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THE ALBANY NEWS
The Year IMHO. Politically.
•E-iTIW. EVANS A. HARKEN.
*i.H»SY.OW>ltKlA. - - JaNVaKI
Garliclfl ln< •—
from Ohio to ^iii 1
man.
■Rc-tcd itennloi
•il Senator Tlmi-
Politic* in (iiwpi* lot
time, taken a side track, to give place
to llie great rnilroatl excitement.
Stephen Longfellow. » ne|>lie»v <>t
the Port, wa* recently charged w it'
forging the Poet's name to a check
for *1000.
It is said that during the past year
Vanderbilt made in speculating on
Mocks»:tH.!M>.tK*h day tioiild ♦lj.ltW.-
U»l and Ktissel Sage $ UI.ttlO.tJW>.
The checks sent nut from Washing
ton for the payment of interest on
registered bonds tilled twenty mail
bags, and numbered more Ilian fifty
thousand.
General'!.rant. when asked which
city among all he had visited he liked
the best, answered quickly : ••Wash
ington ; 1 think it the haudsotfiest
city in the world.
I’ishop tiilbert Haven, the notori
ous Methodist preacher, and most un
scrupulous slanderer the South ha
ever had. died recently at the home
of his mother in Malden. Mass.
The year upon which we liwej*
Altered will proveto be one of llB .
iimiuI interest politically and
wise: and the close oh-rrv'..,. ,,(• 1 ]|(.
events of the year cannot
tennine the future Oe-tim ,.f this
I goveriimetil. The elect ion lol-
for tin ] lowing the grand fraud of I.STtilinn ks
ew era ill Anferu .11 polities; ami
must decide the stahilitv of tin- Rc-
puhlican form of govornmeiit. Cen-
t .'idled by I ail turn it is n failiue. tl, : ,t
his Inin practically demonstrated.
Tue people are not yet ready to yield
■ ip their lieiiigu l ight without anoth
er grand struggle at the ballot hoy:
hul many are prepared to accept the
verdict of IS8U as final and ab-oliiic.
Ill Stale affairs Georgia is to he
granted an opportunity of endorsing
or rejecting her present adiniiiistr..-
tion. If her people desire a ehnnge
in the State house they have a right
to demand it. If the work, for u liicli
the present officials were appointed.
Ins received that attention which
their oaths of otllce required oftliem,
and lias been honestly, vigorous;>
and successfully executed, in the eyes
of the people they are to he endorsed.
These matters will all he carefully
weighed in the balances; mid a grand
response for or against will he shout
ed and echoed before the do-c of IS V! .
The Ai.h.vnt News, journalistical
ly representing as it does, aseeliou of
the State and eotintry which wields
power and inlhienee in shaping puh-
lie measures, will hardly he expected
to remain silent ihrotigli passing
events. As lias been its custom in the
past, to speak out boldly on all ques
tions atleetiug the public weal, the
Xkw s is ready now, and in future, to
do its part in the work of political
reformation and material advance
ment. We shall take no neutral
grounds oti any subject: hut present
our views as pointedly anil forcibly
as our ability w ill admit; and as fear
lessly as the occasion may require.
IScIicviug that in “unity there is
strength,''and that to the organized
Democratic party the State of tieor
gia is due lor its redemption from
Kadioal misrule, we shall direct unr
efforts for the protection of that par
ty, and the discouragement of every
plan proposed by the disorganized to
thwart its great purposes. “Inde
pendency,'* so called, shall receive
our special attention : and seIf-choscn
leaders shall receive no comfort in
these quarters.
With the-e purposes we do not hes
itate to call upon the people oTS,mill-
west tieorgia to stand by us and sus
tain our efforts, promising them that
we shall faithfully chronicle every
thing of importance on the political
-late, witli comments reinvent and
fair expressions of opinions. The
The Camilla Dim-atch is the name ' VMr ,SSi ’ "*"*« 1,0 * reading year:
ot the new paper just started in our for tl,c of keeping sq .are-
ncighhoring town !»v Miss E. R. Sul- ,y "P " " ,e cv,rnU uf * 1 "' >'
Hustles having gone out of fashion,
a richly dressed woman wearing on.
of great size attracted the attention
of the custom officers at Windsor,
Canada. It was found to contain tea.
1’oimlevlcr. who shot Curtis i::
Kichntond. Va.. last year, lias been
•enteneeil to two years in the peni
tentiary. and the Supreme Court ha-
affirmed the sentence.
Light hundred thousand dollar-
cash was recently offered for SOU
shares in the Kdison Electric Light
Co . and was refused. Five thousand
dollars per share of par value
has been refo-cd.
Twenty kegs of gold were received
in Chicago from Xetv York a few
•lays ago. Each weighed about 3UU
pounds, and contained $7fl,ttu0, mak
ing ♦L'lUtUHU in all. This money wa-
sclit by .liui Keene in payment for
wheat.
