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Newspaper Page TextLiSaum* w. m. DmMoaa. Dra. Holmes & DeMon, AUAHf, - . ■ QSORGU, rPw(oa<«,R«hlf0N »ayi,M?*ty " W. A. STROTHER, 1L D. ALBAIY, GEORGIA. Ob Brer Critberrs Dru Store. D* R W.ALFRIE1MD, UIMKinUT tendcnhlo orrr ices.'ta Ihern- 1 kkintMta, uttteltbiu OaSCSpl.’.SSi HOTELS THE TRACK JOINEB, By WESTON, EVANS & WASREN.} Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia-' {$2.00 Per Annum ALBANY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1879. NUMBER 49 I «| er and Jeweler.: fate, (tab ail Jewelry, ft the latot rtymjrecrbllej of 1 sittsfisMi. Far-rings. Brooch ee, Plain •mMi Gold King,, Diamond*. Caff ft. Banco*. Sind*. Bracelet*. Ware Chaim, Scarf no*. Gold and Sil ver Thimble*. &c. , ' Cil A tnalM Hfcw pwAntcg ehewhere. A *od Fire >}nd Burglar-Proof Sfe t< secure all work left with me. (Heat Door to Postoflce.) ‘ Wahfagton St, Albany, Chu Cfcapest, Largest and Best 'Assorted Stock of HARDWARE! CDCKERY, CHINA, GLASS WARE, TINWARE and NIU8EFURRISHIN6 600D8 ' IN THE CITY. Coi; Stoves-Best Hakes. Iroi, Steel, Nails, Powder, Shot, RorrtCntlery, Plows, Plow Stocks, aid *]l kinds Plow Material. Stgar Mills and Kettles. We pep'rtfully lorite our friends u»4 ?tbe public •Mfif ontlMiif before purebuiaf eUevfcare. Not to be .Undersold A dtspatch'from Canton,'Mississip pi, reports that Eliza Pinkston was arrested on the 9th instant, charged with murdering her husband. Sher man ought to go .down and aid her in' this case ot danger as she aided him and others- in the Lonsiana ftatids. viim - - , Hayes says New York wilt go Re publican on National issues.- Ah, Mr. Fraudulency, you aro mistaken. Bnt we will all wait and see. Gor. Robinson says he believes the Demo cratic pa^ty of the State is stronger and purer now for the battle from which it has just emerged. IfBarnnm could rent Toboomba for a couple of years, and exhibit him through the Northern, Eastern and Western States, he coaid make more money on him than he did on his stuffed mermaid that ho manu factured to order some thirty years ago. “Walk right along in, gentle man and taffies, and ate the only real Bob Toombs now oh exhibition— Buy and untamed—caught in the wilds of the South—only 25 eents admission—don’t. get too near the cage, little hoys, he might growl at you!”—Heart well Sun. The New Orleans Democrat is au thority for the statement that Speak er Randall and- a gentleman from * Virginia had a flstycuff in a Pullman aloeper a few days ago. The speaker wits obstructing the aisle throngb which the Virginia wished to pass.— Two polite requests to move receiv ing no response, the Virginia some what roughly shoved the Speaker aside. Mr. Randall pronounced the act rude and impertinent, and from words the parties soon came to blows. A rough and tumble fight ensued and when the belligerents were separated it was discovered that both of the Speaker’s eyes and nose were sadly In nced-of repairs. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun mentions as a no table incident in connection with tbo Thomas procession on, Wednesday of last'week the fact that not a single volunteer military organization from sny point north of Msson and Dix- ’s line participated. All the mili- itsry display outside of the regular army was furnished by organizations from the South. Another point, says the correspondent, upon which comment is made is the remarkably psrtlsan tone of portions of Mr. Stanley Matthew’s oration. In po litical circle* it is said that Mr. Mat thews was speaking more to the' Ohio Legislature than those who were present. And still some people cry out": Don’t speak above a whis per, the North might get mad. The following, from the LaGrange Reporter, is to the point. It is sensi ble; “It is useless to trvto pleas the North- Every prime committed in the South is telegraphed north, and it is announced as a political outrage.' If a man is shot in Missis sippi, South Carolina - is held respon sible for it, and the loyal sonls of the North believe as they believe noly Writ, that that nun was shot by a Democrat because he was a Republi can. Large numbers of crimes are reported as taking place, which nev er bad existence except in the imagi nation of the one who tells them. * * If we do nothing wrong, wrong things will be reported against us and believed, anyhow. Therefore oiir people may as well get over their fears of giving offense to the North, and our public nun may as well quit prating about the folly of Our people. The masses of the North have no confidence in the Sonth, and we have no hope that they ever will Lave. Tie Atlanta Consiiui, Porta the conlnjynr—syesr IbUwlil witnttr tho pro re— as* cumtoaiton of lb* SMot intereer- Im >»l>.l oosystthst to* erer tike* piece » thie eostry—erer/ cftlaca and titty ibouji.fi,: ke eorapelled M rely upon