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nuisance.
B*®°* a . t""" 0B i, e aiftble.
TMf * K p °f ,"I e ticket for which a man
do the? P°* Kt MnlH? punch holes in it
«tirttt could “^ fin a one. And if
s poor 4**' w “ a0Des wherewith to
ha» 110 ^jog to put in their
I Ptf tis ffS L »s security, off the train
' gruP'W 1,0 jt while crossing the
ieg<K*> e,e “ . - i0 jt is with ex-
° tim in which wo know
^SJ d Oft abused public will join,
th9 cord the sad, but tragical end of
““TcvooDg conductor, well known
’ . ol oar leading railroads. “Xwas
°° UC • Tb. re c line a lady, in
this it b»pp«‘ ' ih0 present time, on
[^rcl'the train at fort Valley. This lady
l«Ta stoop ‘1 her gait, and a lisp in her
Lcb. and from excessive Christmas dis-
,p “ was extremely t'.r.d and d.streas-
“ P1 weary When asked to what point
ahe desired to go, the languid answer wi
hl ;, whispered "Martballv.lle, —*■'
aneentocktothe conducto: li
to take his fare. «“
j conductors
Not only
handiug
Irom which
He took his fare, and
the lair one , . ...
„til Marshallville was passed and Mar-
Lrille reached. The conductor then
,nt to her with the information that
Marthasville was at haud-when to hw
** 111 «kq young lady, ualf
be wanted to
nodded quietly in her seat
infinite surprise, the
wMiiinglj, observed that
Rt ••MarthallTille."
gut
he.
‘Well, miss, this » Marthasville,” said
el did not they Marthasville. I thaid
^t'llid I not say Marthasville?”
,.v, ltl ’ ,oa did; but I de.hire to get off
at M-a-r-etb-h-a-ll-T-i-ll-e; you under-
light burst upon hia mind—the
mag'c ol spelling showed him that the
lady should have been left at Marshali-
-iiie and not brought to Marthasville.
viak ck: ft virtne ot necessity, however,
the conductor kindly proffered to trans
port the lady to where bis traia met tne
train of the dashing young conductor,
•who^elate nee now deplore, and :o trans
fer her to his train Dost marked for
Marshallviile. The proposition was ac
ceptable to her, much to my eatisfaction
aa I feared she would not avail ber^elr of
such a glorious opportunity; an oppor
tunity which could coin*-, to her but onoe
during lile, hut to the most of us no
even ones, an opportunity oi riding
free, actually without pay, on a railroad.
Ah belore remarked, she accepted the
proposal, and all was quiet until we mc-t
the upward ojuod train. As lack would
h*\e it, the gentl*Jinn whom I was go
ing’ down to see, was coning up t;» see
me, and after chocking a nickle to see
who should go back, ’twas decided that.
he should continue his journey up the
road, consequently I had to go back with
him, and happiest of ali, the young lady.
She came abcard attended by the con
ductor of the do-^ train, who placed her
in charge o oar lamented iriend, to be
deliw^** 'fely at Marshalivilie Alas!
how ctJL tb* T , poor fellow—but I antici
pate. ill. foUTig lady informed this con
ductor lately deceased—that she
was "t'B.j now and sleepy too,” and
that sbuM’ald be asleep when tbe train
arrived aW* irshallviiie, but to be certain
and wawrernp, which be, with many a
bow, pronged to do. She then covered
herself Eicgh with a large shawl, and laid
herself out on a couple of seats to court
u tired nature’s sweet restorer,” seeing the
dashing conductor was engaged and there
being no other fellow on board convenient
to court Her courtship was successful —
indeed, eminently so—for she stirred not
aor moved a limb until Marshal.ville wan
cached,
Then came this 6adly remembored eon-
tetor to the sleeping maiden’s side and
vtspeied gently o’er her the magic word
»bci was to dispel her dreams—Mar-
tkllrfjie. The sleeping maid stirred not.
igsm, bet iu louder tones the word was
spoken—mpt a responsive movement be
trayed coitacionsness of this doomed
youug mau’lj presence. Still, again was
the word Bpoken in tones which attracted
every passenger but her they were de
eded to attract. Again! again! louder,
deeper, deadlier than before they came —
louder, deeper, deadlier than before the
maiden seemed to sleep—she bad in fact
but just began to snore. Our deeply
ramented friend saw then that the sle*-p-
tug maiden was only to be aroused by
■hating, but whereto shake was the ques
tion which absorbed him—which end was
wfuch-wheie head, where feet, for bqth
ends of the bundle before him were ex-
yuiikeaudhe could not kr.owwhich
norn of that dilemma to take. Beneath the
3 . s , l ^ e gracefully arranged shawl
u a be seen the outlines dim of human
rm divine, hut where the seat of reason,
r where the place of role, human wis-
m could not tell. To grasp anti shake
° ne mi 8^t litter sawdust on tbe
h B floor, to grapple with tbe other,
o could tell the mysteries he might ex-
P*r e . which the maiden would not like
1. 4V{ el ploreo, so particular are these
c u: n Wltl1 l ^ ei r water-fall, switches and
hap 0Qa -A sad and sickly smile,such as a
J®8*&ge-uu8ter givts to onqof these new
’^^-Piftted-turret-tranks,which
protection forces us to travel with,
h.n»° Ver y° oc g man’s facs, and we
p ■ ®. ow his doom approaching.
, tWix ^ sa iile and tear, as well
50- xt , he& d and feet, he, from purely
tniiW VatlVe motlVPS . do doubt, took tbe
th«v e ^ onn ^« i*Dd determined to attack
handle near the centre. He laid his
it uentlE 10 6 8let l jin « form and Bh xjk
K0 eentl>r It moved no’,
with f° k 0 8 ltook— : twas still. Again,
form fB reina ^ ca s motion sho^ k he—the
no as ^ s ^ ee P which known
inpm^ ^ r * 1 time was up with that
bk
kin arit ^ ^ Dew must pursue
Desperately he shook—it
in bk 0Qt aVrt ^ And now despair was
Imp J CT J e ^, with an overwhelming
h* e rushed upon the maiden, both
Eii-htr lH j ^ e . u P on her, and with a
^-> y and ternfi c shake he waked her,
’-ichd ate ^° r k 01 * 1 himself uud her,
W r( / 8a ^ eL8 me to write—a thunder-
iotJj • f ’ a stunning concussion fol-
which there flew around in
disorder the mysteries ot
Tki
young conductor, when he
* n * ron:1 the top of the car, rub-
ifickl» e ^ 6 M *^ e one a dream, smiled
tnjj e ^ Rmile > wave d a graceful farewell
of th® and deliberately cot on*
tint the t j W ‘ beseemed to understand
rabber hustle of t he maiden .
do«| u Dd his self-imposed exile'
^ Cf edutohis head and heart.
^ l elonp?lj BTALITT, ~^ e Iearn fc hat the
produced ^ Revere 8 P e ^ of ‘-’old weather
“ n d raor*a^-l QD0saa * smount of sickness
intk.s' Jty.wnong the colored people
i te . sect1011 of country, and
then inenrioi dyi P 8 from the exposure
tention ftn / d ’ for wa ot of proper at-
€i ^ht assistance. S>x or
'•thin thu i ed an< ^ near this city
^mbera of Is 81 ^ or ty*olght hours, and
they 6&rr, Bn ,i L m are suffering from what
***(X')& is epizoetia-
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titled "Thinrv 111 ^ 0118 la8t lect ure is en-
htSS5j? 0 ^2? f’or.” She doesn’t
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s followers.
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J H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
savannah, Saturday. January is. is73
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Shall the State Courts be Sustained 1
The interference of any department c,f
the National Government—oven Congrets
—in the Louisiana controveray, is to be
deprecat'd, for it is by gradual approaches
in that direction that the Just rights of
the States are most likely to be set aside
and a centralized despotism ultimately
established.
