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VOLUME XLVI.]
MILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 5, 1875
N V M BEK 11
LEONID.
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
In Milledgevillc, Ga.,
BY
^OUGHTOM, ^AP V NES 8j JiloORE,
At $2 ia Advance, or $3 at end of the Year.
S. N. BOUGHTON,
The “FEDERAL UNION ” ami the “SOUTH
surely southern legislatures would
lend the aid of their state to foster
these infant efforts to increase the
Volume.
ADVERTISING.
Transient.—One Dollar j(,*r square of ten li_
contino»no» n,aild "” <ait> ' fiv,?ctuU lor ea,h « ii >>«equ,-nt opulence and power of our section
Liberal discount on theae rates will bp allowed on
ftdvprtisoajpiita running three months, or long*
~ " ' ‘ “ wt,Ue. ’
by Societies, Obitua-
offic
Tribute* ol Roapoct, itesolut
ri**a exceeding six lines
Communication* lorindiv
§ie«t advertising.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheriff's Sale*, per levy of ten line*, or less,....
44 Mortgage ti la bales, per square,
Citations for Letter* of A<luiiui*tratio:i,
44 44 44 Gi»rdianabip,
Application for Dismission from Aamiuibtrutiou,
44 44 44 44 Guardianship,..
" 4 * Leave to sell Land,
44 for Homesteads,
Notice to Debtor* and Creditor*,
Sale* of Laud, Ac., per square
* 4 perishable property, 10 day*, per square,..
Estray Notice*, ii>) day*
Foreclosure of Mortgtge, per square, each time
31.
T H E I ly in. the northern section, is unpro-
# i pitious compared with ours. So is
Union A 4 Recorder, I the northern in this country. Our “Miss Cameron."
: minerals and metals would invite the ] Leonie Cameron lazily looking out
j skill and labor of the miner to devel- of a bow-window upon a garden flam-
i op untold wealth: our plantations , ing with autumn tints and sunset
j and water power, the manufacturer, glow, lifted a pair of soft dark eyes
i our shipyards, the skillful artisan. j to Mrs. Tollman’s face.
Adi that is needed is a reasonable “What is the matter?”
j beginning, no sudden investment of An awkward pause followed that
! large snms of money, but such con ' question.
Editor. | tributions as merchants in our sea- " 3Irs. Tollman fidgeted under the
•<cnT T TIt 1 P ort towns, and other largo cities, ! inquiring glance of the dark eves
ine-ftimuAL ljniua ami tue “SOUTH ■, ,,, i i t, 1110 Main.
Eus RECORDER’’ were consolidated August an, ‘ wealthy planters, could iLinish. i cleared her throat twice and finally
1st, 1872, the Union being ii its Forty Third | If additional aid should be needed | said, with nervous emohasis
Volume and the Recorder in it's Eifty-lhird BVIT . ( /| V nonthem lecnfilatures would I “John Furber ” **
3Iiss Cameron’s face seemed to
freeze. It was a very beautiful face,
with piide for a leading expression.
“There," Mrs. Tollman said de-
_ I spairingly, “I’ve made you mad al-
Beautifnl Description of night. . ready, and haven’t said anything.”
“I am not mad,” Leonie answered,
and there certainly lurked a smile
in her mouth at the good woman's
consternation; “but you have not
told me what troubles you.”
“It’s—it’s—John, Miss Cameron,
and, he s my nephew, Miss, as you
know, though his father is a rich
f man, very rich; and John is above
So stainless, that their white and glittering spires Ilis mother’s place in her life. She’s
Tiugenot the moon’s pure beam; yon castle J enr l, and John WSS spoiled' some
where between the year she died and
two years ago. I don’t know where,
but be took to bad ways. He was
brought up an idler, upon his father’s
money, and from idleness to drink
ing, gambling and bad ways, is an
easy road. His father is a hard man
and he thrust him out near a year
ago. Disinherited him. He came
1 here, for I love him. I’ve nothing
1 else to love—husband and children
who would bring home the wealth of the graveyard, so I love John.”
— There was a piteous pleading in
the woman’s face, but Leonie’s was
elling: a man must carry knowledge : blank, save for an air of polite inter-
with him, if he would bring home es t.
IIow beautiful this night! the balmiest 8«gli,
Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening ear,
r 5 00 , Mere discord to the speaking quietude.
3 00 ( That wraps this moveless scene. Heavea ? s
ebon vault,
Studded with stars unutterably bright,
Through which the moon’s uuclouded grandeur
roils,
Seems like a canopy which love ha.* spread
To curtain her sleeping world, Yon gentle hilils,
Robed in a garment of untrodden scow ;
Yonfed&rksome rock, whence idles depend,
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sal*** of Land, Alo., by Administrator*, Executors or
Guar liana, aro required by law to be held on the first
Tuesday in the month, between the Hour* of loin the
forenoon and 3 in the aferuoon, at the Court House in
the county in which the property 1« situated. Notice of
tbeae sale* must bo given in a public gazette 30 day*
previous to the hay of sale.
Notice* for the sale of personal property must be j
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. |
Notice to the debtor* and creditor* of an estate must |
be published 40 day*.
Notice that application will bo made to the Court of j
Ordinary for leave to sell Laud, Ac., must be published I
for one month.