lb» n-wrp. ■eisforiafereMUon. Wby-nes jet tho kart? Abroad TnComtmnb recojasni, referred Is at* oooscl ms HIM ImlUj Sealheri Joe reel—ae the •nan b* hU. it of tbo b-> Southern Ihsojkt Aid •irfoioo-on.1 si bo—« no cola—*s aracouaiteif.r Ik lintuewo,tbs fir*« lomtsost. sad for,I! war ter-ofojooiol ssdcurresllatrrrec. Tas(o.v- articles ootals. Mil »l4 loxor Ulrsr.pl ' Sius.ir Mbcrlioor.U wu, ud thk pt Urnlomrtt bo lerjrly added lo d urine lbs Vasa-. AUBeferilliUefor Jrtbrrln* lhel»t fraaerparMefibecuaairyom bs talarjad aid euppUSeeird. IiaCow.mn—b both chroni cler ear eoamentrr. Ju editorial oplsleo* lie eo*- trtboUsu lo tbo drift of carnal diatuatloa, Ba bn- aurn.taodMMrtcrl p.rejrapho»rocept*' end of he eenoiry to the other. Ital—a heihoSjfciieet- ' SSi? r." BUI JUp rlU na lausaa, 5»UL grow icorory bsaaor ssoft by orek. -old »“ will add fclSjaalat foe lo tbacolloctlas of jMd iMajt. aad -tort. tumor* bao fa prepetition s anlM *f noaro mylU .’ajuda, i::o*>r,iiB« fb« lolk-isiaadHr, sld aUdatioa. In errryrr.peet7tHCCoemit.nw faril«»lil betaUerlbasartr. TaaVautr Caserne no* U a nrtfaUj edited cs—poaflaaa of tbo asva of Ibo week aad contain, tbo bM aad fratkad -auar lo-to found lo eoyeth- sr weekly froaa a dalir oa&co. It* now* and toucan laoeoot cubical.*r* tbo fr—brtt aad Ita market aa The' Southern Cultivator. Tklabtbc b—a, Ibo meet rallaMa aad swatSOfSUr dEBteipgaiSEStt St —Jl'Tuiadbz Mr. W. L.Ju*ss,eodle darocodlo tbobellaiataHtadba fcraecro-I theSeuta. J* s*at at rrpserd raias ullb lb* Weekly edition TBSCesenicitos. -i TEEMS OF feDBfCCtrnoV. Lr="i S XZ.*.. - J •• jfa.mrto Wotk> CtsatUaUim \ m t jm • I “ flnbaof H... f 1 do a foai ' » a«b«ofz _. »*a - ■ Caltlratsr. —- I SI “ < lubaar IS.. IS ** * Waaklr CoatUUlloa l llrtftr tsoso addraa If (In—i * i , f go for om* jfitf'. TMKoomrmrnox. tutxox. legal Blanks. Five ente a piece, or $1 per (juice. Kpnc.to give away. . This Ofijce^ State News. Albany owes no money, and the municipal tax of four-tenths of on« per cent la ample for all purposes.— LaGrange Reporter. It is asserted that Hon. L. F. Liv. ihgston, of Newton county, will be an Independent candidate for Con gress from tho Sixth District. It is safe to say that Mr. Livingston win be elected—to remain at home.—La. Grange Reporter. A writer in the Savannah News says: “If my memory is not at fault, General Toombs severed hip connec tion with the Confederate army early in 1862; and if ho ever did anything after that to aid onr cause, I never heard of it, and ‘I know him, Hora tio.”’ There has been in the Comptroller’s office in Atlanta, for the past few weeks, a thorough overhauling of all the tax returns and tho tax moth- . . . We commend the following to the rnefC consideration of onr readers. It Utaken from the Macon Telegraph, and is good sense: The general rite in prices bos caus ed a universal speculative feeling, which the unexpected advance in cotton hat tended in no little degree to enhance. Merchants and farmers alike afrexelted, and disposed to ex. teud their operations beyond the bounds of ordinary prudence. But the wliffie fabrie of their expectations is liable, without a moment’s warn ing, to dissolve in thin air, leaving the unfortunate victims to struggle along as best they can with the moun tain load of obligation* left for them to bear. Therefore, again would we raise a note of warning and call upon pur agriculturists If they would con tinue to hold their own, to retrench, and, at every sacrifice, make their farms self-sustaining. The short crop of (coru necessitates large areas ofwhejtaudnon-rustiogoats. These important cereals should be planted witbont delay. Then, don’t let the present price of rollon beguile yon into extravagance In living or dress. There is no guaranity ’hat the staple will keep up, and a proper degree of discretion tn tho premises may save you from much humiliation aad many hardships. Finally, sell your cotton as fast as possible on the pres ent market, and pay your debt* lion ettiy and to the last cent if you would hope to preserve your credit and peace of conscience. “Why do guns burst?” aslts a con. temporary, and then devotes nearly a column to answering tho question. Guus burst because you pot powder Into them. You might keep a gnu seven hundred years and it .wouldn’t burst if you kept powder out of it. irregularities have been discovered in the system of taxation, and a most determined effort Is being made to regulate everything dowu to one standard. Tho Berrien County News says: “Mr. John W-* Baker, a gentleman abont sixty years of age, living in the vicinity of Ray’s Hill, in this county, arose about day-break last Saturday morning, and, securing matches and splinters, proceeded to the fire-place with the intention of building a fire. Fifteen minutes having elapsed and no signs of fire, his wife arose, and ou going to the fire-place