprin
Primary Clasf
2nd
3rd •«
»r «> ’South*
00
24 00
30 00
Full Terns of I Tioitth*
• to the excitement and the
manner in which goods are scattered, it u )ent would be reduced to 825.000, if
is impossible to get a correct estimate of Umder the old law. lie was in favor oi
the loss. The following are the suffer j retrenchment, but wanted it made by mil
the Constitution. We have reason to be
lieve that tho question, so far as it relates
to this class of Treasury notes, will be
tested before the Legislature at its coin-
session, and the inquiry bids fair to
prove a most interesting one.—Atlanta
Herald.
Williams' Letter.
Washington, Jan. q.—The following is
the letter of Attorney-General Williams,
requesting the withdrawal of his nomina
tion to the office of Chief Justi •• :
Department of Justice, >
Washington, D. C., -Jan. 7. 1874. )
To the President :_
Sir—You were kind enough, without
my solicitation or any knowledge on im
part tlmt you contemplated such a thing,
to nominate mo for Chief Justice of the Hu
preme Court of the United States: since
that time the flood-gates of calumny in
all directions have been opened upon me.
My abilities have been disparaged, my in
tegrity brought in question, and it seer
hi Tybee, near the light house.
[From the St !,ou:« He;>ub!iean.
Steals tnnumerablo.
Effe
t of Recent Exposures on the Admin
istration s Western Adherents.
Washington, January 3.—It never rains
but it pours, and the exposure of Tweed
ism in Washington having begun, there
seems to be no end to them. The various
d partments seem to have been sieves
through which the public money has
leaked anil filtered for years in every di
rection. When it was possible to screen
a steal under some contingent expense,
the opportunity has been embraced, until
the number and variety of petty larcenies
on the public treasury has been infinite.
All these things are coming out in
doublets, making interesting reading for
the Grangers these long winter evenings.
A prominent Western Administration
( ongressman. just returned from his hoi
iduv vacation, remarked to me to-night
that it was no use to disguise the truth
Jot to thi
tho many uioi
ers : Palmer & Denham, dry goods and
shoes, saved all their goods; building
owned by C. S. Credille, 81,000. J. A.
Champion groceries and confectioneries;
saved nearly all his goods. G- W Ross,
groceries and liquors; total loss. The
two latter buildings owned by M. G.
Lynch, 81,000. J. A. Martin & Co., gro-.
ceries and liquors; total loss; building' no ' ; one
owned by Dr. J. T. DeJamette, 81,000.
A. Phillips, dry goods; saved about half; I
building owned by T. B. Harwell, 81,500.
J. A. Morris, dry goods and clothing;
saved about half; building owned by Mrs.
Green and J. T. Davis, 81,500. W. H.
Hearn, groceries and provisions; saved
about three fourths; building owned by
W. T. Hearn, 81,500. C. D. Leonard,
groceries ami liquors, saved all, but lost
building. Si.000. J. Lewy, dry goods
saved all; building owned by estate of
Andrew Reid, 81.000. W. M. Jefferson,
editor and proprietor of the Eatonton
Sunbeam, total loss. The fire originated
immediately under Mr. Jefferson’s office,
and is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary. He is absent from home and
knows nothing of his loss. It is a sad
blow to him. All his material was new,
he having only commenced the publica
tion of liis paper a short time ago. None
of the sufferers had any insurance. All
the goods saved are more or less dam
aged
to me that a public opinion adverse to. my ; any longer, the Administration had ceased
appointmeet lias been created, which to command tho popular confidence, and
might embarrassyourailministratiou, and j that the Republican party, as represented
They are puting up a new calaboose in
front of the Times and Planter office, at
Bparto, much ta the disgust of the editor.
SMALL POX IN ATLANTA.
The Atlanta Herald of Saturday says:
The loatlisomo disease which for several
months has been lurking in our city, and
which we had hoped was completely
whipped out. seems to be spreading a
little.
Wo heard of some ten or twelve new
cases yesterday, two among the pupils of
Ivy street public school. There were
three or f iur cases just developed near
the Macon and Western Railroad depot.