Citation* for letter* of Administration, Guardianship,
Stc., must be publish *d 30 day*—for dismission from Ah- |-
ministration monthly three mouth*—for dismiaaion from
Guardianship 40 day*. 1
Rule* f*r foreclosure of Mortgage must be publ*
steep,
Whose banner hangeth over the time worn
tower
So idly, that rapt fancy deemeth it
A metaphor of peace —all form a scene
Where musing solitude might love to lift
Her soul above this sphere of earthliness;
Where silence undisturbed might watch alone
So cold, so bright, so still.
From Queen Mad.
Sxcerpta.
As the Spanish proverb says, “He
__onthly f*rfour mouth*—for establishing lost papers for
the full space or three mouths—for compelling title* from , - «
cr-utor* or Admini-frators. where bond has been giv- the IDdieS 1111181 CaiTY the Wealth Of
by the deceased, the full space of thr^** *w«v»ei,» I - — - - - -
Publication* will i*
«*e tlit legal requir
Book and Job Work of all Kinds
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE.
For the Uuiou & Recorder.
SOURCES OF PROSPERITY.
(No 3.)
In former times when planters ac
cumulated money, it was expended j
in the purchase of more land and I
slaves. These accumulations could,
in great part bo appropriated to j
manufacturing purposes. All that j
is desired could not be accomplished
in a year, nor, in five or ten years, j
but much could be done in those i
periods of time. Manufacturing ex- ,
tensively in the south, brings us to :
the third great, source of wealth, nav- ,
igation. j
It may be safely asserted that the , w i[Lont manners.
South has paid an immense tribute m
her commerce and manufactures, and
her carrying trade, estimated to have
reached annually for many years,
from sixty to one hundred millions
of dollars. Who can estimate the
wealth and power our section would
have enjoyed if that immense sum
had been expended in erecting man
ufacturing establishments, building
ships, constructing railroads, extend
ing the blessings of education and
extending her trade at home and
abroad ? W hose are the sails that
havo been said to whiten every sea ?
certainly not the South s. And why
is it that the bold navigator launches
his frail bark with the firmament
over head, and an expansive waste
of waters underneath, to risk the
dangers of winds and storms/ Be
cause since the Carthageniane, with
their ships and commerce, put the
world under tribute to their city, ,
other nations, and peoples have fol
lowed their example, and for the!
same reason ; the desire to accumu- !
late wealth. It is clearly illustrated j
knowledge.
When a Socrates is put to death,
wisdom and truth seem to suffer,
and when an Aristides is exiled, jus.-,
tice appears to be in disgrace. But
virtue is its owu reward, aud de
pends not on the fluctuating opin
ions of mortals, nor on the breath of
popular applause, which is often on
the side of error, and entirely oppo
site to the real interest of its vota-
Virtue is so delightful whenever it
is perceived, that men have found it
to their interest to cultivate man
ners, which are in fact, the appearan
ces of certain virtues, and now we
are come to love the sign better than
the thing signified, and indubitably
to prefer (though we never own it)
manners without virtue, to virtue
We are our own fates, our own
; deeds are our doomsman. Man's
life was made not for men’s creeds-
But men’s actions.
We may live without poetry, music and art,
We may live without conscience, and live with
out heart;
We may live without friends, we may live with-
i Hut civilized men cannot live without cooks.
He may live without books—what is knowledge
but grieving ?
He may live without hope—what is hope but de
ceiving ?
■ He may love without love—what is passioa but
pining 1
But where is the man that can live without drn-
ing ?
“Owen Meredith.”
! She never told her love,
j But let concealment like a worm I the bud,
I Feed on her damask check ; she pined in thought:
j And with a green and yeilow melancholy
She sat (like patience on a monument)
Smiting at grief.
j Open your mouth and purse cau
I tiously, and your stock of wealth
and reputation shall, at least in re
pute, be great.
To those persons who have vomit
in the transportation of cotton from j e d 0 ut of their souls all remnants of
the South to Liverpool. It costs ! goodness, there rests a certain pride
about the fifth of any given shipload j in evil; and having else no shadow
to
of glory left them, they glory
| constant in iniquity.
Folly soon wears out her shoes, she dances so
I fast.
The dial
i Receives many shadows, aud each points to the
sun,
, The shadows are many, the sunligh t is one.
Lucille-
to land it in that great cotton mart
In other words, the carrier of five
thousand bales gets one thousand for
his pay. If the cargo is worth threo
hundred thousand dollars, he pock
ets sixty thousand. That sum goes
to enrich the Northman, or the En
glishman. whose ship conveys the
precious freight. It is lost to the
South for she has no ships. As of . Truth, whether in or out of fash-
five thousand, so of the whole crop, j i or , 5 j s the measure of knowledge,
or at least, that portion of it which ; the business of the understand-
is transported across the ocean. If j n g. whatsoever is beside that, how-
the shipping interest is not a lucra- ever authorized by consent or re
live branch of industry, why was it commended by rarity, is nothing but
that, before the late war, the tonnage j ignorance, or something worse,
of New York was more than one mil
The tongue of a fool is the key of
bis counsel, which in a wise man,
wisdom hath in keeping.
The great rule of moral conduct
is, next to God, to respect time.
lion. 3Yhy is it that of London is
equally as great if not greater ? Why
is it that the latter has several thous
and ships belonging to her port
alone?