The most dangerous department whence
this sort of interference can emanate is
tne judicial, for its attacks are always in
sidious and generally plausible, and the
American people have a profound respeot
for the ermine till it becomes so soiled as
to be disgusting. Jefferson, and after
him Jackson, insisted that our Republi
can system was more likely to be changed
through the decrees of the Federal courts,
rendered on specious pretexts, than from
any other source.
The contest between Kellogg and Mc-
Euery as to which was elected Governor
of Louisiana, is or soon will be in a posi
tion to b« fairly settled in the State courts,
the only proper place lor its adjudication.
But right at this point comes in the un
seemly interference of the National Gov
ernment through its courts. After Kel
logg and MeEaery sworn in the latter
may bring a suit in some State court to
determine whicl^of them is entitled to the
office. But, in accordance with their re
cent conduct, the powers at Washington
will probably go to Judge Durell, get an
order restraining the State court from
acting in the case, put the .order in the
hands of Marshal Packard to serve, who
will call upon Col. Emory for troops to
assist him, and then, if the State Judge
resists, ho will he driven to jail at the
point of the bayonet. This mode of oust
ing the State court of its jurisdiction
would no doubt be novel, and certainly
most effective.
Tbe point worthy of the gravest con
sideration is this^Where will this resort
to bayonets by way of the courts finally
end ? There can be but one answer: Un
less the people put a stop to it now, it
will end just when and where the
powers at Washington choose to have
it end.
We may sneer to-day at these quarrels
among carpet-baggers and negroes in
Louisiana. As individuals, neither War-
moth nor Pinchback is entitled to special
regard from a Commonwealth which they
have heretofore conspired to oppress and
plunder, »nd which perhaps cares very
little which of them occupies the State
Capitol, and which goes to the State
Prison. But wnether the National Gov
ernment shall intervene through its courts
aud its army to uphold tbe one aud put
down the other, is a question of mo
mentous importance, whose decision may
leave a deep and enduring mark upon our
institutions.—N. Y. Sun.
CURIOUS ASSYRIAN TABLETS.
The Biblical Record of the Flo-.d Cor
roborated.
Card from Hon. Thomas Hardeman.
Macon, Ga., January 14, 1873.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
A few days since it was announced
through telegrams from Washington that
the bill for the removal of political disa
bilities of certain parties from Georgia
and Alabama had been postponed owing
to objections org6d against myself indi
vidually. I imuif-diately telegr.phed to
the Hon. Joshua Hill to strike my name
from the bill, and let it pass. Since then
I have ascertained
ten by H. P. Farrow, United States Dis-
•rict Attorney for the District of Georgia,
to on » of the honorable Senators, aud
from which, for thh sake of the good peo
ple of our city, we make an extract:
“ Office of United States Attobney, )
District of Georgia. \
“Sir: I deem it my duty, as United
States Attorney for the District of Georgia,
to inform you that the author and origi
nator of the ‘ Macon massacre ’ is asking
Congress to remove his disabilities, and
i o say to you the} | hoald never be i •moved.
On tbe day of our State election, October
2, 1872, th-'re was a premeditated massacre
ot colored people in the city of Macon,
(at the polls) in which seven men were
killed and about thirty more wounded.-
It was not a fight or a riot, but a premedi
tated massacre. Thomas Hardeman,
Chairman Democratic State Central Com
mittee, a resident of the city of Macon,
county of Bibb, and State of Georgia, was
the rfal author of this well-organized and
pre-arranged massacre.” * * *
In the name of the good people of onr
city, and in justification of myself, I pro-
nQunce this ullegaticifa malicious slander
upon them and myself and libelonsly
lalsp, and I hereby challenge the broadest
investigation. I most publicly acknowl
edge tbe frank and manly defense of my
character made by Hon. Joshua Hill in
reply to this slanderous attack upon my
good name and reputation.
Thomas Hardeman, Jb.,
Macon, Ga.
KMteri archaeology has received a re
markable contribution in a collection of
Assyrian tablets recovered from tbe buried
ruins of Ninevah. It consists of a nnm-
ber of fragmentary coniform inscriptions
found by Mr. George Smith, of the British
Musbum, among the mythical tablets of
that institution, aud translated in a paper
mtfcly read by him at a meeting of the
Biblical Archeological Society of Loncfon.
* u examining tbe mythical section of
the Assyrian records Mr. Smith had dis
covered a Dumber of documents, which,
though mut^ated, still bore remnants of
inscription sufficient to show that they
once contained a connected account of
the No&hio deluge.
The tablet, Mr. Smith states, were
originally at least twelve in number,
forming one story or set of legends. The
inscription relative to the flood was scat
tered through fragments of three copies
containing duplicate texts. They belong
to the time ol Assurbanipal, or about 660
years before the Christian era, and they
were found in the library of that monarch
in the palace of Nineveh. The original
text appears from the tablets to have be
longed to the city of Erech, and to have
been either written in, or translated into
Semitic Babylonian at • a very early
period.
Mr. Smith cannot place the original
oomposi.tiou of this record.later than the
seventeenth century before Christ. It re-
fern to the time of a monarch whose name,
written in monograms. Mr. Smith could
not phonttieally translate, and whom he
conveniently designated as Izdubar. He
judges that this monarch lived in Uk*
period immediately following the flood,
and thinks that he may Lave been the
founder of the Babylonian monarchy,
perhaps the Nimrod of Scripture.
Four cities are mentioned in these
legeuds, Babel, Erech, Surimpall and Ni-
pure. The most of Izdubar’s exploits had
their centre in Erech, now called Warka,
which must have been one of the most
ancient cities in the world.
According to Mr. Smith’s translation
of tbe story, Izdubar having conquered
Belesn, put on his crown, and wed the
Princess Ishtur—the same as Venus—the
qaeen of beauty, but somewhat incon
stant for she had already a husband, »
deity, called tbe “Son of Life.” In
course of time Izdubar feil into some ill
ness and came to fear death, man’s last
great enemy. Now, the Babylonians be
lieved iu the existence of a patriarch
named _ Sisit—the Xisuthurus of the
Greeks—who was supposed to have been
translated, and to have attained to im
mortality without death. Izdubar, ac-
coiding to tbe notions of time, resolved
to seek Sisit, to ascertain how be became
immortal, that he might attain top simi
lar nonor. Izdubar has a guiding dream,
the story of which is unfortunately very
mutilated, few fragments of it remaining,
and his sub-equent journey is not in
much bettt-r condition. After long wan
derings, be falls into company w th a
seaman named Urhamsi—a name similar
to the Oichamus of the Greeks. Izdu
bar and Urhauisi fit out a vessel to con
tinue the search for Sisit, and they sail
along for a month and fifteen days, and
the objection urged4 arriT6 a ' B ”' me x<“g>°n. near the rnonlh ol
against me was based upon a letter writ- Euphrates where Sisit is supposed
• to dwell. In this journey by water there
*re fresh adventure-*, aud, in their course,
Urhnmsi tells Izdubar of the waters ot
death, of which he states, “The waters
of death they hands will not cleanse.”
(At the time when Izdubar and Urhamsi
are appraachmg him, Sisit is sleeping.
The tabnlet here is too mutilated to in
form us how they came to see each other,
but it appears probable from the context
that Sisit was eeen in company with his
wi*e, a long distance cff, separated from
Izdubar by a stream. Unable to cross
tne water which divided the mortal from
the immortal, Izdubar appears to have
called to Sisit and usked his momentous
question on life and death. The question
asked by Izdubar and the first pari ol the
answer of Sisit are lost by the mutilation
of fhe tablet. The latttr part of the
speech of%iait, which is preserved, relates
to the danger of death, its universality,
•tc. It winds up as follows : “ The god
dess Mamitu, the maker of fate, to them
tLeir fate has appointed, she has fixed
death and life, but of death the day is not
known.” These words, which close the
first speech of Sisit, bring us to the end
of the tenth tablet ; the eleventh opens
with a sp iech of Izdubar, who now asks
Sisit bow he became immortal, and Sisit,
in aeswe-r ng, relates the story of the
flood, and hjs own piety as the reason
why he was translated.