(iovernor Colquitt has declared that
he will use his power to the utmost
to proven* any discrimination by the
State Hoad, under the new combina
tion, against the Macon and 1!: 1111--
-virk Railroad, hut that the latter shall
he offered every facility it is entitled
to, or that is offered any other road
iu the Suite.
neighboring
ton, proprietress, and Mr. R. X. An
drews, editor. It is small at present,
but the editor promises to enlarge,
and run a lively schedule. We wish
the Dispatch better success than it.
predecessors.
paramount.
The Railroad .Movements.
The railroad combination formed
by Col. Cole, I iovernor Brown and
Mr. Wadlcy we consider the grand
est movement yet made for the
building up of Georgia and her ports.
Savannah may well rejoice at the
dawn of a brighter day; and the
The letter on the exodus question
from our Washington correspondent
is certainly very pointed. While we
may not fully endorse the remarks ot
the writer his letter deserves careful | cities along the entire route, from St.
consideration. He is well known in i Louis to the Georgia seaport, must
this section, by both white and black. I reap innumerable benefits by the ar-
ainl no one can doubt the genninc-| rangement. With all the efforts, all
nets or candor of his reasoning. j the talk, all the publications, no such
— — | effort was ever before made to make
Governor Colquitt has issued fi : :l Georgia rity the grand seaport 01
(as. against Treasurer Rcnfroe ami 'be great Western grain-producing
his securities for about thirty tlious- affiles; and the entre-port of itiiuii-
and dollars, which is the amount of 'grant* and eastern wealth to the
interest taken by them for the use of I - rf ’ a * fields and mines of the west.—
the State's money, ami fines for the! 11** 3 last stroke must necessarily ae-
same. The fi. fas. are issued by the : -mnplisli these ends,
authority of the last Legislature.— i The combination was born of com
Reufroe and his securities will fight j petition, the great tnoto.' to all inti-
thc case in the courts. j 'erial development and commercial
1 greatness. The three Rnilroatl mag-
The last day of the 0I0 year was j „ates saw the need of the hour—the
maiked in Xetv 1 ork by the death ■ demands of a progressive spirit
of George, the Count Joannes, an I which threatened to seek other chan-
eceentric celebrity of that city. He ! „ e i*, e vet. at a sacrifice or those in ex-
”1* !‘Stenec. They seized the moment;
ind are now masters of the situation.
an actor, but of late years nominally
a lawyer, though he never had a
client. His eccentricities, which
were many, had gained him quite an
This achievement calls for another
lie which must find its source in
nother direction. A competing
extended notoriety, and made him; !irough lilI€! tu Brunswick via the
the butt of many keen hut kindly an( , Brunswick Road. The
witticisms. His name was George II.: !.o„isville and Great Southern con
done., but be claimed the title of, , iecled by lhe new . , ine , rolIt „ ir .
Count, through the generosity of a j Illllg i iaiI1> a,,,., to AtIan , a> , hcnrc
German nobleman, though none ever j \j HC0II and Brunswick, would ac-
cared to dispute his title- j coinplisli all that is needed to make
Almost every day from some sec- j ’'' ""swick, «lial slie must evcntiinl-
tion of the country tomes a new sto-1 ' become, tt ffreat city, standing
rv about Tilden and the great fraud ; ' l,H " l,,er to sho,,,der with Savannah,
of 187fi, and who was to blame foci"" 1 K ra, .* d onw » rd movement, the
the electoral commission and Tilden’- j rivaling all cities on tire Atlantic
defeat. The subject is one in which ' ,:a * M,ar d- We hail the day, as not
the American mind is deeply agita-! , ' lr di " ,nnt wheu ,l,e " c tl,in K’ wi "
ted, and people are anxious io get at j < < ; co,,, P“ sl,c,1 > Tor the goo.l of Gcor-
the truth. The prevailing idea seems) ' ,fl > tl,e ' Soutl ‘ a,,d thc wl * ola
to he that it was by no fault of Til- 1 ' V '
den’s that he was not seated, and tha:
lie should have another opportunity
Since writing the above the Macon
nd Brunswick Railroad lias been
..... ... 1 eased by the State to .1. M. Cooper,
to get the place he .sen,tied to. The j ^Brunswick, for „, e
Tilden boom is not dead by a.>> ,,. anmiII1 . a thal c „’
means, and we would not be surpr.s- , ; „, s C |, a(IIlcy Vibbard and oth-
ed to see him flung out as the next
Democratic candidate, with the best
chance of any for success.