If the south should manufacture
^nd the wants of her people, j He hath a trade, hath an
thei~-'"'\d have the ships to take es f_ n i e . aiK ] fie that hath a calling,
er cotto. fabrics lo foreign mar- I a p] aco of profit and honor. A
pie’s mone‘i von hl be gained to have ploughman on his legs is higher than
be no money ansportation of her , a gentleman on his knees,
or meat, what ' r she would not , , ,
This is a serious ni t have the great , ^ '° Ve ’ 89 8ch ° o1 boya from
Consider. “irgoes brought ; But love from love, towards school with hcafy
looks.
icturing it
iwot been too
Fortunately for Ul s '
be in the slough of dv'® 1 ’’ in debt,
could not manufactm’ 1 ’ Jj* 8 '*' v ® 1 7
we might wring onr e va ^ ue
spair. We would be
hopeless. What y , ^ . ,
We could ma% nura ^ r cos f
_ - .in have added great-
cottrr * ^£h and convenience. A
Lon cert of action would se-
'ili'e means enough to put a few
transporting ships upon the sea.
Every interest would be promoted
by it. The unusual profits from these
ships would go into circulation at
home. Our merchants would not
then have to make annual or semi-
Oh how this spring oflore resombleth
The uncertain glory of an April day ;
Which now shows all the beauty of fba sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away.
Oh no 1 it is an ever filed mark,
That looks on tempests, and is never shaken,
It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height
be taken.
Love’s not time’s fool though rosy lips and
cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love altars not with his briefhonrs and weeks,
But bears it out even to tho edge of doom.
Shakespeab.
Massachusetts Republican Con
vention.
annual trips to New York and other
northern cities for supplies. Goods, Wobchester, Mass., September 20.
would be cheaper for the million, 1 _The Republican State Convention
and population would rapidly in- me t to-day, W. W. Clapp, of the Bos-
crease as the prosperity of our sec- j ton Journal, presiding. Commit-
tion increased. Emigration follows tees on organization and resolutions ;
the line of ships, shipyards at home, were appointed. Vice President |
increased wealth, cheaper goods and Wilson is Permanent Chairman. He ;
cheaper living would induce the emi- , addressed the convention,
grant to come to our section. Now j
he finds no ships bound directly for THB NOMDIATIOS>
Southern ^jjorts, and of course, he The first ballot—Alexander H.
takes passage in those for northern Rice received 451, George B. Loring
and he seeks a home in the northern, 332, Charles Francis Adams 253,
or northwestern, section of the coun- scattering 48.
try. Ships bound for southern ports ' The second ballot gave Rice 497,
and running regularly to them would Loring 225, Adams 261,
tempt emigrants to try their for- ; 64.
tunes in our sunny land. We should In the third ballot (necessary to a
manufacture because we are poor; choice 499) llice received 576, Adams said, roused to an earnestness she
we 6hould build ships and mine for 249, Loring 99, H. L. Price 96. never had intended to betray, “you
tho same reason. The balance of the ticket was nom- shall not throw away your life.”
Onr lands, climate, and general iuated by acclamation as follows: j A hope sprang to his eyes, light-
resources, are uneqtlalled in any giv- ! For Lieutenant Governor, Horatio 1 ing them to dazzling radiance,
en surface on the globe. English G. Knight; State Treasurer, Charles “3Iiss Cameron—Leonie,” he cried,
agriculture is carried to great per- ! Endicott; Auditor, Julius L. Clark ; ‘ were there a prize to win, were one
lection and yet her climate, especial- j Attorney General, Charles R. Train, j heart’s hope centered upon me, I
“He was most desperate when he
came here, but I’ve coaxed him up a
little. But—but—O, iliss Cameron,
you know what I want to say. I’ve
j no right to find fault, but—but—
j don ’t flirt with John. He is in trouble,
j despondent, disinherited, and he’s
; falling in love with you as fast as he
| can. I believe, if you play with him,
he will kill himself body and soul.”
“If I understand you aright, you
wish me to ignore your nephew. It
j is not so easy, as he is in your house,
: so I would better leave it”
“Goodness!” cried the widow, a-
| ghast at this interpretation of her
! words. “I never meant that. Whore
| cau you find another boarding place
I near here?”
“I can return to London."
“I’ve put my foot in it. John will
never forgive me,” said Mrs. Toll
man, disconsolately.
But there was no sympathy in
Leonie’s face, and she turned away
at last, perplexed and more anxious
than ever. And Leonie, sinking
back in her chair again, looked at the
sunset clouds and variegated foliage,
and thought, perhaps, it was time
to return to London.
She liatl eomo to 3 , weary
with a round of fashionable life, tired
of flattery, dancing, flirting, and she
found rest and quiet under Mrs.
! Tollman’s motherly care. She was
j rich, richer far than the landlady had
j any idea of; but she had no near re-
i latives, only a second cousin to keep
! her lonely home, and play proprie
tor.
Society constituted itself her ama-
; tear guardiaD, and lying back in her
cushioned chair, in the sunset glow,
| she wondered indolently what socie-
l ty would say about John Furber.
' Then, from thinking of society’s
opinion, she quite unconsciously
i glided into considering her own.
! This dark-browed man had made a
| fair portion of her summer pleasure
for three months; had been her cava
j lier in many country walks, drives
; and sails, had quoted poetry under
i trees, sang in a superb baritone up-
j on murmuring waters, looked into
I her eyes on a moonlit porch and
| whispered delicately worded flat
tery.
Finally, lifting her eyes with a
{ soft sigh, she saw him leaning a
: gainst a treo opposite the low win
dow, looking at her. A vivid flush
stained her cheek as he said:
“What could you have been think
ing of? You havo not stirred for half
an hour. Only that your eyes were
open, I should have thought you
asleep.”
“Your powers of observation are
marvelous, she answered lightly. “I
was dreaming.”
“Of what?”
“The world in general, my world
! in particular. It is almost time I
; should return there.”