We have room for only the following
extracts from Mr. Smith’s version, so far
as it relates to the incidents of the flood:
82. A flood Shamus made, aDd
83. ho spake saying in the night, “I will
cause it to rain from heaven heavily;
84. enter to the midst of the ship, and shut
thy door.”
85. A flood he raised, and
86. he spake saying in the night, “I will
cause it to rain from heaven heavily.”
87. In the day that I celebrate his festival
88. the day which he had appointed, fear
I had,
89. I entered to the midst of the ship, aud
shut my door
90. to guide the ship, to Buzarsadirabi the
pflot,
91. the palace I gave to his hand.
92. The raging of a »torm in the morning
93. arose, from the horizon of heaven ex
tending and wide
94. Yul in the midst of it thundered, and
95. Nebo and Sara went in front;
96. the throne bearers went over moun
tains and plains;
97. the destroyal Nergal overturned;
98. Ninip went in front and cast down;
99. the spirits carried destruction;
100. In their glory they swept the earth;
101. of Vul the flood, reached to hewven;
102! the bright earth to a waste was turned;
103. the surface of the earth like——it swept;
104. it destroyed all life from the face of the
earth . .
105. the strong tempest over the people
reached to heaven.
106 Brother saw not his brother, it did not
spare the people. In heaven
107 The gods feared the tempest and
10s! Sought refuge; they ascendod to the
heaven of Anu. .
109. The gods, like dogs with tails hidden,
couched down.
110. Spake Ishtar a discourse.
111. uttered the groat goddess her speech,
112. “The world to sin has turned, and
113! then I, in the presence of the gods, pro
phesied evil; . .
114. when I prophesied m the presence of
the gods evil,
115. to the evil were devoted all my people,
and I prophesied . ...
116. thus, “I have begotten man and let him
117. like the sons of the fishes, fill che sea. ’
H 8 ; The gods concerning the spirits were
weeping with her;
119. the gods, in seats, seated in lamentation;
120 covered were their lips for the coming
, eTil i . . . . * »
139. On the seventh day in the course of it.
14o! I sent forth a dove, and it left. The
dove went and searched, and
141. a resting-place it did not find, and it re-
142 I senTforth a swallow, and it left. The
swallow went and searched, and
143. a resting-place it did not find, and it re
turned.
144 I sent forth a raven, and it left,
145. The raven went, and the corpses on the
water it saw, and -
146. it did eat, it swam, and wandered away,
and did not return.
147. I sent the animals forth to the four
winds. I poured out a libation.
148. I built an alter on the peak of the moun
tain,
149. by seven herbs I cut,
150. at the bottom of them, I placed reeds,
pines, and simgar.
1^1 Tne gods collected at its burning, the
‘ eods collected at its good burniug,
152. the gods like sumbo over tbe sacrifice
153. From of° old also, the great God in His
mnrae
154. the great brightness of Anu had crea-
when the glory
155 of these gods, as of Ukni stone, on my
countenance I could not endure,
156. In those days I prayed that for over I
might not endure. -
In tbe same paper Mr. Smith draw® *”
interesting parallel bet ’ ee “f h e fl oS
record and the Mosaic acconnt of the nooa
in Genesis. The cnoiform legeud* agree
with the Biblical narrative in de " onbl °B
the deluge as a Divine punishment tor the
wickedness oi the worm, » point omitted
in the Greek accounts of Berosne.
Some details in thiB Assyrian story
about tbe launching of the Alk <
stopping leaks with bitumen, have no
A Death Gbapple with a Highwayman.
—0n Sunday evening, as Mr. G-orge
Ramson's hired min was returning from
Brooklyn to his employer's farm, near
Hempstead, Long Island, with a two-horse
team, he was accost'd by a man on foot
near Jamaica. The man asked permission
to ride. He said he worked for Mr. Lor-
den, a farmer of Hempstead. Permission
was grant'd, and they rode several miles
together. When within half a mile of
Hempstead, the stranger suddenly turned
upon Mr. Remsen’s hired man and pre
sented a pistol to bis breast, and demand
ed his money and watch and chaia. Mr.
Remsen’s man caught up a pitchfork to
defend himself, and was instantly shot In
tbe left bi east near the shoulder. The
two then clinched, and in the struggle
they rolled out of tbe wagon together.
At this juncture, Mr. Onderdonk,- editor
of tbs Hempstead Inquirer, having heard
the report of the pistol shot from his resi
dence, approached and cried out to the
men. who were still straggling on the
ground. The assassin, seeing Mr. Oader-
donk, threw his victim from him und ran
off down the road tow*d Hempstead.
The wool! it’d man was placed in the
wagon and taken to Mr. Remsen s house,
where be now lies in a very critical con
dition. The highwayman escaped.—IK
Y. bun.
Losses by the Boston Fuse—The total
lobst-s of the Massachusetts insurance
comoauies >.j the fire in Bosion are $35,-
700 000, of which tbe joint stock compa
nies lose about $30,000,000. The only
mutual fire marine company losing was
the India, which lost $345,000. The dis
tribution of losses outside the State is
about as follows: Now York companies,
$7 500,000; Pennsylvania companies, $2 -
750,000; Connreticnt companies, about
$3 000,000; R ode Island companies, lit
tle over $1,000,000; foieign comptoies.
$4 800 000; Maine companies, $500,000;
Ohio companies. $250,000. New Hamp
shire. Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota nod
California together lose less than $250,000,
and New Hampshire gets off with $8,500.
Twenty-eight companies Lave been ad
mitted" to °do business in the State since
tbe fire. Under tho general insurance
law, recently enacted, twelve new enm-
panies have been organized and obartered,
and nine have already begun business.
The Vickbnrg Herald of January 12th
sav-; "Onr distinguished fellow-citizen,
ex-President Jefferson Davis, reached onr
city on Friday morning by the steamer
Mayflower, from Memphis. He is here
on business connected with tbei estate of
his brother, the late Joseph E. Davis,
who named him as one of his executors.
Wo aregratifitd to observe that onr be
loved fellow-citizen se»ms to be in most
exeeileLt health. Daring bis stay. wbi. b
will be for some days ye , he is domiciled
at the beantiinl residence of Mrs. Julia
Porterfield, on Mulberry street.'
—
The editor of one of the Southern ex
changes has just had his family rein
forced, and makes the following remarks:
Ring out wild bells—and tame ones too—
King out the lover’s moon,
Ring out tho little slips and socks,
ltmg in the bib and spoon;
Ring out the muse, ring in the nurse,
Ring in the milk and water;
Away with paper, pens, and inf—
Mydaugnter! on, my daughter
• The statemnt—latelv made, w ' t . h
circumstantial emhoUisWnts, and
circulated in print—that Miss CathanneSin
clair, formerly Mrs. Forrest wa. present at
the funeral of tho late Edwm Forrest is
untrue. The lady was not in Philadelphia
at all.
j correspondence either in tb* Bible or in
Berosns. Bat as regards the filling of the
Ark, i%xgrefc8 generally with the two othtr
account*, though differing from Genesis
in not mentioning the seven of clean aui-
mais, aud iu embracing others besides
the family of ibe builder.
Mr. Smith concludes that, though the
inscription and Genesis refer to the same
delnge, tbe former embodies a separate
tradition belonging to a distinct people.