A Airs. Reynolds, nt Mr. Landrum’s, on
Spring street, has a mild attack. The
Board of Health claims to have the ilis-
ease under control, and confined to its
present limits, or witLin the present fain
ilies. The whole city is vaccinated, and
we think there are no probabilities of an
epidemic. Tnere have been scattering
cases of small pox in Atlanta all the time
for the past six years, and it has never
yet become serious.
perhaps impair my usefulness upon the
bench.
With a perfect consciousness that I
have performed with clean hands and up
right purpose all the duties • ? the various
public places to which I have been called
and trusting to time and a just public,
ween better informed, for my vindication,
I respectfully ask you to withdraw from
the Senate my nomination for Chief Jus
tlce. I have the honor to be, with great
respect. GEO* H. WILLIAMS.
THE CORRUPTION FUND.
If tho Legislative at its next session
is not corrupted by tho Bond Ring it
by the Administration, has lost its grip
in the Northwest. This gentleman, hav
ing spent tho last two weeks among his
constituents, has some opportunity of
knowing wliat he is talking abont.
The California Senators.—There ap
pears to bo more or less difference of
opinion as to the new California Senator’s
\ (Booth) political position, some adminis
t ration organs claiming liis election as
their triumph, while others, like the San
Franaisco Alta, for instance, characterizes
him as "an avowed enemy of the Repub
lican party, working openly, not for its
purification, but for its overthrow.” The
Alta, which is the acknowledged adminis-
will not bo the fault of the members of; fration leader of the Pacific Slope, de
that organization. A correspondent
writing from New York says he lias been
informed that the holders of tho fran bi
lent Bullock bonds have determined to
make one more effort to secure their re
cognition and failing will bring tho case
into the Supreme Court of the United
States. He also states that a pool has
been formed of all the bonds and ten per
cent, of their par value subscribed to ef
fect favorable legislation. As the gross
amount reaches about seven millions, a
corruption fund of seven hundred thou
sand dollars has been raised. AVe are
afraid that even with this large sum tho
Ring will not be ablo to accomplish their
scheme, and they will save time and
money by appealing to tho Courts at
onco.
nonnocs tho sixteen Radicals who voted
for Booth, ostracises them in ft most bit
ter manner, ending up with a threat to
c.ill down njion their heads the wrath of
the administration. Judge Hagar, who
was elected to the Senate to fill out Cas
scrly s unexpired term, is pronounced a
Democrat—Atlanta Daily Herald.
Tfc« Nrw Ilniupabirr Dcwacrxr.
Concord, N. H., January 8.—The De
mocratic Convention was fully attended.
James A. Weston was nominated for
Governor. The resolutions were lengthy,
and re-aflirm the adherence of the New
Hampshire Democracy to the Cincinnati
and Baltimore platform.
The latest Rome enterprise is an axe-
handle factory which turns out about 20
dozen daily.
From the Times and Planter.
Convention Meeting.
Pursuant to previous notice, quite a
number of the citizens of Hancock conn
tv met at the Court House on Saturday,
when on motion. Judge John T. Berry
was called to the chair, and W. H. Bass
requested to act as Secretary. The meet
ing being organized. Col. Tlios M. Tur
ner, at the request of the chairman, brief
ly stated the object of tho meeting and
offered the following resolutions :
Besolvod, 1st That it is the desire of
the people of Hancock county that our
Legislature call a convention for the pur
pose of making a new Constitution for the
State of Georgia.
Resolved, 2d. That the Senator from
the 20tli Senatorial District, and our own
Representative for the cmuity of Hancock
be, and they are hereby instructed to v >te
for said Convention nt tho next meeting
of the General Assembly.
These resolutions were supported by
Judgo F. L. Little and Col. John T. Jor
dan in strong and vigorous speeches, and
when jiut upon their passage, were carried
without a dissenting voice.
On motion, it was ordered that the
proceedings of this meeting be published
in the Sparta Times & Planter and Au
gusta Chronicle A Sentinel.