fonnd him dead. He was in excellent health the day previous, and spoke of stag ing for Valdosta on Saturday morn ing. His disease is supposed to have been appoplexy.” Columbus Times: “We have re cently heard of some very good Arm ing, but yesterday we heard of some that is worth making a note of. ,Mr. A. J. Grant, who lives in Valley Plains district, Harris county, has this year cultivated a crop with one mule from which he _ has gathered eighteen foil bales of cotton and three hundred bushels of Torn, besides about three tbonsand pounds of fod der. He only used one nu>le in the cultivation. Another farmer, Mr. J. Wbito, made four hundred bush els of corn and fourteen bales of cot ton, weighing five hundred pounds on a one horse farm. This was be sides a crop of fodder, peas potatoes etc. He had' six bales of cotton in the city yesterday, and has eight more to bring. This is good farming,' and while one farmer can make so large a crop we see no reason why others could not bring their land uptomak ing equally aa heavy yields. They certainly could if they would confine themselves to a sqjallor area, and give it the attention that is too often wast ed in trying to cultivate broad acres.” The Talbottou Register thinks that while the people of Georgia are think ing so much about the Clement at tachment, it would be well for them “to consider the importance of other attachments to their business of fann ing. For instance, the attachment of an old fashioned smoko house, an in stitution unfortunately now almost obsolete, would be both a comfort and a home argument against the use of Westerly bacon- An attachment of a few blooded milch cows, with plen ty of forage for summer and winter use, would be an investment every way desirable and profitable, for we know of nothing right now that com mands readier sale at good prices than choice country butter. Other attachments ip the shape of fat corn cribs, toll granaries, Improved stock bogs, labor-saving agricultural im dements, proper rotation of crops, ati ntelligcnt system of reclaiming waste or depleted lands, etc., would go far toward the complete rehabilitation of the county, and the revival of its manifold interests,” Woman’s Society. Thackeray, who is credited by one as being “the gentlest of critics, ten. derest of satirists, sharpest of cynics, hardest of moralists, just as the mood takes him,” was in harmony with a vast majority of sensible men in many things, hut in nothing more than in what he sa?4 about the society of. true women. It may be that if some of the young men of Al bany were to rcAd what he ha9 to say, and aet upon the suggestion con veyed, it would be well for them “It is better for you to pass an even ing once or twice a week in a Indy’s drawing room, even thongh the con versation is slow, and you know the girl’s song by heart, :han in a club or tavern, or pit of a theatre. All men who avoid female society har>) dull prescriptions and are stupid, or have gross tastes and revolt against what is pare. Your club swaggers, who are sucking tho bull of billiard cues all night, call female.socicty in sipid. Poetry is uninspiring to a jockey; beauty has no charms torn blind man; Jmosic does not ploasaa poor beast who does not know one time from another; blit as a pure epicure is scarcely tired of water- snuce* and brown bread and butter, I protest ! can sit tor a while night talking witli a well regulated, kindly woman about her girl Fanny or her boy Frank and like the cveltinfl’s en tertainment,” The high morality of the matter it enforced by another in the remark that “one of tl>o' great benefits a man may derive from wo men’s society is that lie is bouod to be respectful to her. Teo habit is of great good to your moral man.”* Prof. Proctor, tho “star reader,” has at last become a convert to Mll- lerism, being fully convinced that the world is coming to an end. He, however, is more thoughtful than most of the last day prophets, as lie gives us two billions anil five hund red millions of years to preparo for the event. Tills issomethlng-renson- ablo; in fact, we would be content with half Iho time allowed; but to cut off within tho decade, a* the Mil- leritos insist is our fate, Is not only monstrous, but mean. Time costs nothing; therefore, why stint us in the matter of a few millions or bil lion* of years? THE FDTURE OF COTTON. Tlie Cotton Boom and Its Effect. A TAL* WITH Til* PRZSIDXNtOr THE Internationai. cottoh kxchanue. AlUaUCoatUtutloa.] Ai Mr. Forwood is president of the International cotton exchange, we Alt of coarse that lie would be able to give an astboritatlve opinion on cotton and tho present boom in prices. AV« therefore,' (asked him what ho thought was tlio cause of the prusent rise in prices. “It started in tho Liverpool market by a sort of accidental thing. We closed the last season with a very