The name of the ark in Genesis m-.-aus a
chest or cox, and not a ship; the sea and
none of the circumstances of navigation
are spoken of. Bat the inscription re
fers to a maiitime people; the ark is
called a ship, it is launched into the sea,
and it is given in charge of a pilot.
By an elaborate train ol reasoning, Mr.
Smith maintained that the historical era
of the Assyrians dated back 5150 years
before Christ, that these legends referred
to a pt-riod probably fifteen hundred
years earlier still, and that Izinbar was
identical with Zoroaster.
It cannot be questioned, as Mr. Smith
finally remarks, that this account of the
deluge opens a new field of inqairy into
the early portion of biblical history. It
has often been asked: “What is the ori
gin of the accounts of the Antediluvians,
a race of ten-fold greater longevity than
the longest span ot postdiluvian hnmau
lift? Where was Paradise, the abode of
the parents of mankind? Whence came
the story of the flood, of tho ark, of the
birds?”
The cuniform insciiptions seem to
shed new light on these questions, and to
supply material which future scholars
*ill w r ork out. The matter can hardly
end with the translation and commentary
which were lately read before the Biblical
Arch» tiogicai Society. No doubt, among
the buried ruins of Chaldean cities, now
awaiting exploration, lie, with older copies
of the deluge story, other legendary mon
uments of^he earliest civilization of the
A PHANTOM FROM THE SE1.
world.
A Terrible Example.
[ Frua^Le New York sun.]
One at leasr of the Paris journals, in
commenting on 1*e dsatl* of Napoleon
III., has correctly described the entire
deficiency of moral sense which was a
most prominent characteristic of the man
who for so many years deluded France
and the world into a belief in his great
ness. Th:s, with his indomitable, stub
born perseverance, enabled the spurious
Bonaparte to maintain soloDg his ascend
ancy over one of the most intelligent
nations on earth, only to be overthrown
at last and die in exne with the execra
tions of his countrymen following him
to the tomb.
Louis Napoleon appears to have been
completely destitute of coosience. Greedy
for power and wealth he never permitted
his action to be trammelled by any sense
of obligation to God or man, but with
sto id persistency pursued his schemes of
self-aggrandizement, professing himself a
republican so loug as he thought it for
his interest to do so, anl^hrowing off the
rnssk as soon as he found himself suf
ficient ly powerful. Fairly elected Presi
dent of the French Republic, he n > soon
er entered office than he devoted all his
energies to the benefit of himself, his
cronies, and his worthless relations, using
bis imrneii e official patronage for the
furtherance of his personal schemes, and
corrupting the officers brought under his
immediate influence with the people’s
money.
Cautiously but stead.ly this unscrupu
lous man pursued the path he had marked
out, at first contenting himself wth com
paratively unimportant usurpations of
power belonging to the legislative branch
ot the Government; until at last, after
t'ie people had become accustomed to «ig-
gressions which they had observed with
comparative indifference, on tbe 2d of
December, 1851, he arrested and imprb-
on«^d those membeis of the National As
sembly who refused to be bis tools, snot
down iu cold blood the people who dared
to object to his revolutionary proceed
ings, and made himself supreme ruler of
France.
Perhaps the worst crime of this per
jured President was his systematic viola
tion of the freedom of voting, whereby
he was enabled to give a color of authori
ty to his successive usurpations of power.
Pretending to recognize the principle of
universal suffrage, he manipulated the
ballot-box so that the result appear
ed precisely as he wished. Uuder
his administration popular elections be
came the merest mockery.. The office
holders, by intimidation aud false count
ing, were able to declare whatever vote
they chose; and though it is not probable
that such clum-y and open cheating a=
was resorted to iu Pennsylvania and
Noith Carolina last fall was ever em
ployed by the French President, still he
expression of the popular will was stifled,
and tbe means designed for the protec
tion of the peoplo’r. liberties was wrested
to the promotion of the usurper’s unlaw
ful designs, and made to serve as a pre
text for the declaration of the Empire.
Having betrayed the Republic which
he had sworn to protect, the false Napo
leon continued as Emperor in the demor
alizing course which had distinguished
him as President. Surrounded by subor
dinates as corrupt as himself, who were
placed in the most important offices, the
industries and energies of the who e
French nation were made subservient to
the desires of this one insatiable man end
his unscrupulous supporters. He plan
ned works of public improvement in
volving enormous txpenditures of
money, which afforded brilliant op
portunities for plunder to his favorites
while giving employment to thousands of
workmen; end the credulous Frenchmen
failed to see, what they have since dis
covered, that these graud schemes were
bu’ part aud parcel of the gigantic system
of p uuder which was tne very foundation
of the Imperial Government The bank
ers and shopkeepers were delighted with
this state of affairs, and w ere unable to
believe that there could be anything
wrong with tbe Government while trade
was so prosperous; and so the voracious
bloodsuckers of tho Empire were permit
ted to riot oil the substance of the toiling
millions who supplied tha means for their
fxtravsganre without question aDd wiih-
eut restraint.
Me&nwbiie tbs corruption of the Court
had permeated every department of the
Government and was eating into the vitals
oi the nation. Fraudulent contracts and
f.ti jobs for the benefit of the Emperor’s
favorites were depleting the Treasury,
while every department of th« public ser
vice was falling into decay. The military
establishment was a rotten shell,and when
war came the effect of years of maladmin
istration was shown in the speedy over
throw of thf Empire by an enemy France
had hitherto held ia utter contempt.
Then came the disgraceful revelations
of incompetency, peculation, and b.are-
f-ic^d robbery iu high places; and finally
the d*ath of tbe di*gractd Emperor in a
foreign land, an event which has only
called out the expressions of undisguised
laiisfaction from the vast majority of
Frenchmen who have paid a fearful penal
ty for entrusting the government of their
country to a greedy adventurer, without
conscience and without any distinct idea
of moral obligaiions. So tragical a story
should serve t.s a warning to nations and
to all men in authori y.
The Washington papers are discussing
the question ot the ventilation of the halls
of Congress, of the necessity for which
there seems to be no doubt. The atmos
phere of Congress has been very foul for
seveial yeo.rs, but we apprehend some
other remedy will have to be sought than
in amended architecture. Opeuing com
mittee room doors will help it somewhat.
There is more need of ventilating the
members than the halls.—New York Sun.
A Whole Family Drowned.—St. Louis,
January 14.—While John Farley, with bis
wife and two children in a wagou was ap
proaching a bridge crossing the Meramec
river in Jefferson county, a few days ago,
the team took irignt and dashed down
the river bank and out on the ice, which
broke and Mrs. Farley aud the children
and team weie carried down the swollen
stream and drowned.
A Swedish countess wants to go in
searcu of Livingstone. Mrs. Livingstone
has bem dead loLg enough to ja6tify the
expedition.
A True-True Ghost Story.
| G^ost stories of mere recent invention
there may be, but few of them are so
well told as the following. As it has had
a seven years’ retiracy it will be new to
many readers:
One fine autumn evening, about for y
years ago, I was traveling on horseback
irom Shrewsbury to Chester, I feit tired,
and was beginning to look out far some
snug wayside inn where I might spend
the night, when a sudden and violent
thunder storm came on. My horse, ter
rified by the lightniDg, fairiy took the
bridle between his teeth and started with
me at full galop through the lanes and
cross-roads, until at length I managed to
pull him op near the door of a neat look
ing country inn.
“Well,” thought I, “there was wit in
your madness, old boy, since it brought
us to this comfortable refuge.” After
alighting I gave him iu charge of the
stout farmer’s boy who acted as hostler.
The inn kitchen, which was also tho
guest room, was large, clean, neat, and
co nfortable, very like the pleasant host-
lery described by Isaac Waltou. There
v. ere several travelers already in the room
—probably, like mjstsf, driven there for
shtlter—and they wero all warming
themselves by the blazing fire while w til
ing for supper. I joined the party. Pres
ently. being summoned by the hesteas,
we all sat down, twelve m number, to a
smoking repast oi buejn and eggs, etc.