Governor Colquitt having issued
fl. fas. against Treasurer Renfroe an*l,
his securities for a recovery to the:
>:•: New York, European and Brnus-
wick capitalists. Mr. Vihhnrtl will
I,-; reineinlrercd as thc gcntlcii
who was at one time last year a!,out
to take charge of lhe B. .V A. I,'. I
:.o>l build it through to Eufaiiln, hul
State of the money received as inter-' “'hose purpose was thwarted l»\ Mr.
e.t on the Treasurer’s deposits it i-1 Wadlcy’* purchase of the M. K.
fair :o hope that his enemies will
hold up on this little weapon of war
fare against liisadministration. Thcv
must fly to something else, and we
look out now for frequent reference-
to Ilia Sunday school work. In u,j.
connection we may state to the ene
mies of the Governor that he his
promised the children of the .Suite to
proclaim the first day of May next as
a day of jubilee for the little one-,
» once extend il <111 In
1 he,1 this is done it is
: no guaranle
\ completion of tin: Georgia IV*-I-
rn lo Birmingham or Ifeeatiir w oitld
:ri ike connection with the Loui-rilh-,
\.»-l,ville and Great .Southern : and
iiieinuali to the Soul hern Atlnnt'e! producer. This would greatly m-
■>a*l. The I’iiieiniitlfi Southern is to ! bailee the value ol cotton—dh-.t ptn-
he allowed fulMienelit and eqlJlnhle
rates over the St. Louis 11ml Savna-
nah route. Col. Cole having offered
tlidT-Rond every laeilily tlmt his own
line enjoys. This destroys all possi
bility id' eoniieetion by this Road
with the M. & It.
We shall watch future develop-
nionls in Railroad matters w ith a d<-
gree of interest, and keep our rend
ers fully posted ns to nil transactions.
Maine.
The Ia-gislnture of Eusionists,
Green barkers and Repuhlirnns do-
dared elected hv the Governor anti
Couneil have met mill organized, not
withstanding the protests of Mr.
Eugene Hale, representing the lle-
ptiblienns. Thc opening scenes are
described as disgraceful in lhe high
est degree. The Republicans are fu
rious over the netion of the Legisla
ture, ami the Republican members
refused to participate. The Govern
or, after organization, delivered to
them the contested election cases
with thc Supreme Court opinion, and
urged them to do even justice in the
premises.
The Republicans used bribery to
prevent the assembling of a quorum
of the Legislature. Several of the
members elect to w'hom bribes were
offered made the matter puldir, and
the party of great moral ideas may
now rise and explain. However, they
arc used to such tricks, mid arc iu
their native element when concocting
and executing villimions schemes.—
'lie pious, but rabid Xew England
ers may perhaps begin to uppreuiate
now, that it is brought home to them,
how it is the South is unalterabl}
solid against the rottencss of Repub
licanism.
The trouble gels deeper anil
darker. General Chamberlain lias
issued a general order, stating Hint,
iu view of the extraordinary situa
tion of affairs, lie will assume milita
ry control of nfiairs until Hie succes
sor of Governor Gar,cion is legally
elected mid qualified. There is in
tense excitement over thc bribery
eases, full explanations of which have
have been made by Hie parties lo
whom the bribes were offered, im
plicating a Republican lawyer, Wal
lace White, as the guilty party.—
Senator Blaine's house is Hie rcude-
voits of the Republicans, and it is
charged that when While went after
the money to pay the offered bribes
he was seen to go to Blaine's house.
Blaine denies any knowled
complicity in Hie bribery matter. It
duetion of which, ns yet, is limit
only by the lalior employed in it—
while the increased labor in the grain
stales would make their productions
so abundant a* to enable Hie colt >11
grower to use them, mid devote his
own labor to the production of his
more profitable commodity.
That white luen can't work 011
Southern farms, is the merest bosh.—
Thousands of men retire,I north of
Hie 40lli parallel tnny he found hilior-
ing in the fields of Florida, and a vast
number of Southerners now work
their own farms. Witli indticctmnl
a while limn will work any where
that a black one can, mid ho who
would not do well at raising cotton
when lie could sell his produce ami
purchase his supplies at almost liis
own price, should he disposed of in a
manlier similar to Hint sometimes
employed to get rid of superfluous
kittens mid puppies.
What would become of our lands,
you ask. They would rcmitiu where
they are, mid as soon ns the fact be-
cumc known that a man’s labor on
them would annually realize to
$1500. they would be sought by in
dustrious, worthy people from every
section—the stoughtcr portion of
them to make the cotton, tho other-
to manufacture it. Then tho peculiar
advantages of the South would be
developed by prosperous, healthy
and happy citizens.
Any considerable exodus of tin:
colored people from the cotton
Slates must ultimately provo advan
tageous to that section; but as the
people of other sections, ami all im
migrants, though they greatly sym
pathize with the colored limn, posi
tively object to his near vicinage,
nnd lie would have lo thin out great
ly before our N'orthern brothers
would deem it an inviting field.