Judge JOHN T. BERRA*,
Chairman.
W. H. Basr,
Secretary.
If you wanted to stop tho mouth of
a river, would you do it with a lock
and quay (key)7
Very few horses eat corn-beef ; but
we saw one standing the other day
before a store with a bit in hia mouth.
TnE Proposed State Convention.—Our
Atlanta exchanges, and a few others, op
pose tho call of a State Convention to
enable the People of Georgia to form a
Constitution for themselves, instead of
recognizing tho miserable abortion
brought forth by carpet-baggers, Ac., ns
tho organic law, chielly on tho ground of
the cost of such a Convention. Wo have
repeatedly shown that it need not cost
line forth as much as the pie-bald conven
tion of 18(i7-’G8. And there is another
point in reference to the matter of cost.
If the people sliall determine to restore
tin* capital to Milledgeville, the Conven
tion will be a saving of many thousands
of dollars to the State. All the necessary
buildings are there, now unoccupied; if
Atlanta is retained as the seat of Govern
ment, it will cost millions to erect build
ings there.—The Dawson Weekly Journal.
Hon. James H. Blount on the So
called Civil Rights Bill.
Our Representative in Congress, Hon.
James H. Blount, made a speech in the
House of Representatives last Tuesday
in opposition to this infamy, in which he
argued that the Supreme Court had al
ready declared against its constitutional
ity in the celebrated New Orleans Slaugh
ter-house case—that there was no neces
sity for it, anil that the negroes did not
want it. He claimed that tho State of
Georgia had made ample provision for
securing all the rights the negroes were
entitled to, and that the passage of the
bill would result in depriving them of all
the educational facilities now so liberally
provided by law, and would breed strife
between the races. His speech is charac
terized as manly and effective, and was
highly complimented.
Mr. B’s constituents may rely upon his
uttering no uncertain sound, and dealing
no half way blow s upon this and all other
questions that effect their interests.
When is a young lady “very like a
whale?” When she’s pouting.
Why is a'whisper forbidden in po
lite society ?” Pecause it isn’t aloud.
A meeting of the citizens of Macon
adopted a resolution authorizing Council
to apply to the Legislature for permis
sion to issue 8100,000 additional city
currency, provided the present contract
with the Central Railroad can bo modi
fied.
Air. Eden Taylor, Secretary of the
Georgia State Grange, announces that
the fourth session of that organization
will be held in Atlanta on the 21st inst.
Railroads will extend their usual conrte
sics to delegates.
Athens Watchman ; A Convention of
the People of Georgia w as held in 1865
at a cost of thirty or thirty-five thousand
dollars. The proposed Convention need
not cost any more. An yet we are told
that the Constitution framed in part by
carpet baggers, jail birds and negroes,
and forced upon us by Federal bayonets,
w ill be gladly acquiesced in by the people
of Georgia, rather than incur the ex
pense of thirty or forty thousand dollars
to .secure one of their own creation! Im-J
possible! The people of Georgia are
not yet so poor, nor have they sunk so
low.
A fire Occurred in Griffin last Saturday
afternoon which resulted in the burning
of the Central Female College. The loss
is estimated at 88000. Insurance 85000.
Albany News: We announced in onr
last that planters were busy in making up
their quota of labor for 1874, and that
laborers were manifesting a keen disposi
tion to close contracts at reasonable rates.
We now liave the pleasure of chronicling
tho fact that the hiring is about over, and
that every planter is supplied, who has
heretofore been known among the freed-
man as a friend and fair dealer. Prices
paid are full twenty five per cent, below
last year’s, ami in most instances greater
reductions have been agreed upon. For
first class hands, without patches or Sat
urday’s, 8120 is the ruling figure. *For
tho same class with privileges 8100. For
second and third elass880,and down te>860.