short stock. A largo operator, such a one sh Mr. Keene, of tni# ■ couutry, scolng, this, bought very heavily of OctoMr deliveries. When the time for. totting came there was not enough cotton on haud to deliver, and tor the first time in English his tory we had a “corner” just as you have in America. Such a thiug was never attempted beforo but once, and The City of Ahaay. Aligntla Chronicle and ContUluUoaallaU Tho Chronicle stated several days ago, in an article on the subiect of municipal indebtedness, that under the provision of the now Constitution prohibiting towns and cities from contracting debts to a larger amount than seven per cent, of the assessed value of the taxable properly ot the corporations none of the cities of Georgia would bo able to issue bonds tor some timo, a* they wore all sub ject to the constitutional inhibition. The Albany Now* makes haste to say that this statement is not applicable to Albany. We promptly make the amende, and regret that an unfortun ate selection of terms should have caused the mistake to ocour. While Albany Is a city, and a prosperous one, we are glad to know, the Chron icle meant only to allndo to the lar gest cities of the State—Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Macon and Col umbus. Tho News also informk us that Albany has not a dollar of debt nnd does not find it necessary to levy largor tax than tour-tenths of one then It fulled. Our speculation is all l^m'tujnjo jup-porf tho munici- reasonable and is based on JUfi-«erir r ? e ? ( ' .mi 8 '?„ C ni^c October corner threw -the price up.— Tho “shorts” were. eager tor cotton with which to fill their contracts, and this mAde tho advance. Now York wasofeourso watching Liverpool.— As soon as cotton began to mova op in Liverpool-the New. York opera tors pushed it up briskly. They did not seem to understand the artificial and temporary- stimulus that was forcing ' it up in Liverpool, and thought that it was the gcueral “boom” in prices that was nutting cotton up. Them came a wild era of speculation in New York. The whole country seetned fired with the idea that there was a fortune in cotton.— Unsaid in New York that almost every barkeeper in America lias bought cotton, and there nro an im mense number of outside dealers who have invested. Of course these buy ers buy wildly. They are not affect ed by receipts or crop news or any thing else. Tliey just keep on buy ing and declare that thoy will carry cotton to 15 cents.. They may be able to do it.” “You do not think they will.’’ “Ido not see why thoy should be able to do so. Already cotton is bringing more in Atlanta, or in anv other American city, than it will bring in Liverpool, expenses off.— I mean that to buy cotton hero at present prices and ship it to Livcr- 100I at present pricos would entail a oss of three dollars per bnlc before it is up to the present American pri ces. I do not !h : nk it will do tills.— I think von will raise 200,000 bales more this year in America than last car. We will get 200,000 more from Igypt. 200,000 more from India, and 0,000 more froip Brazil. This will make an excess of 050,000 bales.— The highest estimate of increased de mand is 150,000 bales, which will leave 500,000 bales excess to handle. I don’t see how the present prices can bo maintained, much loss ad vance.” Will not the full produce a serious panic?” “You mnst he a better judge of that than I can be. 1 may sav. how ever, that there is uneasiness in Now York on this subject. The specula tion has been very wild, and has run into unknown stocks that are mostly worthless. It is said that the stock of one railroad was taken and forced up to very high figures, when it was suddenly discovered that the road had no legal oiqstenco. When thp fever of 'speculation is over, and these stocks aro adjusted to their real valuo, there will bo soiuo heavy losses to submit to. The effect wifi be measured somewhat by the loca tion of the losses.” “What of tho American method of hadling cotton ?” “It ft very much improved of late. The international convention, over which I had tho honor of presiding, suggested some reforms which have been faithfully carried out. It was formerly unsafe to buy cotton by or der in America. Out of every him- drod boles there were some false packed ones. Tho cotton that came from New Orleans and Galveston was very much stained and muddied from lying on the levee and wharf.