She was prepared for some polite
; show of regret, but not for tho ghast
ly change in his face.
Sho shuddered, remembering his
aunt’s words.
“Going away! Why of course you
would be soon,” be said, trying to
speak carelessly, while his eyes hun
grily devoured her face, and his
white, parched lips were drawn as if
in sharp physical pain.
“I have been here three months,”
she said feeling her own heart ache
at his misery.
“Yes, yes! You will go certain-
1 y-”
“And you,” she said very gently,
j “you will be in the, city, I presume.
I should be glad to welcome you to
, my house.”
“No,” he said, harshly; “I will not
; take such an advantage of your kind
ness. I am a man your friends would
! tell you to shun, 3Iiss Cameron—a
, man who has wasted life till it is too
late to take up the threads again. You
; do not know, perhaps, that my aunt
■ keeps me here from charity 7 ”
“I know you have offended your
I father,” she answered; “but you are
j a man scarcely thirty, and it is cow
ardly to talk of despair at your age.”
Her words cut him like a whip
lash. The dark blood mounted to
! his forehead as he repeated:
“Coward! I might fight the world
; yet, but,” and here his tone was bit-
! ter, and yet strangely pathetic, “the
battle is scarcely worth winning.
What would I gain? Money? I do
I not value it. Position? I have
thrown it behind me. I have play-
scatterin" ' ed the fool, and I must take a fool’s
wages.”
“I will not have you say so,” ehe
| would trample down these demons
of temptation. I would prove my*«
I self a man if I had any motive.”
i There was no mistaking the pray-
I er in his eyes, the pleading in his
j voice.
Only for one moment, close now
to the low window, beforea hand like
a snow-flake fell upon his shoulders,
a voice, low and sweet, murmured
low in his ear:
“Be a man for my sake.”
She was gone before he spoke a»
gain, and he wandered off to the
woods to muse upon the possibility
of his new life.
The next day Mrs. Tollman lost
her summer boarder. Society, lan
guidly contemplating Miss Cameron
for the next three years, found her
eccentric.
She was gay and grave by flashes,
fascinating in either mood, bnt she
was mysteriously unapproachable.
S knew her not in those three
years, but Mrs. Tollman was the re
cipient of various hampers of city
delicacies from her, and acknowl
edged the same by letter.
One of these, dated three years af
ter the beautiful Mice Oatneron left
S , after elaborately thanking
that young lady for a hamper of
dainties, added:
“Do you remember my nephew,
John Furber? He left me the day
after you did, and I fretted more
than a little. But he took a turn
for good, heaven be thanked. He
worked himself up, and to-day he
writes me he has made friends with
his father again, and is to be taken
as a partner in a commercial house.
His father is to buy it, but John has
earned his place by hard, honest
work. O, my dear, I’m happier than
I ever thought to be. Perhaps you’ve
heard of the house in London that
John is in. But I’ll tire you, writ
ing about my own affairs. I wouldn’t
only I thought perhaps you’d remem
ber John.”
“In London,” Leonie murmured;
“so near me all these years, and yet
never seeking me. Remember him?
Yes, Mrs. Tollman, I do remember
John.”
She had folded the letter, and was
dressing for the opera, when a visi
tor was announced.
“What a barbarous hour,” ehe
murmured, not looking at the card,
“In a few moments, Jane.”
She was robed in her fleecy dress
of white lace, over blue silk, had
clasped diamonds on throat and
wrists, and in tho little ears, when,
as she took the opera cloak from the
maid’s hands, she looked at the
card—
“John Furber.”
She looked like some visitant from
another world, in the radiance of her
beauty, as she came across the wide
drawing room to the window where
he stood.
He had not heard her light step,
but he turned when she was near,
showing the stamp of his better life
in his noble face.
He held out his hand, looked ear
nestly into her face, and seeing she
spoke only a happy truth as, taking
it, she said:
“I am glad to see yon,”
“Leonie,” he said, “you gave we a
hope three years ago, that has borne
me above temptation and suffering
to a position where I am not asham
ed to look any man in the face; you
bade me—”
Blushing brightly, she took up the
words as he paused:
“To be a man, John, for my
sake.”
“And I obeyed you, my love, my
darling. I have come for my reward,
Leonie, loving you with all my heart,
daring now to ask for your love in
return.”
So, society had a ripple of sensas
tion in a fashionable wedding, when
John Furber married Miss Leonie
Cameron.
But only you and I, reader, knew
tho romance of that summer in S
or how John Furber redeemed his
manhood for Leonie’s sake.
Facetiae.
A newspaper office in western
Iowa, rents part of the office for a
cheese factory and thus exhibits a
double claim to the power of the
press
Domestic broils make unsatisfac
tory meals.
A close observer says that the
words which ladies are fondest of
are the first and last words.
“I meant to have told you of that
hole,” said a gentleman to a friend
who walking in his garden, stumbled
into a pit of w ater.
“No matter,” said the friend, “I
have found it,”
“And now 3Irs. Sullivan,” said
the counsel, “will you be kind
enough to tell the jury whether your
husband was in the habit of striking
you with impunity ?”
“He was, sir, now and then, but he
struck me oftener wid his fist.”
A reverend gentleman, during a
sojourn among the hills of New
Hampshire, stopping at a cottage, in
quired of the occupant if there was
any Episcopalians in the neighbor-*
hood. “I don’t exactly know” replied
the dame, “but I believe John shot
one in the garden last week, but he
thought it was a chipmunk.”