The conversation naturally feil on the
mishaps occasiontd by the storm, of
which every one seemed to have his full
share. One had been thrown off his
horse; another driv’ngin his gig had been
upset in a muddj dyke; ali had got a
thorough wetting, ..ad agreed unanimous
ly that it was dreadful weather—a regular
witches’ Sabbath.
“ Witches and ghosts prefer for their
Sabbaths a tiue moonlight to such weather
as this !”
This was uttered in a solemn tone, aud
with strong emphasis, by one of the com
pany. He was a tall, dark-Iookirg man,
and I had set him down in my own mind
as a traveling merchant cr peddler.
My next neighbor was a gay, well-
looking, fusbiauably-dreased youug man,
who, bursting into a peal ot laughter,
said :
“You must be well acquainted with tne
customs of ghosts, to tell us that they dis
like getting wet or muddy.”
The first speaker, giving him a dark,
fierce look, said:
“Young mau, speak cot so lightly of
thinys beyond your comprehension.”
“Do jou moan to imply that there arts
such things as ghosts ?”
“ Perhaps you might be convinced of
the fact if you Lad tbe courage to lock at
them.’’
The young man stood np, flushed with
anger ; hut presently resuming his seat,
he said calmly :
“That taunt should cost you dear, if it
was not such a foolish one.”
“A foolish one!” exclaimed tho mer
chant, throwing on tbe table a heavy
leathern purse. “ There are fifry guineas.
I am content to lose & b'ji if, before the
bour is ended, I do not succeed in
showing yon, who are so obstinately preju
diced, the form of any ot your deceased
friends, and it, a*ter you have recognized
him, you will allow him to kiss your lips.”
We all looked at each other, but my
young neighbor, in the same mocking
manner, replied:
“You will do that, will vog?”
“Yes,” said the other, **I will stake
those fifty guineas, on condition that you
will pay a similar sum it you lose.”
After a short silence the youDg mau
said, gaily:
“Fifty guineas, my worthy sorcerer, are
more than a poor college sizer ever po?.-
sess^-d, but there are five, wh en, if yon
are satisfied, I shall be willing to wager.”
The other took up his parse, saying in
a contemptuous tone:
“Yoang gentleman, you wish to draw
back!”
“I draw hack;” exclaimed the student,
“Well!” if I had fifty guineas, you should
see whether I wish to draw back!”
“Here,” said I, “are four guineas which
I will stake on your wager.”
No s -oner had I made this proposition
than the r* st of the company, atirac ed
by the bingularity of the affair, came for
ward to lay down their money, and in a
minote or two tbe fifty guineas were sub
scribed. The merchant appeared so sure
of winning that he placed ail the stake iu
the student’s hands aud prepared for his
experiment. We selected far the purpose
a small summer house in tbe garden, per
fectly deserted, and having no means of
exit but a window and a door, which we
carefully fastened, after placing tbe young
man within. We put writing materials
on a small table iu the summer honae,
and took away the candlos. We remained
outside, with tbe pedditr a^iong us. In
a low solemn voice ha began to chant tho
following lines:
“What riseth slowly from the ocean waves
and the stormy surf?
Tho phantom pale sets his blackened foot on
tho fresh green turf.”
Then raising his voice solemnly, he
said:
“Yoa asked to see your friend Francis
Viiiiers, who was drowned three years ago
off the coast of South America. What do
you see ?”
‘ I see,” replied the student, “a white
light rising near the wind >w, but it has
no form; it is like an anceri^in cloud.”
We—the spectators — remained pro
foundly eiient.
“Are you afraid?” asked the merchant,
in a loud voice.
“I am not,” replied the student, firmly.
Alter a moment of silence, the peddler
stamped three times on tbe ground, and
sang:
“And the phantom white, whose pale, cold
face, was once so fair,
Adjusts his shroud and smoothes his sea-
tossed hair.”
Once more the solemn question:
“Yon would view the solemn my.-deiies
of the tomb—what do you see now ?”
The student answered in a calm voice,
but like that of a man describing things
as they passed before him:
“I see the cloud taking the form of a
phantom.”
“Are you afraid ?”
“I am not.”
We looked at each other iu horror-
stricken silence, while the merchant,
raising his arms above lus head, chanted
in a sepulchral voice:
“And tho phantom says, as he steps from
the sea,
He shall know me, in sooth,
I will kiss my friend who asks for me—
The friend of my early youth.”
“What do you see now,* scoffer?”
“I see the phaniom advance—he lifts
his vtil—Tis Frtncis Viiiiers ! He &p-
projehes the table—he writes—Tis Ins
sigr aiure !”
“Are you afraid?”
A fearful moment of silence ensued,
and the student replied, but in ttu altered
tone:
“I am not.”
With strange and frantic gestures the
merchant sang:
“And tlie phantom said, behold I come from
my grave fn the sea,
Link thy hand in mine, thou shalt go back
with me.”
“Now, what happens?”
“He comts—he is near me—be reaches
out his arms—he will have me ! Help !
Save me ?”
“Are you afraid now ?” asked the mer
chant, iu a mocking voice.
A piercing cry and then a stifled groan
was the only reply to this terrible ques
tion.
“Help that rash youth !” said the mer
chant, bitterly. “I have, I think, won
his wager; but it is imfficient for me to
have given bim a lesson. Let him keep
his money and be wiser in the future.”
He walkedj away rapidly. We opened
the door of the summer-house, and found
the student-.in convulsions. A paper
signed with the name of “Francis Vii
iiers” was on the table. As soon as tbe
student’s senses were restored he asked
vehemently where was the sorcerer w ho
had subjected bim to such a terrible or
deal—he would kill him ! He sought bim
throughout the inn ia vaiD; then, with
the speed ot a madman, he dashed off
across the fields in pursuit of him.
Of course, after waiting awhile for the
return of tbe student with our stake-
money. it gradual v dawned upon us that
•h~ whole thing win n pr» - arranged swin
dle. The two rascals carried oft’ our (
guineas, after having acted a tare**, which
we, l.ke uiii.Lies, believed to be rtai. I ,
- ave not invested any m: ney in ghost j
stock since then.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
[From the New Orleans Times.]
The Dual Inauguration.
Our people yesterday beheld what thy
never did before and perhaps never will
again. Two persons, eaca claiming to li
the legu ly elec ed Governor of tne State,
w>re, with more or le«s ceremony, install
ed m office, and two bodies each claim
ing to be the cons'iiu ionolly eLctod
General Assembly of the State, took pert
in one or tbe other of the attendant
ceremonies. But how different the aa-
treeaeuts to these events and the circum
stances by which they were surrounded.
The ceremonies at the Mechanics’ Iu T
stitute were graced by a moder&tely-siz d
cloud of negro witnesses, with a small
spnnkliug of lighter colors, and were
guarded trom imaginary interruption by
fixed bayonets in the hands ot Federal
soldiers. There was none of that entbu-
s asoi in which colored blood so much
delights; but, on the contrary, a cold re
serve and side-long glances, marked at
once by doubt, cunning, aud a conscious
ness ot wrong. And there stood ColoLei
Kellogg, with a lef-bie tinge of shame
upon his cheek, looking rather as a lamb
led to the sDugbter than as a couquern g
h< ro, brought up to be crowned with the
civic wreath. He, however, “spoke h*s
piece.” with good emphasis and discretion,
and conjured up the slightest imagintble
smile ot rapture when the customary con
gratulations were tendered.