Every citizen has thc right to re
move his residence when lie pleases,
nnd while I would frankly nmt truth
fully advise with a colored neighbor
as I would with a whitc'fricml about
moving to a distant section, I would
sedulously avoid interposing the
least obstacle or difficulty iu the way
of bis going. K.
State News.
Did you ever notice how terribly a
beauty of the blonde type call disap
point one? At a little distance we
oglv see Hint shining mircolc u( hai:',
mid Hie imagination, with its deft-
tmirh, is quick lo complete thc pic
ture witli n compixion ns velvety as
ns Hie heart of a rose, and ns pure ns
snow. But nu elosc proximity, the
pictures loses its 1,rightness if we
discover traces of a disordered liver
which can lie corrected by using
Porllaine, or Tnlilcrs Vegetable Liv
er Powder. Priec 50cts.
Americas wants a town ball.
Augusta lias bad a walking match.
Alapuha wants a Clement Attach
ment.
llev. IV. II. Cooper lias made Cuth-
nf or ! bert his home.
Another eagle lias been killed in
, Darien wants an appropriation for
lhe end of the matter is j le ,. |i arbor anl ] river.
aid that he hail a violent lit on Berrien countv.
Wednesday night, brought on by
overwork,
not vet.
„ , .. , ... 1 Thomnsvillc is out of debt, anil litis
1 he Republicans have submitted n : . . , . ... ’
, „ .. ,, i about $:i(X> to her credit,
number of questions to the Supreme |
Court to test the legality of their ! Tl,e Agricultural College at Cuth-
Legislaturc. Acting Governor Law- j bc, t will. 121 pupils,
son issued orders to Hie malitia not Col. II. B. Troutman, one of the
COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE AI.HANY NEWS. »
Albany, (1a., January 14,1880./
(JKNKHAL KEVIKW.
Tlicrr h no particular chaugo lo the general du-
aincM of tin* city since our last isaue. I'rrji*rations
for llie year’* farming operations are still progress*
lug. A largo iiumtwr of tmthrn have heen sold, and
Ibis IMN’UIS to be ilio luoat lively branch of busluees.
A good many Western drovers aro In (own, and the
auction balfn of old stock arequito heavy.
AI.HANY COTTON MAItKKT.
Market quiet.
Received since last report 318 Rales
Received previously 19.V70 “
Total
Middling*
20,292 ••
QUOTATIONS.
Low Middlings...
***"*.*.'*'***' ZZZ.1 1 ^
Good Ordinary...
10%
Ordinary
Farmers who con-
I
template using com
mercial fertilizers
thc present year
will
Attention. Planters!
IX STORE AXD TO ARRIVE
1000 Turn Shovels,
1000 3. 31 and 4 in. Scooters,
500 Straight Shovels,
500 Iron Foot Plow Stocks,
500 Corn Shovels,
500 Cast T. Shovels,
Ileel Screws, Clevis Irons, Harness, Trace Chains, Single
Trees, Backhands and Hooks, Plow Rope, Lap Rings, &c.,
all of the host make and selling at bottom figures.
jtnlS- X. & A. P. TIFT & CO.
SAVANNAH COTTON MARKET—LATEST.
Jauuary 13.- -Cotton Arm. Middling 12 5-16; Low
Middling 11 11-16; Good Ordinary 11 7-16.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET—LATEST.
January IS.—Cotton quiet. Middling uplanda,
13.
LOUISVILLE PROVISION MARKET—LAT
EST.
Januarv 13—Flour quiet; extra ti&Q to 14.75; f .in
ly 85 25 to 35:50; A No 185.76 to 6.23; fancy 86.50 to
$8 00. Wheat steady at 8lJ2}£ a Corn firm: white 46.
mixed 45. Oata steady; white 41, mixed 40. Pork
steady at f 14.00 Lard steady; tiercca 8J£ kega9V£.
Hulk meats quiet* ebouldeia clear riba
aides 7. Bacon steady; shoulders none; clear rllw
7clear [sides 7% Sugar oared hams 9% to 10|£.
Whiskey firm at 81.08.
NAVAL STORES.
Wilmington. January 13.—Spirits of turpentine
unsettled at 41 to 42. Rosin firm; strained
8127*~£ good strained 81:30. Crude turpentine
steady; hard 51.00; yellow dip SL6Q. Tar steady at
81.40.
ALBANY LIVE STOCK MARKET.
HORSES—Market quiet; eupply full; demand
light.
MULES—Supply full; market lively. Prices
range from S85 to 8130 per head.
llEEVBS—'Twos.8C.5Q; threes, 88.50; fours, flQ
sixes, 512.50 per head.