A traveller, on arriving in the
city, stopped for a moment to ex
amine a coat hanging in frorit of a
clothing store, when the proprietor
rushed out and asked: “Wouldn’t
you try on some coats ?" “I dunno
but I would,” responded the travel
ler, consulting his time-killer, and he
went in and began to work. No
matter how often he found his fit he
' called for more coats, and after he
had tried on thirty, he looked at his
watch, again resumed his own gar
ment and walked off saying: “I
won’t charge a cent for what I’ve
done. If I’m ever around this way
again, and you’ve got more coats to
try on, I’ll do all I can to help you.”
Senator Kibbee, of PnlaBki coun
ty, who has been in New York for
two months investigating the “true
inwardness” of the bond question,
states that the high credit of Geor
gia is attributed by the bankers and
business men, generally, of that city,
to the fact that the Democracy of
the State have the management of
her finances. Georgia seven per
cents are at par, which can be said
of no other Southern State.
DELAK0 GONE AT LAST.
A. Xich Rogue’s Eulogy on Bii
own Official Career.
His Letter Resigning the Position
of Secretary of the Interior—Pres
ident Grant’s Reply—An Insult
to the Public Opinion of the
Country.
Washington, September 26.—The
following is the letter of the Hon.
Columbus Delano, resigning the
office of Secretary of the Interior,
with the President’s letter of accep
tance. It may be stated that on the
22d instant, the date of the Presi
dent’s letter, Mr. Delano, in com
pany with a friend, called on Presi
dent Grant at Elizabeth, N. J., to
urge the President’s acceptance of
his resignation. It is probable from
present indications that the appoint
ment of a successor will be made
from Pennsylvania, and that his
name will be announced to morrow:
Washington, D. C., July 5, 187S.
"Mb. President :—I have the honor
to transmit with this note my resig
nation of the office of Secretary of
the Interior. You have been aware
for some time of my earnest desire
to retire from public life, and you
have understood the reasons, con
nected with my private business and
domestic afflictions, which have pro
duced and intensified this desire.
Last fall, in November, I requested
you to accept my resignation. You
asked me not to insist upon it, and
expressed a desire that I should re
main in your Cabinet until the end
of your administration, or as long
as I found it agreeable to do so. At
you request and solicitation I de
clined then to insist upon your ac
ceptance of my resignation, assuring
you, however, that I must resign
during the early part of the ensuing
spring. When that period arrived,
and during the months of April and
May, you advised me again not to
resign, which advice agreed with my
own judgment. The reasons for
this conclusion need not be stated
here. Since you were called by your fel
low citizens to perform the duties Chief
Magistrate, j’ou have invited me,
without the solicitation of myself or
friends, so far as I know and believe, j
to take charge of two important and |
responsible public trusts—the Inter- j
nal Revenue Bureau and the Interior
Department. I was Commissioner >
of the Internal Revenue from 3Iarch,
1869, to November, 1870, a period
of one year and eight months. Tho
results of my administration you
know, and they are not, I trust, en
tirely unknown to my fellow-citizens.
The difficulties of this position and
the diligence, care and labor requir
ed of me in discharging its duties,
you also understand, and of these I
trust the public has some correct ap
preciation- T assumed the duties of
the Interior Department in Novem
ber, 1870, and have discharged them
to the best of my ability for a pe
riod of four years and eight months.
They have been laborious, difficult
and delicate. The have embraced
the supervision of the supervisors of
the General Land Office, Indian Bu
reau, Pension and Patent Offices,
the Bureau of Education, and a mass
of miscellaneous business unknown
to any except those connected with
the public service. The business of
the Land Office is very extensive,
and involves the adjudication and
settlement of legal questions, grow
ing out of railroad grants, liberally
and profusely made a few years since,
and 3Iexican and Spanish grants
made before we acquired California
and New Mexico, and also those
growing out of our mineral laws and
large mining interests, to say noth
ing of those that arise under our
homestead and pre-emption systems.
These cause the head of the depart
ment ft vast amount ol judicial labor
and responsibility, which is not gen
erally understood. The Indian Bu
reau, as you know, ia full of intri
cate, delicate and vexatious ques
tions, growing out of numerous In
dian treaties and the imperfectly de*
fined relations existing between the
Government and the Indian races*
The execution of this service is also
greatly embarrassed by the remote
ness of the localities where much of
it has to be performed, thus prevent
ing contact and personal supervi
sion over the persons employed, as
well as by the want of salaries large
enough to command talent, charac
ter and the capacity equal to the du
ties and responsibilities of the posi
tions. Many of the important du
ties of the head of the department
are connected with the material and
pecuniary interests of individuals.
These interests are often large in
amount. Tho secretary, in deciding,
must necessarily reject the claim of
one of the parties, and thereby not
unfrequently finds himself assailed
by the misrepresentations of claim
ants. I feel confident that a thorough
and impartial examination into the
present condition of the public ser
vice connected with each and all the
bureaus attached to the Interior De
partment will show to all candid and
fair-minded men that it has never
been in a more prosperous or bet
ter condition than it now is; and I
feel sure that the most scrutinizing
examination will sustain the opinion
here expressed, and that it will also
lead to the conviction that great im
provements havo been made under
your policy in the service connected
with the Indian Bureau. I allude to
these matters briefly to remind you
of the exhausting labor which fideli
ty to my duties during the last six
years and four months has demand
ed of me, and to show you in part
that one of my age requires rest and
recuperation. During all these years
of toil I have had your support,
your sympathy and, and as I believe,
your entire confidence. Had it been
otherwise, I should have long since
retired. As I have said, your po
litical favors havo come unsolicited
and, therefore, have been highly ap
preciated. You have always light*
ened my burdens by cheerful, prompt
and cordial co-operation. W hen our
official relations are severed, I shall
always continue to cherish for you
the highest regard, founded, as it is,
upon my unqualified confidence in
your unselfish patriotism, in the ac
curacy and solidity of your judg
ment, and in the high sense of jus
tice which has always characterized
you, and from which, in my opinion,
nothing can tempt you intentionally
to deviate.