These prices include rations—3 12 ftis of
meat and a peek of meal per week, but no
lost time except suspensions of outdoor
work on account of bad weather. Some
few are still on the erojiping system, and
others are renting; but Huch contracts are
generally made on the basis of cash liir
ing, and therefore the difference is not ap
preciable except in cases of wonderful in
dustry and careful husbandry. At these
rates for labor, a fair profit ought to
gladden proprietors when tho harvest is
gathered, and if it lie not so they should
turn their attention to the culture of some
thing more profitable than cotton; for the
laborer is worthy of his hire, and 8100
a year is low enough for an ablebodied
man.
The “Valley House," a large and eom-
mudions hotel in Nacoochee valley, which
had just been finished and furnished, was
burned Inst Thursday, together with most
of the furniture.
lions instead of hundreds of dollars. Thu-
money should go back to the trees my. and
let repeal mean something, not a mere
shadow to blind people.
Groaning beneath the wefchtoflhe
good things placed upon ifcjis clearly
of the pleasures ul ihe table.
Why is caster no longer a movable
feast?—Because it is kept still.
oiu.d! Womaw is Kkik !—Among
i <tis*eoveripft !»>okiiy t# the happinen*
t ,f tiie human race,tK>ue ie entitled
to higher consideration than the reigned remedy—
Dr. J. Bradticld * Fenuile BegtuaV r « Woman’*) Beat
Friend. By it woman is eui*ncigtted from number
less ills*peculiar to her sex. BefA its magic power
all irregularities of the womb vitfiah. It cures sup
pression of the mensem. It realms uterine obstruc
tions. It cures constipation a«a strengthens the sys
tem. It braces the corves nu* purifies the blood. It
never fails, as thousand* of women will testify. It
cures whites. This valua^ v medicine is prepared and
sold by L II. Bradti/J. Druggist, Atlanta, Ga.
Price $1 50 per bottle/' AH respectable Ufug men
keep it.
Tuskkgee, Ala., 1868.
Mr. L. II. Uu^held —Sir: Please forward us,
immediately, anoner supply of Buadulld’s Fe
male Regulator W«^finu it to be all that is claim
ed for it, and wcAv* wWiicteei the most decided aud i
happy effects pr^iw'fd by it.
Very resi/uttully,
Tr —TER At. Ai hasder. ;
Charges from time of entrance.
Mi.ledgeville, Dec. 16, 1873.
O. M. CONK
21 3t
take pleasure in
UradkikLD's Fe-
We the u»ersigr.
commending the t
male KEGUiiToR—belit ving it ? be a good &nd re
liable remery for the disca.-es tor which he recom
mends it.
VV. 4 LaNusf.i l. Atteita, Ga.
PLiVulkton. WtLSoff, Taylor Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Rbl>wink A Fox, AfLuta. Ga.
W. C. Lawsiik, Atiinta, Ga.
W. Root & Son, Marietta, Ga.
STATE OF GEORGIA—-'fioup County.
This is to certify that I h i* examined the recipe c
DR. J. BKADF1LLD, of ika county, and as a med
cal man pronounce it to ImL combination of med
ciues of great merit in tin*treatment of all tiie di;
of females for whiclfue recommends it. Tn
December 21, 1868.
WM|.\ BEASELEY, M. D.
ilgevi
For sale
JOHN M. CLARK aud J R. IIERTY. D
May 1 I, 1
3.
ggi-ts.
> ly
ff7"NOTICE.^0
I take this opportunity to announce to
the citizens of Milleilgville and vicinity
that I will open
A PRIVATE SCHOOL,
at the State House, on Monday the
Wth of January, and continue as such
until tiie County Board of Education
decide to open a public school.
I am a graduate of Mercer University,
have 14 years experience in teaching, and
desire only a reasonable patronage and a
little time to recommend myself as a
teacher.
Knowing from long experience the
many disadvantages of a multiplicity of
text books. I shall insist on uniformity,
and will adopt the University Series as
far as the public school of the State has
adopted them. *
For the benefit of the whole school,
and without extra charge, I propose to
liave a daily exercise in vocal music,
teaching the rudiments and illustrating
the principles upon the blackboard ; also
a weekly lecture on the subjects of good
manners, taste, refinement, morality, &c.
I can accommodate a half dozen board
ers in my house and will do so on very
reasonable terms.