— Wc recommend a change in these re spects and it was'promptly made.” The effects of “dime novel” reading, with its Buffalo Bill and Joaqnin Miller style of long-haired swasli- and-bttckler heroes, is illustrated ev erywhere in :he ambitious freaks A>f the rising. generation. In Canada, last week, a party of boys of It and 12 years of age were arrested as em bryo pirates. They had got posses sion of an old vessel ou Lake Erie, and hnd secured several revolvers, and were discussing the kind of ar mament that was necessary for their ship, to insure an exciting and gal lant career of piracy on the lake, when thoy were taken in hand, treat ed to a sound whipping, and sent to bed. Here in Connecticut two 14 year old boys in Ansonia have run away from home with the expressed intention of getting to Colorado, where they expected to duplicate scenes they bad seen enacted within the yellow covers of novols. They had about (9 in all, which ono of (hem had laid by in the snvings bank from the sale of nowspapers, and to obtain which ho forged Ills fat her V name to jm order. His father went to New York to look for tho runa ways, blit was forced to return with out any tidings of them. These oc currences arc repeated, somewhere, almost every week. They show tlio influence of the “yellow-covered” kind of literature—^but how ft it to bo prevented.—Hartford Times. One Experience from Jinny. “ I had boon siok and misera ble so long and had caused iny hus band so much trouble and expense, no ono seemed to know what ailod tnc, that l was completely dlsheart- oned and discouraged. In this franio of mind I got aboUlo,nf Hop Bitters and used them unknown to my family. 1 soon began to improve nnd gained so fast that my husband and family thought it strange nnd unnatural, bnt when I told them what had holped me, they said “Hurrah tor Hop Bit ters ! long may they prosper, ior tliov have made mother well and us hnp- py.”—The Mother.—Home Journal, There ft nothing quite so rash as tha measles. city expended a considerable sum of modey. during tlio past twel vo months in construtcing a system of drainage. There are few towns, North or South able to ranko a better showing than this. «it it the more remarkable be cause, as wo have been informed, at ono time soon after the war Albnny was in debt. There aro some cities, lerhaps, that never contracted any iidebteuncss, hut there are few in deed that, having once got in the mire, over got on dry land again. If wo are not mistaken it Was when CapL A. C. Westbrook—now the able and popular represenativo of Dougherty county in the General As sembly—was Mayor that tho solution of the financial problem was com menced and Albany started on the high road to enduring prosperity.— Oar Southwestern sister has certain ly good reason to be proud of her record. An Honest Editor. Larry Gantt, of tho Oglethorpe Echo, is a manly fellow I He ft a hard'hitter, but a frank, candid too. Ho is honest enough to openly acknowledge his error when he is wrong, and to atone for any in justice that he may have unwittingly done. And this is tho very highest kind of honesty. A short time since, Gantt wrote an editorial iu which ho avowed that Governor Colquitt was a pure and capable man,''but complained that ho “had surrounded liimself” witli a bad set of men. For this reason he went on to denounce Governor Col quitt. The Athens* Banner called Mr. Gantt's attention to the fact that the Governor iiad nothing to do with tlio appointment of the men against whom Mr. Gantt was raging, and re cited that the Comptroller General, the Treasurer, the Wild Land Clerks, etc., were elected by the very power that is now investigating them—the Legislature—and that the Governor had no more to do with their selection than Mr. Gantt. Mr. Gantt thereupon frankly ac knowledged that he had thought that Gov. Colquitt had appointed the State House officers, anil upon this supposition had written os ho did.— Finding that his supposition was not sustained by the facts, he manfully withdrew his strictures. There are thousands of men in Georgia, who arc under the same impression that Mr. Gantt was, and thorc arc some iqcii who have been trying to make Goy. Oolquitt responsible tor every thing that has been done in the capi- tol. Will they bo as honest as Mr. Gantt has been ? The New Orleans Daily City Item Of recent date, has a report of a speech by Senator Vance, of North Carolina, who went thitherto help investigate Kellogg. Tho following paragraph is a fair specimen of Vance’s style: “I need not tell you that when Lousiana was abont to be admitted into the Union, New Eng land threatened to secede. New England ’introduced the slave trado, sang Old Hundred through her nose, and thanked God she was not like other men. When she found out that slavery didn’t pay she sold the slaves to the South nnd then came down and set them free,” The Belleville, III., Democrat says: “Grant clubs can select mottoes tor their banners without much research Here are some specimens: “I propose to move on your work immediately.” “I’ll fight it out on this line it takes all summer.” “Let us have peace.” “Let no guilty man escape.” If this assortment ft too limited, just look soaward, and a full line of electrifying inscriptions can ho found.” Horatio Seymour, iu tlirce linos, disposes of all the speeches of Sher man, Scliura amt Haves in regard to the financial and business condition of the country. Says Seymour: “The great chnngos in the aspect of our af fairs arc due to the statesmanship of the plow, not to the wisdom of legis lators nor tlie skill of financiers.” Thu statesmanship of tlio plow is something worth keeping in inind. It is announced that a bill will be presented at an early day in the com' ing congaoss to tho effect that after tho 3rd of March, 1881, tlie president' salary shall bo roduccd to 625.000.