I have the honor to be, with great
sincerity, your friend and obedient
servant, C. Delano.
The following is the President s
reply:
Long Branch, September 22,1875.
Dsab Sib : Your letter of the 5th
of July, tendering your resignation
of the office of Secretary of the In
terior, was duly received, and has
been held by me until this time with
out action, because of the continued
persecution which I believed and be
hove was being heaped upon you
through the public press. I only
now take action because the time is
rapidly approaching when the Secre
tary of the Interior will have to com
mence his labors preparatory to
rendering his annual report to ac>>
company the Executive message to
Congress. I therefore accept your
resignation, to take effect on the first
of October, leaving little more than
two months from the induction of
your successor until the assembling
of Congress. In accepting your
resignation, I am not unmindful of
the fact that about the time ef lUo
meetiner Oougress, one year ago,
you stated to me that you felt the
necessity of retiring from the Cabi
net, and asked whether I would
prefer your resignation, so as to have
your successor confirmed by the
Senate, daring the last session, or
whether I would prefer it in vaca
tion. My answer was that I pre
ferred not having it at all. That
was my feeling at the time; and I
now believe that yon have filled every
public trust confided to you with
ability and integrity. I sincerely
trust that the future will place you
right in the estimation of the public,
and that you will continue to enjoy
its confidence as you have done
through so many years of public and
official life.
With continued respect and friend
ship, I subscribe myself, very truly,
your obedient servant.
U. S. Grant.
Hon. C. Delano, Secretary of the
Interior.
MACON CARDS.
IS. <£. TOHWgroM,
Has received for Fall and Winter Trade. 1874-5,
Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware,
FANCY GOODS, FINE CUTLERY,
Mimical Instruments, Strings, &c.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated
DIAMOND PEBBLE SPECTACLES.
EYE-GLASSES, 4c.
Particular Attention given to Repairs on Fine
and Difficult Watches.
JEWELRY, &.c , REPAIRED, and ENGRAV
ING. Heavy and Medium 14, 18 and 22 Karat
Plain Gold Rings and Badges made to order
and Engraved at Short Notice.
Corner Mulberry dt Second St’s,
MACON, GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.)
Nov, 10,1874. 16 ly.
Dll. TJXjSrXEIXL’S!
LIVER CORRECTOR,
LANIER HOUSE
B. DIB, Proprietor.
Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia.
above named Hotel has been recently
refillnished and fitted up for the accommods
tion of transient as well as permanent Board
ers. Persons will find it to their interest to stop
at this House, as its central location makes it
a very desirable plact for merchants and fam
ilies coming to the oity for business, or for a so-
jonrn of pleasure. An ELEGANT SAMPLE
ROOM has been fitted np for the special use of
commercial travelers.
The table always supplied with allthe luxu
ries of the season, from first markets, and can
be surpassed by none in the South.
Omnibus to convey passengers to and from
the Hotel and all trains, free of charge;
B. DUB, Proprietor.
April 18. 1872. 6m
W. L. HENRY,
Mannfacturer of and Dealerin
Saddles and Harness.
O
M AKES all of his work, aud sells] it lower
than anybody.
HAND-MADE HARNESS AT $11
per set. Will take pleasure in answering all
correspondence in regard to prices, and will
send samples -‘C. O. D.,'' to all who wish to
buy, and if the Goods do not suit at prices,
will have them returned at his expense. Cash
paid for Hides at their Highest Market value.
Third Street, MACON, GA.
April 6,1875. J7 6m.
"0
5
S
as
F OR DISEASES ARISING,FROM DISOR-
gauized state of the Liver, such as
Dyspepsia, Obstructions of the Viscera, Stone
in the Gall Bladder Dropsy, Jaundice,
Acid Stomach, Constipation of the
Bowels. Sick and Nervous Head
ache, Diaribcea and Dysente
ry, Enlarged Spleen, Fever
and Ague, Eruptive and
Cutaneous Disenses, such
as St. Anthony’s Fire, Erysip
elas, Pimples, IVstules and Boils,
Female Weaknesses. Affections of the
Kidneys aud Bladder, Piles and many other
diwrdeis caused by deiaugeinent of the liver.
This preparation, composed as it is of some of
the most valuable alteratives known, is invalu
able for the restore!ion of tone and strength to
the system debilitated by disease. Some of onr
best Physicians, who m e famiiliar with the com
position of this medieme, attest its virtues and
prescribe it It is a pleasant cordial.
PREPARED JBY
B. F. TJLKER, M-
SAVANNAH,
GEORGIA.
The Massachusetts Platform.
Wobcester, Mass., September 22.—
The Democrats and Liberal Repub»
licans of Massachusetts, assembled
in convention, declare and affirm, as
tho basis of their action:
First—We reiterate the declara !
tions comprehensively made by the
National Convention at Cincinnati
and Baltimore, in 1872, accepting the J
recent amendments to the Federal 1
Constitution, as a full, final and per- i
manent adjustment of the political j
controversies incident to the late t
war.