HOGS— 5*4 cents per lb net.
MUTTON-None In market.
Albany Retail Cask Prices Current
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
tu obey thc oriler of^ Gen. Chamber
lain. White, i-hargt.il with bribery,
iletiies it a,it! refused to appear be
fore the investigating committee of
the Fiisionist Legislature, on the
ground that il was not a competent
anil legal body. General Chaiiiher-
Iniu lias declined to acknowledge
Lawson as Governor.
What, with a dual Legislature, a
doubtful elected civil, and a self-ap-j Columbus assesses its real estate at
pointed military Governor, both S S-I,zD8,6So, at, increase of $123,ti-10 over
claiming command of the troops, and j l,,st J'*-’ 81 ’.
neither showing a disposition to yield ! Mr. It. S. Saulsbttry and Miss
to Hie other, the State of Maine is in-1 Ophelia Nishet.of Macon, were mar-
deed in it critical situation. We earn- j ried Inst week.
esily hope that wise ami sober coun- Estill, of the Savannah News, is a
oldest citizens of Macon, is dead.
Joliu M. Clark, a prominent citizen
and merchant of Augusta, is deed.
Thc State Agricultural Society wi’l
meet iu Cullibert on thc 10th of Fel-
ruary.
A Jefferson county goat fell into a
well, and alter six weeks was taken
out alive.
m:I* will prevail over Hie passions of
Hu: hour; nnd that Hie difficulties
u til lie pcaeeahlv and legally adjust
ed.
THE COLORED EXODUSTEltS
A Pointed View of the Matter
LKTTKK FICOM WASHINGTON.
Washington, D. C\, Jan. 10, 1850.
Editors A llnunj A'cfr.y ;
I came by chance, some days ago,
upon a number of colored exodusters
from North Carolina on the way to
Indiana. I had hut little conversa
tion with any of them, but there was
something in their forlorn, and at the
-ame time resigned appearance that
was really saddening to me—a fuel
ing from which I have not yet been
able to e-ea| e. On their way to, to
them truly, r.n iiuknow i country;
nianv without the iiienns to take them
In lh'-ir destination, they seemed to
h“ a pathetic and wholly indifferent
is to what was before them. These
appeal alli es may have arisen front
• heir implicit reliance on representa
tions mid promises made to them be
fore leaving their former holm s. I
foil -ad on thinking of the disap
pointment. if not suffering, Hint these
unfortunate beings niusi with.
Naturally my thoughts reverted to
tint land they were leaving, and ar
rived at conclusions which I believe
to he correct, though they may not
he so regarded at this time in your
section.
Were it to please Providence to re
lieve Hie cotton states, iu n way luip-
py to themselves, of the entire negro
population, it would In: u gracious
kindness for which Hint section
should, nnd eventually would, he
iiiosl gratefully thankful. Probably
; on are ready armed with arguments
to Male II,
• r Hit;
1 »H2 :»ii*l droitjr, to
f’Ofiihrtt til
is pro|».
Hut M. .V 1
will
o-ilion, Imi 1 will
brifilv
o Atlanta
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and will ask that this one day he set j tai- may Imi the object in view. I.oti-
aside for their speeial enjoyment.—
Can Georgia, in this day of civiliza
tion, progress and enlightenment,
tolerate this. Christian spirit in her
Governor :
i-ville would certainly lend encour
agement to such a movement, ns it in
necessary to her future prosperity
that she should enjoy full benefit of
a competing line with St. Louis and
Were all the negroes of the rollon
states I,, migrate lo Northern anil
Rot Ihwesteru Stales, it would take
away some two-thirds of I be lalior
now engaged in eolton cultivation,
and pnl il to rai-ilig rnlfflu. wheat,
hneoii, hnr-es, mules anil other sup
plies ruiibiiuicd or n*ed by the cotton
member of tl.e Blue Ribbon Brigade ,
anil a good one, too.
Styles Hut,thins, a noted colored
lawyer of Atlanta, has moved to Da
rien to practice his profession.
At New York 133,201 immigrants
arrived last year. Georgia needs
that many and more to help develop
her rcsourcs.
A little four year old daughter of
Dr. W. T. Brown of Whitesburg, has
been kidnapped. She possessed won
derful musical powers.
The B. & A. R. R. country is fas',
improving anil increasing in popula
tion. It is one of the finest sections
of Georgia, and one of the richest
and most prosperous.
Thc lumber region of South Geor
gia is fust proving a bonanza to those
who own'them. The milling busi
ness is one of thc most thriving and
successfully carried on in the State.
Cuthbert has a paper published in
the iutcrest of the negroes and own
ed by negroes. So says the Appeal.
Wc are glad to note such evidences
of enterprise among our colored peo
ple.