The ceremonials attending the inaugu
ration of Governor McEnery wero alto
gether different. They were conducted
in the open park, beneath the broad caa-
opy of heaven, with bright skies above,
bright eyes around and the hearts of
thronging thousands palpitating in ap
proval. The scene was, indeed, one of
popular grandeur, of poetic pomp, in
which political p> ineiple rose to the dig
nity of a religion, and the kinship of a
liberty-loving people was pl» dged as be
fore an altar and by a blood.ess bond.
Everything was conducted with decency
and propriety. The Aealtb, intelligence
uud beauty ot the city and State were
present as wiluoeses and assistants, and
all seemed glad that a case had been made
up by whieh the sufficiency and value of
our republican institutions were to be
fairly tested. It wus not merely the iu-
auguratiou of an executive officer that
brought out so dense a multitude ; the
prompting motive was fonnd iu the signif
icance of the event a-* a means to the ac
complishment of ends. The people were
there as members-of ft community, sup
posed to be s-ilf-govsrning, with inaliena
ble rights guaranteed by the high covenant
of the Federal Constitution, and demand
ing in the name of law and equity lLat
tbe obligations of th-t covenant be faith
fully complied with.
They appeal from the fraud and foro*
by which their popular verdict here was
overborne, to the grand inquest of the
American people and the supreme decree
of the American Congress. Snould these
fail, tLeir case would, indeed, be hope
less. But with such a cause and such ad
vocates there can be no such thing as
failure. Beside the justice of our pica,
we have “the parliament of men, the fed
eration of the world”- behind us, as inter
ested spectators and SMupathis^-rs. Re
sponsible- Republican sell-goveYnment is
in oar name and case ou trial, and if it
1 be not sustained in its integrity, then ail
j our traditions as a people are trampled
; underfoot, and the Lib- rty, so long wor-
j -hipped as a goddess, turns out to be a
j bawd.
What true American would admit the
! po-sibiliiy of such an issue? With tbe
; hopes of yesterday stiil acting as an in
spiration, and the omens of yesterday
giving renewed promise of fulfillment,
our faith is strong that the seed we have
sown by the wayside will soon fructify
into a goodly harvest.
Let r.o one dare to doubt.
NATURAL GAS-WORKS.
How They Fooled a Farmer in
Illinois.
*The following story was told os yester
day: About sixteen months ago a man
living in Coles county, Illinois, ab'.ut
three miles from Areola, while digging a
well ter water suddenly came upon a
powerful gaa vein at a distance of thirty
faet below tbe surface. Of course ’he
work was suspended, bat the gentleman
at once conceived the idea of using the
gas to great profit, and forthwith had gas
pipes run through every department of
bi» residence where light anji fuel were
needed.
A large main pipe was then cemented
to the gas vein in the well, and all the
hon-e pipes were attached. The thing
whs a perlect success. The house was
heated by moans of gas, the rooms were
j all brilliantly illuminated, and tho cook-
I mg and ail other woik tor which heat was
! necessary were done through the agency of
! gas. A large pipe was also extended h ; gh
i above one of the chimneys, with a
burner attached, and every night it fur
nished a great beacon light, which was
seen by thj inhabitants of >he surround
ing country blazing ia spieador in its
lolly position.
The affair attracted crowds of curious
people to-the place. They came from tar
and near, and came in great numbers.
On this accoun*, the farmer found it nec
essary to build a hotel and saloon on his
premises. Accordingly the bouse was
built in a few weeks, and it was soou filled
with customers. The gas continued to
flow in uodiminished quantity. Th9 be
tel and saloon were lighted by the same
means, and the proprietor commenced a
contract with Areola to furnish the town,
with light. The contract, as far an it
went, was agreed up n by all parries con
cerned, and wan about to b? put into ef
fect, when, lo ! a short time ago the gas
failed; the lights n the dwelling aud new
hotel went suddenly out, and all was d«rk!
•A gentlemaa from this city visited tLe
well a few days ago, while on a vi-it to
his family near tho place, and fonnd all
the arrangements just us they are de
scribed, but no more gas could bo Lad
from the Vein, ana the landlord has been
compelled to return to the use of candles
and coal-oil lumps. The same gentleman
was also present while the gas works were
in fall blast, and says the effect was very
fine.—Louisville Courier.
Dividend >'o. 1 tk
Central It. R A Bankikq Co. ot Georgia, ]
SavjuiuaIi, » ecexber 17, 1872. |
At a Meeting of the Board of Direc
tors thi- aay, it w&j determined that the Divi
dend of $5 per shire, de red oc tL»* 3d uat.,
he paid on aod alter the U th -.in i-ry next in
Cash, or, if the Stock!. nrefar, iu the Joint
Mo tgage Bonds of the L i r, s-mth Western,
and Mac >o and Western h itroa •., a- 95c. on the
Dollar on and after the t oroairuo.
T. M. CL''N NGHAM. Cashier.
edS-taOjan
City Passenger a:;d Baggage Exuress.
Mure Conner I»..ns will he made.upoti
orders left at the uflivxj of the Marshall House
Staole, for the re nova! ol persons aDd baggage to
and trom any part of th* city, aud ail arriving
aud departing trains a :U mo*tuo.s. d ;y or night.
dec24-tf 9t. \ DEdO.->EY.
?;AVL\brS DfiPAUTJLKST
avannali Bin i. * Trust Com’y,
105 Bay Street Savannah, Georgia.
Paid up Capital, $ 1,000,000
CQ4BLES GREEN President.
MILO HATCH Vice-Eresident.
EDMUND REfCHUM Cashier.
The Directors would call the attention of the
public (particularly ot th * laboring classes, lor
whose especial b*-u«-fit this Department has been
organized) to the new By-Laws, wnich have been
modified for the 3dvantage of depositors:
1. Deposits of One Dollar and upwards will be
received, and the Pass-Book given will contain
the terms of agreem<-nt.
2. Int-rett at the rate of six per cent, per an
num will be allowed, payable ou the first Wednes
day in January, Aprii, July and October of each
year.
d. No interest will be paid on any sum which
shall be withdrawn previous to the above dates
for tbe period which has elapsed since the previ
ous dividend.
4. The interest to Which depositors may be en
titled can either be drawn or added to their de
posits.
6 No persou can draw any sum ss principal or
interest without producing the Pass-Book, unless
it snail have been lost and evidence of the loss
produced and a legal discharge with satisfactory
mlemnity given.
6. Deposits will be received daily, from 9 till 6
o’clock. Be-payments will be made daily from 9
till 2 o’clocR. A. L. HARTKIDGE,
JA-. ff JOHNSTON,
W. W. GORDON,
Managing Directors.
octl-r’m J. S. HUTTON. Manager.
Apple Cider.
Mew Refined Apple Cider. I wish to
ca 1 the particular attention of all parties every
where. who wish for Pure, Unadulterated, Sweet
Apple Cider, as I gu.rantee mine lo be a pure
article. For sale in large or small quantities—by
the Barrel, Half Barrel, Ten. Five and Three
Gallon Kegs. Also, put np ia gu&rt and Pint
Champagne Bottles. Private families wishing for
a pure article for cooking, or as a beverage
should give me a call. My prices, Wholesale and
Retail, are very low. D. A. CLARK.
65 Jefferson street, •
Manufacturer of Dr hates’ National Tonic Root
Boer— acknowledged by all to be the finest and
healthiest drink ^nown. P. O. Box 307.
nov26-tf
Use Alien's Pain Doctor for year
Aches and Pains—Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sore
Throat, Tooth Ache, Back Ache, Corns, Ate.
nqyS-tf
ROYAL
OF LIVERPOOL.
FIRE aud LIFE AGENCY,
No. 113 Bay Street.
Capital, Gold, 810,000,000
Deposited in
United States, $1,300,000
Fire Risks taken a« Current Rates of
Premium. an:l Losses Settled with
out reference to England.
WM. C. ( OSENS, Agent,
sept4-tf SAVANNAH, GA.