Second—We demand for the Un- |
ion the support in full vigor of all its !
constitutional powers, as the su- !
preme authority, utterly repudiating
all claim of right by any State to
secede from the Uniop, or to, nullify
its taws, aucrneuii»iu tor each State
as equally inviolable the right to
govern itself at its sovereign pleas
ure, subject only to the limitations
and obligations of tho Federal Con
stitution.
Third—In the interests of public
morals the nation’s credit and tho
common welfare, we oppose any fur--
ther issue by the Government, of a
currency inconvertible with gold—
the world’s recognized measure of
value, and we favor a speedy return
to specie payments as essential to
the revival of the commerce, business
and credit of the country, and to the
welfare of the laboring masses.
Fourth—We arraign the Republi
can party for its extravagant expen
ditures and profligate waste of the
people's money; for its corruption;
for its peculations ; for its contempt
of constitutional obligations ; for its
extortionate increase of sinecures
and of the salaries of our public
officers; for its oppressive, unjust
and defective system of taxation, fi
nance and currency, which have de
graded public and private morality
and brought upon us the present de
pression in the commercial and in
dustrial interests of the country; for
its centralization of power, and its
encouragement of monopolies and
corporate corruption; for its contin
uance of incompetent and dishonest
men in office, and for its general
mismanagement of both the State
and Federal Governments.
The platform concludes: We take
an honest pride in the cordial and
enthusiastic approval by the people
of the whole country, on the 17th of
June, 1876, of the policy of recon^
ciliation, peace and fraternal feeling
advocated by the Democratic and
Liberal Republican parties in 1872.
We welcome with especial satisfac
tion the assurance that that policy
will be inaugurated by the adminis
tration to be placed in power in
1876.
Sold by all Druggists, Price, SI.
For sale in Milledgeville by B. R.
Herty, Druggist.
Ang 17,1875. 6 3m.
MONROE ~
Female College.
T HE exercieea of tliia popular and flourishing
institution will be resumed August 23rd,
1875.
Those wishing lo secure for their daughters
the benefits of a substantial education combined
with the culture and refining influences of the
fine arts, would do well to consider the advan
tages here aflorded.
Vocal Music, Calisthenics and clemeanontary
Drawing are taught free of charge. Board and
Tuition (this term) in advance 584,80.
For frurther particulars apply to
It. T. ASBURY, President,
T. B. ARTOPfil, Agent,
(Formerly JuniorPmtnerofJ. B. Artopedt Son)
DEALER IN
Marble and Granite Work,
MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES,
Box Tombs, Vases, Iron Railing,
Copings, Building Work, &c.,
n...— ——— - . r ..r nir.rU,
Opposite J. W. Burke Co.’s, rear of Ross Sc
C. leman’s.
MAC OX?, GA,
Orders Solicited.
May 17, 1375,43 lv.
THE ISAACS HOUSE,
Cherry Street, - Macon, Ga.
H AVING some of the finest rooms in the city.
With meals at the tables D’Hote—$2 00
per day, or 50cts. to 75cts- for room, a^meals
to order. Lower rates by the weekb
effort made to give comfort and satisfaction to
guests.
E. ISAACS, Proprietor.
April 22, 1875. ly
RUSSELL & PETER,
BRBWEHS,
MACON, GA.
We are now manufacturing Lageb
Beer, inferior to none. Orders from
dealers solicited.
RUSSELL & PETER,
Macon, Ga.
Juno 8,1876. 46 3m.
ELLlS & CUTTER,
Manufacturers of
Doors, Sash and Blinds,
AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Dressed Lumber, Build
ers’ Material, &c., &c.
J, E. ELLIS. ) M. H. CUTTER.
( Wharf Street,
MAC OSS’, GA.
March 15, 1875. 34 ly.
Tailor Shop and Dye Honse*
T he undersigned has removed
his Shop to No. aa tot too Areoae,
IMacoa, «o. He has a first-class Tailor Shop
aud Dye House. Cleaning Gentlemen’s Hats
and Clothes, also, Ladies’ Dresses, Gloves,
Shoes, Ribbons, Sic , neatly done at short no
tice.
PRICES.
For cleaning a Suit of Clothes will be $3 00
and for dying $4 00; for dying Silk Dress $4 00,
for cleaning $3 00.
J. M. DAMI &. CO.
Macon. Ga., Opposite New York Store.
July 13th, 1875. 513m.
SaM'L. hall.
WSt. A. LOFTOJi.
C. L. BARTLETT.
Alabama Constitutional Convene
tion.
Saturday, 18th.—Several new
propositions were referred to appro
priate committees. Among them
was a constitutional provision that
all executions of persons for crime
shall be in the jaals or other close
places. The report of the com
mittee on the Militia was considered,
amended and adopted, and referred
to the committee on the Order and
Consistency of tho Constitution. It
makes all able-bodied males between
18 and 45 years of age liable to mil
itary duty in the militia of the State;
each company and regiment to elect
its own officers, the Governor to ap
point higher officers. The report of
the oommittee on the Executive De
partment was taken up. An inter
esting debate occurred on the ques
tion of the term of office of the Gov
ernor. The reported section pre
scribed four years. Mr. McClellan
moved to strike out four and insert
two. Mr. Foster moved to lay Mr.
McClellan’s motion on the table,
which was defeated—yens 36, nays
48. The debate was then continued
on the amendment until the hour of
adjournment
HALLy LOFTON & BARTLETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACON, — GEORGIA.
Office over City Bank.