The bay fillv, Bcllona, collided
witli another horse during a race at
Augusta, and received injuries that
c aused her death. She belonged to
S. R. Hoyle, of Atlanta, and wns val
ued at $2/100.
Thc Atlantic and Gulf railroad will
he extended from Waycross. On., tOj
-Jacksonville, Fla. Work will bo
commenced in sixty days. A good
place for an enterprising man to skirt
a “Tom Thumb daily.”
“Bob Wick,” of the Berrien County
News, will soon rival Bill Arp anti
l ndo Benins, of thc Constitution.—
Bob is one of Hie most originnl funny
inen on Hie Georgia press, and is
hitched to one of the best papers on
the list.
Apples, Northern, per peck
... 76 <§>
—
Oranges, per dozen........ .....
... 50 &
GO
Lemons, per dozen
... - ©
40
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
Princess
..12.00 &
.10.00 ©
Ex Fninily
.. 9.25 @
—
Family
... 8.75 %
—
Torn Meal, per bush., bolted
.. 1.(0 &
—
Hominy, per lb.,northern-
- i &
5
Hominy, per buhh., southern
.. 1.00 ©
—
Corn, per bush
Fodder,
. L10 &
MEATS.
Bulk .Sides, per ib.,... MMM ... MMM
... »ii 5*
9 'A
Bulk Sides, per cwt
-
Bulk Shoulders, per lb
... 7 @
I'A
Bulk Shoulders, |»er cwt„......
— *'A «
7
Smoked Bacon Sides, per lb
...- ©
—
Smoked Bacon Sides, |>er cwt
...- ©
•—
Smoked hliouldors,per lb
...- &
—
Smoked Shoulders, |»er cwt
... - fe>
—
Beef, Fulton Market, per lb
.... ttii @
—
Breakfast Bacon, per lb
- @
11
Hums, Sugar-cured, per lb....
... 12'A <a*
15
Pork, ner bbl
...
liRiM.'ERIKS AMD PROVISIONS.
Butter, country
— 25 @
30
Butter, northern.......
„ 83%©
35
Coflee, Rio
- 26
Coflee, Java
.. 80 ©
35
Salt, per sack
Lard, per lb
. I2k©
—
Eggs, i*er dor.
. 20 ©
Potatoes, sweet, per bush
.. - @
60
Potatoes, Irish, per bush
. 1.50 @2.00
Onions, per bush
.. 2.00 @
—
Cabbages
.. 20 &
25
Sugar, granulated, per lb„.............
14
by calling on us be
fore purchasing else
where.
S. MAYER IGLAD 3ER
GUANO
January 15,18 l .0-tf
Annual LICENSE Ordinance
Be ft ordained bv tbe Mayor and Council of t!x
City of Albany, and it is hereby urdalued by author
iiy of the name, That tbe folluwiug Liven-«• am
bpecific Tax shall be levied and collected in Hie city .
or Albany, for the *upport of tho ci^y govu nujci. I
for the year 1880:
Each retailer of spirituous liquors, to lie II- |
censed by th» year only- SI50 (*
Each retailer of malt or lerm**nte«i liquors,
when sold nepanite from spirituous liquors 25 (to
Liquor dcalem selling not lean than a quart
50 t* I
10 </,
25 (i i
io t*; j
15 0 |
40 On j
i2 r *
{;u::i
\iU\
:•/, is,,
15 O'i \
10 0*J i
co c-:*
50 f"
3ft (0
23 Co
11 & 12J*
5 & 10
12*4
Sugar, coffee C, per lb........
Sugar, brown, per lb... MMM ,
Syrup, Florida, per gal......
Syrup, refined northern, per gal..... M 80 <& 1.00
Vinegar, per gsl. MMM . 60 4$ 68
Chickens, balf-gruwn —, i 20
Chickens, giown............^... 55 a SO
Fish, cod, per lb.
Beef, fresh, per
MISCXLLAMCOUM.
handles, star, per lb.. 20 a —
Lumber, per „10.CO a 12.00
Posts, pine, each.... — a 12><J
Posts, cedar, each 20 a 25
Wood, oak, per cord.. 2.50 a 3.C0
Wood, pine, per cord.................... — a 2A0
Tallow, per lb 8 a 10
Honey, per gal NMHnMM .... H ... m ... mM CO a 75
Honey in comb, per lb...10 a 12%
Beeswax, per lb............................... 20 a
Bread, per loaf. 8 a
Crackers, per lb.~. ......a......^.«....> 10 a
Hides, green, per 3 a
Hides, dry, flint, per lb M ........ VM .... M 35 a
Deer Skins, per lb.....—.....^... 20 a
Dtter Skins 1.00* a
Hogging, per yard 12% a
Ties, per set £3 a
.vails, per lb...
Nalls, per keg, ltd.