— In 1873 it was increased to 50.000 a year. We hope the Democrats Will have nothing to do witli the introducing of this bill. We hope, if it ft intro duced, that tliey will vote against it. Tho salary is small enough nt 650.000 Right here wc will say that the sala ry of the Governor of tho Btato of Georgia should bo $10,009 instead of 64000. 1 Felton Stripped. Tho Angusta Chronicle and Con stitutionalist, in the courso of a care ful and caustic discussiou of Dr. Fel ton’s letter, speaks thus to the point : “The plain English of Dr. Fulton’* letter is that he will support the Ite- publleaii candidate tor the Presiden cy next year, be that candidate Grant, Hayes, Blaine or Sherman.— This ft what we may confidently ex pecL It ft true he leaves himself an avenue of escape in tlie event o’* the nomination of David Davis on a soft- money platform, but it is highly im probable that the Democratic Nation al Convention willdo so silly a tiling even to please Dr. Felton. It remains to ho seen whether tlie rovcrcud poli tician can make good their boasts about Georgia. It remains to be seen whether ho can sweep tlio State in October witli an Independent can didate tor Governor, aud in the month following tum over ita electo ral vote to the Regatrlica/i candidate for President. "It remains to* bo seen whether the Democrats of the Sev enth District will be deceived again into returning to Congress on the plea that ho ft a sound Democrat and always.acta with tho party when in Washington. Wo hope tho people ih Georgia who have hitherto support ed Independents will now learn where they are being taken and come back to the party organization before they are delivered into tho hands of the enemy. They may as well recog nize the fact that the paths , of Imlc- lendentism lead but to the camp of itadicalism. -j —^-s m- Notl'ong ago a well-known collec tor of : curioBitiesin Paris, who had devoted considerable sums of money to the gathering together of bank notes of all countries and all values, became tlie possessor of a Bank of England fivo pound uoto to which an unusually strange story was attached. This note was paid into a Liverpool merchant's office in the ordiuary way of business sixty one years ago, nnil its recipient,, the cashier of the firm, while : holding it up to the light to test its gcnuincss, noticed some faint red marks nponj it which, on closer examination, proved to be scini-af- faced words, scrawled in between the printed lines and upon the blank' margiu of the note. Extraordinary pains wore taken to decipher these partly; obliterated characters, and eventually the following sentence was made out: “If this-note should fall into the hands of John Dean of Longhill, near Carlise, lie will learn hereby that his brother ft languish ing a prisoner in Algiers.’’ Mr. Dean was promptly oomninnicated with by (lie holder of the note, and ho appealed to the government of the day tor assistance in his endeavor to obtain his brother’s release from captivity. The prisoner, who, hr it subsequently appeared, had traced tho above sentenoe upon tlie note with a splinter of wood dipped iu his own blood, had been a slave to tlie Dey ot -Algiers tor eleven years, when his strange missive first attract ed attention in a Liverpool counting house. His family and friends had long believed him dead. Eventually his brother, with the aid oj tho Brit ish authorities in tho M'editorreau, succeeded in ransoming him from the Dey, and brought hi m home to Eng land, where he did not long survive nis releases, his constitution having been irreparably injured by expos ure, privations, ana forced labor in tho Bey’s galleys. * Sherman Hail an Advance Copy. “Potomac," 1 a tha SsTannab Jm] It may, by way of postcript, be of interest to add that tho Felton letter, or a copy of it, went into the hands of Johu Sherman, secrotary of the treas ury, some days before any publica tion of it was made. Jay Gould’s cheok for $3,800,000, which was given to Commodore Gar rison on tnepurchaso of the securities of the Missouri Pacific railroad, a few days ago, is said to bo tho largest check ever drawn by any private in dividual in this country. “That amount,” said Gould to the Commo dore, when the little bit of paper : >assed between them, “ft only a por- ion of the money I