T uition at the low and uniform rate of
82 50 per month, payable monthly in ad
vance.
For further particulars call on me at
ray house, or address
J. H. ALLEN,
Milledgeville, Ga.
Jan. 5, 1874.
1867 AT MILLEDGEVILLE.
For lights,
ir«"on bciwrrn Ihe Cowl of ihc Stoic
ruiuriil nt .’lilletlgeville nn<l Atlanta.
1862 AT ATLANTA.
$50 <101 For lights $1,157 62
360 00 For fuel. - 1,586 40
For stationery, 282 51 For stationery, 5 382 49
Incidental expenses Incidental expen's
Executive Dep’t, 248 80 Ex. l)ep’t..
Advertising in news- Adv’tising in
papers by Gov., 2,339 SI pers by Go
$3,281 15
11,450 00
i-
, 27,191 59
$ 16,768 10
jdPa.
OVAL
Mat c o ii
in e o r « i
5
o their ne\
ill be pie
store, corner Cotton Avenue and Cherry St.,
r old friends and c
* A* Anderson's
- ’ and Passenger Depot pass iu TEN STEPS ot
and the public generally. The
doc
ery thirty
I J AVE this day
I I old stand) wb
Street Cars from ‘
utes during the d.v
Union, J5acon, Bacon
75 HALF CASI\F CLEAR RIB SIDES. 25 whole casks CLEAR RIB SIDES.
In store ami :o arrive, on consignment, aud sale at lowest market rates by
JONES <k BAXTER
October 29, 1873f
4-
3tn
£OOA to s•orit i.vti;nt-;st:
Prices to Suit the Times !
» just opened my NEW aud LARGE Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Of the BEST BSaufactures. Also,
HAND MADE WORK tiiit I will sell CHEAPER
than any other house iu Milledgeville. Give tne a
call and you will satisfy yourself , that 1 keep the best of
Gentlemen's Fine and Heavy Boots and Shoes.
The Finis* of LASTING MOKKOCCO, GLOVE KID, PEBBLE and the new
SENSATION GAITERS
Also. Misses and Children's Gaiters and Shoe* of EVERY DESCRfPTfON* and a great many other article
a my line too numon.ut* to mefctow.
LEATISCK AM) FUNDINGS.
Hides, Wool and Sheep Skins Bought.
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. II, InM
LOUIS UISEVVIAV.
Burdick Bro’s,
08 TURD STREET
The prospects for a fine wheat crop in
the neighborhood Of Griffin are promis
ing.
A new grange of the Patrons of Hus
bandry was organized in Bulloch county
on the 22d ult under the name of Lott's
Creek Grange.
Haykinsvillo has had her census taken
and the following if the" official report:
Whites, 548; colored, 477. Total 1,025.
Mrs. Maria J. Westmoreland has
been engageJ for a lecture before
the young Men’s Library Associa
tion ot Atlauta at an early day.
After a suspension of a few months
the saw mills along the line of the
railroads have resumed work and are
all now in successful operation.
Robt, Bonner sent the poet Longfellow
a check for 81,000 as a Christmas gift,
return for some original verses.
School teachers at Fall River, Mass.,
are not permitted to whip pupils until the
day after that on which the offence merit
ing punishment was committed.
The death of A. Brown, postmaster at
McDonough, Henry county, and one of
tho oldest citizens of that county, last
Thursday night, is announced.
Macon, da
DEALERS IN
•5
Hay,
Bacon, Eard, Corn, Oats
Bagging', Ties, Sugar, Coffee,
smi, ittBMOQ', nmm,
Whisk ies, 4\c., 4\c.
From an experience of SIXTEEN YEARS in the business, we feel confident that we can fill any or ‘? e £
satisfactorily, and guarantee the name. Call aud see us when you come to Macon, aud you will be pleased with
any purchase you may make of us.
AT THE OLD STAND, 63 THIRD STREET,
Sign of the ‘‘GOLDEN HOG”
BURDICK BROTHERS-
0«t. If, 1873. IS 3m.