Liquor ueaiers h-iiiuk k»i. »uu iqiwarus
Each luu-on and produce broker
Each hotel
Each boarding house...
Each restaurant
Each huckster stand on streets
Each hut kster stand on private lots.........
Each billiard table kept for |«y..............
Each Itowliugor ten-pin alley.........
Each shooting gallery kept for profit
Each skating rink .
Each velocipede rink ............
Each two-horse dray..
Each oue-ho.se dray
Each two-horse vehicle conveying passen
gers for Day.,
Each Bvery stable
Each warehouse or firm receiving5*>00 bales
cotton or more ....
Those receiving 3UOO bales and leas than
Those receiving less than 3000
Each pawnbroker
Southern Express Company .............
Mitchell A Co’s Exprt ss Company .....
Each telegraph con>|auy
Each dam iug master
Each circus, each day.
Negro minstrels, transient theatricals, jug
glers and other like exhibitions, shall pay
a license tax to be fixed at the discretion
of the Mayor.
Each persou drumming or soliciting trade,
except tu front of their regular place ot
busiiieNS, and then only to the Mi ddle of
street in front of the same, shall be con
sidered n street drummer, aud thall pay
Vendue mast* ro, each
and shall pay 1 per cent on gro*» sales on
all property uwued by residents, aud two
per cent, on property own'd by non-resc-
dvots.
Each transient vendue master
and pay 2 per cent, on gn»s sales.
Each person stilling fertilizers, not manu
factured in the city
Each butcher
which shall not apply to farmers selling
by the quarter.
and buggies, except home mamifat lure.
Each barber shop keeper shall pay f*r each
Each | s> iso it buying cotton for himself or
other parties ".0 O
Each sewing machine agent.... lo to
Each insurance agent shall pay for each
company repiesentcd by him.. ’0 ft*
Transient trailers for the talc of goods, wrt *•-
merchandise of any description whatever, by ample
or otherwise, before opening or off ring the’s ,.*• for
sale, shall pay a license tax, to be fixed at tt • dis
cretion of the Mayor.
That one In If oi one per cent, bo imposei- npr-o i
tbe proceeds arising from the sale of each hi or
mule sold within the city limits.
Each grist or flouring mili shall pav for each
set of runners 0 j
Adopted January ii, JSS0.
Eu. L. WIGHT.
F. V. Evans, May r.
Clerk and Treasurer. jar 8-31
SHEFFIELD & BELL,
HARDWARE
AND
iiIM&&EMBXT8*
&2K
ail. Kerosene, per gal ,
J.l, Linseed, raw 4t boiled, per fa*—
T irpcntlne, per gal •••••..••.•••..........
Tobacco
'Veil Rope, per lb
DRY GOODS,
Checks, Plaids and Stripes
Bed Ticking...... —
Prints
biilrting
$cw JfdvqtiBenuttta.
Mr. Smalley rat,lex to Hut New
York Tribune the report Hint a French
electric lijzht of remarkable result, is
noon lo be puldiely exhibited.
The pew* in Beecher’* church *,>|d
lid* year lor $3!),080.
KKl.1.000 WANT* ,
St. Louis Post'Dispatch.]
rrnoxci man.
KelloKK, of Loiiiaianu, ha* been in
terviewed. lie ixfurGrnnt—because
the nation i* in need of a Hiron# iiiiin.
A Louisiana politician's iilcu of a
stroll); man is, a man who mu carry
oil' iron safe*, red-hot stoves nml mov
able furniture.
IV. T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at I<aw,
ALBANY, OA.
Office over Contra* Railroad Bank.
janl5-ly
MILLS
HARDAWAY,
A. A G. It. It-
F. F. PUTNEY, Proprietor
L UMBER, Corn and Meal always on band, and
sold at pri<-«-N is low as those of any othsr lik
-btsbllshnicut.
Lunilwr delivered in Albany at rock-lmUoui prl-
My Sloro, In connection, contains a full stock of
DRY GOODS AND GUOCKRIES
BOOTS, KIIOF.S, IIATS, Ac.
Custom Holk-iled, Janl6-tf
Aii Ordinance
To Prevent the Running at Ijtr;.:: of
Hog* and Bull* within the
City Limits.
Bo It ordained by *h«* Mayor and Council * ' Al
bany, and it is hereby ordained by authority : tlie
Mine, That after the first dav of April, 1880, V hogs
or pigs found upon the streets of tin* city ah il tit-
taken up by the Marshal and impounded in tl city
pouud, and that the Marshal shall immediate ** put :
up a notice at the court house door, describlt said j
hogs or pigs, aud stating the day of the sale tiiu( ,
and place.
Be it further otdained. That such sale shat: take
E lace at tbe city pound, within three days alt rtlu
upon tiding.