BUGG IKS,
Carriages, Phaetons,
“Rekindling Hatreds.”—It is“ offensive”
to Forney for the Southern people to erect a
monument to tho memory of General Lee.
He* says: “The Southern Generals were
Rebels, and it is contrary to every theory of
government that their memories, as such,
should be perpetuated in brass and stone.
In losing the war they lost all right to re
nown as warriors, and the erection of monu
ments to them amounts to nothing else than
the assurance that the glory of the South is
her rebellion. It is not for* the good of the
country that the young men of tne South be
taught their duty to the Government iu such
lessons as would be learned from monuments
to Lee and Stonewall Jackson.” We are also
told that such efforts “rekindle hatreds.”
We do not know what theories of goveni-
ment have to do with erecting a memorial
to the man whom Forney himself is obliged
to stylo “a great man and a brave soldier.”
Does Forney wish the work of Southern
gratitude and admiration stopped by Presi
dential ukase or Congressional enactment ?
His language in its senseless bitterness
would imply as much.— Wilmington Star.
The streets of Mad rid; Spain, were filled
with men marching under banners bear
ing the wora#“Political Reform,” cn the
10th instant, and tbe air made vocal with
their rongs and shouts. This is a new aDd
significant feature iu Spanish politics,
and shows that the people ore becoming
a power in that Kingdom which will make
itself felt even iu il»c iiuils of royalty.
Spain will not rf*t until the promises of
General Prim prior to the auti-Bourbon
revolution are redeemed.
HTE OFFER THE LARGEST AND BEST
Y V selected stock, of
Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons,
an-! vehicles of all kinds, that have ever been
sh >wn iu Savannah. An inspection of onr com-
modious Repository will amply corroborate our
statement.
We a:so make to order vehicles of all kinds,
and attached to onr establishment is a compute
Repairing Department.
All work guaranteed to be as represented.
McKEE& HEYNETT,
Corner ot VV>*» Broml and Ua; Street!,
SAVANNAH.
Established. 1850. * octQ-tf
WILLIAM HONE,
Importer and Jobbef of
Wines, Liquors
SEGABS,
B EG3 TO NOTIFY H18 CUSTOMERS AND
the pub^khat he has
REMOVED
from his old stand, No. 133 Bay street, to No. 73
St. «Tulian und 154 Congress streets,
whwre he has made, and is making extensive im
provements thar will give him greater facilities
for the transaction ot business than those for
merly at his command. His stock, to which ad
ditions are constantly being made, comprises
strictly first-cLss WINES and LIQCJoRS, Havana
and Domestic SEGAR8; Cognac. Rochelle, and
Domestic BRANDIES; Gins, Torts. Madeiras
Sherries, ciarets, Hocks Moselles, and Cham-
pagnos. Also,
Still and Sparkling Native Wines.
He hopes to merit the patronage which has
been so kindly extended to him for the paat
twenty-throe years. no'-2.if
DRYGOODS, &C.
Another Triumph.
W HEELER k WILSON’S FAR-FAMED FAM
ILY SEWING MACHINE epeus the new
year with another addition to its long li«d of lau
rels. having tak**n the rirst ! remturu at onr Fatr
r -eterday, the own stir conndu in second best.
It 1« a n table f«c: ths» the Wheeler fc'Wjison has.
tDis year, taken tbe premium at tbe principal
Fairs iu >ort j Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama, whenever exhibited in competition.
There are few mechanical inventions which have
been before the public for twent> years, as this
has, and have maintained so staunch a reputa
tion. jan4-tf
Clearing Out Sale,
FOR
Twenty Days
PREVIOUS TO
Taking Account of Mock.
On Monday, January 13,
WE WII L COMMENCE OUB
Annual Clearing: Out Sale,
Before Stock taking, and will make
SURPRISING REDUCTIONS
* IN Pmess or
Dress Goods, Sliawls, Scarfs A Cloaks,
and will or ran
genuine bargains
In all kinds of Winter Goods.
GRAY, O’BRIEN & CO ,
147 Bronghton Street.
jap 18-t f
4 GREAT BARGAIN
IN
Black Machine Thread
CTe
LL AND SEE OUR “MAMMOTH 8POOL8,’ 1
each containing one thousand yards, or
OVER HALF A MILE
Of Black Flax Thread, for Machine and Hand
Sewing.
Price only 15 Cents per Spool.
As each of onr •* v'ammoth Spool.” contains two
ounces of thread, and is equivalent in length to
five spools < f Coate’s Cotton, any one can aee at a
glance how much may be saved by using it. Be
sides being a stronv, even thread, suitable for all
kinds of black sewing, it is also, by far, the cheap
est thread that be used fur bast.ng. (Ta.lora aud
Dressmakers make a note.)
It is specially adapted for Machine use, and we
guarautee o e thousand yards of thread on each
spool. Sold only by
J. H. A H . CREIGHTON,
132 Broughton Street,
Directly opposite Messrs Frank & Eckstein.
janl4-tf •
FANCY GOODS
JUST OPENED.
KID GLOVES,
GENT’S BOW8 AND SCARFS,
LACB COLLARS, LACE SETS,
ladies’ scarfs AND PLEERINES,
LADIES’ MERINO VESTS,
LADIES’ FRENCH CORS1TTS,
LADIES’ LACS HANDKERCHIEFS,
MISSES FANCY HOSE,
ladies’ AND gents’BUCK GAUNTLETS,
. For sale by
He WITT A MORGAN.
dec 30
JUiST RECEIVED
from; the north,
A Large and Complete Assortment
OF
MILLLNERY GOODS,
oonBlating of
RIBBONS; LACES;
Brocade Silk 8SaWL8 ;
Colored and Black Silk VELVETS;
Silk and Straw GOODS;
FEATHERS and FLOWERS;
LHdiea’ and Children’s FURS;
■Human and Imitation HaIR GOOD8;
Ladies’ UNDERWEAR;
Ladies’ and Misses’ CORSETS;
Courvolser’s KID GLOVES;
Beal Hair SWITCHES. 82 inches long, at $;
Jet ORNAMENTS;
Boy's HATS;
Trimmed HAT8 and BONNETS.
We *re receiving by every Steamer a full supply
of the above Goods, which will be sold at Re
duced Price*, to tad the time*.
II. C. HOUSTON,
nov27-lf Masonic Hall Building.
COMMISS’N MERCHANTS
B. H. AN DEMON. ttKO. W. ANDERSON
JWO. W. AN DEMON.
JOHN W. ANDPRSOVS SONS,
( OTTOS FACTORS
—AND—
General Commission Merchants,
Cor. Bryan and Drayton Streets,
WAVANNAH. GEORGIA
Liberal advances made on consignments.
. octl-d w ly
WM. H. TISON.
WM. W. GOKDC* .
TIEON & GORDON,
COCTON FiCTOKf
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
114 Hay Street, Snvwr.nan. Ga.
Bagging anl Ties advanced -. n Crops.
Liberal G.YHH ADVANCES made on Consign
ment* oi Cotton.
COTTON SOLD ON ARRIVAL, AND PRO
OEEDe RETURNED BY EXPREhb. WHFN
OWNER ?V INSTRUCTS.
Prompt aud careful attention guaranteed to all
MMsai. augiSJtwAwdm
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jepiltosg *vusa *P®,P!lo« vj'ienju>pmuo«fto
puvq no sleajv gaii MORI O&1O0YU-EV
•oy 4 oo
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‘•03 v AHAHVKimoi* -i
tHmm KHor •NLiavjc'imo r i
JAM It* XLBKSEY.
OEO. W. soon.
KIRKsEY & SCOTT,
COTTON FACTORS
Commission Merchants,
Kelley’** Block. Bay Htreet,
SAVANNAH, GA.
tig- Liberal advances rnauo on couBi r nment8.