made in my op eration in ,” naming a certain stock now apparently on tho down gftldo. Why the Bookkeeper Stole. He hnd a wife. His salary was 62,600 per annum. But she complained. She wanted a better bouse. Better clothes. Nothing tit to go out Id. No country cottage. Nor carriage. Nor front pews. , * Nor society. She coveted a place on tho ragged edge of the select 500. She kept it up; « Night and day. And moaned and Groaned and * Growled and Wept.. He lacked style, alto. As well as new clothes every six weeks, and various other thiugs- He knew how his employer .made several hundred* daily on the street. A thousand or so would not be misse4fora few hours. So he took it, wont upon tho street, and won. Sho got hor sealskin. He took more and lost Moro to get that back and lost. Store yet. Defalcation discovered. Ho wears tlie penitentiary check. Others aro going loo. Bewaro. But if you win regularlr, sonieiv won’t be hard on you. But if you lose, society willsitdown on yon. Beware. ~ Better is a modest room up two pairs of back stairs than a cell in the Tombs. And a plain woolen jacket rather than a pair of prison uniform pants on poor Charlie's legs.—Now-York Grip! i:. It is the Same Grant. Springfield Republican.] Grant was fifty years old when he became president the second time.— l’robabir not one of the thousands who arc prating about a change in Grant's character by the simple pro cess of going around the world have ever seen a man over.fifty change hi* habits, his principles or his friends.— Grant's character from 1873 to 1877 i* his character to-day. He is alreadv showing it by seeking his old associ ates. Belknap's “brazen face and yellow beard” was noticed in a car riage behind Grant's in the Chicago procession. He was president at the rcceptions of the week, and “Gener al Belknap said his respects to the Grant party and was warmly reeeiv ed by General and Mrs. Graii’t,” says an eye-witness. “Boss” Shepherd had a particular invitation from Grant to meet him at the Chicago celebration, according to the Hart ford Times, Washington,correspond ent, a man usually accurate in minor Washington- gossip. It has always been understood that Major Babcock was in communication with Grant during his absence. Where the “old man” is, there the “boys” will gather themselves together. A woman in Lancaster county, N. C., recently cut tlie throats of* hor fivo ohildrcm and then burned herself to death. “Why ft the namo of the gentleman whom Dr. Felton honors with his epistolary correspondence, suppress ed, aud how ft it that the’ letter first appears in the Now York Times’- Gainesville Eaglo. Perhaps this information, like the original of tho letter written to the chairman of the Republican Commit tee daring tlio last campaign, will not he furnished tho people, who have too mucli curiosity anyhow Monroe Advertiser. i—■■ «■» > — The annual report of the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs declares that the Indians are advancing into civili zation. Of course they are. They lie, steal, cheat and murder with the skill of (he white map. Give him tho white man’s opportunitic's in business, politics and society that he may become a thororough rascal, and lift civilization, according to ordina ry standards, will be complete.— [Chicago Nows. Speaking of *thc Grant boom in North Carolina, the Raleigh Oiiscrv- ca says it has heard of ono Democrat in that State who is tor Grant. He parts Isis whiskers in tho middle— and wouldn’t bo himsolfif ho wero like other North Carolina folks. In Champagne, France, a disaster has occurred unparalleled for 60 years. Not a bottlo of wine has been harvested; tlie loss is tcrriblo tor the small grower, and mounts up to 25,000 or 30,000 francs for tlio whole depart ment. The grape did not ripen, and it lias been gathered only in order to provent tresspasser from mitering the vineyards ana damaging them. Wo wclconto tho Bollovillc 111 Democrat to our exchange list, and give it a hearty shako of tlie hand It is well edited, and conducted on broad, liberal platform. Holly Campflcld will please “set 'em up” to the Democrat tor us. HAS THE Largest and Finest Selection -OF- Ever brought to tl>{| market* ALL NEW SHADES, QENDEARNSINCLUDED. MILLINERY STOCK CO DEPLETE*. Hats and Bonnets—newest al ape ltibbuos. Flowers and < Knit Shawls, Sacques, and Children's Wear in great variety. Hand made SHAWLS from 81 op. Two button KIDS, good quality, at M corns a pair. Double Crep# Lisse RUUHINQ M cfa. per yard, . Flannels an J Waterproofs very-low. Embroidered Flannels, ready for skirts, something new and cheaper than you osa make yourself. Ladies’ Undergarments ! The largest stock ever offered. Elegant work, tfoe embroiuery, most improved ft.' Come mod see before buy log your bleach* ing to make «p. os you will get them cheaper ready-made than the material will