Be it further ordained that the Marshal ah: i re
ceive from the owner of such Intga or pigs, or from
the sale of the same, 25 cents for the inipou ling ;
and 10 cents for each day’s feed, and the f, .4hi
sum of 15 cents for thc sale of the sann*.
Be it further ordained. That the owner of such
hogs or pies shall have the right to relieve sah hoc:
or pigs from the pound, before sale, by payii ; a I
expenses up to the time relieved.
Be It further ordained,That fr.im and afte* this
date, ail hulm found running at large in the s •vets
of this city, shall be ini|K>unded by the City Ma d at*
who shall immediately proceed to sell the sa
the following manner, to-wit: By placing at
court-house door a written notice, stating tb< time
and place of sale, and adcsi-riptiou of the |hull; .-tidit
the owner Is found he shall also immediately yivc
him or her written notice of such itnpouudiug nud
lime and place of sale.
Be It further ordained. That such sale shall trkt*
place at the city pound, within six davs iron the
time ot such impounding. The Marshal shal: re
ceive tor such Impounding 50 rents, for each -ay’s
feed 25 cents, and the sum of 25 cents for such .sale.
Be It further ordained, That tho owner of mch
animal shall have the right, before sale, ro relieve
said animal from the pound, by i>aving all ac. .ucd
costa and expenses.
Adopted January fl, 18S0.
Ed. L. WIGHT,
F. V. Evans, Mayor.
Clerk and Treasurer. jam- 3t
An Ordinance
Constituting the City Marshal Chief
of Police.
City Police, aud have full control and di
them, subject to the super-control of the Mayor r.n*1
Mayor ana Council.
Adopted January fl. 1880.
En. L. WIGHT.
F. V, Evans, Mavo - .
Clerk and Treasurer. jati8-3i
IOfI©E
at the old Cruger Corner, where 1 will al«o <
Produce l Provision Brokeran
Any one needing
CORN. OATS, MEAL,
HAY, WHEAT,
BRAN, FLOUR,
ETC., ET
I hive a lo? « f j
Rust-Proof Seed 0at*,j
SOO» THINGS?
Ufa
Your special attention is directed to the full and wdl-as-
sorted stock of
Family and Fancy Groceries
J. M® HIlLSMAJI
"Walter’s Building, Broad street.
ALL FRESH AJNJO CHEAP
oc2-ly.
MRS. A. STERNE’S
HsmiiiE
Young Ladies and Misses
i Me.
Jollegiate Department ...Mrs. A. STERNE
•.Mtnary •' ............ Miss FanLixx Smith
duslcal “ Mrs B. M. Cromwell
’.tlisthcnic “ Mias Caluk Vaaoir.
>.awing. Embroidery and
Needlework ...Miss Emma Schild.
For further particulars addre*
rn an the 1n*M In tliis t-ountry. I have H
Sample* from a mill that run* twenty-tour rets
rocks, ami can give tho purchaser ilio In m fit
prices Itom Aim ban*l?.
J. H roHKhSTEi;.
An Ordinance
To Prevent Violations of the License
Ordinance.
Be i* onl.ilncd by the Mayor and Council of the
ity of Albany. That any person who shall engage
i any buslucsa for which a license is required, he-
.r* obtaining such license, in compliance with the
. - . I nance or ordinances of said city, shall be ficed
i 11 sum not to exceed double the sum of such li»
c -ree,or ho imprisoned in the guaid bouse not ex-
r filing three months, or both In the discretion of
i ic Mnyor.
Adopted January 5, 1880.
En. I.. WIGHT,
F. V. Evans, Mayor.
Clerk aud TrMauror. JcuS-St
I Family grucorics, kerosene oil, otc.,
etc., at Titt’s Stoke.
AU8AXTST
Male High School
Haring assumed the Principalshlp of this wall-
known institution of learning, I beg legve to an
nounce to the people of Albany and South weak
Gtoigla that the Spring Term will begin on the
First Monday in January
next, and close on tbe 18th of Jane,
Tuition as reasonable as can be had In any first-
claw School in the land.
In connection with tbe School la a
Boarding House,
at which board may bo had at yery reasonable
rates.
For further particulars address the undersigned,
SAMUEL R. SIMS,
Principal.
Albany, Ga., December 18,1879.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
Will be sold before the Court-hou* * d* or In Caail
la. Mitchell county, Georgia, on thc first Tuesday in
February next, the following real estate:
One house and lot in tbe town of Camilla, Mitch
ell county, Oa, described aa folio* a- Four and one
half acres off of lot of land number three hundred
and ninety seven. In the 10th district of Mitchell
county, Ga.; also lots of laud nu-rbers 8. block D.
the helm at law of said e-tate.
Commissioners.
We aro constantly rerciviiiff new
goods, of every kind, and selling at
low prices. " ’