W ILL practice in the counties of Bibb, Jas
per, Jones, Putnam, Baldwin, Wilkinson,
Twiggs, Washington. Houston, Crawford
Dougherty, Upson, Monroe, Dooly, Macon, Lan
reDS. Dodge, Pulaski, in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States,
Sept. 14,1875. 8 6m.
The Great Reputation
which Dr. Pemberton’s Flu'd extract of Stillin-
gia (or Queen’e DeligliU^^BaH. alne d in all sec
tions ^^he c4
TomMEDICINE
and the^^^nnmber ot ^A^^iials which are
constantly being receiv^k from persons who
have been cured by it*uW is conclusive proof
of its great merits.
This Great Health Restorer
is a positive specific and cure for Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaints, Constipation, Headache, Diz
ziness, Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints,
Jaundice Female Weakness, Lumbago,Gener
al Debility, Gravel, Gout, Scrofula, Canceroua
Humor. Erysipelas, Salt-Kbeum, Ringworm,
Pimples and Humors on the Face, Old Ulcers,
Rheumatism, Mercuiial and Syphilitic Affec
tions.
It removes all Mercurial or other poisons from
the Blood, and soon restores the system to per
fect health and purity. That Pale, Yellow,
Sickly looking skin is soon changed to one of
beauty,freshuess and health. It will cure any
chronic or long standing diseases, whose real or
direct cause is bad blood. A trial will prove it.
Thousands have been snatched as it were from
the grave by its miraculous power, who now en
joy health and happiness, where once ail waa
misery.
It iuvigorates and strengthens the whole sys
tem, acts upon the secretive organs, allays in
flammation, cares ulceration, and regulates ths
bowels.
Dr. Pemberton’s Stillingia or
Queen’s Delight gives Health,
Strength and Appetite.
It purifies the Blood, and renovates and
invigorates the whole system. Its medical
properties are alterative, tonic, solvent and dior-
etlc.
For testimonials of wonderful cures, send to
the Proprietor, or call upon your Druggists. Tho
genuine is prepared only by.
Dr. j. 8. FEMBERTOV,
Chemist, Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by all first-class Druggists.
Office of George Adair, Wall Street, >
Atlanta, Ga , July 16,1875. {
Dr. J. S. Pcmbei ton—Dear Sir: I have used
your Extract of Stilliogia for a chronic Bkin affec
tion of many years standing, whieh made a euro
after all other remedies bad failed. I have
known your Stillingia used in the worst cases of
scrofula, secondary syphilitic diseases, rheuma
tism, kidney and fiver affections, with great
success. In fact, I have never known it to fail
in the most desperate cages. I consider it the
greatest blood purifier known- Yours trulv,
J. C. EVANS.
For sale by B. R. HERTY, Millegeville, Ga.
July 27, 1875. 32 ly.
AUGUSTA HOUSES.
C ARPETS, Oil Cloths, Window Shades,
Wallpapers. Lace Curtains, Curtain Goods,
| Cornices, Mattings, See. JAMES G. BAILIE
, Sc BROTHER, Broad Street. [50 ly.]
C V. WALKER. Auction and Commission
• Merchant and Furniture Dealer, 317, 319
i and 321 Broad Street. [50 6m ]
D
OOR, SASH and BLIND Manufactnrer,
Wm H. Goodrich, Reynolds St. [50 6m.J
o
UN MAKER and Dealer, E. II. ROGERS,
245 Broad Street. [50 6m.J
Col. Smith, of Wilkinson connty
was found dead in his bed last
Thursday morning. He was in the
74th year of his age.
The Commonwealth Herald of
Tuesday evening last states that the
copartnership heretofore existing be
tween the Mtrald Publishing Com
pany and & f. Sawyer, in the pub
lication of the Commonwealth Her
aldL ia diaanlvad.
Mm 8. &Si£l»
PROPRIETOR OF
Augusta Granite Works,
Hear Union Depot, Augusta, Ga.
All kinds of work neatly done at short notice.
Augast 3, 1875 ~
LUMBER FOR SALE!
T HE UNDERSIGNED has established a
LUMBER TABS in MiU^geviUe,
where he will keep a good supply of
lumber constantly on hand )? h ' ch
at low late, on application to T. A. CARAKER.
Lumbar also on hand and for sale at the MUL
BiS^or Lumber lett with T. A. Canker wiU
be promptly filled. Lumber delivered when
deeired. w> Q ALLEN.
May 5,1875. 4**m
1C
lanih
. DENTIST,
Corner Green and Wayne Streets,
Milledgeville, 43m.,
Keene constantly on hud a fine lot of Aromatic
tooth powder*.
FRENCH'S HOTEL,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,
Opposite City Hall, Park, Court
House and New Post-Office,
raw TORS.
All Modern Improvements, including Elevator
Rooms $1 per day and upwards-
T. J. FRENCH Sc BROS., Proprietors.
July 27,1875. 1 ly-
Smo FOR CATALOGUjEtf.
June 1, 1875. 45 1y.
P. P. TOALE,
Manufacturer of
DOORS, SASHES,
Blinds, Flooring, Ac., Ac.
Dealer in
whw mnm-
Faints, Oils, die.
Sole Agent for
The National mixed Paint Co.,
The Great American
FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO.,
Page Machine Belting Ce.
iud roa pilxcbs.
OFFICE AND WAREROOMS,
Km. MAM H«tk & 3.1 & 35 Pleck-
■ey Streets.
FACTORY and YARDS,
Ashley Mirer, West Bad Brand Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Sept. 21,1875. 9 ly.