cost you. Heavy Gros. Grain Silk at $1.35 per yard. Speclsl inducements! It wilt b* la tbeir advantage lo select Ibeir' Diesses, la Silks sod Worsteds, and Cloaks. Shawl*. Hose, aud everything else, including Bri dal Veits aud Wreaths, from our stock, I have this season engaged the servlets of a first-class who learned her trade in Paris. Sira makes her own designs, and we will guar antee general satisfaction. Come soon and see us. Respectfully. MRS. B. GOLIN3KY. arplS-lT The Second Bid At the Lariied street market yes terday morning tho boy led out a bundle of flesh and bones, and the auctioneer mounted his box and be gan : “Hark I What was that? Did somebody say $150, or was it the sighing of the wind? Very well give me a bid. This is a horse. I’ll warrant it to be. Detroiters are known the world over as modest men, but do not let that feeling pre- ventyou from making one of the best bargains ever offered in this market. Who bids?” “Fifteen cents I” called a voice. “Fifteen cents I” screamed the auc tioneer as ho wheeled around. “Where are the police ? Who dares make that offer. What base caitiff has wormed his way into this crowd to insult mo and injure tho feelings of this poor animal ?” “Twenty cents!” cried another voice. “All 1 that proves that I did not misjudge this crowd when I said it was composed of gentlemen, and the horse is yours. Make change here with the clerk and take your prize away before he falls dead and ob structs the sidewalk.” The Empire State of thcJSoutli. ChsrioU. (X. C.) Observer. Georgia realizes $300,000 from the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and $50,000 from the Ma con nnd Brunswick Railroad, $30,- 000 from the inspection of fertilizers, $25,000 from tlie lease of convicts, $15,000 from tax on insurance compa nies, and $20,000 from her lffiuor tax, making from these special sources an income of 6456,000. Her general tax nets her about $350,000. The total income of the State isabcut $1,305,000. Her bonds arc selling-in New York at $1.12, wc beliovc. She is called the Empire State of tho South. She has more factories than any other Southern State, and is never weary of well doing in that direction.— Every now and then wo hear of some now enterprise being undertaken tho rc. Sonic new mill .is always in the course of construction, aud addi tional evidence of her prosperity is being continually given to the world. Her people arc on the high road 16 lasting prosperity, and know that di versified industries alone will bring Feeble Ladies Those lanquid, tiresome sensations causing yon to feel scarcely able to be on your feet; that constant drain that ft taking from your system all Its elasticity; driving the bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain upon your vital forces, rendering you irritable and fretful, can easily bo removed by tho use of that mar- volous remedy, Hop Bitters. Irreg ularities and obstructions of your system are relieved at once, whilst the special causes of periodical pain is pcrmantly removed. Will you heed this?—Cincinnati Saturday Night. 8. MMER & GLAUBER, Notice it hereby given to tbaplant- era of Southwest Georgia that wo. aro prepared to pay ftf OASJT tho- highest market price for COTTER brought to onr door. Me. JOHN A. PAYNE is dur sworn weigher, and uses one of Fairbanks Ported Scales for weighing Cotton. By this arrangement tho planter has no ex pense whatever to pay. Wo coMteft- Si'on nor cost of weighiug. Try us. S. Mayer & Glauber. Albany, October 2,181J). % Established 1356.] A. J. MILLER & CO., Wholesale and Retail Daalrrs In Comment. Tlio Grautito Democrats in Geor gia constitute a very small nest of very bad political eggs, that will nev er hatch under the sun. He ft a rasli man that does not handle them with care. We confess to being so'rel.v afraid of the “now generation” varie ty of tho anciont political egg.—Spar- a Ishmaolito. Carpet?; Oil Clothe, Window Shades, Matting, &e 148,150,152 Broughton St, SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA. Stack. W« rive yon Good Work at I«w Pricaa. We fit up our good* thoroughly. W6 pack our Good* t*tt carefully. iisSSSks!" 1 * h,pp,u *' Ws tbanfon solicit * trill Older, fecllui Mon rod tbii you will bo uUoded with our jocd..Ad pttow. ftfcco end other lofonwtoa cheerfully ftusM- erpll-t A. J. MILLER A CO. TOSSuo oyw.erSSlottos ifawjcsrrwswss men. Hear make non then me coo fell to suke I tux. Any one con do tho work. YenconmekofrcmfO cent, to £2 eo hoar byderoUnj your errnlDjr ud rpera time to the hurtnesr. II end. nothing n or the bn,tome. Nothin* like It for nancy miklej eter offered before, butlnea plrerent end errlrtkr honorable. Boeder, If yoo went lo eeow ell ebeot and private term* fr*e;«e*mplot worth $3 aho frc* KSSCVt eujK-ly

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, December 04, 1879, Image 1