Refer to Mercoauts* National Bank, Savanna:-
Bank and Trust Company, and Southern llauk
.itate of Georgia. angJO-dat-wU
JOHN H. GARDNER. | A. 0. KNAPP
JOHN H eiARlhNEK & LV.,
WHIPPING
AND
COHESION MERCHANTS
1148 Bay Street. Savannah, Ca.,
GENERA; AOEN1B ton XUX STATE OV GUOKGIA:
Rosendale Hydraulic Cement,
Manufactured by the Lawr>.uceviUeLeih*{ii Com
pany, Roseudale, Ulster county, New York.
Stock of this old established brand conn*’tne v
>■ hand.
General Agents for eorgia and Sooth Oaroilr 1 .
MOUNT SAVAUK KIRK BRIi K,
Manufactured by tho Uninn Mining Company
Ee abllshed 1841), Mount Savage, Allegany coun
ty, M > ylaud. Special shapes of any size made
to order.
ALSO AQ2WTS VO 8
Union Line New York Sail V'eaaela*
Merchant** Line Boatou Sail Vessel*.
Every attention given to basinf-es entrusted to
as. Consignment* solicited &pl3 tf
tin W’D C. 4> DERSGJi,.!;.
No. 11 Reynold-'* Square,
(Formerly rianters* Bank;
COTTON FACTOR
AMD
Commission Merchant,
Liberal advances made upon cotton.
Consignments solicited.
oeTO-tf
JAMES* MoG RATH.
James maher.
J A5IES McGRATlI & CO.,
V1DL1SALI mill HUB
OM.MISSION MUKUHANTS,
Sole Agfa for Krng A C«’» Champagne
InneS -t 17K fttir Savannah. Oa
Nickel is about to coine into general
use ah a lacing for printing type. It is
much cheaper ami much Lar J« r than cop
per, and makes a better surface every
way. The appreciation is one ot the dis
coveries of 1872. and already several ex
tensive type foundries are arranging to
face all their type wi h nickt-L
Mr. John Hoey, of New York, ha* paid
$11,000 in gold for the painting of “Charlotte
Corday meditating the murder of Marat.*
GOUGHS
Dr. Crooks’ Win®
of Tar nevt*r falls
to cur* COUGHS
and COLDS. Try
one bottle.
BLOOD
IRON and POKE ROOT,
tnown as Dr. Crook’s
'yrupof Poke Root is
the best Blood Purifier,
it can be relied od.
jan6-ly
$5 to $15 Per Day
■^JADE BY AQESTS SELLISG THE
AMERICAN QUILTING M t CHINE,
And other novelties
Send stamps lor Circulars, or $5 lor s> Machine.
Address H. D. BRIER A CO..
jan6-lm Atlanta, Ga.
MADAM L. LOUIS’
TEMPLE OF FASHION,
Brouqhlon btreet. Opposite Marshall House.
F IRST-0 LA 33 DBE38 MAKING, IN ALL ITS
Branches.
STAMPING, PINKING, FLUTING. EMBROID
ERY, Theatrical and Masquerade COSTUMES, of
ail atyisa. mads to order.
Alt kinds of HAIR WORK done at short notice
PA TTERN8 CUT and for sale.
Having just returned, I am prepared to receive
orders for th* above mentioned brauchee.
Returning thanks for paat patronsg-. I solicit a
continuance of the same.
P. 8—All orders irom the country promptly at
tended to by addreeaing
. „ „ Madam L. LOUIS,
nov8-3m Poet Office Box 646. Savsnnah. Ga.
CJtCNTR^L
MACHINE SHOPS,
**• J* BULGER, Proprietor.
Bay Nt., Savannah.
H aving a large num-
ber of first-class Machi
nists and Boiler Makere in
my establishment, 1 am pre
pared to
REPAIR AND REFIT MA-
OH1.NKRY
Withneatnese and dispatch.
I keep constantly on band
a full supply of wrought Iron
Pipe aud Pipe Fittings, from
X to 4 Inches .
I have also the*agency for
JUDBON’8 PATENT GOV-
EBNOR and the NIAGARA
STEAM PUMP.
are * f ,® w of aamerous certificate*
Pump* d 10 th * excellencies of this oelebratec
. . Sa^aioiah, March 8. 1872.
We are pl**a*ed to say that the Niagara 8team
Pump. LKmghl from jod, K i.« , nUr .
Oon; it lift, nin f Mt End oa
bou.r w.ll .applied, working it Im thu oo^hkli
.peed. It hu been rnnnlng fl.e mouth. »nd he
never been ont of order.
Yours, truly, Dxxow, Jokxsow A Co.
Hunpor, Ga., March 27,18*2.
I cannot eay too much in Its favor;It is no troo-
ble and runs with one-tenth part of steam it toot
to onr Knowle’s Pump. • • • .
Youra, very respectfully,
apA-tf Geo. Gaabutt.
ARTEMIS WARD,
MANUFACTURER OF
WEST ItfillY COOPERATE
Commisson Merchant
19S BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, (4KOKC4IA.
(Formerly Ward k Johnson, Philadelphia.)
octl-12m
H. F. GRANT, Jr.,
66 Bay Street,
General < oiiimisfcion Merchant,
REAL ESTATE
A!»D
STOCK BROKER.
L iberal advances male on conoign
mente. Agent for Etiwau Fertilizer,
novl-tf
r. H. BEHN.
T. J, Kl'AIX
PERFUMERY.
r fB CNDKB8XGNED BE8J*K0TFULLI
imlli th. attention of hi. friend, end the ont
11c «enor.llr, loe foil line of Ohoic. Perfnmer
uf hU own muiatactnre, which cm be hod >t hlf
piece of business, corner Bronghton »ud Hon.
ton KrwU, or M Memo. T. N. Then. * Oo'.foor.
n.r Bull end Broncbtonetroetr. '
orM-tf ■ r DUMB. ft. D„ r.f.lM.
P. H. BEHN & CO.,
Cotton und Rice Factors.
• AND
GEfi’L COMMISSION MERCHAKTi
148 Bay Street, Savannah, Genrtfie.
BAGGING and TIE9. Advances onCoitor.
sept6-M, W AFCm
LOUIS ZUKIV,
GE5ERAL COMMISSION MEECHiST
112 South Delawaro Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
C ONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. Liberal CASH
ADVANCES made on shipment* of Kicc
Norfolk Peas, Bet-swax, kv.. &c.
References— Messrs. D. Landreth k Son, Phila
delphia; Dell Noblitt, Jr., Keq , Pres-deut Coru
Exchange, Na’lcnal Bauk, Philadelphia.
ae^tJO-e jd6ui
JOHH A. BULLiVAK. J EDWARD 8 HULL.
SULLIVAN HULL,
(8UCCEH>oU* TO DIXON, JOHNSON A CO.)
Manufacturer* of and I) alers iu
YELLOW PIKE LUMBER
Lumber Yard and Planing Mill on Thune. ti-
bolt Road,
Opposite Atlantic and Gulf Rai road Depot.
Office at Yard. Post Office Box .ISO,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
P LANED FLOORING. WEATHER-BOARD.
ING. Calling. 8tep Boards, Mournings,
Sawed Rhinglea, Pointed Picket -, Lathe, Vegeta
ble-Boxes, etc , always cn hand.
Scroll HAWING and TCBNIN • done to order.
nov20-tf
. JOHN NI COLSON,
Uas and Steam Fitter
AND PLUMPER,
Aud Dealer in Gas fixtures
URAYTOIT STREET,
2d door alif ve Broughton
H ouses fitted with gas and water,
with all the latent improvements at the
e loriest notice. dov-ja ft
J. W. TYNAN,
Engineer and Machinist,
Canal Street, near Charleston Wliart.
Repairs of all kinds ol
MACHINERY.
Blacksmith Work
In all its Branches promptly done.
febU-tf